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PITTSBURG. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1890.
SAWED II OF JAIL
The Nicely Brothers Escape Once
More From the Somer
set Authorities.
STRONG LOCKS CUT AWAY
With Instruments Made From Corset
Steels. Probably Smuggled
in, by Visitors.
DOWN FEOil THE KOOF OS A EOPE.
A Fellow Prisoner Makes 'Repeated Efforts
to Warn the Sheriff, but His A'ote -Beaches
Him Too Late,
THE TOWN WII-D WITH EXCITEMENT,
A Party of Volunteers Starts ia Hot Pursuit cf ti
Hirderers, tut Little Hope is Enter
tained cf Capturing Thea.
ETORT OF TEE CKIME AND TEE LAWS DELAY
trECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Somerset, November 29. The Somerset
c lUnty ja!l contained seven prisoners at
1 ali-pabt C o'clock this evening, among
tlieiii the Cicely brothers, convicted of mur
der, and recently refused a rehearing by the
Board ol Pardons. A half hour after that
time only three of the seven were left, and
one of them was heard howling with pain at
the jail, where he had fallen a distance of 30
feet.
The rope by which his fellow-prisoners
Dad descended from the roof relused to bear
iis weight and let him drop. A num-
1 t of persons heard his agonizing cries
Mid hurried to the place, when it was
1 arned that the prisoners had escaped.
'J nc alarm was at once raised, and in a very
l-w minutes tne entire population of this
town of 1,750 peorile had collected around
'.be jail.
Set tho Town "Wild.
It u impossible to portray the excitement
of the people, since they had all been led to
believe that the new jail only finished in
October was perfectlv secure. The Nicely
bovs are desperate characters, and in a
former attempt to escape shot the deputy
sheriff twice The prisoner who was found
howling at the rear of the jail is a cripple
who was imprisoned only a week ago
charged with the crime of arson. He was
rrieu to the Sheriff residence, where it
was found that his good leg was broken in
two places above the knee. Alexander
Queer the cripple, said that all the pris
oners had left about 20 minutes before, the
Nicely's being the first to leave. Their
cells were locked with ordinary padlocks,
but the locks have not yet been lound.
A small pile of saw filings under each
lock shows how thev were opened. Once
in the corridor of the jail it was a very easy
matter to gain access to the garret through
a trap door, and then to cut a hole through
the bricK cornice. A rope was ciatiufact-
Sp "tl-1
i -1 tn joining the ends of the cell ham-nnck-,
jnd. aiter being secured to beams in
' e roof, permitted the prisoners to slide
wu very readily.
Ucg.ui a Week Ago.
i irv McCarty, a one-legged prisoner who
i". aiting trial, and who declined to leave
t e i ii, with the other prisoners, tells an
i trts'ini story. He savs that the lock on
l iii it door ws sawed off more than a
w cU .ico and that the Nicely hoys did it.
About 3 o'clock this afteruoou he handed a
note to the jail janitor, asking him to give
it to Sheriff McMillan. The janitor re
fused to take it, as he had been directed to
carrv no messages from any of the prisoners.
A short time after this McCarty gave a
note to the Sheriff's 10-year-old ton with ?3
wrapped ud in it, telling him to have the
Sheriff register a letter for him. The boy
took the money and note, but as he appeared
to Be in no hurry to leave the jail corridor,
McCarty took it from him and handed it to
tne deputv sheriff when he came into the
jail. A few minutes later the prisoners had
escaped. In the note McCarty says:
A l'ellow Prisoner Warning.
Joe ana Dave are sawing oat. Tbcy will
leave to-night. Place a guard on the outside
at the corner next to the stable. You can come
and see for jourself, but don't let them know
that I told J ou. I have to send this money in
order to fool the rest of the boys, but be sure
and give it back. Come up and do not go to
the place at once. Don't tell anybody who told
ou. I trust you will do this. The combina
tion box is open; come and see for yourself.
Jehrv McCarty.
McCarty told a deputy to unscrew the
sets of the dry closets in the Nicely hoys'
cc Is and he would find two or three saws.
Investigation proved that he was correct,
for under both seats two thin burglar's saws
v ere discovered. All of them were as thin
as pieces of writing paper aad looked as
though they had been manufactured from
the steel stays of a lady's corset
Volunteers in Pursuit.
The bell of the Court House was rung,
while the town people were running up and
down the streets in their excitement, and in
a few minutes the court-room was crowded.
Sheriff McMillan asked for volunteers to go
in pursuit of the escaped men, and a bun.
dred men pressed forward to offer their ser
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vices. The services of all were accepted,
and as soon as horses could be bridled and
saddled they were started in pursuit.
The night is bright moonlight, but no one
indulges in the thought that the prisoners
will be recaptured to-night, notwithstanding
they had only a half hour's start. Mc
Carty, the one-legged prisoner, says he over
heard the Nicely boys talking about the
route tbey would travel, and they had
agreed to follow the Jenner road through
the fields to a chestnut grove, near the toll
gate in the mountain above Ligonier, and
only about five miles distant from their
homes.
Visitors at the Jail.
The aged father of the condemned murd
ers was iu Somerset the early part of the
week and it is remarked as singular that
his sons have attempted to escape several
times after he has paid them a visit. The
new jail Ironi which the prisoners escaped ia
visited every day by from 10 te 100 people,
all anxious to see the ' inside of the jail, but
more interested on catching a glimpse of the
famous murderers.
The iron work of the jail was furnished by
a St. Louis company, and it is one of the
most complete and secure jails of its size ia
the State. All of the cells are secured by
the same system of locks used in the differ
ent penitentiaries, and the question that
confounds the people to-night it, bow did the
combination lock that permits the leverage
locks to be opened and shut, come to be
open. Had it been locked the prisoners
would still be confined in their cells.
Most desperate means have been resorted
to to cheat the gallows of its victims in the
case of these murderers, and there can be
.no doubt that they have accomplices on the
outside who in all probability were visitors
to the jail to-day. A reward of ?500 has
been offered for the capture of the Nicelys.
THE N1CELYS' CRIME.
HOW FARMER UMBERGER WAS SHOT IN
COLD BLOOD.
He Tell Dead at His Wife's Feet After Re
ceiving Two Ballets Sensational Identi
fication In Court Story of the First
Escape and Recapture.
Herman TJmberger was a farmer living
in Jenner township, Somerset county. On
Wednesday evening, February 27, 1889, he
and his wife Nancy, a hired girl, Ella Stern,
and a granddaughter, Nannie Horner, aged
10 years, were seated in the sitting-room, the
other member of the family, a grandson, be
ing absent About 8 o'clock a rap was
heard, and to Mr. Uroberger's cheerful
"Come in," the door opened and two men
entered and accepted chairs near the stove.
One of the men, who wa& taller than his
partner, had his head bandaged in a red
handkerchief, which he srclaicsd belaying
thathe had been thrown from, a energy. '
A general conversation was kept up for a
few.moinents, when the smaller man, who
appeared to be the spokesman, said that
they were officers from Bedford county, and
had a warrant to search for jewelry that had
been stolen from a peddler named Maxom,
and they were authorized to search every
house between Jennertown and Johnstown.
TJmberger asked if they had had their war
rant backed. The small man replied that it
was backed by 'Squire Bancb, of Jenner
town, and produced a paper which he read
as the warrant, saying that they had al
ready searched two houses in the neighbor
hood, and named the parties.
Searching the House.
TJmberger told them they might search
the house, but would find nothing, and after
the little girl secured a light, all went into
the parlor except the taller man and Ella
Stern. The man changed his seat so that be
could see into the parlor, remarking that
there was "a good deal of fun in searching
houses." The other parties went into the
bedroom, and after making an examination,
returned to the sitting room. The smaller
man did not appear to be satisfied, but
wanted to return to look under the bed, and
also to examine whether there was not a
false drawer in the bureau.
TJmberger, the two men and little girl
returned to the bedroom, when the small
man insisted upon TJmberger pulling out
the upper bureau drawer, which exposed
the contents ot the second drawer, including
two pocketbooks. These TJmberger said
contained money which he intended paying
his hired men. He put them in his inside
vest pocket and folded his arms across his
breast, and then told the little girl to call
Mrs. TJmberger. "When she came in she
baid that "this thing had gone far enough."
They all walked out into the sitting
room again, when the small man presented
a pistol at tJuiberger and exclaimed, "Your
money or your li.'e!"
The Fatal Shots Fired.
Ella Stern ran out on the porch, and when
she heard a shot fired fled to the bouse of a
neighbor, returning a half hour later. Mrs.
rjuiberger ran into the kitcheuand began to
ring the dinner bell to alarm the neighbors.
Several shots were fired and as the men
made their escape alter securing the money,
about 525,000, TJmberger walked from the
sitting room into the Kitchen and fell dead
at his wife's feet Two bullets had entered
his body, one in the shoulder and another
between the seventh and eighth ribs near
the heart
On the Monday following, March 4, 1889,
Joseph and David Nicely were arrested at
their homes in Ligonier township, West
moreland county, about 15 miles from the
scene of the murder. They were convicted
of murder in the first degree at the May
term of court and sentenced to be hanged.
The Supreme Court and the Board of Par
dons refused to interfere. In the trial the
defense made a strenuous effort to break
down the evidence of the prosecution in the
identification of the Nicely brothers. A
vigorous cross-examination bad the effect ot
mixing up the testimony of Mrs. TJmberger.
Then little Nannie Homer was put on the
stand. She said she could identify the men
by the clothes they wore, and alter describ
ing them, she was given up for cross-examination.
Identified by a Coat
She said one of the men wore a gray over
coat ou which was a small brown spot The
garment was produced and shown the girl.
"Yes, that's the overcoat," she said, 'J and
if you look on the back you'll see a small
brown spot"
Examination revealed the spot just as the
little girl described it She bad not seen
the coat since the" night of the murder.
Shortly after their conviction and sen
tence the Nicelvs made a most determined
effort to escape ' from the Somerset county
jail. When the Deputy Sheriff entered the
prison where they and several other
prisoners were confined, a rush was made for
the door. The Nicely brothers had each
secured a brace of pistols and did not hesi
tate in their use. The Sheriff made a brave
fight to prevent the escape, but a bullet put
a stop to his efforts and nearby caused his
death. The prisoners mshed brer the body
of the wounded official and took to the
woods. Everybody in the town seemed to
have heard of the escape in a moment and
100 citizens made a hot pursuit After
they were recaptured the utmost difficulty
was experienced by the cooler heads in pre
venting a lyching.
On account of this partial escape it was
deemed advisable to remove the prisoners to
the Indiana county jail, where thev were
confined in separate cells until the comple
tion of the new structure at Somerset
"WILL THY THE DRAMA.
Sirs. Eva Hamilton Is Said to be Going on
the Stage.
.SPECIAL TELEQRA1I TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, November 29. Mrs.
Eva Hamilton, who was pardoned out of
the New Jersey State Prison a few days ago,
arrived in this city to-day from New York.
She was extremely reticent and looked very
pale and nervous as she walked down the
platform at the Broad street station. As
Mrs. Hamilton alighted from the train she
was in conversation with an elderly gentle
man, who, 43 she drove away from the
depot, said:
Yes, she Is going on the stage and In a short
time. That is, as soon as her suit in her hus
band's will case Is settled. She possesses dra
matic talent of a very high order, especially in
emotional scenes, well, you may guess how
she Is estimated as a coming actress when I
tell yon that she has oilers of engagements
from all over the country, bhe is woll known
in amateor theatricals, and the managers of
several New York theaters who have seen her
play are now comoetlng te secure her for their
theaters in New York City.
At Mrs. Bupps house. 454 Franklin
street, Mrs. Bupp expressed surprise at the
question, "is Mrs. Hamilton here?" '"I
have nothing to say," responded the little
lady, and her eyes snapped energetically,
"but I am sure of one thing, and that is
you cannot see her. She will keep herself
quiet now."
BOARDING HOUSE TRAGEDY.
John Whlfbeck Fatally Shoots His Land
lady and Himself. ,
tSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. I
Lockpoet, November 29. A tragedy
was enacted at the boarding house of Mrs.
Augusta Vandekar, in this city; shortly
after 6 o'clock this evening. The boarders
were seated at supper when John "Whitbeck
arose, went out into the kitchen, returned
and shot at Mrs. Yandekar, the bullet
missing her. The boarders all fled, leaving
the woman to struggle with Whitbeck. He
pulled her to the floor and shot her in the
lack of the head. She ran screaming to a
neighbor. Whitbeck then went npstairs
and shot himselt in the head, just over the
right eye, the br)llet entering the brain.
There are no hopes of Mrs. Vandekar's
recovery. Whitbeck is probably fatally in
jured. The cause of the shooting is said to
be jealousy. Whitbeck had words with his
landlady regarding his bill also. He was a
man of violent temper. The physicians nre
now probing for the bullet
ANOTHER WORLD'S PAIR DIFFICULTY.
Possibility of a Building Trades Strike,
Which May Bring It to a Standstill.
Chicago, November 29. There is now
in process of formation what is to be known
as the United Building Trades Council: It
will comprise, according to the designs of
the projectors, all artisans employed in any
capacity in the construction of buildings.
Should the amalgamated association he
perfected, the carpenters will, in the spring,
renew their demands on the bosses, and
should they be refused the building busi
ness, including the World's Fair operations,
will not only be partially suspended, but
will come to a -complete standstill. Then
struggle will be tremendous, and the bosses
must either surrender or prove their ability
to defeat organized labor, not in platoons,
as heretofore, but in a pitched battle with
the whole industrial army.
PREPARATIONS FOB ELECTEOCUTIOK.
It Is Believed Murderer Wood Will Die on
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Sing Sing, N. Y., November 29. Sing
Sing prison is barred against all outsiders
to-day, 'and none but the regular employes
are admitted. Various schemes and devices
have been adopted by newspaper correspond
ents to get within the walls of the prison,
but they are vain and useless. Warden
Brush believes it to be his dnty to keep out
everyone, now that the day of Murderer
Joseph Wood's doom is drawing near.
Every keeper is sworn to keep silent
Murderer Wood is being daily attended
by his spiritual advisers. He is nearly
frightened to death over the prospect of his
execution. The death apparatus is all
ready. The prevailing impression is that
the electrocution will take place on Tuesday
or Wednesday.
BUILDING TRADES COMBINE.
Frospects of an Immense Strike at Chicago
Next Spring.
ICrECIAT, TELEOBAJt TO THE DISPATCO.I
Chicago, November29. If certain plans
now in process of development can be suc
cessfully carried into execution, next spring
will see some of the greatest strikes ever ex
perienced in Chicago, if not exceeding
anything in the history of the coun
try. There is now in process of
formation what is to be known as the United
Building Trades Council. It will comprise,
according to the designs of the projectors, all
artisans employed in any capacity in the
construction of buildings.
The cardinal principle of the association
will be a pledge by each member to refuse
to work on anv joS with any artisan of the
crafts embraced in the council who is not a
member of the uuion.
TIOGA DISASTER INDICTMENTS.
Difficulty in Getting Evidence Against the
Genessee Oil Company.
Chicago, November 29. The November
grand jury ended its labors to-day, and
made a final report this afternoon. Among
the true bills were 137' against the pool
sellers. The matter of the explosion on the steamer
Tioga presented the greatest difficulty. Of 23
persons killed in the disaster, only one could
be identified before the jury at all, and in
this case the evidence was rather uncer
tain. The father of the dead man, a negro,
could only identify his son bv his long body
and white teeth. On this the indictments
against J. C and W. H. Bright, of the
Genessee Oil Company, of Buffalo, charging
manslaughter, were found. The explosion
was caused by naphtha shipped by that
company.
WILL FORM A LEAD TRUST.
Resumption of the Effort ot a Tear Ago
Which Will Frobably Succeed.
CHICAGO, November 29. Next Monday
a meeting will be held in this city at the
Auditorium Hotel, at which another effort
will be made to organize the lead silver
smelters of the United States into one
gigantic trust
A combination was attempted about a
year ago, but fell through on account of the
declination of two or three of the most
prominent companies to enter. Since that
time, however, Mr. Thompson, the Presi
dent of the National White Lead Trust,
has been working hard to reconcile the
differences that developed during the nego
tiations of last year, and it is believed tbat
the call for a meeting in this city Monday
next ii an indication that he has succeeded.
BEDLAM BROKE LOOSE
Remarkable Scene at tho Election of
Gen. Gordon as Senator
IN THE LEGISLATDEE OP GEORGIA.
Members Stark Mad With Enthusiasm and
Joy, While Farmers
LOOK OH WITH EAPT AHAZEMEST
IFEOH X STAVP CORRESPONDENT. 1
"Washington, November 29. Farmers
Alliance men and others of the North who
wonder at the election of Governor Gordon,
of Georgia, to the United States Senate,
would donbtless be little surprised if they
knew more of the influences of the day of
his election. Nothing yet printed outside
of Georgia appears to throw light on the sit
uation, as much as the verbal description
given of the scene by E. "W. Barret', the
Washington correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution, who had just returned lrom his
home. He said:
You should have been there that day. It was
wonderfully exciting and interesting. The halt
of the House of Representatives was a mass of
political maniacs. The doors were Erst locked
to prevent any but members coming on the
floor. But soon the doorkeepers were swept
aside, and hundreds of old Confederate veter
ans and other Gordon men rushed in. The
aisle: were tilled; men were crowded in between
the seats and members' desks: tbey were
perched unon the clerks' desks and on the re
porters' tables; even on the Speaker's stand,
itself, a dozen men had gathered. They were
wild with excitement, and It was simply an im
possibility for the officers of the House to con
trol the crowd or to clear the hall. The Speaker
rapped and pounded with bis gavel until he be
come worn out
THE OLD BEBEL TELL.
The roll call begun. The first vote was for
Norwood. The audience groaned loudly. The
Speaker sto pped the clerk and threatened to
have the hall cleared. Another name was
called. The vote was for Calhoun. The audi
ence hissed, and groaned, and jeered and
tittered all kinds of exclamations of dissatis
faction and contempt Then there was a vote
for Gordon. And such a yell. It was the old
rebel yell. As it arose, crutches, with hats
upon them, were hoisted all about in the
audience.
Men Jumped upon desks, waved their hats
and shouted for minutes. Then the voting
went on. A man who dared vote against
Gordon was hissed and jeered. The men who
voted for him were wildly cheered. Every man
who bad room to move his arm kept tally. 1 he
instant the voting ceased, it was known tbat
Gordon had lost by two votes. A young man
to the left of the ball, who bad voted against
Gordon, was known to be personally inclined
toward him. The veterans and Gordon
shouters made a rush for him. He was hoisted
upon their shonlders, carried bodily to the
front, and there he changed his vote.
SCENE OP CRAZY HILARITY.
Then a mighty yell went up. Men jumped to
the tops of their desks. They rushed over one
another. The crowd jammed in and hoisted
other members hisb in the air. All over the
hall were pyramids of men with a member who
bad voted against Gordon, formm; the apex,
and each of these men changed bis vote. A
rush was-mado for Speaker Howell. He was
beeped to change his vote, and almost threat
ened if be did not change it. He refused,
until Gordon was surely elected. Then he lott
the chair and announced tbat be would move
to make the election unanimous.
With this, pandemonium broke loose. The
peopie went into a delirium of enthusiasm.
One-legged veterans lost their crutches in the
wild crowd, but hopped about on their one leg
and yelled with the rest, Xorgettingfor tho mo
ment their loss. Ushers were npon the desks
and tables, throwing their hats into the air and
crushing them upon others' heads. Perhaps a
thousand hats were torn into fragments, and
coats, too. Men pulled their coats Iroin tlisif
back3 led hurled Jhem over tBcir headX it
was a wonaenai sigub
THE FAKMEKS -WERE AMAZED.
The farmers of the Legislature did not know
what to make of it. The crowd and the yell
ing from the very start made it appear to them
that the whole world wanted Gordon, and mem
bers who were pledged against him went with
the enthusiasm of the moment and cast their
votes for Gordon. In an instant after the vote
was taken, all Atlamta seemed to know that
Gordon was elected. Cannons boomed from
all around the capital. General Gordon was
brought into the hall to say a few words.
Then he was carried into the street lifted
upou the caisson of an old cannon that had be
fore spoken victory for him in the Virginia
campaigns, and hauled gloriously through the
streets by a thousand men. while over him
floated to the breeze tho United States flair,
the Stars and Stripes, and beneath It a tattered
Confederate banner. It was a union of the
past and present. The joining of memory and
reality. Tbe town was turned Into a mass of
hunks and chunks of uncut and unpolished
enthusiasm a bedlam of crimson-bued joy.
And tbe jollification continued all the after
noon and night.
It was truly a remarkable scene all the way
through. The people were determined to have
Gordon. If tbo Legislature had elected any
other man well, there's no telling what would
have happened. Liqiitneu.
SAVED TO THE PEOPLE.
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL
PROJECT WILL BE RESURRECTED,
And Its Completion as a Cheap Waterway
and a Link in the Proposed Trans-Alle-ghenv
Canal Seems Now Assured Tho
Bequlred S600,000 Bond Filed.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, November 29. It may
now be considered almost a certainty that
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is saved to
the people as a waterway for cheap trans
portation. After partial destruction by
flood, and what looked like total destruction
by the Maryland Legislature and some of the
Maryland courts, it now has a prospect of
prompt and rapid resurrection. The bond
of 5600,000 rquired by the decision of
Judge Alvey of the trustees of the bond
holders of 1,844, was filed at Hagerstown
to-day.
The signers were Bradley S. Johnson,
Joseph Bryan, H. H. Keedy, H. L. Pond,
Jr., and John K. Cowen, with Miss Mary
E. Garrett and John B. McDonald as sure
ties. They have paid into court in cash
10,000 for costs and produced 8302,000 of
tbe bonds, of 1878, and 5247,500 in legal
tender currency to pay for the rest of the
bonds of 1878.
This entitles them to the possession of the
canal property. Mr. Stake and the canal
company will appeal the case, hut this will
not delay work on the canal. One of the
trustees told the correspondent of The
Dispatch that -they considered their
position so sure that they would
proceed at once in the "work of
repairing the canal, and that if the winter
was favorable he expected the waterway
would be lively with boats, the song of the
boatmen and the braying of mules in the
early spring.
Thus it is pretty certain that this link in
the great project for a trans-Allegheny
canal, which, with the Erie and Pittsburg
Ship Canal, would make a cheap medium
for transportation between the lakes and the
Atlantic, by way of Washlpgton, will not
be broken, as the canal wreckers had in
tended. LI0NB OF THE HOUR.
Brazilian Guests at the Capital Decorate
the Tomb of Washington.
Washington, November 29. The Bra
zilian naval officers were down the river on
the United States steamer Dispatch this
morning. They were accompanied by Ad
miral Walker, Lieutenants Mason, Buck
ingham and Staunton.
When the party reached "Washington's
tomb tbey were surprised and delighted to
see a floral piece, tbe center of which was a
fao simile of tbe Brazilian flag, under
which was inscribed in letters of, white Im.
xnortelles: "In memory of the great Wash
ington from the navy of Brazil." In tbe
evening the Brazilians were entertained at a
dinner given at the Metropolitan Club
House.
JOLLY WEDDING PAR1X
A Vision of Loveliness That Appeared Be
fore a New York Alderman.
ISTECIAL TELEQRAM TO THE DISPATCH.'.
New York, November 29. A white
surah silk train in the dust of the City Hall
plaza created a sensation this morning. A
light blue surah silk train nearly as
long added to the stir. These ad
juncts of full dress and festivity,
which were followed bv a trail of
dust clouds up the City Hall steps, and by
an increasing crowd of curiosity seekers,
proved if to be a wedding procession. The
bride was Miss Kate Sacanville.'of Twenty
sixth street. A tulle veil, many satin rib
bons, some orange blossoms and a hnge
bouquet of white roses were the rest of the
visible feaiures of the bridal array.
"Miss Looiso Sacanville, the bride's sister,
acted as bridemaid and the blue train was
hers. She was Frenchier and prettier than
her sister. The groom was George C.
Etlenne. of Brooklyn. Thebest man was as
i espjendent as the ladies. It was not yet
noon, but he appeared in evening dress. It
was a happy, jolly, but properly nervous
party. Alderman 'Terrell performed the
ceremony.
PRETTY MBS. .PRETTYMAN
Will Not be Allowed to Profit by tho Funds
Given to Her.
Chicago, November 29. Prettv Mrs.
Prettyman, whose husband's bank .sus
pended business a week ago, will probably
fail to keep the 52,500 which he gave her
out of the'hands ot tbe creditors. A draft
for the amount is now on its way to Mrs.
Prettymau's mother, Mary O. Young,
having been sent by Mrs. Prettyman yes
terday, she secured a draft from tbe
Metropolitan National Bank ou the First
National Bank of New York, but this
morning an injunction was issued against
tbe Metropolitan Bank restraining it and
its agent' from cashing the draft. The
assignee to-day began suit against the Corn
Exchange Bank to secure $12,000 worth of
the assets of the Prettyman bank held by it
The hearing before Jndge Prendergast
was continued to-day, and H. H, Bishop,
Prettyman's partner In the lumber business,
was on the stand. He created a sensation
by telling, with the utmost sang froid, how
he had purchased various pieces of real es
tate with money drawn lrom W. L. Pretty
man & Co., and how, shortly before the fail
ure, he sold two bouses worth 514,000 to Mr.
Stinson, Treasurer of the North Division
Lnmber Company, for a nominal considera
tion, Stinson at once turning them over to
Bishop's wife for a like amount
HISS BECKWITH MARRIED.
A Notable Wedding In Which Fashionable
London Took" Fart
IBT CABLE TO TOT DISPATCH.
London, November 29. To-day took
place at St. George's, Hanover Square, the
marriage of Miss Helen Beckwith, of New
York, to Hou. Dudley Leigh, son and heir
to Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh, and nephew
of the Duke of Westminster. Tbe bride
was given away by her brother, Leonard
Beckwith. Yiscount Dungarvan, eldest
son of the Earl of Cork, was best man and
there were eight bridemaids. The bridal
dress was one ot Worth's latest masterpieces
and the bride's ornaments were diamonds.
The presents, over 200 in number, were of
jtJjjstIic?t.dV"cription, ivmaug-lhem-i being,
a .fruit basket from Empress Eugenie, to
whom Miss Beckwith was presented at .the
Tuileries during the last days of the Empire
and with whom she has since been a favor
ite. Fashionable London crowded the
church.
A SOUND SLEEPER.
HeSteps From a Swift Moving Train Un
hnrt, and Without Waking.
ISriCtAI, TILEOKAM TO TDK DISPATCH. 1
Pabkeksbubg, November 29. A cattle
dealer and drover, who was going East
Thursday night with a drove of cattle on
the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad, got up
out of his berth in the caboose and walked
off the train in his sleep a short distance
east of Grafton. The man's absence was
not discovered for some time, when the en
gine wai run back to the point where he
was last seen.
To the astonishment of the men on the
train, the cattleman was found lying in a
muddy spot near the track unhurt and still
asleep. The above is vouched for by several
railroad men who were on the train at the
time.
ROSA VINCENT SITED.
In Answer the Actress Slakes a Direct
Charge of BlackmalL
New Yokk, November 29. Ex-Alderman
William P. Kirk has brought a suit
for $10,000 against Eosa P. Vinoent, iu the
Supreme Court, under a contract dated
June, 1S87, which admits services performed
but does not hint at their nature.
The defendant has answered that she
signed the contract under duress and under
threats of scandalous exposures. She makes
a direct charge of blackmail. Judge O'Brien
signed an order'for the taking of testimony
of Jefferson Chandler, of Washington, and
other testimony in Boston and Phila
delphia. HBS. HARRISON IN ALT00NA.
Sko Is the Guest of a Prominent Railroad
Man In That Town.
rSPZCIAI. TELEOEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Altoona, November 29. Mrs. Benja
min Harrison, wife of President Harrison,
arrived in this city on the New York and Chi
cago limited this evening. During the stay
of the distinguished ladv she will be the
guest of Mr. Theodore N. Ely, Geneial
Superintendent of motive power of the
Pennsylvania Bailroad Company.
Mrs. Harrison will leave for her home in
Indianapolis on the St Louis express Sun
day evening.
JEWELRY THIEVES SENTENCED.
A Trio of American Male and Female Crooks
Get a Dose.
IBT DtTXLAr'S CABLE COMPANY. I
London, November 29. At the Central
Criminal Court to-day Thomas Wright,
Frances Irving and Alice Coady, the Amer
icans who pleaded guilty to the carrying out
of extensive robberies in jewelry shops in
the city, were brought up to be sentenced.
It was stated that Wright had been several
times convicted in America and the Re
corder sentenced him to five years imprison
ment and the female prisoners to 18 months
each.
FORGAVE HIS MUBDEREB.
A Frenchman Probably Fatally Wounded
by His Companion.
rSPECJAt, TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Irwin, November 29. Louis Faunlee and
Eugene Carbolte, two French miners employed
at tbe Westmoreland Coal Company's sbafr,
became involved In ,a street quarrel to-day.
Faunlee drew a re volver and shot his compan
ion in tbe right breast, the ball nassine through
his lnng. Tbe phyUclans say his condition
is critical, but be miy pull through.
Straneely enough, the victim is trying to
create tbe Impression that tbe shooting was an
accident and does not want his murderous
companion arrested.
RECKLESS' ROSEBUDS
Raise the Indian Alarm Once More
With Their War Dance,
AND INTEND TO SHOW FIGHT
Should Soldiers te Sent to Oppose Their
Ghostly Kites.
TEEATI W1TI1 THE HOSTILE BUAYES
rSPKCIAI. TSXEORAM TO TUB DMPATCH.1
Pine Bidge Agency, S. D., November
29j, Troopers of the Ninth Cavalry were
under orders to march at a moment's notice
Ust night. It bad been reported that the
Bosebud Indians and some of Little
Wound's band were circling in a war dance
and were prepared to" fight The
defiant attitude of the Indians start
ed furious telegraphic correspond
ence between military officers here
and the antborilies at Washington. No
command was made to march, hut General
Brooke thought it good policy to order the
troopers ot the Ninth Cavalry to be in read
iness for an all-night advance on the hostile
camp, which is in tbe Wounded Knee creek
country, and supposed to be 300 lodzes
strong. The gallant cavalrymen remained
up until midnight, and their pack mules
were burdened with camp utensils, eight
days' rations and thousands of rounds of
ammunition.
The Bosebud Indians, who are now the
most belligerent of the restless Sioux tribes,
are panic-stricken. The runners have told
them that soldiers have come to disarm
them and to take their ponies. The fire
brands in camp are young men who seem to
be spoiling for a fight. Their war dance
began early yesterday morning, alter two
days of pillaging of the cabins ot the Sioux
and Cbeyennes, who were at this agency at
the time.
the tvae dance on.
The Indians danced in a circle. They
were stripped to the breech clout and were
painted for war. The manes and tails of
their ponies were braided and decorated
with ribbons. There were all evidences
that the Bosebuds were in a turbulent mood
and prepared for war. The excitement in
their villages was intense. During the
dance medicine men and women made
medicine to protect the bodies of warriors
from bullets of the enemy. A small pouch
of medicine was hung upon each warrior.
During the circling one Porcupine, a
strapping young buck, accidentally dis
charged his rifle. The bullet pierced his
leg below tbe knee and came out above the
ankle. The warrior fell upon the ground,
while tbe pony, dashed from the circle to the
neighboring bnttes. Eagle Horn's wife,
who is tbe daughter of a half-breed named
Baptiste Goode, and sister of High Hank,
one of the principal warriors of the Bose
buds, and who bad made medicine for Por
cupine, declared tbat the young man who
was hurt would soon be able to rejoin the
war dance.
The wounded warrior finally arose and
hobbled to tbe center of tbe flashing circle,
where he again fell from pain and loss of
blood. It having been demonstrated tbat
Porcnpine was not bullet proof, the serious
work ot dressing his wound was then begun.
GHOST AND "WAE DANCE COMBINED.
Couriers report that the Bosebuds kept up
the dance all night At times it assumed
the so-called religious ghost dance, with the
Indiins in their frinired cotton shirts and
? dresses. Then, il .became the famous
war dance of the Sioux, with the. bucks
almost naked and painted from their breasts
to the tops of their heads. A courier who
reported to Special Census Enumerator Lea
to-day says that the Bosebuds have their
pickets posted for a radious of ten miles,
and that tbey told him they would fight at
the first appearance of the soldiers. They
admitted that their hostile attitude was
based upon the supposition that the troops
had come to disarm them and rob them of
their ponies.
The scout, Ed. Genisee, who came into
camp this morning, says that tbe Bosebuds
hive moved, to a point in the Wounded
Knee conntr'y, 16 miles distant, and to a
spot known as Bed Dog's camp. Thelam
paign against the Sioux still remains un
certain. The cordon of soldiers about the
Sioux reservation is drawing tighter
every day, and as soon as word is
received from Washington a move will be
made to disarm the Indians and arrest their
leaders. Meantime, however, the military
mav be forced to make a dash among the
turbulent Sioux before the present pro
gramme has been completed and stop the
plundering now going on in this reservation
and crush the spirit of the Bosebuds.
NEGOTIATING "WITH THE HOSTJLES.
A move is likelv to be made at any mo
ment It is understood that General
Brooke has sent runners to the' camp of the
Bosebuds to treat with the hostiles. The
result of their errand will not be known
until late to-night. If the seemingly un
conquerable fright of the Indians should
lead them to reject peace overtures, it
seems likely tbat the troops will be sent to
enforce their surrender.
One of the tragic incidents of the massing
of troops along the great Sioux reservation
was the sudden death yesterday of two
troopers of the Eighth Infantry, of Ft
Meade, who had drank wood alcohol while
on the march from Belle Fouche country to
their post in the Black Hills. This story is
confirmed by Judge Burns, oi Deadwood,
who came here this morning.
Little Wound, accompanied by his escort,
had a prolonged conference in Agent Boyer's
room this morning. The famous chief
tacitly admitted that tbe ghost dance was
merely a cloak for many grievances of the
Indians. It is reported that many of the
Sioux who have been encamped here for
the past week have joined the Bosebuds
and are making preparations to resume
the dance. Ex-Agent McGillicuddy said
to-day that tbe present trouble and the pro
spective outbreak of the Indians was dne to
mismanagement, and that a prudent but
stern man who had something more than a
primary knowledge of Indians, could have
averted the present upheaval.
Tbe panic in the surrounding country
continues. Citizens of scores of settlements
are calling for aims and the trails for miles
are dotted with settlers, who are hurring
away with their families and belongings.
AFTER SITTING BULL.
.BUFFALO BILL STARTS OUT TO ARREST
THE OLD CHIEF,
While Couriers Fly After Him to Prevent
It Under Orders From Washington
Warlike Preparations Still Going For
ward and Troops Beady to March.
Standing Bock Agency, N. D., No
vember. Colonel Cody and Dr. Powell
had not been at the agency many hours to
day before the report spread through the
agency and garrison that they had
come for the specific purpose of ar
resting Sitting Bnl and removing
him from the reservation, and at about
11 o'clock, and accompanied by an interpre
ter and one or two others, Colonel Cody left
the agency for Bull's camp. Trouble is an
ticipated in case the arrest is attempted, and
the military at Fort Yates, adjoining the
agency, are busily engaged making prepara
tion for a campaign.
The two troops ot the Eighth Cavalry, F
and G. are getting in readiness to take tbe
field at a moment's notice". Ammunition
sufficient for an extended campaign and
rations for ten days have been issued to tha
troops. It really "begins to look like war
just now,, but it is hoped that such a calam
ity will be averted.
Information is obtained to-night that tbe
commanding officer of the post has received
instructions from General Miles to take
steps to postpone the arrest of Silting Bull
for the present. Major McLaughlin this
morning anticipatad such an order
and sent two couriers out on the
road toward Bull's camp, one to take
n station at a point ten miles and the other
20 mile's out, so that when the news came a
courier from here would be immediately dis
patched with orders to Buffalo Bill to not
attempt to make any arrest.
The couriers are at this writing flying over
the prairie as fast as their little ponies can
carrv them, in order it possible, to catch
BufMo Bill.
GIVEN' SEVEN YEARS EACH.
Two Expert Forgers Sent Up by a London
Police Court.
(BT DUUtAP'S CABLE COMPACT.
LONDON, November 29. At the Central
Criminal Court to-day, George Johnson, an
artist, and John Phillips, who were con
victed ot forcing and uttering letters of
credit for 1,000 each, with intent to defraud
Drexel, Morgan & Co., of New York, were
brought up to be sentenced.
' Detective Child stated that Johnson in
1888 was sentenced to 18 months in orison
for attempted frauds to the extent of 30,
000 by means of forged bonds; tbat Phillips
bad been convicted in Montreal and other
places, and both prisoners were associated
with a gang of expert forgers. The Becorder
sentenced them to seven years' imprison
ment each.
AN AUTOGRAPH SALE,
Some Inter -
American Specimens
lC w.-n at Anctlon.
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London; Nu '0 yo-The sale of
autographs, which-. Pot ""gded at
Sothesby's this afternoon 'W( Several
important items of Americ. 7s: 5n
cluding recently discovereds. '
ence, chiefly from AmericaV. i
British commanders in the. ax
of Independence, forming a remarkable
record of the American war. This lot
fetched 200. An autograph receipt
of General James E. Oglethorpe, who
founded the coiony of Georgia, was sold for
10 guineas and a similar sum was paid for a
letter from William Penn. A letter of
George Washington, described as a. fine
specimen, was knocked down for 8.
MEMORIAL GIFT FOR CINCINNATL
A Sum of Money the Interest of Which Win
Fay for Sunday Concerts.
Cincinnati, November 29. Mrs.
Margaret J. Schmidtapp, widow of Charles
Schmidtapp, and her son, John G.
Schmidtapp, to-day, tendered to the
city of Cincinnati a memorial gift of
$50,000, the interest of which is to be ap
plied to giving free concerts on Sundays iu
Eden Park during the summer of each
vear.
A condition is attached that $25,000 addi
tional shall he given by other parties. The
Mayor and board of city officers accepted
the trust, with thanks.
MINISTER PHELPS WILL RETURN.
A Banquet to be Given in His Honor Be
fore He leaves for His Post.
New Yobk, November 29. William
Walter Phelps, United States Minister to
Germany, accompanied by his family, will
sail on the Werra, Saturday, December 6,
anaf return directly to his Dostin Berlin.
. Friday evening he will attend at the
Union League Club a dinner given him by
30 of his old friends and neighbors, who
will disregard party lines for the occasion.
Jameson's Diaries Almost Keady.
CBT DUSLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
London, November 29. The diaries of
the late Lieutenant James S. Jameson, con
taining his accounts of Stanley's rearguard,
will, it is announced, be ready for publica
tion in the course of the next ten days.
A New Now York Central XIne.
Lockport, N. Y., November 29. Tbe
projected Thousand Islands line of railroad
of the New York Central Company is a
settled fact, as the corps of surveyors have
been ordered to start to work Monday on
the surveys for the new road.
Yale Bnlldlng Damaged by Fire.
New Haven, November 29. At 9:45 to
night fire was discovered in the attic of
South Middle Dormitory on the Yale
campus. The fire was soon checked. The
loss by water was $10,000.
THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.
Contents of the Issue Classified for the
Header's Convenience.
The Issne of The Dispatch to-day con
sists of 24 pages, made up in three Darts. The
first contains the news of the day, local, gen
eral, foreign and sporting, together with edi
torial comment and news gossip. The second
and third parts contain the following:
FAKTIT.
Page 9.
Gladstone and Farnell. Plate G lass Progress.
Blaine and Beclproclty V,'. A. Croftet
Brazil and the World's Fair Consul, Kzrbet
Paat 10.
He Hsd Brain Fa. HOWARD FIELDING)
Tbe W. C. T. A. Meeting Bessie Bramble
Bells of Mechlin LILLIAN HI'ESCEU
The Nicaragua Canal.
Page 11.
The Allegheny Courts. Keal Estate Notices.
The Want Column. To Let Column.
For Sale Column.
Page 13.
Doings of Society. The Grand Army.
Art and Artists. The Militia Doings.
Ed a cstlonsl Gossip.
Page 13.
Secret Societies. Cost of Aluminum.
Local Trade News. Markets by Telegraph.
Pageli.
Across the Footlights. Amusement Notices.
Business Cards.
Page 15.
Last Slave Cargo'. Kichaud Hdies. Js
The Herring Fisheries KDOAIt L. Wakemax
OU in Colorado. Everyday bcience.
Page is.
Bevlew or Sports FBCtGLX
Business Notices.
PART in.
Page 17.
fn Allegheny Parks L. E. Stofiel
The Light That Failed Budtaed Kiplcto
Page IS.
Tales of Monsters W. G. Aautmanx
in Southern beas. Fannie B. Wabd
How Ammonia is Made.
Page 13.
The Legend or Vineta....- Patsie
Puzzle Department E. K. Chadboubn
Science for Young Folks I. H. Webb
Amateur Photoirsphy W. O. Eschweoe
A Thrilling Prison Escape.
Page 10.
1 lie Family Purse Miss Gbundt, Jr
Writing in London Frank A. Bur.rt
Food for the Fair Claea Belle
Theory of a Cold.
Page 31.
stand Fast Cralg-Eoyston William Black
Teaching of St. Paul Bet. Georoe Hodges
Tbe Indian Messiah.
Page a.
Tips on Cncle Ssm -..Frank O. Carpenter
The Hat of England A. K. C.
Real Estate Booms CHARLES T. MCRRAT
Threads of Steel ....Keljou
The Realm of Ubyme.
Page 23.
Cooking Macaroni CLL1CX SERENA
In Darkest England. Facts and Fancies.
Page U.
Hats for All Oba SXANET
Old Court Recipes Shxelet Dabs
In Beauty's Bower, Girls Need Nerve,
THE PEOPLE'S PARTT.
Powderly Intimates That It Will ba
Organized in February.
K. OP L. AHD FARHEL'S' ALLIAHCE
Have Thus Far Only Been Framing Three
Flank3 of a Platform.
OBJECTS OP THE PL0E1DA HEETI5G
rSFECTAI, TELEGSA3I TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Scbanton, November 29. General Mas
ter "Workman Powderly arrived in the city
to-day from the Wes and left at a late hour
to-night for theSonth to attend tbe Farmer's
Allia nee Convention, which meets in Ocala,
Fla., on Tuesday, To a reporter Mr. Pow
derly said:
At the convention of the Knights of
Labor, held iu Atlanta one year ago, on in
vitation from us, delegates from the
Farmer's Alliance met with us there, and
we appointed at that convention the same
committee appointed at Denver last week,
to attend the Farmer's Alliance con
vention in St. Louis December 4 last.
"We went there and we then
drew up three planks on which we were to
make common issue, in an educational way,
during the year. They were on land, trans
portation and finance." This year our con
vention was too far "West for the Alliance
and they did not send delegates, but did
send us an invitation to have us send dele
gates to their meeting in Florida next week.
The three delegates were appointed, as ths
reports of the Denver session stated.
obowth of the people's pabtt.
"When we meet in Florida as delegates,
we will convey to the Alliance our greet
ings merely, and assure them of our hearty
co-operation in bringing about the reform in
which they are interested. A good many
people have an idea that in the last election
the Farmers'Alliance and the Knights of
Labor had tickets in the field in the differ
ent States. As a matter of fact tha
Farmers' Alliance in their meetings have
never discussed questions of political con
ventions and the matter of placing tickets
in the field. The so-called Farmers Al
liance conventions were called by the
People's partv.
"The growth of the People's party was
the outcome of the efforts of the Knights of
Labor and the Farmers' Alliance. There
will be in the next Congress, between the
K. of L. and Farmers' Alliance, 3 men
whom we know were elected by the People's
party. Some are Bepublicans and some are
Democrats, but all are pledged to the three
issues I have named.
PLATFOK3I BEFOEE PABTT.
"At the Denver Convention we devoted
three days to the discussion of the political
situation, not so much for tbe purpose of
organizing a third party, but to outline a
platform to be voted for in Congressional
and Legislative elections. The General
Master Workman was instructed to issue an
invitation to officers of all indnstrial or
ganizations and leaders of reform move
ments to meet in a national convention for
the purpose of framing a platform of princi
ples to present to the peopln of the country
for their ratification. That congress will be
held in February next, and the 53 Congress
men I have mentioned will be inwited to at
tend as visitors.
"Whether we will then organize a third
party or not I don't know, but I do know
it means independent political action in the
foturej'
"To what do you ascribe the result of the
last election?" was ssked.
A PBOTEST AOAINST WALX STBEET.
"It was the protest of the people against
the control of our financial affairs by the
bulls and bears of Wall street," said Mr.
Powderly. "I take it that it was a con
demnation of such methods as are seen in
Jay Gould's control of a wonderful network
of railroads."
"What have you to say to the charge that
the Knights of Labor wish to unite with the
Alliance because they are growing weaker
and fear total extinction?"
"The' 3 men elected to Congress are a
sufficient answer. That is an old canard,
revived just about this time every vear."
"Will Ingalls be re-elected iu Kansas?"
"He will not; tbe Alliance men are not
for him; neither are the Bepublicans who
are Knights of Labor. All claim he has
misrepresented them. I know whereof I
speak when I say his re-election is im
possible." EAILEOAD AND TELEGEAPH CONTBOL.
"While Jay Gonld is not a Knight of La
bor," continued Mr. Powderly, with a grim
smile. "I regard him as one -of our most
effective workers. We owe him many
thanks for bis effort to demonstrate that one
man can manace tbe railroads of this conn
try. What he has shown to be a possibility
proves that the K. of L. and the Farmers'
Alliance are right in demanding Govern
ment control of railroad and telegraph lines,
as postal facilities are controlled. This
government of railroads has dnring the
last ten years grown so powerful
as to absolutely dictate to the
United States Government what shall be
done on certain issues. Therefore, we feel it
to be our duty to urge the absorption of rail
roads and telegraph lines by the United
States Government, tbat there shall be but
one Government instead of two.
"All af these matters will be better under
stood after the Florida meeting. I am not
authorized to say anything in advance, but
I can most certainly predict that members
of the Farmers' Alliance and Knights of
Labor intend in the future, to vote for princi
ples as well as work for them."
THE AILTANCE AND THE EATLE0AD3.
Farmers Want the State to Build an Indsw
pendent Faclfio line.
Tacoma, Wash., November 29. Tha
wheat crop of Washington is the largest in
its history, being estimated at 16,000,000
bushels. The elevators, warehouses and
box cars along the railways are filled, and
stocks of sacked wheat dot the fields. The
inability of the railways to obtain motive
power to move the enormous crop to market
is exasperating the farmers, who are charg
ing them with collusion with the ware
housemen to lower the prices of wheat.
So intense has become the feeling among
the farmers against tbe railroad companies,
that through their Farmers' Alliance they
threaten to build an independent line in
competition with the Northern and Union
Pacific to Puget Sound. To this end it is
proposed to urge the coming State Legisla
ture to authorize the issue of State bonds to
build such a road as a relief 16 the people,
the State to own and control it.
FXC1TLNO COURT ROOM SCENE.
Indian Judge Declares He Will Not Ketnra
Till His Nation Is a State.
Denison, Tex., November 29. Advices
from Tishomingo, the capital of the
Chickasaw Nation, report an extra
ordinary scene to have taken place
in the Court House. Great excitement
has prevailed there over the recent murder
of a prominent young man. Tbe murderer
was on trial, hut as it was discovered that
the jury was composed of friends of, the.
prisoner, the judgeordered them discharged.'
Judge Boyd said: "I leave the seat ot this
court, and will never return until the Chick-
anv Vatirtn ttAnm0 ft fitt ft til ft' TTn Inn ,f
The matter has caused great excitement.
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