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PITTSBURG-, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1890.
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e 11 i PALACE.
The First Session of the In
ternational Conference
HELD Itf CONGRESS HALL.
Chancellor Von Berlepsch Welcomes
the Delegates.
IjDESTMS TO BE CONSIDERED.
French and German Diplomats Elected as
Officers.
WILLIAM WILL DIXE THE CONYEXTIOX
The first session of the International Labor
Conference was called to order yesterday
Under most auspicious circumstances in the
famous Congress Hall of the Chancellor's
palace. The delegates were warmly wel
comed by the German Chancellor, Baron
Ton Berlepsch.
rBT CABLE IO THE DIRPATCn.1
Berlin, March 15 Copyright. Kaiser
Wilhelm has spent a week of hard work
alarming garrisons, reviewing troops and
drilling cadets. Early next month by way
of variety he intends to spend a week among
his sailors at sea. To-day His Majesty has
had the satisfaction of witnessing the as
sembling of the labor conference upon
which he had so strangely set his heart. The
plenipotentiaries made a brave show, num-
nearlv 50, and the delegates or
til assistants arc almost as numerous.
"Berlepsch, who succeeded Prince
j-ct as Minister of Commerce, and has
proverbial energy of a new broom,
la nice speech, ana tne conierence
appointed six committees to do the
ork, forthwith adjourned.
It seems to be intended that the confer
ence in plenary session shall simply register
the decisions of committees, but those best
qualified to judge believe that it will not be
possible to prevent contentions, and even
burning questions, which may cause serious
misunderstandings, and possibly protests
and withdrawals.
A PESSIMISTIC VIEW.
Thomas Burt, an able ana honest work
Sngman, who represents Morpeth in the
British Parliament, and who has been
selected as one of the English delegates, in
formed me last night that he did not expect
that any practical results will follow from
the conference, although indirectly it will
he of great advantage to tbe industrial
xiasses throughout the world. Monsieur
Jules Gnesde, one of the leaders of the
.French Socialists, declares: ".Nothing pood
can result from the conference. Vain hopes
will be raised, but everything will prove a
deception."
The conierence assembled at 2 o'clock this
afternoon in the lamons Congress Hall of
the Chancellor's palace. The proceedings
were of the simplest character and were not
attended bv any ceremony. Most of the
delegates went to the palace on foot. The
Trench members walked over from Kaiser
fcof and the British delegates from their
embassy. An immense crowd outside the
palace watched the arrivals in silence.
THEY WANT TO BE PRIVATE.
There was no demonstration of any kind
except slight cheering when the British
members passed through the lines kept by
the police. It was noticed that the blinds
jpf the hall were kept lowered as signifi
cant of the Chancellor's desire to keep the
Results of the sittings private for the pres
ent. Shortly before the time fixed for the con
ference to open the Emperor visited Prince
Bismarck and had a long interview with
the Chancellor. Baron Von Berlepsch, the
Prussian Minister ot Commerce, was sum
moned to the conference, and received in
structions before goinz to the Congress hall.
His opening address to the delegates had no
distinctive character. He referred to the
Swiss proposal for a conference as a prelude
to the Emperor's, whose programme would
be considered simultaneously with that of
Switzerland.
EMPEROR WILLIAM'S OPINION.
In the view of the Emperor, he said, the
labor question demanded the attention of
)1I civilized nations, since the peace be--Jween
the different classes of the popula
tions appeared to be imperiled by the indus
trial competition. To seek a solution of
this question was not only a duty of human
ity, but also the duty of statesmen, upon
jrhose sagacity the tatk devolved of pro
Tiding for the welfare of the citizens and
preserving to them the inestimable blessings
pising from centuries of Christian civili
zation. All the nations of Europe were in a simi
tar situation, hence an attempt was justi
ciable to bring about an agreement between
the governments, in order to meet their
common dangers, by combined preventive
measures. The programme of the confer
ence will be so framed as to elicit technical
discussion. Its decisions will be subject to
the approval of the Governments repre
sented. HOPING FOB, RESULTS.
He trusted the deliberations would not
be without results. The plenipotentiaries
and delegates in attendance were noted
alike for their wisdom and experience, and
were in tne highest degree fitted to give
opinions on questions affectinc industry
and disposition of workingmen. In conclu
sion he expressed his conviction that the
labors of the conference would have a bene
ficin.1 influence throughout Europe.
The delegates proceeded to elect officers.
Baron Von Berlepsch was chosen President
by acclamation, and Herr Madgeburg,
Prussian Under Secretary of State for Com
merce, was made Vice President. An ad
ministrative bureau was appointed consist
ing of Fuerst, Councillor of Legation; Du
maine. Secretary of the French Embassy
here, and Count von Arco-Valley, Secretary
of tbe German Embassy at Paris.
THE PROGRAMME.
The sittings will becin daily at 11 A. M.
Prince BismarcK declines to permit an
official report to be issued until the proceed
ings shall have been protocoled. The
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pseudo-secrecy of the sittings will not pre
vent the securing of reliable accounts of the
proceedings.
Baron von Berlepsch to-day spoke in
French. In his reference to the plenipoten
tiaries he alluded to the professional diplo
mats among the delegates. Sir Edward
Malet, the Belgian; Baron Greindl, the
Dutch repiesentativc; Van DerHoevin, and
the Portuguese, Marquis Penafiel, who only
took a formal part in the conference. On
Monday sections will be formed to discuss
special questions. Plenary sittings will be
heldafterward for recording the resolutions
of the sections.
The Emperor will give a grand reception
to the delegates and the whole diplomatic
body. It is expected that five plenary sit
tings will suffice to register the sectional
decisions, most of which will have an acade
mic character. The conference will ter
minate at the latest on March 30.
THE SIEGE OF LUCKNOW.
A Fnmons Recitation Likely to be Spoiled
by a military Dl.cu.slon The Tra
dition Ilns Found Some
Defenders However.
I BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, March 15. "The elevation of
the mnsic hall stage," as attempted in Amy
Roselle's recitations at the Empire Theater,
threatens to destroy one of the most dramatic
incidents of English history, as the Barbara
Fritchie incident has been ruined in
America. Miss Iloselle recites a poem
called "The Siege of Lucknow," in which
is related tbe story of a Scotch girl, Jessie
Brown, who, just as the besieged English
men in the last extremity, were about to
kill ihe women to save them from torture by
the Sepoys, heard the bagpipes playing,
"The Campbells Are Coming," long before
any other ears caught the sound.
Miss Iloselle, who is a powerful elocu
tionist and strong actress, has made a great
hit in this recitation, and hundreds 01 peo
ple who had never visited a music hall be
fore have been to the Empire to hear her
stirring delivery of the poem. The excite
ment of the recitation is intensified by or
chestral music representing faraway bag
pipes whose volume gradually increases
until the climax of the rescue. "Altogether
it is the best performance ever givm in a
music hall. However, the fame of Miss Bo
sell e's recitation has brought about a dis
cussion of the siege of Lucknow, and mili
tary men declare that the Jessie Brown
incident is mere fiction. General Sir
William Fraser is particularly indignant.
In a letter he says: "Ihe relieving column
had to fight desperately through the
suburbs and city of Lucknow. Many brave
men tell; the more fortunate were killed, of
the fate of the wounded one cannot think
without horror. "Where such acts of heroie
gallantry were shown such rubbish as Jessie
Brown and her imaginary bagpipes have
no place. To stage effect much is permitted,
but the realities of war require no such ar
tificial additions."
Archbibald Forbes, however, comes to the
rescue of Jessie Brown. He says that the
Seventy-eighth Highlanders, who headed
the relief at Lucknow, were playing the
bagpipes as they fought their way into the
city, and that there is no reason to doubt
the story of the Scotch girl's quicker ear
detecting the sound above the firing in the
distance. The result is that there is much
research among war records and the contro
versy is not yet ended.
ENGLAND'S BIGGEST STRIKE.
It May AffVct Tito million Men Before It
Ended.
TBT CABLE TO TnE DISPATCH.
London, March 15. The coal workers in
the Miners' Federation have ceased work
to-day because an immediate advance was
not granted them. The Coal Owners' Asso
ciation tried to gain time, but the men would
not be denied, and declared they would have
their increased wanes at once or strike. So
many individual owners have expressed
their willingness to concede the advance
that it is possible the employers as a body
will yield, but this is thought to be scarcely
likely, as the yielding owners are mostly
Lancashire men, who have their mills also
to consider. The factory owners have been
looking forward to a possible strike, as have
also the coal merchants, and these have laid
in enormous stocks of fuel to meet a possi
ble emergency.
The miners themselves number 350,000,
and their strike will be the biggest ever ex
perienced in this country worse for them
that the scarcity of luel, if tbe strike lasts,
may cause a stoppage of tbe cotton mills of
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and the iron
works of the midlands, a result that would
mean the enforced idleness of over 2,000,000
of operatives. The situation is viewed with
great uneasiness. The employers meet
again on Monday, and pending the result
of that conference many of the men are
leaving their tools in the pit, but so far as
one can judce to-day a majority of the em
ployers are determined to resist the men's
demands.
TO PREVENT ASSASSINATION.
The Extraordinary Measure. Token to
Guard l lie- Carar Lost Thursday.
,ET CABLE TO THE DISPATCU.l
London, March 15. The Czar is in a
bad hnmor. He sees in the labor confer
ence a triumph for Socialism, and complains
that it has encouraged his revolutionary
subjects to greater audacity. The Nihilists
are undeniably and undeasantly active.
The demonstrations in the United States
and in this country against the cruelties in
Siberia have greatly comforted them and
nerved them to fresh efforts. "What that
means is shown by the fact that the Czar
was implored not to attend a service cele
brated on Thursday at the Cathedral within
the fortress of St. Peter and St Paul in
memory of his murdered father, and that
when His Majesty insisted upon going, the
entire route from Gatchina to St, Petersburg
was searched and held by an enormous force
of police and military.
The Cathedral itself was examined from
vaults to roof, and only the most trusted
civil Tind military officers were admitted to
the ceremony.
A COLORED MAVS CAREER.
lie Alakes Some Money Off the King of
Belgium's Congress.
BT CABLE TO THE DIbPATCH.1
LONDON, March 15. George "W. "Will
iams, the colored gentleman who wrote
"The History of the Colored Race in Amer
ica," and became engaged to a white En
glish girl on the trip to Europe last sum
mer, is at present in Congo. "Williams,
who attended the anti-slavery con
ference in Brussels, did not leave a
good impression there. He represented
to the King ot the Belgians that he wa the
official representative of tbe United States
to the conference, and used the influence
thus obtained to negotiate small loans
among tbe credulous.
He is in Congo under the auspices ol the
Belgian Government, His engagement was
broken o2 when his fiancee applied to Con
sul General New in London, and leirned
that it was a crime in America for the col
cied and white races to inter-marry.
Venezuela Tired of Opposing England.
IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCItl
London, March 15. I am in a position
to state that Venezuela has by a private
medium, and, of course unofficially, con
veyed to the British Government, her yearn
ing desire to rcsnme diplomatic intercourse
with this country.
CHUECHILL KILLED,
In a Political Seme, for a Time, at Least,
by Hii Radlcnl Speech Fresh tign
of Disintegration in tbo
Tory Ranks,
rmr cable to the dispatch.
London, March 15. A Liberal has been
elected for Stoke by a larger majority than
in 1886. Both sides made prodigious efforts
to bring up their man, with the result that'
the Liberal pole was 902 more than at the
previous election, while the Tory
total was increased by 833.
More important than winning the
seat or increasing the majority is the
actual secession from the enemy's ranks of
Mr. Caldwell, a Liberal Unionist member
for one of the Glasgow divisions. This Gen
tleman has been wavering for some time
past and waiting for a decent pretext to re
turn to tbe fold.
Such was afforded him on Thursday night,
when the Government persisted in a pro
posal which, if carried out will cripple the
canse of free education in Scotland. Mr.
Caldwell refused to surrender the principle
of Liberalism threatened by the Govern
ment scheme, and forthwith withdrew from
the Unionist party. The week has fur
nished other additional proofs ot confusion
in the Tory ranks. Their parliamentary
whips who allowed the count out yesterdav
week dnnng an important debate, have this
week failed to preventan actual Government
defeat on a minor military question and
could only avert a second defeat last night
by a majority of three. The process of dis
integration should be hastened by the action
of Lord Randolph Churchill, who denounced
the Government, the Times and Pigott,
with a wealth of vituperative eloquence
worthy of the most fervid Irish orator.
The speech has for the moment politically
killed Churchill. Tory organs have been
deriding and denonncins him, and Tpry
orators have metaphorically spat upon hjm.
The Birmingham Conservative Club talk of
expelling him, the Colchester Conservative
Association, which the noble lord was
tn nave addressed, liavo canceled tho en
gagement and denunciatory resolutionshave'J
ueen passed uy nis own consiunenis in puu
lic meeting assembled. Churchill has for
the moment bowed his head to the storm, but
he will not long remain in that prudent po
sition. His party friends who may now
be counted on one hand, whisper mysteri
ously of surprises in store. One thing is
reasonably certain and that is that Church
ill will not join the Gladstone party. There
is no room in it for so erratic an individual,
and as a matter of fact he himself prefers
for the prpsent at any rate to sit among the
Tories and make them uncomfortable,
VICTORIA AGING RAPIDLY.
The Los of Another Old Friend Much Af
fects the Queen.
TBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.l
London, March 15. All who have seen
the Queen upon the few occasions this year,
upon which she has appeared in public,
agree that she is aging rapidly. She has
lost the uprightness which, despite her
shortness and rotundity, once imparted real
dignity to her appearance, and the plump
ness of her cheeks has degenerated into puf
finess. She cannot walk at all without the
aid oi a stout stick, owing to rheumatism,
which has become chrouic in her left hip,
and probably trom tbe same cause she is
much bent It is reported that when
the news was brought of Sir How
ard Elphinstone's death, the Queen was
much overcome and exclaimed : "I shall
soon be alone save for my children." Sir
Howard, as announced to the world by
command of the Queen, "enjoyed Her
Majesty's entire confidence, eteem and
friendship for 31 years, and she and' the
Duke of Connaught have lost a dear, valued
and most devoted friend, to whom the latter
conld always turn for wise advice and
counsel.'"
Sir Howard, it should be explained, was
the Duke of Connaught's governor from the
time the Prince was 8 years old until he
attained his majority. For many years,
nntil his death, the deceased officer was
controller of the Prince's household. He
was on a voyage to Teneriffe this week, and
was swept overboard and drowned off the
coast of France.
TO COMPETE WITH THE EIFFEL.
Several Finns for n Tall Tower In London
Under Consideration.
TBT CABLE TO THE DIsrATCH. I
London, March 15. The project fora tall
tower In London goes bravely on. To-day a
committee of jurors met for the preliminary
examination of the designs submitted.
There are nearly 200 competitors from fir
and wide, Brazil and Australia being in
cluded. Many novelties in construction are
exhibited, more than one rising from three
legs instead of four, and one which aspires
to the altitude of 1,550 feel takes the form of
a colossal gothic spire.
The minimum height given in the pro
spectus is 1,200 feet, to which most of the
competitors have restricted themselves.
TO EDN FOR GOVERNOR.
minister Palmer Will hoon Eenve Spain for
His Michigan Ilomp..
TOT CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.I
London, March 15. Information reaches
me trom Madrid that the United StatesMin
ister to Spain, T. W. Palmer, will very soon
resign his office in order to return to Michi
gan and run for Governor.
TEE LIE EXCHANGED.
Mayor Grant Objects to Criticisms on His
Actions When SuciiH" Ho Tells
How Ho Slado Money Out
of the Outer.
New Tork, March 15. In the State
Senate Committee on Municipal Investiga
tions to-day, while Mayor Grant, who
stepped from the Shrievalty to the Mayor
alty, was being questioned about his acts in
the former office, something about Sheriff's
fees came out He said that while Sheriff
he took personal charge of cases involving
more than $20,000. He took all the
fees in these cases, about $5,000
per year. In some cases he
had taken extra compensation
because he had been advised that he could
do so. In cases of auctioneers' lees the
deputies had been tbe auctioneers. Such
charges had been made in cases exceeding
520,000. He had employed an auctioneer,
agreeing to pav him half what was received
as auctioneer fees. They each made from
4,000 to $5,000 a year from these fees.
The witness became angry at a further
question of Mr. William Ivins, a County
Democracy lawyer, and said that Mr. Ivins
or his brother had been connected with a
suit in which rubber goods of questionable
character had figured.
Mr. Ivins You tell a lie when you say so.
The Mayor You tell a deliberate lie
when you deny it
The witness said that "Warden Keating,
now under indictment for bribery, had be
come keeper of Ludlow street jail the day
he became Sheriff. He knew prisoners were
allowed in certain cases to go out to see
counsel, and in other instances in the dis
cretion of the Sheriff. He did not know that
Charles G. Francklyn. while ui der arrest in
the suit of Sir Bache Canard, held dinner
parties at his private house while he was
supposed to be in Ludlow street jail. He
gave Deputy Martin power to take him
down town to sec his counsel, but was sure
"Mr. Martin had received no money for this
service. The Mayor said that a law should
be passed doing away with all imprison
ment in civil eases.
THE DOOR OPEN WIDE.
40,000 Contract Laborers Have Passed
Through Castle Garden
INSIDE OP A VERY FEW MONTHS.
A Clear Case Against Another Big lot of
Them lesterday.
WISDOM'S INSPECTORS WERE MISSING.
And Ho One Else Bad Anthoiity to Keep the Immi
grants From Landing.
The commissioners at Castle Garden dis
covered another batch of contract laborers
yesterday. It was a clear case, but the in
spectors appointed by Windom were not on
duty, and no one else had power to act
One commissioner says that 40,000 laborers
under contract have passed through in this
way.
ISPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCn.I
New York, March 15. The steamship
Aller landed this afternoon 735 immigrants.
The Commissioners of Emigration say that
it is not their business to look ont foreign
laborers imported in violation ot the alien
contract labor law. Secretary Windom de
clined the offer of the commissioners to do
this work and appointed four Federal con
tract labor inspectors for the purpose.
The Castle Garden Eegistry Clerk re
ported to the board, all the same, that there
were contract laborers in the crowd. He
had noted that great bodies of the immi
grants moved under the control of a few
men, and be knew what this meant. It was
the business of Secretary Wiudom's inspec
tors, the commissioners humbly think, to
be on hnnd. The Aller was expected, but
not one of them was there.
p A LITTLE INVESTIGATION.
Commissioners Stephenson and Ridgway
went down to investigate for their own sat
isfaction. It was not hard to pick out the
leaders of the crowd. Six of them were
speedily; taken upstairs into the commis
sioners''TOoms and put through an exami
nation, vith the assistance of an inter
preter. Jt was learned that there
were 250, more below stairs who had
crossed especiallv to work in the Newburg
Plaster Milta. The names of the men ex
amined were Louis Bolak, Joseph Funk,
D. Bolak, V Jacob Spamberger, T.
Fanner and imon Bolak. The entire
gang were Hungarians.
Louis Bolak wap the head of the party.
He bad been in thi country before and had
worked in Newbftrg. He said that a few
months ago, whil$ abroad, he had got
a letter from Foreman Woehl of
the Newburg Plaster mills, asking
him to bring over as manv men as
possible. Woehl offered to pay $1.50 a day
to each laborer from April 1 to November
1 and $1.25 a day Iro'ni then on to the fol
lowing April. It was with the expectation
of getting these wages h? said that the men
had come on. ,
CLEAR CASE OP CONTRACT.
Others who were questioned said the offer
was tempting because they could not make
nearly that mnch at home. Louis Bolak
presently began to get 'Irightened at the
questions, and advised his companions to be
careful how they answered. The two com
missioners had not yet fully established lUe
-lact inni ine men were reaiiy contract
laborers, according to the meaning of the
law. So they asked a number of the men
individually whether theyvknew how much
workers in American plaster mills were
paid.
The answer was no. The men were told
that the regular wages were $2 and $2 50 a
day, and were asked if theyvwould be satis
fied to work for $1 25 a day when
the men alongside of tliem, and on
the same work, got twie as much.
Thev did not appear to relish
the idea. Then the commissioners put the
question, whether such being jthe case, they
were going to work for ?1 pO and si Jo a
d iy for a whole year. The answer in each
case was that it would depen
the boss whether they had to
(entirely upon
10 so or not.
That settled tbe question. Th,
i consignment
consisted of contract laborers
ing of the law.
in tne mean-
THEr HAD NO AUTHORITY.
This being settled, the commissioners
having no power to do otheryise, let the
whole crowd pass, and they joyfully hurried
out of Castle Garden and up town. They
expected to take a train in thV evening.
Many of the men were masons and many
others were skilled laborers of other sorts.
There were a number ot trades represented
in tbe lot, and a good many common labor
ers beside. Any man that is stroW and
healthy can be made available iu Waster
works. Commissioner Eidgway said me con
sidered them an unusually sturdy Hot of
men.
About 7 o'clock, soon after the las:
ported Hungarian had disappeared
eral Contract Labor Inspector Taylo;
pcared on the scene. He wss out of bi
and appeared somewhat excited. He n
into Castle Garden and almost ran
Commissioner Stephenson. Commis:
Stephenson was calm and happy. Hes
pleasantly upon Mr. Taylor.
"What's this?" began the Federal
tract Labor Inspector excitedly. "I
that 250 laborers came in on the Alle
you let them through."
"That's a straight story," said Co;
slonerotepueuMju, vaiuu. $i
"But it s against the law," continuedtjilr.
Taylor.
"Where were you then?" asked Mr(, Ste
phenson, and where were the other thre e of
you? It's vour business to stop these peo
ple, not ours.
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
"Why didn't you hold them?" continued
Mr. Taylor. I
"Why, we have not the power to hiild
them," said Mr. Stephenson." "You knpw
that as well as 1 do. Secretary Windi
bas decided that point, and when
appealed to our lawyers lor an opm
they wrote us that whatever aecret
Windom said on the subject went
could not raise our little finger to keep th
men from landing, and you enow it V
were vou appointed for, and why were
not arouud attending to business, anywaly?
"Federal Contract Labor Inspector Tdy-
lordidnot continue the conversation, a nd
PnmrYiicainner ftfpnlipnsnn went hnmp in nN
contented frame ot mind.
Commissioner Kidgway said to-night twat
abont 40,000 contract laborers had been ijm
ported through Castle Garden in violation
of law since Secretary Windom appointed
his four inspectors.
"These four inspectors have each an inter
preter," he said. "The eight of them hive
not stopped eight contract laborers in eixht
months. And by the way one of these in
terpreters can't talk anything but English.
Secretary vmdom has been talking of cam'
ing on to New York to examine into a few
abuses. I heartily wish he would. I kn jw
of several little abuses that I would taike
gieat pleasure in-showing him." .
HUSBAND AKI) WIFE KILLED.
A Farmer's Team Struck by a Train I at
Bridgeport, Va.
Beading, March 15. While Lemuel
Eastburn, aged 63 years, a farmer of Upper
Marion, was crossing the Beading Eauro,ad
at Bridgeport this morning with his wile
and ron. the team was struck by a south-
bonnd passenger train, and Mr. and M
Eastburn were killed. Uoth bodies were
terribly mangled.
A JUDGE LICENSED.
Two Associates Stral n Mnrch WTille the
Preaidlns Dlcnltary is Away No At
tention Paid to Kemonstrnncci
In Perry County Court.
rSFECIAL TELEGItAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
New Bloosifield, Pa., March 15.
Perry county furnished the leading sensa
tion to Central Pennsylvania, this week,
when the two Associate Judges stole a neat
march on President Judge Barnctt, and dis
posed of the license applications in his
absence. Judge Barnett was called away
to preside for Judge Bucher, atMiddleburg,
and left the associates to decide the licenses,
but requested where remonstrances were
filed that those applications should be held
over until the 13th, when it would suit him
to read the objections nnd assist in disposing
of the cases.. The associates, however, took
the whole matter in charge and granted all
the applications, not even excepting the
four against whom remonstrances were filed.
The fuuny part of the bnsiness lay in the
faci that one of tbe applicants was none
other than Samuel Woods, of Blair, one of
the associates on the bench, against whom
a remonstrance had been filed by his neigh
bors, alleging that he sold to minors, men of
intemperate habits, etc. Einesmitb, the
other associate Judge, assisted Judge Woods
in ignoring the remonstrances against the
applications, and when tbe case of the latter
came up Judge Woods left the bench, and
Einesmith granted his application along
with the other three.
LEYEES BREAKING. -
Crevnues Allovr the IUrcrs to Flood the
Back Country People Prepailncto
BIoTe Governor Klcholla Reply
to n Ijottpry Company' Offer.
Arkansas Citt, March 15. The gauge
reads to-night 48 2-10 feet and rising
rapidly. Weather clear and cold. Every
body is out that wages will hire and fighting
hard with sandbags to hold our levee. In
front of town the water stands about 18
inches above the tracks here. The crevasse
at Sappington Hoop grows no wider and
the other levees are all intact.
A report from Tallulah, La., says that
the E.ileigh levee has broken. The water
a quarter of a mile back from shore
is rising a toot an hour, the tele
graph wires are down, and every one is
preparing to move out.
At New Orleans the situation is practic
ally unchanged, and the people are still
hopeful.
Governor Nicholls to-day sent the follow
ing reply to the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany's offer of $100,000 to be used in keeping
up tbe levees:
New Orleans, March 15.
To M. A. Dauphin. Eq.. President Louisiana
State LfOtterj Company, New Orleans:
SIR I have received your communication of
this date, Inclosing the check of the Louisiana
Lottery Company -for 100,000 for levee pur
poses. On the eve of a session of the Legis
lature during which the renewal or extension
of your charter will lie acted upon by
question vitally affectinc the interests of this
btate, I have no right to place the people un
der obligations to yonr company in however
small a decree by mv acceptance of a gratuity
from it. I herewith return you the check.
Very respectfully,
Francis MicnoLLS, Governor.
HUNTING MAD CATS.
A
Kentucky Nclsliborhood Overrun
by
Felines With Hydrophobia A Dozen
Persons Bitten The Schools
Aro Now Closed.
TSPECIAL TELEGKAM TO THE PISPATCH.t
Harrodsburg, Kt.. March 15, There
is a great scare in the Mt. Moriah neighbor
hoodnear Burgiu, Ky. It appears that
sometime ago a cat in that vicinity was
bitten by a mad dog. The inoculated
feline spread the disease, until now nearly
every cat in tbe township has the rabies
and the people are almost panic stricken.
The brutes are far more ferocious than mad
dogs, and actually pursue people. A few
days ago Miss Agnes Bonta, one of the best
known young ladies of this county, while
walking through the yard, was attacked by
one of the rabid animals, which pursued
her to her room and kept her there until she
was rescued by members of her family.
More than a dozen persons have been bit
ten, and Mary Heath, Jane Ellison, Katie
Yandcrpool and Tommy Hildebrand, all
school children, were badly mangled by
cats. Nearly all the domestic animals in
tbe neighborhood have been bitten, and
there is no telling where tbe thing will end.
The schools are closed and tbe men are
hunting cats, and the pop of the rifle is
heard on all hands.
An organized effort will be made to kill
everv cat in the township, and every animal
that shows the least sign of rabies will be
killed iiiKtintly. The bitten persons are in
the hands of physicians, and every effort
will be made to save them fromhydro
phobia. IT WAS DANGEROUS TO SMILE.
Why Commander McCnlla Threatened to
Kill a Srilmnn.
New York, March 15. At to-day's ses
sion of the McCalla inquiry G. E. Graham,
a seaman on the Enterprise, fold how he had
been confined in irons for five days on a
charge of deserting his post At the expira
tion of that time Commander McCalla sent
for him and released him, stating that it had
been done under a misapprehension.
Louis Mavers, a seaman, told the same
story of how when the ship was off the Af
rican coast they refused to pass coal from
the bunkers which had become ignited.
The uext morning he was ordered to the
masthead. McCalla approached witness
and accused him of smiling at him. He re
plied he was not and the captain told him
be lied. Then sending for his sword and
holding it in front ot him McCalla said be
had a good mind to kill him and make an
example ot him for the ship's company.
DROUTH IN TEXAS.
Cattlemen Driving Their Stock Ten Miles
for Water.
St. Louis, March 15. Advices from the
lower Eio Grande country in Texas say
that live stock of all kinds are suffering
severely from a lack of water. Nearly all
of the water holes, streams and tanks in the
counties of Starr, Hidalgo, Zapata and
Duval are dry, and in many places cattle
have to be driven ten miles to water. There
is no lack of grass, but tbe scarcity of water
has been a very serious drawback and cattle
are in very poor condition.
Fears are entertained that if the drouth
continues much longer the loss will be very
heavy. Since the last of September last
year there has been no rain to amount to
anything.
A Mason 8alcldes.
ISPECIAL TZLEOBAU TO TUE DISPATCn.I
Meadtille, March 15. E. B. Mc
Lallen suicided bv cutting his throat at his
farm home, near Conneautville, this county,
to-day. He was a Mason.
Btnynor Oat, Bat Ives In Jail.
New York, March 15. Stayner per
fected both bail bonds, and is now at large.
Ives did not succeed in fixing his bond in
the civil suit, and will be in jail till. Monday.
FIGURING FOR 1892.
The
Beal Fight in the Democratic
Ranks in This State is
FOE THE NATIONAL DELEGATES,
And Not Who Shall be Xominated for Gov
ernor This lean
0SE CANDIDATE FOR SECOND PUCE,
And a Scott Ltentenant Wants to be Secretary of
Internal Affairs.
Tbe real contest between the Democratic
leaders is over the choice of delegates to the
next National Democratic Convention. The
present fight for the Gubernatorial nomina
tion is merely a feature of the struggle.
Philadelphia delegates believe that they
will have great influence in making the de
cision. I? PFCIAL TELEQKAM TO TUE DI'PATCIT.l
Philadelphia, March 15. The upper
most question in the mind of the local
Democracy at the present time is: "Will
ex-Governor Kobert E. Pattison receive
the votes of the delegates from this city
to the Democratic State Convention
for the nomination for Governor?"
On that subject there is a wide
diversity of opinion, growing out of
the recent conferences which have been held
in this city between ex-Congressman Will
iam L. Scott, of Eriecounty, the dispenser of
Government patronage throughout the State
during the closing years of the Cleveland
administration, and Congressman William
Mutchler, who represents the Eighth Penn
sylvania district, comprising the counties of
Northampton, Monroe, Pike and Carbon,
and who is outspoken in favor of ex-Senator
Wallace for the Democratic nomination for
Governor.
SCOTT'S CHANGE OP HEART.
Congressman Scott, prior to his confer
ence with Congressman Mutchler, which
was followed by an extended talk with ex
Postmaster William F. Harrity, was re
ported to be strongly in favor of the nomi
nation of Pattison, but after his in
terviews with the parties named he
give it out that he was neither
for nor against Pattison for the nomination,
but was anxious to have the party leaders
agree upon a candidate in advance of the
meeting of the State Convention, in order to
prevent a contest, which might leave bad
feelings behind and tend to create dis
organization. Since the result of the conferences has be
come public property the impression is gen
eral among the rank and file of the partv
organization in this citj that the present
leaders who control the local party
machinery, ' and who have elected
fully two-thirds of the delegates to the com
ing State Convention, will not consent to
the naming of ex-Governor Pattison because
of factional differences which have existed
since 1883, and which it is said neither side
made very great efforts to beal.
THE REAL FIGHT.
Among the partjr workers it is also
thought that the major p'art of the Demo
cratic leaders,jiotonly in this city but also
througbouTthe State, are more interested in
the question of the control of the or
ganization for the purpose of securing
the election of national delegates for 1892
than they are in the selection of a State
ticket framed so as to guarantees more than
fair fighting chance for securing the control
of the departments of State at Harrisburg.
It is known that the delegates trom this
city to the Democratic State Convention,
representing wards outside of those which
have instructed their delegations to vote for
Ex-Governor Pattison's nomination as
Governor, remain unpledged, and
that they are quietly watching
fall into line in support of a compromise
candidate whose name is under considera
tion. It is generally conceded that on ac
count of the numerical strength of the
Philadelphia delegation that its voice will
have considerable weight in tbe influencing
of the convention in the framing of the
State ticket, and the local leaders who
are in control are regarded as possessing
sufficient political sagacity to enable them
to take advantage of the situation at the
proper time, and for that reason the city
delegation will remain unpledged nntil, in
the judgment of the local party leaders, the
proper time has arrived for a showing of
bands.
TOR SECOND PLACE.
Ex-Representative John E. Faunce, of
this city, has received requests from a num
ber of elected delegates to the Democratic
State Convention to allow the nse of his
name as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Lieutenant Governor, and it
is known that at the present time Mr.
Faunce is giving the matter his serious con
sideration. Mr. Fannce was first elected a
member of the House of Representatives of
this State in 1875, and served in that ca
pacity until the session of 1888,
being succeeded by John H.
Fow, present member. In 1883,
when the Democrats had control of the
Lower House at Harrisburg Mr. Faunce
was elected Speaker and served as such
durinz the first regular session and the
memorable extra session of the Legislature,
during the first years of the State adminis
tration, when Robert E. Pattison was Gov
ernor. Ex-Representative James R. Burns, of
Erie county, who was considered the orator
of the House of Representatives at Harris
burg dnring the sessions of 1885 and 1887,
has been mentioned by leading Demo
crats in the western part of
the State for the Democratic nomination for
Secretary of Internal Affairs. Mr. Burns
bas alwavs been regarded as the ablest of
William L. Scott s lieutenants, and when
Mr. Scott in 1888 declined the nom
ination for Congress in the Twenty
sixth district, Mr. Burns, on account of his
abilitv and well-known popularity, was
named as the Democratic candidate, but he
was defeated by W. C. Culbertson, the pres
ent member of Congress representing tbe
district.
QUAY SOON COMING HOME.
tie Is Expected In Philadelphia tbe Last ot
the Itlonili.
TSPECIAL TELLGKAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Philadelphia, March 15. United
States Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, who
has been off in South Florida since'January
26, to which place he went by advice of his
physicians, has sent word to some of his
friends in this city that he will arrive at
Philadelphia on or about the 23d of this
month. For the past ten days Senator Quay
has been out oi reach of mail or telegraph,
and has been cruising about the coast. Be
fore going off on his cruise he sent the word
of his intention to be in this city at the time
stated, and since the receipt of the news the
local Republican leaders have been specu
lating on what is to be the outcome ot his
visit.
It was the intention of the parties in the
secret to keep the news of Senator Quay's
coming from the general public, in order to
prevent the rnsb of visitors in his room,
which is expected to follow as a matter of
course; but it leaked out to-day, and as a
sole consequence the local leaders will no
donbt be disappointed, as they will be un
able to keep him to themselves.
vqy
THE DREAM EEVIVED.
Sale of the Ponili Fenn Railroad by the
Sheriff lor 82,500, Snbjectto 3Iort-
Base Some Persons Believe
tbe Road Will be Bnllt.
IfPT.CIAL TELEGKAH TO THE DISPATCK.1
McConnellsburg, PA.,March 15. The
sale of tbe South Pennsylvania Railroad by
the Sheriff of Fulton county brousht very
few strangers to this place to-day. Before
the hour of sale the judgment upon which
the road was advertised for sale was as
signed to Major S. E. Ancona, of Reading.
When the Sheriff announced the sale,
George F. Baer, Esq., attorney for the
bondholders, gave notice that tbe road is
subject to a mortgage, dated July 1, 1885,
in favor of the Union Trust Company, of
New York, trustee, to insure nn issue of
bond of the said railroad company, to the
amount of $20, 000,000, and that 55,000,000
of said bonds have been issued and are out
standing. The property was started at S200, and
after some spirited bidding was knocked
down to George F. Baer, of Beading, for the
sum ofJ2,500, the only other bidder being
Williard F. Brownsen, representing the
Weston Engine Company, of Boston. Very
little information could be obtained from
the parties attending the sale, but enough
has leaked out to lead our people to believe
that the prospects for the completion oi the
South Pennsylvania Railroad are brighter
to-day than they have been since the sus
pension of work on the road.
The old stockholders who operated against
the building of the road are now out, and
George F. Baer, the sole stockholder, will
form a company which will be composed of
new stockholders, who will favor the com
pletion ot the road, and they will issue
bonds on tne mortgage to the amount that
will enable them to complete the road, and
it is thought that the South Pennsylvania
Railroad will ere long be one of the per
manent institutions of the State.
EYADISG THE ALIEN LABOR LAW.
A Peculiar Phase of This Question Arises
In Chnttnniogn.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE PISPATCU.J
Chattanooga, March 15. The South
ern Iron Works, which is to be opened on
Monday in Chattanooga, is causing a good
deal of interest. Not the leatt interest is
centered in tbe new manager, M. A. Talbot,
whom the corporation has imported from
England. There is considerable specula
tion rife here whether the engagement of
Mr. Talbot is not a direct violation of the
contract labor law.
Captain Chamberlain, the principal owner
of the mill, made a trip over to Europe last
summer, and while in London, England,
met Mr. Talbot, and an understanding was
arranged between them there that Mr. Tal
bot should come over to Chattanooga to take
charge of the new mill. This engagement
having been arranged and completed in En
gland, and all the details made the question
is raised whether or not Captain Chamber
lain has violated the contract labor law. It
is also stated that to prevent the law laying
its clutches on Mr. Talbot, and giving
him a gentle shove across the water, the
Southern Iron Company proposes to make
bim a stockholder ot the concern. The fact
of mating him a stockholder here, it is said,
does not affect the character of the contract
labor law, when they made a contract in
London.
Mr. Talbot was connected while in En
gland with the Earl of Dudley's lurnaces in
Staffordshire, and it is stated that he is a
thorough expert on iron and-steeL
WAITING FOB. THE S0PKEAIE C0UBT.
Everything; Bendy for the Argument on a
New Trial for the Cronln Murderers.
Chicago, March 15. The bill of excep
tions in the Cronin case was advanced an
other step to-day, the document being filed
with the Clerk of the Criminal Court to be
certified as part of the record. The case is
now at a standstill until the May term of
the Supreme Court at Springfield. A
supersedeas could be applied for in the
.
me, but Lawver Forrest said this
afternoon that it had been decided not to
ask for one, as the only effect would be to
take Coughlin, O'Sullivan and Burke from
work to confinement in their cells.
Counsel for Jeremiah O'Donnell to-day
called up the motion for a new trial in bis
case and presented exhaustive arguments to
prove that tbe accused did not have a fair
show, and that the verdict that he was im
plicated in an attempt to bribe tbe Cronin
jury was not warranted by the evidence, the
only witness against O'Donnell it was said
being the barber Hoagland, who was testify
ing to clear himself. The State's Attorney
will reply to O'Donnell's motion next Satur
day. MORE TROUBLE IN BRAZIL.
Guatemala Preparing; lor a Revolution
Aenlnst President Barrllla.
Citt op Mexico, March 15. Via Gal
veston. El Universal says that the Guate
malan General Barrundi Is preparing for a
revolution against President Barrillas, and
that he bas a force on Mexican soil near the
Guatemala frontier.
The Mexican Government will not allow
the neutrality of Mexico to be violated.
The President of Guatemala is at La Liber
tad at his country seat.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.
Contents of To-Dnj' Issae for the Con
venience of the Render.
A first-class newspaper, fit for every home,
is what The Dispatch aims to give the public.
Whether it is such is left to the judgment of
the reader. The first part of to-day's iss ue is
devoted to news and news comments. The
treat offered in the other parts is made up as
follows:
Part II.
Pane 9.
Land of tbe Cannibal ROGER CASEMENT
How to Live Long An interview by II. 1. 3.
Beatrice H. KIDER Hagqabd
Page 10.
Riga for Racing Boats GEOraE H SANDISON
Plttshurgers Love l'Utsbure.... James C. Pcrdy
Mr. Carnegie's Gift BUMDALO
Page 11.
The Want Column.
To Let Column.
Page 13.
Tliefcoclal World.
The Grand Army.
Page 13.
Secret Societies News.
Educational Matters.
For Sale Column.
Miscellaneous Notices.
Latest Stage Gossip.
Gossip of the jlllltla.
Local Trade Outlook.
Markets by Telegraph.
Page It. .,
Perils of Grand Canon BOBERTH. STANTON
A Woman of Canaan. ...... .REV. GEORGE HoPGES
Allegheny Courts. Business Notices
rage lb.
Early Days in Kansas BILL NTS
Living lu Washington MISS UBCNPT. JR.
Mothers ot Great Men Bessie Bramble
Gossip of Uay Gotham CLARA BELLE
Page 16.
Everyday Science. Gossip of tbe Studios
Amusement Notices. Bnsiness Announcements
Pnrt III.
Page 17.
Interviewing Great Men. ..Frank G. Carpesteb
Plazas or Bogota Faxnie B. Ward
Celebrities at the Theater sweet Brier
Come Forth Elizabetii Stuart Phelps
Page IS.
Mrs. Partington's Party B. P. SHILLAEEP.
Artists or America ASYMPOS1CM
A Pretty Little Cottage B. W. SlIOPPEL
Page 13.
The Crystal Palace Paysic
The Wild Horse Won EDWARD Wakefield
Sunday Tnoughts A ClebqtmaN
The Flteslde sphinx E. R. Chadbour
Page 20.
Woman's World MEG, Mas. Leslie, etal
Women and Doctors Shirley Dabe
Women of Colonial Times A Sketch
Women as Actresses Emma V. Shebidan
I
Startling Sequel to a Sudden
Death in Allegheny.
TE0UBLE FOR A HUSBAtfD
Made by Relatives in Canada Who
Believed it Yife-2Irder.
A POST MORTEM CLEARS IT UP
The sudden death of Mm. Emily Rodzers
in Allegheny yesterday alarmed her rela
tives at Hamilton, Ont , and led them to
make some reckless charges against the
woman's husband. They attempted to se
cure his arrest pending an investigation aa
to whether or not he had poisoned her. A
post mortem showed nn evidence of a
crime.
Among the cases reported to Coroner Mc
Dowell yesterday was that of Mrs. Emily
Rodgers, who died suddenly at 4 o'clocK
yesterday morning in Allegheny. The
physician who bad attended the woman
stated that he did not understand her
case. The husband was absent, and
as the case looked rather peculiar,
a Dispatch reporter undertook to investi
gate it. He soon learned that tbe couple
came from Hamilton, Ontario, and a mes
sage was sent to The Dispatch corre
spondent iu that city, instructing him to
investigate. He reported charges of poison
ing against the husband, and was directed
to send full details. His response, in the
light of the fact that a post-mortem exam
ination showed no evidences of poisoning,
illustrates how much trouble hasty relatives
may make for a man in such circumstances.
The dispatch from Hamilton follows :
THE SENSATIONAL CHARGES.
The young woman, Mrs. Rodgers, who
died at 30 Anderson street, Allegheny, this
morning, was the wife of Thomas Bogges,
formerly of this city. Bogges was, until
last fall, a leading furniture dealer here, but
he got into financial difficulties and went to
Pittsburg, leaving a number of creditors.
His wife followed him two weeks later, and
it is understood tbey have been livipg in
Allegheny City since under the name of
Rodgers. They had been married six
years, and latterly, it is alleged, had
not lived happily together. "Within
the past year Mrs. Bogges has been
subject to nnacconntable attacks of
illness, which were thought to have the
symptoms of poisoning, and her friends
here became alarmed. The feeling of sus
picion was intensified by tbe knowledge of
certain uzly rumors that were afloat when a
former wife of the man died.
Mrs. Rodeers sister, a Mrs. Thomas, had
Dr. Bingham and Dr. Wilson, of this city,
called in, but they-only hinted at the cause
of illness, and recommended that the woman
go away for a time. She did so, and went
to Toronto, where another doctor was con
sulted, and gave her to understand that she
was being slowly poisoned.
IS GOOD HEALTH LAST WEEK.
Shortly after her return from Toronto.
Bogges got into financial difficulties and left
and she followed bim. Her mother nnd sis
ter have been in communication with her,
and only on Friday last received a letter, in
which she said she was in good health.
This morning the following dispatch was
received:
Pittsburg, March 15, 1890.
Mrs. Charles Fletcher, Hamilton.
Tonr daughter. Mrs. Emily Rodgers, died
suddenly this morning.
Mrs. Lizzie Francis
Last night Mrs. Fletcher, the mother of
Mrs. Bosges, was surprised to see Bogges
walk intc her house, and he said he had
left Pittsburg two weeks ago. When this
morning the relatives received the dispatch
they immediately concluded that Mr.
Bogges had met with foul play, and com
municated with the police. It was de
cided to arrest Bogges on' a capias at
the instance of a creditor, and hold
him nntil nn inquest and post mortem can
be held. Tbe capias proceedings had to be
taken by the Sheriff and his officers, and
some delay occurred in arranging the pre
liminaries. About 3 o'clock this afternoon several
Sheriff's officers and detectives went to the
house ot Bogges mother, on Main street
east, to arrest him but he could not be
found, and his mother steadfastly denied
that her son bad been in the city. In the
house was discovered a quantity of carpets
and other soods. which Boeces is alleged to
have secreted there. The police are confi
dent that Bogges is still iu the city and are
watching every train.
BROTHER OP THE DEAD WOMAU".
Fireman Jerry Thomas, of chemical en
gine No. 1, is a brother-in-law of Bogges'
and he is instituting the proceedings. He
said to your correspondent this evening:
"I am satisfied that foul play has occurred,
because I know positively that attempts
were made to poison my sister while here.
On several occasions, after eating, she was
seized with violent retching and
other symptoms. The doctors couid
not say what caused it, but advised
her to go away, and cautioned her not to
drink anything but milk until she left the
city. I intended to leave for Pittsburg to
night if Bogges had been got, bnt I don't
know what to do about it now. We are go
ing to have a post mortem on the body at
once."
"How to you connect Bosrges with
the death ot his wife if he
was here when she died?" asked the repor
ter. "I believe that he put poison in the pro
visions at the house before he leit so that
she would take it," replied Thomas, and be
intimated that such a course had been pur
sued before.
Dr. Bingham, who attended Mrs. Bogges,
was seen, but refused to speak about the
case until some action is taken by the au
thorities. He intimated, however, that he
would be prepared to say something start
ling. M TRACE 0E POISON.
A Pool Mortem Examination Goes to DIs
prove the Startling Charges Against
Hamilton The Couple Lived
Unpplly The Huaband's
Recent movement.
Mrs. Emily Rodgers, as she was known in
Allegheny, died suddenly at 4 o'clock yes
terday morning, on the second floor of the
old Hotel Anderson, at the northwest corner
of Anderson and Robinson streets, Alle
gheny. She was attended by Dr. Edward
H. Small, whose office is at tbe corner of
Anderson and Lacock streets. Dr. Small
was called twice during the night, and said
at the time that he did not know what ailed
the woman. Consequently, the death was
reported to Coroner McDowell yesterday
morning. That official at once requested
Dr. Small and Dr. E. G. Matson, of Pitts
burg, to hold a post mortem examination.
Drs. Small and Matson, by the post mor
ICantinvetX on Seventh I'age.
I
UGLY CHARGES