n ya Jfm LACK OF LEADERS The Most Prominent Feature of tha Huge Majority in the Present Congress. NOT SUCH A BAD EECORD For the Douse, All tbe Circumstances Ueinrj Considered. PENNSYLVANIA FARED WELL Ihe Defeat of the Free Silver Bill a Creditable Tip torj. CATJEES OF TllE BIG APPROPRIATIONS trnoM a STArr conRcsrovDEXT.1 "Washington Aug. 6. There is much dispute in regard to the character for prob ity, economy and industry of the Fifty-sec--ond Congress. The Kepublicans charge against it that it is a Congress which has done nothing that is important more suc cessfully than any preceding Congress; that it has been more extra ragant at its first ses sion than anv other; that the House has been a paradUe of misrule, chaotic, irre sponsible, wholly lacking in leadership. The Democrats retort that the House, the only arm of the Government controlled by this party, has passed many excellent measures which have been ignored or re jected by the Senate; that if it lias not done all it should have done, it has at least com mitted no great blunder, and that its char acter for honesty and purity :ould not be excelled. If the appropriations have ex ceeded tho-c of any other Congress, it is because laws enacted by the last Congress, which was Republican in both branches, compelled the enormous aggregate. Tom Kred's Cause for Xanhter. Ex-Speaker Reed has made merry at the expense of the Democratic House with its 113 majority over all, because it, as he as sert", is responsible for an increase of near ly 50,000,000 over the appropriations of the l"iity-first Congress. If he has not always been quite fair, he ha been delightfully witty and sarcastic at the expense of the present House, in articles published in the reviews and newspapers. He leaves the Democrats, however, to explain why the appropriations of the first session of the current Congress aggregate $507,711,131, while those of the first session of the Filtv ifirst Congress aggregated only $463,398,510. The Democrats readily undertake the ttask. They assert that the pension legisla tion of the last Congress imposed on this ; Congress the necesitv of inereasine the ap propriations ?48,000,'O0O; that SIO.000,000 was necessarv ior snsar bounties under the JicKialev bill; S9.000.000 more for refund ing national bank notes, and S2,500,000 for the on a- .fcair, lorceu ;on tnem as a com promise bv a Republican Senate, which makes close to $70,000,000, due wholly to Republican legislation. arp Down fur Csmpalirn Effect. This is all erytrue, hut it is equally trut that in the inteicstsof a false economv. ard for campaicn effect only, other appro priations winch should have been made, to keep pace with the progress of the Govern ment, were pared down without wis dom or ene, and other appro priations were increased regardless of those qualities A pitiful cut of $100,000 wju made in the consular and diplomatic bill. The District of Columbia, whose peo ple have no vote, had its appropriation cut half a million below the appropriations of the last Congress, when it ought to have been increased that sum. A saving was made in the fortifications, and naval ap j ropriations were cut two millions, when thev should have been increased $10,000,000 to ca'ry out the policy, advo cated by men of both parties who have . made a special study of these matters, aud who believe the Government should either cease spending money altogether lor a navy and for coast defenses, or that an adequate sum to do this work as rapidly as possible should be appropriated. The agricultural bill was increased more tha-i one and a half millions, that Demo cratic stump orators might show how pro foundly interested the party is in the poor farmer, and the river and harbor appropria tion bill, much of which is always a clean steal, was increased upward of $4,000,000, and in the aggregate reached the enormous sum of $2j,13G,295 the most munificent contribution of "pork" ever made to mem bers of Congress. Tiip Srnate In the Same Boat. Therefore, while the Democrats may fairly charge to the Republicans about $70, 000,000 of an imperative increase in appro priations, they themselves hate been guilty of a large increase solely for political rea sons and for the benefit of individual mem beis, and to counteract these increases have b-en guilty of paring down in other direc tions where liberality would have been wise and commendable. It is due to the Democratic House, how ever, to say that the Senate insisted on still larger appropriations than the House, and this even in the rher and harbor bill, know ing that the responsibility lorappropriations tails upon the House, and that very justly in almost all cases. Mr. Reed excusably "points with pride" to the record of the last Congress which passed the sreat tari (Thill, somewhat errone ously called the JIcKinley bill; the ocean mail subsnlv, the direct tax bills, provided for free Migar, put the World's Fair under way, parsed a new Congressional apportion ment act, revised the land laws, gave new encouragement to Stale agricultural col leges, provided for meat and cattle inspection, and thus gave a great impetus to exportation of these articles; passed the bullion purchase act as a com promise between the goldites and the ex treme silver men; Indian reservations were opened; Wyoming and Idaho were admit ted to Stalenood and the Territory of Okla homa was created; service and disability pension bills were i assed and the Louisiana lottery was virtually abolished. These are tome "of the acts of the last Congress, as cited by 3!r. Reed, but that distinguished partisan quotes the whole of the work of the Fifiy-tirst Concress against the work of the hrst'scssion of the Filly-second. A GooiIIt Itrsnjt for tils Bouse. The Democratic House of this Congress, notvwthstandingall its Weaknesses and pal terinr, cm show a goodly result of its labor?. First and foremost it defeated a bill tor the tree coinage of silver, which originated uith a committee ruled byDem ncrats, and then again, when a similar bill was sent to it alter having passed the Republican Senate. To most minds cast of the Misisippi and north of the Ohio and of the I'otoinae this alone would be glory enm.sjh lor one session. There were nearly 10,000 bills introduced in the House, and of these 220 public and 25."i private bills were passed, ond 284, chief! r pension bills, have become laws. The House passed the anti-option bill, -rhich hargs fire in the Senate; the Chinese prohibition bill; the eight-hour bill for working people, which also passed the Sen ate; a bill providing for the safety of rail way employes, compelling railroad com panies jo attach ?utomatic couplers to cars; the anous tariff bills, which are well known; n. land forfeiture bill, which restores to the public domain, upward of 50 million acres tne Senate bill admitting certxin ves sels ot trans-Atlantic lines to American registry. JSone of these have become laws except ing the two acts indicated, simply because the Senate did not act upon them, though in the case of the anti-option bill the failure to enact was mainly due to the passionate opposition and objections of Senator White, a Democrat from Louisiana. Of course, the Senate also passed many bills which were not acted upon by the House, bnt none that were highly important. On. Good BUI That Failed to Fast. One measure, introduced and discussed in both branches, wbich should have passed easily and with little ditcntsion, was sup pressed in both, and that is the hill provid ing for the election of United States Sena tors by a direct vote of the people. Every body seemed to lavor this proposition, but by some mysterious influence it got no further than a few high-sounding speeches. Admitting that the House (always the main tanret for criticism") has done some .Anil 4fiit.fro Ufli.it Villi Yia ai7 nf triM ttniP UUU ....life", "..- .. WV c... w. ..... . occupied doing them, and of the general -j conduct ot the body It bas been a wretchedly, narrow, partisan majority from the beginning. Mr. Holman at the outset had a resolution passed declaring that practically nothing should be done except to pass the necessary appropriation bills, all for political effect. Mr. Bankhead announced that no new pub lic buildings should be provided for, a declaration which came nearer the mark of truth than most ot the promises made. The session should be a short time so tar as tbe House could influence action. Adjourn ment would take place 1st of June, before the political conventions. The billion-dollar Congress should be put to shame. Czar ism should be rebuked. Economy should reign supreme. A Long 1 imi for tittle Work. It is true that little else than the appro priation bills has been enacted into law, but why should tne appropriation Dins have required more than eight months for their passage? Intelligent and industrious work should have disposed ot them within three months. In the early months ot the session the speakers of the majority were prolific with irony and sarcasm at the expense of the billion dol lar Congress and of ex-Speaker Reed, the "Czar" ot that Congress. No sooner did the demands ot the appropriation bills begin to dawn on the Democratic leaders than they suddenly dropped into an awful silence in regard to'the billion dollar Congress, and a little later, when the impotence of the rules of the House was made distressingly evident, all reference to Czar Reed and to the severity and originality ot his rulings became a thing ot the past. When at various times filibustering would take the place for days of all purpose of intelligent legislation, Democrats of the obstructed faction would be heard frequently exclaiming: "Oh, for one hour of Tom Keedl" There is not one Democrat in this House who iu his candid moments does not admit, confidentially if not otherwise, that the onlv way which the;House can be success fully controlled, the rule given to the majority, and legislation conducted in a dignified and civilized manner, is by the adoption of the rules ot the last House, which gave the Speaker the power to count a quorum and to refuse to entertain motions plainly intended to be dilatory and obstructive. Present Rales Not Efficient. I am convinced that if the next House be Democratic it will adopt some thing nearly akin to the rules which governed the Fifty first Congress, as otherwise a mob consist ing of a small minority can successfully in troduce obstruction and misrule. The House under the present rules is constantly menaced with the danger of falling ir remediably under the control of these "legislative anarchists," as they are termed by Mr. John O'Xeill, ot Missouri. Dnriug all ot this long session, of more than two-thirds of a year, the House, with its 143 Democratic majority,has been an un controlled mob. maintaining a semblance of dignity .only through the self-respect of the mass of individual members. It has been without organization and without leader ship. The speakership fight disorganized the body at the beginning. Mills, Springer and McMillin were defeated. Crisp, less prominent up to that time than any of the others, was elected. Mills scolded, "cussed" aud sulked. Springer was disgruntled, but played his cards lor the head ot the Committee on Ways and Means. McMillin, on account of his friendship for Mills, was put aside secondarv with positions on Ways and Means and Rules committees. By the severe and prolonged illness of Mr. Springer, McMillin, next on Ways aud Means, became acting chairman and ex officio leader ot the House majority. His leadership was, however, not fully acknowl edged. Holman, Dockery, Outhwaite and others, by turns, assumed leadership, and at such times McMillin would, in fits of jealousy and ill-concealed indignation,, thrust in his advice where it was not wanted, and would get snubbed or laughed at lor his pains. o It adrrand No Agreement. No one mind had any well defined grasp or influence upon that great majority, and at times when filibustering seemed to be a good or amusing thing Mr. Kilgore or Mr. Bailey or Mr. Cummiugs would become the leader. There was no Democratic agreement upon anything; not a measure, not a resolution, could be proposed which did not find Dem ocrats arrayed against each other. The sil ver bill narrowly failed to create a lasting breach in the House majority and in the party. Even tbe tariff bills that were passed were not wholly without Democratic opposition in committee that at times was very hitter. A common sight was that ot Democrats filibustering against measures advocated by Democrats, and these ;anomalous conditions were aptly concluded by the spectacle of the combined leadership of tbe majority filibustering for more than a week in company with a mi nority which had been squarely voted down. It may be said, however, that the Democrats admit they have been taught a severe par liamentary lesson, aud that just as soon as their pride will let them come to it thev will adopt a code of rules that will enable the Speaker and the majority to control the whole body. I'ennavlvanla Not Badly Treated. In the general wreck of measures outside of the usual appropriations, Pennsylvania fared about as well as any other State of the Union. Besides the appropriations for her great rivers and harbors, two important public buildiug bills, providing tor the new Philadelphia mint building and for the purchase of a site and commencement of work for the new postomce in Allegnenv, and these, of the several building bills Pennsylvania introduced, were the only ones to pass finally, both ot them being attached to the sundry civil bill. Both bills came to a good end through many vicissi tudes. The mint measure was defeated by a bare majority in the committee of the whole House, but upon the report of the sundry civil bill to the House from the Committee of the Whole it was retained in the hill, thanks to the really terrific exer tions of Bingham, O'Neill, McAleer, Reilley and other Pennsylvania members. Harry McAleer, the successor ot Randall, worked heroically among the Democrats, and for this work alone, not to speak of his excellent service in every way, he deserves to be returned to Congress. Colonel Stone, popular with both Demo crats and Republicans, had little trouble in getting his project for increasing the ap propriation for the Allegheny building in the sum of $135,000 engrafted on the sun dry civil bill, but it got a black eye in the Senate. There the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds threw it out, and only by dint ot,great exertion on tbe part of Senator Quay and Colonel Stone was it reinstated by the Senate in spite of the protest of the committee. After that it was plain sailing. It was passed by in con ference and accepted by both Houses with out further trouble. 1 o'one! Slone In Hard ljuck. Colonel Stone's immigration bill fared badly, as no bill affecting foreigners, with the exception of the Chinese, could well be pasted in the face of a National campaign. The bills for a ship canal from Lake Erie to the Ohio at Beaver, Introduced in the House bv Dalzcll and in the Senate br Quay, were both reported favorably, but got no tanner. The border raid claims bill was not heard THE of after its introduction, save upon the oc casion of the visit of the commission, when ex-Attorney Oeneral Kirkpatrick eloquent ly explained the basts of the claims to mem bers of the House, all to no purpose. Pos sibly some of these Important bills may be reached and acted upon at the short session, when political capital will not be all the stock in trade, and when justice to com munities and individuals and plain, com mercial commonsense may have a chance. After an appropriation of $250,000 for the Allegheny building, $200,000 of which mav be used solelv for a site, the limit of the' cost of the building to $160,000 becomes absurd, and the next step of Colonel Stone will be to have the limit for the building increased to at least a half a million, as such buildings are usually permitted to cost about three times the expenditure tor a site. FALL RIVER'S MYSTERY. TAale Borden Bluffs Officers Away From Searching Her Room Glpayl.lke Horse Tr.iders Now Su.piOted No Di rect Evidence Found In tbe Hour. Fail RrvEE, Mass, Aug. 6. The latest development in the Borden murders, re lating particularly to the theory of poison ing, has given way to-day to talk of the funerals, which took place this morning. Miss Lirzie C. and Miss Emma Borden were, of course, the principal mourners. Miss Lizzie went out of the house first, leaning on the undertaker's arm. She was self-conscious, but her nerves were com pletely unstrung. Miss Emma, the other sister, was much calmer. Lizzie is pretty aud quite fleshv. Her face showed traces of the intense suffering she had borne for three dav. The latest clew being followed involves a camp of itinerant and gipsy-looking horse traders camped ou the outskirts of town, one of whom answers to description given by three persons of a man seen near the Borden house before the murder. An hour or more after the murder was discovered, two of the officers dispatched to the scene undertook to make a search of the house. They looked over the first floor to some extent, and then started up stairs. Lizzie Borden became aware of their efforts, and 'as they reached the door ot her room, she stepped boldly in front of the officers, exclaiming: ' "Where are yon going?" "We are going to search this house and your room," replied the officer. "You are not going into that room," ex claimed Lizzie, as she turned the key in the lock end stood determinedly in front ot the door. "We want to search that bureau and the closet in your room. Don't you interfere," repliedthe officer. "You have no right to enter mv room, and I tell von you shall not. There is noth ing there.'5 "It will be better for you, Miss Borden, to let us make the search." Lizzie then became furious, and barred the officers' progress, repeating with her declarations that they should not enter. They did not at that time, and if any evi dence of crime existed in that room there has been ample time to remove it. There arc no other developments in the c.ise, and no arrests have been made. The first thorouch search of the Borden residence was made this afternoon while the funeral was in progress. From 2 o'clock until 6:30 the most searching investigation was madeof every detail discovered sine'e the crime was perpetrated. The search through the house was expected to develop many thing", but at 7 o'clock to-night it was stated officially that no clinching evi dence was obtained. SHE WANTED KOBE MONEY. George Jackson Stnbbrd In ttas Groin by His V Ife, nt He "Way D1-. George Jackson, colored, a laborer em ployed in Booth & Flinn's brickyard, was stabbed by his wife last night and probably fatally injured. Jackson lived with his wife, ' Mary Jackson, at No. 518 Gazzam street, Thirteenth ward. Lastnight, it is stated, Jackson, when he returned home from work, did not give his wife as much of his week's pay as she thought she should rereive. A quarrel lollowed. The dispute lasted all evening, and shortly before 10 o'clock it reached a climax. Mrs. Jackson was in a rage, and finally picked up a pocket knife and stabbed her husband. The blade entered his eroin inflicting a dangerous wound. The woman at once ran from the house. Neighbors who had heard the disturbance entered and found Jackson lying on the floor. The police were notified and he was remaved to the Merey Hospital. The physicians pronounced his condition critical. The police made a search for the woman, and shortly before 12 o'clock found her near her home. She was taken to the Fourteenth ward station and lecked up. Jackson is 30 years of age and his wife 23. IKGENTJI1Y OF A TBTJST. The Sngar Combine Bents Its Way Caret ally Round a Vost. Philadelphia, Aug. 6. Special The ingenuity of the sugar trust officers has been put to the test to devise a method whereby they could favor jobbers who maintain prices, and yet not appear to discriminate against grocers who refuse to sign the trust's ironclad certificates. The officers fear that discrimination will lead to litigation. The final scheme adopted was to allow a rebate of y& cent per pound to jobbers who maintained prices. Some, however, who understand would not certifv that they maintained prices and were al lowed the rebate with the others until this week, when their checks were simply credited on account and the bills were not receipted in full. Feeling uneasy about thi, the trust to day adopted a new method, The faithful jobbers are to be considered as agents oi the trust, and they are to be allowed upon set tlement a commission of i cent per pound. Whether this scheme will whip the independent jobbers into line or not re mains to be seen. The commission is in ad dition o any other discounts. BESSIE YOUNG DIES. -Tho Injuries She Received In the Fire Fri day Prove FntaL Miss Bessie Young, who was bumed at Edgenood Friday, died at her'home last night at 7 o'clock. She is about 17 years of age, and a great favorite in the town. The burning which caused her death was a peculiar happening. She was walking through the house and stepped on a match. It exploded and her clothing caught fire. She was awfully .burned on the body and lower limbs. Bontnslders to Support Irivate lam. -A story was circulated on the Southside last night to the effect that men were at work representing themselves as members of a committee appoin-cd to collect funds to prosecute the cases-instituted against N. G. P. officials by ex-Private lams. It was said the supposed self-constituted commit tee had been collecting from business men, but the police officials have not received any complaints about the matter and the rumor is considered as false. Fifth' Avenne F nnged In Darkness. The switchboard for the down-town Fifth avenue district of the Allegheny County Light Company was .burned out last night about 7 o'clock. For 10 or 15 minutes the section was plunged in darkness. A great deal of inconvenience was caused. Pittubnrc Capital in Harrentem. MUSCLE, Ikd.. Aug. 6. Papers were filed here to-day for the organization ot the W. N. Whitely Harvesting Machine Com pany, which has been effected with Sprlnj field, Pittsburg and Munoie capitalists as backers. PZTTSBTJEG DISPATCH. MARS IS THE, TARGET For Thousands of Eyes That Want to Explore His Mysteries. NOT MUCH OP VALUE LEARNED, Though Scientists Hope to Be Able to Tell tome thing Soon. PROPOSED WATS OP COMMUNICATION Prof. Heeler's observatory m Allegheny was the center of attraction of the two cities last night Fully 1,000 people flocked there to get a view of the ruddy planet, Mars. As early as 6 o'clock people began to climb the steep hill in order to be the first to view the great planet. By 9 o'clock fully 1,000 people were congregated about the building waiting for the doors to be opened. Owing to the fact that Mars was not plainly visible before 10 o'clock those who had been successful in gaining admission were given a chance to view the moon. The night was clear and bright, and under the powerful lenses of the telescope an excellent view could be. had. Promptly at 10:15 o'clock the great dome was shifted and the telescope was brought to bear on Mars. The spectators strung out in line, and one by one climbed the steps from where tha star could be seen. About one minute was allowed each person, after which they would pass out to the reception room, where they were treated to a short lecture concerning the planet by Prof. Frank "Very. Remarks on the Map of Jinn. He had an excellent drawing of the planet, showing distinctly the hills, 'val leys, rivers and oceans which Mars is sup posed to contain. Said he: "The present appearance of the planet shows that it has been visited by heavy snows during the past season. The appear ance of the white substance in the region of the poles is much greater than it has been for years, and especially at this season. "The mists," he said, "were evidently vapors rising from the rivers and valleys which, like our own eartb, came forth from the heat of the sun. As to Mars being in habited, that has not yet been determined by scientific men." Alter hearing Prof. Very's lecture many of the people wanted to go back into the obervatory and get another view, but on account ot the limited amount ot time they were not allowed to do so. Toward midnight the view became much better, and the people began to linger about the room. One ot Chief Murphy's finest was there, and was equal to the occasion in keeping the crowd moving. The AmnslncSlde of It. There were many amusing scenes and remarks during the evening. While manv came to view the great planet and to be enlightened on a scientific subject, there were fully as many who did not know what they came for. "Who is Mar's?" asked one man. "I don't know, but I guess if you wait we see," replied another. One weighty woman who could not climb the steps, wanted the Professor to bring the telescope down to her, so that she could look, too. When informed that the instru ment weighed 5,000 pounds and conld not be moved, she walked out, apparently greatly disappointed. One man stood looking intently into a rain barrel at the corner ot the house. He was evidently looking for Mars there, as he did not fall into line when it was formed. The observations will be continued throughout the coming week, and it is ex pected that good views can be bad. . - T. ' ' DEPENDS ON THE ATJtOSPHEBE. A Very Interesting; Question as to the Habl tub! lly orthi Planet. Boston, Aug. 6. David P. Todd tele grauhs to-night: We have a perfectly clear night again for the observations of Mars, but the atmosphere is not so steady as it was Wednesday, aud the details of the . disk are much more difficult to see. The snow cap on the south pole of Mars and the more marked. irregularities or dif ferences of color on the disk form the only features I can see to-night Tbe planet is bo lar south and the atmospheric disturb ance is so great that the full power of the telescope cannot be utilized. Meanwhile we may discover matter' bearing upon the habitability of Mars, which is always an interesting and popular question. Distance from the sun U, of course, one element in the problem, and the age of Mars, relatively to tbe eartb, another. It is reasonable to suppose that the temperature of Mars, as a cosmic bod v, is lower than that of the earth, because it is much smaller than our planet, and so will bave parted with ifs original nebular heat more rapidly; but it is not likely that it has yet reached the. tempera ture ot interplanetary space. Then, as to distance from the sun, it is easy to calculate that. A surface unit of Mars receives rather less than one-half as much heat from the sun as a surface nnit of the earth does. But these elements are -far from being all that must be Uken into ac count. Quite as important is the condition ot the atmosphere of Mars itself. Just how important may be inferred from the known properties of our own atmosphere. As a result ot his investigations on Mount Whit nev, California, in 1881, Prof. Langley was able to say that if that quality ot our at mosphere known as selective absorption were entirely lacking, the temperature of the soil in the tropics uuder a vertical sun would probably not rise above minus 200 degrees centigrade. This is entirely inde dependent ot its chemical properties. The temperature of a planet and with it the existence ot all organized life appears to depend far less upon the direct solar heat than upon this most important quality of selective absorption. Now it is not known whether the atmosphere r of Mars possesses this quality in a greater or less degree than that of the earth. Evidently, then, if tbe question of habitability is ever to be set tled it is essential that the atmosphere of Mars be made the subject of the most critical research. Until we have ascertained some facts about this atmosphere every one may believe that Mars is habitable or not, just as lie choses. TELEGBAPHINO TO MAES. An Enjllsh Scientist Has a Schrme for Pos- , sib:e Communication. LONDOir, Aug. 6. Mr. Francis Galton, F. E. S., S. F. G., Chairman of the com mittee in charge of the Kew Observatory, has written a letter to the Timet relative fo a scheme for establishing communication between Mars and the earth. Mr. Galton declared that a beam of sunlight, reflected through a hole one-tenth of an inch square in a plate in front of a mlrror.would be just as distinctly seen as a faint glint at a distance of ten miles. The amount of fog and haze which a beam of light would traverse between the earth and Mars, when the latter is high above the horizon, Mr. Galton says, conld not exceed that along an earthly base. Therefore, the same proportion between the size of tbe mirror and the distance holding true, it follows that the flash from many mirrors simultaneously, " whose aggregate width was 15 yards and whose aggregate length, to allow for slope, was say 25 yards, would be visible on Mars if seen through a telescope like that at the Llok Observatory in California, and the inhabitants, if they have eyes and fairly good telescopes, would speculate concerning what the beam was, nd wish to answer. SUNDAY, AUGUST 7. TWO FATAL WRECKS. ONE NEAR ERIE AND THE OTHER NEAR CONNEIXSVJXXE. Tbe One on the Xake Shore Not So Had as Reported Testerday Morn In?, bnt Two Urea Were Lost It. & O. Men Fright folly Mangled. Erie, Aug. 6. Special The Chicago and Boston special, east-bound on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, collided with a freight train on the line at Horbor creek, nine miles east of here. The engine, tender, baggage car and buffet coach are a complete wreck. Engineer William Welsh and Fireman Jacob Berkner, both of Buffalo, were instantly killed. One passenger, Stephen Perry, a young man from Cleveland, was passing from the buffet car to a sleeper when the crash came, and he was caught between the "cars. The forward sleeper left the track and lollowed the buffet coach over the embank ment, but remained upright, and the occupants received no injuries The wreckage which the passenger train struck had been thrown over from the south track by the collision of two west bound freight trains less than a minute be fore tbe special struck it, leaving no time by which to avert the wreck. Perry will probably recover. The Coroner's Jury visited the scene of the wreck this afternoon. They meet Mon day and will finish the inquest. The re sponsibility now seems to rest with the en gineer of the rear freight, although it is not certain who is to blame. A dispatch from Connellsville says: The most disastrous wreck in many years oc curred on the Baltimore and Ohio this morning about 3 o'clock, four miles east of Connellsville. One mau was killed and four injured. Between 70 and 80 cars were piled up on the mountain side and river bank. The wreck was caused by a collision between train No. 77, coming West, and the time freight going East No. 77 had orders to meet the time freight at Gibson Junction, but when the time freight reached Gibson No. 77's order was annulled and an order given at Ohio Pyle to meet No. 88, instead ot the time freight, at Gibson Junction. No. 77 and the time freight were to pass at Indian Creek. Instead of doing this No. 77 ran past Indian Creek and collided with the time freight on a sharp curve at Bluestone. Brakeman Prett, who was riding on the fourth car from the engine, on No. 77, went down in the wreck and was instantly killed. Fireman Miller, ot engine No. 1362, is still fast in the wreck at this writing. His legs are caught between the tender and the en gine. One leg will have to be ampu tated before he, can be taken from the wreck. Fireman E. E. Belts, of engine No. 1363. was taken from ' the wreck at 7 o'clock. He was brought to Cottage Hos pital here, and will likely die. Engineer Moore, of engine 1362, was badly injured, but has not yet been brought down from the wreck. Several other brakemen were injured. SHOT BY UNKNOWN FOES. A Reading Man hd1 Wife Are Badly Vt oundfd by Three Men. SCRANTON, Aug. 6. Special At 3 o'clock this morning unknown parties broke into the dwelling of Charles Stovich, and shot both Mr. Stovich and his wile. A ball passed through the thigh of the husband, aud the wife was shot twice in the right thigh. There are several bullet holes in the door of the house and several ot the bullets lodged in the wall of the main room. Tne shooting was done by three unknown men. Stovich says he does not sec how he could have incurred their enmity, and the ease is enshrouded in mystery. SHE ATE THE HEADS OF MATCHES. A Dlsjrraoed Hungarian Girl Commits Sal- cldn in a Strang Manner, j McKeesport, Aug. 6. Special Elei Sip, a young Hungarian woman, died this morning by her own hand. Some time ago she accused one Hudren Lesuick of her ruin. A warrant was issued by Alderman Skelly, but too late for Lesuick. She cut tbe heads from several matches and ate them, after locking herself up in a room. She suffered terribly until this morning, when shedied. Her entire body turned black before death. Beiver Falls' Tragedv Mysterlonm Beaver Falls, Aug. 6. After lying in an unconscious state for 70 hours without taking nourishment and scarcelv breathing, i John L. Wolf, the man struck by James French during a row on Fifth ave nue, in this place, last Wednesdav, passed away at i o'clock this afternoon. He never uttered a word from the time he was struck, nor moved a muscle until he died. French denies that he struck him with a stone, as first reported. The murderer is now in jail at Beaver. A post mortem will be held. TrI-State Brevities. Bellevokte The statement that Thomas Collins, Democrat, Intended to vote for Har rison lsvlgoiously denied by that gentle man. MEirwEr, Wextmoreland county The 3-year-old child of Andrew Baxter swallowed a buttonhook, causing its death a short time alter. New LiSBOif Aaron Anglemyer, of Colum blaun, apprehendod on :i charge of lunacy, committed suicide In his cell Filday night by hanging. ' NoRKisrowjf Hannah Johnson has been held lor court, charged with beinr a com mon scold. She iccently, it is nllezed, abused a neighbor until the latter was p:os trated by nervousness. Samdt Lake Early yesterday morning a commercial tiavcler discovered the dead body of a man lyin; on the Lake Shoie Rail road track, near Sandv Lake station. The body was Identified as that of Billings Walker, son of the hue C. II. Walker, of Sandy Lake. The indications point to foul play. DmoiiTowj-The 50 representatives df the Ohio Institute of Mining Engineers Friday concluded their four days' Inspection tour of tbe pbki" legion and returned toUnfon town, where they wore entertained by Superintendent F. C. Gelghley, of Oliver Brothers' works, and other engineers and mine bosses. BLbssBuno An ex-Sicilian brigand, who fled from Sicily lor assassination and event ually opened a fruit store here, became en raged Friday evening over a Irlendly scufflo In his store. Seizing a dagger ho stabbed two men, one seriously, the others fatally. He narrowly escaped-lynching before tbo Sheriff landed him In Jail. Wheeling The Wheeling Iron and Steel Company, a combine composed of the Bel mont, Benwood and Top Mill companies, has organized by the election of Kussell Hub baid, President. Tho concern will have a c ipltal of over $3,000,000 and will he tho larg est iron and steel ocneem after tbe Car negie's in tbe Obip Valley. Cakrolltox, O. Charles Herrold, 19 years old, in company with Ills sweetheart, aged 17, went to the Probate office to seenre a marriage license. Theyoun man's father refused his consent, and then young Herrold attempted to take ills life by means of a shotgun, but was prevented. Those who kno him say be Is slightly demented. Pakkebsbuco The Vance-Johnson foud, which is now exciting tne people of Fayette, Nicholas and adjoining counties, W. Va., bids lair to be one of the noted ones In the State. Two men have already been killed, a third mortally wounded, a fourth In jail and a tilth a fugitive from Justice, for whose body, dead or alive, a reward ot $300 is offered by the State or West Virginia. Faibmoitt, W. Va. Five hundred miners employed in the Montana mines quit work last night on a strike, which promise to be one of the most bitterly contested ever In the State. The strike Is In order to f orce recog nition of the Miners' TJpion. The miner at BeeehwoodandOpeklslfa are already out and 1,500 miners at Mmiongua will probably uoont next week. Alp the miners in the Wheeling dlstrletara sattinr ready to ko oat on a strike for tho State seal. 1893. BANDITS HEMMED IN. Only the Poor Nerves of Their Pur suers Can Save Them From CERTAIN CAPTDREVAND THE ROPE. They Plnr Up the Fody of the Fravest of the Posie With 74 Shots. EXCITING CHASE AFTER THE ROBBERS SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Visama, Cal, Ans. 6. Full details have been received of a battle with the Collis train robbers early this morning at Evans' ranch, which resulted in Oscar Beaver receiving 74 shot wounds, from which he died latehis afternoon. The robbers doubled on their tracks and came back to Evans' house while a large posse was racing across the country in an other direction. They calmly ate lunch, leaving their stolen coin in the barn. As they were loading their bugey with provis ions, Beaver, who was near to them, or dered them to halt, and then fired two shots at them with a shotgun, badly crippling one of the horses and also wounding the other animal. The horses fell, and this made it impossi ble for the bandits to leave in the buggy. Beaver at once opened fire on them, but they jumped behind the horse and so escaped. Beaver continued to fire shots in rapid succession. f The Iinndits M ike ThMr Escape. The robbers returned the fire with their shotguns, riddling one side of Beaver's body from the face to bis waist. One of the shots went through his cheek, but the most dan gerous wounds were in his chest As soon as Beaver fell the bandits made of! with all haste. The other members of the posse, who were not in full view of the bandits, thought they had taken refuge in the barn, and this accounts for the delay alter the shooting. The cries of Beaver could be distinctly heard. The wounded man must have lain on tbe ground 10 minutes before any one came to his assistance, as the others were all afraid to venture near the barn where the robbers were supposed to be still con cealed. Beaver was a brave man but he foolishly exposed himself. The other mem bers of the posse say that shot came in a perfect shower from the barn, as the hizh- waymen fired four times. Beaver thinks he hit one of the robbers, but this is not thought likelv. Beaver died this afternoon. His death settles the fate of the outlaws should they be caught, as they will be treated like beasts. The Bobber ' Skill cconnted For. Evans is well-to-do, having a good rahch and a mine, but it has been observed that the Sontag brothers, though laborers, had managed to live with very little work. One used to be a trainman and the other an en gineer on the Southern Pacific, which ac counts for their skill in holding up the train and disabling the engine. Last night false reports of the capture of the train robbers came in a private dispatch to Chief Detective Hume, of the Wells Farzo Express Companv, thought to be Bent by Eailroad Detective Will Smith, who was responsible for the escape of the two criminals and the wounding ot two of the Sheriff's posse. When he located 'Evans and Sontag, Smith set about capturing them by strategy instead of surronnding the place with a cordon of armed men. He did not even wait for Sheriff Cunninghim, the most noted officer in San Joaquin Valley, who had .telegraphed he would be in Yisalia in an hour. Good Bnlt of the Only Arrest, Smith went ont with a companion to Evans' house, and induced George Sontag to accompany him to town. There Hontag was placed in jail, and made damaging ad missions against his brothers, John and Evans. Smith made another trip to Evans' house with Deputy Sheriff Witly with the idea that he could get John Sontag to town. Evens and Sontag suspected the motive of the visit and opened fire. Witly was badly hurt, but Smith was merely scratched. Smith failed to head off the robbers, who took bis team and 'drove away. Then followed a wild chase alter the robbers, in a dead level country. They ought to have been captured, but the pursuers evidently lacked nerve. The robbers, after several hours of pursuit, were lost on the river bank in the tall reeds. Hundreds of men scoured the country till late at night. It was then that the robbers returned to, their house where the shooting between them and Beaver occurred. Tim Posse Mill in i'nrault. The robbers were last seen at 8 o'clock this morning driving toward Samson flat in the mountains, where Evans has a mine. 'Three miles from town they tried to bor row horses from an acquaintance. Officers in pursuit traced the men four miles north west, where they entered a field. The pur suers' team gave, out and they returned to town. Twentyto 30 men are now in pur suit on horseback. Sheriff Cunningham says there is no doubt the men committed most ot the train robberies in this valley. They can hardly escape, as all thoroughfares are guarded. Deputy Sheriff Witly, who was shot yes terday, will recover unless blood poisoning sets in. EVEKYBODi IS WELL PLEASED With the Apportionment BUI Passed br tho Michigan LegUlatnr. Lansing Mich., Aug. 6. The business of the special session of the Legislature was finished at 6 p. 3L, but the final adjourn ment will not occur until Monday at noon. Both the Brown and White apportion ment bills parsed, with practically a unanimous vote, and were given immediate effect. The outcome is regarded with the greatest of satisfaction by both parties. Each is able to figure a majority in both branches of the Legislature. Both bills are as nearly equitable in the matter ot population as they can well be made, and politically it is very difficult to deter mine the advantage to either. Governor Winans expressed himself en tirely satisfied, and through tbe commit tee's'notllyiug him' of readiness to adjourn he sent a verbal message of congratulation to the Legislature. The bills passed have been engrossed and enrolled and are already in the bands oi the Governor. Nearly ail the members have left the city and there will be only the officers in each House to perform the final ceremonies on Monday. The Brown, or Senatorial measure, provides for 32 districts, as did the act declared unconstitutional, but affords a more equitable distribution ot the counties as to population. Under the House reappor tionment bill the representation will beGl members, the minimum number according to the constitution. Thn Tobacco Trnsi-Orcnlxed. Cincinnati, Aug. 6. The tobacco ware housemen here have for a long time been trying to accomplish a combination under a single management. To-day thev accom plished their object by obtaining the signa tures of six great houses. .Their capital stock is $2,500,000. They will secure a char ter under the laws ol New Jersey. DIED. HEAVER On Friday, August 5, 1892, at 2:15 a,m., Mrs. Elizvbetu, wire of John Heaver, aged 53 years. Funeral from her late residence, 1010 Car son street, on Sdkday, nt 2 p.m. Friends of the family are respectfully invited toattend. BEILLT Suddenly, on Saturday, August 6, 1802, at 7 v. v., at his residence, 97 Wash ington street, elty, Michael' J. Bullt, aged S6 years. Hotioe of fmneral berafMr. TBE WKATHEB. For Tettern Fcmuylvanlai P A I n f Fair and Warmer, South ;TA11 I east Winds. A H ior nest Virginia ana 'i - r" . -.. . Ohio: fair, fouowea oy Shouxrt; Warmer Southeast Winds. The barometer is above the normal in the Upper Lake region, over the Upper Ohio Valley and along the Immediate South At lantic and Gulf coasts. Elsewhere It is bc'o v the normal. There has been an in crease of barometric pressure Iroin the ilis s' nrl Valley to the Atlantic coast. Over the Dnkotas and thenco to the Pacific coast there has been a decrease of pressure. Two storms of moderate energy appear, one north of tbe Gulf of St. Lawrence and the other In the extreme Xorthwest. A rid.'e of high pressure, with generally fair weather, extends from tho Upper Lake re gion to the South Atlantic coast. ROSE FROM THE DEAD- A Pnppoged Corpse Revives and Lives In it Hoipltal Five Days. Cixcrtcatt, Aug. 6. Special An al most unheard-of cae was developed at the city morgue to-day. During the recent warm spell, when the morgue and hospitals were filled with heat victims, a man was carried into the rear of the morgue, to all appearances dead. He was placed in a cooling box, washed, and prepared for identification, covered with ice and a sheet spread . over bis face. Turning from his completed work, the attendant, Brunstrop, began washing his hands at the sink. When he glanced through the half open door of the dead room he saw the new arrival slowlv rising, with the sheet still clinging to him and the ice sliding off. Brunstrop hastily called Superintendent Shaw and together they assisted the man In norm nnA nltwrar a ttnrnnflPTft. A patrol wagon rns called and the man hur ried to the hospital. The man in question was Henry Klare, 64 years of age, a hostler. Klare was put ting a load of bay into the Verhage Mineral Companys stables when he suddenly drop- Eed to the floor of the barn overcome by the cat. To all Intents and purposes the man was dead. "Under this belief he was carried to the morgue and packed m ice. Arriving at the hospital, he was given extra treat ment and survived five days, when he died and was buried by his fellow employes. CANADA BACKS DOWN. Its Cabinet Takes Action That Will ltomoro Danger of Retaliation. Otta-wa, Aug. 6. The Cabinet met to day to consider the canal tolls dispute. It wa decided to abolish the rebate on freight of 8 cents a ton on all freight shipped by the St. Lawrence to Montreal, and instead the Government decided to resume the sys tem of 20 cents a ton on all freight passing through the Welland and St, Lawrence Canal', all vessels to be rated alike, no matter whether bound to Canadian ports or not This removes the discrimination in favor of Montreal complained of by President Harrison. A feeling prevails here that all danger of retaliation has now disappeared. Canadian vessel owners will now be the only losers by the change, as the revenue will be increased by the additional duty. Pnlsond on a Snalc in Cnbbace. Cincinnati, Aug. 6. Special A family named Mclntyre, in the village of Buena Vista, Ky., ate heartily of boiled cabbaee yesterday. All were immediately taken ill, and four died in agony. To prove her innocence the colored cook ate some of the cabqage, and was taken violently sick. An examination showed that an adder had been cooked with the cabbage. THE FISE BEC0SD. SInnich A lar.re leather factory. Loss, $400,000. Toulon. France An incendiaryflre caused great loss of naval stores. Sacramento Great forest fires are sweep ing over the hills on the i northside of the American river, destroying timber and past-uie-. Several thousand acres have been burned over Carey aller A fire alarm sent In last even lnelrombox 157 called ont stitlon 1L A small blnze In William Went's houso on Carey allev, Twenty-lourth ward, was soon put out. Los, $75. Carev allev An alarm was sent in from box 157 about S o clock last night tor a small b'aze in :i house on Cnrey alley, between South Twenty-sixth and Sonth Twenty seventh streets. A lambrequin had catignt rrom a lamp. The fire was extlngnisbed with a bucket ol water. Two weeks-ago we bought at our own price about 150 Ladies' Suits. Most of them have been sold, but those left are of good sizes and very latest . style. A five dollar bill takes airy one of them. The offer is a remarkable one. Will you take advantage of it? BLAZER SUIT BARGAINS. To-dav we announce a fortunate purchase of 150 (one hundred and fifty) Blazer Suits, high grade quality, pure wool, unexceptional in finish, fit and style. Colors are tan, grav, navy and black. We cannot speak too highly of these suits. You positively couldn't get them made for the astonishingly low prices at which thev are offered. Add from 58 to $10 to the figures quoted and yon have the actual value of these garments: 50 SUITS AT $5.95. 50 SUITS AT $6.75. 50 SUITS AT $7.45, Mind you, this lot will not last long, so come as early in the week as possible. STILL MOTHER REfCTM, ' IN ALL-WOOL CREAM BLAZERS. We are offering our entire line of All-Wool Cream Blazers at figures that we never dreamt of earlier in the season. The object is to close them ont without further parley ing. This cut will do it You couldn't think of anything more desirable or comfortable for seashore or country. ' Blazers at 51 25, reduced frpm 52 50; Blazers at $1 50, re luced from 53; Blazers at 51 75, reduced lrom ?J 50; Blazers at 52, reduced lrom 54; Blazers at 52 50, reduced from fo. HOSIERY fr..w TiaWl te rvf c vnn Irtinvr Kicrht Till umu i iv " j .----- a 'fine qualities, at 28c a pair upward. QN BIiACii. xiMtilIlu&nciU nivauo always uesiruoic at o up 1010 ou guar anteed better values than elsewhere. 510, 512, 514, 516, FOOLED WITH A BABT.' A Wealthy Young Man of Bt. PanP . Taken in by an Adventuress. JUST LIKE THE HAMILTON CA8E ilie Plan Would nave Worked if ths EabK Mother Had Kept ttilL HER AXXIETT 1,ED TO A DITOECI: - rSrECIAL TZLXCBAX TO Tni DfPATCir.1 New York, Aug. 6. Ezra Park Foot, young man ot 26, who lives with his parent, in St, Paul, has obtained a divorce within " month from his wife, who he had.found to be an adventuress who had tricked him very much as Eva Mann did P.obert Bay Hamil-' ton. ' For six months after her marriage 'Mru ' Foot moved in St. Paul's best society. Her) name is Florence Miami-Blood, and sha met Mr. Foot in Philadelphia several years ago. They fell in love with, each other, but. after a time they yonng man stopped calling. Tha woman arranged a scheme then by which she conld get a hold on Mr. Foot. la December, 1890, she came to New York and introduced herself to Mrs. Elise Landau, of 110 East Forty-filth street, as" Mrs. Foot and said she wanted to adopt a baby. la answer to the advertisement which Mrs. Landau published M - Theresa Campbell, oF1150 Stebbins street, '-i annexed dis trict, offered her 3-mon.hh i oaby, Willie, lor adoption. Tbe ltogns Baby Was Accepted. Mrs. Foot took the child away with her to Lancaster, Pa., where Mr. Foot was, and told him the child was his. She demanded that Foot marry her at once, aad to avoid scandal he consented. The wedding occurred at Camden Decern ber 11, 1890. Mr. Foot took bis newly mad a wife to St. Paul and introduced her to his father, Silas Foot, a retired leather dealer. She was welcomed as one of tho household and her deception prob ably wquld not have been discovered if Mrs. Campbell, the mother of tho child, had not grown uneasy about her offspring. She had expected to hear hort her child was getting along, but no word wai sent her. She tried several times to get information from Mrs. Landau, but tho midwife would give her no clew to the boy's, whereabouts. Superintendent Jenkins, of Mr. Gerry'a society, advised Mrs. Campbell to put tha matter into the hands of LawyerW.Trarera Jerome. Mr. Jerome sent for Mrs. Landau, to call at his office. He read the riot aet to Mrs. Landau when she relused to give tha name of tbe woman who had the child, and the next day she sent a note with this written on it: "Mrs. E. P. Foot, St, Paui."1 The Old Gent rmtn Qnlcklj Tumbled. From a St. Paul directory Mr. Jeroms found that Silas B. Foot was a wholesale leather dealer there aud he wrote a Ions letter to him, giving all the facts in tho case he knew. Fortunately be had written to the father-in-law of the Blood woman. Old Mr. Foot saw through the whole schema of the adventuress at once but he wanted to be sure of his ground, so ha came on to "New York with Willie's Eicture in his valise. Mrs. Campbell un esitatingly picked out her child's picture from a number shown to her by Mr. Foot, The old gentleman started back for St. Paul in a hurry, but his daughter-in-law had been warned in the meantime and had left with tbe baby for the East in spite of her husband's protest. Mrs. Campbell gave np all hope of find ing her child, but an investigation'in Phila delphia soon put Mr. Jerome on the track of Mrs. Foot, She was found with tho child at the house of a relative, at 4541 Say brook avenue, and finally agreed to give up the child. Kow Mrs. Campbell has he? child again, .and Ezra j2Wujohtained I divorce-"" The woman hasvd isoppearta An Infanticide at Canton. Canton, O., Aug. 6. Special Tha Dody of a little babe with its bead crushed was found buried in a box along tho line of the Valley P.ailroad, abont a mile from here, to-day. It was taken la charge by the officials and an investigation began which resulted in the arrest of Dr.E. S. Walker and Mrs. Lohr on a serious; charge. Walker pleaded gnilty audi was bound over under 5500 bond for his ap pearance next Wednesday. A Second Bi-IIer Committee Appointed. The Homestead Advisory Committee at their evening meeting appointed a second relief committee. This new committee will aisist the old one in attending to the legitU mate applications for relief. 5. SET RED HOSIERY. sizes, to lit all apes, full regular, fast colon. 1 0 j a r w 518 Market Street ' T . &MSfie5BgSfct'h 11 49B 4 , InHE w Wa hi.' .'.., T &taALs.'J; rft I j. 1 f.-r y A, " A' , J j
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