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FORTY-FOTJUTH YEAR.
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Tlie Republicans in Portugal
Stronger Than Eyer.
HABD TO KEEP IN CHECK.
Demonstrations of Lisbon Students
Causing- Much Trouble.
THE GEIP TAKES A HEW HOLD.
An American Musician Gets Into Hot
Water in London.
LIABLE TO DO TIME FOE LIBEL
Details of the prospects of a revolution in
Portugal have been received. The Bepnb
licans insist that not one jot of Portugal's
rights in Africa shall be conceded to En
gland. Demonstrations of students in
Lisbon continue to annoy the authorities.
An American has gotten himself in trouble
in London by bombarding the Lord Mayor's
physician with libelous postal cards. The
grip causes another scare in London.
Nobles and royal personages are sadly
afflicted.
XT CABLE TO TOT DISPATCH.
PAKIS, January 14. A Portuguese gen
tleman, holding a diplomatic position here,
but a strong Bepublican, has received a
letter from Lisbon, written before the crisis
now prevailing there, which throws light
on the events which led to it The
writer says the Republicans of all shades of
opinions recently held a meeting, at which
a resolution was immediately adopted, de
claring that not one jot of Portugal's
rights or territory in Africa should be
conceded to England. A petition was
drawn np and presented to King Carlos,
urging him to maintain a firm attitude, and
informing him that a union had been effected
throughout the kingdom between Republi
cans and Monarchists, to oppose any agree
ment with England that would compromise
the interests and the honor of Portugal.
NOT PBEPABED TO FIGHT.
Reply was made on behalf of the King,
that Portugal was not in a position
to go to war with England, and
that it would be better to make
a peaceful settlement, even though
concession was made, so long as honor was
maintained. This brought forth an answer
from the Republicans, warning the King
that any concession whatever would be fatal
to the monarchy.
The King is in a fearful dilemma. He
does not wish to offend England, for he may
have to soon seek a refuge on her hospitable
shores, and he would not hasten his down
fall by an act which would disgrace him
ViAfXf. f!i Yintinn.
The writer states that the Republican I
no-riv Tvnm n-pr (cfrnncpr in "Pnrtni-ftl than it I
(..ij i.w w,. - ., - j. n --
is now. It has 07 associations, containing
in all 18,000 active members. Among its
distinguished members are:
ALL rBOMINENT MEN.
Latino Celho, Secretary of the Academy
of Sciences, and member of the Cortes for
Lisbon; BodriguerFfeitas, journalist, and
also member of the Cortes; Senhor
Braga, member of the Municipal
Council of Lisbon; Senhor Lima, director of
the Seculo; Eliaz Garcia, professor at the
military school; Dr. Arriago, formerly
member of the Cortes for Madeira, and
Senhor Pinheiro. late member for Lisbon.
All these gentlemen were once supporters
of the Monarchy. Senhor Braga is a pow
erful orator, and his eloquence is making
many converts to the cause of Republican
ism. His political works, of which he has
published more than 20 since his conver
sion, have great influence upon the minds o
yonng men.
The Republican party is divided into four
groups the Nationalists, the Radicals, the
Federalists and the Socialists. The lines of
demarcation between these groups are not
strictly drawn. The divisions lay over into
each other, and in case of a great emergency
the party can easily become one.
WHEEEIN THEY DIFFEB.
The Federalists advocate the union of
Portugal and Spain and the formation of
the Iberian Bepnblic, embracing the entire
peninsula. The other groups belong to the
Positivists school, and are allied with the
Positivists of Brazil.
The Republicans of Portugal are more nu
merous in the provinces than in the cities,
but are fast increasing in numbers in Lis
bon, Oporto, Lilla Real and Aveira. In
Lisbon people in the smaller branches
of industry shopkeepers, clerks in
commercial louses are enthusiastic
Republicans. Only a small majority ol
the workmen, as yet, are Republicans, but
tbey can be easily converted nt the right
moment. "When the time comes and it is
now quickening its pace the great majority
of the sons of Portugal will be found march
ing shoulder to shoulder toward the royal
palace.
Lisbon kept in a stew;
A Press cablegram from Lisbon to-night
says: The demonstrations ot students con
tinue to keep the city unquiet. To-day
they veiled the statutes of the old Portu
guese navigators,around the Camoens monu
ment, as a sign of national mourning.
The crowd looked on with sympathy, and
shouted: "Down with Eoglandl" "Down
with the Pirates!" A revolutionary out
break is possible at any moment General
Tasco Ghedes, Governor of the Indies, has
been appointed Minister of "War, and will
come home at once.
In the new Ministry, A. De Serpa Pimen
tal, Councillor of State and President of the
Cour des Comptes, is. President of the
Ministry, Minister of the Interior,
and ad interim, Minister of "War; Senhor
Logronaz is Minister pi Justice, Senhor
Branco Minister of Finance, Senhor Arroyo
Minister of Marine, Senhor Bibeiro Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, Senhor Aronca Min
ister of Works. Senhor Pimental has had
an interview with the King.
ALL BEPOBTED, TBANQT7IL.
The mails from Mozambique confirm the
report that the country in the course of the
Zambesi river is tranquil. Lieutenant Gor
don passed through the whole Sanhati dis
trict, subjecting the rulers to the
authority of PortngaL They were
rejoiced at the Portuguese assurance
that Portugal would prevent other tribes
from raiding their country. The expedition
suffered a great deal, and endured
much privation. All hands lived for
45 days on putrid buffalo meat No
force was nsed, and not a shot was fired.
Sultan Macangire is expected at Quilli
mane, to ratify his vassalage to the King of
Portugal. Gangemhama is preparing for
war with Blnguana; but the Portuguese
officials at Inhembane hope to avert the conflict
A BULLETIN EBOM THE FLEET.
On Bo aud thk Atlanta.
BanAnttov or Evolution.
Lisbon. December 80, 1S89.
1S89.J
At 3 o'clock to-morrow the squadron of evo
lution leaves for Tangier, Morocco. Our Ad
miral and Flag Lieutenant wero the only mem
bers of the squadron who witnessed the corona
tion ot the King. Admiral Walker andtbo
commanding officers ot the ship of the squadron
were the Invited gqusts of the King at a State
banquet last night at which all the notables of
Portugal and the diplomatic corps n ere pres
ent. Friday tbe English residents ot Lisbon
challenged us to a game of football. A scratch
team, composed mainly of the cadets
of the fleet, was promptly orcanlzed,
and, on a spacious green before Clntra's fam
ous castle, in the presenco ot numerous spec
tators, the American boys fairly did up their
opponents to perfection. Neither team
played the other's game, but the Amer
icans said: "We'll plav your way Orst,
then yon play oars." This proposal was agreed
to, with the result mentioned. The English
men took their defeat gracefully, and after the
contest entertained the American team at din
ner. The Admiral is expecting a visit from the
Portuguese King, and said to-day tbe squadron
had been ordered to man arms and receive him
with the customary honors.
The commercial associations of Lisbon
and Oporto have issued a statement in re
gard to the political situation. They pro
test against the circulation of reports that
difficulty exists in the wav of the formation
of a new Cabinet, and declare that tbe coun
try is tranquil. They are unaware of the
existence of any Republican agitation.
A howling mob of students and others
burned an English flag at Coombra, to-day.
At Oporto it is proposed to start a fund to
purchase an ironclad.
LIBELEDJN ehyme,
AN AMERICAN MUSICIAN IK FOR A
SALTr SENTENCE.
He Pelted an English Physician With Postal
Cards, dying Him Fits When He
Attempted Poetry, Patience
Ceased to bo
a Virtue.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.1
London, January 14. Jerome Hopkins,
an American musician who has been lec
turing on music and producing his oratorios
in London and the provinces for the last 19
months, stands a chance of doing "three
months hard." "When Hopkins gave a
concert in London a year or more ago
the name of Dr. Thomas Boor Crosby, the
Lord Mayor's physician and one of the most
eminent medical practitioners of London,
appeared on the list of patrons. Hopkins
said that Crosby owed him for tickets, after
the concert was over, and sued him for 3,
12s. Crosby won the suit, and since then
Hopkins has been carrying on a one-sided
correspondence with him from all over En
gland. Hopkins' favorite method of communi
cation was by postal cards, and these Cros
by has been finding for a year or so on his
breakfast table, in Gordon Square, and on
his desk at Fenchurch street Sometimes
the card would carry the simple
message that the Doctor was
a blackguard, thief, or perjurer.
Another time Hopkins would draw a par
allel between Crosby and the lata Judas
Iscariot. Anon, a skull and cross bones
would come, to taunt the physician with his
professional failures, or a card would arrive
containing a sketch of a duck in the act of
quacking. .
DBEW THE .LUTE AT POETBY.
Crosby stood it all until Hopkins began
to write poetry to him. "When he came
down to breakfast, about 10 days ago, he
found his servants laboring hard to sup
press grins. He was surprised until he took
a postal card from the table reading:
With nobles and gentry Boor Crosby aspires
To pass as a companion for' which he requires
His name in big print as a patron of music.
For fiddling is surely much nicer than physics;
But when for his honors pay day comes aronnd.
Quoth Sawbones, "No guinea from me, "I'll be
bound."
That was too much for Crosby. He wrote
to Hopkins that he might -have one week to
apologize and promise to annoy him no
more, or he would prosecute him. Hop
kins replied on a post-card: "Well, pay
what you owe me, yon lying thief." Then
the debtor applied for a warrant.
Hopkins, who is giving musical enter
tainments in York, was brought to London
to-dav and arraigned before Alderman
Fowler at the Mansion House. Crosby said
he would let the matter drop if Hopkins
would apologizeand promise to cease writing.
Hopkins said he would apologize if allowed
to read a statement first This satisfaction
being denied him, he was bound in bis own
recognizances of 100 to appear for trial at
Old Bailey February 3.
WHY HE DID IT.
Hopkins went back to York at once.
He said to me in a tone ot much jubilation:
""Well, I've brought this all on myself, but
I want to show some things up. I want
to see if a subscription to a con
cert is as legal as a subscription to a
book 'agent I sued Crosby, with a lot of
others, lor subscriptions and won all bnt his.
He escaped on a technicality, that on tbe
envelope containing bis tickets I had marked
'present,' as we do in America. The jackass
of a Judge decided that as I had marked it
'present' it was a present to him. I thought
I'd have some fun with him, and wrote him
daily letter. His lawyer wrote, informing
me the letters would not be answered, and
so I peppered him with post-cards. I've been
cheated right and left by these Enclish
nabobs. Why, the Archbishop of York,
whose name is at the head of the patrons of
xay concerts in York, wrote only a day or
two ago to say he conldn't afford to pay a
guinea for tickets, but wonld Jike to have
his name remain on the list I've had
Major Generals and members of the nobility
do me ont of ten shillings, too."
DBITEN TO HIS COTJBSE.
Dr. Crosby told me that he was sorry to be
compelled to prosecute Hopkins, but he had
been driven to it in self-defense. He said:
"For a year now I have been
getting these blackguardly epistles,
which make me a laughingstock of my serv
ants and clerks. I allowed him to use my
name as patron, at his urgent reqnest He
desired it because I was a member of
the Council of the Guild Hall School
of Music. I purchased no tickets and owe
him nothing, but I have been pnt to large
legal expense by his persecutions."
As the English libel laws are very strict,
and Hopkins' post cards come within the
statutes, it is probable that he will be pun
ished. LONDON'S UNUSUAL DEATH BATE.
Influenza Adds Considerably to the Greatly
Increased Slortnllty.
London, January 14. The Eegistrar's
return of deaths in the Metropolitan district
for the week gives 2,747. This is 810 above
the average. Of these deaths 67
are classified as due directly to
influenza, but 1,069 are reported as due to
diseases of the respiratory organs. This is
622 in excess of the average of deaths from
such diseases.
The Registrar's returns for Ireland show
that the epidemic there is decreasing.
Ordered to Revletnnl OU Fortresses.
Athens, January 14. Chakir Pasha has
been ordered to re victual all the fortresses in
Crete, and to reinforce the troops in Spakia.
Fresh emeutei are anticipated.
MOWING THEM DOWN.
Lord Cairns and Lord Napier! of Ittagdala,
Victims of the Grip The Scare tn
London Revived Royalty and
Nobility Special Marks.
tBY DCHLAP'S CABLI COMrANY.
London, January 14. Lord Cairns and
Lord Napier, of Magdala, have died of in
fluenza. Lord Hartington is veryill, and
also the Duchess of Teck and the
Countess of Zetland. The general
scare is renewed. Lord "Wiueborne
was unable to receive the Prince
of Wales and Prince George at his country
seat, being suddenly stricken down, and
authoritative rumor "says that the Princess
of Wales is sneezing arid unable to go out
This bad news throws a damp upon social
proceedings.
Forbes Dawson, who will be remembered
here, and had come to the front as a promis
ing young actor at the Strand Theater, in
"Oar Flat," died of the grip to-night.
Several clergymen have also died
within a couple of days. The
Metropolitan Railway (underground)
is running very short-handed. The same
cry is heard from the postoffiee and all the
public offices, barracks, everywhere. Gravy
beef, legs of beef and jars of beef tea are
doubled in price. George Dundas, son of
the Irish "Viceroy, Lord Zetland, is seriously
ill.
The clubs are full of gossip about Cairns
and Napier of Magdala. Cairns was a
long, rcd.headed fellow, with no brains to
speak of, very unlike his celebrated father,
who, the son of a butler, rose to the woolsack.
He was unpopular in kociety, bnt tolerated
by theatrical people, who used him to bor
row his money. As Lord Garmoyle he
compromised a breach of promise suit with
Miss Finney, alias Fortescue, then
a chorus girl, now a star. His only
brother is presumptive heir to the
title his baby daughter being
barred, as the title does not descend in the
female line. Lady Cairns is only 21, and
very beautiful. A posthumous son is ex
pected. An annt of Lord Cairns, Mrs.
McCalnfont, died of Russian infiuenz.1.
He caught it at her funeral. The Earl's
mother, brother and sister are all ill. Lord
Cairns was lelt a great deal of real estate by
an sunt Tbe old Earl was said to have
been the original of The Judge in Gilbert's
"Trial by Jury."
One hears everywhere respect and regret
"for the death of Lord Napier of Magdala.
JoTom a simple omcer ot engineers ne rose
to be a field marshal, and died
Governor of the Tower, the highest and most
coveted military post in the service. A
pnblic funeral will be given him and he
will probably be buried in Westminster
Abbey.
George Royce, of the firm of Peterson &
Royce, diamond marchants of New York,
died to-day at the Holborn Viaduct Hotel,
from pneumonia, the result of influenza.
PKEFEERED TO EXECUTE THEMSELVES
Some of the Czar's Bodyguard Commit Sui
cide Because Under Snsplclon.
St. Peteesbtjbg, January 14. Colonel
Yoicikoff, an officer of the Czar's bodyguard,
and some other officers of the same corps,
hare committed suicide. It is supposed
they were implicated in a recently discov
ered plot against the life of the Czar.
It is reported the Czar's brother, the
Grand Duke Sergins, will shortly be ban
ished from the capital for meddling with
politics.
AGAINST THE STANDARD.
The City of Toledo Can Maintain Its Own
Tiotnrnl Gas Lines.
rSFZCLAI. TELI3RAM TO TBS DIftPATCH.1
Toledo, O., January 14. The case of
Fellows versus tbe city of Toledo, which
is the action bn)nbt by .the natural
gas companies' to prevent the city
from issnijg 5750,000 worth of gas
bonds to construct n city pipe line was this
afternoon decided by Jndge Jackson in the
United States Circuit Court in favor of
Toledo. The gas companies sought to enjoin
the issue and sale of the bonds upon
the grounds that an act of the
Legislature authorizing tbe city to
issue bonds was unconstitutional, for the
reason that it permitted the city to incur
the debt for supplying the city with natural
gas, which was not a public purpose.
It is also claimed by the natural gas
companies that the' law is a special act
because it applies to cities of third grade of
the first class, and it violates the existing
contracts between the cities and gas com
panies for the furnishing of gas. The law
was held to be constitutional in every par
ticular, and the suit was dismissed.
Tnis decision confirms the right of
the city of Toledo to build its own pipe line,
and supply its citizens with natural gas. As
is well known, tho natural gas companies
are owned by the Standard Oil Company
interests, and the victory over the Standard
is an important one.
BALLOT KEF0RAI IN JEESET.
A System Similar to the Australian Flan
Under Consideration.
Tbenton, N. J., January 14. In the
Legislature to-day was introduced a ballot
reform bill. It provides:
Fi-st Ballots must be printed at tho pnblic
expense.
Second All candidates of conventions shall
have their names printed on the bal
lots; party conventions may certify nom
inations; nominations for Stats offices
must be certified by 8,000 voters; the nomina
tion papers may contain the political designa
tion and must be filed with tho Secretary of
State 20 days before the election, and, incase
of municipal elections, 10 days before the elec
tion. Third, the form of the ballot is according to
the same system and In the same stvle as the
Australian ballot. Two sets of ballots
are provided for, ono to the voter
and the other a fac-similo to be given
to the voter as a specimen to ballot; also
a fac simile ot tbe ballot shall be printed in
two newspapers prior to the election. The
voter is to have a secret place to work his bal
lot, and inspectors are given tbe right to mark
tbe votes of illiterate voters upon taking an
affidavit of secrecy. Each polling precinct
shall be guarded by a police officer who shall
enforce tho law.
SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST.
Revere Storms All Thronch the Upper Mis
sissippi Valley.
St. Paul, January 14. Severe weather
is reported generally throughont the
Northwest. A blizzard is raging at
Bearslog, Minn, the drifts being
piled 20 feet high. A piercing
north wind accompanies the storm. Train
and wagon traffic is at a standstill. The first
great storm of the season has struck Grand
Rapids, extending all over the "Upper Mis
sissippi region.
At New Salem the very air was darkened
by fallinc snow, and pedestrians could not
see their hands before them. At Wabash
13 inches of snow has fallen. The
highways are seriously blockaded and
trains are behind time. From Neche, N.
D., comes an account of a veritable bliz
zard, which raged for 37 hours, rendering
all travel impossible through, the drilts.
" A SOUTHERN PIKE EATER
Wanti the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution Abrogated.
JACKSON, Miss., January 14. General
A. M. West from Marshall county, yester
day introduced in tbe Senate a memorial to
Congress asking for the abrogation of the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal Con
stitution, and instructing the Mississippi
delegation iff Congress in accordance there
with. The memorial farther directs the Secretary
of the Stats of Mississippi to furnish a copy
T
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to the uovernor ot each state in toe u nion
to be laid before their respective legislatures,
PITTSBURG, WEDNESDAY, JAETUARY 15, 1890.
KILLENGIVESACLEW.
He Weakens and Attempts to Exon
erate Conroy and Griffin.
JEWELEI UNEARTHED AT A CAMP.
Detectives Guided to the Hiding Placo by
the Suspect Himself.
THE THIRD MAN HE SAIS WAS COLORED.
His Btory Considered a Base by the Police to Baleld
Himself. ' K
Killen, who with Griffin and Conroy has
from the first been charged with complicity
in Mrs. Budert's murder at Tarentum) by
the regular police officials, yesterday weak
ened and told a long story. He exculpates
Conroy, is not certain about Griffin, and
says the third man was a negro, which is re
garded as an effort to shield himself. He
revealed the hiding place ot some stolen
jewelry.
At last the facts in connection with what
appears to be the most generally misman
aged murder case on record in Allegheny
county are coming out and through no ex
ecutive ability on the part of the people in
charge ot the case. Killen, the ferryman,
has commenced to weaken, and tell stories
of more or less improbability. He started
out yesterday to make a confession, and like
the woman who went to the priest and con
fessed all her neighbors' sins, he is liable to
do a pretty heavy penance. He tried to ex
onerate Griffin and Conroy from implication
in the murder, and said the third man in
the crowd was colored, but does not know
who the others are.
To make this assertion more binding he
offered to go ont with County Detective
Langhorst and Private Detective Gilkinson
yesterday afternoon and how them where
some of the jewelry captured in the murder
ous raid was concealed. About 4:15 P. M.
he was taken from the jail in custody of the
two detectives and Detective Fitzgerald, of
the regnlar police force, accompanied them
by invitation. They went np tbe Allegheny
Valley road to Valley Camp, according to
Killen's directions, and he there unearthed
a watch and several other pieces of jewelry,
stating they had been given tohfm by three
men who took his skiff on the night that
Mrs. Rudert was murdered.
He would not be sure about Griffin, bnt
knew Conroy, and was positive he was not
of tbe party.
WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW.
The principal information obtainable from
the police officials is with recrard to what
thev do not know on the case. The responsi
bility appears to have been divided, and
although the Superintendent and Inspector
McAleese say they will lend all the aid
possible toward the capture of the criminals
they seem to be hampered by tbe action of
others. Detective Fitzgerald last night,
when asked about his trip to Valley Camp,
put a look of innocence four inches deep
upon his classic countenance, and declined
to talk upon any terms, although the
questioner saw him start with the others.
Inspector McAleese said that of course
all the aid he could lend would be given
toward the capture of the thieves and mur
derers, but as to what action he bad taken
or would take he was ta eloquent as a Liui-
jsecicciam.
Assistant Superintendent O'Mara made a
very long and unsatisfactory explanation of
the necessity of catching mnrderers gener
ally, as murder is a bad habit to contract,
but as to what be was doing in the matter
he was not at all disposed to speak. He
thought that the alleged confession just
bore ont the firs judgment of Detectives
Coulson, Fitzgerald and McTighe upon the
murder, and that Killen was possibly twist
ing a rope for his own neck. He did not
see any need to speak on the matter if Kil
len had already spoken, bnt was willing to
let the matter stand upon its merits.
his stoet sot believed.
All this accumulated mystery is making
the case only more interesting, and, while
the jewelry found yesterday has been held
over for identification to-day by the county
officials until Mr. Rudert comes to the city,
the question is asked why they could not
have crossed the river and seen Mr. Rudert
immediately after regaining the stolen prop
erty. Killen's story is taken with a large
allowance of chloride of sodium by the po
lice officials, who say that be knows the
men implicated thoroughly -Well, and could
point them ont at any stage of the game.
His story of the third man being colored is
regarded as a ruse to throw tbe officers
off his own scent, and there is no
doubt iu the mind of the average police
officers, many of whom were questioned
on the subject last night, bnt all of whom
have strict injunctions to keep a sharp look
out for the parties wanted; that the first con
clusion by Coulson, Fitzgerald, and Mc
Tighe was the correct one, and that Griffin,
Conrojr and Killen were the guilty people.
Detective Fitzgerald knows Griffin well,
and having at one time been instrumental
in sending him over the river would bo
highly pleased to report the operation,
especially in a case like the present He
took him before from Canonsburg jail, and
is only anxious for a chance to take him
again this time. Tbe condition of the case
is such, however, that no one will speak,
each being afraid that the other will
utilize his remarks, and the most
barefaced and shocking murder of the Alle
gheny countv record is allowed to go nn
whipped of justice, because a slight rivalry
exists in the question of priority.
his clew batheb vague.
To show the excitement aroused by the
murder question a man from McKeesport
wrote The Dispatch stating he thought
he could locate Peter Griffin. Detective
Fitzgerald went there yesterday morning
and discovered that the gentleman had
purchased a watch some two months ago
from a man whom he conld not describe
accurately, believing nt the time the watch
to have been stolen. This was the only clew
the detective could get, and he left in dis
gust, with a positive leaning toward indict
ing the gentleman for receiving stolen prop
erty. Inspector McAleese thinks that if Killen
has made a statement it is done simply to
save bis own hide, aud he is more inclined
to that belief since being informed that Kill
en wishes the third man to the deed to be
considered colored. The police force is evi
dently greatly at work on its first theory,
and at any moment Conroy and Griffin may
be expected to arrive in the company of a
pair of handcuffs and one of Brown's
"finest," although neither Assistant Super
intendent O'Mara nor Inspector McAleese
will admit that such is the intention.
m'dowell denies it.
The report published in an evening paper
yesterday that Alexander Killen, the man
accused of -the Tarentum murder, had made
a confession of his part in the muder of 'Mrs.
Rudert, is positively denied by Coroner Mc
Dowell. Killen,after reading the report of the in
quest in The Sunday Dispatch and the
article published on Monday morning, sent
Monday for Coroner McDowell, with word
that he had something he wished to say to
him.- The Coroner desired to have with
him a stenographer, at the time he went
to talk with Killen, and as 'he was
unable.to secure the services of the man he
wanted on Monday, he sent word to Killen
that he could not see him for a day or two,
An interview will probably take place this
afternoon. Assistant District Attorney
Haymaker will probably accompany the
Coroner when the interview takes place
He is taking care of the case for the Com
monwealth. Killen, tbe jail officials say, does not
seem to be very restless. He has been in
several bad scrapes belorc, and is not be
lieved to be a squealer.
From another source it was learned to be
pretty certain, however, that lie did make a
statement to a local official, in which he ac-knowledged-that
Conroy and Grifien were
parties io the robbery" at Tarentum. He
said that he acted only as a ferryman, row
jug the men across the river, breaking bis
oar in the operation. He declares that he
knew nothing about the operation until after
he was arrested.
It transpires that "Nosey" Allen is sus
pected of being concerned in the Tarentum
affair. The detectives working on the case
all seem to think that he had some knowl
edge of it
the -woman in 'the case.
The re-arrest of the woman who acknowl
edged to a Dispatch reporter while on her
way to jail the first time, having lived with
Killen for three years, will probably
furnish one key to tbe situation. She is
held under $500 bonds, to appear as a wit
ness, and that she knows more than she
cares to say at present all the authori
ties are confident. .Her arrest and
possibly subsequent information will give
a good clew to the reasons for Killen's
revelation of the whereabouts of some of
the plnnder yesterday, and it is regarded as
more than probable that she can
furnish the clew to the hiding
places of Griffin and Conroy, whose ar
rest will now, it is thought, be only a ques
tion of a few days.
CANNON WHIPPED INTO LINE,
Bat the Rules Will be Modified to Con
ciliate Somn Others.
frnoji a staft coriBEarOKDEJrr.l
Washington," January 14. The Re
publican members of the Honse Committee
on Bales met this morning and spent some
hours in considering the code of rules to be
presented to the House. They hoped that
Mr. Carlisle, notwithstanding his announce
ment that he would have nothing to say on
the subject in committee, would be present,
bnt Mr. Carlisle is at present suffering from
an indisposition which attacks him periodi
cally, and would not have been able to at
tend nnder any circumstances. The Repub
lican members will meet again to-morrow,
and without waiting any longer for Mr.
Carlisle, who is the only active Democrat
on 'the committee, Mr. Randall being still
confined to his room, will probably order a
report to be made to the House some time
during the week.
It is understood that Mr. Cannon's oppo
sition to some of the changes proposed has
been overcome, and that he will support the
code as reported. Mr. Reed, however, has
not been able to whip into line all of his
party associates, and it is quite probable
that the code will be subjected to several
modifications before it is adopted.
POSTMASTER M'KEAN A BUSI MAN.
Being Solid Himself, He Has Time to Help
Others.
rritOM A. STAFF COKRESFOKDEHT.l
Washington, January 14. Postmaster
McKean was one of the busiest men in
Washington, to-day. He flitted hither and
yonder, about the Departments, executing a
commission for others, touching upon his
own needs at tbe Postoffice Department,
Bustling the Treasury Department to honor
the requisition of District Attorney Lyon
for tbe furnishing of his office, and so on.
In this matter, the Department, which has
delayed so long, has promised io act
promptly, and MtvLyon will speedily have
a brand new office.
Mr. McKean this afternoon called on Con
troller Lacy, of the Bnreau of Currency, ac
companiedby Messrs. William H. Reed
and James F. Bnrke, to have a talk about
Mr. George Shepard's candidacy for Bank
Examiner. Mr. Shepard is backed by Sen
ator Quay, and would doubtless be appointed
anyway, but as a matter ol form, Mr. Lacy
dssired to hear citizens of PittsDurg testily
to Mr. Shepard's fitness for the position.
A FASHIONABLE "WEDDING.
The Presenco and Presents of the Tender
bills Add to the Occasion.
rSPKCIAI. TELEOKAU TO THE DISPATCK.1
Newfobt, January 14. A very fashion
able wedding took place here this noon, the
bride being Miss Whipple, eldest daughter
of John Whipple and granddaughter of
the late Governor Swann. of Maryland.
The bridegroom was Peraberton Hare Powel,
son of ex-Mayor Powel, whose father was
the owner of Powelton, near Philadelphia.
The bride and groom were the recipients of
many costly presents, the donors inclnding
Cornelius, W. K. and F. W. Vanderbilt.
The Vanderbilts came from New York to at
tend the wedding. The bridemaids were
Miss Whipple, sister of the bride, and Miss
Smith, of Philadelphia, and the best man
was John Whipple, Jr., brother of the
bride.
The bride wore white silk with long veil,
and carried a bouquet ot white roses. She
wore no jewelry. The ceremony took place in
the celebrated picture gallery in tbe Gov
ernor Swann estate, near the beach, which
was decorated with plants, darkened, and
then brilliantly illuminated with electricity.
Rev. R. B. Feet officiated.
QUITE A BRILLIANT AFFAIR.
President Harrison's First Evening Btate
Reception a Success.
Washington, January 14. The first of
the evening state receptions of President
Harrison's administration was qnite a brill
iant affair. It was given in honor of the
Diplomatic Corps, whose members attended
more generally than at most state recep
tions, not excepting even those at which
they are the special guests of tbe evening'.
The fact is in part attributable to the pres
ence of the delegates to the Pan-American
Conference, many of whom had never wit
nessed an event of the kind in this country.
Among those present were the members
of the Cabinet, nearly nil the Justices of
the Supreme Court; many Senators and
Representatives, and a large number of
other persons in official society, with the
ladies of their families. The President
was assisted in receiving the gnests by
Mrs. Hanisou, Mrs. Morton, and all the
ladies of the Cabinet households except
Mrs. Proctor, who is not in the city, and
Mrs. Blaine, who, it was explained; was
absent on account of a recent death in the
family, and the illness ot Walker Blaine,
who has a severe attack of influenza.
THE SHOENBERGER WILL 0. E.
It Is Formally Admitted to Probate and Will
be Carried Out.
rSPECIAI. TKLEGBAU TO THE SISFATCIM
New York, January 14. Mrs. Alice E.
Shoenberger, widow of the late John H.
Shoenberger, the millionaire whose will
was filed for probate yesterday, went to the
Surrogate's office to-day vtith Alex. T.
Mason. Mr. Mason and Mrs.-Shoenberger
were named as the executors in the will.
Thev were accompanied by ex-Chief Jnstice
Daly as counsel, and Messrs. G. Montague,'
iiosepn a. vase and w. n. jcaDer, tne wit
nesses to the will.
The witnesses testified to the facts neces
sary to establish the sufficiency of the will,
and the executors completed "the necessary
preliminary steps. The documents were
then sent to tho Surrogate for his signature,
whioh formally admitted the will to probate.
AN ABSUKD TEEDICT.
Judge McConnell's Opinion of the
Finding of .the Cronin Jury.
KDKZE IS GEAKTED A HEW TRIAL.
No Evidence at All to Show His Connection
With the Mnrder.
THE 0THEE PRISONERS SENTENCED.
Conjrhlin, Bnrke and O'Salliran on Their Way to
Urn Penitentiary.
Judge McConnell has granted a new trial
to Kunze, sentenced to three years for com
plicity in the Cronin murder. The verdict,
so far as it concerned this prisoner, is de
nounced as an absurdity by the Court.
Kunze .has been admitted to, bail aud may
never be tried again.- The other three prison
ers already occupy cells at Joliet.
Chicago, January 14. Judge McCon
nell has rendered his decision npon the ap
plication for a new trial of the persons con
victed of the murder of Dr. Cronin. He
says:
I think it wonld be mere pretense for me to
take more time to deliberate on this matter. I
wonld not arrive at any different conclusion In
several days. It has weighed npon my
mind daring the trial all through it
that the defendants shonld have a
fair trial. Since Its conclusion It has
weighed npon my mind whether they had
a fair trial, whether the jury bad reached
such a conclusion that within the limits a
Judze has a right to question whether tbe
verdict was a just one. It was a Just one, so it
would be a mere pretense for me to take more
time, though I have listened with attention
and with interest to the arguments of counsel.
Judge Wing made one suggestion that de
serves attention. This Is that the defendants
were prejudiced by not havlnir been granted
separate trials, yet tbe trial disproves it, Be
cause the theory most generally accepted by
tbe public and urged by the State, that tbe
conspiracy was formed In Camp 20. was not ac
cepted by the jury, as shown by their acquitting
Begcl. The jury concluded that there was a
conspiracy existing between Congblln. Bnrke,
O'Sulllvan and o.hers, to kill Dr. Cronin by
their several acts that it was not formed in
Camp 20.
THE EIGHT KIND OF A JTJEY.
Now, as to the jnry, of coarse It is more satis
factory to a trial Judge to have a jury of men
absolutely without opinion as to the merits of
the case, and this course was followed in secur
ing the first four jurors, bnt was dropped when
it became evident that it wonld be impossible
to obtain such a jnry in tbe county. The im
pression of a trial Jndge as to tbe character
of a juror from his whole examination
would ba taken by ,a higher court as
the judgment of a jnry. From the manner
in which ;the question was approached I am
convinced that if any one bad watched the
manner of tbe trial judge during this trial they
would have been certain that the court was
determined to have a fair jnry. I think that
any opinion formed by any jnror who sat on
this case was merely a casual opinion notnrmly
held.
As to the evidence, a Judge Is not called
upon to say whether, if on tho jury, he would
have come to the same conclusion. That Is to
say, whether the verdict is based npon suffi
cient evidence. As tu one of these defendants
I am convinced that the evidence Is insuffi
cient. Tbe first evidence against John
Kunze is that ot James, a man who saw him
in a window across the street, and never saw
him ajrain until he saw him in court. I do not
think bis identification is reliable. I also dis
credit the identification of William Mertcs,
the milkman who claimed to have seen him
one evening. That was the next time be ap
peared in the case. Niemann, tho saloon
keeper, did not identify Kunze positively, ana
the jury bad no right to be more positive than
Niemann.
so atoirvE poe kunze.
This murder sprang out of Irish politics In
some way. It is not necessary to even conjec
ture how, bnt there is no motive for Kunze to
have tasen part in this crime. Even if Mertes
and James were to be believed aud Niemann
bad been more positive, there Is no difficulty in
reconciling these facts with his Innocence. I
mean to say he might have been in the Clark
street flat and other places and still have been
innocent. I bellevo that the verdict of the jnry
was not only unwarranted by tbe evidence.but
was an absurdity. As to otber defendants I
overrule the motion for a new trial.
Little Kunze was on bis ieet in an instant,
blurting out, in his broken English:
"Thank you, Your Honor, I am very much
obliged for your kindness."
"You are not indebted to me for any kind
ness," disclaimed the Court
"Is there any motion for arrest of judg
ment?" asked the Court
JTJSX TOE FORM'S SAKE.
"I know of no ground for one," said Mr.
Forrest. "Yet I will make motion to have
it on record."
"All right," said the Court, "Overruled.
And now have the prisoners anything to
say?"
There was a moment's suspense, and then
big Dan Coughlin rose, and said in firm,
distinct tones: "Your Honor, I am inno
cent I was convicted by perjurers."
O'Sullivan's turn came next, and his
voice trembled slightly as he said: "I have
not much to say. I protest my innocence
before God and man, and the time is not
far distant when it will be shown. I was
convicted by a prejudiced jury and per
jured evidence. I do not ask for mercy. I
ask for justice. I have not had justice."
Burke stopped chewing gam long enough
to say: "I am innocent I always knew
that in England they allow perjurers to go
on the stand and convict innocent men, but
I never knew it was done in America."
THE CLOSING SCENE.
Moments of silence followed, and the
Court said: "Will the prisoners rise." The
three men rose again, and the Court im
posed sentence in these words: "Following
and confirming the'Verdict of the jury, tbe
judgment of the Court is that you be taken
to the penitentiary at Joliet, and their con
fined for the term of your natural lives."
Coqghlin and Burke heard the words with
out losing their command of their feelings,
but O'Sullivan's lips quivered aud his
face had a worn, pinched expression.
The defense was granted 60 days to file a
bill of exceptions. It was announced that
Lawyers Forrest Donahue and Wing had
been retained to take the case to the Supreme
Court in its March term. Lawyer Forrest
asked that the usual stay of execution until
a supersedeas could be secnredbe granted,
and by that reqnest precipitated a
heated debate, the State's Attorney
protesting vigorously, and demanding that
the prisoners be at once sent to Joliet
Judge McConnell intimated that he would
be willing to grant a stay lor the sake of
humanity if he were sure he had authority
to do so, Saying that he had given tbe mat
ter some attention and could find none.
Kunze was then admitted to bail in the
sum of $5,000. The State's Attorney op
posed the motion for bail, and subsequently
contended for $20,000. Judge McConnell.
however, did not coincide, and explained
that he would have discharged Kunze if
there were no new evidence against him,
but the State's Attorney had informed him
there was some.
MAT NEVER BE TEIED.
Judge Longnecker intimated that if tbey
let Kuuzc stay in jail a few days he might
conclude not to bring him to trial at all, but
let him go. He promised to let the court
and counsel know this week and accord
ingly no effort will be made to get Kunza
out on bail in the meantime.
To-night the three prisoners Coughlin,
Bnrke and O'Sullivan, were hurried to a
train and taken to the State's prison at
Joliet. The trio were handcuffed and manacled-together.
Burke was in the center,
O'Sullivan on the left and Coughlin on the
right ThU3 O'Sullivan had only his left
hand and left leg free, Coughlin a right
hand and leg, while Bnrke was steel-bound,
hands and feet O'Sullivan took the mat
ter bitterly to heart, and wept a little.
Burke laughed outright Coughlin was
furious, and denounced the proceedings as
an outrage.
The Sheriff, a police captaintwo officers
and three deputy sheriffs vrt -uted the
guard to the depot Thv' "ers were
driven in a closed oarrirlitfi rough
the streets half a mile, vZ$Jj&$&6 re
porters. At the depot the regw.,S&' was
just about pulling out and the Ii' O. ty
was nastily taxen aooara ana tne J, !,,',
the penitentiary begun. T --
EVENING THINGS
(
Barrows' BUt to Increase tho Efficiency of
tbe Pension Bnreau A Considerable
Addition to Salaries All Aronnd
Some ot the Needs.
(SPECIAL TXXXrUlAH TO THZ DISPATCH. 1
Washington, January 14. Bepresentv
tlve Burrows' bill to increase the efficiency
of the Pension Bnreau proposes, to increase
the medical staff of the bureau from 22 to 29
men, with a considerable addition to their
salaries all aronnd. The staff now consists
of a medical referee at $3,000 a year, an as
sistant medical referee at 2,250, two sur
geons at 52,000 each, and 18 medical exam
iners at $1,800 each. The Burrows bill in
creases tbe salary of the medical referee io
54,000 and of his assistant to $3,600; adds
one more surgeon, and raises the salaries of
all to 53,000, and increases the number of
medical examiners to 24, at $2,500 salary.
Since Commissioner Baum came in,
efforts have been made to improve the
efficiency of the Pension Bureau lorces, and
an appeal has been made to Congress to ap
propriate enongbrmoney io make the desired
changes. The Commissioner considers that
he needs at least SO more medical examiners,
in order to bring his business np to the
point where the whole force can work to tbe
best advantage. There are now about 1,500
clerks employed in the Bureau. They have
the handling of the claims in their early
stages, turning them over to the medical
division for final adjudication on technical
points. The result of the disproportion be
tween the clerical and medical force is that
in the medical division, the papers of thous
ands of unfinished cases are stacked up
awaiting attention. This congestion causes
a general demoralization of the office, and
all the work suffers in consequence.
It would be cheaper in the long run, in
tbe opinion of tbe Commissioner, to increase
the medical force now sufficiently to keep
abreast of the clerical force, and thus expe
dite the clearing np of the docket The
most expensive way of dealing with such
business is to have one part of the office
with more on its bands than it can possibly
attend to, while another part has run so far
ahead as to have got lazy.
SHOCKING CASE OP CEDELTI.
A Dying Woman's End Hastened by Her
Landlady Evicting Her.
rSrXCIAZ. TTLrOBAM TO THE DlSrATCH.1
Boston, January 141 A shocking case
of cruelty was brought to the attention of
the police last night, which, if it had oc
curred in Ireland, would have aroused the
indignation of the world. A poor widow
with four children nnder 15 years of age
lived in a poor tenement at the North End,
for which they were to pay 51 75 per week.
The mother has long been ill of consump
tion, and for a few weeks past has been
unable to work. She owed for six weeks'
rent the debt aggregating 510 55. To-day
the landlady entered, accompanied by two
constables. Her demand for the rent receiv
ing a negative answer, she brutally ordered
the constables to clean out the room. Thev
did so, taking out everything except the bed
on which the poor woman lay dying. They
even took out the window-sush, in order to
freezp out the occupants. Tho stove was
dumped in the back yard and the fire was
extinguished, so that it was impossible to
finish cooking a dish of grnel which a little
daughter was preparing lor her mother.
The sudden change in the temperature of
the room was fatal, and in a few hours tbe
poor woman died. Her name was Elizabeth
Carroll.
A GANG OP INPANI BUKGLAE3.
Six Little Chops Who Stolelrcrj thine They
Could Tackle.
rSrSCIAl. TELEOKAM TO TUX DISPATCH-!
New Yobk, January 14. Detectives
secreted themselves in the half-finished
building at the corner of Leonard and Baxter
street last evening in the hope of discover
ing who had been stealing the plumbers'
and carpenters' tools from the basement
every night for the last week. About 9
o'olock they saw six very little boys ap
proach. Four went downstair?, opened tbe
door with a key and entered, while tbe other
two remained on the sidewalk and watched
for the police. The detectives arrested the
two boys standing ontside and then went
down and arrested the four. They had a lot
ot new faucets packed np in a box ready to
take away.
At the Tombs to-day they described them
selves as "Vito and Jacomo Ardito, aged 8
and 10 years; Louis Canova, aged 10; Louis
Bepotzi, aged 8; Louis Gardella, aged 12,
and Michael Caravanto, nged 11 years. They
were committed for examination to the care
of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children. Altogether, the six children
have stolen 5400 worth of tools.
SATED FE0M THE OIFE.
A Young Man Finds His Father's Corpse
On tho DIssecllna Table.
tSPECIAI. TKLEOaAH TO THE DISPATCH.!
Cincinnati, January 14. Jnst as the
class in waiting at the Cincinnati College of
Medicine was gathered about tbe body of
an old man on tbe dissecting table to-dav,
and the knife of the instructor was about to
be nsed, a young man entered the room, and
giving one look at the dead man, threw him
self on the body, crying: "My fatherl Oh,
my poor fatherl"
The yonng man was John Daly, and the
body on the dissecting table was that of his
father, Carroll Daly. The old man was ad
dicted to drink, and had died without his
relatives knowing anything of his where
abouts. They saw the death notice, how
ever, and began a search for the body, with
the result above described. The body was
given to the son.
NO PEOGEESS TO EEP0ST.
Secretary Wlndom Knows Nothing New of
tbe ritubnrc fiarvcyorshlp.
rrnou a stavp connxsroanMrr.i
Washington, January 14. "I am no
farther to-day in the matter of the Pittsburg
Surveyorship than I was yesterday," said
Secretary "Windom at 4 o'clock this after
noon. The Secretary wonld give no indication as
to the probable winner, bnt thought he
might b: able to throw some light on tbe
subject after his conlerence with the Presi
dent to-morrow.
THE BALLOT-BOX FORGERY.
Most of tbe Sobpcenncd Witnesses Ex
pected to be Present.
Washington. January 14. Chairman
Mason, of the Special House Committee
charged with an inquiry into the alleged
Ohio ballot-box forgery, has senttelegraphic
subpoenas to a number of witnesses in Ohio,
inclnding Governor Campbell, Mr. Hal
stead and ex-Governor Foraker and others,
requesting them to attend the meetings of
tbe committee beginning next Thursday,
and has received responses from most of
them to the effect that they will be present
THREE CENTS
EEBELLION IS BRAZIL
AEegiment Strikes for Bijjher Wages
and a Pitched Battle Ensues.
THE EEPDBLICS FLAG TORN DOWff
X$gni th9 oia Imperial Banner is at Onca
S UP.ga Hoisted In Its Stead.
V
QUE HUHDEED INSURGENTS ARE KILLED
And Twenty-One of the BInjIeadtrs Ire ConrU
Hartialed asd Shot
A Brazilian regiment struck for higher
wages and the barracks in which it was
stationed was attacked by the Government
and 100 of the insurgents were killed. The
revolt was suppressed. Then 21 of the ring
lcaders,were court-martialed and shot Tba
Provisional Government is finding it hard
to suppress feeling in favor of Dora Pedro.
IBPXCIAI, TZXXGBA1C TO TUB DUFATCH.1
New Yobk, January 14. Until to-day
the Provisional .Government of Brazil had
succeeded, by its strict censorship, in
keeping from the outer world the news of
the mutiny of a regiment of artillery io
Bio, on the night of December 17, and it
final suppression by a midnight battle in
which 100 of the insurgents were shot The
cable gave only an inkling of the trouble
in its report of the sndden drop in the rate
of exchange at the time.
The steamship Herschel, which left Bio
on December 20 and got in to-day, brings
the particulars. Captain J. G. Grimes was
on shore when the fight occurred, bnt found
it very hard work to learn the facts, for the
Government tried by every means possible
to spread the report that the trouble was
only a quarrel among the regiment officers.
CATTSE OT THE BEVOLT.
The insurgents, according to the story told
by Captain Grimes to-day, all belonged to
the Second Regiment of Artillery, which
was stationed at Sao Cbristavao barracks,
jnst outside Bio. For some time tbe pri
vates and non-commissioned officers had
been dissatisfied on account of the failure of
the Government to increase their pay to 2
milreis a day, as bad been promised them at
the downfall of tbe empire. The police got
2 milreis, while the artillery and privates
got only IK milreis, and often had police
duty to perform.
The ill feeling toward the Government
culminated, on the evening of December 17,
in an open revolt The men threw down
their arms, the Bepublican flag floating
over the barracks was torn down, and the
old Imperial banner was hoisted in its stead.
A few iriends of the Empire joined the
insurgents at the barracks, which had been
barricaded as soon as the mutiny was
sprung. Fortunately for the Government,
the other regimenU did not join in the dem
onstration, as had evidently been expected
by the revolting soldiers.
THE BAEIJACKS ATTACKED.
When the news reached President Da
Fonseca, ho ordered all the available
cavalry and Infantry to be got together, and
an attack was made on tbe Sao Christavao
barracks. As the mutineers refused to sur
render, a pitched battle was begun, in
which the insurgents fought stubbornly.
The forces of the Government finally pre
vailed, bnt it was not until over 100 of the
rebels had been killed. Then tbe others
gave themselves up. It was alter midnight
before things had qnieted down. For three
orfonr honrs the firing was almost incess
ant, and its noise was distinctly heard on
board the Herscbel, which was lying at
anchor in the harbor.
At 2 o'clock in the morning Silveira Mar
tins, Assis Martins, Barao De Lagos, Dr.
Lima Duarte, Dr. Ferreira Vianna and
Commendador Brage, prominent Imperial
ists, were pounced upon at a house in Bio,
where tbey were holding a meeting. Max
tins is the popular deputy of Matte Crossa,
a warm friend of Dom Pedro, who had only
a short time before been released. Dr.
Yianna was Minister of Justice in the Con
servative Ministry, and Crossa is one of
Bio's leading merchants. According to Cap
tain Grimes, they were put nnder formal ar
rest, with orders not to leave the house,
which was guarded by the soldiers.
THE BLNGLEADEBS SHOT.
On December 18 martial law was pro
claimed at Sao Christavao,- and 21 of tbe
ringleaders, principally non-commissioned
officers, were court-martialed and shot. The
Colonel of the Second Regiment was sen
tenced to death, bnt was still alive when the
Herschel sailed, although kept a close
prisoner.
"By the time we left Bio," said Captain
Grimes, "things had apparently qnieted
down, bnt there appears to me to be a strong
feeling among the citizens in favor of the
empire, which is kept down only by tho
military display."
The chief officer of the Herschel men
tioned, as a significant fact, that as soon as
the firing began on shore the half-dozen
gunboats in the harbor lowered the republi
can flags, and did not hoist them again
until the revolt was quelled.
President DaFonseca, according to Cap
tain Grimes' information, has had several
very severe attacks of heart disease, which
the'Bio papers wery studiously refrain from
chronicling. The day the Herschel sailed
he was unable to leave his house.
YELLOW FEVEE AJID SMALLPOX.
While the Herschel was at Bio, Captain
Grimes was tbe only man to go ashore.
There were a dozen cases of yellow fever,
and almost as many of smallpox in Bio at
the time. The reports from tbe provinces
show that things are usually quiet, and the
rnle of the Provisional Government was un
disputed. Mr. Charles B. Flint received a letter
from Bio to-day under date of December 18
which says the outlook is not reassuring.
The letter confirms Captain Grimes' account
of the mutiny.
EA1DED THE BLIND PIGS.
A South Dakota Saloon Demolished iy
Eight Indignant Wires.
IsriCIAL TtLZGHAlI TO TBX DISrATCH.l
Matville, S. D., January It At Hat
ton, a small town north of Mayville, the
"Blind Pigs" have had it all their own way
for some time, and have openly defied the
law. On Monday eight women from the
country whose husbands have been spending
nearly all their lime in these places prepared
themselves with axes and other weapons,
marched in a body to the saloon and began
chopping and smashing everything in tho
place.
Theleaderisaqniet and assuming woman,
but when she learned that she had signed a
mortgage on the farm in order that a saloon
bill could be paid, she could stand it no
longer, and got together seven other women
and made the raid.
Sherman's Anti-Trnst BUI Reported.
Washington, January 14. The,Senata
Committee on Finance at its meeting to-day
continned the consideration of Senator
Sherman's bill to declare trusts nnlawlul.
Alter adopting' several amendments which
do not, it is said, affect the principle or
scope of the measure, the committee ordered
a favorable report to be made to the Senate,
which was done,
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