ESSSK fcV- "V r i X7- ; -17- prP' TRIPLE NUMBER " ul - "twenty pages. ' PITTSBURG, "SUSTCJaY, JANtTARY l 1891, PORTT-EEFTH YEATL MVE CENTS. THEIR LASTCHANCE, If the Indians Do Not Come in to Pine Ridge To-Day . Firing Will Begin. THE SOLDIERS CAN'T WAIT. Exposure Is Telling en the Wall of Blue, and It Will Soon Be Unable to Fight. ALREADY THE TOCKET IS CLOSIKG. Growing Belief That the Friendlics, In cluding Old Ked Cloud, Are Haying a Game of Treachery. SCOUTS FEAE A HAND TO HAND BATTLE. The Hcrrcri of Wended Ecet to Be Etpeittds Eta drtd fold When the Attempt at Duma irglsHads. A BATTLE FREELT PREDICTED TOS TO-SAT ISPECI.U. TELEOEAM TO THE SISPATCB.1 Pine Ridge Agency, S. D., Jan. 10. It is altogether likely that to-morrow's sun will set upon a battle scene. The crisis is st band. There was a big pow-wow in the camp of the hostiles last night Tne red skins stood or squatted in a great circle around the council fire. The balk of the Ogallallas led by Little "Wound and Big Road made speeches urging surrender, but the young dare devils were still obstinate. After wrangling and fighting they finally agreed to more on the agency to-day and go into camp on the "White Clay creek, five miles from Pine Ridge and near the scene of the Catholic mission battle. This is the story told by Young-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horse, who returned from the Milage late this afternoon. The hostiles had not moved up to a late hour last night, for General Brooke, whose command is only seven miles from the savages, heard them singing until morning. It is probable, how ever, that the large party of Ogallallas are xow on their way to the agency. I The Soldiers Must right. Circumstances are lorcing a conclusion to (the hostilities. Parleying will not be longer (continued by either side. The Indians said "yesterday that General Miles must prepare to fight or get off the reservation. General Miles, it is said, has given them until to-morrow night to surrender, and if, they do not come in by that time-he will close in upon them. This is made necessary by the condition of his men. Those on the north have been pretty well worn out with camp life in this bleak climate and the cold marches from one position to another. They cannot stand it much longer, and unless matters are brought to an end at once, the Indians will hare no one to oppose them but worn-out and frozen-out soldiers, unfit for duty. The conduct of the men has been exceptional, and they have borne their hardships without a murmur. Closing Up the rocket. "When the proper time comes the crescent shaped wall of soldiers will more up another peg, and,as the army bulletin issued at noon grimly reads, "act as circumstances may dictate." Should the Indians continue in this direc tion and show i purpose to surrender, the bulletin continues, the troops will not at tack them, but If any of the renegades at tempt to get away or succeed in piercing the blue wall they will he shot without ceremony or pursued nntil caught alive or killed. General Miles Eays every measure will be taken by the military to force the Indians into submission and avert serious trouble to i the settlements. There are reasons for be lieving that this gigantic round-up cannot be accomplished without heavy fighting. Tnere are scores of Indians in this village who will never surrender at the agency with out giving battle. They are not only crazy about the coming of the Messiah, but thev fear the consequences of the many crimes they have committed since the trouble be gan. It is considered certain that at least 1,000 dare-devils will cut loose from the body during the march to the agency and attempt to cet away. In this event there will be plenty of work lor the soldiers. Burnins Abandoned Cabins. Scouts report that dense columns of smoke which were seen to the north yesterday came from three abandoned cabins which the young bucks had fired. The house ol Xonng-Man-Afraid-of-His-Horse was not burned. Late this morning two young Brules dashed np to the agency buildings. They had just come from the hostile camp. ODe fellow had a streak of blue paint on his nose. Both were in white shirts. They leaped nimbly ofl their ponies and bolted through the crowd to General Miles' head quarters, dragging their rifles be hind them. The leggins of the leaders had the zodiac worked upon them in beads. Indian police fell upon them and disarmed ihem. They then Eaid they wanted to see General Miles. They were escorted to head quarters, where they were profuse in their assurances that the Brules meant no harm. General Miles told them to go back to their camp and tell their people to surrender without further trouble. , Too Bold to Be Sane. "When they left the agency grounds they were given their guns. Then thyr dashed away laughing at the Indian police. These fellows were not 20 years old, and doubtless came to the agency on some mysterious mis sion. Their boldness simply shows the craziness of the young daredevil Brules. The Indian police who have been on duty around General MileB headquarters day and night hare been relieved and will in the future act as scouts. Their places wiibe filled by soldiers, it being the desircip the General to have his shack guardedby the military rather than by Sioux. The detachment of the Seventh Cavalry 'Under command of Lieutenant Xicholsou 4 is guarding the road to Rushviile. There is great apprehension at .fine Ridge. The feeling is general that it will be here that the final clash of this bloody war will come. There are bayonets to the right, to the left and behind the 5,000 bostiles, and their sharp points are slowly pressing the painted desperadoes toward tbe agency. The Fight Already On. There has already been heavy long range skirmishing between the hostiles and the commands of General Brooke, Colonel San ford and General Carr. The hemispherical blue wall is moving so close upon the sav ages that they must fight where they are or pull up their tepee stakes and run for the agency. This is the mouth of the pocket, and a grim looking mouth it is, too. A three-inch rifled gun that can sweep the country for four miles and have a recoil of 30 feet peeps through a breach in the earth works on the north which may be called the entrance to this mouth. The Hotchkiss guns and gatlings are pointed to a ravine which would be one of the paths of the savages. These guns are behind the big dirt and stone barriers on the butte to tbe east. Another Hotchkiss sticks its black muzzle through the breastworks, near the school house on the west, and can be worked so advantageously that in case of a fight it could sweep the plain for a mile in half a circle, and with the three-inch rifle on the north butte, could blow Red Cloud's house and his outfit into atoms. Even the Officers Nervous. Six hundred infantry troopers and com manders are here to receive the savages when they come in front of the bayonets that are now moving along like the teeth of a tremendous mowing machine. But despite the masterly-arranged cordon it is plain that even army officers are nervous. The civilians are alarmed. There are at least 1,500 heavily-armed warriors in the hostile camp. Their village, as near as can be estimated, is two miles long. It is pitched in a long-winding ravine similar to the one Custer pounced upon in 1876. . Scouts report that many of the redskins have no tepees and are iu camp in pockets in the sides of a ravine with pine boughs so arranged as to keep out snow and wind. The hostiles are not all Brules. There are many bloodthirsty Ogallallas in the gang. It isprobably true that everv Sioux reserva tion in the Dakotas is represented. Some ot the savages have come east of the Missouri river. .- The Camp Full of Wounded. Red Cloud, in an interview with TriE Dispatch correspondent to-day, said that the village was filled with wounded from the battles at Wounded Knee, the Catholic mission, and on the ridges about the agency. He also said that Big Foot has been buried near the village in a grave that had been covered with stones so that wolves and coyottes would not get at the body. The greatest anxiety arises over the dis position to be made of the savages should they come into the agency without first giv ing battle. It is firmly believed that Gen eral Miles contemplates disarming and dis mounting the hostiles. Squaw men and half breeds living at the agency are sending their wives and chil dren to the railroad. Old scouts are of the opinion that snch a move will precipitate the bloodiest Indian battle the country has ever known. They declare that it will be a hand to hand fight, in which the Sioux will eventually get the worst of it, but not until their 1,500 armed sarages have multiplied the horrors of "Wounded Knee a hundred fold. Believed to Be Lying. The sitnation is such that nobody can prophecy the outcome. Ex-Agent McGilli cuddy thinks there ,is a plot on foot. He says the so-called friendly Indians are lying almost to a man. Even old Red Cloud'j propositions of pe-icejire scouted. The.old wretch is now wearmg-jjoggles to bear out his assertions that he is blind. The story of his son Jack, that he fired shots at the murderers of Lieutenant Casey, is a lie. The young whelp had nnwashed streaks of war paint on his face all the time he was telling what a good Ogallalla he is. A slip of any kind would start a whole shoeting match here. The so-called friend lies are known to be harboring the hostiles in their tepees near the agency, Despite the vigilance of Captain Dougherty's men who patrol the natural runaway of the ghost dancers they continue to slip into camp'and some ot them dp not go back again. Two of them who came yesterday had rifles under their blankets. Fanaticism of the Sioux. It is a notable feature of the present war that the Sioux have abandoned nearly all their old-time tactics. During all the fight ing they have not uttered a cry, and not one of them has stripped. They have also shown a disposition not to attack the civilians. At "Wounded Knee it is said that not one of the wounded even groaned, so confident were they that their ghost shirts would save them from death. The savages still keep up their ancient custom of signaling.ihowever. From the fortifications on the northern bnttes one can see the flashes of the mirror and smoke sig nals from distant hills, and through power ful glasses detect their runners galloping over the ridges. It is evident that despite the military cordon, runners of the savages meet with little trouble in passing to and irom tbe hostile camp to Standing Rock and the Cheyenne River Agencies. Thus far the Cheyennes have kept out of war. They remember when the Sioux helped the army to crush them when Little Chief made the conntry smoke as far as Fort Robinson, and now they are content to assist the soldiers and thus wipe out the old score. Burning and Pillaging. Little Chief is now here after a long over land trip from Powder Tiver. He wants to take 500 Cheyennes who are at the agency back with him to Montana. The reason he gave for the long time he consumed in mak ing the trip was that barbed-wire fences bothered him. The scouts who came in to-day report that the hostiles say they have burned and pillaged everything along the river. One of the Indians thinks there was a regu lar beef issue, which the, Indians were run ning on their own hook.' They had a man to call out the name of the Indian warrior to whom a steer was to be issued just as the Government does, and when he left they were eating with all the gusto they dis played when they were entitled to the meat Four companies of the First Regiment from California hare been mounted. Many of the soldiers were never in a saddle before. During the drill to-day Sergeant Brecken ridge was hurled from his animal and badly injured. A Band at the Agency. One of the incidents to-day was the sere nade given by the First Regiment and the band of Angeles Island, CaL, to General Miles and staff. It was the first time that the big brass horn and cymbols were ever heard at Pine Ridge. The spectacle was picturesque. The musicians wore canvas overcoats and fur caps and stood in the snow and played popular airs while tbe pickets were patrollng on all sides with "Winchesters, the civilians with six-shooters strapped to their sides and hundreds of squaws listened to really fine music with stolid indifference. It didnot take long for the Indians to get a name' for the fellow with the big horn. He is now known among them as Thunder Mouth. Father Crafts, who was so dangerously stabbed at "Wounded Knee, is slowly im proving. He was able to sit up to-day and drank some broth. The Heaviest Guard Tet Used. The heaviest gnard yei thrown ont about the agency wss sent "out on duty to-night. The hostiles are now 4 miles from here. The had another beef issue ot their own to day and to-night The sconts report that criers are out in the village calling to people not to surrender their arms to-morrow. Just before dark to-night two women came into camp, They were among the wounded at "Wounded Knee. One of them bad been shot in seven places. For 12 days they have been hiding in "ravines. During a bat tle tbe party of ten wounded Sioux escaped. They sought refuge in the brush in the ravines. Seven of them died and are still unburied. Finally two squaws and one child started over the snow for the agency on foot, suffering terribly from ex posure. The child fell from exhaustion, but tbe squaws, although weak frem loss of blood and lack of food, managed to reach the agency. TO RIGHT THE WRONG. STEPS IN C0HGRESS TO CARET OUT GEN ERAL CROOK'S PROMISES. Representative Flower Proposes a Com mittee of Investigation to Find Ont Just "What Injustice Has Been Done the Indians The Chaises. "Washington-. Jan. 10. In the Senate to-day Mr. Dawes presented a conference report on the bill to carry out in part the provisions of the act to divide the Sionx Indian reservation; and in response to a question by Mr. Edmunds, maae an explana tion. He said that the commission, of which General Crook was the head, prom ised the'Sioux Indians, in the course of the negotiations, to use his influence at Wash ington for the redress of certain grievances. The commission had subsequently met 40 representative Sioux Indians from the reservation, where the present outbreak oc curred, to see to it that those assurances were carried out The Indian committees of both Houses were also present; and all being together, a bill had been prepared to carry out exactly th'e assurances as the In dians understood them. That bill had passed the Senate in April last, but had not passed the House till last month, and then it contained a duplicate appropria tion ot 100,000. The Senate had struck out that duplicate appropriation. The Mil carries out to the letter the assur ances precisely as the Indians understood them, so that with the original bill and the pending bill, all the assurances of the com mission would be fulfilled and there could be no ground on which the Indians could complain of the Government in any matter out of which the existing disturbancs had arisen. The conference report was agreed to. Representative Flower, of New York, to day introduced in the House a long pre amble and resolution with reference to the Indian troubles. It recites among other things that General Miles is reported to have openly charged that the Indians now in in surrection have been starved into revolt; that General Armstrong, late an Indian in spector, is authority for the state ment that in tne delivery of cattle purchased by the Government for the Indians a great loss is sustained through defective arrangements for their re ceipt and care, and that the present tronble among the Indians has been caused by the mismanagement of the Indian Bureau. Tne resolution therefore provides for tbe appointment of a committee ot five members of tbe House to investigate and inquire into the management of the Indian Bureau, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the charges are true. TEE FAITHFUL CHEYENNES. General Miles "Wishes to Have Them Re moved From Their Foes. "WASHnrGTON-, Jan. 10. Secretary Proc tor to-day received a telegram from General Mil's, dated Pine Ridge, January 9, as fol low!: Too commission appointed to consider the conaitlDa'oItno -Cheyenne Indians at thYs place and in Montana unanimously recommend tbe removal of these Indians to FortKeogh re serve. There are already 250 at Frt Keogh, and many are enlisted as scouts. The scouts came southeast under Lieutenant Casey and were Joined by nearly all the able-bodied men from the agency. Together they have done most valuable and hazardous service in fighting and harassing tbe hostile Bioux. They bave killed and wounded tbeir warriors and cap tured tbeir horses. Tbe feeling among them is very strong, and the Cheyennes have proved their loyalty arid repeated tbeir record again which tbey made at tbe Sioux and N ez Perces wars in 1876 and 1877. These are now in danger from tbe Sionx, and if there is no objection I will, when this affair closes, transfer them to Fort eogh as an act of justice, and go band in band In accordance with the recommenda tion of tbe Cheyenne commission. TAKING AWAY THE GUNS. The Selection of a Spot for the Delicate Task a Serious Question. Pine Ridge, Jau. 10. The selection of the spot on which to disarm the Indians has been a serious question. The work could not be done in the middle of the agency, neither could it be done where the ground is broken. The latter place would be the Indians traditional fighting ground and in case of treachery great damage might be done. Meanwhile, the cordon of troops has neen drawing closer- around the hostiles. Gen eral Miles to-dav having issued orders for an advance on all sides of fiom three to six. miles. This movement was ordered to be made with care. The principal idea was to keep the Indians toward the reservation and at the same time to allow them to halt on no spot on which they might have an ad vantage orer the troops. TURTLE MOUNTAIN QUIET. No Uprising There and the Indian Police Have Protected Cheyenne River. Washington, Jan. 10. The Indian Bureau has received a dispatch from Agent Waugh, at Deril'sLake, stating thatyhcre is no danger of trouble at the Turtle Mountain Agency. A communication has also been receired from Agent Palmer at the Cheyenne RirerAgency highly commendingthe Indian police and agency farmers for valuable ser vices rendered by themaomong the Indian Camps affected by the ghost dance. THE BAIL OPENS TO-DAY. So Says Buffalo Bill Families of the Officers Sent East. , Pine Ridge, Jan. 10. The wives and families of the officers who are at Pine Bidge were sent Fast last night It was a sorrowful parting for husbands and wives, for it may be that many of them will never meet again. Buffalo Bill is reported to have made the statement to-day that the ball will open to morrow. - LABOR WINS A POINT. Strike of Printing Press Men in "Which They Get Their Own Terms. rsrzci.ii. teleohjlm to tub dispatch.1 New Yoke, Jan. 10. The trouble be tween the E. W. Bliss Company, manu facturers of printing presses in Front street, Brooklyn, and their 400 locked-out em ployes was compromised to-day, and the men will return to work Monday. A new foreman named Henderson, made a lot of new rules which the. men did not like. The men rebelled and were looked out To-day tbe company agreed to take the men on practically their own terms. The Chess Match. New York, Jan. 10. The fourteenth game of the chess match for the champion ship ot the world,'played to-day, resulted in a draw. The score stands: SteiniU, 5j Guns berg. S; drawn. 6V Biz more jramesiwlll be played. . A FIGHT FOR WEALTH It Develops a Peculiar State of Affairs in One Household, FIKE LEGAL POINTS INVOLVED In Two Wills Over Which the Struggle Is Now Being Hade. CLAIM OF AN ADOPTED DAUGHTER rsrecux. txxxohdito tub Disrxrcn.1 Tbot, Jan. 10. The evidence in the Ved-der-Hartshorn will contest is practically closed, and it has developed the fact that a very peculiar state of affairs existed for years in the Vedder-Hartshorn honsehold. Nicholas S. Vedder was a manufacturer of stove patterns. He died in 1879, leaving an estate valued at $150,000. He was sur vived by a widow. There were no children except Ida, an adopted daughter, to1 whom Mr. and Mrs. Vedder were greatly attached. Her real name was Ida Angell, and she was taken from a foundling institution in New York City when she was 4 years old. By his will, Mr. Vedder gave his widow a life interest in the entire estate, and pro vided that at her death there should be paid to Ida Vedder 8,000. The residue of tbe estate was then to go. to religions and charitable institutions, mainly of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Mr. Vedder attended the State Street Methodist Church, of which Edwin A. Hartsborn, the author of several tariff books, was also a member. He was President of the Cable flour mills in Schaghticoke. To him the widow frequently went for ad viae. Hartshorn Wins the "Widow. Hartshorn proposed marriage in1881 and was accepted. After the wedding a trans continental bridal trip followed. While away on their honeymoon they traveled in first-class style, and by the time they were ready to leave Denver Hartshorn was out of funds. Be made a call on his wile and she responded with $1,000. On their retnrn to this city one of the first acts of Hartshorn was to demand that his wife reimburse him for the expenses attend ing the wedding and tbe trip as far as Den ver. She declined. Frequent squabbles resulted. "Vedder" was the name inscribed on the plate of the big front door of the Fifth avenue residence. This did not please Hartshorn, and he had a plate made with his name en graved upon it, bnt when he attempted to place it upon the door, Mrs. Vedder-Hartshorn entered a decided protest. A Nuptial Agreement Adopted. Hartshorn persisted and on went the plate, bnt it did not stiy long. Frequent were the changes, bnt the woman finally carried her point Hartshorn's next move waste draw up a nuptial agreement, "Which he submitted to R. H. McGlellan, a prom inent lawyer. Hartshorn and his wife verbally agreed to chide by its provisions. By Its terms, certain por tions of the Fifth, avenue house were placed at the disposal of "Hartshorn. Her husband seldom ate dinner with her. He wanted his dinner in the evening. He said that he would provide only two meals daily, that one servant was sufficient, and that he would pay the cost of one fire only, and that in the kitchen range. Not long after Mrs. Hurtshorn died and Hartshorn contested the will on tbe ground of undue influence, incompetency, etc - .. SamelnteilP.!lnt! ,rtusco? The Surrogate has to decide wOether the" legacj in the will 'of Mr. Vedder to Ida Vedder should draw interest from the time of the death of the testator to the time of payment, which was fixed by the will at the death of Mrs. Vedder. Another question is, what shall be done with over $10,000 accrned during the lifetime of Mrs. Vedder from, stocks held bv the widow. Soon alter her marriage to Hartshorn she made a will, in which she bequeathed $5,000 to Ida, but shortly betore her death she revoked this bequest by a codicil. Hartshorn claims that the revocation of the bequest to Ida is equivalent to making the bequest to him, as so much of the estate thereby becomes intestate, and in the ab sence of children, the husband fucceeds to his wife's personal property. The argu ments will be begun in the Surrogate's Conrt on Monday. WORTH A FORTUNE. The Absence of a Marriage Certificate Causes a Loss of 835,000. fSrr.Cl.ll. TKLEORAM TO THX DIBrATCH.t New Haven, Conn., Jan. 10. In 1857 Adam Schmidt, then residing in the Duke dom of Baden, Germany, deoided to come to this country. The evening before start ing he wis persnaded by his sweetheart to marry her. The ceremony was performed after midnight, and the next day Adam and his bride started for America. For a time they lived in New York City, where Adam had his pocket picked one day of his ready money arid a package of papers which con tained hia marriage certificate. Not think ing it worth his while to secure another cer tificate, he came to this city, where he has reared a large family. Abont three months ago a brother in Ger many died, leaving each of Adam's chil dren $5,000. This money tbe courts in Ger many refuse to give up until the proofs of his marriage are fnrmshed. Since coming to tbis conntry the minister who married him has died, and the church records fail to show any date of the marriage. It is be lieved that tbe minister who performed the ceremony, having been called from his bed in the night, forgot to enter the record. As the German conrts positively refuse to give up the money unless the necessary proofs of the marriage are forwarded, the "family of Adam lose about 525000. MAJOR M'KINLEY WILL SPEAK At a League Banquet He Will Beply to Kx Presldent Cleveland. rSPXCIAI. TELBOBAJl TO THE DISPATCH.'! Columbus, Jan. 10. The programme was completed to-night for the annual ban quet of the Ohio Republican League at Toledo, Febrnary 12 Lincoln Day and it presents quite a list of names. Among the speakers will be Major McKinley, Congress man Dalzell, of Pittsburg. Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati, and many others. The feature of tbe occasion, it is expected, will be the speech of Mr. McKinley, In which he has announced he will reply to the Columbus address of ex-President Cleveland, which was delivered at the Thurman banquet, some time ago. The speech is being looked forward to with a great deal or interest by the Republicans of the State and conntry. The friends of Mc Kinley are also taking advantage of the oc casion to bring him into more prominent favor, and, if possible,' assure his nomina tion for Governor against the many aspirant who have sprung np within the past few weeks. "" The National Leagne of Republican Clnbs will meet at Cincinnati April' 21, and a meeting will be held in that city next Satur day for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements. SWAMfED BY A CONTRACT. A Springfield Firm of Boiler Makers Goes to the Wall. SPBiNonELD, Jan. 10. Armstrong .Brothers, boiler makers, assigned this after- yioon to Robert Johnson, of this city? Thej firm employs 250 men, and has been run ning night and day. A large contract for the American Cotton Seed Oil Company precipitated the crash. The firm could not get rid of its paper ex cept at heavy discount Liabilities, $40, 000; assets, $100,000. t BOUND BY BURGLARS. A HUSBAND'S STARTLING DISCOVERY ON jjj. HIS RETURN HOME. His Wife Tied to the Bed With Her Month "Bandaged Her Terrible Experience With Masked Bobbers They Secure S223 From the Woman's Pocketbook. riPECIAL TXLXQKAX TO THE DISPATCH.! Si. Lotis, Jan. 10. When, James Campbell, a leading St Louis broker, re turned;home from a meeting of the City Council about 10 o'clock last night he found his wile laid across the foot of tbe bed with her feet tied to the bedpost, .her hands strapped together and a silk handkerchief bound tightly across her mouth. She was unconscious, and when Mr. Campbell re moved the bandages she immediately went into hysterics. When she recovered she said that about Oo'cldck she went into her dressing room and began preparations for retiring. She had hardly commenced disrobing when she noticed a chiffonier moving qneerly. In a moment a masked man ap peared from behindl the chiffonier. Following this frightful figute came a second, similar in appearance. All this time -Sirs. Campbell had stood perfectly still, too frightened to cry out, but after both men had entered, she fled to the bed chamber and sank on the bed, half fainting. The burglars followed her and bound her fast to the bed just as she lay. Then the two men went to tbe dressing case,.in the drawers of whichher jewel boxes were kept The boxes were empty. Then they went to the bureau where her pocket book was kept. After this Mrs. Campbell lost consciousness and knew no more until after her'husband's arrival. The burglars had secured the pocketbook, which con tained $225, but nothing more was missing. All the time they were in Mrs. Campbell's room, the yardman was working in the basement of the house and the cook was entertaining her sweetheart in the kitchen. This evening the police arrested a negro named Alex Russell, a former servant of Mr. Campbell's. A YOUTHFUL COUPLE. Married Syrian Children Who Astonish Barge Office Officials. rsrXCIAI. TH.IOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! New Yobk, Jan. 10 A. lnstrous-eyed little girl from Mt Lebanon was the center of St wondering group of officials at the Barge Office to-day. It was not her beauty, which was of a rare Oriental kind, that at tracted everybody, but the fact that she was a bride. Her husband, Yussef Gosn, a strapping lad of 16, stood by her side with his mother. The littl" girl looked blushingly at the crowd at intervals, -when she was not hiding her, head shamefacedly among the folds of her mother-in-law's dress. She said she had been married to Yussef seven months ago at Mt Lebanon. Her maiden name was Malacah Snriaan. She and her husband are Christianized Syrians. They- were brought up together ana were fellow-toddlers in frocks. YassKrna fcee.two yeArs ago ami be (citnea 'u,dIcWrio; o-idW tit "back, to marry bis "playmate, as heVbad promised to do'before no left Syria. Hie in vested his savings in Oriental goods, which he will sell hereabouts. Colonel Weber temporarily detained the boy and girl, bnt let them go when he found that the mothers of both had sanctioned the marriage, and that it was not an uncommon thing for children to marry in Syria. BASEBALL FOR THE INSANE. A Superintendent Extols the National Game as a Great Benefit. ISFSCIAX. TXLIGBAMTO THE DISPATCH.! Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 10. In the twentieth annual report to the State Legislature of the operations of the Middletown State Homeopathic Hos pital for the Insane, Dr. Selden H. Tal cott, the Medical Superintendent, heartily extols the national game of baseball as the lest form of ontdoor amusement that can be provided for patients afflicted by mental disorders. This institution Is the only asylum for the insane in the world which maintains among its patients a regularly- organized and eqnipped amatenr baseball club as part of its remedial treatment. The asylnm base ball cIud was organized early in the season ot 1889 and at once took the field in contests with noted amatenr clnbs represSnting neighboring towns or athletic associations. Of 15 games played with amateur clubs in good standing, "the asylnm team won 11, tied 1 and lost only 3. In his report for 1S90, Dr. Tnlcott again declares, as the fruits of the experience of the second season, that "the beneficial ef fects of the national game upon those whose minds have been depressed and disturbed is very marked." A CIGARETTE YICnM. Another Youth Dying From the Effects of Smoking Them, ISPECIAI. TELEQBAM TO TUB DISPATOH.1 New Yoee, Jan. 10. William Bird, the lad bf 18 who is now under treatment at the Governeur Hospital for tobacco poisoning, due to cigarette smoking, may not recover, and is likely to, be mentally weak for tbe rest of his life if he does live. He began to smoke abont four years ago, and in the course of time he got to smoking as many as three or fonr packages of ciga rettes a day. When cigarettes were kept away from him he smoked a pipe. He not only smoked all day, but often went to bed with a cigarette iu his month, and more than once narrowly escaped being burned in consequence. The attempts pf his parents to put a stop to the habit were negatived by him 'with a cnnningSusually characteristic of maniacs. After acting queerly for some time he be came violent on Thursday night, and when he was taken to the hospftal it was neces sary to strap him to his cot to prevent him from injuring himself. IHis paroxysms have now subsided, bnt he lies on his cot pale and thin a pitiful object His sys tem is saturated with nicotine. The chief cause.of his trouble was his practice of in haling cigarette smoke; THEY UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDER. A Chicago Strike Which Delayed Work on Pittsburg's Federal Building. Chicago, Jan. 10. The steamfitters of the city who, with their helpers, in number about 1,000, have been on strike for three months, returned to work to-day. They asked for an advance in wages, the recog nition of their union, etc. They failed at all points, and went back to work uncon ditionally. The' effects of the strike were not alto gether local. It has delayed work on the Government building at "Pittsburg, as the work was nnder contract to a Chicago firm. Jobs at other points vera also delayed by uis uj.e. WON'T TAKE. LYMPH. The Carefully Prepared Subjects at Philadelphia Rebel. AFRAID OP THE EFFECTS OP IT. The Hospital Staff Were All Eeady With Their Appliances. EXCUSES THE PATIENTS 0FPEEED Phii.ASEi.fhia, Jan. 10. One of the nurses at the Philadelphia Hospital -rushed hurriedly into the office of. Chief Resident Physician Hughes early yesterday morning, and excitedly exclaimedr "Doctor, the patients won't try the lymph." The effect of this announcement was startling. Dr. Hughes sit riveted in his chair for a mo ment; then, running his fingers through his hair, which wasalreadyrising withjs anger, and lifting his eyes to the nnrse, he asked, with a rising inflection to his voice "What?" "Those men swear tlPjrwill not allow you to experiment upon them with the lymph," solemnly answered the nurse. Swallowing four or five lumps of disap pointment, which persisted in sticking in his throat, Dr. Hnghes reached for his hat and made a bee liner for the phthisis ward. He was in anything but a pleasant humor. Here were ten patients who had been dieted with the greatest care, nursed most tenderly, having every attention shown them for six weeks to get them into perfect condition to receive tbe lymph, and then on the day they were tojbe inocnlated to have them go on a strike against the lymph was exasperating. They Alt Had Excuses. When he reached the ward and began to question the patients who had been selected on Thursday for iqoculation, and who had agreed then to submit, he found tbey had undergone a complete change of heart, and that the nurse had told him true. This was a bitter disappointment. Then, too, he knew that the entire staff would be gathered in his office in a very short time, and that each would be just as greatly disappointed as he was. What had caused the change of heart be tween night and morning he could not ascer tain. Eich patient had an excuse for not wanting the lvmph injected into his system. One said: "Doctor, I don't propose to be used for experimental purposes. Try some-" body else, if you please." Another re marked: "Oh, no; I don't want to try your lymph and be poisoned. I'll take my chances without it" A third wanted to write to his relatives and see if they wonld have'any objections to him submitting to inoculation. A fourth said he had sent for his friends, and he wanted to talk with them about it first' to see whether they thought it would be dangerous. Some Disconsolate Doators. And so the excuses ran, and Dr. Hughes could not persuade one of the ten to believe that the lymph could do him good. Finally the doctor left the ward, and disgust wa's mitten all over his countenance as he re turned to his office. Pretty soon tbe mem bers of the visiting stall began to arrive. Dr. Roland G. Curtin, Dr. J. B. Walker, and Dr. Solomon Solis-Coheu were early on hand. Professor LaPlace, the bacteriologist of the Medico-Chirurgical College, who brought the lymph from Berlin which was to have been used, came bustling into the office in excellent spirits and in a high state of expectancy. He had been selected to make tbe first injection in retnrn for the interest he had taken in the hospital. The Professor had seen manvnatienta innenlntml v!Uli-fvnipKir ft Berlin -hospitals, and he iv aj gmug iu icacu uie memoers oi tne stall o: tne .fmladelpma bow to make injections in the most scientific manner. His indigna tion and the disappointment of tbe members of the staff can be better Imagined than de scribed. Will Try Again To-Day. The physicians said many things in the excitement of the 'moment which would not be considered complimentary to the patients, and some of them thought the lymph ought to be used regardless of tbe objections of the consumptives. Finally the doctors decided that all should retnrn to-morrow (Sunday) morning to see Prof. LaPlace inoculate the consumptives. Dr. Hughes said: "We have over 100 cases in our phthisis ward, and out of that number these ten' had been selected as the very best subjects from which good results conld be secured. We have nursed them, watched them, and dieted them all this time, spending considerably more than the appropriation upon them in order that we might get good results. It is possible that some miscbief-maker turned their heads. But the most curious thing about all this is that we have for a month past been nsing Shurley's solution upon these very patients, and it produces precisely the same effect that Koch's lymph does. They made no objection to this because we did not tell them what it was! We have enough lymph here for 250 inoculations. We have had it for a week and not a drop has been used." Nearly all the men who refused to take the lymph are in the first stages of con sumption, and all are under 40 years of age. CAMERON'S WHITE HOUSE CALL. He Visits the President for tbe First Time in Months. rerxciAi. tehqbam to thx dispatch.! Washington, Jan. 10. Senator Don Cameron celebrated his renomination to-day by calling on the President for the first time in a good many months. It has been an open secret for some time that the Pennsyl vanian did not exactly approve of the President's methods in making appoint ments in the Keystone State, and he has shown his dissatisfaction by staying away from the White Honse in a most emphatic manner. His call to-day may not have been exactly a bnrial of the hatchet He went to the White House as an accompaniment to a delegation of Philadelphia lawyers, who want the President to appoint Judge Hoi lingsworth to the vacancy caused by tbe res ignation of Judge McKennan. The delega tion first filed an application and a heavy petition with the Attorney Genera, who' ac companied the party to the White Honse. Furnay Sheppard made an eloquent speech in behalf of the candidate. Among the lawyers in the delegation were H. L. Car son, Stewart Patterson, Joseph Townsend, Francis Rawle, Morton P. Henry, Warren Colston, John J. Ridgway, Edward Ship man, Henry C. Boyer, A, T. Freedley and Horace Pettit CLEVELAND1 OPENS A CLUB. A Pleasant Little Time With New Tork Democrats lost Night IEPECIAL TKUQBAlt TO TOT DISPATCH 1 New Yobk. Jan, 10. The fine new club house ot the Democratic club of New York was formally opened to-night with a recep tion. The club house was packed, full. At 9:30 ex-President Cleveland arrived. Lieut enant Governor Jones stood at his right side, and 'President Arnold, of the Board of Aldermen, at his left while the crowd filed by and shook hands. Among others in the line were Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, who was cordial but brief; Gov ernor James L. Grandelmyer, of Nevada, who patted tbe ex-President on the shoulder with vigor and enthusiasm, and said that nobody could call Nevada a rotten borough State in his pres ence and that he was on deck every time: Robert B. Booievelt who wanted to tell 4a fish story, bnt did not hare time; Brander Matthews and Captain Wiltsey, of the United States ship Minnesota. A stand-up collation was in tbe back parlor. At abont 11 o'clock Mr. Cleveland sat down at a table in a private room and ate with Lieutenant Governor Jones, Presi dent Arnold and half a dozen others. Let ters of regret were received from variona States. THE HEBREW SUNDAY.. DISPOSITION ON THE PART OF THE RABBIS TO CHANGE THE DAY. Attltnde of the Leading Men of the Faith. In America An Organization of Judaism All Over the World Under a Central Senate. rSPXCIAL TXLSOBAK TO TEX DISPATCH. I New Yoke, Jan. JO. A distingnished rabbi of Chicago, tbe Rev. Dr. Hirsch, has abandoned tbe ancient Hebrew custom of holding the service of the synagogne on the last day of the week and has adopted Sun day as the day of worship. The Rev. Dr. Kleiberg, of New Haven, opened his synagogne on Saturdays, but his congregations then are small in comparison with those of the Snndays on which he de livers lectures. He maintains that the holding of synagogue services on Sundav is not detrimental to Judaism. Rabbis Got theil and Koblerof this city delivered Sun day discourses in the Temple Emanu el and the synagogue Beth el for the benefit of those Hebrews who cannot attend the Satur day services. Dr. Jacobs, of the B'Nai Jeshurun, who is President of the New York Board of "He brew Ministers, is opposed to Sunday lec tures, and says that the orthodox people could not be induced to abrogate the law of Moses for keeping the Sabbath. Dr. Silver man, Dr. BZohler and Dr. Mendez agree with Dr. Jacobs' statement, and hold that the Sevyh Commandment is' the corner-stone Tudaism. It As a fact, however "qy of the leading rtf A- - v4aw oirattnne.nortfann - i&Oi in synagogues, .a.1 v -between Hebrew and Cfiir, s . i ; j iference . "-s in Chicago the Sabbath questi. under discussion, but the abv th iur iue law mainiainea oy meir Dfv. r rs since the time of Moses. The Rev. Dr. P. Mendls, who is minister of the Spanish and Prtuguese synagogue in tbis city, is seekineto bring abont a sys tematic organization pi all the Hebrew con gregations. He says that a new era has opened for Judaism'which must now act in unison all over th,e world. Each congrega tion mnst be let free to govern itself, jat all congregations should be held together as one body, governed by the supreme law of the Bible, and represented by delegates chosen to a central Hebrew senate. STRAIGHTENING THE TANGLE, The Hampden Watch Works, Involved by the Dneber Failure, to Kesume. Canton, Jan. 10. The Hampden Watch Works, employing 1,200 men, will resume work Monday or a few days after. Twenty citizens of Canton have guaranteed the pay ment or 08,000 balance due from Mr. Dueber on-a total of $350,000 which he con tracted to pay for a controlling interest in that company. The Hampden company, iff is stated, is amply able, with 6 of assets to SI of liabilities, to meet all obligations. It will be under the financial management of W. W. Ularfe, or tbe Diebold Bale and Lock Company, with Mr. Dueber 's stock in the bands of Judge Day. as trustee for the citi zens' committee, who guarantee its pay ment This arrangement relieves the Dueber Watch Case Company, which assigned Monday, of $213, 000 claims which leJ to its temporary embarrassment Assignee How ard Douglass and Manager W. A. Moore, of the Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Company, have left for Cleveland and Cin cinnati to arrange with creditors for whom preferences of $217,000 were secured by mortgage on $600,000 worth of real estate. Assignee Douglau lelt confident that mat ters would be quickly arranged for resum ing business in a short time. THE JUGJRO DELAY. "Wh y the Japanese Murderer Has Not Tet Received His Deserts. SPECIAL TILIORAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1 Buffalo, Jan. 10. Attorney General Charles F. Tabor was interviewed to-night about the postponement of the execution of Murderer Jugiro. Said he: "Judge La combe claims that he has no discretion, but must, under the United States law, allow the appeal. . There is considerable ground for holding that the appeal operates as a stay. At any rate, no State officer wants to. advise that it does not. "The fault is that there seems to be no way to end tbe matter. One appeal follows another. There should be an amendment to the Federal statutes making provisions for a certificate of a Judge or a special order before there can be a stay, of proceedings, and there should certainly be in capital cases a preference on the calendar of tbe Supreme Court, and the case allowed to be bronghton at once dnring term time. At present this cannot be done. I have written to Senator Hiscock and suggested that he introduce in the Senate an amendment to this effect" THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. memhprs elsewhere are ex?. fU "ror rf Sunday lectures and even iyjuy. "ins services Av. &x "4 tt. Lr Contents of the Issue Classified for the Header's Convenience. ' The issue of The Dispatch to-day con sists of 20 pages made np in three parts. Tbe first Is devoted to the news of the day.and tbe other two contain the following: PABTH. Page S. Starvation in London. European News. Featla Ireland MacLeod The Czar's Oil Field E. W. Caisswxu, A Letter on America Kcdtaed Kiptrao Fagt 10. Learning to Dance M AX DB Lrra amx Bed Hair's All Bight. Bissrx Bramble They Skin 'Em Alive. FAiraiE S. Wakd Pagt IU A Letter From Cbisa. Educational 3ewi. Tne "Want Column. for Sale Column. To Let Column. The Conrts. Page n. Doings of Society. Tbe Grand Army. Art and Artists. Gossip of the G sards. Pagt IS. Secret Societies. Local Trade News. Harktts by Telegraph. Page U. News of tbe "Week Wilkik Stace Gossip. Amusement Notices. page a. Stars for .Janniry. .- G. S. Joxxs A Bleb Old Herbal SHIBLITDakx People of Note. Electric News. Page IS. Kevlew of Sports PnnrOLZ Every Day Science. Business Cards PAitTin. Pagt IT. Oar Indian Killing Howard FlILDCTQ Humped Into a Kins; ....LIlliax Sfjctcjui Sleighing-In Gotham CBaelssT. Mukeay TheCltyintheDesert Joaquci MMct Page 18. A Traglo Incident 7basx:G. CAnpijrnR About Sandwiches.... Eixid Szeixa Men Will Never FIT ...nJ. H. Wibb Page 13. Ts Fairy and tbe Swallows PATStE. Pufzle Department... E. B. CBADBOtnty Shepherds of Italy ...EdoasL. Wakxuax Following His Star Bxv, UiORGE UODOxa Page SO. The State Dinners Miss Ubcttdt, Jr. Drestlns the Bbr.......COtRRXSB sa Montaiqo yublonf la London.. ........ Mabix Kosxtrrn fancies for the Fair, MEETINGJHE issue, The Mayor Prepares a Mess age to Councils, With a Suggestion TO CUT DOWN EXPENSES In Order to Meet a Probable Loss by the Street Act Decision. SOME OF THE LAW YET STAHDS. Assessments on Unfinished Contracts Hay Be Legalized. tfAlTlKG FOE AN 0P1HI05 OP EIPEET3 The annual reports of all the city depart ments, together with Mayor Gourley's com ments on the same, will be presented to Councils to-morrow afternoon. At the last meeting of that augnst body a message was read from Bis Honor, in which he tendered some suggestions to Councils, and more particularly to the Finance Com mittee. He desired to present the annual reports of the departments at that time, but, as he was not then in receipt of the reports of Chiefs Bigelow and Elliott, he deferred his action until to-morrow. The Mayor's communication will embrace an analysis of the reports, and more espe cially the estimates for the coming fiscal year, and will also contain a reference to the street decision. In fact, this subject creeps into everything said or done around City Hall tbese days "When two officials meet they do one of two things either jump right into the street decision, or else look at each other in a pained manner until one of them can no longer stand tbe'strain( and opens up on the subject, with the. air of a man who bates to do it, bnt has to. Lopping Out Expenditures. His Honor, in speaking yesterday of his message and the necessity for economy, said: "The chiefs of departmeats will un doubtedly reduce their estimates so far as possible in order to meet the present contin gency. According to my understanding of the law, Councils has no power to reduce the appropriations asked for by the Depart ment oi Charities or the Board ot Education. Under the State law they present their esti mates, and the city furnisnes tbe amounts asked for. I wish to say right here, and will so state in my communication to Coun cils, that the affairs of the Department of Charities have been ably administered. "It will probably be difficult for Chief Brown to reduce his estimate very much, as the larger portion of it is expended for sal aries. In his estimate, however, he asks for an appropriation of $30,000 for improve ments. It may be possible for the Chief to defer the improvements tor another year, by which time the afiUirs of the municipality may be in better sliape. I understand Mr.. Brown is trilling and anxious toeconomise as much as is consistent with the proper ad ministration of his department "IThere Money Can Be Saved. "Chief Bigelow's estimate for the next fiscal year's expenditures of the Department of Public "Works is $1,742,739 90. This in cludes 5326,801 for parks, of which 5137,500 will have to be paid to Mrs. Schenley for ad ditions to the park purchased from her, and $45,000 which it is proposed to pay for an ad dition to Highland Park. For repaying 5250,000 is allowed, and 875,000 for the pur chase of land for a new reservoir. Possibly we could do without the new reservoir and. the addition to Highland Park for another' year. A quarter of a million dollars is not a cent too much for repaying streets, and, if the city could afford it 51,000,000 could be well expended for this purpose. Bnt at this juncture it may- be well to cut this item down. "I had a conversation with Mr. Bigelow to-day in which be expressed himself as most anxious to keep his estimate down as close as possible. Since the Board of View ers has been abolished we will save 510,000 a year on this item alone. There are other places, perhaps, where money could be saved, but that is a matter for the heads of departments, and one to which they are giv ing considerable attention just atpresent" Caused Rejoicing In the Hall. 'Councilman A. F. Keating,' or the Fi nance Committee, was in consultation with Chief Bigelow yesterday. They were look ing over the estimates of the Department of Public works, but arrived at no conclusion. The statement published exclusively in yesterday's Dispatch to the effect that the street act had not been entirely swept away by Justice "Williams' decision, and that curative legislation could probably be se cured and prevent any loss to the city, was the cause of much rejoicing around Municipal Hall yesterday. Tha further intimation that many con tracts had not reached the point where the Board of "Viewers take action, and that, therefore, no illegal action had been taken, was promptly adopted by Chief Bigelow. He said yesterdav, in referring more par ticularly to the Thirty-third street sewer, which cost 5250,000: "The city will not lose a dollar on the work, becanse it is not com pleted and has not been assessed. The city will not be a loser on any other street or sewer. I base this belief on the opinion of the very best legal talent The worst fea ture of Justice "Williams' decision is that it will sadly delay many improvements." The point raised by Unief Bigelow that the chief effect of the decision will be to set back street improvements is the view gen erally taken by persons interested. Regis ter Conner takes this view of the matter, saying, "It is a very unfortunate decision for Pittsburg; it sets the city back several years." Counsel Preparing a Report. Mr. Holliday, Chairman of Common Council, and also Chairman of the Special Committee on the street act decision, yes terday visited D. T. "Watson and "William B. Rodgers, and retained those legal gentle men to unravel the tangle. These gentle men, however, are not yet preparedto make any statement They will consider the statement being prepared by Chief Bigelow, showing the contracts and abutters affected by the decision. This will hardly be ready until Tuesday, although, every effort waa made to complete it yesterday, but it proved to be a bigger job than it was at first con sidered. When Messrs. "Watson and Rodgers arrive at some conclnsion they will notify the Special Committee. It is hoped that an opinion will be obtained by "Wednes day or Thursday. . Mayor Gourley has issued an Invitation o the chiefs of departments, the City Con troller and City Attorney to meet him in his office on Tuesday afternoon and discuss tha Street decision. Viewer Allen satin his omce yesterday reading The Dispatch. He said: "There have been a nnmber of persons here to-day to learn tbe amount of their asjesameats for street improvements. 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