te 10$m& rwrr-xt e"3 AFRICAN EXPLORATION. HOME MAKERS And decorators wjil profit by wateh-tap- for vhat" xfome in this line through the of TBS DIB- PATCH. ItEp . ll directions. THE DISPATCH ftas tecured some valuable and Interesting material in thtt dtreclion. Watch for future an nouncement. It always aims to get -j' A .! xc tct Tmwnm i uie marKel. mu mmtty ii y.-cy FORTY-FIFTH YEAH. OF Made Against Witnesses in - the Ballot-Box Case. A .QUEER GAME OF BLUFF, In Which Wood Says the Governor Was the Most Interested. FORAKER PLEADS HIS SIHCERITT And Gives His Story of the Manner in Which He Was Taken In. SEYEEAL SENSATIONAL STATEMENTS. In the ballot-box investigation Yesterday, Foraker intimated that General Grosvenor was a liar, and stated positively that "Wood was a forger and perjurer. According to the testimony of Private Secretary Kurtz, the now Cunons forged paper was taken to Cincinnati, concealed in the leg of Amor Smith's drawers, Smith carrying a revolver to protect the precious document. tEFECUL TELIOEAJl.TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, February 12. The com mittee investigating the Ohio ballot-box forgery case had a very lively time with witnesses to-day. After some comparatively unimportant testimony, General Grosvenor was called, at the request oi Governor Foraker, and read and commented on a let ter written by himself it being the same letter from which Mr. Halstead had read while on the stand. This letter stated that the writer was determined to work for 'Foraker and make it disagree able for Campbell. It also stated that it Mr. Campbell had not introduced the hill, a prominent Bepublican would have intro duced it. He said he was that prominent Republican, having used the term jokingly. In a postscript it was added thatMr. Jennings, of the Athens, 0 Messenger, had told the writer that Campbell had $5,000 in the ballot-box scheme. MUCH LIKE CALLING If AMES. Asked by Foraker if he had received a telegram in October saying, "Trust me, Charley, and I'll stand by yon," Grosvenor said no, and that that information must have come from some constitutional liar. "I got my information from you," said the ex-Governor. Charles L. Kurtz, Foraker's private sec retary, told of a conversation with Colonel A. C. Sands in the Governor's office, Sep tember 30, 1889, which led him to believe there was something behind the ballot-box matter. Sands said he had been called to "Washington; that there was a contract be hind the bill, and that -James E. Campbell had gone to see the President, to get the Democratic leaders in Congress to stop dis cussing tariff long enough to get the bill through. Leading politicians, Sands said, and Members of Congress had signed tne contract. Qnestioned by Congressman Mason, witness said it was generally under stood that lobbying was a part of Sand's business. DECEIVED BY COLONEL SANDS. He was impressed with the genuineness of the document, and when he gave the ballot-box paper to Amor Smith to carry to Halstead he told him of the talk with Sands. Smith also seemed impressed with Sands' statement "Witness had talked with Sands about this ballot-box case since the election. Sandstoldhimhe didn't want his former conversation detailed. "Witness told Sands that he regarded the talk confidential, but it had a direct and positive bearing upon the case,and that he couldn't promise him to say nothing about the conversation. Wit ness recalled to Sands the statement about men at the top round of the ladder, and Sands answered that he had not a very good memory, but he didn't dispute having made the statement. BEVOLYEB FOB SMITH'S PEOIECTION. General Grosvenor having asked Mr. Kurtz if he gave Amor Smith anything at the time he handed him the ballot-box paper, the witness astonished some of those present by saying, "A revolver." Representative Turner The paper itself was dynamite. Laughter. General Grosvenor Did Smith say where he was going to carry the paper ? "Witness Well, he settled upon the in side of his drawers, well down. Amor Smith had said that it was a very valuable paper, and expressing some appre hension, witness had given him the pistol and the two had come to an understanding as to where to look for the paper in case a railroad or any other kind of accident hap pened to him (Smith). Governor Foraker then resumed the stand for the purpose of making an explanation of matters which had been spoken of in -the course of the investigation. FOP.AKEE IN HIS OWN BEHALF. Among other things which had impressed theGovernor with the genuinness of the ballot-box paper was the difference between the Campbell and the Hoar ballot-box bills. The Campbell hill directs the Attorney Gen eral to purchase a particular box, while Senator Hoar's bill provides for a commis sion to examine all ballot boxes and report on the best Governor Foraker next referred to the criticism made on him by Senator McPher son for not attempting to communicate with the men whose names were on the paper be fore taking action, and started to produce a letter from Henry B. Little to Senator Mc Pherson in which McPherson was arraigned for the things of which he made complaint against witness; but the committee ruled that it was not proper matter to pat in evidence. HE NEEDED THE PAPER. As tohii delay in not mentioning Hadden's same in his public explanations, preceding his appearance on the witness stand, Gov ernor Foraker said that Hadden had given him the paper in a confidential way without having any expectation that it would be necessary to use the name. As to his efforts to get the ballot box paper, Governor Foraker said that he thought any candidate having such a fight at he had on hand would certainly want that paper. When he finally got the paper he was confronted with the CHARGES LYING necessity of determining what he would do with it. One reason be didn't consult with the gentlemen whose names were connected with it, was that he had determined to take no responsibility upon himself. Had he not met Halstead on the train he should have made no use sf it until after the election, if at all. He was afraid that if he used Campbell's name alone he wonld bring out the names of his associates, and in that way throw tbe party into confusion and dis order, and bring on defeat When witness talked with Halstead, the latter seemed to have a different view, and snpDorted that view with great force and conclusiveness to witness' mind. ALWATS BUTXEBWOBTH'fl FBIEND. "Now," said Governor Foraker, "with respect to Wood, never at any time, place or manner did he use any expression that these names wouldn't stand, nor use any words calculated to put me on guard in any way, shape or form." Witness never said he wonld use this (the paper) on Butterworth. The truth was that no man was ever more particular than himself not to say anything about Butter worth. They had been friends for years, and witness had always supported Mr. But terworth for nomination and election. Governor Foraker then denied insinua tions which had been made against him of recommending two men for tbe same office. and, referring to his recommendation of Wood for the Smoke Inspectorship said that when he heard of charges against Wood's character he telegraphed the Mayor not to appoint him unless he was all right, and informed Wood of the charges. The Governor didn't believe one man in a thou sand would have doubted the genuineness of tbe ballot-box paper nnder the circum stances. "WOOD CALLED A. PEBJUBEB. Governor Foraker denounced Wood as a notorious forger and perjurer, and declared that he had counted 79 unqualified and un mitigated falsehoods in his printed testi mony. Continuing, he said the affair had been to him a very bitter experience, mor tifying and humiliating to the highest de gree, from the beginning to the last There had not been a moment when al) the world might not have had all the information he had. He would think to the day of his death that, behind this there was some sort of paper, but he did not want any man to imagine that he asserted that any one whose name was on that forged paper was on the paper he believed to have existed. He wonld hunt for the paper until his death. He did cot believe that Wood could have conceived tbe heading and the collateral seenrity on the paper out of his own imagin ation, and must have received aid from some other paper or some other person. THEY WANTED A BLTJFFEB. Wood then again took the stand and testi fied that Hadden had told him of a ballot box syndicate in Washington. Witness went to Colonel T. C. Campbell and told him of these statements, and wrote to James E. Campbell, telling him he (Wood) wanted to see him about an important matter. The witness at this point became excited, and speaking rapidly, he said. I don't want this case to close with both parties thin sing I nave put op a job on them. The whole thiDg originated with that man (pointing to Hadden). It was business with me. If there was any 53,000 down here I wanted part of it. I rierer saw any paper but what yon gentlemen Foraker and Hidden). Impressed on my mind. When jou gentlemen talked to me about a ballot box contract and business In it, I thongbt yon knew what von were talking about. Hadden told me the Governor wanted a bluffer, and you got a blatter to bluff lien Butterworth. It was you people that made the impresses on my mind of what was wanted. And it was that which caused me to bring it out. 1 bad no Idea men's reputations could be destroyed by such apparatuses as this. Laughter.! MEBELY DOING AS HADDEN 'WISHED. Wood went on to declare that he under stood the paper was never to leave Foraker's hand, but was to be used as a blnffi Representative Turner Now, after all, you know nothing of any ballot-box contract in which Mr. Campbell, Butterworth, or any of the gentlemen had anything to do? Wood I don't of my own personal knowl edge; only through inference that I got from Hadden and the Governor that those people were in it Witness was an inventor. He had not tried to invent something to fill a long-felt want, bnt was getting up something Had den suggested. They wanted a bluffer and Hadden didn't care whether it was exactly like the paper or not Asked if the word bluffer was used he declared emphatically that it was. He said he wanted to get back the Topp letter. It was common talk that it was out Witness declared that Foraker had telegraphed him that be must have the paper the next day, and he pushed it to please Foraker. WOOD INTEEBDTTS HADDEN. Governor Foraker was then interrogated by the committee regarding the Topp letter. He said he had been given the ballot-box letter September 11 and the Topp letter did not come out until October, although writ ten in July. Be had never heard of it until about the time it came out "Everything this man says," continned Governor For aker, "is as emphatically false as can be." Mr. Hadden testified-that he first heard of the Topp letter three days before it came out. He also declared Wood's statements to be utterly false. At this point Wood broke in, notwithstanding Chairman Ma son's admonitions, and said: "Why don't you tell me you never saw me?" and went on to declare that he was trying to strain the thing out and get away honorably. The committee adjourned subject to call, and it is understood that Colonel Sands will be summoned to testify. HEARING SPEECHES BY TELEPHONE. The Novel Entertainment Afforded Saratoga People Last Evening. JEPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBE DISPATCH.'. Sabatoga, February 12. The Jefler sonian and Lincoln Clubs are vieing with each other to-night in social celebrations. These clnbs are both strong in numbers and in political force. The members of the former, to the number of 150. are celebrating the eighty-first anniversary of the birth of Abrabam Lincoln with a banquet at the Worden, at which Senator Coggcshall made an address, speaking to tbe toast "The Be publican Party," while the Jeftersonians, still stronger in numbers and political el fectiveness, are holding a brilliant ball in the Town Hall, and which was preceded by a concert by Doring's Band, of Troy. A novel feature of the ball and concert is the arrangement of a transmitter back of the orchestra, so as to enable anyone in Baratoga who has a telephone in their house or store or office to bear the music, for which purpose many social parties have been made tip. BROKERS COME TO BLOWS. A Sensation In the New York Consolidated Mining Exchange. New York, February 12. There was a sensation in the Consolidated Mining Ex change here to-day, over an encounter be tween two members, W. H. Deboise and William McQaaid. The members had been skylarking and the two men were among the participants. Tbey became angry over the tun and came to blows. Deboise had a ent over his right eye that will require two or three stitches. McQaaid escaped nn. scratched. The two Ben were hustled ost of the bnild.in. BLAINE'S CUTEST MOVE. Likely to Becare n Removal of All the 6ngar Doit to Caleb South Ameri cans More Than Tnfl Blight be tbe Recompense. rET-SCIA. TU.EORAX Tu THE DXgrATCB.1 Washington, February 12. For more than a week past important conferences have been held by the Bepublican members of the Ways and Means Committee and lead ing men in the party in and out of Congress on the snbject of the make-up of the tariff bill. The greatest difficulty that has been encountered is the arrangement of the sugar tax; but this matter is now being brought to a head. It is now generally known that Secretary Blaine's deep interest in the question at present arises from his anxiety to throw a bait to the South Americans in the shape of the entire removal of the sugar tax. Mr. Blaine has held several conferences with Major McKinley and other Republicans on this subject He gives assurances that if the concession of free sugar is given to the South Americans they will return the favor in kind and extend to Americans trade ad vantages of different sorts. It is safe to say that a majority of the Ways and Means Committee are willing, and even anxions, to remove the sugar duty altogether, despite the protests of the sugar farmers. Secretary Blaine is personally and actively applying his powers of persua sion, and the chances are that he will win. HERE'S OUR TABLEWARE TRUST. The Combination That (seeks to Freeze Ont Smalt Prrnnd Limit Designs. rSPECIAL TELEQ5AM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New YoBK,Februaryl2. The American Glass Manufacturers' Association met to day in parlor F at the Astor House. Among those present or represented were: Thomas Evans, Charles Taylor and Daniel Bipley, Pittsburg; Hibley & Co. and Storm & Bro., Brooklyn; Gillandcr & Son and Horman & Co., Philadelphia; the P. Gleason Manu facturing Company, New York, and Brox & Co., Port Jervis. The meeting was secret. Its purpose was said to be the formation of a flint glass trust Daniel C. Bipley, who presided, an d others who attended the meeting refused, after it was over, to say what had been done. LIFELI SCENE IN OTTAWA In Order to Prevent an Open Outbreak tbe Speaker Lcares the Chair. Ottawa, February 12. An exciting scene took place in the House of Commons to-day. John Carlton charged the Minister with winking at the outrage at Hull in older to secure the Boman Catholic vote. He declared that Miss Wright was brutally attacked. Sir John Macdonald replied that it was a matter for the Province to look after. When Sir John sat down Mr. Clayton arose to reply, when the Speaker ruled him out of order. Amotion to adjonrn was not heard on account of the uproar that ensned. The Speaker then ordered Mr. Clayton to be seated, which he refused to do. Finally, in order to -prevent an open out break, the Speaker left the chair.adjouraing the House. As soon as Mr. Clayton sat down, however, business was resumed. ABRAHAM L-IN.COLK'S BIRTHDAI Celebrated at a Banquet Attended by Blnny DUtlncuUhed Republicans. Columbus, .February 12. The Lincoln banquet (the third annual), under the auspices of the Ohio Bepublican League, occurred to-night and was largely attended by distinguished Bepublicans from Ohio and other States. It was at a late honr when the programme of the occasion was entered upon and the following sentiments responded to: "Abraham Lincoln," Luther Laflln Mills. Chicago: "The New South," General Stewart At wooaioro. new xorK; "ine Fress," L F. Mack, Sandusky: "The National Bepublican ueacue,-- a. a. iiumpntey, new xorK; Solid South," John R. Lynch, Mississippi". "The QUEER ACTIONS OF A BROKER. Although Be Has a Llrinff Wife, Hd Takes Another, and Sails for Enropc. New Yobk, February 12. Douglass Green, of the firm of Green & Bateman, bankers and brokers at 57 Broadway, has withdrawn from that firm, and is now on board the steamer Lahn on his way to South ampton, England, with Mrs. Snell-McCrea, to whom he was married at Old Point Va.. on the 4th instant, despite tbe fact that he had a wife living from whom he was not divorced. Mr. Green's relatives, his friends and his physician, Dr. Curtis, are convinced that his mind is deranged. Vhe withdrawal of Mr. Green .from the firm was compulsory. HAND! WITH A GDN. Daring a Becess In a Trial tbe Prosecutor Shoots the Dcfendanr. San Diego, Cal., February 12. During a recess in the trial of William Mayne, on the charge of assault to murder to-day, Bertha Johnson, the prosecuting witness, shot Mayne three times, taking effect in the head, neck and shoulder, inflicting prob ably fatal wounds. Mayne was sitting in a chair in the court room when the woman passed back of him, tnrned quickly, drew a revolver from under her handkerchief and fired. She was ar rested. CAUGHT BI THE HAIR. A Syracuse Mill Girl is Scalped and Dies of Her Wounds. fSrECIAIi TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Sabatoga, February 12. Etta Bixby, aged 16, while at work to-day in the Hud son Knitting Mills, leaned over to recover something that had fallen to the floor, when her hair, which she wore in a braid down her back, fell upon a belt near a rapidly revolving pulley, in which it caught In an instant the girl's scalp was torn from the whole top of her head. She died in a few minutes. TO RE-ESTABLISH BRAZIL'S EMPIRE. Excitement In Berlin Over a Startling Report About Prince Henry. BT StnTLAr'S CABLE COKrAjrr.J Beblin, February 12. Great excitement has arisen from the report that Prince Henry will start to re-establish the Empire In Brazil. The Emperor of Germany ex cuses him for breaking his contracts at home, and even allows soldiers to accompany him. BLAINE AGAIN AT WORK. Official Dntles Resamed for the First Time Since His Bereavement. Washington, February 12. Secretary Blaine resumed his official duties at the State Department this morning, for the first time since his recent bereavement, and one of his first acts was the appointment of Mr. 8. A. Brown, oi Washington, as chief clerk of the department, vice Mr. J. F. Lee, nominated as- Secretary of Legation at Bio de Janeiro; PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, AS WOLFE VIEWS IT. A Political Horoscope "With Cold Water and Delamater in It, BDT NOT A SIGN OP R..E. PATTISON. Prohibition Stilt as Much an Issue as Ever, but Wolte Won't Run. WHI HE FEELS WARMER FOR QTJAT, The Cry of tbe Presidency to be Worked for Itery Ounce It's Worth. Charles S. Wolfe says he will not pose again as the Prohibitionists' candidate for Governor in Pennsylvania, though he will take the stump for them. He accords Tub Dispatch staff correspondent a racy inter view on State politics. The old-time inde pendent leader fires some small shot at ex Governor Pattiaon from personal motives, and tells why he thinks there will be no re volt by Bepublicans against Quay. He pays off some old scores in a fearless manner. rnioM a STAvr cosBESPoapBjrr.l Shamokin, February 12. I stopped at. Lewisburg, this week, long enongh to take a squint at the Gubernatorial situation in Pennsylvania through those peculiar spec tacles of Hon. Charles 8. Wolfe. They still bridge the same nose that some years ago sniffed the Independent Bepublican battle afar off. They are the identical eye-glasses through which Mr. Wolfe thought be fore saw the ghosts of the Camerons stalking across the deserted Lochiel halls, and by tbe aid of which he actually did. count up 60,000 votes in favor of the phantasm. Albeit many persons declared that Wolfe saw through the glasses darkly, yet history draws a picture of them and adds tbe title, "Political goggles which once made the bosses tremble!" So, if the horoscope of 1890 floats any omens of a revolt against Senator Quay's candidate for Governor, I felt there was no quicker process of divination than by turn ing Mr. Wolfe's optical lenses full upon the facts. I tried to focus them. PBOSI PAST TO PBESENT. "But I am out of politics," objected Mr. Wolfe, "and what is more, I am no longer a Bepublican. I have mingled so little in political matters lately that my opinions will not be worth much, I fear. No matter who the Bepublican candidates for Gov ernor are, I shall not take part in the cam paign. I spent my best years in tbe service of the Bepnblican party of Pennsylvania; my services were not appreciated, and now I shall not " Now I had mj hand on his lorgnette. It was taking a backward sweep, but that would more surely bring it back to a glare at the present situation. "And now I shall not bother my head about the bosses and their doings," he con tinued. "From all I know now I shall not vote for any Bepublican candidate. I am a Prohibitionist, and if they have a candidate for Governor I will certainly cive him mv Vote. Yes, tbey are pretty snre to nominate a candidate; bnt if thev should not I will jiot vote for the Democratic nominee either, far S am more-of n.-Bnnbiifln still h.iwt -I n. . fir. . -r : i : T7 - Aeujucnib. a uo tu ut parjy, nowever, re gardless of my moral convictions, and that is why I say that from the way I now feel I shall not snpport the Bepublican ticket. There might arise contingencies which wonld lead me to change my mind in har mony with my convictions. A COLD STAB AT PATTISON. "I said I would not vote for the Demo cratic candidate, least of all wonld I vote for Pattison if he becomes the nominee. If there was no other alternative left me, I could never bring myself to cast my ballot for the man who was so ungenerous as io completely ignore tbe one man in Pennsyl vania who did more to make him Governor than all others. I suppose you catch my meaning? I was that man. To me Gov ernor Pattison owed very much for his vic tory in defeating General Beaver. I do not mean that he was ungenerous in not pub licly acknowledging my aid, in not reward ing me with patronage, or in not asking my advice in matters of state; no, I mean none of these things. I simply mean he chose to ignore me socially and privately, as well as publicly and politically. Oh, yes; I had met him before the election met him at the Committee of One Hundred in Philadel phia during the campaign, and I knew his intimate friend, Gordon. I was entitled to courteous gratitude, at least after he became Governor. Mark yon, these are purely personal grounds. I have nothing to say of Governor Pattison's administra tion. NO INDEPENDENT BEVOLT EXPECTED. "Whenever Wallace has been a candidate for anything," replied Mr. Wolfe, "it has been because the Bepublican bosses wanted him. Some part of the Bepnblican machine has always boosted Wallace, and without it he conld not be successful in this State. The Pennsylvania Bailroad, for instance. once knew how useful he was. But Wallace is not needed this year, and he will not be the Democratic nominee. "There will be no revolt in the Bepnb lican party," he continned. "Delamater must be nominated, because he is Matt Quay's protege. Hastings' residence in Center county would be against him if all other things were equal. Montooth, of Pittsburg, has about as much chance as he ever had. The whole campaign is being pushed forward on machine methods. That Cambria county trick was a striking ex ample of what I mean. Bnt, after all is done, and the empty form of nominating Delamater at a convention is gone through with, then watch how qnickly opposition will be squelched. The manu facturers all over the State, tutored by Quay, will say: 'We mnst elect the Be pnblican nominee in this State, for, before another Governor is chosen, a Presidcntal election will occur, and it wouldn't do to have Pennsylvania in Democratic hands.' So there will be no revolt In Philadel phia, when Smith was nominated for Mayor, it was generally realired he was to tally unfit for the office, yet the manufact urers sum; xxeAtjear is iresiaental year and we must elect the Bepublican It would never ao. you know, to lose tbe ma chine in Philadelphia, or Pennsylvania, at such critical times. Oh, no!" SOME PEOPLE VINDICATED. . The spectacles bad to be wiped at this in teresting point of the survey, and, contin uing in a sort of reverie, Mr. Wolfe said: "It disgusts me to think of Bepublicans in Pennsylvania. Once they had the oppor tunity to destroy this machine. The wedge had fonnd an entrance with 50,000 inde pendent votes, and could have been driven home, bnt the machine has grown stronger now than ever." Asked about Quay's past and present tactics In Pennsylvania, the old time independent leader replied: "Of all machine politicians, I have a warmer personal feeling for Quay than the others. He befriended me when the Philadelphia Press had tried to pnt me in a hole about a dicker I was alleged to be making out of the Independent movement for the Gubernatorial nomination. Quay knew'my position and understood me. I have nothing against him personally; bat politically bis conduct has been outrageous. Thing 'bare cosrt to pass recently which are nothing more or less than a vindicatiofi FEBRUARY 13, 1890. of the men who knew of the Pardon Board corruption years ago, and a repudiation of the men who fought It. Quay was pnt at the head of the State Treasury, to see that that end of the machine was managed all right Then he was made United States Senator, and to-dav is one of the foremost i men in the conntrv. That was his vindica tion. John Wanamaker, a Chustlan states nian, knew his political record, yet gave him a mint of money for campaign pur poses. Governor Beaver, another Christian statesman, had to vindicate still another, by making him a member of his Cabinet Secretary Stone." NOT HIMSELF A CANDIDATE. "If the ProhibitiomsU tender you the nomination for Governor. Mr. Wolfe, will you accept it?" "I do not have anv idea that I will be asked to be the candidate," he replied; "and if lam I shall certainly decline it I was their candidate once, and I cannot make so many sacrifices again. I will help the cause financially, and may possibly de liver a few speeches for their standard bearer, but my private business demands all my attention now, for the same reason that I have stated in regard to Bepnblican poli tics I gave my best years to public service, and now, although still a young man, I must pay attention to private affairs." "Why did you become a Prohibitionist?" I asked, not repeating, however, the sneer ing explanation often made by Mr. Wolfe's political enemies, that he is a Prohibitionist because the Bepublicans wouldn't have him any longer. "I was always a Prohibitionist at heart even when I was in the Bepnblican party, replied the Lewisburg attorney. "Liquor selling mtast be right or it must be wrong. If it is right, then there can be no objection to everybody selling it, without restriction. If it is wrong, nobody should be permitted to deal in the stuff. Our laws indicate in every way that it is wrong. All crime shows it to be wrong. Heavy PENALTIES ABE PBESCBIBED for its free and promiscuous sale. Then, if it is wrone, what right has any government to permit any person to engage in the traf fic, provided he pays a stated sum? If I vote for a legislator or other official whom I know will vote for license nnder these open fnets, I am as mnch to blame as tbe man who sells the liquor to a drunkard, and it I support tbe political party which advocates license I would feel as guilty as the saloon keeper himself." "Then you can no more be a Democrat than a Bepublican," I laughed. "No, I must-be a Prohibitionist We are consistent I demand license for every body, or else license for none. What right have Pennsylvania law makers to create a monopoly of whisky selling?" "Bnt why were you ever a Bepublican, then, when you alwavs held these views?" "Because, up to the time I left the partv the full fruits of the war had hardly been garnered, and I conscientiously believed all other issnes oould be held in abeyance for that. Now, Prohibition is a live issue." L. E. Stofiel. A PITTSBURGER'S BRIDE. A Wealthy St. Paal Lodr Weds a Nntlra of This City. tSrECIAtTELEOEAMTO THH DISPATCH.! St. Paul, February 12. The Kittson mansion in this city was the scene this even ing of the most brilliant wedding in the history of St Paul. The contracting par ties were Charles H. S. Weaver, a promi nent young Chicago attorney, and Miss Marie E. Kittson, youngest daughter of the late Norman W. Kittson. The ceremony was performed by Bev. William C. Pope, of the Church of (he Good. Shepherd. The "bridemaids' were Miss May iBiehmond. of Dubuque, In., and Miss Adah Hawkins, of St. Paul, sister of Miss Etta Hawkins, the well - known actress. Mr. Weaver's best man was Charles L. Bartlett, a Chicago attorney. He was also attended by W. B. Bogart, of. the Chi cago Board of Trade, and E. G. Hartje, a Pittsburg attorney. The mansion was brilliantly illuminated and splendidly dec orated. A wedding supper spread in the spacious dining-room, was afterward served to the COO invited guests. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver leave for their Chicago home to-morrow evening, Mrs. Weaver is bnt 19 years of age, is one of the handsomest women in St Paul. Her father leftbern fortune of nearly 5600,000. Mr. Weaver is a native of Pittsburg, a graduate at Brown University, in 1882, and was ad mitted to the bar in Chicago in 1885. SOPHOMORES FIRED SHOTS. A Lively Old Midnight Scrlmmago at Blub lenberg College. .'SPECIAL TILECEAM TO TUB DISPATCH. Allentown, Pa., February 12. The annnal banquet of the sophomore class of Muhlenberg College came to a most in glorious end at midnight For some time the most bitter feeling has existed between the sophomores and the freshmen. After the banqnet, when the young men were feeling in the best of spirits, decorated with their colors, they marched back to college, and, when once in the building, they began banging at the doors of the sleeping fresh men. The yonng men were aroused, and, half dressed, they rushed into the halls and corridors. Presently there were a dozen or more fistic enconnters in the halls, and the sophomores were being worsted. Some of them drew re volvers and fired shots, but no one was hurt. A number of the sophomores were' thrown downstairs, and one of them had his jaw dislocated by a freshman's blow. A halt dozen freshmen were dragged the length of the corridor and unmercifully handled. MOODI'S CHOIR SINGER SHOT, An Infatuated Chicago Carpenter Fires and Commits Suicide. rSTICXAL TELKOnAM TO Tin DISPATCH-l' Chicago, February 12. Bohert B. Hen dersob, a carpenter, who has a wife and fonr children living at Batavia, N. Y., to-night shot and dangerously wonnded Hattie Hind, who has sung in tbe choir at Moody's chnrch ever since 1887, The woman, who is 36 years old, and quite pretty, fled from the room and was caught in a fainting condition in the street by a policeman. When the officer ran upstairs he found Henderson lying on the threshold with a bullet m his head. He will die. Henderson has been a worthless fellow and was seldom at work. He became acquainted with Miss Hind at Moody's church and urged her to marry him. She would not consent, but called on Henderson late this evening in response to a letter from him, and while her back was turned toward him he fired nt her inflicting a ueYua scalp wound. Ho then turned his revolver upon himself. HARVARD BTUDENrS TURK THIEVES. L. Three of Them Arrested for Purloining a Vor Valnabla Ylolln. ISrEClAiTELEOItAM TO THE DISPATCH.) Boston, February 12. Three Harvard medical school students are nnder arrest charged with stealing a $300 violin from Elias Howe, No. 88 Court street They are S. H. Littlefield, or Boston, andi J, D. Eggleston and H. A. Stone, of Newton, all hiehly connected socially. Tbe violin was stolen last November. It was heln for some time, and then exchanged for a $100 flute, &2U mandolin and $10 in money. Then it was exposed for sile and the arrest fol lowed. The reekleu escapade has created s good deal of talk. BRICE PEOMISED IT. One Reason Why Ohio Democrats Want to Redistrict the 'State. i IN SPITE OP H0AE AMD WICKHAM They Will Mate Haste to Pass a Gerry mandering Measure AS SOON AB ONE 0AN BE AGREED UPON. Con;resslnil Actios, the Leaders Bay, Wtnld Cnconstttntionat. be The Democrats of Ohio are quite unani mous on the question of redisricting tbe State. They all want a gerrymandering bill passed, but tbey can't quite agree whether they ought to give themselves 14 or 19 districts. A redisricting measure will b4 passed as soon as this qnestion is settled. SPECIAL TELEGllAM TO THE SISFATCH.1 Columbus, February 12. The principal topics of conversation in political circles to day are the bills of Senator Hoar and Con gressman Wickham, to maintain 'the Con gressional districts as they at present exist It is of special interest here just now, as the Democrats of the Legislature have been in caucus for the past two nights endeavoring to agree upon a gerrymander of the State to accommodate the greatest number. Demo crats from all parts of the State are in the city to lend their aid in the preparation of a bill which will extend the favor to their re spective localities. They have had consid erable trouble in agreeing upon a measure, and, out of eieht bills which weie submit ted to the caucus, they -have them reduced to two general measures which are now in the hands of a committee to Jeport later to the caucus. BBICE obeaxlt intebested. The best information is that the caucus will agree upon a bill, certainly giving either 13 or 14 districts to the Democrats, and one or two additional with a small mar gin in the Democrats' favor, butwith.no certainty that the candidates ean be elected. The margin in the two close districts is placed at GOO and 600. Among the Demo crats who came to-day to consult on the bill are James E. Neal, of Hamilton, Chairman of the Democratio State Committee; Walter B. Bichie of Lima, the general manager of Senator-elect Brice in all his political movements. Tbe counsel of Governor Campbell was sought last night as to the best course to pursue. In the late Sena torial contest, Brice made a nnmber of Con gressional promises in return for substantial aid, and there Is no doubt that he will have a great deal to say in regard to who shall be favored in the redisricting scheme. ANXIOUS JOB SWEEPING CHANGES. Some of the more radical of the majority in the Legislature see no opportunity of getting anything unless there are 17 or 18 districts carved out and they are standing out for a gerrymander of that character, but iue indications are mat a more conservative view will be taken. The hills of Hoar and Wickham have had a tendency to stimulate action, and, there is a probability that a bill will be agreed upon this week. They are anxious that the . gerrymander shall take place as soon as possible, that they may avoid the retroactive features of the Hoar bill in-case' there is anything to be avoided in that direction. President pro tern Adams, of the Senate. was asked this evening what he thought of the measnres and what tbe Democrats of the Legislature would d,o, and said: . We will proceed and redistrict as soon as we can agree upon a bilL We will pay no atten tion to the Hoar and Wickham measures, which are evidently designed principally to pnt a check upon any radical gerrymander of the State. THET WILL WATTF: NEW DISTBICTS. As I nnaerstand the measures tbey provide that tbe Fifty-second Congress shall be com posed of members representing the districts as tbey now exist, bnt I don't think Congress has any authority for the enactment of such a measure. At any rate, we will redistrict, and elect members from tbe new districts, and It will then likely be a question as to which set of Congressmen-elect will be admitted to their seats. The final decision would probably be in tbe Federal courts. Lieutenant Governor Lampson, who was ousted by the Democrats, said: I think Congress has a right to pass such a bill, and especially so just at this time. Tbe object Is to prevent a ripping up of the State nntilthe new census is taken and there is a proper basis for tbe work. The Bepublicans will elect Congressmen from tbe districts as they now exist, even should the Democrats re district the State, and Congress will be the judge of the qualifications of its members. Mr. Lampson was the only Bepnblican interviewed who thought the bills would be constitutional. Senator Kerr, the leader of the Bepnbli can side of the Senate, has read the Hoar and Wickham measnres and thinks Con gress has no right to interfere with the dis tricts, as he considers it would be a prece dent dangerous to establish. THE BILLS XrNCONSTiTUTIONAL. The Constitution, he thinks, gives Con gress control of Congressional elections as to time, place and manner, bnt if they were permitted to maintain the districts intact, or what would be the same thing, to change the boundaries at will, it would give Con gress the power to perpetuate itself. He does not believe it was the design of the Constitntion that Congress should have any thing to do with the boundaries of tbe re spective districts, and is of the opinion that it the bills now pending in Congress should become law, they will be declared uncon stitutional by tbe courts. Several Bepublican editors of the State are here, among them C.E.M. Jennings, of the Athena Messenger, who lives in Con gressman Grosvenor's district He stated that he did not believe the bills against gerrymandering wonld pass Congress, as they would be unconstitutional, a bad prec edent and would ouly lead to litigation which in the end would be to the disad vantage oi Bepublicans in the State. The Democrats of the Legislature will re district and take their chances with the new districts, and the bill will likely be passed n-tflitn WAolr linrlo, tha Twnwrtnmt ......... J.. method. A LONELY 0BPHAN. No Ohio Censressmnn Wllllas to Father tho Antl-Gerrymandering Bill A Complete Cbango of Front Seats In tbe Home Un safe. rVBOM A STAVP COEEESPOXDENT.1 WAsniNOTON, February 12. The Ohio delegation in Congress is much wrought up over the bills which have been introduced in both the House and Senate to prevent the proposed gerrymandering of the Buck eye State. Mr. Wickham, of Ohio, intro duced it In the House, and Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, fathered it in the Senate. Until to-day the Ohio Bepublican members had made no secret of their Intention to push the bill through, and of their confer ences together to decide upon the ways and means of assisting its passage. Congress man Grosvenor also was not averse to being called the antbor of the bill which he got his colleague, Mr. Wiokham, to introduce. To-day, however, they view the matter in entirely a different light BTot ft Bepubll- can member from Ohio can be found who will admit that he has had anything to do with the matter, and Mr. Grosvenor even goes so far as to declare that the statement that he drew up the bill was made by his enemies, Foraker and Kurtz, for the express purpose of injuring him. The reiMoo for this complete change of front is that there is just a little donbt as to whether Congress can constitutionally pass such a law as the one proposed. If it does not pass the Bepublicans here think theDem ocratsin Ohio may take particular delight in so arranging their gerrymander that the Congressmen who have been interested in preparing and pushing this bill may be left at home at the next election. Conse quently, those to who oi this cap would fit are getting undercover. The Democratic members from Ohio are terribly enraged at the proposition. They believe the Be publicans are thoroughly in earnest and will push the bill through both branches of Con gress, and tbey see that if his treated as a party measure they will have no means of stopping its passage. Whatever construction of the Constitution may be the correct one, there is no doubt that the Bepublicans propose to make a strong effort to save the three or four Con gressional seats now held by members of their party, which, are threatened by the Democratic State Legislature. LlOHTNEB. MILITABY WITHDRAWN. Fully 5,000 People Enter tbo Slonx Reser vationTrouble Anticipated Ten Wagon Loads of Whisky Sent to Pierre. Piebbe, 8. D., February 12. This after noon Colonel Tassen, in command of the military at Fort Pierre, received an official telegram from the War Department officially announcing the President's nroclamation, opening the Sioux reservation, and that the military forces should be withdrawn. The town immediately was in a hnbbub of noise and confusion. Vehicles ot all kinds, were immediately called out and packed with men of all classes, and there was an exciting race for the reservation. Everybody who could get transportation over joined the excited crowd, and those who could not ride went on foot Fully 5,000 people were in the crowd, and to-night they are camped over what was yesterdav the home and hunting ground of the Sioux Nation to-night the home and property of those who have waited long for the day when tbey could take possession. At Ft Pierre the bulk of the crowd first struck that village and immediately com menced to claim town lots, there being as many as ten claimants to one lot Some trouble has already arisen, and the indica tions arethat before morning there will be some thrilling scenes gone through by those who are disputing the possession of lots. Tea wagon loads of beer and whisky left this city for Ft Pierre, and several (ram bling outfits. C0ELISI05 WITH EXCURSI05 TBAI2T. The Engineer Killed IsstantIy,andFro in Ten to Fifteen Passengers Hart. Birmingham, Ala., February 12. A bad collision occurred this morning on the Alabama and Great Southern Bailroad near Coaling, Ala., between 8 south-bound special excursion train, consisting oi 12 Pullman coaches, carrying over 1,000 pas sengers, and a north-bound Tuscaloosa ac commodation train. Engineer Edward Doolittle, of the special train, was killed instantly, and some 10 or 15 persons on the accommodation train were hurt The trains were running at great speed, and both en gines and the baggage and several otb.er.cars. were demolished. The excursion train was en route to New Orleans. None of the passengers on the ex cursion train are reported killed. They were from Chicago and points in Ohio ana Illinois. Bo far as can be learned, the wounded are G. D. Irwin, Birmingham, Ala., cut in face, severely; Mrs. C. H. Alston, Tuscaloosa, cut m face; W. H. Phelps, Tuscaloosa, cut in face badly hurt; Martha Johnson, Jane Coleman and Bobert Johnson (colored), seriously hurt MR. GLADSTOSB SATISFIED. Glnd That the Samoaa Question I Com pletelr Settled. London, February 12. The address in reply to the Queen's speech was moved Jn. the Honse of Commons this afternoon bv Mr. Thomas Boyden, and was seconded by Lord Brooke. Mr. Gladstone spoke during the debate on the ad dress. He referred to the Anglo Portuguese dispute, and said he regretted that a conflict had arisen with Portugal, England's old ally, bnt that the present matter was a case for action, and it was bet ter that action shonld be prompt Mr. Gladstone, referring to Samoa, con gratulated the Government upon the ar rangements that have been made between Germany, Great Britain and tbe United States. It was a good example of what could be done by a temperate resort to pacific ways. Touching Ireland, he denied that the prosperity and order which prevail there were dne to coercion. The state of affairs existing there arose chiefly from the im proved agricultural condition of the country. He hoped the local government measure would be conceived in a liberal spirit APTEE CLAITOS'S MUEDEEEE. The Pursuit Still Kept Up and a Possible Clew Obtained. tsnCIAL TXXXGBAlf TO TH DISPATCH.! Little Bock, February 12. There was a sensational rumor in circulation here this morning, to the effect that Governor Eagle had issued a requisition on the Governor of California for the murderer of John M. Clayton, who has been located there. His Excellency, on being interviewed, denied the issuance ot any such an instrument, and refuses to diseuss the matter further. It was inferred, however, from his rieid silence, that important discoveries had re cently been made and that forthcoming developments were being awaited in the ex ecutive office. It is known that the effort to designate and locate the perpetrator of that foul crime has never been abandoned by the Department of State, and that a consid erable amount has been expended in follow ing np different clews. The latest rumor gives promise of better results, notwith standing the matter Is being zealously guarded as a secret of state. THE LATEST 11CK8. Telegraphic Dispatches Boiled Down to tho Lowest Possible Margin. Hon. M. THUB8T0N made the principal speech at the Lincoln banquet In Chicago last evening. The annual banqnet ot tbe Atlanta Cham ber of Commerce will be held this evening. Governor Campbell will be among the gnests. Cablo Bhutan, a worthless negro, shot and killed D. K- Gairard. a rising yonng lawyer, at Manchester, Ky. The murderer has not been arrested. II A general striko is threatened throughout the State of Alabama, involving thousands of coal miners and causing 15 or 20 blastfurnaces to close downy A SECEETmeeting of glass manufacturers was held atNew York yesterday, and the cir cumstances'indicate that a Flint Glass Trust is well under way. A bill was introduced fn the Virginia- Leg islature yesterday to Incorporate tbe Pitubnrg; West Virginia and Votts Valley Railroad, with a capital stock of 10,000,000. Ex-GoVEBliOB H0V3KB, of Montana, says the Legislature must adjourn on tbe 23th of this month, and that the Benatorship question. wIU4evcIve upon Governor Toole. j a CENTS fol&ER $75,000. Sir Chariest 'm Siemens' Heira' IS'ow Sneiwn Philadelphia, ON HIS DIRECT PROCESS PATE5T3 For trta Manufacture of Steel in PittsDurj at a Tery Great Loss. SIORT OP WHAT'S BEHIND THE SUITS, With a Possiaility of Carryiiif the Cue ta Kajtoars Hig-h Court of Justice. The Pittsburg end of the story behind ft big suit just filed in Philadelphia is of in terest. All who have watched the progress of the direct process in the manufacture of steel have heard of . the great Siemens-Anderson failure and consequent suits at one stage or another. Now there is another in teresting and important chapter in the matr ter. ISPECTAL TEIEQEA TO THZ DISPATCH. Philadelphia, February 12. Answers have been filed in a suit in equity in Com mon Pleas Court by Beed & Pettitt to a sup plementary petition of the Braddock Trust Company against the Guarantee Trust Company, the administrators of the estate.' of Sir Charles William Siemens, and against Henry B. Richmond and John Thorpe Potts, trading as Bichmond & Potts, to re cover $75,000 loaned to the Siemens-Anderson Direct Process steel company. Behind the petitions and answers filed hangs a tale which is appended. Dr. D. William Siemens, afterward knighted by the Queen of England for bis numerous meteorological processes and inventions, was. the inventor of tbe process for manufacturinc steel directly front iron ore. The value of this discovery soon led to tbe erection of large. Dlants for tbe manufacture of steel by the Sie mens rotative furnace in England. Germany, Russia and Norway. &. I. Anderson, of the Anderson Steel Works, of Pittsburg, was asked by Richmond Potts, Siemens' Amert-. can agents, to experiment with the furnace and he erected one at Tyrone. VEBY SUCCESSFUL AT JXBST. The experiment was successful and a nnm ber of financiers, including Thomas 1 Flagler, of Lockport, N. Y., George W. Van Siclen ana Leonldis W. Lawsen. of New York City, and Sylvester ACosgrovo and Robert J. Anderson, of Pittsburg, met in tbe office of Surrogate' Lawson, of New York, who was then the lead ing lawyer in that city, and formed a company chartered nnder the laws of the State of Kew York to transact the bosinesa of manuf actor-' lng steel at Fittsbnrs. ' The American patents of Dr. Siemens were to be purebased for 300,000. for which he re- ceivea i4,y;j snares Jot the stocc oi tne com-, pany and a royalty of 2 for every ton of steel manufactured. This was la 1881, and until tho latter part of 1882 the affairs of the company were prosperous. Toward the latter part of that year, however, the new company found It self with S1.50U.000 of debts; and made a gen eral assignment. Dr. Siemens, who shonld have received S00.O00. fonnd that be bad lost the entire amount. On November 13. lSS3r he died at bis borne in London. ALL LOST IN THE WBECK. The Braddock Trust Company, which had in dorsed two notes of the company, was carried down in the general wreck, and was obliged to assign. It brought suit against the Siemens Anderson Company in the Supreme Court of the city of New York, In April, 1883, and ob tained judgment for $72,162 67: bnt. as the com pany had no assets, it was unable to recover anything, although suits werks brought in Alle gheny county. Recently aoitwu brought in Common Fleas of this county against the es tate of Dr. blemens, and lengthy and learned petitions and answers have been filed by Todd & Hchaiffe for the plaintiffs, and Reed fc Pettitt for the. defendants, and it is expected that a hard legal battle win be fought over tbe re sponsibility of Dr. Siemens for the acts of tne company. The plaintiffs allege false allegatl tloas in the issuance of the stock. Should they obtain judgment in the Philadelphia courts, it Is likely that if the Doctor's estate in this county shonld be insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that the matter will be carried to the nigh Court of Justice of England, which will be asked to grant ont of the dead inventor's estate sufficient fnnds to extinguish the judgment granted in Pennsylvania. v 0LEYELAND INTEKYIEWEk The Ex-President Give His Views on Ballot Reform, Civil Service and Tariff Re form Characteristic Talk on Those Topics. Baltimore, February 12. The Sun of to-morrow will publish an interview with. ex-President Grover Cleveland. Says the correspondent: "Mr. Cleveland asked me about Maryland politics. He thought the Democratic party of Maryland was a Bplendid organization, and he hoped what ever dissensions existed would be speedily, harmoniously and permanently settled. In speaking of ballot reform, Mr. Cleveland said: I never debated in my own mind whether the removal of trickery from the voter would injure or benefit tne Democratic party. Ballot reform is right ana that is whyl think It should be adopted." He said Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, and Governor Campbell, of Ohio, were two of the most astute politicians in tbe coun try, and no one could be more pronounctd in favor of the principle than each of them. Speaking of civil service reform, Mr Cleveland said it was quite apparent that many of the politicians of both parties wonld be delighted U" they could smother it outof existence by withholding the neces sary appropriations for its maintenance. Of course, they would not have the courage to kill it directly. Passing to the subject of tbe tariff reform, the interviewer says: I found Mr.Cle veland enthusiastic as when be wrote his message of December, 1S87. I in quired what would be-the Democratic platform in 1592, and what, if any otberissnes than tariff, civil service and ballot reform would enter into tbe battle. He was disinclined to talk: about 184 merely saying he tbougbt it would take care of itself. I then asked what could be done to advance tariff reform among the ag riculturalists of the United States. He replied tbey were the class upon whom the tariff bears more heavily than upon any others, and it was to relieve their burdens that he was so anxious. The bigb tariff had brought mortgages and ruin upon them, and it was nard to understand why so many of them clung .to. what was their destruction. He thought the best way to reach the farmers and convince them of their own true interests was the establishment of tariff reform clnbs among them, and to dis seminate literature applicable to their circum stances. ATEBICL0SE CALL A Largo Wholesale Llqanr House Discov ered aa Fire Just In Time. By the prompt action of Michael Malone. the private watchman on the Diamond, what might have been one of the most disastrous fires which has occurred in Pittsburg ot lata years was extinguished about 2 a. K. to-dT. The office of Philip Hamburger was discovered to be on fire by. the watchman, and he turned in a still alarm to No. 1 engine house, the men arriving on tbe ground m less than eight min utes from tbe time tbe call was given. Someone connected with tho business office had tnrned a gas jet too close to the wainscot ing and It caught fire. The whole wall was in a blaze wben discovered by Officer Malone. and tbe flames were reach tne into the second story where several barrels of liquors in the Immedi ate vicinity of the source of the fire were badly scorched. The elevator, open from cellar to attic, was within about 33 feet of the origin of the fire. The whole loss, with the exception of the bills, hooks and accounts destrojed will not amount to over COOL Passed the Redisricting Bill. Annapolis, Md., February 12. The Senate to-day, by a strict pa ty vote, passed the Congress districting bill Should the bill become a law, five ot the six Congress districts in this State are made, it is de clared, surely Democratic. f TBBE 3 c t -M -r
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