Secure the Cumberland County Delegates, But Without Instructions. FRANKLIN'S FIERCE FIGHT. Opposing Forces, Camped K52ht on the Battle Groundj BEATEN TWO TO ONE IN BUTLEE, Dclamater Seems to Have Been a Terj Easv Victim There. THE SITUATION SATISFIES STOKE. ' Hie Cumberland County Republican Con vention, after an exciting struggle, elected Hastings delegate!. A lesolution instruct ing them, however, was dcleatcd by four Totes. The contest in Franklin county to-day promises to be close and exciting. IFPECIAL TEI.XGIt.LM TO TIT DISrATOH.! Cablisle, May 26. The Bcpublican County Convention, which was held here to-day for the purpose of electing two dele gates to the State Convention, was the largest, hottest and bitterest conven tion ever held In the history of the party. Heretofore the delegates sent from this county to the State Convention were generally left uninstructed, as there was very little opposition manifest, if any nt all, and everything was run by Senator Quay. But to-day the Hastings men struct out right from the shoulder in opposition to the 'workings of the preceeding conventions. The Delamater and Hastings men had some time ago effected a compromise that the delegates were not to receive any instruc tions from the convention, and Captain E. B. "Watts, of Carlisle, and Alfred Loudon, of Silver Springs, -were slated as the dele gates who suited both sides. WANTED BOTH DELEGATES. This compromise remained unbroken un til early this morning1, when it was broken by the Hastings men, who held a caucus be fore the convention met and there decided that the delegates must be instructed for Hastings. They broke the slate of dele gates, claiming that they would not repre sent the sentiments of the county, and slated "Watts and Musser. At this caucus 47 delegates pledged them selves to support the Hastings resolution be fore the convention, which meant instruc tions for Hastings. "When the convention convened E. C. Gardner, of Mecbanicsburg, offered the resolution, which in substance meant instructions for Hastings and which attacked Delamater indirectly. This resolution was put before the con vention and was beaten by fonr votes. Some of the men that pledged themselves at the Hastings caucus to vote for the resolution stated be'ore the convention that they were for Hastings, but opposed to instructions, end thus it was defeated. HASTINGS DELEGATES CHOSEN. The following delegates were then nomi nated: Captain E. ii. Watts, of Carlisle; Dr. E. N. Musser, of Mechanicsburg; A. J. Louden, ot Silver Springs, and George H. Stiller, of Ncwvillc Captain "Watts and Dr. Musser were elected without instruc tions. Dr. Musser says he will vote for Hastings on the first ballot. At the caucus he declared he was for Hastings unqualified. Captain Watts says he is free to do as be thinks best, but that up to this time he has been a lriend of Hastings. Samuel ltenz, a prominent Bepublican of the county, wanted the delegates' instructed for Hastings, and he said if they were not he would bolt the Republican party and Vote the Democratic ticket this fall. Some of the Quay people endeavor to figure out a Delamater victory because the resolutions of instruction were defeated, but as the del egates slated by the Hastings hustlers were chosen by a good majority, the advantage is clearlv with that side. FOB BAY AND M0NT00TH. Harmony the Clilrf Feature of the Greene County Republican Convention. rSrECIAL TtLMKlM TO THK DISrATClt. Waynesbukg, May 20. The Repub lican County Convention held here to-day was harmonious. Hon. J. "W. Ray was unanimously and enthusiastically endorsed for a second term in Congress, and the dele gates to the Congressional Convention were instructed to use all honorable means for his nomination. The delegates to the Congressional Con vention are: Hon. J. B. Donley and J. B. Teagarden, Esq., of Waynesburg; T. C. Gabler, Esq., of Greensboro; John J. Wor ley, of "Wayne, and W. S. Hughes, of Bristori. William M. Parry, of Aleppo, was elected delegate to the State Convention, and goes uninstructed. "While there was no expression of choice for Gorernor in the convention, it was apparent that the dele gates almost unanimously favored Major Montooth, and the delegate to the State Con vention will vote for him. "Without a contest John A. Gordon, of Center, was nominated for Assembly; for Treasurer, Richard Long, ot Cumberland; for Protlionotary, IT. C. James, of Greens boro; Clerk of Courts, P. D. Hoskinson, Hew Freeport; District Attorney, W. P. Carter, of "Waynesburg; Register and Re corder, Ellsworth Ackley, of Rich Hill; Director of the Poor, Lindsay Thomas, of Franklin. R. W. Munnell was unanl- inously re-elected Chairman of the County Committee, and A B. Dickie. Esq., Secre tary. h THEEE FOE "WALLACE. A Llitlo Comfort for the Clenrfleld Connty tMntcsmnn nt Last. ttrzaxi. TELEGKAH TO THE DISrATCR.1 Steoddsbckg. May 26. The Democrats of Monroe county met in convention this .evening and nominated'as delegates to the State Convention A. C. Lader G. M. Rcmaly and M. F. Coolbaugh. C. B. Staples was elected President of the meeting. Tue delegates elected will support "William ,$CWttllace lor Governor. The convention was unanimous for "Wallace, and harmony prevailed. Amonc the principal Wallace supporters were County Chairman B. Mans field, C. B. Stapler, a prominent lawyer and Senator Joseph H. Shull. J. S. Case, Robert Grauver and E. B. Keller favored Pattison, but their political influence is not so large as those of the Wal lace supporters, and they were easily beaten. Barnet Mansfield, who has made one of the most active Connty Chairmen this county has seen for a long time, was re-elected. ALREADY ON THE FIELD. TO-DAY'S CONVENTION IN FRANKLIN WILL BE A LIVELY ONE. The Friends and Foes of Drlnmnler Alike ConfldentofYlctory A Mysterious ItloTe meet In Befaalr of Jndce F.iz.on The Doe of Battle Clenrly Drawn. ISriCIALTELXORAV TO Till DIRrATCIt.I Ciiambeesbuko May 20. The town has never before been so full of politicians as it is to-night The battles of to-morrow's con vention are being fought over in advance and the excitement is at fever heat. The SG candidates for county offices are here with their friends in full force, and nearly all of the 1C8 delegates are already on hand. There are surely going to be -some disap pointed people to-morrow for both factions in the Governorship fight are positive of suc cess, and the figures they show to back up their assertions seem very plausible. The line is plainly drawn between the Delamater and the anti-Delamater men, but the latter are all Hastings and Stone men, and no other opposition candidates are spoken of. Although the candidates for delegates are all on the ground, yet there is really little more light on the question than there was yesterday. The Delamater candidates for delegates to the State Convention are John H. Seiders, of Chatnbcrsburg, and E. S. Snively, of Shady Grove. The anti-Delamater candidates are Colonel George B. Wiestling, of Montalto, and W. W. Brit ton, of Upper Strasburg. Seidersis at pres ent Chairman of the Republican County Committee and a candidate for re-election. He asserts to-night that he has over 100 delegates pledged to him, and that the same men will support Snivclv. A. N. Pomcroy, who heads the anti-Delamater forces, to night shows figures giving 93 votes for Weis tling and Britton, and says he is not claim ing any doubtful men. Weistling is very popular all over the county, and will un doubtedly run ahead of his ticket. It is hard to sec how the Delamater men can beat him. The fight for the county chair manship is in the same condition, both can didates claiming their election. The can didates for the county offices are trying to keep out of complications in the Governor ship, bnt some undoubtedly will be drawn into combinations before the convention comes to order. There is a mysterious movement going on here in lavor of Judge Paxson. A number ot leading Republicans have received personal letters sounding them as to how he would do for a compromise candidate. The letters come mostly from Western Pennsyl vania, and they come from sources which are regarded by some as an evidence of weakening on the part of those who have been insisting on Delamater's nomination, and although at this late hour these can have no efiVet upon the result of to-morrow's con vention, yet their appearance is regarded very significant. WANT A HEW CANDIDATE. A Democrat Who I Not Sntlsfled With Tbote In the Field. trSOK A 6TATF COIUIESPOXMITT.1 Washington, May G. A prominent Democrat now in the city who will not per mit the use of his name says that there is no doubt in his mind that Hon. William L. Scott is making the Pennsylvania fight for the Governorship a contest between the Cleveland and the anti-Cleveland forces of the Democratic party. This Democrat is not a partisan of any of the factions of the pirty, and only regrets the destruction, because ot factional fights, of the possibility of winning a victory for the party when the chances appeared to be good for such a con summation. He says tnat Scott believes Democratic success certain in 1892, just as he did in 1888, and seeks in his support of the lucky candidate the Cabinet position which he failed to secure in 1881, possibly on account of his newness at that time in na tional politics. This gentleman is in favor of the nomina tion bv the Democrats of a candidate out side of all the candidates r.ow in the fielJ, and one who is not identified with any of the factions, and who will poll the lull Democratic vote with that of all dissenting Republicans. STONE ENCOURAGED ny the Result of tho Recent Primaries Throughout the Stnte. rSritCIAl.TlII.IOItAI TO TUB DtSrATCTT.1 Habkisbueg, May 26. Secretary Stone's Gubernatorial boom is growing, and his friends have been much encouraged by the developments of the past few weeks. To day Mr. Stone received a telegram from ex Scnator Greer that Butler county had elected delegates favorable to him, and from Franklin county he learned from a reliable source that of 133 delegates elected to the county convention 82 were friendly to his nomination for Governor. Ho returns had then been received from districts which elected 35 delegates. Wnile the latter news is gratifying to Secretary Stone he preiers not to count the Franklin county delegates until the con vention has made its, choice. QUAY IS TOO BUSY To Attend n Meeting of the National Repub lican KxreutlTp Committee. OTtOK A ETAFT COBnKSPONDKTT.I Washington, May 26. It is now pretty certain that the National Republican Ex ecutive Committee will not get together before the first of next week. It cannot hold a session without the presence of Sena tor Quay, and he is not now expected to re turn to Washington before the occurrence of the primaries in Beaver county next Saturday. The Senator is looked for to come in on the first train leaving Beaver after the close of the primaries, and then a meeting of the committee will doubtless be held at once. After that the Senator will go to Brigantine for a brief rest at the famous fishing grounds ot that region. Ohio Democrat! Getting; Into Line. TSPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH. Tiffin, May 26. A meeting of the Ohio State Democratic Central Committee was called by Chairman Norton, of this city, to be held in Columbus on the 17th of Jnne. The object or the meeting is to fix the date and place for holding the Democratic State Convention. A Battle Royal In Huntingdon. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l HUNTINGDON, May 26. The contest for State delegates is now a lively three-cornered fiirht between Delamater, Stone and Hastings. A combination of the latter two could probably deleat the Crawlord county candidate Fighting for Carlisle's PInce. Louisville. May 26. Governor Buck ner to-day called an election for a successor to Senator Carlisle, to be held June 21. There are a number of candidates, includ ing Theodore Hallam, formerly Carlisle's law partner. DELAMATEE'S WATERLOO. Stone Bents Blm Mere Than Two to One In Butler Connty. rUrSCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISP ATOIt.1 BUTLEE, May 26. The official figures for Governor are: Stone, 1,286; Delamater, 631. There was a scattering vote for Hastings, Montooth and Osborne. The delegates to the State Convention Stone's delegates, Fleeger and McMartin had 2,819 and 2,269 respectively; Delamater delegates Bell nnd Dindringer 1,341 and 1,289; Rittcr, anti-Delamater, 074. AYILSON'S LATEST PLAN TO GET AROUND THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE DECISION. Ho Reports a Hnbutltuto for Ills Former Mcusnre, and BcIIctcs That It Will I'oss Other Senators Are Not bo Certain About It. IFItOM A STAFF COnBEBPOSDENT. J Washington, May 26. Senator Wil son, of Iowa, said to-day that he did not an ticipate a protracted discussion of the-bill intended to empower the various States to regulate the liquor traffic in accordance with their own laws, and that a vote would probably be reached by Thursday at the latest. Some of the other Senators think the matter will not be settled as soon as that, but the general impression is that with the most liberal interruptions the Senate will reach a vote on the question before the end of the week. There seems to be little doubt about the result of the vote, and it will be in favor of the Wilson bill by a large majority. Sen ator Wilson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to-day reported the following bill as a substitute for the original package liquor bill now under consideration in the Senate: That when any Intoxicating liquors shall he transported from one State or Territory to another, or from any foreign country, such liquors shall, when the actual and continuous transportation of the same shall have termi nated, be considered to hare ceased to be the subjects of inter-State commerce and be a part of the common mass ot property within tho State or Territory, and subject to the respect ive powers of the State or Territory in respect of all police regulations of prohibition, regula tion or taxation. STUDENTS AS CBUSADERS. Collegians Valiantly Oppose on Applicant lor n Liquor Permit. Minneapolis, May 26. At "Vermillion, South Dakota, the seat of the State Uni versity, there was great excitement to-day when G. L Salmer, a druggist, was to have a hearing for a permit to sell liquor under the new prohibitory law. About 300 students of the University quit their classes and paraded the streets of the town with banners, shouting for prohibition. Fully one-half the students were young ladies. Some of the mottoes were as follows: "Uni versity or Saloon. Will you have the sa loon?" "Spirit of education, or spirit of alcohol?" In connection with the latter banner was a huge dragon and a large bottle with a snake crawling ont of it. In these there were nearly 100 banners. The streets were literally given over to the students for a couple of hours, and the excitement was in tense. The protest was intended to be an emphatic one, as it is alleged Salmer for five years has been a violator of the liquor Iews made for tbeprotection-or the Univer sity. After the parade the case was called, and Salmer secured a continuance until Thursday. This made the students angry, and they took up a public collection amounting to about $250 to securejegal talent. Salmer says he will have the ring leaders arrested if they attempt to intimi date him on Thursday, and the prospects are good for a highly exciting time. A BODY IN A SEWEB. The Chicago Pollco Are on the Track of Another Murder Mystery. rfTECTAI. TXLIOB.AH TO TOT BtSFATCH. 3 Chicago, May 2G. Several boys who were on their way home from Sunday school yesterday afternoon saw a human hand which clinched a whip protruding from the manhole of a sewer. While they were looking at tho ghastly object it disappeared in the flow oi water through the sewer. Police were summoned and an effort made to drag the great conduit. The current was so strong that they were unable to make much headway. A piece of cloth evidently torn from a man's body, was hauled up with a rake and Lieutenant Healy, who conducted the search, says the teeth of the rake struck something that felt like a body. Marks on the cover of the manhole show that it had been pried off by an iron instru ment. The officers to-day found a bunch of human hair clinging to the wall of the well. The sewer is egg-shaped and empties into another sewer at the stock yards. Tho body is expected at the latter conduit before morning. Officers are there waiting its coming. It is the theory of the police that the victim was murdered and then hurled into the sewer. KILLED BY AN ANGBY ELEPHANT. Horrible Dentil of Frank James, a Well Known African Trnreler. New Yoek, May 20. Particulars have just been received here of the death of Frank L. James, a well-known Afriean traveler and author and half brother of D. Willis James, of the firm of Phelps, Dodge, & Co., of this city, who was killed near the Gabon river, in Africa on April 21 by a wounded elephunt. A dispatch received yesterday says that Mr. James' body was pierced in front by the tusk of the enraged elephant. The wounded man knew that he was dying, but the shock to his system pre vented him from feeling any pain and almost dulled his senses. He lived only 40 minutes after receiving the fatal wound, and the last words upon his lips were for his youngest brother, Will iam, to whom he was devotedly attached. Only one member of his party was with him at the time of the accident, which happened about five miles from his yacht, at 4:34 p. 21., and by a strange fatality on his birth day. The body was placed on his yacht, which reached Southampton, England, on Saturday night. A S ITTSBUEGEB SUED. Action Brought Against William G. Slahl to Recover $10,000. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB dispatcim St. PatjIi, May 26. A case of consider able importance is on trial before Judge Kerr and a jury. William O'Brien, a well known attorney of this city, brings action against William G. Stahl, of Pittsburg, Pa,, to recover the sum ol $10,000 as attorney fees and money advanced in quieting the title of a tract of land consisting of 80 ncres in the suburbs of SL Paul, valued at $120,000, the sale of which was made bvSuhl to William Badger in March, 1885. " , The title to the property was defective, and thjs necessitated a great deal ot legal labor, including the appointment of guar dians for minor heirs who lived in the East, and bad an interest in the propertv. Barr also claims that he advanced (500 of his own money during the trial of the case in which the title of the proDertv was involved. atA tvYiifTi rpenltof) In I.!1 f-.mi Tfi Stahl if present at the trial. .... ..M.W .VHH..VU All ,1.0 IBIUII Mr. He Never Committed Jnst to Spite a Faithless Sweetheart. DEATH INSTEAD OF DELIVERANCE. His Pardon Had Been Decided Upon, bnt a Little Too Late. A BE0KEN-HEAETED BDCKEIE BEAUTY Expires la lis Penitentiary Because of Dfezrace and Humiliation. Two prisoners have just died in the Penn sylvania and Ohio prisons under peculiar circumstances. A Juniata young man pleaded guilty to arson because his lady love had jilted him. Abeautilul Stark county girl was sent to thepenitentiary for stealing a dress pattern while deranged. isrrciAt. TELionAK to tub mcFATon.i Haiuiisbubo, May 26. Last fall a man who gave his name as Nicholas Parel pleaded guilty in the Juniata County Court to having destroyed two barns by setlng fire to them. At the meeting of the Board of Pardons last week it had under consideration an application for the pardon of the prisoner on the ground that his plea of guilty was untrue. The board held the case under advisement, and the man has since died in the penitentiary, to which he had been sentenced for ten years and six months. A painfully interesting story is told of the so-called Parel, whose real name was Herman Fitzgerald. Last spring, a few months after he landed in this country, he obtained employment with a farmer in Perry county, and soon after became enamored of a female servant. He was sub jected to much derision by some of the men in the neighborhood and a fight resulted in which Fitzgerald was badly worsted. TO SPITE TIIE OIKL. Soon afterward a barn was .burned in the vicinity, and a young man was convicted as an accessory to the crime, and sentenced to six months in jail. The burning of the building was followed by the destruction of two barns in Juniata county, about 18 miles from the farm on which the foreigner was employed. The treatment which he had re ceived made him desperate, and to spite the girl, who had tailed to reciprocate his affec tions, he appeared before a Justice of the Peace in Juniata county, and under oath admitted that he had set fire to the destroyed barns. He expected a sentence of six months, but instead the Court sentenced him'to ten years and six months, and the prisoner began to regret his mad course. While in prison the most convincing evidence was collected to show thjt he did not commit the crime which he had confessed. Only three days elapsed between the burning of the two barns, and yet Fitzgerald said that be set fire to the second six weeks alter he burned the first. At the time barns were burned in Juniata connty Fitzgerald was assisting at a harvest home festival in Perry county, and was seen in the vicinity every day nnd evening during the week. The prisoner would have been released at the next meet ing of the Board of Pardous, as his inno cence had been clearly established. A woman's weongs. A special dispatch from Columbus, O., says: AdaVogal, a Starke county prisoner, aged 18, sent from Canton died at the peni tentiary to-night. She received one year for stealing a dress pattern. Deceased comes of a good family. Her father and sister were notified of ber illness, but have not arrived. Her trial was postponed from time to time, and her disgrace and imprisonment bore heavily upon her mind, finally driving her to insanity. Alter being confined in the Can ton jail a year she was taken to the Toledo asylum. After being restored to reason she was returned to the Canton jail, where, after seven months, she again became deranged and was taken for the second time to the Toledo asylum. Being the second time cured of her afflic tion she was taken back to Canton, tried, convicted, and she died of humiliation and grief. The deceased had the reputation of being the prettiest woman ever in the Ohio prison. WIMAN AS A PEOPHET. He Predicts Reversal of Canadian Policy blionld McKlnley's Bill Pass. Waterloo, Ont., May 25. The conti nental consequences of the McKinley tariff bill were discussed by Mr. Erastus Wiman at the celebration of the Queen's birthday here to-day. It was stated that no event in the whole history of events relating to the two balfs of the continent was likely to affect, to so serious an extent, the trade rela tions between them as the passage of the new United States tariff. Mr. Wiman con tinued: The enforcement of the agricultural sections of the act now before the Senate as acalnst Canadian products entering Into the United States for two harvests Intervening beforo the general Parliamentary election, which must be held within two joars. would bo sufficient to reverse the entire fiscal policy of the Domin ion, defeat at the polls the existing Tory party and put into power a Liberal government, with Sir Charles Cartwrlght as its chiel financial minister. The utter annihilation of the great trade in Cauadian eggs which would follow tho en forcement ot 5 cents duty per dozen would bo an object lesson in every farmyard all over the brond Dominion. The entire relation of the two countries, in cluding such grave matters as the fisheries, tho Behring Straits question, the railroad transpor tation problem, the alien labor laws, the snip ping, coasting and wrecking regulations, to gether with the possibilities of an enormous extension of business, of cheap supplies, of free raw material and lessened cost of food at man ufacturing countries, is all involved in tho passage ol the McKinley bill. INKSIJNGEB IDENTIFIED. Be Will Now .bo Examined as to Ills Men tnl Condition. ISPECIAL TZLEQBAJI TO TUB DI8PATCH.I New York, May 20. John Conners, "the inkslinger," was arraigned before Jus tice O'Eeilly at the Yorkville Police Court this morning. The dress or Miss Ella Lys ter, on which ink was thrown as she wai walking in Ninth avenue some weeks ago, was produced in court and the stains on it were shown to have been made by ink pre cisely like that in the bottle found on Con nors. Mjss Ethel Warner testified that one night about two weeks ago a man followed he? up Sixth avenue, afid when she got home she found her dress covered with spots ot violet ink. She positively identified Connors as the man who followed her. Con nors was arraigned for examination. When Connors was arraigned for examin ation before Justice Ford in the afternoon Miss Warner was not called on to lestifiy, as ex-Judge Otterbourg, Connors' counsel, put in a plea of insanity, and asked that his client be examined in regard to his mental condition. This request was granted. Uncle Snm Protects His BanUs. New Yoek, May 26. An attachment, obtained by A. Westerburg in a suitagainst the First National Bank of Nevada, Mo., was vacated bv Jndge Lawrence or the Su preme Court to-day on the ground that .at tachments against National Banks cannot be secured in State Court actions. ' TOLD BY THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP JOHN HAHVEY. Captain Stewnrt Says Ills Ufa Was Threat ened by Hnilors Who Tried to Selzo Him Why He Was Obliged to Fat His Men In Irons. Philadelphia, May 26. Captain Har vey Stewart and Mate Phelan, of the Bhip John Harvey, which is nowlyinghere, deny the charges ot cruelty made against them by Ernest A. Yonng, who was formerly a cabin boy on the ship, and tell instead a tale of mutiny that resulted in one seaman being put ashore at Barbadoes for his part in the affair. Young arrived in New York on Saturday and told a story of cruelty of the crew of the ship while she was on the way from Monte video to Barbadoes. Captain Stewart says that alter a storm which had damagsd the ship, thecrew,wben ordered to perform some duty, first ran for their oil skins. The Captain made a remark about this and Peter Pier son, who was at the wheel replied to the Captain, using profane language. Captain Stewart says he struck Pierson across the face with his hand, and this was the signnl for a general mutiny. Seaman Smith drew a knife and ran for the Captain. Mate Phelan, seeing the murderous intent of Smith, caught him, and then the rest of the crew ran forward. Captain Stewart had gone below and at this juncture reappeared with a revolver, with which he intimidated the men. Smith and Pierson were then "triced up," but in such a manner that their feet touched the deck. Pierson soon wilted and asked the Captain's forgiveness. Smith was kept triced ' up for a while, and then taken down and placed in irons. He was kept in confinement until the ship reached Barbadoes as the Captain considered him too dangerous a man to be at liberty. He was paid off and discharged at Barbadoes. Cabin Boy Young, the Captain says, was lazy and vicious, refusing to perform his duty. At Barbadoes he went ashore and when ordered on board refused to obey, and the ship sailed without him. Captain Stewart said he had his two daugh ters on board, and did not think it safe to allow Smith the run of the ship, and there fore kept him in irons. GONE BACK TO BOGOTA A South American Firm With Largo Lia bilities and No Assets. rPPECTAL TILED RAM TO TUX DISPATCIM New Yoek, May 26. Deputy Sheriff Stevens has received an attachment for $191,421, granted by Judge Lawrence, of the Supreme Court, against the firm of S. Perez-Triana & Co., formerly shipping and commission merchants, in favor of the West ern National Bank. The business was started here in 1883, their trade being chiefly with Colombia and Venezuela, importing and 'exportingvarious articles of merchan dise. Santiago Perez-Triana was the only resident partner in this country, the other partners being Koppel & Schloss and L. Pornbo & Bro., all of Bogota. They formerly had large bankers' credits in London, "which were, it is said, canceled about eight months ago, to their serious inconvenience, as the business had grown to a considerable ex tent, requiring large capital. In December last Mr. Periz-Triana an nounced that thev would wind up the busi ness and go into liquidation as a firm. H? '.if.l ii...,u.i .ir--. LJ I 1 & uu lucu iijub luey uuu uiupie surplus over all liabilities, and would pay every claim in iuii, uuu wiiuiu irausier tueir uuaiuess w J. M. Ceballos & Co. Tiffany & Co. have also obtained an attachment against Mr. Perez-Triana for 5251 for goods sold. No assets, it is said, have been found to attach, and Mr. Perez-Triana is believed to have returned to Bogota.'' , COLLIDED WITH AN ICEBEEG. A Danish Steamer Damaged nnd Passengers Bailly Sunken Up. New Yokk, May 26." The Danish steam ship Thingvalla, which left Copenhagan on the Cth inst., arrived at this port this morning, and Captain Lamb relates a most thrilling experience and an almost miracu lous escape from a watery grave. The steamer collided with an iceberg in the early hours of the morning of the 19th, in the, region of icebergs coming down from Labrador, an immense mass of ice rising 25 feet out of the water. The vessel ran with full force into the berg. The iron bow plates were ripped off, and considerable damage done to the stem. Tons of ice came tumbling down upon the deck. There were 500 steerage and 30 first clasa passengers on board. The shock threw many out of their beds, and thev rushed upon the deck, afraid the vessel was going down. They were quieted by the captain and officers. Captain Lamb says it was the most thrilling experience in all his seafaring life. A LIVELY CONTEST EXPECTED. George Gould Reported to Hnvo Resigned the Presidency of tlio Pacific Mall. NEW York, May 26. Reports were cur rent this afternoon that George Gould had resigned the office of President of the Pacific Mail and had been succeeded by Thomas B. Houston and that Calvin S. Bribe and Samnel S. Thomas had been elected directors of the company. The offi cers of the company stated that there was no truth in the rumors, but it was said by parties identified with the recent buying of the stock that they were only premature. It is understood that the names will ap pear on the Hart ticket at the annual meet ing Wednesday when a lively contest for control is expected. NEWFOUNDLAND'S ANGBY PE0TEST. II er Citizens Appeal to the Queen to Ke drcss Their Grlrrnnccs. London, May 27. Lord Knutsford, Colonial Secretary, has received an angry address to the Queen from the Newfoundland Legislature. The address protests in the strongest manner against F tench aggres sions, bounties and smugglings, which it says the English Government appears to tolerate, and absolutely declines to consent to the arbitration ot the lobster dispute. The Legislature calls upon the Imperial Government to cause the removal of the lobsteries, and to stop all fishing privileges until the bounties are abolished, threaten ing to take its own measures if the Govern ment refuses. HIGH WATEE IN NEW YOSK Canal Banks Break nnd the Central Rail road Trnck.Floodcd. TJtica, N. Y.. May 26. The break that occurred in the canal here last night cannot be repaired so that water can be let in the ditch in less than a week. The water is still so high that no work can be done to day. Nor can wort: of any kind be done on the Central track, and trains will not be able to get through the break before to-morrow night, and not then unless the rain stops. The Questions Will Stand. Washington, May 26. There was no quorum present at the meeting of the House Committee on Census to-day, bnt those in attendance decided that there should be no' change in the questions to be nsced by the oensus enumerators. -. M&W - , IT. Alt A Philadelphia Woman Swindled Out of Thousands of Dollars BY BLACK ART AKD BRASS BUGS. A Servant Obtains Entire Control Over Her . Mistress' Mind. CHARGES OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY Fall In Court BtcaiKe the Victim Was Shown to bs a Willlns Dnpf. Emeline TJnrich, an old maid of the Quaker City, charged .Mrs. Nichols, her servant and others with obtaining money under false pretenses. They persuaded her that she was bewitched, and all the re sources of voodooism were brought into play. By this means considerable sums of money were obtained. IBr-ECIAI. TKLEOHAX TO TUB DISrATCU.1 Philadelphia, May 26. Witchcraft and voodooism, mysterious rappings, the midnight cry of cats, brass bugs, queer plates carved with hieroglyphics, and all the other uncanny features of the black arts, lorm the groundwork of a strange story that was told in the courts of this city to-day. The scene of the tale is laid in Germantown, the period a few years back and the heroins is an unmarried woman, who, in her 60th year, allowed her self to be imposed upon by her servants and a so-called "witch doctor. , The story is told in the report of Edward D. McLaughlin, master in the equity suit of Emili'ne TJnrich against Peter Nichols and Bridget O. Nichols, his wife, Franklin Mnguire and his wife, late Alice Jordan, which was filed to-dav in Common Pleas Court No. 2. On August 13, 1887, the plaintiff, Emiline Unricb, filed in court a bill in equity against the defendants, ac cusing them of procuring money from her under various false pretenses. A STEANOE STOBY. She stated that she had been from May, 1883, until the year 1887 sick and enfeebled, and her mind impiired by physical prostra tion so as to render her unfit to transact business. Mrs. Nichols was encaged in her home as a domestic servant, and succeeded' in gaining entire control of her mistress by unusual and ghastly means. She first made Miss TJnrich believe that she was bewitched, and that she would never get better until certain things were done by persons known to Mrs. Nichols, and that it would take considerable money, as those persons lived far away and could only be reached by the telegraph, costing from 516 to ?18 pe'r telegram, which sums were given to Mrs. Nichols on various occa sions. In order to work more effectually on her dupe's mind Mrs. Nichols is accused of causing strange noises and rappings and unusual manifestations to "emanate" from various parts of the house, and placed cats and other animals there BJto screech and. yell and annoy Miss TJnrich for the purpose of cheat ing her out of sums amounting to from $100 to $1,000 at a time. In these plots Mrs. Nichols was aided by 'Alice Maguire and Dr. Hall, who, together with Mrs. Nichols, succeeded in getting $4,026 from their victim. EATHEK COSTLY BUGS. Miss TJnrich claims that Mrs. Nichols procured brass bugs ostensibly to remove spells, and placed them in her house at $10 each. Plates with hieroglyphics and queer signs and characters were also obtained for the same purpose. These, it was claimed, came from distant lands at great expense, 5100 to $600 being paid for them. They were also paid for removing spells from friends and relatives of Mis TJnrich, and received $1,000 each for driving devils out of Mrs. Nichols and Mrs. Maguire. Dr. Hall and other colored witch doctors had meanwhile been making .visits to the bedside of the unfortunate woman, often late at night, when they would rub her and utter incantations and declare that devils were leaving her singly, for all of which services they received snug sums of money. With these luuds, Miss TJurich claims, Mrs. Nichols bought a house in Germantown. The master says he found no evidence of conspiracy. He says Miss TJnrich paid the money willingly, and he recommends that her suit be dismissed. TUBN OF THE MINERS NEXT. The Amorlcnn Federntloa Will Contluae the Fight for Eight Hours. rBriCIAL TELIQEAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yoek, May 26. The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor met in the Labor Lyceum this morning and discussed the eight hour movement. Beports from all over the country show that in some places the demands of the carpenters had not been successful, and that strikes were still going on. The council decided to postpone the selection of the next trade to try for eight hours until the final settlement of the carpenters' strike. It is very likely that the miners' turn will come next. It was resolved to call on work ingmen to continue holding meetings for the purpose of agitating the movement and particularly to make next Labor Day a, grand holiday for an eight-hour demonstra tion. FBANCE WANTS INDElffNITY. A Suggestion ns to How the Newfoundland Fisheries Qnestlon Should be Snlrrd. Paeis, May 26. Deputy Deloncle pro poses that the Ntwfoundland question be submitted to arbitration. A few thousand pounds, he thinks, will suffice to compensate the French fishermen, while some indem nity but not in money is due to France for the surrender of her diplomatic rights. Ho suggests territory in Africa as that in demnity. He ridicules the idea that either America or Canada has anything to say in the matter. DEYG00DS FIRMS KICK. Senator Farwcll Presents a Vigorous Pro. test From Chicago merchants. Washington, May 26. Senator Far well to-day presented a memorial signed by Marshall Field & Co., Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Edson, Keith & Co., N. K. Fair banks and other large Chicago business firms, protesting against the passage of the McKinley tariff bill, as a measure in the direction of increased rather than of lower duties. Objection is made particularly to the in crease from 35 to 75 cents on manufactured linens, 30 to 60 per cent on linen laces, lace window enrtains and embroideries, and the almost prohibitory duties imposed on cot ton hosiery and underwear. Pennsvlrnnla and the World's Fnlr. Washington, May 26. Among the World's Fair Commissioners at large ap pointed by President Harrison was P. A. B. Widener, of Philadelphia, with John W. Chalfant as alternate. A Modest Demand. Vienna, May 26. The weavers at Pres nitz, Sternberg and Sewittcau have struck for an increase ofOO per cent.in wages. PRESIDENT DIAZ INTERVIEWED ON THE LOWER CALIFORNIA SCHEME. The Mexican GoTernnfent Able to Protect ITer Interests Xallrrs Itondy to Oper ate Agnlnst Any Inrsdcrs neartllr In Fnror of tho Tbreo Americas Kallraad. City op Mexico, May 2G. President Diaz, speaking of the filibustering move ment in Lower California, told the Associ ated Press correspondent that he placed little importance in the movement. He knew that the United States Government would not allow neutrality to be violated and the Mexican Government would pro tect her territory. It had sufficient forces in Lower California to repel any invaders. . The Secretary of the Interior, Emanuel Romero Itubio, says that all statements that the natives in Lower California are in league with the filibusters are false, and he has advised that the natives are ready to operate against any invaders. Telegrams received here state that the neople of Lower California are a unit against the filibusters and that all statements to the contrary are false. The dispatches also say that there is very little complaint against the Federal officials, who, in most instances, were sent from here, and that Governor Torres is very popular. The affair is the topic of general conversation here and causes considerable excitement. The better classes approve the conduct of the United States Government. President Diaz has expressed himself in favor of the three Americas' railroad. He says anything connecting Mexico with the outer world will be beneficial. WANT BOODLE AND BEER. The Citlztns of Dracnt Frond of Their 8S.00O Licensed Place. rSFXCIAL TILEOBAK TO TOT DISPATCH.! Lowell, Mass., May 26. The voters of Dracnt this afternoon almost unanimously voted to keep the $8,000 they received from John Lennon for his liquor license and permit the sale Jof liquor to go on. Ther thought more of the money than they did of the nuisance. The temperance peo ple were not given a morsel of comfort. The Selectmen are authorized by the Legisla ture to give the money back and to cancel the license, but they wanted to know what their constituents thought about it, so they took it into town meeting and have learned. It is stated, however, that there is a disposition on a part of the majority of the Selectmen to avail themselves of the right given them by the Legislature to re fund the money and shut ud the saloon, not withstanding the edict of the people, be lieving it to be for the best interests of the town to do so. The greatest confusion prevailed through out the meeting, and every man who tried to speak in favor of refunding the money was drowned in derisive yells. Finally a vote was reached, but the result was that a dozen voted for the motion and 100 hands went up with a cheer against it. ANXIOUS FOE ABBITBATION. Peaceful Members of Parliament Want to Negotiate With the United Ktnte. TBT DCIfLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. London, May 26. Over a year ago 200 members of the House of Commons sizned an order which was forwarded bv a commit tee to the President of the United States in favor of an arbitration treaty between England and America. The promoters of that address now contemplate further action in the matter, in view of the bill recently passed by Congress em powering the President to negotiate with any foreign Government. The object of the treaty is to the effect that any matter of dis pute shall be submitted to arbitration, which shall be binding on both parties. Pressure will at once be brought to bear on the Foreign Office to initiate proceedings with Washington. Ke'errintr to the subject the Pall 3fall Gazette remarks mat mere is constantly now an opportunity for taking practical steps in the movement, which despite the Alabama pre cedent has been too long in a stage of academic discussion. FOE POSTAL EMPLOYES. Editor Patterson Is Ilastllng for Legisla tion In Their Interest. Washington, May 20. At the meeting of the House Committee on Postofiices and Postroads to-morrow, Mr. Pat terson, editor of the United States Mail, of Chicago, who has been in Washington in the interest of House bill 0,459, which grants additional salary to postal clerks and fixes it by law, will make an address and formally ask that Judge Caldwell's bill, 8,299, be reported to the House. Mr. Patterson asserts that he can secure all needed amendments when the bill comes up for discussion before the House, and thus secure the legislation he is seeking, ASKING AN ADVANCE. Ohio Miners and Operators Confer Together Wllhont Changing Mutters. Columbus, May 26. The machine opera tors of the Hocking and Sunday Creek "Val leys, with the'Presidentsof the national and Ohio miners' unions and representative minera.from both valleys, held a conference to-night on the demand of miners for an advance in the price of machine mining. The operators objected to any change to the scale of 1887-88, which they claimed was still in force as an agreement. The scale price wason the70cent basis in the Hocking Valley. This was allowed to stand with a few changes in mine rules for the benefit of the miners. A NAEE0W ESCAPE. A Steamer From New York for Harre Strikes n Bock. Havre, May 26. The steamer La Gas cogne. which arrived here yesterday from New York, had a narrow escape from being wrecked on Sunday morning. She was steaming at half speed in a fog off the Scilly Islands when suddenly the fog lilted and a rock was seen some yards ahead. The en gines were immediately reversed but the steamer struct: the rock, sustaining, how ever, only a slight shock. The passengers signed a testimonial eulo gizing the Captain's conduct. SPELLING EEFOEM WANTED. Emperor William Summons Eminent Schol ars Co Dlscans Orthography. Beblin, May 26. Emperor William has summoned a conference of eminent scholars to discuss the subject of a fixed uniform German orthography. The conference will be held in Berlin. Austria and Switzer land have been invited to send delegates. A Yonng Lady Killed. Kalamazoo, May 26. A west-bound train on the Michigan Central last evening run down a railroad velocipede, on which Ed Wolf and a Miss Alsbaugtfwere riding. He was thrown into a ditch uninjured, but she fell under tbe locomotive's wheels and was cut to pieces. She lived in Dayton. A Building at McKlnley's Ilome. Washington, May 26. In the House, on motion of Mr. McKinley, a Senate bill was passed for the' erection of a public building at Canton, O.. at a cost of 8100,000. FlKVOTDKED SPIES Said t? j Among the Chicago Strike detting Points on VIOLATION OP ALIEN LABOR LAWS. Testimony Before the Congressional Sab Committee Regarding THE POLICY AT W. L. SCOTT'S MIKES, Where a Somber of Contract laborers Ire Said U Hare Worked. The Sub-Committee on Immigration ! takine testimony at Chicago. A witness testified in 'regard to the importation of miners by a syn Jicate in which W. L. Scott Is interested. It is reported that spies have been among the carpenters and sensational disclosurers are expected. Chicago, May 20. The first Western session of the Congressional sub-committee-on Immigration and Naturalization was held to-day in the Chicago Custom House. Mr. Henry D. Lloyd, a well-known journal ist, the first person examined, was asked for facts regarding the lockout of coal miners at Spring Valley, 111. He said the majority of the miners were foreigners, French, Belgians and Italians predominating. He found 40 or 50 families who had been induced to come to this country through the) solicitation of a man named Anton Port, who assured them they would better" their condition by so doing, but they were much worse off than they had been at home. They had been sent to an agent in Chicago named Dewick, who sent them to Sprinz Valley. X DO-NOTHING POLICY. Mr. Lloyd did not know whether the work of the man Fort had been done before or after the alien contract labor law was enacted. Mr. Llovd declared the lockout was due to the policy of the syndicate con trolling the mines, which apparently thought more money could be made by hav ing the men idle than at work. This syndi cate was known as the Spring Valley Coal Mining Company, of which the stockholders he knew of were W. L. Scott, of Erie, and Messrs. Shephard and Sanders, ol St Panl. Charles J. Devlin had been a stockholder, but had sold out because he did not approva the action taken by the concern. James A. O'Connell, President oftha "United Carpenters Council of Chicago, was the next witness. He referred to the recent strike, and said that in some cases men had come over from Canada in answer to ad vertisements, inserted in the Canadian papers. None of these men had been stopped by the immigration inspectors so far as he knew. siobe insfectobs needed. E. L. Hassel corroborated Mr. O'Connell's testimony. James Burns testified that the immigration inspectors in Chicago were doing good work, but that, with more in spectors, more could be accomplished. The investigation will be assumed to-morrow. An evening paper says: Treasury Agents Slicht, of Wisconsin, and Lester, of Illi nois, who have been here to look into tha alleged importation of foreigners under con tract by the old Boss Carpenters' Associa tion, have some very sensational testimony to submit to the joint conference on immi gration and naturalization. In order to learn the movements of the old bosses, they, in conjunction with the union carpenters, put COO union men at work for the old bosses. They are mostly French-Canadians. SUCCESSFUL AS SPIES. These COO spies or detectives have, for more than a week, been mingling with the COO, more or less, of imported men employed by the old bosses, and sounding them on the relations they sustain to their employers. In this last it is said their spies have! been exceptionally successful, going to show that the alien contract labor law has been trifled with in spirit and letter. It is even inti mated that one of the spies was discharged to make room for a contract man. From the evidence thus gathered criminal Erosecutions, the authorities say. will be egun as soon as tbe evidence can be got into proper shape, and a nnmber of convic tions are expected at once. CARLISLE IN THE SENATE. Tbe Ex-"pen her Tnbes tho Oath and Re celrrs homn Floral Trlbates. Washington. May 26. Hon. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, ex-Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives, appeared on the floor of the Senate this morning and was sworn in immediately after the reading of the journal. On the arm of his colleague. Senator Blackburn, he made his way to tha left of the Vice President's desk, where the oath was administered by Mr. Morton, who read in clear, distinct tones its terms. The ceremony was witnessed by galleries well filled. After subscribing to the oath in the Secretary's room, Senator Carlisle was intro duced to the venerable Captain Bassett, and by him conducted to his seat. His desk was decorated with a large basket of handsome roses. He was there congratulated by a number ot Democratic Senators, the Kentucky dele gation in the House and other Democratio representatives who were present to see him sworn in. The Democratic Caucus Com mittee will meet to-morrow to assign Senator Carlisle to his place on committees. It is probable that he will be given Mr. Beck's place on the Committee on Finance and membership on several minor committees. MUST KNOW THE SEASONS For Any Increase la tbe Tariff on the Vari ous Articles. Washington, May 26. Mr. Plumb of fered a resolution instructing the Finance Committee to prepare and report (in con nection with the tariff bill) a statement showing tbe duties levied under existing law, the duties as they would be under the House bill, and the duties under the bill to be reported by the committee, such dutie to be stated in parallel column. Especially it the committee should re commend new duties or the increase of ex isting duties to state the reasons in each case, for such addition or increase. After some amendments and discussion the reso lution was adopted. AEEESTED FOB THEFT. Wllkesharre's Depatr Postmaster Charged With Using Canceled Stamps. 18FZCXAI. TILKOBAM TO THB DiaPATCH-J Wilkesbabbe, May 26. A sensation was caused in this city to-day by the arrest of Deputy Postmaster Emanuel K. Bo gert on the charge of irregulari ties and theft. It is charged that he used canceled stamps and appropri ated their equivalent, thereby putting con siderable money in his pocEets. Mr. Bogert is a brother of James K. Bo gert, deceased, whose widow was appointed postmistress by President Cleveland. J.K. Bogert was a prominent editor and poli tician. A Nationalist Restsns. London, May 26. James Edward O'Doherty has resigned his seat in Parlia ment. He represented North Donegal and u a memoer oi me nationalist i
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