fWBWT "W m$4fmftp - THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, MAT 21. 1892. fM'-aiiiiEWsaMiPs'' "&. THE PR1IG KNIFE Applied l)y a Congressional Committee to Extrava gances for the Pair. SOME FAXCY SALAEIES That Must Be Scaled Down Before All Will Be Exactly Eight. TDfi DIRECTOR GENERAL'S WAGES Shouldn't Tc Twice as Much as the Tay of a Cabinet Officer. GEN. ST. CLAIR TALES FOR SOUVENIRS Washington, May 20. Chairman Dock ery, of the World's Fair investigating sub committee of the House Committee on Appropriations, to-day submitted to the full committee the report agreed on by him self 'and his associates. The report recom mends that the Department of Foreiri Affairs be abolished and its duties dis charged under the auspices of the Director General. "It further appears," says the report, "that officials connected with the local board are also salaried officers of the United States. The committee is impelled, there fore, to suggest that the compensation of such officials, together with those of the chiefs of the 15 great departments, shall in no case be fixed at an amount to exceed 54.000." The report continues: It Is also recommended that tho salary of the Director General be reduced from $15, 000 to $5,000 per annum, and that tho com pensation of the Secretary of the Commis sion be fixed at $3,000. 'While it is trne thnt the office of the Director General Is one of preat dignity and responsibility, yet it would not seem that In these respects it sur passed the positions of the members of tho Cabinet of tho President of the United States. In this connection tho committee congratulates the local board upon the re duction of tho salaries of the President of the Exposition Company and his officers of staff. Redactions That Should Be Made. It will be noted that these reductions were made subsequent to the investigation at Chi cago, and amount to $21,700 annually, exclu sive or the salary of $6,000 allowed the presi dent, and which he voluntarily renounced. Your committee is persuaded that reduc tions should be made in the salaries of other employes, but forbears other specific sugges tions, inasmuch as the Hoard of Directors of the Exposition contemplates a rigid scrutiny of expenditures, as appears from tho resolu tion unanimously aaoptea at tno meetirg or April 19 last. The inquiry ordered by this resolution will, In our opinion, result in the decrease of compensation to employes, and in limitations upon expenditures at many points other than those to which refer ence has been made. In renouncing this criticism upon expend itures the committee does so in the most Jriendly spirit to the Exposition, for it rec ognizes that this great undertaking Is gov erned by many conditions that are not en lightened by precedent and experience. The committee is fully aware that it has been especially subjected to stress and strain by reon of the limited time intervening be tween the Inception and the formal opening or the Exposition. Inasmuch, however, as it is now atraarent that the time will bo ample to complete the preparations for the openlnsr, the management should studiously avoid tho extremes of either parsimony or extravagance. Some Suggested Reforms. Tnderthe head of "suggested reforms" the report says: The Board of Reference and Control of the National Commission and tho Executive Committee ot the Board of Lady Managers have tull oower to act in the absence of their respective bodies. Your committee is of the opinion that it is wholly unnecessary to provide for more than one meeting for each organization during -the fiscal year 19S. In fact, the duties now discharged bv the National Commission and by the Board of Lady Managers can be as efficiently per formed by the Executive Committee of each organization as Ov the respective bodies In full session. Since, howo er, section 7 of the act of April 25, 190, gives alone to tho majority ot the Woild's Columbian Commis sioners the power to moJitythe rulccand regulations relating to entrance and admis sion fees and other rights affecting the pub lic, it would be well if this suggestion were agreed to. that the section should be so amended as to give such power to the Board ot Reference and Control when the National Commission is not in session. It is proper to state in this connection, as shown bv the hearings, that several com plaints were brought to the attention of j our committee, and in no instance did it tail to make such inquiry m respect to them as its limited time would permit. There were chaiges that in the letting of certain contracts fa -oriti8tn had been shown, and evidence tending to establish this was of fered, but your committee does not find that the charges were sustained, although it re grets that moi o publicity w as not given in some cases. A Limit to the Investigations. Tlie committee declined to extend investi gation into channels which were manifestly ontsido of the legitimate scope of its author ity, and where issues -were raised, clearly tho subject or determination by other bodies entirely outside of Congiess, the committee. loft them to the Judgment of such tribunals. In conclusion the committee "expresses without reserve its confidence in the as sured success of the Exposition," and adds: In every essential feature it stands un rivaled in all time. Fifty-six nations and colonies have accepted the invitation to participate in tlie enterprise and have ap propriated $3,753,900 for that purpose. It is expected thai 20 other foreign countries w ill also be represented. Complete exhibits will be made by all the countries which promise attendance, S6 of which will elect special buildines ror their own displavs. Thlrtv States and Territories of our own Re public will erect buildings and make special exhibits, for which $3,182,500 has alieady been piovidod. It becomes obvious, there lore, that the expenditures of the local cor poration, of individual enterprise, of tho States and Territories and of ourjown and of foreign governments ill reach the stupend ous aggregate of not less than $30,000,000 for exposition purposes. In its scope and mag nificence this exposition stands alone. There Is nothing like it In all history. It easily surpasses all kindred enterprises, and will amplv illustrate tho maivelous cenius of the American people in the gicat domains ol agriculture, commerce, manu factures and invention, which constitute the foundation upon w liich rests the struc ture or our national glory and prosperity. Jtimales on Cost and Profit. The committee submits several estimates received irom various persons as to the total income and expenditures on account ol the Exposition, and then gives its own estimate. It places the total income at 29,273,482, made up chiefly of gate re ceipts, 512,231,000; concessions, ?4,800,000; subscriptions, f.Viij.'.mO, and Chicago City bonds $5,000,000. The expenditures are put at 519,319,088, the committee deducting ?3,157,024 irom the expenditures as esti mated by Mr. Higginbotham, the largest item taken oil being 5f00,000 for an in tramural railwav. In this connection, the report sajs, tlie committee has not sug gested any reduction in the ?200,000 ap propriated for the construction of the art institute near Lake Front Park, though it seems excessive. It also thinks the con traction department's expenses could be safely reduced and the total limit brought down to $18,.00,000. The committee then makes an estimate of income and expenditures to May 1, 1893, the date of opening. It estimates the in come at $10,7Ck?,19S, and as to expenditures takes President Baker's estimate of SIG, fiW,681 and deducts therefrom 81,410,674, making the committee's estimate ol exl iieuditures 515,340,009, leaving a deficiency ol 54,782,820. J A Worthy Trilmtn to Chicago. Tlie report further says the committee en tertains the kindest appreciation of the novel and interesting woman's building feature of the Exposition, and trusts that it may be crowned with abundant success. The estimated cost of the Government building Is 5392,886, while the Government Centennial building cost only 580,430, and had nearly two-thirds as much space. This disproportion, it is only just to say, is due to the fact that the Centeunial building was only an elaborate shed of wood and glass, but" it "suggestively indicates the ampli tude and attractiveness of the display of the Government at Chicago." The provisions made for water supply, sewerage, fire, police and electric system, for rapid transit and for attractive land scape features, are commended without stint as "a worthy tribute to the genius and enterprise of the wonderful city of the Northwest." A statement is made of the cost and area of the 28 Government buildings, accom panied by the remark thafit "reveals with out the necessity of comment the generous preparations that are being made for the ample accommodation of our own and ot foreign nations." Working Hard for the Souvenirs. General St, Clair to-day presented to the House Special World's Fair Committee a, draft ot the proposed souvenir bill. Provi sion is made in it for the issue of Treasury notes, as under tho existing silver law, in payment for the bullion purchased, with wliich to mint the souvenir coins. One hundred thousand dollars instead of $700, 000, as proposed.in the original measure, is the sum fixed for medals aud diplomas for the next fiscal year. General St. Clair said the bill would in crease the circulation 53,500,000, without taking money from the Treasury. The bill brought Congress to a point where it must decide if it would in any degree aid the local corporation. After explaining the provisions of tho souvenir bill, Mr. St. Clair said that what ever may have been the promises and state ments made before the fair waslocated, the fact was that the city of Chicago and Con gress stood in tho relation of parties to a contract. The corporation was in a crippled condition, and it was just as much a govern mental institution as a municipal one. If it cannot get any assistance from the Gov ernment, the result will be that the plan and scope, the magnificence of the Exposi tion, will be curtailed to the extent that the resources fail short of the requirements. As an outsider, not interested in the local directory, he knew that without absolutely selling out the Exposition, they could not raise the 57,500,000 required unless the Gov ernment aided the movement. Money to Bo Made Out of It. It was a joint stock company, and plenty of persons could be found who would buy the stock for the purpose of controlling it. They wonld make money out of it, even if it were denationalized and made a local show. The Government had fixed the scope of the Exposition, and if the corporation could not carry it out the public here and in foreign countries wonld be injured and dis appointed, r "Mr. St. Clairsaid he had no fault to find with anyone, but the Exposition act was a most bunglingly prepared affair. It ap peared to be thrown together. Under the act the Government was expected to pro tect the exhibitors, but unless the strong arm of the Government was interposed (as the new bill provided) between the local corporation and the exhibitors, the latter would be imposed upon and taxed to an extent which would bring scandal and dissatisfaction. For instance, a "switching" charge of 13 cents per hundred from the citv to the grounds had been established on exhibits. It was an out rageous charge and one the National Com mission would never permit Again, the National Commission was willing that ex hibitors should be required to pay the cost of installation of exhibits, but not that they should make an enormous profit, as would happen if the local corporation con trolled things. Neither foreign govern ments nor State governments wonld treat with the Illinois corporation. The Govern ment should strengthen the hands of the .National Commission. To Eepresentative Little, Mr. St. Clair added that anyone might now buy up the stock of the Exposition, and that the dan ger in that respect was the same as if more money had to be raised. NINE NEW-MADE ORPHANS. A Jealous Hungarian Shoots His Wife and Himself Both Bullets Sent Through the Heart The Double Crime Witnessed by a Little Child. New Xoek, May 20. .Special. In East Orange, Ferdinand Palkovic, a middle-aged Hungarian, enraged by jealousy which was intensified by bad beer, shot his wife this morning through the heart, and afterward lodged a bullet in his own. With his two Eons, Louis, aged 18, and Stephen, aged 14, he was employed in a wagon shop. The two sons went to their work as usual at 7 o'clock, and when they got to the Bhop said they had tried to wake up their parents without success. The police were notified and Sergeants George Show and James Bell found the man and wife stretched upon the bed. Both were dead. There was a bullet hole in the left breast of each, just over the heart. Ferdinand, aged 9, the eldest of the four children, who slept on the same floor with the parents in the home, said that about daylight he was awakened by his father and mother quarreling. Finally his father jumped up out of bed and ran to a closet, where he got a revolver. Before his wife fully understood what he was doing, he had shot her. Then the murderer rolled over to the further side of the bed, and lying down beside her, shot himself. The boy was dumb with fright, and he lay still, as though asleep. Palkovic was a steady drinker and was most insanely jealous. His wife was a large, fine-looking woman. He was about 50 and she about 37. He was especially jealous of a driver of a brewer's wagon, whose team happened to break down near the house several months ago, the occasion leading to an acquaintance between himself and the blacksmith's wife. The crime makes nine children orphans. MISS JACOBS WANTS 350,000, Because Her Recreant Lover Made Her Give Up Her Music In rubllc New York, May 20. Special Miss Esther Jacobs has sued Henry B. Sire for 50,000 for breach of promise. The former has sung in concert both in Europe and in this country, and is now contralto soloist of the Fifth avenue temple. She is 25 years old, and lives with her father on West Ninety-eighth street. Mr. Sire is a real estate dealer, part owner of the trotter Harry Wilkes, and is interested in turf matters generally. Miss Jacobs alleges that she once had brilliant prospects in the musical world, but neglected them for the past three years because Mr. Sire objected to her singing in public except in the temple choir. She first met Mr. Sire at the Hebrew charities fair in 1888. She was a costumed attendant at one of the booths, and Mr. Sire, struck with her beauty, secured an introduction, and at the end of six months they became engaged. At Mr. Sire's earnest solicitation, Miss Jacobs says, she abandoned her contracts and refused to accept others, but while the power of love induced her to do this, she was evidentlv not satisfied to retire to pri vate life. There were quarrels, and finally the engagement was broken, and they parted lorever. Now Miss Jacobs says that her loyalty to Mr. Sire induced her to abandon her profession, and that she thereby sufiered damage equivalent to JSO.OOO. A jury will determine the issue. A Presbrtery Acquitted" or Conspiracy. San Francisco, May 20. The suit of Rev. Dr. John W. Ellis, ex-pastor of the Cen tral Presbyterian Tabernacle of this city, to recove r 100,000 damages for alleged defa mation of charactef and conspiracy on the part of the San Francisco Presbytery, has been dismissed by the Superior Court. Judge Wallace, held that no malice on the part of the Presbytery had been shown by the plaintiff's testimony. GOBMAN AND BOIES. That'ihhe Ticket That Blackbnvn, of Kentucky, Wants to See. HE IS .SHOUTING LOUD FOR IT. It Would Sweep the Conntrj, He Declares, While He Thinks CLEYEL1KD WOULD SUREI.T BE BEATEN SPECIAL TT-LEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 yVASimroiOir, May 20. At Chamber lain's last night, to a bevy of politicians discussing the Presidental situation, Sen ator Blackburn said: "I have already wagered of course with heavy odds in my favor that I could pick onr nominees at Chicago. No, you need not ask me the de tails of the bet, but it was not of a pecu niary character. I had to make a selection from the entire field, and took Gorman and Boies. Isn't that a strong team? And would not Democrats from one end of the land to the other support the ticket with glad enthu siasm. Gorman and Boies it ought to be. "Could they win? Can a duck swim? Seven States west of the Mississippi would fall into the Democratic column as surely as those names were put up. The ticket would almost elect itself. Now, our Northern and Eastern allies are making a great, though natural, mistake when they count on the 154 electoral votes of the Southern States as sure for the Democratic candidate, regardless of his personality and the platform on whioh he is nominated. Silver States Beady to Elops. "I believe sincerely that if an anti-silver plank is inserted, and a man put at the head of the ticket who is known to be hostile to the metal, both Virginias, both Caro linas and Georgia, too, will renounce their allegiance to the Democratlo party. "X am not urging a silver platform; let it be left out altogether, if necessary. But I do not know what will happen if the other policy prevails. With the single excep tion ot New Jersey, Mr. Cleve land's vote dwindled in 1888 in every State that gave him a majority in 1884, and I would like for some gentleman to read out the figures at Chicago. What a fall was there in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Connecticut, and what was the tale in New York, where the Democrats for all the other offices literally buried the opposition out of sight. Of all the hundreds of eligible Presidental candi dates in the Democratic ranks, Grover Cleveland is the only man that could have led us to disaster in 1888." Free SllTerts Knock-Ont for Awhile. The vote in the House yesterday, against the Bland amendment to the sundry civil bill, is regarded as the end of the free sil ver coinage movement in the present ses sion. Even the free coinage leaders con cede this. The fact that the Bland amend ment conld only muster 75 votes in a toler ably full House, notwithstanding the undoubted fact that fully twrr-thirds of the members are in favor ot free coinage, is not to be interpreted as significant of a change of principle on the part oi the silver men." It merely proves that a majority of free silver advocates have now fully and firmly determined not to allow the silver dispute to be dragged into the field of legis lation as a vital issue at the present time. This action does not imply tnat they have given up the fight. On the contrary, they are expected to renew it next winter, and are hopeful of success then. But they realize that any furtheAattempts in that direction at present worild only result in further rebuffs, and would have an in jurious political effect in various ways. Influence on the Chicago Convention. It is also expected that this sentiment in favor of postponement will have a predom inating influence In the Chicago Convention. While some of the free silver men will doubtless make a strong effort to commit the party at Chicago to their radical views, it is expected that the more moderate policy will prevail there in the end, as it has finally prevailed in Congress, and that the convention will refuse to make a direct issue in behalf of free coinage on the theory that it wonld be unwise to comply with the pending campaign unneces sarily upon a matter regarding whioh such a wide division 'of opinion exists, and which can be just as well settled at some future time. The adoption of this conservative policy by the convention; while highly probable, will not be effected, however, without a severe struggle. OFFICEHOLDERS IN REBELLION Against the President's Order for Them to Keep Away From Minneapolis' Many of Them Worked Hard to Get a Prize They Are .Loath, to Give Up. Washington, May 20. Spedal Some of the Cabinet officers and other high officials are disposed to inquire Into the re quest of the President which was snggested by Secretary Foster, that they refrain from taking an active part in the proceedings of the Bepublican National Convention. It is understood that Secretary Elkins, who has been a regular attendant at all of the Bepublican Conventions for several years past, has engaged apartments in Minnea polis, and intended to go there and take a firm grip upon the management of the administration machine. While the President wonld probably bo glad to have such an efficient political worker as Secretary Elkins on deck at the convention, he fears it will operate against him to have his cause advocated almost entirelv by public servants. Secretary Tracy, Attorney General Miller and a number of other prominent office h olders in Washington and elsewhere have made arrangements to go to the conventio n, and they regard it as an extraordinary move on the part of the President to try to re- nary desire. In the Southern States a ma jority of the Bepublican delegates and al ternates already elected are officeholders, and some of them are now away from home, without any intention of returning there until after the convention Is over. A few of them are going to the convention to express their gratitude to the President for the privileges they are now enjoying under his administration, hut others have in view their future prospects in local politics. Membership in a national convention is a very valuable position to a certain class of political workers, and those who have already secured the prizes are loath to give them up, because the President wishes to avoid as much unfavorable criticism as possible. OHE TEBK FOB A PRESIDENT. A Resolution In Congress Making the Length of Time Six Years. Washington, May 20. Senator Wol cott, of the Committee on Civil Service and Betrenchment, to-day reported a joint reso lution proposing an amendment to the Con stitution, making the term of President and Vice-President six years, instead of four, and making a President ineligible for re election. The change is to take effect March 4, 1897. Politics in Homeopathic Doses. The Democrats of Trimble county, Ken tucky, have Instructed for John G. Carlisle for President. The Michigan Snpreme Court adjourned yesterday until June 7, and an opinion may not be expected upon the Miner election law case before then. Nearly all the delegatus to the Democratic State Convention to be hold at Tankton, S. D., May 23, have been elected, and a canvass of their Presidential proforcnoos shows they aro unanimous ror Cleveland. The New England Tariff Reform League held Its annual dinner at tho American House, Boston, last night, with a largo at tendance of members. A resolution was adopted deolaring that Qrover Cleveland was the man best fitted to lead the hope in terested In the cause of tariff reform. Dr. Sr-EAEQEOn, of ilunoie, Ind., was nomi nated for Congress by the Prohibitionists of the Sixth district, at New Castle; X. T. Butes, of Winchester, by tho Farmers' Alli ance of the same dlstriot, and J. Swan, of Benton county, by the third party of the Ninth district at Tipton. OSWEGO ON FIRE. THE WORST CONFLAGRATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE CIIT. About All the Elevators There in Ashes Bis Lumber Yards Doomed Firemen Powerless to Stay the Flames Help From Other Cities. Oswego, N. Y., May 21. A great fire is raging here along the water front, sweeping through the line of elevators. It started in the big Washington Mills. A brisk breeze is blowing and it looks at this hour, 2 A. at, as though the lumber district is doomed. The fire has backed up and has destroyed the Corn Exchange and the Continental elevators on the south. The Merchants' elevators, on the north, have also been burned, and Oswego's elevator interests have been prac tically wiped out Only one elevator is left on the Eastside, and that is the Marine, owned by Thompson Kingsford. It is in imminent danger, however, and is liable to go at any minute. The fire presents a magnificent spectacle. The flames have leaped over to the islands in the center ot the river, which are piled full of lumber, aud it is burning fiercely. The loss thus far is fully f 500,000. There is no telling where the fire will stop. Syracuse firemen are on their way by special train, and will render all the assist ance in their power to check the progress of the flames. A number of firemen who were fighting the fire on the top of the Continen tal elevator were suddenly cut off by the flames and had a narrow escape from death. They had to be rescued by means of ropes. Six elevators have already been destroyed. The heat is fearful, and the firemen, al though they are working heroically, can do little to stop the spread of the flames. The firemen have just abandoned Kings ford's big Marine elevator, which is filled with corn. The great coal trestles of the Now York, Ontario & Western Bailway and the Delaware & Hud son Canal Company are next in line. A dozen fires are burning on the weBt side of the river, with no streams playing en them. MECKLENBTJKQ'8 DECLARATION Celebrated at Charlotte, N. C, by an Ora tion Pronounced by Senator Hill. Charlotte, N. C, May 20. Senator Hill, of New York, who is to deliver the oration to-day at the one hundred and seventeenth anniversary of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen dence, arrived here this morning. Thirty thousand visitors are on the streets. A sham battle was the feature of the morning exercises, and was participated in by 1,000 troops. Senator Hill and party reviewed the military parade. At 1 o'clock Senator Hill delivered his oration. The following is a passage of his address: The great central and important thought of the Mecklenburg Declaration was tho idea of self - government which It boldly embodied. It was a protest against oppression. It was also a distinct repudiation of the dlvino right of kings. Tho wisdom of the convic tions then embodied in the Meoklenburg as sumption of self-government have been vin dicated by over 100 years' successful admin istration of this Kepublic. We may safely assert that our form of government is no longer an experiment. This people have demonstrated their capacity to govern themselves. PEEPAEIHG FOB THE HEADING TKIAL. Attorney General Hensel and the Coun sel of the Combine Confer. Philadelphia, May 20. The confer ence between Attorney General Hensel and general Counsel Campbell, of the Beading Company, was held this afternoon. The meeting was fixed by the Attorney General so that he could get the counsel of tho Beading Company to furnish him with documentary evidence that the suit of the Commonwealth against the company could be pushed. "Jude Campbell said he would furnish all the information the At torney General desired, so that when the trial began there would be no delay. It is expected that the Judge of Common Pleas Court of Dauphin county will appoint an examiner either Monday or Tuesday. It is thought that the examiner will take' most of the testimony in the city. HOT EVEBYBODY'S VIEWS. The Coroner's Jury Finds That John Klime haple Died From Heat. The Coroner's verdict in the case of John Klimehaple, who died at S. S. Marvin's bakery Thursday, was that his death was caused by heat. The jury recom mended that fans be placed in the factory to better protect the other em ployes, and that efforts be made to enact betterlegislation relative to factory laws. S. S.' Marvin does not think the death re sulted irom heat, but says the boy ate so much of the sweet stuff he got indigestion and died from that cause. State Factory Inspector Watchorn was called to Pittsburg on the case. He said yesterday that he did not hold Mr. Marvin responsible, for his factory was kept in the best possible condition. He thinks the boy's death was not due to the heat. Eharpsburg to Have Electric lights, A committee consisting of Councilman Beithmiller, Farrell and Bellman, of Sharpsburg, investigated the electric light plants at Braddock and Irwin one day this week with the view of ascertaining the cost of lighting Sharpsburg with electricity. The councilmen at their next meeting will likely adopt some system which the borough itself will control. Hoys Charge With Lnrpsny. Charles Barker, John Dugan, Gilbert Hitley and Bemond Madden, four boys from the East End, were given a hearing before Magistrate Hyndman last night on a charge of larceny, made by Mrs. C7 Covle, of 105 Larimer avenne. Mrs. Coyle claims they entered her store and stole "?35 worth of goods. They were sent to jail in default of 500 bail. Ho Scalded His Wiro to Death. Philadelphia, May 20. Luigi Cica rone, an Italian, 'who on February 19 last killed his wife by scalding her, fita to-day convicted of murder in the second degree vad sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. BECAUSE THEY PAY. Patronage increases faster than ever as time goes on. The Adlets for the month ending April 30 gained 4,358 as compared with April, 1891. For 8 months ending same date the Increase was 23,341. The reason is plain it pays A better to advertise In THE DISPATCH than any ottjer paper. B HOT AGAINST WHISKY, The Temperance Committee of the M. E. Conference Will Report FOR LEGISLATIVE PROHIBITION. Political Farties to Be Notified Thcj Must Kot Favor license. A FEW MORE OFFICERS AKE ELECTED OMAHA, May 20. Bishop Foss presided at the Methodist Episcopal General Con ference to-day. About the first thing that was sprung was a question of finance. Amos Shrinkle, Treasurer of the funds to pay the traveling expenses of the delegates, announced that the funds had not been paid in from the annual conference treasurers in a sufficient amount to pay all the traveling expenses of the delegates. Some one suggested that the amount be borrowed from the Book Concern. Some very vigorous remarks were offered in re ply. One delegate declared it was nonsense to talk about borrowing the money from the Book Concern, because the amount would never be paid back, The General Conferences had borrowed from the Book Concern time and again, but had rarely, if ever, repaid, the money. The Conference ought to be honest, and simply make an ap propriation. Tho Hook Concern Hears the Burden. Dr. Maxfield moved that the amount needed, about 54,000, be borrowed from the Book Concern, and that the amount be as sessed against those Annual Conferences which had failed to pay their assessments for the traveling expenses fund. "You might just as well apportion the deficit to the sun, moon and stars as to the Annual Conferences'saidDr. Lanahan. "I move that the amount be drawn from the Book Concern, and that the agents of the Book Concern be authorized to charge the amount to profit and loss." Laughter. After much wrangling the Conference did what General Conferences have done before decided to draw the amount from the Book Concern. Bev. Mr. Beardshire, Fraternal Delegate from the United Brethren Church, was pre sented. The delegate reviewed the work done by his Church during the last quad rennium. He said the United Brethren had reached the point where the holy right of women to preach the gospel when they felt called from God to enter the ministry would not be refused them. He hoped the great Methodist Church would soon corns to a proper light on the question. Ont and Ont for Prohibition. The delegates who clamored for the elec tion of more Bishops at tie present session made a frantic effort tcropen the question again. A motion for reconsideration was laid on the table in a twinkling Some red-hot reports will soon be launched upon the Conference from the standing and special committees. The Com mittee on Temperance and Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic has a report a yard long that will be presented soon. The report re affirms the well-known attitude of the Church upon the saloon question, and declares that the Church is in harmony with every organi zation that seeks to promote total abstin ence and the overthrow of the liquor traffics. The report says: We reiterate thelnnguago of tho Episoo pal address of 18SS, which said: "The liquor traffic is so pernicious in all its bearings, so inimical to the Interests of honest trade, so ropugnan t to tho moral sense, so inj urious to the peace ahd order of society, that the only proper attitude toward it for Christians is that of relentless hostility. It can never be legalized without sin." The report further declares that men en gaged in the manufacture or sale of intoxi cating liquors ought not to receive the com mercial patronage ot Christians. A Threat to Political Parties. The traffic is stoutly condemned, and the whole licensing plan for liquor saloons is declared to be a means to foster and sus tain the damaging traffic Closing, the re port savs that while it is not the province of the Conference to suggest or dictate as to the political proclivities of any man, yet the committee declare that no political party has a right to expect, neither ought any party to receive, the support of Chris tian men so long as that party stands com mitted to the license policy or refuses to Eut itself on record in an attitude of open ostility to the saloon. The Committee on Lay Delegations has prepared a report, which will recommend equal lay representation in the Conference of 1896. During the proceedings to-day it was de cided to instruct the Central Conference in India not to make the changes recently de cided upon by that Conference, and to await the adoption ot changes to be made by the General Conference looking to the estab lishment of five conferences instead of three. Bed-hot resolutions, introduced by Dr. Hamilton, were adopted declaring that the iniquitous opium habit is making dread ful headway on those coasts, and vigorous steps should be taken to stamp it out. A Movement for Methodist Unity. Judge Lawrence offered a resolution to have a commission appointed to ascertain what steps can be taken to have the Metho dist Churches united under one organiza tion. Beferred to committee. Mr. Shaw, of Iowa, introduced a resolu tion to call a constitutional conference in Chicago in 1893. Though a long list of well-known names are appended in approval of the Conference, the resolution was re ferred to the next General Conference a mild way of strangling the project. It required two oallots to elect Dr. C. H. Payne Secretary of the Board of Education. It was officially reported after adjournment that Drs. Kynett and Spencer had been elected Secretaries of the Church Extension Society. BAPTISTS DISCUSS UNITY. Tbo Hulk of Opinion in the Notional Con gress Favors It A Southern Delegate Thinks It Is Not Feasible Scriptural Inerrancy Is Debated. Philadelphia, May 20. The Baptist Congress, during the morning session of the second day's meeting, discussed the quest ion: "Is a union of various Baptist bodies feasible?" Bev. B. B. Tyler, D. D., pastor of the Church of the Disciples, New York City, read a paper viewing the subject from the standpoint of the Disciples' sect, ex pressing the opinion that it is not only feas ible but of prime importance. He favored a union like that of the Primitive church. not doctrinal but personal in its nature. Bev. A. H. Lewis, editor of the Satbath Outlook, believed the union could be brought about, but confined his argument to defend ing the practice of his own sect, the Seventh Day Baptists, in observing the seventh day as the Sabbath. Prof. J. A. Howe, D. D., a Free-Will Baptist, of Cobb Divinity School, argued that union was possible by cordially agreeing to God's law of variety in unity, by allowing every church to preach what it practices, and practice what it preaches. A paper from W. H. Wyatt, D. D., of the Southern Theological Seminary, was read by the Secretary, Bev. Walter Boudeu bouch, which declared the probabilities against an organic union, on account of the greater tendencies to tcatter among re ligious bodies, the frequency of theological disputes and the tenacity with which men cling to their'opinions. This afternoon "The Inerrancy of the Scriptures" was the topic of discussion, Congressman Buchanan, of New Jersey, presiding. S0UIHEBN PBESBYTEBIAHS, A Proposition Looking to the Gathering of Material for a Church History. HotSpeings, May 20. At the second day's proceedings of the Southern Presby terian Genoral Assembly reports of commit tees consumed the time. During tho year mis sion treasury receipts from all sources were $130,270 32, being $17,324 83 in excess of receipts of any previous year. The amount contributed by churches and individuals ex ceeded that of the previous year by $13, C52 41, the total amout having been $78, 462. A communication from the Presbyterian Historical Society, relative to aiding that society in gathering and preserving all material historical information of the Pres byterian Church, was read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence. A recess was taken till 9 A. M. to-morrow. GRANT A PEACEMAKER. HE TRIED TO INDUCE COXKLINO TO MAKE DP WITH BLAINE. An Earnest Letter Opposing tho Third Term Project He Hints at tlie Presi dental Ambition ot Dollc Iilvals Being Satisfied The Fickleness of Fame. Columbus, O., May 20. The Columbus Dispatch to-day makes public a copy ot a letter written by U. S. Grant to Boscoe Conkling regarding his effort to have the General nominated as a candidate for President for the third time. The following is the letter: Sew York, Blay, 1SS0. My Dear Mr. Conkling: I am In receipt of your last letter, and have very considerately weighed the mattor in all Its bearings. The tribute you pay to my services to the country I appreciate, hut at the same time I fear you overestimate my services and underestimate tho indulgence of our country. There have been exigencies that warranted a second term, but I don't believe that the best interests or the conn try's good ever demanded a third term or ever will. I had my doubts even as to the advisabil ity of a sooond term, and you know that I have so expressed myself to you in our con fidential talks. This is a big country, full of brainy and ambitious men who can servo the conntry eminently well as its President, nnd I sincerely question the policy of thwarting their noble ambition. In a Ke public, cosmopolitan like ours, a man's fame Is too frequently dependent upon the status of Dubllc sentiment. Fame in this country ebbs and flows. To-dav you are the peer; to morrow you may be submerged beneath the wave of adverse sentiment. This is another reason why tho noole ambition to he Presi dent should not be restricted to one man. I feol that our country has amply repaid me for all my services, by the honeis it has bestowed upon me, and I feel thnt to be a candidate or accept tho nomination for a third torm, would he ingratitude and would eventually anect mo witn tne people wno have loved me and whom I love. I am still of tho opinion that I shonld break silence In a letter declining emphati cally to accept a nomination for a third term. I appreciate your eflbrts.your friendship and loyalty, but I fear that your zeal for me 13 an error, not of heart, but or mind. Know lug that with all your nobleness you have a hiehly sensitive nature, and knowinz your antipathy to the Maine statesman, I have al ways refrained from speaklnz of him to you; but I feel that I should speak on that mat ter, and plainly. This estrangement between you two, un less checked, must prove a mutual disad vantage. It will hurt Mr. Conkling. It will hurt Mr. Blaine. It will be a stumbling blook In the way of the ambitions of both. I believe that could the differences existing he amicably adjuster, the nomination this year would go to one, leaving the honor four years hence, mote than a probability, for the other. It Is not only necessary for the good of each that an amicable adjustment e reached, but for the, good of the party, and more, for the good: of the country. I fear that the presentation of my name at the convention would not only assist in the defeat of Mr. Blaine, but seriously affect your future, besides warping my career. Even should I be nominated, It could only come after a spirited contest, in which much bitterness would be injected; and then I doubt If I oould he elected, as I seriously doubt whether any man can ever again bo elected even for a second term, unless per chance there should arise some extraordi nary emergency, which now appears im probable, even in the dim future. I am aware that this matter has cone on to an extent where an announcement from me refusing to accept would be looked upon by some as cowardice; but would it not bo far better to be considered a coward than a usurper? I also appreciate your position, as you say, "the final and supreme effort of your life for supremaoy," yet in the face of all, I still believe that my name should not be presented. And, furtner, I believe that yournnxiety about tho effect an announce ment from me would, havo on your future, is an error. I trust you will consider gravely and care fullv my wishes. I am generous enough to suffer my selr rather than to have my friends suffer, if I am convinced that any act of mine would cause them to snffer. Awaiting your reply before acting, I remain Sincerely your friend, U. S. Gbast. AT LATIMER'S. PIT JUNE ARE BEDFORD In BLACK, WHITE, CREAMS, BLUES, ECRU with TINTED GROUNDS,. 5,786 yaids of At 8c, are the 12c quality. 9,896 yards of zfrzetsTCieh: zbtistie At 20c a yard. 958 .yards -VsriHiIIFIPIEID CORDS At 25c, worth 35c. 400 dozen LADIES' HOSE, for Big Bargain in LADIES' RI (Lisle and T , M. LATIMER, 138 and (40 Federal Street AX,L,KGHEKY, I.A.. SPOONS GIVEN AWAY. To show our appreciation for the patronage bestowed upon us we will for this week only present a PITTSBURG OB ALLEGHENY SOUVENIR SPOON" with every pur chase of One Dollar or oyer. VUOOU Ul JUXZ 1Ulini Willi SMIT'S, COR. LIBERTY AND SMITHFIELD, AND 311 SMITHFIELD ST. aplO-TTsa FOUR INCHES OF SNOW Through tVhlch Green Grass Peeps, Slaking a Pretty Picture In Kew Hampshire Tlie Most Peculiar Eight in a Century Damage to Fruit Trees. Coscord, N. H., May 20. Special Snow commenced falling at 6 o'clock this morning along the northern division of the Boston and Maine Bailroad, commencing at White Biver Junction and continuing as far south as North Boscarven. In many towns four inches covered the freshly opened leaves and flowers. Every bush and plant was white with a cold coating of snow and ice, freezing as fast as it came to the luckless branches. The southbound freight train from Woodsville came into Franklin at 9:30 o'clock covered with three inches of ice and snow. The hills of Franklin and North Boscarven were also white with snow, through which grew grass five inches high overtopped, making a most novel spectacle to the passengers of the morning southward train, and upon whom the snow still fell as far south as Penacook, below which it lost itself in a pouring rain at Concord. The temperature fell during the night at White river from about US to 20, making the storm as severe as one in mid-winter. In East Andover the apple trees, just burst ing into blossoms, were entirely shrouded with snow, and bending them down with its weight. On the whole, it is the most remarkable phenomenon witnessed in a century. It is learned that considerable damage has been done to the cherry and apple crops in Northern New Hampshire. Young cattle and sheep will suffer from exposure in pas tures, but the cold is not severe. A special from Farmington, Me., says: The weather in Maine for the past 24 hours has been remarkably cold for this season of the year, the temperature being more like that of late November than May. There was a flurry of snow in this town early this morning, and during the forenoon at Phillips, and all through the Langley Lake region there was a brisk snowstorm which made the hills as white as in winter, and stopped the sport of the trout fishers for a time. Ice formed in many brooks. Farm ing operations are much delayed by the un seasonable weather. On Her Face and Body. Suffering Intense. We Doctored With Doctors Without Avail. Used Cutlcura Hemedles. The Child Cured and Has Now a Beauti ful Skin. Is From tho ajc of two months my baby has snffered toredwlth doctors but without avail. wiiu uiv eczema uu uenace anu douv. We doc- Reading of your CUticuba Remedies we used the same and found them in every respect batlsfactorr. The child nan now a heautinil skin and is enrcu. Ap preciating its value, -we cheerfnllr recommend the same to all mothers who have children sufferms from eczema. Sins. J. EfyHEXBFRG. J663 First Avenue, New York. N. Y. ANOTHER ECZEMA CURED For the benefit of those nho are afflicted with any skin disease, and have neer used thc.CUTI cuha Remedies, I would like to make the follow ing statement. 1 was afflicted with eczema In my rUlit limb below the knee for manv ycirs. I tried various remedies, all or which failed to give me Te ller. Finally, seeing Cuticura Remedies adver tised. I determined to try them anil am now well. In con sequence of this, I consider CUTICUBA REM EDIES Invaluable for any skin disease. JA3IES C. HENRY. P. O. BoxllGG, Ogdensburg, N. Y. Cuticura Resolvent The new Blood and Skin Purifier and purest and best of Humor Remedies, cleanses the blood of all impurities and poisonous elements, and thus removes the cause, while CDTiconA.the great Skin cure, and CrmcunA Soap, an exquisite bkln Puri fier and Beautlfler. clear the skin of every trace of disease. Hence the CCTICTJnA Remedies cure every disease and humor or the skin, scalp and blood, with loss of hair, from pimples to scrofula. Sold everywhere. Price. CuxicmtA. BOc: SOAF. I5c: Risolvknt. li. Prepared by the Pottsb DnUG AXD CHEMICAL CORPOKATIOJf, BoStOll. S-"How to Cure Skin Diseases." M pages, 50 illustrations, and 100 testimonials, mailed free. DIDV'C SWn ancl Scalp purified and beautified DAD I 3 bY Ccticoba SOAP. Absolutely pure. WEAK, PAINFUL BACKS, Kidney and Uterine Pains and Weak nesses relieved In one minute by the Cuti cura Antl-Piilu Plaster, the onlv In stantaneous pain-kllllng plaster. wssu FOR A BRIDE THOSE CORDS 1H TS A YARD. m made uoot Jfeet, choice styles, 25c the 50c quality; isc for 25c grade. BBED VESTS Balbriggan) i2c, made to retail at 25c. myl7-TT3 SOLE AGENT FOR CHEMICAL DIAMONDS, SUMMER RESORTS. HOTEL KATES AND CIKCULAK3 May Be Obtained at THE DISPATCH'S Business OfHcSmlthfleId andDlamond. Atlantic City. nOTW, ATGX.EN Michigan nd Padfls iv AtUntlerltT V. .I.ruear the Deacn ; uuuri- draiQeil: rates S3 to'llO per week. Mrs. L.W. Beed. THE YICTOHIA, Open V- all the year. ' M. WILLIAMS. HOTEIi ItoPEniXL, Atlaatle City. X. J., Maryland ar.. facing tho ocean. Capacity 00. Electric bells, large solarium, grate fires. Every home comfor t. $2 to 3 perdaf, 10 to $13 per .week. G. ff. KEyPKlCK. HOTEL HOFFMAN, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Near beach. Heated throughout with steam. Homelike. J. Vf. CALLAWAY. THE DARLINGTON. 612 PaoMc avenuo, near the beach and hot baths. Atlantic Citv. N. J. Open all the year. MISS E. PATTEESON. THE CHALFONTE. ATLANTIC CITY. Directly on tho Beach. Sea water baths in -houso. Opened January 30 1892. C. ROBERTS & SONS. "HADDON HALL' Atlantio Ciy 2. J. Opet All the Year. Hot ahd CotD Ssi Water Baths ih the House. LEEDS & LIPPIXCOTT. HOTEL WIWSniBE, Virginia av., near ocean, Atlantic Clty.X. J. Open all the year. Large bay window rooms giving fine view of the ocean. D. W. CHANDLER. Capo May. THE STOCKTON, A First-Class Hotel, Will Open June 4 and: Remain Open Until October L F. THXO. WALTON. Proprietor. Lone Branch. LONG BRANCH. WEST END HOTEL COTTAGES AND RESTAURANT OPEN JUNE 11. HOTEL OPENS JUNE 25. D. 31. & W. E. niLDRETH. New Tork office, iietropolitau Hotel. LONG BRANCH. HOWLAND HOTEL. SEASON WILL OPEN JUNE 23. Bates $1 50 per day and upward. Rooms maybe encased at the real estate office of Dobbin & Lonb. a Broadway, and at tho St. James Hotel, New York-. HUGH F. GRIFFIN, Proprietor. Other Itesorts. nOTEL LAFAYETTE. CAPE MAY. N. J., JOHN TKACYACO.. I'roprletors. Open June IS: all modern Improvements: located directly on the beach; terms $3 to $-5 per day. Apply to JOHN '1RACY & CO.. Washington Hotel. Philadelphia, or Cape May, N. J. CAPON HAMPSHIRE CO.. W. YA. Send for pamphlet and see what ennrvre this celebrated "watering place or- ellCi.Xl3 fcr3 to all out of health. thoe broken down from overwork, or AND those In search of alovelysummer amvirci home forsoUJ comfort and plea- B.1TJIS ure. W. H. SALE. Prop. 13 31 ILTS AT sEA. OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, BLOCK ISLAND, R. I. Opens June 23th. Accommodates 500. Hot and cold sea water batbs. All modern Improvements. Address, F. C. CUNDALL, East Greenwich, R. L FORT WIXUAJI HEXKYMOTEIi, LAKEGEOKOE, N. Y., Will open June 3. The largest, best appointed and most liberally conducted hotil at Lake George. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED SOUVESIB. For terms and particulars apply to HOTEL ORE NOBLE. Fiftv-seventn t. and Seventh av., New York. Special rates for families. WILLIAM NOBLE, owner and proprietor. MOUNTAIN HOUSE"" CRESSON SPRINGS. On tho Summit of tho Allegheny Mountains, Main line Penna. R. E. All trains stop. Will open JUNE 25th. For circulars and In formation, address WJL R. DUNHA3I, Snpt., Crcsson, Cambria county. Pa. Wtaite IVIorxn-ttaArxss,. H MAPLEWOOD. East End of the famous town of Bethlehem. Grand center of all the Whlto mountain at tractions. The great resort of health and alcasuro. Maplcwood Hotel opens July 6. unlen ood Cottage opens June 10. 13 FUR NISHED COTTAGES. Send ror illustrated booklet to AINSLIE A WEBSTEK.Hanazers, No. 62 Boylston St., Ronton. Also of Hotel ban Marco, St. Aujustine, Fla. BEDFORD SPRINGS, BEDFORD, PA. "THE CARLSBAD OF AMERICA." HOTEL OPENS JUNE 22d. L.B. DOTY, Manager. J THE UNITED STATES, A FinST-CLASS nOTEL, ' Will open JUNE U and Remain Open Until October L TOMPKINS, GAGE 4 PERRY. . ' , CATSKILL 3IOUNTAINS.. HOTEL KHTEBSKILL OPENS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. KATES KEDtCED FOR JULY. Rooms can be enpaged of Mr. II. P. BUR- NEY, Assistant Manager, at Hotel Lafayette, Philadelphia, Thursdays of each weet, Juna 9 to 03, inclusive. Danners' sence of Health. A pure family m o u i o I n e for toninc up and re huildinp; tho sys tem. One of tha irreatest blood Sjpurlfiers known Unexcelled fnF tho euro of Rhea matlsm. Con? hi and Cold3, Catarrh, Asthma, ThroaH Diseaes, Torpid alpl it f imnnrfect nnd denraved state of the Dlood. Piles, Costlveness, Nervousness, Affections of tho BInddor and Kidneys. Ir properly taken we suaranteo a cure. For sale by druBRists, and The Danner Medicine Co. 242 Federal St., Allegheny. Price $1 00 per hottle; six bottles for $3H. Write for Testimonials. OC29-13-TT3 A Small Quantity of Liebig Company's Extract of Beef Added to any Soup, Sauce or Gravy gives Strength and Fine Flavor. Invaluablo In Improved and Economic uooKcry. jiaKos cneapest, nurest and best Beef Tea. 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