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New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
IN FAVOR or THE TRUST.
THE CHICAGO GAS COMPANIES MAY
COMBINE.
JUDGE sHowALTER PROMPTLY DECIDES THE
CASE OF. PITT BARRows ADVERSELY

TO THE PLAINTIFF.
Chicago Dec 5-After the arguments In the case
of Pitt Barrows against the Chicagos gas companies
in the United States Court this afternoon. Judge
Showa.ter surprised everybody. including counsel on
both sides by deciding 1t at once. 1t was thought
that he would take the case. which Involves some
nice points at law, under advisement for at least
two months TIE decision in favor OF the gas
companies and. according to 1t. they can now com
inc when and where they Please.
Pitt Barrows a Connecticut bondhoider of :he
company asked for an injunction TO restrain the
defendant companies furnishing gas to Chicago from
combining, as he understood their purpose 10 be
under the reorganization pan. This injunction
Judge Showalter refused to grant. The main ques-
ton at issue was the construction to be placed on
the Illinois law in regard corporations which was
passed ir 1872 and amended in 1882 The amending
cause provided that all compa nies NOW doing bust
ness in Illinois could consolidate in groups OF
more than two companies. The defendants asserted
that, as the original law was passed In 1872 al,
and that in favor of the fact that the Chicago Gas
companies had been combined and Incorporated
since 1872, they were legally united. The paint!n
declared that all companies Incorporated betwee!
the case Judge Showalter declined to agree with:
Moreover. he devoted part OF his decision. which
rows as bondhoder. to come in and ask that the
companies be restrained from combining. on this
point also he declared himself in favor Of the con-
panies Mr.. Barrows. he said. was not even stock
holder He n bondholder and. bondholder,
the Court could not how his rights would be
1eopardzed by combination of the companies In
remedy, wthou; a person being Obliged to
resort to the United States courts An action OF
action of a somewhat simi:af character wac now
pending in the State courts.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
TELEGR4PHTC NOTES.

den DtnVSr shot DeH and killed himself this morning in "a
Pullman sleeper on me ro oa''a re ""'"'
turning from Cripple creek
uortonville Wis, Dec. 5.-Tne Greenville H,iel. TEL
six miles east of here burned to the gronn1 % I'M ms
morning William Peuter an employs OF tne ,,d none
was smffocated and taken from the burning buiid-
Ins dead Several members of medicine troupe ,ap
Window windows clad only ir their night robes.
Saratoga De- Sss i MTy JARVIS s ssven at
teen years yrS Sf uS Se family Of Austin L.
holds, of Moreau. Saratoga County. attempted to
commit suicide s ryed py and her life
sa we'd by prompt medical assistance or late the
girl had received the attention oi noun" Who r
monstrated With her This. it Is believed led TO
the act
neus Ksn psc found P guilty FOS S sdans hs
body OF Mrs Gates was to-day sentenced 10 h, ine
ihn woman's body was found had pastors on i to
show that It had been in the Union Depot az Kan
sas Sy has been Conducting wholesale busi-
ness OF body -snatchlng
Ishpeming. Mich. Dec; 5-No definite foSndsion S Alto
can be Which Tr " has recently joined the
American Federation of Labor viii can out the
discharSed u from the shpemlng mires Members
OF the union will not discuss the matter. The mine
aRaviS aver Wi be ' made between union and nonunon
men.
Kalamazoo. Mich. Dec 5-Fire started in Allie
gan shortly before mldnlgnt lsst night which
threatened the destruction OF a large portion OF the
business section OF that city The Chaffee House.
the leading hotel. was almost destroyed and many
of the guests had narrow escapes. The estimated
loss Is 100000
Pittsburg Dec. 5-The semi-annuai meeting OF
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Surgeons Asso-
ciaion is in session in Pittsburg, with about sew
enty members present. Officers have been elected
as follows: President. DR.. j. n. Spear Cumber-
second vice-presldent. DR.. r. B. Short. Union Mills
secretary and treasurer. DIR. j. A. Mexican, Wash
ington Penn. The retiring president DR.. G; s.
Welions. OF GAINESVILLE. Ohio. made an eloquent
address.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
OVERDUE VESSELS ON THE PACIFIC.
A NUMBER OF STEAMERS LONG OUT FROM PORT
THOUSAND SOULS ON BOARD THE
MISSING VESSELS

Tacoma Wash. Dec. 5.-The number OF overdue
vss7els sailing in the North Pacific Ocean this year
ia unprecedented In the history of these waters
Anxiety is now felt IN shipping circles Tor the NUT
veaian steamer Gorsedd. 2.4o0 tons, due at Tacoma
TO .oad lumber for South Africa. she ieit Shsd-
more for this port October 49, and Is now torty-s'A
davs out on q voyage usually made In from louf-
teen TO eighteen days The steamer StiathheVis
sailed from Tacoma for Yokohama ntty-ohe DAYS
ago and has not been reported. me steamer
Evandale is now out twenty-eight days from san
Francisco for Yokohama. The British bark Loru
Brassey Is out l20 days from Hong Kong LOT L.
coma. ,r.
The schooner Puritan, forty-nine days from len
TEN arrived at Townsend Tuesday night On NO
vcmber "A and l5 on the eastern porler Oh t.se Sn
china Sea she encountered terrible nurrlcdhe; PC
fore which she ran under bare poles Tor Two uay ;;
The skipper OF the Puritan says II was the Soi1 ~
storm he ever experienced on the faclnc' i"'' 10
the storm that the steamer Tacoma was IN -
The Strathnevis had large list OF Sninese pas
songers and several missionaries bound Tor 'h.iia
Her crew consisted OF upward or cishty y-ohe Per
sons The Evandale had ali the Cninese pasoe'Iser
tba, abe could crowd between decks Inc .-oiu
Rrassev carried about twenty-five hands az to,u. au
E'iIl;v one thousand lives on the over1ue, Nes-
sals The captain of the steamer Straits OF Mshdi,
which arrived at Port Bakey last week iron. rom
Japan reports having sighted steamer SIX ans tHs
ouf of Cape Flattery, bound east he peIlsSes .i".
the steamer was the Gorsedd. The Gorsedd was a
large stanch steamer. and should nave oeeh IA
port as soon the Menai
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
BERTEL ANDERSEN UIN1S WIFE.
HE Is NOT ovERPART1CULAR IN THE NATTER OF
SELECTION. AND is DISAPPOINTED WHEN
MRS. BOYLE DECLINES TO HELP HIM.

HE is NOT OvERPART1CULAR IN THE NATTER OF
SELECTION, AND is DISAPPOINTED WHEN
MRS BOYLE DECLINES TO HELP HIM
Bertel Andersen. forty years old, living a. No. II
Nineteenth-st.. Weehawken, who came from Nor
way eleven years ago Is looking for wife. and
he is more particular to Drawn than beauty.
Andersen appealed yesterday TO Mrs. Boyle. OF the
Free Labor Bureau, the Battery ard although
Mrs Boyle sympathzed deeply wth the orey Nor
wegian she could do nothing for hirn. as she was,
so she declared, neithe- matrimonial bureau nor
A channel for wants She advised Andersen TO see
Pastor Petersen. who might be persuaded to h his
lopg-felt want" Anderson not OF prepossessing
appearance but he said he was a ships carpenter
and made good money. and coIid care for any
woman who wanted share his lo:. His wife died
abou: three years ago. ana since thai time he mas
had a.. ancien: dame named Mary Torgensen to
take care Of his home, but on October Mary for-
sook Anderson. and absent -mndedly took every
thing movable from the humble fiat the contents OF
which Andersen valued AT $3.50. But he has now col
lected the furnishings for a new home. and all he
needs Is a wife and a few clotheslines and cooking
utensils
He was much disappointed when Mrs Boyle said
she could let him overlook her collection OF I'm,
ported beauties. and he could hardly be restrained
from entering the incosure where the girls were.
for ne said he knew he could suited. Andersen
is not choice in his :eection Of a bride. and his
only stipulation is tina: she must be white ana noi
A ;dago" and ne ia also strongly anti-Semiiic.
Andersen vas not discouraged at the cool recep-
ton given him by Mrs. Boyle and says that ne VIII
frV
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
THE PRESIDENT SAILS WAY.
ANOTHER FLANK MOVEMENT EXECUTED
WITH DEXTER1TY.
HE QUIETLY SLIPS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
AND WILL SPEND FIVE or SIX DAYS
DUCK SHOOTING IN THE NORTH
CAROLINA SOUNDS.

DUCK SHOOTING IN THE NORTH
CAROLINA SOUNDS.
Washington Dec. 5.-Taking advantage or the
admirable ducking weather President Cleveiaho
about o'clock this afternoon sailed from Wash-
ington on the lighthouse tender Myrtle to pursue
that sport in the North Carolina SOUNDS ana
rivers for a brief period. Tie trip has oeen III
contem plation by the President for some uHie as
means Of recreation after the labors OF COM
pllng and writing his annual message, put MS
departure to-day was conducted with so in"cn
secrecy that even come "a the officials on ou..
at the Executive Mansion are still unaware '"a'
the President has left the city.
The duration of his absence Will. IL IS unaei
stood depend somewhat on circumstances. rive
or six days II game is plentiful ana luck soou;
will probably be avaed Of for the shootine anu
so far as can be learned az present sucn aoJehU1S
to civilization as daily mails and telegraph idc-
ties will not be in immediate proximity 10 tne
party for at least two or three days OF 'he en-
curslon Persons in the neighborhood OF the
Presidents hunting ground had previously peen
communicated with. and the usual traps. decos >
ard other parapherna!ia for a duck-hunting eN-
pediton have already been placed and await the
Presidents arrival. 49,, ,,..h.a
Captain Wilde secret, ry or the Lighthouse
Board accompanied the President
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
no BISHOP or UASHfNGION FLECIED


THE CONVENTION UNABLE TO ARRIVE At A
CHOICE UNDER THE TwO-THIRDs RULE
Washington Dec. 5-The Washington Episcopal
ing 1t was decided TO ASK Congress for an act IN
cooperating the diocese. The salary OF the
Bishop was fixed at s. 900 year. no provision bcihg
made for the Bishops residence.
The convention made three unsuccessful attempts
the afternoon session 10 elect bishop. the faiI-
ure bens due to the operation Of the two-thlrds
rule In vogue the Diocese of Maryland and Del
aware. which has been abandoned In the ssXty-one
other dioceses of the Church. and which the new
Washington Diocese sent over 10 future conVen-
tons after a spirited contest ihis evening while
the ballots for bishop were being counted by the
decisive vote OF forty-hve cergymen and forty-one
laymen against fifteen clergymen and twenty lay
men. This majority rule, when put In operation at
a succeeding convention. will speedily result in an
election.
In the ballots for Il bishop voting being limited
to clergymen. the High Church element controlled
twenty-six votes out OF the total s!xty-one forty-
TWO being necessary 10 a choice. on the nr.t bal-
lot eighteen were given 20 the Rev l1r morgan
Dix OF New-York city; six 10 the Rev, Or: John >
Lindsay. OF Boston one TO the Rev DR. Day;d H.
Greer OF New York. and one to the Rev. Dr. W X
Huntington OF ew-Ynrk the latter name being
at once Withdrawn. as DIR. Huntington had forbid
den IT'S use. On the second ballot twenty one or
the High Church votes went 10 DR. DIX and four TO
Or. Lindsay Or Gfeers remaining one was tran ran.
being unchanged The Rev. DR.. Randolph Mckim
OF Washington. on the three ballots received re-
spectively. eighteen. eighteen and nineteen votes:
The Rev Dr. AIexander Mackay- Smith. OF Wash ng
ton. eight eleven ana nine. ana the others scatter
Ing.
the convention that the routine OF organization Will
be completed tomorrow, and that another conven-
ton will shortly be called 10 elect a bishop under
the majority rule when Or Mex m will probably
be chosen on the mrs. ballot.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
RUTGERS STUDENTS PIQUED.
THEY ARE OFFENDED BY THE NEw-BRuNswlcK
RECEPTION TO PRINCETON MEN AND RE-
TAIIATE ny IGNORING THE YOUNG
WOMEN PROMOTERS


Now-Brunswlck, Dec. (SpecaD.-Rutgers stu
dents especially those at all prominent In New
brunswick society feel piqued reception
given on Tuesday evening last to the members of
the Princeton Glee. Banjo and Mandolin clubs. after
their concer; in this city Their feeling has found
nublic expression and from the fact that the mos:
prominent families in the city are concerned. has
caused considerable talk. In the issue OF The
Targum" the Rutgers weekly. which appeared at
o'clock this afternoon there is a communication
signed Quorum as follows:
'"rhe Princeton dance In whatever light consid-
cred Is dead insult to the Rutgers men. Nothing
can Justify !, even though 1t not intended
The students of Rutgers give through fraternties
and classes fully ten dances year TO all OF which
town girls are invited. and little reciprocity Is
shown II seems small TO give a dance to Prince
ton rlen who have claim on the majority or town
people and then deepen the insult by refusing 10
invite but a very few Rutgers students.
in the hands OF Misses Helen Williamson and Mar
raret clark two popular young ladies OF prominers
families mothers or each OF the young LADIES'
ere on the Of ss Prefdeh ef Austin Scott prs Charles
E Hart William II. D,iryee and Elliot x Payson
OF the Rutgers faculty and the wives OF 30 S1'H u r H.
natrick OF the Board of Trustees While tne ma
iority OF the students and many townspeople justly
fhe complaint at the alleged slight the students ap
natently forget tina. the social success OF ulelr
pa-io,s frate-uitv and class dances is largely due
IA the patronage Of the very families concerned IN
The Princeton dance. and without which me socisl
prestige OF Rutgers students Ia Ne"-b'u"s"ioh
would be of little account - -, ~ os,
The Rutgers chapter OF Zeta Psi, one or me nlost
prominent fraternites at Katsers hVl1s h, no. one
o@ no ntfending young women has been invited
~ Y'ne " Rutgerg glee and mandolin clubs will give
concert at Evelyn College, Princeton, on MONDAY
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
BCSHELS OF MAIL THROUN AWAY.

THE CRIME CHARGED AGAINST LEl lEH 'Nn'
RIER IN FALL. RIVER.
Fall River, Mass. Dee tSpeclaD'-Deputs '"'eu
States Marshal Ruhl tonight arrested James A.
pawson a recently appointed substitute letter car
r'or on a charge of secretins the mails Yesterday
some employees of the Fire Department disco'ereu
about twelve bushels of mail matter OF all classes
poked in hiding places in the loft 9d an an arrnory r
inst hack OF the postoice. on mNestlsaiuii :. ~. II
found that it bore dates running from August u"''i
November of this year. -, ,,,,nor;.tas
ord he said that he hid the matter because ne naI
No, time 10 deliver II in the eight hours ne Workel
In lie vas apnointed a substitute in Apri!. ana
he was working for promotion by apparently con-
nleting his work early Most of the ndusn mater
Consisted OF foreign letters, papers anu pero'iea9'
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
4 PROFITABLE TRADE ~ DANEh"'
REMOVING ovERCoATs FROM THEATRES LOOKS
EASY. But THE POLICE ARE TRYING



TO STOP IT.
Somebody has devised new Industry, or revised
., oId one With the cold weather coming on
thor, is no reason why it should not be profitable,
ur,oss the attempts at ,egal interference when
bava already begun should succeed. The business
&c that Of removing overcoat5 from theatres II
hogan at the Olympia, on the opening night OF 'he
house when two oycrcoats were removed IN ways
that neither their owners nor anybody connected
With the house could account for Mr. Hammer
s,ein wrote two checks for the alleged values or
tho coats SINCE then coats have been missed from
eeveraI other theatres. The Metropolitan Opera
House is said to have suffered worst. -Four nave
been lost there
II ia an easy thing for expert operator 10 go
into a theatre between the acts. walk with an air
of assurance and confidence to some aisle seat, the
occunant OF which has gone ont and left his coat
or tho hack of the chair, and strolls away with H.
II the other persons sitting near have noticed the
occunant OF the seat at all they do not probably
notIce whether the man who comes and gets the
coat is the same one not. and II they did there
arc large chances that they would not trouble
themselves about 1t. They are not there 70 pro-
tect other people's property Then II the owner
wero 70 meet his own coat going out at the door
no would not look at II twice. 80 many coats are
so much alike Therefore, the trade IL good one
for II the investor can buy an admission tlchtt
a theatre and get an overcoat for 1t every night,
he has n good margin OF profit The state OF thlnss
has heen reported to the police and central once
detectives on the watch at two or three OF .he
theatres But an ounce OF prevention Is worth a
mound of cure and the best way Is Tor men VINO
ieave their seats TO take their overcoats with
them, even IL they a little In the way.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
4 BIG DEAL ~ LONG ISLAND C!Ii.
PHILADELPHIA CAPITALISTS SAID TO HAVE A.
oUIRED THE STREET RAILWAYS AND
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.

PHILADELPHIA Dec. Announcement was made
today tba, a syndicat, Of Philadelphia capitalists
had acquired the entire street railway system ana
electric lighting plant of Long Island City' lhe'e
are about sixty miles Of trolley road in operation
and additional mileage will shortly be completed
besides which the electric lighting privileges are eS
tensive II is understood that the deal represented
a transaction of nearly 100000.
The syndicate is composed Of a numoer OF cap
italsts VINO have been largely Interested IN tne
fully equipped with additional rolling stock and put
in iirsi-class coalition. new company VII De
formed probably under the caption OF the kinSs
County and Long Island City Traction Company
This latest deal has added another lmporlan,
street railway system to the number or those III
other cities which under the control OF Phila-
delpha capltalists.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
STI-KS TO THE SCHOWBURGh BOCNDAhI'

,o,r s,,,spr-py.s REPLY TO SECRETARY OLNEY
Is SAID TO DISCUSS THE HISTORY OF TIE
vrNzI-ELAN QUESTION FOR FORTY YEARS.
London Dec. 5.-rhe papers here VIII to-n'orro"
nublish n statement which says II has been learned
H., ,,e re,lv of Lord Salisbury TO the recent note
~ Secretary OF State Olney relative 10 the VEN
ezuelan question, which reply is now en- route 10
washington discusses at length he hst3ry o. en tne
priiain does not depart from the view that me
erhonhurgk boundary marks the minimum OF the
territory she possesses In that res'o"'
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
LONG ISLAND HAS A HEAVY SNOWFALL.

heavy snowstorm set In on the east end OF
Long Island Yesterday morning about O'Clock and
II has showed steadily since. The snow is accom-
naned by high winds. During the day they were
from the northeast. and drove the snow, piiing II
no In drifts six and seven inches deep About 4
o'clock the wind changed 10 the northwest, ana IN
creased in force and was blowing gale last night.
Reports from Montauk say the storm is severe on
Tho eytreme east end of the island. No snow OF any
consenuence fel west of Brentwood. Greenport iet
the fu,l force OF the snow and storm There were
Sn,r i1cheg of snow the ,evel at Manor at !
o'c,cck last night. and it was stu showing anu
Iii ly al
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
FACTS MR.. CLEVELAND OVERLOOKED.
GERMANYs WAR OF RETALIATION CAUSED BH
THE REVOCATION OF RECIPROCITY
AppANCENENTc
fay TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.l


ARRANGEMENTS
Washington Dec 5 (SpeciaD.-In tina. paragraph
of his message which relates TO the present dis
turbed condition OF commercial relations with the
German Empire the President neglects 10 explain
that they perfectly satisfactory until the last
Congress arbitrarily revoked the reciprocity ar.
rangements which had been negotiated with Ger.
many for the exchange OF American agricultural
products for her beet-root sugar. This caused the
German Government TO begin war OF retaliation
that has been almost disastrous 10 American export
trade with that country The State Department
had been working FOR more than twelve years up
to 1890 to remove the embargo Germany had placed
upon American pork and other provisions. That
was ACCOMPLISHED by William Walter Phelps In Ber-
lin and Mr. Blaine In Washington. the chief con-
sideraton being the free admission OF German sugar
into this country. Then Congress in violation OF
all the rules and usages OF international etiquette.
not only revoked this arrangement. but imposed on
German sugar a discriminating duty that was not
justified IN any RESPECT. ana 9ene,ed nopSdy S ex
Attorney General was prosecuting In the courts IN
Philadelphia for being menace to the welfare OF
the people
The members OF Congress who were engaged in
this sort o. ssisletion were repeatedly warned by
and the German Minister filed protest With Secre-
Ss a R But Tnss s1 he
and anxious to undo everything that had been done
ny hs snd ni v ns " for BY
luton OF the, Senate denied that any protes; nad
been received. tie dtterWafu expAltcl MS ueHidt
on the ground tha, the German Minister'S note was
Informal" II any one would take the trouble to
hunt up the files Of The Tribune during June. July
and August 1894. the several interviews with the
German Ambassador to the United States and sew
situation VIII be found to predict with remarkable
accuracy just what the President now lsmen,s.
Mr. Cleveland himself and the members OF his Cab
inet are alone blame for the disturbance OF conf
mercial relations with Germany, although he says
In hs message that "in our dealings with other
nations ought TO be open nhanded and scrupu-
lousy fair This should be our policy as produc-
ing Na,!or." he says. ''and II plainly becomes us
as a people who love generosity and the moral
ance" II these hnc words had been used year
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
No rs KILLED.

Trenton. Dec 5-Lafayette Garrison an empoye
t the roundhouse of the Pennsylvania Railroad
ComDany fell from an engine While on MS way to
ort charity before o'clock this evening and was
Stied He was a member of Trenton Division or
~ New-Jersey Naval Reserves. ana frequently
protested It is said. against his nnmoer on the fo'
which was IL.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
LYNCHED FOR STEALING 4 BlBLE.
TWO NEGROES MEET \ BRUTAL DEATH IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.

CATsOI.INA.
Columbia s. c.. Dec 5.-'rhe details OF dastardy
lvnchng of two negroes. which occurred In TINS
state last Monday night, came to light tonight II
took place in Colleton County near the Barnwei
and Hampton lines. and was not known generaly
until Wednesday morning. when the bodies OF the
victims stripped Of their clothing were found-one
being an old woman. They had been beaten TO
death with buggy traces, the mans offence peing
that he was suspected OF having stolen a Bibe ana
some furniture from a church. and the woman !
offence being that she was supposed to know some i
thing Of it, Four prominent men, one a PHYSICIAN
are accused Of the crime
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
THE CHIEF JUSTICE NOT TO RESIGN.
HE DENIES RUMoR WHICH FOUND CURRENCY
N WASHINGTON.

Washington Dec. 5-A report was puolshed To-
day 10 the effect that Chief Justice Fuller or the
Supreme Court Of the United States would re-
sign and take the place of general counsel OF the
proposed new railroad combination. composed OF
all the lines operating between New Iork ana ChI-
caao and st. Louis salary Of $5OVD year.
Ex-Secreiary Whitney was credited with haNint
brought about the arrangemert An inquiry az a.
tho home of the Chief Justice this evening met
the response that the story was absolutely untrue
ard without any foundation whatever
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06

AN EVENT IN THE NECKwEAR TRADE
neckwear OF the best qualities at popular prices
Is a special feature with us. We offer to-day 100
dozen scarfs at 75c. ani 80 dozen scarfs at 35c.
GEORGE q. BENJAMIN. BROADWAY, Con.
26TH-ST.-(Adv
New-York tribune., 1895-12-06

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