THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1891.
A iSSIOEAIB
Now Being Searched for in the
Storm Throughout the
English Channel.
THE CHIEF OFFICER LANDS
Iy Means of a Lifeboat to Secure
Aid for tlie Imperiled Vessel.
KAVAGES UrOX THE LAND AXD SEA
3he Effects of the Blizzud Very Disastrous
Ml Over Europe.
I'ECDLIAK LE1TEK OF EX-EI.NG MILAN
LO"D02r, March 13. The Hamburg
American liuc steamship Suevia, from Kew
York February 20, for Hamburg, which was
reported yesterday as being in a disable.!
condition CO mile! olf the Lizird, is, as this
dispatch is scut, sull breasting the chan
nel seas without anything definite beiiijr
knows as to her exact condition. Particu
lars have however been received as to the
nature of the accident which has happened
to her by the chitf officer, who landed at
Plymouth under considerable difficulty.
From tlie chief officer's report it appears
that the low pressure conducting wheel was
found to b; broken when the Suevia was off
J'rawle Point near Start Point, the south
ernmost point of Devonshire on Monday
last. At the time this accident occurred a
strong east wind was blowing and a heavy
sea was running. The Suevia consequently
drifted down the channel and exuerienced
dreadful weather during the whole of Mon
day night and Tuesday, then towards the
afternoon, her signals of distress were re
sponded to, and a small Londonstcamer, the
Acme, which was proceeding down the
channel, went to the big steamship's assist
ance. Unable to Tow the Itlg One.
After steaming up alongside the Suevia
and puttinsr his vessel's head to the wind,
lhe Acme's Captain and the Commander of
the Suevia exchanged views upon the situa
tion. The Suevia's Commander wanted the
Acme to at least try to tow the Ilamburg
Atnerican vessel to Plymouth or Dartmouth,
but the Optain of the Loudon steamer de
cided that his vessel was too small to even
attempt to tow such a large steamship as the
Suevia against the gale which was blowing.
.as it might result in disaster to the smaller
I steamer.
Finally the chief officer of the Suevia was
put oil from that .ship in a lifeboat and was
put on board a pilot boat which had been
craving the storm in search of vessels bound
up channel. The pilot boat's Commander
tcadily consented to make an attempt to
land the Suevia's chief officer at Plymouth,
and eventually succeeded in so doing, reach
ing thui place on Wednesday night, alter
rereivmg a terrific pounding from the sea.
The caief ofiicpr immediately upon land
ing placed himself in communication with
the Hamburg-American line agents, with
the result that a powerful channel tug, the
Itncatoii. was sent out ot Plymouth in search
of the disabled. The Imcatou experienced
very bad weather while searchins the chau
ep! for the missing ocean liner, being re
peatedly swept lore and aft bv the waves.
tDie eventual result was that the tug was
compelled to pnt into Fjlmoutb yesterday,
laving faiied to find any trace of the Suevia.
Another rarch to Be Made.
The Hamburg-American lines' agents,
however, lo not intend to give up the
search. Tliey no sooner heard of the return
of the Imcaton and that her mission had no
been successful than they made arrange
ments to sena another and more powerful
channel tug out from Southampton. The
new search vesel left Southampton this
Morning, and after calling at Plymouth lor
the chitf officer of the Suevia, put to sea in
the hope oi falling in with the disabled
.steamer
Any number of disasters are reported on
both land and sea. AVhile throughout the
London uistiict a thaw has set in, there are
110 signs it a moderation in the severity of
Ihewcatner in the Southwest of England.
A iieaw snow storm prevailed last night in
Devonshire and Cornwall, considerably
adding to the sufferings of the farmers ot
those counties, and still further impeding
the resumption of traffic on the railroads in
the southwest. As for the country roads,
they arc utterly impassible, huge snow
drifts completely preventing anv communi
cation between the different towns and vil
lages. This state of affairs is naturally very
severe ujion the villages which depend
almost nlirelv upon the towns in their
neighborhood for supplies of food and fuel.
Id tact, in the cases of a number of these
Email villages their isolation is already
causing considerable anxiety, as actual
starvation stares them in the face should the
weather not inodeiate shortly sufficiently to
allow them to be revictualed.
Lhe Moik Trozeii to Death.
In addition to the enormous losses suf
fered by the farmers in sheep and cattle
which have either been frozen to death in
lhe fields, or which have been smothered be
neath the mountainous suowdiifts to be
found on all sides, large numbers of horses
have perished in a like manner. In the
majority of villages and the smaller snowed
tip towns, all the shops and schools are
closed, lor it is impossible for the school '
children to venture out of doors, and shop
pers now have more serious matters to con
Bider than the purchase oi goods, be they
ever so attractive.
One of the curious incidents of the storm
was the snowing up, near Exeter, of'onc of
those old-fashioned four-horse coaches, which
still do duty in uiauy parts of England in
de'ault of more modern methods of transit.
The unfortunate passengers of this particu
lar coich were compelled to camp by the
roadside near the snowbound coach. They
tried to make themselves as comfortable as
possible, built a larire fire, improvised a rude
hut, nude of branches torn from trees bor
dering on the highway, and kept up their
spirits as best they could. In spite of their
sflorts to make the best of a bad job, the al
liio&t entire lack of food among the party
on reduced them to a state of semi-starvation.
'When rescued, the entire party was
bailv frozen and in a state of complete ex
haustion. Again a mail train was snowed up near
Dousland, in Devonshire, and so remained
for two tntire days. When it became evi
dent that there was no means of moving the
train on to Dousland, or of returning the
way it had come, the railroad porters and
the conductor, auer a conference with the
passenger", decided to try to push into Dous
land on .ooi, in order to at least obtain sup
plies of provisions for the passengers. and.if
possible, to hriuj them some kind of sleighs
orother conevanecs which would enable
Ihcm to reach places of shelter.
Passengers in n Had War.
Thereupon the railroad men started on
their long, cold journey, and, after terrible
suffering, managed to reach Dousland in
Ea'ety. But upon arrival there they were
unable to return, and, in addition, so terri
bly was the storm raging, they were unable
to persuade others to form a rescue party.
During this time the hali-frozn passengers,
who included a i umber of ladies among
them, were half perished. They built fires
near the cars and heated the water tank
ioot-w.irmers, the only means ot heating
English railroad cars, and thus did their
best to keep themselves warm, but with lit
tle success, such was the intense cold pre
vailing. When, after 48 hours or this distressing
experience, the passengers were finally
rescued they were in a pitiable condition,
the ladies especially. So horribly did the
ladies suffer that a "number of them are at
Dousland confined to their beds and under
treatment, while several of the male pas
sengers suffered almost as much from the
exposure and want of food which they had
endured.
The adventures of the passengers who
were snowed up near Dousland can serve as
an illustrations of the adventures and suf
fering which fell on the lot of the passengers
on board of a number of other trains which
were caught out in the snow storm. Large
numbers of people had experiences similar
to those of the Dousland .mail train, while
many others still had narrow escapes from
more serious tioubles by the dangers of
trains colliding with trees, crushed across
the railroad tracks by the weight of snow
upon them. As it was, several trains were
derailed by coming in collision with trees
thus hurled across the rails, but no loss of
life happily is reporteJ from this cause.
A State of Complete Isolation.
West Cornwall has been in a state of com
plete isolation since Monday last. The first
communication with that district wasopened
up to-day. Of course, the facts which have
come to light in connection with snowed up
trains, and particularly in connection with
snowed up vehicles, such as coaches and
carriages, only give some idea of what has
actually taken place, lor hundreds at least
of such conveyances have been snowed up at
various points, and the experiences of many
of them will never be told.
When the storm of the latter cart of
December, 1890, tied up traffic in England
and on the continent, the weather prophets
proclaimed that it was the most severe
weather within the memory of the oldest in
habitants, but now the same prophets an
nounce that the present storm is the most
severe experienced in 50 rears.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg, say::
Floods which have followed the recent heavy
snowstorm, have destroyed one-half of the
winter crops in. many places in Southwest
Russia. The Vistula has overflowed its
banks and has inundated a great part of
Warsaw. The inhabitants of that city are
in distress, owing to the floods, the severity
of which can be judged from the fact that
the rortificatioiis have been in parts de
stroyed by the risnig waters.
A ROAST FROM MILAN.
THE EX-KING OF SERVIA. PITCHES IKTO
A FORMEE MINISTER.
lie Accuses Him of Rank Treachery and
llusc Ingratitude, Besides Many Other
Things The Secret of a Double Official
Murder Darkly Hinted At.
1BT DCM.Ar'S CABLE COMrANT.I
London-, March 13. The following is a
translation of the letter written by King
Milan to M. Milutine Carashanine, ex
Prcsident of the Council of Ministers, and
political director of the Privy Council of
Belgrade:
Sir I only this morning read the letter you
addressed to me on Sunday last, which, ac
cording to your own showing, you desired
should reach me at Glelsenberg lu September,
1SSS. Your monarclnal principles hare cer
tainly undergone a strawre transformation. I
profoundly regret that 1 did not receive it wnen
ousay it was written. It might hare helped
me then to take your measure to-day.
During the two yean since my abdication 1
allow ed m self to"te daily attacked by you and
by those who inspire jou. The parties wntch
von formerly resisted had at least the courage
to contend franklyaud openly against their
sovereign. lean no longe- dl'cnss political
questions, nor can I now pass judgment uprn
the work of the party, which, as Minister and
President, vou headed. While I was the reieu-
ing sovereign I publicly expressed to that
P'irty my gratitude, and from a chiralric mo
tive 1 have taken oeiore me people anu iuo
countrv the responsibility for its seven year's
rule. This responsibility I never declined,
while vnu have tried to recover for yourself
political virginity at my expense.
You should have held your tongue, for in
your political history and on the banner which
3 ou bear there is a mystery which will be more
interesting for tne history of Servia than the
fantastic prose in which you to-dsy are Indulg
inc. It will be necessary for you to explain
(and this may be the cause of your personal
attitude toward myself in these later years, and
of your actual attitude toward the crown k and
toward those who, m the name of the crown,
are governing the country), how It was and why
that, after the pistol shot lired by Helen Markc
vitch in the open cathedml of lielgradp, under
your Government, the author and accomplice
in that crime bo.h died in prison, one strangled
and the other smothered.
This, sir, is the first public word I have ad
dressed to you since my abdication; it shall be
the last. 1 leave it to the history of the coun
try to judge jou as jou deserve. Minx,
Count of Takoa, ex-King of Servi
via.
A HOUSE BESIEGED,
In Which Lies the Body of a Man His Rela
tives Fear to Burj.
TBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COMPAXT.l
London, March 13. An extraordinary
affair at Tooling, a suburb of London, has
caused great excitement. A retired gentle
man named Warsgrave, aged 51, has been
lying in bed since Wednesday, March 4,
being to all appearance dead. The local
authorities naturally ask why he has cot
been interred, to which his relatives reply
by saying that they were afraid to bury him
lest he should prove to be in a trance. It
appears that some time ago Mr. Warsgrave
expressed the wish that should he ever be
found lying in bed unconscious and appar
ently lifeless, his burial should be delayed
as long as possible, as a lew yenrs-igo he
was supposed to be dead and all the prepa
rations for the funeral had been made when
he recovered consciousness iu the nick of
time.
The authorities are puzr!ed, and may de
lay interment until signs of dissolution are
apparent. Meantime the facts have jot
abroad and the residence of tbis unfortu
nate gentleman is surrounded by curious
crowds.
SCULLY TRIES AGAIN.
Defeated in One Election, He Will Stand for
Another District.
Dublin, March 13. It is stated that
Vincent Scully, the Parnellite who recently
unsuccessfully contended for the seat in
Parliament, representing North Kilkenny,
against Sir John Pope Henntssy, the Mc
Carthyite, will contest for the seat repre
senting North Sligo, made vacant by the
death to-day of Peter McDonald.
It is also understood that MacDermott,
Queen's counsel, a supporter of Mr. Mc
Carthy, will enter the lists against Mr.
Scully.
Will Contest the Seat.
BT DUSLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.3
Dublin, March 13. The death of Peter
MacDonald, a member-of Parliament for
North Sligo, is sure toTiefollowed by a con
tested election. "Vincent Scully is said to
be the Parnellite and Macbermot the Mc
Carthyite candidate. Mr. MacDonald was
a supporter of McCarthy and his action in
the crisis met with the unqualified approval
of the voters.
no I'orjtcd a Will.
TBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMrAXTl
Liverpool, March 13. William Cook,
who was arrested in America, was arraigned
in a Police Court, charged with forging and
uttering a will purporting to be that of
Barge Harver, a licensed victualer of this
town. The charge being supported by evi.
dence, the prisoner was remanded.
Sentenced to Death.
tlfr PUULAP'S CAULS COMrAST.3
Livekpool, March 13. At the Liver
pool Assizes to-day, Arthur Edward' Pen
lold was found guilty and sentenced to be
habped for the murder of Margaret Stewart,
by stabbing. The crime took" place duriug
December last, and was committed in a cab.
A Noted French Poet Dead.
inr ptJNLAr's cable compact.)
Paeis, March 13. Theodore de Banville,
one of the most accomplished versifiers and
poets of the century, died suddenly at 1
o'clock tbis morning ot cerebral congestion.
Hi dramatic work was distinguished by ex
quisite grace and felicity of expression.
ANGRY DEPOSITORa
They Threaten to Tear the Embarrassed
Paris Bank to Pieces.
fBT DUNLAr'S CABLE COUPAKT.l
Pakis, March 13. The run on the Societe
des Depots et Comptes Courants was so
serious this morning that payments were
suspended for a quarter of an hour while
money was brought from neighboring estab
lishments. One depositor who demanded
his money refused to accept a check on the
Bank of France, and insisted on having
notes. He was compelled to wait while the
check was being changed.
Great confusion existed in the main hall
of the establishment, which was thronged
by anxious depositors withdrawing money
they expected to lose, and if payments had
not been resumed after the 15 minutes' de
lay they threatened to tear the place to
pieces.
AMERICAN PORK.
Germans Not Yet Beady to Raise the rrohl
bltion of Its Importation,
Bebxin, March 13. In the Eeichstag to
day Dr. von Boetticher, Vice President of
the Ministry of State, said that the new sani
tary measures adopted in the United States
were inadequate, and that, therefore, the
Government did not intend to rescind the
prohibition placed upon the importation of
American hog products.
WINDTHORST BETTER.
The Clerical Party Leader Has Sceral
Hours ot I'.cfresliing Sleep.
Berlin, March 13. The physicians of
Dr. Windthorst. the leader of the Clerical
partv, have issued a bulletin which says
that Dr. Windthorst has had several hours
of refreshing sleep and that he is generally
iu an improved condition.
CABLE LETTERS covering Europe com
pletely make the Sunday issue of THE DIS
PATCH a welcome caller at all homes who
have relatives aDroad.
MUKDEB OUT AT LAST.
The Crime Committed Durlnc; the War
and the Criminal Xow Found.
Monticello, III., March 13. George
Mock, of the Thirteenth Illinois Infantry,
living at Wichita, Kan., elaims to nave
discovered the whereabouts of Asberry
O'Hair, the man who is said to have killed
Major York, of the Fifty-fourth Illinois In
fantry at the riot at Charleston, 111., in
April, 1864, between a party of soldiers at
home on turlough and a mob opposed to the
war.
O'Hair seized a gun out of a store and
shot Dr. York dead in his tracks. Several
other members of the Fifty-fourth Illinois
were killed at the same timer O'Hair
escaped, as did several others ef the leaders
in the riot. Mock says he is living at
Eureka, Kan., and urges Governor Fifer to
have him brought back and tried for the
murder of Major York.
QUEBEC STATESMEN IK EUROPE.
They Will Drag Canadian Politics Into the
Notice of the Pope.
Monteeal, Ont., March 13. Hon. Mr.
Mercier, Premier of the province of Quebec,
and Hon. Mr. Shehyn, Provisional Treas
urer, left this morning for New York,
whence they will sail on Saturday for
Europe. The main object of the delegation
is to secure a provincial loan of 510,000.000.
They will have an interview with the
Pope, to whom so many politicians here
affect to believe that Mercier will make a
formal complaint of the zeal of hierarchy,
displayed in the attempt to defeat the Lib
eral party in the recent Dominion election.
AN ABSCONDING TELLEE CAUGHT.
He Disappeared a Year Ago With 870,000
of His Bank's Funds.
Louisville, March 13. Ii is reported
here that W. H. Pope, former teller of thj
City National Bank, who disappeared
March 1, 1890. with $70,000 of the bank's
funds, has been caught.
Anindictmeit has been found against
him, and it is believed the papers are now
in the hands o. office r. who know where
Pope is and will shortly return him here.
Part of the money is to be recovered.
HOWARD FIELDING has been on a
vpook hunt. In THE DISPATCH to-morrow
the popular humorist will tell how lie caught
a ghost and then was sat npon by it.
NOT WANTED AT HOME.
Parents of the Three Sonthslde Runaways
Will Not Send for Them.
F. Kripp, Herman Teufrl and Frank
Davis, the three boys who ran awav from
their homes on the Southside, and were ar
rested in Chicago on Thursday, will prob
ably see hard times before they get back, as
their parents refuse to send for them or help
them in any way.
They were on their way West to fight In
dians. When arrested the only weapon
they had was a piece of lead with a string
attached to it
THAIN E0BBEES PLEAD GUILTY.
A Comrade Is Oat on Ball, Which Is De
clared Forfeited.
Thixidad, Col., March 13. The train
robbers, McCarthy, Gould and Carroll, who
attempted to hold up a Santa Fe passenger
train near here some months ago, in the
District Court to-day entered a plea of guilty
of train robbberv and assault with intent to
kill.
Higgms. the fourth robber, is out on
$3,000 bond, which the Court declared for
feited. DENVER WITHOUT PBOTECTION.
Policemen Have no Legal Right to Make
Arrests Under the Law.
Denver, March 13. The new Police
Board is in a muddle. The law which
created it repeal those articles of .the
charter which defines the duties of police
officers, and now the police of the city have
no more right to arrest a person than has,
any other citizen.
The Legislature now in session will prob
ably remedy this evil before the adjourn
ment SHALL SCBAPS OF LOCAL NEWS.
The Children's Aid Society of Allegheny
County basin iu charge a fine, healthy boy
baby, aged 4 months, for which it desires to
secure a home. The infant is well born. Any
person desiring a child ot that age Is requested
to apply at once at the office of the society in
the Dispensary building ou Sixth avenue.
On next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
there will be held an examination of candidates
for the position of Gas Inspector of Allegheny
county, at the Court House, room 2, of Com
mon Pleas No. 2.
The Coroner received a telegram from Ches
wick, on the West Penn Rtilroad, last night,
stating that a child had died suddenly, and
requesting an investigation. The Coroner will
go up to-day.
The steamship Nuernberg arrived yesterday
at Bremen, having on board the following
Pittsbnrgers: Mrs. Augusta Malek and child,
John Kerwln, Matliew Kandnw and Peter
SadowsKI.
Kitty Wells, who-is playing this week at
the Academy of Music, in the City Club Com-
Eany. is a nttsnurg girl and a sister of J. A.
Uxon, the dram major of the Cathedral Band.
Captain Riohaed a, Brophy, ot station
No. 5, was presented last night with a very flne
bulldog bv Stoney Rea, of Alderman Mc
Kenna's office.
A SCHOOL BOOK FIGHT
In Jlie House Over the Bill for Com
pulsory Education.
LTTLE OASTS SOME KEFLECTIOHS,
Which Are Promptly fiesented by Cochran,
Elwood and Beatty.
KEMBLE KESTITOTION BILL ADTAKCED
rrnoM a staff connzsroNDEST.l
Haerisbuisg, March 13. The amend
ment which Representative Lytle, of Hunt
ingdon, yesterday had inserted in the com
pulsory education hill, providing for the
furnishing of free text books to pupils of the
public schools by the Superintendent of
Public Instruction at the expense of the
State, is not satisfactory to Representative
Cochran, Chairman of the Committee on
Education, who was absent from the House
when it was adopted, and who returned to
his seat in the House this morning.
That gentleman has his heart set on a bill
which authorized the purchase of textbooks
out of the district school 'funds, and at the
session to-day he sought to have a specjal
order fixed lor its consideration.
Charging Collusion With Agents.
Representative Lytle was promptly on his
feet to oppose the proposition to give the
bill precedence of other legislation on the
calendar. He expressed himself with the
utmost freedom, charging that the bill had
been favorably reported iu the interest of
book agents. Bills of more merit had been
set aside for one that had the indorsement of
these people. The movement was a trick,
he intimated, to shove the bill ahead of the
compulsory education measure, with its free
textbook amendment.
Representative Elwood, of Westmoreland,
who introduced the bill which it was pro
posed to advance, resented the imputation of
the member from Huntingdon, and re
marked that his plan of furnishing text
books was in the interest of the school chil
dren. Representative Potter, of Crawford,
asserted that the Elwood bill would increase
the tax burdens of the people from 51,000,000
to ?2, 000, 000 a year. Representative Coch
ran denied the truth of the declaration of
Lytic that the purpose of the bill contem
plated county text book uniformity, and
stated that the understanding of the com
mittee was, when it favorably repotted the
bill, to ask for a special order.
Danger In Lyllo's Amendment.
He had the word of the best parliamentary
authorities in the House that the amend
ment oflered by Lytle would render the
compulsory education bill unconstitutional,
and hence the necessity for prompt action
on the text book bill, which has received
the favorable consideration of the com
mittee. Representative Ritter, of Lycoming, sus
tained the position of the member from
Huntingdon, and Representative Beatty, of
Fayette, hurled back at Mr. Lytle the in
sinuations that had been thrown out by him
that the boot: agents had controlled the com
mittee in its report. The resolution to fix a
special order was defeated because the
necessary two-thirds vote could not be se
cured. The bill to pay back William H. Kemble
$383,000 for his loan to nbate the nuisances
caused by the Johnstown and other floods in
the State, had much better luck. Five
members of the House asked for favorable
consideration of a resolution to advance this
bill out of order that justice might be early
done to the man who had come to the rescue
of the State in its great emergency. It was
passed unanimously and the bill was read
the first time at to-d.iy's session. On Thurs
day next it will be considered on final
passage. Henry Hall.
PROTECTING THE FISH.
The Fishery Commissioners Protest Against
Bills to Undo Their Work.
FROM A STAFF COnnESPOSPKNT.
Hauuisbueo, March 13. The Fish Com
missioners aie very much annoyed by per
sistent efforts of members of the Legislature
to push bills to restore fishing with baskets
and nets in the rivers and other streams of
the State, and letters have been addressed to
the Senators, protesting against the pro
posed interference with the present laws reg
ulating the catching of fish. Refer
ence is made to the salutary
effect of the removal of nets and
other devices from the Delaware and Sus
quehanna rivers. The unprecedented shad
catch in the Delaware last year is ascribed
to the new order of things. Fish baskets de
stroyed myriads of young sh.id before the
State had, through its duly empowered of
ficers, rid the rivers of them.
In 1890 the value of shad fishing in the
Delawaie was 750,000; iu 1889, ?3o0,000, and
in 18S8. 220,000, showing a gradual im
provement since the fight against fish
baskets was begun bv the Fishery Commis
sioners, who ask the Legislature to show its
appreciation of their labors by defeating
any attempt to legalizs the agencies which
have proved so destructive.
LAID ON THE SHELF.
A Bill With a Somewhat Shady Character
Is Disposed Of.
tfhom a staff coeklsfoxdkst.i
Harrisburg, March 13. One of the
shady bills in the House was laid on the
shelf to-day, through the intervention of
Representative Baker, who made a motion
to place it on the " calendar in order
to prevent it from giving the
House any further annoyance. The
bill was introduced by Representative Hns
kins, of Philadelphia, and required fidelity
companies other than life, fire anil marine,
to have a paid up capital of $100,000 and to
deposit a similar amount insecurities on
the insurance department.
It was stated by a number of members
that no one had manifested any concern in
this bill, which the Insurance Committee
negatived by a vote of 20 to 1. Only 15
votes were secured to place the bill on" the
calendar, while it requires 103 to accom
plish the result.
SCHOOLS AND INSANE ASYLUMS.
Bills Introduced Providing for the Better
ment of Both.
lfirFCIAL TELL.GUAK TO THE DISPATCIt.l
Harrisburg, March 13. In the Senate
bills were introduced as follows:
By Williamson, appropriating S365.000
for the purchase of the old House of Refuge
in Philadelphia, for use as a hospital lor
the criminal insane, in addition to appro
priation ofj 35,000 two years ago.
By Harlan, to provide for better protec
tion ol the common schools, authorizing the
election of district superintendents.
By Mylin, to provide for the selection of
a site for the erection of fa. State asylum for
the chronic insane, and appropriating
$400,000.
By Green, Berks, appropriating $6,000 to
pay the Governor's inauguration expenses.
WOHLL'S FAIE APPB0PEIATI0N.
Chairman Fruit Recommends That It Be In
creased to $300,000.
tFROM A STAFF COimKSrOXDEST.t
HARBiSBuao, March 13. Chairman
Fruit, of the Committee on Appropriations,
is evidently not making much of an impres
sion on his fellow-members in the direction
of economy, if the report on the bill pro
Tiding for an appropriation of $150,000 for
the display of Pennsylvania products at the
Chicago Exposition may be taken as an in
dication of his influence with the com
mittee. ' ,
He recently declared that lhe work of re
ducing the amounts to the necessities'of the
hour would be performed by the committee,
but ihe World's Fair bilKwas reportedto
k the House to-day with the appropriation in
creased to $300,000. As introduced in the
Senate, this bill appropriates only $100,000.
A DULL SENATE SESSION.
The Bill Increasing; Auditor General's
Clerks Stirs Up a Little Talk.
I FBOM A BTAFF COBKESPOSDBXT, 1
Haruisbdeg, March 13. The Senate
bad a very dull session to-day. The attend
ance was very meager, and only one bill was
tackled on final passage. Tbis prohibited
all but Sons of Veterans from wearing the
insignia of this order. The only bill that
excited more than ordinary discussion was
that authorizing the appointment of two ad
ditional clerks in the Auditor General's de
partment ind three in the office of the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. Senator Rob
bins, of Westmoreland, thought there was
no necessity for the proposed increase ol the
clerical force, and submitted an amendment,
giving each department one additional clerk.
Senator Hines stated that there was a real
want for more clerks, as the business of the
departments had largely increased without
a corresponding augmentation of the cleri
cal force. In the office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth there had been no change
in the number of clerks employed for 17
years, and Governor Beaver and Secretary
of the Commonwealth Stone had urged an
increase. Action on the bill was postponed
to enable the Senator from Luzerne to ex
hibit data to show the necessity for its pass
age. CERTAIN OF DEFEAT.
The Anti-Tights BUI Will Stand No Show In
the House.
frnOM A STAFF COUBESPOHDEXT.
HARRlSBaito, Murcb 13. Although the
bill introduced by Representative Seyfert,
of Lancaster, fo punish females who wear
tights on the stage was favorably reported
by the Committee on Vice and Immorality
to-day, the girls who appear in these cos
tumes in amusement halls need not fear
that the prohibitory measure will be placed
among the statutes.
Its favorable consideration is due to a de
sire to have a little fun in the House when
it shall be reached on second reading, when
it will doubtless be given its death blow.
No lobby is needed to put this among the
defeatedbills.
BORDER RAH) CLAIMS.
Another Attempt Proposed to Be Mado on
the National Lawmakers.
rnoM a STArr coBKEsroxDEXT.l ,
Harrisburg, March 13. The people of
the border raid counties are not pleased with
the action of Congress, relative to their
claims for losses sustained during the Re
bellion, and to-day Representative Gillan,
ofFrauklin, introduced a bill for the creation
of another commission to present the claim
of the losers by the Confederate invasion
to Congress.
The bill appropriates $5,000 lor the ex
penses of the commission, the same amount
which its predecessors expended for obtain
ing nothing at the hands of the national
lawmakers.
FACTORY INSPECTION BILL.
An Amendment to Prevent Children Now
Employed Prom Being Onsted.
rfrECIAL TKLXOHAH TO TUB DISPATCH.'.
Harrisbueo, March 13. The factory
inspection bill was amended in the Senate
by Senator Robbius, providing that chil
dren under the age of 13 now employed in
factories shall not be onsted by this act.
Senator Neeb's bill, fixing the ratio of
representation of Councils in cities of the
second class, was among those passed second
reading.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
Amherst College Students Inaugurate, a Sys
tem of Sell-Government.
rSr-KCXAL TELEGRAM TO THE OISFATCTM
. Asiherst, Mass., March 13. Frank H.
Plumb, of Westfield, has gotten himself into
trouble at the Massachusetts Agricultural
College, and a court martial was called this
afternoon to try his case. It seems that
plumb is a corporal in Company D of the
Cadet Battalion, and that at a prize drill
two weeks ago is charged with getting his
company so irretrievably mixed up that it
lost all show for the prize. The college au
thorities placed the whole matter in the
hands of the military department. Major
Murray. Buggies, '91, of Milton, was the
President of the court. With him were
associated two captains and several lieu
tenants. The evidence went to show that the ac
cused had previously declared his wish to
makcdisoider in the compiuy at the drill.
He pleaded not guilty. Whatever be the
decision and sentence of the court will be
enforced by the college authorities, and the
students are very glad tn have this form of
self-government offered them.
GODFREY-AND KILHAIN.
They Have a Long Drawn Ont Battle of a
Tame Kind.
Sak Francisco, Cal., March 13. Jake
Kilrain, of Baltimore, and George Godfrey
(colored), of Boston, met in a finish fight at
the California Athletic Club to-night for a
$5,000 trophy. Kilrain, who had
been trained by Muldoon, was in fine
form. The betting ranged from
100 to $60, to 100 to 75 in Kilrain's favor.
Godfrey had also been trained assidnously
for the meeting, and much of the difference
in the odds placed on the men was due solely
to the fact that Kilrain's backers were more
numerous.
Kilrain entered the ring followed closely
by Godfrey. Kilrain was seconded by Mul
doon and Jim Hall, the Australian, as bottle-holder,
Godfrey's second was Frank
Steele, and the latter's brother Jack, while
Peter Jackson officiated as bottle holder.
Kilrain weighed about 192 to Godfrey's 174.
At the end of the thirty-second round
Kilrain had a little the best of the battle.
Iu the fifteenth round Godfrey was nearly
knocked out. Godfrey was trying to wear
Kilrain out at the thirty-third round.
BILL NYE will explain all about the Pen
nington Air Ship In TUB DISPATCH to
morrow. One or the great humorist's very
best sketches.
Rednclnc; Rates ny Legislation.
St. Louis, March 13. The lower branch
ol the State Legislature to-day passed a bill
reducing railroad freight rates 25 per cent
on grain, cattle, farm maphinery and build
ing material.
ROBEIiT LOUIS STJSVENSON will 'tell
sumo stories of the South' Sea cannibals In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow. This is the
fourth letter on the Isles of the Pacific.
PICKED UP BY THE POLICE.
Martin Lar'ner is charged with assault
and battery by his sister, Mrs. Mary Gallagher.
The lady sajs she went to visit her mothcr.who
lives with Lamer. While there, she claims her
brother came In and beat her without provoca
tion. The brother states that she tried to re
vive an old family trouble when ho put her oat
of the house.
Emma Collins was arrested last night,
charged with disorderly conduct on the street
in front of Harry Davis' Museum. A com
panion, who escaped; and she were put out of
the museum for running against men purposely
to try to start up a conversation with them.
R. C Silence is in jail on two charges. J.
F. McKInnie, of the Anderson, claims he stole
and received a lot of towels from iho hotel.
Frank Harruld accuses him of stealing bis ten
dollar watch.
Margaret Weitz, who lives, on Stanton
avenne, charges her husband witn desortlon
and non-support. She claims' he has not been
home for two months.
John Stella was arretted on Washington
street, charged by Officer Teeters with trying
to rob the drawer In Anthony Partltis' store.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
It Looks Very Much Like Another
Eirchall-Benwell Tragedy,
IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY
Which Was Washed by the Waves on the
Staten Island Beach.
THE DISAPPEARANCE OP A COMPANION
rtrrciAi. tiliohau to the dispatch. i
Kew York, March 13. It was Carl
Emanuel Itnttinger who was murdered on
Staten Island, and whose body, gagged and
bouud, was lound in the water off Tottcn
ville Wednesday. His body was positively
identified to-night. He was a German
merchant. To-day's developments in the
mystery surrounding his death, and the
identity of his murderer, makes the case
look like a second Birchall-Benwell tragedy.
Briefly told, they are these: Kuttinger
sailed from Liverpool on the Inman Line
steamer City o: Chicago December 31. With
him was William Wright, his brother's
brother-in-law. W right is an Englishman.
They went to board at a fashionable Ger
man boarding house in West Fifty-eighth
street. Whey were together until Febru iry
1, when Wright went away, taking his lug
gage with him. He said he was going to
Boston. The following day Kuttinger went
out after breakfast. He "never returned.
His body was found in the water. He had
uot been drowned.
Positive Proof of a Murder.
The proof as to how he met his death was
positive. His hands and arms were bound
behind him, and a handkerchief was
crammed down bis throat until it had shut
the air passage from both the mouth and
nose. On the corner of that handkerchief
were embroidered the lettera "W. W." Do
they stand for William Wright? Is it
another Birchall-Benwell tragedy? Is Will
iam Wright the murderer? He has not been
seen since he went away on February 1.
A middle-aged man. fairly well dressed,
called at the German Consulate in Bowling
Green shortly before noon to-day. He told
one of the clerks there that he thought he
knew the man who bad been murdered on
Staten Island.
"1 think," he said, "he is a man who
boarded with me up town. He came to my
house with a friend. His name was But
tinger. He came early in January and
stayed three weeks. Then he went away
leaving his baggage behind, and we have
not seen him since. There are a lot of let
ters at the house waiting for him now."
The man refused to give his name or ad
dress. He did not want any notoriety, he
said. The clerk called the Consul and the
man repeated the story to him. The Consul
advised him to go and tell it to Inspector
Byrnes, and the man said he had already,
and he would go to the District Attorney.
He went away.
A Message Sent to Germany.
The Consul General has decided not to
cable to Germany about the finding of the
body. He had not taken much stock in
what had been said about the man being a
German subject, but when bis visitor had
gouc he sat right down and wrote a long
message inquiring as to the identity of the
dead man. Nothing more was learned of
the Consul General's visitor until G o'clock
in the evening.
Then he left police headquarters by the
rear door in company with Detectives Yon
Gerichteu and Titus and Chief of 1'olice
Jacksou and Assistant Attorney Fitzgerald,
of Hirhmond couuty. Half an hour later
Inspector Byrnes called the reporter into his
office aud said: "I have just sent a man
down to Totteuville to identify the body ot
Kuttinger. He is sure he can identify it.
He says that Kuttinger and an English
man named Wright came to his house,
which is a respectable German boarding
house uptown early in January. From
their conversation it was judged by the
other folks in the house that Wright was
Kuttinger's brother-in-law. Wright was a
man of slight frame, and had an English
accent. In the latter part of January both
went away. They
Said They Were Going to Boston
and would return. They did come back in
three day. Then on February 1 Wright
went awav again. He sid he was going to
Boston. This time he took all his luggage
away with him. ihe day lollowmg Kut
tinger left tbe house. He took nothing
with him, and it was thought he would
return. He has not been seen since. Let
ters came from Germany to him. I have
them in my possession now, and they go to
prove that the murdered man is
the man to whom they were ad
dressed. Other things found on the body
besides the passport tally with the
things I have found among the effects of the
man who went away from their boarding
house so I don't think there is aay doubt
that the man who I have just sent down 'will
identify the body. This man is a thoroughly
repuUDle and honest citizen intent on see
ing justice done."
He is Gustav Keu, of 127 East Fifty
eighth street. He did identify the body.
The news came to this city after midnight.
TSevx thought that Kuttinger arrived here on
January 10, and he thought that Wright
came with him. In the list of second cabin
passengers who arrived on that date on the
City of Chicago are the name3 of Charles
Kuttinger and William Wright.
CEUSADE AGAINST CUBS.
A Mad Dos Scare at Asbury Park Calls Ont
the Shotguns.
rSrltCTAI. TELEG11AM TO IHI DIBPATCrt.:
ASBURY Pakk, N. J., March 13. This
town looks as it it was under martial law.
The police officers are patrolling the
streets, armed with double-barreled shot
guns to the amazement ot all strangers and
the joy of the small boys. The officers had
been ordered to shnot all unmuzzled dogs
found at large. This action of the author
ities is the outcome of an intense mad dog
scare. Wednesdaya large black and white
dog, which was undoubtedly r.fllicted
with the rabies, ran into Ocean Grove,
where it bit several other dogs. It then
came over into Asbury Park, and
ran snarling and snapping through
the principal streets. It attacked and
bit nearly a dozen curs of more or
less value. A number of school
children. narrowly escaped. The police offi
cers of the town and a posse of citizens
armed themselves and dispatched the brute,
a fine blooded hound, owned by George K.
Lord. The armed officers have shot half a
dozen dogs to-day.
SHIRLEY DARE recommends farming,
both from financial and health standpoints.
See her argument in THE DISPATCH to
morrow.
TWO FAMOUS MEN SPEAK.
John Jay Knox and Ex-Governor Hoard at
a Hamilton Club Banquet.
Chicago. March 13. At the first annual
banquet of the Hamilton Club to-night in
the Auditorium, John Jay Knox, of New
York, formerly Controller of the Cur
rency, made :m address, responding to the
toast, "Financial Heresies."
Ex-Governor Hoard spoke on "The Com
mon Scbopl." Nearly 50 gentlemeu were
present.
CABLE LETTERS covering Europe com
pletely make the Sunday issue of THE DIS
PATCH a welcome caller at all homos who
have relatives abroad.
A Murderer Reprieved.
Columbus, March 13. Isaac Smith, the
Pike county murderer, sentenced to hang
Match 20, has been reprieved to May 1.
Declines a State Nomination.
Providence, E. I., March 13. Lyman
B. Goff has declined the Republican nom;
ination for the Lieutenant Governorship.
A LEADER IN SOCIETY DEAD.
Mrs. James W. I'aal, Mother-In-Law
of
William Waldorf Astor, No More.
Philadelphia, March 13. Mrs. Han
nah C. Paul, wife of the well-known lawyer,
James W. Paul, died at the family residence
at Villa Nova yesterday. She was a Miss
Bunkers, one of the belles of her day and
one of the leaders of society for many years
in New York, Washington and this city.
She was 63 years old, and had been sick
about two months.
Her sons are Lieutenant Paul, of the
navy; James W. Paul, the son-in-law of A.
J. Drezel, and a member of the banking
firm, and Lawrence Paul, who is unmanied.
Her daughter married William Waldorf
Astor, and is at present occupving Lans
downe House, London. One of her sisters
married the late Admiral Dablgren, another
Abbott Ltwrence, "of Boston, and still
another, Mrs. Taylor, was well known in
society.
ESTEE'3' CHANCES BRIGHTER.
The End of tho Calilornl.i Senatorial Fight
Not Yet In View.
Sacramexto, March 13. The gains
maMe by Estee yesterday in the Senatorial
contest, greatly encouraged his friends, and
the net gain of three which he madeonthe
only ballot taken to-day in the joint session
of the Legislature has increased their con
fidence. De Young's supporters remained firm and
discredited the rnmbr that if Felton showed
any material increaseof strength they would
cast their ballots lor him. Instead of an
increase, however, Felton's strength suffered
a loss of one vole to-day, reducing his total
to 15. The situation has not cleared to any
extent, and balloting bids fair to extend
well into next week.
CARPENTER will tell all 'about Uncle
Sam'n treasury under its new Secretary In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow. He will also
tell how the treasury mlsht he robbed.
H. CLAY XING INDICTED.
His Murdered Victim Burled With Military
Pomp at Memphis.
Memphis, March 13. The funeral of
David Posten, who was killed Tuesday by
Colonel H. Clay King, took place in this
city to-day. A vast throng of people, in
cluding the Shelby County Bar Association
and the Shelby Grays, the dead man's war
comrades, were in attend mce at the Central
Methodist Church. The funeral cortege was
probably the largest ever seen in the city.
The grand inry, in session this morning,
found a true bill against H. Clay King ou
an indictment charging murder in the first
degree. He will be arraigned fn court to
morrow morniug.
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RAISED A $2 BILL.
Police Looking for a Tonne; Man Who Tried
to Cheat a Barkeeper.
The police are looking for a yonng rail
roader who yesterday attempted to pass a 2
bill raised to 10 on a saloon keeper near
Twenty-eighth street. The job had been
awkwardly done, the 10 mark being cut
from a revenue stamp and pasted on the
figure on the bill.
The fraud was detected by the saloon
keeper before he had given the man his
change, but the voung fellow took to his
heels and escaped before the barkeeper got
around from behind the counter.
ODD USE OF A DOORWAY.
A Vonng Man Puts on a New Suit Under an
Old One to Avoid a. Bundle.
Inspector McAleese while walking up
Diamond street last evening noticed a
young man changing his old clothes for a
new suit in a doorway. Thinking they
might have been stolen he took him to the
Central station.
He gave his name as Frank Kufeiy, from
the coke country and on his way to Cleve
land. He said he had bought a new suit for
10, and to avoid carrying a bundle decided
to put them on over his old clothes. The
Inspector believed him and he was allowed
to finish his toilet and depart in peace.
SLEEPING CARS are haunted. AJlocal
railroad man will tell all abont it in THE
DISl'ATCH to-morrow.
THE DEADLY OIL CAN.
A Backet e Woman Fatally Burned by an
Explosion of Crude Oil.
Cleveland, March 13. Mrs. William
Baker, living near Fostoria, attempted this
morning to light a fire with crude oil when
the can exploded, completely enveloping her
with burning oil.
She jumped into a bed and wrapped her
self in the clothing, but she was so badly
burned that she died in a short time. The
bed was also destroyed and a little child se
verely burned, but the latter will recover.
The mother was only 21 years old.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT REMAINS.
An Attempt to Abolish the Death Penalty In
Arkansas Pails.
Little Kock, March 13. The entire
moruing session of the Senate was consumed
in discussing the House bill leaving it dis
cretionary with juries to inflict the death
penalty or life imprisonment in cases of
murder in the first degree.
The bill was not passed, and so the effort
to abolish capital punishment in the State
was defeated. The House passed the bill to
punish and prohibit prize fighting.
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A SURPRISED COURT.
The Prosecution in the Hennessey
Case Completely Fails.
SIX SICILIANS ARE ACQUITTED.
As to the Other Three the Jury Eeporti
They Fail to Agree.
JDRUIEN AKE HOOTED J5I THE CROWD
New Okleass, March 13. The Hen
nessey case, the trial of nine Sicilians for
the assassination of Chief of Police D. C.
Hennessey, which has occupied the time of
Section B, Judge Baker's division of the
Criminal District Court, since the 16th ot
February, was concluded tbis afternoon, the
jnry bringing in a verdict of not guilty as
to six of the accused and failing to agree
upon a verdict as to the other tbree. When
the jury handed in their verdict. Judge
Baker looked at it for some moments before
he handed it over to Minnte Clerk Screven.
There was apprehensive silence while
these preliminaries were going on. The
prisoners stood up and there was a look of
infinite woe pictured on the face of Maceca
and some of the others. Of course Matranga,
and Iucardona were disinterested. They
knew that they had been saved, and their
only interest in the matter was to see that
their friends and partners escaped the fate
which had threatened them so long. The
boy Marchesi showed no signs ot emotion.
He has a bright, open face, and he took
scant interest in the proceedings.
Precautions Against an Ontbreak.
It is not a secret to say that the court at
taches apprehended a verdict against the ac
cused, and so Sheriff Villere had his men
stationed immediately in the rear of the
prisoners to nip in the bud any demonstra
tions. Every spectator in the courtroom was
on his feet. The State's Attorneys sat at
their table. Judge Luzenburg must have
felt that the verdict was against the State.
The jury looked more concerned than any
one present in the room, except the pris
oners. Their faces were ghastly, and they
showed the effects of their long siege and
their protracted deliberations in the jury
room.
Chief Clerk Screven did not keep the
verdict long. As soon as Judge Baker
handed him the document he glanced at it
and began to read. Iu a firm voice that
could be heard in every corner of the silent
courtroom, he spoke the words that freed six
of the men as far as the present case is con
cerned, and virtually acquitted the other
three.
Astonished at the Verdict.
As the verdict was read each person in the
courtroom turned to the person next to him,
and there was an audible expression of sur
prise and dissatisfaction. The deputies,
however, immediately suppressed the noise,
and then Judge Baker ordered the jury to
be discharged and the prisoners to be re
manded, as there was still another charge
against them iu connection with the same.
Then court was adjourned.
The jurors remained some little time iu
their room getting their things together.
When they again reached the courtroom,
they were quickly surrounded by a score of
reporters. One of them answered promptly
for the rest that it had been agreed among
the 12 men that they should not discuss
what had happened iu thejuryrooraat.il!.
Representatives of the papers pleaded with
them to explain how the verdict had been
reached, but to ail inquiries tbey turned a
deaf ear. The jurymen kept together until
they reached Lafayette Square, where they
were hooted at by the crowd who had al
ready learned of the verdict.
TRICKS or the Crow, by a popular writer,
Paysle's fairy story and the Puzzle Depart
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all classes.
LEVEES BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
A Chief Engineer Believes the Break Was
the Work of Dissatisfied Workmen.
Memphis, March 13. Major D. h Dab
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the district iu which the new Robinson
levee, which gave way yestcrday.is situated,
was in the city last nlgbt, and came direct
from the crevasse to Memphis. In conver
sation he said to a reporter: "The break is .
175 feet wide, and the water is running
through it about six feet deep, or was when
I left there. The levee was cut or blown up
without doubt. It was one o' the finest and
most substantial in the district. It was
built two years ago by the Government
and Levee Board jointly, and has
stood the long strain oi last year
withont showing any evidences ot weaken
ing when the water was very near the
top. On Wednesday it was intact. The
water was four feet below the top of the
levee, and there was 31 feet of solid earth
at the water line. In fact, the present
stage of the water in front of the levees is
such that no special preparations were con
sidered necessary and no apprehensions were
lelt.
'Thirty or 40 laborers on a contract were
tnrned loose without pay recently, and they
made threats of vengeance. They said they
wonld walk the levee until they 'got even,'
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