v ; f f' ' --' " , k5 , DOUBLE NUMBER. FORTY -SIXTH TEAE. NOT ft SURE T The Leaders of Major McKin-. ley's Figlit Are Feeling a Little Anxious. TUT OX A BOLD FEOtfT, But in Private They Recognize Somef- Terj Uncertain Quantities in the Situation. SOME CLAIM FORAKER IS SULKING. The Tariff Champion Has Another Great Day With the Fanners, and Gets - in Some Good Work. FACTS ABOUT THE CROCKERY RATES. The Alliance Fcorle From Kansas Are Xot Daring Teix Great Snecess Among the Buck eye Tillers of the Soil. amamcEs cocxt vixr unGFXi is onio ttPFCUL TELFGItAM TO THE DISPATCH. SandcMvY, Au. 15. Major McKinley invaded the Democratic stronghold of Erie county to-day nnd made by all odds his best address iu the campaign so far. It was a remarkable eflort, and when Democrats and Bepublicans alike at its close joined in the cliiers for the "American speech and the next Governor of Ohio" there was noth ing cracked or hollow in the sound. He confined himself to an exposition of the tariff and he did it in such a clear and maMcrly manner that many were heard to ay they couldn't see how any free trade orator could get around it. If the Major keeps up his present pace there will be lit tle doubt about the outcome in Xovembcr. About 10,000 people were gathered at the farmers' picnic at Buggies Grove to-day. It is 14 miles from, this place. Most of them came to hear the tariff advocate speak. Nothing like these open air annual meet ings are held in Pennsylvania, except pos sibly at "Williams' Grove. At present all the farmers hers talk about is the tariff, and the financial question. A COLLARXESS AND SOCKLESS ORATOR. As usual, the Kansas representatives of the Farmers' Alliance were on the ground getting in their work. One was a collar ess and sockless individual who looked as if he had not seen a day's work for years, and -was too lazy to eat. By the side of the in telligent, well-fed and well-dressed Buck eye granger he was decidedly out of place It must be said at this stage that the iui Ci.ujit jik1 careless emissaries of theTPeiple'if party are not adding anything to its strength. They remind one of the Salvation Army leadrrs, men and women who could not succeed at anything. These leaders may have June good work in Kansas, where the farm ers were in distress through the bad crops, but in a prosperous State like Ohio their mission is ridiculous. This seemed to be the consensus of opin ion among the farmers in Buggies' Grove to-Jay. The Alliance advocates, whenever they got a chance, would engage in discus sions with the farmers, and at times little fcevys of men could be seen all over the ground earnestly arguing about the present condition of affairs. ALLIANCE MKK FIGHT EVERYBODY. Democrats and Bepublicans alike were drawn into the contests, and the third party leaders have no use for either. The Dispatch man enjoyed the novel debates and was an amused listener. One farmer charged the Alliance, being opposed to lrut. is not consistent in trying to get the granger to hoard their wheats He wanted to know if this was not the trust idea. The Alliance man was not daunted, and denied most vehemently that such an order had been issued. "What you people need in Ohio," said Hie sockless specimen to a crowd, "is more money. " "Yes" replied a Democratic disciple of Agricola, "no would have all the money we need if you fellows out there wouldpay what you borrowed from us. You growl alnmt mortgages and high interest in your Stale. You had better put up some of the interest firt. I have not seen cither prin cipal or interest since I loaned my money. I want to say that the loan associations lost more money in Kansas than the poor af flicted farmers. Why don't you work for your money as we do? It would be far better for j our people now if they had not borrowed a cent." LAUOH AT Tltr. SUIl-TRKAhURY n.AN. This speech was well received and the discomfited Knnan rctiied to convert some man who hadn't quite so much sound sense. This is a sample of how these erratic people work and how they are received. The intelligent farmers decline to listen to them and their sul-trtaury scheme is a laughing stock. The Republican managers have little anxietv about the intelligent otcrs, but they are afraid these demagogues will turn the heads of the men who baven't brains enough to think for themselves. Last evening The Dispatch man list ened to a medicine fakir delivering an ad dress in fa or of free trade. The usual motley crowd of people had gathered around him, hen he produced a black board and reasoned thus: "Last year N,000,000 worth of products were shipped out of the country under a tariff, and yon people are jut that much poorer." This was said with a flourish and the figures were placed on the blackboard. The crowd, that should have known better, ap plauded the peddler and his speech. 1 Jl'KINLEY'S ICKSPECTS TO CAMPBELL, When Major McKinley appeared on the platform this afternoon a little girl pre sented him writh a large basket of flowers. He stooped down nnd kissed the child. The audience cheered heartily. He announced his subject as the tariff, and he started in by paying his respects to Governor Camp bell. A few weeks since the Governor made a speech at Cedar Point, near here. He said he owned two farms and they paid him nothing, while slock that he held in a manufacturing concern brought him in yearly dividends. Major McKinley replied to this that a IG farmer by proxy never could hope to suc ceed. He said ho was tired of .hearing the gospel of woe and calamity preached from every platform in Ohio. Taking up a pitcher on the stand the Ma jor remarked that he supposed it was American as the duty on crockery was f5 per cent. "Who pays that tax?" somebody in the audience cried out. tells who tats inE tax. "I can answer that question very easily my friend," he replied. "To-day we pro duce five-sevenths of the crockery consumed in this country. Under the revenue tariff of 2i per cent, the foreign pitchers per crate cost ?99. "We put up the duty to 05 per cent and built np the industry in America. Now these pitchers are sold here for 541. "Who pays the tax?" Loud Laughter. " Crockery, at a tariff of 10 per cent would put more money in the Treasury than at a rate of C5 per cent, as more would be im ported, but while filling the coffers of the Government you would be extinguishing the fires in our furnaces and closing up the mills and factories. Every ship load of crockery brought to this country displaces just that much made here; it throws our "workmen out of employment The tariff has built np thisindustry and I am proud that I have seen it building. To-day we have the largest crockery factory in the world in Ohio. Loud cheers. Cries of 'That's good " I prefer the domestic to the for eign goods. I like the foreign for taxation, the domestic for consumption. Does my friend want to know now who pays the tax? Ask the Canadian farmers along this border. THE EFFECT OS WOOL. "But they say wool has gone down. If the tariff is a tax why should the price de crease. Everybody knows thatthe price is governed by the "markets of tb.e world. Wool to-day is sold in London for 16 cents per pound. This rate plus the duty of 11 cents and the cost of transportation must be the the price in America. Suppose there was no tarm on wool; wnere would you De then? AVhy first-class wool can be bought to-day in Canada for IG to 18 cents per pound, and you farmers know it," The Major stated further that 30 years ago 95 per cent of the hardware sold in America was made in England; now 95 per cent is turned out iu this country, and ths prices, are 40 to COper cent cheaper. The tariff has made the United States the great est manufacturing country in the world. Last year 579,000,000 of agricultural prod ducts were imported, he said. They had increased the duty on manv of these articles with the hope that the bulk of the money hereafter will be kept and spent at home. Free trade would help old men with fixed incomes for a time, but it would fetter the young, who have their fortunes to make. THE FARMERS ADMIRE HIM. The speech was received with great ap plause, and at its close the Major was forced to hold an informal reception. The gran gers crowded around him to shake hands. lie remained on tho ground for several hours discussing the tariff with little knots of people. One farmer stated how through Canadian competition he was forced to give np raising barley. Sandusky is a great bear and wine town; large quantities of liquors are made here. The brewers, instead of buying their barley from the American farmers, found it cheaper to cross the lake and get it in Canada. The disgusted granger added that last year he had over 200 bushels of barlev which he fed to his horses rather than self it for the low Srice offered, while he had the additional issatisfadtion of paying 5 cents a glass for beer which was brewed outof arivarserain. In this instance there was not suflcient duty to protect the home farmer. 'SHERMAN SAYS re's A CRISIS. """While the farmers want to Irtiow soifle fhing'about.the tariff it is becoming more apparent every Bay that the financial ques tion is an important issue of the campaign. Senator Sherman said this morning that the Eastern people did not understand how serious the crisis is and he frankly states that if Ohio was lost this fall it would be eoodby to the Bepublican panv in 1892. The situation here is very grave, "but the Be publican leaders are hopeful that everv thing will turn out all right To the public the managers wear smiling faces, but they do not deny in private that victory is) an uncertain quantity. " ' ' If the contest were between the two great parties, Bepublican success would be as sured, but it is not It is hard to tell what the People's Party will do, and from what side they will draw the more votes. Foraker is still at Middle Bass Island. Some seem to think that he is sulking. His friends claim he will be true to the ticket, to Foraker and his corns of lieuten ants, to whoni has been assigned the task of ripping up the Democratic State adminis tration. State Auditor Poe declares that Campbell dare not refer to his administra tion on the stump. "W. S. Capeller claims that the State institutions which were ahead of their appropriations when For aker retired have been badly managed . and are now away behind. The cost of the ex tra session will also furnish, he thinks, some strong Bepublican ammunition. TORAKER, BLAINK AND SHERMAN. It is singular, but true that Foraker fol lowers in Ohio are all Blaine men. The House-Afire and the Plumed Knight travel hand in hand in the estimation of their sup porters. Foraker still has a strong grip on the State Bepublican machine, and it is surprising what an enthusiastic following he has among the young men. Some of them go so far as to assert that Sherman defeated him for Governor two years ago, because the Senator was jealous "and afraid of him. William T. Cope, Bepublican candidate from Cleveland for State Treasurer, was at liuggle's Grove to-day with McKinley. Mr. Cope is very hopeful about the outcome. He says the party leaders have patched up their differences, and added that Sherman and Foraker had an understanding about the senatorship, and that they were pulling in line for the success of the ticket Few con tributions to the campaign fund have been made so far, but that is because people have not been invited to send in their money. THE WHISKY PLANK rN the people's party platform wile cost rr votes. The Eiqnor Men and the Prohibitionist Alike Opposed to It What the Master of the Ohio State Grange Has to Say Tree SIIer. rsrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Sandusky, Aug. 15. Among the speak ers and visitors at Buggle's Grove to-dav wasS. H. Ellis, Master of the State Grange. He is an intelligent farmer and a Bepub lican. The Grangers of Ohio are nrettv well organized. The Alliance has a foot hold, but it is not very tenacious. Speak ing politically, Mr. Ellis said: "As a Be publican I would like to see McKinley win, but with a four-cornered fight it is im possible for anyone to say what the out come will be. All the farmers' organiza tions in the State have declared in fuvor ot free silver. They claim it was a mistake to demonetize siher in 1884. Ot course, the Grange Patrons of Husbandry and the Far mers' Union are non-partisan, and when it comes to the question of voting I think every man will stav with his party. "It cannot be denied that the People's Party has some strength in this State, but they will lose many votes through the whisky plank in their platform. The new party "wants the manufacture and sale of intoxicating drinks put into the hands of the Government Their idea i to eliminate the element of profit from the business. W IWfaofi Under their regime the whisky seller would be only a Government agent, and would have no object in selling liquor to minors and drunkards for the sake of making money. The whisky men don't like this part of their platform, and to begin with it alienates them from the new party. The Prohibitionists are- cquallv witn the liquor dealers opposed to this Idea, and so the People's Party can hope for nothing from these two classes. I do not believe they will gather much strength from the Demo ocrats and Bepublicans, but it is natural to suppose that they will hurt both parties a little, , "The farmers arc divided on the tariff, but not along party lines. I know one man who has always voted the Bepublican ticket, though a Free Trader." ANOTHER FOR BLAINE. LAWRENCE COUNTY OUT TOR THE PLUMED KNIGHT IN 'OS. The Phillips and McDowell Factions Clash Again, the Former Wins A Wordy War Over a County Committeeman Charges and Counter Charges Made. rsrECIAL T F.LEO RAM TO THE DISPATCH. New Castle, Aug. 15. The white wings of peace hovered over the two factions in the Bepublican County Committee meeting this afternoon, and for a short time at least all was harmony. It was the magnetic name of Blaine that caused a cessation of all hos tilities, and the following resolutions were passed unanimously, and with cheers that continued tully ten minutes. Resolved, That we endorse and heartily approve the administration of President Harrison, because of its conservative, clean nnd thoroughly business methods, con ducted as it has been for the best interests of the wholepeople. Resolved, That in James G. Blaine, that American of Americans, who by his match less diplomacy and championship of the principles of reciprocal commercial inter courseto our financial advantage with full protection to our home industries, has proven himself the statesman of statesmen, we recognize one pre-eminently fitted to lead the Republican party to victor' in the Presidental contest ot next year. There was a full representation present, and when a motion was made to have the Chairman appoint a committee to confer with other counties in this Congressional district to devise some plan of nominating Congressmen, a long discussion followed be tween the two factions. After a talk amounting to a wrangle, the Phillips side of the bouse won over the McDowell ele ment by a small majority. Mr. McConncll, an attorney of this city, was appointed a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. A resolution asking Frank Liken to re sign from the County Committee, because while acting as judge of election at the late Erim3rics he had permitted proxy votes to e counted for him, caused a war of words, during which several members present were accused of being elected to the committee by a Democratic vote. The resolution was finally tabled amid the cheers of the Mc Dowellites. POLITICIANS AT CAPE MAY. Many ol Them Go Down to Seo About Harrison's Alleged Declination. rSr-ECIAI. TELECItAM TO THE DISPATCH. Cate May, Aue. 15. "Within the past 24 hours politics have warmed up here im mensely, and the politicians have flocked into town at a rapid rate. The publication this morning that the President had de clined to have a renomination, has brought down many party leaders, who are anxious to know what there is in the matter. This afternoon, while the President was watch ing the ball game, he wis approached by a reporter, who asked him about the matter of bis declination, and he bluntly; but courteously, refused to discuss what he termed mere newspaper rumors. It is in terpreted here to-night that he will not accept a nomination unless it comes with the wishes of the people. Captain Baker Corson, an old resident, andan old-time Whig, stopped the President and asked him if he might not have a chance to shake hands with a candidate for a second term, to which the President gave an evasive answer and politely bowed himself out of the Captain's company. Postmaster General "Wanamaker and a number of politicians from Philadelphia arrived to-night BETTER FOR DALZELL. Robinson Gets the Worst of a Hot Fight in a CInb at Chester. Chi-ster, Aug. 15. The anti-Bobinson people in the Young Men's Bepublican Club of this city won a signal victory last night when President Parker appointed delegates to the Scranton Convention who arc opposed to the Senator-Congressman's candidacy for "President of State League of clubs. The two forces were very evenly divided in the club, and the vote authorizing the president to name the delegates was 30 to 35. Mr. Bobinsonjs friends were in censed at their defeat, and W. L Schaffer, their leader, organized a rump meeting. This means that there is to be a contest at the Scranton Convention, but the delegates who were appointed by President Parker will bear the credentials irom the club, reg ularly signed and bearing the club's seal. This victory is considered but the forerun ner of others which will ultimately result in the overthrow of Bobinsou rule in Dela ware count- politics. CHABGED TO THE BOSSES. Berks County Democrats Resolnte Abont Philadelphia Rottenness. ISPECIAIj TELEORAM TO THE DISPATCn. Beading, Aug. 15. The Democrats of Berks held their annual county meet ing here this afternoon. Bcsolutions were passed indorsing Governor Patti son, Congressman Brttnncr and the county's representative in the Legislature and denouncing official corruption, bribery and theft of public money by trusted officers of the city ot Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania and their political conspira tors. The resolutions say: "We chargo the responsibility of these crimes upon tue dishonest and selfish bosses, into whoso hands the Republican party of Pennsylvania has fallen, and we w am all who bolievoin public honesty nnd public puritv not to allow their attention to bo di v erted from the important State Issues of '91 to a discussion of National candidates of '92. We charge the State Treasuier and Auditor General with wilfully disobeying the plain law of this State. DEMOCRATS WEBE FOOLED. They Attempt to Break Up a People's Party Contention in Columlms. SFFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Columbus, Aug. 13. The People's Party County Convention was held here to-day, and the Democrats made an effort to break it up, but were unsuccessful in doing so and a full county ticket was named. The Springfield platform was indorsed and several resolutions which that conven tion could not stand were adopted as the sense of the convention. PATH SCOEES AUOTHEB TBIUMPH. Thursday's Scenes of Enthusiasm Repeated In Her Eittle Theater. London, Aug. 15. The miniature theater built as an addition to Mme. Pafti's Castle Craig-Y-Nos and opened this weekwas to night the scene of another performance, in which Mme. Patti's singing jn selections from Flotow's "Martha" and Gounod's "Borneo and Juliet" elicited a repetition of Thursday's scenes of enthusiasm. PITTSBURG, SUNDAT, HOT ON HIS HEELS. Pitttsbnrg and Latrobe Police Chasing Old Man Reese's Murderer. CONFESSIONS OP A LITTLE ROY Lead to the Discovery That Elmer Brnner Did the AwM Deed. TWO EORSES KILLED IN HIS PURSUIT Inspector McAleese and Detective Sol Conlson have joined in the search for the murderer of old man Bccse, who was so brutally slain on the doorstep of his mount ain home, near Ebensburg, Thursday night. They are acting on information received last evening by The Dispatch from Latrobe, where the officers have been following the trail closely, and where they last night ar rested a 13-year-old boy for complicity in tho crime. The Ebensburg officers have been in hot pursuit, having driven across the mountains like madmen after the guilty parties. Both pursued and officers changed horses three times, and the officers at last killed a fine pair of grays in the flying race. They reached Latrobe yesterday, and, following their clew closely, ordered ' the arrest of Charley Bruner. the 13-vear-old son of William Bruner, a painter of Walls sta tion, for complicity in the murder. the boy breaks down. Charley was defiant at first, but when brought before Justice Geiger, broke down and told a cold-blooded tale of thieving and murder. He confessed that the murder had been committed by his uncle, Elmer Bruner, who was accompanied by a woman and him self. The boy said they had been traveling all through the East, nnd had stolen several horses, wliich they disposed of at private sale along the road. Thev had returned home loaded with plunder and money from their Eastern victims, but had decided to rob old Sam Beese. The woman with Bruner, a Miss Jackson, or Sadie Price, as she is better known, had kept house for the old man, and knew of considerable money and valuables about the place. They drove boldly through Ebensburg, from the direc tion of Altoona, and on reaching the Beesc houso found the old man was at work. In his absence the house was thoroughly ran sacked, and just as the three were prepar ing to depart old Beese came to the door, dinner bucket in hand. He had not time to speak a word, as the boy Bays, before Elmer stepped from behind the door and shot him dead. Chief of Police Cannon, of Latrobe, made the arrest, and at once telegraphed to the Sheriff at Ebensburg. Then Cannon, with officers left for Walls station, where it is thought Elmer and the girl went. If not there, the boy says they will be found in Pittsburg, w'here they intended spending the night. The boy Charley does not ap pear to be at all alarmed over his arrest, nor does he realize what happened when old man Beesc fell dead from an assassin's bullet. confession of the eittle boy. Miss Jackson, or Price, is a well-known tough character, who came to Latrobe about two years ago. In Johnstown she had a bad record, and while in jail there tried to suicide, almost succeeding. Charlie Bruner told a Btory in the presence of Mayor Slater, Officer Cannon and others, of Latrobe, that caused a sensation. Olc-sttid ths three, -ElnwrTLOss -Price'-and himself, had been in the East for some time on a queer sort of expedition that Charley did not exactly understand. In New York State thev stole a horse and busrzv. drove into New Jersey, where they stole another, and at once started on their long drive for their home in Allegheny county. When within seven miles 'of Ebens burg they sold their jaded animal. and stole another from a field. In driving fiast old man Beese's house, Elmer said it ooked as if there was no one home. Miss Jackson said the old man was at work, and Elmer said if they would.stay outside with the horse, he would go through the house, and if anyone came Tie "would blow his head off." Elmer entered the place, but had hardly done so, when old man Beese came to the back door and ordered him out. Elmer pulled his pistol, and the old man reached for a gun standing in the corner. He never touched it, however, as ,Elmer fired, the ball entering the old man's mouth, killing him instantly. Beese fell to the floor, and Elmer coolly told the two not to be scared, but wait a minute. He then went through the house, int what he secured the boy did not know, as Elmer took care of several bundles himself. Charlie, the boy, was frightened, and when they neared Latrobe he said he would stop over Sun day, the other two going on toward Walls, or "Pittsburg, where they said they would stay over Sunday. LOOKING TOR ELMER IN PITTSBURG. A Dispatch reporter called at the house of George Bruner, on Center avenue, near Hcrron avenue, last night about 11 o'clock. In answer to a knock an elderly woman came out. When questioned In regard to the whereabouts of Elmer Bruner she seemed much agitated and stated that he was not at home, nor did she know where he was. She said that he had not been home for two weeks. The reporter had reason to suspect that the fugitive was in the house or neighborhood, and saving nothing about the object of his errand, he left the family under the impression that lie was merely there on business connected with Bruncr's huckster trade. On inquiry among the neighbors the belief that the man was in the neighborhood was strength ened. One of them went so far as to say he had seen Elmer during the day. Inspector McAleese was immediately notified by a Dispatch reporter, and he, together with Detective Coulson, at once leaped into a buggy and dashed away in search of the fugitive. The Inspector had received information earlier in the evening that a man named Brnner had arrived in town vesterday with a horse and buggy, which "he had sold for $9, but nothing more was then known of him or his connection with the Beese murder. Chief of Police Martin and Constable Harrl9, of Johnstown, arrived in the city at a late hour last night to solicit the assistance of Inspector McAleese and the Pittsburg detectives to arrest the murderer and his accomplice. CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC RAILROAD. The Santa Fe May Use Its Cars to Enter the City of San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 15. John W. Hartzell, who is Connected with the project ed electric passenger railway from San Francisco to San Mateo, in the adjoining county, said to-day it was expected they would have cars running Into San Mateo county by October 1. Questioned as to whether the Santa Fe Bailroad would use the Electric Company's right of way to enter this city, Mr. Hartzell said, while he had neither denied nor affirmed that such would be the case, it was a pos sibility, and there was nothing to hinder the overland road coming in over their line. Passengers could be brought into the city nicely by means of the electric cars. A HOPELESS LUNATIC. Inventor Coxe,-Who Attempted Suicide, Is Placed In an Insane Asylum. SrECIAL TELEOKAJI TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, Aug. 15. Henry. F. Coie, the talented young Philadelphia in- AUGUST 16, 1891. ventor, who attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat in the woods at Glen Summit, Pa., on Thnrsday night last, is now an inmate of Kirkbride Lunatic Asylum, hopelessly insane. Mr. C6xe is but 35 years of age and has been married abaut eight months. He is a mechanical genius of brilliant ability, and his inventions have already made him a rich man. He was for some years in the office of Chief Engineer Brown, of the Pennsylvania. Bailroad, where his work in connectiop with the block system of signaling proved of such value that he was promoted to the" office of Assistant Superintendent of Motive Power, with headquarters at Altoona. There his inventive capacity had wider scope, and further improvements in the sig nal system were the result He also in vented a rail connection, which has been adopted by many railroads, and several other rail read contrivances have been pat ented by him. During the past year his health became so seriously affected as to necessitate a trip to Europe and Asia. He turning, he located at Glen Summit A BEAVER VALLEY LASS IS MRS. WHITCOMB.WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN LONDON. The Daughter of a West Bridgewater Physician Once a Presbyterian, Now a Sensation-LoTlmr Atheist A Belief That She Didn't Intend to Die. CSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. West Bbidoewater, Aug. 15. The Mrs. Jane Whitcomb, wife of ex-State Au ditor Whitcomb, of Minnesota, who is re ferred to in London dispatches as having attempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum at the residence of Lady Sea bright, with whom she had been living for a long time, was born and raised here. Her maiden name was Jane Smith, and her fam ily is one of the most prominent and re spected in he Beaver Valley. Her father was Dr. Stephen Smith, now many years deceased, and was in his day a leading phy sician nnd druggist of this section. Miss Smith was a handsome woman, of unusual intellectual attainments and pos sessing brilliant conversational powers. She graduated in the old Presbyterian Sem- i.inary, in what is now the Beaver House. Soon after this sue secured a position as teacher in Bochester, Minn., where she be came acquainted with and married Mr. Whitcomb. They were married in Phila delphia by Bev. Dr. David Cunningham at his residence. Bev. Mr. Cunningham was then pastor of a leading Presbyterian church of Philadelohia. but is now in charge of a Igiurch in Wheeling. He was also at one fme pastor of a church here, to which mem bers ot the smith lamily belonged. At that time Jane, or Jennie, as she was called, was known as a true-blue Presby terian, whose orthodoxy was unquestion able; but of late years, and especially after her marriage, she is said to have become a confessed atheist. During her residence in the West, Mrs. Whitcomb had made frequent visits to this place, but of late years she nas remained away from the old place and her relatives, of whom there are many in this locality, had, to a great extent, lost sight of her. Mrs. Whitcomb is a half sis ter of Hon. Daniel Maratta, ex-United States Marshal, of Dakota, under President Cleveland. The news of the two attempts of Mrs. Whitcomb to commit suicide, created a great sensation among her relatives and friends here. It is not believed by those who know her best that she attempted to actually end her life, but they say she had her plans well laid to be saved in time. Her K'Kiration from her husband is said to naTe"" tar- conned ."jy,.dome.stifi. djs$:rd, growing out of the too frequent visits of an. ex-Governor of Minnesota, and that Mr. Whitcomb became jealous. In fact, it is thought here that the pretty little ortho dox Presbyterian has gone very largely into the world of sensationalism, with the at tempts at suicide as merely incidents. THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN. A Yankee Skipper and Ills Crew Came In With a Bona Fide Tarn. CSPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCn. Boston, Aug. 15. Another bona fide sea serpent yarn was brought to port this morn ing by Captain Frank Cooncy, of the Burgess fishing schooner Clara S. Harwood, and the Captain's yarn is backed up by the crew. "We sailed from Bockport," said the skip per, "a week ago Thnrsday, and by Friday noon had reached George's Banks. The wind had died out almost to a calm when the lookout gave the w ord that there was something ahead. All hands were on deck at the time and they rushed forward, and there, close under our bows was the ugliest and toughest looking customer I ever saw. He never offered to move until all on board had a good look at him. He was spotted like a leopard all over his back, and all the spots seemed to be of different colors, some very handsome and others not. He drifted along with the vessel, nnd I should say he was 70 feet broad. In a few minutes he raised his bead, which was shaped like a shovclhead-nosed shark, and feeling mad at being woke up, he opened his jaws, then made a dive for the bottom of the schooner. With his big tail he lushed the sea into foam, then went under our keel, scraping it as he passed. The fact is, all on board were glad enough when that gentleman was gone. NO MEDICINE FOB A SICK CHILI). Her Estimable but Misguided Brother Be lies Entirely on Faith Cnre. Taunton, Mass., Aug. 15. Mrs. J. F. Montgomery, one of the best known ladies in the city, of a wealthy family and promi nent in temperance circles in all movements for the amelioration of human woEs, has a year-old daughter suffering with dysentery and other troubles,. whom the faith curists have been treating for some time. The girl has been gradually sinking, and the pastor and many friends of the lamily have expostulated in vain with Mrs. Mont gomery, whose only regret seems to be that she at one time disturbed the "treatment" by giving the child some blackberry cordial. The pastor. Iter. H. B. Cady, says it is a case for the Societv for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. ESCAPED A LIVING GBAVE. A Man Supposed to Have Died from a Snake's Bite Returns to Lire. Newton, N. J., Aug. 15. William P. Elliott, son of H. M. "Elliott, who lives near Branchville, Sussex County, was bitten by a rattlesnake some days ago, and to all appearances died, and the preparations for his funeral were made. The doctors con cluded to make a post mortem, and cut open a sore that had formed under his arm. To their great surprise, the young man be gan to show unmistakable signs of life, and restoratives being applied he came to and is now getting well. A PEISONEB'S TALE. He Claims to Have Helped in Robbing the Ocean Bank of New York. TSrECIAL TEI.KQ11AM TO THE DISrATCU Columbus, Aug. 15. John A. Valen tine, serving a term in the penitentiary for burglary, claims that in 188G, assisted by Ned Lyons, who has just been released from the prison, and George Miles and Pete Curley, he robbed the Ocean Bank of New York of about $500,000 in cash and f 100,000 in bonds. He then went to Maryland, where he se cured ?30O,O0O through another robbery Bffimlri) TWO SETS OF PRICES. A Granite Ware Importer's Charge Against Mr. Niedringhaus. CANADA GETS GOODS CHEAPER From the Protected St louts Manufacturer Than tha States Do. ALLEGED ABUSE UNDER TIIE TARIFF SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn New York, Aug.. 15. The Evening Font this afternoon publishes an interview with a "dealer in and importer of" granite or agate ware aiming to prove tfcat the present duty on those goods is unnecessary. In the course of the interview "dealer and im porter," makes some interesting allega tions. ' "There arc two companies,"said this gen tleman, "who practically have a monopoly of the manufacture of this granite or agate iron ware in this country. They are the St. Louis Stamping Company and the La lance & Grosjean Manufacturing Company, of Woodhaven, L. I. The first named com- panny is really Mr. Niedringhaus. His company manufactures what is known as granite ironware; the Lelance and Grosjean Company make agate ironware. The difference is on'y in the name. These two companies have had a monopoly of the manufacture of these goods for the last 15 years. They divided the territory between them and control the entire trade. They use the same price list pamphlet, only change the covers and give the same dis count. competition from abroad. "For some time the duty on enamel ware, that being the class under which these so called agate or granite goods are rated, was 45 per cent. There was then little or no competition. A few years ago, however, Messrs. Stansky & Co., of Canal street, be gan to import what is known as the blue and white enamel steel ware (mostly kitchen utensils), and in the last six or seven years succeeded in building up a good trade. "The effect of this was felt by Niedring haus, and he got the duty on enamel ware increased in the McKinley bill to 60 per cent for enamel ware in more than one color. The imported ware is blue outside and white inside. The domestic article be mg white on the inside makes the im ported ware very popular. The importers, however, were satisfied with their trade and did not particularly mind the increase of 6 per cent on the tariff, as they still could hold their own in this country with the domestic manufact urers in price, quality being considered. A PUZZLE IN CANADA "They claim they actually sell a far better article for less money than the domestic monopolists. But they were greatly puz zled to find themselves beaten in Canada by the very men against whom they success fully compete in this country. In Canada the import duty on enamel ware is 35 per cent, so that the men who sell the German ware there should apparently have an advantage of 15 per cent in com petition with the goods manufactured in the United States, as compared with the com petition in this country. But such is not the case", and for this very simple reason: 'The manufacturers of granite or agate wire in the United States, namelvithe SL Louis Stamping Company (Mr. Niedring- hnusiandriifrLatanca &..(3rosjean Manfl factnring Company have two prices tor the same goods, one for the people of the UnitedStates and another for the people of Canada. Investigation snows tnat to meet a lower duty which is charged in Canada on enameled goods, the manufacturers here have a Canadian trade'price list, the prices on which are 25 per cent lower than the prices for this country. CUT THEIR REDUCED LIST, And, furthermore, the manufacturers in order to get the" Canadian trade, go even far below the published price list. Canadian dealers claim that they can buy the goods at 60 per cent off the Canadian price list, with the goods laid down in Canada, freight and dnty paid. "That means," said the Evening Pott's in formant, "that under ordinary favorable circumstances, the Canadians get the Amer ican made goods from 35 to 40 per cent cheaper than Americans do. The injustice of Americans being thus compelled to pay into the pockets of the manufacturers that extra 35 or 40 per cent more than is really necessary to protect the manufacturer and give him a little advantage over importers must be apparent to every one." Continuing his narrative, the reporter's informant said: "If you ask the manufac turers how it is they can sell their goods from 35 to 40 per cent cheaper in Canada than they can, or, at any rate, do at home, they will tell you thaj the goods they send to Canada are what is known as 'seconds. THE GOODS ARE THE SAME. That, however, is not true, as any com petent judge of the goods will tell you and as you can easily see for yourself. As a matter of fact, the goods sent to Canada are precisely similar in every respect to those sold in this country. The two price lists, the Canadian and the American, are identi cal in all respects as to the descrip tion of the goods, etc., the only difference being in the prices. It is not reasonable to suppose that the Canadian dealer or con sumer when paying for the best, as per price list (issued to Canadian dealers onlv) would accept an inferior article, or seconds, as the inferior article is termed. "One sample from the two price lists will be sufficient for an object lesson to illus trate this. For instance, for what is known as or described as an agate Windsor tea or coffee pot, with patent seamless body and agate cover, the price per dozen to Canada is 524. To Americans the price is $30. It is the same with every other article in cluded in the list." WANTED FOB KIDNAPING. An Indiana Attorney Who Was After a Reward for a Hundred Dollars. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Columbus, Aug. 15. J. W. McNeal, of Biverside, Hamilton connty, secured a requisition on the Governor of Indiana, this evening for J. J. Hilton, an attorney of Martinsville, Ind., who is wanted at Colum bus on a charge of kidnaping James Mc Neal, who was released from the Ohio Peni tentiary November 15 last. McNeal was taken to Morgan county, Ind., and con victed of horse stealing, a crime which he committed before being sent to the Ohio prison. McNeal's mother had compromised the crime in that State by paying $50, and the owner of the horse was satisfied, but Hilton concluded he would secure the $100 reward tfffered for all such cases in Indiana. The warden of the penitentiary refused to recognize Hilton and his papers, but he secured the aid of police and carried Mc Neal away in the night, taking him across the country. FELL FIVE H1JNDBED FEET. A Female Parachute Jumper Meets With a Frightful Death at Cincinnati. SPECIAL TELEOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Cincinnati, Aug. 15. Miss Anna Hankes, of Indianapolis, whose professional name is Xeroy, made a balloon ascension thitt afttmnrm rtt Conev Island, a resort ten 'miles up the river. The balloon sailed about a mile westward, and when 500 feet high she cut loose witn the parachute. The rope of the trapeze immediately broke. The woman descended like an arrow, striking the ground on her feet, and was driven into the earth above her knees. When reached, her lifeless body was found mashed almost out of shape. A PENNILESS DOCTOR. ARRESTED FOR CHLOROFORMING THE JMEMPHIS BANKER. The Fact That He Dyed His Whiskersand Afterward Cat Them Off Excited Suspi cion He Was Hard Pressed for Money Some Amnslnz Features. SPECIAL TELXGBAM TO THE DISPATCIt.l MEJirius, Aug. 15. Colonel It Dudley Frascr, the richest banker in the city and President of the Memphis City Bank, was induced Thursday to visit room 364, Gayosa Hotel, ostensibly to transact business with one calling himself J. A. Morris, of New Orleans, who represented himself as a brother of the Morris of the Louisiana Lot tary Company. On the second inter view the stranger drew two pistols and demanded that Mr. Fraser sign a check for $5,000. Colonel Fraser re fused, whereupon saying that his family was starving and he was desperate, he re duced the sum to $500. Colonel Fraser in dorsed the stranger's check then, but in a style that he knew the tellervonld not honor. The check was not easy "ud the stranger then chloroformed thy j ""id nV1.n.I i.:. n CT? Tl.. iV - ot fU). xne i . -r,'7 brought help, but the robber '"fltJO prietor that his friend had the jimjia-, -Of the Colonel was so scared he was afraid 1UUUCU U1U1 VA .lrr. .LUC V I "fT.. The funniest part was that after the rob-! ber departed, the hotel attaches kept the Colonel a prisoner under the impression that he was insane. The story was such a wild and woolly one that manv refused to- believe it, but the check was there to show for itself. The denouement came to-night in the ar rest of Dr. J. E. Clemens, a practicing physician of this city, at his home on Vance street. On August 3 Clemens closed his front shutters, sent his wife to Holly Springs, and put a sign out: "Will be away from the city several weeks." Then he went to housekeeping on the back-door plan. This corroborates the story that he was hard pressed financially, his avowed reason for pretending to be out of the city being to keep creditors fronu the door. Earlytj lhursday morning Clemens Jett his house, leaving a note with a neighbor that he would not return till night It was early Thursday morning that Morris registered at the hotel. That evening at dark his neigh bors noticed that his beard was dyed. Fri day morning they observed that he had his' beard amputated entirely. These and other suspicious circumstances led to his arrest His wife told the detec tives he was out of the city at first, but afterward produced him. Neither he cor his wife expressed any surprise nor asked any questions as to the cause of the arrest At police headquarters, in spite of his ehansre of whiskers he. was identified bv the hotef employes, and in addition the small vause fie carried was identified bytnenouse keeper. A SMOLDERING -SENSATION. Ugly Rnmors Rise With the Smoke Fromi Braddock's Burned Church. SrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Braddock, Aug. 15. Tho citizens of this place are thoroughly aroused over the fire last night which reduced the handsome All Saints Episcopal -Church to ashes; There seems to be no .question whatever that the fire was incendiary, and the best efforts of the police bid lair to land the A guilty party in jail before many days. The fire marshal of Pittsburc has" been notified. and will be here Monday to investigate the mailer, wnen lb is auogeiuer imey a prucm-. nent man of this citv will be asked to ex plain his queer actions and whereabouts during the past few days. As yet there is nothing but a rumor, and- every one hesitates to even name the party,) DUt an arrest iur arsuu win ue niuue Here soon that will create the greatest sensation in church and social circles ever known in this place. A HEAVY CINCINNATI EATLTTBE. John. Bon to, Sons & Co., Rope and Twine l Makers, Make an Assignment. Cincinnati, Aug. 15. Late this after noon the rope and twine firm of John Bonte, Sons & Co. made an assignment to John B. Boutet. The failure was caused by dull trrde and inability to compete with other ' firms which were cutting prices. Liabilities, $100,000. The assets are. placed at about the same amount. Nearly all these, however, consist of machinery., No preference. PRESIDENT BARILLAS POPULAR. An American Consnl in Guatemala Denies . That a Revolution Is Impending. Chicago, Aug. 15. Florentine Souza,, American Consul at Champeri connty, Guate-j mala, is in the city en route to Vashington and Europe. He denies recently telegraphed reports of an impending revolution against the alleged dictatorship of President Barrillas. The latter, he savs, will undoubtedly be re elected this fall, and he feels that this will, be the free choice of the people. THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY.' Contents of the Issue Classified for the Convenience of Readers. The issue of The DiSPATcn to-dajr consists of 20 pages, made up in three parts. Tho first nine pages are devoted to tho news of the day and editorial comment. The special feature will be found as follows: Page S. , English rolitics. Spiritualists' Convention. Swiss Independmce Day. Farnr on Lowell. Quay and Mogee FltAKK A. Bdius ragilO. Low ell and Jones Jonx Russell Yotrso The Mnstc World C. "W.S." Page It. An Onion Paradise BaYAbd WTm as The Tf ant Column. To Let Column. . For Hale Notices. Page 12. The Social World. Dramatic News. News of the Courts. Page 13. Fashions fur Men Bessie Bramble Secrets of Doctors Suirlet Dahe Workiug toy System Maroabet II. Welch Late Fashion Notes. PagtU. Homes of the Dead... Amusement Notices, Pugeli. Beemule the Japs.... The Crooked bDlue.... T. C. SToriEL Select Knights Oojslp. ..FltAXK O. ClRPEHTEB ..J. P. B. A Gem In the Rough CLIVTOX I.LOTD The Californlans .Jcles Vebe Page 16. On flfmonth Rock... An Ideal Bohemia.... Pumping Out Bhouls. Paget!. The Greatest Abyss... Bill Nye ..Jeaxf.ttk I.. Gilder. Late Science News. ...Charles V. Lnpus The Witch's Warning.. l'AYSIK 1'uzile Department E. B. Cuadbocbn Beauties In Black EdqabL. Wakkmax The Book orNahum BEV. GEORGE Hodoes Page li. Bevlcw of Sports Pnt.voLE Gossip of the Day. Wilkie ABcantyof Chile Fannie B.Ward A Useful Bcrrant. Electrical Applications. Page 29. The Secret Societies. Tne Market Reports. The Grand Army. The summer Resorts, mge w. Business Cards. TWENTY PAGES. ETVE GENTS PULLINGjnTnKES, A Welsh Tinned-Plate Manu facturer "Ym Transfer His Plant to Joliet, 111. OTHEBS MAY FOLLOW ITIM. Englishmen Investing 5650,000 the New Industry in the South. in THEY LOOK FOR A GEEAT RESULT. Expert-Figures on the Relative Costs at Home and Abroad. TIN ABOUNDS IN THE BLACK HILLS. Englishmen no longer sneer at the possi bility of Americans making tinned plate. They at length concede that the McKinley tariff act will enable this to be done, and they propose to benefit br it themselves. "e of the largest manufacturers in Wales Jo "ided to move the bulk of his plant to i "1-ii-.r. and an English corporation in ftj 'iVfl""' an(' aa English corporation ia '""7A jlt' erect a tinned plate plant ia conu. C Y hits blast furnaces already in operation It C. Jeneins is a tinned plate manufac turer with works in South Wales and Mon .mouthshire. At Maestcg, in the latter country, he is in partnership in a manufac tory with W. H. Edwards, a son-in-law of William Williams, of Llanelly, known as 'the "Tin-plate King." Mr. Jenkins' other tplant is at Maechen, in South Wales. The capacity of both plants is nine mills, equal to an output of 4,200 boxes a day. In letters to Pittsburg gentlemen Mr. (Jenkins has expressed his intention of moving over herev He will ship the bulk of his plant and bring with him as many of hi-5 men as he may require. He has studied tho contract labor law, and can find no reason "why heconldnt do so. He has been offered (strong inducements to come across tho watermclnding the offer of 25 acres of freo landaUJoliet, 111. BOUND TO COME TO AMERICA. MrJenkins says he has accepted the offer- h and will prepare to move in abont two months time. He says that Englishmen, now recognize that Americans can make, and undersell them in tinned plate, and tftat, as they are already experienced in the) lrade, while Americans are not, they do not see whythey should not enter the field un der the 'new conditions. Mr. Jenkins also adds that William Williams and his son-in-law, W. H. Edwards, are seriously thinking: of following his example. They may locate here within the next six months. Mr. Jen kins says he is aware that steel plates can ba bought in Chicago at cheaper cost than in England and the difference in wages is not so mizch as to prevent a handsome profit on. the investment "When Mr. Williams was in Pittsburg' last October he told a Dispatch reporter that lie would have no hesitancy in invest-" ang capital in the manufacture of tinned plate in this country, if he felt any security in the duty being maintained. He admitted that he came here as much for the dutdoso of investing capital in this business as foe anyotner. At the same time he scolicd as the idea of tinned plate being made at a re munerative price it the Welshmen united in lessening cost and reducing profits. Sub sequent events show that while they may have been content with a smaller profit it is because the cost of material and lahor h.ivi both become greater in Wales. Advices lrom wales to Pittsbnrgers point to a gen eral acceptance of the States as a competf tor, and it is admitted sooner than was ex nected that the protective nolinv of the Mft- Kinley act will throw half the Welsh mills idle. " ANOTHER ENTEKPKISE AFOOT. It developed yesterday that there wa another body of Englishmen, not associated with the tinned plate making industry, who are arranging to go into that business ia this country. The Embreville Freehold Land, Iron and Railway Company is a cor-, poration with $2,000,000 of capital, all of which is held in England. It owns 58,000 acres of mineral land in East Tennessee, and has had two blast furnaces in operation for some time. The elective committee, consisting of three titled Englishmen, have been here for some time obtaining data on the cost of a tinned plated plant. In com nanv with their ffetierai manager. "Mr. Lnvp. iithey saw Mr. John F. Wilcox, of the Pitts- Durg iron and btccl Engineering Uompanv, and entered into negotiations with him in ta matter. The committee sailed last week to consult with the board of directors. Their project is best outlined in what Mr. Wilcox said yesterday in relation thereto. "Tne Embreville corporation," he said, "is composed entirely of English capital, and its enterprises have so far escaped news paper notice. It has 58,000 acres of land in Tennessee, and two blast furnaces in opera tion. The enterprise, which has been estab lished for three years, has paid such hand some dividends that the directors deemed it advisable to extend operations. They sent an executive committee of three over here to investigate. These gentlemen called me in and made exhaustive inquiries into the probabilities of a steel and tinned plate plant being a remunerative investment. I prepared comparative costs of manufacture here and in England, and also plans. CONFIDENT OF RETURNS. "I went with them very fully into tho matter, and at length was able to advise them that capital invested in a tinned plate plant in this country could not be other wise than a good investment. The result of several meetings was thatthe committee decided to recommend the project to their board They sailed for England last week for that purpose, and I only await instruc tions to put the plans into practical effect. The plant is estimated to cost SoVX,000, with a capacity of 6,000 boxes of finished plates per week, and 200 tons of steel slabs for tho open market "I do not think there is the shadow of a doubt," continued Mr. Wilcox, of -the security Of a tinned plate plant as an investment. The cost of a box: of tinned plate shipped at Swansea is?;!. The labor on it costs 58 cents. I can afford to pay just double that amount and yet have a profit of $1 25 per box. The Ameri can manufacturer has the best of the Welsh men in ttjll but labor. His steel plates are cheaper, so is his coal, and so is the lumber he uses for packing. Of course American manufacturers are going , slow, and will for some time They desire to get at the best method ot making.rolling, pickling, etc., before going into the busi ness. But there is no ultimate donbt of the possibilities of making plate success fully. Indeed, it is no longer gainsaid. There are men in Pittsburg to-day who would put up 1500,000 to erect a plant, and . they will do so just when the time is ripe." MANY INQUIRIES FOR ESTI3IATES. From another engineer it was learned that a good many inquiries were being re ceived for tinned-plate figures. There are :i n A $ 3 -4 i r - r .- .. ... ... .. ..l.-. . r, -iftSi . -A, ...- ' . -.-- jmm&u
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