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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
RAND, MNALLY & co. SUED
By a Directory Compiler, Who Claims the
Firms Expense Items Are Doctored.

rHhB Expense Items are OOctOEeus
CHICAGO, Dec. PA counter suit
against Rand. McNslly & Co. was fled to-
day by Charles e Williams Williams is
the man who was recently charged with
embezzling SIS, 900, and the bill filed to-day
purports to give another side of the story.
He says in 1875 he conceived the idea of
publishing a bank directory, and secured
great encouragement from the bankers of
Chicago and from other commercial firms.
He then made an arrangement with Rand,
McNally & Co. to publish the work, they
to give him $50 week salary and one-halt
of the profits. Another stipulation, he al
leges, was that the charges for printing.
publishing and binding would be the actual
cost of the work
year later, complains Williams, he was
informed that the firm of Rand, McNallyf6
Co. were rapidly losing money on the work,
and that until the book began to pay, his
salary would be decreased to S25 per week.
He, being weak, in need Of money and
easily influenced, he says, he accepted the
decrease, ''never suspeeting fraud, " as the
bill reads. and things went on so until 1877,
when he began to view with suspicion the
fact that the publication was not yielding
him profit. He accuses the firm of fixing
the accounts so that the profits on the pub
lication would appear TO be eaten up by the
expenses. He demands 100000 as his share
of profits, and $50, 900 on account of salary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
CHANCE FOR a SACRIFICE
Socialists Have a Rare Opportunity to Prove
Their Consistency.

Socialists Have Rare Opportunity to Prove
Their Consistency.
LONDON, Dec. 24-THE DISPATCH re-
porter at Berne writes that the Swiss Ma
tional Council has Just voted 60, 600 francs
subsidy in connection with the Chicago
fair Of this modest sum $4,000
francs will be devoted to pay
ing the expenses of number of
workmen delegates who are to visit the
United States next year and inquire into
and report upon the eountry's industrial
condition. The money was not voted
without considerable discussion, in which
the Socialist members of the council
took the leading part. They denounced
the proposal because the money would be
simply wasted in providing nice holiday
for a few favored workmen of the aristoc-
racy of labor who would be in no sense rep
resentative of the masses. Anyhow, 1t was
declared real workingmen did not want to
60 fooling to the ends of the world, for their
time was too precious.
One of the dissentient Socialists has since
privately intimated to the Government
that, although be objected to the principle
of the thing, he is prepared to sacrifice
himself on the altar of duty by going to
Chicago at the expense of the State.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
AN EXPLANATION IN ORDER,
Two Prominent Men Commit Forgery and
Are Punished Differently.
rBY CABLE To THE DIsPATou1

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Are Punished Differently.
rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPAToH1
LONDON, Dec. 24.-Dr. Scott Sanders,
founder and Secretary of the once famous
Lyric Club, has been sentenced to six years
penal seryitude for forging the
name of Earl Londesborough, his
friend and patron, in order to
provide funds for keeping the club going.
DIR. Collins, surgeon in the Grenadier
Guards, was ordered few weeks ago merely
to come up for judgment when called upon
for forging the name of friend and fellow
officer Both were men of the best social
position but inadequate private in
come. Both we're weak-headed and
fell into the hands of money
lenders, and could devise no better means
of extrication than forgery. People are
therefore asking for some explanation of
the monstrous disproportion in punish
ments meted out to these men, and nobody
has yet vouchsafed one which will bear eI-
animation.
An effort is just now being made
to resuseitate the Lyric Club in
all its former glory, but there was not
much prospect of success The original
club cost nearly SIS, 900 year for working
expenses. A hundred servants were en-
ployed, and the rent of the clubhouse was
SIS, 600 year and the electric lighting cost
So, 600 year. The club was perfect pal
ace Of pleasure, and its moral character was
shady,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
REGULATION OF CHEAP LABOR.
British War Vessels to Be Brought to Bear
on Gilbert islanders.
tBY CABLE 10 THE DIsPATcH.l

on Gilbert islanders.
rBY CABLE TO THE DIsP AToH1
LONDON, Dec. 24-The British Govern
ment, which has sanctioned the revival of
the horrible system by which the sugar
planters of Queensland are enabled to get
cheap labor by ''hiring" the natives of the
Polynesian Islands, is said to be much
concerned at the manner in which
the Gilbert Islanders are being
"kidnaped' by the agents of the
Guatemslan planters Judging from re-
ports which have reached here, the hiring
and the kidnapping appear to be synonymous
terms, but, obviously, the Queenslanders,
being British subjects, can do no wrong,
while Guatemalans, being republicans and
living in Central America, where all things
English are not a recognized cult, are
incapable of doing anything right, there
fore the British Government has ordered
INQUIRIES to be made into ''the inhuman
traffic between the Gilbert Islands and
Guatemala, and it is not impossible that the
United States Government may be asked to
cooperate.
1t would be an interesting sight to see
British and American war vessels hunting
for labor ships in one part of the world
while British Government agents are 'sreg-
ulating" colored labor traffic in another
region.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
WILL GET A QUORUM.
COuncilmen Interested in Matters to
Come Up at Tuesdays Meeting.
FRANCHISES FOR THE WEST END.
The Free Fridge Question to Pc Again
Taken Up and Discussed.
PROSPECTS FOR A POPULAR VOTE

Monday being adopted as the day for the
legal celebration of Christmas as holiday
the meeting OF Councils due on that day will
occur on Tuesday. Usually it is not nossi-
BILE to secure a quorum Immediately after a
holiday, but this one is expected to be an
exception. There are several matters COM
ing up for consideration which interest
most Of the Councilmen.
The Corporations Committee at a meeting
Yesterday afternoon took favorable action
on two ordinances which will come up for
passage at Tuesdays meeting. One is to
give the West End Electric Company the
right to operate an overhead system of
lighting and heating in that part of the city,
south of the Monongahela river and west of
the Castle Shannon incline. The company
is composed of West End residents and
business men and is not in any way con-
nected with the West End Street Railway
Company 1t is reported that Councilmen
A. c. Robertson and James Fox are inter-
ested. There is no specification as to where
the plant shall be built or operated.
Another Inclined Plane.
The other ordinance is one permitting the
an inclined plane over West Carson street.
The company's property lies on both sides
of the street, their supply of ores and other
materials being next the Lake Erie Rail-
road, while the cupola, where it is used, is
above Carson street. The incline is de-
sired to transport the materials from one
point to the other. The ordinance requires
that the incline shall clear the street by at
least 20 feet.
The action of the Free Bridge Committee
in recommending bond issue of 81, 500, 900
to buy existing bridges and selecting the
south Twenty-second street location for a
new bridge will certainly draw large
attendance of Southside Councilmen. Those
who favor them will turn out to have both
recommendations acted upon. There is
some opposition to the Twenty-second
street location among the lower Southside
members, who want the new bridge in
their ward. 1t is not expected the bond
issue recommendation will meet the ap-
proyal of Councils, but an attempt will be
made to have the amount increased to
S4, $4,000
Prospects for Popular Vote.
There will be more Likelihood of its being
submitted to popular vote in that form, as
the department chiefs and number of
Councilmen have already expressed them
selves strongly IN favor of an issue sufi-
ciently large to improve the parks and in
crease the water works plant as we'll as buy
the bridges.
The Twenty-irst street incline franchise,
which has been the cause of considerable
dispute among trivial claimants will prob
ably receive attention at Tuesdays meeting
and will cause lively discussion. Its op-
ponents say it will not pass. The only
other ordinance of Importance to come up
is the one restricting pawnbrokers, which
has passed Select and is now ready 10 see
ond reading in the Common braneh.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

come out of the Queens private purse,
and there is little of the graciousness of
true charity about such ceremonial bene-
factions, but the Queen also spends good
deal at this season of the year in gifts TO
the poor people on her private estates at
Osborne and Balmoral, and in this charity
the official almoner has no hand,
The Prince of Wales Christmas gifts
were distributed to the Iaborers and other
humble folk on his Norfolk estate to-day,
in the form of huge joints of beef in sizes
proportionate to the largeness of each fami-
ly, together with packets of groceries and
other good things
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
IMPRISONED IN THE ICE.
Terrible Experience OfTwo Boatmen Whose
Skiff Had Sunk.

Skiff Had Sunk.
NAUvoo, ILL, Dec. 24.-Two men named
Raeey and Horton, living at Montrose, Ia,
attempted to cross the river in flimsy skiff
through mass of running ice. The skiff
finally upset, filled and sank. After a
struggle the men succeeded in catching q
cake of ice, to which they cIung 1t was an
uncertain means of support, however, as
the ice was thin and kept breaking off under
their weight.
The two men foated down the river for
an hour, crying pitifully for help. Lige
Parker and Fred Wilhemy heard the men
and ran out on the sand bar at the River
side Mills, where a skif lay, but there
were no oars, and Wilhemy ran after oars.
He returned only to find that the oars
would not fit the boat, and the would-be
.rescuers ran back some distance to get
another boat In the meantime the freez-
ing men in the ice were witnesses to the
evidently futile efforts to save them, and
were on the point Of giving up when three
men in skiff pulled alongside and took
them off. Both men were terribly chilled
and exhausted, one being unable to speak.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
COLLAPSES. AND FRAUDS
That Have Shaken the Confidence of the
Poor Man in His Alleged Benefactors-
More Than s5,OOO,O0O of Working
mems Savings Stolen, to Speak Plainly.
rpvcIR1E tn TUE Drsp .Tcu,

Poor Man in His Alleged Benefactors-
More Than S35,OOO,O0O of Working
mems Savings Stolen, to Speak Plainly.
tBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, Dec. 24-The series of collapses
and frauds in building society enterprises
in England has eliminated in 8 scandal
only less shameful and gigantic than the
Panama affair in France. Many details of
the Liberator Building Society failure and
prosecutions have been cabled this week,
but it would be difficult to give an adequate
idea of the extent and distressing nature of
the disaster.
More than S35. .OOo, 900 of savings of the
thrifty poor have been swept away with no
explanation of the disappearance. Many
Thousand struggling workingmen and small
trades people lose all they possess and have
not even the melancholy consolation that
the disaster is the result of causes beyond
those to whom they trusted their money.
Without saying IN plain English that
these millions have been stolen, it can be
affirmed without qualification that the
catastrophe is without excuse. Indeed, the
affair promises to prove the blackest blot
upon the recent financial history of Eng
land. Those who are responsible for it still
pose as honorable men, and resent with
some show of indignation the imputStions
of criminal negligence, which is the very
mild form of accusation publicly made
against most of them.
The evaporation and anger of the victims
are naturally without limit. They demand
revenge at the hands of the law with a
vehemence which cannot be denied. We
may, therefore, expect at least thorough
investigation and vigorous attempt on the
part of the Government to punish those
guilty. IT direct dishonesty cannot be
proved another inevitable effect will be the
introduction of some radical legislation for
Government supervision of such trust in
stitutions 1t is safe to sey that Mr.. Glad
stone will heartily indorse some stringent
measure of this kind.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
TEENYsoN LEFT $3.50, 900.
Peculiarities of the Wills of a Number of
Literary People.


rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH1
LONDON, Dec. .24-Tennyson's personal
estate amounts to more than $3.50, 0O0
Robert Browning, of whose will A. Tenny-
son and F. S. Palgrave were the attesting
witnesses, left personally in England of the
value of e16,775. Victor Hugo, who, like
Tennysen attained the age of So years. had
personal estate in this country to the
amount of e92, 126. DR.. Charles Mackay's
property was valued at SO, $40, and that of
Eliza Cook at e5,057. Matthew Arnold's
estate amounted to e1, 041 His will, in
his own handwriting, was one of the short
est that ever came under probate. 1t was:
81 leave everything of which 1 die Dos
sessed to my wife, Frances"
Lucy Browning's will was in her own
beautiful handwriting, with the initial let
ters of all the nouns substantive in capi
tails, after the old use. Victor Hugo's will
was not written by himself, but 'dicte ct
signe par moi, and is in its style eminently
characteristic of the author. The late Lord
Lytton left e73, ,2T0 in personally, but no
great portion of this, perhaps. was earned
by Owen Meredith" the poet.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
A CRISIS APPROACHING.
England and Russia Sure to Clash on the
Borders of Asia.

rBY CABLE TO THE DIsPATcH.l
LONDON, Dec 24-THE DISPATCH re-
porter has this week had two lengthy inter-
views with an Anglo-Indian political officer
who is now home on furlough. His mis-
sion has always been on India's frontier and
from many years of close observation he is
convinced that the moment of the crucial
struggle between England and Russia in
Asia is rapidly approaching. The impress
sion that it must certainly come is, he de-
clares, held by the leaders of both political
parties in England, and however much
they may seem to ignore the danger in
their public speeches, they nevertheless re-
lax no effort in their preparations for the
emergency.
The strategic railways in the north of
India are being pushed toward completion
with unexampled speed, while the construc-
tion OF roads on the Russian side continues
without ceasing. THE DISPATCH informant
believes that Russia will never be able to
win the mountain passes, but it should be
remembered that this is the opinion of a
leading English official.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
GREAsER OUTLAWS ON THE MOVE.
United States Troops Pursuing a Band of
Several Hundred Men.

United States Troops Pursuing Band of
Several Hundred Men.
SAN MIGUEL, TEX, Dee. 24-Consider-
able excitement was created among the
Federal troops stationed here, and the
population of this place, over report
which was brought in last night by cour-
ier, that several hundred men, we'll armed
and equipped, had been seen about 25 miles
west OF San Fernando de Pass, a small town
at the foot of the mountains in the State of
Tamaulipus. They were moving in the
direction of Linares, on the line of the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf Railroad,
about 40 miles distant
1t is believed here that the armed force is
a band of smugglers or brigands, and that
they have no connection with the border
revolutionary movement. A detachment
of Mexican troops has been sent to pursue
the outlaws. The authorities at Linares
have also been notified, and if the maraud-
ers should attack that town they will meet
with warm reception.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Canadian Pacific Atlantic Liners.

OTTAWA. Dec. 24-It is understood here
that the Canadian Pacific Railroad has
come to definite understanding with the
Government in the matter of placing line
of fast steamers on the Atlantic ocean serv-
ice. 1t is believed the line will be in opera
tion in 1893
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

shall be under the supervision of a detach-
ment of French sailors, commanded by
Lieutenant Testu de Balincourt.
1t will leave Brest, January L While in
Chicago the men will receive an addition to
their usual pay of ration's allowance of
81 10 day, and the warrant officers from
50 30 to 81 so, according to rank.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Am American Doctor or FOR Hamhnrr

New YORK, Dec, 24-Dr. George Nash,
who has recently received the appointment
Of health officer for the Hamburg-American
line of steamships, sailed to-day for Ham
burg, on the Suevia. DR.. Nash will act as
deputy to the health officer of the port of
New York, and will make personal exam
ination of all passengers outward bound on
these steamers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
The Brass Trust Formed.

WATERBURY, CONN, Dec, 24.-The pre-
liminary work in the formation of gigan-
tic brass trust is finished. 1t has taken
much time to interest all of the brass con-
Germs In the movement, but most OF them
have now agreed to join and the trust will
be formally organized next month. -.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
LIKE A WORLD OF FIRE.
A Hoosier Mirage Has Strange Effect on
the Light of Gas Well.

the Light of a Gas Well
WHITING, IND, Dec. 24-One of the
most remarkable mirages recorded in this
section was seen in the southern sky last
night. A world of fire seemed to hang al
most over the town. The night was cloudy
and the snow flying, and the apparition
caused the utmost alarm among the super
stitiously inclined.
At times it reached from the horizon al
most to the zenith and at others receded
until il seemed to be comet about 80 de-
grees above the horizon. The fire COM
panies of two neighboring towns supposed
the light to be a confagration. The light
from a burning gas we'll 100 to $50 miles
distant, reflected from a stratum of air on
an intensely cold night, caused the wonder
full effect
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
A TROUBLESOME LITTLE MATTER,
The Guiana Boundary Line Must Be Set
tied in Some Way.
fBY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. ]

fBT CABLE TO THE DIsPAFcH.J
LONDON, Dec 24.-Eforts are being
made to induce the British Foreign Office
to reopen negotiations with Venezuela,
with view to the settlement of the
Guiana boundary question. Lord Roseberry
is understood to be personally desirous
TO dispose of this troublesome little matter,
but permanent officers of this department
have persuaded him that it will not be con-
sistent with England's dignity to make any
move until Venezuela has eaten q certain
amount of humble pie.
The Republic, it seems, must first accept
the British conditions for the resumption of
diplomatic relations formulated two years
ago, and then send special envoy to Lon
don to discuss the boundary question.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
HARvEYED ARMoR PLATE AHEAD.
The British Admiralty to Use 1t in the New
Warships.
iBY ckBLE TO THE DISPATCH. I

LONDON, Dec. 24-The Sheffield news
papers state that there is little doubt that
the admiralty will use the Harveyed armor
plate in new warships The final decision
will be considerably influenced by the latest
experiments, but as the Sheffield Telegranh
frankly admits, it is clear that so far the
American inventor has achieved the great
est success in armor resistance to pro-
jectiles ever known.
There is to be another trial in this eoun-
try, for the purpose of confirming first i'm
pressions as to the value of the process.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
MRS. MAVERICK IN NO DANGER,
And Her Late HemOrrhage Was Caused by
an Attempt at Suicide.

ana Her Late Hemorrhage Was Caused by
an Attempt at Suicide
rBY CABLE TO THE D1sPATcH1
LONDON, Dec 24.-The medical officer
al the Woking prison has reported to the
Home Office that Mrs Maytrick is not suf-
tering from any serious constitutional
disease. The late severe hemorrhace about
which so much was said was the result of
seif-inlicted injuries, the convict having
used a tin knife to wound herself
in horrible manner. 1t was many days
before the bleeding could be stopped,
and her weakness at that period was ex
treme. Since then, however, she has gained
strength, and though she still remains in
the infrmary the physicians see no medical
reason why the sentence should be inter
fered with.
Whether Mrs. Maybrick really intended
to commit suicide, or merely wished to
create compassionate feeling calculated to
lead to her release, is unknown, but the
medical officer inclines to the belief that it
was an attempt at self-destructior,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
READY FOR A BIG COAL TRADE.
Preparations for Increasing Handling Fa
cilities at Buffalo.

cilities at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Dec. 24.-The great increase
in the Buffalo coal trade last year is COM
pelling the construction of a new coal
trestle for loading the vessels. The large
trestles were inadequate the last season
when over 9 800, 900 tons of coal were taken
out of that port, or 800 tons more than ever
before, The Reading system is accord
ingly building trestle with 1900 tons
pocket capacity and long enough to enable
two ships to load at time. 1t is expected
that 900 tons an hour can be loaded from
it The cost is $4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
vIcToRIL's CHRISTMAS PARTY
Consists This Year of Members of the
Royal Family, Only.
BY CABLE TO THE DIsPArcH.1

fBY CABLE TO THE DIsPArcH.1
LONDON, Dec 24-The Queens Christ
mas party at Osborne this year is smaller
than usual, and consists entirely of the
members OF the family and some half-dozen
courtiers who are also Her Maiesty's
friends. During this week the Queens
Christmas doles, known as the minor
bounty and the royal gate aims, have
been distributed by the royal high
almoner and the sub-almoner in London, to
over /, 200 aged, disabled and meritorious
men and women previously recommended
by parish clergymen. The money does not
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
FRANCS AT THE WORLDS FAIR.

A Detachment of sailors to Go to Chicago
and Manage the Exhibit
PARIS, Dec. 24-Tt has been decided that
the French section Of the Chicago Fair
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25
Prospects for a Popular Vote.
PROCTOR AND HIS MARBLE STOCK.
The Court Sustains Demurrer Against
the United States Senator.

the United States Senator.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-The demurrer in
terposed to the action of Edmund N. Smed-
burg against the Vermont Marble Com
pany, United States Senator Radfeld
Proctor and others, has been sustained bv
Justice Patterson, of the Supreme Court,
but the plaintiff has 20 days in which to
amend his complaint on payment of costs
The Court sustains it on the ground that
E. j. Ormsbee, j. j. Grout and Emily j.
They were made such because they are
trustees, to whom Redfeld Proctor trah s.
ferred his shares of stock In the company.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

FURNITURE packed and stored. .
HAueH & KEENAN,, IS Water street.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-25

DE Wits Little Early Risers. Best pill
for bilieusness, sick headache, malaria.