"
FOR
48
DAYS
Ii the title of a. romantic novelette
by Joaquin Miller, which will bo pub
lished complete In next Sunday's
Dispatch. The story is based upon
Calif ornlan history, and Is loll of
stirring incidents and poetic fancies.
5; V
- POBTT-OXIRTH YEAR.
' HIS PARTES
HERD
New York Democrats of All
Factions Unite in Honoring
Mr. Cleveland.
THE HATCHET IS BURIED
And Tammany Smokes the Pipe of
Peace "With His Enemies.
GEOYEB TALKS OP TBTJE DEMOCRACY.
The Defeated -Chieftain'. Views of His
Parry's Principle He Refers Sarcastic
ally to the Means He Says tho Enemy
Employed to Dethrone Him Confident
tho Ulslng Generation Will Follow in His
Footsteps and Take His Advice The
Guest of the Evening Tendered nn Enthu
siastic Ovation A Lovo Feast! With Lots
of Admiration Expressed for Its CentrnI
Figure.
A complimentary banquet trts tendered
ex-President Cleveland at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, in New Tort, last evening, by the
Young Men's Democratic Clnb, of Brook
lyn, at which all factions of the party were
represented, among the guests being Gov
ernor Hill and Mayor Grant. Mr. Cleve
land's reception was a perfect ovation. In
his speech he took occasion to give his ideas
on true Democracy, indirectly referring to
the causes of his party's defeat, as he con
ciders them.
rerxcxix. txlzobax to Tm crsrxTcn.i
New Yoke, May 27. At the Cleveland
reception and dinner, at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel to-night, given to ex-President Cleve
land by the Toung Men's Democratic Club,
Mr. Cleveland made his first political
speech since leaving the "White House. The
reception was set down for 6:30, and Presi
dent John H. Y. Arnold and a couple of
hundred members of the club were on hand
to receive their guest, but Mr. Cleveland
was a little late, and so, in fact, were Mayor
Grant and Governor Hill, and' the dinner
hour, announced for 7:30, did not come
around until an irbur later.
Colenel Elliott F. Shepard's reporters
were there with an unwonted air of being
The Guest of the Evening.
up late, and were delighted by the tardi
ness of the guests. They ran in and out
among them asking each one of them: ''Are
you for Cleveland?"
The Fannlest Accident in the World.
One of them stumbled onto Colonel La
mont and asked the absorbing question:
"Are you for Cleveland?" Colonel Lamont,
looking quizzically at his questioner, said:
"What for?"
Just before 8:30 o'clock the procession of
young Democrats and their guest, which by
that time had swelled into 400, moved into
the great dining hall of the hotel. It is
the largest in New York, and had been
luxuriantly decorated with flowers. The
chandeliers were entwined with laurel
leavee.
Great banks of roses were on the tables,
and just jn front of Mr. Cleveland was a
vase of royal Worcester ware, holding an
expensive collection of orchids. These
were for Mrs. Cleveland, and when the din
ner was well under way Jefferson Levy, for
the committee, sent them over to her at the
Victoria Hotel.
All Kinds of Democrats Present.
At the main table was the guest of the
evening on the right of the club President,
J. H. V. Arnold. Others in places of honor
were Governor Hill, Mayor Grant, ex-Minister
to England Phelps, Hon. W. L. Scott,
Hon'. C.F. Black, Hon. J. F. Bussell, Hon.
Bourke Cochrane, Hon. A P. Fitch, ex
Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild, Fred
erick B. Coudert, Hon. W. C. P, Brecken
lidge, ex-Governor Hoadly. of Ohio, Hon.
P. A Collins, Colonel D. S. Lamont and
"W". D. Garrison.
About seven long tables, laid at right
angles to the guests' table, were gathered
several hundred other banqueters. Before
" the guests took their seats, Mr. Cleveland
was tendered an impromptu ovation, in
which not only those in the banquet room
joined, nut also those who crowded the par-
, lors outside. When the dinner had been
fairly started an orchestra, which was sta-
i tioned in a recess, began the rendition of se
lections of music, which continued at inter
vals during the banquet.
Letters of regret were read, among which
were the following:
Don Dickinson Sends His Tribute.
Writing from Detroit, under date of May
20, Don M. Dickinson writes to state that he
is unable to attend the banquet, and closes
his letter thus:
If the faith of any good man In popular gov
ernment has been shaken because, In his busy
life, the American citizen has seemed unob
servant to public affairs and public men, heed
less and nnappreciatlve of public virtue and
public vice, and above all ungrateful for signal
. loyalty and unselfishness In the service of the
- Republic, that faith most needs be strongly re
inforced by tho unmistakable evidences, every
, ' day manifest, ot the universal desire to do
" honor to your distinguished guest.
xaott who hare been ere closely associated
with him in his public career, and who, more
than others, have known his high patriotism,
his intrepid courage, his great ability, and
withal, the accurate justice of his mind, can
not but be Gratified at these signs of ide popu
lar appreciation of the character of Graver
Cleveland, In his fidelity to the people ho ful
filled McCaulay's conception of an ideal ruler
and statesman, in that he "never hesitated to
-disoblige the few Representatives of special
interests who had access to him for the sake of
the many whom he would never see?'
As truly as any man who ever lived, he has
stood for tho cardinal principle of American
liberty which is, "no burden upon the citizen
save for the benefit for all the citizens alike."
There was to him no bitterness in defeat, be
cause he had the serenity which the conscious,
ness of duty well done confers; and now pos
sessing the approval, the admiration, and the
affection of his fellow countrymen, it may be
said of him:
Msrcellm no more true glory feds
Than Caesar with a Senate at his heels.
Senator Daniel, in sending his regrets,
remarked:
Virginia Back In the Democratic Fold.
It is a source of pride to Virginia Democrats
that tbey brought their State Into the Demo
cratic fold, electing a Governor, eight out of
ten Representatives and two Senators in har
mony with Mr. Cleveland's administration.
Tbey abide in the faith that Democratic prin
ciples will soon again come to the front with
power, and that thoy will meet their brethren
of the State of Seymour, Tilden and Cleveland
upon the heights of victory.
Ex-Secretary of State Bayard, writing
from Wilmington, stated that he had just
received his letter of invitation dated May
13, and supplemented the statement thus:
"I am unhappily in the midst of the trouble
incident to moving my housenold from "Wash
ington to this place and am debarred from tho
pleasure of being present I cannot, however,
refrain from an expression of sincere satisfac
tion that the yonng Democrats of New York
should thus indicate their appreciation of Mr.
Cleveland's personal character add public
services and of his
Eminent Fitness to Guide Them
in the paths of poIiticaIwisdom and recti
tude. They honor themselves when they pay
grateful respect to him. My experience of
public men and political action extends over
many years, with much of grave public Inter
est, and of Mr. Cleveland's administra
tion of tho duties cf the Presidency of
the United States, I had close and constant
opportunity of observation, and tried
the hiehest standard known among
patriotic and honorable men, testing him mor
ally and intellectually. I have known person
ally no man into whos9 hands a great trust of
power over the happiness, welfare and integrity
of a great nation living nnder the forms of
government could more safely be confided than
into those of yonr honored guest.
It was nearly 11 o'clock before the cigars
were lighted and the long list of speeches
were begun. When the presiding officer in
troduced Mr. Cleveland there was a furore
of applause, and Mr. Cleveland himself
arose.
Enthusiasm Almost Unbounded.
Then it was that the enthusiasm of the
assembled Democracy arose to a point that
at one time threatened to overstep all
bounds. Men stood on the tops of the
tables. Cheers became yells of light, and
the stamping of feet upon the glass-strewn
tables raised a jingle that must have been
music to the ears of the very few who, like
the conscious cause of all this tumult,
listened and waited for a lull to come.
But would it come at all? Just as
one salvo of applause seemed about to sub
side someone else would propose three more
cheers for Grover Cleveland and ere these
had ceased to echo another call would be
made, until the tumuli ceased for lack of
force. Mr. Cleveland stood calmly await
ing the pleasure of,his friends. His imper
turbability was remarked by all who
watched his face. He began his speech in a
clear ringing tone, and kept it up till he
finished.
What Mr. Cleveland Had to Say.
Many incidents of my short residence in this
good city have served to fill my cup of grati
tude and to arouse my appreciation of the
kindness and consideration of those with
whom I have made my home. The hospitality
for which the citizens of New York have long
been distinguished has outdone itself in my
welcome. The members of my profession have,
upon my return to its activiteis, received me with
fraternal greetings, and personal friends have
not permitted me to feel like a stranger in a
strange city. And yet, I -can truly say that
none of tbesc things will be more vividly or
gratefully remembered than the opportunity
afforded me by this occasion to greet the politi
cal f rienas I see about me.
While I believe that no one is more suscept
ible tban I of every personal kindness, and
while I am sure that no one values more his
personal friendships, it certainly should cause
no surprise when I say that these things are not
more cherished than my attachment and loyal
ty to true Democratic faith and my obligations
to the cardinal principles of its party organiza
tion. Ho Has Been Highly Honored.
I have been honored by my party far beyond
my deserts. Indeed, no man can deserve its
highest honors. After six years of public ser
vice. I return to yon, my party friends. Six
years have 1 stood as your representative in the
State and Nation, and now I take my place
again in the ranks, more convinced than ever
that the cause of true Democracy is the cause
of the people their safeguard and their hope.
I come to you with no excuses nor apologies,
and with no confession of disloyalty. It is not
given to man to meet all various and conflicting
views ot party duties which prevail in an or
ganization where individual opinion is so freely
tolerated as in the Democratic party. Because
these views are various and conflicting, some of
them must be wrong. And yet, when tbey aro
honestly held and advocated, tbey should pro
voke no bitterness nor condemnation;butwnen
they are dishonestly proclaimed, as a mere
cover and pretext for personal resentment and
disappointment, they should be met by the ex
posure and contempt which they deserve. If
with sincere design and intent one charged
with party representation has kept the party
faith, that must answer his party obligation.
No Man Is Always Perfect.
No man can lay down the trust which he has
held in behalf of a generous and confiding
people and feel that at all times he has met in
the best possible way the requirements of his
truBt:buthe is not derelict in duty if he has
conscientiously devoted his efforts and bis
judgment to the people's service. I have delib
erately placed in close connection loyalty to
Democratic principles and devotion to the in
terests of the people, for in my view they be-'
long together and should mean the same
thing. But in this day of partisan feeling and
attachment it is well for us to pause
and recall the truth that the
only justification for the existence ot
any party is tho claim that in principle and
performance its object and purposes are the
promotion of the public good and the advance
ment ot tho welfare and prosperity of our en
tire country. There never was a party plat
form or declaration of principles which did not
profess these things and make them the
foundation of party creed; and any body of
men who should openly proclaim that they
were associated tozether for the express pur
pose of gaining supremacy in the Government
with tbe sole intent of distributing offices and
the spoils of victory among the associates, would
be treated with ridicule and scorn.
Parties Should Always be Honest.
Thus are we bronght face to face with the
proposition that parties should, no more than
individuals, be untruthful and dishonest Of
course, in the supremacy of party there are ad
vantages to its members and this Is not amiss.
But when high party alms and prof essions are
lost sight of or abandoned, and" tho benefit of
office holding and personal pelf are all that re
main to inspire party activity, not only is the
confidence of those relied on for patriotic sup
port forfeited, but tbe elements ot cohesion
and of effective and lasting political strength
are gone. The honest differences of opinion
that mast always exist upon questions of prin
ciple and public policy should funfish abund
ant occasion for the existence off parties, and
point out their field of usefulness The study
and discussion of these qnestionSiCannot fail to
result in more valuable citizenship and more
Intelligent and better equippedpartisans.
When we seek for the causeOfthe perpetuity
of tho Democratic party ind its survival
through every crisis andemirgency and in the
face of all opposition, we flnft it in the fact tht
its corner-stone is laid in devotion to the rights
of the people a&d sympathy with all tbugt
WW
which tend to tho advancement of their wel
fare and happiness. Though heresy may some
times have crept into its organization, and
though party conduct may at times have neon
influenced by tbe shiftiness which is the habit
nil device of its opponents, there has always
remained, deeply imbedded in its nature and
character, that spirit of true Americanism and
that love of popular rights which has made it
indestructible in disaster and defeat, and has
constituted it a boon to tho country in the time
of triumph and supremacy. i
The Founder of Democracy Quoted.
The great founder of our party, as he con
secrated himself by a solemn oath to the faith
ful performance of tbe duties of the Presl
dental office, and pledged himself to the
preservation, protection and defense of the
Constitution, after presenting to his assembled
fellow-countryment the causes of congratula
tion found in the conditioner our country and
the character of our people, impressively added?
"With all these blessings, what more is neces
sary to make us a happy and prosperous people?
Still one thing more, fellow citizens, a wise and
frugal Government which shall restrain men
from injuring one another shall. leave tbem
otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits
of industry and improvement and shall not
take from the mouth of labor the bread it has
earned. This is the sum of good government,
and this is necessary to close the circle of our
felicities."
In the lexicon of trne Democracy these words
are not obsolete, but they still furnish the in
spiration of our efforts and an interpretation of
our political faith. Happily tbe party creed
which wo profess is not within such narrow
lines as that obedience does not permit us to
move abreast with the advanced thought of
tho country and to meet and test every ques-'
tionand apply a principle to every situation.
Trne Democracy, staunch in its adhesion to
fundamental doctrine, is at the same time, in a
proper sense, progressive. It recognizes our
growth and expansion and the birth of new
thought and sentiment It will judge them all
by safe standards, and In all phases of national
development it will be prepared to answer, as
they arise, every need of tho people and every
popular want
What Trne Democracy Advocates.
True Democracy honestly advocates national
brotherhood, to the end that all our fellow
countrymen may aid in the achievement of tno
grand destiny which awaits us as a nation, and
it condemns that pretext of liberality and har
mony which, when partisan advantage is to bo
gained, gives way for inflammatory appeals to
sectional hate and passion, it insists upon that
equality before the law which concedes the
care and protection of tbe government to
simple manhood and citizenship. It does not
favor the multiplication of offices and salaries
merely to make partisans, nor use the promise
and bestowal of place for the purpose of stifling
tbe press and bribing tbe people. It seeks to
lighten the bnrden of life in every home and
to take from tho citizen, for tho cost of govern
ment, the lowest possible tribute.
We know that we have espoused the cause of
right and justice. We know that we have not
permitted duty to country to wait upon expe
diency. We know that we have not trafficked
our principles for success. We know that we
have not deceived the people with false prom
ises and pretenses, and we know that we have
not corrupted nor betrayed tho poor with the
money of the rich.
Who shall say that these things promise no
reward, and that the triumph shall not follow
the enlightened judgment and the sober sec
ond thought of our countrymen ?
There are to-day no weak, weary and de
spondent members of the true Democracy
and there should be none. Thoughtful atten
tion to political topics is thoroughly aroused.
Events are day by day leading men to review
the reasons for their party affiliations, and the
supporters of the principles we profess are con
stantly recruited by intelligent young and
sturdy adherents. Let us receive their confi
dence, and shunning all ignoble practices, let
us remain steadfast to Democratic faith and to
the cause of our country. If we are true and
loyal to these, the day of our triumph will
surely and quickly come, and our victory shall
be fairly, nobly won, through the invincible
spirit of trne Democracy.
Governor Hill Adds His Mite.
Governor Hill, in his response to "The
Democracy of the State," spoke in high
terms of the guest, and in the course of his
talk related how he had become acquainted
with Mr. Cleveland, saying when they were
nominated together on the State ticket, in
18S2, he received the following telegram:
Buffalo, February 23, 1882,
To David B. Bill, Elmlra, X. Y. I
Accept ray hearty congratulations on your
nomination forXleutenant Governor. Now
let us go to work and show the people of the
State what two bachelor Mayors can do.
Geovek Cleveland.
"He has since," said the Governor,
"fallen from grace, while I alone have kept
the faith. Having married one of the most
accomplished ladies of the land, of whom
the whole country is justly proud, he has
secured a prize better than the Presidency,
and I beg to observe, for the benefit of my
friends of the Republican newspaper press,
that they are at liberty to state that I have
been envious of his domestic good fortune
ever since."
Other speakers were ex-Governor Hoadly,
Hon. W. C. P. Breckcnridge (whose speech
on "The administration of Grover Cleve
land" was called the gem of the evening),
Hon. A P. Fitch, W. Bourke Cochrane
and F. B. Condert.
WORSE AND WORSE.
The Broken Bank at Scrnnton Owes Its De
posltors $322,000 The Assets Trifling
and Mostly on Papor No Dt.
tnrbnnco When the Bank
Was Opened by
tho Assignee.
IBFXCIAI. TELEQUAM TO TDK DISPATCn.1
Scbanton, May 27. Fearing a disturb
ance, Mayor Bipple to-day ordered the re
serve force of policemen on duty at the
building of the defunct Scranton City
Bank. Their services were not needed, as
no excitement prevailed when tbe bank's
doors were opened at 8 o'clock by Assignee
Gunston.
It is known that the bank owed depositors
$325,000. Among the visible assets to meet
this great liability are $162,000 in due bills,
$47,000 in overdrafts which the persons who
overdrew their accounts to that extent are
expected to make good, the legal liability of
the directors and Cashier Jessup's promise
to make good the "shortage" for which he is
responsible. President Throop's confidence
in the final straightening out of the tangle,
and his action in becoming Mr. Jessup's
security before Alderman Koesler in the
sum ot $125,000, is the only hopeful sign in
the entire transaction.
A meeting of depositors was called this
afternoon by ex-Judge Stanton, for the pur
pose of taking "concerted action to protect
the depositors."
Assignee Gunston arrived at the bank soon
after 8 o'clock this morning,' and posted up
the appended notice on one of the panes of
glass in the door:
This bank has found it necessary to close its
doors and make an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors. I will, as assignee, investigate
the affairs of the bank and make public as soon
as possible a statement of Its condition.
J. H. Gunston, Assignee.
The strenuous efforts made by Jessup, his
attorney and friends to keep the news from
the press, and their assertions that the facts
were "grossly misrepresented" called forth
the following editorial in this evening's
Truth:
We were disposed to understate the facts in
the first exciting hours of the occurrence,
rather than indulge in "grossly misleading"
statements, because we, in common with the
rest of tho community, scarcely believed that
such criminal carelessness as'was here shown
could be possible in any banking institution;
but closer familiarity with the subject shows
tbat the situation is much worse tban our first
account showed it to be. We are assured upon
reliable authority, that tbe bursted bank owes
its depositors $322,000. Tho assets with which
to liquidate this enormous sum consists of $17-,
000 in overdrafts, $162,000 in due bills, tbe legal
liability of the directors, and Mr. Jessup's
"shortage-' of J133,000,
TEIIXG TO CATCH HER.
That Eloping Youngstown Couple
Give
Their Pursuers tho Slip.
rgFICIAL TILEQRAH TO THX DISPATCn.1
YorJl08TOOT, May 27. A telegram was
received this afternoon from Marshal Crest,
of Galion, stating thatH. B. Nicholas and
Miss Grace Moore, of Youngstown, the
eloping couple, had slipped away yesterday
and had been followed to Crestline, where
they purchased tickets for Ft. Wayne.
Telegrams have been sent by relatives here
to intercept the couple; as they" hope to re
cover the giiL,
pEtatxg
PITTSBURG, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1889.
THE.INDIAN MUST GO,
Eleven Million Acres of the Sioux
Lands Will Soon be Opened.
IT WILL BE A NEW OKLAHOMA.
Prospects That the Bed Men Will Sign tho
Dawes Agreement.
FACTS ABOUT THE FERTILE .PLAINS
Which Will be lha Scene cf Another Wild Bash for
Choice Claims.
Thousands of persons are awaiting anx
iously for the official opening of the Sioux
reservation. The Indians are reported to
be willing to relinquish their claims on the
land for a suitable consideration. If the
work of the commission is successful the
country will probably be thrown open to
settlement in September.
Pieere, S. D., May" 27. Not many
months hence a part of the great Sioux res
ervation will be opened for settlement
When this period arrives something akin to
the unprecedented Oklahoma boom is an
ticipated. The people who have settled on
the borders of the reservation are already
rubbing their hands together in great glee.
They see in the future an era more prosper
ous than the budding States, the Dakotas,
NORTH
m fj$MH , 'lHUBQW j4 : ;
-"'Vfr t FALLS
THE NEW FBOMISED LAND.
have ever been favored with in the past.
The twin States will be benefited abont
equally by the opening of these 11,000,000
acres of land, rich in everything that will
foster agriculture and stockraisihg. The
admission of the Dakotas as States and the
opening of this fertile territory, which
promises so much, are likely to occur about
the same lime.J" - ;
The rush toward the ''promsed land" has
not yet begun, as the public may have been
led to suppose from the somewhat sensa
tional dispatches sent out from Pierre and
other points on the xeservation. No emi
grants have as yet arrived at any point on
the reservation and none are expected until
the reservation is legally opened. No
"souatters," except those termed "squaw
men" by the people living on the border of
the reservation, have been added to the num
ber that have been on the land for months
past , s
NO TEESPASSINO ALLOWED.
There is no chance for them to get upon
the reservation; there is a perfect system of
Indian police at every point where a cross
ing could be made, to prevent anything of
this kind. And these copper-colored guards
are backed up by Uncle Sam's boys in blue,
who have strict orders from Washington to
prevent trespass. There is every reason to
believe that the Indians will assent to the
Dawes bill opening the reservation, which
the last Congress made a law, but there is
of course a possibility that they may refuse
to sign.
It is possible that the reservation will be
thrown open for settlement as early as two
months hence, but this is not probable. If
the Sioux commission is successful in secur
ing the signatures ot sufficient Indians by
that time, the gateway of the much talked
of Dakota garden spot will swing outward.
Tepees on the Reservation.
The commission begins its work among
the Indians about June 1. At each agency
there must be, necessarily, a lengthy "pow
wow" with the Indians. The most sanguine
real estate boomer on the borders of the
reservation admits that it will take the com
mission fully 60 days to complete its tour
among the Indians.
Ecports from missionaries and agents at
the different agencies received at Pierre,
Chamberlain and Bismarck, are to the effect
that the Indians have expressed an inclina
tion to sign. They thoroughly understand
the provisions of the law, and while not
entirely satisfied with it in its entirety, they
will assent, fearing that a failure to do so
will precipitate action by the Government
which will be not -nearly so favorable to
them. Strong opposition is feared from the
Indians at the Standing Bock Agency,
although John Grass, considered the most
influential and brightest Indian in the Sionx
tribe, is advocating the signing of the agree
ment. BED CLOUD HAPPx.
Several concessions were made to theln-
rlinnfl in tfin nfv hill TFaI P.l,n i. i.:
chief who stirred up the antagonism at that
time, uecause me uoyernment would not
pay him for ponies taken from him in 1676,
in nllmrnH S9S (NY fnr hi 1. 1 il. Mil
just passed. Bed Cloud winks, grins cun-
uuiKij, " uajjjjy us a tame Indian
well can be. No opposition is anticipated
from the smaller agencies, Brule and Crow
Creek.
Although the reservation opening has
been pretty generally discussed for two or
three years, but few people living anywhere
except on tbe actual border of the land have
any idea as to the extent of the tract to be
opened for settlement or the amount re
tained for the Indians. The land compris
ing the entire Sionx reservation stretches
from tbe Misfomi riyeroa the east to the
'p"' p
Black Hills on the west, from the Northern
Nebraska boundary line on the south almost
to the town of Bismarck in If orth Dakota.
It contains 22,010,043 acres. Of this amount
11,000,000 are to be opened for settlement.
The different reservations now have an In
dian population as follows:
Male Fem'Io Total
Cheyenne Biver Agency.. 1,337 1,623 2,965
wow ireeK ana iiower
Brule. 1,121
Pine Ridge Agency 2,376
RosebucL. 3,725
Standing Bock 2,180
1,153 271
497 4,873
4,666 8,291
2,600 4,690
Total. 10,719 12,361 23.093
This resume of the population Bhows that
there are about 11,000 males in the six
agencies, of whom probably 6,000 are adults,
and to carry out the provisions of the Con
gressional act about 4,000 signatures must
be secured. The throwing open of the 11,000,
000 acres for settlement does not by any
mean sdeprive poor Bo of his landed rights.
Six different reservations are set apart for
the Indians, and are held in reserve for a
period of 25 years.
HOMESTEAD LANDS.
The land thrown open for settlement is
considered equally as good as tbat retained
for the Indians. All the remaining land on
the great reservation, outside the agency
reservations, is to ba restored to the public
domain, except American Island, Farm
Island and Niobrara Island. The law pro
vides that it shall be disposed of by the
United States to actual settlers only, under
the provisions of the homestead law and
under the law relating to town sites, and
donates to the city of Chamberlain Ameri
can Island, in the Missouri river adjoining
that city, for park purposes; also donates
Pierre Farm Island, adjoining that city, for
park purposes.
It is a hard matter to obtain anything like
a rational statement regarding the value of
the land for farming, grazing and other
purposes. Men who have traversed it id
freighting and in furnishing supplies to
DAKOTA
Indians agree that the best part of the tract
is situated in tbe central and northern por
tions. There is, however, good farming land
adjacent to Chamberlain, but the golden
spot of the immense section is along the
streams in the interior. The (Statement is
made, too, that there are thousands of acres
of the tract that is as barren and valueless as
the Desert of Sahara. This is described as
gurnbo" soil, and is as barren ,a3V .flinty
rock, and'even Dako tans assert that there is
an immense tract of it included in this
11,000,000-acre strip. The provisions upon
A Settlers' Wagon Train.
which settlers can procure land are those of
the homestead law. This requires the pay
ment of $1 25 an acre to the Government for
all land disposed of for the first three years
of the opening, 75 cents per acre for the next
two years following, and 50 cents an acre
ior ine residue ot tue land undisposed of.
The rights of soldiers and sailors under the
revised statutes are in no way abridged,
however.
The money received, from this land is to
be used for the support of the Indians, the
Government paying the cost of the survey,
etc., $100,000 having been appropriated for
that purpose. The Indians, should they pre
fer, may take up land on the tract thus
opened up under the severalty clause, having
equal rights with other settlers. The.Gov
ernment, however, will have overcome one
serious difficulty if the Indians assent to the
present act. There is a clause in the bill pro
viding that the reservations set aside for
the Indians can be purchased by the Gov
ernment by securing two-thirds of the total
vote of. the Indians upon any designated
reservation, without negotiating with those
upon other-reservations, each reservation to
be secured separately, if necessary.
The Indians of the different agencies are
just now congregated at the several stations
receiving their monthly rations. It is
expected that their opinions npon the bill
will be canvassed as far as possible. Ba
tion day is made a gala day with the Indi
ans. They travel many miles to get to the
Soint where their rations are distributed and
old a jubilee for several" days after they
get together. Men who have visited the
agencies upon ration days tell some sicken
ing stories of gluttony npon the part of the
noble red man and 'his numerous squaws
and pappooses. The Dispatch cor
respondent visited a tepee- village six miles
from Pierre, up the Missouri. In some in
stances there was some apparent cleanliness
about the snowy white tepees, but the
greater nnmber were extremely filthy. 'The
Indians here are ignorant, the heightflf the
ambition of both sexes being to do nothing
but to Wet drunk. The indications are that
they are highly successful.
THEI INDOBSED CLEVELAND.
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Ohio Democrats Stick by the Platform and
Candidate of 1SSS.
SPECIAL TELlJOJtAlI TO THE DISPATCH. 1
New Phuadelphia, O., May 27. The
Tuscarawas county Democratic convention
on Saturday indorsed Hon. John A.
Buchanan for Senator. The delegates to
the State Convention are mostly for Camp
bell for Governor, although Judge Yoder
has a few followers.
Besolutions were adopted indorsing the
late administration of President Cleveland:
declaring in favor of economy in State and
county affairs; of the State's publishing
public school text books at minimum cost,
and reaffirming the principles of the National
Democratic platform of 1883.
Another Strike Ended.
The strike at Chess, Cook and Company's
mill on the Southside was ended yesterday, by
the resumption of work in the puddling de
partment, The other department of the mill
will start up to a few da js,
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ACHARGEOFMJEDER
Is Formally Entered Against Dotec
tective Conghlin, and He is
HUKEIED TO THE COUNTY JAIL.
A Number of Prominent Irish leaders Will
Soon be Arrested.
ICE DEAIEE SULLIVAN 15 CUST0DI.
Ko Positive Evidence Bos Been Produced Against
McGcehan and King.
Several more steps have been taken in the
investigation of the Cronin tragedy. De
tective Coughlin was last night formally
charged with the murder of the doctor. P.
O. Sullivan is in custody, and other import
ant arrests are contemplated. King has
been released and the evidence against Mc
Geehan is weak. Mayor Crelger is very ac
tive in the matter.
Chicago, May 27. To-night at 10:45
Daniel Coughlin was formerly arrested in
the police station cell, where he has been
detained on suspicion. An examination by.
a justice was held immediately within the
stone "walls of the dungeon. A few moments
later the Magistrate ordered a Commitment,
and Coughlin was hurried out on the way
to tbe county jail.
The warrant was sworn out by John
Cronin, the brother of the dead man. Cough
lin is charged directly with the murder, and
at this hour is being taken to the county
jail. Extraordinary efforts have been made
to extort a statement from the detective. No
one questions that he is being treated to a
taste of the "sweat box" theory, and other
arts of which he was so long himself a dis
tinguished disciple. The outcome of pitting
such an expert against others of tried ability
is awaited with keen interest,
STEICT SECLUSION.
Capt. Bartram was asked: "Has Cough
lin been allowed to see a lawyer?"
He has no lawyer and says he does not
want any," was the reply.
In spite of this Mr. W. S. Forrest has
been retained in Coughlin's behalf, and
called at the station early this evening and
demanded to see his client. He was re
fused. Mr. Forrest staged that Coughlin's
wifo informed him that she had not been
allowed to see her husband' when she called
at the station Sunday. The police officials
gave to the reporters a very touching ac
count of an interview they had tender
heartedly allowed between husband and
wife.
SULLIVAN EEALLX AEBESTED.
Captain Schaack, Captain Wing and
Lieutenant Wing were u conference several
hours this afternoon at the Lakeview sta
tion, and when the conference was finished
Captain Schaack announced that the police
had P. O. Sullivan, the ice man, under ar
rest. He would not state whether he was in
custody at the Central station at the armory
or in Lakewiew, and refused to state whether
any new facts had been secured which
seemed to be evidence against him.
The conference at the Lakeview station
was conducted in great secrecy. Theoffi-
enrfl mt In tlio frftnt -rnrtTt, if lia fottnn
JMnjjiMllj&jiMTUiLUlia curtains and locked
the aoors.-SuTllvan was admitted through
few minutes. The detective officers from
the Larrabee street and East Chicago ave
nue station were summoned separately.
The last man to be called was Justice Ma
honey, theLakeview magistrate, who in
troduced Sullivan to Dr. Cronin. They all
refused to answer questions, and little could
be learned concerning the result of the con
ference. AN IMPOETANTjeONFEBENCE.
State's Attorney Longenecker's office was
carefully locked 'against all intruders for
hours this afternoon and evening. An im
portant and protracted conference was going
on within, at which every phase of the
Cronin murder, all the papers left by the
murdered man which could throw any light
on the foul conspiracy that drove him to his
death, the evidence collected against those
already arrested for complicity in the
crime and the suspicions thrown on
any of them who are still at liberty
but may be placed behind the bars
at any minute, were carefully considered.
Closeted with Judge Longenecker when
the session began at 1 o'clock were Mayor
Cregier, Corporation Counsel Hutchinson,
Chief of Police Hubbard, Attorney Luther
Laflin Mills and W. J. Hynes. Mayor
Cregier went over the mass of evidence
thoroughly witn a view ot considering tnc
possibility of arresting some of the prom
inent irishmen who are cnargea oy ur.
Cronin's friends with being implicated in
the conspiracy, though not directly con
nected with the murder.
The conferees were very chary about tell
ing what conclusions they bad come to in
regard to making arrests of the "suspects."
PEOJIINENT AEEEST3 COMING.
"Nothinghasbeen done inthatdirection,"
insisted Judge LongenecKer, "we have only
been preparingtheevidence for the Coroner's
inquest." One of the conferees admitted-
mat tue eviuence consiuereu was implicating
prominent enemies of the murdered man in
the Irish-American Society, and hinted that
important arrests would soon be made. It
is probable, however, that the Coroner's in
vestigation will be completed first.
The young man, King, who was arrested
lasfnight on the strength of the prisoner
Woodruff's story, was released to-day after
the police bad received a visit from J. S.
and E. M. MacDonald, attorneys, who had
interested themselves in his behalf. The
police think King is all right Contrary to
manv assertions,Peter McGeehan.thePhiLv
delphian, is apparently not the man who
drove Cronin away to his doom. Frank T
Scanlan, a friend of Cronin's, who knew
McGeehan and who saw Cronin driven
away, says -McGeehan is not the man. Liy
eryman Donald says McGeehan is not the
man who took the rig from the stable and
started for Cronin's office.
SOME DIFFERENCE. )
The few people who saw the man who
hired the white horse at Dinan's livery
stable and drove Dr. Cronin to his doom,
are so uncertain in their descriptions of his
personal appearance that his identification
from these sources is very doubtful. Most
of them acknowledge tbat they conld not
positively identify the man were they to see
him again.
Mrs. Conklin, who admitted Ahe man
when he called for Dr. Cronin, said she saw
him with bis hat off. He was .of medium
proportions, with dark hair, cmbed down
and mussed, but not shaggy. His eyes were
large, dark and deep set, his' cheek bones
prominent, his nose and theine of his jaw
straight. He was clean shaven, with the
exception of a good-sized dark mustache,
which did not hide tbe lines of his mouth.
Mrs. Conklin said that,lhe man's face was
flushed and beseemed excited. He wore a
plain black suit and an overcoat, the collar
of which was turned np behind.
Mr. Frank Scanlan is the young man who
also saw the man in Dr. Cronin's office.
Mr. Scanlan slipped in then to get a key
from the doctor,and had but a passing
glimpse of the stranger. He describes him
as having large dark eyes, a fnll jaw and a
dark brown muitache.
HE WAS IMPATIENT.
"As I delayld tbe doctor for a minute or
two in gettingthe key," said Mr. Scanlan,'
"the 'man loiked at me with an angry
IT'S A.
SPLENDID
MEDIU
come-off-the-perch look and seemed impa
tient." When the man called at Dinan's livery
stable to get the rig there were two men
there beside Mr. Dinan. They were a man
named Jack Dorregan and a blacksmith
named Jones. They agreed in their de
scription of the man and said that he wore a
light-weight long coat or spring overcoat
with the collar turned up all around. He
had a stubby mustache and a beard of about
eight days' growth. In this their descrip
tion does not agree with, that of Mrs;. Conk
lin who said' the man's face was clean
shaven. Detective Whalen, who accompanied De
tective Coughlin in his search for the man
Smith from Houghton, Mich., for whom
Coughlin hired a white horse on May 4, has
been suspended from duty pending further
investigation.
THE! ALL DENT IT.
Members of the Clan-Nn-Gncl Talk About
the Cronin Murder.
rSrXCIAI. TZXEOBAX TO THE DISPATCTI.l
New Yoek, May 27. Clan-na-Gael men
here of both factions vigorously denied to
day the story from Chicago that the society
as a society had anything to do with
the murder of Dr. Cronin. John
Devoy, who was mentioned as one
of the men condemned along with
Cronin, refused to say anything except: "If
the authority for the story that the Clan-Na-Gael
Society condemned Dr. Cronin and
killed him were made public some light
might be cast on who the
real murderers are." Michael Bres
lin, another anti-Sullivan man, declared
that the constitution of the society did not
admit of any member being tried for any
offense whatever without being personally
confronted before the tribunal with his
accuser or the representative of his accuser.
Since Dr. Cronin was admittedly ignorant
tbat he had been condemned or even tried,
he had not been tried or condemned by the
Clan-na-Gael or any committee of it.
John J. Moroney is understood to repre
sent the Sullivan faction of the Clan-Na-Cael
in thiscity. He said to-day that he
did not believe that the society or any
faction of it had a hand in the
murder; It was a private misunderstand
ing, he thought, and there was a woman in
it. He dweit on the fact that a woman's
finger had been found in the catch where
Cronin's body was discovered.
A BREWER'S YI0T0RY.
The Supreme Court Grants a Ulandamns Re
quiring the Philadelphia License Court
to Show Cause for Its Refusing to
Grant a Wholesale License.
rsrzciAi, teleoeaji to the dispatch.i
Philadelphia, May 27. The applica
tion of the Prospect Brewing Company for
a writ of alternative mandamus requiring
the judges of the License Court to showjeause
for their refusal to give it a wholesale
license, was to-day granted by the Supreme
Court. On May 16 it -was stated in print
that "the action of the high license law has
foiled a big enterprise of the great English
syndicate which is now buying up all the
large breweries of the country that they can
lay their hands on. The refnsal of a license
to brewer Charles Wolters, President of the
Prospect Brewing Company, to-day, is the
stumbling block in the way of the syndicate."
The article went on to say that Mr. Wol
ters and the directors of the company
had just accepted an offer from the synd
cate to sell the Prospect Brewery for 8C50,
000. .Negotiations between S. & W. Worm
ser, the New York bankers, on behalf of the
syndicate, and Mr. Wolters and Lawyer
William F. Johnston, on behalf of the brew
ing company, had been in progress for some
time past, but no agreement as to the con
sideration was reached until a few days ago,
when the representatives of the syndicate
made the offer of $650,000. The sale was
conditional on only1 one point, and that was
the defeat of the Constitutional amendment,
which is to be voted on June 18. Neither
side, however, anticipated the passage of
the amendment, and the sale was considered
all but perfected. The present contingency
(that is, the refnsal of a license) was never
considered as even possible, and did not
figure in the negotiation.
Shortly after this publication the writ of
alternative mandamus wu3 applied for on
the grounds that the company had complied
with all the laws of the State, and that no
reason had been given by the License Court
for refusing the license. It was the general
understanding that the real cause for the
Court's action was the manufacture and sale
of a drintc known as "Ambrosia," which
enabled the unlicensed retail dealers to
violate the law. To this the company an
swered that such manufacture and sale was
the authorized act of the Superintendent,
and that, when the drink had been judicially
declared intoxicating, ail dealing in it was
stopped. The following is Chief Justice
Paxson's order:
Per curiam:
) In the matter of the petitions and suggestions
of tbe Prospect Brewing Company, and of Karl
llutter, Charles Wolters, Charles Subsuer,
Jlohn Lndwig, Louis Erb, Charles Wolters, Jr.,
Franz Wolters, J. II. wolters and Charles
Wolters, trustee, stockholders In said brewing
:ompanv. It Is now ordered that a writ of
ilternative mandamus issue as craved for In
aid petitions, returnable at Harrisburg. in tbe
Middle district, on Wednesday, June 5, at 10
a. ir.
(A. K.
( The writs were prepared this afternoon by
George W. Biddle, of counsel for the
petitioners, and will be served at once.
District Attorney Graham will probably
iepresent the judges of the License Court at
the hearing. Furman Shepard has been re
tained as additional counsel for the brewers.
SOME SENSATIONAL CASES.
The Cmberger, McClellnndiown and Shnnlls
Trials Coming Up nt Somerset.
SPECIAL TULIOHAM TO THE DISPJITCH.1
Souebset, May 27. Somerset Criminal
Court convened this morning with the
largest list of cases and the most important
and sensational trials ever known in the
history of the county. There are in all 56
cases set down for trial. Among them is
the famous Umberger murder case, wherein
Joseph and David Nicely, of Westmoreland
county, are under arrest, accused of murder
ing old man Umberger and robbing him of
530,000.
The next of importance is the trial of the
notorious McClellandtown gang of robbers
and marauders. Eight of this gang are in
jail, including Lewis Sullivan and Tasker.
They stand charged with torturing and rob
bing and hanging old man Yoder, of
Summit Mills. Then comes the highly sen
sational case of the Shanlis brothers,
charged with shooting their step-mother and
suspected of hanging their own father. The
town is crowded witn people from all sec
tions of the county and many, are present
from adjoining counties.
MISSIONARIES AND TOBACCO.
The U. P. Assembly Appoints Some of the
first nnd Denounces the Latter.
SPECIAL TILEQUAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Springfield, O., May 27. The follow
ing missionary appointments were con
firmed at the U. P. General Assembly this
afternoon: To India, Messrs. E. E. Fife,
T. F. Cnmmings and T. E. Holiday; to
Egypt, E. M. Giffin, W. M. Nichols and
Jeremiah Kruedemien. All but the last
named, who is from Xenia, O., are from the
Allegheny City Seminary. By request
Eev. Andrew Watson, D. D., will prepare
a book on the Egyptian mission work.
According to resolutions adopted this
morning, Presbyteries are overtured to
license no one to preach and to admit no
one to eldership who usee toncee,
"VTAJVTS
Of any kind can be3t be
satisfied by advertising in
the columns of THE DIS
PATCH.
THREE CENTS
MOSBY BEATEN.
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In Spite&Srotests the Presby-;.
teriaVgSI Assembly
SPEAKS ODTtPEOHIBlTIOF.
A Sharp and Lively Debate. Darin? Whlck
Pandemonium Eeigns.
STE0NG AftTI-LIQDOR RESOLUTIONS
Adopted by a Vote of 133 to 80, Thoujh Bitterly
Opposed by the Minority.
The Presbyterian General Assembly, after
a very lively debate, yesterday adopted a
resolution favoring the enactment of pro
hibitory laws in everylState and Territory
of the Union. Dr. Crosby and others op
posed the resolution, but they were voted,
down. The Assembly will probably ad
journ to-day.
rSPSCIAL TXUCGIUH TO TST DISPATCH. J
New Yoek, May 27. The Presbyterian
General Assembly, after declaring this
afernoon in general terms its sympathy
with all movements to bring about total ab
stinence in theevening overthrew Dr.Crosby
and his supporters, who had brought abou
the afternoon result, and came out for pro
hibition flat-footed. The proceedings were
of a very interesting character throughout
and the prohibition victory was only won
after an earnest debate in which several
prominent clergymen gave utterance to
widely different views on the temperance
question. At the afternoon session Bev.
Dr. Isaac N. Hays, of Pennsylvania,
Chairman of the Committee on Temper
ance, presented a report in which was em
bodied a resolution expressing sympathy
with the movement in progress for the com
plete suppression of the traffic in intoxicat
ing liquors.
DE. CEOSBT OBJECTS.
Bev. J. Logan Sample, of Black Hills,
Dak., offered as a substitute a resolution
tbat the Assembly, while not indorsing any
political party, desired to express sympathy
with the prohibition movement, and to ex
tend to its advocates a hearty God speed.
Dr. Howard Crosby opposed the substi
tute, and said:
I have fought the saloons in this city for thir
teen years, and ought to know something about
the subject. There are two great principles
adopted by Christians in this country qn the
temperance question. Both seek the destruc
tion of the saloon. One is prohibition and the
other high license. It would be a great mis
take for tbe Presbyterian Church to determine)
which is the best method for the purpose. IX
prohibition was made the law in New York
citato tbe nnmber of saloons would be multi
plied. The Prohibitionists are a political party,
and we have no right to pledge our adherence
to any political body.
In reply to Dr. Crosbv, Dr. Sample said
that he advocated prohibition because it
was scriptural, and be considered it a sad,
day for the temperance cause when a large
body like the assembly could not bid it God
speed.
Again Dr. Crosby aroje and said:
What right has Dr. Sample to say that Con
stitutional prohibition is tbe only thing that
will conquer the saloon? I say it will result in
free mm. Both prohibition and high license
are political questions and we have no right to
ally ourselves to either side. Let us talk it
down, but don't let us take either side.
The Bev. Joseph IT. Wrightof Kansas
agreed wiflTDr. Sample. Br a vole of210
to 105 the substitute was laid on the fable.
The question then came on the adoption of
the original resolutions. Dr. Duffield, of
Princeton,
OFFEBED TO A1TEND
by- substituting Dr. Sample's resolution1
with the word "constitutional" stricken out.
This amendment was tabled by a vote of 166
to 146. The original resolution, which reads
as follows, wa3 adopted:
"Resolved, That we heartily reiterate the
deliverance of former assemblies upon this
whole subject and express our warm sympathy
in progress in favor of the' complete suppres
sion of the traffic in intoxicating liquors as
beverages, and we bid all wise and proper
methods to secure this issue, a hearty God
speed.
It was resolved that a committee of five
be appointed to confer with a committee
from the Congregational Church on Jhe
temperance question. "
At the evening session the report of the
Committee on Church Politic- was contin
ued. A communication from the Synod of
New Jersey asking when a church was reg
ularly organized, was decided by the As
sembly to be when an elder was elected.
Another important part of the report was
the admission of a new Synod. It will be
known as New Mexico, and will comprise
besides the Presbyteries of Arizona.
As soon as this was concluded Dr. Thomp
son arose and said that in view of the fact
that many had not understood the import of
tbe resolution adopted on tbe temperance
question at the afternoon session, he would
move the adoption of the following resolu
tion in explanation:
FATOEETG PEOHIBITORT LAWT.
Resolved, That the General Assembly in re
affirming the deliveranco of former assemblies
calls attention to the deliverance of 1SS3, which
says: That we earnestly recommend to the
ministers and congregations in our connection
and to all others to persevere in vigorous
efforts until laws shall be enacted in every
State and Territory of our beloved country,
prohibiting entirely a traffic which is the
principal cause of drunkenness and consequent
pauperism, crime, taxation, lamentation, war
and ruin to the bodies and souls of men with
which this country has so long been afflicted.
Dr. Crosby and several others bitterly op
posed the adoption of the resolution, claim
ing that it was an approval of the action of
a political party. Said Dr. Crosby:
I most strenuously object The word prohi
bition in 1SS3 meant an entirely different thing
than It does now. To-day it means the third party.
iCrles of MNo.""No." If we pass this resolution
the organs of this third party will boast to mor
row thatthePresbyterian ministers have joined
their ranks. Tho third party has been the
greatest hindrance to tbe cause. I have been
20 times to Albany to advocate measures that
would have reduced the saloons, and found
there not only the saloons to oppose me but
the representatives of the third party.
Dr. Thompson spoke at some length in
favor of his motion. Dr. Hubbard said
prohibition was the only thing, and that
high license was but a step to prohibition.
Dr. Cook and Dr. Fox also favored the mo
tion. GEXEBAL 7AXDEMOXIUM BEIGXED
after the subject got well entered into.
Almost every delegate wanted to say some
thing, but many aspiring orators were cut
short by the annonncement that the time
for adjourning had arrived. Twice was
the time extended, but at the end the mat
ter was still as mixed as before. Finally tho
motion was put, and each side in voting used
its lung power to such good effect that tha
moderator was unable to decide which had
won the fight. The voters were asked to
stand and it was counted 193 yeas, and 80
nays. "The motion is carried," announced
the Moderator, and Dr. Crosby got up from
his seat and left the church.
The assembly has determined to adjourn
.to-morrow if it has to sit until midnight.
The bills of the Commissioners at the sev
eralbig hotels until to-morrow night are paid
by the New York City Presbyterians.
Norton Secures a Divorce-
St. Louis, May 27. John W. Norton,
the well-known theatrical manager, was to
day granted a divorce from Emma S.Nor
ton, his wife, who eloped from St. Louis
with Henry W. Moore, the managing editor
of the Post-Dispatch, about a year ago. The
case was very quietly disposed ofa&nd at-
I tracted less attention than expected
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