i i m A Yehement Protest Al ready Entered By the Powers at Konie. BLAME TAKES ACTION. He Calls Upon the Governor of lonisiana to Main tain Order and PMISH ALL OFFENDERS. Most Intense Indignation Among the Countrymen of the Victims All Over America. THE CRESCENT CITY AGAIN QUIET. A Largs Majority of the People and All the Newspapers Sustain the Course Pursued bv the Mob. LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE A BLUFF iribst the Leaders of the Met, let It Is Well Dadtrstoiid That Nottirg Will Be Dcae to Tics. Very ATJTEOBITIES ALL EHUT THE EEBPOKSIBILITT BOMB, March 15. The Italian Govern mcntia Instructed Baron De Fava, the Italian Minister at Washington, to present a olienient protest to the United States r.n ernment against the action of the mob in ew Orleans yesterday, and the United Mates Government has promised to make an investigation. Baron De FaTa, in a dis patch to Marquis Pi Kudini, the Italian Premier and Foreign Minister, states that he has protested against the inaction of tire local officials in New Orleans and that Mr. Blaine, the American Secretary of State, ex pressed horror at the arts of the Sew Orleans mob, promising that he would im snediatel' take the orders of the President Sn the matter, and that the decision vronld lie communicated to the Italian Gorerment. ,. rrrcAi. TKLscEAai to ids DrsrATCn.i. Washington; March 15. The murder of the Italian subject in New Orleans ib cpt to 'lead to a very serious diplomatic quarrel between the United States and Italy. In fact, the row has already begun. All day long the doorbell of the Secretary of State has been kept ringing and tele grams of indignant protest have been de livered to him in large numbers. The President has also been appealed to by Italian citizens of New York, New Or leans end other cities. No similar occur rence in years has aroused such a torrent of indignation on the part of the foreigners. Xsst nght when the first ofiicial informa tion was received here neither Secretary Blaine or the President had anything to Eay. A Sodden Change of Tront. To-day, however, thev have prepared and sent to Governor Nichols a telegram ex pressing their deep regret at the action of Hie citizens of New Orleans and indicating that the persons engaged in the killing will be punished by law. It is quite unusual for the Department of State to take such hasty action as it has done m this case and nothing but the storm of protest that has poured in io-day from special representatives of Italy and private citizens of that country would have induced the President to hold a, conference on the Sabbath day. The President went to church as usual this morning, and a few moments after ar riving at the White nouse he was visited by Mr. Blame, who had walked over from his residence, a stone's throw from the execu tive office. Mr. Blaine had already received a call from a member of the Italian delega tion, who filed several telegrams sent in his care and addressed to the Secretary. After n few moments' conversation with the Presi dent, Mr. Blaine prepared the following dispatch: The Administration's Ofiicial Utterance. DErAKTMENT or State, March 15. His Excellency. rranclsT. Mchols, Governor of Louisiana, Scvr Orleans, La.: It ha6 been represented to the President by the Minister of Italy, accredited to this Gov ernment, that among the victims of the deplor able massacre which took place in the city of Ker Orleans yesterday were three or more subjects of the King of Italy. Oar treaty with that friendly Government (which nnder the Constitution is the supreme law of the land), guarantees to the Italian subjects domiciled in tlic United States, "the most constant pro tection aud security for their persons and property" making them amenable on the fcame basis as our own citizens to the laws of the United States and of the several States in their due and orderly administration. The President deeply regrets that the citizens of New Orleans should have so disparaged the purity ana adequacy of their own judicial tribunals as to transfer to the passionate judgment of a mob a question that should have been adjudged dispassionately and by settled rules of la. The Government of the United htates must give to The Subjects of Friendly Towers that security which it demands for our own citizens when temporarily In a foreign ountry. It is the hope of tho President that jou will co-operate with him in maintaining the cbligattonot the United States toward Italian subjects who may be within the perils of the present excitement, that further bloodshed and violence may be prevented, and that all offend crs against the law may be promptly brought to justice. James G. Blaine. At the Italian legation in this city and at the icsidence of the Minister no informa tion whatever can be obtained on the sub ject ol the murders. In iact, Baron Fava, the Minister, cannot be found, and if he is sctually in Washington he is in biding. The mysterious seclusion of this old and presumably wily diplomat, is an interesting I ffl incident connected with the present inter national dispute. Baron Fava is the dean of the diplomatic corps and be has lodgings in an humble three-story brick dwelling on Eighteenth street. Tne Legation is out on Connecticut avenue, over a restaurant belonging to a citizen of the sunny land. Neither at the brick house, the restaurant rooms, or at the club where the Minister spends much of his time, could he be found to-night The Baron Is a 'Wily Diplomat. At the entrance to the loreign cafe a little Italian girl. tells all comers that the lega tion is closed on Sunday. It is a favorite trick of Baron Fava to be outof reach, and only a short time ago the cluDs were in dulging in gossip about his row with a naval officer who came here on legation business and spent a week in a fruitless search for the Minister. The Assistant Secretaries of' State, Messrs. Adee and Moore, have no information to give, be cause they have no knowledge of the sub ject except what they derive from the news pipers. The news of what transpired in New Orleans did not reach the State De partment until after office hours, and so the dispatches all went to Secretary Blaine's house. The State Department officials, however, express the unofficial opinion that the Italian Government will file a formal, written protest against the murder, and a request for immediate redress. The ques tion will then also become an international one which the Secretary of State will be forced to deal with. But while the State Department officials and the Italian Minister don't talk freely about the case of the murdered Italians, everyone else in Washington does. .Refer ence was made to it in the pulpits of several churches this morning, and in the halls and clubs and on the streets the details of the tragedy were excitedly discussed. The Views of tho Congressmen. The few Congressmen who are still in the city were eagerly sought for their opinions as to whether a serious international quarrel would result from the murders, and while they agreed that tlie dead men received nothing but equal justice, they expressed the fear that the United States Government would be held officially responsible lor the killing of the Italian subjects in view of their treaty right to the protection of our laws. The only member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of.the last Congress who could be seen to-day, is ex-Representative Morrow.of California. He is a Republican and bat) been prominent in the deliberations of the committee. Morrow expresses the opinion that there can be no. international phase given to the subject. He says the fact that the murdered men were Italian sub jects will not be sufficient to justify the Italian Government in demanding redress of the United States. The men were not punished because they were foreigner., Mr. Morrow says, but simply because they were murderers, and the action of the citizens of New Orleans would have been the same had the criminals been American or citizensof any other coun try than Italy. Mr. Morrow says this case cannot be com pared with that of the Chinese murdered at Rock Springs for which the United States awarded China damages a few years ago, because in the latter case the men were mur dered because they were Chinamen. APPROVING THE WORK. THE PEESS AND BUSINESS BODIES D0ESE THE LYNCHING. EN- Funeral of tho Victims An Italian Priest's' Life Threatened by the Mafia Merely Formal Action "Will Bo Taken Against the Mob Leaders. 1FPEC1AI. TELEQBASI TO THE DISPATCH.! New Oeleans, March 15. The excite ment over the lynching yesterday has cooled down somewhat to-day. Now that the full particulars of the bloody affair are known, there has been some slight revulsion of public sentiment and a number of people express their strong disapproval of the action of the mob, particularly the killing of men who had not yet been tried and against some of whom there is very little evidence The great majority ot the people, however, strongly support the action of the mob and of the Committee of Safety, under whose orders it acted, and while admitting that more of the prisoners were killed than had been originally intended, insist that this was inevitable in a movement of this kind. They point to the fact that the mob marched to and from the prison and that no one was disturbed or injured save the men accused of murder. The press is unanimous this morning in approving the action of the mob. The Times-Democrat says: Tho people of New Orleans, having vindi cated the majesty of the law in one short hour's time and with such temperance as the ugly work to be done would admit of, will also, of course, restore to the sworn officers and min isters ot the law their authority usurped for so brief awhile. Thus doing, they will con vince both friends and enemies that theirs was no desire to Interfere in the least with the es tablished order of things; but only to oust an evil element that threatened to mar the sym metry of that order. Our justification was necessity; our defense is self-preservation. Nature's primal law. A Terrible Warning Given. The Picayune says: Yeterday the pcoplo or this city rosa in wrath and indignation at the corruption and perversion of the machinery to which was dele gated the administration of justice. They didn't overwhelm and sweep away the officials, but, brushing them aside, they took in their own hands the sword of justice, and thy did not lay it down until they bad executed ven geance upon the criminals whom the corrupt ministers of justice had excused and set free. This timo the dreadful sword was not turned upon the perverters of the law, but upon the violators. But the suggestion is most signifi cant, the warning is terrible. Let those who have made necessary this dreadful expression of the popular right and tho popular will trem ble lest worse befall them. The States says: Citizens of New Orleans, you have in one righteous upheaval, in one fateful gust of mighty wrath, vindicated your laws, heretofore desecrated and trampled under foot by oath bound aliens who had thought to substitute murder for justice and the suborner's gold for the freeman's honest verdict. Your vengeance is consecrated in the forfeited blood of the assassins. Approved by Mercantile Exclianges. All the commercial exchanges the Cot ton Exchange, Sugar Exchange, Stock Ex change, Lumbermen, Mechanics and Deal ers' Exchange and the Board of Trade all unanimously approved the action of the mob as proper and necessary. Father O'Learv. of the Jesuit Church, held mass to-day at the parish prison for the repose of the souls of the Italians killed yesterday. The funeral of the men was without show or demonstra tion. No one claiming the bodies of Mar chess, Monasterio and Trabena, they were taken in a carl to the potter's field and buried there, not a friend or relative being present, nor any ceremony held. No one but his wife attended Polizzi's funeral. At the funeral of Macheca and Caruso, which occurred together, they living near each other, there was a large attendance of friends, as both of the men were well con nected by marriage. Nearly all the men leave large families. Macheca leaves six children; Geracci, a widow and fivo chil dien; Caruso, a widow; Scafedi, a widow and one child; Romero, a widow and five children; Coinitez, a widow and one child. With the exception of three, all the men had been residents of New Orleans for 20 years. Macheca was consul here of the Re public of Bolivia. Charles Patorno, one of I the prisoners, escaped death yesterdav I by being confined in one of the women's cells, hut was so excited by the mob and the shooting that he has gone insane again. When first placed in the prison he was sim ilarly attacked, but had recovered. Priest Threatened by the Mafia . Father Manoritta, of theTtalian Church of St. Anthony, says that he has received a let ter, which he will lay before the District Attorney, signed by "the Mafia, threatening his life. He has been an earnest opponent here of the Mafia and similar secret societies, among his fellow citizens. He does not think the action of the mobyesterday will suppress the Mafia; but that it will be beard from yet. Several of the Italian vessels here lowered their flags and placed them at half mast when the news of the lynching reached them. A large sum of money was raised for the defense of the prisoners, the Italians in all portions of tne country contributing to it and some coming from Italy. It was understood that the six Italians ac quitted Saturday would be released to-day, and a banquet was in preparation in honor of the conclusion of the great Hennessey murder trial. The authorities will, in all probability, take some action against the leaders of the mob, but it is well understood that it will be merely pro-forma and that nothing can be done to them. Attorney General Walter H. Rogers was seen at his residence this morning and questioned as to his instructions in the premises. He said: "The question now pre sented to the authorities, clothed with juris diction in this citv and parish is. Were the laws of the State violated yester day? What crimes have resulted from such violence? The grand jury is in ses sion, and we have in full operation all the means and modes of enforcing laws. I have no doubt those charged with official duty will act firmly, justly and fearlessly." Failure to Call Out Militia. Snperintendent of Police Gaster was asked what steps he intended to take in the mat ter, and said that he could not arrest the community. Governor Nichols explains his failure to call out the militia to the fact that he did not have time to do so. "As far as I know, there was no attempt made to secure the services ot tne mania, said Di vision Adjutant Cluvenus, when ques tioned on the subject. "Upon seeing the call for the meeting in the papers, I, fear ing the outcome, called upon General Glynn to inquire as to whether the troops should be held in readiness, but was informed that he had received no orders whatever and consequently could not transmit any. We did take one precaution, however, and that was to instruct brigade headquarters to have the armories of the various commands well guarded, in order that no harm could come to the guns, which are State property. Both the Governor and the Adjutant General were in the city and the requisite force could have been easily supplied." Jacob Seligman, foreman of the jurv which acquitted the prisoners, has been re leased from prison, there being no charge against him. He has been expelled from the Stock Exchange, several social clubs and the firms of which he was a member, and concluding that his career here was closed, he left New Orleans for Cincinnati. Mr. Makesey, another juror in the case, has called upon the Committee of Order to investigate the proceedings of the jury, in order to clear those members who are un justly nnder suspicion. DEMANDING REPARATION. CHICAGO ITALIANS WOBKED OT TO HIGH PITCH OF EXCITEMENT. One of the Speakers at a Mass Meeting Said Jostles Should Be Had EvenTYIth the Voice of Italy Guns Strong Besdlu. tlons Adopted. Chicago, March 15. A large represen tative meeting -of Italians was held here this evening to take action in regard to the occurrences of yesterday at New Orleans. Dr. Volini presided, and in opening the meeting delivered an impassioned address. Among other things he said: Our countrymen have been vilely slain by a mob of assassins, shot down and murdered by a lawless and barbarous mob In thecity of Now Orloans. Their blood calls on; for satisfaction, for redress. We demand of the Government of the United States prompt, lull and explicit reparation. We demand reparation in the name of justice, of humanity, of civilization. If justice be not rendered full and prompt our native land will speak even with the voice of her guns. This sentiment was received with pro longed cheers and demonstrations of ap proval. Stefauo Malaeta, editor of L'America,vras the next speaker. He announced that he was a Sicilian like the men who were lynched in New Orleans. He began with studied calmness, but gradually worked himself and bis audience to a high pitch of excitement. "Massacred?" he exclaimed. ".Massacred! Our countrymen have been massacred! The outrage has no comparison in the history of any civilized nation. The magis trates declared the accused innocent. The assassins were not Italians; they were American citizens!" exclaimed the speaker. Charley Barry, an Italian in spite of his name, said: The news we have from New Orleans is infa mous. The repor' Says that prominent men took part in the murder. I say the fact that prominent men took part in this massacre makes it don hly infamous. We Italians fought to liberate this country. Yearsjago Garibaldi and Kosciusko, the patriots of the Old World, came herd when the people held out their arms and said 'Come here and receive tho protection of constitutional law.' Dr. Volini suggested a modification of a proposition formerly made to demand of the Italian Government immediate cognizince of the outrage, and proposed that a commit tee be appointed to co-operate with commit tees from similar bodies to draft snitablc resolutions. The suggestion was adopted and the committee appointed. Mr. Duranti presented the following in the form of a telegram to Secretary Blaine: We, Italians by birth, Americans by choice, assembled in mass meeting, unanimously pro test acainst the cowardly and lawless act of the New Orleans mnb, aided by tho tacit consent ot the local authorities, and demand of the Fed eral "Government satisfactory reparation and the severe punishment of the leaders who were active in breaking the laws guaranteeing the right of citizenship and hospitality. A MESSAGE TO BUDINL The Beply Sent by tho Frlmo Minister to the New Tork Italians. New York, March 15. Following are copies of two cablegrams that passed be tween this city and Italy relating to the lynching of the Italians in New Orleans on Saturday: New York, March 15. Kudini, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome: Italian press of New York, unanimous in representing the Colony, notify you of the mas sacre at New Orleans of several Italians al ready acquitted by an American jury, ana de mand intervention bv Hume Government, Italian Press. The answer was as follows: ItOJIE, March 15. Carlo liarsottl. Editor of II l'rogresso Italo Americano, Mew York: Your cablegram received. 1 have already de manded from the Federal Government ener- getic and prompt measures. EUDINL EESPOHSrBLE TO ITALY. The Government Must Answer for tho Mur ders to the Roman Authorities. NewYoiuc, March 15. The CristofoTO Colombo to-day says editorially that the State of Louisiana must answer for the murder of the 11 Italians to the Italian colony, and that the federation of the United States is responsible for the same murders I Continued on Sixth Page. PERHAPS IT'S A PLOT To Secure $20,OUO In Insurance Upon the Life of Enltinger. MOBE STEAKGE DEVELOPMENTS In Connection With the Body Found on the Staten Island Beach. RESULTS OP THB DOCTORS' ADTOPSI ' SrECIAI, TELEOSAM TO THX DISPATCH. 1 New York, March 15. When Dr. Wal ser examined the stomach of the body of Carl . Bnttinger he was puzzled. It bad been conjectured that the man who went with Buttinger, on February 2, to Totten ville, S. L, got him helplessly drunk, and was thus able to strangle him without a struggle. There was little in the stomach a part of a herring salad, prepared in the German fashion. There was no indication of alcohol or of mineral poison. So Mr. Bnttinger was not drunk when he was murdered. Dr. Walser found that the salad was only partly digested, and that it must have been eaten within two hours of the time of death. As herring salad cooked in the German fashion is not common in Tottenville, it is sup posed that the salad was eaten about supper time in New York, or perhaps as a late Inncbeon. So two hours before his death Mr. Bnttinger ate a herring salad pre pared in the German fashion, then started that night for Perth Atnboy, and, stopping at Tottenville, was in some mysterious way lured to the lonely shore near Bay Clitfe and Elliott's wharf and strangled to death. In Perfect Health When Murdered. Dr. Walser found that the dead man must have been enjoying perfect health. The doctor is not able to reconcile the excellent condition of the body with the probable date of the murder. The difficulty of reconciling the facts with the supposition of murder has led to an other theory. The district attorney has found $10,000 life insurance in two policies of the Victoria Life Insurance Company, of Berlin, among the dead man's effects. To-day he said he thought from one paper found in the trunk that there was $10,000 more insurance on the dead man's life with another company. Now before this insurance is paid the interested com panies will want an identification more pos itive than has yet been made. There is no question but that the pockets of the dead man were rifled, for not a cent of money was found on him, and he would not be so far from home without at least a little money. The most natural pocket to look in for papers or a pocketbook is the in side breast pocket of the coat. The mur derer left the passport by which the body was identified in this pocket. In addition he left a handkerchief marked "B.,"and he stuffed in the throat a handkerchief marked "W. W." An Easy Task to Identify Him. Identification was thus apparently the simplest thing in the world. It was so sim ple, and combined with the disappearance of Brother-in-Law William Wright and the two ferry tickets, made the explanation of the apparent murder and the identity of the murderer also very simple. Mr. Buttinger is represented as a man who had plenty of money and who did not care whether he fot a ril&ee here or not. The foreign dispatches say' he came6TervSday iicic vj caiauiiau umusiu iiuic, 4G iuiu Mr. Neu that he was looking for a place. It does not seem entirely natural that a man ot such leisure, a man with his trunks full' of elegant clothing, a graduate of a German gymnasium, should be looking for a piace bySscanning want advertisements day by day. Yet this is what Mr. Bnttinger was doing. There Is another singular thing in this same matter. The passport issued to Buttinger was good only for the year 1890. It was issued December 20, which made it good for 11 days only. This would allow him to go to Southampton or London and back, but not to take a trip to America. It is probable then that when Mr. But tinger left Stuttgart he was only going over to London to see his wife, who was, and is at the house of her mother. There he probably met his wife's brother, William Wright. The insurance is thought to be the secret of the mystery one way or another. It is conceded by the police that if But tinger was murdered, William Wright couid hardly have done it alone. If he did do it, then he has discovered a new method of murder which is more adroit than any hitherto employed. DEATH m A BATH TUB. A Hebrew Salesman Commits Suicide After Losing His Place. ISrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DIflPATCIt. New Yoke, March 15. About two months ago Levi' Davis, a Hebrew salesm .n, was notified that his services were no longer desired. He had a wife and five children, and although he got a temporary place at lower wages, he seemed to grow moodier every day. Last Friday Mrs. Davis took her three youngest children on a visit to her father. Tnis morning the servant found that Davis had locked himself in the bath room and refused to answer. A policeman was called in and forced the door. Davis was lying on his back in the bath tub. A quarter-pound can of ether, prepared by Edward Squibo, of Brooklyn, lay near his side, thrce-lourths empty. He was dead. Davis was a member of three insurance societies, holding policies aggregating about $8,000. The suicide was at oue time a pros perous clothing merchant of Cohoes. A BLASPHEMEE'S FATE. He Is Stricken Dumb While Itahldly Curs ing the Catholic Church. ISrECIAL TEL CO HAM TO THE DISFATCIt.l New Haven, March 13. Superstitious people among the French Catholics in this city are wondering over tbe fate which be fell Louis Le May last Monday, who, they claim, was stricken dumb for blasphemy. The Bev. Father Lacusse, of Montreal, had opened a mission in St. Louis Church, and he had preached an eloquent sermon, telling the people to recall tbe wandering and care less members of the chnrch to their religious duties. Louis Le May was one of the recalcitrant Catholics who was approached. He became enraged and said: "To with the mis sion," and then he began a profane tirade, cursing everything connected with the church. Suddenly he crew rigid. He was stricken dumb. Since then he has grown a little better, but he can yet articulate only a little. VISITED BY WHITE CAPS. They Destroy a Man's House and Furniture and Maltreat the Family. Kansas Cut, March 15. David Handy, a farmer living with his sons near Piper, a small station 16 miles northwest of Kansas City, Kan., came before County Attorney McGrew, of Wyandotte county, last night, and related a startling tale of a visit from White Caps. He said that on Thursday night four men chopped down the door of his house, seized himself and his eldest son, bound them to a feuce In their night clothes, and then wrecked the house. They tore off the roof, smashed in the windows, broke off the doors and destroyed the futnitnre. TTftvincr rnmnlftpd tfipir wnrlr their left j Handy and his eldest son tied, to the fence, notwithstanding the night was bitter cold, and taking the youngest boy made him walk in the snow with bare feet to a point a half mile distant, where they set him free. The boy returned home and released his father-and brother. Handy says he identi fied the men as S. S. Barker, T. Cashman, E, Overton and T. J. Swallow, all prom inent farmers of Piper and Emmett, which is near Piper, who have been arrested. Handy says he knows of no cause for the outrage, except that he has been in litiga tion over a farm lease between Cashman and himself for some time. WATTERSON IS TIRED or TALKING ABOUT THE LETTER WEOTE TO G0VEBN0B HILL. HE He Declines to Tell Whether He First Sent It to Ex-President Cleveland Hotv It Ever Became 1'abllc Property He Re fuses to Explain. KOKOMO, Ind., March 15. Henry Wat terson lectured here last night, and in an interview after the audience had been dis missed evaded answering two pointed ques tions concerning the much-discussed Wat-terson-Hill letter. The two questions were those raised by a recent telegram from Keo uk, la., printed in the New York World, and were: "Did Mr. Watterson, having writ ten tho letter, ever mail it to Governor Hill? Did he first submit it to ex-President Cleve land?" Mr. Watterson is reported as having said in that interview: The letter was written, as 1 conceived, in the' best interests of the Democratic party, and after mature consideration. More than this 1 do not care to say, nor have I any care to know what interpretation has been put on it by others. Then Mr. Watterson was shown a tele gram in which it was set forth that he had in January, in conversation with certain prominent Democrats of Keokuk, said that he had written a letter to Governor Hill which, by the description of its language and import, corresponded exactly with the one which appeared soon after that time in the Eastern press and which Governor Hill denies ever having received. According to this correspondent Mr. Watterson farther said that alter having written the letter, doubts arose in his mind as to whether it would most help or hurt matters, and not being able to satisfy himself on that point, he mailed the letter to Mr. Cleveland and asked for his advice in the matter. Mr. Cleveland kept the letter two weeks and then returned it with the remark that he doubted the advisability of sending it. Mr. Watterson thereupon threw it in the waste basket from which he no donbt supposed it would never be resurrected. How the letter finally got into print, he probably does not know. When Mr. Watterson was asked last night abouj this be replied: Jlmust insist upon adhering strictly to my resolution and refuse to discuss the matter further. I positively wash my hands of the whole affair. I have said all that I consider necessary or proper. EXPLOBING DEATH VALLEY. The First Keport Received From the Gov- ernment Expedition Sent Oat. rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.l Keelee, Cal., March 16. The first news for weeks from the Death Valley Gov ernment exploring partv reached here to- Stfsteadof theW "weather expected they have suffered from cold storms, while in many places storms from the mountains converted tho valley into a lake. February 6 the party crossed the dry bed of the Armagosa river, while next day Prof. Bailey crossed the same place through a running stream 12 feet wide and 3 deep. Profs. Fnnston and Coville ascended Panamint Mountain range, 8,000 teethigh. When near the sum mit they were overtaken by a snow storm ana narrowly escaped from perishing by ex posure. They carried mail to the postoffice at Pan amint, being the first party to cross the range, which has been regarded as inacces sible even in summer. The party was at Ashmeadows at last accounts, preparing to split iuto two sections, one to go to tbe Colo rado desert and another north into the gold mountains and Owens Valley. All are well and the work has proved as successful as the weather would permit. This winter has been unprecedented for cold in Death Val ley. AFTEE MAINE OUTLAWS. An Expcditlo t Has Started Ont in Search of tho Gang. tSPKCIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISrATCH.1 Bangou, March 15. An expedition has just started out to catch the poachers, smuggler and general outlaws of the Moose river region. A lot of able-bodied hustlers have gone against the poachers, who haye been butchering deer, and while they are at it they propose to investi gate the source of supply whence smuggled liquor pours down into Maine over the Canadian Pacific in a steady and increasing stream. The Moose Biver country is a section of the frontier long infested by such daring outlaws as Bartley and" "Lengthy Sam," and scores of other backwoods roughs, and there are few deputy sheriffs or United States marshals who relish a campaign there. TE0UBLE FOB THE FATE. Union Labor Men Endeavoring to Prevent New York's Appropriation. rSrECIAI. TELEOKAU TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, March 15. The Central La bor Union received to-day a communication from the Building Trades Council of Chi cago, saying that the World's Fair Commis sion had given tliem no satisfaction in response to their request that only union men be employed on all the work con nected with tbe Exposition buildings. The Central Labor Union passed a resolu tion requesting the Legislature of this State to refuse to assist tbe Fair unless the man gers agree to employ only union labor on the buildings. ACQUITTED OF MUBDEB. A rica of Insanity That Was Considered hy tho Jury. Crokst02T, Minn., March 15. The case of tbe State versus Bus3ell closed yesterday and was given to the jury. The judge made an impartial charge. After being ont for a number of hours tbe jury returned a verdict of acquittal. . The plea of the defendant was insanity. Mrs. Bussell confessed of having been in timate with Dr. Bahnsen for a period of four months. Bnssell met Bahnsen at Fisher, Polk county, and shot him dead. DEFIED HIS PUBSUEES. Killed His Friend and Then Escaped From a Sheriff's Fosse. Guthrie, O. T., March 15. News of the murder of Wesley Harrison by Charles Strickland, ex-Sherifi" of Pontito Coanty, reached here this morning. The two men were warm personal friends and were rid ing through the country together, when they quarreled over some little matter. The murderer, with bis pistol in hand, stood off the first posse that tried to arrest him, and escaped. More men are now in pursuit. THETAIRE70LUTIQN Will Demand the Attention of the Legislature This Week-. IT IS NOT A CAUCUS MEASURE, And Party Line3 Will Scarcely Ee Drawn in the Discussion. TIIE PEQSPECT EOS. THE WHAKF BILLS 1FEOM A STAFF CORKESFONDEHT.l Harrisburg, March 15. Last week the ballot bill caused a windy war. This week the revenue bill comes up, and while it will likely cause infinite discussion, it will not be disposed of in a day, as was the former measure, it is made a continning order until passed, or defeated, and may take up nearly all'the legislative week. In what shape it will fiud itself, when the House gets through with it, is a hard matter to predict. It was not made a caucus measure last week, which might be taken as an indication that the Republican majority does not intend to maljea party matter of it. The fact is that the bill so completely revo lutionizes) the method of taxing corporate and other personal property that nearly e veryone is at sea upon it. Its supporters claim that it will fairly and justly eqr" '? taxation and relieve real estate, w'- opponents charge that it is unjust, .' . -.rt-& ticableand nnnonstitntional. '. Both praise and criticism shonld b largely discounted. It is neither so good nor so bad as is asserted. The evil to be remedied has taxed the wisdom of other Legislatures than this, and if the able and thoroughly informed gentlemen who com posed the Bevenue Commission could not agree upon the bill, a wide divergence of opinion may reasonably be expected in the Legislature.. It is by no means a perfect measure, but if special interests were sub ordinated to the general good, it can be modified so as to work a great benefit. Public Opinion Strong on One Point. There is one thing settled in tbe minds of the people, and that is that corporations do not now pay their.share of taxation, and that it is time they did so. While the pub lic mind may be somewhat hazy as to the exact method of attaining the latter end, it is perfectly clear on the former proposition, and the railroads may as well bow to tbe in evitable. In fact, it is no secret that the corporations'fully recognize this, and have declared their willingness to have their taxes increased, but they are unalterably opposed to the Taggart biil, and one of their representatives stated the other day that if it passed not a railroad in the State would pay one dollar assessed under its pro visions until the matter had been fought through to the Supreme Court and settled there. As stated in The Dispatch a day or two ago, there is a noticeable change here on the question of a constitutional convention, and it now looks as though one might be called. What causes this change is not easily guessed. There is little, if any, demand in the rural counties for any amendment of the organic law. The labor organization) are for it, claiming that a secret ballot cannot be had while the ballot numbering clause re mains in the constitution. The Democratic party is pledged to a con vention, and sticks to it in the hope of put ting the Bepublioans in a hole on ballot re "fbrm. The latter "have "made no definife promise on the question, and can afford to go slowly and feel the ground before them. If the people really demand a change, they seem now disposed to let them have it. For the People to Decide. It is for the latter reason, therefore, and for the further fact that it is a Republican measure, that the majority, if it is decided to press the matter, will support the -bill introduced by Senator Bobinson, of Dela ware. This bill allows the people to decide by their votes whether or not a convention shall be called, while at the same time elect ing delegates, should one be demanded. Under this bill the convention would consist of 209 delegates, 48 to be chosen at large, each elector voting for 24, three from etch of the 50 Senatorial districts, each elector voting lor two, three from Philadelphia and two each from Pittsburg, Allegheny, Scran ton and Beading, to be appointed by the Mayors of these cities. To this last clause there is decided objection on the ground that men charged with the important duty of amending the organic law of the State should hold their commission directly from the people, without the intervention of any appointing power. The Wherry bill calls a convention with out consulting the people, and provides for 170 delegates, 26 to be elected at large and 150 from the Senatorial districts, to be voted for as in the Bobinson bill. One very important phase of this question presents itself forcibly to the minds of the leaders, particularly the Bepublican lead ers. In the present rather chaotio con dition of political affairs, when party ties are weakening all over the coun try, and especially should the pres ent Legislature fail to deal satisfactor ily with taxation, roads, text-books and ballot reform, what might not be the char acter of the delegates should the election be held this fall? If such a turn were taken as occurred in Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and South Dakota last fall, a rather start ling constitution might not unreasonably be expected from a convention a majority of whose members hold the views entertained by the majority in the lower branches of the Legislatures of the States just named. One Feature Under Consideration. While it is not quite true that "the unex pected always happens," it does sometimes, and it would be embarrassing, to say tbe least.Jo have it happen now. These consid erations are being seriously considered just now by tbe leaders, and upon tbe result of their deliberations will depend thu calling ot a convention. The question may be settled by giving the people the opportunity to vote for or against a convention this fall, and if tbe majority favor it, have the delegates elected in 1892. In a Presidental year, party lines will be drawn, and tbe uncertain elements largely eliminated from the contest. The wbarf,bills will not be reached in the House for some time yet. In this question the members outside of Allegheny county are not deeply interested, and should the Allegheay delegation support them as strongly in the lower branch as did the Senators the bills will likely pass. Henry Hall. FBEE NOTICE FOB SARAH. Nutmeg State Ministers Preaching Against the French Actress. I "TECIAI. TELEtlllAM TO TIIK DISPATCIT. 1 Norwich, March 15. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will walk over the Norwich pulpit to play "Fedora" in the Broadway Theater in this city on March 31. She is getting any quantity of advertising from straight-laced Norwich Congregational preachers, and Manager Noxon, ot the theater. Wears a three-ply smile all the time. First the Bev. Dr. Llewellyn Pratt, of the fashionable Broadway Congregational Church, gave the French artist a sermon about two weeks ago, in which he said, though he did not speak Bernhardt's name, that she was uo better than she should be, and it was extraordinary that moral people would run after snob a woman. At his Thursday evening meeting in tbe I on the hill, the Bev. Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon, who has frequently upheld the old Blue Sabbath Law of Connecticut, gave Sarah's character a mild rebuke. Mme. Bernhardt will have a great audience here, and the seats at her play will be sold at auction. The boxes, it is thought, will fetch a premium of more than 8100 each, be dside the price of them, which will be 25 and $30. ., A MYSTERIOUS DEATH. APPABEHTLY A HOST FOUL MUBDEB AT ATLANTIC CITY. Decomposed Body of a Woman Discovered In a Cottage A Child Crying Alongside Marks of Violence Found Upon the Throat Atlantic Citt, March 15. A death which, to all appearances, points to a foul murder was discovered in this city about 7 o'clock last evening by ex-Assemblyman James S. Beckwitb, one of the proprietors of the Ocean House. A private cottage at 108 South Connecticut avenue, just oppo site the Ocean House, has been occupied since December by a middle-aged maiden named Laura Fnrnell and a year-old baby. Mr. Beckwitb, seeing no signs of activity around the cottage during the past two days, decided this evening to investigate. He knocked on the door, and receiving no response, forced an entrance and found Miss Purnell lying dead upou the floor and thebaby alongside the body crying. The police took charge of the body and began an investigation. The body was in a state of Va- TSS composition, and on the throat could be . 'cars, the flesh being slightly lacerated n - j. throat swollen. The room was in i Mo-fto wonld serve as a possible clew to ti Cf "o, 'he woman was found. The 2 A. w knowledge of her family connection, F limited. She came to At lantic City ijm Washington and the child's name is Auburn Eden. On the table was found a letter signed by "S. B. Bsll, Loudonburtr, Pa.," addressed to Miss Pur nell. The cottage is located in the best por tion of the city. The occupant was always well dressed and appeared to be an edu cated lady with plenty of money. The supposition is that she came here with the child, who is believed to be a relative,intending to remain as a temporary cottager. Heart disease is advanced by some as a possible cause of death, but the marks on the throat throw a strong suspicion of foul play. The police authorities are continuing their investigation. HIT THE SEEGEAHT-AT-ABMS. Lively Scrimmajo in the Closing Hours of the West Virginia Senate. rsrEdAi. TEUtoaxu to the dispatch.i Chaeleston, March 15. The Legisla ture did not adjourn until after 1 o'clock this morning. The last hours of the Senate were enlivened by a'personal encounter be tween Senator Knott and Sergeant-at-Arms Tracy, of Wheeling, which resulted in Tracy getting a blow on the face, and after ward he offered his resignation, which was accepted, and Adjutant General Oxley ap pointed m his place. The trouble grew out of a call of tbe Sen ate, and Tracy started down the corridor to arrest the absentees. He met Senator Stew art and Senator Knott near the door of the Senate, and catching Knott by the arm without annouueing his object, commenced dragging him along the corridor. Knott threw one arm around a pillar, but Tracy persisted, and tore the Senator's coat, Knott then struck him on thaface. Krolt was nevertheless taken before the Senate and fined $10, but as soon as the Senator was understood the fine was remitted. BELLAMYITE COLONISTS In Danger of Being Dispossessed of Their Land by Uncle Sam. ."HrltCIAD TaLEQnAM TO TUB DISrATCK.1 New York, March 15. The "Kaweat Co-operation Colony," in Southern Califor nia, is in straights, and the 200 Bellamyite co-operators at Kaweat are in danger of be ing driven from the region which they have held for the past five years, as certain Gov ernment agents have declared It to be within the limits of the Sequoid National Park. The managers of the Kaweat Compauy have issued an appeal for help and for subscrip tions to a defense fund. They say that their colony is located on land that lies outside of the park reservation, and that about $100, 000 have been spent forimprovements by the colonists. It is now reported that the Federal Land Commissioner is a supporter of the claims of the Kaweat co-operation colonists, who began to-practice Bellamyism before Bella my propounded it. Tbe matter is under consideration by Secretary Noble, of the Interior Department. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO. Two Important Judgments Executed Against the Canal Company. .TsrrCIAI. TEI.EEAJt TO TBI DISPATCH.! Cumberland, March 15. Two judg ments have been executed against the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal Company in favor of the estate of the late S. D. Brady. The principal and interest inrolvedin the judg ments amount to 333,000. Attorneys for the Brady estate notified the Sheriff to-day to levy on the company in Allegany county. Mr. Brady's judgments grew out of the fact that he furnished materials for the con struction of the canal from dam No. 6 to Cumberland, for which he was never paid. As these judgments are on liens prior to the issue of the bonds of 1844, the case is looked on with great interest, as the attorneys assert that the real estate belonging to the company in this county will be sold if they are not paid. ' A BULLET IN HIS BBEAST. Thlrtcen-Year-Old -Ralph Dawson Kills Himself While Playing With a PIstoL prECIAI. TELIOKAM TO TBI DISPATCItl Stewarts Station, PA., March 15. Last evening Ralph, the 13-year-old son of J. A. Dawson, of this place, accidentally shot and killed himself. While at school he came in possession of an old-fashioned revolver, and when he reached home went upstairs to try it. In a little while the re port of a pistol was heard. His mother found Balph lying on the bed in an unconscious condition, and he shortly died. The exact manner in which the ac cident occurred can only be guessed, as he was alone when it took place, bnt it is snp- Eosed he was in the act of cocking it, when is hand slipped, discharging the contents of the revolver in the center of his breast. THE BEPUBLICAN LEAGUE. Judge Thurston Does Not Wish to Bo Again the President. v Chicago, March 15. Judge John M. Thurston, of Omaha, President of the Be publican League of the United States, said to-day that he would not be a candidate for re-election at the earning convention of the clubs to be held in Cincinnati. The cam pain of 1892 would require a man at the head of the League who would devote nearly all his time to the organization, and that he could not do. In regard to the rumor that President Harrison proposed to tender him one of the newly-created judgeships, he said he knew nothing further than what he had seen in the newspapers. At all events be would not accept tf offered to him, as he must devote his time to making money. WRECKHF THE HAW. Three of Uncle Sam's Vessels Now Cast on the Bleak New England Coast ONE WAS A RELIEF BOAT, Which Bad Been Sent to the Assist ance of tne Galena and Nina. INDIANS EESCtJED TBE SAILORS, ind One of the Life-Saiers Proiablr Perished in the Attempt. DETAILS OP THE TEIPLE DISASTER rSPXCIAL TELEQKAM TO THE DISFATCS.l Gat Head, Mass, March 15. Three of Uncle Sam's boats have come to grief on this bleak coast, and are now lying exposed to the fury of the waves, which were break ing over their bulks to-day with terrible force. Two of them, the Galena and the Nina, went ashore Friday night. The third, the Triana, was speeding to the relief of the other two when she, too, smashed on to the ledges of Cutty Hunk Island and is full of water, with three big holes in her bottom. Such a chapter of accidents with such strange attending circumstances has not been recorded in years past. Luckily, none of Uncte Sam's seamen were lost, but it is probable that one of the heroes who rescued some of the Triana's crew has lost bis life. Indians Rescued Them With Difficulty. The 77 men on the. steamers Galena and Nina were rescued with great difficulty and are now being cared for by the Indians, who did such noble work when the City of Col umbus was wrecked on the same coast seven years ago. Yesterday they were called upon to repeat their hospitable work and they have responded heartily to the call. Their homes and beds were placed at the disposal of the ship-wrecked mariners and their small stock of provisions was shared to tbe last crust with the unexpected visitors. The Galena was being towed to Ports mouth, N. H., by tbe Nina, and, according to the report of Lieutenant Commander Bicknell of the Galena, had no trouble until Thursday afternoon when they ran into a dense fog bank. They got their bearings all right by the Block Island light and shaped their course for the Vineyard Sound lightship. They did not find it. Instead they saw Gay Head's red light, and a few minutes later struck on a sandy beach. The break ers were heard jnst before the vessel went ashore, but owing to tbe strong current and gale that was blowing there was no chance to turn the course of either vessel. The Nina banged her nose straight into the beach and the Galena floated side on. Powerless to Prevent the Disaster. The watchers on the beach saw the danger of the steamers, even before it was realized by the "officers' IB charge, but they were powerless to prevent the disaster. The town turned out en masse to render what ever assistance was in their power. The boat of the Massachusetts Hnmane Society is manned by Indians, but the plucky fel lows knew it would do no good for them to venture out in 'such a seething mass of breakers. The crew of the Galena managed to send a rope ashore, and that formed a substantial mode of escape. The life-savers on shore attached their buoy to the Galena's lifeline, and when that had been made secure, the work of rescue was begun. One by oue the seamen and officers made the trip from the stranded vessel to the shore. It took more than seven hours to effect the rescue of all. As soon as Commander Bicknell, ol the Galena, could secure trans portation to the main land he sent the news of the wreck to Collector Taylor, of New Bedford, and asked for assistance. The lat ter informed the Collector at Newport, and the steam tug Triana was dispatched to rea der whatever assistance was needed. Another to the List of Wrecked. But she was destined to share the same fate as the vessels to whose relief she was going. The night was clear and the sea was not as boisterous as on tne preceding day when the Nina and Galena went ashore. The captain says he made the Elizabeth Islands withont difficulty, and saw a flash light, which he thought was the Tarpaulin Cove light. Bnt he was away off on his reckoning, and at 2:55 o'clock in the morn ing be was hung up on one of the ledges off Cutty Hunk Island, the most westward of the Elizabeth group, instead of the eastern island, as the captain had supposed. The anchor wouldn't hold, and the north west wind carried the tug on tbe ledge abont 300 yards from the shore. She struck hard and" the water poured into her bold from three big holes. There was no chance for the men to save anything below. The steam pumps worked and the engines were reversed, but almost immediately the rising water drowned the fires and then the other pnmps were used until it was evident that nothing could save the vessel. Fortunately she landed well upon tha ledge, and when she sank, as she did 30 minutes from the time she struck, she rested in a cradle in the ledge, with her deck above water. Tbe hold was filled with water, and clothing and provisions were be yond the reach of the crew. There were 23 officers and men aboard. Moro Work for the Life Savers. The coast guard of tbe life saving sta tion gave the alarm, and the lifeboat was soon alongside the sunken steamer. Life preservers were thrown on board and eight of the Triana's crew jumped into the lire boat Then the boat was headed for the shore, but before proceeding many yards a mighty wave upset the. lifeboat, and res cuers and rescued were struggling alike for life. There were breakers all around and the sea was churning like a boiling caul dron. All the men reached the UDturned boat and clung to the ropes with strength born of despair. One member of the life-saving crew was washed away several times, and at last ha lost consciousness, .bight noun later, when the tug containing The Dispatch man ran to within hailing distance, the man had not recovered consciousness, and it was believed that he would not survive. His name could not be understood, a3 the conversation was carried on at a distance and under very un favorable circumstances. The life savers would not venture out again in their boat, bnt went a mile down the shore to where the Massachusetts Hu mane Society's boat was located. They made another trip to the wrecked tug in this boat, but the captain, finding that the tug could sink no further, declined to further risk the lives of his men. YOBK'S HEAVY FATLUBE, Banker Michael Schall Has Confessed Judg ments Aggregating 8149,000. York, March 15. Michael Schall,' ot this place, has failed. He has confessed judgments aggregating 149,000. Hetis head of the banking firm of Schall & Dinner. 5?Ktegs?'-
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