$? Hi-'i"- cT ir 1 i U -. f" "St ? ADVERTISE Tear bnsloessln THE DIS PATCH. Frampt returns assured. WANTS nro always promptly responded to when advertised in THE DISPATCH. Real Estnte can be sold through ndvcr tlscmcnt in THE DISPATCH. POETY-FOUIITH YEAR. RAVAGEDBY RIVERS And Overwhelmed by Falling Mountains, a Large Part of Japan Laid Waste, FIFTEEN THOUSAND PERISH And Tens of Thousands Are Homeless and Utterly Destitute, WHILE STARYATION THREATENS THEM. Ninety Wiles of Wrecknge Strewn Upon the Coast Whole Village and Cities Wiped Ont Almost Instantaneously A Territory of Larce Extent Left Without a Single Honse fetanding Bodies, Swollen nnd Slnncled, Clog the Streams Th'e Worst Flood the ltt-Fnted Nation Has Known for Centuries. ' The worst flood known for centuries has visited Japan. More than 15,000 people are believed to have perished. Districts many miles in extent have been desolated and tens of thousands rendered shelterless. Simultaneously with the flood mountains crumbled and fell, overwhelming whole Tillages. Starvation threatens the survivors. ISrECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISFATCH.1 San Francisco, September 18. Prov ince Kii, in the southwestern part of Japan, has been visited by the greatest disasters in the history of the country. Probably more than 15,000 people have been killed. Sev eral towns have been wiped out completely, and others have been nearly demolished. The catastrophe was occasioned by the floods in the western partof the province, and by the crumbling of a mountain which buried six villages under a huge mass of rocks and earth. In eastern districts the early part of Au gust was remarkable for its rains, and the rapid rise of the rivers soon became alarm ing to the people along the banks. The. Kinogawa river, a stream over 100 miles in length, broke near the town of Yokohama on the 19th instant, and A MOUNTAIN OF WATER like that which swept through Conemaugh valley when the dam above Johnstown burst, rushed out upon the fields and towns, wrecking houses, bridges, fences, temples and all things in its path. In this district 200 bouses wer- carried away and 5,000 ruined by the water leaving 30,000 people dependent upon local officials for food. Lower down, the embankments of the Hidakagawn werealsiTTlestroyed, flooding the cultivated fields and adjacent towni Out of GO houses at Wakanomura hut two remain standing, and more than 50 people lost their lives. An official of the Nishi mura district office who arrived at Waka yama on the evening of August 22 reports that at about 4 P. m. on ths 19th an inroad of water took place at Sanabemachi, and in a few moments the floors of buildings in the vicinity were covered. Many houses in tbe district were carried way, and about 300 persons are said to have lost their lives. SCOEES OF TOWNS OBLITERATED. All villages within an extent often miles are more or less submerged. In Cboraiho mura several hundred honses were washed away, leaving only 11 buildings standing. Many persons are reported to have lost their lives in this district also. The volume of the river Kinokuni, an adjacent stream, swelled to an extraordinary extent, the rise being in some places from 13 to 18 feet above the normal level. No bridge over the stream could withstand the force of this flood. The river steadily rose from about 6 o'clock in tne evening, until at last, near midnight, it began to overflow the embank ments, and about 4 miles from the city of Wakayama the bancs at the village of Iwabashi were washed away. Immediately the village and its whole neighborhood, in cluding about 48 other hamlets, were covered bv the raging waters. The depth of the flood is stated to have been from 5 to 15 feet. The neighborhood of Osaka has also suffered very severely. THOUSANDS LEFT DESTITUTE. From a telegram received by the Home Offi:e from the Governor of Osaka it ap pears that in the districts under the laiter's ' authority relief is being given to several thousands. QJhe embankments on the Yodo gawn and Inkedapaigawn were broken at . several places on the 21st ult, and consider able damage was caused to farms, while many houses were swept away or otherwise injured. In Hongumura 180 houses were washed away and 30 persons drowned. In Higashipmurogori and Neship-Maro-gori several hundred "louses were demol ished and considerable loss ot life is re ported. In Hidakagon 380 houses were car ried away and 70 houses were more or less damaged, while 120 persons lost their lives and 50 others received more or less severe injuries. About 5,000 persons narrowly es caped death, OTHEK DISTRICTS DEVASTATED. A. telegram from Wakayama dated the 25th of August, states that many houses in Tschigawara and Shikiya (Higasha Mura gari), which are situated close to Kumana gowa, were carried away and many lives lost. All the buildings of the Knmano shrine, except one or two small temples, were swept away, but the sacred image was saved. According to the report from Je xtinu, in Higashi Muragari, about one fourth of the buildings there (over 500) and 100 persons were swept away. The Hikawga rofe 28 feet above the ordinary level, and villages close to the river were flooded, in consequence of which about 150 honses were washed away, many persons being drownad. Seventy-eight honses and the Miwake police station at Shusan were also carried away. Owing to several landslips, which occurred close to the source of the Hida kagawn, a vast number of trees, some of which were very large, were uprooted and swept into the fields where several thousands are now lying. STARVATION NOW THREATENS. Inquiries as to the conditian of the various villages along the river have not been com pleted. In Coto there are still two feet of -w muddy water. About 1,200 houses of the villages close to theTomitagawa were swept away. Other villages suffered much loss by the floods, and (he number of dead cannot be accurately determined, but for the prov ince of Kii, it will not fall below 10,000. Bloated bodies and wreckages of all description covered the fields for miles around, and it will be months before the survivors can proceed with work. The loss in money is roughly estimated at $6,000,000. Belief has been Eent to the ruined districts, but inadequate facilities for collecting and distributing provisions will make the suf fering intense, and in the outlying districts many will die from starvation. MOUNTAINS CRUMBLE AND FALL. The same rise which ruined the western part of the Province of Kii by flood also wrought a most singular and ruinous dis aster in the eastern section of one village. The Kansei Mppo, published atOsakagvsa, in a clear account says: "Since the 18th inst Totsuguawa-Go district has been vis ited with very heavy rains, and at dawn on the 19th it was discovered that the rivers were rising rapidly. People in lhe neigh borhood of Amano Gawa, fearing an inun dation, made preparation for the emergency. "While they were thus employed the mountains suddenly crumbled away, ob structing communication between the Tsujido-Mura and Sakamoto-Mura, and the waters from tbe rivers, which rose in conse quence, covered the houses in Tsukido Mura, the people fleeing to the temple situated on an elevated piece of ground. There, however, they were not fated to be safe, as Sugi-Tama, which is situated at the back of the temple, suddenly came down on the village in an avalanche, burying the entire village under ground, only half of the temple being left." WHOLE VILLAGES HELPLESS. A special correspondent who made bis way laboriously over the ruins'says: "The villages of Nagato-No-Mau, Tanise-Mura, TJvenoike-Mura and Hayashi-Mura, along the course of the Totsugawawoc. were all buried underground by the crumbling away of the TJmiyabara -Mountain. All the vil lages of Ui, Nagatouo, Numata-Hara and Asahi, at the entrance of theTotsugawa-Go, face each other and can be seen across the river, but there being no boats between these places no help could be rendered. The villages of Uyeuo-Chi, Takatsu, Kawatsu and several others were all either swept away or buried under ground. "The number of deaths in these villages has not yet been ascertained, but, as all out lets were blockaded, the number must have been considerable. The villages of Kasea haya, Uchihara, Takigawa, Xojiri, Yama saki and Taana were also entirely swept away or buried by the overflow of the rivers and'the crumbling mountains. The damage along the lower course of the river and the villages skirting it has not yet been ascer tained, but it is supposed that out of 50 vil lages, comprising Totsugawa-Go, ALL HAVE SUFFERED more or less from disaster, and it is a mooted point if one has escaped. In all these villages, (arms, rice fields and houses are supposed to have suffered. The exact number is not vet known, but the district officials place the number of deaths at be tween 3.000 and 5,000. The colleries at Ta-tezato-Mura, Yoshino-Gori, also caved in, and 40 miners are missing. In Shiono-Mura a landslip occurred, crushing to death eight persons, beside which 40 are missing who are supposed to have been buried alive. "While the-extent of the territory is not so great the suffering in this district is ap palling. It is impossible to furnish aid to many, and they must die of hunger and thirst. The losses in money will never be known, as families and even towns have been wiped from the earth, with no sur vivor to tell the tale. NINETY MILES OF WRECKAGE. "As an instance of the disaster, it may be mentioned that the Portuguese gunboat, Eio Lima, on her voyage along the coast, was greatly obstructed by wreckage, roofs and timbers of houses, etc, so that on sev eral occasions she had to stop to prevent damage to her screw. This debris extended at least 90 miles along the coast. These are the greatest disasters Japan has known for centuries. and further details can only bring stories of more desolation and more suffering than has been related." Another telegram from Wakayama, dated August 26, announces that according to in vestigations made up to that date the total number of houses carried away in Nishi Murogori was 1,092, while 508 others were demolished and 440 houses were more or less damaged. The number of deaths there was 863. A MAD MAN RUNS AMUCK. Armed With Sharp Weapons He Threatens the Lives of Several People. ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New York, September 18. A wild-looking man created great excitement to-day, appearing on the street in ragged clothes, with one foot bare, and rushing after car riages and peering into them. He sprang upon the steps of a Fifth-avenue stage and looked curiously in at one of the windows. Belore anyone within had time to observe the threatening look on his face the man had dropped to the ground. He approached other carriages and stages in like manner, frightening women and annoying men. Policeman Horn saw him finally and saw, too. that he had a pair of shears onen in one hand and some sort of sharp instrument in the other. After a struggle the police overpowered him. The man said that he was Thomas Maguire, and that he had landed from Ire land only three days ago. Alter having fallen on the pavementand prayed, Macuire was got into a grocer's wjgon and carried to the station. On the way he told Policeman Horn that he had meant to find some one on Filth avenue who was rich, kill him and take his money. Maguirewas a woe-begone spectacle. His account of himself was in coherent. Justice Gorman committed him for examination as to his sanity. POISONED BY. CANNED SALMON. Three Persons Taken Violently III After Partaking of a Fish Sapper. rsrECIAL TELKGBAX TO TUB DISPATCH.! Elizabeth, N. .T., September 18. Mrs. James Dunn, of High street, was, together with her boarder, James Wilson, poisoned to-night by eating canned salmon. The pair were seized with violent spasms and intense thirst a few hours after supper, and their tongues swelled to double their normal size. Prompt medical aid saved their live", but tbey are still very sick, and Mrs. Dunn's condition is critical. The salmon was pur chased at a neighboring grocery, and what remained alter the meal has turned com pletely green. This is the second case of poisoning by canned food recently in this city, as a week ago all the inmates of Mrs. John Hoy's boarding house were made very sick by eat ing canned peas. A CONTRACTOR BURIED AL1TE, And Several Workmen Narrowly Escnpe From a simitar Fate. FPECIAL TKLEGBA1C TO THE D16PATCH.1 Elmira, N. Y-, September 18. Merritt Wright, of the firm of Wright & Bush, con tractors and builder;, Canton, Pa., was in stantly killed this afternoon at 6 o'clock by tbe caving in of a sand bank near his home. Several workmen, who had just left work. narrowly escaped being buried under 100 tons of clay and sand. fje LOST IN LAKE EKIE. A Pleasure Yacht With Nine Passepgers Goes to the Bottom Ail Were Prom inent Dullness Men Tiro of the Bodies Recovered. Cleveland, September 18. The steam yacht Leo left the port of Lorain, 28 miles west of here, for this port on Sunday after noon, between 2 and 3 o'clock, having on board the following named gentlemen: John B. Tunte, I. b. Lawler, T. P. Ettter, Benja min Kline, S. D. Knight, D. A. Dawler, Captain Sam Boot, Fred Pelowand an engi neer from Detroit, whose name is unknown. Nearly all of them were prominent and well knownbusiness men of Lorain. The weather was fair and the party of excursionists looked for a pleasant run down to Cleveland with the intention of returning by rail in the evening. The yacht had been purchased on Wednesday at Detroit for ?550. It was the intention of the purchasers, three of whom were among the party of excursionists, to use her for pleasure purposes at Lorain. She was of but 17 tons burthen, and was un fitfora heavy sea. A second object in bringing her here was to have her undergo inspection at the hands of the local Gov ernment inspectors. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon a stiff blow came up from the westward and the yacht was seen to with stand it off Avon point, a few miles down the shore, by a fisherman at work in the neighborhood. The weather moderated somewhat and the excursionists, after put ting out airain lor Cleveland, weie met a short distance east of Kock river by Dan P. Eels' yacht Winnifred, about 7 o'clock in the evening. Captain Williams; of the Winnifred, says he saluted them and re ceived an answer with cheers from the party. The weather was moderate then. Shortly afterward the wind shifted to the Northeast, and it is thought that with this unfortunate change the Lorain people lost their lives. The shore to Eocky river, with the exception of butone short strip of beach, is a mass of din's and is very dangerous. Nothing wasjheard of the yacht until this morning, when the bodies of Eitterand Lawler were found by the life saving crew floating in the lake. The remaining bodies are being searched for, but the work is slow and dangerous on account of the roughness of Lake Erie. CDP1D AT THE CIGAR STAND. A Wealthy Young Sinn and a Pretty Shop Girl Elopo nnd Marry. ISFECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Dubuque, September 18. A sensational elopement occurred here to-day. William M. Bradley, Jr., son of one of the leading real estate agents and capitalists of Dubuque and a member of the wholesale firm of Glasser & Bradley, quietly went to West Union to-day with Miss Lydia Withers and the two were mar ried. Miss Withers is a young brunette, handsome and attractive, the daughter of a widow residing at Turkey Creek Junction Some time ago the firm ot Glasser & Bradley opened a rigar stand in the Lorimer Honse and Miss Withers was placed in charge. Young Bradley became enamored and longed to make her his wife. The girl was willing, and so was her mother, but both knew that Bradley's parents, who are exceedingly aristocratic, would never give their .consent, so the elopement was planned and the wedding took place. It has proved to be a great sensation in society circles, for Bradley moved in the highest sets and was regarded by the mar riageable ladies of Dubuque as a valuable catch. His firings known all over Iowa. The young lady is comparatively nnknown here, but is respectable and worthy of the man she has wedded. STEVE ELKINS" OPPOSITION. A Possibility Tlint It May Seriously Injure Gen. Goff' Politicnl Prospects. ISFECIAL TELEUItAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Washington, September 18. General Goff, of West Virginia, arrived to-day, and this evening a number of his friends met him at the Ebbitt Honse, and talked over the prospects of the appointment of Attor ney General Miller to the Supreme Bench and Goff to the Attorney General's office. It is said that the power that is opposing Goff is Steve Elkins, who has taken it into his head to run West Virginia politics, and whose proximity to the President at Deer Park gives him great influence in that quarter. This influence, with that of the Wood faction in Indiana, which wants Judge Wood elevated to the Supreme Bench, may result in a final deathblow to thcarrangement tor Miller and Goff, which was positivelv made some time ago. However, friends of Goff in every part of the country are advocating his cause, and of course Miller's also, and the pressure may be too strong for the President to with stand. THE FIREMEN 0DT IN FORCE. Folly Five Thousand of Them nt the State Convention in Carlisle. rsrECIAt TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Carlisle, September 18. Fully 5,000 visiting firemen from all sections of Penn sylvania are nere attending the State Fire men's Convention. Some 80 companies will be in line to-morrow when the big parade takes place. The reports of the different committees were read and adopted. Mr. Greenburg, of Huntingdon, was elected by acclamation President for the coming year. Four Vice Presidents were elected as fol lows: S. M. Wagoner, H. Mentzell. W. E. King, J. W. Hartman. Ex-President Mc Allister, of Bradlord, was nominated as representative to the National Convention, which meets in Detroit, Mich. The next State Convention will be held at Chester. Should theweather prove favorable 50,000 people will witness the grandest demonstra tion that ever took place in Southern Penn sylvania. YELLOW FEYER IN BR00KLIN. A Sailor From Costa Klcn Suffering From the Drcnd Disease. tCTECIAI. TKLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, September 18. Health Com missioner Griffin, of Brooklyn, was notified this morning by Superintendent Ar nold, of the Kings County Hospital, at Flatbush, that Isaac Elonen, a native of Finland, had been sent to the hospital from the office of the Com missioner of Charities, and that apparently he was suffering from yellow fever. As soon as Dr. Arnold made the discovery he had the patient removed to the smallpox hospital and placed in a ward by himself. .Elonen was a saiior on tne steamship Aloma, of the Atlas line, which arrived at this port on Monday from Costa Eica. He came to Brooklyn on Tuesday, and becom ing exhausted in the street, he was taken to the office of tbe Chanties Commissioners in Elm Place, whence he was sent in an ambulance to tbe hospital. ALL PEACEFDL AT LONDON. The Docks at London Are Now a Scene of Bnsy Toll. London, September 18 This evening the docks presented a busier appearance .than for many years. They were encum bered by an army of vans laden with export goods, and were not cleared until midnight. The Keighley iron 'workers' strike has ended, tbe masters having conceded the de mands of the workmen. The striking iron workers of Tredegar and Blaenavon resume work at an advance of 5 per cent. mmm PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, PODBEDfALLIPOm A Quartet of Jurors to Try Those Accused of Cronin's Murder. SOME SENSATIONAL ST0E1ES. The Defense to Charge British Spies With the Bloody Crime. LONDON LOTH LEl'TERS LOOKED FOE. A Little Eoraance and the Eiidence of aRoted In former Irpected. After hundreds of unsuccessful examina-, tions and the expenditure of 56,000, four' jurors have been accepted in theCronin case. The defense will claim that the mur der was committed by British emissaries, and will produce letters from a dangher of Le Caron to that effect. On the otherhand, it is stated that the informer will be one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution. His testimony is expected to be of a sensational nature. rSFECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Chicago, September 18. Four jurors have finally been secured to pass judgment on the guilt or innocence of ex-Detective Coughlin and his four colleagues now on trial lor the murder of Dr. Cronin, Tbey took the formal oath at 3:45 o'clock this aft ernoon, and ten minutes later they were es corted from the jury box into Judge Mc Connell's private room, where they will be kept under the surveillance of a bailiff un til their eight colleagues are found. The names of the jurors are John Culver, Charles Hicks, James Pearson and Frank Hall. All four are Americans. Three of them came from suburban towns. One hun dred peremptory challenges were used, over 400 veniremen were examined, and the county spent nearly $0,000 in securing this quartet. Pearson is a young farmer, with bright eyes, but an expressionless face. Culver is a real estate dealer at Evanston. He is tall and slender, with a grim melan choly looking face. each side is satisfied. It is said that he has queer opinions about certain things. Each side thinks it got the better of the bargain when Culver was chosen. Hall is a pale faced, slender draughtsman, who is highly recommended by his employers. Hicks is as slender and as pale as Hall. He is a clerk in an insur ance office in La Salle street. With the ex ception ot Culver the four men do not ap pear to be of great depth. Four more men were held for the night. They wiil proba bly be dropped to-morrow by the defense. Eapid progress was made in the examina tion of veniremen during the four hours and a half the Court was in session in the after noon. Judge McConnell dropped a weight on Attorney Forrest while the latter was pouring a torrent of psychological questions upon an innocent-looking juror from the country. Judge McConnell, growing weary, said: "Forrest, your questions are nt'erly inconsistent with human nature." HIS LACERATED FEELINGS, Mr. Forrest took this" bard: He glared around at the loungers grouped about him and then gracefully fell back into the old groove about Coughlin and the white horse, and Burke and the Carlson cottage. There was another outburst during Mr. Forrest's examination of venire men. The leader of the defense was endeavorine to draw from a juror an admission that he would not -believe a Clan-na-Gael man in the present case under oath. State's Attorney Longenecker madea vig orous objection to this line of questioning, on the ground that the State and the Court were not presumed to know that there would be Clan-na-Gael witnesses on the stand. Judge McConnell sided with the public prosecutor. Mr. JBorrest was badly rattled. He declared time after time that the de fense would place Clan-na-Gael men on the stand, and maintained that his clients would not get justice if the jury jvere com posed of men who would place no" credence in Clan-na-Gael testimony. Judge McCon nell again ruled that the Clan-na-Gael was not on trial. "Then." shouted Mr. Forrest, with out stretched arms, "then where's my defense?" Nobody could answer the question, and the monotonous examination was resumed. A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT. The lawyers for the defense claim to be in possession of -evidence showing that the murderers of Dr. Cronin were paid representatives ot the English Government, who had been duped by Cronin, who was supposed by the British authorities to be one of their American spies. ' The form this evidence has taken and in which it will be presented at the trial on behalf of the defense area number of letters written by Miss Le Caron, daughter of the notorious witness in the Parnell case, to her affianced husband, who is a well known and prominent young Irish-American of Chi cago. These letters have been written by Miss Le Caron from London at brief inter vals ever since she joined her father in that city fast winter, after he had appeared as a witness before the Parnell Commission. The letters from Miss Le Caron after the disappearance of Dr. Cronin alluded to him frequently, and intimated that the writer knew that the doctor was a victim of a vile conspiracy, of which she knew the particulars. WARNED BY THE SPY. But she never gave any detailed account of the information, which she left to be inferred she had obtained from her father, till after the arrest of Coughlin, O'Sullivan and Beggs. Then she became more definite. Le Caron, after his arrival in London-, had warned Cronin, and advised him to save himself by complying with what was ex pected of him. Le Caron was cautious. In hiR letters he did not indipate from whom this danger to Cronin was to come. Miss Le Caron, in her confidential communications to her lover, was not so discreet. In one of them she writes: "There is one man who got away and whom they should have arrested. Why didn't they arrest Burlingham? They might have learned agreat deaj from him." The story outlined in tbe scries.of letters, of which there are very many, is to the effect that Le Caron and Burlingham were both British spies; that Dr Gronin, in his intimacy with them, soon learned their real character, and in order to obtain from them fuller Insight into THEIR FLANS AND'DUPLICITY and the designs of the English Govern ment, he permitted them to think that he also was venal, and could be hired by their employers. They made the proposition that he enter the American branch of the Secret Service of Spotiand Yard He ap parently accepted. He obtained, all their information without giving any in return. They became suspicious and sought to ob tain from him certain papers which they had given him in his supposed character of spy. He refused to give them up. Mean while LeCaron was summoned to England to testify, against Parnell. It was sug gested to Cronin that he would be called on later forthe same purpose. Burlingham. the other representative of the British service in Chicago, was told to look out for Cronin and obtain at any price the documents which would have revealed the close connection between certain high SEPTEMBER 19, 1889. American officials and the London de tective system. DESPERATE METHODS. The Scotland Yard people grew desperate. It was resolved to.rob him of the papers, and it was in that attempt that the Doctor was killed, the conspirators believing that he always carried the much wanted papers on his person. Burlingham, who it is al leged in these letters should be watched, wld out his drugstore at North Clark and Oak streets for a very low price and disap-. peared. In opposition to the above it is claimed that at the proper stage of the Cronin trial the prosecution will produce as witnesses'T. J. Kirby, Thomas Le Caron and Patrick Coonev. This, it is said, has been made nossible by the efforts of Messrs. Hvnes and Mills, or counsel for the State, with the aid of the Pinkerton detectives, Kirby, as agent of the British Government, was in Chicago for months before the murder of Dr. Cronin, prying into the secrets of the Clan-na-Gael. He was very successful and returned to London full of information not only about the workings of the order, but with full particulars ot the plot against Dr. Cronin and the manner in which it was car ried out. LE CAEON AS A WITNESS. It was the intention of the British au thorities to put Kirby on the stand" in the Parnell case, but it was concluded that the evidence of Le Caron would be strong, cuuugn, ana mat no good would come ot disclosing Kirby's identity and the nature of his errand to America until absolutely necessary. By keeping Kirby off the stand, the British authorities would be able to use him to good advantage in other cases. After the trial Kirby went to Canada, and was lost sight of until located a few days ago by the detectives. He was told what' was wanted of him, and for a long time re fused to have anything to do with the case. iFinally the matter was nut to him in such a light that he consented to come to Chicago and appear as a witness for the prosecution when reqnired. Le Caron has revealed to the American detectives the names of certain men on which suspicion has not heretofore rested, and, like Kirby, will be on hand, ready to testify when wanted. It may be well to state that, in order to avoid any mistake about Kirby and Le Caron showing up when wanted, they have constant compan ions in the shape of some of Pinkerton's most argus-eyed employes. THEIE TURN NOW. The Judge Befnses to Take the Ives Case From the Jnry, and the Defense Will bo Heard The History , of on Immense Ijonn. ' New York, September 18. The first itness in the Ives case called to-day was Sir. Henry McGowan, a member of the firm (f Hellmus, McGowan & Co. On June 22, 1888, the witness arranged a loan for Henry S Ives & Co. It was for 52,000 pounds sterling. The loan was seemed from Kuhn, Ljeb & Co. The collateral received was 2,500 shares of Cincinnati, Hamilton & layton common stock. The witness dealt with Ives as the representative of the firm iiall dealings. Mr. Hellmus, McGowan's partner, took the stand and testified that he nade the negotiations with Kubn, Loeb & Co. for the loan ot 52,000 pounds. The loans, le said, were subsequently paid by Ives & do. Additional testimony on this point was riven by other attaches of the banking louse, and William A. Merrick, a clerk for 9rexel, Morgan & Co., testified to the re (feiot ot 2.500 shares of stock offered bv Ives f wS isksecurity lor the Joan of 52,000 BJUUUS. Just here, from the most activity and de termination upon the paft of the prosecu tion and defense, both sides seemed to lapse into a strange quietude. District Attorney Fellows sat back in his chair and handled jhis eyeglasses. He looked like one who thought his day's work was done. Lawyer jBrooks eyed him laughingly. There was Something up, but just what it was no one ould say definitely. Then a rumor went 'irough the courtroom that the prosecution (ad rested. This was soon confirmed bra Statement to that effect by Colonel Fellows. The defense at once moved for acquittal oi the ground that there was no direct cor roboration of the charge that there was a iHudulent over issue of stock;. The Court dtclincd to take the case from the jury and tie defense will now be heard. BECAME ANOTHER'S BRIDE. A Lndy Chnngos Her Mind on Her Wed ding Day nnd Jilts Her Betrothed. SPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Syracuse, September 18. The village 01 Phmnix is stirred un over the exnosnrp ol the fact that Carrie Williams was for stme time engaged to marry two men, and fhally married one and jilted the other at tie last minute. Daniel Beals, a miller in tie employ of Pierce & Pendergast, has en paying attention to Miss Williams, d it was generally supposed that they Sre to be married. Harry Haynes, after a feW years in Minneapolis, when his father died some time ago, returned to take charge of the farm. He was a widower. Miss Williams met Haynes atNewBridge, where shdwas teaching school. She corresponded with him regularly. Tb-day was to have been the wedding day of Beals and Miss Williams. The guests were invited, a clergyman engaged, and all the other arrangements made, but before the hour arrived Miss Williams had been made Mrs. Haynes. RUSSIA AND FRANCE. The Xnrues of the Two Countries Enthusi astically Linked Together at Paris. Paris, September 18. Upon the invita tion of the French Society of Engineers, a party of Bussian, Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian and Chilian engineers visited the Eiffel tower to-day. The party numbered 2E0. After the tour had been duly in' spected the visitors were entertained at luncheon, at which M. .Eiffel offered a toast to the sovereigns of the countries represented. In the course of his speech he said: "An especial sympathy draws us toward Bussia, whose celebrities are hon ored in France as in Bussia. We applaud Itussi&'s success in her wondrous work of civilizing Asia by means of railways a work which General Anuenkoff has cour ageously promoted." M. Kartzoff, a Bussian engineer, respond ed. Upon rising to speak he received an ovation, cries of "Vivela Bussie!" "Vive la France!" drowning his opening sentences. He congratulated M. Eiffel, and said that Bussian science, which was still young, Lad obtained its inspiration from France. WITH THREE BULLETS IN HIS HEAD. The Body of n Wetl-Dresseil Yonng Man Found in n Chicago Sw.irap. SPECIAL TELIGBAM TO THB PISPATCn. Chicago. September 18 The body cf a good-looking ycung man was found to-day in a swamp near the Calumet river A re volver with twe empty chambers was in his right hand. For 12 hours it was believed that the man had committed suicide. The Coroner's inquiry to-day shewed that the Chicago pclice have another of their famous murder mysteries to unravel. The man had not killed himself. His skull had been crushed and three bullets were in his head. The bullets had not come from the revolver clinched in the right hand of the corpse. The body was well dressed. In the pockets were fcund 20 cents and a piece of paper on which was written Miss Edith Kyurs, No. o( Sugar street, Mansfield, 0. M$Mm A STUDENT'S SUICIDE. A Hew Jersey State Senator's Son Who Was Studying Theology SHOOTS HIMSELF IN HIS BOOM. Great Mental Strain and Financial Troubles Unbalance His Mind. THE DEED YERY ADROITLY PLAKNED, A Fbyslologlcal Chart Aiding tbe Xoucg Man Talittg His Own life. fa Philip'Bosenburg, a theological student at Hackettstown, N. J., committed suicide 'by shooting himself, in his room at the in stitute at that place. He deliberately planned the deed, and wrote letters ex plaining why he tooK hfs life. rspzcuL telxorah to trz dispatch, Hackettstown, N. J., September 18. Student Wjlcox this morning, about 11 (O'clock,, heard an exclamation, "Oh! my God," and two shots in quick succession in a room in the second hall .of tbe institnte building, and rushing into the hall, found smoke issuing from the transom over the door of room 6. Prof. Cuykendall, being near by, was informed, and bursting open the door he found Philip J. Bosenburg, a student, lying dead on his face with a wound in his right temple. He summoned Dr. Martin and Dr. Crane, of the town, who examined the body and found a pistol shot wound on the left side near the region of the heart, and one in the right temple. A pistol was found lying under the body with two chambers empty. Death was instantaneous. A.Coroner's jury rendered a verdict of suicide, "committed under great mental strain, so much as to un balance bis mind." worried about money matters. Bosenburg had been a student at the in stitute for the past year, and was preparing for the ministry. He was very much wor ried of late about financial and family affairs, and from letters found on his table it appears that on Tuesday forenoon he meant to procure a revolver in Washington, N. J. This be was unable to do. The letter said that tbe failure would necessitate tbe postponement of the accom plishment of his purpose until the next day. It also said his intention was to go to Phillipsourg or Easton to procure a pistol. He went to one of those towns and came .back this morning on the 8 o'clock train. On his way to the institute he shopped at a book store and purchased a copy of a work on hnman physiology containing charts ov ins human body, showing the location of the brain, heart and other organs. He went to his room in the institute and wrote several letters to his parents, to Dr. Whitney, the head of the in stitute, and others. He wrote one to the public, wherein he says he will now make his last prayer and prepare him self for the deed. He took off his coat and waistcoat, collar and tie and hung them in a closet in his room, removed his linen shirt and then fired the fatal shot, exclaim ing as he, did so, "Oh I my God I" He would have been 21 years old next January. He is the son of Philip H. Bosen burg, of Baptisttown, Hunterdon county, N. J., who is a nephew of the late ex-State Senator Eli Bosenburg, of Clinton, N. J. Y0DTDFDL TRAIN WRECKERS. Boyi of Tender Years Attempt to Destroy a Fast Express. (SPECIAL TELEOnAU TO THE DISPATCH.! Concord, N. H., September 18. Two little boys, aged 8 and 10 years, made an at tempt to-day to derail the White Mountain express because the conductor of a freight train refused to give them a ride. Their names are Arthur and Percy Abbott. They were on their way to Northfield and tried to steal a ride on the freight, but were put off at East Concord. They then continued their journey on foot. As the White Mountain express, a very fast and heavily loaded train, was passing south a short distance above North Concord, it struck some obstruction on the track. The pas sengers were badly shaken up and fright ened. The train was stopped and it was found that a dozen or more fish plates had been placed on tbe rails with an evident in tention to throw the train off. The pieces ot iron were ground np under the cars tear ing pieces from the plank flooring. The boys were detained when they reached Canterbury by the station agent who thought they were runaways, and to him they confessed that they had placed the ob structions on the track out of revenge for being put off the freight and intended to derail the train. The escape of the express from a terrible casualty was remarkable as it was going at a high rate of speed. BOUND TO BE A BRIDE. Deserted by One Lover a Polish Belle Gets a License and Weds Another. rsrECIAL TSLEQEAH TO TOE DISPATCH.1 Wilkesbabre September 18. Miss Mary Poposeck is the daughter of aPolander who has grown rich as the proprietor of a store. The daughter was engaged to be married to a young Polander named Sam uel Meroski. Great preparations were made for the event. On Monday the pros pective groom called at the Eegister's office and procured a marriage license. On the way home, however, the lover and sweet heart quarreled and separated. This morn ing bright and early Miss Poposeck again put in an appearance at the Register's oifice. She was accompanied by another young man, but he was not so handsome as the first. The clerk was perplexed. He told the fair lady that he could not change the license; that she would have to procure a new one. "All right, then," said Mary, "I will take anew one. I'll show Sam that there are plenty of other men in this country just as good as he." The license was then made out to Peter Sozowozky and Mary Poposeck, and "this afternoon they were married. A NEW HARBOR NEEDED. Tbo Government Will Protect the Vessels nt tbe Delaware Breakwater. (SPECIAL TELEOUAK TO THE DISPATCH.1 Lewes, Del., September 18 The wreck and devastation at the Delaware break water, the result cf the late gale, have aroused the Government to the necessity of erecting in the place of the present stone pile a structure of sufficient dimen sions to protect the millions of dollars worth ol property that annually seek reluge frcm stcrms. A Government surveyug steamer has arrived in the harbor for the purpose of making surveys, preparatory to the erection of a larger breakwater The Delaware breakwater was constructed to furnish a good harbor on a coast which for abont 300 miles was singularly deficient in safe anchorage grounds for large vessels in rough weather. It is about a mile from the beach, at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, on the inside of Cape Henlopen. The surveys by the Government and the evi dence of the officials of the breakwater show how utterly inadequate the breakwater has been for the protection of commerce. WW tjjr . V 7H WHAT WEAKER SAMPUfJED 0JTTHE EACH Ohio's Governor Gives Hit Version of Mnch.Diicnssed Speech Tartner'i Integrity Not Questioned The Allusion to Noble-. rSPXCIAL TXLSOBAK TO THE DISPATCTf.l Columbus, September 18. Governor Foraker's attention was to-day called to ex pressions which were being attributed to him relative to the Tanner resignation and said: "I have not authorized any statement about it to be made by auybody, but I take pleasure, inasmuch as my attention has been called to the matter, in stating as nearly as lean recall, ex actly what I did say and what I propose to say as often as occasion may seem to call for it. Speaking of the claims of pensioners upon the Government in my Sprlneneld speech, I stated that there were two wrongs that should be cor rected. One was the granting of the miserable $2 a month pension and tbe other was tbe un reasonable delay In the bearing of applications. "I spoke of Corporal Tannor with words of compliment and regard; as one who bad labored hard to correct these wrongs, and m that con nection said L in common with all old soldiers, regretted to bear of his resignation. I was pleased, however, to note tbe assurances that had been given ont that nobody reflected upon his integrity as a man or as an official; that I did not know exactly what tbe trouble was that called for his resignation, but that it had been hinted that it was due to the fact that he had been unduly expediting tbe business of bis office. I said in, that connection I could not think-the "President had found fault with him on that account, because he had told us when he was a candidate that the claims of pensioners should not be weighed in an apothecary's scales. This view of the case appeared to fix the responsibility for tbe trouble upon a member of the Cabinet for whom I could not speak, since I had never heard of him before he was made a member of the Cabinet, and but very little since except in connection with bis controversy with the Com missioner ot Pensions. "I then proceeded to say that in time, no doubt, we would know the reason why be bad resigned, as we were entitled to know It, and that if there was no other reason than the one surges ted, while he could not go back into that office, no other man could be his successor with the approbation of tbe patriotic senti ment of the country, who did sot pursue the same policy." 'COWHIDED BT A WOMAN. A Phlladelphlan Eecelres Rough Treat ment nt the Hands of HI Landlady. rSFZCIAZ. TELIQBA1I TO THE DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia, September 18. The employes of Davenport's factory, Hancock and Somerset streets, were treated to a sen sation to-day by one of their number, Bobert Moreland being publicly cowhided by Mrs. Clara Knox, who lives on jturray street, above York. Mrs. Knox is the wife of a baseball player, who is away from home for several daysSit a time. Moreland boarded with Mrs." Knox a circumstance which caused the tongues of the scandal mongers in the neighborhood to wag. When the baseballist returned to his home a few days ago he heard unpleasant stories. He questioned his wife and she became indig nant. Then he saw Moreland and threat ened him, with the result that Knox was bound over to keep the peace. It is alleged that Moreland then corrob orated the rumors, and when Mrs. Knox heard of the matter she obtained a cowhide. The attack was made on Moreland while thejiands were leaving for breakfast. More land received number of sharp cuts, and ran away amid the jeers of the other mill hands. Later he caused a warrant to be issued by Magistrate O'Brien for the arrest of Mrs, Knox. LICENSE AND TAEIFP REFORM. .Iowa Democrats Are First InThelrDeelara tton forTheso Principles. Sioux Citt, September lS.-The Demo cratic State Convention met at 11 o'clock this morning and was called to order by Chairman E. H. Hunter, of the State Cen tral Committee. Horace Boies was nomi nated for Governor by acclamation, and the ticket was completed by the nomination ot Judge W. H. Brannon, of Muscatine, for Supreme Judge, Thomas Irish, of Dubuque, for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and David Morgan, of Poweschiek, for Bailroad Commissioner. Alter declaring emphatically for tariff reform, the platform says: ' Resolved, That in the interest of the true temperance we demand the passage of a care fully guarded license law, which sball provide for the issuance'of licenses in towns, townships and municipal corporations of tbe State by a vote of tbe people of such corporations, and which shall provide that for each license an annual tax of $500 be paid into the County Treasury, and such further tax as tbe town, township or municipal corporation shall pre scribe; the proceeds thereof to go to the use of such municipalities. A NOTED DESPERADO CAUGHT. One of a Gang of Daring Train Bobbers Cnptnred la Utah. tSPECIAL TELEOBAX TO THE DISPATCH.! Ooden, Utah, September 18. Caleb Perry, the young desperado who four years ago murdered William McCoy at Deer Lodge, Mont., and afterward dangerously wounded two officers who attempted to arrest him and .then made good his escape, was arrested here to-day. He is also thought to be one of the -mien who held up the Bio Grande Western train at Thompson Springs last month, and it is positively kuown that he is the man who held np Tom Deuison, a gambler in this city, on September 8. and took from him a canvas sack containing $400 in silver and gold and'then shot young Fields when he shonted at him to stop as he ran away. When arrested he made a daring effort to get away, but two officers overpowered him. He was recognized by Tom Denison as the man who held, him np. When searched a dozen dynamite caps were found. There are no less than half dozen rewards ont Tor his arrest, in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. He is also wanted in- Southern Colorado tor numerous crimes. MAI BESDLT SERI0USLT. A Son Charged With Slrlklng His Father 'with a Stone Lifter. Albert Campbell was committed to jail by Alderman Burns yesterday, in default of bail, for a hearing to-morrow on a charge of felonions assault and battery, preferred by his father, James Campbell. Both live on Thirty-eighth street, and are puddlers. The son, it seems, wished to marry, and when his father refused his consent he struck him on the head with a stone lifter, so it is alleged. Mr. Campbell is over 80 years old, and the wonnd may prove serious. RUSK MAKING A T0DR. He Talks About Agriculture to 15,000 People In Missouri. St. JOSEPH, Mo., September 18 To-day 15,000 people crowded into the amphitheater of the new Era Exposition to listen to an address by Hon. J. M. Busk, Secretary of Agriculture. Secretary Busk was intro duced by Hon. B. P. C" Wilson, member of Congress from the Fourth Misscun district. Bis remarks were confined to agricultural topics. A UIDNIGHT BLAZE. Overheated Springs set an Oil Tank on Fire at A. French Sf Co.'s. At 12.30 o'clock this morning an alarm of fire was sent from station No. 62, caused by a fire in an oil tank at A. French & Co.'s spring works, Twentieth and Liberty streets. The loss resulting amounts to $20. Tbe origin of the fire was from tbe temper ing of some overheated springs in an oil tank. iQUbHL rVtHBt J0QPvf bMM JKfltVf Sl UeJp. adTerttas fat THK BIWArCH. TarcBasers eaa be hwl for everythlag ' offered For Sale Is THE BISFATCH. TDK DISPATCH la the belt advertising Bedlam In Western Pennsylvania. Try k. THREE CENTSi Mr. andMr?, flmiltoBMi?! tory of TheirTroHfcke. si was yiet Dinrra r , ftj ;. And There Are Sany Polite ia.JxTwtfl ib Voi-nuiu, ... Ti miauiiamu QUESTIONS AS T IEE PAST OAIMCM H Soe Ettow to Answer Sme Qefttf as xw iMttog ChaiMttr. A. The trial of Mrs. HamiHes' for e derous assaalt noes the aarse, Mary Ami Donnelly, is now in full pwgfest.' AiCott the most interested parties irate pJed; eaj the stand yesterday. Tbe per wittf probably be convicted, bat it k will receive a light sentence. Mat's Landing, N. J.SspietmierlA In the Hamilton case to-day Hary Am Donnelly, the nurse, told her stery f IMm "wj "i nmuu me was as oaaiy Un cross-examination the witMM having taken two'drinka of brassy- t o)afJ ueiore tea staooing.. Jin. UOBBHy.cwl asked if she had taken thediasaosis of 3fj Hamilton, and indignantly deafed K. .11 Crosby was called for the defease, awl I tied that the nurse was decidedly- Bsder,! influence of intoxicants wbsbm anti her. Then Bobert Ear HaiMMi wag-ealWl and took the oath. Hedid irt keiatais? wife, but ten times during the first aM eJ bis examination referred to her as the deQ fendant. He started in at onoe to i the questions of Captain Perryas te.Ae tel ginning of the trouble between the mm and his wife, which began in New some months ago, when Mis. UonnoslyJ came nome araas. "WOULD NOT BE DISCHABGSB. He stated that both he and his wfe jttf charged the nurse that morning, bat sbejerl fused to go. Then he detailed tbe a between he and his wife, and state thai M was about a yearly sum of moaey'foc -MwJI xiamiiioD, ana mat a separates-was of seriously that morning. Then he related Bow the narse- retaraasl! in a drunken condition aad oaMed HmX Hamilton and said she had sees Bar. Mar riage certincate and knew her ta he abandoned character before her 8Mrriace; now toe nurse was ejected irora tae rseaaf twice and returning the third thae aad making a desperate rush to zet at' Mps.-3 Hamilton, was cut by the latter. The croas-1 examination was as to the amount o whisky! brought to the room that morning, aad as to the quarrels between he and the wife-Ham ilton was a witness decidedly favorable taj the defendant, and cooly gave his testisaaayj ana was not trippea once oh CTOss-exaaiiaS't uon. , When Counselor Perry called Mrs. geline Hamilton to the stand she walMdl with a firm step and had ceased wees4asvl After seating herself she nervously twisted! a fan which she carried. She related kerf story in a halting manner. revelations to comb. -' , KobertEay' Hamilton covered Msilaael with his baa.d as if ia dread ef -'thai revelations about to be made of infelicities. Mrs. Hamilton stated that Mm nurse was ot a quarrelsome aatare, aaa aaji ness was afraid to call her life her owa dM ing the time Mrs. Donnelly was ia her eejl pioy. Mr. Hamilton upheld bar, fee wk- naea flsiri w1it)i nnlv inr1o ft -t v matters worse. - Jp,? "I often spoke to her,"witness coatinned" "abDut her neglect of my baby. She'.was iari bue uauib oi leaving u at hubib sea geiBj?;i out to urinfc. Her abusive language was, -more than I could stand and I discharges' ii her. I had given her telegrams to sead(e)J AM.J O I.IUCI, UAlUg U.UtW WWO UUHB n IS try to settle amicably tbe differences. exist-T mg between us, and she refused to seaaS them. When the trouble began Mary; kicked me on the knees and pulled me oatf ; of the chair by the hair. Bay put her' outs of the room, but she rushed back and tare J my wrapper. AFRAID FOR HER LITE. Mrs. Hamilton said she was afraid for heri life, and her fears were intensified by'thej stories told by the nnrse of how she bad'aM sanlted people: citing one instance in wnieaf the woman had told how she cut her haa band's face with a hatchet. Witness said; during the struggle the nurse picked np.as wbissy bottle and tried to bit her with j over her husband's shoulder. Mrs. Hamilton then related how the nurse threw her on the bed. She said shai. picked up ihe knife from the bed. and. j reaching around her husband, who was try ing to separate them, she struck at her as--4 saiiani in seu-ueiense. cue uiu not mint she had cut her, and did not know of the woman's injury until the officers came to arrest her. The nurse had previously made threats against her life. Prosecutor Thompson then took the wit ness in hand and made the most searching inquiries into her past life and career. wJBjHv Under oath she stated that she met Bobert ff m "t?r,w M .miUnn ttKint fnn-w , fltrA vai anAi Is. Jl A.UJ JkfcMU...W.. ..WW. ..M V. HIV J..t. IU- .31 bhe was nos very ceruin as to places ana ft .; dates, and quickly showed signs of her dis- 4 fdeasure at-being questioned as to her past ife. Her counsel's objections were all over ruled by the Court, and witness submitted t to the ordeal with a long-drawn sigh. HER DEAD PAEENTS. In answer to a question as to who her-,, j parents were, Bne saio may were aeaa, anou luai, hub uuu picviuua us lucefciug uci U119-', band lived on money left by them. Her father lived in Scottvale, Sullivan county, , ' Pa. Her only relatives were several foster ' brothers. Mrs. Swinton was not a relative, " : but merely a iriend whom she had met in a boarding house located on Twenty-eighth street, New York, abont six years ago. Witness said she was married to Hamil ton last January in Paterson, K. J. Her child was 3 months old when first employed Mary Ann Donnelly as nurse. When asked if the child was born in Pennsylvania wit ness refused to answer, and arjDealed to tha protection of her counsel, who offered an ob- N jecuon, uufc was uverruieu, auu uio ijuesuua was only withdrawn when Mrs. Hamilton stated to the Court that the answer would be incriminating to her. Again did she look up to the Court appealingly, when Prose cutor Thompson asked: "Are you the mother ot that child?" This question was withdrawn nnder the same rnlinz. but the? incident clearly made an impression upoaia There exists bnt little doubt among theTJ lnn.l Ha, tin Af-w TTa TT11 1 inn Wl 1 1 b COB- -3 victed and sentenced, but it is thought she , ' will be dealt with leniently. i . l unraiip is TPnnnr.p i avv : His Concern Has Been Using the Tax Stamps unco AOO UUCB. t . ..svu- -MTr.Tr Spntpmfcpr 1ft. .Siv. t-. -- i W--.T y--a eral wecKs ago veput uuiwior x u came here to investigate a complaintjaade;' against Carl Eberle, the brewer. He visited the brewery nnd caught Charles Haucks in the act of sticking canceled revenue stamps. on beer kegs and secured about 20 worthless 1 . tamDS. v ' - Haucks was arrested and takes to De-v troit. Yesterday morning Deputy Marshall Moore arrested Carl Eberle. who was takeai to Detroit and was held for examinationitej the November term of tie United Statea Court