IPWWPWT Pssfffspp THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. PAGES 9 TO 12. PITTSBURG, SATTTCDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1890. I SECOND PART. THE MISERJNANUG. A Will Case in Court Unveils a Character Stranger Than Anv in Fiction. NEVER ERRED IN BUSINESS, Yet the Penurious Man Was Unable Even to Dress Himself. SMITH'S QUEER HALLUCIXATIOXS. Some Fiendish Doggerel Written 1 tne Madman's Own Hand, FILLED WITH JKHU2AK SEXTIMEA'TS .trZCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DItPATCS.l Cleveland. November?. A contested will case, that has just been brought to a con clusiou in the Common Pleas Court here, niakes public the vagaries of a most remark able miser. No character creation of a novelist ever equaled the personality of this man, and the statements which lollow, and which were all made upon the witness stan J under oath, are more wonderful than any romance. For years Thomas Smith, whose will was the subject of this suit, was a notable persou among a wide circle of acquaintances, be cause of his marked peculiarities, and his career, which strangely mingled business ilirewdness with miserly thrift and insane cupidity, ended in maniac ravings in the Northern Ohio Asylum for the Insane at Newburg Ian vear. Mr. Smith's will was raade in 187G, and there were two codicils, the first dated in April, 1ST", and the second in 1SS4. PLACED UNDER RESTRAINT. Three years before his death Mr. Smith was taken to the insane asUum. where he was confined un'il his decease. l$y the term of Iris will his children received only a 200 annuity each, and the remainder of the estate, which amounts to 5100,000, was tied Up in the hands of trustees until his grand sons should reach the age ot 23 and his Kranddjughters the age ot 22. when the property was to be divided among them equally. All the heirs were in favor of an immedi ate equal distribution of the estate, and the will was defended bv the executor, Mr. James Wade, and Mr. Thomas Hall, who received a fj.OUO legacy under it. The children undertook to prove that Smith was ri monomaniac on the subject of inouey and its accumulation, :.Ld that even at the time the will was made, two years before his con finement in the asylum, his hobby had so mastered him as to render him incapable of properly directing the distribution of his estate. The evidence produced in support of this was voluminous and highly interesting. It was shown that lie believed he was certain To become the wealthiest man in America, and that his wealth would bring him a lame compared with which that of Washington and Lincoln would sink into insignificance. MISSLD HIS SON'S FUNEIJAL. He was nnserls in tlie extietne. On one occasion he was on a trip to Iowa to make an investment, wlien one of his sons died and he wa summoned home by telegraph. He refused to return, but went on and niad the intended deal, giving as a reason for such Mrange conduct the fact that he had S3,000 with him and by coming back he V'-uld have lost at least three days' interest, which would have been a serious matter. His daughter, Mis. 1'bujbe Harmon, with wh'im Smitli made his home after his wife's death, testified that at the time of her mother's luneral. Smith, after following her body to the grave, hired a fiddler and danced to tne music of the "fiddle" all the way home Some of his other strange ac tions may be given in his daughter's own words: "We lived about eight miles from Paines villc, and the railroad are was 20 cents. My father wouid never take the tram to go there, but always insisted on my husbaua harnessing a horse and driving him over. He said it was a wicked waste of 20 cents lor a railroad ticket when he could get there lor notbii.g. One day he told me that the Government had sent for hi-, trunk and that they i anted to gneitto Jeff Davi, aud asked me to go to his room and identilv it. "lien I did so to humor him, he asked. How do ycu know this is mine? Aie you sure of it'." 1 laughed, and told him it was easy enough to be sure, as his name was on it in large letters. couldn't dress himself. "'Very well, then," he rejoined, 'that settles it," and he gave me the trunk key and asked me to keep it for him. "He made frequent journeys to various parts of the West to look after his invest ments. He was remarkably shrewd about placing his money, but in everything else he was queer. He lived at our house a number of years, and I always had to help him dress. He never knew how to put his shirt on properly. Often I have put the studs and collar buttons in a shirt and left it ready for him to put on, only to come back in a few minutes and find hi in with it on wrong side out .or the bosom be hind. 1 always had to put hira to bed. It "I did not he would invariably either get both sheets under or over him and then complain that there was only one sheet on the bed. He never came home from a trip properly dressed. Some of his shirts would either be lost and his clothing all awry, or, more usually, he would have on three or lour shirts, one on top of the other. "He would o ten stand for balfan hour at a time and talk earnestly to the bare wall, believing it a crowd of people. At other times he would imagine that someone was trying to rob him and would beg in piteous tones for the persons to kill luin but leave bim his money." THE OLD HAN'S BLASPHEMY. The testimony of It. P. Harmon, an old friend of Smith's and Mrs. Harmon's father-in-law, brought out another phase ot Smith's remarkable character. The miser was very lond of the Bible aud read it fre quently, but seldom discussed it without doing so in a way that seemed very blas phemous to a sane person. He would say that Adam and Eve were turned out of the Garden of Eden because "thev stole apples which the Almighty had res'erved for His own cooking." Judas Iscariot was, in the miser's opinion, "the greatest financier that ever lived, and the pavment of the 30 pieces of silver was the best investment ever made, for if Juaas bad not betrayed his Lord, Christ would not have been crucified, and the whole human race would have gone to hell." Smith characterized the Tower of Babel as a gigantic speculation to steal into heaven and rob the Almighty. He carried a gold pen and holder with a pearl handle, which he declared was the propertv of the lecording angel, aud frequentlv "spoke of hjs intention of making a trip to" heaven in a car hitched to the tail of a comet. The favorite theme of the pitiable old A miser, however, was the pavements of pure gold in the .New Jerusalem, and he would pore over the descriptions in Revelations lor hours and figure the number ol gold pieces that could be made from those pave ments, and how much he could realize on it by lending the gold out at G per cent in terest. HE VISITS PARLIAMENT. He took a trip to Europe late in the seventies, and on his return told many wonderful stories of his experiences. The most remarkable was that he visited the House of Parliament and wanted to sit on the throne, but was told by his guide that Queen Victoria had reserved that seat for her own use. The guide in question was no less a person than Hon. W. E. Gladstone, according to Smith's story, and when the American miser said goodby to him he left a quarter on a table close at nand as a fee to the Grand Old Maujbr his services. Among Smith's enects when sent to the asylum were a number of papers of curious interest. One was a mass of elaborate cal culations showing how many square miles ot land his wealth would buy at the end of a thousand years if properly invested. The figures reached into thousands oi billions. But the most remarkable document was some verses in Smith's own handwriting, written over thirty years before he was sent to the asylum. In utter fiendish heartlessness they picture the miser's heart and show the maniac's spirit even more graphically than many more widely known poems on similar themes by persons of undoubted sanity. The document read as follows: The following lines was written by me in 1S52. called THE MISER'S TKATER. Oh! that my Barnes ware mountains size And lila with Grain and Hay. My famished neighbours almost starved, And winter last till Mayl Then I would take the poor's last dime Thaile lade upon the Shelf. And see thear children starve to death, Then feast upon the pelph. The widow's prayers and orphan's tears I would dis-dam to liced. But kiss the Gold I'do rung from them, Which caused thear heart to bleed. Thear plaintive cries would please my ear, Tliear tears l"de drink as milk: file smile to ee them clothed in Rags Whilo 1'de be dressed in silk. And should I find them at my Gate A-crying loud for lit cad. Tbaj cd ne'er obtain a crumb from me Untill my Dogs ware fed. Should wounds appear from head to foot '1 hat bleed at every poore, I would not even allow my dogs To lick thear burning sores. Such facts convinced the jury that Mr. Smith had been insane for mauy years, and it declared the will invalid after "less than half an hour's deliberation. Yet, notwith standing all his vagaries, it was reiterated many times on the witness stand that no one was ever known to get the better of him in any financial transaction. The old miser was insane, yet it did not destroy his business cuuping, hut rather sharpened it. By the fiudings of the Court his three daugh ters will now get their respective shares of the old miser's fortuue instead of allowing it to accumulate 40 years and fall to their children, as the will directed. CAREER OF CRIME. Confession of a California Itnrglar Which Astounds tlie Police. Sacramento, November 7. George Shinn, who with Charles Dorsey, alias Thorn, escaped from San Quentin three years ago and was recently captured in Chi cago by Detective J. B. Hume, has made a confession which has paralyzed the author ities. Shinn confessed that they rctured to Cali fornia early in 1889 and camped on Ameri can river, about three miles outside of this city. This was their rendezvous, to which they always returned after their raids. He admits that on the 31st of July, 1889, they stopped the stage from Milton to Sonora and robbed the passengers of S50. They blew open Wells, Fjirgo & Co.'s strong box with giant powder, but found it empty. On the 10th of September of the same year thev stopped the stage between Quincy and Oroville and took a gold bar worth $800 from the Wells, Fargo & Co. box. Iu April of this year they held up the Forest Hill stage in Placer county, and robbed the passergers. Besides these Shinn confesses to burglaries, garrotings and rob beries committed by him and Dorsev, which would fill a book. They returned to Chi cago Mav 30 of this year, and he says that between that time and the date of capture, they committed something like 25 robberies and burglaries in the State of Illinois. Their rendezvous has been found by Chief of Police Drew, of this city, who hnnted for it Jour weeks before it was found. He says it is an ideal robbers' roost, and that robbers could never be dislodged from it. W.V3ILET was an old story when Shakes peare got hold of it 111 Till: DISPATCH to-morrow Mark 1". Griswold will tell the original story. A library curiosity. A high class new upoper. T enty-four pages. NO TAX ON OUR CATTLE. Mexico Denies the Iteport That She Had Imposed an Import Duty. Washington, November 7. A state ment having appeared recently to the effect that the Mexican Government had placed an import duty on cattle irom the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture imme diately called the attention of the Department of State to this matter, with a request that the real facts be ascertained. He is now in receipt ot a communication from th De partment o State enclosing a telegram from the Consul General at Neueva Laredo in re plv to one from the State Department, in structing him to make inquiries on the sub ject in which that official states that no such duty has to his knowledge been imposed by the Mexican Government, butthatthat Gov ernment is now preparing a tariff bill, none ot the details of which have been so far made public. THE CYCL0RAMA GOING. To he Sold at Auction in the Chamber of Commerce. The Cyclorama Battle of Gettysburg will close np business the 1st of January unless someone purchases it and runs it after that time. The company now running the ex hibition will put it up at public auction at the Chamber of Commerce on November 27 aud it positively will be sold. Possession will then be given on January 1. F. C. Memzersaid yesterday that the sale will include the building, the furnishings and the picture, and the company then doesn't care what becomes of it. He said that the business is paving, but the owners haven't the time to attend to it in connec tion with their other affairs, and therefore it is not as successful as it might be. Every day several hundred people visit the ex hibition. PERU WANTS PROTECTION. Tlie Government Imposed a Prohibitive Tax ou Imported Lard. XewTouk, November 7. The Govern ment of Peru has imposed a prohibitive tax on imported iard. The news of this move has created quite a stir on the Produre Exchange, as Peru takes $300,000 of best quality lard from this city yeailv. The information was received from Peru by William Grace. From a member of his firm it was learned that the Peruvians had passed a new tariff law to take effect Feb ruary 1, 1891. A tax of 15 cents per pound (Peruvian silver), or 5 cents in our monev, is imposed on all foreign lard. It i3 sup posed the Peruvians are enconraging native prodnction. Aldermen lull to Make Returns. City Controller Morrow is going after the Aldermen who fail to make returns to the City Treasury of the fines collected by them in minor criminal cases. The Controller says the Aldermen are expected to make re ports quarterly, but most of them fail to do co. CHRISTIANS GO HOME. The Endeavor Societies Wind Up Their State Convention. PLENTY OP WORK READY TO DO. Practical Thoughts on Various Phases of Bellgions Labor. THEORIES ASD THE CHURCH'S CHANCE The fourth annual convention of the Pennsylvania Union of Christian Endeavor Societies ended last night. The attendance was very large at the morning, afternoon and evening sessions, and the convention was pronounced to have been one of the most successful held. The services were opened at 7 o'clock in the morning with a prayer meeting con ducted by Rev. F. W. Lockwood, of Titus ville, while President Beckley had charge of the devotional exercises at 9 o'clock. The first address was made by .Rev. George B. Stewart, of Barrisburg, who spoke upon "Ministry to the Sick." It was a practical, common-sense talk. He urged cheerfulness above all things. There was too much sadness and gloominess in the ordinary sick room. People who were eager to help the sick often worry the patient to death by their fussiness. He urged his hearers to beware of an undue sancti moniousness. A motion was adopted to have Mr. Stewart's suggestion printed on a card for distribution. SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Rev. Henry Applegarth, pastor of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, spoke on building up a Sunday school. The address was an earnest appeal for the closer uniting of the church and Sunday school. The dif ferent societies of Christian Endeavor should be a connecting link between the school and the church, a link that would ob literate the gap between the two. The Sun day school should be the nursery of the church and not a foundling hospital. "Associate Members" was the subject of an address by Rev. Dr. W. H. McMillen, of Allegheny. How to get them into the church is the aim, he said, of the Christian Endeavor societies. He admonished them not to allow their organization to take the olace of the church in their affections. Dr. McMillen said he had no new ideas or theories to advance, but discussed the vari ous means within the province of the socie ties which can be exercised in winning the hearts of those with whom they are asso ciated away from the world. SOCIABILITY IN THE CHURCH. Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, of Germantown, discussed "The Social Life." He is a thor ough advocate of sociability in the church. In the course of his address he said that the world was too far advanced for what he termed ecclesiastical morgues to prosper. It was on the social side of life that man was tempted. Men drink because they love company, because their associates about the wineroom are congenial. Men embezzle that they may realize their desires in the so cial scale. He urged more social meetings of the church. Christians need to be better acquainted with each other. They need to become more practical in their efforts to bring in outiiders and interest them in church work. Miss Marian B. Heritage, of Girard Col lege, Philadelphia, talked about junior so cieties, insisting upon the great necessity of getting the little ones into the church. A child that is old enough to love ana obey its mother, she siid, is oid enough to love and obey God. Junior societies are for the pur pose of gettiug the children into the work early, training them from the very first in the work for Christ, and thus bringing up reinforcements for the young people's soci eties that will in a few years make them the grandest and most effective org.mizition ever formed for the advancement oi God's king dom. The closing address of the morning session was made by Cliutoii B. Woodiuff, oi Phila delphia, whose subject was "Christian Lit erature." He urged the formation of a com mittee in every Endeavor Society to pass upon the literature which goe3 into the hands of the members. STUDY Or TnE BIBLE. Two interesting addresses were delivered at the aiternoon session. The first was by Prof. W. R. Harper, of Yale University, who spoke ol Bible study. He took the Book of Joel as an illustration, remarking that there was no better way to study the Bible than by having oue of the books and going through it thoroughly. He began by calling attention to the religious, political and social condition of the times in which Joel wrote. He told how the country was overrun bv locusts and suffering from drouth; then how the people appealed to God, and how the locusts had been driven out and the wells made to How. He urged his hearers to study the Bible closely so as to get a broad meaning of its contents. Taking book by book, and the stndent transporting himself in mind back to the time iu which they were written, the study would not only prove interesting but theie would be unfolded a view of things that had never been thought of. He urged the formation of Bible clubs and thought that none were better suited to pursue the work than the Endeavor societies. The doctor answered many questions as to the proper manner o: carrying on Bible study. A SOCIAL CRISIS. "The Social Crisis and the Church's Op portunity," was the title of a peper read bv Prof. Richard T. Ely, of Johns Hopkins University. He said that the year 18SG had witnessed a great crisis in the labor world, and the movement failed becanse the right kind of men hud not come forward to take the leadership. The characteristic of the present social crisis is the movement all over the world of the masses. What they desire is a change in the foundation of so cial institutions. It is the most important and deepest reaching crisis known to the human race. Another feature is the world-wide organization of labor. It was formerly local and then national, but now it is international. On the other hand there is the organiza tion of capital under the name of trusts. It is a fallacy to say that there is not a conflict between capital and labor. Again the Anarchists are another feature of the present crisis, while socialism, the very opposite of anarchy, has made its power felt all over the world. Then there is the Nationalist and Henry George parties, both or far-reaching power. Some say that these movements have not originated in the United States, hut it is doubtful if any country has con tributed so many adherents to themasnur own. Still another feature is the religious restlessness of the times. The speaker contended that the different forces while they could iiot be led, could be guided by religion. He thought that there was a spirit in them of resistance to Chris tianity, but that they affoidid the church an unparalleled opportunity. He thought the remedy was a strong masculine gospel, a social as well as an individual gospel. The churches should turn away from the narrow protestantism and to a broad catholicity oi effort The services should be made moie attractive to the people to whom it was neces sary to reach. THE NEW OFFICERS. The final session of the convention last night was largely attended, the auditorium and galleries being crowded to their utmost capacity. The following ne.wly elected officers took their seats: President, Rev. George B. Stewart, of Harrisbnrg; Vice Presidents, Rev. Enoch Stubbs, Horace Geiger and Key. J. H, Parshley, Philadel phia; Rev. H. R; Bender, Altoona; J. H. Stauff, Pittsburg; Rev. E. M. Green, Eas ton; Dr. W. H. McMillen, Allegheny; Rev. A. M. F. Fisher, Barren Hill, and Rev. H. F. Shnpe, Braddock; Secretary, J. Howard Breed, Philadelphia; Treasurer, Robs W. Drum, Pittsburg. The evening exercises wen opened with devotional exercises and a few words of thanks by the newly elected "resident. The Secretary reported that 800 membershad registered, representing 23 denominations. Among other resolutions adopted was one denouncing the managers of the Columbia Exhibition in 1893 for deciding to keep the exhibition open on Sunday. The closing address waa'dellvered by Rev. D. D. Francis E. Clark, ot Boston, Presi dent of the United Societv of Christian En deavor. He took for his theme "Large Things for Christ." He said that he be lieved God had put His indeit finger on cer tain new lines of church work. Amongothcr things that the Christian Endeavor Societv needed was a larger conception of the truth; a larger conception of their duty and the power of a great compelling motive. He appealed to his hearers to pi.rsevero in the work of their various societiis. Dr. Clark is a comparatively young man and the founder ot the Christian End-savor Society. The convention, after religfous services, adjourned to meet next year at Williams port. After the afternoon sessipn yesterday, Prof. Harper, whose address tin Bible study was so well received, met with a iew friends who are maturing plans for establishing courses of Bible study in I'ittsburg and Allegheny during the present winter. The work will be carried on under the auspices of the American Institute of Eacred Literature. M0NEYINA HOLE. PECULIAR POSITION OF A HEAVY DE. POSIT IN A CHICAGO BANK. Ex-Alderman Whelan, Who Was Murdered, Put It There He is Accused of Wanting to Bribe Councilmen Oiraers Are in Demand. Chicago, November 7. A short time ago ex-Alderman Whelan vas shot and killed by a man named Hathaway. It was a matter of common notoriety in political circles that Whelan was the go-between or clearing house for bribe mony passing be tween corporations wanting franchises and purchasable members of the City Council. An afternoon paper says thut, shortly be fore his death, Whelan deposited $30,000 in a bank in this city, as a step toward its transfer from a certain elevated railroad in need of a franchise, certain Aldermen being desirous oi realizing the financial value of their votes in granting it. The paper points out that Whelan's death leaies this tidy sum in a peculiar situation. Though in Whelan's name, it does not belong to his estate; the railroad people dure not take action to recover it, and the Aldermen have no claim on it, and would not enforce it if they had. In connection with this the paper pub lishes an interesting interview with M. C. McDonald, oue of the proprietors of the Lake street elevated railroad, in which he savs: "This is a paper of mine for 530,000; I think it is in Whelan's safe. This is for money payable to me. Perhaps some mis apprehension about this may have given rise to the yarn. But at any rate I don't believe the story is true. Billy was not in fact as wealthy a man as people gave hira credit for being. I heard his will when probated showed him to be worth only about $50,000. If he made anv winning or iiad some un known source of income that brings-Hi -$30,-000 more, why that is a good thing for his heirs-at-law. 1 have nothing further to say in the matter." Several Aldermen interviewed in regard to this matter declared that they knew nothing of it and did not believe tke storv to be trne. BATTERED BECAUSE OP A BET. A Wagor ou the Color of aLady's Hair Leads to an Assault. Miss Jennie Vaughen, of 20 Cherry alley, was given a hearing yesterday before Alder man McMasters on a charge of assault and battery preferred against her by Miss Canie Lntz, and was held in 300 bail 'or court. Miss Lutz alleges that Miss Vaughen and herself made a bet about the color ol a cer tain young lady's hair. One of the ladies said that her hair had been dyed and the other said it had not. However, it np pears that Miss Vaughen won the bet, and because Miss Lutz would net pay it right at once she struck her in the face several times which resulted in the suit being entered. BIRCHALL WIIL NOT APPEAR. The Murderer Declared to be Incompetent as a Witness iu a Libol Case. Toronto, November 7. A motion was made to-day before Sir Thomas Gait, Chief Justice of Appeals, against the order Master in Chambers Dalton, to allow Birchall to be examined as a witness for plaintiff in the libel suit of Graeme versus the Toronto Uloba. Alter hearing the case Chief Justice Gait agreed with Master Dalton that Birchall was not competent as a witness. Affidavits have been foi warded to Sir John Thompson to the effect that Alice Smith and Helen Fallon, two inmortant Crown witnesses at the Birchall trial, who had been excluded from the court room by order of the Judge, contrived to hear tin evidence by using a telephone, which had a transmitter in the courtroom. PlTTSmJKG'S Police Department has. been written up for THE DISPATCH to morrow by an old newspaperman. A mam moth addition. All the news, Twenty-four pages. WHERE ELECTION MONEY WENT. Sew York Candidates Swear How They Used Campaign Funds. New York, N-ivember 7. In accordance with the requirements of the new ballot law, the statements of several of the candidates who ran at the last election weie filed with the County Clerk to-day, showing the amount ot money expended lor election ex penses. The amounts, as a general thins, were of a trivial nature, the largest being S321 ex pended by Candidate MeDerniott, who ran for Assembly in the Eighteenth district. This amount he swore he expended lor ad vertising. VIGNETTE OF THE GENERAL. A Portrait of Thomas Adorns the Jfew S5 Treasury Notes. Washington. November 7. A small quantity of the new $5 Treasury notes have beeii received at the Treasury Department Irom the Bureau of Engraving and Print ing. They hear a vignette of General George H. Thomas. The $1 and $5 notes now being printed will be paid out in the puichase of silver bullion. TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION. Two Colored Men Lose Their Liies in a Cotton Gin Accident. Dveksiwrg, Tcsif., November 7. Early this morning the large boiler in Baker Brothers' cotton gin at this place exploded with terrific foicc, instantly kill ing Mark Mason and Richard Jefferson, both colored. The gin is badly shattered, s is also the rear Oi the machine works. The damage will amount to several thousand dollars. RED FLAG AMONG US. An Organization of Anarchists Formed on the Sonthside. SECRET MEETIKGS HELD WEEKLY. Objects Explained by Thosa Who Are .Sup posed to be in It. THEI WILL EDUCATE FOE THE FUTURE The Soutbside has a newly organized so ciety of Anarchists. For some time past meetings have been held every Saturday night in a little room on South Fifteenth street, in the vicinity ol Sarah. The sessions were held in such secrecy and those who attended endeavored to conceal the fact as mnch as possible until the curiosity of the neighborhood was aroused. On last Saturday night their meeting was held as usual. This time it seems to have been a little livelier than heretofore. Dur ing the progress of the meeting a speech was made by one of the members, who became slightly eloquent on the subject he was dis cussing, and an outsider who chanced to pass the building beard the speaker exclaim in enthusiastic Teutonic tones: "Wur messen larnen und agatean," which means, "We must agitate and educate." It occurred to the listener at once that the gathering mnst be one ot Anarchists, and he remained there for some minutes until the speaker had fin ished. HE GUESSED KIOHTLY. It was very clear to his mind from the nature of the language used that he had guessed rightly and so he had. During this week the matter was reported to a DIS PATCH representative and an investigation was instituted. From what could be learned it seems that the old so ciety of Anarchists that flourished on this side of the river some years ago has been revived. The branch has a membership of about 25, which in cludes nearly all the men on the Sonthside who lean in their views toward anarchy. It is said that a glassworker, who lives at the head of South Fifteenth street, and another man in Allentown are the head men in the organization, and a few of those belonging to the Soutbside branch also be long to one located somewhere in Alle gheny. A reporter called yesterday on a man who has at times been accredited with being an Anarchist, but insists himself that his views does not extend beyond socialism. He said he knew there was branch of Anarch ists on the Southside, but he knew nothing more about them. Another gentleman was seen who is believed to be a member of the branch. He would not deny or admit this, however, but said: OBJECTS OF THE BRANCH. "There was a small branch of Anarchists organized a short time ago. I believe they meet on Fifteenth street, but I do not know that they are organized for any purpose, unless it is to simply keep alive a sympathy lor those who have suffered unjustly (mean ing the Chicago Anarchists), to keep the people informed on the issues of the day and to educate them for the future. They have no idea of resorting to force in this country any more. They have been made to see that force will not he tolerated in this coun try any more, and they are satisfied to let that drop for the preseut." Captain Stewart of the Police Depart ment, was asked if he knew anything about the organization, but he replied that he did not. The meetings have been held in abso lute secrecy and so long as the peace of t he neighborhood in which they are held is not disturbed, the police will not molest them. KUDYAIJD KIPLIG'S great story, the first serial ho eer wrote, begins in THE DISPATCH to-morrow- morning. The open ing chapters are of absorbing Interest. Don't fall to ;get started in the greatest literary treat of the day. Exclusli ely in' the mam moth twentj-four pago issue to-inorrow morning. THE CELESTIAL VENDETTA. One Notaries Highbinder Shot and Killed by Another as Had. San Francisco, November 7. Another Chinese highbinder rolled upon the floor at the Washington Street Theater last even ing with two bullets in his body. At the moment there were nearly 2,000 Chinese in the place of amusement, and the shooting created the greatest excitement. The spec tators ran over and trampled each other down during the confusion. They rushed for the door and wildly into the street. Finally the wounded man was picked up and conveyed to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that he had been wounded in the left hip. Another bullet struck him at the base of the breastbone. Wong Fook is the name of the man who was shot. He is a member of the Hop Sing Tong Society. The shooter is named Tick Ah Ting, who is a member of the Suey On Tong Society. Both are highbinders of the worst character, and the trouble arose in consequence ot a blackmailing scheme, which had been attempted by both societies. Ting escaped irom the theater during the confusion and could not be found, though Sergeant Spillan and Officer Riley rushed from Russ allev and were on the scene iu an instant. Ah Ting is said to be a notorious desperado, who, on last Christmas, shot a couple of his fellow-countrymen and es caped. Since that time nothing has been known ol his whereabouts until this shoot ing. TKOUBLIS OF THE CHEEOXEES. Measures Proposed to Force Cuttle Men to Pay Their Taxes. Tahlequah, I. T., November 7. Chief Mayes delivered his message to the national council lat evening. He stated the finan cial condition ot his people and drew a picture ol the gloomiest times. He cited the condition of the Western land and brought to light nil the difficulties in col lecting the $100,000 due the Cherokees for the lease of the strip, and urged that some steps be taken by the council to force the cattle nieu to pay the revenue. In a few words he recommended that a strong dele gation be sent to Washington nt the next session of Congress, and that $300,fJ00 pel capita payment be piid as provided by law to bona fide citizen, and favored the aw pointment of revenue officers. Mayes is of the same opinion as ol old iu regard to the strip and said vesterdny the land was worth from .' to ?10 per acre. A large audience listened to tl.e deliver? ol the message which occupied nearly two hours' time. The council then adjourned until morning. DAMAGED LAKE VESSEL. Nearly Ail tlie Cargo ofu Horning Lake Erie Steamer Sated. Colchester, unt., November 7. The steamer Reynolds, of Toledo, which caught fire while on the way rom Buffalo to that port and was beached near here, whs re leased at midnight and taken to Toledo. All her miscellaneous cargo was removed yesterday, the greater part being jettisoned. She has been turned over to the under writers, t . THE WORLD'S COAL. PRODUCTION AND AREA OF IT THROUGH OUT THE WORLD. Great ISrltaln Still Mines aTrlllo More Than the United States The Time Which the Present Supply Will Last. The question is often asked: "At the present rate of consumption, how long will it be before the world's supply of coal will be exhausted?" According to the latest and best authorities, the entire annual produc tion of coal throughout the world is about 408,000,000 tons, distributed as follows: Tons. Great Uritain 10'i.t3.219 United States 1S8.SHM08 Germany and Luxemburg 81,863,811 France. a'Jil.'JlO Belgium 19,185.181 Austria-Hungary Z0.77tf.l Russia J.oOO.OOO Japan Sweden Spain , Italy Other countries. .. 2,000,000 .. 300.000 .. 977.559 327.6W .. 8,000.000 Total 407.790,232 By actual survey there are in the anthra cite region of Pennsylvania 472 square miles of coal. The amount of coal mined to the acre is abont 60,000 tons, but the wast age is so great that well-informed owners and scientific miners assert that with care ful methods of mining, the product to the acre could be increased one-half that is to 90,000 tons. On the basis of 75,000 tons to the acre, an easy calculation will show that an annual average of 31,000,000 tons, about the amount mined in 1885, and making al lowance for what has already been taken out in the past SO years, the coal of this an thracite region will last GIG years. According to the latest reports it is esti mated that the total area ot the coal fields of Great Britain is 7,876 square miles.which are estimated to contain in round numbers 145,200,000.000 tons of available coal, a quantity at the present rate of consumption sufficient to last 900 years. AH this coal is at a depth of less than 4,000 feet from the surface. Below that depth it is thought that mining must stop. The production of coal in England and Wales amounts to considerably more than one-third of the total output of the world. The richest coal field in England is at New castle, where the current thickness of the seams is from 3 to G feet. The total product of all kinds of commercial coal in the United States in 1888 was 142,037,735 short tons, valued at ?204,222,790. Coal is found now on all continents and in nearly all countries. In the United States it is found in 30 different States and Territories, also in Alaska, in which latter place large quantities of good quality coal are said to exist. The principal mines of Africa are in the South African Republic, while extensive supplies are fonnd in the region of Mozambique, on the east coast. There are large bodies of undeveloned coal territory in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Bohemia, Siberia and Hanover, while in European Russia there are said to be coal deposits covering from 13,000 to 16,000 square miles. In the island of Formosa there are 8.000 square miles of coal, while in China, accord ing to the recent report of a German statis tician, there are coal fields extending over nearly 400,000 square miles. This state ment, however, must be taken for what it may be worth. Certain it is that very val uable deposits have been found near Pekin, some seams of which are from 90 to 95 feet thick. In 1887 one Chinese colliery pro duced 270,000 tons of coal. The Japauese have for many year3 obtained large supplies of coal from a colliery on the island ot Taka sima. The annual production of coal in Japan is over 2,000,000 tons. Germany is the largest coal producing country ot continental Europe, the amount of the production for 1887 being 81,863,611 tons. The total extent of coal territory through out the world is estimated at 710,000 square miles. Notwithstanding the tremendous annual drain on this resource, it is calcu lated that it will take over 2,800 years at the present rate ot output to exhaust the supply. INDIAN STATESMAN GONE. Death of an Ex-Governor of the Choctaw Nation, Near Fort Smith Fort Smith, Ark., November 7. Ex Governor Edmund McCurtain, of the Choc taw Nation, died suddenly yesterday, at the house of a friend in Scullyville, 16 miles from this city. Late in the afternoon he started home in a carriage. He stopped at Scullyville with a friend and yesterday morning, while getting up preparatory to continuing his journey, he suddenly fell over on the bed and expired. McCurtain was one of the most noted men in the Indian country a leader among his people, feared by bis enemies aud loved by his Iriends, yet respected by all because oi his honor and integrity. He served his na tion two consecutive terms as Governor. He has frequently been a delegate to Washing ton City and during his life has held every office ot importance in the gift of his people. He was a progressive and intelligent man aud his death is a public calamity in the Choctaw Nation. His brother, Green McCurtain, present treasurer of the nation, is the last of a noted familv of five brothers. BLIND CHAPtArVMILBUKXhas been relating to Frank G. Carpenter some inter esting reminUcenscs of Thackeray and Car lyle. Seo THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A high class newspaper, licit lu the State. Twenty-four pages. REGULAR OLD SEADOG. Admirable Qualities Shown by the Now Cruiser Daltiinore. Washington, November 7. Captain Schley commanding the cruiser Baltimore, has written to the Navy Department from Lisbon, Portugal, October 22, that he made the passage from Copengaen to Lisbon in five days and five hours. The ship en countered heavy gales and behaved admir ably, showing sea-going qualities of a high order. She maintained a high speed, vary ing from liyi to 16 knots an hour without difficulty or risk in heavy seas for two con secutive days, giving conclusive proof that no mistake had been made in the calculation of her weights. Captain Schley says that he never before sailed in a ship having so much stability aud case of movement in a heavy gale. NEITHER SIDE SHOWED UP When the Iist Stayton-Wyman Show Was Billed to Appear. The Stayton-Wyman Combination was billed for another exhibition, this week, but Commissioner Shafer said he could not go ou by himself, and neither side showed up. A young man in the office of Hughey & Beunctt stated that they had sized the mat ter up, and found that the Str.yton side would not be on hand, and so they did not put in an appearance either. Whether Mr. Bicnieu was still too tired after his cam paign work, or for some other reason, could i ot be ascertained. Meantime, Mr. Wymans term is running strongly into what Mr. Stay ton claims as his. EUSr BS PAID IN GOLD. Brazil Wants -ill Import Duties Settled In That Kind of Coin. Washington, NoveuiLer 7. The De partment o: State is i.tiiciiilly iulnrined that the Government o1 Brazil promulgated n decree on the 4th ultimo, requiring all im port duties to be paid in gold alter the 15th mst., and suspeuaing the surtax of 5 per cent which has been collected lor the eman cipation fund. ONBjE. 'One man may steal a horse, while another may not look over tne walL" I have always considered this the truest of proverbs, perhaps because I have so often in my own person exemplified its truth corn puls'irily, for "I'm sure it was no wish of mine iver," as Mrs. Tulliver said o her lying awake at nights thinking of her scat tered china and linen. It may be an edify ing, but it is rtirely an agreeable thing to be singled out by fate to point some proverb's wretched wisdom. It is especially far frcm agreeable if, in the case of the one" quoted above, you serve lor a striking illustration of the truth of the second half; and still less pleasant it is if, after the manner of the stern editorial dictum, to this rnlc theie is no exception. I never knew any person, however loyal to the wisdom of proverbs, that relished testifying practically to the truth of this adage if thrust into the oner ous position ' of Another, no matter how great the spiritual sustenance to be derived from the parallel between "One" and the bay-tree. In these days of pictorial adver tisements there is a tacit and general senti ment that resemblance to the flourishing bay-tree confers great temporal compensa tions. My elder brother Jack from childhood up to manhood played One to my Another. We never by anv chauce exchanged parts: still I can truthfully affirm that this monot- r,ry-V H VI ; "WILL YOU CUT OFF MY BOOT AND ony of role was through no lack of desire for variety on my side. It is useless to struggle against a proverb; even when we were cnildren the tyranny of this one lay upon us, or rather upon me. Jjck's fertile brain conceived mischief; I obeyed orders and supported him as humble ally. He got all the fun, only the other part accord ingly remained for me. At school it was always the same; he invariably went off with the horse; I, as invariablv, was chased from the wall. The like monotony pursued us into our prolessions. Jack was to be a barrister. Now, as every one knows, a barrister is not suppos-d to have briefs until he is at home among the Cities. This, therefore, was exactly the holiday profession in which Jack was sure to shine. If idle ness or extravagance was hinted at in refer ence to our man of law, our relatives only laughed and said, "Who expects anything else of Jack?" And Jack, I am bound to confess, 'aithfully fulfilled every expectation entertained or him. I was put into the medical profession, which, like all things terrestrial, possesses more than one side, most of its manv sides being obviously un pleasant. And I was required to work hard, to practice economy, ana to push my way unaided. For nearly 12 months I had been in prac tice at the bracing water-place of L , when Jack, without the form of an invita tion on the one hand or of warning on the other, presented himself as my guest. Now I had borne our separation fond as I truly was of the handsome, dashing fellow with reilly laudable resignation, sustained, more over, by a hope that it wonld break the spell oi our relative parts, and I rather dis trusted this sudden burst of fraternal de votion. The not inexperienced Another glanced at the love-quickening power of money, which, if indeed the inspiring motive, wonld be avowed frankly and promptly enoush, I knew, for neither reticence nor lack of boldness could be entered among Jack's failings. Many have been my conjectures wnether the very excess of bis audacity did not account for the way he led fate and folks captive. Everyone that came in contact with him succumbed to some magic he possessed. His speeches ol frank insolence and they were many wer enly laughed at; those iu au thority over him recieved sublimely con temptuous disregard for their wishes and almost applauded. He could be winning as well as insolent and andacions, and when winning, he, to speak with Oriental hyper bole, slew his thousands. I, the chief suf ferer fioai Jack's charm, was as much under it as anyone. He was a tall, strikingly handsome fellow, with vanity aud to spare for every inch, and showing consciousness of personal attractions in every lounging movement and in every glance of bis cool, free gray eye. When he descended upon me, upsetting my bachelor quiet, throwing my mild landlady into consternation by his demand, and asked care lessly, "Well, old chap, how are you getting ou?" I was gratified in spite of doubts, and fluttered about to wait on him almost as busily as Mrs. Rand. My re quests to the good woman had been modest, even diffident, aid mild as Mrs. Rand to all appearance was, she had ignored the ma jority, and assented to a few unmistakably under protest, so that by this time she might have exhibited me at any show ot model lodgers, sure of my winning the first prize lor docility and general unobtrusiveness. Never did I venture to ring my bell ex cept at stated times as a signal not lor a summons, oh no! merely as "the signal of my presence. Jack rang half a dozen peals before his first meal, flung his boots into the passage to be cleaned "at once" (5 in the aiternoon!), and shouted down the M.iir for hot water; that brought, for tl dif ferent kind of soap; that procured, for an other towel; and expressed his thanks in sarcastic inquiries as to the date of the duster's last appearance iu that bedroom, aud whether the uses or a lookingglass were clearly understood by the household. Trembling and alarmed, 1 looked on and listened; but my landlady anil hpr mm? .flew cheerfully to attend to Jack, and I even telt a reflection of glory from my relation ship to so troublesome a guest in Mr. Rand's increased respectfulness. It was lovely summer weather and, onr evening meal oyer, we sallied forth to X"W survey my "slaughtering arena," as Jack termed L- and I was flattered again by a question he deigned to put concerning my prospects. Perhaps, distrusting the purity of his brotherly zeal, 1 pai.itcd them in mora subdued tint3 than were actually needful. "Ah," said he, "you'r not the fellow to push your way, and L don't seem much of a pluce. You must marry a for tune. Bob that's the only conrse I can sea for either of us noor devils. Hal thoa blenchest! Someone in the wind?" "Nonsense Jack!" I cried, annoyed, try ing to avert my gaze from a certaia large) gr:y house staudiag alone near the cliff and quite awav from the town. Jack's bold gray eye at once darted thither. "The only house that looks prom ising in the place!" quoth he. "Who live there? Come, Bob, unbosom thyself to a tender brother who always sought thy interest be ore hU own. She lives in yon solitary mansion? She is rich and. scornful? Thy hangdog looks betray thee!" "Not scornlnll" I hurriedly answered, "At least that is no, I feel sure it X could onh " "Eloquent and lucid," interpolated Jack; and, though I had determined to say nothing to him on the suuject, in threa minutes he had dragged all from me. An old lady lived in that large gray house, and with her a young and, I felt sure, beau tiful granddaughter, who was guarded jeal oulv from all approaches of men by her formidable relative. The girl was an heiress, and Mre. Neville, griia s "- -vats. -- - BEE TO MY FOOT? YETVLED JACK. old duenna, bad conceived a deep and most unfair distrust ot male sincerity. She would admit no unmarried man withia her doors. The garden was enclosed by a high brick wall, so that no one could see the beauty within, and when she walked out her features were effectually hidden by a dark blue veih Even I, the doctor, l"ad only been admitted to the hcusc to attend 4 sick maid. "She may have skin disease," said Jack,' who had listened with interest. "Her skin is as lair as a lily!" said I. in-' dignantly. "Ab, I like dark beautie3 I'm fair," with a supremely satisfied air and a littla swagger tor the benefit of a trio of small boys. Jack would nive paruued before a traveling monkev if worthier spectatcri were wanting. 'iThen you have seen her?" "Just a glimpse," I curtly answered. Thj occasion hga been too mortifying to be re called with pleasure. "Now," declared Jack, "this is all non sense on the old lady's part She invites circumvention, anu. Bob, we'll circumvent her! This is just a nice holiday task for me. I haven't much work on hand just now, and I'll devote myself to your interests while I recruit on thcbalmvshores of L : I'll storm the fortress and give you access isn't that the proper word? to this cont cealed beauty. Leave it to me," with a grand gesture. I privately shook my head at the idea of even Jack's being able to overcome the obstacles in the way; yet I was excited at the same time by the thought of such power lul partisanship, for I had a confidence IB his luck which amounted to superstition. He was already reconnoitering the wall, and I wasanxious to drawhim away, fearing lest an awkward turn at the corner with two steps down to a side door might suggest a plan that had already brought me humili ation. Jack did glance at the place, but appeared to sec in it no possibilities. Next morning, as I was returning from a patient who lived outside the town, I was hailed by Mrs. Neville's gardener. "A gentleman as says he's your brother, sir, has met with an accident dowu them steps, which he also says has sprained his loot bad, and missis wants you to step in." The man was unfeeling enough to grin; as, assuming every appearance ot fraternal so licitude, I hastened to the house, inwardly cursing J.ieK'3 want of invention and painfully agitated at the pros pect of lacing the old lady. Ah, yes, sha was in the room! keeping grim and rigid watch over my prostrate brother, who wa acting his part with consummate skill, evna contriving to call up a very respectable pal lor, to which my fiery visage mnst have pre sented every essential for contrast. "How d'ye do, Dr. Dalton?" said the old lady, with a disagreeable twinkle in her deep eyes. "Singular thing, isn't it, how those steps trip up strong men? No woman has come to grief down them." "It's a confoundedly uzh! beg pardon, ma'am it's a beastly awKward corner! You'll be prosecuted lor a dangerous nuis ance or something it you don't protect it, cried Jack angrily, grimacing and squirm ing quite admirably. "Pray retire, madam, aud let my brother see to my injuries." "On! if you think the form of an ex amination necessary," said the pleasant old lady in a tone meant for me alone. "Ring for anything you should want, doctor." And she sailed away. "Good heavens, Jack!" I burst out under mv breath as soon as the door was shut. "Why in the name of all that's unlucky couldn't you exercise some originality ia your iil.ui?" "Originality 1 What the deuce do you mean?" "This this is precisely what I did only two weeks ago." Jack's eyes met mine. He was going off into a shout of laughter, but in time re membered to turn it into a groan. He was an excellent actor, always. Looking at his suffering countenauce and hearing bis dis mal utterances, I felt with renewed pangs of mortification how inferior my own perform ance had been, "Could anything be more unlucky? Wa shall be the laughing stock of the place! That old hag" "Will vou cut off mv boot and see to my foot?" yelled Jack. Mechanically I obeyed, and my Jeremiad t. aaA- ' -,- A K.iiJLdtt . -ii-.! ..arairjMfflg.ro--i Ji I . i i.J...'ttWJy8W
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