MSgM '" " ( L ir" v 'iSwEjr i r A RICH Will be reaped by all who advertise In THE DISPATCH. It reaches every homo and . lis read by HARVEST you are in business let the ulllc Know it through The IISPATCH. PORTY-FOITBTH YEAH. KEiO SURE. The Assassination Mvstery of " Dr. Cronin to be Probed to the Bottom, GREAT CAUTION OBSERVED By the Murdered Man's Friends, to Avoid Giving an Alarm. THE CHICAGO POLICE IMPLICATED. No Arresti Tet Made, bnt a Number of Suiprcts Being Wntcbed The Brother of ihe Victim Identifies tho Remains A Religious Emblem Left on tho Doc tor's Body Indicate the Belief of III. Assassins All Thought of buflocntlon Kow Abandoned Denth Caused by the Blow of n. Sharp Instrnmcnt Postpone ment of the Inquest Until Tuesday. "Why Dr. Cronin was murdered and -who committed the awful crime is more of a mystery than ever. The body found in a catch-basin in Chicago has been positively identified as that of the missing Irish Rationalist, his own brother having seen it and being convinced that there was no mis take. The Chicago police force are not entirely without blame in the affair, there being powerful reasons why several members should hide such a crime if they were cognizant of it. I SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Chicago, May 23. The body of Dr. P. H. Cronin, the Irish Rationalist, lay all day to-day upon a table in the basement of the Lakeview police station. All last night friends of the murdered man entered the dead room, and with scarcely a single ex ception the visitors identified the body as that of the Irish leader. The silky black hair, the teeth, and the scars on the hands corresponded with those of Dr. Cronin. The day pasted without any arrests. Ice dealer Sullivan, however, was watched by Pinkerton detectives. Dr. Cronin had friends who, while they were confident that they knew the identity of the band of con spirators, refused to make threats or utter innuendoes until a thorough and searching investigation could be made. They first de- ) sired to establish the fact that Dr, Cronin I had been murdered. The Animus Made Known "When the body of the Rationalist was carried into the basement of the station house they began their work. The animus of the action of the Irish party, which is jslmost beyond doubt responsible for the esassination, was then made known to the police. The wjfk of ferreting out the actual conspirators is now being pushed. There are three suspects. Two of them are under sur veillance. These men are believed to be so closely associated with the foul murder as to be able to tell all about it. There is another class of suspects. These 3re the leading conspirators who, while they probably took no hand in the actual assassi nation, gave it their indorsement if not their hearty support The party friends of Dr. Cronin have begun their work of in vestigation on a cautious basis. Their ex perience soon after the mysterious disap pearance of Dr. Cronin has satisfied them that the influence which worked to kill the Irish leader Permeated Even the Chicago Police Force. "When the inexplicable absence of Dr. Cronin was first announced the police au thorities put two detectives on the case, who, friends of the dead man have reason to believe, were not desperately anxious to solve the mystery. One of them is a rela tive of one of the suspects. The other is a member of the same faction of the Irish party which is charged with the terrible crime. He is also a member of the commit tee which tried Dr. Cronin for treason. "When the action of the police authorities became known to Dr. Cronin's friends they became alarmed, but manifested an in difference which created no suspicions. "When, bowever, Cronin had been killed, the case was instantly transferred from the hands of the police force to those of the Pinkertons. This agency is now prosecut ing the only intelligent search for the assas sins. That they have damaging evidenee against many of Dr. Cronin's enemies will be developed within the next 48 hours. Origin of the Latest Suspicion. The distrust entertained by Dr. Cronin's friends of the Chicago police force, while warranted by the strange conduct of cer tain officers in the selection of detectives, finds its origin in the ramifications of the Clan-Ra-Gael. The friends prefer to leave the matter with a body of men picked for the purpose, and who are known not to be influenced by politics or sentiment All the Buspects are now being shadowed by Pinkerton men. The fact that the "Agnus Dei," the emblem found fastened with a cord around the naked body of Dr. Cronin, was not de stroyed, is accepted by many as proving al most conclusively that the assassins were of his own religious belief, and that their superstition during the performance of their ghastly work was so overpowering that they were loath to remove the token of identifi cation. The Cantlon of the Murderers. The clothes of the dead man were de stroyed. His jewelry and his case of surgi cal instruments which he carried aw3y with him when he left with the mysterious man on the evening of May 4, are also missing. Rothing remained on the body but the towel nsed in strangulation, and the little heart-shaped agnus dei. It is held that if anybody but one of his own religious belief had murdered Dr. Cronin this symbol would have been destroyed, because it was almost a conclusive means of identification. The manner in which Dr. Cronin was murdered is still a matter of speculation, but friends of the dead man believe that he was lured into a vacant house or room and struck down the instant the outer door was closed upon him. Although of powerful physique and more than an ordinary ath- Jete, it is evident from the condition of the -- body that the victim had no time to defend everybody. If himself. The fltsh on his hands is not bruised or scarified. The man Must Have Died Without a Struggle. Decomposition advanced with such terri ble swiftness after the body was placed on the table in the basement of the station house that identification was almost impos sible this morning. Early in the day John J. Cronin, of Bradford, Kansas, entered the dead room and positively identified the remains as those of his brother. He was deeply af fected and cried bitterly as he accompanied the officer up the stairs. The body was also identified by Dentist Shay, who is positive he made the plate on the false teeth found in the mouth of the corpse. The inqnest was to have been held in the afternoon, but it was postponed until next Tuesday morning, pending the action of several secret conferences which will be held before that day, and the accumulation of some much-needed evidence. A Post Mortem Held. The jurors looked at the body and were then dismissed. Subsequently Drs. Todd, Egbert and Miles held a post mortem ex amination. Their work consumed the greater part of the afternoon. They refused to give the result of their examination. During the autopsy the .crowd in front of the station house was so great that police men were detailed to keep the sidewalks clear. At 5 o'clock the body, wrapped in sheets, was transferred from the morgue to the wagon, and five minutes later it was on its way to Byrne & Carroll's undertaking rooms on .East Chicago street. Big, ruddy -faced Bosch, who found Dr. Cronin's remains in the catch-basin and who remained at the station house all after noon, was told that at a secret conference of the dead man's friends it had been agreed to pay him 52,000 for his discovery. Dr. Todd said to-night that the sknll of the dead man was cnt open and the brain removed. After the scalp had been taken off the physicians discovered that the bones composing the skull had scarcely been marked by the blows of the sharp instru ment which probably caused the doctor's death. No Sign ot Strangulation. There was no sign of congestion about the brain, but the lungs and pulmonary cavity were filled with blood. Dr. Todd says this might have resulted from the fact that Cronin's body was placed head downward in the catch-basin. A cut one-half inch deep was found upon the neck, and several bruises upon the lower limbs. The theory that Dr. Cronin was choked to death was exploded. The doctors found no signs of suffocation. The passage through the windpipe was unobstructed. Dr. Todd declares that both he and his colleagues were surprised at the fact that there was no fracture of the skull bones or small bones about the face. Even the inner table of the skull was intact Dr. Todd is of the opinion that the cuts in Cronin's scalp must have been made with a knife or some lighter weapon than an ice pick or a hatchet, but he cannot account for the cause of death except from the contu sions resulting from severe blows. Slay Have Been Killed by a Blow. The rest of the doctors were of the opin ion that Cronin might have been killed by the blow at the outer corner of the left eye. Even this blow was not hard enough to fracture or splinter the bone. Frank Black, alias "Woodruff, was in dicted by the grand jury to-day for larceny as bailee, in trying to sell the horse he hired pf liveryman Charles Dean, the circum stance which first implicated Black in the Cronin mystery. "Woodruff was very much disappointed that the detectives did not accept his offer to go out with them and work on the Cronin murder case. He spent a lonesome day in jail. A reporter to-ntght discovered another bloody towel and a human finger farther in the catch basin where Dr. Cronin was found. It is believed that another murder was com mitted. NEW YORK IRISHMEN TALK. They Are Anxious to Have tho Murderers of Cronin Hunted Down. SPECIAL TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH. REW Yoke, May 23. Edward L. Carey said to-day that he was not able to say whether or not Dr. Cronin had been removed by men who were opponents of his in Irish societies. He did not believe that any one could be so blind as to believe Dr. Cronin an enemv of Ireland. Edward .T. Ttnwo who was believed to be a sympathizer of the Sullivan side in the faction fight in the Clan-na-Gael in 1885, said to-day that he hoped that the men who had murdered Dr. Cronin would all be captured and hanged. Personally he did not know Dr. Cronin, and had been inclined to believe that Dr. Cronin would turn up all right. He added that there had been too manv cases where Irishmen had resorted to violence against men who did not believe as they did upon Irish questions. He believed "that Irish men who had the welfare of their country at heart would struggle to root out all such men. He, though poor himself, would give $100 toward the prosecution of them. HADE MILLIONS WITHOUT TRYING. A Tacoma Man Abandons Property Which Eventually Makes Htm a Millionaire. ISrECIALTZLEGBAM TOTHE DUPATpB. TACOMA, "WASH. T., May 23. Twenty or thirty years ago Bobert Shields, then a com paratively young man, acquired a homestead on the bank of the Missouri river, on the site where the city of Omaha now stands. After perfecting his title he left for Califor nia with his wife and family, and there acquired a considerable amountof property. Some 12 years ago he quarreled with his family, and left his Calilornia property in the hands oTan agent, whohas since collected the rents and paid one-half over to the fami ly and deposited the remainder in the bank to the credit of Shields. The latter moved to Puget Sound, and has for some years been working as a day laborer in Pngallup, eight miles from here. After he left for California the Omaha Town Site Company jumped Shields' claim and included it in the land it sold. Shields commenced suit against the company 16 years ago, and the case has been in the courts ever since. He has received word that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided the case in his favor, and that the damages have been assessed at $22,000,- uuu. Shields has sent his brother, who is a State Senator of Nebraska, a power of at torney, with instructions to go ahead with the enforcement of the judgment obtained. He secured a letter a few days ago from his California agent asking him for instrnction as to the investment of his rents from his California property, which had accumulated to between $20,000 and $30,000. Shields is a man of 58 or CO years, and has many friends throughout this country. j United Presbyterians for Prohibition (SPECIAL TSLEGKAX TO TBI DISrATCAM Springfield, O., May 2oyAt to night's sessiop of the IT. P. General Assem bly a resolution was unanimously adopted favoring the Constitutionalamendment in Pennsylvania. The preamble and resolu tions are to be read in all tte Pennsylvania V. P. churches either Jute 9 or 16. t&p THE BISHOP INQUEST. No Testimony Tet Adduced That Clears Up the Mystery of the Mind-Render's Death Tho Search of His Clothes and Its Result. rSFKCIAL TELEOBAX TO THE DISFATCH.l New Yobk, May 23. It was a hetero geneous assembly that filled room 19 in the City Hall, this afternoon, when Coroner Levy was conducting an inquest into the causes of death of the mind reader, W. Irving Bishop. George Francis Train, wearing his usual big bouquet, sat with the lawyers and spent his time writing verses about the "murder of.Bishop." There were two doctors on the jury. Coroner Levy told the jury that Bishop's relatives declared that he was alive when the first autopsy was begun, and moreover, that no permission had been given to the doctors to make a post mortem examination. Mr. Cockran objected, on the part of Dr. Irwin, to the Jury considering anything bnt the cause of death. Anybody else, he said, was beyond the coroner's jurisdiction. Coro ner Levy said that it would probably be brought out Incidentally, whether permis sion tor an autopsy had been granted. Milton Lackeye, who is now playing at the Madison Square Theater, testified that Bishop seemed ill for afewminutes after the first exhibition, and then attempted a more difficult test, after which Bishop was much excited, and in a few moments fell over, ex hausted. His first symptoms seemed to be those of nervous exhaustion, and then he be came rigid. Dr. Irwin hastened to his side at once, and said that the stiffness of his arms was cataleptic. Bishop was taken up stairs about 1 o'clock Monday morning. Clay M Green, Secretary of the Lambs' Club, was asked: "Did you hear of any search made in Bishop's clothes?" "I did. There was no paper found giving his mother's address and advice to his doc tors, as has been described, however." "Did you hear that Dr. Irwin had taken a paper from Bishop's clothes?" "I was told so by Lonis Aldrich,I think," said Mr. Green." Mr. Aldnch, however, stated that this paper was not the letter de scribed, but a memorandum which several gentlemen present saw, and which, being of no importance, was destroyed. The inquest will be continued at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. ONLY A LINK IN THE CHAIN, A Cocoannt Leads to the Arrest offxlvo Negro Murderers. tSrXCIAt. TELEGRAMTO THE DI8PATCB.1 BnraiNGHAsi, Ala., May 23. During the trial of Gilbert Lowe for murder to-day the testimony of Ben Elzey disclosed the fact that the superstition of five negro mur derers was largely instrumental in the iden tification of their victim and their arrest One night last January Ben Elzey, Law rence Johnson, Joe Malachi, Gilbert Lowe and Henry Joe, all negroes, found J. "W. Meadows, awhile man, drunk on the streets. They learned he had about $100 in money in his pocket, and they took him out on Bed Mountain, where they robbed and mur dered him. Meadows had a cocoannt in his hand when murdered. One of the ne groes picked it up and was going to eat it, so Elzey testified to-day, but the others told him if he ate the frnit the ghost of the dead man would haunt him. This frightened him and he left the cocoanut laying by the body. It was six weeks before the body was fonnd, and then it was little more than a skeleton, and conld not be identified. The shell of the cocoannt was still lying by the body. A frnit dealer hearing of this, re membered selling a cocoanut to a drunken man, who went away from his place in com pany with five negroes. This was the first and one of the most important links in the chain of evidence which led to the identifi cation of the body and the arrest of the mur derers. HEB L0TE STE0NGEE THAN ALL. A Runawnay Girl Who Couldn't be Made to Give Up Her Lover. ISPICIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yobk, May 23. Bertha Harteck, the daughter of one of the best known cap tains in the coast steamship service, was ar rested in Jersey City to-day on complaint of her mother, who says she is in love with Edward O'Hara, of "West Ryack, and that she ran away from home because he was not allowed to call on her there. O'Hara is 26 years old. He met Miss Harteck at a pic nic. Mrs. Harteck didn't like him, and wouldn't permit him to call on her daugh ter. Last Monday the girl ran away and Mrs. Harteck says she fonnd her with O'Hara. She made a complaint before Jus tice Bougot and Miss Bertha was arrested. O'Hara was not found. "When arraigned before the justice, the girl was told that she would be discharged if she would promise her mother not to see O'Hara again. She said she would rather be locked np than promise that. Her mother pleaded with her with tears in her eyes, bnt without success, and the justice sent her to the county jail on a charge of insubordination to her parents and dis orderly conduct She refused to see any body after she was locked up. Her parents live in Lafayette. A NOTED GAMBLER'S PATE. He Is Found In n Dying Condition With Some 81,400 Missing. Ashland, "Wis., May 23. The authori ties have been engaged all day in endeavor ing to solve a mystery which will in all likelihood develop into a cold-blooded mur der. About 6 o'clock this morning a po liceman found the insensible body of Charles Harris, a gambler and all around character, in a Bay City saloon. Harris was removed to one of the city hospitals and is now in n dying condition. His friends say that he had $1,400 on his person, and when the man was found it was all gone. Harris was evidently struck with a siuug snot, xnere is a snaaow oi mystery all over the case, and the authorities are" having a hard time making any headway. HOW THEI WEKE DUPED. The Trial of the Electric Sugar Refining Swindlers Commenced. Rew Yoek, May 23. The trial of "Will iam E. Howard, of electric sugar refining notoriety, was begun in the Court of Gen eral Sessions to-day. The first witness was President Cotterill, fit the Refining Com pany, whose examination brought out the story of -the greatsugar swindle. The Presi dent's story of hoyf the credulous investors were duped brought a smile even to the face of the Recorder. He described how the interested parties were allowed to look at the refining ap paratus without touching anything, and were then osked to step outside till the result of an expriment should be shown them. They say the machinery and the result, but they did'not witness the process. The case goes on; to-morrow. J DWEEFUL AND PAST CEDISEES Expected to be Built to Join the Fleet With the New Yorktown. "Washington, May 23. The Ravy De partment has completed and will soon issue advertisements calling for proposals for the constructiox of three new cruisers, slightly larger than the Yorktown, and of 2.0QO tons bnrden. The limit of cost fixed in the apnropria priation act is $750,000 for each vessel. As they will be longer than the Yorktown, it is expected. that they will be more powerful and faster. PBmts Bi&aftt) . PITTSBUEG. PE1DAT, MAT 24, 1889. NOT MUCH OF A MAN Does a President Have to be in Order to Do the .Filibuster Act and BLOCK EVERYBODY ELSE'S GAME. Harrison Allows Another Day to Pass Without Appointments. QUAY TURNS HIM 0TEE TO BATNE, And Leares Washington Wilhont" Word as to Bit Success or Failure. Senator Quay has'left "Washington, either in disgust at not obtaining what he de manded at tho President's hands or satisfied, to leave to his lieutenant, Colonel Bayne, their mutual interests. Ro appointments were madeyesterday by the President to appease the hungry crowd. A large num ber of visitors called, prominent among whom was Eev. T. De "Witt Talmage, who came away delighted with his Presbyterian brother. John Jarrett, J. T. "Wilson and "Wilson King represented Pittsburg. (SPECIAL TELEOBAH TO THE DISPATCH.! "Washington, May 23. Senator Quay is evidently satisfied with the promise ha has got, or satisfied that he has tot all he can get at present, as he left for home this morn ing. Possibly for the reason that Colonel Bayne appeared upon the scene of action last evening, the Senator felt that he could safe ly leave the field to so able a commander of his own faction. Previous to the Senator's departure the two gentlemen held a confer ence at Chamberlain's, and it is to be pre sumed there was a thorough understanding as to what has been done dnring Colonel Bayne's absence in another portion of the political vineyard, as well as to what yet re mains to be accomplished. Rotwithstanding the positive statement yesterday that the commissions of Holliday for Commissioner of Customs, Gilkeson for Second Controller, and Martin for Collector of Internal Bevenue at Philadelphia, had been made .out and would have the Presi dent's signature to-day, there seems to have been A LITTLE HITCH SOMEWHERE. Possibly the President was so fatigued by the volnme of the demand of such great managers as Qnay and Piatt for two succes sive days that he concluded to take a day off after the departure of those gentlemen. I At any rate, neither the .Pennsylvania nor any other appointments made their appear ance, and again there is a loud outcry against the filibustering tactics of the Presi dent. He is compared to the one man of the House of Representatives, who may not be mnch of a fellow himself, but whohas the power, under the rules, to block the game of all the other fellows. To-day it is again promised the appoint ment machine will begin to grind ont a new grist to-morrow, and to-morrow possibly a similar promise for Saturday will be all the performance. The great politicians were conspicuons by their absence from among the throng of callers at the "White House to-day, such figures as Quay and Piatt having left the city, and the field presented a .more favor able aspect for the Smaller fry .'and for citi zens not professionally political. TALMAGE PBAISES HABBISON. The agile form of Rev. T. De"Witt Tal mage was about the most notable of the day, and the doctor professed himself greatly pleased with President Harrison. "I am sure he is a man after my own big Presbv- terian heart," said the doctor to there porters. "He may have to knock ont some Democratic Presbyterian occasionally, but I suppose among those who supply the vacancies our church will be cared for in the natural course of appointments. I think Harrison Is a good, pure, careful, thoroughly conscientious man, who will come as near doing his duty to his whole country as a party man can, and that with out any regard to the contest of 1892. Ro, thank you, I am not after any office. I am minister to Brooklyn already, vou know." And the abnormally active spiritual gen eral marched away down the walk at a double quick. His son was with him, and they were favored by being taken into the domestic end. of the white House to see the ladies and the babies. Senator Hiscock was the only caller who could be dabbed a political boss. He marshaled a dozen or so of .Brooklyn poli ticians in great style who wanted to berate the President in a friendly way for his lail ure to cut off the nn worthy heads of Brook lyn Democratic office holders. SOME OP THE OTHEE CALLERS. Big ej-Congressman Finnerty.of Chicago, who flopped to the Republicans, was an other visitor,and with him was little Patrick Egan, Minister to Chili, who said' good-by preparatory1 to taking the train for Rew York, whence he will shortly sail for his new post of duty. Nearly a score of ladies and gentlemen from Buffalo got into the library just to shake hands with the Presi dent They had been at Gettysburg to dedi cate a monument to "Wiedrich's Battery, which played a great part in the battle. Another large delegation was from Fred ericksburg, Va., including nearly all the officials and prominent citizens, regardless of party. They pleaded eloquently that the President would grace their county fair with his presence. Probably the most welcome visitor of all was Hon. Charles P. Griffin, Secretary of State for Indiana, who was elected on the same day as Harrison, and who is an inti mate frlfend of both the President and Pri vate Secretary Halford. He lunched with those gentlemen at the "White House. They tai-ea over inaiana pontics, and indiauans now expect to get a new whack at the offices. Ro Hoosier having been appointed for a day or two, some discontent among the large crowd from that State isx being mani fested. AN APPROPRIATION TOO SMALL. Alrendy n Deficiency of $15,000,000 Made by Pension Payments. "Washington, May 23. The pension appropriation act for the current fiscal year appropriated (80,400,000 for the pay ment of pensions, and $8,000,000 was also. appropriated for the same purpose to meet a threatened deficiency, making the total ap propriations $88,400,000. This whole amount will be necessary to meet the de mands of pensions, and it may be that there will be a deficiency, but it is said at the Pension Office that there is no truth in the statement that $105,000,000 will he expended for pensions during the fiscal year. Mr. H. C'Bell, chief, of the agents di vision of the Pension Office, who is in trusted with the luty of seeing to the ex penditure of pension appropriations, says that it is true that the $88,400,000 appropri ated for pensions has all beeadrawn from the Treasury, but that more than $16,000,000 of the amount drawn out is in the hands of the eighteen United States pension agents with which to meet the quarterly payments of pensions which fall aue on the 4th of next month. It is thought that this amount will nearly suffice until July 1, when the appropriation for the next fiscal year will become available, though it is said that some of the agents may run out before that time. . Mr. Bell says that the appropriation for the next fiscal year,$80,400,000, is too small, and that there will be a deficiency of about $15,000,000. General Black, he says, did not ask tor enough money to prevent a de ficiency even on a basis of the expenditures then existing. The pension roll at the time the appropriation was made was and still is constantly increasing, so that it is evident that if we expend $88,400,000 this year,$80, 400,000 for the next will be wholly inad equate. JABEETT A PBOUD MAN. Instead of Returning to His Native Land Ihe Poor Boy He Was When He Left it, He Goes to Fill nn Im portant Position. (SPECIAL TELEOBAH TO THE DISPATCH.l "Washington, May 23. Mr. John Jar rett, recently appointed Consul to Birming ham, took the oath of office to-day, filed his bond, got his instructions, had an agreeable chat with Secretary Blaine, will return home to-morrow evening, attend to an arbi tration case in Pittsburg, arrange his per sonal affairs, and sail for England about the middle of June. Mr. Jarrett left Encland when he was 16 years of age, and his last visit to his native country was made 20 years ago. He will therefore return once more with no small feeling of pride, after leavine there a poor workman, to fill one of l the best consulships, not only in the United n-ingaom, but in any country ot tne wona. Mr. John T. "Wilson, of Pittsburg, called on the President to-day, merely to pay his respects, and was very pleasantly received, as the President is aware that among Mr. "Wilson's indorsers are some of his own per- I fcnntl friar, Am A v-rnll its oai ? trift ilnflOf f personal friends of Mr. Blaine. Mr. "Wilson would like to go to Glasgow, and has ex ceedingly strong back for the place, bnt it is just possible that Secretary Blaine may, as a compliment to his friend Mr. Andrew Carnegie, as well as a gratification to many other political and personal friends of Mr. "Wilson, select for him the consulship at Dumfermline, Mr. Carnegie's native city, which is considered a very desirable office. The city has a vast trade with America in linens. Mr. "Wilson will remain here for a day or two, as he has not yet had oppor tunity to see Secretary Blaine. Mr. "Wilson King is still in the city, and is one of the most indnstriousof the many workers for Consulships, and feels that bis long experience and strong backing ought to have great weight for him. It is reported among the thousand or two of applicants for Consulships who are in the city that a large number of appoint ments will be made in their line to-morrow or Saturday, but this may be a mere rumor. THE PEESIDENT CAN'T GO, But He Will Send a Substitute to Represent the Administration. 1 'Washington, May 23. Mr. Brecken ridge Jones, of Georgia, called on the President to-day and in the name of the citizens of Rew Decatur, invited him to attend the ceremonies to take place there on Hay 29 in celebration of the opening of various industrial enterprises. The Presi dent received Mr. Jones very cordially and assured him that he took a warm interest in the industrial growth of the South and expressed his gratification at the many evi dences of material advancement which the South was exhibiting. The President said he regretted that the state of the public business would not per mit him to be present in person at the open ing of Decatur's new enterprises. At the suggestion of the President and Secretary. Noble, Judge Shields, Assistant Attorney General for the Interior Department, will attend the ceremonies at Rew Decatur, and will, represent the administration on. that occasion.' MADE HIS W0ED GOOD. Clarkson Demonstrates His Ability to Bent His Own Record. SPECIAL TEX.EQBAX TO TOE DISPATCH.l Washington, May 23. Mr. Clarkson made his word good in.regard to breaking all former records; to-day, in the number of postmasters appointed. He reached a grand aggregate of 243. Two hundred and five was the highest previous connt. About three-fourths of those appointed are remov als. Following are the appointments for Pennsylvania. T. B. Cosgrove, Archbald: C. Van Buskirk, Bald Mount: M. R. Brown, Canal; J. B. Hard ing; Center Morehead; C. L. Bartleson, Clifton Heights! R. P. Cochran, Cochranville; W. A. Straw, Drums; William Wolf, Gelger's Mills;. H. H. Rehr, Gibraltar; W. S. Huys. Lyclppus; u. J. Reese, uiypnant; ij. ii. unaitant. rerry opolis; H. C. Howard, Pickering; H. B. Porter, Smock: H. C. Courson, Wasbingtonville: W. C. Allen, west Hickory and W. H. Clonse, Wood bury. A JEALOUS HUSBAND First Cms His Wife's Throat and Then Cats nis Own Writing: a Message After the Bloody Work Was Partly Completed No Causo for tho Deed. WiLKESBAEEEjMay 23. Prank Compton killed his wife, Dora, at "West Pittston, this morning, and then cut his own throat,dying two hours later. Compton and his wife seemed to live happily together until about six weeks ago, when the husband became jealous of his wife. A few days ago he pro duced a piece of clothesline about ten feet long and said he would hang himself with it. About 4 o'clock this morning Henry Young and his wife, next door neighbors, were aroused by piercing screams issuing from the apartments occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Compton. The screams were- those of a woman evidently in great agony. Young summoned help and broke in the door. jLy ing on the floor, clad only in her night dress, was Mrs. Compton, in a pool of blood and blood was still flowing from a gaping wound in the throat. Jnst behind the door of an inner room stood Prank Compton, the murderer, his throat also cnt. He held in his hand a butcher knife, with which the crime had been committed. Blood was dropping from the knitc and blood was also flowing from the wound in his throat. He swore he would kill the first person who dared to enter. Mr. Young and his companions then fled. During their absence Compton en deavored to enter Mr. Yonng's house, but Mrs. Young succeeded in keeping him out. Compton lingered until 7 o'clock, when he died in great agony. The murderer took his own life in the inner room. He made two attempts, the last one being successful. After killing his wife and inflicting the first wound upon his own throat, Compton wrote a message upon a slate. It is said that Compton had not the slightest ground for his insane jealousy of his yonng wife. THE RECORD AGAIN IN DANGER. Trial Trip Across the Atlantic of nn Elegant New Steamer. ' tSPECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Reyt Yoek, May 23. The magnificent new twin-screw steamship, Augusta Victo ria, of the Hamburg-American Line, started on her first voyage Eastward this afternoon. She carried 200 first cabin pas sengers, 150 second cabin and 220 steerage. Before noon more than 1,000 people had gathered on the pier to see heron. Captain Albers did not say he would lower the record on this trip, bnt he confidently pre dicted that he would lower it on the trip back. About noon the officers gave an informal reception on board of the big-ship. A little after 1 o'clock half a dozen tugs pulled the ship out and -she steamed down the river alone. She was sainted by the tugs and ferry boats as she went out into the bay. Among her passengers were Mnrat Hal stead, E. L. Godkin and the Baron and Baroness H. Yoa Munchhansen, PERISHED IN FLAMES. Five Members of a Southern Clergy man's Family Burned to Death, INCLUDING THE BRAVE PASTOR. A Fire Fanned hy a Sale Destroys a Sum mer Residence in Virginia, 0NLI FOUR OF THE INMATES RESCUED. A Preacher, His Niece, Gorerness and Two Children Horned to a Crisp. Details of a terrible disaster are received from Virginia Beech, Va., where a fire broke out in a clergyman's residence dnring the night, and. before all the inmates of the house could be aroused, five out of the nine perished in the flames, among them the pastor, Dr. Clarke, who rushed back into the house to save the others after rescuing his wife and youngest daughter. rSPZOALTELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Robfole; Va., May 23. The quaint and picturesque little dwelling of Rev. E. C. Clarke, about five miles from Virginia Beach, and in a grove of towering pines, was the scene at 1 o'clock this morning of a terri ble disaster which left only four persons out of a family of nine alive. Mr. Clarke was the pastor of the London Bridge Baptist Church, and was surrounded with an interesting family, consisting of his wife, three daughters, and two sons. Beside these he has had staying at his resi dence for some time Miss Pnllen, of Shiloh, Va., his niece, and Miss Ella Bidgood, governess for the pastor's family. ' "Wednesday night the occupants of the household retired about 10 o'clock. At that time the wind was blowing a gale outside, and a fire was left burning in the rear room. Soon the flames set the chimney on fire, and the fire spread to the house, and the frame structure was soon burning at a terrific rate. A TERRIBLE AWAKENING. Mr. Clarke awakened and found his room fnll of smoke, gave the alarm to his wife in an adjoining room, and shouted to awaken the other sleepers. The flames spread so rapidly that they cut off all egress by way of the staircase. The windows were the only exits left, and Mr. Clarke quickly tied several sheets from the bed together, and lowered his wife and youngest daughter safelv to the ground. Then Mrs. Clarke saw "her husband rush 'back in the burning building. Before he had been Out of sicrht two minutes the rear portion of the building caved in, and no more was seen of him. At that time only four persons had es caped from the building, and they were Mrs. Clarke, James Clarke, Mabel Clarke, and the governess, Miss Bidgood. The other five, whose charred remains were ftund after the flames were extinguished, were Mr. Clarke, H his two daughters, uessie and Mariana, his son Freddie and his niece, Miss Pnllen. All the bodies were burned to a crisp and Mr. Clarke's bare bones are all that is left of him. A FATAL MISTAKE. Mr. Clarke's oldest son, James, labored under a misapprehension Und thought that everybody was out of the house. Instead of looking out for the inmates, he saved the piano. After accomplishing this feat he carried oat several other articles of value before discov ering that the five inmates in the burning building had not escaped. "With the ex ception of what the lad saved, the family lost everything, not even saving clothes enough for proper attire. Miss Pullen was an only child and the daughter of wealthy parents. She was a pretty girl of 19 summers, and very popular among all who knew her. Her parents are grief-stricken, and the annonncement of her death to her mother caused her to go into a fit of hysterics which, it is feared, may prove fatal. t The funerals of the five victims will take place from the Oak Grove Church, of which Mr. Clarke was the pastor, to-morrow after noon. People from all over Princess Anne county will be in attendance, as the de ceased pastor was very popular and highly esteem e"d. I0UNG WALKING ARSENALS. A Trio of Lads Who Were Bound for the Wild and Woolly West. Philadelphia, May 23. Chief of Po lice "Wood received a telegram to-night from Jersey City requesting him to arrest three boys who left there on the 8:15 p. 21. train over the Penn sylvania road. Two detectives were accordingly detailed, and when the train arrived at the Broad street station at 11 o'clock the boys were arrested. At the Cen tral police station they gave their names as C. E. Burgess, aged 14, Volney Gilbert, 14, and Charles Dnpret, 15. The boys were walking arsenals. Each was provided with a rifle, cartridge belt and revolver, and a search of their baggage brought to light a small brass cannon, ammunition therefor, and fully 2,000 cartridges. In addition to this they had fishing tackle, dark lanterns, baseball out fits, and the other paraphernalia of sportsmen. All their accoutre ments were of the finest kind. They had through tickets from Rew York' to Louis ville, and one of the lads stated that their destination was Sacramento, Cal. "While on their way down Chestnut street in a nnrvnl weMn a 44a Tiayi nr Ksan armetail one of the boys threw away a revolver and box of cartridges. They were all well dressed and supplied with money. HE WAS B0DND TO DIE. The Horrible Attempt nt Snlclde Made by n Buckeye Man. tfPICTAL TELEOKAU TO THE DISPATCIt.I Alliance, May 23. A horrible job of attempted self butchery and hanging was enacted in East Alliance ahont 1020 this morning, the victim being Daniel Collins, an old and well-known citizen. Collins lives with his wife, who keeps a grocery, and with them lives James Boyle, her brother. This morning the house was the scene of a family broil. The old man went to the orchard, and, placing a step ladder in position, placed a noose around his neck and was soon dan gling between heaven and earth. A pass ing teamster saw him jost in time, and cut ihe rope that was drawing life to a close. On being cut down a huge jack knife was fonnd in his hand with which he had in flicted a deep cut in the throat, almost suffi cient to cause death, also two deep stabs over the heart and two gashes in his stom ach. Collins will die. "South and Age Fall to Agree. rSrECTAI. TELEOBAH TO TOE DI8FATCB.1 REW Yobk, May 23. Sarah J. Core, wife of the senior partner of the firm of Core & Herbert, appeared before Judge Sedgwick to-day to ask for alimony and counsel fees in her suit for a limited divorce, on the ground of her husband's crueltv, abandon ment and failure to support. She is Mr. Core's third wife and be is almost or quite old enough to be her father. i ., is a. SPLENDID MEDIUM. 'W A PABTIAL UNION. The Flan of Co-Operation Between the Presbrterlan Assemblies Adopted Money Needed to Educate Yonng; Men for the Ministry Foreign Mission. Rew York, May 23. The subject of "foreign correspondence" was taken up by the Presbyterian General Assembly at its session to-day. The Moderator introduced Rev. Dr. Clark, of the Reformed Church, Philadelphia, who spoke of the work done in foreign lands by his church. The Mod erator thanked Dr. Clark for his attend ance and expressed the hope that he would live to see the day when the Reformed and Presbyterian Churches would walk to gether. The report of the Committee on Education was presented by Rev. George T. Purves, of Pittsburg. The report showed that because of the want of funds to edu cate young men for the ministry an unusu ally large number of churches are without pastors. The report of the Committee of Confer ence on Fraternal Co-operation in Christian- Work "With the Southern Church, which had already been presented in the afternoon, was called up on the order of the day. The report says that the committees of both churches agreed upon co-operation in for eign mission work, co-operation in the home field, and with reference to co-operation in the evangelization of the colored people, recommended that the relations of the colored people in both chnrches be allowed to remain in sfatu quo, the work among them to proceed on the same lines as beforeh and that the sympathy of both churches be extended toward the evangelization of the colored race. Rev. Dr. Crosby supported the report "One of the grounds of complaint against it," he said, "is that the Northern church has more money than the Southern church and that therefore the Southern chnrch would reap a greater advantage by this union. This ought to be a source of grati fication to us rather than of complaint" A vote was taken and the first two clauses of the report on home missions were carried. The third and fourth clauses were then consolidated and carried. The question of co-operation in the evangelization of the colored people was next taken up, but the hour of adjournment having arrived, it was postponed. THE SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY. A, Long but Favorable Debate on the Plan of Ca-Operatlon. Chattanooga, May 23. The Southern Presbyterian Assembly was called to order at 9 o'clock this morning. The Committee on Sabbath Observance recommended that the assembly indorse a petition to change the day of inauguration to the first "Wednes day in March or the last "Wednesday in April and to prohibit work on the Sabbath; and that the assembly request officers and. members of the chnrch to refrain from all travel on Sunday except in cases of neces sity and mercy. The report was docketed. The Committee on Co-operation with the Northern Church was called. The special committee which had been appointed to consider the report of the joint conference committee submitted a majority report favoring the adoption of the Conference Committee's recommendation to co-operate and a minority report opposing it Along debate ensued, in which the sentiment was discovered to be largely in favor of co-operation. Ro vote was reached. BLOWN UP BY A BOMB. Mysterious Dynamiting of the Summer BesL. denee oi a Wealthy Widow. rJFECIAL TXLXGKAX TO THE DISPATCH. Boston, May 23. A dynamite bomb was thrown to-night through the window of the summer house, at Jamaica Plains, of Mrs. C. M. "Weld, a wealthy Back bay widow, and the kitchen was badly wrecked. The housekeeper was sitting at the window through which the bomb was thrown, and she escaped by jumping over the burning fuse and running to the front door. The explosion occurred when she was in the front hall, and its force was so terrific as to blow ont the windows of the house. Rose Rogers, the housekeeper, was hurled against the front door, bnt was not hurt She opened the door and yelled for the po lice. The explosion made a bad wreck of the kitchen. The bomb was a ten-inch piece of gas pipe an inch and a half in diameter, capped at both ends, with the fuse in the center. The fuse was a short one and was evidently intended to work quickly. The bomb was filled with bullets, and these were scattered all over the room. The ceiling and walls looked like a pepper box. The cause of this anarchistic outrage is a mystery. Last January the stable was set on fire, and this fact, coupled with to night's outrage, seems to indicate some grudge against the family. HIS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. A Church Which Does Not Approve of Its Pastor's Eloping Proclivities. rSPSCIAX, TXLXOIIAV TO THE PISPATCH.1 Rew Yobk, May 23. At a special meet ing of the North Rew York Congregational Church to-night the resignation of the pas tor, the Rev. John F. Hooper, was unani mously accepted. This action was due to the scandal caused by the pas tor's eloping on last Friday with Miss Mary Curtis, the daughter of Charles Curtis, vice principal of a publio school, with whom Mr. Hooper used to board. Mr. Hooper had been divorced from his wife In Cali fornia and his attentions to Miss Curtis were opposed by her parents. The eloping couple were married in Union Hill. On Tuesday the bnue returned to her parents ana a re conciliation took place. On "Wednesday the clerk of the Congre gational Church called on Mr. Hooper, and insisted that he should resign. Mr. Hooper wrote out his resignation, and when the meeting was well under way last night he walked in before his old congregation and handed it to Deacon John Lindsay, who presided. Mr. Hooper mounted the plat form, and said that although a more ju dicious preacher than he might be found a better preacher than he is could uot possibly be obtained for the salary. WAITING TILL THE CLODDS BOLL BY. Baltlmoro Gambling Houses Close While the Grand Jury is In Session. tSFZCIAI. TSLEOBAU TO TOE DISPATCH.l Baltimobe, May 23. Every gambling house in Baltimore is closed and the indi cations are that they will remain to for a week or ten days. The new grand jury caused the sporting fraternity to snspend business. Some one having inside informa tion posted the boys that the grand inquest was preparing presentments against a num ber of dealers. Rather than take any chances all of them agreed to shut until the storm should blow over. It seems, however, that they were a little too late. To-day the grand jury presented a number ot tne smaller try, and by to morrow it is expected the capiases will be issued. The big houses, anticipating trouble, have taken the precaution of re moving from their premises every baize covered table, chips and all else forming a lay-out A Small Gain for Fleming. Chableston, "W. Va., May 23. "With to-day's work in the Goff-Fleming Guber natorial contest the evidence shows that Fleming is six ahead thus far in the reading of the depositions. waists Of any kind can best be satisfied by advertlsinc in the" columns of TUB Dis patch. V THREE CENTS Vi. tA Charactfd a Wagner Mat inee and Had Place in the Evening Concert. THE LARGEST AUDIENCE. Sunshine "Warms Tip the Tast Audi torium Hicely. EMMA JUCH SAYS SHE'S JUST 27. An Interview With the Fair Divn at the Mat ineeShe Idkes Pittsburg How the Wagnerian Compositions Sounded Tho Deluge as a Chorus Feature PerottI Intoxicates the Crowd Again Inside and Outside Incidents, Front Every Standpoint The Music as a Critie Beard It. The "Wagner matinee, with its warmth of sunshine, brightened up and warmed into keener zest the third evening concert of the Music Festival. Daylight didn't draw well, though. It was toward the evening performance that the people yearned,. and to it they went "The Deluge" was intended to be the feature of the evening, and the vast audience, no doubt, got some idea of what St. Saens intended "The Deluge" to be. They are great concerts, these, in the mam moth new building; and great ones are to come. IT was much warmer last night, and the fourth con cert of the May Festival was mora enjoyable. To the orb of day the mul titude can unite ia saying: "Your kindness was ap preciated, and if you give the earth a warm, sunny bath Wagner, Bero of the Matinee. to-day, the lovers of music will, figuratively speaking, fall down and worship yon Do you know, old man, for a gentle pointer, the chorus girls are angry, and they have a right to be. For three wearisome days they have been kept from wearing their white dresses, and if something is not done to temper the temperature to those unshorn lambs, there will be a merry war in the May Festival camp." The scene on the Allegheny last night was most beautiful and picturesque. Those who caught a glimpse of the building on if IS OF NOISE WW the river side, with, the brightljghtssha9 ' tng tnrouga the windows ana glittering' on. the surface of the waters, beheld a picture worthy of a painter's brush. A gbanz shbine and siant at it. The gentle curve in the structure, and the round towers, have reminded more than one of some ancient castle, lacking only the ivy green and the climbing vine. The largest audience of the week assem bled last evening. Fully 5,000 people were present, and to-night, it is expected, only standing room can be obtained. Some of the faces in the boxes were familiar; but there were a number of new ones. The style of dress also was slightly changed though the somber colors still prevailed. Many of the chorus girls had the temerity to appear in white; but the build ing was quite comfortable after all. It was warm enough for the men to remove their overcoats, and the ladies to lay aside their wraps. After the usual preliminaries, a friendly warfare with the opera glasses was steadily maintained. There was no ad vance, no retreat; but everywhere, all over the large auditorium, friends and neighbors,. and many strangers, too, were singled out FANS "WOXTLD ADD TO IT. This ia really one of Uie most enjoyable features of the entertainment, and it is to be regretted that the weather is too raw to allow the ladies to U3e their fans. "With this modern hand appendage added, the picture would be more attractive. The audience felt prepared to grow en thusiastic. They were a good-natured,, well-dressed crowd and easily pleased. Herr Fischer and Miss Aus der One, with a long, but well-executed, selection on the piano, paved the way for Signor Perotti, who capped the climax and even elicited oral applause from the gallery. The great tenor was in fine form, as the baseball cranks say, and he exerted himself like a steam engine under high preesure. The applause was continuous, and when the agile Italian ap peared for the encore and the orchestra struck up a familiar air, there was renewed hand clapping. LOTS OF PBETTT FACES. "Who says Pittsburg hasn't any pretty girls? Let the man, if he can be found, step forth and be flayed alive. The boxes were full of them, and in the orchestra and dress circles there was a heavy percentage. Yea, venly, if there are any pessimia and cranks in Pittsburg, a view of the scene in the building any night, even from the rear of the auditorium, will make them forget for the time their pessimism and crankyism. A visit to a May Festival con cert is recommended as a sure cure for them. The large American flags, with their lessee companions on the walls on both side3 of the stage, seemed to hover like protecting: angels over the orchestra and chorus. Still the old lady with the gray hair occu pied her seat in the chorus. She was there in the afternoon, and is one of the first picked out by a sharp observer. An interesting study is afforded by the people of the Point The same old crowd was on deck to see the people and listen to the music, ON THE OUTSIDE. Mothers with babies on their knees sat on the doorsteps and lumber piles to watch the sights and hear the sounds. A gang of newsies held the post of honor on the high board feace, smoking cigarettes and tobies, and bogging the passers by for tickets. "Say, milter, give us ver door check, won't vou?" was their constant yell. Big Dan Sylvus and Captain TJnterbaum, with their 25 aids, kept everybody straight, including the newsies on the fence. Dirty-faced girls pretty children occupied places on heaps of lumber, chatting with the ladies and ex- Continued on Sixth Fags. 46
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