bspte fcA t,T flje itatri si- A VERY RICH RETURN Js always sure to reward readers of THE DISPATCH, tohethtr they pe ruse its news or its advertisements. In either ease they get the best. . -A THE WORLD ITS FIELD. THE DISPATCH cultivate no limited vineyard, but compresses the best and most out of the news vintage of all the woxld. - ky FORTY-FOURTH TEAR. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1890. THREE CENTS - m$Mm TO KIIL TjttBISHOP, The Confessed Purpose of a Young Pliiladelpliiaii. A SHOT PIKED IN CHUECH, Meant for Bishop TYMlaker, a Be liever in High License. THE WOULD-BE ASSASSIN CAUGHT And Hustled From the Church to the Sta tion House. A CALM, COOL, RELIGIOUS MANIAC A shot was fired at Bishop Whitaker in St John's Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, last evening during; the ser vices. David Alexander, a young man, fired it. He was quickly hustled off to the nearest station house. He declares he in tended to kill the Bishop and the rector of St Stephen's Church because they favor high license as opposed to prohibition. He considers them both "hypocrites and con sorts of rumsellers." ISrKCTAL TKLEOKXM TO TUB DISPATCK.1 Philadelphia, January 26. A de liberate attempt was made this evening to assassinate Eight Bev. O. W. Whitaker, Bishop of Pennsylvania, in the presence of the congregation of St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church. The occasion was the confirmation of eight candidates for mem bership by Bishop Whitaker. The congregation had just finished sing ing the first psalter and were still on their feet when a tall, light-complexioned and genteel-looking young man wearing glasses, standing in the third pew, almost directly in lront of the altar, was observed to draw a pistol and aim it at Bishop Whitaker. He fired, but Ms aim must have been wide, for neither the Bishop nor Hector Lattimer, who were both within the altar, was hurt HUSTLED TO THE STATION HOUSE. David McCreight, a large and powerful man, caught the would-be assassin and wrenched the pistol, which was a 22 caliber, 'with six chambers, from his hands. Two other gentlemen assisted Mr. McCreight to hold the prisoner, while a third notified Officer Hunter, who took the prisoner, who gave his name as David Alexander, to the Seventh district station honse, not far away. Mrs. Lattimer, wife of the rector, and several other ladies fainted at the re port of the pistol. "When questioned as to whether he meant to shoot the Bishop or Bector Lattimer, Alexander said that he meant to kill Bishop Whitaker; that he had been waiting for a favorable opportunity to fire the shot, and that he-would try again. COOL AND 60BEB. Alexander betrayed no sign of liquor, and behaved with composure. At the sta tion honse he said to the policemen: "I was up till Friday, a clerk in the money order department of Strawbridge & Clothier. On that day I resigned my position in order to shoot Bishop Whitaker without bringing disgrace on my employers." Alexander was seen in his cell, by a Dis patch reporter. He is boyish-looking, smooth-faced, light-complexioned and bright and alert in his manner. He talked in a perfectly rational way. "Why did you shoot at the Bishop," he was asked. "To remove a vile hypocrite, one who favors rum-sellers," was the reply. Alexander then went into a discussion he had with the Bishop last spring at the chnrch of the Bev. Charles W. Cooper, Twenty-first and Christian streets, when the Bishop said that the question of high li cense or prohibition must be settled accord ing to each person's conscience. VTHAT HE OBJECTED TO. On the following day Alexander read in a newspaper that Archbishop Byan favored high license. In Tuesday's paper he read an interview in which Bishop "Whitaker was quoted as favoring high license. He then decided to write a letter to the Bishop, to the effect that with Christ as an example, his stand on the prohibition question was inconsistent The Bishop, Alexander continued, replied to the letter at some length, putting the same question back to him. The salient fea ture was, "Yon have read the Bible. Can you say that your life is a model of Christ's?" "Upon receipt of this," said the prisoner, "I vowed that I would kill him." The youth was not excited, but it was evi dent that he is a religious maniac In a calm manner he proceeded: ANOinEB VICTIM IN VIEW. "Friend, Bishop Whitaker is a vile hypo crite and a consort of rum sellers. I meant also to kill Eev. Dr. S. D. McConnell, rec tor of St Stephen's Church." "When?" "Whenever I got the chance." "Why?" "Because, like the Bishop, he is a hypo crite and a consort of rum sellers. Just before the prohibition amendment election I saw him at a public meeting, sitting on the same platform with rum sellers." Bishop Whitaker stated to-night that he was as much surprised as anyone that the young man shonld try to kill him, and at first did not think that a pistol had been fired, but that a fireeracker bad been acci dentally exploded. He remembered re ceiving the letter from Alexander, and also his reply to the same. He considers the man insane. WHAT TURNED HIS HEAD. Alexander boarded with a friend of the family, Michael Keeley, who resides at 1330 Parrish street "He has always been a very religious boy." said Mr. Keeley, "and last June became very mnch inter ested in the prohibition movement He was at that time a member of the Church ot the Mediator, Nineteenth and Lombard, and agitated the subject among the church members. He succeeded in interest ing quite a number of thp mem bers of the congregation, but the church refused to become identifii-d with the movement, and this nearly broke his heart; in fact, I think this is what turned his head. Since that time he has been act ing qucerly, has renounced the church en tirely, and has become a sort of atheist He then joined a so ciety which meets at Thirteenth and Arch streets, called the Society of Ethical Culture, and to this organization do I at tribute the cause of his downfall. AN EXEMFLABY YOUTH. "I have known him for many years, and I can safely say that a more exemplary youth never lived. His father and mother died about two years ago, when he came to live with us. He was very steady in his habits, stayed home the majority of his leisure time, and to my certain know ledge never swore or drank. I noticed noth ing peculiar about his actions to-day, and this evening he went out with a pleasant goodby and said he was going to visit a friend in Jersey. I am very much sur prised at his action, and never suspected he would commit such a dastardly deed. I no ticed no correspondence between him and the Bishop, and am also at a loss to know what the Bishop could have written to him about" OLDEST OF ITS KIND. Diennlnl Meeting of the Grand Lodge, Dis trict 3, B'.N'nl Brllh Addresses by a Conplo of Plttabnrs Gentlemen Treasurer's Report. fprECIAL TELXailAM TO THE DISPATCH.: Newark, N. J., January 26. The bien nial meeting of the Grand Lodge of District No. 3 of the Independent Order of B'Nai Brifb, was held in Saenger Hall to-day. This is the oldest insurance order in the country, and the district comprises New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and West ern "Virginia. There were 39 lodges repre sented by 51 delegates, and in the evening 120 persons sat down to the banquet in the dining room of the hall. At the meeting there was a lively discus sion over the amended endowment law, which was finally passed unanimously, making a graded system. The election and principal business meeting will be held to morrow, opening at 10 o'clock a. m. The banquet began at 9 o'clock and at 10 the speaking was started by Josiah Cohen, of Pittsburg, and Jacob Singer, of Phila delphia, followed. The others who spoke were Joseph Stadtfeldt, S. J. Strauss, of Pittsburg; Charles ;Hoffman, Adolph Eicholse and J. Cohen, of Philadelphia; Albert Kosenstein, of Lancaster; William Seligsburg, of Hobokeo; Frank Marx and Edward Simon, of Newark. Jacob Holz man, of Newark, presided at the least. During 18S8-18S9 the Treasurer's report showed that 91 deaths had occurred and S91.000 was paid. There are over 2,000 members in the districts represented by del egates present The old endowment law provided for the endowment ol 51,000 indis cnminately,and without graded assessment This law has been amended, so as to encour age young men to join the order, by a lower assessment for respective ages until the max imum is reached. The organization has ex isted 30 years, and this is the first Grand Lodge meeting ever held in Newark. OUT FOE THE SENATE. Postmaster General Wnnamaker's Ambition to Fill Cameron's Shoes He Will Not Deny ibe Announcement of Ills Cnnrtldacy. rSFECIAI. TELEQUAJt TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, January 2G. Mayor Edwin H. Fitler and J. Donald Cameron, are not to have the struggle for the next United States Senatorship which is to be filled by the Legislature oC 1891, to them selves, Postmaster General Wanamaker has been announced as a candidate, and the situation has now become complicated beyond expectation. Mr. Wanamaker was bidding good-by to his scholars at Bethany Church to-day when asked It he could deny the report that he was a Senatorial candi date. "No, I will not deny it," was his answer. "Will you affirm it?" "No; I cannot be expected to afiirm or deny gossip." "Suppose, Mr. Wanamaker, the Legisla ture should elfect you, would you accept?" "I do not talk politics on Sunday," was the Postmaster General's final reply, "and you can sav for me that I always refuse to discuss anything that comes to me in the way of gossip." Subsequent to this chat a city official, who is probably Mr. Wanamaker's closest politi cal inend, said with emphasis that there was no doubt the Postmaster General had thought seriously of the Senatorial suc cession. At the same time, he did not be lieve he would declare himself a candidate at this time, but would bide his time, al though it is probable that in the near future his friends would make their influence felt. DEFENDING DOM PDE0. X Brazilian Newspaper Sympathizes With the Ei-Emperor. IEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DI6PATCH.1 Brooklyn, N. Y., January 26. The British steamship North Flint, which left Bio Janeiro December 29, came up to Pierre pont stores this morning. Captain Boberts, who is in command, had heard of no new outbreak when his vessel left He was in port there 24 days, unloading wheat and loading with coffee. The North Flint brought a large mail, including copies of the Bio JVeiM of December 23. The Hews has come out strongly against the decree which practically forces citizenship upon foreigners living in Brazil. The Xews does not approve of the banisbment of Dom Pedro II., and the deportation of Martins and the other imperialists, which were de creed on December 20, immediately after the meeting of the soldiers, in which the im perialists were supposed to have had a hand. The JVetrj says on this point: It oucbt not to be expected that a lifelong monarchy should come over In a single day, and those who have aono this should be treated accordingly. All these arrests, therefore, and the deportation of so influen tial a man as Stlvelra Martins. are decided mistakes. Worse than all, however. Is the final disposition of Dom Pedro IL He nas been the friend, benefactor, and protector of so many Brazilians that he has never saved a vio tem for himself, and now to turn him off. can cel all obligations, and give him peremptory orders to sell his private estate within two year?, is sheer cruelty and ingratitude. K0r ANOTHER HAEEIS0N. Senator Wolcatt'a Brother Snys the West Wants No Blare of Them. rSPECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I Washington, January 26. Henry Wolcott, of Denver, one of the most active and prominent Bepublicans of the Centen nial State, and a member of a law firm in Denver, is in the city. He is a brother of Senator E. O. Wolcott, and the two men are almost alike in their devotion to each other. Mr. Henry Wol cott has some very interesting opinions as to the standing of the Harrison administration in the West, and expresses them to-day with characteristic Colorado frankness. He says: ''So far as I have observed, the West has no interest in the administration. Notwithstanding the fact that the West nominated President Harrison, he has completely ignored it. The member of the Cabinet who represents more largely the interests of the West than any other the Secretary of the Interior was appointed without any consultation with representa tive men of the party." Mr. Wolcott concludes with the statement that it is yet too early to say who the next nominee will be, but expresses confidence that it will not be another Harrison. KILLED BY A COWARD. A Refosnl to Shake Hands With a Wretch Leads ntm to Murder The Crlmo Committed Where' Another Bntl One Occurred. SrrCIAL TELEOttAM TO THE DISPATCH Canandaigua, N. Y., January 26. The most cruel, cold-blooded and cowardly murder in the history of Ontario county was committed this morning at 12:15, in front of a barber shop on Main street kept by George Boberts. John Fish, a molder employed in J. S. Eobinson & Son's plow foundry, and John Cullinane, a fellow employe, were going toward home accompanied by Fish's brother, Frank, a worthless, idle fellow. John Fish and Cullinane were fast friends, and when they reached Robert's barber shop the former asked tha latter to stop and wait while he had his hair cut. Cullinane replied that he had better go home and go to bed, and after shaking hands with Fish said good night cheerfully, and turned to go. Frank Fish then extended his hand to Cullinane, bnt the latter declined to take it "What have I ever done to you?" asked Fish, "that you refuse to shake hands and say good night?" Cullinane replied quietly that he had never done anything to him, but still de clined to take his hand. Fish evidently blamed his brother John for Cullinane's insult, and turning to him said: "John, yon are my brother, but I know what this means, and it ends it between us." He then turned and started up the street. John Fish and Cullinane had stood by the door of the barber shop for a kr minuteB, talk ing about the occurrence, when the former noticed a shadow on the pavement up the street which appeared to be that of a man skulking along in the shadow of the build ings. He thought nothing of it, however, until a moment later he Baw his brother suddenly rush upon Cullinane, whose back was turned, and plunze a glistening weapon into his neck, saying: "There, take that I" The brutal assailant then fled down the street, while his brother, seeing that Culli nane was bleedin g profusely from a wound in the neck, went for a physician, but Culh nare was dead. John Fish was taken into custody by Policeman Doyle, and taken to the police station. Police Justice Dwyer was aroused, and he started with several officers to look for Fish. They found him at his home on Salton street, and had no difficulty in arresting him. At the police station he was. told that he was wanted for murder in the first degree. He affected ignorance and said he didn't understand it He was then told that he was wanted for murdering John Cullinane, and be then asked "is he dead?" John Fish made a full statement of the affair, and he appeared to tell so straight forward and truthful a story that he was re leased. He said that Cullinane was his best friend, and gave a history of the affair that cannot help but convict his brother of a cold-blooded, cowardly murder. Cullinane and John Fish were both em ployed in Bobinson's foundry and were much attached to one another. They were about the same age, 25, and the victim of the crime had a family of three children. Frank Fish is about 27 years old and is married. He has a hard record. In September last Police Justice Dwyer sentenced him to the penitentiary for six months, for assaulting a cripple, and curiously enough, that assault was made at the same spot where he dealt Cullinane his death blow. He got clear of that scrape through being released on an appeal, and it is evident from the circumstances that in fluence was used in his behalf then, because he gave evidence against liquor dealers be fore the grand jury. UNDEE ANOTHER MULE. The Whisky Trail Will Attempt to Bide Over Stnto Law. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Cleveland, January 26. The Whisky Trust, representing a capital of more than $30,000,000, has thrown up the sponge and will resolve itself into an every-day corpor ation, in fear of inimical State leg islation. The proposed reorganization was hinted among local bankers and speculators to-day, and Mr. Warren Corning, one of the trustees of the gigantic organization, admitted to-night that proxies were being secured for the change. The Legislatures ot the various States have passed laws so severe upon trusts tnat the Whisky Trust has called a meeting of its holders of certifi cates, to be held in Peoria, 111., February 11, to consummate the proposed change from a trust to a grant company, incorpor ated under the laws of Illinois. Kccent legal decisions bearing on the affairs of the Sugar Trust have had a great deal to do with the proposed change. The technical name of the trust is the Distillers and Cattle Feeders' Trust Mr. Corning, of this city, is one of the nine directors. He says that at present the trnst is open to adverse legislation from any of the States in which its dis tilleries are situated, and that, fearing this, the meeting at Pepria was called for the pur pose of reorganization. Under the new order of things the company will only have the State of Illinois to fear. BELLE STAEE'S HUSBAND DUNG. IIo Meets the Same Fato Which Befell the Noted Fcmnle Bandit. Fobt Smith. Akk., January 26. Jim Starr, a noted Cherokee horse thief and desperado, who was shot by a United States deputy marshal near Ardmore, Ind. T., last week, is dying of his wounds in the jail hos pital at this place. He was the hnsband of the famons female bandit, Belle Starr, who was assassinated a year ago while riding along the load near her home. Starr was under indictment in the United States Court for horse stealing, and a clear case stood against him. He gave bond and left his bondsmen in the lurch. For eight months officers have watched for him, and last week they located him in a cabin,which they cov ered with Winchester rifles, leaving their horses back in the brush. Starr discovered them in time to get his horse and get a start, leaning forward in his saddle and shooting back with his pistol. The officers returned the fire with their Winchesters, one of the balls passing through the saddle tree and lodging in Starr's back, bringing him to the ground. The horse was also killed by a different shot fired at the same time. A C0LOEADO MINE FLOODED. Believed That Rich Ore Slay Be Discovered by the Accident. Leadvtlle, Col,, January 26. Yester day, after the men engaged in a drift of the La Plata mine had fired a round of holes, they" were astonished by hearing a noise lesembhng the rushing of a mighty river, and when the smoke cleared away they saw from where they stood a river run ning out of the drift They barely had time to escape and in less than five hours the mine was flooded to within 270 feet of the snrface. Four thousand feet of drift ore is submerged and thousands of feet of slope are covered. Many think a lake was encountered and that when the opening was nude by the shots that it bur.stihrousli the thin barrier and flooded the mine. Ifitproxcs to be a pocket ot water very valuable mineral will lie found behind it, a that has been the rule heretofore. In this case the water can be pumped out in 30 days, but if it is a water course the mine will have to be abandoned. A UNIT AGAINST IT. TheMional Builders' Association to be Urged to Vote Solidly ON THE EIGHT-HOUR QUESTION. Missouri TaUey Stonecutters Are the Ones Who Will Do It. GOOD PEOSPECTS FOE THEIE SUCCESS. The Apprenticeship Matter to to Another Sutject for Debate. Preparations are complete for the opening of the fourth annual convention of the Na tional Association of Builders, at St Paul, to-day. The indications are that the Asso ciation will be almost solidly opposed to the eight-hour working day. rSFECIAT. TELEOKA& TO THE DISPATCR.l St. Paul, January 26. The fourth an nual convention of the National association of Builders will be in session here this week at the Chamber of Commerce, com mencing to-morrow morning. It is now definitely known that a full attendance will convene at the chamber, though of the 250 delegates expected, but 70 are now on the ground. Previous conventions of the asso ciatiqn have done much to cultivate a good understanding 'among builders, and to pro mote the solution of long-standing problems which individual builders have hitherto been unable to deal with. The Monday morning session will com mence at 10 o'clock, and after that as the convention may decide. Following is the programme arranged by the Executive Committee: THE PKOGKAMME IN FULL. Monday. January 27. morning session: Open ing address by the president; appointment of Committee on Credentials; recess for presenta tion of credentials. Afternoon session: Re port of Committee on Credentials; roll call; offering of resolntions; appointment of com mittee to report time and place of next conven tion and to nominate officers for the coming year; report of secretary; report ot treasurer; report of standing committees; reports of special committees. Tuesday. January 23, morning session: Dis cussion of the question, "Shall tbe National Association recommend the adoption of tbe eight-hour day in the building trades; and if so, when and under what conditions?" To bo continued at morning session of Wednesday. Afternoon session: Discussion of the question, "The lien laws; shall tbe National Association recommend tbat tbey be abolished?" Discus sion nf tbe question, "Sub-contracting; sball tbe National Association recommend tbat it bo encouraged?" Wednesday, January 29, morning session A portion of this session will be reserved for continuation of the eight hour dlscn'slon, if necessary. If not needed for that purpose, other subjects tbat havo been presented will be introduced, a list of which will bo distributed as soon as possible. Discussion of the question, "Manual training;" shall the Na tional Association recommend its introduction In the Public Schools." Afternoon session Report of the Committee on Resolutions, re port of the committee on time and place of next convention, and on nomination of officers, election of officers, naming and electing of officers; unfinished business; new business (amendment to constitution); adjournment. PBEPABATOBY DETAILS. W. H. Sayward, of Boston, the Secretary of tbe Association, arrived Friday morning. Headquarters have been opened in the old rooms of the local board, on tbe ground, floor of the Chamber of Commerce build ing. The Entertainment Committee has made extensive preparations to look after the visitors. Ageneral reception will beheld on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, at the rooms at the corner of Seventh and Cedar streets. On Tuesday afternoon the ladies accompanying the delegates will be enter tained. The banquet, at which abont 400 will be present, will occnr on Wednesday evening, and on Thursday the visitors will be driven about the city, leaving tnat even ing for Minneapolis. Among the delegates already arrived there has been no discussion of views, but there Beems little doubt tbat the convention will be opposed to the eight-hour rule by a large majority. ALSO AGAINST IT. The Missouri Yallev Cut Stone Con tractors' Association is in session here, and many members thereof are delegates to the Builders and Contractors' Convention. They will be a unit in opposing the eight hour law, as will the delegates from Phila delphia, Boston, St Paul, St. 'Joseph, Bt Louis and Kansas City. The general sentiment is against any modification of the lien laws, or any amend ments which may lessen the security now afforded contractors and sub-contractors. The question of apprentices will cause de bate, and an effort will be made to secure the adoption of an expression of opinion that all contractors may have as many ap prentices as they please, and that the young sters must serve their allotted time of three years. HEADING OFF ITS EITAL. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Ob lect in Building n Bis Bridge. rsrECIAI. TELEOnAlI TO TUE DISPATCH.! Camden, N. J., January 26. Senator Quay's bill for a bridge across the Delaware, between this city and Philadelphia, is be lieved here to bo the first move on the part of the Pennsylvania Bailroad Company to secure tbat loDg-planned object. The Penn sylvania Company's well known and suc cessful efforts to block off the Beading's plans to reach Market street with their ele vated road, is said to be an other part of the scheme for a direct road through Philadelphia, to form a connecting line for the vast amount of seashore traffic it now has from Pittsburg and the interior of Pennsylvania. The con struction of the Beading's proposed elevated road to Market street would prevent the con tinuance of tbe Pennsylvania's elevated road from Broad street station to the Dele ware, a scheme tbat has long been cherished by the huge corporation, plans for the continnation having been finished several years ago. Four tugboats are now kept busy, night and day, towing the Pennsylvania freight car floats between tbe termini in the two cities. It is said that Philadelphia and Camden capital is interested in this latest movement for the bridge. LEED0M BACK AT THE LAW. He Returns to Ohio With 823,000, and Will Ran for Congress. rsrsciAL telegram' to tub dispatcji.i Washington, January 26. Ex-Sergeant at Arms John P. Leedom has ar ranged for a return to his old Ohio home, West Union, where he has the finest resi dence in the county. He proposes to practice law, and says that the Government will not hold him or his bondsmen responsi ble for Silcott's defalcation. "I go back worth abont $25,000, ' said he. To all of his old constituents Leedom has sent printed copies of a speech delivered by Congressman Peal, of Arkansas, in which Leedom is defended and held guiltless of any blinie in the Silcott matter. This indicates that if thp Democratic Legislature reriistricls tne State lor Con gressmen. LeeJom will endeivor to come back from the same district which he repre sented ior two years prior1 to his election as Sergeant at Arms. ' A SON OF THE SOUTH. Sonator Daniel, of Virginia, Delivers n Eulogy Upon Jeflerson DarU Gov ernor McKlnney and General Early Among the Auditors. Richmond, Va., January 26. The Mozart Academy of Music, the large public hall in the city, was crowded with ladies and distinguished citizens of the State to hear Senator John W. Daniel deliver an oration upon the life and character of Jef ferson Davis, upon invitation of the Legis lature. Governor McKinney and General Jubal A. Early were the prominent citizens present Mr. Cardwell, Speaker of the House of Delegates, introduced Senator Daniel, who said in part: Noble are the words of Cicero when he tells us that "It is the first and fundamental law of history that it should neither dare to say any thing tbat is false or fear to say anything th at is true, nor give any just susoicions of favor or disaffection." No less high a standard must be invoked in considering the life, character and services of Jefferson Davis a great man of a great epoch; whose name is blended with the renown of American arms and with the civil glories of the Cabinet and Congress Hall a son of the South, who became the head of a Confederacy more populous and more extensive than that for which Jeffer son wrote the Declaration of Indepen dence; and Commander in Chief of armies greater than those of which Washing ton was tbe general. He swayed Senates, and he stood accused of treason in a court of justice. He saw victory sweep illustrious bat tle fields and became a captive. He ruled millions, and was put in chains. He created a nation, he followed its bier and he died a dis franchised citizen. But though creat in many things he was createst in that fortune, wbicb, lifting him first to tbe loftiest height and cast ing him hence to the depths of disappointment found him everywhere the erect and constant friend of truth. He conquered himself and forgave his enemies, but he bent to none bnt God. He was in the pnblic gaze for nearly half a century, and in the fate which at last over whelmed the Southern Confederacy and its President, official records and private papers fell into tho hands of his enemies. Wary eyes now searched to see if he had overstepped the bounds which the laws ot war have set to ac tion: and could such evidence be found, wrath ful hearts would have cried for vengeance, but though every hiding placo was opened and re ward was readytor any who would betray the secrets of tbe captive chief, whose armies were scattered and whose hands were chained though the sea gave up Its dead In tbe convul sion of his country there could be found no guilty fact and accusing tongues were silenced. GEEAT GALES Aro Crenllng Havoc Throughout England and Wnles Disasters on the Ocean A Largo Number ol bailors Washed Overboard and Drowned. London, January 26. The gales con tinued with increasing strength and velocity in the southern portion of England and in Wales to-day. Menai Strait, in Wales, is rendered impassable by the fury of the gale. Many sailors have been swept overboard and drowned. The parade at Sand Gate is partially destroyed. The ship Irex, bound from Greenock for Bio Janeiro, was wrecked off the Needles. Several of the crew were drowned. The survivors clung to the rigging all day Sat nrday and part of Sunday. It was impossi ble to send a lifeboat to the rescue as no boat could live in the turbulent sea, bnt a life line was finally shot across the vessel by means of a rocket and in this way the men were safely landed. Captain McCann, of the Cunard steamer Umbria, from New York, reports that the passage was the roughest that the vessel has ever experienced. Several passengers were injured by being thrown violently upon the decks and it was finally found necessary to issue an order prohibiting passen gers from coming on deck. The bark Janet Crown has returned to Plymouth. She reports that two of her crew were washed overboard and drowned, and 'that many were injured. The steamer Yorkshire, at Liverpool from Baltimore, was flooded and her bridges destroyed, and sustained other damage. Three seamen were blown from the rigging and two were drowned. A GIEL'S H0EEIBLE CRIME. She Ties Her Infant bister to the Tall of a Restless Cow. rBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT. Paris, January 26. A horrible crime was committed in a provincial town to-day. A gill of 10 years was walking in the fields with a little sister, aged 2. The baby grew fretful and the elder girl lost patience with it and tied the poor thing to the- tail of a cow that was grazing in the pasture. Then she hustled the animal into a gallop. The tiny victim uttered piercing shrieks which grew fainter as the cow galloped madly on. The girl went quietly home and related her adventure gleefully. Several hours aft erward the cow was found miles away with a shapeless mass of human flesh dragging at her heels, THE CZAE'S DESIEE FOE WAE. He Has One Uniform Which Is Reserved for Actnal Rattle. BY BUKLAP'S CABLE COMPAVY.l London, January 26. A distinguished Russian now living here explains the desire of the Czar tor war sooner or later thus: It seems that the Czar has 44 suits of uni'orm, all of which he has worn save one, that of Marshal of Russia, and he has vowed that he will never put it on till the right to do so has been conferred upon him by his brother Marshals after a victory. A SINDIOATE EEPEESENTATIYE Leaves for America to Arrnngo for Some Mew Vcntnre. BT BUKLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Southampton, January 26. Mr. J. P. Grant, well known about the corridors of the Gilsey House, New York, sailed to-day on the Fulda to arrange the deposit and float debentures to the amount of 24,000 in the purchase of the Gambrinus Brewery, and also in connection with Pennsylvania steel works. PENNSYLVANIA GIYEN A SHOW. John Conkling to be Inspector of Immi gration nt Suspension Bridge, N. Y. FBOU X STAIF CORRESPONDENT. Washington, January 26. Mr. John Conkling, of Steelton, ex-President of the Amalgamated Association, who was men tioned in these telegrams a day or two ago as being a long-waiting and continually disappointed applicant for the position of Inspector of Immigration, has a good prospect of being satisfied in the near future. Mr. Tingle. Chief of the inspectors of immigration, last even ing informed Mr. Conkling, State Librarian Delaney and Senator Amos Mylin that Mr. Conkling's appointment would be an once recommended to the Secretary of the Treas ury. Tbe gentlemen named will call on tbe Secretary to-morrow to urge haste. Mr. Conkling, when appointed, will be stationed at Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, tbe incumbent at that place, a rela tive ol ex-Mayor Grace, of New York, hav ing been removed. New York Congressmen have insisted on filling the place, bnt as that State has 15 ot the 19 inspectors already appointed, it was thought fair to give Penn sylvania a show. Libor'x Interest In aiviizrrlnnd. Berne, January 26. The Bundesraft has decided to convoke an international con ference in May next ior the purpose of estab lishing regulations relative to factory labor. TOOK ALL HE COULD. Suicide George Lounsberry's Short age Amonnts to Over $40,000. ABOUT $18,000 OF IT IN STAMPS. His Bondsmen Think Hi3 Accounts Not Yerifled Daily. Were TflBI DON'T KNOW HOW THEI STAND. A Mystery How Lotrnsberry Disposed of so Many Tostage Stamp. New York postoffice clerks have advanced in their examination of the late Cashier Lounsberry's accounts to state that the de falcation will amount to over 540,000. Of this sum $18,000 or more was in postage stamps. Lounsberry's bondsmen have not yet outlined a plan of procedure, (SPECIAL TELEOKAJI TO THB DISPATCH.! New York, January 26. A lot of clerks in the postoffice to-day were busy making up a final statement of the accounts of George H. Lounsberry, the defaulting cashier of the postoffice, who killed himself at his home at Hackensack, on Friday night. Post master Van Cott said to-night that the amount of the defalcation would probably be over 40,000. From an authoritative source a Dispatch reporter learned that Lounsberry had stolen about everything he could lay his hands on, including the $500 in his keeping of the Pearson monument fund. This was a fund subscribed by the employes of the postoffice to raise a monument to ex-Postmaster Henry G. Pearson. It was Mr. Pearson who made Lounsberry cashier. Edgar Washbnrne, one of Lounsberry s bondsmen, said to-day: "Some of the papers this morning represented me as saying that I was indignant because Postmaster VanCott had opened Lounsberry's safe in the absence of the bondsmen. I am not indignant at this, though all the request to be present at the safe opening that the bondsmen received was a simple notification that Lounsberry was a defaulter. hasty but honest. Mr. VanCott may have been alittlyhasty, but he is perfectly honest, and there is no doubt that the funds found in the safe were counted correctly. But I and all of the bondsmen are greatly surprised at a certain statement made by the local auditor of the postoffice to Mr. Noonan, when the latter went down to the postoffice to-day. The auditor said that he was accustomed to tate Mr. Lounsberry's mere statement each night, of tbe cashier's account, without fur ther identification. The auditor said that it would take all night to count Mr. Lounsberry's cash balance, stamps on hand, etc., and actually prove that things were all right. Well, I can't help whether it took all night or not; this is what should have been done. Mr. Lonnsberry himself told us many times that his accounts were verified each night, It seems as thongh there was some negligence, at least, some where. I don't mean to say that we mean to fight the payment of bonds at all, but we are going to consult counsel anyway, and ascertain our rights. This accepting a man's mere statement of his account looks to me like a cashier in a bank accepting a deposit without counting the money." ANOTHEB BONDSMAN'S IDEA. Bondsman John Noonan said that he thought the best thing to do was to get ont of the trouble as quickly as possible. "As yet, however," he said, "we don't know where we stand. The bondsmen will meet for a consultation to-morrow, and decide what to do. Whether there was any negli gence on the part of the postoffice officials may or may not be a question, and I suppose that thing will have to be settled." Postmaster Van Cott said that Auditor Jardine was right in saying that it would be simply impossible to prove each night that Cashier Lounsberry's accounts were all right. "How," said Mr. Van Cott, "could the Auditor count all the postage stamps and all the money and have time to do any, thing else? The fact is, that when a cashier is bound to steal, checks upon him are of no use. A man in a place ot trust who wants to steal can't be stopped. So far as our system in tbe postoffice is concerned, experts have pronounced it perfect," Not the least singular thing about the dedication is the disappearance of the $18, 000 or more in postage stamps. What Lounsberry could have done with these stamps is a mystery, . GETTING OYER THE GEIP. A Pennsylvania Congressman Who Has Been Having a Hard Time. IPB03I A STAFF COBP.E8PONDE3JT.t Washington, January 26. Bepresen- tative Watson has joined the ranks of the "grip" sufferers. For the last two or three days he has not been in his seat at tbe House, and his continued absence was the subject of comment .among his friends. Inquiry to-night at his hotel elicited the information that Mr. Watson had been con fined to his bed with quite a severe attack of influenza, resulting from a cold caught while in Philadelphia, attending the fun eral of the late Judge Kelley. Mr. Watson is, however, now improving slowly, and al though not yet able to leave his room, he hopes to be recovered sufficiently to be in the House when the contested election case of Smith versus Jackson, from the Fourth West Virginia district, comes up for consid eration. HE COMES TO FIGHT SDLLIYAN. Peter Jackson Arrives nnd Announces tho Object of His Visit. rEPECLAL TKLEPBAJI TO TIIE DI8PATCII.1 New Yoke, January 26. Among the passengers on board the steamship Adriatic, which arrived at quarantine to-night, were Peter Jackson, tbe colored pngilist, who has come over to fight John L. Sullivan. He is accompanied by his trainer, Sam Fitzpat rick, and W. W. Naughton, the sporting editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. The only person who was on hand to welcome Jackson was his manager, Parson Davies, who rowed alongside the vessel as she layoff quarantine, but was unable to board her. In a conversation over the vessel's side. Jackson said he had come over for the ex press purpose of fighting Sullivan, and that he was prepared to accept any terms which the California Athletic Club might offer. PAETLI SOLD TO THE BRITISH. Three-Fourths Interest In tho Forepansh Show Gobbled Up. rerrciAL teleoraji to tub dispatch. l Philadelphia, January 20. It was stated upon authority to-day that a three fourths interest in the Forepangh show and menagerie has been sold to an English syn dicate for about $600,000. This includes the contracts, actors, horses, chariots, animals, and the entire paraphernalia of the show. The agent f the English syndicate is now on his way to America, and the show will he turned over to him within less than a week. The show wiirbe run in this country, and Adam Forepangh, Jr., will manage it. The sale was effected a month ago by Adam Forepangh, who will be buried to-morrow. TEE NEW TEEATY. A Copy of tho Convention Between England and This Country Erabrzzlement and Other Crimes Made. F.xtl-ndltnblc. Washington, January 26. A coDy of the new extradition treaty with Great Bri tain, negotiated by Secretary Blaine, and now pending in the Senate, has been se cured. The treaty itself differs radically from the one negotiated by Secretary Bay ard, in tbat it does not contemplate, in the remotest degree, the surrender of what are called "political criminals," and also in that it adds a large list of crimes to the ones which, under tbe treaty of 1842, are declared to be ''extraditable." There was no diffi culty, it is believed, in negotiating the pres ent treaty, both countries being equally de sirous to obtain the surrender of their em bezzlers and other criminals. According to this document the provisions and agreements of article 10, of the treaty of 1842, relative to the extradition of per sons charged with certain crimes, are made applicable to the following additional crimes: 1. Manslaughter. 2. Counterfeiting or altering money; uttering or bringing into circulation counterfeit or al tered money. 3. Embezzlement, larceny, obtaining money, goods or valuable securities bv false nretenses; receiving any money, valuable security or other property, knowing tbe same to have been embezzled, stolen or fraudulently obtained. 4. Fraud by bailee, banker, agent, factor, trus tee, or director or member or officer of any company, made criminal by the taws of both countries. 5. Perjury or subornation of perjury. 6. Bape, abduction, child stealing, kidnap ing. 7. Burglary, housebreaking or shopbreaking. 8. Piracy, by the laws of nations. 9. Revolt or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas, against tbe authority of the master; wrong fully sinking or 'destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so; assaults on board a ship on the high seas, with intent to do grevious bod ily harm. 10. Crimes .and offenses against the laws of both countries for the suppression of slavery and slave trading. Extradition is also to take place for participa tion in any of tbe crimes mentioned in this con vention, or in the aforesaid tentb article: pro vided such participation be punishable by tho laws of both countries. Inhis letter transmitting the treaty to the President, Secretary Blaine says: Tho second article of tbe convention con tains a stipulation against surrender or trial for political offensesand tbe third article provides that a person surrendered sball not be tried for any offense other than tbat for which tbe ex tradition was granted. Tbe latter provision is in most of our recent treaties, and is In har mony with the lato decision of tho Supreme Court or the United StatC3 in the Bauscber case. The eighth article provides that the convention sball not apply to any of the crimes therein specified which sball have been committed, or to any conviction which sball bavo been pronounced, prior to the date at which the convention sball come into force. Thus, while extending the list of extradition offenses, tbe present convention contains all the safeguards and limitations which public law and international usage require, or, indeed, admit of. TWO STBIKIM YISI0NS. An Odd Ghost btory That Comes All the Way From Iowa A Grapevine That Told of a Mardot Mes merism That Doro It Oat. Keokuk, la., January 26. The little city of Hamilton, situated on the Illinois bank of the Mississippi river, is intensely excited over a spiritualistic manifestation of an unusual order. Theodore Trout fetter, residing in the vicinity of Warsaw, situated a few miles below Hamil ton, came unattended to Warsaw on the 14th instant, bringing a load of wheat with him. .Haying sold the wheat he left his team hitched in the streets of Warsaw and disappeared. His family became greatly alarmed and offered a reward for his appre hension. It seems that a spiritualist in question, whose name is said to be Jules Baymond, was awakened very early yesterday morn ing by a creat light in his chamber. Al though naturally alarmed at first, he re gained composure and arose from his bed. No -sooner had he done this than he beheld, floating in mid-air, in the middle of his room, a perfectly formed grapevine, the roots of which seemed to have been freshly dug from tbe earth. Baymond advanced a few steps, as if to grasp the vine, but at the moment an unknown voice filled the room. It said: "The vine hath grown to maturity, having rich fruit. The leaves are matured, but all shall wither, even the vine itself. The vine shall be stripped and fall at thy leet, So is man full of years. He has fallen, and his body has withered, search the river, drag the river, tor he tbat has disappeared." As the voice died away the vine, with its beautiful bunches of grapes, fell to the floor. Baymond stooped to pick them up, bnt, to his horror, he found that the grapes had disappeared. The leaves crumbled in his hands like powder, while on thefloorlay the vine, shriveled and writhing like a snake. As he again stooped to pick np the withered vine it seemed to crawl towards the river, while the drooping tendrils dipped three times in that direction. The intense light in the room had but disap peared, and Baytiiond picking up the vine carried it to a spiritualistic friend, asking his advice regarding the strange vision. "It means," he said, "that some one has either been murdered and thrown into the river, or tbat some man suicided by drown ing," "If so." responded Baymond, "it must be that man Troutfelter, who has disappeared from Warsaw." While these two people were parleying as to what course to pursue, some of Trout felt er's friends arrived from Warsaw, bring ing with them a yoang man, who, while not only knowins Troutfelter intimately, is said to be a most susceptible subject for mesmer ism. There is in Hamilton a man named White, who, they say. eives much attention to magnetic healing. Yielding to the impor tunities of the people, White placed the yonng man in a clairvoyant state, and he began to relate what he saw, inclnding a- description of tbe murder of Troutfelter by three men at a bridge over the river near Warsaw, on the 14th instant. A visit to the bridge has actually revealed blood stains on it, but the river has, so far, been dragged in vain. A RET1EED GUERILLA DEAD. Bill Halse, One at Qnantrell's Old Band, Breathes His Last. f SPECIAL TZLZOBAK TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Independence, Mo., January 26. Bill Hulse, one of .the bravest and most desperate of Qnantrell's guerilla band, died at his home, eight miles from here to-day. He was a lieutenant under Quantrell.and di vided honors for recklessness and daring with George Shepherd, Cole Younger and George Todd. He fought continuously with Quantrell, until the famous guerilla was killed in Kentucky, and then joined Bill Anderson. He was the intimate friend and companion oi the Youngers and James boys, during the guerilla days, but as soon as hostilities ceased he settled down on his farm and refused to take part in the various bank, stage and train robberies which the rem nants of the gang committed. Hulse had a strong feeling of friendship for the James boys and Cole Younger, and always assisted them when they came to his home. He was literally filled with lead, and was twice left for dead on the battlefields. Though a desperate character during the war, bis conduct since wasalways that of a peaceinl, hard-working citizen. Benson's Forged Check Saved. Nice, January 26. The amount of the check forged by Plunger Benson has been paid. Benson is still in prison, however. MISSItfM IMGEH Banker Ditmaf 5 j Found Float ing in'theY- kill Eirer. THB DISCOVERY $ YESTERDAY r By Three Gas Works Em . Who Sowed Oat and Recovered It. FDLLI IDENTIFIED BI EELATIYE5. Several Wonnis Abont the Head, Eat No Evidences found of Harder. The body of Joseph G. Ditman, the miss ing Philadelphia banker, was found yester day floating in the Schuylkill river. It was fully identified by the brothers-in-law of the deceased, and is now lying at the family res idence in Philadelphia. There are several wounds about the head, but no evidence that Mr. Ditman was murdered. ISPECIAL TZX.EOBA3C TO THB DISPATCH. Philadelphia, January 26. The body of Joseph G. Ditman, President of the Quaker City National Bank, who disap peared on December 11, was found floating in the Schuylkill river, just above tbe Market street bridge this afternoon, by three employes of the Ninth ward gas works. Shortly before 3 o'clock George E. Hos kins, William A. Hargrave and Bobert Porter, stokers at the gasworks, who had gone out into the open air to temporarily escape the intense heat and noxious fumes of the retorts, noticed what they thought was a bag floating down the river. In the hope of discovering something that would repay them for their trouble, they jumped into a boat and rowed out to the floating object. As soon as they got alongside of it they saw that it wa3 the body of a man, floating face downward. BECOVEP.X OF THE COEPSE. Officer Wilson, of the harbor police, who had seen the body at about the same time as the gas works men, ran up along the wharves until he came opposite to the boat, where he called to the men to bring the body alongside of the police tug Samuel G. King, which was lying at Chestnut street wharf. A rope was tied around the body, and it was brought alongside the tug. A reporter who was passing over Chestnut street bridge saw the boat towing the body, and running down to tbe tug arrived there at the same time the body was brought alongside. The body was very much swollen, and it took the strength of nearly the whole crew to raise it far enough ont of the water to show tbe face and clothing. No sooner did the mud-smeared and ghastly face appear above the water than the same thought struck the police and the reporter that at last the long sought for banker had been found, and a closer inspection made the identification complete. The police imme diately started an examination of the body, and in every detail it answered the .de scriptions of Mr. Ditman. wounds on the bodt. From just above the frontal bone to the back of the head was a jagged wound which looked as if it might have been produced by the body striking against a rock. The wound was a deep one. cutting through the flesh and bone and penetrating the brain. There were a few slight cuts on the chin, and some blotches of mud on the face, but it was easily recognizable, even to those who did not know Mr. Ditman, but had only Been his photograph. The clothes, which were faded and stained by the river mud, were the same as Mr. Dit man wore when he disappeared a long gray ulster, with fur collar and cuffs, a black frock coat, checked trousers and laced shoes. On the hands were a pair of black kid gloves, with heavy stitching on the back, and in the cuffs were a pair of round gold buttons. The body was afterward fully identified by Edward E. Bulkley and William H. H. Cline, Mr. Ditman's brothers-in-law. The body is now at Mr. Ditman's late residence, 1921 Spring Garden street. ME. ditman's disappearance. According to his usual custom, Mr. Dit man, after banking hours on December 11 last, went driving alone inFairmountPark. 5Vbont S o'clock he stopped his horse on the drive along the west bank of the Schuylkill, above the Columbia Bridge, to talk for a moment with a park guard whom he knew. Half an hour later his horse, drawing the empty buggy, was picked up by a park guard, not lar Irom wbere Mr. Ditman bad talked witb the other guard. The harness was damaged, and there were some indications that the fuggy had been partly io the river. Mr. Ditman had disappeared, and was not seen afterward. The river was dragged for Ms body for weeks withont result. The first theory, that he had been thrown into the river, and tbe second, that he had committed suicide, were successively aban doned, when it came out that instead of be ing worth &00.000, Mr. Ditman's affairs were badly tangled and his debts largely ex ceeded his assets. the mtstebt not solved. It became the general belief that he had run away, and reports were printed to the effect that he had carried away with him many thousand dollars which he had bor rowed from friends and relatives. His life was insured for $160,000 in first-class com panies. Whether Mr. Ditman's death was accidental or a suicide will never be known. There were some papers in his pockets, but nothing to clear up the mystery of his death. EAISING THE BLOCKADE. Travel oa the Union Pacific Road Abont to be Besomed. Portland. Ore., January 26. The blockade on the Union Pacific is again vir tually raised. The east-bound trains started out from LaGrande yesterday afternoon. A snow plow will reach Baker City to-day and four delayed trains will then start for Port land and expect to get through on time. A "Chinook" is blowing and the snow melting rapidly. Superintendent Johnston says the Union Pacific has no fear of landslides or washouts, and, barring snow slides, no fear is felt of further interrnption on the line. Owing to the wires being down there is no news irom the blockade on the Southern Pacific. There have been some heavy snow slides in Clow Creek Canon, and two bents of the bridge at Boseburn have been washed out. THROUGH THE CAB WINDOW. A Mother Attempts to Get Bid of Her Infant Child. Cleveland, January 26. The members of a theatrical company that arrived in Cleveland to-night from Pittsburg had in their care a 19-year-old girl named Emma Yaeger, who claims to live in Allentown, a suburb of Pittsburg, and her infant child. When the train wa3 near Youngstown the girl tried to throw the child from a car win dow, bnt was restrained by the theatrical people. When they arrived here Miss Yaeger-wa3 sent to tbe Open Door and the child was taken by the police. Tbe girl admits that she came to Cleveland to get rid of the child, either by giving it away or deserting it. She says its father now lives in Buffalo. i M
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