R F A I EstRto Skiers Get their n fc Ml Best Buyers through THE DISPATCH. Inventors Everywhere rea It. Bargain Hnnters poly on It for offerings. The host Medium. FORTY -SIXTH YEAR By tlie legislature i'rom tlie Yerdict of tlie People last lTOTeniuer. A TOY OP COBPOBATIONS. Solemn Tarty Pledges and the Ex pressed "Wishes of. the. Peo ple Disregarded! MATTERS NOW ALL IN A MUDDLE. Bills Which Are Made Republican Meajures in the lower House; flashed U Pieces in the Senate. AX APPAREXT LACK OF IEADERSHTP. Inprored EU, the Oil Interests, a Kerised System cf Taxation and Ballot Eeform Hate All Betn Saenflcei BUT HULK TIME IS EEFT FOE EEDBUTIOX FROM A ETAJT CORRESPONDENT. Hakkisbukg, May 17. It is to be hoped the Republican caucus will agree upon pome plan of action which will satisfactorily straighten out the tangle in which the ma jority seems to find itself placed." If the final adjournnien' is to be had on May $, the Course mapped out must "be promptly followed, and must be such as will commend itself to the members and bring all into line in carrying it through. , In fact, this action should have been taken long ago, for it has been apparent since the cl-jse of the first month of legislation that things were running loosely and liabje to end in a most unsatisfactory way. There has been from die first little, if any, lcadcrr ship in either House, and- matters have drifted along until, with final adjoump nt cloe at hand, and that after a session almost three we&s longer than that of two j ears ago, the majority party's pledges are yet unfulfilled and its representatives prac tically at sea as to how they shall Te kept. Ideal, but nardly Practicable. A Legislature without a "boss" is an ideal body for -which some people havelong hoped. Their desires in that direction have been attained this session, but it can hardly be said that the result has been entirely satisfactory. There has certainly been no outside dictation this session. The majority has been left free to think its own thinking and do its own doing, and, thus far, what ever its thoughts and motives, its, achieve ment have hardly been up to tjie standard which might have been expected of ftiegi. islature without a "boss." It will be said that "bosses" and leaders ore two very different kinds of people, and that it was the work of the Republican steering committees to determine the course for the party to pursue upon legislation; They have essayed to do so, but the result has not as yet justified their judg ment. It can scarcely be called good management which led the House Com mittee to declare, when the Baker ballot bill was up for considcrat'oa, that it was the child of the Republican party, cradled on its knee and nurtured at its bosom, and altogether too holy for the hand of the Dem ocratic minority to be laid upon even for amendment, and then have the Senate end of the Legislature stand idly by uhile a Republican Electors Comniittes so mangled the bill that hardly a trace of its original purpose was left. In what position would the Republ'can majority of the Honse be placed, w ere the Senate to pass the Baker bill as it left the Electors Committee the week before last? Could they, with any re spect for themselves, concur in the amend ments. Redemption of Party riedges. Neither was it an c idence of any con certed, w ell-considered action, especially in lew of the fact that the party was pledged to equalization of taxation, to pass the Tag gart tax bill in the House without any at tempt to materially amend it, and then hae the Bepublican majority of the Senate rinance Committee substitute in its stead a totally different measure, and one which en tirely ignores the local taxation of corporate property for which the people clamor. State aid for roads was promised in the Republican platform, and yet the bill ap propriating it has just been negatived be cause the Senate bill prescribing a definite and practical method for its expenditure, and for the much needed improvement of the roads of the State, was so emasculated in the House that e en its friends scarcely regretted its veto by the Executive. No Lesson Learned Prom Defeat. The Republican candidate for Governor kbt fall owed his defeat largely to his posi tion upon the Billingsley bill, and the Grangers' tax bill, and yet the course of the present Legislature upon the Burdick bill, the anti-discrimination bill and the laggart tax bill has not been of a character to pro-je that the corporations have lost one iota of their power to influ ence legislative action. The platform of the Republican party last vear w as very specific in its promises, and .f these pledges are not, to a reasonable de cree, at least, carried into effect, the ma jority will have a great deal of explaining to do this falL There is time yet to do jiuch in the direction of fulfillment of party pledges, but it must be gone about in an ianiest, systematic way. Tlie appropriations for common schools mould be increased $1,000,000 annually, ivhich would fulfill the promise in this Hrection. Some of the granger members Jeclarc that they will only be satisfied with in appropriation large enough to support Jie schools for the six months' term re juired by law, leading the amount necessary ,0 run them the remaining three months in tvhich most of them are kept open to be raised by local taxation. It is not probable, lowevcr, that there will be enough addi .ional revenue to do this. The Necessity of the Hour. If the Taggart tax bill, even with its most jbnoxious features stricken out, is not to go .hrough, the Bojer bill should be passed, trith the rates raised even higher than it jow provides. The increased proportion to LS LEARNED r. r-f be retained by the counties from ih'e tax on moneys at interest and the retail license fees may be sufficient to .pay. the jury and jail expenses, as it was pronrised'-the State would do for .the several counties. The bill making the State pay for the support of in digent insane confined in county alms houses, if passed, would in a measure carry out the promise that the State would as sume the maintenance of this class of un fortunates. The bill for the furnishing of free text-books may yet be passed, which would satisfy another pledge. The Baker ballot bill should be, without further monkeying, put in decent, reason able shape and passed. As this bill left the House, much as it has been lauded and praised, it was not a practical measure. It was framed by men who handle politics with kid gloves. There is business in poli tics, as well as sentiment, and the business side of the question cannot be ignored. The bill can be amended so as to secure to the people the three vital points of ballot re forman official baljot, an opportunity to vote without being" bulldozed or impor tuned, and fair recognition of independent voters and it should be done at once. The people will be satisfied with a bill embody ing these provisions. They won't be satis fied with any other, and the Legislature may as well .recognize the fact If o Demand for a New Constitution. 7f the people want a constitutional con vei '-"1, they certainly are not doing much in 1 ''-v of manifesting their wishes. There & ' bundles of petitions calling for one, as wt.. - in,the Tageart tax bill and the Bakti bill. Nor do its sup porters here ;jvai.ve a sonvincingreasons why one should b- jed. The only argu ment given ii 'it the "ballot numbering" clause sh-- ue stricken from the constitu tion,yet inere isnogeneral sentiment among the members for this change. It would be interesting to know who really demand it. Whatever is wrong with our present elec tion system now does not manifest itself after the vote is cast. The evils complained of all have their effect before the ballot goes into the box. Give the voter an official ballot and a chance to vote free from interference and intimidation, and there will be left little room for complaint. It may be that this demandfor the striking out of the "ballot numbering" clause comes from those who fear that under the new system they will lose their 0 power before the ballot is cast, and want, therefore, to be able to wield it when it comes to the count. If this be the case, it will be of little advantage to the voter to give him a" chance to cast his ballot free from inter ference and then give some one else a chance to count it free from interference. With so much on hand which their party promised the people, and which the people expect, it would seem as though the Re publican majority in both Houses had bet ter, in the brief period yet left for work, address itself seriously to the task of keep in? specific nledzee. and let other matters. for which there is no real demand, severely nione, henry iiALLr AN ALL SORTS CONVENTION. THE UNIQUE GATHERING THAT IS TO MEET AT CINCINNATI. Delegates Invited From Nearly All Political and Labor Organizations in the Country A Third Party May Result From the Action of the Meeting. r CnreiMrATr, MimlJ-eomlnpweekl e will brihjf to this city a"politicaTtheringTand recommi of unique form, in whose action there is a wide interest. It is not a convention in the usual sense of that term, for it has no party call as a basis. It is perhaps best described as a National Union Conference. Original ly it was called, not by the Farmers' Alli ance Convention at Ocala, Fla., last year, but by members of that convention, and the time was set for February 23 in this city. That call was addressed to all who have stood up for independent political action on the questions of finance, transportation, labor and land, and asked for delegates to a national conference from the following organizations: The Independent party by its representa tives; the People's party by its representa tives; the late Federal and Confederate sol diers by their representatives; the Farmers' Alliance, North and South; the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association; the Citizens' Alliance; the Knights of Labor; the Col ored Farmers' Alliance and all other indus trial organizations Irhat support the princi Eles'of the St. Lotfis agreement of Decem er, 1889. The ratio of representation .was one delegate from each Congressional dis trict by State organizations, and two at large from the State; not less than three delegates to each district organization, and not less than one to each county organiza tion. In addition to this the editor of each newspaper supporting candidates nominated on the St. Louis agreement was invited to become a delegate. This call was signed by about 70 persons from 17 State?. It met with objection from various sources, partly because its purpose was announced to be to form a Rational Union party, based on the fundamental ideas df finance, transporta tion, labor and land. This opposition had the effect of necessitat ing a delay and the-date of the conference was changed to May 19. The State Execu tive Committee o'f the People's party of Indiana, composid of some of the original signers of the call, enlarged the representa tion so ns to include the American Federa tion oi AaDor, traaes unions ana trades as semblies, the Federation of Railway Em ployes and the Nationalists bv their repre sentatives. The Citizens' Alliance of Kan sas, at a convention at Topeka, February 2, reissued the call, statine the obiect to be to adopt a'platform and make such arrange ment lor tne conflict ot 18SCJ ns the confer ence may deem fitting. From" this outline of its call it is plain that difficulty will arise in settling ques tions, if any arise, upon credentials and also that the real purpose of the conference is not clearly defined. Already two views are being urged in varions quarters upon the question of forming a third party, and it has gone so far in some places as to cause organ izations opposed to the third partv to re fuse to send delegates, while others are electing delegates for the avowed purpose of defeating the formation of a third: party. LOST IN THE SAND HILLS. Two Little Girls Miss Their Way and One Is Found Dead. Omaha, May 17. The entire male popu lation of Thedford, Thomas county, has been engaged in a search for the two little girls of John Hanamond, who were lost in the sand hills surrounding that town last Sunday. The children, one 8 years and the other 10, went to visit their sister, who lives about six miles north of Thedford, and between 4 and 5 o'clock they started home. They had to go about a mile, and the road led through the sand hills. The children lost their way, and never reached home. Monday a general alarm was given. Then the citizens of Thedford and the surrounding country turned out. Thcv took, the trail! and soon found where the children had wandered from the path-to gather flowers. All day Wednesday the search went on and Thursday it was renewed. They came to a place where the youngest had lost one shoe, and could see where the older one had carried her little sister a short distance. Thursday at noon the youngest child was found at the foot of a high hill, half covered with sand, where she had fallen completely ! JF pmimtg iwawu. exhausted. The little one was unconscious, and her tongue .was swollen so that it pro truded from her mouth. She -was soon re stored, however, and when asked where her sister was she said: "Sister went on home." The search went on it continued until this afternoon, when the searchers discovered the dead body of the older child ten miles north of Dunning, Blaine county, fully 75 miles from the place where the children lost their way. A DISGUSTING CROWD. MOONSHINERS WHO ARE NOT AT ALL WELCOME IN COVINGTON. Fire Hundred of Them Brought in by Reve nue Officers Some Are -Prisoners and Some Witnesses The Latter Arouse the Wrath of Decent People. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH Covington, May 17. For the past fort night United States revenue officers have been bringing moonshiners under arrest for illicit distilling and mountaineers under ar rest as witnesses into this city, runtil there are now fully COO of both classes here. The latter class are not locked up, as they have no means of escape, and wouldn't leave if they could. The money they get as witness fees is more than they can earn in any other way. Men, women and children comprjse the lot, and they are a particularly disgust ing crowd. They act more like beasts than human beings. All are illy clad, seem to have no idea of decency and have become so turbulent that an indignant public is up in arms. The Government provides no place for them to sleep, and they have been quartering in the city prison and on the floors of the custom house and ja.il. Men and women lie scat tered about the floors at night like so many pigs. The women, like the men, drink, chew, smoke, swear and play cards. During the Hay they swarm about the sidewalks and corridors of the Govern ment building, bespatteringeverything with tobacco juice. If a lady forgetfully enters the postoffice, she is surrounded by the women, who examine her clothing, handling it with their filthy fingers, ask insolent questions and often become so bold that the ladies have to appeal loudly for aid. It is no uncommon sight to see a score of men asleep on the sidewalk at one time, in the middle of the day. Boarding houses will not have them because of their filthy ways. They never bathe and their hair doesn't know what a comb is like. Many of the women are young, and they behave in the most shocking manner. Most of them are barefooted. They wear calico dresses and sunbonnets. They loaf around the saloons, block the pavements, and have become so outrageous in their con duct that a protest will be sent to Washing ton. NO HOPE FOE BEIGGS From the Committee to Judicially Inves tigate His Case. SrZCIAI. TEXEGKAM TO THE CISrATCII.1 New York, May 17. Eleven Presby terians assembled to-day and appointed the committee voted for on Tuesday to carry out the judicial investigation of tho. case. of Prof. Briggs. The committee, as .named ty Moderator Shearer and confirmed; by the Presbytery, consists of the Rev. G. WI F. Birch, Chairman; Dr. J.' J". Lampe, Dr. "B. F. Sample and Elders J. J, Stevenson and J. J. McCook. Drs. Birch nncl Lampe 'and Prof. Stevenson were on the committee which "pronounced on the orthodoxy of Dr. Briggs inaugural address on taKing msjpresent proiessorsmp, ana signeu recommeni They are, therefore, avowedly inimical, and tne otner members ot tne committee, Dr. Sample and Elder McCook, are also averse to his doctrines. The report to be made by the committee will, therefore, have as much the force of a prosecuting presentment as the powers del egated to the committee will permit These are to determine the mode of procedure at the proposed trial for heresy, which is what is meant by the "judicial investigation." The committee id expected to report at-the next meeting of the Presbytery on June 8. SAVED HOI FOE A HUSBAND. A Pretty Romance With Dr. Gregory's Marriage to a Handsome Mulatto. SPECIAL TELEGHAM TO TIIE BISPATC2I. New Haven, May 17. A romantic story goes with the marriage of Dr. Charles W. Gregory and Miss Elizabeth Coe, in this city recently. Dr. Gregory came from Eng land a few years ago, and has been very successful. His bride is a bright, lively and handsome mulatto. He became ac quainted with her at Newport last summer. He was bathing sin the surf, became ex hausted, 'and Miss Coe, who is an expert swimmer, rushed into the billows and res cued him. She brought him ashore without aid. Dr. Gregory, who had practiced his profession in Boston, removed to New Haven about five months ago. The wedding took place at the bride's handsome home at 127 Cedar street. The Rev. Mr. Meserve performed the cere mony. The bride was attired in a magnifi cent satin gown, wore diamonds and carried an elegant bouquet. Among the wedding gifts received by the bride was a check for $5,000 from her father, Sidney Coe, who is wealthy. Dr. Gregory is 58 years of age, and haa been a veterinary surceon in the English cavalry. He used to do profes sional work in the royal stables. He had been married twice before. His bride is young. SWITCHMEN TO BIDE THEIR TTME. Tho Northwestern Men Say They Are Victims of a Conspiracy. CniCAGO, May 17. By refusing to call out the trainmen on the Northwestern road, the Supreme Council of the United Orders appear to hae possibly opened the way to the ultimate disruption of the Federation. The Council's action was severely condemned at a meeting of the switchmen's leaders held to-day. It was at a session of the Grand Lodge of Switchmen and the members discussed the proceedings of the Council at length. At one time" the lodge determined to withdraw from the Federation, but event ually decided to let matters rest as they are at present, trusting to time and oppor tunity to bring about an improved condi tion of things. Grand Master Sweeney, of the Switchmen's Association, said the switchmen had been victims of a diabolical conspiracy.. "The trainmen and firemen, by the con nivance of their officials," said'he, "con spired with the Northwestern Railroad to drive out the switchmen, and they did so temporarily. We shall bide our time, how ever, and will pay them back with interest before we get through with them." BLAINE MUCH IMPROVED. His Family Tlilnks He Will Leave" New York Some Time This Week. New York, May 17. Secretary Blaine is improving. The gout i less troublesome and his general condition is such as to give rise to hopes of his leaving the city this week. He left his bed in the afternoon and reclined on the lounge, reading the papers. Mrs. Damrosch looked very cheerful and satisfied as she spoke of Mr. Blaine's condi tion. At Dr. Dennis' house early this evening it was stated that the Doctor had gone over to the Damrosch residence simply to make a social call. Mr. Blaine's condition was so much improved that a professional call was not considered necessary. FErTSBURQ-, 'MONDAY,,. MAY 18, 1891. DAUGHTER OP A ffl$ " A Who, but fir an Act of Parliament, Might Be on Victoria's Throne, DYING LN.AIOKUOJWOEKHOUSE. The Official Account of.thn Attack Upon the CzareVitch. Made ADJUSTMENT OP THE FBENCH TARIFF, Cdt DUNLAP'S cable compart. London, May 17. The marriage of the mother of Miss Caroline Guelph, who Is now dying in the workhouse, to George IV.; has been shown to have taken place, as the records of the church at Kensington bear1 mention of it, but it was never legally rec ognized owing to a law that was passed at the direction of George 1TL that none of the immediate children of the monarch be allowed to marry a-subject of Great Britain. It will be remembered that this 'law ex pired with the death of William TV., the last son of George ILL '' Had it not been for the existence of this act of Parliament the marriage would have been duly recognized and Miss Caroline, who Is now dying of poverty, might have occupied the throne .now filled by "Queen Victoria. This unhappy condition and cir cumstance has made the situation very diffi cult for Miss Caroline to bear. Until taken to the workhouse she nad lived at Al Park- hurst row, Bye Lane, Peckham. ' A P0ETABLE RESIDENCE. It Was Built for Germany's East African1 Governor and Cost 8300,000. BT DUXLAF'6 CAULK COMPAliT.l BEHLnr, May 17. Next week the Gov-i eminent steamer will leave" Hamburg carry ing the new residence which has been con structed for the Governor of German East1 Africa. The building, which is of wood, and capable of being divided and subdivid ed, if necessary, has been made by German engineers at a cost of about 300,000. Quite an army of skilled engineers and workmen will embark at the same time for Dares Salaam. Lieutenant Wissman has been writing plaintive epistles from Africa to the Ger man papers, in which he professes to be very much astonished that the public does not side with him in his dispute with Emin Pasha, .He man tains that he had a perfect right to recall the Pasha. The sub scriptions for the proposed Wissman fleet, on tne VictoriaNyanza,arenot coming in as they ought and promises'of donations are be ing withdrawn; facts which, taken with the Emin unpleasantness and the Kaiser's un concealed indifference to hisschemes,should be enough to convince the Lieutenant that he is very rear the end of his tether. FLOCKING TO BERLIN. Prominent Americans Seeking tho Prussian (japltal Ahead of tho Season. CBV DUSLAP 'S CABLE COMPANY Berlin, May 17, Distinguished Ameri cans are- flocking to Berlin, although the season has-'scarcely yet begun. Henry Vil lard, with his, wife and daughter, are living in the famous front suite at the Kaiserhqf, wtfch was occupied by Lord Beaconsfield durine.the .conference , of 1878, and which. tion." The vmards were entertained at dinner J the other day by their old Berlin friends and acquaintances, and the dinner party in cluded the French Ambassador and Madame Herbette, the Brazilian Minister and Countess Haeuba, the Swiss Minister and Mrs. Roth, Mr. and Mrs. Boardman, Prince Radolin, the Greek Minister and Madame Rangabe. James P. Montgomery, the Republican boss of Oregon, who spent the winters of 1889 and 1890 at the Kaiserhof, has also re turned to his old abode. The Montgomerys and Horace White, of the New York Evening Post, met at the festive board of Minister Phelps previous to Mr. White's departure for Constantinople. THIRSTING FOR FAKE. A Thrifty German Who Wants to Circum navigate the Globe on Horseback. CUT DCKLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Berlin, May 17. A man named Gwascher, a native of Sorst, Westphalia, but now residing at Brandon, Minn., has written to the authorities of his native town, asking them to collect funds to enable him to make the tour of the world on horseback. He assures them that he will never quit the saddle except for the purpose of sleeping and embarking at San Francisco for Shang hai and at Havre for New York. Thus, he is certain, great honor will be reflected upon uis uiruijuuut:. Up to the time of writing this the citizens have not exhibited any enthusiasm for the scheme, and the local papers can find ho better headlines for it than "American Humbug." "The Fraud on Horseback," etc A BARONIAL LAWBREAKER. He Is a Fugitive From Austrian Justice and Posing as an American. BY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY, Berlin, May 17. Sensational paragraphs have appeared in the Vienna papers, in whioh Baron Somoskey is alluded to as be ing a fugitive from justice. The Baron is at present living at the Hotel Continental in Paris, where he is thought to be a rich American. He goes.by the name of Victor Boysey, and lives in a style worthy of his adopted nationality. He claims to be an American citizen, and says that he changed his name with the con sent of the New lork County Court. r SNOW AND SLEET IN ENGLAND. Fearfully Cold Weather Prevailing and Crops Badly Damaged. tBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. London, May 17. The weather con tinues to be still fearfully cold and alto gether exceptional for the middle of May. Snow and sleet have alternated during the day, and everywhere complaints are to be heard, as well as regrets for the damage which was done to tlie crops, and fears that the epidemic of influenza will break out with renewed violence. ' A SCOFFER AT ROYALTY. He Gets Eight Months for Inviting His Sov ereign to Emigrate to Hottentot. BY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Berlin, May 17. A citizen of Gera has been sentenced to eight months' imprison ment for saying that his sovereign, the Prince of Reuss, might emigrate to the land of the Hottentots if he desired adulation, but that he, the citizen, would certainly re fuse to recognize him as a superior being, reigning by the grace of God. PABNELL WELL RECEIVED. A Big Demonstration in His Honor and Spirited Speeches Blade. IBY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Dublin, May 17. Mr. Parnell attended a demonstration to-day at Maryborough, Queen's county, and met with an excellent reception. A sensation was created yester- 'day by the announcement that Mr. Mehan, he Chairman of the Town Commissioners,, one of the most energetic of Parn.ell's sup porters, had decided .on withdrawing from that gentleman's side and going over to the McCarthy faction. A large number of contingents from vari ous places in the county attended at Mary borough, and 20 addresses were presented to Mr. Parnell. Richard Lalor, member of Parliament for the Leix division of Queen's county, presided over the meeting, and many spirited speeches were made. VIOLATED THE TEMPLE. ANOTHER VERSION OF THE CZAEE WITCH'S TROUBLE IN JAPAN. He Visited the Shrines With His Boots On : The French Chamber of Deputies Has Made Little Advance In Considering the TariiT. Paris, May 17. The French Embassy at Tokio has telegraphed the official details of the attack upon the Czarewitch. From these it appears that the Czarewitch's as sailant was a policeman named Thunda, who had been eight years in the service. The Czarewitch and his suite were leaving Otsu inajinrikshas, having just visited a Budd hist temple. Both the Czarewitch and Prince George went to the shrines with their boots on, and the Chief Bonze, on their retiring, complained to the Japanese guards about this offense against the national religion. The Princes were entering the jinrikshas, when Thunda, who was standing guard, dealt the Czarewitch a plow with his sword. Prince George's re turn blow with his stick threw Thunda sev eral feet. The policeman rose and made another rush at thu Czarewitch. A Japan ese closed the front of the carriage and an other Japanese wrested the sword from Thunda and cut him down, inflicting a se vere wound. The Chief Bonxe, with sev eral guards, arrested the man. The Czare vitches injury has already healed. 7- The Dix-Vieimm Siede states that advices have been received at Marseilles from Treblzonde to the effect that a new volcano has appeared in Armenian at the summit of Mount Nimrod, in the district of Van, vomiting forth flames and lava. The vil lages at "the base of the mountain have been destroyed, and many persons are said tp have been killed or injured. The fugi tives are camping outside the range vof de struction. They are almost entirely desti tute, and the greatest misery prevails among them.. The-Turkish Governmont has taken measures to aid the sufferers. .Although the Chamber of Deputies has debated the tariff for a fortnight, the meas ure practically has not advanced a step. The house is tired of the whole business be fore the real business part of the discussion on the articles of the tariff has begun. So much time has been wasted that it will be impossible to deal with details this session nnless they are rushed through, in which event the Government.will bill be preferred totho increased tariffs proposed by the com mittee. In spite of the appeals of the free traders a reduction of the Government pro posals is out of the question. , MRS. DUNCAN WILL DIE, Somo Sensational Evidenco Against Duncan In tho, Hands of tho Police. BY DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. . Xondon, May 17. In order to obtain the latest and most accurate details of the sup posed murder of Mrs. Duncan, near Carnar von, Wales, a Dunlap reporter visited Solw Iddelan, where Mrs. Duncan lies at tlus Benar yiew Hotelt and there discovered jiciege was Dettcr was incorrect, lie was informed at the hotel that the doctors did ri?t enter tain the faintest hope of -the patient's recov ery, at. lumens, one oi tne most sKiiitui physicians 4n North Wales, who his charge of the case, has extracted , several pieces of bone from Mrs. Duncan's skull. The patient has short lucid inter- MrB. Duncan's two male relations, at present residing in Birmingham and Sheffield, ar rived yesterday. After visiting the scene of the attempted murder, the relation from Birmingham was painfully affected at the dreadful sight and took the train back again. The police are in possession of important evidence given by a quarryman named Evans, which is of a sensational character, although the officers are very reticent as to the particulars. Extraordinary rumors are current respecting the relations that ex isted between Mr. Duncan and another woman, whose name is unknown. MUSKEGON'S BIG FIRE. Many People Homeless and the Loss Placed at Half a Million. Muskegon, Mich., May 17. Light from the smoldering ruins of yesterday's fire illuminated the heavens for miles around until the early hours of this morn ing. Firemen continued to battle the flames till daylight,,when they were prac tically extinguished. Men, women and children continued to search in the neighborhood of their recent happy homes for what might have escaped fire and water. People whose homes were sacd stood in their doors and welcomed rich and poor alike providing quarters until others could be secured. There was open hearted sympathy on every hand and nearly all the homeless ones were provided with shelter. In a few cases homeless people slept out df doors in tents. . The most costly building burned was the stone court house. It was valued at ?50,000 and insured for 535,000. The large vaults, containing all the important documents, are supposed tohavc stood the ordeal. To-day those families who were just outside the burned district and who had removed their goods are busy moving back. It is simply impossible to give any accurate figures on losses and insurance, as the figures have not been compiled. Insurance men say the total loss will be easily 5500,000 and the in surance 5300,000. MURDERED BY BRIGANDS. Tho Terrible Fate of a Salvadoran Couple at the Hands of 25 Fiends. CSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCn. New York, May 17. Brigands have com mitted more . crimes recently in Salva dor. The last outrage is the murder in Tocolowya of Don Jose Alayo Silva and his wife, while they were sitting before their house at 7 o'clock in the evening of May 7. Twenty-five men, dressed as soldiers, sud denly appeared and shot them down with out warning. The brigands mutilated the bodies by cutting off the heads, and then ransacked the house, carrying away ?3,000 in gold, much silverware and valuable papers. ' it is believed that these bandits are the same ones who secretly raided the city of Apaneca and robbed the people of ?10,000 worth of money and jewelry. A BIG STRIKE THREATENED. Fifteen nundred Employes of Dobson's Carpet Mills May Go Out TSPKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, May 17. The 1,600 employes of Dobson's mills, at the Falls of Schuylkill, threaten to institute a strike, beginning to-morrow, because of the dis placement of 20 velvet weavers, "whose places have been filled by female operators trom the Manningham and Bradford mills, England. vals, during which Bhe has kept crying out for her mother ami exclaiming piteously: "Oh, don't hack me; oh, don't hack me." ClflLEMS TO -FIGHT Before They wm Allow the Charles- ton to Capture the Rata. A NOTIHCATIONTO THAT EFFECT. .Indications That the Cute Rebels Have Fooled Their Pursuers. KF0EMATI0NtFE0M THE SEAT OF WAR Crrr op Mexico, May 17. The Ameri can warship Charleston and the Chilean man-of-war Esmeralda are lying at anchor near the entrance to the harbor'of Acapulco. The Chilean captain says1 his vessel has not called at any American port. Consequently he says it is not probable that the United States authorities will interfere with the movements of either himself or his vessel. An officer of the Esmeralda, inTeply to a question pu to him in the telegraph office at Acapulco, as to the probability of an old fashioned sea fight between the Charleston and Esmeralda, said in a jocular1 and rather ambiguous way: "Oh, theltata is already out of danger. Shd has plenty of coal and provisions to carry her to her destination." A Rase of the Chileans. This remark has given rise to the report that the Itata coaled at sea and proceeded to her destination, while the Chilean war ship steamed'for Acapulco to throw the United States authorities off the track. El Universal, the only Government organ that has so far made any mention of the ar rivalof the Esmeralda at Acapulco, says that in addition to the Esmeralda other Chilean warships are expected at Mexican ports. A telegram from Guatemala states that a schooner captain just arrived reports having seen two strange looking vessels under full sail proceeding in a southerly direction. A dispatch from Acapulco from a naval officer on board the Charleston, dated Saturday, says in part: "The Charleston arrived here early this morning, passing closely to the Esmer alda as she entered the harbor, the Charles ton anchoring and clearing the ship for ac tion, to be ready for emergenoies. Later in the day a formal interview took place be tween. Captain Remy, of the Charleston, and the captain of the Esmeralda, the latter stating that the Charleston should never take the Itata until tha Esmeralda was sunk. Captain Remv replied: SI have orders to take the Itati The fact that the Esmeralda is present .will make no difference what ever. In Acapulco a fight is expected if tne itata appears. , No Sighs of the Itata Yet. . A dispatch from Washington says: No in formation has been received at the Navy Department regarding the movements of the Itata, nor has any further orders been eenttothe Charleston directing her future movements. The only .telegram received Jo-day was one ff om Captain Remy, saying the Charleston was still at Acapulco taking in cpal.'and.tlutt nothing had been heard or seen of tha Itftta. The Jmeraldai.was' also in port, and had been refused coal by the Jlexican authorities. An order was sent to-day by Secretary Tracy' to Commodore McCann, now on his flagship, the Baltimore, at Iquique, Chile, placing the Charleston under his .immediate comniand, so that in future, the movements of that vessel will bo udder' his direction instead of under orders -from thcNavy De partment, as she haabeenrsince leaving San Francisco in search of theltata. This order eiri -fKo TThftTTsr1..!! firmln hr chase of the insurgent vessel. As there are now twoactins Rear Admirals inChilean waters, Commodore McCann on the Baltimore, and Commodore Brown on the San Francisco, command of the Squadron will devolve upon Admiral McCann as the senior officer, both Admirals, however, keeping their individual commands and will in future act in concert. SUH Maintaining the Same Policy. It is not thought the order of tho Secre tary to-day placing the Charleston under the direction of Commodore McCann, will make any change in the policy to be pursued by the Navy Department relative to the pur suit of the Itata. The order was issued be cause the officials of the Navy Department were of opinion that the movements of the Charleston, as well as those of the other vessels of the Pacific squadron in search of the Itata, could be better controlled under orders of Admiral McCann than under or ders from a place so far from the scene of action as Washington. Secretary Tracy said, to-night that he ex pected nothing new from the Charleston for at least 24 hours; and that the situation re mains practically the sameas it was yester day. McCann, he said, would remain as the senior officer in command of the naval forces on the Pacific until the Chilean dif ficulty was settled, and would ultimately return to his command of the South Atlan tic station, when Commodore Brown would assume command of the Pacific station. It is thought the Charleston will take at least two days and perhaps longer to coal, as ships of her class can t load fast, owin? to the location of some of the coal bins. This will depend, however, entirely upon the quantity of ooal she need3 to fill her bunkers. By the time she has coaled, some new light may be thrown on the where abouts of the Itata, but for the next two days the Charleston will likely remain at Acapulco, in the meantime keeping a look out for the Itata and watching her consort, the Esmeralda. No Coal for the Esmeralda. An official of the Navy Department said to-night that it was not likely the Esme ralda would seek to procure coal at any of tho sea coast towns on the Central American or Columbian coast, as these countries would undoubtedly aet as Mexico has done, in re fusing to violate the neutrality laws by aiding the insurgents to replenish their coal supplies or procure munitions of war. Newspapers from Valparaiso state that Balmaceda has bought in Argentine a steamer called the North American, and mat tne snips oi ine revolutionary squadron are looking for her. In an account of the fight in Caldera bay, which resulted in the blowing up of the "Blanco Encalada, a Peru vian paper states that during the fight the ironclad was at anchor. The Almirante Andett launched 72 torpedoes, but only tho last one exploded. Tne twelfth torpedo went off directly under the Encalada, and blew a big hole in her, killing 180 of her crew, many of her officers, and the Secretary of the rebel navy, Valdez Vergaro. A private letter from Pisagua, dated April 21, says that everything was at that time quiet and orderly there. No appre hension of further fighting was entertained, and many of the old residents, who had sought safety in Peru and elsewhere during and a(ter-tne bombardment, capture and recapture of the jown, had returned. The Bank of Tarapaca and London, which had been closed for six weeks, re opened its doors on April G, and business was being resumed gradually. Provisions, however, were scarce and costly. On March 29 beef was in the market for the first time in two weeks, and sold at 51 50 per pound: Potatoes brought fc3o a sack, ana nour $z& Other food was sold at COr- I respondingly high prices. Water was also very expensive, two parreis oi tne size oi beer kegs, brought from Arica and other around on the backs of small donkeys, cost ing 51. . ESMERALDA SHORT OF COAL. She Was Looking For a Supply When Met By the Steamer Newbern. San Diego, May 17. Purser Walter, of the Pacific coast steamship Newbern, said to day that the Chilean man-owar Esmeralda was short of coal when the Newbern passed her, on the lsfinstant, off Cape San Lucas. The officers of the Esmeralda visited the Newb&n at San' Jose Del Cabo next day and said their destination wasjsome-port in the United States whera th'ey could get coal. They also inquired as to the "quantity of coal the Newbern was carrying, and seemed disappointed when informed that the steamer hail only a small quantity. Walter says he has na doubt it was the purpose of the Esmeralda to hold the Newbern up at sea and take her fuel from her, but she gave up the idea when she found that the amount carried by the passenger steamers was so small. The purser corroborated Captain Von Helms about seeing another warship much larger than the Esmeralda on the night of the first. He thinks she might have been an insnrgent ship, for the" officers of the Esmeralda knew of her whereabouts and did not appear to be alarmed, as would have been the case if the ,ship had been Balma ceda's. The officers of the Esmeralda re fused to tell the name of the other ship when questioned. CORTE IS NOT WANTED. NEW ORLEANS' MAYOR SAYS CONSUL IS A iTTKEBRAND. THE He Appeals to the Governor to Ask Secre tary Blaine to Recall His Exequatur The Man Has Outlived His Official Use fulness In That City. New Orleans, May 17. Yesterday after noon Mayor Shakespea're addressed the following letter to Governor Nicholsr To His Excellency Vjancis T. Nichols, Governor of Louisiana: GovEitsoit J of May 6, 1801, tho Rfiwfltto firtdrfi. -T j. -VJi. uf,. J?t ' "V V"! of tho Brand lurv. . mO ! 'U-. -uc, lureuiuu So n.a very remarkable letterv TUb Pfi " - ie Uaj; In which it was written. Sjo.JV,. "nt vujiica tji .ud iu.bt.1 uy wiu uur "VaJQ iary to tno uany papers ior t inclose a -printed cowr of that tarytotho daily papers for pn..0 ! J" n Inn A n Tkwln1 .-.. rt iknlAtd W V. " i our Excellency, beinir aresidenttv Liuao th uiiiucu i:uuy ut mm icvvov ItlK. Orleans, is fully awaro of the fact tbarter since the assassination of Superintendent of Police Hennessy on October 18, 1890, tho pa pers have teemed with all manner of vapor- ir ngs from Mr. P. Carte in tho shape of inter views, etc. or tnesc Teportea sayings ne could not properly bo held as an official responsible, and since he was scarcely cred ited with ono statement before another was made, either exactly tho opposite or largely qualifying thoflrst, hisvaearletandbluster ings w ere regarded by all but his own people ns either laughable or contemntibie. HIS letter of Mav6to tho foreman o: of the ornnd tnry vrap very properly returned by that louy to tho writer as being impertinent. Besides bolng impertinent, tboIotter con tains statements absolutely false and beyond question known to bo false by Mr. Corte. If, as Italian Consul, Mr. Corte has ever had nny usefulness hero he has outlived it, and has become, though his own acts, not only an unacceptable person, but an element of danger to this community, in that by his ntternnccs he incites his inflammable people to riot ov-sullen opposition to the laws and customs of a country they have sought as an asylum. Being the depository, as he con fesses himself to be, of criminal secrets re lating to tho individuals of his race resident; among us, ho refuses to give to the Depart ment of Police and Justice the information ho has, and thereby increases the danger to the community from these criminals. For these reasons I have tho honor to re quest that you ask of tho Honorable Secre tary of State at "Washington the recall of Consul Corte's exequatur by tho President. This application would have been mado to you sooner but for the reason that I desire to place in your hands, to accompany your note io mo oecruiary oi nwiw, a report maue to the Mayor and Council of Fifty. I inclose a copy and beg leave to call your Excellency's attention to that part of it relating to Mr. Corte. I have the honor to bo your obedient ser vant, "JoSErhtfAihspEAiiE; - Mayor of New Orleans. IN PLACE OF WHITE MINERS. Two Hundred Negroes Substituted for Strikers in the Northwest. Seattle, Wash., May 17. Atl o'clock I this morning 400 negro miners with their families arrived at Stone Siding, a small station on tho Northern Pacific, about 50 miles from here. The negroes will be marched immediately to the coal mines of he Oregon Improvement Company at Franklin. They were recruited in Hanni bal, it is said, by Superintendent T. B. Corey, of the Oregon Improvement Com pany's mine, and brought here to take the place of white miners '5 with whom the company had been hav ine trouble. About six weeks aeo -Superintendent Corey attempted to force tne miners 10 s1au u cuutiuui uiajueusiug iu them, and a strike was the result. The com pany then withdrew the contract and Corey resigned, ostensibly to take a position with the railway company elsewhere. Another superintendent was appointed and the men returned to work at the old terms, f When it became known among the miners that the negroes were on the way to the mines every camp was notified and all miners went out on strike. Manager C. J. Smith, of the Oregon Improvement Com pany, said: "The company has determined to get rid of the necessity of bowing to every caprice of the labor unions. The negroes will be put into the mines and will be pro tected it it takes more gnards than miners." WELCOME RAIN IN KANSAS. It Falls Over Nearly the Entire Wheat Belt or the State. Kansas City, May 17. The crop re ports from Kansas have been getting worse day after day for weeks and there are few among local grain dealers who did not feel anxious over the outlook. The temper of advices is completely changed to-day. Soak ing ftins fell last night and to-day through out the wheat belt. Telegrams from Lamed, Hutchinson, Topeka,' Ellsworth, Salina, Abilene, McPherson, Great Bend, Delphos and Independence state that good rains fell, and at some of these places it is still rain ing. The rain is moving eastward and it is probable that before to-morrow morning the entire State of Kansas will have had a good wetting down. The rain will do an immense amount of good, but there is some qnestion still as to whether, in some sections, the ravages of insects have not gone too far to bo com pletely overcome by favorable weather. t this rate it seems certain that the State will raise from 40,000,000 to 50,000,000 bushels of wheat, . ' DAVID DUDLEY FIELD BETTER. His Heart Trouble Has Left ITlm and He Is Almost Ilecovered. SPECIAL TELEGHAM TO TIB DISPATCH.J NEW YORK, May 17. It looks as if the recovery of David Dndlcy Field, who has been confined to his home with heart trouble, is only a question of a few days. AVhen Dr. Burt called to-day he found Mr. Field up and at luncheon. He was better than he has been at any time since he was taken ilL The family also noticed the change for the better. ' Mr. Field stayed up nearly all day and -p:lI m!.1,t m nut .Irivlnr.' for .in hnnr tnl Tead the newspapers. Dr. Hurt said Mr. if th weather is favornhle. Killed by His Chum. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.) Philadelphia, May IT. Fifteen-year-old David Lopas lies dead at his home with a bullet in his brain, and his chum, James Pitts,' aged 14 years, who accidentally shot him, is detained at the First district station house to await the action of the Coroner. WANTS SS&EKS: body. It Is the .Best Advertising Medium foe Employer ancCEinployed, as It Circulated Everywhere. ' THREE CENTS. IUKDER AT A PICMC. Heary Schample Fatally Felled in a General Bow at McKeesport. LAID- OUT WITH A FENCE PALING. Seven Men Are locked Up to Await the Coroner's lnpest To-Day. ANOTHER CRDIEDUETO DKHNKEISESS Henry Schample died at noon yesterday from injuries .received in a drunken riot at the Aiiberle picnic grove in the East End, McKeesportj about 5 o'clock Saturday even ing. For complicity in his killing seven men occupy cells in the 3IcKeesport police station Thomas Shafer, Stewart Cherry, Charles Fiddler, James Gray, Samuel Rotherauif, Thomas Quinn and Tom Andre Saturday afternoon a picnic was giyen at the grove. A crowd was en route to the place. Besides those arres'ted there were about 20 or 30 others, including a' colored, man named Morrison, who was under tha special care of Rotherauif and Quinn. There had been- considerablgdrinkjng all around, and the colored man w furnishing a drunken amusement for ke crowd. He was the butt of the humor of" all, and was pushed and hauled around with impunity. At last Schample seemed to tire of simply bumping Morrison and jumped on his back Rotherauif protested, and. Quinn declared that an insult to the colored fellow was an insult to him as well. At this a general fight started. Stones flew in every direo' tion and clubs and fists played sad havoo with the color of the combatants' eyes. Fatal Blow With a Fence Paling. The fight had been on for several minutes; without any great damage being done, when Schample and Stewart Cherry met. It was then give and take, for a-moment. Cherry was armed with a fence paling, and. with it ho struck Schample a terrific blow on the head, iust above the left ear. Tno L man dropped as though dead, and it wa3 several minuxes ueiore ne came aronna, out even that did not stop, the fight Thomas Shafer drew a revolver and fired several shots at Cherry but all missed their mark. The general yow continued for several min utes, and apparently every man in the party was bleeding from the nose or some cut on the head. When the riot finally stopped Schample's friends began to look after him. After he regained consciousness he seemed only a little dazed, and was apparently not specially hurt. Accompanied by Shafer and Fielding, the latter his cousin, he walked to thr home of Schafer, a distance of more than half a mile. A doctor was seat for? who remained with Schample all night. This morning he seemed to be growing worse, and another physician was called in. About noon Schample quietly went to sleep, and in a few moment? was found to have died. Schample's skpll wa3 not crushed, and the only disfigurement was a cut in the ear and there was a bruise at the place where the blow was struck. Tie physician in attendance says? that death re sulted from concussion of the brain. . 4 .' , Hept Quiet Till Death. Resulted. The facts of Schample's injury were kept very quie,t until after his death, when the police were notified and the seven men were arrested on charges of riot and murder. The arrests were made by Constable W. S Downeyand Police Officers Tillbrook and Miller. The men were all brought to the police station. Black eyes predominated, while cuts and bruises were numerous. They looked as though they had been through a riot, and each man seemed to have gotten the worst of it. Stew art Cherry, the man who struck the blow which is supposed to have caused Schantple's death, told the story substan tially as given above. He admits using the fence picket, but says it was in self defense. He was a stranger to the others in the party and was watching the fight from a safe dis tance. One man's hail was knocked off, and Cherry says when he went to pick it up for him he was attacked by Schample. After being struck at several times he used the club. Cherry claims to have been perfectly sober. He looks like a square man, and may be the victim of circumstances, as his story is corroborated by all, including Schample's friends. In fact, they were all friends until the fight occurred. Rotherauff says that Schample got into a fight after this one was over, and may havej received some of his injuries then. All the men ad mit that they had been drinking, but they say they were not drunk. James Grays savs he was acting as peacemaker, and ex hibits a black eye as evidence. Tommy Quinn, who caught for the Pittsburg Players' League team last year, is one of those locked up. Something of the Murdered Man. Henry Schample was about 26 years old and unmarried. He lived with his widowed mother, on Welseer alley. He has of late been a heater at Demmler, working for Thomas Shafer, at whose house he diedT He has always lived here and had many friends who say his only fault was his tendency to drink. When sober he is said to have been a first-rate fellow. One peculiar thing; " about his history is that his three brothers and his father all met violent deaths. The latter was killed on the railroad, and the three boys all met death in rows similar to that in which Henry was killed. Coroder McDowell was expected to re turn from Atlantic City last midnight, and, he will probably conduct the inquest, to be held at McKeeSport this morning. NEGROES SURROUNDED THE JAIL. Soldiers Called Out to Prevent the Release- -, of a Prisoner. Wilmington, N. C, May 17. Several negroes having been heard making threats; to attack the jall'last night and release Kit Huggins, the driver of an omnibus which ran over and killed a little white boy, yesterday, Sheriff Stedman with 20 armed special-deputies took charge of the jail and the police force of the city received special instructions to be on the alert. By 10 o'clock crowds of negroes began assembling near the jail. Officer Hall with a, detach ment of policemen went to the scene. Tho mob moved from one point, but quickly re assembled. This continued for more than two hours, but there was no actual violence and no feature of special interest till be tween 12 and 1 o'clock. Then the negroes assembled in force. Mayor Rickaud, after consultation with a number of citizens, ordered the military alarm to be sounded from the fire bells. This was done and the members of the Wilming ton Light Infantry came rushing to their armory from all parts of the city. This had the desired effect. As soon as the first tap of the alarm bells was heard the negroes be gan to disperse. Twelve or 15 of them were arrested by the police and by 3 A. m. every thing was quiet. DEBARRED FB0M LANDING. Nearly Two Thousand Immigrants Stopped at New York Since April 1. New York, May 17. Up to this time, since April 1, about 1,800 undesirable im migrants have been debarred by the in spectors at this port. The number is not large, but it is large enough to serve as a warning to all steam ship companies to be careJul about bringing over passengers whom they will be com pelled to take back. - 9 'Lt,