.MiitiiiriHiii MKSKBEJ nan THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JANUART 6, 1889.v FRIEND'S BIG FRAUD. Complete and Sensational De tails of the Mammoth Swin dle of the Century. CAREER OF THE SCHEMER. He JIade a Similar Attempt at Chi cago Four Years Before, BUT THE TRICK WAS SOON EXPOSED He Then Discovered a Gold Mine In New Hampshire Some Persons Belicie the Professor is Not Dead This. However, 'Docs Not Seem Possible Sirs. Friend Is Not Scared, and Will Give No Salisfae tion to the Siockholders The Total Amount Sunk is Nearly $1,000,000. The sugar swindle continues to be the sensation of the day. It is now certain that nearly 1,000,000 has been sunk in the scheme. A large part of this came from England. Prof. Friend had an interesting career. He tried at one time to work his "electric" process in Chicago, but failed. Friend is believed to be certainly dead. ISrECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l New- York, January 5. The people who were lost in the electric sugar blizzard touched their hats to the memory of Prof. Henry C. Friend, and admitted that he and the survivors of his household the widow, the Howards and the Halstead were too sharp for lower "Wall street, and with all this the professor, they said, was a deb auchee and a sot, and had died of alcoholism. The widow, they said, is as big and plain as Ann O'Dclia Spooks. Stepfather Howard kept up his end of the spook sugar business at the Hamilton avenue refinery on week davs, and preached psalms as a lay preacher in South Brooklyn and from the New York City Hall steps on Sundays. The rest of the family appear to have been less noticea ble, and the Halsteads, Gus and George, said when they went to Michigan that they were going home to vote for Harrison and Morton. At the offices of the company, 69 "Wall street, it was suggested to-day that the pro fessor was not dead at all. He died, if he died, two davs before the blizzard of March 12. "When the suggestion that his death and funeral .were imitations got around to the men wno had touched their hats to his memory they touched their hats again. But the story was quickly disposed of by Law son X. Fujler and Av. K. Cotterill, Jr., son of the President of the company. DEAD SURE ENOUGH. "He's dead as a hammer," exclaimed Mr. Fuller. "Don't you suppose I know? AVhy? he's boxed up in the receiving vault in Trinitv church yard. One Hundred and Filty-fift'n street, almost at my door. He's dead as a cobblestone, I tell you." Young Mr. Cotterill said that his father attended the professor's funeral, and everything was straight. Dr. John B. Crosby had been sent by Mr. Cotterill to attend Friend in his last illness. Other stories were current about the professor's doings. They came from rep utable sugar men. The professor had been in a Chicago jail for almost an identical scheme with this electric brtiness,rthey said. It was in 1880, according to them, that he turned up in Chicago and organized a company to make the finest granulated sugar from glucose. He had a machine in a private room, locked and bolted, with which he could do it. He couldn't tell the process until $80,000 in shares has been sold and turned over to him to perfect the ma chine and pay for experiments. At regular intervals the professor planted his samples of granulated sugar from glu close before the Chicagoans. They were fine, but the professor delayed turning on themillionsuntiltheChicagoanslostpatience and kicked in the door of the private room. They found a machine worth $2 50 as old junk. Dr. Gardner, one of the sharehold ers, with no regard for the professor's feel ings, had him locked up. A YEAR IX JAIL. The conclusion of the tale is that the professor rested in jail for a year. Then he came East and interested a regiment or two of down-towners in a gold mine in New Hampshire. That was the next story heard amonir the surar men vesterdav. But the Professor returned to his original mine the sugar enthusiasts and in his progress to the bank books ot electric people, he incidentally corralled $500 from T. T. Barr, of the Coffee Ex change, for experiments that were to reap the usual millions. But Treasurer Robertson said that President Cotterill and he had investigated many stories set afloat against the professor in the last few years, and that in every instance the professor had come off with flying colors. He ex plained the Chicago incident by saving that all told, there was uot more than 59,000 involved, and that Dr. Gardner had the professor arrested for personal reasons, the Police Justice discharging him after one nieht in prison. Mr. Robertson seemed to be particularly hot against the Howards. He said that the company had a sworn statement made by Stepfather Howard two years ago, to the ef fect that he personally knew that raw sugar was electrically refined by the new process. Mr. Robertson added that President Cotter ill had a copy of this statement with him in Michigan now, and from a telegram re ceived in the morning from Mr. Cotterill, in Ann Arbor, it waskuown that he had hired lawyers and would proceed against Howard and Mrs. Friend criminally and civilly. It was believed that all concerned had property which could be seized. Mr. Robertson dented a report that the 6,000 shares ot the company's stock given to the professor for his share of the enterprise, and by him bequeathed to his widow, had never been transferred to them. He said that the shares in six 1,000-share lots were now in Mrs. Friend's possession. THE PRIXCirAL VICTIMS. He did not believe she had sold them, as the sale of a thousand share certificate, the smallest she bad, would have attracted at tention. Mr. Robertson said that Mr. Cot terill and he held 1,000 shares of the stock, most of which had been given ifi them as chief promoters of the enterprise. In ad dition thev each received 51,500 a year for their services as president and secretary. The other share holders of record in this countrv, he said, were Lawson X. Fuller, 300 shares; Elisha Sniffen, 200; TV. E. How ard, 1; AV. H. Cotterill, Jr., 1. All are di rectors of the company. Mr. Sniffen is known as the architect who built the Tammany Hall, and had been from the first one of the greatest believers iu the company. He also received $1,500 for his services in arranging the renovations to the Atlantic Flour Mills, now the refinerv, and for other services. Mr. Robertson said that Mrs. Friend now had only 5,2.j0 shares, for the reason that when the 'ifiicials saw that the professor's machiuerv was to cost much more than the original estimates, they insisted on her handing back to the company 750 of the 6,000 shares. About 300 shares were issued as bonuses to people interested in booming the shares. Mr. Robertson said he had never attended one of the farcical tests at the refinerv. "Mr. Cotterill did," he continued, "and he bought two electrical batteries" for the proJcssor and took them to his home in Sixth street. Those were all the electrical machines Mr. Cotterill ever saw. One of these machines was about .hvice.Uie size of a typewriter and in it four wires ran through a copper trough. There is also a dynamo over in the refinery, but I don't know what it is used for. Prof. Friend was paid for the machinery and his other ex penses, such "as buying raw sugar for experiments and other incidentals, in drafts sent from England in payment for shares sold to foreign purchasers. I sup pose the professor negotiated these drafts and got the cash. He would give no vouch ers for his purchases of machinery, saying that if he did tell where he got his work done any fool could go and -steal the whole business. I believe he once said he had his machinery made in Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago. The professor, and after his death his immediate relatives, -simply acted as trustees of the secret and'we unhesitatingly gave them the money to perfect the ma chiuerv. In all we paid to the professor before 'his death $110,000. NOT -WORTH A CENT. Mr. Robertson said he now knew the money had been absolutely wasted, and for aught he knew the shares in the company were not worth a cent. This statement was made alter Mr. Robertson's trip to the re- tl S .1 1.- .1 11 uucij ,u uic wonting, ueJore anotner swell ing crowd of visitors rushed in upon him at the company's offices. He was then con vinced that the stuff found in the burglar proof rooms would on a pinch fetch $1,000, and the main reliance must be made upon the engine, which created such a rumpus for the visiting enthusiasts and disturbed Landlord Higgins and other Atlantic ave nue neighbors by its incessant rumblings. The engine cost about $10,000. Mr. Fuller is convinced that the refinery contains $100,000 worth of marketable ma chinery, though he admits that for the life of him he cannot tell what itconsistsof. Mr. Robertson spent part of the day in estimat ing what the cost of the experiments at the refinery was. In all 23 tons of "electric" sugars had come down the chutes to the pumic room tor me visitors to gape at. -itir. jt-ouenson places me loiai uisinuu tion of the stock thus: Mrs. Friend, 5,250 shares; President Cotterill and Treasurer Robertson, 1.000 shares; Lawson N. Fuller, 300 shares; Elisha Sniffen, 200 shares; TV. E. Howard, 1 share; AV. H. Cotterill, Jr., 1 share; other shareholders in the "United States and Canada, 825 shares; other share holders in England and Scotland, 59G. In all, 12,793 shares. Most of the shares were sold from $200 up to $i00. The price in Liverpool yesterday, so Mr. Robertson said, was i3,"?15 each. The public cable quotes them at 30 shillings or S7 50. Thus it will be seen lhattaking $300 as the average price, though $444 has been paid in instances, not counting the 300 chares given away as bonuses, and not including the shares held bv Mrs. Friend, Mr. Cotterill and his ton, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Fuller and Mr. Sniffen, the total amount swamped is within a few thousand of $1,000,000. Mr. Robert son has against this, as Treasurer of the I companv, the stun in the rehnery and about ?5,uuo, although the latter cannot be used fonthe benefit of the creditors. In the first place he says he does not know where it came from. It is the money to be paid to Mrs. Friend for the secret, and is reported thave been provided by English men. Mr. Robertson thinks that some of it will be used in prosecnting Mrs. Friend and her relatives. Somebody still had faith in the company, for Mr. Robertson sold yes terdav to a stranger who visited the office. ten shares for $10 a share, and an offer for a second batch often shares at the same price was refused. FRIEND AT CHICAGO. He Fnlls In Bis Fraudulent Attempts In That City, Chicago, January 5. The late Prof. Friend, who has so suddenly acquired a posthumous notoriety, tried to foist his electric sugar refining scheme on a Chicago firm about four years ago, but failed. Henry Culver is the Ghicacro agent of Matthiessen and Wcichcrs, sugar refiners of New York. Mr. Culver had a deal of val uable information regarding Prof. Friend, he and others having been marked as vic tims by the professor. MrCulver related the story to a reporter this afternoon. He said: About four years ago Friend came to Chi cago, lie represented himself as having a process of refining sugar which, he said, could turn out the best article for from 60 cents to Jl less than by the ordinary methods. I certainlv thousbt it a wonderful discovery, and invited Prof. Friend to iny house at Highland Park. AVe discussed the process, and I went so far as to communicate with our President. Mr. Mat thiessen, at the New York office- He came to Chicago at once, and Prof. Friend and he re turned to New York. At the New York office Mr. Matthiessen offered the inventors $100,003 provided the process proved a success. "Tho J100.000 is ready for jou," said our Presi dent, 1f an investigation proves it to bo all you claim for it." "Oh, but It's a secret," replied the professor, "and unless we can get a company together, leaving the secret with me. our negotiations must end." They did end. for the professor was all but kicked out of the office. AVe knew his scheme was a fraud. That was palpable. That was the extent of our dealings with him, and we did not lof e 500.000 or 500 cents through him. as is alleged in a New York dispatch. After his fail ure to entrap us,Friend came to Chicago. He located on the West Side, and established a little laboratory. Here he worked in secret. His plan was to take coarse grades of sugar from the different sugar dealers here in town and return it three or four shades lighter. He cbnrced a nominal sum for so doing. He claimed that he submitted the sngar to his electric process, bnt the fact was be simply emptied the bags sent to him and filled them with the better grades. If my memory serves me right. Friend had not started his little secret refinery a week be fore the sugar men discovered his wonderful plan and he was arrested, and I think con victed. After his failure to establish himself lie went to England, and although his scheme was a fraud of the biggest kind, he succeeded in entrapping a compiny of English capital ists, who started a factory in New York, in trusting the whole matter tothe professor, who still kept his secret. The rest is known. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE. lira. Friend Is Not Scared, and Talks In a Confident Manner. "Ann Arbor, Mien., January 5. The persons interested in the "Electric" susrar refining frauds at New York have been in consultation here for several days past. The President of the company has been here and met Mrs. Friend, the How ards and Holsteads, all of whom live at Milan, this State. Cotterill is making strenuous efforts to settle with the Friends, who will not give up unless they get a big boodle. They still insist that their process is exactly what the contract calls for. Mrs. Friend is too sharp to be frightened into giving up any secrets. There are people at Milan who believe that Prof". Friend is still alive. Mrs. How ard said this morning during the course of a conversation: "You will have to see Friend and Mrs. Friend before anything is done." She was at once asked: "Where is Friend?" to which she replied: "Oh! oh! he's dead." Lawyer Sawyer believes, how ever that Friend is dead, and nearly every body else believes so. Drink caused his death. A Bcllcvnc Bonrd of Viewers. The Burgess and Councils of Bellevue borough petitioned in the Quarter Sessions Court yesterday for the appointment of a Board of Viewers, to assess damage for the location and opening of Starr -avenue in that borough. The Court appointed the following board: Richard Straw, Frederick Burke, B. L McCIurc, Henry Dauber, John D. Anderson, George W. Padden and George H. Quail. t Scott Furnished Bnll. In the Criminal Court John K. Scott yes terday fifrnished 53,000 bail on the charge of assault and battery, preferred against him by Dr. Bingamau. The application made by Hon. John Dalzcll that the civil suit brought by Scott against Dr. Binga man be delayed until the criminal suit is tried, was granted. Fined for Cruelty. Mayor Pearson last night fined George Man, of East Street, Allegheny, ?o and costs for cnicltv to his child, preferred against him by his wife. HOT ALL ABOUND. Two German Editors of Chicago Jailed on the Snmc Charges as West and Dun Inp Bis Suits for Dftningca Brought Acninst Two Xewspnperd. f SrECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.I Chicago, January 5. Managing .Editor "West and City Editor Dunlap, of the Times, who were arrested last night on two charges of criminal libel preferred by Inspector Bonfield and Captain Schaack, appeared in court this morning and had their cases post poned until next Thursday. Each is under $4,000 bail: The Times yesterdav chareed Schaack and Bonfield of thievery. "The Arbeiter Zeitung, the organ of the Anarchists, has never had any love for cither of these men. This afternoon it republished the seusationnl story printed in the Times, and to-nicht Managing Editor Christianon and city Editor Deuss not only found themselves in jail for criminal libel, but defendants in the civil actions brought by Bonfield and Schaack, who demand $400,000 damages. Managing Editor West and City Editor Dunlap, of the Times, were each sued for $100,000 by the two officers. Captain Schaack, Inspector Bonfield and Detective Lowen stein, who is also charged with theft, have engaged six lawyers, under command of Luther Lafflin Mills. "While the police officers were filing these actions, Philip Schaffner and Eli Daube brought suits against West and Dunlap for $50,000 damages. The Times, which is en gaged in'ali sorts of moral crusades, charged the complainants with keeping gambling rooms. ClAtO o'clock to-night Chnstianson and Du-ss were released from the armory on $1,000 bail. The Times, since it began its 'exposures, hasbeen sued for $500,000 dam- GRADING ORDINANCES. Tho Survey Committee Recommends a Lot of Streets to be Graded. The Committee on Surveys met yesterday afternoon in Select Council chamber. The following ordinances were returned with an affirmative recommendation: no-establishing the grade of Forbes avenue, from Miltenberger to Gist streets; establishing the grade of Corday alloy, from Pearl to Cedar streets; establishing the grade of Garden alley, from Main to Fisk streets: locating Balboa way, from Crescent to Crescent street; relocat ing Hcrron avenue, from Iowa street to Center avenue; locating AVakefleld street, from AVard to Romeo streets; locating Dean street, from Larimer avenue to Montezuma street; locating Mifflin street, between Main and Friendship streets; locating Clearview street, from Black to Stanton avenues; locating Buchanan street, from Boquet to AVard streets: locating Grazier street, Irom Fifth avenue to Franks town avenue; Jocating Treadegar street, from Bristol street ro Sylvan avenue; locating Broaa street, from Negley avenue to Rebecca street; locating Rosetta street, from Fairiconnt to Rebecca streets; locating Christ mas street, from Bicelow avenue to Treadeirar street; locating Kincaid street, from Fair mount to Rebecca streets; locating Bristol street, from Bigclow to Sylvan avenues; widen ing Oak alley, from Grant street to Liberty avenne: establishing grade of Grandview ave nue, from AVyoming to Oneida streets; estab lishing crade of Bowery alley, from Garden allev to Geneva street: vacating part of Valley street and Banner alley in the Seventeenth ward; vacating Herron avenue, from Alle quiopa to Iowa streets; repealing the location of that part of Pitcairn street, extending from Ellsworth avenue to the Pennsylvania Kail road. CAN0EMEN IN COUNCIL. They Compare Notes and Prepnro for the Regattas for Next Summer. ISrZCTAX. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISrATCH.l Clea'eland, January 5. Ten members of the Western Canoe Association conducted the annual business held to-day at the Stillman.' Six were members of the Executive committee and four the Recatta Committee. The year's of L financial business transactions were dis cussed and annual reports were read; The rules and regulations were' revised. The regatta committee began to arrange for the races for next summer, which will take place at Ballast Island in July. The three officers of the association are J. R. Bartlett, Commodore; C. J. See, Vice Commodore; O. H, Root, Secretary, and Thomas P. Gaddis, C. J. Bonfield, and T. J. Kirkpatrick are on the Executive Com mittee. The list of the races will be issued Monday. A KICK IN TAIN. MaboninE Iron Men Protest Acainst High Railroad Rates. A committee from the Mahoning Valley Iron Manufacturers' Association met the Pittsburg freight agents at the Monongahela House yesterday to protest against the new valley rates. They want the old rates re stored. The iron men claim that the price of pig and bar iron is lower now than it was 60 days ago. Besides, in making contracts, they have to guarantee the freight rates to a certain extent. On the other hand, the freight agents said that the advance was general, and no changes can be made unless all the roads in the territorv assent. They will consult their superior officers to see what can be done. HATE CASH BUT NEED HARM0NT. A Jar Betweea Proprietors ot nn Iroa Mill Lends to nn Attachment. Cincinnati, O., January 5. An at tachment was served to-day upon the prop erty of H. E. Shriver, of the Newport Iron and Steel Works, and as there is still due $30,000 on purchase money the master commissioner who made the sale will proceed to collect on the bond. The mill has stopped and the employes were paid to-day. It is said there is a'want of harmony between the purchasers, which may soon ne removed, une ot the proprie tors says the mill will resume in a fewdays. SOIiLITAN WILT, GO TO-NIGHT To Toronto to Dlakn Arrangements for His x Fiaht AViih Kllraln. Boston, Mass., January 5. John L. Sullivan who, it was announced, would leave for Toronto to-night to arrange the details of the Sullivan-Kilrain fight, says he was delayed by unfor secn and unavoidable occurrences, and was unable to take the 7 o'clock train to night. He will, however, start on the 2 o'clock train Sunday afternoon, and there will be nothingdone on his behalf except to promote the match. PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT. A Coontcrfclter Rrleasrd From Rlvcrsldo on Graver's Autograph. Sylvinus Smith, a prisoner in the West ern Penitentiary, received a pardon from President Cleveland yesterday, and was re leased from confinement. Smith was sen tenced by the "United States Court on March, 12, 1888, to serve a term ol one year and six months for having on his person and passing counterfeit money. AT WORKMEN'S REQUEST Tho Duqncsne Nicht School to be Continued for 16 lHoreXIffhiF. The directors of the Duquesnc school have agreed to continue the night school for 10 more nights. The school was largely at tended by workmen, ranging in age from 20 to 40 years. At their request it will be con tinued a while longer. Prof. Sullivan is the teacher. Wm. Eastman, ot East Concord,' N. H., recently performed tho daring feat of climbing from the dome of the capltol In that city to the top of the eacle. and fastening a cane with a I iianutturciiici aiiacneu to me pointoi tneugnt-. mngroa. , , . .- JUSTICE IS GOWNS. How the Supreme Court Judges Will Put on Frills To-Morrow. THE ROBE WILL BE WORN, And the Custom May he Initiated by the Smaller Pry, a3 THE BAR BEQUESTS THE CHANGE. How the Court Will be Composul With E. II. Parson as Chief Justice. The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth will appear in judicial robes to-morrow. How gracefully the gowns fit their shoulders can be seen in the portraits given herewith. The death of Chief Justice Gordon has ne cessitated a change in the august tribunal. The composition of the court as it will be with Edward M. Paxson as Chief Justice is given below. 'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, January 5. The mat ter of wearing wigs and gowns by the Judges of the Commonwealth has been agitated by the Bar Association throughout the State. So far the movement has not been successful, and it remains'for the Supreme Justices to inaugurate the return lo old customs, barr ing the wig. On Monday next the Supreme Court of the State will meet in City Hall, this city, when Justice Paxson will take his seat as Chief Jus- Jf5x. tice, in place of Gordon, whose term has expired, and Jus tice sjames T. Mitchell and John 'B. McCol lum will be quali fied as the succes sors of Gordonand Trnnkey. The Su preme Judges will razson, C. J. appear wearing the judicial gown that is worn by the Judges of the Supreme Courtof the United States and by a nnmber of the State Supreme Courts. The gownlias late ly been growing in public favor both on the bench and in the pulpit, and it is regarded as a proper insignia of the dig nity that pertains to the judicial office. This action has been decided on by our Su preme Judges in obedience to the reneated expressions of the bar of the State. It has been several times considered by the Judges during the last few years in respect p re quests from the barand it has finally been adopted. This movement will doubtless carry with it the more formal ceremony in the opening of the court, such as the Judges enter ing court together in the order of their seniority, the rising of the bar until the Judges are seated 'JUUJ. The presenta free- and-easy way of opening the court to the regular proclamation of the proper officer. The adoption of the judicial gown is extending in the various States, and is now seen at times even in the Presbyterian pulpit. It is accepted as a fitting emblem of the dignity and solemnity of courts and its introduction in the Su preme Court of the State will be generally approved by the bar and the public. The portraits in this article show the Supreme Court Justices as they will appear in their gowns. With the retirement of Chief Justice Gor don the last of the Su preme Judges elected under the old consti tution for the term of 15 years retires from the court. All of the Judges now consti tuting the court of last resort have been elected Clark, J. for the term of 21 years under the new constitution and they are all ineligible to re-election. The following are the members of the Su Supreme Court as it will meet on Monday, January 7: Term Term began. Expires. Edwin M. Paxson. January 1875 189G James P. Sterrett, January 1879 1900 Henry Green, January 1S80 1901 -Silas M. Clark, January 18(3 1904 H. AV. AViIHams, January 18S8 1909 John B. McCollum, January..... lbS9 1910 James T.Mitchell, January 18S9 1910 The judicial service of Justices Sterrett, Green and Williams began earlier than the dates given in the toregoinij, by temporary appointments to fill vacancies." The dates given note the beginning of the regular terms for which the judges were elected. Justice Sterrett was appointed on the 26th "of February, 1877, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Henry AV, AVilliams, of Pittsburg (no relative to Justice Henry AV. Williams, of Tioga county, now serving on the bench). Atthe election of 1877, Judge Trunkey defeated Judge Sterrett,and in 1878, Sterrett was again nominated over Chief Justice Agnew and elected. Justice Green came to the Supreme Court from the bar on tne zym oi Sep tember, 1879, by appointment of the Governor to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice AVarren J.Wood ward. In Novem ber of the same year he was elected for tne full term of 21 years. Judge Williams was appointed in 1887 Ktcrret, J. to fill the va cancy caused by the death of Chief Justice Mercur and was elected in the November of the same year. Four Supreme Judges died during the last 11 years, viz: Justice Will iams in 1877; Justice Woodward in 1879; Chief Justice Mercur in 1887, and Jus tice Trunkev in 18S8. It is notable that since the beginning of the election, of Supreme Judges in.1851. Judge Black. was the only Supreme Judge who was honored with a re-election, although a number were candidates. The numerous deaths and resignations of Supreme Judges have deranged the regular ity of the terms. As all Judge? are elected for the full term, even when vacancies are filled, the Chief Justiceship which always goes to the senior commission of the court tails uneauallv upon the Judges. Chief. Jus tice Paxson, who assumes the first chair of. the court to-day, win do niei :or seven years if he shall serve out his full term. If all the present judges shall serve out their- tetms, Justice Ster rett would become Chief Justice in 1896 and continue four years; Justice Green would follow as Chief for one year; Justice Clark would follow as, '' Williams, jr.. , Chief for three""'years; Justice AVilliams 3: i A MM i$-7 ff' J f ' WJ- lJ9 MP-MP i I Vt wA II would follow as .Chief for five years; Justice McCollum would follow as Chief for' one year, and Justice Mitchell, would not reach the Chief Justiceship at all, as in drawing by lot with McCollum for the senior com mission it fell to McCollum. Since 1851, when all the Supreme Judges were elected on general ticket, there have been two elected on three different occasions when they had to draw lots for the senior commission that carried with it the pros pective right to the Chief Justiceship. Thompson and Strong drew lots in 1857, when Thompson drew the senior commission and became Chief Justice. In 1874 Paxson and Warren J. Wood ward drew lots and the senior commission fell to Paxson. The ticket was drawn by Judge Woodward's then little daughterj and she'drew the blank for her father. This year McCollum and Mitchell had to decide by lot which would have the senior commission, and Miss Williams, daughter of Justice Williams, was agreed upon and requested to draw the 'names' from Judge Mc Collum's hat. which Sj 7vT" y?. was temporaril j Hffiy fuTSszS emP'ye" as ne tottery depository, and she drew the senior commission for Judge McCol lom. AVhen she was called in to draw the prize for McCollum J. one of the two ex pectants, she was entirely ignorant of the momentous result of her act, and not until it was all over and the die was cast, did she know that she had decided an issue of the greatest importance to the grave judges of the Supreme Court. Including Chief Justice Paxson, who as sumes the hish office next week, there have been 11 Chief Justices in this State since the Judges became elective in 1851. Judge Black became Chief Justice in 1831 and served 3 years; Judge Lewis succeeded him and served 3 years; Judge Lowrie succeeded and served 6 years; Judge George W. AVoodward succeeded and served! years; Judge Thomp son succeeded and served 5 years; Judge Reed succeeded and served 1 year; Judge Agnew succeeded and served 5 years: Judge Sharswood succeeded and served 4 years; Judge Mcrcur succeeded and served nearly i4 o n succeeded and served i years, and Judge Paxson succeeded Green, J. with a term of 7 years before him. Prior to the election of the Supreme Judges there had -been 19 Chief Justices, ex clusive of Harrison, Norris and Joseph Reed, who declined, from 1684 to 1851. The longest terms of service were John ICinsey, who was Chief from April 17, 1743, to Sep tember 20, 1767, and John Bannister Gib son, who was Chief from May 18, 1827, to October 24, 1851. The Supreme Judges, in cluding Chief Justices, were appointed for life until 1838, when all Judges were given a limited tenure, although appointed by the Governor; and in 1851 all Judges were made elective. THE SETTLED S1EIKE. Chief Arthur Says He Is Sntlsfied With tho Terms A Railroad Man Gives a Synopsis of the Situation. Chicago, January 6. Mr. Arthur ex pressed himself as exceedingly well pleased with the terms of the "Q" settlement, and said they were such that they would meet with the approval of all Brotherhood men. He declined to make known its terms, but said that it was far from an unconditional surrender on the part of the brotherhood, and that several items of importance to the brotherhood had been con ceded by the "Q" officials. A man who stands hieh in railwav circles told a reporter this afternoon, that while ho was not at liberty to give the language of I the agreement, he could say that the en gineers had abandoned their claim for the 'abolishment ot the trip system and the in auguration of the mileage plan as used by the other roads. They had also withdrawn their demand for th'e arbitration of the classification or graded pay rule. On these, which were the chief points of the strike, the company was a winner. On the other hand they had consented to em ploy Brotherhood men; in preference to others, as fast as vacancies occurred, and would reinstate its old employes whenever it could. The black list, which has been a bar to the strikers obtaining work on other roads, is also to be done away with. On these points the Brotherhood is a winner. It is also rumored that the compromise will result in the dismissal of the prosecu tion of the alleged dynamiters, but this is uncertain. It is known that the matter was discussed.but the company was not sure of its legal right or power, to interfere with cases now in the hands 'of the State. Vice President Stone, of the Burlington road, when shown the above declined to either af firm or deny its truth, or to comment on it any way. A TERRIBLE MINE ACCIDENT. Tbreo Men Dropped 600 Pcet and Man gled to Death. . ISrZCIAI. TELEGIIJUI TO THE DISPATCn.l Uniontown, January 5. Last night John Clark, engineer at the West Leisen ring mines of the Connellsville Coke and Iron Company, was about to go down the shaft to examine the pump, when he was joined on the cage by AVilliam McFerren and AVilliam Shearer. The fireman, Lewis Fuehrer, was put in charge of the engine. and when all was ready he started the cage, but fofgot to reverse the engine. The cage went to the top of the tipple rapidly, and there the rope broke, dropping the cage and men to the bottom of the shaft. The shaft is 00 feet deep and the tipple 100 feet above the mouth of the shaft. Men rnshed into the mines through the air shaft to find the three unfortunate men mangled corpses, they being killed instantly. Clark was married and leaves a wife and two childreu. The other two men were single. Bystanders who saw what was wrong yelled to Fuehrer, but he is rather deaf and did not hear them. The Coroner impaneled a jury to-day, but has not rendeicd a ver dict yet. HIS RIVAL SUSPECTED. Mjstcrlons Murder of n Young Ulan on tbo Eve of Ills Dlnrriage. Fayettevii.i,i:,Tenn., January 5. Yes terday a Mr. Brooks, a prominent young merchant of McDowell's Mills, near this place, came to town, secured his marriage license and started for home. This morning his body was found on the roadside dead, with a bullet bole through his head. AVhen lie left town he was accompanied by a man named Smith, who was a bitter rival of his for the hand of the young lady Brooks was to marry. Strong suspicions are aroused and con siderable excitement prevails concerning this feature of the case. Brooks was a model young man, liked by all who knew him. A Horrible Death. ISrZCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New Yobk, January 5. The baby daughter of Patrick Kelsey, of Kearney, 2J". J., died last night after 24 hours of agony. The baby had-been left by an elder sister on a table on Thursday night. A moment after she went away the child rolled off the table into a boiler of scalding water. In Need of,a Pacific Agent. General Passenger Agent E. A. Ford, of the Pennsylvania Company, went to San Francisco last night to look after the busi ness of the road on the coast The Pacific agent resigned, and Mr. .Ford goes there to appoint someone to succeed Oik IIP 'fjmgk THE HOMER MATTER. Count Bismarcfc's' Statement Does Not Satisfy the British Envoy, WHO WANTS AN OFFICIAL APOLOGY Lord Salisbury Stands by Him in This Position, and lias So INFORMED THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR. Emperor Wilhelm Fays a Clowinj Tribnte to the Senior BlssurcV. Count Herbert Bismarck has given a dinner to the leading foreign diplomatists. During the" banquet he promised to exon erate Sir Robert Morier of the charges made against .him. This docs not suit Morier, who wants an official justification. The Em peror has written a very flattering letter to the Chancellor. JVll the Berlin newspapers comment on the Morier matter. COPYRIGHTED, I8S9, BT TUB NEW TOEK ASSOCI ATED mESS.I Berlin, January B. Count Herbert Bismarck last night gave a diplomatic din ner, at which Count Schouvaloff, the Rus sian Ambassador, M. Herberte, the French Ambassador, and other heads of the Lega tions were present. During the course of the evening Count Herbert, -speaking to Count Von Hatzfcldt, the German Minister to England, promised under request of the Emperor to exonerate Sir Robert Morier. the British Ambassador to Russia, from any charges connected with the Bazine incident. This result was communicated to Morier, who expresses himself as dissatisfied. He says that as official prints make the charge there must be an official withdrawal. Lord Salisbury, in a personal communication to Prince Bismarck, asks him to order a direct statement that the whole charge is absurd. Emperor William and the whole court went to-day to Grnnewald to hunt wild boars. So many Berliners yesterday went to the Opera. House to see a dress rehearsal of a play relating to the First Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, that the authori ties directed a change in the plot on the ground that it reflected on the royal family. At the last State dinner in the Schloss the band performed a parade march composed by Prince Henry. Lieutenant Wissmann, whose regiment is the Second Foot Guards, is now attached to the Foreign Office for special service in East Africa. In consequence of this appoint ment the Emin Relief Committee has re lieved AVissmann from all connection with the relief expedition and has nominated Dr. Peters, chief leader in place of AVissmann. AVissmann's post under the Foreign Office is understood to be that of Imperial Com missary" of Germany and has nothing to do with the East Africa company. EOTAI, EXPENSES. The Landtag is convoked for the 14th inst. A measure will be presented increas ing the King's civil list by 3,000,000 marks, this sum being additional to the amount re quested from the Reichstag. The semi-official papers argue that the allowance should be more; that according to the feeling in Berlin it ought to be double the amount asked. The loyalty of the Berliners toward the Emperor has led to a caution from the Xorth German Gazette against crowding upon the carriages ol the Imperial party when out driving. The Gazette savs: The repeated ovations recently given to their Majesties while out driving has more than once given rise to inconveniences. Crowd ing too near the carriages, and especially run ning 'before them. Is apt to make the horses restive; moreover, when persons incautiously approach the carriages they often run great danger. Apart from the accidents arising from these causes, too impetnons crowding upon their majesties is Incompatible with that feeling of respect which onglit to be shown to them, and the absence of which deprives the demonstration of the character of a genuine ovation. AVith regard to tho throwing of let ters and petitions into the Emperor's carriage it should be known that it is better to deliver such documents at the Court Marshal's office.- TAFFT FOB BISMABCE. The 'if eichzinrer 'publishes a rescript from Emperor William to Prince Bismarck, bearing date of December 3i. It reads: Deae Pbince The year which has brought us such heavy visitations and such irrevocable, losses draws to an end. It is a joy and solace to think that you still stand loyally by my side with fresh strength to enter upon the new year. From, my whole heart, I invoke upon you happiness and blessings, but, above all, un interrupted gooa neaitn. i trust to uou tl may still be long permitted to labor with 1 trust to God that I von tor me weuare ana greatness oi onr latner land. Wilhelji. Herr Von Boettischer, as Vice President of the Prussian Ministry, will present a report to the Landtag on the increase in the civil list. The King proposes to raise from 12,000,000 to 15,000,000 marks, apart lrom the Reichstag donation which Prince Bis marck will personally announce. The papers to-day generally comment on the Morier affair. The Vossische Zeitung remarks: The impression that a perusal of the letters leaves is painful: Incidents such as these can only serve to trouble the rela tions of two countries by kindred affinity. The accusation against Morier rests on the controversial assertion ot a man who is no more. 'No evidence can be adduced in support of the charge, there fore it cannot be regarded as convincing. If certain papers which describe Emperor Frederick as Parisial, the" simpleton, really consider it their duty ta asperJe every man whom that noble prince honored with his confidence, they have at anv rate done no good service to the German Government or to the Emperor. It is only surprising that the plain contradiction between Mar shal Bazaine's statement to Major Von Deines, and the known historic facts, should not have been perceived by Major Deines hitnsclt, wno seems to have been willing to forge a weapon with which to strike at the memory of Emperor Frederick. AN ASTONISHING DEMAND. The National Zeitung holds that Morier inliis appeal to Count Herbert was ovr-e confident. The paper says: "It was a really astonishing demand to ask .the chief of the foreign office to contradict the report of a trusted officer of the German Gov ernment. It must be left to the future to show whether Bazine will come out of the affair as a slanderer or as a coward." These comments suggest a similar question as to whether Prince Bismarck and Count Herbert will come out of the affair as slanderers or as cowards. Morier, accord ing to the sentiment of the English Embassy here and tne general leeling in official cir cles will compel Count Herbert to apologize. Iu the meantime the semi-official press shows no signs of deprecating the attacks on Morier. rather trying to support the assault. To-night's Berliner Borsen Zeitung has a vaguely worded official statement declaring that the Government has proof as to the means by which Morier obtained informa tion concerning the movements and offensive plans of the German troops; also how he made use of this information by sending it tothe London Times. The Freisinnige Zeitung after remarking that Professor GefFcken spent 09 days in prison says : Prince Bismarck records a grievous failnre before the whole world. Such a thing has scarcely ever happened before in the course of his ministerial career. A Chance to Do Belter. fBV CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 5. Copyright. Sir James Hunnen, who has made himself .de cidedly obnoxious by his partial conduct in the-course of the Parnell commission sit tings, has returned from Eastbourne, in much improved health, and it is to be hoped he "will conduct his work as Judge on a dif-. ferent basis, , - Itnlr Denounced .as' Infamous. "Pesth, January 5. At a-bannuet- t Gran to-night. Cardinal Simor, Primate of Hungary, offered a toast fn honor of the Pope. In a violent speech he denounced Italy's treatment,of the Pope as infamous. A QUEER COMBINATION. The Dowager Empress of China Joins the Good and thoSbocUlnc. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 5. A proclamation from the Chinese Empress dowager com bines the good and shocking in such a sim ple way as to be worth printing. It is her idea as to the settlement in life of her son. Since the Emperor reverently entered upon the succession of his patrimony, he "has been gradually growing up to manhood, and it is fit ting that a person of high character should be selected to be his consort and assist him in the duties of the palace, to the end that the high position of Emperor may be fittingly filled ana the Eraperorsupnorted In the pursuit of virtue. Tho choice having fallen upon Yehonalri, the daughter of Lieutenant General Kuei Hsiang, a maiden of virtuous character and becoming and dignified demeanor, we command that she be appointed Empress. AVe command that Fatala, aged 15. daughter of Chang Hsu, former Vice President of the board, be raised to the position of concubine of the fourth degree, and that Jatala. aged 13, another daughter of the same officer, be ap pointed concubine of the same degree. The fact that the father and mother of Jatala and her youthful sister of the same name are madevery proud by this order of the impress illustrates once more now much depends upon the view we happen to take of things. THE MARKETS ARE FIRM. Operators on the London Exchanee Waiting for the Cloud to Roll By. TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.: Lokdox, January 5. Although the Mark Lane and country wheat markets have presented more or less of a holiday ap pearance, prices have been well maintained and the markets leave off with a firmertone. Corn has been quiet and weak, owing to large stocks on hand. On the Stock Exchange the American market has been simply a reflex of Wall street. Operators here are waiting for the clouds on the American railroad ho- izon to clear away. HOLDING THEIR HEADS ON. Coolies In Singapore Afraid That the Gov ernment Wants Their Hkalls.' IBT CABLE TO TUX DISrATCII. Londos", January 5. The interesting news comes from the Orient that the coolies in Singapore have proved themselves imaginative bv conceiving the idea that the Government intends to lay the foundations ui uenaiu unugea upuu viuueae ueaus, auu that 50 apiece is paid for them. Conse quently no coolie will work at night if he can help it, and all are in constant fear, holding their heads with both hands. ETICT0RS MEET THEIR MATCH. They Find a Honso Too Strongly Fortified to Tacklo In Ono Day. Dublin, January 5. Further evictions were made to-day on the Oliphert estates, at Falcarragh, Connty Donegal. At one house only was any resistance made, but after a fight which lasted 15 minutes the defenders yielded. The lasthouse visited by the evictors was found to be so strongly fortified that the magistrate decided not to attempt its capture to-day. The attack was therefore postponed until Monday. FIGHTING HER OWN BATTLES. British and American Klen-of-Wnr Fall to Assist a German Ono In Tronble. Auckland, N. Z., January 5. Advices from Samoa say that the German man-of-war Olga lost 20 men killed and 30 .wounded out of a party of 120 men sent to assist Ta masese against Mataafa. The Germans were compelled to retreat to their boats. The commanders of the British and Amer ican men-of-war received an intimation of the German intentions, but they remained inactive. Rnskln Again Under tho Weather. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 5. Copyright. Mr. Rnskin is suffering from the mental trouble which was described in the columns of The Dispatch more than a year ago. The at tack is not a very serious one, and it is hoped that he will rapidly improve with better weather. A Train Blown From tho Track. Pesth, January 5. A passenger train was blown from the raMs near Fiume, to day, during a violent storm. Three persons were killed and many injured. ABGUIM AInTABCHT. An Important Case Before Judge Tnley Different Kinds of Anarchists 'In America Tho Reds Are the Ones the Chicago Cor poration Is After. t Chicago, January 5. Arguments were heard by Jndge Tuley to-day on the motion of the anarcnist organization, known as the Arbeiter Bund, to enjoin the police from interfering with their meetings. Mr. Green acre, for the complainants, began to argue on the jurisdiction of the court, and Judge Tuley interrupted him to say that he should confine himself to the point as to whether there were property rights involved, for if there were the Court's jurisdiction was un doubted. . Mr. Greenacre contended that the police prohibited them from hiring halls. This was an undoubted interference with prop erty rights, tor money was property, odd the' members were prevented from spending their money as they pleased. Corporation Counsel Green said the com plainants were Anarchist), and under the Merritt conspiracy law the police were clothed with power to prevent their meetings. The law 'made the city .liable for damages done by Anarchist's meetings, and for the city to wait until the damages were done and then pray for them, was a little more than it could be expected to do. "Is there any statute against Anarchists?" asked Judge Tuley. "There is no law against them particu larly, but there are laws against the acts and methods which the anarchistic doc trine contemplates." "There are different kinds ofAnarchists," said Judge Tuley. "There are none that I know are anv good," said Mr. Green. "There are Christian Anarchists who be lieve in brotherly love," said Judge Tuley. "AVe are not after that kind," said Mr. Green. "AVe are after those fellows whose ideas culminated in the Haymarket square." The hearing will be resumed Monday. 'NEW METHODIST NOTIONS. r A Novel .Departure Announced at Hit. Ucloa College Training Deaconesses. Canton, January 5. A new depaiture in Methodism is announced by the founding ' an itinerant's biblical department at Mt. Union College, Alliance, this county. Bishop Vincent, Hon. Lewis Miller, of Chautauqua fame; President T. P. Marsh and Jacob Miller, the philanthropist, head the movement. Regular classes for resident students, and occasional sessions of the Itinerant's Club for ministers in the field will take up all phases of the intinerant preacher's work. A class for the training of deaconesses is proposed in connnection with other advance movements. Burned br a, Splash of Metal. A splash of metal in the Black Diamond Steel Works, bnrned Daniel McCaffrey, of JBloomfield, about the face, hands, arms and neck yesterday, and he had to be removed to nis home.. AN ITALIAN YILLAINf i f Bed-tfose Mike Confesses to the Hur- i der of Paymaster McClnre. " ' SMART PIECE OP DETECTIVE WOBK The Murderer Enn Down at PoigUeepsis -by Pinkerton Men. WILKESBARRE MISTEEI UNEATELED.' ill tho PzrtlcipiEts In the DonWe Murder Arrested,. and Jailed. -' The murderers of Paymaster McClnre and 5 xluu .L'jauagaii, wuu nD luuh ucdff U Hi.k ,.' I Ma... ... wl.n .... Y...& ...i. Wilkesbarre on October 19, have been ar rested, and a large portion of the money, which incited the crime, re3tored. In thej j unraveling of this mystery a clever piece of . detective work was done. ISrECTAL TELZQKAM TO THE DISPATCH! Wilkesbabke, January 5. At 10)' o'clock in the morning on October 19, 1888," i J. Brainard McClnre, of Philadelphia,' paymaster in the, employ of railroad con tractor James McFadden, left the Wyoming National Bank of Wilkesbarre with $12,000--in his possession, with which to pay the laborers of the railroad works. Hugh. Flanagan, a stable boss, accompanied Mc Clnre as a body guard. One hour after' leaving Wilkesbarre the two men and their horse were found dead on a lonely road" leading to the railroad works, four miles' ' from Wilkesbarre. They had been fired at' from ambush and killed. On the morning of the murder a nnmber of Italians left their shanties at the railroad works and came to the village of Miners' Mills. It was a wet day and the men could not work. The men congregated in a saloon kept by Thomas Quigley. Five of tha4 Italians stood off in a corner and held a ' spirited conference among themselves. EED-NOSE MIKE. There was a- leader in the crowd. His name was Mike Poyette, alias "Red Nosa Mike." Mike was a leader because he could speak" excellent English. About 20 minutes after 10 o'clock, or 35 minutes be-, fore the double-murder was committed, foirr of the Italians left the saloon and started up the mountain road to return to their'' I shanties. After the men had gone. Red . Nose Mike" became verv fidetir. and every minute or two would go to the door and look down the road. Ten minutes after . ' the first party of Italians started Mike fol lowed. Fifteen minutes later McIure and hi3 t body guard came along, seated behind a bcautilul black horse. They took a cigar' at Quigley's and then resumed their jour-., ney np the mountain road. McClnre bade Quigley goodby, saying he would have to hurry, as the men wpre waiting for their money. That was the last seen of McCIuro and Flanagan alive. The Pinkerton men were acquainted with the movements of tho Italians that day, but still they declined to . make any arrests. Several woodchoppers -brought the information that they saw sev eral Italians on the road that morningbnt were unable to identity them. DISCHABGED FOB WANT OP ETIDENsTE. A local detective named Roberts at last made a move. He caused the arrest of Red Nose Mike on the charge of murder. The hearing took place before 'Squire Moore, of Miner's Mills. The justice thought there' -was no evidence and discharged the pris- - , oner. N. C. Quigley, who was supposed to-, be Mike's friend, acted as counsel and be came his bondsman, the Pinkertons assur ing Quigley that they would not allow tho Italian to leave the country. Mike, was congratulated on his acquittal, and among the most hearty congratulators were the. Pinkerton detectives. They patted Mike on the shoulder and said: "You are all right now. Vou can go wherever you have a mind." The Italian was pleased and' thought himself safe. . , A week later Mike said his work with, McFadden was ended, and he was going to) Poughkeepsie. He did go to that place and'J with' him went four Pinkerton men, although Mike was not aware of it. The detectives. shadowed the Italian all the time. Two of them disguised themselves as laborers and.! boarded with Mike, the Italian's business' being boarding house keeping. ' The detectives failed to get a clue until about three weeks ago, when Mike began to spend money freely. He bonght many Christmas presents and sent them to Italy. He also began to dress, extravagantly, and instead of taking his usual drink, beer, he' began to buy tub by the-case. the trap spbung. One of the detectives nnder the gniseof a' boarder asked Mike one day how he came in possession of so much wealth, "Oh, TJncla died in Italy and left me well off," was his reply. One night last week the detectives saw Mike go upstairs, with a lamp in his hand, and take a roll of bills out of his trunk. The detectives then threw of their disguise and placed Mike under arrest. The Italian never winced, but said the detectives must be crazv. Mike was taken to Philadelphia on Friday. In the presence of Superintendent Linden he made a full- ' confession under promise.that he is not to be prosecuted. The detectives have re covered $10,278 and placed it in the Second National Bank to-day. The guns were also, found to-day where Mike said they had been buried. Red Nose Mike was committed to jail this morning. He has completely" broken down. Three Italians, Joseph Bevenno, Antini' Be verino and Pedro Lumechi, did the shoot- -ing. Lumechi was a lieutenant in the Italian army. A Mataral Gas 3Ian Married. Mr. Charles F. Emerson, a member of, '. the People s Natural Gas Company, waa Bessie Benson, of Titusville. The wedding. i took place at the residence ot the parents ot If. fmaw.,.. in rrtfrtl1a A Cfa . ceremony was over the newly-married pair?'1 , 11. Ji,ubjvu .u ...ud.aw- .m.. .,n.. started on a weaaing inp to uie-Toum. Upon their return they will take np. their residence in Pittsburg. , A Sldebonrd AVorth Having. Robert Barr, the superintendent of- iha-j carpenter shop at the Westinghouse Eleo-"t trie Company, was presented with a hand-''---: some sideboard yesterday as a New Year"7'- present. It was the gift, of the employes m. his department and was made in the works', by them. The woods composing it are ma-A hbgapy and lignum vita?, and it is a hand"' some piece ot workmanship. : $ Killed on the Track. Henry Shields, aged 63 years, was struck bv a passenger train on the P., V. &.-C. Ri'l R. track, at South Thirtieth and Jane" streets, shortly after last midnight, and in?; stantly killed. Shields was in the employ; i gd in watching some trenches,- but was . i walking on the track when killed.' His body was removed to the morgue. A UtcIt Husband. Mrs. Mary Lindsey, of Bates street, ap-V peared before Alderman Jones yesterday"ff and charged her husband Thomas with, breaking several windows and upsetting the supper table. He was committed, lo-jail for a bearing on Jionaay. He Can Coot Off In Jail. Alderman Flack, of the Southside, jet-u terday committed AVilliam Johnston to fall? for surety of the peace. .Charles Frederiektt claims that Johnston threatened tofthootj him. i A '
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