Transient Aatertiseinents A. tHo Branch. Olllces of Tlio iMspatclx For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock p. h. For list of branch offices in the various dis trictsstoTHlKD PAGK FORTY-FIFTH YEAR. DALZELL1 S ORATORY. The Scotch-Irish Convention Addressed by Pittsburg's Young Representative. WHAT THE RACE HAS DONE In the Work of Settling Western Pennsylvania and Matin? it Strong and Prosperous. EICHELIED EOBINSOX SPEAKS. The Evening Session Devoted to Short and Entertaining Addresses hj Prominent Men. FKESIDENT AND GOVERNOR TO-DAI. Fregramme fir the Eeceptfon and Entertainment of Harrison and Bis Cabinet Daring Their Brief Stop. AH ADDRESS ET GOT. JAMES E. CAMPBELL Yesterday was an interesting day for the Ecotch-Irisb. delegates, but to-day promises to be even greater. President Harrison and Governor Campbell, of Ohio, Trill be hon ored guests, and the morning session prom ises to see the great hall packed to the doors. Hon. John Dalzell was the chief orator of yesterday. To-day will be the great day for the Bcotch-Irish Congress. President Harrison and Governor Campbell, with a large dele gation of men of national prominence, in cluding four members of the Cabinet, trill arrive from Cleveland at 6:15 A. m. The party vrill be met at the Union depot by the local Becep- tion Committee, and trill be taken in carriages to the Monongahela House, where they will have breakfast. At about 9 o'clock the Son. John Dalzell, President will hold a the Orator of ... ,. . ,r Xezterday. public reception in Me chanical Hall, remaining there abont an hour. After his departure at 10 o'clock, the congress will be addressed by Governor James E. Campbell, of Ohio. In the even ing there will be addresses by Bev. John Hall, of New York, and Prof. White, of the "Washington and Lee University, of Vir ginia, At the forenoon session yesterday a bril liant address was made by Congressman Dalzell. Hon. William E. Bobinson, of Brooklyn, spoke on "John Preston and His Descendants." Congressman Breckenridge was unable to be here. The evening meet ing was devoted to short speeches. Considerable business of the society was transacted at the meeting held at the Monon gahela House at 9 o'clock in the morning. The congress will close this evening, although Dr. Hall will conduct a Covenant meeting in the hall to-morrow evening. Bev. Dr. Macintosh, of Philadelphia, was visited at the Monongahela House yesterday by an old Irishman, now resident of this city, who said that he was present when the doctor was ordained in Belfast, many years ago. Secretary Floyd yesterday received a let ter of regrets and greetings from Thomas "Wnyte, secretary of the Scotch-Irish Society of California. During the session here the membership of the society has beenjargely increased and the treasury made much heavier. THE MORNING SESSION. HON. JOHN DALZELL DELIVERS AN INTER s ESTING ADDRESS. A Business Jlectinc of the Society, at Which Officers Were Elected The Audience a Lnrce One The Scotch-Irish of West ern PenntylTanla. The members of the Scotch-Irish Society met as a committee of the whole yesterday morning in the Monongahela House. Mr. Eobert Bonner presided. The election of officers, institution of life membership, and alteration of by-laws comprised the princi pal business done. The life membership fee was fixed at $100. The following were the officers elected: President, Robert Bonner, New York; Vice President-in-General, Dr. J. S. Macintosh; First Vice President-at-Large, Joseph F. Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala.; Second Vice President-at-Large, T. T. Wright, of Nashville; Vice President-at-Large for British North America, Thomas Kerr, ot Toronto, Canada; Secretary, A. C. Ployd, of Columbia, Tenn.; Treasurer, Lucius Frierson, of Columbia, Tenn. Theby-laws amended were not very important. To-day President Bonner will probably appoint the following; officers: Historian and Begistrar, Thomas M. Green, of Mays ville, Ky.; Vice Presidents of States and Territories, Be v. John Hall, D. D., of New York; Colonel A, K. McClnre, of Pennsylvania; Hon. W. O. McDowell, of New "Jersey; Mr. Matthew Addy, of Ohio; Judge John M. Scott, of Illinois; Hon. W. W. Henry, of Virginia; Hon. S. B. Alexander, of North Carolina; Colonel T. T. Wright, of Florida; Hon. W. P. Johnston, oi Louisiana; Mr. A. G. Adams, ol Tennessee; Dr. Harvey C. McDowell, of Kentucky; Hon. A T. Wood, of Ontario; Bev. J. C. Quinn, of Montana; Mr. Alex. Montgomery, of California; Hon. Campbell Wallace, ol Georgia; Prof. A. L. Perry, of Massachusetts; Hon. D. S. Calhoun, of Connecticut; lit Bev. H. M. Thompson, of Mississippi. The Audience Larger Than Ever. After the election of officers the members proceeded to Mechanical Hall, which was filled with an audienee much larger than either of those of the preceding day. After an overture by Offenbach, President Bonner opened the meeting and Introduced Bev. J. D. Moffat, D. D., of Washington-Jefferson College, wbo made the opening prayer. Hon. John Dalzell then appeared, and the speech of the day began. air. Dalzeli dwelt upon the fitness of Pittsburg as a locality lor the Scotch-Irish Congress. Their ancestors had known the waters that wash the basaltic cliffs of Ul ster, but had also known the waters of those jwiariTers which unite to form the broad MM Ohio. Scotch-Irishmen were true Ameri cans, as a century of devotion to the princi ples of American liberty had amply proven, but every true man loved his race and the history of his sires. Set aside race history and race judgment became impossi ble race progress without incentive. The Scotch-Irishman was a man of very composite race. His ancestors, theLowlaud Scotch, were themselves composite. The blood of Pict, Gael, Saxon and Norman coursed through their veins. From the Gaels he inherited daring and strength; from the Saxon, thrift and enterprise; from the Norman, pride and endurance. These were the elements which go to" make up the Scotch-Irishman oi to-day. The histurv of the Scotch-Irish, continued the speaker, began with the plantation of Ulster by James L O'Neill. Earl of Tyrone, and O'Donuell, Earl ot Tyrconnel, were worsted by the machina tions of the English ministers, and the treachery of their own adherents. Together with other Northern chiefs, they fled to Spain; their huge estates were seized by Eogland, the Irish peasants driven out at the point of the sword, and the vacant territory divided up among settlers from England and Scotland. Then these Ulster "planters," rebelling against those of their own race who had risen to be landlords over them, came in great bodies to America. Thousands Flock to PennsjlTanln. Up to 1729 over 6,000 of the Scotch-Irish came into Pennsylvania alone; and between 1740 and 1750 about 12,000 came annually hither. This was the nucleus of the race in America. Pennsylvania had long been the most Scotch-Irish State in the Union. Mr. Dalzell then dwelt at length upon the many great deeds which the Ulster Americans had wrought in behalf of this country. His peroration was a very fine one. Beferring to Decoration Day and the thousands of their race who had fallen under the flags of both North and South, he concluded thus: "For some the ebbing tide of life crimsoned the gray, for some the blue. But under either flag death only added new proof to the verdict of history, that for the peerless courage that men honor and women love, America owes a meed of pride to her Scotch-Irish sons." Hon. W. E. Bobinson, of Brooklyn, fol lowed Mr. DaizelL Mr. Robinson's sub ject was the "Prestons," a Scotch-Irish fam ily which originally came from Cumberland, in the North of England. A SERIES OP SHORT SPEECHES. TEN. MINUTE ADDRESSES THE FEATURE OF THE EVENING. An Interesting; Session, bnt the Attendance Not Large A Variety of Views Ad vanced What the (scotch-Irish Have S5- Done ns History Makers. The evening session of the congress .was given up to ten-minute speeches by repre sentative men, mostly from the South. The speeches were all interesting, showing dif ferent points of view, not only of the evo lution and work of the Scotch-Irish race, but of their part in the formation of the United States Constitution. The audience was not large. The night was hot and the sky threatening. Abont 9:30 o'clock the rain came, and the rattle upon the glass roof almost drowned the voices of the speakers. The Great Western Band was liberal with its music during the evening, playing many sweet Scotch tunes. The opening praver was read by Bev. E. P. Cowan, of the Third Presbyterian Church of Pittsburg. President Bonner first presented Bev. Dr. Bryson, ex-moderator ot the Presbyterian General Assembly South. He is a portly man, with long gray hair and white mus tache.and a voice and manner of a pronounced type. Some Trails of the Scotch-Irish. Dr. Bryson dwelt upon the civil and re ligious trait of the Scotch-Irish character. Their love of liberty was ingrained, and it was beaten deeply into their souls by their buffetings in the Lowlands and in Ulster. Their religion, he believed, led them to their high destiny in America as much as their love of civil liberty. He thought that the great history of liberty in the United States was vet to be written. To it the Scotch Irish must contribute much, and he believed it to be their duty to collect assiduously the materials for the future historian. He held that the Scotch-Irish have the strongest and truest conception of civil liberty in all the world. Their conception is freedom limited by law. There have, he said, been only two nations which began their exist ence with a written constitution, the Hebrews and the United States. The Scotch-Irish he credited with the separation of church and state in America. Dr. Brvson said that every Scotch-Irishman should bring up his children to be proud of the blood in their veins. Colonel Capers, of Alabama, was intro duced as a representative of the Huguenots. He is a tall, urbanegentleman, with abrown face, a bald head, a small white mustache and a pleasing voice. He said that he felt doubly honored not only to attend a Scotch Irish convention, but to be called upon to speak for the Huguenots. The ancestors of those two races bad the same inspirations and sympathies. Praised Its Men and Women. The speaker praised the Huguenot race for the noble men and women it had given both to France and America. Learned men had sought to lay bare the history of Ulster evolution, how the race had acquired its peculiar traits, but back of that Colonel Capers saw the intention of God. The Ul- mterman.Huguenots, Pilgrims, Cavaliers and Hollanders were iroa-appomted agencies for the settlement and civilization of the United States. The Huguenots have several State organizations. Colonel Capers hoped thev vrouiu suuu uuvc a uauunai association. They would like to send delegates to the Scotch-Irish conventions and receive dele gates from them in return. Colonel Capers spoke for unification of the nation. He said that he held the oldest commission in the Confederate service, and at the close of the Civil War was one of the first to endeavor to restore his wasted coun try. He said that he loved the United States. He had but one country and one flag to honor. The Scotch-Irish, true to the inherited impulses of their race, had a great work to do in maintaining and cherishing the magnificent development of civilization which the United States presents to the world. President Bonner, in presenting Prof. Macloskie, of Princeton College, said: "When Dr. McCosh wanted a good man, 15 years ago, he sent over to Ulster." Blade Ills Auditors Lnngli. Prof. Macloskie shows his nativity in his speech. He is a nervous, whiskered man, with rapid utterance, keen diction and muchhumor. He pleased the audience by his jokes and telling points, and was fre quently applauded. .The society's name indicated, he said, that it was hybrid. In studying hybrids it was found that sometimes one and some times the other species predominated. He discovered two groups in the Scotch-Irish of America. In one the Scotch element was prepotent and in the other the Celtic He believed the Celtic element to be pre potent in him. His mother was a Cove nanter and bis father a Celt, and from his father he thought be derived his peculiar traits. One of his strongest traits was his tendency lor blundering. He then explained s number of blunders into which he had stumbled and how he had escaped from them by plunging right through them. The Professor said that he had at first doubted the utility or such a society, but he doubted it no longer. He felt 'again at home, though separated by the wide sea from the place where he was born. He consid ered Pittsburg a "Scotticized" city and ex pressed his pleasure in being able to visit it, The coat of arms of the society ex pressed well the elements of the Scotch-Irish character, the red hand of Ulster, "Insult it who may," and the motto, "Liberty and Law." The Oldest of Its Kind In America. . Judge Doherty, of Boston, a heavy, eye glassed man, said that he was Celtic His ancestors were Scotch-Irish because they were Presbyterian Irish. He spoke of the Beiiicmeui oi me A-resoyterian Irish in Massachusetts. The oldest Irish society in America was founded in Boston in 1737. Among its members were the establishes of the first Presbyterian Church in Boston. When the 'tea was thrown into. Boston harbor the Presbyterian Irishman was on deck. James Caldwell, an Ulsterman, fell at the Boston massacre, March 5, 1770. Ulstermen were at Lexington and Concord, at Bunker Hill and at every contest of the Bevolution. Colonel William T. Johnston, of Char lotte, N. O,, was called for. He is an old gentleman, smooth-faced and bent. He had such a cold, he said, that he could1 speak with difficulty. He said he came from Mecklenburg county, where originated the first Declaration of Independence, adopted on May 20, 1775. That countv was largely settled by Ulster people, and they have retained, to an unusual extent, their original characteristics. Colonel Johnston said he had seen and talked. with men who attended the meeting at Charlotte in May, 1775, when Mecklenburg county declared itself independent of Great Britain. Many of the expressions of that declaration were wonderlully like those of the Declaration of Independence. Colonel Johnston eulogized North Carolina at some length. Bev. Dr. D. C. Kelley read an invitation to the congress to attend the celebration of Davy Crockett's birthday, on August 19, 1890, at his old home at Lawrenceburg, Tenn. The Good That Is Being Done. Dr. Kclley emphasized the good which the congress was doing in cementing the bonds of friendship between the Scotch-Irish of the North and the South. He declared that Congressman Dalzell spoke the truth when he said that every Scotch-Irishman on either side of the Civil War did what he believed to be right. Dr.'Kelley said that he attended the congress that he' might be able to meet the people of the North. He said that the Scotch-Irish had first declared for independence in this country. He paid a glowing tribute to Alexander Craighead, the Presbyterian preacher, who had preached independence in Pennsylvania and Vir ginia, and finally carried the people with him in Mecklenburg, N. C. He said that it was the Ulster blood of Bedford Forrest, with whom he rode for years, that made him one of the greatest cavalry leaders of this or any other century. He spoke of "Stonewall" Jackson as a splendid specimen of 'the Scotch-Irish Christian soldier, and claimed' Grant and Lincoln for the race. The congress adjourned at 1020 P. M. The music for the Scotch-Irish Congress to-night will be given by a chorus, composed of pupils of Curry Conservatory of Music, under the direction of Prot. Simeon Bissell. Patriotic and other appropriate selections will make up the prociamme. The chorus will consist of fifty voices, and will be ac companied by the Great Western Band. STAETED FOB PITTSBUBG. Tho Presldental l'arty Left Cleveland at 12 Last Night. Cleveland, May 30. President Harri son and his party with the exception of At torney General Miller, who goes to India napolis, left Cleveland at 12 o'clock to-night for Pittsburg. They will remain there until to-morrow evening to attend the Scotch-Irish Congress and then proceed to Washington. Quite a crowd witnessed the departure of the Presidental party and cheered as the train steamed awav. 1 A VILLAGE SUBMEBGED. A Terrific Rain Storm la Wiacoasla Floods Streets nnd Destroys Property. Abcadia, Wis., .May 30. A terrific rain storm came up about midnight last night, and the water fell in torrents for several hours, flooding the Tempelen river which soon overflowed its banks. While the storm was at its height the mill dam of W. P. Massur & Co. and H. T. Miller & Co. went out, destroying the mill of the latter and flooding almost the entire village. For a short time the village was in the midst of a river which poured through the streets from two to six feet deep, washing out sidewalks and fences and moving houses from their foundations. People were not fright ened from their beds by the noise of the rushing waters and crashing debris, as few had retired, fearing to do so owing to the severity of the storm. Not being taken unawares, those living on the lower cround. all reached places of safety except the 10 weeks' old infant of Mrs. Lina Olsen, which was swept from its mother's arms by the swift current and drowned. Every bridge in the vicinity is swept awav. The Green Bay, Winona and St. Paul track was washed out between White hall and Marshland, so that no train or mail connection can be made for some time. The total loss of property is estimated at 850,000, of which the heaviest losses fall on Miller and Patton, the Greer? Bay and Sf. Paul Ba'lroad Company, the town of Arcadia and Massnr & Co. BEGB0 SETTLEBS NOT WANTED. A Party of Carolina and Georgia Blacks Driven Out of Louisiana. rBFXCTAL TELEGRAM TO TUB PISPATCH.t Vicksbubg, May 30. The full facts regarding the remarkable driving away of 250 blacks from the plantation of John S. Bichardson, in Bichland parish, Louisiana, have just been learned here. Bichardson last winter imported about 400 blacks from Georgia and the Carolinas to work on his great planta tions. He had not been able to get satis factory help at home, and, was forced to either'import help or let large portions of his land lay idle. The importation of these negroes seemed to give offense to some, and both Bichardson and his hands were constantly subjected to petty annoyances. As time progressed the annoyances be came more conspicuous and the negroes were warned to leave Bichardson managed to hold them steady until the last of last week, when an armed body of masked men appeared in the negro quarters and warned the blacks to be gone inside of ten days or they would be burned out. Since then nearly a hundred families have left the plantation and will not return. Bichard son will lose about $10,000 it cost him to secure these blacks, besides great loss to his crops. FATl .XO TEBB0BS JOB THEM. Washington nnd Jefferson Seniors Have a Bntiqnct nt the Zllonangabeln. There will be music a little later in old Washington and Jefferson College. By the bylaws of the institution the classes are cot allowed to hold banquets, but last evening the seniors stole a march on the faculty, and made Borne howl at the Monongahela House. The feast commenced about 11 o'clock, and the festivities were continued until an early hour in the morning. The vigorous ap plause to the speeches, and the lusty yells and singing showed that for a time at least tbe grave crowd had laid aside dull care and were out to have a good time. They had it. Covers were laid for 40 persons, but only 35 were present whether all seniors or not is a question, but it is to be presumed that their nMfts. appear in the catalogae,. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY. MAT A YANKEE TRIBUTE To Their Fellow-Citizen of World Wide Fame Who Has Just RETURNED FROM DARKEST AFRICA The Americans in London Give a Banquet in Stanley's Honor. CONSUL NEW MADE A LITTLE SPEECH, To Waieh. the Bold Explorer Respond d at Consider able Iienjrth. Stanley was the guest of honor at a great American banquet in London last night. He wns presented with a handsome emblem by Consul General New on behalf of his countrymen there assembled. Three real Yankee cheers and a tiger greeted the great traveler's response. TBT PUKtAP'S CABLE COMrAJTT. London,. May 30. Copyright. The banquet given to Mr. Stanley by the Ameri cans in London to-night was a most success ful affair. Portmau square rooms', where the tables were spread, were decorated with banners of 42 Statesandabustof Stanley be hind the chairman, was draped with Ameri can colors. The silver shield presented to the great explorer was displayed upon an! easel. Consul General John C. New presided. At his right sat Mr. Stanley, and at his left Lieutenant Stairs, Surgeon Park, Captain Nelson, Mr. Jephson and Sir Bichard Temple. Others at central table were: Paul B. Du Chailleu, United States Mili tary Attache Major James C. Post, Naval Attache Lieutenant Commander W. H. Emory, First Secretary of the legation Henry White, Hiram S. Maxim, Edmuud J. Moffat, E. L. Sheldon, the Duke of Sutherland and Henry fi. Wellcome, the Honory Secretary, who has,, done most of tbe work of organizing the banquet and to whom a large share of the credit for its success is due. QUITE A HOST CF THEM. But wheri 300 and 400 Americans sat down to the dinner, the London Ameri cans were represented, among others, by F. G Van Dwyer, J. H. Beynolds, James E. Osgood, Walter Delmar, James McNeil Whistler and Bret Harte. From New York were Major James B. Pond, Felix T. Murphy. Michael P. Grace, Townsend Percy, Creighton Webb, Bronson Howard, J. N. Aronson, L. D. Bodebusb, W. Bales tier, Oliver Herford, Moncure D. Conway and others. Chicago did the occasion honor in the persons of H. H, Honore, W. D. Eaton, T. V. Farwell, Frank William Jones and others of local distihetion. Pennsylvania was represented by Thomas Burnside, W. B. Batch and J. B. Lane. Dr. Evans, the famous American dentist, came over lrom Paris, as did S. J. Gorman and J. H. Hobson, respectively President and Secretary of the Anglo-American Bank there. Others of importance were Vice Con sul Johnson, .Max O'Bell, President Gil man, ot Johns Hopkins University, F. C. Penfield, Colonel Floyd Jones, P. A. Vonil lon, F. N. Macfee, Joseph L. Hunsicker and John Hollingshead. AN UNAMEBICAN FEATOTIE. The most un-American tt ing about the banquet was the loud-voiced tout who an nounced the toasts, addressing the diners each time as "Mr. Chairman, my Lord Duke and gentlemen." "My Lord Duke" being he of Sutherland and unpleasant American memory. George Shepard Page, of New York, Vice Chairman of the dinner, also succeeded in exaggerating ihe assinity with which nature endowed him in propos ing the health ot the Prince and Princess of Wale. Page's laudation of Albert Ed ward was so fulsome and enthusiastic that even theEnglishmen present were compelled to laugh at his most eloquent periods. Consul General New proposed the health of the guest of the evening iu a short and happy speech. He briefly reviewed Stan ley's career and in presenting the flag and shield, the gift of the diners to their guest, he said: Mr. Stanley there remains to me a most pleasant duty, lam delegated by the donors, your fellow citizens of America, to present you with this flap; of the United States, to us tbe banner of beauty and of glory. You have served under its folds in our own land and have borne It bravely in your various expeditions, not for the conquest or the acquisition of territory, but as an object of lorn and reverence. Toe one you carried must be somewhat time worn and weather beaten. We simply wish to replace it with this one. I have tbe further honor and privilege of presenting you with this silver shield, emblatic and In recognition of your achievements In darkest Africa. It tells the history of your journeyings, TEIALS AND THIUMPHS, as well as they may be engraved on metal, however pure. Words here spoken of yonr suffering and hardships and of the great results of your deeds would be useless and embarrass ing to you. Of the former you know only too well the latter is history. Best assured, how ever, tnat it carries with it the good will, the eood wishes and godspeed of the donors wno honor and appreciate your great- achieve ments. The shield is a beautiful and massive piece of silver. In the center is engraved a map of Alrica, showing Stanley's route across the Dark Continent. A medallion portrait of the hero is at the top, and around the shield are pictures in relief of scenes and incidents of his several African cam paigns. Tremendous enthusiasm greeted Stanley when he rose to respond. He reminded his hearers that it was just 23 yearsago since he started from America witn a limited stock of resources, but an admirably good consti tution, to see how Englishmen fought and conducted a campaign. The first thing he learned in Africa was the art of chaff; sec ondly, that it was not customary to wear a light pair of trousers in broad day light laughter, and thirdly, how to pick out good soldiers, and, fourthly, what kind of men made good officers. Those things he learned in Abyssinia. HITHEB AND THITHER. Next, Mr. Bennett sent him to study the manners and customs of the Spaniards, to see how they conducted their campaigns, and what kind of a republic the Spaniards could make. He found them deficient They lacked the courage to execute the law, and therefore the incipient republic fell. Still his education was incomplete. There fore he had to take a little trip through Egypt, Palestine, Bussia, Persia, and into India, and finally into Africa in search of a man who was said to be lost. He traveled some 900 miles when he discovered the man in a sad plight, , Alter stopping with him some fonr months he returned, bringing Livingstone's journals to civilization and his last words to his family. He remembered well how, during his stay with Livingstone, he used to try and persuade him that there was a vast deal of good in Africa which he (Stanley) most respectfully declined to believe. He failed to see any good at all in Africa. Livingstone expatiated on the beauties of the country and asked him if he knew of any portion of the globe that could show such scenery. But be saw nothing bnt savagery, and he parted from Livingstone with the belief that he had seen the last of Africa. DEATH OP HIS PRIEND. On the way to England he "learned that his iriend Livingstone was dead. The Daily Telegrapn and the New Yore Merald sent Ijiim to complete tho discoveries ot Iaviofi - rJTfr jrrr v- --- -Hfy 31, 1890 TWELVE stone. He traveled some 720 miles, and it was then that his eyes began to be opened. Mr. Stanley described how he traveled down the Congo until it became 16 miles wide. He saw in the Congo the artery of civilization to another Africa. Finally, after three years and four months, he came to the Atlantic. He returned to civilization and commenced a series ol lectures, and en deavored to paint as well as he was able to do what he had seen. After his own slow pupilage in Africa he could well under stand that it took a nation a long time to understand what riches there were in Africa, and when the premier of a great empire made some slight mistake in Atrican geography he might well be ex cused Cheers. There were 11,000,000 square miles in Africa, and only 1,500,000 available. This country must find a domain for its com merce,"and free trade was absolutely neces sary to develop Africa. Cheers. It was a very easy thing to discourage the enter prise of merchants by a few gihes and a few sneers, but it was for them to awaken a peo ple who had treated them so generously and so hospitably with a sense of their duties and responsibilities. Stanley received three terrific American cheers and a tiger when he sat down, and these were repeated over and over again., Other toasts were: "The President of the United States." proposed by Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian Commissioner; "Stan ley's Chief Officers," proposed by Du Chal lieu, who presented each with a silver medal of exploration, by Sir Mountstnart Grant Duff, and "The Chairman,'.' proposed by Prof. Gilman. ANOTHER BURSTING DAM SENDS A DESTRUCTIVE TORRENT DOWN THE VALLEY. " Many Were Warned la Time, bnt It Is Feared That Some lAvea Were Lost A Great Deal of Property TJndonbtedly Destroyed A Big Reservoir. lErECIAL TELEOnAM TO TUB DISPATCH. . Denveb, May 30. ;News has reached here of the bursting of the reservoir located nine miles above Gunnison, Utah, early Wednesday morning. The accident was caused by the breaking of a great iron pipe which runs through the dam lor the purpose of draining off the water from the reservoir. Indica tions of the break had been noticed several days and men were kept there constantly to watch and strengthen the weak places as mnch as possible, and when the break came they hastened to inform the inhabitants of Gunnison of the danger they were in. A messenger was at once dispatched to warn people along the Sovier river to be pre pared to remove their families to a place of safety when the flood should come. The reservoir was five miles long and about one and a half mile wide and about twenty leet deep, with a good fall. No wonder that the greatest ex citement should prevail and that visions of a Johnstown disaster should loom up before the people living on the low land along the course of the rushing torrent, as the excited cries of the messengers and of the people in the mid night darkness plainly foretold the doom of their houses and the accumulation of years toil. The people hurriedly dressed themselves, seized what they could carry, and, driving and leading their animals, rushed to a place of safety just in time to escape tbe rushing, roaring torrent, which swept fences, bridges and every movable object before it. It is a certainty that the destruction of property will be very great, and fears are entertained that lives may be lost at Christian burg, about three miles above Gunnison, wher t'-je canon is narrow and the people are liTi-i'in th? low lands. Strong hopes aro eiu-nained that no lives will be lost because tl the timely warning given by thosj on gnsrd. There is no telegraph sta tion near Gunnison. A CBL9PLED BOY WHIPPED, Receiving Injuries From Which He Died a Few Days Later., tSFBCIAt. TILXPBAM TO'THB OISPATCH.1 New Haven, Conn., May 30. People living in the upper part of the city are agitated over the death of Paul Gebhardt. The boy died last night after snffering'from spasms and a rupture brought oa by a severe thrashing which he received at the hands of Principal John G. Lewis, of the Webster School, on Tuesday last The lad was a cripple. He was a favorite' with his schoolfellows, and with several of them played truant on Monday afternoon. After being reprimand ed by his lather the boy returned to school. What followed is not exactly known beyond the fact that the boy's parents say: "Paul was strapped to a bench with ropes passe'd over his thighs and ankles. In this position Mr. Lewis flogged him until his frantic Struggles overturned the bench, and his piteous cries brought the neighbors in the vicinity of the school building to demand what was going on." When released, Paul was assisted to his home by several pupils in the school. On his back were the welts from the ratfan used by Principal Lewis. Dr. Oulman, iu his certificate of death, says that the boy was subject to epileptic fits, and was so severely punished that the fits were brought on with fatal results. A complaint has been made against Principal Lewis, and Coroner Mix and Medical Examiner White are investi gating the case. VANISHED IN MID-OCEAN. A Quebec Real Estate Owner Falls n Prey to Hallucinations at (tea. fSPZCIAL TELEOBAJI TO THE PISPATCII.l Ottawa, May 29. Information has just been received ot the tragic disappearance in mid-ocean of Louis Veszina, a real estate owner-of Quebec He was 50 years of age, and sailed from New York in tbe latter part of April on board the Champagne, what he inteneded to be a lengthy trip to Europe. During the first part ot the voyage he became a prey to such strange hallucinations thai the physician of the ship found it necessary to confine him to his cabin for two days, alter which it was considered safe to give his liberty. Soon afterward Veszina handed all the money and jewelry be had about him to the Captain, and asked him to receive it on de posit for him, as he was afraid of losing it. That night he disappeared from the ship, and nothing whatever has been learned of his fate. DEATH ON THE BALL. Tito Women and as Many Children Killed by n Locomotive. rSFZCIAI. TELEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Marion, Ind., May 30. One of the most terrible accidents that has ever occurred in this city was the killing of Mrs. O. J. Stone i and two children and Mrs. Pee Wimmer, at 1 o'clock this afternoon by a Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburg express train. The ac cident occurred a half mile east of the city, on one of the most frequented thoroughfares. The train was late, and was running 55 miles an hour. The buggy was caught on the front of the engine and carried a quarter of a mile. Mrs. Stone was wedged in between the Pilot and the buggy and her neck was broken. Her children, a girl aged 7 and a boy aged 4, were fearfully mutilated. Mrs. Wimmer's skull was: crushed in. Both ladies were about 27 years old. The ac counts go to show that the horse was running away. Coroner Hamilton commenced his inguest this evening. PAGES. FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY. The Discovery of the Escaped Jersey Prisoners Followed By A DESPERATE RUNNING BATTLE. One of the Negroes Killed and an Officer Fatally Wounded. THE BULLETS PLYING THICK AND FAST. Hundreds Cnased the Other Fugitive, Who Was x Captured In a Ihictet. Thomas and Jackson, the two negroes who escaped from Trenton jail after sandbagging Keeper Parker, were discovered by Officer Barber in the northeastern section of Phila delphia. They opened fire on the officer who attemptedtoarrestlhem and fatally wounded him. A detail of mounted police im mediately started upon their track, and one of the fugitive convicts named Jackson was shot dead. The other fugitive was afterward captured. rBPECIAI. TZXXaBAU TO THE DISPATCH. ' Philadelphia, Jlay 30. On Wednes day evening last Henry Jackson and Thomas Thomas, young negroes who had served 7 years of a sentence of 30 years imprison ment in the State prison at Trenton for arson, escaped after slugging Charles J. Parker, a deputy keeper, who guarded the outside door ot the main corridor, into in sensibility, robbing his person of $75 in money and his revolver, and taking from an adjoining room two suits of keepers' blue clothing and two overcoats, another revolver and a supply of cartridges. To-day they ran into the clntches of the Fifteenth district police at Tacony. In their struggle with the police, Officer Henry F. Barber was shot .through the body, probably fatally, and in the subsequent pursuit ofthe negroes Jackson was shot dead. Thomas was afterward arrested. The escape of the convicts on Wednesday evening, with full details and their personal descriptions, was telegraphed everywhere by the prison au thorities. All looking fob them. As it was believed that the negroes would head at once for Philadelphia, the police men, particularly in the snburban districts, and more especially on the line of travel be tween here and Trenton, within tbe city lim its, were furnished with the descriptions of the men and instructed to keepa sharp look out for them. Shortly after 7 o'clock to-day the Fifteenth district station at Frankford received information by telephone from a policeman stationed at Holmesbnrg that he had been informed that two negroes answer ing the descriptions sent ont had been seen shortly after daybreak walking southward on the Bristol pike, each carrying an over coat and one of them a banjo. Lieutenant Dungan, of the district at once ordered by telephone the officers at the Tacony sub-station out upon the roads, and came up from Frankford with a squad of men some 20 minntes after, who were at once sent out in every direction lrom Ta cony, while the roads below were picketed by the policemen who would otherwise have been on duty in Frankford proper. Long shore avenne is one ot a number of streets running from the Delaware river at Tacony to the Bristol pike, at which it ends some four blocks West of the railroad. Just be fore it reaches the pike the sayenue passes through an elevation of' the lapd half a block long-forming banks about 12 feet high on either side. On the top of the banks on both sides are cottages with large yards. THE PAIB DISCOVERED. A few minutes after 8 o'clock Policemen Henry F. Barber and George Milligan were walking together along this cut on their way to the turnpike, when suddenly two negroes turned into the avenne. One was tall, the other short; both wore blue suits. . both had overcoats on their arms, and one carried a banjo. "There they are now," exclaimed Barber. The shorter negro reached for his hip pocket as soon as he saw the policemen. They were not 20 feet apart. "Look sharp," shouted Miliigan, "tbey are going to shoot." Four revolvers were out as quick almpst as the words were spoken. Jackson, the shorter negro, got in his shots first. Thomas and the other policeman joined in the fu silade. Nobody washurt. The policemen, as they hred, closed in on the convicts, and Milligan seized Thomas just as he was climbing tbe bank to escape. His back was then to Barber and Jackson. Thomas struggled, and Milligan struck him over the head with his club. He heard two shots fired behind him, and Barber exclaimed, "George, I'm shoe" Ashe turned to look at his comrade, Thomas' slipped from his grasp and ran up the bank. TWO PBUITLESS SHOTS.f Milligan saw Barber falling and Jackson making for the bank on the north side. He fire'd two shots at Jackson. The shots missed and Jackson reached the top of the bank and passed from his view. The cottage on the south bank nearest the shooting is occupied by Maria Hyer, and at tbe time Magistrate South was" with her taking her acknowledgment to a deed. His first thought was that the report of the shots was that of fire-crackers set off in honor of the day, so quick and many were they. ' But looking toward the cut he saw a negro climb to Mrs. Hyer's side of the bank and ruu away, and in a moment or so another climbed tbe other and disappeared through theyard of one of the cottages there. He ran "to the edge of the bank, saw the two officers, and took in the situation at once. Just then a wagon happened to drive up and citizens began to gather. Officer Milligan, as soon as the magistrate appeared, started in pursuit of Jackson. The magistrate, with the aid of others, placed tbe wounded officer, in the wagon and he was driven rap idly to a physician's bouse. HUNDREDS IN PTJB3TJIT. By this time all Tacony was aroused, and scores at first, and later hundreds, joined in the chase of the negroes. Jackson had headed through the field towards Holmes burg, and Officer Milligan, followed by a fast-iqereasing crowd, followed in that direction. Twice within the first quarter of an hour the fugitive was sighted in a full run and they all sight or trace of him was lost. Every wood, every clump of bushes was surrounded and scoured, but in vain. Thomas had vanished clean out of sight from tbe time of the shooting. Meanwhile Magistrate South, in his wa gon, had taken a circuit around to tbe southward, and abont half an hour after the shooting caught sight of Jackson running towards a thicket, in which he disappeared. A group of holiday observers were at the time near the magistrate, on their way to Tacony. He told them quickly of the shooting and pressed them into setvice by stationing them on watch about the thicket while he drove back to where he expected to find the officers. He soon met with Po liceman Henry Grant and David Smith, ac companied by a dozen or more citizens. He told them of his locating of Jackson, and thither all hastened. A PLTJNOE INTO THE THICKET. When it was reached the watchers re ported that no one .had. issued from it. Officers Grant and Smith at once plunged into the bushes,"revfllversin hand. A little stream runs through the thicket it shores bare and sandy along its course, to within a tufew ftetof thiredge, aran ran ahead Sra t ". '4VA- & ? rtc o ' ri. JB mmouw. naius aucr BUUiG iuiuukd iiwn progress ne suddenly canght sight or J act son lying prostrate upon the yellow sand be side the track. The negro heard his foot steps and sprang to bis feet. . "He stood there panting for an instant," said Grant afterward, "and then ran like a deer toward an open field." Grant was in close pursuit and Smith and many more at his heels in full cry. The chase continued for nearly half a mile over the fields. Twice during the run Jackson turned and exchanged shots with his pur suers. Finally he was brought to bay in an orchard utterly run out. His pursuers closed in on him. He fired three shots at the two officers as they reached him and then turned as if to make one more dash, exhausted as he was, for liberty. THE PATAL BULLET. Officer.Grant's pistol shot rang ont The negro stopped, clapped his hand to his back, started again, staggered a few steps and fell prostrate. When the pursuers reached the hunted man he was-dead. An hour or more was spent in a vain hnnt for Thomas. Finally, at Magistrate South's suggestion, the thicket Where Jackson was discerned was beaten up and Thomas found by Officers Smith and Grant hidden there. He was marched for nearly a mile, followed by hundreds, to the sub-station and locked up. When nearing Tacony among the many who ran to meet the coming procession were the members of a Grand Army post, some tif whom carried muskets. The negro was terribly Irightened. "For God's sake, boss," he begged of Lieutenant Dnngan, who was now with him, "don't let them shoot me," and he trembled with fear until he was locked in his cell. THE STRICKEN OFFICER. Officer Barber, immediately after being Bhot, was driven to the residence of Dr. H. A P. Neal, the district surgeon, when the doctor found that he had been shot clean through tbe body, the ball entering the left Bide two inches to the right of the hip, and emerging from the back at tbe same dis tance from the hip, but an inch and a half higher up. The ball was found nnder the skin ofthe back, and removed without pain or difficulty. The officer was v$ry faint, and almost in a state of collapse from the shock when he reached Dr. Neal's office, but rallied sufficiently to be removed to his home at Wissanoming, where he insisted upon being taken instead of to a hospital, as Dr. Neal advised. Dr. Neal would give no opinion as to the chances of the officer's recovery. It was impossible, as yet, he said, to determine whether any of the intestines or any vital organ had been injured. At best his condi tion was most critical, and a fatal termina tion would not be unexpected. The patient had then rallied and was for the present doing well. Henry E. Barber has been on the police force for two years. He is about 38 years of age, well bnilt and good looking. "A de cidedly fine-looking man," said his lieuten ant, "and a man of excellent character." He has a wife and three children. Officer Grant, who shot Jackson, is about tbe same age as Officer Barber, but has been on the force only since January. He bears an ex cellent reputation for courage and clear headedness. EIGHTEEN EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. The Queen Charlotte Islands the Scene of Severo Seismic Disturbances. (SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISFATCB.1 Ottawa, May 30. A few weeks ago a report of seismic disturbances in Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, was published. The Bev. A. N. Miller, who came down on the last steamer, says that there were 18- distinct shocks of earthquake, of greater or less severity, between the 24th of February and the middle of April. These occurred at Intervals of from two to ten days, and caused a great deal of anxiety among both whites and Indians. The whites did not know but that any day the land on which they were living might become the bed of tbe ocean or be cast up in the form of a mountain. The Indians, who had known of nothing to equal the violence or frequency ol the shocks, believed that tbe Great Spirit was angry with them, and were very mnch frightened. The vibration was so great at one time, says Mr. Miller, that a pan of water on the stove slopped over, and the rumbling frequently lasted half a minute. On the west coast of the island the earth quakes were still more severe. Indian totum poles were knocked dqwn or left standing at an angle; two Indian bouses fell and a num ber of landslides were reported. , USABLE TO PBOVE IT. Attempt of a First Wife to Spoil Her Uns- band's Second Honeymoon. rsrsciAi. teleorak to the dispatch.! Columbia, S. C, May 30. Glen Spring is a watering place and snmmer resort, 12 miles from the city of Spartanburg. Last year a Mr. Williams, of New York City, visited the springs. He was reported to be wealthy and lived np to his reputation. He became engaged to Miss Florence Smith, an estimable, young lady and a member ot one of the very best families of Spartan burg. 'Miss Smith was summering at the springs. Mr. Williams returned to New York for the winter, but a month ago be appeared at 'Glen Spring, and last week was married to Miss Smith. Yesterday a handsome woman with an in fant in her arms arrived at the Springs, and in the presence of Mr. Williams and his bride announced herself as the de serted wife of Mr. Williams. A stormy in terview followed, and the vonng bride was r almost prostrated. Mr. Williams denies all knowledge ot the woman, and being un able to furnish proof of her msrriage, she re turned with her child'to Spartanburg this morning. SOCIAL AND SECBET. Quay Did Mot Resign at the Republican Ex ecutive Committee Sleeting-. rFBOU A STAFF CORBESFOXDEXT.l Washington, May 30. The meeting of the National Committee at the residence of Senator Quay this evening was at least a very1 enjoyable affair socially. The mem bers sat long at an elegant banquet and over this general board they discussed the subject ot Federal elections, tbe outlook for the coming Congressional campaign and other questions bearing an important relation to Bepublican success, but as to what was said or what conclusion was arrived at, if any, there is no means of discovering, as no one can be seen. One thing is certain that there was no suggestion in regard to the resignation of Chairman Quay, and that nothing in that line has ever been contemplated The question of Federal control of Federal elections was the important topic, and from tbe sentiments of members of the com mittee it is believed that the result of the meeting will be that the .formal influence of the committee will be brought; to bear in favor of the enactment of a radical law em powering the Federal authorities to exer cise such control. BEJ0BE 'SQUIRE BELL. Tbe Alleged Sunday Law Violator to Have a Hearing; To-Day. rSFECIAL TELEOBAJC TO THB DISPATCH. 1 McKeespobt, May 30. To-morrow aft ernoon at 2 o'clock is the date fixed for a hearing before Alderman Bell, of Pittsburg, in the cases of the McKeesport merchants who are charged by Captain Wishart with worldly following on the Sabbath day. The following are among tbe accused: Druggists, Schmidt Whitejf iller; bakers, Graff, Ulm; confectioners, Bolt,Wordt Two suits are also brought against Christy Park merchant. Smith following him closely. As he -pushbV, v Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING , VHT3, TO LETS. FOB SALES. ETC., FOB TO-MORROW'S ISSUE 0- & banded in at the main advertising Tub Dispatch, corner Bmitnfleld id streets, np to midnight. THREE CENTS & v: L y Was Not Seen and Around a Sharp Curve a Crowded Train Swept to DEATH IN WATER BELOW. The Engine and One Car PInnge Through an Open Drawbridge. AT LEAST THIRTEEN ARE DEAD, And Friends Are Still Searching for Number of Others. mm SIGNA THE SCENES OF PAMC AND CONFUSION V At Oakland, Cal., an engine and the first car of a crowded train plunged through an open draw. Many of the passengers were drowned like rats in a trap. Thirteen bodies were soon recovered and others are missing. It is claimed that the red flag was in position, bnt that the engineer did not see it! San Francisco, May 30. One of the most horrible railway accidents ever known in California occurred at 1:40 o'clock this afternoon, when the local train connecting Oakland and the ferry boats from San Francisco ran through'an open drawbridge over the San Antonio creek at Webster street, Oakland. The yacht Juniata had just passed through the draw when the train ap peared, going in the direction of Alameda. The drawbridge keeper endeavored at once to close the bridge, but was too late, and the engine with its tender and first car, which was filled with passengers, plunged into the river, which was here quite deep. Engineer Sam Dunn and Fireman O'Brien went down with the engine. A USELESS EPTOBT. The engineer, when he saw that the bridge did not close, reversed the lever, but the momentum of the engine was too great to be stopped in time. The weight ot the engine and the first car broke the coupling and left the other two cars ot the train stand ing on the track. The second car ran abont a third ofthe way across the bridge and stopped, but the jar was sufficient to break open the front of the car, and many of the passengers were thrown into the water. The first car, which had followed the en gine to the bottom of the muddy estuary, soon rose, and such of the passengers as had escaped were picked up by the yachts and small boats which gathered at the scene. The trainmen and most of the passengers lent their aid to the work of rescue, and when the wrecking train arrived from Oak land the car was drawn into shallow water, and tbe small boats began dragging tho creek for bodies. The train was in charge of Conductor Eerath and an extra crew, it being a holiday. NO ESCAPE POE THEIT. The conductor stated that probably 25 per sons had met their death. The top ofthe passenger coach was cut open as soon as it was raised above the water, and the work of removing the bodies commenced, ten being taken out in quick succession. Engineer Dunn was not to be found. Three women and three girls were taken lrom the water alive and removed to the receiving hospital. An other young lady died soon after being taken from the water. The news of the accident created intense 'excitement in Oakland, and thousands of people flocked to the morgue and to the scene of the wreck. At the morgue the bodies were laid out as soon as received to await identification. The body of E. P. Bobinson, which was among those taken from the hole cut in the roof of the car, was among the first removed, and it was taken charge of by Coroner Even. THIRTEEN SOON POUND. The bodies of six men and two women were brought in soon after, some of the bodies being at first left at the receiving hospital, where the injured were also taken. In a short time 13 bodies lay on tbe floor and on the marble slabs of the morgue awaiting identification. Many heart rend ing scenes were witnessed as the friends came forward to claim their dead. The list of the identified is as follows: Martin Kelly. Oakland. Assistant .Chief Wharf Enzineer for the State; A. R. Austin, or Austin & Phelps, of San Francisco; Miss Florence Austin; Mrs. Bryan O'Connor, widow of the deceased member of O'Connor. Moffat & Co.. San Francisco: J. B. Irwin, sewing ma chine agent at Oakland; E. R. Robinson. San Francisco; Captain John Dwyer, Sacramento; Mr. Williams, 8an Francisco; H. W. Anld (colored), Honolulu: the two Misses Keenan, of San Francisco: a Japanese boy, supposed to be H. llalerta, of San Francisco. Thousands of people flocked to the seen of the disaster, and the street leading to the bridge was crowded with vehicles and hnrrvincf men and women. So great was the crowd on the draw bridge that the police had to drive the people off lor fear the great weight would upset the bridge and cause another catastrophe. ANT NUMBEB OP BUMOES. The wildest rumors of the extent of the loss of life were circulated and many people from San Francisco went across the bay to look for 'friends who were supposed to be on the train. Tbe news ot the disaster reached Mountain View Cemetery, where hundreds of Oakland people were decorating graves. A panic was created, and men, women and children rushed into town, leaving their dead and dropping bouquets as they ran. The cars of the narrow gauge roads seat about 50 and the seats are very close together. Conservative estimates place the number of ir people in tbe car at abont 30, 13 of whom lost their lives. The water over which the bridge is bnilt is an estuary of San Francisco Bay and is commonly called the Oakland creek. A strong current runs in the stream, which at the point of the accident is about 300 feet wide and 20 feet deep. Both sides of the creek are lined with shipping, and boatmen from the vessels were of great assistance in rescuing those who escaped from the car. THE BED FLAO NOT SEEN. The drawbridge is about 100 feet long, and just before the trains from San Francisco , geton the bridge they have to come around a sharp curve and usually travel at a high rate of speed. A passenger train crosses the bridge every half hour during the day, and when the bridge is open the keeper is sup posed to signal by hoisting a red flag. J. N. Dnnlap, the bridge tender, says the red danger flag was properly set in the center of the track when the bridge was swung open for the yacht Juniata to pass. The boat had just gone through and the bridge was being swung back when tbe train ran off. He supposed the engineer did not see the signal on account of the curve. The stories of the engineer and firemen have not been obtained, as they disappeared Cortfinucd m Seventh JPaac) K r-l i i M .--I
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