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FORTY SEVENTH YEAR.
TOR
GORMAN
IS ACMDIDATL
His Friends Admit That the
Maryland Leader Expects
to Be Nominated
OYER GROTER AND HILL.
Illinois to Stand by Palmer Until He
Drops the Flag.
Colored Voters Issue a Call for a Meet
ing at Chicago to Demand Redres3 for
Alleged Wrongs North Dakota
Makes No Provisions for the Selec
tion of Electors This Year The
Hoodlums Defeat Secretary Noble'B
Silk Stockings A Solid Harrison Del
egation Going Prom New Jersey.
tFrrCIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE PISFATCn.l
Baltimore, April 24. There is no longer
any doubt that Senator Gorman is a candi
date for President. The leading politicians
in this State admit the fact. Although
Cleveland has been indorsed by the clubs
tlie very men who were instrumental in
effecting these indorsements now say that
Gorman will be nominated at Chicago.
Charles J. McAleese, one of the bet in
formed of the political leaders, placed a big
bet here yesterday afternoon that Cleveland
would not get tlie nomination.
Senator Gibson, than whom none is closer
to Senator Gorman as he ought to be, as
lie owes his election to the Senate to him
uas here last night. "When asked point
blank if Mr. Gorman is a candidate for the
nomination he hesitated before replying.
He weighed his words, and then said:
"Mr. Gorman never told me that he wa
a candidate, but his friends are all Tery
anxious to see him a candidate "
A statement like this on the part of Mr.
Gibson is regarded as a virtual admiss:on of
Mr. Gorman's candidacy. Alluding to Mr.
Gorman's position on the silver question,
and his failure to vote when the subject
was indirectly brought to the attention of
the Senate, last week, Senator Gibson re
marked that he thought Mr. Gorman acted
wisely.
He contended that if Mr. Gorman re
ceives the Presidental nomination, he
would be a stronger candidate when it is
known that he does not entertain radical
views on the question.
ILLINOIS NOT GROVER'S.
The Democratic Delegate From That State
l"avor Palmar and Will Stick by Him
Tlie S-nator Not to Be Instructed for,
lint S inply Indorsed.
"Washington, ApriI24. Spee'tdL The
Democratic Convention of the Stale of UK
nois will be held Wednesday, and notwith
standing the statements of "William IV. Mor
rison to the contrary, the delegates will not
be instructed to vote at Chicago for the
nomination of Grover Cleveland. Indeed,
the resolutions to be adopted will point in
the clearest possible manner that Cleve
land is not the man to unite the Democracy
of the country, and that therefore ho Is not
th man to be nominated.
Tlir"'n ill be about 750 delegates in the
ronventipi. and of this number at least 500
nie pledged to do everything in theii power
jo advance the interests or Senator John M.
Palmer. The Senator will not eek to have
the delegates Instructed for him, but he
means to keep control of them, Just the
same
Senator Palmer is the author of the reso
lutions that will be adopted by the conven
tion mid which have already been mailed to
Ms party managers in Illinois. Thee reso
lution will not. as has already been said,
contain instructions for Palmer, but they
n 111 commend him to the Democracy of the
country as a suitable candidate for the Pres
idency. They will declare that he possesses
the confidence of the Democracy oi Illinois,
and that if be can be of service to tho
Demociacy of the country. Illinois will give
him general support,
Tho resolution i will say further, that
while Illinois will support any nominee of
the pai ty, it particularly desires the nomi
nation ofaman whocanknlttheDemocracv
or the country unl be elected. The dele
gates will be instructed to vote as a unit, the
highest duty of the Democracy of Illinois
being to o act as to secure Democratic suc-cei-s
throughout the country. If any refer
ence is made to Grover Cleveland it will be
in a complimentary way. and in language to
be chosen by the friends of Senator Palmer,
v ho desires above all things his nomination.
Illinois will have eight delegates at large
in the National Convention, and the names
of seven have already been agreed upon, as
follows: Congressmen Springer and Cable,
General Adlaie Stevenson, ex-Speaker
Crafts, and Messrs. Green and Chase, of
Chicago, and Judge Green, also of Chicago.
NORTH DAKOTA'S QUANDAEY.
Tlie New State Has Not Provided tor Choos
ing Fresidental Elccto-s.
Grand Forks. X D., April 21. It has been
discovered that the State Legislature has
made no provision whatever for the election
of Presidentat electors, although a law was
passed requiring them to meet at Bismarck
the second Monday in January to cast oal
ot. It Is now too late, of course, to pro
vide for a legal election at the polls, unles3
a special session or the Legislature Is held.
A regular es1oa of the Legislature meets
the first Tuesday in January, six days before
the meeting of" electors Is to bo held. The
Legislature can elect electors, bnt the Leg
islature mar hae a Democratic majoiity
while the Republicans have a majority iu
the State, or vice versa.
It Is suggested that an agreement be made
by the paity leaders and a lorm of voting
for electors gone thiough in regular man
ner, with the understanding that the Legis
lature indorse the action of the people by
choosing electors. The question Is a serious
one.
HOODLUMS BEAT SILK STOCKINGS.
Secretary Noble's Faction Badly Tl orsted in
St. Louis Primaries,
St. Locis, April 24. A primary election
was held in this city yesterday to select del
egates to the State Republican Convention
nt Sedalla, and the various Congressional
conventions in which the city is entitled to
representation. The fight was between two
Mings, known as the "Hoodlums." under
Chauncey L Fillev, and the "Silk Stock
ings," led by tlio iriends ot Secretary John
IV. Noble.
Tho contest was of a purely local charac
ter, both factions entertaining much the
same views regarding national matters.
The result wns: "Hoodlums," 76 State and
14S Congressional delegates; "Silk Stock
ings," 38 State and 83 Congressional. Despite
his victory in the aggregate, Filley was over
whelmingly defeated himself, in his effort
to get to the State convention as a delegate.
New York's Legislative Redisricting.
Albant, X. Y., April 24. Lieutenant
Governor Sheehan to-night said that the
bill to reapportion the Senate and Assembly
districts would not be finally completed be
fore to-morrow afternoon. The Democratic
leaders sav many cases hare come to their
notico in "New York and Kings comities,
where wholo families were returned as
alleys, simply because the head of the fam-
ii y said lio was born abroad, when they had
already become naturalized. Five hundred
thousand persons were returned from these
counties ns aliens. The New York leaders
want 32 assemblymen, but it is understood
tliat county will be given 31 members and
Kings county 19.
HONORS ABOUT EVEN.
Senator "Voorhees Opinion or the Work or
the Indiana Democratic Convention A
Thoroughly Cleveland Platform, bat a
Gray Delegation Selected.
"Washington, April 24. Senator Voor
hees, who was one of the delegates-at-large
chosen by the recent Democratic State Con
vention in Indiana, takes apparently a
somewhat different view of the results of
that convention from that which was gen
erally accepted at the time of its adjourn
ment. Mr. Voorhees went to Indianapolis as an
opponent of Cleveland and an advocate of
the Incorporation of a free coinage plank
in the State platform. The convention re
fused to indorse free coinage, and
declared by lesolntlon that Cleveland
was the "loeical" Democratic candi
date for the Presidency. When asked on his
return to Washington what he thought of
the results or the convention, Mr. oorhees
summed them up ns follows:
"First, a sound platform, embracing tariff
reform and a curi ency of cold and silver and
legal tender paper (greenbacks) on an equal
ity with each other. This Is the old
Democratic platform, and no new depar
ture toward Wall street.
"Second, a splendid State ticket, with a
practical farmer at its head, nominated for
Governor on tho first ballot by a inajoiity of
two to one.
"Third, a delegation to Chicago nearly
two to one In favor of the nomination of
Governor Gray.
"Fourth A compromise resolution, in
dorsing; Cleveland's Administration, with
out instructions for him. but instructing
that Governor Grav's name be presented to
the convention and all honorable means
used for his nomination in the event that
Jlr. Cleveland does not carry the conven
tion." This would seem to indicate that the
Cleveland forces controlled the making of
the platform, while Governor Gray, bv his
weli-known "still hunt" methods, captured
about two-thirds ot the delegates.
ANDBEWS NO SLOUCH.
How the Ex-Chairman Fooled the Boys-
-Be
Knows His Friends.
Philadelphia, April 24. A Harrisburg spe
cial to the Record says: "They thought I was
knocked out," said ex-Chairman Andrews,
after the recent Bepuollcan State Conven
tion. "I never intended to nominate Hen
derson for Judge, but wanted to run him up
to about 10 votes and then drop him. I tell
yon I have friends and am not crushed. I
pulled Jack Boblnson away from Dean, and
his Delaware county men were forme. Rob
inson said he was not going to stand by and
see me sat down upon. The Henderson light
was purely a personal matter of my own. I
know where my friends are."
This will be very pleasant reading for
Charles A. Porter and David Martin, who
mado the alliance t, ith Andrews In Hender
son's interest with the vain hope of nomi
nating George A. Castor for Congressman at
Large. It is Andiews' old game, and tho
Philadelpbians will learn some day thai they
bad better not deal with him.
Among the Interesting things given out at
the convention was the tact that Receiver of
Taxes John Taylor, of Philadelphia, would
be a candidate for Governor next time.
Captain Taylor is in the new combination,
which will develop itself In a short time. He
Is a man ofpie.it executive ability and very
popular in the State.
JEBSEY SOLID FOB HAEBISOIt.
General Scwell Has Things All Cut and
Dried lor the President.
SdtYobk, Apt 11 24. Special. The New
Jersey Republican" State Convention will bo
held in Weston next Wednesday. .Delegates
to the National Convention will bo elected,
and a new State Committee will be ap
pointed. The old committee will resign In a
body. There will be very little. If any con
test, it is said, over the selection of delegates
to the National Convention. General Will
iam J. Sewell, the big boss, has it all cut and
dried, it is said, for Harrison, and a solid
Hariison delegation will be sent, instructed,
probably, to stick to him to the end.
The fight for the Republican nomination
for Governor will begin very soon now. Gen
eral E. Burd Gruob, the last candidate and
now the Minister to Spain, wants another
chance, and hewill.lt is said, resign his office
to get it. He is coming home in a lew weeks.
Join Kcan, Jr., will fight with more chance
or success than he bad three years ago, when
he was a candidate for the renomination.
A CALL TO C0L0EED BEFUBLICABS.
Representative? of Their Baca to Sleet In
Chicago and Discnss Their 'Wrongs.
Chicago, April 24. At a meeting held here
yesterday, attended by well-known colored
men from various sections of the country, a
call was promulgated for a national confer
ence of colored Republicans, to be held in
Chicago June 1 next. The call says in part :
We need the accumulated knowledge and in
formation, the milled character, combined wisdom
and sound Judgment of our prominent men In every
section of the country In this coming Presldental
campaign. The separate coach law. which has been
enacted bv the various Legislatures In the Southern
Mates, subjecting our race 10 Injustice and sbuse
without cud, and the numerous outrages that hare
been Dernetrated unon them without the slightest
t provocation or cause In the South, demand our lm-
a full and free discussion, and to adopt a plan and
method to redress these wrongs, as far as possible,
e Issue this call.
Invitations to attend the conference will
be sent to five persons in each State and
Territory and the District of Columbia.
URGING DB. DEPEW.
Western New Torkers Anxious to Slake the
Railroader President.
New York, April 24. The Times says there
are indications that some of Chauncey M.
Depew's political friends will again enter
him for the Presidency as Newlork's favor
ite son. Erie county Republicans are espe
cially anxious to have him announce his
caudidacy. A party of Buffalonians now
here, headed by O. G. Warren, of the Com
mercial Advertiser, Erie county's Republican
Doss, are urging Depew's candidacy.
Blair County Prohibitionists Meet
Altoona, April 21 The Blair County Pro
hibition Convention was held in this city
yesterday, when the following ticket was
put in nomination: Assembly, Hiram Neffer,
James Patterson: District Attornev, W. L.
Pascoe; Register and Recorder, J. B. Harp
sten County Treasurer, J. F. Ellsworth.
Delegates to State Convention, John Clark,
A. A. Stevens, F. D. Beyer, W. A. Long,
Thomas Suckling, Mrs. G. W. Stratton, Miss
Ida McAllister and Dr. J. M. Bunn.
MUEDEBED FOB HOTHING.
A Cigar Dealer Killed by Thieves, Who Bag
No Boodle.
ST. Locis, April 24. Special. Edward
Drexler, a bachelor who keeps a cigar stole
on Pino street, was found dying this morn
ing with his skull fractured. Burglars had
entered his placo through a vault light in
the sidewalk, and the murderous work was
done with a heavy lion bar.
Two bootblacks were arrested on sus
picion. Both asserted that they had been
with two women during the night, but the
women both deny this. Drexler managed
to crawl to the door, but could mako no outer-.
He bad considerable money, but the
thieves got nothing. He died at 11 o'clock
this morning.
A HOEBE-LOVING CHUHCH M2MBEB
Receives a Boast From His Pastor for His
Connection With Jockeys.
CoriKGTOjf, KVr., April 24. Rey. Dr. Robin
son preached to-night at the Union M. E.
Church on "Latonia Raco Track and Its Re
spectable Patronage." At the last election
one or the governors elected for the Lctonin
track Is a member of the Union M. E.
Church. Dr. Robinson discovered it and
v. as very much mortified to think that one of
his flock was connected with a race-track.
He wrote the member and gave him a quiet
roast about his connection with the sport,
and hoped that be would sever his connec
tion with it. The letter did not have the de
sired eflect on the member, for he politely
wrote the reverned doctor that be could not
decline the distinguished and unsolicited
honor that had been conferred on him by
his lellow-turtmen, and if tho matter was
distasteful to him (the clergyman) he could
exeroise the privilege of erasing his name
from the books containing the toll of mem
bership of his church.
The distinguished preacher, seeing that
his blun did not go througb, wrote his
Jockey club member a note, saying that ho
had no desire to see him withdraw from the
church, but he slmplv did not want him
connected with a concern that ho thought
produced an evil influence. Tho repri
manded man is still agovernor of tho Jockey
club and a member of tho Union M. E.
Church, and yet the moral standing of the
church has not been materially affected.
SLUMMING REVERSED.
HOW THE POOR WILL GET A PEEP AT
THE BICH IN NEW YORK.
A Novel Idea to Be Carried Oat by Work
ing Men and Women How Employe
Will Learn Something About the Horns
Lire or Employer The Girls Grow En
thusiastic New York, April 24. 5prfaZ. An
expedition by Eastside workers among
the rich, in order that the Eastsiders may
learn for themselves the actual condition of
the residents of Fifth avenue and of the
fashionable 400 generally, was enthusi
astically arranged at the Florence building
to-day. The expedition will probably be
led by the Key. Father Huntington, who
made the proposition. "Slumming" expedi
tions in the other direction are an old story.
This is a sort ofretort courteous.
The matter was decided upon by a con
vention of shirtmakers, held in the large
hall of the Florence building. Representa
tives were present from the principal cities
throughout the Eastern States. The audience
was about half women. Tno oiiginal object
of the convention was to form a shirt trade
national organization. Julius Simons, of
the Cutters'" Assembly or New York, was
Chairman, and Miss Maggie Mahoney, of L.
A. 2,760, of Philadelphia. Vice Chairman.
Father Huntington said that the time was
come when it was proper to establish boards
of conciliation between employers and em
ployes. The rich should know more about the
poor, and the poor should know more about
the rlcu. Slumming parties had been
formed bv the rich to find out how the poor
lived. Why should not the poor go to the
rioh to see how they manased to get along.
Gi eat applause.
Father Huntington then went on to say
tbatnext Saturday he had arranged for a
delegation of Eastsiders to meet a delega
tion of rich peopla at the headquarters of
wealth and fashion. They will then have an
opportunity of knowing how the rich lived.
All the girls voted that the plan was just
splendid, and the proposition was adopted
with a whoop. The meeting then adjourned
to a well-known restaurant on the Bow
ery, near Houston, where the delegates were
treated to a banquet. The girls were regaled
with ice cream and candy, and said there
was nothing more enjoyablo than conven
tions when they wero properly conducted.
Some of those who bad to leave tor other
cities wepc uezauso they cannot be here to
go on Father Huntington's expedition.
CHABGING FOB CUEI0SITY.
The World's Talr Managers Uegin to Rea
lize on Admissions.
Chicago, April 24. The first revenue at
the World's Fair grounds was obtained last
week. An admission fee of 25 cents
was charged all visitors. Heretofore
passes have been issued to those
who had a "pull" with the
authorities, directly or Indirectly. It began
to look as though political Influences were
at work, for the passes were lavishly dis
tributed. The crowd9 that found their way
inside the gates interfered very seriously
with the work on the buildings. The issu
ing of passes was finally discontinued. But
the crowds have not stopped their visits.
Ten thousand persons passed through tho
turnstile on the fiist day, In the face of a
fold, raw wind.
Two additional entrances have since been
provided, and tbe guard increased. It is es
timated that the average daily attendance
before the 1st of May, 1893. when the Fair is
lormally opened, will be 10,000, from whom a
total of ncaily a million dollais will be col
lected. HE FULFILLED HIS THBEAT.
A Utah Girl Murdered bv Her Uncle For
Keeping a Young Man's Compauy.
Salt Lake, Utah, April 24. New3 was re
ceived to-night of a terrible tragedy at Park
City, Utah.' As Miss Grace Fiuelling was
walking along the railway track conversing
with a young man named Paradise, the lady's
uncle, a Mr. Trottman, dogged their footsteps.
Then, making a circuit, he got ahead of
them and hid in the bushes. As the pair got
opposite Trottman shot the girl twice, onco
in tbe head and once In tbe back. She died
instantly. Then Trottman, realizing the
enormity of bis crime, sat down beside the
bodr of his niece and shot himself in the
head. At this writing he is not dead, but
lias not recovered consciousness, and is ex
pected to die at any moment.
About five months ago the girl absented
herself lrom home, and her family thought
the act was on account of Paradise, though
no criminality was suspected; but her uncle
told her If sho went any more with Paradise
he would shoot her. He fulfilled bis threat.
SPECULATING AT MESABA.
Kimberley, of SharoD, Securing Control of
Ore In the Bange.
St. Paul, April 24. A deal has been practi
cally closed by which Mr. Klmberly, of
Sharon, Pa., a wealthy manufacturer and
miner, will assume tbe operation of the Bi
wabik Mine in tbe Mesaba range in this
State, under a lease of all tbe properties. It
is said that he will also lease the Shaw, and
perhaps the Hale mines.
Mr. Klmberly recently visited Dulnth, and
looked over the range and especially tho
properties which hae been leased. Mr. Klm
berly is represented here by J. T. Jones, who
has also been his right hand man In the
Menominee range. Tho affect of the new
deal. It Is thought, will be very great. Klm
berly is one of the ablest iron men in the
country.
A BPAEKUNG CB0SS
One Glittering With Bare Gems Placed on
tho Altnrof a Church.
New York. April 24. Tho largest jewels
of their kind in Ameiica glittered from
the altar or All Angels' Church to-day, hav
ing been clustered by Tiffany Into a beauti
ful Gothic cross of dazzling brilliancy. The
cross Is over four feet high and is two feet
wide, and is a memorial to the deceased
wife of Thomas R. Keator, of this city. In
its center is a round Spanish topaz finches
in diameter, with hundreds of facets.
Thirty-three other rare topazes. Brazilian
amethysts and glowing garnets shine in the
cross with varying hues.
DELIEIUM MADE HIH A FIEND.
A Bnssian Imperial OEicer Chops His Wife
to Piecea and Drowns His Children.
St. Petersburg, April 24. All circles of
society here are greatly perturbed ovoi a
horrible deed committed by the choirmaster
of the private chapel of the Imperial Palace
at Peterhof.
While in a delirious frenzy ho murdered
his wlte, after which he chopped her body
Into fragments, which he burned in a stove.
He then threw his three children into an ad
jacent river.
W0BSE THAN THE SILTEB NIGHTHABE.
Home Balers in Ireland to Appeal
to
American Presldental Candidates.
Cork, April 24. At a meeting held here to
day in favor of amnesty for Daly and other
dynamite prisoners, on Mr. Redmond's sug
gestlon, a resolution was carried to ask
Irish-Americans to bring the question betoie
the candidates for tbe Presidency.
Canada' First Snnday Newspaper.
Mostbeal, April 24. The first newspaper
to be published in Canada on Sunday made
its appearance thi3 morning. Its title is
Bunday 2Iorning.
Anarchist Monoz Tarns Infouner.
Madrid, April 24. Munoz, the Anarchist,
has been liberated to Decoine a police agent
and in former.y
PITTSBURG. MONDAY,
HOLMAFS HANDS TIED.
The Senate Wont Asrree to Paring
Down Naval Appropriations.
HECESSITBFOR MORE WARSHIPS
Utterly Precludes a False Economy at the
Present Time.
DAI.ZEL17S TIN PLATE REPORT READY
(special telegbafhic lettee.j
Bureau of The Dispatch,
Washington, D. C. April 24.
It is evident from the expression of indi
vidual sentiment by members of the Com
mittee on Xnval Affairs of the Senate that
if Mr. Holmau, of the Honse Committee on
Appropriations, hopes to prevent a pro
vision for more than one battleship and for
several other vessels for attack and defense
he will have to induce Speaker Crisp to ap
point a patient and long suffering commit
tee on conference. It is almost certain that
when the naval appropriation bill gets back
to the House after its course through the
Senate it will contain appropriations for
new war vessels which will appall the econ
omical statesman from the hoonpole district
of Indiana.
Possibly it may not be known to Penn
sylvaniaas that Senator Cameron is Chair
man of tbe Committee on Naval Afiairs. It
is unavoidable that a doubt should arise oc
casionally in the minds of the public
whether Senator Cameron is in the Senate
at all lie is absent so continuously and is
heard from so rarely when he is present.
Mr. Cameron Quits an Invalid.
It is only fair to Mr. Cameron to say that
for much of the time since Congress con
vened the Senator has been very ill from a
painful affection of long standing, and for
the relief of which he suffered a severe
surgical operation about thieo months ago,
which kept him confined to his house for
many weeks. Since his convalesencu he has
been compelled to be veiy careful in his
movements. Hd has been in the Senate
Chamber but little. He lias spent much
time in his committee room, however, and
is well prepared, with the members of his
committee, to grapple with the question of
constructing a new navy.
Tho Senate Naval Committee is almost
unanimously in favor of a munificent ap
propriation for new warships, cruisers, gun
boats and torpedo boats. They do not think
there is any economy in waiting lor the
lake and seaboaid cities of the country to be
battered and burned and sacked before pro
viding weapons to repel attack. Mr. IIol
man cares nothing for tbo safety of the great
cities which would be at the mercy of the
navy or any country in cass of war arising
from some one of tho many disputes with
which the Government has to deal now, or
will have to deal n ith, in all probability, iu
tho near future.
Holman's Horizon ot Limited Diameter.
Mr. Holman's horizon is bounded by the
eight sparsely settled and benighted coun
ties in Southeastern Indiana, which have
the bad grace to send him to Congress.
Four times in his career he has been de
feated In this district, and at the last elec
tion had only about 1,700 majority, and that
this may not ho overturned, as on former
occasions, he must make a record for econ
omy. He is absolutely convinced, with the
senile judgment of his three-score-and-ten
years, that the country will be safe if he bo
elected to Congress, and for that country's
safety he thinks it is cheaper to work for
his own re-election than to build vessels of
war. This goes in his district as the most
consummate wisdom witn his Democratic
constituents, who, never having penetrated
beyond the fastnesses of their nmbrc-s. ns
hooppcle forests, cannot understand tbe ne
cessity of a navy. They hnven't the least
idea what the word means.
The one obstacle in the way of a big appro
priation for new naval vessels is the de
pleted condition of the Treasury. Secretary
Foster feels a weight of responsibility In re
gard to this matter, and declares to his Re
publican friends that there must be a halt
called. The line must be drawn somewhere.
As there is more personal politics Involved
in largo appropriations for rivers and har
bors and for public buildings, It is probable
that tho usual number of millions will be
dissipated in the air and sunk In mudholes,
to aid the re-election of Congressmen, while
a beggarly sum for the new navy will be
urged In Congress and at the Treasury De
partment. Liberal Naval Expenditures Favored.
As I have said, however, the Senate Com
mittee on Naval Afiairs is disposed to be
very liberal in Its provision for new vessels.
The inclination is to amend tho House bill
practically in accordance with the sugges
tions of Representative Boutelle, to provide
for four battleships, several gunboats, tor
pedo gunboats, torpedo boats, etc. Tho
Senate will undoubtedly adopt all the rec
ommendations of the committee, and then
tbe difference between the Senate and House
will have to he fought out in a conference
composed of representatives of each Cham
ber, and it is just possible that tbo Houso
conferees may be induced to agree to the
bill as it passes the Senate, as tho responsi
bility for increased appropriations may
tnenbe placed upon the Republicans.
Recent statements in regard to the in
crease of the British navy have spurred en
thusiasts on this subject to bring now In
fluence In support of a liberal provision for
warvessois. xnree years ao last .January
tho number of effective war vessels of tho
British navy was 373, the tonnage 679,144 tons,
and the cost neaily $209,000,000. Add to this
tho vessels now under construction and
provided Tor, and It is found that within two
j'ears this navy will have 501 vessels of
1,127,000 tons, costing upward ot $300,030,000.
The vessels building and built since 1SS9
consist of 13 flrst-class armored battleships,
two or the second-class, 11 first-class pro
tected cruisers, 41 of the second-class, six of
the third-class, two sloops of war, 27 torpedo
gunboats, six flrst-class and ten second-class
torpedo boatB, one torpedo depot ship and
nine gunboats. It is boasted abroad that
the additions to tho British navy within
three rears will far surpass in fighting
strength tho entire navy of the United
States.
Some Badlcal Changes Certain.
These facts, with the recent narrow es
capes fiomwar, and the possibility of far
ther trouble with Great Britain on account
of her contempt of the Monroe doctrine,
shown in the robbery of territory in Ven
ezuela, while they do not affect Mr. Holman,
cause much serious reflection in other
minds. To what extent the serious aspect
of the future will influence the minds of tho
Senate remains to be seen, bnt it is pretty
certain to snow its effect on Mr. Cameron's
committee in the louu of radical changes in
the House naval apnropria tion bill.
Hon. John Dalzell this evening completed
his minority report to accompany the tin
plate bill, with the exception of a few fig
ures in regard to tbe amount'of the product,
which he desites to verify before incor
porating them in his presentation. In re
leiring to the bill, bo m the beginning ex
poses its manifest absurdity in that it pro
poses to tako the duty rrom tin plate while
leaving operative the duty on sheet Iron and
steel, which aie used in tho manufacturing
of tin plate. Tho report will show that dui
ing the nine months which have passed
since the McKinley law went effect importa-'
tions have greatly decreased, the foreign
price has been considerably reduced, and
the price to consumers in the United States
has not appreciably increased, though the
majority lepoit makes the unqualified as
sertion that the imposition or the duty will
bo a tax on the domestic consumers of at
least $1S,000,000. The loreign price has actual
ly, accoiding to Mr. Dalzell's leport, de
creased to an extent which represents fully
the amount of the duty, whlcn will enable
importers to purchase. If necessary, the
foreign article and sell it without any ad
vance over former prices.
A Decrease f Price Probable.
Moreover, Mr. Dalzell predicts that, in the
light of the history of all similar experi
ments, the competition arising from tbe
building up of rival manufactories at home
will result in a decrease of price below that
which would now have to be paid for tho
foreign article if there were no duty.
The report will exhibit sworn statements
from manufacturers which prove that dur
ing the ninu months of tbe protected manu
facture the product has been doubled each
succeeding quarter, and even these figures
will not lully describe tbe progress in the
organization of tho industry, as at the time
of the hist reports many mills ipio on tho
jiolnt of bUrtlng, others begun were not
APRIL 25. 1892.
completed, and yet others were not yet op
erated up to their capacity. The capital in
vested in tin plate manufacture since tho
duty was Imposed is upward of $3,000,000. The
quality or the product Is admitted to be
equal, if not superior, to the best Welsh man
ufacture. Letters are quoted from persons Interested
in the trade, who had donDted tbe success
of the experiment In America, admitting
their mistaken predictions, and announcing
unqualifiedly their conviction that a great
new industrv has been organized, and that
mere is noaouDtoi its permanency, nun
ts enormous and increasing investment,
and doubling of the product every two
or three months, tho report logically con
cludes that tbe provision of the law that In
certain contingencies the duty may bo abro
gated will never bo called into action. Not
tho least Important phase of the matter is
that Yankee ingenuity has been already
spurred to making improvements in tho
machinery and processes already in use,
and with new inventions will no doubt
soon further cheapen the product, while
impi oving its quality. The report also gives
an important place to the effect of the duty
in, giving employment to thousands of
American workmen. L.
BLAVATSKY'S BELIEVERS
Meet In Chicago and Decide That In One
Sense Colonel Olcott, the Beslgned President-Founder,
Shall Have No Successor
A New Leader Chosen.
Chicago, April 24. The annual conven
tion of delegates from the various the
osophical societies of the United States
opened at the Palmer Honse to-day. In
view of the fact that the President of the
entire society. Colonel Henry S. Olcott,
made a division of the ashes of the late
JIailam Blavatsky in London last July in
the presence of Annie Besant and Mr.
Judge, giving a third each to the Indian,
European and American sections, it was re
solved to indorse the establishment of per
manent headquarters in New York, where
the portion of tbe ashes given to America
should be kept in a suitaole receptacle.
Tbe resignation of tbe now aged President-Founder,
Colonel Olcott, was dated at
Adyar, Hadras, January 21, 1S01, yet the
American convention was the first to act
upon it. It did so by adopting resolutions
aunouncing that the office of "President
Founaer" should remain forever uniqne,
and unanimously declaring its choice as
successor to the mere Presidency to bo
William Q. Judge, to hold the office for life,
a co-founder with Colonel Olcott and
Madame Blavatsky. The latter decision Mr.
Meade announced as already having been
taken by the European section. A further
resolution was adopted, asking Colouel
Olcott to levoke his resignation and remain
President with a minimum of work. If he
persists in his determination, the resolntion
provides that Colonel Olcott be given a life
residence at Adyar, India.
The resignation of Colonel Olcott is looked
upon by Thcosophists as being next in im-
Sortance to the death of Madame Blavatsky.
o was an American soldier, journalist and
litcrateur, aud was a Spiritualist until he
mot Madamo Blavatsky, and with her and
Mr. Judge founded the Theosophical Society
in New York in 1875. Ho went with Madame
Blavatsky to Madras, and at one of its
suburbs established the still-existing head
quarters. It is said to bo his present inten
tiou to seek a retreat near that city and
devote tho rest of his life to theosophical
writings.
HAD THE EVIL EYE.
A Babe With a Strange Optic Blamed for
Sickness and Death.
Las Vegas, N. M., April 27. A strange
story comes from Puerto de Luna, on the
Bio Pecos, near Fort Summer. Two weeks
ago the wife or Miguel Terraza became the
mother or a girl baby, which had but one
eye, located in the center of its forehead.
Shortly nftor the birth of the infant Its
mother expired suddenly. Two days later
Donna Inez, tho baby's nurse, was taken
with spasms and died after an illness of an
hour. The father and the baby's brother, a
bov 6 years old, were soon afterward taken
with spasms. They arc still alive and hopes
are entertained for their recovery. Tbo
physician attending them says they have all
thH symptoms of poisoning.
Upon the death of Donna Inez a young
woman named Marianna Castono was em
ployed as a nurse to the babe. When tho
lather and brother became ill she fled from
tbe house and declared to her relatives and
friends that the babe's single eye was an
"evil eye," and that no one could long re
main in the babe's presence without becom
ing dangerously sick. Tbo little one ex
pired from negleot, no one having attended
to its wants since the departure of Marianna
Castono.
AN ELECTIONEEEING DODGE
Is the Way the Thunderer Characterizes
Harrison' Silver Negotiation.
Losdoit, April 25. The Times says: "Presi
dent Harrison's rumored negotiations for a
silver conference are an obviously evasive
and illusory attempt to temporize with soft
money partisans while escaping a rupture
with mercantile interests in tho Eastern and
Central States. Wa fear another period of
uncertainty and fluctuation has been initi
ated by bis electioneering move, without
the slightest change of permanent interna
tional settlement of tbe problem or a real
and lasting improvement of the maiket.
"Mr. Goschen, like some French and Ger
man financiers, has expressed a desire for
tbe rehabitation of silver, but wo are in
clined to think that such expressions, un
less Intended to lead to a definite policy, do
more harm than good. They stimulate the
production of silver by foreshadowing anew
demand and an artificial rise In price. The
best thing for all silver-using countries,
Including India, Is to allow silver to find its
natural market level. America must before
long T.ipple with the problem of accumu
lated silver."
BEODIE'S FACE IB DANGER
A Would-Be Imitator of the Bridge Jumper
Threatens Him.
New York, April 24. Special. Michael
Ryder, the youth who was arrested at mid
night Saturday as he was about to jump
fiom the bridge in a suit of Steve Brodie's
jumping clothes, was up before Justice
Walsh in Brooklyn this morning. He
told tho Justice he wns only 18
vears old, and that he lived at 425
West Forty-fourth street, this city. He said
that in Brodie's saloon last night Brodie'
talked a lot about the fame he had attained
as a bridge jumper, and remarked that
Ryder might become as lamous if he leaped
off the bridge.
Ryder declared that he got so worked np
that ho decided to Jump the bridge. Justice
Walsh sentenced him to SO days In Raymond
street jail. "When I get out" said Ryder, as
ho was led away, "I'll punch tbe nose off
Steve Brodie."
FE0M A FAMILY OF CEIMINALS.
No Wonder ltavacbol, the Paris Arch-Anarchist,
Turned Out Bad.
Paris, April 24. Inquiries in regard to
Ravachol'8 pedigree have revealed the fact
that his grandfather, great-grandfather and
great-great-grandfather wero all hanged.
They belonged to a band of robbers that ter
lorized certain districts in the Netherlands
for many years.
Ravachol is apparently scared nt the
wholesale arrests of Anarchists made last
week. He has become much depressed and
refuses food, appearing to fear betrayal. Ho
receives numerous letters. One assured
him that a plan was being prepared to pre
vent his execution If he should be sentenced
to death.
A G0ITEAU LAWYEE DEAD.
The Romance In the Li To of Charles H. Reed
After the Famous Trial.
Baltimore, April 24. Charles H. Reed, of
counsel for Guiteau, the assassin of Presi
dent Garfield, Is dead in this city, aged 53
years. Mr. Reed made his residence in this
city for the last four or flvo years.
During the trial of Guiteau several young
ladles of Baltimore were in the habit or
visiting the Court room, and one of them.
Miss Fanny Daniels, daughter or a wealthy
brewer of this city, made the acquaintance
of Mr. Reed and marriage followed in a
short time after the trial.
Cholera in the Orient
Loxpoif, April 23. Cholera is spreading in
Afghanistan and Persia. Russian frontier
officials impose 40 days' quarantine upon ar
rival lrom the Infected oountries.
PURSUED BY POLICE.
Belgian Officers Try to Catch the
Borrowe-Pox Dueling Party.
MUCH SPORT IN NEW YORK CITY
Orer the Affair of Honor That Was Wiped
Out Without Bloodshed.
DEEP SYMPATHY FOR FOX'S POOR COAT
LONDON, April 24. The Belgian police
last night made frantic efforts to capture
the Borrowe-Fox dueling party, the penalty
for dueling in Belgium being a month's im
prisonment and, a fine of 40. The affair is
not yet ended. There is now a Tow between
Fox and Colonel Tom Ochiltree, tho former
claiming that Ochiltree advised him to sell
the letters. Ochiltree denies that he did so.
The dueling party is expected here in the
night
A special to The Dispatch from New
York says: An opinion occasionally ex
pressed in New York to-day was that Mr.
Edward Fox and Mr. Hallet Alsop Bor
rowe were not heroic figures of the field of
honor. They fought a harmless duel in a
Belgian sand hollow yesterday, and they
did not shoot very straight- Borrowe is an
inch or so short of two yards long, aud is
nearly a yard in equatorial diameter. Ed
ward Fox is two inches short of two yards
long, and is a trifle more than a yard wide,
and about a yard thick through the middle.
To picture the targets more vividly, it may
be said that each gentleman was nearly one
third the size of a barn door.
Poor Shots If They Had Any Nerve.
A dueling pistol is almost big enough to
be called a gun. It is made to shoot
straight It pulls with a hair trigger, does
not kick, and when it is pointed steadily in
any direction and tbe trigger is pulled the
bullet goes in that direction. The duelists
stood about ten yards apart. It seems as if
one of them, if bis hand was steady, must
have scored an out of a possible two.
The story of the duel, as telegraphed The
Dispatch, caused talk at the clubs and
among the fighting men in town to-day.
"Borrowe was lucky he did not face Dray
ton," was often heard. "It's well for Fox
that he made his peace with Jlilbank," was
also heard, and there was sympathy ex
pressed for Fox's frock coat, which was so
cruelly perforated by Borrowe's second
bullet.
A Southern gentleman who has been in
several duels himself was asked: "Does the
fact that Borrowe stood up and permitted
Fox to shoot twice at bim relieve him from
the charge of cowardice put on him by Cole
man Drayton?"
The gentleman rubbed his obin and
drawled reflectively: "Well tbe fact
that he faced Fox after refusing to
face Drayton seems rather to be an
indication that Drayton could shoot
No, Mr. Borrowe's position Is not altered In
tbe minds of Mr. Drayton's friends.
Enough to Slake a Man Weary.
"Now, the idea," this gentleman con
tinned, "of Borrowe and Fox meeting on a
field of honor makes me tired. There was
no field of honor about it. Let's look at the
whole thing: The correspondence between
Borrowe and Drayton was made public by
Fox. Fox declared it was made public by
authority or Borrowe. Borrowe writes a
letter and tells Fox he is a liar and a
coward. Fox challenges him. They invite
two reporters to see the fight, so that it shall
have sufllclent notoriety. They fight. Fox
is shot through the coat-tails. Borrowe then
takes back all that he said about Fox. Fox,
wounded as bo is, takes back nothing. Each
declares his honor satisfied. Each praises
the other's courage and they retire. This is
fine, Isn't it? I do not bellove that either
man meant to shoot tho other. If either did,
then it is clear, considering their sizes, that
each man was too frightened to shoot
straight"
"is an exchange of shots without spilling
blood sufllclent under tbe code to wlpo out a
deliberate imputation of lying and coward
ice?" asked the reporter.
"Well, in this case, remember, tho coat
tail of one of the gentlemen was injured.
That ought to be considered. I think that,
under tbe code, the gentlemen could agree
that their honor was satisfied. But Fox, at
last accounts, reiterated his accusation that
Borrowe lied. I should say that as long as
he contlnned saying that, so long would
Borrowe have to keep shooting at him."
THE FIRST BODY FOUND.
Two Parties of Italians May Fight ror the
Corpse of a Rich Contractor.
Pottsville, April 21. Vast crowds visited
the scene of the mine disaster at Lytle col
liery near Mlnersville to-day. Tbe pumps
had been working steadily since last even
ing, and the bottom of the slope will be
reached somo time this evening. In the
meantime an exploration was being made of
the parts of the mine already clear. The
searching party at 9.30 found the body of
Thomas Buggy and brought it to the sur
face. After the Coroner had viewed the
body it was placed in an ice-box and re
moved to his late home. At last accounts
the remains or the other mine unfortunates
have not been found, who may be discoyered
at any moment.
Trouble Is anticipated when the bodies of
the Italians are brought to tbe surlaco. A
numDer of friends of Contractor Labella
from the upper mining region were on the
grounds all day, and will claim the bodies,
while it is reported that his ufilanced will
make strenuous efforts, with the assistance
of her friends, to get possession.
Labeila has been a very successful con
tractor and has accumulated a handsome
sum of money. It Is thought this has some
connection with the desire of both parties to
get the body.
MYETLE STUETEVANI'S FUHEBAL.
Last Bites Over the Girl Who Died When
She Lost Her Love.
Colujibus, 0., April 2t Special. The
story of Myrtle Sturtevant's mysterious dis
appearance closed to-day. The body was
found In the river at Cincinnati and last
evening identified by her father, who had
made a fruitless search for his daughter for
more than two weeks. The. Interest in the
case was manifested bya jamofthousandsof
people at noon when the train arrived here
bearing the remains. It required the aid of
officers to open a way lor the funeral party
to pass. A brief service was held at the res
idence, and the usual large crtowd again
gathered. The body was not exposed, owiu,j
tbo advanced stase of decomposition.
During the day many threats wero heard
against T. F. Connell, who is snpposed to
have been the cause of tbe young woman
leaving and of her suicide. He has not been
heard from slnjo Friday, when be was at his
home near Delaware. It is quite sure that
he will never come to Columbus again. The
feeling is such here that he would be rough
ly handled, If not lynched. The mother of
the dead girl was prostrated with grief and
the effects of tbe shock. It is doubtful If
she can recover.
A GEEHAH CABINET CHANGE.
Tho Minister of War, Disgusted and Weary
of His Task, Gives It Up.
Bebliit, April 24. The retirement of Gen
eral von Kaltenborn-Stachau, Minister of
War, is regaided as imminent. Tho reason
given far his retirement is ill health, but it
is really on account of the proposed army
reforms. He has always disliked his parlia
mentary duties, and has seldom attended
the sessions, even during army debates.
The Government, le-iiing that (omii ques
tion on the subject may induce a keen strug
gle, desires a more active Minister. It is
probablo he will be succeeded by General
Von Blume.
SET ELBE TO A CHUBCH.
A New Jersey Woman Tries to Burn Down
a Placo of Worship.
Flaihpield, N. J., April 24. Special. Just
after service began in the Crescent Avenue
Church this evening, Maria Manan rushed
into the vestibule, and from a can which she
carried, scattered a fluid on the floor. Tbe
odor of kerosene attracted the attention of
an usher. He grabbed the woman and tried
to put her from the building, when she
shrieked that she would burn the church
over Dr. Richard's (the pastor's) head.
The usher Anally succeeded In ejecting
her, but while he was summoning an officer
to arrest her she poured kerosene on the
street steps and along the sides of tho bnild
ing and set it on fire. The flames were
quickly extinguished, however, without
anyone in the congregation knowing of tho
danger. The woman was taken to the sta
tion houso by an officer and will bo exam
ined as to her sanity. She is a servant girl,
and worked for Georgo Wharton, Jr.
ALL IN GOOD SPIRITS.
THE
WYOMING PRISONERS OF WAK
BEACH CHEYENNE.
Nearly All the Volunteers Yet Fall of
Fight tots or Hatred left for the
Texans Tbe Great Peril or the Unaer-
taklng Explained.
Cheyenne, April 24. Special. The
prisoners ot the late Wyoming war are
quartered in the regimental gymnasium
hall at Fort Bussell. They arrived at 3:30
this a" --noon, under escort of three com-
panif . Seventeenth Infantry, U. S.
A. . vllirnfQ Vjtfcens of Cheyenpe
were at u. '" r, JffPt' Tl"s crowd
included the I-- ' Cfi'k -9'1 of the
white caps and their .. fl . s-
For the most part the ' te recov-
ered from the trip overland ii. a blizzard
between McKInney and Fettorman. There
are a few serious faces, but the majority are
In good spirit?. Nearly all of the volun
teers of the expedition are yet full or fight
and breathing hatred against the rustlers.
The Texans feel that their situation is seri
ous, but they have been guaranteed equal
lesal protection with the Wyoming?.
Frank Canton, who commanded the vol
unteers: Major Wolcott, leader or the expe
dition; W. C Irvine, his lieutenant; Hesse
and Ford, prominent in tbe ranks or tho in
vaders, and Senator Jack Tisdale, who. with
picked men, had the riflo pits at the "T. A."
ranch, all talked freely with The Dispatch
correspondent. They claim the siege might
have lasted a month without much injury to
them, but they intended to make a dash the
first dark night.
The rustlers had their movable fort com
pleted ten hours before the siege was raised.
Forty men were needed to operate it. So
great was the peril of this undertaking that
only six offered their services. The leader
in this was Al Allison, brother of a rustler
killed last fall and one of the men to be
treated by tbe regnlators.
"We had a trench between the fort and the
house," said one. "We had saved our ammu
nition, and hart they assaulted tbe ion wo
would have killed 200 of their 310 men before
we would have been taken. The cavalry
officers said our position and our fortifica
tions gave us command of the situation. We
had lood enough for two weeks. Toward
the last rustler bullets threw dnst into the
faces of the men In the rifle pits. The posi
tion of Jack Tisdale and his pit men was
dangerous nil the time. Of the 15 here ten
were State citizens and five Texans."
HEW 0BIEAHS' MISSING JUDGE.
No One Now Believes That He Will Ee
Fonnd Alive and Well.
New Obleass, April 24. In spito of the
most persistent search on the part of the
fliends, not a single clew has yetbeen fonnd
as to tbe probable whereabouts of tho ven
erable Judge Marr. The last information of
him was on Tuesday evening, when he was
seen walking along tho river bank in the
vicinity of Carrollton. There are none now
who believe that the Judse is alive. If ho
had sought shelter at any of tho cottases
near Carrollton some information as to his
whereabouts would have come long since.
It is now believed by many that Judge
Marr had wandered away intentionally
in tho hope of escaping importunities of Mur
derer Deschamps' friends fora reprieve, and
proposed remaining in hiding until after the
execntion, or nt least until the day set for it
had passed. Now that Friday his come and
gone and tho unfortunate jurist has still
failed to appear, all hope of his return has
been abandoned. Tbe taniily and friends of
Judge Marr are sparing no pains or expense
to discover something about him that will
tend to relieve their anxiety.
SAPPHIRE LANbS SOU) OUT.
A Big Gem-Bearing Tract Transferred to
an English Syndicate.
Helena, Mont., April21 Special. A deal
has been consummated by which a big
English syndicate comes into possession of
tho sapphire lands owned by tho Spratt
Bros. A cablegram was received yesterday
from London by F. D. Spratt lrom his
brother, A. N. Spratt, telling him to place
the deeds to the English company on record,
and to turn the property over to A. B. Wood,
general manager of the company. This will
be done Monday. The prlco agreod upon
for the ground is $2,000,000, one half of which
is to bo in cash and the balance in fully-paid-up
shares.
Tbe property which orfeinally figured in
the negotiations comprised about 4,000 acres,
but this is just about one-half of what the
deal Includes. Eldorado Bar, containing
1,533 acres of patented land, tho most thor
oughly prospected of all the gem land, was
the nucleus, and to it has been ndded other
gem-bearing grounds, making a total of 8,000
acres, on both sides of the Missouri river,
and extending a distance of 12 or 15 miles.
The lands are about 12 miles from Helena.
IMMIGEANIS BEING DISEASE.
A New Family From tho Fatherland Carry
Varioloid With Tiiem.
Detroit, April 24. A case or varioloid has
been discovered by the city physicians in
an immigrant family that arrived hero re
cently. The patient is Minnie Rhoda, an
8-year-old German girl, and the physicians
think that she must have been suffering
from the disease for eight days. Although
tbe child is not In a dangerous condition
herself, the case is one of grave importance
from the fact that varioloid is as contagious
as smallpox, and that tho many people who
have been exposed to it through little Min
nie are liable to bo seized with that disease.
The family In whloh the case has been dis
covered came from Germany on tho steamer
Weimar, which arrived at Baltimore 15 days
ago. The child has been removed to tho
pesthouse, and every precaution has been
taken to prevent the disease from spread
ing.
THE FIGHT AGAINST PBINCE MIKE,
Detroit Properly Holders Meet, Pass Reso
lutions and Raise Sinews of War.
Detroit, April 24. A largely attended
meeting of the residents of tho Northstde
was held last evening to devise means to rid
that section of the religious sect of which
"Prince" Michael is the leader. Speeches
were made by several prominent citizens,
who were all bitterly opposed to tho resi
dence of the followers ot the "Fying Rail"
nmong them, because of the ruin of property
interests.
Resolutions were unanimously adopted
condemning "Prince" Michael nnd his fol
lowers for their Immorality, and declaring
the sense of the meeting that it is the duty
of every citizen to discourago in every way
possible the settlement in their midst of
"this lazy, thriftless, sensnal class of people."
A committee was appointed to raise a fund to
be employed in furthering tbe prosecution of
"Prince" Michael.
THE TIN PLATE HEGIRA.
Extensive Welsh Tln-Plate Manufacturers
Coming to America.
Swansea, April 24. It is stated that, owing
to the depression in tin plate trade resulting
from the workings of tbe McKinley tariff,
the proprietors of a number of the largest
tin plate factories in Wales intend to erect
works in America,
Bunko O'Brien in Montreal.
Montreal, April 24. Tho Montreal police
authorities have received a notification
from tbe New York police to keep a sharp
lookout for "Bunko" O'Brien, the noted con
fidence man, who is believed to have made
bis way into Canada. Detectives to-day ob
tained what they think is a clew to his pres
ence in Montreal, and are still working on
it. If arrested ho can be extradited.
A Big Bargo Office Day.
Nkw York, April 24. Two thousand two
hundred and fifty-nine immigrants were
landed to-day at this port
THREE GENT B.
ONE MOKE BIG TRUSTI
Causing a Condition of Unrest in tho
Iron Trade at Present.
STEEL TIRE HEN ARE COHBINffiS'
In Order to Secure the Eenefits and Profits ty
of Consolidation. y
SECRETAKY SWANK OS SOUTHERN IEOS
iSFKCTAL TT.LEGr.AJI TO THE DISPATCH.! ij
Philadelphia, April 24. The iron
trade is in a state of unrest over rumors of '.A
ii.,aura, auu umn u o oi.v . jjj
nave ueeu cuccieu iu .Kreuusjrivuuitt auu "t i
the South.
For the last four or five weeks
sharp men hare been awake nights trying to
account for the seemingly inexplicable ad
vance in the price of steel locomotive tires.
They knew that the four concerns interested
in this branch had been industriously cut
ting one another's throats without apparent
reason, and disastrously depressing prices.
The sndden and unaccountable change wai
regarded as pointing to an adjustment of.
differences.
Tbe facts in the case, a3 learned this
afternoon, are highly instructive. The
manufacture ot steel tires for locomotives
has been confined to five concerns in this
country, namely: The Nashua Iron Com
pany, the Standard Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Lewistown, Pa.; theLatrobe Steel
Company, of Zatrobe, Pa.; the Jlidvals
Steel Company, of this city, and the
Chicago Fire and Steel Spring "Works, of
Chicago.
Not the First or Its Kind.
Up to 18S9 there existed a combination
between the Xashau, Standard and Midvala
Companies, through which prices were reg
ulated and maintained. "When the combi
nation was formed the Latrobe Steel Com
pany had not come into existence. The
Chicago concern was not admitted into the
combination. The rule of the combine
proved highly beneficial to the trade, and it
was regarded a a permanent institution.
In 1S37 C. J. Harrah and bis associates
secured control of tbe Midvale corpora
tion and superseded . W. Clarke,
of E. W. Clarke & Co. The Clarke,
interest being withdrawn, many oC
the employes of the Midvale concern with
drew, and within IS months -ecured capital
and founded tho Latrobe Steel Company.
They secured the financial backing oi such
men as A. J. Drexel. Lindley Smith, Clement
C. Griscom and others. Marriott C. Smyth,
the president of the new concern, exercised
wonderfully good Judgment in the selection
or M- stockholders and associated with him
self in tbe steel business men of great
wealth and diversified interests.
With tho advent of the Latrobe company,
the life of the combine ceased. The presi
dent nnd all the principal men In the new
concern were formerly Midvale employes,
and their sympathies were natnrally not'
with the old concern, nence a fight was in
augurated. Prices dropped until tires were
made at a loss by some of the concerns.
The Advantages of Natural Gas.
It is said that the Midvale and Latroba
companies were able to stand the competi
tion because ot their peculiar resources, tha
former making largo profits upon other'
branches of steel industry, and the latter be
ing located where natural gas was procur
able for fuel, the saving In fuel alone
amounting to over J70.C00 a year, as againss
tho cost were coal burned.
But time, which heals all wound3, even in,
tlie steel and iron trade, has at last brought
about a reconciliation, nnd chiefly through"
the offices of Marriot C.Smyth, of the La
tiobo company, and William Bnrnbam, of,
the StanUard Steel Company, conflicting In
terests have been harmonized and harmonyj
brought about. As a consequence a trastt
embracing all tho companies will be formed.)
The stockholders In all tbo companies are
Jubilant over the prospect of an early augu-t
mentation in dividends consequent upon anr
amalgamation in these great Interests. Tboj
steel tire business has always been nnder-j
estimated. It is very large and is growings
larger every year, and a considerable export!
business is being done, one of tbe companies!
bnving vithin tho last six months made!
shipments to Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Havana'
and Canada.
Another rumor that Is attracting muoh at
tention and creating not a Itttle discussion
is tbe reported formation of a trust embrac-.
Inga number of great iron-produoing con-)
cerns in the South. Prom Birmingham,;
Ala., comes the news that a consolidation of,
the immense Iron industries of Bessemer,
and other points in Northern Alabama has
been concluded. Such a combination would!
necessarily have a serious influence through
out Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Iron-producing
States generally.
Tlie Rumors ot tho New Combine.
The rumor says that several great com
panies, controlling 1,000,000 acres of mineral
lands, a daily output or 30,000 tons and 5,000
coke tons.havo Joined forces ina trust repre
senting 150,000,000. Maintenance of prices,
economy of manufacture, and cheapening of
rates or transportation are aimed at. Tbo,
men at tbo head ofthe scheme are said to
bo Thomas C. Piatt, of New York; H. F. De
Bardeleben. of Birmingham, and Alexander-
-Rw.tot, nr IMlftmnri
It is generally admitted that Piatt and De
Bardeleben aro closely connected. Mr. Plato
Is President ofthe Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company, a vast concern. Some time ago
representative's of tbe S10S3 Coal and Iron
Company and the Tennessee Coal and Iron
Company met In Mr. Piatt's office in New
York" and consulted over the fomatlonofa,
trust. The offshoot of the conference was
tbat Piatt and' DeBardeleben went in to-, J
gcther and Sloss stayed out.
It was next reported that tbe Pioneer, 1
Word worth, and other companies had form
ed a counter-combination. In reference to
the latter combine, James M. Swank, than,.
whom no man is better Informed, said to
day: Some Concerns Not Affected.
"It is unreasonable to suppose that the '
Pioneer ard Wordworth Companies would,
Join a trust, for they are peculiarly situated, j
having unlimited coal, iron and limestone,!
all tbe elements, upon their grounds. More- 1
over. theo companies are financially very
strong. Thev are not In debt, and own fine,
properties. They mako a fair quality of iron
cheaply, have excellent transportation,
facilities, and are able to sell in competition)
with Northern producers. So why should,!
nately situated concensT
"At the same time," said Mr. Swank."thero
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products are seriously affecting the market.
The Sonth produces nearly one-fourth of the!
entire output. There are but few kinds of I
plsr made there, however, the entire Besse-1
mer output aggregating but a few thousand!
tons as against 920,000 tons in 1S90 and S20.0001
tons in 1392. They ship little else save foun-
urj auu lurgo Dig. -Luejr hidhuid i.v ww.afc, b
with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan andF
other pig because they have cheap transpor
tation and coal and limestone in tbe
ground."
THE PAEADE AT WASEINGTOJ
To
Bo the Largest In the nlstory of the,
Country In Time or Peace.
Washisctox, April 24. Tho committee on,
the coming Grand Army encampment;"
parade and review has information at hand,
which leads It to believe that there wIU not.
be less than CO.000 old soldiers in line, whlcal
will make a parade larger than any In thai
history of the organization, and possibly in
the history of the country in time of peace:
xne committee nas ueciucu w uuuu uuvi
G. A. R. men and theso organizations deslg-1
nated or to be designated by the Commander
In Chief shaU be permitted to participate inj
the parade. PU
A5AECHISTS IN BUIGAEIA. JB
A Bomb Conspiracy Discovered Against"
Both thn Prlnca and tho Saltan. jjj
SoriA. Bulgaria, April 24. Fifteen arrest1
have been made at Rnstohnk in connection''
with the recently discovered plot there. Art,
inquiry reveaU tho existence of a serious!
conspiracy. 30f
The bombs tnat were seized werolivj
tended to be used in attempts uponitheB
lives or the Sultan. Prince Ferdlnandlandlj
the Bulgarian Ministers. Domiciliary visits I
to the houses of suspected persons contlaaVI
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