frtr1 "nnr TTrrff nil WsTiywavsjsy "spn?"?" v apyg? TS'CiTF P3T THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1890. LURED TOHIS DEATH. Strange Story of the Princi pal Actors in the LONE PINE POND TRAGEDY, Where Toung Benwell Fell a Victim to Birchall's Avarice. FATAL SUCCESS OF A DARK PLOT The story of the tragedy near Niagara Falls, in which F. C. Bents-ell, a -well-connected young Englishman, lost his lire, reads like a romance. The facts, as given in de tail, are fnll of interest. rgrECIAI. TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCIM Princeton. Ont., March a The in quest on the body of F. C. Benwell, a well connected young Englishman, whose corpse was discovered a few days since in one of the most dreary and desolate parts of this prov ince, was concluded to-night, and the fol lowing verdict rendered: "We and that the said F. C. Benwell came to his death by two pistol shots fired into his head from behind, one at or near the nape of the neck and the other a little behind above the left car. either one of which was sufficient to cause aeath; aud yoar jurors cave reason to believe, and do believe, that said shots were fired by the hand of Reginald Birchall alias Somerset, with de liberate purpose, willfully and feloniously to commit murder, on or about the 17th of Febru ary, 1S9Q, and we are of opinion that Caroline Birchall, the wife of said Reginald Birchall, was accessory to the murder after the fact. The story of the man held for the murder is a remarkable one. A WILD YOUNG BLADE. Birchall was born in Church, Lancashire, England, 25 years ago. His father was the Eev. Joseph Birchall, who was for years rector of Church Kirk and Rural Dean of "Whalley, and died in 1878, having lived at Church since 1840. The Rev. Joseph Birchall was a man of some wealth and was one of the best known clergymen in East Lancashire. Reginald, the youngest son, was educated at Harrow and Oxford, though he did not graduate from Oxford. Among his papers are found certificates of term examinations at Lincoln College there. He seems to have led a pretty wild life, never doing anything exactly criminal, but to have spent money continually beyond his means, and to have mingled with the "fast set" about all the while. He was known as a liar by his chums, and his particular foible used to be to tell falsehoods to strangers about his lordly connections and intimate acquaintance w ith the high aristocracy. MASQUERADING AS A LORD. In the summer of '88 a young English man with his wife came to Woodstock, and said they were Lord and Lady Somerset, ot England. They told, in fact, different rtories. Several times the yonng man said that he was not Lord Somerset, but the son of Lord Somerset, and again that his name was Birchall. He was a dashing likely young fellow, who cttabig figure in "Wood stock, lie boarded at the best place in town, drove th best horses he could hire and drank a great deal of champagne. His wife was a pretty and refined woman of charm ing manners. Both "Somerset" and his wife were received in the best society. Somerset said that lie came to Woodstock to follow farming, but he never touched a plow while he was here. In May of 1889, Lord and Ladv Somerset disappeared very suddenly, leaving something over 51,000 o'f unpaid debts. As early as July last Birchall began to practice drawing up advertisements such as these: Canada University man having farm wishes tomeet gentleman's f on to lire with him and learu the business witn view to partnership. Must haie 500 to extend stock. Board, lodg ing and 5 per cent interest till partnership ar ranged. Highest references. TEAPPIKG HIS VICTIM. The contents of Birchall's letter-box prove that he had many answers to his advertise ment, but with only two of his correspond ents did he do any business. These were Douglas Raymond Belly, of Essex, and Frederick C. Benwell, son of Lieutenant Colonel Benwell, of Isenltdene, Cheltenham. Birchall vent to see both the Pelly and Benwell families. He impressed all those he met with his candor and business respon Bibilitv. "He told us," said Telly, in his testi mony before the Magistrate at Birchall's examination in Clifton, "that be had, one mile and a hall from Niagara Falls, a larsre farm. After hearing his story I came to the conclusion I would like the business, and entered into an agreement with him. This agreement was that 1 should pay him 170, and have in return mv expenses, board and lodging at the stock farm, and 22J per cent of the profits or the business. I sent him a check for the 170. The agreement made with Lieutenant Colonel Benwell was that his son Frederick should go out with Birchall aud see how he liked the stock farm, and that if he was sat isfied he would pay 500 for a half interest in the farm. GOING TO HIS DEATH. The party Mr. and Mrs. Birchall and Benwell and Pelly sailed from Liverpool on the Bntt&nia for this port on February 5, arriving here on Friday, February 14. They spent Saturday here in transacting a little business. Birchall in arranging for the trip to uanada and Pelly and Benwell in visiting people to whom they had letters ot introduction. At 5:55 r. M. on Saturday they left on the Erie Railroad for Buffalo, and ar riving there on Sunday morning stopped at the Stafford House. All had baggage with them save Ben-ncll, and he had fo'r warded in bond two bit packages to Clifton, Ontario, by express. Birchall did not own a dollar's worth of property in Canada. He was merely lying out of whole cloth from day to day. On Tuesday, February 18, the whole party went to Cliiton, Ont., just across the Niag ara river from Suspension Bridge. Birchall and Pelly went to a boarding house and Mrs. Birchall stopped at thelniperialHotel. They lonngcd around for a week, up to Friday, February 28. Birchall told Pelly that he had received a letter from London from Benwell, sending the receipt for Ben well's bonded luczage, and requesting that this might be sent to him whenever re quested. THE MUEDER DISCOVERED. Finally on February 26 Birchall came to Pelly with a paper in Ins baud containing an account of the finding of the murdered man at Princeton on February 24, with tLe cizar case near him marked F. C. Benwell. Pelly was horrified. Birchall said be would go at once to Princeton and look at the body. Pelly said he would go, too. In an hour or so Birchall came to Pelly and said that he had received a telegram from the clerk or the Stafford House at Buffalo saying that Benwell had gone to New York and desired that all his luggage be sent to the Fifth Avenue Hotel there. Pelly posted off to New Aork to see it Benwell was there and returned without findinc him. Fireball visited Princeton, identified Benwell and was arrested. Mrs. Birchall was arrested a day or so after her husband. After Birchall's arrest came the welding of the chain of circumstantial evidence con necting him with the murder. First Pellv told his story of Birchall's continual lies And deceptions since leaving England, This was corroborated by scores of persons who hrd conversations with Birchall. CLINCHING THE EVIDENCE. Then George Hay, a brakenian on the Grand Trunk Railroad, said that on Feb ruary 17, the dav Benwell and Birchall left Buffalo to go to" the "stock arm," a man answering Birchall's description got on his (Hav's) train at Eastwood station at 3:38 r. M. The train went to Hamilton, and from there hetook a train by which hecouldreach Buffalo at 8 P. m. Hav gave a perfect de scription of Birchall.'and when brought face to face with Bischall, declared that he was indeed the man. This was only a few miles from where Benwell's body was found. Some points in Pellv's evidence, as affect ing Mrs. Birchall, are' worth noticing. He swore that Mrs. Birchall spoke to him about the farm, the farmhouse and the servants in the farmhouse. She told him she was not well satisfied with either farm life or farm servants, the former being lonely and the latter being unsuitable. After all, how poor was Birchall's reward for oil his trouble and pains. Colonel Ben well telegraphs from England that his son did not have to exceed 20 in monev with him; so that this sum and Benwell's gold watch and chain was all that Birchall got. HDXTIXO F0i: AX0TIIEE YICIIM. Trjinc to Clear Up lbs Strnneo Disappear nnee of Neville ricktbalL Woodstock, Ont., March 8. New and sensational developments are cropping out in connection with the Benwell tragedy, and the question now is whether there has not been at least two victims. Some two or three years asro a young Englishman, Neville H. Pickthall, came here, and about a year ago purchased a farm six miles south, and about four months ago married the daughter of his minister. On February 10, last, Pickthall raised 510,000 on a mortgage on his farm and left here, saying to his wife, "I am going to double this money before I come back." He was seen at Niagara Falls that night and said he was going to New York to meet his sister. The testimony at the Birchall examina tion showed that he reached New York, and there met the Birchalls. Since then no trace of him has been found and no word has been received from him. His disappearance caused a stir at the time and the police sent a description of him all over the country. The theory now is that he was enticed to New York by Birchall with the expectation of making a large sum of money and that he was put out of the way for the money he carried with him. A search of Birchall's baggage will be made for anything that might give a clue to Pickthall's fate. DAKGEB OX THE MISSISSIPPI. The Levee Being CoDjtnntly Wntcbed for Fear of a Tlrenk. Greenville, Miss., March 8. The river is still steadily rising, and now stands at 42 feet, the highest stage by five inches ever recorded here. "While the headwaters are falling, the end of the rise is not passed. Indications are it will rise here for at least ten days longer unless there is a crevasse below." From Greenville south to Mays- ville the 1882 height is exceeded. Then the scene of the struggle was along Bolivar front Now, owing to levees building on the opposite shore, it is along Washington and Issaquena until below Maysville. The line of the levee at all points is being watcbed, ana tne weaicer low places are being strengthened. There is small danger of the levees beicg overtopped. Many tnoucbt the grade was being raised too inch but it is not so. The danger is in the hap pening of the unexpected. There will be no relaxation ot vicilance. On the watch being constant and sleepless now depends the victory. A DOUBLE CATASTROPHE. One Sinn Killed by a Train and Another Drowned. rSPECIAI. TKLEORAM TO THE DISrATCH.J YOUNGSTOWN, March 8. John Lovitz, an employe at the rolling mill, while walk ing along the Pittsburg and Western track this afternoon was struck by a freight train and instantly killed. Lovitz made no effort to avoid the train, and it is believed he was partly demented and soughtdeath. Deceased leaves a wife and six children. George II. Abrey and William M. George, two young men, attempted to cross the river on the ice to where the body of Lovitz was lying, when the ice gave way, precipitating both into the water. George succeeded in getting out. while Abrey was swept under the ice and drowned. The body was recov ered an hour later. Abrey was the only support of a widowed mother. The last words he uttered as he sank were, "For God's sake, save me." A GHASTLY JOKE. The Severed Enr of a Colored Woman Sent to a Southern Newspaper 97nn. Birmingham, Ala., March 8. The city editor of the livening Xews received in his mail yesterday, a letter containing the bloody ear of a negro woman, cut off close to the head. The letter said: Make a notice of this in yonr paper, and it may help the late owner to recover her lost property. If not called for forward it to Sen ator Chandler at Washington. A DBtJMMEB. There is no clew to the writer. THE EED MAN ALL EIGHT. Reports of Destitution Among Indians Proven to bo False. Minneapolis, March 8. Captain T. "W. Tidd, Government Timber Inspector for the Indians, returned from a trip to Red Lake and "White Earth Indian Agencies. Ho reports that the Indians will cut 16, 000,000 to 18,000,000 feet of pine and that the reports circulated about destitution among the Indians of these reservations are all false. ISAAC STIMMEL ACQUITTED. The Kllllnc or Ills Son Declared to bo Vol nntnry Itlnnslnnchtcr. trrrciAi. tileoram to tk dispatcii.i TJniontown, March 8. The jury in the case of Isaac Stimmel, who killed his son at Fayette City last fall by disemboweling him with a butcher knife, after beintr out all nigbt, came into court this morning nnd handed in a verdict of voluntary man slaughter. Gronnd Broken for a New Rond. Danville, Va., March 8. Ground was formally broken here to-day for the Dan ville and East Tennessee Railroad, which is the Western extension of the Atlantic and Danville road. The road is now in operation between Danville and Norfolk, and when the Western extension is com pleted it will form another through line from Norfolk to Bristol. I.a Grippo Lond to Snlcldr. Cleveland, March 8. H. C. Bedell, a well-known insurance agent of this city, committed suicide to-day by shooting him self in the head. Tne act was caused by a severe attack of la grippe which affected Bedell's head. SIrnck a Strong; Flow or Ons. The well drilling for the Manufacturers Natural Gas Company, at Castle Shannon, encountered a strong flow of gas last even ing. Dulling was at once suspended and preparations made to move the boiler to a sa!er distance. Killed by Ills Ilorsr. tf riClAI. TELEOKAX TO TUB DISPATCH.! New Castle, March 8. Archibald Slater, aged 70 years, who resides in Wash ington township, was kicked in the side last night by his horse. He died earlv this morning. NOT ENOUGH GRIT. Express Company Employes Form a Plot to Hold Up Trnln,bat Couldn't Keep Tbelr Courage to tho Sticking Point. San Francisco, March 8. George W. Gregory and John R. Ewing were arrested this afternoon on the charge of robbing Wells, Fargo & Co. of $200 two months ago. The men confessed they had engaged in a plot contemplating an extensive system of robbery. Gregory was formerly a messen ger in the employ of Wells, Fargo & Co., but resigned his position last December. Before doing so. however, he ob tained a key which would unlock the treasure boxes of the company and another key which would give him access to express cars. He took Ewing into his con fidence, and on January 5 last they boarded the ferryboat at Oakland, and while Greg ory kept watch Ewing climbed into the ex press wagon while the driver was standing at the horses heads, unlocked the treasure box and extracted packages containing $212 which the men escaped with. While Gregory was in the employ of the company he secured the combinations of about forty safes in the country offices of the company, and the men next attempted to rob safes at Pataluma, Santa Rosa aud Sac ramento, hut were unsuccessful, owing to the combinations having been changed. They then engaged the services of another man whose name is unknown and formed a plan to "hold op" one of the express mes sengers on the Overland train on its arrival at Oakland. Their courage failed them as they were about to execute this plan. Gregory and Ewing next went to Lathrop to rob an express car there and were plan ning to go to Fresno for the same purpose when they were arrested. LIVING ON MULES' FLESH, A Bare Possibility That the Entombed Miners Still Lire. rsrnciAi. telegram to the dispatch.i Wilkesbaere, Pa., March 8. The fate of the eight men who were entombed in the South Wilkesbarre shaft five days ago has not been sealed for good yet. Workmen who were engaged in laying pipe from the Stanton mine to the Hill man mine were startled at 5 o'clock this evening by loud knocking on the main water pipe which runs all through the mines. The men stopped work at once. George McDonald cried out: "My God, what can it mean. Is it possible that they are still alive?" There is good reason to believe now that they are. If they really do exist in the land of the livins their whereabouts at present must be on the top lift of Hillman vein. They are able to get air there, but how do they manage to live? The latter is easy. The men when they found they were hemmed in took a mule along with them to Hillman vein. The mule was kept for a day or two, and then the men, finding no release at hand, slaughtered him. Double efforts will now be put forth to res cue the men. A FIGHT WITH RENEGADES. United States Troop Kill and Captnro Apncbo Murderers. Globe, Ariz., March 8. The five rene gade Apaches, who murdered George Her bert, a freighter, a week ago, were overtaken yesterday, on Salt river, 30 miles north of Globe, by a detachment of troops under command of Lieutenant James M. Watson, Tenth Cavalry, and Lieutenant Clark. A sharp fight ensued, resulting in the killing of two of the renegades and the capture ot the other three, one of whom was wonnded. The troops had traveled over 300 miles of the roughest country in the Territory in the skirmish with the Indians, and escaped without a scratch. The killed were buried where they fell, and the prisoners were brought here to-day. They will be taken to San Carlos to-morrow, and later will be turned over to the authori ties of Graham county for trial. DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO FAMILIES. Two More Arrests BIndo in n Greatly Mlxed Up Affair. The cases of aggravated assault and battery on February 18, against Officers MeGovern and Conway, seem to be pretty evenly divided between the Talty and O'Brien families, each charging the other with the attack on the officers, and the officers with an indiscriminate attack upon the public in general, and particularly upon the members of each family. Yesterday Simon and James Taity, father and son, were taken in on informations made by Inspector Mc Aleese for the assault. A younger son of Talty went into Central station, last night, and begged for his brother's release, not knowing that his father was also in the cooler. Simon was released on $500 bail furnished by Judge McKenna, and James on a similar amount furnished by John O'Neil. ERIE'S COUNTY FAIR. Dates Fixed nnd a Mock Company With $30,000 Cnpltnl Orcnnized. 1SPECIAI. TKLKOBAJI TO THE DIBFATCH.1 Erie, March 8. The Erie County Agri cultural Society met to-day and selected for dates for the county fair September 1 to 4 inclusive. The Eric Driving Park Associa tion and the Agricultural Society will unite. They have taken steps to organize a company with 550.000 capital stock. Hon. C. M. Reed, theowncrofthegrounds, has donated the use of the gronnds to the association. LOCAL ITEMS, LIMITED. Incidents of a Day In Two Cities Condensed for Hendy Rending. John W. Pointing, a real cate dealer of Lawrenceville, last night reported to the po lice that bis gold watch Had been stolen in a downtown saloon. Several men who had been with him were questioned, but denied knowl edge of the theft. Kunx Bkothkbs' new summer hotel, on Shady lane. East End, Is rapidly approaching completion, and will be entirely finished by April 1. in order to accommojato quite a large number of families who will ceaie housekeep ing at that time. The Central Board of Education yesterday accepted a gift of an electric light plant for 500 incandescent lamps, from the Westinghouso Electric Company, for the Central HighSchool. Before Alderman McMasters, Henry Mur phy, a brick manulaeturer, charged Alexander G. Scott with the embezzlement of !82 collected for Murphy. 1 Johann Goemer was brought to the Riverside penitentiary yesterday from Mercer county, to servo two years on a charge of larceny. Alderman Carlisle yesterday disposed of five Law and Order Society cases. He con victed three and acquitted two of the defend ants. Wx. Molseebgeb has, sold his mines at Webster to A Leonard, who will conduct them in tho future. Five new cases of diphtheria were reported to the Burean of Health Friday and Saturday. NEWS FK0M NEAK-BI TOWNS. Scranton Is raising a flour 1 nnd lor the re lief of the families of destitute farmers. James Clingsian, United States Express agent, at Cantoti, has disappeared. Accounts correct. Brockrill t Brown's store, at Canton, was burned down yesterday. Loss, $5,000; partly insured. The hemlock output In West Branch Valley is 80.000,000 feet short of last season, and the price Is to bo advanced. Lineman Gibbons and Wesley McDaniels, railroaders, quarreled at Cblllicothe yesterday. McDaniels was fatally injured by Gibbons. The Caldwell Tannic Acid Works, now at Huntingdon. Pa,, will be removed to Morgan town. W, Va., It a free site and water supply Is given. THE Pennsylvania State Poor Commission will prepare a bill to compel the establishment of a poorhoute In each county. The overseer system is a failure. HE MEANS TO BE BOSS. Emperor William's Bradenbnrg Speech is Considered to lie A DECLARATION OP ABSOLUTISM. Bismarck Will Let the New Reichstag Cook in Its Own Juice. SEW POLICY 0P THE CLERICAL PARTI. The Tote on the Anti-Anarchist Bill to Test the Got. ernment's Position. Emperor "William's recent speech is ex citing much criticism in Germany and has complicated the already chaotic condition of politics there. It is considered to be a declaration of absolutism, and is conse quently met with much disfavor by the Liberals. rnr cable to the dispatcii.i Berlin, March8. Copyrisht. Young Kaiser "Wilhclm is becoming as fond of speechmaking as of soldiering. Not one week has passed this year without some sort of public oration from him to the great dis turbance of old-fashioned German Tories, some of whom are beginning to doubt whether the young man is altogether right in his royal head. But his speech this week is at any rate useless, as an indication of what is really in the mind of the young monarch, and it has to some extent shown the actual worth of the loud protestations of love of the humble subjects of the imperial speaker. It is evident from the Bradenbnrg speech that the Kaiser will not hesitate to follow a reactionary policy. He practically claims to be sole judge of what is good for the peo ple, who must thankfully swallow the crumbs which fall or are thrown from the imperial table or politically and socially starve. ITe thinks the times are not too modern for playing the part of Frederick the Great, and is fully prepared to govern without Parliament if the new Reichstag should prove intractable. BISMARCK EXPECTS TROUBLE. That is the spirit in which he is preparing himself to meet the representatives of the people, and it is not surprising that Prince Bismarck, foreseeing troublous times, has decided to retain the cares of office, which it is now an open secret he would prefer to relinquish. The official version in the North German Gazette, instead of modifying, intensifies the Emperor's declaration of absolutism. Throughout the speech the Emperor asserted in the most emphatic language his personal authority and his responsibility to God. In the most remarkable passages, which will be forever memorable, be said: "I see in the people and the land entrusted to me by God a talent which, as the Bible says, it is my duty to increase. I mean with all my strength to so trade with my talent that I will be enabled to add many another thereto. Those who help me I heartily welcome; those who oppose me I dash to nieces." The final phrase evoked the liveliest com ment. The semi-official press holds that it is not to be regarded as threatening moral opposition, but merely a violent resistance to the law. diverse criticisms. The Conservative Post hails the speech as consonant with the spirit that has always animated the Kings ot Prussia. Other Conservative papers commend it as the promise of a vigorous rule, leading to a strong home and foreign policy that will keep Germany from the impotence of par liamentary government like that of France. The Liberals value the speech as placing under a white ' light the character of a monarch who deems himself the sole arbiter of the nation's destinies, ignoring the fact that the various parties in the Reichstas want to carry out their own ideas and not his, and who is foolish enough to threaten to aash the people to pieces on the eve of the meeting of a Parliament in which the Gov ernment will face a hostile majority. The Imperial threats find an echo among the ultra Conservatives. The Pomeranian Keichspost urges the Emperor to establish a dictatorship. Other papers advise the sup pression of universal suffrage and the sus pension of the sittings of the Reichstag if the opposition becomes violent. PLEASANT FOR THE REICHSTAG. The Rheiniche Westphalisehe Zeitung, a Bismarckian organ, asserts on authority that the Chancellor, freely criticising the result ot the elections, saic: "We shall leave the new Reichstag to cook in its own juice." For the moment party politics in Ger many are iu a somewhat chaotic state, and no alliances or combinations are likely to be formed until some reliable indications have been given of the imperial programme. The Government has decided to open the business of the Reichstag with the projects prepared by the Council of State, the fore most ot which are bills regulating work on Sunday and restricting the hours of labor of women and children. The more complex measures, relating to the hours of the male adults and miners' work day, will be reserved until the autumn session. Simultaneously with the pres entation of social measures, increased army and colonial credits will be demanded. There will also be presented a bill designed to replace the anti-Socialist law. THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION. It is impossible to foreseehow the hetero. geneous elements of theReichstag will group themselves upon the Government's propo sals. The official expectance is that the projects of the Council of State will be quietly discussed and accepted, but that the army credits and the unti-AnarchUt law will test the position of the Government to ward the majority. The Freissinger organs regard the credits as put forward in order to force the Center to declare its tactics, and they predict that it the Centerists throw their vote against the Government a disso lution will be immediately pronounced; Prince Bismarck goiug to the country on the broad, simple platform of the mainten ance of the efficiency of the army. The moderation ot the tone of the Center ist papers indicates the inteution to form an alliance with Prince Bismarck if only the remaining disabilities of the Catholics are removed. A REMARKABLE PREDICTION. The Germania predicts the formation of a majority which will assist the Government in social reforms on a Christian basis, the maintenance ot protectionist duties, the defense of the rights of the monarchy and the strengthening of the federal character of the empire. If this were all the Clerical party desired a 'coalition of Conservatives and "Centerists would be assured, but behind this smooth home programme, the Catholic leaders conceal a design to try to coerce the Chancellor into a startling change of foreign policv affecting the relations ot Italy and the Vatican. Although the Clerical press is reserved on the subject, suggestive allusions con stantly occur to the resolutions adopted at recent Catholic congresses in favor of foreign intervention at Rome. The Cen terist leaders are too sagacious to insist up on a change of Prince Bismarck's policy toward Italy as an immediate condition ot their support. The first terms asked will be educational concessions. "When these shall have been granted whatever pressure the Centerists can exercise they will concen trate upon an effort to effect a rupture of the existing compact with the Quirinal. THE EMPEROR'S INSPIRATION. The anti-Anarchist bill is the Emperor's inspiration, and was assented to hy Prince Bismarck. It is the anti-Socialist law under a new name. The exact provisions of the measure are unknown, but it is understood that the expulsion clanse of the anti-Social ist law is omitted, and that the bill permits a wider freedom of discussion in the press and on the platform, and enacts severe penalties against assailants of the Crown and the Government. TheCentcrist Westphalisehe Merkur to day asserts that the Chancellorship crisis is renewed, and that the retirement of Bis marck is imminent. The article discloses the extravagant hopes of the Clericals of the early triumph of the Vatican. IN" MEMORY OP WILLIAM I. Tho Impcrlnl Mausoleum at Cbarlottenbnrc to bo Consecrated To-day. Berlin, March 8. To-morrow will be the anniversary of the death ot Emperor "William I., and the day will be observed by the consecration of the Imperial mausoleum at Charlottenburg in the presence of the Emperor and his family. The bodies of "William and Augusta have been placed in the new vault. SOCIALISTS SENTENCED. They Are Convicted of Committing Fetjary nt n Recent Trlnl. Berlin, March 8. The Socialists, Kranse and Riekman, have been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at hard labor for committing perjurv at the recent Socialist trial at Elberfeld. Geuimar, another Socialist, received a sentence of one year at hard labor for a sim ilar offense. GERMAN MINERS IN CONFERENCE. They Favor tho Conversion of Mines Into Co-Opeiatlvc Concerns. Bochum, March 8. Delegates from all branches of the Miners' Association met here to-day and resolved to publish an organ here instead of at Zwickau and to promote a general congress of German miners. The meeting also voted in favor of the conversion of the mines into co-operative concerns in the hands of workmen. THAT OHIO LAND C011PABY. Tho Mannser Denies That It Is an Irre sponsible Concern He Snys Their Property Is Not Olortcneed A Pltts bnrser Blamed for the Rumors. The statement in yesterday's Dispatch that the Belgian glass workers of the Southside were alarmed about the secur ity of an Ohio concern from which they had been buying building lots, created no little excitement among those who had invested heavily, and those who were about to do so. The manager of the company referred to called at this office yesterday, and said that there is no foundation whatever, for any fear on the part of the people who have pur chased lots. The company guarantees a clear title to everv piece of property sold. The gentleman continued: The land in question has never been mort gaged, as records will show. We heard of these rumors, however, a few days ago, and had com menced to investigate tbem for the purpose of discoverinc the persons who are responsible for tbem. We will get to the bottom of the mat ter shortly. 1 think we know who to tie to even now.but we hav not collected all of the evidence yet. A prom'nent gentleman on the Soutbcide interested in real estate in Jeannette and elsewhere is larcely to blame for the re ports. Our company was organized December 9, 18S9, with a capital stock of $50,000 We are in corporated under the laws of the State of Ohio and the uirectors of onr company are yonng business men, who have gone to Lancaster to engage in the manufacture of glass. We con sider that we have the best investment for glass workers that can be offered to them, and we are snDported by all who have visited the place and who have seen the property. The manager stated that the proposed plant is to be in operation by April 1. The flint house is nearly finished; the furnaces will be completed in four weeks. A tank furnace will be added for the manufacture of jars next year. "When the works are com pleted, their cost will be $50,000. Lancaster is the capital of Fairfield county, aud is 31 miles from Columbus. As an'inducement to those who desire to investigate the Ohio Company, a free excur sion will be run to Lancaster next Saturday for the benefit of those who desire to pur chase lots. It is but justice to the company to say that the information in Consular Agent Schneider's possession did not come from Governor Campbell, as was claimed. A conference between Mr. Schneider and the Ohio agent was held yesterday afternoon, and the latter promised to go to Lancaster and procure the land contract from the proprietors of the land complex to the com pany. Mr. Schneider said last evening that nothing will be done about the matter until the agent's return. "But," said he, "until 1 am fully convinced that the enter prise is founded on a bona fide basis, I will neither encourage nor discourage the pui chase of any more of the Ohio lots by my people." A SMALL COMMERCIAL FRACAS. An Arrest Growing Ont of Accusations of Theft of Groceries. Officer Snyder, of Allegheny, was re quested to arrest a man in Marshall's grocery store, on Ohio street, yesterday afternoon, who had taken offense at a clerk and called him some vile epithets which frightened the customers, many of whom left the store. The man, whose name is John Trainor, had purchased several packages of tobacco and paid for them, and the clerk seeing still another package in Trainor's pocket, asked if he did not mean to pay for it when the boisterous conduct began. Officer Snyder was then called and he locked Trainor up for a hearing this morning, ISvfnllovrrd nn Onnco of Laudanum. Mrs. Stella Dewald, a young woman of Mt. Washington, swallowed an ounce of laudanum Friday night. A neighbor chanced to enter her house just at the time. Dr. J. E. "Wilson was called and saved the woman's life. WHAT PEOPLE A KB DOING. Some Who Travel, Homo WIio Do Not, and Others Vho Tnlk. George Bice, the cable road engineer, went east last evening. Mr. Rice said they pro. posed to begin work on the Duqucsne street railway about the middle of Aoril. The com pany has not vet decided what motive power will be used, bnt Mr. Rice thinks that elec tricity will be adopted. Mr. Andrew Carnegie will leave New York for Pittsburg to-morrow evening, and will, as nsual, occupy rooms at the Duquesne Club. Re comes for the purpose of attending he Initial meeting of the Pittsburg Free Library Commission, to be held on Wednesday. Mr. O. P. Scaife, of the firm of "William B. Scaife fc Sons, cabled from Havana yester day to his brother. Mr. C C. Scaife, that ho was mncb improved in health and just embark ing for New York. He will reach home in a week or so. General John A. "Wilev, of Franklin, came into the city last evening to see Jefferson and Florence play in "The Rivals." A great many people from nearby towns took advant age of the opportunity to see the two great comedians. . General Passenger Agent C. O. Scull, of the Baltimore and Ohio road, was in the city yesterday. Mr. Bcull thinks the prospects for the summer exenrsion business are good enough, but everything depends on the heat. Dr. A. C. Speer, a resident physician at the Mercy Hospital, left last nieht for Belle vernon to spend a few davs among his friends. His place will be tilled by Br. J. L. Shields. Frank M. Hunter, .of Verona, has cabled his friends that he sailed from London on Thursday and expects to be in New York on Friday next. Dr. J. M. Blackbnrn and Miss Pearl, his danghter, of No. 3SS Fifth avenue, have re turned home from a trip to Florida and the southwest. Miss Fannie Malone, dauehter of M. L. Malone. is visiting in Philadelphia, New Yorkfend Boston for a term of six weeks. Miss Gene Meyers has been elected teacher in the primary grade oX the Sixth ward school. A PERFECT SUCCESS. The EmmcnsUe Tests at the National Capital Witnessed by MANY OF THE FOREIGN DIPLOMATS. A New Dam Will Probably be Secured for the Ohio River. HATTOX'S C1TIL SERYICE CHANGES. Wanamakcr Will Accompany the Harrisons on Their Southern Trip. Emmensite, the new Pittsburg explosive, was tested at Washington yesterday. The members of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs and several foreign representatives were present. The results secured were very satisfactory. CFIIOM A STAFF COItnESPOKPKST.3 "Washington, March 8. An interest ing series of experiments was made this afternoon at the "Washington Navy Yard with the emmensite explosives, the inven tion of Captain Emmens, of Pittsburg. Quite a large number of spectators were present, including the representatives of several of the foreign legations. In the upper room of the launch-house a handsome collation was spread for the benefit of the invited guests. MASS IT BIGHT THERE. In this room Captain Eminent, in the presence of the spectators, personally mixed the various ingredients of the emmensite, and prepared a sufficient supply for the con duct of the experiments. About 60 pounds of the explosive was loaded into an ordinary torpedo, which was then lashed into position under a raft composed of 40 railroad sleep ers, strongly riveted together. The raft was then towed by a launch into the middle of the stream and the torpedo was fired. The result was tremendous. No two of the sleepers remained unseparated and the majority of them were torn into small splinters. Meanwhile Captain Emmens was demonstrating the efficiency of the ex plosive when used in small arms, by firing emmciisite cartridges from a revolver. Thick iron plates were torn into shreds by blasting charges of emmensite inserted in drills. Several experiments were successfully con ducted to show the safety with which tho explosive can be handled. A shell loaded with emmensite was fired from a cannon against an iron tarzet. The shell broke, but there was no explosion. A PERFECT SUCCESS. Lighted tapers were applied to piles of the explosives, but without effect. All the experiments tried were perfectlv successful and Captain Emmens was highly cum pi i mented upon his discovery. As as explo sive the emmensite is as powerful as dynamite or nitro-glycerine. with the ad vantage that it can be handled with much greatpr safety. The only method by which it can be exploded is by the application of fulminate of mercury, and it is consequently safer to handle than any other explosive at present known, it being also smokeless, sives it another great advantage in its application to small arms and artillerv. Besides the representatives of the press, there were present at the experiments, the members of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Messrs Pettit and Chipley, of the Pennsylvania railroad, and others. LlGHTNEB. AN0TIIER DAM IN THE OHIO Will Probnbly be Included In the Present River and Ilnrbor BIllT miOM A STAFF COBHESPOXPKNT.I "Washington. March 8. Colonel Mer rill, the United States Engineer in charge of the Pittsburg district, appeared to-day by invitation before the Rivers and Harbors Committee, and explained the method of building the movabU dam at Davis Island, on the Ohio river, and the use to which it is put. The committee had requested him to come here and made this statement because there are a number of projects in different parts of the country pending before them, in which it is proposed to make use of this sys tem and they desired to become familiar with it. Colonel Merrill was highly complimented at the conclusion of his address upon the clearness with which he had explained the operations of the dam, and also upon the success which had attended his work upon it. He has recommended, in his annual re port, the building of four more dams of the same kind between Davis Island and Wheeling, at a cost of about 5900,000 each, and it is probable that an appropriation for one of these will be incluued in the river and harbor bill now in course of prepara tion. CALL CALLED DOWN. Scnnte Committee Decide That He The Transgressed tho Prlvlleces. "Washington, March 8. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections to day had under consideration the resolution offered by Mr. Chandler in respect to the in terpolation by Mr. Call of certain remarks in his speech on the murder of "W. B. Saunders, in Florida a week or two ago. Mr. Chandler charged that Mr. Call did not utter one on the floor of the Sen ate, that the record was made to say he did, and he asked the Committee on Privileges and Elections to reyjort whether or not that was cause for censuring Mr. Call, and also to report to what extent a Senator may go in debate and keep within Parlia mentary bounds. Mr. Call attacked the accuracy of the rq port of his speech, but the committee de cided to recommend that the record of that day's proceedings shall contain the report of Mr, Call's speech according to the notes of the official reporter. TWO SENATORS AT STAKE. Three Reports to be Presented on the Mon tnnn Contested Election Cases. Washington, March 8. The Senate Committee on Privileges and Election", after a long session to-day, finally reached a de cision in the case of the contested Montana Senatorship, and by a party vote decided to recommend to the Sen ate that Power and Saunders, the Republican Senators, be seated. Mr. Gray, it is expected, will prepare the report of the minority. The presentation of the reports will be the signal for an extended debate, and it may be several weeks before the Senate will reach a vote on the subject. Senator Turpie did not agree with either the majority or minority, but was of opinion that no election of Senators had been ac complished, and that the case should be re mitted to the State of Montana for action. He may make an Independent report to that effect. TO INVESTIGATE THE TRAFFIC. Tho Secretnry of New Vorls l1qnor Denlers Association Wnnts it Done. Washington, March 8. The House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic again had under consideration to-day the bill providing for a commission of five per sons to conduct an investigation into the subject of the liquor traffic in all its phases. Mr. John T. Pratt, the Secretary of the Wine and Liquor Dealers' Association, of New York, was before the committee and spoke in favor of the bill. Withont action, the bill went over until the next meeting of the committee. MUSIC IN THE AIB. Frank Ha'ton Mnkes n Sensational Chnree Agnlnst Tvro Clvll-Servlco Commis sioners Both Enter nn Em-phntlc- Denial. fFROX A STAFF COBRISFOSPXT.! Washington, March 8. With the end of the investigation of the Civil Service Commission Frank Hatton, who has been the sole prosecuting counsel, delivered a parting shot in an article in the Post of to dav, in which Commissioners Roosevelt and Thompson are directly accused of having aided Colonel Foulke, the Indiana civil service reformer, in preparing an article savagely attacking President Harri son and other high officials, and accusing them of engaging iu a conspiracy to thwart and break down civil service reform. The article was published over Foulke's name in the St. Louis Republic and New York Times. Mr. Hatton asserts that he can prove that Roosevelt and Thompson aided Foulke in the preparation of this matter. Roosevelt and Thompson both stated to day that the allegation was absolutely false. Foulke was not m the city, but his private sccretarv declares that the statement is false. As Mr. Hatton says he has proof for what he says, there may be more music over the affair. The investigation of the Civil Service Commission has developed posi tivelv nothing beyond he fact that the Commissioners themselves at times acted with poor judgment. and absolutely nothing was brought out which weakened in the least the principles upon which the new civil service is founded. In this respect it is admitted on all sides that the investigation was a flat failure. The spoilsmen have gained nothing, and if they have shown any thing at all vital, it is that Presidents have sought out and appointed commoners who were not wholly in sympathy with the reform, or who were so dishonest as to evade their sworn duty in the interests of their own favorites or the favorites ot influential politicians. Wannmnker Golna; South. After All. Washington, March 8. Postmaster General Wanamaker and wife, accompanied by Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Russell Harrison and Mrs. McKee, will leave the city next week for a trip to Florida. They expect to be absent about two weeks. Taulbeo Worse nt Midnight. Washington, March 8. The condition of ex-Representative Taulbee has changed for the worse. At midnight his symptoms were alarming, and gravest apprehensions are felt as to the result. A TEXAS AMAZON. She Thrashes Three City Officials and Cleans Ont the lUnjor'n Office. Gainesville, Tex., March 8. Mar garet Lane, 30 years old, weighing 175 pounds, and a giantess in strength, yester day cleaned out the Mayor's office in true John L. Sullivan style. Several day 3 ago her husband was fined by the Mayor. At 10 o'clock yesterday she called at that official's office and cave him a terrible tongue lashing. Heordered Police man Robertson to arrest her, and she knocked the policeman flat with a blow on the nose. At this juncture City Attorney Hall entered and attempted to restrain the virago. She also floored him. The Mayor then took a hand m the game, and the woman knocked him down. Then she waded in and actually thrashed all three of them and drove them from the court room. In her rage she nearly stripped her self of clothing. The men are badly dis figured about the face. She held the court room for three hours after she drove them out, and only when she got ready did she leave. PITTSBURG ASTONISHES HIM. An Ohio Pjlo Dlnn Surprised Every Time He Comes Here. Colonel Stewart, of Ohio Pyle, was in Pittsburg last evening, and in tow of sev eral of his war comrades. He says that Pittsburg astonishes him more and more every time he comes here. "Ohio Pyle is going to be made very at tractive this summer." said the veteran. "The Baltimore and Ohio is planning for important additions to the improvements now existing, and I have heard rumors of much more frequent excursions from Pitts burg for the coming summer than have ever been before given. It's a beautiful spot, and cannot be seen too often." CAUGHT THE SUSPECTS. Two Greensboro; Prisoners Implicated in an Enst End Robbery. Detective Gumbert, of the Second dis trict, returned yesterday morning from Grcensburg, where ho served warrants on Archey Porcher, Harry Miller and Thomas Connegham, in jail waiting to nnswer two charges of larceny which are lodged against them by the police authorities of the above town. The prisoners are implicated in the rob bery of Collins & Stevenson's notion store on Frankstown avenue, which happened about two months ago. Some of the goods found on their persons when arrested in Grcensburg were identified by Mr. Collins. Columbus Sends Greetings to tho Delegates. Columbus, Ga., March 8. The city authorities and the Board of Trade House have united in a memorial to the Pan American Congress, setting forth the claims of Columbus as one of the most interesting and important cities in the State, and in viting the congress to include their city in the approaching tour of the delegates through the South. Threatened to Use Her Shoe. Bernard Kirchoff came all the way from Mansfield yesterday to make an informa tion before Alderman McMasters against Mrs. Dora Myer, for assault and battery. He claims that Mrs. Myer violently a's sailed his countenance and threatened to bring her shoe into play. Mrs. Myer en tered bail for a hearing. THE WEATHER. Tor TTeitern Penn tylnania, warmer, fair weather, easterly winds. For WestVirginia, fair toeather till Mon day night, warmer Sunday anditonday, northeasterly winds. For Ohio, warmer, fair weather, south easterly winds. prtiSBimo, March 8, 1390, The United States Signal Service offlcerla this city furnishes the following. Time. Ttir.I ihst. . 31 IMX.-X. J2-OT 'K. ...19 IMaxlmcro temp ...23 Mlntmnra temp 15 Mesn temp 25 J.-COP. M s-oor. v 31 t-COP. M toor.v 17 Kanze is Kalufall 0 Hirer st :3 r. ., 5.: rt, In 21 noun. a fall of 0.4 foot Meamshlp Arrivals. Lsbretsgne .... Cltr of Chicago ...New York Havre ...New York Liverpool ...New York London uineuo, Caledonia New York.Medlt'ra'n ports Sasle Breraerh&ven.. ,aev xork Adriatic. Wyoming. Qucenstown New York , Qnecnitown New York Bremen New Orleans London 2teir Orleni caropean ropean, UfOsc. M ItfSJ Was fit 111 A FINE OF $126)000, With Eighteen Long Years in the Ohio Penitentiary, is the SENTENCE OF AUDITOR GEAHA1T. He Pleaded Guilty to One Charge and Se nied the Others. A LONG STATEMENT TO THE COURT. Other Parties to Blame far His Strp3 From the Path of Ecctltnde. Al Graham,defaultingAuditorof Warren county. O., was yesterday sentenced to imprisonment for 18 years, and to pay a fine of $126,422 18. This is double the amount of his peculations. A plea for clemency fell upon deaf ears. rSPXCTJlt. TXLXGBAH TO TOT DMrATCH.1 Lebanon, O., March 8. Big-hearted Al Grahjm, the whilom, dashing and default ing Auditor of Warren county, stood up in a brand new and faultless fitting suit of clothes this morning and took his medicina without a murmur. The dose was of allo pathic size, and caused a flutter in tha crowded court room. "The sentence of the Court is," said Judge White, in a firm tone, "that yon ba imprisoned in the penitentiary for tha period of 18 years and pay a fine of f 126, 422 18." HE PLEADED GUILTY. Graham entered a plea of guilty to tha indictment charging him with aiding and abetting the embezzlement of $63,211 09. To the 16 other indictments for receiving payment on false vouchers, he entered a plea of not guilty. Before sentence was tiassed he made a statement to the Court confessing his complicity in the embezzle ment of public money, but denied that ha bad received the amounts charged against him. The fraudulent school warrants, ha said, were given to Coleman to be used as cash in Coleman's settlement as treasurer with the Commissioners. Coleman had been speculating in stocks and begged Graham with tears in his eyes to save him from rnin and disgrace. Gra ham said be had never received a cent of the warrants entered in the blank space above the Commissioners' names in tha Treasurer's book. He also said his signature in that settlement was a forgery. Graham said that on the morning he left Lebanon, Coleman came to his house and made a proposition to buy off the investigating; committee. NOT MUCH OF A BEIBE. He told Coleman he could do but little, as he had only 15 cents. He drove to the Court House alterward and Coleman sent out a roll of $300, which was to be used to buy off the committee, but Graham took tha money and used it in his flight from town. During his statement to the court Graham was the cynosure of all, but he never once faltered or manifested tha least excitement His voice was the same as it nsed to ring out merrily in the long corridor of the Court House for so many years while he was auditor. Graham had for his attorneys, J. Kelly O'Neil, W. L. Dechant and J. A. Banyan. The latter made a powerful ana elo quentanpealforclemency whichbrought out Prosecuting Attorney Anderson in a sharp reply on behalf of the State Treasurer, Cole man, who was implicated with Graham in the steal, was convicted the other day and sentenced to two and one-half years in tha penitentiary and fined $32,000. MONEY MAKES THE MARE GO. It Is Likewise Convenient In Conducting the Government's Dullness. The six days' work of the Pittsburg Post office ending last Priday night, constituted the largest week's business in the history of the office. Since Postmaster Mc Kean has been in office additions to the ap propriations then allotved for local servica have been secured to the tune of $24,800 per annum. At the beginning of the fiscal year in next June he will ask, and donbtless se cure, a large increase in the sum at present available. An effort will be made to place distribu tors upon every through mail train running; into Pittsburg, the experiment npon tha 8-o'clock morning train from New York having proven such a success as to be now considered indispensable to the business men, of Pittsburg. A DESERTED VESSEL Discovered on the Ocean nnd Set on Flra nnd Destroyed. Netv York, March 8. The steamer Cale donia, from Mediterranean ports, which ar rived to-day, reports that during the voyaga she sighted the Norwegian bark Progress, with a signal of distress flying. The Cale donia's captain sent a boat's crew aboard, but found no signs of human life there. A dog and pig were wandering about the deck. The dog was shot and the pig taken aboard the steamer. The bark was then set on fire. A dispatch from Halifax says the crew of the Progress was rescued bv the bark Truro aud landed on March 3 at Halifax. Yesterday's Bnlldlns; Permits. Yesterday the Building Inspector issued permits to Arthur B. Gue, two-story frama house on Hamilton street, Twenty-seventh ward; cost, $1,600. J. J. Chisholm, two story frame house on Hamilton street, Twenty-seventh ward ; cost, $1,600. J. H. Keifer, two-story frame house, Hamilton street, Twenty-seventh ward; cost, $1,600. Removnl Prices on Misses' and Children's Cloaks. It wilt pay yon well to secure one or more ' of these handsome garments, either in spring or winter weight. You will never have such, an opportunity again. A. G. Campbell & Sons, 710 Penn aye. 27 Fifth avenue after April 1. Exenrsion to Washington City. B. & O. It. B. will sell exoursion tickets o Washington. D. C, good to visit Balti more, on Thursday, March 20, at rate of $9 the round trip. Trains leave at 8 A. it. and 9:20 P. M. . Onlr One Week. A handsome 8x10 photograph in water color of vourself or children for only $1, at' Hendricks & Co.'s, No. 68 Federal st., Al legheny. This is no advertising scheme, ' but a handsome picture. 6 81 March the Ono Dollar Month 81. Bring the family to Aufrecht's Elite gal lery, 516 Market st.j Pittsburg; 12 cabinets, or one large 8x10, for $1. Elevator. Spring; Overeonts. - - For a fashionable overcoat go to PiU cairn's, 434 Wood st. The Best Line Of boys' suits is at tho P. C C C Boys' suits, sizes 4 to 14, at $1 75 nnd $2 50. Call and see them. ' p. (j. C C, Cor. Grant and Diamond sts., opp, the new Court House. , For a good-fitting suit go to Piteairn's, 434 Wood st. DIED. BARTH-On Saturday, March 8, 1890, Mn. Christenia, wife of Jacob Barth, In the Mta year of her age. Funeral from her late residence. 1S3 Manton alley, Tblrtyflrst ward, Southside. on Tw? . SAT, at 1 p. x. -Friends ot tha faaUlr are n ipectfuUylaTitedJoaMead. , I I 4 $ i a I