-----fHFJRRHInpBPpHPgBflfgSP THIS IS THE SEASON TO SI'-LI. ACT RENT HOCPES. BUYERS AND RENTER LOOK FOB BARGAINS IX Tire EVERT MOBSKG DISPATCH. DO YOU WANT A SITUATION? MEMBERS OF GOOD OPEITNGS ADVERTISED EVERY MORNING IN THE COLUMNS OF THE DISPATCH. FORTY-SIXTH TEAB. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1891. THREE CENTS. Kyry- rx H. . K i ,j&mir mJ . .1 .w. a .a. r .v. a 7 -. b . mU a !. , h .w rW BrV .asy jH -M'w B IB ,vf VBnBr'BrB'H .fl -Hlr infiyRB WB H -fr p .ujiurats u uvuu uriiua w UIMII lllIIMIIIIill 91IHI1HII II ADVERTISED EVERY MORNING Hh- H. ib. K3 my .HkjlV JBb .Bll W . AAV An. 9H BH P" BV a V JbkRI HL. BW JBhl SAk . B. a. tTlT 9 wJS? ' L " Si L ' H y " jy BENT OnjttTTLE, President Gompers Coming Here to Direct the Carpen ters in Their FIGHT FOR EIGHT HOURS. He Says the Men Are Uncompromis ing in Their Demand and "Will Strike on May Firsts BUILDERS ARE JUST AS DECIDED That the Time lias Come to Stop the Grow ing Cost of Building, and Will Fight to a Finish. ADJACENT COUNTIES AEE INVOLVED. Tit Ltider of the Fefontioa Wfll Also Ttie dirge of til Mirers' lagtt-Hrcr Dty DrnnJ tni Will Tilt D; TEKFORAET HE1DQUAETEBS IN PITKBUKO Thirty days from to-morrow will see the inauguration of one of the bitterest strug gles between labor and capital and em ployers and employes that has ever been wit nessed in Western Pennsylvania. It was hoped that compromises would have effected settlemen of the difficulties, but there is sow, unfortunately, no longer any doubt of a determination on both sides to put the issues to a trial of strength. The difficulties alluded to are the eight-hour demand ot the carpenters, and the eight-hour demand of the miners, co-relatively with the scale they offer for adoption. Samuel Gompers has issued bis fiat in the matter, and the fiat of the President of the American Federation of Labor is only de livered when that astute officer has weighed every circumstance reflecting on the matters at issue, and satisfied himself that he and bis organization stand a reasonable show of winning. Position ot the Carpenters' Demands. Dealing first with the carpenters, the posi tion of affairs to-day is this: Both sides have abandoned all attempts at further con ferences, and are now preparing for the struggle of the 1st of Hay. This is the re sult of a communication received by a member of the Builders' Exchange from Mr. Gompers, in which the Fed eration President says that the carpenters are pledged to the eight-hour day demand; that nothing less wtil satisfy them; and that he himself w'Ji arrive here to-morrow week, to take personal charge of the campaign on their behalf. The Builders' Exchange has accepted this as finally outlining the policy of the car penters, and has made no further attempts at bringing about a settlement. If the carpenters are uncompromising on the eight-hour question, their employers are just as determined to withstand the con cession. The Builders' Exchange lias de termined on the policy its members shall adopt when the bio. v is struck. Tbey pro pose to act as a unit. When the carpenters strike there will be a complete cessation of building operations. Every workmen al lied with the Building Trades Council which is directing the workers' movements will be locked out; and, consequently, other tradesmen connected with construct ion will be rendered idle. An Extensile Lockout Ahead. The lockout will be extended to include even planing mill hands, and, in fact, every branch of trade connected with building operations, and every worker whose em ployer is affiliated with the Builders' Ex change. The strike will extend through the neighboring counties, taking in Arm strong, Beaver, Butler, Lawrence, West moreland and Washington, and the build ing tradesmen ot Johnstown, Oil City, Titusviile, Meadville, New Castle, Beaver Falls and Washington will be confronted with this movement on the part of their em ployers, all of whom, through their ex changes, are in harmony with and propose to support the action of the Builders' Ex change of Pittsburg. The decision of the employers to put the matter of the eight-hour demand to the test of a struggle has not been determined upon without much consideration. The argu ments of tne builders against the demand are not as it is well understood directed against the length of the day's work, but against the increase in wages in paying nine hours' wages for eight hours work. They urge that the workers have been steadily advancing their wages, year by year, irre spective of the conditions of trade, and now the time has arrived for a stand against a further increase in the cost of building. Fearful of a Spread of the Movement. They say further that to grant the car penters an increase will be to encourage similar demands from all the other trades men and laborers, and they maintain that to increase the cost of construction would be to make building so expensive as to prevent capitalists from embarking money in it as an investment, because the high rents neces sary to be charged to secure fair interest on the outlay could not be obtained. On this point the builders are unanimous in opin ion and determined to fight all further de mands from labor which will increase cost As has been before pointed out in The Dispatch, the carpenters themselves are not harmonious on the eight-hour ques tion. The bulk of them are satis fied as they are, because tbey are being well paid. The agitation is being supported by that section of the craft which is dependent on organixed effort for a sustainment of its wages, against the judgment of the better workmen whose wages are not restricted by their employers to the letter of the scale.and who are paid ac cording to their worth. It is popularly sup posed that the employer stands back of the agreement, and does not pay one workman more than another. This is a mistake. The skilled men among the carpenters are p.iid more than the tcale waees, but they are so paid covertly. IIow More Than Scale Wages Are Paid. While a shop pay-sheet may show a som ber of men at an equal rate, the best men are receiving more. The employer, recognizing a particular man's ability,"sends his wife a check at the end of each month for the dif ference between what the man is really worth and the wages laid down in the scale. The Allegheny and Southside carpenters are generally opposed to the agitation, and there is no doubt that many of them will refuse to be bound by their organization, and will break away from it This is just as certain as that the strike will occur. When President Gompers arrives he will make this city the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor for the time being. He is determined to carry his pet policy of an eight-hour day into effect, and, as he says, he will remain here and conduct the campaign for the carpenters. But he will have another, although similar, mis sion in these parts. That will be the incep tion of the eight-honr day's work among the ir.ers. In this latter work he will be sup ported by the Knights of Labor assemblies of miners. President Eae and other officers will be here at the same time, and will act in conjunction with the President of the Federation, who will direct both fishts. Dark Outlook for the Coko Region. This determination to enforce an eight hour struggle decided upon some time ago on top of the wage scale dispnte in which the eight-hour day, though demanded, was lost sight of in the more pressing question of PaTi Rives the coke region dispute the complexion ot promising to last for a longer period than was generally supposed. From the first to the middle of Hay was thought to be about the time when the operators would sec fit to resume work, for it is an open secret that all the ovens required could be fired and successfully operated in three days' time if necessary. President Gom pers' decision to bring the Feder ation forces to bear on the coke strike may result in developments not yet thought of. The Amalgamated As sociation has already promised to aid the miners in an eight-honr struggle, refusing to use non-union made coke or coal, and influence conld be brought to bear on rail road employes with regard to handling it Mr. Gompers is credited with being de termined on carrying the eight-hour dav in the trades mentioned this year, and if he goes into the mining regions with a cry of "No Surrender," like the apprentice boys of Perry, he certainly has the power to make lively times in this neighborhood. STRIKES IN ORDER. BHOBT HOURS WILL BE DEMANDED ALL OVEB THE COUNTBY Brotherhood of Carpenters' Officers Kimuterate Cities Where Efforts to Set euro the Right and Nlne-IIonr Day Will Bo Made Pittsburg, on the List FrrCIAL TELKGBAM TO TBI niSFATCH.l Philadelphia, Maroh 29. The build ers and boss carpenters of both this city and Camden will, in all probability, shortly be come involved in a struggle with the mem bers of the United Brotherhood of Carpen ters and Joiners, whose headquarters are located here. Concessions are to be de manded from the builders all over the country, and the struggle promises to be come general. The brotherhood will make a determined effort on Wednesday next to secure the nine-hour day in Summit,Morris- town and Long Branch, IT. J.; Bay City, Mich.; Colurnbns, Ind.; Anderson, Ind.; New Orleans; Pittsfield, Muss.; Sheffield. Aia., and Wellsburg, W. Va. Jf tbe,.' wands of the men arebor-conceded, striKS3 -will follow. The struggle in this city and Camden will probably not develop nntil Mayl. In Sheboygan, Mich., the eight-hour day has already been established, and the men intend to go out rather than return to nine hours. It has been decided to establish the eight-hour day in Detroit, and strikes will result if the men's terms are not accepted. General Secretary of the Brotherhood, P. J. McGuire, will return to-morrow from Indiana, where he has been to adjust the lockout at Indianapolis. The trouble there involves 445 members of the union, and was caused by the builders' effort to return to the nine-hour day. The assistance sent to them last week amounts to nearly $2,000. On May 1, the Brotherhood officials sav, strikes will occur in Pittsburg, Newark, N, J.; Jackson, Mich.; Long Island City, Minneapolis, Salt Lake Cilv, Springfield, Mo., and fahreveport, La. The contest at these places will be to secure the eight-hour system. East St. Louis, 111.; Louisville, Ky., and Milwaukee already have the eight-hour law, and will on Wednesday de mand some further advances. Some 40 other cities and towns throughout the coun try will be agitated by an attempt on the part of the men to secuie the nine-hour day. It was also learned that on May 1 there will probably be a movement by the carpenters in this city to secure an advance In wages. The same demand will also be made in 19 other places. The officers of the Brotherhood are strong in their condemnation of the Carpenters' and Builders' Association of Chicago, which has lured it is claimed by misleading statements an army of men to that city by golden promises of plenty of work-at big pay. The result is that 25,000 able bodied, skilled men are now in the Windy City, idle and on the verge of starvation. There are 10 men to every job, and great suffering has resulted. WBECK ON THE PENNSY. Cincinnati Express Jumps the Track, but o One Badly Injured. rfrECIAt TKLEPEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, March 29. At 6:30 this morning the Cincinnati express, a vesti bule train, consisting of four Pullman sleepers, was wrecked at Devon station on the main line of the Pennsylvania Bail road. The train was running at the rate of 60 miles an hour, and at the enrve of the road, about 400 yards above the station, the rear car was derailed and overturned. The brakes broke and the engine rushed on at a tremendous pace. This left the train with out any guide to stop it and the jars and bumps occasioned by the overturned car soon had the effect of derailing the others. There was a panic among the occupants of the sleepers. The cry of fire was started and in the scramble to get out of the cars more people were hurt than from the derail ing of the cars. The injuries of the passen gers were slight The cars, however, were badly smashed. The railroad track at Devon was completely demolished for about 200 yards. WOBK FOB A NAVY YABD. Accommodations to Be Prepared at Ports month for Six New Craft Portsmouth, N. H., March 29. Late last night a dispatch was received from Naval Constructor Wilson in Washington, stating that orders have been forwarded to this navy ysrd to commence on outfits, con sisting of spars, blocks, boats, furniture and cooperaee, for gunboats Nos. 5 and 6, now being built at Bath; cruisers Nos. 9 and 10, now being built at Baltimore; cruiser No. 11, being bnilt at Boston, and the new prac tice cruiser. A DESPONDENT GEBMAN Buds Ills Tronbles By Tattinc Ballet Through His Heart frKCIAL TSXEGBAM TCI THE DIRPATCIT.1 New York, March 29. A young Ger man went to the North Eiyer House at West and Barclay streets Friday and asked J for a room. lie gave his name as Joseph Muller. He was a quiet young fellow, and bis clothes looked as though they bad seen better days. On Friday night he told the night clerk that he was ont of money and work, but had telegraphed to a friend in North Dakota for a remittance. This morn ing about 8 o'clock the people in the honse were startled by a pistol shot from his room. The door was forced, but too late to do any good, (or the young German was dead, with a bullet hole just over his heart On the bureau were two scraps of paper. On one was written: "lam from Germany, the son of a druggist, and am despondent" The other was a telegram which had not been sent. HANGED INHER CELL. SUICIDE OF A WOMAH CHARGED WITH KILLING HEB STEPSON. A ratnetic Letter to Her Husband, In Which She Protested Her Innocence She Preferred Death to Mingling With Con victs in the Penitentiary. :SPECIAL TEX.KGRAU TO TUB D1SPATCH.1 Denver, March 29. Several days ago Lucy E. Anders, a resident of Colorado Springs, was arrested at the instance of some neighbors, charged with poisoning her 14-year-old adopted son. Although she pleaded her innocence, her husband, as well as the grand jury, condemned her. On Friday a verdict of guilty was brought in by a jury, and Judge Campbell was to have sentenced her on next Tnesday. Last even ing she took a quilt from her iron cot in the cell, made a loop, placed one end through the bars, while the other she placed around her neck; then pushing the cot away on which she was standing, she strangled her self to death. Among the woman's effects a letter was found addressed to her husband. It is full of the most endearing terms, and in part is as follows: "I wish to say a few things in my poor way In regard to the terrible accusations placed against me. In the first place, I will say that my stepson, whom I am ac cused of trying to murder, did not like me when he first came to live with us, he hav ing been prejudiced against me by his grandmother, who disliked giving him up, and neighbors filling his mind with untrue charges, so that he never acted toward me as though I was nnything toward him. I know that he would have never thought of thingsthat he has told without help, for he has said that certain ones told him things to say about me that he never would have thought of, and if he has any poison in him he got it of his own accord. "Everything that was poisonous in the house was within his reach. Hfrwas left in the house alone quite often, and it is just as probable that he might have tasted some thing that way as it is that I should have given it to him. I will close by saying that, as God is my witness, I am innocent of ever having committed a wrong in all my life; bat this is a cruel world. My husband, the only friend I have, believes me guilty. My poor pareots died years ago. I have no money to defend myself against the terrible accusations; so, like hundreds of other inno cents, I am made to suffer without having done a wrong. "Oh, God, why is this such a cruel world? Here I am, innocent Still, rather than be sent to the penitentiary to mingle with con victs, I must commit suicide. You, my husband, some day yon will understand how cruelly I have been wronged. This is a cruel world and innocents must suffer. Lucy E. Anders." A DASTARDLY ACT. -'Attempt to Burn a Colored Orphan Asylum in a Cincinnati Suburb. ISrECIAI, TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Cincinnati, March 29. An attempt to burn the Colored Orphan Asylum, in Avon dale, and its 35 inmates very nearly suc ceeded to-night. Shortly after 8 o'clock, when the children were undressing for bed, a strong odor of smoke and oil was detected. One of the girls discovered smoke curling from a crack near the window on the north side. The matron quickly got the children in line and marched them out The flames, which were between the wall and the plastering.' were finally extinguished after doing several hundred dollars' worth of damage. Investigation revealed a startling fact. The structure is of frame, resting on stone pillars and leaving a space between the ground and floor. In this suaee was fhiiml the charred remnants of a large pile of kind ling, over which kerosene had been ponred. There is no clue to the guilty wretch who started the fire, but the colored people say the asylum has been long an eve-sore to the whites, some of whom would not scrnpleat any means to secure its removal. During the exoitement Matron Dunlap and a 2-year-old child were overcome by smoke and were restored to consciousness with great diffi culty. A FLOATEB FOUND. The Dead Body of an Unknown Picked Dp in New Tork Harbor. rsrEciAi. TELKaaAV to the dupatcb.1 New York, March 29. The body of an unknown man was iound in the water this morning between the quarantine boarding station and Fort Wadsworth. It was that of a man about 35 years of age, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 150 pounds. It had dark hair, a slight mustache and small side whiskers. An examination showed a deep, clean-cut wound in the fore head over the right eye, and the right eve was badly discolored. The left leg was broken at the thigh. The wound does notlook as if it could have been produced by contact with rocks in the water. A FATHEB'S DISCOVEBY. He Bans Against the Corpse or His Who Had Hanged Himself. Son, rSPECIAL TELEORAil TO THB DISPATCH.I New York, March 29. Jacob Kranse got up from bed at 3:30 o'clock this morn ing and went to his kitchen to get a drink of water. When he attempted to light the gas his hand ran against the face of a corpse. Hastily procuring a light, be found the body was that of his son Frank, aged 18. The boy had evidently stood on a chair, which was overturned beside him, and fastened one end of a bit of rope to the gas jet It is thonght that the boy was temporarily insane. He had been studying in a school of architecture and building. DEATH OF A NOTED JOCKEY. Ed Storm, tho Well-Known Chicago Horse man, Passes Away. Chicago, March 29. Ed Storm, the well-known Chicago horseman, succumbed yesterday to illness from which he bad suf fered for several months past. Storm's reputation on the turf was made as a steeplechase jockey, and in horseman ship over the dangerous hurdles and water jumps it is said he had no superior in this country. SOUTH DAKOTA IS HAPPY. .Timely Moisture Ushers in a Hopeful Sea son of Seeding. Huron, S. D., March 29. There was a ieavy snow and rain fall this morning. This afternoon a severe snowstorm set in. and is now in progress. The snow is full of water and will nut the 'ground in splendid condition for seeding, TO CHEAT HABRISON. Even the President Selected as a Tar get by the Audacious CLIQUE OP Sl'AHISH SWIKDLERS Which lias for Years Schemed to Entrap Prominent Americans. INQUIRY OF THE STATU DEPARTMENT Washington, March 29. For several years past attempts have been made to vic timize people of prominence in the United States in playing upon their credulity at the expense of their purses. Just who the would-be swindlers arc and to what extent they have succeeded is not known, but suf ficent data has drifted into the Department of State to indicate that these operations have been conducted on a broad scale, and that the leader in them is intelligent and well acquainted with the affairs of the per sons selected as victims. Whether there is one man, or whether he has confederates, it is hard to determine, although the indications point to co-operative action. The fraudulent schemes are of the same general plan, but details are varied infinitely to meet the character of the victim. As a rule, he is a person who has at some time had a slight acquaintance with a Spaniard. The Usual Modo of Operation! He receives a letter from a Spanish priest telling him that a large sum of money has been devised to him by this Spaniard on conditions that always involve the advance ment of a greater or less sum of money to pay necessary charges. The first notice the Department of State bad of the swindle was a letter addressed to President Harrison soon niter he assumed his office. In this letter the writer, a Cath olic priest, as he described himself, in formed the President that a Spanish army officer, after undergoing incredible vicissi tudes of fortune, had died in Spain. He bad delivered to the priest a satchel con taining 200,000, which was to be turned over to President Harrison on the sole con dition that he would assume charge of the officer's little daughter. Incidentally, the amount of $5,000 was needed to pay necessary expenses. The matter was confidential, and the President was to direct his reply in Spanish to the priest, and inclose it in a letter addressed to a Spanish lady. The priest also inclosed a letter from a Bishop testifying to the good character of the priest, bnt, perhaps from inadvertence, or more probably to avoid conviction if detected, the testimonial was made out for a person oi different name from thai signed by the alleged priest. Another Prominent Man Tried. The next person selected as a victim was General Bartlett, of the Pension Office, in. Washington. In this case a great quantity of valuable plate was at stake, encumbered with an innocent, angelic child of a Span iard, whom the General really recalled as an acquaintance of his early years. His suspicions were aroused by the nnusual pre cautions that were to be observed, and he escaped without loss. Then a prominent druggist of Paterson, N. J., was picked out by the gang, but he regarded the priest's letter as a practical iofce and paid no serious attention to it Early lest ' week a citizen of Cretan,.-I I was told thif ttfPOOTn'jewers andlrtaiWeH was buried in his neighborhood by a Span iard he had known in bygone years. He was to have a description of its location and a part oi the proceeds of the property if be would send the remainder to a daughter of the Spaniard, bonding himself heavily and remitting money to pay charges before re ceiving the chart showing the location of the treasure. A member of the United States House of Representatives last summer also came in for one of these prize packages, which were warranted to contain a fortune and a beau tiful heiress. A letter was addressed to this member from the "Parish Church of San Jaime Atreida, Archbishopric of Toledo." Crafty Wording of the Letters. The letter, like the others, purported to be from a priest Alberto Senar, in this case located in the province of Badnjos, Sona Maria Casillas, dalle Juderia, No. 23 Vil lanueva La Sarena. This letter is chiefly remarkable for the crafty manner in which the priest seeks to prevent the exposure of the swindle by making it appear to be to the recipient's interest to maintain silence. The priest's story is romantic,as is invariably the case. An illustrious prisoner had died in a castle- The charge upon which he was confined embezzlement from the State was cunningly stated with apparent inno cence, although its suggestion indirectly ac counted for the great fortune of 9,000,000 pesetas (about ?1,800,000) which the pris oner had secreted. He had selected the American C ongresa man to act as his executor He bad an in nocent, angelic heiress, and was willing to allow the executor the fiftL'part of his for tune for his trouble. The priest had been told, under the seal of the confessional, that the treasure had been secretly deposited by the illustrious prisoner in the Bank of Lon don, it happened that his baggage was in possession of the court, and in a secret re cess of one of the trunks was concealed the receipt of deposit of the money. The pris oner, in his will, had stipulated that his executor should pay down 20,000 pesetas ($5,000) for the purpose of withdrawing the baggage from the hands of the court The Beason Given for Silence. Because the bqggage would not be sur rendered by the oonrt if the secret were dis covered, the priest enjoins upon the Con gressman a sepnlchral silence in regard to the matter. Also he warns him that power ful enemies of the deceased may take steps to discover the secret, and says: "Fall not into the temptation of revealing the secret, since, if you remain steadfast, you pre vent the eternal misfortune of the innocent angel." The priest signs himself, "Your Most Affectionate Brother in Christ," and en closes a letter from Antonio or Altavinos, Archbishop of Toledo, duly sealed, enjoin ing the Congressman to send along the money, beginning with a draft of 52,500 on London or Paris. It appears that in this case, as in the case ot the letter addressed to President Harri son, the name of tbe priest, as given by the Archbishop, is spelled differently from tbe name given by the priest himself. More over, the real Archbishop of Toledo is Don Miguel Paya y BJco, and the pretentious seals are proDaDiy not counterteits, but ex temporaneous designs. The last communication on the subject which has reached the Department of State is from an attorney at law in Nebraska. He gives a modification of the scheme which was attempted in 1882. Always Something Wrong About It. In this case a pretended Catholic priest had learned at the confessional that a pris oner condemned for theft Irom tbe Qneen ot Spain (there is always an in sinuation ot the manner in which tbe bogus treasure was come by) had dhd leaving concealed in America a large amount of money, a considerable part of which he wished to leave to a banker in Ne braska, if the latter would act as his execu tor. This particular banker showed the letter to the attorney, who investigated the matter and saved the loss of money. The attempt was renewed last November upon another banker ot the same city. Tbe old story was again modified, the names were changed and the place of writing .-watt Yalenciaj instead oi Balboa, bnt the handwriting was the same as in the first case. The documents consisted of a forced exemplification of the will, a forged certificate of the clerk of the court and other papers. These also fell into the hands of the same attorney and he led the parties along in correspondence while he in the meantime notified the American Minis ter in Spain and the Chief of Police of Valencia, nrglng the authorities to act. MEXICO IS RESENTFUL. NO BECIPBOCITY TBEATY WITH COUNTBY AT PBESENT. THAT Tho Xailure of the Treaty of 1883 a Stum bling Block Western Tanners and Southern Mandfactnrers Favor a Treaty Mining Interests Will Fight It. fTKOH X 6TAIT CORBERPOHDEXT.l Washington, March 29. The negotia tions for a reciprocity treaty with Mexico have been interrupted, and it is not likely that Mr. Blaine will be able to accomplish anything until the resentful feeling of the citizens of Mexico against the United States has subsided. The present state of public .feeling in Mexico is a result of the failure of the United States to ratify the commercial treaty of 1883, negotiated by General Grant nnd William H. Trescott on the part of the United States. This treaty was not of Mex ico's asking, but was suggested by the United States. Although the Senate ap proved of the reciprocal iree list agreed upon, a clause was inserted in the treaty providing that it should not go into effect until Congress had ppssed a law to carry it into operation by making the necessary changes in the tariff. That law was never passed. A bill was introduced in Congress, but was reported adversely by the Ways and Means Commit tee. Another hitch is likely to occur over the question of admitting Mexican ores free of duty. While the Kansas larmers will have 100,000,000 bushels of corn this year to sell and will look with longing eyes to a market peyona tneitio Urande, the Mexican feels that he has in turn, millions of tons of ore that he cannot smelt by his primitive processes, and which he would like to sell in the United States. But as the tobacco producers were the most active in securing the virtual death of the last treaty, because tobacco was then placed on the free list, so the mining interest will fight to the bitter end the free admissiou of Mexican ores. A reciprocity treaty with Mexico is not, as stated, expected for some time. The Ad ministration hopes, however, to see it an ac complished fact before March 4, 1893. The demand for it comes not only from the grain producers ot the West, but from the manu facturers of the South nnd Southwest. In New Orleans, especially, there are a large number of manufacturers who can ship their goods across to Vera Cruz if a reciprocity treaty is arranged. SEEKING FOB A LOOPHOLE. Treasury Officials After a Way Out or the Mint Dilemma. I rnOM JL STAFF COr.nESPONDEJJT. 1 Washington, March 29. Notwith standing the pair of black eyes which the Department of Justice gave to the proposed new Philadelphia Mint yesterday by its de cision, the Supervising Architect and Di rector of the Mint still cling fondly to the hope that all is not yet lost. Mr. Windrim and Mr. Leech will consult Secretary Foster to-morrow to sec if a loophole can't be found which will allow the preliminary work in connection with tbe erection of the bnilding to proceed. Their object is to induce the LSM-retary to. allow bids for a site to bo ad- vQrtl6ea for. Their purpose is twofold. One is to se cure tbe old deal and dumb asylnm site at Broad and'Spruce streets, and" tbe second is to commit the Government to the work in such a manner that the next Congress will be forced to proceed with it. The new Sec retary will hardly take the responsibility of ordering bids for a site for a building which is yet unauthorized by law. EASTEB CAME TOO SOON For tho White Honse Grounds to Be in Con dition for tho Egg-Rolling. Washington, March 29. Owing to the continued rain and snow of the past week the White House grounds have been ren dered soft and damp, and it has been wisely decided to postpone the.customaryeee-rolling there on Easter Monday. The children of Washington have practiced this novel sport nntil the day has come to be recognized by an annual order of the President detailing the Marine Band for their entertainment. The thousands of little feet would not only ruin the lawns, but the youngsters would run tbe risk of catching heavy colds. A postponement of the entertainment until Saturday next is suggested, but the Marine Band will then be absent in New Haven on its concert tour, and the Third Artillery Band may be used. TO BEPLACE BAUM. Ex-Governor Beaver Said to Bo Slated for Commissioner of Pensions. tritOM A STAFF COHRESFOMDEUT.l Washington, March 29. The rumor that Commissioner of Pensions Green B. Baum is about to resign, and that Ex-Governor James A. Beaver is to succeed him, is again in circulationlandjthis time there ap pears to be some truth in it It is stated on pretty good authority that Beaver is to be appointed at th& head of tbe Pension Bu reau and his appearance is daily expected in Washington. Commissioner Itaum refuses to talk about the matter, and the affair will probably not be made publio until Beaver arrives here. THE FIBST TO FILL AN OFFICE. Major Bathbone Accepts the Fourth Assist ant Postmaster Generalship. Washington, March 29. Major Estes G. Bathbone, of Ohio, at present the Chief Postoffice Inspector, has been tendered and has accepted the office of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, created at the last ses sion of Congress. It is said to be probable that ex-Representative Carter, of Montana, will be ap pointed Commissioner of the General Land Office, vice Goff, resigned. CHICAGO'S GBEAT MOBTALITY. People Are Dying So Rapidly That They Cannot Be Baried. .'SFECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DIsrATCILl Chicago, March 29. Two hundred and seventy-fiye bodies which should have been bnried to-day lie in Chicago homes to-night, for the reason that undertakers could not inter them. There were nearly 200 funerals and every hearse in tbe city was pressed into service. Long lines of carriages containing mourners wended their way through the streets out to the dif ferent cemeteries. Gravediggers were kept hard at work all dav. An extra force of men will be required for the next week, it is expected, at all the cemeteries. .The death rate for the past 24 honrs ex ceeded tbe mortality of the preceding 24 hours, which was 150. Nine-tenths of the deaths are duf to the grip and pneumonia. Physicians are kept on their feet night and day attending to the sick. Mangled Himself Frightfully. San Deandko, Oaii., March 29. Last night J. Anderson, while temporarily in sane, cut off his left let- below thn knee and ljb.br left hand. srUhxbroadax. , AN ASSASSIN OF 12 Shoots a South American Prime Min ister While in His Carriage. RIPE FOR ANOTHER REVOLUTION. Arrest of Many Persons Suspected of Con spiracy With the Boy. BUENOS AYRES UNDER MARTIAL LAW SPECIAL TELEGP.AM TO TUB DISPATCn.l New York, March 29. The following advices have been received from private sources in Bnenos Ayres: This city is ex cited over an attempt made yesterday after noon on the life of His Excellency, Gen eral Boca, the Prime Minister of the Re public. Three days ago President Pelle grini read an anonymous letter, warning him that attempts wonld be made on the lives of himself, General Boca and General Levalle. These three gentlemen, the writer said, were the cause of the present political difficulty. General Boca likewise received similar anonymous warnings. At the same time suspicious groups of men were hovering about the Government House and also in Adrogue, where the President resides. All these things were brought to the attention of the President, and this accounts for tho extraordinary military precautions taken within the past fewdavs. Yesterday a Cab inet council was held in the Government House, in which the question of tbe London negotiation was disenssed. Shot Whllo in a Carriage. The council lasted until 5:30 o'clock, when General Boca gave some orders in the Home Office, and, accompanied by his friend Don Gregono Soler, entered his carriage. Tho carriage was driven down Calle 25 de Mayo, and, as it passed Calle Cangallo, Mr. Soler suddenly addressed General Boca, saying: "I think I heard the report of a revolver." General Uoca said: "My God,I am wound ed." They immediately alighted from the carriage and found themselves in a great commotion in tbe street Policemen were whistling, people were running abont in every direction, shouting, "Murder, assas sin," while a large body ot soldiers came running down street from the Government House. In a moment General Boca understood that an attempt had been made on bis life, and seeing two officers holding a boy a lit tle distant he rushed in that direction. He asked the boy who told him to commit the crime. The boy was so badly frightened that he was unable to speak. The young fellow was taken to the police station, where he was identified as Thomas Sambrico, an Argentine by birth, but an Italian by ex traction. A Very Youthful Assassin. He said he was only 12 years of age, but it is believed that he is at least 14. He de clared that he is out of employment, and being convinced that General Boca was the cause of the ruin of the country, he had de cided to kill him. He said he had told his brothers and same comrades oi his intention and had practiced at target shooting in Palermo. On Monday last he followed the General with the intention of killing him, but see ing him accompanied by an officer he de cided to await a more favorable opportu nity. This young boy seems to be very in telligent, and it ill. believed, he, has been made the tooTof some Of -"General Ito'ea's most bitter enemies. Yesterday afternoon young Sambrico took up his position in Calle 25 de Mavo. at the corner of Crngallo. He stood at this corner for several hours with one hand inside his coat. When General Boca's carriage came around the corner suddenly, the boy was so completely taken by surprise that she hesi tated a while, rushed after the carriage and fired at it. The bullet pierced the hood and cushions, making an ugly flesh wound in' the General's back. The police hare arrested 25 persons as the abettors and accomplices of the attempt on General Boca's life.among them the parents and brothers of the young prisoner. Denies That He Was Influenced. However the boy stoutly maintains that he was not influenced by anyone, but acted of his own free will. The police have dis covered, however, that he was familiar with the sons of a certain doctor, who have been arrested. One of the doctor's sons had quite a circle of young fellows like Sambrico, whom he assembled late at night and secretly received in his father's house. Young Sambrico was well aware of tbe pun ishment the law provides for his crime. While General Boca's wound is not serious, it is very painfnl and will confine him to his bed for several days. For several weeks there has been a general feeling of dissatisfaction among the masses. Immediately after the carnival an infinite variety of rumors assailed tbe. public ear. Some spoke of revolution, others of arrest of high officials. The Government seemed to think that danger was brewing and adopted measures calculated to increase the uneasy feeling about town. A decree was issued last evening by tbe Government pro claiming the city under a state of siege. The greatest excitement has prevailed in town to-day. This morning the Government seized a number of horses at Belgrano for the artillery batteries that arrived from Zarape during the night. No carriages or horsemen are allowed to enter the public park. SPIBITUALISTIC TESTS. A Stout Medium From Baltimore Aston ishes a New Tork Gathering. 1 SrZCIAI. TELEQBAM TO THB DISPATCH. 1 New Yoek, March 29. Adelphi Hall was crowded during the celebration of the forty-third anniversary of modern Soiritual ism to-day, under the direction of the First Society of Spiritualists. The feature of the afternoon was the appearance of Miss Mag gie Gaul, of Baltimore, a stout, ruddy-faced and jolly looking young woman. With her big dark eyes very wide open, ibe walked up and down tne platform giving "tests. To more than a score oi persons in various parts of the audience she described the spirits of departed friends or relatives, whose spirits she said she saw, and who gave her various messages. Several people were affected to tears by those messages. A tall, military-looking man at the back of the hall seemed to be especially favored. He acknowledged that his name was Colonel Wentworth, and that he commanded a New Hampshire Regiment in the war. Several of his old soldier com panions whose shades Miss Gaul said she saw and whose names and messages she gave, were recognized by him. He said in reply to a question that be was proud to count himself a Spiritualist, but he had never seen Miss Gaul before in his life. A PEOBABLE HUBDEB. Suspicions Circumstances Abont an Old Soldier's Death. tSrECIAij TELSGRAU TO TUB DISFATCO.1 Habbisbdbg, March 29. There is a suspicion that the man whose body was fonnd yesterday in a shanty a short distance from this city was murdered. The Coroner and his jury supposed him to be a tramp and turned him over to the almshouse" au thorities for burial. Since the verdict, dis hargc papers have been discovered on his person, showing his name to have been Dal las Fischtborne, and his -residence Lewis town, During the war be wm a bugler, and :ypftO? -Es (frtjggr --jrffiTT" r - LENT A THING OF TJIE PAST. served in Company E, Twentieth Cavalry. Sergeant Bates' history gives him an excel lent record. His remains are at the city almshouse, and will be subjected to further examination to-morrow to ascertain how he came to his death. It was supposed that he died from expos ure. To-day it ii stated that he was seen with S30 dollars in his possession a day or two before the discovery of his body, only a lew cents of which were found on his per son. Another rnmor is that he was seen in tbe company of a lot of ruffians. NEWS OF WRECKED SHIPS. THE WAESHIP GALENA -ATED AUDI NOT BADLY DA A Spanish Steamer Ashorv bat in No Immediate Dab. V - Si Savers Criticised Tor Not Lao-. "A- WO Boats to the Dictator. "Vr fjm Vineakd Haven, Mass, March The united btates steamer Galena wv by floated off Gay Head at 10A. M. to-day three steam tugs and the aid of a ship's anchor and hawser which was carried out. The Galena arrived here in tow at 2 p. m., and now lies alongside the wharf at tbe head of the harbor. When tbe pnmps were set at work it was found that tbe ship could be readily pumped out Everything movable was taken from the ship in "lighters, and at high water Friday and Saturday tugs hanled her, moving her a little at every at tempt. This morning a fresh wind occasioned considerable swell, causing the ship to rise and fall in her bed, thereby enabling the tugs to haul her afloat. The Galena leaks only about one and one-balf inches per hour, which indicates that there are no holes in ber bottom, which is probably only strained somewhat. Lieutenant Commander George M. Book, who bas charge of the ship, is awaiting orders from the Navy De partment at Washington, and until they are received it cannot be said what dispo sition will be made of the ship. The work of floating the United States tng Nina will commence at once. She lies in the same position as when she first stranded, and it is thought she can he floated without much difficulty. A telegram from the Hatteras Life-Saving Station says a Spanish steamer bound from Galveston is ashore five miles south of that station. The vessel is lying easy, close to the beach. The Captain and crew are on board, and there is no present necessity for their leaving the ship. The engineer says the steamer is light and is in no immediate danger. There is a strong probability that both vessel and cargo" will. be:g.a red. Lientenani Walker, of the United States Life Saving Service, arrived at the beach this morning, and is making a rigid investi gation Into the loss of life in connection with the wreck of the bark Dictator on Friday. There is a disposition here now to censure the Sealick station life-saving crew for not attempting to launch the life boat,as it was shown that even a smaller boat conld make the trip in safety, the bark's dingey coming ashore witbont capsizing and bring ing four men. Two of these men, after they had gotten ashore, wanted to take the small boat back for their comrades, but wore not allowed to do so. Only two bodies of those lost on the Dictator have so far been re covered. DEATH OF A HILLI0NAIEE. John Plankinton, Milwaukee's Great Pork Packer, Succumbs to Fnenmonio. Milwaukee, March 29. John Plankin ton, Milwaukee's foremost citizen, died about 9 o'clock to-night He built up a great fortune in the packing business, in which he was long associated with P. D. Armour, of Chicago. He was the owner of the Plankinton House and many of the lnrge'business blocks in tbe city, and his fortune was counted in the millions. He was a man of great pnblic spirit, and gave money and aid to every enterprise that promised to advance the city's interests, while his private charities were very large. For two years past he has been out of active business, a paralytic stroke having nearly caused his death and forced his re tirement from active business life. From this, however, he partially rallied, and while he bad lost the use of his voice, he was able to walk ont as recently as 3 week ago. A severe cold, taken last Thursday, developed into pneumonia and finally caused his death to-night A FIGHT TO A FINISH In Baltimore To-Day of Mack Interest to I'rcsldont Harrison. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIM Baltimore, March 29. Thero will be a fight to a finish to-morrow between the ad ministration and anti-administration Re publicans in this city, when the primary election will be held and delegates chosen to tbe three legislative conventions. The latter will in tnrn each name men to repre sent the city in the special State convention, which is tb adopt a constitution and by laws for the future government of the party. The work of appointing tha election judges was delegated to a commission of three, and the cbargo is made to-night that the anti-administration people have been given two of the three, It looks as if the administration would get the worst of it Should this be tbe result. President Har rison will not have Maryland's eight votes in the next national convention. A BIG BAITIMOBE BLAZE. Charles Rohr Packing Company's Estab lishment Destroyed. Baltimore, March 29. The establish ment of the Charles Bohr Packing Company was totally burned this morning. The property was sold Tnesday last to Alexan der Brown & Sons, but was still occupied by the Bohr Company. The building, machinery and fixtures were worth about $75,000, and had an insur ance of about 500,000. It was said to be tho best-equipped establishment of its kind east of Chicago. DETEBHINED TO ACT. Universal Order of Co-Opcratlon Victims Meet in Council. rtrZCIAL TILKJHAM TO TUB DISPATCnt Philadelphia, March 29. The 2,600 members of the muddled Universal Order of Co-operation are not wasting valuable time, but are following up their determination to right their wrongs if prompt action will secure their purpose. Another meeting will be held in Lutz's Hall. -at Bidge and Falrmount avenues. Jhis afternoon to urge immediate action, J HOLES HEADS Made by Irish Blackthorns to Open the Way for Strong Arguments. SLIGO'S RIOTOUS SUNDAY. McCarthy's Clans Forced to Cover Ik hind Police and Soldier?. MEMBERS OP PAELIAMENT HURT. Doth Priests and Bishops Denounce Farnell From the Pulpit. THE LIVELIEST DAT OP TOE CAMPAIGN Slioo, March 29T5-day has been the liveliest day sor in the North Sligo elec tion campaign By 8 o'clock this morning the strjera were alive with people listening to the mnsio of several bauds. The Parnell 0ontingent3, with their leader, were ont by 10 o'clock, engaged in personal canvassing. In their zeal they even attempted to de vote attention to Coney Island, in Sligo Bay, although there are only 25 voters on the island, farnell met with a hostile re ception at Strand Hill, where he found it jj "k ;ng yells of his opponents, and was f g j compelled to retreat to Sligo. m Formally, Denounced by the Prieats. 'The bishop of the diocese, together with the priests of the whole district, denonnced Mr. Parnell to their congregations at mass this morning. Meanwhile the anti-Parneliites, Messrs. Sexton and Collery, Maurice Healy and Michael Davitt and their party, bent on an nnfortnnate attempt to carry the fight into the enemy's country, started at 9 o'clock in the morning for the Tireragh district, ad dressing small gatherings on their way till Templeboy was reached. Here hostile camps had been formed. Tha Parnellites maintained sullen silence, but their opponents with ringing cheers wel comed the reinforcements. Awed by a Lino of Bayonets. The Parnellites gathered on the brow of a hill, armed with blackthorns and other weapons, threatening to move toward their opponents, but the police interposed, and with a line of bayonets awed the antago nists, and the.storm subsided amid mnttered threats and curses. All now moved in the direction of Dro more West, where, after a similar scene, the Parnellites pelted their opponents vigor ously with stones until they were chased and clnbbed by the police. Michael Davitt led his adherents off, all ducking their he.i.ls and some covering themselves with rugs to avoid the fusillade of stones. Mr. Pinkerton, member of Parliament foe. Galway, had his head cut and several others were injnred. On trying to enter Easkey the anti-Parnellites fonnd the road barred by a formidable arrayof Parnellites, and on the advice of the police they retreated in tbe direction of Sligo amid another shower of stones and other missiles. McC.irthyltes Make Vows of Vengeance. The party reached Sligo in the evening, where they addressed a large meeting. They gave a detailed account of the day's hap penings and tbe treatment they had re ceived, which tbey declared the Parnellite leaders organized on the previous night in Sligo. Thev all vowed vengeance. At tho same time they complimented the police upon the protection that had been afforded them. A telegram from Ballina reports that Dr. Tanner was seriously assaulted by a hostile nob to-day, being knocked down and dragged prostrate throngh the mnd. BAN OVEB AN EMBANKMENT. An Excursion Train Heavily Eaden Derailed From au Unknown Cause. BlBSHNGnAM, Ala., March 29. A dis astrous wreck occurred on the Ensley City dummy line shortly after noon to-day. A train heavily laden with pleasure seekers, and going at a rapid rate, ran oil the track abont fivo miles from town, from no ap parent cause, and tumbled down an em bankment about ten feet high. Alf Brown and Bob Taylor, two negro passengers, were instantly killed. A. J. Bigsby. the engineer, was caught under tha engine and horribly crushed. His suffer ings are excruciating and his death is ex pected momentarily. Mr3. Dr. Bamsey was badly crushed, and it is said her back was so injnred that she will be an invalid for life. Mrs. John Sullivan was pain fully scalded. James Nelma had one leg painfully strained. About ten negro pas sengers were hnrt, more or less. Two of them, it is said, will not recover. All were residents ot Birmingham. Tbe train was running very rapidly at the time of the ac cident, the engineer endeavoring to make no the thirty minutes he was behind tho schedule. A EI0T0US TEMPEBANCE MOB. It Consists of Both Men and Women, and 14 Led by a Minister. Tifpin, March 29. The temperance war fare at Bloomville contlnnes with addi tional riotous demonstrations. Alter tha demolition of his saloon Thursday night, William Miller procured a new stock of liquors and established himself in other qnarters. Last night his place was visited by a crowd of 13 men and 11 women, who assaulted the proprietor and his barkeeper, injuring the latter severely, and giving both of tbem half an hour to leave town on penalty of more severe treatment Among the leaders of tbe mob was a Methodist minister. Miller came to this city, but announces bis determination to return to Bloomville to-morrow, when further trouble will be unavoidable. PALMES AND THE CHICAGO FIGHT. He Will Report for Assignment at tha Windy City Wednesday. Springfield, III., March 29. Senator Palmer will not go to Chicago until Wednesday. He will be there Wednesday night and place himself at the disposal of tha City Committee to fill any appointment tha committee may make for him to participate in the extraordinary Mayoralty fight in progress there. He is still suffering from tbe grip in a mild form, and deems it unwise to risk, catching a greater cold than he now has. Four at a Birth. .FrlCIAI. TELKOKA TO TUi DISPATCH.1 Schenectady, March 29. Mrs. John Whitney, ot this city, yesterday gave birth to four children, three girls and one boy. All died within tut boor, A jji4 asnflfc.a
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