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' FORTY-FIFTH TEAR.
WISELY JD ILL
id the Projectors of Two of
Crawford's Thoroughfares
Do Their Work.
BROAD, SHADY AVENUES
Whose Beauty Proves an Irresisti
ble Attraction to Many
Pleasure-Seekers.
THE NARROW C0D5TRY ROADS
In the Ticinity of Pittshurs Made to
Appear Ridiculously Inade
quate by Comparison.
"WEEING OUT THE HIGHWAY. TAXES
The Enljcct of a Most Amnsinj Caricature ly a
Meadnlle Lawyer, Who is Also an
Artist ofEHlL
EETIEE lEAVELIKG IS THE LAKE BEGI05
The Disfatch Commissioner has fonnd
some roads that are not only good, bat also
so ornamented by shade trees that traveling
OTer them becomes a pleasure. They are in
Crawford county. He finds also a steady
improvement in the highways as he nears
the lake. A way of working out road taxes
that is practiced in some localities is hap
pily illustrated, thanks to the kindly assist
ance ol A. G. Richmond, Esq., of Mead
ville. IFKOM OUIt firECIAL COMMISSIONER.
The Pittsburg Dispatch
cotjtby itoad expedition.
J1EADVU.LE, April 25.
The nearer we get to Lake Erie the better
roads we find. This state of things is not
altogether due to the sandy nature of the
soil, which prevents the accumulation of
much mud, but undoubtedly there has been
more care taken in the repair of the high
wars here in recent years than in many of
the lower counties through which we have
passed. Of course sandy roads are never as
bad as clay and limestone mud highways,
and with the exception of perhaps Sedgbury
and Greenwood townships, this winter was
so worse on the roadways of Crawford
county than previous seasons.
Limestone Too Erpenslvr.
It is for that reason that I found most of
the farmers up here particularly anxious for
macadamized improvement, tucli as pro
posed by the State Commission. There is
jio limestone in Crawford county, and the
taxpayers, like the Venango county people,
fear that the expense of bringing it from
ether places might fall on their shoulders.
A. G. Richmond, Esq., the well-known
Meadville attorney, has in his parlor a
rather celebrated painting entitled, "'Work
ing Out the Boad Tax." I was permitted
to sec it and to photograph it The copy is
reproduced in The Dispatch to-day.
Mr. Richmond painted the picture from
life about seven years ago, accidentally run
ning across the groun of roadmakers a few
miles south of Meadville while he was out
driving.
here legislators Coo'.d See If.
The painting hung on the walls of the
Pennsylvania Senate Chamber in Harris
burg during one session of the Legislature.
Since then several offers have been made to
buy the painting, one being $3,000.
The caricature is true to lite. In all parts
of Pennsylvania, in the springtime and
early summer, the counterparts of the repre
sentation may be found on the country
roaas. The farmers are taking it easy. Two
have squatted down in a cozy fence corner
and are apparently discussing politics.
Another group at one of the plows debates
crops, while still a third p-irty of idlers, off
to the right, are swapping stories. The
whole forms a picture of summer idleness.
A finger-board on the bushes in the corner
reads: "To Industry, 12 Miles."
Getting Out of Date.
This system of road repairing has been
superseded in some parts of Pennsylvania
by the era of conscientious road supervisors,
who make farmers work out, faithfully and
honestly, their share of the taxes; and by
the use of road-building machines. I have
already shown how all the townships of
Mercer county own these machines. Here
in Crawford county a good many townships
own machines, but not all. In any case
the gutters must first be dug up with the
plow to prepare the way for the machine.
"William "Watson, a farmer of Cochranton,
tells me, however, that these machines are
only a real success on level roads. "Where
the contour of the country is hilly and
mountainous he doubts if they are any more
effective than the old-time scoops or hand
Ehovels. In his township a money tax of 2
mills is also levied to pay for these ma
chines. Waiting for the Wagon.
The Dispatch exploring wagon was
housed in the barn of Farmer "Watson last
Sight, 11 miles southeast of Meadville. The
good roads of the northern counties which
have facilitated the forwarding of letters to
The Dispatch every day lately, instead of
every other day, as when we were held tight
in the embargo of southern mud, also got us
into Meadville to-day in time for dinner.
Here we were received by the editors of the
Gazette anil Tribune. People generally had
been watching for the arrival of the explor
ing party, and the wagon was viewed by
many hundreds during the two hours we
were in Meadville.
l A civil engineer was very anxious to put
, in a new and enlarged compass for us. He
declared we would need it when we struck
the numerous cross roads of Clarion county.
Tbo Brat Ronds Yet Found.
Beaver and Bucephalus received their
chare of attention, too. Although not quite
, to fat as they once were, it should be re-
'Bembered that up to this moment they have I
walked and trotted over 334 miles of coun
try roads in the two western tiers of coun
ties of Pennsylvania, and nearly all of the
distance the roads were very bad. Kot in
any other part of the United States is the
country so hilly as in Western Pennsyl
vania. Perhaps the two best thorough
fares yet traversed are thewo we have been
passing over in Crawford county. One was
the road from "Venango county to Mead
ville, which is a cart of the old
staging route once known as
the "Waterford and Susquehanna Turnpike,
extending lroni Bellefonte, on the other
side ot the mountains, to Lake Erie. The
other road that we took when we left Mead
ville at 2 r. m. was "the State road."
An Inler-Stnte niguwnr.
It is a grand avenue, passing diagonally
across the northwestern corner of Pennsyl
vania from the interior of Ohio to the interior
of New York. It is almost as straight as an
arrow's flight, and we are at this moment
looking ahead of us, plainly discerning our
pathway across the hilltops fully seven
miles away, periectly straight.
Both these turnpikes I name are only sand
and clay. They were made long years ago
by the States interested, but no attempt was
made to macadamize them. Here in Crawford
county they have grown famous as pretty
drives for summer coaching parties, and the
State road is a favorite driving route for
Pittsburg people going overland to Lake
Chautauqua. To me, however, they lack
that solidity and paved permanence which
the old national pike across Pennsylvania's
southwestern corner possesses.
Pienly ot Spnce for Teams.
But Crawlord county may teach other
WORKING OUT THE ROAD
counties a road lesson in two particulars,
viz: width and ornamentation. All roads
in Crawford county are 50 feet wide, and the
State road is CO feet wide. In other coun
ties we have passed through the width was
as narrow as 33 feet. That restricted traffic
to a mere lane and in times of mud every
inch of ground from fence to fence was con
tested by teams.
Thus it is that in so many places around
Pittsburg's environs the roads are too nar
row for vehicles to pass safely, and the road'
being thus confined to a single wagon track
the winter and spring renders that al
most impassable, because there is no
escape from it. If the road was wide enough
for two wagon tracks, sinkholes in many in
stances could be avoided, or at least the
weight of vehicles would be divided and the
f round would not be so much cut up.
Better for Use and for Ornnraent.
Besides all this, broad roadways afford
more opportunity for repair, and that is why
in every instance where you find a wide
road you will find a better dirt road all the
year around than is the case with 30 and 33
foot lanes.
Ornamentation in Crawford county makes
these wide highways beautiful. We passed
manv farms where the owners had set out
on either side of the roadway long rows of
young maple trees. This seems to have
been a favorite custom along the ridge of
hills on either side of French Creek Valley,
southeast of Meadville. But northeast of
the city, along the State road, it is
a common thing for us to look
through long vistas of luxuriant
maples planted regularly along the
roadway many years ago. Growth has
spread "their branches well out over the
road, and I am told that in summer very
little rain gets a chance to come down
through tbe foliage on the road, while the
shade made driving a pleasure for both
man and beast. In many places silver
poplars add their tall and symmetrical pro
portions to increase the comfort and
beauty of these country driveways.
Hew to Plant (shade Trees.
To illustrate how scientifically even road
ornamentation may be accomplished, one
farmer of long experience gave me these
ideas:
There is much said about plantingshade trees
along the highway. They are usually set in
straight rows at equal distances apart. As the
soil and moisture vary much, the trees make a
verv unequal growth, and some .most likely
perish, leaving vacancies which always annoy
the person who Is very particular. The follow
ing mode of planting will not likely at first
strike the general reader as just the thing, bat
I suggest it, believing that tbe more he ob
serves ana reads aud studies tho subject; the
more likely he will be to look upon the plan
wiia xavon
Plant the trees in irregular groups, mixing
several kinds, not omlttlic shrubbery in certain
cases. Now and then a thicket by the roadside
possesses much beauty in the opinion of him
who has the eye of j.n artist At present de
tails are omitted.
Natural Bcnntr Spoiled.
The highway may have been well graded and
otherwise improved till it is a pleasure to ride
over it, or anve a team with a load. Shade
trees nuy be numerous enough, large and well
grown, with some intervening open places for
viewing in the distance a fine old forest.a beau
tiful field of grain, or the gentle undulations of
a pasture with fat cattle and bunchy sheep.
Orchards, gardens, fine dwellings and good
bams often display thrift and neatness. Bur
all is spoiled by a. custom that is well nigh uni
versal in many legions of our great country. A
farmer trims his apple orchard once in two or
three years and piles the brush on one side of
the road to remain an eye-sore for all who be
hold it. Perhaps he carts away his old tinware,
barrels and other rubbish and dumps them
over a beautiful sloping bank. He pulls sun
dry stout weeds from his meadow and throws
them into the highway, very likely right where
teams pass over them.
Sunset this evening finds us 22 miles
northeast of Meadville, on the boarders of
Crawford county. So we will put up for
the night at Biceville, a small backwoods
community, unique in its postal facilities.
It is only about 35 miles from the city of
Erie; is a great deal nearer Cleveland than
Pittsburg and is close to place where rail
roads are more direct from Buffalo, N. Y.,
than from Pittsburg.
The Dispatch Comes First.
Yet The Pittsburg Dispatch is the
only morning paper iu the United States
which reaches Riceville on the day of its
publication. It arrives here at 6 P. si. by
way of Titusville. Erie papers cannot get
here till the day after publication, and
Cleveland and Buffalo papers are in the
same box.
From here we penetrate Erie county,
where there is said to be some good pointers
for road builders. My next letter will also
sum up the agricultural question in the
counties of the western tier, which we are
now about completing. After that THE
Dispatch wagon will descend the Alle
gheny Biver "Valley, taking in all the coun
ties annMing. Tj.-e. Stopiel. -
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YOTED FOR CLAYTON.
A Number of Negroes hwcnr They Cast
Their Ballots for Him Opening
Testimony A Story of
IIis Slayer.
Little Rock, April 23. The Clayton
Breckinridge Investigation Committee ex
amined about 75 witnesses to-day, nearly all
of whom were negroes. The latter testified
that they voted at "White River precinct, in
"Woodruff county, at the Presidental elec
tion in November, each swearing that he
cast a straight Republican ticket containing
the name of John M. Clayton as
a candidate for Congress. Last night
County ClerkFerguson, ol Woodruff county.
Judge McClure, attorney for the parties to
the investigation, and J. H. Harrod, attor
ney for contcstec, counted the ballots in the
"White Kivcr precinct box. This morning
they reported to the committee that they
found the result to be 210 votes for Breckin
ridge and 41 for Clayton. The majority of
the negroes who testified were unable to
read, and could not tell whether the tickets
shown them were the ones they voted or not.
They were positive, however, of having
voted for Clayton.
In every case the ballots showed they had
voted for Breckinridge. In this State a
number is written on a ticket corresponding
to the number opposite the name ot the
voter on the poll books, so that it is easy to
ascertain the ticket cast by each voter. In
nearly all the cases where a negro unable to
read had cast his vote, the ballot produced
was a straight Democratic one. The com
mittee will proceed to-morrow with the ex
amination ol about 40 witnesses from Pine
Bluff, the home of the late John M. Clayton.
Nest week about 500 witnesses from How-
TAX FROM A FAINTING BY A. O. RICHMOND, ESQ., OP MEADVILLE.
ard township, Conwav county, in which is
located Plummerville, the place where
Clayton was assassinated, will be here to
give their testimony. The committee will
endeavor not only to elicit evidence that
will reveal the identity of the parties who
stole the ballot-box in that township, but
will also try to find out who killed Clayton.
Judge Dent, the County Judge of Wood
ruff county, was asked if he was not a mem
ber of the so-called Immigration Society of
Woodruff county. Judge McClure said
that he wanted to show that the society
grew out of the election troubles of 1888 and
that the members of it were responsible for
the election frauds in that county.
Mr. Breckinridge arose and asked that
his attorneys withdraw their objections, say
ing that if it were necessary for tbe commit
tee to investigate the society to accomplish
its object he would place" nothing in the
way of its doing so. ..,..
A dispatch from San "Fran cisco says That
Thomas Hooper, a rancher who died last
winter at Ranchito, before his death told a
man named "Lewis that several years before
his father had been killed in Arkansas by a
body of men who took him from jail and
lynched him. He swore vengeance upon
the lynchers, and told Lewis the men whom
he had killed were two of the ringleaders in
the party, while Clayton was a third. "If
you ever hear of Clayton dying with his
boots on," Hooper remarked to Lewis, "you
will know who killed him." The Governor's
description is said to fit Hooper.
THE W0MEYS CLUBS.
Election of Officers Amid Lively Scenes Yes
terday at New York,
New York, April 25. This was the last
day ot the confederation of women's clnbs.
Mrs. Clymer caused to be read a telegram
from Mrs. John A. Logan and Mrs. M. B.
M. Wallace, volunteering the co-operatiou
of the Womeu's Department of the Chicago
World's Fa'r Association. Tne election of
officers was taken up, and a lively scene
ensued. Mrs. Sewell, of Indianapolis, when
her name was mentioned for the Presidency,
said: "I am too young for such an impor
tant office, and I must decline." Mrs. Croley
also declined. "I am a newspaper woman,"
said Mrs. Croley, "aud am too busy; besides
I am not tall enough. You don't want a
newspaper woman anyway."
The count stood this way: Mrs. Charlotte
Emerson Brown, 25; Mrs. Ella Clymer, 9.
Mrs. Brown's election was received with ap
plause. She is 40 years of age, and a prom
inent society lady of Orange, N. J. Mrs.
May Wright Sewell, of Indianapolis, was
elected Vice President; Mrs. J. C. Crolay
(Jennie June) was made Becording Secre
tary; Miss Mary B. Temple, of Knoxville,
Tenn., Corresponding Secretary; Mrs.
Phoebe Hearst, wife of Senator Hearst,
of California, Treasurer.
An invitation was received from the
Woman's Club, of Chicago, to hold the
next convention in that city.
A CHILLI DIVORCE CASE
In Which Judge, Lawyers and Witnesses
Get In Trouble.
Oswego, April 25. The second divorce
suit of Edward E. versus Mary J. Frost
was given to the jury last night, but as a
verdict had not been reached this morning
they were locked up until 3 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon. This case has been most
bitterly contested, and has developed many
sensational features.
On the first trial Lawyer Lamoree was
struck down in the courtroom by a brother
of a female witness, and yesterday one of the
witnesses for the plaintiff, a Mrs. Lorraine,
bought a revolver for the purpose of shoot
ing Recorder Bulger. Somebody posted the
Judge, and the woman fled.
WHITE CAP REFORMERS.
They Force a Man to Promise to Treat Ills
Wife Better.
Eondout, IS". Y., April 25. A baud of
White Caps, armed with gads and other
weapons, visited the house of Luther Dun
nick, at Halcomsville, last night to chastise
him for his alleged non-support and ill
treatment of his invalid wife and family.
On bended knees he implored forgiveness
and promised to reform. He was then al
lowed to go, with the warning that if he did
not behave himself the visitors would re
turn. A Dreary Life and Dismal Dentb.
Minneapolis, April 25. Frick Nyland,
a leper, whose rare case has attracted much
attention among the medical fraternity,
died last Wednesday in obscurity and pov
erty. The fact of tbe death has been
brought to public notice by a dispute with
the health officers regarding a burial permit. J
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PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1890 TWELVE
THE SCHENLEY HEIR
lias Arrived in This Country With
the Specific Authority to
DECIDE ALL OF THE DISPUTES
Relative to tbe Blind Asylum Site and the
Public Park.
HE IS ANXIOUS TO SEE PITTSBDKG,
Where He Stay Take Up a Permanent Residence
in a Tear or Two.
Edward Schenley.his wile and valet are now
in New York, and will leave for Pittsburg
this morning. Mr. Schenley states to The
Dispatch correspondent that he has
specific directions concerning the blind
asylum site, and that he will personally in
vestigate the matter. In the future he may
reside in Pittsburg at least half the time.
IRPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.l
New York, April 25. A gentleman,
with the characteristic manner and looks of
a typical Englishman, greeted The Dis
l'ATCn correspondent in answer to his card
at the Fifth Avenue to-day. His name, or
rather the iamily name, is one which has
been associated with Pittsburg as far back
as anyone cares to remember, and this char
acter is one of the heirs to an estate almost
incalcuable in its value.
His name is Edward Schenley, a son of
the famous Mrs. Schenley, whose vast
possessions in Allegheny county can be trod
upon at any point of the compass. Mr.
Schenley, with his wife and man servant,
arrived to-day on the Teutonic, and from
here their intention is to go direct to the
Gas City, where they are to remain a month.
HIS FIBST EXPERIENCE.
"You American reporters are ubiquitous
chaps," said Mr. Schenley, as he bade tbe
writer sit down. "Here I am hardly off
the steamer before I meet some one who
knows more about me and my ancestors
than I almost do myself. I've heard of
this American journalistic idea of inter
viewing one, but this is my first experience,
and 1 rather like it How, what is it you
wish to Know ot me
TJrsfr whflfc i vnnr nlilhtt.inAwt.Uinw
America?" asked The Dispatch corre
spondent. My sole object in coming to this country,
is to look after my mother's property in Al
legheny county, and, if possible, improve it.
There is no one but myself to give it any
authoritative attention, which I propose
doing during my sojourn in the States. My
mother, who is living in London, is rather
too weak to stand a sea voyage, or perhaps
she would come over and give personal di
rections in the disposition of some of the
property for public benefit, but as she is in
capable of this she has authorized me to act
for her, as she has directed."
"What do you intend doing in regard to
the opening of Schenley Park, and also the
choosing of a site for the blind asylum?"
specific directions.
I have specific directions in regard to
those two things. Mother had selected a
site for the asylum on Fifth avenue and an
otherstrcet, the name of which I've lorgot
ten it begins with 'L' Linden avenue, 1
think but our agent a"d vised us that many
of the residents were dissatisfied, and I will
try and settle definitely upon the location
as soon as I am able, after a thorough in
vestigation, in which the wishes of the peo
ple will be considered equally as much as
our own. You perhaps remember that at
first when mother proposed to present Pitts
burg with the property upon which to
erect an asylum for the blind, she
suggested that the city give bond
iu a certain amount, but that
is now done away with, and the title will be
made free of all provisos or incumbrances.
The 300 acres which were presented lor a
public park will be thrown open to the peo
ple the middle of next month. It will be
laid out in driveways and paths, lawns and
everything essential to the comfort and
pleasure of the public. 1 will personally
look after many things incident to it, aud I
hope that it may be appreciated as much by
the beneficiaries as it has been a source of
pleasure to my mother in donating it to the
city."
MAT BESIDE HERE PERMANENTLY.
"It is reported that you are to perma
nently reside in Pittsburg."
"Well, not at present; but after I look
around, perhaps I may settle in Pittsburg
in a year or so hence. I would do this in
order to give the estate a personal supervi
sion, as it has enhanced in value in the past
few years so enormously. I am indeed anx
ious to get out to tbe Smoky Citv, which T
hear is a smokeless city since the innovation
of natural gas fuel. It must be a wonderful
discovery, indeed. Five years ago I was
over here last on a shooting trip through
Texas, but only stopped a short time in
Pittsburg. I truly like America and Ameri
cans, and no doubt some day I will alternate
my residences, spending six months in En
gland and the remainder in America. We
leave for Pittsburg to-morrow morning, when
I hope to arrange everything expeditiously
and satisfactorily as possible to every one."
Mr. Schenley married about five years
ago an English society lady of note. They
are great travelers, and he has five yachts
which are kept for racing and touring pur
poses. He is a member of the Royal Yacht
Squadron, which is the leading aquatic or
ganization In England. Altogether Mr.
Schenley is a thorough man of the" world,
versed in everything which tends to imbue
one with the pleasures of life aud promote
the health so characteristic of the English
gentleman. He looks forward to his visit
to Pittsburg with much pleasure.
A JANGLING TIME
At the Meeting of the World's Fair Direc
tors In Chicago.
Chicago, April 25. Nearly all of the
45 directors of the World's Fair were pres
ent at a meeting held this evening and de
cided that at an adjourned gathering to be
held next Wednesday the Director General,
President and other officers shall be elected.
The meeting was in session with closed
doors and was not altogether harmonious.
Mayor Cregier said afterwards that the dif
ferences were not ot a vital character,
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TRAFFIC MANAGERS.
They Discuss the Itnto Question From
Every Point of View and Aro
Gathered From Every Point
of tbe Compass.
St. Louis,' April 25. The Southern
Hotel was filled to-day with freight traffic
managers from all parts of the country,
called here by the conference of Central
Traffic and "Western lines, and the adjourned
meeting of Southern lines. The ad
justment of packing house product rates
to the South and Southeast, trom
St. Louis, presents a peculiar problem and
St. Louis lines were anxious to confer with
representatives of Southern and "Western
lines on the subject. Tbe trouble is caused
by the present low rate from Omaha to St.
Louis, 7 cents, and tbe Kansas City dif
ferential which the Gulf Lines wishes to
apply via Memphis, and which would throw
the St, Louis rate out of line completely on
Southern and Southeastern business.
After discussion a telegram was sent to
Traffic Manager Sargent, of the Gulf line,
asking him to relieve the situation by
agreeing to waive the Kansas City differen
tial on shipments via the Memphis route.
Awaiting a response the Southern confer
ence adjourned to to-morrow morning.
The conference of the Central Traffic and
"Western lines was resumed. For a long
time it has been apparent to the Chairmen
of the Trunk Line, Central Traffic and "West
ern Freight Associations that the division
of rates on traffic between Western lines and
lines in the Central Traffic and Trunk
Line territory were unequal. The
"Western lines claimed the right to
make the rates in both directions, the trunk
lines from the seaboard and the Central
Traffic from Pittsburg to Buffalo. It was
finally decided to-day to refer the whole
matter of revised agreement and percent
ages to a committee to report in Chicago at
the regular May meeting.
The Joint Kate Committee, composed of
Chairman Blanchard, of tho Central Traffic.
andMidgley and Faithorn. of the "Western
Freight Associations, were directed to equal
ize through rates via all gateways, and it
was. decided that no tariff should become
operative until approved by a conference of
the Joint Bate Committee of the Central
Traffic and Western lines. It was also de
termined that coal and coke should not be
included in the joint tariff.
Several matters were referred to commit
tees. The Southern Inter-State Association
adopted a resolution to-day authorizing the
lines to extend Texas common point rates to
the Amorilla,Fort Worth, and Denver City
line to meet the reduced rates of the Santa
Fe. The association will be in session
again to-morrow.
AT A PISTOL POINT
An Ardent Lover Forces a Widow to Wed
Him -Sho Escapes After tho Cere
mony and Has a Warrant
Sworn Out for Him.
SPECIAL TXLEGBAM TO Till DISPATCH. '
FeknandIna, Fla., April 25. This
notice, published to-day, and the story that
grew out of it, made a stir here: "In this
city, at the residence of the groom this
morning, Mrs. Thorpe, daughter of Colonel
E. R. Brink, formerly of Wilmington,
X. C, was married to George N. Hubby,
a member of the City Council, and
agent for the Mallory Steamship Line."
Mrs. Thorpe says that while she was driving
with Mr. Hubby this morning he drew
a pistol and threatened to shoot her if she
did not at once consent to marry him, and to
shoot her at the altar, if she made any re
sistance there or refused to go on with the
ceremony.
She says that in ner alarm sne consented
Bft i fhf
BoOn after the ceremony Mr. Hubby went
over to the Egmont Hotel and told Colonel
and Mrs. Brink abont it. Later in
the day, in Mr. Hubby's absence, Mrs.
Thorpe "succeeded in getting out of the
house and reaching the rooms of her pa
rents, where she informed them of the means
used to induce her to marry Mr. Hubby. An
application was at once made to County
Judge Schuyler for a peace warrant against
Mr. Hubby. Mrs. Thorpe is much pros
trated. Mrs, Thorpe came here to reside with her
parents several years ago, in her early
widowhood, and has apparently been very
friendly with Mr. Hubby. They boarded
at the same hotel. Colonel Brink, Mrs.
Thorpe's father, was formerly postmaster of
Wilmington, N. C, and lately Secretary
and,Treasurer of the Creosote Lumber and
Construction Company, of this city.
JUMPED FROM THE WINDOW
In the Presence of tbe Bride He Married
Two Months Ago.
ISrfCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCl!.!
New York, April 25 Henry Geltie, a
young cabinet maker, attempted suicide to
day by throwing himself from a third
story window, in the presence of his
bride of two months. She ran
terror-stricken to the court yard
where she found his crushed and almost
lifeless body. Geltie was removed to the
Presbyterian Hospital. The surgeon gave
no hope for his recovery. Geltie was indus
trious in his work,and gave much of his leis
ure time to reading to further his knowledge
of the English language. He came here
from France three years ago and eight
weeks ago he married a girl from his native
country, to whom he had been engaged for
several years and who had joined him here.
His head bothered him and his physician
advised him to give up study for awhile.
About midnight'Geltie sprang out of bed
in a fit of delirium, exclaiming, "On to the
battle. On, I say." His wife induced him
to sit down and tried to get him to bed
again. Suddenly Geltie seized a slip of
paper, from the table, wrote on it, "The
angels will care for me" and passed it to his
wife. While she was reading it he sprang
to the window, threw np the sash and
jumped out, falling headlong a distance
of 75 feet to the courtyard.
AS A CURE FOR STOMACH ACHE
A Kansas Man Publicly Cuts Ills Throat
and His Wrist.
Lexington, Mo., April 25. At noon
to-day, while the principal street of this
town was crowded with people, a man, ac
companied by a woman and two children,
caused great excitement by publicly cutting
his throat and the veins in his wrists with a
razor. He was taken to the hospital, where
it is said he is not fatally injured.
Tbe wouldbe suicide was Pat Brennan,
and he had walked here from Weir City,
Kan., with his wife and children in search
of work. He said he could not cure his
stomach ache, and resolved to die rather
than to endure the pain.
BOGUS AMERICAN CHEESE
To be Frowned Down Upon by tbo London
Board of Trade.
CUT DUNLAF'S CAULK COMPAKT.
London, April 25. In the produce mar
ket here there has been recently discovered
the existence of immense quantities of a
mysterious product of a similar nature to
oleomargarine, known to the trade as "filled
cheese." It is composed of products other
than milk, and is stated to be entirely im
ported from America.
The Board of Trade will interfere in the
matter, and steps will be taken to compel
the stuff being specially labeled and ad
vertised ai ii done in the caseot oleomargar
ine batter.
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PAGES.
A BILL FOE BOOZE
For
the Civil Service Commission
Causes a Kick in Congress.
ACTUAL TRAVELING EXPENSES
All That the August Reformers Will Secure
in the Future.
QUA! NEITHER AFFIRMS N0K DENIES
The Report of His Eesljnatlon as Rational Eepnolican
Chairman.
The House yesterday decided that the
"actual" traveling expenses only of Civil
Service Commissioners will hereafter be
paid. One bill was read in which ale, gin
and lemonade were prominent features.
Tbe Senate anti-trust bill has been favor
ably reported to the House.
Washington, April 25. Tne House of
Representatives to-day again went in com
mittee of the whole upon the legislative ap
propriation. On motion of Mr. Sayres, of
Texas, an amendment was adopted provid
ing hereafter every application for examin
ation before the Civil Service Commission
shall be accompanied by a certificate of an
officer who i has an official seal attached of
the county and State of which the appli
cant claims to be a citizen; this provision
not to apply to persons who may be in the
service and seek promotion or appointment
in other branches of the Government.
A QUESTION OP EXPENSES.
On motion of Mr.Cummings, of New York,
an amendment was adopted providingfor the
"actual" traveling expenses of the commis
sion instead of "necessary" traveling ex
penses as provided in the bill, Mr. Butter
worth gave notice that he would ask for a
separate vote in the House on this amend
ment, saying that" "actual" traveling ex
penses might bankrupt the Government.
This disposed of the Civil Service Commis
sion clause of the bill.
The appropriation for the office of di
rector of the mint having been reached, Mr.
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, offered an
amendment providing that the appropria
tions shall not be available until all laws
limiting the free and unreitricted coinage
of silveror making any distinction between
the coinage ot gold and silver are repealed.
After a short discussion the amendment was
rnled out on a point of order.
SOME NECESSARY EXPENSES.
In speaking to a verbal amendment Mr.
Cummings, of New York, gave his reason
for striking out the "necessary" traveling
expenses of the Civil Service Commission
and inserting "actual" traveling expenses.
He read a list of the expenses of members of
the commission in which the articles "lem
onade," "ale" and "gin" figure. He did
not consider those "necessary" expenses.
Mr. Wilson, of West Virginia, inquired
whether a Civil Service Commissioner did
not have to Bee double in order to see any
civil service reform under this administra
tion. Mr. Cummings I thinkhe does, or under
the other either. L Laughter. J
Without completing the consideration of
the bill the committee rose and the House
took a recess, the evening session to be for
the consideration of private pension bills.
QUA I SIMPLY SMILES.
Ho Will Say Nothing About the Report as to
TTI. -. .....
t'mTTmmrSZ
Washington, April 25. When Sena
tor Quay was this afternoon informed of the
report from New York that at the meeting
ot the National Republican Committee
called for May 7 he would offer his resigna
tion he smiled audibly as if to say that he
was pleased to make a new discovery as to
his intentions. The Senator, however,
would say nothing in regard to tbe story.
He had maintained silence in regard to all
the attacks that had been made on him,
simply because the story manufacturers
could make stories faster than he could an
swer them. ,,
Another member of the National Com
mittee, irho also refused to be quoted, said
that there was not tin atom of truth iu tbe
story of Senator Quay's resignation. With
those who started the lie the wish was
father to the invention. Senator Quay
would not be allowed to resign if he wished.
After the arduous work of the campaign of
18S8 the Senator had several times ex
pressed a desire to be relieved of the re
sponsibility, but the members of the com
mittee would not listen to such a propo
sition, and least of all at this time. He had
no doubt that every one who desired the de
feat of the Republican party in this Con
gressional and the coming Presidental cam
paign would like to see Senator Quay retired
from the position of the chief strategist of
tbe party, but they would not be gratified.
A NEW TARIFF SCHEME.
One Western Statesman Has a Plau 'for
Partial Free Trade.
Washington, April 25. Representa
tive Bland, of Missouri, to-day introduced
in the House a bill to reduce taxes by plac
ing on tbe free list all imported
goods exchanged in foreign coun
tries for farm produefs. It pro
vides that in all cases whece it
can be shown by proof satisfactory to the
Secretary of the Treasury that any goods,
wares or merchandise imported into tbe
"United States have been purchased abroad
by exchanging farm products for such
goods, or when such goods have been pur
chased wiin tne proceeus or avaus oi iarm
products in foreign countries, such goods,
w ires or merchandise shall be imported free
of duty.
Any deficiency in the revenue caused by
this act shall be provided for by the levying
of an income tax upon all incomes of $2,000
or upward.
SILVER MEN NOT SATISFIED.
A Number of Petitions Demanding Free
Coinage of Tbnt Metal.
Washington, April 25. Petitions were
presented to the Senate to-day by Mr. Man
derson from citizens of Nebraska for free
coinage of silver, and by Mr. Evarts from
134 citizens of New York City for the same
thing. Mr. Ingalls presented a protest from
citizens of Kansas against the passage of
the Windom silver bill.
In tbe House Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsyl
vania, presented the proceedings of a meet
ing of business men of Philadelphia, and a
memorial with 1,000 signatures and the sig
natures of the Board of Trade of that city,
asking the aid of Congress in the promotion
of the building of American ships to trade
with foreign parts and to establish direct
mail communication with the western coast
of Africa.
HARRISON HAS
SIGNED IT.
The Chicago World's Fair Bill Now a Law
Beyond All Question.
ISTECIAL TELEGRAM TO TEX DISPATCH. 1
Washington, April 25. The President
has signed the World's Fair bill. This is
the final step which makes the exhibition at
Chicago a fixed fact. The measure giving
Government sanction and support is now a
law.
Collector Martin and the Gas.
- Washington, April 25. David Mar-
tin. Collpninr nf Tntprnnl Revenue -r- O.
j.'t-u.-: c: j " "r: x. xs.
uusipuiH, iiau a uurruw escape itvi s .
last night at the Biggs House. He ca fi o
servant, who lighted a gas jet and . JJ
dently turned on another jet which was , 't ledor Layton Explains the MeaS
lighted, and, the gas escaping, the room w 3 , . , .
filled. Mr. Martin was found unconscious. rSt, Ures NOW Being Taken tO
uia uiurutuir.
THE TRUSTS IN DANGER.
A Favorablo Report Upon tbe Senate meas
ure in the House Tbe State Legisla
tures Will Have to Carry
Oat the Policy.
Washington, April 25. Representa
tive Culberson, of Texas, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, to
day reported to the House the
Senate anti-trust bill. After noting the ob
jects sought to be accomplished by the bill,
the report accompanying it says it will be
observed that the provisions of the bill are
carefully confined to such subjects of legis
lation as are clearly within the legislative
authority of Congress. No attempt is made
to increase the legislative authority of the
several States, or even to occupy doubtful
gronnd.
No system of laws can be devised by Con
gress alone which would effectually protect
the people of the United States against the
evils and oppression of trusts and monopo
lies. Congress has no authority to deal
generally with the subject within the
States, and the States have no authority to
legislate in respect of commerce between
the several States or v ith foreign nations.
It follows, therefore, says the report, that
the legislative authority of Congress and
that ot the several States must be exerted to
secure the suppression of restraints upon
trade and of monopolies.
Whatever legislation Congress may enact
on this subject within the limits of its
authority will prove of little value unless
the States shall supplement it by such aux
iliary and proper legislation as may be
within their legislative authority. While
this measure, says the report, is not pre
cisely what any member of the committee
would have proposed upon his own motion,
yet there was a general acquiescence in the
recommendation of its passage, as perhaps
tbe only legislation possible under existing
circumstances by this Congress.
FITE TEARS IN A PRISON CELL:
Prefect Harry King, of the Philadelphia
Blind Asylum, Receives His Sentence.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBS DISPiTCn.l
Philadelphia, April 25. Harry W.
King, ex-Prefect of tbe Blind Institution,
who was tried and convicted ten days ago
for gross immorality with the scholars
under his charge, was to-day sentenced
by Judge Hare to a five years' term
in the Eastern Penitentiary. In accordance
with the permission granted to King's law
yer on the last day of the trial several wit
nesses were brought to the stand to-day to
prove the good character of the accused. In
Eronouncing his sentence tbe judge said that
e would be lenient in sentencing
him, as he had always borne a
gooa character. He therefore would
impqse a punishment of five years in the
Eastern Penitentiary. When King was
asked if he had anything to say concerning
the charge made against him the convicted
man denied his gnilt' and said that he had
been the victim of themalice of his accusers.
"What boy is there," he remarked, "who
would not make an accusation against his
enemy if he was assured that no harm
would come to him, and Gain had such an
assurance from the District Attorney? The
whole school is against the boy. There is
not a teacher who cannot accuse him of some
offense. Once, on account of his malice, even
perfidiousness, I might say he made these
accusations against ma to get me out of the
institution. I was always his friend. Then
he was sent away from the institution, and
bis mother came and apologized for his
action, and asked that her boy might be
taken back. I used my influence for him
and had him taken back."
THE ES1IEK WAR.
Trustees Claim the Right to Pitch Anybody
Oat of Church.
Chicago, April 25. The ecclesiastical
battle waged in the Humboldt Park Ger
man Evangelical Church last Sunday was
fought over again in court to-day on the
complaint of tbe Rev. Gotfned Vetter,
charging the Rev. A. C. Heilman and Lay
men Hintz, Finfgelt and Sodman with as
sault. The court room was crowded with
the partisans of the two factions Esher and
anti-Esber.
The Rev. Mr. Vetter, looking none the
worse for being thrown out of church, was
the first witness. Among others who testi
fied were Attorney . B. Esher, son of
Bishop Esher, and Sunday School Superin
tendent Krueger. The hearing was con
tinued to-day to May 2. From tho line of
cross-examination adopted by the defense it
was evident that they will claim justifica
tion. They were trustees of the church and
had a right to throw out anybody they
wanted to.
A POSTMASTER IX TROUBLE.
no Intercepts a Letter From His Niece to
Her Lover.
tSFECIAL TXLEQBAM TO TUS DISPATCII.l
Baltimore, April 25. Postmaster Fred
erick B. Thayer, of Oakland, was held to
day for the action of the United States
Court for withholding a letter. The
letter was addressed to Edward C.
Mauoun, of Kingswood, W. Va., by
Miss Jennie A. Johnson, a niece of the post
master. The young woman's mother ob
jected to the correspondence, and her uncle
captured one of the letters addressed to the
young man and gave it to Mrs. Johnson.
When Manoun heard of this he com
plained to the postoffice authorities at Wash
ington and the postmaster's arrest followed.
Miss Johnson is a granddaughter of Reverdy
Johnson.
ATTEMPT TO BURN A THEATER.
A Special Policeman Tries to Barn a Wash
ington Playhouse.
Washington, April 25. James Beagle,
a special policeman at the Globe Variety
Theater, in this city, tried several times to
set fire to the building to-night, but his ef
forts were unsuccessful. Harry Roop, one
oi the proprietors ot the theater, while ex
postulating with Beagle about the matter
received a shot in the arm from the police
man's pistol.
The wound is probably not very serious.
Mr. Roop was formerly of Philadelphia.
Beagle ia believed to be insane.
GAMBLING AND FAST LIVING
Causo a Philadelphia Clerk's Arrest far a
Defalcation.
Philadelphia, April 25. John C.
Graham, 25 years old, a clerk at the income
desk of the Pennsylvania Company for In
surance on Lives and Granting Annuities,
waived a hearing and was committed to-day
to answer the charge of embezzling about
$6,000 belonging to his employers. The
prosecutor was the Secretary ot the Guaran
tee Company of North America, which was
the surety on Graham's bond for $5,000.
The defalcation is attributed to gambling
and fast company.
Goschen's Trap Avoided.
London, April 25. In the committee
stage of the land purchase bill the Govern
ment will submit two clauses embodying
Mr. Parnell's motion. Mr. Parnell regards
Mr. Goschen's offer as a trap, as his scheme
can only be effective when worked by itself.
Transient Advertisements,
INCLUDING
WANTS, TO LETS. FOR SALES, ETC., FOB
TO-MORROW'S ISSUE
May be handed in at the main advertising
office of The Dispatch, corner Smlthfleld
and Diamond streets, np to midnight.
"i
THREE CENTS
CLOSING- THE GATES.
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h., Y'IT CONTRACT LABORERS.
Fiftfs .nonsand Italians Expected 'Dnrin?;
the Present Tear.
ONE PARTI CONSIGNED TO LATR0BE.
A System of Inland Examination Would bs of Great
Assistance.
Inspector Layton states that the most
stringent steps will be taken to keep ont
contract laborers in the future. If the pres
ent legislation is not adequate Congress will
be asked to remedy the defects. The Italians
are coming faster than any other race now.
rSFECIALTELZOBAU TO TUB DISPATCII.l
New York, April 25. Immigrant In
spector R. D. Layton, of Pittsbunr, who
probably will stay here about a month as
sisting the local inspectors in detecting and
keeping out contract laborers, in a talk with
your correspondent to-day, said: "The con
tract labor law, as it stands, is not rigid
enough to exclude many of the Italians now
arriving, who might be debarred if the law
were more liberally interpreted. We could
not detain the 107 Italians who got here on
Monday, and whose destination was Latrobe.
I fear that the shipping of this lot to La
trobe is merely a subterfuge. Tbe real in
tention of the men who sent them there
probably is to transport them by groups into
the coke region. I have received dispatches
from labor men in Latrobe asking me to
come down and investigate the matter. I
earnestly desire to do so, but I cannot at
present, being under orders to help the in
spectors here.
inland inspection necessary.
"My little experience during the last few
days convinces me that inland inspection
produces better results than inspection at
the port of entry. The immigrants, espe
cially the crafty Italians, have their stories
down pat when they land, having been in
structed by the agents of the speculators in
immigrant labor on this side how to answer
the registry clerks.
"I think there is cause for alarm at ths
tremendous influx of Italians this spring.
Already the arrivals have been much in ex
cess of the number who landed in March
and April 1888. This was a red-letter year
for Italian immigrants, over 40,000 having;
been registered at Castle Garden. The num
ber this year probably will be 50,000, and
may be more. 1 he increased forceol inspect
ors here under Chief Inspector John Milhol
land are, however, going to try to decrease
this horde of invaders by a new and mora
careful system of investigation. The in
coming vessels will be boarded at quaran
tine by inspectors, accompanied by interpret
ers, who will mingle with tbe immigrants'
and find ont all they can abont them before
they are landed at the barge office and regis
tered. HOPE TOR THE FUTURE.
"I have no doubt that the efficiency ofthe
force of inspectors, whose work was much
hampered because of the fight between the
retired State Commissioners and the new
Federal superintendent, will turn back many
who would not have been turned back under
the old regime. The law is going to be en
forced with its expressed object in view
the protection of the American workman.
We will find ont what the defects ofthe law
are by enforcing it for all it is worth, and if
it is not worth anything in keeping out unde
sirable immigrants who, under the law's
spirit, are really contract laborers, it will no
doubt be amended so as to effect that result.
"We stooped nine Italians on Tuesday
and to-day the collector ordered that they
should be returned. Among the number
were four stonemasons under implied con
tract to work at Homewood, Pa. The crush
of workmen of all nationalities seeking em
ployment in the New World probably will
be almost unprecedented this year. I do
not understand why immigration should in
crease so much when there is no demand for
labor. Thousands are out of employment,
and still tbe human Niagara rushes in.
We have received instructions from ths
Federal Government to do our utmost to
keep out those barred by the law, and we
are going to do it.
SOME VIGOP.OUS MEASURES.
Chief Inspector Milholland, who was
with Mr. Layton, said that not only would
tbe contract laborers be sent back, but the
padrones who induced them to come hero
would be rigorously prosecuted. He added:
"We are determined to do our duty in this
matter. If this law is insufficient for the
purpose for which it was enacted we will
show that it is, aud thus get Congress to
frame a new law that will have no loophole
through which the contract immigrant may
crawl into America."
Mr. Layton said he had hopes that the
Congressional Committee investigating im
migration here would, on its return to
Washington, frame a bill embodying his
suggestion that every Italian, or other im
migrant, should not be allowed to land un
less able to read and write his own language.
This he thinks will shut out the scum of
Italian Immigrants. Mr. Layton predicted
that the Slavonians in tbe coal regions of
his State would be driven out by the Ital
ians, who could given them points on cheap
living, just as the Slavonians had driven
out the Irish, English, Scotch and Welsh.'
miners.
THE FATAL FLUID.
How Kemmler Views His Approaching
Execution by Electricity.
Auburn, N. Y., April 25". The career
of William Kemmler is gradually approach
its termination and nothing but respite from
the Governor can save him from the terrible
experiment of next week. He fully realizes
his position and intends to meet his fate un
flinchingly. He has no callers and no
flowers; there are no sentimental visitors to
lionize him and make him the hero of the
hour. There are no delicacies and no dainty
dinners from admiring friends.
Instead of all this, there are the cheerless
walls of his dismal cell to contemplate,
the glimpse he may catch of passersby on
the street 75 feet away, the laborious study
of his pictorial Bible, tho occasional visits
of the warden's wife and his spiritual ad
visers, and the continual presence of his
death watch. Lelt alone, then, as he occa
sionally is, to meditate on the awful fate
which awaits him, it would be small wonder
if the man shonld become nervons as the day
of execution approaches, and that he should
give way to some manner of emotion. Bnt
not once has he shown any signs of weak
ening, and, in fact, he rather courts death
than shuns it The arrangements for the
final act in the 'tragedy are substantially
completed.
Minnesota Odd Fellows Rrjolce.
Minneapolis, April 25. The order of
Odd Fellows celebrated the seventy-first
anniversary to-day with a public parade,
exercises in the Grand Opera House, and a
grand ball in the evening. There were
about 1,000 visiting members of the order
from various points In the State, and 1,500
men were in line. Grand Master C. M.
Sprague, of Minnesota, and Past Grand
Representative Alfred Orendorf, ol Spring
field, 111., made the addresses.
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