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Germany's Iron Chancellor
Aiming to Abolish Anstria.
HIS EMPIEE TO ABSOEB IT.
The
Prince Still Inflexible in
Determination
His
TO PASS THE AXTI-SOCIALISTBILL
Prince Bismarck is credited with the in--tention
of wiping out Austria. This natu
rally causes great anxiety in that country.
The triple alliance is looked upon as inse
cure. Silesian miners claim that imported
laborers are forcing tliem to the verge of
starvation.
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Berlin, January 4. The State Council
is convened for Wednesday next. Prince
Bismarck, though still suffering from a re
currence of his neuralgia attack, is certain
to be present The assembling of the
Reichstag for the last eventful days
before dissolution, and the reopening
of the Xiandtag compels this general minis
terial meeting. The leading questions be
fore the Reichstag will be the increase of
the military credits and the Socialist bill.
The Xational Zeilung reminds the Cartel
party that the time is opportune for a grand
rally around the Chancellor, and urges
them not to fail to appear in their places on
the first day.
Prince Bismarck's long-expected declara
tion on the foreign policy oTthe Government
will probably be made during the debate on
the military credits. The attitude of the
Government on the Socialist bill is inflex
ible. NO COMPROMISE PBOBABLE.
The National Liberals have been hopeful
that Prince Bismarck would, upon the eve of
the second reading, accent such modifica
tions as would enable them to vote with the
Government without violating their scruples
touching the arbitrary aspects ot the meas
ure, but hitherto the semi-official organs
have merely advised all members of the
Government groups to stand together for a
solid vote.
Some topics involving delicate phases of
government service and likely to be excit
ing, will come before the Landtag. One of
these will be a consideration of the disposi
tion of the sums confiscated during the
Kulturkampf and diverted into the. secret
service fund. Within recent years the
"reptile fund" has been so little used that
the name of it sounds almost ancient. But
few papers are subsidized and fewer agents
are maintained.
LOTTERY PROJECTS NOT FAVORED.
The ventilation of the subject in the
landtag is likely to curtail, in an even
greater degree, the executive misuse of those
moneys. It is also thought that the Land
tag will disapprove the lottery project in
regard to the monument of Emperor "Will
iam. The purchase and demolition of cer
tain houses in order to mike a site for
the monument are necessary, and the
project of raising the money for the pur
pose by lottery, while it is no doubt one
form of making a popular subscription, Is a
form cot much approved by public opinion.
It is believed the Landtag will favor the
plan of a direct purchase, the money to be
voted by the State.
The year opens with a universal peace
chorus, the Xational Zeiluntj declaring that
external tranquility is guaranteed, while
internal tranquilitydepends entirely on the
character of the next Beichstag, so that the
nation can vote for peace by voting into
office a Chamber so subservient to
THE "WILL OF THE CHANCELLOR
that it shall never cause any irritation by
differing with him, and yet despite this
lovely prospect of peace abroad and at
home, upon defined conditions, the foreign
Office itself was never so pervaded by a sense
of the insecurity of the continuance of the
triple alliance. Prince Bismarck's refusal
to support Austria's policy in Bulgaria is a
great source of irritation and suspicion, and
Signor Crispi's persistent intriguing for the
cession ot Trentino is another.
Crispi is thought to be a little disappoint
ed just now. He had counted upon another
conference at Friearichsruhe at the close of
the year, but his scheme was upset by
Prince Bismarck, who holds those favors at
a high rate, and who advised Crispi that the
interview would not be timely in view of
the acute jealousies of Austria. The Diretto
has since urged the direct settlement 01 the
Trentino affair with Austria, and abandon
ing the attitude of complete reliance upon
Prince Bismarck's mediation.
ANXIETY IN AUSTRIA.
The progress of the Decollations for the
meeting of Emperor "William and the Czar
on the Polish frontier in April intensifies
the official anxiety and watchfulness in
Austria. In diplomatic circles there is a
lively disenssion of the prospect of a re
newal of the German entente with Russia.
As Prince Bismarck continues to find the
want of homogeneity in the Austrian Em
pire, and the growing discord between its
various nationalities an obstacle of good
politics, and sees bow greatly these reduce
the value of an Aus'dan alliance, it is said
that be already contemplates a very radical
change of base in his policv. and speculates
upon a large appil'.tion of the idea of races
that was the basis of so many schemes
and projects at the period when Alsace and
Lorraine were annexed to Germany.
A MAGNIFICENT PROJECT.
His new application of the theory of
bringing all German-speaking people under
the German flag would be at the expense of
Austria and at theexpense of itussia, but for
Bnssia there would be compensations. The
policy, in fact, would wipe ont Austria as
that empire now stands, for Germany would
take the Aust re-Germ an duchies; and, while
Germany would also get the German Baltic
provinces now held by Bnssia, Bussia would
get an equivalent in Galicia and Bnkowina,
and would be given a free hand in Ron
mania and the Balkan countries.
The Austrian Government knows that
this is not merely a diplomatic dream, but
is one of the present possibilities of the
Chancellor's policy, and may become a
probability if the race feuds now pervading
me .empire, conjoined with hostility to Ger
many, buaii lorce the
alliances elsewhere.
Pll.nn.llA. .-v.innt
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AN INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM.
The German Czech Conference opened in
Vienna to-day. It is watched here as haV-
Ing an indirect, yet important,bearing upon
the international relations. Count Taaffe,
who presides, is not personally hopeful ot
success in reconcilingthedifferences between
the German and Czech parties in Bohemia.
Besides the German delegates, headed by
Pleur, and theCzechs, headed by Riegerand
Prince Lobkowitz, there were present Min
ister Von Gautsc Schoenborn, Baron,
Prazak and Prince Schoenborg. The absence
of any representatives of the young Czechs
will weaken whatever agreement may be
reached. Count Taaffe has secretly induced
the old Czechs to accept a compromise.
Plenr wants nothing less than the full de
mands of the German party, as presented
already in the Bohemian Diet before their
withdrawal. "Unless these are conceded, and
there is given some guarantee against a
coalition of the two Czech parties, the Ger
mans will not re-enter the Diet. The Czechs
are impotent through their quarrels. If
left alone they would coalesce. It is im
probable that Count Taaffe can conduct the
case to a solution that will be the basis of
permanent peace between these factions.
MINERS PETITION FOE BELIEF.
The Silesian Miners' Society has peti
tioned the Emperor to appoint a commission
of inquiry into their condition. They de-
clare it is hopeless; that their miseries can
be in no way alleviated unless
he intervenes. Thev. charge that
the employers, in working mines with
Italian and Polish laborers, are forcing
wages constantly nearer the starvation
point. The Emperor has remitted the me
morial to Waybach, directing him to en
deavor to get the consent of the masters to
arbitration in some form.
The National Zeitung, commenting on
Piesident Carnot's speech, says: "Prance
is the only great power that the Emperor
has not visited. His reception in Paris
would, of course, be absoluteIy impossible,
but President Carnot might visit Berlin,
and he could be assured of a sympathetic
welcome there as a sincere friend ot Euro
pean peace."
EXGLISIl CONQUESTS IN AFRICA.
Conanl Johnston Report the Acquisition of
Territory by Treaty.
London, January 4. The Government
has received intelligence of the safety of
Mr. Johnston, British Consul at Mozam
bique, who is traveling in the interior of
Africa and who is charged by Portuguese
papers as having intrigued with the natives
against the Portuguese iuthe territory along
the Shire river. Mr. Johnston has pacified
the Karangos and subsidized Kotakota, and
has by treaty secured "Western Nyassa to
the British.
The Portuguese reached Katungas, where
the remaining Kololos, trusting to British
protection, refused to surrender the British
flags that had been presented to them when
.called upon to do so by the Portuguese com
mander. The Portuguese again searched
the steamers and compelled them to lower
their ensigns. Fighting in Africa is be
lieved to be certain.
A GUTTING AFFRAY.
An Afternoon Frncns in Which Tom Qnlnn
Receives Severe Wounds The Police on
the Trail of Iho AsuallanJ.
Loud cries of "Murder" and a noise of a
general scuffle apprised the residents of the
court off "Washington street, in the rearoi
Alderman Richie's office, that an old-fashioned
row was in progress about 5 p. m. yes
terday. A descent by the police found
Thomas Quinn, a carrier, who lives on Bos
ton street, suffering from a flow of blood and
of language that threatened to exhaust each.
The wounded man was removed to Br.
Snively's office, on Wylie avenue, where it
was found that his left hand had two bad
gashes, one of which nearly severed the
thumb from the hand, and the other cut the
palmal artery. The victim was very much
under the influence of liquor, and gave a
rambling story of the cause of the affray.
He said that Thomas Latlmore, an ex
policeman, had done some work for him in
either moving goods or making sail cloth
horse covers, as he made both statements.
Quinn had paid Latimore $1 for the work,
he said, and the latter immediately pro
ceeded to get drunk, being unable to stand
prosperitv. After imbibing refreshments
only limited by the means at his disposal,
he demanded more money, which Quinn re
fused, and the fight commenced, during
which Latimore drew a knife and slashed
Quinn in the manner described.
Immediate steps were taken by Inspector
McAleese to secure the arrest of the fighters,
whom, however, Quinn seemed to wish to
shield in his earlier statement. The first
captured was a woman named Mrs. Sulli
van of considerable physical developments.
Her clothing was torn off in the fight. She
will be held as a witness, although not in a
very good condition to take or give testi
mony. A man named Danny Sullivan was the
other arrest made in the house. Danny is
a celebrity in his way, being "wanted" for
stealing two $100 bills a short time ago.
The third arrest was that of Mrs. Lati
more. wife of the man who did the cntting,
about three squares from the scene. She
was summoned to the Central station, while
the others were taken to the Eleventh ward,
on Center avenue.
Mrs. Latimore was released from the Cen
tral station last night by Inspector Mc
Aleese upon relating her story. She said
that Qninn had come into their house on
Anderson court while she was washing the
dishes last evening, and getting into an al
tercation with her husband about some
money matters they, began to throw beer J
glasses at each other 'and fight, when she
ran, screaming lor help.
When Qninn was being removed to his
home on Boston street, Soho, he said that
the weapon used whs a sailmaker's knife,
and he could remember no cause lor the as
sault. Assistant Superintendent Boger O'Mara
gives Latimore a very poor record while
on the police force in the early portion of
the McCallin administration, saying that he
drank and neglected both his duty and his
home, having had to be dropped "for cause.
Be this as it may, the ex-policeman shows a
knowledge of the police modus operandi ot
keeping out ot sight when most wanted, as
he had not been captured up to midnight-
The snggestion was made that as be did
not know the extent ot the injuries he had
inflicted, in his drunken condition he may
have committed suicide.
TDE L1BRAKY ELECTION.
The Iinrcest Tote Recorded for Tears Was
Cast Testcrdar.
At the annual meeting of the Mercantile
Library Hall Company, held yesterday
afternoon, the future policy of the company
was fully and pleasantly discussed, the ut
most harmony characterizing the delibera
tions, and great unanimity marking the
selection of officers for the ensuing term.
Mr. Charles J. Clarke, President, and
Hon. Pelix K. Brunot, Vice President,
having positively declined renominatiou,
the following ticket was agreed upon as en
tirely satisfactory to all parties.
President, Joseph Albree: Vice President, J.
"W. Cbalfant; Secretary. W. B, Thompson:
Treasurer. A. Halsey Williams; Directors.
Joseph O. Brown. Geo. L Whitney, Henry
Holdshlp, T. F. Hudson and W. N. Freer.
About 4,300 votes were cast, the largest
representation of stockholders recorded" for
manv vears.
A resolution expressing regret at Mr.
CJarke's retirement as President was offered
by Mr. C. C. Mellor. With the resolution,
which was carried unanimously, was incor
porated a vote of thanks for the valuable
services which he had performed in sustain
ing the finances of the corporation during
the long term in which he had acted as
President and his success in keeping the
company on s solvent basis when the work
was one of difficulty and discouragement.
A resolution regretting the retirement of
Hon. Felix B. Brunot and for his long and
faithful work in behalf of the company and
the Library Association was also offered
and passed. The company may well felici
tate itself upon Its selection of officers; they
are all men ot probity and executive ability,
and under their guidance success is as
sured. FOLEY rilAISLS JDDUE BAILEY.
Ho Assigns n. New Reason for tho Low
Price of the Property. '
Patrick Foley said yesterday, after the
meeting of the Democratic County Commit
tee, that his choice, as of all consistent
Democrats, for the Mayoralty was Judge
Bailey.
He said there was no better or stronger
man available. As for the Bennett, of
Graff, Bennett & Co., attack upon the
Judge, he simply laughed at it, as to im
pugn the integrity of Judge Bailey-was be
yond the power of any man. The Jndge
was now fully recovered from his late ill
ness, and would, no doubt, meet such accu
sations with the contempt, as well as dis
proof, they deserved.
"People who talked about the appreci
ated value o' the Graff-Bennett plant after
it bad passed out of the hands of the credi
tors, forget that at the time of the failnre
pig iron was worth virtually nothing, but
that it steadily rose shortlvafterand 'paying
prices ruled. This account for the rise in
values after the property -was purchased
from the men who lacked' either the capital
or the courage to hold on for a rise."
THE
couldft pay out.
The Whitely Harvester Company, of Spring
field. Forced to the Wall General Keller
Appointed Receiver Preclpltnted
by a Pittsbnrs: Firm.
tSFBCXU. TZLSGRAU TO THE DISPATCH.:
Springfield, O., January 4. General
J. "Warren Kejier was appointed receiver
to-day for the "William N. "Whitely Com
pany, manufacturers of harvesting ma
chinery, and claiming lo have shops which
are exceeded in size only by the Krupp
Gun "Works at Essen, Germany." The shops
cover IB acres, almost folidly, and were
built eight vears ago, regardless of expense.
"William N. Whitely lost about $500,000
in the Harrier wheat deal. The Whitely.
Passler, Kelly Company, which preceded
the present firm, went into the njnas oi
"William N. "Whitely, receiver, JuneS, 1887,
A tew months later a compromise was
effected by which the indebtedness was
scaled at 50 cents on the dollar, and the
property nioitgaged to the extent of $1,500,
000, and bonds issued for this amount, with
A. S. Bushnell and John Poos as trustees
for the creditors.
These bonds were to be paid in five install
ments on the first day of January each year.
One year ago $56,000 of the amount then due
was defaulted, and this year the whole
amount, $200,000, was allowed to be de
faulted. The appointment of a receiver to-day is
only remotely connected with the previous
failnre The beginning of the end was the
attachment by Howe, Brown & Co., of
Pittsburg, of a lot of machines which
had been shipped to agents in
that city. Their claim against the
"Whitelv Company amounted to over $10,
000, but the suit was only for $1,000. The
bringing of this attachment suit stirred up
creditors all over the country, and the major
part of them have been in the city, at one
time or another, since then.
By request of the firm a meeting of the
creditors was held yesterday, and General
Keifer was unanimously chosen to act as
receiver, and he was appointed to-day. The
creditors will make arrangements lor con
tinning the firm's business.
THE MEKCI HOSPITAL.
Annual Report of Patients Treated and
Donation. Received.
The annual report ot the Mercy Hospital
for the year 1889 was completed yesterday.
It shows that between January 1, 1889, and
January 1, 1890, 1,740 patients were admit
ted to the hospital. Of these 201 were
typhoid fever patients. The largest number
of cases of typhoid fever in the hospital at
one time was 50. This was in September,
during the time of the great amount of ill
ness from that disease. The number of
cases in the hospital at present is 145, of
which 26 are typhoid fever. Eleven cases
of various kinds were received yesterday.
The following Christmas or annnal dona
tions are thankfully acknowledged by the
hospital management:
A. Garrison, $100; C. L. Magee, S100:
F. M. Magee, 8100; A Friend, 8100: John
Dunlap, S50; Kev. S. Wall. D. D., 850; Samuel
W. Black, $50; Itev. J. C. Farren, 825: J. C. Por
terflcld, $20; Mrs. Ryan Parkers, one dozen
knitted socks and So; William Barnes, Jr., S3:
Homers Bros. & Co., bananas and oranges;
Caskey .t Keally, oranges; A. Glamser, soap
and brushes; George Eyrich. evergreen wreath
ing; Mrs. Dr. Joseph Dixon, turkeys: Mrs.
Goldbaub, turkeys: Dr. J. N. Dixon, life-size
portrait of the late William Thaw; Dr. B.
Burns, a oeantiful landscape painting; Joseph
Home, a box of choice cut flowers.
The fruit and flower ladies are especially
thanked for a generous supply ot the deli
cacies oi the season all through the year.
KILLED I1IS GRANDCHILDREN.
A Frenchman Bents n Boy and a Girl to
Death With a Hammer.
Havekhill,N. H., January 4. Stephen
La Plant, a Frenchman, whose home is in
Benton, has been spending a few days with
his sons' family, at Center Haverhill. To
day his son, accompanied by the mother of
the children, went to Warren, leaving La
Plant and wife in charge. There were four
children. The two eldest were skat
ing, leaving the unfortunate vie-
tims alone with
alone with . the murderer
and his wife. There was some dispute in
regard to the children, when La Plant left
the room, returning with a hammer, with
which he dealt the boy an unmerciful and
heavy blow on the skull, scattering the
blood upon the ceiling and the floor. The
girl interrupted, engaged his attention, and
drawing a knife he cut her and aiso dealt
heavy blows with the hammer until she fell
to the floor insensible.
At this point a passerby was attracted by
the noise, and La Plant wasseized while in
the act of murderously assaulting his wife,
whose life, doubtless, he would also have
takes. Officer Weeden, of this place, was
summo -id, and had the murderer in jail
here at 8 o'clock. It is thought he was
drunk.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The Lincoln Republican Club Hold a Tran
quil Election.
An election of officers for the ensuing
year took place at the Lincoln Bepublican
Club last night. A big crowd of members
gathered at the Lawrenceville rooms to cast
a ballot The ballot resulted in the follow
ing officers being, elected to steer the club
through the next year:
President J.S.Seaman; Vice Presidents,Hnsh
Fergeson, Simnel W. Hay. Max Leslie; Re
cording becretary, D. E. Fergeson; Assistant
Recording Secretary, John McLain; Financial
Secretary, George Wright, Jr.; Treasurer,
John Cameron: Executive Committee, A. H.
Leslie, U W. Davidson, D. B. McDonald.
All the officers were elected unanimously.
The meeting was very harmonious and the
new officers took their various portfolios
amid great tranquility.
A HUNDRED GAMBLERS ARRESTED.
Cblcaco Police Give Gnincstera a Froo Ride
in the Pntral Wagon.
Chicago, January 5: The police to-night
continued their new crusade against public
gambling in Chicago. Hankins' establish
ment on Clark street, one of the largest
houses in America, was raided at
12:30 A. m. Over, a hundred gamblers
were made prisoners up to 1 o'clock, and
loaded into patrol wagons and auickiy
carted off to the police station, while the
streets were crowded with curious persons,
,who hooted them on their involuntary
journey.
AMOUNTING TO MANY MILLIONS.
Statement of United folates Bond Bonsht
and Sold Since August 1SS7.
Washington, January 4. The follow
ing is a statement of United States bonds
purchased from August 3, 1887, to and in
cluding January 4, 189U:
Amount purchased. 4s, 8108,302.150: 4s. $123,
647.200; total. 8236,949,350. Cost 4s, 81i8.470.060;
4Ks. S13S.8S1.677; total, 1277.332.637. Cost at ma
tcntv. is. S1SS,5SL201: g, 115.677,514; total.
334,158,718. Saving, Is, $50,110,314; 4s. $6,695,
837; iqtai, $56,608,081. .
A Brick Strike.
Charles Thompson, who lives in Poplar
alley, made an information before Alder
man Bichards yesterday, charging Michael
Brennan with assault and battery. It is
alleged by Thompson that Brennan struck
him on the back with a brick. He was ar
rested and gave 5300 bail for a hearing
Monday. ,
Stenmibip Arrivals.
Steamship. Arrived at From
Fnlda New York Bremen.
Oramore Baltimore London.
Siberian blassow Boston.
Obctani Kotterdam... ...... Mew York.
Celtic New Yorlt Liverpool.
Hempstead. i Havre New Orleans
Klegant Filling; Suit
To order $25, and pants fS and upward at
jtriicurn s, tut y cop ,
R5.
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
FORCED TO COMBINE.
At Least One Trust for Which the
Mills Bill is Responsible.
THE BAGGIKG MEN IN A C0BNEB.
Interesting Testimony Brought Out at the
Tariff Hearing;
AN IMPERATITE CALL FOE FfiEE TAX.
A Ktntucky Hemp Grower Who Wants the Duties on
Jots Advanced.
A new point developed in the tariff hear
ing yesterday. A St. Louis bagging manu
facturer testified that the fear of the Mills
bill becoming a law had led to the formation
of the Bagging Trust. Other important tes-
"timonv was adduced.
Washington, January 4. The hearing
before the Committee on "Ways and Means
was opened this morning with an argument
by Mr. Edmund A. "Whitman, of Boston, in
favor of the removal of the duty on flax.
-The present rates, he said, had now been in
force 19 years, and yet the prodnct ot flax
in this country had steadily decreased. It
was practically a non-existent industry.
Its culture required too much ar
duous manual labor and technical
skill. The product had fallen off
from 27,000,000 pounds in I860, to
5,000,000 pound in 1870, and to-day it was
so insignificant that no one could tell what
it was. The duty was therefore a burden to
the linen manufacturer, without being a
compensation to the farmer. The importa
tion of linen goods bad increased fourfold
since the dutv was Tilaced on flax, the
amount' in .value in 1888 being $16,500.
Much of this linen might be made in this
country but for the duty on flax. He
argued, therefore, that the duties should be
removed from all grades of flax, dressed and
undressed.
NO ISEASON FOB TARDJF.
In reply to questions, by Mr. Carlisle, the
witness said that the only flax goods made
in this country were the coarsest kind of
towels; that about 510,000,000 of capital was
invested in the business here; that it had
practically no competition from abroad, and
that fine linens were not mads here. There
was no reason why the duty on flax should
not be removed.
The Chairman If yoa had free flax would
yourant any protection for the goods that
you manufacture?
The witness I do not think I would ask
any duty on our product.
The Chairman You would not adviseany
reduction of the present duties?
The witness .No, 1 think not.
The next statement was made by Mr. An
derson, of Maine, a manufacturer of fancy
cassimeres, broadcloths, etc. He argned in
favor of a restoration ot the duties on such
goods to about where they stood prior to the
change made in the tariff law of 1883, and in
opposition to the removal of the duties on
wool.
BOTH SIDES OP IT.
A petition from flax hacklrrs of Pater
sonN. J., in favor of the duties on flax,
was presented by the chairman, and one
from Philadelphia, signed by a large num
ber of persons, asking for free raw ma
terials, was presented by Mr. Carlisle.
The next statement was made by Mr. J.
B. Turner, Jr., of Boston, President of the
Plax and Hemp Spinners' Association. He
complained that his business had not the
same degree of protection as other industries
had, and that, consequently, on many lines
of goods, competition with foreign countries
could not be kept up. He argued in favor
of an increase of duties on some crades of
linen goods, so that there might be borne
production and a home market, and of the
retention ot the present duty of $5 a, ton on'
flax straw and $20 a ton on dressed flax.
Mr. Combs, of Kentucky, a hemp grower,
made an argument in favor of the duty on
hemp, and against the proposition to put
jute, sizal and manilla on the free list. He
would like the duties on jute, sizal and ma
nilla raised 1 cent a pound, but he would ibe
content if the present duties on them were
retained.
THE HEMP FBODTJCTION.
In reply to questions by Mr. Carlisle, the
witness stated that the hemp production of
this country bas gone up from 2,500 tons in
1869 until it was now about 12,000 tons. It
had been at one time 83,000 tons, but its use
had been largely diminished by the substi
tution of wire and'other materials for ropes
and of iron hoop for cotton bagging. He
stated the average production of hemp at
800 pounds to the acre, the entire cost of it
at $34 60, and the market price $4U, so that
the profit per acre is $5 40; and Mr. Carlisle
put questions to show that a much better
result would be obtained by the farmer in
cultivating corn or tobacco.
The committee next heard a statement
from "William Bright, of Newark, N. J.,
representing flax dresser operatives of that
section allied to the Knights of Labor. He
asked that the duty on dressed flax be in
creased from $40 to' $90 a ton. In support
of this demand he said the industry in this
country is languishing because ot insuffi
cient protection. Mr. Bright was accom
panied by several other flax dressers, among
them Abram Bentley, of Bentley& Gerwig,
twine spinners of Brighton, Pa., who asked
that the present duty be retained on jute,
sizal and manilla.
CAN BE MADE AT HOME.
Mr. Bentley said, in his opinion, the
borne demand for binder twine can be
wholly met by American hemp. There
were 2,000 tons used last year, and that
made the price of all binders' twine much
cheaper to farmers than if none had been
manufactured here.
At this point, on motion ot Mr. Bayne,
the committee decided to have all manu
scripts prepared by witnesses filed without
reading, the authors being allowed to make
brief oral statements in explanation.
Mr. Prank L Babbitt, treasurer of the
Chelsea jute mills, New York, described to
the committee the jute plant and the jute
butt of commerce, and gave statistics of the
traae in India, Scotland and the United
States, including the wages paid laborers in
jute mills. In America the laborers are
paid, in roand numbers, more than twice as
much as in Scotland, and from five to ten
times as much as in India. Mr. Babbitt
read a telegram from the Dolphin Manufac
turing Company, of Paterson, N. J., em
ploying 800 hands, saying that unless this
Congress gave them free raw jute, they
would be obliged to suspend, being no
longer able to meet the competition of Dun
dee manufacturers.
A MAKEB OP TBDSTS.
A warm colloquy ensued between Mr.
McMillan and the next witness, Charles E.
Pearce, of St. Louis, in the course of which
the former asked witness if he justified the
organization of the bagging trust corner, a
philanthropic institution brought about by
the fear of the passage of the Mills bill.
"I say." responded Mr. Pearce. "that
when you undertake, primarily, to destroy
my business, I am justified, secondarily, in
protecting myself, and I'll dp it every
time." .
"But the organization did not release its
grip upon the people after the danger of the
passage of the Mills bill had passed."
"I can say to you, Mr. McMillan, there is
not a bagging manufacturer in the country
who does not regret the necessity that com
pelled the organization you refer to."
Mr. Breokenridge Do you know of any
manufacturer returning the increased price
of bagging? '
"I do not. They did not have it"
The Chairman Xjju say you did not put
that $2,000,000 of Increased price in your
pockets. "Why didn't you?
"We did not get it."
"Who did get it?"
"I don't know. "We did not." ,
BROUGHT IT TO A HEAD. K
To further questions -by Mr.McKialey,
SUNDAY. JANUARY
Mr. Pearce said the Mills bill, if it had
passed, would have destroyed every bagging
manufactory in the country, and probably
bankrupted seven-eighths of the manufac
turers. It would have wiped out from
17,000,000 to $8,500,000 capital, .and the
organization that cornered the product of
1888, was due solely to a belief that the
Mills bill was hostile legislation to inT.sted
capital.
To Mr. Breckenridge, Mr. Pearce said
that before the introduction of the Mills
bill, correspondence was had among bag
ging manufacturers to restrict the output of
the mills to about the amount demanded
by the American market, bnt it could not
be made a success until the Mills bill was
proposed.- In that preliminary negotiation,
witness said nothing had been said about
prices in regard to the hemp industry. Mr.
Pearce said that if it were properly en
couraged, he had no doubt that within three
years there would be, instead of 12,000 tons,
as now, from 49,000 to 50,000 tons ot hemp
raised in the United States.
A PLEA- FOB BAW JUTE.
J. L. Bemis, of Bemis & Co., Boston,
with bag factories in St. Louis, Minneapo
lis and Omaha, made a plea for adequate
rates of duty on manufactures of jute and
free raw jute.
Crawford Lyons, of Baltimore, appeared
before the committee, he said, in behalf of
the poor consumer. A protectionist him
self by principle, he wanted to see a re
vision ot the tariff Blade equitably. There
fore, on carpets made from burlap, the
present duty of 30 per cent would
give manufacturers ample protection.
On linoleum and oilcloth, with the change
proposed by the Senate bill, the manufact
urers can raise the price so as to add half a
million dollars annually to their profits.
"William Lyall, of New York, a manufact
urer of jute products, asked that the duty
on these articles be placed on a specific
basis instead of an ad valorem basis. Ad-journed-to
Monday.
DELATED BI THE KECESS.
The Reason Given by the Attorney Genera
for n Snpleiom Silence.
nTECIAL TKLiaRAM TO TOB DISrATCW.1
"Washington, January 4. "When Judge
Eoge, District Attorney for the District of
Columbia,' was asked by a Dispatch corre
spondent what reason he had for his long de
lay in bringing suit against the members of
the Old Dominion Bepublican Club, who
have been violating the law against collect
ing campaign fnnds from Government
clerKs, he answered that it was simply a de
lay in the presentation of the particular form
of evidence necessary for his purpose. "The
communications turned over to me by the
Attorney General," said he, "contained mat
ters which, though pertinent in themselves,
are not in shape for our use. I should be un
willing to go before a grand jury with these
cases until they had been so thoroughly
worked up as to make an indictment indis
pensable. ''It is probable the holiday season
has had its effect upon the person assigned to
the duty of collecting this testimony for me,
I shouldn't be surprised to see him finish his
work any day now, and when he does that
will be the signal lor pushing the Old
Dominion cases along."
TWO SICK CONGRESSMEN.
Jndce Kelley llsbtly Better and Mr. Ran
dnll Nearly Recovered.
JVBOM A STJUT COKRKSFONDENT.l
"Washington, January 4. "Judge
Kelley is slightly better this evening," was
the reply of the physician attending the
veteran member to an inquiry to-night.
"He has been resting easily to-d3y." An in
timate friend of the Philadelphia Congress
man said to-day: "It is not the cancer
which has prostrated Mr. Kelley so much
as the intestinal catarrh and the diarrhoea
resulting from it. The latter was so severe
as to WPaken the Judge so that he could not
stand. Then the undoubted development
of the cancerous affection of his face pros
trated him still more, until he is now in
really a serious condition. I have grave
fears that he may not rally again."
Congressman Randall has so far recovered
from his illness that he hopes to be able to
go to the Capitol on Monday morning to be
sworn in.
GETTING INTO SHAPE.
President Black Appoints Bin Democratic
Clnbn' Committees United Support
Fledged to tbo Ticket to bo
Named Next Year. v
rSrECIAL TELKGBAM TO TBI EISPATCn.l
Philadelphia, January 4. Ex-Lieutenant
Governor Chauncey F. Black, of
York county, President of the Democratic
societies of .the State, has, in accordance
with instructions received from the State
Convention of Clubs, which was held in this
city on October 15 and 16 last, ap
pointed the following committees: Executive
Committe State Senator Henry D. Green,
of Beading; George F. Beynolds, of Lan
caster; Watson P. Sheppard, of Pottsville;
E. B. Houston, of Mechanicsburg; A. V.
Dively, of AJtoona; E. H. Ranch, of
Mauch Chunk; D. J. Boyle, of Pittsburg,
and Adolph Eichholz and Dr. Engene
Townsend, of Philadelphia. Finance Com
mittee "W. U. Hensel, of Lancaster; James
Kerr, of Clearfield; Robert E. "Wright, of
Allentown; "William L. Scott, of Erie;
James M. Guffey and G."W. E. Eckels, of
Pittsburg; "William F. Harnty, John Hug
gard and Albert H. Ladner, of Philadel
phia. President Black is one of the foremost
candidates for the Democratic nomination
for Governor, and his friends throughout
the State are working very energetically in
his behalf, but, as the head of the Demo
cratic societies of the State,-Chauncey F.
Black has publicly declared that whoever is
named by the Democratic State Convention
as the nominee for Governor should receive
the hearty and united support ol the clubs
connected with the State organization.
It is said to be the intention of the officers
of the Democratic societies nt the State,
after the candidates for Governor have been
named, to have each club in the different
counties throughout the State begin at once
preparations for an active campaign. They
will unite with the officers of the Demo
cratic State Committee, in an effort to have
the State properly organized, and President
Black has notified the newly appointed ex
ecutive committee of the Democratic soci
eties to meet at Harrisburg at the time of
the meeting of the Democratic State Com
mittee, which is to be held on January 22,
for the purpose of consultation.
WILKES BOOTH'S LAST LETTER.
First Publication of a Note Written on tbo
Day Lincoln WnKlllod.
Richmond, January 4. The Dispatch
will publish to-morrow a letter written by
J. "Wilkes Booth'on the day he assassinated
President Lincoln. Its publicationjs said
to have been suppressed by the Government
in 1865. In his opening he foreshadows that
terrible deed which he accomplished, when
he says:
"Bight or wrong, God is judge, not man;
for be my motive good or bad, of one thing
I am sure the lasting condemnation of the
North. I love peace more than life' He
then discusses secession) and singularly
enough the race problem which is now
confronting the country. He says: "This
country was formed for the white man, not
for the black."
He concludes by signing himself: "A
Confederate, doing duty on his own re
sponsibility," Colored Men In tbe G. A. It
Nrw OET.rAts .Tsnnnrv A Cintiin
jiew ukleaks, uanuary . captain
Jacob Gray, Department Commander of the
G. A. 11. for the State nf T.nnicfunn nnri
Mismiuinnr has granted the enlnrerl ot-
MlSl. PPn W? ,. ' w
soldiers in hirdepartment permission to
organize posts of ueCt. A. s, v , J.
5, 1890.
TltE SEfiRO PROBLEM,
Discussion of Iho Great Southern
Question dj Southerners.
4
THE YIEWS OP SOME STUDENTS
On the Present Exodus of the Colored Eace
From South Carolina.
ALL SHADES OP OPINION ARE SHOWN.
Three College Presidents, a Congressman and an
Editor T.ilk.
Correspondents of The Dispatch have
interviewed a number of representative
Southerners on the subject of the negro ex
odus from South Carolina to Mississippi
Delta and to Western States. The views
expressed vary widely.
rSFZCIJU. TELEOIUM TO THI UtSP ATCH.I
Charleston, S. C, January 4. The
negro question is just now attracting the at
tention of the thinking people of the South
in a way that it never has before. The in
terest in this great question is by no means
confined to the South. It is the great ques
tion of the whole country and is staring
the lawmakers right in the face and
demanding some solution. It has been
proposed to have the Federal Government
assist the Southern negroes to return
to the homes of their fathers. This proposal
is just now before the people, and soon sev
eral bills will be -dsbated in Congress look
ing to that end. Just at this time the opin
ions of leaders of Southern thought on this
matter will be read with great interest. Be
low are given the views of several of the
most conservative men of the outb. Tbey
represent all shades of opinion and different
sections of the South.
CONGRESSMAN PHELAN.
The Hon. James Pnelan, member of Con
gress from the Memphis, Tenn., district,
says:
I do not regard the removal of the negroes
from the South as even a remotely possible solu
tion of the social and nolltical nroblem witb
wblcbwe bave to deal. Even admitting his
political disfranchisement. It would bo impos
sible. I have always regarded the discussion
of these miraculous methods as not only
trifling witn a gravo question, but as ma
measure insidious. It injures ur. by belit
tling the serious -problem with which we
have to deal. It causes us to imitate
the example of the young soldier
who was dreaming be was cointr to overwhelm
his enemies by his sacrifices to Jove, whilst
they were surrounding his camp. I regard as
an essential element ot the so-called negro
question the most explicit recognition of these
facts, that the negro will live, propagate ana
increase in oar section of the country, and as a
citizen. As to whether he will always retain
the franchise I think debatable. As to whether
he ought to retain it or not depends npon the
standpoint from which It is viewed. From the
standpoint of intelligence and appreciatiou
of the responsibilities of Citizenship, I think
every observant Southerner will say he is not
wc-rtby as a race, or, if you prefer the
distinction, as a class, to have the franchise.
Bnt depriving him of the right to vote is only a
temporary relief. In fact it is only a partial re
lief. The real gravity of the question, in my
eyes, lies in anotber field. This is the race
question. It is true the exercise of the right to
vote brings home to ns In its most offensive
form thefundamuntal race difference. Bnt the
two great questions in my eyes are: How are
we to brine abont a status which will remove
the friction of coexistence during the present
period of the negro's brutal Ignorance? and
how are we to raise the negro to the level of in
telligent and moral citizenship without increas
ing the race frictionr
PBESIDENT CANDLES.
The Eev. W. A. Candler, D. D., Presi
dent of Emory College, Oxford, Ga., says:
I look upon the proposed removal of the
necroes to Africa or elsewhere as chimerical.
First Because, if they were willing to go,
they cannot be hauled off as fast as they are
born. Moving several millions of people is a
bigger job than theorizers suppose.
Second The negroes are citizens. How can
we compel a citizen to move If he doesn't want
to go?
Third It is best for the negroes and best for
tbe white people that they remain where they
are. With all their fanlt3 tbey are the best
peasantry of which I bave any knowledge.
They never turn out dynamiters nor suicides.
The negro is at bis worst when he cuts Bome
other negro "wid his razor."
There may be some sort of chance for a con
siderable emigration of negroes in tho South
west to Mexico. But they would not be well
received by the laboring classes there, and this
fact would soon check any tide which might
set in thitherward.
Prayer, patience and Providence will settle
any negro qnestion we may have, and we will
nbt bave a negro qnestion if we will not be con
stantly characterizing every little local dis
turbance as "a race war," and otherwise inflam
ing tbe passions of both races.
If any negro or negroes attempt to move let
it be so. May joy go with them, and many
negroes will stay behind them.
For one I like tbo negroes. Next to white
folks. Hike tnem better than anybody. Iliko
them in this world, and if I get to heaven I ex
pect to look about until I And some dear old
negroes I loved long ago, and who have been
with God these years. I know thev are there.
and if they are, heaven's mnsic is none tbe
worse for their presence. Tbey were good
singers before tbey loft for that good country.
EDITOR BEIUNE, OFTIEOINLf.
Colonel Richard F. Beirne, editor of the
Richmond, Va,, Stale, and a leading Demo
cratic politician says;
Thomas Jefferson, tbe wisest and most far
seeing statesman this country has ever pro
duced, said that no tno races couldpeacefully
live in equality on the same soli. He advised
tbe emancipation and deportation of the ne
gro. If his counsel had been accepted tbe
South would bave bad to-day no question so
momentous that beside it every economic is
sue on which parties shonld properly divide
sinks into insignificance. It would be bet
ter for the Sontb, as it is better for all
countries, to bave a homogeneous popula
tion composed of tbe peoples of the
Caucasian race, native and foreign born. Tho
Westerner chafes under the presence of the
Indian, and cries ont against the coming of the
Chines?. He cannot justly blame tbe
Southerner, therefore, lor shrinking from
nodal and political contact with the negro! A
homogeneous population in the South,
mingling freely together in religion, commerce,
manufactures and politics, and conceding un
grudgingly to each and every one of tbeir num
ber all the rights of citizenship, would promote
as nothing else could the peace' and prosperity
of the Southern people. The substitution for
the negro of whites, who taka a pride in learn
ing and in living well, and whose ambition to
rise to greater heights is not a hopeless
ono because of race antagonisms
and natural inferiority, wonld quicken com
merce, improve our markets and greatly en
large the distribution of products ot all kinds,
only a few ot which the negro cares to use. The
white man wishes to buy books and newspa-
I pers, to uress wen, io eat goou iooo. w natever
y hi3 own department of prodnction may be be
enlarges tbe marKet lor other producers in
other departments. In all these things the
force of the white man is large; the
force of tbe negro is small. But so
long as tho negro Insists on remaining
in the South, so long will those whites who
would take bis place if be left refuse to come
and attempt to compete with him. U the negro
population were greatly diminished by emigra
tion from the South, even if a portion of it re
mained, this force, sa deterrent now to white
immigration to the South, wonld be greatly
lessened.
It does not seem possible for many years to
come, if indeed it will ever be possible, to se
cure Federal legislation providing for the com
pulsory emigration of the negro. Whether a
Govemmentubsidy, the gift of lands and an
appeal to his desire , for restricted civil and
political rights would induce him to leave in
numbers large enough to relieve the present
political pressure on the South, Is a qnestion
that can be answered only by carefully and
thoroughly devised experiment.
GENERAL S. DwXEE, OF MISSISSIPPI.
General S. O. Lee, President of the Agri
cultural and Mechanical College of Missis
sippi, says:
lam fully aware of tbe impracticability of
returning tbe negro to Africa. My observation
In all the shifting of negroes is that they nearly
always move In a southwest direction. In
Texas they are now arranging for an exodus
into Mexico, and tbe Mexican Government is
favoring the settlement of as largo a colony as
is proposed.! rom North Carolina to Mississippi
In one of tbe Vera Cruz districts. The negroes
from east of the Mississippi river cross over
into Arkansas. Louisiana aud Texas. They
move from North Carolina. South Carolina.
and Georgia into Mississippi, and across the
Mississippi river. Thero was a spasmodic
...,.,. .. i,Mr..,,, t,ti..iii
not be repeated. '
Tho negroes can. at little expense, move
North into any Northern State. Why do they
not do soT u they MO. this In any numbers the
fearot negro supremacy, even in localities
would beat ofictremoTed. The truth, k tee
white laborers in every line of work at the
North will not permit tbe negro to work along
side of them. This fs shown In New York,
where, on September 30, 400 men were thrown
out of work because three colored teamsters
were employed by Feck, Martin & Co. The
strike was ordered by the Bricklayers' Union.
Nearly all oar trouble at the South is caused
by educated negroes, who control tbe Ignorant,
dissatisfied element and precipitate issues.
I was not aware that there was any portion of
the eastern shores of the Sooth American con
tinent available to the United States, on which
a colony could be established. If such an
arrangement ran hA effected It wonld bo wise
in our Government to facilitate tbe removal of
a large part of the negroes; those who want to
experiment in a change. This wonld locate
the negroes in a section most suitable to them
and corresponding in soil and climate to
Africa, and at the same time near enough
to establish trade relations to tbe benefit
of the United States. The Temoval or
one-third of tbe negroes from the South would
temporarily adjust matters. As proof I refer
to Kentucky, Tennessee. Missouri and West
Virginia, where you never hear of race troubles,
and where at least there is little race antagon
ism of sufficient importance to attract atten
tion. The negroes who want to get to them
selves could be put readily, and with reason
able expense. In some South American locality,
and in a section, too, where they alone can
stand the climate. I have for years believed
they would find a final resting place near tbe
equator on the American continent, and tbe
tendency to movo in a southwest direction" is
fast crystallizing into a permanent movement.
This could be facilitated by Government aid
across and through tbe Gulf of Mexico.
PRESIDENT CROTYELL.
The Eev. John F. Crowell, D. D Presi
dent of Trinity, College, North Carolina,
says:
I am not in favor of negro colonization as a
means of settling the conflicts centering around
the race problem in the South.
1. I believe it to be economically impractica
ble. 2. It wonld be a disastrous disregard of his
torical obligations to enforce colonization.
Governmental encouragement of voluntary
colonization would bo very little better.
Third 1 here are serious constitutional ob
jections to either course. The negro is not an
Indian. His status U vastly different, and that
requires recognition if the nation means to
keep It3 faith with tbe negro.
Fourth Nowhere will tbe negro be more
efficient than in the places where his own
economic advantages will lead him to. Some
thing U to be gained by the negro's learning
independence of tba Government's apron
strings. This industrial depression of the negro
race, now going on rapidly, will disintegrate the
political solidity which still keeps the white
HOuth on tbe defensive for tbo sake of its civil
institutions. There are not tbe slightest
Iements of a general race war in tbe Sontb.
for which colonization is needed as a remedy
or prevention. There 1 no social war, there is
onlv discontent, which is the best sign of
progress toward a better state. And that dis
content is largely Industrial, only incidentally
political.
Fifth The necrohas a snnerinr endowment
of physical energy. That has its value in the
labor market of the South. There is no substi
tute to equal him in mining. In railway build
ing, and In iron manufacturing except one
that is tbe Chinaman. This is the testimony of
several contractors whom I have personally
interviewed. We would rather keep the negro
than to call in tbe Chinaman to do our work
than to call in tbe Old World to redress the
wrongs of tbe New.
BEDBESS IS ASKED.
A British Snblect Appeals to Sir Julian
Faancefort He Claim Slnsked DIen
Alaltrcaled Ills Wife and Him
self Becanse lie Taught
Negroes.
"Washington, January 4. Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British Minister, has re
ceived a petitiou from Ilev. T. M. Joiner,
of Holly Springs, N. C, for redress for in
jaries received by himself and wife at tbe
hands of a mob at Holly Springs last
month. He states that he is a British sub
ject; that he and his wife were giving
religious and other instructions to the
negroes at Holly Springs, which fact he
says, so incensed some of his neighbors that
they broke into his house, assaulted and
maltreated both himself and his wife.
The crowd was masked, and manof their
number were armed with guns and pistols.
He says he bad been previously warned to
leave the place, but had refused to do so.
"When the mob appeared at the house they
discharged a volley of bullets into the room
where he and his wife were sitting, wound
ing him in the left arm above the elbow and
also in the left hand. Mrs. Joiner received
three flesh wounds in the scalp, and was
knocked down by one of tbe men with his
fist.
Mr. Joiner says he appealed for redress,
first to tbe local authorities, and next to the
State authorities, but received no satisfac
tion. He then came to "Washington with
his wi'e to lay the matter before the British
Minister. The latter is now investigating
the case, and expects (o bring it to the at
tention of the Secretary of State as soon as
he has received the proper evidence. Mr.
Joiner has been preaching in North Caro
lina since 1869.
TWO HEK FArALLI SHOT.
A Quarrel Between Whites and Negroes
Causes a Doable Crime!
Springfield, Mo., January i. A
street fight occurred here to-day in which
two men were shot and fatally wounded.
John Hays, a letter carrier, was walking
with his cousin, Mike Hays, when
they met two negroes named Bobbins
and Anderson. The Hays boys brushed
past roughly and the negroes retaliated by
pushing them off the sidewalk. Mike Hays
then drew his revolver and tired three times
at tbe negroes.
Two of the balls took effect, one passing
through the body of tbe negro Bobbins, and
the other penetrating the left side of John
Hays. Both men were fatally wounded.
Mike Hays was drunk at the time of tbe
shooting. He was arrested.
POOfi CROPS AND K0 HONEY
The Causes Why Many Nesroes Are Pat
ronlzlog; tbe Railroads.
SPECIAL TXLXOnjLK TO THE DISPATCH.!
Columbia, S. C, January 4. Fonr
more carloads of negro emigrants from up
per South Carolina and North Carolina
passed through here this morning, all
bound for the. Southwest The
negroes give as their reasons for
leaving their Carolina homes, the poor
crops that have been made for the last few
years, and the scarcity of money. They
hope to make plenty of money and grow
fat in the country "out "West," about which
many wonderful stories bave been told.
This emigration of the negroes is profit
able chiefly to the railroads. Labor on
the large cotton plantations in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Arkansas and Texas is very
scarce.
Reward for Arrest of Negro Slayers.
Austin, Tex.. January 4. Governor
Boss has offered a reward of $250 each for
-the arrest and conviction of the parties en
gaged ja the killing of two'negroes in An
gelina county December 26.
CLAN-NA-GABh BOOKS WANTED.
Camp 20 Demands That Ibe State's Attor
ney Give Dock Its Records.
Chicago, January 4. John P. O'Con
nor, Becording Secretary of Camp No. 20,
of the Clan-na-Gael, called ou State's At
torney Longenecker to-day, and made
formal demand, on behalf of the
camp, for its records, which are
still in the State's Attorney's hands. Mr
Longenecker would notgive up the books,
except on an order from Judge McConnell,
and Mr.. O'Connor will make application to
the Judge as soon as His Honor returns
from vacation.
Gilp Broke.
At 10:30 o'clock last night the grip of car
No. 121, Citizens' Traction line, broke at the
vault of the power house on Penn avenue.
No one was hurt by tbe accident, but travel
along the line was delayed for half an hour.
Tho Strike Ftill On.
EVAN9TILLE, January 4. President
Mackey held a conlerence with the striking
railroaders to-night, but refused to accede to
tneir uemsaas ana t&e snnauoa reBuuu un-
ChABftd,1
'O ' -
A DEEP MISTER! TEL.
The Terrible Murder of the We of
Dr. Eniffin, of Trenton, N. T
EESDEE3THE POLICE POWEBLESS.
All Their Suspicions Fastened Upon tiff
Fair Typewriter, Who is ?
MDER GDAED AT HER CODSIX'S HOXEj
iao unrziir ineory uaazaea, a reuiDis iioliie rorv
us trims is mono.
A terrible suspicion now rests oa pretty
Miss Purcell, of Trenton, N. J. It is
thought she murdered her cousin, tig;
wife of Dr. KniffiB. A story is now current
that she was not nnconscious when found
witb the dead woman. The whole affair ia
yet a mystery, and the police are powerless.
Tbenton, N. J., January 4. Tbe bold;
burglars who, Miss Emma Purcell bays, in
vaded the home of Dentist Arthur S.Kniffia
during his absence yesterday, chloroform
ing and killing Mrs. Myra Kniffin, and '
giving Miss Purcell only enougb of the
narcotic to render her unconscious,
have not been captured. The police
don't believe the murder was committed by
burglars, or that any burglars entered tho
house. Miss Emma Purcell, the pretty young
typewriter, is practically a prisoner in tho
apartments of Dr. Kniffin. She has not been
told she is a prisoner, nor has she been for
mally put under arrest, but the con
stant presence of the officials means tho
same thing.
One or two of the highest officials in town
look npon the mystery as solved, although,
they may find it a very different matter
when It comes lo proving anything. Miss
Purcell tells a good, straight story, and
sticks to it in every particular. On the
subject of her arrest, Chief McChesney was
non-committal. He will not allow any ops
to visit the house, nor will he permit Miss
Purcell to be interviewed.
MISS PURCZLL HAS HYSTERICS.
"With the prosecutor of Pleas, Mr. Bayard,
Stockton, it was different. He said tba
burglar theary had been dropped altogether.
Miss Purcell told him the straightest kind
of a story, but it looked as if she knew
more than she wanted to telL He was
waiting for a clew that might settle every
thing. Shortly after 12 o'clock Miss Purcell wa
informed by a member of the family of tho
grave suspicions which rested upon her.
She began shrieking and crying and went
off into hysterics. She rave'd wildly for a
while, but calmed down alter an opiateu.
had been given ber by Dr. Shepard, who.
was in attendance. "It cannot be." sha
said, "that anyone could think I did such a
thing. Oh, no, it cannot be." Then sha
becam.e hysterical again. It was exceed
ingly unfortunate to have the subject
brought up, after the cross-examining the!
woman bas been subjected to.
Tbe police seem to be overcome by tha
fact that a terrible crime bas been committed,
and are as helpless a lot as is possible for
men clothed with authority to be.
THE CHIET GOING AWAX.
They know nothing positively, and Chief s
Charles H. McChesney talks calmly ofT
taking a much needed trip to Harrisburg.
which he is sorry he "pnt off so long.' I'
guess I will go to-morrow," he said. "I,
ought to have gone yesterday."
That is a fair sample of the interest ha
takes in this case. ' '
The situation, as far as the crime itself is!
concerned, is almost the same as when Dr.
Shannon first made the discovery. It had
leaked out through a physician that Miss
Purcell, the pretty typewriter, was not un
concious when she was found. She was
almost in tbe full possession of her senses,
and it required very little doctoring to
restore her to a talkative mood.
There is considerable gossip, a hundred
wild rumors floating abont, and the towns
people, who are talking the most, are direct
ing their suspicions toward Miss Purcell.
The body of the dead woman lies in an ica
box in the operating room, and MissParceHj
is in one of the apartments upstairs.
A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR MURDER.
As the case now stands there can be only
one conclusion, and that is that Mrs. Knif(
fin's death was caused by a powerful "
anaesthetic, administered in a heavy dose,
and not by strangulation. Nothing further
can be truthfully said. Miss Purcell is"
under suspicion, and she will have a hard
time to prove she is innocent, as she claims.,
But the motive is lacking, except it
is found in the rumor that there
existed between Miss Purcell "and her
cousin's husband, Dr. Kniffin, a relationship.
which was at least unlawful. Xbe death, ot
Mrs. Kniffin would release ibe husband.
tTnder tbe pillow on tbe bed in which tha
woman slept was a loaded revolver, placed
there by the murdered woman to use in just,
such an emergency as Miss Purcell claims;
arose. It was found nndisturbed when they
body was moved.
THE HOUSE CLOSELY GUARDED.
The interior of the house is as far removed
from the iaspection of the reporters asr
though it was out of existence. Policemen
guard the entrances, and no one but officers
or members of the family are admitted. To-'
night it was announced that Dr. Kniffin and
Miss Purcell had engaged counsel to repre
sent their interests, particularly at Monday's,
inquest. A post mortem examination of
Mrs. Kniffin's remains was held this after
noon, and resulted in a decision that death
was caused by chloroform. To obtain all
tbe light possible on the subject, the atom-(
ach was sent to Prof. Cornwall, of Prince
ton College, for chemical analysis. It Is
understood that it will be returned on Mon
day. Dr. Kniffin and Miss Pnrcell remained at,
the Kniffin residence all day, except that
Dr. Kniffin, accompanied by relatives, took'
a drive during the time that the post mors
tern examination was going on.
. PAEHEES WANT PE0TJ5CTI0N.
Agriculturists Ask for an Advance of thtt
TnrifTon Barley.
rSPICLlL TZLZOBAJC TO THE DISPATCH. f
Erie, January 4. The farmers in tuff
northern part of Pennsylvania and the bar
ley-growing sections of Ohio and New York .
are organizing for protection. The farmers,
in Erie county have forwarded a memorial!
to Congressman Culbertson setting forth."
that they are suffering from Canadian com
petition in barley at the present rate of im
port duty on grain. They ask Congress to
advance the duty on barley to 25 cents per
nu'shel and the duty on malt at a propoc
tionate rate. The malsters say that the de
pression of the barley growing is due to tha
fact that corDi rice and aloes are being sub
stituted for malt and hops in beer making,
BDEIED IN THE SNOW.
Seven Persons Perish .Beneath an Avnlsnei
la California.
Sierra City, January 4. A snow slida
at this place, yesterday, buried six women,
and a boy and wrecked the Catholic church.
A number of men at once started to dig out
the unfortunates, and took out the bodies
of Mrs. "Bleb, her two daughters and a son
Miss Ryan, of Downieville, and Mrs. I. T.
Mooney, with her daughter. Miss Ethel
Longton. The search for others is still
going on. and it is feared that more than
now known may have been killed in tho
avalanche.
DIED.
MAODIRE On Sunday. January & at I.-43
a. n., iuajii jiiATii, who oi xiozer waguiro.
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