THIS IS THE SEASON TO SELL AND KENT HOUSES. BUYERSAWD RENTER LOOK FOR BAEGAINS IX Till' KVKRY JIOBSBG DISPATCH. FORTY-SIXTH YEAPv. ftLMOSHMIBUCLE, At the Very Time the Physi cians Were Looking for Sherman's Death UE AROSE FROM HIS BED, And, Walking Several Steps Feebly, Seated Himself in His Fa vorite Easy Chair. THE FLUC1UATI0SS OP THE DAT. 8a Several Occasions the End Seemed at Hand, but the Ircn Constitution Eallied Once More. 8DDI0ES EEGAED IT AS WOXDEEFUL, 4sa it Kidticlt Expressed the Cjiicn Tilt There Was Jttt Etre Chtx:e fcr the Old Hero's Reccvery. tTEE TAKILT ALL K0T7 EOPIKG FOR TEV; BEST KTECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCH. XeW Yokk, Feb. 12. 'When at 4 o'clock t&is morning the doctors in attendance an uesBCed that the death of General Sherman might he expected at any moment, there cu not one chance in ten tbonsaud, accord ing to ordinary calculations, that the old hrro WBuld live until noon. Yet at mid night io-night this bulletin was issued: "At niidoicht there is no change for the worse in General Sherman's condition. The doctors agree that if he continues as at present there it. a chance for recovery." One of the doctors then said: "I regard this state of affairs as almost miraculous. It is jast WKsihle that the iron will which car ried 'Old Tecumseh' from Atlanta to the sea r.ll defeat even the kins of terrors." Tho Story r the Day. In the first gray of the morning the lights flashed suddenly from the windows of the ceeoed story of the house, and a messenger res down the front steps and hurried toward Heath avenue. In a few minutes the Rev. Falter Matthew A. Taylor, pastor of the CbBrch of the Blessed Sacrament, went quickly into the house. Half an hour later rn-natorJohn Sherman drove up in a car riage. After about two hours Father Taylor re appeared and went back to the parish house. A crisis had just been tided over and the treneral was slowly returning to the state which the bulletin of the night before had announced. The lights disappeared and the l-ocseliokl quieted down again. This dis ,iteh aect to President Harrises a o'clock a. m.: To the 1'resMent, Executive Mansion: My father grows steadily worse. It appears to be only a question of hours. The doctors hare given np ail hope. P. T. Sherman. A Crowd of Anxious Inquirers. After daylight a policeman patroled in front of the house to prevent a crowd from collecting. Usually Seventy-tirst street is almost deserted, but to-day it was at times alive with pedestrians and carriages. Each person who passed stopped to look up at the urtained windows of No. To, and the flut tering bit of white paper precluding the ring 1 1 the bell. All day the inside doors stood partly otien and a servant was there to answer questions and receive cards. Messenger Ikivs were running in and out, visitors were coming and going, carriages were driving 11 p and away. Early in the morning General Sherman's pr.vate secretary, Mr. J. 21. Barret, ar rived from Toronto and relieved General hiring of the task of receiving visitors and answering telegrams. Mostol these visitors were people with white hair men and women who were prominent Hew Yorkers " ien Shermau was marching to the sea. M..nywore G. A. It. hats. Among these itors were Scott Lord, I. O. Miils, Carl s. urz. General Franz Sigcl, Colonel 1 in Van Rensselaer, Colonel Whitney, . -iier.il Sweeney and General C. II. T. - 1.13. A Doctor:, Statement in tlie Morning. A: (' o'clock Dr. Alexander, coming from tin-louse, said: "General Sherman is itill s'no, and there is no changefor the better." A! 10 o'clock becrctary Barret brought w.ir.l that there was a blight improvement. ".ut n.ilf an hour later Dr. Alexander : i' nd that General Sherman was slowly .n.ung. This became so apparent that -in the following bulletin was issued: 1 ! A. M The General is gradually sinking. ' hope is abandoned. His family is now at i 'ledside awaiting the end. "lie old soldier lay breathing heavily. " iicus was accumulating on his lungs and i was so weak that he could not throw it Each wrench shook his frame vio- . tlj. Gathered around the bed were Dr. Lijndcr, General Ewing, Senator Sher- i .n, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Fitch, ot I'itts- i -..; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Thackera, of . adelphia, General Sherman's socs-in- . d daughters; Miss Lizzie Sherman. - Rachel Sherman, Mr. 1". T. Suerman, i n and his unmarried daughters. Word iw been received that the absent son, ' i at E. Sherman, had sailed in the i .j n.ng from Qaeenstown on the Majestic I-nol.ed Like tho End of AIL 1 T seemed certain that the' General had . -n ui the fight. He was unconscious .mil lu labored breathing filled the room i h tne premonition ol death. As Father I niorhid lcit the city. Father James M. .vrnes, his assistant, was summoned from :nL 'iiurch ot the Blessed Sacrament, He it v.J at 11.20, and at 11:25 extreme unc- ; .) i ? .idmimstered to the unconscious : n. A fi nunuteg later Father Byrnes t the lioue. bearing in his lace the evi- ii i i " tuat the end had come. i h.ive just -ilministered extreme unc iii. ,'vaidne. "General bhcrnian will live mi ,i ,iir minutes louger." U jt again he rallied. His iron constitu ti n, toughened by the exposure of his carn-ini-'iiwas stronger than the physicians ti-jjgnt. A few minutes later the follow-.:.- i-ulletin came from the house: .J a. General Sherman is still alive, but there ai e no encouraging i.j mptcms. C. T. Alexander, M. D. The General had by 'no means given up Jit shoot cfi" the coma, he nerved himself to the fight, and threw from his lungs the oppression that was slowly strangling him. He improved so steadily and so rapidly that Dr. Alexander was astonished. A Renewal of Blissful Hope. Hope once more sprung up in the house hold, and at 1 o'clock Senator Sherman sent this telegram: 1o the President, Executive Mansion: The improvement of General Shermau this morning justifies a faint hope of his recovery. John Sherman. This news was sent to many of Gen. Sher man's friends in all parts of the country and the increased capacity of the wires was taxed with the sympathetic telegrams which poured in. This improvement continued steadily and General Horatio King, who called about 1:30, was admitted to tbe bedroom. He saw a most astonishing exhibition of the will of tho General. The physicians put no faith in the permanence of this revolt against death, and felt that it was still a question of hoars, although they did not tell tbe family. But even they began to have hone when they taw Ueneral 8herman lift himself up and turning around, sat np on the edge of the bed. He struggled to rise, and as all knew that he would not be crossed. Dr. Alexander helped him up. Ho stood up, the bed clothes were wrapped around him, and then, leaning upon the arm of the doctor, he walked slowly and feebly Ave steps to a great easy chair, into which he sank. It was tbe chair into which he was wont to sit in the days of his health. He remained seated a few minutes, and tben al lowed himself to be helped back to tbe bed. Sitting up seemed to have helped him. and to have relieved somewhat the pressure upon his lungs. The Family Refuse to Give Up. At 2:15 General Sweeney, coming from the house, said that tnere was no real hope of his recovery. 3S Dr. Alexander had just told him. But the family hegan to hope against hope, and and the face of Secretary Barret grew brighter. There was much wondering that the extreme unction had been administered to General Sherman, whose opinions upon matters of re ligiou were no secret. When Mr. Thackera, his son-in-law, was asked about it he declined to say anything about the matter. General Sherman was in a state of unconsciousness when tho rite was administered, and it is not known whether he reauested it before sinking into the state or whether it was at tho solicita tion of members of his family, who are devout Roman Catholics. During the whole afternoon General Sher man continued to improve, and the callers went away telling that he had a fighting chance, a bare chance, a fair chance and so on, until tbere was high hope in tbe minds of all who were waiting. The doctors ceased to issue bulletins. which was regarded as a further good sign. At 4 o'clock two Sisters of Mercy, carrying praj er books, entered the house and remained for some time. When they came out it was evident that they had been weeping. At 4:30 Mr. Barret went away from tbe house, and his last words were that the General was still improving. About the same time a carriage drove ud to the door, and a footman took from the hands of a woman who sat in it a great bunch of big red roses full of life and vigor. These were borne into the bouse, leaving a perfume in tbe air and suggesting that here was a good omen. A Relapse Early In the Evening. Drs. Alexander and Greene told the family at C o'clock that he was nearer to death than he had been before. He lay on the bed in a half comatose condition. He showed no Eigns of being in pain and at times he seemed almost lifeless. Much of the time his eyes, which were consid erably inflamed, were bandaged and moist ened with an ointment. When the bandage was off his eyes were half open, but there was little or no life in them. At 7 o'clock Mr. Bar ret harried out to summon Dr. Janewaye for consultation. General Sherman was breathing faintly, but with apparent effort, and tbe doc tors feared that any moment a small passage left clear to bis lungs might closo and cause his death by suffocation. A few minutes later though, he seemed a bit easier, and at 7:30 o'clock he was able to tako tbe first nourishment that had been given to blm in several hours. It consisted of whisky and milk. Shortly afterward he drank some distilled water, and this seemed to have a beneficial effect, for he threw off a consider able quantity of mucus, and there was a per ceptible improvement. He sat up in bed for a few moments at a time, assisted by his nurses, andtbis relieved his breathing considerably. The fliwt bulletin of tbe evening was sent from the bouse at S:20 p. M., and was signed by A. AL Thackera. tbe General's son-in-law. It read: The General's condition is very critical. He is gradually growing weaker. A few minutes before 9 o'clock Dr. Janeway arrived and held a brlel consultation with the two physicians in attendance. Dr. Jane way refused when he went away to hazard an opinion whether or not General Sherman would live through the night. The result of the consultation was sent aronnd to the telegraph office iu the form of this bulletin: The physicians in consultation say that there is no decided change. Ir Gen eral Sherman maintains his present status for 21 hours the situation will be hopeful. Joiix shermau; No Change Considered Encouraging. Mr. Barret, who brought this bulletin around to the telegraph office, said that it began to look as if the patient would survive the night. At 10 o'clock Mr. Barret said that the sick man's condition had not changed one way or the other for an hour, and this he considered encourag ing. He said that ho and Mr. Fitcli, the Gen eral's son-in-law, would watch at the bedside all night. Senator Sherman would retire, Dut would be within call. There were many callers during tbe evening. Ex-Governor Lounsbury called shortly after C o'clock and at 7 o'clock. At 10:30 Gen. Ewmg went home. He said the General was resting easily. Drs. Greene and Alexander and a trained nurse were to remain tho rest of the night. The members of the family were pre paring to co to bed, but not without fear that a sinking spell between 1 and 2 o'clock, would call them to tbe General's bedside. Dr. Janeway called at 10 o'clock, but went nvrair m RTipnri tlin flight nt Tip, Cirppnp'i! timiep t near by. At 11 o'clock Mr. Thackera left the houcc. llo said tbat he bad tho assurance of the doctors that there was a cood chance of the General living through tho night and bo was going to cet a few hours' Mccn. At 11:15 Mr. Barret said that tho house would closo at 12, and that there was practi cally no change in tbe General's condition. At 1120 Lieutenant Fitch left the bouse He instructed tbe policemen on duty not to permit ant one to call or to allow any telegram to be delivered. He said to a reporter: "I am still hopeful. I don't think tbere is any immediate danger. The Ueneral is conscious, but ho does not e-peak. He knows everyone about bim. The doctors say there is practically no danger before morninc. The family have all retired. Dr. Greene and 1 and Mr. Thackera will spend the nicht at Dr. Greene's house. Dr. Alexander will remain on watch until 6 o'clock. Tuen he will be relieved by Dr. Alexander. There will be another consultation at S o'clock in the morninc." At 1:13 in the morning Private Secretary Bar ret gave out tnls bulletin: '-General Sherman resting quietly; condition somewhat im proved." HOW GIBSON VAS TRAPPED. A DECOY LETTEE BEINGS AN rNCEIMI KATIHG EESPONSE. What the Explosive round in the 'Whisky TrustSecretarj'!. Possession Is Composed Of His Son Says Gibson Is the Object of a Itaso Conspiracy. Chicago, Feb. 12. Charles J. Gibson, the becretary of the Whisky Trust, who was arrested here yesterday on a charge of at tempting to bribe Ganger T. S. Dewar to blow- up Shufeldt's distillery, le:t last night na a freight traiu. His wife and son went later on a passenger train. The son said,wheu interviewed, that his father had done no intentional wrong. -The flask that was fonnd in his valise," he continued, contained nothing but Scbiedam schnapps and thero was no dynamite nor nitroglycerine in It. My father is the central victim of a circular con spiracy that his for its draughtsman a dis charged employe of the syndicate, a m.n who has lecenlly been rc-emplojed by the Govern ment to soy and lie."' It was about the 10th of January when Gib son delivered the explosive to DoWar, and Gibson has daily been expecting news of tho carrying out or the plot. Since tho 10th Gibson has written several letters to De War and sent Mm several telegrams. All theso are in tho possession of the authorities. Of tbese So licitor Hart says: "He frequently admonishes DeWartbatbe is not usins tbe dispatch he oucbt in the matter. Last Monday tho depart ment dictated a decoy letter to Gibson. Tbe letter was to the effect that he (DeWar) had made several attempts to carry out the plot, and had failed on account or the liquid. He said he thought it baa lost its virtue, lie in structed Gibson to come to Chicaeo W ednes day and bring a new bottle of the stuff. He also told him to bring evidence that hem tended to pay him for the job. Gibson an swered bv a telegram that ho would come to Chicaco Wednesday morning." D eWar met bim at the train and made an appointment to meet Gibson at the Grand Pacific The officers who wero watching De War followed Gibson to the hotel and arrested bim. In tho crip was a shirt, a few collars, a bottle of liquid and 100 shares of Whisky Trust stock assigned to DeWar. "I think the fluid is sulphuric acid and phos phorus." said Hart. "I know that as soon as it is exposed for a moment to the airit will ignite, in the box which Gibson gave to DeWar in January was a section of gun-barrel partly filled with oakum and cotton. What is tbe nature of tbe explosive in the barrel beneath the oakum 1 do not know."j HILL NOV IN A CORNER. . WATTEESON AHN0TOCES THAT HE DID WBITE THAT LETTEE. It Was Neither a Forgery, Nor Insulting, Nor Impertinent A Document Which the Humblest Democrat Was Justified in Sending to the Most Ambitious Party Leader. Louisville, Feb. 12. On returning to this city this afternoon Mr. "Watterson.in re sponse to some hundreds of telegrams which have come to Louisville in the last 21 hours, made the following statement for publica tion: LOUISVII.1.E, Kt., Feb. 12. I wrote the letter to Governor Hill and I was impelled to do so by motives the slncerest and mot disinterested. There appeared in many of the great newspapers last Sunday a sensa tional account of how a caucus of Senators bad resolved upon retiring Governor Hill from the Presidental arena, bow I bad been selected as tbe instrument of these senators and how I had dispatched him a letter potent enough to alter bis plans. Whence this fantastical story emanated I cannot divine, but it was so absurd, and did such injustice to both Governor Hill and my self, that I thought, as I still think", that there could be no objection on tbe part ol anybody to tbe publication of the truth, which flatly contradicted it. I was induced to this by tbe circumstance tbat Governor Hill seemed to have adopted a course suggested by considera tions alike honorable to his character and creditable to hisndgment; tho more so indeed, since the letter in qnestion furnished him and his friends impartial testimony to answer and refute a most odious and widely circulated cal umny. 1 confess that I am surprised tbat the Governor should make such -haste to disavow and disown a course which, however prompted, gratified every Democrat in the United States outside of the State of New York, removing him at once from the field of a mere political and self-seeking candidate, and placing him in the front rank of statesmen having tho good of their country and party at heart. I am equally distressed by tbe representation that Governor Hill should regard my plain, but friendly words, as impertinent and insult ing. I did sot so intend them. I cannot belp thinking that the same words might be with propriety addressed to him or to any Demo cratic aspirant by tbe humblest Democrat in tbe land, and still hope, that annoyed by a pub lication which anno) ed me as well, be has pro ceeded upon a misapprehension of the facts of the case. I can assure him that neither in the writine or printing of my letter was tnere any purpose to take an advantage of him, and least of all to do him injustice. I am no man's man, and exist in no man's interest. To use his own happy expression, "I am a Democrat" who has passed a lifetime in the service of principles and policies from which I have never sought the slightest personal recognition or reward. I am only humiliated by tbe reflection tbat tbis service was not sufficient in the estimation of G ovcrnor Hill to protect mo against his dis pleasure and in the harsh construction which be puts upon a genuine and not a forced letter, he visits me with what I must resard as un merited suspicion. Hexby AVattersox. NO RATE REDUCTION. THE PENNSYLVANIA SUCCEEDS IN DE FEATING ACTION. A Majority or One In Favor of the Station ing Iron Men, hut It Was Not Sufficient to Make a Change Another Vote to Be Taken by Mail. rFrECTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE TJISPATCn.J Chicago, Feb. 12. There was a long and hard fight in the Freight Committee of the Central Traffic Association to-day over the report of the sub-Committee on Iron, which declared in favor of re ducing rates on manufactured iron from Pittsburg to ChiMeo2Ji cents per 100 pounds and reducing tariffs from Malionlns Valley points in proportion. It was vigorously op posed by the Pennsylvania and the lines in Chicago and the Ohio River Traffic Associa tion, which were working in the interests of the Southern iron manufacturers. The Lake Erie and Western, and In fact nearly all the East and West lines, made a hard ficht to ge'. tho reduction authorized by the association. When a vote was taken it stood 14 to 13 in favor of redaction, but the narrow ma jority was insufficient. Many lines that were interested were absent from the mcetinc, and it was finallv decided that a full vote of all lines should also be made by mail. This will tako three or four days. It is believed tbat nearly all of the opponents to the reduction wero present whenthe vote was taken to-dav, while it is known that a large number of lines which have no votes are in favor of reducingtbe tariff, consequently the advocates of a reduction claim to be able to secure a large majority on full vote. Tbe committee agreed on a special commodity rate on railroad spikes in carloads, Pittsburg to Chicago, of 15 cents per 100 pounds, to take effect February 23. F0ESYTHE SUSTAINED. Ills Conduct at tho Battle of Wounded Knee Commended All Around. Washington, Feb. 12. The Secretary of War this afternoon made public tho result of the investigation of the battle of Wounded Knee and Colonel Forsythe's conduct on that occa sion. Indorsing the record of the court ot in quiry. General Miles scores Colonel Forsytbc in a merciless manner. He accuses Colonel Forsythe of neglect of drtv. disobedience of orders, general incompetence, and lack of judgment and discretion. General Schnficld, in indorsing the report, says that the interests of the service do not de mand the continuance of Colonel Forsvtho's suspension, and states that the record of the court shows that gfeat care was taken by the officers and enlisted men of the Seventh Cav alry, and that in his judgment "the conduct of tho regiment was well worthy of tho com mendation bestowed upon it by mo in my first telegram after tbo encagement." The Becre tary of War reviews the evidence taken at great lenetb, and in conclusion sustains fully Colonel Forsythe's management of his men. The President sustains Secretary Proctor in his decision. AN EX-TEEASUEEB VERY SH0ET. A Discrepancy of SG3,740 Found by an In vestigating Committee. Little Rock, Feb. 12. To-day the report of the joint committee appointed to investigate the State Auditor's and State Treasurer's books was adopted by both Houses of the Lecislature. They found tho amount of currency in the office of the Treasurer S63.710 less than the Auditor's books showed should be there, and recommends that cnminal proceedings be brought against ex-Treasurer Woodruff. AN INSOLVENT IE0N FIBM. Tho Stouhcnvillo Furnace and Iron 'Com pany Owes S51,GG7 57 Over Assets. rfrBCIAt. TELHGI1AM TO T31B DISrATOIf.. Cikcixnati. Feb. 12. According to the re port of Ernst Renin. Master Commissioner, tbe Steubcnville Furnace and Iron Company is in solvent. After its assets are exbansted tho re maining debts will amount to 51,657 57. This necessitates an assessment of 33 per cent against tbe stockholders, and the decreo was entered. A Freshet at Cincinnati. SrKCTAt. TKLEOEAM TO THE DISPATCn.t Cincinnati, Feb. 11 The river drove 60 families from their homes in this city tbis even ing. Farmers below are moving their llvo stock. E sB PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, WITH A SINGLE BLOW Cleveland Killed Free Coinage for This Congress and Probably COMMITTED POLITICAL SUICIDE. All Admire His Bold Frauknes3, but Demo crats Eula Him Oat. BOTH THE WEST AKD SOOTH UP IN AKSIS- FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. "Washington, Feb. 12. If anythiug were wanting to induce the Republican leaders to decide once and for all that there shall be no free silver coinage legislation enacted at this session, ex-President Grover Cleveland has supplied the lack in his let ter to the business men's mass meeting held at Cooper Institute in New York City last evening. The delight of the Eepublicau politicians and officeholders in the depart ments and in Congress knows no limit. The Democratic politicians of the East commend it as being frank and right, but injudicious in a candidate for President, while those of the South and West are very generally of the opinion that it is an almost fatal blow for the chances ot Mr. Cleveland as a candidate for 1892 unless the free coinage question can be taken out of the campaign, and they admit this can be done only by the passage of a free coinage bill at this session of Congress. Two influences have blocked the way of free coinage in the House. One is that of the banking and capitalist interests of the East ern and Middle States, the other is the de sire to keep the free coinage issue in the campaign of next year to divide the Eastern from the Southern and Western Democrats. The Sonth and West in Arms. The latter appears to have been a very strong reason. Tne animosity with which the Democrats of the South and West read Mr. Cleveland out of the party is astonish ing. Not one is found who will say that the letter has enhanced Mr. Cleveland's chances for the nomination, though all admit it will strengthen, him in the East, Ibut Mr. Boatner, oKlionisiana, made a significant answer to an expression oi mis feeling by the remark that "westward, not eastward, the star of Empire takes its way." Following are some of tbo expressions from Democrats ot tbe House of Representatives, principally from the South and West: Mr. Goodnight, of Kentucky The letter flat tens Mr. Cleveland outcompletely. The wonder to me is that that man was not condemned long ago. It was known lonz ago that ho was undemocratic on tho subject of silver. Mr. Heard, of Missouri It renders Mr. Cleveland unavailable as a candidate for tbe Presidency unless a free coinage meascre is passed at tbis session, thus eliminating the silver question from tbe next campaien, I did not share Mr. Cleveland's apprehensions about silver in 18S5, and I do not credit his prophecies now. Mr. Forman, of Illinois Mr. Cleveland can. not expect a renomlnation at the bands of tho Democracy after writing such a letter. Mr. Stewart, of Texas It ought to hurt him. It ought to prevent his renommation. Certnlno Be an Injury. Mr. Stone, of Kentucky The letter will in jure Mr. Cleveland very much with the Demo cratic party. 1 do not believe any Democrat who is opposed to free coinage can be elected President of the United States. Mr. Sayres, of Texas If the Democratic party stands by its platform it will result in an irreconcilable difference between it and Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Edmunds, of Virginia It means political death for Mr. Cleveland as far as tbe South and West are concerned. Mr. Quinn. of New York Tbo letter is a ble mistake.. It is especially inopportune at thl time. Mr. McDlammey. of North Carolina Cleve land ain't in It; he's dumped. General Wheeler, of Alabama It would have been better if Cleveland bad written a letter de clining tho nomination. Tbe Democratic party would not dare to nominate Cleveland in the face of tbat letter. The trouble with Grover Cleveland, it seems to me, is tbat he" is not in touch with the people. Tbat was his weakness when he was in tbe White House. Mr. Mutcbler. of Pennsylvania If a conven tion to nominate a Democratic candidate for the Presidency were to be called next fall Grover Cleveland would not be much of a factor, but it may be tbat by the fall following it will be seen that tbe men who are advocating free coinage are now wronsr. In that event the ex-President would occupy a strong position. Mr. Owens, or Ohio It Knocks Cleveland out of the fight. I would very unwillingly kill any man. I am theretore glad tbat Cleveland has committed harikari. Mr. Fithian, of Illinois Cleveland is out of the fight. Tho Pennsylvania State Chairman. Chairman Kerr, of tho State Democratic Committee of Pennsylvania, said very frankly that after tbe writing of such a letter Mr. Cleveland could not expect tho support of tho South and West, If tree coinage became an issue, and the prospect is that it will ne, tbe Cooper Institute letter wonld be used with fatal effect, and there would be no use of naming Mr. Cleveland in the convention. Mr. Bland, of Missouri, tbe daddy of the Bland dollar, was so disgusted he could hardly speak of the letter. "What is the use asking me?" be exclaimed; "You must know bow I feel about It. Will it affect his nomination? Well, either the West or Cleveland will have to take water, and it will not bo the West." Senator Vest, who was some months ago re ported to bavo a letter from Cleveland, iu which tbe latter recounted his opposition to free coinage ran awav from every correspond ent who approached him. When ho was at last cornered ho would only say: "I will not say a word, I am too disgusted to talk." In House and Senate it was a day of fun for the Republicans, and they unceasingly poked fun at the Democrats. General Grosvouor's cute move, which cot the letter inserted in the Jiecord, was received with shouts of laughter, and all day jokes flew tbick and fast, not ono of which were enjoyed by tho free coinage Democrats. The Letter Killed Free Coinage. It is u niversally agreed that if tho free coin ace bill ever had a chance of getting before tbe House Cleveland's letter has ruined that chance. Free coinage will be carefully packed away to be brought out as an issue noxt year. During the debatodn House, iu speaking to a verbal amendment. Mr. Hooker, of .Mississippi, referred to tho printing of Mr. Cleveland's letter in the Record, and said that for one, and speaking only for himself, ho was not disposed to permit that; letter to become a part of the Congressional Jiecord of the country without saving something in regard to it, so that bo might express the sentiment of the people be in part represented. 'He wished to sav (while ho would not call in question the opinion of men who differed with hiu) that there was no man in tbis country, whether he had held a dis tinguished position or whether be had an ambi tion to bold tbe highest position within the gift ot the American people (be he of one party or another), who could lay down the law to tho great masses of this country who thought for themselves. Applause.l In regard to the publication, he wished to say for himself, and he believed tor his constituents that they wanted tho free coinage of both metals. Whatever might be tho opinion of any one man. whether he bad occupied an eminent position in tho past, or expected to occupy it in the future, whichever might be the opinion ot any man (whether ho sat on the Republican or Democratic side), no one man had a right to speak for the great laboring interests of the country, which stood back and behind tbe Con stitution and law. Applause. Mr. Cannon 1 would like to ask the gentle man whether he is in favor of Mr. Cleveland for next President. Mr hooker I will say that I do not thinK tbat a man on the continent of America will ever be a candldato of the Democratic paity for President or tho United States who is opposed to tho free coinage ot silver. Ligmner. HONESTY AND BACKBONE. Tho Baltlmoro Sun Says They Are the Qual ities That Democrats Admire. Baltimore, Feb. 12. The Sun. of this city, will to-moirow say editorially: "Ex-President Cleveland speaks but with his accustomed couraceand lucidity. His words are not the words of a trimmer, but of a statesman who squares his conduct by bis convictions as to tbe publio interest. They will be distasteful to some Democrats, but they express honest opin- M$ FEBRUARY 13, 1891. ions and indicate backbone, and honesty and backbone are qualities tbo Democracy have ad mired ever sinco Jackson's time." DIFFERENCE OF OPINION UPON THE PUEP0SE AND EFFECT OF THE SILVEE LETTEE. Tvro Eastern Independent Democratic Jour nals Disagree in tho Most Radical Man ner Ono Praises Grover, While the Other Uses Strong Language. New Yoek, Feb. 12. The Sun will to morrow print editorially this: "Mr. Cleve land's letter to the Anti Silver Mass Meet ing at the Cooper Union is as disingenuous and amusing a document as has recently proceeded from his industrious pen. While primarily intended for the placation of his mugwump friends who have been inconveu ientlypersistent in their demands that Mr. Cleveland should 'dare to be a Daniel' on tho silver question, tho letter squints at the Southern and Western Democrats. Tho peril, in Mr. Cleveland's present view is not in a lib eral extension of the silver currency for 'We have demonstrated the usefulness of such an increase.' It is in 'Free, unlimited and Inde pendent silver coinage' that be sniffs disaster. Who demonstrated the usefulness of such an increase? True to the last to his destiny, Gro ver Cleveland dares only to be a stuffed Daniel on the silver question.-' A dispatch from Philadelphia savs: The Times to-morrow, under the head "A Man of Couragp," will sav: "There is one man whose name will go in history as tbe heroic statesman of his age; one man who dared to be right and tn speak for the right even at the cost of po litical success. In 1887 Grover Cleveland dared everything to rescue tho people from tbe most wanton taxes upon the wastes for the benefit of a few privileged classes. It cost him the Presi dency, but his teaching has triumphed by the largest popular majority of America on his tory. There was no special need for Grover Cleveland to speak on the silver issue beyond the inspiration of heroic manhood, but be would cease to be the Grover Cleveland who left the Presidency proud of defeat if he bad not spoken on free silver when opportunity presented." GEOVEE'S SELF-SACE1FICE. ne Know tho Sentiment of His Party and Ran Connter to It, St. Louis, Feb, 12. The St. Louis Kepublio will say editorially: "This is, of course, merely tho expression ot bis view as a single pri vato citizen. Far from attempting to speak as a party leader or to control tho party. Mr. Cleveland has waited until the attitude of the party became pronounced and unmis takable, and has then declared his private opinion. In 1SSS he renounced the Presidency and sacrificed his prospects of a second term in order to lead tho ficht for tariff reform. With out doubt his letter was written at this time to allow tho Democratic party fnll opportunity to unite on some other candidate if that wero done, and if a Western man was selected on a platform ot tariff re form and free coinage, Mr. Cleveland would undoubtedly use his utmost efforts to secure the success of his party." NEW OELEANS PAPEES S0EEY. They Think tho Ex-President Is Not In Accord With His Party. NEW Orleans, Feb. 12. The Ttmes-Demo-crat will say to-morrow : "Mr. Cleveland, in his Anderson letter, wherein be strongly op poses tbo silver bill now before the House and tbo freo coinage of silver, is not in accord with tbo sentiment of tbe Democracy of tbe country. The Democratic party can see no reason why silver should not be placed on a parity with cold. We regret exceedingly that Mr. Cleveland sbonld have wntten this letter." The Picayune to-morrow will say: "We cannot acree with Mr. Cleveland in his deliver ance on tbe silver qnestion, and we fear that he has placed himself, by his antagonism to a great popular demand, in a position that must bo considered hostile to tho interests of the agricultural communities and tbe masses of the people." j WILL DEFEAT THE AUTHOR, Tho Rocky Mountain News Thinks Cleve land Goose Is Cooked. Denver, Feb. 12. The Rocky Mountain News, in its leading editorial this morning, says: "Mr. Cleveland has dissipated all doubt as to his attitude upon the free coinage question in a letter to the Reform Clnb ot New York. Un questionably it is expected that Mr.CIoveland's expressed opposition will affect the votes of some Democratic members. Tbe letter was doubtless written to secure that end. How it will succeed time alono will tell. It is our opinion that it will bntstrengthen the devotion of every Democrat to the great cause of free coinage, and defeat Mr. Cleve land's chances for the Democratic Presidental nomination." PKAISE FOE CLEVELAND. Tho San Francisco Examiner Admires the Man, hat Despises His Doctrine. San Francisco, Feb. 12. Tbe Examiner says, editorially: "There is one good thing about Grover Cleveland, he never tries to keep tho people from knowing where ho stands. Whether his opinions bo popular or unpopular, he holds firmly and states them holdlv, regard less of consequences to himself. Mr. Cleve land's course on tho silver question is con sistent with his own record aud with that of every President who has occupied the Whito House within recent years, but we are confi dent if be had not been so enveloped by East ern influences be would havo reached a differ ent conclusion." CLEVELAND IS EXPLICIT. The Boston nerald Thinks ne Has Chosen Uie Right Position. BOSTON, Feb. 12. The Herald will say to morrow editomlly: "Ex-President Cleveland is amply explicit in discussing the silver ques tion. The letter he sent to the Reform Club is not onlv concise but graphic. Tbe language in it is well chosen throughout. It does justice to Mr. Cleveland by placing hlra on exactly the right ground on this subject." A MADDENED CEOWD'S FUBY. Men, .Women and Children, Goaded by Police, Storm a Big Factory. Newark. N. J., Feb. 12. Riot and bloodshed occurred at Clark's thread mills at Kearney at 0 o'clock tbis evening. When tho non-union spinners quit work they wero carried over tbe river from tho Newark side in a launch, and when they landed on the Kearney side they wero met by a throng of 2,090 persons, men, women and children hoodlums predominating. When they landed at tbo dock a mighty yell went up, and tbere was continued booting' and howling till the men wero safely inside. When the spinners got insido the gate a boy on the dock threw a stone over the fence, and Gregory and bis special officers attempted to rush out on tbe crowd. Chief Turnbull. of the Kearney police, then ordered tbe specials back, threat ening to arrest them for disorderly conduct, and they retired. Immediately after, a woman in the crowd threw a stone, smashing the mill office window. Thereupon tho specials rushed out on tbe crowd, flourishinc their revolvers and shootins in the air and into the ground. Tho crowd surged back, but flung a shower of stones which crashed through tbe mill windows. Yell ing and window-breaking were kept up until tbe tumult attracted hundreds oi men and women from Newark. For halt a mile along tho river front there stretched a mass of hu manity. Men insido tho mills played a lino of hose on tbociowd. Tho descondlug streamer water made tho anrry crowd more angry, and the window smashing out. several girls wero crusbed, and one was clubbed. Annio Rich mond, aged 9, was shot throueb tho foot oy a special who shot downward. There is scarcely an undamaged sash in tbe wholo mill. There is likelihood of a worse riot to-morrow night.and the probabilities are that the fnilttia will be called out. SPELL1IAN, THE MAIL E0EBEE. Ho Waives Examination and Is Taken Back to Chicago. St. PAUL, Feb. 12. John Spellman. arrested at the Astoria Hotel on a cnarge of having robbed tbe mails, bad an examination to-day before Commissioner Spencer. He waived a bearing and consented to return to Chicago without a requisition, on tho advice of his father, with whom Spellmau's attorney bad communicated by telegraph. Spellman was taken to Chicago to-night. mifa IN THE LION'S GEASP. O'Brien and Dillon Voluntarily Sur render to the British Police. PAKNELL'S PMENDS GREET THEM, But There Is a Terr Significant Absence of the McCarthyites. DUKE OP ORLEANS AGAIN IN A SCEAPE TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.1 London, Feb. 12. As announced in these dispatches last night, O'Brien and Dillon have voluntarily surrendered to tbe British lion, and left Folkestone this after noon in charge of the police, arriving at Charing Cross station at 5:50, accompanied by several iriends, inclnding many ladies. The police were not visible. The small gathering at the station included Colonel John P. Nolan, M. P. for Gal way; Mr. John 0'ConnoT,representing Tipperary; James J. O'Kelly, member for Koscommon, and the Marquis of Carmarthen. Mr. Dillon told a Dunlap representative that he had not the slighest idea what their movements would be or to what inn they would be taken. Both gentlemen appeared to be enjoying excellent health and were in the best of spirits. Significant Feature of the Reception. The significance of their reception con sisted in the fact that the members of Par liament awaiting them were all Parnellites, cot a single member of the McCarthy party being seen. There was no demonstration as the distinguished prisoners alighted, and not the smallest effort at cheering. There was a considerable amount of handshaking and many inquiries after their health. Inspector Littlecbild tben escorted the two gentlemen to a fourwbeeled cab, and tbe wbole party, with the exception of Mrs. O'Brien, who left tho station on foot in company with Mr. Gill, were driven to Scotland yard. Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, although they were booked for sleeping berths bv tbe Irish mail leaving Enston station at 820 to-night, have not ar rived at the station. A large crowd of Nation alist members, priests and tbo general public assembled to bid them goodby. It is now stated they will leave at 7:15 to-morrow morning. At the long-heralded anti-Farncllite confer ence to-day Mr. McCarthy made a statement which was not acrimonious but cordial. Dur ing th9 progress of tbe meeting a number of telegrams from absent membeis were received and read. Tbese messages stated that the senders were detained in Ireland and that tbey deplored tbe rupture of the negotiations look ing to a settlement ot tbe troubles in the party. Assnranoes Given by the Liberals. Mr. McCarthy, in the course of the meeting. referred to a report prepared in conjunction with Mr. Sexton in the course of the negotia tions over tbo Liberal assurances in regard to land and to the police. The meeting passed resolutions of regret at tbe falluro of the nego tiations and then took a recess. It was decided to convene the National Com mittee immediately at Dublin in order to deal with tbe situation. During the meeting Mr. McCarthy quoted passaees from tbe report on the course of the negotiations over the "Liberal assurances in regard to land and the police and said: "We felt confident that the assurances of Sir. Gladstone ana his colleagues would not be long delayed, even if no further inqniry was addressed to them. But we thought it desira ble to expedite assurances by communications requesting a statement of tbelr policy in regard to tho settlement of the land question and the final control of tbe police. We submitted pa cific questions and asked for a prompt decision. After a few days a paper was placed in our hands with the intimation that it embodied provisions With Reference to Land and Police which Mr. Gladstone and his colleagues regard ltfcs their anty to- Insert in tbe hometule bill and treat as essential provisions. Tbis response was made in view of our position tbat it was inconsistent to grant borne rule while confining the laws relating to land to the Imperial Par. liament, excluding them from the Irish Lecis lature; that tbe land question was to either be settled by the Imperial 'Parliament simul taneously with tbe establishment ot home rule, or that power to deal with it be committed to the Irish Parliament. Regarding the police, we kept in view tbe statement made by Mr. Gladstone introducing tbe bill of 1883, tbat he and his colleague had no desire to exempt the polico in their final form from the ultimate con trol of tho Irish Legislature. In our opinion tbe completo organization of tbe civil force by the Irish Government to replace the armed po lice ought not to require more than five years, during which tbe present police would undergo a rapid transformation and finally disappear." Mr, McCarthy and Mr. Sexton havo issued a brief official statement declaring tbat the Bou logne negotiations were conducted upon their sole responsibility, uninfluenced bv any other members of their section, and specifically upon the basis tbat Mr. Parnell's leadership was im possible. Mr. Sexton adds: "Mr. McCarthy and myself had interviews this evening with Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, who declared that in their judgment we have done all that men could do to arrive at a friendly issue." To this Mr. Condon adds: "I also had an in terview this evening with Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien repeated what be had said to Messrs. McCarthy and Sexton. Mr. Dillon expressed himself as strongly against Parnell's leadership as any member of the Mc Carthy section, saying that under no possible circumstances would be ever again servo nnocr Mr. Parnell, aud tbat rather than do so, he would quit politics altogether." PRINCE BAUDOLN'S DEATH. It Was Caused by a Ballot From a Jealous Husband's Revolver. rnr ddnlap's cable compant.i Paris, Feb. 12. The Inlransigeant gives an explanation of the singularly rapid evolution of tbe pulmonary and nephritic disease of which Princo Baudoin died. According to this version, the Princo wanted to make a love match with a young lady of noble family and not to marry th King's youngest daughter. A stop was put to this romance by the lady's marriige with another. Nevertheless, she and the Prince continued to see each other in secret. At one of their meetings tbe husband discovered them and flred off a revolver at the Prince. Tho ballet lodged in tho lumbar re gion and caused a long continued hemorrhage, which utterly depleted tbe unfortunate Prince and so caused bis deatb. Tbe Belgian legation protest against this ver sion of the affair and utterly denies tbat there is any shred of truth in it. JACK THE RIPPER AGAIN. One of His Horrible Crimes Discovered In London This Morning. London, Feb. 13. At an early hour this morninc the body of a youDg woman was discovered in a secluded locality in Chambers street. She had been horribly gashed with a sharp instrument. Nothing is yet known as to who she isgir who her murderer was. Tho woman's head had been severed almost entirely from the body, and it was a ghastly spectaclo that met those who viewed the remains. Detectives quickly began a search for tho murderer. Tne poor creature bad evidently been de coyed to tho place of her death in the same wav that the other victims of "Jack the Ripper" had been, but the officers havo not traced the murderer. Hotels, boardine places and public houses of all descriptions have been vainly searched. That Jack tho Ripper is tho murderer is not doubted. USED STRONG LANGUAGE. Tho Prince ol Wales Violently Upbraided ' Sir Gordon for Cheating. rnr dunlap's cahle coMPAirr.i London, Feb. 12. The role played by the Princo of Wales in tho present baccarat scan dal is evidently regarded by the pnblic as ot more interest than the rights and wrongs of tho principal actor. It is stated to-day that the Prince spoke sharply to Sir Gordon Cumming on tbe occasion of the alleged discovery of tbe latter's attempted cheating, using very strong language which tbat contlemen keenly re sented. His Royal Highness afterward Induced Sir DO YOU JAT GOULD IS COMING, But lie Has Waited Until lie Secured a Road of His Own. Gordon to sign tbe paper promising not to play again, which is said to have been done at mid night in a moment of panic and agitation. Tbe Prince tben locked the doors and pledged tbe five players to secrecy. FLIGHT INTO RUSSIA, J. THE DUG D'OELEANS HAKES AN UN. NOUNCED CALL ON THE CZAB. .1 The Russian Emperor Somewhat JEmbar rassed by the Visit, hat Mattfrrs Are Smoothed Over The Escapades of the Duke Annoying His Royal Father. 7-"- 3? TBT DDNLAP'S CAy ""tT.l London, Feb. la-- --fe'Orleans has gone to Eussia witfio-w. A Q " of l.!- ..il..... .1... n.. -. -3 T,..r.t . f) 1113 labucr. luc uuuibe uc jrwiv- - alinr nnrla. l-i tifln nt f?tifro rtt v?- & At first the Czar was somewhat embarraaV at the unexpected visit of fee heir of the French Pretender, and his first impulse was to ignore it, but a letter from the Princess YValdemar, of Denmark, ifseems to have smoothed matters over. The young man was in consequence invites to lunch at the Winter Palace yesterday add will hereafter not be overlooked by the couit officials having tbe arrangements ot imperial functions. These escapades on tbe part of tbe impulsive Prince are a source of intense annoyance to bis father, whose timidity and shrinking from pub licity are well known. The Duke has now in formed tbe Comte tbat in cltposlng a wife he will consult only bis own inclinations, and that if he meets at any of the courts of Europe a princess to his liking, he will propose. In case he shonld not be so fortunate, ne will wed a girl of good lineage, who is already a Roman Catholic, or who is willing to espouse her hus band's religion. Tbe Duke is said to be deeply attached to a young lady belonging to one of tbe best fami lies in England, but who has no fortune and does not appreciate her royal admirer. Tbe latter is evidently designed to play a peculiar and original part In the private history of tbe royal houses of Europe. His moral sense is very high, but he has a very decided will ot his own. FE0M OLD W0ELD CAPITALS. Flashes by Cable From All Parts of Europe and Elsewhere. .Empreor William was the guest of tbe French Embassy at Berlin last night. HereUiibe, the Munich painter, has re- Hekr Benniqsen has been appointed Presi dent of the Organizing Committee of the German exhibition in London. It is learned that the conspirators under ar rest at Sofia, Bulgaria, for plotting against Prince Ferdinand are friends of the late Major Fanitra, who was executed for plotting to de pose the Prince. Of the six men wanted three, Inclnding the leader, escaped. STILL A DARK MYSTERY. THE CAUSE OF AUGUSTA BESS'S DEATH NOT YET FATHOMED. Her Body to Be Sent to Enropo for Burial The Reticence of a Consul Connec tion of Virginia Hnox With tho Tragic Affair. New Yop.k, Feb. 12. The mystery sur rounding the d:ath of Mme. Augusta Berg at the Metropolitan Hotel, details of which were given in The Dispatch of Wednes day, is impenetrable. Coroner Levy, who has charge of the case, has collected all tbe evidence to be had, bnt the motive for sui cide, if suicide It was, is still unknown. The inquest will be held early next week, bnt the evidence that the death resulted from an overdose of morphine is so conclnsive that the Coroner has de cided an autopsy unnecessary. The body remains under the care of Christopher Bavn, the Swedish Consul, and is still at the un dertaking establishment on Spring street, to which it was removed from the hotel. It was yesterday prepared for shipment to Stock holm. Consul Ravn, in the afternoon, received an answer to his cable message to Madam Berg's brother, the Director Generator the Govern ment Railways in Sweden, but bo refused to say what directions as to the disposal of the body he had received. Consul Ravn still in sisted that the deatb was due to accidental poisoning. He said he regretted the publicity which had already been given the affair and he absolutely refused to say anything more con cerning the case. The World savs: Mme. Berg's mental an guish resulting from tbe companionship with Miss Virginia Knox, wife ot tbe so-called Count dl Montercole, still remains the only ap parent motive for suicide. Whatever Miss Knox's conduct was while In New York, and Mme. Berg's letters, the young woman was shielded in every way possible by Mme. Berg, and even at tho hotels where she was a guest it was made to appear tbat she had behaved ber splf with the strictest propriety. Mme. Berg met the young wifo ol Di Mon tercole abroad, and 'the acquaintance ship was renewed in New York. At the Westminster Hotel Miss Knox, as she after ward chose to bo called, registered on Decem ber 12. 18W, as Mrs. Virginia Knox. Her mother was with her, and registered as Mrs. W. W. Knox. Tbey were assigned, tbe mother to room No. 113 and the dauchter to room No. 114. Mme. Berg called upon them a few days after their arrival, and frequently dined with them. Miss Knox lelt the Westminster on December 27. and it was then that tho hotel and bar bill, which Mr. Bausman complained of so bitterly in a letter was sent to bim. Mrs. Knox left New York on tbat date and her daughter went to the Metro politan Hotel to live with Madam Berg. Madam Berg undoubtedly considered her self seriously compromised by the young woman's actions. In writing to Miss Knox's mother she agreed with her tbat tho girl was not entirely responsible, hinting broadly that there was some mental disorder. Miss Kcox disappeared after that. Where she now is has not yet been learned. A rOSTMASTEE MISSING. Ho Rifled Registered Lettors and Says He Will Commit Snlclde. Shkepshead Bat, N. Y., Feb. 12. W. W. Tredwell, tho postmaster at Sheepshead Bay, has decamped. It has been discovered that be broke open registered letters and has not set tled his accounts with the department for some time. He left a note with his wife to send bis father, in which be stated tbat be was going to kill himself. A Postofflce Inspector Is making an investigation of tbe office, and until he makes his report It will not be Known what Is tbe amount ot the deficiency. WANT A SITUATION? NUMBERS OF GOOD OPENINGS ADVERTISED EVERY HORNING EY THE COLUMNS OF THE DISPATCH. -THREE CENTS. A Inman Acknowledges That He Has Secured Jay Gould an Option on THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO. Sudden Move ""of the President of Louisville and Nashville. SENATOR BKICE IN THE SCHE11E. Expressions From Railway Magnates Throughout the Country. STATEMENTS OP TITTSBDEG PEOPLE The announcement made exclusively in Pittsburg jnTnK Dispatch of the new transcontinental railway system formed by Jay Gould, in which this city is to be an im portant factor, has awakened the greatest interest from one end of tbe country to the .other. A special telegram from Kew York says: Mr. John Inman, President of the Rich mond and West Point Terminal system, came out authoritatively and verified the statement that he had placed in Mr. Gould's hands an option on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Mr. Inman said that he wanted it nnderstood that pleasant relations still exist between the Gonld-Inman party and the Pennsylvania Company. But he inti mated that, as Mr. Gould had fortified him self by several skillful moves and had se cured an advantage over the Pennsylvania, was fair and business-like that he shonld yhat he could out of this advantage. Joth Placed on an Equal Footing. i jf r r i-. inman said: "Mr. uould aoes not want to substitute the Baltimore and Ohio route for the Pennsylvania as a connecting line for the Richmond Terminal between New York and Washington. What I had in mind when I said that the Richmond Terminal would get a better entrance into New York was tbat we hope to have two strings to onr bow; that the Pennsylvania will submit to the Baltimore and Ohio standing on an eqnal footing. At present the Pennsylvania gets practically every thing from our 8,700-mile system, and we are not satisfied with the service tbat we get. Is does better for the Atlantic Coast line and the Chesapeake and Ohio than for us. They get vestibule trains, while we get through "sleepers only. We want through trains from New York to the principal Southern points." Both Mr. Inman and Eusseli Sage, who are interested in most of Mr. Gould's schemes, admitted the consolidation of rail roads north of the Ohio river, which will serve as a protection to the Southern Trans continental system and also furnish entrance kfor the Southern roads into Northern cities, such a3 Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland and Pitt3burg. Mr. Sage said that the Northern combination, which Messrs. Brice and Thomas are arranging, would probably re main distinct from the Bichmoud Terminal system, on account of the natural division Acting in Perfect Harmony with Messrs. Inman and Gould, and all the purposes of nnion will be served. Nor will the roads east and west of the Mississippi river come closer together, except in the way of traffic But Mr. Gould and Mr. Inman will endeavor to make each territorial division as compact as possible, and tbe pnblic may expect to see new railroads added to the combination from time to time during the next The attitude of tbo Louisville and Nashville Railroad toward tho Gould-Inman alliance is becoming interesting, in view of President Eckstein Norton's bndden resignation yester day at the meeting of his Board of Directors. Rumors have assigned all sorts of reasons other than tho simple one in regard to his health and private interests, which he set forth in his let ter to tbe directors. The New York bureau of The Dispatch has authentic information tbat an arrangement was made between tbe Richmond Terminal and tbe Louisville and Nashville systems prior to tbe recent flurry in Wall street. It was tempo rarily dropped at that time. Afterward, when Mr. Gould and Mr. Inman had reached an understanding abont tbe organization of the Southern territory, they decided tbat tbe Louis ville and Nashville was a necessary factor. It was not essential that Mr. Gould and tbe Rich mondTerminal should absorb orlease the Louis ville and Nashville. But tbey had to bind it down by some traffic arrangement in order to force their terms npon the Pennsylvania Rail road for the Pennsylvania with the co-operation of tbe Louisville and Nashville, conld make a strong opposition in tbe South. It is believed that Mr. Gould gave Mr. Norton to understand that he was expected to fall into line. A Battle of the Giants. Bnt about tbis time the Pennsylvania peopla saw the game, and straightway strong pressure was brought to bear to preserve tbe Louisville and Nashville's independence.not to say that the Pennsylvania might like to have a controlling interest itself in Mr. Norton's system. Mr. Norton found himself between two fires, and whichever side be favored be was sure to have trnunle. One story is tbat Mr. Norton really wished to make an arrangement with bis old friend, Mr. inman, for harmonizing tbe Louis ville and Terminal systems, when there sud denly developed a strong counter-current in the Hoard of Directors opposing tbe close com pact with any one line or combination. II they should make such a compact there would bo a breach with tbe Pennsylvania Rail road from which tbe Louisville and Nash ville gets a great deal of business. Mr. Norton recognized the hand of Mr. Roberts. August Belmont. Jr.. is said to have beaded tbe opposi tion. Thereupon Mr. Gould was displeased. Tbat part of bis great scheme was checkmated, and an ill wind blew in tbe direction of Mr. Norton. So ho found it safest to- retire from office and let younger men guide the road be tween tbe warring magnates. Information comes from Baltimore of further additions to the Richmond Terminal-Baltimore and Ohio alliance in the South. It seems pretty sure tbat tbe Norfolk and Western, which is one of tbe mo3t progressive systems in the South, has been taken in. although tnere mav be no more than a close traffic agreement with the Baltimore and Oblo and the Ricbmond Trrminal. Some think tbat Messrs. Gould and Inman havo a personal Interest in Norfolk and Western stock, which gives them control. But this isn't necessary. The Norfolk and Western cannot afford to antag onize the Gculd-Inman consolidation. The Norfolk and Wetern is a natural exten sion of tho East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia. They were at Bristol, Tennessee, and Norfolk and Western, over its recently ac- ? uired Shenandoah Valley route, extends to lagerstown. Maryland, where it connects with the Pennsylvania system for Philadelphia and New York. 'I he Norfolk and Western's main line extends from the seaboard at Norfolk across tho length of Virginia to Elkborn, West Virginia, and by the construction of a link to tbe Ohio river, the Scioto Valley road will let it into Columbus, Ohio. Tbe present mileage of tbe Norfolk and Western is 1.437 miles. It will greatly benefit Mr. Inman's system in reaching the seaboard. Tho Feeling nt Other Points. An Associated Press dispatch from Baltl moro says: Tbe absence from this city of almost all of tho Baltlmoro and Ohio Rail road officers, who are now on a tour of in spection of the Pittsburg and Western Rail road, makes it impossible here to get confirma tion or contradiction from them of the state ment published in New York, that Jay Gould has an option on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. General Orlaud Smith. First Vice President ot tbe Baltimore and Ohio, this afternoon said: "So tar as I know there is nothing whatever in tbe reports tbat Jay Gould has secured an op tion on the Baltimore and Ohio." A dispatcn from Philadelphia says: President NEWSYSTEM SURE 4 i i -J m m v ,if. J'A'. -&- t$a ..&&&;: in. - SSt s&a. . 4l!kA,kiLTjLisSS Ijj.i.i,1.i.i
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