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SECOND PART.
PARHELIJB FIGHT.
ne mil Kot Confess Himself
Beaten, and Is Still in
a Defiant IToocl,
DVYEEGBirS DEFECTION I
Backed TJp by Archbishop Crete,
Will Prove Too Formidable
to -Easily Overcome.
DIMM AXD O'BEIEFS DECISION
To Repudiate Iho Deposed Irish leader-Has
.Also Proved, a Crushing BIott to
His Future Hopes.
A COEPLZ OFTRIEKDLT JAIL WAEDEBS
tlr;t Those Gentlemen, Whfla In rrlson. Pretty
Fully Infomed u to All of I :-
EelTslIoTenenta.
IIWEIXG-AHEAD TO THE GESEKAIi LLECnoy
rsr CAULS TO TUX DISPATCH.!
London, Aug. 1 Copyrighted. The
release cf johc Dillon and William O'Brien
from prison hw cleared the political at
mosphere in almost a magical manner. It
was pretty well understood that they had
made up their minds to repudiate Parncll's
leadership, but Parnell himself and his
Tory allies hoped to the very last that they
would at leait take time before making
public announcement on the subject.
Many friends of Ireland also feared delays
would occur, which might prove dangeceusj
by enabling Parnell to resume negotiations
with his former lieutenants.
Everybody, however, reckoned without
counting two benevolent warders in Galway
jail, thanks to whom Dillon and O'Brien
were kept fully informed of what was going
on in the big world outside tho prison walls
and were enabled to communicate with one
another.
paenell in ignoeance.
Had Parnell known this he would doubt
less have comported himself during the
past six months with more discretion.
Happily for Ireland Parnell was kept in
ignorance, with the result that his conduct
confirmed the views with which Dillon en
tered prison, and removed from O'Brien's
mind the last lingering doubt as to the
course which he should pursue on regaining
freedom.
The decision taken by Dillon and O'Brien
Js a crushing blow to Parnell, and the effect
which has already been produced by it
leaves no room for doubt that Pamellism
has not long to live. The defection of
young Dwyer Gray, followed, as it inevit
ably will be, by a change of editorial policy
In the Freeman' t Journal, will leave Parnell
without one reputable newspaper organ in
Ireland. The editor of the Freeman talks
bravelv to-day of never deserting "the man
who has done so much for Ireland," as
though other Irishmen had not suffered for
the cause. But the editor's tenure of office
will not last at the most beyond the date of
the annualmeeting of the Freeman's Journal
Company, which will be held Borne time in
October. It is probable a change will be
made before then.
PAENELL IS STILL DETIAXT.
Dwyer Gray, who owns half the stock, is
Jn communication with Archbishop Croko
and other large stockholders, who are op
posed to Parnell, with a view to make their
influence felt at the earliest possible moment.
It must not be supposed that Parnell will
forthwith confess himself beaten. He has
put his back against the wall and will fight
to the last That is what he tells his
friends, and it certainly represents his
present intentions.
He will fight on until tho general election,
and after that, should Cork send him back
to Parliament, believing that the home
rule sehemewhich the Liberals will offer will
prove no disappointing as to cause a general
revulsion of feeling in Ireland, of which he
will be able to take full personal advantage.
Parnell was at the House of Commons last
evening and looked anything but a beaten
man. To-night he started for Ireland, with
the intention to address an open-airmeeting
at Thuries.
A2BESIED A3 A SPY.
A Wealthy Italian Subjected to Imprison
ment cm a Mere Suspicion.
tBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 1. Italy is just recover
ing shame -facedly from a spy scare, the ab
surdity of which would have dene credit to
her neighbor Prance. A week ago the
Italian frontier guards seized a case con
signed to Karl Ioepke at Genoa to a print
ing firm in Pari", and telegrams were sent
to Itome stating that the case contained a
number of elaborate drawings of the fortifi
cations of Genoa. The drawings were soon
traced to the widow of the Pustioni Litho
graphic "Works at Como, with tho result
that the widow and 12 of her work
men were arrested. The widow was furi
ously indignant and flourished in the face
of the police a diamond ring, which, it
seems, was sent to her by King Humbert, in
acknowledgment of En album containing
views of Genoa, which she presented to His
Mfljcst) upon the occasion of his last visit
to the oitj. But the police scoffed at the
roval ring and even dared to suggest that it
mfght have como from Paris as part of the
price pi treason.
Simoria Fustionl fretted in prison for
nearlv a week and was then suddenly re
loaded with profuse apologies, the treason
able plans proving, as she had all along con
tended, to be simply a panorama of Genoa,
intended to illustrate atonrist's guide book.
Tlie widow is consulting her lawyers with a
a iew to action lor false imprisonment, slan
des, libel and other things.
DISAPPOINTED LONDOHEBS.
TJipy Wanted to Hear Chauncey Depew
Talk, bat Had to Forego It.
JET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Aug. i. Great disappointment
was manifested among the guests at the
Juncheon given on Tuesday by the World's
Fair Commission to the Royal Commission
ers to the "World's Fair when it was ascer
tained that Chauncey 31. Depew was not
present. It transpired that Mr. Depew had
been called very suddenly to Vienna to join
Cornelius Vanderbilt, and the luncheon
proceeded as well as it could without the
distinguished orator, Major Moses P.
Handy's address being the feature of the
occasion.
In tho evening the commissioners -were
dined by Josiah Caldwell, of Boston and
London, among bis other guests being
Colonel Ochiltree, Steele Mackaye, Charles
Wvudham, Crcighton "Webb and Colonel
"William Schoeffer. Imro Kiralfy has just
returned to London from Spain.whero he has
been visiting the libraries and museums of
Madrid to obtain more data for the New
York celebration of the fourth centennial
anniversary of the discovery of America.
OUT AGAINST GAMBLIN&
(ji.TJOLD LECTUI1K rKOM THE ENGLISH
WESLErAN COITFEBENCfi
Prayers for tho Conversion of tho Prince
of Wales Gamblers Expelled Prom
Spain A New Monte Carlo May Be Es
tablished In That Country.
tBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.)
London, Aug. L The "Wesleyan Con
ference sitting at Nottingham spent a full
hour on Thursday praying for the conversion
of the Prince of "Wales and other high
placed gamblers and card players. Next
day it solemnly decided that an archery
tournament is of tho form of gambling in
which no good "Wesleyans should join.
Newspapers which report the sayings and
doings of these good folk havo throughout
the week devoted much space to the ac
counts of racing at Goodwood and the heavy
betting connected therewith,, under the
direct personal patronage of the Prince of
V ales, who is apparently past praying for
in this matter.
The same newspapers havo fallen with
eyes and mouth wide open Into a -trap
set for them by the administration at
Monte Carlo. Business being dull, it be
came necessary to start another boom, and a
story was invented about an Englishman
who has this week won 20,000 at roulette,
and, more wonderful still, has sent the
money to bankers in London. The newspa
pers here have published the story in full,
with the unusual wealth of headlines, and
the expected rush for Monte Carlo has
already commenced.
It will probably be swollen by a big
crowd of diseusted Spaniards, who have
just been deprived of the accustomed facili
ties tor gambling at Ban Sebastian, the
most fashionable watering place in Spain,
by order of the Minister of Justice.
All professional gamblers are to be
expelled from the city, and gambling at the
Casino and cafes is to be suppressed. The
order is really due to the initiative of
Queen Begent Christiana, who is staying at
Ban Sebastian with little King Alfonso, and
Spaniards of all ranks are furious at her
action. They attribute it to her cold Aus
trian blood, and sarcastically suggest that
she may as well try her hand next at
abolishing another national pastime bull
fighting.
There is wild talk of establishing a great
gambling establishment on tne frontier at
Fuenterrabia, but nothing tangible will
come of it, and it isj pretty certain that
Monte Carlo will secure the patronage of
most of those who will not be allowed to
lose their money at San Sebastian.
BATED BY AEBI0AN3.
European Eesorts Would Bo Dcsolato'but
for the Tankeo Tonri&ts.
tET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. J
London, Aug. L The Continental hotel
keepers arc reporting a season of disaster.
It is many years since business has been so
bad, and thev are at a loss to explain it.
"With the exception of Bayreuth, where the
spirit of "Wagner is triumphant, and Air
les Bams, where America reigns, the Con
tinental watering places are desolate. The
fact of the matter is, the whole social and
financial system of Europe is still benumbed
by the wreck of the Barings. There is nt
line of business that has yet recovered from
it, and it will be a long time yet before
confidence is completely restored.
In Germany the hotel keepers say that if
it were not for the Americans they would
be compelled to close up. As a matter of
fact, Americans are the one brilliant ex
ception. There are not less than 100,000 of
them scattered about here, and they are
spending more money than they were ever
known to spend before. This is especially
truo of Paris, where shopkeepers have
reaped a golden harvest Tne manager of
the Bon Marcha reports that their sales
to Americans are a third larger than last
summer, -which was the largest they had
had. Their force of English-speaking clerks
was large, but wholly inadequate.
HOLLOW ENTHUSIASM.
ThatTs the Character of the Husslan Article
Toward the French.
tBT ""! TO TUX DISPATCH.
London, Aug. X. According to semi
official descriptions and dispatches pub
lished in the French newspapers, Bussian
enthusiasm for France has been unbounded,
and the hearts of the two nations now beat
as one. But reports from impartial
and unemotional observers fully bear
out the statements as to the arti
ficial character of the enthusiasm,
bo far as the Eussian people are concerned,
made in this correspondence a week ago.
The St, Petersburg correspondent of the
Tana, for instance, telegraphs to-day: "On
the field of Mars, on the occasion of the
visit thereof some 200 French sailors, Pre
fect of Police Groesser and his officers sta
tioned in various parts ordered the popu
lace to shout and hurrah, so unused is the
Moujik to spontaneous utterance of emo
tions." The announcement that the fleet is to visit
England, and to be feted on a scale almost
equal to the Eussian, momentarily discon
certed the French Chauvinists, but they
ouicklv found rnnsnlflf inn in thft rpflprtinn
that such a visit must indicate that England
has not joined the Triple Alliance, end that
she may be persuaded to throw in her lot
with Eussia and France
KING ALFONSO'S SUCCESS.
Tho Youthful Koler of Spain Makes a Hit
In Receiving the Moorish Envoys.
tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Aug. L King Alfonso as
sisted his mother on "Wednesday at San
Sebastian to receive the ambassadors sent
by the Sultan of Morocco to remove the
misunderstandings which have recently
arisen between the two countries. The
little King performed his part with great
success, and at the conclusion won all hearts
by toddling off with the chief ambassador
to show him a superb collection of Toledo
arms, tapestries, silver and gold tea serv
ices and other presents destined for the Sul
tan. The ceremony by all accounts was ex
tremely imposing, but that which struck
one observer most strongly was "the strange
resemblance noticeable between the features
of many of the Spanish noblemen and offi
cers and that of their proud, silent and re
served Moorish guests, whose stately mein
distinguished manners and fine, tall figures
were as striking as their Oriental garo and
nne
BADGES OF SEBVUUDE.
London Housewives Finding It Difficult to
Slake Domestics Wear Caps.
f BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
Londox, Aug. L Correspondence is
raging in London newspapers upon the
question, "Are domestic servants bound to
wear caps?" Judge Bayley, of the West
minster County Court, who is probably a
hann.ln. .e .arnnnpilili A.. .1 '.
uawui..v., .0 Aoyvuo.uic iw uiB aiscussion. I
A servant dismissed at short notice for derl
dining to wear what sho considered a badge
of servitude sued her employer for wages In
lieu of notice, and Judge Bayley gave judg
ment in her favor, holding that she had not
refused to obey a lawful order. The decis
ion has caused consternation among the
housewives all over the country, and is cal
culated to create bitter discussion In every
household.
Heretofore it has been accepted as a mat
ter of course that a female, servant must
wear caps indoors, and, as a cap is usually
pretty and becoming to plain faces, it has
been worn, as a matter of course. But
Judge Bayley has started what may result
in a general mutiny. Servants will cer
tainly endeavor to assert a right for which
they have now judicial warrant, and the
outlook Is so threatening that alarmed ladies
are writing to the newspapers, suggesting
that mistresses should form an offensive and
defensive alliance, based upon a firm resolve
not to employ any servant refusing to wear
a cap.
HEE THE0AT WAS-CJT;
AWFUL DEATH OP A TOUNO.AND
BEAUTIFUL PAEISIENNE.
Her Dying Scream Brought AssIstanoerTmt
There Was Ko Apparent Explanation
Police Puzzled An Autopsy Showed
She Had Fallen on a Window.
HIT CASLE TO THE DISPA.TCB.1
London, Aug. L What promised -tobe
one of the most complex murder mysteries
of Paris has been solved this week. At 10
o'clock Monday morning a lady living in
Bne Gaudot de Mauroy, a street which rons
into the Boulevards near the Madeliene,
was startled to hear a loud shriek in the
Lodge. Bushing into the room she found
the concierge, Madame Beccevault,
prostrate on the floor, the blood
pouring from a fearful, clean
cut gash that reached from the right ear to
the chin. She died in a few moments with
out being able to articulate a word as to the
cause of her injuries. The police who were
called in could find absolutely no clew to
the perpetrator of the deed, and the young
and pretty woman, Mme. Beccevault, had
never given cause for the slightest breath
of scandal and was devoted to her husband,
whoj at the hour of the tragedy, was away
at his work.
There had been no chance for anyone who
might have committed the crime to leave
the room, for the lady who first discovered
the dying concierge rushed into the apart
ment through the only door, and met no
one, while the only chance for the murderer
to have effected an escape would have been
through this same door. This he could not
have done without observation, for the
discoverer of the tragedy reached the room
only a few seconds after the dying woman's
scream was heard. There was a ladder up
to a window, but the window was closed and
only one pane of glass was broken the
aperture thus made not being more than
large enough for the egress of a cat The
theory of suicide was disposed of by the
circumstances that there was no weapon in
the room with which the deed could hare
been committed.
The police were completely puzzled till a
physician made an autopsy on the body.
He found several bits of glass in the wound
In the throat, and then the tragedy was ex
plaind. Madame Beccevault had been
cleaning a window on top of a ladder.
She had obviously fallen and struck her
neck against the window, which had broken
and the glass cut her throat
A DABING PEDESXBIA5.
HoXs-s Kusslan Lieutenant and Will Aronsev
Enthnslasm in Prance.
rsT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.
London, Aug. 1. The young Cossack
lieutenant, Backmontofl, who walked from
"Vladivostocklo St PeTersburg in 13 months,
is now on his way on'foot from the Bussian
capital to Paris, accompanied by the small
gray dog which tramped with him across
Siberia and back. Backmontoffs trip will
be utilized by French patriots for further
demonstrations in favor of the Bussian
alliance, and both man and dog are likely to
receive an embarrassing amount of attention
in France.
In Siberia the daring pedestrian walked
for hundreds of miles in solitude. In France,
if the programme now being arranged is
to be carried out, he will pass through
cheering crowds and under triumphal arches
in every town, and will have to undergo a
course of festive eating and drinking calcu
lated to undermine the constitution of even
the hardiest Cossack and toughest dog.
CUBED BY PBAYBB,
A Sufferer From Cancer Kestorett Through
the Power of Faith.
Ne-w Brunswick, N. J, Aug. L Mrs.
Mary Paul, who has until recently lived
with her daughter and son-in-law, Captain
and Mrs. Johnson, of the Salvation Army,
claims to have been instantly cured of
cancer in the breast by the power of prayer.
She had been a sufferer from cancer for
about ten years, and had undergone several
operations without any permanent relief.
Now she is a hale and hearty woman.
The circumstances are related by her
daughter, Mrs. Johnson, as follows: "It
all happened on the morning of June 2L
Mother was taking part in family service at'
breakfast, and suddenly began to pray very
fervently and asked the Lord to heal her
body of the disease and pains from which
she suffered. Then Blie became conscious
that she was regaining her natural health
and strength. Jumping up and clasping
her hands she exclaimed: Thank God, I
am healed!'
"She then took her two bottles of medi
cine and hurled them through the window
into the yard. Examination showed that
the dreadful cancer was healed."
SHAKEN BY SHAZEBO.
Strange Manifestations of Spirit
Power
Among Indiana People.
MITCHELL, Ind., Aug. X. Some women,
known as Mount Ebal Shakers, have for sev
eral weeks been holding meetings and creat
ing considerable excitement in Monroe coun
ty, and at Beeds station in this county, by
the strange power they seem to possess.
They made several converts, some or whom
in the western part of the comity are now
showing the effects of the power they claim
has possessionof them.
During services they jerk and shake vio
lently, some of them becoming so worked
up that thev have to be carried from their
places, while the meeting is in progress.
Several of the shakers' converts at other
places have become completely insane.
Fcnnypacker's Luck.
Crxr of Mexico, Aug. 1. A Pennsyl
vanian named Pennypacker is engaged to a
rich lady belonging to one of the best fami
lies in the city.
A Very Remarkable Offer for Monday.
We will offer to-morrow (Monday) about
800 men's cassimere and cheviot suits for
tS 60. You can take your choice of either
sacks or stylish cutaway frocks, and you
will have about 15 different patterns to
choose from. We make this liberal offer
because our tables have to be cleared for
fall goods. Bemember, 55 60 is the price to
morrow for a first-class suit of men's clothes.
P. C. C. C, Pittsburg Combination Cloth
ing Company, corner Grant and Diamond
streets.
P. S. We will also offer 1,000 pairs of
men's stylish worsted pants for SI 49. Sam-
Elcs of these bargains are displayed in our
rant street show windows.
PZCTSBTJHG-, SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1891.
A RETEL OF SPOOKS.
The-Armual Gathering of Spiritual
ists atCassadaga Lake.
ITATEEIAIIZUfG. MEDIUMS' WORK.
Anlntimation-of Investigatioa-Ecceived as
a Great Indignity.
W0SDEEB- OP THE SLATE WIUTINGS
tSTXCTAXi TELEQSAlt TO THE DtSFATCIT.1
Gassadaoa Lake, N. T., July SL
There is perhaps no place on this continent
to-day where a greater variety of opinions
may be found regarding questions of ma
terial and spiritual life than at Cassadaga
Lake. Though nearly all are Spiritualists
in some degree, yet there are as many
phases of opinion as there are different in
dividuals making up the assembly. Many
of the older gentlemen might bo readily
taken for doctors of divinity if they were
attending some Methodist conference; many
of those in attendance are people of fine
mind; all appear sincere' except a few
"fakirs," such as hang around every meet
ing where money can be made by duping
the unwary.
Some of the many mediums to be found
on the ground are regarded by all spiritual
ists as genuine, but there are some who are
regarded as humbugs by many and looked
upon with suspicion by a still larger num
ber. On the front of the Grand Hotel are
the following cards, which represent but a
few of the mediums of different classes to
be found on the grounds: "Mansfield, the
Slate "Writer;" "Dr. J. Pfleging, Mental
and Magnetic Healer;" "M. A. Keller, In
dependent Slate "Writing;" "Mrs. Effie
Moss. Materializine Medium:" "Sicnor G.
Green, Materializing Medium, Business and
Private Seances."
GBEXET IS SOT SO GEEE3T.
Tour correspondent by invitation of a
Spiritualist, who is somewhat skeptical as
to the materialization of spirits, went one
evening this week to the entertainment ad
vertised by Signor Green, who, by the way,
is not so green I am inclined to think as
those who contribute $1 per head to see him
show. About 25 persons were seated around
three sides of a room perhaps 16 feet square.
One comer was reserved for Signor Green,
who is a swarthy young man, with a slight
foreign aacent, perhaps Spanish. The
cabinet, as it is called, was made simply by
hanging two curtains, each about a yard
wide, to the celling, each coming to the
floor next the wall, leaving a triangular
space about 3J feet on each side for the
medium.
After seating all his victims as far away
from the cabinet as possible, Signor Green,
arrayed in dark-blue shirt and pantaloons,
entered his cabinet and the lamp was taken
from the room, leaving simply enough
light to distinguish white from black. After
entering the cabinet he professed to be
taken possession of by an old chum, "Jim,"
who had gone out from this life, as they call
it, several years ago in a railroad accident
Different mediums have different guides or
controls, some having several, and Jim
does the business at the other end of the
line for Signor Green. After taking his
Slace in the cabinet, he seemed to be mak
2g some effort, but uttering no sound ex
cept an occasional grunt that is as nearly
described by "humph" as any other word.
Pretty soon the curtains parted and
A WHITB FIGtritH APPEASED.
"How beautiful!" was the exclamation
from all sides. After this spirit had been,
sufficiently long in the flesh it vanished Into.'
iue cuoiueti anu in nuue me another ap
peared. This was the lacemaker. Lace
making seems to be a favorite occupation of
the other world, for in nearly every ma
terializing seance the lacemaker appears.
The figure stands between the curtains and
can, by shaking and waving cheese cloth,
make passably good lace to be exhibited in
the dark. Other figures came out, some
offering to shake hands with one or two
favorites present Tour correspondent and
a lady by his side, who were perhaps more
anxious to grasp the hand than any others
in the room, were not given the chance.
At one time when the apparition had ad
vanced about three feet from the cabinet a
match which I held in one hand was touched
by the thumb nail of the other and a faint
spark flashed out It seemed to throw the
spirit into spasms and he, she or it vanished
into the cabinet and remarks of dissatis
faction were heard on all sides against the
sacrilegious person who would carry matches
to a materializing seance. The effect was
bad and somehow dampened the ardor of
the spirits. The lace maker again came out
and another figure or two concluded the en
tertainment When the seance closed and
the light was brought back, I went up to
Signor Green who was sitting near the
cabinet and asked the privilege of examin
ing his clothing.
rSTDIGjmT Off A!T rtTVESTICATIOir.
This waa even worse than fingering a
match, and as I began to feel of the
medium's clothing I was told not to offer
any such indignities, and as Mr. Green
looked as if he had fight in his eve I forth
with was satisfied to postpone the examina
tion. I am fully convinced that Signor
Green is a fraud. It is but just to say, how
ever, that many others who had the same
chance of observing think that his material
izations were genuine, and that his clothing
was examined by a committee one evening
before. I am simply giving the facts as
they appeared to me. '
Slate writing is one of the favorite tests
of ciediumship and it would seem utterly
impossible that any fraud or deception
could be practiced, and there scarcely seems
room to doubt that there is a power beyond
any human agency that does the writing.
Here is an instance of which there are hun
dreds similar: A. Meadville lady yesterday
went to P. L. O. A. Keeler, the well-known
Blate medium. She wrote questions directed
to three persons in the spirit world and held
the slates on which she desired answers in
her hands. She heard the writing going on
rapidly and on opening the slates found not
only answers to the three questions with the
names or the persons addressed, but com
munications from seven more, one from a
lady who lived in Cooperstown, Pa., and
died 27 years ago, and of whom the Mead
ville lady had not thought for years.
A SKEPTIC IS HYSinriED.
Another case is that of Charles Fordtran,
of Texas, a venerable old gentleman, who
was born in Prussia in 1801, and who has
lived in Texas for SO years. He is net a
Spiritualist, but out of respect to the mem
ory of his departed wife who was, he comes
to Cassadaga. He went to Mr. Keeler a day
or two ago in company with his son-in-law,
and they took the usual precautions to
guard against imposture. He received an
swers to three questions addressed to indi
viduals, and also communications from four
others, one who had lived in Germany and
from whom the communication was inGer
man. The old gentleman did not want to
givethe name of his wife, but asked the
medium to determine it Mr. Keeler said
he would give the initials and said they
were A. A. F., which was correct
There is something peculiar in regard to
the doctrines as advanced by the speakers
here. No matter how unreasonable or ab
surd many of their statements may seem at
first thought, when they are explained in
the light of the spiritual philosophy then
can be seen a thread of reason underlying
the whole. For example, Mr. Colville, in
his lecture on spiritual healing, says there
is no such thing as repulsion in nature.
That everything is attraction. ,
A COMMOX ILLUSTRATION.
This contradicts our experience seemingly,
but on studying the matter over it will be 1
found that his theory can be substantiated.
He declares that repulsion only seemsto re
sult because there is a stronger attraction in
another direction that everything fol
lows the line of the strongest at
traction. As an illustration he takes a
needle lying upon a table. There is
the attraction of gravitation that keeps it
there. Hold a magnet above the needlo
and the needle leaves the table and goes to
the magnet There is no more repulsion now
between the table and the needle than before,
but it simply follows the line of strongest
attraction and thus sometimes causes a
seeming repulsion. Hence they lay down
the general law that there is no repnlslon.
By the way, those who stand on the
higher piano of the spiritual philosophy
recognize nothing but general laws from the
universe to the atom.
Prof. Chauncey Palmer, of Titusville.
gave a most wonderful exhibition of mind
reading at Library Hall last night, and suc
cessfully performed the feat that made
Washington Irving Bishop a subject for the
surgeon's knife, if indeed it did not of it
self take his life. Mr. Palmer on begin
ning his tests asked a committee often to
be appointed from the audience to see that
all the tests were put beyond the province
of fraud. After the selection of the com
mittee the Chairman announced that the
first test would be what he calls the flower
test
A JffiTD EEADETO FEAT.
Mr. Palmer was taken from the room,
and then members of the committee each
wrote the name of a lady to whom he
wished him to deliver a boquet As the
name was written it was sealed in an en
velope. Mr. Palmer was then brought in
and blindfolded. One of the gentlemen
who had written a name was then asked to
come forward. Mr. P. took tho man's right
hand in his left and then nervously passed
his right hand over the gentleman s face
down over the back of his head and neck
and left arm and then started off through
the room, using the man as his guide. Re
gardless of chairs, benches or anything else
he did not stop until he had placed the
boquet in a lady's hand. The other two
were delivered in like manner, and
all to those to whom they belonged.
He was again taken to the vestibule, and
this time was to hnd a pin secreted by some
member of the committee. Mrs. Dr. Arm
strong, of Buffalo, was chosen to secrete the
pin, and she stuck it in the table on the
platform, where the audience might see
when it was found. The mind reader was
again brought in and blindfolded, and, tak
ing Mrs.Annstrong's band, led her by a cir
cuitous route to where the pin waa and
found it
He proposed next to allow three or four
articles to be selected from the audience
and tied in a handkerchief and the hand
kerchief then hidden. His feat was to find
the handkerchief and then deliver the dif
ferent articles to the persons to whom they
belonged. Taking the one who hid the
handkerchief as his guide he found it easily
and then through those who had collected
the articles he gave them to their owners.
HUNTING FOB A MURDERER.
The next feat he' terms the murder test
A gentleman takes a knife, makes a feint of
stabbing some one and then conceals the
knife. Mr. Palmer is to find the knife and
the person who was in imagination stabbed
with it Tour correspondent was selected
to do the stabbing act He took the knife
and- made a feint at Mr. Fred Nichols,
leader of the Northwestern Orchestra.
Some of the audience thought Mr. Nichols
had not been stabbed sufficiently and should
be "stuck" a little more definitely. The
man with the knife then took it, and in
stead of making a second attack on Mr.
Nichols gave Signor G. Green, the material
izing medium, a stab at the back of the
neck, and then laid the knife upon a win
dow sash at the back of the hall.
Mr. Palmer found the knife after a long
search, and then in turn picked ont the gen
men who had been the victims of the stab
bine, in their order.
V"Jrhe"1asttesewas'-tb selection bf a word
from a book that lay on the table. He re
quested that the book be left open in order
that he might not spend time in looking for
the page. One of the committee selected
a word, wrote it on a slip of paper and
handed it to Mrs. Judge Tilden. Mr. Pal
mer ran his finger nervously over the
page, then croKe a piece oi cotton thread
and giving the gentleman who selected the
word one end of it took the other end and a
piece of crayon in his right hand. Turning
his face to the blackboard he asked the
gentleman to tighten the string and think of
the first letter of the word. The letters
came slowly until they made the word Tom,
which Mrs. Tilden found to be the word
handed her.
The tests were genuine beyond all possi
bility of doubt, and highly satisfactory. Mr.
Palmer says he does not understand what
the power is; that he seems when looking
for a person or article to feel that there is
no other person or article in the room.
A BIG BtTBBEE C0ENEB.
Baron de Gondovlz Now Has the World's
Supply Within His Grasp.
rSPECIAL TZLEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
NE"WTORK, Aug. L Baron de Gondo
viz, the "Eubber King of Para," has just
made a deal by which he expects the 510,000,
000 syndicate, of which he is the head, will be
able to control the available supply of crude
rubber in the market The announcement
of the successful termination of the negotia
tions with the English holders of rubber
was made in a brief dispatch from London.
The Baron de Gondoviz has had a romantic
history, and it is only after a struggle of a
quarter of a century that he has
been able to obtain control of
the rubber supply of the world, which is
estimated at 2,500 tons. Half of this is
stored in New Tork and London, and the
rest at Para. American manufacturers are
said to have a stock large enough to last
them through a summer.
Without the help of the English capital
ists de Gondovez could not expect to cor
ner the supplies. About six weeks ago he
passed through New Tork on his way from
Para to London. He said at the time that
he was going "merely for pleasure, and
might incidentally do a little business."
The "little business" is made apparent by
the deal which he has Just made through
London bankers and Martinhurst & Co., of
Liverpool, importers of rubber. It is esti
mated that it will take $25,000,000 to con
trol the next season's crop.
PUGILISM LAWFUL IN IOWA.
The
Authorities Discover That They Can
not Fnnish Terpin or Pitts.
Boone, Ia., Aug. 1. Since the Terpin
Pitts fight'here on Monday the authorities
have been looking np the matter of pen
alties for aiding and abetting the
fight, the principals having fled the
same morning. The astounding discov
ery has been made that there is no
provision in tho Iowa statutes punishing
even the principals in a prize fight if no dis
turbance or riot occurs; also that the sever
est penalty that can be inflicted is a fine of
S100 for fighting, and even this can only be
assessed if the men are fighting in an angry
manner.
This oversight in the laws has not been
noticed before and is probably not known to
the sporting fraternity, else Iowa would
have been the battleground for many a
fray.
E0, FOB NIAGABA FALLS!
One Hundred Carloads of Excursionists
Pais Throngh Lima in One Day.
rSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Lima, Aug. L Ten excursion trains of
ten cars each, and heavily loaded with ex
cursionists oil their way to Niagara Falls,
passed through here to-day.
The trains were run very carefully, ex
actly 20 minutes apart, and extraordinary
precautions were taken to prevent such ao-
ciaems as nave homned the people oi tne
State lately.
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FTJTimO UP TEE CAJIPAiayHT omo,
WOKKBTAjr Clevelaitd Thou fret silver Mckt are not union made. So I don't tcorS. Be7
Contractoe Campbell TKal't mo. Ghuxt TU have to ute the Fret Trade Hon for Oe
vihole budding.
THE MAS Df THE CASE
Testifies asto the Perfect Propriety
of Mrs. love's Conduct.
SWEEITSTEVEKS ON THE STAND.
Tfe-Says HeNever Kissed Nor TTas Kissed
by the Defendant.
THE-0A8E IS K0T MAELT C050IuDED
The hearing in the Love habeas corpus
case was continued yesterday, before Judges
Kennedy and Porter. All the parties in
terested were present, and the courtroom
was crowded.
Mr. Sullivan, attorney for Mr. Love,
stated that his testimony was finished. At
torney Bichardson, for Mrs. Love, then
called "Del" Stevens, the co-respondent in
the divorce proceedings, to the stand.
Stevens is about 25 years of age, smooth
faced, and rather heavy set In response to
questions from Mr. Bichardson he
said ho had been in the employ
of Love. He first met Mrs. Love in
company with her husband, at his
own home, where Mr. and Mrs. Love vis
ited. He has known them both about seven
years. His relations with them were merely
friendly never cordial. Mr. Love knew
of all the intimacy there was. He denied
that ho had been with Mrs. Love as late as
10 o'clock at night within three months.
He was frequently sent to the house by Mr.
Love himself. As to the nickname,
Sweety," Mr. Love called him by it as
much as anyone else. The nickname was
not confined to him alone. He called Mr.
Love "Sweety" as often aa he was called
"Sweety." As to visiting Mrs. Love in
her bedroom, the family often sat there and
Mr. Love always knew of his presence.
iBNLX3PF,THB E-SES. .
He never kissed Mrs. Love as she sat in a
rocking chair, nor did she kiss him. He
had gotten beer and whisky for Mrs. Love at
Mr. Love's order. He had often seen Love
drinking. He never saw anything to lead
him to believe that Mrs. Love was not a
good woman.
On cross-examination Mr. Sullivan wanted
to know the occasions when he was called
"Sweety." Stevens could not remember.
Mr. -Sullivan Well, when it happened
did vou wear that pompadour on your head
that you wear now?
"Are you trying to guy meg" queried
Stevens, with an angry look;
Mr. Sullivan laughed and said: "I'm ask
ing you questions, and you had better an
swer. I don't know,"he added, "whether
it's a pompadour or a pompoon, or what you
call it"
Tho cross-examination continued, and
Stevens denied having a very great fond
ness for Mrs. Love. He was in a bath room
with her once, but the door was open. Mrs.
Love always treated him with courtesy, and
in an honorable manner. Mr. Love had dis
charged him about three months ago with
out giving him a reason, telling him that it
was about time they dissolved partnership.
PROTEST OB" A LAWYER.
When Stevens left the stand he walked
past Mr. Sullivan. The latter turned when
he had passed and said to Stevens: "What
do you mean by that remark that you'll not
be kidded by me uome Dace nere.
"Oh, never mind," said Judge Kennedy,
as Stevens turned about
"I'm an attorney at this bar, exclaimed
Mr. Sullivan.
"Never mind, never mind," said the
Court, and Stevens retired.
Miss Sadie and Miss Mary Melntyre
were called in turn, and said they had never
seen Mrs. Love drunk. She had drank
beer on occasions, but waa never intoxi
cated. Mrs. Westwood testified to Mrs. Love
having left two of her children with her
when she had to go to the city to engage
servants. She never saw Mrs. Love other
than kind to the children.
Mrs. Nellie Joyce, who lived with the
Loves two years ago, testified to Mrs. Love
being a kind mother and Mr. Love a good
father.
IL M. Long, the father of Mrs. Love, was
called. He testified to Mrs. Love coming
to him on her visit to the eity to engage
servants. It was he who telegraphed in her
name to Mrs. Westwood that she would not
return that night He had done all he
could, by good advice, etc, to keep things
in order between the couple. He had per
fect confidence in the truth, integrity and
virtue of Mrs. Love.
THE PENDING DrVOECB CASE.
"There is a divorce case pending in Com
mon Pleas No. 1, I believe," remarked
Judge Porter.
"res, sir; testimony is being taken be
fore the master," replied Mr. Long. "But
you have heard it all here, I believe."
"No, you haven't," interjected Mr. Sulli
van. "You are not called on to maice such
assertions."
Mr. Long I'm talking to the Court, not
to you, sir.
Mr. Sullivan Tou have no business to
tell the Court that.
Mr. Long I'm answering a question of
the Court, and I'm capable of doing so with
out your assistance.
Mr. Long's quiet manner butsarcastio
expression nettled Mr. Sullivan, who ex
claimed: "I ask the protection of the
Court."
Judge Kennedy said, "That will do," and
the controversy ended.
Mrs. Long, the mother of Mrs. Love, next
testified that Mrs. Love was an affectionate
mother. She had faith in Mrs. Love's in
nocence of the charges.
The case was here continued until 10
o'clock next Friday morning.
Objected to the Clay.
John Dacey was put under bail by Alder
man McMasters yesterday for court for
surety of the peace, on a charge preferred
William Sexton, a next door neighbor of
Dacey's, on Bates street The allegation is
that Dacey while digging a trench in his
yard threw a lot of clay on Sexton's prop
erty, and when Sexton's wife asked him to
put the dirt somewhere else, he threatened
to kill her.
KILLED WITH A GEAS3H00S.
A Physician of nigglnsTllIe, Mo., DiesfFrom
a Blow on His Head.
Lexington, Mo., Aug L Dr. B. F.
Wilson, of Higginsville died this morning
from a wound given him by Ferdinand But
ler, a neighbor, on the evening of the 28th.
Butler has been placed in jail to await a
preliminary hearing Saturday. Wilson
was Butler's physician and bad been treat
ingthe latter's invalid wife. They quarrelled
over a galvanic battery, when Butler
struck Wilson on the head with a
grasshook, the point of which went through
the skull and into the brain. Wilson after
receiving the wound, went into his house
and secured a surgeon's knife, returning to
the gate to await the appearance of Butler.
Marshal Bennett found Wilson with the
knife sticking in the fence by him
handy for use, and heard him threaten
to kill Butler when he came that
way. Bennett placed Wilson under ar
rest and kept him that night in the cala
boose. The next morning Wilson was
found unconscious, with one side paralyzed.
Efforts were vainly made to arouse nim,
and he died early this morning. A post
mortem examination showed that the grass
hook had penetrated the brain and severed
several blood vessels.
Butler claims that he only struck Wilson
with his first There were no witnesses to
the fight Dr. Wilson's remains were taken
to Slater, Mo., thismorningby his relatives
for interment Dr. Wilson was one of the
leading physicians of this place and a son
of Dr. B. F. Wilson, Sr., Chief Surgeon of
the O. & A. E. B. His remains were fol
lowed by a large number of people.
L0STHEBDIAH0OTS.
A Big Piece of Work Jrae ny Porch
Climber Thieves in St Louis.
Sx. Louis, Aug. L One of the boldest
robberies of the year waa reported to the
police by Eena Elza, the keeper of a Chest
nut street resort About 6 o'clock in the
afternoon she took her diamonds out of a
casket and commenced to make preparations
to dress in a second-story front room. The
ringing of the supper bell called
the woman away. An hour later,
when she returned, at the door
leading to a porch was found a diamond
bracelet She picked it up and hastened
into her room. All the other jewelry was
missing, together with 5100 which had been
hidden in a dresser drawer. The missing
jewelry consists of several diamond rings,
several bracelets, a necklace and a breast
pin, all valued at 51,500.
When the detectives got to work on the
case they came to the conclusion that the
thieves had climbed from the porch of an
adjoining house to the porch of Eena's
house over a plank, and had forced open
several doors to get into her room. There
is no clew as to the identity of the thieves.
A HUGE IB0K DEAL
ElghMJreat Mining Companies to Consoli
date With 817,000,000 Capital.
Duluth, Aug. L The reported consoli
dation of the Chicago and Minnesota Ore
Company with the Minnesota Iron Com
pany, which owns the Tower mines and the
Duluth and Iron Bange Bailway, turns out
to be a much larger deal than waa at first re
ported. It is proposed to consolidate eight
great concerns into one company, which
will own every mine at present shipping
ore, the Duluth and Iron Eange road and a
total land-holding of about 40,000 acres.
The combined capital wiU bo about S17,
000,000. The Chicago and Minnesota Com
pany owns 27,300 acres of mineral land on
the vermilion range, and controls the stock
of the Chandler Iron Company, which made
500,000 last year. The Minnesota Iron
Company alone has nearly 100 acres of good
iron-bearing lands,and is contesting directly
ui juuucubiy Bcveri claims mat Will, no
doubt, be very valuable; but much of its
lands are like hundreds of other claims, un
tested, and therefore doubtful,
AN EX-KAYOB'S FUHEBAL.
The Obsequies of Hon. T. It. Co eU, of Oil
City, the Greatest Ever Held There.
rsraCIAL TILKOEAM TO IDI DISPATCH.1
Oil Citt, Aug. L The funeral this aft
ernoon of ex-Mayor Thomas B. Cowell was
the most notable ever held in this city.
Christ Episcopal Church could hold but a
small portion of those present The attend
ance included, as representative bodies,
Company D, N. G. P., the Oil City police
force, the Mayor,ex-Mayorsand Councflmen,
Knights of Maccabees, Knights of Honor,
Talbot Commandery, G. A. B., Oil Ex
change members. Tailors' Association,
Petrolia Lodge F. and A. M., and visiting
Masons and military men from Franklin,
Titusville, Meakville and other points.
Many beautiful floral tributes were offered,
including one from Pittsburg, a large
Maltese cross of roses and carnations with
purple immortelle lettering;, symbolical of
the thirty-second degree of Masonry.
THE LAST OF THE MIAMIS DYIHG.
The Untamed Chid Godfrey, Well Stricken
in Tears, Passing Away.
rsrxciAL TELranAM to thx msrATCH.i
Ft. Wayne, Isd., Aug. L Word
reached this city this morning that James
B. Godfrey, the Chief and last of the orig
inal tribe of Miami Indians, whose reserva
tion lies south of this city is dying. The
old chief is well advanced in years, some
placing his age in the 00s.
Between 75 and 100 children, grandchil
dren and great-grandchildren live on the
reservation with the old man, and many of
them are fairly industrious and well-to-do.
Their chief, however, rather scorned work,
and carries with him in his old eyes the
untamed spirit of the once proudMiami
race. He delighted in nothing more than
to smoke a pipe with his visitors and relate,
incidents of his warrior days.
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WO SET SPEECHES
Are the Foundation for the Fame of
Proctor Knott, of Kentucky.
HE WAS HUMOROUS, COX WlTtX
The Orator-Should Not Eegret tie Eesult of
His Dulnth Effort.
A QTJOTATIW SH0W1TO HIS STUB
WJUnXX TOB THE DISPATCH.
The humorist of the House was Proctor
Knott, of Kentucky, who sprang into sud
den notoriety by his Duluth 'speech, as it IS
called, which is doubtless better known and
more generally read than any other speech,
of the period. I am told that he has ex
pressed his regret that it was ever deliv
ered, because he thinks it has given him ths
reputation rather of a buffoon than anything
nobler. And yet I think he is greatly
mistaken in this. If the test of true oratory
be in its carrying its point, then he has no
cause to regret it Humor is often the most
powerful of all weapons in debate, and
there is no more effective way of killing
a scheme than by ridiculing it to death.
This was what Knott did in his Duluth
speech. It was on a resolution to revive a
land grant to the Bayfield and San Croix
Eiver Bailroad Company, which had ex
pired by its own limitation, and, apart from
its merit as a humorous production, it is
entitled to the far greater credit of having
put a final stop to the giving away of the
public domain to private corporations.
DD3TEEESCE BETWEEN 1711 A3TD HU2I0R.
It is the very best specimen of sustained
humor with which I am acquainted. It ia
not witty in the general acceptance of that
term. There is a difference between wit
and humor, though it is not easy always to
define it accurately. Cox has well ex
pressed one at least of the differences when
he says in his book, "Why We Laugh,"
that "wit cuts; humor tickles." This ex
presses weU tho difference between his own
style and that of Knott Wit is gener
ally personal; humor impersonal, and
directed rather to the subject matter than
to its advocate. Humor is not often used
in support of a proposition, but rather in
opposition to it, aa in the case just men
tioned. He obtained the floor in this instance
after a good deal of difficulty. The bill waa
in charge of Eugene Wilson, of Minnesota,
who was anxious to call the previous ques
tion, and, if he had, would doubtless have
carried the measure. Knott was pleading
for an opportunity to say "a few words,"
and made the remark that he believed if he
wss sentenced to be hung, and was appeal
ing to the House to give him time to say
the Lord's prayer, somebody would object
TOTLT WASTED HMHTEim KDTUTEa,
This was too much, and Wilson asked,
"How much time does the gentleman want?"
"Oh, about 15 minutes." Wilson yielded,
and when Knott had spoken for 13 minute
nobody wanted him to stop, and he went on
till he killed the bill. It was the most ef
fective use of the humorous in debate that
I have ever known.
There i nothing in Knott's appearance
suggestive of the humorous. He is short
of stature; of an exceedingly florid or bour
bon complexion, with a white mustache,
and a gravity of manner that would do
honor to an owL He never shone like Cox,
in extemporaneous debate; had perhaps no
fitness for it; and his reputation as a humor
ist depends on two set speeches, the Duluth
speech and a speech on a bill appropriating
money to repave Pennsylvania avenue,
which, however, all his ridicule failed to
defeat The distinguishing features of both
these speeches are the anti-climax and the
reductio ad absordum, as they are styled by
logicians. The former speech is too well
known to warrant its repetition here, but
the latter is worthy of a wider circulation;
than has as yet been given it, and I there
fore feel that no opology is needed for quot
ing from it at some length.
ONE Off PROCTOR KNOTT'S SPEECHES.
Speaking of the money that had already
been spent by Congress in beautifyine the
l nation's capital, he said: "If any gentle
man entertains a doubt on this point, let
him walk through Lafayette Square; let ?"!
swing around the circle south of the Presi
dent's palace, or stand on the splendid
esplanade in front of the Agricultural De
partment Let him snuff the fragrant air
that hangs over the public gardens; let him
tread the sinuous footpaths laid with an
elastic concrete of white sea sand, bordered
with shrubbery that would have lent new
charms to Calypso's favorite retreat, and
winding away in all the intricate mazes of
the Cretan labyrinth. Let him do this, and
he will find that the Government has taken
pains, so far as as it is concerned, that
no stain shall pollute the satin slip
per of the favored beauty aa she
glides along in sylph-like loveliness; that
no speck of dust shall settle upon the costly
laces of her zorzeous robe as she reclines in
ecstatic languor on the downy cushions of
her splendid carriage; that even the per
fumed Zephyr.as he steals from beds of rare,
exotics, shall not kiss her velvet cheek too
rudely, nor the dancing sunbeam taste the
delicious fragrance that exhales from her
honeyed lips, while the toil-browned, bare
footed daughter of the honest, hard working
farmer in Indiana or Kentucky, in her home
spun gown, innocent of crinolino or train,
"3Iu3t skolp it on throngn dub and mire
Despising wind and rain and Are."
COarpLEMENTS EOE OFFICE SEEKERS.
And then, referring to an argument that
had been made m favor of the bill because
the avenue was so much used by theToffica
holders and employes of the Government
he said: 'If there is a being on this earth
for whose comfort and convenience I enter
tain the profoundest solicitude, it is your
office holder; your public functionary.
When I see one of that noble army of mar
tyrs bidding adieu to his home and all tho
sweet attractions of private life, for which
he is so eminently fitted, to immolate him
self upon the altar of his country's service
for four long years. Homer's touching pict
ure of the last sad scene between the nobla
Hector and his weeping family rises
before Jmv sympathetic imagination;
when I see him plunging into an office, of
the duties of which he is profoundly and
defiantly ignorant. I am reminded of the
self-sacrificing heroism of Curtius when ha
leaped into the yawning gulf that opened
in the Boman forum: when I behold him,
sadly contemplating his majestic features ia
one of those gorgeous ana costly mirror
which are furnished him at the publio ex
pense, my heart goes out to him in sym
Eathyj when I see him sorrowfully seated at
is miserable repast of sea terrapin and
champagne, my very bowels yearn or him;
and when I see him performing the onlr
duty for which he is fully competent, sign
ing the receipts for his month'spay, lam so
overwhelmed with pity for his miserable
condition, that I wish I were in his place.
SOLICITUDE TOR OFFICIAL COiLFOBT.
"When such considerations as these, sir,
have come crowding upon my mind, ap
pealing to every sentiment of my better
nature; when I have thought how the of
ficial nerves of nur poor, neglected publio
servants are racked by the car rattling over
the stony streets, I have felt, under the sud
den impulse of the moment, that we ought
to tear up the old cobble-stone pavement,
and supply its place with one of the new
fangled patent wooden ones, over which the
splendid equipages of our Government of
ficials, with their coats of arms and liveried
out-riders might glide as smoothly and
noiselessly as the aerial car of the fairy
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