&MWM3H?(affliMgjm MMA;'rWiHUj!MMAH &. ?m yi 8 CARTER M REED Hold a Conference to Talk Over Prospects for Har monious Action. THE OHAIEMAN AT WOEK At the Capital, Where He Will See President Harrison To-Day. PEOPLE'S PARTrS EAELT OPENING Its First Meetinc to Be Held at Tincennes, Indiana, To-Daj. A PECULIAB FIGHT ON IN NEW TORE rrnOM x btatt cobrispovdekt.i "Washt-gtox, July ia Chairman Car ter, of the Kepublican National Executive Committee, arrived in "Washington this morning and was naturally the center of much interest, as the executive manager of the coming campaign, to prominent mem bers of his party. Mr. Carter went to the Capitol soon after his arrival and spent most of the day there in consultation with leading Republicans, who were all anxious to hear from his own lips the details of the gathering in New York which elected Mr. Carter Chairman. Perhaps the most significant, if not the most important, of many conferences which Chairman Carter held at the Capitol was his conversation with ex-Speaker Reed, whose strained relations with the President have been well known. Ever since the President, disregarding Mr. Reed's personal and emphatic protest, appointed a political foe to Mr. Reed in his own Congressional district. Customs Collector at Portland, the ex-Speaker, who felt that lie had placed tho administration under a great obligation by jamming the force bill in the last House, and at the same time by defeating free silver, has been unremitting in his opposi tion to the President. Mr. Reed violently opposed General Harrison's renomination, both before and during the Minneapolis Convention, and it is generally understood in "Washington that Mr. Reed has been one of the most irreconcilable members of the defeated Republican faction. Carrying tho O Ive Branch. For these reasons, thus briefly rehearsed, Chairman Carter's conference with Mr. Heed to-day, following, as it did, his diplo matic visit of conciliation to Mr. Piatt in New York yesterday, was retarded as an other effort" to carry the olive branch of peace from the "WHite House to another dis gruntled Renublican leader. Mr. Reed ac cepted Mr. Carter' invitation to luncheon with all the alacrity of a New England ap petite, but, at the same time, with a reserve of manner which indicated that it would take more substantial pledges of better behavior in the future on the part of the President than a treat to midday meal to conciliate him. Mr. Reed and Mr. Carter talked for a long time together after this repast, and there is good authority, which cannot, how ever, be subpoenaed to the witness box of quotation marks, that Mr. Reed has con sented to allow Chairman Carter to path up a treaty of peace between himself and the "WhiteHouse. A Conftrencs With Several Senators. Mr. Carter also had a conference to-day with practically all of the Republican Sen ators now in Washington. His office of Land Commissioner does not admit Chair man Carter to the floor of the Senate, so those conferences with individual Senators were necessarily held either in the Senate restaurant or "in the committee rooms. Among those with whom Mr. Carter talked were Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, McMillan, Sawyer, Washburn, Hiscock, Quay, Squire and Manderson, all of whom congratulated Mr. Carter upon his decision to accept the National Republican Chairmanship, and all of them gave him a great deal of advice about the management of the coming cam paign. All of this advice, together with all that he learned in New York. Chairman Carter will sleep over to-night, and, after giing it thorough mental digestion, will pour it into the President's ear to-morrow morning, when he will go to the Executive Mansion by appointment. 1 he New Chairman's Flans. Chairman Carter said to The DISPATCH correspondent to-night: "There has been so much published, in both the Republican and Democratic newspapers, about the meet ing of the Execntive Committee in New York, that I cannot tell you how to add anything to the accounts that have already appeared, although I might easily tell you. if I chose, how to subtract from them. I shall go to the "White House to-morrow morning to resign my position of Commis sioner of the General Land Office. After my resignation has been attended to you can quess as well as I that the President and I may have some interesting subjects to talk about. "As to the management of the campaign, it is probable that the President may do me the honor of consulting me about the Ad visory Committee, which is yet to be ap pointed. Besides that extraneous commit tee, there may also be selected sub-committee's or branch committees to attend to the campaign on the Pacific coast, in the great Northwest, in the Middle Western States, and also a special sub-committee to loot atfer the eflort of the Democrats to fuse with the Third party organization in Kansas, Nebraska and other States." One Question Qnay Won't Answer. Philadelphia, July 19. Special Before leaving Philadelphia for Washing ton to-day, Senator Quay said he did not believe the Homestead strike would do any injury to the Republican party, and when asked his opinion of Hugh O'Donnell's chance of becoming a political factor in the western part of the State, he answered with a shrug of the shoulders: "Oh, he's a Dem ocrat." One question that he wouldn't an swer was whether the Republican majority in Pennsylvania would, in his opinion, equal that of 1S8S. Harrity Willing to Accept. Harbisbueg, July 19. Special,' Sec retary of the Commonwealth Harrity left here this morning for New York to attend the notification ceremonies to-morrow even ing, at Madison Squaie Garden. He said to a reporter, before leaving, that he would also attend to-morrow's meeting of the National Democratic Committee, of which he is a member. Mr. Harrity asserts that he has decided to accept the National Chairmanship if the committee elects him. Secretary Elklns Not a Candidate, "Wheeling, W. Va., July 19. A letter from Secretary of War Elkins was pub lished here to-day, in which he declines to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor. Mr. Elkins states that business reasons would positively prevent his acceptance of the office. He suggests the nomination of Internal Rev enue Commissioner Mason for Governor. The letter has caused a sensation, as Elkins' nomination has been confidently counted on. A Lons I)att:e lor Nomination. Jefferson- City:, Mo., July 19. The Democratic State Convention is in session here to-night. Six ballots had up to a late hour been taken for Governor. The last resulted as follows: Stone 211, Dalton 202, Gibson 78, Yeamon 21, Clavcomb 15. The platform of the convention fs devoted chiefly to a denunciation of the force bill and stand ing by the Chicago convention. FIGHTING OK IN NEW TORE. Two Counties Keloid to Obey a Isw Made by the Democrats. ' New York, July ia Supervisor Boards throughout the State under the act of the last Legislature providing for an enumera tion (which has been made) and a reap portionment of Assembly districts under it, have been held to-day, conforming to the provision of the act. There have been two exceptions Monroe and Orange counties which have flatly refused to recognize any but the old boundaries of their Assembly districts. The reasons, argued by W. A. Sutherland, of the Republican National Committee, when appealed to by the Mon roe County Board, are thus: first That the Legislature could not con stitutionally enumerate the Inhabitants in the year 189i Second That the enumeration which was made did not comply with that provision or tho Constitution which necessitates that tho Legislature shall know how many persons or color, not taxed, there are In each of the counties ot the State. Third That the so-called reapportion ment act -n as not passed at the first session of the Legislature alter the enumeration was returned. Fourth That cross and flagrant Inequali ties exist in the apportionment or members of Assembly and Senators: whereas the Constitution provides that "each Senate dis trict shall contain as nearly as may be un equal nnmber of Inhabitants, excluding aliens and persons of color not taxed," and that members of Assembly shall be appor tioned among the counties "as nearly as may be according to tho number of their respect ive inhabitants, excluding aliens." 1HE PEOPLE'S PABXY AT "WOKE. Its Campaign to Be Opened Early; at Tin cennes, To-Day. "VrsCENKES, Ixd., Jnly 19. The na tional campaign of the People's party will be formally opened here Wednesday. This first meeting will be held at the fair grounds, when P. S. Robinson, an old Greenbacker, and the man whose vote in the Indiana Legislature defeated President Harrison for the Senate and elected Turpie, will make the opening address. General Weaver and General Fields will deliver their opening speeches of the cam paign Wednesday. A suit of rooms at the La Platte House has been engaged for them, where a special public reception will be held Wednesday night. People's party candidates for Governor of Indiana and Il linois, and the presidents of the Indiana and Illinois Alliance will all be heard. Rainbow Chosen Have a New Flan. Chicago, July 19. This afternoon a committee headed by Washington Hesing, of the Stoats Zeitung, left for New York for the purpose of urging upon the National Democratic Committee the advisability of establishing branch headanarters in this city. Mr. Hesing claims that with such a branch to direct matters at short range, Wisconsin. Illinois. Iowa, Nebraska and a eood part ot Michigan can be carried for the i Democratic party. TJpper Sandaslcy's Candidate. Tiffix, O., July 19. The Republicans of the Thirteenth Congressional District in convention here to-day nominated L. W. Hull, of TJpper Sandusky, for Congress. MKE DRAYTON GOES ABROAD. It Is Believed She and Her Hnsband Have Made Up Again. New York, July 19. Special Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton sailed for England to-day on the North German Lloyd steamship Aller. She was accompanied by an elderly woman and a maid. Not one of the 200 saloon passengers who went to sea in the same steamship was aware that she was aboard. Passage was engaged at the steamship office under the name of "Miss E. M. Moore," and the- party were registered on the passenger list as "Miss E. M. Moore and party." Mrs. Drayton, who, since her return from Pennsylvania nearly two weeks ago, has lived in her mother's house at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, had just finished a very late breakfast to-day when her brother, John Jacob Astor, and his wife and little son arrived from RhineclifT, their country seat at Rhineback. After a few moments' conversation and hearty adienx, Mrs. Drayton, accompanied by her brother, left the house and was driven to the North German line pier. Mr. and Mrs. Dray ton have held several interviews, an important one of which took place in Mrs. Astor's honsc a few days before the death of Percival Drayton, Mr. Drayton's cousin. Persons in a position to know sav that Mr. and Mrs. Drayton have already become reconciled, and that the public or outward reconciliation will be effected abroad. A CYCLONE IN ITALY. Several Towns Devastated With Probably a Ijtrge Loss ot Lire. Rome, July 19. The province of Rav igo, in the northern part of Italy, was swept by. a terrific cyclone to-day. An enormous amount of property was destroyed and it is believed many lives were lost. The .village of Polesella, on the left bank of the river Po, containing nearly 4,000 in habitants, was almost completely wiped out of existence. Many of the villagers were buried in the ruins of their homes. Troops have been sent to the scene from Ravigo to help recover the living and the dead. A dispatch received late to-night says that 10 houses and the municipal build ing were destroyed in Polesella. So far, at least, two persons are known to have been killed outright and six injured. " Some Cheap Meals. The disappearance of the Jim Fisk restaurant recalls to an old New Yorker that there were as cheap restaurants in New York 40 years ago as now. In the fifties there waB a famous cheap restaurant on Chatham square. Here one .could buy for 6 cents a good Blice of beef with potatoes and turnips. For 6tf cents more one could Jiave plum pudding with a rich sauce. Thus one obtained lor l- cents, the old York shilling, a wholesome and satisfying meal, and not always in bad company. PEOPLE WHO COME AND GO. S. Willis Morse, the clerk at the Schlos ser Hotel, has returned fioma jaunt through the wilds of the White Mountains. Anstin L. Bailey has iust returned from a four weeks' business trip to Philadelphia and New York. George B. Carr came in from Titusville yesterday and registered at the St. James. Ex-Senator J. W. Lee, of Franklin, was registered at the Dnquesne yesterday. Thomas McConville, of SteubenviUe, O., stopped over at the Seventh Avenue. & J., A. D. and A. F. Thead, of Dubois, were guests at the Schlosser yesterday. L. McQuiston, a prominent Butler at torney, Ttai at the Seventh Avenue. Mr. Levy De Wolf left for the East last evening on business. George H. Terry, of Oil City, was a Dnquesne guest. 8. W. Cruse, of Akron, was an Anderson guest. FitUbargrrs at Kew York. New York, July 19. The following Plttg burgers were registered at New Tork hotels to-day: lilss Garrison, Firth Avenue; E. AlKen. Sweeney's; W. Aiken, Sweeney's; Mrs. D. Aiken, Jr., St. Denis; II. Alexander, Holland; J. H. Coleman, iletiopoltmn: U. L. Davis, Marlborough; R. S. Holmes, St. Denis; W. Holmes, St. Denis; E. S. Holmes. SUDenis; Mrs. Kalin, Broadway Central; J. M. Mc Brlde, Imperial; J. J. McCcrmlck, Aston M. Moorey, St. Denis; S. J. Saint, Broadway Central; W. J. Saint, Broadway Central: L. Selffer, Broadway Central; G. S. Stanton, Sturtevant; W. Sterling, Sturtevant; J. E. Weller, Continental:' V. Elmer, Imperial; T. L. Greene, Grand Union; A. G. Hatty, Hotel Brunswick: G. C Jenks, Sturtevant) J. Senkowltz, Morton. THE - PITTSBURG FEW MEET APPROVAL Of the Many Resolutions Considered Only Four Adopted - AT THE GLASS WORKERS' MEETING. One Measure Advocated the Eettlng Aside of $100,000. THIS FUKD TO BE PUT TO A N0YEL USE Like the previous day's session at the convention of window glass workers, the entire ti me yesterday was devoted to the consideration of resolutions, the majority of which suffered defeat. President Eber, hardt presided and nearly every delegate was present when the convention was called to order. The first resolution offered of any im portance during the afternoon was one ask ing that the flatteners and cutters be paid upon the same basis as blowers and gatherers for overproduction. This was lost 'after a? long debate. The next project to fix some .time for the payment of dues was referred to the Committee on the Good of the Order, as was the report of the Transportation Committee fixing the number of miles and mileage to be paid visiting delegates. The Finance Committee's report advocat ing the increase of the President, Secretary and Treasurer's bond from $3,000 to $10,000 was also lost, and a resolution fixing 12 per day for mileage for the committee during the time of their conference with the manu facturers met with a similar fate. A mo tion to strike out of the assets of the asso ciation the stock of the Chartiers Natural Gas Company failed to secure a major vote. The stock will be kept separate from the regular funds. Following are three Xresolutions" which were also lost. The first advocated the in vestment of the funds of the association in real estate, the second was to the effect that $100,000 should be set aside for loans, to be used by members for starting a manufact uring plant and the third was that the asso ciation bnild a lank for manufacturing glass and the business to be conducted by the members. At this point the attorney of the associa tion was called upon to read his report The paper was of considerable length and delineated upon what the association could and could not do under the laws to invest their money. This report was laid aside and no action taken. Following the report were three more resolutions which were defeated with little ceremony. The first was for fixing extra dues and that a provision be made for death benefits; the next was that members be allowed to use store orders, and the fast was that an inspector be appointed to go around among the glass houses and fix upon some standard quality. Just before the close of the session a reso lution that the final adjournment should be no later than Friday next was carried. During the morning session a resolution to arrange the four grades of work on a more equitable basis was adopted as was also the measure to adopt a uniform wage for snappers and to fine absentees from 'local meetines. A resolution to fine members for neglecting their work was lost. Just before the noon adjournment President Eberhardt, together with the Executive Council, were instructed to arrange rules, subject to revision, that no single trade among the glass workers can be advanced without all being benefited. MONET POURING IN FAST. The Appeals tor Aid Receive a Very Sub stantial Recognition. Subscriptions to the fund for the benefit of the workmen at Homestead, Union Mills and Beaver Falls, who are not members of the Amalgamated Association, are coming in very rapidly. Quite a large sunt of money has already been received, and the officials have a large nnmber of assurances that money will be sent to them as speedily as possible. The ready response of the community at large to the appeals for aid, coupled with the determined stand taken" by the Pittsburg and Beaver Falls workmen and ' the contemplated move of the Dnquesne people, is encouraging the Amalgamated Association. To make it more pleasant for, the Amalgamated Asso ciation the Wage Committee of that organ ization hope for a speedy settlement with the Pittsburg manufacturers. The two com mittees meet for another conterence in the Ferguson building this afternoon. Another thing that might be mentioned as giving en couragement to the Association is the fact that hardly a day passes unless there is at least one or two signatures to the new scale. Yesterday afternoon the American Wire Nail Company and the Central Iron and Steel Company were added to the list of signers. The former concern is located in Anderson, Madison county, Ind. The works were built in 1889 and contain three heating furnaces, one rod mill and 100 wire nail machines. The product is wire rods, wire and wire nails. The capacity is 45,000 net tons of rods and 300,000 kegs of nails, and employment is given to 200 men. The Central Iron and.. Steel Company have their works in Brazil, Clay county, Ind. They were built in 1882-83, and first operated in January of the latter year. The mill contains nine double puddling furnaces, nine heating furnaces, five trains of rolls, one 1,500-pound hammer and two four-ton hammers. The product is bar iron, light T rails, car axles, forgings, rail road spikes, etc. The annual capacity is 20,000 net tons and employment is given to 600 men. SECRETARY LOVEJOY'S IDEAS. He Thinks There Will lie a Brealc In the Amalgamated Association. 'The report that we are importing men from England to take the strikers' places is not true," said Secretary Lovejoy last eveninc "Such a move would be entirely unnecessary, s we can Se a sufficient nnm ber of skilled workmen in this country to run our mills." Mr. Lovejoy further stated that to-morrow would be the last day for the old work men to return to their positions. All who do not return by that time can never work for the Carnegie Steel Company. New men will be secured and the works started. From other remarks made by the Secretary the firm confidentially expects a break in the ranks of the Amalgamated Association. He believes there are men formerly em ployed at Homestead and in the Union Mills who are tired of taking an active part in thejtrouble and anxious to return to The officials of 'the Amalgamated Asso ciation, however, consider their case stronger-every day. They assert positively that none ot the men will go DacK to work until some settlement is reached. A GENERAL CLOSE DOWN. Labor Xights In Kew Tork Have a Startling Effect. A telegram from New York states that every building material yard ih the city has been closed with the exception of one owned by W. H. Schmehl, who has ac ceded to the demands of the union.. This action is the result of a combined lockout and strike consequent upon the fight be tween the House Smiths' Union and the Iron League. ' - The effect of the trouble has already been shown, as 500 masons have stopped work for lack of material, and others are expected to be idle to-day, as the entire supply of build ing stuff is exhausted. Water Works at Butte. fifteen cars of pipe varying from 8 inches DISPATCH, "WEDJtESDAY, to 20 inches in diameter have just been shipped by the National Tube Company to Butte, Mont. The pipe is to be used in the construction of water works. Another shipment of 25 cars will be made to the same place before the end of the week. I PRESIDENT BARNES 8PEAXS. He Says tbo Master Bricklayers Hare Not Given In. President Barnes, of the Builders' Ex change, denies that the master bricklayers have been paying the price demanded by the journeymen when they went out on a strike. "The men," said Mr. Barnes, "have been working under the rules adopted by the master "bricklayers prior to May, 1, 1891. The questional whether a man be longs to a union or not we have nothing to do with, but we insist that he be a good workman. ' "I bear the strike was declared off be cause the union could .not prevent its mem bers from working to support themselves and families, and the idea conveyed by the statement oi Secretary Speed that we have receded from onr position is totally false." ALICE MITCHELL'S TRIAL. WItoeaes',Attemptlns to Prove That the 'Fair 'Defendant Is Insane Pennsyl vania and Ohio People on tho Stand All Testify Alike. Memphis, July 19. Special The sec ond day's proceedings in the inquiry into Alice Mitchell's sanity opened quite too tamely for those who attended in anticipa tion of sensational developments. The first two hours were given over to the read ing of depositions which proved the insan ity at intervals of the mother of Alice prior to the birth of all her children, and that at one time she ' be came so violent that confinement in an insane asylum was necessary. ThiB was proven by Mrs. Juliet Bishop, of Brook ville, Ind., the oldest daughter of George Mitchell by his first wife, who testified that her stepmother labored under the halluci nation that deponent wanted.to kill Alice. The mother tried to kill deponent, and finally she was forced to leave her father's roof. The insane delusions continued at in tervals, and while she has had no recur rence for 20 years, she has remained a moody woman, never smiling nor leaving the house. Eev. W. W. Colemary and wife, of Oxford, O., and witnesses from Pennsylvania established the insanity of Mrs. Mitchell, of her brother, uncle and cousin, the object being, to prove hereditary tendency in the defendant. These depositions were very prosyaffairs, with the exception of that ot the noted ex pert Dr. Thomas Griswold Comstock, of St. Louis, whose deposition was an, instructive dissertation on the greater influence of the mother than the father in transmitting mental traits. The first relief to the dryness of the pro ceedings was in the introduction of Chief of Police Davis, who arrested the girl at her father's house shortly after the murder. His story of the utter coolness and uncon cern of the murderess so soon after the com mission of the deed had it3 effect in favor of the defendant, since such self-possession was incompatible with sanitv except in the case of a hardened desperado. Alice had already told her mother that she had cut Freda, so when he told his business she was prepared and asked how badly Freda was cut. He replied that he did not know, whereupon Alice chirped in in a cheerful way, with "Well, she bled mightily," aud she' smiled as she spoke. Later, when her father came in and the chief said he had como to arrest one of his daughters for cutting a girl, he asked which one ot his daughters. Alice, as chipper as ever, broke in with "It was me, papa; I did it," as though she had done something commendable. Lucy Franklin, the colored cook of the Mitchell family, testified to the mental dis tress of Alice after she was forbidden to speak to Freds. She told the cook that she and Freda wanted to marry, but her mother told her it' was wrong. She said she would rather die than lose Freda, and threatened to kill herself. Once she put her target rifle to her ear and would have fired, but for the conk preventing her. On another occasion she discharged the gun in the kitchen, nearly killing the cook in stead of herself. She referred to Freda as Freddie, and the cook thought she was en gaged to a man. ANOTHEE ELKINS-WIDEHEB GOBBLE, The Love Electric Traction Company of Chicago Changes Hands. Chicago, July 19. Special. Control of the Love Electric Tracfion Company, with a capital stock of 110,000,000 has passed into tho hands of Phil adelphia, ' Boston and Baltimore operators, whose recent purchases caused such a phenomenal rise in the prices of Chicago street railroad securities. The pur chasers are supposed to hold a controlling interest in West and North Chicago Street Bailroad stocks. The Love system is in successful operation on one of the branch lines of the North Chicago street railroad. It is -alleged that with the Lovf system the expenses of operating can be reduced 50 per cent, the cost of the plant cut down 75 per cent, and that the road could be operated by unskilled labor. ThePhiladelphians,Elkins, Widenerand others, after several confer ences, agreed to purchase the option, if given a chance to test the system. Representatives of the Eastern interests, which controlled the system, will arrive in Chicago to-day, and will conclude the pur chase. Six hundred thousand dollars of the stock are in the hands of Eastern capitalists. It is believed that they contemplate establishing the electric system on both the west and north sides, wherever the cable system is not already in operation. It is figured that such a policy would materially increase the net earnings of those companies. The buying of West Chicago to-day was for account of the same people. It sold' up to 180, the highest price it had ever brought. North Chicago broke all records by advancing to 226. CBTJELTY TO DUMB ANIMALS. A Justice oi Ihe Peace Settles n Little Case Bather Strangely. Detroit Free Press. In a small town not many miles from Erie, Pa., there was a case before the Jus tice of the Peace that was settled very sum marily. It appears that a Mr. Jones had beaten Mr. Brown's dog with a club for chasing his chickens. They met at the office of the Justice, each accompanied by a lawyer, and bound to see the thing through no matter what it cost. As Jones and Brown were prominent citizens of the town a large crowd assembled at the trial, expecting to hear some great oratory from the law yers. The Justice was a very pompous and ig norant old fellow, who was great on big words, no matter whether appropriate or not. The case was called, the witnesses who had seen the clubbing gave their testi mony, and Jones' lawyer arose to open for his client, when the Justice said: "Hold on, Mr. Lawyer, there is no use argifylng or condisputing about the matter, as there is no case of assessity for it Mr. Jones was highly unwrong in beating Mr. Brown's dog, r6 I fine him $10 for cruelty to dumb animals, and that is all there is about it." The Empress' Foot. The, Empress Josephine had a very long and slender foot. To shorten the length of her feet she had recourse to very high heels, which were sloped toward the ball of the foot. This apparently diminished the length so that the Empress came to have the reputation of the owner of a remark ably small foot, althoneh she wore a shoe that would now be marked with a large Nao. JULY HO, 1892. KAKED-UPANOLDLAW To Punish His Enemy for Using Some Very Strong Language. SCEHE IN AN ALDERMAN'S OFFICE. The Prosecutor Becomes Overheated and Makes Some' Kemargs BESULTIKG IN HI3 OWN PROSECUTION "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This little motto has become so firmly fixed in the mind of Fred Zepban, of Re serve township, that he has succeeded in distinguishing himself and getting himself into what some folks say is a peek of trouble, by calling from the musty ar chives oi long ago a law that was made when expletives were more of a-variety than they now are. To be more concise, Fred Zephan caused the arrest ot George Hoffman for using profane language. Fred and George are neighbors. Once they were friends, but affairs are different now, and the reasons are obvious. Both live in Reserve township, but this fact is not the cause of the misunderstanding that makes each look at the other in a please-let-, me-cut-yoar-throat sort of way. The cause was more than that, bat just what it was no one will tell. George Hoffman said something in a sneering way about Fred Zephan. Fred Zephan heard of this and the hot blood rushed and coursed through his veins in a most harrowing, soul consuming, manner. He vowed he would wreak a terrible re venge that would satisfy his sense of honor and leave him at peace with himself and all the world save George Hoffman. ' An Exciting but Uneventful Meeting;. Then met the twain. In the first heat of their ill concealed anger looks passed. Looks of such terrible ferocity that each had to wear a darkling brow to make it more effective. But no blows passed. Why this was does not transpire, either. After looking at each other until such things be came monotonous one spoke. Then they both spoke. Then their speakings became so rapid and confused that neither knew what the other said until in a moment of indiscretion George Hoffman made use of a word that nice people do not approve of. Neither did the law-makers of 1791. Other wise there would have been no legal com plications to the Zephan-Hoffman episode. As the word fell upon the astonished hear ing of the goodly Fred, his heart leaped within him. Here was the revenge he sought. He could have the disagreeable George incarcerated in a dark, damp ceU where the sunshine steals in checkered bars of brightness. The following day the profane man was served with a warrant. But he smiled to himself as he signed his own bond and thereby escaped the dark damp cell. The trial ,as in Alderman Wagner's office and was quite interesting from an outsider's standpoint and there were plenty of the latter there that day, as the ill-feeling con nected with the Zephan-Hoffman episode was well known about Reserve township. A Highly Sensational Trial. Alderman Wagner called the case and the profane man and the good man stepped for ward. The profane'raan was flanked by his wife and the good man was flanked by his and both were flanked with old men and maidens and young men and children, and eltsoons the case began. The good. man told his .story and the profane man breathed laboriously. The god man's wife told her tale and the profane man breathed in the same uncomfortable way. Then came the friends of the good man and told what they knew and tried , to tell what they did not know and finally it came to the-profane man's turn. He made the most of it, to the goo4 pan's dis comfiture and- awakening of his spleen." The profane man's wife followed, and in re citing her knowledge of the episode so flus tered the good man that he forgot his good ness and spoke strongly to Mrs. Hoffman for her alleged failure to be veracious. Such things had little eflect upon the pro lane man's wife and she kept her eyes fastened upon the awsome magistrate and continued. The fcood man iorgot his good ness five times during the progress of the trial, and by the time Alderman Wagner imposed a small fine upon the profane man for his failure to comply with the law of 1701 the profane mans heart wa3 gleeful. He immediately posted off to Alderman Brinker's office, "down in the Twelfth ward, and swore out an information against the forgetful good man, Zephan, chargiug him with five unqualified oaths. And here the case rests until the Alderman of the Twelfth lets his voice be heard in punishing offend ers of the law. THEY GOT BADLY LEFT, Two Greedy Dog Catchers Xost Their Val uable Canine Prey. Brooklyn Eagle. The dog catchers who were appointed some 10 days ago by the Mayor to catch all Btray animals, generally consider their lot a stale and unprofitable one. A party of catchers came sneaking along Broadway with their wagon last evening, keeping a sharp- lookout, for any unwary brute that might be loose. In the coop, which they carry on their vehicle and which closely re sembles those in which chickens are kept, were Beven dogs, as dejected and miserable looking a lot as could be found in a day's journey. Every now and then they set up a dismal howl, as if they knew of the im pending fate which awaited them. The three stalwart young fellows in the wagon were probably congratulating themselves on their rich haul, but they wanted more. They thought an opportunity came to en rich" their stock when they saw a big hound on a truck, on the seat of which sat the brawny driver and proprietor. He evidently thought a good deal of his dog, for he kept stroking and patting him on the head. The" truck driver was n,ot aware of the approach of the dog catchers until one of them jumped on the vehicle and made a lunge for the hound. His owner was not slow in taking action. Tak ing a big whip in his hand he began to whale the intruder with mighty lashes around the neck and face. The other two catchers, seeing the danger of their com panion, ran to his rescue, leaving their wagon unprotected from the assault of the enemy. The truck driver was fully equal to the occasion, however, and lashed, all three of them unmercifully. After receiving many welts they thought discretion the better part of valor, and came to the conclu sion that they did not want that particular dog, anyhow. One of the catchers, in his haste to get out of danger, jumped-on his wagon, but lost his footing and sprawled all over the lattice work of the coop, thereby breaking the slats in a dozen places. This was an opportunity of a lifetime for the poor, imprisoned brutes, and they were not slow to take advantage of it. They jumped out of the coop with an alacrity born ot fear. A big crowd had assembled to watch the fight, but none of them had enough sym pathy for the dog catchers to give them any aid, and a great howl of delight went up when the brutes scrambled ont of the wagon and sprang away in all directions. A Great Many Kabblts, Accounts from the Cumberland Yalley go to show large numbers of young rabbits in that region, greater than have been known there in years. The North and South mountains are also said to contain unusual numbers of squirrels, especially of the gray speoies, which are preferred -by gunners. The coming fall gunning season in the re gions referred to will be made up of profit able hunts. . SMUGGLING PATIENTS. Attorney General Ueusel booking Into an Alleged Abase' of State Charity A Titusville Clerk's Fall Fayette Justice Newsy Motes From Nearby Towns. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Habbisburo, Jnly 19. Attorney Gen eral Hensel has written a letter to Dr. Thomas G. Morton, Chairman of the Com mittee on Lunacy of the State Board of Public Charities, in reply to his recent let ter to the Governor relating to the practice of some of the judges in the Norristown hospital district of committing patients from their respective counties to the hos pital as indigent, and at the same time directing the payment of a given amount of money to be made by the friends of the pati ent to the directors of the poor in that particular county. The Attorney General's letter states that if the Committee on Lunacy or Board of Public Charities or the authorities of the .Norristown Hospital can furnish him with a statement of the patients for whose maintenance the State is charged, the amount the Commonwealth has thus paid and the cities or counties which have re ceived these moneys for its use, he will make demand for its repayment and en deavor to recover the same. A TRUSTED CLEHK'S FALL. Ha Steals 82,000, tittle by Little, From Bis Titrovllle .Employer. Titusville, Jnly 19. Special. Peter -Tel-son, for the past five years thte trusted clerk for John P. Firtb, a lending grocer here, was this morning arrested on'tlie charge of steal ing from his employer $2,000. The robbery has been colng on during the past two years, a little at a time, mostly through the cash sales. Kelson's salary has been $12 a week, and during the time mentioned he has purchased and paid for a fine nouso and lot here and two lots in liuff.ilo. The accused is married, has two children and a mother who Is blind. Flrtb's business was good last year, but an inventory showed he had lost money. This convinced him there was something wronr, and he seta trap which resulted in-Xolson's arrest. When confronted with the charges. Nelson confessed all. He was given a pre liminary hearing to-day and will be ttnten to Jail at Meadvllle to-morrow to await trial. Nelson was piominently connected with the Swedish Church. rOREIQNEBS' IDEA OF JUSTICE. An Arab Robs a Hebrew Brcinse He Pnssrd Counterfeit Money on 111m. Ukiontown, July 10. Special. A peculiar criminal proceeding took place to-dty be fore Justice Dawson, of this place. Joseph Friedman, a Hebrew, made information against Abdalla Youust, an Arab, charging liim with highway robbery. Friedman, who is a peddler, alleges that Younst attacked' him and robbed him of his oeddlers' rjack; Younst then had Friedman arrested for" passing counterfeit money on him. lounst claims he never knew until ho came to pay a debt that tho $10 bill which he had re ceived from Friedman was spurious, and says he stole th pack to get even with him. A Becelver for theZtnesville and Ohio. Zahesville, Jnly 19. iSpecial Judge Phillips this evening appointed,, J. Hope Suttor, formerly general manager of the Zanesvllle and Ohio Klver Hallway, as re ceiver for the road. For neaily two years a suit. brought bv tho Mercantile Trust Com pany, of New York, to foreclose a mortgage of $2,000,000 securing the bonds, haP beeit pending, with little or no disposition to push ft. It is In this case that the receiver was aupointed, the application buln made by a committee of the bondholder' mid by the Trust Company. Just what object Is sought by the sudden deposition of the'ofiicials of the roaa cannot- ue iouna out io-in;ut, tuo bondsmen'and President Wicker all refus ing to talk. A Homastead Mass Meetlnc in Younzstown. YocsGSTOWir, July 19. Special. At a meeting of delegates of all the lodges of the Amalgamated Association in the Mahoning Valley It was decided to hold a tiiass meeting at the fairgrounds next Saturday to discuss the Homestead situation. Speakers from Homestead and tills city ill address the men and Invitations have also been, ex tended to all laoor unions in this city. Rrjected a Pension as Blood Money. Ibohton, O., July 19 William A. Strick land, of Athlia, this county, sent his pension check to Waiburn & Craw, attorneys of this city, requesting tbem to return tho cheok to tho Govehiment. Strickland claim to have had a divine inspiration irom the Lord, In forming him that the pension money was a curse, and that In the future he should re ject it as blood money. Two Girls Drowned Ne'.ir Klttannlnc. Kittakxisq, July 19. Special. Five young people went out rowing on tho pond at Cralgsville, this county, last evening, when the boat sprung u le.ik. Annie Turr and Fannie Craig were unable to reach shore and were drowned. Dynamite Is TJnwhoIesome Fodder YocMOSTOWif, July 19. Special. Four cows belonging to D. F. Horestom, a farmer of Mill Creek, ate some dynamite which was loft in a field by men who wore blasting stumps. They fell dead in rapid succession, A Iainpllshrer Killed by the Cars. UwlOKTOWir, July 19. Special. Patrick Collins, a lamplighter lu the Baltimore and Ohio yards, was run over by the cars and Instantly killed. His head was severed from his body. TrI-State Brevities. McKeesport The family of V. C. Llnd blad were poisoned by canned snlmon. Two children may die. CaktoV Fred Williams, son of Captain Williams, a prominent manufacturer, was drowned Monday night. Baltimore, O. Luther Archer was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train Monday. Ho is the Attn son of James Archer that has met with a violent death within ten years. Bellaibe A passenger train and a freight train collided on tho Baltimore and Ohio bridge yesterday. Both engines were dam aged and several freight cars were demol ished. No ono hurt. Steubeuville Wesley Noble.a well-known farmer of Salt linn, was shot Monday even ing by his Drother, Daniel Noble, while the latter was in a drunken rage. Wesley will die. Daniel Is at large. , ITsiOJiTowif Nicholas, the 7-year-old son of Peter Jacoby, was fatally sliotby,,accl dent yesterday while his biotlier-ln-law, William Dice, was trying to extract a cartridge from a revolver. York Mrs. Elizabeth G, Landis, a widow, died suddonly Monday. 'Hor son, Harry Landls, of Memphis, arrived unexpectedly on a visit. When she saw him her surprise was so great that she fell irom the lounge on which she was sitting and expired In about 15 minutes. McKeesport On Monday a young Polish woman carrying a baby went into tho house of David Krell and asked for some milk and sugar. After having given the child the nourishment she laid tho babo down and put on her wraps and started out. Mrs. Kroll and Jennie Goidburn called her back and tried to hold hor. Jenny received a hard blow In tho faco and was knocked down. The woman then escaped. Keadiko Tho vHaskell multi-charge gun was ngaln tested Monday for penetration Into iron rilutes. The projectile penetrated through 16 iron plates of tho best flanjo iron, making six inches. This is threeplates more than tho gnn has ever penetrated be fore. The projectile, which was manufact ured in this city,' was fonnd to be u perfect as when it came from the lathe. It is now proposed to make some alterations in the gunny which It will be enabled to use more powder and penetrate elghtrlncbes of Iron. PLAN8 HATE BEEH APPROVED For the New Enclne Hoosa of the Thlrty Fltth Ward. The plans and specifications for -the new engine house to be located on the corner of Grandview avenne and Sweetbriar street, Thirty-fifth ward, were completed yesterday by Architect BeekelJ and were approved by both Chief Brown and Mayor Gourley. The new house will be a plain, commodi ous building, and will cost when completed $10,000. Work on the new building will begin at once. GEOEGE SHIMS. Continued Irom lirtiFafje. future. The life of a Justice, he added, it not easy, as some people imagine. The So, preme Court is adjourned for the summer, and Mr. Shiras when confirmed will begin next falL . Ibbaeu PITTSBURG PLEASED. The President's "Nomination- or Mr. Shiras Enthusiastically Becelved The Outlines of Bis Career Once Nominated fo United States Senator. Members of the bar and citizens generally expressed great pleasure last evening over the appointment of Mr. Shiras to the Su. preme bench. The selection was regarded as an eminently fitting one,'whioh at ones evidenced President Harrison's sound judg. ment and conferred a gTtat compliment on this section. When the name of Mr. Shiras was first brought forward in connection with, tha Supreme Court vacancy, the bar not only of Allegheny county but of nearly every county in the State spoke approvingly of his candidacy. Eor almost thirty years Mr. Shirashas been a notable figure in the courts of this State and of the United States.' Eor twenty years he has been recognized as an eminently able man oa questions of constitutional and corporation law. He has for along time been counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio and Junction Railroads and he was also connected with the long legal complications of the Beading, as well as with a score of transportation companies of lesser note. He was counsel for the county in the riot loss cases and for the city in the litigation growing out of tha famous Penn avenue paving acts. The Outlines of His Career. Mr. Shiras is of English' descent, hii greatgrandfather having come from Eng land to settle in New Jersey. Georg Shiras, Jr., also designated here as George' Shiras II, was born in Pittsburg January 26, 1832, where his father also was born and who survives at 83 years of age. His brother is a United States District Jndge of eieht "Western States. Mr. Shiras is the' son ot George and Elizabeth Blaine Shiras and is a cousin of ex-Secretary Blaine, with whom he is on friendly and intimate terms. He entered the Ohio University September, 1851, and entered Yale Law School in 1853. He studied law in Pittsburg, where he was admitted to the bar, and where, almost continuously since, he has lead the un eventful life of a hard worker, whose time and thought have been occupied with his profession. He is one of the very lew men upon whom Yale College has conferred the degree of JLL. D. A Senatorial Episode. In 1881, in the Pennsylvania Leg islature, when a deadlock existed on tha selection of a United States Senator, Mr. Shiras in a secret caucus was chosen by a majority of two votes as a compromise for the distinguished place. The next morning, however, another caucus was or dered by the political leaders, and John L Mitchell was nominated and elected, serv ing until 1S37. Mr. Shiras has never been an active partisan. His income from his legal practice is said to be second to no lawyer in the State. His family consists of his wife and two sons. Mr. Shiras is recognized as an able de bater, a forcible and logical reasoner and is quick and ready in the progress of an ar gument. He has an excellent manner of expression, and his written opinions and briefs are as clear as his speeches are ele gant and careful. Slrnck by Lightning. A young Mr. AVickham, of Kahoka, Ma, was recently plowing in a field near the city when a bolt of lightning struck the cultiva tor and shattered it to pieces. Mr. Wickham' came'to his senses sometime later and found his horses still in a dazed condition from the effects of the shock. Man and horses soon recovered and the cultivator was run in for repairs. Our. July Clearance Sale IN THE Clo&k and Suit Department TO-DAY. Ladies preparing for their summer trip will find it greatly to their advantage to look at the prices we have made on our large and attractive stock of Summer Dresses and Summer Suits. A general reduction has been made on all our Colored Snits. These are all new, bought only this spring, and come only in the very latest and best of the present sea son's styles. Prices are astonishing. Very sharp reductions, too, are made In BLACK SUITS. All latest designs In Cashmere, Bedford Cords, Serges and all other popular ma terials for mourning wear. Bead these reductions: $12.00 Suits are f 8.00 now. $15.00 Snits are 10.00 now. JiaOO Suits are $12.00 now. $20.00 Suits are $15.00 now. $30.00 Suits are $ia00 now. $38.00 Suits are $25.00 now. Qnite as marked are the mark-downs la Tea Gowns and Negligees. Bargains in LADIES' SHIRT AND BLOUSE WAISTS. A $1.50 Gingham "Waist, Norfolk style, and another with pleated collar, cnfB and jabot, reduced to 90c each. And $1.50 and $2 quality Percale Shirt Waists, now reduced to $1 each. A $4 Pleated "WTiite Lawn Waist, -pralrt trimmed, reduced to $2.50 ech. A $4 Pleated "White Lawn "Waist, with em broidary inserting back and front, no reduced to $2.50. .' A $3 Pleated "White Lawn "Wais edge with VaL lace, now reduced to $L73, Our entire stock of SILK WAISTS That were $8 to $18 each now reduced to $6.00. FINE IMPORTED WRAPPERS At gTeatly reduced prices now to close. No stock of BLAZER A . AND ETON Suits approaches ours for variety or excel, .lence of.qualities for the prices. Jos. Home &Co.f 609-63: PENN AVE. JUMt HiTtfifri.i fe-'
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