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TRIPLE NUMBER
FORTY-FIFTH
On tho Whims of the Kaiser
and Czar Depends the
FUTURE OF A CONTINENT.
Bismarck's Successor Chosen Mainly
Because He is a Big Han.
THE KEW EXTRADITION TREATY
Between England and the United States
Signed by the Queen.
ALL EXCITEMENT IN FRANCE ABATED
Emperor 'William's object in forcing Bis
marck's resignation was to secure absolute
control of the Government He is now in a
position to dictate war or peace to Europe.
The Dispatch has exclusive information
that Queen Victoria has signed the new
extradition treaty with the United States.
Great surprise is expressed at the quiet
manner in which 'France met the Cabinet
crisis.
rBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
London, March 22. Copyright The
masterful part of young Kaiser Wilhelm's
character, which Prince Bismarck was one
of the first to note and first to proclaim to
the world, has asserted itself this week in a
fashion which has sent all Europe in a state
oi half-frightened admiration, apprehension
and astonishment The German Emperor
is now virtually his own Chancellor, as
Bismarck predicted he would be one day or
other, and henceforth upon the whims and
passions of two men, the Kaiser and the
Czar, will depend the peace of Europe.
Worshipers of the rising sun have been
extolling the virtues and abilities of General
Caprivi, the new Chancellor, and have even
gone so far in their self seeking adulation as
to claim for him gifts of statesmanship,
prescience and patience equal to those pos
sessed by Bismarck.
SELECTED BECAUSE HE IS BIG.
Undeniably Caprivi is an able man, but
his abilities are not akin to genius, and
apart from the short period during which
he was at the head of the Imperial German
navy he has had no administrative experi
ence. His selection is due in large mea
sure to his dashing qualities as a soldier
and to his physical qualities, for Kaiser
Wilhelm, like his great ancestor, Frederick,
loves to have big men about him.
Says one of the worshipers referred to
above: "General Caprivi, if personal ap
pearance is to count for anything, must be
a man of great force of character and will,
combining sagacity with patience, resolu
tion with good humor and German thor
oughness with Southern fire."
The new German Chancellor looks a typi
cal Teuton ot the hugest and most impres
sive type. He might very well pass for the
brother or even the double of Prince Bis
marck himself, the personal likeness be
tween the two men being most remarkable.
EVEN LARGER IHAS BISMARCK.
In point, indeed, of stature and breadth
of shoulders, General Von Caprivi even has
the.Advantage of the man he is going to suc
ceed, but otherwise he is characterized by
the same massive jaw, heavy mustache and
bushy eyebrows, thick neck, solid square
head, shrewd, penetrating glance and gen
eral air of blood and iron tempered with the
polished suavity of a nineteenth century
statesman. The difference in the character
of the two men might by some be discerned
in their walk, for while Prince Bismarck
treads sharply and heavily, like a trooper,
the gait of General Von Caprivi has some
thing in it of deliberation and leisurely ele
gance, while not lacking either in nerve or
emphasis.
It remains to be said that the new Chan
cellor was born in Berlin February 24, 1831,
and has three peculiarities sometimes said
to indicate wisdom a large mouth, a bald
head and a white mustache. Caprivi has
been a soldier 40 years, and therefore knows
how to obey orders. Therein is much of his
merit and much of peril to Germany and to
Europe. The Kaiser will provide any
amount of statesmanship that may be re
quired, and Caprivi will be the conduit
through which it will pass to the outside
world.
ALL AEE NOW UNEASY.
The revolution wrought at Berlin has
quickened men's pulses in Austria, Russia
and France, while tardy justice is rendered
to Prince Bismarck as the great statesman
whose immense patience has for many years
deferred the struggle which everyone knows
in his heart must come sooner or later. One
Russian newspaper declares that the chief
support of the edifice of European peace
has crumbled away and the comments of all
betray vague uneasiness.
What France thinks of the change is
best formulated in the words of Jules
Ferry, her ablest statesman. He says:
"With regard to France and Italy the
policy of Germany is settled and will not
be modified. It is with respect to Austria
and especially to Bussia that surprises may
"take place. The substitution of personal
rule for the Government of the Chancellor,
may at Vienna and St Petersburg, have
unexpected consequences at a date which
it is impossible to specify. For some time
past Austria has had no reason to be satis
fied with th internal working of the triple
alliance. She cannot leel any gratification
at the military development of Italy while
Germany assumes over the military status
of her allies the right of control, which
weighs heavily upon their finances and does
not always spare their dignity.
BOOM TOE ANYTHING.
The wisdom of the Chancellor was able
when occasion required to smooth over such
difficulties which more hasty temper and
less measured language would have been
but ill calculated to remove. As to Russia,
there is no denying that the retirement of
Prince Bismarck affords room for any sup
position. It was he who was held up to the
Itussian people as responsible for the ill feel
ing of Germany toward Bnssia. It was he
who even after the Berlin Congress con
trolled the policy of Russia with his potent
hand. It is difficult to speculate upon the
possible evolutions of an irresponsible will,
but it is certain that now there will be one
less between the Emperor and the Czar."
Some critics with short vision and bad
memory prefers to find in Bismarck's re
tirement a sign that Socialists are henceforth
to be treated more tolerantly in Germany.
But it is well known in Berlin, that the
Kaiser regards the Social Democrats with
hatred and contempt, and Caprivi, who of
course is a Conservative when in the
Reichstag, denounced socialism as mental
poison. To this it may be added that by
the Kaiser's orders politicians are already
being sounded as to the terms upon which
they will support an anti-Socialist bill
which will be one of the first measures sub
mitted to the new Reichstag.
FORGOTTEN IN THE EXCITEMENT.
Amid the prodigious hubbub attendant
upon the Chancellor crisis the labor confer
ence has worked almost without notice.
Even the squabble among the French dele
gates caused by their Socialist conferee De
La Haye resigning because he was not al
lowed to air his eloquence and submit his
theories to the conference, caused only a
very languid interest Various committees
have managed to agree in regard to Sunday
labor, the employment of children, and
other questions upon which disagreement
was scarcely possible. In a few days the
delegates will commence to pack their
trunks, and protocols will be drawn and
docketed. An eruption of blue books will
follow, and the whole affair will have been
forgotten within three months.
The portly Prince of Wales has arrived
in Berlin, and is being treated with a defer
ence and distinction by his imperial nephew
that is amusing to behold, considering that
two years ago they were not on speaking
terms. The Prince and his son George are
lodged in the royal palace, from which wave
the British, German and Prussian standards.
NOTHING TOO GOOD FOB THEM.
They have dined en famille and in state,
troops have been paraded in their honor,
and, in fact, the Kaiser has done everything
in his power to show how much he loves
and honors them. This marvelous change
is not due to personal predeliction, but to'
motives of policy. It furnishes another
justification for the suspicion that Salisbury
has entered into a secret alliance of under
standing with the German Government by
which, in the event of war, the enormous
weight of England's navy shall be thrown
into the scale against Germany's enemies.
At the court banquet the Kaiser proposed
his uncle's health in a pretty speech, in the
course of which he expressed the hope that
the united British fleet and the German
army would preserve the peace of Europe.
His Majesty might have added that what
ever their value as peace preserves the
British ironclads were certainly instruments
of war to secure the use of which he would
willingly take into his arms the entire royal
family of England, from Queen Victoria
down to Henry of Battenberg, the Marquis
of Lome and the Dnke of Fife.
BISMARCK'S REASONS.
Tho Emperor Interfered With What Be Re
garded as His Otro Frerocatlves
William Determined to Have
Absolute Control of
the Realm
COPYBIQHT, lSJO.BTTrtENEWTOBK ASSOCIATES
PBESS.3
Berlin, March 22. The complacency
with which Bismarck's retirement is now
generally regarded may "soo'DVba" replaced
with regret that the country is left at the
mercy of a self-willed autocrat The Cabinet
order of September 8, 1853, has always been
held by Bismarck as interpreting tbe Prus
sian Constitution to mean that the President
of the Ministry ought to appoint his own
Cabinet, choosing men having political
opinions and principles in harmony with
his own. The Emperor refused this reading
and maintained the right of the Monarch to
appoint ministers having a direct resoonsi
bility not to the President but to tbe Crown.
The appointment of Baron von Berlepsch
as Minister of Commerce was the thin end
of the wedge. The direct instructions that
tbe Emperor gave to Berlepsch"' affecting the
economic policy of the Empire evoked a
warm remonstrance from the Chancellor.
The Emperor, in a written communication
sent by him to Bismarck early last week,
explained his views of monarchical preroga
tive, his conviction that tbe Chancellor's
claims were an encroachment on the rights
of the sovereign, and finally, bis determina
tion to exercise a general and absolute con
trol. About the same time direct overtures
to Windthorst and other leading clericals
from persons in the Emperor's entourage,
aiming to take the guidance of negotiations
out of Bismarck's hands, produced the cli
max of the crisis. On Saturday the Em
peror got as he probably desired and ex
pected, an intimation of Bismarck's resig
nation, and on Tuesday, in a closely written
document of 20 folios, the Emperor received
the Chancellor's reasons for resigning.
The work of reforming the Ministry will
not be hurried. Count Herbert Bismarck,
however, persists in his intention to with
draw from the foreign office at the earliest
possible moment, and this obliges the Em
peror to make an immediate selection of his
successor.
The recognized evening organs of Prince
Bismarck declare that he has declined both
the dukedom and a pension. Count Her
bert Bismarck has requested that he be re
lieved of office at once.
EXTEADITIO-V TEEATY SIGNED.
Tho New Arrangement With England Will
Soon be In Force.
IET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
London, March 22. Lord Salisbury had
an audience of the Queen on Thursday for
the purpose of clearing up arrears of busi
ness previous to Her Majesty's departure
for Germany next week. I am in a position
to state that almost the last act of Her
Majesty was to affix her royal signature to
the extradition treaty between the United
States and Great Britain.
The official publication of the treaty will
follow in due course.
A E10T IN EUSSIA.
Troops Called Out to Repress a Demon
stration of Turbnlent Students.
St. Petersburg, March 22. The stu
dents of the University and the Academy of
Agriculture engaged in a serious riot here
yesterday. The students insist upon the
restoration of the liberal regulations of 1863,
and the refusal of the authorities to comply
with their demand led to the outbreak.
Troops guard the streets in the vicinity of
tbe University, and all traffic in the neigh
borhood is stopped. The newspapers make
no mention of the disturbances.
From Poverty to Affluence.
IBT CABLE TO THE , DISPATCH.'
London, March 22. The late3ir Will
iam Gull the famous court physician, has
left a fortune of a million and three
quarters dollars, although 30 years ago he
was an unknown hospital doctor living
from hand to mouth.
Wnshlncton's Aalogrnpb. Sold.
London, March 22. A letter written by
George Washington at Philadelphia, 1793,
introducing Winstanley, the painter, to the
Commander at Georgetown, was sold for
seven guineas at Sotherby's to-day.
PRETTY SET OF PEERS.
ood Arguments for Laboucherc'a Flan (o
Abolish tbe Homo of Lords A Low
Itcfll.in Now Hat n Scat
In tho Clinmbor.
fBY CA1TLE TO THE DISrATCU.1
London, March 22. There could not
have been presented much better! arguments
in favor of Labouchere's motion for the abo
lition of the House of Lords to-day than
two cotemporaneous occurrences while
Labouchere was speaking. The Lords were
drearily threshing the straw of the Com
mons and the Duke of Manchester was dy
ing at Naples. In the House of Lords, with
the exception of Earl Rosebery's speech,
not one new idea was advanced or new
phrase uttered. By the death of the Duke
of Manchester, Viscount Mandeville, one of
the lowest ruffians in the English peerage,
succeeds to a seat in the House of Lords.
Mandeville, as most Americans and all
Englishmen know, has been living upon tbe
charity of Bessie Bellwood, a music hall
singer of bad reputation, for two or three
years, and by a singular coincidence Bessie
was committed to prison for 20 days the day
after her beneficiary succeeded to the title
and estates, because she had failed to pay
12 due to the lawyers who had defended
her when she was brought up for assault in
thrashing a cabman who had struck Mande
ville. The new Duke of Manchester married an
American girl, Miss Yznaga, who becomes
a Duchess to-d&y, although she has not lived
with her husband for several years. It
should gratify the clergy to know that the
mnsic hall singer's protege controls sev en
livings.
NEEDS AN AMERICAN HEIRESS.
A Bankrupt Tlscount Advised to Turn Ills
Attention in That Direction.
TST CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. J
London, March 22. Viscount Derhurst,
the eldest son of the Earl of Coventry, has
been advised to go to an heiress hunt to
America. He is in trouble, of course.
Being a young lieutenant in the army and
a prospective Earl, he considered it his duty
to live above his income with the result that
to-day, he found himself in the bankruptcy
court with liabilities of 25,139 and assets
559. The discrepancy is startling, but not
unnatural, considering that the unpaid bills
included 1,460 for jewelry given away as
presents, chiefly to young persons who dote
upon jewels and young Viscounts, 637 for
bets, 944 for clothes and 361 for tobacco.
The family estates are extensive and beau
tiful, but heavily mortgaged. Tbe title is
warrented 200 old and the family motto
"Candide et Constanter" is calculated to in
spire confidence. The Viscount is only 25
years old, bnt hf labors under the disadvan
tage of having five brothers and three sis
ters for whom, to some extent, he will be
expected to provide when he shall have
succeeded to the title.
TRIED FOE OTHER DUPES.
Fresh Evidence of Blrcholl's Rnscallty to be
Sent From England.
BT CABLE TO TIIE DISPATCH.
London, March 22. Consul General
New has received a letter from Rev. John
Wilder, rector of Great Bradley, New Mar
ket, in reference to theBirchell affair. The
reverend gentleman says' that his son re
ceived a letter from Birchell, dated at the
P.urosc Club, London, tbe 20th of last
January, making the same overtures to him
to go to America as were made to Benwell
and Pelley.
Wilder says that he will be glad to send
this letter to Birchell's prosecutors, as he
considers that it is essential to best interests
of society that the murderer should be pun
ished. Birchell gave his name in the letter
to young Wilder as Bambridge.
CEANKS AND THE QUEEN.
One Who Whants to Tell Her Wbcre Jack
tbe Ripper Can be Found.
IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.l
London, March 22. The Queen has
been resting at Windsor from the fatigues
of last week's drawing room, and was there
fore deprived of making the acquaintance of
Charles Cooper, an elderly gentleman who
presented himself at Buckingham palace on
Thursday, with the intention of informing
her where Jack the Ripper could be found.
Cooper is now in jail and refuses to impart
his information to any one save the Queen,
although he hinted that he might be induced
to tell all he knows to the Prince of Wales.
Her Majesty starts for Aix Les Baines on
Monday, to take tbe waters for her rheu
matism. SUEPEISED AT FRANCE.
The Ease With Which tho Crisis Wan Met
Causes Wonderment.
. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.1
London, March 22. The French minis
terial crisis has attracted very little atten
tion in Europe, though the quietude with
which the change has been effected has
created some wonderment M. De Frey
cinet has an idea that he will remain in of
fice for some time and the adhesion of M.
Constans has created the liveliest satisfac
tion among those Frenchmen who are dis
posed for a resolute Government
It is believed that Freycmet will deal
with the case of the imprisoned Duke
of Orleans as soon as circumstance warrant
his doing so.
NONE WORTH! OF HIM.
A DiQculty In Finding; a Suitable Bride for
the C'zorewltcli.
TBT CABLE TO TIIE DISPATCH.l
London, March 22. The Czar has at
length decided that his eldest son is old
enough to have a court all to himself, and
the necessary officials are now being care
fully selected with a view to the young
man's mental and moral benefit This is
generally considered a preliminary to pro
viding him with a wife, but as Princes go,
the Czarewitch is such a remarkably good
young man that up to the present the Czar
has not been able to find a bride worthy of
him.
Dlsnstrous Floods In Italy.
Rome, March 22. The damage done by
continued floods throughout the country is
estimated at 4,000,000 francs.
MOONSHINERS RAIDED.
Illicit Distillers in Kentucky Captured by
Revenue Officers.
Louisville, March 22. A moonshine
raid made by General Deputy Collector
Hawkins with ten other officers was reported
to-day. By night marching they took the
illicit distillers by surprise and without any
resistance they captured seven men and five
gnus.
They also destroyed five stills and 2,000
gallons of beer. On the preliminary trial
the prisoners were held.
Railroad Ticket Forcers Arrested.
San Fkancisco, March 22. George
Lathrop and George Wiley were arrested to
day on a charge of forging Southern Pacific
Railrdad tickets. The whole outfit of rub
ber stamps, etc, were secured. Lathrop con
fessed his cuilt.tand said Wilev was onlv
U1B lUOi.
PITTSBURG,
PEINCE Iff PKISOJJ.
Napoleon Ives Paid Oyer $10,000
for Special Privileges
WHILE IN LUDLOW STREET JAIL.
Sensational Evidence Given Before a Com
mittee of Inquiry.
A LITTLE POKER BEHIND THE BAES.
The Scale of Prices Established by the Warden or the
Institution.
Henry S. Ives, tbe financier, appeared
before the Investigating Committee at New
York yesterday. He testified that he paid
$10,000 for special privileges in Ludlow
street jail. He also said that there was a
game of poker going there about all the
time.
rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCU.l
New Yoke, March 22. Henry S. Ives
testified to-day before the Senate Cities In
vestigating Committee that he paid Warden
James P. Keating, of Ludlow Street Jail,
$10,000 for "private accommodations" while
he was confined in jail recently. This sum
did not include "several hundred dollars"
Mr. Ives didn't remember just how much
which he paid for keeping out of jail two
days when he was first arrested.
The "private accommodations" which
Mr. Ives received were not palatial, and
included only board at a private table part
of the time, board at the Warden's table,
where tbe same food was supplied, the rest
of the time, and the privilege of the occa
sional visits of stenographers and type
writers and their board. Ives only went
out of jail once and then had to pay $30.
It was because of a death in his family.
LOTS OP SENSATIONS.
Another sensational feature of the testi
mony taken to-day were the declarations on
the part of some of the lawyers who do busi
ness mostly with the Sheriff's office that
they had no idea that one-half of the auc
tioneer's fees in eacfi instance were taken by
the Sheriff, and that, if they had had such
an idea, they would have made larger cuts
in the fees. There was a great stir and
bustle in the court when Mr. Boardman
bellowed in a tremendous voice the name of
"Henry S. Ives." There was a great crowd
ing on the part of everybody to get nearer
the witness stand. He said in a low voice,
hardly above a whisper, that he had been
an inmate of Ludlow street jail from Jan
uary 29, 1889, to March of the present year.
"Just speak up a little bit won't you, Mr.
Ives?" said Senator Fassett, courteously.
Mr. Ives colored and -spoke very little
louder. Answering Mr. Boardman's ques
tions, be said that he was confined in Ludlow
street jail upon a civil process, and was ar
rested on January 29, of last year, by order
of Arrest Clerk Bernard F. Martin and
deputy sheriffs McGonigle and Young. He
was arrested in his office, at 96 Broadway, a
little before noon.
THEY WEEE SUEPEISED.
He had no previous intimation of the
arrest. Mr. Stayner, his partner, was in the
room with him. Mr. Stayner and he were
very mnch surprised. Mr. Ives said that he
examined the "warrants and said that he
supposed that Mr. Stayner and himself must
submit to arrest
Q. What day was this?
A. This was Saturday.
Q. A little before noon?
A. Yes.
Q. When did you reach Ludlow Street
Jail?
A. Monday night.
Q. Where were you in the meantime?
A. We stayed at the Sinclair House.
Q. How did you come to go there?
lu The deputies kindly took us there
Mr. Martin and the deputies. We were at
the hotel or our lawyer's office all the time.
Mr. Boardman fenced with Mr. Ives half
an hour trying to draw out of him the
amount he paid to the deputies for keeping
him at the hotel in this manner. Ives said
that he could not state the amount exactly;
that he only knew of it by hearsay; that his
lawyers did all the business lor bim, and
that he paid Lawyer Johnson in one lump
for their entire services.
Q. How much did you pay?
A. Fourteen thousand dollars.
Q. You can't say how much of that was
paid lor keeping vou at the St. Clair
House?
A. I don't know exactly. 'Mr. Johnson
told me he made it all right.
Q. Can't you say how much it cost you?
A. Well, there were a good many things
to be made all right.
THE CASH OUTLAY.
Ives said that he paid the $14,000 to Edgar
M. Johnson, his counsel, in hard cash.
Ives said that he found that after he got
to Ludlow Street Jail there were two
classes of prisoners in the jail. There were
those who did not pay their way, and those
who did pay their way. He was one of
those who did pay their wav.
Q. Mr. Ives, can you tell approximately
how mnch you paid while in Ludlow Street
Jail?
A Yes, sir; $10,000.
Q. Did you p3y it in bills or cheoks?
A. In bills.
Q. To whom did you pay it?
A. To Warden James P. Keating.
This was the sum that Stayner and he
both paid. Ives said that he had his meals
at a private table part of the time he was in
jail. He dined at the regular table after
awhile because there were not many people
there, and because the food at the regular
table was just the same. By the regular
table be meant the table provided by the
Warden for those who "paid their way."
He made the cbangeas a matter of economv.
The price for food at the regular table was
$15 a week.
HOW HE MANAGED.
Q. How, then, did you manage to expend
$10,000 in the jail?
A. Well, we that is, Mr. Stayner and
myself had three or four stenographers and
typewriters and other people coming in to
see us. We had extra privileges in that
regard. Our room was at first next to the
kitchen. We went upstairs, and that made
a difference in the price.
Mr. Ives said that Stayner and himself
had paid since entering the jail $250. $200.
$150 and $75 a week for board and accommo
dations. The price stnek at $75.
Q. The price went down gradually?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you have any wine at your
meals?
A. Only onee or twice. I had a bottle
brought in to me; the doorkeeper seized it,
but the warden let me have it on my re
quest He asked me not to let such a thing
occur again.
Ives said that during all the time he was
in the jail he went out but once, ex
cept when he was taken out by order of
the court That single occasion was upon a
death in his family.
Q. Did you pay anything for going out
then?
A. I paid $30 to the warden upon leav
ing the jail.
Q. How much were you paying to the
warden u week at this time?
a. This was while I was paying $75 a
week.
Ives said that he knew a prisoner in the
jail named Marks who used to play poker in
the jail a good deal. There was a little
game of poker running in the jail about all
the time.
SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1890. ,, ITVE CENTS I
FOR HIS MOTHER'S SAKE.
A Flshcrmnn Gives Up His Life to Save That
of Ills Companion, Who Is tho Son of
A Widow Adrift on
Lake Erie.
tSFECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Erie, Pa., March 22. Lake Shore
Freight Agent F. E. Stone, of Springfield,
this county, went out hunting this morning
along the bank of the lake. Seeing wild
geeso in the distance he took a boat and
started out after the game. He had not gone
out more than three miles when he
heard cries of distress, and seeing some
thing in the direction from which the
cries came, sailed toward the object
It proved to be poor Nicholas Frazer, an
Ashtabula fisherman. He was lying on top
of a capsized boat helpless. He was pulled
ashorein the boat. Frazier was iu a pitiable
condition. Both hands and legs were badly
frozen, and bis knees and legs were badly
torn from hanging to the boat
He said he, and Frank Schueder had
gone out from Ashtabula Harbor on
Tuesday fishing. Being overtaken by
a gale, they had to make Conneaut
harbor and capsized. Tbey got on to the
bottom of the craft. The wind was cutting
and chilled them to the heart. They had
nothing to eat or drink for three nights, and
for three days they fought for their lives.
Schueder saw that the craft would bear them
both up no longer and he told Frazer that
he (Schueder) bad no friends, but that he
(Frazer) had a mother to support, and that
he would give up hoping that the craft,
being filled, would carry the widow's son to
deliverance. The poor fellow then lapsed in
to a state o( resignation, and the next cake
of ice tossed up carried him down, that his
companion might live.
Frazer may live, but he will be a cripple
for life. His physical sufferings are coupled
with his mental agonies, and it is feared that
his reason will fail him. He was taken on
a Lake Shore tram to Ashtabula.
SHERIFF FLACK GUILTY.
Ho and Ills Son and Joseph Sleeks Are Con
victed of Consplrncr in Obtaining- a
Divorce From Mrs. Flack
Tho Judge's Charge.
New YoKK,March 22. The defense in the
Flack conspiracy case was closed at noon to
day. When tbe argument of counsel was
concluded, Judge Barrett gave au ex
haustive charge, the jury not retiring until
9:10 p. m. The charge was divided on the
two definitions he gave of tbe conspiracy in
law:
First To do an unlawful act by unlawful
means.
Second To do a lawful act by unlawful
means.
There was no doubt tbat tbe judgment record
is that of a Iraudulent divorce. Under tbe
first division tbo jury must decido whether
tbe suit had been falsely instituted and
if Mrs. Flack had given lier consent.
Under the second, assuming tbat Mrs. Flack
bad agreed to tbe proceedings and bad a right
to a divorce. It would be necessary to consider
if unlawful means had been employed to procure
it. It was proved that Sheriff Flack
had been intimate with Susan T.
Raymond. If tbe jury found that the evidence
was false about bis relations with Susan T.
Raymond tbat would be unlawlul means
and a fraud upon tbe court and the law.
Tbe charges in the summons and complaint
by Meets were fraudulent. James A. Flack's
connection with the alleged conspiracy ends
with the visit of Sleeks to Bookstaver. That of
Meeks' begins with the visit to Lawjer Wright
win f laces connection runs turongn Dota
periods, and largely depends upon bis letter to
V right, authorizing Wright to appear for his
mother.
The Judge charged the jury as to reasona
ble doubt, and lett the case with the jury.
The ibre) lawyers for the defense each pre
sented a lengthy list of requests to charge.
About 12:30 o'clock the jury came into
court and announced that they had. found
all three of the defendants guilty Sheriff
Flack, his son, William, and Joseph Meeks.
At midnight a reporter was found secreted
in the jury room. He was brought into court,
his notes taken from him and severely rep
rimanded by Judge Barrett.
GAMBLING AT CAMBRIDGE.
Ono of the Dens Presided Over by nn Ex
Minister of tbo Gospel.
tSPECIAL TELEQBAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
Boston, March 22. Not to mention the
innumerable clubs that exist in Cambridge,
where hundreds of dollars are nightly won
and lost at the gaming table or from
drinks, there are several open re
sorts that are daily and night
ly flourishing right under the
eyes of the police. Draw poker is the prin
cipal game played, but the prominence of
the people who frequent the place and the
fact that some are well known officials,
show to what extent this vice is practiced.
But that is not the worst of it by any
means. The proprietor, the man who sells
chips and redeems them and who is a par
ticipant in the game himself, is a minister
of the gospel and an ex-pastor of one of
Cambridge's churches.
TO BANISH CIGARETTES.
It Is Believed That Maryland's New Law
Will Do It.
(SrECIAT. TELEPBAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
Annapolis, Md., March 22. The Gov
ernor has signified his intention to sign the
cigarette bill, which has passed both
branches of the Legislature. The effect
will be the extermination of the little
smoker. The measure, while not prohibit
ing the sale,places an almost prohibitory
tariff on the cigarette.
It provides that a seller must pay an ex
tra license tax of $50 and that he must make
oath before the clerk of the court to which
he applies lor license that the cigarette
which he proposes to sell under said license
will contain no injurious drug or narcotic.
All the dealers are tretting rid of their stock
as rapidly as possible, while the smokers are
laying in a good supply.
BRITONS WANT WHISKT.
A Syndicate Formed to Purchase a Number
of Kentucky Distilleries.
Louisville, March 22. It was reported
here to-day, that the negotiations of an En
glish syndicate for the leading distilleries
of Kentucky had been closed. Julius Gold
man who has been acting as the agent of
the English company refused to afhrm or
deny the report. Prominent distillers assert
the report is correct.
Among the establishments to be purchased
are: Sherlev's, and Patterson's, of Louis
ville; Stagg," of Frankfort; Tarr & Co., of
Lexington; White's, of Paris; and Pepper's,
of Lexington.
SUICIDE OF A SCHOOL GIRL.
She Takes a Dose ot Htrycbnlno Beeanso
Her Teacher Reproves Her.
rSPECIAL TSLEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCIt.1
Flemingsbtjbg, Kt., March 22. Last
night, at Hillsboro, the daughter of the late
Lewis Markwell, aged 12, committed suicide
by taking strychnine, causing death iu a
short time. She wrote a note to her little
sister stating that she would not see her
alive again.
The cause of the rash act is said to have
been a reproof from her. teacher in school
that day, which she considered a disgrace.
The poison was taken from a package
which had been in the family closet for
years.
Master Workmnn O'Neill Keslcns.
Tkenton, N. J., March 22. John A.
O'Neill, Master Workman of the National
Operative Potters' Association, which has
a membership of 8,000, tendered his resigna
tion; owing to dissatisfaction expressed
with his work.
a kick in the banks, araAJssdcciinc (ic ii ci nnn 1
Two Republican Members of the
Elections Committee Declare
AGAINST THE M'COIIAS MEASURE.
It is Probable the Ohio Democrats Can Do
Just as They Please.
A NEW CANDIDATE MUST BE SELECTED
None of lit Present Applicants Will be rostmaster of
McKeesport.
The McComas bill, designed to nullify
the Ohio gerrymander, may be killed in the
committee. Two Republican members
Frank, of Missouri, and Smyser, of Ohio
have declared against it. The river and
harbor bill will be reported next week and
will appropriate about $20,000,000.
imoit A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.!
Washington, March 22. Tbereis a
possibility that the McComas bill to regulate
the election of Representatives to Congress
may be defeated in committee and may
never be reported to tbe House. The select
committee on the election of President, Vice
President and Representatives in Congress, in
which the bill was originated by two or three
of its Republican members, has been con
sidering it section by section. It was ex
pected tbat at to-day's session its considera
tion would be completed, but Judge Tourgee
appeared for the purpose of speaking on the
proposed national election law and the com
mittee gave the whole of the morning to
him.
On next Thursday, however, the bill will
be taken up again and probably finished.
Dnring tbe discussion of the bill it has de
veloped that all of the Republican members
of the committee are not in favor of such
legislation at the present time.
inE MISSOURI IDEA.
Representative Frank, of Missouri, has
come out strongly in opposition to it on the
ground that it would not be fair to these
States in which political changes are con
stantly occurring to tie their hands for ten
years at a time and prevent their making
any changes in districts during that period.
He doubts the power of Congress to enact
this sort of legislation, and, even if that
power exists, he is of the opinion that it
would be bad policy to take away from the
States themselves the privilege of making
such changes ss they may deem fit
Mr. Smyser, of Ohio, another of the Re
publican members of the committee, is also
opposed to tbe bill, although not so strongly
as is Mr. Frank. There are eight Republi
cans on the committee to five Democrats,
but if these two Republicans, Frank and
Smyser, vote with the Democrats the bill
will be defeated.
Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, one of the Re
publican members of the committee and the
Chairman of the Committee on Elections,
said to-day: "I don't know whether the
bill will be reported or not It will depend
a good deal on whether the members on the
floor want such a bill. I understand that
Mr. McKinley and some other members of
the Ohio delegation are opposed to tbe bill,
but I think their opposition is based on the
belief that they will be able to get
MOKE POLITICAL ADVANTAGE
ont of submitting to the infamous Ohio
gerrymandering scheme than they can by
fighting it, just as was the case in Indian
apolis recently when the members of Coun
cil fixed up the city so that all the wards
would be Democratic, and the people got
mad and gave them all to the Repub
licans. I and all the other members of
the committee fullv appreciate the
fact that it can be justly claimed
that this McComas bill is proposed at this
time for the one purpose of combatting the
Ohio gerrymander. All the other sections of
the bill might just as well be postponed un
til alter the coming census and the new ap
portionment I, myself, am in favor of a na
tional redistricting, which shall occur after
every decennial census and remain undis
turbed until the next census. There is in
many States an arrangement of districts
which is unfair and was made to be unfair.
These discrepancies ought to be remedied
and a national scheme ot districts be devised
which shall appear to all the world as fair,
equitable and judicious. Some such scheme
as this may be devised and carried ont if the
work of the present census is carried
through sufficiently early to permit of this
Congress making the new apportionment."
$20,000,000 FOR ElTERS.
Tho Bill Will Probnblr be Reported to the
Honsei Next Week.
rrnoii a staff cobhesfondet.i
Washington, March 22. The River
and Harbor Committee of the House is mak
ing rapid progress with its appropriation
bill, and expects to have it ready to report
to the House during the next week. The
committee has stopped giving bearings dur
ing the afternoons, and listens to arguments
in the morning, and devotes the rest of the
session after 2 o'clock to executive business.
In this way it hopes to complete the bill in a
few more days. Tbe bill when reDorted will
carry an appropriation of about $$20,000,000.
A delegation from McKeesport is ex
pected to arrive on Monday or Tuesday to
address the committee on the subject of
Congressman Ray's bill to improve the
Youghiogheny river by a system of locks
and dams. The vast coal and coke region
along that river is at present entirely de
pendent upon railroad facilities, and it is
thought that if the improvement of the river
as contemplated is carried ont cheaper
rates can be obtained for the transportation
of those two articles.
SANGUINE, BUT HUSTLING.
The Friends of Wallace at Washington Are
Hard nt Work.
FEOM A STAFP COBBESFOHDEXT.l
Washington, March 22. Hon. P. J.
Pierce, late Back Examiner of the Pitts
burg district, was in the city to-day and
passed considerable time with Congressman
Mutchler. Mr. Pierce has an established
reputation as one of the most secretive and
cunning of politicians, and consistently
with the character refused to say one word
in regard to the politics involved in his
visit but his intimacy with Hon. William
A. Wallace, and the fact of his being
closeted with Mutchler. is accepted as proof
that some important movement is on foot in
Mr. Wallace's interests. The persistence
of Mr. Chauncey F. Black as a candidate,
and the quiet movements of the friends of
e-Governor Pattisou, have excited the
fears of the Wallace men.
Mr. Wallace's friends here profess to feel
convinced of his nomination, but friends of
Black are equally sanguine. .
WANAMAKER NOT COMING.
Qnny and Depew Will be Present nt the
Americas Club Dinner.
TBOM A STAIT COBBESroXDENT.I
Washington, March 22. Senator
Quay, Mr. Richard Murphy, his private
secretary, and Mr. Chauncey M. Depew
have accepted invitations to be present at
the dinner to be given by the Americas
Club In Pittsburg on the 26th of next
month. Postmaster General Wanamaker,
le dinner is to ue given ou - - pjnSSi4to.' I
t, and Mr. Wanamaker alw WOrT 9pf
to Philadelphia to spend his Sunti.. ow
MUST BE A MW MAN.
None of tho Present Applicants Will Ever
bo Postmaster of McKeesport Har
rison and Wannmnker Both
Opposed to Thompson.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, March 22. A prominent
official of the Postoffice Department said to
day, in conversation with The Dispatch
correspondent on the subject of the Mc
Kee sport postoffice: "You might as well let
Congressman Ray and Captain Thompson
understand now that the latter will not be
the postmaster at McKeesport under the
present administration. The action of the
Postmaster General in telling Mr. Ray that
Captain Thompson's name should be with
drawn was regarded by him as final. It
is now nearly six weeks since that
ocenrred. The Postmaster General, in tell
ing Mr. Ray this, was acting under the in
structions he had received from tbe Presi
dent during a conference on this subject
.bach time Captain Thompson has been
down here since then he has only increased
the unfavorable impression entertained by
the Postmaster General for him. It is not
that any specific charges have had influence
or weight with the Postmaster General in
causing him to be so steadfast in requesting
a new name, but tbe general belief he has
tbat Captain Thompson is not the right sort
of a man to be postmaster at McKeesport
Of course I understand that Mr. Ray does
not like to withdraw bis name so long as
there is any chance at all of his being con
firmed, but I do think Mr. Thompson ought
to relieve Mr. Ray of this necessity.
"You can also assert very positively that
Senator Quay bas 'toted' fair all through
this fight He has had nothing whatever to
say on tbe subject except once, several
weeks before he went South, when he said
that the recommendation of the Congressman
ought to be respected. It is very unfortunate
tbat this trouble has arisen over tne matter,
and I feel very sorry for Captain Thompson.
It is his misfortune rather than his fault that
he will fail to get this office. Another thing
that can be stated with emphasis is that
there is no chance whatever for the selection
of either Mr. Stove, Mr. Carrothers or Mr.'
Harrison. There must be a new deal all
around and an entirely new man selected.
The sooner this is done the sooner there will
be a new postmaster at McKeesport"
A B0DNTI ON SUGAR BEETS.
Senator Pnddock's fechemo to Increase tho
Saccharine Production.
Washington, March 22. Senator Pad
dock, from the Committee on Agriculture
and Forestry, to-day reported a substitute
for two bills referred to the committee for
the encouragement of the cultivation of the
sugar beet and the manufacture of sugar
therefrom, with a request that it be referred
to the Committee on Finance. The bill pro
poses a bounty of $1 for every ton of beets
raised in the United States, delivered to a
factory and made into merchantable sugar,
and a bounty of $1 for every 100 pounds of
sugar manulactured from beets raised in the
United States, the bounty to be paid only
during the fiscal years 1801, 1892 and 1893.
It also proposes to admit free of duty dur
ing the same period all machinery imported
for the manufacture of beet sugar.
Who Killed Them for Him T
Washington, March 22. The Presi
dent returned to Washington this evening
from his shooting expedition, bringing with
him 60 fine ducks.
HER AMBITION THWARTED.
Sister Rose Gertrude Not Allowed to Enter
tbe Leper Settlement.
San Fkancisco, March 22. Dr. J. M.
Whitney, of Honolulu, who arrived here on
the steamer Australia yesterday, states that
Sister Rose Gertrude, the English girl, who
was anxious to nurse the lepers at Molokaie,
will not become an exile iu the leper settle
ment and perhaps die there, as she antici
pated.
The settlement of Molokaie is in charge
of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who are
maintained there by the Hawaiian Govern
ment, and as Sister Rose Gertrude belongs
to another order the Dominican Sisters
she could not be admitted. She is therefore
at Kalili, receiving station forlepers,or those
who are supposed to have contracted the
disease. There they are cared for until it
can be determined what their ailment really
is. Dr. Whitney states that she is very
comfortable at Kalili and not isolated,
though she is disappointed in her expecta
tions. '
FAITH-CURIST INDICTED.
Charged With manslaughter for Allowing
Ills Child to Die Without Medical Aid.
New Yoek, March 22. Gutthorn Olson,
a Swede and faith-curist, was indicted by
the Kings county grand jury to-day for
manslaughter in the second degree for
allowing his 10-months-old son to die with
out medical attendance. He was arraigned
iu court later and pleaded not guilty. Olson
is out on bail.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTOR!.
Contents Classified for the Convenience of
the Reader.
The first part of The Dispatch to-day con
tains the news of tbe world and editorial com
ments thereon. The second and third parts
are made up as follows:
Part II.
Paat 9.
Chicago and tbe Fair Our Spiciai, Bureau
Wathington Extravagance... .HISS Qbuwdt, Jb.
Beatrice H. Kider Haggard
Page 10.
Sights in Bogota Faxxix B. Ward
Hints for Society Belles Emiia V. Sueridax
The Proving of Philip Eiv. George Hodges
Fage 11.
To Let Column. Want Colnmn.
For Sale Column. Business Notices.
Page 13.
Tbe Social World.
Thespian Chatter.
Gossip of the iillltla.
Page 13.
Secret Societies.
Business Cards.
The Grand Army.
Brash and Palette.
News of the Schools.
Local Trade Matters.
Markets by Telegraph.
Page It.
Crap Shooting in Dixie W. L. Hawlet
Kussli'a Prison System Bessie Bramble
Senatorial Stories Frank U. Carpenter
Everday Day Science. Business Cards.
rage lb.
Danger In Smoking Sir Morell Mackenzie
Facts About Cigars
Thoughts for the Day A Clekgyjiax
Page IB.
Huntlne for Ivory BOOEit Casement
Late News In Brief. Amnsement Notices.
Business Cards.
Part III.
Page 17.
Stories of Jerry Rusk Frank O. Carpenter
Dispensing Information Bill Nye
Catching the Cod J. H. D.
Come Forth Elizabetd: Stuart Puelfs
Page IS.
Bait for Trout and Bass ...Benjamin Northrop
Stories of Ghosts A Symposium
A One btory Cottage B. W. Suoppell
Page 13.
Tbe WcatherSprlte Patsib
Wall Street Swindles H. LB.
Forces of Nature Bumbalo
IhoFUeslde Sphinx E. K. Chadbourn
Page SO.
Meg. Caroline Pepper, Mrs.
si. c. hunoirpobd. Eliza
ABCHABD CONNER, TUEODOKE
STiNIOH
Doctors' Delving BUIRLET Dare
Gossip of (lay Gotham. ,... claba Bills
ruiu ui n iluuui l
Rising
People Yery Anxious.
OYER RAILROAD TRACKS.
Heavy Rains Swell the Headwaters
of Both Streams.
DWELLERS ON THE BANKS AWAKE
Rivermen and those who live along the
hanks ot tbe rivers are very anxious at the
rapidly rising water. News from the head
waters is far from encouraging. No dam
age has as yet resulted. A stage of from 23
to 30 feet is expected.
The rivers rose rapidly yesterday afternoon
and last night, increasing as the time passed
after dark. Fears of a flood are felt by
merchants and dwellers along the lower
parts of Pittsburg and Allegheny.
Yesterday the people living along the
Allegheny river did not feel much alarm
The river was high but it did not appear to be
rising very rapidly, and the current was not
rapid. In fact, down about the Sixth street
bridge and from tbat to the Union bridge,
along in that territory where one or two
Carnegie Library sites and recollections of
fire engine tests are carefully moored to the
shore, there was, for a large part of the day
hardly any current at all.
AHEAD OF THE ALLEGHENY.
Many a champion oarsman on paper
would actually have been able to row up
stream. The reason for this was that the
enterprising Monongahela had "got its
move on" somewhat in advance of the Alle
gheny, which, by long association with
places like Kittanuing, Freeport and Taren
tum, had become rather slow. The Monon
gahela was higher than its sister stream, so
that the latter was unable to rnn swiftly, re
ceiving at it3 mouth some back-water from
the other stream.
But the rain kept on, not only here bat
over all the headwaters. It was not a vehe
ment rain. It had about it none of the
dashing, red feather qualities of Boulanger
or Kaiser Wilhelm, but it displayed, to a
large degree, the faculty of get-therativeness
which was sure to produce results.
Toward evening the occupants of boats
along the banks began to discover that the
Allegheny was creeping up with steady per
sistence, like Tennyson's lion, "drawing
nigher, ever nigher," to the danger Hno
along the shore.
UP-F.IVEB NEWS 03IINOTS.
News from up the stream was ominous,
and by nightfall not only the shantyboat
men were uneasy, but housekeepers and
merchants began to feel some alarm.
The men -who- live in the boats secured
their crafts to strong timbers by heavy
ropes, securely fastened their small boats,
made everything sang and prepared
to float At 10 o'clock a reporter
visited one of the boats on the
Allegheny side, near the Sixth street bridge.
The proprietor and the occupant of a neigh
boring boat were snugly seated before a
comfortable fire in the cosy sitting room.
They had out a long plank to shore, but it
was being rapidly submerged. Alongside
the boat was a skiff. The boat-keeper said:
"I may need that skiff in the morning to
get to shore. I will stay here all night
My lines are strong, and I fear ro danger
unless something breaks loose up above me.
THE OBEATEST DANGEE.
"The greatest danger in high water comes
from a rapid current and the coming down
of heavy drift You see there is hardly any
drift now, but the current is getting very
rapid out in the river. It is about 19 feet
now and rising about 5 incbes'anhour."
The boat keeper pointed out over the dark
and swollen river. Midway the reflection
of the lights on the further side were re
flected on the water, and there the rapidity
of the current could be seen. Now and
then a piece of timber or a box floated rap
idlv through the streak of light The sweep
of the surge made a low but ominous sound.
The waves splashed around the stone bridge
piers, wnere mere were Drosen lines ot light.
The owners of shanty boats were up all
night tightening their lines as the water
rose, to draw them further and further in
shore. As time passed the current increased
in rapidity and the hourly rise grew greater.
STOPPED THE TEAJNS.
At 10 o'clock there was a foot of water
over the tracks of the Pittsburg and West
ern Railroad at Anderson street. The tracks
are depressed there, where the roadway
passes under the approach to the Pleasant
Valley bridge, and at the hour mentioned
the water had stopDed the operation of the
road. The locomotives could not pass
through the low part without danger that
the water would enter the fire box.
Captain Cox sat in the Adam Jacobs last
evening, and looked ont over the turbulent
water of the Monongahela river, which waa
rising rapidly. "My boy." said be to a re
porter, who asked him question, "if I mis
take not the river will reach 30 feet That
is only 2 feet and 7 inches less than the high
water rcacnea in 1884."
HOURLY OEOWINO WILDER.
Both rivers are growing wilder every min
ute, and there is considerable uneasiness
among rivermen and people who live near
to the water. The streams are
full of floating timber and rub
bish, but so far as can be
learned no accidents have occurred, and no
material damage has been done. The con
tinuance of the heavy rains and the warm
weather was a warning to owners of craft,
and when the rivers commenced
to forge ahead yesterday morning men were
put to work to fasten all the boats. The
moorings ot coal barges were made more se
cure, and all last night steam was main
tained in the boats to be ready to move at a
moment's warning to lend assistance. AU
the loose barrels and freight on the wharf
has been moved back.
PBAYINO FOR COLD WEATHER.
At 10 o'clock last evening the Mononga
hela registered 20 feet, and was rising at the
rate of 6 inches per hour. Rivermen were
sanguine that it wouldn't go higher than 25
feet, but others claimed that a sudden cold
snap was the only thing that
would prevent a disastrous flood.
The Adam Jacobs couldn't make its trip
to Morgantown yesterday afternoon, and the
Elizabeth couldn't come down. The packet
Hudson is tied up in Cincinnati. The Rain
bow started about 4 o'clock with 250 tons of
freight and some passengers for Cincinnati.
The boat barely passed the Point bridge.
The Courier arrived early in the evening
a day behind time. The Captain figured oa
leaving again at 12 o'clock last evening.
He was afraid the water would become so
high that his boat wouldn't clear the
bridges.
NOT AT ALL ENCOURAGING.
The reports from all the up streams are.
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