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VOL. 27._ WHEELING. W. VA., TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 5. 1892._ NO- 2(87
Seuresentative Springers Address
Closes the Debate.
A TOUCHING WELCOME EXTENDED
-• RaprfsertatiTe Spriagtr By His Colleagues
y -:i i\ to Party—The Full Text of
Hr. Stringer's Address—He Was Unable
to Deliver It and Mr. Bryaa Read It.
Washington, D. C., April 4.—It is
r,,t uften the lot of man to receive the
,-rous ovation that the House of
reseDtatives to-day extended to
\Vm. M. Springer, of Illinois^
j r;uan of the Ways and Meaus Coui
e. The welcome which greeted
• - ia.»n " ho has been so near the jaws
y death was ail the more significant
y au>e it "as non-partisan.
M’KIXGEB's pleasant keckption.
Wt Mr. Springer entered the House
j-o'-iock the House broke Into one
ut -poutaneous outburst of applause,
wh- n he took his seat the applause
j i:, to >ubside, and then th« members
' :i enced to tile up the aislo to grasp
u by the hand and welcome him to
• e House. I’oiitics were forgotten for
, few brief minutes, and as Congress
. r Dingey. Burrows, Hoskins and
-r vigorous campaigners of the Re
tail side crossed over and were fol
Avd by dozens of their colleagues, the
... e of the Illinois leader was slightly
•• uri by misty tears of gratitudo as
, grasped their extended hands.
When order was once more resumed
v- springer announced that his health
» J r .*t permit him tosp<mk. but that
• , c -t.ngaished frieud from Nebraska,
>!: Bryan, would read his* address for
which he did us follows:
M> Speanek: — In the report of the
(■'••• mittee of Ways and Means, which
i t ad the honor to submit through
• gentleman from Tennessee iMr.
>. M'.llan) on March l, to ac
.vi.nanv the bill. House resolution ft.U07, to
r a • Wool on The free list and to reduce
v,-ti ties on woolen goods, the following
statement appears:
•f,.: ■> or WOOL IN THE CNITED STATES
AND ENGLAND.
Vi ur committee requested the bureau
statistics to furnish it with a statement
c-.wing the prices of wool of the same
. tv in the United States and Europe
r, 'ivys to this time. The bureau ot
i st .cs referred ‘he matter to Mr. S. N.
D North, Secretary of the National
Association, of vrool manufacturers
r Boston, Mass., and the special
.cent of the Census Office in ehargeof
. r.sti’-s of woolen manufacturers. Mr.
\ r‘h procured the statement desired from
i nru. of wool merchants >n Boston, which
■ r where recognized as authet.,,-in
niter's of this kind. The letters of Mr.
> rth and the statement referred to are
aushed in the appendix to this report.
* - appepdix J.i Mr. Nortn, in trans
•; uing this statement, explains that, in
. cer to institute comparisons Petween the
r t* of wool in the United States and in
rvat Britain, the Oh*o medium washed (
"voo has been agreed upon by those in the
t-nie as the grade of wool corresponding to
• Port Poiiip tteece, aa Austrian w ool of
• Ktantiallv the same quality. Mr. North
* explains that the Boston prices of the
u: o wool are given in currency from
1;*S6 to Is 7 A
n * n spec:"* payments were resumed in the
•e.i Sta'es. ‘ The English prices are ali
• c id. For the purposes of comparison
Boston prices should also be stated iu
, The premium on gold in lvir> was
.. a that a currency dollar was only worth
cents, and steadily declined until 1S?A
*>n specie payments were resumed. To
■ v. u^ given by Mr. North, has been
iu-•• a “oluma giving the gold values of
A ncan wool from ivki to lfTt*, in
>;ve. It will be seen by reference to
•able that tee London and Boston
• >cf these grales of wool varied but
»•;»» f: tn year to year down to aud io
-lv*i The statistics for 1>IU have
• vet been furnished ”
• Hi. api>ear that there were times
the London prices were greater tbau
. the United States, but a general
a-f:\tge would show but little difference
• i-vnsthe Bosion and London prices.
A - prices are based on washed wool, i
.a foreign wools wou.d be twenty
‘ cents a pound; and if that amount of .
• fitu.sued protection to that extent
‘ - American wool grower this grade of :
An.-ricau wool ought to be Worth twenty- ,
*" >-nt» a pound more in the l nited ;
v.ates ? in in l.oudon. Instead of this,
v-jver, ©fitting the unusual years of j
v ar.: isT'i, in which prices were un- 1
c .-i v affected bv wild speculation, we
,r American wool for the re
three years averages a little less
pri - man the foreign wool. This fact j
'i: vs .hat the
Oil Kl- WOOL GROWERS
v . • rtveivf* any mrrra^e ;vnai6ver :u »np
p vi ••..■;r wool bv reason of the tariff i
<n reisn wools. This failure of pro tec
’ i t . protect the wool grower* may he cx- J
t s.if i by calling a*‘en*i<>n to the condi
■ >f wool manufacture in tho L aiteU ,
'• ■ ol manufacturer* a* a rule do not
.future goods until they receive
‘1 is precaution is necessary in
r t.> guard against over production,
rue'* indicate the quality of the
v - icv red bv American consumers for
'- '.'i., c season. These qualities of :
- in ■ produced only by tbe ■dull
’ ■■ : foreign wools with native wools
»" • :>v cor nintng with these whatever of
< •* : vfuHltiv, and other adulterant* may
• t<> advantage. The manufacturer, !
tir^r determines the amount of for- ,
tv w.i ;1 required, the amount of cotton. ,
* ; a'..l other adulterants that may be
to advantage, and the amount of do- ,
wo. which wiil be required to com- j
■ rte the component part of hi* orders. The
i.r>t c wool, therefore, is confined to a
arket, [ts eoiy purchaser* are ;
4 un manufacturers. They purchase
rs what thev can use to advantage. Tho
* ier :* left in the market or in the
“ 'i;v of the producers: and if there is a
*«"-••• void, prices must of necessity be de
Jbxscd.
A* THE AMEUK AN PRODUCER
of wr l cannot *e!l abroad at a profit he
await the pleasure of the woolen ir.an
-'<* tun rs, who are h:s sole »>atroiis, and
sui n prices a* may be fixed in the home
“ wh’ch prices will always be deter
: "! by the demand aud supply. A mdd
"vter for iostame, which would cause a
1 ng off of consumption would tend to
‘ the priors of woolt'u good* sod con
“■ '< tientlv the prices of wool. There are
* my contingencies which affect prices of
*•-■< ids, but as arulethey are governed
l,T the inexorable law of supply and de
a,»t-d. If there be a large supply ol Araer
; an wool in the American market and u
* all demand, prices will be lower. If
-■■re is a small supplv and a large deman<i
Prices will be high. A bigh pro
* ’ ve tariff ou wool ha* the
jip*vt effect of limiting the demand
' American wools for the reason that
Joder such tariffs neither domestic wools
■ domestic manufactures ot wool can be
Sported and sold at a profit; and that j
-<*’ amount only of domestic wool will be
: -*rrhased and consumed which will be re- J
v*-red to mi* with the foreign wool which /
•
I must be used to produce the require*! qual
1 ity aud quantity of goods to supply the
home market.
TBL'S IT WIt.L BC SEEV
that the foreisu w«*ol used in this country
by manufacturers does not come into com
petition with domestic wool. Tne one is
the complement of the other, just as the
wood and iron in vehicles are complements
| of eaca other, a Riven amount of each be
ing required to complete the finished pro
duct. That which must compete with do
i mestic wool is shoddy, every pound of
which used in the manufacture of woolen
goods displaces one pound of scoured wool
and three pounds of wool in the grease.
It will be seeu from the foregoing state
ment that your committee requested the
bureau of statistics to furnish it with a
statement showing the prices of wool of the
same quality in the United States and Eu
rope from lbW to this time.
T s request was transmitted to Mr. S.
D. N. North, who is not only the special
agent of the office in charge of statistics
of wool manufacturers, but also the Secre
tary of the National Association of Wool
Mai. ificturers, whose principal office is at
Boston, in the State of Massachusetts
Mr North, on February8, 189,’, addressed
a letter to the Chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means, printed in pages Hit
a: d 4b of said report, in which he states as
follows:
“1 may add that the grade of Australian
woo! which most nearly corresponds to the
Ohio washed fleece wool is the port Phillip
fleece, aud this is tnelineof quotations
which should be studied to ascertain the
relative Loudon aud Boston prices of wool
at any given time.”
TilEKK WAS TK 13CSMITTED
with this letter a diagram published by
Sa d association which showed these prices
by marks. This was not deemed satisfac
tory and on the ldth of February. 1892, the
Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means wrote Mr. North requesting him
to furnish a table complied from
the diagram and previously for
warded showing in pararell
coiumus the average bottom prices of Ohio
medivim washed fleeces and the avenge
London prices, for corresponding date of
Port Philip fleeoe from 1888 to 18SIL To
- letti r.Mr. North replied, under date of
February 15 last, in which a table of
Messrs. Maugner & Avery, of Boston, was
furnished with the statement that:
“The Port Philip fleece is a washed wool,
as is also the Ohio fleece.” This table is
headed “Average price in Boston of medi
um wool and average in London of I’ort
Philip fleec" in American currency, 1860 to
1390, bofo washed wools.”
The Ohio wool is given in currency prices
down to LSTS, when specie payments were
resumed. The American currency prices
were reduced to a gold basis by an expert
in the Treasury Department, and are given
in the table printed in page 44 of the com
mittee's renort.
Tne chairman of the committee request
ed an expert of the Bureau of Statistics of
the Treasury Department to com pure the
nnuual average price of said wools for the
25 years coveredfby the table, and also the
average price for 23 years, omitting the
years 1*71 and 1*72,
WITH THK FOLLOWING RESCLT:
Average annual price of wool foe the 25
years: Ohio41.45 cents, Port Phillip 41 04
cents. D ffeaence in favor of American
wool .44 cent.
Average annual price of wool for 23
years, omitting 1571-1572: Ohio 40.26 cents,
Port Phillip 40.52 cents. Difference in
favor of foreign wool .26 cent.
The reason for making a computation,
leaving cut the years 1*71 and 1572, is as
follows:
In the bulletin of tbo National Associa
tion of Wool Manufacturers of December,
15tu, appears an article by Mr. Chas S.
Avery, of * he fi^ai of Maugher »Sr Avery,
enti* "ed “Twenty-five years of the world's
wool markets,’’ which concisely rentes for
ea- i year or the past twenty-five years the
causes of the fluctuations as observed in
contemporaneous wool circles and the rec
ords of that firm. U uder the head of 1*71,
MR. 1VFRY SAYS:
“July—Great falling off in clip of the
United States ”
“October—Speculation in wools and
woolens.”
“December—Fabulous profits realized
bv speculators.”
"Under the head of 1572: “January—Wild
spc Uiation in wools of all kinds.”
“February—Prices advancing.”
“March.—Wool contracted for on sheep's
ba. k in Ohio and Michigan at 65 to 70 cents
per pound ”
ri.cso quotations from Mr. Avery’s ar
tier explain the unsettled and speculative
character of the wool market for the years
1*71 and 1572, and render them unlit for
coninarison us a normal condition of the
market. Hence the average price of wool
for tweiPv-three years was computed
omitting me tears 1571 amt 1572, with the j
jv - lit above stated, namely, Ohio in Boston
40.2*1. Port Philip in London 40.52, showing
a difference in favor of the foreign wool of
.gfi or a little over one quarter of a cent per
pound.
THIS ANNl'AL AVERAGE
for-•> andyea 's nau aouotiess never
bet'ii made before nor since. \\ hen Mr.
North furnished this table to the Commit
tee of Way? and Means he was undoubted
ly uninformed and in the dark as to wnat’a
general average would be. \S hen this
publication was made the Boston Journal
, • « ominn \ stateti. in commenting upon
tb.s tact that the table “ Furnished by Mr.
Springer of the Ways and Means Coin
n ltee was unfortunate and was inadver
tant and a purely clerical error.”
Thereupon Mr. North addressed a com
munication to the editor of the Journal in j
which he states: “The clerical error was
made bv Mr. Springer in utilizing »he tig- i
ure« furnished him. fog a purpose foreign '
to which they were compiled.” He further j
stated: “The table was not intended to
show relative cost but simply relative flue- '
tenuous in price, whi£h is a very different
lh\jr North having inadvertently “let the
cat out of the bag.” as it were, hv iurnish
ing the Committee of Ways aod Means
with the tables true in even detail, hut the
meaning of which he did not then compre
hend, now endeavors to retract or explain .
liwnv 'he true meaning of theta tie. In this j
he has utterly failed.
i cat i. nut urENTMx
of this House and of the country to the ar
ticle published iu the December number of
the HulUtia, a periodical published quar
terlv by the National Association of W ool
Manufacturers, of which Mr. North is him
self the editor, and therefore the author of
the article from which I am able to quote.
On i>age3®, of that number, he proceeds
to explain the diagram, a copy of \%huh he
tirst sent to the committee, as follows:
“The purpose of this diagram ’sto dem
onstrate the truth of the proposition e’.abo
rut.*d in the last number of the Ruiiefm
that the price of » ui in the l nited Suites
varies iu sympathy with price o_i wool in
the markets of the world; that its value
here is determined, primarily, by its vaiue
in those markets; and that inorder to cor
rect.v interpret its rise ana fall, we must
be in possession of all the facts regarding
the geuerai business conditions in this and
other countries, and particularly to condi
tions surrounding the wool manufacture^
From this extract it will appear that the
price of wool iu the Fmted States varies
cot in accordance with
the TARirr ox wool,
but “in sympathy with the price of wool in
ir. the markets of the world ; that its value
here is determiped primarily by its value
in those markets: and that m order to cor
rectlv interpret its rise and fall we mu«t
be in possession of all the facts regarding
thegenersl business conditions in this and
other countries, and particular tnecondi
tior.s surrounding the woo! manufacture^
This is precisely the position tAken by
our committee in the extract heretofore
quoted and published on pages 20 and 21 of
the committee's report. It is not the tariff
that controls the price of American wool;
it is the value of wool in the world’s mar
kets. Mr. North, in the editorial referred
to,ou page"63, says that:
‘.’The price of Ohio washed fleece wool
previous to the last two years has quite
uniformly higher thau the price of the
nearest corresponding grade of Auatralian
wool (Port Phillip fleece) but rarely by the
full amount of the duty upou class i wool.”
HEKK IT WILL BE SEEN
that Mr. North states distinctly that the
Ohio washed fleece is the American wool
which is the nearest corresponding grade
to the Australian of Port Phillip fleece.
The Committee called upon the bureau of
statistics to furnish it with prices of an
American wool, which was of the nearest
corresponding grade of some foreign wool,
so as to determine the relative value
( which is always determined by the price)
of like quality in both markets. This in
formation was given, and the Ohio washed
and the Port P'ndlip fle'co have beeu
i recognised by the mercantile wool dealers
I for more thau a quarter of a century as
; woois of the nearest corresponding grade.
And these two wools being of nearest cor
1 responding grade it will appear by : io
I table furnished for the twenty-three years
1 indicated, are of practically the same value
in both countries, for value is determined
i by price, the price at which each sold,
I showing that on tho average the foreign
woo: was worth a quarter of a cent more in
London than the Ohio wool was worth in |
Boston. In the Bulletin of the National
Association of Wool Growers for the quar
ter ending September 1. ISM, there appears
an editorial doubtless furnished by Mr.
North.
iv which he says:
“The sympathy of markets Is world wide
aDd the law of supply and demand pene
trates everywhere, as surely as water
seeks its level. The tariff permits us to
larnely control our own market; but even
when controlling it, we must accept values
that are beyond our control.”
Here Mr. North admits that the tariff on
wool permits us “to largely control our
own market.” Iu this statement Mr.
North inadvertently gives away his case.
The American wool merchants do control
the market aud the price which the farmer
gets is largely controlled by them, always
having iu view the fact that they must
also accept values that are beyoud their
conirol.
Mr. North further states on page 2f>7 of
the same oulletin as follows:
“The foreign wools imported do not rep
resent an equal number of pounds of domes
tic wools displaced, but increase the mar
ket for domestic wool.1’
IP THE FOHBIOX WOOI,
increases the market tor domestic wool
why not let it come in without attempting
to keep it out by a tariff of 11 cents a pound
in the crease. 22 cents a pound washed and
&5 cents a pouud scoured.
It should be remarked in this connection
that the word “Ohio' applied to wools is
not limited to wools grown iu that State,
1 but all wools of like grade in the United
States. The Ohio medium wool and the j
Port Phillip fleece being both washed j
wools, the tariff on the importation of the j
Port Phillip fleece would be 22 cents a
pound. If protection to American wool
protected to the amount of the tariff the
Ohio wool should be worth 22 cents a pound
more than It actually was during the twen
ty-five years covered by the present tariff.
In May. 1872, the price of Ohio medium,
as appears by the table printed on page 41
of the committee’s report, reached 70 cents
iu gold, and the price of Port Philip fleece
in London was only 47 cents, a difference
of 23 cents in favor of Ohio wool. This is
the only time since the wool tariff of ISHrt,
at which the American producer realized
the protection to which he was entitled, if
protection actually protects ir. his case.
TUIS CIRCU MSTANCE
is explained by Mr. Averv, as heretofore
stated, showing the “wild speculation in
words of all kinds in the United States,”
and also by the further fact which appears
in a tame printed on page 215 of the report,
namely, that during the year 1872 the im
ports of foreign wool reached 12*5,000,
0t)0 pounds, while the average im
ports of wools for the live years preced
ing was only 44.000,000 pounds for each
year. This immense increase in importa
tions brought the foreign wool into compe
tition witn the domestic. It will also be
seen that the production of domestic wool
for 1M»2 was only 150,000,000 pounds, while
the production for ljsid was 18**,*500,000, the
issue showing a large falling off of produc
tion and immense increase in imports.
These two facts explain the conditions
which prevailed in 1871 and 1872, and de
scribed by Mr. Avery, and caused the
“Fabulous" profits realized by speculators,”
etc. But allowing Ohio wool this advan
tage which existed hut for one month, the
general average for the twenty-five years
showed less than half a cent a pound more
in value in Ohio wool than the correspond
ing grade of
| Continued on Fourth Page. J
POLITICAL POINTERS.
Matters of Interest to Partisan* of all i
Shades of Belief.
Dispatches sent out from Cincinnati are ,
for the statement that ex-Gov.
Porter, of Indiana, will be a candidate for
the Republican nomination.
The new city council, of Lancaster. Pa.,
vestordavelected Stephen J. Owens, Dem
o-rat, City Treasurer. The Democrats
a so elected ail the other city officers, mak
ing a clean sweep.
The certificate of incorporation of the j
City Club of New Yprk tiled yesterday m ,
the office of the county clerk, states that
the purpose of the organization i« '» *-<-cure
an honest and efficient admin:stration of
eitvaffairs, severing municipal fiom nation
al politics and securing the eu.vi.on of fit
persons to city offices.
The Republicans closed the Rhode 1
I land campaign at Providence last night j
>th a dinner to Secretary of the Maw
T oy. at which the Secretary spoke and
1.100 guests took dinner.
Tbe Associated Press reports show that
Republican gains were made in Cleveland, j
Columbus and Cincinnati, but that in near- ;
!v all towns in the State of Ohio local j
issues took precedence over partisan poli
tics, and the gains either way do not carry
political weight.
The New Martinsville Election,
Tfltqr rrn to tti« Rtcititr.
New M vRTissvn i.e. W. Va., April 4.—
The town election resulted in electing the J
following on the Temperance ticket: For
Mayor, J. S. McCaske.v; Recorder, Levi .
Tucker; Council, Joseph Herman and '
Mont Burrows. For the License ticket,
for Council, Jacob Koontz. F. Lentz and S.
I. Robinson.
Republicans Carry Toronto.
Special ’lutgrxxtnto IKt RtaitUr.
Toronto, O.. March 4. —In the first elec
tion here to-day, held on strictly party
lines, the following were elected Council- ,
men: A. L. Hull. Democrat; Jos. Chaine, |
Republican: Samuel MaAdoo. Repuoliean.
Water WorksTrustee, T. B. Freeman, Re- j
publican.
Repuhlirau* Carry Columbus.
$n*cial Tii+gratn to tftt R*oi*l*r.
Cou mri s, Ohio, April 4 —But Jittie I
more than one-haif the total city vote was
polled at tbe municipal election to-day.
The Republicans elected their full ticket,
except two Police Commissioners, by ma
jorities ranging from 500 to ‘J,7C0. They
also gain a OounciHton and a member of
tbe School Board, t. J. Swerer. a broth- j
er-in-law of ex-G<f*#rnor Gray, of Indiana,
was a Democratv candidate Jfor Council,
and ran behind hbt ticket.
Senator Faulkners Ringing Address
at Philippi.
DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION
To B« Held at Charlestown Chosen Yesterday—A
Court House Full of People Hear the Firing of
the First Gun of the Campain of '02.
The Billion Dollar Congress.
Special Telegram tot fie Re sitter.
Philippi, W. Va., April 4.—The cam
paign was formally opened here to-day
by a strong, stirring, eloquent speech 1
by United States Senator Cbas. ,1.
Faulkner. The Democracy had been
called together by the County Execu
tive Committee to select delegates to
theConvention at Charlestown, which is
to select delegates to the Chicago Con
vention.
Barbour delegates to Charlestown are: i
For Philippi district: .1. llop Woods,
Jas. E. Hall and W. D. Zinn. Cove
district: .1. S. Cornwell, .7r., and D.
L. Stalnaker. Glade district: Geo. W.
Baughman, A. B. Vaunoy and Jasper
Moore. Barker district: Charley Ridge
way and Albert Rohrabaugh. ‘Valley
district: John Waters. Union district:
C. C. Talbott. Ella district: W. G.
Riley and Samuel C. Walker. Pleasant
district: James M. Woodford and Isaac
Proud foot.
There was a good turn-out of people.
The meeting was held in the Court
House. The best of order and good
feeling prevailed. Col. Woodford, an
aspirant for Gubernatorial honors,
spoke a few minutes, claiming that the
farmers were entitled to the Governor
ship and declared himself for free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
Senator 7<'aulkuer then took the ros
trum and for an hour and twenty min
utes held the audience by his excellent
reasonings, his splendid arguments, his
indisputable facts and his eloquent
words. P.rielly, he reviewed this coun
try's history, calling attention to the
difference between the conditions under
Democratic and Republican rule. He
tUCU lUUUUUliCU VUU will HUM **.*.»W
due credit to the eight Republican Sen
ators who voted against. lie then called
attention to the enormous expenditures
of the Fifty-first Congress. That Re
publican Congress spent 8581,000,000, a l
sum equal fo nine dollars per bead for
each citizen of this country. West Vir
ginia's share of this would be80,800,000,
and harbour county’s share would be
8114,000. The Senator’s speech was
excellent and attentively listened to by
a Court House jammed full of intelli
gent people, most of whom were farm
ers. The campaign in harbour prom
ises to be very active.
Mr, Sherman Tries to Choke Off Debate
on the Subject.
. Washinotox, D. C., April 4.—The
expectation of an interesting discussion
on the silver question based upon Mr.
Morgan’s resolution instructing the
Committee on Finance to examine and
report upon certain phases of the sub
ject. seemed to have no particularly at
tractive power on the general public,
for the galleries had even less than the
usual number of spectators when the
session of toe day began. There was a
fair attendance of Senators.
Mr. Morgan thereupon took the floor
to address the Senate, but yielded to
Mr. Wolcott, who gave notice that he
would address the Senate on the silver
question ou Wednesday next, and to Mr.
Gailingor, who gave notice that he
would address the Senate very briefly
on Monday next on the joint resolution
for a commission to select a site for the ;
establishment of a National Sanitarium
for pulimonary diseases. Mr. Wilson
objected to any arrangement that would
interfere with bills on the calendar.
Mr. Morgan informed him that he was
not proposing to speak under any ar
rangement, but under the rules of the
Senate.
Mr. Morgan criticised the silver act
of 1 S'.iO, and Mr. Sherman remarked that
there was not the slightest doubfas to !
what was meant by tbe silver act of !
{
At 2 0 ClOCu uie « j
Platt) laid before the Senate the un
finished business, being the bill in rela
tion to courts of appeals. But Mr.
Morgan was permitted to go on with
his address. In the course of it he re
ferred to Mr. Cleveland as haviug come ,
to the Presidency with a sort of a Wall |
street congestive chill upon him. as j
commencing to prophesy and prophesy ,
evil: and as throwing the whole weight
of his administration against silver, be- !
ginning with a letter which ho ad- I
dressed to members of Congress before
his inauguration, in which ,he begged
them by a'l the saints in the calendar I
to suppress and destroy silver coinage. ,
He brought up the charge that Mr. I
bhermau was responsible for the de- '
monetization of silver in 1*72, but Mr.
Sherman was probab y not In the ebam- >
ber at the time. At all events he paid
no attention to this so often repeated
and soofted denied charge.
THE TOILS THiHrENIN'O.
Prince Michael and 111* Spiritual Bpotisc
I ocksd I p -%K»ln fora Hearm*.
Detkoit, Mi< il, April 4.—The exam
ination of “Prince” MichBel Mills and
Lizzie Court, members of the Flying
Roll sect, who are charged with various
acts of immorality, took place to-day.
Barnice Bechol. the fifteen-year-old
daughter, who charges the “Prince” (
with seduction, was the first witness.
She began her testimony bv stating
that she made the ••Prince’s ’ acquaint- ,
ance at the house of her uncle in Sarnia, ;
thence she went to Toronto, and later
to Detroit. From here she received a |
lettey forom the “Prince.” In it she
was ordered to join him as she was
“called by God to take the t< nth place
in the God-Head respecting ooedience.”
She came to Detroit with her mother
and another lady and met Mills at the
house of Mr. Bell, who was one of the
Prince’s followers. At this stage the
hearing was adjourned until 2 o’cIock
this afternoon.
When the Court reassembled, Justice
Hang then raised Michael’s bond to
$2,200. and then boon 1 the defendants
over to the Recorder’s Court for the
May term.
CHINESE EXCLUDED.
Hermfrer No Chinese Persons, Whether
ttubjects of Chlua or Other Nations, Will
l>e Allowed to Enter This Country.
Washington, I). C., April 4.—A bill
held by friends and foes alike to be one
of the most important pending in tne
American Congress, was passed by the
House of Representatives to-day after
only thirty minutes debate.
The bill in question i9 commonly
known as the “Chinese exclusion bill,”
and was reported by the House Com
mittee ou Foreign Affairs, and to-day
was takeu up on motion of Mr. Geary,
of California.
The bill was passed by a vote of 179
yeas to 43 nays. The bill absolutely
prohibits any Chinese, whether or not
subjects of China (excepting diplomatic
and consular officers and their servants)
from entering the United States, and
Chinese who may hereafter leave the
United States are prohibitep to return
to this country. It makes liable to ar
rest upon warrant issued by any.Jus
tice, Judge, or United States Commis
sioner, Chinese or persons of Chinese
descent entering the United States by
crossing its boundary lines, or found
unlawfully in the United States, and
provides for the punishment of the
Chinese by imprisonment not exceeding
five years and subsequent removal from
the United States to the country whence
they came: provided that when they
come to the United States from China
by way of contiguous foreign territory
they shall be returned to China. The
act applies to subjects of China and all
Chinese, even if subjects of any other
foreign power.
A proviso grants the Secretary of the
Treasury power to admit Chinese other
than laborers or artisans, to temporarily
visit the United States under such rules
as he may prescribe. The last clause
repeals all acts iuconststant with this
act. Violations of the law will be fol
lowed by fine and imprisonment.
WANTS T(Tl1VE NOW.
The Cabell County Murderer Don't Want
Them lo Kill Him—Will Have a Speedy
Trial.
Special Telegram to the Reguter."
HrxTixcTos, W. Va., April 4.—Allen
Harrison, who murdered his sweetheart i
near Ona, in this county, Saturday af- ;
ternoon, and then tried to kill himself,
is now in jail hero. Great apprehension
was felt last tight, and on account of
the rumors of a lynchiug the sheriff re
moved the prisoner from jail last night
and it id him. He was taken into Circuit
Court lo-duy, and says he is ready for
trial. Until to-day he kept begging his
guards to kill him, but to-day he says
he wants to live as long he can.
Judge Harvey had a special grand
jury drawn to-day to meet on Wednes
day. and the trial will probably be held
on Friday. This prompt action of the
Judge will probably prevent any dem
onstration of a mob. The murder was
a cowardly and brutal one, tbe lady
being shot before she knew Harrison
was abont. She had repeatedly refused
to marry him, and he wreaked his
vengeance in her death. After the
murder lie took laudanum, but was
saved by prompt efforts of local physi
cians.
Anarchists Found Uullty.
London, April 4.—The Walsall Anarch
ists. Frederick Charles, Victor Caiies,
Joseph Thomas Deacon and John Battoia,
were to-day found guilty at the Stafford
shire Assizes of “unlawfully and knowing
ly having in their possession or under their
control certain explosive substances under
such circumstances as to give rise to the
reasonable suspicion that they did not
hnvo them in their possession or under
their control for anv lawful purpose.’’
John Westley and Win. Ditohneld, who
were also tried on the same charge, were
acquitted. _
Followed Deeming'* Tactics.
Dcnux, April 4.—The body of a girl has
been d scovered underneath the floor of a
cottage near Bandon, twenty miles south
west of Cork. The body had been buried
and then covered with cement, in a man
ner identical with that followed by toe
murderer Deeming in the case of his wife
ard four children, whose bodies were found
under the floor of Dinbam Villa, at Kaiu
Hill, near Liverpool.^_
Humored That Cha*. Kmory Smith Comes
Home.
N*w Yokk, April 4.--A Washington
special says it is reported that Mr. Cbas.
Lmorv Smith. United States Minister to
Russia, will return home during the pres
enth reonth end that he will resign soon
thereafter. No confirmation of the reports
can bo obtained at the State Department,
but it is regarded as correct. There is
reason to believe that he will reach New
York before May 1. _
The Mrlinlaou Hank Failure.
Bai.timokk, Mi>., April 4.—John M. Car
ter and Matthew K. Aiken, Trustees of ;
the Nicholson Bank failure to-day tiled in ,
Citv Court the first stated account of the
condition of the tirm. The statement
shows liabilities of fl.lM.Ml, and actual
assets of between and #'.'00,000.
newslets.
Interesting Piece* of Telegraphic Stwi In
Minall Mpaee.
Three new cases of typhus fever have
been discovered in New York. Two of the I
victims were inmates of the work-house in
Blackwell's Island, aud the third of Mount
Sinai Hospital. All three have been re
moved to North Brothers' Island.
Actress Margaret Mather s application
for divorce was made public at Chicago yes
terday. It was not handed into court until
Saturday, and was suppressed for service
until this morning. Orchestra Leader Emil
Haoerkorn, the husband, is charged with
desertion. The special clause is inserted
wberebv if the divorce is granted the par
ties are'at liberty to marry again.
It is reported that a steamer bound from
the Persian coast for Bacu, in the Black j
Sea. with two hundred passengers and a j
• argo of cotton, has been lost with all
aboard. It is said that the disaster was
due to the fact that the steamer was great
ly overloaded.
• * At Plymouth, Pa . *he Nottingham mine
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Com
pnuv, having the greatest output of any
colliery in the anthracite regions, is flooded
arid will probably remaid so for several
months. The trouble began on Thursday
last, and the water rose so rapidly that on j
Saturday all the large pumps Inside were
drowned and stopped.
Mannlngtoa Goes Dry.
Sptdal TtUgrai* to Htau'tr
Manmxgtos, W. Va„ April 4.—At the
town election to-day the anti-iiquor ticket,
swept everything. Their candidates have I
majorities ranging from 10 to 51. Against
license, 45. * _
••I liar* been afflicted with an affection of I
he Throat am ee childhood, cauaed by diphthe- i
ria. and have used various remedies. but have
newr found anything equal to Bao»s * Baos
cHiat. Taocats G M F. Bumptom, Pvu
ton. Ay. Sold only in loitfc
A Most Horrible Grime in East Wheel
ing, This Morning.
WILLIAM MAIER SHOT HIS WIFE,
One of the Balls Wounding His Daughter
in the Band—The Murderer Runs From
the House and Makes His Escape.
Polics Scouring the City.
One of the most horrible tragedies
ever perpetrated in this city occurred
in East .Wheeling, this morning, snort
ly after two o’clock.
William Maier, a baker, residing on
the west side of Wood street, between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, de
liberately shot his wife to death, and
his twelve year old daughter very nar
rowly escaped with her life, a ball
piercing one of her hands.
Several shots were fired by the mur
derous husband and father, who, after
completing his bloody work, tied from
The bouse, and up to an early hour this
morning had not been captured.
The crime was committed in thp bed
room occupied by Maier and his wife,
her sister also sleeping in the same
apartment.
The shots aroused the entire neigh
borhood, and soon a number of excited
people gathered in front of the resi
dence where the terrible crime was en*
acted. Several ventured inside, and
after obtaining an inkling of tho situa
tion, started in search of the police, and
two of them, running to the City Hall,
conveyed the first intelligence to Hieu
tenant Cans, who was on duty. That
officer at once ran to tho scene, and In
a short time had taken such energetic
steps as to put tlie entire night force of
officers upon the track of the murderer. ,
Maier is a baker by trade, working
for Mrs. Theodore Molter. at No. 109
Sixteenth street, and is in the habit of
going to work about three o’clock In the
morning, it is supposed be had got up
about one o’clock, or a little after, and
obtaining a revolver, at once set about
his murderous work, while his wife was
still in bed, wnere' her dead body
was found by the neighbors who i
were attracted to the house by
the reports of the revolver and the i
screaming of the little girl. It was
ab iut twenty minutes after two when I
tlie crime was committed, ami Maier
was heard to run down the street a mo- ‘
ment after the last shot, showing that ,
he was fully dressed, and had lied from j
the building without the loss of a mo- ;
ment’s time. At three o’clock the po- |
lice were soouriug the central portion of
the city, ami watching every avenue of '
escape, and It is the hope that he will
be captured before daylight.
A Register reporter was upon the
scene of the murder shortly after it
happened. In a small room on the
south side of the second story of the
frame house No. 1409 Wood street, was
tho dead body of Mrs. Marie Maier.
Two bullet wounds in her bead and a
clot of blood upon the pillow upon
which her head rested told the story of
the
AWFUL CRIME.
A small crowd of curious people stood
about tbe door and an officer prevented
them from entering tbe room.
Only one person was & witness to the
murder—ft twelve-year-oid sister of
Mrs. Maier, wiio slept In the sain** room.
After the deed had been committed
and she herself slightly wounded by a
bullet from the revolver of the mur
derer, sh>* was removed to the home of
Mr. Nesbitt, on Fourteenth street. She
was in such an excited frame of mind
that she could not tell the details of the
crime. She finally said:
“She refused to kiss him and the dirty
dog shot her."
The couple have had frequent qiiar- I
rel.x and during their einlbittons of
anger have mad*' so much noise that the
lady occupying the rooms down stairs '
complained to the owner of the build
ing, and threatened to remove from the j
the house. On Monday the husband
and wife had another quarrel, and the
latter left him and stayed at tbe bouse
of her sister, Mrs. Silas Connor, on the
opposite side of the street. In the after
noon Meier called to see her, and pre- -
vailed upon her to come back and live
with him.
Last night It Is probable that the
quarrel was renewed, and when the i
wife refused to kiss him, Maier secured
hi* revo*v**r. and
SHOT IIKK 15 Til* HEAD.
The first »bot was probably sufficient ,
to do the work, but bent upon carrying
out his hellish purpose, the Inhuman
wretch tired again, and again. One
bullet entered the center of the neck In
front, aud passed out of the right cheek,
lodging In a pillow upon’.wbicb tbe wife j
rested her head. Another shot entered
the right side of the head, and the third
shot entered the right arm. between the j
elbow and shoulder. One »hot struck the ,
twelve year old sister, who lay along
side of the wife, and passed through tbe |
flesh between two finger* upon her
right hand. Satisfied that bis hellish
work was thoroughly accomplished,
THE MCBDEBEB l.Y.VT
tke house, and ran down the ricketing
pair of «Uir* outside.
Member# of the family living down
stairs heard the shot* fired, and neigh
bors across the street and In the rear
heard the shots, and immediately ran to
the doors. Among tbe first to reach the j
scene were <»eo. Garrison and Mr. Kuehl
born. They stood at tbe bottom of tbe
steps and could smell tbe powder.
Believing that something was wrong, i
they immediately ran to the City Build
ing and notified the police. Officer i
Creighton was sent to tbe bouse, and j
the entire force wu notified to keep a
lookout for the murderer. The entire
neighborhood was scoured, but no trace
could be found of the murderer. Mr.
Garrison stated that he aaw a man walk
rapidly down the street, when he left,
but could not see who it was In the
darkness. This was the only clue to
the direction taken by Maler.
The murderer was a baker In the em
plope of Mr. Kuehtborn. (Mrs. Molter'a
old slaui) whose establishment Is 1®»
cated ou Sixteenth street. Mr. Kuehl
born came up to call him, shortly
before two o’clock, as he
should have reported for work long be
fore that time, and he awoke Maier, and
it was probably while he was dressed '
and ready to leave that ho asked his
wife to kiss him, and upon being re
fused became angered and fired the
fatal shots.
Maler Is a German and was boru in
Wurtemhurg. He was about 2o years
of age, and had only been married since
October 20th, 1 SO!. Kev. Werder per
forming the ceremony. Mrs. Maler’s
maiden name was Marie Yoho. After
their marriage, the couple lived
at 111 Twelfth * street, until
the 15th of March, when they moved
iuto the bouse where the murder was
committed. Their married life was no*
a happy one. and they had numerous
quarrels.
Maier was not of the best character.
It will be remembered that he received
gltk) from Mrs. Hager some time ago to
dcposite in the bank and that be loft
the city and spent all the money.
Coroner Phillips was notified of the
crime at three o’clock, and was on the
premises viewing the 'victim and
the surrounding Icene half an
hour later. He announced that
he would empanel a Jury after day
light, and would at once notify Dr.
Wilson, that an autopsy might be hold,
the results of which will he valuable ko
the authorities later on.
It was a niaJter of remark by
those viewing the corpse immedi
ately after the murder that she mwt
have been instantly killed by the first
shot, as there was not the slightest
evidence that she had moved
band or foot after the revolver wa* lev
eled at her for the first shot. The
corpse lay on Its back, with the hands
aud arms in a natural position by her
side, and the face—a more
than unusually beautiful one—was as
calm and unruffled In feature as though
sho were asleep, tlies small bullet
wounds, a splotc h of powder and the
gnastly paleness alone dispelling the
Illusion. The murdered woman did not
look to be more than twenty-three or
twenty-four years of ace. There was
very little bltipd to be seen, there
being none at all upon her night
ciothing, and very little upon either
pillow or bed clothes. One hall entered
the pillow on which the dead woman
rested, a few inches from her head.
THE RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN.
Both side* Are Klrm nud Claim Kvsrr
thing-Indication* o( a Mrpulillean l ag
latura.
PnovimcNC*, R. I , April 4.—The
preparatory work for the Mate election
on Wednesday !» nearly over. Hut a few
morn meetings are to be held nod none
of the** are of much Importance, eieept
the Republican gathering In thl* city
to-nigbt, which is to be addressed hy
the Secretary of the Navy and Con
gressman Burrow*, of Michigan, the
mass meeting of the Republicans to
night In Pawtucket, where og-S|#*aker
Reed will speak and a similar rally In
Newport to-morrow night, to be ad
dressed by Mr. Reed and Speaker Har
rett, of the Massachusetts House of
Represetatlves.
The Democrat* have huisbed their
large gatherings, but some small onaa
will be held In various parts of the Mate
to-night and to-morrow night. Houb
parties claim to be confident of th« re
sult, but the Indications point to the
election of a Republican majority In the
Legislature. The State ticket la likefy
to fall of an election with the Demo
crats securing a plurality of the votes
east, which will, however, be of no
avail In case of the election of a Repub
lican Legislature.
Senator Aldrich states that, he con
sider* the outlook very satisfactory f<jr
the Republican* and hopes that they
will receive a plurality vote for state
officers, a* thl* will be taken a* an Indi
cation of the vote In the Presidential,
election which Is by plurality Instead of
majority, a* In the Stat* contest. The
Democrats claim that a plurality vote
on State officers Is assured them and
that they hope for a majority too as
well as the balance of power in the Leg
islature.
Mapicid, April 4.—Great eicllement
was caused here to-day by the discovery
• if an Anarchist plot to bk w up the
chamber of deputies. The leader* of
the conspirators arrived here within
the past month. The civil governor
had received Information that two for
eign Anarchists were conspiring with a
number ol Spanish Anarchist* to blow
up the public building*, and the sus
pects were accordingly watched.
The project against the ( harrber of
Deputies was arranged to come off on
Saturday; a Frenchman named Deval
and a Portugese named Felrriba. In
tending to conceal a couple of bombs
under the seats tu the public gallery and
then to get out before the bomb et*
ploded. Felralha, however, was take*
III and the attempt waa postponed uotfl
to-day at 4 p. m., when both conspira
tor* left their houses, each carrying
under hi* arm a *mall parcel of the
shape of a bottle wrapped In a news
paper.
The police shadowed them and kept
them in sight until they reached the
Corte* building, where both were seen
to place theraseves before the door
leading to the Chamber of lleputle* by
which the president of'the chamber,
Premier Caoova* D« Castello. usually
entered.
The police then decided it was t tun
to act ana they at once proceeded to
arrest the plotters. Both were imme
diately handcuffed. When seared tbejr
were found to ha ve In their posse»*ion
conical booms enclosed In cast-iron
cases elgbt inches long by three oroad.
The booms have not been careratiy *«
a mined as yet. but they appear to
loaded with enough dynamite to blow
up the whole Cortes.
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