THE AVERAGE KUIATIOH Of theSunday issue of THE DIS PATCH r November was over $iW$rmg n V .-, 1 5,000 r for each issue. .fi 3s, FORTY-THIRD TEAR. PITTSBUKG, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1889. CENTS' 'v fy &- J TT r. Hi Vj SMALL ADVERTISEMEHTS For to-morrow's DISPATCH can bo left at main office till midnight or at branch offices till 9 P.M. w mmtm ; xq A LONG LOOK AHEAD The Prospects Excellent for Quite a Lengthy Session of the Legislature. CONSIDERABLEWORKTODO. Representative Fow Wants Less Money Used in Elections. BLAISE WILL, AND YET HE WON'T. Lieutenant Governor Davies Thinks the Maine Man Slated for the Cabinet, bnt Dlr. Rutan Is as Positit o Thnt lie Isn't Democrats Expect Sir. Devlin to be Bounced A Harrlsbunr Policeman Wants Mayor Fritcbey Hauled Over tbe Coals Allegheny's Position in the Inter Slnniclpal Matter Causing Trouble and Delay. Lieutenant Governor Davies returns to larrisburg from Washington, and predicts a long session of the Legislature. Senator Rutan agrees with him on that question, but the former says Blaine will be Secre tary of State, and Mr. Butan thinks therein be is mistaken. A good start has been made toward clearing up the inter-municipal muddle. Democratic Senators are con fident Mr. Devlin will not be allowed to .retain his seat A move is being made to make elections in Pennsylvania somewhat cheaper. rsrxcux. telegram to tux dispatch. Habbisbubg, January 6. Lieutenant Governor Davies, who returned to Harris burg from 'Washington this afternoon, does sot share the opinion of some of the leading members of the Legislature that the present cession will be unusually short He can see no reason for such anticipation, as the tendency is toward an increase of the num ber of bills introduced at each recurring session. The larger the population, the more numerous the wants of the people and the greater the demand for legislation. His experience has taught him the great diffi culty in making, material progress in ad vancing legislation the first month or six weeks of the session, owing to the time nec essarily consumed in the appointment of the standing committees and in examining the many bills showered upon the committees. The Lieutenant Governor has served a number of years in the Senate, and at the last session presided over that body, and as a result of his experience hasty legislation docs not commend itself to him. He thinks the Senate should give legislation more con sideration than it did two years ago. Bills were not as analytically examined a- their importance demanded. Too much interest was taken in hurriedly disposing of the calendar of bills and too little in their con tents. Although legislators who are ready to point to derects in many bills are not generally popular, Lieutenant Governor Davies is of the opinion that their action has a tendency to promote wise and careful legislation. Governor Davies left "Washington this morning, but without seeing Colonel Quy, who is alleged to be in that city. He is strongly of the belief that General Harrison will appoint Blaine Secretary of State. The declared purpose of the man from Elaine to leside in Washington during the session of Congress he interprets as meaning that Blaine has received the assurance that he is to head the Cabinet. USE OF MONEY IN ELECTIONS. FoKhorn Fow Wants tbe Australian Toting Caper Tested In Pennsylvania. ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI8FATCH.1 Habbisbdbg, January 6. John H. Fow, the foghorn orator ot Philadelphia, intends to radically reform the election laws of this State by soon introducing in the House a bill fashioned after the Australian election caper. Fow thinks intimidation and brib ery are practiced to a large extent in Penn sylvania, and he docs not propose to stand by without at least making a legislative effort to prevent the recurrence of such crimes against tbe ballot box. Fow says: "We propose to see whether this country must continue to be humiliated and dis graced by the men who buy votes and open ly boast of it "We want, too, to put a check on the prominent rich citizens, 'the Phari sees, as Judge Gresham calls them, who, while pretending to be manly citizens and devout Christians, raie thousands of dollars for purposes which they are well aware are dirty, low and dangerous." Fow will be a bull in the House china shop, and it will be difficult to chain him. He was vigorously sat down upon on the first day of the session, when he objeeted to the choosing of the Chief Clerk of the House because the rules required the propo sition to go into an election to lie over one day. Tbe rotund form of the Philadelphia member dropped into its seat like a cannon ball as "the Speaker announced, amid the uproarious applause of the House, that the rules had not yet been adopted. THEr EXPECT NO MERCY. Democrats Looking for tbo Bouncing of Sir. Devlin Out of His Sent. f ETEC1AL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Habrisbtjrg, January 6. The Demo cratic Senators do not expect fair play in the election contest which has been started to bounce Devlin, Democrat, out of his seat, because of alleged remarks dropped by a few Republican Senators indicating a pur pose to declare ex-Senator Osborne elected. It is remarked as a singular circumstance, that Speaker Pro Tem. Grady has appoint ed General Goblin,an intimate friend of the contestant, Chairman ot the Flection Com mittee. One of the reasons the Democrats give for the belief that Devlin will have to take a ride on the Senatorial sliding board is the fact that two years hence a United States Senator will be chosen in this State, for which event the dominant party is ex pected to be fully prepared, if possible. The counting in of a Senator would be one move in that direction. Osborne's claim is regarded by the Demo crats as a little flimsy, in view of the-fact that Cleveland had a larger plurality in his district that Devlin, who did not. dream of being successful, and consequently did not exert himself to a large extent Osborne, in & recent conversation, ascribed his defeat to the fact that his wounded arm troubled him so much that he could not make the cam paign which he would have prosecuted to success if he had not been practically dis abled. A GOOD START HADE. The Variableness of Allegheny, Thoneb, Slay Delny tbe municipal Code's Adoption ISPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH HabrisbueG", January 6. A good start has been made in placing the bills dividing cities into three classes and providing a mu nicipal code for the government of cities of the third class, embracing all in the-State except Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Alle gheny, but Louis Pochards, who will be here to expedite their passage, fears that the op position to them from some parts of the State will prevent the proposed legislation from becoming operative before the Febru ary election. The diversity of opinion in Allegheny as to the classification of that city is regarded as threatening danger tojhe early passage of the acts, both of which are so necessary to remove complications with the anticipated opinion "of the Supreme Court declaring the inter-municipal law Jin constitutional. The variableness of the Allegheny people is the subject of considerable unfavorable comment on the part of earnest friends of the bills. "When Messrs. Elphinstone, Hunter and "Watson indicated at the late Inter-Municipal Convention that Allegheny desired to be placed in the second class, with Pittsburg, the framers of the proposed code and other friends of it felt that a great obstacle to its favorable consideration had been removed, but since it has been learned that serious opposition has been developed to it in that city, this impression has in a large measure vanished. The demand of the Allegheny Represent atives in the Legislature to have that city placed in a separate class, two years ago, contributed toward the death ot the inter municipal act, as their action resulted in the increase of the number of classes, which the Supreme Court will not allow, because of the tendency of such classification to special legislation nnder the cover of gen eral laws. ME. EUTAN UNDER THE WEATflEE. Ho Recovers Somewhat and Talks About tbe Long Session Abend. ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Harbisbtjbg, January 6. Senator Rutan's health yesterday was1 very dis couraging, but to-day he was quite buoyant and had bright hopes of an early recovery. He has made arrangements to visit Colonel Quay at "Washington as soon as he finds himself able to take the trip. The Senator has no Cabinet predictions to make, but talks like one who doesn't believe that Blaine will be the Secretary of State. As to the probable length of the session of the Legislature, he does not believe that final adjournment will "be reached before the 1st of Mav. There are too many important questions to be considered to justify the hope of an earlier dissolution. The code for the government of cities (known as the inter-municipal bill),the prohibitory amend ment, the projected amendment of the Irrooks bill, without enumerating other legislation, will excite much discussion. The Senator did not believe it possible to pass the municipal code before the Feb ruary election. He referred to the fight being made in Allegheny against being placed in the same class with Pittsburg, and said the sentiment in that city seemed to be changing. "When he left home for Harrisburg, his constituents, with whom he came in contact, were favorable to entering cities of the second class, but now he is re ceiving letters in which he is asked to oppose this feature of the inter-municipal bill with all the power he can command. Among those who hpve requested his in fluence to keep Allegheny out of the second class is a gentleman who strongly favored putting it into that class. Nearly all the letters he has received on that subject are in the same vein. COME BACK FOE THE BALANCE. Tbo Huntingdon Reformatory Didn't Use All Its Appropriation. Bnt Wants To. I SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Habbisburg, January 6. The stormy opposition developed to the concurrent reso lution offered by Senator McWilliamson, of Huntingdon, providing for the application of over $35,000 remaining of the last appro priation to the Huntingdon Industrial Re formatory to other purposes than those con templated by the act authorizing it, has caused a change of base, and a bill will be introduced next week to so dispose ot the unexpended fund by the Board of Managers as to enable them to soon admit persons to the institution. The money on hand was intended to pay the Building Commission ers and to contribute toward the payment of the reformatory, but it was not required for either purpose. The proposition to apply the money on hand to a purpose not intend ed will be withdrawn, as Senators experi enced in legislative matters are convinced that it is not warranted by the constitution, because it seeks by simple concurrent reso lution, which could be passed in one day through all the necessary stages, to practi cally repeal a law which, unless precedence is given to it in the order of business, can not be passed in a month from the time of its introduction. The Huntingdon Reformatory managers deserve commendation for not expending the entire appropriation, as it is very un common for beneficiaries of 'the State to re turn any balances. The State has expended in the establishment of thjs institution, whose construction was begun in 1878, about 900,000. MAI ENCOUNTER OBSTACLES. How tbe Movo to Increase the Brooks Li cense Fee Is Likely to be Foaghu (SPECIAL TELEGEAM TO THE DISrATCH.l Habrisbttbg, January 6. Many of the Representatives opposed to a change of the Brooksliigh license law in the direction of increased license fees are likely to throw ob stacles in the way of the speedy passage of the municipal code, unless concessions are made to them involving a modification of the Brooks law so as to leave undisturbed the license fee of $300 now paid in the cities of the third class, which wonld be in creased to 500 under' the proposed code if the Brooks bill were not changed to con form to the change in the classification of cities rendered necessary by the decision of the Supreme Court soon" to be made public. Committees to be Known Wednesday. I6TECIAL TELEGBAM TO TUE DISrATCH.l Habbisburg, January C. Speaker Boyer and President Pro tem Grady expect to announce their standing committees on Wednesday eveningyor Thursday morning next ' WANTS TO SEE "EM SQUIRM. A Harrlsburg Policeman Asks to Have Borne OluciaU of tbo City Investigated. fSFECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISrATCH.l Habrisbcbg, January 6. An investiga tion by Councils of the administration of Mayor Fritchey, of this city, has been de manded by a discharged policeman, who says, among other things, that he was obliged as a Republican to contribute 5 to the Democratic campaign fund last, fall, and that he was informed by the lieutenant subsequently to the payment of the assess ment, that anyone dissatisfied with he ar rangement could have tbe money returned and bis resignation accepted. He promises to present to the proposed investigating committee matters concerning the condnct of affairs at the Mayor's office that will "open the eyes of the people and make some officials squirm." , Mayor Fritchey says that he discharged the policeman because he had been disre spectful to his superior officer byattempting to have the Mayor written up in one of the daily papers of this city, and as to the $5 paid" for campaign purposes, it was simply a loan, to be returned by the Republicans on the police force on the first of the year. SIX MEN KILLED. A Boiler Explodes in a Country Grist Mill and Kills Six Fnrmera and In jures Others Low Water tlio Cause. 1SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.l Charleston, "W. Va., January 6. A special messenger brings here to-night the news of an awful catastrophe which oc curred near New Hope, Mercer county. That region of the county is thinly populated, and it is the custom of the farmers to gather every Satur day at the one gristmill in the distriot to obtain the, usual supply of flour in exchange Lfor wheat Yesterday the usual number of farmers were congregated about "William Carter's mill. About 1250 o'clock "William Jerome, Thomas Carter, J. ' E. French, "W. Shuffleburger, John Wim mer and two brothers by the name of Shields were sitting near the boiler talking when a terrible explosion occurred. The mill was made a total wreck, and the following men were instantly killed: James 33. French,Thomas Carter, Levi Shields and John "Wimmcr. Their bodies were mangled almost beyond recognition by the flying and splintered timbers. Fli Shields was horribly burned and died to-day.. Wade Shuffleburger was badly burned, great pieces of flesh falling from his bones in places. He cannot possibly survive. Jerome Carter and William Carter were injured but less seriously. The explosion was due to the carelessness of the engineer who allowed the water to run low in the boiler. COULD STAND IT NO LONGER. A New Yorker Rcndy to Die Bccauso His Wife Won't Stay at Home. rErECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. JfEW Yobk, January 6. Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Sturr, of 2Gi WestOne Hundred and Seventeenth street, had a quarrel last night. Mr. Sturr complained that his wife had gone gadding around town, leaving him to take care of the children. He is an in valid and obliged to stay in the house any-, how. During the quarrel he became Yio- lently enraged, and, jumping up, went to a closet and took ont a cup, into which he put in a quantity of poison, fie said, "How, Martha, I am going to end my trouble. It has lasted long enough, and I cannot stand it any longer. He put the cup to his lips, but she jumped up and knocked it out of his hands. The paris green spattered over both of them and the floor. He tried to get the rest of the poison, but she. beintr the stronger of the two, prevented him. He gave in apparently, bnt presently swallowed more of the stuff. Then she called in the police. Sturr came into the Harlem Court to-day, with his head drooping, and did not look up at his wife at all. He fell in a heap on the ..floor from weakness, having been unable to eat anything after his experience with the stomach pump. He was transferred to Bellevue Hospital. THE GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT Allcced to Have Been Broken by tbo Gonld Railroad System. Chicago, January 6, The Rock Island officials claim to have indisputable evidence placinc UDon the Gould system the responsi bility for breaking the "gentleman's agree ment" The testimony goes to show that the. Missouri Pacific broke the agreement by selling a ticket from Kansas City to Pueblo for $15 a cut of 3 15. It is in the shape of the ticket, with affidavits from the parties who purchased it, and copies of the same forwarded by the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska people to General Manatrer S. "W. H. Clark, of the Missouri Pacific. This evidence points to Mr. Jewett, Passenger and Ticket Agent of the Missouri Pacific at Kansas City, and Mr. Pennington, his assistant, as the guilty parties. These gen tlemen have steadfastly denied thus far that they have sold any ticket at cut rates. President Cable, of the Rock Island, leaves for New York to-morrow for the pur pose, it is understood, of laying the matter personally before Jay Gould. A DOUBLE CRIME. William Mann Shoots His Klece and Then Commits Suicide. Ne'W York, January 6. William Mann, an artist, shot and killed his niece, Carrie Jones, and committed suicide in an uptown tenement to-day. She was a married woman and had been living with Mann as his wife for several yeais. The woman's husband, whose name is Stephen Jones, is a carpenter living in Poughkeepsie, and has not lived with his wife for 12 years. A 14-year-old son of Jones and the woman who had deserted him is thought to have bren the cause of to-day's tragedy. He lived with his mother, and Mann wished to get rid of him and had frequent quarrels with the woman on the boy's account. She would not give up the boy. No one saw the shoot ing or heard the quarrel'which probably led up to it THIS IS TOO FUNNT. Long Islanders to Fat Dawn a Gas Hole 'In the Well-Driving Style. rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, January C Five hundred dollars has -been subscribed with which to sink a two-inch pipe on the Jervis famvin Newtown, L. I., where natural gas was discovered short time ago. The end which is driven into the ground will be tipped .with a diamond point For about a foot frotn.the end of the diamond point the pipe will be full of holes through which the gas may find its way in to the pipe. The pipe will be driyen down until it strikes gas. Plumber Heeny has the contract for sinking the pipe, and he will begin work to-morrow. Can't itlnkc a Case. Berlin, January 6. The Imperial tri- bunal declined to proceed against Prof. Geffcken because it was impossible to prove that he was conscious of the treasonable character of his publication. , AMOTHEpDEYOTIOIJ Mrs."1 Parnell Deeds Her Last Posses sion, the Ironsides Homestead, TO HER BELOVED SON CHARLES. She Knows "Vell That Ho is in Need of All the Money Ho Can Eaisefor HIS FIGHT WITH THE OLD THUNDERER. He Was Adflsed by All His Friends Rot to Tacila tbs Commission. The last possession ot Mrs. Delia Parnell, the Ironsides homestead, she has deeded to her son Charles, to aid him in his expensive and probably useless fight with the London Times in the trial before the commission. He went into the struggle against her wishes and advice, and ha? put into it all his ready cash. She means to help him all in her power, though. FSFECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, January G". Mrs. Delia S. Parnell, who lectured this evening in Philadelphia Hall on the subject of Ireland, was seen -after the lecture by a Dispatch reporter, and in answer to a question as to what disposition she has made with the Ironsides homestead and the adjoining property at Bordentown, N. J., said that it has been all deeded over to her son, Charles Stewart Parnell, of Ireland. Speaking further on the subject, she said: ' 'I have had this matter under consideration for a lone time, and have at last conveyed the house, its furniture, and other property 1 over to my son, who, I have no doubt, will in the near future be in need of all the money that I can manage to give him. My reason for transferring my property to Charles is that he is without funds, and I believe that when the Parnell Commission, which is now sitting in Lon don, will have finished its work, my son will be as popr as some of the people for whom he is struggling to obtain liberty. ALL HIS MONET GONE. "What little ready cash he had he put into this case, much against the wish of many of its friends, who believe as I do, that when it will conclude it will be dis astrous to him. Charles was re peatedly advised by some of the other leaders on the floor of the House of Commons not to appear before the commission, and if I had had my way, he never would have opened his mouth or spent a dollar in furthering its investigation into the Times' charges that he was implicated in the Phoenix Park murder. "Ever since Charles took his seat on the floor of the House there has been a constant drain upon his resources, until now he is reduced to call upon his friends for assist ance. In my letters to Charles I fore shadowed to him the possibility of his Lfieing- unable to carry on his work if ne spent any time with the commission, and "also mat- ae-snouiu not pay but uueu- riri' - i. . . w lion lo wuaiever juvbv aa u icauib of its sitting. His" ambition to clear himself of the t false charges has cost him thousands of dollars,' and -now I know and he is more persistent than ever in his workings money is wanted to help him ont of the dilemma. HIE UOTHEB'S ALL. "The transfer of the property was recorded some months ago, and although at first Charles was unaware of what I had done, he is now fully acquainted with the facts, and when it is necessary for him to do so he will draw on the property for funds. The old homestead is the only thing I possess in the world, and in my declining years I feel that it can be placed in no bet ter hands than those of my son. In it I in tend to pass the remainder of my life if possible, and at my death Charles can do as he pleases with it "My son has large interests in Ireland in the shape of farms and other manufactures, but the income from them is mainly given up to the poor and his workmen, and what money he has is contributed by his Ameri can friends to help him pursue hss labors in Parliament for the benefit of the Irish." Mrs. Parnell said that she will endeavor to aid her son as far as possible in his fight against the commission, and will do all in her power to raise enough money to carry him through. "He will need all he can get," she said, "for when the commission is finished ho will be a ruined man financial ly." She denied the report that has been recently1 published to the effect that 'she was going to live in New York. TERRIBLE PRIVATIONS. Sufferings of Starving; Norwegian Farmers and Their Families In Dakota. Fargo, Dak., January 6. A letter from Rev. C. "W. Riches, of Park river, Dak., conveys the first authentic information of extreme suffering and privation among the Norwegian SPtllers in western Walsh county. Men with relief report that they found TO families in abont as destitute cir cumstances as. it is possible for human be ings to be and still exist Many were found with barely enough clothing to cover their nakedness, and that of the thinnest ma terial. Shoes were almost unknown. These farmers have lived on their little capital until nothing remained. Most of them have been living on a kind of por ridge, made by cooking frozen green wheat and oats, stuff not fit to feed a hog. One. family had not seen any flour for six weeks. Nearly all were entirely out of flour. The people have been dividing with each other their potatoes until now they are gone, ,too. TO REDUCE EXPENSES. The Missouri Pnclflc Will Make a 10 Fer Cent Redaction in Salaries. St. Louis, January 6. It is announced that a circular will be issued to-morrow from headquarters of the Missouri Pacifio Railway that the salaries of all emnlovcs on that system whose pay is 5100 per month and over will be reduced 10 per cent. This applies to all heads of departments as well as others, but does not affect conductors, engineers or those connected with the me chanical departments. The object of the cut is to reduce operating expenses. BOARD ONLY U A DAT In Private Homes ot Washington Daring; Inauguration Excitement. Washington, January 6. The In augural Committee informs all persons wish ing to visit the capital during tho Harrison and Morton inaugural ceremonies, March 4, next, that they can secure good rooms and board at private houses throughout the city, at prices ranging .from ?2 to $4 per day, by "comnmnicatirie with Colonel I. P. "Wrieht. 'Chairman of the Public Comfort Committee. K. OF L. EEF0EM. AJICIrcuInr Issued From Philadelphia by Members of tbo Order Who Are ' Dissatisfied With the Pres ent Management. Philadelphia, January 6. The fol lowing ciroular.has been issued: To tbe Members of the Knights of Labor, Greeting: In behalf of the toiling millions of the earth, we, the surviving founders of the secret order of Knights of Labor, have after several secret meetings held in the city of Philadelphia, and after due deliberation and investigation into the present autocratic form of government, found that the present order of Knights of Labor has departed or diverged 'from the original designs when organized in 1SC9. to tlio destruction of the principle of self-government lying at the base of American institutions. As the order of the Knights of Labor was founded for the pur pose of abolishing poverty by securing to the laborer the fruits of his toil; and as we. the original founders of tlio Knights of Labor, who banded to tbe officers and tbe membership tbe principles of the organization have found, after a lapse of nearlyZO years, thatthe officers of the organization have departed from the principles transferred to them, and being determined to return to tbo original text, we extend tbe hand of fraternity to all those who believe in the principles formerly promulgated, to wit: Seeresy, obedience, mutual assistance and the placing of industry on a scientific basis. We have resolved to eliminate all opposition detri mental to the principles and progress of the Knights of Labor as the founders intended. In making, this known through the public press we do so to notify those at a distance, and this must be accented as a reply to many letters received on tbo subject. AsinlSK), numbers for assemblies will be given from Philadelphia. Pa., until a sufficient number have been formed to call a joint con vention for the good of tbe order. Tbojo desiring to be with us will address box SA, Philadelphia, Pa. All communications will receive prompt reply, and "all necessary matter will be-furnlshed tocarry on the needed work. In conclusion, we desire to say that, be lievinfr we are right in Issuing the forcRoinjr, as we did when promulgatins the principles to the Knlshts of Labor nearly 20 years ago. we have unitedly affixed our names. J James L. Wright, N. B. Keen. 1 R. C. Macauley. JosErn S. Kennedy. THE PARIS C. BROWN SUNK. Slio Strikes a Snas and Goes Down Eight iUcn Missing. Bayott Sara, January 6. The steam boat Paris C. Brown, from New Orleans for Cincinnati, struck a snag at Hermitage Landing, Pointe Coupee Parish, at 9 o'clock last night, and sauK. to the hurricane deck. Five of the cabin crew, ,two firemen and one passenger are missing. The Paris C. Brown left New Orleans on Friday night with 300 tons of freight, to which was added 150 tons on the way up. Her cargo consistedof 170 tons of' car wheels and the remainder of sugar, molasses, old iron and sundries. She was registered at 1,400 tons and owned by Captains A. M. Halliday and C. G. Young. She was valued at 24.000, and insured through George W. Nears agency, of Cincinnati, for 14,000. Nothing is known as to the insurance on the cargo. The Paris C. Brown was built at Cincin nati in 1878 by the Marine, Railway and Dock Company for the Cincinnati and New Orleans trade, in which she had been run ning ever since, making over 90 trips with out a mishap of any kind. She had been for a number of yeais in command of Cap tain A. M. Halliday, but at the time ot the disaster she was commanded by Captain C. G. Young, a native of Cincinnati. She had on board ten cabin passengers and a few deck passengers. The officers of the Hanna Blanks, down this evening, report that the Paris C. Brown h a total wreck, with only the pilot house :Cd asmall portion of the decks appearing above water. A IaTge part of the cargo will be a total loss. This morning many bar rels, etc., were seen floating in the river. Borne of them were caught by persons in this city and West Baton Rouge. MATAAFA DEFEATS THE GERMANS. A Spirited FIgbt ia Which tbo Rebels Arc Led,to Victory by nu American. Berlin, January 6. Official advices from Apia confirm yesterday's announce ment of an encounter between Mataafa's followers and the Germans. On December 18 the German gunboat Adler, with the German Consul on board, proceeded to Lanly, Mataafa's chief position, with the intention of nogotiating for the disarming of the insurgents in conscqucnceof the destruc tion of German property and insults to Ger man sailors. A party of men was landed, and while on their way to the Vailele plantation they were suddenly attacked by a party of rebels led by an American named Klein. The Olga, Adler and Eben landed more men. who succeeded in repelling the natives and destroying some ot their villages. Lieu tenant Sieger and 15 men were killed, and Lieutenants Spenglcr and Burchard and 36 men wounded. The latter are doing well. Other accounts state that the Germans re tired to "Vailele and held it against the greatest odds until reinforced. Matafa's loss was ten killed and 30 wounded. The Germans bombarded "Vailele, Letoga, Lanly, Mataafagaand Matafas. Mataafa now holds a strongly entrenched position near Apia, where great excitement prevails. The .European women and children have been placed on board the men-of-war. Business is at a standstill. Expecting further German action, Mataafa has ob tained a supply of ammunition. He declares himself ready to appear before the com manders of the British, and American men-of-war. THE PANAMA CANAL SAFE. A New Company Organized With a Large Capital and Do Lcsseps nt Its Head. Paris, January 6. The Petit Journal states that a meeting of Panama Canal bondholders have addressed a letter to M. deLesseps offering him the chairmanship of a new canal company to be formed by shareholders in the present company. The Journafsays the new company will have a capital of several million francs and will take over the concern from the old Panama company. The debate in the American Senate on the Panama Canal excites ill will here. A friend 'of M, de Lesseps declares' that when M. de Lesseps, in 1877, asked the American Minister, General Noyes, for an explicit statement of the views of the American Government, General Noyes replied that, while he thought that Americans viewed the project with suspicion, he was unable to obtain an official statement from the Gov ernment. A KNIGHT OF THE ROAD. Two Stages Robbed in California by a Very Polite Gentleman. Cloverdale, Cal., January 6. A double stage robbery occurred last night The down stage from Mendocino City was stopped near Philo about 11 o'clock by a masked highwayman, who demanded the treasure-box. and holding a revolver in one hand, took the-box from the driver with the the other. He thanked tbe driver, and or dered him to drive on. He then remarked, "Good night, gentlemen." The stage had only gone a few hundred yards when it met the up stage from Clover dale, and the driver remarked he also had been robbed, but gave no details. The ex press boxes were all that were taken. A Newspaper Mnn Burned Ont. Philadelphia, January 6. The hand some residences of Robert MoWade, clty editor of. the Public Ledger, and J. H. Tighe, on Lancaster avenue, at Wayne sta tion, were entirely- destroyed by fire last night. The total loss is about $20,000. ' EAlffi A WEEK'S WORK Apparently AH That is Left for Thou sands of Cabinet Makers. THE BEST PLACES PARCELED 0DT And Now Only the Minor Chinks Are at General Harrison's Disposal. THE LIST DWINDLES DOWN TO A DOZEN. Indiana's Chances Very Poor, Owing to Dos-In-Uie- Manjer John Hew. General Harrison is expected to select within a week one of the Cabinets that have been made for him by his kind friends. Whether he will then announce it is another thing. It is now considered certain that the chief places have been decided upon, and that the little, fish will be caught in short order. This supposed state of affairs gives the speculators a new field, which they are not backward in attempting to cover. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TITE DISFATCn.1 Indianapolis, January 6. It looks as though General Harrison would complete the formation of his Cabinet in a week. Matters in the Cabinet-making line have evidently been approaching a crisis forsome time, and apparently important action is now pending- It is not believed that any definite aud formal offers of Cabinet places have yet been made to anyone, but it is thought that understandings have been ar rived at with the several men which give the President-elect a basis upon which to finish his task of selecting his Cabinet. If it is true that the men for the leading positions have been chosen, and that the New York difficulty has been arranged, the work of filling up the smaller places will be a job of but a few days. The situation seems to be that the President-elect has for a week past had under consideration a list of 12 or 15 names from which to choose the seven advisors provided for by law and custom. There are included in this list representatives or all sections of the country and of different shades of party feeling, bnt the fate of the bulk of those quasi candi dates will be told by the settlement of tbe question as to who shall be Secretary of State. THE LIST UNDER CONSIDERATION. This list of names was given to-day as ap proximately the ones that General Harrison has been considering: Blaine of Maine, Proctor of Vermont, Piatt and Evarts of New York, Wanamaker of Pennsylvania, Henderson of Missouri, Sherman of Ohio, Alger of Michigan, Spencer of Wisconsin, Allison and Clarkson of Iowa, Manderson and Thurston of Nebraska, and possibly some Indiana man, and Swift of California. Beside these there are a dozen other men like Wharton Barker, General Longstreet, Chauncey Depew, Alvin Hawkins, of Ten nessee; Alfred C. Buck, of Georgia; Brad ley, of Kentucky, and others who are, ac cording to some accounts, upon the Presi dent's mind, but to whose chances there can be discovered no actual strength". With Blaine out, it can be set; down as almost certain that Proctor will go into the War Department or some of the minor de partments. The termi of thaNew York, compromise, if any lias been made, are-not obtainable "here, but opinion inclines toward Piatt, if herman goes into the State Department. If Piatt goes in, it is pretty certain to be for a minor department. probably the navy, although his friends or the friends of his friends, who are numerous abont here, continue to insist that he is go ing to get the Treasury. A CONDITIONAL CONUNDRUM. If Allison refuses the Treasury Depart ment, who will get it is a conundrum, unless Piatt really does have a mortgage on it One thing is more sure, and that is that Allison out, Clarkson is pretty good -possibility for the Interior Department Western politi cians and financial men, however, refuse to believe that anyone but Allison will go into the Treasury.and that would count Clarkson out and would give the Interior Department probably to Manderson or to Swift It is not likely that the Pacific coast will hare any representative, unless it is Swift Alger's friends are very confident that he will get one of the smaller places. Wana maker has been a sort of a mystery here, and in spite of the positive statements from the East that he is to be Postmaster Gen eral, it is still doubted here whether he will get anything at all. Henderson and other Southerners are spok en of only for the Department of Justice, and this for evident reasons. The appoint ment of one to the War or Navy Depart ment would risk the awakening ot unpleas ant reminiscences, no matter on which side he fought during the war. The State, Treas ury and Interior Departments are outside the probable tastes. or acquirements of a Southern Republican, and the Postoffice Department is too much of a political one to go to a section that furnishes no political strength to the party in power. HOOSIERS' CHANCES VEST SLIM. Indiana is still a doubtful quantity in Cabinet talk, but the best opinion remains that the Btate will have no representative. John C. New's evident close relations to the President-elect help to strengthen this view, for while Colonel New does not want office- fox himself, it is also true that he docs not want any other Indiana fellow to get one that will be likely to overshadow the new power behind the throne. Col onel New is a' good hater, and' he has it in for several statesmen who have crossed his plans in Indiana politics. One of these, is said to be C,hairman Huston, although outwardly the feeling between them is friendly. It is not likely that Mr. Huston will get any great distinction under the new administration if Colonel New can help it. Nevertheless, Huston has-a pull of his own with the General, and his friends are very confident Harrison really created Huston political ly, taking him ud and makint? him Chair man of the State Committee in 1886 against the protests of the wholering of party bosses in Indiana, who not only predicted that no man outside of the city was familiar enough with the politics of the State to run a cam paign properly, but did some things to make their predictions come true. HAD NO FAITH IN HUSTON. Colonel New, for instance, it is said, was not inside the committee rooms during the campaign of 1886, and ex-Governor Porter refused to start the financial ball rolling for the campaign, and tolcTHuston plainly that he did not know what he -was talking about when- he said that tbe Legislature could be carried and the State ticket elected, and warned him that he was making a mis take that would cost the party dear by de stroying public confidence in the chances of success in subsequent campaigns in which there were better opportunities. Five Democratic majority upon'joiht bal lot was the prediction that Porter made as to the complexion as to the Legislature, after Huston had gone over the whole mat ter with him. district by district, and had argued that it was entirely feasible to carry the State and send Harrison back to the Senate. The result of the campaign was to elect the State ticket and a Legislature that was practically a tie. ONE IN THE OTHER'S DEBT. Through all the opposition Harrison stood by and has backed Huston np ever since against thelndiana clique. .Curious enough, the friends of Huston are using this as a reason why Huston should go into the Cab inet. The idea seems to be that Harrison is ,in debt to the Connersville banker for having created him and made him a polit ical power. It is possible that General Harrison may think that the obligation lies the other way. There is still talk of partner Miller going into the Cabinet It may be that this is to be one of the surprises which it is predicted that General Harrison will give the people when he announces his Cabinet but a more reasonable supposition is that if there are any such surprises the men selected will have been even less mentioned for Cabinet honors than partner Miller. LEGITIME DEFEATED. His General Files to tbe French Legation for Protection From the Fury of tbe Haitian Populace Sending for French Men-of-Wnr. Port-au-Pbince, December 23. The Haytian gunboat Grand River left last night late, flying the French flag, for Mole St, Nicholas, now in the hands of he Hyppo lites, to cable to Martinique for the French fleet' to protect Port-au-Prince. It is under stood that Legitime's General, commanding his main army, was seriously defeated at Hinche, ten miles from the San Domingo frontier, and arrived last night with a report of the defeat. He is now at the French le gation under tht protection of the French flag, as the rage of the people is feared when they shall bars learned of the defeat, and it is believed that the French Minister imme diately dispatched a request for the French men-of-war. A jubilation mass was held this morning at St. Joseph's Cathedral for the election of Legitime to the Presidency. Legitime and his ministers and suit called yesterday on Admiral' Luce, returning his official visit orthe previous day." Several cases of yellow fever exist on the ships in the harbor and in the city itself. Every precaution possible in the present state of affairs is being taken, and the health of the crews ot the Galena and Yantic remains excellent. The Haytien Republic is being thoroughly fumigated, as no attention had been paid to her since the fatal case of yellow fever that occurred some two mouths age. She will be formally accepted to-morrow. TWO DOWN-HEARTED CONGRESSMEN. A Couple of Wisconsin Members Whose Scats Are Unsteady. SPECIAL TELEOBAX TO TUE DISPATCIT.1 Washington, January 6. Congressman-elect Brickner, of the Fifth Wisconsin district, is in the city, and is apparently very much down-hearted at the prospect that a serious and perhaps successful protest will be made against his taking his seat. He freely confesses that he has little hope, on account of the very small majority the Republicans will have and the difficulty he will experience in giving legal proof of his citizenship. His case and that of Earwig, of the Second district, are identical, and they are both decidedly curious. Both men were brought from Germany to this country when they were small children, and have both lived nearly all of their lives in the Con gressional districts from which they are now elected to Congress. Their fathers ap plied for their naturalization papers, and and upon receiving their first papers began to vote, as was legal in that State. Whether they applied for and received their last pa pers it is not known, as their- parooUntO' dead and. the sons know nothing personally' about the matter. There is no record of their becoming full-fledged citizens of the United States in the counties in which they received their first papers. 'For a time the parents of both lived in other parts of the country than those in which they first settled, but up to this time it cannot be discovered that there is any where a record of the issue of the second installment of naturalization papers to either Father Brickner or Father Barwig, and it is believed that as they began voting on their first papers they kept on doing so in the belief that they were sufficient Both Brickner and Barwig grew up and voted for a score of years, and .their citizen ship has never heretofore been questioned, but owing to the closeness of Congress will doubtless cause the Republicans to declare their seats vacant, that they may have another opportunity at the polls. CAN'T MUZZLE THE PRESS. An Independent Newspaper Not to bo Downed br tbe Use of Boodle. Chicago, January 6. The Times to morrow will print the story of the at tempted bribery of Mr. Cloud, one of the paper's employes, to steal certain documents supposed to reflect upon James Doolittle, attorney for one of the elevated railroads seeking franchises from the city Council. The Times has been charging that boodle was being used in be half of the Doolittle road, and has been scoring the lawyer himself unsparingly. The documents desired were those on which the Times relies to support its charges. Mr. Doolittle did not get the papers, as young Mr. Cloud was acting throughout the affair with the full knowledge of Mr. West, the editor of the Times. The bribe money, over $700, was paid to Cloud in advance of the delivery of the documents. He still has it, and also the confidence of his employer. A BULL FIGHT IN TEXAS. Three Bulls Killed Whilo tbe Police Stand by and Enjoy tbe Sport. Laredo, Tex., January 6. On Friday those having charge of the fiestas took out a license for an acrobatic performance which was given last evening in a regular bull pen. A large crowd, mostly Mexicans, was present, and the acrobatic performance had not progressed far before the cry went up from them of "el to o," which indicated that the real object of the crowd in gather ing there was to witness a bull fight In response to tbe cry the ring ?was soon clared of acrobatic apparatus, the bulls came bounding into the ringand a regular hull, fight was soon in.progress. Therenvere four savage fights and three bulls were killed. The city police stood by and enjoyed the sport. WILL MAINTAIN RATES. Western Rnllroad Men Meet Bat Fall to Complete Their Work., Chicago, January 6. The Managers Committee of Five on Reorganization of the Western Railway Association have failed to adopt the Executive Board's scheme. At yesterday's meeting of managers a report recommending that the present organiza tion be continued was made, and the con sideration of the articles of agreement was resumed. The question of regulating the sale of mileage tickets occupied the entire session without any conclusion being reached. Adjournment was taken until Wednesday, the roads meantime standing pledged to ad here to existing rates. Overtaken by tho Law. Boston, January 6. A dispatch from the Chief of Police, Henry Brady, of Den ver, Col., was received this afternoon, an nouncing the capture of Henry C. Stickney, confidential clerk, of C. L. Davenport, of this city, who recently defrauded his em ployer to the extent of some $3,000 by raising a check. AS TRIC EEAM Some Insiduv f on. the Workings of the Gre. jugar Swindle. i THE SECEETS OP THE DARK BOOUV Taking 3 Feir Particular Friends in on ths Ground Floor. ENGINEER BABBITT TELLS HIS STORT.. He eali So thin; and Did Little hut Draw His Salary Eijht Along. Further developments are given this morning in the great sugar swindle. C. O. Babbitt, who was employed as engineer tells his story, a very peculiar narrative it is. Details of the early history of Prof. Friend are also given, with an account of his operations in Chicago. I SPECIAL TELEOSAX TO TOT DISPATCH. St. Louis, January 6. The inside story of how tbe stockholders of the Electrio Sugar Company were deceived is told here to-day by C. C. Babbitt, the engineer, who , put up the machinery for the company. Mr. Babbitt is now employed by the St Louis Sugar Refining Company, and is vouched for by prominent manufacturers East and West He says that two years ago he was em ployed by the Electric Company and started to work putting in the machinery. Said he: "X had been working there just three months, when one day Mr. Sniffen came to me and told me to go up to the professor's room that was the big, dark, secret room where Prof. Friend said he had eleetrical machinery, and put in pipes to heat the room. I went there, bnt a watchman met me at the door,' and told me I could not go in. I said all right, and went -back to my work downstairs. The next afternoon -Sniffen came to me arid said: 'Babbitt, am very sorry, but I will have to lay you off.' I asked him why. and he replied: 'The professor has found that you tried to force your way into his room, and he is not willing to have you here any more. SAY NOTHINO. "My reply to him was I went io that room in obedience to your orders, and when the guard refused to admit me I left X went to the office on Wall street at noon next day and Mr. Cotterill, the President of the company, gave me 100. I don't know what for. I was told not to say any thing, but to report at the office every day and my salary would go on. I did report, and for seven months the only thing I did was to report. "Now, before I tell you what I said to them I will tell you what I observed when I was with the company, and how Sniffen treated me and some of my friends with re gard to shares. Sniffen advised me by all means to get hold of some of the stock. He said that, as a personal favor to me, he would get me one or two shares at low price, but he didn't want me to say nothing to Cotterill or anyone havint: them, or what I paid for them. He said they were worth 400 in London, and would be worth more, and X ought to get them if X had to steal the monev. A friend of mine .and I-Jjpjujjt someol the shares from -bim,.tjJs nu Birunier jrienu ut mine, iiaujeu-.paj,, '9SV got some, too, under the same conditions. .S "The next time I saw a London quotation "i? ui buu suares A Biiw tuab uiey ncmacuiu there for 300 instead of 400. Ours cost ns a good deal more than S300, and some time after we bought them,, Cotterill told Bates, not knowing where Bates had boughc his shares, that he had paid too much for them, and that at the time he'bought them, he could have got them at the office for 250. Sniffen told us that in a year he would buy them back from us at what we paid for them if we didn't want to keep them, and when we went to him to get bim'to take them he de clined, saying he would do so if he had the money, but he didn't have the money. .rn t. -r .1 l 11 J ill I3i One test was made in tne secret room. A lot of raw sugar was carted in and the vftofessor and Mrs. Friend dumped it into some sort of hopper and run everybody out of the room. Shortly afterward they showea a lot of refined sugar. I told Cotterill and Suifflin it was a fraud, but that they said nothing. I examined the machinery and found a lot of old iron boxed up. There were pulleys, cogs, cranks, ropes, and even apiece of "anchor. This stuff was never opened, but was shown to some holders as part of the machinery." FRIEND'S CHICAGO OPERATIONS. The late PrOf. H. C. Friend began his operations in Chicago. Prof. Friend ent there in 1831 and interested several capital ists in what he claimed was a chemical proc ess for making a fine grade of sugar from the most crude grape sugars. The profes sor was a man to inspire confidence, and said that all he lacked was money. A com pany was formed, with Friend as Presi dent. H. G. Teed was Secretary and S. O. Ovitt Treasurer. An old building at the corper of West Lake and Peoria streets was procured, and the first shares were sold to defray expenses. It was expected that the factory would have a capacity of 1.500 barrels daily, but it failed to start on time. Prof. Friend said that this was because more apparatus was necessary. The money for the apparatus was promptly paid, but at last S. S. Gard ner, a stockholder, brought suit against Friend for obtaining money under frJse pre tenses. The matter was amicably settled and nend nnaily leit quietly iir .Mew York with his wife. He did not claim thereto nseelectricityia j his refining process. In comparison with the amounts tor which Friend "did up" tb' English capitalists the Chicago investo lost but little, the whole sum put into th plant being less than 8,000. THE HALCYON DAYS. Speaking of the halcyon days of the com pany, Mr. Robertson, Treasurer of the com pany, said to a New York reporter, he re ceived a circular signed "W. H. Cotterill," Vice President E. S. Refining Company," for use in his (Mr. Robertson's) trip amonsr English investors. It is dated "Liverpool, ' January 5tb, 1886," and says: As requested, I give you the particulars ofv , the several demonstrations given by Prof. Friend ot bis process since my connection with him, and to all of wbiob I can personally vouch. I am not able, in some cases, to give tbe exact dates, not having the means hero to fix them precisely. The first two demonstrations were at the end -of November, or early In December, 1883. On the first day two barrels were refined. On the followln; day a third barrel was redned. The parties for whom this demonstration was given were thoroughly satisfied that the three bar rels of sugar were then and there refined, and signed a certificate to that effect, and were perfectly able to find all the money required! butafter the demonstration, while the terms' of agreement were being, and had all but been, arranged, they insisted, as a sine qua non, that the protester should impart to one of them the full details in other wordi, tbe secret of the process. This being directly contrary to the express understanding on which the demon stration was givenland the negotiations had' started upon, Prof. Friend declined to do busi- . ness with them on any terms, as their con duct excited his suspicions. Tho course which was adopted in all tho f oregoins demonstrations, and which were all - ' given at Prof. Friend's residence, was as -J follows: The machine stood on a table about 4 feet long and 3 feet wide having legs about 3 feet hl?n. The machine was covered by a sheet which did not come below tbe machine, thus -. allowiuc the table to be fnllr exposed to view- - vm. tvIi a .ha m.nhln. B.A...1 rfV .. ' MMp numv .mo u.auu.0 .WW. Alio .TUUI& was about 12 feet square. There was nothiBjr'b Continued on Sixth Page. .itRsmB 1 s SI Wll- Ml BTjQWikigSlKlijJBSmaB