BjESggM! 'ttp Tvr -a a 4 DOUBLE NUMBER. ffi FORT'S -SIXTH TEAR, E The Grim Messenger Comes in Awful Form to a Sunday School Picnic. A BEAB-EXD COLLISION, In Which Fully 150 People Were Hurled About in the Wreckage of a Train of Cars. LITTLE CHILDREN WERE SINGING When a Freight Engine Crashed Into -Them and Stilled Their Happy Toices Forever. THE CREW HAD STOPPED TO COUFLE DP. Eailroad Officials Claim That a Flagman Was Sent Back and All the rrorer Precautions Were Taken. HGHT KILLED OCTEIGHT AND MAX! HfJUEKD special telegram to Tnr DisrATCn.1 MlDDLETOWN, O., July 25. Another awful railroad wreck is added to the recent list This time a Sunday school excursion suffers from rear-end collision. "Wood'dal1 Island Paik, a summer resort on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, is an exceedingly popular place for Sundiy school picnic, and to-day there were half a dozen, among them being several hundred people from Dayton, who went over on a special train. The start back was mad late and the train ran slowly, as at that hour of the day .lie road is lull of suburban trains between Dayton and Cincinnati and intermediate points. At the place of the collision a slow up to allow other trains to pass was made, hn "without warning a fast freight dashed into the rear of the excursion train with an awful roar. No one knew the freight was near until the iron head of the monster en gine wa thrust in at the rear door aud puslud through two coaches, both of which were thrown off the track. A Hundred and J'lrty Went Orer. There was no time for escape and fully 150 people went over with the upturned cars. Such a frenzy of yells as went up Emote the heavens with terror. "Women screamed, men shouted hoarsely and wails of children mingled with all. How eo many escaped death can only be accounted for on the theory that the engine uplifted and ran under rather than through the cars. After a moment's panic the work, of Tetcne began. From beneath crushed seats, mashed in roofs and debris of aU sorts dead and wounded were taken out and laid in long rows. Four dead bodies were found in the wreck, and to these four others were soon added from among the wounded. In all Eome 23 were wounded, 15 seriously, several of whom will die. For a time pandemonium reigned. The shock was so sudden and so awful that people were dazed and friends became lost to each other in the scramble to escape from what all believed an awful peril that threatened each. An Hour of Awful Suspense. As soon, therefore, as each found himself 1 alive he began to loot for friend or family, and soon hundreds mixed indiscriminately in a mad effort to find their friends. This resulted in a dozen women fainting and pcores of children being lost, and it was an hour of most excruciating suspense before the uninjured became calm enoupli to jret properly together. The officers of the roae were notified and a Epecial train was sent to the scene from Daton. Later another train came up from Cincinnati. It is not yet learned who is to blame for the accident James Hicks, who Eaw the whole affair, saysr "I was standing near the train, listening to the singing in some of the coaches and lookingat the soiled but happy faces of the children, whcnlheardtheroarof a swiftly moving train. I thoughc it strange at the instant, but no thought of an accident occurred to me. I glanced in the direction from which the noise came and was almost paralyzed to see a freight Pashii.p: Down on the Same -Track toward the rear of the excursion train. Be fore I could utter a sound the engine had struck the rear coach. It appeared to lift the car abovo the track, then hurl it with a sickening crash toward the earth at one side. The next car was treated in th same manner. I shall never forget the scores of white faces seen momentarily as the car was hurled aside by the great engine. The third car was par tially dcrailpd Instantly the entire train : load realized that an awful calamity had occurred and with yells and shrieks poured from the cars through doors and windows alike. "Mothers clasped their children frantic ally in their arms Husbands held fainting wives, and young men and women, with white faces, sought places of safety. All became mixed up, throwing into frightful confubion the already panicky hundreds and a scene of pandemonium ensued. At last a few cool heads got the uninjured off at one side, and then began the work of rescue from the overturned cars. One Wee Girl Was Uninjured. "One of the first taken out was a bit of a girl not a particle injured. Her parents were in another car at the time, having left her with friends. As .he was lifted up the father cried thank God! she is safe,' while the mother could do nothing but sob hysterically. Then came dozens more, some uninjured Irtit fast in the wreck, some with blood stained faces, some with broken bones. Others were lifeless and crushed out of recognition. Some were unconscious and dying. Many of the wounded screamed and groaned in their agony, hut most were quiet A boy aged 11 years named Paterson was cut in three pieces. A woman named Fryer was killed and a little girl djed soon after be ing taken from the debris. In half an honr23 bodies lay on the platform, The people of Middletown flocked to the scene by thousands and did all they could. The engineer aud fireman of the DEATH ALONG freight have disappeared, as has also the the streets in a bathing suit of objectionable conductor. All is confusion here yet No pattern. The arrest was made by Police trains can pass for some hours yet At man Chamberlain, who receives his comniis midnisrht most of the excursionists went on . "'n from the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting r .. to Aayton. How the Wreck Oocnrred. A dispatch from Cincinnati says: Gen eral Passenger Agent W. O. Mc Cormick, of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road, as soon as he was notified of the accident came down from his "Walnut Hill's residence to the depot and dispatched a special with surgeons to Middletown. Through Mr. Mc- Cormick it has been learned that after leaving "Woodsdale Island the coupling of some of the cars became damaged and the train was delayed in order to patch this up. Again at Middletown the train was stopped to further repair the damage. There is a curve at Sliddletown which hides a train standing at the depot from the view of the train coming from the south. The officials say afiag man was sent back to stop the coming freight which was mov ing at a high rate of speed and was heavily loaded. The engineer of the freight saw the flagman. He put on brakes, rc ersed his engine and apparently did all ii his power to stop his train, but the im petus was too great and a moment later the awful crash sounded. Four died before they could be cared for. The dead are five men, a woman and two children. Fifteen of the worst injured were tenderly removed to the hotels and given the best of care. The depot at Dayton is packed by thousands awaiting the coming of the first train. Waiting for the Dead at Dayton. A dispatoh from Dayton says the excur sion tram, which consisted of 14 cars, broke a draw bar while pulling on to a siding, and in the delay of reconpling a freight train came along, and running into the coach next to the rear caused the wreck. The cars were packed full of people and were plowed into a mass of broken cars and dead and crippled humans Some passengers who were on that train came home at "midnight by the Big Four Express, and they say that 7 to 10 were killed. Scores of others had their legs or arms broken or otherwise were horribly injured. The wrecked train and people cannot reach here until 1p.m. Hews of the disas ter spread over the city like wild fire aud the depot at this hour is filled with anxious families whose relatives are on the train. The city ambulances and patrol wagons have all been ordered to the depot to trans port injured to the hospital or their homes GOULD AND GRASSHOPPERS. the insects stop the magnate's special out "west. Compelled to Stay at a Little Hamlet Over ight The Tracks 3Iade So Slippery That Two Engines Are Necessary What the Farmers Thought SPECIAL TELEGRA3I TO THE DISPATCH.' Pueblo, Col., July 25. Jay Gould last night experienced the extreme novelty of having his train held up. It was not done by road thieves, but by Colorado's pests, the grasshoppers. Information received here from Sterling, Col., to-night, says: This little hamlet was honored'witha yery distinguished party last night, includ ing Jay Gould and his four youngest chil dren. Usually trains stop here only long enough to replenish engines with water so as to last them until they reach Denver. Had a band of T7tc Indians ecmt? ifiio Stirling just at oust last ins the citizens would not even- have been more startled and surprised than they were when an elegant special train consist ing ot Mr. Gould s private car and several others, including General Manager Clark's, of the Union Pacific, arrived. They not only pulled in but, after an exchange of a few messages the train was suddenly side tracked and Mr. Gould soon emerged from hiscar.and after witnessing a beautiful sun set all hands retired for the night. At first the people thought Mr. Gould must have been attracted by the good crop which the Colerado desert is blessed with this year, owing to so much rain, and was figuring on buying up a few thousand acres Farmers were smiling and all wondering what prico they should set on their farms This morning it was discovered that grasshoppers stopped the train, and in consequence it was side tracked at Sterling. The railway magnates were afraid to venture through a strip of country about six miles west of Sterling that has been infested by grasshoppers for several days. The Union Pacific has been compelled to run two engines through this grasshopper region for several days SETTING" A BROKEN NECK. Heroio Measures of Hospital Physicians to Get the "Vertebras In Place. STECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, July 25. Four weeks ago, while amusing himself by rolling down hill in a little wagon, Charles Fursman,ll years old, became frightened at the speed the wagon attained and jumped out He struck on his head, causing a scalp wound, which the local physiciann dressed. Nothiner mor9 serious was apprehended. By last "Wednesday the case had become so serious that .the boy was sent to the French Hospital. Dr. James E. Kelly, of the staff, took charge of the case, and Thursday a consultation was held at which it was de cided that the boy's neck was dislocated. There was a lump" on the right side of the neck, which the physicians decided was caused by a deviation toward the right of the articular process of the third vertebrae. They determined to set the dislocation. It -n as a daring operation, for a compression of the spinal cord might cause instant death. Ncvertheless.Charlie was laid on the oper ating table and stupefied with ether. Dr. Henna grasped the boy's shoulder and Dr. Scudder his head, and they pulled strongly in opposite directions, while Dr. Kelly, with his thumb pressed firmly on the pro jecting bone, rotated the head. In a mo ment the bones slipped back into their proper places, and the trapezius muscle be came supple. "When Charlie came out of his stupor he was able to move his head freely. BOYD'S BTOBY OF THE TRAGEDY. He Fonght for a Friend, Bat Had No In tention of Killing. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Washingtok, Pa., July 25. Harry Boyd, who killed John Myford in a fight near Monongahela City Thursday, was brought to this city this morning and placed in the county jail, tobeplaced on trial atthe August term of court He was seen to-day and made the following statement: "I am very sorry the fight occurred. The newspapers have been giving me the worst of it on all sides The lacts are that My ford picked on Andy Long, a friend of mine, and was worsting him when I jumped in to assist him. Long dropped out of the fight and I downed Myford. I hadu'tthe least idea that that last lick would have killed him. Myford and I lud always been good friends before this" A FETCHING BATHING SUIT. It Cansed the Arrest and rinlng of a Ouaker City Man at Ocean Grove. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCH.l Asburt Park, July 25. a C. Gernard, of Philadelphia. wi arrested this afternoon in Ocean Gro eon the charge of walking Association. Mr. Gernard was on hia wav to the bath ing grounds on the Ocean Grove side of the outlet of "Wesley Lake He wore a flesh-colored bathing shirt of knit goods, which displayed his massive form to good advantage, and a pair of gray trunks of the same material, which reached about to his knees Officer Chamberlain secured a long storm coat, which he com pelled Mr. Gernard to put on. He then marched his prisoner through the streets to the little lockup in the rear of the office building. The justioe fined him 55 -under the ordi nance passed by the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association In May, 1887. Mr. Gernard refused to pay tne fine until he found that his refusal to do so would result in his incarceration in the town lockup. THE FATE OP ELLIOTT. IT IS STILL UNSETTLED AND THE JTJKT ADJOURNS TO MONDAY. Intense Feeling Among the People of Commons Corruption Charged and an Outbreak FearedThe Jury Wants to Know Who Fired the First Shot. rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THS DISPATCH. J Columbus, July 25. The feeling against the jury in the Elliott murder case is grow ing quite intense, and the remarks which are heard on all hands are of a most threat ening character, though it is not believed there is any such feeling as might lead to an outbreak of any character. The jury re tired with the case Thursday noon, and the public expected it would require a day or two to look over the main points of the case, which had been dragging along for nearly three months, though the majority thought it such a strong one that no , more time should be consumed in returning a verdict of murder in the first degree than would be required in writing out the verdict The suspense and feeling was very high till about noon, when the jury sent for the Judce. when the foreman of the jury sub mitted a series of questions to the Judge, the most important of which was one ask ing that the Court give them his under standing of the testimony as to who fired the first shot, the defendant in the case or the victim. The evidence on this point is voluminous and all one way and came from seven or eight eye-witnesses to the tragedy, ana tne Court felt a little nettled that he should be asked to remember the evidence and give the jury his recollection of the same. Judge Pugh called the attorneys for both sides into court and tried to make an arrangement by which they could agree upon certain portions of the transcript wnich should be submitted to the jury for their perusal, but this did not seem satis factory. The Judge finally concluded he would undertake to give the jury his re membrance of the evidence on the one point, and he took till Monday morning to prepare himself to perform the work. There are charges of various kinds being made as to certain members of the jury, and even corruption as to one of the jurors is charged on the streets. The people are in no mood for farcical movements and trouble is anticipated in some quarters The bulk of the sentiment is that there has never been so plain a case of murder in the first decree as this tried in the State; that it has cost over $20,000; that the community has been outraged, and it is demanded that justice take its course. The results on Monday will be awaited with the greatest of interest- 1 .! .- a"u"y'. FOUND IN THE BAY. The Corpse of a Former Naval Paymaster's Clerk Fished From the Water. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, July 25. Two fishermen re turned to Gravesend beach this morning with the corpse of a man in tow of their boat They had seen it floating in the water about 100 yards from the beach. The clothing was searched and papers were found which identified the body as that of Levi L. Brigham, of the Union League Club, New York, formerly a paymaster's clerk in the navy, who W3S discharged from the naval Ecrvice. The letters seem to show that Brigham had friends who were endeav oring to have him reappointed. Bngham's brothers. James H. and A L. Brigham, are publishers in Boston. "With the rest was a receipt for ?30 dues of the Union League Club for this year. "Wrapped in a piece of note paper, on the outside of which was a column of figures made in lead pencil, was a cabinet photograph of a young woman. She was in evening dress, and was leaning against the back of a large old fashioned chair, in which she was seated. She has an oval face, and dark hair and eyes CANADA UNHURT BY OUR TARIFF. Trade Returns for the Tear Show Big Increase of Export. Ottawa, July 25. The trade returns for the fiscal year ending June 30 have been made up by the officials of the Customs Department. They show that there is a decrease in the amount of reve nue from customs duties, hut the statement of goods exported shows that, despite the operation of the new American tariff, ex ports keep up well. In the month of June itself the increase over the corresponding month of 1890 in exports of produce from Canada alone amounts to $483,850. A WOMAN MASTER AND REFEREE Will Decide Questions In Controversy In a Big Insurance Suit Cincinnati, July 25. For the first time in the history of the Superior Court a woman was appointed master and referee, when Mrs. Lida Bacon,a court stenographer, accepted that position in the case of George J. King and others against the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Cincinnati. The order of the Court instructs the referee to take the testimony of all parties interested iu the company and have them show cause why the company should not be dissolved. MURDERED IN HIS OWN HOUSE. Both Parties to a Tragedy In a Pennsylvania Tillage Are Poles. Wilkesbarre, July 25. A murder oc curred at "Wanamie, a few miles from here, this morning. John Rice, a Polander em ployed in the mines, was stabbed in his own house by another Pole, also a miner, name unknown. The murderer came to "Waguamie only a few days ago, and, it is alleged, began pay ing attentions to Bice's wife, whom he evidently had known before. The stabbing of this morning followed a quarrel. Rice died in a few minutes OVER THE CONTINENT ON WHEELS. A Bicyclist Slaking an Average of 44 1-3 Miles Dally on a Long Trip. Manttou, Col., July 25. Allen "W. Swan, the bicyclist, who left New Bedford, Mass, eigfit weeks ago for San Francisco on a safety bicycle, after passing a week in Manitou and Colorado Springs left to day via Ute Pass toward the setting sun. Heis brown, ieH"hnd in good condition. Counting all stops, his average has been ili miles a day. Wtt$m PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, FAKING ABOUT QUAY. A Story From Philadelphia That He Would Resignithe Senate. NOT A BIT OP TRUTH IS IT, Though His Close Friends Who Were Inter viewed Confirmed It. WHAT THE SENATOR SATS ABOUT IT TheTe will be published in Philadelphia this morning the following concerning Senator Quay: Senator M. S. Quay's resignation of the Chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, the announcement of which last Sunday he has confirmed himself, is but the forerunner of his resignation from the United States Senate, which will be pre sented upon the meeting of Congress in De cember. Senator Quay has informed his close political friends in this State of his unalter able determination to retire from the Sen ate and to spend the winters and the bal ance of his' days in Florida. Other politi cal friends could be cited, but it is enough to satisfy any doubts as to Quay's purpose to quote Magistrate South, thai whom no other man in Pennsylvania nolitics has a closer relation to Quay. Mr. South says: Prepared a Resignation Last Tear. "Senator Quay will resign his seat in the United States Senate in December. He, of course, knows that this will result in the appointment of a Democrat to fill out his term, which expires March 4, 1893. He has so informed me. He has told me the reason for this step. He has told me that his health is such as to preclude his residence in the North during the winter with safety. Last year he had prepared a letter of resigna tion which he desired to present then, but personal friends were appealed to, and his family and his wife especially appealed to him to withhold it for the time, and he yielded with the understanding that it would be presented this year." Magistrate South is well enough known among Pennsylvania politicians to have such an authoritative statement as this re ceived, with absolute confidence as to its reliability, and as reflecting Senator Quay's own determination. Confirmed by Robinson and Others. The Bame declaration which Mr. South vouches for has been made also to such other friends of Mr. Quay as Congressman-elect Robinson, Hamilton Disston, Collector Cooper and others. Senator Robinson ad mitted to The Dispatch correspondent that he had reason to know that Mr. South spoke by the book. Senator Quay, in resigning his seat in the Senate and the Chairmanship of the Na tional Committee, is not considered by his friends to intend to retire entirely from an interest in Pennsylvania politics. They un derstand that he will have a hand in the election of the delegation from this State, in the Republican National Convention next year; and they understand also that no mat ter whether Mr. Blaine is or is not a candi date for the Presidental nomination, so far as Mr. Quay's influence goes with the Penn sylvania delegation it will be opposed to the renomination of President Harrison. His Becord of Resignations. ' Senator Quay's resignation of the Chair manship of the National Committee, and his contemplated resignation of the Sen- atorsiip, recallbii.6 fart that ma.rerylcng political life in which he has almost con tinuously held office, he has, with one ex ception, resigned every office he has ever held. He resigned the Prothonotaryship in Beaver county in 186L He resigned a com mission in the army, in which he had been appointed aud which he held a few months in the same year, to accept an appointment as Assistant Commissary General. Ho re signed this office to be made Colonel of the Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Infantry. He resigned this commission in 1862. He was appointed aid on General Tyler's staff in the same year and resigned that within a vear and accepted a position as military agent for Pennsylvania and "Washington for the same year. Stuck to the Legislature. He also resigned the position to become superintendent of transportation and tele graph. He resigned this place in 1865, when he was elected a member of the State Legislature. This position is the only one in his whole career that he failed to resign. He was appointed Secretary of the Com monwealth under General Hartranft, which position he resigned to become Recorder of Philadelphia, an office worth $100,000 a year A 1 1. TT ! 3 1L. T J ir . at xeusi. xiu ruMgiieu m jtecuruersnip to become Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Hoyt In 1882, when Governor Hoyt wrote his famous "Wolscy letter" denouncing the Re publicans in Pennsylvania, Quay resigned his office as Secretary. He was elected State Treasurer in 1885, and resigned that office to become United States Senator, Ihe place which he now intends to resign and retire from politics Immediately on receipt of this message The Dispatch sent a staff correspondent to the home of Senator Quay, at Beaver, to ascertain the truth of the story. Somebody Has Been Faking. "Somebody has been faking on me again," was the terso languace in which Senator Quay denied the whole statement "My health has not been better for three years," he continued "and there is no foundation whatever for the story." "The authority is Magistrate South, of Philadelphia, a very close friend of yours," Slid the interviewer. "Yes, Mr. South is an intimate friend of mine, but he had no authority for the state ment" "But it was confirmed by Congressman Robinson, Captain Cooper and Hauilton Disston, all of whom are your intimate friends," persisted the correspondent Hasn't Even Thought of It. "It is a fake pure and simple," replied the Senator smiling. "I haven't so much as thought of it I really don't see why the story was started I am sorry you came all the way from Pittsburg and failed to get any valuable news, but I can't confirm that story for you." Though it was 12:15 when the Senator's door bell was rung, he answered it in per son. Mr. Quay had not yet retired, but was at his desk in the library. He did not ex press any great surprise at the question put to him, but simply seemed to take it for f ranted that almost anything was liable to e said regarding his movements. SANGUINE MB, FOSTER. The Secretary Thinks That MoKlnley Will Be Elected by 75,000 Majority. fSPJCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Washington, July 25. After a visit to President Harrison at Cape May Point, Secretary Foster returned to the capital to day, reinvigorated 'by his sojourn. Mr. Foster is the best-posted man in the coun try in regard to Ohio politics, and he says McKinley will be elected Governor by a sweeping majority. Continuing, he said: "Governor Campbell has lost a great deal of his strength in the Democratic party since he became Governor. In Hamilton county he has made himself very unpopu lar in the Board of Public Works matter." He said that Campbell had carried the State two years ago by 10,000 majority, while the rest of the State ticket elected was Renublican bv about 5.000 maioritv. The Republicans had carried, the State Iaat j ear by about U,000 Personally, Major , JULY 26, 1891 Mrafe.ffiSS.SS'Sa' year, the Secretary thought he would be elected by about 75,000 majority, 60,000 more than the normal majority. PROCTOR'S SUCCESSOR. EX-GOVERNOR CHENEY, OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, TO GET THE riACE. Harrison Aiming at Securing New Eng land Delegates Through nim Dr. Galllnger's Plans for Alger Will Also Be Upset-The Fight With Chandler. rPBOM A 6TAPT COnBESPOJTDENT. "Washington, July 25. It is pretty generally believed among politicians here, and especially those from New Hampshire, that when Secretary Proctor resigns the war, portfolio to suceeed Edmunds in the United States Senate, ex-Governor Cheney will be invited to enter the Cabinet in Proctor's place. New Hampshire people say Governor Cheney and Mr. Harrison are old-time friends, and the President is anxious to have him in the Cabinet Unless some political consideration arises to pre vent it, which seems not likely, the appoint ment will be made when Mr. Proctor retires When Mr. Harrison first formed his Cabinet he wanted Governor Cheney as his Secretary of War, but there were reasons which induced the Governor to de cline, and at his suggestion Mr. Proctor was chosen. Aside from Mr. Harrison's personal preference for Governor Cheney, there is a possibility that the selection might have an important bearing on the next National Convention. There is said not to be a very strong Harrison sentiment in New England, and that there is no delegation from there which he can certainly rely on except that of Vermont, which will probably be neld in line by Mr. Proctor. Dr. Galliuger, who comes into the Senate from New Hampshire next winter, is said to be trying to so shape things as to get control of the delegation from that State for Alger. He has declared himself for Alger. Dr. Galllnger has had little or no recogni tion from the administration, and is counted among its active opponents With tho bit ter liht that is on between Gallinger and Chandler, the latter may be relied on to take the opposite side of any question. Chandler is now engaged in trying to show that Gallinger is in caboots with the Demo cratic leaders, through the influence of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and to destroy his influence in the State. Chandler wants Cheney to go to the head of the War De partment, aud Mr. Harrison personally has the same desire. It is claimed that if the appointment is made it will enable the ad ministration people to defeat Dr. Gallixi ger's plans, and will also have a good influ ence on the other New England States. Chandler is making war on Gallinger in his paper. He is just out with an attack on him many columns in length, and is said to have more in reserve. He practically charges him with being in the hands of Frank Jones, the Democratic boss. SCORING CHAIRMAN ANDREWS. Lively Time In a Convention at Allentown Regarding His Re-Election. rSPECIAL TELLQKAM TO THE DISPATCTf.l Allentown, July 25. The Republican County Convention, to elect three delegates to the State Convention, met in the Court House to-day. There were five aspirants' for the honor, and on the first ballot Fred Qr Roth! J. Jeremiah-Snyder and Samuel J. HflAler were tTccted. A Irreeze was created, 1 iii. ... . , ..... . wnen oneoi tne aeiegaces irom oaucon in troduced a resolution, instructing the dele gates not to vote for the" re-election of State Chairman Andrews. Delegate Lewis, of Catasauqua, said that to a certain extent he favored the resolution, but he did not feel like voting for it because he thought the matter should be left to the good sense of the delegates He said the defeat last fall war not entirely due to the State Chairman. The author, Mr. Fenstermacher, replied that it was a fact well known to every schoolboy that the late candidate, Dela mater, was forced on the ticket acainst the will of the people, and if it had not been for that General Hastings would to-day be filling the Gubernatorial chair. The reso lution was finally lost by a rising vote of 52 to 36. Tiie convention did not deem it neces sary to instruct the State delegates to sup port Samuel A Butz, of this city, for Stats Treasure as he was sure of their support in case he is a candidate, and a resolution to instruct was voted down. This matter 'has created considerable talk. HE CORRECTED THE MISTAKE. Hon. Ben F. Hyatt Resigns His Office, , Be- lieving There Was an Error. rSPECIAL TELEGEAH TO THE DISPATCH.! Findlat, July 25. Hon. Benjamin F.' Hyatt, whoso seat as a member of the State Board of Equalization from this -Senatorial district was obtained on a miscount of the election returns in Lucas county, which fact was only recently discovered, this evening sent the following letter to Governor Camp bell. I hnvo become satisfied that there was an enor in tho canvass of the vote upon which my certificate of election to the State Board of Equalization was Issued, and that Foster II. Warren, ot Lucas county, was legally elected to that omco;andnot wishing to bold a position to which I fim not entitled, I hereby tender my resignation as such mem ber of the said board, to take effect on the assembling of said board on Tuesday next, nnd lequestyou to appoint Foster R. War lento nil the unexpired term of office as member of said board. Inm sorry that the error occurred, and wish, as far as possible, to right the wrong that has been done. This ends the political controversy which has been on ever since the mistake in the election returns was first discovered. CLABKS0N IN GOOD SPIRITS. He Will Certainly Succeed Quay in the Chairmanship. tPHOJI A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.! Washington, July 25. Hon. J. S. Clarkson is passing a day or two here pre vious to making a trip to Fortress Monroe. He is looking well after his European tour, and is in good spirits. He has been busy with matters relating to the meeting of the Republican' National Executive Committee next Wednesday. It is regarded as pretty certain that he will be chosen to succeed Senator Quay as Chairman of the Executive Committee, though the change may not take place as soon as has been expected. Mr. Clarkson has a great deal of work be fore him with relation to the League of Re publican Clubs, whose headquarters will be Eermanently established in New York, and e is also taking an active part in the busi ness of the Ohio campaign. FARMERS NOT IN POLITICS. Tho Alliances in Franklin Connty Decide Against the Third Party. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. CnAMBERSBUEG, July 25. A nnion meeting of all the Farmers' Alliances in this county was held here to-day. Seventy five delegates, representing 416 members, were present. The officers refused to give any informa tion of the proceedings but it was learned that the main question discussed was whether the Alliance should go into politics and organize a third party in this county. After a Ions discussion the Droicct was votetl down by a large majority, w0mxm A MACHINE OF DMTHItorfii. Sent to the Wife of the Minister of the Interior of France. IT LOOKED LIKE A PRESENT, But Was Pound to Contain a Heavy Charge of Fulminate Powder. THE WOULD-BE ASSASSINS USEfOWIf Paris, July 25. It became known to day that an attempt had been made to assassinate Mme. Constans, wife of the Min ister of the Interior. It was at first re ported that an infernal machine had been exploded in the apartments of 3Ime. Car not, wife of the President of the Republic, at Elysee Palace. Some people said that she was killed. Others had it that she was only severely wounded. Owing to the red-tape police and mili tary system which prevails in this country,it is almost impossible to getat the real facts in a ease like this. The police and military au thorities, however, do not attempt to deny that Mme. Constans' life has been attempted, but they claim that, in the interests of justice, it is advisable to say as little as possible about the matter at present How the Attempt Was Made. Mme. Constans had received a package ad dressed to her from Toulon and apparently containing an oblong bor. The wrapping paper around the supposed box was taken off and the package was found to consist of a good sized missal or Roman Catholio massal book. At first sight it was a neat present to send to the wife of the Min ister. Upon more careful examination, however, it was found that the leaves of tho missal, to outward appearances, had been stuck together with vamish or mucilage. This caused a still more careful examination of the mysterious missal, and upon being opened with the greatest care it was found that the interior of the book had been cut away, in the manner sometimes adopted by smugglerswho desire to send articles free of duty through the mails and place them in a hollowed-out book for that purpose. Packed With Fulminate Powder. But instead of containing valuables which, were being surreptitiously sent through the mails it was found that the interior of tho missal sent to Mme. Constans contained pow erful fulminate poVder. No clew, according to the police, has been found to tho sender of this infernal ma chine, though the postoffice authorities of Toulon, acting in conjunction with the Parisian police and with the police of Ton Ion, are said to he on the track of the perpe trators of this outrage. No reason seems to have been found for this attempt upon the life of Mme. Constans, and so the conclusion arrived at is that the would-be assassins really intended to take the life of the Minister and supposed that a package addressed to Mme. Constans would be Carelessly Opened by the Minister, while a package addressed to M, Constans might be carefully opened byjiis attendants. Of ooarse,tLese are onljr thoorics, the itiual facts known beingfew in number. The report of the attempted assassination of Mme. Constans is thctalk of Paris, and has caused considerable indignation. There are people of course who link this alleged at tempt upon the Minister's life with the recent defeats of the French Government in the Chamber of Deputies, with the Boulan glst agitators and in the Alsace-Lorraine passport regulations debate and other simi lar matters Butit would not be surprising if the whole matter should turn out to be the work of a dangerous lunatic An analysis of the powder which was found in the hollowed-out portion of the book received by Mme. Constan3 proves that it is fulminate of mercury, a highly ex plosive compound. HENRY M. STANLEY HURT. HeFallsDoring a Forest Walk and Severely Injures His Thigh. Geneva, July 25. Henry M. Stanley has met with a serious aceident According to information received here from Muerron, where Mr. Stanley is staying with his wife, the explorer has fractured his left lower thigh"bone by accidentally slipping while mountain climbing. While passing through a wood Mr. Stan ley slipped on some rocky ground and fell heavily to the ground. Two English doc tors, who happened to be stopping at Muer ron, bandaged Mr. Stanley's injured leg, and then had the explorer conveyed to Muerron. The physicians think the fracture will heal easily, and no complications are feared. STEAMSHIP COMPANIES NOT TO BLAME. The United States Immigation Commission at Work in London. London, July 25. The members of the United States Immigration Commission, with the exception of two of their number, remaining in Liverpool to continue investi gations there, have returned to London. In an interview to-day, Commissioner Weber said that the work of tho commission was scarcely begun, but already sufficient work had been done to indicate the magnitude of the undertaking. "One of the chief objects of the commis sion," he said, "is to ascertain how tar steamship companies and railways are as sisting pauper immigration. The Liver pool conference represents every line leav ing England, with the exception of the Anehor, whose headquarters are at Glasgow. The companies are apparently willing to as sist us. It is unreasonable to believe that English lines are parties to the unloading of undesirable immigrants in America, be sides they are aware that if they do not comply with the present laws such a course will lead to more severe legislation." THE COMING CATHOLIC CONGRESS. Its Programme Partly Outlined by the Papal Secretary of State. Rome,- July 25. Cardinal Rampolla, Papal Secretary of State, has issued in structions to the effect that at the coming Catholio Congress the committees shall especially attend to the claims of pontifical sovereignty, and aUo to the practical ap plications of the doctrines set forth in the recent papal encyclical on social conditions FRANCO-RUSSIAN AMENITIES. The Czar and Other Imperial Callers Visit the French Squadron. St. Petersburg, July 25. The Czar and Czarina and the Queen of Greece paid a visit to-day to the French squadron. Admiral Gervais received his imperial vistors on board the warship Marengo while the guns of the fleets at Cronstadt belched forth a rovnl salutn. The visitors afterward in spected the Marcieu, another of the visit- , injr medals of honor. Ane party nnally partooK oi inncneon given by the Czar and Czarina in honor of Admiral Gervais and the other French officers on board tjie yacht Deriaja. The Czar toasted President Carnot and the French navy, and the band played the "Marseillaise." M. Laboulave, formerly French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, then toasted the Czar and Rnssian navy, and the band discoursed the Russian National an them. AN UNFORTUNATE WIFE. TWICE ROBBED AND MISTREATED BY BRUTAL HUSBANDS. Henry Lee, the American Manager and Actor, Steals All Her Money and Jewels After a Short Marriage She Is Left in a Pitiable State. BT CABLE TOTHE DISPATCH.! London, July 25. Henry Lee, the American manager and actor, who has just made a disastrous failure of the production of "Monte Cristo" and "The Henrietta," at the Avenue Theater, is supposed to have left London to avoid criminal prosecution and to be on his way to America or the Continent Lee married on Sunday, February 8, the day after the first produc tion of "Monte Christo" at the Avenue Theater Alie divorced wife of Charles C. LeathV ., '"-gambler of New York, who came7 'fl.v e over w0 yea" ago as agw f'fJi Q ""in patent medicine. His wife i4 '0t Jdf his cruel treat ment of her. pf. Jh, -c;ed to" Lee only a few weeks o. Jct,9mf ""Tarried. The grounds on whie ffi-jf ireatens prosecution are these: " r On the Wednesday before thtivere mar ried she gave Lee a diamond necklace, valued at 400, to take care of for her. He told her that he had put it in his bank. After they were married she discovered that he had pawned it on the same day she gave it to him for 125. Aside from pawning his wife's necklace, Lee has since pawned all her iewelry, realizing more than 1,100 altogether on it. More than this, he has spent $2,000 which at the time of their mar riage Mrs. Lee had on deposit in a New STork bank. Mrs Lee says that since her husband has been unable to get anything more out of her he has treated her with a degree of cruelty that became unbearable. Consequently she left him on Thursday. Yesterday 6ne instructed her solicitor to bring criminal proceedings against Lee. Many tradesmen and theatrical-supply per sons have been looking for Lee without suc cess ever since the Avenue Theater was closed. Lee leaves his wife, whose property he has so thoroughly disposed of, almost des titute. This is more contemptible on his part and the more pitiful as regards her, since her previous husband, Leathers, had already done her out of a small fortune. She advanced the money, something like ?25,000,with which Leathers started in busi ness in London. When she left him be cause of his brutality to her before a throng of spectators in the Hotel Victoria she brought suit against him for this money. The suit was decided In her favor last week, but meanwhile Leathers had disposed of his interests in the business and fled to Paris, where he is now. Mrs. Lee is a very pretty woman, about 25 years old, who made many friends among Americans during her residence ot a year or more at the Hotel Yictorix TWO "WOMEN TO THE RESCUE. A Doctor's Wife and ller Domestic Save tho Physician From Murder. SPECIAL TELEGBAU TO THE DISPATCTT.J Erie, July 25. Mrs Dr. James E. Silli- 'man, of this city, had a terrible encounter with a burglar last night. Dr. Silliman is well known as the surgeon of the Second Brigade,and has a good war record. Late last night he surprised a burglar going through his bedroom- The two men clinched and fell to the floor, when tho fellow called to his pal in another room to assist him. Meanwhile Mrs. Silliman had seized the E rostrate burglar by the hair aud held him nnly, while the doctorturned toward the other burglar. That doughty gentleman, however, had been sternly confronted by Miss Nora Mahoney, the domestic, who threatened to throw a lighted lamp at his head, and be fled, leaving his com panion a prisoner. The fellow was taken to the police station, where he gave an assumed name, saying, however, that he had a brother, a newspaper man, in Phila delphia. He says his companion, who deserted him so suddenly, was Pete Skad den, a lithographer, and admits they both have prison records. He says that had it not been for the sudden attack made upon him by brave Mrs Silliman he would have shot the doctor. THE BROTHERS OF FBIBNDSHrP. Little Bock Chosen as the Next Place of the Triennial Session. Chicago, July 25. Owing to a ruling by Grand Master Priton, that the credentials of the Illinois Grand Lodge were informal, Deputy Grand Master John G. Jones to day, after an excited discussion, resigned as a member of the United Brothers of Friend ship. Louisville, Mobile and Little Rock, con tested for the next triennial session, to be held in July, 1804. Little Rock was suc cessful. THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. Contents of the Issue Classified for the Reader's Convenience. The issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages, made up in two parts. Thenews of yesterday and last night, with editorial comment, occupies the first nine pages. Class news and special features will be found as follows: Page 9. The Czar and the Drelbund. The Indian Bureau. Immigration Law Trouble. Matrimonial Woe. Lincoln at Gettysburg....-Join? Russell Yodo Page 10. ExampW of Peter.....EEV. GEORGE Hodqzs The Music World C.W. S. Page 11. For .Sale, Want and To Let Notices, With Eeal Estate Announcements. Past 11. The Society World. The Grand Army. Theatrical News. MiUtia Gossip. Flg3 as a Food .. ELLICE Sebzna Page 13. The Isles of Shoals Edna DEAf Proctor For Working Women Shirley Dark Chautauqu a Cooling. Notions In Fashions. Decorating the Home. Page 11. On Crusoe's Island - FANNIE B. Ward An Able Son of Ohio CLINTON LLOYD Sarah Bernhardt's Nativity. Page 13. Ou a Load of Hay L. E. Stofiel Banking in Maxleo......yBANK G. Carpenter ThiVeather Bureau....- Edson Brace Thialiforuian Jclis Verne Page 10. A Talk on rorcelaln Bill Nte Pursuing Pleasure BESSIE BlLAUBLE Heating of Houses William Whiouaji rage 17. Death From Cold A Fairy Story Puzzle Department , Odd Scotch Beliefs The Cardinal Grosbeak, A N etr Telephone. ..CnARLES F. Lwrois , Pais ie e. 11. chaduocrn .edgars. wakeman .....aunt clara Late Electric News. Page IS. Review of Sports Princle A Very Busy Ruler. Wilkie bummer In New York Charles T. Murbat Benefit of a Walk. Late Science News. Page 13. Secret Society News. Tne Market Reports. Late News in Brief. PageK. The summer Resorts. Big Whisky Fire. " Tenny and Longstrect. ' TWENTY PAGES. FIVE CENTS. BY A MALLET. A Worthless Swede Beats His Wife to Death and Kills Himself WITH PARIS GREEN AND PISTOL. The Double Crime the Eesult of One Con tinued QuarreL THEIE PECULIAR 3IATEDI02fIAL HFES SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, July 25. Word came to tho house of Eugene Weiss, who lives at CSS Union street, Brooklyn, at S o'clock to night that Henry Nelson, his father-in-law, had committed suicide by shooting himself at Corona. When Weiss heard, this he hur ried off to the Richards street police station withu story that startled the sergeant be hind the desk. Weiss said that Nelson lived at 11 Coles street with his wife. They had often quar reled. On Thursday night Nelson came to Weiss' house and slept there. He had been drinking. He told his son-in-law that be fore leaving home he had laid his.wife out with a mallet. Weiss said that as Nelson had been drinking and as he had heard him talk that way before, he paid no attention to him. Now, however, he was anxious for an investigation. Louis A. Olsen, who was with Weiss, corroborated his story. Sergeant McMahon and Policeman Kennedy went to the housa where Nelson lived. He and the woman occupied the two rear rooms on the ground floor. The door which led to them from the hallway was locked, but an entrance! was gained by' forcing a rear window. Mrs. Nelson Found Dead. As the officers clambered over the sill tho sickening odor of decomposed flesh met their nostrils The policemen proceeded to the little room. In the center ot the floor, a shocking spectacle was pre sented. Mrs. Nelson was found dead on the floor, her body being in an advanced state of decomposition. There was a ghastly wound on the top of the head and a billet of wood, covered with blood, indicated the implement with which the mortal blow had been inflicted. There were other wounds on the body, made with the same weapon, and the condition of the room showed that the woman fought hard for her life. The husband had evidently remained in the house for a considerable time after the commission of the deed. Three letters which he had written, acknowledging the killing, were written in very poor Eng lish and in a rambling and disjointed man ner, but in each the man acknowledged that he had done the killing, but was! forced to do it to save himself from a simi lar fate. "I defended myself not to be killed first," is a sentence in one of the let ters In another letter Nelson says that hia marriage to the woman took place in Hoboken on October 18, 1869. Both Led Hard Lives. Both Nelson and his wife have had most entangled matrimonial careers for persons only 52 and 48 years. Nelson was a Swedish wood carver, and some years ago was con sidered a most expert workman and earned good wages He deserted his first wife in Norway 15 years ago and came to this coun try. Six or seven years later he went back and returned, bringing his daughter, the wife of Eugeue Weiss. Three or four years ago he made the ac quaintance of the woman he murdered. She was a thrifty, money-making, but character less English woman, and had already two husbands living when she fell in with Nelson, whose real name, it is said, was Ottersen. She married her first husband in England over 25 years ago, and within two or three years ran away from him and came to this coun try, where a few years later she married a man named Campbell, who, with their two children, is said to be now living in Albany. The couple lived a cat and dog" life. Fights between them became of such frequent occurrence that the neighbors scarcely noticed them, and Nelson's daughter and son-in-law never thought of visiting them. As the woman is supposed to have been worth 510,000 or $12,000 there will probably be an interesting controversy over the money. Nelson Made It Snre. Nelson went to Corona yesterday to de liver a lease to Benjamin Carpenter, who rents a small cottage owned bf Nelson. He. told Carpenter that he had had a quarrel with his wife, and that she hit him on the head with a hammer. He complained of not feeling.well. He refused to go into the house, and told Carpenter he would sit in the yard. After it had become dark Car penter again asked him to come into the house, but he again refused. Finally he said he would go to a Mr. lallaghan s bouse, next door, and remain there for the night Callaghan noticed that Nelson appeared to be in great distress At about 11 o'clock Mrs. Callaghan called Nelson, but received no reply. She went into the parlor and found him there dead. A revolver, with, one chamber empty, and a glass flecked with Paris green lay on the floor near him. He left a letter, directing that his body be kept three days and then be buried without ostentation. Coroner Homeyer was called, and found Nelson's stomach full of Paris green. The supposition is that after taking the Paris green, and finding that it did not have tha desired effect, he put a bullet in his head. A BIG PADRONE SYSTEM. Startling Revelation at Chicago of the InM portation of Italians. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Chicago, July 25. David Falone, am Italian, was arrested yesterday charged with conspiring to violate the alien contract labor law. Three Italians whose passage money was paid by him are detained in New York at the direction of Special Agent Stitch, of Chicago. Falone admits that he sent passage tickets to these men, and that they were on their way to Cherokee, la., to go to work for a friend of his Falone was arrested because of this letter addressed to him by Antonio Tomagetti: Cosmo The railroad boss here will take care of tho men you send out. He wants to know whether you can't send 500 or 00 more. If necebsary, he would go along to Chicago to meet them and bring them out here. Falone admitted receiving the letter, and said the writer was his cousin. He said he had sent men to Cosimo before. Further questioning elicited that the tickets for the three Italians cost him 140. He was un able to explain why he took such an inter est in the men as to bny tickets for them. He admitted that they were no relatives of his, and that he was a common laborer. He had heard of the padrone system as cxist ingin New York, but did not believe there was any such thing in Chicago. Agent Stitch believes that Falone is a stool pigeon for some padrone, and that an extensive trade of this kind is going on here. Detectives will be sent to work at the Cherokee end of the case and -Cosimo and Tomagetti will be called upon to ex Slain. It has been discovered that there are undreds ot' Italians in Chicago and differ ent cities in the West who have been brought over by Falone. Ascent Stitch sent this telegram to Chief Mulholland, of tho Contract Labor Bureau, to-day: Hold tho threp Italians. Have found David Fall-in-, and I tin.. the key to the entire pU.llC .- ...vl.l. 4 H 3 J -m " - W1-Jfc
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