fW' if.' - - a . !.- j?4- ANY ONE CAN WAKE HONEY PJ$oti rrs a. SPLENDID MEDIUM. WANTS ' Of any kind can best bo satisfied byadvertlsing in the columns of The Dis- " -:4- '' "Who lias a good article to selll and who advor. tiscs vigorously and liberally. Advertising is truly tlio lite of trade. All enterprising and judicious advertisers succeed. fi?fl '! , PATCH. 1ST I iT FORTY-FOURTH YEAR A PROFOUND CALM Settles Down Upon the National Capital on the Sabbath, for One Day Only. A LULL IN WIREPULLING. Senator Quay Has to Remove His Doorbell for the Day. ' ME. AND 1IRS. HAERISON GO TO CHURCH. Some of tbe Nominations Probably to be Blade To-Day New York Crosses the First Bridge, and is to Get All She Asks for The Railway BInll Service to be Thoroughly Reorganized A Lady Criti cises the Furnishing of tbe White House Walker . Blaine to be Ills Father' First Assistant Secretary Whltelavr Reid Fixed In the English Mission Fred Grant Goes to China and Allan Thorndlke Rice Probably to Germany. The thousands of wirepullers in Wash ington took a rest yesterday, at least out wardly, and President Harrison was al lowed to escort his wife to church without falling orer a conple hundred office-seekers st every step. Senator Quay got rid of the throng by removing his doorbell. Among the nominations to be made at once will be that of Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service. New York claims every thing in sight that's worth having, and from present appearances will get all she asks for. tSrECIALTErEGEAM TO TUB DISPATCH. J "Washington, March 10. No greater contrast between two days could be imag ined than between last Sunday and to-day. A profound calm appeared to have settled even en the most active of the politicians. It was known that a large batch of nomina tions would probably be sent into the Sen ate to-morrow, and there was a lull in the wire-pulling, that some indication might be got of the way the cat has jumped in the higher offices, that better knowledge of the effort necessary to rake in the lower ones might be gained. The bar-rooms were tight closed, the hotel lobbies were as quiet as at ordinary times and few of the celebrities who have monopolized the prominent cor ners since Monday could be seen. The President had the first day of rest of his term. He began to shut off the crowd of visitors yesterday and gave notice that he would receive no callers to-day. Quay Removes Bis Doorbell. Many of the Senators and members of the House who are supposedto have -influence with the President and who have therefore been harassed by applicants for office, were not' at home to callers. At the residence of Senator Quay, heroic measures were taken to preserve the proper solitude of Sunday, ior to all but the earliest callers there was apparently no means of attracting the at tention of anyone in the house, as the knob of the doorbell had been taken off and the handle drawn within the hall so that it could not be reached by the fingers of the most persistent officeseeker unless he had burglars' tools. 'As to the nominations that will be sent to the Senate to-morrow, almost nothing is known. It is supposed that they will be mostly confined to the higher offices of the departments, such as assistant secretaries, solicitors, and so on. Corporal Tanner, of Brooklyn, says his name will be sent in for Pension Commissioner, but Fred ICneffler, Pension Agent at Indianapolis, believes that he will be nominated for the same place, and that is about as near as one can get to the situation in regard to any of the offices. A New Dent Expected. It is not believed now that any of the old assistant secretaries will be retained in their positions, as there appears to be a strong sentiment in favor of an entirely new deal, and this will leave out such popular officials and. candidates as Assistant Secretary Coon, of the Treasury, who was supposed to have an inside track for hisformer place, and of General Hazen for Third Assistant of the Postoffice Department. It is reported that the former has been bowled out by Chair man Huston, of the Republican State Com mittee of Indiana, who has gone home ap parently satisfied that he is fixed. It is more likely, however, that he is booked for the Treasuryship. Pew Pennsylvanians were to be seen about the hotels to-day. Representative Fruit, of Sharon, member of the Stale Leg islature, and Mr. George Pearson, of Mer cer, private secretary of Governor Beaver, are among the late arrivals who are here to putin a word about offices for the western part of the State. S. J. McKallip, qf Pitts burg, a candidate for the office of Public Printer, was the only applicant for office to show up to-day from Allegheny county. His application was filed a few days ago by. Representative Dalzell. He has a highly complimentary array of influential signa tures. CEOSSED THE FIRST BRIDGE. Mew York Settling Down to Work and - Getting Everything She Asks For. rSFECTAL TELEOBAX TO THE DISFATCH.l "Washington, March 10. The New Yorkers have crossed the first bridge. Gen eral George S. Batcheller, of Saratoga, Re publican leader -in the Assembly, and ad herent of "Warner Miller, has been seleetcd by the Piatt men for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and he will be'nominated to morrow. The President wanted the Piatt and Miller men to unite in recommending a man, and Mr. Piatt and ?jator Hiscock agreed that General Batch-ller would be a very fair sort of representative Republican for the place. " ' General Batcheller wanted a foreign mission,' but there are other New Yorkers to be sent abroad. Wjth Whitelaw Reid for Minister to England, and Fred Grant for Minister to China, two appointments that are pretty well settled upon, New York's 6hare of foreign missions would be nearly i allotted, and should Allen Thorndike Rice ,get the German mission, as his friends con- iaaenuy expect, there certainly would be no more good berths abroad for New York men. "William "Walter Phelps, of .New Jersey, is to be Minister to France, unless there is a change In the slate. The union upon General Batcheller for Assistant.Secretary of the Treasury will prevent the return of Charles E. Coon, the former Assistant Secretary, to his old post Secretary "Windom favored his appointment, but the Piatt people didn't want him be cause, they said, he wasn't aggressive enough. He will get another place in the department. The other Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Tichenor, Is credited to Illi nois, and is recommended by business men of Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, but some of the Illinois politicians are not pleased with bis selection, as it bars their candidates for other offices, among them Colonel Clarke Carr, who wanted to be First Assistant Postmaster General. Carr is knocked out, .and General Stevenson's place, it is reported to-night, is to go to an Ohio man, former Postmaster "Whitfield, of Cincinnati. It is generally believed that "Walker Blaine will be nominated for First Assist ant Secretary of State. He has been assist ing his father in the work of the office dur ing,the past week, and has evidently come to stay. EAELY APPOINTMENTS. A New Superintendent ot the Railway Mall Serrlco Needed at Once Who lie May be Other Vacancies Soon to be Filled. . (SPECIAL TELECKAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! "Washington, March 10. One oi the earliest oppointments to be made by Presi dent Harrison will be that of General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service. There are several applicants, and they have received word, in an unofficial way, that one of the first official acts of Postmaster. General "Wanamaker will be the reorganiza tion of this important branch of the Govern ment work. The man with the most back ing is Paul VanDervoort, of Omaha, ex-Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic He has, it is understood, the indorsement of the delegations from Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Michigan, in addition to that of General Alger and many prominent Grand Army men. VanDervoort was formerly chief clerk of the railway mail service, stationed at Omaha. He was removed by Postmaster General Gresham for alleged insubordina tion and neglect of duty. VanDervoort's friends say that his removal was an act of great injustice, and that in view of the cir cumstances it reflects no discredit on him. His opponents, however, will make the besj possible use of the letter of removal, which is a long and somewhat severe one, and it has already been brought to the attention of Postmaster General "Wanamaker. The man most prominently mentioned for the appointment by people in the depart ment is John Jameson, who was the General Superintendent under the Arthur adminis tration. After the Democrats came in, Jameson was retained for more thon a year, and then removed by Mr. Yilas without even one day's leave of absence. Jameson is formerly from "Wisconsin, bnt Know a resident of New York city. He has. been in "Washington for a week, and a few days ago had a long talk with Postmaster General "Wanamaker. It-is absolutely necessary-that a General Superintendent be appointed very soon, as the present official, from motives of deli cacy, has done nothing since March 4 but the merest routine work, and the business of the service is becoming badly delayed. Next Friday, March 15, is the day fixed for putting into effect the order placing the en tire railway mail service, under the opera tions of the civil service law, "but the order will not be acted upon at present. The time will be extended, probably to the end of the fiscal year, to allow the President and Post master General to reorganize the service, which they think is badly demoralized. The present Superintendent, "W. L. Ban croft, is a Michigan Democrat, and has from the first been violently opposed to placing the bureau under the civil service law. It is owing chiefly to his exertions that the operation of the order of President Cleveland has been several times postponed and the Civil Service Commission prevented from taking charge of the appointments. The successor of Louis K. Church, Gov ernor of Dakota, will be H. C. Mellette, a Dakota man. The nomination will go iu to-morrow. L. H. Hershfield will be nomi nated for Governor of Montana in a day or two. A SAD LACK OF TASTE. The Cheerless Condition of fhcWhllc House Suggests a Needed Improvement. ISrECIAL TZLEGIIAM TO THE DISrjLTCIt.l Washington, March 10. A New York society, woman, who visited the White House yesterday for the first time, made this crit icism: "There have been volumes written about the necessity of a new Executive Mansion, but leavinc that question for the future to solve, there could be much done to improve the interior of the present build ing, which is furnished much after the fashion of a hotel, though inferior in its furnishings to some of the first-class hostel ries, and has the same cold, chilly look that one always finds in the parlors of even the handsomest hotels. It seems strange and beyond belief that withithe treasury burst ing with money, and with the artistic taste that we as a nation,possess above all others, our President's home is permitted to remain in its present cheerless state. With the exception of a few mediocre portraits, the walls are bare, and there is an entire absence of bric-a-brac: in fact, the suit on the first floor, to which the people are ad mitted, has much the appearance of being emptied of all portable objects, so that there might be no temptation to the good citizens of the United States to petty pilfering. "The Executive Mansion, above all other, buildings, should show the nation's taste and refinement. Its walls could and should be filled with beautiful paintings and etchings, and handsome .tables and cabinets should be loaded with bric-a-brac on which no duty has been paid, because it is the work of American hands. It might not be a bad idea for each big city of the Union to furnish a room with the" things that each is especially noted for. if this is the only way in which the home of the President of "more than CO.000,000 people can be made worthy of him and them." HAEUISON'S FIEST EEST. The President at Last Allowed to Hare a Day to, ninuelf. lEFECUX. TXXXO&Ut TO THX DISPATCH. 1 Washington, March 10. President Harrison has enjoyed his first day's rest since the inauguration. He couldn't es cape from the politicians last Sunday, but to-day visitors haven't attempted to invade the White House, and the inmates have been left to themselves. The President and Mrs. Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. Enssell rHarrison attended service at tbe new Pres byterian Church of the Covenant this morn- ing. Their coming hadn't been announced, and many members of thercong'regation were not aware ot jtheir presence until the service was ended. A pew had been re served for the Harrisons near the center of the church, on the middle aisle. The pastor,, the Rev. Dr. Hamlin, preached, from the text: "He that hath" seen me hath seen the father." In hisopen? ing prayer he invoked blessings on, the new administration, and prayed that the people might be. swifter to commend' than to criti cise the Chief Magistrate. General Harri son listened attentively to the sermon, and joined in the congregational singing of hymns. THE DELEGATES TO BERLIN. Ben Bntler Expected to Lend the Party That Will Settle the Samoan Question. "Washington, March 10. One of the first things the State Department will dis pose of is the appointment of delegates to the Samoan conference at Berlin. It is said to-night that Benjamin F. Butler, John A. Kasson and "William "Walter Phelps will probably be sent to .represent this Govern ment, and that they will be accompanied by ex-Consul General Sewall and Augustus Cowherd, of Illinois, who negotiated the treaty between the t United States and Samoa. DELIGHTFUL GALL. Legitime' Organ Roasts Illppolyte In a Thorough Manner Not a Foot Left for the Insurgents to Stnnd Upon Official Bulletin. (special texxguam to tux dispatch.! New Yobk, March 10. Copies of Le Moniteur, of Port-au-Prince, the official journal of Legitime's Government in Hayti, were received here to-day. They bear date February 21 and 23, and each of them dis plays on its first page an official war bulle tin, in double pica, about ten words to the square inch. "The bulletins relate these catastrophes to Hippolyte's troops: February 2LNord Alexis, at the head of a band of insurgents, tried vainly on tbe 17th to force the line guarded on the north by tbe troops of the brave and devoted General An toine Pollas. Tbe fight lasted most of the day. Between 4 and 5 o'clock r. Ji. tbe rebels, beaten and defeated, fled on all sides, abandon lng a mortar (perhaps a howitzer), bome sad dle horses, several boxes of canister, and a con siderable number of dead." Nord Alexis' own carbine was fonnd upon the field of battle. This victory is due to the energy of General Pollas and the courage of the valorous Gen erals Emmanuel Rosier J). Cavil, Compere Jean Charles T. Raphael, Bien-Aime Baton, and Colonels Siff ra Francois and Michael Jacques. The Government and the country will recom pense the brilliant services which they have rendered to the common weal. We send our sincere congratulations to the Seventh Regi ment of St. Marc, and to tbe Twentieth Ver rettes, whicb, immediately after havinc come over from tbe enemy's to our side, distin guished themselves in tbe attack on liontrouis. February 23 Three hostile columns from Dondon, Piaisance, and Limbe. attacked LaMarmelade on the 16th. Our troops, under General Charles LaJeunesse, beat them off after 12 hours' fighting;. The enemy, in their flight, left on the field 17 ammunition boxes, 200 shells, (the French word is "capsules;" per haps it means 200 percussion caps), 12 flags and 2 drums. Prud'hnmme Lecorps, commander of the district of tbe Limbe, and Cameus Vatae, ex-Superintendent of the arsenal there, fell victims to their rashness. Two letter books belonging to the insurgents fell into our hands. Alfred William, one of the pretended ministers of Hippolyte. escaped in his shirt, but his cocked hat and his sword are in the hands of our brave soldiers. On the 21st the volunteers of Cape Haytien and Gonaives, with fellows named Beaubrun Gautier and Dulc Candy at their head, were attacked and beaten at Desdunes bv our brave trooiis. commanded "by the intrepid Generals bardinac and Negrette. Beaubrun Gautier and Drlc Candy were killed. Erarice Larcand Blanc were made prisoners. Fifty boxes of cartridges and a flag of the National Guard Of Gonaires were captured, r- A postscript says:. The map named Alfred William, Minister of the Derisory Government (joke for provisory), of Cape Haytien,abandoned by the rebel bands, who thought Jt would be an easy matter to re take La Marmelade, has fallen into tbe hands of the defenders of order. He has been depos ited .in the prisons of Port-au-Prince. Mr. Preston, tbe younger, and Mr. Do Contreras arrived this morning.by tbe Alio to inform the Government of the maneuvers of its enemies in New York, who are working under tbe open protection of JI. Julia, Consul of the Domini can Republic Le Moniteur also annonnces that Minister Preston telegraphs that England as well as France has recognized Legitime's Govern ment. .It contains a circular from Legitime to his generals, warning them to prevent marauding by their troops, even upon the property of the enemy, and an order of the day breathing expectation of victory and decreeing a medal of honor , to General An selme Prophete, of the North, lor taking up arms for Legitime. A BUTCHERY IN HAITI. Iiegltlme'a Forces Capture a CItr and Pnt the Prisoners to Dcnth. New Yobk, March 10. The steamer Coban arrived in this port to-day, bringing news of a bloody battle between Legitime's and Hippolyte's forces and a massacre by the victors. Legitime's army began the attack on the outposts early in February. They were repulsed several times, bnt finally succeeded in carryine them, and a few days later were masters of the city. Legitime's men were so elated over their success that they immediately commenced to pillage the town. The soldiers rushed at the prisoners, shooting and slabbing them right and left. The, prisoners begged hard and piteously for mercy, bnt their cries were laughed at, and the killing went on, quarter being allowed to none. A MINISTEE IS MISSING. He Was Only Installed Last Wedncsdnr, and Has Probably Suicided. Boston, March 10. Eev. C. H. Smith, formerly of Bochester, Minn., was installed pastor of the Congregational Church, Dor chester, last Wednesday. At the service this morning, where he was to deliver hiB initiatory sermon, a" deacon of tne church announced that Mr. Smith had not been seen since Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock; and that a hat, which had his name marked on it, was picked up near the bank of the Charles river, in the vincinity of the Massa chusetts General Hospital. His friends think that, in a state of tem porary insanity, he either committed sui cide or wandered away among strangers. HE LICKED THE MANAGES. Comedian 'Francis Wilson Discharged, Tint Steadfastly Refnsea to Go. rSPECXU. TXLEGRAM TO THEDISrjLTCB.1 New Yobk, March 10. Mr. Eudolph Aronson has summarily dismissed from his emplovMr. -Francis Wilson, the leading comedian of one of the "Nadjy" compa nies." The former claims that the latter has been guilty of insubordination iu licking the company's manager at Chicago and 'at other times and places. Wilson has formal ly reported for duty.refuses to be discharged and will sue on his Contract. SEEKING NEW HOMES. A Jjarce Increase In European Emigration to Canada. ' Ottawa, Ont., March 10. The report ot Sir Charles Tnpper, Hig'h Commissioner for Canada in England, has-been published. Emigration to Canada last year reached 49,168, against 44,400 in 1887. Last year's emigration is composed ns follows: En glish, 26,789; Scotch, 5,354; Irish, 5,791; for cigners, 14,234. Sir Charles, thinks that abandonment of the policy of assisted passages will not cur tail the movement to Canada. '--: : .' .A- , . -. . ,. f J . PITTSBURG,, MONDAY, A DOLLAR AS OFFICE Is the Figure One Senator Was 0f fnfnA Kit n Ifnn Wliv 'IVonfflil f n i 1CICU vj J"u ii uu IIU,UI.Si v BE A CROSS-ROADS POSTMASTER. The State Legislators are Overburdened With. Petitions and APPEALS OF EYEET DESCRIPTION. One Member Has Heard From a Score of Appli cants for Each Office. The members of the Legislature are being overwhelmed by applications from office seekers who want their petitions signed and the general influence of the statesmen. One Representative has received letters from 20 persons for each office, in his district. The mail matter of the, entire body is greatly increased. Ono earnest seeker inclosed a dollar bill with his plea. (SPECIAL TKLEORA1I TO TH2 SISPATCH.1 Hakkisbtjeo, March 10. !'It seems to me," remarked Hon. Henry Hall, ot Mer cer, the other day, "that all I have done to day is look over petitions for office and sign such as I cared to. They're thicker than requests for bird books." That is what all the Bepublican members of the House and Senate may. truthfully say now at any time. Candidates were early in the field and the influence of legislators was sought from the start. The new members at first felt some pleasure in the novel ex perience. Now they are heartily sick of it. Their mail has steadily swelled and keeps on swelling until the business of the two legislative postoffices is something to be proud of, from a postmaster's standpoint. The bulk of tbe letters and petitions are, of course, from men who want fourth-class postoffices, and candidates seem to be out hot-footed all orer the State for them. ALL BEPKESENXED. "Every cross roads in my county," said Eepresentative Lytle, of Huntingdon, "has its candidates for a fourth class postoffice. I don't see why they should bother members of the Legislature. "We cannot get them tbe offices, and it places a man in the, very delicate position of choosing between friends. I presume the best way is to ex plain the delicacy of the matter to them and decline to interiere. "The desire for spring eternal in public office-seems to4foarrrarDse !H th? advancement of some the average American I"1?" fr.om relatives pi your wife?" feff. of Fayette. "All I,, ?o, sir; I travel for pleasure, mi goto breast," said Dr. Neff, of Fayette, through my district people want omce, ana; n u -i : .. r i u ii ti through my district people want office, and 31 amonnts to Tvrn H,.m ,.., WnV tfcnt when they get an office they can attend to their own business also, but they will find, . .-, . .wv, . . like everyone else, if their present desires are gratified, that the demand on their time will prevent this. The craving for official distinction is morbid. For one little office we controlled in Fayette, we had 13 appli cations two years'ago, and the salary was only $100 a year. The position was super visor of the national pike which, rnns through Fayette," xounty. A very "funny thing about it, too, was that when . I "took some petitions to-theGarernor he 'told 'tee he had. received a" number himself our the same subject before leaving Belleionte." a scobs "fob each. "There are 20 candidates for every fourth class postoffice," said. Representative Bur dick, of McKean connty. "All the old men want to go back, and there, are plenty; of others who think, the old fellows have had all they deserved, 'and should stand aside for some one else. This is also true of the higher offices." "There is a wild scramble all over the country," said Eepresentative Brown, of Lawrence. "It wouldn'fbe so, of course, if it had been simply a change of administra , tion, without a change of its political com plexion at tbe same time. I think it better lor members of the Legislature not to en tangle themselves in these local contests, inasmuch as it is the Congressman and not the member of the Legislature whose influ ence counts at Washington. I am afraid the Congressmen have a hard time before them." Congressman-elect Townsend stopped here yesterday on his way from Beaver county to Washington. He said he doesn't con sider it a bother to look after offices for bis peoDle. He looks on it as' a part of his busi ness, and is only sorry that he' can't please everyone. THEIB ONLY BEGBET. This, of course, is a source .of regret to all Congressmen and Congressmen-elect, and many of them may find it a serious embar rassment in their next campaign. Congressman-elect Bay, whose district has enough local factional fights to supply several dis tricts with material for discontent, was here just before the inauguration on his way to Washington, and looked worried. He is making a conscientious effort to straighten things out and restore harmony in his district, but it is uphill work.. Had Cleveland been elected the task would have been easier, but with all the offices in sight, and a number of determined aspirants for each oi them, all with a backing ot more or less determined friends, the task is not an enviable one. Of course a Congressman may always have before him the thought that the more difficult -the task the greater the glory in case of success. One Senator last week received a letter from an aspirant for a fourth-class post office, who inclosed a dollar, probably in payment for the Senatorial influence. A EEVENDE BILL E0W. The Opposition "Will Slake a Big FIffht Asninst tbe Measure. ITBOKA STATF COKItESPONDIXT.l Habbisbubg, March 10. A formidable movement is growing Up against the gen eral revenue bill, and it will probably be fought hare! on the floor of the House. The weight of the Governor is thrown Fnto the scale in favor' of the bill, and he is de termined to see it' through if possible. Hon. Henry Hall is fortifying himself with facts and figures, preparing to make a hard fight for the measure. It is safe' to say that manufacturing cor porations will be exempt from taxation, with the result that the Governor's veto ax will fall on some ot the appropriations as an offset to the deficit thereby caused in the revenues. This is a prospect" that frightens some of the opposition to the measure. , . Denver Talks to the Y. ST. C. A. frnOM A STATT COBBIRFONBEItT.l Habbisbubg, March 10. From pit to the topmost gallery, the Opera House was crowded to-night Members ot the local Yonng "Men's Christian Association occu pied the stage, the occasion being the thirty-fourth anniversary of the local or ganization. The speakers 'were Major Gen eral Howard, U. S. A., and. Governor Beaver. (limb BIcGnrrey ttcrionslr III. FKOM A STATT CORRESPONDENT. HABBisBTjBG, March 10, Mr. Hugh McGarvey, a member .of the Knights of Labor Legislative Committee, was taken men who seek'.ng officemen, "wby' ZWPW attending strictly to their personal ana ?' If"KX'I?7""', 11' private business, can make ten times as hite teeth, asserting that hewasinafflu much as the salaries of the offices they want ,iri !.. i , , MARCH 11, 1889. seriously ill last night with Harrisbnrg malaria. Mr. McGarvey is. from Carbon, county, . MARLAND'S SECOND CHANCE. He Will Have a Hearing on Ills Factory Education Bill. (from; a .staff CORRESPONDENT.! Habbisbubg, March 10. Hon. Alfred tMarland will be given a hearing ou Tues day on his factory education mil Dytne Education Committee. The sub-committee of .the Appropriations Committee onEduca tional Appropriations doesn't see its way clear to recommend $2,000,000 for the public schools for each of the next two years, but will, it is stated, recommend not less than Sl.BOO.OOO per year. The greatest sum is asked by the Education Committee. MOHTEBCOLFS MONEY. The Aliened Count Says He Travels far Fan, Not In Search of Fnnds Ilia Castlo Now Located Near Naples. ISrECIAL TELEQBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. New Yobk, March 10. -In addressing Di Montercoli, in Italian, a reporter this afternoon took the bull by the horns by asking whether it was true that he, instead of being the real Count Di Montercoli, was simply that gentleman's head gardener. "Oh, I only laugh at that story," replied the count, parting his lips to a forced smile. "Docs'nt it concern you at all to be put down as an imposter?" "Not in theleast: Ithmkit's veryfunny," was his retort. "And where did you say your castle is located?" "At'Ciechi, about 12 miles from Naples," asserted Di Qlontercoli, as he nervously knocked the ashes off his cigarette. "The Countess, if you please, where is she?" continued the reporter. "At Ciechi. She resides at my castle." "You're sure of that" "Well, it's 40 days since I left her, but I believe she is there'waiting for my return," declared the Italian, with increased un easiness of manner. "Why did you leave her?" "I wouldn't like to talk .about that" hesitatingly "well, there was some family disagreement." . "Was it money matters?" The Count assumed a disdainful look as he replied: "She's poor; quite poor." "How about yourself. Are you rich?" persisted the scribe. He shrugged his shoulders. "Well, state your object" in evading the question. I don't want to know the exact amount to the dollar, but have you an estate or any independent for tune?'' "So far I haven't," acknowledged Di Montercoli. "My father has control oi ojhr .family estate." r "Did von not come back to this conntrv Spain, France, South America, or just Kit.' f ,T . V t c ' ii iKhereverl think I can find eniovment." ' uw m"m$ uuuuv my who s mieu- ft1 goon e stage," he went on. "She Enever told me, p "Would you obiecttosucb, a course on her fpart?" .u, a mvu v va. c nuak Due uuca. .' "Ah, it is then true that you don't love her anymore?" queried the reporter. "Love her any more?" repeated the Count, startled at the, directness of the question. "Please. excuse me on that point." During this cross-examination the noble man had gradually lost every ves tige of hauteur, and when he ;,was finally asked to produce his, passport to prove, "his. identity--as Count .. Dia . Montercoli, the. request was speedily obeyed. Taking out a" white, red. and blue silk-quilted pocketbook he handed The Dispatch man a folded paper for examination. "There is the signature of the Minister of of Foreign Affairs," he added. "You see it is all right." .He wished to withdraw the passport, but the reporter took occasion first to read the description of Count Di Monter coli, as appears on the official document. It reads: Twenty-nine years of age; height, 1 metre 63 centimetres; has chestnut brown mustache; eyes, brown. The Count. Di Montercoli who faced The Dispatch man had jet black hair and mustache. His eyes, too, are sparkling black. Eetnrning the precious passport to the painfully-nervous Count, the scribe bade him "Grazia tanto. Buona Sera, Signor." ' MRS. GEBHARDT AT LAST. Sirs. Iianctrr and Freddie- Said to Have Slnrrled Nearly a Week Ago. IBFECIAt, TELEOKAM TO TBI DISPATOH.l New York, March 10. It was rumored to-day that Mrs. Langtry and" Freddie Geb hardt were quietly married last Tuesday. The story has it that a California court had granted the actress a divorce .Monday, and that the wedding took place as soon as the telegraph announced the fact. A DispAtch reporter who called upon the ladv discovered a wedding ring on her finger, bnt could tret no acknowledgment of the truth of the story. Neither would she deny it Air. (iebhardt was equally non-committal and eanallv. reluctant to denv uoint blank that the story was true. It appears that Mrs. Langtry's csachman told the story in the first "place, and he wouldn't deny that he had done so when approached. There appears to ie every in dication that the couple were married as the rumor indicated. HE L0TED THE "WIDOW. Rev. Sidney Wilbur, of Suspension Bridge, Unfrocked by Bishop Coxe. tSPXCIAL TELEGRAH TO TnE DISFATCH.J Buffalo, March 10. A sensation has been created in religious circles by the un frocking of Eev. Sidney Wilbur, rector of the Church of Epiphany at Suspension Bridge. He was tried by an ecclesiastical court and convicted of immoral conduct, and the formal sentence was pronounced painfully by Episcopal Bishop Coxe at the Lenten service yesterday at Trinity Church. Previous to "accepting the call he be longed to the Diocese ot California, and for. some time filled the pnlpit before he as sumed fnll charge. During his pastorate he met Mrs. Mary M. Colt, a widow, fat, fair and 40, who had considerable property. Between them an attachment sprang up. The good people of tbe town were quiet ob servers and many were the comments made. Ultimately, Mr. Wilbur was forced to re sign. He married Mrs. Colt in New York on June 24. 1886, having obtained a divorce ior nis ualltorma wile. AN EEL AND AN 0EGAN. The Mysterious Interruption of a BInstcnl Church Service. tSFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THX DISFATCn.l Middletown. N. Y., March 10. There was a hitch In the elaborate pre-Lenten services at Christ Episcopal Church, Bing hamton, last Snnday. While the ornate musical programme ' specially selected for the occasion was under way, the big organ was suddenly-struck motionless and dumb. The residue of the morning service was necessarily clipped, and halting. Alter service an investigation showed that the stoppage was due to a strange cause. lae organ bellows is driven by a water motor, supplied froni the city water works. An eel, pumped up from the depths of the Susquehanna .river, had got stuck In the pipe i4hich "supplies the motor, shutting off the current and silencing the swelling tones of the big organ;" " ' ' - - 1 FIGHTfflG PARSON Has His Hands Pull j and Would" HaYe Fared Badly .But for HIS MUSCULAR FATHER-IN-LAW. Art Irate Elder Brotrter of a Newly Married Young Man Attacks Him "WITH A FEIEND AND A BLACKJACK The Croon's farents Objr ct to the Social Standing ot the Bride. Within SG hours after a" Camden preacher, Eev. I. V; Bagley, ,had united a youpg conple in marriage,' an irate elder brother of the groom called with a friend and a blackjack, and a rough-and-tumble fight ensued between the two visitors, the pastor and the letter's muscular father-in-law. The invaders were finally put to flight and one of them arrested. The cause of the as sault was the objection of the eroom's parents to the girl of their son's choice. ISrECTALTZLEOBAH TO TOT DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, March 10. The Bev. I. W Bagley, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church .of Camden, is very glad that he has a stalwart father-in-law, .and that he himself is something of a mnscu lar Christian. When Mr. Bagley on Friday afternoon united in bonds of holy matrimony George S. Moyer, of Boxborough, and Lillian M. Schall, of Manayunk, he little thought that in ess than 36 hours an irate elder brother of the groom would cross his threshold, accompanied by an equally irate friend and a blackjack, to ask for an ex planation, and that it all would end in a roll-over-and-tumble row. That was the way it did end, and as a re sult Mr. Bagley's father-in-law, George Leath-aite, plumber, has a prominently discolored eye and several cuts on the face, Mr. Bagley himself one or two stains, while the angry brother, E. H. Moyer, lies in Camden's City Hall. The friend escaped. The minister hopes to catch him, but the prisoner hopes he will get away. both swore thetwebe of age. It. was in the middle of Friday afternoon that the bride and groom waited on Mr. Bagley. In their sworn affidavit the groom said he was 21 on March 22, 1888. and the bride said she was 21 on May 2, 1888. Mr. Bagley was alone in his study on the second floor of his residence, 108 Broadway, which is also the residence of his father-in-law. At 1 o'clockon Saturday night two young men were ushered upstair. "Did you marry my brother according to this notice?" asked young Mover, showing the printed notice in a Saturday morning newspaper. Mr. Bagley didn't answer, and, as he looked his visitors over, he saw that the brother was a strong, handsome young man, with a dark mustache, about 27 years of age, and that his friend was a year or two younger, and also with a mustache. Mr. Bagley still refused to give any satis factory reply, and young Moyer was angry. He said that he knew the marriage was legal, but that wasn't what he wanted. Mr. Bagley then ordered him from the room. THE BOTV BEGINS IN EABNEST. .Mr.JjeathwaiteJiad.come in by. this time, and was upstairs: Mr. Mdyer followed Mr. Bagley, the.fjend. followed him, and Mr. Leathwaiteicame last. At .the. foot of the stairs Mr. ,Bagley'says Mr. Moyer made a pass to hit him; -but the latter says it was the other way. The father-in-law warded off the blow. The friend, so Mr. Bagley says, took a blackjack from his pocket and struck Mr. Leathwaite on the head, Then Mr. Bagley took a muscular hand. He smote that friend once, he smote him twice, and he. smote him thrice. It was a knock down plow each time. Meanwhile; '.Mr. Leathwaite and Mr. Moyer were "haying it hot on the" floor of the dining room." while the preacher and the friend were going; at it in the parlor. Soon a parlor stand with a portable gas jet on it was upset and broken, and Mr. Bagley left his man to stop the house from catching fire. Thcfnend ran out and got away. Mr. Moyer also ran out, but Mr. Leath waite Phased him. A crowd had gathered, and eight or ten men gave chase and cap tured the fleeing man. aiOTEK ESCAPED LUCKILY. Mr. Bagley said to-night that it was lucky for Mr.'Moyer that the citizens joined in it, for if they hadn't Mr". Moyer might havejeceived injuries that might have re sulted in the gravest wav, for Mr. Leath waite was furiously mad, and he is said to be-one of the most " muscnlar men in South ern New Jersey. An officer came up, and the scene ad journed to the City Hall, where Mr. Bagley and Mr. Leathwaite preferred charges of aggravated assault against the prisoner. Chief Dodd was also given the name of the man who- escaped, and who lives in this city, and he told Mr. Bagley that he ex pected to arrest him to-night. A hearing will be grauted to-morrow morning. Mr. Bagley has been for eight years one of Camden's famons marrying preachers. The prisoner is a bookkeeper and so is his father. The objection to the marriage on the part of the groom's family is said to be social inequality. The bride is said to be a mill girl of Manayunk. STEEAMS OP CALLERS At tho Brooklyn Residence of Secretary Tracy, Rccardless of the Snbbatb. ISrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TnE niSPATCH.l Nevt Yobk, March 10. Although.Secre tary of the Navy Tracy didn't arrive from Washington at his Brooklyn residence on Saturday night until 1030 o'clock, visitors were still awaiting him, and others con tinued to call until after midnight. Even before he got through with breakfast this morning more, than a dozen of his personal and political friends were waiting in the parlor to salute him. He did not attend the Plymouth Church to-day, as he usually does. Streams of callers continued all-day and long intothe evening. They included Democrats, Republicans and Mngwnmps! Patronage hunters found the General an excellent listener, but he gave them to un derstand that nothing would be done in the way of appointments until after his return to Washington. " To-morrow the Secretary will spend several hours athis office in the Garfield building arranging his law business, and ho will return to Washington in the evening. He will not move his family to Washing ton until the fall. He will meet a commit tee from the Hamilton Clnb and also from the Brooklyn Club before his departure to morrow to arrange dates for the dinner and reception which are to be given him. He will not visit the navy yard until he gets batik from Washington. SAIS HE IS INilOCENT. The Alleged Boy Slurdcrer Enters a Plea of NotjGuilty. New Yobk, March 10. William, Kru lish, the boy charged with the murder of the drug clerk, Guenther Wechrnng, was arraigned to-day and pleaded not guilty, and was committed to await the action of the grand jury. BLACK AND. WHITE. The Color Lino Is pram by District of Colombia Foundling Hospitnls 9everal Ingenious Wqys of Evading the Direct Issne. Washington, March 10. The reply of the Commissioners of the District of Colum bia to Senator Edmunds' resolution, last month, asking them to' furnish any infor mation in their possession concerning the exclusion of persons from any of the charita ble institutions in the District on account of "race, color or previous condition of servitude," has been received. Many, if not all these Institutions, receive aid from Congress, which was one reason why the in quiry was made. In order" to reach an intelligent-understanding, the Commissioners sent a circular to each of the charitable in stitutions of the District, containing a copy of the Senate resolution, and asking for the policy of the managers on the subject, and theiranswers accompany the Commissioners' response. The replies show, in a great ma jority of case's, that no discrimination is made, but several are either not so clear, or admit that colored applicants are not ad mitted. The Secretary of the German Orphan Asylum writes to the Commissioners that there is nothing in tbe constitution or regu lations of the instution concerning exclu sion on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Sister Clara, of St. Bosse's Industial Schoblr We never had'a colored applicant, therefore none have been refused; but should they apply we would not feel bound -to receive tbem, not being a regular public institution, and not hav ing the apartments to receive them. It wonld not be supposed we could mix them with our young girls, Who are mostly orphans from good families. Mrs. J. Curtiss Smith, Secretary of the Board of tbe Washington Hospital for Foundlings, in he? letter says: I have to say that this institution ha3 never refused the admission of any foundling on ac count of race or color. Several applications tor the admission of alleged colored foundlings have been made, but upon investigation of tbe cases by the Executive Committee, they were rejected as ineligible under our rule applica ble to all admissions, whether white or black. We have to employ a number of wet nurses for the nursing children, and while we may regret the fact that any race prejudice should exist, yet we are compelled to recognize it as a fact, and it is apparent that tbe necessary help could not be bad if it should be attempted to keep white and colored children in the same wards. Sister Mary Vincent, of St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, writes: "This institution is for the white children." St. Ann's Infant Asylum, says Sister Agnes, "receives infants and children from the pnblic authorities without distinction, but to receive all who present themselves at our door, particularly colored, would be an utter impossibility'." The Sisters of the Good Shepherd write: No one has ever been refused admittance Into our institution. Colored children have not been received, though in some of our larger houses they have a building for them. This is signed "Sisters of the Holy Cross of St. Joseph's Asylum:" Onr asylum is for rdale orphans. None are excluded but colured. We find that white boys cannot be mixed with colored. OFF FOE THE GOLD FIELDS. The Excitement Increasing and Claims Sell ing at Bic Price. SFXCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TBE SISFATCH.l Los Angeles, March 10. Another large delegation of gold "hunters from in and"around here, left for Lower California gold fields yesterday. The excitement is increasing daily, and if the gold reports con tinue the whole peninsula will be overrun in a few days. A special, direct from the Santa Clare Company to-day, says:. The placer mines are ranch richer than was first reported. Two young men with a erode rocker have taken out $85 in two days. Several piacer claims were sold In camp yesterday for 8500 and $ 700 each. Good order prevails, but gambling for gold dust Is the nightly passion, and the Mexican Indians are tbe leaders. Six mining companies have been organized at Ensenada, and stamp and quartz mills will be erected at once. Over 2,000 men have left San Dipgo and vicinity during the past 24 hours. The shops and stores are closing, and every gold pan and shovel has been shipped sonth. TE0UBLE AMONG FAITH HEALEES. One Jersey City Apostle 31nb.es Ugly Charges Against Another. Jebsey City, March 10. A story emanating from Mr. John Elsey, proprietor of the Elsey Memorial Chapel of Faith Curists, was made public yesterday, attack ing the Bev. Eben Bayliss, pastor of the newly organized church of faith healers. It alleged that he had served a term in the Michigan State prison. The accused pas tor officiated at the three services held to day in his church. There was a large attendance at each meeting, it being expected that ho would reply to the allegations. He referred to the charges briefly, saying that they were a combination of falsehoods, and tuat at the proper time he would answer them fully. He intended to remain in the city and would not be driven out by malicious perse cution. THE WALL STREET W1ZAED Is Silenr, bnt Ills Tonr Is Being-Watched With Interest.' St. Louis, March 10. Jay Gould and party arrived in St. Louis to-night. The party comprises Jay Gonld, Samuel Sloan, George J. Gould, H. G. Marhuand, John P. Munn, Miss Helen M. Gonld and maid and Miss McCall, of New York. Mr. Gotiltl will likely remain in St. Louis until Tuesday and "will be. accom panied from, here on his tonr of inspection of the Southwestern system by General Manager Clark and perhaps other officials of the road. George Gonld acted as spokes man for his father and met the army of re porters with the announcement that there might be something to say to-morrow, but not to-night. There was quite a large crowd at Union depot to catch a glimpse ot the Wall street wizard. WE0TE A BOOK AND DIED. A Sensitive Author Blows Oat Ills Brains Because Ills Falls to Sell. I6PECIAL TELEOKA3I TOTHI DISPATCH.: Baltisiobe, March 10. Prof. William H. Devon, the Vice Principal of Bryant, Stratton & Saddler's Business College, blew out his brains last evening in Druid Hill Park, because a book recently published bv him on bookkeeping had failed to take with the public. He was morbidly sensitive and worried over trivial things. Devon. was completely disheartened yes terday afternoon. He. left home and made his wav to the park with a copy of the book under bis arm. That was the last seen of him. When found he was still alive. The pistol ball had gone clear through his head. A NAIL WRECKS A SCHOONER. It Gets Ii tbe Compass Box, and Plays Mis chief With the Vessel. rSrXCIAT. TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH.! Boston, March 10. A ten-pennyjnail in the botiom of the compass box of the schooner John McManus caused the wreck of the vessel on Chatham bar. This little piece of iron had caused a variation in the compass of two and one-half" points, and the Captain found himself stranded on the bar when he supposed. the vessel was eight miles out to sea. Captain O'Brien says the nail must have been put there for the purpose of wrecking the schooner." ' CENTS. J ft& MASSA0FV BY BEDS. ?A' Five Wealthy Frt&nrists, Th'rM T, V fie, juen ana two &ya Were AMBUSHED IN THE ff a,iAL PARK All Were Brutally Murdered, SaTe tlM Guide of the Party; EYES THE SCALPING KNIFE IN PLAT. Surprised in the Early llomln to Escape. With 5o Opportunity Hank Ferry, a half-breed hunter ani trapper, has arrived Canyon City, Wyo. T., with the story of a fiendish Indian massacre. A paty of five wealthy French tourists, tot whom he was guide, was surprised in the 'Yellowstone National Park, and all killed but himself. A .party has left for the scene 'of the bloody deed to rescue the bodies and avenge the crime. By some it is believed to be the work of white outlaws. SPECIAL TZXXQBAU TO TUX DISPATCIT. . Chetenite, Wyo., March 10. A hali breed hunter ard trapper who arrired from the extreme Northwestern quarter of tha Territory to-day brings tidings of a most atrocious massacre of a party of five French, tourists in the Yellowstone National Park. The bearer of the news heard the story at -J Canyon City, a new mining town near tha park, where. Hank Perry, the guide and sole survivor, reported the slaughter of the foreigners. Ferry says his charges included M. La1 Claire and wife, J. Vincent and wife, and Paul Gerot, father of Mme. Vincent. Ha entered the service of the sightseers at Vir. , ginia City, Montana, contracting to show -. ' them through the park in violation of the ' United States statutes. The strangers were j very wealthy, and said they had journeyed overland from San Francisco for the express pnrpose of taking in tbe Wyoming wonder j land during the absence of the horde of ' summer excursionists in the park. 1 AS ES JOTAKLE TIME. The party enjoyed themselves hugely ia i the park, affiliating with the poachers, who j were there slaughtering came for hides. Their camp was always headquarters for tha professional hunters, whom they sunplied ' with luxuries from their extensive larder. A. The guide's story of the murder, which he avers was committed by Indians, is a most ;( graphic recital. Just before dawn one morning most blood curdling yells and a fusillade of shots roused Ferry. He realized the situation, and crawling through the brnsh took refuge in the mouth of a sleeping geyser. He heard the piteons groans and begging of the for eigners, mingled with the yelling of thered ' skins. The latter proceeded with the mur ders, and killed old Gerot just as the sun -: was rising. The slaughter was most brutal. Wound after wound was inflicted before the death shot was given. No body con- v tained less than ten bullets, and tbe remains , of Vincent, who made a desperate struggl" -4 for me, were riddled. The savages passed the morning in further mutilating the bodies and pillaging the outfit. SCALPED THE TVOMEJT, The women were neatlv scalped and" Ion? tresses matted, with-blood tangled from the belts of the chiefs of the Indians. The heads of the men were hacked and tbe bodies frightfully disfigured. The Indians found the store of liquors carried by the French men, but the quantity was not sufficient to intoxicate, or else they would doubtless. have fought among themselves. "V xuc Kiuiucs ui wc viubiuja nc uuuucu uy the fiends, who, as they ran from one wagon to another, wonld halt an instant to give one of the bodies a kick or a gash with a knite. Finally the marauders wearied ot the bloody feast and packing the effects of -the dead people on ponies set fire to the wagons and left Ferry, nearly dead with fright, emerged from his hiding place when the Indians de-. parted, and at once started for Canyon City, the nearest settlement. THE GUIDE'S ESCAPE. He avoided the hunters in the park and must have suffered from hunger and ex posure, as he was weak, emaciated and seemed slightly demented when relating the terrible storv. The guide-was placed in the care of a nhysician, but disappeared the ' second night after the arrival and has not been seen since. It is presumed that he is crazy, and that he started' to the scene of the massacre. Officers at Canyon City have organized a posse to secure the bodies of the murdered people, and, if possible, avenge their deaths. They will proceed with all possible haste, as the place is isolated and wolves are liable to destroy tbe remains before the park police -or hunters stumble on them. Ferry is a tough character, but his story is believed, although some of the miners think the hide hunters, who are mostly out laws, may have murdered the tourists for robbery. THE GDILL0TINE AT WORK. U. S. District Attorney Watts, of West Tin glnln. Asked to Resign. (SPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISF ATCH.l Charleston, W. Va., March 10. C. C. Watts. United States District Attorney for the district of West Virginia, was noti fied by telegraph this morning from Wash ington, that his resignation was desired by the President. Mr. Watts was appointed four years ago by Mr. Cleveland. It is stated the plane is to be given to W. J. W. Cowden.'of Wheeling, Chairman of the Bepublican State Executive Committee. Mr. Watts has been active in procuring in dictments for illegal votingin the State during the past four months, a. large major ity of them being against Bepublicans. AGREED ON A CANDIDATE. The West Virginia Trades Assembly Naraea a State Labor Commissioner. (SPECIAL TEI.IOHASC TO TBI DISPATCH. Wheelin g, March 10. The Trades As sembly has harmonized its differences fa the matter of the selection of a candidate for Labor Commissioner of the State, the office created by the last Legislature. Bichard Bobertson, editor of the Wheeling 2fews-Letter, was nominated. Mr. Bobertson will get the place, unless General Goff succeeds in establishing his claim to tbe Gubernatorial chair, and even, in that event it. is believed the latter would respect the wishes of the laboring men. BIG FIEE IN C0LMBB8. J A Snnday Morning Visitor that Was Host Unwelcome. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THX DISPATCH.! "" Columbus, O., March 10. A fire. broke out on North High street this morning which proved to be the most disastrous of. the season in extent of damage. There were several narrow escapes from death. Will- v iara Bobertson, of Detroit, who slept in oa of the buildings, was taken out unconseiotw.- hnt hn rpvivp1 . ' The entire loss, it is estimated. willuiieiL uc fuuuu uaa luaa 9CV.VW, Wltfi. a&Oat tktfi VIU UA3 iuauicu. -if J ;. - w '. - -i- '. -" '.- 'jaiiv.aELS.C . ... mli ,& , H