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PORTY-riFTH YEAS.
The Seat in Congress So Long
Occupied by Breckinridge,
of Arkansas,
AT LAST DECLARED VACANT
He Will Appeal From the Decision of
the House to Hie People
of His District.
DALZELL CLOSES THE ORATORY.
He Demands Justice for the Murder of
Clayton, and Thinks That Federal
Bayonets Are Seeded.
EEX5EDI HAS SOT I ET BEEN CEKSUEED,
And It Is Jfow Annonnced That Qaay Personally
Has Decided to Treat the Affair
With Silent Contempt.
THE TEESIDEXI MUCH WOEEIED ABOUT EABJI
The famous Clayton-Breckinridge contest
came to an end in Congress last evening.
The distinguished Arkansas Democrat was
unseated, but declares that he will speedily
be indorsed by the voters of his district.
Dalzeli made the closing argument upon
the Republican side. No action has been
taken upon the Kennedy-Quay trouble, al
though some Democrats are willing to expel
the former.
IT rECIAI. TILEGBAM TO TITS DISPATCH.1
Washington, Stptember 5. The Ee
puhlican majority in the House of Repre
sentatives will be one vole greater to-morrow
than it was to-day. The seat which has
been occupied since the beginning of the
session by Clifton 2. Breckinridge of Ar
kansas, was declared vacant just before the
adjournment was taken this evening. The
killing of Clayton and the other circum
stances which led up to this result are fa
miliar to all.
Interest m the case will now be trans
ferred to Arkansas. Breckinridge will at
once o before the pcople-of his district and
demand a vindication. He confidently ex
pects to be re-elected, and to be once more in
the halls of Congress in very short order.
Lrecltiuridco in Hit Own Behalf.
"When the House assembled this morning
the Arkansas contest was at once called up,
and Mr. Breckinridge took the floor for the
closing argument upon the Democratic side,
lie charged the Election Committee with
undue partisan bias and the suppression of
evidence. The alleged bad character of his
accusers in bis own State was referred to.
In speaking of the murder of Clayton
(whom he claimed as a bosom friend), he
said that it had been stated that after that
murder he should have resigned his seat.
"Why should he resign? He knew of no
fraud in the election which invalidated his
election. To have resigned would have been
to say that he believed Clayton to have been
murdered to affect the result of the election.
To have resigned would have been to give
force to the charges made against his people.
It was not proper or manly to do so. The
House of Bepresentatives was the tribunal
to inquire into the action. Had he with
drawn he would have taken the case from a
Republican court the only court which has
any jurisdiction over the question.
4n Appeal to the People.
During the effort of Mr. Breckinridge
Senator Berry, of Arkanas, occupied a seat
at his side, and frequently whispered
some advice as to the points in the case, or
furnished necessary information to reply to
Republican questions. The Congressman
so soon to be unseated concluded his re
marks with the following peroration:
"Come to your conclusion, and I take an
appeal to the people, regardless of party, in
the district I have the honor to represent,
on the broad ground of common honesty,
and in November they will reverse your
conclusion and the method of your conclu
sion." Democratic applause, loud and long,
creeled this sentiment, and it was in this
spirit that the minority awaited the end of
the contest. All that now remained to be
done was for a Republican to sum up the
case for that side, and then to take a vote.
Dntzrll to the From.
The last speaker was Representative Dal
zeli, of Pittsburg. He said that nominally
this was a case between the qnick and the
dead, in reality it was an inquiry by the
House as to the right ot the occupant of the
seat to retain that seat If there were to be
bayonets at the polls, they should be those
of the National Government and not of a
political club.
He read in detail the testimony bearing
on the theft of the ballot-box at Piummers
villc. and said that its theft was absolutely
necessary to Jlr. Breckinridge's return.
Yet he stood here and asserted that it baa
been stolen by Republicans this Republi
can ballot-box. The House stood dum
founded on the face of such a sublime em
bodiment of impudence.
The niory of tho Mnrder.
He rehearsed the story of the murder of
Clayton, exclaiming: "Oh, the pity of it,
my countrymen, for this is not Italy, but
the American Republic; this is not the
Middle Ages, but the nineteenth century
since Christ was born. But I will not pur
sue the subject Let us leave the bleeding
corpse as it was left on that night on the
floor in blood."
Then he commented on the backwardness
of the State of Arkansas in endeavoring to
hunt down the murderers. In relation to
the Hooper theory, he invited the citation
of anything m the annals of crime and
criminals which would equal it for absolute
silliness.
The sky of the Second district of Arkansas
was luminous with blood. Fro her dese
crated soil the blood of John M. Clayton
E
IRE
BOUNCED
cried to heaven, not for vengeance, but for
justice, and members on both sides were
here as sacred ministers to execute her just
decrees.
A Veto Reached at Last.
The debate having been closed, Jlr. Crisp,
of Georgia, moved to recommit the case
with instructions to the Committee on Elec
tions to report which of the gentlemen re
ceived a majority of the votes of the Second
district of Arkansas. Lost yeas, 83J nays,
101. The vote was then taken on the minor
ity resolution confirming Mr. Breckin
ridge's right to the seat. Lost Yeas, 81;
nays, 103.
The resolution declaring the seat vacant
was then adopted, though a number of Dem
ocrats refused to vote in the hope of break
ing a quorum. Breckinridge, however, did
not countenance this scheme, as he wished
a decision to be reached tc-dav.
NO ACTION YET TAKEN.
QUAY WILL PROBABLY IGNORE THE
BUCKEYE BREAK.
Some Democratic Members Are TFIHInc to
Expel Kennedy, and Turn Kill Two Birds
With One stone The Bold Orator Re
pents Ills statements.
fFPXCIAI. TSXEGBAM TO TOT DISrATCILl
Washington, September 5. The only
new movement made in the Kennedy affair
to-day was the announcement of Represent
ative Boatner, of Louisiana, that he was
about to introduce a resolution to expel
Kennedy. Of course this could be nothing
else but buncombe, as the same situation
that yesterday prevented Representative
Dalzeli from introducing his resolution to
expunge the Kennedy speech from the
Record, must prevent the introduction of a
resolution of expulsion.
Mr. Boatner, however, professed to be in
dead earnest. He, as a Democrat, was not
interested in the defense of Senator Quay,
but he was deeply interested in the preserva
tion of the dignity of the House, and he
thought that every decent member should
hasten to denounce the action of Kennedy
as an offense that could only be properly
punished by expulsion. After conferring
with some of his friends he decided to do
nothing more at this time.
Kennedy a Little Too Cnte.
The fact is, nothing can be done to punish
Kennedy under the rules without a repro
duction of the language of the speech from
the official records. This is not available,
as, with a lorethought that took in all of the
chances of the case, Kennedy put his speech
in manuscript, knowing that if it were in
that form the official stenographers would
not take the trouble to follow him, but would
depend on the manuscript for their copy.
After its delivery, under a pretense of
withholding it for revision, he put the speech
in his pocket, and by that act gained immu
nity from expulsion or censure until the lan
guage of the speech could be produced. It
was a bit of cunning worthy of a better cause
and of a more clever man than Kennedy.
Kennedy has been so censured that he will
not probably ever print any part of the
speech, but will jet it find its immortality in
the publication in the newspaper press. He
cannot be compelled to publish it. There
are illustrious examples in which a member
has held his speech lor revision and held it
for all time.
One tpoecb Tbnt Was Suppressed.
For instance: Two years ago in speaking
on .he tariff bill, Mr. Butterwortb, of Ohio,
argued strongly in favor of the proposed
duty on tin plate. Speaking to the MeKin
ley bill this session he argued against the
tin plate duty. Thinking to place him at a
disadvantage an advocate. .of the duty ran
sancked the Record to find thd. former
speech. He discovered that it had never
been printed. The wily "Ben" had made
that speech at the request of some of his
constituents, but as it did not voice his trne
sentiments he omitted it from the Record.
For the reasons cited, Mr. Dalzeli still
holds his resolution to expunge the speech
from the Record locked in his desk, and the
Senate also can take no action in the matter.
Senator Quay could rise to a question of
personal privilege upon the ground of the
publication in newspapers, but his friends
have been busily persuading him to ignore
Kennedv altogether, and it is now quite
certain that he will take no notice ot the
matter.
Still Holdlnc His Ground.
In talking with a correpondent General
Kennedy said: "I don't see anything the
matter with that speech. It embodies my
sentiments exactly, and I am not afraid to
say what I think. Everybody knows that I
am in favor ot the election bill and that I
believe it ought to be passed now. I have
made no concealment of the fact I most em
nhatically disapproved the action of Mr.
Quay. I know that I am not alone, by any
means, in holding these views. A good
many on our side of the House agree with
me. I am no more of an extremist than
scores ol others. I believe I am right; why
should not the truth be told? I made the
speech wholly on my own responsibility. I
believe the Republicans generally agree
with me, though they may be alraid to say
so, because they question the expediency ot
Mich a speech. I do not think they can
keep it out of the Record on the ground that
it is unparliamentary. While preparing
the speech I had the rules before me and I
was very careful to keep within them. I
don't believe there is a line or word of it
against which the charge ot violating the
rules can be successfully made. I should
be very sorry to unjustly give offense to
anybody, but in" this matter, as I have said,
I believe I am right and my speech goes. I
stand on it"
WOBRIED ABOUT RATJM.
President Harrison About Ceadr for a New
Pension Commissioner.
trnOM A STAFF COBBESPOXDENT.
Washington, September S. An inti
mate triend of the President said this even
ing that Mr. Harrison said to him previous
to his departure for Cresson to-day, that
nothing hitherto during his incumbency of
office had worried him so much as the case
of General Raum. He intimated that if an
investigation were not in progress he would
be compelled to ask Raum to resign on the
strength of Raum's admission of having
borrowed 15,000 from Pension Attorney
Lemon after he, Raum, had been appointed
Commissioner of Pensions.
The President said be had appointed
Raum of his own volition on account ot his
personal knowledge of the man, and almost
without consultation with anyone, and he
felt a personal responsibility in the matter
which he would not otherwise. It wouid
seem from this that Mr. Raum's tenure
hangs from a very slight thread.
HTCEENEB TEE MAN.
A Honor That He Has Been Selected to
T.iUe Clnrkson's Plnre.
FT.0JI A STAFF COBBISPOJIPEST.l
Washington, September 5. It is re
ported that the President informed some'of
his friends who are interested in the office,
before his departure for Cresson, that he had
decided to appoint Mr, Michener, of In
diana, to the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Clarkson. This is but a rumor, how
ever, and is given for what a rumor Is
worth. .
Keeping- Quiet Concerning Reciprocity.
-KPICIAI. TELEOKAM TO TUB DIRPATCn.t
Washington, Septembers. The tariff
bill occupied the entire session of the Senate
to-day, the free list being under considera
tion. Not a word was said about recipro
Me JfiMgtom
PITTSBURG,
EXILED FROM CUBA.
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GENERAL ANTONIO MACEO HURRIED OFF
THE ISLAND.
Tho Authorities Afraid That lie Was Abont
to Foment Anolber Rebellion The Pres
ent bovernor Is One of His Bitter
Enemies. ,
rSrECTAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.J
New York, September 6. "Unannounced
by the cable General Antonio Maceo ar
rived to-day on the Ward Line steamship
Cienfuegos, an exile from Cuba. The news
had probably been kept secret by order of
Cuban Government, at the head of which is
General Maceo's old enemy, Captain Ben
Palaviaja, who was "reappointed Captain
General a month ago under the Conserva
tive Government, which at that time came
into power in Spain, General Maceo is 6
feet tall, has handsome features, and a com
plexion as dark as a mulatto. At his hotel
to-day he related to a Dispatch reporter
the circumstances attending bis exile.
General Maceo was a little over 20 years
old when the Cuban insurrection broke out
in 1868. In tho ten-years' war that followed
General Maceo says he had a price set upon
his head four times by Palaviaja, ranging
from 520,000 to ?50,0QO, blood hounds were
set on his track, and in the various engage
ments he received 22 wonnds. He was the
last soldier to yield to the Government, con
tinuing the fight with a small band in the
mountain regions of Santiago. He went to
Jamaica and remained in business until
1886, when he was found at Port-au-Prince
organizing another array to attack Cnba.
He was driven from Hayti by Cuban influ
ence, and has since been engaged in com
merce in various ways, as a contractor on
the Panama Canal, the owner of a grocery
at Bas-Obispo, and an exploiter of gold
mines in Panama.
"I lett Panama," he said, "in December
last to attend to many business matters in
the West Indies and to join my wife in
Jamaica. I went to Kingston, then to
Hayti, and to Havana and to Santiago. It
is said the Government did not know of my
arrival in Santiago. That is not true. They
werewell informed of it. My mainobjectin
visiting Havana and Santiago was to sell
some property, and finally to leave the
country. It it was noised abroad that I was
in Santiago to foment a new rebellion I
never beard of it. I was living quietly with
my wife when a notiee was served on me
that I must depart in 12 hours for New York
City in the Cienfuegos. It is not true that
soldiers were ordered to guard the ship and
shoot me if I should make an attempt to es
cape." RAIDED BY WHITE CAPS.
A North Carolina Town Looks as Thonnh
euruck by a Cyclone.
ISrECIAX. TGLEOKAK TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Charlotte, N. C, September 6. The
town of Dallas presents a scene that would
compare favorably with some I Western
town that had been visited by a terrible
cyclone. In some portions of the place the
houses are completely demolished, literally
wiped from the face of the earth. The
cause is due to the raid that the White
Cap's made last night. It ras indeed a
night of horror as well as of suffering. They
went at their work after the regular old
fashioned "Kuklux" style, tearing down
fences, stables and everything that came in
their way. In some of the dwellings the
furniture was taken out and broken and the
inside ot the houses as far as 'possible was
mutilated so as not to be fit for occupancy.
The cause has not fully developed, but it is
thought that something of a sensational
character is at fbe bottom of this destructive
work.
The Dispatch correspondent learned
from an eye witness that there were about
75 men heavily armed with guns, pistols,
rocks and sticks. They fully accomplished
their desires. Much excitement is mani
fested at this outrageous affair, and the peo
ple of that locality say that the demons that
were engaged in this work shall be brought
to the bar af justice. Dallas is a flourish
ing little city situated in the healthiest por
tion of North Carolina and the affair has
caused no little talk all over the State, and
as tar as possible this mystery is going to he
ferreted out.
IITEBALLY T0BN TO PIECES.
Bodies of I ho Victims of a Premature Blast
Gathered Up to Sacks.
rSPECIAI. TBLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCHA
Dover, N. J., September 5. A fatal
blasting accident occurred at an early hour
this morning in the Wood iron mine at Hi
bernia, a tew miles from here. Two experi
enced miners named Robert Degraw and
George Storms had prepared seven holes for
blast and lighted the fuses of three of them.
They exploded as expected, and the men
went back to fire the other four holes. Just
as they reached the spot one of the boles
went off. It is supposed that the first blast
had cut the fuse ot this hole and.ignited.
The two meu were literally torn' to pieces.
Their heads were blown entirely off, and
there was hardly a bone in the body of
either that was not broken. The features
of the severed heads were not recognizable,
and the body of Storms bad to be exhumed
from beneath a mass of ore that the blast
had loosened. Their remains had to be
sewed up in sacks. Both of the men were
about 35 years of age, and Storms leaves a
family.
KING KALAXAU WITH THE LEPERS.
He Visits the Settlement and Addresses the
Peoptr.
San Francisco, September 5. The
steamship Australia arrived from Honolulu
this morning bringing advices, to August
29. Since last advicesj.he Legislature had
been principally occupied with considera
tion of the Oahu railway bill. The House
passed an amendment giving the company
a subsidy of 700 per mile.
King "Kalakau visited the leper settle
ment August 27 and addressed the people.
An order bas been issued by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs honorably disbanding the
First Battalion of Hawaiian Volunteers,
known as the Honolulu Rifles.
WHAT THE BANKERS HAD TO SAY.
Various Papers on Flnnnclnl Blatters Read
at tho Convention.
Saratoga, September 5. To-day's ses
sion of the American Bankers' Association
was occupied in the reading of various pa
pers by Hon. Charles M. Preston, Superin
tendent of Banking of the State, on "The
New York Safety Fund Banking 8ystem;"
George Hague, General Manager ot the
Merchants' Bjnk ot Canada, Montreal, on
"The Banking Law of Canada," and that of
C. W. Hammond, Cashier of the Peoples'
Bank ot" Buffalo, on "Clearings and County
Collections."
CAPTURED AT LAST.
Arrest of a Kentucky murderer for a Crime
Committed Lust Year.
Louisville, September 5. John Jones,
charged with the musder of James Glenn at
at Hickman, Ky., a year ago, was arrested
here to-day.
Both were young men add there had been
ill-feeling between them and Jones upon
light provocation shot Glenn to death with
out giving him a chance to fight.
FIREMEN should read the article In the
Second Part of TO-DAY'S DISPATCH. It
will fats rMi tbeau
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1890. TWELVE
THE END IS NOT TET.
Judge McMicbiel is Going to Investi
gate the Congressional
BOODLE SCANDAL IN OPEN COURT.
Tha Attorneys for the Prosecution Move
for a Eeheariug.
BEATER TALLBI K0W ALL IN A BLAZE.
The Excitement Is Very Great, and the Feeling
Decidedly Bitter.
The Beaver brib ery cases will sot be
dropped. A move for the rehearing was en
tered yesterday. The , Judge asked whether
the Tate affidavit had been before the grand
jury. When informed that it was presented
he said there was something wrong, and
ordered an investigation for Monday, Sep
tember 15.
rSPICIAI. TELIQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.'.
New Castle, September 5. When A.
P. McDonald, Esq., Chairman of the Beaver
Republican County Committee, received a
telephone message last night, of the find
ing of the grand jury in the bribery cases,
he says it came on him like a thunderbolt,
A council of war was held, and early this
morning, Mr, Marshall, Drs. McKinney
and McConnell, R. S. Kennedy, and several
other", prosecutors and witnesses in the case,
left at once for New Castle, determined to
prevail upon the Court to set aside the ver
dict of the jury.
The parly proceeded to the office of D. B.
Kurtz, Esq., also of tho private counsel of
the Commonwealth, where a motion was
prepared, which after reciting the several
cases against the defendants says:
APPEAL FOR A REHEARING.
It appearing to the Court that Dr. David Mc
Kinney was the prosecutor In tho aforesaid
cases, and that indictments in all of the fore
going cases were beforo the grand jury, and by
said grand jury in all of tho cases returned as
not a trne bill, and that the prosecutor, the said
Dr. McKinney, pay the costs, whereupon the
said David McKinney by JJ. B. Knrtz and J. M.
Martin, bis attorneys, move the Court to set
aside the return of the grand jury so made as
aforesaid, and recommit the cases to this, or a
subsequent grand jury, for tho cause that the
findings are manilestly against the facts in the
case and the evidence of the witnesses before
the said jury.
Attorney Knrtz, In defense of bis motion,
said: "The whole world is looking at us. It
is a notorious fact that the politics of Penn
sylvania are corrupt from beginning to end.
There is a trick in the finding of the grand
jury. One of the defendants (W. D. Wall
ace) is in partnership with the District At
torney. These men who made these infor
mations either lied or were deceived. They
were fooled. They knew something, or they
didn't. These defendants promised to tell
all they knew, and thoy didn't. The wit
nesses were not asked the proper questions
iu the grand jury room. They were asked
questions entirely foreign to the case, and
the ends of justice were'not served.
MUST BE CLEARED UP.
"I reside in the district," said Mr. Kurtz,
"and I insist that this charge of bribery be
cleared from my skirts. Influences were
brought to bear on the grand jury so that
they could not give a fair decision. It is a
common saying that the State Legislature
of Pennsylvania is corrupt. I do not want
Lawrence county to come in the sarnie cate
gory. I waut this case investigated. I
want it tried. I understood yesterday at
noon that there could be no bills found; that
the grind jury had been seen." '
A. P. Marshall, Esq., Chairman of the
County Committee of Beaver, said he had
been to Messrs. Downey, Tate, Shaffer and
Duerr, the alleged bribe takers, arid they
had agreed to call on him and appear in
court and tell their story in New iCastle.
They didn't do it, because they had been
seen by people from Lawrence county. These
men appeared betore the grand jury; they
are themselves charged with a crilne, and
were permitted to tell their story. This was
an injustice such as no court would over
look, i
AN ATTACK ON PORTER.
"The District Attorney," Mr. Marshall
said, "is all-powerful before a grand! jury.
He can do as he pleases. Mr. Porter, the
District Attorney, made assertions that there
was nothing in these cases even before they
were heard."
Mr. Marshall, in summing up, said that
a rumor had been started and credited by a
great many people to the effect that certain
persons in Beaver county had paid a large
sum of money to procure the admission of
Tate and other boodlers. "Just give, us a
chance," said he, "before a jury of tbis or
Beaver county apd we will prove to you and
the entire people of this State what an out
rageous lie it is."
a his brougnt tne District Attorn ev to his
feet, and he said that he had always advo
cated the fullest investigation, but
was not the slightest evidence tha:
money had been paid or that anyon
tippn hrihprl He Raid he had not tnlr
one that there was nothing in the (case;
that he had not enjoyed the confideace of
the prosecution; they had not come to, him
as they should' have done; they bad fur
nished him a list of witnesses and ha and
the grand jury had heard tbem all, anil out
of the whole number there was no evidence
other than that Tate had made a con ft ssion;
he did not know what that confessio . was,
because he had never heard it officially.
1 was particularly careful in this ease.
he said, "because w. u. Wallace anc. my
self are in the same omce.
THE JUDGE TAKES A HANDJ
Judge McMichad interrupted him with
the question: "Was the affidavit of Tate
before the grand jury?"
"I think it was."
"Yes, it was."
"Well, then, said the Judge, "il seems
very marvelous to my mind, if that be true.
that the grand jury should have failed to
return a true bill, and put the costs on the
prosecutor, Mr. McKinney. If evidence of
that Kind was there, L am clear that the
grand jury have failed in their dn
After tbis address the Court setMonday
morning at 9 o'clock, Septembe If , to hear
the evidence whether there sbouldfbe a new
investigation and whether the return ot the
grand jnry should be set asidf. In the
meantime the prosecution were directed to
prepare and file affidavits embfdying the
grave charges as intimated bv the counsel.
The Judge was disposed to haveifi thorough
investigation of the whole matte:
PHILLIPS KEEPING QtftET.
Thomas W. Phillips said jfo the cor
respondent this afternoon that jft would not
be interviewed, had not beenr and would
not be until everything was settled. B. A.
Winternitz and John G. McCjonaby, attor
neys for the defendants, said: f
Publish this as our Interview "We were at
torneys for the defendants. Thfry had been ar
rested, entered bail for their Appearance and
were here to answer. The furious onslaught
of the connsel for the prosecutor was upon the
grand jury and the District Attorney, and no
reflections were cast upon the jpjefendants. To
have undertaken to replied to the envenomed
utterances of the connsel wottld have been un
professional and unjustifiable, as the very
statements themselves carried with them their
own refutation. The District Attorney acted
under the instructions rff the prosecutor's
connsel called the witnesses theysuggestcd and
asked all the questions Iliey themselves pro
posed, and the cases wore submitted to the
grand jury. each fmember of which
bears a reputatia at least as
untarnished as that it their accusers. The
truth is that all preparations were made by the
private counsel for th4 prosecutor for a trial in
court the anrmunitlofj was all ready and all It
needed watteoppottealty tattie-It oS. This
the finding of the grand jury prevented, snd
the only wav left to give the matter publicity
was the motion to strike off the return ot tho
grand jury. The speeches were In no way
material to the point in controversy, were not
justified by anything In the case, and were re
flections upon the integrity and honesty of as
pnreaerand jury as ever sat in our Court
House. ,
BEAVER IN A BLAZE.
MUCH INDIGNATION AT THE GRAND
JURY'S ACTION.
A Determination on the Part of the Lenders
to Press the Case to the Bluer End Tho
Rising Hopes of the Democrats.
.SPKCIAI. TILEOEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.-.
Beaver, September 5. While a feeling
was pretty generally entertained here that
trne bills would not be found by the grand
jury of Lawrence county in all the Con
gressional bribery cases before it this week,
few anticipated that all would be ignored,
and the result has caused much astonish
ment and considerable indignation among
the anti-McDowell people here. The
opinion is ireely expressed that undue
influence was brought to bear upon the
grand jury, and its action, in the fice of
Tate's affidavit, is severely censured. Demo
crats view the situation with great com
placency, and claim that tne result has
largely Increased the chances of that party
electing its candidate tor Congress in this
district. As the nomination of another Re
publican candidate is a toregone conclusion,
great interest is felt by both parties as to
whether Thomas L. Phillips will stand for
it. Some of his friends' assert positively that
be will not. The Democracy here, so far as
can be determined, are a unit for William B.
Dnnlap, and everv effort will be made to
render him the choice of the conferees of this
district.
Dr. McKinney said in regard to the mat
ter: "I can understand how I could be
knocked out in conrt, but how it could be
done before the grand jnry in this case, is
beyond my comprehension. But I will
persevere until I get it before anbther jury."
A. P. Marshall and Dr. McConnell were
not disposed to talk for publication, but
intimated strongly that they would not
abandon the cases until every effort had
been made to get them befoie a petit jury.
A dispatch from New Brighton says:
The action of the grand jury at New Cas
tle caused universal indignation here. The
feeling is more sanguine since Judge Mc
Michael ordered a rehearing. A majority
of the prominent Republicans told your cor
respondent to-day they would not vote for
McDowell under any circumstances.
A TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE.
Tho State of Feeling In Butler County Is
Decidedly Bitter.
rsrECIAL TXLZQKAX TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Butler, September 5. The action of the
Lawrence county grand jury in ignoring the
bills bf indictment against the three Beaver
county committeemen caused the greatest
surprise and indignation here. Colonel John
M. Sullivan characterized it as presenting
the worst step taken by the friends of Mc
Dowell to thrust his nomination upon the
people. W. C. Negley said it was a traves
ty on justice, and would not help McDowell
in the least. Thomas Robinson, Esq., de
clared tbat it only intensified the feeling
already existing against all those who have
been known to be parties to the corruption
which placed McDowell in nomination.
The opinion is Quite general that the nom
inee of the Harmony convention will be
able to break down party lines in the inter
est of integrity, and will be elected.
A prominent member of the bar said it
was an' outrage on the people and a total
disregard the evidence, and the confes
sions of the. defendants, some of them nnder
oath, ought to .have been sufficient to have
warranted the grand jury in finding true
bills. Instead of serving as a vindication of
McDowell it will lessen his chauces of elec
tion. The people of this county will rebuke
not only the fraudulent nomination of Mc
Dowell, but the action ot the Lawrence
county grand jury in attempting to white
wash it.
MAJ0B ITDOWELL'S EBIEHD3
Think That the Finding; of tbo Grand Jury
Clears the Situation.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Sharon, September 5. -The failure of the
Lawrence county grand jury to find true
bills against the alleged Beaver county
boodlers, has cleared the Twenty-fifth Con
gressional Republican situation, in the
opinion of Major McDowell's friends. It
was generally understood that the evidence
in the court proceedings was to be taken as
the final judgment on Major McDowell's
innocence, and as this evidence has failed
the Major's friends claim that be will have
a clear field and is certain ol election.
It is predicted here that the coming
seceder's convention at Harmony will not
put a candidate in the field against Mc
Dowell, as it will be hard to secure a repre
sentative Republican to accept the nomi
nation after the failure to prove the bribery
charges. The fight at present against Major
McDowell, his friends say, is one of the
politicians and is not of the people.
THE FEELING AT HERCEB.
Republicans There Have an Idea That the
Affair Is all Over.
rSPBCIAI. TILIGOAil TO THE DIBrATOB.1
Mercer, Pa., September 5. The news
of the action of the Lawrence connty grand
jury in ignoring the bribery bills has cansed
much rejoicing in Republican circles.
While Mercer county has neverdoubted the
fairness of the nomination, there has been
considerable speculation as to where it
would end, and leading Repnblicans are of
the opinion that the fight is over, and that
Beaver and Butler will nowendorse the
Major's nomination.
FUNEBAL 07 GENERAL NOTES.
Ex-President Hayes Expected to Attend the
Last Rites.
Cincinnati, September 5. The Hamil
ton Connty Bar met to-day to take action
concerning the funeral of Judge E. F.
Noyes. It was decided to hold a meeting
at a later day for the purpose of paying the
usual tribute to bis worth as a lawyer.
The feeling was unammons that a man
whose life had been so given to the public
should have a funeral of a public character,
and steps were taeen to hold the services at
the armory. It was found, however, that
Mrs. Noyes could not cousent to such a
formal ceremony, and the services will be
held at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon In the
ML Auburn Presbyterian Church, where the
deceased attended. Ihe venerable chaplain of
his regiment, the Rev. B. W. Chidlaw, will
officiate. It is expected that ex-President
Hayes will be present
TEUTONIC SCHOLARS MEET.
Sixth Annual Convention of the German
American Technologists.
Cleveland, September 5. The Asso
ciation of German-American Technologists
met here this morning in sixth annual con
vention. Ernest Lietze, ot Cincinnati, the
President, delivered his address, and Prof.
Francis R. Fava, Jr., of Washington,
read a paperon "the application of spectrum
analvsis for qnanta'tlve determination."
In" the afternoon the delegates, who repre
sent all the principal cities of the country,
made a tour of the manniactnring establish
ments. Last evening' they were tendered a
reception, aad to-nlgai s banquet is being
given.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW,
The Family From the White
House All Safely Housed
at Cresson Springs. ,
NOT A CHEER IS HEARD
As the President and Mrs. Harrison
Kide From tbc Station
OVER TO THE PRETTY PARK YILLA.
Mr. Harrison Looks IFeary and Eetires to
the Cottage Early.
B. P. JONES HAS A LONG TALK WITH HIM
The Harrison family, including the Presi
dent, are at Cresson, quartered in the hand
some cottage set apart for their use. The
arrival caused little excitement. No formal
reception was tendered them. The Presi-,
dentlooked weary and received no callers.
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CKES30N Springs, September 5. Presi
dent Harrison, Mrs. Harrison and Secretary
Halford arrived at Cresson this evening on
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the limited at 7 o'clock. The ladies from
the P.'irk Cottage went down to meet them,
and, finding the two carriages sent from the
hotel, they drove past the piazza if the
Mountain House and over home. There
was not so much excitement as might have
been expected over the President's arrival,
probably becanse people have become tired
of getting excited all for nothing.
The railway station was crowded largely
with small children, their nurses, some
country people, the regular loungers and a
few ladies from the hotel and the cottages.
When the steam of the train was seen in the
distance, things got a little lively. Crowd
ing was permissible, and the people crowded.
Babies were elevated in their nurses' arms
to get their first sight of "a real live Presi
dent." PRESIDENTS ARE PLENTY.
"A President's not sneh a great thing,"
exclaimed a young lady. "There are lots
of presidents-here. There's Mr. Shidle,
he's president of a Minneapolis bank, and
I'd rather be president of a bank any day
than President of the United States; there's
my aunt, she's president of an orphans'
home in Philadelphia, and I'm vice presi
dent of something Ohl dear, I forgot what,
Anyway & president is. a very everyday af
fair." "What'll you bet I shake hands with the
President?" said another young lady.
"Nothing," promptly answered her young
man. "Yon could make the President or
anybody else do whatever you want"
"The President is in the last car,"
cried somebody, and the crowd surged over
by the end of the train. Mrs. Harrison ap
peared first, hex usual, dignified, nonchalant
self, and was assisted to the platform by the
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conductor, where Mr. Dunham waited to re
ceive her. She wore the same dress she did
when she went away a black and white
summer silk.
NO CHEEBINO AUDIBLE.
The President followed his wile, and Mr.
H.alford followed the President They made
their way quickly to the carriage, and there
wasn't a sound from a single throat in the
crowd. One maiden, who had climbed on a
box, desparingly waved her handkerchief,
and tbis solitary piece of cambrio was the
only outward sign of welcome that Presi
dent Harrison got, except the stares of the
people. The President got into the carriage
first, and then Baby McKee was lilted np
on his knee, and then th'' 'resident smiled
for the first time.
Mrs. Harris6vvi and turning to
Mrs. McKee, sa -ni-, give me Mary.
Give me Mary." She didn't get Mary,
though, and instead Marthena Harrison
was put in the carriage beside her grand
mother. By tbis diplomatic move of Mrs.
McKee the houses of McKee and Harrison
had equal representation, and Mrs. McKee
vindicated her position as the brains of the
Harrison family. Secretary Halford, Mrs.
Dimmick, Mrs. McKee, with Mary Mc
Kee, and Mr. Dunham were in the second
carriage. Behind came Mrs. Park Painter
and Mrs. McCandless in their dog cart, and
Mrs. Halford and Miss Halford in the
phaeton.
ARRIVAL AT THE COTTAGE.
A detour was made by the carriages so as
to pass in front of the piazza of the hotel.
The people gathered at the windows and at
the railing of the piazza and silently watched
ed the President of the United States pass.
Here, as at the station, there was no demon
stration of welcome. The two carriages
went on to the Park Cottage, and emptied
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their occupants into thit romantic looking
villa. Immediately after dinner the Presi
dent came back to the Park Cottage, where
he remained all the eveniug. Hon. B. F.
Jones spent over an hour in bis company.
About 7:30 the President and Mrs. Har
rison, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Russell Harrison
and Mrs. Dimmick entered the private din
ing room at the hotel. They remained at
dinner abont an hour. The dining room ta
ble was decorated very prettily with flowers
sent on for the purpose from the White
House conservatories. Mr. Halford dined
with bis wile, after which he spent a few
minutes with the President in the dining
room just belore they adjourned from din
ner. The ladies went directly from the
dining room to Mrs. B. F. Jones' cottage,
where a small reception and party was given
for them by the cottagers.
HE APPEARED TO BE tVEABT.
The President returned at once to the
Park Cottage. He looked weary, which
probably explains why be made no effort to
meet anyone this evening.
There was somo talk of an impromptu re
ception, but neither the President nor the
people seemed to desire that there should be
one. The Private Secretary says that Mr.
Harrison will remain here just as long as he
can, and transact such official business as
cannot be avoided, but tbat nothing like a
substitute for headquarters was ever in
tended to be established at Cresson. The
President is anxiou to be left alone, so that
he may enjoy undisturbed the mountain
breezes of Western Pennsylvania.
A prettv little incident marked Mrs.
George Shiras party last night The first
prize, a pretty trifle in cut glass and gold,
was gained by Mrs. Mark W. Watson, who,
with a charming gracefulness, turned it
over to Mrs. McKee, who sat next to her.
The ladies' played cards to a late hoar, after
which Mr. H.D. McCandless, of Pittsburg,
escorted Mrs. McKee and the other ladies
home to the Park Cottage.
The arrivals here this evening are: Mrs.
Joseph Dilwortb, Miss Virginia Beggs, L.
W. Dalzeli. James A. Chambers, J. W.
(Continued on BeveTtihJPogti) ConMnued on Sixth Fage.
INCLUDING
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TO-MORROW'S ISSUE
May bo banded in at the main advertising
office of The Dispatch, corner Bmitnneld
and Diamond streets, np to midnight. jf
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Philadelphia Company Officials Talk In
conragingly of
THE FUTURE OP TUB PUEL SUPPLI
Enonjti to last for Scleral Tears U
Old Fields.
Tonnd In tlie
A big bonfire at a new gas well yesterday
was cansed by a bolt of lightning. Gen
eral Manager Paine, of the Philadelphia
Company, thinks tbat the gas supply will
endure for years. Captain Bigger says tha
question is only one of pipes and price.
irnon A STArr cobexspoitdi2t.J
A pew source or gas supply for Pittsburg
was struck by lightning yesterday. In
other words the Whitney & Stephenson
gasser at Semple station was struck by
lightning about about 1 o'clock in the after
coon and the derrick burned to the ground.
When visited by the writer in the forenoon
it was tnrned out into the field and burning.
Soon after-rd it was shut off and the bie
-A as the contractor wanted to
takex -& stools and remove bis roues.
This 't,,tj just completed when the
electric 'eV bably conducted by tha
column (Zj O rbon vapor, came down
and set t v fire. The derrick was
quickly desL . Xwhen the writer left
the great gas i-'Dins as high as tha
derrick had be t
The well is r& $, 'dly a first-class
gasser. An effort. r to test the pres
sure on Thursday , gauge ran up to J20
pounds to the square inch in 45 seconds,
when a bad joint of pipe burst and the test
was declared off. It is quite evident how
ever, it would have shown a pressure of at
least COO pounds and probably more. Of
course nothing is known of its
.STATING QUALITIES
yet, but the fact that it draws its supply
from the third, or Gordon sand, augurs well
for it. It is among the easy probabilities
that it will lead to the development of a
vry good gas field, the formation being
geologically favorable to snch a result It
is one of the accidents of discovery looked
to to prolong the gas supply until a wholly
acceptable substitute shall be produced.
There are no developments near to indi
cate the probable scope of the new field ex
cept the Wildwood oil development to tha
west and northwest Tbis well was located
and drilled in the hope of finding oil, and
the owners are somewhat disappointed in
not finding it, though they have not much
reason to complain, a large gas well being
better than a small oil well. It will be shut
in soon and utilized. An important well
northeast of the gasser is due next week. It
is owned by Griffith & Co., and is located
on the Mink farm. It will be watched with
interest by both oilmen and gas men.
A CASE CLEARLY PUT.
"What have we laid $1.000.000 wrth of
pipe this 'ear for not to get gas, n jou
suppose?"
Such was the apt reply of Mr. Charles
Paine, general manager of the Philadelphia
Company, to the question whether there
would be an amnle supply of gas next
winter. The forceful philosophy in tbat
way of putting it is self evident For it is
hardly probable tbat a corporation like the
Philadelphia Company, with its facilities
for making correct estimates, wonld make
such an outlay for piping without being
certain of the product. Mr. Paine was too
busv tor a formal interview when seen, but
talked as he worked, substantially as
follows:
"We expect to be able to supply plenty of
gas to our patrons next winter. We are
laying larger pipes; we expect to need them
by and by. Certainly the pressure at the
old wells is considerably reduced, bnt with
larger pipes they will produce as much gas
as formerly at lower pressure. We have
wells shut in out in Washington connty,
which would produce a great deal of gas,
but their pressure is not great enough lor
any of our gas lines now. There is no use
connecting a well which has a pressure that
is less than that on the pipe line. Bnt if
the supply should begin to fail, as some
people seem to be afraid it will, these wells
would help out considerably.
A QUESTION OP DISCOTEEY.
"The natural gas supply of the future ii
largely a question of accidentand discovery.
I do not expect a failure of supply for some
years yet So far as I can see the supply is
assured for a long time. If anyone has any
mysterious or penetrating knowledge, be
vond what we can see, tbat assures them of
a failure of the supply, they should speak
out They should have warned us a good
while ago, and saved us the expense of lay
ing these new pipes. We wonld not expend
81,000,000 a year for pipes if we did not have
faith in the supply. This same cry about
exhaustion of resources has been heard
about oil for the past 25 years, yet the pro
duction is greater to-day than ever before.
It will probably be the same with natural
gas. I believe there will be plenty for
domestic use for many years, and for manu
facturing purposes, too. For anything I
can see, it may last for 15 years or 25 years.
"Of course you understand the extent to
which accident and discovery enter into tha
calculation. Many prolific fields are likely
to be developed when least expected, and
for that matter where least expected. It is
an ohserved fact that great gas wells maybe
found in synclinal troughs as well as on
anti-clinaf axes.
THE MUEBAYSVTLLE WATEB.
"Yes, some of the Mnrraysville wells are
flooded with salt water. It is no wonder.
Look at that piece there (pointing to a piece
of casing eaten with rust so there were great
holes in it). It is the sulphur water found
in the wells does the mischief."
"Yon think the water comes from above
then, and not from the gas sand?"
"Certainly. There is no donbt about it
All the wells we have pulled out prove it
Yes, we have some wells shut in af Mnr
raysville on account of the pressure being
too low for onr lines, and we have soma
shnt in at present because we do not need
them to keep dd our supply. Do we get
much gas from that field cow? It is our
chief source ot supply yet Of course, wa
get some from Washington county, but wa
have just completed a 35-inch line from
Mnrraysville to this city, with the result ol
greatly increasing onr supply fltn that
point We will have connections'1 made
with Bellevernon before winter, but ws
bava not drawn an? gas from there yet
We have some very good wells there, sevea
or eight, and eight or ten more drilling. Z
have a message here saying onr well on tha
Morris farm is the strongest well yet struck:
in that field. It is producing from tha
Gantz sand. Yes, that is the gas horiioa at
Mnrraysville. No, it is not the principal
gas sand at Bellevernon. Heretofore the
strongest wells have been obtained in tha
lower sands.
SOAIETHINO OP THE NEW TIZLD.
"No, the Bellevernon field does not ex
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