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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
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