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PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1890. JTCVE CENTS JM
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Ayerted by tlie Diplomacy of
an Ambitious Woman.
PBE3IIEB TIEAED RESIGNS
But President Carnot's Wife
suades Him to Kelract.
TOSSIBLE GERMAN ALLIANCE.
The Nihilists Will Attempt to Eill the Ciar
on March 13.
HOME RULE HATCHING ON TO TICTOEr
In consequence of the troubles in the
French Cabinet Tirard resigned yesterday.
Madame Carnot, however, induced him to
reconsider this determination, and thereby
averted a crisis. The possibility of an alli
ance between Germany and France is being
discussed at Paris. The Tories have suffered
fresh defeats in England, and the cause of
home rule is making steady progress.
IBT CABLE TO THE DISFATCB.1
Paris. March 8. It is reported this
evening that 21. Tirard, the Prime Minis
ter, had resigned, but had retracted his
resignation at the entreaty of Madame Car
not. whom he admires. Madame Carnot
wishes M. Tirard to remain in office be
cause he dislikes Madame Floquet, who is
admired by President Carnot She is still
young and pretty and a perfect dancer, and
really pulls all the strings in the Republi
can party. Madame Carnot is intensely
jealous of her position as the wife of the
President and consequently the first lady in
France.
TALK OF A STRANGE ALLIANCE.
The German Emperor's invitation of
Prance to the Berlin Labor Conference has
increased the interest in Colonel Stoffel's
argument on the possibility of a Franco
German alliance. Many Frenchmen of note
have been interviewed by The Dispatch
correspondent, and with but few exceptions
those who have expressed any opinion on
the subject nave declared that an alliance is
possible, but not probable.
President Carnot, who has always held
out the olive branch to Europe and es
pecially to Germany, and who has exerted
the utmost of bis endeavor to convince his
council that it would be to France's inter
est to accept the invitation to the Berlin
Labor Conference, is believed to be in favor
of an alliance with Germany though it be
at the cost of the friendship oi Bussia.
ALL THINGS ABE POSSIBLE.
"When questioned upon the subject, how
ever, he would not commit himself. He
'was asked if he thought such an alliance
possible, and responded with a significant
smile, saying: "All thincs arc possible
under the sun." M. Spuller, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, who is of German descent,
thinks the alliance both possible and prob
able, bnt says both possibility and prob
ability belong to another generation.
Baron Hausmann, the rebuilder and
bcautificrof Paris under Napoleon, who is
now writing bis memoirs, in which be deals
with the same subject that Colonel Stoflel
treats, was interviewed and said he had
known Colonel Stoffel a long time, and es
teemed him highly. Although he could
not agree with all the Colonel put forth, he
had no hesitation in saying that the fact
that France and Prussia were once allies
alter the battle of Sadowa, enhances the
possibility of alliance between Germany
and France, but not at the expense of the
former restoring to the latter her lost do
minions. A CHANCE TOE MAGNANIMITY.
He believed that an alliance was possi
ble, aside from the consideration which
future years might bring about, and that
after the conclusion of such an alli
ance, Germany would be as mag
nanimous in returning Alsace-Lorraine
to France as France was in restoring to the
Empire of Germany the Bhine province in
return for the assurance of a solid alliance.
He added: "As to the idea in her present
state that France can obtain, as the price of
her alliance, the restitution of her lost
provinces, I consider it as an illusion. It is
impossible for me to believe that a monarch
ical and anti-Socialist statesman would ever
listen to a proposal for an offensive and de
fensive alliance with a parliamentary re
public, the Government of which is essen
tially unstable, the policy of which, domes
tic and foreign, is modified with each min
istry and where Socialism is gaining every
day. Such an alliance would be dangerous
to all monarchies.
. A GUARANTEE NECESSART.
"Besides," continued the Baron, "what
guarantee would Germany have of the per
formance of the engagements taken by an
impersonal parliamentary Government?
Ah, if tbe Republic had a Chief of State,
veritable and responsible, in the hands of
whom the executive power would be assured,
with the rights of the people protected by
the constitution, then France might act and
act to some purpose. In the present state of
affairs we are far from the frontier of the
Bhine, but we must go there. That truth, I
believe, will impose itself upon mankind
some day. I regret that there is only a fee
ble chance for me to see the light It will
impose itself as an indispensable condition
of the peace of civilized Europe, and civil
ized Europe wishes peace. The Bhine is
the boundary established by nature between
two great peoples, of whom the genius,
habits, manners and language are entirely
different These two races are destined to
be rivals in progress and all the branches of
human activity. "War may be only averted
by the acceptance on both sides of the limits
which nature points out."
Tbe Intentions of Minister Lincoln.
I ET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, March 8. In reply to yonr ca
blegram of to-dar nothing is known here of
Minister Lincoln's intended retirement, but
it is understood he will taee his leave short
ly to enable him to accompany his son's re
. mains to Springfield. Telegrams of condo
'lence continue to reach the Minister from re
mote puts of the States,
A SIGN OF THE TIMES.
The Liberal Victory at St. Pancrns bnt a
Precursor ot More to Ctime Tories
Endeavoring to Explnln
Their Waterloo.
tBT CABLE TO THE DlSrATCn.l
London. March 8. The Tories have ex
ercised a vast amount of ingenuity this week
in efforts to explain away the great Liberal
victory at North St. Pancras, where, as the
cable has already informed you, a Home
Buler has replaced a Tory, and a Liberal
minority of 2G1 has been turned into a ma
jority of 108. The Standard, after admit
ting that the loss of the seat is "something
untoward and dispiriting," proceeds to do a
queer bit of arithmetical juggling, and
arrives at the conclusion that the figures do
not promise Mr. Gladstone a working ma
jority at the next general election. The
Morning Post ungratefully and unjustly
abuses the party managers, and expresses
the hope that "this Separatist victory will
arouse metropolitan Unionists to a fuller
sense of their responsibilities."
The Times professes to view the result
without disappointment, and satisfactorily
explains it by a tendency of elections to
go against the Government. The funniest
explanation of all is that North St. Pancras
was lost because the Tory member being the
eldest son of a peer would in the natural
order of things be called to the Upper
House and therefore took little interest in
his constituency, with the result that
organization and registration were ne
glected. Party managers are solemn
ly reminded that the Tories hold many
seats in this way, and tbe inference is that
heirs to peerages shonld be kept out of tbe
House of Commons, which is very hard
upon several prominent Unionists, Lord
Hartington among the number, who may
find himself out of Devonshire at any mo
ment Some Unionist newspapers simply admit
defeat and weep. Only one, the Daily
Chronicle, has had the honesty to declare
tbe true cause of the Liberal victory, and
for its fearless independence it is now being
denounced by every Tory paper in the
country. The attitude of the Chronicle is
an encouraging sign of the times. It is
essentially the paper of the lower, middle
and industrial classes. It has a large circu
lation and its weekly edition sells nearly
700,000 copies every" week. If, as there is
reason to hope, these two newspapers should
ultimately return to the Liberal fold, the
effect will be of immense importance
especially in London constituencies.
A TRANSPARENT TORI RUSE.
The Notorious TIchborne Clnimnnt Is Kow
Running for Parliament.
IBT CABLE TO THEDISrATCn.5
London, March 8. Next week there will
be a Parliamentary election for Stoke, the
seat rendered vacant by the resignation of
the Liberal member through ill health.
Primrose dames have descended upon the
place as they did upoi St Pancras, but they
will not succeed any better in Staffordshire
than inLonlin. The Tories hav- secretly
encouraged the fat ex-convict ana ex-Bowery
saloonkeeper, Arthur Orton, notorious
throughout the world as the Tichborne
claimant, to come forward as a so-called in
dependent candidate. Ortoa having been
convicted of felony could not sit in the
House of Commons, and as he comes
forward as Sir Boger Tichborne, a name to
which a court of law has decided he is not
entitled, his nomination may be refused by
the returning officer. The trick is as shabby
as it is transparent, but the Tories are not
without hope that it may embarrass tbe
local Liberals and detach a few Liberal
votes.
The result oftfie .Stamford election, de
clared this afternoon, is tantamount to a
Liberal victory as valuable as tbe actual
gain of an ordinary Tory seat. The Tory
majoritv was considered so'unassailablethat
in 1880 the seat was not contested. The
Tory majority, which in 1885 was no less
than 1,101, was reduced to 282.
A PECULIAR STATESMAN.
He lias Not Occnpled Ills Bent In Parlia
ment for Two Tears.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1
London, March 8. Mr. George Kynoch,
the Tory member for Aston Manor division,
Birmingham, has peculiarly novel ideas of
the duties and responsibilities of a member
of Parliament For over two years he has
not been near Aston Manor, and for 18
months past he has been in the Transvaal,
South Africa, looking after various specu
lations in which he is interested. He re
fuses to return to his disconsolate constitu
ents or to resigu his seat, and to all appear
ance Aston Manor Tories will have to go on
sighing for the touch of a vanished hand
and the sound of a voice that is stilled.
So far as they are concerned, at any rate,
is is only fair to place on record the argu
ment of this strange statesman: "I am ren
dering more service to worklngmen," he
placidly writes, in reply to the last frenzied
appeal from the local Conservative Associa
tion, "by looking after British trade in the
Transvaal than by listening to the dreary
drip of dilatory declamation from the Irish
benches in the House of Commons."
RUSSELL TO WEBSTER.
The
Eloquent Advocate Denounces
the
Titled Assailant of Ireland.
PIT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
London, March 8. The speech which
Sir Charles Bussell delivered in the House
of Commons this week was one of the finest
specimens of impassioned oratory ever
heard within St Stephen's historic walls.
For two long hours he held the crowded
house spellbound, and those who listened to
the points he consecutively made and logi
cally followed up could have little doubt in
thtir own minds about the baselessness of
the calumnies heaped on Ireland s patriots.
His denunciation of the Attorney Gen
eral was unsparing, and the quietness with
which Webster took his castigation was a
surprise to every one in the House. His
response was so dull and pointless that even
his own friends would not stay to hear him.
A DATE SET FOR HIS DEATH.
Nihilists Thrcnten to Kill tbe Czar and
Family on March 13.
tBT DUNLAT'S CABLE COMPACT.!
London, March 8. It is asserted among
Nihilists in London, Berlin and Paris that
the 13th of March, the anniversary of the
murder of the Emperor Alexander the
Second, will be celebrated by an attempt to
assassinate Alexander the Third. The
refugees in London are being closely
watched by Bussisn agents, but it is sup
posed that three determined men wili travel
to St Petersburg by different roads and so
attempt to accomplish the murder.
A letter has been shown to the Czar by
the Chief of Police at Moscow, warning him
that on March 13 the Czar, the Czarina and
the Czarowitz will meet certain death, and
that no power on earth can avert their doom.
A POOR SPECULATION.
The FInanclnl Loss Caused by the Expose
of the Parnell Forgery.
IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.I
London, March 8. Editor Stead, in his
review of reviews, publishes a sensational
article on dwindling circulation, advertise
ments and dividends of the Times. Stead
estimates the gross fall in receipts from sales
at 25,000 per annum, and the lou by
diminished
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annum.
I understand that the article was sub
mitted, before Dublishing, to George Lewis,
the famous lawyer, who pronounced it
libelous, but Stead determined to take the
risk of prosecution by the Timet.
RUSSIA'S CRUELTY
To be Denounced by a Monster Public Meet
lngln London To-Day Stepnlnk Has
Additional Information of the
Atrocities in Siberia.
IBT CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH.
London, March 8. The workingmen 01
London are to hold a massmeeting in Hyde
Park to-morrow to protest against the
cruelty of the Bussian Government as re
cently illustrated in the terrible tragedies
of Kara prison. Circulars have been sown
broadcast over London calling upon all
lovers of freedom to attend the meeting.
The circular recites the story of the martyrs
of Kara and concludes: "It is our duty to
see that not in vain did they endure their
martyrdom. The resolutions which will be
passed at the meeting will make known to
the brutal governing classes in Bussia that
they are exciting the execration of the whole
civilized world. "Ve will make known to
the Bussian people that British democracy
is in sympathy with them in their struggle
for lib'erty."
Stepniak, Michael Davitt, Mrs. Annie
Besant, John Burns and several others will
speak at this meeting. There will be at
least three platforms and two resolutions
will be put to the meeting. The first will
in the name of British workmen and will
"protest against the flogging of women and
the brutal treatment ot political prisoners
in Siberia as opposed to the instincts of
humanity recognized by all civilired na
tions." The second will call upon tbe En
glish Government "to instruct its ambassa
dor at St. Petersburg to direct the attention
of the Bussian Government to the barbari
ties practiced in their name on the persons
of political exiles in Siberia, notably the
flogging to death of Mme. Sibida."
Stepniak informs me that he has this week
received additional corroborative evidence
of the cruelties ot Kara through the under
ground channels which be controls. The
story has spread all over Siberia, be says,
and has even become gossip in St Peters
burg. READY TO JUMP,
Hundreds of Boomers Congregating Prepar
ing to Invade tbo Cherokeo Strip
Fleets of Prairie Schooners
Heading in tbo Same
Direction.
Sr. Louis, March 8. The latest advices
from Oklahoma Territory are to the effect
that not only scores, bnt hundreds of "prai
rie schooners," filled with "boomers" hunt
ing for choice claims, are moving over the
Cherokee Strip in all directions, and that
single men and parties with guns on their
shoulders, who claim to be hunters,but who are
really selecting land, are encountered daily.
More than half a dozen boomer's organiza
tions havs been formed in Kansas and
Oklahoma, and the boom is on in dead
earnest, and it is believed that the Govern
ment will find it very difficult to suppress
or even control it.
Boomers are also collecting in the Iowa
reservation, east of Oklahoma and south of
the Strip in great numbers. Trains arriving
at Guthrie are loaded with boomers with
blankets, tents and camp equipage, and
there is great activity on all sides. It is be
lieved that the Indian police, who are under
orders from Chief Mayes to clear the strip,
will be totally unequal to the work.
A w"ll dSned and authenticated report
is in circulation in Guthrie that all the
Cherokee boomer colonies have made an
agreement for a concerted movement to in
vade the strip April 22, tbe anniversary of
the Oklahoma opening. There is apprehen
sion that tbe military will be ordered to
eject them, but the general opinion is that
the Government will allow them to remain,
and their hopes are running high.
WORSE THAN YELLOW FEYER.
A Tennessee Community Being Depopulated
by Maliennnt Meningitis.
Nashville, March 8. Th,ere is great
excitement in the vicinity of Fountain
Head, Sumner county, this State, over the
appearance of spotted fever, or malignant
meningitis. James Chaney, his two chil
dren and a niece of his have all died within
a week or ten days. James Simpson has
lost two sons. In all there have been six or
seven deaths, and there are several new
cases. Those who take it live only a very
short time, some dying in 24 hours.
The people are greatly excited, and the
fears are the worst is yet to come, as a great
many attended the luneral 01 tbe hrst one
that died, not knowing what the disease
was. It is now feared it may spread over a
large scope of country. The neighborhood
to which it is now confined is pretty thickly
settled, so that the terrible disease has
plenty of the material. Some of the people
are now moving out, while others seem de
termined to stay and make the best of it.
TROUBLE FEARED
!N BRAZIL.
Exchange Suddenly Drops to the
Lowest
Point Ever Reached.
.'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TOIHe'dISFATCH.1
New Yobk, March 8. "W. B. Grace &
Co. received this afternoon a cable dispatch
from their correspondent in Bio Janeiro
stating that sterling exchange fell there to
day to 22X pence. This is the
lowest point that exchange has touched
for five years. As exchange last week in
Bio was 241 pence, the big drop of 2 pence,
or more than 8 per cent, it is surmised,
indicates some sudden internal commotion
in Brazil, of which the cable is not allowed
to speak.
The cable dispatch stated that the coffee
and rubber market in Bio was greatly ex
cited, but gave no further particulars. The
rise and fall of exchanges, so far, in Bio,
since tbe revolution has always proved a
barometer of the political condition of the
Bepublic.
HE DIED IN POVERTY.
Once a Leading Lawyer lie Squandered a
Fortune on Theatrical Tentures.
lerKClAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I
New Yobk, March 8. Charles B.
Arnold, once a leading member of the New
York bar and for some time a theatrical
manager, died in a Bowery lodg
ing house this morning. Mr. Arnold
had had a varied and remarkable career.
He was born in Brattleboro, Vt, about 65
years ago, and graduated from Harvard.
He subsequently came to New York, and
quickly obtained a leading position among
the lawyers of this city.
His connection with theatrical enterprises
arose Irom the circumstance that a client of
his was managing Niblo's Garden, and Mr.
Arnold abandoned his law practice for the
management Ultimately his theatrical
ventures proved disastrous and he lost all he
had accumulated as a lawyer.
A LITTLE MOSES IN A BARREL
Takes a Pleasant Voyago of 70 Miles on a
Tennessee River.
Sparta, Tenn., March 8. The mail
carrier between Smithvillc and Sparta re
ports that barrel was found floating down
the Canefork river, and caught at the
mouth of Indian creek, containing a live
baby about a week old. It had floated about
60 or 70 miles, bnt was in good shape when
found.
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Friends Claim That He is Sure of the
Democratic Nomination.
THE MACHINE IN PHILADELPHIA,
Notwithstanding Scott's Orders, is for the
Clearfield Man.
CHANCES OF P1CKETTS
HENSEL.
Former Thinks That He Will be Chosen as a
Compromise Candidate.
The Democratio leaders in Philadelphia
have declared for "Wallace as against Patti
son. They are friendly to Scott, but fac
tional fights keep them from obeying his
behests. The idea is that whether elected
or not, Wallace will be a power in national
politics if the party succeeds in 1892.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Philadelphia, March -Interest in
the selection of the Democratic candidate
for Governor has been increased by the
publication in The Dispatch of the state
ment that "William L. Scott, of Erie, has
written a letter to- Chauncey F. Black, of
York county, advising him not to be a can
didate for Governor and intimating a prefer
ence for the nomination of ex-Governor Rob
ert E. Pattison. Tbe publication of the
statement referred to has stirred up the local
leaders who are in control of the Democratic
organization and the delegates who are their
friends are being quietly informed as to
whafhas been going on under the surface in
State politics and things are being put into
shape for Philadelphia to take a hand in the
naming of the candidates on the State
ticket.
don't like pattison.
It was thought by many that Scott's pref
erence for tbe nomination of ex-Governor
Pattison would induce the local Democratic
leaders, who have hitherto been classed as
Scott's friends, to render assistance in tbe
matter of Pattison's nomination, but
the local leaders in control, who have
no love for Pattison, have quietly
broken from Scott and will be found
supporting ex-Senator "William A. Wallace
for the Democratic nomination for Gover
nor. It is known that nearly all of the Demo
cratic leaders of thfs city confidently
count on the re-election of Grover
Cleveland as President in 1892, and
it is asserted that every move made
in the local politics has been made not
so much with a view of securing the election
of the party candidates as to perfect the or-,
ganization of the party machinery in order
that the selection of the national delegates
friendly to the present ruling powers in this
city may be easily made. With ex-Senator
Wallace as the Democratic candidate for
Governor, made so by tbe efforts of the
Philadelphia delegates, the friends of Wal
lace and the local Democratic leaders being
thus brought into close communion, as is
understood to be the programme, it is ex
pected that the Scott and other State influ
ences would be placed iu the rear and the
Wallace-Krumbhaar alliance take front
rank in the naming of the national dele
gates in the interest of Cleveland.
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
The friends of ex-Senator Wallace claim
that even thongh 4ho is defeated for Gover
nor by tbe Republican candidate at the
polls, he will be able to retain his supremacy
as the leader of the party in the State,
which would make him a factor of consider
able importance in the national councils of
the party.
It is understood that the friends of ex
Lieutenant Governor Black, in the event of
their not being able to secure the nomina
tion of their favorite, will turn and assist in
an effort to make B. Bruce Bicketts, of Lu
zerne county, the candidate for Governor.
Within the past few days Bicketts has been
announced as an active candidate for the
nomination, and his friends are claiming
for him considerable individual strength.
They also confidently expect that he will
be the strongest second candidate, with
Wallace leading, and that anv effort made
to defeat the nomination of Wallace must
include the nomination of Bicketts as the
most available compromise candidate.
THE STEONGEST CANDIDATE.
The friends of ex-Governor Bobert E.
Pattison do not class him as actively in the
race for the nomination, but claim that he
would make the strongest candidate before
the people. Their main hope in securing
his nomination rests on the belief that should
there be an open revolt against the Republi
can candidate the Democratic leaders of the
State would recognize the wishes of the bolt
ing Republicans to a certain degree and
name Pattison.
What will count most against the selec
tion of the ex-Governor as the candidate is
the statement that the Philadelphia dele
gates will not support his candidacy be
cause of the opposition of the city leaders
who are in control, ana wno won t take Pat
tison because of factional differences which
have existed since 1883. It seems to be taken
as an accepted fact that the city leaders
would have preferred remaining in the com
pany of the Erie leader, William L. Scott,
but for the fact of his esponsing the nomina
tion of Pattison.
It has leaked out that a candidate from
the interior ot the State, William A. Hen
sel, of Lancaster, was being very carefully
considered by the leaders as an available
candidate for Governor, but the action of
Scott in preferring Pattison is said to have
forced consideration of Hensel's name as
useless and the centering of their strength
in the interest of Wallace to head off Pat
tison's nomination.
ALMOST SUBE TO "WIN.
The general belief is that Wallace will
secure the nomination in spite of all oppo
sition, mainly because of the active interest
which has all along been taken by his
friends. In nearly all cases the delegates
who have already been selected have been
instructed to favor Wallace's nomination,,
or are known as friends of his. It is ex-'
pected that upon the return from Europe of
the ex-Senator he will at once actively enter
himself in the race.
His organizing abilities are well known,
and his friends claim for him that he means
to secure the nomination. Some of bis
friends go so far as to claim that he would
make the strongest candidate because of his
ability to thoroughly direct the manage
ment of the party organization. It is
claimed for him that he has no superior in
the Democratic ranks in the matter of that
knowledge of details necessary to the per
fection ota successful organization, and that
he is able to win his own fight.
JAIL DELIVLRI AT UNI0NT0WN.
Five Prisoners Climb Ont of a Window and
Get Away.
rSFECIAX. TKLEOnAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
UNIONTOWN, March 8. A jail delivery
occurred here that has kept the officers chas
ing, but as yet with no tangible results. One
of the prisoners, William Hatfield, appeared
to be in the throes of delirium, and the
guard of the jail asylum hastened to render
tbe suffering and raving man all the aid
possible. While this was being done five
prisoners quietly wrenched open the second
Story window and escaped.
This occurred last evening, and up to date
they haven't returned.
Between Itallnn Thieves and a Constable's
Posse Will Result Fatally The Officers
Victorious Fears of a Concen
trated Attempt to Rescue.
I ' rSFZCIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.I
Newcastle, March 8. Wampum, nine
miles from here, was thescene of a terrible riot
last night, in which two men were shot and
seriously, if not fatally, injured. The Wam
pum Bun Coal Company has been bothered
with thieves, and some Italians were sus
pected ot doing the stealing. Thursday
night watchmen were placed along the track
of the coal company, and detected 12 Ital
ians (who are known by numbers) in the
act ot stealing coal.
Yesterday Manager Douthelt, of the com
pany, made information against tbe Italians,
and tbe warrants were placed in the hands
of Constable Dinginger, who, with two or
three deputies, called at the shanty occu
pied by the men wanted. The officers ar
rived at the house about 0 o'clock, and on
making their business known were informed
that the Italians would not be arrested.
Seeing that it was impossible to take the
men the constables went back to Wampum.
They then secured a posse of 20 men and
went back to the shanty. Here a terrific
struggle took place, and revolvers and shot
guns played a prominent part The officers
managed to capture four Italians, however,
and started to walk toward Wampum with
the prisoners.
Suddenly one of the Italians stepped up
behind Elsey Aley, one of the constable's
posse, and emptied the contents of a shot
gun into Aley's back and shoulders, caus
ing a wound that will likely prove fatal.
The Italians then formed in line of battle,
intending a rescue. When the order to fire
was given by one of the constable's party,
one of the Italians was shot through
the shoulder and oihigh, and he
cannot possibly recover." The rest of tbe
Italians fled, leaving the constable and his
prisoners. Toward midnight it was learned
that five of the Italians wanted were hid in
a barn near Wampum, and the constable
and his posse went there, and after a hard
fight, during which many shots were ex
changed, but no one hurt, succeeded in cap
turing the party, and the five were landed,
with their four comcanions, in the Wampum
lockup.
Wampum is greatly excited, and grave
fears are entertained that at any moment
there may be an outbreak. Three hundred
Italians, who live in and around Wampum,
and find employment on the Pittsburg and
Lake Erie, have not been at work all day,
and tbe citizens of the place think that
there will be an attempt at rescue.
REPRIMANDED BY BOOTH.
The Great Actor Scolds a Couple of Silly
Yonng Girls.
ISrECIAL TXLEGBAU TO THE DISPATCH.I
Baltimobe, March 8. Booth closed here
to-night. During his stay he has been beset
by young girls who were desirous of meeting
the actor. This is not the first time he has
been thus importuned and he awaited an
opportunity to deliver a wholesome lecture.
While seated in his room a card was brought
to him bearing tbe names of two misses.
He told the waiter he would meet them in
the parlor. With stately step and wearing
his greatest look, tbe great' tragedian de
scended the stairs and entered the presence
of his visitors. In freezing tones he bade
them good day and asked them 'their busi
ness. "Oh," said the younger of the two, who
was not more than 17, "we saw you Dlay last
night and came to form your acquaintance."
Here was the great tragedian's opportu
nity. Drawing his slight lorm to its fullest
length, he delivered his lecture, and it is
urettv certain the mrls will not coon fnrrot
his words. Alter reminding them of their
indiscretion and the danger attending tbe
pursuit of actors, he said, looking at the
cards, that he knew the names were assumed.
"If I knew your right names," said he, "I
should certainly inform your parents." The
girls were completely taken aback, and,
muttering an apology, they hastened out of
the hotel.
TO ASSIST THE LEPERS.
New York Women Have Formed a Non
Sectnrlnn Society With That Object.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.I
New Yoek, March 8. Sixty-four
women, residents of this city, Brooklyn,
Staten Island, Newburg, Oswego and Phila
delphia, have organized the woman's branch
of the American Leprosy Society. To
assist the lepers of Molokai, accord
ing to the directions of Miss Amy
C. Jj'owler, the young English womau
who has become a leper nurse, is the object
ot the society. For this purpose articles of
use to the lepers will be sent to Molokai
two or three times a year. Meetings of the
society will be held every two months. At
these meetings resorts of work among the
lepers from Miss Fowler, which will be
illustrated by photographs taken by herself,
will be read.
The members of tbe society, which will be
non-sectarian, will make garments for the
lepers. The first meeting was held at 362
State street, Brooklvn, the residence of Mrs.
Thomas K. Downing, whose guest Miss
Fowler was while she remained in Brook
lyn. The temporary officers of the society
are: Presidents, Mrs. Alderick and Mrs.
Louis Benziger; Vice President, Mrs. O.
Zimmerman; Treasurer, Mrs. B. F. Down
ing, and Secretary, Miss Margareta Down
ing. MILITARY MATTERS.
General Gobln and His Staff Aro Investi
gating Various Matters.
rSFECIAX. TELEOBAU TO THE DISPATCH.1
Haebisburg, March 8. General Gobin,
Commander of the Third brigade, and the
colonels of the brigade, who constitute an
Examining Board, inquired into the mil
itary Qualifications of the newly
elected officers in the brigade. No
final decision was reached. The board
also heard testimony as to the nature of the
difficulty between Captain Perkins and
Lieutenant Walkemyer, of the Governor's
troop, whose discipline has been greatly im
paired by the inability of these officers to
work in harmony.
The inquiry will either result in a perfect
agreement between them, the "discharge of
one or both, or the disbandment of the
troop.
A PECULIAR CABLE ACCIDENT.
A Man's Leg Ground 00", and He Narrowly
Escapes Being Torn to Pieces.
Denveb, March 8. A peculiar accident
occurred here this evening which may cost
a man his life. S. Eufftoffel, a laborer,
while doing some repairs on one of the city
cable lines, bad his legs close to a moving
cable, which caught one of them below the
knee and literally ground it oil before tbe
cable could be stopped.
Tbe power bouse was six blocks away, and
during tbe 20 minutes required to notify
them to stop the engines, the poor fellow s
body was kept from being drawn in and
ground up by a dozen bystanders taking
bold of his arms and clothing, and with
their united strength kept him from being
torn to pieces.
Another Recruit for tbe American Colony.
Toronto, March 8. Wilson H. Sher
man, whose extradition was sought on a
charge of forgery committed in Buffalo, was
discharged to-day by tbe Court of Common
Pleas, to which he had appealed from the
judgment of on inferior court committing
nim for extradition.
Fe and Sick Momberi n . ., . ., ,B
Starving in Virginia. --tcmpimcd. cern Goes to the Wall. M
The Recent Cold Weather Found Them
Without Fuel or Clothing. -
LITTLE RELIEF
OFFERED.
The Farms Already Corered by Mortgages and No
Grain for SeedlDj.
A minister of the gospel has just returned
from tbe famine district in Greenville
county, Virginia. He likens the desolation
and suffering to that of the Conemaugh
Valley jnst after the flood. Measures for
relief have been taken but they have, so far,
resulted in little.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.I
Norfolk, Va., March 8. The reports
that reach here from Greenville county, Va.,
anent the starving condition of the in
habitants, is harrowing in the extreme. The
crops of the last several years have been
almost complete failures, and that of the
past season was literally so, dne to the ex
cessive and perpetual rains and their conse
quent floods that entailed no les3 degree of
desolation and destruction in the tidewater
region of Virginia than was visited upon the
ill-fated Conemaugh Valley in Pennsyl
vania. There are over 600 farms in the county
that are to-day in a state of desolation and
tbe occupants in a condition bordering on
starvation. There are no exceptions. All
have shared tbe suffering produced by the
blight.
THE MOST THBLYTT SUFFERING.
The most thrifty and prosperous farmers
have made complete and absolute failures in
their last year's crops. Large numbers
made scarce a bale of cotton and only a few
barrels of corn, not enough for their own
use, to say nothing of feeding their stock.
What little meat has been slaughtered and
put up has been spoiled by the warm
weather, and there is to-day not sufficient
provisions to last the people 20 days.
The recent cold weather has produced
much suffering because the people have not
money with which to buy fuel and winter
clothing. The sufferers are badly demoral
ized; they do not know what to do; they are
willing enough to work, but there is no lu
crative demand for their labor.
Eev. Vernon I. Anson, who is a pastor of
one of the churches here, is a former native
of Greenville county. He has just returned
from the tcene of suffering, and when seen
stated that tbe accounts ot the fam
ine have not fully described the starving
people's condition. He said that while
there he was in the county Court House
where was gathered a large number of
citizens, who had heard that there was to be
a distribution of provisions. They were
disappointed, however, as not enough
supplies had been received to justify the
committee in making a distribution.
A THOUSAND STARVING PEOrLE.
Bev. Mr. I. Anson stated that he made
diligent inquiry, and he is satisfied that
the number of farmers who are to-day in
actual want of the necessaries of life,
is over 600, and this means con
siderably more than a thousand when
the households are included. He says tb
the condition of the farmers is due to the
fact that for four or five years previous to
the last tbe crops were bad, and the last was
a total failure, and the farmers were con
sequently in no condition to stand it Many
of the farms are mortgaged, and no money,
therefore, can be raised by that means.
There is not enough grain in tbe county to
plant a crop, much less to supply the neces
saries of life. Nor can this condition be
improved before the middle of August, and
not then if the season is as unpropitious as
it has been or years past. The drenching
rains of last year washed tbe corn lands as
soon as they were worked and rotted the
cotton in tbe bolls.
FORTUNATE NEGEO LABORERS.
The only people in the county who are be
yond the pale ot want are negro laborers,
who, for the past year have been employed
in tbe construction through the county of
the Atlantic and Danville Railroad. They
have money with which to buy provisions.
Several instances of magnanimous conduct
on the part of these more fortunate blacks
have been narrated.
Many of the white people in the county
who are now in such actual need are those
who before the war would not sell their
slaves when money was needed, bnt in
preference mortgaged their lands, and when
their slaves were all gone they still had the
mortgages to confront them. As a conse
quence they have never been able to fully
recover their fallen fortunes.
Mr. I'Anson says that there are silent
sufferers whose pride of race and position
keeps them from informing the Distributing
Committee of their wants. These are the
aristocratic families of the county who have
never before
KNOWN WHAT IT WAS
to be in need of anything. He says one
gentleman came to him with his barefooted
bov by his side, and with eyes streaming
with tears, said his family was in actual
need of food and clothing, but that be bad
not been able to bring himself to let his
wants be known.
A committee composed of five men from
each of the three magisterial districts of the
county, which was chosen by a mass meet
ing of citizens, has just held its first meet
ing. This committee has issued an appeal
to the country for donations, comparing
the desolation in Greenville county, to
the Johnstown horror of last year.
Provisions and cash remittance can be
forwarded to Judge Barbam, who is chair
man of this committee. The Legislature
has been appealed to for assistance, and the
railroad authorities will give free transpor
tation to all who wish to seek work else
where. MEASURES FOB BELIET.
Virginians are noted for their large heart
edness, and contributions have begun to
flow in from many parts of the State, but
the suffering is so widespread and general
that outside assistance will be necessary to
annihilate the distressing situation.
The city of Norfolk has been prompt to
respond to the cry for aid and at the first
call the Chamber of Commerce appointed
committees to secure donations of provisions
and subscriptions of money.
The people ot Richmond, Petersburg and
other cities in the State are moving in the
matter of sending supplies and the new rail
road, the Atlantic and Danville, in which
Pittsburg (Capital is interested, has been
conspicuous in its efforts to relieve the
stricken people.
A COUNTERFEITER'S PITIFUL PLEA
Thnt His Family Is Starving Does Not
Avert Justice.
Keokuk, Ia., March 8. A man named
Shephard was arrested to-day charged with
making counterfeit money. He confessed
his guilt, and told a pitiful tale about his
family starving and not being able to get
work. A full set of dies, molds and tools
was found in his possession. His children
had been passing counterfeit coin at various
stores for some time past
Commissioner Leach held him to the Fed
eral jury in the sum of $1,000.
lie Uns n Plan for Establishing a Gigantic
Mission Institution A Resort for Doli-
"e and Sick Momberi
"-' 'templatcd.
ISP -, " THE DISPATCH.:
PhiL r , r-offo "Postmaster
General VftxJLaAlnnr'-' Jo . ,. -.idera-
tion the idea of fottu, Jjotj-ll V
Tin vnicrjins Alinutli inliinr. jV'TT. tl
., UJ.OO.UU UUUlkU, ..UI..U - UQ jf -
and influence any religious edlu ji3
side of the Atlantic. Mr. Wanama'ktn in
his remarks last Sunday at Bethany, gave
vent to his plans and ideas by his frequent
reference to the establishment of a great
mission church in Philadelphia.
"This city," said Mr. Wanamaker, "is a
great field" for missionary work, and the
establishment of a great church would be
the means of converting a number of souls,
I cannot see why this congregation is not
able to build a great missionary church?
There is the Rev. Dr. Spnrgeon, of London,
who has 6,000 persons in his congregation.
What a great missionary work that is. I
believe that this congregation is also the
foundation of a great missionary work.
Now we have the new p.istor and we expect
to be able to accomplish great work." An
intimate friend and one who speaks by
authority of Mr. Wanamaker's plans, said
yesterday:
Yes, it is Mr. "Wanamaker's greatest ambi
tion, and he has already tbe plans and ideas in
bis mind. You will see tbo lamous Bethany
before long transformed into a great cathedral,
which will have no equal in this country. Al
ready Bethany Church is becoming too small
to accommodate the largo crowds that flock
there every Sunday. This want of accommoda
tion is calling for an enlargement or an addi
tional bnilding, and will be met by the project
The undertaking is only a matter of a
short time. Mr. "Wanamaker is now on
tbe lookout for a large farm adjoining
the city, on which he intends to build a large
bouse, to be used as a resort for delicate and
sick persons connected with tbe church and
Sunday scbooL In this scheme be is strongly
supported by the superintendents of tbe Sun
day school and members of tbe church, who
are ready to contribute and collect funds for
the new building; It will be erected on a large
scale and will be controlled bv the church or
ganization. The Postmaster Genoral has also
under consideration tbe idea of establishing an
institution for training deacons.
THE STUDENTS ARE LEAYINO.
Clnflln Unlrerslty Troubles Are by
So
Menus .Satisfactorily Adjusted.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Charleston, S. C.f March 8. The trou
ble at Claflin University caused by the can
ing of the colored chaplain has assumed
serious proportions. All
cises of the institution
suspended and the 800
dents are said to be
the exer-
have been
colored stu-
packing up
their baggage with the intention of leaving.
Chaplain Cardoza, the professor who was
beaten, and Prof.Townsend, another colored
professor, have resigned. This leaves
but one more colored member of
the faculty, Prof. Bulkley. These,
with President Dunton, are paid out
of tbe Claflin fund, with which the college
was started. The white professors are paid
out of the State funds. Prof. Detreville,
who assaulted Cardoz3, says he will hold on,
and will resume his classes as soon as the
exercises of the college go on.
President Dnnton has appealed to the
Governor, who has called a meeting of the
Board of Trustees. It looks at present as if
the second biggest college in tbe United
States was about to close. The difficulty
arose over the religious revivals
which Cardoza had been conducting
in the college for over two weeks, and which
Detreville, professor of mathematics, said
had interfered seriously with the work of
the students. Detreville says that when he
made this statement at a meeting of the
faculty Cardoza told him he didn't believe
him.
HE WAS TOO FKIY0L0US.
Why a Young Methodist Episcopal Candi
date Wns Rejected.
Cumberland, Md., March 8. At the
Baltimore M. E. Conference to-day Mr. H.
B. Tburlow was announced for eldership
and passed well in his examination, which
should have raised him to a preacher had it
not been for the objection of Bev. Mr.
Price, who said he had heard Mr. Thurlo w was
not adapted to the ministry. From this re
mark grew a heated discussion. Bev. George
G. Baker, the Presiding Elder of the Fred
erick district, in which district Mr. Tbur
low '3 station is also located, took the part of
the youthful pastor.and said he regarded him
as a worthy candidate.
When asked by a member whether he
had heard anything about Mr. Thurlow,
Mr. Baker said: "Yes, I have heard that
he, when in the company of girls, was too
frivolous, but may we not have all been
frivolous when ot his age.?"
This caused a roar of laughter in the Con
ference, which lasted for some time. The
discussion waxed hot, and was stopped by
Bishop Merrill calling for a vote, which re
sulted against Mr. Thurlow, and he was
continued for another year.
THE PRESIDENT ESCAPES.
Trial ot Two Memphis Officials for Embez
zling City Funds.
Memphis, March 8. The testimony in
the trial of D. P. Hadden and C L. Patten,
the former President and Secretary respect
ively of the taxing districts of Memphis,
for the embezzlement and larceny of 510,000
of the city's funds, was concluded this
morning.
Before the argument began,JudgeDubose
said that no case bad been made out against
Mr. Hadden, and the Attorney General was
of the same opinion of the Court The at
torneys for Mr. Hadden, however, preferred
to have the jury pronounce him not guilty,
and made no motion to dismiss. They made
no argument in their client's behalf, as tbe
jury will be instructed to acquit the ex
President The case will go to the jury on
Monday.
A DESPERATE GANG
Of Bussian Forgers With Headquarters
In
New York City.
SPECIAL TELEOHAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
New Yobk, March 8. The German and
Bussian Socialists say they have succeeded
in running down a desperate gang of Rus
sians, whose headquarters are in this city.
Tbey have been in communication with
them, and have had them under espionage
for weeks, and have determined to unmask
them.
The Socialists in question declare that
they have enough evidence to show the gang
is well organized and that it has carried on
a series of successful forgeries, which, until
now, baffled detection.
ELECTRIC LINEMEN STRIKE.
They Demand an Increase of 40 Cents a
Day.
OMAHA, March 8. The linemen of this
city, about 125 in number, decided last
night to quit work until a demand for in
crease in wages is conceded by their em
ployers. The action was taken by the
Union Order of Linemen, which includes
linemen employed by the Electric Com
pany, Western Union, Union Pacific, and
Telephone Company.
The companies interested refused to grant
the increase, which is from $2 10 and $2 25
to $2 50 and $2 65.
Dragged to Death.
Cleveland, O., March 8. Geo. H.
Hill, a young man living near Sandusky,
O., was thrown from a wagon by a runaway
horse last night The lines caught about
his neck aadhe was dragged to death.
A Pitlsbnn? and New Tnrlr Glnfl Tnn. JM
a r t pn 1 Tinxro np iPDFnmjDiTV S
auuuuaiiui.iu ui luuiiuuujuiiix rS
Affecting the Partner Residing at This End ilfl
of the Line. tfl
A SUDDEN CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT Wk
Which Is Said la Hue Surprised tbe Other Members f j
the Firm. ft '
The William A. Baeder Glue Company,
of New York and Pittsburg, is in the hands
of the Metropolitan Sheriff. The works axe
at Springdale and Bouquet, and the ware
house in Allegheny. The other partners
say that Louis C. Haughey, the Pittsburg
member, is responsible for the failure. His
statement could not be secured.
rSPECIAL TELSGHAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
New York, March 8. The Sheriff to
day took possession of the store of the Will
iam A. Baeder Glue Company, at 283 Pearl
street, on executions for 52,037, 38,896 of
which is in favor of W. H. Kern and $13,141
in favor of Emily L. Bentz. The Company
is a copartnership of William A. Baeder,
Howard R. Kern and Louis C. Haughey.
The works are at Springdale and Bouquet,
Pa., and the warehouse is at Pittsburg. la
September, 1888, the firm leased the fac
tories of the Pittsburg Glue Company, of
which Louis C. Haughey was manager, and
he became a partner. The firm did a larga
business, and on September 1, 1889, its in
ventory showed assets of $233,845 and liabil
ities of 567,087. On Thursday last Mr.
Hauehey confessed judgment in Pittsburg;
tor $19,366 in favor of G. Myer, trustee.
A total surprise.
The judgment was, it is said, a total sur
prise to the partners in New York. At the
office of the firm it was said to-day that
trouble was caused entirely by the
irregularities of Mr. Hauchey, the Pittsburg
partner, who has raised money, so the parties
here say, on the firm's notes, and used it
for his own benefit As far a3 they had been
able to learn, the amount was at least 60,
000. They do not know what he has dona
with tbe money, for when Mr. Kern asked
him he said he did not know.
Mr. Haughey had come to them well
recommended. He is a brother-in-law of
General Lew Wallace, and son of the well
known President of the Indianapolis Bank.
He had been in tbe glue business a number
of years be'ore he became a partner with
Baeder & Kern.
The New York partners had worked hard
for the past five years, building up a very
successful business, which had been wrecked
by a single blow. The business was in ex
cellent order, perfectly solvent, and never
had a note protested until these
irregularities occurred. Creditors would
be called together as soon as the condition
of aff.iirs could he ascertained, and they
hoped some arrangement would be made to
keep the firm going.
THE PITTSBURG END.
When the above telegram was received
from New York at a late hour last night it
was impossible to find Mr. Haughey for the
purpose of securing his version of the matter.
It could not even be learned whether be
was at home or in New York. Mr. Haughey
resides at Springdale, out the West Penn
Railroad, and the warehouse is situated on
the same road at Pine street, Allegheny.
A search for G. Myer, in whose favor, the
judgment for $19,366 is said to have been
confessed, was equally unsuccessful. It is
quite possible that these gentlemen may
give an entirely different account of the
affair.
INDIANS THINK A HEAP.
The Chief of tbe Cberokees Interviewed la
Iinnsns City.
Kansas Citt, March 8. Joseph B.
Mayes, Chief of tbe Cherokee Nation, was
here to-day on his way to Washington
where he has been summoned by the Gov
ernment to appear. In an interview tha
chief said:
"I have been summoned by telegraph to
go at once to Washington and appear before
the special Senatorial Committee on the
Five Civilized Tribes of North American
Indians, to which is referred the Cherokee
question. Senator Butler is the Chairman
of the committee, and from him the tele
gram came. I will remain here till to-night
and leave then for Washington. I shall
meet tbe committee probably Wednesday of
next week. What the committee wants
with me I could not tell yon."
"Do you anticipate its favoring an exten
sion of the time from October 1 next for
the dismissal of all live stock from the
strip?" was asked.
"No, I don't believe they will."
"What do tbe Indians say about tha
President's order?"
"The Indians don't say much, but they
think a heap," laconically replied the burly
chief.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.
Contents of To-Day's Issue for the Con
Tenience of the Reader.
The first part of The Dispatch to-day con
tains the news of the world and comments
thereon. The second and third parts are de
voted to carefully selected literary matter on a
variety of subjects. Here are the contents
classified:
Part II.
Pane 9.
In Atrican Wilds Roam Casement
Four Very Rich Men H. I. a
Beatrice R. RlDEE Haggabd
Page V).
Loves His Old Home Bill Nte
Slaves to Society Bessie Bbamble
A Model Office lioy... ...... ULXVXa OFTIO
Page 11.
Tbe Want Column.'
To Let Column.
Page 12.
The Realm of Beauty. '
The Grand Army.
Tbe Militia Boys.
For Sale Column.
Real Estate Matters.
Gossip of the Stae.
Secret Societies.
Educational Notes.
Page 13.
Seeking the Truth Rev. Geobce Hodoes
Local Business. Markets by Telegraph.
Page U.
In Russian Prisons. ... L. Lomg, B. C P.
Tbe City of Bogota Famous B. Wabtj
Page IS.
The Senate Orators Fbask O. Carpexteu
Men "We Don't Need Bujibalo
Taking tbe Eclipse Her&ax S. Davis
Culture of the Body Axel C. HallbecK
Page IB.
Everyday Science. Amusemeni Notices.
Late News In Brief. Artists' Gossip,
Part HI,
Page 17.
"Wedded a Princess CB. 3,
How Statesmen Woo MissGnmrDT. Jb.
Come Forth Elizabeth Steast Phelps
Page 13.
Birds on the "Wing a SrOETntG Wiutxb.
Breakfasts F.JatKate.
Jonathan's Country. Mrs. Madge Kesdal.
Page 13.
The Water Nymph's Sword Patsib
Famous Blind Men -...BcTcs B. Wttsoy.
Sunday Thoughts A CLIBGTXAN
The Fit eslde Sphinx E. E. Chadboukx
Page SO.
Woman's World. .IIXBEICK, MEO, HnxGIKTOED.
Clara Belle's Chat CLABA Bells
Ike and His Mother B. P. Sbtllabeb,
An Actress' Advice Ksoia V. SirxsmAjt,
a
9.