fty iflBpwa
BULKY BUT BRIGHT
Will be the SATUBDAY and SUIT
DA Y ISSUES of TUB DISPATCH.
Ninety-Six Columns To-morrow and
One hundred and Sixty Columns on
Sunday.
V
CHEAP HOMES,
And how to build them, will be a feat
ure of the SATURDA Y and 8UX
DA Y ISSUES of THE DISPATCH.
Floor plans are furnished.
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FORTY-FIFTH YEAR
PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1890.
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III
Two Elements Threaten the De
struction of the Metropolis
of Louisiana.
ARKANSAS CITY IN DANGER.
Hirers Eising Eapidly and
the Waves PouriBg
Over Their Banks.
BBEAKS IS THE LEYEES
May at Any Moment Cause an Inun
dation of the Lowlands
Which Will
WIPE OUT THOUSANDS OP LIVES.
Men and Women Frenzied by the Dread
Prospect of a Disaster Appalling
in
Its Immensity.
LOSS OFPEOPEETX ALREADY ENOEMOUS
The sews from the South is of a most
threatening character. The rivers are rap
ing, levees breaking, and thousands of lives
and millions of dollars worth of property
are imperilled. New Orleans, in addition
to the flood, suffered from a disastrous fire.
rSPECIAL telegbam to toe DISPATCH. 1
Kew Orleans, March 13. As predicted
in The Dispatch by Engineer ElsifFer
two weeks ago, the most disastrous flood of
modern times has descended upon this city.
To add to the excitement, fire broke out
this afternoon at the American Patty and
Products Company's works, at the corner
of Pool and North Peter's streets, and for a
time threatened the entire city. All the
buildings on the square were destroyed,
with a loss of $70,000, covered by insurance.
Soule's brewery, across the street, wasbadly
scorched.
The river here at 6 A. si. was 10.3 feet;
at 2:45 it was reported at the Harbor station
at 16 feet 9, and at 2.50 they reported
the water 17 feet; but it remained at that
point but a short while when it receded to
16 feet 8, where it settled to make a stand.
Seat All Previous Record.
Ii This was six inches above the record of
other years, and the water went over the
Jevees all along the city front at every de
pression or low place, and soon flooded the
streets and sidewalks of a large section of
the city.
TJp town, at the head of Jackson, "Wash
ington and Saraparu streets the waves
washed over the levee and submerged the
streets and sidewalks; the same thing oc
curred at other points down to Poydrass
street. Here the water spread out
over the broad space occupied by
the Morgan road, filled up the
low places and then began to flow down
Poydrass street into the cross streets on
either side, covering the sidewalks on Poy
drass street. On Gravier street the water
flowed freely, completely covering the
street in places.
Over the Levees.
At the head of Canal street the water was
running over the levee, and from Custom
House street to Conti the water came over
the levees freely, and completely submerged
the streets and in many places the sidewalks
and lower floors of business houses from
the north side of Canal street to
Hospital street, a distance of 14
blocks from the river to Earn part street,
a distance of eight blocks. Prom Earn part
street the water flows off in the gutters of
street drains to the drainage canals in the
rear of the city. Below Elysian Fields
Street the water is also passing over the
levee in many places.
On the north side of Canal street the side
walk in front of the Touro buildings was
overflowed. Hill's jewelry store was in
vaded by the water, and other business
places suffered in like manner.
The Levees In Danger.
This overflow seems to have taken most
people by surprise.though all who had. busi
ness on the levee made preparations for it
to the extent of removing their goods to safe
quarters. Since yesterday evening the levees
across the river have been in danger
and the water is coming over from
the line of the Davis crevasse above
the city to the lower line, a distance of
some 15 miles. In manv instances the
water flows back for ten squares. Large
forces have been at work raising the levee
with sacks filled "HOth earth.
The Southern and Crescent Oil Mills were
being washed under by the water, and the
floors were torn away and embankments
built underneath.
Guarding Dangerous Breaks.
A break occurred at the Hatch place,
near Harvey's Canal, but it only reached a
width of four feet when it was discovered
and promptly closed. It is still a danger
ous spot, as the levee is very weak there.
The levee at Sharp's place, five miles
above Gretna, where there was a serious
crevasse some years ago, is again creating
anxiety, as it shows signs of weakening
and a force will work all night to strengthen
it Company Canal empties into the river
just above the city limits on the right bank,
and is the avenue by which boats reach
Bayou Bartaria and the oyster and fishing
grounds below. The water has reached the
top of the locks, and they will not be opened
anymore for the present, as the letting in of
the river might lead to damaging results.
Building New Levees.
From Canal street ferry to the Morgan
depot, the principal portion of Algiers, a
distance of three-quarters of a mile, the
situation at one time was very threatening.
Abont noon the water commenced washing
over the levees along its whole
length, and in a short space of time
the entire front and the street for
ten blocks back were flooded. Yardmaster
Maguire, of the Morgan road, and the city
forces went to work at once and in four
hoars threw up an entire new levee. That
stopped the flow temporarily, but the water
wa already knee deep on the front street.
The Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific
tracks are both across the river, but travel is
still uninterrupted owing to the good work
done.
Trying to Star Ibo Flood.
Just below Algiers is the Orleans levee
which commands a large section of country.
A new levee was constructed only a few
days ago, but the river has been climbing
up, and to-day the warning signal was again
given. The water was six inches deep over
the levee's crest. Hen and material were
promptly furnished, and a gallant effort is
being made to stay the flood.
The swell caused by steamers seriously
interfered with the work at the levee and
several days ago washed some new work into
the road, and the Mayor has asked the Gov
ernor to issue a proclamation to steamships
to show a due regard for the safety of the
levee, and the City Council met to-night
and adopted a resolution appropriating
50,000, or as much as shall be necessary for
work on the levee and during the danger
period.
The Outlook Not Reassuring.
At midnight water is flowing over the
levee rapidly at the head of Peters street,
and the sidewalks and streets in the vicinity
are covered with water. The water is also
running over the levee pretty lretly at
Third, Fourth. Sixth, Eighth, Toledano,
Sarapaetu and State streets.
Gangs of men are working along the levee
at many points, and the flow of water into
the city may be ehecked if there is no further
rise. The railroads are doing good work in
assisting the authorities all along the line.
The outlook to-night, however, is by no
means reassuring.
EBENZIEU BY EEAB.
Situation nt Arkansas City Extremely Criti
cal Levees Giving Way No Sslecp
for the Inhabitants of the
Lowlands Thousands
ofLIveslnPciil.
Arkansas Cixy, March 13. The con
dition of the levees at this place is extremely
critical. If the water keeps up a great
while it will flood the whole of Chicot coun
ty, and finally make its way into the
Tensas basin. The break in the levee
above the city continues to pass a large vol
ume of water, but it does not increase in
sue. It is reported that the levee at Boli
var, Miss., has given way, but the report
larks confirmation.
From all reports it is onlv a matter of
time when the end will come and all will be
a seething rush of waters over the entire
bottoms. Men and women are exercised al
most to a frenzy soon as darkness sets in,
and but little sleep is indulged in by them.
One hundred more hands will arrive here to
morrow and work on the levees.
The situation at Newport, Ark., at the
confluence of the "White and Black rivers
is -ne of extreme danger. The water is
within a few inches of the top of the
levees which surround the town
and is rising, at the rate of
three inches an hour. The inhabitants are
greatly excited, and with good reason.
Should the levees break, the destruction to
life and property will be terrible. There
will be no sleep had there to-night.
At Batesville all that portion of the town
through which the Iron Mountain Bailroad
runs, is a foot under water and trains are
abandoned.
Reports from the Blaok river show that
lands are under water at places so deep that
tree tops are alone visible. Jacksonport is
under water from two to four feet. Tele
graphand telephone wires are down in all
directions and no estimation of the damage
can be made. That it will be heavy is be
yond a doubt.
STILL IT BAINS.
The Downpour lias Already Continued for
Fifty-Four Hours The Levees Can
Etnnd Between the Inhab
itants and Death bnt a
Little Longer
Greenville, Miss., March 13. The
Levee Board is fully posted on the condition
of the levee foot by foot in the whole dis
trict. The levees above will stand
from 3 to 5 feet and those below
will stand 2 to 5 feet more
water than we now have to contend with.
Every preparation that ingenuity of man
can provide is being made for any possible
breaks of weak places that may occur in the
levee. At several places below Arkansas
City the water is pouring over the levees.
The rain has fallen here lor 51 hours with
but slight intermissions and the total fall
has exceeded five inches. It is still
raining and the indications are that
it will rain all of to-night. The river here
has risen 1 inches the past 24 hours and is
still rising, with the gapge indicating 43
feet
From West Melville comes the report that
the Atchafalaya river is risine and the
levees are in a bad condition, being unable
to stand a rise of five inches more.
WOMEN IX THE FIELD.
Their Ticket for School Board LlkcIjJJ
Win Without Opposition.
Atchison, Kan., Marchl3. The women
of Atchison to-day placed in nomination a
full ticket for the School Board. This was
done in pursuance of a plan to cap
ture the School Board, so as to reform
many features that the women
teachers regard as burdensome. The women
of the town are in hearty sympathy with
he movement, and the nominations will
tead them to register in large numbers.
The male citizens indorse the movement
generally, and it is expected that no nom
inations will be made against the female
candidates.
YOTED EARLY AND OFTEN.
German Socialists Accused of Adopting a
Favorite American Plan.
Berlin, March 13. Thousands of
Sociilists are accused of double voting
once in their districts of residence and
once in their districts of employment. It
is stated that several deputies will be un
seated. The Kreuse Zeilung has caused a sensa
tion by advocating the abandonment of re-
TireSSlVe mpncTlreii Ofroinct iht. Rnniali.4.
'which, it says, have proved futile.
MUST BDI AT HOME.
Only Native Live Stock to be Purchased
for Ohio's Pnbllc Institutions.
Columbus, March 13. The House bill
presented by Mr. Molter, of Erie county,
passed that body this evening, requiring
stewards and others who moke purchases for
benevolent and penal institutions to buy
only native live stock. The bUl goes to the
Senate,
SCOTT IS HUSTLING
To Secure the Democratic Nomination for
Ex-Governor Pottlson He Devotes a
Day to Philadelphia Without
Any Startling Success.
tEFSCZAI. TELEORAM TO TUB DISFATCIM
Philadelphia, March 13. Ex-Congressman
William L. Scott, of Eric, who is
uncompromisingly opposed to the nomina
tion of ex-United States Senator William A.
Wallace for Governor, put in a busy day in
the city to-dry. He set out in
the morning fcr the twofold pur
pose of getting the Philadelphia
delegates to the Democratic convention
into his way of thinking and of persuading
Congressman Mutchler, of Easton, who is
here, that he was premature in announcing
himself in favor of Mr. Wallace. He called
on both Mr. Pattison and Mr. Harrity. The
latter will control at least two-thirds of the
Philadelphia delegates to the convention.
The most amusing part of his day's ex
perience in the citv was his "dodging
match" with Mutilller. He went to the
Girard House to see Mr. Mutchler, but the
latter was invisible, and Mr. Scott left his
card. A couple of hours later Mr. Mutch
ler returned the compliment by calling at
the Bellevue, where, learning that Mr. Scott
was not about, he left his card. Finally,
after a whole afternoon of mutual coquet
ting, the two statesmen touched at the
center of the radiu, which in this case
happened to be the Bellevue. They met at
6 o'clock, and were together in private con
ference for over an hour. From mutual
friends it was learned that their conference
was fruitless. The net results of the Erie's
leader's endeavors thus far, consequently,
has not been encouraging.
It is understood he has sought to impress
the Democratic leaders with whom he has
conferred that ex-President Cleveland's suc
cess in his candidacy for renomination in
1892 is largely dependent on the success of
Mr. Scott's plans in connection with the
Democratic nomination for Governor in
Pennsylvania this coming summer. It met
with the counter argument from some of
the party leaders that William A. Wal
lace had been as good a friend of
President Cleveland during the latter's in
cumbency as any one could desire, and also
that his friendship was entirely disinter
terested, since he did not get the slightest
recognition in the wav of patronage from
the administration. The Erie county ex
Congressman's visit cannot be said, there
fore, to have been a success.
A BILIi COLLECTOR MISSING.
Ho Played Faro and the Races and is
85,000 to S15.000 Short.
IFrECtAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1
New York, March 13. Ira E. Aldrich,
whose office is in the Madison Square Bank
building, has been known for some time as
one of the most successful bill collectors in
town. His principal customers have been
physicians. But Mr. Aldrich has left a
large and flourishing business and gone
where even experienced men of his own
inquisitive calling, for the moment at least,
are unable to follow him. Two classes of
creditors are looking for trim the owners of
claims which he has collected and not ac
counted for and his own employes, from
whom he has required liberal deposits as
guarantees of their honesty.
Aldrich's brother William was in charge
of the office to-day. He does not believe
that the total shortage will exceed $5,000.
The losses which will be most felt are
those which fall upon the collectors em
ployed by Aldrich. Some of these men
have pledged all their available means to
put up guarantees, and they are likely to
suffer severely. Other reports put Aldrich's
shortage at 515,000. Ho played heavily at
the races, and also, it is said, at faro.
THE CUMING PEACEMAKERS.
Tests of the New Pneumatic Guns Prove
nigbly Satisfactory.
Philadelphia, March 13. The final
official test of the three pneumatic guns of
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius was made to
day. Although the result of the test will
not be made public until a report is made to
the Secretary of the Navy, it is understood
to have been satisfactory in all respects.
One explosive shell, weighing 200 pounds
and filled with gun cotton, was fired from
each gun, and in addition several wooden
bombs were discharged. Tne firing was
done over a measured mile, and the projec
tiles are said to have gone in some instances
a third of a mile beyond the required dis
tance. This was accomplished with a pres
sure of 700 pounds. Three different fuses
were used, the first being timed to explode
the projectile in 5 seconds after striking
the water, the next in 1 seconds, and the
last immediately upon touching the water.
The shock from the latter, it is said, was
felt in the city of Chester, four miles dis
tant The explosion of each of the three
loaded shells was followed by a violent com
motion in the water, and those who wit
nessed the firing say that no vessel could
withstand the force shown.
A CHANGE OF OFFICERS
Will Result From the Purchnseof thelllonon
Route by the Pennsylvania.
Chicago, March 13. Tne officials of the
Monon route were as much surprised as any
body by the news from New York concern
ing the election of an entirely new board of
directors. They realize that the Pennsyl
vania Company now has control of the
road, and will provide it with a new set of
officers.
John B. Carson, who is suddenly relieved
of his positson as Vice President and Gen
eral Manager, is on a pleasure trip in the
South; and General Passenger Agent James
Barker, who will also be retired, is attend
ing the annual meeting of the National As
sociation of General Passenger and Ticket
Agents, at the City of Mexico. The new
directors and officers of the road will arrive
in Chicago, from New York, to-morrow.
BIRCHELL BACK IN JAIL.
The Prisoner Reaches Woodstock Appar
ently Perfectly Unconcerned.
Woodstock, Ont., March 13. When
the express from Suspension Bridge rolled
into the (station there was a large crowd
waiting to see Birchell. When the party
reached the jail, the prisoner jumped
nimbly from the cab, and walked along
boldly, and seemed more unconcerned than
anyone else in the jail. He wrote his name
as A. J. Birchell, gentleman by profession,
aged 25, born in England, and belonging to
the Church of England. When asked if he
was married he replied, "Yep." As all per
sons who drink at all are entered as intem
perate, he is entered as intemperate.
The prisoner was taken upstairs to a cell,
in which the only furniture is a small table.
He will sleep in' another cell opening into
the corridor which leads to the first one.
Ran Away to Death.
Jacksonville, III., March J3. This
morning Vernon Hay and George Pollard,
two runaway pupils from the Illinois State
Institution for deaf mutes, were run over by
s train. Hay was killed and Pollard se
verely hurt.
S50.000 Fire at Columbus.
Columbus, March 13. The machine
shops of the Columbus,Hocking Valley,and
Toledo Bailroad burned at midnight. The
shops employed about 200 men. The loss is
estimated at over $50,000; insurance.' not
known, . .-..'
BUCKEYES TOO BOLD.
Senator Sherman Says the Latest
Flan ol the Ohio Democrats
VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION
His Scheme to Provide for the Districts All
Over the Conntry.
SET. E. B. DONEHOO'S ERRAND OF MERCT.
Sirs. Harrison Going to Get a Lire Allljator for Baby
Benjamin McKtc.
Senator Sherman says that the measure to
choose electors by districts in Ohio is un
constitutional. He wants a bill passed
preventing gerrymanders, but thinks it
should not go into effect for two years. He
has a new plan which he thinks should go
into eflcct all over the conntry.
1 6 FECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.3
Washington, March 13. The Ohio
Bepublicans in Congress are finding it hard
work to keep up with their political oppo
nents out in Ohio in the race for party ad
vantage. After several experimental trials
with bills to nullify the effect of the gerry
mandering they hit upon the McComas
bill, which, it was claimed, was fire and
burglar proof, and would fit the circum
stances exactly.
They rested serenely behind this bill in
the belief that it would undo what the Ohio
redistricting bill had done until last Tues
day, when State Senator Buchanan intro
duced a bill in the Ohio Senate chancing
the mode of choosing Presidental electors so
that they should be elected by Congressional
districts instead of by general ticket as here
tofore. This would divide the representation
of Ohio in the Electoral College, and it was
quietly given out that the bill was to be
used as a club and only passed in case the
McComas bill should go through.
something to teade on.
In other words, it would give the Ohio
Democrats something to trade on. The Buch
anan bill stirred up a great deal oT feeling
among the Republicans in the House, and
General Grosvenor, who was especially bit
ter in his denunciation of the scheme, de
clared that it would break down the last
remnant ot opposition to the McComas bill,
and that measure would go through with a
whirl. There was, however, no question as
to the constitutionality among either the
Bepublicans or Democrats until to-day,
when Senator Sherman raised the issue.
"There can be no constitutional warrant
for such a radical change in the mode of
choosing Presidental electors," said Senator
Sherman this afternoon. "It is clearly
within the purview of a State Legislature
to provide the method by which the State
shall elect their electors, subject only to the
provision of Congress as to the time of
choosing and the day on which they shall
give their votes.
A LIMIT TO LEGISLATIVE POWER.
"For instance, the Legislature might with
perfect propriety decide to choose electors by
a concurrent vote of both branches of the
General Assembly, for the State would then
be choosing electors through its representa
tives and the people of the whole State
would be participating. But the Legisla
ture nas no power to entail a right that be
longs to all the people of a State by redis
tricting it to the people of one locality or
one uongressiouai district.
"The power to choose each election is vested
in the State, as the Legislature thereof may
direct, but the Legislature cannot divest a
large proportion of the population of the
privilege by delegating it to a separate
locality. On the other hand Representa
tives are elected by separate districts under
a uniform law passed by Congress in accord
ance with the constitutional provision which
grants to Congress supervisory power with
regard to the times, places and manner of
holding elections for Representatives to
Congress."
A NEW SCHEME.
Senator Sherman believes that a bill to
prevent gerrymandering in a State between
census apportionments will be passed bv
this Congress, but he questions-the policy o'f
maKing sucn a Din appucaDle to the next
two years. He says: "Several plans
for establishing districts have been ad
vanced, and the one which I think
is the best, one which, by the
way, I have not seen mentioned
in the newspapers, is the proposition to
block out Congressional districts as nearly
as possible in squares having the same num
ber of inhabitants without regard to connty
or township lines, the only limitation being
that voting precincts shall not be divided.
For instance, the law could require that in
each State, beginning, say, in the northwest
corner, Congressional districts should be
laid off by north and south lines so that each
district would have approximately the same
population."
AN ERRAND OF MERCT.
Rev. E. R. Doneboo Try luff to Obtain a Mall
Clerk's Pardon.
rrnoji a staff cobrespondekt.'i
Washington, March 13. Eev. E. R.
Donehoo, so well known tbrough his minis
terings to Pittsburg's poor and criminal
classes, together with Rev. Mr. Roden
baugh, were in town to-day on a character
istic mission. Ayear ago a young man named
J. L. Textore, of Butler county, came down
here looting for an appointment. Through
Representative Bayne he got a place as rail
way mail clerk. One day while in this
position he was caught opening letters, was
tried and sentenced to one year's imprison
ment. Only about half of his term has expired,
and now his father has just died. He wants
to attend the funeral, and Dr. Donahoo has
come here to try to get him pardoned so that
he may pay these last respects to his de
ceased parent. Representatives Tnwnsend
and Bayne have promised to accompany the
two reverend gentlemen to-morrow to see
the Attorney General and argue the case
with him.
STILL SOME SURPLUS LEFT.
Representative Cannon Denies the Demo
cratic Changes of Extravagance
FROM A STAFF COBRESPOXDEKT.
Washington, March 13. Representa
tive Cannon, Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, speaking to-day in regard
to a report that the appropriations for the
current year will exhaust and exceed the
surplus, said:
The appropriations for the next fiscal year
will not exceed those of the current year, ex
cept to the extent that the accrecato is in
creased by pension and public building legisla
tion. I think a pension bill will be passed doing
justice to the soldiers without 'looting" the
Treasury. The disabled soldiers will be cared
tor without requiring an expenditure of more
than $40,000,000 per year. The Public Building
Committee will have to be very extravagant to
make their expenditures aggregate more than
those by the committee during the last Con
gress, I think that alter all .the regular appro
priations are made there will be a margin of
580,000,000 for reduction of the revenue. When
you come to talking about what may be done,
what extraordinary expenditures may be au
thorized, there is nothing to base a statement
on. That's all speculation.
Nominations and Confirmations.
Washington, March 13. Among the
postmasters appointed to-day were the fol
1
lowing:
Andrew N, Bryoe, Snnbury, Pa. Eugene W,
flavics, Athens, Pa.; Thomas Reed. Fairmont,
W. Va., and Jame3 A. Davis, Morgantown, W.
Va.
Among those confirmed were A. D. Welty,
Greensburg; Mrs. Josephine Held, Connells
viile, and J7 A. Gilieland, Allegeeny.
THAT SOUTHERN TOUB.
Tho Presidental and Cabinet Party Leaves
for Florida Baby McKee is to bo
Presented With a Live
Alligator.
WEOJI A STAFF CORKESFONDEITr.1
Washington, March 13. The feminine
Presidental and Cabinet party which has
been for some time preparing for a journey
toFlorida left this city this morning in a
boudoir car of the Coast line, it being
the plan to go to Florida by that
lino and return by way of Atlanta and
Chattanooga. The party consisted of Mrs.
Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Harrison,
Mrs. and Miss Wanamaker, Mrs. Colonel
Wilson, of Philadelphia; Miss Robinson, of
New York, and Miss Hannum, of Trenton,
N.J. The party was accompanied 'to the
train by the Postmaster General, Mrs. Mc
Kee and a lev friends.
Mrs. Harrison was in a dark wine colored
gown, with short wrap braided in light
wood tints, leading by the hand her oldest
grandchild, who wore a stylish little close
fitting coat of dove color broadcloth, cut
after the coachman fashion, with a double
row of large smoke pearl buttons down the
front, and cap of the same material. Ben
jamin proudly carried a diminutive
alligator skin hand satchel. The car
in which the party traveled had been
comfortably fitted up for their reception,
and the pantry well supplied with every
imaginable dainty, including a box of
Mumin's extra dry and apolinaris. The re
frigerator where the wines and meats are to
be kept is under the floor in the narrow
passageway at the side of -the kitchen, be
tween the double sleeping room and the
dining room, which is in the fore part of the
car.
At the last moment, just as adieux were
being spoken and the train was about to
move off, yopng Benjamin began to evince
signs of woe at parting with Mrs. Harrison,
who finallv brought a smile to his counte
nance by the promise of a real live alligator
to be forwarded to him as soon as she reached
Florida. Mrs. Russell Harrisons little
daughter was also at the depot, and as the
train moved out she leaned forward in the
nurse's arms, kissing her hands to the partv
on the platform.
FOR WATSON AND STONE
The Choice of Warren Coanty for Congress
man nnd Governor.
tFROM A STAFF COBRESPONDEVT.l
Washington, March 13. Hon. Henry
Brace, of Warren, Pa., late member of the
State Legislature, is in the city visiting
Representative Watson. Mr. Brace is a
very influential manager of politics in War
ren county, and usually is able to tell not
only what is going on, but also what is
goingtogoon. He makes history. Mr.
Brace is confident that Mr. Watson will be
renominated and re-elected to Congress.
He has heard various rumors of opposing
candidates, but knows of no one who is yet
definitely in the field except Mr. Watson.
Among the rumored candidates are the
semi-independents Lee, of Venango, and
Emery, of Warren who have so often been
able to step into the breach and smash
things, but who always stop short. Mr.
Brace is personally for Secretary Stone for
Governor, as all Warren county people are ;
but he is, nevertheless, frank to say that
Delamater, withont a doubt, will have a
large majority of the delegates to the State
Convention.
RELIGION SEPARATES THEM".
A Young: Married Couplo Kept Apart by the
Bridegroom's Fnmlly.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, March 13. Unpleasant
complications have followed thejnarriage of
Anthony H. Rinteln and Miss Julia E.
Stinson, both of Brooklyn, which, took
place at Camden, N. J., on the evening of
January 28. The bride is the 19-year-old
daughter of the late Thomas Stinson. The
bridegroom is 25 years old, and associated
in business with his father, August Rin
teln, a wealthy liquor dealer. The young
couple had been acquainted about a year.
Mr. Rinteln is a Catholic, and his family
were opposed to his marrying Miss Stinson,
who is a Protestant.
It was only alter a long search that the
lovers found a minister in Camden who was
willing to marry them. They came back to
Brooklyn , the same night and went to the
house of one of the groom's relatives. On
the following day the bride returned to her
own home and has since been living there.
The bridegroom went to his father's house.
Mr. Rinteln has sent his bride a small sum
of money each week toward her support.
She is not by any means satisfied with this
arrangement, and has consulted Lawyer
Hugo Hirsch. Her husband has also re
tained a lawyer, and the case is likely to
come before the courts in some form in the
near future.
A DRUG CLLEK'S ERROR.
Ho Gives Digitalis Instead of LIcorico
With Fatal Resnlts.
New Yobk, March 13. Julius Schaider
mandel, a drug clerk, was arrested at the
instance of the Board of Health, charged
with having sold impure drugs. Two weeks
ago John B. McGuire went to his store and
ordered 5 cents worth of powdered licorice
for use as medicine for his wife, who was
sick and being attended to by a physician.
The clerk sold the licorice, which was done
up with a proper label on the outside. The
woman and a neice of hers took some of the
powder, and in a short time they were both
taken sick.
Tho husband went to the drugstore and
asked the clerk what he had given in the
parcel, and the clerk tried to snatch what
was left of it from the man's hands. Mc
Guire then took the powder to the Board ot
Health. Here the doctors found it was pure
digitalis, a deadly poison, that had been
put up.
Mrs. McGuire is permanently injured by
the powder, and the doctors say that it is
only a question of time when she will be
dead,
TREASURER NOLAND'S SHORTAGE.
The Examining Committee Snys Ue Owes
Missouri $32,745 69.
St. Louis, March 13. The latest advices
about State Treasury affairs are that No-
land's shortage in exact figures is 532,745 69,
as given by the examining committee, who
concluded their report at a very late hour
last night.
The committee made two reports, one of
which, that specifically explains how, when
and in what amounts Noland took money
from the treasury. It is said it is very
damaging to the late Treasurer and in all
likelihood will insure his arrest and prose
cution. No word has yet been received from
Noland'a bondsmen.
LIMA OIL STILL JUMPING.
The Prlco Goes Up 3 Cents and a Further
Advnnco Expected.
rSPECIAZ. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Lima, O., March 13. The price of Lima
oil was1 again advanced 2 cents to-day by
the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, making
the present price 23 cents.
It is thought the price will reach 30 cents
per barrel bv the 1st of April,
ABUSE OF THE BLIND.
A Little Girl Stripped and Whipped
With a Double Kattan,
OTHER ACCUSATIONS OP CRUELTY.
The Principal Instructor Bennced for Talk
ing Too Much.
MOVING FOR A bTATE INVESTIGATION.
Conjressman Ecjonrn Sajs That a General Inquiry
WillEesulI.
The alleged abuses in the Philadelphia
Institution for the Blind are to be made the
subject of a thorough investigation. Not
only this, but all the charitable institutions
in the State, and the State Board of Chari
ties itself, are to come under the scrutiny of
Chairman Reyburn and the Legislative In
vestigating Committee.
ISPZCIAI. TEEEGnAM TO TUX DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, March 13. The mana
gers of the Institution for the Blind, against
whom such serious charges have been made,
after spending three days in a so-called in
vestigation into the charges, which has
really been an investigation of the teachers
who for the sake of the children made the
charges public, to-day summarily dis
missed Principal Instrnctor Potter for
talking outside. The entire school
is in revolt at this action, and SOOblindboys
and girls cried themselves to sleep to-night.
The manager, who has taken the most prom
inent part in securing the dismissal of Mr.
Potter, is ex-Collector of the Port, John
Cadwala der, who has been on the board for
20 years, but who had not visited the school
for many years. Dr. Coley, who was in the
school as instructor for six years, frankly
told the managers to-day that they had
saved money at the expense of the children.
A SEARCHING INVESTIGATION CEETAIN.
Congressman Reyburn, as Chairman of
the State Charitieslnvestigatmg Committee,
was asked to-day in Washington how soon
he expected to call a meeting of the investi
gating committee.
He said that a meeting would certainly be
called as early next week as possible. He
had orranged'a pair in the House for a week
or longer with one of the Democratic mem
bers, in order to remain in Philadelphia and
devote his entire time and attention to the
investigation. He could not, he said, call
the committee together before Monday. He
continued:
I can assure the public that the committee
will be called together as early as possible next
weefc. I wish also to say that no influence of
any kind will be allowed to interfere in the
pursuit of this investigation. It has been in
timated to me that an effort will be made
by the managers of tho blind asjlum,
and possibly by tho managers of
other institutions, to induce members of the
State Board of Charities to put a stop to the
investigating committee. In my capacity as
Chairman of that board I wish to say that we
propose to investigate not only the charitable
institutions of the State, but the State Hoard of
Charities itself. That board has no more power
to interfere in the task imposed upon us by the
Legislature than has the board of managers of
any cnaritabie institution, i nave treated the
State Board of Chanties with great respect and
deference, and shall continue to do so.
SOME TEEEIBLE ABUSES.
As an illustration of this, I will tell you that
I suspended the work of the inspectors for
three weeks, at the request of a member of the
investigating committee, who made that re
quest at the instance of a member of the Htato
Board of Chanties, to whom complaint had
been made that the inquiries of my inspector
and lnspectress were annoying them by search
ing. That, indeed, seems to have been the chief
trouble with tho agents I employed. Theywonld
not be put off. They would not accept a state
ment without verifying it themselves. I have
even been told that they were prejudiced.
That is a strange term to use. Why. when the
inspectress whom I employed found in a cold,
dark cell of a certain institution, a poor little
colored girl, scarcely nine years old, half blind
and half insane, who had been confined there
like a dog. with nothing to lie on but a blanket
for several days, and when the lnspectress re
ported to me this shocking fact I was told that
she was prejudiced.
Again, when I discovered in another institu
tion that punishment by means of a single
rattan was not considered sufficiently severe.
and that thereupon two rattans wero tied to
gether, a little girl stripped naked and beaten
upon her bare flesh with the double rattan, and
that this was done by a man; when, I say, I dis
covered this tact and repeated it to a certain
gentleman, I was told that I was prejudiced. If
it be prejudice to condemn such cruel acts as
these and to take steps to prevent their repe
tition, I am quite willing to plead guilty to the
indictment.
THOEOUGHLT IN EARNEST.
I feel certain that tho evidence produced by
the inspector and insoectress whom I em
ployed as the Chairman of the Investigation
Committee, cannot bo impeached by anv such
aajectives as these. So far as my efforts can
avail the investigation will be complete. We
propose to get at the truth, and wo propose
that the people shall know the truth. The In
vestigation will not bo limited to the Blind
Asylum, or to any of the institutions in and
around Philadelphia which I hare named, but
will extend to every chanty in Pennsylvania
which is aided by money from the State Treas
ury: and also, as I have already said, to the
State Board of Charities itself.
Mr. Reyburn apparently has no fear that
any question which may be raised as to his
being a legal member o'( the Investigating
Committee since his election as a member of
Congress will result in displacing him from
that body. The question is a comparatively
simple one. The act creating the committee
specified that it should be composed of a
certain number of Senators and Representa
tives. At the time of his appointment Mr.
Reyburn was a member of the State Senate.
He is so no longer, but if that were to make
him no longer a member of the committee
the entire committee might be destroyed by
the 1st of next December when the terms of
several of its members as members of the
Legislature expires.
HE WANTED ALL THE MONET.
A Variety Dancer's Evldenco Against Oae
of tho Ilurloy Bask Robbers.
Minneapolis, March 13. The trial at
Ashland, Wis., of the Hurley Bank rob
bers progresses slowly. The State has wit
nesses on the way from Washington, D. C,
employes of the Treasury Department, who,
it is said, will positively identify the new
bills fonnd in Baker's possession as the
identical numbers sent out from the depart
ment to the Milwaukee bank, from which
the stolen money was brought to Hurley.
The feature of the morning session to-day
was the testimony of Lou Thayer, alias
Howells, the black-eyed variety dancer who
interviewed Baker for the benefit of De
tective Byrnes. She talked with Baker in
iail. He told her he would like to have
gotten all the money, bnt wouldn't kick if
he only got part of it.
DECAMPED WITH THE DIAMONDS.
A Clovcland Man Robs His Brother-In-Lnw
of 84,000 Worth or Jewelry.
Cleveland, March 13. Charles Ettin
ger, an Ontario street jeweler, went to the
theater last night and left his store in
charge of Louis Goldsoll, his 19-year-old
brother-in-law. Ettinger.
when he retched his place of
business this morning, found that Goldsoll
had decamped with $100 in cash and $4,000
worth of diamonds and watches.
Goldsoll, Sr., is a wealthy wholesale jew
eler. A woman is supposed to be with the
young scamp, .
WALLACE A CANDIDATE.
His bon Btntes That Mo Is In the Field far
Governor-BIglsr Dees Not Think
the Prospect Is Very
Bright.
rSPXCIAL TELEGRAM TO TBX DISPATCH. 1
Clearfield, March 13. Senator Wal
lace, who, according to one report this week
was still in Europe, and according to
another was in Colorado, has arrived at
home. He landed in New York about Feb
ruary 1 and went immediately to California
and Colorado to look alter his mining
interests. There he has been for
the last month. The Senator is
in fair health, though a little thin in flesh,
probably the result of a very boisterous
passage and close attention to business since
his arrival in this country. The Dis
patch correspondent was unable to see Mr.
Wallace, owing to his being very busy.
His son William, who is very close to his
father in business and political matters, says
candidly that bis father is a candidate for
Governor, and that he will be heard from in
a very short time, when he will define his
position relative to his candidacy.
A number of his friends were seen and
expressed themselves freely regarding Mr.
Wallace's chances for securing the nomina
tion. George B. Goodlander thinks the
Senator is the only available candidate for
the Democrats. He says it is no time for
novices to enter the ring, against such
trained politicians as have announced them
selves as candidates on the Republican side.
Mr. Goodlander says ex-Governor Robert E.
Pattison, now President of the Chestnut
Street National Bank of Philadelphia, will
not be a candidate for Governor, but that he
is seeking the Mayoralty of Philadelphia.
This statement will interest Governor Patti
son's friends.
Hon. E. A. Bigler says it matters not
who may run for Governor on the Demo
cratic ticket; he cannot be elected unless
there is a split fn the Republican party.
Mr. Bigler does not express himself as to
the availability of Senator Wallace as a
candidate, bnt it is generally understood he
is for the Clearfield man. Mr. Wallace
will remain at home until next week, look
ing after his business, when he will proba
bly return to New York.
PASSED BUT WILL BE BEATEN.
Governor mil Will Again Teto tho Saxton
Reform BUI.
rSPECIAI. TZLEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1
Albany, N. Y., March, 13. There
was a four and a half hours' struggle over
the ballot Reform Bill in the Assembly to
day. After all the talking was done a lot
of parliamentary skirmishing was indulged
in and amendments, substitutions and
motions to recommit, with their accom
panying tedious roll calls, used up the time.
The;tally list showed a strict party;vote
all of the time until at last the vote
on the final passage of the bill was reached.
It was then divided nearly on party lines,
too. No Republican voted against what
one of them described as "the wisdom of
those who have the measure in charge."
The county Democrats furnished three votes
to the Republican column, their organiza
tion being committed to ballot reform. The
vote was, yeas, 71; nays, 51.
Its special interest lies in the demonstra
tion of the fact that no two-thirds vote
against a veto of the Governor can be got
by the combination of any elements that can
be found in the house.
TO SERVE HIS MASTER'S TERM.
PAn Old Negro Anxious to Figure as a Vica
rious Atonement.
SPECIAL TIUPEUt TO TUX DISPATCH.1
Raleigh, N. C, March 13. A decided
sensation has been caused by the appearance
here of an old colored man who wants to
serve out the term of seven years on the
pnblic roads in the place of Charles E.
Cross, the former President of the State Na
tional Bank of this city, who was recently
convicted of forgery and embezzlement. The
old negro was ac one time the faithful and
trnsted family servant of Mr. Cross' father,
and the subsequent erratic bank President
had almost literally grown up under his
charge.
The old man was persistent in his de
mands to be allowed to take his young mas
ter's place, but as there is no law in North
Carolina which will allow him to do so, the
cenerons hearted old fellow will have to re
linquish his noble sacrifice.
POEER AND THE RACES
Responsible for the Downfall of a
New
York Bookkeeper.
rSPECIAT. TELEGRAM TO THS DISPATCH. I
New York, March 13. Eugene H.
Kennedy was arrested to-day on an order
granted by Judge Gorman, of the Superior
Court, on a charge of having embezzled from
the drygood3 firm of Stransky & Co. $1,000.
Kennedy was bookkeeper. Attached to the
complaint is an alleged confession. Here is
an extract from it: "I took for my own use
or stole from the funds of the firm various
sums of money, amounting in all to between
J900 and $1,000, all of which I have lost in
playing pecker and in pools on races. About
nine years ago while employed in a like
ca pacty by John C. Orr Co., of Green
point, L. I., I stole abdut $25,000."
HE HAD DISAPPEARED BEFORE.
IIow George Osgood Acqnired Freedom to
Acanlre New Family Ties.
Haverhill, Mass., March 13. George
Osgood, whose second disappearance from
St. Louis, where he left a wife and child,
and where he filled a high position in busi
ness and social circles, created much excite
ment, formerly resided here.
On May 7, 1881, he mysteriously disap
peared from town, leaving an estimable
wife, to whom he had been married less
than a year. He owned a boat, which on
the morning after his disappearance was
found between Haverhill and Lawrence,
and it was supposed that he, while rowing
through the rapids, had been upset and
drowned. He moved in the best society
here.
SCHOOL BOOKS MUST BE UNIFORM.
Important Decision Rendoredby the Indiana
Hupremo Court.
Indianapolis, March 13. The Supreme
Court, to-day, upheld the law enacted at the
last session of the Legislature providing
uniform school books for the entire State.
This law provides that the State Board of
Education shall enter into contract with the
lowest and best bidder to supply books to
all schools. Under this provision the In
diana School Book Company was given the
contract.
The decision rendered to-day not only up
holds the constitutionality of" the law, but
decides that it is mandatory on school trus
tees to use in their schools the books furn
ished under this contract.
Organizing Wlikinsburg Painters.
An effort is being made to organize a local
union of the Brotherhood of Painters at
Wilkinsburg. Arrangements are now being
made to hold an open meeting. It will be
addressed by John Ehman, M. P. Carrick
and H. B. Smythe.
The President Purchasing Property.
Indianapolis, March 13. President
Harrison to-day purchased two places of
improved Indianapolis business property
jrom uynu u, tuna isr fu,vw,
BL1 SHED IN PERU.
in Ck
'n
Party P and Their Tollowers
tSl? n Battle and '"
rv 9j l
OVEONiSg RED AEE KILLED,
Urbina Snwsnv rrnjeli J-l?ijInfn.ri-jfeOiTfinles!'
INDIANS BURIT AND SACK A C1TT.
A Beautiful Btaorila AssasslaiM in thsBhiilowof a
Panama Church.
Peru's electioneering methods appear to
be somewhat radical. In one province a
battle occurred between opposing parties,
and a struggle, fall of dramatic incidents,
resulted in the slaughter of over 100 persons.
Panama, March 5. A correspondent at
Lima, under date of February 13, writes:
The antagonism existing between Senore3
Rosa and Morales Bermudez, the two candi
dates of the Constitutional party for the
Presidental nomination, is probably greater
now than it was at the beginning, for the
friends of both remain firm, and the agita
tion in the provinces has already assumed
grave proportions.
From Puno news has been received of a
collision between the Rositas andBermu
distas, resulting in the loss of a number of
lives and the pillage of many houses by
Indians.
Recently both Bermudez and Rosa3 ar
rived at Huanta, in the Province of Ayacu
cho, where under most serious auspices they
have started an electioneering strife and an
armed collision between the two parties was
the result.
A BLOODY STRUGGLE.
A battle has already taken place in the
streets of Huanta and many on both sides
were killed, among them being the chiefs of
both parties in the town mentioned, namely,
Senor Lazona, Deputy of Congress, and
head of the revolution, and Dr. Urbina,
chief of the Rosa3 party. The Prefect of
Ayacucho informed the Government of the
fight and the leaders of the parties have
been held responsible. Luckily no other
part of the Republic is similarly disaffected,
the general feeling being that the time has
passed to resort to such extreme and turbu
lent measures.
Another account gives the following de
tails of the Huanta fight:
Dr. Urbina having seen five members of
his family fall at bis side during the eight
hours of the combat, left with the remain
ing members to seek refuge at the Matrix
Church. There he found a number of
women, children and old people. The
priest, before the horrible tragedy took
place, exhorted the Indians to desist in the
name of humanity from theirhorrible mode
of procedure, but when the Indians are
drunk they are most furious and are incapa
ble of reasoning.
OFFERED HIMSELF AS A SACRIFICE.
As they drew near the church threatening
to burn it Dr. Urbina, under terrible emo
tion, knowing that he had been the only
cause for such action on the part of the In
dians, and wishing to save the lives of the
many innocent persons that had taken
retuge in the church, resolved without time
to sacrifice himself and terminate the
anguish of his friends. Leaving the church,
he addressed his enemies in the following
strain: "I am Urbina, whom you are look
ing for. Kill me if you like, but the per
sons' in the church are not my accomplices.
Do not injure them."
The priest, to whom he announced his de
termination, gave him his benediction and
accompanied him to the door of the church,
opening a wicsretand bidding him good-bye.
sobbing as he did so. The priest intended
to return and close the church, but as he ar
rived at the porch he became deprived of
reason.
DISPLAYING THE VICTIM'S HEAD.
A few moments afterward, as we passed
the Plaza de Hunata, the head of this vic
tim of the implacable hatred and barbarity
of his countrymen wo3 to be seen at a dis
tance. The guerrillas, in their drunken fury not
being satisfied with the murder of Dr. Ur
bina, continued to slaughter the inhabitants
and to sack and burn the town for many
hours afterward. Over 100 lives were sacri
ficed to the old rancor existing between the
families of Luzon and Urbina.
A JEALOUS LOVER'S REVENGE.
He Bhoots and Kills a Beautiful Girl In
the Shadow of a Church.
Panama, March 5. On the night of
Fehruary 2G a brutal and cold-blooded mur
der was committed right under the walls of
one of the churches in this city. A beauti
ful senorita was making her way homeward
in the vicinity of the Church of Ste. Ana,
when just as she crossed into the shadow of
the edifice from the glare of the elec
tric light, a flash and report startled
the people about, and the girl
was seen to plunge forward and fall.
A crowd instantly gathered, and the assas
sin's escape was prevented. The woman died
on the spot where she fell, a heavy bullet
having crushed through her head. The man
was cool enough, apparently, bnt rather de
fiant when taken to the station. The mur
derer said the woman had been false to him.
People are not so energetic in this somno
lent land as to lynch anybody, but public
sentiment feels that way somewhat, and no
pity is likely to be shown when the slow
machinery of the law has rnn its course and
landed the murderer in front of a firing
party on Cherique Plaza.
A S0CIETI SHOPLIFTER,
One of Boston's Select Circle Detected la
the Very Act.
SPZCIAZ. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Boston, March 13. One of Boston's "no
bility," who ranks high among the social
queens of the Back Bay, was arrested Tues
day for shoplifting at Jordan, Marsh &
Co.'s store. She had stolen $5 worth of rib
bons and laces when arrested, and left her
coachman and an elegant turnout at the en
trance awaiting her arrival, while she
walked to police headquarters with Inspec
tor Knox. A message was sent to ber hus
band by the prisoner, and in half an hour
the husband, a State street broker, bailed
her out, depositing 51,000 in cash for her
appearance at court.
Of course she jumped her bond, and failed
to appear for trial to-day. She gave thet
name of Mary Smith, and the police will
continue! to look for her. The Back Bay
has turned out several shoplifters, but this
is the first time a liveried coachman and pair
were used by the operator. -
PREVENTED A MUTINY.
Commander BleCallo. Defended by Witnesses
Before the Court ol Inqnlry.
Ne-w York, March li To-day's session
of the McCalla inquiry developed but few
new facts. Lieutenant P. J. Merlich testi
fied to men being put in irons for drunken-'
ness and other offenses.
Assistant Paymaster Mudd thought the
cutting down of Walker was necessary and
probably prevented a mutiny. The latter
was very drunk and insolent. Other evi
dence was given to show that Commander
McCalla was courteous to the men, but
sometimes punished men withont fully in
vestigating, which in some cases had re.
suited in injustice being done.
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