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Friends Secure the Body of
One of the Sing Sing Mur
derers for Burial.
SOME SECEETS EEYEALED.
Bemains of All the Other Three In
terred in Quicklime in the
Prison Cemetery.
THE AUTOPSY REPORT WITHHELD.
lit Is Asserted That the Surgeons' Knives
"Were Used to Cover Up the Work
of the Electricity.
WARDEN BROWN MAINTAINS SILENCE,
And Pccpcdly Kefnses to Either Affirm or Deny the
Reports Concerning the Details of
the Quadruple Exccction.
TUB ACCOCSTS GIVES BT THE mrSESSES
ISrEdAL TELEGRAM TO TTIF DISrATCn.
KewYoek, July a The bodyrof Harris
G. Smiler, the scond of the four murderers
judicially killed in Sing Sing prison on
Tuesday morning, was not consigned to an
unmarked grave in the prison graveyard.
It -was claimed on Tuesday afternoon by
Undertaker Fred Hulbcrp, -who said that he
liad the authority of Smiler's 'wife. Hul
berg secured a death certificate from Dr.
Harbour, of Sing Sing, and the town clerk
issued a permit for the removal of the
bod v.
"Warden Brown, however, refused to per
mit it to be taken way until to-day. Hul-
, berg reached here with the body on the 2:37
train this afternoon, and went also to his
undertaking establishment. Those who
chose were permitted to look at the face.
The coffin and grave clothes prevented any-
' thing in the nature of an examination be
ing made.
The Appearance of the Face.
J t needed but a glance to 6how that the
sfrtrics told in Sing Sing on Tuesday of the
lntrning of the flesh caused by the second
tA'rning on of the current were true. The
wlhole forehead was blistered, and where
the edge of the electrode had pressed the
fle"-li just above the eves, were two broad,
deep burns. Unlike the burns which result
from fire, the electricity had not charred
the flesh black, but the burns were of a
deep brownish-yellow color.
Across the body of the nose the flesh was
distinctly charred. The eyes were sunken
so far into their sockets as to cause many of
those who saw them to exclaim that they
had been burned out. "When the tightly
closed lids were raised the burned flesh,
was displaced. On each cheek there
was a large blister. The hair and
mustache had been carefully trimmed where
they had been singed. The mouth was still
rigid in its expression. Mr. Hulberg ad
mitted that there were marks on the calf of
the leg where the electrode wasbound upon it
The Leg Burned to the Bone.
Various reporters tried to induce the
undertaker to show the body, but without
result. It was learned through one of the
undertaker's assistants that Smiler's left leg
was burned to the bone through the calf.
The eyes were badlj burned, though the
eyeball was not destroyed.
A dispatch from Sing Sing says: "Warden
Brown said, when asked as to the burning
of Smiler's body: "I still adhere to my de
termination to make no statement what
ever. I will neither deny nor confirm the
report. No influence can bo brought
to bear upon me to induce me to say
anything hatsoever regarding the electro
cution beyond the sample statement that on
July 7 Slocum, Smiler, Wood and Jugiro
wore executed according to law."
1 atber Creeden is quoted by a priest from
another village saying that when t. e w hole
Ftory came out it ould be disclosed that all
the doomed men were burned by the elec
trodes, but that they had been so mutilated
by the s-urgeons knives that it would be
difficult of proof. The priest, who particu
l.uly deslicd to keep his name out of print,
paid that ho had been told the same thing
by a layman who had been the bodies pre
sumably a prison employe.
The detailed story oi scenes on the morn
ing of the execution has not been told. The
remark of Dr. Daniels, of Buffalo, that it
would make a startling story, had a mean
ing, and very little which -nas reallystart
ling has been printed. The two shocks were
not startling, and the fact that the victims
iui ned purple is not "startling. A doctor is
ned to seeing human beings become apo
plotie looking.
A Mjstcry Concerning Jugiro.
It has been said that Jugiro walked to the
chair as calmly us the rest. In his natural
senses he would not bo so calm. As the
stories of his violent behavior are true, so it
18 true that if he walked placidly to death
ho was under the influence of an opiate of
some kind.
There is a secret buried In the prison walls
suid it is full of details. Some day it may
come out and, -well, there will be another
story to tell. Just now there is not a wit
ness who will talk, and every one has been
approached a bcore of times, but the reply
is always the same: "We are under obliga
tions not to." One doctor said: "I could
r.ot talk to j'ou consistently with my honor."
In the battle of professional Jealousy Dr.
Carlos G. McDonald and Dr. Southwick have
unquestionably won handily, for they liavc
fehut out all disseu ting brethren, and they
liave also chunks of flesh and bits of bone
to gleefully examine under the microscope.
There are very few witnesses left In town,
and none capable of tolling any kind of a
story, unless, perhaps, it is the prison doctor.
The others are priests and chaplains, not
one of whom v, Itnessed all of the killings.
Their positions, as well as their oaths, pre
text them from saying anything that
-n ould have a direct bearing on tho subject.
Two Store Soon to Be Electrocuted.
Jlcllraine and Trezza havo been brought
back to the depopulated room where con
demned men await for stays which some
times never come". They were two very
quiet men very meek and tractable who
nt but just this morning. Mcllvaino ate
his meal iu silence, and ho seemed
to havo hard work. After breakfast he
asked one of the death watch "how did they
die?" We spoke almost In a whisper, and ho
put his face close to tho bars to oatch tho ic
ply. Tho watch told him how they died.
Then he who was once a street rough who
cut a man to death, and gloried in tho deed,
Kit down on his cot and began to think. It
w ill bo Ills: turn prettv soon.
About 11 o'clock this morning nine con
URREDTO
HE RUNE
victs filed silently out of tho Sing Sing
prison gates armed with picks and shovels
to dig graves for Slocum, Wood and Jugiro.
The prison burying ground is back of tho
prison about 100 yards to the northeast,
on a small hill. To this tho convicts
marched, and at some littlo distance
from tho other graves, and almost
at the edge of a littlo bluiT, they
dug tho three graves. By 2 o'clock this part
of tho work was; over. In the meantime
preparations were being made in the prison.
The bodies lay in the dead house, Just off the
room where the execution took place. They
were nude, just as they had been left after
the completion of the autopsies.
Three Burled in Quicklime.
Tho coffins to bo used wore large pine
boxes, jjnto each box about a bushel of
quicklime was poured. Upon this layer of
quicklime a naked body was laid, and then
moro quicklimo poured over it.. When
all the coffins were nailed up old Oliver
Thomas was sent for. lie Is the man who
drives the dead. wagon of the prison. First,
as is supposed, the body of Slocum was sent
up to the hill. Tho convicts who were wait
ing inthe cemetery lowered it into tho
grave. TThow of Wood and Jngiro followed.
Quicklime had been put in the bottom of
each grave also. When the graves were
filled the earth was pounded down solidly.
No services -n ere held by the graveside.
No one was allowed on the hill during tho
operation save the active workers. By 4
o'clock the burials had been completed.
The guard marshaled the striped mourners
and returned to tho prison. Everything
there was. going on again ns usuaL
Principal Keeper Connaughton said
that every one in Sing Sing but
the hackmen were glad the affair
was over. Warden Brown took a spin on
the road with his handsome new team.
About dusk a reporter climed up the hill to
the cemetery. Three yellow mounds showed
where the murderers lay, and on the largest
mound, perhaps, tho grave of the heathen
Jusiro, some one had laid a "bunch of daisies.
Attorney General Tabor, when asked to
day if tho State officials contemplated prose
cuting tho papers which published accounts
of the electric execution at Sing Sing in de
fiance of the unconstitutional law which
Warden Brown so officiously enforced,
dodged the issuo by saying that there had
been no real accounts of the execution of
yesterday published. Tho witnesses had all
sworn not to divulge what occurred, and he
was compelled to assume that they had not
divulged anything.
The Results of the Autopsy.
A dispatch from Albany says: Dr. Carlos
F. McDonald, who conducted tho execution
and the autopsies of tho four murderers at
Sing Sing yesterday, arrived in this city last
night, and, after registering at the Stanwix
Hotel, was driven to the house of
Dr. Samuel B. Ward. He declined to give
his autopsy notes to a reporter saying: "1
havo not got them in shape, and Dr. Ward
and I have vet to make microscopical exam
inations. The results will be written out
and sent to the warden at Sing Sing, and he
w ill file them, probably with the prison su
perintendent. The execution was a success,
and I believe we have found tho proper
mode of capital punishment as it is to con
tinue in this State."
Another doctor, not named, describing the
autopsy on Jugiro, says: "We selected tho
Japanese first because of his physical de
velopment. He was as remarkably built a
man as I ever saw. A triangular cut was
made directly over the breastbone. The
heart and lungs were then removed, after
ward the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bladder. Both lungs and the heart
were filled with venous blood. Tho color of
all the organs, as we doctors say, was per
fect. The fluids in the body were thinner
than before death, showing tho rapid disin
tegration caused by the passage of the cur
rent. There were no marks orourns on any
of the men, and they were all possessed of
remarkably fine physiques. The Japanese
would really adorn any anatomical
museum. A significant fact was that his
brain was moro than average size, and nor
mal. This proved conclusively that any
talk as to his insanity was the veriest bosh.
As soon as tho autopsy on his body had been
concluded the organs were replaced and the
triangular aperature closed, as indeed was
done with each of the others.
PROHIBITION IN BOrtS DAKOTA:
A Judicial Decision Knocks It Out Because
of a Flaw in the Statue.
Deadwood, S. D., July a A J. Plowman,
Judge of the County Court, has renderod a
decision in the case of tho State against
Rosenorantz, Smith, Parker and Jaoobs,
against whom information was filled for
violating the State prohibitory law. De
fendants demurred the information on
the ground that the law was unconstitution
al, because tho act embraced moro than ono
subject not named in the title.
The point had never been raised before in
all tho litigation that has grown out of the
act in the State. Judge Plowman sustained
the demurrer and dismissed tho defendants.
The State will at onoo appeal to the Supremo
Court.
PATTISON THE MAN.
An Old Politician Who Believes lie Will Be
tho Nominee in 1893.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, July a "I believe that Gov
ernor Pattison will be tho nominee of tho
Democrats for the Presidency next year,"
Eaid an old Pennsylvania politician to the
DisrATCH correspondent to-day. "The Dem
ocrats n ill dare not to nominate a gold bug
like Cleveland, and after Cleveland no man
stands as good a show as Pattison. Do you
notice how cunning ho is in regard to the
silver question? Ho has not said a word on
the subject. At tho proper time he will
write a letter to some friend, one of those
Brivute letters intended for publication, you
now, in which he will declare for freo coin
age, and that will settle the business. With
a free coinage Democrat and an anti-free
coinage Republican in the field, the former
would sweep the entire Pacific coast, which
usually goes solidly Republican, at least
once in four years.
"With Cleveland and Harrison pitted
against each other thoro wouldbeno ad
vantage on either side on the silver question,
but in that case look out for a tidal wave for
the Alliance, which would at least result In
throwing the election into the House of
Representatives. This is what the Cleve
land anti-free coinage faction are counting
on. They say the election is sure to bo de
cided by the House.and that the House would
be sure to elect the nominee of the Demo
cratic party, and that therefore it is useless
to nominate a candidate committed to the
free coinage heresy."
PROBABLY A MURDER.
The Brother ofa Fittsbnrger Who Was Bun
Over by a Locomotive.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
On. Crrr, July 8. Shortly after midnight
lant Thursday night Charles Morrow, brother
of Mrs. Cyrus Wallace, this city, and
brother-in-law of Captain J. J. Vandergrift
and V . J. Young, of the Forest Oil Company,
Pittsburg, was run over by a Western Now
York and Pennsylvania Railroad engine in
the yaid hero. The general supposition was
that he had been accidentally struck and
killed by that engine.
Before the Coroner's Jury, which had met
twice before. Thomas Mcllale gave the
startling testimony that whilo standing in
front of his store between 10 and 11 o'clock
last Thursday night he saw a young man
come up quickly to another young man who
had been standing near the store, and heard
him 6ay to blm, "Charley Morrow is killed "
The two then disappeared. They are de
scribed bv McHalo as roueh-lookiii i-,
men, but further ho Is notable to identify
them. How they knew Morrow was deaci
wo jiuurs umura mu engine ran over him is
a mystery to be solved. Investigation will
be searching. Tho Jury adjourned to meet
week from Saturday.
THE NEW HEBREW IMMIGRATION.
It Will About Double the Number of That
Sect in America.
Baltimore. July 8. At the convention of
the American Union ot Hebrew Congrega
tions to-day nearly the entire forenoon ses
sion was occupied by Mayer Sulzberger, of
Philadelphia, in an address on the claims of
the Hebrew Union College at Cincinnati, and
also those of the Hebrew Publication Society
of America, which, he said, is doing a. grand
w ork. He also spoke of the persecution of
the Hebrews in Russia.
While Mr. Sulzberger was speaking on the
latter subject many of the olaer men among
tho delegates wept. Among other things
the speaker said: "Christians cannot stand
indifferent before this great enormity; but
tho persecution must go on until the Russian
Government chooses to put a stop to it. In
the next ten yean not less than 200,000 to
C00.000 Russian Hebrews will come to this
country. This influx: will not effect tho
great body of the American people, but it
will nearly double the number of Hebrews
in the United States, In comparison with
what theie were before the persecutions in
Russia began." Altera recess the Execu
tive Board for 1E91 and 1892 was elected.
MOLASSES FOR FUEL.
PITTSBURG COAL LIKELY TO BEDIS
PLACED BY THE FLUID.
Louisiana Sugar Planters' Organ Proposes
That It Be Used to Fire Up In the Sugar
nouses The Molasses Will Bring Very
Littlo In Market.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New Orleans, July 8. The large crop of
sugar which Louisiana is raising this year has
greatly complicated the problem as to what
to do with tho molasses. With a crop of
550,000,000 pounds of sugar, there will bo 700,
000 barrels, 27,000,000 gallons, or 300,000,000
pounds of molasses, which the planters do
not know how to get rid of.
The output of molasses in Louisiana is now
so great that there is no market for the lower
grades, and it does not pay to sell them. The
planters are trying to find some use for an
article which formerly was oneof their most
valuable products, but is now a nuisance.
The Planter, the organ of the sugar interests
here, proposes that the molasses should be
used for fuel in the place of coal in the sugar
house. It calculates that molasses would be
much cheaper than the cheapest coal, and
would be a good fuel.
Here is its calculation on tho subject:
"Tho lowest grades of vacuum pan molasses
contain from 20 to 25 per cent of sugar, which
cannot be extracted by existing machinery.
Estimating a barrel of such molasses to bo
worth, net, 60 cents or $1 a barrel to hold 550
pounds of molasses, the molasses would be
worth 1 to 2 cents a gallon anil from 1-11 to
1-5 cents a pound. Pittsburg coal, brought
to the sugar house furnace, has for about ten
years cost 1-5 cent per pound."
PATTISOK AND TEE TEACHERS.
The State Association Continues Its Inter
esting Sessions at Bedford.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Bedford, July 8. At the second day's pes
sionof tlieJStato Teaohers' Association this
morning, the topio of "History as a Prepara
tion for Citizenship" was discussed by Miss
Annie E. Lysle, of Millers ville. Tho
academic side of normal school training was
also treated by Dr. Buehrle, of Lancaster;
Mr. Hamilton, of Pittsburg; George B. Mor
ris, of West Chester; Dr. Maltby, ot the
Slippery Rock Normal School; Superinten
dent Schlmmel. of Huntingdon: Prof. Welch,
of tho Bloomsburg Normal School, and Dr.
Magill, of Swarthmoro College.
Superintendent Hamilton, of Pittsburg,
said that the normal schools of Allegheny
county were not of that high standard that
he would like to sec, and he hoped for a
more extended course and a higher grade of
advancement beforo long in these schools.
At the afternoon session Beavor Falls was
unanimously selected as the next place of
meeting. Miss Anna Moore, of Altoona, and
Lclia A. Cooper, of Allegheny, then entered
into a long discussion of the utility of scien
tific temperauco instruction, both ladies
taking the 'position that this is becoming a
necessity. Dr. Megill delivered an address
on"Teachets of the Twentieth Century."
To-night Hon. Robert E. Pattison, Governor
of tho State, addressed a large audience.
The speaker felicitated hlmsolf upon being
called upon to speak before a body that had
made all its life the one subject of knowl
edge their study. He had nothing too good
tosaj'forthe teacher and the scholar, and
called attention by statistics to the growing
power of the teacher in the land. Ho was
followod bv Dr. J. O. Wilson, of Brooklyn.
who told of most interesting things he had
seen during a trip through the great Nation
al Park, and what he JbJid 'gathered there
worthy of teaching to children, both of the
extent and grandeur of this country. A
Bteady rain had been pouring all day, but
before the evening session the sky cleared
beautifully, and to-night the several hun
dred teachers are enjoying soenery well
worth their trouble to visit.
H'KIKLEY'S MAN DEFEATED
For the Place of Secretary of the Ohio Be
publican Campaign Committee.
TSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO TTIE DISPATCTI.
Columbus, July 8. Tho Republican State
Central Committee to-night had a long ses
sion, in which the outlook for the campaign
was discussed in all its bearings. The can
didates on the State ticket had been
Invited to be present, and thov all
all came, with the exception of Major
MoKinley, but the committee forgot to in
vito them into the councils. The principal
work was the selection of a campaign com
mittee, which was chosen as follows: George
Fields. Toledo: Asa S. Bushnell, Springfield;
C. D. Firestone, M. R. Patterson, Columbus;
J. Whiting, Canton; J. E. Lowes, Dayton; E.
S. Wilson, Ironton; M. T. Herrick, Cleveland,
and H. B. Morehcad, Cincinnati.
W. D. Hahn, of Mansfield, who had been
chosen at a lormer meeting to havo charge
of the campaign, was indorsed by the full
committee for that position. W. S. Mat
thews, of Columbus, was chosen Secretary.
Judge King, of Youngstown, representing
Major McKinley, made a flght to have L. M.
Avery, of Cleveland, made Secretary of the
committee, out no was aetcated. it is
claimed the friends of Governor Foraker
had charge of tho organization of the com
mittee, though they consulted tho wishes of
McKinley as fir as it was possiblo for them'
to do.
A PALACE OP TRADE IN ASHES. .
Ono Million Dollars Go Up in Smoke in a
Cincinnati Building.
Cixcixx ati, July a A little after 10 o'clock
to-night came an alarm of fire calling a re
lay of engines to the great building occupied
by A E. Burkhardt & Co., manufacturers
and wholesale and retail dealers in furs and
fur goods. It is the property of AVilllam
A Goodman, banker and financier. Its
Fourth street front is seven stories
high, and its height on the alley is
eight and a half stories. It also extends two
stories deep under the ground. Tho build
ing Is nearly new nnd cost over $200,000. Mr.
Burkhardt added $90,000 in interior adorn
ment w ithin the last two years. Tho value
of the stock was $600,000 or $700,000, in addi
tion to great quantities of valuable furs
stored for citizens. Tho store, room,
has been pronounced the finest in America.
The cast frontage was occupied by.Henry
Geiershofer & Co, clothing, with a $400,000
stock, about one-third of which was saved.
The building was burned to tho ground, and
tho total loss will bo not far from $1,000,000.
TRANSFERRED TO TEXAS. s
The Bain-Producing Experiments Will Ba
Tried in the Lone Star State.
WAsniNOTOir, July 8. Colonel Dyrenforth,
of the Department of Agriculture, with two
assistants, left here to-day tor the Interior
of Texas, where ho will make further ex
periments in the feasibility of producing
rain in tho arid regions by exploding bal
loons charged with oxygen and hydrogen,
at a f-onsiderable height in the air. Tests
will also be mado In exploding dynamite at
tached to the tails of huge kites, in connec
tion with the theory that rain may be pro
duced by the concussion of high explosions
in midair.
The dynamite is to be exploded ,ln the
same manner as aie tho balloons, that is by
slender wire leading to the kites and con
nected with an electric battery worked from
tho ground. Colonel Dyrenforth will seek
some sequestered spot in Texas, where the
noise will not disturb any one, and will then
make a thorough and exhaustive experiment
as to whether or not rain can be produced,
when needed, by means of explosions near
the clouds.
AN EVENT AT TALE.
The First Certificate of Admission
Ever
Granted to a Woman.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Norwich, Coxjt., July 8. Tho first certifi
cate of admission which Yale University
has ever granted to a woman has Just been
received by Miss Irene W. Colt, of this city,
daughter of General James B. Coit, formerly
Congressman from this district.
Prof. J. D. Seymour, of Yale, notified Miss
Coit to-day, saying that she had passed the
examination satisfactorily and would be admitted.
CAMBALS M HAITI.
Human Sacrifices Offered in the Hor
rible Yoodoo Orgies.
CHILDREN HILLED AND DEVOURED
By the Negroes, Amid Bartaric Bites of a
Repulsive Nature.
A HUNGARIAN'S TEEEIBEE DISC0YEBT
SPECIAL TELEQILAU TO THE DISPATCH.
Foirr au Priuce, Haith, July 8. In a tele
gram to The DisrATCH recently montion was
made of a voodoo adoration and of human
sacrifices in Haiti, not far Irom Port au
Prince. The fact has since been verified.
Maurice Feldmann, a Hungarian mechanic,
employed in the machine shops at Gorman,
eight miles from Port au Prince, learned
some time ago that there was to be a human
sasriflce not far from where he lived at 3:30
o'clock in the afternoon. It was to be con
ducted by the Papaloi or voodoo priest of
Gorman.
Accompanied by his assistant, named
Schmidt, Feldmann made off in the direction
in which he had hoard, that tho sacrifice was
to bo performed. Tho expedition was
not devoid of danger, for tho negroes, feel
ing undoubtedly that their butchery of
children would arouse the wrath and oppo
sition of the white Inhabitants of the island,
were exceedingly careful to carry out the
atrocities in tho seclusion of unfrequented
groves. The two men were armed 'with
heavy revolvers, and were careful In the
selection of their route. When they reached
their destination, they climbed into the
branches of a Small tree, from which they
could plainly see all that was going on be
low without being seen. From their posi
tion they witnessed the voodoo sacrifice.
Horrible Act of Cannibalism.
The ceremony was begun by the burning
of aromatic plants around a sleeping child, 2
or 8 years old, which had been put to sleep
by herbs. Tho Papaloi stepped up to tho
infant and severed tho head from tho body
with one stroke of a sharp knife, and passed
it to all present. While the head was being
passed around, the Papaloi cut up the body,
which was thrown into a largo iron pot with
some red peas, rice and other native vege
tables. During the cooking tho negroes
danced around the fire.
This bamboula dance Is a native negro
dance of the most revolting sort, consisting
mostly of contortions of the hips and the
abdomen. Tho end is reached when the
participants become so excited and ex
hausted that they throw themselves on the
ground, where they wallow over each other
and howl. When the danoers had recov
ered, they gathered for the feast and de
voured every particle of the child. Having
finished, thev gathered the bones In a hole
in tho ground, juried them, and erected a
wooden cross over the grave. After the two
observers had given, the cannibals time
enough to reach their homes, they climbed
down and went back to Gorman.
A Consul's Terrible Find.
ThoHaitien negroes do not always seek
seclusion for their cannibalism, as they did
on this occasion. On March 18, 1890, Mr.
Emlle Huttinot, acting Consul of France at
San Domingo, stopped in a small restaurant
on the North road, only half a mile from.
Port au Prince. At this resort every Sunday
the negroes hold a voodoo day. Mr. Hutti
not called for 6onp, but when It was served
he found in the bottom of his plate the hand
of a child. He immediately rodo into town
and notified the police, who searched the
restaurant and found a child's entire body
In the cooking Dot. Tho woman who kept
the place was "arrested, but suffered only
three days' imprisonment for her offense.
The gentlemen who gave to The Dispatch
the information in the interview of July 7
said that he know personally a woman
named Ulysse, living at LaCrols des Bou
nne.ts. ten miles from Portau Prinbe. whose
seven children were eaten at voodoo dances
during her absence by their own grand
mother and the neighbors. That such can
nibalism is well known to tho authorities is
shown bv this Quotation from the official or
gan of tho Haltlen Republic:
An Order Against Yoodoolsm.
"Official Notice No. 2202 From tho Com
missary of the Government at the civil
courts to the judges of the peace of the pre
cinct: In my official notice of November 26,
No. 870, 1 asked you to order the cessation of
all voodoo dances and superstitious prac
tices which attest a belief in a gross and ab
surd religion. I also added that I counted
on you to suppress these things, which you
know are condemned by moral sen so and
punishablo by la-w . Havlag learned to-day
that the voodoo dances, which had for a
timo boen stopped, have recommenced, I
order you to strictly enforce the law against
all who abandon themselves to these prac
tices. In this way you will aid in establish
ing tho true principles of civilization on this
island."
Among other reports which havo reached
hero concerning voodooisra. human sacrifice
and cannibalism, is one which says that it is
a well-known fact in Port au Princo that it
is unsafe for a person not desirous of be
coming anthropophogous to buy "lamb
chops" In the public markets.
KOBE BABDSLEY SECRETS.
Reporters Are Summoned to Testify on a
Suppressed Interview.
Philadelphia, July 8. Court of Common
Pleas No. 1 this afternoon issued its certifi
cate ordering H. H. Yard to appear before
the Councils' Investigating Committee and
give his testimony in relation to the city's
deposits in the Keystono Bank and other
matters incident to Bardsley's misappropri
ation of State and city funds. The order was
served this afternoon on Mr. Yard, with a
notice to him that they desired to receive
his testimony on Friday afternoon next.
As a result of the secret conference held at
the Mayor's office Monday morning. Editor
William V. McKean and City Editor Robert
M. McWade, of the Ledger, w ere to-day noti
fied to appear before tho Councils' Investi
gating Committoo Friday afternoon to give
testimony. The purpose of summoning
those two witnesses is to inquire into
the interview held with John Bardsleyby
Mr. McWade in the county prison, and
which was not printed in the paper bo
cause it mentioned three promlnont poople
as having in somo mannor benefited by pub
lic moneys handled by the convicted ex-City
Treasurer. In the Judgment of Mr. McKean
it was not policy to allow a man who had
perjured himself to use tho columns of his
paper in mere denunciation of others.
Bardsley himself has said that the "inter
view" was unsuspected by him, and that if he
had known it was intended for publication
ho would havo been silent. Notification was
also to-day forwarded to Postmaster Gen
eral "W anamaker to appear at Friday's ses
sion, and as Mr. Wanamakcr has said that
whenever he was asked to appear ho would
do so willingly, it Is taken for granted that
ho will be present.
SOKE FITTSBTOG CHARTERS.
A South side Traction Company That Will
Engage in Manufacturing Motors.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
HAMU8BUBQ, July 8. Charters wero grant
ed at the State. Department to-day as fol
lows: Tho Birmingham, Knoxville and Allen
town Traction Company, of Pittsburg, to
manufacture motors. Capital $1,000,000.
Directors, H. Sellers McKee, James A. Cham
bers, Allegheny; Edward John Pilsley, Phil
adelphia: Murray A. Verner, Pittsburg.
Rookland Oil Company, of Allegheny City.
Capital $300,000. Directors, Frederick E.
Bon den, Sewickley: Fi ed Maiken, New York
City; James A. McCormick, Macksburg,
Ohio; Timothy A. Allen, Corry; John fi.
Chapman, rittsburg. Mercantile Company
of Pittsburg. Capital $100,003. Directors,
Josiah Cohen, Abraham Israel, Allegheny
City; Warren T. McClarren, Pittsburg.
Tho Crescent Pipe Line Company, ot Pitts
burg. Capital SIOTOOO. Directors, J. McF.
Carpenter, S. H. Waddell, G. N. Chalfant,
Pittsburg. American Vault, Safe and Lock
Company, of Elizabeth, Allegheny county.
Capital $1,000. Directors, John B. Sheriff,
Allegheny City; John Collier, John P. Pat
terson, Elizabeth. '
ACAPULCO'8 UNWELCOME QUESTS.
Consul McCaskey Writes Additional Details
of the Itata Incident.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DisrATCH.
Newark, O., July 8. At Utlca, this county,
Uves Rev. B. McCaskey, father of Hon. J, F.
McCastey, Unltod States Consul to Acapulco,
Mexico. Rev. Mr. McCaskey has recently
received a letter from his son which says:
"As you have no doubt been informed
f rooythe public prints, we have had at least
a ripple of excitoment in this part, byreason
Of t presence for tho last 12 days, of tho
stewner Esmerelda and the expected arrival
for some days of the Itata, that escaped
from the officers of tho Treasury Depart
ment at San Diego. There was a good deal
of excitement caused in this quiet town by
the .Esmerelda being detained here by the
direct order of the Mexican Government at
tho solicitation of the United States Gov
ernment. The excitement reached Its
height May 19. when tho Esmerelda informed
the coal dealers, an American company,
and whom they had paid for coal, that they
would take it, notwithstanding tho Govern
ment order, and it was generally
expected they would do so. This was about
3 o'clock in the afternoon. I at once tele
graphed the situation to Washington, -and
orders were soon telegraphed from the City
of Mexico to the troops here, to defend tho
coal at all hazards. A guard was at onco put
over the coal and maintained until the Es
merelda was permitted by tho President of
Mexico to take on 250 tons of ccal so as to got
out of port. The business men here were
constantly telegraphing President Diaz to
permit the steamor to take coal and got
away, as they' feared they would become ox
asperated by the long delay to get coal and
do somo serious mischief. So she is gone and
we aro glad of it.
"I kept the United States Government ad
vised of tho Esmeralda's every moment by
wire.- I tt -graphed three days beforo tho
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AT DAMAGE IF THE FKES
FET SPLL CONTINUES.
The Bit t Yield on Record Is Now In
Sigh a 'air Estimates Place It at COO,.
000,1 Bushels An Immense Fruit
Ci-oj, Also Promised.
I JMASTAFFCOHRESPOJTDEXT.
-Wash oton, July 8. "If this great rain is
as genii in the Eastern States as reported,
and if II ontlnuesfora fejv days rainy or
dainpa I cloudy the great wheat crop now
in shot. vill bo greatly injured," said Mr.
Jesse; Barvicc, an old Pennsylvanlan, to the
corroKpo'ndent of The Dispatch to-day. "I
have," he continued, "Just returned from a
trip through Eastern and Central Pennsyl
vania." I never saw fivldenco of such a vast
wheat crop in the State. Wheat was high
last year and so all the farmers increased
their wheat acreage last fall. The winter
and, pring were favorable, and it is esti
mated that tho yield will bo from four to
five bushels per acre more than last year,
and that this alone will increase the bnlk of
wheat grown in Pennsylvania to tho extent
of 10,000,000 bushels.
"The estimate' for Pennsylvania by tho
Department of Agriculture, based on tho
usual yield, is 28,000,000 bushels, but this
will probably havo to be revised to 38,000,000.
It is believed that the total yield of the
country will reach 000,000,000 bushels, which
is nearly 100,000,000 more than in 1831. which
was tlie'largest yield ever known. Of course,
the spring wheat crop is not yet out, and
injury by rain may reduce the bulk and
valuo, but from present indications tho
brokers and speculators of the grain mar
ket, to which may be added the evidence of
State statisticians, are of the opinion that
the yield will bo little less than 600,000,000
bushels. If In the forthcoming report of the
statistician of the Department of Agri
culture tho estimate yield be 600,000,000,
wheat would go kiting down to 75 cents.
There has already been a drop from $1 15 to
90 cents."
Mr. Sarvice also spoke of the prospects for
a wonderful fruit crop noted during his trip.
"There will be so much fruit this year,"
said he, "that growers will not be able to
give it away in many places, and only
those who live nearest the best markets will
make any money. Why, in my native
county, littlo Juniata, the estimate is that
there will be 150,000 boxes of peaches. Last
year a few peach growers in the county sold
their fruit at high figures, and everybody
.ud; 'Just look what money there is in
peaches.' The consequonce is that 40,000
more peach trees wero Eet out this spring,
and yet I'll venture to say that they willnot
get enough for their peaches' to pay for gath
ering, boxing anil freight."
THE SITUATION IN CHILE.
It Is a Most Desperate One for the Insur
gents According to Reports.
TEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, July a A cablegram received
to-day by Stevens & Co., of this city, says
that passengers arriving from "Valparaiso
and Iquique state that the situation of the
Chilean insurgents is desperate. They aro
without money and their vessels are in bad
condition, without ammunition. The insur
gents have been able only to obtain 800 rifles,
in bad order, bought in Panama. Most of
the inhabitants of Iquique, Pesagua and
Antofogata havo emigrated to Southern
Chile or to Peru.
A private letter read to-day from Valpar
aiso, Chile, says: Believing that roliablo
information may be useful to you we hasten
to reply. Most abstracts from tho foreign
press nre very far from the truth, some aro
simply ridiculous; we have had no flgntlng
real in Valparaiso. There was a good deal
in Iquique when taken by tho fleet: all tho
othor ports north of Coqulmbo wero easily
taken.
A dispatch from Washington says: The
representatives of the Chilean Congression
alist party in Washington late to-night re
ceived a cablegram from Iquique, saying
that tho army of Balmaceda was met by the
Constitutional armv at a point four leagues
south of Vallenar, where an engagement
took place to-day. Tho Constitutional army
obtained a brilliant triumph.
THE MAjESTIC'S SWIFT TRIP.
A Passage Across tho Ocean From Queens
town in Less Than Six Days.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, July 8. The Whlto Star steam
er Majestic finished to-day a swift passage
from Qucenstown. ner time was 5 days 22
hours and 22 minutes, over a long southerly
course of 2,849 knots. Among her cabin pas
sengers wero Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Goelet,
Colonel John Hay, D. O. Mills, Mrs. Whito
law Reid, the Hon. J. C. Spooner, Mrs. Paran
Stevens and the Duke and Duelicss Tatnajo.
Five steamships sailed for Europe to-day
with nearly 3,000 cabin passengers. Colonel
Weber, Superintendent of Immigration, was
on tho Britannic.
QUADRUPLE TRACES FOR THE B. & 0.
Improvement Contemplated Between ritts
burg and McKcesport.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DisrATCH
McKeesport, July 8. It is rumored here
that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany is arranging as rapidly as possible for
tho building of two more tracks from Pitts
burg to this city, and that it has completed
the work of securing the right of way at
most points.
In making tho lino four-tracked, the corn-
?iany would use the east and west track for
he passenger trains and light traffic. The
company iccontly added a half dozen fine
mogul engines, and aro making many Im
provements along the lino from Pittsburg to
this city and to Connellsville.
SMUGGLING IN PASSENGERS.
A Steamship Captain Arrested for Violating
the Immigration Law.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.
New York, July 8. Captain D. Morrison,
of the steamship Muriel, was arrested to-day
on a warrant issued by United States Com
missioner Bellows, of Brooklyn, on the com
plaint of Immigration Inspector Laird, w ho
accuses him ot havlnir violated the alien
I immigrant law, by landing passengers with-
Office.
Ho was released on $2,000 bail. Tho steam
ship recently came fioin tho Wcstjndies.
SPRECKELS SUED IN HAWAIL
The Plaintiff Alleges the Sugar King Ford,
bly Seized a Plantation.
San Francisco, July 8. The steamer Aus
tralia, from Honolulu, brings news that
Georgo MacFarlane, half owner of the Wai
kapee plantation, has brought suit against
the Hawaiian Commercial Company, of
which Claus Spreckels is President, for tak
ing forcible and illegal possession of tho
plantation. One million' dollars damages are
claimed.
WED BANK SCHEMES
That Have Placed in Peril St. Peter's
Pence, at the Vatican,
WITHOUT THE POPE'S KNOWLEDGE.
The Author of the Speculation in Church
Funds Called Down.
NO TERT HEAVY I0SSE8 TO RESULT
Rome, July 8. Somo additional and Im
portant communications" from an unusual
and reliable source in regard to the crisis in
St. Peter's pence have Just come to hand. It
has already been announced that tho Popo
has dismissed M. Fotohi and tho old ad
ministration, and that ho had appointed in
"their place a commission consisting of MM.
ApolonI, Dr. Buggiere and Aloiso Masella, to
whom he has given full powers. No one,
however, has been able to find out tho exact
motive of the affair which has brought about
this important change. It was known that
M. Fotchi's dismissal was decided upon on
account of losses sustained by St. Peter's
ponce, and because of tho imprudent invest
ments and loans which had been made under
his administration, but that was all.
It hasbecome known thatMonsignorFotchl
last winter, supported by Prince Bnoncom
pagnl and Baron Lazzaronl, resolved, in or
der to save tho Banco dl Roma, in which
the Vatican held 10,000 out of 12,000 shares,
besides other securities, to establish first in
Paris and London and afterward in Rome,
Berlin and New York
A Syndicate of Catholic Banks,
with tho objoct of absorbing the financial
societies of Rome, which wero known to be
In a disastrous condition, and to restore
thom to vitality, while, at tho same time,
raising the value of the depreciated securi
ties. Above all, thoy wanted to save the
Banco di Roma, intending, as they event
ually did, to entirely reconstruct it.
Monslgnor Fotchi having taken on ac
count of the Vatican 10,000 shares, the ad
ministration of St. Peter's pence found itself
involved nominally to tho extent of 5,000,000
lire, although really only to tho extent of
2,500,000. Monsignor Folchl had, moreover,
deposited in this bank the sum of 3,000,000
lire.
At that timo financial circles In Romo wero
interested in supporting the creation of
theso Catholic banks, andihey were desirous
of helping this financial movement in order
to put the depreciated securities on a firmer
footing. Consequently Monslgnor Fotchi
proposed to the Commission or Cardinals
that the Vatican should enter into tho com
bination to tho extent of 3,000,000 lire. He
wnrmly supported the project, urging that
tho Roman securities of the Vatican nnd tho
millions of lire invested in the Bancod!
Iloma could not be saved in any other way.
The project was carried out.
The Schemer Called Down.
Monsignor Fotchi commenced by send
ing a part of tho money to Pans, where tno
first of the proposed banks, named Le
Credit, was founded. But as tho Popo had
not boen informed of this arbitrary specula
tion, and as tho commission was only in
formed of it when it had taken place, Mon
signor Fotchi was called to order, was
nfterard dismissed, and the commission.
hitherto purely consultative, became a de
iiDerative Doay.
Threo years have elapsed since an effort
was first made to found a Catholic bank in
New York, and then the Archbishop of New
York was compelled to intervene and disen
gage the responsibilities of tho Holy See.
Last winter, however, another endeavor in
this direction was made. The combination
again did not succeed. But this last time,
as Baron Lazzaronl, a rich banker, and Mon
signor Fotchi, with the proposed support
of the Vatican, wero the promoters of tho
old idea, it was believed that success wa9 as
sured. Now, however, tho fall of Monsig
nor has put everything in peril. Tho Pope,
it should be added, has never entered into,
and never will enter into, a combination,
or this sort. Tho money Monslgnor Fotchi
sent to Paris was withdrawn whon his spec
ulation becamo known.
Results of the Forbidden Speculation.
As Monslgnor Fotchi had placed tho
Peters penco money, or part .or It, in Roman
speculations, which had at first brought in
good returns, and which only lately de
creased in value, the actual losses have not
been great. In fact, at first a profit of about
1,500,000 lire was made.
Summed up briefly, the situation is about
as follows: When Monsignor Fotchi took
over the administration of tho Vatican
finances, ho had under his control about 25,
000,000 lire. He left, after eight years admin
istration, about 31,000,000 lire, of which, how
ever, 6 000,000 are still in danger, as it con
sists of loans mado to Roman Princes and of
a large number of depreciated securities.
At the same timo Monslgnor Fotchi has paid
over each year to the Pope tho sum of 100,000
lire to cover tho extraordinary expenses of
the Vatican. Consequently Monsignor
otcni's adversaries can oniy reproacn mm
with making imprudent investments.
A reaction, consequently, is already be
ginning to be noticed In his favor, and many
Roman groups are beginning to think that
Monsignor Fotchi's rivals acted too vio
lently. In any caso the Pope has been kept
in ignorance of these speculations, and it Is
known that ho disapproves, and has always
disapproved, of all kinds of Catholic banks.
THE KAISER'S CLOSE CALL.
no Stood Nearly in the Way of a Bullet
Last Monday.
London, July 8. Tho lives of the German
Emperor and other royalties wero endan
gered by an incident which occurred at tho
review of the Eton volunteers Monday, and
which was kept secret. Tho Emperor was
watching tho evolutions of the boys with
great interest, and stood chatting with the
Princo of Wales and others.diroctly In front
of the line.
Finally the command to Are wasgiven,
which was followed by an cxplcsion from a
solitary gun, wnno tne iiamniers oi au tno
other guns simply clicked, as was intended.
It was explained that ono boy had put in
blank cartridges by mistake, but it is also
asserted that it was a ball cartridgo which
the lad had carelessly left in his gun a week
before after range firing. All the .01110613
present hastened to assure the Emperor
that it was only a blank cartridgo. Tho
Emperor, smiling, was unmoved, but on
roturning home it is reported that ho said
ho was certain that it was no blank car
tridge, because, he heard tho whizz of the
bullet-distinctly.
ARGENTINE THE PROMISED LAND.
Emigrating Hebrews from Russia' Will Be
Sent to South America.
Vienna, July 8. At a conference held at
Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, to-day, be
tween Arnold White, representing Baron
Hlrsoh; Herr Fronzos, representing the
Hebrews of Berlin, and Dr. Kuranda, of
this city, it was agreed that the best direc
tion in which to guide the tido of Hebrew
' emigration was toward the Argentine Re
public.
It was also decided that it was impossible
to como to any arrangement by which tho
emigrating Hebrews could be allowed lo
settle In Palestine: consequently commit
tees havo been formed at Odessa and at
other ports with the view of carrying out
tko plans of tne conference.
A NEW TUBERCLE TREATMENT.
The Fasteur Method Operated Upon' the
Koch Bacillus.
. Paris, July 8. Dr. Lannelongne's method
of treating tuberculosis is to inject a solu
tion or chlorido or zinc into the affected tis
sue. Tho solution hardens the tubercle tis
sue, producing a condition unfavorable to
the existence of the tubercle bacilli.
The process of treatment is tedious, but it
is a remarkable scientific application of tho
Pasteur and Koch methods. Tho doctor
himself admits that ho proceeds according
to the Pasteur method and operates on the
Koch bacillus.
SHUTTING AMERICA OUT.
A Dire Threat Apropos or the New Euro
pean Commercial Alliance.
Rome, July 8. Slgnor Pieroli, the Italian
Minister at Berne, is oxpected to arrive here
shortly to consult with tho Tariff Commis
sion and to fix the data for commencing the
negotiations for tho commercial alliance of
tho Central European powers. The Commis
sion Is still busily engaged in accumulating
data and consulting the various interests
likely to be affected by what promises to be
the most important commercial negotia
tions of modern times.
The supreme indifference of the United
States to tho progress of these negotiations
can only bo accounted for by the hope that
the embargo on American pork will be re
moved by the nations forming the alliance.
Well-informed observers, however, are con
vinced that the embargo, if raised, will be
simply replaced by a tariff that will be in
effect prohibitory as against all nations not
in the alliance. Tho United States would
thus see itself not only completely, but
permanently, shut out from Europe as a
market for its pork products.
FORTUNES FOR WINDOWS.
THEY ARE IN DEMAND TO SEE THE
EUFFJUAL PAGEANT.
London Will Outdo Itself In Extending a
Popular Welcome to the German Em
peror How He Is and Was Kecelved by
the Various Classes.
Lojidoh, July 8. The Imperial party ar
rived at Paddington station in due season.
The recoption there was devoid of ceremony.
Tho Emperor and Empress, the Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh drovo in
an open carriage to Buckingham Palace.
The route was specially guarded by police.
A fow houses were decorated. A dense
crowd at the palace gates gave the party an
ovation. The guard of honor at the palaco
consisted of tho Coldstream Guards and tho
"Beefeaters."
The great event for London of the Em
peror's visit will be the passage to and from
Buckingham Palace on Friday next of tho
Emperor and his party on their way to
Guildhall. Business along the route of tho
procession will bo practically suspended,
and windows overlooking the route are let
tingatvery high prices. Themostelaborato
preparations have been made to decorate
the streets through which the procession
willpass. It Is expected that the pageant
on Friday next will exceed in pomp, mili
tary and civic display anything seen in this
city since tho Thanksgiving ceremony in
St. Paul's over the recovery of the Prince of
Wales from tho attack of ty poid fever which
threatened to end fatally many years ago.
To judge of the interest taken In this "im
perial progress" it may bo- mentioned that
as much as from $500 to $1,000 his been of
fered speculatively for windows in Ludgato
circus, which can accommodato from 6J to
100 persons.
Tho proceedings at the Guildhall will con
sist of reading in tho library, an address of
welcome by tho Recorder on the part of the
corporation, the Emperor's reply, the pre
sentation, to the Emperor of the freedom of
the city of London in a massive gold casket,
and a luncheon at which other short
speeches will bo made. This will be tho pop
ular welcome to the Emperor. Tho Queen's
welcome was given at Windsor Ca3tle. The
artistic welcome is given to-night and to
morrow at thoRoval Italian Opera House
and at the Albert Hall, and on Saturday tho
military welcome will bo extended to tho
Emperor by volunteers, assisted by regular
troops. The naval welcome occurred on
Saturday last, when tho young Emperor
landed at Port Victoria.
A CRUSHING PARNELL DEFEAT.
His Supposed Stronghold Against
Him
More Than Two to One.
DCELI3, July 8. Tho election held yester
day at Carlow, for a successor in Parliament
to the late O'Gorman Mahon, rejulted in a
crushing defeat for the Parnelllte candidate
in the district which Mr. Parnell admitted
was his stronghold, and where, he said, if ho
was defeated he would admit that he had
nothing left to fall back upon in political
1Ife-
Tho result of the election was as follows:
Hammond, tho McCarthyite candidate, 3,753;
Kettle, Parnellite, 1,539. Majority against
Mr. Kettle, 2,218.
AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
It Is I'roposed to Open One to Commemo
rate the Discovery of America.
Rome, July 8. Tho citizens of Genoa have
for somo timo past had in contemplation
an Italian-American Exposition In commem
oration of the four hundredth anniversary
or the discovery of America. Subscriptions
havo been opened in various parts of Lom
bardy, and it is-proposcd to open the Expo
sition in September, 1892.
TIM HEALY'S LIBEL SUIT.
The Jury Finds for Him. but Aro Unable
to Agree on Damages.
Dublin, July 8. In the suit for damages
brought by Mr. Healy against the pro
prietors of tho Freeman's Journal, on the
ground that the newspaper referred to ac
cused him of selling his clients for English
cold, the jury found for Mr. Healy, but they
disagreed as to the amount of damages. The
jury wero consequently discharged.
SLAVERS BADLY ROUTED.
A Series of Bloody Battles Reported From
the Kongo Free State.
London, July 8. Advices received here
from tho Kongo Free State announce that
a series of bloody battles was fought on tho
Upper Kongo andAruwiml rivers in Janu
ary and Februa.ry last between tho State
troops and tho Arab slavo traders. The
slavers were l outed everywhere, and were
suing for peace when tho advices wero sent.
A Russian Horror.
St. Petersburg, July 8. Intelligence has
reached here that the village of Ekaterin
oslav has been entirely destroyed by a cloud
iurst, which swept away 150 houses and
drowned hundreds of occupants.
Hebrews Mnst Not Go to Jerusalem.
Constantinople, July 8. It is officially
stated that the Porte will not permit
Hebrews to emigrate Into Jerusalem. Tho
Porto will only allow the entry of pilgrims.
The Bit, Vesuvius Eruption.
Naples, July 8. Tho flow of lava from Mt.
Vesuvius has increased. The lava has now
reached the rear of the observatory.
FLINT GLASS WORKERS MEET.
Most or the Work at StenbenvIIIe Will Be
Done by Committees.
SPECIAL TELIOKAM TO TOE DISPATCn.
STEUBENViLLa, July 8. The third day's
session of the American Flint Glass
Workers' Convention was opened this morn
ing, with President William J. Smith, in tho
chair. After tho usual routine business the
numerous committees retired to begin their
second day's labor on schedules of prices,
rules, etc. The committees have .been
earnestly at work all day, and tho business
of the convention proper has been prac
tically suspended until they report. Be
ginning with yesterday, shipments of differ
ent samples of glass and glassware have
been pouring Into the citv, nnd to-night
there are on exhibition probably the hand
somest array of glass exhibits over got
together. Most of tho business will bo done
in committeo room, and most of those bodies
aro not expected to report until the latter
nnrt nf tliR wpelf-
At the opening session to-day resolutions
of respect and condolence were extended to
the families, and to the glassworking fra
ternity iu general, in honor of the several
glass blowers from Corning, S. Y., who wero
victims of the railroad wreck at Ravenna.
Several committees wero appointed on the
grand banquet, which has been placed in
the hands of-the local glass blowers. This
banquet is to be given to-morrow evening in
Turner Hall, and 250 guests nre oxpected to
be present.
THE FIRE RECORD.
At Eastland, Tex.,tho mostvvalnable busi
ness block in town burned. Loss, $40,100; in
surance, $15,000.
At Deptfoid, England, Holland & Co.'s
great distillory burned yesterday.
At New York fire broke out yesterday in
tho Sixth avenuo car stables. All tho horses
but two were removed safely and tho fire
was under control at 1 o'clock. There were
SOJtonsorhay in the place, which would
amount to about 6,000bales; 9.000 bushels of
corn, and 4,000 bushels or oats. Loss, $25,000
on stock and $3,500 on building.
JAEED FOE PKAYM.
The Religions Zeal of a Boston Bap
tist Gets Him 30 Days.
HIS PLIGHTS WERE NOT RELISHED
By the Aristocratic Church Members
Prayer Meeting and
at
THE! HAD THE ENTHUSIAST ARRESTED
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.
Boston, July 8. W. D. C. Pattyson is serv
ing a 30-day sentence of imprisonment in
Norfolk county Jail on account of his re
ligious fervor at prayer meetings. Ho is a
member of tho rich and aristocratic Baptist
Church of Brooklinc, whoso prayer meetings
havo been models In their way. Mr. Patty
son thought that the church was getting too
sleepy and wonlly, and frankly said so fn
prayer meeting. His plain talk was not rel
ished by the other members, and ho was
therefore dragged out and ignominously
cast into jail on the charge of disturbing a
religious meeting, leaving a feeblo wife and
little daughter without means of support
during tho month of his imprisonment.
The Rev. O. P. Gifford, tho well-known
disciple of Bollamyism, is the pastor of this
sensitive church and it is said that he sat in
the same seat with Mr. Pattyson, when 'tho
latter was forcibly ejected from the church,
and did not oven raise his voice in protest.
Instead, he is said to have shouted: "Why
don't j-ou hire a hall," when Mr. Pattyson .
began speaking.
A Very Unchristlanlike Act,
This exciting prayer meeting was held
Sunday, Juno 27, and the wholo town is
stirred up over the incident. Tbere is much
criticism of the apparent unchristianliko
spirit shown by the church, which did not
even send a message to Mrs. Tattyjon, but
left her to worry ha'f the night o-' jr her
hnsband's absence and then spend ' r last
cent in hunting for him.
There is no doubt that Mr. Patt on de
parted somewhat from the conservative
system into which the church had fallen
and was decidedly outspoken in his views.
On several occasions he has annoyed tho
worshipers with his ranting, a9 they term
it, and whenever he was present at a meet
ing there was little true worship by the
other members present. He became such an
unwelcome guest that efforts were made to
keep him away, but without success. If he
rose to speak, the choir leader would start
up a song and for awhile this trick worked
successfully. But he soon "tumbled to tho
racket," and as he possesses good lungs, tho
singers weren't "In it."
The Offending StatenVnts.
The members stood it all right until Sun
day before List. Then he made them decid
edly warm by the statement that as Jesus
received no money for his preaching on
earth, tho ministers of the gospel to-day
should receive no salary. Tho result of this
flight of oratory was the arrest of Mr. Patty
son, who spent the night In tho Brookllno
police station, and on the following morn
ing journeyed to Dcdham Jail.
Mr. Pattyson thus explains his course:
"Tho trouble is that Brookline is an aristo
cratic community, and tho Baptist church,
on account of its aristocratio membership, is
becoming very worldly in its views. They
depend too much upon sociables and straw
berry festivals, and consider that such deeds
are carrying on true religious work. My
idea is that churches should do what thoy
profess to do, and not endeavor to keep up a
false outside show."
The members of tho church justify their
action on tho ground that Mr. Pattyson took
up all the time at prayer meetings, found"
found fault with them and dictated too
much. Ho had been repeatedly requested
to desist and ho had refused to do so, and
the only way in which tho meetings could
be quietly conducted wad in causing his ar
rest. TIRED OF THIS WORLD.
A Sporting Man Takes Morphine to Rid
Himself of Lire's Troubles.
special telegram to Tne dispatch.
Salt Lake, July 8. S. W. Welborn, a
sporting man, committed suicide last even
ing by means or sulphate of morphine.
Among his effects was the following letter:
"To tbe Coroner and the Public in General:
"To save all trouble and controversy as to
the cause and means of my sudden leaving
of this land of catastrophes, where for mo
the case was always in hock, I will say that
my death is of my owh doing, and premedi
tated, while in full possession of and control
of all my mental faculties. Contrary to tho
belief of a great many theorists on suicides,
I have arrived at the conclusion that my
life is a failure and that the surest way to
avoid further disappointment and trouble is
by tho morphine route, to the place where
every man gets a square deal and the cards
break even for square men. I bear no ill
feeling to any one and that my associates
will see that I am decently laid away and
that a notico of my death appears in the St.
Louis papers, is my last request. (Goodby
all). S. W. Welborn."
The deceased was 32 years old and a resi
dent of St. Louis.
AGAINST THEIR OWN TERMS.
The
Peculiar Dilemma Scranton
Iron
Workers Find Themselves.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Scranton, July 8. The employes or too
Green Bidgo Iron Works, or this city, of
which A. L. Spencer is owner, bove gone out
on a strike under very novel circumstances.
Tho men recently Joined tho Amalgamated
Association, and during a brief suspension
for repairs arranged a scale of prices in ac
cordance with those demandod by other As
sociation workers elsewhere through the
country.
When tho scalo Jwas presented to Mr.
Spencer he was astonished to see that it was
10 per cent lower than what ho had been
paying, and surprised his men by the eager
ness he manifested in agreeing to their
terms. The men were to havo gone to work
yesterday, but some one among them had in
the meanwhile discovered tho frightful
blunder they had made, and a committee
had been appointed to ask Mr. Spencer to
allow the old scalo of wages. Mr. Spencer
flatly refused to do so, and as the men havo
refused to return to work it has placed them
in the position of refusing to abidobyan
agreement which they themselves had
originated.
A DAY OF WRITING.
President Harrison Clears Away a Big Flla
of Correspondence.
SPECIAL TELEORAm'tO THE DISPATCH.
Cape May, N. J., July 8. President Harri
son has given up the entire day to his corre
spondence, which has been accumulating,
and by to-night has pre "y well caught up to
his regular work A ery heavy northeast
erly storm, which is increasing this evening,
has not given any or the occupants of the
Presidental cottage a chance to venture out
of doors.
If it is a good day to-morrow they may go
on another tailing e'xcurslon.
THROUGH THE ELEVATOR DOOR.
A Young Woman at Chautauqua Narrowly
Escapes a Probably Fatal Fall.
SPECIAL TELEOBAJT TO THE DISPATCH.
CHAUTAUqUA, July 8. A school teacher
named Miss Tllllo Schlvely, of South Charles
ton, O., walked through tbe elevator door of
the Hotel Athenaeum to-night and mado a
narrow escape from serious injury. As it
was she was considerably bruised.
Senator Quay Contributes SoO.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DtSrATCII.
Harrisburg, July 8. John W. Worman, of
this city, President of the McClelland Monu
mental Association, to-day received a cheek
for $50 from Senator Quay toward the fund
to be used to erect a monument to per-
Situate the memory of General George B.
cClellan.
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