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FORTY-ITFTH 3TF.ATI.
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In Which the Force Bill Ele
phant Will Soon be
Gently Interred.
EVEN INGALLS AGAINST IT.
There is Every Indication That the
Measure Will be Abandoned
More Many Days.
MORTOK DECLINES TO BE A CZAR,
And Without an Able Imitator of Speaker
Keed ETen the Radicals Admit
They Can Do Kothinff.
OXE MOKE DAY OP USELESS DEBATE.
Tie Oclj Editvmg Fcitart is the Atttmpt of Salter
Blur, of Educitiocil Fuse, to Pose
ts a Ecmcnst.
IAKSSTON TALKS Of THE FUTURE OF HIS RACE
ISrECIAL TELEOEAM TO TOE DI6PATCn.I
"Washington, Dec. 11. There is little
doubt that the developments of the Senator
ial caucus, or rather the lack of them,
means that Senator Hoar and the other
friends of the bili are defeated and that
within the next four or five days the Feder
al elections bill will be abandoned. At the
caucus it was evident that a majority of the
Republican Senators felt bound to vote for
the elections bill if called upon to do so, and
that they would probably, under the same
circumstances, vote for a change of the
Senate rules that would enable the majority
to close the debate at will.
It was evident also, however, that there
is such a large and powerful minority in
favor of allowing the bill to die, that Sena
tor Hoar and his radical colleagues did not
dare to do otherwise than to let the whole
subject rest for a few days and postpone the
adoption of a programme of action until an
other caucus can be held.
Ingalls Xoir Among the Kickers.
The delay in pressing the bill to a vote
only adds to the number of its opponents.
Senator Ingalls, for instance, who at the
last session was supposed to be a firm be
liever in the necessity of tnis measure, is
now willing and even anxious to see it laid
aside Mr. Ingalls has learned considerable
since the close of ias. season, and having
read the resolutions adopted by thj .Farm
ers Alliance of Kansas opposing tho pass
age of tbe force bill, he is unwilling now to
give tbe measure bis support.
For several months the understanding has
been among the Republican Senators that
when the crisis should come in the pending
struggle. Senator Ingalls should be put in
the chair to arbitrarily recogifize a Republi
can Senator for a motiou to close debate and
to ignore any Senator who should rise in
opposition to the motion. -Mr. Ingalls has
formally and in picturesque language de
clined to act in the capacity of an imitator
of Tom Heed.
Morton Proposes to Act Impartially.
Vice President Morton has also intimated
in as emphatic a manner as he ever assumes
that he regards it his duty to act entirely
impartially to both sides of the chain ber
Since these farts became known to the Re
publican Senators all talk or arbitrary pro
ceedings has been dispensed with, and it is
now generally admitted that the traditions
and time-honored custom of the Senate can
not be trampled upon in behalf of the Fed
eral elections bill.
A very interesting incident that occurred
during the proceedings of the Senate to-day
was almost lost sight of and its possible im
portance overlooked. Had President Mor
ton been quick to act upon a suggestion
made lo him by Senator Sherman, the Sen
ate might have adopted the Reed tactics of
ascertaining a quorum without attracting
the slightest attention or creating the tiniest
ripple on the surface of affairs.
During the progress of a roll call upon
Eome unimportant question, Mr. Morton an
nounced that no quorum had voted. In
stantly Mr. Sherman suggested that a
quorum was certainly in and about the
chamber and that Mr. Morton should im
prove the opportunity and count a quorum
as present.
Me Declined to Count a Quorum.
Mr. Morton would not take the hint and
refused to announce the vote until a quorum
of Senators had put in an appearance and
voted. Had Mr. Morton acted on the
rather dictatorial suggestion of Mr. Sher
man, a precedent might have been at once
establisned that would have done duty for
many years to come.
At least a dozen Senators, some of whom
ore ready to vote for the passage of the bill,
pduiitted that the talk in the caucus showed
beyond a doubt, that the measure would
have to be abandoned. Some very lively
speeches were made in the caucus and
some hot words passed between Senators on
opposing sides.
Senator Wolcott made the chief speech in
opposition to the bill, and announced out
right that he should vote aeainst it under
tiny circumstances. Senator Teller, his col
league, practically indorsed what Mr. Wol
cott said, and other Senators spoke in favor
of allowing the bill to die a quiet and peace
ful death.
Senator Ingalls had in his pocket a little
list ot Republican Senators who had prom
ised to eat, sleep and drink at the Capitol
until the force bill was passed. In a tone
of mock sadness he said to a group of col
leagues: "If we can only get 30 more to
pledge themselves to stay here, we can eas
ily pass this bill."
To Unload the Elephant Gracefully.
A week ago the Republicans had nothing
but predictions that the bill would pass.
Now not a single prophet of that com
plexion can be found. Just how to get rid
ot tbe elephant gracefully seems to be the
only study, and upon this the leading sup
porter! of tbe bill are so vacillating that a
pew proposition is to be expected every day.
The main topic of discussion in the Senate
PREPARING
GRAVE
to-day was tbe Plumb resolution providing
for earlier meetings and night sessions. In
Bpeasing upon this subject Morgan, of Ala
bama, said that no matter how much his
physical powers might be taxed by the long
hours proposed, he would "try to keep
along along with the procession;" but he
should insist on having the company ot his
friends on the other side. They could not
expect to go to their committee rooms or
their houses and smoke their cigars in peace,
and comfort while Democratic Senators
were at their post of duty "on the picket
line." They would have to have company,
and if Republican Senators adopted the
resolution they would have to expect to
carry it out
And so he gave notice now, that whenever
he believed that a quorum was absent from
the Senate chamber he shquld make that
point and have absent Senators called back
irom their places of delightfnl retirement; so
that they should be at the pains of listening
to the arguments which it cost Democratic
Senators so much pains to make. That was
fair and right, and he had merely risen for
the purpose of serving that notice.
Blair Poses as a Humorist.
Mr. Blair alluded, sarcastically, to "the
perpetual drone and whimper or those dull
Democratic orators that they could not get
audiences," and suggested that if they
wanted to be heard they would have to make
their speeches more interesting.
Mr. Morgan I did not complain of want
of audiences. The galleries have been full.
Mr. Blair I do not know but there have
been arrangements made to fill tbe gallaries.
But the Senator complains that there are
no Senators to listen to the speeches. . Now
I suggest to him that instead of resorting to
his physical powers of endurance he and
his irieuds should give us an exhibit of
their intellectual power. Laughter. A
few months ago I had some little experience
of that kind myself, but I never saw the time
when I was discussing the education bill
that I was reduced to theridicnlous number
of only two Senators for an audience.
Never, never. Laughter. The reason
why I had audiences then, while the Dem
ocrats have none now, was that I had in
tellectual powers rhetorical powers.
Laughter. I was entertaining. Con
turned laughter. And what I bad to say
will go into history, and will associate my
name with those of Demosthenes, Cicero,
Webster and other eloquent men. All that
Democratic Senators have to do is to sum
mon their intellectul faculties, if they have
any laughter, and then they can get
audiences.
crra sebvice places.
now Appointments Have Been Blade From
the Different States.
FKOM A STAFF COREESFOXDENT.l
Washington, Dec. 11. "All the ap
pointments called lor by the law of July last
have now been made," said Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt to-day. "Of this
number a little more than half were from
the Northern States, a little less than half
from the Southern States. Out of SIS men
from the 23 largest States, who stood the
highest, 479 were appointed on the clerk
ship and copyist registers. From the 26
highest on the register from Massachusetts,
23 were appointed; all of the 32 from Illi
nois; all the 19 lrom Indiana; 21 out of 22
from Iowa; 43 out of 44 from New York; 26
out of 27 from Ohio; 30 out of 31 from Penn
sylvania; 21 out of 22 from "Wisconsin, and
allot the 23 from Michigan. At the same
time 27 out ot the highest 29 from Louisiana
were appointed; 27 out of 28 from Alabama;
30 out of 31 from Tennessee; 25 out of 28
lrom Georgia; 25 out ot 28 Irom Texas; 21
out of 23 irom Mississippi, and 13 out of 14
from Missouri.
"All these appointments were made abso
lutely without regard to any consideration
other than the standing ot the applicants.
The books of the commission are open at all
timet, and we should be glad If tbe corre
spondent of any paper in a,ny State, or any
other individual lrom any' of tbe States
would come in and see how the work of tbe
Civil Service Commission is done. Politi
cal or partisan considerations have absolute
ly no weight here."
CBAIG-STEWABT. CONTEST.
Attorney Brennan Serves the Papers on
Colonel Stewart at Washington.
rFBOM A STAFF COnBUSrOXDEST.l
"Washington, Dec 1L W. J. Bren
nan, Esq., counsel for Craig, the contestant
against Colonel Andy Stewart, for the Con
gressional representation in the Twenty
fourth district, served his legal papers on
the genial Colonel to-day at the Capitol.
Mr. Brennan served the papers on.Mrs.
Stewart yesterday at her room, which he
thought misht be all the notice required,
but to make assurance solid he waited at
the the doors of tbe House of Representa
tives to-day till he caught the Colonel as he
was making his exit, and bntton-holed him
long enough to read to him the interesting
process.
Mr. Brennan's brief recites that illegal
votes were cast at 100 polling places, to the
number of at least 1,000, the illegality con
sisting of no recistration, erroneous regis
tration, voting at wrong polling places, and
votes counted from outside the district. Mr.
Brennan asserts that tbey can show 5,000
illegal votes for Craig, but his slender ma
jority of 123 is very apt to be whittled dona
to nothing by a house with over 150 Demo
cratic majority, which will have little nse
for a son ol Tariff Andy Stewart.
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
Important Action Taken by the Boose
Committee on Banking.
Washington, Dec 11. The Honse
Committee on Banking and Currency met
this morning, and there was a general dis
cussion of the financial situation. The re
sult of the discussion was tbe adoption of it
resolution to request the House to set apart
a day for consideration and disposition of
Chairman Dorsey's bill to reduce to 51,000
the minimum amount of United States
bonds which national banks shall be re
quired to keep on deposit, and to permit the
issue of circulating notes by national banks
to the full amount of the par value of bonds
deposited.
This would, it was said, increase the
amount of money in circulation almost im
mediately by ?18,000,000, and would result
in a freer issue ot national bank notes by
making the loss on circulation insignificant,
or perhaps nothing at all. "When the bill
comes np in tHe House, Chairman Dorsey
will move an amendment to provide lor tbe
issue of greenbacks whenever the national
bank circulation falls below 183,000.000.
Mr. Morrill, of Kansas, was authorized to
report favorably a bill to subject national
bank and United States Treasury notes to
State taxation.
NOTHING TO DEBATE.
The Reapportionment Bill to he Reported
To-Morrow.
srECIAI. TELEOBAM TO nt DISPATCH. 1
"Washington, Dec 11. It has been de
cided by the Republican leaders in Congress
to bring up the reapportionment bill for con
sideration in the House on Saturday next,
and, if possible, to dispose of it on that day.
The number which has been selected
to form the representation in the
new House is 356, and it is now
believed that the committee will be practi
cally unanimous for tbe bill upon that
basis. The Republicans were afraid of
running against a strong Democratic oppo
sition to any bill which would provide for
a partisan apportionment, or which would
include any effort to have Congress take
control of yie districting of States, so as to
prevent gerrymandering by the State Legis
latures, so it was determined to leave no
ground for such opposition and stick to the
present law in all particulars.
There is accordingly in the bill which
the committee will report on Saturday abso
lutely nothing for the committee to debate,
except possibly the nnmber which has been
fixed upon. 'Representative Breckenridge,
of Kentucky, said to-day that there would
be nothing but a pro forma debate in his
opinion. "From what I understand of the
bill," said he, "it is about as fair as one
could expect or reasonably hope for. Of
course, it is not just what we should have
prepared if we had had the framing of it,but
there will be no reason for filibustering on
our part against its passage. I do not think
it will make it any the harder for us to elect
the next President"
THE RACE PROBLEM.
HOW THE COLORED PEOPLE ABE SOLV
ING IT FOB THEMSELVES.
Congressman Langston Says They Are
Quietly Leaving the South and Scatter
ing Over the Country, Becoming Less?
of a Class and Moro of Individuals.
(FROM A STAFF COnBESPOXDEXT.l
Washington, Dec. 11. Representative
Langston thinks that the negroes themselves
will work out the race problem. "The
negroes," he said to-day, "are looking less
to the.white politicians for assistance and
are doing more for themselves. They are
leaving the South and making their
homes in all parts of the conntry.
Not in large parties, not in
a manner to attract attention, but
one at a time, each of bis own volition, in
spired by a desire to work out his own
fortune. In the farthest outposts of the
West, in the extreme North and East they
are becoming more numerous day by day.
They are finding homes in every part of the
country. I spoke before a large audience
ot negroes a few days ago at Pittsburg.
Among them I met men whom I had known
at Petersburg and other places in tbe South.
Thev were thrifty and' industrious, each
working out his own salvation and doinc it
well. They are not seen on the streets
much. The people of the city hardly ap
preciate how many negroes they have among
them. Those negroes, who have been there
longest, as a rule, have their homes.
"When I was last in Petersburg I was at
Parson Wilson's. It was as crowded as
usual. I did not miss any of the congrega
tion. Yet when I went to Parson Church's,
in New York, I found 200 or 300 negroes
whom I had known as members of Parson
Wilson's congregation. This shows how
quietly the immigration is going on. Tbe
negroes are quietly leaving tbe South, and
they are not missed. In time, instead of
being congregated in one section, they will
be scattered over the whole country. They
will be individuals, and not a class.
"As the necro starts out for himself," con
cluded Mr. Langston, "the Republican
party cannot rely on getting his vote. Some
of the ablest of them have gone over to the
Democratic party. Cleveland had no diffi
culty in finding an able negro in Boston for
Recorder of Deeds at Washington. He sent
a very intelligent negro to Hayti as Minis
ter. "The negroes understand the Farmers' Al
liance movement They appreciate the ad
vantage it oilers them. Many of them are
joining the farmers. Among the farmers
they receive fair treatment The negroes
are solving the race problem for themselves,
and both tbe old parties may keep their
eyes open."
ATKINSON'S SEAT SAFE.
Captain Skinner Denies That Be Is to Con.
"Yestlt '
TBOU A STAFF CORKESPOXBEirT.
Washington, Dec. 11. Captain Skin
ner, of Huntingdon, Pa., who was Dr. At
kinson's opponent in the Congressional race,
and who came within about COO votes ot
winning, denies that he will contest the seat
of Atkinson, though it has been widely re
ported he would do so.
Captain Skinner was elected to the Legis
lature at the same moment he was defeated
for Congress, and is content to serve there
continuously rather than take his chances
lor Consress in a district where he would be
given but one term.
A Few Lucky Candidates.
Washington, Dec. 11. The President
to-day sent the following nomination of
Pennsylvania postmasters to the Senate:
Joseph A. Thomson, Media; Benjamin N.
Jefferies, West Grove; Frank H. Britton,
Corry; Jerry Crary, Sheffield.
PASSED TWO WATEBSPOUTS.
The Steamship 'Wyoming Gets Uncomfort
ably Close to Them.
rSFECIAX. TELEOBAM TO THE BISFATCH1
New York, Dec. 1L The Guion Line
steamship Wyoming, which arrived to-day
from Liverpool, passed two waterspouts on
December 4, in mid-ocean. The first crossed
the bows of the ship about two miles away,
whirling away to the southeast. At 2:15
o'clock in the afternoon a second formed
half a mile to the south of the ship on the
port beam.
It was snowing at the time, and the roar
ing cylindrical column was filled with white
snow. First Officer Lamb says he has seen
a hundred or more waterspouts, and that
the appearance of these did not create any
alarm in his mind, as he regards them dan
gerous only to small craft.
HE HILLED SIX PEBSONS.
Meager Report of a Horrible Crime and
Suicide in Arkansas.
Foet Smith, Ark., Dec 11. Charles
Joplin shot and killed five persons to-day at
the Jenny lead .mine, 12 miles from here,
and then committed suicide by shooting
himself. Those he killed were John Miller,
his wife, his crown daughter, Lou Miller,
Dr. Stewart, a prominent physician, and a
man whose name is not known.
The; shooting occurred late in the day, and
details are meager. The only clew to the
cause of the killing lies in a report that Dr.
Stewart intimated that Joplin was the cause
ot Miss Miller's trouble
A BAD OUTLOOK FOB LAB0B.
Over 1,000 Men Laid Off at the South
Chicago Rolling Mills.
Chicago, Dec. 11. Within the past ten
days over 1,000 men have been laid off at
the South Chicago works of the Illinois
Steel Company.
At the offices of the company to-day it
was deniedthat any except laborers and
men employed in construction had been dis
charged. Regarding tbe outlook for wages,
Controller Gray says, "If the price of rails
goes down, wages will drop accordingly."
A BOY MUBBEBEB CONVICTED.
He KlUed Til o Fellow Tramps Who Stole a
Ride With Him.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 11. Charles
Miller, the 15-year-old boy who last Septem
ber murdered Ross Fishbaugh and Waldo
Emerson, of St Joseph, Mo., while stealing
a ride with them in a box car, was to-day
found guilty of murder in the first degree.
His attorney will move for an arrest of
judgment and apply for a new trial.
A Wealthy Stockman Killed.
Minneapolis, Dec. 1L T. S. Thomp
son, of Mason City, la., a wealthy stock
dealer, was killed in a railway wreck at
Kingman, Ariz. He was taking a load of
jMormamuuuuiu iu vaiucrm-
PITTSBURG, FRIDAY,
STATE AID IS LEGAL
For Road Improvem ent, as It is for
the General Welfare.
THE ATT0RKEY GENERAL'S YIEW
Strengthens the Stand Already Taken by
the Sub-Commission
IN FEAMINO A KEW K0AD LAW
rSPECIAL TELEOBAX TO TBS SISFATCH.1
Philadelphia, Dec. 11. The State
Grange, now concluding a convention at
Harrisburg, has taken a determined stand on
the subject of State road reform, and before
the sub-committee of five, delegated by the
State Road Commission to draft a bill, ad
journed to-day its meetings at the Conti
nental Hotel, exhaustive consideration was
entered into touching the points the farmers
desire incorporated in the new law. While
the sub-committee arrived at no definite con
clusion, the members know about where
they stand in the conception of a measure
for legislative attention, and their determin
ations will be embodied in a bill by Senator
Sloan, the Indiana lawyer, who has person
ally given every detail caretnl considera
tion. The Senator expects to be with the State
Grange to-morrotr. Attorney General Kirk
patrick has given his opinion that there was
no constitutional barrier in the way of legis
lative appropriations for permanent im
provement of public highways, and this dis
poses of the question of profits from the
revenues not comiug back to cities and towns
on taxes collected or levied on moneyed in
terests. State Appropriations Are Legal.
The members of the Commission were in
formed that, while the Attorney General re
served the right to criticise any road meas
ure coming before him officially from the
Governor, he could see no constitutional ob
jection'to State aid. He holds that Govern
ment improvement of State roads is wide
spread in benefits, and essentially general.
State appropriations were therefore for the
public welfare and within tbe privileges al
lowed the Legislature by the Constitution.
Acting on this statement, the members of
the sub-commission see their way clearly to
defining in the new State road law the es
tablishment of a department on State high
ways, similar in scope to the Department of
Public Instruction. Provision will be made
for a superintendent, with a board of in
spectors, who in turn direct the several
supervisors in their expenditure of money
in the townships where the terms of the law
are complied with. Where a township
builds a mile of improved road at the di
rection of the County Surveyor or Engineer,
the county completes an additional mile and
then the State builds a mile. The County
Commissioners grant warrants on the County
Treasurer, and the State Treasurer carries
out the contract of the Commonwealth on
( payments.
The Payment of Taxes.
On the line ot taxes, both local and State,
there is divergence of opinion. John Mc
Dowell, of Washington, Vice President if
tbe State Agricultural Societv, gave the
views of the Grangers, to the effect that all
taxes should be paid in money. He said
that the Granger bill favors farmers work
ing out taxes at the regular wages paid for
a day'evfabor, and this view is accepted by
the snb-comuiissioa. A treasurer, who may
bc'elther"iTMdjymmisioner!or appoijjWi
by them in each township, collects or re--ceives'taxes
levied for roads, setting aside
a portion each year for permanent inprov.
ments, the road commissioners deciding in
each township the character of material
suitable for a permanent road.
This covers sections like Erie and Craw
ford, where stone is hard to get, and in
Clearfield, Jefferson, Sullivan, Potter and
like counties, were the corduroy system is
the only one that stands tbe loamy nature of
the highways. Work is to be done also in
the season best adapted for road building.
The farmer sets aside his concerns when
called on to report for duty, just like a
laborer. If he does not do so promptly,
the privilege to work out taxes is lost
Details of the Plan.
This will cause more tax payments by the
farmers, as they cannot leave their farms at
certain seasons. Where taxes are worked
out, the farmers work at the direction of an
inspector, who sends credit to the State De
partment. The inspector is, compensated
and has his appointment the same as a
school board installs or dismisses a teacher.
The discovery of bad work means dismissal.
The present system is tbe act of 1836, and
allows farmers to work as they decide and
nnder supervisors elected through their in
fluence. Honest toil exists in name only.
The German sections will oppose any change
as an innovation, and there is much defer
ence paid their demands. Chairman Foight
said to-night, in speaking on the subject of
the commission's work: "We have nothing
in order; we have simply a maS3 of evidence
upon which to work, but what form the bill
we shall draft may take I do notjiuow. We
are seeking to revise and codify existing
road laws as far as possible, and to frame a
bill which shall be uniform. Any state
ments saying what we have done in the way
of drafting a bill are false, for we have done
nothing in that direction."
The commission is expected to meet in
Pittsburg in a short time, to attempt to con
struct a measure for" presentation to the
Legislature.
HAMPTON DEFEATED.
Irby Elected United States Senator From
South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C, Dec. 11. In the joint
session of the Legislature to-day J. L. M.
Irby was elected United States Senator on
the fourth ballot to succeed Senator Wade
Hampton. The vote stood: Irby, 105;
Hampton, 42; Donaldson, 10.
John Laurens Manning Irby was born at
Laurens, S. C. September 10, 1854. He
attended the University of Virginia and
afterward Princeton. Leaving there he
read law for three years under Judge Mc
Iver, but practiced his profession only two
years. Since then he has resided on his
plantation and farmed successfully near
Laurens. He took part in the memorable
Hampton campaign of 1876. When he
entered the political arena four years ago,
he at once became a prominent leader, at
the same time giving proper attention to his
farming Interests. He espoused the cause
of the farmers' movement at its inception,
and was an ardent admirer of Governor
R. R. Tillman.
STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.
Result of the Count of Ballots Cast at the-
Electlon.
.SrECTALTELEQIIAM TO THE DMPATCH.
Haebisbubg, Dec 11. The State
Grange was encaged Until this evening in
voting for its officers and counting the bal
lots. The result was as follows:
Worthy Master, Leonard Rhone, Center;
Overseer, S. M. McHenry, Indiana; Lec
turer, Jerome T. Ailman, Juniata; Chap
lain, W. H. Holst'ein. Montgomery; Treas
urer, AVilliam Yocum, Berks; Secretary, R.
H. Thomas, Cumberland; Steward, F. E.
Field, Tioga; Assistant Steward, J. L. Ken
nedy, Westmoreland; Gatekeeper, Wallace
Chase, Tioga; Ceres, Anna M. Holstein,
Montgomery; Flora, Anna H. Biibing,
Montcromerv: Pomona. Mrs. A. H. Olm-
steaa, Warren; Jj. A. B., Mrs. James Mc-
DECEMBER 12, 1890.
Cracken, Jefferson. Executive Committee,
D. E. Kennedy, Erie; J. B. Klrkbride,
Philadelphia, and H. C. Anderson, Wash
ington. Finance Committee, S. E. Nevin,
Chester. In addition to the report of the
Committee on Constitution and By-Laws,
eulogies were pronounced on Victor E.
Piollet and other Grangers who died the
past year.
FIGHT FOR MILLIONS. '
A WOMAN TURNS UP IN COUBT AS HEIB
TO $2,500,000.
She Claims to be the Widow of a Deceased
Millionaire Leather Merchant, and Six
Uncles and Aunts Feel Blue Fourteen
Lawyers in the Case.
ISPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE PISPATCn.l
New York, Dec. 11. There is a pros
pect of a lQng legal fight over the distribu
tion of $2,200,000 in personal property, and
S300.000 in real estate, left by Loring A.
Robertson, who died suddenly at the Hotel
St George, Brooklyn, on October 10. The
disturbing element is a woman, who pnts
in a claim for the entire estate, on the
ground that she is the widow of the de
ceased millionaire leather merchant. The
six uncles and aunts of Mr. Robertson be
lieved they would share the property equal
ly, for he had left no will, and they peti
tioned Surrogate Abbott, of Brooklyn, for
the appointment of administrators.
The citations were returnable in court
this morning and everything looked favor
able for the claimants, until Lawyers John
F. Baker and B. W. Cohen, ot this city,
presented another petition, signed in a
bold, masculine hand, with the name of
"Helen Robertson." Tbe new petition
startled the lawyers of tbe other relatives,
and Surrogate Abbott postponed further
hearing until Monday:
Mr. Robertson had'always been regarded
by tbe members of his family as a bachelor,
who was too shrewd to form entangling
alliances with women. The petitioner asfcs
that as she will not be able to procure bonds
sufficient for the administration of so large
an estate, tbe Brooklyn Trust Company
shall be named as a co-administrator. The
woman did not appear in court.
Her lawyers say they will be able
to prove that Robertson lived with her
for four years and introduced her to his
friends as his wife. B. W. Cohen said to
night that no ceremony was performed, but
they agreed verbally to live together as man
and wife. His client has no papers to prove
her claim. She was, he said, an eminently
respectable young woman when Mr. Robert
son met her four years ago. She is now
living fn this city. She is said to be 28
years old.
A claim will probably be made by others
that Robertson was a resident of Pennsylva
nia. Under the Pennsylvania law a widow
is entitled to only one-half of the personal
property. Mr. Robertson had 30 nephews
and niece?, who live in Pennsylvania. Un
3er the New York law a nephew is not en
titled to any share of an estate. Under the
Pennsylvania law they are as mucn bcirs as
brothers would be. The lawvers of the al
leged Mrs. Robertson will help the near
relatives to prove that Mr. Robertson was a
resident of New York. The question of
residence will be settled first. So far there
are 14 lawyers engaged in the case.
DEAD IN HT8 OFFICE.
A Prominent New York State Politician
Commits Suicide.
STECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCH.!
Binghamton, N. Y Dec. 11. Hon.
Frank B. Arnold, a prominent politician
and bnsincss man of this section, was found
dead inhis office, corner of Main.and Depot
streets, Unadillar this morning. A
32-caliber revolver lay by his
side, and a large hole in the
side of his head told the story of suicide.
He had been very despondent over his de
feat for Congress, and, coupled with this, he
is said to have lost heavily in stocks. His
melancholy spells of late have been very
noticeable by his friends, but he was the last
man who would have been thought to com
mit such an act. He was some 50 years of
age, a widower, with one child. He is re
puted to have been very wealthy.
He was personally very popular, and was
frequently elected Supervisor, although the
town was strongly Democratic and he was a
Republican. He was in the Assembly in
1885, 1886 and 1887 and represented the
Twenty-third Senatorial district in 1888 and
1889. He was recently defeated for Con
gress by George Van Horn in the Twentv
fourth Congressional district by 194
majority.
A $2,500,000 PUBCHASE.
The Big Deal of an English Syndicate at
Denver.
tSFECIAT. TELEOKAU TO TOE DISPATCH. 1
Denyeb, Dec. 11. One of the most im
portant real estate transactions ever nego
tiated in the West was practically consum
mated to-day, when a large English syn
dicate, representing a capital of $3,500,000,
secured an option upon all realty and water
interests owned and controlled by both the
Denver Water Storage Company and the
Denver Arapahoe Land Company.
In addition to the purchase of
tbe interests of the two companies
above named, the plans of the purchasing
syndicate contemplate the expenditure of
from 51,500,000 to ?2,000,000 in fuither im
provement in the immediate vicinity of
Denver, including the construction ot five
more water storage reservoirs, the building
of suburban electric lines, and the improve
ment of lands now owned and to be secured
by the company.
The price agreed upon for the purchase of
the property involved is said to be 82,500,
000; upon which an advance payment of
$100,000 was made to bind the bargain.
MALIGNANT DIPHTHEBIA.
An Outbreak in an Ohio Town Causing
Considerable Alarm.
IKrECIAL TELKUHAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
Columbus, O., Dec 11. In a letter to
Dr. Probst, Secretary of the State Board of
Health, William C. Hunt, health officer at
Warren, Trumbull county, states that five
malignant cases of diphtheria have recently
occurred in one family, living just beyond
the city limits, resulting in two deaths.
The children have been attending the pub
lic schools, and the outbreak has caused
considerable alarm.
GRANTED A YEAR'S EXTENSION.
Creditors of tho Assigned Firm of Parker
Bros. & Co., Are Lenient,
Philadelphia, Dec 11. Assignee
Miller, of Parker Bros. & Co., stated this
morning that the most important creditors
of the suspeuded firm have signeda paper
giving the firm a year's extension in which
to meet their indebtedness.
1 All matters concerning tbe failure are
being adjusted, and it is believed that the
firm will soon resume.
WHOLESALE LIQUOB DEALERS ASSIGN.
A Pittsburg Man is One of the Preferred
Creditors of tho Firm.
New Yobk, Dec. 11. W. Venable and
Moses J. Heyman, composing the firm of
Venable & Heyman, wholesale liquor deal
ers, made an assignment to-day to Robert J.
Dean, giving preference to R. J. Dean &
Co. any deficiency there may be for money
loaned; R. W. Townsend, 818,000; Philip
Hamburger, Pittsburg, $7,670; John H,
WcGuirk, 85,000
ATESTOfSTRENGTH
Between the Irish Factions in a
Special Parliamentary
Election.
THE PARNELL CANDIDATE
Has Served Seven Terms in Prison
for His Country's Causd
MORE OVATIONS FOR THE LEADER.
He Uses a Crowbar in the Recapture of a
Newspaper Office.
MR. GLADSTONE ALSO DP0S THE STUMP
TBT CUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY.
London, Dec. 11. John Kelly, who has
been seven times in prison on account of
tbe Nationalist movements, and was liber
ated from Tullamore jail on October 31 last,
will be the Parnellite candidate for North
Kilkenny. Mr. Kelly proceeded to that
town to-day, accompanied by John and
William Redmond, Edward Harrington,
Richard Pover, Joseph Nolan and a host of
others. Mr. Kelly was interviewed by a
Dunlap reporter, and said:
I have a srreat aveision to Dtittinz my
self forward as a party candidate, bad I
am acting under a strict sense of duty. I
believe that Mr. Parnell is the only man able to
keep tbe Irish people together In this struggle
for home rule. Mr. Gladstone's letter is the
real cause of the dispute between the two sec
tions of tbe party. The Irish people will have
no dictation from Mr. Gladstone or anyone
else.
Purely a Political Question.
I am sorry tbat the bishops, when they de
layed speaking so long, sbonld not have main
tained silence on what is purely a political
question. Tbe patriotic priests ot Kilkenny, if
they had been left to themselves, wonld have
taken no part in this struggle. I was deeply
pained to read Archbishop Croke's letter,
which passes judgment with insufficient evi
dence on the Irish chief, whose speech of last
night shows that there is another side to tbe
question, yet to be heard.
The cause of the tenants will be best served
by Mr. Parnell. Tbe more I think ot it the
more ami amazed at his wonderful foresight
and marvelous sagacity. I believe tbe laborers
have more to expect from him than from any
Nationalist or Gladstonian alliance. I regret
Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien and Harrington are
not on the spot Their counsels would help us
to bridge over the existing difficulties. They
wonld then certainly continue Mr. Parnell in
the leadership, but now being 3,000 or 1000
miles away they, cannot possibly give a proper
judgment in the light of tbe real circum
stances. I intend to fight this Kilkenny con
test without any. personal recriminations, and
am sure as anyone in existence ot winning a
seat. I believe, too, the result will practically
decide the question of Mr. ParneU's leadership.
Mr. Parnell Uses a Crowbar.
About the first thing Parnell did at Dub
lin this morning was to provide himself
with a crowbar and proceed to recapture the
office of United Ireland.
At-nooadiy a"-cnwdxf Parnellirer
surrounded the office. They soon forced an
entrance and ejected eight rongh-looking
fellows who had been detailed as a guard by
the anti-Parnellnes who seenred tbe office
last night.
In a short time Sheriff Clancy, accom
panied by a strong guard, appeared and re
sumed possession of the office in the name
of Mr. Parnell. Mr. Parnell appeared at
one of the windows of the office shoutins
"thathe would fight the 'battle to the last;
that he would allow only the country to de
cide tbe issue and that he would submit to
the dictation of no man.
He afterward, in company with Mr. Mc
Gough, solicitor for the National League,
drove in a car to the railway station, where
he took a train for Cork. Crowds lined the
streets along the route, and the windows of
the houses were filled with spectators. Mr.
Parnell was warmly cheered all the way
from tbe newspaper office to the station.
He Seems Confident of Victory.
After entering the railway carriage Mr.
Parnell, from one of the windows, addressed
the crowd surrounding him. He expressed
his gratitude for the confidence tbey had
shown in him, and said that what Dublin
felt to-day Ireland would feel to-morrow.
The Limerick Corporation, by a vote of
14 to 8, to-day rejected a motion thanking
the majority party for its action in regard
to Parnell. A deputation from Limerick
met Mr. Parnell at Limerick Junction, and
invited him to visit tbat city. This he
promised to do at an early date.
Mr. ParneU's reception in Cork was sim
ilar to tbat accorded to him in Dublin, his
welcome being of the most enthusiastic
character. An address from the National
League was presented to him in the Cham
ber of Commerce, where a tremendous crowd
had gathered to greet him. After i storm
of cheers, Mr. Parnell, in reply to the ad
dress, said:
Arousing the People of Cork.
I cume among you with a proud heart con
fidentin tbe belief that while Cork and Parnell
are united, Ireland is united. I am prond of
Cork, which has given a verdict for me without
waiting to hear my side of tbe case. With
such men I need not fear the loss of Glad
stone's trumpery bill, which would allow the
police to baton us, the landlords to desecrate
tbe conntry as heretofore, and would give
Ireland nothing which Irishmen could, not get
for themselves without the bill. It is not for
such a measure tbat Cork retains tbe proud
title of "Rebel."
I leave the cause in your hand', knowing
that there it will be safe. I conid not look vou
in tbe face if I did not speak true words. Fire
from heaven should scorch me if I were so nn
true to a country and people that have loved
me. Cheere .You would justlv ban me as dis
graced and disgraceful. Bat 1 am not so. I
can bold up my bead, face tbe world and pre
sent a stout, brave front to every reviler
so long as I know that you trust me.
Cries of "We do." 1 am powerful and happy
and onr enemies are disgraced and confounded.
(Loud cheers and cries of "Yon will win." "We
will right for you." I have practically been
called from a bed of sickness and pain, but
Cork has done more for me than all physicians
and medicine could do. I shall go forth to
battle sharing your strength and confidence,
and we shall gain an overwhelming, glorious
victory." Loud and ptolonged cheers.
Gladstone Also Upon the Stump.
Gladstone made two speeches to-day in
England. He said the continuance of Mr.
Parnell in tbe leadership wonld be fatal to
home rule in England, Scotland and Wales.
Parnell was no longer the leader of the
Irish Nationalists, who had separated them
selves irom him. He (Gladstone) admitted
that the Irish party ought to be independ
ent, and that the consideration and set
tlement of this qnestion ought to be
left to them; but there was something
bevond all considerations In Irish politics,
namely, the great canse of liberalism in
England, Ireland and Scotland. The Lib
erals felt that in granting, home rule they
constitnted the Irish leader. Tbe Liberals
were unwilling after what had appeared in
the divorce court, relative to the conduct of
Mr. Parnell, to make him the constitu
tional governor of Ireland.
The Executive Committee of the Liberal
Unionist Association has issued a long
manifesto, which concludes as follows:
Parnell and the Parnellltes have always been
an untrustworthy body upon whose pledges no
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reliance could bo placed anaVK, . xarlia
mentary antecedents made thenr, if. r un
safe allies for any party, and r6.fl ms
have forced this consideration upoiV. , f'U
ot many home ruler?. No dlstinctl&Jr -
mkde between Parnell and his adherv. .fld
tbe majority of his party who seek topnse
him. Ihe latter condoned hi3 delinquencies
and accepted his policy and now make sacrifice
of him as a means of extorting fresh terms
from their allies.
ANOTHER MANIFESTO.
THE VIEW3 OF DILLON AND O'BBIEN
EECEIVED IN LONDON.
Sexton Believes That the Sober Second
Thought of the Irish People Will Sus
tain the Antl-Parnollites A Question of
Loyalty to Country or Leader.
fET DCNLAF'S CABLC COMPANTO
London, Dec. 11. Thomas Sexton and
John Deasy, representing the Irish Parlia
mentary party, were at this end of the
Anglo-American cable in the office of the
Dunlap Cable Agency to-night to receive
in person the manifesto of Dillon and
O'Brien, which began coming in about 9:30
in the evening. After reading the manifesto
Mr. Sexton sent the lollowing cable message
to the delegates :
We observer with great satisfaction the abso
lute identity of opinion existing between the
delegates In America and the majority Irish
party. We feel perfectly confident that when
tbe fever of the moment in Ireland has abated
and tbe people have time to reflect upon
what tbey must do to save their cause from
rmn. your manifesto will have a decisive effect.
A portion of the New York manifesto
which attracted particular attention here is
as'follows:
We, ourselves, even though far removed
from tbe scene of conflict, have had to put our
personal predilections to an almost Intolerable
strainln endeavoring toseparateoar attachment
to an unrivaled Iri3b leader from our absolute
and overwhelming conviction that to Indulge
our personal loyalty to bim one moment longer
wonld be to Incur the loss of the general elec
tion and make ourselves responsible for tbe
appalling legacy of disappointed hopes which
tbe inevitable triumph ol coercion at the polls
would entail upon our unhappy people. Our
position in this matter is a specially cruel one.
We have bad to endure the anguish of seeing
all the fruits of weary years of battle with the
enemies of Ireland suddenly and fatal
ly Imperiled in the very hour of vic
tory by a crisis .for which we are not in
the smallest degree responsible, and
which our -absence from. Ireland renders
us perfectly powerless to control. Even it
evervmivate and DUbllo- otteracce of. onrno.
'litical lives had not attested .tbe sincerity of.
our allegiance to .sir. -arnen. nis wildest
partisan will scarcely suspect ns of a desire to
overthrow bis leadership wlthom some terrific
canse at a moment when a lew months more of
united action wonld have brought us to vic
tory, and wben any prolonged period of dis
sension in Ireland must involve the certain loss
of tbe tremendous interests we had staked
upon the general election.
THREE DAYS UNCONSCIOUS.
An Ocean Steamer Passenger Terribly In
jured While Smoking.
fBT PtrSLAF'S CABLE COMPANT.1
London, Dec. 11. George M. Colburn,
the well-known proprietor of the Clilton
House at Niagara Falls, is in this city, and
very dangerously ill at the Victoria Hotel.
Mr. Colburn arrived last Sunday at Havre
on the Bourgogne. While off the banks of
Newfoundland, he was one day sitting in
the smoking room, when a sudden lurch of
the steamer threw him with great force
clear across tbe room. He struck on the
opposite end on his head, and lay uncon
scious on the floor. Sevral gentlemen
lifted him up, and it was found that his
face was smashed almost beyond recogni
tion. Blood was flowing from nose and
month, and he was breathing heavily.
For three days he remained unconscious,
and the ship surgeon worked over him con
stantly. He was bronght directly here,
wherehis brother is with him. If able to
do so, they will return to New York on the
18th of the month, instead of remaining here
three months, as expected.
CATHOLIC PROPERTY.
A French Legislative Move Will Lead to
Important Results.
:BT DTOLAP'S CABLE COMPAOTT.!
Paris, Dec 11. It is likely that new
legislation on the subject of property owned
by the religions orders in France will lead
to important results, as it is intimated that
the property will be trusteed, and the
Marists, Lazarists, Christian Brothers, Sis
ters of Charity. Sisters of Nazareth, Carth
usians and others will reside in England.
All available propertv will be transferred
to English banks and letters of probate will
be taken out. Nearly all the funds of
Roman Catholic Christendom are invested
in English securities or house property, in
cluding the reserve of the Papacy itself.
Monsignor Zalewiski.who has been sent as
a delegate to India by the.Vatican.has been
requested to draw up a report on Indian se
curities, with the possibility of investment.
London is fast becoming the financial head
quarters of Catholicism.
A DARING ROBBER
He Probably Fatally Stabs a Woman and
Steals a Cash Box.
rBT PCNLAP'S CABLE COMPAWT.'l
Berlin, Dec. 11. News of a most
daring robbery and probable murder' in
Cologne bas just been received in this city.
An aristocratic-looking young man entered
one of the large drapers' shops during the
morning, wben there were no customers
present, and asked to be shown some costly
fabrics. When tbe mistress was occupied
for an insrant, he plunged a knife into her
back, leaving the weapon sticking in her
body. He overpowered the cashier and de
camped with the cash box, containing sev
eral hundred marks.
The affair has caused a profound sensation
here. The police expect to have the scoun
drel in custody soon.
DIED OP STARVATION.
Terrible Fate of a Large Number of Es
caped French Convicts,
fnr ncHLAP's cable compast.i
Pakis, Dec, 11. It is stated in the
papers to-day that 150 French convicts who
recently escaped from . imprisonment at
Continued on Sixth Past,
THREE CENTS.
SHQWERS OF WEALTH
A Handsome Homestead Girl Becomes
the Heiress of Half a Million.
CARRIE PAIKTER IS THE LUCKY ONE
Never Knew the Bachelor Uncle Who Has
Poured on Ber His Gold.
SAIS MONEY HAS 50 CHARMS F0EHEE
Through the death of her uncle, Miss
Carrie E. Painter, of Homestead, has be
come the heiress to an estate of $300,000.
The nncle was George Greevey, of New
York. He was an old bachelor of about 50
years. He died about two weeks ago, leav
ing an estate valued at about 51,000,000, to
bis two nieces, Cora Greevey, of Newport,
and Carrie Painter, of Homestead.
Tbe will was opened December
ber 8, and J. S. Davis, Esq., of New York,
was appointed guardian for Miss Painter.
On Wednesday he went to Homestead, noti
fied Miss Painter of her good fortune, and
immediately returned to the East.
The bequest was a great surprise to the
pretty young girl in Homestead. The years
of her lile have not yet numbered 17. She
had never known her uncle except byname.
The young lady was visited yesterday at
her home in Homestead, and tbe story of the
bequest learned from her own lips. It was
the young lady herself who answered the
knock at tbe door. She is a tall, handsome
girl, with a form as handsome as the figure
which tells her fortune.
The Pretty Heiress Own Story.
Miss Painter has dark, waving hair, and
a rich, dark complexion, with just enough
coloring to make the pretty face interesting.
Miss Painter, the Lucky Brunette.
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The dress she wore was of calico, and fitted
her form neatly, and when she arrived
at the door she still had one sleeve
rolled up and was struggling with it. The
arm exposed was white and shapely, and tbe
pretty hands were not disfigured with rings.
The only jewelry she wore was a small pair
of diamonds in her ears. Her explanation
was:
"Excuse my appearance. I have just
been helping mamma in the kitchen.
With thisSatroduction to the heiress of a
half millioniie reporter stated the object
of tie visit-V ,
-'"What! Has thjt mean guardian gono
and told it? It's real mean. 1 wanted to
keep the beqnest a secret, and I have not
even told my mother. People will talk so
mncb," she added, blushing and looking
prettier than ever.
Through numerous questions she then
gave out the story. Her mother had
been married twice, tbe first hus
band being T. H. Greevey, a brother
of George Greevey. The couple lived in
Johnstown, where Mr. Greevey practiced
law. It was there that Carrie was born, in
1874, but since her mother's second marriage
she has always been known as Carrie
Painter, although her real name, of course,
was Carrie Greevey. The will of George
Greevey mentioned both names.
Separation of the Girl's Parents.
The girl's father was a devout Catholic,
while her mother is a faithful adherent to
the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. For some reason which Miss
Painter did not know, ber mother and
father separated. Mrs. Greevey afterward
marrying Mr. Painter, and when Carrie was
only 7 years old tbe family moved to Home
stead, and Mr. Painter is now employed as
a boss in Carnegie's plate mill. They set
tled In a neat home there, and the little girl
was known only by the name of Painter,
and no one in Homestead even yet is aware
of Mrs. Painter's first marriage. T. H.
Greevey is now practicing law at Altoona,
and there bas been but little communication
between the father and the daughter.
"My father's family are all wealthy,"
said Miss Painter. Only a short time ago
mv grandmother left me 25,000. Now that
I have S500.000 1 do not feel a bit different.
"I hate money," she added, kicking the
carpet nervousiy with the toe of her neat
shoe. "I do not care to be rich. I don't
know why, but I always thought I wonld
rather be poor and workfor a living. Money
seems to have no charm forme, and it always
brings trouble. It makes one feel afraid."
Willing to Go to a Convent.
"Now, when my erandmother gave me
tbe 525,000 I was urged to go to a Catbolis
college at Montreal, and complete my edu
cation. My father was a Catholic, but I
am a Protestant. I was willing to go, bnt
mv mother knew of Uncle George's tortnne,
and also that Cora Greevey, of Newport,
would be the only heir beside myselt in
case he died intestate. In case of
my death my Newport cousin wonld
be the only heir. For this reason my
mother was pfraid to let me go to Montreal,
for fear that it was a scheme to dispose of
me. I think such things are foolish, but I
will not leave mother.
"The increase in my wealth will not make
any chanse in-my life. I intend to remain
here in Homestead. Of course I cannot get
the money nntil I am of age, and when I do
receive it I will have no idea what to do
with it"
ENCOURAGING SYMPTOMS.
Mrs. Carnegie's Condition Points to a Com
plete Recovery.
rsrZCIAI. TXLIQRAK TO THS D1SFATC2.1
New Yobk, Dec. 11. Mrs. Andrew Car
negie's condition this morning was prac
tically the same as that of yesterday. She
spent a quiet night, and Dr. Garmeny left
her this morning with encouraging symp
toms. Her long' illness has so reducsd her
strength that her recovery is now a matter
of endurance. Though the typhoid fever,
contracted in Canada, has been broken np,
it ha left her in such a weak state as to
make it advisable for her physicians to ba
in daily attendance.
Unfess some unfortunate relapse occurs,
Mrs. Carnegie's condition points to recovery.
Decided Against the State,
i special tslkjeah to tub dispatch. t
Haerisbtjbo, Dec. 11. The Dauphin
County Qourt to-day decided a case against
the Commonwealth, which sought to tax tbe
United States Gas Improvement Company
on the proportion of its capital stock in
vested outside the State, and on stock in- .
vested In patent rights granted by the Got
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