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FORTY -SEKTH TEAR
The Four Condemned Mur
derers May ATow Be
Touched Off, and
PERHAPS AT DAYLIGHT
Every Effort Is Being Made to
Keep the Hour Secret,
But There Is
A TIP OUT EOR 7 O'CLOCK.
"Warden Brown Threatens to Have
Any and All Intruders Shot
Down bv the Guards.
witnesses arrive at midnight,
Strengthening the Belief That It Js In
tended to Have the Electrocution
. Oter as Soon as Possible.
SUNDAY SCENES AT SING SING PRISON.
iyjiarent Indifference of the Men TYhoAre Bo Soon to
Meet the Fate of Kemmler, With All Its
TossiWe Horrors.
XOTinKI) THAT TTIF, FATAL VTEFK IS AT HASD
TSrECIAL TFLEGUAM TO THE DISrATCH.
Sing Sisg, July 5. At the hour when a
majority of the readers of The DisrATCH
are eating their breakfast to-morrow morn
ing there will probably be enacting in the
great prison here a tracody similar to the
horrible affair that shocked the world when
I Murderer Kemmler met his death in the
electric chair at Auburn.
The four murderer, Slocum, Smiler,
"Wood and Jugiro, will meet their death as
Keinuiler met his, submissively andbravely,
jwrhaps; perhaps as the cringing cowards
their crime would suggest.
The exact hour when the execution will
occur has not been officially stated yet, but
tlif belief here is general that they will not
be delayed long after runrise. A man whom
everybody supposes knows a good deal
nbout the matter said to the reporter this
afternoon:
Almost Any Time After Midnight.
"My advice to you is to go to your room
now and go to sleep and .be on hand at
midnight if you don't want to run the
chance of being. beaten."
"Warden Brown is not in a state of mind
that will permit him to delay the affair any
longer than is absolutely necessary. There
is constantly hanging 'over him the dread
that fcouic lawyer will appear with an order
or a notice of appeal that will forbid him to
go ahead w ith the performance of his duty.
If there was any possibility that the life
of any one of the men might ultimately be
sa ed he would be glad enough of it, but he
knows, as everybody else knows, that an ap
peal or stay will result simply in n delay of
the inevitable. He has with some effort
screwed himself up to a point where he can
take human life. He wants to have the
affair over and to put it out of his mind.
Therefore, he doesn't want anymore "fool
ing" with the law. The warden has not
said this, but his friends say it for him, and
any hitch in the programme now, they say,
would be about as great a disappointment
as h could have. He would not make pub
lic any of his plans to-day.
The Ideas of the "Warden.
He would not tell which man would be
Killed just now, whether the killing would
be to-morrow or in a week. He interprets
the law to mean, if it does not say, that he
thall not make public anything about the
affair, cither before or after it has taken
place, so he has sworn his employes to
secrecy, and has threatened all with in
stant dismissal if they mention anything
outside the prison walls that goes on within.
.He has even forbidden them talking among
themselves about it.
Especially severe are his instructions to
the deathwatch of the condemned men.
There is no one in the prison except himself
and Principal Keeper Connaughton who
knows all about what is to be done and
w hen it is to be done.
The prison js6n the bank of the Hudson
river, almost at the water's edge. The yard
ends at the river. On the east side of the
prison and yards a great hill of limestone
rises high above the building, which itself
is six stories high. Between this hill and
the prison there is a narrow street. At the
south of the yard and on the State property
is a lime-kiln and a trestle. Nearly under
neath the trestle is a two-story frame house.
North of the prison stretches the New York
Central tracks.
Place of the Murderers' Confinement.
For Sing Sing people this hill on the east
hide of the prison is convenient. From the
lop of it one can see miles up and down the
river in cither dircctiou; and they can see
the prison yard, too, and about all that goes
on in it. There, iu plain view, is the roof
of the death house, where six murderers
have been confined for more than a year
waiting the time when their lawyers would
tire of working to stave off their fates and
let them die. ,
Back of that to the south is the real death
house. The roof of that is not so high as
the roof of the building where the men are
confined, but it can be seen just as plainly.
On it are two wooden saw-horses with glass
insulators, around which are wrapped the
wires through which the death-dealing cur
rent will pass to the bodies of the con
demned men. The only spot where more
can be seen of the prison yard and the build
ings than from this hill is on the trestle over
) the lime kiln, and from the roof of the two
Btory house.
TheVfeare within a few feet of the high
brick wall that surrounds the whole yard,
and are higher than the wall. In the rear
of the death house, facing the trestle, there
is a window, and through that- can be seen
the lights in the execution-room when, the
machinery in the other end of the yard is
Get iu motion.
Ho Threatens to Shoot.
The lighting of these lights would be a
signal that the -work of the executioner had
begun, and two enterprising newspaper men
found that out. So one rented the two
story building and the other the trestle,
and this morning carpenters were at work
putting up observatories, the one on the
roof of the house and the other on the
trestle. About 1 co'lock Warden Brown
sent outa gang f convicts, who nailed a
lot of big white boards cross the trestle
parallel with the street.
"That," he said, after the work was done,
"is thefdead line, and the man who passes
it will be shot. He will get but one warn
ing and if he fails to obey, the guards who
will be on duty will have orders to shoot to
kill."
The enterprising reporter nearly fainted.
The condemned men spent the last day
before the fatal week, and perhaps their
last day on earth, much as they .have spent
all other days of late that is, they awoke at
an early hour, ate heartily, smoked cigars
and cigarettes at pleasure, read a little in
the few religious books they have in their
cells, talked calmly to the chaplain and the
friends who visited them and generally
conducted themselves lazily and indifler
ently. Awaiting the End "Very Calmly.
In fact, there was nothing in the demeanor
or the doings of any of the condemned to
indicate that they felt they were upon the
very eve of death, and yet they all knew
what the day meant for them, for their re
ligious instructors have been patiently
priming the courage of each of them, dis
guising no truth and discouraging their
hopes of another legal rescue.
Their keepers have also kept them in
formed as the fatal week approached, and
Principal Keeper .Connaughton, when he
visited the cells at about 8 o'clock this
morning, also was careful to inform them of
the import of the da)-. The calm, inde
pendent bearing of the men was a surprise
to the prison officials. Warden Brown said
it was natural that men who had been con
fined so long in " expectation of death, and
who had been rescued from the death chair,
should show at length a certain sort of in
difference nt the close approach of the fatal
hour, but that the almost disdainful indiffer
ence of these men surprised him.
The real fact of the matter is that these
men are so degraded, and their lives betore
their arrest were so full of hardship,, that
their nrison life during these past months
and years while the death law has been be
fore the courts must have been a really
pleasant experience for them by compari
son. Assiduous Attentions of a Priest.
The same keepers have been in charge of
these men ever since they have been con
fined in the prison. Keepers Kirsch and
Dumbecker are the day w atch, while Par
tridge and Baxter are the night watch.
Father Creeden, the Catholic priest ofthe
parish, has been assiduous in his attentions
to the condemned, and his assistant, Father
Lvnch, has also been a frequent visitor.
Sisters of Mercy have also visited them from
time to time, and have done much to cheer
them up and make their prison lot comfort
able. It was reported late that Dr. Balch, of
the" State Board of Health, was expected t0
arrive this evening, with other witnesses,on
a special train which is scheduled to arrive
at 11:55 o'clock. Dr. Charles "E. McDonald
is known to have gone to Poughkeepsie this
evening, and the report was that he was to
be on the special train. The crowd increased
around! the prison as the night wore on. The
armed guard was centered in front of the
prison, and showed itself determined in its
efforts to keep back the crowd.
A reporter for a New York newspaper,
who tried to put up a telegraph instrument
on the lime kiln trestle, near the prison,
was stopped by a guard, who replied to the
reporter's explanation that he had permis
sion, to the effect that he (the guard) was an
old soldier, and knew how to shoot. Prin
cipal Keeper Connaughton had to be called
upon before the guard would permit the in
strument to be placed.
Two Visitors at Midnight.
About 60 newspaper reporters, together
with twice that many townfolks, were iu
front of the main entrance about 10:30
o'clock, when a small man with a bald head
and a white beard entered on the arm of a
young man. They had approached the
prison afoot. Mr. Connaughton greeted
them heattily. It was reported that this
was the first witness to arrive. Sing Sing
prison people present said he was a stranger
in town. While the armed guard was per
sistent in its efforts to keep everyperson
completely off the property belonging to
the prison, no attempt was made to keep
newspaper men from entering the prison by
the main entrance and speaking to the keep
ers within. During Warden Brown's ab
sence at Poughkeepsie, where he took his
family this afternoon, Principal Keeper
Connaughton has met the visiting news
paper men and treated them with every
courtesy. It was reported that the warden
will return to-night upon the special train
with the invited guests, meeting it some
where up the river. This report, as well as
the report of the coming of the train, could
not be confirmed.
ON THE "WAY TO SD3 0 SING.
The "Warden "Went to Albany to Confer With
Governor 1IIIL
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Sixo Sing, July 6.-3 a. M. I have just
received information from Albany, which I
think is reliable, that Warden Brown went
on from Newburg to Albany, and he saw
Governor Hill there. .
He started back for Sing Sing shortly
after 1 o'clock a. m., and will reach here
at 5:40.
A division of labor
IX HIS DEPARTMENT TAKING UP
WAXAMAKER'S ATTENTION.
Apportionment of Duties Between the Sev
eral Assistants Rathbone Will Be As
signed the Political End The First
Assistant to Attend to Business.
FF.OM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, July 5. The Postmaster
General has not concluded the appointment
of duties between the several Assistant
Postmaster Generals, made necessary by
the appointment of a Fourth Assistant, and
the statement telegraphed hence last week
concerning the allotment is pronounced by
the several assistants, the chief clerk and
Mr. Wanamaker's private secretary to be
grossly inaccurate. From conversations
with the Postmaster General, the general
object sought to be accomplished by him in
the reorganization of the office is to leave
the First Assistant free from all political
duties, so that he ruav devote his whole
time as far ns practicable to that part of the
services relating to the dispatch of the
mails and to place the nolitical duties under
the Fourth Assistant, Mr. E. G. Rathbone,!
vno, it is claimed, is particularly well
qualified to manage them from past experi
ence as a campaigner.
With this general purpose in view, it is
certain that the appointment division will
ffo iwtaog
be taken from the First Assistant and given
to the Fourth, as also, if Judge Tyner de
cides that the law will permit it, the bond
division. These twb divisions relate to the
preparing of all cases for the establishment,
discontinuance, etc, ofpostoffices, the ap
pointment of all postmasters, postal clerks,
mail messengers, department employes, re
ceiving bonds and issuing commissions.
This will leave the First Assistant th.e
salary and allowance division, the free de
livery system and the postoffice supplies.
It is possible also that the special delivery
business, now under the Third Assistant,
will be transferred to the First The office
of foreign mails and the money order sys
tem are now independent bureaus, as is
also the dead letter office. They will be
assigned to one or more of the four as
sistants possibly foreign mails to the First,
money order to the Third and dead letter to
the Fourthj to whom also may be assigned
the inspection division.
GIVEN UP TO GERMANS.
NEWARK WAS WIDE OPEN SUNDAY
FOB THE SAENGERFEST.
Twelve Thousand Teople Fill the Big Music
Hall at the First Test Concert Whole
Masses of Singers in Harmonious Out
bursts of Song.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Kbw Yoke, July 5. It was undoubtedly
the best and greatest sangerfest ever held in
this country; greatest in point of numbers,
and best in completeness of arrangements,
freedom from accidents and in having per
fect weather. Newark was given up to the
Germans to-day, and personal liberty was
unrestrained. There is a stiff" Sunday law
in New Jersey and an energetic Law and
Order League, but, in the parlance of
the street, the league was not in it The
front doors of saloons in the city were wide
open, and extra barkeepers served the
thirsty throng. Beer flowed more freely
than it ever did before on a Newark Sab
bath, and yet there was little drunkenness
and no arrests of Germans.
Up to 6 o'clock in the evening more than
50,000 persons passed through the park
gates, and 45,000 of these paid 25cents. The
auditorium and stage of the music hall held
nearly 10,000 persons this morning and
there was room for 2,000 more, but the prize
singing didn ot attract the throng as would
a general concert.
The first concert to-night was a brilliant
success. The hall was crowded to its full
capacity. The first number, an overture by
the orchestra, was well received. Marie
Ritter-Goecke followed in a solo part
with chorus and orchestra, and was greeted
with vociferous applause. Then came Miss
Maud Powell and the orchestra in a brilliant
violin concert. Her solo playing held the
vast audience spellbound. The whole mass
of singers then delivered "Die Lieder,"
which made the rafters tremble when the
full volume of all their voices was lifted.
Marie Ritter-Goecke followed with an aria
from -'Samson and Delila" and was ap
plauded most forcibly. The sixth number
was ballet music in the wedding march from
"Fcrramors." Number seven was the
"Haidenroslein" of Werner sung by the
singers in mass. The concert terminated
with the fest hymn of F. Lachner.
At themceting of the Northeast Saenger
bund at SaengerHall in the morning, it
was decided to hold the next festival in this
ciiy, New York, in 1894, and some slight
changes were maae in tne consuiuuon.
There is a hospital tent on the grounds and
during the day eight patients were treated
by the medical staff in attendance. They'
were chiefly cholera morbus and que man
had a'chllL 1 -
A surprising find.
DISCOVERT OF A BIG MEERSCHAUM
DEPOSIT IN NEW MEXICO.
Specimens Sent to Berlin and Vienna "Pro
nounced the Genuine Article A Big
Bonanza for the Discoverers, Who Have
Located a Large Claim.
BFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Silveu City, N. M., July 5. The dis
covery of a large deposit of meerschaum in
th-; northern part of this county has just
been made public Several months ago
Clark Rogers discovered the cropping, and
brought a specimen to this place. Pieces
were sent to Berlin and Vienna, and a few
days ago the results of the tests were
received here. Experts in both of these
cities reported that the specimens were gen
uine meerschaum, and Mr. Rogers and Mr.
Neff, of this place, immediately went out to
the place where the discovery was made and
located a claim. They brought in a speci
men 8 inches thick ana about 3 feet
wide by 5 feet long, which was
cut in two with a common handsaw. Some
imperfections were found in the block, but
there is no difficulty in getting cubical
blocks with faces six or seven inches long
without imperfections, and it is believed
that the meerschaum will be of better qual
ity below the surface, where the elements
have had less influence on it
The specimen brought in was an out
cropping and merely shows the nature of
the deposit. It floats on water until it is
saturated, when it becomes only slightly
heavier than water. The deposit is on the
Sapello creek, about 25 miles north of
this place, and only a short distance
from the deposits of alum on the
Gila river. There are seueral narrow veins
on the claim which has been located by
Ropers and Neff, but "the principal one,
which runs the entire length of the location,
1,500 ieet, is eight inches in width.
This is believed to be one of the most
valuable discoveries recently made in this
country. Minerals are found in great
variety here, but the discovery of meer
schaum was not looked for. It was only a
few months agd that ricolite was brought to
the notice of Eastern capitalists as the
finest ornamental stone ever discovered, and
large quantities of the stone have been
shipped to Chicago and other places 'and
used for building stone where fins) orna
mental work is required.
G. A. E. SILVER ENCAMPMENT.
Two Hnndred Thousand Veterans Will Be
Present In August
Detroit, July 5. The citizens of De
troit have assured the success of the Silver
Encampment of the G. A. R. in this city the
first-week in August beyond peradventure.
Thh has been done by the subscription of
citizens-of $110,000 to date, with other sub
scriptions coming in daily.
Over 200 brigade and regimentat( organi
zations have been assigned to free quarters
for the holding of their individual reunions
and camp fires. Leading citizens from all
over his country are expected to partici
pate in the reunion anil from data now nt
hand itjis believed that 200,000 veterans and
their friends will be in the city on the day
of the grand parade.
CONFERENCE OF BABBIS.
It Will Begin To-Nlght and East for Sev-
eral Days.
Baltimore, July 5. The delegates to
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
begin business to-night at the rooms of the
Young Men's Hebrew Association.
The programme is prayer by Rev. Dr. A.
Guttmacher, of Ft Wayne, Ind., minister-'
elect of the Baltimore Hebrew Congrega
tion; address of welcome by Rev. Dr. T.
Schanfarber, of the Har Sinai Congregation
of Baltimore, and annual report by the
President, Rev. Dr. Isaac,M. Wise, of Cin
PITTSBURG-, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1891.
MET! OPEN SALOONS
In a .Prohibition Town With a Popu
lation of Less Than 8,000.
NO TAX OR LICENSE TO BE PAID.
A Eed-Hot.Fight'Which Ends in tho Bold
Defiance of the Law.
NOT CELIS ENOUGH FOE PEISONEBS
fSPECIAIi TELEGnAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. 1
Alliance, O., July 5. "A careful count
of the saloons in this place shows that there
are just about 90 places in which liquids
which cheer and inebriate con bo purchased,"
said a leading business man to-day.
The rather startling nature of this state
ment will be appreciated when it is con
sidered that the population of Alliance, is
less than 8,000, and, moreover, that the
place is under a prohibition statute of a
very sweeping description. Yet, notwith
standing these two features, this little
Buckeye town has practically as many
drinking places as Pittsburg was provided
with in 1889, when Judge White was most
stringent in his cold water views.
Five years ago, in the early summer of
1886, a temperance wave swept over this
portion of the State. The then newly
enacted Dow law gavo the Councils of
municipal corporations power to restrain,
prohibit or regulate the traffic in almost
any manner they might see fit
A Curious Start for Prohibition.
At first even the most radical did not pro
pose to close the saloons altogether, and an
ordinance was introduced in the Council
providing that the bars should shut up at 8
o'clock in the evening. A bluff individual
named Matthew Early was one of the two
Democratic members of Council at the time,
and objected vigorously to the 8 o'clock
idea. Finding his protests of no avail he at
last angrily exclaimed:
"We had better vote to close them alto
gether than at such an absurd hour."
The challenge conveyed in these Vords
was promptly accepted, and another .mem
ber moved to substitute a prohibitory ordi
nance for the one which simply prescribed
regulation. It was finally decided to sub
mit the matter to a vote of the people, and
a most exciting campaign ensued. Immense
meetings wereheld by the foes of the saloon
in the public halls, the churches and the
open air.
A Big Majority for Cold Water.-1
The liquor did nqt anticipate defeat, and
contented themselves with the circulation
of printed matter and appeals to tho busi
ness element The fight was decided, how
ever, by the action of the owners of the
large shops, in which a great number of the
voters of the town are employed. The
bosses declared for prohibition, and used
their influence to such effect that it carried
the day almost 2 to 1.
Acting under the stimulus of such a rous
ing a special meeting of Council was called
and the saloons given notice to quit in ten
days. However, before this time was up
flaws were discovered in the hastily-prepared
ordinance and it was repealed and a
new one passed. This document was very
carefully drawn, and-scrved as a model for
those adopted afterward in other Ohio
towns. It nrovided for'a trial before the
Mayofwithout a jury. "ami for 3kfine,ij552
for the first offense andTSlOO for subsequent
violations.
A Long and Hard Fight
Then the fun commenced. The liquor
dealers calmly declined to shut up, and sold
about as usual. The Mayor decided that it
was his duty to act as judge and not as
prosecutor, and it required pretty plain
evidence to convince him that the law hod
been violated. The" Prohibitionists, of
course, were not supposed to frequent
saloons, and the other citizens of Alliance
who did would not testify against them.
For a time the temperance people were
at a loss. Then they organized a law and
order league, and Imported detectives from
Chicago. These sleuth-hounds appeared in
the guise of thirsty sewing machine agents,
and soon made the acquaintance of most
of the courteous bartenders of the
place. As a result, one bright morn
ing nearly every dealer in the town
was arrested, causing a great commotion.
The evidence was conclusive and they were
all fined. The cases were carried up to the
Common Pleas and State Supreme Courts,
and even the United States Circuit Court,
but none of them would interfere and the
fines had to be paid.
A Great Scheme to Beat the Law.
A few of the dealers ouit the business
thcn, but the majority ot them kept on.
Alter awnlle another set ot loreign de
tectives worked them, and they were all
arrested again. This time they devised a
great scheme to beat the local authorities
anu me iijw iiuu iruer league.
The Alliance lockup is a small affair, with
two or three tiny cells, and not intended to
temporarily accommodate more than half
a dozen prisoners at the outside. The con
victed saloonists, one and all, refused to pay
the fines assessed, and announced that they
were ready to go behind the bars.
For. a day or two the municipal
powers were nonplussed and-the liquor ele
ment rejoicing. But a special meeting of
Council was called and a contract made
with the the Cleveland workhouse to take
care of the surplus prisoners. The prospect
of hard labor and plain diet produced an in
stantaneous effect and the fines were
promptly paid.
Not Obliged to Fay Taxes.
Some more of. the places shut up then,
and the rest conducted a running fight with
the Law and Order League. As soon as
prohibition is adopted by any Ohio town
the County Treasurer refunds the liquor tax
for the balance of the year, and after that
gives no attention to that locality, taking it
lor granted that the law is enforced. As a
result the dealers who continue to sell only
have to pay the United States license and
the fines imposed when they are caught.
Some ot them ran openly on this basis,
claiming that'the increased business caused
by reduced competition and the freedom
from taxation allowed them to pay a fine
once in aw hile and still make more money
than before.
Beer gardens in plenty were established
just outside of the corporation line, and
hacks and wagons carried thirsty people to'
them free. But the cold water people suc
ceeded in having the surrounding suburbs
adopt prohibition, too, and that game was
bldcked. Then bars were opened m cellars,
and all the usual devices for the evasion of
such a statute adopted with more or less
success.
An Issue In Every Local Election.
The question has been the main issue at
every local election since that time, and
bitter antagonisms have been aroused. At
onetime the business men worked hard tor
a change, and elected a Council which re
submitted the matter to the people. The
cold water advocates again conducted a
lively campaign, winding up the night be
fore the election with a street procession
composed of several hundred women. The
result was that prohibition was sustained,
though by a reduced majority.
The night following the second election,
as a mark of defiance, the liquor dealers
gave away beer by the keg on the public
square to men and boys, and the fight was
resumed on the old basis. Tho bartenders
were now more careful, however, to sell
only to persons whom they knew or who
had someone to vouch for them, and con-
every few monthsa foreign detective would J
get in his work, and the fines would be as
sessed and collected.
Placed the Figure Too"HIgh.
Matters continued in this shape until
recently, when, temporarily at least, the
law and order people, overreached them
selves. Disgusted bv their failure to en
tirely rid the town of the saloons the cold
water leaders called the submissive council
together and "had tho amount of the fine
raised from $100 to $500 for each violation.
The dealers in wet goods regarded this as
entirely too high, and when the next batch
ot them were arrested showed fight again.
They were promptly convicted and the
$500 fines imposed and paid under protest.
Then the cases were carried up on the
ground that the amount was an excessive
one to be inflicted without a jury trial.
The Common Pleas tribunal decided in
favor of the prohibitionists but the Circuit
Court reversed this ruling, and declared
thatjthe fine was undoubedtly excessive, and
heavier than could be imposed in such a
manner.
The Saloonists Now Have a Picnic.
The city appealed, the case, and it is now
on the Supreme Court calendar. In the
meantime, however, the liquid dispensaries
are running wide open, and their numbei
has rapidly increased until, as Btated, there
are now about 90 of them to a town of 8,000
population, and they pay neither tax, li
cense nor fine.
The dealers boldly declare that they pre
fer the present situation to the old plan,
and say that they do not want the prohibi
tory ordinance repealed, as then the State
authorities would force them to pay the reg
ular tax. If the Circuit Court is sustained
by the Supreme bench, the city will be in
bad shape financially, as all the fines paid
under protest will have to be refnnde'd, and
heavy legal expenses have been incurred
during the fight.
Notwithstanding all this the lines are so
tightly drawn and the animosities are so
bitter that it is possible that if the question
were again submitted to the people that
prohibition would once more carry. The
radicals declare that they prefer 90 illegal
saloons to one lawful drinking place, and
that as it now stands the community is not
responsible for the woe and ruin caused by
liquor. The business men, however, are
nearly all eager for a change
GULF WATERS ROLL ON.
GALVESTON'S WATER FRONT BADLY
WASHED BY BREAKERS.
The Heaviest Gale for Tears Visits the
Texan Coast and Blows the Sea Ashore
Ships With Signals of Distress Re
ported to lie Drifting on Shore.
Galveston, Tex., July 5. This city has
been visited by one of the most terrific
storms known in years. The tempest is still
raging, and at this writing it is impossible
to estimate the damage to shipping and
other property along the coast. The waters
from the Gulf are in the streets and many
warehouses and buildings in the neighbor
hood of the docks are flooded. The tele
graph wires are prostrated, practically cut
ting off all communication with the outside
points. Efforts are being made to obtain
full details of the extent and effects of the
storm.
A dispatch says: As darkness deepened
last night the wind, which had been blow
ing frightfully all clay, accompanied by
rains, increased in velocity, and by 10 P. 31.
was blowing at the rate-of (5 miles per
hour. This continued to increase, accom-
I paniedJy a driving, blinding rain until
ffcla this inorriTnfc "when! If reached 'a' Velbc-
il -r r. :i XA. L!.L .-a
uy ui tu miles per uuur, wiiicu it
maintained for five minutes, when
it gradually subsided. During the
I prevalence of the gale the Gulf was extreme
y turbulent and the surf was driven in, in
undating the lower portions of the city in
the extreme east end, while along the Gulf
side it threatened the underpinning of
houses near the Beach, and washed away
and upturned about two blocks of the Gal
veston and Western Railway; tore up and
demolished the street railway track, extend
ing from Twenty-second street west to the
Beach Hotel; underniine'd and broke up por
tions of breakwater protecting the Beach
Hotel lawn, and earned away temporary ap
proaches to the Pagoda bath house and other
Gulf side resorts,besides wrecking a number
of temporary stands in front of the Beach
Hotel.
The damage thus far has not been serious
and will not exceed $2,000, but the Signal
Service predict the worst is not over, and
the prediction, from present indications,
will be verified, as the velocity of the wind
at this time is reported by the. Service at 42
miles an hour, with the barometer con
stantly dropping, while the Gulf is rolling
inward with an angry, sullen roar that is
ominous.
It is reported at 3 o'clock this mdrninir
that a four-masted schooner was sighted off
.beach liowei witn signals ot distress flying,
and that the life-saving crew had gone to
her rescue and saved four of her crew and
were attempting to save others. But all
efforts to trace the authenticity of this re
port have proven fruitless.
The storm hns knocked the electric light
works out, and to-night the city is wrapped
in darkness( with the wind whistling and
the rain falling in torrents.
FRIGHTENED INTO A PANIC.
A Scene of Terror at tho Funeral of Twelve
Ravenna Victims at Corning.
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Corning, N. Y., July 5. Twelve un
recognizable victims of the wreck at Raven
na were buried here to-day. The funeral
took place from Harvard Academy, where
the bodies have lain since they arrived
here. The building was visited by some
5,000 persons. This afternoon the streets
in the neighborhood of the academy were
crowded. The building also was filled.
Above the sobbing of the relatives of the
dead the raising of a window was heard.
Somebody shouted that the floor was giving
way and a panic followed. Windows were
smashed and people jumped through them.
Then someone yelled "fire" and the excite
ment increased. The fire department was
soon at the scene, but its services were not
needed. It was some time before quiet was
restored. Luckily nobodr was injured, and
the building was cleared of all save the
relatives of the dead,
Dean Colgan, of the Catholic Church,
conducted the services, and remarks were
made by theRev. John S. Bacon, of the
Presbyterian Church. During the funeral
every bell in the city was tolled. About 100
carriages were in the procession, besides a
crowd of thousands. An enormous grave
had been prepared for the bodies in the
Catholic cemetery. One more body has
been recognized. It is that of Fred Huff".
Six more bodies will bo buried to-morrow.
A FBU1TLESS SEARCH.
The
Body of Tonne Sterritt, Drowned at
Chautauqua, Not Tet Recovered.
ilSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.
Chautauqua, July 5. A sad feature of
the day at Chautauqua was the drown
ning of young Sterritt, which occurred yes
terday. The father, who is a prominent
merchant of Titusville, Pa., arrived to-day
and took charge of the searching party, who
are trying ta find the body of the unfortu
nate yonng man. Thus far theirefforts have
been unavailing, and the agony of the poor
mother, who came here for pleasure, can be
better imagined than described.
All day yesterday and all day to-day
steamers and row boats have been trolling
the -lakes in tho vicinity of Sandy Bottom,
but their efforts have not met with success.
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READY FOR BUSINESS
The Farmers' Alliance Now
30,000 Strong in the Keystone-State,
and Yery
BAPIDLY GAINING GE0TJND.
The Order Expects to Go Into Politics
in the Near Future, and Is
UNANIMOUSLY FOR FREE SILVER.
Counties in Which the Organization Is
Most Solidly Established.
SOME OF THE OBSTACLES TANqUISHED
Many rumors are running wild at present
concerning the strength of the National
Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union in
the State of Pennsylvania. Labor organi
zations naturally are inclined to overrate
their political co-workers, and political
parties and politicians in general try to im
press the public with the order's inefficiency
and unpopularity.
The fact is that the official records of the
Alliance in this State are securely guarded
by the State officers; all business is con
ducted cautiously, and organizations are
perfected in a very conservative and judi
cious manner. Thereby are its opponents
confused and statistics rendered almost in
admissible. The facts of the early history
of tho Pennsylvania Alliance were pub
lished in TnE Dispatch, August 18, 1890.
The Start In the State.
The first Alliance officially organized in
the State was "Patriarch" Alliance No. 1,
organized April 7, 1890. The first County
Alliance in this State was Lebanon County
Alliance No. 31, organized October 14, 1890.
The State Alliance was organized at Harris
burg November 27, 1890. In the formation
of a County Alliance five local organizations
or more are necessary, and to organize a
State Alliance seven County Alliances are
necessary.
The counties represented at the State
meeting were Lebanon, Crawford, Indiana,
Dauphin, Somerset Berks, Potter, Adams,
Armstrong, Lycoming, Greene and Frank
lin, representing a total membership of
about 8,000. Alter the formation ot the
State Alliance, the work of bringing the
Keystone State into line with the general
movement has apparently moved along with
considerable ease, considering the fact that
the Alliance in Pennsylvania had obstacles
to combat that the Southern States did not
possess.
This State Is tho stronghold of theGrange,
and that was the principal hindrance in the
path of the new movement Somehow the
Grange officers conceived the idea that the
Alliance was not a co-operative organization
with theirs, but that it sought to destroy
the Grange.
One Obstacle In the Path,.
This opposition occurred all over the
State, and it was found sometimes difficult
to. t overcome. Hi tbok,. considerable talk
and muebTargument to" open Pennsylvania
larmers eyes to tne iact mat tne -alliance
was more aggressive than the Grange, that
it did not debar politics from the order as
the Grange did, nor did it prohibit women
from joining, as was the general idea that
prevailed.
In fact the women are allowed to become
full members without paying initiation fees
or dues and of course can hold any office in
the order. The result of this missionary
work was that large numbers of the Patrons
of Husbandry have joined the Alliance and
are now its most active workers. Many of
the old Grange men are at present State
organizers, and there are at present more
than 50 of these at work all over the State.
The Alliance has always endeavored and
exerted itself to be friendly with the
Grange, but for some reason or other the
State Grange officials will not co-operate in
their particular work of improving the
farmers' condition.
They persistently say that their organi
zation is the only one that has ever im
proved farming and that it is the only one
than can bring success in the future. One
of the chief aims of the Alliance in this
State now is to bring about desirable har
mony and good-will between these two
great farmers' organizations in this State so
that the greatest good can be accomplished
in tne snonest possioie time.
Two Organizations to Be Merged.
Another obstacle the Farmers' Alliance
and Industrial Union has encountered
throughout the State is the Northwestern
Alliance, which is very strong in the coun
ties of Warren, Erie, Crawford, Beaver,
Mercer, Lawrence and the northwestern
portion of the State generally. These or
ganizations arg not as great in number as
ther were six months ago, for the National
Farmers' Alliance has gradually engulfed
them as it is likewise doing the "Alliance
and Industrial School."
"The Northwestern Alliance" has- its
stronghold in Michigan and is a rival organi
zation of the National Alliance, having
started a fer years later than the latter.
At the annual meeting in St. Louis two
years ago the States of the West and a few
of the Northwest organized under the
Northwestern Alliance were admitted-bodily
into the Farmers' Alliance and Indus
trial Union, but a few remained out and
still keep up the order.
Quite a number of lodegs were organized
in the northwestern part of this State under
the Northwestern Alliance by Morgan,
the State organizer, but they are gradually
coming over into the larger body and it is
only a question of a few months when they
will cease to exist under the old regime.
Rapid Growth or the Order.
At the time of the State organization in
November, 1890, there existed throughout
Pennsylvania more than 100 sub-Alliances
belonging to the National Farmers' Alliance
and Industrial Union, and the average mem
bership was about 75. There were then
seven county organizations. At the present
date there are about 300 sub-Alliances of
the National order with an average member
ship of about 100, so that the power of the
great organization in the State of Pennsyl
vania can be safely placed without exagger
ation of underestimation at about 30,000
members.
This number includes some of" the wealth
iest and .most popular farmers in the State,
so that the influence of the organization ex
tends much beyond the membership list.
More than half of the counties in the State
contain one or more alliances; in the county
of Greene alone there are more than 50 sub
.organizations, but this large number is
probably due to the close proximity, of the
county to Maryland, in which State the Al
liance is very strong.
But when we jump to Potter county we
find there more than 30 sub-organizations,
which shows how rapidly the order is-growing
along the Southern and Western border.
Toward the north, Somerset is strong, so
likewise Lycoming. Berks, Adams, Craw
ford, Daup'hlu, Erie, Lebanon, Franklin,
Indiana, Monroe, Venango and Washington;
these contain between 10 and 20 organiza
tions each.
A Score of County Organizations.
There are at present about 20 county
organizations and each county Alliance rep
resents five or more sub-Alliances as ac
cording to the constitution of the National .
for offerings.
Alliance it necessarily cannot contain less
than five in order to entitle the county to a
county Alliance.
During the winter Just past Somerset
county was the seat of some internal dis
order. E. H. Werner, State business agent
of the Alliance, was organizer of that
county together with J. C. Potts. Shortly
after the meeting of the State Alliance at
Harrisburg in November of last year these
two members conceived the idea of starting
an Alliance of their own in the State with
themselves as President and Secretary of
the same. They were successful to some
degree, having succeeded in forming some
40 odd organizations in Somerset county
and vicinity. The charters issued were of
their own manufacture and they no doubt
succeeded very nicely in obtaining the $9
charter fee from the fanners who were led
to believe that this was the only correct
Alliance in Pennsylvania.
After belonging some time to the "Penn
sylvania Farmers' Alliance," as it was
called, and perceiving tbat they did not de
rive much benefit from the same, if any at
all, they began to make inquiries, and the
result is that they are gradually finding out
their mistake and are sending in applica
tions for new charters from the State Alli
ance. This difficulty is rapidly being ad
justed. Going Into Politics for Free Silver.
As stated in The Dispatch in August,
1890, the Pennsylvania Alliance did not go
into politics as a body during the fall elec
tion, but 'the organization has now assumed
such proportions as to warrant entering the
political field. Notwithstanding the de
termination of both political parties to
make th4ariffthe leading issue in the ap
proach!' "-"Daign, the Alliance has de
termu7 ,.fjrr silver question be first
adjus 6'Vi. "0-- 4'on is first and last
forfreec' 70 'f J0 this doctrine
is being frevj. '-tnr 'i, ""erywhere
among tne iarmer&- ffr. "A -j cam
paign in ientucKy i y-
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waand
The National Alliance will no doubt take
action officially in regard to independ
ent action at the joint meeting in Washing
ton, February 22, 1892. The object now is
to gain strength everywhere possible.
When the moment comes the People's
party, lately formed at Cincinnati, will re
ceive full endorsement, and the Pennsyl
vania Alliance will fall in line with the
rest; but there is no doubt a chance will be
given both political parties to acquiesce to
the Alliance demands, before independent
action is taken in this State. The farmers
of Pennsylvania are determined to have
more legislation in their favor, and not in
favor of others and to their own detriment
Until February, 1892, all parties will be
given a fair trial, and the only fishts the
Alliance will partake in will be of a local
character. Their policy at present is to se
cure numbers by co-operation with similar
organizations, and forming new Alliances
wherever opportunity affords. A system of
education has been devised and the farmers
will be well instructed upon the issues of
the day, so that when the hour comes for
work every man can be depended upon.
THREAT OF REVOLUTION
MADE BT THE ANTT-LOTTERr DEMO
CRATS OF NEW ORLEANS.
A Rod-not Address Fledging the Best
Blood of the State Against the Evil An
Eloquent Pulpit Orator's Utterance
Taken as a Watchword.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TUB DISPATCH.
New- Okleans, July 5. A few days ago
the political campaign in this State was
"opened by"thfe"'Ajiti-lottery wing of the
democracy at tne uranu opera -House.
The fight is one altogether within the Dem
ocratic ranks, the principal issue being the
acceptance of the offer of the Louisiana
Lottery Company of $1,250,000 a year for
the extension of its charter, an issue upon
which the Democracy has divided into
Pros, who favor the acceptance of the offer,
and the Antis, who oppose it. The two
fictions are more bitter toward each other
than ever were the Democrats and Repub
licans of old.
The principal speaker at the Grand Opera
House meeting was the Rev. B. M. Palmer,
of the First Presbyterian Church, and'
asserted to be the greatest pulpit orator in
the South. He assailed the lottery com
pany savagely and declared that the people
rather than submit to its domination would
resort to actual revolution to get rid of it.
The Pros objected to this declaration,
as likely to stir up strife, if not civil war,
but the opponents of the lottery have taken
up Dr. Palmer's cry of revolution,
as a watchword, .and declare they
will resort to revolution if neces
sary to get rid of the lottery. A large num
ber of citizens of Lincoln and Bienville
parishes met this week and adopted and
signed an address, which they are sending all
over the State, in which they declare as fol
lows: We pledge ourselves to fight ta tho bitter
est end the hordo of gamblers and bribers
who infest our beloved State; wo pledge you
even in revolution, bloody, stern and terri
ble, rather than submit to the shamo and
degradation proposed by the lottery com'
pany. We pledge you the best blood of tho
land to maintain the honor of tho State.
It will be seen from his address that the
political and lottery campaign here has be
come, at the very beginning, even hotter
and more exciting than wan expected.
JEFEEBS0NIAN DEMOCRATS
Elect Delegates to Conventions and In
dorse Governor Campbell's Acts.
rSPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH.
STEUBENVrLLE, July 5. The Demo
crats of Jefferson county held their con
vention in the Court House yesterday and
nominated a full county ticket, and elected
delegates to the State Senatorial and Ju
dicial Conventions. H. H. McFachien acted
as Chairman, and Oliver J. Beard,
Secretary.
The ticket was as follows: For Represen
tative, Dr. AY. J. McConnell, of Mingo
Junction; Sheriff, E. P. McConnell, of
Steubcnville; Treasurer, Robert M. Francy,
of Toronto; Commissioner, John Young, of
Alikanna; Coroner, W. A. Clifton, of Steu
benville, and Infirmary Director, Cromwell
Bucy. No nomination was made for sur
veyor. Delegates to the State Convention are as
follows: George N. McCook, J. H. S.
Trainer, H. H. McFadden, of Steubenville,
J. W. Stephenson, of Richmond, and Dr.
W. J. Collins, of Toronto. Alteriiates: J.
F. Mitchell. Andrew Roe, John Brannigan,
G. W. Ault, aud T. J. Lawrence, of Ham
mondsville. A resolution was adopted in
dorsing Governor James E. Campbell's ad
ministration and instructing the delegates
to vote for his renomination.
OPPOSITION FOE DEMOCRATS.
A Fourth Louisiana Parish Declares in
Favor of an Alliance Ticket
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
, New Orleans, July 5. After three
days' deliberation with closed doors the 26
Farmers' Alliance men of Calcasieu parish
have resolved to put a full Farmers' Alli
ance ticket in the field in opposition to the
regular Democratic for the next election,
and-to support the third party movement.
This is tne fourth parish in Louisiana in
which the Alliance has so declared. All of
them are strong white parishes.
On the other hand, Mr. Adams, head .of
the Farmers' Alliance of the State, has
come out as a candidate for Governor, to be'
nominated by the regular Democratic Con
vention. A majority of the Alliance Ms
probably opposed to acting independently
politically, and as a third party opposed to
the Democrats.
pCAl Estate Sellers Get their
ri Lrt I Best Buyers-through THE
DISPATCH. Investors Everywhere
read It. Bargain Hnnters rely on it
The best Medium.
THREE CENTS.
RETUKiOFTHEITATA.
That Slippery Ship Again in Charge
of United' States Authorities.
ONLY ONE SMALL CANNON 3IISSLNG.
American Officers Eeport That the Chilean
Betels Are Winning.
AN EMBASSY TO TALK WITH UAEBISON
tSPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
San Diego, July 5. The Chilean insur
gent steamer, Itata, convoyed by the United
States steamer Charleston, arrived offPoint
Loma this morning, and while the Charles
ton anchored outside for target practice, tha
Itata steamed into her old berth a short
distance from the Santa Fe wharf and
anchored in the stream. She wo3 also
boarded by Collector Berry and his depu
ties, Bailache and Higgins, who imme
diately seized her in the name of the United
States Government on a charge of violating
the customs regulations in departing from
San Diego harbor without proper clearance
papers when last in this harbor.
Officers Todd and Churchill, of the United .
States steamer Charleston, who were on
board of her in charge, promptly surrendered
to Collector Berry, and then reported their
action to Commander Remy, of the Charles
ton. Collector Berry found on board the arm3
and ammunition taken on board the Itata
from the schooner Robert and Minnie at
San Clemente Island, and also the provisions
and five of the 30 cattle bought here, as well
as hay, clothing and other stores purchased
here.
Only a Small Cannon Missing.
Officer Churchill, of the Charleston, says
he is confident she has all on board she took
'away except one small cannon, which was
shown when she sailed out on the memor
able evening. Collector Berry has notified
United States District Attorney Cole, of
Log Angeles, of the vessel's arrival and
seizure, and awaits his action, expecting
that a United States marshal will be sent to
take possession and arrest her officers and
crew on the serious charge of contempt of
court in sailing out while under arrest and
carrying a United States marshal against
his will.
Captain Maunson, who brought her info
port on her former trip? is still her sailing
master, but Capfain bilva de Paulma, com
mander of the warship Esmeralda, who com
manded on that occasion, is not aboard, the
present Chilean commander being Col.
Juara Sincillian, a military officer, as tho
vessel is properly a transport.
Three gentlemen of prominence in the
insurgent party are passengers, and it is
believed they are on a special mission to
Washington to endeavor to secure recogni
tion as belligerents. They were much cast
down when informed of the non-success of
the commissioners now in Washington in
obtaining audience. The naval officers re
port a pleasant, uneventful trip from
Iqnique, which they left at 9 P. 5L, June
13, stopping no place en route. The Chilean
crew is the same which came with her be
fore. The Rebels Seem to Be on Top.
The reports of the Chilean contest given
by the United States officials are not flat
tering to the Balmaceda Government, which
they say is not at all liked by the masses and
is onthedown grade. "iThey declare th.it if the ,rl"
insurgent party gets recogn i t ion as a belliger
ent power their speedy success is assured,
while their chances are much the best as it
is, but they need ammunition and arms as;
well as provisions.
Their land battles are described as feroci
ous in the extreme, while naval battles are
not very extensive or bloody engagements,
owing to lack of ammunition. The Chilean
insurgent party is represented by an attor
ney seat with the vessel, and he is prepared
to enter a defense against the charges to be
presented in the United States courts. Col
lector Berry has issued strict orders that no
one shall be allowed aboard the Itata, and it
is with irreat difficulty that anv information
can be secured. The Chilean crew and
officers mode a strenuous objection to being
brought back to San Diego for trial before
the steamer left Iquique, but were compelled
to do so by insurgent officials.
WOBXJNG FOR WASHINGTON.
An Effort to Secure the Democratic Conven
tion For the Capital.
rrnoM a staff correspondent.
Washington', July 5. "Now that we
are to have a big hall suitable for conven
tions, I shall do all in my power to get the
Democratic National Convention of 1892 to
meet here," said Mr. Lawrence Gardner,
Secretary of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs to-day. "For that matter
it might be a good thing to havo
both political conventions held here,
but you will have to ask some of the
Republican leaders about that. I was very
much in favor of having the Democratic
Convention held here in 1880, and if we had
had a suitable hall fqr the convention to
meet in we might have succeeded in our ef
forts then. If we can assure tho
National Committee, which meets here
February 22, 1892, that we will have a
suitable hall for the convention and will
provide accommodations for the delegates,
we have a fighting chance to secure the con
vention." The new hall referred to is the big mar
ket house of the North Liberty Market
Association, whose owners have decided to
transform it into a hall for convention and
other purposes.
ITALIANS AND HTJNOABIANS AT WAR.
One Man Dead and Another Badly In
jured In the Fight
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.l
Hazelton, July 5. Peter MazeUo, an
Italian, and John Dudlsh, a -Hungarian,
were admitted to the hospital here at an
early hour this morning. Mazello's face
and head were battered out of shape, and
blood was flowing freely from three gaping
wounds in the region of his heart He died
soon after. Dudish had a wound below his
heart that will ultimately cause his death.
Mike Dudish, a brother of John, who is
now in jail here, says that he and his
brother, along with some friends, all Hun
garians, were met by MazeUo and Italian
friends. Mazello asked the time, and John
Dudish pulled out his watch, when Mazello
snatched it out of his hand. A struggle en
sued, and Mazello stabbed John with a stil
letto, whereupon Mike Dudish snatched the
weapon from the Italian's hands and
plunged the blade into Mazello's breast.
The other Italians fled, and when Mazello
tried to follow them the enraged Hungarian,
Mike Dudish, knocked hitu down and
struck him in the head with a sharp stone
until Mazello's head had been battered into
ajeUy.
HEROISM 07 A WIDOWS SON.
He Seizes -Ills Burning Mother and Nearly
Loses His Life.
ISPECIAL TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Ekie, July 5. Mrs. Margaret McCarthy
lies dying to-night as the result of a lamp
explosion. She dropped a lightedJamp,
and while she writhed in agouy her son
Michael seized his mother.
While trying to rescue her he was so
badly burned about the arms, chest and
face that if he recovers he wUl be dis
figured and crippled for life.
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