?wm 155W Transient Advertisements, INCLUDING WANTS, TO LETS. FOR SALES, ETC., FOB TO- SIOKBOWi ISSUE May be li anded in at the main advertising otllce of The DisrATcn, corner SmltUficW ana Diamond streets, up to midnight. FORTY -SIXTH TEAS. A PENS1DNSCANDAL. Green B. Baum, Jr., Son of the Commissioner, Inves tigated and Forced to OEPER niS EESIGXATIOtf Because of the Most Flagrant Sale of Subordinate Positions in the Department. A STILL 3I0RE SERIOUS CHARGE. One Contribution to the Conscience Fund Borrowed by the Young Man for His Tcrsonal Use. 70 CKI3ILAL PROCEEDINGS PROBABLE. tfhe Eurcan, However, Will Be GiTen a Thorongh Sialics Ip, and ro&ibly the Fathers Oflicial Head May Follow. lUKEE OTfiTE CLEKKS ALEEADT WSCnAEGED CSrXCIAL TXLEGIIAM TO Tire DisrATcn. "Washington-, Mav 15. The details of a very unsavory scandal were made putlic to-day, when General Buscy, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, accepted the resignation of Green B. Eaum, Jr., As sistant Chief Clerk of the Pension Bureau and son of General Eaum, the Commissioner ef Pensions. An incstigation of the official conduct of this young man developed the fact that he lia for some months pat made a busi ness of telling for cash appointments and promotions in the Pension Bureau, and that in addition he had purloined money be longing to the Treasury of the "United States. Secretary Noble, instead of promptly dismissing oung Mr. Eaum when his crime became known, allowed him to resign after investigating the case, and the resignation was not accepted until after the "borrowed" money had been replaced. But for the leniency of Secretary Noble and Assistant Secretaries Busey and Chandler, young Eaum v ould probably have been arrested on the criminal charge of embezzlement. The Source of Muck Ad erse Criticism. E er since General Eaum was made Com missioner of Pensions the actions of his son ha e been the source of much adverse criti cism, and during the investigation of the Commissioner by a House committee last winter tome unpleasait facts were brought to light about the young man's habit of Kig Pension Office employes to attend to his private affairs. The fact "has often been published, too, that yonng Eaum was the manager of a pension claim bureau, and that he had his father's name and public omce as an advertisement to drum up busi ness Many like charges werejnade against the Commissioner's son from time to time, but none of them were serious enough in the eye of the father to prevent him from ap pointing the son to a responsible place in the Pension Bureau and keeping him in it. The result of this callousness on the part of the Coinmiioner is a scandal that -will dis grace the name of Eaum, and in all proba bility will cause the head of the Commis sioner to follow that of Corporal Tanner into the official basket. How Appointments Were Ghr-jOut, It was a matter of general comment among the clerks in the downtown departments for Eocic months that appointments and promo lions were made to order in the Pension Bureau on application to the proper person, and that person, it soon became known, was Assistant Chief Clerk Green B.Eaum, Jr., bon of the Commissioner. These rumors became so numerous and persistent that Secretary Noble was at last obliged to take official notice of them. Explicit charges were made that Mr. Eauni had appointed persons to the bureau in return for financial benefits receh cd or promised, and one of the cases was laid be fore the Secretary. The story told to Gen eral Noble was that a South Carolinian ad vertised in one of the local papers for a Government office which would pay not less than fO per month, and in that same adver tisement the office-seeker declared his will ingness to reward the one who could get him the place w ith the sum of 5200 cash. The advertisement was replied to by a colored man, who is employedln the Treas ury Department and who had been con nected in a domestic capacity with the Eaum family. This man informed the ad vertiser of his ability to secure him the co eted place. A Regular Business of It. The first step -was to introduce the South Carolinian to Assistant Chief Clerk Eaum. That was done by the colored man, and in a slio-rt time the recommendation for the Southerner's appointment went through the regular cliannels, and the appointment was made. In some u ay or other the commis sion got into the hands of the Treasury em ploye, and he met the appointee near the Interior Department. An exchange was effected, the colored man getting his 5200, while the gentleman from South Carolina walked away with the precious document. The colored man testified that he paid the greater portion of this money to Mr. Eaum, but Eaum denied this statement. Before these matters became known the case devel oped still further. The South Carolinian wanted a promotion. He needed a $1,200 salary and v as willing to pay for it. A job 1 nas put up by which a clerk in the pension offiee personated Smith, for that was the South Carolinian's name, before the Civil Service Commission. The substitute passed a good examination, and when Smith's name wa-. drawn from the eligible list Smith him self put in an appearance. The photograph of Mr. Jackson, who was the pension office clerk, not being on the papers, there was no way to identify Smith, to lie got the ap pointment. Three Oilier Clerks Discharged. As soon as Secretary Noble was aware of these thingsJie promptly discharged Smith, BUSINESS Men will find THE DISPATCH the let adiertiing medium. All classes can be reached through its Classified Adver tisement Columns. If jou want 'anything oa can jet it by this method. m r Jackson and a clerk in the Indian Bureau, who was in some manner concerned in the affair. Then the Secretary called upon Green B. Eaum, Jr., to bring forth his" resignation. To this Mr. Eaum demurred, but the Secretary was obdurate and the resignation was finally forthcoming. Before it was accepted, however, which was not until to-day, the facts aa to the stolen money were discovered. These facts showed that about three months ago the sum of f 72 was received by the Pension Office from a pensioner who. claimed to have re ceived that much more than was due him. A letter accompanied the money, and this was signed "Honesty." As was customary, the 573 was placed in the safe of the assistant clerk for safe keeping until it conld be turned into the Treasury. When the money was called for it was not there. The chief of division, who was re sponsible for it, made inquiry .as- to its whereabouts, and as was developed in testi mony given to-day before Assistant Secre taries Chandler and Bussey, it was found to be in the possession of Green B. Eaum, Jr., he having borrowed it and applied it to his personal uses. Several days after Mr. Eaum's demanded Teslgnation had been handed in the money was returned by Mr. Eaum. This is the history in brief of one of the most surprising cases of petty cor ruption that has disgraced any administra tion. The Commissioner in Ignorance. The officials of the Interior Department who investigated the case and accepted Mr. Eaum's resignation, knowing him to have taken money that did not belong to him, hasten to say that the Commissioner was entirely ignorant of his son's actions. It only proves that he conducts the Pension Bureau in a very careless and haphazard style. Not to know what appointments and promotions were being made, and by whose order, is to convict the Commissioner of great carelessness. But whether or not he is directly or in directly responsible for the misconduct of his son, the revelations will lead to a more thorough investigation of the Commissioner and his official actions than was permitted by thej ivestigation Committee last winter Presideuv Harrison may undertake to inves tigate General Eaum himself. He told him last spring, it i reported, that as the House of Bepresentatives adjourned without adopt ing the whitewash report made by the committee his tenure of office would be short. General Eaum did not secure the adoption of the report, and in the light of the present scandal the President may carry out his threat. If he does not, or even if he does, the. next House of Eep- resentath es will conduct an investigation of the Pension Bureau that will be an in vestigation indeed, and that will not allow a chance for a whitewashing report of any one who has used the Pension Bureau to further private interests, as General Eaum and members of his family have undoubt edly done. NO CONTBACT LABOS THEBE. Secretary Foster Denies the Employment of Aliens by the Government; Washesgton, May 15. The Federation of Labor has secured an official recognition of its complaints that the contract labor law has been violated by Government officers, in the employment of certain aUcn laborers in the Washington Navy Tard. .Formal complaint having been made, it was referred by the Treasury De partment to the Nafy JDepartmfent ndV prompt .response was maae, in ine nature oi a brood denial, to the effect that no ogree mentt contract, arrangement or 'understand ing,director indirect, was or had been entered into between the Navy yard officials and the aliens, or any representative of them, prior to their arrival in this country. Therefore, the Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to-day to the President of the Federation of Labor, states the opinion of his department to be that no violation of law is involved in the employment of these men, but notwithstanding all this, Secretary Foster suggests to the President of the Fed eration of Labor that if he has information to show that there has been a violation of law he will be pleased to receive a commu nication citing the law that is claimed to be violated. JACK EOBmsoirs EBBAHD. He Buns Down to Washington to Look After a Few Friends. CFItOM A STAFF COnnKSPOSDEST. Wasiungtox, May 15. State Senator and Congressman-elect John B. Robinson has been in Washington to-day, busily en gaged in looking after the interests of con stituents, some of whom aspire to official preferment at the hands of the powers at Washington. He is not disposed at this juncture to talk - ery freely about his candidature for the Presidency of the National Eepublican Clubs. CARE OF THE INSANE. THE CHAKITr CONVENTION listens TO tNTEBESTrRG PAPERS. Great Difficulty In Sometimes Distinguish ing the Sane From the Insane The Problem or Caring for the Children in Cities Discussed. Indianapolis, May 15. At this morn ings session the charity conference listened to a paper on the "Care and Treatment of the Insane" by A. E. Moulton, of Boston. Dr. Dewey, Superintendent of the Illinois Insane Asylum at Kankakee, HL, followed with a paper on "Voluntary or Self-Commitment to Insane Asylums." He said that the idea that a person would voluntarily enter an insane hospital unless he were" a newspaper reporter would be commonly received with incredulity. As a fact, however, be said voluntary commitment has been legally recognized in Massachusetts for years and has been recognized in Pennsylvania and Connecticut and is likely to soon be so in Illinois. A line between sanity and insan ity,distinct in theory,is -very hard to find in practice. It is about as hard to decide whether a person is sane or insane some times as to decide whether blue fades into green and green into yellow in the rainbow. Dr. W. B. Fletcher, of Indianapolis, fol lowed with a paper on detention of the in sane. Oscar Craig, of Eochester, N. T read a paper highly commendatory of the New York law for the care of the chronic insane. H.H.Gillespie read a paper advocat ing county care of the insane and strongly denunciatory of what he termed "palace prisons," where from 500 to 2,000 human beings are herded together. The children problem in cities was the topic for the evening and was opened with the report of the committee having the ques tion in charge. An interesting paper was read by Homer C. Folks, of Philadelphia, on "The Care of Delinquent Children.' In the nine years since its organization, the Children's Aid Society of Pennsylvania has made provision for 3,927 children. Having, he said, come to distrust the reformatory system we have tried in earnest the bold ex periment of placing such children in fami lies. The results have been more encourag ing than'most of them had dared hope. SANITARIANS IN SESSION. The State Convention Holding Its Annual Sleeting at Altoona. SrZCTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. AltoonAj May 15. The State Sanitary tgfoe IWftttQ; Convention held its opening sessions in Library Hall to-day, Hon. John Dean pre siding. The members of the State Board of Health are present. Mayor Burchfield welcomed the Sanitarians, and Dr. G. G. Groftj President of the State Board of Health, responded. Dr. Pemberton Dudley, of Hahnemann Insti tute, Philadelphia, made some opening re marks in which he congratulated himself and the members upon the fact that in the meetings of the State Board of Health, the Allopathio lion and the Homeopathic lamb lie down together, the former retain ing his skin and the latter escaping a fit of indignation. During the morning Drs. Lee and Mc Clelland spoke in pointed, .terms of the action of the Legislature toward the State Board of Health. JDr. "Wagoner, of Johns town, read a paper in which he pleaded for educated physicians. At the afternoon session Dr. A i. Flick, of Philadelphia, read a paper in which he held that con sumption is a contagious disease and should be reported to the State Board of Health. Dr. Horace Smith, of Altoona, read a paper on "Some Neglected Points in Bail road Sanitation." Charles Mclntyre read a paper, "The Ostrich and the Camel," and Prof. G. G. Groff one on "The Earth Closet in Country and Towns." ' STANDING BY BRIGGS. AX ADDRESS FROM THE FACULTY OP THE UNION SEMINARY. They Do Not Believe the Inaugural Ad dress Was Heretical, Though Perhaps a little. Abrupt An Appeal for Pair Play In Public Discussion. SPECIAL TELEGRAM, TO TBS niSFATCHO New Yoke, May 15. To offset all possi ble machinations of his enemies, some of the friends of Prof. Briggs began to-day to circulate a pamphlet, of which the main ex pressions are these: a In view of the general comment and dis cussion called forth by the recent Inaugural address of Prof. Charles A- Briggs. "D. D., the members of the faculty of Union Theological Seminary deem it their duty to maketho following statement With the conviction that Christian courtesy, modesty and mutual respect for differenco of opinion should characterize theological controversy, we dis tinctly recognize and deprecats the dog matic and irritating character of certain of Dr. Briggs' utterances In his inaugural and others of writings; while, on the other hand, wo do not recognize, even in these any war rant for persistent misrepresentations of his viows and for the style and temper in which lie nas, in manyicases,oeen assaueu. First The viows TrODOunded .by propounded Dr. .unggs in nis inaugural are not new. - . ..... 9 - . - uurural are not ne Second The address in our judgment, contains nothimr whith can be fairly con strued into heresy or departure from the Westminster Confession, to whioh Dr. Briggs honestly subscribed at his recent inaugura tion. Three After years of familiar acquaint ance with Dr. Briggs and his teaching, we are moved to utter our emphatlo protest against the spirit and language with which, in so many cases, ho has been assailed. If, In any of his writings. Dr. Briggs, as is charged, has wantonly offended the honest con ictions of good men, or has in any other way sinned against tho ethical code of Christian scholarship laid down in the New Testament, it is not our business to defend him therein. He must answer for it to his own conscience and to God. But in the pub 11c discussion of matters of opinion it is neither right nor decent that an earnest, learned, devoted scholar and faithful teacher, even though mistaken, should be attacked with virulence, contemptuous flip pancy and imputations qf unworthy motive. In too many instances it seems to haveibeen assumed that all the sacredness of personal conviction is upon ono side: that a higher oritlo can have no convictions nor rights which the lower critic or the uncritical con sor is bound to respect: and that tho fact of hisdinerin(rwlththemjHS.tifieshisonnonents . In laying tEcin csldain alscusplng tho charac- rer or cnnstian gentlemen.1' ve Know iin Briggs to be an earnest Christian, a devout student of tho - Bible-, an indefatigable tcachcrand worker, and one who holds the standards of the church with intelligence based on the exhaustive study of their his tory and literature. The numerous testi monials of his students during 17years prove that he inspires them with a 'deep reverence and enthusiasm for tho Bible. In like manner we protest against the mat ter and temper of the assaults on Union Seminary. By its history of over half a cen tury, by the character, standing and services of its graduates, and by the amount and value of its contributions to Christian liter ature, this institution should, be insured against such assaults. Its value to -the Presbyterian' Church needs no demonstra tion. From the days of Edward Robinson, the pioneer of Palestine explorers and the founder of American Biblical lexicography, Union Seminary has steadily pressed for ward on the lines of advanced Biblical study. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON will spin some more South Sea ghost stories in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Illustrations from photographs taken on the far-off islands. BLAIHE'S GOOD AND BAD TUBN, An Attack of the Gout In Both Feet Both erg Him Considerably. CSFECIAL IELZGBX1I TO THE DISPATCH. New York, May 15. Secretary Blaine had a good and bad turn to-day. Very early in the morning he -was attacked with the gout. This is an old complaint with him, but coming just at this time when he was recovering from an attack of indigestion, it caused a little worry. Tho disease attacked him in both feet and made him spend all the da; in bed. It was not serious enough, however, to make it neces sary for Dr. Dennis to be sent for. He suffered a great deal of pain for several hours and then came his good turn. The pain nearly all left and his slightly swollen feet were all that told of his trouble. Besides discouraging him a little the disease lift no bad cllects. 'Mrs. Damrosch, the Secretary's daughter, said that during the afternoon her father had improved rapidly and was in almost as good condition as he was before his attack of the gout NOMINATED THEIR TICKET. John Young Brown the Candidate of Ken tucky Democrats for. Governor. Lotjisvixle, May 15. The State Demo cratic Convention resumed its session this morning and after much sharp maneuvering on the part of the managers of the candi dates nominated ex-Congressman John Young Brown, of Henderson, for Governor. Under a rule adopted at the open ing of ' balloting last night, the name of Dr. Clardy, the Farmers' Alli ance candidate having the smallest number, of votes, was withdrawn on the eleventh bal lot On the twelfth Wat Hardin, now Attorney General, was lost, and left after speeches by Broken, Clay, Hardin and Clardy. The convention adjourned to 8 p. M. " At that hour M.C. Alford, of Lexington, was nominated for Lieutenant Governor with little opposition. The convention is now listening to nominating speeches for Attorney General. TO BEHOVE TO LIMA. The Lafayette Car Shops to Be United Under One aianagement. rsFECTAI. TELEGKAM TO THE DISPATCH. LIMA, May 15. In an Interview this evening, with H. W. Master, Vice Presi dent and General Manager of the Lafayette Car Works, he said thai it was about de termined to remove the Lafayette branch of the works to. this city from Lafayette, and that the two works would be united un der the name of the Ohio Car Manufactur ing Company, and that a department for the manufacture of coaches will be added- He "said they received a large number of orders recently, and that .Eastern advices were to the effect that the steel rail market was looking up. The Lake Erie and "West ern road has placed an order with the works for 500 cars, t6 be built as early as -possible. t PITTSBURG-, SATURDAY, MAT 16, 1891-TELYE PAGES. HO END TO TIE WAE, All Indications Now Point to an Ex tended Struggle in Chile, THE ORIGIN OP THE REVOLUTION. Both Sides Control Some Ports and Are Collecting Revenues. PERU KEEPS A STRICT ircOTRlHTT fSPJECIAL TELEQBAM TO TUB DISrATCH. NeV Yobk, May 15. Mr. Edward Eyre, a nephew of ex-Mayor William E. Grace, arrived on the steamship Colon from Aspin wall on Thursday. Mr. Eyre is a represen tative of the firm at Calleo, and this is his first visit home in 24 years. Speaking to day of the reported concessions to Mr. Grace's firm by the Peruvian Government, he said: "The Peruzian Government in settlement of its external debt ceded to tho Peruvian bondholders all the railways that had been built in Peru with the proceeds of the different loans raised by the Peruvian Government in 1869, 1870 and 1872, amount ing to 32,000,000, besides interest, making an aggregate of 56,000,000. "The Peruvian bondholders formed an association called the Peruvian Corporation, Limited, which is now managing those roads and handling the other concessions ceded by Peru to the bondholders. Our firm in Peru is supervising and managing all the con tracts made for the extension of those roads, and they are being carried on to a satisfac tory result. Another contract has been made for the extension of the southern sys lem of railways from Santa Eosa to Sicu ani, and also for the construction of 100 miles of road in different ports of the coun try. The corporation has placed these roads under the management of our firm in Peru.'' The Origin of the Revolution. . Mr. Eyre having been such a close neighbor to the fighting Chileans, was asked for his views concerning the situation in Chile. He said: "I have not como from Chile, but from Peru, consequently I am not acquainted with full details. The origin oi tho revolution in unne was a aeaaiocis between the Chilean Congress and the Exe cutive. I understand that CongTess felt dissatisfied with President Balmaceda'a measures, and especiaUy the preparations made for coming elections, and Congress, to bring pressure on the Executive, refused to vote the budget. The President convened an extraordinary session of Congress, ex pecting that the budget would be voted. Whenne saw that it would not, he exercised for the first time in Chile, the prerogative, which he claimed was vested in the Presi dent, of declaring the extraordinary session closed. "Several attempts were made to settle the differences between the executive and legis lative branches of the Government, but all failed, resulting in the revolution which broke out on January 7 lost, when the lead ers of the two houses succeeded in inducing the navy to declare for Congress against the Executive, claiming that Balmaceda was maintaining the army and navy against the law, which stipulates that they can only be maintained with the consent of and by an expressed-law authorizing their continuance j and maintenance passeayeany py uongress. p&jfcj$n.eraily thQmjfcSteu Itissnerally thQUgkVfMhe meatuM. Congress "belieyed tht when PreesenP jtsaimaceaa saw tne action vajcea Dy we navy he would come to terms. Not Giving Up Without a Fight "In this, however, they were deceived, as he has been most energetic in trying to crush the revolution, getting together a larger army than ever before existed in Chile said to be 30,000 men but as he had no control on the sea the congressional party were enabled, after some fighting, to secure possession of Tarapaca, Arica and Tacna, which are the provinces that were taken from Peru. The opposition has also got control of the coast south from Iquique as for as Caidera, at which latter port the Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalaaa was blown up by a torpedo after landing the1 troops that took possession of this port. "The two large and very fast torpedo boats, the Alnurante Lyncn and Condel, which have arrived since the revolution commenced, are acting under the Presi dent's orders, and I understand he expects a couple of vessels now being finished in Europe will soor. be on the way to Val paraiso, that is, if the French Government permits their sailing from French ports." "From what source do the insurgents ob tain funds to continue this warfare?" "They have secured control of all the ports from which nitrate is shipped, they receiving the export duties payable to the Chilean Government, which amounts to 810,000,000 annually.' "How does Balmaceda get the funds to carry on his warfare?" A Large Issue of Paper Money. "From the general revenues of the coun try, principally the custom houses of Val paraiso and Talcahuano; but as these were not sufficient to meet his requirements, he issued 512,000,000 of paper money which was taken by the people and used to pay the army. The currency of Chile consists of notes issued and guaranteed by the Gov ernment This currency was worth 50 cents on the dollar when the revolution broke out, butaecording tomylast advices has declined to 30 cents." "Do you know of any firms in New York that are supplying the insurgents with arms." "No, I do not'' "How long do you think, the straggle will last?" "It is very hard to say, but I am afraid it will last for many months yet, as the oppo sition is not likely to accept as a solution" of the difficulty the man who Balmaceda pro poses shall succeed him as "President (Senor Vicuna) when his term expires, on Septem ber 18 next" "How is the credit of Chile with foreign nations?" "Chilean bonds have declined a little, owinsr to the revolution, but not to the ex tent that might have been expected. Chile has enjoyed sueh an excellent reputation that the effect has not been in her case as it would have been in others, and her total ex ternal debt is only about $35,060,000, which is, no doubt, in any case perfectly good." "It necessary, coma umie get any. materia assisituicu irusu .uuuiuii ui mo way of loans?" Pern Wants a Peaceful Solution.' "Under present circumstances it is not likely that she could obtain any assistance in theLpndon mint, but in normal times she could hare had all the money she de sired for public works and other uses. Her last loan, a million pounds sterling, was placed close to par to speak acenrately, I believe it was 99, and is, I understand, held principaUy by the Eothchilds." "What interest is taken in the affair in Peru, and what sympathy, if any, is ex tended to the two parties in Chile?" 'In "Peru the general desire is that a peaceful solution of the difficulty shoulcLbe reached, as it affects the business of that country considerably; but beyond this neither the people nor the Government have any interest in either side.. The Govern ment has observed the strictest neutrality, and I know positively that that is the policy wmcntne ireruvian uovernment proposes to follow. This I can affirm, as I have it direct from, the President of Peru and his Ministers. What the commerce of the coast needs is peace, and the inanimchis' feeling is one of (he deepest regret that Chile should . . have become Involved in such a condition of internal strife," DANGER IN FRONT. AMERICAN WARSHIPS WAITING THE ITATA AT CHILE. FOR The Esmeralda Does Not Seem to Be Afraid of the Yankee Guns No Official News Yet Received From the Charleston. Washington, May 15. A long cable dispatch in cipher was received at the Navy .Department this morning.- It appeared later In the day, when the cable dispatches had beep deciphered, that It had been sent by Admiral Brown from the San Fran cisco, which is now at "somo Chilean port Information as to its contents was" refused, at the department further than that it was an answer from Admiral Brown to the instructions cabled himost week. This is an indication that even in the event of the failure of the Charleston to catch the Itata the latter vessel will not have escaped all danger and will have to run the gaunt let of United States vessels now on ahe Chilean coast Up to the close of business hours at the department" no advices had been received of the Charleston or the Itata. A dispatch from the City of Mexico says : The Chilean insurgent cruiser Esmeralda Is evidently not afraid of the United States cruiser Charleston. A dispatch fromAca pulcb, received here at a late hour last night, says that the cruiser Esmeralda entered that port Wednesday and sailed again yesterday. Several of her officers were ashore and nsed the wires, and made various in quiries regarding the action of the United States, showing that they had been in formed that the cruiser Charleston had been sent In pursuit of the Itata. It is believed that she has steamed north to intercept vthe Itata, and protect her should the Charleston attempt to capture her. The officers who came ashore were very reticent, but from one of the sailors it was learned that they expected to sight the Itafa and act as her consort down the coast. The Esmeralda has a numerous crew, and in appearance they are veterans and wiU fight The opinion prevails here that should the Charleston attempt to cap ture .the Itata in naval engagement will take place and the United States cruiser wiU get the worst of it The re ceipt of the dispatch was confirmed at the War Department A prominent official said the Chilean cruiser nad been warned not to remain in port, as Mexico was not harboring insurgent vessels, and did not rScognize any other Government in Chile than that of Balmaceda. That was the rea son why the cruiser had sal eld. A G0VEBNMENT DEFEAT. The Insurgent ForcesTVln a Battle Lasting Five Hours. Panama, May 15. Some of the recent engagements in the Tarapaca district, and other events, are thus described by the Xacion and others of the Chilean Govern ment organs: The Bobles, Gana and Arrate divisions of the Government troops effected a juncture, and, after cutting and tearing up a portion of the Pisagua Railroad, took up a position on the Sebastopol Hill, which commands the nitrate works, the water and the railway. Colonel Canto, with his in surgent army, took up a position at Molls station, Iquique. After some reconnoitring on both sides Bobles abandoned his advantageous position, on Sebastopol Hill and posteqhis army on the plain at Pozo Almonte, .first of all tear inSJW the jailway ih his rear. The damage ;laJhojttsr,ttOKifitlf rerrcdbyiettnto't army, ana he followed upKobiesftna gave him battle, and after a stubborn and sanguin ary encounter of five hours' duration the Government forces were completely dc feated and routed. STEWART'S MILLIONS' WHJ. NOT BE HANDLED BY THE CLAIMANTS FROM IRELAND. Their Plan for the Conquest of the Great Estate Knocked in the Head Judge Wallace Destroys Their Hopes Master Stroke of Lawyer Choato. r "tSPECIAI, TELEGBAK TO TBS DISPATCH.J New Yoek, May 15. It took A. T. Stew art's Irish heirs between seven and eight days to come to this country to upset his will, hut Judge Wallace consumed only assnany minutes in knocking their plans in the head. There has not been in many a year so well developed and important a plan of procedure for the conquest of millions of money as that of these heirs, and in an equal period of years there has not been so dramatic and sudden a destruction of a great case in the courts. Judge Wallace said: I have -concluded that the statutory law of this State gives the right of transmission by descent only from resident aliens and naturalized or native citizens. Mary Branagh, the mother of the plaint iff, was not one of these. Socondly, it gives the right only to land acquirea oy purchase, tnat Is, by grant or device, ana Mary Branagh, the motner or tno piaintlir, acquirea this land by descent,by operation of law, of Mr. Stewart, died inestate: it being conceded that he was a naturalized citizen- when Mary "Branagh acquired title as one of his collateral kindled. Thirdly, these statutes, in my judgment, contemplated only ono step of transmission to alien heirs. When that step was taken, by trans mission from Mr. Stewart to the mother of the plaintiff, the operation of the statute ceased. For thesereasons I must hold ttitit any title to the real estate which may havoS ueen acquirea qy juary uranagn nas not been transmitted at her death to the plain tiff by descent. . Consequently, he gave a verdict for the defendant As far as the present case is ooncern'ed, the lawyers for the defense, and some other famous counsel ors whom they have consulted, have been unable to find any statute or ruling to .upset the point raised by Mr. Choato against Sarah Branagh, and it is certain that none can be found. As to the criticism that it was a'peculiar thing for Mr. Choate to re serve his master stroke until the case L actually came into court, lawyers may or may not disagree. One thing is certain, the Irishmen and Scotchmen who combined to bring the suit here expended a great deal of energy, as well as the money it has cost them to live in this city four or five weeks, and It would seem that they may not be as likely to continue their efforts to rank the.Stewart estate with that of Anneke Jans and with the hidden treasures of Captain Kidd, as if they had merely tossed a few odd dollars into the speculation.' HALL TALES TO THE SC0TCH-IBISH. 4 i He Tells About His Late Trip Across the Big Pond. Louisville, May 15. At the Scotch Irish Congress Dr. John S. Hall, who last year bore the greetings of the congress to their brethren in Ireland, said he had frequently returned to Ireland in his 24 years' rclidence in America, and he never saw Ulster present such a look of Erosperity as last year. He thought Ire tnd did not so much need home rule as to educate her people and inspire them with the thoughts, purposes and convictions which have made the United States blessed. Af the meeting of the congress to-day, the Eev. Thomas Murphy, of Philadelphia, apoko upon the course and progress of the Scotch-Irish race through the nations. At the business meeting, the officers of last yeaJr were re-elected. EEALLTA BAffiKUPT. England's Heir Deeply Involved, Not withstanding All Denials. COULD NOT BLEED BAKON HIESCH. The Qneen Finally Put Up, Bnt "Will duct the Amount-in Her TVill. De- HINESS OP THE EMBARRASSED PRINCE CUT DUNlAP'S CABLE COMANT. London, May 15. Many statements have appeared in regard to the debts of the Prince of Wales; and .Mr. Edmund Yates hinted at half the truth in one week and de nied it In the next The facts, however, are very simple, and are all explained in the fact that the Prince lives for beyond his income. The Prince had borrowed 160,000 from that late Anglo-India nabob, MacKenzie, and in order to discharge the debt he put a mortgage for 250,000 on the Sandringham estate, made out to Messrs. Murrietta. Then followed the Argentine collapse and the Murriettas were hit very hard and suffered great losses. There was nothing for them to do but to realize on their available assets. Baron Hiuch, who may be regarded as the Prince's latest friend, might and would probably very gladly have come to the res cue, but the Prince hesitated about allow ing him to do so, because he realizes how exceedingly unpopular the idea is in En glish society and at both the English and German court that he should be on such close terms with the Hebrew financier. Could Not Call Upon Hlrsch. Then the approaching visit of the Kaiser to England was another reason why Baron Hirsch could not be called upon, for the presence of the Kaiser would make it im possible for the Prince to push his protege on English society at present, and the Prince fully realized that this would be the price of such a loan, because the Baron is reputed to figure very closely in such mat ters, and outside of his magnificent charita ble bequests he exacts full return for any money he may put out This return, the Prince clearly under stood, was to be made on social lines. All hope, therefore, of relief from the Baron being at an end, the Prince, in his dilemma, sought the Marquis of Salisbury, and sug gested on appeal to the country. This pro ceeding is so unpopular, and recognized as such by the Premier, that he pointed out to the Prince its objectionable features and showed him that his position would be very invidious if the. country refused to vote tho necessary sum. This made the situation embarrassing and critical for the Prince, but Salisbury was firm in this unwillingness to take the step in the matter that the Prince desired. He finally, however, consented to make a per sonal appeal to the Queen in the matter. An Act of Courage for the Premier. This must be regarded as a courageous act, for owing to the Prince's name being so un pleasantly associated with the recent bac carat scandal Her Majesty has not been favorably disposed toward her eldest son. ' The Premier, however, addressed the Queen on the subject, and after a great deaTof per suasion induced Her Majesty to take up the Sandringham mortgage, but only on con dition that the sum so advanced should be deducted from the amount left by the Queen in her will to the Prince of Wales. The Prince by the very situation of affairs was. compelled (a accept this-fferr but it has Evidently Irritated Mm exceedingly, for it iS "known that he does not consider that the treatment is either liberal or generous, and he has caused it to be conveyed to the Queen, his mother, that he shall withdraw more into private lifo for the future unless .she agrees to make him an adequate allow ance upon which to maintain the semi-royal state necessary for the proper discharge of his duties, which should properly fall upon the Queen, but which he has discharged for., many years purely as a relief to her. The health of the Prince gives cause for some anxiety. He has aged a great deal of late and looks as though the sturdy condi tion for which ha has always been marked is deserting him. t - TBUE TO f ABNELIm Harrington Denounces as False the Report of His Intended Desertion. CBY PUMLAr'S CABLE COMPANT3 London, May 15. Timothy Harrington, M. P. for Dublin Harbor, was in reteipt to day of a telegram from New York, which informed him fhat a statement had appeared in the newspapers there that he and his brotherf Edward Harrington, M. P. for West Kerry, and Mr. Dwyer Gray, had seceded from Mr. Parnell. Mr. Harrington said on this subject, when seen to-day by a reporter: ''There is not a shadow of ground for that statement with regard to any of the gentlemen. The statement is one of the false reports started by the Irish Liberal party to deceive the Irish in America." For himself, Mr. Harrington stated that he holds Mr. Parnell as firmly as he ever did, and he has always been one of that gentle man's most ardent supporters; " He concluded by saying he adhered to the belief-he has always had. that only an independent Irish party, under the guid ance of a skillful independent leader, can win home rule for Ireland, A PH0T0OBAPH FOB A PENNY. The Latest Dropiv-Nlekel-ln-the-Slot Ma chine Reaches England. t CBTDUSLAP-'S CABLE COMPANT. ' London, May 15. The latest of the "drop-a-penny-in-the-slot machines" to be introduced is the automatic photograph pro ducing camera. Although they have been In use in America for some time past, they have just found their way over here, and so far have been doing a very good business, although, it must be confessed, that the tiny picture which drops out after vou have gazed for a few seconds into the machine is a very nazy specimen oi ine pnoiograpner s art. Still, the "cost is only a penny, and one must not be exacting in what he expects from that humble, but heavy coin. IAB0B DEMANDS FALL OFF. " Skilled English Workmen Are Apparently Content With Fresent "Wages. ) CBr DtWLAP'S CABLE COMPAlfT.I London, May 15. The labor correspond ent of the Board of Trade says that, al though signs are apparent this month that labor demands in some of the more import ant of the skilled trades are falling off, yet the returns of the trade societies to the board show that there is a diminution in the number of the unemployed. The number of strikes show a slight increase, as com pared with April, being 77 for that month and 53 for March. The increased demand in the building trade continues. Gladstone Is a Dramatist. BT DBSLAP'S CABLE COMPA5T, London, May 15. It is not generally known that Mr. Gladstone, in addition to his othdr accomplishments in literature, is the author of a tragedy, which, althopgh it has never been acted, was offered to Mrs. Langtry for production, but much as this lady would liko to have done so, she found it too difficult. Minister Beale in London. tBTDIJXLArV8 CABLE COMPAST. 4Xondon, May 15. Mr. Truxton 'Beale, sr , . ,., the United States Minister to Persia, ar rived in London and was entertained this afternoon by Minister Lincoln, together with other distinguished guests,' at his official residence. YOUNG DUNCAN'S CRIME. A POSSIBILITY THAT IT WAS A PBE I ARRANGED AFFAIR. His Wife Mmst Have Lain Still While He Attempted to Kill Her He Intended Taking His Own Life After That of III Bride. tBYDUNEAP'S CABLE COMPACT. Chester, May 15. Richard C. Duncan, of Washington, D,- C, who was arrested at Bettivs-Y-Coed, North Wales,for assaulting his bride while walking on Mount Snowden on Tuesday," was married in February at Stockholm to the daughter of a cigar manu facturer. The pair were discovered by an old man named Evan Evans. Duncan had in his hands a heavy stone, while his wife was lying on the ground, her head crushed and bleeding. When Duncan was arrested he said that if he had been left alone a min ute'or two longer he would have taken his own life, adding that it was a prearranged plan between him and his wife, MFrom the -position of the parties when found, this seems possible. Mrs. Duncan must have lain still while her husband was inflicting the injury, as the stone in his hands was so heavy that he could not possi bly have wielded it with one hand. When the unfortunate woman was being conveyed to the farmhouse, she tried to wave her hands toward her husband with'a gesture of horror. No weapon was found on Dun can's person with which, ho could have committed suicide, nor is any motive known for the crime. Duncan has cabled to his brother Louis in Washington-to send him 100, where with to defencT '-"iself from the charges against him. orncan's cousin, who resides at SV tfiy- 3-?i? with her. The place where in "alirn wn ind of bed like recess between myi h JO x. The JO . The Ojyn te,Vat- heavy stone with whlt r-rn- tered his wife's skull is w inches long, 2 inches thick vf k broad at the widest end. There werw on the rocks and on the stone thatr many of the blows struck must have missed their aim, while deep blood marks indicate that others were-more successfuL A DOUBLE VEBDICT BENDEBED. Both Sides In a Telephone Rent Suit Re ceive Their Awards. CBT DtWLAP'S CABLE COMPART. Portsmouth, May 15. An action affect ing telephone companies came before Justice Leonard in the County Court, yesterday. The Weste'rn Counties Telephone Company sued Harry Wainscot, solicitor, for 10, be ing rent for use of an instrument. On the other hand the defendant set up a counter claim of 10 on the ground that the service had been frequently interrupted. He claimed that he had been subjected to much annoyance in, the practice of his profession, owing to the irregularity with which the plaintiffs had performed the work they had contracted to do. Justice Leonard awarded the plaintiffs 10 and the defendant 5 on their respec tive claims, on the ground that he considered that the defendant had not received the service that the company had contracted to supply. GOATS BLOOD IK COKSTJMFTIOir. Prof. Bernhelm Say It Hag a Good Effect in tho First bt&gea. PABis, Majf 15. Prof. Beniheim has sub mitted his report to the Academy of "Medi cine regarding experiments made to cure tuberculcs by the transfusion of goats blood. The professoria his report says that 14 patients have been treated by this system and that two of them in the last stage of anaemia were cured. Ten of the remaining number, suffering from tubercu losis, the report adds, have greatly improved under the new treatment and the last 2 of the 14 patients, both of whom were in an advanced stage of consumption, died six weeks after receiving the first transfusion Of goats' blood. Prof. Bernheim declared that the goats' blood treatment has on important effect in the first stages of consumption, but adds it should not be used in thelast stages. ENGLISH E0YALTY SHOCKED. Victoria and Wales Grieve Over Prince Teck'a Fondness for the Stage. BT DUJILAP'S CABLE COMPACT. London, May 1,5. The Queen and the Prince of Wales have a complaint now that brings them together onco more in sympa thy and indignation. It is on account of the action of Prince Francis of Teck in asso ciating himself with an amateur dramatic company and starring about EastAnglia. The company has been playing the burlesque of "AliBaba, or tho Forty Thieves," and Teck has made a hit in the character of Gancm. Prince Francis has been stationed at the Colchester Barracks, and the royal family is inexpressibly shocked at his preference for the stage. HOW THE BANE WAS WRECKED. Examiner Drew's Startling Testimony as to the Keystone Swindlers' Methods. Phtladelphia, May 15. Gideon W. Marsh, President, and Charles W. Law rence, Assistant Cashier of the suspended Keystone National Bank, were given a partial hearing before United States Commissioner Bell this afternoon, charged with making false returns to the Controller of the Currency as to the con dition of the bank. Bank Examiner Drew told of tho way in which the shortage was covered np as follows: President Marsh and Mr Lawrence would remove from the individual deposit ledger, whole leaves. After the examina tion orthe book these leaves would be re inserted. The effect of this work would be to show that the deposits were much less than they really were. Mr. Drew characterized -this as ah un heard of method in bank wrecking. They falsified accounts as well. The entries showed that the Chose National Bank and the Merchants' National Bank of New York owed the Keystone small sums, but their accounts were swelled so as to show that they owed $78,000. At one time Mr. Drew found that ?50,000 of discounted paper alleged to be held by the bank was missing. Altogether the present deficiency amounts to $998,000. ENGINEERS- GETTING TOGETHEB. They Are Preparing for an International Convention in Chicago lnl803. Chicago, May 15. Eepresentatives of the principal engineering societies of the country are in the city to attend a conven tion for the purpose of making plans for the establishment of an engineering head quarters and an international engineering congress during the World's Fair inl89J. It is designed to make the headquarters a bureau ol technology for information of all sorts for the convenience of engineers from all parts of the world, and to establish in connection with it a publish ing concern for the advance issue and distribution of whatever literature upon en gineering subjects that maybe presented. Some opposition has been" expressed to & proposed assessment scheme to defray ex penses, and one Of the chief objects of the present convention la to settle upon a better financial arrangement v . ;iTaiMeDi Advertisements Jlecaved AX He Brabolx. Offices ofTXTio Dispatch. For to-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock!: x. For list of branch offices In the various Dis tricts SCO THIKD PAGE. THREE CENT& BOUND EOR THE POLE. A Bold American Tarty of Arctic Explorers to Sail June 1. GREENLAND'S NORTHERN SHORES "Will Be Thoroughly Examined and May Solve the Vexed Prohlem. THE SCIENTISTS OP THE EXPEDITION SPECIAL TELEOHAX TO THE DISPATCH.J Philadelphia, May 15. The following band of Arctic explorers will start from this city on June 1 and sail from New York on the same day for the Greenland coast: Lieut Peary, United States .Navy, in com mand; Prof. Angelo Heilprin, of the Aca demy of Natural Sc.ence,zoologist in charge; Dr. Ben Sharp, of the Academy of Natural Science, zoologistr Dr. W. E. Hughes, orn ithologist in charge; Dr. J. S. Holt, surg geon; David McCadden, of the Zoological Garden, and four assistants. They will accompany the lieutenant to his farthest journey North, where he ex pects to find the northern boundary of Greenland or the North Pole. The Lieu tenant thinks that his daring journey will be successful and will lead to more im portant discoveries than have been made since the finding of the Northwest passage. The expedition will be under the auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences of this city. To Solve the Pole Problem. It is claimed that the discovery of Green land's northern coast will solve the much vexed North Pole question. The Lieuten ant will go from New York by steam whaler to Whale Sound, arriving at the latter place about July. The balance of the summer will be spent in building a house and laying in a store of provisions for the winter. If practicable a reconnaisance will be made Ya "BPPy deP established. I The balances of the winter will be occu pied making sledges, clothing and traveling equipment and in snowshoe practice. Early in the spring several of he party will go out and establish stations along the proposed route. The extra men used on this work will then return with two or three of the party, who will remain at Whale Sound, and the time here will be utilized in hunt ing, collecting specimens and making me teorological observations. The expedition in the interior will be carried on by the remainder of the party and their mission being accomplished they will return to Whale Sound and take the first favorable opportunity for returning home. . Small Exploring Parties the Best Lieutenant Peary says that experience has taught him that small parties- are the best for interior explorations, and that every increase in the number beyond those essentially necessary is an element of danger. "My estimate," he said, "is that we can easily travel from 18 to 20 mites a day and as the distance fromHumboldt glazier to tho Supposed Greenlanorterminus and return Is estimated at 1,200 miles, the time consumed in traveling this distance would he 6G days. Former attempts to explore the coast have been made on dog sledges over the frozen sea, but as the floes ore liable to break at. any moment tha exnlorcr is in danerer of "being cut off from the ship and supplies. -j.ns.aiso aimcuit to examine tne coast in. this manner, as. it is indented with deep, narrow bays that reach for miles into tha interior: The journey over the in land ice will eliminate all these dangers; hundrsds of miles will be saved and we Trill be-able ,to look down from an altitude of 2,000 feet into all the indentations. getting the outlines of the coast as accu rately as if spread upon a map. The only danger lies in storms, and a pit dug in the bow always affords complete shelter and protection from those. The Composition of the Party. "Four or five gentlemen besides mvself will compose my party, and these will be selected specially for their robust and hardy natures, and also for the in terest they manifested in the discover ies to be .made. Starvation will have no menace for us, our food having been selected with a special care and construction of pemmican, hard bread, baked "beans, con densed milk, cranberry sauce, compressed tea, etc. A spirit lamp will boil the tea. The results to be attained will be the solution of a great geographical problem the northern extent of Greenland second only in importance to the discovery of the North Pole; the possible discovery of the ' most practical ana direct route to the Pole and the certainty of Important additions to our knowledge of geography, ethonology, meteorology, geoldgy and glaciatlon." Lieutenant Peary speaks confidently of his project and Its undoubted success. The only element of hardship, he says, will be from exposure to the cold, and this for a well-fed. well-clothed and healthy set of men, will be only a physical anoyance, not a danger. CHARLES T. MURRAY contributes for THE DISPATCH to-morrow a pretty sketch ofhowaNe-ff-York postman won the heart of the daughter of a Crosses. Abo bright metropolitan gossip. a Contest fob a judgeship. Affidavits Are Plentiful in the Brnbaker Livingstone Case at Lancaster. SPECIAL TXLIQBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Lancasteb, May 15. The Committee on Contests, appointed by the Eepublican return judges to decide the vote forjudge in the late primaries, met again to-day. Tha committee decided to have the investigation private, admitting only candidates and their counseled representatives from the papers. This conclusion was reached by a vote of 4 to 3, the three Livingstone members favoring an investigation open to the public Mr., Brubaker was present to-day with his counsel. Judge Livingstone was absent, but was represented by counsel Lincoln Schoolhouse was the first district token up. The returns showed Brubaker, 28; Livingstone, 117, The affidavits of 33 persons were presented, setting forth, that they nad voted for Bru baker. The affidavit of a man who had voted for Delamater, last fall showed that his vote for Brubaker was refused at the primary. $ The Democratic County Com mitteeman swore that three of the men who voted at the election were Democrats. Counsel for Judge Livingstone Stated that they had counter affidavits show ing that men who had made oath that they voted for Brubaker were coreced into doing so, fearing they would lose their employ ment in Sadsbury Township. DTOBAY FDBNACB BL0WH IS. Coke Will Be Obtained From the Company's Plant at Ferguson. (SPXCIAt TZLXOBAXTO THE DISPATCH. UniOntoWN, May 15. The Dunbay Fur nace, which has been idle for nine weeks, blew in lost night This furnace employs 200 hands. They will be furnished with coke from their own plant at .Ferguson, which they have been running in full on tha Frick scale for several weeks past The old men will resume work at a 10 per cent reduction. WANTS of all kinds are quickly Answered through THE DISPATCH. Investors, arti sans, bargain hunters buyers and seHers closely -scan 1U Classified Advertising Col umns. Largest Circulation. v.?f. )
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