Bnfan.'itimn Heclln gettwftai VOL.XXVIII. DKLASIATKB And Ills Owners—The Stiiinlaitl Oil Com pany—ills Treachery in Ihe Senate- Why He Bolted the Anti-Discrimina tion Bill, anil Mow He Was Itronalu to '1 erius. Potts ville, Pa*, Aniil 22. —The Potts ville Republican, a staunch Republican paper, to-day prints the following: George W. Delamatcr has been a self ish traitor to his party, anil he has given proof of his fealty to the Standard Oil Coihpany. The storyof his course on the Anti- Discrimination Bill of 1887 is almost ns bad as his conduct on the Billingsley bill. The Republican State Convention of 1886, pledged the party to the passage of an Anti-Discrimination Bill. Several bills were submitted to the Re. publican members and among them one by Senator Watres, and one by Senator Penrose. The latter bill was drawn fairly and fully on the lines laid down in the Inter-State Commerce Bill. There was some friction over the differ ent bills, but the Penrose measure was finally agreed upon in the Republican caucus. ' It was prisented in the Senate by Sen ator Rutan, and was referred to the Ju diciary Committee, of which Delamater was a member. On first and second readings the bill was supported by Mr. Delamater. lie never offered objections to it as a meas ure or hinted at dissatisfact.on until the night before the bill came up for third reading and final passage. On the night of March 10, 1887, Sena tors Delamater, Wat res and McFarlaud were noticed in close consultation about 11 o'clock with Senators Wolvertou, Ross, Hemminger and other Democratic lcadci s Later in the night he was accused of contemplating treachery to his party, and he confessed it. lie suid that on the fol lowing day eight Republican Senators under the lead of himself and Watres hud agreed to vote with the Democrats and defeat the Anti-Discrimination Bill. When asked for the reason for his ac tion he replied that he had. been ignored by such men as Reyburi), George Handy Smith, Penrose, Rutan, Cooper, New myer, Scott Alexander and other Repub lican leaders. He said that he was not called into the councils of the party and consulted as to its course. He declared he intended to make himself a leader even if he had to break up the party in the Senate on an important State measure. The Republican Senators denounced Delamater for his treachery and petty sel fishness, and declared that he was a po litical pirate. He remained unmoved, and no entreaties or arguments could move him from his declared policy. After investigation it was found that twenty-five Republican Senators would stand by the bill. This was one short of the required majority. A member of the Senate who was fa miliar with Delnmater's connections sug gested that perhaps there was some way to reach him through the Standard Oil Company. The recognized and known lobby repre sentative of the Standard Oil Company was visited and told the situation. He said that Delamater was acting foolishly and that lie would see him and fix the thing up. This representative of the Standard— who in connection with Delamater was in charge of the Standard's fight against the Billingsley Hill —saw Delamater very early in the morning of March 17th at his room at the Locliiel House. A of Republican Senators had been called to meet at 8 A. M. that day. The caucus was in session when it was announced that Delamater was outside and wanted to sec three of the leaders. These gentlemen went into the half and were told by Delamater that he would vote for the Anti-Discrimination bill provided they would make two promises. The first thing he demanded was that henceforth he should be regarded as one of the Republican leaders in the Senate and should be consulted on all measures and (juestions of policy. This was agreed to. The second demand was that the men to whom he had talked should agree to op pose the Hillingslcy bill and help him de feat it. This was agreed to also. Mr. Delamater, radiant at the success of his piratical scheme, then came into the caucus, pledged himself to vote for the Anti-Discrimination bill and did vote for it later on the same day, deserting Watres and the men to whom he had pledged himself the night before. The agent of the Standard Oil Com pany called on the Republican Senators, said he had seen Delamater and it was all right if they would be against the Billingsley bill. He was told of what had happened and approved Delamater's action. This is the story in brief. The Stand ard Oil Company had influence enough to bring Delamater to terms when all other efforts failed. We challenge the denial of any of these statements. The facts can be had of any man who was a member of the Senate in 1887. JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY. PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1890. ANOTHKK HODV FOUND. It Was Discovered 111 the Stonycreek Tnes lay Afternoon. Tuesday afteruoon about 8 n'c'ock, the finding of > boil* 'ii Hie Stooyereek was reported at Hen Person's Morgue. A wagon was sent for it and brought it to the morgue. The body is described as follows : No. 541—Male; height about 5 feet, 8 inches; hair black, very short and curly; white merino underwear, chev iot shirt, " " and wniie stripe, with collar; two black frock coats, one d agonal and the other worsted with little check; black cork-screw vest, gray cassimere pants with stripes; abou No. 9 gum boots with leather soles and nails in sides. What Is Wrong With the Committees 7 To the KaUor or the Johnstown Democrat. For some time e mmunicai ions linve appeared in the Tribune signed "Citi zen." If they are all written by the same person that particular citizen' is in a bad way and should not concentrate his great intellect now on only one matter after having scattered around so much. It is true there should bo something done with our rivers. But will " Citizen " tell us who is doing anything m that direc tion ? Has there been anything done ? lias Congress been asked to do anything ? If so, when, how, and what has been the result ? Dredging our rivers and a public build ing are two different matters, and the success of either would not be detri mental to the other. But because nothing is being do-a to have our rivers cleaned out and .deued is no reason why we should sit idle and try to do nothing. Shall the people stop budding and cease to make improvements because those who have had charge of making an ,effort to secure aid or action .in having the rivers improved, have done nothing, or who have at least not let the public know anything about their efforts. By the way, Mr. Editor, what has be come of our local Finance Committee, and the large amount of funds sent to it? Did you ever hear of : the Committee of Fif teen? Tell me, if you can, what is wrong with these committees and what are they doing. Wouldn't it be a good thing to appoint a new committee to investigate these matters and let the public know what is going on. ANOTHER CITIZEN. That Gambling House Case. Hotel keeper Troxell, of the Ninth ward, had a hearing before Justice Hart •Tuesday on a charge of keeping a gam bling house. He entered bail in the sum of S4OO for Court. The case as near as wo could learn was as follows : Frazer, the prosecutor, who is a traveling photo grapher, called in at Troxell's hotel the other day and wanted to tuke a photo graph of the building, and while com mending his own proficiency in view making and his knowledge of things in general, Enoch Gleichauf came in, and entering into the conversation asked Frazer if he knew the definition of the word "Transpire." Frazer thought he did, and made a $lO bet that it didn't mean* " to sweat" being very certain he was right Frazer raised the bet to S2O. At that point Troxell objected to the bet ting, but was finally induced by Frazer to hold the stakes. The " betters " went to town to hunt a Webster, and in an hour or so returned. Frazer acknowledging that he was beaten, but insisting that Troxell give Gleichauf but $5. Troxell wanted each to take their money and drop the matter, but they wanted no coun sel in the matter. Chal. L Dick. Esq., was for the prosecutor and M. 11. Stephens, Esq., for the defense. Into tliu ltiver. A laughable but serious affair occurred on Tuesday afternoon while three citizens of Morrellville were fording the river in a buggy at the Cambria bridge. The driver got the rig into a hole in the river bed, and oueof the occupants was shifted from his seat into the river. Before anything could be done he came near drowning. A friend who came to his assistance proba bly was the means of saving his life. Otherwise he would certainly have gone to a watery grave. It was laughable nevertheless for those who witnessed it. One of the party lost his hat, and when one of the other two went to borrow one for him, he came in contact with the fore man of the bridge who refused him per mission to cross. For a while it looked as if there would be a small riot, but the individual got across nevertheless and got a hat. The three then left for town in good shape. Child Kim Over, Somerset Democrat. Adout 7 o'clock Monday morning, James, one of the twin sons of Mr. 8. D. Shoemaker, of East Main street, was run over by a two-horse wagon and quite seriously hurt. He with his little brother and other children were at play in an alley near his father's residence, when John Spangler, a teamster, drove through the alley. One of the wheels of the large wagon struck the lad, or he fell in front of it, the wheel passing over the lower portion of his back, and throwing him on his face, injured the face on a stone in the roadway, The boy is only about six years of age, and though very severely hurt his recovery is lookeri for. The mishap is believed to have been purely accidental. OUR Kit KIIS. Fnglneor Chtl Sclmnl* Make* IIIh Kenort to tlie Finance Committee. S- m moutiih fgo the Fiouu Finance Committee employe 1 Knirieer Carl Shank, of Cincinnati to make certain surveys and reports on the condition of our rivers, rccommenditig 9uch measures as he saw proper for insuring freedom from floods to the lower parts of our city. He with the necessary assistance set to work, and lias lately pluced in the hands ot the committee a report, making several recommendations, chief among which is the changing of the bed of the Stony creek so as to make its path straight along the base of tho Kernville hill from the vicinity of the Poplar street bridge. Another recommendation is to cut straight through what was formerly Cambria City from the stone bridge to a point about opposite the Morrellvillc crossing. Levees arc are also recommended for the low buDks in places where there is danger from overflows. Speaking of the rivers here,the report says: "The nversat Johnstown, in their present condition, are certainly inadequate to the required discharge. This is especially true of the Stonycreek, which is too narrow and crooked." Another n. cans proposed for stiaight ening the Stouycreek is to make a direct course from the Franklin street bridge to the point of its junction with the Cou emaugh. The estimated amount of eaitli to be re moved in excavating a new channel, and that for leveeing, according to the res pective project, is as follows: Cut through elbow below Franklin street: excavation of new channel, 393,657 cubic yards; for widening river, 142,044 j leveeing from foot of Market, street to Saudvale graveyard, 60,403; total, 495,- 104 cubic yards. Hill project (turning Stonycreek through lvernville) ; excavatiou for river bed and road, 613,192 cubic yards ; levee ing along Little Conemaugh and Stony creek to Kernvtlle, 18,311; total. 631,503 cubic yards. Cut through Cambria City ; excavation of a new clianuel through that place, 317,600 cubic yards. The subject of the needed levee at Wood vale is spoken of, and the dam which keeps back the water and helps to increase the danger from overflow is spoken ot and a remedy suggested. The treatment of the subject is from a scientiflc point of view, which takes no account of the meaus necessary to carry out the projects set forth. It would certainly improve the city very much if we could have the rivers flow where we wish. A Humble Hero's Death. Owensborougli (Ky.) .Messenger. Engineer Burns, who was killed in the wreck at Hobard Station, in Henderson county, a few days ago, was the author of a heroic act ten years ago that made him for a time famous. He was the en gineer of a fast passenger train on the main stem of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. One day-he detected, only a short distance ahead, a little child sitting in the middle of the track playing with ils rattle, lie couldn't stop the train, the distance was so short, but he ran out and climbed down on the cow catcher, and fastening one foot between the bars to balance himself, reached out and snatched the child up. Burns was presented with a gold medal and greatly lionized by the press and the people for this heroic deed. Stories of this kind have been read in the Sunday school papers, but this was an actual occurrence. Burns afterward be came dissipated and lost his place, but recently was re-employed and given an important train, only to meet this tragic fate. ALRFI Will C. Luther Meets W>tl u Rather heriouft Minimi)*. While standing on a chair at her home on Monday, Mrs. Will C. Louther slipped and fell to the floor in a violent manner. She was rendered almost unconscious for a time and it was feared she had suffered more serious injury, but nn examination showed that two of her ribs were broken from the effects of which she is rapidly recovering. Still Mlaaing. Julius Sabbath, who disapueared from his home in the Sixteenth ward on Sun day evening, is still missing. His height was about five feet three inches, and bis weight 135 pounds. He wore a sack coat, light striped pantaloons,;and a plush cap. A wife and family of several chil dren will be very glad to learn of his whereabouts. The Philadelphia Press (Rep) has dis covered a lesson in the late elections. It says: "There is one thing that these spring elections do teach very evidently, and that is that patronage does not strengthen the Republican parly. There is not a visible Bign nny where that a vote lias been added to the party's poll by the offices it has received during the past year." True, very true. The Republi can party would have been just as wll off if Harrison had not repudiated his own and his party's civil service reform pledges. BOARD OF TRADE. I PROCEEDINGS OF THE KKOUI.AK MOSTHLV MEETING MONDAY EVENINo. K |xnls of the committee on Municipal A flair.*, Committee on Keal Estate, and 'treasurer'!* Keport—Tlio City Council Ui'Ced to Establish a Hoard of Health— The Project of Public Untitling Dis cussed. Hoard of Trade was called lo order by First Vice President Moses. The roll was called and the following members were present: G. W. Moses, W. C. Lewis, John 11. Waters, James M. Walters, George A. Hager, P. L. CarpeD tor, P. S. Fisher, E. Zang, Dr. G. C. Con rad, Dr. A. N. Wakefield, Chas. Griffith, Dr. G. W. Wagoner, S. D. Canan, L. D. Woodruff Jacob Focklcr, P. A. Cobaugh. Minutes of last regular meeting were read and approved. Report of Standing Committci s called for. Committee on Munufacturicß had no re port. Dr. G. E. Conrad, as Secretary of Com mittee on Real Estate, reported as fol lows : JOHNSTOWN, PA., April 31, 1 st*), committee on Real Estate met at Board of Trade rooms April t, 1890, at 3 o'clock. Membeia present: president Geo. W. Moses, Herman tuumer, J. H. Waters, and G. E. Conrad. E. T. Felt being absent, on motion of Herman Bannier, it was resolved that U. E. Conrad act as Secretary during term. There being no applications for locations from any manufacturers, It wus resolved to be In readiness to assist corporations, asking as. .istanee. Subjects discussed: Draining of our streams, nee library, over head bridges, Pennsylvania Railroad, at Morrellvllle and brlige to Prospect and Hospital, also asking council to pass ordi nance prohibiting trains from running faster than live or six miles an hour In city limits until over bead bridges are built . Meeting adjourned to meet at call of l'resl lent. U. E. CONBAD, secretary. Mr. Waters moved the report be re ceived and tiled. Dr. Wagoner moved that the Committee be directed to prepare resolutions em bodying their views on the difflcrent sub jects mentioned in their resport. Committee on Finance had no report. Mr. Fisher, Chairman of Municipal Committee, reported that his Committee met and organized by selectiug 11. W. Storey, Secretary, He also reported the committee's action on the different turn pike routes to Munday's, as follows : JHHNSTOWN. PA., April 21,1890. 7b Hie Board of Trade : Your committee on Municipal Affaire to whom was referred the proposed turnpike route to Munday's, beg leave to report as follows: The committee on Municipal Affairs met pur suant to notice, at a p. M.. March 27th, to meet all persons interested in any projected road to Johnstown, and especially those Interested In the Hlnckston's Hun and Conemaugh routes to Munday's, connecting at that place with the old State road. P. S. Fisher, chairman, Geo K. Shryock, Scott Dlbert, and L.D. Woodruff, ot this committee, were present. The meeting was called to order by the Chair, and the objects stated. Mr. p. F, Custer, ot Vlnco, Jackson township, made some remarks In reference to the conemaugh route, but was not able to state how much the road would ccsl per mile. Mr. B. HensholT, one ot those In tavor of;illuekston's Hun route, stated that Mr IVm. S.lck had been employed In making a sur vey of that route. Mr. Slick produced a survey he had made. lie said Monday's could be reached by a distance of nine miles and 133 perches, that he grade In no place would be over two degrees, that only three bridges would bo required, and that the cost per iulle to build the road would not exceed over $3,800. There are on this route two straight lines of about halt a mile each, and that the prosed road would be a line one Its whole length. Your committee, after careful deliberation, think that the lllnckston's Hun route would be a good one, perhaps the best one leading to Mun day's, and from the tacts we have so far learned as to the proposed routes, your committee feel safe In recommending the Illnckgton Hun route. Mr. Canan moved that the report be re ceived and tiled. Seconded and agreed to. Dr. Wagoner moved that this Board concur with the committee in their judg ment as to the practicability ot the Hicks ton's Run route. Agreed to. Mr. Canan. Chairman of the Committee on Statistics, reported the committee had organized by the selection of John M. Rose as Secretary. He also stated that the matter ot subscribing for papers had been referred to those in conjunction with the Secretary. Dr. Wagoner, from the Special Com mittee, reported that they had subscribed for fourteen journals through Ramp & Horan, at a cost of S6O per year, and that the papers were being delivered promptly. Mr. Walters moved that the report be received, filed, and the action of the Special Committee approved. Agreed to. Mr. Walters, from the Committee on Publication, had no report to offer. Committee on Arbitration no report. The Treasurer's report was read as follows: Dr. To amount on had at our last mce'lng $1,301.97 Dr. To amount, received from the Secretary 42. Total $1,846,97 Cr. By amount paid C. T. Frazer $30.00 Cr. By amount paid W. J. Rose & 50i1... 6.95 Cr. By amount p' : \. lllaln 98 Cr. By amount pa id Geo. T. Swank 11.37 Cr. By amount paid Herald Printing Company 7.00 76,28 Balance on hand $i .370.73 UKO. A. HAGEB, Treasurer, Tho report was received and filed. A report was called for from the Com- I mittee of Fifteen. No member present ! was authorized to report, j The following bills were read and ap. I proved: Electric Light Co., $8.18; C. T . Frazer, rent for Aprils2s. The Secretary read the contract from the Electric Light Co., providing for 2-20 candle and 8-10 candle power lights at a cost of $4.05 per 'month. Mr. Focklcr moved that the contract be signed on this basis. • •' Mr. Woodruff ' was called upon to express |his views on the subject of a public building. He stated he was not prepared i tot- time to say anything except that he was heartily in favor of the project. It was moved that Mr. Woodruff be re quested lo present his views on this sub ject at the next regular meeting. Sec onded. Mr. Fisher suggested that as this was an important subject,' ho did not like to see it postponed for another month. Mr. Woodruff coincided with this view and suggested that the motion be with drawn and the Mpijce't discussed at this meeting. Tie motion was withdrawn. Mr. Woodruff then stated that the situ ation of Johnstown would probably cause its claims to be considered favorably, es pecially when it is remembered that no city of its size has paid more into the State and National Treasuries in the shape of taxes, than Johnstown. That the mem ory of our great disaster was still fresh in the minds of the public, and would no doubt cause favorable action in our case. Mr, Woodruff moved that a committee of three he appointed to draft resolutions expressing the sentiments of this Board c u the subject of public building and to communicate with our representatives in Congress on the subject and find out what action the citizens should take to accom plish the object. After discussion the resolution was adopted. The President appointed the following committee: L. Woodruff, Dr. A.N. Wakefield and Dr. G. W. Wagoner. Mr. Fisher moved that L. D. Woodruff address the Board at the next meeting on the subject of a public building. Sec onded and carried unanimously. Dr. Wagoner asked to be excused from service ou the committee having charge of the public building. On motion o' P. S. Fisher Dr. Wagoner was excused. Hon. John M. Rose was appointed to serve on the committee in place of Dr. Wagoner, resigned. Dr. Wagoner called attention to the fact that our city is without sanitary protection. That there is still masses of filth and debris scattered over the city ; that infectious diseases are springing up in different quarters, and that there is danger of these diseases becoming epi demic, and spreading death throughout the city. lie therefore ofered the follow ing : Jlesolml, That l he city Councils are hereby re • spectfully urged to prepare an ordinance creat ing a Boardof Health at the earliest practicable moment. Dr. Wakefield, W. Lewis, J. M. Walters, and the President spoke in sup port of the resolution, which was adopted unanimously. On motion, the Board udjourud at 0:20. L'liruly at the P. K. It. Station. A dissolute looking individual was making himself entirely too numerous at the Pennsylvania Railroad Station Mon day afternoon about four o'clock. In the first place he was entirely too talkative. His gait was unsteady, the upper story seemingly being too heavy. At times his tongile got as badly tangled f s his feet, He wandered over the tracks and got in front of an approaching empty engine and seemed determined not to get out of the way, The iron monster slowed up, and the fireman sprang out and hauled the drunk man from the track. This insulted that individual, who was bent on having things his own way. He was in for " doing" the fireman on the spot, but was induced to not. The engine moved off, leaving him alone, hut it was not long till his capers became too much, and Office,- Billy Walter took him in charge and ran him off the station grounds, much to the amusement of the crowd, which by this time was considerably excited over the performance. The man then made his way across the Lincoln bridge toward the heart of the city. Officer Walter says the man hails from Nineveh, and has fre quently given exhibitions of his capers at the station, but he had not been around for quite awhile before yesterday. His name is unknown to the authorities. Charged With Abduction. Mrs. Biddy Woods, of the Twelfth ward (Prospect) who has away of getting into print quite frequently, charges Mrs. George Smith with the abduction of an cight-year-old girl, which the former claims to have raised and of which she claims to be the guardian. Justic Hart before whom the case came, issued a warrant. Old Age Coming; On. Judge James Pott 9 writes from Oil City to a friend in this city that he and his family arc well, but he feels that old age is slowly getting the better of him. NO 1. FINISHED AGAIN', The County lirl Hotly of u Man Found In the Stniiyt*reek Stiifriwy. Sunday about 11:30 o'clock as a num ber of boys were boatiug on the north side of the Stonycrcek opposite the foot of Vine stree', one of them, Master Samuel Bailey, an employe of the DEMO CRAT office, discovered partly covered in Hie sand What he thought was a man's eoat. ile suggested to his comrades that they get it. With a stick he raised one of the sleeves, finding it very heavy, and was surprised to find an arm in U. He at onre reported the matter to the morgue authorities, who in the afternoon sent for the body. No description could be ob tained yesterday, except that the body was that of a man, the clothing obtained being m'ostly in shreds and the body very badly decomposed. BLAIR FDR HASTINGS. The " Man of Victory " Comes Out Heltiuri In Our SiMtrr County. Dispatches from Altooua Sunday, state that at the primaries held In Blair county on Saturday, enougli Hastings men have been selected as delegates to the Republican County Convention, which is to assemble at Hollidays burg to-day, to carry the da}'. Dolamater's friends are despondent at this loss to their leader, although they still say that their man cannot fail to bo nominated. Spring Notes. The winter hat and the storm overcoat have been laid to rest after the adminis tration of a dose of camphor tb embalm them for future usefulness —it is well to consider the needs of the future, you know. All kinds of outdoor exercises is the order of the day, especially walking, and when you sec a person walking briskly along the country road, be sure he has the map of a certain wooded spot in his minds eye, and that in the mossy deptli s on that map he has pictured many fra grant pink islands of arbutus. Mail agents and letter carriers say that just now an unusual number of small packages, seemingly boxes, are passing through the mail. Many of these ai'e often quiet wet, and a rare fragrance be detected about them. This circum stantial evidence is sufficient to tell that there are beauties reposing on the' cotton within the box. . Industrious citizens ore getting olut their spring flowers, and making thipir lawns tidy, as well as their houses by.a system of cleaning. Those shrubs atul flowers which brave the winter's hardships on their own plantations, and are not mere renters or transient boarders, are putting o 1 budding appearance, and some of them haye assumed their spring garb of bloom. to Bullfl. The Congregational Church, the mem bers of which* are Welsh people, wa| swept away by the flood. It was a neat one-story brick and stood on Walnut street, between Liucolu and Vine. Since then the congregation, which suffered heavily in numbers, has been meeting wherever they could And a suitable place. Lately as has been published before, Rev. J, M. Thomas, of Alliance, Ohio, has been interesting himself in behalf of the washed-out people. Work has been be gun at getting ready the foundation. It is expected that the be pushed i rapidly to completion. Rev. Thomas preached to the congregation on Sunday last in the Red Cross building on Walnut street, and will remain until next Sunday, when communion will be held in the morning. Description of tlie Body Four Monday night the morgue ant cities made out a description of the body found on Sunday. It was necessarily very meagre because of the bad state of preser vation in which the body was. The entry made on the morgue books is as .follows : No. 540, male, height about five feet, dark brown bair, brown overcoat, kuown as Vickroy cassimer, boy's knee panta loons.