.w - ImftP HITlHitllTiY iltHilftlrli splend1dpt??m 1 m. WUm.um.j I .r EAAZJ L P L LL, M. 1 IPmkf APLwJwAl iia.n, tenants through the m,- can be left at main office till mid- QT TJ Sr T (j fWH T fj W rmy f MEDIUM. c0?Mmn - E ? night or at branch office till 9 P.Jf. r - ' r FOETY-THIKD TEAK. PITTSBURG, THTJBSDAY, JANUARY IT, 1889. -f THREE CENTS , THE PART! PLEDGED To Submit the Question of Pro hibition to the People at a Special Election. COOPER SPEAKS PLAINLY And Says Republicans Must Act Boldly and in Good Faith. A SPECIAL ELECTION DECIDED UrOS Grady Raises a Point of Sclf-Respcct De lamalcr FaTors an Election In Jane Newmycr Object lie Didn't Want to bo Bonn- by Caucus Action Senator Cooper's Sperch The Position of the Party on Prohibition Some Unplensant Reminiscences A Special Election in Juno Decided Upon. The Republican legislators held a caucus in Harrisburg last evening, and came out very plainly in favor of letting the people decide the question of prohibition and high license. Senator Cooper made a speech in which he showed where the party stood. There was some slight opposition from Sen ator Newmyer, but it was finally decided to prepare a bill for a special election on June 16. The Dispatch's stall correspondent intimates pretty plainly that there will be no changes made in the Brooks bill until after this ejection is held. tFBOM A STArr CORBESrOSDEM.3 Harrisbcrg, January 1G. The joint Republican caucus to-night proved vastly more entertaining and important than any body had anticipated. The opposition of Senator Newmyer served a useful purpose in drawing from the ex-Chairman of the Re publican State Committee a speech which shows him to be a consummate master of the art of politics, and which indicates the true position of the leaders of the Republi can party on the liquor question. The cau cus was held in the House, and Hon. Henry Hall, of Mercer, presided, Senator Packer, of Tioga, being made Secretary. Repre sentative Hall, in a few well chosen words, reminded the gathering of the object that brought them together, of the party's action and pledges in the past, and urged that no step backward be taken, but the pledges made fulfilled. Senator Cooper then introduced a resolu tion which brought Senator Grady, Presi dent pro tem of the Senate, to his leet with a point of self respect. Senator Cooper's resolution recited that the Republican Sen ators and Representatives "pledge them selves to submit in good faith the Prohi bition amendment to the people." Good Fnitu Wns Understood. Senator Grady objected to the words "in pood faith." Senator Cooper, who has a great deal of experience as the chief engi neer of the Republican machine, replied that there were many ways in which Repub licans might show bad faith, such as long deferring the election and in other ways. He didn't consider the words superfluous, but rather a distinct pledge to the people. Senator Grady wanted the words struck out as a tribute to the self-respect of the caucus. He believed everything they did was done in good faith, and he didn't want anything to go forth that seemed like a re flection on that j osition. He wouhi have been satisfied if the resolution had been made to read "in good faith to our party pledges." That way of putting it satisfied Mr. Cooper, but when Representative "Walk, of Philadelphia, suggested "in conformity with our party pledges" instead, the Dela ware Senator acquiesced, and the resolution fctood that way. The question having been thus nicely disposed of to the satisfaction of the contending Senators. A Sprclnl Election in Jnnc. Mr. Delamatcr, who thinks Governor Beaver's chair a very comfortable seat, came squarely to the point with a resolution that a committee of two members of the Senate and three of the House be appointed by the chair to prepare a bill to provide for a special election on June 18, for the purpose of having the people vote then on the prohi bition amendment to the Constitution. Senator Newmyer, of Allegheny, was brought to his feet by this, and made him self the solitary opponent of the resolution. He had known, he said, that the date had alreadv been fixed, and thought time ought to be taken to consider this important point. He was by no means satisfied that a special election was best, and he wasn't satisfied that the caucus was either the time or the place to decide the matter. Senator Mc Farlane, of Philadelphia, replied that it was both the time and the place, and after broadly intimating that the subject was one that filled the minds of the people to the exclusion of everything else, said it was better to prepare to satisfy it in the caucus than in the House and Senate. The Senators bass Each Other. Mr. Newmyer didn't think the question one to be decided in five minutes; he didn't see any argument in what Mr. McFarlane had said, and he didn't think the judgment of members necessarily bound by caucus ac tion. He thought the question could be de cided at a general election as well as at a special election and at less expense. Senator Delamater, in measured and im pressive tones, responded that there were good and valid reasons for the special elec tion. It was important to decide the liquor question aside from all other questions. He referred to the Governor's message in sup port of his position, and considered the caucus as well prepared to decide the ques tion now as next week or next month. Alter lurtbcr sparring Senator McFar lane, in tones tinged with passion and look ing in Senator Ncwmycr's direction, as serted that if he had previously entertained a doubt of the necessity of inserting the words, "in good faith," in the first resolu tion, it had been dissipated after hearing the remarks of the Allegheny Senator. "What the latter might have been led to retort, had not Mr. Dearden, of Philadel phia, secured the floor in favor of the reso lution, is known only to himself, and after the latter had finished the Senator'trum Del aware arose, and in the best speech of the evening revealed to the caucus the true position of the Republican party in the fol lowing language: Position of the Party on Prohibition. Mr. Pbesidestt Upon this question the Re publican partytias turned its face to the future, and it may be wise to bring that future as close as possible. If you will examine the temper of J the Democratic members and Senators, you will find that they are almost a unit upon the policy of inaction, believing that, whatever the result of the election on this question maybe, the Republican party wiU suffer. Tbey are partially justified in this impression by the his tories of the prohibitory straggles in Iowa and Kansas, where, immediately following the adoption of prohibition, the Republican majori ties fell, and, in one instance, almost passed away. Subsequent history, howevor, proves that the party in both States, at the recent elections, redeemed its past historic majorities. As a politiclan,desiring the continued success of the Republican party, I would deplore tho sub mission of a prohibitory question at a general election even though, as said by the Senator from Allegheny (Mr. Newmyer), there be but a State Treasurer to elect, but there will be city and county tickets to elect in all parts of the Commonwealth, and Republican candidates will either have to play the coward or suffer defeat in many majority sections. Other com plications will arise, and selfish Interests will barter for results. It has been tho practice of the Legislature of this State, and that practice has received the sanction of the people, to submit all Important constitutional amendments to special elections. This was true of the pro hibitory election of IbSi, of the Constitutional Convention and of the new Constitution itself. The Benefits of nigh License. There is every reason why a course so highly approved ought not to be adopted In this in stance, whether or not at a special election the people of the State will become as greatly ex cited as described by the Sentator from Phila delphia (Mr. McFarlane). with men, women and children participating therein, (" pends largely upon the improvement of th high license law. I am in lavor of a reasonable ad vance in that direction, to the end that the people may be enabled to make a comparison between the two good things and calmly judge which of the two is best fitted to the condition j of the State. While all the details of high license are not proper for caucus action, yet I would like to see the Republican Senators and members present keep in view the fact that the benefits of high license shonld be ex tended to the entire State, regardless of whether this improvement will have the ten dency either to increase or decrease the vote for prohibition. We have witnessed the op eration of high license in the great cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, and have seen that it bas broken up and rooted out all the dens of those places, while in the other parts of the State, notably in Schuylkill. Luzerne, Lackawanna and other sections where the Judges have granted all who applied, we find three times as many saloons to a given popula tion than there are In either Philadelphia or the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny. This should not.be. Let the People Decide. The best features of the law should be made to apply equally to all parts of the State, and I hope before this legislature adjourns these im provements will be made. What th" Republi can party ought to do when the question of high license is to command the improvident temperament of the people of Pennsylvania, is to leave the question of high license to a rote of that people, without regard to party inter ests. There is wisdom in the selection of the date named in this resolution. It should be re membered that another constitutional amend ment, repealing the taxation qualifications, to a vote of the people and in the interest of econ omy it ought to be submitted on the same date, though voted upon separately. These two amendments and the laws provid ing for the conduct of the election have to be passed and it is hardly probable that they can be passed before the first of March. This done tho executive officers of the State ought to havo at least two w ceks in which to prepare for advertising, the notice being required to bo not less than three months prior to the election. This would bring us to the lotn-of June, where as the 18th is upon a Tuesday, a day best suited to elections. In conclusion I see wisdom in the fact that there shonld be a special election, wisdom in the date fixed upon lu the resolution, and 1 hope it will be adopted. A Spcclnl Election Decided Upon. After Mr. Bean, of Montgomery, had spoken, Mr. Newmyer replied to Mr. Mc Farlane, that as to a question of good faith he assumed all present acted in that way. As for himself, if he didn't he wouldn't be present He was as ready as the Philadel phia Senator to pass the measure as early as possible, but thought it bad faith to have the amendment voted on at a special elec tion. There was no party pledge to require it, and no special demand for it, save from a very few. Candid deliberation was what he sought, and not popular applause. The question being called for, all voted aye but Senator Newmyer. Senator Hall then appointed the following committee to prepare the bill: Senators Del amater, of Crawford, and Cooper, of Dela ware; Representatives Stewart, of Philadel phia; Dravo, of Beaver, and Lytle, of Hunt ingdon. This finished the business of the caucus and the vote to adjourn was unani mous. Simpson. TO CLIP THEIR WINGS. A Bill Introduced to Govern Kntnral Gas Companies. FBOMA ETATFCORnESrOXDEXT.2 Haekisburg, January 16. Fred Magee and a pocket iull of bills accompanied each other to Harrisburg, and the latter are ex pected to be heard of in the halls of legisla tion. In fact they have already appeared, and among them is a bill introduced by Senator Steel, covering the points against which the Supreme Court recently decided in the case carried up to it by the city of Allegheny. The bill designs to establish by legislation what was supposed to be a natural right. It prevents a natural gas company from pur chasing or leasing the line of another com pany, fixes the charges to be paid for gas, confines the privileges of such corporations, and authorizes the local taxation of pipes and business. This bill is the production of the joint Councilmanic committee ap pointed a few weeks ago to draft legislation restricting the natural gas companies. BEEF AND BEER Lobbies In the Interest of Homo Products Arriving nt Hnrrlsbnrcr. rXBOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Hareisbtjbg, January 16. Two in fluential lobbies are expected to appear in Harrisburg ere long, one4 in the interest of dressed beef and the other in the interest of liquor. Mr. Guckenheimer appeared to-day as the advance guard of the latter. It is re ported to-night that the Pennsylvania Rail road will favor the granger beef bill, for the reason that the transportation of live stock is cheaper than that of dressed meat. A large number of members of the House and Senate are reported pledged to the bill, and the rural members will be compelled to favor it if they wish to retain their seats another term. PURE FOOD To be Secured by n Bill Authorizing Chem ical Tests. rrnoM A staff correspondem.; Habrisbukg, January 16. Representa tive Stewart has received from a Philadel phia constituent a bill to punish food adul teration. It provides that all cities and boroughs having health officers shall employ a qualified chemist to procure food samples from stores and test them for adulterations. Finding which, he shall make return to the proper prosecuting officer. Fines and penal ties are provided against those making adulterations. KO MORE LIQUOR LEGISLATION Until tho Fate of Constitutional Prohibition Has Been Decided by the People. IFBOM A STAFF COBnKSrOXDEXT.J Harbisbueo, January 16. Senator Cooper introduced, the prohibitory constitu tional amendment in the House to-day, and Senator Steel, of Allegheny, introduced a bill providing for payment of the advertis ing of it. In the House this morning It was read the first time and to-night the Repub licans of the houses caucused on it, while the House Democrats will caucus to-morrow night. Liquor bills,- however, are just as numer ous as though this measure to make them all unnecessary and superfluous was in tended to apply to some other State. Among those introduced to-day was one by Repre sentative White, of Allegheny, by request, to permit corporations having a capital of more than $3,000 to go on the bond of liquor dealers. Another was introduced by Representative Smiley, of Clarion, permit ting bondsmen for liquor dealers to be chosen from the county, instead of limiting them to the borough or ward only. Repre sentative Lemon's bills were also introduced, and a member from Columbia county intro duced a bill provi,didg that mercantile ap praisers shall not classify liquor dealers, but shall let them severely alone. These added to the bills already presented make a respectable numerical showing. Their originators might as well have kept them in their pockets though, and others who have liquor bills to present might as well do the same, as there is a quiet determ ination among the old members of the Leg islature who put the Brook's bill through, and the new members favorable to it, to prevent the passage of any liquor legisla tion whatever until after the fate of the constitutional amendment shall have been decided by the people. They admit that a few amendments might be made with ad vantage, but they are unwilling to open the door to amendments lest they should be un able to close it. Theydesire to let the liquor question go to the people just as it stands now, uncomplicated by any act of the. present law-making body. THEY WEEE NOT PACIFIC. A Majority of tho Allegheny Delegation Make a Vigorous Opposition. FBOM A 6TAFF COItnESrONDENT.J Harrisburg, January 16. The heart of but one Democratic delegate from the State of Allegheny throbbed responsive this morning to the pretty and pacific sentiment expressed last night by ex-Chairman Bren nen concerning State Chairman Eisner. That man was John Huckenstein, of Alle gheny, and his colleagues, Foley, Giles and Ennis, not only voted against the old ticket, but against every resolution that came up. There were 47 members of the committee on hand and 44 of these voted to select Kisner Chairman, and Nead Secre tary. Hon. William L. Scott, of Erie, is the Western representative on the Execu tive Committee, which is empowered to fix the date for the next State Convention, whose meeting will be at Harrisburg if the hotel proprietors pay the necessary ex penses. The resolutions have the usual ring, and rely on the sober second thought of the peo ple in the Democratic fight for lower taxes, honest government and a pure ballot, a fight which was lost in the electoral college, but won in the late election by.a popular plurality. It was also resolved that the ad ministration of Grover Cleveland will live in history, and that Democratic societies ought to be favored everywhere right away. IIABLAND'S LITTLE BILLS. He Talks to the Committee About a Morgue nnd Law nnd Order Agents, rrnoM a staff cobbespondext. Harrisbitsg, January 16. Representa tive Marland this morning appeared before the sub-committee of the Judiciary General Committee to argue in favor of his bill aimed at Law and Order agents, and to bring the committee around to his way of thinking offered a proviso expressly ex empting detectives employed by District Attorneys from its provisions. Mr. Marland argued in favor of his morgue bill before the Judiciary General Committee in the afternoon. THE IXTER-1IU.VICIPAL BILL Providps Tbnt Cities of Less Than 100,000 Go Into the Third Class. FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Haerisbtjrg, January 16. The Muni cipal Corporations Committees of the two Houses listened to arguments in favor of the inter-municipal bill this afternoon, and had its provisions explained to them. Mr. Richards, of Reading, Secretary of the committee that framed the bill ex plained that it provided that all cities of less than 100.000 population should form cities of the third class, and that the bill in the main followed the municipal legislation of 1887. A FAVORABLE REPORT On the Snle of the University Building and the Abolition of Grade Crossings. I FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Habrisbueg, January 16. A favorable report was made on Representative Gra ham's bill authorizing the public sale of the buildings formerly used for court pur poses in Pittsburg. A favorable report has been authorized on the bill to compel railroads hereafter built to cross roads and streets above or below grade. Omccrs of tho State Agricultural Society. rSFECIAX. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Harrisburg, January 16. At the an nual meeting of the State Agricultural So ciety, held here to-day, John McDowell, of Washington, was elected President. The other officers chosen are Corresponding and Recording Secretary, D. W. Seiler; Treas urer, John J. Nissley; Chemist and Geolo gift, Al. Kennedy; Librarian, William H. Egle; Stenographer, H. C. Demming. A Rewnrd of Chnrlty. FROM A STAFF COERESrONDENT.1 Habrisbueg, January 10. On the sug gestion of Dr. Walk, of Philadelphia, the Appropriations Committee will probably report to-morrow the appropriation for the Homeopathic Hospital of Pittsburg, and for the Reading Hospital, in recognition of their services to the injured in the recent cyclone. WbntDocs It Need? FROM A 8TAFF CORRESPONDENT. Hareisbubg, January 16. At a meet ing of the Appropriations Committee to-day a sub-committee, consisting ot Neff, Billings ley and Loomis, was appointed to examine into the disposition of the appropriation for the Huntingdon Reformatory, and to ascer tain what is needed for its support 0 To License Physicians. TFROM A STAFT CORRESPONDENT. Hareisbubg, January 16. Dr. Walk, of Philadelphia, to-day introduced a bill for the appointment of a State Board of Medical Examiners and Licensers, of nine persons to examine candidates for diplomas. Money for the Penitentiary. IFROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Habrisbueg, January 16. The Appro priations Committee has appointed Fruit, of Continued on Hixth JPage. ' ' " 1 1 i, TWO SPIRITS HARRY And a Spool' Child is Christened in the Spray of Niagara Falls. ANOTHER WEALTHY NEW TORKER Gets Into the Toils'of the Champion Medium of the Century. HIS WIFE ENTERED A SMALL PROTEST And fu Summarily Adj ndfed Insane ana Committed to Allium. , A New York medium appears to have secured another wealthy victim. He was entrapped through alleged communications from his dead son, who was married to an other spirit with great ceremony. His wife denounces the fraud, and is sent to an in sane asylum. Some property is involved in the matter. The story is partially admitted in an interview. rSFZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. New York, January 16. Another wealthy and respected citizen is in the toils of a spiritualistic fraud. The victim this time is George C. Carroll, of the firm of Dempsey & Carroll; manufacturers of fine stationery. Mrs. Stryker met Mr. Carroll on Broadway in the early part of 1884 and said: , "The spirit of your son is hovering over your head. He wants to speak to you." This interested Mr. Carroll, whose son, aged 22, had died a few months before, and he fell into conversation with the charming stranger, who told him wonderful things of his son in the spirit life. She said that his son had his yach and his dogs, and was leading quite a gay existence. Mr. Carroll frequented her house and became a. confirmed sniritualist On the anniversary of his son's death the young man was married through the mediumship of Mrs. Stryker to a gentle young spook poetess named Brighteyes, who had died when a child. Mr. Carroll had cards printed and his parlors decorated most pro lusely with flowers, and gave a grand ban quet to the 40 or SO persons present. A SPIRIT MARRIAGE. Of course the bride and groom were invisi ble, but Mrs. Stryker was there in a trance.and she said the spook wedding service, which; is singularly like that of the Episcopalians.! After that she conveyed to the bride and groom the congratulations of the guests, who filed past the chairs of the bride and groom two by two and bowed to the invisi ble ones. A year later Mrs. Stryker told Mr. Carroll that a spirit child had been born and that its parents were going to christen it in Niagara Falls. Thereupon Mr. Carroll chartered a special excursion train and went to Niagara to at tend the ceremony, taking with him abont 90 of his friends, spiritualists and unbe lievers. Mrs. Stryker, of course, was along, and she went into a trance, saw the child baptized in the cataract, and performed the service and told others about it. The medium's hold on Mr. Carroll was all this time growing stronger. In 1884 she lived in poverty in Brooklyn. Then she moved to a house near him in New York. Then he rented a whole house for her, and she had it fixed up with stained glass windows and called it "The Metropolitan Temple of Humanity." Mr. Carroll attended the services there constantly. PROTEST OP HIS WIFE. Mrs. Carroll grew very, ,resUye ;j 1886", and told'Mfs- Stryker on the Only 0n casion when her husband persuaded her to go to the "Temple" that she was a fraud. A little later Mr. Carroll had an examination of his wife's sanity made, and had her com mitted to an insane asylum. Mr. Carroll is 60 years of ago. Mrs. Stryker is 30 years of age and a verv pretty brunette. When a reporter asked Mr. Carroll what truth there was in the publishsd statement that gentleman became very excited and said: "It's a lie. It's a villainous attempt to injure me and I know the man who fur nished tne miormaiion. ne is tne only enemy I have in the world. I saved him from going to State prison, but I shall fol low him now until I see him behind the bars. It is a cunning mixture of truth and falsehood." "Is it true that your wife is in an asylum?" was asked. "Yes, my poor wife is iu the asylum at Middletown, receiving the best attentions that money could procure. The intimation that she is there because of my acquaint ance with Mrs. Stryker is infamous. PROPERTY INVOLVED. "What will become of her property?" was asked. Mr. Carroll again became excited and re plied: "I hold it only as trnstee, and on her death it will go to her blood relatives. I will not get a dollar of it, and I don't want it." "Do you know Mrs. Stryker?" "I do," replied Mr. Carroll, "and I re spect her very much; and it isa shame to speak about her in the way that has been done. But I shall not talk about Mrs. Stryker's affairs." "But about vourself?" "Well, I am a spiritualist, and so is everyone who believes that the soul is im mortal. It is untrno that Mrs. .Stryker has beguiled money out of me. I have only paid my board to her." "Is it true that there was a spirit wedding of your dead son, as stated?" Mr. Carroll refused to state whether this was true or false, but admitted that cards, of which the following is a copy, were printed: Mr. George D. Carroll requests the pleasure of your presence at the marriage ceremony of his son, Clifford Manfred, to Bright Eves, on the evening of December 9, 1881, at 119 East Twenty-eighth street. JIABLET'S MILLIONAIRE WIDOW. A Romantic Story Recalled by an Application for a Divorce. rSFECtAT. TELEQEAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Detroit, January 16. Mrs. C. R, Mab ley had been a widow less than a year when Detroit society was astounded to learn that she had married the Rev. W. J. Spiers, for a short time rector of Medbury chapel in this city. Mabley's death had left his widow wealthy, but with seven children and no longeryoung. Spiers W3S only 30 when they were married in New York in 1886. More over, he was engaged at the time to a young ladv of his congregation. Suddenly he left the church, telling his friends he could not accept some of its doctrines. He went straight to New York, where the marriage occurred. It was understood that the bride's gift to her husband was $40,000 in cash. The couple were very devoted for a time, "like two doves in a belfrey," as a visitor who saw them in New York saia. Then Spiers began to travel. This summer he was seen at the races here, and appeared to thing of nothing but horses. Now comes the an nouncement that Mrs. Spiers is seeking a divorce, presumably on the ground ot deser tion. - Queen Victoria's Iilttle Trip. London, January 16. It is stated that the French Government has ordered four men of war to escort Queen Victoria to Biarritz. Besides Biarritz the Queen will visit San Sebastian, accompanied by Empress Frederick. GUMING'FOE BLALNE Many Think He Is Booked by Harrison His Opponents Rnklng Up an Old Scandal A Record to bo Sent to Harrison. ISFECIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH.) "Washington, January 16. The poli ticians and Cabinetmakers, says the Star will probably find new food for speculation in the fact that Vice President-elect Mor ton and Mrs. Morton have taken quarters in the same house with Mr. Blaine and his family. In compliance with a request by telegraph, Mr. William Walter Phelps has secured quarters at the Normandie for Mr. and Mrs. Morton, and they are expected here to-morrow, They expect to remain In Washington for several days. Cabinet gossips are more than ever in clined to accept it as certain that Blaine is to go into tho Cabinet, notwithstanding the efforts that are being made to keep him out. Mr. Blaine's friends have no doubt of his receiving an invitation from General Harri son to join his official household. The friends of Mr. Miller in Congress, are inclined to make a great deal of the visit of his friends, Mr. Plummcr, to General Harrison. They say that Plummer was sent for directly by General Harrison, and that the result of the visit was to encourage the hopes of the Miller men. Some of the anti-Blaine members of both Houses of Congress have dug up the old Peruvian claim scandal that was investiga ted by the House Committee during the Forty-seventh Congress, and are attempting to show to General Hariison that Mr. Blaine's association with the matter was too intimate for discretion during his brief term as Secretary ot State. A great deal was said at the time about this Peruvian business, and the connection of Walker Blaine and Senator Blaine with it, as at- torneys for the company. Mr. Blaine, the" elder, was before the committee and at that time the famous tilt between him and Perry Belmont occurred. About n week ago some Senators and Representatives in Congress who want to keep Blaine out of tho Cabinet cansed a search to be begun among the files of the State Department relating to these Peru vian claims, in the hopes of finding some thing, which, in connection with the devel opments at the investigation, might turn new light on the subject. They have gathered all the information on the subject which could be constructed to reflect upon Mr. Blaine, and have sent, or intend to send, at once, a paper on the subject to Gen eral Harrison as an argument why Mr. Blaine shonld not be made Secretary of State. A HEW ANTI-WHITE CAP IDEA. An Indiana Man Who Wns Threatened Re covers S50 nt Lnrr. rSFECIAI. TZLZGILAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Indianapolis, January 16. Twelve good men, constituting a Madison county jury, has determined that $50 shall be the fine of posting a White Cap notice in that community. The postmaster of Myers, Charles McKce, found on his door, some time ago, the following: "Mb. O. SIcKee let us give you a little ad vice. We sittosons doan't intend for you to act the raskal any longer in this naborhood, and meadel with others peoples birness, and tell d lighs, and swear d llghs, and not pay your debts much longer. So the best thing you can do is to post out of the naborhood or you will have to bide the consequences, and there is no telling whatt that may bee. You are worse than a thief. Get out or pay your debts, and you and your wife quit swaring d lighs on your nabors. Pleas take notis of this fotograft." Many Sittosons. , The "fotograft" was a rude picture of a man dangling from the limb of a tree, with a rope around his neck. Mr. McKee sus pected that the author of the notice was Abe Doyie.-a weaIthyiaTmcr and aa Influential politician, whom he had prosecnted. The trial, which has just closed, has been in progress a week. The jury deliberated all night over the evidence,and gave the plaint iff a verdict for damages to the amount of 550. , STOLE HIS LIFE AWAT. C M. Everett Snicldes by Sleeping With a Bowl of Ether In His Bed. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l New Castle, January 16. C. M. Ever ett, a tinner, this morning requested his room-mate, William Vance, to prevent any one from awakening him, as he desired to sleep late, as his illness, which had been been giving him much trouble, had about disappeared. Mr. Vance complied with his request, and upon going to their room to night found his companion still asleep. He went out, and returning later, and seeing him in the same position, removed the cov ers from his form and was horrified to find him dead. An examination revealed the fact that Everett had procured a quantity of ether, which he put into a basin. He then placed the bowl under the clothing, and covering his head, permitted the deadly drug to softly and slowly relieve him of his suffer ings. He was about 45 years of age, and it is thought his home was in Sharon. He has been here for the past four years, and was considered a sober and industrious artisan. NO GREEN GOODS WANTED. A Schemer Who Offered Bad Money for Good Is Promptly Arrested. Philadelphia, January 16. A green goods man, who gave bis name as Edward White and his residence Ninth avenue, New York, was this afternoon committed by a United States Commissioner in default of $2,000 bail for a further hearing on the charge of using the mails for illegal pur poses. Several days ago W. H. Agey, a hotel proprietor at Tvlersburg, Pa., received a letter signed William Duncan, No. 338 Montgomery street, Jersey City, in which the writer offered to furnish Agey with a large amount of counterfeit money for a small sum of good money, and assuring him that the counterfeits were so well executed that there was no danger of detection. Agey communicated with Chief of De tectives Woods, of this city, and a corre spondence was opened with Duncan. It was arranged that ne should meet Agey in Philadelphia, and last evening when Tie ar rived at the Colonnade Hotel and inquired for Agey he was taken into custody by a detective. A BRIDE OF DEATH. The Rather Sad Romance of One ol Read tag's Silk Mill Victims. tSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.: New Rinogold, Pa., January 16. Daniel Nester is one of the wealthiest farmers in Schuylkill county. His 18-year-old daughter had many suitors,, but her favorite one was a young man who was her second cousin. Her father refnsed to sanc tion a marriage of his daughter with this young man, his only reason being the bluod relationship between them. Miss Nester regarded the opposition of her father as persecution and she left him to provide for herself. She went to Read ing, and on Tuesday of last week found em ployment in the silk mill there. The mill was wrecked by thn- cyclone the next day, and Miss Nester w.is one of the many em ployes crushed to death. A European Revolntlon. London, January 16. The Anarchists in attendance at the Peace Congress held in Milan recently, decided to foment a revolu tion in Europe in the event of war. A TRAITOR'S LIES Tarn the Tide of Judicial Sentiment in Fayor of Parnell. O'BRIEN MILDLY CAUTIONED, But His Irish Eloquence Will Save Editors From Farther Annoyance. 3,000,000 OFFERED FOR A SECRET. Germany's Tonng Emperor Exhibits the Indictment Against Geffcken. Exciting incidents enlivened the Parnell trial yesterday. Editor O'Brien's defiant eloquence overawed the justices. He was mildly cautioned, and the Commission will not bother the newspapers again. A life convict and a traitor was a witness for the Times, Sir Charles Russel soon convinced the justices that the man was a reckless liar. His evidence left an unfavorable impression that seems to have satisfied Parnell's coun sel. IJT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. London, January 16. William O'Brien was well advised in deciding to address the Parnell Commission personally. The most eminent counsel, larded with the fattest of fees, could not have put his case in a better light, and President Hannon, in letting the offender off with a mild caution, went out of his way to pay a tribute to the Irish leader's eloquence and sincerity. Thanks, to O'Brien's sturdy yet adroit action, the coun sel on both sides have tacitly agreed to let the newspapers alone. henceforth. The evidence to-day was of a most im portant character. 'Patrick Delaney, for merly an Invincible, went into the box and swore that the Land League and all its best known leaders and members, from Michael Delaney down to his miserable self, were 'directly in. the Phoenix park murders and other terrible' crimes; According to De laney, the entire Irish Executive were to be murdered,'" D'avitt and the League being not only in the mad plot, but constant and munificent paymasters of the entire body of conspirators. ".another perjurer dissected. Somehow they people in court instinct ively became possessed of a feeling that De laney was laying on the colors with too lavish a han'd, and the impression was more than confirmed by Russell's masterly cross examination. Delaney commenced his criminal 'career at the age of 17, when he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude for highway robbery. Since the Fhcenix Park murders, and probably previously, he has been an informer, and there is little reason to doubt that the Times has received from him "the bulk of information upon which they rely to'prove the more serious of their charge's against constitutional leaders. Bnt even this man, ready and evidently most willing to swear to anything, was forced to admit that theFenians'andlnvincibles were bitterly oppoied to the home rule movement and thwarted it upon every occasion, which, in view of his previous assertions as to the close association and co-operation of the revolutionary and constitutional leaders, struck most people, including the learned commissioners, as carious. rARNELL'S DEFENDERS SATISFIED. When pressed in regard to individuals, it soon became evident, and practically ad mitted, that the witness knew little or noth ing of most of the men about whom he had lied so glibly, and that his evidence, includ ing some of the most important statements, were either invented or based upon hearsay. Russell sat down with a sigh, apparently satisfied with his afternoon's, work, anil Michael Davitt having obtained permission to defer until to-morrow his cross-examination of Delany, the Court adjourned. The following summary of Delany's testi mony is culled from the Press report: Delany spoke of an attempt to hire a house on Castle Hill, from which officials of the cas tle could be Bhot with rifles. Carey failed to get the houso. In 1881, when Carey was a can didate for the Dublin Municipal Council Egan promised that all his expenses would be paid. Egan held that an Invincible ought be Lord Mayor. Delany identified letters signed by Egan. When questioned in regard to Egan's letter, in which reference is made to a fund. Delany said he knew nothing about such a fund. A TRAITOR TO THE CORE. On cross-examination by Sir Charles Russell, the witness said he enrolled himself with the Fenians the same night he left prison. When he was accused of the PhccmxFark murders he gave the authorities all the information in his possession. It was his wife who, while vis iting him in prison, warned him that he was suspected in connection with the Phoenix Park murders. He thereupon supplied a written statement to the prison officials. When asked how be came to give the Times evidence, he stated that Crown Solicitor Shan non came to the jail afortnight ago and took his sworn statement. Recurring to tho Fenian organization, he declared that it was never an assassination society, except in cases where somebody informed against them. The Fenians sought to fight openly, and were very different from the In vincibles. He knew Egan, Brennan and Byrne to be Fenians in 1876. having met them at a secret meeting. He admitted that be never met them among the Invlnclbles, but knew they were leaders of Invlnclbles through Carey and others. He never saw any one of them giving money to anybody, but had seen money on a table at which Byrne was sitting. The witness said that he was sentenced to death for complicity in the Phoenix Park murders, and Lord Spencer commuted his sentence to life imprisonment, which he is now undergoing. GEBMAM'S SENSATION. The Indictment Against Geffcken Why the Chancellor Accused Him of Treason The Fnbllcntlon of the Diary e a Blow nt Bismarck. Berlin, January 16. In accordance with a command of Emperor William, the Seich sanzelger to-day publishes the indictment that was found against Prof. Geffcken, in order that the people maybe enabled to form their own judgment regarding the adminis tration of justice in Germany. The indict ment states that Prof. Geffcken extracted from the diary, which contained 700 pages, and which was confided to him by the late Emperor Frederick in March, 1873, the portions published. He had no authority to mate the diary public, Emperor Fred erick himself being of the opinion that it should only be published after lapse of a long period after his death. The indictment further states that Em peror Frederick's proclamation announcing his accession to the throne, issued on March 12, was prepared by Prof. Geffcken as early as June, 1885, when the late Emperor William was seized with fainting fits dur ing a stay at Em1!. A number of letters written by Baron Von Boggenbach and Prof. Geffcken are appended to the indictment. Baron Von Boggenbach, iu a letter written in Septem ber, 1888, after expressing approval of a political memorial which it was proposed to resent to the Emperor, savs that in a few ays a meeting on the subject would be held at Morier's house. Prof. Geffcken's letters, which cover the period from 1880 to 1887, are marked throughout bv hostile criticism of Bismarck and his policy. Moner (s frequently mentioned in the course of the correspondence, the references to him showing that he was in the confi uence oi me writers, BISMARCK'S REPORT. -he mtchsanzeiger also puoiisnes muw Bismarck's report to Emperor William, in which hfe points out the necessity for pub lishing the indictment in order to counteract the pernicious effect of the misrepresenta tions of home and foreign journals which, he says, aim at representing the public prosecutor and the Imperial Tribunal as be ing partial and inspired with a desire for persecution. The indictment is thus sum marized: The indictment savs that Geffcken admitted It was unlikely that Empress Frederick would have given permission to publish tho diary, and quotes from a letter written by Geffcken to his wife from Heligoland as follows: "The matter worries me so that I cannot sleep. Oh, If I had only followed your good advice; my intentions were the purest I had no Idea that 1 should raise such a storm." It appears that his wife had warned him against publishing the diary. The Geffcken indictment states that Prof. Geffcken confessed that he believed that Em peror Frederick would not have given him the diary had be thought it would be published. Prof. Geffcken made extracts from the diary for his own use, never thinking that the Emperor would die before himself. His object In publishing the extracts was to show that Emperor Fredenckk was a noble ideologist and the moving power at the fonndation of the Empire. On comparing the abstracts published with copies of diaries in Possession of the Government, it appears that he manuscript from which Geffcken copied has disappeared without leaving a trace. Three witnesses were addnced Fran Krugg. a widow. Minister Von Stosch and the novelist Freytag to prove that the lata Kmperor Frederick never contemplated publishing bis diary. The violation of secrecy, which is the basis of the charge of treason, is treated under six heads, as follows: First, the origin and constitution of the Em pire; second, relations with the Vatican: third, with Russia; fourth, with England; fifth, with Luxemburg and tbe guaranteeing powers; sixth, with Belgium and France. Under the first head tbe indictment says that the idea which Emperor Frederick contemplated, of employing force against the Southern States, would beeet a fear of such force in future which might induce those States, as a safety precaution, to make agreements with other powers damaging to their relations with the empire. TO OVERTHROW BISMARCK. The indictment quotes official reports from the Prussian Legations in Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemburg and Baden, and in this sense fur ther diplomatic and semi-official press reports from various European capitals are quoted. In a similar manner, to show how statements In tbe diary tended to Injure Germany's interests abroad and incite distrust of tbe German Empire. The indictment then proceeds to prove that Geffcken, being a professor of public law, was perfectly aware of the consequences of the publication. It quotes letters disproving the statement that ho was suffering from mental aberration, as serts that he burned Rodenburg's letters in order to put the public on the wrong track as to tbe authorship of the article and quotes expressions used by Geffcken a decade ago at Barmen, from which it is con cluded that his ambition had been disappointed and that he desired tho overthrow of Bismarck, Two letters from Roggenbach were found dis suading Geffcken from his intention to submit a memorial to tbe present Emperor and at tacking and secretly trying to discredit Bis marck. ' THE GOLDEN CHARTREUSE. An English Firm Offers the Monks millions of Pounds for Their Grand Recipe. Paris, January 16. The Temps says that a London firm has offered the General of the Carthusian monks of La Grande Chartreuse the sum or 3,000,000 for a monopoly of the manufacture and sale of the famous Chartreuse liquor. A Papal legate who arrived at the monastery on Monday last has enjoined the monks not to accept the offer, reminding them that the Carthusian statutes forbid trading. The General of the order is disposed to reject the proposal. NEWYOEK IN THE CABINET. Senator Arkell Says tho Emplro Stats Will Have a Place Ho Slight Name the Kan, but Will Leave That to Harrison. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l CANAJonARiE, N. Y., January 16. Ex Senator Arkell, "W. J. Arkell and Bernard Gillam, of Judge, and John E. Sleicher, of the Albany Journal, returned from Indian apolis this morning. The party have been besieged with visitors inquiring about Gen eral Harrison, and in conseqnence the Sen ator has been scarcely able to handle the ac cumulation of business at his office. Among the first callers were several reporters, and when asked to ennmcrate the objects and result of the trip and the impression the party received of the President-elect, the Senator replied as follows: ' We went to Indianapolis on the invitation of General Harrison, and had no other motive than to present to General Harrison a disinter ested statement of the Republican situation In New York, and speak In tho interest of the solidarity of the party. The usual impression Is that Mr. Harrison is a polite but reticent man, courteous but Impenetrable. So far as our experience is concerned, this would be a misinterpretation of his character. He discussed with great copiousness and clearness tbe New York situation, and by evi dent Indication without statement left the im pression that ne was not only elected President, but proposed so to be. Tha this State will re ceive recognition seems placed beyond doubt, but what portfolio and to whom tendered is to be shown in the near future. Inferences might be drawn from the conversation. It would not, however, be jnst to crystalize a conjecture into a statement that is the prerogative of the gen tleman who has so far carefully kept his own counsel, and kept it without assistance. PETROLEUM IN KENTUCKY. A Farmer In Boring for Water Strikes aa OH Gusher. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Somerset, y., January 16. William James, a farmer living four miles east of this place, yesterday found accidentally what the geologists knew existed here in abundance, bnt conld not exactly locate. Several wells have been sunk in the immediate vicinity of Somerset in search of oil, and though very encourag ing, they failed to find oil in paying quanti ties, James has been boring a well for water in his yard and yesterday struck a large stream of pure oil. There is great excitement over the matter here. Companies are forming rapidly and lands are changing hands rapidly at greatly increased prices. The company formed will take hold of the well at once, and it is pre paring to commence developing the fields. Thisistheonly real live boom thateverstrnck Somerset, and the people here are determined to get as mnch of the benefits of it as possi ble before outside capital gobbles up their claims. The well is' only abont 60 feet deep. The stream is a gusher, and makes the hearU of the interested parties feel glad. THAT DUDLEY CASE. Democratic Leaders Do Not Agree With Jndge Woods Summary Decision. Indianapolis, January 16. Jnue Woods' instructions to the Federal grand jury yesterday were the subject of much at tention and discussion to-day in legal and political circles. There are expressions of keen disappoint ment on the part of many Democrats. The most noted utterances of this character have been made by the Sentinel Some of its expressions are very severe, and gave rise to an expectation that possibly the Court would summon the editor and others before it for contempt, but nothing of the kind oc curred. ' It is understood that Judge Claypool, Acting District Attorney, is considerably wrought up over the Court's construction, and radically disagrees with Judge Woods' views. Claypool refuses to eive his views for publication, stating that he did not feel at liberty to talk on the 'Subject. - Vga SENSATION tOy'Sf- fl ?' O A 'n - &. . i . t, .1. . . r vj. Keacneb to. 1 Climax in Its fi y -..OSS. v - lack tAvbnspiracy. HJEYYOGLE AND M'CLUEEf Are. by Lesal Finding, Absolved From Aiding Qninn's Deal. HE DIDST LOSE $10,000, BUT $700, At Their Faro Bank, According; to Henry A. Davis, the Master. WHAT BECAME OF ALL THE $13,000 An important announcement is made in the Quinn gambling and conspiracy case. Freyrogle and- McClure, Qninn's co-defendants, are found to have engaged in no conspiracy. Moreover, both together they are fonnd to have cleared no more than 700 from gambling with him at faro or portions of the 513,000 which he admittedly hypoth ecated from C. G. Dixon, his employer. There was no conspiracy abont that great Qumn-Freyvogle-McClure gambling cose. it seems, and it isn't right to enjoin the Duquesne National Bank from paying out the deposits of Freyvogle and McClure on that account. Thus the great defalcation-gambling-conspiracy case, that has dragged its weary way through the legal channels for over six months, has entirely petered out. The Master, Henry A. Davis, Esq., yesterday decided this now famous and at ' all times interesting and spicy case in favor of the defendants. Why did he do so? Well, there are vari ous interesting reasons. So let the reader begin with the writer, at the beginning, and follow the case through a concise, yet fairly complete, abstract of the Master's im portant finding in this case: It was a suit in equity, remember, brought in June last in Common Pleas No. 2 by C. G. Dixon, the well-known Allegheny contractor, against William McClure, Frank Freyvo gle, Peter Quinn and the Dnquesne Na tional Bank of Pittsburg, to recover por tions of 13,000, which Quinn had, as confi dential clerk and bookkeeper of Dixon, hy pothecated from his employer by checking it oat of the Enterprise Savings Bank, os tensibly to meet payrolls, but really for gambling purposes. A train of novel circumstances led to this snit. Quinn, the hypothecatnr, unable to retrieve his great losses at faro, became frightened nnd fled to Canada, whence he was induced to rqturn and make confession, thongh he could not make reparation. A LEGAL BATTLE WAS ON. Then Dixon sued in eqnitv, preliminarily enjoining the Dnquesne Bank from paying out the funds that Freyvogle and MeClurs had on deposit there, and there have been 20 or 30 hearings of the case before the Master, Attorney Davis. Such well-known counsel as Charles F. McSenna, Esq., Hon. George A. Allen and Thoma3 M. Marshall were employed for the plaintiff, with every confidence in their ability to win his case. But there were the indefatigable Messrs. Scott Ferguson and William Hnnter for the defense, and it wasn't so easy to win as it might have been for Freyvogle and Mc Clure at their own little former game with the bank. There have been upward of 400 type-written pages of evidence taken before the Master, and from this mass of testimony he draws in compact form his clear conclu sions: After reciting in a direct, concise manner the allegations that, of the 13,000 which Dixon had missed, Qninn had gambled 10,000 away to Freyvogle and McClure in a conspiracy to swindle the plaintiff, by operations at a faro bank on Fonrth avenue, Mr. Davis says it was further alleged that part of the money so won was deposited in the Dnquesne National Bank of Pittsburg 1,727 65 to tbe eredit of McClure and 2,865 to that of Freyvogle but adds that McClure, in a separate answer, denied juris diction in equity, denied any conspiracy whatever, and also denied that he had won more than 1,000 from Qninn and placed it on deposit. Then Mr. Davis, in his report, says: PACTS, STRIPPED OF FANCT. I find the facts to be as follows, viz.: For some years past the plaintiff, C. G.Dixon, has been carrying on a large business in the county of Allegheny under the name of C. G. Dixon t Co., with his office in the city of Alle gheny. For more than a year prior to the bringing of this suit he had in his employ as a confidential clerk and bookkeeper Peter F. Quinn, one of the defendants, at a salary ol 12 a day. It was part of Qninn's business to make deposits for his employer at the Enter prise Savings Bank.where he kept his acconnt; the bank was more than a mile from plaintiffs office, and the plaintiff very seldom went there. Then there are recited by the Master the proven story ot how Qninn began gambling by betting on horse races in the summer oi 1887, and tbe systematic scheme to rob the plaintiff, beginning in February, 1888; how Quinn on each successive Saturday checked out of the Enterprise Savings Bank, on Dixon'3 account, sums in excess of Dixon's actual pay-rolls, at first getting Dixon to sign the checks on the pretext that Quinn was "rushed" and too busy to make out the rolls in advance; how Qninn absconded, having gotten more than 1,700 in the final week by drawing on the savings bank almost daily; how he had thus drawn or hypothecated 4,000 prior to March, 1883, and 8,000 from then until May, and how he came back and gave testimony of his losings. AS BAD AS MOST BAHKERS. The Master finds from the evidence that, as a matter of fact, McClure and Freyvogle were professional gamblers and played with Quinn as alleged, but that they did not know how or by whom he was employed until about the time of the bringing of this suit; that Quinn gambled every day at their faro bank, 135 Fourth avenue; that McClure and Freyvogle swore they won nothing from Quinn as the sum total of their playing prior to March 14, 18S8. and Freyvogle nothing after that date, and Mc Clure only 700, the unsustained 10,000 allegation of Quinn as to their winnings being flatly contradicted by both. Says Mr. Davis, "finally: I therefore find, as a necessary conclusion, that Qmnn did not lose to McClure and Frcy vogle any sum in excess of 51,000. I ?.;o Sad. as a matter of fact, that tbe amount loU by Quinn was 5700, and that this was won by Mc Clure at various times from March 1I.1SS, to Slay 8, IKS; that they won nothing prior to March 14, and that the STCO was part of Dixon's Continued on Sixth JPage. m' "V I j .-&.-Jfj