rffH -f 'i ,t?t- Ht.i? - Transient AtotiseMts BecM At fue "Branch. Offloes of Ttae Dispatch For to-morrow's issoe Up to 9 o'clock r. M. For list or branch offices in the, various dis tricts see THIttD PAGE. FOKTY-POTTRTH TEAK. NOIJIRYISDEMAMDED Into tlie GixcTimstaiices of En gineer Hall's Death. NOT MUCH OF A JOKE. Undertaker McCarthy Preparing an "Usly Affidavit to BKHD-.C.10 SECEETAEI TRAGI. jifle isfrAixious to Have a Samoan Hero 3SST FullvTindicatecL t" " Mf .-fc' .- nesnim LLITHE HATAIi omUEKS iUblllBar F STJndertaker MeCarthv's blood is UP. He I insist on an inquiry into the circum- j- stances of Chief Engineer Hall's death. He Claims Hall's bravery and ingenuity saved . Jthe Uipsic His affidavit is nearly ready to -isend to Secretary Tracy. Its charges are ,Tnumerous and interesting. v rsrrciAX. tzlxobajc to th nisrATCH.1 ' -Sybactjse, N. Y., December 20. John 4l v McCarthy, of this city, the undertaker who C "vent to Leone Bay, in the Samoan Islands, to recover the bod of Chief Engineer i - Georce W. Hall, of the United States steam- ship Nipsic, is preparing an affidavit de- f scribing his experiences as they relate V to the conduct of the naval authorities and officers of the Pacific squadron, which will be forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy, and probably to Congressman Belden, with a request to the latter that he move for an , inquiry into the circumstances of Chief Engineer Hall's death. Mr. McCarthy is convinced that the officers on board the United States steamship Adams did not relish the appearance of a stranger in that part of the world to look into the matter. PUN POKED AT M'CABTHY. !fe A letter, which is published in the Army WandSavy Gazette, written under date -of T October 8, on board the Adams, noting the fact of the undertaker's arrival, tries to "' make it appear that the officers of that ves sel rendered him, every assistance in the per formanceof his mission, but at the same time a little fun is poked at the undertaker, and the grim fact that the casket be brought ''dropped into the sea and narrowly escaped being lost is looked upon as a joke. -Mr. McCarthy says that the officer in command of the Adams, Commander 'Wood worth being ill at Apia, was very angry be cause be (McCarthy), his casket and keg of embalming fluids were transferred from the Zealandia to the Adams, and was in a hurry to hustle them into a native boatsnd land Siaa-mllet mtwttfrGthea the maa-o&wsr"COttJd1 bare' steamed to within a short .distance of the beach. arOtTLDK'l SEAS HIS PAFEBS. McCarthy carried papers describing his er randand fully accrediting him, including a letter from Acting Secretary of the Navy "Warner, which the officer of the Adams not only ignored, but refused to take into his hand, though he read it. Everything the officer did was under protest, although 4ie finally consented to rnn in shore after rather Foresties, of Pago Pago, who was on board with three natives, offered to send one of the latter as a pilot for the small boat. It was "while disembarking into this boat that the casket was let fall into the sea. Mr. McCarthy, therefore, was naturally convinced that the reports of mystery about Chief Engineer Hall's death had some foundation in a dislike for the man in the navy. Before Mr. McCarthy started, Mrs. Han, widow of the chief engineer, had been , unable to learn anything definite touching the last hours of her husband. HALL GOT HIMSELF DISLIKED. This suspicion of unfair treatment of -nail, McCarthy says, he has partly veri- fied, and the facts he will embody in his affij davit The only thing he will say beforehand is that Hall made himself unpopular with the commander of the Nipsic and Admiral 'j, Kimberly by declaring that the ship was "nn- seaworthy after the siornat Apia. It was proposed to sail her to Australia, and he de clared it was a hazardous undertaking. The .attempt was made, and she was at last com " pclled to put back to Honolulu lor repairs. Owing to the fact that his term of service in the navy had expired, Hall was probably more officious in expressing his opinion than be otherwise would have been. His pun ishment was the refusal of Admiral Kim berly to give him a pass to return home. ' Ha3 this been granted, Hall would have gone to Honolulu for medical treatment for 'his typhoid fever, instead of being sent to : Apia on a small sailing smack, to be finally ..abandoned, after much hardship, at Leone jflBay, on the island of Tutuila, to die. A PEKTIHENT QITESTinV rbe question is why Hall was not taken ggnithe man-of-war from Apia to meet the Australian steamer to Honolulu, instead of eing given into the charge of native fisher- Snen, to be cast about in mid-ocean, and naval officers are very reticent about the "affair. but he learned from some of them ",lhajti.Chief Engineer Hall exhibited superb biayery during the Apia storm, standing at jlfieuraaces and filling them with pork to makethe extraordinary pressure of steam necessary to keep the vessel's head to the , wind. By feany, this device and Hall's in " trepidity are believed to have saved the - wreck ofthe Nipsic. Prior to that time Hall had been ailing, and the strain hastened the fever which he would have survived, in all probability, had he bad proper nourishment and attendance. TALK CNDEB DIFFICULTIES. J 4 Unfortunately, the French priest, Father Jabenlay, at .Leone Bay, who took IHall to hi house when the poor fel low was -landed, spoke no English, iand.as Hall was equally ignorant theiTrench tongue, their communication wafchiefly "by 'signs and by the aid of a dic BSnarr. Otherwise the true story of what . seems to naveDeen a Daruaroui outrage to f'-'an'officeY of -the" United States navy wua ber available,- Mr. McCarthy, however, learned somelhingi of the priest which bear amVvi.a ....urju flil will fw Y,lp in 9ivi4ftrn aVtneproptrtuBeia4ttkftantiaUef of what ' '" F,-e.-.. .rCf. : ' '&zm 'if -r - -4.' WHY HfrBESIGfiED. Dan Mnnulna' Son' Benaen for Quitting a CItII Service Coraralstton His Fnlher' Dutiful Sod Had to Do It or Drple HlnuelC ntrECUu. ULioBjjt to TUipisrxTcn.1 Albany, December 20. James H. Man ning, son of the late Daniel Manning, Sec retary of the Treasury under President Cleveland, at "noon to-day tendered his resignation as a member of the State Civil Service Commission. Mr. Manning is managing editor of the Albany Argut, which was deprived of the title, prestige and emoluments of being designated the State paper, when said title wis conferred upon the Albany Evening Times, the other day. Mr. Manning's letter of resignation con tained nine words only, and gave no reason for his course, nor this the Government given any prior notice of such an act on Mr. Manning's part. , Mr. Manning was seen this evening by The Dispatch correspondent, and asked why he resigned. He"replied that he rould not compromise himself alter what had re cently occurred by remaining in the Civil Service Commission as an appointee of the Government "When asked if he considered it a personal matter between GovernouHill and nimself, and desired to have it under stood that he felt that the Government was instrumental in taking the(titleof State paper lrom the Argui, and that he had therefore resigned, Mr. Manning said: "That is the mostnatural inference to be drawn. It has been said that my price is 2,000, the salary of a Civil Service Com missioner. I desire to have it understood that $200,000 or any other price cannot buy me. It is not the patronage which the Argus desires, but the prestige which can not properly belong to a paper which has persistently jrun the knife into the Demo cratic party, and which stabbed Daniel Manning." NMr. Manning added, that, feel ing ns be did about the State paper matter, he conld not consistently remain a State ap pointee of the Government Governor Hill to-day appointed "William A. Poste as Civil Service Commissioner, to succeed General Daniel E. tickles, re signed. Mr. Poste, previous to bis appoint ment, resigned as First Deputy Attorney General, and Attorney General Tabor ap polned Isaac H. Maynard, ex-First Anssist ant Secretary of the United States Treas ury, in Mr. Poste's place. TROUBLE IN BKAZIL. Report Thnt the New Government Is Not Procrcnlnjr Smoothly An Official Statement That the Bevolt Waa Only a Drunken Mutiny. rSITCTiX SXUCFBX1C TO TUX DISFATCK.1 NewYoek, December 20. Cable dis patches received by many mercantile bouses here to-day confirmed the reports that all was not going well with the new Government in Brazil, and that serious trouble was anticipated. For the first time since the outbreak of the revolution the merchants to whom the news comes refuse to allow their names to be printed. All stated that the cablegrams received were very brief, gave no particulars, and bore evident marks of the new Government's censorship over the cable news sent out Tnere were no reports of .actual riot or bloodshed, hut the cables indicated that riots and bloodshed were imminent "It was plainly indicated," said one mer chant, "that there was thought to be politi cal trouble ahead which 'would interfere considerably with commercial affairs and with shipments. It was intimated that the dliotiafacHoa -'b fr1lWMrig(Yfri..r.. I soonf" A. cablegram from London says: The Brazilian Legation in this city has re ceived a cable dispatch from the Gov ernment at Bio Janeiro in structing the representatives here to guard the public against erroneous reports concerning events in BraaiL The dispatch says the report spread yesterday of a mutiny among the troops arose from the fact that some soldiers who, in the absence of their officers had been drinking, had revolted. They, however, immediately surrendered, and the incident ended. The Government says that order will be firmly maintained and that justice will be done to all. CONFESSED TOO LATE. A Murderer Who Eacaped HubbIbk by Not Remembering In Time ISFZCIAX. TXXEOBAX TO THZ DISrATCB.1 Hew Xoek, December 20. Giovanni Seiscenti, a shoemaker, quarreled in his shop about a year ago with Henry Kowak, a peddler,and stabbed bim in the back with, a shoe knife. 27owak died. During his trial Seiscenti supported his counsel to de fense of insanity by proposing to remember nothing at all of the murder. He was con victed of murder in the second degree. "When arraigned for sentence to-day, he as tounded every one in court "by saying: "I killed Kowak because he insulted the daughter of my master. My master went down town and left the child in my cate. Kowak came in and insulted her, and I stabbed him." District Attorney Fellows quickly de clared that if the prisoner had made that statement durine his trial he would have been found guilty of murder in the first degree. In sentencing Seiscenti to impris onment for life, the Judge remarked that the pnnishment was entirely inadequate, in view of the prisoner's confession. SMOTflEEED IS TEE HOLD. Two Prominent Cuizrna Asphyxiated by Gil In n Ship. . San Feancisco, December 20. Two well-known citizens were asphyxiated in the hold of the British ship Dnrham here this afternoon. Fire broke out in the hold of the Durham a few days ago, but was extin guished after a slight damage to the ship. Heavy rain for the past few days made it necessary to cover the batches, and gas ac cumulated. This afternoon Captain Free man, surveyor for the Lloyds', Mr. F. E, Catton and Grain Inspector Gove went into the hold to ascertain the amount of damage to the cargo of grain. A few minutes later Gove came up the hatchway exhausted, and reported that his companions veie smothering. A seaman was immediately lowered into the hold and fastened the ropes by which Freeman and Catton were drawn up. Both 'died soon after. collieeieb'shdttisq DOWS. Seven Thousand Men and Bora Out of Work In the Hfaamokla DUtrlct. Shamokin, Pa., December 20. This evening work was stopped at Keilson shaft and Bnckridge collieries, owing to the state of the coal , trade. The collieries now idle are North Franklin, C. A. Ermon, Keilson, Hickory Eidge, Hickory Swamp, Lancaster, Bnckridge and Morris Bidge. These mines employ 7,000 men and boys. . Unarmed Christiana Killed In Crete, AtHEXS, December 20. Chakir, the Governor of Crete, sent a mixed Turkish and Christian commission to Eethymo to investigate the proceedings there, and it has confirmed tbe report that three gendarmes had killed several unarmed Christians. E3TOLABA BELLE in to-morrow's DISPATCH gives some inter toc fty Ywrk ,, , - f Ije pttplm STA'NLEI'S DENIAL Of the Atrocltlea Attrlbsted to Blm brHla EneIe-Only Four Ken Ware Executed Daring the Entire March. London, December 20. Sir Francis De Winton has made public a long letter -written tb bim by Stanley, dated Osalala, August 3L In it Stanley objects very strongly to the tone of a batch of newspaper cuttings be liad received, which commented with an utter lack of common sense, and a total disregard of accuracy, upon his expedition. He dwells upon Emin's inde cision, which cost him a journey, otherwise unnecessary, ot 1,300 miles lor Bartelot He justifies the payment of a salary of' 30 pounds sterling per month to Tippoo Tib as a means for avoiding a desolating war, and declares that if both parties are honest in the maintenance of the agreements he. may continue peaceful for an indefinite period. He- rebukes those persons in England who had loit faith in his steadfastness of purpose to such a degree as to give credit to rumors that he was marching in the direc tion of Khartoum. He dwells at much length upon the case of Bartelot and re moves the impression produced by previous letters reflecting upon the Major's con duct ""Bartelot was ignorant of the language ol the people, and his interpreter may haye "been false and occasioned a coolness between men and the Major which was never over come and led to his death. .Stanley recites in detail the instructions given to Bartelot, and finally denies with much emphasis the alleged Congo atrocities of the Manyema, the cannibalism and the story of photo graphing women during execution. Dur ing the whole expedition he executed only four men. TEAIN JOBBERS Kill tho Brakeman Who Attempt! to Foil Their Purpose The Expreia Car Looted, bat Only $42 Secured. Temple, Tex., December 20. The west bound passenger train on the San Angelo branch of the Santa Fe was held up this morning early at Bang's station, 32 miles west of this city. "While the train was standing at the station, the train guard, Al "Wolf, was standing on the ground when he saw four men coming toward him. He thought they were passengers un til they were close up, when they drew their Eistols and ordered him to throw up his ands. They then struck bim and knooked him down. He attempted to cross the train but when on the platform they Knocked him against the door of the coach. The noise attracted the attention of Brakeman Penn, who, upon stepping to the platform, snatched the guard's pistol and fired into the gang of robbers. The robbers returned the fire, shooting Penn three times in the body, mortally wounding him. After the shooting the robbers compelled the guard to uncouple the express car from the" next coach, and ordered the engineer to run ahead to a point distant, where the express car was robbed. Only about 42 was obtained by the rob bers. Ko arrests have jet been made, but it is believed that the robbers will soon be overtaken, as pursuit was started imme diately with Bloodhounds, and it is scarcely possible for them to get away far. Mr. Penn, the brakeman, died at Goldthwaite, whither be was" taken at 8 o'clock this morn ing. He lost his life in a noble attempt to defend the train. A Deiperado Attempt to Clean Out the Town With Lively Result. St. Louis, December 20. Excitement ran very high in the little fown of Collins ville, HI., a few miles from this city, last night Dempsey Barco, a tough character, living near by, became intoxicated and un dertook to clean out the town. Between 8 and 9 o'clock he rode up and down Main street, firing his revolver in all directions as be went, and defying anyone to arrest him. "Wesley Beaver, engineer at Jung's flouring mills, who was standing quietly on the corner of 'the street was struck by one of the shots, the ball taking effect in the knee, and making a very ugly wonnd. Armed posses were soon formed to arrest him, and although several shots were fired at Barco from "Winchester rifles, shotguns, etc., and his horse shot from under bim, he managed to escape. The citizens and offi cers are making a vigorous search for him. A short time before reaching town Barco bad a fuss with one Baiser Heineman, whom he shot and killed. BLACKMAILED HIS CLEEK. The Charge Brought Agnlnat a Member of tbe "Indiana Legislature. Goshen, iND.-f December 20. Colonel C. G. Conn," of Elkhart, proprietor of the Elkhart horn factory, and joint representa tive fnyn Elkhart, Noble and Steuben counties, was indicted by the grand jury for blackmail. He is charged with writing a letter to Henry B. Sherwood, his confiden tial clerk, charging him with having ap propriated $10,000 in chattels, cash and seenrities, and threatening prosecution to tbe fullest extent of the law if not returned by November 1, 1889. The letter also implicates the wife of Sherwood in the matter, and states among other thincs that the money was used for the education of his daughter. A bitterly Contested case will ensue. M'EEAN ALREADI CONFIRMED. No Trouble About the Quay Nomination In the Senate. rsrECLU. TELxaaxu to the dispatch. i "Washington. December 20. No time was lost in confirming Senator Quay's choice for the Pittsburg postoffice. The following' is the list of the Pennsylvania postoffice confirmations: J. S. McEean, Pittsburg; G. A. Strerker, Mt. Carmel; J. J. Spaulding, Towanda; J. C. Hilton, Erie; Elwood Geist, Lancaster; Eobert Chadwick, Chester; John Field, Philadelphia; J. N. Marshall, Bryn Mawr. SJLVEE WElGHiXG A TON Lost From a Delivery Truck la the Streets ol New "Fork. New Yobk, December 20. Two silver bars worth $40,000 were lost off a trnck here to-day while on transit from the American Exchange Na tional Bank to the Cnnard steamship dock. A load of 1400,000 worth ot silver was being sent to the steamship Umbria for shipment to England when two of the bars were missed. At their intrinsic value the bars should each weigh more than halt a ton. Very Warm Weather la the South. New Orleans, December 20. The weather continues warm, partly cloudy and threatening rain. Maximum temperature yesterday 76, to-day 72, making 17 con secutive "days thaVthe temperature has been 70 or above tbe warmest period on record in December in New Orleans. Death en 'the Track. Mobile, Ala., December v . 20. The .north-bound freight on the Louisville and Nashville road was! wrecked, this innrning at,Orange , Grove, killing? Enginer "Pierce OT0m IWIMiy KWV rMV - VBWBl r o ;(,.'., TITTSBUEG, SATTJKDX ., DECEMBER T21 1889 TWELVE LUKED TO HIS BOOl. ThWy of the Chicago jPolice in tie MantwiIl.Hnrder.stery BUTCHEIED IN HIS OWN CELLAR. hThirtyFiTe Thrusts From a Yery Shan? Knife Found in? His Body. HIS WIFE GUARDED BT POLICEMEN. Ho CUsixes Ajalnst Her, but She's Hot Thiraznt Abate Suspicion. The Chicago police have a theory in the Mantwiil murder case. They think the murdered man was lured'to his doom. A woman supposed to be in thf case. The murder was a butchery. Thirty-five cuts were found in Mantwill's body. israelii, txlxgram to tits dispatch.! Chicago, December 20. Ten police offi cers worked all day to-day injian 4 effort to get some clew of the mvsterious assassin who killed big Max Mantwiil, in the cellar of his own house, at 8:20 o'clock last night The murder was as atrocious as that of Dr. Cronin. Mantwiil and wife and their three children lived ott the first floor ot a cottage at No. 10 Pleasant street - Max came home from bis work about t o'clock last night He was dressed in a pair of cheap trousers, a faded red flannel" shirt and a pair ot heavy shoes. Alter he ate his evening meal his wife sent him down cellar to get some clothes which were drying there. Bareheaded and poorly clad as he was, tbe brawny laborer opened the door of his cottage, walked through a dark, narrow passageway, to the entrance ot the cellar, and then passed from sight into the black hole. He was never seen alive again. KILLED VS THE BABE". Concealed somewhere in the unlighted cellar was the assassin who pounced upon the man with a knife. The weapon had been sharpened for just -such murderous work. It cut like a razor, and in the hands of so desperate a fiend, inflicted the most lavage wounds. , The murderer must have known that Max Mantwiil was coming. It was probably his intention to cut his victim's throat with one sweep of the keen weapon, make his escape, and leave it to be inferred that Mantwiil committed suicide. But the big laborer made a fight for his life. He clutched his armful of clothes about his .face, and longht his foe in the dark. There must have been a desperate struggle, for tbe earth was torn where the shoes of the men slipped ard scraped. The murderer must also have been maniacal in his fury, for the .strength or so big a man as Mantwiil would have availed hiu in a fight with an ordinary man. The knife searched the laborer's vitals at nearly every thrust It pierced the clothing he held in his arms, and entered his heart It cnt tbe feniural and carotid arteries, and severed the windpipe. Both arms were nearly cut off, a portion of one ear was sev ered, and the wounds on arms and hands showed that the dying man fought in a tor rent of blood. I COOLKESS OF THE MUEDEKEB. Thirty-five -cuts were in his, body before th e murdererastfitjdgjieviaitgjbjja ran rntt; theT-ioom-cTvini; Aras dead. Then he coollv wiped his weapon on the clothes which had been torn from Jlantwill's arms, and brushed his way through the drying linen to a' little slide window which leads out upon another passageway. , The assassin was acquainted with the ex its of the low, dark cellar. He had only to step over his victim to escape by the door way through which he entered, and he knew there was a little window in tbe north wall, and through the" curtain of clothes between himself and this narrow exit he brnshed bis way, leaving the blood imprints of his hands upon the sheets, posts and window casement. He carried his knife with him. There was blood in the passage wav which even the rain had failed to erate when the officers came. The murder mnst have been, smeared with the blood, for the hemorrhage from his victim's wounds was terrible. Mrs. Mantwiil sat in the big room just above the spot where her husband was battling for his life. She is a comely wo man. She says she did not hear any scuf fling. All she claims to have heard was a groan, and when she heard this noise she ran dowh to the cellar and found her hus band lying dead in a pool ot blood,swhich covered the entrance to the cellar. PEOCLAIMINO THE MUEDEB. Then she ran screaming to the flat in the front building occupied by Thomas Bobin son and his family. Her little boy, crying that bis father had shot himself, accom panied her. -Robinson lighted a big lamp and walked through the rain in his stocking feet to tbe cellar. As soon as he saw the corpse he called for the police. Bruno Eberling, a carpenter, whose rela tions with Mrs. Mantwiil often caused com ment, has been arrested, but there is as yet no proof that he committed the murder. The woman is guarded in her borne by two po licemen. There is a theory that an insane man who has been wandering about the scene of the tragedy killed the big Prussian, but the police are working on the belief that there is a woman in the case, and that Mantwiil was Inred to his doom. SIITI MILLION ACRES. Jodge Brewer Makca a Decision Involving That Quantity of Land. . Kansas City, December 20. By sus taining a demurrer, Judge Brewer, of the United Stales Court, to-day decided a point involving the main issue in the famous Beales' Land Grant case, which involves 60 million acres of land in Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. The title of the case pending is: Inter-State Land Company against the Maxwell Land Grant Company, also Maxwell Land Grant Company against Yinoente Pncteca and others. Tbe decision is favorable to Maxwell in that it holds that the grant to die Inter-State Land Company, cannot hold for the reasons that concessions made by Mexico were never completed. Beales bad no title to any land except what was set off to him by the Mexican Government as an empresario, as Beales claimed and deeded the entire tract of land granted. Judge Erewer holds that the Mexican Government limited the quantity of land to be held by one person to 11 leagues square; that in the Beales grant there was a stipulation that 200 families should occupy it AN 0L1TE BBA.NOH TO FRANCE. Italy Remove the Tariff Restriction! to Propitiate Her Neighbor Home, DecemberO. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day tfle abolition of differential duties against France was approved by a vote of 170 to 65- Premier Crispi said, that Italy in taking this action desired to show that she did not wish a tariff war with France. In view of the current opinion in France, however, he thought there was little reason to hppe that Italy-wonld obtain injhe neat future equally favorable treat ment, ' u. The Jtifoma denies that Ital v. has any in tention to seize tbe Port of Agig oaibe Be'd Sea. rtaly.it says, is acting in concert with Ehglandt on all African qBeetfoac, and coutdnotiseek&eBopelm la toad.witai ttheSotutai- " ' m inf-A', Wflfj x t . 9 r . ' AimOUS JO EXELAIft Eleven or the Cronin, Jurors Will Make a Statement to the Public They Be lieve That the System Should be Changed. Chicago, December 20. "A statement of all that transpired in the jury room will be prepared in a day or two," said Juror Bontecou this morning, "and then the public will know just what occurred." 'Will the statement be signed by the 12 jnrymen?'W "By 11, not 12. One of the jurymen, I won't say who, is now engaged in getting expressions from the rest of the jurors re garding a statement to the public. Five, including myself, have already agreed to the proposition, and I know from my ac quaintance with the rest that they will be pleased to give the public the full facts., "I'll tell you one thing, and that is, all the jury are thoroughly disgusted with, the jury system of 'this State. Ihope thiscase will stir up such a commotion and talk that it will all end a a change of the law. The jnry system compelling a unanimity, of opinion on a case is simply rotten. "The bailiffs kept pretty close to ns all the time," he said, "but occasionally things happened that should not havev For instance, I was allowed to go home and see my wife several times. On one of those occasions a prominent man a very promi nent man managed ' to "" get close enough to me to say, without tbe bailiff hearing it: 'Now, do your duty and hang every one of 'em.' On another occasion an other friend of one of the jurors, who got close enough, said to him: 'If you don't hang 'em all we'll give it to you.' Now, of course, we onght not to have, heard this, but it did not influence us one way or the other, but it gave us an idea of the feeling outside; bat it's all over now." , ONE OF THE BLACKEST- EEC0EDS. A French Criminal Whose .Career la Full of Wicked Adventure, rsrxctu. txxxobax to thx dispatch.) New Yobk, December20. Francis Xa vier Picavez, alias Frank: Franklin, a notorious French jailbird who was arrested at the Pardee mines, near Phillipsburg, Pa., Wednesday night, was brought to town and locked up in the Ludlow street jail to-day. Pieavez has one pf the blackest records in the annals of French crime. His career is one of adventure, devilish cunning, and audacity. The Marquis de Chambrun, Con sul for the French Government in this city, on whose authority Picavez was arrested, said to-day that he is advised by his Gov ernment that Picavez has been guilty of no less than 64 burglaries. His last crime, the one for which heis at present under arrest, was the murder of a wealthy Frenchman and his daughter on a country highway in France. The necessary extradition papers will be issued at once, as there seems not to be the shadow of donbt of his guilt. The Marquis de Chambrun hopes to return bim to France on the City of Paris next week. AN INSAflE MOTHER'S ACT. She Take Carbolic Acid and Tries to Give It to Her Little Child. rsrxctiL TXIXGRAX TO.TIIB DISPATCH. 1 New-Yobk, December 20. Mrs. Cath arine E. Bohn, the wife of a German tailor, Lwho livesat 422 East Ninth street,leaned from the bed, last night and with a cry of "Now I've got'you," filled a tumbler with crude carbpliipicid and drank it down, Her6- Mrs. Bohn, 'again filled the glasS.anaV was about to make the child, drink the acid, when her husband "entered and prevented her. Mrs., Bohn was taken to Beilevue Hospital, where, an hour later. Dr. Me Alpine pronounced her out of danger. Seven years ago this woman was married to Mr. Bohn, then a widower, with one grown-up daughter. After the birth of their child, Mrs. Bohn began to show unmistaka ble signs of insanity. "Within the last two or three days she has acted so strangely that her husband has been afraid to eat or drink anything prepared by her. She will be taken to court to-morrow morning. KILEAIN'S JOLLY TIME AS CONVICT. He Will Hunt and Fish With, the Jovial Leasee of the Prisoners. rsrZCIAI. TKLEOKAM TO TBI DIBFATCn.l Jacksok, Miss., December 20. Jake Eilrain, who was last week sentenced by the Marion Connty Court to two months imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 200, was here to-dav to see Governor Lowry and pray for a pardon. It is .unnecessary to state that be did not succeed in convincing the Governor that he was a proper subject for Executive clemency. Many prominent citizens of Jackson and elsewhere, are interested in behalf of the de feated pagilist, but they are wasting their breath. The Supreme Court will con firm the verdict of Judge Terrell's court at Purvis, and Eilrain will spend two months hunting and fishing with Charlie Eicb, the lessee ot the Marlon county prisoners. THE LONE HIGHWAYMAN CAUGHT. California Stages Could Now Wend Their Ways In Fence. San Feancisco, December 20. A man giving the name of Charlie Williams was arrested here this afternoon by the detec tives. He is believed to be a man who at different times dnring the past few weeks has successfully robbed four stages in the northern part of California. The methdds pursued in the robberies indicate the robber in each case was identical. In his sudden flight after robbing the Bedding stage last month he left a blanket behind him. A merchant here to-day iden tified William3 as the man to whom he sold the blanket It has been ascertained that soon alter each robbery a man answering to his description was registered at a hotel here under the name of C. "W. Moore. FILLING UP THE PEN. Brooklrn Faith Carlsts Dally Sent Up by Judse Tlsbc. rsrxcuLi. tileq ram to the dispatch. ' 2TEW Yobk, December 20. The Brooklyn 1 faith enrfsta continue to have hard luck. The punishment yesterday meted out to Ann Jensen, John Jensen and Maria Peterson, for refusing to administer medicine, pre scribed to a sick child, was supplemented to-day. OleLarsen'was fined $500 by Judge Tighe for neglecting to treat his ill daughter as a doctor directed. Larsen accepted tbe sentence with a re signed air, only saying, that as he had no money, he would have to go to the penitentiary- ENGLAND BLUFFING P0ETUGAL. , The Marquis of Salisbury Blakes Some De cidedly Arrosant Remarks. LISBON, December 20. The Marquis of Salisbury's note in response to a recent communication of Portugal has been pre sented to Senor Goma9flhe Minister of Foreign Affairs'. It calls upon the Portu guese Government to repudiate the action of its agents oh tbe Zambesi river, and de mands a'restorationr of the" status duo as it existed before the recent expedition' of Major Serpa Pinto. " WffiLYIDWABDStoto-nior. row DISPATCH. dteefwMS 'th tvrasMass'o wln-d JV, PAGES. MISTAKES POSSIBLE;. c Attorney General Miller Himself Curtly Admits, that Fact, THE JEANETTE CONTRADICTIONS, It is Implied, Are Due to One of These Yery Same Possibilities. LOTS OP NEW- BILLS IN THE HOUSED b Cashier Eileott Indicted for Grand larceny and Forrtry. Treasury Department officials can't say whether any further action will be; taken in the Jeannette glass works case. Attorney General Miller is quite curt on the subject. Another big batch of bills introduced in. the House. Bills for a postal telegraph intro duced in, the Senate and House. ' rrnduAsxiiT cobbxsfoxpxnt.i "WASHiKQioir, December 20, Solicitor Hepburn, of tho Treasury Department, was absent In New York to-day, and of the'two other officials of the'Government present at the hearing of the Jesnnette glass men yes terday, namely, Secretary "Windom and At torney General Miller, neither would give any intimation to-day whether any consul tation would be held to consider the matter presented at the hearing, or whether any further action would be taken, excejit to permit the prosecntion to proceed. The Attorney General was asked to-day by the correspondent of The Dispatch if" it were not somewhat unusual for the Gov ernment to order a prosecution of a law breaker, after a careful analysis of the evi dence, and then afterward listen to argu ments from the defense why the prosecution should not proceed.- The Cabinet official, who was looking very bilious, answered irritably that the correspondent's opinion was just as good as his, and after the States men! of this self-evident fact, he added that he supposed if the Government thought it had made a mistake it could take measures to satisfy itself on that point , Secretary "Windom, who is always the soul of courtesy and good- feeling, said pleasantly that nothing conld be said of the case. The hearing, was held, and nothing further, had been done. He could not say when anything would be done, or if at all. " Liobtkes. A BIG BATCH OF BILLS Introduced Yesterday la the House, a Num ber of Local Interest. rFBOH A. 8TATF COEEISFOXDKHT.l "Washington, December 20. Another large batch of bills was introduced in the House to-day. Among them were the fol lowing of local interest to Pennsylvania: By Mr. O'Neill, a bill to adjudicate tbe claim of Jacob J. Vandergrift, of Oil City, Pa., fbrthelossofthesteamUug Bed Fox, while in the service of the United States during the. late war, provided that tbe amount does not exceed f6,000. By Mr. "Watson, a hill to pay to the heirs of A. Lawrenea, Foatar. IM. "840" for' -the use and. occupancy of labd in Fairfax; county, Va.. during the war. A. bill to payPardon "Worsley S15. 000, partly for property taken by the Gov ernment and partly to pay him for His serv ices in breaking up the system of blockade runners between Baltimore" and "Washing; ton. By Mr. Craig, a bill granting a pen sion to Ann Buffner- A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Quay. Mr, Scranton introduced a bill to in crease the amount appropriated for the erection of a public building in Scranton by (225,000, the original sum appropriated by the last Congress beiug $75,000. By Mr. Bayne, a joint resolution for the printing of 25,000 copies of tbe address of Chief Justice Fuller on the occasion of the centennial of the in auguration of George "Washington, A POSTAL TELEGRAPH SERVICE, Upon Limited Lines, Amonff the Nens Future Possibilities. :rnoM X STAFT COBBIBFOXDEKT.l 1 "Washington, December 20. Mr. Eing hamof Pennsylvania, in the House, and Mr. Cullom in the Senate, to-day intro duced a bill to establish a limited postal telegraph service. The bill authorizes the Postmaster General to contract for five years with any existing telegraph com pany for the use of its lines for the transmission of postal messatres between" frqe delivery offices, the Postmaster General having authority to determine between what points the lines shall run. The messages are to be prepaid with stamps at rates to be fixed bv the Postmaster General, and are to be de livered by the letter carriers upon the first mail delivery after they are received, and at such other times as the Postmaster General may direct. Several measures of a similar kind were introduced in the last Congress, bnt nothing came of them. This year, however, Mr. Bingham will be the Chairman of the House Committee on Postoffices and Post Eoads, to which the bill was referred. This fact assures the consideration ot the proposition, and the favorable report upon it to the House. EANDALL NOT IET A MEMBER. Tbe Oath Slay be Administered to Hlra at ' His Home. rsrxciAX tslxquau to tbx dispatch. "Washington, December 20. There is some-question about Mr. Eandall being able to draw his stationery account and mileage, 'since he has" not yet taken his oath of office. To cure this difficulty it is proposed to depu tize sonfe official of the House to administer the oath to him at his residence. It is prob able that Mr. Bandall will object to this, but it has a precedent in the case of Mr. Aiken of South Carolinawho was too 111 to come to "Washington, and took the .oath at home. v Mr. Bandall is able to move about his house, and would come to tbe capital to take the oath, but for the determined oppo sition of his physician. A BLOW TO CATTLE TEUST8. Congressman Lester'sBlll to Declare Their ,. Organization UnlnwfoL "Washington, December 20.-Mr. Les ter, of "Virginia, introduced in tha House to-day a bill declaring unlawful a combina tion of any nnmber of persons or amount of capital in any respect whatever, for the pur pose of governing the price in the purchase and sale of stock cattle, beef cattle on foot, or dressed beef , It also declares to be uniaxial the offer ing for sale dressed beef which has been slanghtered.more than 36 hours, and shipped mote than 500 miles. It also imposes a penalty for a. violation of .the provisions, of theill. Hurrah nBd Jarrelt CenSrmed. rwrctxi. TXLxqiux to mt dki'a.tch.i "Washington, December" ,20. Among the late confirmations by the SeMte, to-4y, were those ef John Jarrett to'fce Consul at BinsUh', Engla-nd, and Jeseph A. Barra: Ji&rHU T! easst .uwvna, as f .!S -"- tS, TO 7t 7- SOMETHINGr.IOSEE. WTHODIST 'EEVIfAL The Faa-AmerlcaMsWltBets a Ran by the New York Fire Department Ban- queted at Delmealco'a ln t the Evening-. itPXCIAITXLXORAH TO THX DI8rATCH.t New Yobk, December 20. The visit of the Pan-Americans ended as it began, with a day of rainless fog and chilling atmos phere, but the entertainment provided was of spch absorbing interest that the party quite forgot the discomforts of the weather, even when exposed to them in watching the outdoor evolntions of the fire department Several hours were spent fn inspecting the two departments of Public Safety, and the visitors saw much to awaken their wonder1 and admiration. They left the hotel soon after 10 o'clock, and visited first the fire - department headquarters on Sixty seventh street The electric alarm system was,examined with great interest, and by rare good' fortune they saw a practical demon stration of its working. An alarm happened to be rung while the visitors were present, and the automatic transmission of the signal excited a lively interest, and especially amonir tbe lalies. Other workings of the department were admired and wondered at Escorted by Commissioner Yoorhis and Inspector. Williams, the visitors walked to the Seventh Begiment Armory and spent an hour in watching a splendid display of the military training of a battalion of "the finest" Ten companies, of 32 men each, beside the officers, abont 400 men in all, took part,Vnd in steadiness, precision and soldierly bearing, the regiment rivaled the performance of the crack Seventh on the previous evening. From the armory the vfsitors drove to Union Square. Inspector Steers, with 100 men, had cleared the broad thoroughfare on' tbe north side of the square, and tbe visitors took convenient positions for witnessing the response of the fire department to an alarm. Senor Aragon opened alarm box 428, and pulled the hook at jnst 1:04. In 60 seconds engine 14 dashed into the inclosure from its station. Fire Chief McCabe came at the same moment in his wagon. The engine reached a hydrant, a line of hose was laid and a stream of water was flying into the air jnst two minutes after the signal was sent out In three minutes engines 5 and 16 arrived simultaneouslyon the other side of. the inclosure, and trucks 3 and 12 and a water tower came about the same time, and a line of hose was carried upon the roof of the Everett House, and a stream was soon deluging that build ing, while the water tower sprinkled the watching crod 200 feet away on Broadway. At-iaO o'clock the visitors returned to the hotel for lunch. They spent the after noon according to individual inclination. Most ot the party accepted an invita tion to visit the Yanderbilt Art Gal lery at 4 o'clock. The delegates were received by "William E. and Cornelius Yanderbilt and Chauncey M. Depew. They visited not only the art gallery, bnt tbe entire mansion, and an elesant colla tion was spread for them. The culminating event of the week's entertainment, and it was a brilliant finale, was the banquet at Delmonico's, this .evening, tendered by the Spanish-American Commercial Union. Two hundred gentlemen gathered abont the tables. ' KETYOEKIN A FOG,. tygsyfcHmf 1 fry "Pvst "T TwoFerry Baa 'olHde BoaINnrrowlyBcape Kail road Wreck la New ' Jersey, israelii. txtxgbaJc to thx dhpatch.1 New Yobk, December 20. A thick, sticky fog enveloped the city, the suburbs, and the. upper bay all to-day. All the ferry boats were delayed and street traffic was impeded by all sorts of, blocks and tangles. This afternoon the ferry boats Princeton and Moonacbie, collided on the North river. TbeMoonachie left her Ho boken slip at 10 o'clock and started for Barclay. When in the middle of the river the Princeton suddenly loomed up in the fog. Both boats backed water, but the col lision could not be averted. They came to gether with a terrible crash. The Moona cbie had 15 feet of her bow planking torn away. One man was struck with a bit of flyine iron, but not seriouslv injured. He was the only person hurt There were about 300 passengers on each boat Many were women ana some 01 mem laiuieu. On 'the East river several tugs and lighters had hair-breadth escapes from col lisions. The Staten Island boats had the greatest difficulty in making their slips. Two of them gave up the job entirely, and got tug boats to tow them in. Trains on the elevated roads were rnn at half speed. Tbe fog was responsible for an accident which occurred this- morning at Garfield, N. Jn on the Bergen connty branch ot the Erie Bailroad. At 6 o'clock one ireight train ran into another with a frightful crash. Dozens of cars were wrecked, and one unfortndate train hand was so badly crushed that his injuries will prove fatal. Traffic was delayed until 12 o'clock, and hundreds of passengers bound for New York were compelled to walk three miles across country to Passaic, to get trains for the city. A DEED FOB MAST MILLIONS. One of the Lnrgest Docnmonts of the Kind Ever Seen In Clnclnnntl. rsrxciAi. txlxqbax to tux jispatch.i Cincinnati, December 20. One of the largest deeds ever filed in Cincinnati was filed to-day. It isa deed from the receiver to Edward Bacon, James Sloan, Jr., and John F. Cowen, for ?5,000,000, for the Iran chise and property of the Cincinnati, "Wash ington and Baltimore Bailroad, with all its branches an rolling stoct, which was re corded to-day. At the same time a deed was filed from the above grantees to Judson .Harmon, Ed ward "W. Strong, John F. Winslow, "Will iam E. Jones and Edward Colstan, for the same property, for 535,600,000. This ii to taken insecurities and stock of the new roads. ' TROUBLE FEARED IN OKLAHOMA. Tha United States Troops Have Been Ap pealed to for protection. Toeeka, Kan., December 20.-The United States Deputy Marshal received to day from the Chief Deputy of Oklahoma City the following telegram: Telegraph Colonel Snyder to havo troops as sist: deputies patrol this town to-night An swer Immediately. The following dispatch was sent at once to Colonel Snyder, Commander of the United States troops in Oklahoma: Deputy Marsaal Walker telegraphs to 'this office that he ears tronnle. and asks patrol assistance from you. Please confer with bim anoMjender required assistance. Hondreds Implicated la the Plot. London, December 20. News it re ceived that many hundreds .of arrests have bee Made in Corea in consequence of the discovery of a plot made by the chief eunoea to assassinate the Eing. StteoK Indicted on Two Charges. "Washington. Deeember 20. The-.grand. jury to-day indicted , C. E. Silcott,' late eaehwref the office of Serzeant-at-Araas of e, Ve of Bepttee&tfttivesrfer. grand lr- inriM MTBorv. ril 1. -; --- - . " ' S. V - tfrawlwt AivtrtiHWMfcrr. INCLUDING " LET8, FQSALES. ETC., FOB? & " r 'I 4 lu-nunnun,!! i. - i landed la at t&V main advertising 5 irj gui DISPATCH. Fifth avenue,, np to THREE CENTS That is "Creating Quite a Breeze fn(tha Quiet Town of Bedford. THE OTHER MINISTERS OBJECT "V To the Plan of Operations Pursued by .the Disciple of Weslej. ' J ' EVEN THE 0PEBA HOUSE CB0WDED'0CTf 3- -'' ""& All tie People Attending: the Heetiazsftae Success iy nil Ei&orttr. Eev. M. L. Smyzer, of Bedford, is con- ' ducting a revival that has been 40 successful"" that thetheaterisclosedandtheotherpastoo -are preaching to empty "benches. Four of these ministers have written a letter to him. protesting against his methods in strong terms. The matter will probably be re-, ferred to in all the pulpits to-morrow. . rSPXCIAI. TXLZQKAW TO THX PtSPATCH.1 BedfObd, Pa., December 20. For 'the past six weeks the Methodists of Bedford, led by the pastor, Bev. M. L. Smyzei-Tiave been carrying on 'one of tbe most successful religious campaigns, that has ever been known" in tbe county. Tho interest mani fested has been remarkable, as already over 150 have been converted. The Methodist Church has been crowded, ni&htly, while the) other ministers have been j propounding the gospel to empty benches, and the managers of the opera house have declined to bill any more performances, as the one that was here recently was almost compelled to move on to the next town by foot Tovlay the theme of conversation has been the letter that was received by Mr.. Smyzer which was quite lengthy, ana was signed bv Eev. J. E. Andrews,, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Eev. Chauncr Langdon, of the Episcopal, Bev. "W H. Yalentine, of the Lutheran and Eev. E, L. Gerhart, of the German Reformed. STATIN O THEIR OBJECTIONS. a The contends of the letter briefly stated are as follows:. They charge that efforts are made by tbe pastor and members of the Methodist Church to get the members of the other churches to attend their revival serv- , ices with a view of proselyting. They show, their unbelief in Methodist revivals, and call attention to the fact that there- are great differences of opinion between tha churches as to tbe proper methods of drawing people to Christ, and especially theyountr, and that the services ..in the Methodist Church are not in harmony with either the doctrines or customs of their church. On account of this a Methodist preacher has no right to advance his idea of religion to people inclining to other churches with out permission from the pastors in charge, and to do otherwise is a trespass of one church upon another, and that efforts made I in this direction bring reproach upon the p ......... r i:s WIU9C W& AClAVU. A STBONO BEMONSTBANCE. They also bold that they are the proper judges of the religious course to be punned bytheir people', and remonstrategafnstth'o pastor and members of tbe Methodist Church anDroachini? those upon the Question of re- Iligion who are not strictly: inclined to Bev, Smyzer and his members fe.el lndig nanVover the matter. "They-assert that tha ' charge of trying to proselyte is utterly--groundless; that people are riot asked as to' their religious belief, and are only -approached on the questions as to whether they feel the need of Christ No effort has been made to. persuade any one to join the' Methodist Church, converts in every instance being advised to Join the cnurcn, but to select the denomination in which they would feel most at home, and in every instance where a choice has been madabt; other churches, Eev. Smyzer has promptly informed tbe pastor thereof. " ' MB. SJItfZEB'S STATEMENT. ,, Bev. Smyzer says he is not preaching tha gospel to any particular denomination, but that bis mission to preach the gospel to all '. men who feel the need of Christ and on this , line he says he will continue so long as he ii -a minister. , - The matter is being discussed on the street; corners and in all public places, and it is likjly since the matter has leaked ont that it will be discussed in all the pulpits oa Sunday. DISCHARGED TEMPORARILY. Peculiar Action of the- Court la George Lederer's Abandonment Case. JSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yobk, December 20. When Miss1 Clara Chester's snit against George- W. ' Lederer, for abandonment, came up before. Justice Hogan, to-day, for a final adjust ment, little Abe HummeL G. W. Lederer' and E. E. Price, his counsel, were all that were left of the brilliant gathering. Mr. , Hummel said: "May it please your Honor, Inasmuch as the complainant in this case, my client if now in receipt of a salary, and is not a charge upon the county, there seems to be no option left your Honor except to discharge the defendant in this action. , After a few remarks, indicative of his disapproval tbe position in which ho found himself, Justice Hogan said: "I dis charge the defendant this time," with a v marked emphasis on the "this." This ends the case for abandonment Mr. Lederer is still under an indictment for bigamy, and Mr. Newcombe's suit to annul the marriage between his dauzhter Florine and Mr., Lederer will probably be taken up early next month. MEMBERS OF A MOB ARRESTED. Ther Threatened to Lynch a Nearo for Cruelty to His Fnmllr. -. if Tqpeka. Kan.. December 20-Last night a constable brought Thomas Cheedon,' "Wil Foster, J. N. Whitelow and Andy i "Whitelow to this city, charged with .at; J tempting to lynch Harry Knott, colored.'atr his home at Pauline Wednesday ntsntK'wa jxnou maae complaint in uuujsb aiuimuu a- fx-m Court here against nine of a party of 25 tbatr gatnerea aooui nu nouse, matting ui soruL of threats; 'JLney threw a rope ilea mva noose into his house, and ordered his wife to' throw it about his neck. She refused, andj; mey iuu& uiiu uufc ww wu. uuj, tuu. throngh two lines of men, who applied numerous blows with clubs, etc 1 Alter great torture he was allowed to re-j turn to his house, bavinz been ordered to? leave the place within 48 hours. The exnaiW of the assault is tbe inhuman manner "laUv which he has treated his wife and children. The would-be lynchers were unmasked aaaV maae noenors 10 aisguise meir mentitj. u , TRANSPORTATION OF TEAHP3 TtTf.anHrt Tarlflft FFlffht Trala Es9BlaTllll Hnka a Business of It. "fM "PT AW9 as Crrr. Decemher 20. Benort hsf it that the official guillotine is to be to? aetti sn freight conductors and brakemen of.thejt Missouri Pacific. A charge is madefhat?1 they have established a recnlar businessnia' j tbe transportation ot tramps, carrying thea!.! from place to place at 4 very Hsallettj far- 3'Sli Detectives have been workiuz oa tbe oatani for tome tUse, and, as a result, there is tejiefj a general onslaught on tbe neaos in aafefH intendeatCJark's division. The waivaayj n oeea piecing np every geea- bmk .m found. ,- - - J&teii mx r . . ....- tstrT" 11 ( " fwef wia. 'k ' - .- - ?- ,-.. :
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