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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. IFRIDAY. APRIL 20. 18D2.
THE SAMEJG FOUR
That Bepresented New York
BcpuMicans in 1888 Will
Do So This Year.
THEY GO UNINSTBUCTED,
But on a Platform That Heartily In
dorses the President.
PLATT, MILLEK, DEPEW, HISCOCK
The Familiar Names of the Delegates at
Largo From the State.
MISSOURI INSTRUCTS FOR HARRISON
'whole body of eoonomlo legislation, with all
amendments thnt hare hern mnde in a cen
tury, and embody It into me hill and stand
or tall by the result. But it is a Bible which
ire conicsa trill udmit of revision lrom time
to time, providing the revlsors are the men
who believe in Its principles.
In speaking of Blaine Mr. Depew said:
"No Presidency can honor him more than
the laurels of lore and esteem placed by the
people upon the head of James G. Blame."
The tumult that then broke loose was be
yond restraint for many moments. Then
came cries for J. Bloat Fassett, who at
tempted to respond from his place on the
floor, bnt was iorced to the stage, where he
made a brief speech, Bayine the same "big
four" that represented New York four
rears ago would do so again this year.
Platform Points in a Paragraph.
Following the address of Mr. Fassett. tho
platform was read by the chairman of the
committee on resolutions. Its principal
points are at follows: President Harri
son's administration is highly extolled ;
the McKlnley tariff Is upheld and its con
tinuance demanded ; reciprocity has a good
word ; Blaine is praised ; Bepublican Con
gressmen are commended for killing the
tree silver bill; oppression of colored
voters in the South is deprecated; the
New York Democracy is arraigned for its
reapportionment, which is declared untair;
Judge Maynard's whitewash is denounced ;
David B. Hill is particularly blamed for
all the wickedness of New York Demo
crats, and the Bepublican party is declared
A KOOSEYELT ROAST
Promised for Postmaster General
Wanamaker in a Short Time.
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AS IT IS.
Postoffice Flags Paid for by Employes of
the Local Offices.
GROWTH OF TUB TIN PLATE INDUSTRI
i T T A 1 OO T .. OA
minutes past noon when Republican State "theorgnizaHon free con-
Committee Chairman Brookneld, of lnew
York, thumped upon a small flag-draped
stand with his gavel, and the Stat Conven
tion came to order. Prayer was offered by
Rev. L N. Phelps, after which Secretary
Kenyon called the roll. "When Herkimer
county was reached a rugged-faced man
arose near the front of the house. It was A.
Ij. Mills, of Warner Miller's county. Ho
announced Mr. Miller's inability to attend,
and read a letter from that gentleman that
I concluded as follows:
I trust that my absence from the conven
tion will not be considered by anyone as in
eicatinsnny lacliof interest on my part in
the success of our party. I shall do every
thing In my power, when the campaign is
opened, for the success of our principles and
our candidates.
The reading of the letter was cheered.
When the call of the roll was completed,
Mr. Brookneld, on behalf of the State Com
mittee, presented to the convention tho
name of William A. Sutherland, of Roches
ter, as Temporary Chairman. Chairman
Sutherland, in his speech, said:
Not on a Holiday Excursion.'
Since tho birth of the Republican party the
electoral vote of Xew York has been in the
majority column of the electoral vote of the
nation excepting in 186S, 1876 and 18S4. Since
1S7C Xew York has been the battle ground of
the national contest. Whether Republicans
outside the State understand our situation
or not, whether or not they appreciate tho
burden quaarennially put upon our shoul
ders, the truth is that colore November
shall come the eyes of every Bepublican in
this nation will be turned toward Sew York,
and it will be well understood that if we can
carry this State the election of a Republican
President is assured otherwise not.
He is a wise ceneral who seeks to know
the strength and position of the opposing
army, ana who studies tho capacity of his
own forces. They aiernany such features
in the contest before us. We are entering
on no holiday excursion. IVe 'are facing a
foe desperate, nnscrupulonsand splendidly
equipped. We have met them before. We
have tested their streugtu. Onco in four
years we have grappled with them In
desperate battle, and once in eight years we
have -won. Can wo in 1S92 stop the pendu
lum in its eight-year swing toward the Demo
cratic side? Can we kct ourselves to a new
pace, and succeed in carrying the btate once
in four years, instead of only onco in eight?
There Is more instruction to be had trom
tho vote of 1SS8 than appears at first glance.
Of our 14,000 plurality many would say with
Mercutio: Ti. not so deep as a well nor so
wide as a church door; but 'tis enough: 'twill
serve." But when we remember that 11.000
is barely 1 per cent of the votes cast in 1SSS,
we sco how narrow was the margin upon
which our triumph restea.
A Tainnlt of Applause for Blaine.
When the speaker referred to "the wis
dom of the brilliant Secretary of State"
there arose a tumult to which the applause
ior Mr. Harrison seemed but a preliminary
murmur. The impulse arose and arose
again, and ringing cheer were tho expres
sion ot it At the conclusion of Mr. Suth
erland's speech the usual committees were
appointed and the convention then took a
recess until 3 o'clook.
The convention reassembled promptly at
3 o'clock, and the Committee on Organiza
tion presented the name of Whitelaw Keid
ior Permanent Chairman. The announce
ment of Mr. Keid's name was greeted with
a storm of applause, aDd he was chosen
without a dissenting voice. In taking the
chair he made a lengthy speech, during
which he said:
Are the Democratic business men of New
Yoik anxious that this Congress should
have its way unopposed, about either free
silver or the tariff? Is there one of them
who did not secretly givo thanks last winter
tliM thov had been beaten four years aro,
and that there- now sits on watch in the
White House the safe, honest, sturdy, great
big man under his grandfather's hat.
Pretty Fair Srnd-OB for Cleveland.
The biggot majority New York ever gave
against a Republican candidate for the
Presidency was not the latest, but that of
32,000, in 1S76, forSamuel J. Tildcn. The smal
lest was tho last, in 1SS4, when tho candidate
who had been swept into the Governor's
chair the year before on the wave of a ma
jority of nearly 200,000, secured the electoral
voto of the Empire State by a plurality of
1,047 vote. Four years later we beat the
aino man boloro the people or New York
by 14.373 votes. They say he wants to try It
again. If so, the fixed and immutable laws
of that old rule of arithmetical progression
which wo learned in our schooldays show
what ho may look for the next time. If this
is what the State of New York did toGrover
Cleveland, whom she respects, what will she
do to David B. Hill?
Our opponents have made our campaign.
We ask now nut one thing a right, the de
nial of which means revolution; we demand
a fair, non-partisan count. This secured, wo
can carry Aewioik it we choose, and with
Now York we can carrv the nation. I do
not say we can't do it without New York,
bnt I do say that no prudent politician
would make that sort of a calculation or
dream for an Instant of taking that sort of a.
risk.
Well, shall we carry New York? Only ono
thing is needed to do It simple, natural
and, as I believe at this time, very easy. Wo
mut "get together." We have occa-loually
bi-on a balkv team. One year the city would
pull and the country would not; another
year the countrv would pull and the city
would not. Whenever we both pulled the
load was moved: and if ever, in the 86 years
of our history, we had an incentive to pull
together, e certainly havo.ono now.
Good Words for Harrison and the liar.
One thing more we stand by and defend
and applaud the national administration.
We made it and wo are proud of it It has
been honest; it has been able; it has been
clean and of good route. Four years ago
we commended Benjamin Harrison and Levi
P. Morton to tho neonle of this State for
what we believed them to Do and what we
thought they would do. A little later we
professed a similar faith when the President
chose from New York for hiB Cabinet Benja
min . ..-,. t o uuto no apologies now
to offer for thee men. no explanation to
give: and wo enter upon this year's contest
with the record of what they have been and
what they havo done, as the Inspiration or
the successful canvass we mean to make.
When Mr. Iteid referred to President
Harrison as that noble man sitting under
his grandfather's hat in the White House
the house rang with cheers and laughter!
It remained, however, for the utterance
characterizing Blaine as "that great Secre
tary the matchless Blaine," to bring the
convention to its feet, and the cheering for
a time was deafening. There came more
breeze and good feeling in the convention
just as Mr. Iteid closed his address. Away
back in the house some man shouted "De
pewl" Depew on the Republican Bible.
In an instant a hundred voices were cry
ing "Depewl" "Depew!" The call grew to
cheers and greater applause until Mr. De
pew had to rise and address the convention.
His speech was long, witty and loudly ap
plauded. He said:
It has been derisively said that the Mc
Kinley bill is our political Bible. It is our
political Bible, because it embodies our po
litical principles. It Is our political Bible
becauso wo have tho courage to take the
these crimes, and through it alone can the
wrongs perpetrated be corrected and pun
ished and their repetition be prevented."
The Committee on Electors reported the
names of Senator Frank Hiscock, Thomas
O. Piatt, Cbauncy M. Depew and Warner
Miller to be Delegates at Large to the
Minneapolis Convention. H. W. Sage, of
Ithaca, and L Jesse Seligman, of New York
City, to be Electors at Large. The report
was adopted.
Governor Flower, by resolution, was
then asked to veto "the so-called inspectors
of elections bill." General Husted moved
that the State Committee be empowered to
select an additional member of that com
mittee who shall represent the Afro-American
citizens of the State. Adopted. Tho
convention then adjourned.
INSrEUCTED FOB HAEBIE05.
Missouri Republicans Drlvo Another Nail
In Channcey Filler's Coffin.
St. Louis, April 2a Special The
Missouri Republicans to-day, at the Jefler
son City Convention, nominated ex-Congressman
William Warner, of Kansas City,
for Governor, by acclamation, thus putting
another nail in the political coffin of
Channcey 1 Filley, the "hoodlum" boss.
The platform adopted instructs the dele
gates to vote for Harrison, indorses the ad
ministration and Blaine's foreign policy;
the tariff legislation of the Fifty-second
Congress; favors an international monetary
syBtem as the only cafe solution of the silver
question; the prohibition of trusts and
monopolies; the taxation of corporations on
the same basis as individuals, and denounces
the Congressional redistricting work of the
Democratic Legislature.
An anti-Filley State Committee was
elected. The enthusiasm when Warner was
nominated was remarkable. For fully an
hour the delegates cheered, bands played,
and outside ot the Capitol bnilding the old
Mexican cannon thundered. Warner says
he will be the next Governor of Missouri.
SPECIAL TZLEQBAM TO THIS DISrATCB.
Washington, April 28. Theodore
Boosevelt promises that when he takes the
witness stand in the House Investigating
Committee he will give Postmaster General
Wanamaker as lively a skating up as he
ever gave Editor Frank Hatton, of the
Washington Post, during their quarrel of a
year or two ago.
Mr. Wanamaker made a very sorry ex
hibition of himself as a civil service re
former when he testified, a few days ago,
and practically stated that he thought
Commissioner Boosevelt had not told the
truth in reporting that the officials of the
Baltimore postoffice had violated the law by
Interfering in politics. Mr. Boosevelt's re
port said they were guilty, and the report
which Mr. Wanamaker's postoffloe in
spectors made said they were innocent so
Honest John pigeonholed both reports,
and it is about this official action that Mr.
Boosevelt will have something to say when
he goes upon the stand before the com
mittee. The committee has a very fine chanoe to
show up the civil scrvioo law as adminis
tered by Messrs. Harrison and Wanamaker,
but its members don't seem to be making
the most of their opportunities. The Chair
man of the committee is a very nice young
Mugwump trom Massachusetts, Mr. John
F. Andrew. He is a man who likes to be
polite and suave at all times, and at tho
meetings of the committee he seems to be
very much afraid of offending somebody
should he ask any leading questions, so he
does not ask them. Before the committee
was appointed Mr. Andrew, who introduced
tne resolution providing ior the investiga
tion, had a very vigorous policy, and talked
emphatically about what he would be able
to show when they once got Wanamaker
under oath. He had a good chance at the
Postmaster General the other day, but he
let it slip.
Mr. Wanamaker's voluntary state
ment shows him to be a very pe
culiar specimen of civil service re
former in practice, no matter what
he is in theory. Chairman Andrew,
however, did not ask any of his pointed
questions, but on the other hand, treated
the Postmaster General with the utmost
consideration. There has been consider
able criticism of Mr. Andrew's course in
this regard, both by Bepnblicaus and Dem
ocrats, and perhaps the young Massachu
setts statesman will do better at the next
meeting of the committee.
Harrisou, Mrs. MoKee, Sonator and Mrs.
Cameron, Senator and Mrs. Dolph, Hepro
sentative Dalzell, Mrs. Dalzoll, Miss Ma
gee, of Pittsburg; Judge Logan and Mrs.
Losran, of Philadelphia, and Judge Harry
White, of Indiana county, Pa.
SCOTCH-IRISH AGAIN
THE TIN PLATE BOOM.
TWO FACTIOUS EXACTLY T:
IEQj
Daltonltesnnd the Antls Gome Out Even in
St. Louis Primaries.
St. Louis. April 28. In the primaries
held in this city for the selection of dele
gates to the various Democratic conventions,
soon to be held, the contest was between
Richard Dalton, candidate for Governor, 1
allied with C H. Jones, editor of the St
Louis EtjmUic, candidate for delegate at
large. Both are supported by the present
city government, under Mayor Noonan,,
whose following is locally known as "De
Push," and Charles C Moffit, candidate for
delegate at large, supported by Governor
Francis.
The result is the Dalton ticket has 29
delegates and the anti-Daltons 29. This
division affects only the conventions to
select national delegates and a Guber
natorial candidate. In the Court of Appeals
Convention the St Louis delegation will be
solid for Henrv W. Bond and in the Su
preme Judicial Convention solid for George
A. MadilL
Indiana Republicans Getting Uneasy.
Indianapolis, April 2a cctoj.
Bepublican leaders are uneasy as to the out
look for Harrison's renomination. It was
learned to-day that Consul General New
had been sent for, and that he would leave
London for home in a few days, and take
the management of Harrison's forces for
the Minneapolis Convention. He will also
resign from the National Bepublican Com
mittee, and his successor is named here
either as ex-Congressman Pierce or O. W.
Fairbanks.
Politics in Homeopathic Doses.
The Fifth Illinois District Republican Con
gressional Convention yesterday nominated
A. J. Hopkins.
The Republican Congressional Committee
of the Seventh Illinois district yesterday re
nominated Thomas J. Henderson.
The Second Kansas Congressional District
Republican Convention yesterday renomi
nated Hon. E. H. Funston for Congress.
At the Republican Tenth Illinois Con
gressional District Convention yesterday,
O. F. Price and J. A. Gray were chosen dele
gates to the Minneapolis convention and in
structed for Harrison,
The Republicans of the Eleventh Illinois
Congressional district have elected Morris
Rosenteld and W. A. Lorimor to the National
Convention and instructed them to voto lor
President Harrison's renomination.
The Seventeenth Illinois Congressional
district Republicans have nominated James
N. Gulnn for Congress. The delegates to the
National Convention are J. A. Gregory and
D. H.-Zeph, and they are instrnctod for Har
rlson. Tnc Fifteenth Illinois district Republicans
have unanimously nominated Joseph G.
Cannon for Congress. The delegates to tho
National Convention are t'atrlck Richard
and Horace Dollarliido. They are instructed
for Harrison.
The Third Minnesota Congressional Dls
trict Republican Convention yesterday
elected E. C Jackson and ex-Congressman
D. S. Hall national delegates. A resolution
Indorsing President Harrison's administra
tion was adopted, but tho delegates wero
lett unlnstructcd.
FLOODS IN LOUISIANA.
Ungli Crevasses Causing Apprchenslon.as
the Water Is Very High.
New Dbleans, April 2a Special
The Mississippi continues to rise here and
is now within a foot of the highest point
ever known. So far the only danger points
are on Uayou Iiatonrcne and below New
Orleans. No less than four breaks or crev
asses have occurred on the Lafourche, two
of which are more or less serious, the others
being small breaks or holes that were at
once closed br the planters of the
neighborhood. The big breaks are at
Leblanc's and near Napoleonville. The
Leblanc crevasse occurred in the day, but
came with such suddenness and force "that it
carried away CO feet of levee at once, sweep
ing away a school in its path, the children
escaping with difficulty. It will injure a
number of plantations in the vicinity. The
muskrats are doing a great deal of harm to
the levees throughout the Lafourche dis
trict On the Mississippi a break is reported at
St Stophie, in Plaqnemine's parish, about
90 miles below New Orleans. The situation
is not so alarming, but there is some appre
hension, and in Concordia parish the police
jury has appealed to the Federal Govern
ment.to grant aid in holding the lino of
the levee there. Tho general view by ex
perts is that while there will be very high
water, there is no dangerof a serious over
flow unless there is a .prolonged rainy season.
Reports Show How It Has Been Fostered
By the McKlnley Tariff Tho Manufact
urers Hope the Law Will Be Continued
In Force Forever.
Washington, April 28. Mr. Ira Ayer,
a special agent bf the Treasury Department,
has, pursuant to instructions, submitted to
Secretary Foster an exhaustive report of
the tin plate business of the country, the
manufacture'of tin plate, and the growth of
the industry. Mr. Ayer's report makes the
following showing:
Quarter ended September 80, 1891, five
manufacturers reported: Tin plates, 152,489
ponnds;terne plates. 671,433 pounds total,
826,9.2 pounds.
Quarter ended December 31, 11 manu
facturers reported: Tin plates, 123,911
pounds; terne plates, 1,193,910 pounds total,
1,409,821 pounds.
Quarter ended March SI, 1692. 19 manufact
urers reported: Tin plates, 1,099,605 pounds;
terne plates, 1,901,431 pounds total, 3,004,034.
These figures did not include the produc
tion of sheet iron or sheet steel used in the
manufacture ot articles tinned or terne
plates, estimated at 2,000,000 pounds.
Mr. Ayer figures that the American man
ufacturer, in order to maintain the duty on
tin plates after October 1, 1897, must pro
duce in one of the six years ending at that
date 50,000,000 pounds of tin and terne
plates, weighing lighter that 630 pounds to
the square foot Mr. Ayer says the indica
tions are that under existing conditions, the
production of the countrv before the elosn
of the second fiscal year will be in excess of
an annual rate of 200,000,000 pounds.
Accompanying the report are a large
number of letters from manufacturers, giv
ing descriptions oi tneir plants ana pros
pects, and generally expressing a hope that
the law will be permitted to remain un
changed. KEYBT0HE BAHK INVESTIGATION
Resumed at Washington and a Little Testi
mony of Importance Elicited.
Washington, April 2a The Keystone
National Bank investigation was resumed
to-day by the House Committee on Banking
and Currency and Comptroller Lacey was
examined. The first criticism of the man
agement of the Keystone National Bank
after witness assumed office was in the ex
aminer's report made November 10, 1889,
calling attention to three items in the
loans one to John Wanamaker for ?59,000;
another to H. F. Jones, for John Wana
maker, for J50.000, and the third to Green
ville Haines, President of the bank, for
$56,000, and making the objection that at this
time tne lawiui money reserve was 558,000
below the legal requirements. There was
nothing exceptional about this criticism,
nearly every examination of a bank devel
oping something for criticism. It was not
until about July, 1890, that witness' atten
tion was called to anvthing exceptional or
extraordinary about the management of the
bank, and to the tact that the bank was in
an unhealthy condition. Prior to the report
of January, 1891, there was nothing in the
examiner's report to indicate an impairment
of tbe bank's capital.
Mr. Lacey read a letter he wrote to the
bank July 28, 1890, calling attention to ir
regular and improper proceedings in the
management of the hank, and to the fact
that Mr. Wanamaker's loans were ?200,000
and the" Lucas estate $57,000, while the law
ful reserve was too small. The reply of
President Marsh, explaining the matters
complained of, and stating that Mr. Wana
maker's loan had been greatly reduced and
would be still further reduced, was then put
in evidence.
Faying for Postoffice Flags.
Washington, April 28, Special All
of the employes at the Goshen, Ind., .post
office lately joined the postmaster in con
tributing a fine 6x10 flag, witii a staff,
to be placed over the entrance of the office.
The display of flags at postoffices, as re
quested by the Postmaster General some
time ago, has become general, and a favorite
method seems to- be for the employes to
unite in defraying the cost of putting them
up.
THE BOCK PARK SCHEME
Surely to Ba InTostlgmud by tho Boas of
IUprrientatlvos.
Washington, April 28. twdaJ.l
The Book Creak Park scheme will ba inves
tigated by the House of Representatives.
President Harrison nfow days ago approved
the awards made by the Park Commission for
property takon by condemnation, and other
wise for the purposes of the proposed park.
To-day Judge Jeremiah M. Wilson, the lead
ing lawyer of Washington, and his assoolate,
T. A. Lambert, appeared before the sub
committee of the appropriation committee
and rondo an argument asking that the
committee take some action which would
insure the suspension of all proceedings in
the appropriation bill for the benefit of the
Book Creek Park until further action
should be taken by Congress.
The committee has decided to report Mr,
Dockery's resolution of Inquiry providing
that the Committee on Appropriations shall
investigate into the condemnation proceed
ings, and, in fact, all other proceedings
which have marked the course of the Bock
Creek Park. When this investigation is
commenced, the property owners and
buyers who have sought in vain-for hearing
and protested in vain against the awards of
the commission will have an opportunity,
at least, to present their side of the case.
IT WAS A HOLOCAUST.
The Bodies of Six Theatrical People Fonnd
In the Itnlns of the Philadelphia Fire
Three Others Missing Tbe Victims Well
Known In the Profession Tho Injured
Numerous.
Philadelphia, April 2a The disas
trous fire which destroyed the Central
Theater, the Times annex and other valuable
property Wednesday night, has turned out
a holocaust, and at least six persons are
known to have perished in the flames, or
met death by being crnshed by the falling
walls The victims are:
Wii liam L. Brooks, aged 47 years; Thomas
Lorella, aged 31; Mrs. Flora Loreixa,
aged 28; Miss Faschox Conyers, aged JO;
Hiss Vikcexcia Chitten. aged 29: Miss
8aka Goldman, aged 17. Three others are
missing.
All six who lost their lives were
members of the "Devil's Auction" com
pany, and they were reported missing by
their colleagues in the combination shortly
after the fireras gotten under control
The uncertainty that surrounded their fate
was practically removed this morning
when no traces of any of them could -be
found, and it was accepted as a foregone
conclusion that their bodies lay beneath
the debris under the stage of the devastated
theater building. There is still some ques
tion whether or not other bodies are also
buried under the ruins, and as soon as pos
sible an investigation will be made to as
certain if any of the audience were killed
while endeavoring to escape from the
flames.
Mr. Lorella was seen to come out of tbe
theater by the narrow alleyway leading
from the stage to Walnut street Upon
reaching the street he found that his wife
was still in the building and he rushed back
to rescue her and perished. Miss Chonchan
cita Chitten 6aid to-night that she saw her
sister Miss Vincencia on the street alter the
fire had started, and she is positive the
young lady ran back to recover iewclrv
and other valuables and was caught and
suffocated or burned to death in her dress
ing room.
The number of wounded is now placed at
63, and they are reported by the attending
physicians at the Jefferson and Pennsylva
nia Hospitals as progressing as favorably as
could be expected.
In Annual Session, This Time Hold
ing Forth Down in Atlanta.
THE LARGEST OP ALL MEETINGS,
Kot Even Excepting That of Two Tears igo
in Plttstrar?, When
THE BOOIETT MEMBERSHIP GREW MOST
STJIHO FOB A SEPARATION.
A Daughter of the late Sell nil Dolaro
Anxloas to Be Tier O-mi Mistress.
New York, April 2a Special Esther
Warburton, formerly an actress with Henry
B. Dixey, and a daughter oi Selina Dolaro,
who died three years ago, has begun suit in
the Supreme Court for a separation, on the
ground of abandonment, from Barclay H.
Warburton, formerly on the Philadelphia
i.venmg leugram, ot which his father,
Charles E. Warburton, is proprietor. She
alleges that she and Warburton were mar
ried by mutual agreement Mav 6, 1890, and
have "no children, and that Warburton de
serted her on December 10 last She says
she met Warburton while he was secretary
for Dixey, "and the result of his display of
regard and affection for me culminated in
our assuming marital relations."
Her story Is when she threatened to leave
him unless there was a marriage ceremony
between them, he begged br not to take
this step, but that they would be married
by virtue of living together as man and
wife, and by bis introduction of her as his
wife. His father, from whom he had re
ceived large remittances, would cnt him off
if there was a ceremonial marriage.
Subsequently he told her he had been in
vited to act as usher at the wedding of Gen
eral E. Burd Grubb, Minister to Spain.
He accordingly went to" Europe. On his
return she learned that he had given a din
ner party at Philadelphia to a Miss Tyson.
She became incensed and sent him his
trunks. Their relations then ceased, and
she brought the present action. She says
that while they were living together as man
and wife their expenses had ranged from
?100 to 250 a week. It is understood that
his answer, which has not been served, will
deny the marriage.
Postoffices for the Alaskan Coast
Washington, April 28. Special
Early in May Major Seybold, Postoffice In
spector, in charge of San Francisco, will
leave that city for a trip to inspect the
postal service of Alaska. Fifteen hundreds
miles of the Alaskan coast have of necessity
been without postoffices, hitherto, and the
requests of the salmon canners have caused
directions to be sent from the Department
to see'what'ean be done for their conveni-
A WEB OF CIECTJMSTANCES
Woven So Strong That It Convicted a
Philadelphia Negro of DInrder.
Philadelphia, April 2a Henry
Davis, the colored steward of a social club,
was to-night found guilty of murder in the
first degree, having killed Job Hass, a coal
dealer at Germantown, near this city, Au
gust 13. Hoss, who always went to his
office early in the morning, was found by a
flagman lying there dead with his head bat
tered in.
The evidence ajainst Davis was entirely
circumstantial. Tho dead man carried a
large sum of money about him, and the
negro was unaccountably well supplied with
cash just after tho murder. The hatchet
with which Hass was killed was found some
distance away in a Held which Davis had
been seen leaving on the murder. Foot
prints were also traced from the scene
of the crime to the street on which the
murderer lived, and his shoes were found to
fit these tracks exactly. Microscopical ex
amination also showed human blood on the
colored man's clothes which he had changed
after the murder. Sentence will be pro
nounced to-morrow.
(SPECIAL TELEOI1AM TO THE DISrATCH. '
Atlanta, Ga., April 28. Tbe Scotch
Irish Congress "was dnly opened with for
mal ceremonies at 10 o'clook this morning.
The delegates, who had come together at
the Central Presbyterian church, marched
across the street to the State capltol. After
the invocation by Dr. Henry McDonald,
Dr. J. N. Craig welcomed the delegates in
behalf of the local society, Governor
Northern in behalf of the State, and Mayor
Hemphill in behalf of the city. In answer,
President Bobert Bonner made one of the
happiest speeches and was seconded by
Prof. Macloskie, of Princeton. There was
a reception at tbe Governor's mansion
to-night
Great regret is expressed at the absence
of Dr. Pattonand Colonel A. K. McOlure,
and much sympathy for the latter's loss by
last nigbt's'fire in Philadelphia. Dr. Hall
is expected to preach in the Opera House
Sunday afternoon. All the officers of tbe
society will probably be re-elected.
Des Moines men are making strenuous
efforts for holding the next convention
there, and may succeed, unless San Fran
cisco offers the earth again. There Is a
good attendance from the Northwestern
mates, but Pennsylvanians outnumber any
other distant State 3 to 1. The mornings
and evenings gf Friday and Saturday will
be devoted to speeches, the afternoons to
business.
The Largest Sleeting; of Them All.
Tbe present is evidently to be the largest
meeting that Scotch-Irish societies of Amer
ica have ever held. The first meeting was
held at Columbia, Tenn., in May, 1889. The
second meeting was held in Pittsburg, that
stanch Scotch-Irish Presbyterian strong
hold, and the members were largely in
creased. The third meeting, held lastMay
in Louisville, Ky., was still larger.
The membership of the society is now
above 500, and may reach 1,000 this year.
The only conditions of membership are the
possession of Scotch-Irish blood in some de
grees, and the payment of 3 annual dues.
Any person man or woman over 21 years
of age who possesses these qualifications 1b
eligible.
The society publishes every year a vol
ume containing full reportB of the preced
ing meeting. Three editions of the volume
of 1889 have been exhausted, and two edi
tions of the volume of 1890. The addresses
are all made by speakers selected long be
forehand. The regular papers are 40 min
utesin length, the short addresses are re
stricted to ten minutes.
Speakers and Present Offloers.
This year, besides Dr. John Hall, of New
York, and President Francis L. Patton; of
Princeton, the list of speakers includes
Colonel A. K. McClure. the well-known
editor of the Philadelphia Times; Mr. Mc
Kenzie, of Kentucky, and others, besides a
number of local orators who will make
short addresses. The officers are a Presi
dent, Vice President General, two Vice
Presidents at large, a Vice President from
each State represented, a Secretary, a Treas
urer, and an Executive Committee. Among
the prominent Vice Presidents are Prof. A.
L. Perry, of Williams College; Hon.
Thomas N. McCarter, of Newark, N. J.;
Bev. Stuart Acheson, oi Toronto, Canada,
and Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, of Mis
sissippi. The President is Bobert Bonner,
of New York, and the Secretary is A. C
Floyd, of Columbia, Tenn., where the soci
ety was organized.
It goes without saying that the Scotch
Irish are a deeply religious race, and it is
only proper that Sunday should be included
in their days of meeting. There will be
religions services next Sunday by the soci
ety, and some of the leading members who
are ministers will occupy the pulpits of At
lanta. Certainly these Scotch-Irish aj-e a remark
ably fine-looking set of men and women. In
tellect and strong will power are stamped
upon their faces. They are no unworthy des
cendants ot the Ulster men who held Lon
donderry, or of the frontiersmen of the rev
olutionary era who won the West for the
United States from the Alleghenies to the
Mississippi.
Itooms to Let
Nearly one thousand adlets under To Let
Rooms and Wanted Boarders for the month
ending April 34, In the cent a word adver
tising columns of THE DISPATCH.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Enterprise and push have made us the leaders,
in the Umbrella Business. Our appearance
in this Jarge space is to notify
you of our great
RELLA
UNLOADING SALE
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THREE DAYS ONLY.
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 28, 29 and 30.
On these three days we intend to dispose of about 8,000
UMBRELLAS of standard makes, unquestionable value and
unexceled for appearance and wearing qualities.
We appreciate that this is a large undertaking.but successes
in years past in making these great drives and the knowledge
of the ridiculously low prices we are going to place on goods of
high quality gives us confidence.
Here are the figures:
A BOOM IN TEXAS LANDS.
MANITOBA'S BIG GALE.
and
A Dinner at Congressman Huff's.
Washington, April 28. Spcddi. An
elegant dinner was given to a few friends
by Representative Huff, of Greensburg,
this evening. The guests were President
Pedestrians Blown From Sidewalks,
Wires Carried Out of the Province.
WiifinPEO, Man., April 2a Reports of
the terrible storm are just coming in. Fully
20 miles of Canadian Pacific wire west of
here has been blown almost out of the
Province. One official says it was carried
into Dakota. The dead body of George E.
Sunby, a blacksmith living near Lake Man
itoba, who was journeying there, was found
near Rearburn, 20 miles west of here, this
afternoon.
In Winnipeg people were blown offside
walks. It was impossible to see two feet
ahead on the prairie. Pear is entertained
for the safety of vessels on Lake Superior.
Another dispatch from St. Vincent, Man.,
says: The worst blizzard for years, accom-1
panied by snow and frost, has just blown
over. Waves on the Red river were 15 feet
high. Collector Edwards arrived here and
was nearly swamped crossing the Red river
to Pembina at the commencement of the
blizzard yesterday.
Jay Gould's Mexican Railroad Purchase a
GreatThlnc for EI Paso Property Owners
Real Estato Speculation Takes a Bis
Jump in the Air.
El Paso, April 28. Special To-day
has witnessed great excitement in railroad
and financial circles in El Paso, and when
it became known that Jay Gould had pur
chased the Kansas City, El Paso and Mexi
can railroad interest, real estate and specu
lations took a jump. This road was
projected by capitalists of this city for the
purpose of bringing the coal, iron and
silver of the Whito Oaks district to El
Paso. The road also passes through the
finest farming section of New Mexico.
The road was completed from this point,
ten miles toward Wnite Oaks, where build
ing was suspended for lack of funds, and
Charles Davis was appointed receiver.
With this purchase Gould gets ten miles of
completed road, together with rights of way
and grade to White Oaks, N. M.,
150 miles. The Denver and El Paso inde
pendent line has recently been incorporated,
and its projectors had intended tbe purchase
oi tnis road as a part ot their through line,
but when Gould offered Receiver Davis a
check for?50,000 he closed the trade at once.
Gould has announced that he will remain
here several weeks longer, in order to press
the completion of thirf new purchase as rat
idly as possible. Prom Avhite Oaks the
line will be extended to Washburn,,
on the Fort Worth and Denver,
thence to the Missouri Pacific system, at
Kiowa, Kansas. It is well known that
Gould has a concession and subsidy from
the Mexican Government for a road through
Mexico to Guaymas, on the Gulf of Cali
fornia, and that work must soon be begun
on this road in order to hold the subsidy.
Thus are opened up the probabilities of one
of the biggest railroad enterprises of the
century.
Bricked tin bv a cash offer the statements
that 'ore made by the proprietors of Doctor
HaKo s uatarrn ttemoay. iney say mat tneir
medicine will cure, perfectly and perman
ently, the worst caso of Chronic Catarrh in
the Head that not only Catarrh itself, but
all the troubles that come from it, and every
thing catarrhal in 'its nature, are cured by
the mild, soothing, cleansing and healing
properties of their remedy.
I They can't say any more. Probably every
medicine for Catarrh claims as much. But
it's one thing to promise a cure it's a very
different thing to perform it. The proprie
tors of Dr. Sage's Remedy want to prove
that they mean what they say. So thoy
make this offer: If thoy can't cure your
Catarrh, no matter how bad your caso or of
how longt standing, they'll pay you $500 in
cadi. You're sure of the money or a cure.
Isnt such a medicine worth trying I
ONE LOT of Fast Black Umbrellas, silverine handles.. 39c
ONE LOT of Fast Black 26-inch Umbrellas, silverine
handles 48c
ONE LOT of Fine Umbrellas, with handles that cost
the manufacturer at least $1, at 69c
ONE LOT of English Gloria Umbrellas, with hand
etched handles 88c
(The first price on this lot was S3)
ONE LOT Gloria Silk nfS&SST) with silver,
gold, natural wood, turned, hook and ring
handles, at 97c
(The regular price of these S2.UO.)
ONE LOT of Extra Quality Gloria Silk, with selected
handles $1.19
ONE LOT of Best Gloria Silk Umbrellas, nickle rod,
worth $3, at $1.45
ONE LOT of Best Gloria Silk, genuine silver handles, at $1.45
(Regular price S3.)
ONE LOT of Umbrellas, including some of our best
qualities, that sold from $3 to $5, will go at $1.68
ONE LOT of Twilled Silk Umbrellas, that we know
will surprise you $1.84
OUR FINEST Umbrellas, with solid gold, silver, ivory
and pearl handles, that sold from $5 to $12,
go at $3, $3.-50 and $4
EXTRA SIZES for gentlemen at 69c, 75c, $1 and $1.41
("Worth Double.)
CHILDREN'S Parasols, Almost Given Away
LADIES' Parasols from 25c to $6
If you want to save money come to this sale, but NOT
LATER THAN SATURDAY. We are determined to outdo
all iormer attempts in Umbrella selling. All our figures are
BONA FIDE. All our goods will bear comparison with any
in this market. This is the,fifth annual drive we have made in
Umbrellas, and each year we have doubled the sales of the
previous season. Every piece is REGULAR STANDARD
GOODS and GUARANTEED FOR ONE YEAR
REMEMBER THE DAYS.
Tlmrsflay, May nM Saturday Only.
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