BBBBBBBBBBMBBBWMMWMMBBMMBBIBBMlBBWWHttliBMBB BMBwBsiBl6gWBffijj8WVBBHj5iiBMM A I I seeking employment real rtLL THE DISrATCII Wants. People who want workers of all Masses sran Its Classified Advertise ment Face- I ls the Beet Medium. 3TORTY -SIXTH 1EAB. QUAY'S GENTLE HINT. The Modest Senator Don't, Know "What the State Con- yention May Do, But He Is PERSONALLY FOR BLAINE. Indications That the Humed Knights Boom Will Get a Big Boost Next Wednesday. GREGG'AND'PRICE HAVE THE CALL Unless the Slate Changes Again the Votes Pledged to Borrisbn and Mylin Will Quietly Switch. rATTISOyS-CHiXCIS FOR PEESIDEXT. E. B. Filing Says the I'opnlm Kejstone GoTemor Has an Excellent Show to Secure the Demo cratic domination. POLITICS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AKD KATI0JJ fFPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.3 Philadelphia, Aug. 16. Senator Quay's brief summer outing at Judge Pen nypacker's cosy country home near Pcr kiomen Junction came to an end this after noon when the Senator boarded the Head ins express at PhcDnixville fdr this city. His arrival at the Continental Hotel was not unexpected, and his old quarters were in readiness for his coming. State Chair man Andrews came In from Titnsville dur ing the afternoon and was the only caller until a late hour. He took supper with the Senator. The Republican Convention situation does not appear to disturb the Senator in the least. "When spoken to touching the reports that Mr. 'Blaine would be indorsed by the convention and his boom inaugu rated with all the enthusiasm that a dis tinctively Pennsylvania Republican assem bly can weave around a Blaine movement, lie simply said that ihc convention would transact the business before it in its own w ay and as it deemed proper. PERHAPS THIS IS A HINT. In his terse way of stating a fact the,Sen otor said: "Personally, I ani for Blaine. That is very well known." Among Senator Quay's friends it was said this evening that he will not sit in the con vention next "Wednesday as a substitute delegate from Beaver, although he will be in Harrisburg throughout the meeting, and expects to go there to-morrow afternoon. Some weeks ago it was generally believed that Senator Amos Mylin, of Lancaster, would be nominated for Auditor General, and Captain John "W. Morrison, of Pitts burg, would be named for State Treasurer They were practically without opposition. They had traveled all over the State getting the political fence" in good repair, and sup posed they had everything their own way, with the passive support of both Senators Quay and Cameron. All this has been thanged, however, in the last few weeks, End there is now a doubt whether either Senator Mylin or Captain Morrison will al low their names to go before the convention. Politics is to blame for this change. Sen ator Mlin and Captain Morrison have long been identified with the party organization, and, as both have been officeholders for some time, they are looked upon as politi cians After carefully considering the whole situation Senators Quay and Cameron are said to have reached the conclusion that this would not be a good year to place poli ticians upon the ticket. A STRONG COMBINATION. That explains why General David McM. Gregg, Pennsylvania's great cavalry officer, pud Giles D. Price, Who stands well with the farmers, have been brofcght to the front to do battle for their party. Neither of these gentlemen are practical politicians, lothhae clean records, and therein lies their strength in the eyes of the party lead ers. There seems to be no doubt of the nomination of General Gregg for Auditor General, and of G!es D. Price for State Treasurer. Indeed, there is a possibility that they may be the unanimous choice of the convention. , The combination of Gregg and Price is considered particularly strong. There is nothing in the record of either of the men to cause the Independent voter to go over to the Democratic camp this year. General Gregg, with his magnificent war record, is expected to enthuse the soldier element, while the simplicity and rugged honesty of his private life are counted upon to satisfy the reformers of his fitness for the position. Mr. Price is regarded as the grangers' can didate. He is a member of a local grange out in Erie county and he became ery pop ular with the farmers throughout the State Vy reason of his having drafted the Caggart tax bill, o er which there v, as suelia contest in the last Legislature, lie was a member of Ihe Revenue Commission of 1889-90 and it was lie who prepared the majority report of that commission. HONORS FOR HAI.L AND FRUIT. As to the Chairmanship of the State Com mittee that is unsettled. Chairman An drews will retire, and it seems to be pretty well settled aim that Senator Quay will not biicceed him. That Quay was thinking of it is v ell known, but as so many of his friends advised against it he has about given up Ihe idea. Representative James Fruit, of Mrrccr, and Senator Thomas, of Philadel phia, are most frequently mentioned as An drews successor. Kx-Representati ve Henry Hall, of Mercer, i talked of as permanent Chairman of the toniention. His abilities as a presiding officer are unquestioned, as he had consider able experience in the Houses of 1887 and 1889. If Philadelphia should not have a candidate for the position, and no one has been named up to this time, Mr. Hall would be likely to receive the support of the dele gation from this city. He is also Etrong in the "Western part of the State, and if he v ould permit his friends to make a contest for the position there would be no question of his election. The Philadelphia delegation goes to the convention uninstructed. Its members will have a caucus in Harrisburg on Tuesday evening, -when they will decide upon the m&mkS, " , . course f hey shall pursue in the convention, after they get the tip. THE STATE LEAGUE FIGHT. The fight for the Presidency of the .State League of Clubs is attracting a great deal of interest The Robinson people are begin ning to be alarmed at the number of clubs that are electing delegates to the Scranton convention for DalzeU. During the past week seven or eight clubs have chosen dele gates, who will not vote for the man who holds so many offices already. Robinson himself, however, was in the city yesterday as usual, and did not appear a whit disturbed1 over the Chester Young Men's Republican Club division. He says: It is all Cooper's engineering, and it's a iice piece of business for a Federal official to be engaged in; but this is the high tide of his opposition. Chadwick is in the same boat My friends shall know in time just what is back of this thing. In- any event I shall see that the Scranton Convention does not get into darkness on this subject. And say, if Cooper goes to Scranton, well, there will be fnn, and ii -won't be under cover either." ELKINS ON PATTISON. THE GOVERNOR A DANGEROUS RIVAL OP CLEVELAND AND HILL. Stephen B. Says He Hag the Best Chance of Any Democrat In the Country for the Presldental Nomination Popular Through the "West. "SPECIAL IIMOBIK TO TIIE DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, Aug. 16. In the opin ion of Stephen B. Elkins, Governor Patti son is a most formidable rival to both Cleve land and Hill for the next Democratic nom ination for the Presidency. Mr. Elkins talked with much animation on1 this subject at Bedford Springs the other day, before he had met the Governor.and later gave his con sent to the use of such parts of the conver sation as related to Mr. Pattison. Mr. Elkins was staying at the same hotel with the Governor. '1 have heard no man more mentioned by prominent Democrats recently in connec tion with the nomination for the Presi dency In 1892 than yonr handsome young Governor of Pennsylvania, " he said. 'If I were a Democrat," continued Mr. Elkins, weighing his words and speaking with great emphasis, "I would rather have Gov ernor Pattison's" chance for the nomination tluin those of any other man in the United States. I have talked with many promi nent pemocrats within the past few weeks. Most of the men I talked with were from the "West. Almost every one of them spoke with the greatest enthusiasm of Pattison. They argued that, since he has twice carried the greatest Republican city in the United States and twice carried the greatest Re publican State that he would be sure to carry Pennsylvania this time for a Presi dential ticket, of which he should be the head. "Now I, of course, do not believe he can do it, and I told those' men so. "When Na tional issues are at stake Pennsylvania can't be carried by any Democratic ticket. But I could not convince them of this. At any rate they urged, in reply to my opin ion, neither "Hill nor Cleveland ought to be nominated. They fear that if the one gets the nomination the friends of the other will surely stab him in the back and lose the State. I agreed with them on this point, and I do not believe either Hill or Cleve land will be the candidate. The nomina tion will go to some man outside of New York. Pattison has more friends in the "West than any other Democrat mentioned. "Your Governor seemg,to me to be one of the most popular men I ever saw. Talking with -people about the hotel I find that he is the most warmly praised bv all the visitors to the Springs, whether they are Repub licans or Democrats." BLAINE'S ATTITUDE. While Not a Formal Candidate, He Will Accept if Given the Nomination. FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. J "Washington, Aug. 1C. A citizen of this city who has just returned from -Bar Harbor and who is a close friend of "Joe" Manley, Blaine's intimate, says that he had repeated conversations with Manley while at Bar Harbor on the subject of Blaine's candidacy for the Presidental nomination. Manley told him that Blame would neither deny or affirm at any time that he is a can didate for the office He would let matters take their course and if the people of the country choose to nominate him he would accept. He was not a candidate in the sense of being one. He had once been nominated and defeated, and it would be in bad taste for him to pose as one who again wanted the honor of a nomination, possible to be de feated a second time. This can be relied on as the exact definition of the attitude of Blaine on the question of the Presidental, nomination. MARYLAND REPUBLICANS. They Will Try for the Farmers' Vote by Nominating a Wealthy Old Granger. SPFCI YtJ'TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. 3 Baltimore, Aug. 16. In the hope of getting the farmers' -vote the Maryland Re publicans will, in all probability, at the State Convention, which meets in Ocean City, August 27, nominate Colonel "William J. Van Nort for Governor. The colonel is a wealthy old farmer of Kent county, Alee President of the Maryland State Farmers' Association, and a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance, Frank Brown, the Democratic nominee for Governor, is also a wealthy tarmer, President of the State Agricultural Society, but not a member of the Farmers' Alliance. Prominent politicians in both parties say that the nominations of men so popular with the farmers will completely upset the political calculations of the Alliance leader. THE M'RTNLEY ZIEETINQ AT KILES. Decorations of Tin Plate Among the Feat ures of the Demonstration. SPECIAL TKLEURAM TO THE DISPATCH. Alliai.ce, Aug. 16. Hon. B. H. Per kins, of Warren, will preside at the big Mc Klnley meeting at Niles next Saturday, livery letter of the many mottoes now being placed on the arches at that place are made Irom American tin plate The arch in front of McKinley's birthplace will be or namented witha cradle, a Governor's chair mid a fae simile of the "White House. The expense fund has already grown to $2,500, with hundreds coming iu etery dav. To-morrow the work of decorating will begin in earnest. A COLOSSAL COFFIN Is What a Minister Brands the Barge Re public In a Strong Sermon. "SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. J New York, Aug. 16. Rev. Dr. Nathan Hubbell preached to-night on "Victims of theBarge Republic Disasterand the Respon sibility." Among the congregation were many who had participated in the ill-fated excursion of "Wednesday last The preacher told the story of the excursion; how the thrifty Germans had taken a brief holiday trip on what they thought was a pleasure barge, but found too late to be but a colossal coffin. He went on: "The Republic was obviously unfit for its iiif- iriMiiilirtiiiaii.lii i.w-r fWHKf ii I n itflirt ah? purpose,- The wood work was decayed and the supports were improperly secured. The captain of the steamer in charge of the ex cursion' barge reports'that the vessel was struck by a terrific cyclone. If that be so, why was there no damage to surrounding property? No trees were broken and small, but sound, pleasure craft lying at anchor but a few yards away were unhurt. The people who hired the craft paid for a pleasure barge and' they ere entitled to full value , for their money. They didn't get it. The people who sent them a coffin instead of a barge must be held responsible tor the feaiful disaster', if the Government inspectors do their work faithfully. The law that permits a vessel to carry passengers in large numbers for 26 years (and we are told the Republic was even older) without proper" inspection, must share the responsi bility." COLORADO FLOODED. ATHSASTBOUS CLOUDBURST 'TURNS A VALLEY INTO A 8EA. The Mighty Rush of Waters Carries Every thing Before It Railroads Badly Dam agedBob Ingersoll Interrupted in a Lecture Water 100 Feet Deep. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCIt.l COLORADO SPRIGS, COL., Aug. 16. "Colorado in general, sod the Pike's Peak region in particular, have suffered the most tremendous flood ever known in its history. Last night shortly before 13 o'clock.a cloud burst occurred on the Colorado Midland Railway, 15 miles above here, and just above Green Mountain Palls, the place where two weeks ago, Talmage dealt out wisdom at 5500 per sermon, and where to day Colonel R. G. Ingersoll held forth free to a very small crowd of scared and hungry tourists. But it was on account of numer ous washouts. Immediately after the cloudburst the whole earth in the narrow valley was turned into a raging sea. The railroad was completely washed out in several places. "When the torrent reached the narrow can yon in the Ute Pass it carried everything before it, and was at this point 100 feet deep. "Within 12 miles the track was washed in as many as a dozen places, and me raiiroaa omciais ireeiy acKnowieage that it will be at least three days before regular trains con be running on time. The great flood came rushing down a small stream in the Ute Pass. "When it struck Manitou, the Spa of Colorado, lying at the base of Pike's Peak, it spread ont over the street and lawns, doing much dam age to the latter, together with flower and uegetable gardens. Just as it was about leaving' the eastern side of Manitou it struck the track of the Colorado "Springs Rapid Transit track and took away 100 feet of it in a second's time. There was one car west of the washout, and they have been trying to do the trans fer act all day for 16 large cars, with trail ers attached. The Denver and Rio Graede was more lucky, it being virtually a rock road between Denver and Pueblo. All bridges are iron built, on stone abutments, and all culverts are of solid arched stone. Their only break was at Roswell, two miles north of Colorado Springs, and was only a spreading of the rails, which was repaired and trains were soon running. HURPHY'SBIG SUCCESS. BACCHUS DOWNED IN HIS FAR WEST ERN- STRONGHOLD. 3,000 Persons Sign the Pledge at the Mon tana CapitalL-Botte City the Next Point of Attack Trouble With the Radical Prohibitionist, c "SrECIALTELEattAM TO TnS DISPATCH. Helena, Mont., Aug. 16. Francis Murphy has just concluded the most re markable temperance revival in the history of Montana. Three weeks he labored day and night, and in that.time more than 3,000 people, or fully one-sixth of the entire pop ulation, signed his pledge of total abstin ence and donned the blue ribbon. In a typ ical "Western town, built on the site of the famous Last Chance placer mining camp, this is a wonderful showing. After a short rest Mr. Murphy will grap ple Bacchus in his own stronghold, the greatest mining camp on earth, Butte City. From there he will go on "West to the Sound cities, and down to California. As in other places, Mr. Murphy has been rabidly at tacked by the red-hot Prohibitionists, for he neither advocates nor believes in that doc trine. "Prohibition has failed wherever tried,"" said Mr. Murphy, in an interview with a local newspaper man. "Kind words, en couragement, love and God's help alone can prevail upon men to quit the use of intoxi cating liquors." Mr. Murphy has never done much work in the Western mining and live stock coun try, and he considers his success in Helena among the most notable of his long career. A SUPPOSED MIRACLE. Remarkable Cora Said to Have Been Effected at the Shrine. Boston, Aug. 10. A supposed miracu lous cure of a cripple at the font of the altar is reported in this city. During the services to-day at the Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Mrs. Catherine Garland, of Stoughton, Mass., who is temporarily in this city and who has been for several years an almost helpless cripple, was present at the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. During the services she felt a peculiar sensation of distress and faintness, followed by an accession of strength. Rising she put her crutches aside and walked out of the church. Several previous miraculous cures have been reported from this shrine. HOWLED FOR THE PHIEST'B BLOOD. A Hungarian Mob Attack the Reaidence of Their Polish Pastor. Cleveland, Aug. 10. A mob of Hun garians surrounded the house of John Martvouy,.pastorof St. Ladislaus' Catholie Church, late last night, broke the windows and howled for the priest's blood. The police arrived just in time to prevent the breaking down of the doors. There his been trouble between the Hun garian and Polish members of the church lor some time because, as it is claimed, Father Martvony, who is a Pole, favors the Polish members of the congregation. There was an outbreak in the church se cral weeks ago. A RETIRED OIL MAN ROBBED. He and His Tamily Chloroformed in Their TittuTille Home. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Titusville, Aug. 16. Titus Ridgeway, one of the oldest residents of this section, who during the early days of oildom made a fortune and retiieJ, !iing at Hydetown, near hero, was robbed last night of a $250 gold watch. Some valuable papers and about $20 in cash ware also taken. .The family, consisting of himself, wife and sister-in-law, were chloroformed in bed before the burglary. The robbers gained an entrance through the cellar door, No clew. ptlwttg FITTS&TJRG, MONDAY, A TEST THAT FAILED. Mi's. Hattison, the Buffalo Trance Me dium, Attempts to Diagnose THE CASE OP A HAN IN PITTSBURG. She Sees a Woman in Her Dreams, and Talks About a Sickness TJTTEETiT TJMIKE THE OXfi IN QUESTION A test of spiritualism or "thought trans ference" was made yesterday and the medium, claiming to possess occult or supernatural powers, was found wanting. Mrs. Dr. Mattison, of Buffalo, has been making quite a stir in spiritualistic circles, and, it is alleged, has been making some wonderful demonstrations of her extraor dinary powers. The Dispatch has made a crucial test, in which she was allowed an opportunity to substantiate a claim that she could describe and diagnose a case of illness -at any distance and describe in de tail the surroundings, only stipulating that she be informed of the name of the street and number of the house in which the patient should be at any particular time. Last Thursday a- Dispatch reporter vis ited the Homeopathic Hospital, on Second avenue, and after a conversation with the Superintendent and Dr. H. B. Tyndall, who became interested in the test and en tered fully into the spirit of the thing, an ar rangement was made whereby Dr. Tyndall should diagnose a case at precisely 9 AM. the Sunday following, in room No. 25, at the Homeopathic Hospital, and furnish The Dispatch .with a copy of the diag nosis. ARRANGEMENTS FOB THE TEST. The Dispatch correspondent at Lily Dale Camp, N. Y., where Mrs. Mattison spends her Sundays, was instructed as fol lows: Havo- Mrs. Mattison describe a case from the following data: Time. 9 A. M Sunday, August 15; place, US Second avenue, Pitts burg; room 25, second floor. This was all the information the medium declared to be necessary. At precisely 9 o'clock yesterday morning Dr. Tyndall di agnosed the condition of a patient in room 2j, as agreed. The patient was a man 26 years old, with brown hair and beard, and 5 feet 9 inches in height. He was admitted to the hospital on the 24th of last June, suf- lenng trom an attach ot typhoid lever, which later developed info an attack of ty phoid pneumonia. During convalescence consumption developed, which has pro gressed until the left lung is almost solidi fied. The case will lesult fatally. The temperature of the patient at 9 a m. yes terday was 99; pulse, 110; respiration, 24. The room, as stated, is on the second floor, on the right side of a hall, to the right of the stairway. It is small, and plainly fur nished, with a dark colored carpet. There were two or three chairs, a bed and a small table. There is a door connecting this room with another on the left of the door opening from the hall. Now for the diagnosis and description by the medium. This was made at Lily Dale, and simultaneously with that made here by the doctor in the room of the patient. Shortly before 9. o'clock Mrs, Mattison was asked by The DisrATCH correspondent to describe what she saw in room 25, second floor, of 146 Second avenue, Pittsburg. WHAT THE MEDIUM BAW. f The""conditions" "being rightr the seer went into a trance and proceeded to project her "spirit control" in the direction of Pittsburg. At 9 o'clock exactly she said: "I see a room in a brick house; it is on the right side of the hall after turning to the right at the head of the stairs. I find two persons in the room, a man and a woman. Tlie room is of a good size, and well fur nished. The carpet is light There are two tables in the room, one plain, the other fancy. There is a door from this room into another at the left side of the room from where I entered." She was asked to describe the gentleman whom slje said was in the room. She said he had just gone out, and proceeded to describe the lady, who was ill. "The lady," said she, "is of medium height, and is seated at the plain table. She is of light rather than dark complexion, but not a blonde. She has a pain in the top and back of her head, the membrane show ing an inflamed condition arising from im perfect circulation. There is no trouble with the lungs. The bronchial tubes seem somewhat weakened from the condition of the stomach. I .see some difficulty with the heart. There is no organic trouble, but the center valve is weakened and causes the patient to have pains at times, especially when drawing a long breath. The lit ens affected and somewhat cankered, and does not do its work properly. The irritation of the stomach has affected the bile pass age, and also the membrane of the bowels, more especially the membrane of the larger bowels. There seems to be a coldness that passes over the stomach at times from this cause. The kidneys are all right." A PRESCRIPTION NOT USEFUL. After detailing numerous other symptoms and affections that could only refer to the case of a woman, she dictated a prescription that was not telegraphed. Upon being told that there was nothing further, she aroused as one awakening from a deep sleep not realizing that for a quarter of nn hour she had been in Pittsburg. At the conclusion of the sitting, tho result was at once telegraphed to The Dispatch. As will be seenj the disparity in the two diagnoses is so wide that there is not a single point of resemblance. In the one instance ot the location of the room in the building the lady is correct, but in no other feature of the case does she in any way approach the true state of affairs. It is thus very evident that the "spiritoal essence" or the "innerconsciousness or any other part of Mrs. Mattison was not in .Tlttsourg, yestenuy. Dr. Tyndall was shown the telegram con taining the medium's diagnosis last night. He said that he had frequently heard of such tests being made, but the spiritualist usually came out with flying colors. He continued: "I am glad to have had an op poi tunity to participate in a test such as this has "been, lor in this case there could have been no collusion or connivance in older to bring about a result other than the truth. ONLY MINOK DETAILS CORRECT. "Aside from the nil-important fact that the sex and the disease of the patient were mistaken, there is not a single symptom named that bears the slighest resemblance to the condition of the patient under dis cussion. Mrs. Mattison is correct in the minor points of the location of the room, and it is true that there were two persons in the room, but there the parallel ends. She states that the stomach is in bad condition. The fact is that the state of the patient's stomach is exceptionally good, When we consider his condition. Nor is the heart affected in any way, and there are no pains in the head. While the lungs, as stated in my diagnosis, are very much affected, the medium avers that they are all right. In fact, there is not a peg on which she can hang a shred of consistency." Another important featnre is the fact that there is not in the hospital any such case as that described by Mrs. Mattison. Great in terest has been excited by the claims made by this woman; many of which were appar ently substantiated to the satisfaction of numbers of the elept, and also strongly in teresting to many who were formally num 'ATTGTTST 17, 1801. bered" among the scoffers. But it is likel that the utter failure of this test, which was the only one yet made which was so sur rounded by safeguards- that collusion was impossible, will show the fallibility of her claims. ROMANCE OF A HOTEL. A RUNAWAY WIFE IS FOUND SERVING AS A TABLE WAITER. Exciting Scene in the Dining Room When the Husband as a Guest Discovers His Lost Spouse She Plucklly Refuses to Re turn With Him, 1SPECIAL TELEORAIt TO THE DISPATCn.l Scranton, Aug, 16. Miss Huldah Chamberlain came to Scranton from Sullivan county four months ago and hired out as a waiter in a hotel here. She was handsome, neat, spry, and bright, and before many weeks she became the most popular girl in the house among the guests. Last Wednes day evening the head waiter seated a black whiskered man at her table. Miss Cham berlain walked up behind the man and reached for a goblet to fill it with water. As she did so the man glanced up at her face, instantly grabbed her by the wrist, and said in a tone loud enough to be heard all over the room: "So you're here, are you? Well, you wont behere this time to-morrow. " Miss Chamberlain tried to yank herself away, and the man arose from his chair and grabbed her other wrist. Many of the guests stood up. and the girls drew near, thinking that the stranger was crazy. The landlord rushed in and told the man to let the girl alone. He released Huldah, and the landlord invited the stranger and Hul dah to followed him to his private sitting room. They did so, and the landlord asked the stranger: "What business, sir, had you to seize this girl in the way you did?" "Because she's my wife," said the man. "She ran away froin home six months ago and I have been looking for her ever since. She left me without cause and I'm going to take her back home with me. " "Huldah, is this your husband?" asked the landlord. "He was once," said Miss Chamberlain, "but I'll never live with him again. His name is James C. Potter. We were mar ried three years ago. He degraded me in every way he could think of just because my folks were poor and his well off. I stood it as long as I could and then I left him. I was always true to this man and I have been true to myself since I got away from him." Potter denied everything the girl said, and once more told her that she had got to pack up her things and leave the house with him that night. Huldah declared that she would do nothing of the kind, and the landlord ordered Potter to leave the hotel right away, which he did. SAM JONES' SCOBCHEB. Now Torlc Politicians and Stock Brokers Given a Great Roasting. CSPFCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn. Netv York, Aug. 16. The wiry, black haired little Sam Jones talked for nearly two hours on New York politicians and stock brokers, and gave them a scorching to-day. Tho subject for the day was adver tised as "Conscience, Reason and God, With a Few Remarks on New York Poli ticians and Wall Street Thrown In." "Js gambling a crime?" he said. "People don't seem to think so, but I say that it is. Why don't they think so? It is because those whom we term the best in our land are gamblers; that'athe proper definition for those people. Men who virtually rob eaoh cthrr day after day. Men .who, after speculating for a-week in Wall street, "feo to church on Sunday, and getting on their knees, ask the Lord, not to forgive them, but to show mercy to other sinners. They don't ask for mercy themselves, and they won't get any. They are gamblers, despite ine iact unit mc puuiio in general ueueve them engaged in a legitimate business. "If we must have gamblers, I would rather see things done in the old style; two men at a table playing with a deck of greasy cards, with a black bottle between them. Those men are entitled to a hundred times more respect and consideration than our Wall street friends, and who are deacons and elders in their respective churches. I tell you, friends, that if all the real criminals in New York City were given similar treat ment, poor little Sing Sing would have to have 2,000 more square miles added to it to hold them all." GEBMAN "VETEBANS AT FORT WAYNE. The Rennion Scenes at Detroit Repeated on a Smaller Scale. SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DISrATCII. Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 16. This has been a day of many important events to the Germans of the State. It was the opening day of the great Bundes Kreigsfest, a re union of the German veterans, and the city all day has been filled with old soldiers and thousands of their friends and admirers. The formal opening of the reunion of the old German soldiers began with the parade this afternoon, which was most imposing in its magnificence. It is estimated there were in this city on the streets fully 50,000 people who witnessed the parade. In the grand parade the Cincinnati delegation led some what in numbers, bnt other cities were fully equal to the former in appearance. The columns marched to Central Park,, where several short addresses were made by leading Germans. The Germans then formed in squads and columns and executed some of the finest drilling ever witnessed in the State. To-night the city is fairly blaz ing with light and music. The citizens, both Germans and Americans, gave the visiting veterans a grand reception at the great Princess Hall, which will scarcely hold one-half of the number of invited guests. H0N0BS FOR HABBISON. Receptions Awaiting the President at Mt. McGregor and Saratoga. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Saratoga, Aug. 16. The arrangement for President Harrison's visit to Saratoga is that he will come here from Bennington on Thursday morning by the Fitchburg Rail road and go-immediately to Mt McGregor, where, in the afternoon of that day, a birth day dinner will be given the President by W. J. ArkelL To this dinner 50 invita tions have been issued to prominent public men. On Friday President Harrison, as the guest of Judge George McAdam, will go fishing in Echo Lake, a beautiful body of water owned by that gentleman. At S-'SO Fridav afternoon the President will lea- e Mt. McGregor by special train. On reaching Saratoga he will be met and given welcome by Village President D. H. Lohnas, and by a large procession of mili tary and civic societies and citizens, and will be escorted directly to the Grand Union Hotel, where a public reception will be held. HON. W. L. SC0TX CONVALESCENT. Out on His Lawn To-Day, and Goes to New port Next Week. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Erie, Aug. 10. Hon. W. L. Scott's con dition is so much improved that he was al lowed by the family physician to spend a portion of the day on the lawn with mem bers of his family. Mr. Scott is undoubtedly greatly debilitated, but is in a fair way to recover rapidly, and hopes to be able to go to Newport next week, where he hopes to recuperate speedily. Wealth RIPE FOR A BEFORE The Civil Service Law Defied by BaItimoi-6 Office-Holders " IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. Praud-and Violence of the Grossest Kind Marked the Contest. WAED IIEM;EES CONTROL THE OFFICES Washington, Aug. 16, In the latter part of March information was received at the office of the Civil Service Commission that the provisions of the civil service law relating tp political assessments were being violated by persons in the official service of the United States in the city of Baltimore and that the influence of the United States officials in that oity was also being unlaw fully used to control a primary election. An investigation was immediately begun and continued throughout ft part of the month of April, conducted by1 Commis sioner Roosevelt, and a copy of his report has been submitted to the President with the approval of the Commission. The fol lowing statements are taken from Com missioner Roosevelt's report, as embodying some of the results' of his investigation: REPORT OV ROOSEVELT. The primaries held on March 30 were marked by a very bitter contest between two factions of the Republican party. In its essence It was, without doubt, mainly a fight between tho office-holders on one hand and disappointed seekers on the other. They cared primarily for tho offices, party success being a purely secondary considera tion, important only because It facilitated getting them. It seems to me that this fact alone furnishes a tolerably accurate meas ure of the much vaunted fitness to any party of the office-mongering, office-seeking, nnd office-holding variety of ward workers. As a whole the contest was marked by great fraud and no little violence. At pres ent the ordinary office-seeking ward work ers and a very large percentage of office holders have grown to believe that it ls part of the natural order of things that thoso who hold or seek to hold the offices should ex ercise the controlling influence in political contests. THE WARD HEELER CURSE. The ward worker, who is simply in politics for the offices, is a curse to the community, and the sooner this ls recognized the bettor. His political activity is purely unhealthy and mlsohlovous. Take it out of the power of any politician to give him any office and he will cease from his noxious labors in a very short space of time. As for the Govern ment office-holder, he must be taught in one way or another that his duty is to do the wort of tho Government for the whole peo ple, and not to pervert his office for the use of any party or faction. In regard to the postofflce and the Mar shal's office, the evidence seems perfectly clear that both of these offices were used for the purpose of interfering with or controll ing the result of the primary election, nnd that there was a systematic, though some times Indirect, effort made to assess the Government employes in both for political purposes. AN OFFENSIVE PARTISAN. Marshal Atrey was undoubtedly one of tho leaders of one o( tho factions at the pri maries, and tooka very active part therein, even to tho extent of coming into physical collision with one of the opposition judges, whom he acoused, whether rightly or wrongly, of cheating. The Commissioner then asks the dismissal of 25 men in the Marshal's office and other departments. Continuing, he says: It is evident that, from the testimony, the non-olassifled service in the Baltimore post office, as is the casp with tho non-classified serrioe In almost every patronage office, was treated as a bribery chest, from which to reward influential ward workers, who were useful or likely to be useful to the fac tion in power. The appointments were made secondarily with a view to the well-being of the public serVice. TJieretore, while it does not appear that Sir. Johnson himself used the postofflce to influence the primary election, it is evi dent that it was so used with his full knowl edge, and that he took no effective steps whatever to prevent such use thereof. I am strongly of the opinion that at least decided steps should be taken to show that tlio rnle against this is not hereafter to bo regarded as a dead letter. NAVAL MILITIA SNAG STRUCK BY CHICAGO IN IUIITATING BOSTON AND NEW TORK. A Treaty With Great Britain Bars the Way Under It Armed Men and Vessels Are Not Allowed on the Lakes A Dispute Probable. FROM A STAFF CORRESPOXDENT. Washington, Aug. 16. The prospects are that a dispute on a point of interna tional law will arise between Great Britain and the United States in regard to the movement in Chicago to organize a naval militia on the plan of those already estab lished in New York and Boston. As is well known, the treaty bearing on the presence of armed men and vessels on the lakes per mits nothing that could be construed into a naval force or a naval vessel. To organize and drill naval militia it will be necessary to equip and maintain a naval academy, practice ship, or something like it, and this could well be termed an armed vessel under the terms of the treaty. This Government has already had an example of the disposition ot ureat iintaln to split hairs on this subject. A few years ago a Bay City shipbuilder was the lowest bidder for the construction of a Government cruiser, and inquiries wereViade of the Government of Great Britain whether the construction of the vessel on the lakes would be looked on as a violation of the treaty. The shipbuilder proposed to practically finish the vessel at nis ship yards, but to transport it out of the lakes " into the At lantic, and to the League Island NavyTard before turning it over to the Government; so that until that time it'would be really private property. With the whole matter before them, Her Majesty's astute ministers decided that such construction of a war vessel would be a a iolation of the treaty, and the contract was thereupon turned over to another bidder. In view of this profound decision it would look as though the naval militia enthusiasts of Chicago will run against an insurmount able international Dogberry in their move ment toward organization. A NEGRO COLONY FOB MEXICO. Concessions Granted in Fertile Sections Perennial of Cotton. ClllCACO, Aug. 10. W. H. r.lli, of Texas, who is actively concerned in the scheme to colonize a large number of South ern negroes in Mexico, is in the city. Speaking of the plan to-day he said he be lieved that if Afro-Americans were to colonize a State in Mexico they would own it in five years and be as prosperous as Americans. The project is favorably re ceived by all but colored politicians, "be cause to-day," said Ellis, "we are suffering more in the South than at any time since the days of slavery." Ellis thinks the loss of a large number of colored laborers would do more than anything else to solve the race problem in the South. Tho concessions which have been obtained from the Mexican Government embrace land in the States of Vera Cruz, Queretero, San Luis Potosi and Caxaca. In cotton, Ellis asserts, the 'colonists will have the benefit of a market price almost double that HOME gains It tloneeri, of the Tjnif erf States. The cotton is peren nial there, he says, and not planted every year as here, and half a bale an acre more can be raised. Ellis says that he already has the names of 6,000 people who desire to go from various Southern States. A DYNAMITER'S RELEASE. HE WAS CONVICTED OF A PLOT AGAINST THE QUEEN'S LIFE. Sentenced to Fifteen Years' Imprisonment in 1877 An Act of Tardy Justice That Pleases Irishmen The Pardoned Pris oner on His Way Home. SjPrclAI. TJ LEGRAM TO "DISPATCH.! PlIILADKLPHIAjAug. 535? heart of Mrs. Michael Harki 't ',. - sage was from the governor Oi '".. . prison, England, and said: "Michaer- kins left Southampton on the Norddeutchen Wednesday, free." This tells of the re lease of a man who was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment at hard labor, having been convicted of being concerned in a dy namite plot against the Queen's life. Lead ing Irishmen in this city have been looking for some such act of "clemency" or "tardy justice," according to the point of view, for some time. A hint of the coming prosecution under which Harkins was sentenced was given in the cable dispatches of October 9,1887, when it was given out from Scotland Yard that that agency had information of a series of dynamite assaults in contemplation by Fenians, and the vigilance with which track was kept of American "physical force" leaders was redoubled. The plots were said to contemplate the assassination of the Sec retary of State for Ireland and the Home Secretary. Irishmen pooh-poohed the idea, both in England and over here, and ex pressed the belief that the Government was about to "manufacture crime again." Callan, the informer, has sent a group of his dupes to Gal way jail on a charge of mur der, and coercion laws were being applied with all Secretary Balfour's vigor. On Mon day, November 21, 1887, Thomas Callan, alias "Scott," of Lowell, Mass., and Michael Harkins, grocer, Philadelphia, were charged at Bow street police court with conspiracy for the perpetration of a dyna mite outrage, shown by their being in pos session of a quantity of dynamite, and Har kins' conviction followed; SEBU0NS TO FABUEBS. Large Crowds Attend the Religious Services at Mt. Gretna Encampment. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. Mt. Gretna, Aug. 16. Special trains were to-day run from Lancaster, Harrisburg and Lebanon to the farmers' encampment, to enable people of these cities and interme diate points to participate in the religions exercises of the day. The auditorium, which has a seating capacity ot 3,000, was filled with persons, to hear the Rev. Charles F. Deems, of New York, who delivered a profound sermon on the wonderful works of God, as illustrated in nature, and made an application of them to the uses of human life. The Rev. Mr. Deems, who was a graduate of Dickinson College, Carlisle, 62 year3 ago, preached his first sermon in the Cumberland Valley. The Rev. J. S. Keefer, of Hagerstown, as sisted in the religions ceremonies, which lasted several hours. An enterprising young man with a camera endeavored to get a snap picture of the ministers present, but he wa3 promptly squelched. To-morrow the encampment will open for business. Twenty-five carloads of machinery, in addition to the many thonsand dollars worth in position, are on the way to the 'ground. Litgraryixcrciseswillhe'hpd each uar until tue vivsv ui uie cxiuuuiuu. Among the amusements of the week will be the performances of the plantatfon jubilee singers. A FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Tho Train Dashes Into a Disabled Engine Two Men Cooked Alive. Brighton, Col., Aug. 16. A fatal ac cident occurred on the Union Pacific about 2 miles north of Brighton at 4 o'clock this morning, at which two men were killed and another badly wounded. The engine of train No. 2 died out, and while it was stand ins on a curve a special came tearing into it. running clear through the caboose and part of the way through a car of ore. Engineer Nally, of the special, had orders to run 25 miles an hour, hut was going about 15 miles an hour when he struck the other train. When he struck the train a little mist was falling and a dense fog hung over the valley, shutting everything from sight so that the rear lights on the caboose could not be seen ten rods away. ' The fireman on the special jumped but the engineer stuck to his engine until it stopped. Charles Mc Callop and J. Marden were killed in the caboose and cooked by the escaping steam. The dead and injured were taken to Denver this morning. DISASTEE TO A BALLOON. It Bursts in a Storm, Descending Injures Three Persons. Denver, Col., Aug. 1G. A balloon as cension at Manhattan Beach, a summer re sort near here, this afternoon, came near re sulting fatally for three persons. Several thousand people had assembled to witness the ascension of the mammoth airship, which was to carry, beside Prof. King, a couple to be married in the basket just be fore the rope was cut. The balloon shot up in the air and at a height of 8,000 feet it encountered a storm and burst. It fell for over a mile like so much lead, then fortunately for the occu pants of the car, the silk formed itself into a parachute, thus stopping the rapidity of the fall. The three lit in a corn field about seven miles from the city, but with such force that they were unconscious for several hours afterwards. DEATH CAME SUDDENLY. The News of Her Husband's Drowning Proves Fatal to a Sick Wire. SPECIAL TELE0RAM TO THE DISPATCH. Fokkston, Pa., Aug. 10. Mrs. George Klaer, of this place, has been ill for several weeks, and on Friday, being much im proved, expressed a wish to have some brook trout, feeling that she could eat them. Her husband, fl ho for more than 40 years operated a grist mill on Forkston brook, went to his dam to fish for trout, and by a mishap fell into the brook and was drowned. ( A woman who had been a witness of the fatal mishap run into Klacr's house and told Mrs. Klaer that her husband was drowned. The shock of the news was so great that Mrs. Klaer died almost instantly. Klaer was 70, years old, and his wife 6'i. The day of their death was the forty-fifth anniversary of their wedding. INTEBMENT OF MBS. J. K. POLK. Her Remains Lie by the Side nf Her Dis tinguished Husband. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 16. The funeral of Mrs. James K. Polk occurred here at 10 o'clock this morning. There was a great crowd present, but the services were unostentatious. The remains were placed in the tomb beside those of her distin guished husband. hunters watch THE DISPATCH for bar Is the Best Medium for Keal Estate Dealers, Agent. Renter, Ano Sellers and Bayers. Try It, THREE CENTS BAFFLED B! BRUNER The Euensburg Murderer Still at large in Spite of Efforts to Enn Him Down. MISS JACKSON CONFESSES. She Tells How Her Lover Entered Reese's House and Killed Him, - . :& tj arm n.rifrv innrrn nv r'c, ' (3nr' uaujiui liUviYLw va TfievCame to this City and Satintha Academy of Music BESIDE SOL COCLSON AND A COMRADE Elmer Bruner, the murderer of old man Reese, is still at large. The police of Pitts burg think they will soon have him, though. They declare positively that he would now be behind the bars if the detectives from the country had not been so eager to get the ?J00 reward offered for his arrest. This cupidity, they claim, it was that prevented the men in pursuit of Bruner from notify ing the Department of Public Safety of this city that such a man was wanted. This gave Bruner a start that it will probably take some time to overcome. De tective Cannon, of Latrobe, and his assist ants wanted to work the case alone and not have to divide the reward. They succeeded in arresting the woman who was with Bru ner at the time of the murder near Ebens burg, bnt Bruner they didn't get. They also havo not yet gotten the reward. a hard Sunday's tvokk. As stated in yesterday's Dispatch, In spector McAleese was not informed of- tho name of the murderer or that he was headed toward Pittsburg on Saturday, until told so by a Dispatch reporter, late that night. Early on Saturday evening he had received word that a young man named Bruner had sold a horse and buggy to some one in the city for 59. He of course noted down the fact as being suspicious. When told of the murder, and that Elmer Bruner was the man who fired the shot, the Inspector set the local force ot detectives to work, and none of them have rested a moment since. The officers from Johnstown had reached the city and visited the home of Bruner's par ents on Center avenue, Minersville, look ing for their man before the Inspector heard of the crime. The detectives set to work at once, and the nearest they could get to the man was to learn that he had been in the city and that he was at the Academy of Music on Saturday night. Detectives were stationed at every point where it was thought Bruner would visit, but he did not put in an appearance, and the officers are still at work on the case. MRS. PRICE LOCKED UP. Special Officer Martin, of Johnstown, who was in the city, also worked hard on the case, and yesterday afternoon succeeded in arresting Sadie Price as the woman who is alleged to have been with Bruner at the timthe murder occurred, lira. Price was arrested at the house of Patrick Grifmv on Boston street, Fourteenth ward, between -t and 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and is now locked nn in Central station. Officer Martin says tlnit Mrs. Price and her husband, Albert, who is at present in the workhouse, formerly lived"in Johns town, and for a while worked for Samuel Reese on his farm. Reese was known to pay good wages to his employes, and it was the officer's opinion that Mrs. Price thought him wealthy, and directed her lover, Bruner, toward his household. When Officer Martin entered the Griffin House Mri Price was sitting at a table eat ing some lunch. She recognized him at once and uttered an oath. Mrs. Price had a bundle near her at the time and seemed anxious to get rid of it, but the officer man aged to get hold of it. When examined it was found to contain a pair of pantaloons very much torn. They are supposed to have belonged to Bruner. Officer Martin tried to gain some information from the woman, but she bafled his attempts and ab solutely refused to talk other tnan to sav, "You're after information." Mrs. Price is about 34 years old and anything but good looking. ran country officers" story. The country detectives, upon their return home last night, had a great story to tell, as will be seen from the following special telegram from Latrobe: Not since the wild excitement attending every phase of the Nicely case has there been such general interest manifested iu any affair as there is in the Bruner-Beese murder case. Probably the most sensational part of the affair was the arrest of the woman Jackson, who, with the boy, Charles Bruner, is behind the bars in Ebensburg jail. The story of the capture of the woman and the sensation created is fully told by Officer Cannon, who picked the woman up under the very eyes of Pittsburg officials. County Detective Cannon says he went directly to Pittsburg, where he knew Elmer Bruner and the woman had gone. At 10 o'clock Saturday night he arrested her on Liberty street, near the Academy of Music, before a large crowd. Miss Jackson, or rather Stark, had been spending the even ing with an acquaintance on Thirty-thTrd street, and was on her way home when gathered in by Officer Cannon, who was well acquainted with her and had information that led him to believe she would soon pass that point. The woman, when arrested, broke down and cried bitterly, but before reaching Latrobe she grew more composed and detailed to the officer all she knew of the Reese murder. The story of the boy, as told Saturday night, was corroborated, with two or three exceptional points. CONFESSION OF MISS JACKSON. Yesterday afternoon Miss Jackson was taken before 'Squire Geiger, of Latrobe, and told the following story, to which sho made affidavit: "On ourreturn from the East, as we drove toward the honse of old man Reese, the loneliness of the place and the apparent absence of the occupant suggested that there was certainly no one at home. Elmer shared in my belief, and said he would go through the houe, and possibly get something of value there. He told me to hold the horse, and place the, boy, Charlie, on guard outside, while he entered the house. Elmer iinme- .diately entered the front hall, and had hardly done so when old man lieesc entered by the back way, meeting Elmer in the hall. Reese ordered Bruner out of the house and the latter refused to go. Reeso then started toward a gun leaning in a corner, but had hardly made a move before Elmer whipped out his revolver and fired, the old man fall ing dead at the back door (where Bruner had evidently followed him). The boy Charlie, as soon as he heard the shot, entered the house, and he and Elmer made a tour of the place, finding nothing of value, how ever, with the exception of a few trinkets, which were thrown away along the road side. As si on as we "left the place we thought it better to leave Charley at La trobe, while Elmer and I proceeded on toward Pittsburg, going in our bug$r through Greensburg, Irwin and other :- t -. isHlB
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