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FORTY-FIFTH YEAH.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1890,
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THREE CENTS. 1
111 HOSTILE CAMPS,
The Battle to the Death Be
tween the Irish Factions
Already On.
PARNELL HAS THE FUNDS,
And Bis Enemies Must Hustle for
Money to Pay Their Salaries
and Start an Organ.
THE PACT TAKEN BY THE PRIESTS.
A Bi Dublin Mass Meeting Calls Upon
the Members Who Toted for the
Deposition to Cesign.
TO-DAT THE .NEW PARTI WILL ORGANIZE
'D21oa in O'Brien to Visit France to Tike Put in a
Conference of Bolters Before Going
to Prison,
THE GEEAT GROWTH OP SOCIALISM IN GERMAN T
inr cxr.LE to the DisrxTcn.l
London, Dec 7. As might have been
expected, Mr. Parneli refuses to recognize
the vote whereby he has been deposed from
the leadership of the Irish party. He holds
that those who passed the vote had ceased to
belong to the Irish Parliamentary party,
and he now intends to wage a strenuous war
with the object of demonstrating that the
authority to speak in the name of the Irish
people no longer rests with them. He will
proceed to Ireland during the Christmas re
cess and elicit public opinion.
Mr. ParneH's friends are unsparing in
their denunciation of Sexton and the Healey
jte majority, whom they describe as traitors
and in a conspiracy with the Gladstonian
wire-pullers to get rid of Parneli on any
terms.
Gladstone's Answer Not Satisfactory.
Many anti-Parnellites admit that Glad
stone's declaration makes no addition to
what they previously knew to be his inten
tions toward home rule, but say that Mr.
Parneli was resolved not to budge on any
consideration, and, as the apparent hesita
tion of the party threatened to destroy all
Lope for the home rule majority at the next
election, they felt bound to take a decisive
step and cut the Gordian knot.
Sir "William Vernon Harcourt is credited
with the remark: "It is hopeless to'think
of advocating home rule effectively while
the Irish Nationalists are split in two
hostile camps."
At the meeting of the Irish party on last
Saturday night, after the proceedings in the
conference room, the following resolution
was adopted, with Justin McCarthy presid
ing, and all the 44 members who voted for
the deposition of Mr. Pirncll being present:
That Justin McCarthy, Dickson, ilnrpby,
Barry, Murrongh. Hcaley and Sexton be con
stituted a committee with the power to draw
up a prospectus for a limited company to con
duct anew Xatinnalist paper, and that Messrs.
Barry and Webb be added to the treasurers
ol the party.
Getting the Sinews of War.
A subscription list was opened to meet
the urgent needs of the committee. Con
tributions lo the amount of 1,020 were an
nounced. The following message has been
forwarded to the undermentioned Irish dele
gates now in America:
To Dillon and O'liricn, Hoffman House, New
Vorks
I am authorized by the party to prepare and
issue a manifesto embodying your declared
views and any suggestions you may now send
regarding the evicted tenants' manifesto, nliicD.
will be forwarded when ready. Meanwhile, the
assent of the delegates to the party resolutions
to-day is urgently desired.
The -resolutions are those of the majority
of the party which, after leaving the com
mittee room, adjourned to the conference
100m, where Mr. Deasy was called to the
chair. It was in the first placed moved by
Mr. Arthur O'Connor and seconded by Mr.
J. F. O'Biien, that "acting under an im
perative sense of duty to our country, we,
the undersigned, being an absolute majority
of the whole number of the Irish Parliamen
tary party, declare that Mr. ParneH's
tenure of the Chairmanship of this party is
hereby terminated."
Elevation of the New Leader.
This having been carried, Mr. Healy
moved and Mr. Sexton seconded the election
of Mr. Justin McCarthy as Sessional Chair
man of the paity. It was also resolved on
the proposition of Mr. Chance, seconded by
Mr. Molloy, that tne committee hereby
constituted shall exercise, jointly with the
Chairman, the functions hitherto attached
to the Chairmanship of the party, and that
this committee consist of eight members of
the party to be chosen by ballot on Monday
next at 2 o'clock p. m.
Many of the majority party are in a di
lemma, their quarterly checks for 30 each
lor Parliamentary services just becoming
dnc. It is probable that the money with
which to pav them will be advanced from
the fund subscribed at last night's meeting
for the establishment of a new paper.
The party are discussing the advisability
of Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien returning by
way of France, where a convention could be
held at which the advice of the envoys could
be obtained before their arrest.
The Strength oftlie Tactions.
Messrs. Gilhooly, P. O'Brien, Carew and
Mabon, are still classed with doubtfuls.
The strength therefore of the McCarthyites
is 50 and that of the Parnellites 31. The
majority party are keenly alive to the dis
advantage of the leading Nationalist
papers siding with Parneli, and the whole
of the machinery of the National League
being under his cont-ol. Thev are hopeful,
however, that the influence of the bishops
and priests will assist them to obtain a
popular verdict
A letter from the archbishops and bishops
vas read in all tbe Catholic Churches in
Ireland after the celebration of the masses
to-day. There was a remarkable evidence
of the schism at St. Colmans' Cathedral at
Queenstown when the bishop's manifesto
was read at each mass. The different clergy
men, as they pronounced it, each without
exception, added bis hope that the people
of the parisluwould not act in accordance
with the manifesto.
The Mayor ot Cork, after bearing of the
secession of the McCarthy party last even
ing, sent the following dispatch to John
O'Connor: "Ireland won't allow England
to select her leader. This right belongs to
Ireland. The Irish won't stand Glad
stone's dictation."
An Enthusiastic Farncll Meeting.
A mass meeting of the citizens of Dunlin
was held to-day in Phoenix Park to protest
against the hostility shown toward Parneli
by his colleagues in Parliament Tbe at
tendance at the meeting was large and
demonstrative. During the progress of tbe
proceedings an effigy of T. M. Healy in wig
and gown was publicly burned amid the
wildest cheers.
The Lord Mayor of Dnblin presided at
the meeting, and in the course of his speech
he said that he knew something of the inner
workings ot the Irish party and he was
afraid when Messrs. Sexton, Healy, Dillon
and O'Brien are dining with Mr. Gladstone
and Mr. Morley and the other fellows up
stairs perhaps they might be telling their
country. Sweetbreads were too much for
their political stomachs.
Resolutions were passed supporting Mr.
Parneli and calling on the three members
for Dublin who opposed him to resign. A
special vote of condemnation of Mr. Healy
was passed. The procession to and from the
park was accompanied by several fife and
drum bands, and the enthusiasm of tbe
people was intense.
THEIR LOYALTY NOT STRONG.
The Teople of Alsace-Lorraine Have Little
Love for Germany.
IBT DUXLAT'S CABLE COMPASTT.!
Berlin, Dec. 7. In conversation with a
physician from Alsace-Lorraine, whose
practice is widely extended in country dis
tricts, it was gathered that the loyalty of
the people of the annexed province is much
over-estimated. This gentleman said:
I am in constant communication with hun
dreds and thousands of peasants all the year
round, and thus far I have failed to observe
any feeling of satisfaction with their present
ruler. It is all foolishness to say that in their
hearts tbey bare always remained German.
They fared extremely well under French rule,
and they have not forgotten the prosperity
they then enjoyed. Now that French capital is
withdrawn, they arenotneaily as prosperous.
German capitalists are unwilling to furnish
the funds necessary for developing the coun
try, perhaps because they fear that sooner or
later the conquered provinces may revert to
France. At any rate, their want of enterprise
is regarded In tbat light by the peasantry.
The growth of Socialism in these provinces
is also remarkable. That party has now a
widely circulated newspaper in Muelhausen,
but this paper does not advocate re-annexation
to the French Republic; on the con
trary, it proclaims the internationality of
labor, and insists that tbe working man is
as badly off under the Democratic rule of
M. Carnot, as under the military regime of
Kaiser "William II.
DR. DIXON DENIES IT.
no Says He Never Laid Prior Claim to the
Koch Discovery.
mr DUNLAP'S CABLE COSIPAXT.)
Berlin, Dee. 7. Dr. Koch's lymph,
which is generally spoken of here as
Kochin, may not, according to German law,
be patented. Dr. Dixon, of Philadelphia,
who is at present. in Berlin, denies that he
has ever asserted a prior claim to the dis
covery now known as Koch's method. He
says that until be came here the substance
of Dr. Koch's method was unknown to him,
and he declared that he is willing to admit
the superiority of Dr. Koch's. He adds
that he has had a very pleasant interview
with the latter.
The influx of foreign doctors continues.
The opinion which is generally expressed
by the American physicians, who have been
witnesses of the operations as performed by
Dr. Koch and assistants, Is that in the case
of lupus, good results ma? be expected, but
that a recurrence of tbe disease is not abso
lutely excluded. Tbe first undoubted cure
was that of an Englishman, and has been
accomplished within the last few days.
The opinion among the American physicians
is tbat the cases given are too large, and
results then unsatisfactory
REALISM IN LARGE DOSES.
The Zola School Holds Possession of the
Berlin Stage.
Berlin, Dec 7. Never in the history of
the drama in Berlin has the Zola school of
realism been so much in favor as at tbe
present time. German, French and Rus
sian playrights vie with each other as to
who shall shall produce the most Zolaesque
dramas for tbe Berlin stage. At the Less
ing Theatre tbe German Sudermann exhibits
crime triumphant to appreciative audiences
of bon vivants and cocottes. At another
principal theatre Dostoweski's ro
mantic drama, "Raskolnikow," exhibits
all that is faulty and degrading
in the lamily life of great cities, while the
habitues of the Residenz Theater find food
for cynical amusement in an all too faithful
adaptation of Daudet's "La Lutte Pour La
Vie."
All these theaters are nightly crowded,
and witticisms, which would be deemed
rather strong even at tbe Hoffman House
bar, are listened to without a blush by vir
tuous matrons and maidens. It is the
fashion just now to attend these perform
ances, and any one who wishes to be thought
anybody must follow in the train.
HEBREWS NOT NUMEROUS.
Their Absence From Germany's Army a
Matter of Surprise.
TBV DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAKY.1
Berlin, Dec. 7. The rarity with which
one meets with Hebrews in the German
army has often been a matter of wonder.
The fact of their scarcity in the ranks is not
explained, but is curiously confirmed by
the official figures now forthcoming, from
which it appears that Germany, with a
Hebrew population of 600,000 souls, has as
many Hebrew bankers as if their co-religionists
numbered 12,000,000.
The percentage of Hebrew lawvers is
equal to a proportion of 10,000,000 of the
Christian population, while the number of
Hebrew soldiers turns out to be as small as
it should be if there were only 90,000 He
brews in the country.
Programme of the Itayrenth Season.
IBT DUHLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
Berlin, Dec. 7. The programme of the
next Bayrenth season has just been pub
lished. Within the period commencing
July 19 and ending August 20, 1891, there
will be altogether 20 performances. "Parsi
fal" will be given ten, "Tannhauser" seven
and "Tristan" and "Isolde" three.
Won 200,000 Francs and Eloped.
TBT BURLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
Berlin, Dec. 7. A well-known mer
chant named Truntz, ofEblngen, Wnrtem
berg, won 200,000 francs at Monaco a few
dys ago, and at once eloped with the wife
of a friend, with whom he was traveling,
and took passage for New York.
Bound for the United States.
FBT SUXLAF'S CABLE COKPAXT.l
Berlin, Dec 7. Another doubtful ac-
quisition by the New "World is Karl Echler,
who defrauded the German bank at Ham
burg of 120 marks by means of spurious
notes, and is now on his way to America.
A DECIDED FAILURE.
POVERTY - STRICKEN BERLIN CLERKS
HAVE HO USE JOE SOCIALISM,
And Ttcfusc to Identify Themselves With
It The Catholic Church In Germany
Strongly Arrayed Against the Jlove
ment Socialists Having a Lively Time.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.l
Berlin, Dec. 7. While on the subject
of Socialism it may be meutioned that
the Socialistic propaganda among the
clerks in Berlin has signally failed. There
are not 100 of these poorly paid men who
confess to any sympathy with the move
ment. A person "attending tbe so-called
mass meetings of Socialistic clerks in Berlin
meets the same faces everywhere. The
reason of this is to be Cound in
a trait of German chara '-.r which
is, perhaps, not confined to m; bers of this
race. This is the German clerk's unwill
ingness to identify himself with the hewer
of wood and the drawer of water, or even
tbe sKilled mechanic He considers himself
a gentleman, even though a slave for 10
hours out of the 24, and half the time on
Sundays, for a salary which a New York
scavenger would consider unworthy of his
acceptance.
Babel's book, "Woman," a cheap edition
of which was recently brought out by the
Socialist party, has now been withdrawn
from public sale by the same authority.
Leibknecht declares that the party shall
not be held responsible for the opinions ex
pressed in the work. This would indicate
tbat Eugene Richter's pamphlet on the
"Heterodoxy of Socialism," which pointed to
woman as a demonstration of the faulty
deductions and vain prophesying of the
Socialists to the working man, has well
fulfilled its object.
The campaign which the Catholic Church
has commenced against Socialism is assum
ing definite shape. Some of the Bishops
have ordered their clergy to attend all
meetings of Socialists in their parishes and
take part in the discussions when desirable.
The information thus obtained will be after
ward reviewed at the parish meetings, and
nothing will be neglected that can be said
or done to counteract the spread of Social
ism, so that between the Emperor, the
Catholic clergy, Eugene Richter and their
own leaders, the Socialists are having a
lively time.
EMPEROR WILLIAM'S HEALTH.
lie is by No Means tho Invalid That Has
Been Reported.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
BERLlN,Dec7. The Kaiser isby no means
an invalid. On the occasion of the parade
in honor of the Grand Elector the other day,
of the 6,000 guards who took part in the
ceremony, the Emperor was alone in appear
ing without his great coat, in spite ot the
bitter cold. His face was ruddy, his voice
was clear, strong and ringing, and his move
ments were full of life and vigor. He be
strode a magnificent charger, the vivacity of
which he controlled by bis knees only dur
ing the long halt, while tbe different regi
ments paraded the entire length of the Lin
den. It William the Second is an invalid
he certainly conceals it well.
The Emperor .seemed anxious to avoid
recognizing the presence of his mother, the
Empress Frederick, who stood on the bal
cony of her palace, clothed in black and
widow's weeds. 'Che latest estrangement
between mother and son is doubtless due to
the attempts of the former to assume the of
ficial duties of the reigning Empress during
her approaching confinement
THAT EDUCATIONAL SPEECH
Of Emperor William Has Created a Sensa
tion in Germany.
TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
Berlin, Dec. 7. The Emperor Will
iam's speech on Thursday on education has
found an echo in every capital in Europe,
but it would be difficult to give an idea of
the sensation it has caused in Germany. It
amounts to a sweeping condemnation of
classical education, and has caused a feeling
of consternation in the ranks of old-fashioned
school men. .
The Conservative newspapers are dumb
founded, and admit that the last vestiges of
the ancient regime have been thrown over
board, while the organs of the Liberal,
Professionist and Freisinnige parties laud
the Kaiser as the most fir-seeing of cotem
porary sovereigns.
STRUCK BY A STORM.
Rough Experience of the Steamer Servia
From Wind and "Wave.
IBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l
Queenstown, Dec. 7. The Servia ar
rived to-day at 4:30 in the afternoon from
New York. During her voyage she ex
perienced terrible weather, which cul
minated in a fearful southwest gale. On
Sunday she shipped a tidal wave, which
smashed one of the life boats amidships on
the starboard side to atoms, and broke in
twain the davits, which were two heavy
iron bars.
Six of the crew were knocked down and
swept along the deck, receiving such in
juries as to necessitate the removal of three
of them to the hospital. One of them had
an arm broken, while a second suffered in
ternal! abdominal injuries. On Tuesday
the Servia made only 262 miles.
WHILE DEFENDING A G1HL
Peter Dempseyis Probably Fatally Stabbed
by Two Poles.
IKrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Ne'W York, Dec 7. Peter Dempsey, a
cooper, 23 years old, of 191 Bedford avenue,
was stabbed in three places, and, perhaps,
mortally injured this evening, while pro
tecting a young girl from the assault ot two
Poles. Mary Allen, 15 years of age, and
very pretty, lives with her parents. In the
rear of the house, in a frame shanty, live
Andreas Mihalla and Wadialus Wisuiskie.
Mary was standing in the hallway of her
home waiting for her folks, who had goneto
church, to return, when she was seized from
behind by two men, whom she afterward
identified as being the tenants of tbe rear
house. They had begun to drag her along
the passageway, in spite of her struggles and
cries for mercy, when Dempsey, who was
passing, ran to see what was the cause of
the screams, with the result stated. The
men were arrested.
ANOTHER BOOMER INVASION.
A Number of Too Previous Settlers of the
Cherokee Strip Turned Back.
Wichita, Kan., Dec. 7. Lieutenant
Elliott, of the Fifth Cavalry, with a force of
30 men, returned with 63 boomers running
over the State line. They were found on
Black Bear creek in tents, hoping to remain
there until the (trip was opened to settle
ment. The boomers consisted of men, women and
children. It is known that there are at least
1,000 boomers in the strip, and the cavalry,
it is thought, will force them out in a few
days,
DEMAND AN INQUIRY.
Depositors in the Defunct Delamater
Bank Becoming Restless.
THE LIABILITIES GK0W LARGER,
While the Available Assets Seem to Dimin
ish Each Passing Hour.
SENATOR QUAY MAKES A STATEMENT
ISPECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Meadville, Dec. 7. The failure of
Delamater & Co. is still on everybody's
lips. The real extent of the disaster is be
coming more apparent as the facts very
slowly come to light. Every second man
on the streets carries a low chin. The effect
of the failure upon business has been very
depressing. All merchants and business
men are complaining about the drop in busi
ness. This general depression is dne very ma
terially to the fact that the number of small
losers is very great. News as to the real
financial condition of the company is very
difficult to obtain. Everything is in the
hands of the assignees, who wish as yet to
make no announcements for publication.
What is shown by the county records, and
what is known from private losers is about
all that can be obtained.
The Statement or a Heavy Loser.
Thomas Roddy, Esq., a heavy loser him
self, seems to have about as perfect an idea
of the situation of affairs as can beobtalned.
He says depositors have been preferred to
the amount of S113,000, in round numbers,
as shown by the records; of this amount all
except 53,000 is in favor of tbe Merchants'
National Bank, of Meadville. An assign
ment has been made in accordance with the
State law. This affords the assignees one
year in which to settle up affaire,
and prior to the appointment of
appraisers, no public statement can be
gained. Mr. Roddy says the indebtedness
of the bank will be very large if the state
ment of depositors can be relied upon. The
liabilities will run up to more than $500,000,
and it will not be at all surprising .if tjiey
amount to from 5700,030 to $800,000. The
assets are in obscurity. The real estate
seems to be in the hands of the individual
members of the firm. At a iorced sale the
real estate would not much more thau satisfy
the liens against it.
Some Rather Uncsrtain Quantities.
G. B. Delamater, the senior member of
the firm, is said to have important and
valuable assets notably, a fine farm or
ranche in Dakota. G. W. Delamater is
owner of the Meadville and Linesville Rail
road, but it is said to be bonded for all it is
worth. G. W. Delamater is said also to
own large interests in tbe Conneaut Lake
Ice Company, but until a certified state
ment is made it will be difficult to say
whether it is encumbered or not.
The statements circulated to the effect that
sums of money were borrowed at the last
moment in Philadelphia and Pittsburg are
quite probably correct, according to Mr.
Roddy. At least there is no reason to be
lieve they are not true. The small creditors
are those who are suffering the most thqso
who had the whole of their hard earnings
deposited for safe keeping. They demand
the sympathy of all. There are many cases
of this character under my especial notice
which are very touching.
An Inquiry Will bo Demanded, f1
Mr. Roddy continued: -"Those inerf&
vyll demand and make thorough inquiry as
to the management of the bank in tbe past,
and will pnsh the matter to the utmost ex
tent of the law. Of this the public mar
rest assured. However, it will be best
for the people to bear themselves with
patience and calmly await an official state
ment of the bank's affairs, and there will
then be time to arrange our judgment of the
case in accordance with the facts."
Mr. Roddy expressed himself as consider
ing the prospects very cloudy for a large
realization.
A telegram from Philadelphia stated that
a rumor was current there that Senator Del
amater was not in Meadville. Mr. Dela
mater is at his residence, but the announce
ment is made for him tnat he is indisposed,
and declines to talk upon the subject of the
failure.
SENATOR QUAY'S STATEMENT.
He Indulges in Some Brief Remarks Upon
Politics and Finance.
rSrCIAL TELEGItAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Washington, Dee. 7. Senator Quay
has opened his lips to say a few words about
the defeat of his gubernatorial candidate,
George W. Delamater, and the more recent
financial failure of tbat gentleman.
We have no apologies to make. We were
defeated, bnt that is past. Wo will make the
next fight a victory if we pull together. I can
not understand why Mr. Delamater kppt the
condition of bis financial affairs from his
friends. Something might bave been done to
tide matters over, or at least to break tbe force
of the blow. It is an unfortunate thing at tbis
time. The develomnenfas tbey come oat aro
not improving matters. I have known practic
ally nothing about his financial affairs, and
therefore the subject was as great a surprise
to mo as anyone else. There is no occa
sion, as far as 1 know, for the failure to
bavo any bearing upon political affairs. I
doubt whether Mr. Delamater knew that tbcre
was to be an assignment, although be may
have known tbat tbe recent disturbances in
linnncial circles were affecting tbeir bouse.
He was absent when it took place. 1 Know
tbat Chairman Andrews knew nothing about
it, as be came here on other matter?, and 1 be
lieve tbat my information was tbe first be bad
on tho subject. What relations others may
have had with Sir: Delamater financially, if
any, I cannot say, for the reason tbat I never
received any inlormation on the subject.
QUAKER CITY KICKERS
Who Think That Delamater Should Have
Looked After His Friends.
Representative Richards, of this city, re
turned from a trip to Philadelphia yester
day. He was in the Quaker City three or
four days, during which time he came in
contact with a number of prominent poli
ticians. In- conversation yesterday be said
that the Delamater failure had caused a big
sensation there. The amonnt of money
involved was not so alarming, but the
methods and the mauy little side
issues made it an extremely interesting
topic of conversation. The general impres
sion there was that the story had not yet
been told. One point in which the Quakers
were bitter wAs the plan of Senator Dela
mater to get money when he was insolvent.
They were particularly angry about the
manner in jrhich Collector Martin was
touched for 5,000, and regard that as the
unkindest cut of all.
"When they think how Martin worked
for Delamater," continued Mr. Richards,
"and even spent his own money to see him
through, they reach the boiling-over point,
and some very severe criticisms have been
indulged in.?'
"What does Collector Martin think of the
transaction?'
"He did not express any opinion to me,
but one of his closest friends told me that he
regarded it as a! mighty bad piece of busi
ness, and acknowledged that he was greatly
surprised. In net he nut it a great deal
stronger than I have told you, but it might
not look well in brint. I am reliably in
formed that wheuT Delamater asked tbe col
lector for the loan he was told tbat be
(Martin) had pnfc all of his ready money
into the campaign. Questions as to Dela-
mater's whereabouts were quite common. If
he is away on a vacation, or anything of
that sort, the Quaker City politicians can
suggest the names of some people that
would make excellent and interesting com
panions." M'CLURE TO BEAVER.
HE BLAMES THE GOVERNOR FOE THE
SINKING FUND LOSSES.
A Demand Upon tho Executive to Enforce
the Law in Regard to the Purcliase of
Bonds If He Docs Not Do It, Pattlson
Surely Will.
IBPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Philadelphia, Dec. 7. Col. Alex.
McClure will say, in the course of a lengthy,
editorial to-morrow:
Three months ago wo called the attention of
Governor Beaver to his persistent disregard of
a plain and emphatic duty by permitting
millions of money to accumulate in tho
treasury when the law clearly commands that
the money in the sinking fund and certain ex
cess of the funds in the general treasury accouut
shall be invested in Government or State se
curities. Governor Beaver made no response
to tbis appeal beyond advocating tbe election
of a candidate for Governor who was a benefi
ciary of the lawless financial methods of the
State administration. Ho certainly know bis
duty; he had tbo conspicuons example
of his predecessor and now soon to be bis suc
cessor, in halting the accumulation of State
monies for tho benefit of bankers possessing
political power; he has his chief cabinet officer a
member of tbo Sinking Fund Commission, and
there was no excuse for bis failure to execute
tbe laws.
It is dne to State Treasurer Boyer to say tbat
he had no part in this lawless sale of a million
of sinking fnnds bonds, as the sale was made
before he became State Treasurer. The only
criticism to whicb'Mr. Boyer is justly exposed
is for his failure to demand tbe prompt re
investment of tbe surplus sinking fund monies
as soon as he came into office; but with
an estaulished system of political favoritism
and profit governing the use of the public
moneys, and with tbe Governor assenting to
tbe sale of Government bonds to enlarge
benefits to political favorites or to multiply
illegal profits to financial officials, bo accepted
things as he found them and is now likely
to bo compelled to pay into the treasury
5120,000 lost or tied up in the Jamison
and Delamater failures, with little prospect of
recovering any considerable percentage ot it
from tho assets ot the insolvent firms. Tbe
Jamison assignment was a manly one. It put
all creditors on equality, bat tne Delamater
assignment was not made until most, if not all,
of tho available assets were exhausted by pre
ferred family creditors.
Tbo result of this lawlessness is the old, old
story. However long such official lawlessness
may seem to prosper, sooner or later it brings
the logical fruits of speculation in public
measures, and the reckoning that has
come just on the eve of Governor
Beaver's retirement mustmakebisdisobedienco
of tbe law and bis persistent neglect of the
plainest public duties, a lasting shadow upon
his administration. Ho has yet more than a
month in which to coriecthis blunder, and be
should improve the brief time remaining to
him. He cannot save the more tnan.J100.000
lost to the State Treasurer by accept
ing the lawless financial method;! adopted
by Governor Beaver's administration, but he
can yet put tbe State finances in a lawfnl con
dition before be retires from office. He must
know tbat about tbe first official act of Gov
ernor Pattison will be to order the immediate
investment of the surplus State moneys in
Government or State bonds, and if ho wonld
not retire with financial lawlessness clinging to
his record until the last days of his rule, be will
at once call in tbe speculative surplus of mill
ions and invest it as tbe law commands.
KALAKAUA'S VISIT.
He is Going to Offer Uncle Sam the Sand
wich Islands.
rSPEClAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
San Francisco, Dec. 7. Whenever
Kalakaua comes to this country, or sends
one of his officers here, there are rumors
Coating" or a loan or annexation cf the
islands to the United States. This time the
usual rumors were afloat, but no one took
any stock in them till to-day, when a big
sugar planter on the islands let drop the
real reason of Kalakaua's visit. It seems
that the King has been authorized by tbe
Hawaiian Government to offer the islands
to the United States. He is to get a good
pension and fat allowance. All sugar
planters are back of the scheme, because it
means to them an increase of $5,000,000
vearly on their sugar crop, by reason of the
bounty of 2 cents per pound on home-grown
sugar offered by the McKinfty bill.
Under the old reciprocity treaty they
had the advantage of the American grower,
but now this is reversed, and if they remain
under the foreign flag they will lose this
big bounty. What will commend an an
nexation scheme to the State Department is
that it will deliver the trade of the islands
into American hands. With new duties on
imports, English importers will be driven
from the field. King Kalakua, or his
Chamberlain, MacFarlane, will soon leave
for Washington to lay a proposal or annexa
tion before Secretary Blaine.
DIED IN A CHURCH.
A Retired Minister Suddenly Expires Willie
Sitting in a Pew.
.SPECIAL TELEGHAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
New York, Dec. 7. The Rev. Lester
M. Dorman, who retired from active minis
terial labors some years ago, preached this
morning in St. Matthews' Episcopal Church
in Throop avenue, Brooklyn. To-night he
died suddenly in Holy Trinity Church, in
Clinton street, just before the beginning of
the service. He and bis wife walked from
their house to the church, about a mile dis
tant. Just before entering the church he
placed his hand upon his chest and com
plained of a severe oppression, and re
marked to bis wife tbat he experienced the
same feeling belore, and would have to at
tend to it.
He and his wife took seats in a front pew
in the gallery about five minutes before the
accustomed time for beginning the service.
While he was turning over the pages of tbe
musical programme which had been placed
in the pew, his wife noticed tbat the paper
fell from his hands and that almost simul
taneously his head dropped back on his
shoulder. A pallor in his face alarmed
her, and placing her hands around bis neck
she endeavored to raise him to an upright
position. He sank back in her arms, how
ever, and died without uttering a wotd.
REWARDS FOR RUBE BURROWS.
A Big Fight Among Claimants for the S75,
OOO Offered.
ISrECIAI. TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Birmingham, Dec. 7. The rewards
offered for the capture of Rube Burrows, the
train robber, who was killed near Linden,
Ala., October 8, have not been paid and
there is a prospect of some interesting liti
gation over them. The rewards aggregate
575,000 ana are worth fighting for. J. D.
Carter, the man who shot and killed Bur
rows, claims all the reward, while John Mc
Duffin and two negroes, who assisted in the
capture of the robber, claim their share of
'
The Southern ExpressCompany.it is said,
has placed the money in bank to pay their
part of the rewards, but insist that the
claimants must settle among themselves
who is entitled to it.
TELL0W FEVER IN MEXICO.
The Authorities at Vera Cruz Are Reticent,
, but a Bishop Is Djing.
City op Mexico, Dec. 7. The health
authorities at Vera Cruz will give out very
few reports to tbe press about yellow fever
in tbat city.
However, popular rumor has it that the
disease Is epidemic, there. The Bishop of
-Vera. Cruz is dying,
A BLOODY BULL-FIGHT
Responsible for Death of Three Sol
diers and Many Convicts.
TERRIBLE SCENES IN THE AEENA.
Tho
Infnriated Beasts Turn Madly Upon
Their Tormentors.
PKIS0XERS SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Paso delNokte, Dec. 7. A brutal bull
fight at Juarez, a Mexican military station,
resulted in tbe probable fatal injury of an
estador, and was respoosible for the death
of several soldiers at the hands of military
convicts and the subsequent killing of some
of the convicts.
" Preparations for this fight were on at
Juarez for some time and the perfect weather
to-day guaranteed a fine Sunday entertain
ment from the Mexican point of view. Pretty
blackeyed senoras in gay and brilliant
colored raiment, gallant , young dons and
handsome cavalierly soldiers in the gaudy
Mexican uniform filled every Reat in the
amphitheater, presenting an animated and
beautiful colored picture. The bulls were
large, strong and vicious and kept the
crowd in a fever of excitement all the after
noon. A Spectacle of Hideous Brutality.
In the first tourney, the bull, a huge
brown fellow, horned the horse of one of the
fighters three times, ripping tbe left
fore-leg almost from the body and
disemboweling the beast. At tbis the
senoras waved their handkerchiefs,
stood up on the seats and shouted, while the
men yelled bravo until they were hoarse.
The picadore was considerably injured, but
was helped out by the chulos, who then suc
ceeded in attracting the bull away from the
horse. When the bfg bull was dispatched
by the matador the audience yelled wildly.
The second fight was comparatively tame,
but the third set the whole plaza de toros
wild. The big red bull was pricked sev
eral times by the lances of the picadores be
fore he grew furious. But once aroused he
made it lively for the horsemen, so much so
they were glad to be relieved
by the chulos. The bull was
snorting and foaming at the
mouth and rushed at everything, first one
way then another. An unlucky chulo
tripped and fell over his red banner just as
Taurus' horns were touching his back and
the big beast went over him, trampling him
into the dust.
One Boll-Fighter Seriously Injured.
He was taken out and found to have one
leg and both arms broken beside numerous
bruises. When attackel by the bander
illos the bull was even.more vicious. A
dozen spears were sticking in his flesh with
bright flags fluttering from them, when one
banderillo stuck a barb into his front right
shoulder with a burning pin wheel attached.
The sparks flew into the bull's ear, and,
roaring terrifically, he rushed at
his tormentor, and half way
across the plaza impaled him on his horn.
The matador rushed in at tbis juncture, and
by a well-directed blow plunged his sword
into the brute's heart. The banderillo,
Joaquln.Boldomero, will probably die. To
say the people in.the plaza were wild with
excitement at tbis time is putting it mild.
But another scene was being enacted at
the barracks. Eighteen military couvicts
took advantage of the absence of the sol
diers at the bull fight to escape. The guard
resisted. Juan Espejo, Sergeant of the
guard; Sancho Romez, a corporal, and one
private were killed by the convicts, who
then escaped to the mountains. The alarm
was. given at the plaza just as the
third fight terminated, and tbe soldiers
were soon in pursuit. Word reaches here
to-night that three of tbe convicts were
overtaken and shot to death. Four more
were captured and returned to the barracks,
where they will be shot at sunrise to
morrow. The other 11 are still at large.
MORE WHITE CAP RAIDS.
Wortliless and Immoral People Receive
Harsh Treatment,
Jefferson ville, Ind., Dec. 7. Dur
ing the past week the White Caps have
been active in Harrison county, and the re
sult ot their raids is found in the lacerated
backs of a number of men and women who
have been so unfortunate as to come under
their displeasure. On December 1 the raid
ers of tbe night called at the home of an
aged pair named Mewer, of Heth township,
and, taking them from their beds, lashed
them to a sapling and whipped them until
their backs were a mass ot bruises. They
were then released and warned out of the
county within ten days. The old couple,
who were charged with petty thieving and
immorality, have packed up their belong
ings and left.
In Washington township the gang paid a
visit a few nights ago to the house of David
Lowe, and, jerking him from his bed, ad
ministered such severe punishment that it
was feared for a while he would die. Leav
ing Lowe's house the same gang went to the
house of Fielding Rickard. Upon being
refused admission they broke the door
down, and, dragging Rickard from the
house, tied him to a tree, where 50 lashes
were laid on his bare back. Rickard and
White were charged with indolence, im
morality and general worthlessness. These
are only a few of several cases of punish
ment. THE CHESTER TRAGEDY.
Fresh Evidence to Prove That Murder Was
Committed.
rerrciAL tklepbam to tub dispatoii.i
Chester, PA., Dec. 7. Several im
portant links were to-day added to the chain
of evidence that is being formed to prove
that Emma Pfitzenmyer was murdered, and
that the people in the house were at least
cognizant of the murder. Adjoining the
house in which Harry F. Schmidt lived
with his wife, baby and the dead girl is the
residence of Photographer Jeans. They
now admit tbat a violent struggle and out
cries for help took place In the adjoining
house.
It is asserted that the blood-soaked dress
found under the girl had been spouged in
places with the evident desire to remove
traces of apparent murder and strengthen
the theorv of snlcide.
ONLY TWO WEEKS APART.
A 316301181 Who Insisted Upon Boodle
With. His Brides.
ISPECIAL TELEGBA1I TO TOTS DISPATCH.!
Newark. N. J., Dec. 7. John Bot
ticher was arrested in Rutherford to-day
and taken to the Essex county jail in
Newark on a charge of bigamy.
Two years ago he married Mrs.
Anna Sippel in Newark and
after she sold some property left by her first
husband, they went to Canada. Recently
they returned to New Jersey and Botticher
opened a store in Rutherford.
The complainant against him is a
Hohoken woman who claims that he mar
ried ber two weeks before he married Mrs.
Sippel, his wife, and deserted her because
she would not sign some property over to
him.
A BATTLE WITH THUGS.
TERRIFIC FIGHT BETWEEN OFFICERS
AND DESPERADOES.
Merrlii Knhns, the Murderer, and a Police
man Named Connelly Riddled With
Ballets and Will Die Halms' Partner
Captured Threats of Lynching.
Churtjbtjsco, Ind., Dec. 7. Mervin
Kuhns, the desperado who is wanted at
Fostoria, O., for the mnrderof a man named
Campan, was captured late last night.
Sheriff" Viberg and a posse from Fort Wayne
effected the capture. The fight between
Kuhns and the officers was a most desperate
one.
Kuhns had been joined in the village by
James Messc, an cx-convict, and a partner
of the desperado. As soon as the officers
approached them, the outlaws opened fire.
Policeman John Connelly fell at the first
volley with three deadly wounds in his
body, any one of which will prove fatal.
James Messe was brought down with a
shot through his left leg and was easily cap
tured. The most desperate battle ensued
between Kuhns and Deputy Sheriff Tom
Wilkinson, of Fort Wayne. They fought
at short range until their revolvers were
emptied. Three times Sheriff Wilkinson
put his pistol close to Kuhns' breast
and fired. The desperado, however,
managed to escape. He walked two
miles until, in a dying condition, he sought
shelter at a farmery- house, where he was
taken prisoner. I "-s literally riddled
with bullets. O' "nerceu his left
lung, another hiv. fp- "t, two had
plowed through his; fffA ",-t'r' several
bullets had lodged in hr' rQ
James Messe, after he wxV . Jo w
i Knife on bhentl v llkinson,. "fr,r
escaped bein? killed by that obs. CC
Connelly and Kuhns will die.
The prisoners were taken to Fort Waj.
to avoid a lvnching.
A MEETING OF CREDITORS CALLED.
A New Orleans Firm Owing Sl,730,000 Ap
peals for Leniency.
New Orleans, Dec. 7. V. & A. Meyer
& Co. will to-morrow issue a circular to
their creditors, in which they will say:
The pressure of the present financial crisis
bas compelled nsto suspend payment. Our
liabilities amount to about SLTjO.000. An ex
tremely conservative estimate of the value
of onr assets show a large sur
plus over liabilities. We believo
that with an extension of time we can pay
every dollar we owe. If onr assets are handled
br a court, or are sacrificed now by pressure to
realize, nothing but disaster can come to all
concerned.
JJTlie circular continues by calling a meet
ing of creditors for December 23, and prom
ises to administer the assets as trustees of
the creditors.
A CORNER IN APPLES.
Western New York Speculators Making a
Good Thing on the Fruit.
IKFZCIAL TELEOrtAU TO THE DISPATCn.l
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 7. a speculator,
who is coining money by speculating in
apples, told The Djspatch correspondent
to-day that oyer .350,000 barrels are
now stored in Western "Nevr YbrJr,
In t Buffalo and vicinity there are not
less thau 00,000 barrel;. They were pur
chased early in the fall and shipped here
from Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and
Texas, at an average cost ot 53 25 a barrel.
Large orders have already been received
by the holders of the fruit from Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, Chicago and other points.
The dealers receive $4 50 for the apples at
the point of shipment.
A BRUTAL FARMER'S CARELESSNESS.
nis Team Wrecks a Load of Children and
He Never Stops.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 7. John Oertli,
mail carrier between Montana and Fountain
City, yesterday allowed his two children
and a neighbor's child, all under 13 years of
age, to drive the last two miles of the trip.
On their return they were met by a farmer's
wagon, which ran into tbeir vehicle, throw
ing tbem violently to the ground, while the
horses broke away.
Edward Oertli, aged 8 years, was picked
up unconscious, and the other children were
also severely injured. Edward had sus
tained concussion of tbe brain and died in a
few hours. The farmer who drove the team
continued on his way without stopping.
A CHURCH BURNS DOWN,
The
Fire Originating While the Sunday
School Was in Session.
rSFECIAL TELEGT1AM TO TnE DISPATCH.1
Pateeson, N. J., Dec. 7. The First
Baptist Church in Passaic City was entirely
destroyed by fire this afternoon. It was a
large frame building worth about $14,000.
It was insured for 12,000. The Sunday
school was in session, but all the children
were safely removed through the basement
way. The fire spread with great rapidity.
The whole building was a mas3 of flames
long before the firemen arrived. The fire
men were very slow getting to the ground
and of little use after their arrival. Some
ot the pews and curtains were the only
things saved.
STRANGLED BY COAL GAS,
An Army Veteran Dead and nis Wife Slay
be Dying.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1
Locktort, N. Y., Dec. 7. Aaron Oak
ley, a veteran of the late war, aged 60, was
found dead in bed this morning, and his
wife beside him dying. Coal gas, which
had escaped all night from a stove in an ad
joining room, was the cause.
Deceased belonged to the celebrated
Twenty-Eighth Regiment, New York Vol
unteers. Physicians think there is some
slight chance of the wife living.
BIDDING AGAINST UNCLE SAM.
Stockmen Willing to Pay 810,000,000
for
the Cherokee Strip.
Chicago, Dec. 7. A. J. Snider, a
wealthy Kansas City cattleman, arrived in
this city yesterday. After a short consulta
tion with some stockmen, Colonel Snider
sent the following message:
A. B. Mayes, Chief Cherokee Nation, Tahlcqnah,
I. T. :
1 am prepared to offer you $10,000,000 in cash
for the 6,500,000 acres of land known as tbe
Cberokeo Strip. Answer, if any encourage
ment, A. J. Snider.
INDIANS STEALING HORSES.
Confirmation of the Beport That They Are
Scattering in the Bad Lands.
Pine Ridge, S. D., Dee. 7. Reliable
information was received here to-day that
the Indians are stealing horses and robbing
tbe honses north of Cheyenne river.
This coincides with the rumor here to-day
that the hostile camp bad broken up and
that the Indians have scattered through the
Bad Lands. Scouts were sent ont to-day to
ascertain the facts.
THREATS OP ATIE-UP
Unless the Baltimore and Ohio
Strike Comes to an End
This Morning.
YARDMEN MEAN BUSINESS.
Their Co-Workers, at an All-Night
Meeting, Unanimously Decide
THE TK0UJJLK MUST BE SETTLED,
Or Kot a Wheel Will Move on a Freight
Train in the City.
RESULT OF SETKEAli CONSULTATIONS.
The prospects of a great railroad strike la
this cily arc as strong at the present time as
they ever were in the history of organized
labor in Pittsburg.
The developments of yesterday were of
a character to arouse the most serious ap
prehensions. The switebmen have taken a
determined stand, and declare that unless
the demands of their striking brethren on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad arc con
ceded there will be a general tie-up.
Several largely attended meetings were
held yesterday and last night, at which the
grievances were considered in all their
phrases. Two big meetings were
held at Glenwood, but perhaps the
most important one of all was
that at the Switchman's Mutual
Aid Association at their headquarters, No.
Ot Fifth avenue, last niht The room was j
7 ifnrtnblv fiilprl with flCftinnniiirnfMrnpst
r en, and the session lasted until midnight.
during this time every member present
gave his views of the sitnation, and the
conclusion arrived at seemed to be unani
mous. The Switchmen Declare Themselves.
The strikers were represented by a griev
ance committee, headed by Mr. Frank
Hawley, who is well known among union
railroad men, he being Master Workman of
No. C2, Switchmen's Union. After the
meeting adjourned a Dispatch reporter
met Mr. Hawley, as he was coming from the
hall. He did not seem to be inclined to say
much at first, but finally re-entered to the
lodge room followed by the reporter. He
held a short conversation with Secretary
Harry J. Lenon, and then declared himself
as follows, in answer to a question:
'Ton may say that unless the grievances
of tbe Baltimore and Ohio strikers are
remedied by 10 o'clock to-morrow forenoon
every railroad yard in thi3 city will be tied
up. This decision is final." Turning to
probably a dozen men in the room, Mr.
Hawley asked: "la that right, boys?"
Unanimous in Their Resolution.
"Yes, sir; that is right,' came the unani
mous response.
"Will the strike bo. confined to tho switch
men?" was asked of Mr- Hawley.
"No, sir; not by any means, it is becom
ing general. We expect support from
nearly every branch of organized labor."
"Yes," interrupted Secretary Lenon, and
tbis support will not come from railroad
men alone by any means; as Mr. Hawley
says the merriment is becoming general.
You will see that if this strike is precipi
tated we will have the endorsement of any
number of labor organizations in Pittsburg
and vicinity.
"We will hold a big meeting at 7 o'clock
in the morning. Where, did you ask?
Well, it is hardly necessary to mention tbe
place. That is a point we prefer to keep to
ourselves; but we mean business, and this
matter will be settled one way or the other
at the time mentioned."
Sympathy of the Firemen.
The meeting at Moore's Hall, Glenwood,
last night, was the liveliest one in the
history of Monitor Lodge 121, Switchmen's
Mutual Aid Association. Early in the
evening a committee from Smoky City
Lodge, of the Order of Railroad Firemen,
visited Monitor Lodge and talked tbe
situation over. The firemen expressed
themselves as fully in sympathy with tbe
yardmen, and ready to go out at once if the
the company does not reinstate the men
who were arrested on Friday, and listen to
tbe yard switchmen's grievances. The fire
men then left for the city, and said tbey
would communicate at once with their
grand master workmen.
After tbe firemen left. Monitor lodge
initiated a number of switchmen, including
some of the men who came from Martins
burg. When the lodge had adjourned a
Dispatch reporter asked for a statement of
the situation. F. J. Daily, Chairman of
the Grievance Committee, said that
the 22 men who came from
Martinsburg had promised to return this
morning. A number of tbe officers of tbe
lodge were present during the conversation,
and all agreed with this statement. They
said the officials of the company will be
seen to-day, and, if they refuse to reinstate
the men, hear their grievances, and attempt
to hold out and work the road with other
men, d general tie-up will be the result, and
will commence practically tbis morning, as
the men imported will quit work.
NoStriice as Yet Authorized.
Grand Master Wcrkman Downey was ex
pected in the city yesterday, bat failed to
appear, and is expected to-day. No strike
can be declared without the authority of tne)
Grand Master Workman.
The grievances of the men at Glenwood
are not wholly because of the arrest ot three
men, but generally of the rules laid down
and enforced by Yardmaster Dieherst,
Only two trains were moved in the Glen
wood yards yesterday, each consisting of 23
cars. One went out at 10 a. m. and the
other at about 4 P. 31. All of the side
tracks of the road from McKeesport to this
city are crowded with cars, it being
estimated last night that no less than 1,500
to 1,800 cars were now tied up.
Second Vice President T. M. King, of the
Baltimore and Ohio, will be here to-day to
act for the road in tbe trouble.
INJURING THE COKE TRADE.
3Ir. Frlck Says the Strike U Affecting nil
Business.
H. C. Frick went East last evening. Mr.
Frick states that the strike of the yardmen
on the B. & O. road is seriously affecting
his coke shipments over tbat line. All the
mines along the road are in the same predic
ament He could receive no assurance from
the B. & O. people about how long the tie
up would continue.
Mr. Frick says the coke trade is at a
standstill tbese'days on account of the dull
iron business. They are filling their regu
lar contracts, bnt are receiving few nw
orders.
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