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FORTY-SIXTH TEAR.
ROBERT M LIVES,
One of Young Hamilton's Close
Friends Makes a Posi
tive Statement
HE DIED FOR A PURPOSE,
And That HaTins Been Accomplished
Ee Has Come to Life Again
and Will Ketnrn.
EVA MANN KNEW STATE -SECEETS
That Made Many Men Prominent in Keif
lork Politics Eejoice at the Ke
port of the Death.
IT WAS rAETLI TO SATE THESE MEH
That the Rise Wis, Gotten Up tzi Ktir AejaaiaUncej
Wen Taken Into the Plot tna
tie Start.
A BEFORTED IDEKTinCATIOH FROM PARIS
IFrrCIAl.TEI.EO RAM TO THB DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, Feb. 7. X. O. How
ard, until recently an officer of the coast
survey, and who was the playmate, school
mate and collegemate of Robert Hay Ham
ilton, in an interview with a Dispatch
representative, Tuesday, January 27, used
the following language:
"Bobert Bay Hamilton is alive and in
good health. He is in Sydney, 2few South
"Wales. He is beginning life anew there
under an assumed name. He has cast be
hind him the past, and is looking hopefully
forward to the future."
This interview was printed in The Dis
Tatch the Wednesday morning following
and was variously commented upon by the
press of the country. At Mr. Howard's re
quest his came was not used in connection
-with the article, and at a subsequent meet
ing with the reporter, two weeks later, he
Bald: "I most positively and emphatically
reaffirm what I said last Tuesday night one
"week ago, that Robert Bay Hamilton is alive
and in good health. He is in Sydney, New
South "Wales, where he is living quietly and
Under an assumed name."
tetter "Written In October.
This assertion was made on a Pennsylvania
Itailroad train which was bearing Mr. How
ard to New York. He did not positively
affirm that his visit thither was in any way
connected with the affairs of Kobert Bay
Hamilton, but, when pressed with the ques
tion, he did not deny that such was the
case.
'I have here in my pockets," he said,
producing a bundle of letters, "several let
ters from my old friend Hamilton. They
were written after he went West. The last
one that I received from him is dated at
San Francisco, Cal., Friday.October 3, 1S90.
In thil letter Mr. Hamilton apprised me of
his intention of going to Japan and thence
to Syaney, New South Wales. I have
received no communication from him since
that time, but allowing for leisurely travel
ing, delays, sightseeing, etc, I would say
that he has reached Australia by this time.
His adoption of an assumed name is only to
avoid notoriety and to keep his whereabouts
a secret.
"Would you object to my reading this
letter?" asked the reporter.
Will ot Disclose All.
"I most assuredly would. When I first
mentioned the fact that Mr. Hamilton was
nlivel had no idea that you would print
what I said or that the interview would
provoke so much controversy. The letters
that I have in my pocket are of a
personal nature, and were written solely for
my eves. Robert Bay Hamilton and I have
been friends for years. I am the custodian
of many of his secrets, to reveal and pub
lish which wonld result in no good to him
and would be of no public interest"
"Will Mr. Hamilton make Australia his
-permanent home?" was asked.
"He may, or he may not; I cannot say
positively, but I think that before many
months he will return to New York."
This morning Mr. Howard passed through
the citv on his way West. His destination
be refused to disclose. By appointment
The Dispatch representative met him at
the Broad street station, and, in response to
numerous questions, he made the following
statement:
Not In Australia.
"When I said to you in the latter part of
January that Bibert Bay Hamilton was
jihvc and in Sydney, New South Wales, I
only partly spoke the truth. When I re
iterated my statement before I went to New
York I simply confirmed a matter of fact,
a fact so iar as this: Mr. Hamilton is
alive and welL He is not in Aus
tralia, however, and if matters which
are of vital importance to him
move along in the groove which, he has
rcarked out, he will return to New York
within three months. His exact location I
cannot make public. At least six of his
friends know where he is and are in constant
communication with him. My late visit to
New York was to arrange some matters of
business in which he is interested.
"During onr previous interview last Tues
day, you asked me why Bobert Bay Hamil
ton would feign death, and under an as
sumed name bury himself in the antipodes.
In answering that question it will be nec
essary fcr me to go back several years,
beginning with his first acquaintance with
the cunning and unscrupulous woman who,
in a great measure, is responsible for his
social, political and moral downfall.
Eva Mann at Albany.
"I think I made the acquaintance of JEva
Steele, Brill, Mann or Hamilton at about
the time that Mr. Hamilton first met her. If
I recollect it, it was during the spring of
18S5, at a house on Forty-third street; New,
York. Hamilton seemed to be infatuated
with the woman from the first, and often
v. sited her. He gave her large sums of
laouey and paid all the expenses of her Eu
ropean trip. At that time he was a member
of the New York Assembly, and when that
body was in session during the years 1887
And 1888 she accompanied him to Albany.
"Hamilton introduced her to his legisla
tive friends, and their house was the resort
of many of New York's leading statesmen.
Much champagne was drunk, and as men
when under the influence of liquor say
things which would otherwise remain un
said, Eva Mann became acquainted with
many State secrets, and, being a scheming
woman, she hoarded up this knowledge to
use for her advantage later on.
Posed as a Reformer.
,'Bobert Bay Hamilton in his legislative
capacity posed as a reformer, and was con
sidered by the people of New York as the
embodiment of all that was pure in politics.
He had his vulnerable points, however, and
the woman found them. I do cot attempt
to defend him, and I do net blame her, as
she is a born adventuress. The knowledge
that she possessed herself during those
nights of social pleasure in Albany was
used afterward to good advantage.
"Bay Hamilton was a proud man and a
very sensitive man. He was conscious of his
weaknesses and he regretted them. When
he found how completely he was in the toils
of his unscrupulous companion and listened
to the threats that she made if he did not
acceed to her demands, is it any wonder that
he forgot his high social position and made
her his lawful wife?
New Yorkers Who Trembled.
"It wes not altogether on his own account
that he did this, for Eva Hamilton had in
her possession letters and other documentary
evidence which, if made public, wonld hum
ble to the dust the heads of many New
Yorkers who now stand before the world as
the emblems of morality and virtue. I know
that she used this information to coerce Ham
ilton into making her his wife, because
he is loyal to his friends, and while he
might have denied her and faced disgrace
himself, he would not bring disgrace upon
those whom he esteemed it any sacrifice
to prevent it were possible.
"What these secrets are and whom they
involve I am not at liberty to say, but
many a man in New York breathed
freer when he heard that Bobert Bay Ham
ilton was dead It was because of a threat
of Mrs. Hamilton's to make certain dis
closures that would affect the prospects of a
prominent New York politician that Bay
took her to Lower California the February
after they were married.
Why He Went to Idabo.
"On that fateful Monday in August, 1889,
when the infuriated woman stabbed Nurse
Donnelly, she and Hamilton had already
been drinking heavily, and had quarreled.
She had threatened, fie had defied her, and
the result, had the Donnelly woman not
interfered, might have been fatal to
bim. No man knows how keenly he
felt the disgrace that was brought
upon him, and it was to seek oblivion that
he went to that lonely ranch in Nezperces
countv, Idaho. While he wac there he was,
of course, in constant communication with
his friends and with his attorney.
"Through them he learned that Eva
Hamilton had threatened to mate things
hot for him and certain others high in New
York politics as soon as she was released
from the New Jersey State prison. It was
in a moment of desperation that the simula
tion of death was thought of and carried
out. Of course his friends and
relatives were prepared for the
thing before hand. It was the fact that
they did cot show the surprise cor evince
the grief that would be natural under the
circumstances that first led newspapers and
aiterward the general public to question
the fact of Mr. Hamilton's death.
Tricnds Knew the Plot.
"I am not violating any confidence when
I say that he knew of all that was being
said and printed about him. The purpose
for which he simulated death has been ac
complished. He was afraid that when
brought face to face with Eva Hamilton
in court she would either make a startling
revelation herself or have questions
put to him when he should take the stand
that would add further to his own disgrace
and bring disgrace upon others. It was not
altogether a cowardly instinct of self-preservation
that prompted Mr. Hamilton to do
what he-did. He desired to save his friends.
He has done so, and they know it.
"It is probable cow that the whole
wretched scandal will die out. Arrange
ments have been made within the past few
days which will eventuate in a settlement of
the difficulty to the satisfaction of all
parties. It may be possible that Mr. Ham
ilton will for some time remain in bis pres
ent biding place. - He may come back to
New York, mingle with his friends and
trust to time to live down the scandal."
The Proffered Affidavit.
"It is said that Mr. J. O. Green, son of
Dr. Norvin Green, of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, who is now in Enrope,
will take affidavit that the body found by
him in Snake river, Idaho, was Mr. Hamil
ton's," said the reporter.
"He will do nothing of the kind," was
Mr. Howard's emphatic reply. "Mr. Green
is a .gentleman of the very highest character,
and he will not perjure himself. I am sure
that he had never said that he had posi
tively identified the body as that of Bobert
Bay Hamilton. Anyway you can say Irom
me that it was not his bod v."
"Whose body was it?" "
"That question I decline to answer; but it
was not Bobert Bay Hamilton's,"
EVIDENCE FBOM EOBOPE.
Hamilton's Brother Claims to Have a Dep
osition Proving tho Death.
Pabis, Feb. 7. A brother of the late
Bobert Bay Hamilton was in this city
Thursday last. He will return to New
York in a short time having in his posses
sion the evidence of a man who is cow in
Pan, which establishes the identity of the
body which was found in the river in the
Western part of the United States. '
This man was in the West at the time of
Mr. Hamilton's disappearance, and was
present when the body was found. He was
personally acquainted with Mr. Hamilton,
and in his deposition he states that there is
no doubt that the body was that of that un
fortunate gentleman.
A PITISBUBG STAB.
She Engages a Company on Expectations
and Then Skips Oat.
ISTECIAL TXXEQBAH TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, Feb. 7. There were
several unhappy actors and actresses in the
city last night who were anxiously looking
for a leading lady and embryo star who has
flitted off without paying them any
salary. The flitting star is Miss Moilie
Lawton, who is the daughter of a portrait
painter at Pittsburg. Miss Lawton was
stage struck at an early age, and she
served her apprenticeship to the sock and
buskin in Daly's Company, then with
Madam Janauachek, aud later with Daniel
Bandmann.
With ripened experience Miss Lawton
had stellar aspirations, and she engaged
James Alexander, of this city, to get up a
company and start her out on the road. The
season was to have been begun soon,
and Phconixville was to be the
place in which "Vittoria" was to be tried.
To-day a rehearsal was fixed for 10 o'clock,
but on arriving there the poor Thespians
found that the lady had flown.
A BBIDE WON BY DICE.
How Italians in New York Settle Love Dis
putes Peaceably.
New Yobk, Feb. 7. There is a great
scarcity of marriageable girls in the Italian
colony of this city, so much so that the
future husband of a prospective bride is
often determined by a toss of dice. Such a
fa
scene was enacted the other day in the case
of a pretty 10-year-old new arrival. It was
not long before Miss Nealia Diegeo found
two or three of the young fellows to be more
than usually interested in her. "The three
youths told her of their intentions that she
was to be the wife of the lucky tosser.
The back room they used was dimly
lighted by a candle, and the three, two of
whom own fruit stands, while the third is a
bootblack, tossed away. There was sus
pense in that crowd until it was settled that
the bootblack was the winner of the girl,
who clapped her hands and threw herself in
his arms. The other two congratulated him,
and the party went to their homes.
NEWFOUNDLAND ANGRY
OVEE THE COLLAPSE OF BECIPBOCTTZ
NEGOTIATIONS.
Its Official Organ Publishes a Bitter Attack
on the Dominion and Imperial Govern,
menu for Their Interference Canadian
Jealousy of Its Neighbors.
rsraciAi. telegram to tub dibfatck.1
Halifax, Feb. 7. The Telegram, the
organ of the Newfoundland Government,
publishes a fierce attack on Canada and
England in connection with the collapse of
the reciprocity negotiations between that
colony and the United States. It says a
treaty was agreed to between Mr. Blaine
and Mr. Bond, which only awaited the
signature of the British Minister. The
" Telegram concludes:
"It seems that the mischief has been
wrought at London, not st Washington.
Canada has no influence with the
American Government, not a parti
cle, but with the Imperial Government
it is different. Sir John Macdouald
and Sir Charles Tupper, who are in effect
the Dominion Government, have managed
to persuade the Imperial authorities that a
treaty between the United States and New
foundland would be detrimental to the
interests of Canada, and so Her Majesty's
consent is withheld. We don't know on
what principle of equity or fairplay Premier
Salisbury justifies his anomalous condnctin
this respect, but wc do know that the moral
effect of the British Government's action In
refusing its sanction to this trade treaty,
after delegating to our commission full power
to negotiate it, will have a damaging influ
ence in the colonies generally on
the reputation tor integrity and hon
esty of English statesmen. 'What col
ony will now care to trust the"
British Government in view of the faithless
manner in which it has acted toward us."
MELVILLE LOST HIS GBIP.
So Has Moody, and Mellette Seems to Be the
Coming Senator.
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 7. In the United
States Senatorship contest, there was but
one ballot to-day, the 27th. The result was:
Moody, 22; Tripp, 26; Campbell, 41; Mel
ville, 28; Mellette, 5; Clark 6; remainder
scattering. The number necessary for a
choice is 67.
The falling off in Melville's vote ap
parently indicates that the Bepublicass
will not give him their further support, and
that he will be dropped. It would also
seem that Moody cannot recover his lost
strength. Mellette is generally considered
the strongest Bcpublican, but so far, it is
said, h,e has been holding back.' A rumor
was in circulation to-night that the dead
Jock will be broken Tuesday.
AN ELECTRICIAH'S DOWNFALL,
A City Officer tf Peoria Pleads Gnllty to a
Heavy Burglary.
Peoria, Feb. 7. Henry Scearer, City
Electrician of Peoria, was arrested to-day
for the robbery of Bowe & O'Brien's safe
one week ago. The arrest created intense
surprise, as the prisoner has always borne
an excellent name, and has been high in
official circles for years.
He has confessed the crime and turned
over $500 of stolen money. In cutting out
a pane of glass in the rear of the building
he broke his knife and cut his hand; then
climbing in the window, he dropped the
knife, and these clews led to his arrest.
Scearer assigns his downfall to drinking and
gambling.
SIXTEEN SAILOES MISSING.
A Fruit Steamer on the New Jersey Coast
Under IS Fathoms of Water.
ISrECIAI. TZXEOBAX TO THE DISFATCB'.t
New York, Feb. 7. The new Norwegian
fruit steamship Simon Dnmois, which left
this port on Wednesday afternoon forMatan
zas, Cuba, lies in 15 fathoms of water off
Absecom, N. J. She met disaster probably
between 2 and 4 o'clock Thursday morning.
She had a crew of 1G men, all Norwegians,
none of whom has been heard from. Pilot
Frank Kelley brought to this city to-day
the first news of the wreck.
Hopes are expressed that the men were
picked up by some passing vessel.
M'GEATH'S GOOSE C00EED.
ThejWhitcwashing of the Farmers' Alliance
Resident Doesn't Count.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 7. The exonera
tion of Frank McGrath, President of the
Kansas Alliance, by the various Alliance
Presidents now in convention at Washing
ton, announced in this morning's dispatches,
will not have any effect on the war against
him at home.
McGarth has been in Washington several
days. There was no one to appear against
him, and on his own statement he was white
washed. A Washington whitewash will
not go in Kansas, where the facts in regard
to the Alliance President are known by
men who have the nerve to bring them be
fore the public
WOBLD'S FATE BOYCOTTS CONTAGIOUS.
The Colorado Legislature Finds a Weapon
to right for Silver.
Denver, Feb. 7. The following resolu
tion was introduced in the Colorado legis
lature this morning:
Whereas, We have learned that 79 members
of the Chicago Board of Trade have petitioned
the Congress of the United States cot to pass
the bill known as tho free coinage act; there
fore, be it
Resolved, Tbatthe State of Colorado will take
no part in the World's Columbian Exposition
to be held in the city of Chicago In 1893, and we
nrge the citizens of Colorado to divert trade, so
far as possible, to some Western city other
than Chicago, where some interest is mani
fested in tire great industries of the West
AN INSUEANCE CONSOLIDATION.
A Rumor That Two Bis British Companies
Have Become One.
Chicago, Feb. 7. It is reported in
insurance circles in this city, that the two
great British insurance companies, the
Liverpool, London and Globe and the
Scottish Union, have been merged into one
company.
The agents of these companies admit that
they have heard of a rumor of such a move,
but have no private advice to that effect.
A Proposed Anti-Gambling Law.
Spetngfield, III., Feb. 7. Among the
bills introdnced in thu RenntA tn-dav. wan
one prohibiting poolselling and bookmaking
within the
limits of this State. It
was
referred.
iWtatxg
PITTSBURG, SUNDAY,
A LITTLE PREVIOUS
Are the Reports of the Calling of an
Extra Senate Session.
BLAINE NOT URGING THE THING.
He Has an Inler-American Coinagfl Treaty
Eeady, Hoffever,
THAT MAI REQUIRE AN EXTRA SESBION
rrnoit a stait coBBEsroNDKrr.i
Washington, Feb. 7. The story
printed in a New York paper to the effect
that there would be an extra session of
Congress, in order to consider the new
treaties with the Latin-American Bepub
lics, is a little premature. Following close
on the statement, a number of specials were
sent out from here this morning stating that
Secretary Blaine had appeared before tbe
Committee on Foreign Affairs and had had
a hearing in this matter.
The fact of the matter was that Secretary
Blaine did appear before the Senate com
mittee, but he did so merely to urge an
amendment to the diplomatio appropriation
bill, which will provide for a division of
tbe Central American Bepublic into two
diplomatio missions, with two separate Min
isters, who shall have a salaryof 57,500 each
per annum. The present Minister receives
a salary of $10,000 a year.
The Object Of Blaine.
Secretary Blaine's object in doing this is
to have a Minister stationed at both Guate
mala and Salvador. The two countries have
had a regular cat-and-dog time of It tor
many years, and the Minister has been un
able'to please both. Salvador is jealous be
cause, although it is the most populous of
the Central American States, the present
Minister is stationed at Guatemala.
The new Salvador Minister, who was sent
here about two months ago, came for the
esceoial object of having the United States
legation removed to Salvador. Guatemala
would, of course, regard a transfer as a
alight, and either course wonld be fatal to
any angling which the Secretary may be en
gaged in for reciprocity with those countries.
The solution offered by the Becretary of
State is a lucid one, and one that would be
acceptable to both republics.
A member of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and who is perhaps the
closest friend Secretary Blaine has in the
Senate, said to-day that so far as he knew
nothing was further from the mind of Mr.
Blaine than urging an extra Eession.
Another Extra Session Report.
Another report that was in circulation to
day Was to the effect that it is the intention
of the President to issue a proclamation call
ing the Senate together in extra session im
mediately after March 4.
Just whaj this is to be for is not definitely
understood at this time, but there are reas
ons to believe that Mr. Blaine has already
succeeded so far in his international coinage
plan as to warrant him in believing that
very soon after March 4 he will be able to
submit to the Senate the draft of a treaty or
general agreement, signed by the United
States on the one hand and by the bouth
and Central American republics and Mexico
on the other, lor the adoption of an inter
national, or rather an inter-American, coin
age standard, which will result in the pro
duction of a silver dollar which shall pass
current and be the recognized standard of
value in all the conntries of America south
of the British line.
Mr. Blaine's plan has been very favorably
regarded by all the South American repre
sentatives here, and tier-mote than proba
ble that this will be one of the reasons, if
cot the only one, for calling an extra
session.
Reciprocity Treaty With Mexico.
In this connection, it was learned to-day
that a treaty ol reciprocity with Mexico is'
almost reaov. There are one or two minor
points of difference between the two coun
tries to be settled, which require further
consultation and further communication
with the Mexican home authorities and the
Mexican Minister here.
Another treaty which is shortly to be
ready will provide for a market for Ameri
can products in Cuba, in exchange for tariff
concessions on the part of tbe United
States, in the matter of Cuban sugars and
tobacco. The Cuban people feel the burden
of the increased tobacco duty imposed by
the McKinley bill more than any other na
tion, and they are anxious to propose to
come into closer relations with the United
States than any of the Latin-American peo
ple. Cuba at present has a tariff law
which absolutely bars American agricultural
products, the. tariff on flour being something
like $8 a barrel alone, and it is very gener
ally understood that Mr. McKinley was
working in harmony with Mr. Blaine when
he submitted the tobacco clause of the tariff
bill providing for such a heavy increase of
this great supply of Cuba.
More Treaties Almost Ready.
The Venezuelan and other treaties will
also be ready very shortly, and it is under
stood the President is now negotiating with
Brazil for an amendment to the treaty pro
claimed the other day, which will provide
that the goods imported into each country
from the other, in order to enjoy the tariff
concessions, or the free list, must be carried
in either American or Brazilian bottoms.
Such a treaty is outside the scope of that
which the President can negotiate under
the reciprocity clause of the McKinley Pill,
consequently the advice and consent of the
Senate will be necessary, and it is probable
that this will be one of the projects submit
ted at the extra session of the Senate, if one
is called. Ligqxneb.
TO F0BCE THE ISSUE.
Democrats Are Determined to Get at
the
Tree Coinage Bill.
Washington, Feb. 7. Since the de
feat of the attempt to have a free coinage
amendment attached as a rider to the sundry
civil appropriation bill, the silver men have
been busy devising other schemes by
means of which to compel a vote
by the House on the question of free
coinage. The vote yesterday was cot re
garded by them as a test of strength, for the
reason that it was complicated with a ques
tion of parliamentary practice, and they
were therefore nnxious to bring the matter
up in some new form. The
Townsend resolution offered to-day was
the first effort in the new " plan
of campaign. It does not of itself constitute
a question of privilege, but it is believed
by Mr. Townsend and other ardent free
coinage advocates that it affords a basis on
which to form a future resolution that will
fairly be a matter of privilege under the
rules.
There is some speculation and comment
among the Bepublicans with regard to a
party agreement on a compromise measure,
but it does not seem to have taken shape.
The opponents of the free coinage bill will
resort to every available means to seenre the
attendance of absentees, who are known to
be opposed to free coinage.
POSTAL TELEGBAPH BILLS.
Two of Thorn Introduced for the House to
Take Action On.
Washington, Feb. 7. In the House to
day, Mr. Evans, of Tennessee, re-introduced
the bill heretofore offered by him to estab
lish a limited postal telegraph service.
The section in the former bill making it
nnlawfulfor the contracting telegraph conv
I pany to engage directly or indirectly, or be
interested in the sale of press or other re-
FEBRUARY 8,. 1891
ports, market quotations, etc., beyond the
service of transmitting them at uniform
rates, is stricken out of this bill-
Bepresentative Candler, ot Massachu
setts, introduced a bill authorizing the
Postmaster General to contract with any
persons or companies for permanent tele
erapA lines, for the transmission of tele
graphic correspondence at rates to be agreed
upon.
LEEDS-A DEAD ISSUE.
HE HAS BEEN VEEY SUDDENLY DE0PPED
BY WANAMAKEB.
All of Senator Quay's Arguments In His
Behalf Are of No Avail Now The Post
master General Ia Looking Oat for His
Friends.
tTKOM A STAFF COKBESPOKDSIfT.l
Washington , Feb. 7. There is a big
surprise in store for those who are backing
William B. Leeds for the position of
United States Marshal at Philadelphia, and
unless President Harrison makes a great
change in his present opinion, Leeds
will be left entirely on the out
side. The very fact that a few
days ago Postmaster General Wanamaker
took Leeds to the White House and intro
duced him to the President, gave tone to
the statement issued by Leeds' friends that
he was to be appointed to the place. Since
then, however, there-has been a high revul
sion of feeling, and it is more than probable
that Senator Quay's man 'frill not be in at
the death.
The reason for this rests entirely with the
Postmaster General. Congressman Bing
ham's committee yesterday laid on the table
the postal telegraph bill, which is the pet
measure of Wanamaker, and there
are those who say that the prime
mover in the case was Bingham himself.
Since the visit to the White House,
Mr. Wanamaker has dropped Leeds in
a maencrthat is reconcilable with his con
science and at the same time does not look
offensive to Leed's friends. Instead of tak
ing a personal interest in the matter, Mr.
Wanamaker went to the President and
said:
"Mr. President, I understand that there is
some talk of my opposition to a certain can
didate on the ground that the postal tele
graph bill was smothered in committee.
Now, I ask you to leave me entirely ou$ of
the question and upon no consideration con-
suit my wishes regarding the matter.
This looks all right on the surface, but
when it is taken into consideration that
the only chance Leeds had for the place
was in the personal recommendation of
Wanamaker, it will plainly be seen that
Leeds is a dead issue. In other words, the
Postmaster General has dropped Leeds
and left the President free to choose
a successor. This he will do, and
all tbe arguments of Senator Quay will fall
just as they did when Quay brought out
Leeds for the postmastership, the Surveyor
ship, the Naval office and the Collectorship.
On the other hand Mr. Wanamaker is hold
ing out the ark of promise to Captain Ben
cysen, of Montgomery county, whose only
apparent backing is that of Congressman
Yardley.
It is more than probable thai when the
came of the successor to Marshal Dill's
place is sent to the Senate the same sheet
will contain the successor to District Attor
ney Beed, and that the name will be Samuel
B. Huey. This is one instance where the
Postmaster General is looking for the first
fruits.
It is said that the cause of Mr. Wana
maker's support is the fact that Huey is the
the counsel for a number of corporations
with .which the Postmaster General is
closely identified, .
DEM0CBATS IK CAUCUS.
They Declare Strongly In Favor of the
Free Coinage Bill.
Washington, Feb. 7. Tho caucus of
the Democratic members, of the House called
for to-night at the suggestion of Mr. Bland
was slimly attended, only Gl mem
bers being present. The silver bill
was the sole topic of consideration, and
after several resolutions had been offered
and withdrawn, tho following resolution,
offered by Mr. Bichardson, of Tennessee,
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That it Is the sense of this caucus
that the Senate silver bill, which was referred
by the House to the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures near
ly ono month ago, is, in our
opinion, an important public measure, deserv
ing due consideration by the House, and wo
earnestly request tho committee to which the
same was relerred to report to the House with
out delay.
The caucus then adjourned.
AFIEE THE COMMITTEE,
A Resolution Intended to Get the Silver
Bill Before the House.
Washington, Feb. 7. In the House
to-day Bepresentative Townsend, of Col
orado, offered for reference a resolution
amending the rules of the House so as to
provide that when four members of any
committee shall make a statement in writing
that after five hearings on any bill (other
than revenue or appropriation bill), the
committee refuses to make any report,
favorable or unfavorable, it shall be in
order to move to discharge the committee
from tbe further consideration of the meas
ure. This amendment of the rnles is directed
especially toward the Committee on Coin
age, Weights and Measures, having charge
of the free coinage bill.
A BEPUBLICAN THREAT.
Holding a Force Bill Club Over the Heads
of the Democrats.
Washington, Feb. 7. It is threatened
by Bepublicans of the House that if the
Senate attach a free coinage amendment to
any appropriation bill, they will amend it
by putting on the force bill as
a rider. If this were done and the bill
sent to the President, it is said that he
would probably sign the conglomerate bill,
taking free coinage rather than veto the ap
propriation bill and the force bill.
This mav deter Democrats from entering
upon the plan of putting free coinage on an
appropriation bill.
The Silver Pool Inquiry.
Washington, Feb. 7. The silver pool
Investigating committee met this afternoon,
but no witnesses were present. It was de
cided not to go to New York, but to sum
mon to Washington any persons whose tes
timony may be desired. .
BEJ0ICING IN OKLAHOMA.
Tho New Lands Acquired by Treaty to bo
Speedily Occupied.
Gdthbie, O. T., Feb. 7. The news that
the Iowa and Sac and Fox treaties had
been ratified to-day created considerable re
joicing here.
Bells were rung, whistles were blown and
brass bands paraded the streets. The city
is full of strangers ready to make their
home in the new lands.
CUBED BY THE LYMPH.
A Former Consumptive "Will Leave a St.
Louts Hospital Well.
St. Louis, Feb. 7. W. A. Walters, who
entered the Missouri-Pacific Hospital Jan
nary 21, a consumptive, will leave this even
ing or to-morrow morning cared by Koch's
Jjniph,
JWlKttc n twenty pages' '
BANKERS' OPINIONS,
Given Before the Legislative Com
mmission at Philadelphia.
WANT NO STATE INTERFERENCE.
Yarious Views of What Caused the Recent
Failures of lianks.
LAWMAKERS C0MIHG TO PITTSBURG
rSPECZAZ. TELEGBAM TO TOE DISPATCH.!
Philadelphia, Feb. 7. At the meet
ing of the Legislative Commission to in
vestigate the cause of the recent failures of
private banking institutions, held
at the Hotel Lafayette to-day, John
B. Gest, President of the
Fidelitv Trust Company, was the first wit
ness called, and was closely questioned by
Bepresentative Fladd, of Easton. Mr.
Gest had prepared a long address in which
he denied the right of a commission to probe
into the affairs of private banking institu
tions. He said:
In my opinion, the cause of the failures of
private banking houses were mainly their in
vestments of other people's money in hazard
ous or speculative or prospective ventures, so
that when the stringency occasioned by tbe
London failure occurred these houses
could not meet their liabilities. As
to State backs, they derive their
powers from the Commonwealth, and should
be subject to State supervision and examin?
tion, and should be obliged to maintain a re
serve equal to that required by the general
Government to bo maintained by national
i
banks.
The Case of Trust Companies Different.
As to trust companies, these, by their char
ters, are subject to examination by Commis
sioners appointed by the courts. These examl
cations have been very thorough and micuti
and copious reports have been made to ure
courts of them, which have been suchas
to satisfy the courts that the inixltu
tions thus examined were well conducted. It
is needful that the courts should hve this
power, because of tbe vast interestsentrusted
to them by tbe courts, who have thjr control of
estates both of the living and thedead.
J. Dallas SanderSjPresidentof the Wayne
Title and Trust Company and tbe Dime
Savings Bank, stated that he was in favor
of having the deposit accounts of trust com
panies examined by State officials, and that
while he did not believe that legislation
could prevent a panic, yet awise law would
prevent such losses to depositors as had oc
curred in the failure of the Bank of America
in this city and the disastrous Lawrence
Bans case.. He furnished data showing
that since the passage of the National bans:
act, in 1863, nearly 4,500 banks had been
organized and but three-twelfths per cent,
of these had failed or been compelled to go
into the hands of a receiver.
A New York Law Recommended.
Mr. Sanders also advised the passage of a
law similar to the one in force in New York,
which provides that I'it shall not
be lawful for any bank, banking
association, individual banker, firm,
association, corporation, person or
persons, to advertise or put forth a sign as a
savings bank, or in any way solicit or re
ceive deposits as a savings bank."
Colonel O. C. Bosbyshell, Superintendent
of the Mint, was next called, on account of
his connection with the Philadelphia Bond
and Investment Company. He said he did
not think it was a wise thing for the State
to inquire iuto the affairs of a private bank
ing firm. A person who deposits funds
in a private banking concern does so with
his eyes open, and is supposed to know what
he is doing with his money, and therefore
takes his own risk; but he thought it would
be a good tblng'to pan a law requiring such"
institutions to have a large reserve fund.
In regard to bond investment scheme and
beneficial organizations, Ee thought all such
corporations should be in a position to pay
at any time they were called on every dollar
they owe. Otherwise, in his judgment, they
were insolvent.
Baring Brothers' Failure tho Cause.
Charles M. Swain, President of the City
Trust Company, and G. Albert Lewis,
President of the City National Bank, both
protested against the right of the State to
supervise the business of private individ
uals, and testified that in their opinion the
late stringency of the money market was
caused by the Baring Bros.' failure and the
subsequent unloading on the market of
securities. Mr. Lewis also said:
Brains are all that are necessary to conduct
a safe and sound banking business. Some
people ate successful In their line of business,
while others are unsuccessful. It Is, after all,
only a matter of competency. If a
man invests in an unsalable article, when
a tight money period comes along and
can't disposo of it he must go to the wall.
Over-trading was at the bottom of the recent
troubles, and men who held unsalable invest
ments were unable to realize on them. It was
simply a form of financial Indigestion, which
did not spread to tbe rest of tbe community,
and, therefore, the rest of the community
were cot sick.
"It is a disease that becomes very conta
gious, however, isn't it?" asked Bepresenta
tive Ladd.
"Very contagions, yes."
Tho Pennsylvania System Denounced.
. Bobert F. James, "Vice President of the
Easton Investment Company, and a former
National Bank Examiner, stated that
he heartily concurred with and ap
proved of the resolution under which the
committee was conducting the inauiry, and
denounced theaystem by which Pennsylva
nia has conducted her State depositories as
"positively disreputable." The State, he
claime'd, had given the broad seal of its au
thority to the control and manipulation of
unprotected deposits until its delinquency in
this respect had attracted universal atten
tion, and that a system was now imperative
that will place State banks on a plan of
equal excellence with national banks.
The committee adjourned to meet in
Harrisburg next Wednesday evening. The
latter'part of next week it is the intention
pf the Iuvestigating Committee to visit
Pittsburg, and some time during the suc
ceeding week they will return to Philadel
phia and complete their labors.
BAB0N HTESCH'S MUNIFICENT GUT.
Banker Sellgman May Draw on Him for
83,300,000 for Destitute Hebrews.
New York, Feb. 7. Banker Jesse Selig
man has received from Baron Hirsch a
cablegram notifying bim that the trustees of
the Baron Hirsch fund in this country may
draw on him tor 52,500,000 to be applied to
the relief of immigrant Hebrews who have
come here and are destitute. - The income
from this sum is to be devoted to ameliorat
ing the condition of the poor Hebrews by
giving them homes in fertile farming dis
tricts where they can make their own
living.
If the trustees find it necessary to draw on
the principal of the fund, they are author
ized to do so, and Baron Hirsch has promised
to make the deficiency good. During the
past year the Baron gave an average of
510,000 a month for the relief of indigent
Hebrews in this country.
A BATTLE WITH NEGB0ES.
A Sheriffs Posse Captures a Gang of Col
ored Raftsmen.
Louisville, Feb. 6. At Junction City
this morning there was a fight between
Town Marshal George Wells and a posse
and ten negro raftsmen. Wells attempted
to arrest the negroes for disorderly conduct.
They succeeded in shutting him aud his
brother-in-law, J. W. Sampson, in a room
with themselves and locking oat the re
mainder of the posse.
A hand-to-hand fight with pistols fol-
ifssrt&iin which 37ells was wounded, prob-
ably fatally, and Sampson severely. Sev
eral of the negroes received severe wounds.
Help was quickly given from the posse with
out, and the negroes, with one exception,
were arrested.
MILES ANSWERS AN ACCUSER.
HE DEFENDS HIS TBEATMENT OF JEFF
DAVIS, HIS PBE0NEB,
The Grave Charges Contained in Mrs. Da
vis' "War Storiea Why It Was Necessary
to Keep a Close Watch on the Fallen
Rebel Chieftain.
Chicago, Feb. 7. General Nelson A.
Miles was In command of Fortress Monroe,
Va., when Jefferson Davis was confined
there after his capture by the Union forces.
In her recently published stories of his life,
Mrs. Davis devotes considerable space to a
denunciation of General Miles, alleging
that the General sought out smallways in
which to insult and annoy his-'prisoner,
such as shocking him withbrutal force,
keeping him in a vermin-infested cell, with
holding his clothes and Ifnen, and making
souvenirs of his possessions even of his
hair when he had iUrcut. General Miles,
speaking of these charges to-day, said:
Of course tbe woafan feels bitter toward me,
as she probably does toward many other North
ern soldiers, andit is to be only expected that
she shonld. I Jrad charge of her husband for a
while alter jfis arrest, and I suppose she can
never forglfo that. While caring nothing at
all for anydflcg she may say or write, I would
call attention to the fact that Jefferson Davis
managed? to survive my cruel treatment and
lived 2Qears after, finally dying of old age.
That vbuld hardly have been the case, I think.
oeen subjected to sucn nomme
iVSn cbaTge of the district of Fortress
Ifr "olx,8. months, and for a while Jeffer
" Of nt a. nrisoner there after his
rrc:
tot" .
. K -l-M- - - .--
y0 "Mho gravest kind of charges
that cw
h V a against any man pre
Vb 'iV?he Government had
ferred at.
pro. Many of tbe
ed. and President
inateo. uercaimy
there were reasons ev. i why a close watch
should be kept upon the wader of the rebellion,
that he might not escape. I had no immediate
business with him, but of such as I had, I am
cot ashamed of. There is not a particle ot
truth In tbe statements made by his wife.
Why, the fact Is, that Jefferson Davis never
was in better trim than when be was liberated,
and tbe time that elapsed before his death ia
good evidence of it.
A CITIZENS' ALLIANCE CALL.
A Political National Conference to Meet in
Cincinnati in May.
Topeka, Kan., Feb. 7. M. F. Eight
mire, who was chosen Secretary of the Na
tional Citizens' Industrial Alliance, has
issued the following call for a national con
ference of reformers:
"We, as friends of such a conference, hereby
unite and call a general conference of reform
ers, to meet in Cincinnati, May 19, 1891, to
adopt a platform and, mate such arrangements
for the conflict of 1S92 as the conference may
deem fitting. .
This call is in direct opposition to the
wishes of J. D. Holden, of Emporia, Presi
dent of the National Citizen's Alliance,
formed at Ocala, Fla. The call for a con
vention to organize a third party combines
all of the alleged reform movements now
before the people. There is a disposition to
ignore President Holden altogether. The
Kansas contingent of the Citizens' Alliances
do not recognize Holden as the President of
the organization, although the Ocala con
vention elected him to that position.
A PREACHES TUBNS F0BGEB.
He Gave Two Bogus Notes for Jewelry as
an' Agent.
Wilkesbaeee, Feb. 7. Eev. George
Cooper, of Wapwallopen, a local preacher,
was arrested at the Lehigh Valley Bailroad
station this afternoon on a charge of for
gery. A short time ago he gave up his ministe
rial calling and secured an agency from
Davidow Brothers, jewelers, of this city.
In payment for the goods received he gave
tbe firm two notes, one for $200 and the
other for S300. When they fell due, it was
discovered that the notes were forgeries.
KILLED IN A PEIZE EIGHT.
A Local Boxer, at Seattle. Knocked Out
Never to Recover.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7. Last night
John Shaffer, a local boxer, engaged in a
seven-round contest with William Doyle, at
a variety theater. In the seventh round
Doyle knocked out Shaffer by a right
hander on the jaw.
Shaffer never regained consciousness, and
died this morning. Doyle has thus far
eluded capture. The proprietor of the
theater has been arrested.
SENAT0EIAL BBIBEEY CHARGES.
The Evidence in the Washburn Matter to be
Printed at tho Senator's Request.
St. Paul, Feb. 7. In the Senate, Mr.
Donnelly's resolution for the printing of the
testimony taken on the charges of
bribery in connection with the election of
United States Senator two years ago, came
up for action.
John Dav Smith read a telegram from
Senator Washburn, asking for the adoption
of the resolution, and it was accepted with
out objection.
THE DISPATCH DIEECTOEY.
Contents of the Xssne Classified for Readers
Convenience.
Tbe Issue of The Dispatch to-day oonslsts
of 20 pages, made up in three parts. Tbe first
part contains the local, telegraphic and cable
news of the day with the editorial, musical and
sporting departments. The features of the
other parts are as follows:
PART IT.
Page 9.
Cable News. The Valley Iron Trouble
Resume of tbe Week Wilkie
A Sketch or Uhlcago... Kudtacd Kiflimo
Page 10.
The Silver Fool Fbank G. Cabfeotzr
Brazilian Railroading J. O. Keebet
Gossip of Gotham Ciiablss T. Murray
Page 11.
Tbe Want Column. For Sale Column.
To Let Column,
Page IS.
Tbe Society World. Dramatic News.
Tbe Grand Army. Educational News.
Page 13.
Secret Society News. Electrical Talk,
llartets by Telegraph. Local Trade News.
Henry Clew's Lettsr.
Page 11.
Review of Snorts Pbtsole
fage IS.
The Bottle Imp Robert Louis SimajsoT
The Kindly Simple Shirley Dare
Funerals for Cash....: FAiraiE B. Wabo
Late Scientific News.
Page IB.
The Beney Art Sale. Vereslchagln'a Pictures.
Tbe Court News.
PAKTDX
Page V.
A South Sea Letter.. ..Eobebt Louis Btzvznsok
Shop-Glrli of London ...Fbaxk A. Bub a
The Witch of Prague ..F. aIabiov Cbawtobd
Page IS.
Betting on a Fight ........HOWabd Fuxdino
A Keal Kobln Hood EDGAR L. VVAKEVAJT
Beaux and Belles .....'. J.U. Wsbb
Page 13.
The Young Musician PATSTE
The Puzzle Department. E. B- Chadboubx
Taking the Cross Bit. Gzobqk Hodges
Eocmomy in Cooking Ellice Bersxa
Page 30, -Calling
on the Cabinet. Miss Gbundt. Jn.
Hard Worked Women. .,. -..Blasts Beajcdlx.
JTsncles fortneZ'slrr
paid S100.00&V 0f. VI
rebels had notv iK4
Lincoln nau ueei w m
FIVE CENTS.
FEW IITHE FIELD,
Just 1,925 Applicants for Liquor
Licenses, Against 1.960
a Year Ago.
THE LAST DAY'S HUSTLING
Hot Nearly So Many Double-Headera-as
There Formerly Were.
THE DOWN TOWN CHANGES IN YIEW
Scarcity of Bondsmen Who Lira-in tha
Easiness Districts.
A NEW HOTEL HADE SURE IESTBEDAY
The enrfew had sounded last night, and
the wire had almost descended to the level
that shut out hope; the manly forms of
County Clerk McGunnegle and ex-Sheriff
Ennter, Captain Dalgleisb, 'Squire Bryan
and Councilman Treusch were envel
oped in their togas, and a lawyer
representing the 1,924th applicant for li
cense to sell liqnor in the year of
grace A. D. 1891, one Oeffner, of Home
stead, had disappeared in the gloom, when
Anthony Gnstburst, of 22 Ohio street, Alle
gheny, winded and mud-bespattered, rushed
into the fast darkening arena with a $5
bill in one hand and an application in the
other, and pathetically pleaded that a win
dow of the ark should be raised and he al
lowed to pnt in his ante.
He was told to be quick abont it, and he
took the oath without sugar, so scant of
breath that he almost choked on it, .
Not as Many Applicants as Last Tear.
Contrary to general expectation, there are
not so many applications this year as there
were last. Last year there were 1,263 appli
cations for retail and 634 for wholesale
license, making in all 1,947, while, all told,
the applicants this year number bat 1,925 '
for both kinds, added, a decline of 22, but
last year there were abont 175 "double-1
headers," or persons who applied for both '
wholesale and retail license, preferring tbe
latter, but equipping their bows with two
strings, under the impression that if the
Court refused them retail license it must, '
nnder the decision of the Supreme Court in
the certiorari cases of Mary E. Pollard
et al., give the wholesale license,
in any event. This idea has since been dis
sipated by the failure of many applicants to
force the granting of wholesale license, and
allowing the License Court Judges some
discretion, or rather, as some say, on ac-
xcount of many of the applicants having
omitted to set forth the three neces
sary qualifications in their petitions,
viz: Citizenship, good moral charac
ter, and temperate habits, which
allowed the License Judges to size up ap
plicants on general appearance. The double
headers this year will not aggregate more
than 10 or 12, all told.
Wholesale Applicants Not So Scarce.
Last year there were 706 applicants for re
tail license in Pittsbnr?, 234 in Allegheny
City, 185 in the boroughs and 133'
in the townships, making a total '
of 1,263, and 684 applicants for
wholesale license. This year there are, ia
round numbers, about 450 applicants for
wholesale license, leaving 1,475 who want to
sell by retail, which, aside from last year's
double-headers, is an increase of 212 retail
and a decrease of 234 wholesale, bottler,
brewer and distillery applicants.
This shows on its face a much larger num
ber of applicants for wholesale license than
were expected, but it is explained on the i
ground that many of the wholesale appli
cants are brewers who ask for license for
agencies in various parts of the cities, bor
oughs and townships in order to distribnte
their product.
Applicants' names hitherto unknown in
the License Court are pretty well distributed
oyer the county, in addition to those re
ceived from the business part of the city. In
Stowe township new names are Louis Boil,
W. O. Clarkson, John Gallagher and Mrs.
Joseph Priddy, and in Esplen, an embryo
borough east of the mouth of Chartiers
creek, William Cooney and William Eose.
The clerks who receive the applications
state that there has been a great improve
ment in the appearance of the petitioners
since the first year the Brooks law went into
effect. Old avenue and slum applicants
have generally given over, and have either
abandoned the bnsiness or gone into the
speak-easy line. They realize that tbey
leave hope behind when they enter the
License Court. So much, for Brook3 and
bis law.
Only Two Colored 3Ien on the List.
Two colored men have expressed a will
ingness to immolate themselves and will
moisten Afro-American clay, if they make
the riffle. One.is Charley "Preston, ot the
Hotel de Preston.
There was "hurrying in hot haste" for
the last honr or two last evening. BeqnesU
for reserved seats were telephoned from all
parts of the citie3 and from several
boroughs, and to each request reply
was made that the gang-plank
would be pulled in soon after 8 o'clock: and
subsequently the yawl would not land for
belated people. If trains or street cars were
late there was donbtless some objurgation,
for when 8:30 o'clock came the door shut
with a bang and the officials dispersed as
fast as their legs wonld carry them with de
corum, glad to know that though the work:
would last for months to come the big rash
was over.
"If at first yon don't succeed, try, try
again," appears to be the motto of those
who are enamored of the liquor bnsiness.
The first year the Brooks law was operative
there were 1,553 applicants for licenses, a
great many people of shady character
holding off to see now it would work. The
next year there were but 1,360 applicants,
the previous year's experience being very
disheartening to some who felt that they
were discriminated against. The third year
Judge White slaughtered tbe list so
savagely that some who were willing to pay
$500 license decided that they were justi
fied in running joints.
Given Heart by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court decision in the Pol
lard case put heart into 500 who picked
their flints and tried it again last year, but
the joint had in the meantime become popu
lar, and some people who didn't mind im
prisonment, reasoned Ithat 500 wonld go a
long way in paying fines for doing a 500
per cent profit business. The Su
preme Court wabble last year on
the discretion featnre of the law has
been discouraging, and is said to induced
many who hadjtakenfout wholesale licenses
to believe that the cake would be dongh this
year anyhow, and that, in consequence, they
might as well have retail profits on whole
sale dealing, might as well be hung for si
sheep as a lamb. So many had taken whole
sale licenses that selling in bulk didnot payf
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