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THE KIAUS DEAD.
After a Lingering Illness the
Monarch of Holland
Breathes His Last.
A CHILD TEN YEARS OLD
lovr the Sole Representative of
Eovalty Who is Entitled to
Ascend the Throne.
QUEEN EMMA TO ACT AS REGEKT.
The Life of the Deceased Not Such as to
Cause Universal Kegret Because
of Ilis Departure.
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itEHMiN SOLDIERS TAUGHT TO TALE RUSSIAN
:by cable to tub dispatch.1
The Hague, November 23. Holland's
capital city is draped in mourning, but
there is very little woe in the hearts of the
majority ot the people. King William III.
tiled at S o'clock this morning, and a 10-year-old
girl is now the chief personage in
the monarchy.
Last evening there was a sudden change
jar, the worte in the King's condition, the
symptoms being those of uncmia. The
Queen was immediately sent for and stayed
WtUlam III the Dead JCinu.
at the patient's bedside during the night.
Life ebbed away quietly. The public
buildings are closed and all amusements
Lave been suspended. The Ministers as
sembled in council at noon.
The Doctors 3Iade a Mistake.
Some months ago the King seemed to be
dying. The doctors in attendance were pos
itive and unanimous in their opinion thai
the death of the sovereign was a matter of
only a few days. A council of regency was
therefore appointed, as the heiress, the
Princess Wilhelmina, is a child only 10
years of age. Sow, the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg reverts, on the death of King
"William IIL, to Nassau, and the Grand
Duke of Nassau came over and took upon
Liniself the government of the Grand
Duchy.
Then the King, to the surprise of every
body recovered his health, sent the Dnke
of Nassau home again across the Ehine, and
resented the appointment of the Council of
the Begency.
King William has been in a state of im
becility for months past, and those who
know the history of the royal family of the
Netherlands were not surprised, as the life
Le led in his younger days was a good deal
more than mere rakishness or eccentricity.
Insanity in the Family.
Prince Alexander, the King's second son,
was an invalid from his infancy and was
well read in the science of ornithology, but
Lc gave manifest signs of insanity before
Lis deith. The mother of these two Princes
was Sophia ot Wurtemburg. who was the
granddaughter of George IIL, King of
England, and she died m 1S77.
King William himself, on his mother's
side, is the grandson of the notorious Paul
L, of Eussia, whose madness wa never
questioned and a first cousin of the Grand
Dnke Isicholas, whose insanity was recently
Queen Emma. iVoig Regent.
reported. Paul's father, or his reputed
father, the husband of the great Catherine
II., was also more or less insane, and thus
lhe fatal taint has been handed down from
generation to generation.
The Got eminent Under a Regency.
Under this state of affairs the government
Las been in a muddled condition. On Octo
ber 29 the Dutch Parliament met and after
a debate on the subject passed a resolution
by 100 votes to S declaring the King to be
incapable of any longer carrying on the
go eminent of the country. The Council of
btate was invested temporarily vith regal
power.
On last Thursday, however, Queen Emma
cssumed the regency. A large crowd, com.
l"risinaU4ae high. State official the
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members of the Chambers, military and na
val officers, and prominent citizens assem
sembled in the Chamber to witness the tak
ing ot the oath. In an address the Presi
dent of the Chamber expressed the nation's
complete confidence in Queen Emma as re
gent Queen Emma, in a proclamation, says
she is fully aware of the magnitude of her
task at this critical juncture, and accepts it
for the love of the people, relying upon the
support of her faithful subjects.
Arrangements for the Funeral.
Pour physicians have made an autopsy
on the King's body. The features of the
King have not changed. The body lies on
a bed and is covered with palms. Court
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Wilhclmma. the 10-1'ear-Old Heir.
chamberlains are in constant watch. The
body will be embalmed and will be placed
in a coffin on Tuesday. The remains will
probably be conveyed to the palace at The
Hague, followed by the royal family.
Princess Wilhelmina gathered flowers in her
own garden, to-day, and laid them upon her
father's deathbed,
The Minister ot the colonies and the
Minister and Justice have formally an
nounced tbe death of the King, and have
prepared a declaration in regard to the
manner of government. After an anxious
day the Queen appears to be more resigned.
Outline, of an Eventful Career.
Willem IIL, as the Dutch call him, was
born February 19, 1817. He is the eldest
son of King William IL and of Princess
Anna Paulowna, daughter of the Emperor
Paul L of Russia. After preparations by
private tutors, he was a student in the Uni
versity of Leyden. He has been King of
the Netherlands since March 17, 1849, when
his father died. Ten years before he had
married the Princess Sophie, daughter of
King Wilhelm L of Wurttemberg. She
died on June 3, 1877.
In January, 1879, the old king married
Emma, daughter of Prince George Victor
of Waldeck, a young woman born in 1858.
Princess Wilhelmina, only surviving child
of the king, is the daughter of his second
wife.
Emperor William has sent a telegram of
condolence to the Queen of Holland and
has deputed Prince Albrecht to represent
him at the funeral.
MUST BE CHBISTIAN&
Emperor "William's Notable Speech at the
Swearing In of Recruits.
rnr duxlap's chile coxpant.
Berlin, November 23. At the swearing
in of the recruits of the garrison on Thurs
day the Emperor addressed the men, saying
that though the present outlook abroad was
peaceful, yet they had to grapple with an
internal foe, who was only to be overcome
with the aid of Christianity. By this he
meant that Germany, being at peace with
foreign powers, had no work for her soldiers
and that they must fight the enemy at home,
meaning tbe Socialists.
He added that no one conld be a good
soldier without being also a good Christian;
therefore it was, that the recruits who took
the oath of allegiance to their earthly master
should also, and above all things, prove
themselves true to their heavenly Lord
Savior.
BANDED AGAINST VICE.
A Parity Union Founded in Rerlin on the
American Pattern.
BT DUM-AP'S CABLE COMPANY.I
Berlin, November 23. A purity union,
which boasts of 390 members, 115 of whom
are parsons, 81 State officials, 22 students
and 15 army officers, has been formed on the
English and American pattern. It proposes
to submit to the chiefs of police in tbe larger
cities new ordinances calculated to check
the spread of local vice.
It protests that, unlike its sister societies
in Art-erica, it does not seek to influence
legislation, and in this, its promoters, who
ever thev may be, show their good sense; for
if anything is likely to be discouraged in
this country it is the attempt of parsons and
the like to overstep their proper province.
A LINGUISTIC MOVE
Emperor William Introducing; the Russian
Eanguage In His Army.
fBT DUIfLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
Berlin, November 23. It seems strange
that while the newspapers are filled with
glowing descriptions of the cordial rela
tions existing between the Kaiser and the
Czar, teachers of theEussian language have
been engaged to instrnct the officers and ser
geants and all the cavalry regiments in the
rudiments of the Eussian language.
The Lancers, who are supposed to be al
ways in advance in a German march to the
frontier, have been the first to be introduced
to the mysteries of the dialect. At the same
time the Eussian frontier guards have been
doubled and eve'h trebled.
CHURCH PROPERTY SEIZED.
German Protestant Churches Suffer at the
Hands of the Czar.
BT DUJJLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. 1
Berlin, November 23. Telegrams have
been received here from Eevel, on the Qnlf
of Finland, stating that the municipal au
thorities have, by order of the Czar, appro
priated all the property of the German
Protestant churches, promising the church
authorities interest on their capital for the
last two years.
All the money belonging to the German
churches has been sequestrated, as the Gov
ernment at first intended to let them perish
by starvation, but more merciful counsels
have prevailed.
OPPOSING THE EMPEROR.
Liberal Members of the Prussian Diet Up
In Arms.
TBT DCSLAP'S CABLE COHPAWT.l
Berlin, November 23. The Liberal and
Freisininge members in the Prussian Diet
have combined to oppose tbe Government
demand of 22,000,000 marks for the erection
of a new cathedral opposite the royal castle
in this city. They have given notice that
they will oppose the entire scheme for the
reform of taxation if the country is asked to
shoulder the expense ol erecting ecclesias
tical edifices. They maintain that such
bnildlngs are private institutions, and that
the ordinary taxpayers should not be bur
dened with their maintenance.
A the lEmnernr txkea a jnersonal intemt
ia the proposed new jCattewal, swap JiTelxJ,
discussions on the subject mav be antici
pated. BRUTAL PERSECUTION.
Tonng German Brides Driven to Death or
Insanity by Anonymous Detters.
TUT DCXLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.l
Bkklkt, November 23. Some time ago
the police confiscated a book published by a
new author, entitled "The Passion lor
Anonymous Blackguardism." The prohi
bition was removed later on, but not until
the censor had obliterated from its pages a
number of sentences, which he deemed too
hard a criticism of the habits of Germans.
By the light of late developments this ac
tionof the censor seems to have been very
ill-timed, for the German taste for anony
mous communications caused In Berlin
alone during the past week two deaths and
as many cases of insanity. The victims in
every case have been you tig girls on the eve
?f marriage, and the process adopted was
identical in each case. The bride or in
tended bride was the recipient of an anony
mous letter, charging the bridegroom with
being a gav deceiver or a bigamist.
Two of the victims were promising girls,
who had held their heads high in society,
and who seemed to be destined for domestic
bliss.. They died suddenly from the shock
received, while the two others lost their
reason and are now under treatment.
DR. KOCH'S LYMPH.
Berlin Journals Engaged in a Contest of
Falsehood Over It.
TBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.1
Berlin, November 23. The papers of
this city are trying to outdo each other in
lying statements concerning Dr. Koch's
cure. The Tolls Zeitung to-night charac
terizes four of those versions of the compo
sition of Dr. Koch's lymph as purely sen
sational and imaginary. Dr. Koch at pres
ent sees nobody and talks to nobody, and the
secret of the composition of the lymph is as
inviolate as ever. Tbe interview between a
physician-and Dr. Koch, published in your
paper on Thursday last, is reprinted here,
and is accepted as the first authoritative
statement published in Berlin.
Berlin, by giving Dr. Koch the freedom
of the city, has raised the list of its honor
ary citizens to four, namely, Prince Bis
marck, Field Marshal Count von Moltke,
Dr. Schliemann and Dr. Koch. Jn spite of
the overwhelming enthusiasm in favor of
Dr. Koch's system; in spite of the benefits
his discovery is conferring upon Berlin by
attracting doctors and patten's from all parts
of the world, 20 marks is the result of tbe
popular subscriptions for placing him in a
position to establish hospitals for the poor.
PUNISHED FOR BRUTALITY.
A Sea Captain and rirst Officer Sentenced
to Prison at Antwerp.
fBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.!
Ant-weep, November 23. Captain Yoss,
the skipper of a merchant vessel trading
between Antwerp and New York, Las been
sentenced by the Antwerp Marine Court to
seven month's imprisonment for maltreating
his crew, and as a result of his conduct dur
ing the last trip, all the men deserted the
ship at New York. The first officer, named
Krugman, got 14 month's imprisonment for
participating in the cruelties. He is also
accused of murdering tho second officer on
the high seas, but the charge was not proved
against him.
Captain Voss. in addition to the term he
has to serve in prison, is debarred from tak
ing charjre of a shin for one rear after h
leaves the jaiL
MANCHESTER MARTYRS..
Celebration of tho AnnlTersary of Their Ex
ecution In Dublin.
TBY DCNLAT'S CABLE COMPAJTT.1
Dublin, November 23. To-day the an
niversary of the execution of the Man
chester martyrs was celebrated. The
weather was remarkably inclement, but not
withstanding this fact a large number of
people proceeded to Glainevin Cemetery
about a railo out of the city. The crowd
was accompanied by several fife and drum
bands. The tomb erected to the
memory of the martyrs was decorated
with many wreaths of flowers and the ora
tion was delivered by P. N. Fitzgerald.who
called upon tbe people not to rest satisfied
until the complete freedom of Ireland is
gained.
A RELIGIOUS CONTEST.
Lutherans Trying to Thwart the Return of
the Jesuits to Germany.
JBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.I
Berlin. November 23. The nearer the
hopes of the Catholic Church in Germany
for the recall of the Jesuits seem to approach
realization, the busier do their inveterate
enemies, the Lutherans, become in their ef
forts to thwart their return.
In Eheinish Prnssia and among the West
phalian Protestants petitions are being cir
culated, in which the Eeiohstag is asked
not to authorize the return of the hated
order, who are at the same time charged
with all imaginable enormities.
BARING BROS.' TROUBLE.
Hebrews Charged With Causing It to he Be
. venged on Kussla.
PBT DDNLAF'S CABLE COMPANY.
London, November 23. The Weekly
Dispatch, in the course of a remarkable
article on the late financial situation, savs:
There is little doubt that the difflcultiesof
Baring Bros., who are Russia's bankers,, were
immediately caused by tbe Hebrews, whose
hctred of Russia is the excuse for it. Being
aware of Messrs. Banners 'reckless nnprninrinn
they dealt the blow, hoping the Barings wonld
fail, and thereby Russia would lose several
millions and all their financial arrangements
nuuiu uo uuuwil 1UIO COnXUSlOU.
BALFOUR'S LATEST MOVE.
Urging Salisbury to Take Advantage of tho
O'Shea-Parnell Scandal.
tBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
London, November 23. The Et
Hon. A. F. Balfour is paying a visit to the
Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield Souse,
prior to the meeting of the Houses of
Parliament. It is rumored in political
circles that Balfour is urging the Premier
to take advantage of the disorganized
condition of the Liberal party, which has
been caused by the Parnell scandal, and
hasten an appeal to the country.
FOR CIVIL MARRIAGE.
A Hungarian Politician's Speech Excites
Austrian Catholic Circles.
IBY SUNLAr'S CABLE COMPANY.!
Vienna, November 23. Catholic circles
here and in Pesth are excited against Count
Apponye, the Hungarian leader of the Con
servatives, on account of a speech he re
cently made in the Hungarian Parliament.
In that speech he vigorously advocated
civil mirriage before a magistrate. The
Ultra Montane and the Vaterland news
papers call the speech a heartrending oc
currence, calculated to hurt the Catholic
Church.
Denying a French Beport.
fBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.I
Berlin, November 23. The report which
has been published in certain Erench papers
to the effect that joint maneuvres of the
German and Austrian armies will take
place during the course .of the forthcoming
ICohtitiMil en Sift JScgeJ .Jjna crime
PITTSBURG, MONDAY,
ALOYER'SMAMREAK
He Makes People Believe That He
Was Robbed and Murdered)
AFTER DISAPPEARING FRUM HOME,
Bat is Eun Down in Florida by a Detective
and Eetumed.
LOYE WAS THE 0XLY M0T1YE
rSPECXAX. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Jacksonville, Ela., November .23.
Detective Springfield, of the United States
Detective Agency in Chicago, has jnst run
down in this city Dr. Willis E. Conedon, a
young, -wealthy and prominent physician
who they say disappeared from Elkbart,
Ind., on the night of November 12, and was,
supposed to have been robbed and murdered.
Congdon has been here since last Monday
under the name of Dr. Willis E. Clark.
On November 15 Congdon's overcoat was
found by the roadside between Bristol and
Elkhart In the pocket was a revolver, of
which two chambers had been discharged.
A postal card, addressed to him, and his'
pocketbook were alio) found near tbe over
coat. Ho had drawn $100 from bis bank ac
count on Wednesday, leaving a balance of
?1,500.
ABRANQINO the murder plot.
On the 10th a letter addressed to a young
lady of Elkhart Yell into the hands of the
newspapers there. It was mailed from New
York and was signed "Willis." It was in
Congdon'iJ handwritingand told the girl that
he would sail on a steamer of the
Clyde line for Jacksonville that forenoon.
It alvo directed her to address him here
under the name ol Willis E. Clark. The
young lady, Miss Darsy E. Curtis, refused
to talk about the matter, but tbe detective
hastened to New York and reached here
yesterday.
Congdon, when cornered to-day, said that
he was engaged to be married to the young
lady; that she was not ol his social standing
and that he knew her people would object
to the match; he therefore took her
into his confidence and arranged bis
flight. His plan was to disappear as if
murdered. Then to establish himself as a
physician or in the drug business under an
assumed name and later to have Miss Cur
tis go to her people, declarehiswhereabouts,
reconcile his distressed relatives to the
match, send for the girl and marry her.
LEATINO EVIDENCE BEIHND HIM.
He placed the overcoat, revolver and
pocketbook by the roadside to bear out the
theory of murder and left on the night train
for New York. The young man's mother
has been lying at the point of death in Elk
hart for a week past from nervous prostra
tion and grief.
Congdon said here to-day that he is all
right and to-morrow morning he will start
for Indiana with Detective Springfield, a
sadder and perhaps a wiser young man. He
is of good habits and has heretofore been re
garded very highly at his home. He says
be will marry the girl on her return and
then come back to Florida to settle here. It
is thought that he is slightly insane.
A POSTPONED BURIAL.
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body of a New jerseV
ready fob the grave,
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Is Taken Back Home on Account of Its Be
markable Eife-Uko Appearance The
Tamil Awaiting Further Developments
in This Strange Case.
IPrELIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DTSFATCB.!
MAY'S LAndinq, N. J., November 23.
About 10- or 12 days ago George W. Fay,
who is a druggist of Hammonton, about 12
miles from here, was confined to his bed
with an abscess of tho brain. Later dropsy
appeared, and on Tuesday evening last
he undoubtedly died. He was pronounced
dead by attending physicians. His limbs
were then much swollen and his face much
discolored. On Thursday morning mem
bers of his family were much surprised to
find that the swelling had almost entirely
disappeared and a life-like look had come
back into his face. His cheeks became red
and under his left ear was a small bright
red spot.
The family concluded to postpone the
funeral until Friday. On that day, as no
other siens of life had appeared, the body
was taken to the cemetery for interment.
The funeral sermon was preached and the
coffin was opened for the friends and rela
tives to view the remains. At this time the
face appeared so life-like that the family re
fused to allow the burial to take placeand
insisted on the body being taken back to the
house again. This was done and now the
family anxiously awaits further develop
ments.. Many are of the opinion that Fay is in a
trance. Fay kept a large drug 'store in
Hammonton. Once he had to serve a term
in the county jail for illegal liquor selling.
He was so popular, that on his release the
Court House bell was rung and hundreds
flocked to escort him home.
MAY0E GRAKI DEFIED.
Sensational Attack on Him by a New Xork
Minister.
ISFECIAL TXLEGBAM TO TOE DI8PATCH.1
New York, November 23. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., preached his eighth sermon in a
series on "The Gates of Heaven and Hell in
New York," this morning at the Y. M. C.
A. HalL In his usual pulpit review before
the sermon he spoke on "What is Crime in
Public Office?" and said:
We are informed through the newspapers of
the city that Mayor Grant has threatened to
sue the pastor of tbls cbnrcn for libel, lhe
words be took offense at were when I said
that a majority ot 23,000 was not a sign of the
ceasing of crime. I am glad to know that
tne aiayornas a conscience, it is so unusual
for a Tammany official to have a conscience.
The Mayor threatens an awful summons to ap
pear berore the District Attorney and before
the grand jury. I think I know what a grand
jury is, and am not fearful of any consequences.
As a man I love Mayor Grant, because he is
my neighbor; but as an official of the city, he
has my supreme contempt. He is entitled to
make the most of his majority, but I don't bow
down to that little tin god on wheels a ma
jority. . Mr. Dixon then recalled the testimony of
Mayor Grant belore the Fassett Committee,
at the time of its inquiry into the affairs of
the Sheriff's office,and especially in relation
to the auctioneer's fees, and exclaimed:
Before God, 1 brand tbo Mayor of this city
with the crime which be himself has confessed
before tbe Fassett Committee. I 6hall always
say what
mint, alter dnly weighing my
words.
KILLED HI HIS WAHTOH ATTACK
A White Man Fires Shots Into a Negro
Party and Meets Death.
Alexandria, La., November 23. At a
negro collation last night on Chasland plan
tation, two miles below Lecompte, Steve
Warner, a white man, was killed and Ed
mund Tolliver, colored, mortally wounded.
Warner rode up to the cabin and fired his
pistol fire times, one shot ol which strnck
Tolliver. Tbe firing then commenced from
the inside of the house, two shots striking
Warner, one of which was fatal. His
horse was also killed. Dave and August
aolllver, brothers of the wounded man, were
brought here and jailed to-night, accused oi
NOVEMBER 24, 1890.
A PIT OF DEATH.
THREE SMALL- BOYS BURIED UNDER A
MASS OF FALLING EARTH.
One Rescued, hut the Other Two Are Dug
Out Dead Heartrending Grief of the
Parents of the Boys at Sight of the
Eifeless Bodies.
(SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DIBPATCn.l
New York, November 23. A big sand
pit in Nineteenth street, Brooklyn, proved
a death trap for two boys this afternoou.
The pit extends over three or four vacant
lots, and is dug out to a depth of from eight
to ten feet. Alongside of it on the west,
and threateningly close, towers a round bank
of earth, more than CO feet high and about
GO feet in diamater. This afternoon five boys
were playing in the pit underneath
the earth bank, when a big slice slid down
from the side of the latter and buried three
of them out of sight. Two got out ofhe
way of the falling earth in time to save their
lives, and, climbing upjthe side of the pit,
made for their homes as fast as their feet
could carry them. Another was rescued
badly injured.
As many hands as could possibly be util
ized were engaged in shoveling away the
oiled up earth. It was known that two
boys were buried under the mass of earth
and stones, but who they were was a secret
even to their father and mother, who were
in the front rank of the white-faced specta
tors who crowded around the month of the
pit. In spite of the exertions of the res
cuers, fully ten minutes elapsed before tbe
first body was reached. The most pierciqg
outcries were made by the mother and
father of the boy.
One side of the boy's head had been
crushed in by a stone in the falling earth,
and his bodv, legs and feet were badly
bruised. The continued absence of the
elder son brought home to the father and
mother the painful fact that he also had
found a grave in the pit. After the collapse
of the bank nearly an hour elapsed before
his body was found.' The boys were the G
and 8-year'old sons of painter Thomas Mc
Donough. ANOTHER SUICIDE
STARTLES THE ARISTOCRATIC CIRCLES
OF NEW YORK.
The Wealthy, Refined Resident of a Brown
Stono Harlem Houso This Time the
Victim Deed Caused by Bereavements
and Melancholy.
New York, November 23. A well-to-do
church member and an active worker in
charitable fields, Mrs. Sarah F. Henssler,
committed suicide by shooting herself in
her brown stone house in Harlem to-day.
Troubles that brought on ill health and
superinduced melancholy were the causes of
the deed.
Mrs. Henssler wrs C& vears of age, the
widow of Frpderick W." Henssler, late pro
fessor of music in the New York Institution
for the Blind. She was the daughter of the
late Prof. Marcus Catlin, of Hamilton Col
lcgeat Clinton, N. Y. She was a member
of Dr. Eamsay's Harlem Presbyterian
Church, and was a graduate of White Sem
inary and a classmate and friend of ex-President
Cleveland's sister. She owned the ele
gant three-story brown stone dwelling in
which she lived with her son, Frederick M.,
a young medical student
Seven years ago the unfortunate.lady met
with a triple bereavement in the death of
her mother, her father and her husband.
Tbe shock nearly cost her her life, and her
health has not been cood since. Last spring
she had another shock, when confronted
one night by burglars in her home a shock
that again threw her upon a sick bed.
SInB:'then she-has suffered phvsical ills and"
-'consequent melancholy. The" burglar visi
tation induced tneson to buy a pistol, and it
was with this weapon that the mother killed
herself to-day. While eating breakfast
late in tbe morning the son heard an un
usual sound upstairs. He rushed up to his
mother's room and found her dead with a
bullet hole in her forehead.
MIXmA CALLED OUT
To Protect Whites From Negroes In a Small
Southern Town.
Columbia, S. C, November 23. Gov
ernor Eichardsnn to-day received telegrams
from Bishopville and Sumter, in Sumter
county, stating, in substance, that there
was a riot in the former town;
that the white people were unable to
protect themselves, and asking aid of the
militia. The telegrams stated only that the
riot was brought about by the negroes knock
ing down the guard-house in Bishopville
and releasing two colored prisoners. The
Governor immediately ordered the Sumpter
Light Infantry, of Sumpter, to report to the
Sheriff for dutv. The Sheriff of the county,
notapprehendingimmediate trouble, went to
Bishopville without the eompany. The fol
lowing telegram has just been received by
the Governor from Captain Brand, of the
Sumter Light Infantry:
I have jest received a telegram from Sheriff
Carson, at Bishopville. saylncfor us to come at
once. Will leave with my company on a
special train at once.
BEAKEMEN ON A STRIKE.
They Find an Original Cause for Quitting
Their Places.
Terre Haute, Ind., November 23. No
freight trains are moving on the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois Bailroad, because ot a
strike of conductors and brakemen. Owing
to a strike of day laborers in the Clay county
coal mines, freight crews of the Chicago
and Indiana Coal road were called upon to
help in the rush of business on tbe C. & E.
I. Owing to heavy grades and big loads
the coal roads crews consist ot three brake
men. They insisted on three for the C. &
E. L, where only two are employed.
The coal road men struck last night and
to-day all the old, or regular crews quit
The men ask for three men and the removal
of Trainmaster Bowman. General Manager
Saul will arrive at Danville, 111., to-night
to take charge of the matter.
REVOLT AGAINST THE TRUST.
Wholesale Liquor Dealers Unite to Manu
facture Spirits.
St. Louis, November 23. The Central
Distilling Company has purchased ground
on which it will build a plant for $200,000.
Mr. T. S. Teuscher is the name that figures
in the transaction.
The wholesale liquor dealing and com
pounding firms of Wood & Lell, Charles
Eebstock & Co., Stemwinder & Seliner, L.
& A. Scarff, the Nelson Distilling Com
pany, A. Kertschebaum, T. S. Teuscher
and Bardenheimer Bros, have got tired of
tbe screw put on them by the whisky trust,
better known in the trade as "Peoria."
They have started under the name of the
Central Distilling Company, with a paid-up
stock of 5200,000. The articles of incorpora
tion permit them to manufacture copper
distilled whisky, high wines, spirits, neutral
spirits and cologne spirits.
KHJXD I" A HAILSrOSM.
Four H xders and , . .uctpKnow to bo
Killed and 1G Men Miba...,,.
Albuquerque, N. M., November 23.
Word has been received here from Seven
Lakes, in the Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln
county, that four sheep herders were killed
recently by a hailstorm.
Sixteen others and 1,600 head of sheep' are
mis&iniT. The mM.nir.ni ftv ttiAt it vsb
4he severest hailstorm in the mountains
JjJTer known,
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PLOT OF A MASSACRE.
Alleged Design to Lead General
Brooke's Command Into Ambusb,
AND UTTERLY ANNIHILATE THEM.
Another Story That the General is to
Stabbed as a Signal.
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REDSKINS WELL PEEPAEED fOR WAR
Chicago, November 23. A dispatch
from Pine Eidge Agency says: The first
knowledge that the ghost dancers had com
menced plotting to entrap the soldiers was
brought to Indian AgentrBoyer to-night by
William D. McGaa, formerly an Indian
scout and now a wealthy ranchman. McGaa
was traveling overland on horseback and
alone. He enjoys a wide friendship among
the Indians generally, and last night staid
at one of the lodges about midway between
that point and Buffalo Gap. Notwithstand
ing his confidence, he noticed that they were
all fully armed.
A little curiosity prompted him to feign
sleep and keep his eais open during the
early part of the night. The result was that
he seenred information that removes every
vestige of doubt as to the bloodthirsty vil
lainy which had taken possession of tbe
ghost dancers. After be had been in bed
some little time one of the redskins bent
over him to discover whether he was asleep.
To all appearances he was.
A diabolical plot.
Then he heard them get up and begin a
whisuered consultation. The Indians were
deliberately plotting to lead General Brooke
and his soldiers into an ambnsh and shoot
them down.
Their plans, as McGaa heard from their
own lips, is to continue the ghost dance till
the troops try to stop it The place selected
to carry out their murderous desicrn is 16
miles north of here, and a more advan
tageous locality for so devilish a deed prob
ably doesn't exist anywhere. It is where
the White Horse creek empties into the
Wonnded Knee and lays in something of an
amphitheater shape. The only practical
way of leading to the spot is by a road that
follows along tbe bank of White Horse
creek. Upon either side of this road and
creek arc dense clumps of trees, so many as
to almost form a wall on either side of the
approach.
The plot is to have a ghost dance in the
center of this amphitheater, and have the
woods on either side of the road full of In
dians when the militia comes up to stop the
dance, and they would be easily shot down
by the Indians in ambush on either side.
By lining the road with their Winchesters
for the distance of a mile, and letting the
troops get well into the amphitheater, they
calculated they could wipe out every sol
dier that came.
GENERAL BROOKE KT DANGER.
The first telegram received by General
Miles to-day from the Indian country, came
from an army officer at Eosebud Agency,
saying that information has been received
that the hostile Indians are moving from
Pass creek toward Pine Eidge Agencv in
two parties the bucks, with Short Bull,
along the White river route. The old
-con, -c.wcnisn and cnuaren are
on tbe Medicine Boot road. This news
comes from , Indians who have returned
from Pass creek, and said to be reliable.
They-report that they are going to Pine
Eidge Agency to get the Indians thereto
talk to the commanding general in their be
half. -The report also says that Chief Two
Strikes intends to stab the commanding offi
cer as a signal for the attack by his band.
There seems to be no doubt that the leaders
mean war, and they are only using Short
Bull as a pretense to keep the Indians to
gether. General Miles says the troops have been
fully apprised concerning these matters, and
precautions have been taken.
General Miles received another letter
from the frontier to-day. It ws from Cap
tain Huggins, dated Great Falls, Mont,
November 18. The Captain says:
A MEATX LETTER.
Joseph Cnlbertson says that the Indians at
Poplar Creek are better armed to-day than they
have ever been before. He says there Is a
serviceable breach-loader for nearly every
warrior In tho tribe. He says they have no re
ligions dances, nor is there great excitement,
but he only knows two halfbreeds and not a
single Indian who does not confidently believe
In tbo new superstition, and it Is the only topic
of conversation.
He says there is no talk of any hostility
against the whites, but I asked bim tbe ques
tion why they were so well armed, and he re
plied: "Oh, there is some game in the country yet,
and it is the nature of the Indian to carry a gun
anyway, if he can."
White Gut reported that the Indians north
of the line were richer and more prosperous
than those who surrendered, finding a good
deal of game, trappiug and fur, and when they
wished to work, getting better wages than the
Indians on tbe reservation.
White Gut also said that the Indians with
Sitting Bull were better armed to-day than at
the time of the Custer affair.
SIGNAL TO RISE.
He gave orders that if a hostile gun was fired
at any time In Dakota or elsewhere, all tbe
Indians everywhere must rise and do what
damage '.they conld, and join Sitting Bull
and Kicking Bear at Bear Butte in the Black
Hills region. This is to take place in tbe
spring.
White Gnt says the conditions are more favor
able now for an Indian war than ever before,
as the cattle are scattered everywhere through
the country where tbe buffalo used to go, in
great droves, and at one time a given section
would have no buffalosin it for months at a
time. In proof of the talk, that tbe country is
now in good condition for Indian warfar. he
pointed to tbe case of the Cheyennes who came
from tbe South to Tongue river through a coun
try containing no game, but they found
abundance of cattle for their sustenance, while
tbe settlers were too few or two scattered to
offer resistance.
ETDIANS WELL PREPARED.
The Indians with Sitting Bull have talked all
this over and say they can muster more war
riors now and they are better armed than at
the time of the Cnster affair, and the country
Is better now for their warfare than it was
then. But their main reliance after all is in
supernatural aio.
He thinks Sitting Bull wants next spring to
assemble as urge a force of warriors as possi
ble, thinking that even if the hope for divine
assistance shonld not come, be could stacd off
the trooDS for a time and perhaps win some
great victories, and eventually, if necessary,
inaKe nis wy fcu wo uauau line, wnere ne
thinks be would be again safe as be used to be.
Joo estimates tbe total number ot Sioux still
north of tbe line at 80 lodges. I think Boo jar'
statement more likely to be correct, namely: 4S
lodges at Woody Mountain and five or six
lodges elsewhere.
All the schools at the Standing Bock
Agency are closed on account of the ex
cited state of the reds. An Indian council
was held yesterday at tbe agencv, and the
friendly chiefs all avowed allegiance to the
agent, and reiterated their opposition to
Sitting Bull and the Messiah doctrines.
Forts Lincoln and Yates are both being en
forced, and another company is expected to
arrive from Fort Keogh to-morrow. The
best informed people believe that there is
small probability of hostilities being begun
before spring, and by that time it is almost
certain that tbe War Department will have
troops enough in the vicinity to make any
outbreak both dangerous and useless to the
Indians. But in the meantime, the country
settlers are exposed to threats and insults
from roving bands, and are in constant fear
of tho result if tho hoitilci ihould attempt
TO WORKJJP TRADE.
IMPORTANT EXPEDITION LEAVES ENG
LAND FOR AFRICA.
British Merchants Contribute a Xarge
Amount Toward a Venture to Extend
Their Trade Among the African Tribes
The Good Besults That Are Look For.
rSPZCTAL TELIGBAJI TO T1IE DISPATCH. I
New York, November 23. Commander
Cameron and James Bennett have left Eng
land with a steam yacht ot 160 tons and 24
men to explore, from a commercial point of
view, tbe extensive area on the west coast of
Africa, which is under the administration
o'f the British Colonial Office. The
exploring force is not a largS one,
but every man in it is a picked man ayd a
specialist Hitherto, tbe European trader
on tbe coast has been fairly satisfied to ac
cept what is brought to him in trade. Now,
it is known that there are many things, such
as fibers, gums, oils, woods and minerals that
the natives have never brought to the coast.
These articles are of great value and this
expedition has been organized to ascend
many of the rivers, including the Gambia,
and other streams and see wbat can be done
to bring these still untouched riches down
to tbe coast and develop a trade in them.
Bennett is the leader of the expedi
tion, while Cameron, his chief assistant,
is an expert in rubbers and it is his opinion
that one result of the expedition will be
the discovery of means to make India
rubber from raps that have not hitherto
been available. It is known also that in
the country back of the Gulf of Guinea a
great deal of gold exists, and some members
of the party are prospectors and geologists,
who will look for the precious metal. They
also think that asbestos, coal, silver and
other valuable minerals may be found, and
tbe party will do its best to discover them.
The expedition takes with it a number of
showcases, filled with articles that the
Africans are supposed to desire. They will
display to all populous villages of the in
terior the great variety of goods which white
men are willin''1' bring to them, and in
this way they fa,C""'n what the natives
best like to of Tps., Kltcr " known that
African tastes-i ' ,'hf Jo"Kt Roods
that are highly acil P-trr, tpj "De
have no sale at all in o. "o. 9'
thus studying native tastes anu. " f wf
expedition expects to do much to"s '
trade and enable it to be carried on h.e
intelligently and profitably. Everything
that is at all likely to hit the native fancy
will be exhibited in the show cases.
This expedition, which will cost a great
deal of money, is supported by British
merchants, for the most part, though the
colony of Lagos contributes a portion of the
cost. The expedition will arrive on the
coast at the close of the rainy season, and
will remain there about six months. The
ship is fitted with modern scientific instru
ments and all appliances for the collection
of vegetable and mineral specimens.
TRIED TO KILL HIM.
A Woman Attempts to Assassinate a Juve
nile Asylum Official In New Fork.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISrATCO.1
New York, November 23. A woman,
who describes herself as Sofia Peters, 43
years old, is locked up in tbe Washington
Heights police station on a charge
ot attempting to shoot Elisha Carpenter,
Superintendent of the Juvenile Asylum. Mr.
Carpenter and his son were in a carriage re
turning to their home this afternoon, when
the woman leveled a Colt's revolver at Mr.
Carpenter and snapped the trigger. She
had tried to make a 22-caliber cartridge
fit a 32-caliber pistol by wrapping the
cartridges with paper, and the pistol
did not go off. The coachman sprangfrom
his seat, and young Carpenter jumped from,
the carriage and seized and disarmed the
woman. The horses, left to themselves, ran
on the walk and smashed a part of the
picket fence surrounding the grounds of the
asylum.
Mr. Carpenter says the woman's name is
Van Loon, and that her daughter was in
the institution for two years and was sent
West The woman has frequently demanded
that he tell her where her daughter is. He
says he refused to tell her because he
does not think she ought to have the care of
her daughter. He also says that the woman's
husband told him not to disclose the girl's
whereabouts. The girl is now 18 years old.
BULLDOZERS HUNTED DOWN.
Baton Bouge Officers Make Vigorous Efforts
to Bring Them to Justice.
Baton Eouge, La., November23. The
excitement in this city and parish caused by
the bulldozing in tbe Ninth ward has been,
at fever heat for tbe past two or three days.
In the meantime, the officers have been
quietly collecting evidence upon which to
base official action.
This morning a colored man by the name
of Duke Woods, who had beenshot, came
to town for protection, and was seen by
SheriS Slaughter and Judge Buckner. The
lad made an affidavit against some persons,
who, he says, came to his house and shot
him in the hand. Immediatelyafler taking
his affidavit, warrants were issued by Judge
Buckner. Duncan Garrig, son of George
Garrig, of the Ninth ward, was arrested this
evening on the charge of being a participant
in the bulldozing during the past few days.
He was released on $1,000 bonds. It is
thought other arrests will be made before
morning. In consequence of tbe troubles
out there the negroes have quit the farms
and fled to towns ia hundreds.
THE BLOCK MINE STRIKE.
Demands of 3,000 Strikers Not Vet Granted
by Employer.
Brazil, Ind., November 23. The de
mand of the drivers and day men in the
block mines for ?2 a day has not yet been
granted by the operators. Several of the
mines are running under contract.an agreed
price, 90 cents a ton, being paid by the
operators for the coal put on the cars.
Committees were appointed to-day by the
drivers, who are out to wait on their fellow
drivers at those mines this evening, and in
duce them to quit work and join the
strikers.
About 2,000 men are now out. It is un
derstood that tbe operators decline to pay
the advance, though they have as yet made
no formal reply to tbe committee. The
miners in the southern part of the county
are having an unusual run demand npon
their capacity to supply during this suspen
sion.
LARGE VINEYARD SEIZED.
Will he Prosecuted for Illicit Distilling on
aXargeScale.
Martinez, Gal., November 23. The
Mount Diablo Vineyard Company's winery
and distillery at Clayton were seized bv
deputy internal revenue collectors on Fri
day for illicit distilling.
The company will be put to considerable
expense before they get through with the
Government, as the fine will be several
thousand dollars, besides the duty on the
brandy. The place is now in charge of
Government officials.
DOWN WITH PNEUMONIA.
August Belmont Seriously DJ at His Homo
In New York.
ISPECtAI. TKLEQEAX TO THE DISPATCH.1
New York, November 23. August Bel
mont is seriously ill with pneumonia at his
residence, 109 Fifth avenup. He has been
confined to the house for several days, and
is attended by Dr. William M Polke and
ind
the
I to
Dr.'Allred Xu Jxiomis. It was said at tfa
home to-night that Mr. Belmont mrrrami
J.J)0UW.Q otiiHi.
THREE CENTS.
IH A MERCIFUL MOOD
James Edward Myers is Con
victed of Murder in the
Secontf Degree.
AN APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY.
Judge White Causes a Sensation by
Stating That Someone Had
TRIED TO TAMPER WITH THE JDEI. J
District Attorney Johnston to
Rigid Examination.
Make a M
TROUBLE FOR A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
James Edward Myers has been convicted
of murder in the second degree for the shoot
ing of his aunt, Miss Margaret Douglass, at
McKeesport The jurymen felt the peace
of tbe Sabbath enter their souls, and coupled
with their finding a petition for mercy for
the prisoner.
A sensational feature was the announce
ment by Judge White that an attempt to
tamper with the jury had been made by some
pe'rson in the Yoder building, opposite the
Court House, and devoted to lawyers' offices.
The jury had agreed upon a verdicfttt 8
o'clock Saturday evening, and a telegram to
that effect was sent to Judge White at his
home In Sewickley. The court room lit up,
the attorneys were notified, and the prisoner
was prepared for the ordeal. Several ho uri
passed, and when, at midnight, the Judge
bad not arrived, tbe court room was dark
ened, the attorneys and officials went home
and the prisoner went back to bed.
receiving the verdict.
Judge White took hi3 seat on tbe bench
at 10:5 o'clock yesterday morning. .The
court was formally opened, the jury entered
and took their seats, and a few moments
later the prisoner came in. He was self,
possessed, and a just-perceptible smile lin
gered around the corner of bis mouth. The
only one of tbe prisoner's counsel present was
Mr. Newlin, John S. Eobb, Esq., the senior
counsel, being absent A large crowd of
spectators was in attendance.
Tbe usual formula was gone through,
when Foreman F. P. Cohen arose ana said:
"Wevfind the defendant, James Edward
Myers, guilty as indicted; that is, we find
James Edward Myers guilty of murder in
the second degree, and owing to his good
character previous to this indictment, we
recommend him to the extreme mercy of the
court."
Every eye in the courtroom was turned
upon tbe prisoner as the verdict was ren
dered, but be bore the ordeal unflinchingly;
not a tremor oi the muscles of his face was
perceptible, and b.a calinly resumed his
seat in the prisoner's dock.
Tbe verdict was received in due form, bnt
before-the jury was dismissed the Court had
something to say.
ROASTING A TELEGRAM OPERATOR.
Judge White first stated that it was after
7 o'clock yesterday morning when he re
ceived the telegram sent him the night be
fore, stating that the jury had agreed. The
message had been received by the Sewickley
operator shortly after 8 P. 31., and the delay
in delivering it was wholly inexcusable and
culpable negligence upon the part of the
operator, whom he intended to report
A juror then arose and said: "Your
Honor, in my behalf, I will just say that
we underwent the trouble of having to stay
all night, and I would rather that yon
would let up on that man at the telegraph
office. We have had the inconvenience
now and "
"No, it was wholly inexcusable," Judge
White replied. "His excuse for not de
livering the message was that the boy who
delivers messages had gone home, and this
in the face ot the fact that the message was
marked on its face 'deliver at once.' It was
his duty to have got someone to deliver that
message, and, in the interest of tbe public,
he should be reported, as I understand that
this is not the first time that such a thing
has occurred. Another thing I wish to say
is that I sent a message from Sewickley
notifying tbe parties here that I would be
here to take the verdict, and that message
has not yet been received here."
A SENSATION IN COURT.
Judge White then created a sensation in
court by stating: "I have been informed
that a person was seen in perhaps the fourth
story of the Yoder building on Saturday
afternoon makinz motions to the jurors in
the jury room. If any person saw this man
it is his duty to report it to me because it is
such an outrage on justice and such a crimi
nal offense that it should be reported to the
Court It is the sworn duty of the tipstaves
having charge of a jury in a case of thiskind
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intercourse with the outside world, and I
understand that tbey saw this and reported
it, not to me directly, bnt Indirectly, as it
was their duty to do. Now if the jury or
any juror noticed anything of that kind I
wish yon would report it to me."
District Attorney Johnston has ordered
an investigation of the Yoder building epi
sode and it will take place in the court room
this morning. The party seen in the build
ing is known by the District Attorney, bnt
he refused to disclose any names.
All the time that this was going on
Myers sat in the prisoners box an inter
ested spectator, and at the conclusion he
arose and, after shaking hands with a friend,
was returned to the jail. It was given out
in court yesterday that Myers was super
stitious about a Sunday verdict, and would
much rather that it had been taken on
Saturday night
WITH A THOUSAND VOLTS.
A San Francisco Uneman Becelves a Hard
Shock, hut Will Recover.
San Francisco, November 23. L. W.
Morgan, an employe of the California Elec
tric Company, last night received the full
force of 1,000 volts of electricity. He was re
pairing a wire on Kearney street, and was
43 feet from the sidewalk. He clung by his
hands to the wire, and when another work
man tried to bring down his grasp on the
wire it could not be broken.
The wire was finally cut, and Morgan
dropped unconscious into the arms of his
rescuer, who brought him safely to tho
ground. The palms of Morgan's hands
were burned to the bone, and after regaining
consciousness he suffered intense agony.
Thousands of people were on the streets at
the time. Morgan will recover.
Five Million Shingles Burned.
Plaquejiine, La.. November 23. The
Piaquemine Lnmber and Improvement
Company's shingle mill, together with
.000.000 ihinslu. burned this aftermeaai .
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