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TORTY -SIXTH YEAR
FLTTSBTJRG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1891.
'THREE CENTa
Or
THE VEIL,
The Early Life of Henryv
M. Stanley JTo Longer
Shrouded in Jlystery.
HIS STEPFATHER FOMD...
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A Sturdy Welshman m U0ID.eSteaa.tJ
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Who Can Tell All About the
Explorer's Boyhood.
SOT BORN WITH A SILYER SPOON.
The Decidedly Hnm'olc Origin of the XotrJ
TVorld-Fr-mons Hero of the Heart
of the Dark Continent.
BALE OP THE LAD TO A SEA CAPTAIN.,
.Description of an Affecting lice tin? of the Mother and,
Her Sou Alter Long Tears or Trial
and Separation.
i asm: avho is xow residing ix coloeido
"When Henry ZL. Stanley, the great
African explorer, was in Pittsburg lost win
ter, he little dreamed that a man claiming
to be his stepfather was living in Home
stead, neither did the father know that his
famous stepchild intended to deliver a lec
ture in this city until "after he had gone.
Each was ignorant of the other's presence,
though the old man has longed for years to
see 3Ir. Stanley to tell him about the death
of his mother. It is an interesting story
and full of pathos. After listening to the
TTafkin James, the Stepfather of Stanley.
ajed stepfather's recital and carefully going
over the records in the little, worn Welsh
Bible, which was translated for him, the
reporter had no doubt that the tale is cor
rect. It is generally understood by the public
that Henry 5L Stanley is not the real name
of the explorer. This is the name of the
2ew Orleans merchant who raised him, as
the published accounts of his early life go.
The mys-tery of his origin has never been
cleared up to the public ken, though all the
facts of his birth are probably known to Sir.
Stanley. For certain reasons he has never
cared to dilate upon them,and in consequence
all sorts of stories about his boyhood days
have been published.
It remains for Watkin James, the step
father, to give a clear and authentic history
of young Stanley up to when he was five
years old.
A MATTER OF INTEREST.
Anything written about the rescuer of
Livingstone, which bears the stamp of
truth, will certainly be much appreciated
by the world. Mr. James relates incidents
which will be news to Stanley, and will no
doubt be relished by him. It is strange the
two hne never met, but when the story is
told people will readily understand how in
nate modesty and inability to express him
telf well in the English language have pre
vented Mr. James from making himself
known to to the American and Welsh idol.
Watkin James is a Welshman, 63 years
old, living in Homestead. He has resided
in that town for the last five years, and is
employed as the keeper of a furnace in Car
negie's Homestead milk He is a man of
rugged build, and has a good, honest face,
as his picture shows. He is a typical
"W-hnian, and can speak English fairly
velL His accent is hard for a native to
catch at first, but one becomes accustomed
to it in a short time. It is difficult to make
him understand questions asked in English,
but through an interpreter it was made
easy.
Mr. James remained home from work
j-estcrday afternoon to have his picture
taken and to keep an engagement with a
Dispatch reporter. He was found in a
neat little home on Heisel street, opposite
Maloney's Hotel. His Welsh brother-in-law,
Mr. Davis, whote wife speaks English
fluently, was lounging on the little porch.
APPEARED IN THE DOORWAY.
When asked if Mr. James lived there, he
tiidn t understand the question, and replied
in the negative. Just then a rugged-looking
man appeared in the doorway. His beard
was coarse and white, and covered his nerk
like Horace Greeley's. The hair was re
moved from the cheeks. He was minus a
coat and wore a rough shirt which the mill
men havo adopted as their own peculiar
style. The face was kindly and lull of
Btrength. He looked at the stranger before
him for a moment and then said abruptly:
"Are you tho newspaper man?" When a
po-ative assuranco was given, lie said in
broken English:
"Comoin. I am Stanley's stepfather and
want to talk to j ou. Do you know Henry?
I often read about him in tho papers, but I
never saw him. I didn't know he was in
Pittsburg last winter or I would havo called
to see birn. When he was mairied last fall
niy family and I celebrated the event among
ourselves here In Homestead."
'!, and we had a great time," broko in
Mrs, Mary Davis, his sistcr-ln-law, who aftcr
vnrdactedns iutorpictcr.
With tholoe broken and mutual confidence
jostored by this introduction, It was plain
failing, and Watkin James commenced his
ttory. Mrs. Davis had written a short ac
count of Stnuley's father tnd mother at tho
dictation of Mr. James, and this abstract, so
tospcak, was submitted to tho reporter for
hi guidance The names of the Welsh
DRAWING
places vere like so much Sanscrit, hut after
mucU questioning all the facts were elicited.
HE HAD A GOOD MOTHER,
"Stanley's correct name," said Mr. James,
"is Henry Rowlands. nis mother was Elle
jior Jones, and his father Jacob Rowlands.
Both were born In Tout Kees, near New
Castle Emleyn, Cnnierthonshlre, South
Wales. Ilenrv was born lu the same town,
and is now Irom 49 to 50 years old. He has a
sister Elizabeth, who Is now married to
David Bees, and they aro living somewhere
in Colorado. I remember I paid their pass
age to America. Stanley's father was a book
binder by trade, and a very clever one, but
a good for nothing man. He kept a store in
the village, could talk good English, andwas
rookoned among his neighbors "as a
smart fellow, lie didn't have much
Principle, and I think the reason why Stan
ley never thinks about his father is that
when he came to know all about him he had
--.w ivajTCbl lui till... umiucv B U1UU1C1,
'"'bom I atterward married, was an intensely
reliirinriK wnmntt Shn m-fta n rrrpot. wnrVnr
I in the church. She could alsb speak English
uu nu uoo&s a great ueai. sue was very
fond of young Henry, but the carelessness of
his father caused her many a heart-ache.
Jacob Rowlands wasn't a good husband, and
when Henry was about t years old his
parents separated. The father took the boy
and the mother the girl to raise. Shortly
after this Rowlands told Henry to a sea
captain. Preacher Davis, of Cardigan, was
a witness to the papers binding the future
explorer to the skipper. I think Stanley
was about 5 years old at tho time. I never
know how tho Captain treated Henry.
CRIED TOE HER BOY.
"I have often seen his mother sitting by a
window when there was a storm, crying for
ber little boy at sea. She didn't hear Irom
him for four years, and had given him up
for lost. She was fully persuaded he had
been drowned.
"Ellenor Jones, Stanley's mother, was my
third wife. I have mislaid the certificate of
our marriage, and I can't say in 'what
year we were married. 1 think it was
about 1860. We had no children. She died
July 31, 1870, and was buried .August
3 iu Cevangolia Cemetery, Treadgar. I
don't think Stanley knows that his mother
is dead. One day about le6S, at least as
nearly as I can remember, it was two years
before his mother died, Stanley came to
Phinney, where we lived. Ho had come
from trance in search of his baptismal
papers, which were recorded in Cenearth
Church. I had gone to work in the after
noon, and when I got homo Stanley had left.
I never saw him. My wife often told me
how a line-looking, well-dressed young man
walked into the cottage that afternoon. Ho
inquired of different people in tho villago
if they knew Ellenor Jones, and where she
lived. The neighbors wondered what snch
a gentleman should want with Ellenor
Jones, the wife of the furnace keeper. Iho
house was pointed out and Stanley entered.
Henry didn't know his mother, and my wife
did not lecognize in the gentleman her long
lot son. He pulled the papers out of his
pocket and showed them to her. 'Do you
know that name!' he asked, pointing to
Henry Rowlands on the manuscript. ' Yes,'
sho answered, 'that is the name of my boy.'
HOW HE MET HIS MOTHER.
"Then he said you are my mother, and he
took her in his arms and they wept bitterly.
Ho inquired about his sister Elizabeth. She
was at worli In tho town, and his mothor
sent for her. He said he had to leave that
day at midnight to catch tho steamer at Car
diff for France, and he had come to Wales to
pet the papers about his birth, My wile felt
that my homo was not good enough for
Henry to sleep in, so sho insisted that
he go to tho hotel and she would
bring Elizabeth nronnd in the evening
to see him. Stanley asked about a willow
which be remembered he had planted at the
corner of the house when he wasaljoy. It
was a mere twig he had pushed in tho
ground, and taking his mother by the hand
they walked outside to look at the tree. It
had grown wonderfully and was higher
than the house, tho long limbs being down
trailing the ground. Stanley looked up, and
as tho remembrance of his boyhood days
camo back, tho tears rolled down his face.
His mother also cried again. Tho women
who collected to see Ellenor Jones' son told
me often since how Stanley and his mother
stood under the tree and wept, holding each
other's hands.
"In tho evening Elizabeth went around to
the hotel to see her brother. She was then
about Ss3 years old. My wire and tin- sister
had riot seen or heard of him for 14 years.
The glrrwas shy In the presence of the well
dressed stranger, but the meeting between
themwss affected. He gavo them each a
Iiresent of 10 shillings, $2 60 In our monev.
lis father was still living in the town, and
for the moment Henry forgot that he had
sold him to a sea captain.
A COW FOR HIS TATHER.
"Ho was generous, and gave him enough
money to buy a cow. His return was tho
talk or the village for a long time, but ho
loft for Cardiff at midnight. He said he had
to be in France at a certain time, or
ho would lobe his situation. When
I came home from work in tho
morning, Henry had gone, and I had not
seen hiui. If I had known he was in the
town, I certainly would have returned homo
but my wire thought I would not be inter
ested in him. Ho promised to send for
Elizabeth, his sister, to put her in school,
but he never did.
"After that we heard of him through tho
newspapers as being in Africa hunting for
Livingstone. PreacherDavis, at Cardigan,
followed his career, and sent me the papers
from time to time. Once nothing was heard
from him for four or five months, and
everybody thought ho was dead. Mr. Davis
died, and slnco then I have read about Stan
ley whenever I could get tho newspapers.
Stanley never wrote to his mother atter ho
left that night for Cardiff. I suDnosed th.it hn
was in Africa and couldn't reach her bv let
ter." There were many gaps in the early life of
Stanley which Mr. Jatnos could not fill up.
His memory was defective and in some cases
ho didn't know. If he had known that Stan
ley would some day have become a great
man, he twiid he w onld have kept a better
record. Under the circumstances, having
never seen the boy and feeling no tie of
blood, it is surprising that he remembers as
much as he does.
PROUD OF STANLEY.
Mr. Davis is very proud of the explorer.
He has often talked about Stanley and the
relation ho sustained to his mother
among his friends, but as the people
talked Welsh the fact that Stan
ley's stop-father was living was not
discovered bv the 'public until now. Ac
cording to published biographies of Stanley,
ho was born near Denbigh, Wales, in 1810.
His name was John Rowlands. It will he
seen the last name given by Mr. Davis
agrees with this.. At the age of 3 he was
sent to the poorboise at St. Asaph, where
lie remained until he was 13, receiving there
a fair education. He then shipped as a
cabin boy to New Orleans. Mr. James never
know exactly what became of the boy arter
the sea captain died, but ho understood a
rich merchant named Stanley from New
Orleans had picked him up in London.
He adopted Ills foster-father's name.
Tho biographies also state that
Stanley revisited Wales in 1861, and
In 1863 sailed with tho British expedition for
Abyssinia. Mr. James is not sure of the
date when Stanley paid tho visit to his
mother, but it may have been in 18GI. The
chances are that it was in 1863 when he went
with tho expedition, for ho told his mother
he was in a great hurry and needed the bap
tismal papers, or he would lose his job.
IVatkm James is now living with his
fourth wife at Homestead. He came to
America w ith his family in 1879, and settled
at Johnstown, where ho kept a hotel near tho
...i.u.ii uuuftc. .".uuut uj ears ago he
moved to Homestead and escaped the Johns
town Hood.
When asked why he did not write to Stan
ley to tell him who ho was. he rnnliort !,.
Stanley was a great man, and he was afraid
to bother him. Ho was content to nlod hiu
way aione, with tho people ignorant that hn
was married to Stanley's mother. Now that
ho is getting old, he would like to meet the
explorer and have a long chat with him Ho
plied the reporter with questions about
btanlcy's visit to Pittsburg last winter He
wanted to know if his wife was a handsomo
woman, and when the reporter told him
about Stanley's littlo negro servant, whom
the explorer had brought from Africa ho
smiled good-naturedly. '
TBYIHG TO SAVE ELLIOTT.
A Prominent Politician Attempts to Influ
ence Judge Pogh's Action.
fSFZCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus, Aug. B. When the motion for a
new trial was submitted to Judge Pu"h
to-day, without argument, by counsel for
Murderer Elliott, tho Court handed General
Powell a telegram, with the Instruction that
its contents be kept secret, and added:
"Can'tyou stop this kind of business 7" Tho
telegram was rend by tho lawyor and do-f-troyed
without disclosing its import, even
to counsel for the State. Kri.rmn i....,i
ut the conclusion tiiat it wns somethm of a I
sensational charaotor, and extraordinary
efforts were made to learn the contents.
Late to-night tho information was secured.
Tho telegram -was from a prominent Re
publican politician. It requests tho Judge
to be lenient with tho prisoner and to grant
n stay of execution until the case could bo
taken to a higher court. This, of course,
would keop Elliott out of the penitentiary
for a time. Judge Pugh will pass upon the
motion Saturday.
THE CHICAGO GAS WAR.
BOTn SIDES SURE OF WINNING THAT
FIGHT OVER 87,500,000.
Elkins Declines to Talk, but Glbbs Says
Nothing Illegal Has Been Done by the
Old Directors No Surrender Is Their
Defiant Attitude.
fSriCIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, Aug. 5 Messrs. Dolan,
Glbbs, Elkins and Widencr are the Phtladel
phians interested in the Chicago Gaslight
and Coke Company. Mr. Dolan and Mr.
WIdener are out of the city. Mr. Elkins de
clined to discuss the subject, further than to
say that no such demand had been made of
him, but Mr. Gibbs, after stating that ho had
heard nothing officially on the subject, said:
"The whole trouble of this matter lies in
the pure assumption on the part of the
present directors of tho Chicago company
that tho old directors are backing np tho
Economic Gas Fuel Company, just started.
They don't want a new competitor, and this
is the whole animus of this action. This
claim that the Economic Gas Fuel Company
has been formed to be used as an offset to
the demand to be made upon the old
directors is nonsense. Instead of Tcrkes
and his associates being back of
the Economic Company, as alleged, and us
ing it as a threat to tho old company to
drop its demands, tho effort is being
made by the old company to intimi
dato in this manner the parties who are pro
moting the Economic Company. I do not
believo any of the gentlemen named have
anv connection with it nnd I know Mr.
Dolan hasn't."
When asked whether if suit is brought as
threatened the accused directors will fight.
Mr. Gibbs said: "Yes, wo will light, and I
have no doubt we shall have no trouble."
A dispatch from Chicago says: No sur
render. This is the defiant answer of tho
old directorate of tho Chicago Gaslight and
Coke Company to the demand of tho present
board of directors for $7,500,000. Vice Presi
dent Furbeck, of the Economic Fuel Gas
Company, representing C. T. Yerkos, snaps
his lingers at the threats contained in the
notice served by Secretary S. K. Wooster, of
tho Chicago Gaslight and Coke Company.
"The story of the alleged stealing of bonds,
and the pocketing of money resulting from
their sale, is tho veriest bosh," said Mr. Fur
beck. C. K. G. Billings, Vice President of the
company which wants to secure over $1,000,
000 each "from C. T. Yerkes, P. A. B. Widener,
William L. Elkins, C. K. Cummings, Sidney
A. Kent, Thomas Dolan and W. W. Gibbs,
talks confidently of the ability of his com
pany to secure legal enforcement for their
demands. "Of courso," said Mr. Billings,
"we expected the gentlemen whom we
have decided on bringing to time,
to pooh-pooh the affair and
laugh it off as something amusing.
This air of bravado nnd confidence, how
ever, is nil put on. No one knows better
than they themsolves that they are in a
tight corner. I look upon the talk about tho
Standard Oil Company opposing us in Cbi
ago as arrant nonsense."
HOPEFUL FOB IRELAND.
Dr. Elnmctt Confident That the Next Par
liament Will Favor Home Rale.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, August 5. Among the passen
gers who arrived ontho White Star steam
ship Majestic this morning was Dr. Thomas
A. Emmett, the President of the Irish
National Federation in America, Dr. Em
mett has been In Europe a month, and spent
most of the time In London, studying tho
Irish question. "I neer came back from
Ireland," ho said, "more hopeful that she
would soon gain her .legislative .Indepen
dence. I talked with a great many "English
men, and found among them a growing feel
ing In favor of home rule for Ireland and
Scotland. Had Dillon and O'Brien Joined
Parnoll they might delay it for some time,
but now that they have joined the McCar-i
thyites theve is little fear that a measure of
home rule will be passed by the next Par
liament. "1 wrote to Dillon before his release, stat
ing that he and O'Brien had injured the
movement by not declaring whether they
were in favor of Parnell or against him as
leader before they went to prison, ana ask
ing them to do so immediately on their re
lease. I added that the National Federation
in America would not send a dollar to any
faotion led by ParnelL I found that Parnell
has very little following in Ireland, and I
also found that tho priests were not cocerc
ing the people and were not interfering in
the matter, only bo far as morals were con-'
cerned."
COHnEBIKG THE1B WHEAT.
The Kansas Farmers Will Hold Their Crops
for a Substantial Advance.
tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBX-DISPATCH.)
Topeka, Aug. fi. The influence being ex
erted by tho Alliance among its farmer
members is beginning to havo Its effect in
holding wheat from the market, notwith
standing tho fact that President McGrath,
has persistently stated that all that has
been done by the officers of theorganization
was to advise farmers to hold their grain
for better prices. There Is no doubt
that arra ngements have been made for stor
ing grain in elevators ana lor securing an
advance upon it to supply the present needs
of farmers. J. B. French, Stote Secretary of
tho Farmers' Alliance, says that he is in
daily receipt of letters from secretaries of
sub-Alliances, informing him that farmers
will generallyliold their wheat for an ad
vance. Secretary French said to-day: "We arepro
pared, if necessary, to store one-half of the
wheat crop of Kansas. Arrangements have
been made with big elevators at Argentine,
Kansas City, St. Louis, Baltimore and other
cities to hold wheat forwarded bv tho Alli
ance, and advance 75 per cent on It. While
the officers of tho Farmers' Alliance have
general supervision of tho business, the Alli
ance Exchange is attending to the details.
Wo expect to handle the hulk or the wheat
crop this year, and farmers will bo the
gainers."
A STAGE-STBUCK W0MAH
Has an Experience With a Manager She
Will Not Care to Repeat.
rETKCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
New York, Aug. 5. Mrs. Beatrice Athor,
ton, described as a young woman anxious to
go on the stage, went to Cortiss' Dramatic
Agency last Thursday. There shej met
Herbert Charter, a young Englishman, who,
sho says, told her he was a manager, and
that she was just the person he wanted to
take a leading part in a company he was
organizing. Charter, she says, promised to
givo her $50 a week. Early on Saturday
evening Charter called on Mrs. Atherton at
her home. She says Charter attempted to
assault her. According to Mrs. Atherton,
there was a struggle, In which her clothing
was torn, and she was badly bruised.
Charter was taken to notice headnnnrtero
wjjuru ud ijoia a itiu. witu inspector uyrnes.
Charter came here a fow years ago from
London. He was stage manager for Francis
Wilson when Wilson plnved at the Broad
way Theater, and after that waB assistant
stage manager at the Casino. He traveled
as stage manager with the American com
pany that played "Faust Up to Date," of
which Kate Castleton was a member.
A PEIEST ATTACKED.
His Insane Assailant Thought He Was
Bobbing His Wire's Grave.
fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIB DISPATCn.
New York, Aug. 5. The Rev. Bernard F.
Knrz, the pastor or tho Church of the Four
teen Holy Martyrs in Brooklyn, whilo tak
ing a walk In Holy Trinity Cemetery, en
countered a man, who atter allowing him to
pass, started to run after him with an up
lifted table knife In his hand. The priest
ran and at the pamo tlnw called for help.
Cemetery Keeper Adam Rothang hurried up
and between them they succeeded in dis
arming the man.
He proved to be Samuel Woidncr, 62 years
old. Ho muttered as he was led away to a
coll that he thought the priest was going to
rob his wile's grave. A young son of Weid
ncr explained that his lather spent much of
his timo at his wife's grave, and had before
this threatened visitors to tho cemetery
whom he imagined intended to rob the
grave.
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THE CAPITAL CHOSEN
As the Place for the Next Grand Army
National Encampment.
VIEWS ON THE COLOR QUESTION.
Interest Centers in the Fight for Comman
der in Chiefship.
CALIFORNIA AND NEW TORK MEN LEAD
Detroit, Mich., Aug. C Tho next encamp
ment of the Grand Army or the Republic
will be held at the National Capital Wash
ington. This was decided to-day on tho
first ballot, and although partisans of Lin
coln, NeD., feel disappointed, there is a gen.
eral resolve by veterans from all quarters to
make the encampment at Washington ono
worthy of the capital of tho Union.
Tho twenty-fifth annual encampment of
tho G. A. R. met in formal session this morn
ing in the mammoth hall that had been set
apart for the business deliberations of tho
veterans. All that art and cultured taste
could do had been done in the decorations
which adorned the convention hall.
Despite, the immensity or tho hall, it was
crowded to its utmost seating capacity by
the multitude or veterans attracted by tho
momentous questions to bo settled by this
encampment. It was fully understood that
the race question might be precipitated in
tho deliberations at any moment and be
come the subject of acrimonious discussion,
and this impending problem, together with
projected revision of the constitution, com
bined to heighten the general Interest iu the
proceedings.
A few minutes before the hour of opening.
General Veazey and his staff enteied the
hall and were escorted to the grandstand.
ine appearance oi tne uommanuor in v;niei
was tne signal for generous applause, and a
minute later the two bands burst loith in
an inspiring military air in harmony with
the martial scene.
THE SESSION OPENED.
Rapping the assemblage to order, the Com
mander in Chief announced the formal
opening of the twenty-fifth annual encamp
ment of the G. A. R., and directed the Ad
jutant General to call the roll of the depart
ments. Every State and Territory in tho
Union not excepting far-off Alaska was
represented, and the roll showed the fullest
attendance of delegates in the history or tho
organization.
Commander in Chief Veazey then deliv
ered tho annual opening addicss, which
was listened to with the closest attention by
the assembled veterans. The Commander
said:
Comrades This is the silver anniversary
or a birth, not a wedding. The wedding oc
curred when tho bridegrooms, the youth or
the land, enlisted in its defense. Abraham
Lincoln celebrated the marriage nuptials.
Columbia was the bride; her vesture was the
nation's flag.
Tho observance of this silver anniversary
began on tho 6th day of April or this year.
In every town and city in all this broad
country where posts existed, the comrades
assembled in open meetings, which the pub
lic attended in throngs beyond tho capacity
of the largest halls, and all at tho same hour
united in praise and thanksgiving to Al
mighty God for the great blebSlngs He had
vouchsafed to our country.
SUGGESTS A COLORED DEPARTMENT.
Tho present administration encountered
the same disturbance in the Department or
Louisiana and Mississippi that had troubled
my predecessors. From various sources or
information that havo been accessible to
me, I believe that a largo majority of both
white and colored comrades In the Depart
ment of Louisiana and Mississippi ore strong
in the conviction that It would bo for the
best Interests of all individually, and of their
posts and of the order, to have a separnto
department in umisiana ana some or tne
other Gulf States, made UD of such rjosts as
.may apply to come Into it, and having con
current junsaiciion who tne departments
already established in such States; concur
rent in respect to the chartering and mus
tering of posts, but each department having
exclusive jurisdiction over the posts which
It may receive.
My best Judgment, after a year of pains
taking Investigation, is that it would be
wise to confer authority upon my successor
to create such a department. He may
neither find it necessary nor think It best to
exercise the power, if conferred. I am euro
he will see objections to it, but he may also
find it the best and perhaps the only shield
for full protection of. colored comrades. I
trust I need not say that no difference has
obtained at national-headquarters in recog
nition and treatment of posts or comrades.
whether white or colored. When the de
partment refused to receive reports or dues
from any of these posts, I havo allowod
them to be sent directly to the Adjutant
General, to be held until opportnnlty was
ollered for full investigation upon hearing
and adjustment of the differences in the de
partment. I think those posts should havo
tho full benefits of such reports and dues as
though they had been received regularly by
the departmeut.
This presentation of the situation in that
department is meager, and is intended to be
only sufficient to bring tho subject to tho at
tention of the encampment. I havo no
polloy to urge other than such as will be for
the best interests of tho order and at the
same time protect the rights or all comrades.
It cannot be expected that any plan will
meet the approval or all comrades directly
Interested. I regard the subject as cne or
first Importance, and invoke your deliberate
consideration and best judgment in its dis
position. WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
The official reports show that our order,
during the year now closing, has liberally
met the demand upon the relief fund. Tho
amount paid from the fund alone is $333,-
699 85. It is estimated that nearly or quite as
uiuuu iuuiu uus uccu jiam uy ijiuiviuuni cum-
rades, and not appearing in official reports.
In addition, the amount paid for tho relief of
distressed comrades by the Woman's Relief
Corps, daring the same period, as officially
reported, and not including cases of per
sonal aid not so appearing, is $152,710 80.
.Our rules and regulations wisely prohibit
enforced contributions for purposes outside
the expiossed objects of theoraer. But an
impression largely prevails that it is proper
to ask the comrades, through the official
channols of the order, for voluntary con
tributions for worthy objects. What is the
harm to ask for a voluntary contribution?
None, if the comrade Is approaohed, not as a
comrade of the order, through its official
sources, but as an individual and outside of
these sources. The official approval at Na
tional Department and post headquarters in
a measure destroys the voluntary element.
The man who has that spirit whloh impelled
him to be a soldier is embarrassed to say no
to an appeal for a cause, good in Itself, thus
indorsed.
Tho subject of pensions was taken up by
the Fifty-first Congress at its session, and,
aiter patient investigation oy the pension
Committees of both Houses, a bill was
agreed upon, passed, and finally approved
by tho President on the 27th day June, 1890.
It is known as the disability bill. It repealed
none of the previous enactments, but was
supplementary thereto. The last National
Encampment passed resolutions thanking
Congress and the President for tills law, but
favoring service pension legislation.
It would bo out of place hero for mo to
enter upon a discussion of the controverted
question,as to whether the policy of legisla
tion adopted is the wisest and best. I think
that all will agree that if the present enact
ment is not the wisost, it is liberal, and that
the number who at first thought it too ex
travagant is rapidly diminishing as the pro
visions of the act becomo better understood.
The comparative statement made by Com
rade Tracy, the Secietary or the Navy, in a
recent address, sho whig the amount paid for
pensions and for interest on the bonded
debt or the Government betwocn 1S53 and
IKK!, nnd that tho interest account exceeds
the pension account, has beon a great reve
lation. THE RACE QUESTION AGAIN.
Tho report or the Judge Advocate General
derives its chief interest from his decision
on the vexed race question. As his con
clusions differ from tho recommendations of
tho Commander in Chief the dispute is only
further complicated. The decision is as
follows: "Tho question proposed is 'whether
thero can lawfully be two departments cov
ering tho samo territory at the same timo;
for instance, a department made up of white
posts and nnother of black posts, or ono of
foreign born, and another of native born.'
I think tho question must bo answered in
tho negative.
"First Tho idea is contrary toy the usage
and universal understanding or tho order
hitherto.
"Second Tho rules and regulations, Chap-
ter I, Articlo III, Section L provide for pre
cinct organizations to be designated by
names and numbers, indicating that there
may be several posts in the samo place. But
Section U, of the same articlo, provides for
btate organizations to bo known as 'Depart
ment of (name of State or Territory), Grand
Army of the Republic' No other name or
designation is contemplated or provided for.
If a second State organization be formed in
any State, it would have the same name pre
cisely without addition or diminution as tho
first if the regulation is followed, ir addi
tional departments in States may be formed
on lines of color or of blrth.they may on lines
of personal followlngs or personal antipa
thies or upon disagreements of any kind.
But without adverting to the obvious evils
likely to follow from establishing rival de
partments In any State, it is enough that it
Y J cieuriiiattiie rule anu regiuonw
do not provide for nor warrant the establish
ment ot but one department iu any State or
Territory."
TnE NEXT ENCAMPMENT.
The afternoon session of the National
Encampment was devoted almost entirely
to the discussion regarding the selection of
the place for holding. tho next encampment.
After a long, heated debate the matter was
settled on tho first ballot by Washington
securing a majority of 27 votes over Lincoln,
Neb. Resolutions wereunanimously adopted
requesting Congress to pass a law authoriz
ing the Inter-State Commerce Commission
to permit railroads to givo reduced rates to
all soldiers and sailors of the war of '61-65
attending national encampments. The
Committee on Seniority of Departments was
continued another year. A resolution was
unanimously adopted limiting tho length of
parade at all future encampments to two
miles.
The sessions of tho encampments are held
behind closed doors. Veterans approach
unsuspectingly and prooeed to enter the
hall but aio stopped with "Countersign,
please." "Countersign?" and there is a look
of astonishment unci dismay as thoy turn
away. Ex-President Hayes was in this per
plexity, but General Alger, who walked be
hind him, said: "I will vouch that this gen
tlemen is all right," and the man who sat In
the White House wns pormitted to enter.
General Alger escorted ox-President Hayes
into tho hall and tho two were greeted with
applauso.
Commander in Chief Vmzev was accom
panied upon the platform by ox-President
Hayes, ex-Governor Oglosby and other past
commanders of the order, nnd byyoto of
the encampment, ex-Presidont Hayes. Gov
ernor Thayer, of Nebraska, Governor Hovey,
of Indiana, and ex-Governor Oglesby, of
Illinois, were specially invited to occupy
tho platform.
WHO WILL BE COMMANDER?
The location of the next encampment hav
ing been settled the interest of tho encamp
ment is now chiefly centered In the election
of the Commander in Chief. Captain John
Palmer, of New York, A. C. Weisscrt, or Wis
consin, nnd Colonel W. P. Smedburg, of Cali
fornia, are the leading candidates, and it is
safo to say that one or these will bo elected.
The long and stubborn contest In the New
York delegation between Palmer and Hedges
ended to-day in a victor' ror Palmer after
several caucuses had been'held. Mr. Hedges
took his defeat good naturcdly and promised
to woi k for Palmer. In conversation Mr.
Hedges said the Ohio delegation would sup
port the Now York candidate after giving
thoir own candidate, Mr. Hurst, a compli
mentary vote.
It is also well understood that Pennsyl
vania. Massachusetts. New Jersev. Rhodn
Island and Maryland will caucus in favor of
palmer. Tho l e w Jersey cauous last even-
in;
g voted in favor of Hedges, but Mr.Hedges
id to-day that their support had been
sa
changed to Palmer. Before tho Now York
delegation united on Palmer the chances
were decidedly in favor of Weissert, and
oven now he is a formidable candidate.
Some of the Eastern States which might
have supported him will probably vote for
Palmer, bnt Maine and Illinois have already
caucused in his favor, and it is well under
stood that Michigan will declare for Weis
sert in the morning.
-The States of CalifornE, Illinois, Kansas
nnd Minnesota have already declared for
Smedburg and several other Western dele
gations are counted for tho California man.
Altogether it promises to be a very interest
ing three-cornered strugglo, with the
chances somewhat in favor of Palmer.
WOMEN'S RELIEF G0RPS.
GROWTH OF THE ORDER IN THE
UNION DURING THE YEAR.
A Princely Girt by the Ohio .Legislature
For Which the Ladles Return Thanks
Annual Address of the President
Showing the Work Accomplished.
Detroit. Aug. 5. The Women's Relief
Corps, the National Auxiliary to tho Grand
Army Ropublie, opened its ninth annual
Convention in this city to-day. Tho attend
ance was large and the reports or tho vari
ous officers showed the order in a flourishing
condition. The Convention was called to
order by the National President, Mary Sears
McHenry, of Denison, Iowa. Tho opening
address of tho President was devoted chiefly
to tho growth of the order during tho past
year.
"The membership of our order," said the
President, "has steadily increased in num
bers and influenco during the year, and is
represented in every Stato in the Union but
one Alabama and all the Territories ex
cept Indian, Idaho and Alaska. Even Can
ada claims its post and auxiliary corps
which aro attached to tho Department of
Vermont. Three hundred and sixty-two
corps have been institnted during the year,
with a membership of 7,200.
"There are auxiliary to posts cr colored vet
erans 12 corps in Virginia, i corps in the
Carolinas, 3 corps In Florida, 3 corps in
Louisiana, 2 corps in Tennessee, 1 corps each
in Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi, mak
ing a total ot 27 corps, aside from those be
longing to regularly organized departments.
Sovenof theso have been organized this
year.
"There has been great destitution and suf
fering experienced among the comrades in
the denartments that were visited bv thn
severe drouth of last season. To their ap
peals for help no response was made by
National W. R. C, and departments follow
ing their example the burden of relief was
thrown upon tne departments wherein the
need existed. To the corps of those depart
ments great credit Is duo for tho large
amount of work they havo done.
"A most princely gift Is the appropriation
by the Ohio Legislature or $25,000 ror the
erection or a cottage on the home grounds.
AV e asked Tor $2,500, and they gave us 825.000.
This is tho highest recognition of the Wo
man's Reliof Corps and its work that has
ever boen given and is truly a crown
or glory to this administration and
the seal, or future possibilities. The
report of'Pension Committee shows that
they still keep the needs of our army nurses
before Congress. The failure, year after
year, in their efforts to procure pen
sions for theso deserving women is a matter
of deep regret to us all, out I trust their en
deavors will eventually be rewarded. There
is no douDt that tho members of Congress
appreciate tho worth and efficient work of
these womon, and that they are ready to
legislate in their behalf whenever the proper
opportunity is afforded them."
The day was principally consumed in the
discussion ot tue reports oi tne various
officers.
AH AEBIAL VESSEL.
Pennington Will Soon Sail His Ship From
St. Louis to New York.
fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
New York, Aug. 5. Dr. Warren. C. Spencer
stood on the stage of the Academy of Musio
to-day and directed tbe movements or a
model airship that floated around the audi
torium at the level of the second balcony.
The model was of silk, about 20 feet long.and
looked like a big cigar. A small, square bas
ket swung underneath. It held a small elec
tric battory and motor, that drove a pair or
propeller blades attached to the forward end
or tho ship. Tho other end of tho cigar
shaped body was a light rudder, and under
neath it another rudder, modelled and at
tached like the tall of a bird. The model
'floated around the auditorium when the air
blades were revolving, and obeyed the rud
der perfectly.
It purports to be a model of the air ship
that Pennington and Butler aro building in
St. Louis. Mr. Pennington proposes to
build a big one out of aluminum and to do
some traveling in it. "Mr. Pennington will
reach hero in about six weeks," said Dr.
Spencer, "He is going to sail tho ship from
St. Louis. He gave me his word of honor
that ho would bo here In that time and I
know he will."
He Killed Three Mon.
Mariarha, Ark., Aug. 6. John Grayson,
who died at La Grhngb, Ark., a fow days
ago, confessed to having murdered three
men, including a detective anda book agent,
during liis lifetime.
STRONG U THE FAITH.
Ohio's People's Party Convention Pre
pares to Nominate.
EOCKS UPON WHICH THEY SPLIT..
Prohibition, Land Taxes and Farm Prodnct
loan Features
CAUSE A LONG COMMITTEE STRUGGLE
Sprikbpield, O., Aug. 5. The People'
Party Convention assembled here this after
noon. The district meetings at U o'clock
this morning were all well attended, every
district being represented. There were
slight differences of opinion in nearly every
district, but thoy only grew noisy in the
i irsi, second, Sixteenth ana xwenty-nrst.
Tho Hamilton county row was over tho
admission of Mrs. Mary Chidester who came
ns an alternate, and tho question was as to
the legality of the Saturday night's meeting
which re-elected the delegation.
Chairman Barnes, of tho State Central
Committee, got a terrible roasting from
Frank Crist for his decision that tho action
of tho people was not legal, and Dr. Barnes'
decision was voted down. After consider
able wrangling over Mrs. Chidester, she
aroso and said she came in response to a
postal card from an Executive Committee-man
and if ruled out, she was done with the
party iorever. one was men eiecieu.
The convention was called to order at 210
p. M. by H. F. Barnes,
the State Committee.
ing for the Hamilton
lmr to settle difficulties.
400 delegates nresent. After nraver bv Bov.
Joshua Crawford the Chairman read letters
of regret from prominent people in sym
pathy with the movement. One from George
F. Gaitner, Chairman of the Alabama State
Committee, promising to carry that State in
1892, elicited lond applause. Another from
Senator Peffer, reciting tho causes of the
party's organization, advising the adoption
of the Cincinnati resolutions and a plank ad
vocating honest money was also greeted
with cheers.
CHAIRMAN CAVANAUGH SPEAKS.
Tho Chair introduced Temporary Chair
man Hugh Cavanaugh, who said tho assem
blage differed from tho conventions already
held because it was assembled in support of
a principle to protest against tho overbur
dening of tho farmers and employes in work
shops of tho country by grinding capital.
Too long have the farmers observed the in
junction, you till the soil and we will man
age public affairs. They are tired of it, and
that is the reason of the meeting hero to
day. He treated the finance, tariff and
other questions in the manner set forth in
the Cincinnati resolutions, and met hearty
approval from the auditorium. He said ho
cared not who the nominees of tho party are
so they are strong in the faith.
II. B. Hlnchman, of Urbana, was chosen
Temporary Secretary, and the work began
by culling districts for Vice President. On
motion of Mr. Barnes, the districts were re
quested to report members of respective
committees when it was discovered that tho
Seventh had none to offer, and when it re
tired to select, tne convention wns converted
into a handshaking party, and the scene as
tho delegates, coatless and smiling, circulat
ing around the hall, was Inspiring.
While the committees were out, Robert
Shilling, National Secretary, addressed the
convention- He recounted the history of
this movement since tbe first organization,
a handful of men at Columbus 13 years ago,
and expressed pleasure at the proportions
to which it had grown.
HOW RAILROADS ARE BUILT.
He advocated Government control of rail
roads and offered a list of statistics' showing
how railroads are built for $7,000 per mile
and then bonded for $60,000, how foreign capi
tal operates in great bulks against the in
terests of the country. He advocated tho
loan-by theOovernmenfrtoliirmr.rsof money-
at 3 per cent on nun-perujnaui9 produce,
such as wheat, cotton, wooletc, in order to
tide them over embarrassments, fixing tho
maximum loaned to any one person ut $5,000,
thus excluding such men as Jay Gould, who
would want to come in otherwiso, and
pledgo his watered stock railroads for vast
sums. He said the People's party have de
clared in favor of free coinage of silver, but
the majority of members are not in favor of
it, but they tolerate it as tho entering
wedge by which they hope to overturn tho
present monetary system. The National
banking system he denounced as more In
famous if possible than tbe wrongs already
described, and said the crv "honest mnnc-tr"
makes nim fighting mad.
TnE KANSAS CAMPAIGN.
The Chairman introduced Congressman
elect J. C. Otis, of Kansas, who gave a his
tory of his campaign in the Fourth district
of Kansas, and announced that he had just
received a telegram announcing that his
late Republican opponent had been convert
ed and Is now a full fledged People's party
man. Ills principal theme was tne state of
affairs in Kansas for tbe last two decades.
The Cincinnati platform, he said, is the hopo
of Kansas for dolivery from the forces which
have been opposing him, and they will stick
by it to a man.
The committees reported at 6 o'clock and
the convention adjourned to 8 a. m. to-morrow.
To-night Eva MoDonald Valesh ad
dressed the delegates. The Committee on
Resolutions has been wrestling with the
platform since 3 p. M and at 10 adjourned
until to-morrow morning without having
reached conclusion. The sticking points are
the prohibition, land taxes and farm product
loan features. Tho prospects, are that the
committee's report will bo torn to pieces by
tne convention, me city aistricts insist
upon a prohibition plank, and they will fight
for it to the bitter end. Regarding a ticket
everything Is chaos. There are a dozen
States and their respective advocates are
not sanguine. There is beneath the surface
considerable feeling between the Federation
or Labor men and the Knights or Labor,
wmen causes tne larmer element to suspect
both.
PE0HTBITI0N NO GOOD.
So Says , Secretary of State HIgglni,
of
Kansas, a Former Leader.
f6PECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH.!
TorEKA, Kaw., Aug. B. Kansas statesmen
seem to have gone into the letter writing
business. The open letter from Harrison
Kelly, Republican Congressman from the
Fourth district, renouncing his old party
for the People's party, is followed to-day by
a letter from Secretary of State Higgins, de
claring prohibition a dead issue. The letter
from Higgins is a great surprise, as he has
been for several years a leader of the prohi
bition wing of tbe Republican party and last
year wrote a great deal of the Republican
campaign literature on the prohibition ques
tion, and he says that for four or five years
past he has been opposed to making prohi
bition an issue in the campaign. In tho
future ho will use his efforts to prevent it
and that now it is a question whether Re
publican principles shall win at the polls
without an Indorsement of prohibition or be
defeated with it.
He predicts that prohibition will never Do
Indorsed by another State Convention. He
declares that he wants the .prohibition law
to remain on the statuto books, but if it or
the Republican party must go down, he
wants it to be prohibition. The stand taken
by Secretary Higgins looks very much as if
RepuDllcans wfll let the prohibition law
take care of ltselt, and the People's party
will also ignore it.
't
CUMBEBLAND PE0HIBITI0HISTS.
They Nominate a Full Ticket and Delegates
to Their Convention.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Carlisle, Aug. 5. The Cumberland County
Prohibitionists met here to-day with a fair
representation and nominated the following
ticket: Sheriff, S. D. Hess, of Upper Allen;
Diroctor of the Poor, Jacob Hawn, of Lower
East Pennsboro: Jury Commissioncr,Philllp
Umholtz, Carlisle; Coroner, -Noah Downey,
of Bit HolleyjDelegates to State Convention.
A P. Mullln, Rov. George M. Heed, A. H. Ege,
J. C. Rummell, J. C. Eckels, R. Danner, E. O.
Burtner and S. V. Hess.
t
,. ENTHUSIASTIC 0VEB BLAINE.
The Club or His Name Wildly Cheered in
the New York Club Convention.
fSPECIAL TELEURAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
Syracuse, Aug. 5. Tho League of Republi
can clubs did not get through to-day,
though they tried hard to do so. A
I short session to-morrow- will wind up their I
,of Tiffin, Chairman of 'f., " 'VoV
artei a long delay wait-. '''i for a third party was led
1UC1V WClDUUVUb I
Convention, nnrt thorn t n-rftrVTirosTieCt that
the end will be reached without any catas.
tropny, though the net result Is likely to oe
far from satisfactory. A menace to har
monious action was the "proposition of one
Shepard ofBuffalo.to dispense with further
reading of tho letters ot regret. He made
tho motion at a time when it seemed in
tended to shut off the reading ot one from
tho Hon. Thoinas Flntt, a very nice letter,
and one that was greeted with very hearty
cheers.
When Mr. Sliepard's motion had been duly
voted down, a real convention flavor. was
given to the proceedings when the roll call
of clubs was called. Popular names were
cheered. The McKInley. the Tin Plate, the
Belden, the Miller, the Lincoln, the Grant
Clnb and others were so applauded. But
the most tempestuous demonstration was
evoked when the J. G. Blaine Club wns
called. The tumult lasted about two min
utes. Chairman McAlpine's address was
ven eneonragiug. He called attention to
th'j ...vt-that a change of three or four votes
in each of the 5,000 and odd election dis
tricts would make tho State Republican, and
he said this as though he thought that was a
very small Job for the League to accom
plish. HO THTBD PABTY THERE.
The Louisiana Farmers' Alliance Will Not
Put a Ticket in the Field.
FSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCTf.1
New Orleans, Aug. 5. It is now evident
that tbe Stato Farmers' Alliance In session
at Lafayette will not favor the third party
movement or put an Alliance ticket in the
field for the State election. A minority
favor this, but the President of the order
and two-thirds of the delegates believe in
acting inside the Democratic party. It is
probable however, that the Alliance will
Ttnally suggest the name of its President,
?.in a. r. Adams, ior oovernor, suoject
0-&l ll-nnrrwfil nf tlin lleTnnemfcie. StA.n
mm... I'.rr. .J.J.....
western p 'v0('c. 7'?rs also resolved
to fight th- O J- J nany and vote
against the cite- " p- s charter, but re
fused to approve "-,. rong resolutions
adopted by some of theVlliances declaring
for revolntion, ir necessary, to drive tho
lottery from the Stato.
CBAWT0BD EEPTJBLICAH PBIMABIES.
They Pass Off Quietly With Littlo Contest
In the County.
CSPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH.
Meadville, Aug. 6. Tho Crawford county
Republican primaries passed off very quietly
yesterday, thero being apparently no con
test except a friendly rivalry between four
excellent men desiring to be delegates to
the Constitutional Convention, as there
were but two that could be chosen.
There was no contest for delegates to tho
Stato Convention, therefore James Borland,
John B. Compton and James L. Dunn were
unanimously chosen. Returns aro too in
complete to Insure with confidence tbe
choico of delegates to the Constitutional
Convention, as only tbe votes of the cities
and boroughs are at hand. Returns will be
officially canvassed to-day by the Conven
tion Return Judges.
M'BEESPOBT BEPTJBLICAUS.
Two Big Clubs Enthusiastically Preparing
for the Campaign.
rSPTCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
McKeesport, Aug. 5. McKeesport Repub
licans are becoming very enthusiastic and
expect to bo in trim before tho next cam
paign. There nre already two big clubs
here. At a meeting of the City Club Dr. R.
J. Black. E. M. Soles and W. E. Thompson
were elected delegates to tho Scranton Con
vention, but uninstructed as to whom to
support.
The club has a membership of 300, and is
the largest organization or the kind ever
rormed in this city. The club will bo made
a permanent one. and has secured availablo
and central headquarters.
15 ANBBEWS' PLACE.
A Qnaker City Politician Says That Quay
Will Be State Chairman.
New York, Aug. 5. John L. nill, Commis
sioner of Public Buildings in Philadelphia,
who put np at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to
night, stated in an interview on politics that
Chairman Andrews, of tho Pennsylvania
Republican State Execntive Committee,
would resign and be succeeded by Mr. Quay,
who would lead the light for Blaine as
against Harrison for the Presidental nomi
nation. COLD WATER DISCIPLES.
CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIC TO
TAL ABSTINENCE UNION.
Miss Frances Willard, a Fraternal Delegate,
Evokes Much Enthusiasm Address of
Welcome by Cardinal Gibbons Progress
of the Union Daring the Fast Year.
Washihotok, Aug. 5-The twenty-flrst an
nual Convention or the Catholic Total Ab
stinence Union or America was formally
opened nt 8:30 this morning at the Academy
of Music. The Bt. Rev. Bishop Cotter, of
Winona, Minn., President or the Union,
called tho convention to order and opened
the proceedings with prayer.
Alter attending mass at St. Patrick's
Church tho convention reassembled in the
Academy or Music, and after prayer by
Bishop Keane, Bishop Cotter introduced
Cardinal Gibbons, who welcomed tho dele
gates to the Arch-Diocese of Baltimore. At
the conclusion of the Cardinal's address,
Commissioner Ross, on behalf of the Dis
trict Government, welcomed the convention
to Washington.
Bishop Cotter, the President, read his re
port on the state of the Union, which showed
that during the yearj gratifying progress
had been made in the temperance cause.
Father Cleary read a communication from
the W. C. T. V.. appointing delegates to this
convention, which wa9 received with pro
longed cheers. The delegates. Miss Frances
Willard and Miss S. A La Fereta, were in
vited to seats in tbe convention as its fra
ternal quests, and in response to numerous
calls Miss Willard stepped to the platform
and made a short address, during which she
was frequently interrupted by enthusiastic
applause.
The reading of the Secretary's report In
cited a short but vigorous speech from Del
egate Campbell, of Philadelphia. Some feel
ing was developed during tbe discussion,
and finally the matter was referred to a
committee or five, consisting or the Rev.
Egan, of New York; the Rev. Clark, of
Columbus: Mr. Judge, of Pennsylvania: Mr.
Manning, of Ohio, and Mr. Mahoney, of
Boston.
expebulenting with opium.
A Physician Who Says He Was Not Manu
facturing for Sale.
Chicago, Aug. 5. Dr. E. N. Case, a well
known physician, was secretly arrested last
night, charged with a violation of tho laws
in regard to the manufacture of opium. In
his rooms were found jars containing a liquid
known as aqueous opium. It is learned that
he sent some it to San Francisco for sale
among the Chinese thero, but it is not known
that ho sold any.
Tho doctor himself says that he has been
experimenting in the manufacture of this
liquid for years, being an expert chemist,
and be thought ho hud arrived at results
which would revolutionize tho opium
trade. He claims that he was only experi
menting and that be had legal advice that
he was not violating the law. He was re
leased on his own recognizance this morn
ing and the District Attorney will forward a
report on tho matter to Washington for in
structions. TBAINS TELESCOPED.
Two Killed and Twenty Injured on a Sun
day School Excursion.
Champlaiw, N. Y., Aug. 5. A train convey
ing a Sunday school excursion from Ellen
burg and Rouses' Point and intervening sta
tions on the Central Vermont Railroad ran
into a mail train which had the right ot way,
Just east of this station at 8:10 to-night. The
excursion train had many persons on board
and was returning Irom Wellsborough
Point. William Angcll, aged about 17, a son
of a merchant of this placo, and Sim Ve
nett, a laborer, of Chantcaugay Lake, were
killed outright, and some 20 people were
more or less Injured.
Tho excursion train had orders to meettho
mail hero, and should havo gone on the sid
ing a few rods back of where the accident
occurred. The engines telescoped, and two
cars were badly smashed, one on each train,
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ETHICS OF SUICIDES.
Few Cases "Where the Crime of Self-Murder-
Is Justifiahle.
STRONG ARGUMENTS AGAINST IT.
A-Method of Legal Suicide That Could Be
Followed Out.
THE STRIKING ADDRESS OF MAX ADLER.
Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 5. Prof. Adler's
lecture on the'VEthlcs or Suicide" was the
most striking address to which the School
of Ethical Culture has yet listened. The
professor, arter referring to tho annual in
crease in the number or persons who com
mit self self-murder, said it would be Inter
esting to Investigate the causes of this in
crease; to consider the relations subsisting
between the increase of divorce and the in
crease of suicide, and to inquire into those
pathological conditions of modern society
of which both the above phenomena are)
manifestations.
But it is tbe object of this lecture to con
sider tho ethics of the question, not its
causes. Conceive in imagination a man who
Is standing on the brink; who is about to
take his destiny into his own hands; about
to extinguish his own life. It is to be con
sidered whether, under any circumstances,
be is justified in doimr ao. It mav be ob
jected that this Is not a fit subject to be dis
cussed with pupils of 13 or 14 years of age;
such pupils aro not yet tempted In this par
ticular way. The reply is, neither are such
pupils tempted to murder, except in the
rarest possible instances, yet at this age
they are made acquainted with the com
mandment. "Thou shalt not kill." Equally
they should be taught, "Thou shalt not com
mit suicide."
SUICIDE IS ETERNAL.
He who cuts off his existence, deprives
himself forever of all the various enjoy
ments which yet may be In store for him.
Veryortenin moments of deep depression
the whole world looks black and his situa-tion-utterly
hopeless. But it is to be re
membered, suicide is final; suffering often
temporary. This is an obvious reason
against taking a step which cannot bo re
called. But it is also a superficial reason,
which does not tit the more trying situations
in which human beings are sometimes
placed.
There are cases where the fall from the
heights of prosperity is as complete as it is
sudden; where the hope of recovering lost
ground is excluded; where the futi.re seems
a dreary blank, which can never again be lit
up by the light or happiness. Is a person
who suffers such blows justified in commit
ting suicide? Certainly not. The merchant
who has lost his wealth must begin again at
the bottom; must labor to support his fam
ily, however narrowly. It would be the
rankest selfishness on his part to desert
them, to leave them to meet their hard fate
without his assistance, and, of course, tho.
f;rief which he would cause them by a vio
ent end would be to them a greater pain
than any physical privations. And the
lover who has lost his bride has still a work
to do in life.
JUSTIFIABLE SUICIDE.
Prof. Adler said that he did not wish to be
understood as asserting that the taking of
one's own life is under no circumstances
permissible. The suicido or Brutus cannot
be justified, though it need not be too
harshly Judged, for It was dictated by pride
rather than the sense of lost honor. But tbe
conduct of that courageous girl, of whom it
is reported that she strangled herself with
her hair, in order to escape the last infamy,
cannot be too highly commended. In this
case honor, in tbe moral sense, was at stake
and there was no other exit open, nnd honor
is more precious than life.
In certain other cases suicide mteht also
be permissible, though here Prof. Adler felt
he was-treading on delicate ground, and
spoke subject to correction. He thought
that the chronic invalid should hold out as
long as there is the slightest chance of re
covery. As long as the pain is not so Intense
and so continuous as to occupy the entiro
attention or tho sufferer, why should not the
sufferer be unbound, that theagonle9 should
be ended and that he should be permitted to
part in peace?
LEGAL SUICIDE ADVOCATED.
It has been objected to this view that 2
remedy may be discovered at any moment.
This id possible, but extremely improbable
in any given case, and we are compelled to
act according to tho balance of probabilities.
Nor will the stimulus to discover a remedy,
as some fear, be tbe less keen if this opinion
become general. The sighs of suffering may
be an incentive to search for means of cur
ing disease, but the actual loss of friends
will be assuredly a no less urgent incentive.
It should be added that If the idea were
carried out the following precautions would
be sufficient: An official body designated by
tho State, consisting, say, of three Judges ot
the Supreme Court and three eminent
ybysicians, should be summoned In every
case to the bedside of the sufferer, and If this
counsel bo unanimously of the opinion that
there is no reasonable hope of recovery, the
pntient should be allowed to receive the oup
or relief at the hands of his attending physi
cian. Some such device as this was sug
fested more than 300 years ago by Sir
homos More In his Utopia.
SPLIT INTO FACTIONS.
The Trouble In the Ancient Order
of
Hibernians Is Growing Worse.
TSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Philadelphia, Aug. 5. The Ancient Order
of Hibernians is split into two factions, and
there is at present a bitter war raging be
tween the two wings, each claiming to be the
true and genuine order of Hibernians in
America. One faction, which is known as
the Ancient Orderof Hibernians of America,
has as its president, Magistrate Maurice F.
Wilhere, of Philadelphia. Mr. Wilhere is at
present Chairman of the Democratic City
Committee of Philadelphia. Tbe other
wing, which styles itself tho Board of Erin,
A. O. H has as its official lied Edward L.
Carey, of New York. The Ancient Order of
America Is backed by tho Irish Nationalists,
while the Board of Erin wing is supported
by the Clan-na-GaeL The lormer is far In
majority in this city, while the latter wing
has its stronghold in New York.
The fight has arisen over political differ
ences and the claim for certain funds. Ex
Treasurer Smart, of Division 30, is under
bail, charged with a deficiency of $360 dur
ing his term of office. About two weeks ago
Mr. Carey, of New York, Issued a scorching
letter in reply to an interview of Magistrate
Wilhere. In reply to it, Mr. Wilhere has
Just issued a rejoinder, in which he scores
Mr. Carey and his followers as secede rs.
A PHYSICIAN T0B BLAINE.
Dr. Baldwin, Who Treated Him at Florence,
Comes Over to Repeat It.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, Aug. 5. Dr. W. M. Baldwin, an
American, who resides In Florence, Italy,
where he has a large practice, came to New
York to-day on the Majestic, in response to
a cablegram from Hon. James G. Blaine.
Dr. Baldwin attended Mr. Blaine when
the Secretary of State was In Florence, and
it Is stated that he did Mr. Blaine more good
than any other physician that has ever .
treated tbe distinguished patient.
It was Dr. Baldwin's intention to remain
in this city for a day, bnt upon his arrival at
the dock to-day he received a dispatch, re-
S nesting him to proceed directly to Bar
arbor. Tbe doctor thereupon changed his
plans and started at once for Bar Harbor.
SUCKED IN THE BIVEB.
An Asbury Park Resident Dealt With by s
Stern Vigilance Committee.
rgPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Asbury Park, Aug. 0. John Clayton, a
resident of Bay bead, was taken by a vigil
ance committee last evening from the cot
tage of his neighbor, Joseph Parker. Ho
was thrown into the river and a sound duck
ing was given him.
Mr. Clayton had been a summer resident
of Bayhead for some time and has a wife
there. When he first camo ho made tbe ac
quaintance of Mrs. Parker, the wife of
Joseph Parker, also a resident of that fash
ionable summer resort. They were con
stantly seen in each other's company. The
residents or tbe place did not like Clayton's
actions and told nun sa
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