v "THREE SEPTEMBER ' THREE SEPTEMBERS. XoteHhe Adlets' Growth: September, 1890 3,967 September, 1891 .5,911 September, 1892 7,681 w m Note the Adletg Grojrthi September, 1890.' T. 3,9(57 September, 1891- 5, 9 1 1 September, i&gi, 7,68l f rV H S . ?L IT. 9mm mgmm . w - --r ""- lilWa.v .4? ! . MErZ&fc- f FORTY SEVENTH TEAK. BIG BALLOTS : THEJLECTIOIL lew Presses in the State Largo Enough to, Print the Blanket Ticket. THE TIME TOO SHOET TO FINISH THE JOB. Local Facilities Eardly Sufficient to Turn Out Ballots for Alle gheny County. ALL BIDS DECLARED OFF BY THE COMMISSIONERS. JEOPARDIZING Politicians in Philadelphia as Badly Surprised as Those in West- ern Pennsylvania. Voters in the Interior Counties Ex pected to Ee Disfranchised Job Printers , Claim There Won't Ee Enough Tickets to Go Around on Election Day No Cutters of the Size Required in Pittsburg and Very Few in the Quaker City If Notified by Monday the Factories Can Prepare the Paper Allegheny County Ballots Will Weigh 68 Tons Commissioners Waiting on Secretary Harrity for the Regular Ticket Before Making Con tracts. The Baker ballot law is becoming more of a conundrum every day. "What was origin ally intended as a great reform in Toting has been so thoroughly mangled by. Legis lative jugglery that even the gods are un able to fathom its mysteries. Now the job printers have discovered that the require ments of the law are snob, that they will be unable to prepare the tickets in time, and they frankly agree that from one-third to one-half of the voters of the State will be disfranchised. This is a serions problem. The trouble is caused by the size of the ballot and the short time given for the printing of the tickets. "When Mr. Har rity decided that the ballot would be 2 inches long by 22 inches wide, the printers threw up both hands. The- size is so large and unusual that there is not a paper eutter of these dimensions in Pittsburg, and Phila delphia and New York can boast of only a few. But this difficulty can be obviated if the printers can place their orders for paper with the manufacturers by next Monday. It is a question whether Mr. Harrity will have his sample ballot prepared by that time. County Commissioner Mercer hopes the ballot will be here before Saturday. Badly Fooled by the Sample At the outstart the question is raised whether Mr. Harrity's ballot of S2 inches by 22 is to be uniform in size for all the counties in the State or not. Some of the job printers claim that the tickets must be of the same dimensions under the law, while others are ficuring on reducing the blanket sheet in counties where the list of local officers to be voted for is less than the number on which the regulation ballot is based by the Secretary of the State. Some time aso the County Commissioners received a sample ballot from Harrisburg that was used by Harrity as an example lesson in the First legislative district of Philadelphia. It was 24 inches long by 22 inches wide. It was not known definitely at the time how large the regular ballots would be. The County Commissioners asked for bids based on the sample sent out. W. P. Bennett, the bookbinder, and the Pittsburg Printing Company were the only people that responded. Yesterday when the size of the actual ballot was pub lished in The Dispatch Mr. Bennett withdrew his bid. The number of regis tered voters in Allegheny county is 140, 300, and six times that many tickets, or 640,000, are needed for this county alone. One Firm Cannot Handle the Job. It was learned from Mr. Foster, of Stevenson & Foster, that the contract was too big for any one job printer in the county, but in order to help out the Com missioners Mr. Foster stated that the lead ing printers of the City had banded together to do the work, and Mr. Bennett was in duced to take the responsibility of the eon tract. Backed by the printers he put in the bid that is now withdrawn. Mr. Bennett was seen yesterday. He was coming down the hill from the Court House, where be had been in consultation with the Commissioners for several hours. He got back from Harrisburg in the morn ing, and confirmed the statement in The DispATCn about the size of the ballot. Mr. Bennett had obtained the latest in formation from Chief Clerk Snyder in Sec retary Harrity's office. Speaking of the grand mix-np, Mr. Bennett said: "I am not breaking my neck to get the contract for Allegheny county. I have al ready refused lor lack of facilities in Pitts burg to priut the tickets for lour counties in Western Pennsylvania. I have letters in my pocket that I received from Commis sioners to-day who will call on me to-morrow to see about preparing the ballots. They can't have them printed in Pittsburg. AVould Need New Machinery. "Out of CO presses in the city I can get six large enough to print a ballot 02 inches long by 22 inches wide. A paper cutter of that size is unknown in any job printing office here. The time is so short that it will tax all the available local presses to print the Allegheny county tickets. If we can't produce more than six presses here to do the work what will the interior counties do? I don't believe, outside of Pittsburg and Philadelphia, there is a press 'in the State large enough to print this -.blanket sheet. The result is sure to be that at least one-half the voters will be dis franchised for lack of ballots. I. am not worried about the paper problem. I can get enough for Allegheny county if 1 am notified by Monday. After that I am not an applicant for the job. I can arrange with the paper mills to cut it the size required, but the factories must know in time, and next Monday is the limit It is a great undertaking to print 840,000 ballots in ten days and I never could do it unless the job printers in the city agreed to help me. I have that part all arranged, but I don't care 2 cents about the job now. The responsibility is great, and if one of the tickets should get out of the office before the time fixed'by law, I am subject to a heavy fine or five years' imprisonment Mark my word, it will be impossible to print enough tickets for all the voters in the State, and a num ber of citizens can't help being disfran chised." Can't Famish the Ballots. Mr. Foster, of Stevenson & Foster, con firmed the statements of W. P. Bennett He said he had discussed the subject of printing the blanket ballots with some of the leading job printers during the day. He had come to the conclusion that it was impossible to supply the State with tickets in the short time required. It will overtax Pittsburg to print the tickets for Allegheny county, and the people in the Interior will have to go out of the State to have them printed, and then stand a very good chance of not getting them at alL Continuing, Mr. Foster said: "None of the job printers here will bid for the Alle gheny county tickets even. No one man has the facilities to get them out in time. The Job printers met some time ago, and we decided to help Mr. Bennett Doing our best we can produce about eight presses large enough in the city. To print the ballots for Allegheny county will require the constant working of these eight presses for five days of 24 hours each, and then I question if the job can be done. We onglS to have not less than six days. The weight of the Allegheny county tickets will be 68 tons. I under stand that the sample tickets will be much smaller than the regular ballot, and I tbink we can raise abont SO presses in Pittsburg to print them. The paper for the ballots in this connty could be had by applying to the mannfacturers at once, but a few days from now it will be too late. Too Much Responsibility. "A heavy bond is required for the print ing of the tickets at the specified time. None of the job printers here will assume the responsibility,forif a press broke down, or something happened to the machinery, it would be impossible to fulfil the con tract I don't blame Mr. Bennett for with drawing bis bid. He couldn't print a ballot 52 by 22 inches for the price based on the smaller sample ticket. We have ar ranged to divide up the work. It he gets the contract mv firm will be able to print about 200,000; Wl G. JohnBton & Co. is expected to turn out 150,000,and soon n-ith the others. Ifthisisthe condition of affairs in Pitts burg, what must it be in the interior of the State where a press 52x22 is unheard of. The limit here is on nn average 48 inches. You can easily see how many of the people in the rural districts will be without ballots on election day." W. G. Johnston & Co. expect to print the ballots for Greene. Westmoreland and Beaver counties. They offered to bid on part of the job in Allegheny county, but the Commissioners want one firm to be responsi ble for all. In order to be ready for the three counties named W. G. Johnston & Co. will have all their machinery carefully ex amined by the engineer before they begin the work, for a breakdown would be disas trous. The young man who ha's charge of the ballot printing fpr the firm visited Har risburg last Friday. He is under the im pression that the ballot will be 52 inches by 22 in those counties only where the Prohi bitionists polled 3 per cent of the vote, and, according to Secretary Harrity's decision, can insist on having the names of their can didates printed in a separate column. Hoping for a Smaller Ballot. He finds on comparison that in Greene and Westmoreland not as many county offi cers are to be voted for 83 in Allegheny, and he figures on a smaller ballot for these counties. When told that some people in sisted that the tickets must be uniform all over the State the manager replied that he was not sure about it, but if that is the case it would change all his plans. "One thing is certain," he added. "Ill can't order the paper Irom the manufactur ers by next Monday, we will throw up the job for the three co'unties. We are waiting now for Mr. Harrity's official ballot, and 1 expect it will be out betore Saturday. We expect to make two impressions on the same sheet It we can't do it then we will have to give up printing the tickets for one or two ot these counties. It would take too long to prepare them one at a time. In addition the ballots must be numbered and gummed, and it will require some time for the gum to dry. I am conyinced that many of the interior counties will be without tickets on election day. I think at least one-half the country people will be unable to vote. The country commissioners are putting all the trouble on the printer's shoulders, but they will wake up to find the voters without tickets on the election morning." THE SITUATION SERIOUS. Philadelphia Greatly Excited Over the Pos sibilities Under the Blanket Ballot Law The Quaker City as Poorly Prepared to Print the Tickets as Any Other Place A Paralyzer on All Sides and All Parties. Philadelphia, Oct 6. Special Connty Commissioners Dory Stulb and J. P. J. Sensenderfer did not hesitate to ex press their alarm to-day over the official' size of the Baker blanket ballot that the voters will be called upon to wrestle with next month. The 52x22 feature of the new departure fell like a paralyzer on all sides. Something of the kind was expected, but nothing of just that size. "I confess that we shall have great diffi culty in meeting the requirements of the law as it has been handed down," said Com missioner Stulb, "and do not hesitate to say that the situation is serious. It is next to impossible to print the ballot and to dis tribute it in the form and time directed. As I understand the matter, it will take 125 tons of white paper, and each ballot must be perforated, numbered and gummed bv hand. This means 150 pounds of books and ballots to be distributed to each voting precinct." It was stated to-day that there were but three printing firms in the city that could undertake the job. The firm of Dunlap & Clarke has the contract to Inrnish the bal lots, and it will emplov 300 extra hands when the order is given to go ahead. Everybody Talking About It All callers at Republican State head quarters to-day referred at length to the new difficulty in the way of supplying the voters according to the terms of the Baker act and the decision of Secretary ot State Harrity. "It-will take 10,000,000 ballots, printed, numbered, perforated, bound in books and gummed, to meet the demands of the Com missioners ot the 67 counties in this State," said General Beeder, "and how can it be done on the 52x22 basis of size required? I bave received notice to-day that the Com missioners ot Erie county were notified PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, that the size was in the figures given, and it is quite easy to see that every Commis sioner must face what practically amounts to a common peril. The law sires six days for the printing, and I understand that months will hardly suffice." Senator P. Gray Meek, of Bellefonte, said: "It looks as if we might have no elec tion. You cannot get the paper, much less print the -ballot I ordered 60 reams of the stock necessary to do the work in our county of Center, five weeks ago, and haven't got it yet Again, so much time will be lost in making corrections of the dis tricts in the forms of type that the presses cannot be worked anything like regularly, even supposing that there was a straight show in pushing through the job. Rubber Stamps to Slake the Mark. "Another thing in the law that I don't like is the cross-marking feature on the bal lot," continued Mr. Meek. "The law does not say what shall be used in doing the marking, whether a hard or soft lead pencil or pen and ink. It is very easy to erase a pencil mark and substitute it elsewhere. Election boards are but human. I believe in every Democrat using ink in making that mark." A rubber stamp will be used to do the marking on the' ballot in this city, and six of the stamps will be supplied to each booth. This meets Senator Meek's objec tion, provided County Commissioners over the State observe the same'rule. The rub ber stamp will he mighty useful to the voter, and the cross will be uniform, no matter in what square it is attached. , Cantain Jesse M. Baker, the inventor of the blanket ballot, declared to-day that "the gronp feature, as insisted upon by Chairman Reeder and the decision of the Attorney General, together with this very latest 52x22 interpretation, 'has shorn the law in both letter and spirit" Captain Baker said this in Media, while looking at the narrow booths on exhibition in the corridors of the Court House, and he looked mad enough about it to do something terrible. "Mr. Harritj's first conclusion, voting the ballot straight down with but a single cross at the top to indicate the preference, was, and is, the only sensible conclusion. That is what the law intends." "But that would kill off the independent voter," observed Lawyer Dickinson, of Chester. "I admit that the law is not intended to encourage or prooagnte independent vot ing," replied the Captain. There were some smiles in the crowd almost as big as the ballot. OUT OF THE QUESTION. Superintendent of Public Printing Grier Says U10 Tress-Work on the Tickets Couldn't Be Bone In Time If Begun To- Day Not a Sheet of the Paper on the Market Haekisbueg, Oct 6. Special. W. Hayes Grier, Superintendent of Public Printing, said to-day concerning the ballot required under the Baker law: "The ticket now being prepared is a copy of the official ballot of Erie county and will require paper 22 by 52 inches. That county has four regular county tickets. The specimen tickets will be 22 by 46 inches. The paper for the sample and spec imen ballots was hard to obtain and was only secured at a great waste in cutting. The tickets for the entire State will require about 14,000 reams of white and tinted paper in equal quantities. The weight of the paper will be between 350 and 400 tons, and to-day there is not a sheet of the size in the market "The presses in the State that can print the ticket are few and far between. Phila- delphia has contracted to have her tickets printed by Dnnlap & Co., but this firm cannot complete the job in time for the election if it would commence to-dav. Al len, Lane & Scott, of Philadelphia, have several presses large enough to do the work, but they are always- crowded with railroad work.- Bennett, of Pittsburg, can do the work, but not in time for election for his own county. State Printer E. K. Meyers, of this city, has two presses large enough for the ticket, but in the time specified bv law for printing the same he will not take J contracts tor more man Z8u,uuu, ana mat would only be enough ior about three counties the size of Lancaster, 'It requires three regular and three speci men ballots lor each voter. The regular ballots must be printed and perforated, num bered, gummed and bound in books. Speci men ballots do not need all this. The tvpe used in the ticket cannot be smaller than brevier. The Erie county ticket may be longer, but it cannot be wider than that used for some other counties." Attorney General Hensel says the State Department expects to certify all the official ballots between October 13 and 30. MR.' MERCER IS SERENE. The County Commissioners Will Follow Harrltys Instructions Drays "Will Bo Needed to Distribute the Ballots Too Heavy to Carry In the Pockets. County Commissioner Mercer is not wor rying about the new complications. He has cudgeled his brain for weeks trying to un ravel the mysteries of the law without much success. He says the Commissioners will follow the instructions from Harrisburg. They are waiting now for the official ballot All bids have been declared off, and if the regular ticket arrives in time, the official advertisement for bids will be inserted in the newspapers to-morrow. The bids will be opened on Monday, and Mr. Mercer thinks this will give the job printers time enough to order the paper from the manu facturers. "The ward workers who have ben carry ing tickets around In their pockets at former elections will be badly fooled this time," continued Mr. Mercer with a smile. "Some of the new features introduced are very amusing. Six tickets must be printed for every voter. The sample ballots will be delivered on Saturday and Monday be fore the election. I have been making a cal culation as to the weight of the tickets. One 24x22 inches weighed l'X ounces. The big ballot will tip the scales at 2U bunoes. There is one ward in the city with a registry of 1,000 voters. Their tickets will weigh 240 pounds. Some time ago Chairman Gripp told me he would help us distribute the ballots. Mr. Gripp didn't know what kind of a bargain he was mak ing. He expected to turn them over to the workers as in the olden time, but in this election plenty ot drays will be needed to do the work. No man wants to carry 100 pounds or more on his shoulder." 8P0HED BY POLITICIANS. Mr. Sherman Says All the Good Was Taken Oat of the Baker Ballot Law. Roger Sherman, the prominent attorney of Titusville, looks upon the Baker ballot law as de'eidedly amusing. He says he had spent some time trying to learn to vote, but bad to confess that he was not quite sure how to do it now. "The ballot boxes," Mr. Sherman con tinued, "seem to be the only small thing about the system. How they will be able to get all the ballots of a district into one of those little boxes is a mystery to me. Take my distriot in Titusville for instance. We have 380 voters and always have them out in Presidental years. I don't think they will be able to get more than half in the box. This feature, to my mind, is nothing to the clause permitting a man, upon declaration that he needs assistance, bave someone who knows assist him "fill opt his ballot Yon can rest assured that this person will always know how the ballot should be filled to the advantage of the bosses. With bat slight organization the 1 UUXlUMUK T, 1892-TWJJjVifi FAtr.ES. - flfprW - . . -- -u-rvafasr-;"; i . - f.J.r krt.w- I -.--- , - I m sczi7ir7,. - 'tesss jS WHS' sr , ' "- Jti Leimmm&$Mr& ; Jwmmm iitnETr. r7 sS5zzer u r yi k-r3?4-ialiiLJ',se. Sisseton Agency, 8. Dak. All day long the Indians were gathering aronnd the agency from all parts of the reservation. It is for the Indian an event that moTka his advent into a new life the life of American politics. It is wonderiul how apt they are proving themselves. Associated Press. whole virtue of the secret ballot can be thrown aside and the ward heelers can stand triumphantly by waiting to be called to the assistance of the many voters who will want or rather need assistance. The Baker bal lot law is a good thing, but the people who wanted to spoil it, have indeed succeeded in making it odious. These unwieldy portions should be cut away." THE BOXES TOO SMALL If There Are Ballots Enough. There May Be No Place to Put Them. -"I don't see how it will be possible to get all the ballots in the boxes in some of the big precincts," said County Commissioner Weir. "The tickets will be as large as a newspaper, the boxes 18 inches square. Some of the precincts in this eounty have over 1,500 votes. Try to put 1,500 news papers into Buch-a box and see how many will be left over. With ordinary paper the tickets will weigh at the rate of 85 pounds to the 1,000. Every spoiled ticket must be marked '"spoiled and placed in the ballot box, the same as the tickets voted. With such a complicated system there will be many SDoiled tickets and they will all have to go into the box. Then, after the ballots are counted the tally book, 22 inches long and an inch thick, the stubs and the ballot check list, must be put in the box with the tickets. How it will be done I can't imagine. The delivery of tickets this year will be a big item of expense. Here tofore they were sent out by messengers. but this time express wagons will be re quired for the purpose." PBOHIBIIIOSISTS ON THE TICKET. Lancaster Cold AVaterltes Determinedly Press Their Claims to Get in.Prlnt. HAEBISBUEO, Oct' 6. Special. H. D. Patton, of Lancaster, Chairman of the Stats' .-Prohibition Comtnitt; and H. T. Ames, 'of Williatnsport, Chairman of the Prohibition sub-committee, called at the State Department to-day, to certify to the vote of the candidates of that party who re ceived official standing in the last.eleotion by reason of having received 3 per cent of the, total vote cast in the district in which they are candidates. This is required by the Secretary of the Commonwealth as abasis of his certification of the candidates of this year in 'certain Congressional, Senatorial and Legislative districts, down to the county commission ers ndx sheriffs for the preparation of the ballots of the various counties. OLD MASTERS SEIZED. The Alleged Smuggler Charges the In spector Seeks Revenge for a Jilting. NewYobk, Oct 6.-The woman who is accused of smuggling into this country paintings valued at 5110,000 is said by the custom house authorities to be the divorced wife of William Campbell, the millionaire wall paper manufacturer. She is now the wife of an. Italian named Di Cacaoi, of Naples. Mrs. Campbell called at the custom house to-day to prefer charges against Inspector Traitteur. The latter, she said, had accused her of smuggling in order that he might take possession of 82 Eaintings of the value of $110,000 which elonged to her. His motive, she charged, was revenge because she did not recipro cate his passion for her. There were originally 106 paintings, but the other 24 have disappeared, find the in ference is that the woman managed to dis pose ot them. There are a number by Leonardo Da Vinci. One of them is the famous picture "Christ Carrying the Cross," valued at $25,000. There are a number by the other old masters. The woman inter ested is well known. A few years ago she met the man who had been her husband in Central Park, and in the presence of , about 1,000 persons went at him with a horsewhip. The pictures will be taken in charge by Uncle Sam, unless she makes good her allegation that they were used in her house in Naples a year prior to their transporta tion. UNEARTHLY SECRET RITES Charged Against Two Big Orders by a Man Who Was Blackballed. Gband Rapids, Oct 6. Byron E. Lockwood, of Jackson, has filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court He is at torney ior himself. His suit is gainst the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities ot this city and the world, and he demands 150,000 damages for injuries he claims to have sus tained to character and feelings by being blackballed several years ago. He accuses the fraternities of using mys terious and unearthly methods of discover ing secrets, and says that they hypnotize the applicants for admission to the orders and otherwise behave in uncanny ways. THE MADST0NE FAILED. A Kansas Politician Dies of Hydrophobia in Horrible Agony. Wichita, Kan., Oct a L H. Shlvely, Republican candidate for the Legislature, died at a hospital here from hydrophobia. He was bitten by his own dog here about a month ago, and instead of going to a Pasteur institute he went to Great Bend and had a madstone applied to the wound. The stone was adhered to the wound for 16 hours, but shortly afterward the dreaded symptoms manifested themselves. He died in the most horrible agony. Wesleyan College War Ended. CrNCDflTATr, Oct a Special The Wesleyan College war which has been waged so bitterly In Methodist circles and the courts was settled to-day by the com plete surrender of the institution by Presi dent Brown to President Rust and the trustees. FUUX 1AJ N HKA ; ( AL -TUljlllUa. "-W THE GIRLS JAILED. Sisters of the Cooleys Charged With Aiding Their Bad Brothers. A GOOD DEAL OF PLUNDER FOUND After a Search of the Dwelling Where They Harbored the Ontlaws. B0TII PLUCKY AS WELTi AS DEFIANT rFrECTAI. TILIOIU.M TO TTTB DISPAICir. 1 Ukiontowh-, Pa., Oct. a The officers are still gathering in the remnants of the Cooley gang. Three more were jailed" to day. They are Frank Cooley's two hand some sisters and bis 15-year-old brother. Constable Wilson and Deputy Sheriff" Pegg went to the Cooley residence to-day in com pany with W. Langhead to search for stolen goods., They went without any anticipation of resistance, for that famous robber rendezvous had been robbed of its terrors. A care ful search of the house from top to bottom gave them no clew to the stolen treasures they felt sure were hidden on the premises that have so long been the head quarters of the outlaw band. They then began a systematic search of the outbuildings. Every corner of the stable and smokehouse was explored. Walls and floors were sounded, but they gave back.no echo of a hidden cavity. Stolen Goods Discovered. At last in a small building, that had been apparently used as a wash house, their search was rewarded. Beneath a secret door under the main .floor tbey found the robbers' treasure trove. There were piles of cloth ing, some of the very finest quality, the. best bed clothing selected irom the stock of raanv a careful housewife, and goods of every description. A number of residents of the community who had had property stolen were sent for and identified their lost propety. The officers placed a guard oyer the property, and then notified the two sisters of the dead outlaw, Hattie and Lida, and his brother Russell, that they would have to accompany them to Union town to answer the charge of receiving and secreting stolen goods. They did not arrest the mother. - The girls declared they wouldn't go. The officers said there was no way out of it They alternately wept and stormed, but the officers were "immovable. Finally they decided to come without making a scene, and were driven down in a carriage along with their little brother. Good Looking and Defiant. The party ate supper at a hotel while Justice Wilson was preparing the commit ments. They then appeared in the Justice's office and were formally committed to jail- The girls were tastefully dressed. Both had been weeping. They are both handsome and ladylike in appearance. Lida has block eyes and dark hair. Her sister is a blue-eyed blonde. They accompanied the officers withont a word, but they showed the possession of the family pluck in their proud and defiant bearing. The only words the girls spoke were to tell the Justice their little brother's name. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM FADES. A Former Pittsburg Conple Trying to Get a Separation in the Chicago Courts The Judge Gives Them Three Days in Which to Kiss and Make Up. Chicago, Oct 6. Special Judge Anthony's court room was packed to the doors with eager spectators to-day wbeb the contested fight for legal separation be tween Anna and Robert R Reno was heard. All the parties to the suit are from Allegheny, Pa., and not known here, yet great interest was taken dn the case. The complainant; Mrs. Anna Reno, is a rather pretty young woman and was formerly a school teacher in a public school in Pittsburg. The defendant, Robert R. Reno, lived in Allegheny until about a year ago, when he came to Chicago. In May of last year the young lolKs were married in Pittsburg and at once came here. On the stand to-day Mrs. Reno testified that soon after her arrival here her hus band commenced to ill-treat and abuse her. She alleged that her husband's foster mother seemed to be the source of all the trouble, and that life in the same house with her mother-in-law was extremely mis erable. A more serious charge was made. Mr. Reno then took the stand and de clared his wife's testimony to be untrue. , He said he had always conducted himself properly toward his wife, and was not guilty of any of the charges made. He stated that three months'after their marriage his wife became homesick and wanted to return to Pittsburg. He could not do that, he said, , on acconnt of being settled here, and when he refused bis wife left him and has been in Allegheny ever since. The mother-in-law then swore she had never made trouble in the family, and rather than see a home broken up she would leave. She thought her son had treated his wife kindly. After other witnesses had testified tba Court said: "Both of you are young, with possibly a happy life before you. I shall give you three days to make up, and if you won't do that I shall grant the wife a decree ior separate maintenance." The attorneys will endeavor to induce the couple to live together again. Cleveland Back at Buzzard's Bay. Buzzakd'b Bay, Mass, Oct C. E. C Benedict's yacht Oneida, with ex-President Cleveland on board, dropped anchor off Monument Neck at 7 o'clock this morning. Mr. Cleveland was the personal guest pf Mr. Benedict and was the only passenger aboard. It was nearly 11 o'clock betore both gentlemen boarded tbe little naphtha launch and landed at Gray Gables wharf. s&&'&&'nvf3 COULDN'T BEAR DISGRACE. A Philadelphia Business Man Commits Sui cide When Found Out in Bis Sin His Life Insured for Over Half a Million He Was a Sunday School Leading Figure. Philadelphia, Oct 6. William M. Bunk, ot the extensive drygoods firm of Darlington, Bunk & Co., committed suicide this morning at his country home at St David's, near this city. Mr. Rnnk ha'd been for some time during Mr. Darlington's absence dealing in stocks. Mr. Bunk, whose own personal estate is represented to be a very handsome one, did not make these ventures with his own funds, but, aided by the absence of Mr. Darlington, employed the money of the firm. , Upon Mr. -Darlington's return he made natural-inquires as to the course of business while he was abroad, and was informed by Mr. Bunk that certain bills which had ac cumulated in the interval, aggregating the total stated above, had been paid. When the discovery was made yesterday afternoon that such was not the case, Mr. Bunk went direct to his home at St .David's. Later in the evening be wrote two letters and left them upon his library table, addressed, re spectively, to Mrs. Bunk and Mr. Darling ton, and" acquainted them with the cause ior the act The death of Mr. Bunk may prove to be a heavy loss. He was a director of the Penn Mutual Company of this city, and at the time of his death carried an in surance of $525,000 on his life. Mr. Bunk was, prominent in the Sunday School Association of the Diocese of Penn sylvania, being one of the original mem bers, and a member of the Board of Man agers of the American Church Sunday School Institute, and of the Joint Diocesan Committee on Sunday School Lessons for the Episcopal Church, who, in annual ses sion in New York, compile the lessons for the use of the church throughout the United States. He was also a member ot the Southwest Convocation and of the last Diocesan Convention, and op Tnesdayjaext' was to have gone to Baltimore to represent the Sandan schools of this diocese at the American "Sunday School .Triennial Insti tute. HENSEL WINS A SUIT. A Case of Much Importance to tho State and Estates. Haerisbueg, Oct 6. Special The Supreme Court has decided a question in which Attorney General Hensel was much interested. .It settles an important point in the law providing for a collateral inheri tance tax which has contributed to the State Treasury an annual average of about 51,000,000 the past four years. George Small was a member of the firm of P. A. & S. Small, Limited, of York. He died a resident of the city of Baltimore. A large portion of his estate, several hundred thousand dollars, consisted of shares in the limited partnership of this firm. These shares were based largely upon real estate consisting of improved farms, etc, situated in York county. The executors of the estate conte nded that these shares were personal prop erty and followed the domicile of the owner, and hence were taxable in Maryland. The Attorney General maintained that the prop erty was tangible and its situs for taxation was Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court sustained the contention of Mr. Hensel, and the estate must pay the 5 per cent tax. THE NEWEST TRUST. Typo Founders Succeed in Combining After Several False Moves. New; Yoke, Oct 6. After several fail ures the efforts of the type founders to form a combination have at last proved success ful. The new trust will be known as the Type Founders Company. It bos been in corporated under the laws of New Jersey with a capital stock of 9,000,000. All the type founders are enthusiastic. They think that profits can easily be in creased to 51,000,000 a year, and one or two go so far as to count-on 51,125,000 or 51,500, 000 annually. The reasons assigned for the formation of the combine are severe compe tition and low prices: A. D. Farmer & Son and George Brace's Son & Co.. of this city, have refused to join it Barnhart Brothers & Spiudler, of Chicago, have de clined to join the combination, but it is said they are willing to sell out to it The same statement is made concerning the Keystone Type Foundry, of Philadelphia. JUDGE 6HIEAS IN WASHINGTON. Called Upon by Eminent Lawyers at the National Capital. , Washington, Oct & Special Jus tice Shiraa arrived at the'Capital this even ing, and is stopping at the Arlington. Hotel. A number of the leading lawyers of the city called on him, as also did one or two of the justices of the Supreme Bench. Mr.- Shiras will call upon President Harri son to-morrow. It will be bis first meeting with the President since his appointment The Supreme Court will meet on Monday, and the first act after the judges take their seats will be to administer the oath to the new Justice from Pittsburg, who will ap pear in the sable robe presented to him by Pittsburg friends. HE'S IN THE ASYLUM NOW. Harry Kernell Placed In Bloomingdale by Advice of Physicians. New Yobk, Oct 6. Special Hurry Kernell, the Irish comedian, is in Bloom ingdale Asylum. His wife, Queenie Yas sar, said to-night that Drs. O'fianlon and Douglas, who examined him on Monday, decided that the best thing to do would be to put him in an asylum. Mrs. Kernell accordingly took her hus band to Bloomingdale this mornins. THREE CENTS .Qiffr it-X-ffi:' F Kj i Two Enssians Near Buffalo Pie and Alarm the Health Officials. THE PATH OF THE PLAGUE Traced From Afghanistan to North of Europe, Where the SPEED WAS ACCELEBATED, IThat Yankee Eoctore jn Paris Think of Stanhope's Inoculation. BCDA-PESTH TOE CEKTER OF INTEREST SPECIAL TZLEOIU.M TO THE DISPATCH. Tokawanda, K. Y., Oct G. In spite of all precautions at the seaboard, Asiatia cholera has broken out here, and Dr. A. V. layne, Health Officer, has sent to Buffalo for the assistance of Health Commissioner Wende, and has wired the State Board of Health for instructions. So far there have been two deaths, and two new cases are un der treatment The facts given out by Dr. Jayne are: Prank Kalma, a Russian, was taken sick early yesterday morning. Dr. R. Taber was called and found him suffering with all the symptoms of genuine Asiatic cholera. He vomited incessantly and in seven hours was dead. As. in cholera cases he fell away in flesh very rapidly. Dr. Taber notified Health Officer Jayne, who ordered the house under quarantine and prepared to fumigate. In the meantime Kalma's 5-year-old son was taken sick and died inside of sfr hours. Dr. Jayn burned every bit of bedding and furniture and culled out the police reserves to guard the house. To-day Kalma's wife and an Austrian boarder named Kalisch were taken sick. They are very low to-night and are not expected to live. Thsy are being treated for Asiatio cholera. The symptoms are exactly like those in cholera cases. Dr. Jayne in examining the house found a lot ot newspapers and letters from Hamburg and Russia which had been received within two weeks. Health Com missioner Wende will analyze the coses to morrow. ROUTE OP THE SCOURGE. An Important Document From the Marino Hospital ISurean The Scourge Hot a Fast Traveler at First, hut After a Start the Speed Increases Buda-Pcsth Now a Plague Spot Washington, Oct 6. The Marine Hos pital Bureau has caused to be translated and published an article from the leading medical journal of Constantinople, describ ing tbe routes by which the cholera spread over Asia and Europe. The eastern and southern part of the Trans-Caucasus were the focus of the- epidemic, and in a little 'Vnore than two months, or from June 20 to August 2i, there were about 30,000 chol eraic deaths in the Caucasus, of the popula-t tion of about 5,000,000, or one death in about 200 of the inhabitants. The Caucasus has been one of the most virulent focus ever known in a cholera epidemic The ar ticle states: , "If we cast a glance over the progress of the epidemic, we will see that it started from Diellabad, a city in Afghanistan, be tween Pesbawnr and Cabul, about Decern-, ber, 189L It slowly traversed the mount ainous territory separating Cabul from Herat, which latter place it reached in March, 1892. It gained Meched in the Khorassan, about May 27, from four to five months after leaving Djellabad, but from Meched it reached the Trans-Caspian rail way about June 20, Sppearing at the sta tions of Askalabad ami Ousormada on the Caspian Sea. Ballroads Make It Travel Faster. "It was, therefore, six months and more in traveling from Afghanistan to the Casp ian Sea, but there it encountered other railways and routes of navigation and trav eled to'St. Petersburg, in Northern Russia, and Hamburg, in Northwestern Germany, in less than two months. The rapidity of its progress was, therefore, quadrupled dur ing tbe second stage of its line of travel. At the time of writing cholera exists in three-fourths of the immense territory of Russia, in some ports of Germany, at Ant werp, Havre, eta There is still cause to dread the choleraio foci in tbe Caucasus and Persia, but tho conditions prevailing there are less threat ening than during August" The center of interest In Europe now is Buda P,estb, the capital of Hungary. An official bulletin issued to-day shows that on October 2 there were eight cases of cholera and six deaths there. Elsewhere the country was ftee from disease. The direst confusion reigns in the city. The Sanitary Conncil admit that they have no special vehicles for the transportation of the sick. Emperor William abandoned his proposed shooting visit to Scharfheide on learning that tho place was infected with cholera. What Doctors Think of Stanhope's Feat. The inoculation against cholera of Mr, Stanhope, the American correspondent, has Produced a great sensation in Paris circles. ir. Halstead Boyland, of the Paris faculty, formerly professor in the Baltimore Medical College, said: "From a buminitarian point ot view, Mr. Stanhope is a hero worthy of everyone's respect and admiration. Never theless, science would profit much more by bis experiment if , he had chosen an other plan. Instead of going io $, hospital where there is compara-. tively little danger, on account of the constant care and disinfection it undergoes, and where the nurses who have not been inoculated are also exposed to the disease, he should have gone to an overcrowded, damp and dirty tenement house where there have been cases of cholera before, and there lead the life its occupants do. If he should do this tbe efficacy of the Haffkine inocu lation would be proved. I firmly believe in it" Dr. Good, who is also a prominent Amer ican physician practicing in that city, saidj "It is to be lamented that Mr. Stanhope's courageous experiment will be of no use. Cholera cannot be prevented by inocula tion, as it is a disease that goes into the body by the mouth and not through out ward contact. " News From Several Infected Cities. The official cholera statistics place tha new cases yesterday at 21 against 30 Tues day. The deaths yesterday were eight, a decrease of three, compared with the figures of the preceding day. At Havre, four new coses were reported, but no deaths oc curred. Persons arriving at Athens from Buda pest are subjected to a quarantine ot 11 days at the Piraeus for observation. Pas senger vessels which left Austrian Adriatic ports since. October 1 are compelled to un dergo a five days' quarantine LE SCAR
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