f '-H ft ' flje ftfBtfm Wvm) . 1 EVERT NEWS CENTER THB BEST MEDIUM In America and Europe u covered bv yPor all claues of advertitert it THB capable corretponden.lt for TBE DISPATCH. lit Special Cablet guarantee exclusive ncics from abroad at all times. DISPATCH, Ml columns are closely scanned ry tent of thousands every day in the week. FORTY-FOTJUTH YEAE. MAY SURPRISE QUAY An Independent BepuWican Bolt Beceives a Boost OTARTON BABKER IN IT. A Conference of the Leading Spirits Soon to be Held. MB. BAEKEE SAYS IT IS A SURE GO. He Declares lliat the History of 1SS2 Will be Eepcated. MUCH DEPENDS O.N THE DEMOCBATS Wharton Barker is quoted as tbe Eastern leader of a proposed bolt of the Republican Stats ticket this year. He declares there is an element of the party that will not vote for a cut-and-dried ticket any more than they did in 1SS2. He says they will nomi nate a ticket of their own, as was then done, if any man of Senator Quay's selection is nominated for Governor. (SPECIAL TELEQKAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, January 19. "Any candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania who may be nominated by Senator Quav or his adherents will meet with organized in dependent Republican opposition." "Whar tsn Barker puts forth this significant as sertion in discussing the Gubernatorial situation, but he declines to speak further in explanation of his prophecy, saying: "It is not time yet." "While Mr. Barker will not speak further on this topic, his recent utterances and the threats of a Republican bolt, which have been attributed to ex-Senator J. W. Lee, of Venango county, clearly indicate the import of Mr. Barker's predictions. BBOEEN PLEDGES ALLEGED. Mr. Barker has also said: "To the or dinary observer of politics it might appear that the process of nominating and electing the Governor was several months distant On the contrary, a part of the delegates to the Bepublican Convention of 1890 have already been elected, and they are gener ally, if not entirely, in the control of Mr. Qnay, to be used for the nomination of his men. Of course, the procedure by which the State convention is partly chosen a year ahead of time is a breach of tbe substance of the reform arrangement adopted in lS87,and intended to prevent the repetition of such scandals as had brought the party to the verge of complete disruption. It was the understanding of the party then that the abuse should cease of choosing the delegates a year in advance, under circumstances which only the political manipulators had b clew to, and where the issues w?re not presented to the people. A EEFORM SETBACK. "But it is a convenient adjunct to tbe spoils system, and helps to make it more easy for Mr. Quay to name the Governor of the State, and reform has had a setback in Pennsylvania since Mr. Harrison entered the "WTiite House, so that the good resolu tions of the party in 1882 and 18S3 are cheap ly held now by the dominant leaders." A gentleman who was closely identified with the Bepublican bolt against General Beaver in 1882, and who is one of Mr Bark er's friends, and echoes his views, said to day: "Eight years ago General Beaver was arbitrarily presented as a candidate for Governor by Senator Cameron, and the result was the nomination of John Stewart by the independent element in the Bepublican party, which rose up against the cut-and-dried method of naming candidates. The circumstances now are substantially the same, and if Senator Quay insists upon arbitrarily choosing a man to receive the snpport ot the party, there will be a bolt just as surely as there was in 1882. NOT BOLTING THE MAS. "It makes no difference who the man may be, it is the principle of the thing. The Be publican party in Pennsylvania will not submit to be dictated to by Senator Quay in this matter. Although we didn't elect eight years ago, we did succeed in defeating Sen ator Cameron's man, by turning the inde pendent vote over to the Democratic candi date, and in this way we elected Gov ernor Pattison. The spirit of eight years ago is not dead, and Senator Quay may see something that will surprise him. It is too early yet to tell definitely what will be done, and the course of the independent Republicans depends very largely upon what action the Demo crats may take. If the Democrats name a man for whom we can vote we shall turn in for him, and with the independent Repub lican vote the Democratic party could easily carry the State this year." A conference of the independents, in cluding Lee, Emery, Phillips and Barker, will be held in this city in a few weeks. THE DEMOCBATS IN EARNEST. There can be no better assurance to Dem ocratic voters that their party is united and will make a determined effort to win in this year's campaigns than in the number of tax receipts purchased. It is estimated that 30,000 members of the party will need tax receipts for the February election. Senator McAleer, ex-Postmaster Harrity and Dallas Sanders, a committee of the partymanagers yesterday deposited $8,500 with the Tax Be ceiver to pay tor tax receipts. This sum will secure 1T.000 receipts, and does not represent the pnrchases made by individuals or ward committees. MAURICE BARRIH0RE ARRESTED. Charged Willi Disorderly Conduct, bat Ho Discomfits n Policeman. rsrzcux, teuqbah to the DisrATcn.1 New Yobk, January 19. Maurice Barrymore attended the nsual Saturday night racket of the Lambs' Clnb. At 4 A. it. to-day be stood in Thirtieth street, near Broadway, with Gns. Thomas, Colonel Alfnend, and others, who bad just left the club with him. Policeman Adams told Barrymore that he was blocking the side walk. A dispute arose, and the actor was arrested for disorderly conduct. Barrymore's friends testified that he told the policeman that he would move on, and that the policeman swore at him. He started to the station house to complain, and the policeman followed and arrested him. Justice "White discharged Barrymore. SOAKED ON SUNDAY. Clemens olntlrr Taxed 813,000 for Trifling With Miss Cnmmei-er's Affections Colonel Icccrnoll Indlsnnnt nt tho Tcrdlcr. .frECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISrATCH.1 New Yoek, January 19. There was quite a crowd in Jndge Ingraham's court, even if it was Sunday morning, when he took the bench to-day to receive the verdict in Caroline J. Cammercr's suit against Clemens Muller for 100,000 damages for breach of promise. The fair plaintiff was not in court. It was said she was sick in bed, exhausted by the excitement of the trial. Dan Dougherty was not there either, and Mr. Lewis, tbe junior counsel, looked after Miss Cammerer's interests. The aged defendent was on hand, and so was Mrs. Richter. Colonel Ingersoll looked as though he had had a premonition of bad news. The sealed verdict agreed upon by the jury at 10:15 Saturday evening was opened by Judge Ingraham, and read. It found for the plaintiff $12,000 damages. The spectators wanted to start a demonstration ot approval, but it was checked. The court declined to transact any business on Sunday beyond the mere receiving and re cording of the verdict, and directed Colonel Ingersoll to defer his motion for a new trial, etc, until to-morrow. "it's an idiotic verdict," declared Colonel Ingersoll, alter adjournment. ""We were too high above the jury. If we had been down nearer their level it would have been all right "We shall carry the case to the Court of last resort." "Such a verdict is as bad as highway robbery," was the exasperated comment of the aged defendant, who was about to ex press his feelings freely when Colonel Inger soll took him by the arm, whispered con solingly in his ear, and calmed him down. "It's just about such a verdict as I ex pected," was the comment of Mr. Lewis, junior counsel for Miss Cammerer. The jury at first stood 8 to 4 in favor of aitss Uammerer. Xhe four were won over to the side of the majority before very long, and then it came to a settlement of the amount of damages. The highest figure ad vocated was 30,000 and the lowest 3,000. MR. CARNEGIE TALKS. There Is No Quarrel Concerning tho Man ngeraent of tlio New Library Tho Beat Plan Will Undoubt edly be Adopted. New Yobk, January 19. Andrew Car negie talked to a reporter to-day about the difference of opinion that had arisen in Al legheny over the management of the fine granite building which he gave that city lor a public library, art gallery and music ball. "There is no auarrcl," said Mr. Carnegie, "but an interesting discussion is going on as to the best mode of organizing the insti tution. Some persons favored having it managed by a committee, others wanted to allow the City Council to have full charge. But the discussion will certainly result in the best plan being adopted." The statement that there was a contro versy in Allegheny between the organiza tion of American Mechanics and those of Scotch birth, for the honor of conducting the opening exercises, Mr. Carnegie said was incorrect Both parties desired and would receive representation on the occa sion. "Do you intend making a similar gift to Pittsburg?" asked the reporter. "Yes," replied Mr. Carnegie, "I hope to arrange with tbe city or Pittsburg to allow me to bnild a,building something similar, but on a larger scale there as soon as I get the Allegheny gift off my hands, which will be some time next month." MERELY AN ACCOUNTING WANTED. Irish National I.cngne Members Bather Anxlons to See the Book. rrr-ECiAi. telegkamto the Disr-ATcn.i New Yobk, January 19. The feeling among members of the Irish National League in New York over the delay in call ing a national convention is a strong one. The requestor President Fitzgerald and Sec retary Tutton, of the National League, who said that a New York gentleman would act as a member of an auditing committee to examine Treasurer O'Reilly's accounts is regarded as indicating the purpose of tbe National officers not to call such a conven tion at present Prominent members of the New York Municipal Council said to-dav that while they had no reason to doubt that Treasurer O'Reilly's accounts are all right, vet they wanted to know what had been done with the money, and so did the rank and file of the League all over the country. All the contributions of the United States now go through Treasurer O'Reilly's hands, and they believe a complete accounting should be made annually as the constitution re quires. WITH MURDER IN HIS MIND John Low Visits Ills Wife, From Whom no Was 'Separated. tBFECXAX. TELEGRAM TO TH2 DISPATCH. 1 Rome, N. Y., January 19. A tew min utes before 10 o'clock this evening the cry of murder was heard in the house of John Law, who attempted to murder his wife Phyllis. The couple are English and about GO years old. She has not lived with her husband for some years, owing to his cruel and inhuman treatment of her. This even ing Mrs. Law met her husband, who asked to go in the house with her. She replied: "Not to-night; come around to-morrow." To which he responded: "To-morrow won't do," and he shot her. The ball struck her in the left temple, and she reeled to the ground. The would-be murderer then shot at his young son, who stood by, but failed. The police lound Law near by. He was in the act of taking his own life, bavintr one hand on the hilt ot a pocket-knifo and the blade thrust in his throat. CHICAGO COOPERS TO STRIKE. Their Demand for IHshcr Wnges Refused by tbe Employers. Chicago, January 19. It is possible that the coopers employed in the shops con nected with the packing house at the stock yards will strike to-morrow. Delegates from 40 shops met privately this afternoon and so decided, according to several of the delegates. The men are receiving SO cents for barrels and 35 cents for tierces. The cause of the proposed strike is the re fusal of their demand for an increase of 5 cents. This is the busy season and the coopers are confident of success. A WEDDING NECESSARILI 0PP. The Bridegroom Arrested on tbe Eve of Bis Proposed Marriage. rBrECIAL TELXOBAIC TO TITS DISPATCH. 1 New Yobk, January 19. Charles Palk enheim and Charles Falhcky, canvassers in TJtica for the Prudential Life Insurance Company, ol Newark, were arrested last night ou warrants issued bv City Jndge Gafiney, of Utica, charging them with swindling the company. P&Ikenheim was found at the residence of Miss Bley, his intended bride. He was to have been married to-day. BEHIND A BATTLE. What Was Concealed by tbo Smolto of a Legal Conflict A Bridge Syndicate That Wants to Gobblo tho Reading. 1EFECIAL TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, January 19. Daring the battle lately about the control of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com pany the cannonading was so loud and the smoke so dense that attention was diverted from the real character of the aggressors, and the actual motive for their struggle was obscured. It is now perfectly clearthat back of the leeal proceedine is a syndicate of wealthy Philadclphians who are deeply in earnest in their effort to obtain control of the Reading Railroad Company and its great coal property and consequent heavy coal tonnage. Thenrin cipal object is to control the Reading in the interest of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Com pany. The preliminary steps were taken with so much adroitness that the Pough keepsie bridge syndicate already controls a majority of Reading stock. At the Reading annnal meeting everyone was surprised to see W. "V. Gibbs, one of the active workers, among the opposition. Mr. Gibbs' action was very significant He was formerly President of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company, and is regarded as the father of the present organization. John 8. Wilson, the present President of the Bridce Company, was formerly General Traffio Agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, and he understands full well the ad vantage it would be to his company to have the Reading as a feeder, supplying anthra cite coal to be forwarded to New England. Through an auxiliary corporation known as the Central New England and Western Railroad Company the Poughkeepsie Bridge syndicate is rapidly acquiring the control of lines of railway on either side of the Hudson river, and already arrange ments have been made to connect with the Reading system. An alliance has been formed with the Boston and Maine, giving access to Northern New England, and when tbe control of tbe Reading is obtained that road, together with the Baltimore and Ohio, will give the Poughkeepsie Bridge system a continuous line of railway over 4.000 miles long, uniting New England, New York, Pennsylvania and the West LAWYERS TO BE LICENSED. A Scheme to Secure a Quorum In tbe North Dakota Legislature. Bismabck, N. Dak., January 19. The House convened yesterday morning before sunrise, and under a call of the House the absentees in bed and at breakfast were sum moned to the Capitol by the Sergeant at Arms. The farmers thought they had the best of the lawyers in the unusual hour, but the lawyers made an extra effort and got there on time. The business of the forenoon was the consideration of the revenue bill. Upon the matter of licensing lawyers two reports were brought in, the minority favoring license. Lawyers favored the adoption of the minority report, which was adopted and the bill for license recom mended to pass. The Senate asked the Attorney General to give an opinion on this question: "Is that portion of the main line of the North ern Pacific in this State taxable as other Eroperty is taxed?" The railroad company olds it is exempt under the terms of its charter when this was a Territory, and the change of condition has not, in the opinion of the company, removed the exemption. FORMING AN ELECTRIC TRUST, New York Light and I'nwer Companies Cut Una Each Other's Throats. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO III DISPATCH.! New Yobk, January 19. There is talk now of a trust or combination of some sort among the various electric light and power companies doing business in and around New York. An official of one of the smaller companies told a Dispatch reporter to-night that the companies would have to come to it whether they wished so or not, because of the cut throat condition of the trade. "I know one case in Wall street," said he, "where one company got a contract tor put ting its plant into a big office building at a price which left a modest margin of profit. An opposition Company being old and wealthy was willing to do the work at cost, for the sake of keeping it away,from the other company. The fact of the matter is that no company has all the good patents. Some of the newer companies have better dynamos than the old ones, but the old ones have more capital; and so the fight has got down to price cutting. This thing cannot go on longer." IN SEARCH OP A HUSBAND. Birmingham Soclnl Circles Excited Over a Tcxhb Woman's Story. ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Bibmikgham, Ala., January 19. This morning a well-dressed young lady arrived in tbe city, and at one of the leading hotels registered as Mrs. Charles R. Miller, Dallas, Tex. She sent for the manager of the hotel and explained that she married Charles R. Miller, of this city, in Texas, seven years ago. She said he deserted her immediately alter the ceremony, without a word of ex planation, and she heard nothing from him until a few days ago, by accident Miller is the son of a wealthy banker, and prominent inbusiness and social circles. He was supposed to be unmarried, and it is re ported that he is now engaged to a promi nent young society lady ot a neighboring city. " REPUBLICANS IN OKLAHOMA Indorse tbe Harrison Administration nnd Welcome Colored Emigrants. St. Louis, January 19. The Oklahoma Republican Convention, after a two days' session, adjourned last night. A territorial executive committee of twelve members was elected to Iookufter the interests of the party, and resolutions were adopted indorsing the Republican national platform and the Har rison administration; thanking friends in Congress for their efforts in behalf of Okla homa. The necessity of an early Territorial Government is urged, and tho party extend a hearty and cordial welcome to all honest and industrious colored "men as emigrants to Oklahoma, and pledges to them the enact ment of laws, guaranteeing to colored citi zens the same rights and privileges as those enjoyed by the whites. MURDERED BY MEXICANS. Two Members of n Party of Prospectors Killed by Robbers. San Angelo, Tex., January 19. A pri vate letter from Fort Davis contains the statement that while three prospectors and their families were encamped near that place they were attacked by Mexicans and two of tbe men killed. The other man, with the women and children managed to escape. The murderers plundered the camp, took the horse3 and es caped. THOUGHT IT WAS A BLUFF. DenTer's Sheriff Does Not Sncceed In Clos ing; Up tbe Saloons. DENVER, January 19. Notwithstanding the order issued by Sheriff Barton yesterday that all saloons should be closed to-day, with very lew exceptions they remained open as on week days. No attempt was made to forcibly close them. It is expected a number of proprietors will be arrested tomorrow. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, A KNIFE IN TIE BRAIN Removes a Tumor and Changes the Patient's Temperament. REMARKABLE SURGERY AT HOME. The Case of 12-Tcar-0Id Alice Coll, of Oak land, is Interesting. f PARALISIS AND CONVULSIONS GONE, And a Oat-Handed Child Piinlsle Transformed. Is Seemingly It always pays to read a good newspaper. Reading The Dispatch has led Plumber Coll, of Oakland, to resort to su6h heroic surgery as to restore to his household, unimpaired, his 12-year-old daughter, Alice, whose brain and body had both suffered for upwards of 11 years as the result of a tumor on a chief nerve center ot the brain. The remarkable surgical operation which has changed her tempera ment will go on record. A wonderful surgical operation with won derful results has been performed in Pitts burg, and Disease falls once more before Science. In their pleasant Oakland home, on At wood street near Bates, live Mr. Benard F. Coll and his interesting family. Mr. Coll is at present with the Westinghouse Air brake Co., and is a member of the pinmbing firm of Payne & Coll. Alice, a child of 12 years, is one of his joys, and it was upon the brain of this little girl that this dangerous operation was successfully per formed. The surgeon who performed the operation absolutely refused to give any information about the matter, saing that it would in jure him among the profession, as it would appear like an advertising scheme. His assistants also refused to give the writer any further light on the subject than an admis mission of the fact that the operation had been performed. FULL PAKTICULABS OBTAINED. The father, however, gave the following particulars to the writer: "When Alice was 6 months of age she suffered a fall, striking her head on the corner of the stair. For a week after this accident she writhed in con vulsions, and after tho convulsions ceased her left side seemed to be partially para lyzed. When she was about 4 years old she began again to have convnlsions. They were at first slight, of short duration and not very frequent. But as she grew older they increased in severity, were of longer du-stion and came oltener. . 'These convulsions were likely to come upon her at any time, and we wero afraid to allow her out of our sight. Whenever she was attacked, the muscles of her face would begin to twitch, she would shriek, her left arm would begin to work, then her left leg, and then her whole body would work likewise. When the convulsion was over she .would draw a long breatb'and col lapse, remaining unconscious for probably an hour or more. A ONE-HANDED PIANISTE. "Alice was a bright child. She was very fond of music, and could play the piano with her one useful hand. She could press the keys with her contorted left hand, but could not turn thehand around or straighten out the fingers. Her memory was very good. We never sent her to school, on account of these terrible convulsions. She was taught at home. This left arm and hand, over which she had no control, were always held in a contracted way, except when she slept; then the muscles relaxed and the members conld be straightened. "Well, I became aware, through an exam ination made by the doctor some time ago, that there was something wrong with the child's brain. At that time an attempt was made to reach the trouble with medicine. This, while it helped her, afforded no per manent relief. About seven weeks ago I read in The Dispatch of a similar case in Philadelphia, which had been successfully operated upon by Dr. Keen. I commenced to look the matter np then, and determined to have my child relieved of this torture, if possible, and I resolved that, if I could get no surgeon in Pittsburg to perform the op eration, I wonld take my child to Dr. Keen. HOW THEY PERFORMED IT. "One day I met Dr. R. W. Stewart, of Allegheny, who had treated the case for some time, and asked him about the opera tion. The result of this was that an opera tion was decided upon, to take place n week agolast Wednesday. At the appointed time Dr. Stewart and five other doctors ar rived prepared to perform the operation. It lasted about one hour. I witnessed it. After an anaesthetic had been administered and my little daughter had lost conscious ness, a circular cut was made in the scalp, a 'hinge' being left and the flap laid back. Then, with the trephine, a piece of the skull. right over the part of the brain in which center the nerves ot the face, was removed, disclosing the tumor, tbe cause of all the little one's sufferings. From Dr. Stewart's diagnosis he had concluded that the tumor was at this spot, and there it was. It was as large as a duck egg. Another piece of the skull, over the parts of the brain in which center the nerves of the left arm and leg, was removed, to make sore that there was nothing on the brain there. It was found to be clean. A rubber drain, to take off any matter that might possibly remain, was inserted in the wound and the latter was closed up. "The operation was a success. The little patient Is getting along very nicely, her ap petite is good, and 6he sleeps regularly. As you saw, in conversing with her, she has not had a bit of pain, and the wound is nearly healed. The rubber 'drain is being removed, little by little. I expect her to be out ot bed by Sunday. She seems even brighter than she was before, nnd has control of her arm. A 2TATDBAL BELIEF. "Ton cannot imagine how happy I am over the complete success of the operation, and how gratelul I am to science. I be lieve there are hundreds of bases like that of my daughter, and I feel it my duty to let the community know what has been done for her. As I said before, I first learned of a successful operation through tho news paper." Upon being told that Dr. Stewart would give no information about the case, Mr. Coll said that he would do nothing that he thought would injure Dr. Stewart. "I do not think that this, comine from me, will in any way injure Dr. Stewart or his assist ants," said he. Dr. Stewart's assistants were Drs. Joseph N. Dickson, Brockerhoff, Robeson, "Ward and Mover. This branch of surgery, which is called "regional surgery." is in its inf.mcy. There have been comparatively few of these oper ations, and this is believed to have been the first one in this vicinity. The possibilities or relief to thousands of wretched sufferers through this new branch of surgery, are manifold. JANUARY 20, 1890. DE.0'EEILLY EXCITED. He Indlcnnntly Resents Any Irapntatlon on Ills Honesty Ho Himself Suggested an Investigation at Land Lcngae Accounts. tSFECIAL TILEOIIAM TO TOB DISPATCH.1 Detboit, .January 19. Dr. Charles O'Reilly laughed ironically to-day when The Dispatch correspondent suggested that an answer to the hint of crookedness in the financial management of the American Land league would make interesting read ing. He replied: It's very strange that a man wrong in his ac counts should call for a committee to investi gate those accounts; that to cover np a defal cation there isn't the shadow ot an excuse for tbe intimation that my accounts aro not cor rect. When I returned from Europe I went to Lincoln, Neb., and suggested to the President of the League that as no convention had been called since 1SS0. a committee should make a thorough investiga tion of the financial affairs of the League. This demand was made by me because of the fact that incriminations reflecting npon my hon esty have been in circulation for more than six months. The purpose is to injure the League. It has been hinted by irresponsible persons, and published in some newspapers, that the League aud the Clan-na-Gael aro identical: that tho League Is controlled by tbo Cla n, and, indeed, that the Leagoe is connected with that particular wing of the Clan-na-Gael, in the folds of which tho public are still look ing for the source of the Cronin murder. The fact is tbe National League Is an open organi zation, whose moneys must be openly accounted for. No member of the Clan-na-Uael. known t o be s neb, has any right to bo in the League, lliey aro excluded by a by-law passed in 1883. With a special view to keeping tho League from any complicity in the acts of any secrot organization, I called for a board of auditors to give a pubhe-accounting of the funds intrusted to me since tho Chicago convention. Tbe se lection of tho cammittee has been left to tbe President of the League, and It is to be chosen from all parts of the United States and Canada, and I think that when it appears in Detroit or elsewhere tbe personnel will well satisfy tho public as to its character for probi ty. If a shortage shall be discovered; if it shall bo shown tbat the League has been pay ing money to any organization other than the League or Ireland, lor any other purpose than the attainment of home rnle in Ireland, then I hope tbat the auditors will expose the wrong at once. If they don't, I will. I shall certainly publish a statement of all re ceipts and disbursements, and will givo this report to any newspaper tbat will print it Dr. O'Reilly was greatly excited as he talked, and denounced his traducers in no measured terms. He was particularly se vere upon a Chicago Repnblican newspa per which, he said, had been noticeably un fair in the treatment accorded him. Father O'Reilly's talk is in his own language throughout. ANOTHER VICTIM Of the Influenza Scourco Succnmbi nt the Nntionnl Capital Death of Or low W. Cbapman, Solicitor Gen eral of tbe United States. "Washington, January 19. Mr. Orlow W. Cbapman, Solicitor General of the United States, died at his residence in this city at 8 o'clock this morning of catarrhal affection of the kidneys, aggravated by an attack of the grip. His death was peace ful and painless, and he passed away sur rounded by his wife, Attorney General Mil ler, who has been with him almost con stantly during bis illness; Mrs. Miller, the wife of the Attorney General, and Dr. Johnson, the attending physician, who had been at the bedside during the greater part of the night. Mr. Chapman was first taken ill about three weeks aco with the grip. He re covered from this attack and insisted upon immediately resuming his duties at the of fice. His exposure resulted in a relapse ac companied by very serious complications in atQiioji to the grip. He suffered from catarrhal trouble of the head and the in tense pain in his ears made him restless and prevented sleep. The catarrh extended to the throat and also to the kidneys, aggra vating an old tronble from which he had suffered for some time, but which he incor rectly attributed to lumbago. On Friday night he became dangerously ill. The disease progressed very rapidly from that time until his death, which came after he had been unconscious for four or five hours. Mr. Chapman leaves a wife but no children. His home was in Binghamton, N. Y., and the remains will be taken there to-morrow for interment. Funeral services will be held here to-morrow afternoon at the late residence of the deceased and will be attended by the President, the members of the Cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme Court and a few personal friends. THE UNIVERSITY ASSURED. Marshall Field Donates the Site for the New Bnptist Institution. Chicago, January 19. It was announced this evening tbat Mr. Marshall Field has supplied a site for the proposed New Baptist University. He has done it by donating for that purpose ten acres of land valued at 8100,000. The tract is in the southern part of the city and fronts on Ellis avenue between Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh streets. Mr. Field's gift fills the last of the requirements, of tbe origin ator of the University project, J. D. Rock efeller, the oil king. Mr. Rockefeller,gave 5600,000 to found a university on condition that $400,000 more should 'be raised, and that none of the total of $1,000,000 should be used for tbe purchase of a site. The value of Mr. Field's land, together with the money already raised, more than completes the million. It is intended, how ever, to consider it as no part of tbat sum, but to complete tbe round amount regard less of the Field donation. FATALLY SCALDED THEIR BROTHER. Two Boys Dip n Yonnger Brother In a Tub of Hot Water. (SrZCIAt. TELEOBAM TO THB DISPATCH.1 Birmingham, Ala., January 19. Near Abbeyville, Henry county, F'iday, there was a hog-killing on the plantation of Mr. Charles Martin. His three little boys, from 4 to 10 years of age, were interested spectators of the killing and scalding of the hogs. After the work was finished a large tub of hot water was left at the slaughter pen. While the men were all in tbe house the three boys were playing about the tubs. Tbe ttfo older ones decided it would be a good joke to dip their 4-year-old brother in the water, as they had seen the hogs dipped. ( They did not know hot it was, and plunged the boy in up to bis neck. Before they could get him out he was fatally scalded, and died in a Ur minutes. ATE THE FOOD OP A JOSS. An Insane Chtnnmnn Who Had No Fear of a Hereafter. (SPECIAL TELErtBAJI TO TH DISPATCH. 1 New York, January 19. Ah Jim, a Mongolian, was arraigned at the Tombs Police Court to-day on a charge of insanity. He went into the Chinese Joss house, on Mott street, and ate three pigs' feet from the altar. He was committed. The Joss is a fine, healthy-looking fellow. His people, once every week, supply the table in'front of the shrine where he "hangs, with all the delicacies of the season. Until two months ago Joss was supposed to stay his appetite by inhaling the aroma of tho feast and the smoke of the incense. Every Sunday the stale viands were re placed with iresb food. One Sunday, when the attendant examined the table, be found that half of the roast pig bad been devoured. Ah Jim was lonnd under Joss table. Snllnbory Needs a Change of Air. London, January 19. Lord Sa isbury, who has been suffering from influenza, will go to the south of France to reouperate. JOHN KTJSKIN INSANE Tho Famous English Literary Leader Hopelessly Afflicted. SECRECY KO LONGER POSSIBLE. Twin Sons of a Deceased Earl Claim Their Father's Title. A CORKER MADE IN CASHED SARDINES. Great Disaffection Exists Among the Officers of the Russian Army. John Raskin's mind, which has been de clining for a number of years, is now in a hopeless condition. .His friends are very reticent npon the subject. A Russian offi cer has shot himself to avoid arrest. The situation at Lisbon remains unchanged. London, January 19. John Ruskin, the great leader in English critical litera ture, has become hopelessly insane. There has been a great deal of whispered talk in the upper art circles of London for months past concerning Mr. Buskin's condition, and the peculiar circumstances by which he is environed. There has been no public comment on the matter because of the gen eral desire among his most intimate friends, Swinburne, Burne Jones and others, to have nothing said about it. Mr. Ruskin's mind has been gradually failing for seven or eight years. The first public suspicion of the fact occurred at Oxford in 18S6, when, after delivering several lectures of a series, be broke down during the delivery of one, became inco herent on the platform, and greatly exercised the feelings of the sympathetic audience. He delivered no more lectures there, and the matter was hushed up. His health improved, and in 1888, on the occa sion of his last visit to London, ha went to the Academy,Grosvenor and other galleries, in the company of Oscar Wilde, and was never more perspicacious in comment or brilliant in conversation. HIS LIFE AT BRENTWOOD. Of his life at Brentwood very little is known. In July last, however. Miss Kate Greenaway went to visit him, but her stay was brought to a sudden termination by an unfortunate occurrence. In company with Mr. Ruskin she went out on the moor back of Brentwood to make some watercolor sketches. In the midst of her work she noticed her companion was acting and look ing strangely and talking incoherently. Suddenly he seized her colors and large brush and angrily daubed paints of all kinds all over her sketches. She ran back to the house and informed Mrs. Severn, who sent an attendant out for him, she having had an attendant in waiting on him ever since his return. Since that time Mr. Ruskin has been necessarily confined to bis own house. No one outside of Brentwood people has seen him since August In November reports reached London of his having had a violent paroxysm, during which he brbke all tbe windows of his room. Since that time he has lain in bed continnously. He refuses all except liquid food, and manifests no de sire to get up. He is steadily growing weaker, and the probability is that if he ever leaves his bed he at all events will never go out of the house again. HIS MEDICAI, ATTENDANT. Bis doctor" is Charles Powers, a local practitioner of middle age. There has been some rather critical comment among the specialists of London over the fact that so eminent a man, whose conditions undoubt edly demand the care of a specialist in mental disease, should have a physician who, while a capable general practitioner, has not the special ability which the case imperatively needs. Mr. "Buskin's family physician is Dr. Aclands, of Oxford, a life long friend, but a difference of opinion be tween them in 1875, deprived him thereafter of Dr. Acland's services. Mrs. Severn, Dr. Powers and two attendants now have him in charge, andall being reticent in the mat ter very little is known hero as to what goes on. The house is a wonderful treasury of art and other valuables whose value can not be estimated. The owner, in 12 years past, has spent over 100,000 on artistio gems of va rious kinds, and these, in addition to his many presents from friends, make a won derful collection. There are contribntions from many great English and foreign artists, sketches innumerable, and a collection of precious stones. Among his remarkable possessions are 300 missals, some of them illuminated, and the rest in grisaille, which are worth a small fortune in themselves, as they comprise one-fourth of the entire number in existence. THE DUKE OP AOSTA'3 DEATH. Ho Expires In tbe Arms of His Brother, King Humbert. Rome, January 19. On the arrival of King Humbert at his brother's bedside yes terday the Duke said: "You see, Humbert, I allowed myself to be tortured with reme dies in order to be kept alive to die in your arms." Tho Duke remained conscious to the last, encouraging his wife and sons, whom he recommended to the care of King Humbert. By the Dnke's own wish the body will not be embalmed, there will be no lying in state, and the remains will be placed in the family tomb at Superga. If there had been a state funeral the German Emperor would have been present. RUSSIAN OFFICERS ARRESTED. One of Them Blows Oat His Brains to Avoid Coming; Imprisonment. DT DCSLAP'8 CABLE COMPANY. St. Petersburg, January 19. Great disaffectionjs reported as existing among the officers of the Russian army and navy. Many of them have been arrested and orders are signed hourly for further arrests. Colonel Voilikoff, of the Imperial Horse Guards, blew out his brains with a revolver to escape imprisonment. MILITARY IN READINESS. Troablo Feared in Connection With tho (strikes In Belsinm. Brussels, January 19. The infantry has been confined to the barratks to-day in readiness for any emergency in connection with tbe labor tronbles. A squadron of cavalry has gone to Charleroi, where the miners are arming themselves with axes and other implements, and assuming a threat ening attitude. Tcrrlflc Galo on tbe Irish Ben. London, January 19. A terrific gale, ac companied by thunder and lightning, pre vailed to-day on the Irish Sea. Much dam age was done to property along the coast. Several persons were killed by lightning and a number were drowned. Emin Pasha Has nn Abscess. Zanzibar, January 19. Emin Pasha is suffering from an abscess of the exterior of the skull, which has caused partial par alysis of the tongue. He sees no Europeans except a German doctor. Spain Still In BlfflealtleV. Madbid, January 19. Senor Martinez, who was summoned by the Queen Regent to form a Cabinet, has been unable to accom plish the task. x x'co. :Y A CORNER NES. The Price of the Cannes O Has Been Raised in EN OC. PX DUSLAP'S CABLE Ki London, January 19. Tv & sensa tion in business circles here -r .iter national corner in sardines. TV aounce menthas caused much anxiety among the fishermen who live by the sardine fishery on the French-Atlantic seaboard. They trem ble lest the bread be taken out of their mouths, and English, Belgian and Germans unite in a sardine syndicate. The sardines used for tinning are mostly canght on the coasts of France and Portugal, and the headquarters of the market is now Nantes, in which town the secret of prepar ing and tinning the delicacies is jealously guarded. This accounts lor the difficulty in effecting a monopoly or transferring the business to another port. The price of canned sardines is already raised. A TITLE IN DISPUTE. Tbo Claims of Twins Slake c Compromise Arrangement Necessary. BT DOTTLAP'S CABLE COMPAKY.I London, January 19. The death of Lord Napier, of Magdala, has given rise to a somewhat curious complication. The de ceased nobleman left two sons, twins, Rob ert and George. After much discussion among doctors and nurses, as to which en tered this world first, the family decided that Robert shonld inherit the title. George thought of contesting this decision, and of appealing to Parliament to divide tbe honors, as there are two titles. As a compromise the family council in fluenced by the fact that Robert, though married, has no child and that George must eventually inherit everything, propose to give George a handsome annuity and one of the titles. There is no paralel case in the history of the British peerage. PORTUGUESE STILL KICKING. Protests Against the British Ultimatum Are Being Extensively Slcned. Lisbon, January 19. Protests against the British ultimatum are displayed on tables in the public squares here and have been signed by many persons. A meeting was called for to-day in Camoen's Square to protest against the action of the British Government, but it proved a fiasco. Tbe Government organs deny that changes in the Cabinet are pending. The Commercial Association has sent a communication to tbe King expressing re gret at the dispute which has arisen between England and Portugal. A number of British merchants have written to the Traders' Association saying tbat they hope that the old friendly understanding between the two countries will soon be restored. BRAZIL'S FINANCIAL PLANS. Three Government Isaac Banks With a Cap Ital of $250,000,000. London, January 19. The Brazilian Government has issued a decree dividing the country into three banking districts, and providing for three issue banks with a capital of $2o0,000,000 in Government stock,, the circulation of each bank's notes to be confined to its own district. The per cent of the earnings will be ap plied to tbe redemption of the capital stock. HE WILL NOT ABDICATE, Tbe Emperor of Austria Will Hold Fast to His Throne. BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMP'AHT. Vienna, January 19. The report of the intended abdication of the Emperor of Austria is officially and emphatically de nied. The story, though so persistently cir culated, has no foundation whatever. His Majesty is much annoyed by these rumors. A BOLD ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY Frustrated by a Flacky Porter Who Used a Loaded Revolver. Cleveland, January 19. About 9 o'clock this forenoon a colored man walked up to the front door of the P. L. Miles Jew elry Company store on Enclid avenue, put a board against the door, climbed up and opened the transom, through which he entered. A few minutes later pistol shots were heard and the colored man came from the store, plunging through the plate glass in the door. He was iollowed by a.. S. Johnson, the porter of the store, with a smoking revolver in his hand. The colored man and a confederate who had been stationed outside took to their heels and disappeared in the crowd which collected. It was a bold attempt at burglary and but for Johnson's pluck in the use of his revolver it would have succeeded. Johnson was in bed in the rear end of the store when the colored man entered, and was awakened by the noise he made. MRS. FOSTER'S CAMPAIGN. She Speaks la Favor of the New Non-Partl-snn Tcmpernnco Orsanlzatlon. Cleveland, January 19. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, ot Iowa, who is here to attend the convention of the non-partisan W. C": T. IT., which begins on Wednesday next, ad dressed two large meetings to-day, in the morning at the First M. E. Church and in the evening at Mnsic Hall. Mrs. Foster explained the object of the new organiza tion to be the promotion of temperance re form, with no side issues. She said she believed that women should be allowed to vote, and was in favor of dress reform, but these things, she said, would not be sought for by the non-partisan W. C. T. TJ. The recent political phase of the W. C. T. V. work, she said, had driven many workers from the old order. The new order would profit by the mistakes of the old, and wonld wish all godspeed in the work of reform. STRIKING FOR A SNUG SUM. Georce A. Walworth's SultAealasl James Verner Is for 8100,000. rBFICTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Teot, N. Y., January 19. A motion will be made Monday, before Judge May ham, of Albany, for an order to serve by publication the summons and complaint, in Troy and New York newspapers, of a notice of suit against James K. Verner, of Pitts burg, for $100,000. The complainant is George A. Walworth, ol New York. A second application for a referee in divorce proceedings will be made before the special term judge at Albany, on the 28th, with Verner as co-respondent For some time parties have been making an effort to serve papers on Verner. but have been unable to find him. SECRETARY BLAINE MAI RESIGN. The Death of His Son nnd His Own Health the Cause. ftirECIAL TXLXOBAM TO Till DISPATCH. 1 Washington, January 19. It is gener ally believed now, that owing to the death of his son Walker, Secretary Blaine will soon withdraw fiom the Cabinet. His health has not been good for some time, and Walker relieved him of a large proportion of the exacting duties of the po sition. A Large DIeetlnz. Moorhead Hall was crowded last night. The temperance services were conducted by Mrs. J. M. Allen. Addresses were made by Mrs. L Turney, Mrs. B. H. Jones, J. M. Powell and others. A large number of pledge signers were obtained. THREE CENTS ALL II A QUANDARY. Ifio Master Builders Yet Divided on the Eignt-Qour Question. THEY MAI AGREE KEXT WEEK, At Their National Convention, Which is to he Held in St. PanL FEARS OF A DISTURBANCE OF W0EK All Tbat PrtTents Them From Agreeing ts Try the Snorter Day. President Tucker, of the Building Trades' Club of New York, talks of the eight-hour agitation from an employers' standpoint. He sees advantages and disadvantages in the proposed change. He thinks the Master Builders' Association may agree to the eight-hour working day, but not until after a spirited discussion. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TITE DIS"ATCII.1 New Yoek, January 19. The National Convention of the Master Builders' Asso ciation of the United States will convene in St. Paul on Monday next. John J. Tucker, President ot the Building Trades Club, of this city, and Marc Eidlitz, both of whom are directors of the National Association, will start on Thursday for St. Paul. In speaking of the convention to-day, Presi dent John J. Tucker said that the most ex citing topic that would come before it was the eight-hour work day. He continued: I mnst confess that I am in a quandary my selr over tbe matter. In the agitation for shorter hours I have never been foremost, only that I have insisted that the workingmen might give us earlier notice of these things than they do. Some years a:o, when tbey began the nine-hoar agitation, we bad an agreement drawn up and tbe signatures of all of us affixed, whereby all of ns falthf nlly promised to con tinue work for the coming year as we had tbo past Pretty soon the cry for nine hours was raised, and a committee called to tell ns thas tbey wanted nine hoars. Our spring contracts were all made, and it was impossible for us to change them. BUSINESS PKOSTEAED. The men went away and ordered strikes everywhere. For ten weeks in the busiest sea son tmslnesswas at a standstill. When work was resumed less than half tbo men went to work at nine hours. At my suggestion, when next spring came, a conference was called of the workingmen with the builders at the Hotel Brunswick. We there affected a business ar rangement that suited both sides. Under it there cannot be any tronble on a building of any magnitude. The stonemasons for vears have worked only eicht;hours a day. Tbe plasterers worked eight for awhile, but of their own volition changed to ten. The bricklayers work nine hours, and so do tbe laborers. Theframers work ten hours, so do the carpenters. So you see tbat there is all sorts of time for beginning and finishing work on buildings. It is witn sighs that one set of workmen watch tbe other depart an hour ahead. I believe that the time should all be equalized, and I think tbat If the business of tbe country can stand it, eight hours is as good as any fixed time to work. But tbe people have got to understand that there is going to be a good deal of disturbance before the eddies subside and business assumes its normal condition. Anyone can see that it will create a disturbance. some disadvantages. Lessening the hours of labor upon bnildlngs iby one hour will increase the cost of construc tion, which means increase of rent and in creased cost of tho necessaries of life. To men gattmg a fixed rate of wages this will coma hard and there is no telling how much of it tbey will stand. But I am also of the opinion tbat here in this city there should be a change to shorter hours. It is not as It was In the days 60 or 60 years ago, when the city was much smaller than it is and workmen lived close by their employment and could readily get to and fro in short time. Is there not some talk upon the part of some of the workingmen of making the day nine and a hall honrs? I have not yet talked with any of the work ingmen upon the subject. It is too early. When we get backfrom tbe convention will be time enough, but I have heard that the Knights of Labor are desirous of working nine and a lull honrs. Whether that is tbe proper time for a man to work I do not know. It looks very much like eight now. but I believe that eight hours will not bo carried through the conven tion without a great deal of opDosition. I have noticed that the I'ittsbnrg builders are red-hot against it, and are going to the convention to provoke opposition. ALABMED THEM ALL Engineers on tbe New York Central Olaeh Pnt Oat Over Van Tassell's baspension Tbo Ex. Secretary Fcrsoaally Be' spoasible for tbo Arrearage, rSPlCIAL TXLXOBAX TO THE DISPATCXCI Netv Yoek, January 19. The story which appeared to-day regarding the sus pension of Engineer George H. Van Tas sel, the Insurance Secretary- of Division 145, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, has alarmed the engineers who work on the New York Central and Hudson Biver Bail road. NatSawver, the chief engineer of the division, says tbat they may be easy in their minds about the matter. He adds: Ibe basis of our brotherhood is the insurance system. The first intimation which I got of our division being in arrears, either for insurance moneys or strike assessments, came from a delegate to the Denver convention, from another division, after tbat convention ad journed last fall. VanTassell, who was oar delegate, did not report to us anything about tbe action of tbe convention regarding delinquent divisions. I started an in vestigation on December 5. by appointinc the investigating committee, without saying anything to Van Tassell about it He got wind of the matter, and on January 4 he sent to tho Grand Secretary of Insurance all the money dne upon that account Tbat makes ns safo on that score. Since bis suspension I have act ed in his place, and 1 shall do so until some final step is taken. This cannot be taken until tbo committee reports, probably not before the February meeting. We cannot tell until tbo Individual receipts ot tbo members have all been examined, just how much is dne to the strike f nnd. The assessments amounted to 53 per man, and I have word that assessment No. 3 bas not been paid over. Tbat was IS per man. Chief Arthur writes me that our charter will not be suspended on tbis account, if tbe men have paid Van Tassell. Neither will the divi sion have to make tbe sum good, in that case. He will look to Van Tassell lor the money. Unfortunately. Van Tassell Is not bonded. Van Tassell explained his shortage by saying that he lent several thousands of dollars to a brother, who died soon after borrowing it. Said an engineer of the Central to-day: We all supposed that our division had paid all the assessments for tbe strike. We had paid them gladly. Not only that, bat ours was one ot the divisions which raised an individual subscription of its own accord, over and above the voluntary contribntions which Chief Arthur called for at the beginning of tbe strike. We assessed ourselves $3 a month for three months, and allowing for only 100 members contributing, which is low, that would make 11.500. Many men did not care for re ceipts, and others have lost them. So far as I bear, the Grand Secretary does not know much about tbis subscription. And then to be re ported delinquent on the third assessment, and. to have Grand Secretary Hayes announce that "tbe New York Central men were not loyal enough I" Another Central employe said to The Dispatch representative: Quite a number of secretaries of insurance of other divisions have been deficient lrr their assessments, and thirty or more divisions are reported behind on "Q, ' strike money. I never saw such a way of handling money. It was sent on to Cleveland by bucketfuls, and ail tho reports which divisions ever got of it were bulk remittances. Of course, the only nroper wayiis for tbe division secretary to send an itemized statement of what each man pays, and for tho Grand Secretary to issna a list to eachHivlsion monthly, showing what each man has been credited with. Kverybodyhas complete con fidence In tbe Grand officers, and it has simply been taken for granted that all tbe insurance money and the 81,500,000 collected for tht"l? iuuq waa property uaauieu.
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