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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
A SHAKESPEARIAN GONE.

Demise OF Charles Edward Flower, Scholar
and Philanthropist-His Cousin a Pitts
burger-A Loss to American Tourists
They Were His Especial Caro-.
Dr. j. o. Flower, of Pittsburg, who is at
present in New York, yesterday received a
cablegram announcing the death at STRAIT
ford-on-Avon, of his cousin Charles Flower.
Mr.. Charles Edward Flower was known
to all travelling Americans for his free
hearted hospitality, and to all Shakespear-
ians the world over for his admirable con-
tributions to shakespearian literature, and
for his generous gifts to Stratford-upon-
Avon.
The visitor to Shakespeare's birthplace
sees everywhere the evidence of Mr.. Flow
er's public spirit. He presented to the town
memorial theater, which cost over e3o, 600.
and personally superintended the annual
production of its plays He laid out, at
his own expense, park on either side OF
the Avon. He was one of the committee
that determined the site of the fountain that
Mr.. George W. Childs presented to STRAIT
ford, and his last undertaking was to restore
the old grammar school, bringing to light
the cross timbers and the frescoes, and so
give the main street the medieval appear
ance it had lost.
His principal literary work was the
Memorial Theater edition of Shakespeare,
which he completed last year just before
his sight failed.
The Flowers have always had Americans
under their special care. The grandfather,
George Flower, came to the United States
in 1917 as the associate of Morris Birkbeck,
and founded an English colony in AL
bion, Edwards county. Ill. He improved
the land and stocked his farms with sheep
from England and Spain. He fought against
slavery in Illinois, and, finally, died in the
country that he had helped to settle.
Edward Fordham Flower, the father of
Mr.. Charles Flower, was four times Mayor
of Stratford-upon-Avon; he was an intimate
friend OF Ralph Waldo Emerson, and enter
tanned Bryant and Longfellow and Sumner.
To him Emerson introduced Della
Bacon, of Bacon-Shakespeare fame. Mr..
Charles Flower continued the reputation of
the family for hospitality. Ten of DR..
Holmes Hundred Days in Europe" were
spent at his beautiful home, "Avonbank,"
in the shadow of the tall lines that sur
round Shakespeare's church.
He married Miss Martineau, a relative
of James and Harriet Martineau, and leaves
no children. One of his two brothers, Will
lam Henry Flower Is the curator of the
Geological Department of the South Ken
sington Museum, and o wellknown sci
enlist.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
BUSINESS BREvITIES.

ONE THOUSAND granite cutters at Barre, VT,
struck yesterday.
THE proposed way of the Hennepin Canal is
being cleared for grading.
THERE were in the port of Duluth Wednes-
day al vessels, the largest number on
record.
IT is reported that London syndicate has
contracted to raise a Portuguese loan of
$50 900, 00O
THE striking dock coal handlers at Cleve-
land were yesterday reinforced by the fuel
handlers, making their strength 600.
OWING to trouble among the union
closed down, throwing 700 hands out of en-
ployment.
THE st. Paul German Accident Insurance
Company has reinsured its entire business
with the Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York.
THE strike of lumber mill hands at Ottawa
Ont, to gain permission for them to quit
work at P. NJ. on Saturdays without de-
crease of pay, has been successful.
The painters strike at McKeesport was
broken yesterday by three contractors con-
Guiding to pay the So per day asked for, and
the outlook Is that the rest of the master
painters will do likewise.
OF the 800 boiler makers and iron workers
in Boston and immediate vicinity 600 have
struck. The 200 who did not strike are en-
ployed in the shops of the different steam
railroads running out of Boston, and are not
affected by the unions order.
The National Cordage Company has now
for the first time given its price on Sisal
twine which is from " to ~ cents per pound
higher than last season. The dealers who
are compelled to buy Sisal twine now must
sell at not less than II cents per pound.
THE Caldwell-Viele Company, wholesale
and retail grocery store, one of tho largest
establishments of the kind in Indiana,
passed into the hands of Charles Viele and
he placed the management of the establish
ment in the hands Of ]. W. Lauer. The cause
OF the change, it is stated is that besides
foreign creditors. the First National Bank
held the firms paper to the amount ofnearly
$50, ,000
AT Clarksville, Tenn, Judge Tyler has
rendered :, in the celebrated Frank
lin Bank cases. abating the indictments
against P. c. Hambaugh, Poindexter and
George S. Irwin, charged with grand lar
ceny, and who have been under bond of Sl0-
900 each since January. The grounds upon
which the indictments are set aside were
that the grand jurors were depositors in the
bank and not competent to act.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
NEXT DOOR TO INSTRUCTIONS.
Kansas Republicans Get Around a TickIist
Point in an Adroit Manner

Kansas Republicans Get Around a TickIish
Point in an Adroit Manner,
HUTCHINSON, KAN, May 81 Special i
The Republican State Convention was held
here to-day. The resolutions adopted ex-
press sorrow at the loss to the State and
party of Senator Preston B. Plumb: de-
mand an amendment to the Interstate COM
merce law to prohibit discrimination in
freight rates; urge more stringent legisla-
zion against immigration of pauper foreign
ers; reafirm adherence to the platform of
1888 in favor of protection, and include
the following silver resolution:
That we urge the passage of such laws as
-ui-2crease the coinage of silver, looking
10 the coinage of the production of our own
mines as soon as it can be done without in.
jury to the business interests of the country.
ANA that we approve the efforts of the pres =
ent administration in seeking the co-opera-
uon OF the principal commercial nations of
me world in bringing silver to parity with
goa as the currency OF the world.
No instructions were given to the delega-
non to the National Convention, but the
following resolution indorsing Harrison s
administration was adopted:
That as President Harrison's administra-
tloh mas Deen eminently sound and able, and
mas SO strongly commended itself to the
business interests Of the country, the Repub-
means OF Kansas stand united for his renom-
fnat1on and election
:. For Congressman at large George 7. An
thony, OF Ottaway, was nominated. The
convention elected these six delegates at
large to Minneapolis: Ex-senator j. J.
lBgalls, Calvin Hood, C. C. Jones, colored,
L. a. Bigger, E. c. Little and A. ii. Ellis.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
RAILWAY INTERESTS,

CHICAGO. BURLINGTON AND QUINCY directors
have declared ~ per cent quarterly divi
dend.
AN interchangeable 5ooo-miIe ticket, good
on any line included In the Western Passen-
ger Association, is a new departure just
agreed upon.
THE Southern Pacific has been refused per.
mission by the Western Traffic Association
to lower its passenger rate between Ell Paso
and San Francisco from $3s so to $685.
THREE railroads are negotiating at Kansas
City for consolidation. They are the Brook.
field and Northern, the Springfield, Sedalia.
Marshall and Northern, and the Sabine Pass.
Sioux City and Duluth.
The "Cotton Belt" Railroad has elected the
following directors: S. w. Fordyce, W. b.
Doddridge, II. NJ. Galloway, Robert Moore.
Edwin Gould, NJ. Gernsheim, Thomas T.
Eckert, Alf. Wolff and w. S. Pierce. The
old officers will be reelected.
THE yearly statement of the Michigan
Central shows: Gross earnings, $l5, ,l62, l60:
gross increase of s672, ,al9 as compared with
last year. Expenses and taxes, Sll, ,lO7. 500. an
increase of 1915, ,si5; net earnings, $4O55, 800.
an increase or 1926, ,42S; balance after diyi-
dends, etc., taken out, $l97,3
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
IT'S of Conventions IndOrse
the President and Several
Instruct for Him.
EST VIRGINIA LEADS OFF
I'd Minnesota, Wisconsin and Other
States Follow Suit.
LIMOS is ALSO ON HIS LIST.
aine's Name Evokes the Heartiest Cheers
Everywhere, and
iB STATE WANTS HIM TO RUN IN 1896

WHEELING, w. VA, May 5-The State
invention to choose delegates to the Re
Iblican National Convention at Mime
'olis, assembled at Martinsburg to-day,
ID was one of the largest ever held in the
ate, there being over 600 delegates. j. E
ooten, of Moundsville, was Temporary
laIrman, and in his speech arraigned the
emocratic Legislature "for seating Gov
nor who was not elected" and politicians
that party for crimes against the ballot
". E. P. Rucker, young but eloquent
an of Mercer county, was Permanent
lairman.
The resolutions adopted reaffirm the Re-
lblican platform of 'Ss, indorse protection
principle, and commend the Mckinley
W and reciprocity; assert the belief in
merican ability to make all the tin plate
onsumed in the country, and exhort all
mericans to purchase American products
preference to imported goods. The free
Dol bill is condemned as an unjust al
Irtful attack on the agricultural interest of
country, and decisive legislation, vigor-
4sly enforced, is demanded to restrict i'm
Igration now pouring in upon the country
; an alarming rate, threatening the iveli-
cod of the people and menacing our free
Institutions. The platform says:
We regard as of the highest importance
lat every dollar issued by the United
tates shall have purchasing power of 100
ents, so that our gold, silver and paper
sues may be kept on an equal footing.
A liberal pension policy is favored, and
Democratic attacks on the present admins
L N
S made for partisan purposes Harrison is
ldorsed and his triumphant reelection
redicted.
The following delegates were elected: c.
;. Hart, of Wheeling; Thomas E. Davis, of
irafton; John d. Hewitt, of Mercer county,
nd John A. Hutchinson, of this city. Ali
f them are pronounced Harrison men and
ill stand by him The Second District
republican Convention elected George NJ.
bowers and Prof L c. White delegates to
Both delegates are Harrison
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
DELAWARE FOR HARRISON,
Though the Six Delegates Elected Yeste
day Are Not Instructed,

Though the Six Delegates Elected Yester-
day Are Not Instructed.
DOVER, DEL, May 6-[SpeciaL THE
Republican State Convention was called to
order at noon. Senator Anthony Higgins
and General James B. Wilson, of New
Castle county; George V. Massey and DR..
George W. Marshall, of Kent, and j. Frank
Bacon and George f. Pierce, of Sussex, had
beeD elected in caucus as the national dele
gates. The platform praises Harrison, and
in speaking of Blaine says:
In the conduct of the foreign affairs Of the
country under the President and his great
Secretary, James G. Blaine, the national
honor and dignity have been maintained
in striking contrast to the feebleness and
pusillanimity which marked the administra-
tion of his predecessor.
General James II. Wilson made o speech
and received an ovation. He said:
hope to see the day when all the English
speaking people on the North American
continent are one in government as they are
in speech and literature. L go further, and
express the hope that the day will come
when all men speaking our language will be
united in one world-encircling confederation
The national delegates were not instruct
ed, but Harrison is their favorite. Dele
gates at large are unknown in Delaware, the
six delegates being named by districts
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
THE BUSINESS WORLD.
Farquhar, of Pennsylvania, a Sue
cessful Missionary Abroad
IN BEHALF OF THE WORLDS FAIR.
He Shows British Manufacturers Where
Their Interests Lie.
FIRES, FAILURES AND RAILWAY NEWS

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCH.1
HARRISBURG, May "a. B. Farquhar,
Executive Commissioner of the Pennsyl.
vania Board of Worlds Fair Managers, ar.
rived home Wednesday night after tour
of several weeks through the principal
countries of Europe. Mr.. Farquhar was
warmly received by the American consuls,
and found they are very much interested in
the Columbian Exposition and are earn
estly striving to secure large exhibits.
General E. Burd Grubb, the American
Minister to Spain, brought about special
meeting of some of the most influential men
of that country, at which Mr.. Farquhar at
tended. The general interchange of views
which took place aroused considerable en-
thusiasm, and Spain's exhibit, Mr.. Farqu-
har says, will be most generous.
In France, says the Executive Commits
sioner, the artists, of whom there are great
number, are quite enthusiastic, and there
is no doubt Of an elegant exhibit of paint
ings from that country. In some of the
large manufacturing towns of England, Mr..
Farquhar discovered spirit of Indifference
toward the Exposition; but after he had
talkeu Win tnem tney seemed ulSpOSeu u
send an exhibit of some sort to Chicago.
This Indifference grew ont OF their hostility
to the trade barriers erected by the United
States between the two countries.
MI. FarQuhar argued in practical, bust
ness-like manner. He said that no matter
whether England does or does not exhibit,
the varied industries of America will be on
exhibition at Chicago, and visitors will be
there to see them from all parts of the globe.
If England can afford to be without repre-
sentation, Americans had nothing to lose.
The wideawake Englishmen were not slow to
see the force of Mr.. FarQuhar's argument,
and many of them promptly signitied their
intention of exhibiting.
While abroad Mr.. FarQuhar saw the neces-
sity of each country having a separate rep
resentative at Chicago to receive and have
general supervision of the exhibits; and he
sent a letter to the Director General of the
Exposition embodying his views of the
matter. at the coming meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Penn
sylvania Board of Managers, he will
recommend the appointment of repre-
sentative of the exhibitors of this State.
This official will look after all the exhibits,
thereby relieving the individual exhibitors
of the necessity of employing an agent to do
the work.
Mr.. Farquhar was very much gratifed to
know that 4S0 applications for space have
been made by Pennsylvanians, and has no
doubt that the display of the Keystone State
will be creditable one in every sense.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06

part of the roof was burned away, and an
organ worth $4,000 was destroyed. Total
loss about $l50, 900.
Penn avenue-A shed on Mulberry alley,
at the rear of 2223 Penn avenue, caught nrG
In mysterious manner last night. A still
alarm was sent in to Engine Company T.
The damage was slight.
Detroit-The Union Linseed OIL Mills dam
aged $4,000; insured. By the simultaneous
bursting of several barrels of oil three fire.
men were obliged to run through blazlng
oil, and were seriously burned.
Sixth street-An alarm from box 9yester-
day afternoon was occasioned by a slight
fire in Lies picture frame rooms at 10 and IL
Sixth street. The blaze was extinguished
by the use of babcocks and no damage was
done.
Rushville, Ind.-Fire broke ont Wednes-
day night in the planning mill of Foutz &
Moffett spread to the furniture factory Of
Innis, Pearce & Co., and from there in all
directions. Total loss about $l25, 900. Some
of the losses are: Innis, Pearce Co, $50
900. with $4,000 insurance; Foutz & Moffett,
5000: j. H. Carr's residence, 81, 600; residence
occupied by Hugh Lane, $1,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
FRIENDS OF THE NEWsIES
The Work of Erecting the Newsboys' Hon
to Be Begun at Once.

The Work Of Erecting the Newsboys' Home
to Be Begun at Once.
The annual meeting of the subscribers to
the support of the Newsboys' Home was
held yesterday afternoon and the following
officers were elected: President, Thomas j.
Keenan, Jr. Vice President, Mrs. G. A.
Nicola; Treasurer, Henry Mcknight; Sec
retary, A. c. Kerr; Board of Directors, Mrs
j. 7. Patterson, Mrs. x. H. Lecky, Mrs j.
D. Carson, Mrs. II. H. Byram, Mrs. c. L.
Magee, Mrs. W. A. Magee, Miss W. Craig,
Mrs. X. G. Mcknight, Miss Eliza McCurry,
J. j. Kay, Mrs. Lucy Kramer, Mrs. W. G..
Wilkins, Miss Mary Reed, Miss Anna Van
Kirk, Mrs. J. Fullwood, Mrs. C. A. Seaver,
Miss Elise Mercur, Mrs. H. DePuy, Mrs. o.
c. Townsend, Mrs. C. Mckee, Mrs. Otto
Wuth, Miss Rebecca Renshaw and Miss E.
o. Smith.
The report of Treasurer T. P. Day
showed that the newsboys had paid in
S2,412 6S; from general contributions
So, 442 81 had been received, and by State
appropriation So, 500; this made the entire
income IS, 355 SO. The expenditures were
So, ,163 80, leaving So, 191 II in the treasury.
The contract for the erection of the News
boys Home on the lot donated by Mrs
Schenley at the corner of Old avenue,
Forbes and Shingiss streets, has been
awarded to Rose s. Fisher for S21, ,9S5. The
extra work will probably cost about S., 900
more. AS the Home is to be built upon
the site of the old canal basin it is likely
that 81, 900 will have to be expended in con-
creting for solid foundation. Altogether
it is probable the new structure will cost in
the neighborhood of $50, 600. Of this amount
there is in the Newsboys' Home building
fund S26, 100 in cash. To this may be added
s., 900, the valuation of the lot at Charleroi
donated to the fund, but as yet not disposed
of, and some $500 raised by the directors
of the Home.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
IT'S A NICE PILE.
A Norristown Man Finds Buried Treasure
ard Keeps 1t, Too

A Norristown Man Finds Buried Treasure
ard Keeps 1t, Too.
NoRRIsTowN, May 5.-Thomas Kehoe is
excavating cellar under his old frame
hotel building at the corner OF De Kalb and
Washington streets, and, according to a
statement made by one of the laborers en-
gagged on the work, unearthed enough coin
yesterday to pay for the improvements and
have sufficient left to buy nice farm.
During the afternoon the pick of an
Irishman struck an iron-bound wooden
box, which was speedily uncovered. Mr..
Kehoe was watching operations at the time,
and, witnessing the resurrection of the box,
had it carried to his home, He refuses to
divulge the value of its contents, but says
they consist wholly of gold and silver coins,
and he adds: 81 will say this much: It's
a nice pile"
The man who lugged the treasure to
Kehoe's home says it weighs at least Is
pounds. The place was occupied years ago
by John Ruby, close-fsted bread baker,
who long since removed to Reading and
died. 1t is supposed that the money repre-
sents his hoardings. 1t is thought that he
went away while on spree and forgot all
about his treasure.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
REDSKINS ARE KICKING.
Lawyers a Civilized Luxury Which The
Are Not Accustomed To,

Lawyers a Civilized Luxury Which They
Are Not Accustomed To.
CHICAGO, May 5.-General Miles to-day
received dispatches from Colonel Wade, in
the Indian lands recently opened to settle
ment, saying that the Indians were COM
planning that they had been cheated in their
allotments Of lands. Many of the Cheyenne
and Arapahoe Indians had called on Colonel
Wade and protested against paying e1orbi-
tant fees to attorneys, whom they had never
employed, to secure their entry papers.
These lawyers had intruded themselves
upon the Indians, and after the lands were
opened had filed claims for attorneys fees
in the land Office, where the claims were al
lowed without consulting the Indians
The Indians who claimed to have been
defrauded urged Colonel Wade to lay their
grievances before General Miles, in whom
they have confidence. General Miles is
powerless to aid the defrauded redskins, the
entire dispute being subject to the juris-
diction of the Indian Bureau. It is be-
lieved at army headquarters that trouble
will result
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
LOUD CHEERS FOR BLAINE
Sy Wisconsin Republicans, Who Hail Him
as Their 1896 Champion,

as Their 1896 Champion,
MILWAUKEE, May 5.-Three hundred
md sixty delegates and hundreds of party
enthusiasts assembled this afternoon in
Westside Turner Hall, for the Wisconsin
Republican State Convention. Ogden H.
Fethers, of Janesville, was introduced as
Temporary Chairman. He made a brief
out superb address, and soon had the con-
vention cheering heartily when he
mentioned, "A.e4ery inch man, and our
model President-Benjamin Harrison" A
moment later the orator impressively
began to apostrophize "that foremost man
in the world, to whom goes out, now, as
always, the great heart of the Republican
party. G. Blaine" Instantly, as at the
first intimation of what was coming from
the speaker there had been q moments
hush the hall resounded with hurrah-
ing, renewed time and again till the spec
tators in galleries could be seen holding
their ears, so deafening was the, uproar.
Not later than 1896 no power short of
the grave shall rob the American people of
the right to nominate and elect James G.
Blaine President of the United States"
concluded the speaker. The din of appro-
bstion seemed to carry the delegates into
lbe ali, so hdul udu luHnpeu Oh chairs ana
we're waving hats, umbrellas and handker-
,hiefs.
The platform calls for honest money; up
holds the idea of a protective tariff; COM
mends the administration of President Har-
rison, and congratulates the Republicans on
the ''gerrymander" decision. Three of the
sour delegates at large to the National Con-
ventlon were accorded, each in turn, the
honor OF an election by acclamation-Henry
c. Payne, of Milwaukee, the retiring Chair
man of the State Central Committee; ex-
Senator John c. Spooner and General
Lucius c. Fairchild. For the fourth place
there was lively contest between o. H.
Fether, of GAINESVILLE, and Congressman
Isaac Stephenson, of Marquette. Balloting
resulted in a victory for Stephenson by the
narrow plurality of four votes
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
sTUFFING THE BALLOT BOXES.
Census Figures Don't Count With Worlds
Fai- Sunday Closers.

Fai- Sunday CIosers.
CHICAGO, May 5.-Long petitions for
closing the Worlds Fair Sundays have
lately been showered upon Colonel John T.
Dickinson, Secretary of the National Com
mission. 1t begins to look as though the
people who are clamoring to have the
gates shut on Sunday are stuffing
the ballot box. Last night when
Barney Galligan footed up the list of the
petitioners he found that II, 03S, $50 men,
women and children had asked to have the
Fair closed on the first day of the week. 1t
was considered somewhat peculiar that the
number of petitions from several States ex-
ceeded the total population as shown by the
census of 1890. When Barney Galligan
made this discovery his eyes hung out like
door knobs. Barney is a Sunday closer
himself
The Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor has sent in a great many petit
tions The girls and boys of this society
seem to be putting in all their spare time
getting people to sign the petitions 1t is
''fad" with the society in dozen or more
States. Some of the petitions look as
though all of the names might have been
signed by one person; but, then, nobody
would think of accusing young people of
Christian propensities of trifing with peo-
ple's names in that way.