BiMrrFB sw Tj-y- t'Tvr vPf;T ; ' -v Ui I B- AA MTQ Inserted In THE DIS VVMIN I O PATCH reach Every body. It Is the Best Advertising Medium for Employer andEm ployed, as It Circulates Everywhere. FORTE -SIXTH YEAil BLAINE'SALL RIGHT, His Intimate Mend and Political Adviser, Manley, of Augusta, Says So. WILL BE THE CANDIDATE, Colonel Dudley Declares, if Xot Sow Keadv, He Will Be When the Re publican Convention Meets. GORMAN TO LEAD TEE DEMOCRATS Because the South Will Kot Have a Northern 3Ian to Misrepresent Their Interests. CIIAIKJIAX KERR FOR CLEREOf HOUSE. l'cnEfvlvania Democrats in Congress Indorse the Pop ular lounjr Leader for the l'lace in the "ext Congress. I'EETTT LIVELY MJTICS I0U JIIDSTJM3IEB ISrEClAL TFLFGUAM TO THE DISFATCH.l Boston, July 2a Colonel "V. W. Dud ley, of Indiana, has given ltostonians some political pointers in an interview to-day. lie name Blaine and Gorman as the Presi ilental candidates, and makes a lot of other predictions that are mighty interesting to politician. "With regard to Senator Quay's proposed resignatioi as Chair man of the Republican National Committe, Colonel Dudley said: "I ha e seen no such letter, but I suppose that Mr. Quay will send in his resignation to the meeting of the committee to be held in AVahincton on the 29th. It is one thing, however, to resign and another to have the i cognation accepted. Mr. Quay has re signed before, and the committee refused to accept his resignation. In my opinion the committee will not accept it now. I am personally opposed to accepting his resignation, and the members of the committee with whom I have talked feel jut as I do about it This is no time to let Mr. Quay go. The members of the National Committee have the highest re gard for him. They esteem him as a worthy and able man. and there is no good reason why they should let him go at this time." "Will the Farmers Alliance movement cut any figure in the next Preidental cam paign?" "In my opinion it -will fall of its own weight. It is a sporadic movement, which had its origin in the dissatisfaction of the agricultural interests, growing out of crop failures. As soon as the causes which brought it into being are removed it will disappear. It is already fast losing ground. The last time I was in the "West it was plain to see that the Alliance was losing whatever foothold it had possessed. No, I don't think there is any likelihood of the Farm ers Alliance amounting to very much next year." Gorman and lllalne. "Whom will the Democrats nominate for President?" "Gorman," came the reply, sharp and quick. "If I were a betting man, I wouldn't be afraid to v agcr a pretty good sum on his nomination." "Why do you think he will be nomi nated." "Because he is satisfactory to the South. The delegates from that section are not going to support Northern men who aro opoosed to hat they suppose to be their best interests" "Then you think Cleveland is not in it?" "Well, he"! in it, but not for a winner." "Do you object to stating whom you think Republicans will nominate?" "Not in the least. They'll nominate James G. Blaine, if he's alive. There is not any doubt about that in my mind. In the eent of Blaine refusing to "be a candidate, the question 6imply becomes a doubtful one. 1 can say for President Harrison that his admini-tration has been a clean and honest one of public aPairs. If he failed in any re spect that failure must be attributed to a vaut of political tact in dealing with the people. During the past 60 years bnt tnol'residents hac been re-elect ed.namely, Lincoln and Grant. Outside those two in cumbents have been renominated at the ex pense of unitv in the part v." "What issue or issues can the Bepub licans make their best fight on in the com ing election?" On broad patriotic issues', tariff and reci procity." Elaine Is Still the Faiorito. A dispatch from Detroit says: The Tribune publishes the following: "Captain William A. Gavett, of this city, yesterday received an importaut letter from J. II. Manley, of Augusta, Me., in response to a letter written by him on the 18th inst. The subjects of" inquiry on the part of Mr. Gavett were the health of Secretary James G. Blaine and his attitude affecting the earnest desire of the multitude of his admirers in the Repub lican party that he become its standard bearer in 1892. The reports are especially Hgmficant when it is remembered that Mr. Manley has for years been a warm personal friend and the political confidant and ad viser of the distinguished Secretary of State. In effect Mr. Manley asserts that Mr. Blaine's health is almost fully re pained, and that he will return to Washing ton in the fall with all his vigor and strength of both mind and body. He lurther states that Mr. Blaine cannot be come a candidate for the Republican nom ination, but that, in his opinion, if the Re publican party wants him for standard bearer in 1892, all it has to do is to nom inate him and lie will accept." BLAINE UPON HIMSELF. He Says the Bright's Disease Story Is a Ilatulent Fake. fSrlCIAl, TtLECKAMTOTIIE msrATcn.j Bar Harbor, July 23. Mr. Blaine is receiving fewer Tisitors than ever, and epends several hours each day tranicting State Department business with Private Secretary Dent. A correspondent, however, ha obtained a very positive statement from Mr. Blaine himself, as to the recent story published in certain papers and refuted in The DisPATCn, which aimed to prove that the Secretary of State was a victim of Bright's disease. Mr. Blaine said: "It is a flatulent fake. The trouble I have now dates away back of the time set by the correspondent who has so faithfully transcribed this story from the 'Cjclopedia of Medicine.' I firt felt my present dis order when I was Speaker of the House, awav back in the seventies. These all night and all day sessions of filibustering broke up my nervous system so that I have.? never 'been able to do the work that I once considered mere play. In 1876 I had another attack, to my mind the most serious of any I have ever passed through. Since then, whenever I have overworked, or have been kept from my regular routine of sleep and food, I have had to pay the penaltyas I am paying it now. A man who has withstood a fatal malady since 1874, as it seems I have, should be able to hold out until 1900, as I propose to do." KERR AGAIN INDORSED. KETSTONE CONGRESSMEN RESOLVE TO SUPPORT HIM FOB. CLERK. aialnh Gets a Complete Turning Down In His Ambitions Efforts to Overreach the State Chairman Quietly Told to Get Off the Clerkship Track. rsrsciAi. telegram to the dispatch. Philadelphia, July 23. A confer ence of the Democratic members of tho Fifty-second Congress from this State was held at Doonert Hotel this afternoon. The object of the meeting was io settle defi nitely upon a candidate for- the clerkship of the next National House of Representa tives and to discuss informally the political situation of the State and the chances of the Democratic party in the coming con tests. The members present were: "Will iam Mutchler, of Easton: J. B. Reilly, of 1'ottsville; Edwin Hallowell, of Willow Grove; D. B. Bruner, of Reading; G. F. Krcbs, of Clarion; E. E. Beltzhoover, of Carlisle, and William McAleer, of Phila delphia. State Chairman Kerr was in the hotel but did not attend the conference. The gentlemen immediately after getting together took up the question of the clerk ship of the next House. State Chairman Kerr has all alongbeen the choice of the lead ing Democrats of the State for the position. while ex-Congressman LeviB. Maishhas recently conceived the idea that he ought to hae that position, and has with rare con sistency boomed Chairman Kerr for every office within the gift of the people of Penn sylvania, in order, it is said, to have the influential State Chairman out of his way in his battle for the clerkship. At the conference Mr. Maish stated to the gentlemen present that he would like very much to be the candidate for the clerk ship. He said he believed he could win the fight, and hoped that the gentlemen would see their way clear to support his candi dacv. This the gentlemen franklv stated they did not see. If it came to Pennsyl vania, as they thought it should, the State Chairman was entitled to the office. This opinion was the only one expressed. Mr. Marsh did not think that he should withdraw from the field and said so. He also said that he believed he could win the fight, even without the aid of the Pennsyl vania delegation, but he added that lie did not propose to make any fight against the State Chairman, and would in no way inter fere with the latter's election. He further stated that if at the caucus next December he found that Mr. Kerr's strength was greater than his own he would turn in and do everything in his power to secure the prize for the State Chairman. The partici pants in the conference finally decided that Mr. Kerr was entitled to the office, and agreed to give him their undivided sup port. SAPPING WABBEN HABD. A Significant Caricature on the Bird Book Man Stirs Up His Friends. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Scbantok, July 23. There was a sensa tion in political circles here to-day over a caustic attack which. Congressman Scran ton's paper made upon the candidacy of Major Eeett Warren for the position of President of the State League of Republican clubs. In its news columns the Republican printed a caricature, displaying Major Warren upon a hobby horse, vainly grasp ing for a laurel wreath, with the significant label of the League presidency. The fiepuMican thinks that this citvshould assume a position of neutility as Detween Senator Robinson and Congressman Dal zell. The caricature was the general subject of conversation in the citv. The friends of f Major Warren are very indignant, and threaten all sorts ot vengeance upon Con gressman Scranton. CLEVELAND TO TAKE THE STUMP. Tho Ohio Democratic Committee Invites nim, and no May Accept. Coltjmbtjs, July 23. The Democratic State Executive Committee has extended a formal invitation to ex-President Cleveland to deliver not lees than six speeches in be half of Governor Campbell during the com ing campaign. The assurance was given that the ex-Presidemt would accept snch an invitation. Governor Hill, General Palmer, Governors Peck and Boies, with Senators Voorhees, Vance, Vilas and other repre sentative Democrats, will be asked to aid in the campaign. James E. Neal, who led Governor Camp bell to victory two years ago, was selected as chairman of the committee. The State campaign will open about the first of Sep tember. DAUPHIN COUNTY FAEMEBS. They Declare Against Judge Simonton and for the Ocala Platform. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCII.3 Harrisbueg, July 23. Tho Dauphin County Farmers' Alliance met here to-day, making quite a presentable showing. They adopted a set of resolutions, indorsing the Ocala platform; demanding recognition in State affairs for the agricultural and in dustrial classes; favoring free textbooks, and the rigid enforcement of laws govern ing the liquor traffic. The resolution also objected to Judge Simonton's indorsement for re-election by the bar, and asserted that a judge should be elected who would not only observe some of the laws, but all of the statutes, and who would deal out justice impartially; and de manding for the farmers and workmen a share of the county offices that are to be filled this fall. TWO SKELETON GIANTS. "Tho Bones of a Prehistoric Pair Plowed Vp on a rarm Near Chantanqna. (SPECIAL TELIGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.; Chautauqua, July 23. In grading for an electric railroad to connect Lakewood with Jamestown to-day, laborers plowed np near Lakewood the bones of a man and woman of remarkable size. Local historians claim that they arc the remains of a prehis toric race Whatever the facts may be, the aflair has caused much excitement in this section, and everybody has a theory for the fckeletou giants. One "newspaper man here brought home the femur and skull of the man in a flour sack, and has them on exhi bition at Chautauqua to-night. The current belief is that they were white settlers, who fell in the French and Indian wars. A Aery curious and suggestive thing about the find was that the lower jaw of the man was intact, while that of the woman was entirely gone, showing that womankind were much the same in prehistorio times as now. THE LAST JUBY BBLBING CASE. It Is Disposed or In ew Orleans by a Ver dict or Acquittal. New Orleans, July 23. The last of the jury bribery case was called before Judge fl Baker this morning, that of Emile Bagnetto, accused of attempting to bribe Tales Jnror Dave Bonhage. After an hour's delibera tion, the jury Teturned a verdict of not 'guilty. A. BIO BAILBOAD DEAL, By Which the Baltimore and Ohio Will Be Greatly Benefited. tSr-ECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE DI6PATCH.1 New York, July 23. The report was re ceived to-day that there are negotiations between the Ohio and Mississippi and the Baltimore and Ohio officials for the lease of the former railroad to the latter company. It is a plausible enough story, since the Ohio and Missis sippi is a natural extension of the B. & O. and the only ontlet of the latter to St. Louis. The B. & O. Southwestern has sev eral times meditated leasing or buying the Ohio and Mississippi, and at one time it is believed to have had an option on it. The Ohio and Mississippi is one of the most direct lines between Cincinnati and St. Louis, being 341 miles long. The Spring field and Louisville divisions give it a total length of over COO miles. The company has always pursued a sturdy independence, so far as the associations are concerned, and it has figured a good deal in rate manipula tions. If the Baltimore and Ohio.leased it, it w ould largely result in clearing up the traffic question. TAKING CARE OF THE HEBREWS. The Alllanco of America Formulates a Flan of Organized Aid. Philadelphia, July 23. An appeal and plan of action with regard to Russian Hebrew immigration was to-day issued by the Hebrew Alliance of America. "United efforts by Hebrews in all quarters of the Union," it says, "will be potent in doing what is required. Let every member of the community give a little time and effort to guide them where they can settle and make a living. It is now proposed that the establishment of small Hebrew communi ties be furthered by the Alliance through the medium of its branch organizations." The appeal then outlines the plan of operations, which provides that the entire country shall be divided into districts; each to be diredtly controlled by the branch or ganization in the principal city of the dis trict. The board of officers of each of the branches shall appoint a number of their members, whose duty it shall be to find lo cations where one or more families may bo settled. MANY EXCUESIONISTS DUCKED. In a Collision in tho Hudson River a Bare Goes to the Bottom. Albany, July 23. An excursion of Knights of Pythias from Greenbush was run down by the steamer Drew, of the People's Line, about eight miles below this city. The bow of the steamer cut through the sides of the barge Merchant, which was crowded with women and children, and be fore anyone could realize what had occurred the barge went to the bottom. Fortunately the water was very shallow, so when the keel touched bottom the lower deck was still above water. The steamer which had run aground remained with her bow fast in tho wreck, and so kept it from careening. Had the barge rolled over the loss must have been something frightful. Tugboats hastened to the scene and began to take off the fright ened passengers, while many more were helped on board the Drew. The excursion ists reached this city at 2 o'clock this morning. No one was drowned. MIMIC NAVAL WAR. Tho "White Sqifcadron and Its Evolutions In New York Waters. New YORK, July 23 The evolutVei of the White Squadron, now anchored in Now York water, or, more strictly speaking, its manipulation of warlike appliances and naval drill, were viewed bv interested thousands this afternoon and evening. At 6:40 the flag ship sent up the signal to arm. and equip. A cutter brought the boats of tho Minne. sota, manned by naval militia and equipped, and these with the others divided into columns and went through a series of evolu tions and manipulations. Later, as the night settled down over the river and surroundings, an exhibition of the utility and power of the searchlight, was given: This was a beautiful spectacle, which demonstrated how futile would be the efforts of an enemy to steal upon the- squaaron to its nun unaer cover ot night. BOUND TOR LIVERPOOL. Almy, the Hanover Murderer, Said to Be on Ills Way Across the Ocean. 'SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO TnE DISPATCII.1 Hanover, July 23. There is every prob ability that Christio Warden's murderer is crossing the ocean on the cattle steamer Mongolian, which sailed from Montreal on Wednesday morning en route for Liverpool. Unless something definite concerning his whereabouts elsewhere is learned the police w ill cease looking for him until they hear from the Liverpool police relative to the suspect who boarded the steamer at the last minute. PSEUDO MARSHALS GIVE BAIL. One or Them Connected With the Cruiser Charleston Tragedy Missing;. San Diego, July 23. To-day at a pre liminary examination of the pseudo deputy marshals charged with assault on sailors of the United States steamship Charleston bail was fixed for Breedlove at 512,000, Wilson at JG.OOO and for two others at small amount. Webb & Gillespie, whose connection with the tragedy was snown by evidence, cannot be found. "The District Attorney stated he would request Governor Markham to offer a reward for Webb. ELOPED WITH A CONSTABLE. A New Jersey Heiress Creates a Sensation, in Society Circles. Elizabeth, N. J., July 23. A sensa tional elopement was disclosed here-to-day, it being learned that William W. Bray, a. constable, had eloped with Miss Bena, Eckel, an heiress. Miss Eckel was the adopted daughter of the late P. S. Haines a prominent member of the Masonic order. Mr. Haines, whose death occurred a year ago, willed his wealth to Miss Eckel. The eloping couple was married in Trenton this afternoon. WOBLD'S FALB APPOINTMENTS. Senator Carlisle's Son Assistant Solicitor General of the Exposition. CniCAGO, July 23. Herbert B. Adams, of Johns Hopkins "University, Baltimore, was to-day nominated by Director General Davis as chief of the World's Fair depart ment of liberal arts. The Directors unani mously confirmed the appointment. W. K. Carlisle, of Wichita, Kan., son of "United States Senator Carlisle, was elected Assistant Solicitor General of the Exposi tion. STBUCK WITHOUT PBEPABATION. Skilled Laborers at Yicksburg Compelled to Surrender at Discretion. VlCKSBURO, July 23. The .strike of skilled laborers is evidently about over, al though not yet formally declared off. The strike was maintained for eight weeks on slender resources, and the men now find themselves compelled to resume work on such terms as the bosses may dictate. 1 J pBpittQ; PITTSBUEGv ERTDAT, JULY 24, 1891. WEI CHEW THEM HP. Excited Miners Threaten-to Demolish State Soldiers Kext Time. THE GOVERNOR JIAIESNO PROMISE To the Committee of Seventeen Appointed to Call Upon Him. HE DECLARES THE LAW MUST BE OBETED 'SPECIAL TELEGBAK TO THD-DISPATCH.l Knoxville, July 23. At 10 o'clock to night there stood in the office of the Palace Hotel a-group of 17 gaunt, roughly dressed miners. Their faces were gloomier than usual. They whispered among themselves in a deliberate, hesitating way. At8 o'clock they had gone up to the room of Governor Buchanan with a demand from the miners that the State Government, treating them as independent of law, should not make humiliating terms with them. They had expected that the Governor, hard pressed by conditions such as might puizle any Governor, would accede to their demands. After talking to him for two hours he sent them away with no other condition than that they obey the law as good citizens and await the actios of the Legislation. He would not treat with them. He would not even discuss the matter. The law, just or unjust, must be obeyed, and he as Governor would see that it was obeyed. This means that if the miners are in the same spirit as they were few days ago there will be war within few days, and corpses will lie in the deep shadows of the mount ain forests. The earlier events of the day promised a different ending. The committee of five minors spent last night in Knox ville. No word of the proposed treaty between the five miners and the State had been sent to Coal Creek. The Chairman of the committee simply telegraphed that the proposition w ould be made at a mass meet ing at 11 o'clock this morning. The Committee Returns to Coal Creek. Early this morning the committee, ac companied by General Williams, a Demo- i a . i e r ai- .il... craiic stump speaker ui buuie inuie, iuuii me train for home. It was a way train, stop ping at each of the little settlements set along the valley between the great mount ain ranges. At each stop the train was boarded by crowds anxious to hearthenews. But the committee refused to say anything. As the train progressed deeper into the wilderness parties of rough looking miners boarded it. At Clinton nearly half the town stayed with the train. Finally Coal Creek was reached. About 1.500 miners were packed around the sta- . ml 1 fJ .11.- s.i r lion. xney cneereu me uuuiimiiet; irc quently. The meeting place had been fixed at a grove well up the gorge toward Brice ville, and the journey for it was at once taken up. It was a hot ami toilsome march. The grove was in the widening of the space between the base of the mountain and the creek. It is the largest bit of level ground in the neighborhood of Briceville, yet it is so small that the 2,000 miners and the 500 more waiting at the grove were packed in a mass. Some drygoods boxes and planks had been brought up from Coal Creek and were made into small platforms, upon which the committee and Gen. Williams mounted. How-the BeportWas Received. There would be hard to find a wilder, more 'picturesque scene than this assemblage of rough, serious faced men, in their slouched" hats and rude garments, pressing about the sing platform, with trees above the creek on one side, and the mysterions looking mountami all about. JLhose wno have visited this region, in, the last few days, have seen weapons in every hand. Each man has had at least a gun, and many have been literally armed to the 'teeth. But to day not a weapon was to be seen. Tho miners, to show that they were acting in good faith, had come unarmed. No sooner had the committee got upon the platform than one bier, rough fellow near at hand called out "what we want to know is, willj the convicts come bacfe. The head committeeman himself said,. ""ThevwilL" A murmur arose in, the .crowd. Then a few curses came. Then with a kind of roar the 1,500 said, "No, no; byGodl" They looked threateningly toward the platform with their mouths open and their fists waving as they said this again and again. Then there was a lull, and one old man shouted out, "Boys, they've sold us out. Can't we find nobody who can go among these people without being won?" The crowd yelled again. The head com mitteeman finally got voice, and said: "Hear us, that ain't all." The orowd quieted. Each committeeman spoke in turn, and told the story of the conference with the Governor. The convicts were to, jeturn and not be molested. The Governor was to call a special session of the Legisla ture and recommend the repeal of the con vict lease law. Xho miners were to await the outcome patiently. Anger Finally Subsided. The crowd heard patientlybut angrily. There were wrathful shouts. "We won't have no convicts," they, yelled. Then General Williams spoke I "lam with you," he said. "The convicts must keep away. But the State must carry out the law. You have stood convicts for years. Will shedding blood put bread into your mouths? Give the State, a chance. Let the convicts come for 60 or 90 days. Let the Legislature have a chance to repeal the lawt" When he had finished,. the cause.was won. The miners agreed to let the convicts re turn and a few speeches for violence, from frantic, half crazed men had no effect. These conditions were drawn up lor a committee of 17 to take back to Knoxville, to be sub mitted to the Governor. First, that things be . restored to their former condition by letting the convicts re turn in peace to the mines; second, that the militia be ordered home to Knoxville; third, that the armistice be maintained for GO days; fourth, that the Governor call an extra ses sion of the Legislature and recommend the repeal of the convict lease system; fifth, on repeal of the lease system the convicts bhall be removed from Coal Creek, Briceville and Oliver Springs. The miners instructed the committee to tell the Governor that if the6e conditions were rejected there would be war, and any force sent into the mountains would be wiped from the face of the earth. "Tell him we pocketed his militia once; we will chew them up the next time," they said. When this business was dispatched the meeting dispersed, and the committee of 17 returned to Knoxville with the condi tions of peace. A Convict Killed by the Guard. . At 2 o'clock this morning Anderson Har ris, one of the Knoxville Iron Company's convicts, was killed by one of the guards, J. A. Duncan. Harris stealthily approached George Torbett, another of the guards, ana commenced to choke him. Another negro followed. Harris was ordered by Duncan to desist, but failed to heed the warning, when Duncan fired. The ball took effect under the left shoulder blade, and the convict died ten minutes later. Great excitement prevailed in the convict headquarters. Evidently it had been agreed among the convicts to make a break for liberty. When Harris was shot the second i prisoner turned and fled to his comrades. Resolutions of Sympathy. Atlanta, July 23. The Atlanta Feder ation of Trades to-night passed resolutions of sympathy with the striking miners. of Tennessee; also condemning the convict system. POSSIBLE FEDEBAL AID. Army -Officers Doubt That the President Can Legally Respond. "Washington', July 23. In view of the possibility of a demand being made by Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee, upon the President for troops, officers of the War Department have been looking into the legal aspect of the case. The result, while not conclusive, is sufficient to cast grave doubt upon the successful issue ot such a demand by the Governor. Section 4 of the fourth article of the Con stitution provides that the President may render necessary assistance with troops upon the application of the Legislature of a State or of the Executive when the Legisla ture cannot "be convened. This is under stood not to be the case at present in Ten- nessee. Section fi.299. Revised Statutes, makes it the dutv of the President to take such measures by the employment of the militia or the land and naval forces of the United States or of either, or by other means, as he may deem necessary for the suppression of do mestic violence, obstructing the laws of the United States or of tho State when tending to deprive the people of the Sfate'of the privileges guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. It is not clear in this case that the constitutional prerogative is attacked, and this particular law was' passed in 1871 to meet an alleged indisposi tion of the Southern State Executives to protect -individual voters. THE CLAFLINS IN LUCK. TnEV MAT SECURE A PART OF THE EDWARDS PEOPEKTX. A Brother of Victoria Woodhnll Sum moned to London by Herbert Glad stone, His Solicitor A Good Chance for the English Part or the Estate. Chicago, July 23. Dr. Claflin, of this city, has been summoned to London by his solicitor, Herbert Gladstone. Dr. Claflin. is a brother of Yictoria WoodhuU and Ten nie C. Claflin. Dr. Claflin's wife, Mary Claflin, is one of the many heirs to the Edwards estate, which includes about 63 acres in the heart of New York City valued at 5200,000,000. The New York land has been held on a 09 year lease, and the lease expiring this year, the heirs are preparing to possess themselves of the property. Eor some time Herbert Gladstone, who represents tho Claflin family's in terests in England, and T. M. Charlton, Dr. Claflin's local solicitor, have been quietly managing details. Dr. Claflin ex pects to receive the creater Dart of the estate. Under the English law the heirs to . an estate must "yrove up their claims within a specified time, ilany of the Ed wards heirs have failed to comply with the requirement, and their shares, Dr. Claflin's solicitors think, will go to the Chicago man. In order to secure still more the husbands of the sisters have, with Dr. Claflin, brought up the claims of many of the minor heirs, so that it is probable that the Claflin family will secure considerably more than half of the enormous estate. -sSJr' A BABY IN THE-GBD?. TTo Wonder the Conductor Who Found-It Said: Good Heavens! rSPSCIAI. TXXEQBAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, July 23. At an early hour this morning a well-dressed young man, carrying a small imitation yellow alli gator crip, boarded cable car No. 11 of the Columbia avenue branch of the traction railroad. While no particular attention was paid to hiw-general movements, there. being several 'other passengers in the car, the conductor, Elmer Summers, could not help noticing the suppressed excitement the i-youngman was evidently laboring under. At some point along the route he quietly got off the car, while two other passengers were alighting. When the car had reached Market street ferry, it was discovered that the man had left his gripsack on the seat in one corner. Summers picked it up and found it to be extremely heavy for so small a thing, but allowed it to remain where it had been found until the other end of the route was reached. Here an examination was made, and, as it was found to be unlocked, it did not take long to discover its contents. "Good heavens," exclaimed the young conductor, turning very pale as he brought to view the body of a small baby, destitute of clothing other than a small piece of mus lin. A closer examination revealed the fact that it was a well-formed, though small, male child who, in spite of its previous air tight quarters, was likely to live. Several picnickers, who were on their way to enjoy a day in the park, donated some spare things that would answer the purpose of clothing until the babe could be more properly cared for. MULCTED THE SCHOOLMA'AMS. Directors Compel Teachers to Pay Bribes to Hold Their Positions. Poxtsville, July 23. Tho six school directors of East Norwegian township, Ed ward N. Sterner, John Tobin, Michael B. Dormer, Thomas Cullen, Patrick Downing and Michael Battersby, were arrested to day on the charge of stealing the funds of the district It is alleged-that they issued fraudulent orders to the amount of 5400 or 5000, and, appropnaieu tue casu; mat iney ail leviea on the teachers, making them pay from 55 to ?15 for their appointments, besides a monthly portion of their salaries, and that in tho case of Lizzie Higgins, one of the teachers, the mother of the girl was made to pay by one of the directors to keep her daughter in her position. The directors gave $300 bail each. ELLIOTT AWAITING HIS FATE. 'The Case in the Hands of tho Jury, Who, Are-Believed to Have Agreed. rSPKCIAL TKLEOUAM TO THE DISPATCH. Columbus, July 23; The jury in 'the Elliott case retired at noon to-day. Judge Pugh only occupied 1 hours delivering. his charge. Crowds of people besieged the Court House all day, and sensational rumors were afloat. At 9 o'clock to-nicht the jury announced they would go to bed ana tne courtroom ana iiaiw were ciearca. There is a great deal of speculation as to what the jury has done. Many believe they have already come to a conclusion and will report early to-morrow morning. "If this is the case, "said an attorney to-night, "the chances are that the verdiot will be in accordance with the indictment." The in terest manifested in the result of the trial is intense and a feeling of suppressed excite-- mem prevails in the city. A VICTIM SELECTED. Tho New Tork News Wilt Be Prosecuted Tor Printing tho Sing Sing Story. TSrECIAL TEI.EQBAM TO THE DISFATCII. New York, July 23. District Attorney Nicoll has seleoted the Daily Nan, an even ing newspaper of this city, to be prosecuted for printing something more about the re cent judicial killings at Sing Sing than the fact that they had been accomplished. C. O. C. Hennessy was indicted to-day and Rave foOO bail. The case will probably go to a jury, but J win ue arguea on uemurrer. tne mcis oemg conceded. KILLED BY CHINESE. Catholic Churches Destroxed (tad Two. Englishmen Murdered "BY A BRUTAL H0KG0LIAN MOB. Tie Mission Fields of China Being Xa'id ITaste bytueFiend8.'v BAD ROAST FOE COMMANDER HAEYTIIOX. rSPZCIAI. TELySRAJI TO THE DISPATCII.1 New York, July 23. In the mail which arrived to-day from China at the Presby terian Board of Foreign Missions were two letters from the China mission field. The first is from tho Eev. D. N. Lyon, of the Soochow mission. Mr. Lyon's letter is datec' at Soochow, June 17, 1891, and says: "During the past six weeks serious riots have occurred, attended with burning and destruction of property, and in one case with the brutal massacre of two British subjects, a revenue collector and a mission ary. The alleged cause of tho first outbreak was the charge of witchcraft brought against two Catholic native women at Wu Hu, on .the Yiang Tse, above Nanking. The mob, incited by rumors of enticing children for e vilpurposes, attacked and utterly destroyed the Catholic mission property at Wu Hu. The Catholic Mission Destroyed. "This seemed to be the signal for a gen eral movement against the Catholics throughout the district bordering on the Yiang Tse river. Biots followed at Yiang Chow, Nanking, Tan Yiang Wuseib and other points. The only one in which for eign lives were lost was at Wu Hu, on the riveraboveKinkiang, where two Englishmen were ovemowered and their heads crushed with large stones. Their wives and chil dren, after a night of terror, were rescued by a passing steamboat and the bodies of the dead recovered next day." Mr. Ly.cn then.tells of an attack on his own mission, in which some bricks were thrown, but nobody hurt. The other letter is from one of tho physicians of the Presbyterian foreign mission board stationed at Peking. The doctor says: "The whole trouble seems to be caused by widespread dissatis faction with the present Government. Floods and famines, with official oppres sion, cannot but make these poor people eager for any change. lam not a pessimist by nature, but so far as China is concerned, I cannot but feel that troublesome times are ahead for the present dynasty." Pnt Him Down as a Pool. The attention of Dr. Henry L Morehouse, .of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, was called to Lieutenant Com mander Marthon's adverse vie ws on the use fulness of sending missionaries to China. "Put that man down as a fool of the first water he said, "and sayTsaid so. Why, he don't know what he's talking about. We have Chinese churches in San Francisco and in Portland, in which there are just as good Christians as there are anywhere. In the diferent Chinese missions we have 1,673 members and some of them are ordained ministers." Dr. A. B. Leonard, one of the Secretaries of the Methodist Foreign Mission Board, read the dispatch and said: "If he has never seen a Christian Chinaman it is simply because he has never looked for them, and has not cared to associate- with that sort of company." Dr. Arthur Mitchell, one of the Secre taries of the Board of Foreign Missions of the jfresDytenan tjhurch, has been oyer all the Chinese mission fields.: Whechc read the dispatch he smiled and said: "That's the same old chestnut. We're used to that sort of thing, and the came is not worth the chase ifor us to go after it to run it down. If Mr. Marthon has never seen a Christian China man it's because ho never hunted for them. There are 5,000 of them in Canton alone. In our four Chinese missions we have C3 chnrches and 4,720 communicants. There are 27 ordained native msnisters." Murder of a Missionary. A dispatch from San Francisco says:. Lieutenant Commander Marthon, of the United States steamship Palos, writinsr to his wife in this city from Kingkiang, China, on June 8, says that the Palos reached there on June 6. Learning that a riot had taken place at Wusich the night before, he Sroceeded up the river to that .place, where e received information from the Chinese customs clerk of the killing of two men by rioters. Marthon visited Sione, accom panied by guides from Chinese gunboats, and found tho body of Missionary Argent lying where he fell in tho gateway at tho door of the church, which had been pillaeed bv rioters. The bodv of Customs Officer Green was found lying in, tne street several squares distant, it had been covered by mats. The cause of the riot, he says, was the fact that Missionary Argent had picked up four little ophans in the country and was conveying them to Hankow in baskets, borne on the shoulders of cool ies. A street lounger asked one of the coolies what was in the basket. The bearer refusing to an swer, the curious man raised the lid, dis closing the children. The crowd which had gathered raised a cry that the mis sionary was taking the children away to dig their eyes ont? and forthwith at tacked the church, killing Argent and plundering the place. Customs Officer Green was met by the mob and killed while on his. way to assist the wives of the missionaries. On the return of the Palo's from Wusich to Kingkiang word was received of an attempted riot in that city. Men were landed from the Palos, from the French frigate Inconstant and a German ship to protect the settlement. THE BB00ELYN ENDED. An Old Warship Dismantled and Hnrned at Boston. B03TOS-, July 23. Nutt Island, off Hough's Neck, was the scene, of an inter esting spectacle to-day. The old warship Brooklyn was sent on fire, and, while the flames ato awav the old vessel, the imagin ative spectator saw a romance of American 'history finished before him. She was built in 1858, at the shipyards of 1 Wester velt & Co., of New York, and was a sister ship of the old Hartford, Pensacola, Bichmond, and Lancaster. When the civil war broke out she was one of the few Government vessels fit for active service. The Brooklyn took part in the block ade of New Orlaans and she was the next ship to Farragut's flagship, the Hart ford, in the memorable asoent of the Mis sissippi and the capture of New Orleans. On tins expedition she came in violent col lision witli the Kinea, and after olearing herself she received a heavy fire from Fort St. Philip. At Fort Fisher the Brooklyn did effective service. She afterward as sisted in an attempt to capture the Ala bama. When last in commission she was with tho Asiatic squadron. On her return trip from China she broke her main shaft and had to make the passage to New York by sail, taking 146 days lor the trip. From New York she went to Portsmouth, Va., where, in the latter part of 1889, she was condemned bv the United States Commis- .sioners as unfit for sea service. She was bought by Thomas Butler & Co., of this city, and brought to Boston. A lively Kansas Blow. Samna, Kan, July 23. A gmall torna do last evening visited Salina. The storm lasted but a short time, but did much dam age to telegraph and telephone wires. A number of small houses were unroofed. : ' ENGLAND WILL EXHJbV-' .-) unr TcrtTTmr - -r a ti - n u.Mjxmj-iM. r - --" ii , vy. C03IMIS3IONEB3 SO. VS. A The PrmntAv FthiwumI lfoara That Time Is Too Short A Royal Comxnil don to Be at Once Appointed The, Envoys TVell Received. TxrjfDOs-, July 23. United Stat& Mon aster Lincoln, at tbe Forejgn Office 'to-day, introduced tho Foreign Commissioners of the Columbian Fair, ex-Congressman But terworth. ,F. W". Peck, Major Moses F. Handy and A. F. Bullock, to iord Salis bury. The British Premv expressed pleasure at nfeetf ng the Com? ssioners, and inquired into tho -irospects for the .comple tion of and -''irations for the Chicago fair. Lord Salisbury added that, from reports circulated, he ha-l been led to doubt that everything would be ready at the time ap p ", d for the opening. The Premier said t re was aware that much trouble at-tei.Jf-i such a great under'g, and was interested in hearing the- ition of the preliminary work, which -i ,p rnished by the American Commission! v !-, Lord Salisbury, in conclu iaid that the Queen had assented to t - "ci ointment of a Boyal Commission for t' oose of supervising the British exhib. ng that the names of the British O, vi''ioners -would soon be gazetted. : " Ex-Congressman Butterworth "half of the United States CommisA -ji re turned thanks for the prompt act, &e British Government in accepting myi tation of the United States. MrX-A , worth also expressed the gratificatioV.nch the United States Commissioners felfat the fact that the choice for a Eoyal Commis sion had fallen npon such a notable body of gentlemen as those who composed the Council of the Society of Arts. Aftftr Enmp fnrilipr Tnfnrmnl inrinw tion, Lord Salisbury invited the United. states commissioners to attend a enrden party at Hatfield House, where Lord Salis bury recently entertained the Emperor of Germany, on Saturday next. Sir George Chubb, Director of the Naval Exhibition, entertained the United States Commission ers at dinner to-day at the Naval Exhibi-tj lion. THE POPE FOB -THE BEPUBLIC. In Spite of Monarchist Threats tho Vatican Will Adhere to Prance. EosrE, July 23. In connection with the reception accorded Monday to Mgrf J?er rata, the new Papal Nuncio at Paris, by President Carnot, and in view of the. Nuncio's announcement that he hoped to draw closer the ties existing between the Vatican and France, the following facts may be interesting: Mgr. Ferrata pre viously, in leaving Home in order to as sume his duties, had a long conference with the Pope, Cardinal Bampolla and Cardinals Botelli, the ex-Nuncio at Pans. Mirr. Ferrata, it is understood, must have mapped out with the Pope a fixed line of conduct for the application in France of the Bepublican policy of Cardinal Lavigerie. The Vatican is absolutely decided, in spite of the threats and persuasions of the monarchists; 4o continue the policy of ad hesion to the Republic, in order to restore France to religious and political pacifica tion. All the authorities of the Holv See are of one mind upon this point, and the re newal of the Triple Alliance will only give strength to this evolution, which will mark a new departure in the international eccle-. siastical policyof the Holy See. PTJHISAED FOB SELLING PLANS. The-Design of Husslan Fortifications In tho; Hands of a Foreign Power. St. Petersburg, July 23. It was ..re ported in April that a naval captain named Schmidt had been condemned and executed in secret for selling the plans of the de fenses of Cronstadt. It is now officially an nounced that Captain Schmidt has just been, sentenced to banishment to Siberia. This leniency,;it is explained, is due to the fact that the Government had obtained proof that Captain Schmidt had fallen into tne nanus oi usurers, who induced him to sell the plans to a Hebrew. This Hebrew, it is alleged, acted in a very treacherous manner with the unfortunate captain, as he retained the bribe given by the foreign power,.which eventnally obtained posses sion of the plans, and then betrayed Schmidt form -reward to the Russian Gov ernment. PABNELL'S LEAGUE CONVENTION. It Adopts a Platform Favorins Manhood Suffrage, Zand Beforms, Etc. Dttbuh-, July 23. The League Conven tion opened here to'day with a large attend-4 nnop. TU Pnmoll th -M'n ffi,l ance. Mr. JFarnell, the presiding officer. was warmly cheered. Eeferring to Mr. Balfour's promise of a local Government bill for Ireland, Mr. Parnell said that he would join with Timothy Healy in. making it as comprehensive as possible. The convention adopted a proeramme 'which included manhood suffrage, land law reiorm, and the reinstatement ot evicted tenants. During the course of the debate Mr. Parnell charged the Healvites with anxiety to take ofhee, and urged the Irish members of Parliament to take the most strict nledees not to accent offico until Trn- ,land had the most complete powers over her uwu uesumes. JACK THE BD?PEB IN FBANCE. Two Mnrderg in Marseilles, the Supposed Culprit Giving an Italian Name. Paris, July 23. Two- murders, similar "imcharacter to those ascribed to Jack the Bipper, have been committed in Marseilles within a week. A man giving an Italian name twice took rooms accompanied by a woman, and in each case the woman was afterward found murdered, having been strangled and then mutilated. A letter sent to the police stated that these crimes were the beginning of a series. PB0F. KOCH DISAPPOINTED. Ho Bcsigns All Political Offices, hut Re ceives an Honorary Place. Berlin, July 23. Prof. Koch has re signed all the public offices held by him. This step is associated with suppobed dis appointment over the unsatisfactory results of his discovery of "tuberculin." The Academy will bestow an honorary office upon him, permitting him to lecture when ever he chooses. French Demands of Chicago. Paris, July 23 It is understood-that M. Boche, Minister of Commerce, Indus tries and Colonies, in his speech upon re ceiving the members of. the AVbrld's Fair Commission to-morrow will urge a definite settlement as to tbe insurance and transpor tation of exhibits. The Kaiser Can't Catch Whales. CliRibTlANiA, July 23. The Emperor of Germany has been out wliale hunting, but he did not meet with success. On his arrival to-day at Hammerfest, the northern most town of Norway, the Emperor pro ceeded to the island ot Skoro. . Portngal Insists on Neutrality. Lisbon. July 2a The Portuguese author ities are watching for the arrival of the Chilean cruiser Errazuriz. They, will not allow her to recruit Portuguese sailors. D P A I Estate Sellers Get their ni-At Best Buyers through THE DISPATCH. Investors Everywhere read it. Bargain Hunters rely on it for offerings. The hest Medium. THEEE OENTE BITER HIPEOYEMENT.. tolonel ITerriirs Report on the Work Already Accomplished 0HIQ AND TEIBDTAKIES. 'aferlireatly Retarded the Present Tear's Developments. KEQUISITES AT DATIS ISLAND DA3I CFROM A BTXTT COBEESrOSDIST. Washington, July 23. Lieutenant Colonel W. E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., has summitted t- Pe Chief of Engineers of tho Army hi I reirt of the improvements unde" rgi in the Ohio river and is tril ' jr ioughout the year the Ohio riv. as unusually high and all el 33es of nw work were greatly hinderci by the unusual volume of water. The dam at Davis Island was thoroughly repaired. The wash arourd the west end of the dam was successfully stopped by crib work and the other end was strengthened. After the subsidence of the spring floods it was noticed that the stone filling had washed out of two of the compartments on the lower slope of the dike at the trap, 11 miles below Pittsburg, and small damage had been done at two other places. Bepairs were made as soon as possible. The dyke at the foot of Meredith Island is in good condition, but owing to the in creased height ghen to the dam at the head of the island, it has become necessary to raise the dike to the same height, in order to cut off the cross current, which has al ready caused the loss of several coal barges. It is also proposed to rectify the alignment. A contract for this work has been made. Work at Blennerhassett Island. Work on rebuilding the dam at the head r of Blennerhassett's Island, 185 miles below- Pi ttsburg, was commenced May 1, and at tltc close of the year the abutment on the sland side had been completed for a length oi ouu ieec, out oi a total lengtn ot tw leet, and the rip-rap protection of the banks was about finished. High water had pre vented any work on the dam proper. Though little work remains to be done on the dike at Eight-Mile Island at the begin ning of the fiscal year, it is still not quite finished, t)wing to the high water, which has made rip-raping and pa ving impossible. The dike at Bonanza bar, 352 miles below Pittsburg, has been completed, with a total length of 2,212 feet. It has greatly im proved navigation at this locality, which has long been the shoalest place between Cincinnati and Catlettsburg. Work on the dike at CulTumis, was begun May 7, and at the end of the fiscal yearthe dike extended into the stream 670 feet, meas uring from the 15-foot water mark, thoueh the 120 feet on the shore was left unfinish ed, to be completed with shore protection. This dike will cut off the narrow and crooked passage down the right shore, and compel the river to make a new and more commodious channel across the present bar. Progress on Other Dikes. Work on the dike at Bisincr Sun. to im- tirove the lower bar at that point, was begun jiay -'(, ana at the end or tne nscai year at the upper row of piles had a length of 455 feet and the lower 400 feet. On account of high water no brush or stone had been put in place. A contract-has been made for the superstructure of the dike at 3Iadison, IuL, .and the dike at Flint Island has been about completed for a total length of 950 feet, though 200 feet is still to be added to it. The dike at the Caseyville bar has also been completed, and while its full effect will not be apparent until the low water season, it has already straightened the chan nel, not only at Caseyville but at Trade water and Weston, greatly facilitating navi gation with heavy tows. Owing to the almost continuous high water in tho extreme Lower Ohio, very lit tle work could be done during the vear on the dikes at the grand chain, six miles from the mouth of the river. For the second time the coffer dam erected by John F. King under his contract to remove the rock bar at the mouth of the Licking river was washed away by high water, and on the 10th of last August he threw up the contract. Preparations were then made to prosecute the work by hired labor, but the water was still at such a high stage at the end of the year that nothing could be done. Commerce Was Greatly Favored. The fiscal year was usually favorable for e$ camera:, owing to the remarkably '7 continuance of navigable water. .The gauge at uavis island dam, near Jitts- burg, showed but 35 days in the year when the water was below the three-foot mark in the channel, while on 245 days it was six feet deeper. At Cincinnati it never reached the three-foot stage, and on 330 days was six feet or over, while at Evansville'it was up to the six-foot mark or above on 351 da vs. The navigation of the river was practically unobstructed by ice during the year. Among the future work recommended by Colonel Merrill is the extension of t'he guide crib below the land wall of the loA at Davis Island dam and the erection o quarters on the island for men required to manage the lock and dam. After undergo ing her annual repairs at Cincinnati snag boat E. A. Woodruff" began her season's work on the Ohio river September 13, 1890. She ascended the river as far as Pittsburg and then worked her way down to Cairo, arriving at that place October 27. Return ing she worked up as far as Long Bun, 209 miles below Pittsburg. As the river was then too high for successful work she went into winter quarters. An Unfavorable Season. The season was unfavorable on account of high water, but she removed 204 snags, 3 steamboat wrecks, 11 coal boats and barges, 2 fiats and 1 wharfboat hull. The total distance traveled was 2,641 miles. Lieutenant Colonel Merrill reports the progress made in securing a site for the movable dam near the mouth ,of Beaver river, and estimates that 2650,000 will be re quired in future appropriations tcfcomplete tne work. But little work had been done in the Monongahela river during the year. All action toward the purchase of lock and dam No. 6 from the Monongahela Naviga tion Company has been suspended pending a decision by the United States Supreme Court of the appeal from condemnation de creed in the case of lock and dam No. 7. .Considerable improvements have been mads 'in Cheat river, W. Va. Allegheny River Bepairs. In the Allegheny river the dam at Corn- flanter Islands has been nearly completed. ifty feet of tbe dam at Pithole has been built, and the dike at Bedbank has been re paired. No work has yet been done on the dam at Hickory. To continue the work in this river $50,000 will be needed. Owing to delay caused by suits for dam ages by owners of property on the Pitts burg side of the Allegheny river at the site for the proposed dam at Herr's Island nothing has been done beyond completing' the plans. To complete this dam 524,500 will be needed in future appropriations. Owing to an order from Secretary Proctor the estimates of the engineers for the next fiscal year arc not given out to correspond ents as has been the case in former years. The Secretary explains his action by saying that the estimates are always far beyond the possibilities of the appropriations, and when they are cut down he is always flooded with complaints and inquiries as to the reason. v-J' w 5 rPHf rJ. Y y 2V.is i 1 i ' 4 M t i- .-iagswj.. , '-a- ii iteffiffMiiir'i Jrrr -i-x , -:i'i r-i ,&iihih- f --: m K!-3ir , YTruHlssKC'UrftflMrHHsss'ssssssssssssssssssssssSsssTsWllsT'sHisS
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