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TO SELL AND KENT HOUSES.
BUYERS AND RENTER'
LOOK FOB BARGAINS
IN THE EVERT MORNING DISPATCH.
FORTT-ITFTH TEAE.
A Broker Testifies to the Pur
chase of Silver for Him
Before He
VOTED FOR FREE COINAGE.
The Senior Senator Summoned
Appear Before the Investi
gating Committee.
to
HARDLY A BONAKZA SPECULATIOB
Pennsylvania's Prominent Kepresentative
Only Cleared About $1,500 on an
Investment of 100,000.
PROGRESS OP THE CLOSDEE DEBATE.
illnih. Kcv Likely to Scsud t VcU en the Hetsnre it
Ary Time, ltd Tfcea lit Crisis Will
it List Be Bnched.
SEE FBE6IDIKT K03HSATES JUDGE ACEEB0H
IFBOU A ETATT COBEXSPOXIJXXT.I
Washington, Jan. 23. The testimony
- of Littler, the Illinois broker, before the
Silver Pool Investigating Committee to-day
was very interesting to Senator J. Donald
Cameron and his friends, in that Mr. Lit
tler was positive he made the purchase pre
. vioas to the time when silver legislation
was concluded.
But strange to say Mr. Littler could not
remember the date of the purchase, and he
did not have with him the little notebook
which a good broker always carries with
him, and in which he undoubtedly had a
memorandum of the order to purchase.
Not a Very Profitable Transaction.
The Senator does not seem to have made
much of a speculation, however, as Mr.
Littler placej his profits at not more than
51,500. It is assumed by some of the gossips
that Senator Cameron expected the accept
ance by the House of the free coinage
amendment of the Senate to the House
silver bullion purchase bill, and that in
that event silver would take a big jump.
This failed, as everyone knows, but at
any rate, the Senator was certain of a rise,
as it was an absolutely sure thing that some
sort of legislation favorable to silver would
pass. As a great majority of Congressmen
are speculators on margins at times in a
small or large way, in all sorts of commodi
ties, there seems to be little disposition
anions them to censure Cameron for his
action, and if it had not been for the rumors
of a silver pool, it is probable his purchase
would have been passed over with little re
mark, even if it had been well known.
Cameron Called Upon to Testify.
However, there is considerable interest
manifested to hear the story of the Senator
himself, and there is not a little satisfaction
evident that the cold and silent man is to be
brought before a committee where he will
have to open his mouth. He has been noti
fied that his presence is desired, and he may
probably ask to be heard to-morrow. The
Senator made his appearance in the Senate
Chamber to-day, but to all cards sent in by
reporters he responded by asking to be ex
cused. Chairman Bingley opened the examina
tion to-day with this question: "Have you
any knowledge of purchases of silver bullion
or certificates by any pool, syndicate, asso
ciation, or by any individual, during the
pendency of the silver legislation, or since
that time?"
Mr. Littler I have knowledge of but two
. transactions. On my own account I pur
chased between 10,000 and 550,000 worth of
silver, some time in the early part of the
summer. Tl-at embraced every transaction
in which 1 was personally interested. I
purchased silver exchange on Calcutta,
India, far the reason that the rate of interest
in New York was larger than would be re
quired to carry exchange. No gentleman
was associated with me in that transaction.
I bought and sold in the open market The
purchase and sale were made before any
legislation was had.
Implicating the Pennsj Irani a Senator.
He was then asked if he had purchased
silver for Senator Cameron. Mr. Littler re
plied: "Yes; I bought a small amount of
silver for Cameron. I don't remember the
exact amount about $100,000 worth. That
was some two or three weeks after I made
the purchase on my own account and it was
pending the silver legislation. It was be
fore Congress had taken action on it. I do
not remember the exact date, but it was be
fore final action."
"Did you buy for any other Senator or
Government official?"
"I did not offer to do so. I want to state
about Cameron. He met me one day; I had
been talking with divers members, Senators
and others. I did not seek to disguise the
fact that I had bought some silver, feeling
that I had a right to do it, and gave as my
opinion, when asked, that silver was a pur
- chase and that there was money In it Cam
eron knew I had purchased some and when
he met me one day he said, in his gruff way:
'I want you to
Buy Some Silver for Me.'
"I think he opened the subject, although I
do not remember about it I only did for
Cameron what one friend would do for an
other and perhaps I suggested the purchase."
Mr. Littler's attention was then called to
an interview in. which he was represented as
saying that he would go to Washington and
"rip some ol the rascals up."
"That's characteristic language, Gov
ernor," the witness said rather dryly and
added: "I want to say that I have been very
much provoked at the amount of lying that
has been done. So far as I am concerned,
I want to characterize in most un
equivocal terms the general statement that I
have been connected with a silver pool look
ing to the influencing of legislation as an
unqualified lie.
"I may have said something of the kind
BUfelNE&S Men will find THE DISPATCH
the best advertising medium. All classes
em be reached through its Classified Adver
tisement Columns. If yon want anything
jon can get It by this method.
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reported. I referred to the fellows who have
been going around the country lying about
me. I mean these people who have been
sending out through the papers reports that
have not the semblance of truth. That is
the character of people I referred to."
The Amount ot Money Made
Mr Oates wanted to know how much
both witness and Senator Cameron had
made by their investments. Mr. Littler
said that as well as be could remember be
made less than J 800 and more than (600.
He could not recall just how much Cameron
had made, but it was a comparatively small
amount Subsequently the'witness put the
figures at between $1,000 and $1,500. To
Mr. Oates the witness said that no Kepre
sentative, Senator or other Government offi
cer had ever told him he was interested in
silver, and be had no knowledge on tha sub
ject The attention of the witness was called to
the testimony of Senator Vest and ha said
be had talked with Cameron, Vest and
divers others about silver speculation. He
had talked with Vest exactly as with Cam
eron and with others.
Being asked again for the names of some
of these others, the witness said be could not
remember, and turning toward Mr. Howell,
a member of the committee, who was sitting
near, he said: "Perhaps with Captain
Rowell, as well as with other Illinois
friends." He said be would not have re
membered Cameron but for the actual
transaction. LlGHTXEB.
NEARING THE CLIMAX.
A VOTE TOOK THE CLOSURE RULE MAY
BE BEACHED TO-BAY.
Revolutionary Methods Slay Have to Be
Adopted to Secure the Calling of the
Roll, However Morton Thinks He is
Equal to the Situation.
fTEOM A STAFF COBItlEPOXDXXT.
"Washington; Jan. 2a The Senate did
not reach the end of the closure resolution
debate to-day, but some of the Republicans
claim that the final vote is in full sigh, and
that it may possibly be attempted to-morrow
evening, as Mr. Aldricb, who is managing
for the Republicans, indicated clearly to
day that he thought the opposition could
manage to say all that really need be said
on the subject by 5 p. m. to-morrow. An
assumption of the Democrats that Mr.
Aldrich means to depend on unanimous
consent for the taking of the vote was re
ceived with a broad smile by the Senator
from Rhode Island when spoken to in re
gard to it this evening, and it was evident
that his hope of passing the amendment to
the rules does not depend on the gracious
mood of the Democrats and their Repub
lican allies.
Of course whatever may be the purpose
of theBepublicans is kept a dead secret,
but it is known that there is a perfect un
derstanding between them and the Vice
President, and that che latter will carry out
the programme as well as he can. It is as
sumed that on account of the inexperience
and timidity of that officer, and the remem
brance of his painful confusion of yester
day, that the operation of taking the final
vote will be simplified as much as possible.
Several ways are suggested, all of them in
volving of course a direct violation of the
rales now in force, but as it is generally
recognized that no change can be made, and
no delivery from the rule of the minority
possible without such violent wrench of the
antiquated rules, which now make the ma
jority the mere plaything of the minority,
it is assumed by the Republicans that no
great blame will attach, to themon account
oi the proceeding. ,
There seems to be no sure way to reach
a speedy conclusion except by the presiding
officer recognizing the motion to call the
previous question as in order and to declare
all clearly obstructive motions as out of
order and thus squelch all debate and delay
by a few decisive blows. When this will
come no one knows, but it is really liable to
occur at any time during the debate as Mr.
Aldrich will feel justified in springing the
matter without warning in view of the re
fusal ol the Democrats to permit an hour
to be fixed for the vote. It is a pretty gen
eral opinion that the climax will be reached
to-morrow evening. ' Lightneb.
PAY FOB CONTESTANTS.
Bills That Would Require the Sum of $100,
OOO to Liquidate.
Washington-, Jan. 23. There are now
pending before the House Claims Committee
half a dozen bills to pay to Representatives
whoihave been contestants for their seats in
this Congress the amount tbey expended in
such contests over the $2,000 allowed by law
for this purposes.
To-day Representative Langston, of Vir
ginia, who is one of the contestants, ap
peared before the committee and made an
argument not only in support of these bills,
but in behalf of a general proposition to re
imburse all of the 34 contestants an d con
testees for the amounts spent by them over
the lawful allowance. The amount of money
that would be required for this purpose
would aggregate probably $100,000. No
action was taken by the committee.
TESTING THE COINAGE.
A Committee for That Purpose Appointed by
the President
Washington, Janv 23. The President
has appointed the commissioners to test the
coinage of the mints for the calendar year
1891:
Among them are Hon. Nelson W. Aldricb,
Committee on Finance, United States Sen
ate; Hon. Thomas H. Carter, Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures, House of
Representatives; Frank A. Leach, Oakland,
Cal.; G. M. Metten, Helena, Mont; G. W.
Moore, Boise City, Idaho; E. S. "Will-ox,
Peoria, 111.; Irwin Sheppard, "Winona,
Minn.; Charles Parsons, St Louis; J. M.
Bailey, Jr., Siaux Falls, S. Dak.; W. D.
Ewing, Evansville, Ind.; Charles W. Par
vey, Springfield, 111.
SENATOR HEARST SINKING.
His Death Kow a Question of but a Short
Time.
Washington, Jan. 23. Dr. Ward, of
New York, a personal friend of Senator
Hearst and one of his attending physicians,
said to-night: "Senator Hearst took a turn
for the worse yesterday, and has been sink
ing fast to-day. In additio'n to his stomach
trouble, uremic poisoning, due to failure of
the kidneys, has become manifest .Up to
yesterday he had been gaining strength
rapidly, and his return to health had been
hoped lor.
"With this new complication his recov
ery is Impossible, and his death may be ex
pected witnin a lew days."
PROTEST FROM HEBREWS.
Secretary Blaine Asked to Interfere in the
Russian Persecution.
Washington, Jan. 23. Representatives
Cnmmings, of New York, and Catchings, of
Mississippi, called upon Secretary Blaine
to-day, and presented to him resolntions
adopted by the Hebrews of Greenville,
Miss., asking the Secretary to protest
against the persecution of the Hebrews in
Russia.
The Secretary said that he had received
many similar petitions from all parts of the
country, and that a digest of them was being
J made, which would be forwarded to the
United Stares Minister at St Petersburg
and by him transmitted to M. Degiers, the
Russian-Minister of Foreign Affairs.
JUDGE ACHESON APPOINTED.
A Big List of Candidates for the Place He
Vacates.
rEOM A STAJTP COBBXgrOlTOXNT.l
Washington-; Jan 23. As predicted in
these dispatches last night, the nomination
of Jndge Acheson to the Circuit Court of
the ThircLdistriot, comprising Pennsyl
vania, New jersey and Delaware, was sent
to the Senate to-day, and all of the Pennsyl
vroians seemed to be pleased with the ap
pointment A big crop of candidates is now expected
for the District Judgeship, but the only in
dorsements presented so far from anyone are
those of Judge Wickham, of Beaver, who
was a candidate for the Circuit bench, and
for Joseph Bnffington. of Armstrong county.
Mr. Buffington's brother and law partner,
and Attorney Heiner, of Kittanning. have
been on the ground for a couple of days
with a formidable indorsement from the
bars and judges of most of the western
counties. It is understood that Senator
Quay is desirous of the appointment of
Judge Wickham. but that he will not an
tagonize the appointment of any oi the can
didates, as be did not that of Jndge
Acheson.
A VENDETTA VERDICT.
ACQUITTAL OP MURDEROUS ITALIANS
AT NEW ORLEANS.
The Case That Led Vp to the Assassination
of Chief of Police Hennessy The Ver
dict of a Former Trial Reversed on
Second Trial.
ISPKCIAL TELXOBAX TO Tint DISPATCH.1
New Obleaxs, Jan. 23. The jury in
the Provenzano-Matrango vendetta case
brought in a verdict of not guilty to-night
This is the case which caused so much
ro uble among the Italian population of
this city, and which is supposed to have
caused several murders and culminated in
the assassination of Chief of Police
Hennessy. A feud arose out of busi
ness differences between the Matranga
and Provenzano gangs, all Italians. Last
summer, while the Matrangas were riding
home in a cart about midnight they were
fired upon from ambush by a party of as
sassins and riddled with slugs and bullets.
The police found half a dozen Italian
blunderbusses on the street in the neighbor
hood of the shooting, and the Matrangas
identified the Provenzanos as their assail
ants. As these vendettas and the mode of as
sailing and assassinating each other had
been frequent among the Italians here,
there was a loud demand on the authorities
to break it up. The case was vigorously
prosecuted and the Provenzanos were found
guilty, but the case was sent back by the
Supreme Court on a legal question. On the
new trial, after having the most conflicting
and contradictory evidence, the jury re
turned a verdict ot not guilty. In the
meantime, the Matranga party are in jail,
charged with the assassination of the Chief
of Police.
The conviction of the Provenzanos on the
original trial was the first time a verdict of
guilty was rendered in an Italian vendetta
case. This is now set aside, and who way
laid and shot the Matrangas remains as
great a legal mystery as ever. The verdict
confirms the popular sentiment that in cases
of crimes committed by or against Italians
it is impossible to secure convictions.
SHIRLEY IrttlUlias beon askeel to-rulji
an able-bodied college graduate into fame.
In THE DISFATCU to-morrow she tells the
young man to "Boot, Hog, or Die."
PAT ANN TO FAST.
The Spook Priestess Will Give Succl a Ten
Days Handicap.
tFPXCIAt. TEX.SGSAX TO THE SISPATCU.t
New York, Jan. 23. Ann O'Delia Diss
f Debar, Salomon, etc, the fat spook priestess.
is going to fast She said to-night at a
meeting of chosen spirits in Brooklyn that
she would accept Succi's challenge and give
him a ten days' handicap. He wants to fast
for 40 days, and she is willing to go 50 days
without food, four ounces of water to be her
daily ration. During her novitiate as a
Dominican nun she says she fasted for 90
days, so that CO days will be a mere baga
telle for her.
Fat Ann makes these conditions only:
That the fast take place in a public hall in
New York City, the ceiling ot which is to
be at least 30 feet high, and the sanitary
conditions of which are to be perfect, and
that she be permitted to give seances during
the whole period. She says she was notified
by the police when she was living in Wash
ington Square, South, that she would better
leave New York, and she is living at pres
ent in Brooklyn; but she defies the police,
and will come to town it Succi will meet
her in this proposed feast of pure reason and
flow of distilled water. Succi lost tome
thing like 40 pounds during his fast in De
cember. The fat priestess-can lose twice
that without forfeiting her place in the
front rank of heavy-weights.
SPAN AND THE HEATHEN.
His Financial Fall Puts a Damper on a
Missionary Scheme.
Chicago, Jan. 23. A pitiable phase of
the story of how S. A. Kean's bank inter
fered with the spiritual welfare of the
African heathen was brought out in Judge
Scale's conrt to-day. Mr. Kean was present
and the witness was Ross Taylor, a son of
the Bishop now in the Dark. Continent
Witness testified that Mr. Kean, as
treasurer of the Foreign Mission fund, was
supposed to be doing the work of treasurer
without any 'compensation. No authority
had ever been given him to mix the fund's
of the mission with other funds. Witness'
fatner, the Bishop, was to buy children
from the heathen parents and transfer
them to Christian surroundings. The
price of a little heathen girl is about $30,
and many donors contributed this amount.
at the same time specifying the name which
was to be given to the child secured with
the sum. The money, or at least a large
part, got tangled in the financial mazes of
Mr. Kean's insolvent bank. One re'sult is
that many children who were fondly sup
posed to have another destiny are still
known by their original African names.
CABLE LETTERS covering Europe and
Great Britain are exclusive features of the
Sunday issuo of THE DISPATCH.
A RAILROAD'S DIRE THREAT.
The Company Says It Will Close Stations in
Towns Aiding Strikers.
Des Moines, Ia., 'Jan. 22. The Iowa
State Railroad Commissioners to-day re
ceived to following dispatch from Anamosa:
Gestlkiien Iho C, M. fc Bt P. Railroad
Company have sent out messages to the agencs
on their lines to notify the citizens of
the towns in sympathy with the tele
graph operators who have resigned and
are fighting for their rights, that
unless they relinguisb their sympathy for such
xnen,the stations at such places will be per
manently closed. The company is also hiring
incompetent telegraphers men who can
hardly read a station call, thereby endangering
the lite ot every person who travels on the
road.
The commissioners at once took steps to
investigate the truth of the charges. The
commissioners also received a petition from
Brown. Ia.. saving that the station is closed.
Land asking Jcr an investigation,
PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JANUARY' 24, 1891 TWELVE
OPEN. TO SACRIFICE.
A Noble Count Offers Himself-as a
Matrimonial Victim -""
FOE A SLIGHT CONSIDERATION
Willing to Marry an American Lady of the ,
Necessary. Wealth.
TO KEEP HIM IN PRINCELY AFFLUENCE
- rBT burlap's cable coarpAjrr.i ,
London; Jan. 23. The belief, in the
American'woman's supposed mad desire to
possess a coronet and title, even attbe cost
of purchasing with it a more or less effete
specimen of blue blood, is no doubt the
reason which has, inspired the following ad
vertisement in the Nice Gazette :
To Fair Americans A count of untar
nished honor, bearing one ot the proudest
names in the world, of ducal and princely fam
ily, and allied to several reigning families, hav
ing suffered reverses of fortune, throngh no
fault of his own, would marry an American
lady of the honorable, or even the middle class,
who could assure him affluence for his declin
ing days. Roman Catholic preferred. Kindly
address to the office oftheNlca Gazette.
The American colony Is lost in specula
tion as to who it can possibly be, while some
shrewd people declare it is only a ruse
adopted by some assumed-noble iuorder to
get replies which may afterward" be used for
other purposes by the ingenious advertiser,
In which money, however, will not play an
altogether unimportant part
It is current gossip that several young
ladies have banded themselves together for
the purpose ot "plucking out the heart of
this mystery," and have declared they will
have at least some funont of it They intend
to -write to the "untarnished" Couhtand
throw themselves and their fortunes 4T his
feet in order to discover bis identity If he
has one.
PUZZLED POSTAL OFFICIALS.
A Letter That Caused Much Wonderment
In a Country Postoffice.
rBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAirT.I
London, Jan. 23. A carious incident
has just occurred at Lincoln which goes to
prove that the provincial postoffice author
ities are not quite so wide awake as their
friends claim they are, and that a, little
more knowledge o modern languages other
than English among the heads of the coun
try pnblio departments is something emi
nently to be desired. During the course of
the past week a letter reached the Lincoln
postoffice addressed thus: "A la Grandenr.
To Monsigneur L'Eveque de Lincoln." The
authorities sat in solemn conclave on the
mysterious document, and, having put their
heads together, decided that the only thing
to do was to return it to the chief office in
London. This they accordingly did, taking
the precaution to indorse it with the words:
"No such person in Lincoln."
In due course the puzzling communica
tion reached the metropolis. It was hen
soon discovered that L'Eveque meant
bishop, and that the communication was
therefore intended for the Bt Rev. Edward
King, D. D., the Lord Bishop of Lincoln.
It was accordingly re-indorsed by the Lon
don office: "This for the Bishop of Lin
coln," and it was in that roundabout, way
that it managed eventually to reach his
lordship's hands.
SABAH'S AMERICAN HOVnit
She Sails From Havre To-Day With
100
Elaborate Costumes.
rBT DUKIAP'S CABLX COMPACT.
Pabis, Jan. 23. Sarah Bernhardt will
take 100 elaborate costumes wlth,her on her
trip to America for "La Tosca," "Cleo
patra," etc., and they are reported to be of
the average value of 2,500 francs each. She
will have nothing to do with the financial
part of the new venture, and is therefore
sure to make money and to incur no danger
of loss or expense. She will be paid a regu
lar salary, which will be the largest that
has ever been paid an actress.
Mme. Bernhardt talks of retiring from
the stage in two years' time, and expects to
be very rich by that time. She will sail
from Havre for New York on the steamer
La Champagne on Saturday. A popular
demonstration will be made in her honor at
Havre. Mme. Bernhardt will take with
her an unpublished play by the Italian
dramatist, Signor Giacone, which she in
tends to produce before leaving New York.
DUKE OF BEDFORD'S DEATH.
The Hushing Up of the Coroner's Inquest
Causing Much Feeling.-
TUT DUTtLAP'S CABLX COMPANTl.
London, Jan. 23. Tho feeling agaiust
the attempted hushing up of the Coroner's
inquest on the late Duke of Bedford is
hourly growing in intensity. Some people
take a very serious view of the case, and ask
what evidence there is that the Duke died
by his own hand, as the suffering he endured
from the inflammation of the lungs and hi
being prostrated by pain would have made
it almost impossible for him to get up, pos
sess himself of a pistol, load it and shoot
himself.
The question is assuming one of public
safety, tor if a man who dies by violence
can be secretly cremated, unknown to any
one outside the narrow circle of the family,
there is no security for anyone who has an
enemy in his home.
STARVING PEOPLE RELIEVED.
The Cologne Anthoritles Provide Work for
More Than 13,000.
rBT DDHLAP'S CABLE COMPAlrT.l
Cologne, Jan. 23. The city fathers,
getting to be afraid of the attitude of the
unemployed work people, took a census of
the starving and homeless, counting 13,145,
and engaged them all on publio works at
the rate oi 150 pfennings a day until spring.
The Berlin Magistrates havo refused to do
likewise, and say that they must keep within
the budget
They also refuse to feed the poor starving
school children. The situation is most crit
ical. SALISBURY'S NEW PLAN.
The British Premier Will Send Over Fresh
Bering Sea Proposals.
rBT SCKLAP'S CABLX COMPAXT.l
London, Jan. 23. The Marquis of Salis
bury is about to send to Sir Julian Paunce
fote a series of proposals for settling tbe
Bering Sea difficulty. He is In for allowing
the controverted questions to lapse, and sug
gests certain plans, the chief element of
which deals more with the industrial than
the political aspect of the case.
Forming a Calico Trust
TBT DCKLAP'S CABLX COMPACT. 1
London, Jan. 23. An effort is being
made by a syndicate to form an amalgama
tion of firms in the calico printing trade.
Tbe proposed confederation involves such
gigantic interests that details of the scheme
will take a long time to settle definitely.
A Coal Famine Imminent
fET DtTJTLAP'B OABLX COMPACT.1
Vienna, Jan. 23. The scarcity of coal
Is unbearable in Bruenx. Austria. The
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THE CONQRESSIQNAL SEES AW.
It Is
Sard to Tell Which Measure Will
Eventually Be on Top.
weather shall allow coal trains to reach the
city to-morrow most of the factories will be
forced to close, and a famine is dreaded
among the poorer classes.
THE BLAST OF DEATH.
BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDENS OF PARIS
BUINFJ BY.FE0ST.
Thousands of Dollars Lost by Gardeners
Through the Destruction of Hoses A
Total Loss of 8200,000 Gourmands
AlsoMourning Over Frozen Truffles.
rnT DtnrLAP'B cablb compact. i
London, Jan. 23. From Paris comes
the news that the flower markets of the city,
which are usually one of the most lovely
features of the gay city, have been for the
last six weeks only a reminiscence of them
selves and have existed merely in name, as
they have been destitute of blossoms. The
damage done to the gardens in the environs
of the city by the severe weather, which has
been so prevalent as to become the talk of
Europe, has been remarkable, and cannot
be repaired.
One rose gardener at Ivry has lost $23,000
worth of roses; another at Malakoff places
the damage done to his crop at $6,000, while
a third at Brie estimates his loss at $10,000.
Other great rose growers mention a porpor
tionately large amount, and tbe total esti
mated loss adds np to about $200,000. At
the little town of Chevreuse, on the Yuette,
which, is only a few miles from Versailles,
the flower gardeners have lost plants valued
at $80,000, while the blooms at Croissy and
Montlignon, which have been destroyed, are
estimated at $180,000. But tbe bad news
does not stop here, for during these terrible
six weeks 2,000 gardeners and their assist
ants have been out of worK.
While the esthetic portion of humanity
will read with great regrets of this wholesale
destruction at the bands of Jack Frost, who
haB withdrawn pleasure from at least two
senses, the gourmets and gourmands, whose
whole soul is entered in one, are in a state
of woe and lamenfatioj'&ecausethe crop of
their beloved truffles harbeen'vfrozen"ln
Perigord. This is a matter of even more im
portance to the inhabitants, becanse it will
represent to them a loss of several million
francs.
AFTER A DIVORCE.
Bouianger's Wife Enters Suit for a Legal
Separation From Him.
rBT DUNLAP'S CABLX COMPACT.
Pabis, Jan. 23. The organs of legal af
fairs published to-day an account of the
action for judicial separation entered against
General Boulanger by his wife in these
terms:
"From the writ of marecat process served
in Paris January 21, and duly regis
tered, it appears that Agale Lucie
Jeanne Allse Renouard, wife 'of
George Ernst 'Jean Marie Boulanger, said
lady residing at Versailles, Ruede Samony,
No. 93, has made a demand for judicial
separation against 'Beulanger, her husband,
herein named, having lived at Paris, but
now residing in the Island of Jersev, at
Villa Sainte. M. Brilade, the Director of
Domains, in tbe name of and as legal
sequestrator of the property of said
Boulanger, and Maitre Husson, barrister at
law of the Civil Court of the Seine, are ap
pointed and will act, for Madam Boulanger
in respect to this demand."
A UNIQUE PROPOSAL.
France Offers England a Way Out of the
Newfoundland Difficulty.
IBT DUNLAP'S CABLX COVPAirT.I
London, Jan. 23. The negotiations
which have been carried on between France
and England concerning Newfoundland,
have within the las; few days assumed a re
markable development, by France making a
proposal which, if accepted, would end the
difficulty for all time.
The tenor of tbe proposal is that Franoe
shall enter into arrangements for buying
Portugal's claim .in East Africa. If she
succeeds, she shall receive from England a
recognition of her sovereign rights over the
territory so acquired. In return, France
shall surrender all claims in Newfoundland,
which have produced inconvenience to the
colonists.
NO HOPE OF PARDON.
An Eloping Count Decides to Become an
.American Citizen.
TBT SUHLAP'B OABLX COMPACT.
Btjda-Festh, Jan. 23. A son of a noble
of ancient family and high rank, Count
Pista Kirolyi, who lately eloped with a
public singer named JJoriska Frank, has
written to bis parents from Boston, Mass.,
to say that having no hone of reconciliation
or pardon, he has determined to become ah
American citizen and to reside perma
nently in the United States.
THE AFRICAN ATROCITIES.
Labouchere Will Once More Bring the Ques
tion to the Front
rSTDUXLAF'S CABLX COMPACT.
London, Jan. 23. Mr. Labonohere will
again raise the question of the atrocities
committed by tbe officers of the Emin relief
expedition. He explains that his object is
to point out that the associations that agi
tated tbe question'on Stanley's revelations
ought to enter a prosecution against the
offenders, as the case is one in which the
public prosecutor cannot act
TEXAS JOINS THE KICK.
No Force BUI, or No World's Fair Appro
priation Will Pass.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 23. In the House
to-day, Representative Moody introduced a
joint resolution opposing an appropriation
to have Texas represented at the World's
Fair should the force bill pending in Con
greHpas.
The resolution was referred, anu.u me
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A CHILD HYPNOTIZED
By Accident While the Father Was
Trying to 8ecnre Quiet.
THE TRANCE LASTED TWO DATS,
When
the Alarmed Parents Got & Doctor
to Solve the Mystery.
NO BBEI0DS EFFECTS ANTICIPATED
ISPXCIAI. TELXOBAX TO TUX DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, Jan. 23. On Monday
evening last Mr. and Mrs. George Stearns
proposed to go to the theater, intending to
leave their only child, Lucy, in tbe care of
tbe nurse, and while Mrs. Stearns was
dressing the child began to cry. Mr. Stearns
took the baby to pacify her. He patted her
and stroked her face, sung to her and urged
her to be quiet without success.
His wife then called from her room:
"George, can't you keep her quiet? My
nerves are going to pieces."
The Method Used to Quiet Her.
Mr. Stearns bethonght bim that severity
was often effective when petting failed. He
made Lucy sit up straight on his knee,
shook his finger at her and then, as he
stroked her forehead and eyes, said: "Go to
sleep Lucy, at once." The child stopped
crying instantly, gasped a little, whimpered
and sank back in his arms fast asleep. At
that moment the woman returned and Mr.
Stearns gave Lucy to her. Husband and
wife went out, and returning, were delighted
to learn that the baby was slumbering
quietly.
Tbe child remained slumbering until
Wednesday morning, when Mr. Stearns be
came worried and sent for a physician. Dr.
Rogers, who was called, was puzzled for a
while, and then, seizing Mr. Stearns by the
shoulder, turned him to the light
A Doctor Solves the Mystery.
"H-m," said the doctor slowly, "Do yon
know, Stearns, that yon have apairof black
eyes that are uncommonly piercing? An
swer me this: 'What are the eirenmstances
under which the baby fell asleep? Tell me
everything you did to quiet her."
Mr. Stearns did so. "As I imagined,"
was the physician's comment "You have
hypnotized her. Now take her on your lap
as you had her Monday." Mr. Stearns
seated the slumbering child on his knee.
"Now stroke her face in the opposite direc
tion that you did before." The father
obeyed. "Tell her sharply to wake up while
I clap my hands." The words had scarcely
been spoken when Lucy opened her eyes
and began to cry as lustily as she had cried
Monday evening.
"Thank the Lord," exclaimed Mr. and
Mrs. Stearns together. Dr. Rogers after
ward said that a similar case had happened
once in Paris and twice in New York City.
The child is now suffering from nervous
excitement, but is not considered in any
danger.
THE DISPATCH'S special correspondence
from. Europe brings a remarkable story of
a Frenchman who claimed to be King of
Patagonia and Auracanla. He granted many
titles that American belles who -wish to
marry noblemen must loolc out for. See to-
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NOVEL, SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY.
Heat Found to Produce the Same General
Effect of Cold.
rSPZCTAL TXLXOBAM TO THX DISPATCS.1
Watebville, Me., Jan. 23. A curious
and novel experiment was performed by
Prof. William A. Rogers, of Colby Uni
versity, this afternoon, by means of which
he has clearly proven what, for a number of
years, many leading physicians have main
tained, but were not able very clearly to
substantiate, except in the case of water,
namely: that the first effect produced by an
anplication of heat is contraction. Prof.
Rogers was until within a few years con
nected with Harvard College, and is re
garded as an authority upon questions of
this nature.
The new discovery will throw fresh light
on tbe pathway of science. The experiment
was conducted on the principle of the rela
tive expansion of metals under variations
of temperature. By means of highly mag
nified rays of light, reflected from mirrors
placed upon metal bars, he found that when
heat was applied to the bars it at first caused
them to contract, then expansion followed
that is, heat for a short time produced the
generally accepted effect of cold.
FOR UANUAL TRAINING.
The SubjectDIscussedatanlmportantMeet
lng of Educators.
ISPXCIAIi TZLXOBAM TO TUB DISPATOn.l
Ne-w Yobk, Jan. 23. Manual training
was discussed in an educational conference,
which was held to-day in the parlor of the
Friends' Meeting House at Rutherford
Place and Sixteenth street Many persons
interested in the subject, who are not
Quakers, attended. and the principal speaker
was Miss Grace H. Dodge. In her paper
she advocated the employment of some sys
tem of manual training in every educational
institution, from kindergartens up to col
leges. She thought that even the youngest
children conld bo taught to be neat and
orderlv, if not to do things distinctly useful,
and as for older children, sh'e declared that
everv school, whether publio or private,
should have its workshop for boys and sew
ing classes for girls.
Swarthmore College, the Quaker institu
tion on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway,
ten miles from Philadelphia, named after
the home of George Fox, has already a
model workshop, which will form a pattern
for those of other colleges that go in for
training the hand as well as the mind.
COL. FRANK A. BTJRR has been talking
to one of Queen Victoria's Ladies in Waiting.
In THE DISPATCH to-morrow he will tell
all about the royal household.
MISSOURI FALLS IN LINE.
No World's Fair Money While the Force
Bill Is Pending.
St. LotJis, Jan. 23. The resolution
which was tabled in the House at Jefferson
City yesterday in reference to the World's
Fair appropriation bill, was called up again
to-day and passed.
It declares it the sens of the House that
no appropriation should bemadeforWo"rld's
Fair purposes while the, elections bill is
pending in Congress, and further, that not
a penny shall be expended by Missouri
should the force bill become a law.
SFEAZER HANNA IMPEACHED.
The Decision of the Colorado Supreme
Court Knocks Him Out
rsPXCIAL TELXOBAK TO TUX DISPATCH.1
Denveb, Jan. 23. The Supreme Court of
Colorado to-night rendered a decision iu the
Bouse of Representatives Speakership con
test The combine of Speaker White's wp
partsrs are sustained on every point, aid
Speaker Basns ia eoaratrou wb&mi jw
CRIME OF A CURIOUS CRANK.
William J. Faulk Murders His Wife and Attempts to
Kill His Little Children.
FALSE PROPHECIES CAUSE THE AWFUL DEED.
A Eilbnck 'Township Farmer Rendered In3ane by Beliglon Predictions That the End of
the World Was Approaching The Escape of a Bat Led Elm toBelievs That tha
Devil Was in Power and Hastened the Catastrophe Emory Gibbons' Fight for Life
A Schoolhonsa Terrorized Strncjle to Save Two Innocent Lives Sad Attempts to
Shoot Travelers btill Thinks His Wife Will Eetnrn to Him.
The escape of a rat led William J. Faulk
to complete the prophecy of a religious ma
niac by murdering his wife and attempting
to kill his children and a number of other
persons at Laurel, Kilbuck township, yes
terday. Faulk has been employed for three years
past by John Wilson & Bro., the Allegheny
liverymen, to operate a farm about a mile
and a half from Laurel station, on the. Ft
Wayne Railroad. Faulk, whoi's36 years
old, was a very quiet, pleasant fellow, sober,
Indna' .and devoted to his family,
whi iJjjW his wife Mary Ann, 32
yearsNAg Q '"ed 3; Agnes, aged 7,
and AnnieXf pj . His wile's family,
the KettenbaSg&'o. ie neighbor
hood, and woild o ,9fCX Faulk's
hntii. tA anm) ihl CTPnuV K .alwaVS had
a jolly tim The other moer oi me
household has been, since September last,
Emory Gibbtns, tbe hirfd man.
Previous t Gibbons' engagement on the
farm his placl was filled by George Knsuff,
an old religiofes enthusiast. He claimed to
be a Presby teKan, but his creed was peculiar
to himself. After many years earnest study
nf tha Bible TfnanfF acauired the belief
that he was JeVis Christ, and that he was
endowed with tho cower of prophecy. Like
all enthusiasts, ITnauff was not satisfied un
less he was making converts to his own
strange beliefs, and selected Faulk as bis
first subject
A Religious Maniac's Convert
Knaufl devoted several months to per
suading Faulk that misfortunes were im
pending for him in this world and eternal
perdition would be his portion in the next
After he had been discharged from the farm
Knauff kept up his visits to Faulk, and has
been there almost daily during the past few
weeks. Faulk became interested in the old
man's vaporings, and two weeks ago bought
a Bible, to which he has since devoted him
self almost incessantly.
Last week Knauff received a new in
spiration, which he imparted to Faulk. He
told Faulk that iu order to obtain forgive
ness for his sins he must kill his wife, and
that it must be done within a few days, as
thn end of the world was fast approaching.
I If Faulk did not do this, Jesus Christ, as
represented by Ivnaun, would never enter
his house again. Knauff further said that
if Faulk caught a rat and then allowed it to
escape without killing 'it, he might know
that the rat was in reality the devil, and
was pursuing him. Faulk received .all
these revelations in the spirit in which they
were given, and when on Thursday he
caught a rat in .the barn, which afterward
escaped, he was profoundly Impressed with
the inspiration of KnaufTs wild vaporings.
The Hired Man's Thrilling Story.
Emory Gibbons, the hired man, yesterday
related to Coroner McDowell the incidents
immediately preceding the murder. "Faulk
was a very easy man to work for,", he said,
"and was always in a good humor. He and
bis wire appeared to get along pleasantly,
and I never heard them quarrel. When I
got up yesterday morning I noticed that
Mrs. Faulk was crying, but I asked no
questions.'' We attended to the work as
usual, and after dinner, when we went out
to feed the horses, Faulk said, 'I guess we
had better cut some fodder. You go over
and ask Mary to come and help us. Mrs.
Faulk came to the barn, after locking up the
house, bringing with her Albert, who is 3
years old. We started up the machine,
which is run by horse power ontside the
barn, but the belt was on wrong, and when
I called Faulk's attention to it he said it
would be all right.
"Faulk went outside to drive tbe horses,
leaving his wife and child and myself in tbe
barn. The machine had no sooner started
than the belt came off. I called to Faulk to
stop the horses, and started to go outside the
barn, bnt found the door locked. I looked
through a crack and saw Faulk savagely
beating the horses. Mrs. Faulk cried,
'Run out, Gibbons; the horses are loose.
Finally I burst open the barn door and
caught one of the horses, while Faulk was
still beating the other.
A Fight With the Madman.
"As soon as the door was opened Fanlk
cried, 'Give me my boy, Mary, and pick
ing np the child again began to beat the
horse, standing all the time near the ani
mal's heels. He then noticed that I had
caught tbe other horse, and exclaiming,
Leave my horses be.or I'll kill you!' sprang
at me with a olnb, striking me on the arm.
I grappled with him, and after a struggle
threw jiim down. I could not understand
what was the matter with him, and I let him
up. Then he sprang at me again,
catching mo by the throat, and when
I broke away he picked up rocks
sad threw them at me, and 'sicked' the dogs
on sae. Ht chased ma around the barn and
tiAfiu. whaa T heard Mrs. Fanlk arrt 'Run.
.ftibbflauiWillJaa hu gW Xft wy
miltarrfZ. Faulk, the Wif Xlurderer.
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through the orchard, and as I started on-my
way to town to tell Mr. Wilson (the owner
of the farm) how I had been treated, I
heard two reports of a gunshot On my way
to town I stopped at Mr. Hiland's house
and asked him to watch the place."
In response to close questioning by the
Coroner, Gibbons said that for a few days
past Faulk appeared to be despondent, but
otherwise there was no noticeable difference
in his manner or conduct
Murdered In the Orchard.
When Gibbons broke away from Faulk
the latter rushed to the kitchen door of his
house to get a double-barreled shotgun,
which was always kept loaded. The door
was locked, bnt Fanlk with one
vigorous kick shattered the panels
and burst the lock. Catching up the gun
he started in pursuit of Gibbons, but findiug
that tbe latter had escaped, turned his at
tention to his wife, who was almost paral
yzed with fear. No one but the baby boy
saw tbe completion of tbe dark tragedy, but
it is evident that at last Mrs. Faulk realized
that her husband- bad become a homicidal
maniac, and fled, carrying the child in her
arms. Tbe woman started across tbe barn
yard, with her husband in hot pursuit, and
as she entered the orchard on the side of a
steep hill, he fired twice. The first charge
struck ber abont two inches below tbe left
shoulder blade, and the second load entered
the back of her head. She fell face down
ward with the blood pouriag out of her
wounds and her mouth and nose, and must
have died instantly.
The child slipped unhurt from its dead
mother's arms, and Faulk stepped forward
and picked it up. For a few moments he
contemplated killing the little child", but it
was the baby, and he could not summon suf
ficient nerve. Finally he carried the boy
back to tbe house and locked him in a room
on the second floor.
Seeking for Religious Inspiration.
Fanlk paused a (kr moments in the housa
to contemplate tbe deed he had committed,
and after seeking fresh inspiration in his
well-thumbed Bible decided noon a course
of action which included the slaughter of
his two little girls and such other persons as
it might seem, to his wayward mind, to be
standing in the path toward eternal bliss.
Arming himself with a six-chambered
revolver, Faulk started down the country
road to the Oak Grove Schoolhouse. Oa
his vay he passed a neighbor, to whomrhcr
spoke pleasantly. Entering the s.-bool-honsa,
Faulk announced mildly but firmly,
"I am Jesus Christ and the end of the world
is atband."
This statement startled tbe school, as
Faulk appeared to be in earnest, and if ha
was not, it was blasphemy.
Faulk then called to his little girls:
"Annie, Agnes, I want you to go home with
me."
School Trustee John Truss was in tha
roonf at the time, and as Faulk's behavior
puzzled him, he determined to watch tbe
man, and followed the children and their
father into tbe road.
As soon as they got outside the door Faulk
turned to tbe children and said: "Little
ones, run back and say goodby to teacher."
Struggling for Two Toung Lives.
The children obeyed, and when they re
turned to their father tbe latter turned to
Mr. Truss and said, pointing the revolver at
him, "Shake hands with the little ones, or
I'll shoot you."
Truss complied, and then asked, "What
are you going to do, Faulk?"
"I am going to kill them," said Faulk, in
a placid, matter-of-fact way.
"Going to kill them!" exclaimed Truss.
"Yes, lam going to kill them. Watch
me," and he pointed his revolver at tremb
ling 7-year-old Agnes.
Trnss sprang for Faulk and caught tha
barrel of the revolver with his left hand,
grasping the madman with the other.
For several minutes the two men struggled
for possession of tha revolver, and during
the melee three chambers were discharged,
but harmlessly. The noise of the shots
broughtoutthe frightened teacher and pupils
from the school, and their screams aroused
the neighborhood. Several men hearing tha
screams came running to the scene.
Faulk apparently saw them coming, as
with a violent effort he broke away from
Trnss' desperate grasp, and without at
tempting to shoot again, fled down the road.
Bidden Over by a Horseman.
Faulk continued on toward West Belle
vue, communing with himself, and with
tbe spirits he thonght were hovering about
He nad left the schoolhouse half a mile)
behind, when he met James Bell, a son of
Dr. Bell, of West Believue. Mr. Bell was
riding a spirited horse, which reared
violently when FaulK suddenly seized tha
animal by the bridle and ordered Bell to
dismount
Bell promptly declined the invitation,
whereupon Faulk pointed his revolver at
Bell and exclaimed, "You'd hetter get off.
If you don't, I'll shoot you." .
Bell at once put spurs to his horse and
rode over Faulk, knocking him down. As
Fanlk was falling he' fired at Bell, but tha
bullet,, while uncomfortably close to Bell's
head, flew harmlessly by. Bell wa un
armed and rode right away, leaving Fanlk
lying in the road.
Faulk picked himself up and continued
on down tbe road until he met the two
Misses Snodgrass. He flourished his re
volver at them in a threatening manner and
nearly frightened the young ladies to death.
They ran screaming to the residence of D.
D. Arthur and told their story. Del Ar
thur, Davis Dean and a driver for Lock
hart rushed after Fanlk, and, after a strug
gle, succeeded " in disarming the man, who)
still pursued his way to West Believue.
WAITING FOR HIS-WIFE.
He Says She Will Awaken and Meet Him-.
Faulk Tells His Brother the Story of the
Crime Made No Attempt to Escape.
'Shortly before i o'clock William Faulk
appeared at the Davis Island dam, at Belle
vue, where his brother David is employed.
He was alone, having distanced his pur
suers. When he arrived he was perfectly
calm, and greeted his brother with :
"Well, David, I have done all that tha
man and the book told me. I have shot my
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