lSy
O C A I Ftate Sellers Get their
11 CM L sest Buyer through THE
DISPATCH. Investors
Everywhere read it. Bargain Hunters
IV AV'a' M T"Q Inserted in THE BB-1
IVVrtlN I O PATCH reach Bvery-I
"M
(i -
I .body. It la the Best!
Medium for Employer, and EmployedJ
rely on It for offering.
it circulates Everywhere.
"WT
Mflf-rSSir
POKTT-SCXTH TEAR
HI OLD STYLE HADES
Still Goou Enough for a Small
Majority of tlio 2Tew
York Presbytery.
TnE SESSION YERY II7ELY
I)r. Mggs and His Friends Turn
Fiercely on tlio Accusers, But
Loso on a Test Vote.
STRONG LANGUAGE FREELY USED.
An Attempt Jlodo to Censure a Toniujlva-
nla rrehljtcry for Objecting1 to the
1'rofenw's Teachings.
HARD STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN ORDER.
The Moderator Forced to l's IIU Anthoritj to Curb tbs
Ptrwiaal I'iprtnioni of the Oppos
i log Champions.
TO-DIT WTLL Wll.VrSS TIIE DECISIVE CONTEST
SPECIAL TELEORAM TO TnE DISrATCH.
New Yobk, May 1L The New York
Presbytery had a very exciting session to.
day, and the quettion of the Bev. Dr.
Briggs' heresy or orthodoxy is still an open
one. The importance of the occasion, the
most important doubtless tliat ever con
fronted an American Presbytery, drew to
gether a large"1 assemblage of clerical and
lay Presbyters.
Before the hour of the meeting arrived
the lecture room in the rear of Scotch
Church was so crowded that the first pro
ceeding, after Moderator Shearer's prayer
that zeal might be ordered with knowledge,
and that the Presbytery's deliberations
might be for the interests of the wholo
church, was to adjourn to the main room.
Conspicuous in the front pew was Dr.
Briggs, looking pale and determined, but
his face lighting up when he was greeted by
his critics, as well as his many friends who
are not his critics.
Greeted !y One of His Accusers.
Ir. Birch, the first signer of the majority
report condemning his utterances as hereti
cal, Aook hands with him. After an hour
had been consumed by licensing seven or
eight young clergymen to preach, the cele
brated ecclesiastical case came before the
Presbytery an the shape of a resolution
which the Bev. Dr. Hastings said he offered
to protect the honor of the Presbytery, for
whose honor and interests he was zealous.
This is the document:
"Whereas, The constitution of the
Presbyterian Church declares that original
jurisdiction in relation to a minister per
tains to the Presbytery, and that the judica
tory to which a church member or a minis
ter belongs shall ha e sole jurisdiction for
the trial of the offense whenever or
wherever committed by him; and,
"Whereas, Condemnation without trial is
contrary to all law, civil and ecclesiastical;
and,
Attack on a Fennsylvnnla Fresbyterj.
"Wiieeiias, The Presbytery of Chester
in Dowmngtown, i'a., April u, lBSl,
adopted an overture to the General Assem
bly condemning the Bev. Charles A. Briggs,
D. D., a member of this Presbytery, as fol
lows: ''Whereas, The directors of Union
Theological Seminary, in the City of 2Ccw
York, liave established a new professorship,
o bo know n as the Edward Robinson Pro
wssorship of Biblical Theology, and havo
transferred Prof. Charles A. Briggs
from tho chair of Hebrew and installed
Win as profos.or of Biblical Theology;
" WnEittAS, It appears from the inaugural
address of Dr. Bivt?". and from his book cn
tijled "Whither," and from various articles
ho has written and published, that his
views in relation to tho Scriptures and upon
other subjects of vital Importance also. In
the Judgment of the Presbj tcry, are not In
accordance w ith the Confession of Fulth and
the catechism of our church; and,
""Whereas, The peace and purity of the
church depend upon tliechairof tho instruc
tion imparted to oui candidates for tho min
istry found in our theological seminaries;
therefore,
" Resol ed, That this Presbytery does here
by overture the General Assembly to refuse
to confirm the aforesaid appointment of Prof.
Briggs to the chair of Biblical Theology."
"Therefore, in iew of -this overture of the
Presbytery of Chester
Trying to Torn the Tables.
"Resolved, That the Presbytery of Now
York hereby ocrtures the General Assem
bly to pronounce that the Presbytery of
Chester lias: first, violated the constitu
tional rights of Prof. Briggs in that it has
given Jndgmcnt that his views aro not In ac
oordance'with the Confession of Faith while
he is a member of the Presbytery In good
standing, and, Secondly, has violated the
constitutional right of tho Presbytery of
yew York, which has solo jurisdiction over
Prof. Briggs.
"Furthermore, whereas this Presbytery
has learned that other Presbyteries beside
the one in which wo complained, sent up
overtures to the General Assembly of a simi
lar character to that herein cite tho Pros
bjteryof Xe York respectfully overtures
the General Assembly to protect our rights
under the constitution, by returning to the
Fresbyteiies any overtures pronouncing
Judgment upon Prof. Briggs or in any way
reflocting upon his ministerial character, in
forming such Presbyteries that they have
encroached upon the authority of the Pres
bytery of New York and have acted In viola
tion of the constitution of our church."
Moderator Shearer ruling that an over
ture could bo made to tho General Assembly,
but not a complaint that belonging to tlio
next superior judicatory, the synod, Pro
fessor Hastings changed his language ac
cordingly to meet the objection.
Briggs Speaks in His Own Defense.
Dr. Briggs rose to a question of privilege
and said: "Air. Moderator and brethren, it Is
well known to you that owing to ill health I
was absent from tho meeting at which the
committee whose reports have been referred
to was appointed. It is is only within the
List lew minutes, w hen tho minutes of last
meeting were read, that I learned officially
that a committee had been appointed to in
v estigate my inaugural address. I take ad
vantage of tho first ofllcial knowledge I
have had to protest against the appointment
of that committee."
The Moderator Interrupted him to rule
that this protest was not a question of privi
lege, and was therefore not in order. Bev.
Pr. Buch said apropos of Dr. Hastings' at
tack on tho Chester Presbytery: "Any Pres
bytery has the right to overture about any
thing connected with the Union Theological
lemtkary. The General Assembly having as
cub cnu functions the right to pass on a J
nomination to a chair In that Institu
tion, tlio Chester Presbytery and
every other Presbytery has tho
right to ovcrturo on tho subject.
In all events it is tho functions of tho Gen
eral Assembly to determlno whether tho
Chester Presbytery has exceeded tho bounds
of its authority. Wo can overture it to como
to this determination, but wo would be ox
cceding our authority in bo doing. If wo
should pass such an ovcrturo tho General
Assombly would throw It out."
A Demand for Protection.
Prof. Briggs now came to tho front again.
Ho said: "Wo don't complain against any
Presbytery whloh overtures tho General As
sombly concerning mo; tho point Is whother
any Presbytery has tho right to prononnco
Judgment ngainst mo before I have been
tried by this Presbytery, nnd send up Its
opinion to proj udtoo tho General Assembly,
A slmplo inquiry concerning my vlows is
all right, but thoy havo Judged nnd con
demned mo. If you don't protect tno, I wUl
complain to tho Synod of sow York against
you."
Tholtov. Dr. B. XL Booth, well known ai
an opponent of Dr. Brig, hero said: "If wo
aro la rnto on Dr. Hastings' resolution, lot
u do It sentence by sentence, paragraph by
paragraph, so that ono may know what wo
uro doing, nnd that it may not bo a means to
"tuvo oif furthnr action In regard to tho
matter at lssuo." '
Dr. itoblnion now scored a point. Ho iuo
oeednd In getting through an amendment to
Dr. Hastings' resolution, outttng off all after
tho words ''(0 protect our sights under tho
constitution." In splto of a short vpeoch In
lu favor by Dr. Ltrfggi, Dr. Booth replying,
tho resolution in its curtailed form was re
jected by a voto of 03 to 67. Dr. Briggs, on
tho defeat of Dr. Hastings' effort in Ills bo
half, read a resolution denouncing tho action
of tho Presbytery In appointing a commit
too to consider his inaugural address as un
constitutional, and in violation of tho usu
aires of the denomination and a breuoh of
justice.
When Dr. Briggs added: "Tho eommlttea
accordingly should havo investigated Indi
viduals In tho Presbytery whom I am pre
pared to name." Dr. Booth, ton ard whom
ho had turned, called on tho Moderator to
declare him out of order. Prof. Briggs, now
standing, said soon afterward: "1 repeat,
the first duty of this committee should have
been to investigate the conduct of such ma
licious individual whom I am prepared to
naino ut any time,"
Protested Against tho Language.
"I protest against that languago being
again repeated before this gathering,"
shouted Dr. Booth.
After announcing that he would appeal to
tho Synod for protection, Dr. Briggs told the
Presbytery what the committee should havo
done in regard to himself. It should have
allow ed him an opportunity to explain the
aouotlul things in his address, and should
have reported against him only In case of
his failure. In conclusion, he declared that
he felt humiliated by tho "composition of
committee."
Dr. Birch got up and read a letter Inviting
Prof. Briggs to appear before the committee,
and a letter from Dr. Briggs refusing to do
so, on the ground that it was appointed to in
vestigate his address, not himself. Dr.
Briggs however, explained that the invita
tion did not contain the "official knowledge"
he wanted, which was knowledge combined
with the opportunity to make tho protest ho
had made.
Adjournment until 10 A. M., to-morrow was
taken at this point. Dr. Bobinson having
the last word his motion -making the com
mittee's report the first order for this morn
ing being carried. " "
The Rev. Dr. J. H. McHvaino is the only
signer of the minority report to the effect
that Prof-Brfonrs' address is not inconsistent
with the confession. Elder Edwards name
appears on neither.report. 'While the ma
jority report "recommends that the Presby
tery enter at onco upon thejndicial Investi
gation of the case." Dr. J. F. Forbes, one of
its Burners, ohioeted to the word "ludieial."
and signs with that word omitted as far as
ho is concerned.
ANOTHER TILT FBOBABLE.
General Butler Will Beard Judge Carpen
ter In His Den Again. i
SPECIAL TELES RAM TO TOE DISPATCH.
Boston, May It There Is a prospeot of an
other til t botn een General Butler and Judgo '
Carpenter. General Butler has been retained
for the defense in an important case, which
District Attorney Allen has just'put on tho
Ust for trial In tho United States Circnlt
Court at tho May term, which comes in on
Friday next, and he proposes to conduct the
defense in person, unless forcibly prevented
from so doing. Tho caso Is that of John D.
Sanborn, claiming to bo an Informer, who
was many years ago paid by tho Government
a largo sum of money, beinga moiety of a tax
collected from tho estate of General John E.
WooL Subsequently it was discovered that
mo collection 01 tne money was not auo to
Information furnished by Sanborn and a suit
was begun to recover the money. A verdict
was returned in favor of tho Government.
Sanborn appealed to the Supreme Court of
me united stales, ana mat tnuunai not long
ago sustained tho finding of tho Criminal
Court, ordering Judgment entered for tho
United States for nearly $20,000,
When Sanborn appealed, ho gave no lets
Sromiuent securities than the Honorable
eorge B Loring and tho Honorablo Frank
Jones. The coming suit is against these
gentlemen, whom Butler is to defend. '
THE GARRISON RUBBER TRIAL.
The Jury Taken to the Scene of the Wheel
ing Tragedy.
SPECIAL TELEGKAJI TO TnE DISPATCH.)
Wheelisg, W. Va., May 1L After seven
days had been spent In preliminaries, the
first witness for the State was called in the
Garrison-Balrd murder caso this afternoon.
In tho afternoon Captain Dovener, for tho
State, answered in .rebuttal to the defense,
and at 3 r. m. the Jury was taken to view the
scene of the killing, being accompanied by
Judge Campbell, the Cleik, Sheriff and half
a dozen deputies and counsel for both sides
and the defendant himself.
After the Jurr returned, the first witness
called was Dr. Wilson, who held the
rjost-mortem on the bndv if thA n-r.Tirin-rt,.
He said the first and fatal wound was made
when Baird was slightly facing Garrison,and
the second shot through the head, was fired
when the victim had his back almost di
rectly turned to Garrison. This has an im
portant bearing on the case, as the defense
has intimated its Intention of showing an at
tempt on the part of Baird to draw a
weapon-
CHANGING THE BATE
For Free Foot Passage Over the Brooklyn
Bridge From July 1 to Jane 12.
SPECIAL TELEGHAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Yoek, May U. Tho Board of Bridge
Trustees held what may bo its last meeting
to-day, as the trustees are all to retire on
June L, in accordance with a bill passed in
Albany at the recent session of the Legis
lature. Tho trustees, however, will hold
o er until their -successors have been ap
pointed by Mayor Grant and Mayor Chapin.
To-day Mr. Skinner had the resolution fix
ing July las date for making the prome
nade freo rescinded, and presented anotheT
resolution making the date June 12. All the
trustees voted in the affirmative.
KILLED IN A RIOT.
Americans and Italians Have a Bow Which
Causes One Fatality.
WHEELniQ,W.VA.,May It There was a terri
ble no t between s alian and American labor
ers employed by Alexander Graham.tho Bel
mont county plko contractor, at Plpo Creek
this morning. One man was killed, two
others fatally wounded, and from six to ten
others more or less injured from cuts and
blows. Tbesceneof tho riot Is 12 miles from
Bellaire, and there being no other means of
communication than a country road, particu
lars cannot be had to-night. It is known,
however, that the trouble was caused by an
Italian striking an American foreman over
the head with an Iron bar.
A TROUBLESOME CONVICT.
The Desperate Fight That Superintendent
Van Pelt Had With a Prisoner;
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Wheeliso, W. Va., May It Avery exciting
episode occurred at the Mouqdsvillo -Penitentiary
yesterday. It Is customary to have
a court every morning and sentence the
prisoners to certain punishments for Infrac
tion of the rules. Yesterday a desperate
character named Bush, from Parkersburg,
was charged with some serious breach of
discipline, and Superintendent Van Belt,
who presides over tho court, sentenced him
to some rather sovoro penalty. Ho had no
soonor pronounced tho words than Bush
leaped at him, and, drawing a knife, at
tempted to cut the Superintendent.
Tho latter mado a strong resistance, and a
guard who was present attempted to assist
him. In tho melee the Superintendent was
badly out twice, and would certainly have
been killed had not thecoptain of tho guards
entered and assisted In overpowering tho In
furiated prisoner.
THIRD1 PARTY MOVEMENT.
JERRY SIMPSON THINKS IT IB
FAB IX THE FUTURE.
STILL
Soma Thing He learned on His Xtcoent
Saltern Trip A Word In Favor of Crisp
for Bpoakor Formers' Allianco Con
ffressmen May Bolt.
trnoM a staff oonntsroxscKT.l
WAsBiKOToir, May It Hon, Jerry Slmpion,
of Kansas, li ono of tho row mombors of tho
next Homo of Representatives now In tho
etty, and naturally li qui to full of thoiubjcot
of thoClnclnnatl Convention, which, it is
hoped by many, will organUo a third party,
oompoiod of tho fannom, wage work
er! nnd other dlioontontod clomonti.
Mr. Slmpion snyi, howovor, that the
convention will not try to forco thingii that
now party movcraonU must grow naturally,
and that a third party ticket will bo do
olded upon only in caio the tlino icemi ripe
for It. He candidly says that ho doos not
think tlio third party will bo barn at tho
Clnelnnatl Convention, but that it will bo
at tho National Convention, which will meet
In this olty next February.
Mr. Simpson say that ho learned a good
deal of interest to him during his Eastern
trip. Ho found that in Now York State per
uana DO nor cent of the farms were mort
gaged for more than they could actually
bring if sold now. They were mortgaged
when farm lands were high and many of
them aro not worth half what thoy were
then. In New England, ho says, tho
people are rapidly becoming free tmders.
Ho predicts that the manufacturers will dis
cover that protection is as much a mistako
for them as was slavery for the South. Tho
Democratic party, he Bays, is not ft f reo trade
party; it Is and will be tho conservative
party and a new party will accomplish tho
reforms that are necessary.
Speaking of the organization of the next
House, he said that he supposed the Demo
crats might elect Crisp Speaker, as he was a
strong, well-balanced, brainy and conserva
tive man. As to the Farmers' Alliance mem
bers, they would, he said, act together.
Their number was not definitely known,
butthere would be33orl0ofthem,he thought.
Thoy would demand some concessions
from the candidate they supported, and If
they could not get these concessions thoy
would bolt the Democratic caucus. In re
spouse: to a question about the sub-Treasury
plan, he said that he was opposed to class
legislation of any fiort, but that this plan ho
peuoveu yo oe necessary unuer present con.
dltlons to adjust things.
" MR. BLAINE'S ILLNESS.
The Secretary of State StUl nt Mrs. Dam
rosch's Residence.
New Yoek, May It It was stated at tho
house of Wolter Damrosch, No. 72 West
Seventieth street, where Secretary Blaino is
now ill, that -Mr. Blaine's condition was
greatly Improved. Br. Dennis called at an
early hour and made an examination. He
said that there was nothing alarming about
Mr. Blaine's condition and he advised rest
and quiet. Tho only medicine which he had
Srescribe'd was pepsin for indigestion. Mrs.
laine was Interviewed and said: "Mr.
Blaine is still confined to his bed, bnt ho is
resting quietly and there is no danger what-
attending physician advised Mr. Blaino to
rest and not to return to WashtagtcfPto-day
The Secretary would return to the capital If
I would permit it, Dut in view of the physi
cian's advice I would not let him go under
any circumstances."
Mrs. Blaine denied that the Secretary had
had another attack of vertigo. He has had
no fainting spells and his mind is perfectly
clear. The attending phyAlan will not call
again to-aay unless sent lor. To-night It is
stated that Mr. Blaine is much Improved and
will probably start tor AFnshfaigton on Tues
day or Wednesday. -
fRENOEY NO. l'S CASE.
He Protests Against the Postponement of
the Inquest.
SrEOAL teleobau to Tins DISPATCH.
Nkw Y'ook, May U. Coroner Schultzo post
poned again to-day tho inquest in the case of
Carrie. Brown, who was murdered In the
East River Hotel on April 2L Lawyer
House, on behalf of Ameer Ben All, other
wise Frenehy No. 1, protested against tho
delay, and said that his client ought to bo
released at onco. Frenehy has an entire suit
of clothes, provided by his lawyers, and ho
is anxious to appear in court and show,
them.
Assistant District Attorney H. W. Unger
saia mat puotograpus ana pians snowing
tho hotel and the scenes of the murder aro
preparing, and that the District Attorney,
who Is working with Inspector Byrnes, was
not ready. Cpronor Schultzo appointed to
morrow at IChSO A. sc. for the Inquest. Ho
said he was positive of Frenehy No. l'g guilt.
"There will bo a great surprise here on
Wednesday morning," said. he.
SEIZED THE EFFECTS.
The Kmma Juch Opera Company Scenery
. Attached in St. Louis.
SPECIAI, TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
St. Louis, May U. When Emma Juch and
her opera company rolled Into the Union
depot at 3.40 this afternoon, two constables
awaited the songstress, or more properly.
Manager Charles E. Locke. Tho train was
due at 6.30, and the officers paced up and
down the sheds all day long. Twelve claims
for musicians' wages, aggregating $2,800, had
been assigned to Alexander Bremer, a New
York musician, and attachments were
sworn out. The claims have been standing
against Mr. Locko for two years, and origin-
Two cars of scenery were seized and
guarded untillust before dark, when bond
was furnished. The special train was
switched to the yard, while the mombors of
the company spread tucmseives over their
belongings, animate and inanimate, to pre
vent their seizure. To-night a packed honse
heard tho company at Exposition Music Hall
In "Tannhauser."
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
Three Men Killed and Several Injured in a
PecuUar Manner.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Lima, May H. A frightful accident hap
pened at Ft. Jennings, a small station north
west of this city, on the Toledo, St. Louis
and Kansas City railroad. A number of men
wero unloading a threshing machine, when
a passenger train dashed around a curve,
and the engine struck a heavy piece of tim
ber that projected over the track.
Tho men wero hurled under tho train, nnd
Henry Miller, Henry Slotman and Louis
Lence wero killed and several, others in
jured. Both of Miller's legs and arms were
cut off, nnd Slotman and Lence were ground
to pieces,
MUST BE ELECTROCUTED.
The Supreme Court Disposes of Four New
York Murderers.
Wabhihqtou, May It The United States
Supreme Court to-day disposed, it hopes
finally, so far as it is concerned, of the cases
of four of the murderers under sentence of
death in New York State by moans of elec
tricity, viz.: Shibuya Jugiro, Joseph Wood,
Harris A Smiler and James J. Slocum.
Chief Justice Fuller, from the bench, di
rected the clerk to affirm thejudgmentof
the lower court and to Issue mandates at
once.
A BIG EXPRESS DEAL.
The National Company to Have a Through
Bonte to the Pacific.
Bosrov, May It A big express deal has
just been consummated which wiU give the
National Express Company a through route
from tho Atlantic to the Pacific. By the
terms of agreement the American Express
Company withdraws entirely from the Fitch
burg Railroad on May 15, and the National
takes possession. Hereafter -the American
will send all of their Western business oyer
the Boston and Albany,
PJUSBURG, TUESDAY, MAT 12, 1891.
HEMMED IN BY EffiE.
"Ah Engineer Tries to Dash' His Train
ThrongH a Burning Forest,
DERAILED IN A MASS OF FLAMES.
A Nnmter of lives lost, Including That of
(he Superintendent.
' ' 12L
PENNSYLVANIA TILLAGES m'DANfER
tlTXCIAL TSLXflnAM 10 TITS DHrATCH.J
CourntnaroBT, Pa., May 11. At Mooro'
Ran, on tho pretty Blnnomahonlng road, a
tralnload of 78 willing men, lent out from
Austin Bunday night, had boon fighting book
tho forest fire by cvory oonoolvablo moans,
Thoy made trenobci, pUcd up oarth and
lighted book fires, but wero finally obliged
to retreat, Tho mon hastily boarded tho
train, and started to mako a run to another
point, when It wa found thoy wero hemmed
In by tho forest flro on ono tide and a hugo
skldway o t logs on tho other.
It was finally doolded to dash past tho
burning nkldway, and tho engineer and fire
man. with faces covered with dampened
olothi and tbolr hands and arms wrapped
in wool, mounted tho llttlo engine and
pulled out through the wall of fire. Tho 75ex
hausted men gathered In group on tho flats
for protection, or lay on their fooe on tho
floor. As tho blazing furnace of log was
approached tho heatboeamo unbearable and
the smoke so blinding and stifling tho men
were obliged to cover tbolr mouths with
olothi.
Just opposite the millions feet of burning
logs, where the heat and smoke and fiamo
wero the greatost,'a terrible thing ooourred.
A Leap Into a Mass of Flame.
The engineer had forgotten that such great
beat would spread the rails, and he pulled
tho throttle wider, In the hope of sooner
escaping from a torment of heat and smoke.
Then there was a lurch, an ominous heaving,
and a shriek of despair as the train toppled
over into the mass of lire beneath.
A scene ensued never to bo forgotten by
those who escaped, and every man who got
away will bear to his grave a mark of that
awful moment. The cars caught fire like so
many paper playthings, and the men within,
half-blinded, and scarcely realizing any
thing, except that they wore being slowly
roasted to death, struggled fearfully tore
gain the track, were safety lay, for a tune at
least. Those uninjured from the fall, and
only smarting from the pain of Intense heat,
bravely used their burned and blackened
hands to aid their more unfortunate fellows.
Enough is known of the scene that followed
the hurling of the struggling mass of men
into the furnace of fiamo to say its like had
never occurred before.
Superintendent Banger, of the Sluncma
honing Valley road, was In charge of the ro
ller train, ana naa worcoa tno naraest or an
to save the properties of others. When tho
train ditched and rolled over so suddenly he
must have been Injured so as to.be unable to
help himself, and, owing to smoke and panic,
he was not found until too late Jammedlin
the wreck. He had evidently slowly burned
to death.
Six Hon Dead and Others Dying,
Atihls'time it is known that six others
also miserably perished at once or died soon
after, and 30 others of the party were badly
burned, many probably fatally, owing to
the fact that thoy inhaled tho fiamesthat
sjeemed to fairly spring into their faces.
Seven others of the party are missing, and
their fate Is unknown, though they are
likely in tho charred wood of the logs or
train. Relief parties started for tho gceno
as soon as tho fearful news spread, many
male relatives of tho men injured Insisting
on accompanying the train, though they
Will hardly be able to reaoh the place of tho
wreck unloss the .fires have burned them
selves out. Owing to the great devastation
done to everything In -the way of "the fire,
.......I-..m.. 1- .A,- -. ...g.1 .....1 4i
is Impossible to learn the names of the men
ournea or tnose sou missing. .
As to the. danioire. It la known 40.000.005
of hemlock logs and timber, and 23.000 cords
oi vaiuaDie Dane nasaireoay ooen aescroyea,
and the fires aro raging without any appref
olable diminution. This ovenlng tho people
are praying for rain, as it seems nothing but
a drenching will quenoh tho flames that
have grown so fierce thoy must olthor bo ex
tinguished by the floods of heaven or burn
out for lack of material, A million beacon
lights seom to be burning from ovory moun
tain and hillside, and tho air is so oppressive
many workers faint from exhaustion, and
aro dragged away from a flame that has done
nothing as yet but steadily advance.
Four SmaU Towns Threatened.
To-night the pretty little lumber and farm
ing towns of Austin, Costello, Galston and
Moore's Run aro on tho verge of a panic, two
especially being threatened with annihila
tion from fires that seeemto form an im
penetrable waU on every side. For several
days past the skies havo been lighted up
with flros apparently in every direction, but
little fears were entertained by people liv
ing in the towns, as those then threatened
and in danger were farmers in the country
districts or lumber camps in the midst of tho
blazing forests. In spite of every effort
nowevor, tne names crept sicnaiiy in snaky
lines of smoke and flame toward the help
less towns, until it was seen the people must
fight baok the flames or have their very
houses burned down over their heads.
A dispatch from Austin says: Latest ad
vices from tho terrible aocldont and burning
on the Slnnemahonlng Valley, near Moore's
Run, seem to confirm the first reports, though
there Is no telegraphic communication as
yet.
The body of Superintendent Badger has
been found, burned to a orisp. Thirty-five
people are injured, 16 being dangerously
burned. The entire party would have per
ished had they not thrown themselves Into
a creek running along the road. Several are
missing, and tacts are anxiously awaited
here; The engine and entire train was
burned. The fires bave been raging here 43
hours, and 12 miles of lumber temtory have
already been burned, the Goodyear Bros., of
Buffalo, being the principal losers.
THOUSANDSJJCKED UP.
GREAT WAVE OF FLAME SWEEPS
EVERYTHING BEFORE IT.
Fearful Experience of Trainmen in a Race
With the Devastating FJement-A Fiery
.Wave Traveling Forty Miles an Hour
Farmer Burned to Death.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Corsikg, May It News has been received
here through the Erie railway trainmen of
the destructive work done by a peculiar
forest fire near Randolph, Cataranga county,
on the western division of the Erie. The
fire started in a large tract of old bark peel
ings, where the dead hemlock, felled .and
standing, afforded material on which it fed
and spread with fearful rapidity. Millions of
fect,of lumber and thousands of cords of
bark were destroyed in a short time. Tho
Allegheny Lumber Company lost 20,000,000
feet of lumber and between 13,000 and 80,000
cords of baric. This will be a money loss of
between $150,000 and $200,000, with no insur
ance. Smaller concerns in the burned dis
trict lost in proportion, the total loss being
estimated at over $300,000, within an area of a
few miles.
Tho mad rush of tho flames was made per
ilously apparent to the trainmen on tho Al
legheny and Klnzua Bailroad, between Red
House and French's station. The fire licked
everything clean as It swept through the
dead trees, and was. in fact, a great wave of
flame, rolling bodily onward. Conductor
Bump saw thisTvave coming, its roar having
beenneard for some "timo. It was chasing
the train. The conductor signalled his en-
?ineer to put on steam und run away from
he flro. But although tho engineer finally
got up a speed of 35 miles an hour, he could
not run i.way from tho flery wave, but it
gained on him so rapidly that; In a few min
utes the head of the wave had caught up
with the train and passed It lik a flash.
Conductor Bump had the engine reversed
as quickly as possible and the train was
started back at its greatest speed to escape
from tho fiery furnace. The flames swept by
not sore than 25 feet from the track, and
mo i ueut was ternDie. ne area oi tne wave
was soon nast. but its track wuh n. nnffnent-
ing, stifling waste of embers, red-hot ashes,
and blinding smoke. The run out oif the ter
rible district was made In a few minutes, but
with much suffering among tka' Jen on.
the train. The engineer and fireman lay
flat in tho cab, and tho other trainmen
prostrated themselves faoo down on
the ears. Conductor Bump was
severely burned, and one of his men had his
clothing burned off of him in several places,
nnd his mon say that the wave must havo
been traveling at least 40 miles an hour and
thp roar was hoard two miles away.
Alanson Banks, a Tioga county farmor.aged
80 years, went out to a piece of woods on nis
farm to fight a flerco flro whloh had broken
out there. The flames got tho bettor of him
and surrounded him so that he couldn't es
cape. His erics for help wero heard by his
fon, who arrived on the scone in tlmo to sco
his father fall in tho midst of tho flames, no
was burned to a crisp. Ho had $230 In bills
lnhls pockot.
FROM A LOCOMOTIVE.
Many
Oil Bigs and Other Property
Do-
strayed In Warren, County.
SFXCLU, TILKUIUK TO TII DlSrATOIt.
WAnntcy, Kay 11, Last Saturday aftornoon
a looomotlvo sot flro to forait along tho hill
in tho vlolnlty of Morrison Bun. Flro ran
lowly until Sunday aftornoon whon wild
winds urged the fluinci, swooping oil well,
gai welli, dorrloki, tank ttnd pump ita
tlons, Much valuablo property liai boon
deitroyed, Tho flro started on
Browno A Koegan'i traot, half a
mllo south of tho Clarendon property,
H destroyed six rigs, Kcegan Drown, fouri
Wilbur Fmnoli,iVand A. J. ThorapWi
togother with tho pump utatloniflve tanki,
the pumping itatlont two, two 60 barrel
tanksiHrlgsofir. r.Hueflfl rigs of Beit A
Cablet two of Dlnimar & Cabloj six Midland
Oil Company) two Alloa Biggins and O'Bon
nei. Tho flro lias boen fought hard all
day and is now undor control. Tho
loss estimated at tiso.ooo.
VILLAGES WIPED OUT.
Flame In Michigan Depopulate Two SmaU
' Towns.
Newatoo, Mich., May it Forest fires are
raging in this county. The villages of Otia
Fields and Park City have boon entirely
destroyed, and tho hotel and depot at Lilley
are all that remain of the village.
A great number of car belonging to the
Chicago and West Michigan Railway have
also been burned. The above named places
aro villages of about 800 population. Bo far
no reports of loss of Ufe have reached here.
PULLMAN PAYS IT ALL.
THE COST OF THE PRESIDENTAL TRIP
DEFEATED BY HTM.
The Palace Car Magnate Has Flopped From
the Gresham Standard to the Harrison
Banner A Little Honor Can Be Made
Very Serviceable.
SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
WASHUfoToif, May It The Post will publish
to-morrow the following special from Chi
cago: There has been much talk in and ont
of the newspapers about the magnificent
train upon whioh the President's party has
made the trip to and fro across the country.
The expense of such a trip has been vari
ously estimated, the aggregate always run
ning away up. President Harrison is known
to be a frugal, economical man, and no
one believes that he personally
will pay the expenses of the tour.
"Who, then, Is providing the money to pay
tho expenses of the trip?" la a question. It
is a question one often hears asked. lam
able to answer the question. It is a Chi
cago man. In this olty that faot Is
known to only a few gentlemen. Before
and during the convention of 18S3, It Is well
known that George M. Pullman furnished
the sinews of war for the Gresham boomers.'
The bitterness between Gresham and Harri
son men was most intense. Having grown
rich, Pullman is ambitious for both social
and political power. Be is a very vain man.
He believes in tho royalty of money. Like
tho old follow who wanted to buy capacity
for his daughter at the seminary. Pullman
is a BUbrcrlber to the doctrlnn that tcH-h
money he can get anything. He spent money
."I freely for Greiham.'bntte deal wlth0 .S,X"2Si2SffiSJ1
ferffMm :Hiid thoOeiasyoftho lilmWi,5'?Lt'fi55H9i
delegation nominated Urosham's 'bitterest
enemy. Two reasons aro given for the swap
from Gresham to Harrison by the Italian
deoorated Pullman. When the .Continental
Railroad Commission was appointed the
President named Pullman as one of Its mem
bers. A short time after that Gresham ren
dered a decision against Pullman in his
vestibule train caso. Sir George,
knighted by the King of Italy, has all
thelntolorancoofaccumulatodmUlions. He
is as liberal In Its display -toward his equals
and superiors as he is toward his employes.
His vanity is a twin to his overbearing man
ner. He loves flattery, and Presldenr Har
rison mado no mistake In giving Sir George
n chance to wabble his feet under tho Presi
dontal dinner table.
So much for so much. Pullman is a roar
ing Harrison man. W is out in various
kinds of English, and what Italian he re
ceived with his decoration from King Hum
bert for tho rresidont'8 ronomlnation. I hear
here that he had promised to give freoly of
his money to bring about that result. I am
also able to state that ho has organized a
literary bureau with the talented T. C.
Crawford at its head for the purpose of
painting on the political fences all over tho
country tho name of Ben Harrison.
But about the famous train. Pullman is
the man who nrovlces for it. Of Course, thn
cars his company furnish, but tho transpor
tation over the various lines must bo paid
for, and I havo the best authority lor saying
that Sir Georco foots the bllt It was clearly
understood boforethe Itinerary was made
up, the palaoe car magnate agreeing to pay
uu .&i.uaca ivi iuo ujy iu buu uouat ana re
turn. THE WALLA WALLA LYNCHING.
Bight Soldiers Charged With Helping to
Hang Gambler Hunt,
Waixa Walla, Wash., May It The mili
tary authorities at Fort WaBa Walla have
arrested eight enlisted men charged with
being accessory to the lynching of the gam
bler, Hunt, April 24. When It became known
that the arrests had been made six other
men deserted last night. A provost guard is
now in search of the deserters. It is rumored
that a number of other arrests of soldiers
suspocted of complicity in the lynching will
be made soon. A court of Inquiry will meet
here to-morrow.
The State grand jury Is still in possession,
and it is stated that a number of soldiers
will be indloted for murder. Corporal Ar
nold was arrested several days ago, but the
fact of his art est only became known last
night. It is stated that Arnold furnished
the Information on which the other seven
men were arrested. On the day before the
lvnchlng Arnold was In charge of the nunr-
ttersanaunlocked the arms rack, giving the
men tneir carDines.
BURNED WITH HER BABE.
The Mother Attempted to Light a Fire With
Kerosene.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. J
Gbeehsbubo, May It Word has been, re
ceived here that yesterday an Italian woman
at Shanor station, with her babe, were fatally
burned. The woman, whose name is Guseppo,
attempted to light a fire with carbon oil,
which exploded, fairly drenching both her
and her babe. The house was burned, and
the body of the child was burned to a crisp.
The mother rushed Into the burning build
ing, In orderto save thochild, bntwas driven
out and fell exhausted to the ground. She is
In this city in a dying condition.
FELL FROM A WINDOW.
Louis Bcaudry, While Intoxicated, Is
Dashed to Death In Erie.
Ebie, May It Louis Beaudry, of Cortlandt,
N. Y., was instantly killed by falling out of
the third story of the Reed House this even
ing. He and a chum were intoxicated and
were sitting In tho window when tho man
fell.
The actions of his friend, a man named
Sullivan, an employe of the hotel, being sus
picions, he was locked up to await investi
gation. Suffocated bysGas.
SPECIAL TELEQEAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, May It John W. Law
rence, a member of the "Ship Ahoy" Com
pany, 'was suffocated this morning by gas es-
SESflM L J!n5P,5.Jn?ffia-K52
street. He was 20 years old, unmarried and Bbbbssis, May u. ine strike In the Char
lived in New York, yyjerpl district is spreading-. The, f orautamen
GLADSTONE GEEPPED.
Eren a Series -of Liberal Victories
Could Not "Ward Off Influenza.
MORE STATESMEN ARE IN DANGER.
Tho 'Influenza Epidemic StUl Prevalent
Throughout England,
OEEMATIOX OP MADAMB BLAYATSKY
tnr DtntaAT's cadlb compact.
Loxdow, May It In tho minlsturo gonoral
olootlon that fit now occurring hero, tho Lib
erals huvo won two out of itx Consorvatlvo
loiits. Should thoy luooocd in preserving
tho samo proportion when tho main olootlon
battlo oomoi to bo fought and roduco tho
Tory Unionist voto from 871 to 244, tho Lib
oral strength would bo raised from 313 to 830.
At tho hut gonoral olootlon there woro
olghty-ilx Llboral Unionists returned, bat
by tho end of 1800, tho number had been re
duced to iovofity-two, Slnoo then rovorei
at the polling booth havo still further do-
creasoa tnoir itrongtn toiixty-ilx. Jnllko
mannor tho Coniervatlvo voting force, in
plto of many victories at byo-oloctlon, has
fallen from 810 to 303.
Mr, Gladstono 1 confined to hli room by
cold and fever. Sir Andrew Clarke called
this morning and reporti favorably as to tho
distinguished statesman's gonoral condi
tion, and It li boiteved that ho will not bo
confined to his house beyond a few days.
Ho has, howqver, been oompelled to bave
postponed the' entertainment at the Devon
shire Clnb, which was tendered him for this
evening by tho Llboral member candidates
from Lancashire. On a second medical ex
amination, it was discovered that Mr. Glad
stone has been attacked by tho dreaded in
fluenza. One of tho latest victims of the influenza
epidemic is Captain George V. Price, mem
ber of Parliament forDevonport, who is suf
fering from an unusually so vere attack. Be
ports from various parts of tho 'country
show that, although there has been soma
abatement in the severity of the disease ob
servable In certain localities, the subsidence
is not general. In the South of London there
has been a slight decrease In the number of
cases, but diseases of the lungs of an In
flammatory character are stfilvery preva
lent. RESOLVED INTO ASHES.
THE REMAINS OF ttte LATE WATiAnn;
BLAVATSXY CREMATED.
Simple Funeral Procession and Cere
monyThe Ashes Deposited In Madame
BIavatskys Private Boom Mrs. Annie
Besant to Assume the Sacerdotal Kobe.
BY DUSLAP'S TUMI COMPANY.!
Londojt, May U. The earthly tabernacle
of Mme. Blavatsky, the deceased high priest
ess of the Theosophlcal cult, who has Btarted
on her spiritual progress to Karma and Nir
vana, was resolved Into its original elements
by the agency of fir e to-day, in the presence
of most of the disciples of the Theosophlcal
Society in London. The funeral procession
started from the St. Johns Wood Temple at
10 o'clock this morning. The bulk of the
mourners, however, were assembled at the
Waterloo railway station and proceeded to
Woking by train, from whence they drove
to the crematory.
The coffin was attended by four paB bear
ers, G.S. Mead, Mme. Blayatsky's private
secretary, Claude H. Wright, W. B. Old and
Herbert Burrows. The bier was smothered
in flowers, the central wreath being conspic
uous by the orange flame-colored silk plush
bow in which itwas tied. When the proces
sion arrived at the crematory, it halted and
Mr. Mead read an address, eulogistic of tho
virtues and mystio gifts of the departed
?iriestess. The coffin was then conveyed to
he furnace and the body was, reduced to
Beins seoatated fromttafe .re-mntna.'hrtfm
coffin, the ashes were placed in an earthen
ware Jar, which was handed to Mr. Mead
and tho Countess Wachmelster, ono of the
trustees of the Theosophlcal Society In
Europe, who conveyed them to St. John's
Wood, whore they wiU ,.be transferred to a
silver casket and deposited In Mmo. Blayat
sky's private room, which, In accordance
wnu me last oxpress wisnortne deceased,
will bo left precisely in tho same condition
It was In when she died. Nothing will be
touched nor removed. Ten members of the
'Theosophlcal Sooiety will go to Queenstown
to-night to meet Mrs. Annie Besant, who
will probably take up the sacerdotal robe,
dropped by the deceased high priestess,
EXPERTS WILL DECIDE
As to tho Genuineness of Seven Cartoons
' Attributed to BaphaeL
BY DtTSLAT'S CABLE COMPAUT.J
Lotdos-, May It A.number of experts in
the piotorol art will meet at Waterloo House
next Friday, for the purpose of deciding on
the genuineness, or the reverse, of seven
Baphael cartoons, asserted by the exhibitor,
Mr. Martinson, a Russian banker, ta be the
original designs by Baphael himself for the
Vatican tapestries. In the event of a favor
able verdict, the Government will make a
bid for tho cartoons, with a view of replac
ing those now in the South Kensington
Museum, which have hitherto been re
garded as the originals.
. Mr. Martinson says that he has been of
fered a largo sum for the cartoons by a syn
dicate of American art dealers. If the
Government does not purchase the cartoons,
they will be shipped to New York after the
A,onaon season.
ETPET.Lrffi FROM FRANCS.
A British Member of Parliament Made
to
Take a Walk.
BY DUNIAP'S CABLE COMPAKY.
' Calais, May It BCumminghame Graham,
the Gladstonian-Llboral Member of Parlia
ment for Northwest Lanarkshire, Scotland,
who Is prominent as a sympathizer with ad
vanced thinkers, has been expelled from
France by the authorities, after attending a
Socialist meeting in Paris on Sunday night.
On gating to his hotel Mr. Graham was in
formed that Police Commissioner Brasseur
wished to see him in an adjoining room. On
entering the apartment, M. Brasseur, after
reading a warrant for his expulsion, took his
arm and informed him that he must proceed
at once to Calais, in order to catch the boat
leaving for Dover at tSO this morning. Mr.
Graham was not allowed to return to his
room to obtain his luggage, or to say goodby
to his friends.
THE BANK OF PORTUGAL.
Its Suspension Causes Difficulty in the Nego
tiation of Notes.
Lisbon, May It The Bonk of Portugal, In
suspending the exchange of notes' for silver,
has caused difficulty in the negotiation of
the notes. It is rumored that the bank will
issue notes of the value of 1 milreis and 500
reis. At a meeting of the Cabinet Council
to-day the Minister of Finance announced
that a further supply of sil ver coin would be
put in circulation on Friday. The decrees
have caused considerable excitement, and
the bank guards have been reinforced. No
disorder lias yet been reported, however,
In either this city or Oporto.
Some Royal Presentees.
BY DUTILAP'S CABLE COMPANY
Lohdon, May It The following American
citizens wiU be presented to the Queen of
England at the next drawing room on Wed
nesday: Captain Otto, military attache to
tho United States Legation at Vienna; Mrs.
S. Helm, Mrs. Williams, Mr. G. C. Safford,
Mrs. A C. Safford,Mrs. Foulke, Mrs. and Miss
Letter, Mrs. Miflin, Miss Knowlton and Miss
E. H. Davis.
Davitt Sails for America.
Lomxw.May It Michael Davitt and wife
were passengers on the Canard Lino steamer
Auranio, which sailed from Queenstown
yesterday for New York. Mr. Davitt Intends
to go to California Ho wUl stop at Winni
peg for a time, and will go thence to Idaho,
and later to San Francisco.
Strike. In Belgium Spreading.
struck to-day. Thlrty-flve thousand men
have struck. Several Iron works are closing
owing to lack of f uet
FRANCE AND NEWFOUNDLAND.
A Lively Discussion In the Chambers Upon
Arbitration.
Paris, May It Tho Benato has approved
1 of tho report mado to it by the committee on
tho Newfoundland Arbitration Convention.
Previous to tho adoption of tho report Ad
miral Voron said that ho was not satisfied
with the but Ho could not understand how
It was that the French rights In Newfound
land came to bo discussed at alt Tho Gov
ernment, he added, must not dopart from its
plodgo to submit the lobster quostion alono
to arbitration.
The Maranls do Tleaumanvl held that there
was no need to add to thn numbor of treaties
existing, remarking! "Wo aro at home on
tho French shore and can mako our own
polloo regulations. Tho British have no
right to kuow whether wo fish for lobsters or
nut, 'Thoy have no right to como thoro.
Treaties ofton wivor of drawing-room diplo
macy, Tho Minister of Marino ought to
strengthen tho resolution of hi colleagues.
Ironclads aro not meant for mora naval
promenades. I regret that England, aftor
roeotrlng many concession, asks for yot
another. Let ui havo confldonco In 'our
right and in our itrongth."
WEARY OF THE LECTURE,
The Fecullar Provisions of an Old Bequest
to Harvard College.
SPECIAL TZLXOnAH TO THE DISPATCH.
CAMnniDOjt, Mass., May It If tho provis
ion of Paul Dudley will are carried ont,
Harvard College will have to provide for a
laoture thta year "for the doteetlng und con
viotlng and exposing the Idolatry of tho
Romish Church; tyranny,usurpations, damn
able heresies, fatal orrors, abominable super
stitions and othor crying wickedness in
their high places," as Justice Dudley ex
pressed it in nis last testament,
Some of tho professors, however, think
that Harvard ought to refuse to accept any
longer the conditions of such a bequest, ana,
although since tho fund for the purpose wnn
left In 1790. this lecture has been given 23
times, a petition is in circulation among the
college faculty asking the President and fel
lows w discontinue a lecture which is so op
posed to Harvard's professed unsecturian
ism. REBUKED THE JUDGE.
A Nephew of Don Piatt Has His Sentence
Commuted by Governor CampbeB.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH. J
Columbus, May U. Don Piatt, the well
known journalist, was before tho Governor
to-day and succeeded In securing a commu
tation of tho sentence of a nephew, Biyers
Piatt, aged 19, who was sentenced to 13
months from Urbano, for cutting to kill. It
seems the trial judge did not give the at
torneys time to carrv the case no. but hur
ried the defendant off to the penitentiary
this morning.
He served only a few hours, as Governor
Campbell ordered him back to tho county
Jail for one day, and in the same connection,
scored the Judge for his haste and said he
would have pardoned the young man if he
bad the authority, as a rebuke to the haste
which was exercised In the case.
THIRTEEN ANIMALS ROASTED,
Fire at Barnes Bros.' Destroys Horses, Mules
and Other Property.
Fire broke out in the sleeping apartments
over Barnes Bros.' stables, which adjoin the
laundry premises on Penn avenue, near
Thirtieth street, at 9 o'clock last evening,
destroying about $3,500 worth of property,
including 13 horses and mules, which could
not bo liberated. It is uncertain whether a
stableman named Gus Werllnder perished
In the flames, as he slept overhead the
stables, and ho did not show up during the
flro.
Regarding Werllnder, it Is possible ho may
be safe, as yesterday was pay day, and he
may have been absent with some friends.
Tho fire was observed issuing from the sec
ond story window by Detective Nick Bendal
as be wo going homo. He at once turned In
an.alarnl,xmtC thenr breaking in tlio, stable
doMjxt ibsee horse?whk :had, bwinne
loosfneoytlrar freedom. ,
ATTACKED A REPORTER;
W. J, Elliott Creates a Scene on the Opening
of His Murder Trlat
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus, May It The famous tragedy of
February 22, in which A C. Osborn, a news
paper man, and W. L. Hughes, spectator,
were killed by W. J. and P. J. Elliott, opened
in tho courts to-day, in the effort to secure a
Jury for the trial of the older Elliott for
.murder in the first degree. The crowd was
unusually large ana tne proceedings sensa
tional in character. The defendant, who has
been a newspaper man himself, made a
wordy attack on ono of tho reportors in the
room, claiming he had misrepresented him
in an Interview and that ho had played the
sneak, by printing that which was con
sidered ajpersonal and private talk.
More than half of the men who were called
to serve as Jurors were excused and an ad
journment taken to Wednesday. Tho trial
promises to run for four or five weeks.
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
Ohio's Senatorial Apportionment to
Be
Tested in Court.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
CoLUMBtrg, May It The Democratic State
Senators have joined and employed a strong
firm of attorneys to represent them in the
Supremo Court Thursday, when the consti
tutionality of the recent apportionment of
the State for Senatorial purposes comes up
for argument. Tho objection Is that tho
work was not done as required by tho con
stitution, by beginning in numerical order
of the districts.
Tho point to be decided may, in a contin-
genoy, decide who will be the next United
tates Senator from Ohio, and for that rea
son It is being closely watched by tho poli
ticians of both parties.
TROUBLE WITH THE TEAMSTERS.
A Large Brewing Firm In Allegheny Be
foses to Sign the Scale.
There is trouble among the teamsters. A
now scale was adopted asking for an ad
vance of $10 a 'month. The present wages
are $40 a month. Frauenbeim & Vilsaok,
Eberhardt & Ober, tho Iron City and Bauer
leln Brewing Companies were the first to
sign tho scale, bnt D. Lutz & Son have re--fused
to sign.
A meeting of the Temsters' Assembly was
held last night and it was decided to send a
committee to see the firm to-day. If thoy
refuse to grant the advance, there is a prob
ability that their men will be called out on
strike. They employ 30 drivers.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
A Leading Citizen of Louisiana Killed
While Going From Church.
Little Rock, Abe., May It Monroe Rawl
lngs, a leading citizen of Union county, was
shot from ambush last night while returning
from church. Alex Young, a colored attor
ney, recently from New Orleans, who is said
to nave threatened Rawlings has been ar
rested charged with the assassination. It is
only circumstantial evidence that will con
vict him.
THE FIRE RECORD.
A Sunday night fin in Kansas City en
tirely destroyed the cable railway depot at
the foot of the Ninth street Incline, and did
considerable damage to an adjoining room
ing house. It was 4 o'clock yesterday morn
ing before the fire was under control. Loss
about $20,000.
FntEthat started In GUland's warehouse
at Van Wert, Ohio, yesterday destroyed all
the buildings in tho block-north of the Ft.
Wayne track, east of Washington street and
south of Walnut, mostly wooden buildings.
The loss will aggregate $60,000, with partial
Insurance.
Hose Cabmaoe No. 8 was called out yester
day to extinguish brushwood in Scott's Hol
low, which had been fired and burned so
fiercely thafi tho people nearby grew
alarmed,
A cnrvNiY fire occurred In the house of
HarkBrowlskyioaColweUitxeet;
THREE GENT&
WOES OF MCLE SAM.
Tho Charleston Is in Pursuit of the
Itata, But Is
PERHAPS NOT EAGER TO CATCH UP
Government Officials 3roylng In a Bather
ITjstcriotLS Manner.
ITALY CALLS CONSUL COETB TO BOMB
Saw Francisco, May It Tlio Charleston
loft San Pedro shortly aftor S this morning,
and was slghtod ten mile off Point r-mrm.
having made a oo-mllo run in six hours, or at
a 15-knot gait. Thoro woro additional order
awaiting her at Sun Diego, but she kept on
her southward couno .without stopping.
Thoro aro no telegraph stations south of
Ensennda, Juit south of tho boundary line In
Lower California, o that, save suoh meager
Information a xaay bo brought north by ono
of the Panama' or coast steamer, nothing
furthp- likely to bo heard from her or th
!fof :U the Charleston return, or l
hV tiLat some of tho Mexican ports,
wh 3?, pt occur boforo Thursday or FrU
CAST'S
lntA cl hore with lawyers a to tho
legal i, .V caso the Charleston should
overtaVfeufc kthe Itata aro to tho effects
that, wh &; tot flies the Chilean flag,
accordin dvice received, sho Isnoc
the roprcv ffl i of any constituted au
thority. BiAv Is stul the head of tho
Chilean GovyfVJk and ho alone U recog
nized by fore Jrauient.
The InsurgeX.., Have No Legal Standing.
The Itata wob a Government vessel, but
she was seized by the insurgents and was
being used against the recognized Govern
ment, and that therefore the insurgents
have no standing in the present legal status
of the case. In the ovent that the Esmeralda
interferes to prevent the capture of the
Itata she can also only bo considered la
the same category as the Itata,
A correspondent writing from Santiago,
Chile, says: Tho Bolmaceda Government;
seems to havo abandoned all hopes of retak
ing the Parapapaca district and now con
fines itself to a defense of the ter
ritory remaining. There are about 30,000
troops under General Valasques and tha
jrieaiuenuu party, dut as tnese "volunteers"
have been token hy force from their homes
they seek every opportunity to change sides
and in every battle they have done so. A.
short time since several hundred troops em
barked on board a man-of-war a short dis-'l
tance from Velez, and later on, Just back of I
the hills of Valparaiso at Laguna other'
troops desorted In the same manner. It is
not known yet where the next landing of'1
the opposition forces will toko place, bus
many report that It wiU bo la cloao-i
proximity to Valparaiso.
Any Number of Political Prisoners.
The political prisons are full of prisoners,
and each day the number increases. A
clergyman, Doncro, and Pinto, a son of tho
former President of Chile, wero taken pris-'
oners while hiding in Mrs. Edwards' house,
in the Plaza Victoria. The officers whoi
prosecuted the search stole all the money,
watches and Jewelry they could lay hands
urjon. There are nearlv 10.000 soldtera in
and around Valparaiso, and as many more
about Santiago and Conception. It is esti-,
mated that two-thirds of the population of
the country aro opposed to the present gov
erning powers.
A dispatch from Washington says: "Secre
tary Tracy this afternoon sent oat word
from his office that he had nothing to lay
about the Chilean vessel Itata orthe Charles
ton, and Commodore Ramsey, the Chief of
the Navigation Bureau, said that be was not
at liberty to say anything whatever on the
subject. Tho official mind of the department
is evidently in dread that a posible un
guarded admission to a reporter might result
in the disclosure of the plan of
campaign in which the entire avail
able naval force in the Pacific is
arrayed against one steamer whoso warliko
character has not yet been demonstrated.
Certainly tha Government appears ta be)
making-extraordinary efforts toreonptuid
the Itata for in addition to cabling Admirals
Brown and McCann to head off tho runaway
before she reaches Chilean waters it It
understood that instructions have boen sens
to United States Consular officers at all
point between California 'and Chile, where
the Itata could reach, to nromDtl v advise the i
naval officers of her movements If sho la-!
sighted. '
Strange Feature of the Case.
In strange contrast to this exhibition of
zoal Is tho course of the Charleston whloh is
In ohaso of tho runaway. This vessel
called from San Francisco early Saturday '
morning bound South. Sho is an 13-knoS
vessel and last night sho should have been
050 miles down tho coast or near Capo San.
Lucas, where tho Chilean Insurgent warship
Esmeralda Is supposed to be lying in wale
for the Itata. But instead of covering this ,
distance the Charleston got about half way
and then went to anchor over night. Later
advices show that sho was hist seen JusC
above the Mexican boundary line.
Such officers as bave an opinion that thoy
feel free to express, say that the Charleston's
movements can be explained In two ways:
Either the department believes that tho
Itata is lying somewhere off the coast of
California or it has no Intention of seizing
the vessel unless her presence is made un
pleasantly noticeable within easy reach.
The motive for such an attitude by our Gov
ernment as that indicated by the last theory
is rather hinted at than directly stated by
officials. It is, in brief, that it migbtnotbe
good diplomacy for the United States to go
too far in tho direction of hostility toward
the Chilean insurgents.
The duties devolving upon a friendly Gov
ernment in cases sucn as tnis nave never
been fuUy and clearly enunciated by au
thorities in International law, but it can bo
safely assumed that In the operations of tha
United States Marshal, in seizing the Itata
and the Robert and Minnie and in the pur
suit of the Itata as long as she was in United.,
States waters, our Government has already
shown what the Geneva arbitration in tho '
Alabama case has declared to bo duo dili
gence. The policy of our Government in
this matter will probably soon be made clear
by the movements of the Charleston and if
sho should content herself with a thorough!
search of American waters and return to
port in a day or two, it may be that tho Gov
ernment will rest satisfied.
CONSUL CORTE CALLED HOME.
The Italian Government Wants Direct In
formation Concerning the Lynching.
Rome, May It The Italian Consul at New-
Orleans, SIgnor Corte, has been notified to
return home in order to furnish the Italian,
Government with an exact account of thai
events which have taken place since tho'
murder of Chief of Police Hennessey. i
Vice Consul Poma, of tho ItaUon'Consulate)Si
In New York, will act for Consul Corte In ther 41
interim.
A BLIND GIRL'S FOLLY.
She Elopes With a Married Man and Make
Over 812,000 to Him.
SPECIAL TELIOHA3I TO THE DISPATCH.)
Coshocton, N. Y., May It M. S. Tyler, a
member of the weU known Tyler family of
the Delaware Valley, 'and a leading man of
Damascus, Pa., across the Delaware river
from this village, had lived happily for many
years with his wife and family. Some days
ago he disappeared, and about the same
time a young blind girl, a daughter or tha
most conspicuous family In this part of the
valley, wa9tmisscd. A brother of the girl
traced her to New York and back to Middle
town, Orange county, where he found her
and Tvler living together. All his efforts to
r induce her to return home were of no avail.
The girl is or age and lias $12,000, which her
father bequeathed her when he died a few
years ago.
Intimacy was never known nor suspected
between the blind girl and Tyler. The fam
ilies live close neighbors. Tho girl is good
looking, educated, and was always quita
modest and of a retiring disposition. Sho
ousu. uDutwuuci. uia auo uau luauo utca a-wi
ilftT TTifYnATT anil Tm-iTATx-ij' n THr-lss-" t V
liaking company Absorbed.
SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Zajtesvuxi, May It The Beaumont and
Blankebnhler Company, with a capital of ,
$100,000, one of the largest bakeries in thaj;
Stm n ou' no ljmte Mws)l
Aajh.iu ,uujA;uy.
"!''
.-:'&:
." .. r.SESa..
.- -. i . : .'. j ... .
Oafe-STi!
XI ' -& 34&HO.IE --. '.-
t t.. ,-r.. .v.. -i. j.' ..' rf -tJ!ir
- - -5
sl