vJ F-r iS?" j THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, "SATUEDAT, NOVEMBER 30 1889. 3 SI? tjy - ' s?3!;' 110 SMALL KNIVES T llliat May Furnish the link TOcli Will Hang CongMin. J STARTLING DISCOVERY Made Just in Time for Use as Evi dence in the Cronin Case. THE FIRST ADDRESS TO THE JURY A sensation wsb caused in the Cronin trial yesterday by evidence showing that Detective Coughlin had two knives belong ing to the doctor upon his person when arrested. The articles were positively iden tified. Judge Longenecker then commenced "his opening address to the jar v. He de mands a conviction -upon the law and the evidence. Chicago, November 29. Immedlatelr after the defense had produced its best wit ness to-day State's Attorney Longenecker said: "If the Court please, we have some evidence that has come to our know ledge, about 10 or little belore 10, which we have not had time to look into. Of course it wonld be evidence in chief properly, but not having come to our knowledge until this morning, we feel like asking the Court to let us introduce the evidence at this late hour." The Court By how many witnesses do yon expect to put that evidense in? The State's Attorney By two really and one who has had the custody of the articles. "Doe! the State's attorney regard it as important?" "I regard it as an important matter and feel it our duty to present it" "THE DEFENSE OBJECTS. The Court Some slight intimation was given to me this morning, and I assume it is not corroborative or cumulative, else I shall not admit it. Mr. Forrest We object to their reopening the cae at the end of the sur-rebuttal. The State's Attorney I suppose the Court has a right at this time to let it come in I under its discretion. Mr. Forrest If that be true, then we may never end the case. "We may have to ask" for time to meet it. The Court The Court is anxious to close the case, and I do not want to prolong it. The State's Attorney So are we, Your Honor, but we feel it is our duty to present this evidence. Not that we think it is abso lutely necessary to the case, or anything of the kind, but it is an important piece of evidence, and ought to go into the case. This morning we leit like insisting on hav ing it go in, and it ought to have been drawn to our attention some time ago. THE EVIDENCE ADMITTED. The Court tHen called the State's attorney to a private onsultation, at the close of which Judge McConnell said: "I take it that the evidence which the State suggests should go into the case. I have considered whether I ought to admit it, and have de cided to do so. I do not think it will delay the opening of the case to the jury. If I allow it to go in, I do not see that it need interfere wjth the opening of the addresses to the jury, and if you, Mr. Forrest, desire time to answer it I will give you the time. It is a single matter which can be disposed of anytime." Police Officer Bartholomew Flynn was then called to the stand, and, in response to questions, testined as iollows: "When Daniel Coughlin was arrested I was ordered by Lieutenant Elliott to take him to the Harrison street station, which X did. When we got there I searched him in Captain Bartram's office. These two knives which "I have in my hand, X found in his possession. two niroKTANT knives. "I took the knives and a revolver from Coughlin, took them back to headquarters, went upstairs to Lieutenant Elliott's office, and then took them down to my box in head quarters and locked tbemup. They were there until the 16th or 17th of September, when I took them over to the Fidelity vault, where they have since remained. X called the at tention of Captain Schuettler to them at Fast Chicago avenue station. X took them to him. I did not disclose the fact that I had, them to anyone prosecuting the case. Ex-Captain Bartram knew I had the knives, but, up to last evening, X did not call the attention of nnvone else to them." This closed the direct examination, and Mr. Forrest moved to exclude the evidence on the ground that the knives had been in the possession of the State ever since Cough lin's arrest. The motion was overruled. On cross-examination, the witness said he did not tell the Chief of Police about the knives, because it did not occur to him that it was a matter of any consequence. The witness had asked Assistant State's Attor ney Elliott for permission to put them in the safe. Mr. Elliott told him he had bet ter take care of them himself, as he was per sonally responsible for them. THE VITAL POINT. T. T. Conklm, with whom Dr. Cronin lived, was then called. He identified the knives as having been carried by Dr. Cronin when alive. The smaller one the witness had himself carried for two years, and he then gave it to Dr. Cronin. The larger one, the witness said, he had found in the street. If they were not Dr. Cronin's knives they looked exactly like them. Dr. Cronin carried the smaller knife in bis vest pocket The witness saw Dr. Cronin use a knile like the smaller one within a week before he was taken away, and prohably within two or three weeks before he saw him bavetheftber on the table, where he was writing, sharpening his pencil. The knives were then admitted in evidence. Two more witnesses were examined as to 'matters connected with the saloon opening on the night of May 4. This ended the evi dence. EVIDENCE OF GUILT. I.ONGENECKER BEGINS HIS ADDRESS TO THE JURY. A Conviction Demanded Upon the Law and the Testimony An Earnest Appeal for Justice Thi Review of tbe Case Strong- Ara-nments. Chicago, November 29. Immediately after tbe last witness had given his testimony Prosecuting Attorney Iiongenecker com menced his address to the jury, which was listened to with great attention. He com menced by saying: Gentlemen of the Jury: I want to talk to you in this case about the evidence that jou have been bearine. I shall not attempt to talk to anyone except to you 12 men, because yon are now interested in the case, and it is your duty to come to a correct conclusion, and because the responsibility rests upon you after we have done our duty. I have no doubt that you 12 men are competent to render snch a verdict in this case as will meet the demands of the law, I have no doubt that you are prepared on this evidence to render such a verdict as the evidence warrants 70a in rendering, and now I say to you that I shall confine myself to the evidence in the case. My associates will attend to the arguments and make the speeches. A WAKfrIKO AGAINST EEEOB. JTow, I wish to say to youU men here who have been listening to the evidence, as the case has spun out from day to day and week to week, until it has become an import ant and growing case, until it has become a noted case to you. a case you will never forget, I desire to caution you against a feeling that is possessed sometime by jurors and courts, and even lawyers, when a case grows in import ance and length, that it requires more evidence to reach a conclusion than it does in a small case. G entlemen, do not be led into this error in determlnlnr what von shall do. The evidence of conspiracy is the same for a J small offense as it is for a great offense. The evidence of conspiracy to obtain dollars and cents from you, or me, or anyone else, tbe evi dence that would bring to your mind convic tion of the men who are accused, must be just as strong, although it only takes a couple of hours to try tbe case, as if you were trying men for murder. What I am trying to have you understand is this, that because this case is so long, and be cause It has grown to be so large and import ant you must not think it requires more evi dence to satisfy yoa on that account If the evidence convinces you of the guilt of the ac cused, then it matters not whether there are flvo men or ten men on trial, or one man on trial. The evidence necessary to convince you beyond a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the men on trial should be just as strong as if 20 men were on trial, and yet need not be stronger than If one man were on trial. THE 11W ALWAYS JUST. The law is always just It is made to protect the innocent as well as to punish the guilty. It is intended to oe even-banded, and yet it is not always tbe case that it is so administered, yet the law itseir, iTepeat is just and In this case, after you have heard the arguments of counsel on both sider, having heard the evidence, and after you have heard tbe instructions of the Court, and go into your rooms to make up your verdict bear in mind that tbe law is just and if that law compels you to inflict a penalty here that you do not like to inflict remember that you are not to blame, that tbe law is not to blame, but the men who have violated that law. I say this because I feel desirous that In this case o snau get at tne truth, ana wnai j to you in this case will be said with the view solely of getting at a truthful verdict and nothing else. I have no feeling against those men on trial personally. Why should I stand up here and ask you to convict Martin Burke, Daniel Coughlin, Patrick O'Sulllvan, John F. Beggs, John Kunze, unless I believe the evi dence justified me in asking you to do It? If I should at this moment or at any other mo ment ask a jury of 12 men, or ask you 12 men to convict these defendants upon anything else but the evidence presented, I would not be fit to fill tbe position I occupy. NO GUESSING ABOUT IT. We do not deire that these men shall be guessed guilty. We ao not desire that they shall be convicted npon anything except' the law and the evidence in the case, but lfiyou, having heard all the evidence, believe that the law and evidence justifies you in saying they are guilty, then we do demand at your hands that your verdict shall be in accordance with the law and evidence, and nothing short of a truthful verdict under the law and the evi dence, will meet tbe demands in this case. Whether that verdict be to acqnit the de f endants, or whether it shall be to convict the defendants, with that verdict the people, rep resented by myself and associates, must be contented. As 1 said, I want to talk to you about the evidence in the case, and I will do that as speedily as possible, but bear in mind, at the same time, that it is necessary that that evi dence should be presented to you in such a way that you shall see the chain forged from day to day in this case, and so that yon may be enabled, from this evidence, to come to a con clusion. It Is possible that In going over the evidence, and trusting to memory, I may not repeat it just as it is but I hope you will not charge that I am trying to take advantage of these men who are now on trial for their lives. Continuing, the State's Attorney said: We contend that the mnrder of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin was brought about by a con spiracy. We claim that it was concluded and executed by these men as parties to the con spiracy, together with others who are not on trial. That is our position. STBONG LANGUAGE. We further claim that it was a cold-blooded conspiracy; a conspiracy that is without parallel, cold, deliberately planned; a con spiracy, that if true, as we understand it from the evidence, would chill the blood in tbe warmest hearts; a conspiracy that is most terri ble In its effects. If this is a conspiracy, asm e contend, then it has been planned for weeks and weeks before Its execution; and if that be true, then, gentlemen, you must notice tbe line of evidence in the case in order to come to a correct conclusion. We claim that this evi dence itself, without showing the connecting point, of itself shows that a conspiracy was concocted by these defendants on trial. Where do we come then to start in where do we learn of this conspiracy? Yon remem ber that there is a Camp 20 in this city. It is proven bere that the Clan-na-Gael organization had a Camp 20, named the Columbia Club, and there was another camp, and they both met at Turner Hall; and then, at the date of which 1 now intend to speak, you will remember that there bad been a contention or split in this organization, as it is called; that different fac tions bad arisen, and that the two factions had divided. You remember, on the recommendation of these two organizations, a trial committee was appointed, as is In evidence, to try tbe execu tive body of this organization, the hichest power in the order. They were to be tried by a committee selected by the convention that mot in this city on last year in the month of June. You remember tbat evidence. This committee was appointed. CLAN-NA-OAEL HISTOEY. On that committee, remember, was Dr. Cronin. On that trial committee Dr. Cronin acted for one faction of the two organizations. Having united, they united the order and re numbered their camp. Now. I speak of that and I want you to bear it in mind, that hern was Dr. Cronin on that committee, and it was Shown that there were three men called tbe Triangle, who were being tried by the commit tee of which Dr. Cronin was a member, ftow, we will stop there and go on to this Camp 20 on tbe 8th day of February. You go into that camp and we called the secretary here. Beginning with the Secretary's testimony, the State's attorney told in narrative form at great length the evidence of the ten wit nesses as to the row in Camp 20 growing out of a speech bv Cronin's friend, Captain Thomas F. O'Conner, and resulting in the appointment of a committee of three to find out how Dr. Cronin's camp got information ahead of other camps as to the proceedings at isunaio. The State's attorney claimed that Cough lin having moved the appointment of the committee must have been, according to usual parliamentary practice, made a mem ber and chairman of the committee. Mr. Longenecker also drew attention to the dis closures of Le Caron then being made in Loudon having entered into the camp's dis cussion, with talk of other spies still at work in tbe order, and that it had been shown ice aeienaant t bullivan had ex pressed a belief that Cronin, as a Clan-na-Gael organizer, was taking ''Deputies" into the order. HATCHING THE CONSPIRACY. The admission of "Deputies" and the nre mature reading of the Buffalo minority re port in Cronin's camp were adverted to by the State's attorney as having, by direction of tbe camp, been referred by Defendant Beggs to tne nignest omcer in the district, Spelman, of Peoria. Having narrated the testimony as to this meeting of February 8, the State's attorney declared: "On that night is when the conspiracy began. The State's attorney continued: They all knew that Dr. Cronin was on that Buffalo committee, and that he had a separate report from tbe others. They knew tbat he had protested against the report of the ma- iority; that be had a minority report: they all :new that he had condemned this executive body and charged upon tbem the frauds that it was reported, and he insisted that tbey bad perpetrated. It was Daniel Couchlin who was an enemy of this camp of Dr. Cronin's, who despised and bated Dr. Cronin, who moved that a secret committee be appointed to find out just what tbey all knew at the time tbat it had been read by Dr. Cronin in his camp. The learned counsel contends tbat there was no trial, and that we cannot prove that there ever was a trial committee appointed, and tbat Cronin was ever tried. NO DISPUTE ABOUT IT. Of course not, -we do not contend that this secret committee was appointed to try Dr. Cronin. We never contended tbat they were appointed for the purpose of investigating Dr. .Cronin, or as to what he had said in his camp. They knew be had read it in his camp. They knew it was be who read it Of course they were appointed to try him. They did try him, but never gave blm a chance to defend him self. Try Dr. Cronin! Who thought of con tending tbat they went through a form of a trial? We did not but that that committee was ap pointed and that tt acted, and that it settled tbe whole matter amicably tor the executive body, we hav&no doubt The motion made by Daniel Coughlin was that a secret committee of three be appointed to inquire into, and in vestigate the rumors afloat regarding the trial of the ex-executivQ body. That motion was carried. "When we get further into the evidence you will see con clusively what tbe gut of that matter was. When wo show you what the result of this meeting was, and how it was followed up, you will see conclusively what was meant bv th .resolution. We will show you by evidence that a committee was appointed, ana that it acted. TENACIOUS ABOUT DATES. Now, gentlemen, the learned counsel who has more exceptions, more'-l object" and more "Wait a minute" in the record than he has evi dence for his client, said tbat I was very tena cious about dates. Ianv He said X had stated in my opening tbat dates would cut a figure m this case. They will. Remember, gentlemen, that this was tbe 8th day of February tbat this committee was ordered. A mattes wu sane fey the man who was an avowed enemy of Cronin -for a secret commit tee to try him, and the record shows tbat Mar tin Burke was there; that Patrick Cooney was there, and tbat John F, Beggs was there, Tbat all these defendants on trial were there except Patrick O'Sulllvan and Kunze. The record shows that and now, before I forget remember, because I want to include the defendant Kunze In the case, I desire you to remember tbat if a conspiracy has been formed to do a thing, If a conspiracy is formed to commit a certain crime, whoever thereafter joined that conspiracy becomes a party to it, and is bound by the acts which have gone be fore his joining it. In other words, if be is in theconspiracy.be is in it just as much going In at the last as ha wonld be if he went in at the first AT THE BEGINNING. On the 8th aay of February we had Martin Burke, Daniel Coughlin and John F. Beggs at this meeting; and on that 8th day of February Martin Burke was appointed a committee, as shown by tbe record of the secretary, to pass upon the qualification of Matt Danahy's bar tender, who swears to the alibi that same night Tbey were getting in their friends then, gentle men. Now this was on the 8th day of Febru ary, and on the 11th day of February John F. Beggs, the senior guardian of tbe camp, wrote a letter to Edward Spelman. the District member- On tbe 17th of February Spelman answered that letter, in which he says he does not know of any authority in tbe constitution tbat au thorized him to inflict a penalty. Recollect gentlemen, they are now talking about penal ties. He says there is nothing in tbe constitu tion authorizing to inflict a penalty, and in this letter of Beggs to Bpelmsn.the Senior Guardian uirecieu ois attention to uronin's camp, ouuw inp; conclusively tbat he knew where that re port was read and showing also that he knew where it emanated from. On the 18th day of February John F. Beggs writes to Spelman tbat be does not know of any authority under the written law. IMPOBTANT LETTEES. I will read the letters to you, gentlemen, in order tbat you may fully undersrand them. Now what follows: On the lth of February Mr. Simonds appears and rents the flat at No. 119 Clark street the furniture is bought and on the 20th the carpet is laid down in tbe Clark street room. Yes, gentlemen, dates will cut a figure in this case. This was all done in Feb ruary, you will remember, and on the night of the 22d of February this man who moved the appointment of a secret committee, and who bad already begun his work as Chairman of tbe committee, Daniel Coughlin, tells Henry O'Conner that there is an enemy in the camp, and that he has it on good authority that it Is Dr. Cronin, and be is a spy among them. O'Conner would not hear any more and left him. Take all these letters, and if that commit tee was appointed to find why.'Dr. Cronin had read that report, then there was nothing to make a fuss about, but it these men there believed him to be a spy and a traitor, and they wanted to kill him, then there is lots in it The correspondence between Senior Guar dian Beggs and District Officer Spelman was here read in full by the State's Attorney. Continuing, the State's Attorney said: A SAY OF PUNISHMENT. When Beggs writes to the district officer he writes about Cronin's camp and Cronin. What is it that moves this Senior Guardian to say in his letter that these men who are continually stirring up agitation would find that a day would come to tbem of punishment What does be mean What does Spelman mean when he writes to him that he hoped there would be unitv, tbat he hoped for better re sults, but tbat he was greatly disappointed and disgusted, and thanked God that his time would expire at tbe end of tbe month T Why is it that Beggs stated that a majority of tbe members believed tbe executive inno cent of the charges? Does it not show to you that Spelman and Beges in these letters had talked about Cronin and had talced about this whole matter? He says: "The majority of our men believe the parties charged to be innocent of any criminal wrong, and to have the charges made continually that they are guilty creates bitterness and ill feeling, and that the man who makes the charees, or the men, are not friends of Irish unity." What means this talk about inflicting a penalty on Cronin, who had con tinually and persistently charged that these men were thieves robbers and murderers by sending Irish patriots from this country to English prisons? MOEE EVIDENCE. Gentlemen, if yon are not content with the proof afforded by these letters, if you are not satisfied from the evidence adduced, as to what took place on the 8th of February, I direct your attention to the speeches made on tbe 22d of February, when Patrick McGarry made the same charges, and when Beggs stood there and said he would not submit to such charges being made In his camp, and be slapped bis breast and said he thanked God that Alexander Sul livan bad friends, and that be was one of them. This was on tbe 18th of February John F. Beggs wrote that letter to Edward Spelman, and on the 19th of February, Throckmorton says, a man under tbe name of Simonds came there and rented the flat at 119 Clark xtreet. Then we had the meeting of the 22d of Febru ary. In order tbat your recollection as to wbat McGarry said may be clear, and for the purpose of showing you just wbat he did say, I would like to read his evidence to you from the record. At this point, the regular hour having ar rived, the court took a recess until 10 o'clock to-monow. CONFEDERATE TETEEANS Send Resolutions of Sympathy nnd Respect to Tbelr Former Lender. Richmond, Va., November 29. At a largely attended meeting of E. E. Lee Camp of Conlederate Veterans, held to-night, the following letter was read and ordered to be forwarded to Jefferson Davis: Richmond. Va., November 29, 1889. Hon. Jefferson Davis. Hew Orleans: Dear and HonokEd Sir: With profound so licitude tbe members of R. E. Lee Camp Jo. 1, Confederate Veterans, learn of your serious illness. As President of the Confederacy, we honored and supported you. You were our ideal of the statesman and commander-in-chief, and we beg to asssure you that our expressions of venera tion and affection for 5 ou are just as unfeigned, iut as deep and lost as ardent to-day as they were then. We take this method of conveying to you our love and sympathy. Our hearts go out to you and we pray God tbatyoursufferings may be mollified and your health finally re stored, and we feel sure that in tendering these expressions wo voice the sentiments of every true soldier who wore the gray. Praying that our Father, who is in heaven, may have you al ways in His holy keeping; we are. dear sir, your obedient servants, the members of R. E. Lee Camp No. L C. V. By unanimous vote. T. A Bbaxser, J. Taylor Btratton, Commander. Adjutant. No Two Wan About It. We've seen so many imitations of our method of advertising that we have deter mined to offer the public a bargain for to day which will once for all prove that we are the real leaders of low prices. Now let these Imitators of the P. C. C. C. follow, if they can. We will sell 1,000 overcoats at $12 to-day, consisting of 5 styles of goods, 200 overcoats of each style. The goods are chinchillas, kerseys, beavers, castors and meltons $12 buys one of them to-day. Tbey are the greatest bargains ever offered and other stores sell these overcoats from $20 to $24. P. C. C. 0., Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new Court House. Long Storm Overcoats for $3. They're warmly lined all through, and are just the thing for drivers and teamsters. Thev'rf worth $8 to $9 each, but to-day Kaufmanns' will sell them at $3. Blufflrrj, MufDr, Slnfflera. Every kind of muffler yon ever heard of and more, too, from tbe to (b each, Jieauti fnl new patterns. Jos. Horne Ss Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Long Storm Overcoats for 83 They're warmly lined all through, and are just the thing for drivers and teamsters. They're worth $8 to $9 each, bnt to-day Kaufmanns' will sell them at $3. Mechanical and architectural drawing taught at evening sessions. Duff's College, 49 Fifth ave. wrhs Men's fine neckwear. James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Filth ave. Natural Gas Bill Reduced 75 Per Cent. O'Keefe Gas Appliance Co.,34 Fifth av. EST GERMAN COOKING-is de scribed in to-morrow's DISPATCH by Ii. F. Lenlza, of the famous Xtederkraatz OIud, of New York. J THE ODDS ON KEED. Major McKinley's Friends let in the King, Though, Full of Hope. FIVE OF THE KEYSTONE MEMBERS Eeftue to be Whipped in Line, and Insist on Voting Against Eeed. 8URPEISE8IN THE IKF0BMAL CAUCUS. Hot'Xnougu Interest Among the Democrats to Boll a Meeting. Five of the Pennsylvania Republican delegation in Congress voted lor McKinley at the informal caucus yesterday, and 14 for Reed. One of the two absentees is also for McKinley. The Reed men, though some what surprised, are said to be offering odds that their candidate will be elected on tbe first ballot. For all that, Major McKinley's leaders are still in the ring, and full of hope, tFEOM A BTATT COBKIS FOND rt T.J Washington, November 29. For an other day the fight over the Speakership has absorbed everything else. The seance of the New York delegation yesterday at the Eelden dinner, which did not end till mid night, and the action of tbe Pennsylvania delegation to-day, were the only develop ments of a public and definite character, but quiet and intense work was done through out the night and all the day in behalf of both Reed and McKinley, and the day closes with the McKinley men still in the ring and professing to befnll of hope, while the Reed men declare a positive conviction that their man will be nominated on the first ballot, and are willing to back up their convictions with money, giving large odds, NOT SOLID FOB EEED. The McKinley men extract some comfort from the vote of the Pennsylvania delega tion of fonrteen for Reed and five for Mc Kinley. on a total vote of nineteen, Mc Cormick and Harmer being absent. The vote was a surprise to both the Reed and Mc Kinley leaders, in that Wright, of the Fifteenth or Susquehanna district, voted for McKinlev, when every one had counted him for Reed". It turned out that the Reed men had not approached him at all to find out his views, but took it for granted that as he could have no sectional preference for McKinley he wonld be content to go with the majority of the delegation. By this in attention Reed lost one vote in Pennsyl vania, as a word at any time informing Mr. Wright, who is a new member, of the atti tude of the delegation, would sbave pre vented him from voting for McKinley. Of the two absentees, Harmer is for Mc Kinley and McCormick for Reed, and if there 'are no changes the caucus vote to morrow will stand 15 for Reed and 6 for McKinley. The fact that Harmer is in town but failed to attend the caucus leads some to think that he is waiting for to-morrow's developments, with the intention of going to the winning man. THE POINT OP INTEREST. The delegation met at 2 o'clock this after noon, at the room of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. A large crowd of the friends of all of the candidates hung about the corridors to learn officially, at the earliest possible moment, the attitude of the delegation. Numerous friends also of Msjor Carson and Mr. Edward McPherson were there to learn the result in the clerk shiD of the House. On motion of Colonel Bayne the commit tee elected Hon. William D. Kelley, tbe "dean" ot the delegation, to the chair.' Mr. Kelley asked Colonel Bayne, who had issued the notices for a caucus, to state the object of tbe call. Colonel Bayne made a little speech, in which he said that it was proper and desirable .that, as there were two candi dates for Clerk' from Pennsylvania, the dele gation should take some action looking to the presentation of but one name. DIVISION MEANS DEFEAT. It was generally conceded, Colonel Bayne said, that if Pennsylvania named a candi date he would be nominated by the caucus. He thought that in this instance the expres sion from a majority ought to prevail, as to go into the caucus with a -divided delega tion would tend to the defeat of both candi dates. Mr. Kelley objected to the unit rule, but Colonel Bayne assured him that there was no desire lor the enforcement of the unit rule; he was as much opposed to that as anyone, but it was certainly wise to take such action as would result in the presenta tion of only one name to the caucus as the candidate of Pennsylvania Mr. Daizell partly agreed with Mr. Kel ley that the minority should not be bound by the wishes of the majority, and after a short and desultory discussion the vote was taken, which resulted in 14 for McPherson and 5 for Carson Kelley, O'Neill, Osborne, uaizeii ana uai Demon, supporting uarson. Culbertson and Osborne signified their ac ceptance of the verdict, and that they would snpport McPherson in the canons to-morrow, 'and Daizell intimated that he would take a similar course. NO UNIT RULE IN IT. The Speakership question was then called np, and the proposition to take a vote was supported by the friends of Reed and ob jected to by the supporters ot McKinley. Mr. Kelley again objected to any attempt to enforce the unit rule, and Bingham and Bayne both reassured him tbat there was no such thought in the minds of the supporters of Reed. The latter were determined the McKinley men should show their hands, however, and a motion to take the express ion of the delegates prevailed. On the vote Kelley, Osborne. Wright, Scull and Culbertson supported McKinley, and Bingham, O'Neill, Darlington, Yard ley, Brosius, Scranton, Rife, Atkinson.Craig, Daizell, Bayne, Bay, Townsendand Watson voted for Reed. It is jnst possible that one or two of the McKinley votes may change to Reed before to-morrow, as there are indica tions of tbat kind. m'kinlet's chief hope. While the McKinley men are still hope ful that Reed cannot be nominated that his full strength will be given on the first ballot and fall short of enongb, and that he will then grow weaker they are not so willing to give figures as on former days. The Reed men are also careful about their figures, bnt The Dispatch correspondent has secured the list of their claims, and If it be anything near correct, the conviction ex pressed that Reed will be nominated on the first ballot-has a good foundation. Follow ing are the Reed claims: California, 3; Connecticut, 3; Indiana, 1; Kansas, 4; Massachusetts, 10; Minnesota. 2; Montana, 1; Nebraska, 3; New Hampshire, 2; New York, 19; North Carolina, 2; New jersey, a; .Norm jjbkou, 1; uregon, l; Pennsylvania, 15; Rhode Island, 2; South Dakota, 2; Tennessee, 2; Vermont, 2; Vir ginia, 2; Wisconsin, 7; Maine, 4. ENOUGH AND TO SPABB. This foots up 90 votes, or five more than the number necessary for a nomination. If a motion prevail in the caucus for a viva voce vote, it is claimed this number will be increased, as many members with other per sonal preferences would hesitate to cast a vote against a sure winner. It is probable that Hon. Benjamin But terwortb, of Ohio, wilt be chosen Chairman of the caucus. He is eminently fair, and the Reed men appear to be anxious to con cede to tbe McKinley men the Chairman of the caucus. , The Democratlo canons which was set for this evening had no quorum and an ad' jonrnment was had until 10 o'clock Monday morning, though another hour may be chosen. IiIGhtneb. A PKEPEEEKCK FOB SPEAKER. The Stiver Belesates Want n Mas Who Favsrs That Meta'l. Sx. Xovxsy XsTtaabw X, DilnatM is. the National Silver Convention from Colo rado, Nevada. Texas and Louisiana met to day and adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That we urge our members of the Fifty-first Congress to vote for no man either In caucus or elsewhere for Speaker of tbe House whose record does not prove bim a con sistent friend of the movement for the restora tion of silver. SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN. An American Ship Sink In the Waves ef the Pacific-Experience of Ihe Cnsta vray Crevr A Cralser Leaves for the Samoa Islands. Ban Fbancisco, November 29. Ad vices from Honolulu by steamer state that the United States steamer Iroquois left there November 20 for Samoa to relieve the Adams, which will proceed to Honolulu. The United States steamer Alert was abont ready to sail for San Francisco. She is ei pected to arrive between December 15 and 20. The Mohican and Nipsio still remain at Honolulu. The missionary steamer Morning Star, which has been crnising among the South Pacific Islands, arrived at Honolulu November 18 with Captain Gooding and crew, of the American bark T. L. Sweat, of Portland, Me., which was wrecked on Susanna reef, near Pozeat Isiand April 9 last, while en route from New Castle, N. S. W., to Hong Kong. A high surf was running and heavy breeze blowing at the time and the vessel com menced to go to pieces soon after she struck the reef. Nothing was saved from the ves sel, but the crew escaped in a small boat. They landed at Pozeat, and after remaining there ten days the natives ordered them to leave. Captain Gooding, with three others, left in the ship's boat and the remainder of the crew, with a number of natives, em barked in a canoe. The canoe sprang a leak in a few hours and had to put back to Pozeat, wnere the sapors were compelled to remain three months. The other boat went on to Buk, a small island 25 miles away, where the Captain and his party were cared for by missionaries. In the latter part of June they returned to Pozeat for the remainder of the crew and took them to Buk. Tbe whole party re mained there two months and then went to Ponopo, from which place they were taken off by the Morning Star, last month, and conveyed to Honolulu. They state they had to endure the severest of hardships during their castaway existence. YBBX HYSTSBIOTJB E0BBEET. Burglars Enter a Residence and Secure Valuables Amounting: to 825,608. Athol, Mass- November 29. The rob bery of the house of Henry B. Stowell, of this town, and proprietor of the furniture factory in Orange, was a much more serious affair than at first reported. The burglars secured notes, bonds, stocks and other valu ables most of which are negotiable ag gregating in value not far from $25,000. Although eight persons slept in the house no one was awakened, and the-loss was only discovered when Mr. Stowell awoke in the morning and fonnd his vest, which had been placed on a chair near the bed, miss ing. It was fonnd down stairs, but (300 in bills and a $200 gold watch it had contained, were gone. Mrs. Stowell's jewel case was also missing. Thoroughly alarmed, Mr. Stowell went to the library, where the safe was located, and found both doors open and the safe rifled of everything of value. A rear window, which it had been customary to leave partially open at night, afforded a means of entrance, after which the burglars nnlocked the street door, whence they escaped. The safe was opened by means of tbe working combina tion, which is considered a singular fact, as the combination was known only to Stowell and bis daughter, who acts as her father's bookkeeper. The burglars were 'evidently well informed as to tbe interior arrange ments of the house, and covered their tracks so well that no trace ot their identity can be found. BMP0RTAM TO IMPORTERS. decretory Windom Decides Tbat Some Cartage Mny be Raved. rSr-ECIAI. TXLZOBAJC TO TH DISrATCTM New Yoek, November 29. Secretary Windom has decided that merchandise re ceived at New York from foreign countries, in transit for other foreign eonntries, may remain on covered and locked wharves for ten days, guarded by custom's inspectors, if immediate transportation cannot be obtained. This will save the cartage to general order stores. The Secretary also amended the immediate transportation regulation of 1880. Merchandise arriving at New York and destined for interior ports and cities has been detained here until the Collector was furnished with an invoice, certified to before the United States Consul at the port of shipment. Secretary Windom now decides that Col lector Erharat may accept an affidavit from an importer, stating his inability to pro duce the consular invoice. The importer must submit a pro forma invoice, ana give a bond to prodnce the consular invoice, and his goods may be released. CLEVELAND'S CORN D0CT0B Snubbed at the White doate, and He Leaves Towing Vengeance, israelii, tiliqexm' jto the disfatcb.j Washington, November 29. This morning a peripatetic corn doctor from Binghamton, N. Y.f slipped "by the door keepers at the White House and got into a room where three or four ladies were sitting. 'He offered his wares to all in tnrn, and in order to be rid of him one of the ladies offsred him 5 cents. He scorned the nickel, and offered to make a present of a stick of ""Sure Enough" salve, and when they raised their limit to 10 cents he left the room and sought to find Mrs. Harrison's apartments. One of the men servants steered him out of the bouse, and he left, vowing vengeance on the Republican administration. Dr. Lambert served two years in Com pany C, Twenty-seventh New York Voldn teers, and was honorably discharged. He claims to have treated President Cleveland's corns successfully for four years. No Two Ways Abont It. We've seen so many imitations of our method of advertising that we have de termined to offer the public a bargain for to-day which will once for all prove that we are the real leaders of low prices. Now let these imitators of the P. O. C. C. follow, if tbey can. We will sell 1,000 overcoats at $12 to-day, consisting of S styles of goods, 200 overcoats of each style. The goods are chinchillas, kerseys, beavers, castors and meltons $12 bnys one of tbem to-day. They are tbe greatest bargains ever offered, and other stores sell these overcoats from $20 to $24. P. O. O. C, Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp. the new Court House. 560 Men's Melton Overcoats at 95, And they're first-class melton overcoats, too garments good enough for any man. The same qualities have never before been sold for less than $10. To-day (and to-day only) Kaufmanns' will offer 660 of them at the unparalleled low price of $5. Bnrsalns In Genu Hosiery. Fine merino half hose, in odd lots, that were 60c and 75c, marked down to 35c, or three pairs for $1. Jos. Hoskz Ss Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. Pea Jackets and Tests at 84 39. They're made of heavy chinchilla, well lined, and tbe coats alone would cost yon $7 elsewhere. Kaufmanns' will sell yon the coat and vest for only H SO to-day. " A RICH KAN'S EOU and how to build one is dsMoribsd by R. W. SboppeU ia. to-swrw' DBKPATOH. KILLED THEIR COOK. A Caatala and Bis First Mate Arrested for Murder oa the High Scaa-Ther Tell a Plaaslble Story of the Tragedy. rSPSCUL TXLXC1RAM TO TH DISTATSH.1 Nev Yobk, November 29. The Uz American sailing ship Southern Crew got np to quarantine last night, 125 davs out from Hong Kong. This morning United States Marshals Holmes, Purcell and Jef fries went down on the revenue cutter Washington with a warrant issued by Coa nlssioner Shields for the arrest of Captain Justus A. Bailey and First Mate Donald F. Nicholson, for the murder of their Chi nese cook, Ah Son, on the high seas on January, 17. Captain Bailey and his cohb sel, Mr. Stnrges, to-day made this statement of the killing of Ah Son: The Southern Cross left this port for Aus tralia and China in October of 1887. The cook was the Chinaman, Ah Son. The voyage progressed without incident until it was discovered that the cook was a con firmed opium smoker. The cooking was then watched, and complaints began to be made. Finally Ah Son was fonad to be stupefied with opinm half the time. Mate uonaiason and Captain .bailey punlshea the Chinaman, bnt without any good result. This was on January 16, when the ship was off the Cape of Good Hope, The next morning breakfast was not forthcoming. Examination showed that the cooking gal ley was closed as tight as a drum, and that the door of tbe galley was barricaded, with the Chinaman inside. From within came the sound of a splitting and hacking. The mate looked cautiously through the galley window and saw the Chinaman with an ax in his hand tearing np the deck. The Chi naman fired at the mate with a revolver, and the mate retired. Tnen the Chinaman barricaded the window also. Captain Bailey saw that prompt action was necessary. The cargo stored in the part of the hold into which the cook was cutting consisted of 12f tons of cartridges and several barrels of gunpowder and gaso line. The captain believed that the cook was crazy from opium and had formed the idea of blowing np the ship. He had threat ened to do this some time before. Captain Bailey told tbe Chinaman to come out. The cook refused and fired a shot at the captain from a crevice in the galley. Captain Bailey then got his rifle and the mate got his pistol from their cabins. They began firing into the galley, and the cook fired back. The mate and'Captain fired a dozen shots apiece through the galley door and windows, and finally the return shots ceased. Then the galley was burst open. The cook was found dead npon the floor, wnn nail a dozen bullets in his body. KEEPING OUT OP TIE WAI. A New fork Colonel Who Proposes to Steer Clear at Ludlow Street JnIL rsneux, Txxxonut to thb dispxtch.1 New Yobs:, November 29. Corporation Counsel Clark obtained from Judge Patterj son, in the Supreme Court, to-day, an order for the arrest of Colonel John O'Byrne, for refusing to answer eight questions asked him in tbe investigation of the Dock De partment, before- the Commissioner ot Accounts, touching the $13,000 which he received from the oystermeu for alleged legal services. Colonel O'Byrne had testi fied that he had received the $13,000 In fonr different payments, and had paid part of it to certain persons. Who they were, and whether or not one of them was Oysterman James W. Boyle, the County Democracy collector of campaign funds, he flatly refused to tell, thereby putting him self in contempt. He will be lodged in Ludlow street jail if he is arrested. Con tempt of court is not a bailable offense. It is surmised that the Colonel does not intend to be arrested, The order of arrest was turned over to Colonel John M. Tracy, Order of Arrest Clerk, who undertook personally the task of serving it, bnt could not find the Colonel. A friend of Colonel O'Byrne' said that the Colonel has a good deal of business 1b Phil adelphia, and that he may be there at pres ent. A EUROPEAN TRIP PETNTED. Detectives Arrest Ono of the Smaklnd Part ners on tbe Eve of Escape. tsrrcux nxxoiuuc so thb dispatch.! New Yokk, November 29. Herman Cohen, a partner of the Susskinds in their Canal street "banking house," was arrested by Central Office Detectives Grady and Jacobs this morning, in Hoboken, whence he wonld have sailed for Hamburg to-morrow. The detectives have been watching for Cohen since Louis Susskind's arrest This morning they followed his wife from his home in this city, to Hoboken, and saw her register at the Ham burg and Bremen Hotel, Thev soon located Cohen in a room on the third floor, and breaking in the door, arrested him. He had disguised himself with red whiskers. When the detectives got Cohen on the street and told him he was going back to New York he shrieked mnrder. He knew his rights, and he refused to go another step without a requisition. He was looked np in Hoboken police headquarters. Inspector Byrnes says that Cohen had erected in his house an altar, at which he worshiped several times a day. His devout manner seenred him patronage among his people. He wore a prayer fillet on his left arm when he was arrested, and when locked up he mattered prayers in his cell. EEDT0P1SN0TF0K SALE. Mr. Cleveland Expecting- to eecony His WasMnfftoH Home Again. rSPICXU. 1XZ.tOBJL.lt TO TBSSISTATOW.l Washington; November 29. Ex-President Cleveland either has an ardent attach ment for Washington real estate, or else he hopes some day to be again located at the capital. At least, such is the infer ence drawn by bnsiness men of this city, who have learned of a recent offer made for the "Bed Top" cottage property. Several days ago a proposition was made to Mr. Cleve land for the purchase of his property, the amount offered being upward of $169,680. This is abont five times what the property, cost him. but to the surprise of the btdder he was met with a Sat, bat courteous re fusal. In his reply, Mr. Cleveland said tbat Bed Top is not for sale, and that it is his in tention to preserve it as a country residence for himself. Farther, he desired it snder stood that some day he proposed intake np his permanent abode at Bed Top, and es pecially as it afforded him an oppertnnity for quietude and recreation. Below Zero at St. PaaL St. Paul, Mum., November 26. For the first time this season the sserenry has dropped below zero, going to 3 below last night The cold snap was general tarenga out the Northwest, various degrees of cold being recorded, and considerable ef a gale blowing in some sections. As Issportast Bistlasrtstu The Spellbinder. "No," said the boodle Aiders, d shall net lend my voice to sneh a tWeviBg scheme." And he didn't lend H. Se seM it. The Marsials f Leree h Asibsr. London, November 38. A gee ink week ly paper annonnees that HwiU pnblish shertly a stirring and tragte Wv story written by the Marqnis of Lome. Xalarat das MHs Bedaee4 7$ Per eM. O'Kxmrx Gas ArrxiAxex Co.,M Fifth ar. Xh'i fine aeekwear, Jaxm H. Anonr Co., 1 FMfe ave. A TBI0 OF TOUGHS Safely Landed ia Jail at Senreiv Charged With Killimg Serea Sea. i: J THIEB OUT OP THIRTr CAPIDEIP. ' Tfce Elaodj Oiteoae ol g CoBtj Fead Secalled Thereby. ffMt A1KATJ! BHEKIFF MEETS 818 DEATI- Acemjanled by Vonr of Bis Deputies, WaDe in tail Lias ef Duty. Three of the leading men in one of ths) bloodiest of fiontier tragedies era in jailatT Denver. The last arrest of the three was! made yesterday. The feud which led to the? killing of seven men and the arrest of thew three, as their murderers was occasioned by a fight over the location of a county seat, and was the outcome of a bitter contest. rXrXCTAt. TM.IOBJLM TO THS BISrATCKl Dehveb, November 29. United States Marshal Sill, of this city, has captured twes? of the principal actors in one of the bloody iest tragedies that everoccured npon ths) Western frontier, in which no less than eight lives were sacrificed at the hands of the assassin. These murders occurred dnr ing tbe fall of 1888 and the summer of 1887,' in Btephens county, Kan., and No Man'at Land. - .' The first arrest made was effected Monday, when J. B. Feasor, the principal of the) bloody affair, was captured. The second arrest was made Wednesday at Pueblo,, when F. E.Isorws taken into custody. Isor was brought to this city, and both men are now safely lodged in jail. The desper; ate character of the men being well known, ' it was thought advisable to place them ia irons, and special deputies were detailed taj guard them. The third arrest was made to day, in one of the mining camps adjacent te Pueblo, THKKK OUT 07 THIETT. This completes the trio whom, Marshal Sill has followed for several months past, and whose arrest will probably lead to ay large number of others, as the indictments, referred to also inclnde names of 27 co-de-i fendaats with those now in custody 38 men in all. The crime for which Feasor and his com- paalons were arrested is the mnrder ot Sheriff Cross and fonr of bis deputies in No Man's Land ia July, 1887. The attacking party was. led by P. P. Feasor, with Isor as his. chief lieatenaat, and in the terrible battle that followed one of Feasor's men was killed makinr six in all. The attacking nartvont-J numbered that of, the Sheriff's party six te one, and the latter was completely routed,, after one of the bravest and most desperated struggles ever recorded in an attempt tt? enforce the law of this country. ' CAUSB 07 THE FEUD. The troubles waich culminated in tfcisij tragedy originated in the fall of 1868, aai were the outgrowth of a long and bitter contest for the connty seat in Stephens) county. Therival towns contesting for tbsf connty seat were Hagetoa sad Woedville. The court fiaally settled the sb steer oy ' awarding the connty seat to HnetoB.i During the pendency of the Batter in theT court a' raid had been organised by the adherents of Woedville, for, the purpose of obtaining possession, ot ths county reeords,.walch had .bees se cured by Hngeton. Ia this raid two oi ths 'r Woodville men were killed,aad-ve leas than' a dozen others woaaded. 'assess in this . respect being evenly di . It was 1st 1. JU At tne attempt to bring killing to JHtiee that WH EHl VCTVl deputies lest their lives. JL SH mmi prf'g 1 TIGHT. who were IsW After the killing the principals ia it fled to the imm, gfeeK iff Cross organized a posse effecting their capture rsafldthess, Jee chase and a determined resistance.. Oa his retarsi toward Stephens county, and when near thes State line, Dnt still in tbe nentral stripf tbs Snerisfs posse was met by Isor and his fol-j lowers from Hagetea, who had got wind of the movement and hastily organized a resen ing partr. Sheriff" Cross and his men, already worm out by the long chase after their prisoners made a stabbora and determined resjstasee bnt to no avail. Ia the terrible fight Cross' fell from his horse, Ms heart pierced by. a bullet. Fonr of his aaen had gene down be fore him, and when the leader fell the re-" mainder of the bead 4ed. So the asenntaias' The matter was ptoeed iathe hands of tttC United States authorities; as the only pewesv having jurisdiction over the neatrsl stelp. ; PKESESTATI-OX TO TI10. STXAIW. The AHes beay Cseaty Browses' Asssslntlsss; Boryrtse Hiss t Hs Hesse. There was no gentleman ia Allegheny City taken mure by sHrcrise last night tbesj was Theodore F. Stranb, of Messrs. Xber hardt Ss Ober, at his residence, en Nortisjj Adams street, when, while eonvessiaff wltfe his brother, Angnst Stranb, of, Stranb Js( Morris, Third avenue, a party of Ms asseei-. ates in basineen barst in npon Mbs for th purpose of EMklag: kiss a presestatien, I Mr. Stranb is President of the Brewers; Association of the State of Pennsylvania, 1 aaa acwi am- vsnaxrcaitH n wns imw ?s raittee which operated se sneeessfally. against the ameadsaeat, which was pat taj, the voice ol the people on the 18th of Jane. These services, Us friends and associate considered, were worthy of a- saestantial recognition, and accordingly preparatieaaj were made for the event of last evening, Caterer Schloseerwas taken into council,! and the mention of his name ia safficieat ev ldeaee that the supper and accoaipaniaeat, were snch as to be fully appreciated. After a suitable interval he was presented,, on behalf of the Allegheny Connty Brewers, with an exceedingly handsesse gold wasea and chain, bearing an inscription oessasai orative of the oeeasioa. No Two Ways Aswet It. ,' We've seen se many imitations of oar' zsethod of advertising that we have deter-, nined to efer the pablie bargain for to day which will once for all prove that wV are the real leaders of low prices. Now let these imitators of the P. O. C. C follow, if. thev can. We will sell LOW overcasts at. $12 to-day, eeaeisting of S styles of geeds 200 overcoats ef each style. The goods are chinchillas, kerseys, beavers, castors and meltons $12 bays oae of thea te-dy-They are the greatest bargains ever offered, and other stores sell these overcoats frosa' $20 to $24. P. C. C. O., Car. Grant and Diasaead sts., opp. the new Conrt Hease. t Heavy Si tTstaerwestr flsr Me Vs-Vay. 190 deasa men's heavy aatarsd and eeaW el's aairweel anderwear, she saste trades1 as are retailed everywhere for 91, will be aeld at XaafaMaas' te-day far ealy We far sWrt er ska wars, or ft far a salt. At si a. , ; Gents' aeaakte Xagliak eraraa, is walk-; iagglevss. Ata, Feme's eae and tws-aeetea waMdaa; glove, Jo, go m Cava -' Tea At as stores. - MNWI NW IswWsl srsW saw lyfHl 0'XjwrlAsAiPLiANCBCo.,Ilfvaarr WOMjUSCB wmAL MAX is. in to-monrow'a DC tarMsUT J- TTismii, wW ef stM tnentMB Cm us War $i liaatntl 'V X r- Sit- M -x ' ?5 VU ?, r? -v ti2