esh SBW ' RnEHHHHBnaSfSP t: NEW WAB HISTOB-" TWELVE PAGES Wat be issued by THE DISPATCH TO-MOKKOir (.Thursday) MORN. 1NO. Interesting contributions, in addition to all the news, unit be offered. Z7hzw6IfJitf and startling actOr.-. fc. cemina the work of Confederate sp. a; oalhtzers at the Iforth will fcfc ' tented in next Sunday's issue DISPATCH. u She AAfc i FORTT-ITFTH TEAE. THE liCS' FATE, Over One Hundred Helpless In ' sane Persons Meet Death in the Flames. A THOUSAND MORE ESCAPE, Amid Scenes of Wild Tumult and Confnsion, Many of Them Wan dering to the Woods. HEROIC ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE. Many of the Xnns in Charge Sacrificed Their Own Lives in Sating Those of the Patients. OXE OF THE nOEKORS OF TIIE CENTUEX, An Immense Asjlnm Practically Completely Destroyed Willi a Financial Loss ot Xearly a Million Dollars. KO ADEQUATE FOECK TO COrE WITH THE ITEE An insane asylum with 1,500 inmates located near Montreal, Canada, burned to the ground yesterday. At least 100 of the unfortunates are believed to hare perished in the flames. A number of the attendants, who were nuns, met death in attempting to rescue the helpless ones. Scenes of the wildest terror and confusion prevailed. The financial loss is about 5800,000. tSFZCIAL, TELEGEAM TO THE PISPATCIM Montbbal, May 6. Montreal was the Bcene to-day of one of the most frightful calamities ever recorded in her history oi over 200 years. The famous Provincial In sane Asylum, which is known all over Can ada and the United States and which con tains inmates from every portion of the con tinent, is to-night a mass of ruins. The magnificent structure has been burned to the ground and of the 1,500 inmates over 100 are supposed to have perished in the flames. The buildings constituting the St. Jean de Dieu Asylum are situated at Longui Point, a small place about four miles from Montreal, fronting the river St. Lawrence. The asylum, which was established by the Quebec government in 1673, consisted of a main building and four smaller buildings connected by wings, with a total frontage of 639 feet Terr Substantial Structures. The buildings were of brick and cut Etone. The principal bnilding was six Etories high and the other buildings five Stories in height. The institution was un der the care of the Providence Order of Nuns. Abont noon to-day a report reached Montreal that fire had broken out at the asylum, and The Dispatch correspondent was soon on the scene. About 11:30 this morning smoke was dis covered entering the chaplain's room in the center building. The chaplain immedi ately rnshed out into the chapel and made a desperate effort to save whatever he could, but he had to beat a hasty retreat after be ing badly burnt. In the meantime the fire, which is sup posed to have started in a cupboard in the top of the center building, spread with amazing rapidity, and the buildings were in an incredibly short space of time en veloped in flames. There were over 1,500 inmates in the bnrning buildings at the time. The scene was well nigh inde scribable. Scenes of Wild Confusion. There were 163 sisters in the asylum and their first care were for the unfortunate in mates who were unable to care for them selves. Many of the inmates rushed from their rooms and jumped from the different Etories ot the building to the ground be neath, which were soon swarming with demented people rnshing wildly hither and thither. In the back ground stood the vast buildings almost entirely enveloped in flames which shot high into the scies. Only the two end wings were untouched, but it was only a question of time when these too should go. Of the center build ings nothing was visible but flames and smoke, and at intervals portions of the walls could be seen tumbling into the fiery mass below. Above the flames could be heard the shrieks and moans of many of the de mented inmates being slowly roasted to death in the upper stories of the buildings. At intervals men and women would appear st the windows, linger for a moment amidst the smoke and flame and then frantically jump to the ground below or fascinated by the flames be engulfed in seething mass of fire. Rain Coald Not Stay tbe Fire. Hundreds who had escaped wandered aimlessly around the grounds, some in noth ing but their underclothes and their bare feet and a few who had torn their garments off them in their excitement, with nothing on. To add to tbe horrors of the scene the rain was ponricg down in torrents and the frightened inmates, dazed with horror, were huddled around in groups shuddering and moaning. It was a frightful sight and one which once seen was not likely to be soon forgotten. The Sisters and men connected with the asylum worked like heroes to rescue the in mates from their terrible position. Many a fragile Sister, losing all thought of herself, but filled with a noble heroism, rushed to the cells of tbe inmates and literally dragged the inmates, who, in many cases frantic by the flames, refused to move out of their dan ger. To prevent the inmates from escaping the large gates leading to the grounds were only opened to allow the Sisters to pass out with groups of inmates, who were removed to the St. Isidore Convent, a large insti tution nearby. Old Not Realize Their Danger. Meanwhile 'the fire continued to burn with unabated fary, and it soon became dangerous to approach within 23 yards of the burning buildings. The demented in mates, however, appeared to be entirely oblivious to all danger. Half a dozen of the more violent, frenzied by the excite ment, rushed from their keepers, and, jump ing under the tumbling walls, started to yell at the top ot their voices, tearing their hair and contorting their faces in a most awful manner, and laughing like witches at the ruin that was being done. They had to be removed by force. While the flames were at their highest many of the inmates still remained inside, althongh the nuns and doctors had done everything in their power to get them out. The flames seemed to have a terrible fascin ation for the poor creatures, who in many instances welcomed the horrible death that awaited them. All hope of saving those in the upper portion of the building was soon abandoned. Most of the men were got out, but many women, especially those in vio lent wards, had to be left to their fate. Many acts of heroism were performed by the nuns and dectors in trying to save the inmates. Dr. Bourqne, one of the medical attendants, continued his efforts until he had to be carried out half dead with smoke. The Combat Was Too TJneqnn.1. As soon as one body of rescuers was ex hausted there were others to take their places, until at least two-thirds of the in mates had been rescued. The fate of the in stitution was a certainty from the beginning of the fire. The village brigade was unable to cope with such a conflagration, and the Montreal brigade, which was called to the death, arrived too late to be of service. At 2 o'clock the flames, after consuming the main building, attacked the two outside wings, and it became evident that nothing bnt the outhouses could be saved. Shortly afterward the front wall of the main build ing fell in, and was followed a few minutes afterward by the back wall. Then, with a roar, the roof of the eastern wing fell in, carrying the walls with it. In a little less than an hour the whole series of buildings were in flames, the re maining walls fell in with a rumbling sound like that of artillery and a dense cloud of smoke and sparks ascended to heaven, forming a scene of wild grandeur. The Destruction Fracticallr Complete. "When evening fell all that remained of the splendid set of buildings, which cost over 5700,000, were a few outhouses. The rest was a mass of smouldering ruins and debris. The loss of life is variously esti mated, but it is almost impossible to give any accurate idea, and perhaps the exact number of those who perished will never be known, as the records are believed to have perished in the flames. Chief Benoit, with a special detachment of firemen, with two engines and several reels, were at the scene of the fire all after noon and did all in their power to lessen the catastrophe. The firemen say they sever witnessed such a scene. Chief Benoit, ac companied by several of his men, rnshed into the woman's ward, where a frightful scene was witnessed. In the violent ward were seen 25 women huddled together with their arms entwined waiting for the flames to reach them. The fireman tried to break their ranks, bnt they resisted, and the firemen had barely time to escape with their lives. In another portion of the building several firemen had a hairbreadth escape. They pushed open the door of one of the women's cells to rescue some inmates wbenthe door closed behind them with a click and they found themselves securely imprisoned by a spring lock. They were in a room filled with frenzied women, with flames and smoke on every side. Bushing to the window they broke it to pieces and shouted for help. Several of the Nans Perished. Ladders were raised and the firemen descended alter several desperate attempts to save the inmates. Among those who perished were several Sisters, who offered their lives as an heroic sacrifice. In tbe in firmary, which was situated on the fifth story, there was a sick nun, Sister Marie. Knowing her helpless condition three of the other nuns, Sisters Demerise, Gilbert and Lumiere rushed to her assistance and bore her in a blanket to the staircase. But they were too late. They were caught in the flames and all perished. The Providence uuns, who owned the building and under whose management the institution has been since its establishment, is one of the largest and richest of the Canadian communities. Its founder was Madame Gamelin, widow of a wealthy Montreal merchant. The superior in charge of the asylum was tbe famous sister Tberese, who, when the fire broke out, was ill in the inhrmary with inflammation ot the lungs. "With the exception of the medical depart ment the sisters had complete control of all the departments of the asylum. A large farm was attached to the establish ment, which included large outhouses. There were no plantations, and the absence of large trees in the neighborhood of the asylnm gave the latter a naked look. The asylum comprised two establishments, en tirely separated by the main building, oc cupied by administrative offices, the par lors, the chapel, the chaplain's apartments and some private rooms. A Terr Extensive Establishment. The majority of the private patients were lodged in the wings. The staff was com posed as follows: Sisters. 72. lay sisters, 92; total. 164. Three of these were in the office, two in the parlor and the others in the wards, kitchen and working depart ments, waicmng over tne patients, liay keepers (temale), 14; keepers, 28; night guardians (male), 4; night guardians (fe male), 2. Besides two female keepers four sisters and lav sisters on the average kept watch each night In addition to these there were employed on the farm and in superintending the patients' labor 242 men. The Lady Superior ,had the control as well as the general direction ot the estab lishment In the women's hospital the supervision was done by a nnn, assisted by two lay sisters or one lay sister and one keeper chosen by the sisters. In the men's hospital the superintendence was also given to a nun who was assisted by two keepers. There were two physicians attached to the establishment one for the women and one for the men. In the basement were a num ber of refectories, dormitories, dining rooms and 32 bedrooms. On the ground floor were situated a number of parlors, bedrooms, a linen room, a Lady Superior's room, a doc tor's room and a dispensary. On tbe first story, in addition to the bed rooms, were tbe chaplain's room, infirmary for the Sisters, dining room for the sick, strangers' room and music room. The sec ond story was occupied bv keepers' rooms, bedrooms, chapel, laundry, sacristies, pri vate and dining rooms. The third story contained a large number of cells, a lay sisters' room, keepers' rooms and dormi tories. The attic also contained a largo number of cells, two reservoirs, sisters' dormitories and keepers' rooms. A Rather Singular Coincidence. The buildings were insured by the Gov ernment for the sum of (300,000. There has for years been a great deal of complaint re garding the primitive way in which the pa tients were treated at the asylum. The uns received 5100 a head from'the Government for each patient sent to the institution, and it was charged that patients were not treated on scientific principles. The Protestants became dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs, and sometime ago refused to send their patients any longer to the institution. 'Since then an asylum has been built and as a rather curious coincidence it was inaugurated to-day. The authorities of the Protestant Hospital have offered to take care of the helpless inmates of the asylum.i Many ot the inmates we're lodged in the neiehboring convents of St Isidore, St Joseph De Benoit, St Laurent and Pointe Aux Trembles. The Montreal exhibition buildings have been placed at the disposal of the nuns. The total loss is estimated at between 700,000 and 5800,000. The loss of life is placed at least 100 souls, but it will be impossible to tell the exact number until the record is made up. A late Associated Press dispatch says: The death roll is now. estimated at SO, though many more are missing, but are ex pected to turn up. It is feared that seven tertiary nuns have been burned to death, and three more are missing. THE SWINDLING FEVER ATTACKS ANOTHER PHILADELPHIAN, A POOR MAN'S BANKER. Rent Estate Agent Lancaster Carefully Investa $75,000 of Ills Clients' Money In Bis Own Pockets, and Skips With Ida Jones for I'nrts Unknown. ISFECtAI. TELEOBAM TO TKB DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, May 6. Eeal Estate Agent A. Ellwood Lancaster, who con ducted a flourishing business at 920 "Walnut street, is a fugitive from justice. He is charged with the embezzlement of fnnds entrusted to him to invest The amount is variously estimated at from 550,000 to 575,000. A sheriff's eapias for his arrest is in the hands of private detectives, who think they will soon get their man. His victims are mainly of the poorer class. The heaviest loser is "William E. Flemings, an employe of Charles S. Caffrey & Ca's car riage warehouse, 1712 Chestnut street His loss is more than 510,000, the hard-earned savings of a lifetime. Lancaster, who is-SO years of age, left a wife and four children in almost destitute circumstances. His infatuation for a young woman, Ida Jones, who lived on Cleveland avenue, near Nineteenth and York -streets, caused his down fall. Young Lancaster embarked in the real estate and insurance brokerage" busi ness about five years ago. Previous to that he occupied a subordinate position in the wareroom of the carriage factory of Charles E. McCaffrey & Co. Mr. Flemings, the foreman at McCaffrey's factory, loaned him money to pay forjthe first month's rent of a room as at real estate office. Now the man who befriended Lancaster is tbe worst swindled victim. Flemings has been fleeced out of a sum of money that exceeds 510,000. Another heavy loser is John D. Harris. He is President of the Huber Manufactur ing Company. Lancaster acted as his real estate agent, and it is stated that Mr. Harris is out several thou sand dollars. Lancaster managed to swin dle his former employers, Mr. Caffrey, of Charles S. Caffrey & Co. Mrs. Isaac J. Hunt loses 52,000; Samuel Simpson 51,000, and Henry P. Cozey 51.000. William Die bel, who has lost 51,000, has obtained a capias for the arrest of the fugitive, and it is now in the hands of private detectives. Lancaster was an extensive advertiser up to a few weeks ago. He did a business that would bring a re turn if honestly conducted of between 53,000 and 54,000 a year. Mrs. Lancaster has the sympathy of all her neighbors. She left tnis afternoon with the little ones for the home ot her parents at Milton, Del. MURDER OK CAB TOPS. Tramps Shooting Freight Train Conductors on Missouri Railroads. St". Louts. May 6. Tramps have inaug urated a reign of terror on the Iron Mountain Railroad. Sunday night Conductor J, J. Nelson, in charge of a ireight train south bound, attempted to eject three tramps from his train and was shot in the hand. James Collins is under arrest, charged with having done the shooting, Conductor Bohmi, who was sent out to take charge ot Nelson's train, had a more serious experience last night. He found a tramp on top of a box car, and when he ordered him off, the tramp drew a revolver and shot Bohmi in the breast the bullet lodging near tbe heart Bohmi was brought to St Louis and is now in the Missouri Pacific Hospital in a dying condition. Coro ner Frank to-day took his ante mortem statement A dispatch from DeSoto, Mo., says that a tramp giving the name of Charles Denison, from Beynolds county, Mo., has been cap tured there, and admits having done the shooting. FREE RATIONS DEMANDED. Laborers Will Leave the Levees Unless Fed by the Government. Jackson, Miss., May 6. Governor Stone to-day received a message from J. M. "Weston, Commissary TJ. S. A., New Orleans, stating that he was in re ceipt of a telegram from Youakona, signed by responsible parties, calling for rations for 2,000 people for 30 days, and that if tbey are not furnished the la borers will leave at a sacrifice to everything. Governor Stone wired in reply that his information is that all laborers can get sup plies, but refuse to 'buy on ac count of relying upon the Govern ment to support them. There is considerable pressure lrom certain quarters to induce the Governor to accept the Government rations. Mayor Beck, of Vicksburg, called on him this afternoon for that purpose. Louisiana and Arkansas are accepting them, and unless Mississippi does so, many of the negroes will leave and go to those points where they can be fed free. TBAGIC ASSOCIATIONS. Secretary Tracy Sells the House In Which Ho Lost His Family. rrnoM A staff coBnESPOJTDEWT.i "Washington, May 6. Two notable residences of this city have just been sold, and will no longer bear the names of owners who were high in public life. The house of Secretary Traoy, of ter ribly tragio associations, was sold to-day for a little less than 531,000, though the Secretary paid 550,000 for the property, and expended 525,000 more in im provements. Only the bare and broken walls are now standing. It was purchased by Captain Augustus C. Tyler, who will tear down the walls and erect a beautiful residence. The other residence is that of the late Justice Stanley Matthews, of the United States Supreme Court, and stands on N street and Connecticut avenue, close to the British legation. It was purchased by Mr. Jobn E. Beall. of this city, for 581,500. CANADA'S SEFABATE SCHOOLS Will bo Abolished If Dnlton McCarthy's Mo tloo nt Ottawa Is Approved. Otta-wa, Ont., May 6. The Northwest bill was under consideration in the House of Commons to-day. Dalton McCarthy, leader of the Protestant Equal Righters party, gave notice that he would move at the proper stage that the Territorial Legis lature be given exclusive control in educa tional matters. This means the abolition of separate schools. He also proposes to sub mit an amendment in favor of the abolition of dual language. In the Senate to-day Mr. Abbott an nounced that the Government were sending an expedition to the Mackenzie river dis trict to teport its resonroes and requirements. PITTSBURG; WEDNESDAY, MAY 7. 1890. PATTISON A POWER. Senator Quay Says Be is the Strong est Democratic Candidate. SILENT ABOUT HIS OWN PARTI. One More Aspirant for the Seat Vacant by EandalL Made IT IS A BITTER FACTIONAL FIGHT. Republicans Sally Becominc More Hopefal of Saeeess In tbe District. Senator Quay.thinks that Pattison will be nominated by the Democracy for Gov ernor. He also believes that he would be the party's strongest candidate. Repre sentative Fow has announced himself as an independent candidate for Randall's seat in Congress. The Republican prospect thus grows brighter. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOT DISPATCH. I Philadelphia, May 6. "My impres sion is that ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison will receive the Democratic nomination for Governor," sjid Senator Quay just before leaving for Washington this afternoon. "He is without doubt the strongest candi date whom they could select, and, in my judgment, the best choice for them to make." While Senator Quay was willing to talk regarding the Democratic situation, and was anxious to learn the latest movements in the Third Congressional district, when asked regarding the political situation on the Bepnblican side, he replied: "Tbe peo ple are electing the delegates, and will no doubt manifest their preferences when the convention meets. I am not interfering in that matter, and intend to stand by that policy." AST NUMBEB OF CALLEBS. Among Senator Quay's callers were ex Auditor General and Candidate for Con gress Jerome B. Niles, of Tioga county; State Treasurer Boyer and Cashier William H. Livsey, nepreeantative Brooks and Se lect Councilman Anderson, David Martin and David H. Lane, Mercantile Appraiser Harry Hunter, Jacob Wildemore, C.Wesley Thomas, " William H. Keyser, Pension Agent Shelmire and Dr. Harmer. General Hastings and President of the State Senate Boles Penrose, Bepresentative Connell and others called late in the after noon, but Senator Quay had left for Wash ington. General Hastings and Collector Martin met in the corridor of the Continen tal Hotel and adjourned to the writing room, where they remained in close .conversation for some time. The Democratic primary elections will be held in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Sixteenth and Seven teenth wards to-morrow night for the pur pose of electing-delegates to the ward dele gate conventions, which will in turn select delegates to nominate a candidate for Con gress to fill the unexpired term of Samuel J. Randall. THE DEMOCRATIC STRUG OLE. To-day, from early morning until past midnight, the friends of the different candi dates.were busy hustling through the wards, "setting up" precincts, printing tickets and getting things into shape ' for the contest. The Gentner forces, as if with a knowledge of Inside matters connected with the action of the City Committee on, Monday night, were evidently best prepared, while the MoAleer forces, as though taken by surprise, were forced to greater activity. The friends of Matthew Dittmann are contenting themselves with his holding his own ward, the Seventeenth, which they regard as the key to the situa tion. They concede Senator McAleer the delegates from the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh wards, making 16 in all, or two short ot the requisite number to win. Bepresentative Gentner is conceded the delegates from the Sixth, TweUth and Six teenth wards; making 12 in all. With Gentner wanting six votes and McAleer two votes, the Dittman forces are claiming that they will be able to hold tbe con vention with their six votes and force his nomination. There will be two, and possibly three, Demociatio candidates at the polls on the 20th inst Friends of McAleer and Gentner have announced their intention of appealing to the people of the district in the event ot their being unfairly treated by the nominating convention, and to-day Bepresentative John H. Fow, of the Seventeenth ward, declared his purpose of running in the district as an independent Democratic candidate. SOMETHING OF A KICKEE. "The Third and Fourth wards have given Senator McAleer the privilege of naming the delegates from those wards," said Mr. Fow. "The Twelfth ward has done the same thing for Gentner, and tbe Seven teenth, by a vote of 19 to 8, has accorded the same privilege to Mr. Dittmann. With such action I will have nothing to do, as I consider it un-Democratlc and in violation of party principles. The people have the right to name the delegates. "I will have bills and posters printed an nouncing my candidacy as the people's choice," continued Mr. Fow, "and I will go into every division of each of the wards comprising the district I was born in the district and all my interests are centered in it. Hive in it and pay taxes on every 30 properties within its limits. I feel justified in doing as I intend in view of the suggested nominations. Had the pirty leaders seen fit to select a man of sufficient caliber to represent the district as a partially fit successor to Mr. Bandal, I would most earnestly support his candidacy. In view of current events I feel that the people of the district should be given an opportunity to vote for some man other than those who are struggling for the nomination, and I have decided to be a candidate at the polls. THE REPUBLICAN HOPE. The Republican leaders have decided that Bobert Adams, Jr., Minister to Brazil, would make their strongest candidate. The Republican ward committees in the district have recommended his nomination, and nothing remains to be done in the way of making him the candidate but, the formal action of the nominating convention. Min ister Adams has been advised of what has been done in his behalf. He has given his assent and assured the leaders of his district that he will bat tle to win. He has been invited to address a meeting of the Fourth ward Republicans on Friday night at which he is looked for to make ah open declaration of his position. The leaders of the Republican party who have charge of the citr organization claim that Mr. Adams will win the election. They claim that there are more than a suffi cient number of Democrats in the district without tax receipts to give them control of the district in the event of their deciding to challenge all such who' attempt to vote. There was some talk to-day to the effect that the Bepublicans may cbanee the date of their nominating convention, because of such a short space of time between the hold ing of it and the election, but the district leaders declare that the ward organizations in the district are in good shape, and that a few days time will be of much service to them as a few weeks would be. Mr. Adams held a brief conference this afternoon with Chairman Porter and Collector Martin. ARMSTRONG BEPUBLICANS' CHOICE. Candidates for Congress and Assembly nod .Delegate! to the Convention. IBraciAI, TELEOBAM TO TBI DISPATCH. 1 Kittannino, May 6. The Bepnblican Beturn Judges! Convention to-day declared D. B. Heiner its choice for Congress, Dr. J. "W. McKee and S. B. Cochran for Assem bly, John F. Whitworth and J. B. Hender son Delegates to the State Convention; Hays Foster, Treasurer; B. S. Slaymaker, Register and Recorder, and Darwin Phelps and P. C. Fiscus for Commissioners. TE HAS VANISHED AGAIN. No Trace of Boodle Alderman Sayles Who Was to Have Surrendered. rSPECIAt. TE1EGKAM TO THIS DISPATCH. New Yobk, May 6. Henry L. Sayles, of tbe boodle Board of Aldermen of 1884, who returned from Canada on Monday to surrender himself, but disappeared again before the bail bond had been signed, did not turn up to-day. His brother, Sol Sayles, the Jefferson market bntcher who was his bondsman to the tune of 525,000 in 1886, when brother Henry jumped over the Canadian border, spent the trreater part of the day in the District Attorney's office waiting for brother Henry, and ready to go his bail again. He could not account for brother Henry's non-appearance. He saw him, he said, in his shop on Monday morning and they started for the District Attorney's office together. From another source it was learned that brother Henry went to Philadelphia when he hurried out of the District Attorney's office. Lawyer William J. Gaynor, of Brooklyn, moved to-day in the General Ses sions before Judge Cowing that the indict ment for bribery against ex-Alderman James Pearson be dismissed. Pearson turned State's evidence against Jacob Sharp. Judge Cowing granted the motion and dismissed the indictment. SOUTH PENN FLANS. Tho Temporary Offlcors Selected to Fill the Places Permanently. tSPEClAL TXUEQKAM TO TBE DISFATOH.1 Beading, May 6. In order to fulfill the requirements of the law another meeting for the election of officers of the South Penn sylvania Railroad Company, which is pro jected to run from Harrisbnrg to Pittsburg, has just been held, and the present officers, whose names were first made public two weeks ago, were all re-elected. These gen tlemen now compose the permanent offi cers of the company. Baltimore and Ohio and Western Mary land officials, it is stated, have already held conferences with the new management of the South Pennsylvania. The latter road will probably be connected with the Baltimore and Ohio at some point of the Pittsburg di vision of the latter between Cumberland and Rockport, the junction of the Johnstown and Cambria branch of the Baltimore and Ohio. By this route the distance west from Philadelphia would be 30 miles shorter than by the Pennsylvania. A BUCKET SHOP FAILS. s. s. Floi i t Co., n, Big Chicago Firm, Obliged to Succumb. Chicago, May 6. The bucket-shop sys tem of S. S. Floyd & Co.,' with headquarters in this city, has ceased to vex the soul of i.si3ent Baker, ot the Board of Trade. The concern is now in process of being wound up. The stoppage of grain quotations and the rise in wheat and stocks were tbe powerful combination to contend against The system embraced agencies through the entire South and West, covering every important center. Exactly how the business stands Mr. Floyd is at present very busy trying to find out. He sas the losses to his customers, he hopes, will be small, but his own have been enormous. The senior member of the firm of S. S. Floyd is a native of Georgia, and has been in the bucket shop business since 1876. A Louisville dispatch announces the sus pension of Charles Jeffers, the Louisville correspondent of Floyd & Co., as a result of the Chicago failure. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FAVORED. The New York BUI to Abolish It Is Indefin itely Postponed. Albany, May 6. The Senate Judiciary Committee this afternoon by a vote of 7 to 2 (Messrs. Bobertson and Saxton) postponed indefinitely the Curtis bill to abolish capital punishment, thus killing the bill. This action was taken after a hearing, in which the Rev. D. H. Ecob spoke in favor of the bill, on the ground that it was in line of advance of Christian thought and civiliza tion. Judge Arnonx also favored the bill, trac ing the reduction in the number of capital crimes in England, and in this country dur ing the century, and holding that the time bad come to remove tbe remaining capital crimes from the statute by abolishing capital punishment J. Irvine Browne spoke for the bill on legal grounds and the Rev. Dr. King, of Albany, opposed it on religious grounds. A GBEAT FACTORY BURNING. Tho Singer Sewing Machine Company's Big Works In Flames. Elizabeth, N. J., May 6. The Singer Manufacturing Company's establishment here is on fire. The flames have reached the third story, and it is thought the entire main bnilding, covering an acre of ground, will be destroyed. The entire fire department seems powerless to save it. A special from Elizabeth says: The loss will probably reach 52,000,000. About 3,500 employes will be left without work. The walls are now falling, and great excitement prevails. BAY IN A QUANDARY. Ho Poes Not Know What to Do Abont tho McKeesport Klnddle. IFBOM A STAFF COBBESPONDENT. Washington, May C. The refusal of Mr. Beese to accept the gift of the McKees port postoffice, in responseto the compliment paid to him by Representative Bay, has again left the Congressman in a quan dary as what step to take next Mr. Bay bas'not had the heart to go to the Postoffice Department this week, and will probably make no further motion in the matter until he knows exactly the ground he is walk ing on. World's Fair Officers Chosen. Chicago, May 6. At a meeting of the World's Fair directors this evening X A. Seeberger, Collector of the port of Chicago under President Cleveland, was elected Treasurer, and W. K. Akerman, Auditor. The choice of a Secretary and Director Gen eral was again referred. A New York Oil Company Farmed. Albany, May G. The Albany Oil Com pany, capital 5200,000bffices here was in corporated here to-day. The purpose is the leasing, purchasing and operation of oil territory in West "Virginia, Ohio and Penn sylvania. Dudley Farlin heads the list of trustees. A SOCIETY BOYCOTT To Be Placed Upon the Store3 of the Metropolis Where the GIRLS ARE NOT FAIRLY TREATED. Clergymen of Different Creeds Unite in Promoting the FORMATION OP A CONSUMEES' LEAGUE. Tbe Hebrew EaoM and the Presbyterian Pastor Alike Enthusiastic. A c onsumers' league has been formed in New York society circles. The object is to patron ize only those stores where the girls are properly treated. Many prominent clergy men of all sects have indorsed the plan. rSriCIAL TELBOBAX TO THE DISPATCH.1 Ne"W Xobk, May 6. A meeting to con sider the lot of shop girls, with a view to its amelioration, was held under the direction of he Working Women's Society at Chickering Hall to-night It was' a sequel of a series of meetings which have been held in the drawing rooms of Mrs. Josephine Shaw Lowell and other ladies. At these meetings steps have been taken toward the organization of a consumers' league, whose members are to pledge them selves not to patronize shops in which the employes are not treated with fairness. Prominent clergymen, without regard to denominational differences, approved the gathering by their presence, and the speak ers were a Hebrew rabbi, two Catholic priests, an Episcopal clergyman, and a Baptist, a Methodist and a Pres byterian minister. Among the cler gymen who signed a call for the meeting were: The Bev. Dr. Dix, the Rev. Father Deshon, the Rev. Dr. Crosbv, the Rev. Robert Collyer, the Rev. Dr. E. McChesney, the Rev. Dr. Van De Water, tbe Rev. J. O. S. Huntington and the Bev. Dr. K. Kopler. THE ONES MOST ETTEEESTED. In spite of the clerical call and the sym pathy of the consumers' league, there were more shop girls than consumers or clergy men in last night's large audience. Everett P. Wheeler, who presided, led upon the stage a little procession headed by Father Ducey and the Rev. Dr. Huntington, who walked arm in arm. Mr. Wheeler, on taking the chair, said he thought it was only necessary to bring the facts to tbe notice of the public in order to create the publta sentiment which would bring about the wished-for consummation. The facts were then made known from a report of the working women's society. Those as to long hours of labor showed East Side shop girls to be worse off than the rest The big shops open at 7:30 A.M., and usually close at 6 p. M., except on Saturday, when they are sometimes open nntil near mid night. On other days the girls are detained, often an hour or more, to put things in order. For a month during the holidays the shops all over the city keen open until midnight, and the girls who fail to report promptly at 8 the next morning are fined. In one shop the fines collected in a single yearamounted to 53,000. One girl was fined ?15 in. four months. SOME OF inE ABUSES. Cash girls vera, often fined a quarter of their meager earnings of 52 a weetc Many shops were so badly ventilated that the mercury i marked 90 in summer, and girls often fainted from the bad air and beat. Dr. Huntington said four things should be aimed at: First, a working day of eight hours; second, extra pay for extra work; third, proportionate fines that is, fines proportioned to the sal ary received as compared with the time lost; fourth, proper sanitation. For a shop girl eight hours wonld mean beginning work at 8 a. m. and stopping at C p. ai., with an hour's intermission for luncheon. He called upon those who as pired to be leaders in society to lead in the movement to benefit the shop girl. "Let these women," he said, "make ont a white list of shops whose owners deserve patronage because they treat their employes fairly, and send a copy to every woman in so-called society, and in one year's time the sufferings of the shop women and shop girls will be diminished one-half." The -Rev. -Dr. Faunce, of the Fifth Ave nue Baptist Church, in a plea in behalf of better sanitary conditions in shops, said when customers discovered unwholesome conditions existed they should re fuse to trade at those shops until the evils were remedied. The Rev. Dr. Sola Mendes, who spoke for better wages, said it was a good augury that move ment had' united the sympathy of the diverse creeds represented on the platform. A UNITED BAND. He assured his Christian companions that their Hebrew brother was with them in their endeavors to compel justice for those to whom justice seemed to be de nied. He could not, however, help Christians in their foreign missions. "When you send missionaries to us, your elder brother, we smile, good nafuredly, perhaps, but when you ask us to help speed justice and to obtain honest pay for honest work we are with you with alacrity." In conclusion he exhorted the ladies pres ent not to yield to the allurements ot the bargain connter where bargains were ad vertised to be sold below cost, the deficit coming out of the wages of the working women. After the Rev. Dr. Alexander, of the Tenth Street Presbyte"rian Church, had spoken in behalf of better morals in shops, Father Elliott said it seemed to him that "unearned increment" must be the money a shop keeper obtained from the fines of his employes. He thought if a man could be punished for overworking a horse he ought to be pun ished for overworking a woman. Father Ducey also spoke and then resolutions were passed summarizing the sentiments ot the different speakers. A STRIKERS' SYNDICATE Will Take the Blaster Builders' Business From Them If Tfaoy Are Stubborn. Philadelphia, May 6. Letters were sent to-day to the master builders who are holding ont against the demands of their men for an increase in wages, notifying them that if they did not by 10 o'clock to morrow morning concede" the demands of the strikers a certain plan, which had been formnlated, would be put into operation. This plan is said by an official of tbe Car penters' Brotherhood to be a sort of co operative arrangement, by which the bnild ing trades, including everyone from stone masons to frescoers, will form one grand organization employing the 30,000 men engaged in those trades in this city. This organization would make contracts, erect buildings, pay the workmen and divide tbe profits among the men themselves. Fifty-Two Anarchists Arrested. BAECELONA, May 6. Fifty-two An archists have been arrested here. Docu ments seized at their residences reveal plans for destroying railways with dynamite and for setting fire to factories. Bakers Get the Fever, Too. Washington, Mayfe The journeymen 'bakers of this city, to-day -demanded a re: dnction in hours from 12 to 10 per day, with an half honr for lunch. Their demand was granted. A YICTOBY FOR UNION SEEN. Tho CUcngo Carpenters' Strike Satisfac torily Settled by Arbltrtlon. Chicago. May 6. The carpenters strike was finally settled to-day, when representa tives pf the Carpenters' Council and the new Boss Carpenters and Builders' Asso ciation met and signed the agreement, which was reached by the Arbitration Committee to-day. By the terms of the agreement the men are given an eight-hour day; over time is rated as time and a half; Sunday time is tho same as double time; each contractor is allowed to retain his present apprentices and take one new apprentice each year, and the association agrees to employ none but union men and foremen, and to sublet no contracts from the old Carpenters' and Builders' As sociation. The minimum payfor carpenters is fixed at 35 cents an hour until August I, and alter that date is fixed at 37K cents an hour. The Arbitration Committee will be con tinued as a permanent committee to settle any dispute which may arise hereafter be tween employers and employes. The men will probably return to work on Thursday. In an address to the public by the joint Arbitration Committee, the statement is made that a fair estimate of the loss to the city by tbe strike will not fall short of 51, 000,000 per week, besides causing much suf fering to thousands of men, women and children. STBDIES IN ST. LOUIS. Labor Troubles Sprendlng In That City and. Violent Consequences Arn!Feared. St. Louis, May 6. The ranks of the striking harness makers were swelled to day bv the accession of 150 men from the smaller establishments. Two shops have conceded the advance, and the men have returned to work. The strike among the quarrymen is spreading, and now embraces nearly every quarry in the city. John B. 'O Meara, a large contractor, to day put to work a number of Austrians. This has caused considerable bad feeling, and tronble is looked for. CARLISLE VICTORIOUS. Tho Vacant Comtnltieo Places to bo Filled by His Friends. rsPECIAl. TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 3 Washington, May 6. Speaker Beed has settled the spirited contest that has ex isted for, some time for assignment to vacant committee places, and will announce his appointments to-morrow. There are nine places to be filled, caused by the death of Representatives Randall and Wilbur and the ousting of five Democrats. Mr. Blount, of Georgia, will get the vacancy on the Committee on Bules, for which there has been snch a struggle by the leaders of the Democratic factions in the House1, and Mr. Mutchler of Pennsylvania, will be assigned to the Committee on Appropria tions. The other places are unimportant The appointment of Mr. Blount on the Committee on Rules is significant in view of the fact that Crisp, of Georgia; Holman, of Indiana, and Springer, of Illinois, were all active candidates. Mr. Crisp was tbe candidate of the opponents of the so called Carlisle-Mills free trade combination in the Housf. Mr. Blount's appointment may be claimed as a victory forMr. Carlisle, as he is understood to have been the ex Speaker's favorite candidate. HE WILL PLEAD GUILTY. Shellenbergcr Heady to Throw Blpuelf on the JHercy of the Court. ISFECTAZ. TELEGBAX TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, May 6. J. Monroe Shellenberger, who surrendered to Sheriff Comly on Monday night, was locked in the Doylestown jail at 3 o'clock this morning. The arrival of Shellenberger in Doylestown created a profound sensation in the town. There is every reason to believe that Shel lenberger will make a confession acknowl edging everything that has been said against him. Then, when the cases against him are called, he will plead guilty and throw himself upon tbe mercy of the Court He is said to have expressed hi3 de termination to do this to thoie who were in communication with him to-day. It is expected that two more warrants will be issued against him this morning, making nino in all. Justice Zorn said to night that he would fix tho bail at the next hearing. He could not, however, see how he could under any circumstances fix it less than 53,000 in each" case, making 527,000 in all. It is believed that Shellenberger will be able to obtain this. A BIG T0WEB FOR CHICAGO. Ono 1,500 Feet High to be Erected by a Prl "Tate Company. rSPECIAL TELEOBAX TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Washington, May 6. Mr. Charles Elinkel, whose proposed tower for the Expo sition in 1892 was illustrated some months ago in The Dispatch, and who has sent a competitive design for a tower 1,250 feet high to be erected by a private company in London, has just furnished plans and estimates to a private company organized in Chicago, which pro poses to erect a tower before the opening of the Exposition which will be 1,500 feet high. The base, 400 feet in diameter, will be an ornate bnilding designed for a hotel, the largest in the world, containing 4,000 rooms, with 8 elevators lifting 100 feet, 4 lifting 200 feet, 4 300 feet, and 2 running to the top of tbe tower. Mr. Fitzcribbons, the banker, is said to be the leading spirit of the project The cost of the entire structure will be abont S2,000,000, and Mr. Kinkel engages that it will be entirely finished by the opening of the Exposition, October 12, 1892. A BRITISH STEAMER LOST. Thirty Persons on Board nnd AH Believed to Have Perished. Philadelphia, May 6. The British steamer Wingates, Captain Thompson, with a crew of 30 men, sailed from this port March 23, bound to Copenhagen, and has never since been heard from. Her owners and agents have given up all hopes for her safety, and believe that she has cone down with all on board. It is thought by many practical seamen that the vessel ran into an iceberg, as her course to Copenhagen would bring her well up north, in the pathway of these obstructions. In no other way can her loss be accounted for. The missing vessel's cargo consisted oi 101,527 bushels of corn valued at 537,565. She was of 2,077 tons register, and was Duilt in Jarrow in 1877. The names of the crew cannot be learned, as no record of them is kept at this port. Prof. Shanar He-Elected. tSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. McKeespobt, May 6. The McKeesport School Board held a special meeting to night to elect a Superintendent of Schools for three years, and elected Prof. P. A. Shanar, who has filled the position for near ly two years in tbe most satisfactory man ner. His election was unanimous. Exact statements Ordered. Tbenton, May 6. Every State bank in New Jersey was to-day ordered to submit to the State Bank Examining Board, within five days, exact statements of their condi tion. Recent bank failures have caused this action. W m Emperor William's Remarkable Address in Opening the Reictistag, TROUBLES OF THE TOILERS Will Receive the Earnest Attention of the Government. K0 STRIFE WITH SOCIALISTS. The Tonng Enier Qnite Well Informed; Concerning America. GREETED WITH GREAT ESTHUSIASM The German Reichstag was formally opened yesterday by Emperor William in, person. His speech was devoted almost en tirely to the labor question. The subject of resticting Socialism was not even mentioned. The address was well received. nrr cable to the pispatch.i Beblin, May 6. It was expected that the language used by the Emperor in open ing this year's Reichstag would depart from the commonplace phraseology with which modern royalty veils its thoughts. We are not disappointed. In firm, well separated words he read to the assemblage of states men, warriors and diplomats such a speech, as the Germans, at least, had not been brought up to expect from such a quarter. Prussian kings have usually been little more than soldiers. One or two have been dreamy scholars or amateurs in art Never nntil to-day has a Hohenzollern publicly pledged himself to the service of everyday workers, the plain people of the country, recognizing them as the real basis of na tional happiness, as opposed to the preten sions of any caste or class. , no effobt ax okatoby. Not a syllable oi his words was indistinct ly uttered, nor was any effort made in thedi rection of oratory. Once only did his voice rise with increased vehemence, at these words: "In jnst care for the workingman's needs lies the most effective increase to our strength, and every attempt to violently dis turb law and order shall meet with our most determined opposition." The full text of his speech, which was being eagerly bought in broadside form from the newsboys as I came away from the palace, may be roughly analyzed as giving about 18 inches of type in a German newspaper, 10 of which inches alone relate to tho work man, two to foreign relations, two to the army, one to the budget and one only to colonial enterprise in Africa. Arithmetic ally one might conclude that all branches of his Government together do not count so much in his estimation as the daily work of the nation's backbone. THE E3IPEBOB SINCEEE. There is no reason to doubt his sincerity in this movement, for it is in the line of a personal effort on his psrt made more than three years ago, when he little dreamed of beinjr. Emperor in this century, at least In a letter written at that time to a personal friend I have seen the expression of his great desire to help this movement in some way, although at the time his work did not amount to much more than the zeal of a private individual. When the opening exercises were over tha Emperor, in spite of tbe great pressure of business just cow upon him, found time for a talk with me that lasted a full half-hour, and was obviously intended to mark his ap preciation for American public opinion. The frank, yet firm, way with which his eyes, even as a youngster, met snch as he addressed was a characteristic and most ex cellent circumstantial evidence of his truth fulness. His sentences are short and clear. He rarely uses a superfluous word, sticks close to his point, talks more with a view drawing knowledge than of giving his own ideas, although all my questions to him were answered in full. ACQUAINTED -WITH AMERICA. Of our Minister Phelps he spoke, as I was prepared to hear, as one whose acquaintance he prized. Our tariff debates, our new naval expenditures, our Presidental hopes and fears these ha understood better than nine out of ten English members of Parlia ment. The language he used I cannot re peat, for obvious reasons, but his utterances regarding social legislation were of snch a character that he will no doubt forgive me for making use of them now. He made me understand most emphati cally that nothing was further from his in tention than to raise false hopes among the working people. He had no idea that a paternal Government could cure all tha social ills, nor was he snre they could re move even the most conspicuous ones. Nothing to his mind foreboded greater mis chief than to propagate the idea that any Government could supersede individual enterprise or forethought For his part he was prepared only to at tempt a solution by dealing with the work men from the standpoint of justice, trying to introdnce the element of fairplay between earners and wage-givers, enconraging arbi tration and applying the law only in favor of persons conspicuously needing its protec tion, such as young children and women. A VEBTT APT PUPIL. In other words the Emperor's language sounded as though his teacher in political economy had been, not Bismarck alone, but Prot bumner or uaviu A. Wells. Tho notion that William is conqnetting with Socialism is closely allied to tbe suspicion that he is much influenced by the scholarly, but rather idealistic Privy Councillor Hlnz peter, whom he dearly loves as his former tutor, as well as one whose life is devoted to philanthropic work. No one, however, who has talked with tha Emperor can believe that such a suspicion is well grounded. In fact, he is nnder no man's influence. The ceremonies at the palace differed little from those ot past years, except that Caprivi, ana not Bis marck, stood at the Emperor's elbow, a dif ference that wonld be scarcely noticed at other times, so like are the two men to look at Tbe venerable Moltke, as tho oldest mem ber of Parliament, stood through the whole performance, and proposed three cheers for the Kaiser when the imperial party entered the halt While the crowd was gathering JUOitKe waiKeu as it in a areata tnrougn the Continued on Sixth Page. THREE GERMANY'S HEW -
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