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INCLUDING
TVANTS. TO LETS. FOR SALES. ETC., FOB TO
MORROWS ISSUE .
May be handed in at the main advertising
office of TnE Dispatch, corner Smithfleld and
Diamond streets, up to midnight.
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FORTY -SIXTH TEAB.
D OF THE EVIDENCE
The Famons Sir Charles Ens-
sellBegins His Argument
in the Card Case.
A 7EBDICTXEXT TUESDAY
TYlrich Will Show Whether the Jury
TJelievcs Gordon-Camming or
His Noble Accusers.
FEATURES THAT ARE MYSTERIOUS.
Nothing Has Tet Been Elicited to Show the
Plaintiffs Ecal Object in Insti
tuting the Suit.
TWO LADIES GIVE THEIE TESTDIOXT.
One of Them, on Cross-Eianrination, Denies Knowing
Anytiine of a Man Whose .Same Is Sow
Introduced for the First Time.
TI1E DIAKT KITT BT THE EAUL OF C0VE5TET.
tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, .Time 5. The scene before the
law courts this morning presented the ap
pearance it has taten on
since the famous trial be
gan. The crowd was wait
ing to receive the fashion
able people, and there
were a smile of recogni
tion between some of those
flvJ&y'mFf were on,00Kers ,n tne
JPfih J street and those who were
' l be lkcrs on n tne
court. Sir "William Gor-
Str William Gor- don-Cumming entered, ac-
don-Ciimnnng. companied by his counsel,
Mr. Gill, who bore his skirmishing honors
of vesterday with becoming modesty. Close
by the plaintiff sat Lord Middleton, and he
did not move from his place all the morning.
Before the cause was called the Lord
Chief Justice said the Court would not sit
Saturday, aud he believed the case would
finish on Tuesday. His Royal Highness
the Prince of "Wales was on hand early,
and took hii accustomed seat on the bench.
Lady Coleridge was absent for the first time
since the trial began.
A Lesson in Cockney Dialect.
As soon as the case was called, the
listeners had an amusing, and it must be
confessed, a notable object lesson in the
cockney dialect The low cockney drops
his initial II, but his brother of high de
gree drops the final G in all the words in
-which these letters occur. Thus having be
comes 'aving in the mouth of low cockney,
and liavin when it issues from the aristo
cratic member of the species. To put the
loint another way, it may be said that the
people who read the society papers drop
the H and those of whom they read drop
the G.
"When Sir "William Gordon-dimming
drew attention to the famous 10 coun
ter which he is alleged to have added to the
stake he wished to say: "There is another
10 here owing," but in consequence of the
person who was repeating the words drop
ping his final G, it appeared as if he said,
"There is another 10 owin'."
What Sir Edward Clarke understood was:
"There's another 10, Owen," and he sup
posed the remark was addressed to General
Owen "Williams. Hence complications
arose and some time was wasted this morn
ing before the matter was finally cleared up.
Wanted to Inspect the Counters.
The proceedii gs were upon the point of
commencing -niththe resumption of the
cross-examination of Mrs. Lycett Green
when the foreman of the jury, addressing
the Lord Chief Justice, said that the jury
men were desirous of inspecting the
counters, which, as shown by young "Wil
son's testimony yesterday, were the prop
erty of the Prince of "Wales.
The jurjmen, particularly the bold sub
ject who has become a historical personage,
examined the. 10, 5 and 2 representa
tions with much interest, and in a solemn
mysterious manner, as if expecting to read
on their surfaces some further clew to the
Mrs. Arthur Wilson, at filiate House Vie Gam-
Uing Occurred.
unravelling of the baccarat mystery, for
m stery it still seems to be to many people
in spite of the testimony presented, as un
prejudiced people join in admitting tliat the
motive of the Baronet in bringing the suit
has not been any more clearly shown than
has been demonstrated in the motive of the
Wilson fuunly m their apparent bitterness.
Rumors in both these connections in which
ladies' name;, are mentioned still fill the air.
Gross-Examining Mrs. Lycett Green.
When the jury liad completed their in
tpection of the Prince of Wales private
counters, the cross-examination of Mrs.
Lycett Green was resumed. Mrs. Green
was pale and nervous and seemed terribly
anxious to get througli with her share of the
trial.
But Sir Edward Clarke is tooablealaw
jertoloseanj point on account of a lady's
non ousness, o he began the cross-examina-
"WANTS of all kind are quickly answered
through THE DISPATCH. Investors, arti-
SJisJbargatu hunters, Imjers and sellers
closely scan Its Classified Advertising Col-
uiifirset circulation.
tion by making the young lady go again all
over the ground which she had traversed
yesterday in regard to the position of the
tables, of the players at the tables and as to
the instances of cheating upon the part of
Sir "William Gordon-Cumming, and as to
the number of times the cheating had
curred, etc
After having, by this overturning of est!
mony, thoroughly refreshed the jurors'
minds in regard to Mrs. Green s evidence,
and once more placed the situation clearly
before the jury, Sir Edward Clarke, address
ing 'the witness, said:
"You don't know much about the game,
do yon?"
She Knows All About It
"Oh, yes I do," quickly and indignantly
replied the young lady.
The Solicitor General then branched off
into an entirely new line of thought, and
asked Mrs. Lycett Green several questions
as to whether or not she was acquainted
with a man named Bowles. Mrs. Green
replied in substance that she did not know
a man named Bowles.
After some further questions Mrs. Arthur
"Wilson, the' mother of young Mr. Arthur
Stanley Wilson, was called to the witness
stand, and Mrs. Lycett Green resumed her
seat in the midst of the group of defendants
behind Sir Charles Russell, their legal
champion. Mrs. Arthur "Wilson, replying
to Sir Charles Russell's question, said that
she was present at Trauby Croft in the
room where, on September 8, the defendants
played baccarat
Mrs. "Wilson distinctlv recalled her son.
Arthur Stanley "Wilson, looking at her with
ji puzzled expression on his face and that he
afterward made a horrible communication to
her. It -das to the effect that he had seen
the plaintiff, Sir William Gordon-Cumming,
cheat while playing cards. Mrs. "Wilson
then repeated in detail the evidence which
luw already been given as to the manner in
which the Baronet cheated by slipping an
additional counter out of his hand or flip
ping it across the line with a pencil when
the card turned up was favorable to him.
No Conspiracy to Watch Him.
Mrs. Wilson, in addition, was most em
phatic in her disclaimers that there had
been any agreement entered into bv the
"Wilson family to watch the plaintiff play
on the second night (September 9) of the
baccarat playing at Tranby Croft The
position which Sir "William Gordon-Cumming
occupied on both nights at the bac
carat table -h as purely the result of accident
In other words, the Baronet did not choose
his position at the table, nor was he placed
in his position. He simply took the seat he
occupied from the fact that nobody else had
previously taken a seat nt that place.
Continuing, Mrs. Arthur "Wilson said that
when her son told her that the plaintiff had
been cheating she said: "Oh, you must not
speak of it We must not have a scandal in
Sir Charles RvsseU.
our house." During the second evening's
play (September" 9) the witness did not
notice anything until she received a note
written by her son-in-law, Mr. Lycett
Green, informing her of the facts he had
disco ered. This note, which was produced,
was as follows: "I have distinctly seen Sir
William Gordon-Cumming cheating twice.
I cannot remain in the room any longer.
Something ought to be done to stop the
game."
A Desire to Avoid a Scene
Mrs. Wilson added that when Mr. Lycett
Green finally returned to the room where
baccarat was being played she shook her
head, not wishing to have a scene before the
ladies and in the presence of the Prince of
Wales. Mrs. Wilson also Said that she
recollected the plaintiff asking to have an
extra 10 paid for a 10 counter, which he
claimed had not been noticed by the Prince,
and that the Prince in a tone of annoyance
told the plaintiff to place his stakes where
they could be seen.
Referring to the occasion when Lord Gov
entry declared a "natural," Mrs. Wilson
said that she saw the plaintiff push an extra
10 counter over the line, and, said the
witness, this was done in such an open man
ner that she wondered how it was possible
that the other people playing failed to ob
serve the plaintiff's action.
Mrs. Arthur Wilson then said she liad an
interview with the Prince of Wales on the
subject on the following day, and that she
expressed fears that her son, Arthur Stanley
Wilson, would suffer from the after effects
of what had occurred, owing to the fact that
he had been the first person to notice and
to call attention to the Baronet's cheating.
But,she said.the Prince of Wales listened to
all she had to say on the subject, and then
told her there was no need for her to fear
anything of the kind.
Did Not Betray the Secret.
Prom September 10 until the legal pro
ceedings were commenced, Mrs. Wilson
continued, she said absolutely nothing to
anybody outside of those of her own familv.
who were alreadv acquainted with the facts
of the scandal. It was, she said, too much
to her interest to keep the matter as secret
as possible.
Mrs. Wihon was then tnmed -over to Sir
Edward Clarke for cross-examination and,
in reply to the Solicitor General's ques
tions, said that she had not signed a paper
pledging herself to secrecy. But Mrs. Wil
son admitted the Prince of Wales had asked
her not to say anything about the affair.
Mrs. Wilson here added that on September
8 she did not even tell her husband about
the occurrence which had caused so much
distress at Tranby Croft because he, Mr.
Wilson senior, came to bed upon that oc
casion at a late hour, and she thought it
best not to trouble him until the next day.
Answering other questions put to hex by
leading counsel for the plaintiff, Mrs. Wil
son said that on the night of September 8
the Prince of Wales asked her if it was not
possible to provide a proper baccarat table
for the night following. This, Mrs. Wilson
explained, was before the Prince knew any
thing of the alleged cheating upon the part
of Sir William Gordon-Cumming. Conse
quently, for the second night's play, that of
September 9, a fresh table was provided,
but this was not done on account of Sir
William Gordon-Cumming, though it was
hoped that its use would prevent a recur
rence of the events of the previous night
Iler Husband Objected to Gambling.
The witness husband, Mr. Arthur Wil
son, br., she continued, had objected to bac
carat playing, because, in his opinion, the
nlav mieht become hiirh "ntnninrTini.Vioooj
bovs." TLauzhterl On.inrnrinr,.,:
she continued, the sum ot 500 had got into
the bank, which amount hpr)inp1or,rl.Kj,t
was too large. .
"Why d.not Toutellthe -Prince Of
4Q, '
; ill
4Hf
Wales that your husband objected to bac
carat?" asked Sir Edward Clarke.
"Because," replied Mrs. Wilson, "we
were sucha staid, non-gambling party that
we did not think there could be much harm
resulting from a few quiet games at bac
carat" "And," continued the Solicitor General,
"although you had been told that one of
your guests had been cheating, you sat at
the next night's play?"
"Yes," answered Mrs. Wilson quietly.
"I had put It out of my mind. I had a lot
of other things to think about"
Mrs; Wilson at another stage of her cross
examination admitted in reply to Sir Ed
ward Clarke's questions that 15 was the
highest stake she saw played on the table
during the two evenings' play, and she did
not think that anybody staked even that
amount until her husband did bo during the
second night's play.
Lord Coventry as a Witness.
Lord Coventry followed Mrs. Arthur
Wilson into the witness box. He was
dressed in regulation frock coat, wore a high
collar, a blue and white necktie, which was
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge.
made conspicuous by the fact that it held
an immense horseshoe pin. The Earl, with
the utmost good humor, testified that dur
ing the Evening of September 10, at Tranby
Croft, Mr. Lycett Green, Mr. Arthur Wil
son's son-in-law, called him to one sideband
made a communication to him, which he
(Mr. Green) afterward repeated in the pres
ence of General Owen Williams, himself,
Lord Edward Somerset and Mr. Arthur
Stanley Wilson. The substance of this com
munication was that Sir William Gordon
Cumming had, beyond any possible doubt,
been seen by several witnesses to cheat
while playing baccarat
Lord Coventry, in continuation, said as
that the Prince of Wales had for many
years honored Sir William Gordon-Cumming
with his friendship, they felt that
after what had taken place they could not
allow that friendship to continue without
first placing His Itoyal Highness in posses
sion oi the tacts, subsequent to tnis meet
ing where this determination was arrived at,
said the Earl, he, the witness, saw the
plaintiff and told him plainly that he was
accused of having cheated at cards during
the evenings of September 8 and 9. The
plaintiff in reply said: 'It is false. Who
are my accusers?"
A Parcel of Inexperienced Boys.
The witness testified that he then told Sir
William Gordon-Cumming that his accusers
were Mr. Lycett Green and Mr. Arthur
Stanley Wilson. The plaintiff, said the
witness, then exclaimed: "Do you believe
the .statement of a parcel, of inexperienced
bovs?"
The witness was afterward present when
the plaintiff saw the Prinpe of Wales, the
latter being in company with General. Owen
Williams. Sir William Gordon-Cuinming,
the witness continued, then warmly pro
tested that he was innocent of the charges
brought against Jiim by the gentlemen
named and added that he, the plaintiff,
hoped that the Prince of Wales would not
believe the statements made against him.
To this the Prince, according to Lord
Coventry, replied: "There are five wit
nesses against you."
Lord Coventry, continuing, said that
General Williams and the witness after
ward told the plaintiff that Mr. Lycett
Green, one of the gentlemen who had wit
nessed the act, complained of, had an
nounced that he desired to be confronted
with Sir William Gordon-Cumming.
Not Anxious for a Sleeting.
"But," added the witness slowly, "the
plaintiff did not express any desire to meet
Mr. Green or to be confronted with any
othersof his accusers."
During another portion of his testimony
the Earl of Coventry said that when the
plaintiff was shown the document which he
was asked to sign as the price of silence
upon the part of the Tranby Croit baccarat
party, and in which he, the plaintiff, agreed
never to play cards again, Sir William
said: "Why, this is tantamount to an ad
mission of guilt I won't sign it."
"To this we .replied," said the Earl
gravely and sententiously; -"that is bo; but
there is no hurry about it."
Replying to one of Sir Charles Russell's
questions, the Earl said that there was
nothing in Sir William Gordon-Cumming's
demeanor or behavior throughout these pro
ceedings which in any way suggested that
he nau "lostnisneaa."
The Solicitor General, Sir Edward Clark,
at this point objected to the question which
had drawn out this last answer and Sir
Charles Russell claiming that the question
and reply should go in evidence the matter
was referred to the Lord Chief Justice, who
overruled the objection, and the question
was consequently allowed.
.Advised to Sign the Document
The examination of the Earl of Coventry
was then continued and the Earl said that
the plaintiff asked the witness and General
Williams, as friends of Sir William Gordon
Cumming if they advised him to sign the
document referred to and that in reply both,
the witness and General Williams replied:
"Yes."
"Thereupon," said the witness, "the
plaintiff affixed his signature to the docu
ment by which he agreed never airain to
play cards, and at the same time he (Sir
William Gordon-Cumming) agreed to leave
Tranby Croft at an early hour the next
morning.
"My impression is," said this witness,
carefully weighing his words and evidently
fully aware that this 'impression' was con
trary to the testimony of all tile previous
witnesses, "that Mr. Lycett Green told me
during one of the conversations we had on
the subject that the plaintiff had been in
tentionally watched during the second
night's play."
Referring to what became of the docu
ment signed by Sir William Gordon-Cumming
the Earl of Coventry said that he per
sonally forwarded it to the Prince of Wales,
and that he also made a memorandum in
Jus own private note-book of the principal
events which took place at Tranby Croft in
September last
The Only Memoranda of the Affair.
This note book was then produced by the
Earl at the request of Sir Charles Russell,
and the latter, in a leisurely manner, turned
over the pages until he came to the dates of
the occurrences at Tranby Croft and com
menced reading the entries referring to the
baccarat scandal, which had been made
-there by the Earl. The entries referred to
.gave a circumstantial account of the events
ot tne mucn-taiKea-ol eening at Mr. Arthur
Wilson's residence, and it was soon seen
that they agreed in all main particulars
with the evidence already presented in be
half of the defendants. The memoranda
concluded with the words: "I was induced
to recommend this course in order to aviid
scandal and in order to keep the Prince of
Wales out of it I consider that I have
Continuedm.iixt!K2age,
flL
INS!1------'
PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, lSQl-TWELYE
NOT A NEW PARTY TET,
But More Than Likely to Organize as
One at -an Early Day.
PLANSOFTHE FARMERS' ALLIANCE.
The Order Still Eapidly Gaining Ground,
Especially in, Ohio,
A STATEMENT TROM PRESIDENT POLK
-SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
New Yoke, June 8. The attitude which
the Farmers' Alliance will assume toward
the People's party is by no means clear yet.
In the South it is declared, that no attention
will be paid to the movement, and that Al
liance men will continue to press their de
mands upon and within the Democratic
party, as they have in the past Inter
views such as that given out a few days ago
by J. H. Tillman,of the National Executive
Board of the Alliance, in which he declares
that organization will not create or indorse
any party, are mere blinds.
Technically, he represents the true posi
tion of the vAlliance as set forth in its con
stitution. Its political functions are there
limited merely to a request that members
should support men Tor public office who
are in sympathy "with Alliance demands,
which the order itself is declared to be non
partisan. In a strict sense, therefore, the
Cincinnati Conference was nob. an Alliance
gathering, although nine-tenths of those
composing it were members of the order.
In the same sense, the convention to be
held February ,22, 1892, will not be an Alli
ance Convention, although It will be called
ana controlled by tne Alliance leaders.
As Individuals and Not as Members.
They will all say that they act as individ
uals and not. as members of the Alliance.
In other words, although the Alliance is in
politics from top to bottom, its members
can conveniently ;.deny whenever it suits
their purposes that the order is apolitical
body. It is well to keep this point clearly
in mind when reading statements about the
political plans of the Alliance, which come
from time to time from some of its officers
and leaders.
Colonel L. L. Polk, the President of the
Alliance, has furnished for publication the
following statement of ,his views of the
political situation and of the third party
movement He speaks, he says, not for the
Alliance, but as an individual : "The
friends of reform throughout the country
can have no quarrel with the Cincinnati
Conference. Its action was a surprise to the
public generallv. There was a general ap
prehension in tne public mind that a body
so heterogeneous in its character and
representing so many phases of political
thought could not be so harmonious or
homeogeneous in its action. The partisan
press was profuse in dire prediction in this
direction, but the result was a disappoint
ment, and, as I said, a surprise to the pub
lic, for never in a deliberative body of its
magnitude in this country did more thor
ough harmony and accord prevail. Some of
the most prominent considerations that will
commend the conference to the friends of
reformers are.first, the frank, manly and un
equivocal expression of its principles and
purposes.
A Commendation of the Platform.
"There is no dodging or evasion in its
platform. There is no political twaddle,
sentimentalism. -or sectionalism. It is
pointed, clear and unmistakable. It does
not mean-oaer-thfarg-rfor Jthe'South and ada
other for the North. It deals only with
great vital issues Issues evolved by sys
tematic injustice and oppression not such
as are manufactured by expert politicians
for the temporary purposes of a political
campaign, but issues which involve equality
of rights and those great principles of jus
tice on which our Government is fomnded.
These issues thus formulated and promul
gated are near anddcar to the hearts of the
great masses of the American people, aud
they will regard with fraternal feeling any
man or men who stand by these questions
as their friends and allies. "
"This movementunquestionably embraces
the essential elements of permanency. It is
based on a deep-seated conviction in the
public mind of the absolute necessity for
great and important reforms, and especially
as affecting our industrial and economic de
velopment, and which are imperatively de
manded by our advancing civilization.
There are strong indications that a perma
nent political party is to be established by
the masses-of the people, which, while pre
serving the fundamental principles of free
government, will be marked by a policy
sufficiently progressive and aggressive to
meet the constantly enlarging demands of
the country's rapid growth, and that will
strive to restore -and preserve those con
ditions and relations between the great in
terests of the country which are positively
essential to our progress if not to our exist
ence as a nation.
Sufferers From a Common Evil.
"The farmers of the South, in common
with the farmers of the North, East and
West, and common sunercrs ironi a common
eviL to wit: vicious, partial and discrim
inating legislation, which robs the many
to enrich the few, and which has dwarfted
unjustly the rights of the citizen and
magnified unduly the rights of the dollar.
All thinking men must see- that a readjust
ment of political elements along new lines
is inevitable, and in this is arrayed On the'
one side the corporate and money power of
the East, and on the other the people of the
great agricultural sections of the North, West
and South. The thinking men of the South
see and realize this. They have suffered
and lost enough, through sectional agitation
and division. Theyieel and believe that
the only hope of the American farmer is in
a cordial, earnest, honest, determined con
solidated effort against the forces which
have conspired against him;1 they feel that
the hour has come to strike to fraternize and
reunite the people of the North and South,
and thus create a new and mighty power
that will rescue the country from impend
ing peril. They believe that a conflict b'e
.tween the money power and the people is
inevitable, that ft will be the most gigantic
struggle of all history.
"I misjudge them ifj, they shall falter
when the issue is made up. If the opposi
tion to the reform movement by the two
old political parties shall be persisted in, the
issue may be precipitated and the lines
drawn at the meeting to be held in Febru
ary. 1892. My opinion is that you will
probably see every Congressional district in
the United States represented at that meet
ing." Great Groivth of the Order.
It is said at President Polk's office in
Washington that during the past month the
growth ih membership of the Allianne has
been more rapid than could be kept track of.
The following summary of recent reports
from various States is given out:
Oklahoma Several suD-alllances have
been organized, with a net increase of 400
members. v
Mississippi For some time past a hot war
has beenwaged against the Alliance in this
State and it is getting hotter every day; but
since December 1 the net inoreasfc in mem
bership has been over 1,000.
North Dakota Sixty-two snb-allianccs
have been organlzod, with a net Increase of
2,000 membors.
Iow.v This State is doing somo'glorionsly
agaressivo and successful work. Two hun
dred and thirty-six sub alliances have been
organized since December 1, w ith a net in
crease of over 9,000 mombers, and 99 organ
izers are now at work all over tho State.
California Fourteen counties have been
organized, with 215 sub-alliances, and tho net
increase of membership is over 8,000.
Louisiana Two new county organizations
have been effected, with about 20 sub-alli
ances, and tho net increase U over BOO mem
bors. South Carolina Twenty-two new sub
tt"Jancea have been established, with about
1,000 tew members, but a loss of nearly as
many has been sustained. This is the only
State recontly heard from in which an in
crease or membership is not reported.
Ohio-Tha'Bnckeye State heads the list.
Thirteen now counties-are organized, with
170 sub-alliances, and tho net increaso of
membership is over 10,000. ,..,.
South Dakota Working under great diffi
culties this State reports 31 new alliances,
th ree now conn ties, vith a net increase of
l,bCO members.
Indian Territory Five new counties, with
87 new sub-alliances, are reportod. Increase
in membership not accurately known, but
certainly over 600
West Virginia The awakening of interest
Is phenomenal. Two hundred and thirteen
Hew sab-alliances have been; enrolled, and
the net Increase of membership is nearly
10,000.
New Tbrk-The President of tho New York
StatOj Alliance Is arranging for some grand
mass. meetings, to bo held in June and An
gnst The Allianco is growing-more popular
every day. Organizers are being oppliedftjr
from many sections of tho State, and the
President sayg: "I am sending out commis
sions as fast as I can find suitable organizers.1'
BLAINE AT BAR HARBOR.
NOW COaiTORTABLY DOSHCIXED
HIS SEASIDE HOME.
IN
Friend of the Family Are Very Confident
That the Secretary Is Gaining in
.Strength He May Return to Washing
ton In August.
ISPECI VL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Bais Harbor, June 5. Secretary Blaine
is now fairly domiciled at his seaside home
on this beautiful island. The members of
the family with him at "Stanwood" are
Mrs. Blaine, James G. Blaine, Jr., and the
Coppinger children. Miss Hattie Blaine,
the Secretary's youngest daughter, is
in Europe. Mrs. Damrosch, the eldest
daughter, is about starting on a coaching
trip to the White Mountains, and Emmons
Blaine and his family are at a Virginia sum
mer resort Mr. Blaine has only been here
a couple of days and already the invigorating
air of Frenchman's bay is having a strength
ening effect on him. Before arriving here
he spent nearly two days at Ellsworth as
the guest of Senator Hale.
Mr. Blaine rallies quickly after one of his
attacks of gout, and it is for this reason that
no uneasiness is felt among "the members of
his family. His illness has been
greatly exaggerated, and there have been
untruthful and absurd stories told about
his health, mentally and physically. Prob
ably no one is better acquainted with Mr.
Blaine than Senator Hale, the two having
been life-long friends, and the latter thus
describes Mr. Blaine's condition:
"I may say to you as an old friend that
Mr. Blaine, though he has had a hard nm
of his old complaint, the gout, and has been
confined to his room and suffered muchpain,
is all right now and gaining strength every
day. He has a good Appetite, sleeps well,
and I shall think it strange if he is not as
well as ever in a week or 10 days."
Senator Hale then assured the Sun report
er that business was in such a favorable con
dition at the State Department that Secre
tary Blaine can easily direct matters during
his sojourn at Bar Harbor. Tho Senator
further said that alL Mr. Blaine
needed is rest, and that would
be better than medicine. Secretary
Blaine is keeping very quiet. For recrea
tion he takes a drive every pleasant after
noon, and this is proving very beneficial to
his heaUh. His mental powers ore as vigor
ous anPevenly balanced as ever, and those
who enjoy his personal friendship say there
is the old-time sparkle to his eye when he is
aroused- He will probably not return to his
post before the 1st of August
, 'jftv . i.
OnDGErrAOIfD, 'ox-Chief Clerk or the
House of Representatives, begins an Inter
esting series of letters in to-morrow's biff
DISPATCH.
JS THE HABBIS0H FAMILY.
A Sister-in-Xaw of the President
Secures
Big Pension Money.
rSFECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Chicago, June 5. Mrs. Elizabeth. T.
Harrison, widow of the President's
brother, Archibald J. Harrison, Lieu
tenant Colonel of the Twenty-seventh
Indiana "Volunteers, received $8,329 93
on Thursday last in settlement of
a pension claim -which was favorably passed
upon at Washington within the past three
weeks. Mrs. Harrison has lived in Chicago
for nearly six years. The pension was
f ranted upon the declaration that
lieutenant Colonel Harrison's death re
sulted from consumption, which he con
tracted while serving his country in the
field. Lieutenant Colonel Harrison died in
1870. t Twelve years elapsed after Colonel
Harrison's death before his widow presented
a claim for a pension.
The claim was forwarded to Washington
and placed on file in the Pension Office
early in President Arthur's administration.
The papers were withdrawn fter a
long and useless fight, which wa3
marked by a good deal of bitterness
on the part of the men pushitg the clafm,
but they were placed on file again during
President Cleveland's administration. It
seems that the claim was reinstated in the
pension office shortly after President Har
rison was inaugurated.
DEPEW ON HIGHER EDUCATION.
Giving Money to Colleges Better Than
Spending It on Hospitals.
Ctsciksati, June 5. Pike's Opera
House was crowded to overflowing to listen
to Chauncey M. Depew. It was the closing
event of the commencement exercises of
the Cincinnati University. The orator
spoke in behalf of higher education. From
the first to the last the address was in Mr.
Depew's serious vein, with the exception of
a little episode at the outset He instanced
the influence of old Harvard upon Boston,
and of Yale on Connecticut.
Speaking in favor of a multiplicity of
colleges in America, as compared with a
few in the old world, he said: "In Europe
higher education is a privilege; in America
it is a duty." Every college, said he, is an
insurance company against anarchy. Giving
money for colleges was better than giving
it for hospitals. To give "for hospitals was
to give for repairs; to give for colleges was
to give for construction.
BATTLED WITH A BULL.
A Man Saves, Himself by Seizins tho Ani
mal's Nose.
Jeffersonville, Ind., June 6. Will
iam Chastind, of Holman, had a terrible
battle with an influriated bull last evening.
The animal attacked and threw him down.
No one was near, and for 15 minutes the
combat raged, Chastind being badly gqred.
Fortunately he seized the- bull's nose and
hung with a death-like grip until help ar
rived, when he became unconscious. It is
thought he will recover.
MOBBED BY LIQTJ0E MEN.
A Clergyman vWho Secures a Conviction
Gets Rongh Treatment
Winnipeg, June 5. Yesterday Rev: Mr.
Mordy, a well-known divine, went to
Portage to conduct the prosecution of half
a dozen hotel keepers who had violated the
liquor laws.
Mordy secured a conviction, and on leav
ing the courtroom he was mobbed, but es
caped with slight injury. He was after
ward assaulted at the denot and badly in
jured.. Winnipeg-liquor men threaten to
renew the attack.
BtfiKtirti
PAGES.
PAID Sl,625 If EKES.
Twenty-Five Swell Harvard Men Chip
in $65 Apiece in Conrt
FOR CONDUCTING A SPEAK-EASY.
Many Students, Famons in College Athletic
Sports, Mulcted.
THE OUTCOME OP A BIG POLICE BAH)
rSFECIAI. TEIEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cambridge, Mass., June 5. Twenty
five Harvard men to-day pleaded guilty to
maintaining a liquor nuisance, and paid
fines which aggregated S1,G25. They were
members of the swell Alpha Delta Phi
Club, whose rooms were recently raided by
the police and relieved of a choice assort
ment of liquors. The first called to plead
was none other train Arthur. J. Cumnock,
the famed captain of the 'Varsity football
team and first marshal of the approaching
class day, and'g'eneral favorite of Harvard.
I i'jGfuilty,'.'heJ responded," and he deposited
9 in tpncclerE; s money box;
btepnen
Yan Rensselaer Crosby, third marshal of
tho class-day exercises, and famous for a big
run last year at football, next pleaded
guilty and came down with his ?63.
The fair-haired "Dud," otherwise known
as Dudley S. Dean, the Captain of the
"Varsity baseball nine, was the next victim.
L. A. Frothingham, who captained the last
year's freshman nine and for good work got
a place of honor on Captain Dean's team
this year, smiled as his name was called,
but that smile cost him 565. James A
Lowell, a son of Judge Lowell, did like
wise. All Chipped In SOS.
Then the silver-tongued Jacob Wendell,
Jr., better known as the Francis Wilson of
Harvard, chipped in his f65, and Bamie
Trafford, the great full-back of the football
team, did the same, dropping in four tens,
three fives, a silver dollar, and enough in SI
notes to foot up the amount. The other
victims were H. R. Bishop, James C.
Bishop, Francis S. Blake, Samuel C. Lew,
J. W. Cumming, William M. Devain,
Horatio Hathaway, Matthew Luce, Jr., J.
W. Mariner, James E. Mackey, George H.
Mayers, Arthur B. Nichols, Daniel Frew,
James A Wilder, Otis Fiske, William M.
Randall, Kellogg Fairbairn and D. Fair
banks. Most of those fined this morning belong
to the graduating class, and can ill afford to
loe any money just now, considering the
near approach oi class day. In fairness to
tlje college fraternity of Alpha Delta'Phi
as a whole, it should be said that the Har
vard chapter, although never formally di
vorced from the society, has for a longtime
tacitly consented to be considered outside of
the fraternity fold. The position of Greek
letter societies at Harvard is unique, and
one that exists in that institution alone.
When these societies were first started at
Harvard, they stood upon the same ground
as the chapters in other colleges, and formed
an active component part ofthe different
fraternities to which they belonged.
Tho Chapter May Be Expelled.
But gradually the social sentiment of the
college began to turn and the class societies
were weaned from their fraternities and be
came part and parcel of the Harvard class
society system. This was the case with the
Alpha Delta Phi Society. No formal edict
of divorce has ever been issued by the Alpha
Delta Phi fraternity against this chapter,
although such action has been seriously con
sidered several times and was brought up
at last year's convention ofthe fraternity.
But the members of the fraternity do not
consider the Hanard society as in any real
way connected with them. For several"
years the Harvard chapter has taken no in
terest in the fraternity; has sent no dele
gates to its conventions, and has tacitly
consented to be considered outside the fra
ternity fold. The raid upon the Alpha
Delta Phi rooms in no way reflects upon
the fraternity, but simply affects a local
class society, which at present is sailing
under the nam.e of the fraternity. The
'present trouble may have the effect of a
formal exnnlrion of the Harvard chanter
from the fraternity, from which it is now'
practically separated.
CARPENTER'S visit to a Mexican bnrlal
place, where thousands of skeletons lie ex- j
posed to view, Is a leature oi to-morrow's
big issue of THE DISPATCH. Photographs
of Aztec mummies.
LADY FRIENDS OF HISS COUSINS.
They Combine to Take Action Looking to
Her Legal Defense.
Chicago, June 5. A committee of Chi
cagp professional and business women, com
posed of Ellen A. Martin, Dr. Frances
Dickinson and others, issued a statement of
Miss Phoebe Cousins' case to-day, declaring
that the pending legal contest for tho secre
taryship ofthe World's Fair Board of Lady
Managers Is a contest not merely in Miss
Cousins' own behalf, but is to preserve the
existence of the board itself.
All who are interested in defeating what
ENGLAND'S TOTTERING THRONE.
is asserted to be a scheme on the part of a
few men to prevent the Board of Lady
Managers from having any important part
to perform in connection with the Fair are
appealed to for funds to defray the expense
of litigation and carrying on the work nec
essary to secure an early meeting of the
Board of Lady Managers. It is announced
that Catherine Waugh McCullochj whose
office is in the Rookery building, this city,
with three well-known men of the Chicago
bar, Judge C. B. White, Captain William
P. Black and Colonel Robert R. E. Rae,
have been appointed to take charge of Miss
Cousins' cose, which is now before the Fed
eral Circuit Court here.
A CHANCE FOR THE ITATA
TO PROVE THAT SHE DID NOT VIOLATE
NEDTEALOT LAWS.
A Doubt Raised That Sho Got Her Cargo
Within United States Jurisdiction She
Can Be Convicted and Fined on Minor
Offenses, However.
Washington, June 5. Secretary Tracy
received no word to-day from Chile respect
ing the Itato. He says the next .step will
be to send the ship back to the Tlnited
States to stand trial. There is no expecta
tion that the officers and crew of the Itata
will leo-oardize their" libertv bv- returning
. fHfn the vessel to San Diego, and, -in -fact,
r -- - ---. CT
as it was reported from Mexico that the
commander of the insurgent warship Es
meralda acted as captain of the Itata as far
as Acapulco, there are good reasons why
he, at least, should not return to the "United
States. So it may be necessary for Admiral
McCann to detail some of his own men to
act as the crew.
In official circles it is believed that the
Itata is not likely to suffer heavily. Cred
ence is given to the statement telegraphed
from Chile that the vessel took the contra
band arms and ammunition from the Robert
and Minnie on the high seas outside of
United States juristiction. If this be true,
her offense against the neutrality laws is
minimized, and it is very doubtful if a ca"e
could be made out against her in the present
state of the uncertain construction of the
law.
There is little doubt that she can be held
on other charges, such as contempt of court
in sailing away while under injunction;
kidnapping the Marshal, and sailing with
out clearance papers, but thee are minor
offences, whose punishment is likely to take
the shape of fines, and not go to the length
of forfeiture of the vessel.
Attorney General Miller said to-day that
the Department of Justice would take no
action in the case of the Itata until that
vessel had been turned over to the law
officers of the Government at San Diego.
The only dispatch received at the Navy
Department to-day from Admiral McCann,
at Iquique, was one correcting the statement
as to the location of the Itatia when the
arms were transferred to it from the schoon
ers Robert and Minnie. This transfer, the
dispatch says, took place off San Clemente
Island, a few miles from the coast, instead
of off San Diego harbor.
WATCH for Lieutenant Shufeldt's travel
ing experiences in the Sunday Issue of THE
DISPATCH. To-morrow he write of an
exile on the, Island of Madagascar.
A BRUTAL PBINCTPAE.
Ho Bests Military Students In a Shocking
Way With a Big Club,
tSPECIAL TELEOKAJI TO THE DISrATCH. J
Buffalo, June 5. Serious charges have
been preferred against Principal A K. Mc
Alpin, of. Cayuga Lake Military Academy,
at Aurora. Saturday night last Charles Kel
logg, aged 16, son of a contractor and bridge
builder of Buffalo, with George Deramaer,
son of wealthy parents, of Erie, Pa., and
another boy trom Syracuse, whose name
could not be learned, left the acadamy
at taps by climbing down the
fire escape. When they returned
they stood outside and drew lots
to see who ' should enter first They were
safely inside and just lighting a match when
Principal McAlpin fell upon them with a
big hickory club. The Syracuse boy dodged
the first blow and ran terrified and hatlcss
clear to Syracuse.
Charles Kellogg received a severe blow
on the head, and Deremaer was badly pun
ished. The principal struck him half a
dozen times, cutting his scalp so that his
head had to be shaved and the cuts
sewed up. The floor was covered with
blood. Deramaer's condition is serious.
McAlpin endeavored to keep the matter
quiet and shut off all telegraphic and mail
communications. Kcllogg's 11-ycar-old
brother escaped after a long chase and stole
his way to Buffalo. An investigation wa3
also begun and Deremaer'a relatives were
notified of his condition.
PLUNGED THROUGH A T0BNAD0.
The High Speed of a Passenger Train
Sacs It From Destruction.
JEFTEKSONVILLE, Ind., June 5. The
Indianapolis and Louisville fast train, ran
into a tornado near Crothersville last night.
As it crossed the track the engine and train
swayed fearf nlly and the passengers were
Lehman Bush, the engineer, could not
stop untibthe train had pierced the cloud,
Jhe cars going nearly 50 miles an hour. Its
speed saved it from being wrecked,
Transient Advertisements Eeceived
At tho Branch Offices of 'JCixa
iMsprvteh
Forte-morrow's issue up to 9 o'clock v. it,
Tor list of branch offices in tUo yarions Dis
tricts see THIRD PAGE.
THREE GENTS.
A CffiflfflAH BADGE
Worn by David E. Smith, an Inmate
of the City Farm Hospital.
GEN.SAMUEL A.SMITH'S GRANDSON
Suffering Prom a Stroke of Paralysis for
the Past Ten Days.
0XLT PrTTSBUEG-MEMBEE OF THE 0RDEB
A man who claims to be a member of
the Society of the Cincinnati is in the hos
pital department of the City Farm. David
R. Smith was taken there suffering from
paralysis, and when asked if there was any
one who would bury him if he should die,
produced and pointed to a badge of the)
society named. Mr. Smith says he has been
a member since the death of his father, 13
years ago. A Dispatch reporter visited
him yesterday, and was told his story.
"My grandfather, General Samuel A.
Smith," said he, "was, with General Wash
ington and others, a charter member ofthe
Society of the Cincinnati. At his death,
my father, then a lawyer living at Kittan
ning, was elected to membership, he being
the oldest son. My father afterw ard moved
to Maryland, where he died 12 years ago,
and as I was his oldest son, I became a
member of the society. lam not married,
and of course have no son, so at my death
our family's membership in the society will
cease.
Has Had a Varied Experience.
"I am now CI years old," continued Mr.
Smith,-,fand have had quite an experience
in the world. I was bom in Kittonning,
where my father was an attorney at law. I
became a merchant, and was in the hardware
business ten years ago at Petersburg, Pa. I
also built furnaces. I have been in Pennsyl
vania off and on for the past 25 years, and
came last about three years ago.
"Ten years ago I went to Colorado to try
my hand at silver mining, but it proved a
failure. I lost considerable money at that,
and then fell back on my old business of
building furnaces, continuing at that until
three years ago. Then I came back to Pitts
burg to bring one of my friends, who was
sick. Since that time I have done no work,
being unable to do so. Shortly after my re
turn I had a stroke of paralysis, and'that
left me poorly conditioned for any kind of
business. I have liad another paralytic
stroke since I came here, and that i3 the
cause of my being in the hospital. Whilo
in Pittsburg I lived first at the Hotel Ham
ilton and St. James, and later had a private
room, taking meals at a restaurant. I have
been in this institution since May 21.
Tho Order Dwindling Down.
"There ore only about 28 or 30 members
of the society left," continued Mr. Smith.
"Acouple reside in Chicago, and others in
various other parts of the country. I don't
believe there is a member living in Pitts
burg, as I never heard of any. It will not
be many years until the society runs out
entirely. I am the last in our family eligi
ble to membership, and that will be the case
in other families in years to come, as it has
iu the past You see, the society only takes
in the oldest son of its' members, or if there
is no sou, the oldest son ofthe oldest daugh
ter comes in line. Before the death of J
member his eldest son may be a visiting
member, and then becomes a member in
good standing upon the death of the old
gentleman."
Alady irtAUegheny is a dependent of
one ofthe original memberr of the society,
and has iu her possession a badger Accoru
' ing to the rules ofthe order, while she may
not become a member, her eldest son may
in time be voted upon, if he so desires.
However, the society reserve the power to
reject applications for membership where
the applicant is deemed unworthy.
The Orisin of the Society.
The Society of the Cincinnati is an asso
ciation founded by officers of the American
Revolutionary army after the peace of 1783,
and its badge is considered the emblem of
the highest order of America's aristocracy.
Its object was to commemorate the success
of the revolution and to perpetuate senti
ments of patriotism, benevolence and broth
erly love.
The constitution, adopted in 178.1, de
clared that the "officers of the American
army associated themselves into one society
of friends, to endure as long as they shall
endure, or any of their eldest male poster
ity; and in failure thereof, the collateral
branches who may be judged worthy of be
coming its supporters."
General Washington was President ofthe
society fijm 1787 until the time of his
death. State branches of the national so
ciety were formed, but the majority of them
have been dissolved as the line of family
has run ont
LIDI3IIS' tales of a trip across the Con
tinent will please young people. His at
tractive series of letters begins in THE DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
B0EN WITHOUT ANY EYES.
Only Sunken IIoIIowh In an Infant Where
the Organs of Sight Should lie.
f SPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, June C. Two weeks ago a
son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
Tucker. To the surprise of the nurse, the
child had only sunken hollows where the
eyes should have been. In other respects
the child was properly developed.
It wa3 several days before the mother
learned of her child's deformity.
By'that time lines appearedin the hollows,
as if the lines were beeinninc to part
Finally it was possible to part the lids and
the child was token to the Eye and Ear In
firmary. Dr. Weeks found that there was a rudi
mentary eye on the right side, hut there was
no indication of an eye on the left side.
Dr. Weeks said that the child would always
be blind. Prenatal disease had destroyed
the organs of Bight. Dr Weeks says
that the cose is unprecedented at the hos
pital. DALZELL IS PLEASES
At the Effort to Elect Ulm President of tho
Republican Club League.
CSrZCIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.
Philadelphia, June 5. Congressman
John Dalzell, who dined a select party at
the Stratford this evening, says that the
unanimity greeting the movement to
moke him President of the State League
of Republican Clubs of Pennsylvania is a
matter of sincere, gratification to him and
one that he feels must end in success. In
some respects the zeal of his friend's 13 a
hippy surprise.
He says that the organization of the 16
clubs of Pittsburg is a superb phalanx of
strength and the work to be camed'on over
the State will undoubtedly meet with pop
ular response. Mr. Dalzell is on his way to
Atlantic City.
Italians Killed by Gas.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Olean, June 5. Early this morning an
Italian, crawled into the town of Allegany.
He carried the news that two and perhaps
more Italians had been smothered to death
by escaping gas in a shanty near that place,
Where they were employed on the Erie
Railroad.
BUSEVESS Slen will find THE DISPATCH
the best advertising medium. All classes
can be reached through its Classified Adver
tisement Columns. If yon want anything
you can get it by this method.
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