. THE PTTTKBTOG DIHPATOB. TUESDAY. AUGUST 16. 1891
UNION AND HARMONY
Urged Upon the Irish Leaders by
1 the Irish-Americans.
ANALOGY OF THE GREAT STRUGGLE
Fer Home finle, the Topic of Ex-Congressman
Finertj's Address.
TTOBIIKG FOB IRELAND'S FREEDOM
Chicago, Aug. 15. One of the greatest
gathering of Irish-Americans ever held in
the West assembled to-day atOgden Grove.
The occasion was the announcement that
Hon. V. M. Gannon, of Omaha, President
of the Irish National League of America,
would be present at the annual outing of
the Irish societies of Chicago, and the
knowledge that in view of the just accom
plished accession of Gladstone, and the re
sulting crisis in the home rale movement,
the gathering -would possess widespread sig
nificance. Besides Mr. Gannon, the speak
ers were John F. Finerty and Hon. Mat
thew P. Brady, each of whom was enthusi
astically cheered by the huge throng.
The First Regiment Hibernian nines,
Companies A and B Clan-na-Gael Guards,
the Robert Emmett Guards and the numer
ous clubs of the Gaelic Athletic Association
presented a decidedly martial appearance
as they proceeded to McCoy's Hotel at 1 r.
Stand escorted the speakers to the We grove
where the eager thousands of Irish men,
women and children were in waiting.
J. J. Fttzsibbons -President of the South
Chicago National Xank, acted as Chairman.
Resolntions were adopted declaring that if
the British Parliament, permeated by the
evil spirit of the past, should again dash
from Ireland's lips the enp of peace and
justice, it should be the duty of all who ab
hor tyranny and love liberty to consider
and use other means to right the intoler
, able wrongs that have made Ireland a by
' word among the nations. Tbe resolutions
urge upon the Irish leaders the absolute
YAra4!iitT of nnion and harmonv. annlaud
the resolve of both sections of the Parlia
mentary party to act independently of all
English parties and repudiate the idea of
the acceptance of office under the English
Government by Irish members until an
Irish Parliament duly invested with sov
ereign power over the internal interests of
Ireland is in session in College Green.
Ex-Congressman Flnerty's Speech.
The feature of the day was the address of
ez-Concressman Finerty, who is President
or the United Irish Societies, of Chicago.
He drew attention to the remarkable
analogy of the home rule straggle to the
agitation of the British "reform bill" in
1832, foreshadowing what may soon be ex
pected lrom across the water. "Mr. Glad
stone," said Mr. Finerty, "adroitly refused
tobelieve that the House of Lords would
reject the home rule bill when it passed
the Commons, but Gladstone knew in his
heart that the Upper House would reject it
as it had rejected all other measures of re
form, until torced to recede.
"In the case of the celebrated reform bill,
after Catholic emancipation was called for
Ireland, the people of Great Britain who
were assisted by tbe Irish, led by Daniel
O'Connell, demanded an enlargement of the
franchise so that they might be rep
resented by men who knew their wants.
Under the pressure of this great movement,
the Wellington-Peel Torv Government re
signed in the fall ot 1830 and the Whig ad
ministration of Earl Grev and Lord John
Russell took its place. Russell's 'first re
form bill was ordered to a second reading
by the nominal majority of one vote. After
some efforts at amendment, in order to se
cure a larger majority, the Whig ministry
ordered a dissolution. The elections went
greatly in their favor, and they returned to
the House with a majority of 113, which, of
course, passed the reform bill. The Lords,
as was anticipated, threw it out bv a malor-
'ityoftl, Tpe reformers, however, perse
vered, "and on lhe"refusal of William IV. to
permit the creation of enoush Liberal peers
to carry the measure in the Lords, the Min
istry at once resigned.
Recalling Similar Liberal Attemp's.
"Popular indignation rose to such a pitch
that William was threatened on his throne,
and Lord John Russell went so far as to
Sennit his secretary to sound Sir Charles
'apier, commanding the royal forces in the
North of England, as to whether he would,
if the emergency arose, march on London
and overawe the throne and the House of
Lords. Napier indignantly spurned the
overture, and afterward, when Russell was
Premier, in 1848, used the treasonable let
ter for the purpose of saving the lives of
William Smith O'Brien and his comrades,
sentenced to be hanged drawn and quar
tered for rebellion, in which he was suc
cessful. "However, William IV. became greatly
frightened, begged the Ministers to with
draw their resignations, and gave them the
pouer to create as many new Lords as they
saw fit, in order to outvote the old ones, and
on June 7, 1832, the "Reform" bill re
ceived the royal sanction and became the
law ot the land. It is by no means improba
ble that the struggle for home rule will be
carried out on nearly the same lines and
with the same final degree of success,notwith
stauding a strong majority ot the Lords and
the stubborn Queen, who inherits the preju
dices of her grandfather, George IIL, are
bitterly opposed to the bill."
Continuing, Mr. Finerty said: "The
members of the Irish party, no matter to
what section they belong, cannot accept any
home rule bill tliat would fail to give Ire
land the control of the judiciary, the police
and the revenues of the country. The con
trol ot the militia should be included in it
it possible. A judiciary nominated by
England would be a constant menace to
justice in Ireland. A police controlled by
London instead of Dublin would be as they
are to-day only a formidable portion of
the English garrison.
Must Dbto Control of the Revenues.
"Without control of tbe revenues it would
be impossible for an Irish Government to
maintain itself independently. The militia
should be organized on the principle ot the
American States, but, owing to the recent
change of organization in the British army,
the Irish militia force has become practi
cally a portion of the recular establishment,
the battalions being virtually incorporated
with those of the line. But the
control of the police and judiciary
is more vital under existing conditions
than the control of tbe militia, although
both the Canadians and Australians are al
lowed to control their own military forces.
If the three cardinal points he stated were
not guaranteed in the bill, he failed to see
how the Irish members of the Home Rule
fiarty could conscientiouslyaccent it. Any
ack of vital perlection in the bill at the
outset might be fatal to Irish self-government
at' a later period.
"As to the retention of the Irish mem
bers at Westminster, it would be much bet
ter not to have them there at all, because
their presence in London would tend to
make the Dublin Legislature a secondary
body a mere animated state of English
Parliament. But if there was no way out of
it, -if the home rule bill cannot pass without
some such unfortunate concession, the Irish
should insist on their full present represen
tation of 103 members to legislate on what
were termed 'imperial concessions.'"
He was glad to observe that Mr. John
Dillon, Mr. John Bedmond and other in
fluential members had already expressed
themselves strongly to that effect.
Ulster's Threatened Resistance.
In referring to the threatened resistance
of Ulster to a home rule government Mr.
Finerty said, that in spite ot the Marquis
of Abercorn and Major Saunderson, the Pro
testants of Ulster, who were excellent busi
ness men, would speedily recognize that the
work of the local Irish "Legislatures could
be -much more efficiently and cheaply per
formed in Dublin than in London. As for
fighting, the very idea was preposterous.
They would have about as much chance of
victory in fighting the English and Irish
Parliaments as Rhode Island or Delaware
would have if either were Insane enough to
attempt to fight the rest of tho Union. Tho
practical good of a majority of the Irish
Protestants would speedily put down any
attempt at suoh a mad demonstration.
"It would be a'graceful act," the speaker
said, "for Mr. Gladstone on his return to
office to grant amnesty to the men acoused
of political crimes of violence, now im
prisoned in English and Irish peniten
tiaries. Even if they were guilty, as
charged, Mr. Gladstone should remember
that they were onlv engaged in ringing
that celebrated chapel bell of his, which
called, in very vigorous lashion, his atten
tion to tbe intolerable grievances uqder
which Ireland labored at the time when the
alleged attempts at crime were made. Ac
cording to Gladstone's own statement it
was the desperate acts' of these men that
drew his attention to Ireland's grievance.
Amrrloan-Irlsh Faithful Friend'.
"One day of clemency would have more
good effect on the Irish heart, home and
abroad, than a hundred years of severity.
If the crimes charged against these men had
the effect of helping to make Gladstone Ire
land's powerful ally, the aged statesman
should not be too hard on the apostles who
converted him to the faith of human lib
erty." In conclusion, Mr. Finerty, referring to
the two faotions in the Irish Parliamentary
party, said that lrom the great meeting
which he had the honor to address, and In
the name of the United Irish sooieties of
Chicago, over which ho had the honor to
preside, a mighty cry for union would go
forth to their brethren in Ireland, and
everywhere beneath the.sun. The Ameri-cau-Irish
had stood faithfully by Ireland in
the past, and they were willing to do so
again, but they firmly and emphatically
demanded union. There should be mutual
concessions, and men who were recognized
as leaders among their countrymen should
think less of their own ambitions and hear
the burnings and more of the interests,of
their common country.
Should it be necessary again to dissolve
Parliament, in order to force the home rule
bill through the House of Lords, he had no
doubt that the Irish settled in the American
Republic, and in other lands as well, would
give millions of dollars to a united Irish
party in order to maintain the struggle and
accomplish the victory. He hoped they all
might live to congratulate Ireland on" her
freedom nobly recognized, after generations
of sacrifice and ot suffering such as no other
nation had endured, and to hail her old
green flag flying proudly above her rehabil
itated Senate house, soon to be dedicated to
the perfection and the maintenance oi her
legislative independence.
President Gannon on the I.eae;ue.
President Gannon, of the Irish National
League, was given an extraordinary ova
tion. He spoke with even more than his
usual earnest eloquence. Referring to
Gladstone's return to power, pledged to
carry out the great reforms for which Par
nell organized the Irish people, Mr. Gannon
said. "What is our duty toward this con
dition of affairs? Plainly to accept it as far
as it goes and as for six
years the Irish people under appalling cir
cumstances and goaded by petty Tory
malice have implicitly trusted to the prom
ises of the Grand Old Man to continue to
give our brethren that moral and material
support which heretofore has contributed
so largely to tbe success of the movement
I may tell you confidently that the peace
mission, so mnch derided in certain quar
ters, has been largely instrumental in bring
ing abont that unity which hurled Salis
bury from power by a united Irish vote.
"Jbieven years ago in McUormicc Hall I
endeavored to answer the qnestion, 'What
does .the Land League mean?' and said it
means a Parliament in College Green with
the flag of an Irish republic floating from
the central aome and citizen soldiery
prepared and able to defend it,
We are to have the Parliament
and for the rest in the language of
Parnell, "No man can place a limit to the
march of a nation.' This angered John
Bright at the time, but despite all that has
been said I fully expect Ireland to give an
exhibition of religious tolerance the like
I of which the world has not vet witnessed.
Mr. Gannon then traced the work of his
predecessors in omce ana closed with a
lervid peroration. He was wildly cheered
by his .immense audience. Aboat 15,000
people were present.
HIS LICENSE DIDN'T GO.
Dtquesne Officials Lock an Old War Vet
eran la a Close, Narrow Cell They
Refuse to Recognize, an Offlclal Court
Document.
Patrick Fisber, a war veteran over 68
years of age, was arrested at Duquesne and
sentenced to spend 48 hours in the village
lockup for peddling without a license after
exhibiting a license issued to him by the
Court of Quarter Sessions. He served 24
hours in a ciose, tight room, scarce large
enough to move about in, without proper
attention.
Mr. Fisher, when seen at his home at Ho.
121 Elm street last night, was greatly in
censed at the treatment he had received at
Duquesne, and declared he would take the
matter into the, courts. "It Is the first time
fin my experience in peddling about the
State," said he, "that my license has not
been recognized, and I intend to see if a
court license may be trifled with."
He then drew our a license issued Septem
ber 7, 1885, by Judge Ewing. The docu
ment was torn and raeged, but it entitled
him to peddle throughout the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania as an honorably
discharged soldier who had been disabled in
service.
"I was in Duquesne last Friday selling
watermelons," said Fisher, "and was upon
the point of leaving the village when Chief
of Police McBride ordered me to
get out of town. I showed
him my license, bat he said
that didn't make any difference with him or
the law in Duquesne. I returned
Saturday afternoon and. was placed under
arrest, notwithstanding my license, and I was
sentenced to 48 hours in the lockup, and
when I protested they said I was using
some other man's license. A friend succeeded
in getting my release the next evening, but
not until I had been three 24 hours. The
lockup was too small to move about in and
I was not attended to at all. I intend to
bring the matter into court."
HOME FB0H EUKOPE.
Major Montooth Returns From a
Few
Weeks Tour on the Continent.
Major E. A. Montooth just returned last
night from a two months' tour of Europe.
Immediately upon his arrival in the citv he
repaired to his home on Fulton street.
After partaking of a hearty luncheon he
went to his apartments and was soon lost in
a much-needed rest.
Mr. Montooth left Pittsburg early in
June with O. P. Scaife, Jr. They took
passage on board the City of Chicago and
were wrecked off the coast of Ireland. The
Major reached the shore in safety with the
others, and alter recovering from his mis
adventure went to London where he re
mained three weeks. He also visited all
the prominent cities in Ireland and Scot
land and spent a portion of his time in
Paris.
A call at the residence of Mr. Montooth
last evening found him in bed. His sister
volunteered the Information that her
brother spent a delightful tfme while
abroad. "This is his second trip to Eu
rope," continued Miss Montooth, "but
upon the first one he did not have sufficient
time to visit all the places of interest. He
will be at his office to-morrow."
Lost Three 8100 Bills.
Mrs. Zelph Collins, of Eebecca street,
Allegheny, reported to the police last even
ing that she had lost a pocketbook, con
taining ?300, in a Eebecca street car, some
where between Liberty avenue, Pittsburg,
and the Allegheny end of the Federal
street bridge. She had jnst drawn the
money, in three 5100 bills, from,the Dollar
Savings Bank. The police believe that she
was followed from the bank and that her
pocket was picked. -
AN N. G. P. BOYCOTT
Urged
by the State Federation
Labor and a Jersey
of
RAP AT THE CARNEGIE COMPANY.
Lancaster Pnddlers and
Workers Accept a
I lmlra
Cut.
Iron
WlUT AGITATES YARIOUS WORKEES
Chesteb, Pa., Aug. 15. The meeting of
the State Federation of Labor was held
hero to-day. with Charles A. Miller, of
Typpgraphical Union No. 14,ot Harrisburg,
presiding. After a speeoh of welcome by
the Mayor of Chester, resolutions were
passed recommending that organized and
unorganized labor refrain from connecting
themselves with the National Guard, and
that those so connected sever their connec
tion; that the sympathy of the Federation
be extended to the Homstead strikers.
The resolutions also denounced the Car
negie Company (as unscrupnlous tyrants
refusing to treat with locked-out employes;
approving the boycott against Olelinger
Bros, cigars until the firm agrees to a fair
and just settlement with its employes.
Other resolutions were introduced to be
submitted for approval by a two-thirds vote
of all affiliated organizations providing for
a legislative committee of three to further
legislation in the following directions: To
protect union labels and trade marks
against Infringement, counterfeiting or im
itation; to have the conspiracy laws of the
State so modified as to protect the laboring
classes as well as capital; to prevent the in
troduction of Pinkertons. After tbe ap
pointment or numerous committees the
convention adjourned until to-morrow
morning.
CARNEGIE CONDEMNED.
New Jersey's Federation of Trades and La
bor Colon Congress Passes Resolntions
n amine the Company for the Recent
Troubles Suggestions for Legislative
Enactment.
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 15. The New
Jersey Federation of Trades and Labor
Union held their annual meeting here to
day at the State Capitol. The delegates
were welcomed in a speech by' Mayor
BeehteL Samuel Meller, Jr., the Presi
dent, made a lengthy address. He said the
law creating the Saturday half-holiday was
as constitutional as nine-tenths of the laws
enacted. It should not be repealed, but
perfected. He condemned the recent par
tisan legislation and the act which gives
mayors the power to appoint municipal
commissions. The Legislature was bitterly
criticised for passing the bill legalizing the
great coal combine and the President
added "that any representative who so lar
forgot his constituents as to support a
measure of that character should be rele
gated back to private life, no matter with
which party he may be affiliated."
A long resolution was passed condemning
the Carnegie mills proprietors for the
trouble at Homestead with their employes,
"the joint creators of their mills." It was
also resolved "that this Congress urges the
workmen of New Jersey to avoid all strikes
so long as the trouble at Homestead lasts
and to give immediate pecuniary aid."
The congress adopted the following, sug
gested by J. P. McDonald:
The passing of a law making eight hours a
lesrnl day's work for State, county and city
officials; that the minutes of the State Legis
lature be printed weekly during the session:
an investigation of the sweating system; to
prepare a law favoring compulsory arbitra
tion; the preservation of a lien law lor the
special protection of wage workers; favoring
a printing office to be conducted by tbe
State: tbnt homestead Talued at less than
$1,000 should be exempt from taxation, and
that public works lor the unemployed.'
should be established; the passage ot a bill
that prosecuting attorneys shall sue on
demand to recover money due" pr wages
without cost to tbe plaintiff.
The convention elected the following
officers: Thomas McGovern, President;
Samnel Meller, Treasurer; E. J. Meare,
Secretary; E. Pries and L. Reed, Vice
Presidents.
AN AMALGAMATED LAY-DOWN.
The Association Calls OS a Strike of Over
Two Tenrs at Elmlra.
Elsiiea, N. V., Aug. 15. Special
The strike in the mills of the Elmira Iron
and Steel Boiling Mill was declared off
to-day, after having been in force two years
and two months. It was an uncon
ditional surrender on the part of the
Amalgamated Association. The mills are
now in charge of L. D. Dixey & Co. They
agree to pay the prevailing scale of wages
and to give all the old men work. They do
not recognize the Amalgamated Associa
tion, and the agreement is a verbal one
made between the lessees of the mill and
the men personally.
The latter held off for months on the
question of having their association recog
nized, but had to be content withont it.
About 200 non-union men are now working
the mill and will be retained.
DISCHARGED FOB COLOR BLINDNESS.
Trouble Brewing for Michigan Railroads
Unless Engineers Aro Reinstated.
Kalamazoo, Mien., Aug. 15.' During
two weeks past, four Grand Bapids and
Indiana engineers have been discharged for
alleged color blindness. The men are
among the oldest in the employ of the com-
Eany, and two of them had their eyes tested
y experts.
"it was found to be better than the aver
age. The men have asked to be returned
to their positions, and it is understood the
officials will not accept them. Brotherhood
men here sav that unless the men are rein
stated trouble will follow. The trainmen's
unions will support the Brotherhood, and
the matter is being looked forward to with
great anxiety.
PDDDLERS GO TO WORK.
They Accept a Redaction and tho Lancas
ter Works Mart Up.
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 15. The Sus
quehanna Iron Company and the Columbia
Iron Company started work to-day after
six weeks' suspension. The pnddlers ac
cepted a reduction of from 54 to J3 65 per
ton. About 600 men are employed at the
mills.
Indianapolis Machinists Quit.
Indianapolis, Aug. 15. The 30 ma
chinists employed by the Jenny Electric
works, of this city, went on strike at noon
to-day. A union man who refused to work
on a 'piece that had gone through a non
union man's hands was discharged, where
upon the other machinists were called out.
Buffalo Tug Firemen Strike.
BtjffaloN. Y., Aug. 15. The firemen
employed on the tugs in Buffalo harbor
struck this afternoon for an advance in wages
from 35 to 550 per month. They have 'no
union organization. The tug owners will
not concede the demand.
Indiana Switchmen Want an Increase.
Indianapolis, Aug. 15. The switch
men employed by the various "Big Four"
lines passing through this city to-day made
a formal request for an increase in wages to
those paid in Chicago, the highest in the
country. The request was taken under con
sideration by the road managers.
Iron Works to Increase Its Force.
Pottstown, Pa., Aug. 15. Owing io
the very general improvement in the irwj
market, the steel works at Stowe, near
Pottstown, w ill increase its force of oper
atives several hundred men and run on
double time begiuning August 24.
HO TROUBLE HEBE.
Railroad Men Do Not Think the Buffalo
Strike Will Affect Pittsburg.
.Local railroad officials are not paying
much attention to the switchmen's strike in
Buffalo. Superintendent McOargo, of the
Allegheny Valley, does not think that the
strike 'will reach his line or interfere with
the handling of freight and passenger busi
ness at the other end of the road. He says
the wages of tbe men were arranged a year
ago, and they are satisfied.
At the Lake Erie office Superintendent
Beach said the Yanderbilt lines are not
affected, and the strike will not injure their
business. He is afraid the men will tie up
the Mahoning branch of the Nypano, which
would embarrass Lake Erie shipments.
John Downey, First Vice Grand Master
of the Switchmen, left for the West yester
day. He thought the trouble would be set
tled, but if non-union men are hired in the
Lehigh Valley yards a sympathy strike
would follow on the Allegheny Valley and
Vanderbilt lines. The Switchmen are not
very strong in Pittsburg, but the Brother
hood of Trainmen is well organized. The
opinion of the men here is that they will
take no notice of the Buffalo trouble,
neither will they refuse to handle freight
from that city if non-union men are hired.
Robert Sinnamond says the Brotherhood of
Trainmen have not been asked to decline to
handle Carnegie products. Such a request
has been made to the engineers.
CRITICISED THE COMMITTEE,
Sixth District Finishers Talk Over the 10
Per Cent Rednctlon Given Them.
YOUNGSTOWH-, a, Aug. 15. Special
The finishers oi the Sixth district of the
Amalgamated Association held a big meet
ing here this afternoon to talk about the 10
per cent reduction given them by the Pitts
burg conference.
W. K. Chapman and , George Gassman,
members of the Conference Committee, were
called upon and explained how the different
departments would be affected by the reduc
tion, and then followed a general disonssion
which is said to have been harmonious, al
though in the opinions expressed the Con
ference Committee was criticised. No action
was taken.
Scale Situation at Cleveland,
Cleveland, O., -Aug. 15. The Union
Boiling Mill Company, employing 500 men,
signed the Amalgamated Association scale
on Saturday and resumed operations to-day.
The Lake Erie Iron Company refuse to sign
the scale, but offer to sign a contract em
bodying the rate of wages demanded.
CRAZED BY ANARCHY.
John Bradbnm, or Chlcazo, Goes Insane
Thinking Abont the Government De
stroyersParades In a Red Sasli and
Disturbs Solemn Services In n Chnrcb.
John Bradbnm, of Cnicago, has been
crazed by Anarchistic ideas and is now
in the Nineteenth ward police station
awaiting his removal to a hospital for the
insane. Up to three years ago Bradburn
was a resident of tbe East End.
He resided with his sister, Mrs.
Mary Schusler, on Apple avenue. About
that time it was noticed that
Bradburn's actions were very peculiar,
and shortly after he left for Chicago where
his brother, William Brodburn, a cattle
dealer, lived. He has since visited his rela
tives here off and on, having been engaged
in shipping cattle to New York, but never
remained long with them.
About a year ago Mrs. Schusler received
word that he had pointed a revolver at his
brother in Chicago and threatened to shoot
him. Bradburn turned up shortly after
this at hia sister's house and explained the
episode by saying that he only meant it as a
bluff. He went into all the details of the
matter, stating how 'he' Jiad threatened to
shoot his brother jnst to scare him.
Two .weeks ago Bradburn again paid a
visit to his sister. Shortly after he arrived
he ;showed signs of mental weakness and
was continually talking about Anarchistic
societies. Saturday while his sister was out
he rigged himself" out in a broad red sash,
and without any shirt or shoes started to
parade the streets, waving a red fljg. He
returned home and stretched himself out on
a sofa, where his sister found him asleep
when, she returned. She could hardlv
believe the story that was told her, but the
arrival of two policemen, who verified the
statements, banished all doubt from her
mind. His sister watched him closely all
night long from her window. At
intervals he went out into the yard
and commenced to whittle wood, seeming
very nervous. On Sunday morning he
managed to get away dressed as he was be
fore. About 11 o'clock, durincr the most
impressive service, which was being con
ducted by the Rev. Father Kane, Bradburn
came running up the aisle shouting at the
top of his voice. In an instant the entire
congregation was thrown into the wildest
excitement and a rush was made for the
door. After going up to the altar he dis
appeared almost ai suddenly as he came
in through the door that leads in
to the priest,s study. Once in there he was
finally captured. He was barefooted and
only wore a pair of trousers. The rest of
his, apparel he had taken off at the front
door and had tossed it into the street. Brad
burn was finally taken home and a watch
was put on him. He escaped again, how
ever, yesterday morning while the man who
watched him slept Officers went after him
and found him at the church in the
same condition as before. He was taken to
theNineteenth ward police station where his
sister sent all things necessary to make him
comfortable.
"I want to have him placed in some insti
tution where he will have the best of care,"
said Mrs. Schusler to a Dispatch reporter.
"He seems to be completely crazed upon the
subject of Anarchy. The articles in the
papers the other morning denouncing them,
excited him very much. He has never
been violent. The only time lie ever at
tempted to do any harm was in Chicago,
when he pointed the revolver at his
brother. He told me he did this just in fun.
I will try to get him in St. Francis Hospital
to-moirow."
BE0THEE8 FIOET FOB WHI8KY.
One Dc.td and I hi Other lnjnred to That
Ho May Not Survive.
Springfield, Aug. 15. Yesterday, a
quarrel between two brothers'named Leigh
ton and Joshua Allen! two miles west of
here, over the possession of a key to a trunk
containing a bottle of whisky, resulted in a
shooting affray in which Leighton shot
Joshua in the lower part of the lace, inflict
ing a wound from which he will probably
not recover.
Leighton then placed the revolver to his
own head and fired, inflicting a wound from
which he died after remaining unconscious
for five hours.
WITH MILITABY H0N0ES.
The Remains of Captain Mardock, ot Se
vricklcy, to Be Interred by Militia.
A military funeral will be given the body
of the late Captain Jas. H. Murdock, who
died Sunday at his home in Sewickley.
This morning six Sergeants from the
Fifteenth Begiment, as pall bearers, a firing
squad and escort from the same regiment,
General Wiley and stall will go to Sewick
ley and accompany the body to Wellsville,
O.', where it will be interred with military
honors.
DIED. ,
COFFIN On Monday, at 5:30 v. w.. Dr.
John D. Cofpiit, In tbe 84th year of heraso
Funeral services at his late residence. No.
1813 Seventh avenue, Beaver Falls, Pa., on
Weditesdat, Ausnst 17, at 10 o'clock a. m. In
terment private at a late hour in the Beaver
Cemetery,
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Gold Coin Paid Out of the Sub-Treasury
for Silver Notes.
ALL OBLIGATIONS WILL BE MET
By the Government, Which Has a Fnrplus
of the Yellow Metal.
FIRES, FAIMJBES AND EAIIi INTERESTS
New York, Aug. 15. A crucial test of
tbe policy of the Government was made to
day when Heidelbaeh, Yeckelhelmer & Co.
tendered (1,000,000 in treasury notes, which
were issued on account of silver pnrchases,
and demanded for them one million in gold
for shipment to Germany by to-morrow's
steamer. The Treasury officials made no
demurrer but paid out the million gold in
exchange for tho Treasury notes, and the
gold was carted away and put on the
steamer.
Tne transaction excited some comment,
as no home institution or home banking
firm has ever in the history of the Govern
ment made a like demand on the Treasury,
and in some quarters an impression pre
vailed that tbe exporting firm took this
step not so much to take the profit on the
shipment, whioh in itself is too insignificant
for a banking firm to consider, but really
for the purpose of forcing a crisis.
Assistant Treasurer Roberts was at the
sub-Treasury while the gold for Germany
was being carted away. He admitted that
it was the first time such a demand was
made, although gold has heretofore been
given partly for old and partly for new
Treasury notes. He said in reply to ques
tions: "No steps have been taken by the
administration to prevent or obstruct the
export of gold. Its free gold balance now
amounts to 5112,000,0001"
By this statement of Treasurer Boberts it
is clear that the Government has already
decided on a plan to pay all the silver
Treasury notes in gold it it is demanded.
Vice President Cannon, of the Fourth Na
tional Bank, said he did not think that the
gold surplus would be reduced at present,
but that it would be increased instead, as
the Treasury is now receiving gold from the
Eastern banks for transhipment to the West
and the West is paying out currency on ac
count of these shipments. By this step last
year the Government increased its gold
holdings 514,000,000.
A JAY GOULD LINE IN COTBfc
Snlt Brought Djh Kansas City Man to Re
cover on Breach, of Contract.
Kansas City, Ma, Aug. 16. Jay Gould
may not gain control of the Kansas Qty,
Wyandotte and Northwestern road, at least
not until a suit filed this afternoon in the
District Court, at Wyandotte county, Kan
sas, is settled. It has beeu generally thought
he had the road practically in his posses
sion, but it has not been formally turned
over to him.
The suit is broughfby E. S. W. Drought,
of Kansas City, Kansas', against the North
western Construction Company, to recover
350,000 damages breach of contract The
company built the road and has it on its
hands. A few months since the company
byr suit compelled Jay Gould to comply
with a contract made by him with the com
pany to take JopO.OOO wor(h of construction
bonds of the road. Drought was largely
Instrumental in the construction ot the
road. The suit attaches the property of the
construction company and ties up the money
belonging to it.
KICHM0ND TERMINAL F20PEEIY.
The
UeoMvrr riles Hit Inventory aid Re
port In the TJ. 8. Coar'.
New J'ork, Aug. 15. W. G. Oakman,
was appointed receiver of the Bichmond
and West Point Terminal Bailway and
Warehouse Company on June 22, tiled his
inventory and report to-day in the United
States Circuit Court. The report gives in
detail the disposition of the various stocks
aud bonds held as security on the several
mortgages and bonds, and concludes with a
recapitulation ot the assets of the corpora
tion that actually came into the hands of
the receiver.
They are as follows: Stocks and bonds
actually in tbe hands ot the receiver,
57,484,869 77; other paid up stocks, $2,423,
075; real estate, outstanding accounts, eta,
and share in office furniture at office in this
city, 1,505,9,33 72, Total, 511,415,748 49.
Receipts and expenditures lrom June 22 to
July 30 inclusive, $20,985 34; disburse
ments, 1,333 42, leaving a balance on hand
August 1 oi $19,(357 92.
EIGHT HILLI0N-D0LLAS M0ETGAQE.
Tbe Wheeling nnd Liko Krlo K. R. Give
It to th5 rw Yoik Cenlral Trust Co.
Nobwalk, O., Aug. 15. The largest
mortgage ever placed on file in this county
has been filed in the Recorder's office and
in every county in the State through the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Bailway. It is
consolidated mortgages of $8,000,000, given
by the Wh eeling and Lake Erie Railroad
to the Central Trust Company of New
York.
The bonds are issued for the purpose of
laying additional tracks and increasing
machinery, rolling stock, building depots,
makinz improvements, and pavinir its un
funded debts and redeeming its bonds, and
lor any purpose authorized by' law. The
bonds are of the demomnation oi $1,000
each, payable in gold at the rate of 5 per
cent per annum. The mortgage is upon
250 2-10 miles of railway from Toledo to
Martin's Ferry, from Norwalk to Huron,
and from Portland to Steubenville.
BAILWAY INTERESTS.
Eabtbousd shipments of freight from Chi
cago last week, by all lines, amounted to
17.3GS tons, against 52,745 lor the preceding
ueulc, adeciease of 5,379 tons nnd against
47,075 tor the con esponding week last year,
u decrease or 309 tons.
The Maple Leaf wants to get Into the
Union Depot at Kansas City. It is claimed
that tbe compauy, in case it bo denied
entrance to the depot, will make u $1 round
trip from Chicago, and hold it there until
the other roads are lorced to come to its as
sistanco and help It to get an entrance.
Through shipments of flour, grain and pro
visions lrom Chicago to the seaboard by the
roads in tbe Centrtl Traffic Association
amounted during the week to 15,930 tons,
against 20,377 for the preceding week, a de
crease or 4,427 tons, and against 13, 1C0 for the
cor i esponding week last year, a decrease of
2,210 tuns.
Chairman Caldwell, of the 'Western Pas
senger Association, handed down bis decis
ion to-day on the application or the Atchison
Company for authority to make a round
tiiprutoof$3 uetween Chloago nnd Kansas
.City on the occasion of tbe Knights of
.rytmas encampment at tne inner piace.
Tne chairman giants the authority asked.
S. O. Woods, civil engineer of Los Angeles,
Col., is In San Francisco on his way to Curta
genn, United States or Colombia, where lie
goes as consulting cnslneer in the construc
tion ol a lino or ralhoad from Cartagena to
Slaisadela, a distance o. 150 miles. The coin
puny uy which be is employed Is composed
of Boston capitalists, and the road is pro
jected us n leeder for tnu Nlcaraguan Canal.
A wealthy syndicate wis recently formed
for tbe purpose of building railroads
in Idaho, and is already niakins prepara
tions to construct a bioad gauge road irom
Weiser, on tho Oregon Short Line, Union Pa
clflcsjstem, to tbe Seven Devils mining re
gion, a distance of 90 miles. Later tbeioad
will be extended to Lewiston. It Is thougbt
tbe Union Pacific is tbe controlling spirit of
tbe syndicate.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
The property of C. II. Abbott & Co., pro
prietors of the factories In Chelsea una
Sbntb Bovalton. Vt.. has been attached.
Liabilities unknown. I
Yesterday morning at Chambers, Tonn,,
United States Court Judge Howell E. Jack
son refuged to appoint a receiver for the
Cardiff Coal and Iron Company, of Chatta
nooga and Hamilton county.
Canada's sheep trade with Great Britain
has been a failure this season. Shippers
have sustained heavy losses and are now
dropping oat of the market altogether, so
tbe season Is practically over. Tbe ship
ments to date nmoant to 14,703 sheep,
against 25.TC9 lor tbe same period last year.
Os petition of the creditors of t!io financial
house of a Do Murrieta A Co., Limited, or
So. 7 Adams Court, Old Broad street, Lon
don, a receiving order in bankruptcy was
made to-day against tho company. No de
tails of the matter have yet transpired. The
company has been in difficulty for a long
time.
Suit for (1,000 bas been brought In tbe Cir
cuit Court at Chicago against the Wm. A.
Bieder Glue Company at al, by tbe Monon
gahela National Bank, of Pittsburg. The
bank claims through their locat attorneys,
Knight A Browne, that for some reason the
Wm. Baeder Glne Company refuses to pay
drafts or any part thereof aithoueh fre
quently requested to do so. Hence tbe suit
lor principal and interest.
THE FHiE BECOBD.
Joliet, Ills. Tbe .Toilet Chemical Works
burned yesterday. Loss $50,000.
Aberdeen, 8. D. KIre at Westport yester
day destroyed two Isnre elevators, the prop
erty of Allen. Bagley & Cargill, of
Minneapolis. Los partly covered by Insur
ance. A bolt of lightning was the origin of
the Are.
Traverse City, Mich. Tbe loss by last
night's Are, which destroyed William
Bietner's chair and curtain pole factory mill,
initnniactnrea stock ana pine inmoer, u
$35,000: Insurance, 10,00a
St. Paul, Minn. Tbe handsome residence
of John F. Eisenmergerat 1013 Mound street,
was entirely destroyed by Are to-day. The
house cost $47,000 and had been newly furn
ished about a year. The home was insured
for $33,000 and the furniture and effects for
$3,500.
Lima, O. Tbe barn owned by Hamilton
Post, sltuat-d on his farm, about four miles
lrom this city, was destroyed by nro yester
day afternoon. The contents, consisting of
75 tons of hay, and several wagons were a
total loss. Loss sio.000.
THE LAST BAT 10 FAY.
Assessments for the Thlrty-lblrd Street
Sewer Become Delinquent.
Yesterday was the last day for payment
of assessments on the two-mile run, or
Thirty-third street sewer, at the City Treas
urer's office. As is usual on the last day
for paying any form of city money, hun
dreds had waited for it, and there was a
rush all daylong. There being only one
collection book, only one clerk could wait
on the crowd, and as a result many were
kept waiting for hours belnre they could
reach the window to pay their cosh.
To-day the books will go to the City At
torney, who will complete the collection.
The total assessment was 256,454 15, but
as only about 100,000 was collected by the
City Treasurer, the bulk of the money will
be collected by the City Attorney. It fs pos
sible that he will collect tor a week or ten
days without charging interest, owing to
the large number of persons assessed, for
this improvement, though that is a matter
of his option. Alter 60 days he must file
liens on all properties the assessments on
which have not been paid.
The reassessment on the Thirty-third
street sewer talked ot recently because of
the numerous transfers ot property made
since the property list was copied has been
abandoned. The City Attorney will there
fore proceed on the list before long, and
while it will involve a great amount of
work, the law is so arranged that it will be
impossible for anyone benefited to escape
payment.
PEOPLE C0MIUG AND GOING.
James W. Grove was a passenger for
Xew York last night.
C F. Heyman, of Wheeling, put up at
tho Scblosser last night.
Harry Williams and his family left for
Atlantic City last nlgl't.
Sergeant Binger left for the JeSerson
Barracks last niglit with four recruits.
F. H. Magee and George McFarland are
making a brief visit to Mt." Clemens. Mich.
G A. Oast, assistant editor of the Lancas
ter Morning Newt, was In the city yesterday.
Archie McKenzie, advance roan for the
"Struggle of Life" Company, is at the St.
Charles.
C. A. Morris, of Tyrone, and Walter
Lowther and E. N. Gillespie, ofFrceport, are
stopping at the Anderson.
F. E. Bandall and wife, of Cleveland,
and J. R. Stauffer, of Scoctdale. are regis
tered at the Seventh Avenue Hotel.
Lemuel Bannister, Vice President of tbe
Westlnghouse H lee trie Company, left for
Chicago on the limited last evening.
Bev. Dr. Alien, of the Presbyterian
Board of Missions for Freedmen, is lying
very low at his residence In Shadyside.
Stewart Hamilton, the day turnkey in
tne Allegheny lockup, and family have gone
to the mountains lor a ten days' vaoation.
T. B. Coulter, of Stenbenville, Sixth
Auditor of the Treasury, pas'rd through
the city last evening bound for Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Vogel, of 46 Ohio street,
Allegheny, have returned from a two weeKs'
trip to Atlantic City and other Eastern
cities.
Mrs. William Rogers and Miss Lillie
Rogers, of Chntleroi, and Mrs. S.E. Douglass,
of Tldlotite, were among the guests at the
St. James Hotel yesterday.
Georee B. Kalne of TJniontown: W. L.
Bowlus, commercial azent for the Wabash
load at Cleveland, and E. R. Hendry, a glass
buyer from Honolulu, are registered at the
Monongahela House.
Colonel John Irwin, of ihe Pittsburg
Transfer Btatlon, will leave to-nUtbtwlthhls
wife and son for an extended eastern trip,
going to Boiton, Orchard Beach and Taun
ton. The trip will occupy two weeks.
William F. Welzel left for Carlisle last
nizht to attend tho State conference of tbe
Federation of Labor. He goes as delegate
lrom Typographical "Union Nd. 7, of Pitts
burg. It is the regular animal meeting.
John T. Dravo, Customs Surveyor,and his
family will visit tbe Jit. Sewickley camp,
Leetsdale, for the next two weeks. II r.
Dravo's daughter, Mrs. McCreery, of Wash
ington City, is making a visit to her family.
Piekoe McCabe was committed to Jail yes
terday by Alderman Means for a trial at
court on a charge of larceny by bailee, pre
ferred by G. B. Lott, who alleges that Mc
Cabe stolo a wagon from him.
Last night Charles Moore fell asleep at
the Hazel wood depot of tbe Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad and had his pocket picked of
$35. The police were notified.
Thomas Delasco and Thomas Demont were
looked up for fighting in a Wylle avenue
saloon. Demont was cut on the head with a
beer glass.
' Another Sealer -elzd.
Washington-, Aug. 15. Captain Evans,
commanding the Alaskan fleet, reports to
the Navv Department the seizure of the
sealer Winifred for violation of the modus
Vivendi, but gives no particulars.
Lat Excursion to Attantlo City
Via tho B. & O. railroad, Thursday, August
25, at the popular rate oi $10 the round trip;
tickets good for 12 days, and stood to stop at
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington re
turning. Trains leavo 1'lttsUurg at 8 a.m.
and 9.20 p. M.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
&s&m
ABSOIaTELY PURE
MIGHTS COMING EL
Mayor Gonrley Will Welcome the
Pythias Members This Morning;
BIG CONTEST FOR INNER GUARD.
Headquarters Opened and Candidates Doing
Eome Lively Wort
J. J. DAVIS NEXT GBAND CHANCELLOR
The Knights of Pythias will own the town
during their stay here. The annual meet
ing of the Grand Lodge will begin this
morning in the Grand Opera House, and
by 10 o'clock fully 500 delegates are
expected to be present. Most of
the officers arrived yesterday, and
members came in on all the late trains.
The reception committee, consisting of 100
members; was kept busy going to the de
pots and receiving visitors. The committee
held a meeting at the Monongahela House
last night and made arrangements to be at
the various stations this morning to wel-.
come the Uniformed Bank.
A number of business houses have been
decorated with flags, and the words "Wel
come Knights" can be seen almost any
where along the streets. The headquarters
will be at the Monongahela House, and the
lobby of the hotel is looking very gay with
its garb of red, white and blue. The Cen
tral Hotel is most elaborately decorated in
side and out.
A. Brave Display or Banting.
Flags wave from every window, and a
fine banner of the famous Inland City divi
sion from Lancaster is stretched across the
street. Lancaster will furnish 100 men
with a band of 25 pieces, and they will all
be located at the Central. The officers ex
pect 5,000 members, and while the hotels
will be jammed all the visitors will be
cared for. Tbe Lancaster people will come
in this morning. Delegations are headed
this way from New York, Ohio, West Vir
ginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and by
to-night they will all be here ready for the
parade to-morrow alternoon.
Among the erand officers in the city are
Grand Chancellor Backman, Giand Prelate
J. M. Slratton, Grand Inner Guard C. G.
Freed, George Hawkes. Keeper of Records
and Seals, Julius Monntney, Oscar Kline
and Smith D. Cozens, Supreme Representa
tives. The Grand Vice Chancellor is J. J.
Davis, and the Grand Moster-at-Arms R.
H. Jackson, of Pittsburg. Nearly all the
other officers hail from Philadelphia.
The meeting in the Opera House will
open this morning with an address of wel
come from Mayor Gonrley. R. H. Jack
son will speak for the lodges of Allegheny
county, atid Grand Chancellor Bnckman.
will respond. The morning session will be
taken up with speech making.
tVbere There Is a 1Avj Contest.
In the afternoon the election of the Grand
Inner Guard will occur. There is a
tremendous contest for the place. The
leading candidate is considered to be Dr.
Donnell, of Scranton. He has opened
headquarters in the Seventh Avenue Hotel,
and is prepared to do some hustling. Other
candidates are J. N. Anderson,Tioga county;
William Seller", Allegheny, and last, but
not least, comes Colonel Sewell.ot Scottdale,
The election is determined by a majority
vote of tbe lodges and there are 4,000 in
the State, so that a candidate must have
2.001 to win. Should nobody have a ma
jority, the election is then decided by a vote
of the delegates on the floor, it is dimcult
to say who will win, for all the candidates
are working hard.
The result of the other elections which
have been held was announced yesterday.
J. J. Davis, Assistant City Controller, is
the new Grand Chancellor; John Stratton,
Grand Vice Chancellor; B. ' H. Jackson,
Grand Prelate; C. G. Freed, Grand Master-at-Arms;
George Hawkes, Keeper of Rec
ords and Seals; Julius Mountnev, Grand
Master of the Exchequer, and the Grand
Trustees are Messrs. Beebe, Hart and Love.
Some Staff Appointments.
Coroner Heber McDowell, marshal of the
second division of the Knights of Pythias
parade to-morrow, announced his staff ap
pointments yesterday. They are: Chief of
Staff, William Angloch; Assistant Chief of
Staff, Harry Peterson; Assistant Adjutant,
W. H. Hahn; Color Bearer, James Mc
Ateer; Aides, A. K. Williamson, Joseph
Van TJIlem, Meyer Silverberg. William A.
Eichleay, Louis Schirainer, H. A. Hoffman,
S. P. Barrows, Thomas Asbnry, F. A.
Spink, M. Kober, B. & McDowell,
Jasper A. Wolfe, A. Pearlstein, Ed
Hullng, W. S. Duff, Thomas Carson,
William Lang, L. LeBoy, S. P. Clayburg,
C H. Kramer, Mott Steel, Morris Rosen
thal, George Tann. M. J. Price, John
Bercham, Frank X. Barns, E. J. Mc
Laughlin, Charles H. Brenning, Richard
Nolan, F- J. Shlnn, A. Bernstein, B. M.
Vance, J. C Stnrtz, Lonis Smith, Charles
H. Price, George B. B. Bather, George
W. Meyer, F. M. -Williams, W. D.
Houghtelln, George W. Gibson, Dr. W.
T. Morgan, W. J. Knox, W. M. Canfield,
Oswald'Heckman, Joseph Holland, George
Gelder.
Might Be Dancerons at Laxgr.
Frank Sheehan, who was arrested Sunday
on suspicion of being a partner of Shea, the
Southside burglar, will probably be sent to
the Reform Farm, as no direct evidence
against him was given at last night's hear
ing before Alderman Succop.
DON'T DOSE THE BABY.
When She Is Sick It Is Usually From Want
of Proper Diet nnd Better Food Is
Necfiary.
In Fort Ann. S. Y., there Is a flourishing bit of
babyhood with bright chreki, fat and round as one
of Blake's dream-children, who owrs her health
and happiness, like thouiands of other children la
this country, to laetated
food. Fortunatel the
time bas gone by when
people believed that If
babr wai tick baby need
ed a dose of medicine.
People hare begun to
learn that medicines for
Infants are more sparing
ly nied In physician'
families than In any
fram.es VA.nr.. otnera, ana ui wie ncr-
age physician, when the mother's milk, for any
reason, is not quite sufficient, brings up his own
children upon Iactated food.
Mrs. Lacy V. Farr, the mother of the pretty
baby whose likeness Is here glren, writes for pub
lication: Lactated food Is everything that It Is recom
mended to be. Mr little g Ifl Frances was fed on It
from are months old. She was a very delicate baby,
but as soon as she was put on the food she thrived
wonderfully aud now has very hard flfsn.thoogli.ln
addition to teethinfr, she has had scarlet fever,
whooping cough and la grippe. Mr pnyaiclaa
says, of all the foods, lactated food is the best."
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