3-F0tl 1iUMXES AND FINANCIAL SEWS, LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKERS SEE ELEVENTH TAGE, SEC OND PART. EEMMLEK'S DEMISE Is Kow Only the Question of Exceed ingly Few short Hours. YISITOKS CROWDING THE TOWN. The Electrician's learlj Contract Expires en llaj the First. A SLICE REPORTER'S RDSE FOILED. Kcmnltr 61111 Keeps Up a D-Rrcd Impassibility Born cf Brnte Ccnrart. As the contract with Mr. Brown, the elec trician, expires on Thursday, and he shows no particular desire to renew it with the Auburn State prison authorities, the electro cution must come off before that, but the hour has not yet been announced. An en terprising reporter who w ished to pain ad mittance as a doctor, was repulsed. Kemm ler still maintains a dogged, if not defiant mien. rsrECIJLL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Aubukx, April 28. In all probability William Kemmler, the murderer of Tilhe Ziegler, will be killed in the State prison here some time between sunrise and noon on next "Wednesday. It is impossible to find out for a certainty just when the killing will be done, for "Warden Durston, who has charge ot this very important detail, pro fesses absolute ignorance on the subject. The contract with Harold P. Brown, the electrical expert, expires on May 1. There are a cod many interesting details to settle, the most important of them being the selec tion of some person who is willine to turn on the deadly current and thus become an executioner. The warden is not pleased at tbe careless ness of Brown whose contract requires him to keep the death dealing apparatus in order lor one year. The only active interest Brown has shown in the matter for some months was an attempt to have himself represented by a "Dr." Bowen, who was suspected by "Warden Durston of being the reporter of some newspaper and so the "doctor" was given a cold shoulder when he appeared. The whole details are being considered by Sheriff Durston. CBOWDS GATHERING. The town is filling up with strange faces and the hotels are doing a business that robs them of all hope of ever feeling sorry that Kemmler had to die. The residents of the outlying districts who heretofore never saw any reason for coming into town at this time ot the year, are now forced here on all sorts of errand that will permit oi no delay. The big stone prison with its fortress like entrance and the continental soldier who stands guard on its root with face forever watchins: High street has become a wonder lul object of interest to these rural wanderers. To the left of the entrance andjustonthe edge of the solid casing which surrounds an iron barred window are two small porcelain knobs which hola in place the deadly wires that mean so much to Kemmler. The cell behind this window has walls and a ceiling of a dull white color. It is furnished with a sink and bath tub. It contains also the apparatus with which the death dealing efficiency of electricity will soon be tested. The chair upon which Kemmler will sit upright for the last time will probably be placed in position to-morrow. The chair is the child of Warden Durston's brain, and is far from being the elaborate and awe-inspiring structure which it was first intended to use. THE CHAIR Or DEATH. It is neither more nor less than a simple arm chair, with a broad, inviting seat and a restlul slant. This chair, festooned with the straps which are to bind the head and arms and limbs of Kemmler, was exhibited to-day, nnd was the object of an interesting experi ment Drs. C. M. Daniels and A. P. South wick, of Buffalo, with Drs. E. C. Spitzka and Austin Lint, of New York, are going to perform the autopsy on Kemmler's body when it is thougbt that life has left It ar rived here this aiternoon and went at once to the prison. Dr. Daniels was anxious to try the effi ciency of the chair. He had an idea that after the first fatal shock the relaxation of the body would be so great that it would present a horrible appearance in case the straos were not bound tightly enough to prevent collapse. In order to be satisfied on this point he seated himself in the chair in the presence ot Dr. Southwick, District At torney Grunby, of Erie county, the "Warden and a formidable array o. reporters, and had the straps lastened on him in the same manner as they will be on Kemmler. The trial was satislactory and he felt sure that no mishap, snch as he previously feared, would happen. Dr. Southwick is anxious to have every detail attending the killing of Kemmler given the widest publicity. He said that this was the only way in which the friends of the law providing for this new method of killing condemned murder ers could demonstrate that what they have urged in its favor is trne. DEATH INSTANTANEOUS. He said that he believed death would be absolutely instantaneous and that it would be attended with the slightest possible modicum of pain. The try ing of the chair was silently conducted, and the conversation which followed it was car ried on in low tones, for nearby in his nar now cell and in the short corridor was heard the nervous tread of the condemned man asbe placed restlessly to and fro. A daily visitor to the gloomy prison is the Rev. Dr. Houghton, of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, who has been constant in his efforts to save Kemmler's soul, and apparently Kemmler is repentantand deeply religious when the clergvman is bv him. At other times, however, his prayer book is but a piece of furniture that he could well spare if it were not a trifle pretty in appear ance. Kemmler never reads it, except when he is asked to, and then his reading is to him but a meaningless jumble of words. In alluding to the reports that the condemned had been converted, Mr. Grunby said that such statements had no foundation. It was his opinion, he said, that Kemmler has not sufficient moral basis on which to build any lasting impression of any kind. KEMMLER NOT CONVERTED. However this may be, it is certain that nothing in Kemmler's speech or actions indicates that he suffers much in anticipa tion of the fate that awaits him. There is nothing of the bravo in his manner, and whether it is from a mental inability to realize his position or from pure brute courage, he maintains always an- irrational calmness and apes a cheerfulness that nobody else feels in his presence. "What will become of the poor fellow's body when tbe doctors' knives are through with it is not yet certain. It will surely be covered with quicklime, and it is also like ly that it will be buried in a corner of the prison grounds. The law limits the number of persons allowed to be present at the killing to27. Wbo these27 willbe no one knows to-night Scores ol applications have been made for admission bv the residents here, and as many more hive come from other towns and cities. It is likely that a major ity ol the "jury" will be doctors and elcc iricians. Klnjor Grant Will Meet the Chorees. New Yobk, April 28. Mayor Grant to day said that he would not enter into any discussion, directlvor indirectly, regarding fthe testimony ot Patrick McCann before the Senate Committee on Saturday, but would meet tbe charges iully and promptly in his "own way. WOEKING FOE HASTINGS. Tho Committee oj One Xlundred Adopt a Flan of Cnropalen Highly Eulo gistic Resolutions Passed A Business Like Move. rsrrciAi. tkleoiuk to tus dibfatcb.1 Philadelphia, April 28. Forty-five of the members of the Committee of One Hun dred, selected for the purpose of advancing the candidacy of General Hastings for the Republican nomination for Governor, met to-night in the Lafayette Hotel. John L. Lawson presided, with Alexander ?. Colesberry as secretary. The meet ing was a secret one, and was devoted entirely to arranging the details of the programme which is to be carried out by the committee. It was decided to empower the Ex ecutive Committee to arrange for a public meeting to be held in the near future, and the committee was instructed to visit "Washington to secure speakers for the occasion. John "W. "Woodside was selected as Chair man of the Publication Committee, after which Hastings was sent for to address the meeting. Tbe General, in a few brief remarks, thanked those present forthe in terest taken in the matter of nomination, and at the close of his remarks was warmly applauded. The meeting authorized the execu tive officers to issue an address to the Republican voters of Penn sylvania, calling attention to the importance of electing delegates to the next Republican State Convention to be held at Harrisburg June 23, in favor of General D. H. Hastings as tbe candidate for Governor. "In doing so," the address continues, "we do not, in the least, desire to underrate the high character and political merits of any other candidate." A resolution was adopted recommending General D. H. Hastings to the next Re publican Sate Convention as the candidate of the party for jGovernor. It goes on to say that he isthe choice of nine-tenths of the Republican voters of the State and he has been a firm adherent of Republican principles. Another resolution called for the ap pointment by the meeting of a committee of 100 citizens to take charge of the movement THE CLAYTON HrVESTIGATIOK. NearljSOO Witnesses Examined, bat Nothing Mnrllinc Brought On!. Little Rock, Ark., April 28. The Clayton-Breckinridge Investigation Com mittee examined 195 witnesses to-day. All but three were colored voters, who testified that they were at Plummerville, Conway county, on the day of the Presidental elec tion and voted for John M. Clayton for Con gress. County Judge J. H. Morritt, of Arkansas county, testified that he always gare Republican representation on the Election Board whenever requested to do so. Last year no one asked him to appoint any Republicans, so all the judges and clerks he named were Democrats. Sheriff Shelby, of Conway county, testi fied that he was at Morrillton when the ballot-box at Plummerville was stolen. As soon as he heard of it he went there and made diligent search for the boy, and did all he could to discover who the thieves were. "When Clayton was assassinated he was in the northern part of the county. He came to Plummerville two days afterward, and until the Federal Government took charge of the case be tried to find the mur derer. He had a number of clews which he had reported to Governor Eagle and the Prosecuting Attorney of his district Hehad a pistol in his pos session, which was found near the house when Clayton was killed. He was ordered to deliver it to the committee next Friday, at which time he will again be placed on the stand and be thoroughly examined in matters pertaining to the Clayton murder. Over 100 more witnesses from Howards township will be examined to-morrow. I0ES OF XTFE AT THEATER FIRES. Tiro Fire Chlrfs Say tho Death Rate 1 Rnptdiy Decreasing. New York, April 28 Chief Bonner, of the New York Fire Department, and Cap tain Shaw, of the London Fire Brigade, have been collecting theater statistics from all over the world, which seem to prove that the agitation over the dangers of theaters from fires has not been without good results. They find that in 1889 28 theaters were burned, of which 15 were totally destroyed. The number or deaths was 19, and the num ber ol injured 91. In 1888 22 theaters took fire, with a loss of 125 lives; in 1887 17 thea ters were burned and 288 persons perished, and in 18S6 17 theaters were burned, with a loss ot 108 lives. The figures show that in 1889, when a greater number of theaters were on fire than in any of the three years under consideration, there was far less loss ot life. It is expected by Chiefs Bonner and Shaw that this favor able condition of affairs is not temporary, and that the present year will make a still better showing, in view ot the increasing precautions taken against snch calamities. They do not believe the occurrence of theater fires will be entirely obviated by any num ber ot safeguards, but consider it probable that their prompt suppression willbe greatly assisted by care and watchfulness. DOCK LABORERS STRIKE. Conl Hen vers nnd Other Laborer! Demnnd Advanced Wngcs. St. Paul, April 28. Correspondents at Duluth, Minn., and "West Superior, "Wis., the two cities on opposite sides of Duluth harbor, report a strike there to-day of dock men and coal heavers; at "West Superior 175 employes of the Northwestern Fuel Company and 100 of the Lehigh Fuel Com panv's employes, while 200 strikers are ont at Duluth. The dockmen have been getting $1 75 a day and want S2, while the coal heavers want 50 cents an honr instead of the 40 cents now paid. These demands are for the rates of wages paid two years ago. A Saloonkeeper Snlcldrn. tSrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DIRPATCn.1 Mansfield, O., April 28. "W. A. Rodoctcer, a saloonkeeper, suicided in an alley off Sugar street about 7 o'clock this evening by cutting his throat "When found he was lying on his face and breath ing very heavily. He died before a physi cian could reach him. He was 45 years old and has a family. Despondency was given as the cause. DIlrnncbinlng the Mormons. "Washington, April 28. The House Committee on Territories to-day by a vote of7to3, authorized a favorable report on the bill which it has had under considera tion for some time, to amend the Edmunds Tucker anti-polygamy act. It enlarges the scope of that law by disfranchising ad herents of the Mormon faith who refuse to take the prescribed oath. SnnpenMnn of u Racket Shop. Philadelphia, April 23. Merrick, Price & Co., the proprietors of a bucket shop here, to-day annonnced their suspen sion. The firm "laid down" on their cus tomers, but announces that it will pay 100 cents on the dollar. This is the second bncketshop which has gone under here since the recent bull movement in stocks. rinn for Slodrl Prisons. St. Petersburg, April 28. An exhibi tion of plans for model prisons nnd peniten tiaries and of the apparatus necessary for use in the admmUtration of prisons will be had here during tbe time the International Prison Congress, which opens on June 15, is in session. THE PATTISON INDORSED. Tbe Leading Philadelphia Democrats De clare Themselves In Favor of Ills Candidacy The Hatchet Burled. rerr.ciAi. telxokam to tux dispatch! Philadelphia, April 28. The local Democratic leaders who are friends of ex Postmaster Harrity after having held several previous conferences decided to support ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison as the Democratic nominee. Mr. Harrity and the ex-Governor have been at sword's point politically since 1883, but their personal relations have not been strained, hence the desire of Mr. Harrity, after consultation with his polical associates to assist in securing the nomina tion for the ex-Governor. "When asked 'regarding the truth of the statement that Mr. Pattison will 'be supported by the leaders! in control ot the local organization. Mr. Harrity said: "It is quite true that Mr. Pattison will be strongly supported by the delegates from Philadelphia. His administration ns Governor was in every respect clear, capable and creditable, and I have no hesitation in saying that I regard him as the strongest and most available candidate." Ex-Chairman of the Democratic City Committee Robert S. Patterson, who was one ot the participants in the conference, said: "Mr. Patti son's record as Governor makes him our strongest candidate. "With him to head the ticket, there will be nothing to explain or defend. Our friends have concluded to aid in hurrying about his nomination, and I shall give him mv best support." John R. Reed, United States District At torney for the Eastern District of Pennsyl vania, was equally emphatic in bis declaration in favor ot Mr. Pattison's nomination. "There is no 'doubt about it," said Mr. Reed, "that Governor Pattison's administration gave so much sat isfaction to the people of the State that he would make a most formidable candidate. He wonld, perhaps, more than any other Democrat, attract the support of the Inde pendents, and without their aid we cannot succeed." Ex-Representative George McGowan, who is a delegate to the State Convention, said, in speaking upon the subject: "Yes, I have come to a conclusion as to whom I shall support for Governor. After a deliberate and thorough considera tion of the question, I have determined to give Governor Pattison my earnest and sincere support Under all circumstances I regard him as our most available candidate. I believe he wili receive the votes of three-fourths, if not all the Philadelphia delegates." TWELVE DAYS ON FISH. A Government Surveying Pnrly Reduced to Extremities by the Indians. Chicago Mall. Iu 1834 John Brink, then a Government surveyor, was on a surveying tour near Green Bay. A messenger on "Old Polly," the only horse of Brink's party, started out for provisions. On the way back Indians captured him, turning "Old Polly" and her pack of provisions loose. "As luck would have it," said brink yes terday, "there were plenty of fish in the stream at our camp. "We had no firearms to kill game, and so we had nothing but fish. There was one man in our party who was so hungry that he didn't even wait to cook the fish. He just scraped off the scales and chewed the stuff up almost before the finnv creature waslead. "For just 11 days welived on nothing but roasted fish. It was fish for breakfast, fish for dinner and fish for supper, and you can better believe that we were sick ot fish be fore we got through with our experience. We had no salt or anything to flavor the stuff with; it was simply roasted fish, day alter day. The twelfth day that we arose to begin the day with a fine bieakfast we heard the tinkling of a bell, and on the rrestofa little hill we saw old Polly. As soon as she discovered us she came galloping up, neighing as if overjoyed to see us. She was so pleased to find us that she actually laughed. I could see her eyes blaze with delight, and as she rnbbe'd her nose against my shonlder she appeared to be brimful of happiness. "The pack containing pork, and beans and flour was still strapped to her back, and yon can wager all yon have got that we had a good square meal that day." WANTS HER BOY RACK. Mrs. Lane Accuses W.B. Jennings of Taking Her Son From Her. rsrxctAL TrLronAM to the dispatch, i New Yobk, April 28. Mrs. Miranda Lane, a negress who served a long term of bondage in Mississippi, is suing "Walter B. Jennings, the well-known horse man, for $5,000 damages for enticing away and harboring her son Alex. The case is on tbe calendar of the Supreme Court for trial. Mrs. Lane lives in Memphis. On May 1, 1884, when Alex was 11 years old, Jennings came there with 1 a string of horses. Alex used to do odd jobs about the stables and on the last night of the races be didn't go home as usnal. He has been with Jennings ever since. The mother says that she did not consent to heV son going away, and that she received no reply to her many letters to the horseman. Mr. Jennings says that the boy begged to be taken into his employ and that he re fused to hire him without his mother's consent. Alexander took home a written agreement and brought it bacK the next day bearing his mother's signature. The boy has made an affidavit in which he says that his elder brother read the agree ment to Mrs. Lane, and that being unable to write authorized its signature. "When the mother and son meet in court to-day they will see each other for the first time in six years. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. Twelve Republicans, Eight Conservatives and One Roulnnglst Elected. Pakis, April 28. M. Delabuch, Repub lican, has been elected Deputy for Correze, defeating the Boulangist candidate whose election was quashed by the Chamber of Deputies some time since. The returns of the municipal elections show that 12 Republicans, 8 Conservatives and 1 Boulangist have been successful. Fifty-nine supplementary ballots are necessary, the chances in these being in favor of 42 Republicans, 4 Conservatives and 13 Boulangists. O. A. R. BANQUET In Honor of the GSiu Anniversary of the rtlrlhdny oT GencrnI U. !-. Grant. ' New York, April 28. A banquet in honor of the sixty-eighth anniversary of the birthday of General U. S. Grant was given by U. S. Grant Post No. 327, G. A. R., in the rooms of the post in Brooklyn this even ing. About 200 covers were laid. The respon ses to the toast were given by General Stew art L. "Woodford, General Henry "W. Slo curo, Hon. Charles A. Bontelle, General O. O. Howard, General Horace Porter, Mayor Chapin St Clair McKelway, aud General Wager Swayne. Mnllelon Sign the Treaty. Melbouene, April 28. Advices from Samoa received here state that Mahetoa, King of Samoa, signed the treaty for tbe settlement of Samoan troubles in presence of various consuls at Apa nnd a large num ber of Samoan people. Tamsesi and his party have signified their acceptance of the newregime. A Portion of a Town Bnrned. Tbuckee, Cal., April 28. A portion of the town of Sierraville burned last night. Total Iur is about $22,000; insurance, 2,300. PITTSBURG DISPATCH, LOW LAND SUFFERS, Backwater Now Causing the Princi pal Damage at New Orleans. STEAMERS RESCUING THE PEOPLE. Planters in North Louisiana Encouraged at the Outlook. A BAD STATE OP AFFAIRS AT DALLAS. Larjo forces or lien Repairing Washouts on the Eailroads. Backwater is now doing the principal damage to property in the flooded districts of Louisiana. Steamers are removing the imprisoned people. TBe planters expect to commence planting by May 20. At Dalbs a worse state of affairs exist, but the wash outs are being rapidly repaired. fSPICIAI. TELEGRAM TO TltB DISPATCn.1 New Orleans, April 28. The river has fallen and the chief damage now is from backwater, which invades the plantations from the rear. Most of the plantations have rear levees, but some of them were broken to-day at Burrows, Sinclair's and other places, letting in the water on the ele vated lands. Three steamboats loaded with passengers and cattle have reached Plaquemine from the Grosse Tete section of Iberville and West Baton Rouge. Another steamer, the Alarm, with several barges, has been sent into the same country to bring more down. After fighting the flood for nearly a week a large number of them have given it up and joined the refugees at Plaquemine. It now seems inevitable that the fine sngar plantations on the river at Iberville parish, which it was thought at first would escape the overflow, will be more or less affected by backwater. Their probable loss has not hitherto been included in the estimate of damage from the flood. THE LOW LANDS SUBMERGED. The low lands of St. Landry parish are being rapidly submerged by the water from the Atchafalaya and Bayou des Glaizes. The stock in that section is now being re moved to higher lands, but the people will remain in their houses some weefts longer to protect their property, and will leave only when driven out by the water. The Marti nez crevasse in East Baton Rouge has been closed. It is the largest break ever closed on the Mississippi, taking 150,000 sandbags, 1,500 laborers and $25,000 to do it Planters in North Louisiana think that the water will be down sufficiently to plant bv May 20. In Concordia they expect to plant "cotton as late as June 16 and hope to do fairly well with it. A Dallas special says: The sun rose beautifully and clear this morning, but the outlook was the reverse in about 400 homes in Dallas and the suburbs, from wnich the inhabitants had been driven by the over flow in the Trinity river. The river at this rise was a few inches higher than that of 1866, which was the highest recorded within the memory of the oldest settlers. KEPAIRINQ THE WASHOUTS. Large forces of men are hard at work re pairing the washouts pn the Texas and Pa cific, Gulf Colorado nnd Santa Fe, Missouri, Kansas and Texas, Texas Trunk and Oak Cliff elevated railways. The water last night ran tbrongh the windows of the first floor of the Dallas elevator and damaged a large amount of , wheat as well as the ma chinery and belting. The St Louis Press Brick Company are heavy losers, as well as Allensworth & Russey. Two thousand bales of cotton were soaked at the compress, and the DallasBrewingCompanywill suffer considerably from inconvenience caused by water. The Eureka Steam Laundry has suspended operations, as the water is several leet deep in their buildings. Yesterday as the mail was being trans ferred from one train to the other on the Texas and Pacific a pouch of registered mail slipped off the hand-car and jsunk in the swift enrrent before it could be recov ered. Tbe city water works are useless and water for making steam and sprinkling the streets is getting very scarce. The streets couldn't be sprinkled on that account to day. The damage done bv the flood in Dal las will amount to several hundred thousand dollars. A PITIABLE STATE OF AFFAIRS. The little town of Grosse Tete presents a pitiful sight from a distance. It looks like a tug would in the Atlantic ocean. The pro tection levee in front and opposite the Texas Pacific depot gave way this morning, letting the angry waters directly in upon tbe already inundated and helpless town which had been under, for several days from back water coming from the Broquets' crevasse, two miles below. The people have their stock on platforms and Indian mounds and both people and stock are badly in need of assistance at once. Neither provisions or feed stuff to sustain themselves with and no money to buy any with. Upon the whole the situation is distressing. Weather cool with light rains. THE SITUATION' SERIOUS. Tho Wnlrr nt .Martinsville CUInc nt tho Rate of 8 Indies Every 24 Boor. Martinsvilee, La., April 28. The water iu this parish is rising at the rate of eight inches every 24 hours, and those who reside in the lowland sections near the woods were compelled tomove to tbe bayou banks. The crops in these sections are lost Cattle are daily driven through here, going on the west bank of the bavou for pastures. Twenty five hundred people will suffer in this parish from the flood. If it keeps on rising at the present rate for six days more it will reach the 1882 mark, and may go higher. Mr. J. B. Levert is bard at work building a levee to protect his large crop of cane on the St John plautation. The situation is getting to be very serions. The Bayou Chene people are asking for relief boats to save their live stock. Every inch of ground in that section is under water. DANIEL WEBSTER'S SUCCESSOR. Hon. Robert C. Wlnthrop Refnaed the Priv ilege of the Floor. rSPSCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1 Washington-, April 28. Henry Cabot Lodge walked over from the House of Rep resentatives to the Senate Chamber this morning, accompanied by an old gentleman, who wore a heavy cray overcoat, a high hat of the style of 50 years ago, and carried a large cane, upon which he leaned heavily. As they approached tbe door of the Senate, the doorkeeper nodded, but rather intimated to Mr. Lodge that the old gentleman did not have the privilege of the floor. Smiling blandly through his gold-rimmed spectacles, he held out his" hand to the somewhat astonished Doorkeeper and said: "Oh, yesl I have the privilege of the floor. I was a Senator, but probably before your time. I am also an ex-Speaker of the House." Then he good naturedly said that he was Robert C. Winthrop, and that he was a Senator from July, 1850. to February, 1851, having filled the unexpired teim of Daniel Webster. Have You Scon Those pianos and organs at'Hamilton's in beautiful natural woods, oak, walnut, ma hogany, cherry, ash, chestnut, maple and many others, rare and beautiful? See them. You can bay them low and on easy pay ments. Ladles' Silk Gloves and Olltt. Best qualities and styles. v Hobhe & Ward, 41 Fifth avenue. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, A MOTHER'S JCEIMB. DamncInK Testimony Given by a Physician Against Mrs. Vandegrift, Who It Charted Willi Poisoning Her Bon Croton Oil n a Beverage. rSPECIAX. TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l Mount Holly, April 28. The .testi mony in the Vandegrift poisoning case to day pointed to the guilt of the accused, who Bat unmoved throughout it all and occa sionally smiled complacently at the jury. Her son, Frank C. Vorman, sat just behind her, but paid no attention to her. It'is said, however, that he will not testify against her and will take no part in the case. Dr. W. E. Hall, the attending physician, testified that Norman.'s symptoms were those arising from croton oil poisonimr. No disease that he knew of was accompanied by the same group of symptoms. The medicines prescribed for the patient were cast aside by Mrs. Vandegrift, who doed him with senna and croton oil. She told the doctor heate two dozen lemons, smoked 20 cigars a day, and that it was this that caused his illness. Norman de nied the statement. Mrs. Vande grift told the witness that her son's illness was a great disadvan tage to her, as she was to be married to a Philadelphia gentleman on Jnue 1 and go to Europe, but now it wonld have to be postponed. It was about this time that Dr. Hall discovered Mrs. Vandegrift was. buy ing croton oil at a number ot drugstores in Burlington, and he seta trap, he said, and caught her. "" On being accused of administering the poison she denied it, but said she had bought some to remove her corns. When she was threatened with arrest she begged the doctor not toihave her locked up and consented to allow her son to be re moved to a hospital. Afterward she withdrew her consent and threatened to have Dr. Hall and Dr. Gaunt arrested for defamation of character, whereupon the lat ter said with a smile: "Do so and I will then show that you not only tried to kill your son in order to seenre the insnrance of $14,000 on his life, hnt that yon also did kill your husband." On hearing this statement, the doctor testified, her son tried to leave the house, saying he was now satisfied that his mother had been trying to murder him ever since he returned from Philadelphia. FrNISHTHO HIS STUDIES. A Japanese flfficlnl Codifying United State Parliamentary Kales. tSJT.CIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCU.1 Washington, April 28. An agent ol the Japanese Government is in Washing ton for the purpose of making a study of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of this Government, to be used in getting under way the Japanese Parliament provided for by the new constitution. This agent is Mr. Kentaro Kaneko, Secre tary of His Imperial Japanese Majesty's privy council. Mr. Kaneko has been 'here for a week pursuing his investigations very quietly, and is being assisted by various gentlemen connected with the departments. He speaks, reads and writes English with great fluency. He was educated at Har vard, and traveled extensively throughout the United States. Before coming here Mr. Kaneko visited some of the European countries and assisted by several gentlemen who traveled in his suite, made a thorongh investigation of the parliamentary practices and governmental functions of England, France and Germany. Leaving his colleagues in Europe Mr. Kaneko came to the United States alone, and will carry on this branch of the work in person. At present he is making an ex haustive study of the rules of parliamentary practice in the two Houses of Con gress, aud will prepare a codification of them which will be used in tbe new parliament. He is being assisted in this branch of the work by Mr. Henry H. Smith, the journal clerk of the House of Repre sentatives, who is a standard authotlty on the subject of parliamentary rules and pro ceedings. PREPARmg FOR THE WORST. The State ftllllila Ordered to Hold Them selves In'Readincss for May 1. rfFECIAL TELSOBAU TO THE DISrATCn.l Springfield, III.. April 28. It is re ported here that the members of the First and Second Regiments,Illinois National Guard, have received orders to get themselves in readiness for any call that may be made for their services to quell disturbances in con nection with the eight-hour day movement in Chicago on the 1st of May. Governor Fifer declared to-night that he had issued no order himself, but did not know what the Adjntant General, who is not at present in the city, might have done. There is reason to believe, how ever, that preparations of the kind are being done, as the officers of the military companies here have lately taken down the locations of the residences of all the mem bers of their command. Mr. Hnyes lo Bermndn. Bermuda, April 28. Rutherford B. Hayes, ex-President of the United States, who was a passenger on the steamer Trini dad, which reached here on the 20th in stant from New York, will be the gnest of General Hastings, of Soucy, during his stay in Bermuda, Mrs. Hastings being related to him. DECLARED A NUISANCE. Clilcngo Potting on Metropolitan Airs nnd Abolishes a Toll House. Chicago, April 28. The Spell toll road was. declared a nuisance by the Board of County Commissioners to-day, and the pro prietors were prohibited from taking toll from travelers. The peculiar ity of the incident is in the fact that while the road has for some time been wholly within the city of Chicago, the toll system of prairie schooner days has been steadily enforced. The resolution is to afford basis for an in junction against the proprietors of the road, the heirs of Tascott's victim, Million aire A. J. Snell. ONLY LEVEES NEEDED. Governor Stone's Answer to n Query Re garding Aid Required. Greenville, Miss., April 28. Gov ernor Stone telegraphed Captain McNeilly to what extent Government aid would be needed in this section, to which he replied: "Have consulted planters, merchants nnd relief committees. The expression is unan imous and positive that Government sup plies are not wanted, and would be mis chievous. All the aid we need is to rebuild the levees." Captain Wheat Explains. Washington, April 28. Captain Wheat, the House Postmaster, says the cir culars and newspapers ordered to be thrown into the waste basket were addressed to dead Congressmen, and denies that any per son in:ormed the cauens he had lost his arm during the war. A Scheme to Remove n Plats Cnpltol. Topeka, Kan., April 28. A syndicate ot leading politicians and capitalists has been formed for the purpose of removing the State Capitol from Jefferson City to Sedalia. The plans of the syndicate have been secretly arranged and the campaign mapped out Special Values In Jet Dlnck and Bine Btnck Tjnnitdowa At 51 25, ?1 50 and 51 75 a yard. JOS. HORNE & CO.'S Penn Avenue Stores. I860. THREEJUDGESSAYKO Bat Cbief Justice Fuller, on Behalf of the .liemaiftving Six, RENDERS THE COURT'S DECISION, That the Iowa Statute Subjecting Incoming Spirits to Seizure IKTADES IXTER-STATE COMMERCE. Text of Both the Cbief Justice's and the Dissenting Jndjts' Opinions. Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States Supreme Court, hands down an opinion holding that the Iowa laws providing for tbe seizure of spirits shipped in original packages are an interterence with inter State commeree. A dissenting opinion was given by Justices Gray, Harlan and Brewer. Washington, April 28. The United States Supreme Court, through Chief Jus tice Fuller, to-day rendered an opinion ad verse to the constitntionality of State laws providing for the seizure ot liquor brought into the State in original packages. Such laws, the court holds, are an interference with inter-State commerce. Alter the liquor becomes the property of the importer the State may, under its police powers, regulate or prohibit sale, but it has no power in the absence of express Con gressional anthority to prohibit the trans portation of the article from another State for its delivery to the importer. The case in which the decision was made was that of Gus Leidy & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. A. J. Hardin. It was brought here on an ap peal from the Supreme Court of Iowa, and this court reverses the decision of the State court. Justices Gray, Harlan and Brewer dissented. The case is one of great importance to Prohibitionists and liquor dealers. the OPINION. The Chief Justice in delivering the opinion of the Court, said: "The power vested in Cojigress to regulate commerce among the neral States is the power to prescribe the rufe by which that commerce is to be governed, and is a power complete in itself, acknowledging no limitations other than those prescribed in the Constitu tion. It is co-extensive wilh the subject on which it acts, and cannot be stopped at the external boundary of a State, but must enter its interior and must be capable of authorizing the disposition of those articles which it introduces, so that they may become mingled with the common mass of property within the Territory entered. WHISKY A COMMEECIAL COMMODITY. That ardent spirits are subjects of inter State commerce cannot be denied. When ever a law of a State amonnts essentially to a regulation of. commerce, as it does when it inhabits directly or indirectly the report of a commodity or ltd disposition before it has ceased to become an article of trade between one State and another, it comes into conflict with a power which in this particular has been exclusively iu the General Govern ment, and is therefore void. Undoubtedly it is for the legislative branch of the State Governments to deter termine whether the manufacture of particular Articles of traffic will in juriously affect the public, and it is not for Congress to determine what meas ures a State may properly adopt as appro priate and neediul for the protection of the public morals, life or safety, but not withstanding it is not vested with supervis ory power over matters of local administra tion the responsibility is upon Congress so far as the regulation of inter-State commerce is concerned to remove restriction upon the State in dealing with imported articles which have not been mingled with tbe com mon mass of property therein. TOO MUCH OF A CONCESSION. Whatever our individual views may be as to the deleterious qualities of particular articles, we cannot hold that any articles which Congress recognizes as subjects of inter-State commerce are not snch, or that whatever are thus recognized can be con trolled by State laws amounting to regula tions, while they retain that character; al though at the same time directly dangerous to themselves, the States may take appro priate measures to guard against injury be fore it obtains complete jurisdiction over them. To concede to a State the power to exclude, directly or indirectly, articles so situated without Congressional permission, is to concede to a majority of the people of a Slate, represented in the State Legislature, the power to regulate commercial inter course between the States by determining what shall be its subjects, when that power was distinctly granted to be exercised by the people of the United States, repre sented in Congress, and its possession by the latter was considered essential to that more perfect union which the Constitution was adopted to create. Undoubtedly there is difficulty in drawing the line between the municipal powers of onr Government and the commercial powers of the other. But when that line is determined accommoda tion to it without serious inconvenience may readily be found in a trank and candid co operation for the general good. The deci sion of the Supreme Court of Iowa is re versed. THE DISSENTING OPINIONS. Justice Gray delivered a dissenting opin ion in behalf of himself and Justices Har lan and Brewer. It says: Common experience has shown that the general and unrestricted use of intoxicating liquors tends to produce idleness, disorder, disease, pauperism and crime. The power of regulating or prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor appropriately belongs as a branch of the police power, to the Legislatures of the several States, and can be judiciously and effectively exercised by them alone, accord ing to their views of public policy and local needs, and cannot practically, if it can con stitutionally, be wielded by Congress as part of a national and nniform system. DEFINING THE IOWA STATUTES. The statutes in question were enacted by the State of Iowa in the exercise of its un doubted power to protect its inhabitants against the evils, physical, moral and social, attending tbe free use of intoxicating liquors. They have no relation to the movement of goods from one State to another, but operate only on intoxicating liquors within the territorial limits of the State; they include all such liquors without discrimination, and do not even mention where they are made or whence thpy come. If the statutes of a State, restricting or prohibiting the sale of iutoxicating liquors within the territory, are to be held inoperative and void ns applied to liquors sent or brought from another State and sold by the importer in what are called original packages, the con sequence must be that the inhabitant ot any State may, nnder the pretext of inter State commerce and without license or supervision of any public authority, carry or send into, and sell in, any or all the other States ofvthe Union, intoxicating liquor of whatever description, in cases or kegs, or even in single bottles or flasks, de spite any legislation of those States on the subject, end although his own State should be the only one which had not enacted similar laws APPEAL TO CONOEESSIONAL WISDOM. We would require affirmative and ex plicit legislation on tbe part of Congress to convince us that it contemplated or in tended such a result. The Court by the same vote reversed the decision of the Snpreme Court of Michigan in the ease of Henry Lynsr, an agent for a Wisconsin brewery, who was fined lor sell ing liquor without a license. Lyng attacked the constitutionality of the law on the ground that it would compel ageati for out side brewers to pay 5300 a year license, while brewers within the State could under their manufacturers' license sell at wholesale after paying 565 annual license. He con tended that this was a regulation of inter state commerce and the court decides in his favor. The opinion rendered by the Chief Justice in this case concludes ns follows: The same rule that applies to the sugar of Louisiana, the cotton of South Carolina, the wines of California, the hops of Washing ton, the tobacco ot Maryland and Con necticut applies to all commodities in which a right of traffic exists, recognized by the laws ot Congress, the decisions ol courts and the usages ot the commercial world. It devolves on Congress to indicate such ex ceptions as in its judgment awlse dis cretion may demand under particular or circumstances. KINfi OE THE PICKPOCKETS. 4n Incident Illastrnllng tho Character of Frederic Wheeler. New York Sun. Frederic Wheeler, Compte de Walder, king of the Parisian pickpockets, is ip jail. He began at the foot of the blacklegs' ladder by picking pockets with his own hands. Two or three narrow escapes from arrest gave him something of a shock, and he de cided finally to devote himself exclusively to planning sneak thefts for the execution of the army ot blacklegs who had sworn alle giance to him. So it came that Fred, as he was every where known, was king of the picKpockets in fact as well as in name. He frequented the best hotels, restaurants and cafes. He was a familiar figure at the race tracks and baths. Every road traveled by the wealth and fashion of the French capital was trav eled also by Fred. No better illustration of Fred's business methods can be cited than the experienceof a prominent Parisian journalist with him about ten months ago. The journalist had just lost a purse containing 1,500 francs and papers that he valued more highly than the meney. He went directly to Fred and said: "Frederic, my pocket has been picked of 1,500 francs and several papers." "Yon shall have back the papers at once," answered Fred. "And the money?" "Yes, my dear sir, bnt your demands must be reasonable. I need the money my self just now, and I don't see how I can spareit." "Well, let 500 of it go." "Say a thousand and I will agree to it" After a little haggling Fred agreed to return 600 francs and tbe papers at 9 o'clock the next morning. At one minute to 9 on the following oay a messenger appeared at the jonrnnlist's chamber with a package. In it were the pocketbook. the papers, the 600 francs, and a calling card, correctly bent at the corner and bearing the words: "Frederic, Compte de Walder. Noblesse oblige." WHEN SPOKAHE WAS A BABY. Preparations Made One Day for the Ex termination of an Outlaw. Spokane Spokesman. 1 Everybody in Spokane knows Major Stout, the genial young attorney, who is as mild-mannered as a fawn aud as polite as a college boy. And yet everybody does not know that the Major was once a fierce war rior with the vigilantes when Spokane was a baby. It was when Major Stout first shook the dusff of the New York TW&une from his pantaloons and braved the wild Northwesfalong in '82. Spokane was then infested with a crowd of desperadoes, and Bob Knox was the fiercest of tbe lot He had had some trouble with James Glover on account of being ordered out of town, and rumor reached the Spokanites that Bob was up in Westwoods and had announced his intention of coming to Spokane and sending a streak of lead through Mr. Glover and some other good citizens. So vicilantes were organized and Major Stout addressed them." "If Bob comes," said the Major, "he will kill one or more good citizens and then we would take him out and hang him up. In my opinion that would only be a waste of good citizens. We know what Bob will do, and if we just meet Bob and strine him np before he kills the citizens they can be on hand to act as his pallbearers." This was a novel plan. It was digested with the same ease as if it had been spring chicken and the plan was formulated. There was to be a committee to wait for Knox, and when he entered a saloon to fill up with oiled lightning he was to be surrounded and arrested. That night the church bell was to be rung as a signal, aud before the mothers had repeated the prayers to the children Bob Knox was to have been floating with the angels. Of course Bob didn't swing. Some one gave him the tip and he went through town on a fast freight and never re turned. But it shows what earnest, ener getic and enterprising citizens Spokane had in her early days. WH"1"" THE CB0WS BOOST. Places In the United States the Black Fellow Most Do Congregate. Washington Star.: "Do you see those crows flying overhead?" asked the ornithological sharp, pointing to the heavens. "They are coming home to bed at their great roost in Arlington. That is one of the great perching places for crows in the country, you know. Another such is found near Baltimore, about four miles out from the city, and there are others still near St. Louis, at Lancaster, Pa., in Jessa mine county, Ky., and at Iteedy Island, in the ,Susquehauna. There are more in vari ous parts of the country, tnough all are within the limits of a belt 100 miles north and 100 miles south of a line that might be drawn across the continent through Wash ington and St. Louis." "How many crows roost at Arlington?" "About 500,000, I suppose. You see it is rather difficult to count them. All sorts of methods have been tried, even to firing a cannon loaded with bird shot into the roost with a view to picking up the dead within the range of fire and basing a calculation noon the result. The Johns Hopkins ex pert who investigated tbe Baltimore roost a while asro determined that there were be tween 250,000 nnd 500,000 crows there by counting small measured, areas. Someday photographs will be taken of tbe roost at Arlington at night by flash-lights, which would seem to be the only promising plan, Our great local crow roost is a movable affair to a certain extent, having altered its position during the last few years from point to point all the way between Great Falls and Mount Vernon." DANIEL WEBSTEE'S SPEECHES. An Annocl.ite of the Great Orator Relates Some Interesting Itemlnlacence. New York Tlmis.! In the little town of Franklin, N. H., stands the house of the Hon. George W. Nesmith, who bad a personal acquaintance with Daniel Webster snch as no one else now living can claim. "Tbe first time I saw Webster," he said, "was in. 1818, just after the decision of the Dartmouth College case. "On the Fourth of July, 1806, he de livered the oration at Salisbury. About 1850 we were down there and walked out into the pasture together, wnere he showed me tbe rock upon whicn he wrote half of that speech. At this time he told me much about his speeches. 'Those I wrote in early life,' he said, 'I was afterward ashamed of, and I was sorry that I. ever had any pf them published. Whenever I came across one I used to burn it up, but of course there were many that I never conld get hold of. They were much sound and little substance. Joe Denny, a local critic, said that they were full of 'emptiness,' aud this was a kind of criticism which did me much good. From the day when I heard it I altered my style, and tried to avoid sopho moric display aud bombast iu my writings, THE DEACON SAID IT And a Keverend Preacher Was Callel a liar While Preaching A MEMORABLE FAREWELIiBEBHOfT. Mr. Fray Had to Get Outsid; Work Ha Said to Keep His Family. HENCE THE 0PPK0BR10DS EPITHET,' The Fend Had Its Orljla in Iccosinj a Helzhbor f, Bnjinz Drinks. Mrs. Jamison, wife of a deacon in a church at Bockaway Beach, took exception to some statements he made in his farewell sermon. She filed her exceptions by in forming him he was a liar. As tbe pastor coqtinued his remarks a general chorus from the discontented members swelled tho original anthem. The trouble commenced over an accusation that a would-be member of the church bought beer and used it. rFFXCTAI. TELEGBAM TO TITS DISrATCK.1 New Yobk, April 28. The Eev. John E. Fray was called a liar several times by dif ferent members of his congregation while he was preaching his farewell sermon in the Congregational church at Bockaway Beach on Sunday evening. Mrs. Jamison, the wife of Dr. John Jamison, was the first to speak up. The congregation is said to have applauded her action. This church has been in a turmoil for years. The first trouble occurred whea membership was refused to Peter Lihou and his wife on letters from the Hanson Place Methodist Church, of Brooklyn. Mr. and Mrs. Lihou kept an art store in Brooklyn. Deacon John Jamison and Deacon Charles Crabbe were active in their opposition to Mr. and Mrs. Lihou. The Lihous conduct three cottages on the Beach, near Arverne, which are known as the Lihou cottages. Lihou and Deacon, Jamison, who is a member of tbe coal and wood firm of Jamison & Bond, had a mis understanding about the payment of a bill for a ton of coal. The controversv found ita way into the church. Pastor Fray sided with the Lihous. ACCUSED OP USING LIQUOR. At a meeting of tbe congregation held for the purpose of acting on Mr.andMrs.Lihou'a application for membership in the church. Deacon Charles Crabbe arose and accused the Lihous of having bought and used liquor in their cottages. Evidence was produced to show that a beer wagon bad stopped in front of their cottages and that several boxes of beer were taken in. Ad mittance into the church was re fused them by a tie vote. Mr. Lihou waited on Deacon Crabbe the follow ing day and demanded a retraction of the charges. He said the beer was used by his boarders, but that his own family never used a drop of liquor. At the prayer meet ing on the following week Deacon Crabbe apologised for what he had said against Mr. Lihou. Notwithstanding the apology Mr. Lihou and hit wife each brought suit for $5,000 against him for defamation of char acter. SUED FOE DEFAMATION. The suits are still pending. Last sum mer the Iiev. Mr. Fray allowed Evangelist Echeverria to occupy his pulpit. His ser mon did not snit the congregation, and they so informed their pastor. Then tbe Bev. Mr. Fray and B. W. Downing invited the evangelist to the Beach to do mission work. This incensed the hotel men against tbe church and they threatened to with draw their subscriptions. The pastor refused to recede trom his position, -and this had the effect of widening the' breach between him and Deacon Jamison. It was only a question of a short time when the opposing faction wonld succeed in. forcing the pastor out of the church. There fore, about two weeks ago he accepted a call from a Congregational church in Bichmond Hill, and announced to bis cnurch that he would preach his farewell sermon last Sun day evening. HIS EEASONS FOR LEAVING. At the conclusion of his sermon he said: "My friends in the church have advised me to give my reasons for leaving this place, and in justice to myself I will do so." He then told about a woman in the church who objected to his having a vacation last summer, although he said he was entitled to it under his contract. This same woman, he said, intimated that he was receiving too much pay. "The truth is," he continued, "the church was owing me two months' salary, and I had to go away and earn, money to keep my family from starving." At this juncture there was a commotion ia Deacon Jamison's pew. CALLED HIM A LIAE. Mrs. Jamison was seen to rise, and it is said her husband tried to restrain her. Looking directly at the pastor, she is said to have exclaimed: "You are a liar." It is said that applause followed. As she took: her seat she is said to have continued: "You have preached nothing but lies since yoa have been here." Mr. Fray apparently paid no attention to what was said, bnt, continuing his remarks, he referred to the difference between Deacon. Jamison and himself concerning the mis sion wors: ot Evangelist Echeverria, and, said that the language Deacon Jamison used to him in relation to the matter was so in decent that he could not repeat it. "It's a lie," "That's not so," "That's false," and similar remarks came Irom dif ferent parts of the church. The pastor con cluded bis remarks by referring to Deacon Jamison's management of the Sunday school, which he said was demoralized. He said that since he had succeeded the deacon, as superintendent the school was materially improved and had an increased membership. APABALYZED FIREMAK Secures n Jndamont of S20.000 Against tho Northern Pacific Railroad. Chicago, April 28. Judge Gresham to day entered a judgment for $20,000 in favor of Henry Bush against the Northern Paciflo Bailroad Company. Bush was a fireman,' for the railroad company, and October 10, 1888, was so injured in a collision at Hope, Idaho, that he was paralyzed so that he has never since been able to stand alone. He sued for $50,000, and the jury awarded him 540,000. To-day his -attorneys consented to remit: half ot this amount, and Jndge Gresham at once overruled the defendant's motion .or a new trial and entered judgment for the bal ance. The railway company was not satis fied, and gave notice of an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. A YEEY SICK FBELATE. Bishop Borgrss Striclcen With Paralysis and Ills Recovery Doubtful. Kalamazoo, Mich., April 28. Bishop Borgess came here Saturday morning as the guest of Eev. F. A. O'Brien, at St. Augus tine's Deanery. He complained of his heart troubling him, the same trouble which compelled him to resign as Bishop of the Detroit Diocese. Sunday evening he was stricken with paralysis which caused him to lose the en tire control of right side. He was unaole , to speak, although he retained conscious ness. Drs. Simpson and O'Brien have been attending bim almost constantly. Late -to-night he was very low and very little hopes are entertained of bis recovery. rtrnmlilp Arrlvnta. Havre, April 3 Arrived Steamship La Gajcozne, from New York. Glasgow. April2J. Arrived Steamer State ot Nebraska trom New York. Southampton, April 2a Arrived Steamer , Werra, from New York for Bremen, - -- -, 1 v2 I
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