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EVERYBODY HEADS
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THE DISPATCU.
IT IS THE TEOPEE-S PAPER.
THE ADVERTT5EMEXTS
AND BUSINESS CARDS IN
THE DISPATCH
ABE SEEN BY EVERYBODY.
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h' FORTY-FIFTH TEAR.
PITTSBURG,' TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1890.
THREE CENTS.
It
A SLUMP II STOCKS,
Caused bv the Action of the
Bank of England and Ex
pert Manipulation.
JAY GOULD PLAYS BEAR
To Attain a Temporary Object With
Such Success That Tliero Was
a Yeri table
BLUE MONDAY ON WALL STREET.
The Little Wizard Produced Low Prices in
Order to Secure Control of
Certain Interests.
ONE BROKER KILLED BI EXCITEMENT.
Scer.cs tnd Iicdents Attaimg the Liveliest Day the
Sjrabtivt Hark:t Has Witnessed for
Suae Tine.
KO APPABEST DANGER TO LEGITIMATE TBADE
JSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.1
New Yokk, November 10. Wall street
had a bad day to-day, a veritable blue Mon
day. Yet it was not half as trying a day
as a great many men expected, or more ac
curately speaking, feared. "Wall street has
had its eyes on London lately, and its ap
prehensions regarding the steady and forced
liquidation at that center have been worked
up to such a point that it has seemed as if
many people interested in stocks believed
that the world will begin to come to an end
in Chapel Conrt in the near future.
Last Friday the governors of the Bank of
England held a special meeting and unex
pectedly advanced the bank's minimum rate
of discount from 5 to 6 per cent. This step
was taken to prevent bankers and specula
tors who have interests on the continent and
in South America, which they are com
pelled to protect, from drawing gold from
the bank to ship to these countries.
Merelj a chemo of the Bank.
It did not mean that money was any more
active iu London than it has been for some
time past, but the governors of the bank
desire to make the London market attract
ive to those who have loanable funds, not
only at that center but elsewhere. As the
action of the bank was perfectly understood
in London it did not, in spite of the dis
tressing condition of the security market
there, exert an especially depressing in
fluence, but it was tne signal here for a sell
ing movement that has generally been
described as a "silent panic"
But Saturday's bank statement, showing
that the Clearing Honse banks had lost dur
ing the week some three millions of lawful
money in other ways than through the ordi
nary channels, made the street feel that it
did not need to look to London for untoward
developments, because it had an evil oi its
own to attend to. The stock market sold off
sharply at the close on Saturday, a circum
stance which, together with bearish cables
that must have been sent from this side to
London, supplemented, perhaps, with some
selling orders, appears to have demoralized
the London market lor American stocks.
The Trouble started in Eoudon.
In consequence London prices were way
down when business resumed on the Stock
Exchange this morning. The declines from
New York prices of Saturday were 1 to 2
per cent Yet London did not sell an
enormous lot of stocks. Of conrse it sold
some, but the heaviest and most effective
selling was by worn out and frightened
speculators here.
For once the bears did nothaveto hammer
prices to get their stocks bacfc at a profit.
All they had to do was to pick them up
practically at their own prices as retreating
bulls threw them away. It was a great op
portunity for the bears, and that they im
proved it was shown by the fact that the
market rallied chiefly on their purchases.
Tne first half hour saw a shrinkage of
values, a rattling down of prices that caused
well nigh universal trepidation. Highly
speculative stocks, like New York and New
England, which have been held far above
their value for control for legitimate pur
poses, opened 3 to I per cent lower than they
closed on Saturday.
Gave the Street a Chill.
St. Paul common, which has always been
one of ttie most active stocks on the list,
opened 1 5-8 per cent lower. Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis, which
has recently been the most extensively dealt
in of any of the Vanderbilt shares, and a
great favorite with the bulls, opened 2 per
cent lower at 59, and immediately sold
down to 55. This gave the street a chill, for
the largest banking honse in the street has
been more aggressive than the Vanderbilts
in developing aud extending this property.
The low-price stocks suffered proportion
ately greater declines than those which have
merits to commend them to the attention of
investors. Atchison, North American
Beading and Richmond Terminal were
among those that were most conspicuous in
the slump.
In the opinion of many people the most
significant declines were those in the so
called Gould stocks, "Western Union and
Manhattan Railway, which have not been
really active for a number of years, nor
indeed, were they conspicuously so to-day,
but dropped off five points on very few
transactions immediately after the opening.
These movements, in connection with other
circumstances, were generally construed as
indicating that Mr. Gould favored lower
prices temporarily.
Gould "Was Scoring a Point.
From a number of incidents ol this sort
Wall street has gradually drawn the con
clusion that in some way or other Mr.
Gould's small but effective hand has been
laid on the Btock market. This view en
couraged some buying of stocks on the de
cline by people who argued that Mr. Gould
would not show his hand as nearly every
one believes he has done, if he had not
carried his point, whatever that may be.
One of Mr. Gould's closest business
associates indicated what that point was
later in the day. He said that a powerful
combination bad teen formed to buy stocks
and had bought them freely all day, and
that the purpose ot the deal was, as many
people have begun to suspect, to effect
changes in the managements of certain of
the western railroads which will result in
the establishment of harmonious relations
between those roads, reduce competition and
insure the maintenance of profitable rates.
No clew could be obtained to the contem
plated changes, except that Union Pacific is
one of the roads in question. The stock of
that company was exceptionally firm to
day, indeed it has been for several days past,
while the rest ol the market has been at its
worst.
Immediate Cause of the Flurry.
The visible trouble with the stock market
to-day was the scarcity of money. As there
has not been recently any large absorption
by the sub-Treasury in excess ot its dis
bursements, and decreasing shipments to
the interior have been very nearly offset by
receipts, the street is in a quandery to know
what has become of the funds which should
be available at this center at the present
time.
There is a strong and growing impression
that a great many million dollars have
been withdrawn from circulation for some
purpose or other. Brokers' balances were
made up as a rule to-day at a commission
ranging from to per cent and interest.
Exceptional loans were made as high as ),
and in some cases per cent and interest.
Lenders delayed offering their funds upon
the floor of the Exchange until the after
noon. The absence of loanable funds upon
the floor early in the day gave a fresh
impetus to the selling movement.
In the afternoon the entire list closed with
a good deal of snap, but at the close the
bears, presumably encouraged by their early
successes, attacked St. Paul. Lackawanna
and sugar refinery stock. It is of conrse
understood that the final raid was partly for
effect upon the London market before busi
ness is resumed on the Stock Exchange here.
Ono Death Because of Excitement.
Just a few moments before noon to-day, in
the midst of all the excitement, a man broke
away from one of the little clumps standing
around the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
'posts and slanted over jnst as the truukof a
tree before it falls to the ground. The broker
was a big man, aud he fell against C. B.
Gunther aud then on E. O. Seed. Then he
fell to the floor on his face and in four min
utes he was dead.
The dead broker was James Struthers, a
member of the Exchange for 25 years.
With tbe announcament "he is dead" the
COO brokers all raised their hats. Presi
dent Dickerinan "formally announced that
business would be suspended for half an
hour.
Dr. Hewitt, an Exchange subscriber, an
nounced that death had been caused by the
bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. All
clustered around the door, and, with hats
raised, they saw the body of their friend de
part. Years aeo Struthers was a partner in
the firm of E. K. Willard & Co., but of late
years he has been a specialist in Chicago
and Eastern Illinois stock.
SUGAR TRUSTS POUNDED.
Excitement Buns nigh in the Philadelphia
Stock Market.
7SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, November 10. The
stock market opened very weak on London
quotations and large offerings of stocks by
Boston and Chicago. The market declined
rapidly after the first few minutes,
and before the end of tbe first
hour stocks were from to
4 per cent below the opening prices. At the
proper time the market was strengthened by
the bear clique, who prevented anything
like a panic throughout the whole de
pression. Just about-noon the market was
tne weakest ana tne excitement was run
ning high.
After the recess, a rally ensued, which
lasted for more than an hour, during which
prices advanced from to 3 per cent. At
this time money was up to the highest
notch, but the buying was heavy for the
long and short account. After the'delivery
hour a fierce drive at Sugar Trust certificates,
which had been held steadily at about 57,
knocked the price off to 51J.
A TUMBLE AT BOSTON.
Intense Excitement Daring the Downward
Tendency of Stocks.
ISFECIAL TELEQBAAITO THE DISPATCH.!
Boston, November 10. There was an
excited feeling on State Btrtet to-day, and
stocks took a tumble of several points, but
no failures resulted. The street followed
Wall street closely; trading was on a
large scale and tbe excitement was
intense. The heavier features , of the
first two hours were Atchison stock
and incomes thereto, New York and New
England, Mexican Central, Bell Telephone
and some of the Coppers.
Near the close the bears commenced sell
ing again, commencing with Sugar. Nearly
the whole market responded to the change,
with the result that the tone at the close
was heavy and quotations not far from tbe
lowest of tbe day. Operators "were encour
aged at the 1 o'clock reaction; hut the ease
with which Sugar and other stocks declined
after 2 o'clock upset their calculations, and
the feeling at the close was not a cheerful
one, but a despondent tone was manifest.
LONDON GBEATLY ALARMED.
Intense Feeling of Apprehension as to the
Besults of the Settlement.
London, November 10. On the Stock
Exchange to-day the feeling of alarm and
apprehension as to the results of the coming
settlement became intense. Every kind of
security was freely sold. American rail
roads were panicky, and the depression was
especiall marked in dealings in the street.
On cable advices reporting declines in New
York heavy sales were made here. The
leading provincial exchanges show a rapid
increase of distrust. The day's fall in
American railroads ran ire from 1J to 5.
The future of the gold movement is obscure.
Several financial houses in Paris are try
ing to induce the Bank of France to assist
English firms to complete an engagement to
deliver 500,000 gold in Madrid during the
week. If the Bank of France accedes, its
action will tend to avert an increase of the
Bank of England's rate of discount and to
ease the settlement.
THE FLURRY IN PITTSBUEG.
Prominent Local Brokers Talk of Its
Probable Cause and Effect.
The course of the stock market in New
York yesterday sent a chill up stock brokers'
backs here. It started slowly, but when the
decline became so rapid as to wipe out mar
gins and sparks began to fly from the skids,
that chill reached the brain so .quickly as to
be almost paralyzing. GeorgeL Whitney said
he thought the flurry was ihe reflex of
European selling. The movement began
one day last week, and was noticed in Pnil
adelphia, but it was not pronounced enough
to show in New York, It was especially
noticeable in Philadelphia also on account
of the shrinkage in Pennsylvania Eailwav.
Mr. Wilson, of Sproul & Lawrence, made
light of it and said he guessed the market
would come around all right N. F. Sloan
said he wasn't surprised, as he had been ex
pecting a shrinkage all summer. .He further
stated that though Delaware and Lacka
wanna was good property he had thought
several times of shooting "it
Hill Won't be There.
Columbus, November 10. Governor
Hill, of New York, writes he can not be
present at the Thnrman banquet. Novem-
'er3' ' .
TALK FROM MAGEE.
HE SAYS
HE IS. SATISFIEP
PART PLAYED
WITH THE
By Him In the Becent Election ne Hopes
Senator Quay Will Remove to Pittsburg,
and Claims No Credit for the Result in
Allegheny County.
rsrr.ciAL tkleoram to the .disfatch.i
Nr.w Yoke, November 10. C. L. Magce
was in an exceedingly pleasant frame of
mind this morning. He reached New York
on Saturday for a few day's recreation, for
the first time since the recent election, and
he left politics behind him for a time.
With friends, he spoke freely upon the re
sult in Pennsylvania, with which he had so
much io do, and which brings him to
the front as a greater political
power than ever. He was much amused
while at breakfast, at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel this morning, when he read fhe dis
patches announcing that Mr. Quay intended
to hold him chiefly responsible for the
defeat of Mr. Delamater and remove to the
city of Pittsourg and measure swords with
Mr. Magee, at his own home, in the second,,
strongest Republican locality in Pennsyl
vania, or, measured by the majority it gave
Harrison, the first Republican county in
the Union. Mr. Magee said:
I wish he wonld. It would do him
good. I really know of no
education
for him
so useiui to Mr. Quay as
to undertake nersonallv to
educate our
people In his political methods.
He Has often
tried it through others and failed, becanse we
have been too long in possession of our politi
cal liberties and so happy in our nnitv of par
pose and action tbt it wonld be difficult for
aDy outsider to disrupt onr organization or
control onr voter.
The fact is that Colonel Quay has never been
satisfied with Allegheny county, because here
Republicans alwas owned themselves. Our
organization is like a band of brothers, work
ing together for the party's good, and the hum
blest bas his say as well as the biggest in our
politics. Men, to succeed with us. must not
denv this liberty, and they must keep faith.
Their word must be of value, and to retain the
confidence of the Republicans of Alleeheny
county, a man must always act fairly, or he can
have no place among them.
Mr. Qnaj's policy, as wo nndcrstand It, has
been to make up for loss of the good will that
should always exist in party organizations by
"deals." such as that made in the old Randall
district. Being the master of all the arts, con
trary to our understanding of men's relations
to each other, be has naturally lost the
friendship of our part of the Repub
lican organization. Should he move to
Pittsburg as indicated, he would find himself
in a very wholesome atmosphere that would be
very beneficial to him. I am not the Repub
lican party of Allegheny county, although I
have tried to enjoy its confidence and respect
since bojhood. And there is nothing in this
life that gives me creator pleasure than to feel
that I have lost neither.
Mr. Quay's temper toward me is entirely
lost, for I am in a frame of mind to be perfectly
satisfied with the part I took, or refrained
from taking, in the recent camnaign. I am
not entitled to the credit or the blame for
what was done in Allegheny county. It
was the work of the people, Mr. Quay was ad
vised, even before the convention met, that Mr.
Delamater could not carry onr county. I touk
occasion to make that tact manifest long ago,
and the conditions wero not changed in tbe
least from that time to the closing of tbe polls
on election day.
As 1 announced this fact long ago, Mr. Quay
visits his wrath upon me and not upon the
masses who refused to do this bidding. That
which I foresaw wonld be done and gave warn
ing of, he now blames me with doing.
BEADY FOE THE WIND-UP.
Jay Cook & Co.'s Trustee Announces the
Final Dividends.
Philadelphia, November 10. The
trustee of the estate of Jay Cook & Co. an
nounces the payment of the final dividend
upon claims presented before Monday next
The first dividend will be ls per cent in
cash on $6,451,000, and 8 shares of North
ern Pacific preferred sl-ock, -3J shares Ore
gon Steamship and Navigation Company
stock, acJ three-fourths of a share oi pre
ferred stock of the St Paul and Dnluth
Railroad to each 51,000 of claim to creditors
holding that amount and upwards. "With
the payment of the final dividend, the affairs
of the estate of Jay Cook & Co. will be
wound up, and the total amount of cash
paid on it will have been 15 per cent on
$6,451,000, The liabilities when the firm
crashed in the memorable year 1883 were
nearly $11,000,000. This amount has been
reduced by compromises, litigation and
various forms of redemption to the figures
above named, something less than 60- per
cent There were 3,200 creditors when the
firm failed, the largest of whom were the
banks and the Government
NO CASE AGAINST HIM.
Mrs. Conrad's Green Goods Broker Dis
charged From Custody.
New Yoke, November 10. Walter
Willard, alias "Big Walter," who was ar
rested on a charge of having decoyed Mrs.
Angeline Conrad here from Brookville, Ky.,
for the purpose of selling her counterfeit
money, was arraigned in court to-day. Mrs.
Conrad was also present and told her story,
as already made public. The detectives
were too hasty and spoiled the case. Thev
saw no money passed and the magistrate
said there was no law on which the man
could be held. If the detectives made oath
that Willard was a notorious confidence man
and bad no visible means of support, the
magistrate said he would send him to prison
for six months.
This the detectives declined to do, and
rather reluctantly the magistrate discharged
Willard, telling the detectives that the next
time they arrested him to be sure to have a
cise against him. Judge Duffv then ordered
the detectives to see Mrs. Conrad on a train
for Kentucky.
MBS. CARTEL'S DEBUT.
She Scores a Success in Her First Night's
Performance.
(SPECIAL TELEOIIAM TO THE DISFATCn.1
New Yobk, November 10. The debut
of Mrs. Leslie Carter to-nfght was not a
fiasco nor a bare escape from a
failure, uor even a scant success,
but the disclosure of an actress
who rose into stage distinction with her
first essay. Excessive nervousness disabled
her somewhat during the first hour of .the
ordeal of fright and struggle, and the effect
was to make her overact in the
earlier scenes of the play; but she
soon worked into a good degree of
self-command, and before her heavy task of
a variously moodish and emotional inper
sonation was half over, she had justified her
attempt to make one evening serve, instead
of years, in the process ot becoming a star
actress.
A SENATORIAL FIGHT.
Warm Time Promised Over the Election of
Senator Pugh's Successor.
Montgomeby, Ala., November 10.
The State Legislature will meet Tuesday to
elect a successor to United States Senator
Pugh. There promises to be a warm fight,
as in addition to Senator Pngh there are
three other candidates Ex-Governor Watts,
Governor Seary and State Agricultural
Commissioner Kolb, the defeated Farmers
Alliance candidate for Governor. Senator
Porgh is the favorite in the betting.
A FAMOUS BANDIT KILLED.
Velazuez Put Out of the Way and His Des
perate Gang Caught.
Havana, November 10. Advices from
Santiago de Cuba say that the famous ban
dit, Velazuez, has been killed by Govern
ment troops, and that his whole band, num
bering 31 men, with their anna and amrnu-
JLBlb0J!iJlJ9ii)AB0PtJLFiUtOftB
TROUP TALKS AGAIN
Of the Horrible Charges of Cannibal
ism Against Jameson, -v-
DODBT CAST OK THE ACCUSATION.
Storj of the Jameson Sketches and Assad
Farran's Shifting?.
HE IS K0T AFRAID OP STAKLLTS SUIT
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Boston, November 10. The horrible
accusations of Mr. Bonny against Major
Barttelot and Mr. Jameson, of Stanley's
rear guard, printed in this morning's Dis
patch, were carried by a Dispatch .re
porter to Lieutenant J. Troup, the senior
surviving officer of the detachment, for con
firmation or denial. Lieutenant Troup was
surrounded by a large number of friends,
who were wishing him bon voyage (he sails
for England Wednesday). After reading
Mr. Bonny's detailed statement, Lieutenant
Troup replied:
"Yes, it is a horrible tale, I'll confess. I
can only vouch for a part of it, for I iid not
see much that is related; but I have no
doubt that Mr. Bonny is correct in what he
says about Major Barttelot's cruelty. If
Mr. Stanley is going to bring suit for libel
against Major Barttelot's brother and
against the surviving officers of the ex
pedition, I suppose I shall be included.
That would suit me immensely, for then I
should have a chance to cross-examine Mr.
Stanley.
NOT AFBAID OP A SUIT.
"I am not afraid to have my record laid
bare by the most searching investigation.
Mr. Stanley must understand that he is the
accuser, not I. I said nothing about the
disasters that befell tbe rear column until
he drove me to the wall aud forced me to de
fend my reputation. I have said, and I say
again, that I believe Mr, Stanley was pri
marily responsible for the fate of the ror
fellows at Camp Yambuya; first, by his poor
judgment in the selection of a commanding
officer, whose weakness he knew, and sec
ond, by neglecting to provide sufficient food
and supplies to be used in case of an emer
gency, which emergency was his delay in
returning to the camp.
"He promised to return in five months, and
madr provision for only five months. I
consider that almost criminal negligence,
because he knew that the chances were all
against an early return. As to the charges
against Major Barttetot, I have spoken only
concerning the things I saw. There are one
or two things in Mr. Bonny's statement
which I wish to correct. I have no reason
to doubt the truth of most that he has said,
but as only a few of those acts of cruelty
were witnessed by me, I canqot speak for
the remainder.
no doubt op babttelot's cbuelty.
"Major Barttelot was crnel, terribly crnel,
there can be no doubt of that, and it is only
reasonable to believe that another man
might have brought the rear guard back to
the coast with little loss of life and with but
few of tbe privationu which we suffered.
That talk about poisoning Selim Ben Mon
tameo took place while I was taking Ward
down to Stanley Falls. As to that horrible
story of cannibalism, I did see the sketches
spoken of but I have not 'said, nor do I now
say, that Jameson was guilty ot buying the
girl and giving her to the cannibals. .
'"I will explain the atory asT heard it, and
you may judge "for yourself, bearing in
mind thlB fact, that the awful charge against
Jameson is supported only by the word oi
an inveterate liar, who afterward retracted
the charges under oath. Jameson had been
sent to itasongo by Barttelot to see Tippoo
Tib, who had left Stanley Falls some time
in April, 1888. Jameson was accompanied
by Assad Farran, interpreter to the expedi
tion, and by his black boy. He returned
to Yambuya the first veek in June and paid
me a visit of condolence as I lay wretch
edly sick.
JAMESON'S HOBBIBLE SKETCHES.
"Jameson was an ardent naturalist and a
good artist, and never lost an opportunity of
making sketches. It was always his custom
to show these to me, and, in joke, he termed
me his art critic. On this occasion ho said
to me that he had made a lot of sketches
during his absence, and would bring them in
to me to amuse me while he was at lunch.
One series of sketches struck my attention
particularly. These, I presume, are the
cannibal sketches which Mr. Bonny de
scribes. When Jameson came to my hut
after lunch he asked me in a chaffing way if
I thought he had improved.
"My reply was: 'What an awfnl subject
you have here.' He replied that he ha'd
not been present at the actual killing of the
girl, and that that part of the sketch was
drawn from description; but that he came in
afterward, just when they were feasting. I
thought nothing more of it at the time.
Later I was transferred by a whaieboat to
the steamer Stanley, which took me down
the river. When I began to pick np a bit
under the attention of my comrade, Captain
Vangeli, he informed me that Assad Farran
had told him in substance the story related
by Mr. Stanley.
BEPEATINO THE JAMESON CHABOES.
"Some days after that, when I felt equal to
the task, I sent for Assad Farran and
asked him it the horrible charges which he
had brought against Mr. Jameson were true.
I cautioned him to be very careful in what
he had to say to me, for I would be in duty
bound to report the circumstances to the
Emin Pasha Relief Committee on my return
home. He assured me that all that he had
stated to Captain Vangeli regarding the
actions of Mr. Jameson were perfectly true.
"Shortly after my arrival in England,
Assad Farran. appeared in London. The
Emin Pasha Relief Committee, having
made arrangements for keeping him away
from interviewers, took him to their offices.
On the following morning most of the Lon
don newspapers contained a retraction in
full, signed bv Assad Farren, of the charges
against Mr. Jameson, as well as of some
other charges which he had made against
Major Barttelot This retraction was made
in the presence of Sir Francis DeWinton
and Mr. Burdett-Coutts, and they sent it to
the newspapers with a request to publish.
"This is all that I know about the horrible
accusations against Mr. Jameson, and I
cannot imagine that any white man could
have done such a thing."
WILL VISIT CANADA.
Dillon and O'Brien Intend to "TCntcr the Do
minion Eater On.
ISrECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Ottawa, November 10. A few days ago
a gentleman in this city stated that he had
been requested by T. P. Gill, M. P., man
ager of the tour of the delegates of the Irish
rliamentary party, to obtain information
here as to whether Dillon and O'Brien
wouldenjoy immunity from arrest should
they visit Canada. Such action on tbe part
of Mr. Gill seemed so incompatible with the
whole pnblic career of those whom he rep
resents that a gentleman in this city for
warded Mr. Gill a clipping containing the
above statement Immediately upon receipt
of the letter he telegraphed as follows:
Tbe statement that I sought any person's
opinion on the subject of O'Brien and Jttillon's
liability to arrest in Canada is utterlv without
foundation. They will visit Canada after their
American tour, without reference to whether
they will be arrested there or not They are
entirely Indifferent on the question. .
Mr. Gill's answer is the first intimation1
that has been given that O'Brien and Dillon
Yf
HIS RECORD IS BAD.
DAMAGING DEVELOPMENTS AGAINST A
rJOHMER BUTLER RESIDENT.
Imprisoned at Cincinnati, Under His Wife's
Name, on a Charge of Embezzlement
A Good' Business Squandered and a
Home Broken Up.
IFPECTAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
.Cincinnati, November 10. Something
Of the life of Henry Staehly, under arrest
on the charge of embezzling $2,500 from the
Union Central Life Insurance Company,
of this city, is coming out Among the
outer circle of his acquaintances, at least,
it has not been known that the woman with
whom he lived at Elmwood and in the city
was other than his'lawful wife; but in cer
tain quarters she has Jfjng been well known.
As is usual in such4iases, she made life a
bnrden to Staehley, and the near neighbors
make no secret of the scenes that occurred at
his house and in the corner saloon nearby.
As a fitting climax, this woman, shortly
after Staehley's arrest, was sent to the work
house for drunkenness aud disorderly con
duct These are only partial returns, and
the past is still to hear from.
Investigation has developed the fact that
Staehley has no right to the name he bears.
An acquaintance who knew him in his
palmy days makes the statement that his
name is Joseph Lopler and that his home-is
in Butler, Pa. There he began his business
career as the riroprietor of" a trunk factory.
He married Miss Lissette Staehley, an es
timable and cultivated ladv. In a few years.
however, his business was squandered andv
nisnome ruined. ills wile assumed ner
maiden name and has since become well
known as a newspaper writer and a con
tributor to the magazines.
Lopler left Pennsylvania and came to
Ohio, adopting the name of his wife, under
which he has since lived. A sister is still
proprietor of three trunk stores in Pittsburg,
while the handsome residence on Eighth
street is yet known as the Lopler mansion.
In addition to these troubles, Lopler is said
to have been involved in some transactions
similar to his escapades iu this city.
BOGUS TICKET CONSPIRACY.
A Pittsburg Railroad Clerk One of Several
Under Arrest.
r6 FECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. V
Columbus, O., November 10. The ar
rest of Charles E. Blaney and John W.
Ranney, leading local ticket brokers, bids
fair to result in startling developments.
They are out on bond, and the hearing is set
for Wednesday. General Passenger Agent
Fisher, of the Columbus, Hocking Valley
and Toledo Railroad, charges them with
putting in circulation bogus tickets.
Tbe most startling part of the proceeding
is the arrest of Charles E. Rose, rate clerk of
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St Louis
Railway, who has been employed in Mr.
Van Duesen's office at Pittsburg since
August last, and who formerly occupied the
position of chief clerk in the passenger de
partment of the Hocking Valley and Toledo
Railroad; also the arrest of Elmer Gibson,
rate clerk of the Hocking Valley.
Rose, it is claimed, has made a full state
ment of the system under which they
operated with the brokers, and will make a
clean breast of the affair at the trial. The
management of the road claims to have been
a loser by the transaction to the extent of
thousands of dollars.
The presence of Rose was secured in Co
lumbus by an arrangement with Mr. Van
Dusen, by which he was sent to Columbus
and taken into custody.
PAINTED HORSE'S STORY.
IT Charges Carver and BofiUlo Bill With
Cruelly Treating the Indians.
New York, November 10. Painted
Horse, one of the Indians of the Red Cloud
agency, who arrived here from Europe on
the steamer Augnsta Victoria, to-day in the
presence of General O'Beirne made a long
statement, in which he charged both Carver
and Buffalo Bill with great cruelty toward
the Indians under their charge. Painted
Horse said he was repeatedly tied up until
ho could endure no further suffering; that
he was fed npon bad meat and other things
wholly unfit for food; that his money was
taken away from him and when he asked its
return he Teceived only $5. He said the
other Indians also were shamefully treated
and were frequently fired upon with both
blank and ball cartridges and badly
wounded.
A copy of Painted Horse's statement will
be prepared and forwarded to the Secretary
of the Interior and to the Indiau Commis
sioners. According to the latest advices
Buffalo Bill's Indians will arrive in Phila
delphia next Thursday.
CRUSHED HIS HEAD TO PIECES.
Terrible Death Met by a Fhlladelphian on
an Elevator.
Philadelphia, November 10. Mr.
Alexander Hexter, senior member of the
firm of Hexter & Brothers, clothing manu
facturers, 423 Market street, met death in a
horrible manner this afternoon at the above
place.
At 2:45 o'clock this, afternoon the unfor
tunate man, who had been working on the
first floor, started to go to the fourth floor on
the elevator, which was partly loaded with
a lot of unfinished clothing. While the ele
vator was passing from the second to the
tmru noor ne stoopea over to speaK to an
employe, and before he could escape his
head was caught between the elevator and
the ceiling. Complete decapitation fol
lowed. NEW RAILROAD CHARTERED.
S. B. Dick, of Mcadville, Made President of
the Erie and Shenango.
Habbisbubo, November 10. A charter
was granted to the Erie and Shenango Rail
road to-day. Its capital is $100,000. It
will be seven miles long, from a junction
with theNew York, Chicago and St Louis
Railroad near Girard, Erie county, to a
junction with the Pittsburg, Shenango and
Lake Erie Railroad near Cramsville.
Samuel B. Dick, of Mcadville, is President.
THE INSANITY PLEA.
It Cannot be Worked Successfully in Behalf
ofBlrchau.
Ottawa, Ont., November 10. No
weight is attached by the officers of the De
partment of Justice to the insanity plea put
forward in Birchall's behalf. A plea that
Blrchall was insane at the time the murder
was committed could.not be entertained, as
that would have been an issue for the jury,
and it was not even advanced by Birchall's
connsel at the time.
NOTHING TO LEVY ON.
Heavy Judgments Against the Dnchess of
Marlborough Returned Unsatisfied.
New Yobk, November 10. The deputy
sheriff has returned unsatisfied the execu
tions on the three judgments, aggregating
over $600,000, which were obtained against
the Duchesj of Marlborough last week. The
Duchess has no property here, and the
income from the estate of her late husband
cannot be levied npon. N
CREW GONE TO A" WATERY GRAVE. -
The Schooner Ocean Wave Capsized and All
on Board are Lost,
Oswego, November 10. The schooner
Ocean Wave, capsized in the lake about 12
miles ont from here. The crew are fennnnnnri
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COMING TO BLAINE.
Republican Leaders Centering on tho
Man From Maine for 1892.
DEMOCRATS LEAN TO CLEYELAND.
The Candidates of 1SS4 May be Opposed
to Each Other Again.
HILLS LIKELI TO BE TAB SPEAKER
tntOM A STAFF COBRESrOXDEIT.l
Washington, November 10. The
gossip of those members of Congress and
politicians who have made their appearance
in the city since the elections turns mostly
on two topics, and these are the Speakership
of the next Honse and the probabilities that
the results of last Tuesday will modify ma
terially the COnrse of thfncr with ttOTavrl fn
the nomination of a Republican candidate
for the Presidency in 1892. It is-plain that
the drift of the Speakership is setting most
steadily in the direction of Roger Q. Mills
as the acknowledged leader of the House
after Mr. Carlisle and as the reputed author
of the Mills tariff bill, which is supposed
very nearly to represent the opinions of the
party on the subject of duties on imports.
Mr. Mills is not by any means an ideal pre
siding officer, and many predict that if he
be elected the House, with its immense
Democratic majority, will be a "bear gar
den," bnt such predictions count for very
little as against tbe argument that the party
should elect its most prominent representa
tive in the House.
CLEVELAND AND MILLS POINTEES.
If the trend of things at this time mean
anything, it means that Mills will be the
next Speaker of the Honse. It is also con
ceded by a great majority of those whose
opinions are supposed to be worth some
thing that the elections have strengthened
the chances of the nomination of Cleveland
by the Democrats for the Presidency, and
for similar reasons to those which have force
in favor of Mills for the Speakership,
namely, because of a popular conviction, or
hallucination, as the case may be, that the
elections were somehow a rebuke to thehigh
tariff people and a vindication of the Cleve
land idea.
But if matters are made clearer in regard
to Mills and Cleveland, according to the
prophets, the reverse is the case in regard to
the Republican nomination for the Presi
dency. If a vote were taken among the
statesmen who are on thegronnd, it is pretty
plain that one view would have a big ma
jority, and that is that Harrison, Reed and
McKinley are out of the race, and that
Blaine is about thconlv man that is in it at
this moment There will be some profound
counseling among the leaders of the party
when they come together in a week or two,
and it is probable that some line of Congres
sional and administrative policy will be
marked out, which will concentrate both the
leaders, and the rank and file in one har
monious direction.
CENTERING ON BLAINE.
It is plain that all directions at this time
focus on the old red brick house on Lafay
ette Park, where the man from Maine sits in
an old-fashioned window and looks into the
public entrance to the White House. The
general expression of opinion may be con
densed into something like this: The party
must have some one around whom to rally
their shattered forces, and this leader must
be some"one not too seriously involved in
ma ueie.il, ui aasi j.uesuay, ana juialne is the
man to whom they must turn in their hour
of distress to lead them ont of the wilder
ness. It is said that even Mr. Harrison
feels now that he made a mistake in not al
lying himself more closely with Mr. Blaine,
and particularly that he missed an opportu
nity when he failed to send his proposed
reciprocity message to Congress.
There is considerable talk, more or Ies3
idle, about the Republicans turning around
now and modifying or repealing the Mc
Kinley bill. Of course they will do no
such thing. But what will be done, unless
jealousies prevent it, will be to try to give
some character to the reciprocity feature.
BELYING ON BECIPEOCITY.
The reciprocity amendment adopted by
Congress was nothing like what Mr. Blaine
wanted; but it is believed that a broad con
struction may be given to it and new
legislation on the subject enacted, if
necessary, and that something may be
accomplished by vigorous and prompt
action in the State Department in the
matter of making treaties which will
broaden our markets on the American
Continent and with Cuba. Many Republi
cans who fully appreciate the meaning of
their defeat, look to Mr. Blaine to do some
thing in this direction to save them, and
are ready to turn the party command over
to him.
It is expected that the stroke attempted at
this session will be to agitate the reciproc
ity question and at the same time to
ventilate to the conntry the true machinery
of the M.cKinley law, the reckless misrepre-
absurdly one-sided results of the elections,
and especially to expose the dishonest and
scandalous action of dealers who take ad
vantage of their customers by putting up
the prices of all kinds of articles and alleg
ing that it is on account of an increase of
tue kuiu iiupuseu uj me JUCivmicv law.
There is no question that the counsels of
Mr. Blaine will have immense weight with
the party in the near future, and it is the
conviction among some of the wisest of the
Republican officials and Congressmen, who
are here, that if these counsels should ap
pear to gather the party together, there is
no power that will prevent the nomination
of James G. Blaine, of Maine, in 1892.
LlOHTNEB.
NEXT THING TO A CERTAINTY.
Illinois Democrats Elkely to Elect Palmer to
the Senate.
Chicago, November 10. An error has
been discovered in footing np the returns of
the Second Senatorial district and it appears
that Kinney, the Democratic candidate for
Representative, was elected instead of Hop
pin, the Republican, as reported
Owing to the fact that- the two parties
have been thought to be a tie in the Legisla
ture this discovery is of considerable im
portance. If the official count verifies the
election of Kinney, the Democrats will have
101 votes in the Assembly and the Republi
cans but 100, thus making the election of
John M. Palmer to the United States Senate
next thing to a certainty.
SWORE THEY WERE BRIBED.
Braden Said to Have Found Men Who Sold
Their Votes.
rSPECIAL TELEOEAK TO THI DISPATCBil
Beaveb Falls, November 10. Walter
S. Bradeu, candidate for Assembly on the
Democratie ticket in this county, who was
beaten by Dick Quay In the late contest by
a majority of 169 votes, is hunting up evi
dence to contest the seat of Quay. He has
already received the affidavits of three New
Brighton men, who swear they were given
money to vote and to work for Quay,
McHolIen and Monroe JFIred.
ISrECIAL TELEOEAK TO TUX DISPATCH. I
Philadelphia, November 10. The
Democratic City Committee met this even
ing snd attended to the cau nt "MnMnllsn
andJtttt&roej.vh.o were cnarged with, ttecbA
INFLATED TO THE BURSTING POINT.
err to Pattison at the recent election, by
expelling them from the committee.
CLEVELANDSVIEW OF IT.
THE EX-PRESIDENT SAYS THE TARIFF
CAUSED THE POLITICAL UPHEAVAL,
And Thinks That the Republicans Who
Voted for Tariff Reform 7 Remain
With the Democratic FaVg, tfi. w the
Conversions Were Made. , t.
SPECIAL TELEGIlAJf TO TUB DISV S?
New Yobk, November 10.-W 2)M-
aent Cleveland was asked to-day fo
pression of opinion as to the causes H.
political upheaval. He said: X !
It must be clear to all thoughtful W -txcuse, the gas companies would reply,
that the popular demand for a reform of A -gat doe3 Iook to gome consumers and th
tariff which the Republican party denieV J ,jst in it stoutlv.that the ras neonl,, hv
was the chief factor in the result Th
people wanted a reduction in the cost of liv
ing and the Republican Cgngress increased
the cost of the necessaries of life. As a
consequence, the people showed their disap
probation bv electing a Congress from which
they may expect relief from their hardens.
The pnblic may be hopdwinked for a time
by false representations, bnt it never fails
to find out the deception and punish the de
ceivers. The campaign for tariff reform
was inaugurated in full reliance on the in
telligence of the American people, and the
results of last Tuesday's election justify this
faith in them.
I believs that this victory for Democracy
is not the result of the passing enthusiasm
among Democrats, or ot factional quarrels
among Republicans. It is, in my opinion,
a deliberate expression ot a conviction
which has been reached after careful
thought During the last two yean the
Tariff Reform League and similar organiza
tions have been sending documents all over
the country. This is a rather slow way to
make conversions. It has not the immedi
ate effect of eloquence on the people; but
when men's minds are convinced by careful
reading and thinking the effects are likelv
to be more enduring than those produced by
a speech.
The tariff reform campaign has been car
ried on by these leagues on this assumption,
and I think that the men who voted for
tariff reform this year will be apt to remain
with onr party on that issue if their faith in
onr party's sincerity continues.
PATTISON'S CABINET.
Ex-Postmaster Harrity Says All Talk is Only
Speculation.
ntrxeiAX. telig:iam to tbx dispatch.!
Philadelphia, November 10. Ex
Postmaster Harrity, who i very close to Governor-elect
Pattison, both personally and
politically, said to-day:
In my opinion all tbe talk at thi3 time about
tbe appointment of a Secretary of tbe Com
monwealth and an Attorney General is mere
speculation and guess work. I do not believe
Governor Pattison will be in a hurry in the
matter. The inauguration will not take place
for two months yet, so that he has plenty of
time to consider the matter, and he is just the
sort of man to give the subject very carefnl
consideration. I do not Snow who will consti
tute his cabinet It would be a little prema
ture to even guess at it I have no appointment
or engagement with Governor Pattison or Mr.
Henselto meet them, or either of them, at
any time.
The sub-Committee on Frauds of the Lin
coln Independent Republican Committee
held an all-day session to-day and received
a large amount of testimony in relation to
election frauds. More com Dlaints were en
tered and many warrants issued, bnt up to
a late honr to-night no additional arrests
were made, although a wholesale raid may
be expected to-morrow.
PLALANX OP FARMERS.
Meeting of tho Kentucky Alliance Billed
for To-Day.
Lexington, Ky., November 10. The
State Convention of the Farmers' Alliance
for Kentucky is to convene in this city to
morrow. Hundreds of delegates and visitors
have arrived. A pnblic reception will be
given to-morrow at the Opera House, the
welcoming address to be delivered by ex
State Senator Mitchell C. Alford.
The organization claims a membership of
100,000 in Kentucky, and it is nnderstood
proposes to take a hand in the settlement of
political questions hereafter. It is claimed
that this organization is cohesive enough to
be permanent
ITKINLEY OFF FOR CHICAGO.
Many Invitations to the Major to Speak in
the East,
JgPECIAL TXLIOKAM TO THE DUrATCH.l
Canton, November 10. Congressman
McKinley and wife left to-night for Chi
cago, where for a short time they will be
the gnests of friends. The Major has had a
nnmber of invitations to make addresses in
the East, among them being a pressing call
to talk to the members on the opening of
the Union Leagne Club in their new quar
ters in Brooklyn. He has been obliged to
decline all of these on account of other en
gagements. SDX SEAMEN LOST.
Men Harpoon a Whale and Are Believed to
Have Been Dragged to Their Death.
San Fbancisco, November 10. The
loss of six men from the whaler, Charles W.
Morgan, which arrived Satnrdsy from Ok
hotsk Sea Is jnst made pnblic. The men
left tbe vessel in a small boat September 1
in pursuit of a whale. The whale was suc
cessfully harpooned and started off at a
rapid rate, towing after him the boat which
contained Second Mate H. A. Martin and
five seamen. Another boat had been
launched, but the party failed to catch np
with the first one, and a fog setting in, they
returned to the vessel.
Nothing was ever found of the boat con
taining the second mate and men. It is be
lieved the whale smashed the boat, killing
the occupants. The whaler Narwhal, from
Fox Island, reports six men washed from
the decks during a gale, bnt two of the men
were fortunately thrown back alive by a re
turn wave.
CAMPBELL SERIOUSLY Hi.
Typhoid Pneumonia Threatens the Buckeye
Governor.
Columbus,. November 10. Governor
Campbell is so seriously ill that visitors
have been forbidden. He is threatened
with typhoid pneumonia, and it is donbtfnl
it-he will sufficiently recover to attend the
Jhunaan bswqueflhurfldaj (Tening,
GAS GETT1 PLENTY,
How the Secretary of the Peo
ple's Company Explains the
Present Supply.
MORE WELLS BROUGHT IN.
He Denies That a Scare Was Created
to Advance Fuel Rates.
MR. M'GIKLET SATS THERE IS GAS,
Bat He Claims It is Wasted in Toor Pad
dling Furnaces.
$12,000 A DAT FK0M MILL AIE5 CDT OFF
There is plenty of natural gas. If it is not
on the earth, with its blue flames playing at
your hearthstone, it is in it, but the problem
is to get at the fuel in sufficient quantities.
Apparently there was enough gas yester
day, and Monday is usually the great test
day, with all the boilers and 25,000 laundry
fires resuming operation at the beginning of
tne week, the gas supply was large enough.
Kat it was . warm da and thi. . 2n
.en working a gouge game to scare the
people and put up prices. "Why," they
ask, "was the gas scarce a week ago, but
since the rates have advanced there is a
sufficiency?"
To answer this question was the task of a
Dispatch reporter yesterday.
the change op one week.
"How do you account for your supply to
day, when there were complaints a week
ago?" was asked of Secretary and Treasurer
Theodore Johnson, of the People's company,
yesterday.
"I do not come in contact with the people
very much, and lam not sure that there
have been no complaints, but onr present
supply can easily be accounted for. An
additional well has been brought iu since
the scarcity, and it was turned on at once.
The men at Murraysville expected to bring
in another well on Saturday, but I have not
heard from them. If that well was finished
its gas also has been turned on. The wells
in the Jlurraysville region are not nearly as
strong as they used to be, but every one
counts. The big pump which we referred
to a week ago has not yet been completed.
The had weather interfered greatly with
the work, and anyone who knows anything
about it will tell you that 40 men in the
mud won't accomplish more than 10 men in
dry weather. The same thing is true of the
Philadelphia Company.
A SUPPLTC TOE YEAES TO COIIE.
"I think there will be a supply of gas for
years to come, but new fields must be devel
oped and it takes money to do this. We
are drilling' weilj all the time.'
"It was claimed by some that the gas was
turned off to squeeze the consumer. Is that
true?"
"No, it is not true. The People's Com
pany never turned off its gas for the purposa
of advancing prices. We don't do business
that way. We felt that we were not getting
enough for our product to pay us, and we
put up the price, as any other business
man would. The companies have been sell
ing gas too cheaply. In fact, at first they
almost gave it away. The people thought
the rate was high when it was made 10 cents
a thousand feet, and they now think it is
very costly at 15 cents, bnt it is the best that
can he done. Consumers in Buffalo have
been paying 25 cents, and were glad to get
gas at that price.
"The reports that have gone out about the
supply of gas failing have lowered gas
stocks and very much injured the city. The
companies do not suffer, but the individual
stockholder is the loser, and he feels sore.
There is gas, but it must be bored for."
At tbe cashier's desk of the company
where most of the kicks are made, it was
stated that the supply was not up to what
they would like to sec it, but the prospects
for a good, steady pressure were better, and
the people were more contented.
ONE MAN WHO IS POSTED.
There is probably not another man in
Pittsburg better posted on the gas situation
than John R. McGinley, until recently Sec
retary of the Philadelphia Company, and
now one of tbe directors. "Oh, I have
wrestled with this gas problem," he said.
"I know all about the difficulties, and
helped to organize the business. I am
practically out ot it now, but I was with it
from the beginning. It is ridiculous to say
the gas is playing out. Wells do
case flowing finally, but there is
plenty of the fluid left I heard men
predict 20 years ago that petroleum couldn't
last much longer, but there is plenty of oil
produced these days, as new fields are de
veloped, and it is found, too, in places that
we never dreamed held such a pan of gold.
In tbe same manner new strikes of gas can
be made. The statement of the Phila
delphia Company, recently made, shows
where a large percentage of the profits go.
The companies are at a big exDense to build
and maintain pipe lines, buy np new terri
tory and drill additional wells. If all they
had to do, as some people imagine, was to
pay a clerical force, what enormonr rewards
wonld be reaped, but the contrary is true.
too much tbust in luck.
"I blame the company for one thing. It
should have notified the mill owners last
August that it intended to withdraw the gas,
and then they could have had time to pre-
are for coal, and all this howl could have
een avoided, but it trusted to luck, and
when the test came the supply was not suf
ficient "You newspaper men ought to climb a
high pole and look over this city to see how
rapidly it has grown in the last few years.
The development has been marvelous, and
thonsands of new houses have been added to
the Philadelphia Company's lines. If the
manufacturers will agree to pay for their gas
at meter rates, as other consumers, the com
pany will supply them. One man's
trade is as good as another's, but I nndcr
stand that the iron men couldn't afford to
pay such a price for melting their iron, and
they would frankly tell you so.
"The puddling furnaces are what consume
the gas. They are not properly constructed,
and the average furnace will consume from
35,000 to 55,000 feet to do the same work
that a specially adapted furnace at Mr.
Carnegie's Braddock works will accomplish
with only 13,000 feet Now, here is a
mighty saving alone.
one warning in time.
"I remember three vears ago, when I was
making contracts with ironmen, I pointed
ont to tbem that if their furnaces were
changed, and checker work.to introduce hot
and cold air was used, a great waste of gas
cquld be overcome; but at that time most
manufacturers felt that the ordinary cud
dling furnace would soon be ont of date.
Why, Mr. Carnegie told me then that they
were usinir and making soft steel, and in
short fiat Jig expected the. pndillBjai
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