PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, JULY iNACLES Snaps in j Bureau. the HEIR' PLACES. cott Propose to In eform SIBLE TO BE HAL TOT DISPATCn.1 15. On motion of ining, the Senate to on that is expected sting results. It is ict made upon the leographical Survey e yesterdav, which . of 5250,000 in the by the committee for reau. lution directs Major f the Geological Sur nate the names of all loves. The answer to o produce a sensation, .at for nianv rears the ureau has been a sort sons, nephews and smen and other in- lals, without regard to It tiiu town to everybody in Vashingtt. ppropriations for "the support of thc-geo. jgical survey have been obtained year after year by a svstem of open, persistent lobbying, genteel in its character, perhaps, but none the less ob jectionable on that account Lobbyists Able to Checkmate Reform. For many years "Western Senators and Kepresentatives have been baffled in their attempts to expose the alleged worthless neps of the surveys and cut down the appro priations for their prosecution, but Major Powell, with the aid of lobbyists and the appointing power, has managed to check mate them. It is a fact that for a long time an official known as "the executive officer of thc bureau" has been employed, whose duties consist solely in seeing" to it that Congressmen shall be made to vote right It is also said to be a fact that almost every prominent man of influence in Wash ington has a relative or friend on the pay roll of the bureau, many of them holding places that are absolute sinecures. The sons and nephews of several well known Congressmen hold more or less arduous and well-paid offices, the most outrageous case, of nepotism being that of the son of -a conspicuous Democratic member of the House. The ton is a young man of 6uch dissipated habits that he is totally unfit for the duty more than half the time, and vet, as far as can be ascertained, no part of his salary has ever been withheld on this or any other account Harnacles to Be Smoked Ont. The object of Senator Carey's resolutions is to snioke out these barnacles and bring to light the truth of the charges that have been so freely made. If Major Pond shall respond to the resolution frankly and fullv, without any attempt to withhold the desired information, his reply will make very interesting reading. The Senators who are most directly interested in learning the facts declare that they will take nothing but the whole truth for an answer, and if it is not lortheoming under the present resolution theywill have one passed more sweeping in its provisions, and lrom which there will be no escape. It has often been said that Cengress needs young and fresh blood in itsVmembeiship, end the aptness of this was never more for ciblv illustrated than in the present fight against the Geological Survey. The West ern Senators have, as has bjen said, for many years attempted Jo cut dbwn the ap propriation for the Geological )ureaii, but have E-exlcceede4-'until yesterday, when iesired" reform was brought about, owing almost entirely to a speech of the eloquent and energetic Mr. "Wolcott, of Colorado. Nothing Heretofore Accomplished. Senator Stewart, of Xevada, and others have hurled defiance and epithets at Major Powell and his bureau session after session without accomplishing anything whatever. Senator "Wolcott. however, has a wav of go ing at things that is very effective. Yesterday he was so encour aged by his success the day be fore in wiping out of existence a large number of special land office agents, who he says are the most oflensive public employes in the entire Government service, and who go about the "West blackmailing settlers and committing crimes for which they should be put in jail, instead of being compensated by the Government. Mr. Wolcott, in a very interesting speech, attacked these special agent', as enemies of the people, "and his remarks were indorsed by Senators Stewart, Teller, Allen, Sanders, Felton, Cockrell and others, who testified to the entire accuracy of the Colorado Senator's charges. The result of the young Senator's speech was that the appropriation to pay these men was reduced from 5200,000, as provided in the Senate bill, to 5120,000, as originallv appropriated by the House. This cuts off the heads of many of them. Eloquence "ot Thrown .A wav. Encouraged by his success in demolishing the special agents the eloquent Senator, in his peculiarly vigorous style, sailed into the Geological Survey yesterday and boldly moved to knock off several hundred thou sand dollars of the contemplated appropria tion for its support. In support of this motion he made a speech that for frankness, originality, brightness and good sense has not been equaled in the Senate for many a day. He prefaced his remarks with a statement that he v as not an enemy, but a devoted friend to scientific research, and that he was in favor of giving all proper encouragement to the pursuit of knowledge and its dissemi nation among the people. What he ob jected to, however, was what he termed the utter uselcssness of the Government Geo logical Survey and the wasteful extrava gance of vast sums" of money to carry out its Quixotio investigations, the result of which no man could ever see or understand. Mr. "Wolcott brought to light in this con nection the astonishing fact that the bureau came into existence withoutdirectauthority of law. In the shape of an amendment to an appropriation bill, and that the vast sum of 50,822,105 has already been expended upon the surveys. According to Mr. Wolcott, the sole authority under which the director of the survev carries on his expensive in vestigations is found in an amendment to the appropriation bill providing money for the completion of a geological map of the United States. Tears of Laljor Wasted. In 18S6 Major Powell assured the joint Congressional committee that he would complete the geological map in 20 vears, and that it would cost SlS.O'JO.OOO. jiis re port, filed in 1890, thows that at the then rate of progress it would take more than 100 vcars to complete the map, and that it would cost the United States more than 5100,000,000, or probably in the end more money than is involved in the national debt, and all this in spite of the fact that Prof. Agassiz, the son of the gicat Aga'siz, reported to tlie committee in August 18S6 that the work wai valueless and expensive, and that the appropriations for it were useless. As an Illustration of his charge thai the reports of tne geological survey are never p-tblUhcd until years after they hate been authorized. Senator Wolcott made the fol lowing entertaining statement: "One of the scientific men of the bureau was instructed to report upon a mining district, 14 years ago. There have been thousands and thou sands of doil&rs expended up-m that survey. Meanwhile the district was discovered, was prospected, was worked, was developed, thousands of dollars taken ont of it, and the camp abandoned, but the report is not yet furnished." He added: "Take the illustrations of Leadviile alone. It is a most valuable mon ograph. Every surveyor that comes out there fresh from college" writes me to get a copy of the most magnificent publication that is given away by the Government The illustrations alone cost 528,000. Not aThlng or Value Turned Oat. "Everyone of these valuable monographs, everyone of these valuable reports comes after the fact There is not ablessed one of them that guides the prospector. After you have discovered your ore and taken it out, these very intelligent and cultivated men come along and say, 'that is beautiful. I find here marvelous geological descrip tions, showing just what happened it is always just alter the fact It is beautiful knowledge, but it is not the knowledge that this Government shonld be called upon to pav every year from 5500,000 to 51,000,000. The Colorado Senator's vigorous charge stirred up a lively debate, but his motion was lost by a vote of 24 to 28. That as' a remarkable opposition to be drummed up against such a powerful combination as the lriends of the Geological Survey, and it en couraged its authors to persevere. Later in the day, therefore. Senator Carey moved to cut down the appropriations to Major Powell's bureau to the extent of 5240,000, and by a vote of 26 to 23 he succeeded. It was a great victory and one the like of which has not been seen in the Senate for many years. The men who brought it about now mean to follow it up by a complete ex posure of the extravagant bureau that is maintained, they say, Tjy the aid of lobby ists and the effectivedistribution of patron age, and their stilting point is the resolu tion of Senator Carey calling for the names of the employes of the bureau. HEW MONEY 0KDEE OFFICES. A tons List for Pennsj 1 vanla Under the '( P. O. I. Ruling. tFHOM A STAFF COItEESPOVDEXT.l Washington, July 15. Money order offices were established at the following postoffices in Pennsylvania to-day: .Amity, Washington county; Blglerville, Adams; Bridgetou, York; Frybnrg. Clarion; Lock No. 4. Washington; Lum ber City, Clearfield; Welsh Kun, Franklin; Wcslcyville, Erie; Argendu, Warren; Bear Creek, Luzerne: Big Shanty, McKean; Breneman, Washing ton; Canadensis, Monroe: Charleroi, Wnsli ton; Clinton, Allegheny; Delano, Schuylkill; Pry Kun, Franklin; Dudley, Huntingdon; Klco, U ashingtou: Fricndsville, Susque hanna; GlenflelJ, Allegheny: Ilndnn'burg, Lawrence; Hatboro, Montgomery: Helvetia, Clearfield; Hokendauqua. Lehigh; Lattimcr Mines Luzerne; Littlo Cooley, Crawford; Lnthersbmg, Clearfield: McConnellstown, Huntingdon, Alines, Blair; Morris Cross Koads. Favctte: North Bend, Clinton; Nicho las. Schuylkill; Sober, Center; Strong, North umberland; Upper Lehigh, Luzerne; Vawa, Delaware: Wyncote, Montgomery; Clear ville. Bedford; Southwest, Westmoreland; Trauger. Westmoreland: Braeburn, West moreland; Brodheadsvllle, Monroe: Clar ence, Center; Ellwood City. Lawrence; Gowen. Luzerne; Hatfield, Montgomery; Ripmllton, Venango; Threo Springs, Hunt ingdon, and Woodlawn, Eeavcr. These new money order offices have been established in pursuance of the plan adopt ed by the Postoffice Department of making a money order office of every office where the receipts amount to 5200 per annum. AN INDIAX MOUND OPENED. Ilaman Skulls Exlinmed Upon an Illinois Farm .1 Number of Curiosities Also Discovered. SPKlNGriF.LD, III., July 15. All the time of the people of the State of Illinois is not put in talking politics. Business is dull around the country stores, and various plans and expedients are employed to pass the time. Over at Macomb, in Mc Donough county, the gossip runs in the way of some remarkable finds of Farmer Morris Chase. His farm is situ ated about a mile west of Ma comb, and is dotted with several curious shaped mounds which have excited the curiosity of the neighbors for genera tions. A week or two ago, while the ground-was too wet to plow, Mr. Chase made up his mind to investigate the mys tery of the mounds. He selected the larg est one on top of a hill for the first experi ment. The hill is a little plateau and slopes gracefully to the highway, probably 300 feet below. The mound was about 30 feet in circumference and was originally smaller, but repeated plowings smoothed it down and flattened it out The soil is different from that on the sides of the hill, being much darker and mixed with fine gravel. After digging into the mound to a depth of about 18 inches a layer ot mussel shells was found. The shells had evidently been hauled three-quarters of a mile from the creek and, while they were arranged in irregular rows, it was im possible to distinguish any figure or form mat niignt possibly nave been constructed by them. The dirt on top had evidently been the accumulation of years. Beneath the shells were disclosed bones and broken pottery. The bones were those of deer and included one piece of antler six inches long. The pottery was black and a quarter of an inch thick. Many stones and coarse gravel were dug up, and as all the rocks had been burned the sup position is that it was the site of an Indian potter's kiln. In another mound at a depth of 20 inches an amount of clay burned to a bright red w as lound. Under this as a layer of earth, with which was mixed the dust ot human bohes and pieces of human skulls. This had evidently been the burial place of an Indian warrior of some note. A few feet from these remnants ot humanity was discovered a small kiln or large oven. Beneath thick layers of burnt clay were sticks of charcoal. The clay was bright red in color, and con tained a little fine sand. Mr. Chase found a number of arrow and spear heads, a stone hominy hammer and other Indian curios. There is no doubt that the hill was once the site of a prosperous Indian village, prob ably of the Peoria or Illinois tribe, for they laid claim to that section of Illinois a century ago. It is said there are other mounds in McDonough and Warren coun ties, and that none of them have been examined, except those on the farm of Mr. Chase. FATAL ALCOHOLISM. A Man Sentenced to Jail for Drunkenness Dies in Confinement. J. J. Wagner, about 38 years old, who was committed to jail yesterday morning by Magistiate Hyndman without a fine for drunkenness, died in that institution at 7 o'clock last night The man had been on a spree for several' weeks, and was sent to jail at the request of his wife, who adopted that measure of sober ing him up. When the man was brought to jail yesterday morning Warden McAleese noticed that he was in a serious condition, and at once summoned Jail Physician Chessrown to care lor him. The latter worked with the man until 5 o'clock, when he left him in an improved condition. About G o'clock the prisoner began to get worse and Dr. Moyer was summoned, but before he could .arrive the man died. The body was removed to the, morgue, and his wife, who lives at the corner of Ann and Moultrie streets, Fourteenth ward, noti fied. Tiie deceased was.employed driving a beer wagon for Brewer Kinebart, of Second avenue and Try street He leaves a wife and four small children. A Dall Player Break Illi Arm. Alexander Heilig, a 17. year-old boy liv ing on South Twenty-second street, South side, while playing ball yesterday fell and suffered a compound fracture of his left arm. He was removed to the, Southside Hospital, where the necessary medical aid-was ren dered. Ocean' Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. France Not York Lizard Auciibta Victoria.... New York I.oudou llekla New York London Memphis Ilaltlmore London Michigan Boston London Ncvaua Liverpool New York SILVER E NOVEMBER. Mining States to Choose Independent Electoral Tickets, AIMING AT A BALANCE OF POWER. Ko Candidate for President to Receive Their Totes Unless HE SURRENDERS THE RIGHT OP TET0 Helena, Mont., July 15. The Nation al Mining Congress completed its labors and adjourned this afternoon. The follow ing resolutions were passed and will be submitted to the United States Congress: We declare that the responsibility for the bullion in silver dollars now coined being of less intrinsic value than the bullion in cold dollars rests solely with those who demone tized silver and forced the people to accept the laws of 1878 and 1890, by which free coinage of silver has been denied and tbo purchase of bullion by the Government in the lowest markets of the world substi tuted instead; and declare our unaltera ble conviction, based upon sound economic principles and the actual experience of the world between 1800 and 1800, when therela tlve inciease in pioduction of gold in tho United States and the lest of the world far exceeded the relative increase of silver over gold dming tho last decade, that the re indict ization of silver by the United States at the existing ratio will speedily restore the intrinsic value of the silver dollars to that of the gold dollar. Timo Needed for the Proposed Test. Whilo wo demand that the intrinsic value of tne gold and silver dollars shall be equal, wo protest against a test of value as to silver bciu made while silver money is debased a'ld the Government engaged under exist ing laws in depressing the value of bullion by purchasing it in the lowest markets; but shall make tho necessary test after the full ue of silver as money has been restored Tor a leosonablo time. We declare the fieo bi-motallic coinage of gold and silver at the existing ratio to be tho most im-pmt-'nt public question now unsettled in the United States, as long as there is a lack of sound metal money npon which to do the business of the country, and upon which to bae a full and fair volume of Governmental paper money. We urge that in every section of the coun try, North as well as South, that true friends of tree bi-mctallic coinage shall make the unquestioning friendship of every candi date for office bearing any relation whatever to legislation upon thu subject, as one of the chief tests of worthiness to receive their suffrages; that it is only by clearly discern ing the rizht and acting independently and unflinchingly to undo the great wrong of siler demonetization that the conspiracy to lorce the United States to a single gold stand. nd of money can be thwarted. Efforts to influence the Presidental elec tion took form in the following resolutions passed to-dav: f' The ElectorshlD Theorv fiXDnnnded. Whereas, The theory of the Constitution is that electors for President shall be men of the highest dignity and integrity, lit to be intrusted with the gravest concerns of tho nation, and that they shall, when elected, bo free to cast their DalloU lor such person for Prestdent'as will best insure the safety, honor and piosperity of the country; and Wheieat, It has been the endeavor of the opponents of bi-metallic coinage to secure the election or candidates forthe Presidency uy tne itennoiic.in ana xiemocrauc party, who, if elected, will oppose the will or the people by Executive veto whenever Con cress shall express it In a free coinage bill; anu Whereas, As to vote as electors pledged in advance to select either one or tho other of them for President without condi tion, will be an indorsement in advance of a purpose to defeat the popular will: and Whereas, In the silver States there is bnt one sentiment In all three national parties in regard to the full lemonetizatlonof sil ver: therefore be It Resolved, That wisdom and patriotism hoth require that people of silver States and State conventions of all parties therein shall shape their action so as to secure the bal ance of power, if that be possible. In the Electoral College, to tho end that the Elec tors elected by the people of suchStatos may so act independently in the Electoral Col lege as to defeat the election of any man a 3 President who will not agree that Tho Will of the People, as Expressed inany future act of Congress in relation to silver, shall stand without executive inter ference or veto; that in order to meet the contingency of the possible election of a President by the present Hnuso of Repre sentatives, constituents of members of tho present House be appealed to to demand of all members of the House who are candi dates tor re-election a promise that they will support no manjbr President who will not permit the wilt of tho people, as ex pressed in any act of Congress upon the sil ver question, to stand without Executive veto. Resolved, That commercial relations with South and Central America and Mexico should be cultivated and be made mote inti mate; that they are the natural markets for surplus manufactures and farm products, and that It is of mutual interest and import ance that the resolution passed by the Pan American Congress in favor of an agreement between all American nations that a uni form silver coin be adopted which shall be legal tender for all commercial transactions between all American Governments should be can led into effect. The resolutions congratulate the World's Columbian Exposition upon its wisdom and progressiveness in establishing a Depart ment of Mines to reflect in every way the extensive scope of mining operations, eta, and pledge united co-operation. A resolu tion was adopted declaring that the Expo sition should be open to the public Sun days. The next session will be held at Salt Lake December 2, belore the meeting of the Elec toral College. AFIEE SDMMEK EES0ET FI8HEBS. Lake Chautauqua Violators of Game Laws Mill Be Raided. Fish Warden Pamarr, ot New Castle, was in Pittsburg assuring himself that Lake Chautauqua belonged to the State, not to a private corporation. Satisfied on this point he proposes to go to that famous resort and enforce the fish laws. He says a large num ber of seines and nets are used there con trary to law, and he intends to take a body of deputies with him and put a stop to the illegal practices and destroy the seines. There is also a great deal of spearing done there, as well" as using dynamite. These latter ofienses are most prevalent in win ter. Mr. Pamarr also stated that there were 42 fishing clubs camped on the Beaver 'river along a distance of six miles. Yesterday Fish Warden Hague held up some violators almost within the shadow of his office. He went up the Monongahela in the afternoon in an Acme folding boat, which is his constant companion. When he reached Lock No. 1 he saw a man mending a net in a shanty boat When told that the net was wanted he objected until he saw the badge, and then he gave it up. Under the Baltimore and Ohio depot he also captured a number of outlines that had been hung up to dry. FENCING OFF A EA1LE0AD. Congress Passes a VIII Th it Will Settle st Dispute. Representative William A. Stone's bill to establish a division line between the property of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Bailroad and the Government property near Davis Island dam passed both branches of Congress yesterdav. The bill was slightly amended in the Senate owing to some mistakes made by the engineers who surveyed the line. It will dispose of a question that has caused the Government and Fort Wayne Bailroad much vexation. A Tamllr A flair. Jacob and William Beichinger and Frank Taber were all defendants in cross suits on a charge of assault and battery before Mag istrate Succop last night. The trouble arose through a family quarrel and all were held for court THE S0LDIEES OF SOUDAN. They Are Very Impetuous and Require a Bold Officer to Handle Them. Cotemportry Review. The Soudanese troops are vastly interest ing. The jet-black creatures, resembling amiable gorillas in face, of all heights and only one thickness, narrow hipped, thin chested, with no backs to their heads and no calves to their legs, are liked and trusted by their officer) to a remarkable extent There is little of the red Indian in them; they would not fire into a sandhill or stand still to be cut down. The Dervish is their oppressor and natural enemy, and they only desire the oppor tunity to "get at him," at as close quarters as possible. They are children in their love of decoration and their whims and their devotion to their officers. They are savage in their dislike of discipline and their passionate impatience of restraint on the battlefield. For this reason to keep them back they have more English officers to a battalion than Egyptian troops. They detest drill and blank cartridge. They are enthusiastic over every rumor of approaching fight I was told a delightful story ot one recent action in which they took a prominent part The enemy was under cover not far ofl; but the firing line of blacks were blazing away at him as fast as they could open and close up their rifles. In vain their officers tried to stop them. The waste of ammunition threatened to become'extremely serious,and their commanding officer, a Scotchman who had seen many fights with them, losing his temper, rode up and down behind the line, cursing them with every abusive epithet in a fairly adequate vocabulary of Arabic in vective. Hut entirely without enect At last one of them happened to turn, and discovered the beloved Bey in evident ly a very excited state of mind. He at once rose, lan back to him, aud, patting him reassuringly on the boot, he said: "Don t be frightened, iiey. It s all right We're here; we'll take care of you!" The Scotch Bey, however, was equal to the occasion. He rode out through the line, and ualked his horse up and down in front of the rifles. "Now," he said, "if you must fire, fire at me." After this it is not sur prising to read in dispatches that this officer has twice recently had his horse shot under him. THE BUMP0LOGY OF H0BBES. The Faces of the Equine All Tell Many Different Stories. "There is a horse with a benevolent coun tenance," said a gray whiskered Individual to a Chicago Daily Globe reporter, at the cor ner of Clark and Washington streets, as he patted the nose of a cab horse. "Now," he continued, "you, in all probability, see no difference between this horse and others, ex cept in its color and a spavin or so. There is as much dissimilarity in the facial expres sion of horses as of human beings. Horses cannot talk and must give vent to their feelings in action and expression. Take, for example, the dray horses of Chicago. As a rule their faces say, almost as plainly as a man could express it in speech, 'We are doomed to a lifetime of toil. It is not our idea ot life, but we cannot help our selves and are resigned to our fate.' "The cab horses stand at their posts rest lessly with dropping heads but watchful eyes, and their expression is one of relief and eagerness to move when the reins are drawn tight and the order comes to 'get up.' The street car norse nas the vacant expres sion of one who does his work by, routine, and whose thoughts are anywhere but in the present "Notice that carriage team. The horses are members of the equine 400 and thev know it Theyare as couscious of their sleek coats and shining harness as a dnde is of his London made clothes. See the way tfiey arch their necks. You charge it to the check reins but you are wrong; it is their consci ousness ot superiority which causes them to hold up their heads. "I spend every moment that I am on the street watching the countenances of the horses. I began studying them years ago and it will repay any one to do so. Study them, young man, and I promise you'll find as many interesting countenances along the curbstones as on the sidewalks" The student of equine physiognomy walked away and th: cab horse smiled. CABLE new from every capital of Europe in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. OIL AT THE SEASHORE, A Baltimore Inventor Proposes to Save the Coney Island Beach. New York Herald. To save the beaches at Coney Island and Bong Branch from devastation by the sea by spreading oil upon the surf as it rushes upon the sand, thereby preventing the waves from breaking against the shore, is the ambitious project of Everett D. Moore, a Baltimore inventor, who is now stopping at the Morton House, having come to this city to interest owners of ocean front property in his scheme. His plan is to station cannon along the beaches as soon as the stormy weather sets in and whenever the waves become danger ously high, to fire seaward from these guns cannisters filled with oil, which are so con structed that they will begin to leak as soon as they strike the water. By this means the sea will be covered for a long distance off shore with a film ot oil that may prevent the waves from breaking on the sand. Each of the projectiles will be attached to a line by which it can be drawn ashore to be reloaded and retired. Its return course will thus be marked by an oleaginous waste which, the inventor says, will greatly add to the value of the operation. Another use to which the apparatns can be put will be to smooth a way through the angry surf when a lifeboat is about to be sent off to a shipwrecked vessel. Pardoned From the Penitentiary. John Lawless, a convict at the Western PenitentiaYy, was released yesterday on a pardon issued by the Pardon Board. Law less has been an inmate at Biverside for two months, and was to have served one year and six months. The cime for which he was imprisoned was an aggravated assault and battery on a nsighbor in Clearfield county. He is well known there, and it was through his friends and relatives that a pardon was secured. The Batlo of Oar Growth. Columbus Dispatch. It was stated at Wells Post last night that this country has subject to enlistment 8,000,000 of men for war purposes, and that in 1900 10,000,000 would be subject to en listment, and onJulv 4, 1976, 23,000,000, provided our population continues to in crease at the ratio that it has since 1860. It will then have been 750,000,000. How we do grow! ' A Match Between Birds. The latest London Idea is the linnet singing competition. The birds in their cages are placed on a table and incited to sing. Bets are placed on the different birds, but the money is not won on the bird that sings first nor longest The winner is the one that in a given timo executes the great est number ot notes, rings the greatest num ber of changes or gives the finest run of trills. Properties of Linseed Oil. The value of linseed oil on woods is the fact that, In drying, it has all the properties of 'a cement and also a varnish. It unites the coloring matters in a homogeneous layer, and gives a gloss to the whole which nothing else will impart No other oil will do this, at least in an equal degree, and thus linseed oil is, the most valuable pre server, whether of historic pictures or of house roofs. FDNby BUI Nye to-morrow. A HAWAIIAN EEFDGEE He Arrives in A'merica With a Long list of Political Wrongs. RECENT TROUBLES AT HONOLULU. A Kapidly Growing Desire for Annexation to the United States. IMMEDIATE CAUSE F0K EXPULSION San Francisco, July 15. Colonel Volney Vaillancourt Ashford, one of the leaders of the Hawaiian Patriotic League, was arrested In Honolulu on May 17 last who with Robert W. Wilcox and 80 others on a charge of treason, but was afterward re leased, arrived yesterday on the brig John D. Spreckels from Katmlui. When re leased from the Government prison by the the advice ot friends he chartered the steamer Hawaii and went to the island of Hawaii, afterward boarding the brig at sex Ashford has considerable to say about the traubles in Honolulu, and expresses him self both freely and intelligently. The arrest of so many members of the league on charges of treason he considers spite work on the part of Queen Liliuoka lani. He claims that had the league prom ised to coincide with her desire to return to the Constitution which was in force prior to 1887, which gave the sovereign the power of appointing the nobles, no arrests would have been made. Ashford also asserts that the present Constitution and Government are most unsatisfactory to the Hawaii peo ple, and that they are, as a rule,.favorable to annexation. The United States is their first choice. Ashford has an uncle, W. W. Ashford, residing at Haywards, and will visit there. On Honolulu advices will de pend his future movements. Sorry He Came Away. "I am more than half sorry, "said Colonel Ashford, "that I came away. At the ex amination before Supreme Justice Dale there were many things which I wanted to come out, but they were suppressed. On May 17, the day before the arrests, the lead ers of the Hawaiian Patriotic League, of which I was one of the Executive Commit tee, were threatened with immediate arrest unless we agreed to stand by an ultimatum that was presented by members of the Queen's party. Wilcox was sent for at his place near Waikiki and requested to meet Kanui and Kekipi at the office of the Elele, the Queen's news paper, and give a final answer In behalf of the league regarding the ultimatum, which was the backing of a plan by which the Queen would proclaim the old Constitution in force, with the additional prerogative of appointing or dismissing the Supreme Justices, who now hold office for life. Wil cox declined, and was then informed that the arrest of all the members of the league would follow his refusal. "Over 80 arrests were made on Mivy 18 on warrants for treason sworn out by Mar shal Wilson, who is most intimate with the Queen. All the cases came before Chief Justice Dale. It is a most unusual occur rence for initiatory criminal proceedings to be commenced before a Supreme Justice. There are other courts which have always taken jurisdiction in criminal matters aud the only reason for this exception, it was commonly reported, was that the Justice was known, by opinions previously ex pressed, to be most desirous for the break ing upof the Hawaiian Patriotic League, to which all the alleged conspirators be longed. An Oath-Bound Political League. "The league was organized by E. W. Wilcox and myself, and was in the nature of a political club. Each member toininc took an oath. The league was established for the promotion ot justice and equal rights in the political government of Ha waii 'of the people, for the people and by the people.' At the time of the arrests the league had over 250 members. At each meeting a change in the Constitution was atritated that would give the poor the same rights as the rich in their franchise as voters. "It should be here stated that previous to the revolution of 1887 in which I was leader of the military which deprived King Kalakaua of many of his then prerog atives, the sovereign then had the right to appoint all of the nobles in the Legislature, consisting of one-halt of that body, which numbered in total 48 members. By the constitution of 1887 the King was deprived of this right, and it was given to all resi dents, whether native or alien except Asiatics who owned ?3,000 worth of real estate unincumbered or received an income of SC00 a year or over. As comparatively few of the natives were noble voters by either their property or income qualifica tions, the result was the putting of the election ot the nobles exclusively into the hands of the whites. The nobles and rep resentatives sit together as a legislative body. The representatives are elected by a general vote of citizens and are districted, while the nobles are elected at large and by a property yote. Thus it is that this latter vote not only puts the nobles in office but ejects enough representatives to give that side of the House a working majority vote. A Cause of Dissatisfaction. "Many other changes were made by the new Constitution, but this property clause was the principal one to cause the intense dissatisfaction that has made the native people seek a change in that part of the governing laws. The league designed to remedy this evil by constitutional meas ures, and it was not, as sought to be shown by the authorities, a political con spiracy. "The Wilcox insurrection of 1889 was instigated to regain the lost prerogatives of the sovereign. Wilcox had been recalled by the present Queen, then Mrs. Dominls. He lived in her house and marched from there with an armed lorce to the palace. This in surrection was abortive, several men were killed and the trouble only lasted one day. At that time 1 was in command of the military, and a number of prisoners were taken. The cases against them were pushed, but not a native jury was found who would bring in a verdict ot conviction. "At the time of the 1887 revolution I helped to frame the present Constitution and was strongly in favor of the differen tial franchis3 clause simply as a war meas ure. Since thaf time the necessity has ceased, for this way ot electing the nobles is a one-sided affair. Moreover, the natives, who are in a vast majority, will never be satisfied until they receive what they con sider equal political rights; therefore, aside from the abstract principle, it is a crying neccssitv to change the manner of electing the nobles. At present, in the opinion of Hawaiians, the island Government is a minority of aliens, and it was to agitate for a remedy of this political evil that the league was organized. The Quoen Changed ner Mind. "Queen Liliuokalani and her party knew all about the league and recognized its workings up to the time she found its mem bers refused to assist her to acquire the lost prerogatives of appointing the nobles and the Supreme Judges. She wanted an abso lute power which she is not" likely to get, for the tendency of the people is for a more Democratic Government The Queen has openly stated that had she known of Kiug Kalakaua's death in time she would have declared a new Constitution with all the prerogatives she wanted in it "Tbe're is a spreading tendency at the isl ands in favor of annexation. The people want it, and it will come sooner or later. The United States Government is the one they would prefer being under England as a second choice. Annexation has got to come some day, and the Government that gets the Hawaiian Islands will get a big plnm." Ashford is 46 years of age, and was born in Port Hope, Canada. He is a pleasant spoken man, about 5 feet 10 .inches high, and wears flowing side whiskers. At Hono lulu be practiced as an'attorney with his brother, Clarence Wilder Ashford, who 1 a representative in the Hawaiian Govern ment, and who was Attorney General of the successful revolutionary Cabinet of 1887. ALLEGHENY'S BOND ISSUE. Resolution for a Special Flection to Be Pre sented Next Thursday. Mayor Kennedy has not yet sent out to citizens of Allegheny the letters asking for expressions of opinion on the proposed issuance of bonds for public improvements. He wishes to mail all of them at once, and is. having them addressed as rapidly as possible. At the meeting of Allegheny Councils next Thursday evening a resolution will probably be introdnced ordering the sub mission of the question to the vote of the people, at a special election. Mayor Ken nedy thinks this election should" be held later than the Presidental election and prior to the municipal primaries in the early part of the new year. He does not wish to have the issue obscured by any other question. The Mayor will be glad to explain the proposition to any citizen who desires to secure information. Receipts of Ons City Department. In the Department of Public Works the receipts from the various bureaus for the month of June amounted to 56,462.98. From the Diamond Market, 55,127 85; Adams Market, J350; Southoide Market, 5116 30; Monongahela wharf, $331 52; Alle gheny wharf, $268 24; Southside wharf, $24; city weigh scales, $268 67; Bureau of Water Assessments, new buildings, ?322 90. The Jnry Says It W Suicide. F. W. Mussler, the Manchester butcher who killed himself Thursday evening, was the subject of a Coroner's inquest yesterday morning. No fresh facts were brought out in the case. The verdict was that his death was caused by his own hand. Will End tire at the Poor Farm. Joseph Zug, at one time a well-to-do citi zen of the Second ward, Allegheny, was yesterday transferred from tho Allegheny General Hospital to the City Farm. He suffers from an incurable disease aud has no friends. Twelfth Victim of tho Peoria Disaster. Peoria, III., July 15. The body of Mrs. Kate Beebe was found floating in the river this morning. She makes the twelfth victim of the Frankie.Folsom disaster, and is believed to be the last GOULD Is bnltdlng the finest conservatory in the wor d. See THE DISPATCH to morrow. RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. Loulsvlllo Items The Stage or Water and the movements ot Boats. rSPECIAI. TELEGRAMS TO THE DISPATCH.l Louisville, July 15. Business fair. Weather cloudy. River falling. with 3 feet 6 Inches on the falls and It feet S inches in the canal. A very heavy rala fell late In the afternoon. The John D. Lewis and the B. F. Tonnz are dne up. The Sam Brown and tow came up this morning. TheConroyls laid up on the Jeflersonville side. Departnres For Cin cinnati. Kir handy: far Oarrollton. Big Kanawha: for Evansvllle. City of Owensboro; for KentucKy river. Falls City. What the Upper Ganges Show. AllegiienT Jcncttox River 3 feet 2 inches and stationary. Heavy rains. Wabukn River 0.7 leet. Fair and warm. MoRGANTOWjf-Rlver 4 feet and stationary. Clondy. Thermometer 83 at 4 P.M. Brownsville River 5 feet and stationary. Clear. Thermometer 813 at S P. II. The News From Below. EVANSViLLE-BlverlOfeet 4 Inches and falling. Clear and hot. Wiieeilng River 5 feet 1 inch and falling. De- Earted Congo, Pittsburg: C. VT. llatclielor, Pltts urg: Ben llnr. Parkersnurg. Cloudy and warm. Mkmfhis Arrived Kansas City, from .Natchez. Departed-City or Cairo, for St. Louis: City of New Orleans. St. Louis: Ohio, Cincinnati. IMver 28 feet 5 Inches and rising. Threatening and hot. St. Louis Hirer 30 leet 2 Inches and rising. Arrived City of Monroe, Natchez. Departed The Cherokee, Memphis; City of at. Louis, for Hew Orleans. CAIRO-Departed Jack Frost, St. Louis. Elver 35 feet 7 inches and falling. Clear and warm. Cincinnati Klver 11 feet 5 Inches and fall ing. Fair and warm. Heavy rain about 4 P. II. News From the Wharf. TriE Ben Hut Is due to-night. The Frank Gllmore is on her way up with a fleet of empties. Captain Harry Bhown came home from Cin cinnati lastevcnlug. The John Moren came In yesterdav from Cin cinnati with empties. Stage of water below Davis Island Dam, 3 feet 8 Inches. River stationary. The Onward and Hornet No.:, are laid up at Irogstown, a few miles down the river. TIIE C. TV". Batcholor came In last evening, and will leave for Wheeling at noon to-day. The Congo. Captain Mcmtyrc, Is the Cincin nati packet out this evening at 5 o'clock. The Congo was delayed by fog for over six hours and will nut get In till 10 o'clock this morning. THE Mariner was a few miles below the wharf last evening and Is expected In this morning. The Courier will arrive from Parkcrsburg this evenlug, and leave on ner return trip shortly after ward. Boards have been put on the Davis Island dam, which has raised the water In the pool several Inches. Captain Jacob Menges. who has been in Louisville on business, returned to the city last e euing. The James G. Blaine. Cantaln Jacob?, came tn came from Morgantown last evenin, ng. she leaves to-day at 3 o'clock. About a head of sheep and 100 calves formed part of the cargo on the iron Queen on her trip up yesterday. THE Adam Jacobs, Captain Cox, was the Mor- fantown packet out yesterday at 4 o'clock. She lad a fair tilp. THE Crescent was reported In last evening, though the report could not be confirmed. She has a tow of empties. The Elizabeth went out a little late yesterday afternoon. She had a good cargo, principally pro duce for up-river points. THE H. K. Bedrord. Captain Green, was delaved by log and did not arrive till noon yesterday, she left at 5 o' clock last evening. TIIE Morgantown packet Germanla Is laid up for repairs at lirownsville. Ihc Adam Jacobs has taken her place aud Is now running trips every other day. Captain John Klein, with a select party of friends, ran an excursion down thu Ohio last even ing on the excursion boat City of Pittsburg. The party did not return till about midnight. The outgoing packets average between 125 and 175 tons or frelgnt each trip aud consider business good, though many of the Cincinnati packets can take as much as bCJ tons when the water is high. The Iron Queen, Captain Phillips and Clerk George McCoilougli, did not get in till 3 o'clock yesterday. She was delayed by fogs and tow bouts near Fogstowu. She left at lu o'clock last evening with a good trip. Every berth was taken. The recent coal fleet, having delivered thelrtows and gotten away with empties, are on the way up the river. The following arc now a few miles down the river and are expected In any time: The Geo. Sblras, The J. W. Gould, Mark Wlnnett. Frank Gllmore Bennett. The expected rise from the recent nlns did not materialize. Some of the rlverinen earnestly ex pected barge water, as the rains near the head waters of the Monongahela were very heavy. Enough barges are now ailed and waiting for water to take out many steamers. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report DHkl Baking KB l&eSsPi m fsfefl E3 m B n jaBSf?j r ABSOLUTELY PURE THIS TNK IS MANUFACTURED -BY- J. HARPER BONNELL CO., my80-7-D YANKEE ENTERPRISE Will Again Bring American Ship Building to the Front. ANY AMOUNT OP NEEDED ABILITY. Tho remaining- Featnre3 Which Are fssential to success. TIMELY YIEWS OP CHARLES IT. CRAMP Philadelphia, July 15. The attention of Mr. Charles H. Cramp has been called to an article in the London Engineer under the heading of "American Atlantic Liners," the theme of the article being the proposed transfer of the City of 2few York and the City of Paris to American registry and the construction of two or more vessels of similar character in American shipyards. The British journal expresses the opin ion that "no American shipbuilder or en gineer can construct a 20-knot vessel suita ble for the Atlantic passenger trade," and adds that "if the proposed ships attain the promised necessary speed, it may be taken for granted that the work will be achieved by British brains." Regarding the first proposition, Mr. Cramp said it was true that no vessels of the class referred to by the editor of the Engineer had been builtby "American ship builders or engineers." That fact would stand for what it might be worth, but it must be a narrow and prejudiced viewv which would accept such a fact as concln-" sive evidence in the negative for the future. He presumed that even the highest British authority would admit that the Americans had always done exceedingly well such ship-building work as they had to do. Cir cumstances had excluded them from partic ipation in the struggle for the North Atlan tic trade since the Civil 'War. Any Amount of Ability. During that period the principal energies of American brain, capital and. handicraft had been expended in directions other than ship building, but Mr. Cramp thought that any competent judge who surveyed what had been done for the navy in Ameri can shipyards during the past six or seven years must admit that the ability to design and build first-rate ships for any or all pur poses had by no means departed from the American side of the ocean. "I think it perfectly safe to say," pur sued Mr. Cramp, "that our achievements in naval constrnction, from the Yorktown to the New York and the battle-ships, have been a constant succession of surprises to our British neighbors. "I was among the first to advise the Secretary of the Navy then Hon. "William O. "Whitney to buy all the latest and most approved English designs and plans he could get, and when his policy in that respect was attacked by the opposi tion in Congress I defended his action from the practical or professional point of view. The British designs of men-of-war represented experience which had been de nied to builders on this side. "We took them and built upon them. "We did not by any means copy them with servility, but we took them for what they were worth as results of British experience, applied to them the benefits of our own skill and in genuity, and I venture to say that no com petent English builder will maintain that the design ot tne .Baltimore, lor example, suffered in our hands. Can iqaal or Excel England. "The same or similar conditions are true of transatlantic liners. Six months ago I discussed this question in some of its most important bearings in the pages of the JVorfft American Review. I there maintained that we were amply able to equal or excel tne perlormance ottne existing untisft built ships, class for class and rate for rate. I said that we would not copy British models or imitate British shop practices; pointing out at the same time that considerable difference existed in these respects between different builders on that side. "I agreed with the editor of the Engineer." said Mr. Cramp, "in his assertion that the men who possess the ability to build such ships, even in Great Britain and Ireland, can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In the Korth American Bcvinc, the paper I re ferred to I said, 'Although Great Britain had more shipyards than the rest of the world combined, there were not more than three or four of them which would be con sidered bv any of the great steamship companies in connection with a first rate model vessel such as is now re quired for transatlantic mail and passen ger service.' This is another form ot" the same proposition and, at least quite as em phatic. But the fact that such talent is scarce in England does not prove its total absence here. The old adage about the 'proof of the pudding will apply in this instance. That Atlantic liners will soon be built in American shipyards is beyond doubt Another Bnrprise for Foreigners. "If they equal or excel the performance of British-built ships of the same class it will be only another surprise in store for our British friends, even more disagreeable, perhaps, than the discovery a few years ago that we could build first-class men-of-war." Mr. Cramp was asked what he thousht about the question of properly manning such ships uuder the American flag to which the engineer refers in the same article. "Unquestionably," replied Mr. Cramp, "the adequate manning, of say, four snch ships with purely American officers and men would be a much more serious problem than the construction of the ships, at least in the beginning. It is well known that thongh our navy is the best paid, best fed and best clothed of any in the world, only a small minority of its enlisted men are native Americans. The same is true to some extent of all our ocean steam snipping. American born sea men for borne reason appear to prefer sailing craft; and when they ship in steamers it is mainly as sailors or deck hands. "Very few of them attempt the close confinement and hard work of the fire-rooms and coal bunkers, hence the fire-room force on American ships is largely composed of foreigners, and doubtless will continue so. However, there is no lack of competent officers for command. Limited as our ocean going steam marine is, it yet contains some of the very ablest and most skilful captains and engineers afloat "Whatever might be the initial difficulty on the score of personnel it would soon dis appear. The successful establishment of a great and popular American line equal or superior to any other would soon resurrect the maritime pride and ambition of the Americans which have lain dormant so many years." WFw! NEW YORK. aer JATAL RESULTS That May Follow Neglected Catarrhal Trouble. Earache, Deafness, Headache, Dyspep Bla and Chronic Diarrhea, as Well as Bronchitis, Nervous Prostration and Consumption, Are In tho "Wake of This Insidious Enemy of Man kind A Case " niustratlnff It Th Plain Truth. The course of catarrhal trouble, extend" ing throughout the system, involving the) head, throat, chest and lnnss, the stomach and the kidneys, has been commented upon in the articles printed from time to time in these columns by Drs. Copeland, Hall and Oyers, but nothing emphasizes the truth of these articles so practically and so strongly as cases of individual experience, showing; Jnst how catarrh does extend even to the cars, causing the most Intense, agonizing earache and headache; to the stomach, caus ing dyspepsia, indigestion, chronic and acute diarrhea, dysentery, etc.; to the bronchial tubes and lung, cansing chronlo cough, bronchitis, asthma, consumption, etc., and finally weakening the general sys tem so by depleted blood and inanition, dna to lack of the stomach and bowels to per form their normal functions of digestion and assimilation, that utter nervous pros tration and general debility ensue. Every spring and summer we hear people sayinsc: "I must take something to purify my blood," "or tone up my system," eta, etc., and they are encouraged in this line of reasoning by factors nnd venders of patent medicine compounds. Why shonld the blood be anymore Impure in tho spring and summer than during the winter, except; tnac tne system is aepieteu by the result of neglected colds contracted during the cold season? These "colds." as we Illustrate by to-day'a statement are capable of affect ing every tissue and membrane of the body, and there is only one way to get rid or this "enemy of mankind," and that is by availing yourself of the prompt, efficient anil snre method of treat ment as practiced by Drs. Copeland, Hall, and Byers. BEAD AMD STOMACH TROUBLE. Mr. John Hefner, East Liverpool, Ohio, De scrlb?s How Neglected Catarrh Afieoted His Head and Stomach and How He Was Cured by Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. "I had been troubled two years with my head and stomncli," say3 Mr. John Hefner, who is a teamster in the emplov of Mr. Will lam Sells, contractor, Eat Liverpool, O. "It was no doubt brought on by exposure to all kinds of weather, and the result of neg lected colds. My nostrils were always clogged by mncous, which also dropped down Into my throat, causing me to hawk to dislodge, and I was often attacked by tho most excruciating headaches which would lay me off from my wort several days at a time. "My stomach also became affected to such an extent.that it was with difficulty I ate enough to keep up sufficient strength to enable me to get through with my work. I would get such fearful attacks of heart- Mr. John Bener, East Liverpool, O. bnrn that I would be worth nothing for hours afterward. "I bad doctored and doctored without benefit, until one month ago I decided to go to Pittsonrg and consult Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers. They examined me carefully, and told mo my head and stomach trouble came from catarrh, and that they could cure me if I would follow their Instructions faith fully. They gave me a month's supplr of medicine to take home; and I must say thai I have not been tronbled with my head and stomach since the second day's treatment. It is simply miraculous how quick the medi cine took: effect. I cheerfully recommend them to all my friends and tne public who may be suffering with any chronic trouble, as I know they understand their business perfectly." How Does This Strike Ton? Five dollars a month for tbo best medical treatment, with medicine furnished free. Ihls Includes consultation, examination, treatment and medicine for all diseases and all patients. ' Tieatmont for children unexceled any where. Treatment for adnlts confessedly satis factory. Fair, honest and candid diagnoses and a desire to secure for each patient the short est road to recovery. All skin and blood diseases, snch as ecze ma, hives, blotches, pimples.acne.rinzworm. tetter, salt rheum, etc., etc., are included in the $3 rate. All kidney, bladder and rectal troubles, such as diabetes. Brlght's, gravel, piles, fissure, fistula, etc., etc., are also treated for $5 a month, medicine included. Itheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago, scrofu la, dyspepsia, chronic diarrhea, dysen tery, constipation, dropsy, liver complaint, Jaundice, glandular tumors, excessive ac cumulation of flesh, etc., etc., are success fully treated for $5 a month. Drs. Copeland. Hall and Byers are orig inators of the $3 a month treatment, or the system of reducing the practice of medi cine to a bnslness-llke basis, and though many may imitate their style of advertising, the thorongb, conscientions and, skillful methodof their treatment can be approached by none. Please Remember. That this is the mostTavorable season of the year for treating catarrh andits kindred ailments, as the climatic conditions are per fect and nature aids the treatment instead or retards it, as Is the case during the win ter. That more can be accomplished In one month's treatment now than in three months while the unfavorable influences are present. That as the wise man "mends his roof while the sun shines, so should the sufferer from catarrh seek treatment during this most favorable season. That catarrh, especially when compli cated by ear trouble, asthma,cbronio cough, bronchitis, etc.. etc., cannot be cured in a few weeks, but requires a thorough course of systematic and persistent treatment to permanently eradicate. That if chronic catarrh could be cured in a month, Drs. Copeland, Hall and Byers would charge many times more than $5 a mouth for such a thorough svstem or treat ment as they employ. Tho $5 rate was in. augurated to apply to thoso long standing aggravated cases which require time, pa tience and persistent treatment to eradi cate, sf that patients of moderate means could afford to continue treatment until permanently cured. Drs. Copeland, nail and Byers treae sue cessfullv all curable cases at 66 Sixth ave nue. Pittsburg, Pa. Offlco hours, 9 to 11 x. X 2 to 5 r. jr. and 7 to 9 v. at. Sundays, 10 a. . to 4 P. st. Specialties Catarrh and all dis ease of the eye, ear, throat and lungs; dys Sepsla cured; nervous diseases cured; skin iseases cured. Many cases treated successfully by malL Send 2-cent stamp for question blank. Address all mall to DBS. COPELAND, HALL 4 BTER3. 66 Sixth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa, $5 A MONTH ALL DISEASES TREATED AT THE UNI FORM RATE OP $3 A MONTH. REMEM BER TniS INCLUDES CONSULTATION, rritmrtfnnw mow . ,-. ...nivn ICINEFOBALL DISEASES AND ALL PA TIENTS, jylt WiMi mm '2S -J ' HI UHW FlBfc.BWWWIlIiiiiiil'
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