flfc PpKKfi M$mXt) UCl D Cooks. Chambermaids. W A N T C' '& ti,s f Some Help WW Mil I o are promptly supplied through the Classified Advertisement Columns of TME DISPATCH. Sum mer resorters returning home should remember this. ilt-UI . Coachmen, etc., read THE DISl'A TCU. The bell home servants and aciiie worners can be sreured th ough. the Classified Advertisement Column! 0 TJIE V1SPATCB. FOKTY-FEFTH TEAE. .10 TRUE dILLo Eeturned l)y the Grand Jury in the Beaver Boodle Cases. A GREAT SENSATIOK Men "Who Accused Themselves and Confessed Their Guilt Go Iree FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. The Affidavit of Delegate Tate, One of Those Implicated, Does Mot Seem to Count. ALL COSTS OF THE PBOSECUTIOK, Which Have Been Very Heavy, Are Placed Upon Br. AIcKinney, Who Appeared as the Complainant, PfiOBABLE EFFLCI IN THE DISTRICT. Tbe McDowell Adherents Are Much Elatea, While the Opposition is More Than Incensed tij the Verdict. POLITICS IHEOrGHOni IDE STATE AXD KATIOX The Lawrence county grand jury has de clared that there is no cause for action in the famous Congressional boodle cases. Seventy-five witnesses were examined. Some of tbe accused had confessed and sworn to their guilt. Delegate Tate, who is among these acquitted, was especially explicit, both in regard to himself and the others. tSPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISrATCn.1 New Castle, September 4. Like a bombshell this evening came the action of the Lawrence county grand jury in the Con gressional boodle case. It will be remem bered that the majority of those accused were arrested on their own confessions, waived a hearing and were bound over. The following is the affidavit made by Dele gate John Tate, one ot those who were ar rested and whose case the jury acted on to day: I, John R. Tate, one of the conferees from Beaver county in tbe late Congressional con ference, do make the following statement of my own free will: On Wednesday, July 2, IS90, Edward Shaffer and Tom Downing, two of the Beaver county conferees, approached me on the street in New Castle with this proposition1 That If I would join them in casting my vote for Alexander McDowell instead of for Charles C. Ton nacnd they n oat J -cc TUm I Ric-lTrd $230. I replied, "can't you make it SOOU?" One of them replied that he would see. By the above question I thought to discourage their proposi tion. We conversed further about the matter for awhile, and then the subject dropped. They wanted me to cast my vote on a certain ballot with them for McDowell, but I refused to do so. Later in the evening, as Shaffer, Daerr, another Beaver conferee. Downing ana ana myself were walking up steet in Xew Castle, William Wallace, an attorney or that place, approached. We waited into a side street, where Mr. Wallace said that if we would vote for McDowell he would cive us 1,200. He told me then and there that he woula Write n Check foi S.J, 000, pajabletome: that be had only about 100 or 200 in cash about him. lsaid that I wouldn't go into tho arrangement without the money, ile said be would see mebefore the convention, or that he would hive it for me after the con vention adjourned. He failed to see me that night, and we did not i ote f or McDowell that mghtasaresult. ldid not see Mr. Wallace again until noon on Thursday. I was up near Wallace's olhce in Cornwall with Downing, when he said to me that Wallace wanted to see me. I went into Wallace's office, Downing re marking that he wanted to fee another party While I was talking with Wallace Downing returned. Then Wallace said: Tvo got the cash right here," and be produced four envelopes, in each of which he said there was J 300. 1 then and there promised to vote for Mc DoiielL Previous to that time I had made no promise to vote for McDowell. Wallace wanted to know if ne would change our votes from Townsend to McDowell on tho first ballot atter assembling. "Do it on the first ballot, and he done itb it," were his words. I objected, and said that it ought to be done on the second or third ballot. He said: "All right; Til have it fixed on the third ballot." In Conalaernlion of This Promise of Mr. Wallace, I voted for McDowell that night. After we got to Beaver Falls Downing handed me an envelope, in which there were 613. Atter we came out of the convention bull Shaffer told me that he bad the money. Wallace told me in his office that he would leave the money in a certain saloon not far from tbe convention balk I do not know where the 340 came from which was in my envelope. The case commenced in tbe grand jury room at 230 o'clock "Wednesday afternoon, and iu the neighborhood of 75 witnesses were called. Every barkeeper and his clerk were taken before the grand jury, and a score of other witnesses were summoned, but to no purpose. The case was not ended until 4 this afternoon, 24 hours after it was called. No Cnnse for Action Found. At that hour the grand jury in the cases of Trcd. G. Duerr, John Tate, Edward Shaffer and Downing, all of the Beaver county committeemen charged with receiv ingbribes to nominate Alexander McDowell, of Sharon, Mercer county, for Congress, made this return: "That Dr. David McKinncy pay the cost of prosecution, and that there is no true bill." In the case of William D. "Wallace, the attorney who was charged with paying the bribe, the grand jury lound that there was no cause for action, and directed that Dr. David McKinney, of Beaver county, pay the costs. i1- -j .v--k. iU.r 44brMJC!JM2&Aa9P&:-& f', t, ,. .f.A-rf.. . XMSMBfaSawfuSffjilTlBrf r AtTllinrifiiS.ilMiBrmrMTSBrfWfifflTBvrsriSSnB & i&4fe: 1 liiifrn " i1 IITm? r nlfssHsssBwra Dr. McConnell, A. P. Marshall and Law yer Kennedy, of Beaver county, left as soon as possible for home after they were called. An attachment for costs will be -issued on Dr. David McKinney at once. The costs that Dr. McKinney will have to pay on the cases he has brought, all of which he hag lost, will amount to an. immense figure. The Effect of tbe Decision. Exactly what will be tbe effect of this decision of the grand jury upon the political situation in the district, cannot" now be esti mated. The McDowell men, who are largely in the majority here, appear to be greatly elated, and sssert that Thomas "W. Phillips will not dare to accept the nomination from Beaver and Butler counties under the cir cumstances. On the other band the members of the op position are greatly incensed by the action of the grand jury, and vehemently announce that they will redouble their efforts against the alleged boodle candidate. The out come of the whole trouble is now involved in more obscurity than ever. IN REED'S DISTRICT. STRIKING MANY NAMES FROM THE REG ISTRY LISTS. Democrat and Republicans Whose Nat uralization Fnpers Were Technically Incorrect Both 'Parties Hustling to Make Good the Defects. ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DtSPATCH.1 r Biddefobd, Me., September 4. The "Board of Aldermen entered upon its second day's service for the revision of the check lists this morning, everything progressing smoothly and the changes are rapidly being made upon the lists. There is no wrangling or argument,as the Eepublicans are not rep resented on the board, and no ward canvasi ers or other outsiders are allowed within the enclosure occupied by the Aldermen. Upon the opening of the session this morning another notice was served by theKepublican City Committee on the board, and a correct list of names of those holding invalid natur alization papers was submitted and the names ordered stricken from the lists. The Aldermen were not disturbed by this last notice, but continued in the work oi re vision. That they are doing their work im partially can't be denied by tbe Eepub licans, and up to last night 57 names had been stricken from the lists. Some of those who were dropped were men who have lived here for 20 years, voted, paid taxes and ac cumulated property. The firat man to have hisname dropped had papers issued in 1673, which were obtained for him by Hon. Wilbur F. Lunt, who is now conducting for the Eepublicans this plan of disfranchisement. Both parties are rushing their voters who were here before they were 18 to Portland, and getting their final papers. Up to noon to-day nearly 100 names had been stricken from tbe list, and of these more than three fourths are Democrats. The Democrats have made a close can vass of the cities and added many new names, so that thetr loss will not be nearly as great as at first thought. The Saco Al dermen began their session to-day, and are also striking off ail names of those natural ized in the courts of the two cities. It is esti mated that Eeed will lose about 50 votes in Saco on account of the naturalization ques tion. DELAHATEB HUSTLLTO. Ho Devote a Day and Evening to tho Lebanon Fair. rFPXCML TZLxaiLut to ni DtsPATCn.1 Lebanon, September 4. Senator Dela mater arrived here at 222 p. u., and was met by Thomas II. Capp, Bepublican can didate lor Eepresentative from this county; ex-Senator Cyrus G. Lantz and Dr. I. Eeilly Bucher, who constitnted the recep tion committee. When the train with Senator Delamater on board pulled into the station a crowd of at least 1,000 people was waiting to take the train for Penryc Park to see the Lebanon-Harrisburg game, and an informal reception was held before he left for the fair grounds. After the grounds were reached the committee in troduced bim to the crowds who passed by and received a hearty hand shake. This evening an open air meeting was held in front of the Lebanon Valley Hotel, where Mr. Delamater delivered a short address, congratulating the inhabitants of tbe Leb anon Valley on their fine farms and large manufacturing industries. "I do not come here to deliver a cam paign speech and talk on the vital issues of this fall's campaign," said Mr. Delamater. "My sole object is to see what kind of country this is and to give you a chance to see what kind of a man I am." He alluded to the question of tariff, the McKinley bill, and tariff's in relation to the price of farm products, and in closing spoke of taxation of Pennsylvania. WANT STATE C0NTE0L 0P EAILE0ADS. Ktuisns Republicans Proposs Radical Meas ures In Their Platform. TorEKA, September 4. The Eejiublican State Convention was called to order at 10:30 o'clock this morning, and immediately pro ceeded to balloting for candidates for Treas urer. On the fifth ballot S. G. Slover was nominated amid great enthusiasm. The platform favors protection as ex pounded by Secretary Blaine and demands a service pension for soldiers and sailors, indorses Harrison's administration, Senators Ingalls and Plumb, and favors prohibition. It reccommends the election of Eailroad Commissioners by vote of the people and the enactment of laws giving to the Com missioners the power to regulate freight and passenger rates and compelling all railroads to keep their general offices and all books and records within the State. Alien owner ship of land is declared against A WHOLESALE INDORSEMENT. Reed, BInlnr, Reciprocity nnd Ererjlhlnc Republican Heartily Commended. SAEATOGA, September 4. The State leagne of Bepublican Clubs in session here to-day adopted resolutions indorsing the administration, the McKinley bill, and the federal election bill; the rulings of Speaker Eeed, are commended, and reciprocity sup plementary to protective tariff is favored. Mr. Blaine's recent amendments are un qualifiedly approved. The party in this fatate is declared to present a solid front. E. A. McAlpIn, is re-elected President. No Democratic Veterans Opposed to Paulson special teleobak to the DisrATcn.1 Habrisbubo, September 4. Two at tempts have been made in this city tbo past two days to organize a meeting of Demo cratic war veterans ooposed to the election of Pattison for Governor. Both efforts were complete failures because of the nec essary material. More Balloting Without Result. Piqua, O., September 4. The Fourth District Democratic Convention had five ballots, finishing the VIGth without result Anderson, 87; Marshall, 79; Marsh, 46. Becess until to-morrow morning. Nominations for Congress. Third Ohio Hon. George W. Honk (Dem.). Third Wisconsin Allen Bnshnell (Dem.). First New Jersey C. A. Bergen iRep.), re nominated. . Fifth Minnesota Hon. S. G. Comstock (Rep.), renominated. nun Missouri Jix-wongressman Nicholas, (ReD). Thirteenth Missouri William (Rep.), renominated. H. Wade NOT HIS FIRST DUEL, LESLIE TALKS ABOUT THE QUISJOELEUVILLE. MRS. MAR- He Is a Crack Shot and Has Foment In Be hairof a Queen Ono Frcvions Meeting on Her Account An Omental Evil. trECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE'DISPATCHM New York, September 4. Mrs. Frank Leslie sat to-day in a big straight-back up- holstered chair in ber office on Fifth ave nue. She did not look as though the im minent duel in France between the Marquis de Leuville and a reporter bad worried her very much, but when the subject was broached tbe expression on her face changed. She looked troubled. "Do you know," she said, leaning ber elbow on tbe desk, ''that I had an omen yes terday? Do you believe in omens? I'm very superstitious myself. Late this afternoon a beautiful little mirror that the Marquis gave me fell from the wall and was shattered into a thousand pieces, and then when I picked up my paper this morning the first thing I saw was this story of the duel, that might have been taking place while I was reading it. Strange, wasn't it? It hung there on the wall and bad been there a long time. No one wis near it when it fell. When I picked it up from the floor, strangely enough, not n piece of glass fell from the frame. I looked at it closely. It had been broken in tbe center and the cracks ex tended in every direction over the surface. It looked just as though a bullet had 'truck it and shattered it. "The Marquis," continued Mrs. Leslie, "is as brave as a lion. He is the best shot in Europe. In one or two contests on the other side, out of 100 shots he made 99 bulls eyes. When he was over here he shot mv initials on a board at Coney Island." Mrs. Leslie smiled remimscently and went on: "He's been in so many duels, you know. He has fought one other duel on my account His opponent, I think, was a German Count The dnel was fought near Brussels and the Count was wounded. Swords were used on that occasion. The Marquis is a great swordsman, as well as a wonderful pistol shot I don't know all about bis other duels, but I know he foueht his first when he was very young. It was on account of the Queen of Naples, too. The Queen "as in love with him for a long time, two or three years, I think. I know the Marqui3 was not worsted iu the fight Tbe duel that he received the wound in which makes bim limp was over a woman bo did not care much about, be has told me. He knew her, that was all. He -took offense at something that was said, and fought for her." C0M.MEECIAL CBASH IN NEW Y0EK. Failure of a Noted Exporting Firm Creates n Sensntlon. NewYoek, September L Samuel A. Sawyer, David L. Wallace and Thomas Miller, comprising the firm of Sawyer, Wallace & Co., exporters of breadstuff's and cotton and dealers in leaf tobacco at No. 18 Broadway, created great surprise in busi ness circles to-day by making an assign ment to Marshall Ayers. The firm did a largeexport trade in grain and did a very largebusiness in cotton and coffee options, principally for European account, and were tbe leading commission merchants in this city in heavy leaf tobacco, which they sold to manufacturers and importers. A short time ago Mr. Miller made a statement to the effect that the firm were worth more than $1,500,000 and that their liabilities were merely nominal and that they did a commission business only. A rumor gained circulation to the effect that the firm were speculating largely of late in cotton and that the market had gone against them. It is believed that the firm have pretty well protected their interests in this country, and that their chief losses, which they think may reach nearly 1,500. 000, will be in London and mainly on their pork dealing. TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THAT LINE. Fresldent Rno Believes tho Order Will Indorse iho Irwin strike. rsrECIAL TELEOIIA5I TO THE DISPATCH Columbus, September 4. President Bae, of the United Mine Workers, was here to-day, awaiting the deoision of the Executive Board on the matter of the strike at Irwin station, Pa. He thinks that his open letter indorsing the strike will be sus tained bv the entire board. Bae has been indorsed by Patrick McBryde, senior mem ber of the board. Eobert Watchorn, Sec retary of the United Miners, was expected in tbe city to-night from the West, with John Kane, of Indianapolis, but bad not arrived at a late hour. A full vote will be taken to-morrow. Mr. Eae states the fight will not be given up till tne miners have gained their point; thatitaffects the welfare ofBO.000 miners and if those employed by these two companies do not get the advance demanded a reduc tion must follow in the Pittsburg district and all States will be affected. The officers ot the United Miners do not believe the companies at Irwin can hold out against the men without being forced to the wall. MUST GET IN A MONTH. Striking Central Einnlojcs Given Notice to Vacate the Company's Houses. Albany, September 4. General Car Accountant Ewings, of the New York Cen tral road, was in the city to-day. He said tbe blockade which had existed in this vicinity was effectually raised and that everything was now running smoothly on the Mohawk and Hudson river divisions. He added that all the fast freight trains would again be running to-night. Eobert Pinkerton says there are still 460 of his men stationed at points between here and Sche nectady, two-thirds of them being at the Fast and West Albany yards and at Karners. He said the men would be kept on patrol nntil the strike was declared off. The strikers who have not returned to work and who are occupying the railroad company's houses have been notified to vacate within SO days. Assistant Superin tendent Harrington said to-night that nu merous applications bad been received per sonally and by letter from striking yard men who wished to be reinstated, but they were invariably refused work. The strikers deny this. TEHBrBLE.PIOT FOILED, Fiends Uncouple a Train and Runaway Can Imperil III any T.Ives. Albany, September 4. Superintendent Bissel said to-night that an attempt to wreck a portion of a freight train was made this afternoon at the Van Woert street crossing in this city. As the train was proceeding west at that point, somebody, be said, suc ceeded in parting tbe couplings of the second rear car from the rest of the train. The two cars thus separated gained speed as they rolled down the hill at this point As they passed through the upper part of the yards a yard brakeman observed them and succeeded iu boarding them as they rolled on the upper railroad bridge and stopped them within a hundred feet of the open draw. The draw had been opened to allow the passage of one of tbe Troy boats, which was just passing through as the cars were brought to a standstill. Had the rnnaways continued on, they would have plunged down on the vessel, which was freighted with human lives. Superintendent Bissel says the company has'yet obtained no clew to the party who parted the coupling. i. ...'.. r .., . . v. .. . , - - i-, , PITTSBURG, JTRIDAY. AN APPEAL TO ARMS To Avenge the Outrages Perpetrated by the Turks in Armenia. J 'A EEVOLUTION IS KOff PROBABLE. The Pope to Convene a Conncll to Discuss Labor Troubles. .TEADE UNI058 TOTE FOE EIGHT HOURS. Making Experimental Tests for a Brlaee Orer the English Channel, , A manifesto has been issued by the' Ar menian Eevolutionary party. It -recalls the murders and outrages of the Turks, and concludes with a stirring appeal for a revolt Success is predicted if a vigorous "effort is made. tBT DONLAF'S CABLE COMPAKT.I Constantinople, September tr-The Armenian revolutionary party has issued a manifesto which is being secretly and wide ly distribnted throughout the country and reads as follows: Fellow oountrymen-OuT brethren aro being daily massacred, their homes and property usurped and burnt, and our sisters torn from their bomes by barbarians. Tho soil of our motherland, once the sure asylum of all suffer ers by tyranny and outrage, is now carpeted by the corpses of our countrymen, its plains inundated by Armenian blood and onr ifalr Armenia transformed to an arena for butchery. The soldiers of Turkey are annihilating instead of protecting us and massacre follows massacre. Erzeronm and Monsh are the scenes of these barbarous acts, and tbe entire land Is undtrthe severity of martial law and hundreds of onr brethren are pitilessly shot down or thrown into noisome dungeons to rot, Therefore we Armenians being exposed to this dally slaughterhave no other course left but to enter the desperate struggle against our savage op pressors. Tbe memorablo demonstration of tbe loth of July in every metropolis of the Ottoman empire, when we made a gallant stand for lib erty, showed our inextinguishable vitality, and this unprecedented event raised the hopes of all Armenia. Let all sons of Haik, and tho ex patiated exiles of our once independent coun try, rush to the rescue of their struggling brethren and exterminate this Government of bloodthirsty brigands. Let us close our ranks, and with our legions strong and discipline dan der the banner of our fatherland march against the oppressor. Then those villages and cities which the vile Turk has rendered desolate 'and uninhabitable as hades Itself, will once more be transformed into paradise. ' THE PLAN. OP CAMPAIGN. A Division Among: the Board of Guardlacs nt Limerick. TBT DUXLAP'S CABLE C0HPANT.1 Limekick, September 4. The Board of Guardians of tbe city passed a resolution to day pledging itself to support boycotting, and accepting the plan of campaign on the lines laid down bv Mr. John Dillon. Mr. Gaston Monsell, one of the Guardians, who happened to be in another part of the work house at the time, subsequently sent his col leagues a letter, in which he wrote: "I wish to enter a protest in the strougest language at my command against this new insult lev eled at our Bishop and against this auda cious, wicked and sinful resolve. Thehjlv cottlng and the plan of campaign are sins, and we Catholics understand what willful disobedience entails. I may have anti quated Ideas, but I am not prepared to set up even John Dillon in the chair of St Pe ter." TO BRIDGE THE CHANNEL. Experiments Now Being Mnde as to tho Feasibility of tho Finn. BT DUNLAT'B CABLE COMPANT. Folkestone, September 4. Experi ments are now being conducted in the chan nel off this town in order to test the geolog ical structure ot the sea bed, as it has been proposed to construct a bridge across tbe straits of Dover to France. The process of examination has already been finished on tbe other side of the channel, and as far as it has gone on the English it has proved highly satisfactory, as it has demonstrated that the sea bottom is very solid and suit able for bearing the heavy weight to which it would be subjected, and that variation in the depth is very little, except where sand banks have accumulated and raised the bed. THE POPE ON LABOR. He Is Preparing; an Encyclical Letter OeaU Inn With tho Sob) net. 'BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT I Eome, September 4. The Pope is busily engaged in preparing an encycli cal letter addressed to all he Bishops throughout the world, which will deal with the problem of labor. His Holiness will make approving reference to the efforts of tbe Kaiser Wilbelm to alleviate the condi tion of the workingman the world over. It is also expected that he will also sug gest the propriety of holding a conference of the high dignitaries of the Eoman Catho lic Church to consider the welfare of labor ers of all classes within its pale. A GOAL TRADE LOOKOUT. Tbe Workers Demand on Increase That tbe Employers Refuse. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPART. "Dublin, September 4. The lockout In the coal trade, which commenced on Mon day, still continues, and thousands are now iu practically a dead-lock. The men de mand an increase in their wages of six shil lings a week all ronnd. This includes all the different grades of coal laborers. The merchants refuse to accede to these demands, which they consider exorbitant, but they have expressed their willingness to give them a smaller advance, which up to now the men have refused. Helense of Ibe Miirqtils do Mores BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COIIPANT. PABIS, September 4. The Marquis de Mores, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for inciting workingmen to riot in connection with the May Day labor demonstrations, has just been released from St. Pelagie, the remainder of his term hav ing been remitied by the authorities. Tbe Cztirowliz to Visit India. tBT DUItLAP'S CABLE COUP ANT. Bombay, September 4. The Czarottitz is expeeted here about the end of November next, but whether he will be tendered an official reception or treated as an ordinary tourist by the authorities, has as yet not been made known. Destruction of an Ancient City. fBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l Salonica, September 4. The great fire which broke out here last night still con tinues to burn, and nearly half the town is already destroyed. Salonica is, after Con stantinople, tha most important town m f SEPTEMBER 5. 1890. European Turkey, and was built 315 years before the Christian era. '. EIGHT HOURS A DAY. The Trade Union Concress Declares In Favor of it LeelslntlVB Ennctmcnt. CtSTllrtnrLAP'S CABLE COMPAlTT. LtverpooCj September 4. At the trade union coAgres$this afternoon, after a long aniTyeryeici.tlng discussion, a resolution was carried by,193 yotes to 155, to the effect that.sin the opinion of the meeting, the time had now, arrived when eight hours should be re,qpgnized as a working day for all trades, and that this result could be best obtained by atean'sof a parliamentary en actment v Loud and prolonged cheers followed the announcement of the members, and the news was immediately cabled to Australia, together with promises of support. The President announced, amid great applause, that tbe Seamen and Firemen's Union had voted the sum of 1,000 to help theAus 'tralian strikers. . o2f ANOTHER'-pOEAN RACE. The City of New York nod Tentdnlc Again Try Conclusions. IBT DtJNLAP'B CABLE COUPANT.l QuEENSTOVra, "September 4. Another race across the Atlantic was started to-day, when the City if New York, of the Inman, and the Teutonic, of the White Star lines, left here. The former sailed at 17 minntes to 3 this afternoon and the latter 15 minutes later. With the recollection of the last outward bound race still fresh in their minds, and that home again between the rival grey hounds, the excitement among the passen gers of the two boats runs to fever heat, and a great many heavy bets have been made, not only by them, but by other people who are interested in the result. BIT THE EXECUTIONER. Murderer Savory Makes a Forcible Objec tion lo Being Guillotined, mr dunlap's cable compact. PABI8, September 4. The murderer Sav ary suffered the penalty for his crime this morning at Montreiul, where he was guillo tined. Just as the knife was about to de scend Savary turned his head and inflicted a severe bite on tbe executioner's hand, in like manner as the notorious Tropman, who murdered a whole family, did nine or ten years ago. CONDENSED CABLE ITEMS. Occurrences In Great Britain and on the Continent. The Board of Health will quarantine vessels at Gibraltar. No newspapers pointed in Prague yesterday. All tbe offices flooded. TBB'Prince of Wales paid a visit to Prince Bismarck at Hamburg yesterday. A banquet in honor of Dr. Peters, the Afri can traveler, was held at Munich last night Baron Wisshann arrived at Brussels and was met by King Leopold and conducted to ustenu. A movement is on foot in London for tho erection or a monument to tbe late Cardinal Newman. Tbe number of non-union dock laborers at Alctbonruo and Sydney is increasing dally. Many dockmen are at work. An express train was derailed near Calais yesterday,. Tbe mall van wa3 smashed. Four ptrsunsn' o killed and 20 injured. M. Mermeix admits the authorship of tho recent alleged revolations concerning General Boulanger which appeared in tbe Figaro. Ttie Drave river has overflowed its banks and vast tracts of land in Carintbia have been laid waste. Tbe rains in the valleys of tbe Dan ubo and Moldau only ceased at noon yesterday. The Vienna International Agricultural Con gress has passed resolutions favoring the for mation of a Central European Customs League and the adoption of a standard of value in the States comprising the League. The Premier at Adelaide has informed tbe assembly of tbe Government's intention to construct a railroad across tbo continent within three years with the surplus revenue and to provide for free education through death duties and an incomo tax. TO SAVE THE JAPANESE. Roger M. Sherman Again Ont Opposing tbe Electrical Execution Lnvr. fSrECIAL TELEOBAU TO THE DIRrATCII.l New York, September 4. The appear ance of Boger M. Sherman as counsel for the condemned Japanese murderer, Skibuya Jugiro, heretofore commonly called Jugigo, was as sudden as bis appearance in behalf of Kemraler. When Mr. Sherman popped into,the Kemmler case it was reported that he had been engaged by the Westinghouse people, who objected to having their electric system used for inflicting death. Mr. Sher man denied that he was employed bv them. bat he refused to state who his employers were. "I am not in th employ of the Westing house people at all," said Mr. Sherman to day, "and when the case comes up in court this fact will be made clear. I don't care to say just who my employers are, beyond statiug that a number of Japanese residents, as well as the Japanese Consul, are inter ested in the case." Mr. Sherman was asked whether he would seek to s ive Jugiro's life by claiming, anew that death by electricity is u cruel and un usual punishment, which was bis plea in the Kemmler case. "The Court of Appeals," he replied, "has decided that, and its decision will stand unless some new points are raised. What my line will be it would not be proper for me to state, but in tbe light of tbe Kemmler killing I think that new points can be raised. This case is not like the Kemmler case. JugirS is an alien, and as such he has a right to go the Federal courts." CBESSON ON TIP-TOE. ' President Harrison Is Expected Hourly at tbeMonntnln Resort. rSFSCIAL TELIOBAM TO TBE DtSPATCH.l Cbesson Spkings, September 4. Every one here is on the qui vive for the arrival of President Harrison, who comes to-morrow evening on the limited. Mrs. Harrison and Private Secretary Halford will come with bim. To-night Mrs. George Shiras gave a domino whist in the Mountain House parlor for Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Bussell Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick. On dit Mrs. Harrison likes Cresson so well that it is quite possible she will stay all the montn ot uctoner. xi sue does she will bring her cook on from the White House. To-night an excursion of 100 people came in from Philadelphia. A Washington telegram says: The Presi dent and a number of friends will leave Washington for Cresson, Pa., on tho 10:50 train to-morrow morning. WANAMAKEB SELLS OUT. A Million Dollar Business Transferred on, tbe Quiet. Philadelphia, September 4. The re ported sale of the wholesale carpet establish ment conducted by John Wanamaker on Market street, near Twelfth, to Boyd, Harley & Co., was confirmed to-day. The sale was quietly effected some two weeks ago. Tho transfer of the property will be made about October 1. Mr. Wanamaker's gross annual business out of this house was estimated at SI. 500.000. No details of tho sale beyond the statement' that the pries was a very large one can be- learnea. ENOUGHNATURALGAS The Companies Supplying Pitts-, burg Maintain That They ' Will be Able to ' KEEP THEIR CONTRACTS, New Wells Drilled in tbe Old Fields AU Found Productive. A DIMINISHED PEESSUKE NOTED, Which is Accounted for by Various Inter esting Theories. K0 SHORTAGE FEAEED AT JEA2JNETTE Facts bearing on the question of onr nat ural gas supply have been carefully collated in view of the recently revived controversy. Gas fields visited do not make a discourag ing showing, and most of the persons who have been interviewed take o hopeful view of tbe matter. The largest well iu the Bellevernon field was struck yesterday. tFBOTt A STAFF OOEBESFONDINT.l Eecently tbe controversy regarding the duration ot our natural gas supply has broken out afresh. The Dispatch in vestigated this matter some months ago, but proposes to go over the ground again. There is no intention to boom anything or depress anything. Every effort will be lent toward simply securing the facts and presenting them to readers of The Dispatch, allow ing them to draw their own conclusions. No pains or expense will be spared to make this series of articles a final settlement of the controversy as to whether our natural gas supply is being rapidly exhausted or not. The subject is recognized as one of para mount importance to the people of this city and surrounding country, and as such it b entered uponf THE MUKEA TSVILLE WELLS. Tha Murravsville field naturally received the first attention. It is the chief soucre of supply for the city yet. A tour was made of it from Stewart station to the northeast. Many of the wells show reduced pressure and some of them are shut in because the pressure is not sufficient to help any in the production. Some are shut in on account of being flooded with water and yet others are shut in because their productiou is not needed to maintain the supply. The People's Gas Company is drilling several wells in the north end of the field. This company has been drilling all summer, and the field meii ana drillers report the re sults as"-very satisfactory. They think they will have plenty of gas to supply their patrons for some years to come. The flow of the old wells is diminishing, of course, but the failing is slow and the new wells are coming in about as good as the old ones did, showing the drainage to be only local. TEEEITOBT STILL LEFT. No dry holes have been obtained on the north end of the field yet, so it would be folly to venture an opinion on the distance the field may be extended in that direction. Ofcourse.it is not expected that it will be extended for numberless miles it would not do Pittsburg much good if it was but there is promising looking territory for three or four miles iu that direction yet The weakness in this field is at the village of Murraysville and a little to'the south. The wells in this portion of the field are the oldest, some qf them having done duty or six years. Some of these are still nroducing under good pressure, but are troubled some what with salt water. The impression pre vailed, until recently, that the water came in from the prodncing sand on account of the exhaustion of the gas. Certain fresh facts, however, throw great doubt upon this theory, and seem, in fact, to point to a wholly different conclusion. The casing has been pulled from some of these old wells, and it is found to be eaten and corroded with the sulphur water found in them. HONEYCOMBED CASINO. A piece of this old casing was shown the writer, which was literally honeycombed. Hence the Philadelphia Company officials assert their belief that the flooding is all from above, and none from the gas-producing sand. The producing wells at Mur raysville are blown off once a day to clear them from the accumulation of water. The People's Company has some wells which are blown off once a month, while the newer wells are not troubled with water at all. If the trouble was caused by drainage of the gas from the sand rocksomeof tbe new wells might reasonably be expected to exhibit the same phenomena as ibe old ones, whereas, if the trouble is due to corrosion of the casing, letting the water in from above, the new wells should exhibit no water at all. m'keespokt and braddock's supply. The southwest end of tbe field shows di minished pressure, but is still supplying all the gas needed at McKeesport and Brad dock. It is in this portion of the field that the wells of the National Tube Works and Carnegie & Co. are located. Being newer wells than those about Murraysville they are not much troubled bv water. Extension on this end of the field is also probable, but uot so promising is at the north end, judg ing from tbe results at advanced wells. However, a little shift westward or eastward may get onto the right track again for as good wells as any. The anticlinal is very closely followed throngbout this field, and, as it is an Observed fact that productive areas frennenllv varv from the surface anti clinal, a little variation here might be pro fitable. Drilling to lower sands will probably not be'profitable In the Murraysville field, as one experiment in that direction has shown the lower strata to he thin and of rather inferior texture. The great gas wells of this region produce from the first sand of the "Venango group of oil sands known In Butler county as the "hundred-foot sand" and in Washington county as the Gantz sand. This rock is also the greatest gas producer in Butler and Clarion counties as well as in Westmoreland. The strongest gasser ever struck in the Clarion field, how ever, got its product from the second sand, or "filty-foot" It was owned by Panton & Knowles, located at East Foxburg, and was struck in 1871. It was afterward drilled down to the third, or Gordon sand, and pro duced seven or eight barrels of oil daily from that horrizon for some time. NO PEAKS AT OBAPEVILLE. The producing area of the Graneville j field is being slowly extended at both the j s ... 'ate.' . ,.1-.. -,. dL north and- sonth ends, and two wells are under way near tbe railroad. One of these, which has just got in tbe second casing, is owned by CIrambers & McKee, and its pro duct is intended for Jeannette. The other is owned by the Cambria and Westmore land Gas Company, and has a serious fish ing job in. the sand. This is an 8 inch hole in the sand, the largest in the field. It had developed a good pressure before the tools were Inst The Southwest Pennsylvania Company has a rig up on the extreme south west end of the developed field, and will be gin drilling soon. Tho Philadelphia Com pany is drilling, with good results, at the north end of the field, in the vicinity of Salem. The People's Company also has one well under way there. This field is one of the instances where good wells have been obtained off the anti clinal axis. The first developments were untjer the expert geological direction of Prof. I. C. White, of the West Virginia State University, at Moigantown, and his line was closely adhered to for some time. The results of drilling and the indications of carefully kept records, however, led the Southwest Company to try experiments east of tbe line. These effotts were attended with great success, some ot the best wells in the field having been found east of the axis. GE0L0GZ "WAS IN FAULT only in its surface indications. The drilling records did not indicate the descent into the synclinal trough predicated from tbe surface formation. This is a weakness of the pra - tical geology as applied to oil and gas wore. Such variations are constantly occurring. Whethet the variations fp'low any regular order that may be turn "o practical ac count is not known. ," of each in dividual geologist f A 4 vely limited and each individual v 'CJyx 'oo jealous of his knowledge to ?, - brother scientist for his better sr " Q ;s thus probable many explainau , will remain unsolved until such q - no speculative demand forth. &0 , f geological work. 5o- There is no fear of a shortage ju 9, heard of around Grapeville or Jl ine people out there laugh at tbe id wells in this field aro not troubled .n water, with one exception. In the case of this well the cause of the difficulty is easily located. It is not cased deep enough, being cased only to the first water sand. More water and a little oil was encountered in the "200 foot sand" at about 930 feet and this was never cased off. It caused very little trouble, however, until another well was drilled nearby and cased through the "200 foot." The well belongs to the Southwest Pennsylvania Gas Company. A GBEAT ROAREB JUST IN. The largest well yet struck in the Belle vernon field came in yesterday. It is owned by the Philadelphia Company and is located on the Morris farm. The odd featnre about it is that it is producing from the Gantz sand, whereas the other wells in that field have found their strongest gas in the lower sands. The Morris well developed such an enor mous pressure in the Gantz that it could be drilled no further. It will be shut ih and utilized as soon as tbe company's new 36 inch main is completed to this city. This line will likely be completed within three weeks. The contractors, T. A. & E. G. Gillespie, have pushed the work thus far in shorter time than any similar work has ever been done. When completed there will be 43,000 feet of 36-inch pipe and 100, 000 feet of 16-inch pipe. The line starts at the wells as a single 16-inch pipe. Then the 10-inch pipe is doubled for some distance and will finally connect with tbe 36-incK mam to the city. The work is being pushed from both ends and the two crews are now in sight of each other from hill tops. The record last Saturday was 800 leet of pipe. A. E. Cbum. FREE RfDES PROMISED. BY WIDENER AND ELKINS, OF PITTSBURG TRACTION. Tbey Use Very Strone Lancnajro In De nouncing; the Onquesne Company They Compare Their Cmo With That of Tan derbllt and thn I.nbe Shore. rsriCIAL TELXGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Chicago, September 4. P. A. B. "Wide ner, of Philadelphia, well-known as a street railway capitalist and member of the World's Fair National Commission, is in tbe city to remain until after tbe loth. In company with Mr. Widener are W. L. Elkins, George D. Widener, George A. Huhn, W. H. Kemble, John D. Crimmins, Henry Thompson, George W. Elkins and J. W. Kemble. Their object in visiting Chicago just now is to Inspect tbe Westside Cable, which Mr. Widener declares is one of tbe two finest in the world, the other be ing, the Pittsburg line on Fifth avenue. A rumor that fares were to be reduced to 3 cents on the Westside line was promptly denied, Mr. Widener explaining that a tem porary reduction to that figure had been de cided on in Pittsburg for only one reason, to freeze ont a rival line which had paral leled their road. Speaking of C. L. Magce and his associates in Pittsburg, Mr. Wide ner said: xou see they had been reading up how the builders of the West Shore had made fortunes by paralleling Vanderbilt's line and compelling W. H. to buy it." "Just so," put In Mr. Elkins. "But we are not W. H. Yanderbilt, and could see no reason for buying up another line running in the same direction with onrs when ours is capable of taking care of all the traffic put on it. So they declined. Then they de clared that they should operate their line and put down the fare. But We are not in clined to be blackmailed." "Hardly," said Mr. Widener, with a twinkle in bis eye. "And so," resumed Mr. Elkins, "we told them to run their line." "And be?" suggested the interviewer. "No." replied Mr. Elkins, "we simply told them to go ahead, well, tbey went ahead, and we pnt down the fare. So that it is simply a railroad war. And simply a ques tion of the survival of the fittest." "You know Darwin said it is the fittest tl at -lways survives," said Mr. Widener. ",3o that if the .other company has more money than we have they will probably beat, for we shall not accede to their de mands to buy them out The fare may be still Turther reduced." "We may, In fact, carry passengers for nothing," said Mr. Elkins. "It is just like your railroad rate wars. We don't intend to give up our money for blackmail." "It we must lose money throngh an at tempt to blackmail us," Mr. Widener put in, "we prefer that the public should re ceive it." "Aud that," said Mr. Elkins, "is how we come to reduce the fare on our Pittsburg line." TIES ON TBE TEACK Four Hen and a Woman Keported Killed la a Hallway Wreck. Albany, N. Y., September 4, Train No, 13, the Adirondack, Montreal and Niagara Falls Express, was wrecked three miles north of Castleton. Four men and a woman are reported killed. It is reported rails or ties were fastened on the track. Details are not obtainable at present News of the wreck was brought to East Al bany by a farmer, who drove in. The train consisted mostly of sleepers. Xeir Hallroad Scheme. Chicago, September 5. It Is believed in some circles that Canadian Pacific is back of tbe scheme to build an important line from Butler to Chicago, and that it will eventually own the entire Dttrolt division of the Wabash. ?t SsraA'...ffiti. j. . iL. 'r ij-t.iiQwrffe., jyj. iRfjJBBfey-jlEai&dWKSsissassKlt s THBEE CENTS.' BAILED BY A BOY. , Whereriv$AsofSomeof the Money Tlial's-Stolen Last May j FEOM THE hf JJHEKED CEOUCHES, i Revealed by Confession of z Young Eon of the Woman Xow in Jail. i THE SEAL OP FEAE AT LAST KEH0YED, Anil He Leads the Way to a Clew Taat JIaj let Da a Halter Tight. Part of the money stolen from the Crouch family of three that was murdered in May, near Bentlcyville, was yesterday found in a coal pit, there. The discovery was made on the confession of the 7-year-old son of the woman who passes as the wife of William West, now awaiting trial for committing the crime. A report reached the city last night from. Monougahela City that a man named Homer Hardy bad succeeded in getting a confes sion from a 7-year-old boy, which threw a strong light on the atrocious murder of tha Crouch famiiy, near Bentleyville, Wash ington county, on the morning of the 13th of last May. Last spring the country was horrified by tbe news that tbe Crouch family had been murdered and their house robbed of a con siderable sum of money. A negro named William West, and a white woman who had been in his company, were arrested, and -ave since been held to await trial for the crime. Last night's story was that Hardy had learned from the boy, who is a son of the woman who passes as West's wife, and who was with West and the woman when they were arrested, that he had heard West tell the woman that the money taken from tha Crouch mansion, had been hidden in a coal pit near by. It is said the child was at play when the statement was made, and West and the woman did not suppose ha noticed anything. When West learned that the boy had been attending to'the con versation, he threatened to cut his tongue out if he ever said anything, and fear sinca secured his silence until yesterday, when search was made and the money found, verifying the boy's statement STOEY OF THE CRIME. On tbe morning of the 13th of May, John Crouch, a wealthy farmer, 3ged 73, his wife, aged 70, and his son, Andrew, aged 43, were found, by their neighbors, in bed, with their heads crushed and throats cut from etr to ear. Andrew's head had been cruhcd with a club, and as tbe bodies were cold, it was evident that the murder had been committed several hours previous. Bentleyville is four miles uorthe st of Hillsboro. The walls of the house, the bedding, etc., were spattered with blood. The Crouch family were in fluential, and among the wealthiest in that part of the country, and it wis evident that the crime was prompted by the knowledge that Crouch kept considerable money in his bouse. On the day following the Coroner investi gated tbe matter, and a considerable amount of money being found in various parts of tbo bouse and in the pockets of tut olJ iraa and his son, and watches and jewelry being left undisturbed, gave rise to the opinion that other motives than robbery might have prompted the crime. Only a trunk and a box seemed to have attracted the attention of the assassin. A trunk belonging to Mrs. Crouch had been broken open and looked over, but nearly S200 in silver, gold and notes had been left untouched. A peddler had been dealing with Mrs, Crouch some days before, and it was sup posed he bad learned considerable regard ing the whereabouts of money and valu ables, and this fact also complicated opin ions nnd theories. It was evident that tha murderer was a very powerful man, as one blow of tbe club bad crushed the old man'a skull as though it were an egg shell. The Crouches refused to trust their money to banks, and lived closely on the interest of what thev loaned, but were known to keep at all times a considerable amount in the house. LOOKING FOR TJIE MURDERER. On Friday, the IGth of May. Miyop Huston, of Monongahela City, sent Chief of Police McCleary to this city to look for a gigantic negro named William West, who had come to Monongahela City with a white woman and a child. On Tuesday West had tried to hire a livery rig to go Into tha country, but failed. He disap peared, and on Wednesday reappeared and left with the woman and cbild for Pitts burg. The woman had remained in Monon gahela City, ad interim, registering at tha Hotel Wilgus as 3lrs. West. On Tuesday she bad but little money, but on Wednes day morning she bought three tickets and displayed a large roll of bills. She told tha station agent that she lived in Allegheny City. The murder revives the recollection of a nephew of Crouch who had lived with him. but ten years ago ran away with the old man's best horse, and had never been beard from after. Some people were disposed to connect the runaway with the murder. West had lived near Bentleyville, and had worked at farming and mining. He came back to Monongahela City on Tuesday night, creating tbe impression that the murder had been committed in tha afternoon. He bought a pair of shoes at Sutman's store, and offering an old-fashioned silver dollar snatched it back when tbe clerk remarked its peculiarities. West had a satchel when he left Monongahela City on Wednesday, but got rid of it be tween there and Eiverview. He had made a complete change of clothing at Mrs. Gam ble's boarding house, on Tuesday night His mother said he had left her house on Tuesday morning, saying be was going to Bentleyville, but he did not go there. ABREST Or THE 'WESTS. On Thursday West and bis alleged wife, Annie West, alais Brundrage, and her son, 7 years of age, were arrested in Beaver Falls and brought to Alllegheny City by Detective Kornman and Officer McCleary, having been arrested by the Beaver Falls police on information furnished by Chief Murphy, of Allegheny. They had $63 in their possession, nearly as much as was sup posed to have Deen gotten at tbe Crouch mansion. West had stopped at Sewickley on bis way to Beaver Falls. It was de veloped that he had gotten money to pay his way to Bentleyville by forging an order for f 4 50 on a colored man named Barker is Allegheny. When confined in the Allegheny lockup West and his alleged wife tried Card to se cure a quiet talk together, but were pre vented. He told a column story of his movements for some three weeks prior to tbj murder, but did not shake the belief of the officers that he was the man they wanted. His character seemed to be sort of so-so, neither bad nor very good iu a gen eral way. Wreck on tho B. A; O. rsriCIAL TXLCOKAM TO TUX DISPATCH. Wheeling, September 4. The collision on the B. & O. road at Farmington, last night, turns out to have been a much mora serious sflair than was at first supposed. Sixteen cars were wrecked. Two men were reported killed and Engineer Cordell seri ously wounded. The officials will say noth- I in; aoout tne matter. fcUijBB HossoTBsUwf i
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