HgfcBMffMiasMgaaasaiBftaifi-i I"1"!1 iyfi iltUftJBiiaK7SiliiBlgfBB nPF' i ' TrtrPW TS Tfyw fy WJEHF? I THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. PAGES 9 TO 12. PITTSBURG-, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1890. ssssiSsaSia y r SECOND PART. DARGERTHERE,TOO. The Reds of Indian Territory Have Discovered a Messiah Who Will REMOVE ALL THE WHITES. The Troops Have Been Hurried Xorlli, and There Are Fears of an OUTBREAK OF THE WILD TRIBES. A Prophet Who Visited the Impostor Eeturns With Great Tarns. THE FE05TIER KEAKLI DEFENSELESS TFrECIAL TEIXGBAM TO TIIE DISrATCK.: Foet Sill, Ind. T., November 28. For ECTeral ti eeks the entire attention of the military officials and a large majority of the people of this country has been drawn to the Northwest, where the Indians on the various Dakota reset vations are engaged in observ ing religious rites which it is feared will end in bloodshed and war. In the suddenness and excitement of the situation all seem to have forgotten that there are many more Indians in the South west than in the Northwest, and that many of the tribes hereabouts are tierce and war like, and both able and liable to do great damage at any time. So far has this been forgotten that the soldiers at many of the Southern forts have been ordered North, leaving many sections here with almost no defense. WHERE THE BEDS ABE TLEXTIFUL. There are in Indian Territory alone up ward of 70,000 Indians besides the many small but fierce tribes in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. "While a large part of the Indians in Indian Territory are to a certain extent civilized, and in no way dangerous, there are in the southwestern part a number ot tribes who hate the whites with an undying hatred and will be glad to seize upon any pretext to shed the blood of their enemies. Just south of here are the fierce Co manches and Apaches, north the Kiowas and "W ichitas, all of whom belong to the wild tribes and retain all the blood-thirsty traits of the red man's nature. North of these are the Cheyenncs and Arapahoes, who are also unchanged by efforts toward their civilization, while the Poncas, Missonris, Otoes, Nez Perces, Osages and others scattered over the Territory are all susceptible of being led astray and pre vailed upon to do deeds of violence by fanatical and blood-thirsty leaders. A MESSIAH THESE, TOO. For many months the Indians in this part of the Territory have been talking of a com ing Messiah, and their prophets and medi cine men have been telling them mysterious things about a wonderful spirit that was to descend from sbove and confer great bless ings on all Indians. Early last summer they heard rumors that the great Savior had appeared in the far North, and two Indians were at once sent to Dakota by the Chey ennes and Arapahoes to ascertain whether or not the rumor was true. These Indians returned and told a won derful story of the coming Messiah, and announced that a great prophet from the North who had seen the Messiah would soon visit the tribes in the South and tell them all about the new doctrine. Early in October this prophet arrived from the North, and a grand carnival of the Chey enncs and Arapahoes convened near El Reno, on the banks of the Canadian river, to listen to his teachings. ANOTHER SITTING BUI.Ii. The prophet was Sitting Bull,an Arapahoe Indian of prominence, who formerly re sided with that tribe in the Territory, but about eight years ago went North, and has since lived in 'Wyoming and Dakota. He claimed to have seen the new Christ, and the story he told was substantially as fol lows: "While hunting alone near the Shoshone mountain one day he became lost and for a long time wandered about aimlessly. Finally, a strange feeling came over him and he involuntarily began to follow a peculiar star which moved before him and led him many miles out into the mountains. Just at daybreak the star became stationary over a beautiful mountain valley and he sank to rest on a couch of moss. While he rested a strange vision appeared be'ore him. lie saw a great spirit dance in progress and the participants were all the dead Arapahoe warriors led by all the great chiefs of the past. In the distance were dances being held by the departed of all other tribes, and the hills and mountains all about were alive with buffalo, deer and other game. Suddenly he was awakened by 3 strange voice, v.hich asked whether Sitting Bull would like to see all the dead braves re turn to caith again and have the buffalo and le.-r abound on the plains, Replying in the affirmative, Sittiug Bull arose and saw be fore him a strange being dressed in a blanket of pure white and with flowing hair and beard of the same color, while about his head shone a strange light. "WHITES TO BE DEIVEN OUT. The strange being said that he was the same Christ who was upon earth 1,900 years ago to save the white men, and that he would soon return to save the red men. They must preDare for his coming, for he would bring with him all of the dead Indians and the land would again be alive with buffalo and other game. The whites who had so long persecuted and robbed the Indians would be driven out of the land across the sea never to return again. All dav the Messiah conversed with Sitting Bull, revealiug to him many thing.', and he showed to him the scars of nails in his hands and leet and the wound in his side. "When night came on the Messiah dis appeared and Sitting Bull was led from the mountains by the bright star of the previ ous night. The effect of this story was immediate upon the assembled Indians. Nearlv all believed every word of it and a great ghost dance was at orce started and kept up for three weeks. Sitting Bull and the medicine men sat in the center singing strange songs, while in a circle from right to lei t danced hundreds ot Indians day and night. When one would become .exhausted and fall over another was always ready to take his place. The few who did not believe the story were taken within the ring where Sitting Bull exerted a strange mesmeric in fluence over them and they went away firm believers in the new doctrine. A TLACE OF riLCKIJIAGE. The prophet from the north visited the Kiowas, Cbmancbes and other tribes, ard men took upiis residence near Darlington, and hundreds of Indians go on a pilgrimage to his wigwam almost daily and listen to his teachings. Soon after his visit to the Kiowa And Comanche reservations a series of ghost or spirit dances were inaugurated, which are still in progress, and will continue all winter, for it is fast becoming the general belief that the Messiah will appear to all in the spring, and the prophets who have seen him command that the dance shall continue until he appears. One large party of Comanches recently made their annual pilgrimage into the canons of the "Wichita Mountains, where they yearly perioral their sacred rites. No white man has ever been allowed to witness these ceremonies, but some of the Indians who were present, claim that the Messiah appeared to them standing on the mouutain side and commanding them to prepare for his coming. Since they have announced this to the other tribes the greatest excite ment has I egun to prevail. Large numbers of the Kiowa tribe have been dancing for three weeks, and durincthe dance they lacerate their breasts and limbs with knives and spears, roll in the mud in fits and convulsions and ride horses into dangerous streams. Other tribes are work ing themselves up into a frenzy in the same manner, and alarm is beginning to be ex pressed by ail who are experienced in Indian affairs. THE MAJORITY FOE -WAR, Part of the Indians believe that the Mes siah will remove the whites tram the land peaceably, but large numbers believe he will command the Indians to drive them out by force, and to that end they are making preparations. Arms and ammunition have been purchased and the members of the tribes are all better armed than they had ever'been before. The dances continue all over the western part of the Territory and as the time draws nearer when the Messiah is expected, all the tribes grow more restless. Messengers are going back and forth con tinually, and it is feared that an outbreak is being arranged. But little can be learned regarding future plans or the details of the Messiah's teachings, for the Indians are for bidden, under penalty of death, to reveal them. Should an outbreak occur, a great amount of damage would be done by the Indians before they could be checked, as the forces here, at Ft. Beno and other posts, are en tirely inadequate to cope with the large numbers of Indians who would gather. Every effort is being made by the agents to quiet the red men, hnt they will not listen to the whites, their only reply being, "The Messiah is coming; we must prepare to re ceive him. On with the dance." ALL HELD FOR COURT. A Justice of the Peace ana His Constable Get Into Trouble-Charged "With Ex tortionOne of the "Witnesses Against Them Also Sound Over. Justice ot the Peace "W. P. "Wyke and Constable J. B. Campbell, both of Brushton borough, were given a hearing before Mag istrate Hyndman, yesterday afternoon, on a charge of extortion. The information was made by Mrs. Emma Kane. She stated that some time ago her husband, Michael Kane, being out of work, lelt home to look for employment. She had no money, and the three horses they owned were turned loose on the streets to get what fodder they could find. The Humane Society was notified of the occurrence, and Agent Berryman lodged an information before 'Squire Wyke charging Kane with cruelty to animals. Kane was fined $10 and costs, but at the request of Agent O'Brien the fine was remitted on ac count of the poor circumstances of the fam ily, Kane agreeing to pay the costs. Kane, however, let the matter go from week to week, and was finally arrested for the costs. Ill's friends then paid the cost:, amounting to 519. A transcript was obtained, and, it was allegea, it showed that overcharges had been made. The in'ormations were then made. After hearing the ease. Magistrate Hynd man held "Wyke and Campbell in $1,000 bail for court. Kane was also given a hearing yesterday, before 'Squire Wyke, on another charge of cruelty to animals. It was alleged by Humane Agent O'Brien that Kane had al lowed one of his horses to die Irom neglect. Kane was held for court. THE DISPATCH to-morrow will hold 34 rages. Just think, 102 columns of reading matter for 5 cents. A WOBLD-WIDE SCHEME. How a Kusslan Visionary "Would Reorgan ize the Whole Earth. Sew York Star. A certain M. Tchernooshenko of Kharkov has devised a new universal language, a universal religion, and a universal form of government His religion consists oi the simplest, natural conceptions, the emblems of which every ordinary child should be able to understand; in his Government he desires to have one Czar rule all mankind, who should be elected from among all the ruling dynasties of the present. His language is to be written in a sortof hieroclyphic alpha bet, each letter to be represented by an ob ject which suggests the sound. A mar, for instance, represents the sound a because every newborn child cries a-a-a; b is to be presented by the figure of a bleating sheep; v by a howling wolt; g by a barking dog, and so on. Yoozhniy Krai, a daily paper of Kharkov, reviewing M. Tchernooskenko's work, ob jects to the new letter b; it would rather have the sound presented by the figure of a cow, whose bellowing also sounds like boo boo. This, the paperopines, would give the word baba (a woman) an objective and nat ural suggestiveness; you have only to draw "a coir, a man, a cow and a man again, and this would suggest to the simplest the word baba, as well as the component elements of the female nature." F0UE DIKHEBS FOE A D0LLAH. How a Quartet Can reast Satisfactorily and Cheaply. ew York Press. MENU. Clam Broth, Blue Fish a la Flamande, Parsley Sauce, Stewed Potatoes, Pilaff of Mutton, Cold Slaw, Salad of String Beans, AVAfers. Iced Peaches, Coffee. For this dinner allow 12 clams, 2 pounds of fish, 4 potatoes, a half pound of butter, a half pint of milk, bunch of pot herbs, 1 lemon, 2 pounds of neck of mutton, 1 cup of rice (half pound),4 tomatoes, 4 large peaches, 5 pounds of ice, 1 cup of coarse salt, a half pound of sugar, 3 ounces of coffee, a half head of cabbage, 1 egg, 2 tablespoonfuls of oil, 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, about 4 dozen string beans, C wafers, salt and pep per, 1 onion, half loaf bread, 1 gill cream. Clams, 6 cents; fish, 10 cents; potatoes, 2 cents; butter, 16 cents; milk, 3 cents; pot herbs, 1 cent; lemon, cents; mutton, 12 cents; rice, 3 cents; tomatoes, 2 cents; peaches, 4 cents; sugar, 4 cents; ice and salt, 4 cents; coffee, 5 cents; cabbage, 2 cents; egg, 1 cents; oil, vinegar, salt and pep per, 5 cents: waters, 2 cents; beans, 6 cents; cream, 5 cents; bread, onion and flour, 6 cents. Total, SI. Investigating the Coltman Case. Detective Fitzgerald is investigating the case of William Coltman, a young English man who died at the West Penu Hospital from injuries received in an unknown man ner at MacDonald station. The inqnest will be held on Monday. Not at the Home Table. Boston Herald. Johnny Pa, may I have another piece of pie? Father Certainly, my boy, take all you' want. This is a hotel, and I pay for it. Take the biggest piece. WILL BUILD A HOME. Large New Building Projected for tho Young Men's Catholic Club TO BE SITUATED IN THE WEST END. It Will Cost Over $15,000 and be After the Latest Designs. SCHEME TO EAIBE NECESSARY FUNDS The Young Men's Catholic Club, of the West End, will to-night make an initiatory move towards building a beautiful new club house to cost not less than $15,000, ana possibly more than that amount by a num ber of thousand dollars. The new club house will be three stories, of brick and dressed stone and fashioned after the latest designs for such buildings. About a year ago the club leased a plot of ground on West Main street ior five years and built the present West End Gymnasium. Before, the club's home had been in a sTOall room and more often the members held their conclaves on the street. The club gradually grew In membership and began looking about for a larger and more commodious home. After considerable planning and figuring the ground was bought, as stated, and the present building erected at a cost of something like $3,000. THE TBESENT CLUBHOUSE. The club assumed the debt incident to building the present clubhouse with some thing like reluctance, but the wiseness of their action has been fully demonstrated since. The membership has grown to over 300, and the club rooms and large hall have been the scene of some of the most enjoyable and happy events given in the West End. It was found that it was no trouble at all to rent the hall for parties, entertainments, etc., and the club's debt, including $500 per year for the rent of the ground, is vanishing like the mist before a summer sun. It was soon found that the clubrooms were too small for the membership, and that the hall was unsuited for a gymnasium and such clubrooms as the members would like to have. The ground on which the present building stands is only leased for five years. The, club, since building, have tried to buy it for a new club house, but say they find the price too high and will have to look else where. Several sites have already been looked at, but no selection yet made. THE NEW BUILDING The new building will be beautiful in its architecture and a model in its appoint ments. The design has not been selected yet, but the club members have a pretty good idea of what they want. The exterior will be of pressed brick, set off with dressed stone, with a tower probably in one corner or both. The windowi will be large and the glass the best. The gymnasium will be on the first floor. The room will be built especially lor this purpose, according to the latest ideas. It will be furnished with a complete set of paraphernalia, including parallel bars, fly ing trapeze, rowing machines, lifting machines, horses, etc, etc. Each member will have a closet to keep his suit in. A master will be engaged to give instruction in athletics. The second floor will be given up to parlors, sitting, smoking and reading rooms. COMPLETE IN APPOINTMENTS. A library will be provided, shocked with the best books of all classes of reading. The directors and manager will also have a room. On'thc third floor will be located a large hall with a stage. It will be used for en tertainments, receptions, etc The club expects to raise 10,000 and go in debt for the other $5,000 or thereabouts. To-night will be held the lint of a series of bazaar.) to raise the necessary land 1. The bazaars will be continued two nights in each week, under the managemen: each week of two young men of the club. The new building will be erected just as soon as the $10,000 fund is assured. The present building being little but a shell can hardly be moved with profit, and when the ground lease expires will probably be sold lor a goodly sum to parties wishing to rent it ont as a ballroom or for entertain ments. The young men hope, by means of the bazaars, to raise the fund in an easy way and at the same time have a good deal of enjoyment while doing so. BASEBALL AS A BUSINESS. A Pittshurger Tells of the Millions Invested in the Industry. "When people speak of baseball," said J. Palmer O'Neill, the President of the Pittsburg League Baseball Clnb, to a New York Star reporter recently, "not many realize what a business it has grown to be. There is nearly $5,000,000 of capital invested in baseball in the League and Association clubs, without taking into account the out side baseball organizations. The Boston League dub plant is worth $1,000,000, which, of course, includes grounds, grand stand, etc. The Philadelphia League plant cost nearly as much; Chicago about $500, 000; New York, $400,000 (the New York Club does not own the Polo Grounds), and so on. "You see, it is a big business, and ranks with almost any of our infant industries. No, we haven't applied to Congress for 'protection.' Baseball is one thing in this country independent of foreign competi tion." - DEMAND FOE A PH0N0BBAPH. A Kusslan Wants One to Keep Tab on His Scolding Better Halt Syn Otechestva, a daily paper of St Petersburg, regrets that there are no phono graphs for sale in Russia. "One of our cor respondents," the editor says, "has found a use for the instrument of which its Inventor1 has perhaps never thought. He writes us a touching letter, begging that we should tell him where to procure a phonograph, for which he is willing to pay any price that may be demanded. He has a scolding wife, who uses the harshest words and the most cruel expressions. "When she is in a calm mood and he re proaches her for the language she has used, she either denies her words point blank, or so perverts his words as to impute to him the improprieties which she has committed. He therelore wishes to have a phonograph in the house, that the instrument may repeat to his wile her own scolding. Mr. Edison, if he could read the heartrending story of onr correspondent," says Syn OfecAestsa,"would undoubtedly have pity on him and come to his assistance." THE CITY AND COUNTEY. Tho Sameness in One Contrasted With the Variety of tho Other. New York Sun. The dweller in the city sees substantially the same surroundings the year through, but the man who has moved to a suburban residence is likely to be surprised when the leaves have fallen from the trees.for then he sees houses, church steeples, and other ob jects, near and far, of whose existence he bad before had no knowledge. Sometimes these revelations are pleasant and sometimes unpleasant, but usually they are agreeable, and if he stays there it is likely that with recurring vears he will have rather a friendly feeling for certain distant buildings which appear prominently when the winter .season comes and disappear again in tne spring. 1 -v BRIGHT DREAMS FADED. David Jackson Finds a Cold, Cold World Tries to Win Fame With a Circus and Is Stranded In Tennessee Back to Phila delphia, He longed to pit his strength against the world, and he joined a circus to win lortune and glory. Yesterday he applied at the De partment of Charities for assistance to reach his home in Philadelphia. Under a matted mass of hair and thick coating of grimy accumulations of the road, was the boy himself aDd he gave his name as David Jackson. Early last spring be joined Burke's Combination Show Com pany, against his father's wishes, and until a few weeks ago, when the show became stranded in Nashville, he was employed as a driver. He stated that the show hadbut one attraction that was worth anything. This attraction was a young lady who per formed several difficult feats on a tall ladder which a heavy native ot Japan balanced on his chest. The Jap was also an expert in drinking whisky, and one day in Nashville he was so much intoxicated that the ladder was unsteady and the girl fell. One of her arms and both legs were broken. Several ot her ribs were fractured, and her back was injured. That broke up the show, and the same day it was disbanded. A few days later he was taken with malarial fever, which kept him in a hospital for two weeks. When he recovered from his attack of malarial fever he was given a ticket by the Poor Board authorities of Nashville to Louisville, Ky., and when he arrived there he managed to secure a ticket to Cincinnati and then one to Pittsburg, arriving here yesterday. After questioning the boy closely, and being satis fied that be was telling a straightforward story. Chief Elliot gave him an order for a ticket to Philadelphia over the Pennsyl vania Railroad. NO CIGARETTE SMOKINU. A New Prohibitive Sign Swells the Hack neyed List in New York. Placards bearing the words, "Cigarette smoking is forbidden in this office," have become quite common in the banking and brokerage houses downtown, says the New York Times. This prohibitory crusade against the cigarette is said to have been started by Mr. S. Pierpont Morgan, whose hatred of "paper cigars" is intense. As the story goes, Mr. Morgan stepped into a bank in, Wall street one morning to talk about some se curities that his firm had been asked to handle. As he stood talking with the affable cashier the thin smoke and fumes from a cigarette attracted his attention and, look inng over the railing, he saw one of the subordinate attaches of the bank puffing away serenelv. Pretty soon the fumes became annoying to Mr. Morgan and w th an impatient gest ure he exclaimed: "Whv don't you put-a stop to that sort of thing? I won't do busi ness where they smoke cigarettes." The great financier then walked out of the bank, and it required a good deal of tact and persuasion on the part of the bank offi cers subsequently to get him to renew nego tiations. Very soon afterward a notice that cigarette smoking was forbidden was put up in that bank, and so popular has the placard become among employers that vendors find it worth their while to go about peddling them at 10 and 15 cents each. PBEPAEING SALTED ALMONDS. Recipe for the Dainty Dish That is All tho Craze of Late. Salted almonds are now a favorite dish at receptions, teas, luncheons and even dinners and their popularity is increasing all the time. They are expensive when bought at the confectioners', but here is a simple recipo for preparing them at home: First, carefully crack the nuts so that the kernels can be extracted whole, then blanch the almonds by placing them in scalding water, which causes the brown covering ot the nut to loosen, when it can readilv be removed. Have ready a pan of fine salt and when the nuts are all blanched place the warm, wet kernelslnto the salt. Then set the pan away until next morning in order to give them time for the salt to soak a little in the almonds. Next day remove the kernels from the salt and place them in a clean pan. The salt which still clings to them win drop off; do not try to remove it. Place the pan of nuts in the oven to brown, and stand by them, as they require constant attention. Stir often and bake quickly to a jight brown. When done pour them into a cold pan and allow them to cool. DEATH SEVERED FRIENDSHIP. After an Absence of 12 Years Mrs.Faress Cannot Find an Acquaintance. Mrs. Catharine Faress asked yesterday to be sent to the Poor Farm. Her 70 years of age had made her hair snow white, but she still appeared strong. For a long num ber of years she lived out the Fourth street road now Fifth avenue. Twelve years ago she went to Plono, 111., to live with her daughter. A short time ago she had some trouble with her daughter, and came back to Pittsburg to find her iriends. When she arrived here she could not dis cover any of her old acquaintances. After wandering about the city she was given a refuge in the Home for the Destitute. Her request was granted. FEMALE THIEF NABBED. A Woman Supposed to be Chicago's Mother Marideluaum Under Arrest. Chicago, November 28. The police have under arrest Bridget Kennedy, who, if their report is correct,is the Mother Mandel baum of Chicago. There were bolts'of cloth ranging in style from cheap calicoto costly plnsh; lap robes without number, jewelry of all descriptions, and several trunks of dress goods. Much of this property has since been identified as stolen. NOT IN THE TBTT8T. The Chicago Gas and Coke Company Takes Independent Action. Chicago, November 28. Chicago Gas Trust stock fluctuated several points to-day, and it was stated in explanation of the move that the West Side company, otherwise known as the Chicago Gaslight and Coke Company, had withdrawn from the trust and had refused to forward its dividends to the East for distribution. When questioned about the matter to day, President Billings said: "As a matter of fact, the Gaslight and Coke Company never belonged to the trust; it was never, and is not now, a member either of the Gas Trnst or of the Chicago Gas Company, the legalized name for the trust. Latest Social Fad. St. Louis Post-DIspatcn.J It is growing more fashionable than ever for society people to form "brewery parties," not for the purpose of testing the malt pro duction as it would seem, but to make ex cursions to the far away brewerjr and examine the mysteries of the building where great fortunes are made despite the efforts of the good temperano: people. Charters Issned. A charter was issued for the Godfrey & Clark Paper Company yesterday with a cap ital of $35,000. The East Park Building and Loan Association was also chartered. The capital stock is $35,000, A CHIEF UNDER FIRE. Head of One of the Allegheny De partments Placed on Trial BEF0KE BIS HONOR.MAYflB WIMAH William Winn's Recital of How lie Used to Draw His Salary WHEN HE WAS AN ALARM OPERATOR Mayor Wyman yesterday began the in vestigation of charges made against Fire Chief Jones, in Allegheny. The room was crowded. About 20 witnesses had been summoned, and among them were ex-Mayor Pearson, Controller Brown, Clerk of Select Council White and aa number of other city officials. William Winn, who made the charges, was represented by W. D. Moon, Esq., and W. H. McGary, Esq. W. D. Porter, Esq., represented Chief Jones. The prosecution opened by asking why it was that Chief Jones was assessed as Robert Hurdie and that he is known as Robert Jones. It was explained that the Chiefs mother had been married twice, and had always been known by his step-father's name. The first witness called was William Winn. He will be 21 years old next Jan uary. He is a son of George H. Winn, City Electrician of Allegheny. He testified that on the 1st of September, 1889, he took con trol of the police patrol system at the in stance of Chief Jones. On December 13, 1889, he received a warrant from Controller Brown. Jones said it would beforS200. After getting the warrant he and Jones went to the German National Bank and got the warrant cashed. AS TO HOW MUCH HE OWED. As they left the bank he gave the money to Chief Jones. On the way to the City Hall Jones said: "How much do I owe you?" "I'll leave that to yourself." Then Jones gave Winn SCO, and said the next time he would give him $25 per month, and in the spring he ought to take all the money. In May he got a warrant for $150 and left town. When he came back Jones demanded the money he took away. Winn denied that any of the money in question belonged to him. After a while Jones demanded $85, which included $10 ot borrowed money. The other 75 was half of the warrant. Winn said he was forbidden to go into the battery room. At first Winn thought he was working for Jones, but when he saw in the news papers that he had handed his resignation to Mayor Pearson be became convinced that he was an employe of the city. In response to Mr. Moore, Winn said: "One day Jones came to the room, and taking a test box attached it to Box 22 and pulled it. Jones said: 'Now, keep quiet and get away from the window, and old man Glenn will not know enough to know the thing is out of the way.' Thus a false alarm was mad'; and a false run resulted." It seemed to the witness that Jones tam pered with boxes out of deviltry. Jones said: "Winn, if I were you I would open the boxes in two or three places, and they'll soon come to you to fix it." This was on the day Winn resigned. Several times after that Jones told him to do this, the wit ness said.- PLACED TJNDEB A FIRE. Then Attorney Porter pnt the witness un der a fire-of questions and developed the fact that Winn was first employed at 520 a month to take crosses out of the lines. He admitted he had no experience except in the battery room and in taking crosses out of lines. He knew about the fire boxes, but did know whether that was the Gamewell system. Winn said he could not help Jones showing hi raj and that when Jones looked into a box he knew all abont it. The witness said he had put up complete lines, bnt a moment later he recalled his state ment. In answer to Mr. Porter's question Winn said he had to swear in the .voucher that be had done the work lor which he was being paid. The voucher was then brought forth, and Mr. Porter tried to show that Winn had perjured himself in swearing to such a voucher, as it reads: "No Councilman, official or other person in the employ of the ciiy is interested in it." Mr. Porter after ward said that he did not intend making a case of perjury against Winn. Winn did not know that when Jones set the idle box to box 22 and-turned the dial to & it was for test of line. He thought the operator ought to be able to understand that part of the business. Winn said he had a private system of signals with the operator at Centra station. At suggestion of Jones in February or March Winn said he agreed to quit the job, because of differences with the operators. Then, he understood, Jones told the Mayor that he (Winn) could not get along with the operators and had quit. EX-MAYOR PEARSON'S MEMORY. Ex-Mayor Pearson was sworn and testi fied that he had a conversation with Chief Jones in August, 1889. "He told me," said the ex-Mayor, "that he would have to give the work up, and recommended Winn for the position, and I recommended him to the Police Committee, who ordered me to place him in the position." Mayor Pearson also stated that the Police Committee had directed him to employ Mr. Winn. He stated that Winn had called on him and bad a conversation with him, in which he wanted to know what was the mat ter, snd he (Mayor "earson) informed hiru that he had not been discharged, but he was given to understand that he (Winn) had quit. He told him he was entitled to the $50 per month, as be was employed by the Police Committee. He also stated that Jones had informed him that notwithstand ing the outside talk, hehad not received any money from the position occupied by Mr. Winn. George W. Winn, the boy's father, took the stand and corborated his son's evidence in regard to the alleged advice about cutting the wires. That night the line was open for a couple of hours. He thought his son was fairly competent to take charge of the patrol system. The witness saw Chief Jones con nect the line aud pull the box to call out the wagon. Jones, on that occasion, said they would fool the operator and send the wagon up. Mr. Winn said he never had any trouble with Chief Jones except that when his son went away. Chief Jones had accused the boy ot taking $85 of his money away with him. WINN WAS IN CHARGE. Charles Glenn, the ex-operator who was referred to by young Winn as the man Jones meant as the one easily fooled on boxes, tes tified that after young Winn had been at the work for two months, he considered him as being in charge. He and Jones had not been on good terms for some time. He said that if a regular test call was sent over the line he would think that some one was tampering with the line. A Gamewell box was exhibited by At torney Porter; and the witness said he knew nothing of those boxes and was not sup posed to know. The defense will attempt to show that the false alarms were simply tests rung in from boxes 22 and 32, rung in by persons who knew only the correct call. At this point the hearing was adjourned until Monday morning, when the prosecu cution will close its case and the witnesses for the defense will be heard on Wednesday. THE Nicaragua Canal is to he a reality. A letter In THE DISPATCH to-morrow gives the situation at present and the prospects. All the news from every quarter of the globe. A mammoth news paper of 103 columns. THE MILITIA STRENGTH, ANNUAL REPORT OF CAPTAIN TAYLOR ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT. An Apparent Decreaso Explained Through Lack of Stato Reports lie commending a Keservo Cavalry Force and a Horse Census Field Guns for tho States." Washington, November 28. Captain D. M. Taylor, Ordnance Department, who is charged with the supervision of supplies issued to the militia, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, says that the in creased interest in militia affairs caused by the passage of the act of February 12, 1887, has nof been apparently maintained, as numbers show. The militia force of 1890 was 10UJS92 us against 106,500 in February, 1889, but this apparent decrease, it is thought, is deceptive, owing to the lack of reports from some States known to possess an organized militia. Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, DaKotaand Washington, which were unaccounted for in the report, are known to possess 6,177 militia, which would make the grand aggregate in 1890 109,4G9 or an increase of 2,963 in one year. Captain Taylor strongly urges the passage by Congress of the pending bill to promote the efficiency 0 the militia. Captain Tay lor also calls attention to the disproportion in numbers between the cavalry and the in fantry. He says that cavalry is one of the most difficult arms to improvise, and some steps should be taken to encourage the formation of new and to foster existing cav alry organizations in the National Guard. He recommends that Congress authorize and appropriate for the placing in each State which has more than 5,000 regularly organ ized militia, at such place as the Governor may indicate and where stables aud forage shall be provided at the expense of the State, of sufficient horses, not to exceed 75 for each State, to mount a troop of cavalry, with a detachment of regular cavalry soldiers to care for them and with such non-commissioned officers as may be competent to act as instructors in riding and in tactics. In Austria and in France, when the land wehr is not in active service, the horses are loaned hy the Government to farmers to keep and produce when needed, and after a certain number of years they become the property of the farmers. This course of action in country districts, or the one above suggested, says Captain Taylor, would produce a gratifying increase in the number and efficiency of cavalry militia. Captain Taylor also touches upon the feasibility of a horse census, and of legislation to prevent the country being depleted of the animals which will be urgently needed in the event of war. At present there is nothing to prevent foreign agents from hav ing all our available animals, and un doubtedly at different times large numbers have been shipped out of the country. The difficulty ot obtaining suitable cavalry horses has alarmingly increased in the past 15 years, and the establishment of a horse reserve and of Governmentbreedingstations would seem to be matters of first importance when the possibilities of war are regarded. Captain Taylor also urges the passage of the bill to issne to the States and Territories field guns, to encourage the formation of artillery companies. THE DISPATCH to-morrow will hold 24 Pages. Just think, 193 columns of reading matter for 5 cents. PECTJLIABITx' OF THE SENATE. Devices for En ding a Debate, Except by Con sent, Utterly Lacking. The Senate differs from the Honse of Rep resentatives and, I believe, from all other legislative bodies in this country, in that the "previous question" and every other de vice lor putting an end to debate, except that of unanimous agreement, is unknown to its proceedings, writes Senator Hoar in the Youth's Companion. The "previous question," according to the practice of parliamentary bodies here, is introduced by a motion "that the main question be now put" In the House of Representatives it is put without debate. In some assemblies a debate is allowed, which, however, is confined strictly to the question whether or not the vote shall be taken at once, without permitting any discussion of the merits of the pending measure. If the1 "previous question" is ordered, there can be no further debate, and, what is commonly of quite as much importance, there can be no further amendment. The measure must be adopted or rejected as it is, so that members are put in the awkward position of being compelled to vote against a measure contaiuing some things they ap prove, or for a measure containing some things which they dislike, without a chance to perfect it, or record their opinion on par ticular parts or clauses. Measures are passed or defeated without giving opportu nity to the members of the body, either to instruct their associates by discussion or to perfect the measure by suggesting amend ments. There are also in other legislative bodies limitations on the time of debate, either by general rules or by special orders passed by the majority in particular cases. -But in the Senate there can be no limit upon debate ex cept by unanimous consent. In this assembly speech is absolutely un fettered. Every measure can be discussed fully without restraint and amended without limit This is of immence importance, not only to the perfection of legislation, but also to the dignity of the Senate, and, in my opinion, to civil liberty itself. 'TWAS A CBTJEL TBICK A Fond Uncle Finds Soda Water Not What It Used to Be. New York Tribune. "It is a great mistake, my dear nephew, this thinking it necessary for a young fellow to take intoxicants in order to be merry," said a fond uncle to a young fellow, as they were walking up Park Bow. The old man had come in from his farm to see the city. "Well, let's take a soda water, TJnk, and I'll swear off," replied the yonng man, aa they turned into a drug store. The nephew gave the order. "Here's to the drink of the moral, the sober and the in dustrious; it imparts coolness to the blood, sensibility to the palate and calmness to the mind; it invigorates without depressing and sustains without exhausting," exclaimed the elder man, waxing eloquent. "It's a go; drink hearty, TJnk," said the young man, as he winked at the clerk, and they emptied their glasses. .Ten minntes later "TJnk" was seen trying with difficulty to scull him self around a lamppost with an umbrella. "TJnk" thinks city soda water has gained a wonderful potency since he was young. OVEBD0ING IKON BUSINESS. An Ohio Man Protests Against Too Many Furnaces in the South. J. G. Butler, Jr., of Youngstown, O., one of the leading iron masters of the Mahoning "Valley field, was in New York yesterday. He has been recently on a tour through Pennsylvania, investigating the condition of iron making, and he said to a New York Times reporter: "The iron business is likely to suffer shortly from the two rapid building ofnewiurnace's in the South. They have more furnaces there now than they have demand for their product, and unless they stop building furnaces it will be bad for their own iron business as well as that of the whole country." A Complementary Tteply. fharmaccutlcat Era.J Mrs. Maladee O, doctor, why do 1 feel so dreadfully blue lately? Dr. Bluntlee Perhaps, madam, because you use so much ronge; they are called com plementary colors, 70a knoir. WFwm When I was in Bangkok, I heard so much of the "sacred troop" of jugglers from Paklaie and their secular performances especially the last one in the great pagoda of Phnom, the remembrance of which seemed to be vividly impressed upon the minds of all who witnessed it that, when I learned that they were to perform again in the Temple of Juthia during the festivities attending the yonng King of Siam's corona tion, I determined to make an extraordinary effort to be present. My friend, Prince Pha-tajac, when I told him of some of the remarkable conjuring and legerdemain I had seen in Japan, and in Bengal also, at the Bajah's court, near Moorshedabad, used to shrug his shoulders and say: "That is all trick I You should see the royal troop of Paklaie. Don't you know that sorcery is indigenous to the soil of Laos?" Then he would add, "But of course, you cannot see Tepada and Noro dom, you are not initiated, nor a noble of Siaui." And he would give me no more satisfaction about it, question him as I might. Not long since, I was conversing with'a Jesuit priest in Saigon, and he told me that he scarcely knew how to understand or to deal'with these people. "I was expatiating to a native," said he, "upon the resurrection of Lazarus as a proof of the Savior's divine mission. 'Why, that is nothing,' said the man. 'Tepada's people from Paklaie do that every time they perform. I saw them revive the old Saint, Stung-Tieng, myself, at the great pagoda of Phnom; and every body knows Stung-Tieng has been dead these 600 years, and only comes to life once in a while, when Tepada's people want him. He is the father of Tepada, of Norodom; of all their race, and comes when they call him.' " I found, indeed, that the prospect was very slim for me to see the feat3 of this mys terious fraternity. The royal family of Siam is claimed to be native of Paklaie, and this troop of jugglers is of the royal race a branch, however, that only claims priestly, not imperial prerogatives. They never perform in public at all, nor in the presence of witnesses at any time, except upon two occasions. One of these is the incremation of the dead King; the other, the coronation of the young King. This is reported to have been their custom from time im memorial. I could not hear that their per formances had ever been witnessed by any white man or stranger. Indeed, no one was admitted but certain branches of the Siamese nobilitv, having either relationship to the royal blood or certain hierocratio affinities, and certain persons said to be "initiated," and holding high grades in a semi-religions confraternity akin to our Freemasonry in purpose perhaps, but in re gard to which I have never been able to get any very definite information. These priv ileged persons flock to the performances whenever they take place sometimes not forageneration but always in one or the other of five of the great temples or pagodas of Siam and Laos. Nevertheless, when I found that the French frigate La Heine des Ecossais was going round from Saigon to Bangkok, to participate in the coronation ceremonies, and that I could secure passage in her as a supernumerary, I very quickly packed my portmanteau and went aboard. Arrived at the Siamese capital, I lost no time in call ing to pav my respects to my amiable friend, Prince Pha-tajac. I found the household ot His Royal Highness in the greatest possible distress of mind. The cor onation was to come off on the 16th. It was now the 7th, and Mme. Liti-Mon-datch, the Prince's first wife a noble creature she is.'.too, fitted to adorn any circle was laid up in all the agonies of a formid able bone felon, which neither the European nor the native doctors of Bangkok could make any head against. I was the very man for the occasion, and I seized it, I re membered me of my old grandmother's remedy for the atrocious ailment a remedv proved infallible in a thousand trials and I proceeded to apply to it, with such happy effect, that in three days, Mme. Liti was about the honse again, very nearly as well as ever, and in a fever to give me substan tial proof of her gratitude. It was then that I broached to the Prince my desire to witness the performances of Tepada's troop, in the temple of Jnthia, on the morning of the 16th. "It was simply impossible," he said. "The law would not allow it. It was sacrilege. The 'initiated' would tear me limb from limb sooner than permit such an intrusion upon their sacred rights." Failing with Pba-tajac, I resorted to Liti. She hesitated. I reminded her of her finger. She espoused my cause with the per sistence and intelligence for which Siamese women are noted. I do not know exactly how it came about; I know that there was a terrible amount of diplomacy. I was given to understand that a certain royal personage had finally been induced to interfere, and that the redoubtable Tepada himself, at first decidedly hostile, had been brought to con sent. At any rate, I was told that I wis to be permitted to witness the performances, under certain restrictions, which it is not necessary to mention here. On the morning of the 13th, in company with Woun-Tajac, the Prince's favorite son, who was to witness the celebrated rites for the first time, I set out' up the river in a covered barge. We had a guard of five swordsmen, quite a "tail" of servants and attendants, and the boat moved merrily ahead, propelled by the strong arms of 28 oarsmen, Tho Med- nan is a very beautiful river, and the scenes along its banks are varied and curious. But the weather was hot and snltry, the awning tempted to slumber, the young Prince did not spare the iced champagne, which bis attendants knew how to flavor delicioosly with certain aromatic stimulant herbs, and well, I have no notes of the voyage, which passed swiftly enough. At dark on the evening of the'lSth, we debarked and mount ed elephants to Jnthia, reaching there at midnight. The Prince took me to a consin of his father's, who dwelt in that city, and, as the ceremonies were to begin early the next day, we took a bath, emptied the last bottle of the Roederer, and slept the sleep .'the just, Woun-Tajae called me early the next day, and he and his father's cousin, a jolly, fat old gentleman called Soondatch-Tam-Bon-dar, set to work to prepare me for witnessing the performances in the great pagoda. A white tnrban was wound around mv bead, my skin was stained the color of new bronze, my mustache ruthlessly trimmed down, blacked, and waxed till it had the proper Malayan dejected droop and tenuity, my eyebrows blacked, and native garments fur nished me, over which I wore the long, white robes which I was told were peculiar to the "initiated." At 7 o'clock we started for the pagoda, Soondatch and I having had our breaefasts, but Woun, being a neophyte, was compelled to go fasting. The pagoda of Jnthia is more cele brated for its sacredness than its size, or the splendor of its architecture. It is, nevertheless, a building of some very striking features. It is situated without the city, upon a broad and commanding terrace, elevated considerably above the level of the river-plains. It is approached from the city by a long brick-paved avenue, wide, straight and imposing. This avenue, which is halt a mile in length and nearly 100 feet wide, is bordered upon each side by strips of - - palm groves, in the silent shades of which stand innumerable small votive pagodas, and golden images and statues of Buddha in all his characters, but especially as the calm, stagnant, peaceful Guatama. At the extremity of the avenue is a flight of broad sand-stone steps; then a ter race, decorated with flowers aud statu ettes with much taste; then another broad flight of steps, another terrace, an other flight of steps; and. finally, through a gateway guarded by monstrous statues, we came to the terrace upon which the temple itself was planted. The feet of millions of. worshippers and pilgrims had worn their way into the steps and the flags of the ter races, and both steps and terraces, as well as the environs of the temple, were crowded with an immense multitude of persons, who incessantly moved abont to and fro, yet never spoke above a whisper. These made way tor us as we passed with a respect min gled of reverence and curiosity. Bands of male aud female bonzes passed to and fro in the crowd, swinging censers and scattsr ing flowers. Some of these were shockingly mutilated, having cut off their fingers, their ears, their noses, and their eyelids, in the excess of their devotion to Bnddha'i service. The pagoda itself is an immense round building with a square top, like a gasometer, and rimmed around with a gallery sup ported with gigantic columns, painted a vivid red, and dashed over with a dusting of gold, giving them a peculiarly brilliant effect. Underneath this portico, the build ing was entered by eight tall doorways, each grotesquely sculptured with griffins, croco diles, and serpents. Behind the building, like a pile of plates narrowing to a candle extinguisher at the apex, rose the character istic bell-core of all these temples. It was multitudinous with bells, banners, gay lan terns, bright streamers. It was elaborately, even grotesquely ornamented, gilded, col ored, and decorated with curiously shaped squares ot porcelain, so that it was almost too dazzling in the snnshine to gaz: at for any length of time. At its base, a forest of small pagodas clustered, crowding up to the very base of the columns supporting the temple gallery. Soondatch and Woun-Tajac, each hold ing me by an arm, now directed me toward one of the doorways of the temple. It was guarded by two men with drawn swords and very fierce aspect, who stood in front of a heavy drapery ot red cloth that completely concealed the interior of the temple from outside eyes. At a triple password, these men admitted my companions, but crossed their swords before my breast. Soondatch whispered in the ear of the elder of the two J he started, gazed at me intently, but did not withdraw his barrier. Woun showed him a signet. He took it and reverently placed it upon his forehead, yet he still re fused to admit me. There was a controversy between the door-keeper and my compan ions, and at last the elder guardian whistled shrilly upon a bone pipe tied about his neck . with a strand of silk. A tail man suddenly appeared, I could not see from whence. He was middle-aged, athletic, and had a most peculiar, cunning, self-posessed look of per son and intelligence. "TeDada!" exclaimed both of my comrjan- . ions at once, but the man, who was naked except for a breechclout, took no notice ot them. He put his hand heavily, but not unkindly, upon my breast, gave me a pierc ing.Iong look, and said, in excellent French, "Are you a brave man?" "Try mel" I said. Instantly, without another word, he bandaged my eyes with a part of the long white robel wore; he snapped bis fingers snd-' denly, whispering in my ears; "Not a word ior your life!" and the next moment I found myself seized in the hands of several strong. -men and borne some distance along a de vious way, ascending and descending kt'
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers