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IHSCRTED IN
THE DISPATCH
REACH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
FOKTY-PIFTH YEAH
BARCLAY'S DEFIANCE.
He Refuses to Obey an Order for
His Return to the Pen
sion Office, and
WILL STAY ON THE STUMP.
A Decidedly Spicy Reply Sent to Sec
retary Koble Through Com
missioner Raum.
KO PUBLIC BUSINESS NEGLECTED,
And a Searchins Investigation of the Ac
counts of the Office is Most Earn
estly Keqnested.
BLAINE GOIXG TO ASSIST H'KIKLET.
Celtttr' Health ii Brcktn as! Bora ii Kw HD-
" i fag t!a EBgagtnsiti f ttt Craw
ftrf Cir4t.
rCLITICS THBOUGHOUT TEE STATE AHD NATION
;s rECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Getttsbubo, October S3. Captain "W.
H. Barclay, United States Pension Agent
at Pittsburg, to-day addressed a letter to
Pension Commissioner Raum in which he
plainly indicated that an order jssned from
Washington directing his immediate return
to his efnee will not be obeyed.
Captain Barclay ridiculed the idea that
the business of the Pittsbunr pension office
has Buffered through his absence. He says
he is in daily communication with his sub
ordinates and that pension matters are re
ceiving the same attention they would if he
were at his post.
An Answer to an Insinuation.
As to the insinuation printed in some of
the papers that his accounts were not cor
rect, he says the office has always been con
aucted to the satisfaction of the United
States Government, and that he has received
numerous letters from "Washington com
plimenting him for his good work.
Last month about 51,000.000 was paid out
in pensions for his district, and he invites
the most rigid examination of his affairs as
agent. The man to whom he refers as hav
ing received his letter of resignation is
Senator Quay.
Captain Barclay will continue on his
stumping tour until the close of the cam
paign, unless the appointment of a ruccessor
should necessitate his return to Pittsburg to
cive the new pension agent necessary assist
ance and information.
A tetter to Sir. Raum.
The following is a copy of Pension Agent
Barclay's letter :
Gftttsbubg, Pa., October 23. 1890.
Honorable Commissioner of Pensions, Washing
ton, 1). G.:
Sin I beg to acknowledge the receipt of
jour telegram of 20th or 21st Inst., in which yon
say:
"I am directed by the Secretary ot the In
terior to order yon to assume lmmediato
cbarprc of your acency and transact such busi
ness as may require your personal attention,
and which may be delayed by your absence. It
is expected this order will be promptly obeyed
and that yon will not again leave your agency
without permission from this bureau. Wire by
telegranb of your return to duty."
Evidently Intended as Sarcasm.
Permit me to inform you of the fact or which
you may not be aware, that I have been nomi
nated tor the office of Secretary or Internal
Affairs of the State in which I reside. Tnit
distinction was conferred upon me unsought
On the 4th of November next the ccople of this
btate will pass npon my fitness for the position
and the desirability of my being placed in
ctargo of it
In the meantime it is necessary for me to be
absent temporarily from the office at Pitts
burg, which is in my charge as pension agent.
Allow me to assure you, however, that no busi
nevs requiring my personal attention has been
delayed during my absence, nor will the public
bumess suffer or be neglected. The faithful
discharge of the duties of the offico of pension
airentbyme is amply secured to the United
btates by bonds-whicb I have given.
Instituting a Little Comparison.
It seems to me you have as much reason to
assume that public bnsiness suffers through
your own absence or that public interests were
imperiled by the absence of the President of
the United States in his late visit to Pennsyl
vania and the Western country as you have to
infer that the business of -my office has suf
fered when I am within daily communication
with it.
The directions of the Secretary of the In
terior conveyed by you indicate that you have
forgotten a fact of which I personally apprised
yon, to wit: That in the early part of Septem
ber I tendered my resignation to the President
of the United States in writing, and handed it
tu one of the United States Senators from this
htate for delivery. I presume it will be, if it
has not already been, presented to the Presi
dent 1 have hitherto been awaiting Its ac
ceptance. I have the honor to remain yours respect
fully. W. H. Barclay.
United Btates Pension Agent.
The Government Action Causes Surprise.
Among the members of the campaigning
party with which Mr. Barclay is traveling
there is much surprise and some indignation
thatthePittsburg pension agent should be or
dered to cease political work and return to
his office, when John Jarrett is not only per
mitted, but encouraged to come 3,000 miles
across the Atlantic and leave his post de
serted while engaged on a similar errand,
and Captain Delaney abandons his position
in Oklahoma to labor for Delamater.
However, all express the opinion that the
action of the "Washington authorities is
likely not only to strengthen Sir. Barclay,
hut the entire ticket. The old soldiers, in
particular, are relied upon to resent what is
declared to be a manifest injustice to one of
their number.
A Delay in the Appointment.
A dispatch from "Washington says: It
was stated to-day by an official of the In
terior Department that the resignation of
Captain Barclay had been received and ac
cepted. No steps have been taken toward
appointment oi a successor, and, as stated
last evening, it is not probable th.it an ap
pointment will be made before the election.
The fact of to many candidates being in
the field from Allegheny county may induce
Jim
the President to give the appointment to an
outside county. Colonel Bayne supports
the candidacy of Hon. W. H. Magill, and
other candidates are Messrs. Bengongb,
Beed and Case, though It is stated by friends
of some of the other candidates that Mr.
Case is not in the field for this office, as he
was not a soldier, and there would, there
fore, be no use of his asking for an office like
the pension agency.
ENGAGEMENTS BROKEN.
DELAMATER'S ILL-HEALTH TAKES HIM
OFF THE STUMP.
Governor Beaver Filling the Date Sched
uled for the Crawford Candidate A
Number of Good-Sized Crowds Meet
'With Disappointment
rSFKCIAL TELSUKAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Beading, October 23. Disappointment
at the failure of Senator Delamater to keep
his engagement was the most prominent
feature of the meetings attended in three
places to-day by the party that is engaged
in stumping the Slate in the interest of the
Bepublican ticket Bain also helped
dampen the ardor of the enthusiasts, but at
York, Lancaster and Beading extensive
preparations had been made to give the
Gubernatorial candidate a warm receptions
and go-dly crowds had assembled at the ap
pointed time,only to learn that the standard
bearer had remained in Philadelphia.
At York a committee of SO met the train
when it rolled into the station, and there
was not a little grumbling when it was
found that Mr. Delamater was not among
those who alighted. The rain was falling
heavily, and there was no attempt at a
parade. A meeting was held in the Opera
House, however, at which addresses were
made by Governor Beaver, who said at the
start : "This is a typical Democratic day.
Bain makes corn, and corn, you know,
makes whisky." State Treasurer Boyer,
Secretary Stewart, Mayor Everett "Warren,
of Scranton, and others spoke.
The party then journeyed to Lancaster,
where another good-sired crowd was disap
pointed at the failure of Mr. Delamater to
appear. At 2 o'clock a meeting was held
in the Court House, where only about 250
men were assembled. Speeches were made
here by Thomas J. Stewart and Colonel J.
H. Shields. For the night meeting Gover
nor Beaver and General Hastings were an
nounced, but the Governor did not come.
General Hastings spoke, as also did George
15. Orlady and Major McCanley, of West
Chester. " Tfiis meeting was quite an en
thusiastic one. Beading was the place
scheduled for the party's night meeting, and
despite the heavy rain, a big crowd gathered
at the Opera House. Neither Delamater or
"Watres appeared, and the speaking was done
by Boyer, Stewart, Lyman D. Gilbert, of
Dauphin county, and one or two lesser
lights. The reason given for the absence of
the Crawford candidate is ill-health.
IN THE TARIFF LEADER'S DISTRICT.
Hill Addresses Many Tanners onMcKinley's
Stamping Grounds.
Massillon, October 23. Governor Hill
and a party lett Massillon this morning for
Millersburg, the seat of Holmes county, in
the Sixteenth Congressional district It
was raining when the Governor arrived at
Millersburg, but that did not prevent the
gathering of an enormous crowd at the sta
tion, who cheered the Governor lustily.
The Opera House was crowded by 1,500
people, and as many more had been unable
to secure even standing room in the hall,
when the Governor said in part:
The rain nomine down CDOnus to-day will
not harm ns half so ranch as the reign of the
Republican party Intho .National Government.
The surplus occasioned by the operation of the
recent lann laws win result in congressional
representatives bartering this surplus amonc
themselves in order to obtain unnecessary'
public buildings. As to the favor which it is
claimed tbe McKinley bill shows to American
farmers, I think most of our agricultural
products needs no more protection from for
eign competition than an elephant needs pro
tection from a mouse. Tbe levying of auty
upon them will not have the slightest effect in
raising prices or widening our market, because
our production is so vastly in excess of our de
mands. Many were present to hear the Governor
speak at this place . to-nigh t In the morn
ing he will start for "West Virginia in Cal
Tin S. Brice's private car.
CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS.
A Postmaster Excludes a Democratic Sup
plement From the Mails.
rCPECXAJ. TELEOBAH TO THE DISPATCH.!
Belletonte, October 23. Quite a com
motion was caused here to-day by the action
of the Postmaster, James A. Fiedler, of this
place, a Bepublican appointee and strong
Delamater and Quay man. The Center
Democrat, edited by Charles R. Kurtz, a
staunch Democrat of Bellefonte, issued a
supplement in to-day's issue containing a
summary of the articles on Quay published
by the New York World a few months ago.
"When the papers were brought to the
postoffice for delivery through the mails
Postmaster Fiedler refused to accept the
paper until the supplement was removed,
which had to be done before the issue could
be sent through the mails.
BIG TIGHT IN THE PANHANDLE STATE.
Noted Speakers Engaged ty Both Repub
licans and Democrats.
rFPECIAI. TELEOItAit TO TDK UISrATCII.l
Charleston; "W. Va., October 23.
Many of the most noted speakers in the
ranks of either party have already been
brought into the State, or will be here be
fore the election. The Republicans have
arranged dates for such men as Speaker
Beed, General Goff, Stephen B.Elkins, and
efforts are being made to have McKinley,
Blaine and others of national reputation
come on for one or two speeches. On the
Democratic side, Governor Hill and Thomas
F. Grady, of Hew York; Governor Camp
bell, of Ohio; ex-Senator Camden, Senator
Kenna, Governor "Wilson and others have
made, or will make speeches. It is a lively
and a very interesting fight.
MAKING MANY CONVERTS.
Carney Says Be Is Dooming Delamater in
the Coke Regions.
rSrECIAI. TXLEQBAM TO THE DIEPATCBl
Scottdale, October 23. Captain Sam
Carney, one of the "Washington county
miners who was refused a pardon under the
Pattison administration, with ex-Secretary
Litshman, of the Kniehts of Labor, ad
dressed a large mass meeting at Bessemer
to-night. Both speeches were very well re
ceived. Carney said to-day that he was meeting
with great success in his personal canvass
for Delamater throughout the coke regions.
He said that at every place he visited the
miners' ranks were solidified for Delamater,
and that he had made at least 200 converts.
Irish Americans in the Campaign.
ISFECIAI. TKLEOBAX TO THE DISrATCH.1
Beaddock, October 23. There has been
organized here an Independent Irish Amer
ican Club with about ,50 members. They
will support the straight Bepublican ticket
at the coming election.
Legality of the Delamater Deposits.
.-BfllCIAL TELEOUAU TO TUB BMrATOIM
Philadelphia, October 23. Candi
date Delamater has secured the opinion of a
number of lawyers of this city to the effect
that the deposits of State funds in hit bank
mm
were entirely legal, and will not affect his
rignt to ce uovernor.
MANY BIG TURNOUTS,
PATTISON IS GREETED BY THOUSANDS IN
RAIN AND STORM.
Enthusiastic Crowds listen to the Ex-Governor's
Remarks Pennsylvania College
Students Cheer Him at Gettysburg
Hearty Receptions at Hanover and Other
Points.
:ErECIAI. TKLEOBAX TO TSX DISPATCH. 1
Waynesboro, October 23. Governor
Pattison and his party left York this morn
ing in a drenching rain. At Spring Grove
Governor Pattison made a few remarks to a
number of people who had braved the storm
to obtain a view of the candidate of the
Democratic party. At Hanover the party
was hurriedly conveyed to the Opera House,
which was soon crowded. R. M. Russell, of
Hanover, presided. "W. "W. Carr. of Phila
delphia, led off in speaking, and was fol
lowed by Pattison, Black, Barclay and
Stenger.
A special parlor car was furnished by
the "Western Maryland Railroad Company,
and a quick rnn was made to Gettysburg,
where a large and enthusiastic crowd re
ceived the party at the station, and Pennsyl
vania College students gave the whoop of
the institution, followed by rattling cheers.
Ex-Governor Pattison and his associates
were then driven to the crowded Court
House, where three hours were con
sumed in speeches. Tbe meeting
was characterized by great enthusiasm
and Pattison and Black were particularly
well received. Major Veale made the open
ing speech and Stenger closed in an elo
quent effort. Ex-Representative B. "Will
iam Bream presided at the meeting. A
committee from "Waynesboro, consisting of
James B. Lowell, "W. J. C. Jacobs,' James
B. Raby and D. C. TJnger, met the party at
Gettysburg and accompanied it to this
place.
The rain continued to descend in torrents,
but several hundred people assembled at
the depot to enthusiastically cheer the
Democratic candidate for Governor. A
pyrotechnical display was also given and
two bands furnished music. A largely at
tended meeting was subsequently held at
the Academy of Music Governor Pattison
was given an enthusiastic reception. Dr.
G. G. Shively was chosen President of the
meeting, and after a short and pointed
speech, introduced "W. S. Stenger, who con
fined his remarks to the subject of bribery,
ancient and modern. He was followed by
Governor Pattison, who was received with
great applause and spoke to a most attentive
audience. The meeting closed with speeches
by Black and Barclay.
d MANY BALLOTS, BUT NO CHOICE.
The Congressional Conference at Ebensbnrg
Still in a Deadlock.
rerrciAi. telegram to tub jusr atco.:
Ebensbubg, October 23. The Congres
sional Conference has had lively sessions to
day and the ballots have gone up in num
ber to over 300. Dunne the afternoon the
conferees of Mr. Cessna cast several ballots
in a complimentary way for differ
ent individuals, but when it came down to a
question of business, they fell into the same
old gait Several propositions were made
to refer the matter to different committees,
but they were laid on tbe table.
Later to-night it looks as ii no agreement
will be arrived at, as a proposition made by
Mr. Cessna to refer the matter to a commit
tee was voted down.
NO CHOICE IN THE TWENTIETH.
The Democratic Congressional Conferees
Fall to Same a Candidate.
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TI1E DISPATCTtl
Bedford, October 23. The Democratic
Congressional conferees of the Twentieth
Congressional district met here at the Bed
ford House, and after balloting for one more
day without any choice adjonrned to meet
at Altoona on Monday.
The chances favor Thomas H. Grcevy, of
Altoona.
BLAINE BOUND FOR OHIO.
The Secretary Will Go to Canton to Speak
for Major McKinley.
Washington, October 23. Secretary
Blaine will leave "Washington to-morrow
morning for Canton, where he will speak
Saturday.
From Canton the Secretary will go to
Chicago, but he will not speak in Indiana.
VIRGINIA TALKS.
SHE EXPECTS A PRIVATE HEARING OF
THE DIVORCE SUIT.
Her Husband's Treatment Described as
Heartlessly Cruel A Reference to the
Libelous Circulars Very Reticent Con
cerning the Prospective Stage Career.
ISTECIAI. TILtOUitt TO THE DISPATCH.!
Alliance, O., October 23. Countess
Montercoli is now stopping in this city with
her aunt, Mrs. Mary Knox. She was seen
by a Dispatch representative this evening,
and though very much averse to further
publicity being given to her affairs, con
sented to make a brief statement of the case.
She said:
"The Count is now serving sentence for
the libelous circulars published concerning
me which reflected so shamefully upon my
character, 'and which he admitted were
wholly withont foundation. I believe he
was prompted to make these attacks by low
minded Italians in Philadelphia, and prob
ably did not folly understand the serious
charges he made, as he knows little
or nothing of the English lan
guage. I cannot consent to refer
in detail to onr married life, and cannot
stoop to the Count's low level in making
personal charges. His treatment of me was
heartlessly cruel, and upon this and his
slanderous attacks I base my action for
divorce. There will be no public trial, as
the case will probably be heard by a referee
in private. The Count is no went off from
his people, without their recognition or sym
pathy." "When questioned as to the report- that she
is to go on the stage Mrs. Carusl was very
reticent:
A METEOR BURSTS
With a Flash and a Report Like That of
, Heavy Artillery.
Clabemont, N. H., October 23. Soon
after 7 o'clock to-night, people here were
started by hearing a distant report like
heavy artillery, accompanied by apparent
lightning, and many believed it an earth
quake. Beports from Bradford and Hillsboro
Bridge say that at 7:15 r. 21., the people
there were alarmed by a, sound resembling
that of a large gun "at a distance, which
proved to be caused by a meteor, as viewed
by witnesses who saw a flash several seconds
before they beard the report. It appeared
in the Northwest at Hillsboro Bridge, while
at Bradford it seemed about two miles dis
tant, and looked like a rocket, leaving a
trail, then burst with a report like a cannon.
THE DISPATCH has secured Rudyard
Kipling's first Serial. The opening chapters
trill appear Sunday, November j,
PITTSBURG, FRIDAY,
A SON'S YENGEAIGE
Peculiar Trial Which Ended in a
Terdict of Manslaughter.
BITTER ATTACK UPON STANLEY.
Gladstone llucli Encouraged by the Eecent
Liberal Tictorj.
IEI8H LEADERS BOUND EOE AMERICA
fDT DUNLAP'B -CABLE COXFAXYO
London, October 23." Interest in a case
which excited a great deal of interest at the
time of the ocenrrence was renewed to-day,
when "Walter James Lyons was charged at
the Old Bailey sessions with the willful
murder of Quartermaster Sergeant -John
Stewart, of the Eoyal Artillery, on Septem
ber 13 last at Plunistead. It will be remem
bered that Lyons found his mother and
Stewart were too intimate and killed the
Sergeant. Lyons is only 20 years of age, of
middle height and without a beard or
mustache. His countenance is cadaverous
looking and he has an angularly shaped,
forehead and small, restless, ferret-like eyes.
As he stood in the dock facing the bench
he had both his hands in his trousers pock
ets, and glanced from face to face as he
scanned the onlookers in the crowded court
room. After several witnesses had been
called who narrated the incidents of the
mnrder, Mrs. Ellen Lyons, the mother of
the prisoner, entered the box. She was
dressed in deep mourning, and gave
her 'evidence in a very quiet man
ner. She said she had been a widow
for seven months, and met the deceased for
the first time on the afternoon of the 12th on
the village common. He accompanied her
home. Half an hour afterward the prisoner
entered. High words then passed between
her and her son. Stewart, when asked by
the prisoner to leave the house, said he
would go, and went outside and she went
with him. The witness then confessed her
intimacy with the soldier, and added that
her son, who was following them, came
upon the scene, screaming loudly in a pas
sion, and stabbed the Sergeant to the heart
Mr. Justice Stephen, in summing up the
case said there could be no dispute as to the
facts. The question was of what crime the
firisoner should be convicted. He mnst at
east be convicted of manslauchter. The
judge thought tbe provocation given by
Mrs. "Lyons was as great as it could possibly
have been, and the prisoner would not have
been a man if her conduct had not exasper
ated him, but according to the law that
provocation would not reduce the crime to
manslaughter. The jury was -out for only
25 minutes and returned a verdict of man
slaughter, conpling with it a recommenda
tion to mercy. The judge postponed passing
sentence until to-morrow.
OHABGES AGAINST STANLEY.
He is Accused of Pocketing Money Intended
for Emln'a Relief
fBT DDNLAT'S CABLE COMFAST.l
London, October 23. The storm of con
troversy raised by falter Bartellot's publi
cation of Major Bartellot, his brother's,
diary, written while in the Stanley expedi
tion, has already caused excitement here.
It gives evidence to prove that money sub
scribe! for the expedition was used by Stan
ley for other objects than the relief of Emin,
for which Jt was- .given, anl -j .-
alleged discoveries of ''Stanley were
nothing more than researches made by
Emin before his rescue was accomplished.
The project of advancing the rear guard
from Vambuya, in which the Major was
murdered, was, as-is well known, made con
ditional npon Tippoo Tib supplying bearers,
who were not supplied because ft was under
stood with Tippoo Tib that Stanley was to
get possession of Emin's ivory and turn it
over to Tippoo'in return for this assistance.
Stanlev failed to get the ivory and so Tippoo
refused to carry out his part of the plan.
Walter Bartellot plainly says Stanley is
responsible for his brother's death, and he
hotly attacks Stanley forhis total indifference
to the fate of his comrade. Stanley once
wrote to "Walter through his secretary, say
ing he was too much engaged to reply per
sonally. This lack of courtesy called fortn
the book.
MORE IRISH EVIOTTONa
Soldiers Turn Out Fourteen Families on the
Ponsonby Estate.
TOT DDTfLAT'S CAULS COUPAST.l
Dublin, October 23. Evictions on the
famous Ponsonby estate were resumed to
day, the evictions being executed by a large
force of police and soldiers of a "Welsh regi
ment. Fourteen families were turned out
No disturbance of any.kind occurred in
connection with the evictions. The result
of Eccles' election was posted on the doors
of the evicted tenants and lordly cheered.
STOLE A BOND.
A Berlin Absconder Supposed to he En
Route to New York City.
rBT DUTTLAP'S CABLE COMPANX.
Berlin, October 23. Ludwig Wilde,
registry cleric of the Berlin Discount So
ciety, has absconded with a Roumanian
railroad bond valued at 100,000 francs. His
son Max accompanied him ln'iiis flight.
It is supposed they are on their way to
New York, where another son named
Charles "Wilde, an architect, resides.
HIS MIND IS A BLANK.
The King of Holland"" Recovers, but His
Reason is Shattered.
rBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COXTAlrrl.
Beblin, October 23. According to pri
vate Information King William of Holland
has recovered his physical strength almost
entirely, and looks now as though he might
live years, but his mental faculties are shat
tered. The King has forgotten his name and is
able to read or write.
COMING- TO AMERICA.
Harrington and Sullivan Prepare to Sail
4 With Dillon and O'Brien.
rBT DUMLAF'S CABLE COUFANT.
Dublin, October 23. Last night Har
rington, M. P., and T. D. Sullivan, M. P.,
left Ireland for Havre, whence they will
sail on Saturday for America in company
with Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien.
GLADSTONE'S FORECAST.
At the Present Ratlo.of Gains, Liberals Will
Soon Have 90 Majority.
Bv Associated Press. 1
London, October 23. Mr. Gladstone
spoke at West Calder to-day. He referred to
the result of the Eccles election as a forecast
of tbe triumph of'the Liberals in the coming
general election,'' which, if the present ratio
of gains continued, wonld give them a ma
jority of 90. Recurring to the Irish question
he objected to the name "Separatist" as ap
plied to the Home Rulers. The appellation,
he said, was untrue and unfair. There was
now no qcestion among the Liberals about
removing i the Irish representation from
"Westminster, nor did they propose to repeal
theactof Union, but they-did propose to
delegate to Ireland tbe control ox local af
OCTOBER 24, 1890.
fairs. He advocated the principle of one
man one vote, and shorter Parliaments.
Commenting npon the enormous power
workingmen now possess, he said it would
prove beneficial, as the judgment of great
questions by the masses was more enlight
ened than that by, the educated classes. He
would not venture a decisive opinion upon
a general eight hours bill until he saw a
definite measure. He was inclined to think
that eight hours a day was quite enough for
miners. Referring to Strikes, Mr. Glad
stone said that down to the present time,
when tbe contest between labor and capital
bad gone to the sharp issnes of strikes and
lockouts, the laboring man had in the main
been right. Among the means workingmen
ought to select in order to strengthen their
position, laf fal combination was the most
valuable.
FEA&S OF A BLOCKADE.
OHIO LEGISLATORS GO HOME, AND A
QUORUM MAY BE DESTROYED.
FInsJ Efforts Being Made to Pass the Bill
Providing for a New Board at Cincinnati
Obstruction by Campbell's Opponents
An Error Discovered.
' rSPECIAI. TELEPBAH TO TOZ DXBFATGH.1
Columbus, October 23. The opponents
of Governor Campbell are making eyery
effort to obstruct legislation and tire the
members so as to destroy a quorum.
The non-partison bill was read a second
lime in the House and the friends of the
measure being nnable to suspend the rnles
it went over till to-morrow for passage.
A technical point has been raised as to
the title of the bill, caused by a clerical error
on the part of a Senate clerk, and an effort
will be made to force the bill back on the
Senate and consume three more days. The
Republicans and Democratic friends of
Campbell will oppose this to-morrow and
endeavor to push the measure through. Tbe
error in the title of the bill does not affect
the validity of tbe measure, and is only
seized upon to delay legislation. It has,
been the cause of numerous wordy en
counters among the factions, with threats of
a resistance for tampering with the records
and a proposition to investigate the Senate
clerk's work, but nothing definite in action
is anticipated.
v The only fear now that a non-partisan
Board of Improvements for Cincinnati will
not be established is the possibility thaY
many members will go to their homes and
prevent a quorum.
At midnight there is a startling and sen
sational outlook for the Legislature in the
morning. The rumors are extravagant. The
Hamilton county delegation has been in
session all evening. It is stated on what is
deemed reliable authority that they will all
resign in the morning. Speaker Hysell is
preparing a speech, in which he will de
nounce the Campbell Democrats and praise
the Republicans from a party standpoint,
and if the bill is passed he threatens he will
not sign it, but resign. The Campbell peo
ple say if Hysell makes a crooked move
they will join the Republicans, depose him
and elect Forbes, of Coshocton, Speaker.
THAT INDIAN MESSIAH.
An Opinion That They Sell Land to Raise
Funds for War.
Kahsas City, October 23. Thomas
Knight, Geological Engineer of the Rock
Island Railway, has been for some months
pist in the Indian Territory making a
geological survey of that country, which is
to be traversed bv tho Rock Island exten
sion. He returned to-day, and in an inter
view said that an alarming feeling of dis
content exists among the Indians of the
Ter-jftorv with respect to the occupation of
their lauds bjr (Le- white settlers. This has
always been more orTess the case, but of
late their discontent is assuming a more
definite and dangerous shape.
"An Indian in Wyoming," he says, ''has
already assumed the Messiahship, and will
visit the section shortly. It is difficult to
put the hallucination down, for they guard
it with extreme sacrcduess. Some few white
men have been take int) their confidence,
and expect in some way to accomplish their
own selfish ends by joining them. These
white men have let remarks drops unawares
that convince me that preparations are being
made for some serious movement. I have
learned that such is the esse by the new
songa of the Indians, that tell of coming
war and victory. For months past there
has been passing among the tribes various
tokens and signs that mean discontent and
secret plotting. I believe, however, that a
willingness to part with their lands has
been dictated by the desire to purchase the
accoutrements of war with the money re
ceived from the sale of their reservations."
RTJDrARD KIPLING has written a fasci
nating Serial. THE DISPATCH has secured
the rights for this territory. Publication be
gins Sunday; November 9.
EXCITING RACE RIOT.
Conflict Precipitated by a Dispute Over
Turpentine Lands.
Atlanta, October 23. Only meager re
ports can be obtained concerning the re
ported race riot in Coffee county, as the
trouble ocenrred some distance from the
nearest telegraphic communication. It ap
pears that in tbe riot four white men were
shot down B. F. McLendou, Frank and
Thomas Sears and John Hendrix. None of
these are dead, according to the latest re
ports. The Governor has received a request
to order out tbe malitia, on the ground that
the white people arc at the mercy of the
armed mob of negroes. He accordingly
ordered the Waycross Rifles to proceed at
once to the scene of the conflict.
It appears that tbe negroes are being led
in riot by L. B. Varne, a white man engaged
in the turpentine business near Stokes' tur
pentine mill. Stokes and Yarnc and Thomas
Sears had a dispute about a tract of land.
Yarne put his men to work on the timber
land, and Saers shot one of tbe negroes and
drove the others from the wood. They re
turned in the afternoon and fired into a
crowd "of Varne's hands. Varne's negroes
armed themselves and made an assault on
the settlement, with the above result. At
Inst accounts matters were somewhatquieted,
and it is believed there will be no other
trouble.
TWO MAIDS OF THE WOOD.
Young Girls Arrested for Living a Gipsy
Llfo Near a Cemetery.
rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISFATCIT.l
Gloucesteb, "N. J., October 23. Two
young girls who have been living in the
woods were arraigned before Mayor Jackson
this morning for disorderly conduct. The
scene in the courtroom was affecting, as the
children wept bitterly and begged the Court
to show clemency. Both girls said their
homes were in Philadelphia. Jenny Kelly,
the elder of the two, gave her age as 16
years, and Viola Weaver said she was 15
years old. Tbe girls have been leading a
Gipsy life in the woods beyond Cedar Grove
Cemetery, near the Cloverdale stock farm.
They camped in a rude hut for two weeks
and for a time foraged upon the neighbor
ing farms for food.
The two were dirty, bedraggled and hun
gry, yet their manners and speech indicated
that they had been well raised and belonged
to respectable families. It was a pitiful
spectacle as they stood trembling before
Mayor Jackson and between their sobs re
lated how they had meandered from home
and strayed to the woods. The Mayor was
greatly perplexed about the case. He ad
vised them to communicate with their rela
tives in Philadelphia, and committed them
to the Camden jail to await further develop
meats,
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TO TESTTHE TARIFF,
New York Importers Believe
They Have Found a Flaw
irUhe'Law,and Will ,
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TAKE THE CASE TO COURT:
The Officials of tbe Administration
Not at All Alarmed, and
WILL EIGLDLY ENFOKCE THE ACT.
A Member of tbaSnprema Court Demanded
bj trie Keir States.
VIOLATIONS OF C1TIL SEETlOiS RULES
(SPECIAL TELEQBA1I TO THE DISPATCH.!
"Washington, October 23. Importers
who have been paying the new duties ex
acted by tbe McKinley tariff law, under
protest, have taken steps to question the
validity of the law, upon the ground that
the bill as passed was not the bill that was
signed by tho , President, the drawback
Clause in relation to the tobacco schedules
which was adopted in the bill as passed,
being omitted in the official copy of the bill
as presented to the President for his sig
nature JThe question of the validity of the law
turns upon the interpretation of section 30,
an amendment to which was made, with
drawn, and subsequently restored before the
final passage of the bill. The restored pas
sage was omitted in the copy of the bill
signed by the President, and this, it is
claimed, invalidates the law. The import
en are planning to carry the matter into the
courts.
LITTLE OBOUND FOB ACTION.
All the basis there is for tbls proceeding
of tbe New York dealers to break down the
validity of the new tariff law is the igno
rance of importers and reporters. Any in
telligent person could satisfy himself in a
moment that there is no gronnd whatever for
the allegation that the law is invalid on
account of the omission of a portion of sec
tion 30 of the bill as it finally passed.
The section as it now stands provides that
on and after the 1st day of January, 1891,
the internal taxes on smoking and manu
factured tobacco shall be 6 cents per pound,
and on snuff 6 cents per pound. That is all
there is of the section. The misunderstand
ing arises from a blunder of the engrossing
clerKs. The Senate struck out of the House
bill section 29 and substituted section 30, as
above quoted, eliminating the original sec
tion 30 entirely.
The conference committee agreed to the
amendment, but the clerks in making up
their index and the report of the committee
referred correctly to the action taken with
regard to section 29, but failed to indicate
what had become of the original section 30.
" FAULT OS1 THE CLEBK3.
That section, as has been said, as it passed
the Home, was eliminated by tbe Senate.
In conference committee the House receded
from its position, and so the section was
stricken out. The mere fact that the clerks
failed to state the action of the House did
not restore the section, bnt this omission of
the clerks is the sole basis of the nonsense
that has been published in regard to the
invalidation of the bill, which as it is
printed in the official copy is exactly as it
passed Congress and was signed by the
President.
The action of the conference committee
can easily be had in evidence when any
serious step is taken to test the validity of
tbe bill on account ot the alleged omission
of a portion ot the section in question. This
explanation of the muddle was given to-day
to the correspondent of The Dispatch by
one of the most prominent members of the
conference committee.
Attorney General Miller positively de
clined to discuss the question in any of its
bearings, saying that it would be manifestly
improper for him to do so unless it came to
him in an official way.
WINDOM "WILL ENPOBCE THE LA"W.
Secretary Windom said he knew nothing
officially about the protests against the
legality of the McKinley tariff bill.
" do not," he said, '.'regard it as the
province of an executive officer to question
the constitutionality of the acts qf Congress.
-It is ,for him to enforce tbe law
as he hnds it, and not to de
termine questions affecting its legality.
I am, therefore, executing the McKinley
tariff act as I And it approved by the Presi
dent of the United States and certified as
correct by the President of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House of Representa
tives., and I shall continue to do so unless a
competent legal tribunal, such as the
Supreme Court, decides that the law is un
constitutional. It is not for me to question
the validity of any of the signatures to the
bill as enrolled, neither is it for me to de
termine whether the bill signed by the Pres
ident uiu ur uiu uui. m iaub jjaaa me uuwer
House, much less is it for me to determine
wbether the omission of the tobacco draw
back section or any other provision of the
bill invalidates the law as a whole.
COMMISSIONEB MASON'S OPINION.
Mr. Mason, Commissioner of Internal
Eevenue, who is especially charged with
the execution ol the tobacco provisions of
law, confined bis remarks in regard to the
illegality of the law to the following state
ment: "I will obey the law as certified by
the Secretary ot State. It is not for me to
say whether "or not tbe omission of tbe to
bacco provision vitiates the tariff. Being
merely an executive officer of the Govern
ment, I must enforce it as I find it Any
how, the tobacco schedule does not take
effect until January 1, and if Congress de
sires to refund 2 cents a pound on all tobacco
on hand when the law takes effect, it has
ample time to legislate to that end."
DRESSED LIKE AMERICANS.
A Trick of Shipping Companies to Change
Chinamen's Clothes.
rTBOU A BTAJT COBBESrOirnEJlT.l
WASHINGTON, October 23. A voucher
received at the Treasury Department is from
Inspector of Immigration Coonley, of San
Diego, and it asks pay for the expenseof
taking the photographs of about a score of
Chinese who were apprehended in transit
from the Mexican border into the States.
The photographs show that every one of the
fellows had been clad in garments usually
worn by citizens of tbe United States, and
only adopted by the Chinese after years of
residence in this country. Tb is one of
the many tricks -resorted to by the com
panies which ship the Chinese to this coun
try and extract from them a part of their
earnings.
Every Chinaman who is apprehended and
fonnd to be a fresh importation is photo
graphed and tne pictures sent to stations
along the border to' aid the inspectors in
their work,
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POLICE PROTECTION.
A Pittsburg Officer Arrests a Peaceful P
Who Stood In a Doorway to
Escape tbe Rain.
WESTERNERS AFTER PLUMS.
JUSTICE MILLER'S SEAT ATTRACTS SOME
OF THE NEW STATES.
Montana Republicans Put Wilbur F. San
ders Forward Washington Desirous of
Seeing William H. Calkins Capture the
Prize Miller and Noble Are Silent.
IFKOM A STAF7 COnT.ESPONDEMT.l
Washington, October 23. Now that
the Territories oi the Northwest have been
transformed into States they are asking for
more than they used to under the old condi
tion of affairs. So far as national affairs
are concerned they nave not secured any of
the big plums, but it is evident that nothing
will in future be lost through a failure to
ask for it.
Just no w certain Republicans of Mon
tana and oi the State of Washington are
said to be endeavoring to capture tbe place
of the United States Supreme Bench made
vacant by tho death of Justice Miller.
Montana was first in the field, her candidate
being Wilbur F. Sanders, now one of the
Senators from that State.
The State of Washington followed, with
ex-Representative William H. Calkins,
who is now busily engaged in running a
Senatorial race with Senator Squire. The
friends of both gentlemen claim that the
Bepublican States of the Northwest should
be recognized in the organization ot the Su
preme Court, and they advance much argu
ment in behalf of tbe fitness of their
respective candidates. Mr. Calkins will
have the enthusiastic support of Senator
Squire. Under ordinary circumstances the
Senator would not vote for Calkins for con
stable; but if by helping him now he will
remove from his path a dangerous ad
versary in State politics, he will do so with
much force and no little jubilation.
Meanwhile neither Attorney General
Miller nor Secretary Noble is saying a
word. The former feels snre of the prize,
while the tatter's friends are hoping that he
may yet be the Incky one.
VIOLATING THE RULES.
Tho Civil Service Law Not 3Iuch Respected
Just at This Time.
rSFECIAIr telegbax to the dispatch.!
Washington, October 23. Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt said to-day that the
commissioners have under advisement the
remarks made by Colonel Daniel Grosvenor,
of the Treasury, at a recent meeting of the
Ohio Republican Association of Depart
ment Clerks here. The commissioners prob
ably would like to prosecute the Colonel, but
they naturally hesitate, in view of the recent
resurrection of the spoils system, and the
disrepute into which civil service reform
methods have fallen under the present ad
ministration. What Colonel Grosvenor
said was that any employe of the Govern
ment who refused or was unwilling to con
tribute money and to lend all possible as
sistance to tbe Republican party managers
in this campaign ought to be dismissed from
office; and to show how little he cared for
the commission he repeated his remarks at
another meeting of the Ohio Society held
last evening.
Colonel Grosvenor only expresses in plain
English the heartfelt sentiments of all the
Bepublican leaders, from President Harri
son down, and the Colonel's theory is the
precise theory which they have put into
practice in managing tbis campaign. The
civil service law is absolutely in con
tempt. All the State associations of Gov
ernment clerks are busily and openly en
gaged in drumming up funds for the man
agers of the campaign and the work goes on
without the slightest interference from the
Civil Service Commissioners or from any
body else connected with the Government.
The clerks are expected to pay their assess
ments under threatened penalty of dismissal.
just as in the old spoils system times, and to
all intents and purposes tne civil service
law is abrogated, at Jeast until after the
election.
SUITS AGAINST UNCLE SAM.
Large Number of Claims Made on the Gov
ernment in Twelve 3Iontlis.
Washington, October 23. From the
annual report of the Court of Claims, sub
mitted to the Attorney General, it appears
that the aggregate number of suits com
menced against the Government in that
court and pending is about 14,000, and that
the war claims alone now pending number
8,000, involving an estimated sum of $100,
000,000. During the past year, under the
general jurisdiction of the court, claims
amounting to nearly $2,000,000 have been
disposed of. In these cases tbe amount re
covered was $210,000.
Claims against the District of Columbia.
have been adjusted by the court to the ex
tent of $850,000, at a cost of but $15,000. Of
the war claims tried the amount claimed
was nearly $1,000,000, and the findings for
the claimants aggregated $103,000. In all
departmental cases tried the findings have
been adverse to the claimants.
ONE YEAR'S WORK IN THE TREASURY.
Report of the Second Controller, Who Asks
for More Men.
Washington, October 23. The Second
Controller of tbe Treasury, in his annual
report to the Secretary of the Treasury,
shows that 47,033 accounts, claims and cases
were settled in that office during tbe last
fiscal year, involving the sum of $163,135,
479. He says his clerical force is insufficient,
and that unless it is increased the work of
tbe office will remain behind.
INDIANS ON THE WARPATH.
Monnted Police Start for the Goat River
THInlng District.
rsriciAi. teleobak to thm niarATCH.1 "
OTTAWA, October 23. The Indians about
the Goat river district, British Columbia,
are threatening to exterminate the mining
population who have gone into that coun
try unless they are compensated for the
minerals taken from that district.
Latest advices state that the Indians have
gone on the warpath and trouble is feared.
A detachment of mounted jplico will bo
seat to quell ny uprising.
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-NewYobk, October23. Johnson. Blake
ley Creigbton, tbe bead of tbe firm of J. B,
Creighton & Co., stock brokers, committed
suicide in his office at 22 Broadway soma
time last aighL Early in the evening ha
told the janitor that he had several hours'
work to do, and that be might sleep on tbe
lounge in his office. He asked the janitor
not to let the sweepers wake him up.
Martin Anderson sweet out the office at
'30 o'clock in the morning. He saw the
U ker lying on his back on tbe lounge and
, ht he was asleep. At 8 o'clock
tj T(n wti intn tli nfflo if
wake him
wi, ouud that he was dead.
Ha shook
y j a stream ot blood flowed from one
Ck Q fr. Creighton's mouth- Knudsen
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fl i, e police. Tnere was a new re-
volt J Pj on a sewinz machine at the
head-, 'nge, and a box of cartridges
wasopi desk near by. There were
also baK sa cartridges an- the floor.
The polio, ported to headquarters that
CreightonWd shot himself.
SEASON FOB THB SEED.
They fonnd four letters lying on a table.
One was unsealed and was addressed: "To,
Whom it May Concern." It read:
1 bave been through a good square business
fight, bave lost tbe battle, and now. when my
poor brain is aching with pain, and so badly
that it has taken poor Jack's best efforts to
hold his head above water, I give way to tbe
word of God and end a life that in tbe future
would no doubt be useless. I bid goodby to
all my friends and wisn them a sincere and
truthful success.
J. Elakelet Creighton.
Be careful and notify my wife Kindly.
The other letters were sealed. One was
addressed to Miss Edwina A. Creighton,
Morristown, N. J., the second to Mrs. J. B.
Creighton, and the third to Mr. H. H.
Brigham, who is a partner in the firm. The
police took these letters and the revolver
and cartridges away with them. They did
not notify Mrs. Creigbton or any member of
the firm.
Mr. Brigham got to the office at 8:30
o'clock. A polioeman was on duty. He
told Mr. Brigham what had happened. The
other member ot the firm and clerks came
in later and bad a consultation, alter which
thev cleared tbe office.
Examination of the revolver showed that
every chamber was loaded, and the clean
ness of the barrel indicated that the weapon
had not been fired. There is a drugstore
near by owned by a man named O'Concell.
Creighton used to be the financial backer of
the store, and he had the run of it. Some
times, by way of amusement, he wc. Id go
into the store and wait on customers.'' '
HE PURLOINED THE MOEPHINE.
He was there at 8 o'clock on Wednesday
evening, and talked with the clerk, B. F.
Warren, about poisons. He asked which
poison caused the least pain. Tbe clerk
told him morphine.- When the druggist
heard of the suicide ne looked through his
poison case and discov.. ed that his bottle of
morphine was missing, and that a bottle
containing a preparation of coda was in its
place. Ho told Deputy Coroner Jenkens
about it when -Jenkens came tolook at the
body. Dr. Jencens found no bullet wound.
The druggist said tbat the bottle contained
one-eighth of an ounce of the drug. -
John T. Tracy, who is Creighton's brother-in-law
and is a broker and has an office in
the same building, came in. He had learned
of the suicide in Wall street. He looked at
the body a moment and then, throwing him
self on" it, cried: "Oh, Jack, yon poor
fool." Dr. Jenkens made an autopsy. He
found a quantity of morphine in the stomach
sufficient to kill and to produce a hemorrhage
from tbe nose.
Creighton was 31 years old. He was tha
pnly son of the late Commodore Creighton,
oftbenavv. He was a member of the Man
hattan Club and of the New York Athletic
Club.
DEAWN INTO A SCHEME.
Seven years ago he married Miss Sarah
Tracy, a daughter of John Tracy, of Phila
delphia. They had no children. In 1883
he became a member of the firm of W. P.
White & Co. He resigned from the firm a
year ago, and organized the firm ot J. B.
Creighton & Co. The firm did a fair com
mission business, and was making money.
Creighton's business friends binted that
they thought the canse ot his despondency
was not his losses on the Exchange, bnt
losses that resulted in an unfortunate invest
ment in a concern known as the Kaolin De
posit Company, of Sea Cliff. They said
that Creighton had been drawn into the
scheme by a promoter of investment schemes,
and that be put in t-'o,U0(J in cosh and notes
aggregating $41,000 more. He had discov
ered that be wa3 liable to lose everything,
and for more than a year has been trying to
recover tbe money through tha courts.
ACCIDENT TO SENATOR BLACKBURN.
He Is Thrown From a Carriage and Suffer
From Broken Bones.
Louisville, October 23. Near Ver
sailles, Ky., last night while Senator Black
burn was returning home from a drive his
horse became brightened, ran away and up
set the buggy. Tbe Senator was thrown
violently against the ground and lay motion
less for some time. He was picked up and
carried to bis home, where physicians were
at ODce sent for. It. was found upon exam
ination that his collar bone was broken, his
shoulder crushed, and ha was otherwise se
verely injured.
The doctors do not anticipate any serious
results from the accident, but he will bacon
fined to his bed for soma weeks, and all his
appointments to speak have been canceled,
THE CHURCH AND HOME RULE.
Interview Between Mr. GUI and Emlneat
Catholic Divines.
NEWYOEK.October23.-T: P. GUI, M.
P.. had interviews yesterday in Philadel
phia with Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop
Ry3U, Archbishop Ireland and several other
dignitaries of the Catholic Church in
America.
Cardinal Gibbons assured Mr. Gill that
he was .in hearty sympathy with the pro
jected mission' of the delegates of the Irish
Parliamentary party to this country. He
hoped the mission would be successful, and
would be a means of hastening the day
when the policy of national self government
for Ireland, consistent with a true and hon
orable union with Great Britain, wonld otx
tain a final and peaceful triumph.
HUGE CATTLE SCHEME.
Hoir a Western Stockman Proposes M
Checkmate the Bis Four.
CHICAGO, October 23. William T.Hnnt
er, a Western stockman, has come to Chi
cago for the purpose of forming an associa
tion for benefiting cattlemen.
Tbe real object seems to be to rnn against
the "Big Four and the smaller packers)
following in their wake. The plan is to es
tablish stockyards at convenient Western:
points and hold shipments back until tha
'Big Four" and tha others are ready to rt
Jo tlia association tn t:xaa
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