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FORTY-FIFTH YEAH.
PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1890.
THREE CENTS.
IJtftstmra
LAST DAI ON EARTH.
J. Reginald Birchall, the Noted
Adventurer Who Made
a Business of
LURING BRITONS TO DEATH,
Will Expiate His Remarkable Crimes
Upon the Grim Scaffold at
Dawn To-liorrow.
ABSOLUTELY NO HOPE OF ESCAPE.
Canadian Justice is Swift and Sure, and
' Every Precaution is Now Being
laken to Prevent the
PRISONER ANTICIPATING THE NOOSE.
The Ccidenied Mia Muatina in Indifferent Dtmeisor
let His Young and Uafortimite Wife
u Prostrated.
TOESPRIAD INTEREST IN THE END OF THE CASE
srECIAL TELEQBAM TO TBI DISPATCII.I
AVoodstock, Ont., November 12. J.
Reginald Birchall, who on February 17, led
Federick Cornwallis Benwell off to the
lonely Benbeim swamp, and there foully
murdered him, is preparing to meet his
death with as much calmness as though he
were making arrangements to go on a mere
earthly journey. To-day he has busied
himself with finishing up his farewell cor
respondence, lie began this dismal task
yesterday, and labored at it as there was
light This morning he resumed it, and by
noon it was all completed.
So far as he could remember he bad bid
den adieu to all the people he wished to say
a Darting word to. The letters made a con
siderable bundle, and he sent them to his
wife, who will post them. Most of them
are addressed to friends in England, though
be has written brief notes of thanks to Mr.
Blackstock, Mr. McKay and the other law
yers who attended him.
No Symptoms of Weakness Yet
Daring all tnis cheerless task he was
brave and never showed signs of breaking
down, nor did he betray any symptoms of
weakness when he set about his next occu
pation, which was, it possible, more trying
than the letter writing. This was breaking
up the little home in jail where he has
lived so long and which he has decorated
and made almost cheerful with pictures,
sketches and little odds and ends.
He took all of them down and made a
general honsecleaning. The books and the
sketches he had made himself, together
with some of the litle scraps of bric-a-brac
he had gathered, he packed away in his
trunk. Then he took all his clothing, save
the suit he was wearing and a change of
linen for the fatal morning, and folded it
carefully up and put it with the other
'things in his trunk.
j A Reminder of the ratal Voyage.
The trunk, which is a fiat one of English
make and which still bears the label of the
steamer Britannic, wnich was put on it in
February last, when he and his unhappy
wife, together with Pilley and Benwell,
made their voyage from Liverpool to New
York, was then carried bv two of the jail at
tendants down the spiral staircase and de
posited on the stone floor of the jail rotunda.
Later in the day it was taken to the Com
mercial Hotel and delivered over to Mrs.
AVet Jones, Mrs. Birchall's sister.
The fact of its arrival was strictly kept
from Mrs. Birchall. Every one of the last
crowding events which suggest the nearness
of the end is a new agony to the poor half
distracted woman.
As far as Birchall is concerned, he is in
complete readiness. If called upon he
would be as thoroughly prepared to go to
the scaffold now as he will be on Friday
morning.
A Host of Curious Speculations.
"What dread there is in his soul, what in
ward quaking he has as he contemplates the
terrible ordeal before him, he alone knows.
Not by one word or sign or outward mani
festation has he indicated that he looked
forward to the terrible ordeal before him
with an thing save perfectly cheerful philos
ophy. Even in the heart-breaking last inter
views he has had with his sorrow-crushed
wife. Ins tyes have never moistened, nor has
a quiver come to his lips or a falter in his
voice. His attendants say that at times
within the past two days he has had mo
ments when he seemed lost in serious reverie,
but at a word he would rouse out of it and
talk in his usual half-flippant way.
Will he break down at the end? "Will he
protest his innocence to the end? He now
says he has accomplices, will he give their
names at the last moment? These are the
great questions; about them centers the real
interest in the execution.
Final Inten icw "With His Wife.
Mrs. Birchall to-night had her final pri
vate interview witli her husband. The
time fixed for it was last night, but she had
barely begun to talt with him when Mr.
Wade, rector of old St. Paul's Church here,
whols Birchall's spiritual adviser, arrived
and the interview was broken up. In con
sideration of tnis interruption it was de
cided to give Mrs. Birchall another oppor
tunity to-night.
Last night the stern rules which have
heretofore demanded the presence of a third
party at all interviews with Mrs. Birchall
were so far relaxed that the third party
stood apart and out of ear shot It was in
sisted, though, that the condemned man and
his wife should not approach nearer than
three feet of each other.
To-day even this privilege was with
drawn. The governor of the jail, kind
hearted Mr. Cameron, called on Mrs.
Birchall at her hotel this afternoon to tell
her thit be had received orders that the old
rule ninst be enforced, so to-night a keeper
stood between the husband and wife while
they said thefr farewell words.
The Authorities Fear a Suicide,
The fear that Birchall would make away
with himself in some way and that his wife
would furnish him the means to do it is the
cause of all this. The anxiety on this score
on the part of Sheriff Perry has amounted
to a sort of panic, and has caused many
precautions which are abuurd and some
which seem almost heartless. The fear,
however, was by no means a groundless one
though it was not necessary to go to all the
lengths that have been gone to, to prevent
any such event taking place.
Mrs. Birchall keeps her room rigidly ex
cept when she goes to the jail. All her
meals are served in her room, and her sister,
Mrs. West Jones, is constantly with her.
To-day Mr. Arthur Lutham, now of Mon
treal, but formerly a schoolmate of Birch
all's, came here. With him was Mrs. In
gallis, of Montreal, who has taken a deep
interest in poor Mrs. Birchall. Mr.
Lutham and Mrs. Ingallis went to the jail
this afternoon and carried Birchall some
flowers. They did not see him, of course.
Nobody sees him except his wife, Mr. Wade
and the jail attendants.
Bad News for the Prisoner.
Birchall received a number of letters dur
ing the day. The majority were from
cranks, but one from England brought him
the news that his brother and his half
brother were dangerously ill. He betrayed
a good deal of emotion over this.
The scaffold Is not yet erected, but will be
put in position to-morrow. It will be in the
northeast corner of the jail yard, and
Birchall from his cell must certainly hear
the sound of putting it together.
In the town here nothing else but the exe
cution is talked of, and it so absorbs all
interest as to noticeably affect business, as
was the case during the trial. The hotels
are already filling up and there will be an
enormous crowd here in the morning.
DELAMATER'S AMBITION.
HE WOULD BE WILLING TO DON THE
SENATORIAL TOGA.
Cameron's Seat Belieel to be Endangered
by the Aspiring Crawford Politician
AYhen Questioned lie Refuses to Affirm
or Deny the Story.
ISPECIAL TELBGBAX 10 THE DIBPATCH.I
Philadelphia, November 12. Sena
tor George Wallace Delamater visited Phil
adelphia to-day for the first time since the
election, and with his appearance here there
came a well defined feeling that he would
be a candidate for United States Sena
tor to succeed J. Donald Cameron. Early
in the evening the Senator called on a num
ber of his friends and enjoyed a short time
at the theater. He returned to the Lafay
ette Hotel, where he Is stopping, and there
met his friends, Cadwallader, Kiddle, Cald
well K. Biddle and Lin Hartranft, son o!
the late General Hartranft.
The Senator was looking unusually well,
considering the long campaign from which
he has just emerged. Speaking of the re
cent contest he said: "I made my fight and
at is over. As to the result I have nothing
to say. Ijiave no future-fights to make. I
am very glad it is over, for I now have the
satisfaction of feeling what it is to be a
private citisen. I am feeling unusually
well. I shall go to Washington to-morrow,
and from there will return to Meadville and
devote my attention to my business."
The Senator was then questioned as to his
candidacy for the United States Senate.
With some hesitation he replied: "I am
not a candidate for anything." He was
next asked: "Will you be a candidate for
tl.e .place when the-time arrives for the
Legislature to meet?"
'II will say to you that I am not a candi
date at present for any office." he replied.
"Do you think that you will be a candi
date?" he was next asked.
"I do not care to discuss it I do not
care to talk about it."
"Should the Legislature nominate you
would you decline the place?"
"I do not care to say. In fact, I do not
care to talk about that in any way."
The subject was then dropped and the
Senator in a social waydiscussed pleasantly
many of the incidents of the recent cam
paign. He was in a particularly good
humor, and acted as a man who had
just been relieved of a great bur
den and was glad of it. Speaking
of his work during the campaign he said in
reply to questions that he had been actively
on tlie stump for nearly three months. Two
months and a half of that time, he said, he
had not been at his home for over three
hours at a time, and during those three
hours he had spoken at Meadville.
THE THURMAN BANQUET.
Ex-President Cleveland, Senator Brico and
Don 91. Dickinson to Attend.
Columbus, November 12 All the
tickets have been sold, the decorations com
pleted and the caterer ready for the Thur
man anniversary banquet to-morrow even
ing. A few of the guests have arrived, but
they will come in force to-morrow. Senator
elect Brice, accompanied by ex-President
Cleveland and party, will arrive at 7 o'clock
to-morrow morning. Mr. Cleveland, with
Don M. Dickinson, will be entertained at
the Gubernatorial mansion. Governor
Campbell has slightly improved, but his
physician thinks be will not be able to. at
tend the banquet. He has prepared no re
sponse to the toast assigned him on the pro
gramme. The Reception Committee, which is a
large one, has prepared a detailed pro
gramme for to-morrow. Distinguished
guests will be met at the Union station and
directed to their quarters. A public recep
tion will be tendered Mr. Cleveland at the
Governor's office in the Capitol to-morrow in
the morning, and a reception for lauies and
gentlemen at the Governor's residence Fri
day from 3 to C P. M.
MARRIED BY SIGNS.
Notable Wedding of Two Deaf and Dumb
Teople Amid Profound Silence.
JEPECIAL TBLEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
New Yoke, November 12. A marriage
took place this afternoon at St. Charles Bor
romeo's Church in Sidney Place, Brooklyn,
between Lizzie S. Kernan, the 18-year-old
daughter of Mrs. T. J. Kernan, and John
W. Lyons, each of whom is deaf and dumb.
Several hundred persons witnessed the cere
mony, many of them being deaf and dumb.
The Rev. Father Ward, the rector of the
church, who understands the deaf and dumb
language, officiated. The bride is a pretty
and petite blonde.
Father Ward conducted the services in
the usual manner, with the exception that
the bride and groom nodded their assent to
the accustomed questions, after reading to
them lrom the prayer book, which Father
Ward held before .them. At the close,
Father AVard bade them godspeed in their
matrimonial journey in the sign language.
When the bridal party reached the vestibule
on their exit from the church, the bride and
bridegroom halted and for several minutes
received the congratulations of friends.
Episcopal Church Congress.
Philadelphia, November 12. The
second day's session of tbe Thirteenth
Church Congress of tbe Protestant Episco
pal Church was opened this morning by the
lit Rev. Bishop Whltaker in Association
Hall. After a brief opening sermon, the
topic or the day, "Practical Co-operation
With Other Christian Bodies in Beioue
Work," was taken up.
ROMANCE AND REALITY.
WONDERFUL MATRIMONIAL RECORD OF
A TAVERN KEEPER'S DAUGHTER.
Six Husbands at the Age of 35-Twice a
Widow Before She Was 18, She Wed
Her Old Love, Who Dies in a Year.
ISrECIAL TELEQBAJC TO TUB DIsrATCO.1
Bbadfobd. Pa., November 10. Ten
years ago the little tavern at Emerson'
Mills, in the Pine ran lumber region, was
kept by a noted character, Elias Benton.
He had a very pretty daughter named
Betty. Her mother was dead and she looked
after the household affairs of the tavern.
She was lG-years old, and Edward Shott, a
bark contractor, young and well-to-do, was
in love with her and wanted to marry her.
Betty wanted to marry young Shott, but her
father had other plans, and she was com
pelled to obey him.
He chose for her husband a man three
times her age, who owned a large pine tract
in the neighborhood, a valuable property,
that Landlord Benton was anxions to pos
sess. He compelled his 16-year-old daugh
ter to marry thisman, Aulds, by name. He
only lived six months, and left his .young
widow the pine land, which her father sold
and appropriated the proceeds to his own
use. Young Shott had in the meantime
closed all his contracts and gone away.
One year after the death of her husband
young Mrs. Aulds married, to suit her
father, John Grover, a sawyer. He was
killed in his employer's mills one month
later. The landlord's daughter was now twice
a widow, although she was not et 18 years
old. Two months after her second hus
band's death Edward Shott returned to Em
erson's Mills, and on her eighteenth birth
day young Widow Grover, who had grown
defiant of her father, married her old-time
love. The con pie lived happily for a year,
and one child was born. The child was not
2 weeks old when the father was crushed to
death by a falling tree in the woods.
Widowed now for the third time, the
landlord's daughter mourned her third hus
band sincerely for two years. Then her
lather died. At the age of 21 she made
what was regarded as a most fortunate mar
riage, her fourth husband being Elmer
James, a young Warren county lawyer.
James turned to drink,and she had no diffi
culty in obtaining a divorce, which was
granted four months after she became Mr.
James.
She remained a widow until she was 23,
when she married George Rhone, a widower
of SO. He was a prominent man in the
locality. Before they were married a year
Rhone died with smallpox. His young
wife nursed him all through the course ot
tbe dreadful disease, escaping without
taking it herself. Rhone left his widow
510,000 in cash. She was then not yet 24
vearsold. Not long after her last husband's
death she took her child and went to Ohio,
where she had relatives living. This was
one year ago. Last Tuesday she wrote to a
friend in this city that she was to be married
the next day in Covington, Ely., to a young
man named Charles Green, a Blue Grass
farmer.
MORE BATFIELD-M'COY TRAGEDIES.
The Two Gangs Continue the Task of Ex
terminating Each Other.
rsrrciAt. telsobah to tub dispatch.
Chableston, November 12. Bud Mc
Coy was recently waylaid by William Dyer
and Pres. McCoyon at Peters creek, Pike
county, Ky., while on his way to the house
of John Goslin, and killed. The victim
spoke pleasantly to the two men and passed
them, when they turned in their saddles and
shot him through the back, firing several
shots into his dead body after he had fallen
from his horse.
The murder stirred up -a tremendous ex;
citement among the McCoys and Hatfields,
and a posse started at once after the murder
ers, who fled through the southwest corner
of West "Virginia into Kentucky. News
was received to-day that the posse came up
with the fugitives in Buchanan county, Va.,
Monday. Pres McCoy was shot and cap
tured, but Dyer escaped after a running
fight with a portion of the posse in pursuit
ot him. They are after him and he will
probably be killed.
REFUSED ADMITTANCE.
Discourtesy to a Feminine Factory Inspector
Leads to an Arrest.
rSPKCIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATOU.1
Albany, November 12. The first act of
discourtesy to one of the feminine deputy
factory inspectors was reported at the office
of the Factory Inspector here to-day. It oc
curred at Amsterdam, where Deputy In
spector Bertha L. Aschoff, was relused ad
mittance to the factory of the Inman Manu
facturing Company. Miss Aschoff at once
swore out a warrant, and Horace Inman,
President of the company, soon found him
self under arrest Theretusal of Inman to
recognize Miss Aschoff s authority is due to
the fact that in 1887 she was an officer of a
Knight of Labor organization in Amster
dam and an active participant in tbe lock
out and strike which paralyzed the indus
tries of that place. Miss Aschoff was placed
upon the manufacturers' blacklist at that
time, and was unable to secure employment
at any of the mills.
FRIENDS OF THE SABBATH.
Saturday Hair Holiday a Christian Conces
sion to Worklngmen.
Chicago, November 12. A mass meet
ing of the Sixth district of the American
Sabbath Union embracing Illinois, Indiana,
Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
was held this morning.
Resolutions were adopted, insisting that
the World's Fair should not be opened on
Sunday, and urging on the Government the
stoppage of all mail trains on Sundays. A
Saturday half-holiday was urged upon all
employers as a Christian concession to work
ingmen. To-night the proceedings closed
with a notable address by Rev. Herrick
Johnson in favor of keeping the World's
Fair closed on Sundays.
DELAWARE HOUSE BURNERS
Have Already Destroyed Four Barns of the
Dupont Family.
Wilmington, Del., November 12.
Another Dupont barn, tbe fourth within a
year, was burned by incendiaries this morn
ing. By these four fires the Duponts have
lost 42 head of valuable horses and cattle,
and over $40,000 in other property.
A reward of $3,000 for the discovery of the
incendiaries has been standing for months.
Matches were found about some of the pow
der mills one morning last summer, presum
ably placed there by the same vindictive
hands.
AN ALLIANCE PREDICAMENT.
A Jndgo Elect Who Never Studied Law Will
he Sent to School.
Kansas City, November 12. J. A. Mc
Kay, the Farmers' Alliance candidate who
was elected Judge of the Judicial district
composed of Barber and Commanche coun
ties, Kansas, never studied law, never was
admitted to the bar and never was in a court
in any official capacity.
His Alliance will send him to Ann Arbor
to study law lor 60 days and prepare himself
for the bench.
Chicago Gamblers Indicted.
Chicago, November 12. In accordance
with tbe instructions of Judge Tuley, issued
yesterday, the grand jury at once went to
work on the subject of gambling in this
city, and to-day it returned 30 indictments
against members of the fraternity.
AH IMPROVED TONE.
financial Condition of Things
Changed For the Better.
WALL STREET IS BRACING UP.
Jay Gould Technically Denies flavin? Ob
tained the Control j
OP THE UNION PACIFIC BAILR0AD
(SPECIAL TEXrORAM TO THB DISPATCn.l
New York, November lit The scene
on the Stock Exchange to-day .was like old
times. From the first moment to the last
the heavy liquidations on account of the
suspensions of Tuesday and ihe fact that
sturdy brokers stood ready to accept all
offers, tended to greatly inspire the situation.
The galleries were thronged with visitors,
many of them ladles, in all shape and con
ditions of new bonnets and line wraps. It
may not be uninteresting to say that some of
these ladies had a personal interest
in the enlivened situation. Through all
the racket and hubbub, it wsa plain to be
seen that the condition of things was very
much improved. The action ot the banks
in standing shoulder to shotdder and the
announcement that all banks that needed
assistance could have it, was in itself a guar
antee of a brighter market.
Even when it was announced lhat the
firm of J. C. Walc6tt & Co., 112 Pine street,
could not go on any longr, there was
scarcely a ripple to the steadily advancing
marKet
DOUBTS A3 TO US "WISDOM.
This new suspension was scarcely antici
pated like the others of the day betore, and
on investigation, there is grave doubt as to
the wisdom of it Mr. Walcott has been a
member of the Exchange since November
5, 1869, and the firm under lhich he does
business "was organized December 31,
1888. Probably one reason that
the street was slow in getting
at the real condition of the Nfcrth American
Company to-day was that it devoted its en
ergies to finding out whether the entire list,
with the exception of North American, was
buoyant It was currently reported that Jay
Gould, in pursuance of a plan for improving
the condition of the Western railroad situa
tion, had secured control of the Union
Pacific Railway. The report was published
in a morning newspaper, but the
statements were so loosely made that Gould
was able early in the day to make
a technical denial. There is excellent
authority for the statement that Gould has
bought a large amount of Union Pacific
stock during the last few days. So has Mr.
Sage, but other capitalists have bought, too,
and their holdings, together with those re
cently acquired by Gould and his
associates, will enable them to dictate the
-policy of the company. A partial change
in the management of the Union Pacific
Company is impending in consequence of
the change in tbe ownership of the
stock. It is probable that the di
rectories of other of the Western roads
will in time undergo changes in conse
quence of the shifting of ownership, which
has taken place in the stock market re
cently. new plans in pbospect.
It is stated by those in a position to know,
that the new owners ot the Union Pacific
Company will not abrogate the alliance
between that company and the Chicago and
Northwestern. On the contrary, they say
it will be strengthened ty what is
taking place. - It is .understood that'tbat
alliance will be modifie i, so that it will
not be- obnoxious or objectionable to the
competitors of the Northwestern, and that
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Com
piny will be brought into close relations
with the Union Pacific. Gould was disin
clined to talk about the matter to-day, but
Chairman George C. Magoun, of the Atchi
son Company, said:
"All the Southern lines have agreed to
strengthen rates, and efforts are being made
to join all the lines west of Chicago,
including the Southwestern, North
western and all Transcontinental lines
upon a like basis, viz: A small general
committee to control rates and introduce tbe
many economies expected to result from
joint or common agents at competitive
points."
Another banker interested in the matter
said that the result of the efforts will be an
increase of about 2 mills per ton per mile in
rates, which will give the companies as lair
a profit as they can expect.
SAN ANTONIO IN FAY0R.
A Government Gun Factory Likely to he
Located There.
rtPECIAI. TELEORAM TO TUB DISPATCH.1
Galveston, November 12. The United
States inspectors appointed to fix upon a
location for a Government gun manufac
tory, arrived in San Antonio to-day and
were received by General Stanley and the
Board of Trade. A plat of SO acres of
ground within a short distance of the con
junction of the Southern Pacific and the In
ternational Railroad was tendered free,
provided work was commenced within a
year. The committee had no power to fix
upon a place, but their report, it is sup
posed, will favor San Antonio. They
started this morning lor Louisiana and Ala
bama. CHOLERA IN C0REA.
A Large Number of Deaths From tjie Disease
in the Island.
Washington, November 12. A letter
from Corea, received through the Depart
ment of State by the Marine Hospital
Bureau, states that the Japanese Minister
has been informed that up to August 26,
71 Japanese residents in Corea had died of
cholera, the Dumber of Japanese reported as
having contracted the disease being 109.
Tbe disease is reported very virulent in
Vladivostok, Russia. Both soldiers and
the people were suffering from it. At
Fusan the disease had taken a very severe
form, and great alarm existed among the
Coreans. The number of deaths among
Coreans was not known.
LAKE VESSEL BURNED.
The Steam Barge Messenger Destroyed,
but the Crew Saved.
Cheboygan, November 12. The steam
barge Messenger, partly 'laden with cedar,
burned to the water's edge last evening at
her dock: at Rogers City.
The fire was discovered in the hold and
shot up around the engine and boilers, and
soon enveloped tbe whole boat. The lines
were cut and she drifted out five miles into
the lake, where she was last seen burning
fiercely. The crew arrived here on the
Flora this morning. The Messenger was in
sured for 5,000.
IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.
Congressman Abner Taylor Sued on Several
Promissory Notes.
Chicago, November 12. The Inter
national Trust Company began suit in tbe
Circuit Court to-day to recover 512,000 from
Congressman Abner Taylor on promissory
notes given in a business transaction.
Another suit was brought against the
Congressman by the Citizens' National
Bank, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., to re
cover $8,000 on notes.
GASHED TO DEATH.
A Prisoner Commits Suicide on the Eve ot
His Release.
rlPXCIAZ. TEX.BOKAX TO THE DISPATCH.!
New York, November 12. One of the
hall men, Raymond Street Jail, id Brook
lyn this morning discovered blood '.dripping
from the main corridor. It came from the
cell occupied by George Martin,
who was iound dead in his cot with
six stab wounds in the region of
the heart and several gashes on his left
wrist A small penknife, covered with
blood, lay on the floor beside the cot. The
suicide was 52 years old, and had been a
bookkeeper, but bis last occupation was
that of a carpenter. He leit this note be
hind him.
If there is a hell In another world any worse
than tbe one I have been through on this earth
1 II take my chances, and would havelong since
but for tbe hope that if I lived T might in a
measure make amends for the persistent self
sacriHcing devotion of a loving wife. But now
I give up. Geoboe M. Maktin.
Martin had been arrested a couple of
weeks ago for raising 550 by mortgaging
some furniture which did not belong to him.
and his examination was to have taken
place to-day. He would probably have
been discharged, his wife having effected a
compromise with the complainant in the
TO SAVE THEIR NECKS.
The Case of the Nicely Brothers Before the
Board of Pardons.
rSFECIAL TELEQUAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Habbisbubg, November 12. The Board
of Pardons to-day listened to arguments in
the Nicely murder case, covering nearly
eight hours, on an application for a rehear
ing, based on the sworn statement of a man
named Beech, confessing participation in
the mnrder of Herman Umberger and ex
culpating the Nicely brothers, and tbe depo
sitions of several persons, contradicting
important testimony of the Common
wealth witnesses at the trial of the Nicely
brothers.
General Coffroth made the opening speech
and was followed by S. J. McCarrell and
Lyman D. Gilbert, o'f this city, in the in
terest of the prisoners. Mr. Kooser, of
Somerset, opposed interference by the
Pardon Board, and General" Koonts closed
the argument in favor of affirmative action.
The board met in secret session this even
ing to go over the points presented by the
several counsels.
LABOR AND TEMPERANCE.
Delegates From the W. C. T. U. Introduced
to the General Assembly.
Denveb, November 12. In to-day's ses
sion of the General Assembly, Knights
of Labor, a committee was appointed by the
General Master Workman to send fraternal
congratulations to the Patrons of Hus
bandry, now in National Convention at
Atlanta, and to reply to congratulations re
ceived. A delegation from the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union was introduced to the
convention. The President delivered an
able labor address of welcome from a tem
perance standpoint, which was responded to
by General Master Workman Powderly. The
various committees were appointed, and the
Committee on Credentials having in con
sideration the contested delegates, reported
in favor of delegates from Florida and
Massachusetts, who were present, the con
testees not being present.
WHAT CUBA DESIRES.
A Number of Items in a Petition to the
Minister of Colonies.
Havana, November 12. The Chamber
of Commerce, which reassembled on No
vember 5, adopted several resolutions to be
gent as a petition to the Minister of Colonies.
They advocate the postponement of the
reform of the tariff until afterdue considera
tion; the total suppression of export duties,
of those on the loading and unloading of
goods and of those transitorily imposed on
sugars; the repeal of the law governing
mercantile relations withSpain; anendeavor
by means of a special treaty to effect the free
entrance of Cuban tobacco and sugars into
the United States, and on a large scale for
the Cuban alcohol industry and the reform
of the mortgage law.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
The Society Makes Chicago Its Headquarters
During the World's Fair.
Richmond, November 12. The conven
tion of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers met to-day at the Exchange
Hotel.
The Secretary read the report of the com
mittee who attended tbe joint meeting in
Chicago October 12, which recommended the
establishment of headquarters at Chicago,
and also recommended the holding of an in
ternational congress of engineers during the
Exposition, to be in session six days, the
proceedings to be conducted in English. The
report was adopted.
COMMANDER WASHED OVERBOARD.
The Steamer Vancouver Experiences a
Rough Ocean Voyage.
Fabtheb Point, Quebec, November
12. Captain Lindall, commander and
quartermaster of the steamer Vancouver,
which passed inward this morning from
Liverpool, was washed overboard and
drowned on Friday morning last
The vessel's bridge, chart room and decks
were completely swept of everything. Ex
tremely rough weather was experienced.
METHODIST MISSIONARY WORK.
The General Committee of the Society Holds
Its Seventy-Second Annual Meeting.
Boston, November 12. The seventy
second annual meeting of the General Mis
sionary Committee of the Missionary Soci
ety of the -Methodist Episcopal Chureh was
convened in this city to-day.
The meeting was called to order at 10 A.
M. by Bishop Bowman, of St. Louis. The
deliberations dealt principally with finan
cial matters.
THE PHONOaRAFHIN SCIENCE.
J. Walter Fewkes Would Use It to Study
TnHlnTi Languages.
Boston, November 12. The proceedings
of the .National Academy of Sciences to
day began with an executive meeting of the
Council, at which committees were ap
pointed. The public session was opened with the
delivery of an address by J. Walker
Fewkes on the use of the phonograph in
the study of the Indian language.
THE SABBATH QUESTION.
Clirlstian Workers Desire the World's Fair
to bo Closed on Sunday.
Habtfokd, November 12. The last day
of the Christian Workers' Convention was
opened by a morning session at which
Thomas McGregor, of Toledo, spoke on the
"Helping Hand Mission," of that city.
A. resolution was passed petitioning the
World's Fair Commissioners to keep the
Exposition closed on Sunday.
Sunday School Lesson System.
New Haven, November 12. The ses
sions of the Baptist Congress were resumed
at 10 A. m. The theme of the session was
"International and Independent System of
Sunday School Lessons,"
WARDAFTERSTANLEY
He Denies Having Appropriated the
Explorer's Silverware or
ABSTRACTING ANY BRASS RODS,
And Denounces Both These Statements as
Base Falsehoods.
SOME MOEE PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
1BT DtmtAP'S CABLE COMPA3ST.1
London, November 12. The following
statement has been made to a Dunlap re
porter by Herbert Ward:
Before it is too late, and the present exchange
of insinuations between Stanley and the rear
column passes into the stage of judicial in
quiry, I am anxious to be publicly exonerated
from tbe charge preferred against me by Stan
ley of misappropriating myself, or abetting the
misappropriation by others, of a silver tea serv
ice and other personal baggage which bo car
ried into Central Africa. This is not a matter
ol much Interest to the world at large, but to
myself personally it is, I need hardly say. of the
first importance, that 1 should by a plain tale
put Stanley down and warn tbe puDllc.
I never connived at the hiding of any per
sonal baggage with which Stanley burdened
the expedition; I assert that his accusations are
not only groundless, but were made when be
knew them to be so. In the first place, the fol
lowing passage occurs on page 88, vol. I., of his
book, "In Darkest Africa:" 'Jlr." AVard in
formed me that be had discovered my eight
boxes of reserve clothing and expedition neces
saries at Bagala; that be took them to Stanley
Falls, 5u0 miles above Bagala, and then bruught
them down to Banana Point on tbe sea cuast
and left them there. No one knows what be
camo ot them, although diligent inquiry was
made."
DENYING THE IMPLICATION.
This clearly implies some dishonest act on my
part, yet the explanation is very simple. Stan
ley was in possession of my written particulars
about bis baggage before his book was in the
printers' hands, and later on bis baggage ar
rived from Africa, whereupon I received the
following acknowledgment:
"Dear Mr. AVard 1 have been informed by
Gray, Dawes & Co. that my long-lost baggage
has arrived and is at the custom bouse. I
therefore havo not seen it, nor do I know what
tbe boxes contain, or whether they contain
anything at all. I shall let you know later on.
Yours faithfully,
Henry M. Stanley.
After waiting in vain for Stanley to as pub
licly acknowledge the receipt of his property as
he bad its loss, he merely writes me a second
letter on the subject
'Dear Mr. Ward The eight boxes of
baggage, after immense trouble, a few dozen
of letters and repeated delays, have just ar
rived, and are in my bouse at last I regret to
say that everything is in a most ruinous condi
tion. Some pieces of silk exhale such a smell
that tho ladies came near fainting. The reserve
clothing dropped to pieces as we picked them
up. The baggage must have been sank in
water. As we looked at the medicines we
sighed at the thought how valueless they are
now, and how many lives might have been
saved. So far as you are concerned, you are
blameless In tho matter, except in leaving
them at Banana Point, after having taken
them up to Stanley Falls and back again to the
sea. If the whole lot were put up at auction,
the baggage, owing to the silver and porcelain,
would produce perhaps about 5. For all your
trouble I beg you to accept my thanks. 1 onrs
very sincerely, Henry M. Stanley."
HOW THE BOXES MISCABBIED.
When I reached Banana Point on the coast
in May, 1SS9, I bad these eight loads of Stan
ley's carefully packed in a largo case marked
"H. M. 6.," to the care of Gray, Dawes & Co.,
11 Austin Friars, London." This case was to
have been shipped by the Dutch-African Trad
ing Company in the steamship African, which
sailed soon after my departure on board the
Portuguese mail steamer for England. By
some mistake the case was not shipped and has
been kept la the company's store at Banana
Point awaiting further instructions. The
above, I venture to think, may be accepted as
a characteristic sample of the'frivolltles upon
which Stanley has not hesitated to take away
tho character of the men whom be bad selected
as comrades, and as a satisfactory instance of
the willful recklessness with which be makes
accusations which he could not support in a
court of law for a single hour.
Secondly, in Stanley's statement of the 8th
instant he says: "Barttelot alleged that AVard
was in tbe habit of abstracting brass rods from
tbe camp stores. A bill was also sent from Ban
gala station to BarttUot for 3,000 brass rods."
DIDN'T STEAL BBASS BODS.
The allegation that I abstracted bras3 rod3
from the camp stores, from whatever source it
emanates, is a base falsehood. The bill that is
said to have caused Barttelot annoyance was
rendered merely on account of tbe Congo Free
State for the payment of tbe Bangala natives
who accompanied me on the canoo journey
down the Congo.
Tbe story that Troup and I miscarried and
opened a box ot Jameson's is proof of tbe ease
with which the most innocent transaction can
be so distorted as to appear dishonorable. The
box mentioned was an ordinary provision case,
and we opened it to find lard for cooking pur
poses. 1 now learn for tbe first time that on
account or the brass rods and Jameson's box
lccidents, I am said to have been suspended by
Barttelot during my absence.
If they be true. Barttelot took a strange
method of informing me of the suspension, and
K there be any truth in this statement, it is
singular that tbe committee of tbe expedition
should have presented me with a testimonial
of 300. A portion of tbe press appears to have
misunderstood my position .regarding the ill
fated rear gnard. The alleged troubles and
cruellies hapnoned after my departure from
tho rear guard camp. Herbert AVaed.
THE RABELAIS PICTURES.
Two of tho Exhibitors Are Committed for
Trial.
tby dcslap's cable coupAjrr.i
London, Novem&er 12. In the case of
the Rabelais pictures, which was again
called in the Bow Street Police Court, in
pursuance of the prosecution insti
tuted by the Vigilance Association, Mr.
Poland, tor the defendants, tried to show
that the pictures were not on public view,
but were in a private office when seized.
The witness declared this to be a fact, and
before the public was admitted four
of the pictures had been with
drawn. Secretary uooke, or the Vigilance
Association, said that he entered the private
office without a card and the photographs
were offered him for sale, although the at
tendant said he was afraid to sell them here,
bnt they would he forwarded from Paris to
the purchaser.
Thirty-one pictures were seized. Mr.
Vaughn ordered some pictures to be de
stroyed, and expressed the opiniou that the
others should not be exhibited. The de
fendants, Sutton and Scarborough, were
committed for trial.
MRS. JAMESON'S SIDE,
Her Husband AVltnessed an Act of Cannibal
ism, hut Didn't Cause It
rBT DCSLAP'S CABLB COUPAJTT.l
London, November 12. Mrs. Jameson,
the widow of Naturalist Jameson, has made
the following statement for publication:
Referring to the statement made by Mr.
Bonny, appearing last Monday, corroborating
Mr. Stanley's statement of Saturday last as to
the alleged acts of my late husband, I beg to
state that the facts In the' case havo been
grossly distorted. My husband did see an act
of cannibalism, but he did not make the
sketches at the time and he did not give any
handkerchiefs to procure tbe victim of this.
Of this there is authoriutive.attested evidence.
As this incident happened about 500 miles
from Yambuya, it has no bearing whatever
upon the management of the affairs of the rear
column. Yours faithfully,
Ethel Jameson,
Balfour's Health Still Bad.
)BT DDSLAP'B CABLB COMPABT.l
Dublin, November 12. Mr. Balfourhas
left Dublin for the west of England,
whither he has been ordered by his physi
cians. His health has been so shattered
that a complete change and absence of -all
official duties are absolutely necessary.
olvik.lA.inu rr n m a
The Methods Adopted by the X ;3
'orers.
as Related by ThemsetyV
seh.
BRITISH CRUISER WRECKED.
ONLY THREE SURVIVE OUT OF 273 PER.
SONS ON THE SHIP.
During a Heavy Storm the Serpent Strikes
at Rock On the Spanish Coast and Goes
to tho Bottom News Carried Over
Mountains.
By Associated Press-J
London, November 12. The British tor
pedo cruiser Serpent has foundered off the
coast of Spain. The Serpent was a twin
screw vessel of 1, 770 tons and 4,300 horse
power and carried six guns. The Serpent
was lost at a point 20 miles north of Cape
Finisterre. Out of a total of 273 souls on
board only three were saved.
The Serpent went on the rocks during a
storm Monday night A heavy mist pre
vailed at the time of the disaster. Owing to
the violence of the storm it was impossible
to send assistance from the shore. Tremen
dous seas swept the decks of the doomed
vessel, carrying away group after group of
the unfortunate men on board. The news
of the wreck was carried to Corunna, a dis
tance of GO miles, over mountain roads. The
Serpent's complement was 170 officers and
men. The others on board were going out
to relieve men now on ships on the
African station. The bodies of three ladies
were washed ashore.
The Serpent was built after the ideas of
Admiral Cooperkey.whoinsis ted upon an im
mense horse power, which was out of all pro
portion to her displacement. Shecould main
tain a speed of 17 knots an hour. LordBras
sey.in his nazal annual, adversely criticised
the vessel. He said that economy of weight
had been carried to excess in the construc
tion of the ship, that her plating was too thin
and that her amament was overdone. In
a sea way be said her heavy top
weight would he a detriment to
her speed and would unduly strain the hull.
The vessel was 225 feet long, while she had
a draught of only 14J feet. The relatives
of the crew of the Serpent at Plymouth and
the dock yard people there are full of gossip
about the' lost cruiser. It is claimed -that
she was anseaworthy and that she broke
down on all her trial trips. Commander
Ross-is said to have been in tbe habit of
treating his men with undue severity.
W0EKING3 OF KOCH'S CUBE.
Berlin The following particulars are
published of a case of lupus of the face in
Frankfort which Dr. Libbertz has been
treating by Prof. Koch's method. Six
hours after the injection of the lymph, the
temperature of the patient rose to over 104
F., and the pulse to 120. At midnight tbe
fever abated, the sores swelled, the heads of
the lupus ulcers became light yellow and
from them exuded a serous liqnid. After 13
hours scabs began to form. To-day the
patient was free from fever and the ulcers
were covered with scabs similar to those on
a person recovering from an eruptive fever
or from eczema. The doctor intends to in
ject more lymph when the scabs fall. A
medical correspondent of tbe Tageblatt re
ports that in a case of lung disease the
patient complained of pains in the knee,
which were regarded as proof of the tuber
culous nature of the disease, and that an in
jection of lymph was made in the back,
which was followed by considerable swell
ing of the knee joints.
Minister Von Gossler has given 200,000
marks for the erection of a special hospital
for the treatment of consumptives by the
Koch method.
BABON WISSMANN IN AFEICA.
Mabseilles Baron Wissmann.the Ger
man Commissioner to East Africa, starts for
Zanzibar to-night He declares that he does
not intend to renew hostilities with the
natives, but to organize the country and
establish a civilized form of government.
He proposes to create a provincial police
force to maintain order. Among tbe chief
features of his administration will be the im
provement of the harbors and the construc
tion of substantial roads throughout the
German possessions.
babbacks bubned.
LONDON The Wellington barracks of the
guards burned to-day.. The fire originated on
a staircase in the quarters of tbe married
soldiers. The inmates were rescued by means
of ladders. There were in the barracks a
number of children suffering from measles,
who were wrapped in blankets, carried out
and put to bed in another building. Two
children, however, are missing, and it is
feared that they perished.
EMIN BELIEF COMMITTEE.
London A mseting of the Emin Relief
Committee was held to-day. It was de
cided to take no immediate action relative
to the charges and countercharges
made by members of the ex
pedition. It was also decided to leave to
Mrs. Jameson's discretion whether or not
she would publish the letter from her hus
band in relation to the charges -against him.
IMPBOPEB PICTURES CONDEMNED.
London The court has ordered that 21
of the pictures illustrating the works of
Babelais, which were recently seized by the
police at an art gallery in Pall Mall on the
ground that they were improper, be
destroyed. The proprietors of the gallery
were committed for trial.
AGAINST HEBBEW PEBSKCUTION.
London The memorial asking tbe Lord
Mayor to call a meeting to discuss the per
secution of the Hebrews is signed by the
Archbishop of. Canterbury, Cardinal Man
ning, four Dukes, many members of the
House of Lords and House of Commons and
a large number of college professors.
GBEAT LOS3 OF LIFE.
Vienna The bodies of 30 of the persons
who lost their lives by the capsizing of a
ferry boat in the River Waag, near Bisze
tritz, yesterday, have been recovered.
HOSPITAL FOB CONSUMPTIVES. f
Beblin Prof. Koch will found a hoi-
ital for the treatment of consumptives by
is method ,
FOE HER BOY'S SAKE
A Devoted Mother Allows a Surgeon'
to Cut Skin Prom Her Arm
TO RE1I0VE A FACIAL BIRTH1IARK,
New Application of Grafting at the South'
side Hospital,
THE OPERATIONS TEKI SUCCESSFUL
A series of operations have been per
formed at the Sonthside Hospital, during
the past two weeks, which are alike of in
terest to the medical and surgical profession
and tbe general public, and which proves
the depths of a mother's devotion.
Louis Westman, 13 years old, has had the
traces of a large and peculiar birthmark on
his forehead removed. This feat was ac
complished by a system of grafting skin.
Forty-two pieces of skin were taken from
his mother's arm and transferred to the fore
head of the boy. The operations have been
very successful. The new white skin on the
forehead is growing nicely, and the effects
of both the birthmark and operations are
fast disappearing.
It has long been thought by the general
public an impossibility to remove a birth
mark and relieve the distress of its wearer;
but science has at last found a way to compass
Nature's effects. The nethod is not a new
discovery in entirety; it is nut the applica
tion of a new principle in surgery. That
principle is the grafting of skin from the
body of a person or animal to the affected
portion of a body of a person.
applying a new pbinciple.
Skin grafting has been employed for soma
time in tbe case of wounds or sores that did
not heal over and it was decided that it
would work just as well with birth marks.
The boy operated upon bad a large blackish
blotch upon his forehead, extending from
the nose to the ear. The surface was rough
and gave the mark an unsightly appear
ance. A number of medical men were interested
in the case by the fond mother, and last
Tuesday the boy was taken to the Sonthside
Hospital as a private patient, where he
could have the proper treatment Dr. John
Milton Duff did the work. A number of
other prominent doctors, among them Drs.
MiQuiston and Ginner were present
It was proposed to use the skin of either
a frog or a dog, but the mother strenuously
objected to having any frog or dog's skin on
her boy's forehead. As a last resort, Mrs.
AVestman bared her arm and allowed pieces
of her own skin to be removed and trans
ferred to the forehead of her boy. That por
tion of the skin surface of the boy's fore
head affected by tbe birthmark was made
like raw beef, the skin being entirely de
stroyed. TRANSFERRING THE SKIN.
The doctor then, with a needle, raised a
little skin on the woman's arm, and, with ft
sharp, knife-like instrument, removed it
But a very small portion, little larger than
a pin head, was put on the raw place at
once.
Six grafts were made the first time, hut
the boy rnbbed the bandages and dislo
cated the grafts, and consequently
destroyed their effect The last
time 36 pieces of skin were grafted on the
forehead, in as many distinct portions.
These little pieces, coming from the body
fresh and lull of vitality, and being applied
to-a perfectly healthy suriace, where there
was good circulation, began to grow again
as though they were parts of the
body. The little pieces of skin
grew out in all directions until they
met and made a complete surface.
There are several ways of grafting, bnt they
are all done on the same principle.
It has now been over two weeks since the
grafting was donend the operations are re
ported to have been very successful. The
mother is overjoyed and the boy, who is a
bright little fellow, is as happy as the meta
phorical clam.
AN OBDURATE MAYOR.
He Refuses to Admit Ann Arbor Students
to Bait
SPECIAL TELKOBAX TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Ann Arbob, Mich., November 12. The
city of Ann Arbor was never so much dis
turbed as it is at tbe present time, owing to
the action of Mayor Manly in last night's
students' row. In the name of the law
the Mayor ordered them to disperse,
and they did not budge. Then he
read the riot act and called on all good citi
zen's to help suppress the riot. Then he
gave the boys five minutes to go. but before
they went be ordered the arrest of five
students and one town boy.
The boys dispersed, but, 33 was the cus
tom, got bail and asked that their fellows be
released. For tbe first time in tbe
history of 'he college Mayor Manly
refused to release the boys and they stayed
in jail over night The town is all'torn up.
Many of the professors side with the boys,
and not a few of the citizens say Manly went
too far.
HURRICANE AT SEA.
A Town Wrecked and a Steamship Dsnvi
aged by the AA'lnd.
New Orleans, November 12. The
steamship Gussie, of the Morgan line, Cap
tain James Brown, from Bluefields eight
days overdue, arrived in port at 1:40 p. m.,
to-daY. She reported having sailed from
Bluefields at 4:30 P. M., October 30, and
encountered heavy weather, which finally
culminated into a hurricane at 1 P. M. on
the 31st, it being at its height at 8 P. M. on
that day. The steamer was driven asbors
over the Cape Gracious bar on the land side
in five feet of water. She pounded but lit
tle and lay so that she did not labor much.
She threw overboard ber cargo of bananas
and rubber, but remained aground six days
and 12 hours before floating, sailing lrom
Cape Gracious at 4 P. M. on the 7th inst
During the hurricane tbe wind reached a
velocity of 40 miles per hour. The Gussie
lost her smoke stack and one of her life
boats. The town oi Cape Gracious is
complete wreck, every house in the town
having been blown down.
PERSONAL INVITATIONS.
A Project to Boom the AVorld'sFalrin South
America.
fTXClAL TZLBGBAM TO TUB DUrATCS.!
Washington, November 12. It is pro
posed to send army and navy officers to
South America and invite the countries in
that part of the world to attend and send ex
hibits to the Columbian Fair at Chi
cago. Tbe scheme is not yet set
tled, the objection to it arising
from the great cost of such a representation.
The advantages possible are such as might
be influenced from this special form of in
vitation. ARMY CROOKEDNESS.
An Officer Dishonorably Discharged fos
Embezzlement.
San Antonio, November 12. The court
inartial proceedings at the recent trial of
First Lieutenant George M. Turner, ad
jutant of Fourteenth Infantry at Fort Clark
on the charge of embezzlement of the bank
funds, were made known to-day.
Lieutenant Turner was found guilty and
sentenced to dishonorable dismissal fros
the army.
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