PEOPLE WHO WAST HOUSES Should peruse the third page of THE DISPATCH. All having1 Houses to Beat can secure tenants by adver tising In THE DISPATCH. rORTT-THTElD YEAR be the Burden of a Ma jority of the Ballots in Old Lancaster. SHE WILL STICK TO BEER, Keep a Weather Eye on Her Golden Tobacco Fields, and light TOE PEBSOKAL LIBEBTY. The Mennonites, Amishites and Dunkards Arrayed Against the Amendment MU.HENSEL REFERS TO OLD SCORES, And Believes the June Contest Will be an Opportunity for Settling Some of Them. LIQUOR HEX COMBINING FOE WOEK Lancaster county will give from 3,000 to 4,000 majority against Constitutional amendment. Our Special Commissioner finds the Pennsylvania Dutch generally arrayed against the measure. In a politi cal way, ex-State Chairman Hensel tells why Democrats will probably use the op portunity to punish both the liquor ring and Republican party. Thus far The Dis patch's canvass of counties shows the fol lowing result: 3 S" On a p COCJfTIES. g, " o B "2. S - g Armstrong.... In favor of S.I1S6 I Adopted Bedford. 'Infavorof K.W1 'Adopted Cambria 'Acainst 11.703 'Defeated Cameron Inf.-uorof 1,315 'Adopted Clarion ,Fairlvf.uro 6.945 I Adopted Elk ,AKamt 3,197 .Defeated Fayette IVcrj d'btful 34,263 Adopted Forest Inf.ivorof LdOl Defeated Greene. Infavorof h.030 'Adopted Indiana ..... Infavorof ".CM (Adopted Jefferson Jin favor of 7.525 'Adopted Lancaster. Asamst 32.BS7 Defeated Totter. In favor of 4.4J4 Adopted feomerset 'Infavorof 7.3X2 Adopted Venango.. Ilnfavorot K.5S7 Adopted "Warren... jlufatorot 7,045 Adopted "Washington... In tavor of 14.22S Adopted "Westmoreland. CIoe 19,95s Adopted Aggregate of votes for Harrison. Cleveland andtisk. , rrEOM OCR SPECIAL OOHMISSIO!JER. Lancaster, February C. A chew of tobacco or n. glass of beer, which? Both, if you want them! It is the bill of fare this county lays be fore the world. The two stimulants are the life of Lancaster. Without them she could sot exist. They will immortalize her name long after the fertility of her celebrated farms has been lost in barreness. President Jimmy Buchanan's quaint home will crumble with the decay of age, and time's ravages may some day efface the name of Thad. Stevens from that great Commoner's tombstone in Lancaster Cemetery; but if Constitutional amendment does not wreck her breweries, and impair the market for her tobacco, Lancaster must always be famous. The proposed amendment will be slaught ered in this county. It is not so much a question with the people of the preservation of their industries, as it is of principle. There seems to be decidedly more opposi tion to the measure on the point of personal liberty than anything else. Back of all that there is the inherent love for beverages to coax out the votes of old Pennsylvania Dutch and the newer German population in the city of Lancaster against prohibition. Tobncco for ibe World. The yearly crop of tobacco in Lancaster county is worth $3,000,000. Cultivation of the weed has made land here more valuable in price than wheat or corn. Some farms are devoted entirely to it. In this city 00 firms are engaged in the leaf tobacco trade, and from Lancaster's warehouse the leaf is shipped to New York and Philadelphia. There it is made into plugs, cigars and cut-and-dry, and in that shape vast quantities find its war back to Pennsylvania for retail trade. Even in the county here large quantities of the leaf arc worked into cigars. It is the largest cigar producing county in the Ninth Internal Revenue district, and one of the largest in the State. In a little town near here, called Terric Hill, out of 500 families, fully 400 have cigar shops in their parlors. The old Dutch farmers, particu larly the Mennonites, are regarded as the most successful cultivators of tobacco. Foaming Laser Plentiful. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 300 licensed saloons, hotels and liquor manufactories in Lancaster county. In administering the Brooks law the Court has been liberal in its decisions, and less than 15 saloons were refused license since it went into effect. In Lancaster city and suburbs there arc 10 or 12 large breweries. In 1873 the county defeated local option by 3,103 majority. Then the population was not much over 100,000. Now it is es timated at 150,000, with a total vote of about 30,000. The county's status in this camnaign is therefore important. The Re publicans control about two thirds of the county's vote, and the Democrats the other third. Prohibitionists polled about 400 votes, but this, in proportion to its popula tion, is insignificant. '- The Germans of foreign extraction live largely in the city. They are thrifty and jovial. Their Mancrchoir and Lieder krantz here include in their membership a great many of the most prominent Ameri can citizens. Combined the two singing societies have a membership of 1,000, and the amount of beer consumed at their Sun day and week day gatherings js simply wonderful. The Pennsylvania Dutch. It is singular that for a county usually classed in the Dntch agricultural region there should be such an overwhelming Re publican majority. And this being the case, It may strike many as also singular that the Constitutional amendment, being of Republican origin, will meet -with so overwhelming a defeat in Lancaster. Here is the reason. The old-time Dutch and their descendants here are divided into three religious sects, the Mennonites, the Amish, and the Dunkards, or Tunkers. They are Republicans as distinguished from the newer race of Germans, the Luther ans, Reformed church and Catholics, who are largely Democratic The Mennonites, or the younger generation of them, are not much addicted to the use of malt liquors, but as a whole the sect are non-resisting and peaceable in their policy. They are supposed to be largely against Constitu tional amendment on this account. They claim it interferes too much with a free man's rights, and would thus lead to troubles and litigation. A Slennonlle Interviewed. This county has the honor of having for one of its citizens the oldest living Menno nite minister in this country Rev. Abraham Martin, who will be 91 years of age if he lives till May. He was ordained a preacher of the Mennonite denomination early in the thirties, and preached for over a half century to the brethren at Gronsdnle, "Weaverland and other places in this end of the county. Several years ago he retired from active service, but occasionally exhorts the members to be faithfuL In talking about the proposed amend ment, Rev. Mr. Martin said he is decidedly opposed to it, and gave for his reason that it was taking from the people their personal liberties, and would finally lead to worse results, such as religous persecutions cen turies ago. "When asked what the majority of the Mennonites would do about it, or how they would vote, he thought that nearly all would vote against the amend ment He admitted that his church had within the last two years taken quite ad vanced steps against the liquor traffic by not allowing any member to sign a petition for a hotel license. Mr. Martin is marvelously well pre served. He has been using tobacco and liquor as a medicine for many years, which no doubt accounts for his personal liberty opinion of the amendment. The Amish and Dunkards are also gener ally opposed to the amendment. Ex-State Cbalrmnu Hensel. Perhaps the brieziest interview I have yet had upon the attitude of the two great political parties on this question fell to the lot of my pencil this evening in the resi dence of W. TJ. Hensel, Esq., formerly Chairman of the State Democratic Commit tee. This astute politician took the oppor tunity of my visit to score both liquor in terests and Republicans. Touching first upon the county of Lancaster, he said: In the ten lower townships of the county, where the Scotch-Irish, clement is large, tem perance sentiments have been on tho increase, hotels have been decreased, and the amend ment Is unquestionably in favor. Tne northern part of the county is just the other way, for Alennonites, Amish and Duukard farmers will fight the issue. In tho city of Lancaster, where the liquor stores ha c made the evils of whisky more apparent, an intense feeling pervades chnrch classes, particularly Methodists and Scotch-Irish, in favor of prohibition. While tbe "city will go against the amendment, I should not he surprised to soe the majority against it as small as 500. The majority against local option in the city alone was 1,700. In the county at large it will be a stand-oil between the north and south, with a majority in about the same proportion as Lancaster city. A Political Scoring. Understand that this is my estimate at this time. No one can tell what the campaign may bring forth. If it is made a party question, things might be different. As a rule the active politicians of tne Republican party, at least around this part of tho State, will bo against the amendment at June's election. The saloon plays an important part in politics, and these politicians arc in the swim. But in the rank and file of the Republican party fully one-half aro composed of the moral and upright classes, such as clergy and parishioners, and if not made a partisan matter they will vote for the measure. Among Democrats there is a very strong feeling of resentment toward tho liqnor ring. For years the Democrat party has served the liquor interests by reason of its fundamental and constitutional doctrines upon the question of personal liberty and sumptuary laws. In the Legislature and elsewhere it has stood be tween the liquor men and popnlar agitation of rcstrictlvo steps by Prohibitionists. But in every contest for political supremacy the Re publican leaders have songht and found allies in the same liqnor interests. On this account Democrats by the hundreds, all over the State, will now vote against liquor men. On the other band, many Democrats who feel that the Republican party, being in the ma jority, is responsible for whatever happens, will feel free of all political blame in helping to adopt the measure as individuals. There Is a widespread belief that the Republican party, to placate the temperance people within its fold, submitted the matter to a popular vote, and that in June they will try to placate tho liquor power by voting against the amendment at the polls. Personally Opposed to It. I myself do not expect to vote for the pro hibitory amendment. My personal feelings are opposed to that sort of legislation. But I do not expect to see it made a test of Democratic faith or fealty. I believe that tens of thousands of Democrats as good as myself will vote for It for reasons amply sufficient to satisfy their conscience, and I will not quarrel with them 'on account of their views. Within my own per sonal acquaintance in Pennsylvania two-thirds of the Democrats will rot vote for amendment, but that proportion will not keep up in the State. Republicans to whom I talked all pre dicted a heavier majority in Lancaster against the amendment than Mr. Hensel did. H. M. Houser, Esq., said it would be from 3,000 to 4,000. He dwelt upon the fact that everyone of the 300 liquor producers and sellers in the county had friends, and even supposing each could control ten votes it would be a power in itself, to say nothing of the German vote against it on principle. Personally, Mr. Houser is opposed to the measure. He says countless Republicans will vote against it in Lancaster. Tinning Tobacco Markets. Charles R. Landis, Esq., formerly Chair man of the Republican County Committee, said: I was a delegate to the State Convention in 1E88 which first recognized the prohibition question. I voted against it then and I shall cast my ballot against it in June. It would be a great blow at our business interests here If adopted. Brewery property is immensely val uable, and upon it and other branches of the liquor trade much of our commerce'depends. If the farmers who raise tobacco in Lancaster county, for instance, realize that In every saloon cigars are now sold, and that if all were closed up, the trade would be unsettled, and possibly re duced, the majority against the amendment will be immense. As it is now, I believe the majority acainst it in Lancaster county will be between 3,000 and 4,000. It will surely be greater than that against Local Option, for, to show how population has increased, I may cite the fact that then the Republican rj'?rltr f Ijr PPM' hero was only 6,000 or thereabouts, and now it is 11,200. Charles R. Layng, the County Solicitor, and several leading citizens in mercantile business predicted yeoman service in Lan caster against the amendment. Lancaster City has 32,000 population, but with all her power I find a very wholesome fear within her precincts for the big ma jorities that they hear the counties west of the Alleghenies are going to roll up for the amendment. L.JE. Stofiel. LIQUOR MEN UNITING. They Favor High License and Will Meet the Issue In June. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBI DISPATCH.! PnrLADELrniA, February 6. The liquor men of this city are taking steps to protect their rights and interests as citizens and business men from the assaults of the promoters of sumptuary laws. Over 300 members of the Liquor Dealers, Brewers and Bottlers' Association at their monthly meeting to-day took the initiatory step which has for its purpose a union of all the liquor interests in the city. The subject was discussed by a number of the members, and the legal questions involved were set fotth by the connsel for the association. The debate closed by a determination to take an active part in the coming campaign, and. in order to map out the work for the association the Chairman was instructed to appoints committee to meet the repre sentatives of the brewing an.d distilling in terests to the end that perfect harmony may prevail within their ranks. There was one noticeable feature of the discussion, and that was the general satis faction expressed with the workings of the high license bill. The speakers united in saying that a rigid observance of the law would redound to the credit of the saloon men. Sunday liquor selling and the other evils which the law prohibits were depre cated by all, and the members were cautioned that legal assistance would be denied them should they run foul of the authorities through any illegal act. There was a hopeful feeling among the members that after the prohibition campaign shall have become advanced that the people would recognize the invasion of private rights as proposed by the third party peo ple, and would vote against the amendment. The lawyers who were most successlul in obtaining licenses for their clients last year are reaping a golden harvest now. They have raised their fees, and as much as $500 has been charged by the more prominent attorneys for taking charge of difficult cases. FLEMING'S CHANCE. Tho Jndgo May bo Senator Prom West Virginia Gou Also a Possibility Latest Phases of tho Long Straggle. IBTXCIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Charleston, W. Va., February 6. The time of the joint Assembly this morn ing was occupied in discussing a reso lution that the returns of the various count ties in this State for Governor that had been attacked by A. B. Fleming in his no tice of contest should not be read, but re ferred, without debate or being read, to the joint committee to be appointed on the Gubernatorial investigation. The resolu tion was finally withdrawn, but this after noon another was offered that when the re turns of a county should be reached that were attacked by the notice of contest of Judge Fleming or the counter notice of General Goff, they should be referred to the committee without being read or debated. This discussion of the resolution occupied all the afternoon session, but it was finally adopted by a vote of 42 to 4L Judge Ferguson, the acknowledged legal light of the Senate and a lifelong Democrat, says this action is plainly contrary to the constitution, and many other prominent Democrats have expressed themselves in disapproval. There was little change in the Senatorial situation to-day, and it is not likely there will be any to-morrow. One ballot was taken on which Goff received 42 votes; Kenna, 40; Frank Hereford, 4, and O. D. Hill, Union Labor, 3. A break from the Kenna ranks is predicted for Friday. The opinion is expressed that Judge Fleming is the only Democrat who can be elected, and it is doubtful as to him, as some of the Kenna men will probably stick to the last The prediction that Goff will be the fortunate man was again made to-day, and that it will be verified seems within the range of possibility. Kenna has brought a great pressure to bear against Dorr, but he remains inflexible. It is expected that he will make a speech to-morrow defining his position. In the Senate to-day a bill was introduced to prohibit the establishment of trusts as contrary to public policy. TOOK A LITTLE JAUNT. President and Kirs. Cleveland nml Colonel Lamont Pay a Visit to New York. rSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH. New Yoke, February 6. President and frs. Cleveland and Colonel Lamont1 made a Hying visit to this city to-day. The party left "Washington at midnight. They went to the Victoria Hotel, where Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Stetson joined them and break fasted with them in the private dining room adjoining the President's apartments. After breakfast Mrs. Stetson took Mrs. Cleveland and the President and Colonel Lamont home with her in her carriage and Mr. Stetson went to his office. At the law office of Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & McVeagh, the firm which Mr. Cleveland is to join, it was said his visit was quite un expected. "Mr. Cleveland," said one of the firm, "will join us as soon after the 5th of March as he can. His intention of com ing to-day was not known in this office to night I do not know what he is here for, but it seems to me but natural that, since he is going to make his home here, that he should be looking for a residence." The President is reported to have denied the published statement that he was nego tiating for rooms in the Gerlach apartment house. Mr. ttoy t, ot tne v ictoria ilotel, said to-night that President Cleveland had told him that he had read an advertisement of the apartments, but had done nothing toward engaging rooms on the premises. A MISSI0NAEY MUEDEEED. A New York Lady Killed by tho Chlncso Heathen Sbo Was Trying to Convert. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIt.1 Saratoga, February G. Two years ago Miss Sophie Preston, daughter of the Rev. CharlesPreston, formerly of Galway, in this county, went ns a missionary to China. News has just been received by her friends here of her murder there in an uprising of the natives. Miss Preston was 30 years old. She was very much in earnest in her work and had learned to -speak the Chinese language fluently. Her father and mother devoted much of their lives to the task of converting the Chinese to Christianity. THE PLEASUEES Of WINTER. A Member of a Sleighing Party Freezes to Death After Warming Up on Whisky. rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH.1 Buffalo, February G. A party of sports went on a sleigh ride to Tonawanda last night and took along several jugs of whisky which they drank to keep warm. The ther mometer was 4 below cro and several members of the party were badly frozen. James Ford, who figured in several pugil istic events, after getting hilariously drunk, fell unconscious on the bottom of the sleigh and was frozen to death.' PITtfSBUBG, THUKSliATy HILL'S- LITTLE 'BOOM For President in 1892 Being Cared for by Secretary Whitney. A TERY BRILLIANT; RECEPTION Tendered to the Governor at Washington City, at Which HE EXPEESSES HIS OPINION ON VETOES.' President CleTtland Goes to Kew Tork to AyoIu Meet lag Bis Elial. Governor Hill is already paving his way to the Democratic nomination for the Presi dency in 1892. He says he will not veto the bills of his friends, and that while ho does not drink intoxicants himself, he does not wish to interfere with the rights of others. He was tendered a reception at Secretary Whitney's mansion, where he made many friends. President Cleveland did not desire to meet his old-time oppo nent, and went to New York to ntay until the Governor leaves Washington. SPECIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, February 6. There was a great blow-out at Secretary Whitney's to day in honor of Governor Hill, of New York. Nearly every one of the Democratic members of Congress were there and many of the prominent Democrats of the District. Speaker Carlisle and Statesmen MiUs, Mc Millen and the Breckenridges were there, nothwithstanding the fact that Governor Hill does not conceal his opinion that their policy was what doomed the Democrats to defeat at the late elections. A Ions table was set in the great dining room of the elegant mansion, and all the most delectable delicacies that could be in vented by a 55,000 cook in the way of cold dishes were there, with the rarest wines id unlimited quantity. It was the first oc casion on which the Congressmen generally had a chance to enjoy the hospitality of the epicurean Secretary, and they showed their appreciation of the salads and wines with the utmost enthusiasm: One of the little incidents of tho time was tho introduction of Representative Sowden, of Pennsylvania, to Governor Hill by Representative Stahlnecker. "Ah, yes, I remember Mr. Sowden very well," said the Governor. "I met him at the funeral of General Grant" "And I suppose you have heard of him since ax the champion of the Allentown public building bill," said Mr. Stahl necker. "Oh, 'yes, I know all about that, too," said the Governor. IF HILL "WERE PRESIDENT. "Well, now, Governor, if you were Presi dent would you veto my bill?" asked Mr. Sowden, with a keen eye to the future. "No, indeed," said the Governor warmly. "I am in favor of internal improvements and would sign all such bills, especially if they were bills of my friends." Mr. Sowden is this evening engaged in giving a mighty impetus to the boom of Governor Hill to the Presidental nomina tion in.1892. There is a great deal of gossip in ;eenxd to the apparent intention of the President to avoid Governor Hill as much as possible. The two gentlemen met at a dinner Inst evening at Secretary Whitney's, but this morning, to the surprise of everybody, tho President and Mrs. Cleveland went to New York, having discovered that they must look after certain arrangements for their prospective residence in the metropolis. Their absence prevented a formal call at the White House to-day by Governor Hill, and the President will not return until Hill has departed. An incident occurred at the close of the reception which presents the Governor in a somewhat curious light. There was a great deal of wine drinking and many of the Congressmen, especially those from the South, were in a very merry mood. It was not until the affair was nearly at an end, however, that it was noticed Governor Hill was not testing the wine at all. Only a dozen or so of the Congressmen and two or three correspondents remained, when Secre tary Whitney proposed the health of Gov ernor Hill. As all were drinking it was ob served that the Governor put an empty glass to his lips. Being rallied on the sub ject he said: TAVOBS PERSONAL LIBERTY. 'I do not drink at all That is my privi lege. But I do not believe in dictating to others. I think that American citizens have intelligence and sense enough to decide what is best lor tnem ana mat such matters ought to be left to their individual judg ment." The Governor impressed those who met him as being a very bright, keen man, 3uick to sec a point and not to be taken at a isadvantage. That this reception is a part of the training of the Governor for 1892 is well known. He is Whitney's candidate. The'plnn is to capture the Legislature, which will elect a successor to Evarts, put Cleveland in the Senate as a means of get ting rid of him in a genteel way, and then nominate Hill for the Presidency. In case of his election Whitney wonld have any place within his gift, and would probably choose the portfolio of State. In the inter ests of success the protective tariff faction of the Democracy will be kept to the front, and the Southern Brigadiers thrust to the rear. Mr. Randall, whom Hill calls the "greatest Democrat in America," will be recognized ns the party leader rather than Carlisle, Mills & Co., and every means will be taken to impress the country that'tno Democratic party, with Hill as its official chief, will be as solicitous for the prosperity of the great manufacturing interests as the Republican party is. Governor Hill made only two calls this morning. One was on Mr. Randall and the other on Mrs. Hancock, widow of the late General Hancock. THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED. Blaino Lenses a. Honso in Washington Which Has a Ghostly Tenant. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 3 Washington, February G. It is given out to-day on the authority of Mr. Thomas J. Fisher, one of the wealthiest real estate brokers of the District, that Mr. James G. Blaine has leased the old Seward house, on the eastern side of Lafayette square, and will have it remodeled and renovated for his residence during his terra in the Cabi net of President Harrison. The house is on the adjoining lot to the residence of Senator Cameron, and, like Cameron's, Is one of the old-fashioned, sub stantial mansions of the early days of Washington. It was there that Secretary Seward was almost killed on the night of the assassination of President Lincoln. Since that tragic occurrence it has been difficult for the owners to rent the house, owing to a superstition that the place is haunted. It has at times been temporarily occupied for offices by the Government, but no private lessee has remained there for longer than a few weeks. It is a very convenient place for the residence of a Secretary of State, as IFEBEITARY 7, 1889. it is only two blocks from the War Depart ment and within a stone's throw of the Ex ecutive Mansion. Superstitious people are disposed to shake their heads and say that something dire is certain to happen because of the coincidence that the last real occupant of the house was Secretary of State to the first Republican President, and Mr. Blaine will be Secretary of Btate to the first Republican President following the interregnum of the Democrats. A GREAT YICTORI. The' Kicaragunn Canal Bill Ably Attacked nnd Warmly Defended. tBPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE D1SFATCIM Washington, February 6. The great victory for the conference report on the bill to Incorporate the Nicaragua Canal Com pany this afternoon, in the House of Repre sentatives surprised even the friends of the bill, as much of the time during the debate of yesterday and to-day the appearances were that the report would not be adopted, and that no report of any conference com mittee would be satisfactory to the House except one which embodied the amendments which were struck out by the Senate, and which were very objectionable to the friends of the measure. Very strong speeches were made against the report, notably by Judge Wilson, of Minnesota, who is admitted to possess as fine legal attainments as any lawyer in the House. But these were more than bal anced by the brilliant and earnest speeches of the friends of the bill, both from a legal and business standpoint. The speech made by Raynor, of Baltimore, yesterday excited the deepest interest among all of the law yers of the House, and was read by many of them to-day as it appeared in the Record. The best speech from the standpoint of the man of business was admittedly made to-day by the Hon. Wm. L. Scott, who is a great capitalist and organizer of great projects, and was listened to probably with deeper interest than any other of the speak ers. Hon, Charles O'Neill, of Philadel phia, also made an eloquent plea for the bill, and altogether it may be said that these Pennsylvanians made the most valiant and effective fight for the measure. Mr. Scott is said to be personally largely interested in promoting tne project to the extent, it is alleged, of anywhere from a quarter to a half a million of money, besides his influence. Agents of the Panama Canal, of the Paclfin railroads and of other schemes have done their best to defeat this bill, but the merit of the thing and the in fluential capitalists, such as Wm. Windom and Wm. L. Scott, who are interested in tho project, carried the day. A LARGE CLAIM. Iron Men Wnnt SGOO.OOO of Overpaid Duty on Steel Refunded. tBPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, February G. The Senate Committee on Claims to-day heard a dele gation of iron mill men in support of a bill now pending in both Houses of Congress. The bill proposes to repay the importers of steels, chiefly in the Allegheny and Ma honing Volley districts, the difference be tween a duty of 45 per cent, which was col lected, and one of 35 per cent, which they claim a decision of the Supreme Court holds to be the correct duty. The amount in volved is about $600,000. W. S. Groome, of the firm of J. F. Bailey & Co.. New York; R. T. Downing and H. E, Collins, of Pittsburg, addressed the com mittee. They were unable, however, not being lawyers, to cite the Supreme Court decision upon which they rest their claim, and a postponement was had in order -to enable them to. present it to the com in(itee. SUICIDE IN A DEESS SUIT. Mysterious Death of ibo Son of an Ohio Jndgo: in New York. New York, February 6. In a full dress suit Gcorgo E. Frazicr, a medical student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, was found dead sitting in a chair in his room at 5:30 this afternoon. To the police the case was reported to be a case of heart disease, but investigation makes it loot like a suicide. The place where Frazier died was the boarding houso of Mrs. Emeline Packer, No. 349 West Fiftieth street, where the young man lived, i rnzier is 27 years old, and the son of Hon.William F. Frazier, of Caldwell, O., a prominent Judge. William B. Hardman, a student at the same college, was Frazier's room mate. He left Frazier in his room at 2 o'clock in the afternoon alive and well. Hardman went to the college to attend a lecture on chem istry by Dr. Jacoby. Frazier, who was to have attended the same lecture, did not ap pear. When Hardman returned at 5:30 he found the room locked. The door was burst in and there he found his chum, in full dress, sitting dead in his chair. In his right hand he held a hypodermic syringe and on the table by his side was a bottle, which had no label, but was supposed to hold the poison which caused his death. On the dead man's left arm were four punctures made by the syringe, and on the right three such marks. In the room was a letter addressed to the supposed suicide's father, which was sealed and stamped. This could not be examined. THE OMON IS NO 1I0EE. Street Car Strikers Not Only Beaten, but Will be Disorganized. New York, February 6. The great tie-up is over. Some cars are running on all the surface roads, and on nearly all of tbem the full number are running. The reserve police are still kept on duty and the patrol wagons arc in readiness, but the officers have been withdrawn from most of the cars. The strikers are pouring back to the depots in search of work. Generally speaking, the roads are glad to have their old hands if they come as individuals. The roads are unanimous in refusing to em ploy any man who comes as the representa tive of a union organization. On all the lines the men who are given work have to sign a paper to the effect that they are not, and will not, be subject to the order of any labor organization. The re sult will be that there will not be a union car line in New York. This course was adopted by the Third avenue line on the preceding strike, and they were able to run all cars during the strike just ended. The Knights of Labor appear to be fully con scious of the disastrous defeat they have sustained. THE EAILE0AD3 GITE IN. AH of Them Will Adopt tbo Iowa Schedule, but Under Protest. Chicago, February 6. All the railroads interested in Iowa traffic .have followed the lead of the Burlington, and either put the Commissioners' schedule of rates into effect or given notice that they will do so as soon as they can issue their tariffs. The Rock Island, like the Burlington, gave notice to day that it would adopt the rates under pro test, pending a decision of the case by the Federal Supreme Court The low rates do not apply to grain, coal, live stock and salt, for the reason that those commodities are not included in the second schedule of the Commissioners, and the in junction against the first schedule is still in force. This materially lessens the amount which the railroads claimed their revenues would suffer. President Hughitt said 40 day that the Chicago and Northwestern will conform to the Commissioners' schedule of rates. "qgysre'iyyw ?" v&wfSfmrnT t"ws BENNY AND THE BOYS. They Have Any Amount of Fun Practicing at Cabinet Making. A COLORADO BOOM FOR THURSTON Wilts Away Under the Influence of a Later Opposition Effort. COAL KINGS OFFER AN ENTIEE SLATE. Blaine, Wisdom, Wanamaker and Busk Hare the Call Just at Present Mr. Smith, of Colorado, called on the President-elect yesterday with a big docu mentary boom for Thurston. This was knocked out by a telegram stating that the Colorado Legislature had declared for an other man. Coal operators called and pre sented a Cabinet with all the positions filled by themselves. Harrison promised to give it careful consideration. There is some mystery concerning Blaine, but it is believed that he will be found to be there in the end. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1 Indianapolis, February G. Edmund Morton Smith, of Colorada, who has for a number of years been one of the Sergeants-at-Arms of the National Committee, came to Indianapolis last night loaded down with a bundle of documents that he believed made up a most formidable Cabinet boom. They were all for John B. Thurston, of Nebraska, and included letters recommend ing him for the Interior Department, signed by Governor Cooper, Lieutenant Governor Smith, Secretary of State Rice, Treasurer Brisbane, Attorney General Jones, Superin tendent of Instruction Dick and nearly all the other State officers of Colorado, and petitions to the Bame effect signed by all but two of the Senators and all bnt nine of the Representatives of that State. Mr. Smith thought that he had a pretty big thing in charge, and calculated upon making a great impression when he deliv ered his bundle of documents to General Harrison. He wandered out North Dela ware street this morning, and, with all the dignity of which he was capable, laid the case of Mr. Thurston before the President elect, backing it up by all documents. He noticed that General Harrison did not seem to take much interest in the proceedings, but he attributed it merely to a natural weariness of the whole Cabinet making business. smith is sad. When Mr. Smith got back to the hotel some one called his attention to a dispatch stating that both Houses of the Colorado Legislature had last night passed a series of resolutions setting forth the ardent desire of that State for a representative of its own in the Cabinet, and the pre-eminent virtues of ex-Governor John L. Routt, and earnestly begging the President-elect to appoint that gentleman to a place in the Cabinet. And ever since then Mr. Smith has been wonder ing if General Harrison had read those Colorado resolutions in the paper before he received the Colorado Thurston boom with such apparent laek of interest There is a mystery somewhere about the Blaine matter.- Nobody doubts 'that in some way or other the"portfolio of the State De partment has been tendered to him, yet there is not the slightest-evidence that he has ac cepted it. Letters received here within a day or two from leading Blaine men, ex press the same certainty that the place has been tendered and that it is nearly certain that he will accept it, thus making it plain by inference that he has not yet accepted. There is a hitch about it somewhere. One theory is that the tender of the place was made conditionally, and depended upon the acceptance of Senator Allison, or upon some other event connected with the make-up of the rest of the Cabinet. Others believe that the tender was straightforward and unconditional, but that Blaine is un willing to acept till he knows who will be His associates in me vauiuei. THE FOUR LEADERS. Cabinet speculation seems to have reached a temporary halting point. About all the available Cabinet timber in the Republican party has been brought to public notice, and the result is somewhat confusing to General Harrison's numeious auxiliaries, Bcarcely any two of whom can now agree upon a slate. The Windom boom came as a surprise to many, but is being treated with a great deal of respect. Blaine, Windom, Rusk and Wanamaker stand at the head of the list to-night, and there are those who believe that to each name is affixed a star. Close lollowing these four favorites come the names of Evarts, Warner Miller, Charley Foster and Judge Estee. The biggest delegation that has called upon General Harrison in a long time was one this morning which was headed by Colonel Yeoman, a well-known Ohio min ing superintendent and owner. Nearly 200 coal operators accompanied him. They are holding a convention in this city and want up in a body to see General Harrison. While there they submitted a Cabinec proposition to the President-elect that was the most complete thing' of the sort yet tend eied. They gave him a Cabinet already made up and guaranteed that if he would adopt it as his own, the coal interests of the country would be entirely satisfied with his administration. A COAL KING CABINET. Colonel W. P. Wren, a well-known coal man of Chicago, was on it for Secretary of State and the other six names were also those of coal mine operators or owners. General Harrison tookthe list and assured the delegation that their proposition would receive full and careful consideration. Just as much consideration, it was intimated, as is accorded to nine-tenths of the Cabinet propositions submitted to him by delega tions and by personal applications. Many of "the Western millers, who are also holding a convention here, called upon General Harrison to-day, but they did not go up in a body. The biggest gun among them was John Bain, of St Louis, ex President of the Merchants' Exchange of that city. The Southern man of the day was the" immortal Scruggs, formerly Minis ter from this country to Bogota, but now plain W. S. Scruggs, of Atlanta. Advice as to the Southern question was mingled with some suggestions as to South American diplomacy in his brief conference with the President-elect The life of General Harrison is to be written once again, although the campaign is long over. The Bey. Dr. Bayliss, once pastor of a Methodist church here, but now located at Cincinnati as editor of the West ern Christian Advocate, called upon the President-elect to-day for the purpose of getting points for a life that Dr. Bayliss is to write for the Quarterly Review, the Methodist Church organ. Governor Forakcr's Appointments. (SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO TBI DISPATCU.1 Columbus, February 6. The Governor sent the following appointments to the Sen ate to-day for confirmation: W. S. Cappel ler, Railroad Commissioner; T. J. Godfrey, Trustee Ohio State University; L. Hirsch, Supervisor of State Printing; John M. Doane, State Librarian; Frank Thornhill, Trustee Girls' Reformatory School. 'Shrewd1 ' ,' v;- B aa "U S." BELLE STAEE'S DEATH., Ambnshed on tbo IUver Book, Near Her Home, nnd Shot Twice Her Last Effort Warn to Reach Her Winchester Rifle. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Eupaula, Ind. T.,February 6. Details of the killing of Belle Starr, the noted woman desperado, which occurred near her home, 20 miles south of this place, on Sun day evening, are difficult to obtain, but it is learned from persons coming from that sec tion that she was cowardly assassinated from ambush by unknown parties who have not been apprehended. The woman lived in a desolate spot on the Canadian river, and she was murdered while returning from a visit to some neighbors a few miles in the Choctaw Nation. She was mounted on the horse which she had used for many years, and was within a few hun dred yards of her home. Just as she was about to ford the river, on the Choctaw side, a man, or possibly two, fired on her from ambush, being concealed in the dense growth of chapparal lining the river banks. The assassin or assassins were only a few yards from her, and the big bird shot nsed struck her full in the face, killing her in stantly. Before falling from the saddle it is supposed that her horse wheeled around, as she was shot on the other side of the face and head with bird shot. When the last shot was fired she was about bending down to the right flank of her horse, where her Winchester was slung, but before she conld reach it death overcame her, and she plunged headlong from the saddle to the ground. The horse, excited by the shooting, sprang into the river,and as he was relieved of his burden and swam to the opposite shore. Friends of hers who were in the town of Brooken, some 15 miles east of here, to-day, to buy burial clothing, claim that they do not know who did the killing, but later ad vices say that suspicion rests on one or two parties, and that search is being made for them. If caught there is likely to be seri ous trouble, as Belle had many friends. The cause of the assassination is not known. As far as known she was not wanted for any crime, nor was there a reward offered for her arrest. THE MEANEST ON EEC0ED. Sullivan, tho Indiana Defaulter, Eclipses All Previous Attempts. Indtanatolis, February 6. The record of John E. Sullivan, the absconding clerk of Marion county, grows blacker with each day's investigation. A transaction was brought to light to-day that stamps him an ingrate of the worst description. He was indicted two years ago in the celebrated tally-sheet forgeries. His boon companion, Councilman Simeon Coy, was found guilty and sent to Michigan penitentiary. Coy has yet six months to serve. When Coy was convicted he deeded hi3 home to Sullivan, with the understanding that on the expira tion of his time it was to be deeded back to him. A few weeks ago Sullivan sold the prop erty. He explained that he did not want Mrs. Coy disturbed until her hus band was liberated, and in order to insure this that he himself would pay the rent for her until that time without her knowledge. When Mrs. Coy was informed that her home had been sold by Sullivan she was dumfounded. Sullivan's ingratitude does not end here. When Coy was taken to the penitentiary his friends set to work to raise a fund to support his wile. It was decided to give a ball for her benefit Sullivan was the prime mover in the affair, and some $1,200 was realized from the sale of the tickets and placed in Sullivan's hands. Neither Mrs. Coy nor her husband received a cent of this money. FROZEN ON A EAFT. Two Sailors Desert Prom a Ship In Long Island Sound. New York, February G. When the steamboat Old Colony, of the Fall river line, reached her dock this afternoon, among the passengers was a corpse and a sailor badly frozen, and whose life was despaired of by Captain Hammond and his crew. As soon ns the steamboat had tied up to the dock a Chambers Street Hospital ambulance was summoned, and the half perished sailor was taken away for treat ment. As soon as he was able to talk he told a remarkable tale of cruelty, hardship and exposure. He said his name was Lean dcr Kaldoon, that he was a Swede 21 years old, and had lived in Boston for over three years. He shipped on the three-masted schooner o. x. .ivearns, wmen sauea irom mis city on February 4, bound for South Africa. He claimed that before the vessel sailed he and other sailors were cruelly treated by Captain McDonald, who repeatedly threatened to brain them with a belaying pin if they did not obey orders more promptly. Other cruel treatment was resorted to, and he and his comrade deserted, leaving the ship on an improvised raft. At 8:30 o'clock this morning the steamboat Old Colony came plowing through the sound on her way to this city. When about four miles off New Haven Captain Hammond discovered the raft and had it picked up. ELEYATED TO A BISHOPRIC. Rev. H. Y. Sntterlee, of New York City, Elected Bishop of Michigan. I SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Detroit, February 6. Rev. R. W. Clark; rector of St. Paul's Church, this city, was Chairman of the convention which assembled to-day to choose a successor to the late Bishop Harris, of this diocese. Fifty-eight clerical delegates were present, and about the same number of lay. All who were not delegates were excluded, when, without wasting any time, an in formal ballot for bishop was taken with the following result: Dr. Henry Y. Satterlee, of Calvary Church, New York City, 104; Rev. Dr. Earp, Ann Arbor, Mich., 25; Rev. Dr. Blanchard St. John's Church, Detroit, 7; Rev. R. W. Clark, St Paul's, De troit, 3; Rev. G. Mott Williams, Detroit, 8; Rev. Frisbie, Detroit, 3. A formal ballot resulted: Satterlee, 48; Earp, 2; Williams, 41; Brown, 1. The lay delegates then casta formal ballot, as follows: Yeas, 103; no, 13. The election of Satterlee was made unani mous. A telegram was sent to him, and a com mittee, consisting of Rev. Dr. Earp, of Ann Arbor; Rev. Joseph J. Johnson, of Detroit; Mr. Thomas Cranage, of Bay City, and ex Governor H. P. Baldwin, of Detroit, were appointed to go to New York and wait upon Dr. Satterlee, after which the convention adjourned. EEIE TEMPEEANCE WOMEN. They Meet to Prepare for tbo Prohibition Amendment Flghc. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Corhy, February 6. At the Erie County District Convention of the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union to-day, delegates from various parts of the county were pres ent. The chief bnsiness before the conven tion, and the burden of the work done, was to make arrangements for an active fight for the amendment The Prohibitionists are ready to join forces with them. Speakers are to be put in every school district The drift outside the cities seems to be in favor of the amendment. Can reach the bes3 class of Investors through THE DIS PATCH. The test, men In business can also be reached through THE DISPATCH. THREE CENTS OIE DOLLAR A HEAD Is Said by Senator Cooper to be Too Much to Pay for Votes, and It Has Become A BURDEN ON POLITICIANS,' Gallant Senator Harlan Makes a Plea for Woman Snffrase. ALLEGHENY. CUT IN THE THIRD CLASS The Sennio on the Poll Tax Passes ibe Constitutional Amendment for Its Aboil, tion Politicians Hare to Pay the Tax Allegheny's Troubles Nearly Over Henry George Indorses the Australian System of Voting Kicking Against tbe Corporation Stock Tax Tbe Junction Railway Wants a Chance to Do Busi ness A Rogue's Gallery for the State. The State Senate has adopted a resolution for the submission of a Constitutional amendment abolishing the poll tax. The vote was nearly unanimous. The strongest argument for the resolution was that at present interested politicians have to pay the tax to get the voters to the polls. Alle gheny City seems to have got out of her troubles and into the third clas3. This will be satisfactory if she is not compelled to ac cept all the provisions ot the pending inter municipal bill. The greatest danger is that the Supreme Court has not yet got through deciding the meaning of the act of 1887. yEOM A STAIT CORBISPOSDEST.l , Harrisburg, February 6. Senator Cooper's Constitutional amendment was the disturbing element in the Senate to-day, and though the votes against it were not numerous, the speeches against it were vig orous and the responses equally strong. Senator Newmyer, of Pittsburg, started the ball rolling by restating objections made by him when the resolution was up for second reading. He knew of no popular demand for the amendment, had seen no petitions for. it, and said the provisions it sought to amend had been thoroughly con sidered by the Constitutional Convention when they were adopted by it. He consid ered the language of the amendment ob scure, and no Constitution should be open to that charge. In parts it was a'singular piece of mosaic work. He objected to the reduction of the district residence qualifica tion for a voter from GO to 30 days. A TOLITICAL BURDEN. He also opposed the removal of the tax qualification, and considered the argument that it had become simply sl. political burden not a good one. The provision that a person to vote must have resided in the State one year and in the district 30 days to vote, except in the cose of municipal elections, was liable to serious miscon struction, and would require a Suprema Court decision to make plain. Senator Penrose described the poll tax as an unmitigated evil from a political stand point, and said 5 per cent of the Eighth ward of Philadelphia, many being wealthy young men, didn't bother about the matter, considering it too much trouble, and the City Committee had to pay it. Senator Cooper, in explaining away tho objections raised by Senator Newmyer, saidr the matter had been agitated in tbe Legis lature for six years, and that 840,000 was annually paid by each of the great political organizations of Philadelphia to retain the right of 1G0.000 out of 200,000 voters to exer cise the franchise. The Senator, therefore, considered it time for a fundamental change. CHEAPER THAN COLONIZATION. Prior to 1874 the residence time was ten days, and there used to be so much coloni zation of voters that the Constitutional Convention made the residence time 60 days. That is not necessary now, because there are now cheaper methods than coloni zation. A laugh went round at this, and Senator Cooper observed that the practical politi cians smiled. They smiled again and Mr. Cooper then made a strong plea for Penn sylvania to move to the foreground for equal and free suffrage. At the conclusion of Senator Cooper's speech, Senator McCreary explained that the passage of the amendment would, under its provision that inmates of Soldiers' Homes should vote where the homes are lo cated, give Erie city and county a large number of voters who had no interest what ever in local affairs, and who might be made, in the devious ways of politics, to control local elections. Thus evil might be done, and a hostile feeling be developed acainst the veterans. But as the amend ment would be delayed five years by any change in it now, he would propose none. As for himself, he believed that the men who had fought the country's battles should vote at its elections. A GALLANT SENATOR. Senator Harlan,, of Chester, wanted to strike outjl the word male wherever it oc curred, in the interest of universal suffrage, but unanimous consent was refused. The Senator did this just to remind the Senate that he had carried a universal suffrage resolution through that branch two years ago. MacFarlane, of Philadelphia, said a good word for woman suffrage in a speech in which he referred to the fiction of taxation which didn't take into account the fact that a tenant really paid taxes in paying rent There were numerous other remarks and numerous declarations of the way politi cal organizations paid taxes for voters, and thereby controlled them, and there were numerous pleas growing out of this for a free ballot and a pure one. This led Sen ator Newmver to remark that speakers onght to make things easy for their indo- ' lent friends by having the ballot box passed around at election time. He referred sar castically to the speeches of many of tho gentlemen, but they nevertheless passed the resolution by a vote of 37 to 8. Rutan and Upperman voted aye. and Steele and Newmyer no. Not the poorest point mads by Senator Newmyer was that if the poll tax was not paid it would have to be made up by an additional tax on property. Simpson. Nominations Confirmed. rSPXCIAL TELEOBAM TO TBI DISPATCH. Habrisbubo, Februaiy 6. A message Continued on Sixth Fage. : -.?- m
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