The Woman Witli fbree Rosbs. Read the Great German-American romance by E. D. Beach in next Sunday's DISPATCH. "Jr. t - A laufttk -MjteMto Of THE PITTSBTJRCJ DISPATCH will be leaned next Suday. Do M ot fall to buy and read it. m J wBnl T rw mtofctofobjt II M th iar 4 f sfr "sT !. . &.-'.s jymimmu xuiaui). FORTY-FOURTH YEAR; MERRILL IS WILLI He Has About Made Up His Mind to be Corporal Tan ner's Successor. HIS OPINION OF TANNER. He Thinks the Ex-Commissioner Was Greatly Overrated. A EOUGH BAKING, FOEB AND AFT. Tic Administration Forced to Act m It Did The Corporal's Erratic Disposition Wlint Broke the Camel's Back Mojor Merrill Talk nt Length on a Subject on Which Ho Claims to be Well Informed Instances Wherein the Ex-Commls-loncr Was at Fault Three Excellent Government Job Open loHlm A Charit able Apology Offered for fcoroo of His Breaks. Major Merrill, of Boston, has abont con cluded to accept President Harrison's proffer of the Commissionersbip of Pensions. In a lengthy talk with a reporter he gives his ideas of the reason why Tanner was not a success, and why his removal became a necessity to the administration. jspeciax. ttxeobam to the DisrATCiM Boston, September 19. Major George Sargent Merrill, at the present time Insur ance Commissioner of Massachusetts, draw 1 ing a salary of 53,000 a year, has been offered by President Har rison the place of Commissioner of Pensions, and the Major has decided to accept the ap pointment At least he had abont made up his mind to leave the pleasures of his pres ent office for tbe more difficult ones of the Pension Bureau at an early hour this after soon. "I was one of those most pleased when President Harrison appointed my friend Tanner," said the Major, "and I was more than anxious that he should succeed, but he was not a success. He was not discreet, and his manner of running the Pension Of fice would, if carried out, not only have in volved himself, but many others with him in some degree of culpability. As every body is aware, Jim Tanner IS A TEKSONAL FKIEND of mine; but I must say there was so alternative for the administration but to re move him from offic:. The fact is that not withstanding the great shouting that Tan ner was doing such an immense amount of work in the Pension Office, there was less wort bv far being done than had been ac complished by his predecessor. "Mr. Tanner, in giving the utmost at tention to the re-rating and reissue of pen sions, had seemingly neglected the granting of new ones, or of attending to the thou sands of pension claims now pending at the Pension Bureau. The Corporal really did not attend to his work. He seemed to rely much on subordinates. During his first 18 weeks in office, when he should have been acquainting himself with the office ma chinery and the routine of the work, he was absent eight weeks. HIS CLIQUE OF CLERKS. "There was a regular clique formed among his own clerks, which apparently did not attract his attention, and if the work of this clique really did come under his attention, he permitted their work to go on without his disapproval. In this combina tion were 2G pension employes, and they all secured tor themselves either a new ratine or back pension money, amounting all the way from 400 to 6,000. The recent investigation into the adminis tration of the bureau, instituted by Secre tary Noble, unearthed the fact that at least 23 of these cases were contrary to both the facts and the law appertaining to them. One of his queer freaks, and one which is wholly unaccountable to his friends, is his disregard for the appropriation limit of his department It appears that on one of his trips "West he fell in with a pension agent who claimed that his allowance for clerk hire was not sufficient to meet THE OBOWIKG DEMANDS of his office. I'll fix that all right, was the Corporal's rejoinder. On his return to "Washington he immediately sent out a cir cular to the pension agents throughout the country asking if their allowance for clerk hire was sufficient Taking Boston as an example, Agent Peach replied to this circular by saying that while he had sufficient clerk hire at the present time to meet the requirements of his office, still the increased number of pensioners would war rant him in asking for an extra allowance of $500. In ansu er to this Commissioner Tan ner sent the authority for him to expend 51,500. About this time Sepretary Noble's atten tion was drawn to the fact that the Commis sioner was increasing the clerk hire through out the country, and he sent for him to give an explanation. 'Don't you know, Com missioner,' said the Secretary, 'that this in crease will lead you to exceed your appro priations?' A EEMAEKABLE TA1TH. "'I know that,' said the Corporal, 'but we can ask Congress to cover the deficiency when that body assemblies. The Secretary did not agree with the Commissioner on this way of con ducting business, and he immediately ordered all pension agents not only to re turn to their former figures, but in those cases where they had taken the Com missioner's authority and increased their expenses accordingly, they must retrench enough to prevent a deficiency in the allow ance in their department The agent at Boston has not only been compelled to dis charge tbe extra clerks he hired, but also to cut the salaries of others in order to get back where he started from. "All this work of course has been brought to the attention of the President, and the Corporal has been warned that no such administration of his department would be countenanced. But there was A PECUXIAB CASE which came directly under the attention ot the. President, . An army officer in New York secured leave of absence and drew 1 100, saying he was going to visit his wife. It is known that he did not leave the city that night, hut for some reason or other put up at French's Hotel. Three or four days afterward his body was found floating in the bav. His skull was fractured and his money and watch were gone. Coroner's jury decided that he been killed. His widow some afterward made application to bnreau for a pension, on The had time the the ground that the sufferings endured by her husband while in active service had so weakened his mind that he had committed suicide. This application went through the several examining and revising boards con nected with the bureau, and IN EVERr INSTANCE they recommended that it should not be granted. With all their disapproval, it was finally placed before the Corporal. He wrote on the back 'This application is ap proved.' The pension officials brought the case to Secretary Noble, and he referred it to President Harrison. "The President sent for the Commissioner. Said he: 'There must be no sentiment in the administration of our duties. "We are both under oath for the proper conduct of our offices. Now I cannot account for the granting of this pension after it had been rejected by the pension people who had investigated it "Willyou ex plain why you think it should be granted?' 'Well, Mr. President,' said the Commis sioner, 'when I took that application up, a vision with two pictures appeared to me. I saw on the one hand this poor woman, providing the Government refused to assist her, driven to the washtub for a living, and another picture of the fat and growing Treasury, aud I concluded to give her a pension." MADE A TECK OF TROUBLE. "The erratic disposition of the com missioner and his total disregard of the wishes of influential friends of the adminis tration has brought a peck of trouble about the heads of both Secretary Noble and President Harrison. An ex ample in point occurred right here in Massachusetts. One of our Congressmen wrote the Commissioner requesting him not to interfere with the Pension Board as at present constituted in his town. 'I told him said the Congressman, 'that the Chairman, a doctor, who was my family physician, had been honored by the town in every way; was a leading Bepubli can, and in every way was entitled to the administration's favor.' For fear that the first letter might miscarry, the Congressman wrote a second letter, even stronger than the first, -and judge of his surprise, a hw days later, when the entire board was removed by the Commissioner. All the satisfaction he gave the Congressman was that he had forgotten the letters, yet both of them had been placed on file. TLENTT OF PLACES. "Tanner has been offered one of three places. One is Begistrar Bosecrans' place, salary 4,500, and nothing to do; a United States Marsnalship, with a residence at Brooklyn and a salary of. 4,000, and the place of Consul at Melbourne, the salary being 4,000. I don't think the position of Becorder of Deeds for the District of Co lumbia has been offered him. "When I urged him to accept one of these places lie said he had received an offer from a private corpora tion of 5,000 a year, and he thought this would be a better place. I told him I did not think so; that any place under the Government employ would be better for a while. The whole country would be talk ing over his removal Irom office, and if the administration continued him it wonld be a certificate of its assurance for his anility, honesty and good Judgment." Major Merrill did not think the Corporal" would mase any trouble lor the adminis tration, or that there would be any great fuss over his removal. ANOTHER APOLOGY. "Corporal Tanner is in continual pain from the old wound from the war," said Major Merrill, "and takes more or less whisky to deaden his sufferings. He may have taken too much liquor at times, and this may account for some of his mistakes. The last straw to break the camel's back was his speech at Minneapolis. He had pledged all his friends that he would not talk on pensions before that con vention, for he was told what he said on pensions was authoritative, and he should be careful. He promised he would not say a word, and yet he took the platform and supported a bad bill by a worse speech. That night's work sealed his fate, aud the next day prominent Q. A. E. men knew he wonld have to go." GAINING ON THE DEFENSE. The Prosecuilon In the Cronln Trial Cntch ing Up In Challenges. tSrECTAt. TSXEPBASI TO TUB DISPATCH.1 Chicago, September 19. There was a time during the Cronin trial when the per emptory challenges used by the defense out numbered two to one those canceled by the State. The present week has been disas trous to the lawyers for the prosecution, per emptory after peremptory having been used by them, until they are now only 1C behind the defense. The prisoners escaped to-day without having to lose a single peremptory, while the State found it necessary to use four. The examination of veniremen was rapid, but there was little in the questions and responses to interest the spectators, who occupied all the benches in the room. If there had not been a tilt between Hynes and Forrest, during the morning session, the day's proceedings would have been ab solutely featureless. As usual in all snch spats between Hynes and Forrest, the latter was driven into the ceiling, and then pulled out by the heels. The prisoners laughed as heartily as anybody at the discomfiture of their champion. The nineteenth venire, calling for 20 men. was issued this evening. There will be no morning session of court to-morrow. The examination of jurors will continue for four hours and a half in the afternoon, be ginning at 1 o'clock. POOE P0ST0FF1CE METHODS. A GoTcrnment Inspector Strongly Condemns tbe Blllwnnkco Slanaeenient. Chicago, September 19. Postoffice In spector George Fleming arrived from Mil waukee this morning, very much incensed by the conduct of Postmaster Paul in the case against J. E. Nuzune, the letter car rier arrested for appropriating mail. Said Fleming: That carrier was stationed at a sab-station, hat went on a spree, daring which he failed to report for work, but stopped at a cheap lodging rouse near me main posiouico. r or one week he went through the down-town district collect ing mail. No one reported him, and tbe sub station Superintendent of dellrary did not deem the mac's disappearance from his work wortnyot a report vnen .nazune was ar rested he had 150 pieces of mail matter on his person. These Postmaster Panl ordered de livered, bo that m hen I reached Milwaukee the United States had very little evidence against the carrier. I expostulated with ilr. Panl for dome as he did- "Why." said he, "the first point of law Is to show Intent. This carrier had no intention of robbing the malls." The United States Attor ney, however, proved otherwise, and Nnzune was held to the grand Jury. The Indians Are to be Civilized. "Washington, Secretary 19. The Secre tary of War has decided to accept the offer of the Indian Bights' Association to pur chase a tract of land In North Carolina for Geronimo's band of Indians, now confined at Mount Yernon barracks, and to establish them there in a more civilized mode of life. MILES 0FFIAME8. Tlio Fiery Gnnnllct Ran by Oregon Trains Desolation and Death Following In the Wake of Forest Fires. tSFZCIAL TEtEOlUK TO THE PlSr ATCn.i Portland, Ore., September 19. Pas sengers arriying by train and boat tell of burning woods in all directions. Yesterday the Oregon Railway and Navigation train for miles ran a fire gauntlet through the Cascade Mountains. The heat was withering aud the smoke made life a burden. Henry Hill, a prominent newspaper man who came in on this train. says the ride was one of the most terri ble experiences of his life. At times it became necessary to close all the windows and shutters of the cars and dash through a fiery tunnel, caused by the flames leaping above the railroad track from both sides of the road. Twice the passengers were called upon to help extinguish burn ing bridges. Many people have been fighting fire all night and day, until they are utterly ex hausted, and one rancher near Portland is not expected to live through the night A night ride up the Columbia river, when the forest-clad mountains are great fields of fire, is an experience that will never be forgotten by him who makes the voyage. "I have been over to Europe and Asia," said a New York gentleman to a Dispatch reporter, to-day, "and have seen most of the scenic wonders of my native land, but the voyage I made last night through the heart of the flaming mountains is immeasurably the grandest sight I have ever witnessed. "Any estimate of the losses that have at tended this sweeping destruction of the forest of the Northwest would be nearly worthless. Hundreds of homes are in ashes, miles of fencing have been leveled, orchards lie dead and blackened, and occasionally come sad tales of desolation and death." The flames have swept down to the very gates of Portland, and hundreds of men are out fighting fire by day and nisht The bold semi-circle of hills to the northwest of the city is a red background of flames, and many men are out beating back the fires from the city park and. the county buildings. The Catholic Seminary, near the city, has become a place of reluge for many small farmers who have been driven from their clearings by flames. The whole country is fighting the common foe. TAEIFF NOT TO BLAME. Not Because of Protection Do South Ameri cans Denl With Others Than the United Stntrs Senor Arn gon's Opinions. ISFECIAI. TELECBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, September 19. Many of the South and Central American delegates to the Congress of American Nations to con vene in "Washington on October 2 have ar rived in New York, on their way to the capital. The British 6teamer Hondo, which arrived here on Monday from Central American ports, had among her passengers i the Hon. Manuel Aragon, who has beer deputed by Costa Bica as one of her repre sentatives. senor .aragon nas oeen .Minis ter of Finance in Costa Bica, and Actin President of Congress, and has filled othe offices, having long been prominent in th politics of his country. In a talk with a Dispatch reporter re! garding closer commercial relations between this country and those of the south, Senor Aragon said that he was unwilling to speak on the subject officially. "But as a mer chant doing business in Costa Bica," he said, "I have, of course, given that subject much consideration. "We deal with .En gland, Prance and Germany more than we do with the United States not because of a high tariff in this country on raw materials, as a imve oiten neara it assertea, ,out De cause we are suited better in those coun tries. It is true that we send most of oul raw products to those countries also, but it is not because of that fact that we get mos of our manufactured goods from themj Beside, the things we export do not paj heavy duties in this country. , "The reason, therefore, that Costa Eica does not do a greater business with the United States does not lie in your protective tariff. If American manufacturers had studied our tastes as the European manu facturers have ever done, and produced goods suitable to our trade as well as being more lenient in their terms, there is every reason to believe that you would have had a greater part, if not all of our trade." KO EEASON FOE FAILUKE. An Assignment Where the Assets Aro Doablo the Inabilities. IEFECIAI. TELEG1LUI TO TUB DISFATCB. New York, September 19. Banker Louis Straus, who made an individual as signment without preference to lawyer Charles B. Storrs on "Wednesday, did not visit his place of business at 15 William street to-day. Assignee Storrs said Mr. Straus had gone to Boston on Tutsday night to try to raise money on some of his mining securities to tide the concern over its embarrass ment. Previous to his deDartnre he. had executed the assignment and left it with Lawyer Storrs to be filed on Wednes day, unless he should secure the help he expected. Mr. Storrs, hearing nothing from Mr. Straus, had the assignment re corded. The examination of the accounts as far as it had proceeded, had revealed no reason wly Mr. Straus should adopt such a course. Assignee Storrs had prepared no schedules yesterday," and was unable to say what Mr. Straus' assets and liabilities were. He reiterated his statement of tbe day before however, that there were assets ot' 5800,000, anvway. Mr. Straus is a young man not yet 30 years of age, and was re garded as very successful. How much his liabilities are is a matter of conjecture, but it is reported that thev are upward of $250, 000, with the nominal assets of twice that amount. SIXTEEN IEAES FOE THIETEEN CENTS. A New York Jndgo Gives on Habitant Of fender a Severe Sentence. 1SPECIAL TSLIOHAM TO Tni DISrATCn.l New Yoee, September 19. Henry Fitz gerald, an ex-convict, and an accomplice met Henry Eckenauer, a young mechanic, on his way home in Tompkins Square, on the evening of August 24, and asked him for money to "work the growler." Ecke nauer said thai he hadno money, and there upon Fitzgerald and hisaccomplice knocked him down and robbed him of 13 cents. Fitz gerald's accomplice escaped, but Fitzgerald was arrested. He was tried aud convicted to-dav in the General Sessions. Ex-Judge Bedford told Judge Cowing that Fitzgerald had served tvfo terms in prison for similar offenses, and had been out of State prison only three weeks when he robbed .Ecke nauer. "Fitzgerald," said Judge Cowing, "you nave Decome wnai is Known 10 tne law as an habitual offender. You are a declared enemy of society. Bobberies in our streets by just such men as you are have become frequent ot late, and it is the dutv of this Court, when guilt is proven, as it wa in your case, to give men oi your class a lesson that I hope will have a deterring effect. I sentence you to State prison at hard labor for 16 years." Pennsylvania Friends Want to See Him. Portland, Oee., September 19. Will iam T. Tobias, 22 years old, was arrested at Kalam, "W. T., and taken to Seattle to await the arrival of officers from Harris burg, Pa., where he is wanted for forging the name of" his employer to checks" to the amount of (3,500. PITTSBURG, BLACK AMD WALLACE. The Ex-Lientenant Governor Talks Spicily About the Ei-Senator. HE IS IN THE HANDS OP PH1ENDS, And Thinks His Principal Opponent for Keit Tear's Nomination SHOULD WAIT UNTIL HE IS ASKED. This Teat's Campaign Mr. Black's Chief Concern Jnst at Present. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Black has met the interviewer in Philadelphia and un bosoms himself freely. While he says he is not fighting next year's battle, he has as much to say of it as he has of this year's, campaign. (SPECIAL TELEQUAJI TO THI DISPATCH.1 Philadelphia, September 19. Ex Lieutenant Governor Chauncey P. Black, who was the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor in 1886, is in the city, giving his effort to the promotion of the Democratic socie ties, of which he is at the head in Pennsyl vania. He looks remarkably well, is jolly and genial as ever, and it is obvions from his pointed expressions on the subject that he would much rather be the Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania than see ex-Senator Wallace fill the position. "When asked whether he had noticed the movements of "Wallace as a gubernatorial candidate, and the general expressions that he would be Wallace's chief competitor, and whether he had anything to say on the subject, he an swered: 'No, I have not I know nothing except wjat I see in the papers. I have been more intent upon OKGANTZING THE MEANS electing Democratic tickets than upon tieir nomination. If we had had our sys tjm of Democraiio societies extended tlrough the party and in complete working order last year, Mr. Harrison wonld not be president to-day, and if we had had it in this jtate in 1886, to carry on the discussion jmong the voters -in every neighborhood, mowing them where Bepublican policy and leadership on liquor questions, labor ques tions and corporation questions were tending, Gteneral Beaver would not be Governor. I think we should this year attend to the busi ness in hand elect Bigler State Treasurer, if we can, and prepare our organization for the great struggle of next year, when all these State issues must be fought over again, and end, as we hope, in the triumph of the people over the corrupt Bepublican machine." does not commit himself. "But will you be a candidate?" "That must be determined by others, not myself. Democratic nominations in this State ar not given to men because they per sonally want them, nor are they made by deals or combinations involving interests other than the interests of the party and the public. Mr. "Wallace and I agreed, in pub lic declarations in 1886, that no one morally fit for the great office of Governor wonld degrade it by personally soliciting dele- gates, or those who make delegates, and. tou J EnrceC Sl ThTiwcmlc f aVhT ' must either be mistaken in your recital of ; This undaunted courage not born of ex his proceedings looking to the control fct ediency, and this devotion to the people's next year's convention, or else he must seeking support for some one else or protec tion for some peculiar interest which he de sires to look alter in that campaign. But I have no concealments. AVhenever the Demo cratic party wants me I am EEADT FOK ITS SERVICE. "If the convention of next vear should conclude that my well-known 'and decided opinions on the issues involved would enable the party to poll more votes for me than for a candidate less pronounced, I wou'd accept the nomination, whether there was ii chance of election or not, but I would support any other nominee standing for Democratic principles just as heartily. There is, however, a chance, a plain one, getting plainer daily. But we can afford no mistakes. Our ticket, as well as our plat form, must appeal to the masses. "We have no hope elsewhere, and to seek a furtive and dishonorable support from the allied monopolies, or any part of them, would simply bring us to utter and deserved ruin. 'I have- no idea that there will be any surrender or any steo backward bvthe party in 1890. We will go to the State on the same. ISSUES AND PEINCIP1ES upon which we stood in the campaign of 1888. Upon these we could after the disastrous experience of the interval with the Bepublican machine hardly 'fail to be supported by a decisive portion of the great anti-sumptuary majority, by enlightened workingmen, justly incerised by the course of both the Bepublican Legislature and Be publican Governor, and by the growing sentiment of the people in favor of the im partial enforcement of the Constitution which latter, as you will remember, the Be publicans in 1886 promised faithfully to do by an adaptation of the inter-State com merce law. "In these paramount issues are the prom ises of that Democratic success next year wnicn is aireauy -in tne air. They were reaffirmed by the convention which nom inated Bigler to reform the treasury, and THEY WILL BE BEAFFIKMED with emphasis next year. The candidate for Governor will be one who can stand upon them with both feet and a clear conscience. Be will also be one who represents the on ward movement for tariff reform, and not one who stands for reaction against Cleve land and Cleveland's principles. With such a candidate and the system of Demo cratic societies in active operation from the lakes to the Delaware, next year will be a Democratic year. Meanwhile, those who want success next year wiil go to work for the organization and the tickets, State and local, this year." BOUNCED HIS SECRETARI. Mayor Noonnn, of St. Louis, Thinks Best to Discourse Air. Meade. tSriCIAl. TELEGRAM TO TUB PISPATCn.1 St. Louis, September 19. Charles Meade, Secretary to Mayor Noonan, who was suspended from office a few days ago on charges of forgery, of using the contingent fund for his own purposes, of bartering offices and other corrupt actions, was to-day bonnced. Mayor Noonan says: "Without desiring to reflect upon Charles Meade, or saying that the charges made against Mr. Meade are true or false, yet in view of all the facts surrounding this mat ter, and the character of the position occu pied by Mr. Meade, I think the best inter estsofthepublio and mvself can be sub- servea oymasing his suspension permanent CAUGHT IN A BEAU TBAP. How Farmer Henderson Stopped a Big Leak In His Corncrib. rSFXCtlL, TXXSOBAM TO Tint DISPATCII.1 Ft. Smith, Aek., September 19. Will iam Henderson, a farmer living in this county, has been missing corn from his crib for several weeks, and finally set a bear trap among the shucks in his crib. This morning when he went to look at his trap Mr. Henderson had a negro in it. He was caught by the foot, and the sharp steels had nearly cut it off. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889. M i xlSB THE SCENE OF A EIOT. A Proclaimed Homo Balo Meeting In Ire land Causes a Great Disturbance-' The Authorities Interfered at the Very Last Moment. London, September 19. The little town of Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland, is to-night in a perfect frenzy of excitement, and every man, woman and child in the place is ranged on one side or the other of a heated political controversy, in which, too, nearlythe whole surrounding country seems disposed to take a hand. Nearly a week ago -a number of English Liberals,- who are traveling through Ireland, with the view of agitating the Home Eule question on the native soil, interested themselves to organize in Dungannon a public meeting in the in terests of Home Eule, the date of which was fixed for to-night. For nearly a whole week the fact that such a meeting was to be held was well- fcnown to everybody in County Tyrone, and not a single word of objection came from the police authorities. To-night, however, Market square, where the meeting was to have been held, is filled with armed police, and placards are posted proclaiming the meeting. This action ot tbe authorities excites the most in- most m iiose in of tie English tense indignation among those sympathy with the objects meeting, and a deputation of the Engl: men who were chieflv instrumental ii organizing it called upon the magistrate, this evening to protest against, this attack upon the right of freo speech. They were told that the meeting had been proclaimed because it seemed certain that if it was per mitted bloodshed would result, as the Orangemen propose to organize a counter meeting only a stone's throw away, ia, case the Home Bulers assembled. Dungannon to-night is divided into, two hostile camps, the Catholics and the Orange men taking every opportunity to hurl flefi ance at one another. Up to this time no more serious consequences are reported than a few broken heads, the results of isolated disturbances, but as feeling runs very high, and the police are nearly all concentrated on the scene of the proclaimed meeting news from that point is awaited with con siderable anxiety. CLEVELAND CONFIDENT. The Ex-President Feels Assured That Tariff Reform Will Eventually Tri umph Pleased With His Faro's Conrentlons. ISFECIAI, TXLEQBAH TO TUB DISPATCII.1 fNEw Yoke, September 19. Grover Cleveland talked with some enthusiasm to s reporter, to-day, abont the progress of the iriff reform movement which started with lis famous message and knocked him out at fie polls. Speaking of the recent conven tions of the Democrats in Ohio and Hew Jersey, he said: I am very much pleased, as every other true democrat should be, Doth with the utterances cC the conventions on national questions, and vith the nominees. The platforms and the candidates stand for sturdy Democracy and tor lpnest, wholesome tariff reform; and they indl ilte that the Democratic party is in no mood 'or tlmo-servinc, hand-to-month erosion. The Democracy, believing In certain principles and latisfied that the tritimnh of thasn nHnMnlaa involves the prosperity and well-being of the people, boldly annonnce them, fn full reliance in the sober thought and the intelligence of nust Tfe"Wuse, manirestednot onlynn the action of the party organizations in certain States, but In viib icmocraiic utterances ail over tne land, are sufficient to make as all proud of our party. Nor do we fight a losing battle, with only the consciousness of being right as our consolation to defeat. It seems to me that there never has leen such an advance In any political question ss there has lately been in favor of tariff re frm. A fair examination of the subject by tie people is bearing fruit, and gives assur ance that its triumph is at hand. So if among tjo'e counted as Democrats there are found tlnid souls, not well grounded In the faith, who Itag for the flesh pots of vacillating shifts and evasions, the answer to their fears should be "prty honesty is party expediency." trhe New York State Democratic Conven tijn will meet on October L Mr. Cleve land's declaration will doubtless be an in spiration to the delegates. The national plitform of 1888 will be indorsed in the -fl: nl.nV nf 4nA Gtn & nlnliT-l -. jJiauDi w. wit uwtbc, Jiuuaujr. A SAMOAN PEINCESS ELdPES. Sle Iienves a Dime Museum Company for I Her Native Land. (Minneapolis, September 19. Monday a':ompany of natives of the Samoan islands opened an engagement at the Dime Museum. j- The party consisted of nine men, one woman aad one child. The woman was comely lloking, about 22 or 23 years of age, pd claimed to be related to King JMalietoa, of the Samoan Islands. Sle gave it out that she was a princess of the royal line, and that her name was Silaulii. At tbe time tbe King wii deposed by the Germans she left for Sat Fraucisco to be educated. There she reaained until about three weeks ago, when shewas engaged by an agent to go with some other natives on an exhibition tour through the country. Soon afterward the company opened in Chicago. While there an American by the name of J. S. Cotterell fell violently in'love with her, followed her to this city, and yes terday elooed with her. They are supposed to have gone to San Francisco, as she has been desirous of returning to her native land since Malietoa is again in authority. HE SLID DOWN THE HOSE. Tho Manner In Which a Fire Chief Es- enped From the Flames. Kansas City, Mo., September 19. Fire broke out in the second story of the Kansas City Dessicating and Befining Works, at Kansas City, Kan., this evening, and spread with great rapidity. The works were en tirely destroyed. The loss is placed at J75, 000; insured "in 24 companies for 544,000. During the most exciting time of the fire, when Chief Hafe, of Kansas City, Mo , was directing his men from the roof of the en gine house, some one carelessly removed the ladder bv which he had as cended, and when the roof of the engine house gave evidence of its being about to fall in he could not descend. Finally he was forced to take to tbe hose. He had to slide down about half way, when the flames from above melted the hose and he fell to tbe ground, a distance of about 15 feet. He was but slightly injured. MEETING OF THE MINERS. A Discussion Upon the Efght-Honr More- ment and Other Subjects. tSrZCIAI, TILEOKAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Wilkesbabee, September 19. The National Convention of the Miners of the United States met in second day's session. The eight-hour question was partially dis cussed and then laid over until to-morrow. Mr. Costello, of Pittsburg, said the best way for the anthracite miners to get cheaper powder was to organize, the same as they did in Connellsville. Inventor Shaw, of Philadelphia, brought his gas detector to town to-night The con vention will move that it be placed in every mine. The eight-bour movement will be defeated. Mrs. Barry and Messrs. Boe, Watchorn and MiQuade addressed big audiences at Nanticoke this evening. A branch assem bly was then organized. GUILTY AS CHARGED. The JnryJDecides Against Mrs. Ham iltonon the Second Ballot. TWO YEARS IN THE STATE PRISON Is the Sentence, Which the Jnds;e Consid ers Yery lenient. HER HUSBAND'S KEFUBAIr TO SEE HEE, He PerWen tently Declines to Comply With the Prison- el's Bequest. Evangeline Hamilton was yesterday coni victed of atrocious assault and sentenced to two years imprisonment. The jury stood IV to 1 for conviction on the first ballot, aid an agreement was reached on the second. I The husband of the prisoner has declined o see her. Mats Landing, N. J., S"eptembeJl9. The closing scenes of the trial of Eva&eline Hamilton, for the atrocious assaucupon Nurse Donnelly, were exceedingly dalmatic When word was sent to her that pejury was out deliberating whether she wm guilty or not, she excitedly paced her attif prison, and frequently looked out of herwindow upon the Court House wherein pe jury were balloting. . It was precisely 3 o'clock when (the jury Announced that they had arrived a$a verdict, aid filed into their respective seats. The court room was crowded. A civil suit was pending before the Court, and the crowd waited impatiently for its conclusion. At 3:15 o'clock Sheriff Johnson led in the de fendant throngh the side door of the Court House. Mrs. Hamilton looked PALE AND FATIGUED, but walked with a firm demeanor through the narrow passage way, and paid no atten tion to the scrutinizing gaze of the crowd on both sides of her. When brought within the railing she sank wearily into the arm chair, directly facing the jury. She was dressed the sane as yesterday ( except that the navy blue directoire was missing. When seated 'she nervously twisted her fingers, her hands being covered with pearl colored gloves, er counsel took a position behind her and smiled at the jury as if he expected a victory and whispered to his client, who nodded her down-cast head as if in approval. Her head was turned aside from the Prosecuting Attorney, who sat in closeproximity. Within five minutes after the now thor oughly broken-spirited woman faced the jury the Clerk of the Court called the jury, and its foreman's response in stentorian voice was: "We find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment." AN APPEALING GLANCE. Mrs. Hamilton gave a perceptible start and lifted her head for the fiVst time, turn ing toward her counsel with an appealing glance, and then toward the members of the jury, who looked her in the face. Then her head sank upon her breast, bnt she uttered, no comment. Counselor Perry asked the Court to poll the jury. As each one renlied to the query of the clerk, "Guilty," the scene became almost tragic, as the con demned woman apparentlv had not a friend in the court room to offer her consolation, even ner nnsoana having gone away as If unwiilingjfo remain to witness- her distress. The jury took two ballots, the first re sulting in a vote of 11 for conviction and 1 for acquittal. The man who voted for ac quittal said he would agree to a verdict of guilty of assault and battery, but not of atrocious assault. Finding the other 11 men determined' he finally submitted to the will of the majority. Judge Beed. sternly said: "Evangeline Hamilton" Then he hesitated, and after a momentary pause said: "Stand up." The woman arose with an effort and faced the Judge, Counselor Perry standing be side her. THE SENTENCE PEONOUNCED. You have been convicted of a grave charge, that of atrocions assault upon Mary Ann Don nelly, the extreme penalty for which is ten years. Bnt there are extenuating circumstances in this case, and tbe sentence I am about to impose should be considered lenient in a case of conviction for atrocions assanlt. I sentence you to two years' confinement in the State prison at Trenton, and you shall stand com mitted until the costs of the case shall De paid. Not by a movement or look did the con demned woman betray any emotion. She stood in a listening attitude while Counselor Perry advised her to bear up and be of good cheer. She resumed her seat and conversed with several reporters, who took advantage of the occasion to ply her with questions until interfered with by Sheriff Johnson, whose duty it has been to prevent any com munication between his prisoner and ureas representatives. Mrs. Hamilton condemned her husband's apparent desertion, and said the sentence was hard to bear. WILLING TO TALK. She was willing and apparently anxious to talk, but was led away by the Sheriff. She looked pale, but was not agitated. She entered the Sheriff's residence throngh the front door and proceeded toher attic prison, which had been furnished luxuriously by her infatuated husband when she was 'first incarcerated, and before the full exposure of her past career and the deception practiced upon him had caused him to leave her to her fatej, Mrs. Hamilton will be taken to State's prison next Saturday morning, in company with half a dozen criminals convicted at this term of court. She will have to serve a 20 months' .term, provided she gets the usual allowance of two months per annum for good behavior. It is said that Mrs. Hamilton repeatedly solicited an interview with her husband while he wss here abont some personal matters, bnt he declined to go near her. A dispatch from New York says that it was rumored there at a late hour that Mrs. Hamilton had committed suicide. SUNDAY CONCERTS IN CINCINNATI. The Court Decides That They Are Not Illegal Performances. Cincinnati, September 19. On Sunday night last Manager Fennessy gave a musi cal entertainment at one of his theaters, and he and others who participated were ar rested. It was regarded as an effort to re sume Sunday theatrical entertainments. To-day the cases were heard before Jndge Ermston, of the Police Court, on a demurrer. The Court found that the statute clearly prohibited on Sunday any theatrical or dramatic performance, as well as various other performances, but-that it is silent as to a musical performance. xne rule requiring criminal statutes to be strictly constructed prevents making a musi cal performance a crime or misdemeanor by implication, and hence the defendants were dismissed. This will open tbe theaters to Sunday concerts, if they choose to try them. HE "WILL NEYEE BE HANGED. The Murderer of Frederick Gesswela Will Not Lire for Trial. New Yoke, September 19.' A Coroner's jury here to-day, without leaving their seats, found Christian Deyhle guilty of the murder of Frederick Gesswein. The ac cused was committed to the Toombs to await the action of the grand jury. Deyhle is in the last stage of consumption, and it is believed he will not live to be brought to. trial. mk. a SIXTY PEBSOtfS Under nn Immense Mass of Pall at Quebec Cries of Help That not ba Heeded Tbe Entire City In Darkness. Quebec, September 19. To-night sevei tuousand tons of rock slid from Cape mc id, at the end of Dufferin terrace, to Ch mplain street, 300 feet below, demolish in in its course seven dwellings. Up to mi. night six bodies havejbeen taken from them ins, viz, Thomas Farrell and two of hifjchildren; also two children named Burke an one nnknown child. 'Farrell's mother-in-law, Mrs. Allen, and her husband, are stid in the ruins. About 25 persons have been removed from the'debris badly injured. Some have broken arms and legs and others are badly crashed and mutilated. It is supposed that at least SO persons are still under the ruins. Battery B, the fire brigade and the police force are on the grounds and rendering valuable assistance. All the wounded re moved from the ruins were convened to the Marine and Fisheries Department, where medical men and clergy looked after them. The debris covers the road in a soliJ mass some 300 feet in length and from 15 to 25 feet high. It is impossible to say at present how many are dead and wounded. Every one is working heroically and under diffi culties, as the city is intensely dark, electric ugut wires even Being pTOStratea. Cries of "Help, help," are heard from be neath the debris, but no help can be given. Very little progress is made in recovering bodies, owing to the stupendous mass of rock- covering the ruins. More rocks are falling, and It is feared that the whole boulder forming the highest point of Quebec will give way. 1 COT Iff A GUTTEB. Singular Sleeping Place Selected bv a Pitts burger in New York City Picked Up With Nearly 8S.008 'In Bis Pockets Ho la Sober. rsFZCiu. tzxxobax to rax dispatch. i New Yoek, September 19. A group of colored women were gathered shortly before midnight, on Wednesday night, in South Fifth avenue, talking persuasively to a well dressed man, who was very Inattentive to their appeals to accompany them to a saloon. The well-dressed man was lying full length in the gutter, near Third street, but he ap peared to' be comfortable. His fall derby lay beside him in the roadway. He had consumed a large quantity of champagne and whisky before he concluded to lie down in the gutter. , He was still conscious when Policeman P. Mnrrav. nf th "Mar.ai fat tit;.,.. came along and told him that he would catch a bad cold if he didn't get up, and helped the stranger to the. station house. There the prisoner said that he was Isaac Dreifns, a cattle dealer of Pittsburg, and 62 years old. He had come to town on busi ness and pleasure. Policeman Murray found (55 in bills and silver and checks for $7,500 in Dreifns' pocket. The prisoner asked the Sergeant, in an unsteady tone, to give $5 of the $55 to the poor; said that the police were pretty good, fellows anyhow, and then went to a cell to sleep. He was sober when he was arraigned before Justice Gorman, at Jefferson Market, this morning. The Jndge told him that the indiscretion of drinking to excess and using the city gutters for a couch would cost him 10. The cattle dealer paid it without a murmur, and bade the Court and the police man good-day ,and hurried away. BI3JLAR.T0 THE FLACK CASE. A Woman CUira That She Got a. Diroreo 'Without Her Knowledge. Lancastee, Pa., September 19. A brilliant wedding solemnized in this city in the spring of 1872 is recalled by a law snit now impending, which involves alleged im position on the courts of New York City and the eventual ownership of mining property in Colorado that is expected to aggregate over $1,000,000 in value. John H. McMurdy, who was a lawyer in practice in Washington was married to Miss Annie Esbleman, of this city. There were some rumors at tne time that the bridegroom had another wife. Mc Murdy soon moved West and engaged in mining operations in Colorado. Mrs. Mc Murdy, after giving birth to a son, died while traveling in Europe, and McMurdy himself died some years ago in Colorado, leaving to the son, who now resides in this city with his grandparents, mining prop erty of great value. But there is another claimant to the prop erty in the person of a Washington woman, giving the name of -Mrs. Marion E. Mc Murdy, who claims to have been married to McMurdy in 1866, and deserted by him in 1872. When she filed her claim to the property under the laws of Colorado, she was confronted with a divorce granted to her by Judge Samuel Jones, of New York City, in 1871, on her own allegations of her husband's infidelity. She denies that-she ever applied for a divorce or had anyknowledgethat one was granted, and threatens to bring snit to have tbe divorce annulled, and thus establish her claim to McMurdys property now vested in the son, who is a minor. Y1LLARD A NAPOLfiOH AGAIN. He Does Not Care for.Crltlelsm by All the Financiers. New roBK, September 19. Henry Till ard's friends declare that he is not worried by Wall street criticisms of his course. He is quoted as declaring that he expects the Northern Pacific Company to be able to maintain the proposed 4 per cent dividends on Northern Pacific preferred stock. This is his language: "The earnings of the Northern Pacific road have been growing siuce July 1 at such a rate that by January 1 they will doubt less show an aggregate gross increase ot $2,000,000 and a net surplus for the pre ferred stock of from 2 to 3 per cent. There is every indication that the growth of the business of the road will continue rieht along. Then there will be the dividend reserve fund to fall back on if the net sur plus should not equal 4 per cent at any time. "But I do not hesitate to express tbe be lief that the road will earn more than 4 per cent next year. This is the more certain as we expect a considerable reduction in the operating expenses from 61 per cent in 1888-9. A practically unlimited supply of good and cheap steam coal that has been secured to the company from the immense coal fields newly opened in Central Mon tana will enable it to effect a saving of fully 60 per cent in the cost of nearly one-third of tbe fnel used, equal to more than 3 per cent oi the operating expenses." HTSTEKIOUS D0DBLE TEAGEDT. A Country Couplo Visiting In Detroit Found In Death's Embrace. Deteoit, September 19. At an early hour this morning a morose-looking couple were seen walking aimlessly about the streets of Windsor. Later in the day their dead bodies were discovered lying side by side in what is known as the old nursery grounds. The woman had been shot through the heart, evidently by her companion, and an ugly wound in the man's forehead dis closedthe cau;e of his death. Their appearance was that of country people in holiday attire, and it is probable they were visitors to the DetroitExposition. From papers found upon the man his name is evidently Silas Densmore, of Bushville, Ind., aud the woman presumably his wife. ctfwngmn i-ia THEEB 0ENTS3 YAWNING CHASM ens Eight at the Feet tf Ferty- T1 Coanecticut Poetasters. T -iM W L&i LEASTS FOK THIS ASSIST,' Charged With TkfetiBg- tie Uf fc toSelliisr'Stawjg.''"" v, THEY WANTED W SASR 3Htl feffli sn & Than Uncle Sam Altowed TaesVaai WMfTiftity Bw -; XJHn vBfMnf ??M Warrants have bees iseaeCJbr e aweeif of 42 postmasters ia swall Ceaeoietl towns who are chtiged with settkf s4mJm' on credit for the perpeee oi keepMpf mki salaries up to the living aeteh. nrJcctAi. xzxsosak to sax mwatgk.1 Noewich.Coxn.. Sewtetst-er 1!. Fo two country postmasters of this State ae i standing upon the OrinK or a ya.wantg, chasm. The startling intellizeBea was ie- ceived here to-night that 42 of tWi gentlemen who tread around ia GoverBMsaij shoes were deporting thnmnnlroB. a manner altogether tea to themselves and toe to Uncle Sasa. United SteUa XswsJmII Bates, of this city, was therefore oalM i to bring these 42 delinquents is trkL0t nas not yet started out upon Ms up trip. However. Dis-PJ spondent spent several hews ia Piistw i an endeavor to find the aarafcsl, fevi wj to a. lata honr Trftn nMnflnnwfHi. izA The- story, or so much of it as the a4JwM-j ues win mase puouc, is given ojiwe tla ford Timu as follows: L' WHAT THZT HATE DONE. Warrants have been prepared by TJatl States District Attorney SiH. of HarHert.'i the arrest of 42 postmasters in Coaneetiaasy J violating the law regarding retaras et sold, and for Illegal acts deafened to 1 their emoluments. Special Attest. BwttV Meriden, has been inrestlgatlBg tte afclr f r ,. sarerai weesa. jronowisgupttioiaeae he sneceded in detecting 12 pnstBMHwm ta, violations of the statutes. The Aim afPaMmrJ i-ainer a. wo. arcnitects. were loruuHyioe-w-M in Bridgeport, where thev bad a lage biswiiifii i and became widelr knows thre-wbMC the 9Kr Bute. Sometime ago ther resBered te lte-r V York City. Recently they mailed oSMS-ter let ters to a large number of CsjaasoticBt postmasters, to the effect that tcy wisnea to aistnoute wrougft tw n many thousands of rlrnnlsTn rrrnrrttug: 1 1 ness enterprise, iney torwaroea te tse torn i masters packages oi areolars 10 se wamsoa . ana mauea at ineir postoaces. aoa rcqysiMtoa , the postmasters tosesdto tfcemtfee WHslat ' stamps used and they would remit byefeeck-1 Many of them knew tke aetsbeM at ibafcmJ personally, especially these of FairttM aa4j a ew Ataven counties, asd otfiers xaew ot i firm by reputation. 3H THE MONET IN" PT. Outside of any personal frie4eW, 'Mm , postmasters bad reawaa of tMrowx far -': plriag with the requests. At tfea snattee'j offices which PaUscr; PaUser t Co. seJeotoa. but their psy is based on tbe owteeee,1' a shown by the amount of the staans The greater the easeellatioa tke bat-. ter tha income, and the oiresUM , the Aew xork nrsr. therefore, wonM, materially increase the business and Hwir m incomes.- This is is direct vtoiatloa at SfcehMr. There was a further violation in tbe &8m at : tne peetmasters to make oorreet cttlars. and the neclect is been doe to the falrar of the reeelre narment for the stamro used. oiates juarsnai Bates nas receivea te war- the next 43 hours. Some time will be req8-Ird''-i ior tne service oj tne aeputy marsaaMy assssw of the offices are small ones, aad many pi taota. i are located in the smaller country plaees away " from tne railroads. The accused, axe. lable to a penalty not exceeding 9500. Some of tke eases will have a preliminary hearing at Hartfofd,. and others at New Haven, before United States h liommissioners. it is unuerstood saw sevefSAVf oi tire postmasters implicated are la naraofd" : and Holland counties, bnt the majority off4 inose inns jar selected are in .new ttarea ana Fairfield counties. The officials deetfoed to; give tbe names, and have not been iBeltsed to6 give much information abont the affair at ptse MUCH WOEK FOB NOTHING. The investigation by Special Agent Saris Shows that an aggregate of 276,000 circulars' were uistnouiea oyme postmasters. iasy were addressed to persons in all sections of ths'S country, ana contained reading matter relating - j to honse plans, architectural publications and ' other matters in connection with tbe bnstaes" of raliser. rallser Co. The nostiEra was 1 cent on each circular. In the smaller countryJ unices tue puatmasiera receive icectioreaca stamp canceled, whatever the denomination. So it will be seen that the Government really, J receives coining ior tnose circulars. iitney naa Deen mauea in rt ew x oik, wnere tne post- j master receives a fixed salary, the postage would nave oeen oi some ueneni to tne uovernmenr. It is understood that the New York firm sent' to nearly every country ppstmaster in the State. Over 73 have been heard from if ho re ceived the circulars, but many of them knew the law and refused to have anything to do with the matter. Most, it not nearly all the warrants charge violation of the law prohibiting thesellineof stamps on credit. There is a money penalty of from S3 to foOO for this and similar violations oX the postal laws by postmasters. ATTACKED BI HIGHWAYMEN. James Robinson Bmtnlly Assaalted at Mid" W ' night and Ills Pockets Rifled. Shortly before 12 o'clock last nigh, t James. Bobinson, a machinist at Jones & laugh-, lin's mill, South Thirtieth street,, was' assaulted and sluugshot by two men on Jones & Langhlin'a pri vate bridge at Thirtieth street.' Bobinson was on his was way to his home at 39 South Twenty-seventh street at the time, . and in crossing tne Bridge he was waylaid' by two men. He fought desperately with them, but was left in an insensible state on" the bridge by his assailants. The men, be fore leaving him, rifled his pockets, but secured nothing. Bobinson, upon regaining- consciousness, walked to Dr. Enoss' office, near the bridge, where it was discovered that be bad suffered a terrible scalp wound. Sixteen stitches were necessary to stop the flow of Diooa. xne injured man was removed to his home, bnt his condition is not serious. A description of the men who assaulted' Bobinson was given to the police, and two men were arrested by Officer Jim Jack on Second avenue and sent to Central station to await identification. A HIDNIGI1T B0BBEKT. ,$ It Cost Hugh Wallace 8130 for a IJttlo.' Outing in Town. TT T TIT It e IT IA! B 1 - U Aiugn nauace, 01 .no. auu occuuu are- j-j nue, reported to the police last midnight that he had been robbed of $150. He stated that in a well-known saloon he had been. i drinking with Frank Kelly and. James ' Davis and displayed to them bis money. At midnight the three men separated, and.' -Wallace went down Market street. He had gone only a square wnen ne was Knocked i down by two men and robbed of the 1150. He could give no description of his assail ants, but asked the arrest of Davis aad. Kelly on suspicion- Lieutenant Dennistas and Special Ulacers lioornson and Shore i rested the suspected men, but no money was lounu on tneir persons. x-JtaTor Condition. Ex-Mayor McCarthy was restiBg easily, a midnight. The ony causa for alarmist unquenchable thirst that haa attacked' ei-iuajor. . 1 1-- i1 -..y-jfr....