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FORTY-SIXTH TEAJL
According to Legislator Fow,
but Ho Still Boldly
Insists That
IIVSEYIS GOIN'E FOB GOOD.
A Strong Attempt Will Be Made to
Put Qnay, Cameron and Baily
UNDER OATH IN THE WITNESS BOX.
The Ecvelalioaa "Which the Committee Ex
pects to Secure.
JBREGULAKITIES ALEEADI UNEARTHED
TErrCIAL TELLGRAJI TO TOE DISPATCH. J
Philadelphia, Sepc. G. Reprcsenta
tive John H. Fow was somewhat disgrun
tled to-day when he read a telegram from
UarrUburg in which allusion was made to
the perfunctory examination to which State
Treasurer Boycr was subjugated by the Leg
islative Investigating Committee appointed
to examine into the workings of the State
. Treasury and devise a plan for improving
the method of auditing the accounts of the
Common weal th.
"I would like to refute the statement jnst
so far as it relates to Mr. Boyer's examina
tion," said the Seventeenth district orator.
"There was nothing perfunctory about it
Jn point of fact, the Treasure- was on the
stand over two hours and we got from him
all the information we expected to get.
Nobody believes that Mr. Boycr has actual
knowledge of anv thing criminally wrong.
The crooked work is done by outsiders, and
I for one did not expect to connect Sir
Boyer with the looting of the Treasury that
Las been soing on tor o lone.
itovnu will come vc crc.
'As for his being out of the jurisdiction
of the committee, I know that he is in Can
ada, where he is heavily interested in valu
able fishing grounds, but I am satisfied that
he is willing at any time to give in what in
formation he can and to aid in removing the
load of disgrace that Pennsylvania is now
Ftacsering under. I mvsnlf asked him every
)rtiiicnt question 1 could think of, and his
answers' were in every instance clrar and
rats-fjetorv.
"Do 1 think Livscv has gone for good?
"Well, to be frank with vou, I do not expect
that he will return to Pennsylvania, My
impression is that he has realized how
serious a position he is in and has wisely
gone where he can escape telling what he
knows about the thieving that has been
going on for so long tiudcr his very nose.
How inich he really benefited by the steal
ing is, of course, a matter of conjecture.
There are well authenticated rumors of cor
ruption in years gone by, and United States
Senator tjuay has n'vc satisfactorily ex
plained charges made ngaintt him by repu
table newspapers.
TEOMIKEXT V1T;1SSES WAVT7n. -
"Ab its statute ot limitation does not ape
ply to State affairs, the Democratic mem
liers of our committer will endeavor to have
Quay, Cameron and Biiley appear before it
mid tell what they know. Senator Quay
lias, they say, taken a cottage at Atlantic
City, and is thcretore out of our jurisdic
tion. Consequently he could, if he felt so
disposed, ignore a subpoena. We shall re
quest him to appear. Do jou think he
would dare, in the prf-ent frtate of affairs,
to refuse to respond to that request? I
think that would put him in a worse light
than he now stands.
"01 course, the Democratic members of
the committee :e in the minority, and th
Jlepul licans can if they wish obstruct the
investigation in many ways, but we pro
pose to do allwe possibly can to show up
the rottnnc-s in tN State Treasury."
Mr. Fow was asked to explain just what
ins committee expected to accomplish, and
in reply said tl.ey epected in the first place
to be able as a result of this work to frame
and oiler at the next Legislature a law that
w onld do a'rav with the present one-man
power to dishurt-e State funds, and thus re
move a great temptation from the State
Treasurer.
"WHAT HAS BnCK ACCOMPLISHED.
"Even if we should stop now," continued
Mr. Fow, "we w ould have the satisfaction
of knowing that wc have fully proved that
ihe Auditor General is guilty of gross negli
gence. We have stiown that many county
treasuicrs have not made their settlements
for JKPO. a clear violation of the law; that
thousands of dollart are due the Coin
iHotiweaUh, seme of it by irre
tpn:is,blc parties, and that the Republican
Auditor General has taken no steps toward
forcirg p. settlement. "Why even Protho
r.otary Mann, of Philadelphia, still owes a
ll.inec of 5,",000 on his account of 18!)0.
Captain Skinner stumbled over that piece
of information and was assured by Sir.
Mann's son that the amount w ould be paid
ill a short time.
"I certainh hope Quay and Cameron will
appear, as many people would like to know
whether Senator Cameron ever was repaid
the large amount he is said to have loaned
Mr. Quay while the latter was State Treas
urer. There is many things we would like
to find out, and Lnsey knows more than
anv one else about them, but I don't expect
he ill even unburden himself, and we will
hav e to try and get our information clse--nlicrc
Yon can positively state, however,
that there was nothing perfunctory about
Treasurer Boj cr's examination."
THE "WHEREABOUTS OF LIVSEY.
lis rrientls Hero Intist That He Is Still in
Milnaukce.
Notwithstanding the statement of Mr.
JIugene .Tones, at Milwaukee, Saturday
night, to the effect that liis f.vther-in-law
had net been in tl.at city for two weeks
Mr. l.ivsey's iriends insist that he has been
then- .ill aiiuig and is still there. Mrs. Li vsey
believes that he is there and communicates
w itii him through that address giv en. Mrs,
Livicy was completely prostrated by news
paper reports telegraphed from Harris
liurj;, and yesterday locked up the hou&e
and went to visit her brother at Hazelwood,
y here she w omd not be disturbed by callers
in starch of information concerning her
husband.
A friend of the family stated that it ras
barely possible that Mr. Livsey had cone to
Michigan to visit his son, though he had
not so informed his family here. Mrs.
Livscy is momentarily expecting a message
trcm her husband requesting her to come to
Milwaukee A
neignoor saia mat aits.
Livsey would not be greatly surprised to
receive a message announcing the death of
her daughter, whom physicians say is in
very critical condition,
LEAVING" THE ALLIANCE.
GEXERAL EXODUS TO THE
PAKTIES OUT IN KANSAS.
Thousands of Bepublicans and Democrats
Returning to Their Old Allegiance A
Significant Movement Tho People'!
Party Is Rapidly Going to Pieces.
Topeka, Sept 6. Special Every in
dication points to the fact that the Farm
ers" Alliance in Kansas is gradually going
to pieces, and with it a significant decrease
in the ranks of the Peoplp.'s party. While
the leaders of the movement maintain that
they are retaining their strengtn, informa
tion from reliable Republicans and Demo
crats from all sections of the State is to the
contrary, notwithstanding.
Last year the Democrats of Kansas hailed
the Allianco movement as a co-worker, to
destroy their ancient enemy, the Republi
can party. They did not nominate county
tickets in ever a" half dozen counties' in the
State, bnt threw their votes to the new
People's party. Now it is exactly the re
verse, ana the Democracy have tickets in
nearly every county, and are. vieing with
the Republicans iu fighting the People's
party and the Alliance as a common enemy.
In eieht out of nine judicial districts tho
Republicans and Democrats have combined.
Thev claim that the good name and credit
of the State is too dear to them to allow
men elected to the bench who would over
turn the present condition of things.
Recently there has been a marshaling of
forces all along the line, and thousands of
Republicans and Democrats have with
drawn from the order and from the People's
narty and declared their intention to here
after affiliate with their old parties. It
comes from all parts ot the State. Republi
cans predominate in this exodus, but thou
sands of Democrats also declare no further
allegiance to the Alliance party.
BIA E AHD HOVET.
The Ticket Indiana Republicans Are Organ
Izlne a Big Movement For.
"Washington, Sept. C SpeciaL Mr.
Charles K. Marvin, a citizen of Indiana,
resident in the District, has jnst returned
from "a visit to his State, and reports a
formidable movement in tho interest of
Blaine for President, and Governor Hovey
for Vice President. Among the Republican
leaders and newspapers opposed to Harri
son's renomination Mr. Marvin enumerates
Alvin P. Hovey, Governor; Ira Chase, the
lighting parson, Lieutenant Governor;
Major Huston, ex-TJni cd States Treasurer;
Captain J. R. "Whits, who beat Judge
Iowery in the banner Democratic district
of tho State; "Private Joe" B. Cheadle,
who received mor; Republican votes than
any man in the las House; Johnston, of
Orawfordsviile, Frank Pescy, General Rube
"Williams, and iu fact every man who ren
dered him especially valuafcle service.
Mr. Marvin says: "They are now form
ing young Republican clubs in the interest
of Blaine and Hovey all over the State, but
their -war cry will be "Anvhody to beat
Harrison," "with C "W. Fairbanks, the
millionaire, and G. "W. Allen, son-in-law of
Uiley McKeen, the railroad magnate and
banker, as general supervisors. As earlv as
last winter everv postmaster in Indiana
vas furnished with blanks and each one
exerted himself to form clubs, faintly dis
guising the lact that they were to indorse
Harrison.
THE SAKE Or'BIAINEw """ '
?Iolne Leaders Decide to Present It to the
Tfcxt National Convention.
Vashingtcbt, Sept. C Spccta?. An
ofiicial who has just returned from a trip
home to his own State of Maine, is frank
enough to give the following statement to
the public, with the proviso that his name
shall not be given: "I attended a confer
ence held at Portland, at.which were pres
ent Senators Hale and Frye and Mr. Joe
Mauley, at which the subj t;i of Mr. Blaine's
candidacy was discussed. Mr. Manley an
nounced that he was authorized to say for
Mr. Blaine that h would accept the nomi
natis.i if it was tendered him with unanim
ity. It "was then and there agreed that
Maine should send a Blaine delegation to
the convention, and these results were com
municated to a number of Blaine's friends
in other States.
"I visited Blaine after the Portland con
ference and found him to be in good spirits
and in his old-time health. His mind was
clear, his eyes bright and interest in public
affairs as keen as ever. Mr Blaine will be
nominated mark my prediction. Not even
President Harrison Could wrest the nomina
tion from him, were he so disposed. There
will be but one name before the convention
the magical name of Blaine and he will
he elected.
A BIG TEMPEBARCE MEETING.
Senator Frye, of Maine, Talks
Strongly
Against the Earn Seller.
Lewiston-, Me., Sept 6. The largest
crowd ever gathered at a temperance meet
ing in Androscoggin county heard Senator
Frye at the Pine Street" Congregational
Church this afternoon. The Senator said:
"Xo one in this audience will differ with
me relative to the evils of this moloch
monster, intemperance, unless, perhaps, it
be the rum seller, and I ask is he entitled
to an opinion worth anything? Mydcliber
ate judgment is that there is no worse man
to be found than the rum seller, and so far
from his opinion being worth anything, in
this question as to whether liquor shall be
sold lreely over the bar to whosoever wishes
to purchase, I say tLat if every rum seller
in the country "were in jail to-day, the
country would be ten thousand times better
oil" t bail it is now."
WHISKY BY "WEIGHT.
A Sew System Under Consideration By
the
Internal Itevenuo Bureau.
"WASHINGTON", Sept, 6. The Internal
Revenue Bureau has been considering for
some time the advisability and practicabil
ity of adopting what is known as the weigh
ing syhtem in the official determination of
the quantity of spirits placed iu casks and
packages. The spirits absorbed into the
woodT w ould add to the weight of the pack
ages, so the Commissioner has requested
distillers throughout the country to assist
his office in arriving at some conclusion as
to the average amount of spirits that will be
absorbed, and it is probable that a deduction
w ill be made from the gross weight of pack
ages on this account
The present system must be regarded as
undesirable, for" the reason that it only ap
proaches accuracy when the,casks are made
in a regnlar form" and the inside surfaces
completely smooth.
CHABGED TO THE HEBBEW6.
Guatamala's Financial Troubles Said to Be
Due to Their Methods.
XewYokk, Sep. G. Special Advices
from Guatamala say the Hebrews arc
charged with being largely responsible for
Gnatamala's financial troubles. El Co.usli
titfionalc says:
. These traders have profited by tho mis
fortunes of the Government, and many of
their business transactions are scandalous.
The Hebrews have mado their millions nt
the expense of the Uuatamalaus. Thero is
a law neainst dangerous foreigners. Why
Is It not enforced against them?
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PnTSBTJR&, MONDA.Y. SISPTEBBEB 7. 189L '. THBEB GENTS. M
dr. j:e.speerdead.
One of Pittsburg's Oldest Eesidents
Passes Peacefully A"rayf
FILLED WITH YEARS AND HONORS.
A Man TTho Dad lived Under All of
Presidents, and Was
BELATED
THEIE NUMBER
Dr. James Ramsey Speer died at his resi
dence, on Butler street, at 6:30 o'clock yes
terday morning, in his 95th year. Thus
passed away a citizen of remarkable charac
ter and a physician whose skill was re
nowned. Born during the Presidency of
"Washington, he lived under every Presi
dent of the United States, and was cousin to
two of them. He lived in Ohio before it
became a State, and was in. every census
taken by the Government Dr. Speer was
the oldest member of the First Presbyterian
Church in Pittsburg, and was one of the
gentlemen who welcomed General Lafayette
to this city in 1826.
James R. Speer was born at Chambers
burg, Pa., on .November 19, 1796, where his
rather, Rev. "William Speer, held the pas
torate of the Presbyterian Church. Rev.
Mr. Speer subsequently moved to Chilli
cothe in 1797, and to Greensburg in 1822.
He died in 1829. He was nncle to Presi
dent Buchanan, and his wife, Sarah Ram
sey Speer, was grand-aunt of President
Harrison.
A BRUVLIANT PROFESSIONAL CAKEER.
Dr. Speer graduated with high honors
from."Washington College in 1816. He was
the oldest living graduate of that college.
He began the practice of medicine in "West-
DBj "JA5IKS
moreland county in 1819, and came to this
city in 1823. His first office was on Fourth
avenue, about where the Bank ot Pittsburg
now stands. He retired from active prac
tice in 1873, after making a record which
falls to the lot of few men. But 29 vears
of age when he took up his residence
here, his reputation for success soon brought
him patients from far and wide. In the
days before specialism became the fashion,
Dr. Speer performed operations for aneu
rism, for th'e removal of cerebral injuries
by trepanning, the extirpation of cancers
and the removal of tumors. His fame as an
oculibt extended throughout the country.
He operated over 000 times for cataract,
and in the treatment of disorders of the eye
his ability was acknowledged as supreme.
"In the practice of his profession," said
a gentleman, speaking of the deceased
doctor yesterday, "he was thoroughly dis
interested. He cared nothing for the nione
tory profit, and he often said he regarded a
physician's mission as nearly akin to a
clergyman's; the reward would come after."
HONOEED BY CITS' COUNCILS.
"When the invasion of Asiatic cholera
occurred in 1832, Dr. Sneer was com
plimented by being selected by the
City Council as chairman of a com
mittee appointed to publish precau
tionarv sanitarv measures. Shortly after
Dr. Speer's arrival in this city he formed
the acquaintance of David and Mathew
Maclean, editors of the Pittsburg Gazette,
and later of Neville B. Craig and General
"William Robinson. He was commissioned
to correspond with Hon. JamesBuchanan
tor the sake of his influence in Eastern
Pennsylvania. Among his contributions to
the press at that time Dr. Speer wrote an
article advocating the building of a
dam upon the Ohio, near Allegheny,
to afford extended wharfage, etc This has
since been accomplished in the construction
of Davis Island dam.
"When the popular sentiment was brought
to bear, in 1845, on the necessity for fur
ther railroad facilities, Dr. Speer was
placed at the head of a special committee
appointed to prepare a report and appeal.
The vigor and earnestness of his report were
instrumental in placing the Connellsville
road under immediate construction.
rOUNDER Or A CEMETERY.
To the late venerable physician belongs
the credit and honor of having been initia
tory in creating the Allegheny Cemetery,
the first in the country out of the three
leading cities. He visited Mt Auburn, and
there obtained information which led to
the establishment of the noble cemetery,
now so soon to be his own resting place.
An infant son of Dr. Speer's was among the
first persons interred in this new place of
burial. Of the original 40 incorporators
only two are now alive John D. McCord,
now residing in Philadelphia, and Robert
S. Cassatt, who now resides in Paris,
France.
Dr. Speer had two articles of faith from
which he never deviated, the Presbyterian
Church and Republicanism. He married
Miss Hetty Morrow on the 21st of July, 1821,
Mrs. Speer .ived to be 86 years old. The
surviving children are Rev. "William Speer.
of "Washington; Mrs. Mary S. Kuhn, James.
V. Speer. Dr. A. W. Speer, Miss Sallie R.
Speer, Charles E. Speer and John Z. Speer.
The funeral will be held in the chapel of
the main entrance to the Allegheny Ceme
tery on Butler street, to-morrow atternoon
at 3 o'clock.
HATTTBAL GAS EXPLOSION.
A Boy and a Glass Factory "Watchman Fa
tally Injured by the Shock.
Muncie, Ind., Sept. 6. Special. A
distressing incident occurred at Ball Bros.'
glass factories, which will prove fatal to
one, if not more. Night Watchman James
McHugh went to the water supply house to
turn off the pump from the artesian well
that is operated by natural gas which comes
from a well in the same hole from which
the water runs, if is necessary for th6 gas
to escape, keeping the room filled with the
explosive. McHngh-could not shut off the
pump and called "Wesley Studebaker.to his
assistance.
Just then "Willie, aged 16, and "Walter,
aged 14, sons of Captain E. "W. Carey, a
foreman ' in the factories, stopped at tho
little building and "Walter was asked by
McHugh to hold up the lantern from the
outside; but instead the lad stepped inside
and a terrible explosion instantly occurred.
"Walter cannot recover and McHugh's
chances for recovery are meager. The
other two presented a frightful appearance.
SHOT IN COLD BLOOD.
DISGUISED AS A5TEGRO, A YOUTH MOE
DEItS II1S OLD UNCLE.
His Tell-Talo Clothes and "Wig "round
Tracked to Heir Mexloj by Detectives
and Arrested In Oregon as He Was
About to Sail for Australia.
Columbia, S. C, Sept 6. Special. A
remarkable and most mysterious murder
occurred in the early part of last June in
Robeson county, IT. C.' Major Duncan
Connelly, a wealthy planter, was murdered
in the night at about 11:30 o'clock. At
that hour a man, apparently a negro, called
at the residence of Major Connelly and
asked the owner where Billy Sikes lived.
The negro insisted that Major Connelly
show him the road, and the old man started
out to show him. Five or ten minutes
passed after Major Connelly went out; his
wife heard two pistol shots down the road.
One of the servants found the dead body of
the Major lying in the road.
Scouring parties were formed and the
country was searched. The nephew of the
dead man, D. A. McDougall, entered act
ively into the search and offered a reward of
?1,000 for the arrest of the murderer. The
day alter the murder some negroes lounu a I
suit of clothes and a wig. The clothes were
recognized as having belonged to McDou
gall, the nephew of the dead man. Some
time before the murder McDougall took, a
EAJISEY SrEEB.
prominent part in a farce comedy, assuming
the character of a negvo.
McDougall disappeared and detectives
finally located him in Chicago. They fol
lowed him to. St. Louis, to Denver ana into
New Mexico. One detective succeeded in
getting on good terms with McDougall and"
tound that be intended to sail for Australia.
They found him at Albany, Oregon, making
immediate preparations to sail. They ar
rested him and McDougall was brought
back to North Carolina and lodged in jail.
It was found that McDougall was one of
the principal heirs of the wealthy old
planter, whom he is suspected of having
murdered, and the latter carried a heavy
life insurance policy.
DEATH OF DR. SPAITLDIHG.
He Was Formerly a Pittsburg Pastor and
tne Father of Sirs. J. O. Slemraons.
"Waksa-sv, N. Y., Sept & Special
Rev. "Whitehouse Spaulding, D. D., rector
of Trinity Church, died this evening at 7
o'clock of Bright's disease, aged E9. His
highly successful clorical labors were at
Evansville, Ind.; Madison, "Wis.; Pitts
burg, York, Pa,; Jersey City; Janesville,
"Wis.; Lyons and Warsaw, N. Y. His
father preceded him in the ministry in
"Wayne, Ontario and Oneida counties, New
"York. Three brothers ate now talented
rectors at Lima, Ind.; Buffalo, Ala., and
San Francisco, and his son-is a student at
the General Theological Seminary, New
York.
His last clerical work was to baptise an
infant child of his daughter, Mrs. T. Ben
nett Phillips, of Germantown, Pa. Mrs.
John O. Slemmons, of No. 4721 Fifth ave
nue, Pittsburg, is a daughter of the de
ceased. The funeral will take place Tues
day, at Madison, "Wis.
W0ME5 ATTACKED BY SNAKES.
Two Desperate jCombals With the Keptlles,
Both In Berks County.
, Reading, Sept. 6. Percival Heffner, of
Fredericksvillc, upon going into a corn
field near his farmhouse, found this wife en
gaged in a close encounter with two
big blacksnakes, when he rushed to her re
lief and dispatched them.
Mrs. John Knockstead, of Eeinholds
ville, was severely bitten on the hand on
"Wednesday by an nngrv copperhead snake
which she had disturbed while picking
corncobs from the crib. Her hand and
whole arm, even to the shoulder, immedi
ately swelled to great proportions. Her
condition is critical. The snake was killed
by Mrs. Knockstead's son.
Mrs. Joseph Reppert, who was bitten
early in the summer by a copperhead near
"Windsor Furnace, was attacked the other
dar by a horned snake, but escaped from it
before it harmed her.
BAILE0AD MEN MAY COMBINE.
Conductors and Firemen In Session at Al
toona Favor the Idea.
ALTOONA.Sept G. Special. Two secret
sessions ol the Brotherhood of Railroad Men
were held here to-day. The subject of fed
eration of the different classes of train ser
vice was ably discussed by the leaders of the
different organizations, The following reso
lution was adopted:
Resolved, That it bo in the sense of tills
union meeting of the Order of Railroad Con
duct ois and Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, that vv e nre In favor of the federa
tion of tho different classes of train tervlce,
and on the irenoral Dlan tbat nil differences
nowexistinirmavbe amicablv ndluitod for
tho sake of tho future relations of all organi
zations.
The meetings throughout were fuJl of iw
terest, and a general good feeling ipevailed
among tne delegates.
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HiVA tl: A bUUUim tw 2i sn3fTi Wl'" A AMxaoax ju..m
Her Barn-Storming Company Bank
rupt and Bound for New York.
NEARLY HAD TO COUNT THE TIES.
Mrs. Mann Blames Her Failure Upon the
Heartless Newspapers.
INCIDENTS 01 AN ILL-BTAREED TOUE
CSFBCIAL TZLEOKAH TO THE DISPATCH.
Shamokin.Ta., Sept 6. The theatri
cal company in which Mrs. Eva Mann was
the eentral figure came to grief in this place
last night It is not likely that she will
parade the stabbing of Nurse Donnelly be
fore the public any more, although Mana
ger Cole says that the Philadelphia en
gagement will be filled. The company was
to have played at Williamsport to-morrow
night, but the engagement has been can
celed, as have all others in country towns.
The combination left here early this
morning for New York. One of the actors
told the Reading ticket agent that after the
tickets were purchased there was 10 cents
left. Had not Mrs. Mann given 520 to help
pay board bills it is probable that some of
mem wouia nave nao. to waiK nome. xnis
was the fifth and last performance. On the
day before the company swooped down on
Pottsville, where 200 persons composed the
audience, and, if reports aro true, the com
pany had "hard luck" there.
BEIt CHAMPIONS ASSAULTED.
A few of the men were assaulted by by
standers in a saloon for objecting. to deroga
tory remarks about "Sirs. Mann. When the,
troupe arrived in Sbamokin a big crowd'
was at tne station to eet a glimpse ot airs.
Mann. 'She was heavily veiled when she
got off the cars. She was escorted to a hotel
nearby, and had noonday lunch served in
her room.
The company rehearsed in the afternoon,
but Eva stayed, in her rooms enjoying a
novel. She vras rudely disturbed by an en
terprising boy, who begged permission to
sell her photos to the audience in the even
ing. The adventuress flew into a rage and
drove the boy from her room. She sajd that
the newspapers had paraded her face entire
ly too much to suit her.
Soon after this the managenwired Charles
Gardner, of New York, tee backer of the
venture, that money was needed to nay ex-
Eenses. No answer was received. Gardner
ad told Cole that he would stand all ex
penses as far as Pottsville, and if the night
ly receipts were not large enough to make
it go after that the company would have to
manage for themselves. Cole assembled the
company in the parlor and informed them
of the facts. They eagerly awaited night
fall. When the curtain rose 100 peoplewere
scattered about the theater. On the appear
ance of Mrs. Mann a few-gallery gods ap
plauded in derision. She was very pale
and trembled.
AN ATTACK OP STAGE FBIGHT.
She spoke in alow tone and the prompter
came to her aid frequently. When she was
entering the cottage in which the stabbing
was to occur, ulie faced the audience and fell
back into the arms of her leading man out
of sheer nervousness. During the remainder
of the play she acted in an aimless manner.
Before the show ended several people had
left the hall.
The most annoying part of Eva's trials be
gan after sbe had regained the hotel. Man
ager Cole told the'night clerk that the com
pftiryWEpHn trfix, and ''that there was hot
enough money in the crowd to pay the bills.
The clerk kroused the proprietor, who told
him to get all the money he could, and that
to harbor them another day would mean
that much more expense. Mrs. Mann re
luctantly opened ( her purse and gave the
?20. Manager Cole was asked why such
small houses bad been encountered. He
said that the newspapers had been attacking
their play so savagely that it ruined the
house in each town. Every paper, big and
small, had "roasted" them. He added:
"Mrs. Hamilton has laid no "pretence to
acting. She thought that her reputation
would draw big houses."
Since the night Eva played the opening
engagement in New Jersey she has viewed
with complacency the diminishing crowds
in each theater, but when the final crash
came she wept bitterly. When the com
pany registered to-day Mrs. Mann's resi
dence was omitted. During the day some
one supplied the words: "Trenton Prison."
Eva was very indignant when informed of
it, and had them erased.
BANE CLEBES ABBESXED.
They are Charged "With Slaking Incorrect
Entries In Keystone Books.
Philadelphia, Sept. 6. Charles P.
Ege and E. L. Maguire, formerly individual
ledger clerks at the broken Keystone Bank,
were arrested last night charged with mak
ing false entries in Ege'sledger and making
such statements as would tend to deceive
the Bank Examiner. 1 is expected that
another arrest upon the same charge will
be made to-morrow morning. The arrests of
Mdguire and Ege were made upon an affi
davit sworn out by the Government ac
countants who have been examining the
books of the banks.
Late to-night Maguire and Ege were
brought before United States Commissioner
Craig and released in $10,000 bail for a hear
ing on Tuesday next. The method 'alleged
to have been pursued by Maguire and Ege
in the falsification of their ledgers was
to decrease the balances of depositors. Up
to yesterday morning when he was dis
missed, Ege has been helping Receiver
Yardley to straighten ont the books of the
bank.
KILLED BY A VICIOUS BOIL,
A Kentucky Colonel's Awful Death While
Trying to Halter the Brute.
Louisville, Ky., Sept 6. At Eliza
bethtown Colonel AVilliam Wilson died
yesterday irom injuries inflicted by a mad
dened bulk Wilson went into the pasture
to have the bull, a fine Jersey, haltered for
exhibition at the fair. When he went into
the pasture he was in the habit of carrying a
shotgun, loaded either with blank cartridges
or small shot, with which he intimidated
and controlled the beast.
On this occasion he had the gun andas
the bull started toward him he fired one
barrel. This had no effect and he tried the
second barrel, but for some reason the
cartridge did not go Off. Before "he could'
get out of the way the bull was on him, and
running rapidly, threw him ten feet in the
air. He was picked up and carried to the
house. Two ribs were broken and he was
badly bruised about the body.
MELBOURNE LOOKING FOB BAIN.
He Says the Wind Storm of Friday Caused
tho Delay on handay.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sepf. (T. Melbourne's
rain has not yet materialized. There vras
every indication of a storm before sunset,
but the sky is now clearing off overhead.
He has been doubtful about getting rain to
day's since Friday's wind storm which, he
says, counteracts his operations and
obliged him to make a new start with his
rain machine on Saturday morning.
He is positive there will be a half-inch
rain fall to-morrow, but complains of the
cold nights and the long distance from the
sea. The committee finally fixed the limit
to Monday and the indications are that the
rain will come, judging from the prelimin
aries of the former experiment
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HELD THE REFUGEES.
The German Admiral at Valparaiso
E erased to Give Them Dp.
HE WILL LAND THEM AT MOLLENDO.
Balmaceda's last Paper Money May Be
Declared All Eight.
TALES OP RIOT AT COQUIMBO DENIED
VALPAEAISO, Chtle, Sept 6. The Ger
man Minister to Chile and the German Ad
miral commanding the German fleet at Val
paraiso are at odds over the disposition of
the refugees now in asylum aboard the Ger
man cruiser Sophie. The Minister notified
the Admiral yesterday that he might be re
quired to surrender to the officials repre
senting the Jnnta Senor Clandio Vicuna,
who was to have succeeded Balmaccda as
President; Admiral Oscar Veil, late In
tendente of Valparaiso, and Captain Al
berto Fuentes, late captain of the torpedero
Almirante Lynch.
The Admiral bluntly informed the Minis
ter that he would do no such thing unless
specially ordered to do so by the Emperor
or Chancellor Von. Caprivi. 4 The Minister
did not insist "As" Boon as the conference
hod ended the Admiral sent a cable dispatch
o Emperor William explaining the situa
tion and announcing that unless he received
orders to the contrary the Sophie, with the
refugees on board, would proceed to-morrow
to Mollendo, Peru, the nearest neutral port,
where the people wanted by the Junta will
be landed. Later in the day a reply was re
ceived from Berlin approving the action of
the Admiral and granting him permission
to send the refugees to Mollendo. The
Sophie will sail to-morrow morning early.
BTOKIES OP ISIOT ABE GP.OV7NDLESS.
Stories of riot at Coquimbo were without
foundation. Word was received from there
to-day that the Congressional official had
taken possession of the city and Serena
without any disturbance, and that order has
been maintained throughout Refore the
arrival of the new officials Colonel Cor
vallo, commanding the Government forces
in that section, and the Balmacedist in
tendente of Coquimbo, Senor Sanchez, went
aboard the British warship Melpomene and
asked Captain Parr, her commander, for.
protection. It was readily granted.
The Government troops at Coquimbo and
Serena were disbanded as soon asthe-Con-gressionalists
took charge, and nearly all of
them have gone to their homes. The armed
transport at Aconcagua has been ordered
south to meet the ship bringing the arms
and field guns ordered by the Junta in
EuroDe.
A dispatch froin Santiago says: The
Junta de Gobierino is busily engaged in re
organizing the public service. An order
was issued to-dav reinstating all the judges
and court emploves who wfre dismissed by
Balmaccda. His appointees were of course
ousted.
PAPERS IN A BALMACEDIST'S DESK.
Other changes will be made as rapidly as
possible until the entire civil service is
thoroughly in sympathy with the new Gov
ernment When the papers in the -desk of Balmace
da'sMinisterofForeignAffairsSenorGodoir were examined to-day, a cable dispatch was
found, dated Berlin, August 12, informing
him that the German Government had de
cided to reSognize the belligerent rights of
the Congressionalists. This news Minister
Godoir had taken care to suppress.
United States Minister Patrick Egan has
received a letter from the State Department
at Washington approving his action in en
deavoring to bring about a cessation of hos
tilities in Chile.
It is stated on the highest authority that
the story that arms were shipped tolqiiique
on the steamer Montserrat is untrue.
NO EIFLES ON THE ESMEKELDA.
It is also stated that there wag. not a sin
gle Lee rifle in the hands of the Congres-
sionanst soiaiers. me nnes wmcnitvas
alleged had been transferred from the Itata
ln. "KTcTTl rnl A ft WATP nf tlllo mnVa nrA
the fact that none of them were held by
General Canto's army disproves that story
also.
A conference wa3 held to-day between lha
Junta and leading merchants and bankers
relative to the recognition by the new gov
ernment of the note issues ordered by Bal
maceda during the past six months. Just
what points wej e considered and what con
clusions were reached is not yet known. It
is generally believed, however, that action
satisfactory to all will be decided upon.
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Fatal Fight Among Convicts.
LODISVILLE, Ky., Sept. C In the peni
tentiary at Frankfort, this morning, Eli
Lucas-and William Bellmeyer, both long
term convicts, fought Lucas fatally cut
Bellmeyer with a putty 'knifei and Bell
meyer beat Lucas till he was unconscious.
William Johnson, another convict, who in
terfered had his skull cracked.
Storm on the New Jersey Coast.
Asbcbtt Park, N. J., Sept 6. 4. heavy
rain storm and high seas have caused much
damage along the New Jersey coast The
bluff at Long Branch has been eaten away
in many places and bulk beads badly shat-
Sam Have an Explanation.
tered especially in front of the Octagon Ho
tel. At Seabright the Highland Beach
Railroad tracks arc inundated. In this vil
lage streets are washed out, while in the
low lands near here the first floors of dwell
ing houses are floodi" ,
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A Big Conspiracy Blocked toy tho Wardbr"
of the San Quentln, CaL, Fenltentlary
Seven of the Leaders In Solitary Confine
ment.
San Fbancisco, Sept. 6. A daring plot
to break from the State prison at San
Quentin has been frustrated. Seven of the
most desperate among the 1,300 convict's
have been placed in solitary confinement,
closely guarded, while a number of others
are being carefully watched. Among the
seven are three who escaped last year and
defended themselves in a fortress among
the hills until the Warden made terms with
them.
They are Charles Borsey, a murderer, who
escaped in 1887 and was captured in Chicago,
Mickey Delaney, burglar; William Hanlon
and Harry Manning, stage robbers: Abraham
Turcott and James Sullivan, murderers, and
George Ross, burglar. Delaney had tools
with which he was to break out of his celL
When the guard passed he was to fell him
with a slungshot
"With his keys' all the other convicts
would be released from the cells. Then an
attack was to be made on the guards in the
prison yard and the escape made. It is be
lieved outsiders were to be in waiting with
arms and a desperate fight would certainly
have resulted from an attempt at recapture.
The plot was detected by a guard overhear
ing certain words that roused suspicion.
The men were watched and gradually the
names of the leaders learned.
For three weeks the Warden has been
prepared for the outbreak. When the crisis
was thought to be at hand the leaders were
quietly arrested and lodged in solitary cells.
No arms or tools have been found except a
skeleton key, but as there are factories, ma
chine and carpenter shops, etc., inside the
walls of the.prisbn, it would be easy to con
ceal them for quite a while.
HEW FINDS 0P HEMATITE 0BE.
One of the Most Valuable Properties on the
Gogebic Bange Discovered.
Ashland, Wis., Sept 6. The big find
of Bessemer ore, red hematite, at the old
Sampson mine, near Plnmmer, on the Pen
okee range, is the sensation of the hour in
mining circles. An assay was made this
afternoon of ore brought up by the diamond
drill at a depth of 350 feet, which runs 60
per cent of pure Bessemer. The working
shaft was put down 280 feet and then they
began with the drill, going down at an angle
of 45 through over 100 feet of clean ore,
which insures a vein of 60 feet
The find is important because it is the
farthest west on the Gogebic or Penokee or
any other range of mines on this side of the
Rockies. It is also the closest mine to Ash
land yet developed. All the companies on
this range have been consolidated into the
Union Mining Company. President Gins
burg says the diamond drills will be sunk
on every -side of the new shaft right away.
The Sampson has had a queer history of
ups and downs. It was first owned by Min
neapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago parties
and was abandoned. The mining experts
base big prophecies on this find.
TBAIN B0BBEBS CLOSELY PUBSTJED.
They
Egcapo Into, JIcxlco, but Are
Fol-
lowed by Bangers and Scouts.
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 6. Superin
tendent Imes, ot the Southern Pacific road,
has returned from the scene of the train
robbery at Samuels Siding and reports five
robbers have been hemmed in by rangers
and Mexican troops in the Texas peninsula
and cannot escape. After the robbery they
rode leisurely to the Bio Grande, having a
pick mule loaded with the mail sacks and
boxes of cigars and stolen fruit. There
they opened the sacks, rifled the mail, ate
fruit and smoked cigars.
The Sheriff's posse arrived there about
two hours utter their departure, but hesi
tated about crossing into Mexico until the
arrival of rangers, six hours later. Had
they continued they would have captured
the robbers. The rangers followed the trail.
The robbers made for the peninsula, follow
ing the Bio Grande and crossing twice into
Texas. They are now in Presado county,
pursued by rangers, Mexicans and Indian
scouts. It has been learned that they se
cured the most money from the big iron safe
in the express car, which had not been
locked, as it should have been with the
time ldfck, by Messenger Smith. f
BATTLE BETWEEN TWO SLAVS.
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BothAre Badly Injured and One of Them
May Die.
McKeesjpobt, Pa., Sept 6. Special
Mike Derner, a Slav, was struck on the
head by John Virgo, another Slay, nt noon
to-day with a large stone and his recovery
is doubtful. Virgo was arrested and while
at the lockup complained of great pain.
His sufferings becanle so severe it was
necessary to inject morphine into his body.
The men attended a wedding among their
own countrymen last night, and they quar
reled, and as a result Virgo was put out
Ho met Derner in the back jard of 207
Jerome street at noon ioilay and immedi
ately assaulted him with a bi;j rock.
George Ott is dying at his home, 13 Pine
street, Allegheny, from a knife thrust in
his left long. His brother, John Ott, was
placed in Central station, Allegheny, after
along chase. An ordinary pocket knife
was used. The affair took place at 7115 yes
terday evening. This makes the third fatal
stabbing affray inside of six days The
pistol has been discarded and all the recent
murders in and about Pittsburg have been
done with a knife.
Both of the principals in last night's trag
edy are young men, and both work in
Groetzinger's tannery. George Ott, the
dying man, is 24 years old. His brother,
John Ott, is 22, about 5. feet 7 inches in
height, very slender, and weighs 115
pounds. He does not have any beard, and
his face is pockmarked. The brothers live
with their mother, a sister, an older and a
younger brother. George and John had
never loved each other, even from boyhood.
They had always quarreled, and frequently
came to blows. The elder brother and the
mother had always been able to separate
them before either one was badly injured.
All day yesterday they kept up a continual
Might At different times they struck each
other.
STBUGGLE IN A LONELY BOOM.
Late in the afternoon the mother went to
visit her daughter on Troy HilL The elder
brother also went out The two contestants
were left all alone. The younger brother,
Frank, was asleep and the sister was sitting
on the front doorstep. There were there
fore no witnesses to the fight The girl
heard a scuffle in the room above her and
then heard her brother scream. A moment
later John dashed past her and she ran up-
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blood streaming from a three-inch
, above his heart. Thinking her brother
is dead the eirl ran out and
p,ave the alarm to the neighbors.
Drs. McCreody and Ferree were brought at
once. They pronounced the wound fatal.
There was also a cut on George Ott's chin,
showing that there had been a fierce fight
before the fatal knife thrust was made. The
alarm was sent in to Superintendent of
Police Muth. Immediately 20 policemen
and detectives hurried to the spot
OEOEGE OTT REFUSES TO TALK.
The brother absolutely refused to state
anything save that his brother John had
stabbed him. He would not give up a word
as to the particulars of the fight As the
murderer was still at large, that
entire quarter of the city was cov
ered and the detectives started to
follow every possible clew. Up until 11
o'clock no trace had been found of him. De
tective Philip McDonough, however, had
found a lead which took him out beyond
Spring Hill. On the porch of a vacant house
he found his man. Ott plead to be re
leased, but, of course, the big detective re-,
fued. Then he asked to be thrown over the
hill. He even asked to be killed He de
clared he would not go to prison, and made
a hard fight, bnt was finally landed safely in
Central station.
" The gaping wound revealed a portion of
the lacerated lung. At 10 o'clock the doc
tors declared the man was past all hope of
recovery. Then Superintendent Miith sent
on Mayor's Clerk Henry Hnnneshagen to
take the dying man's deposition, but up to
a late hour last night he refused to talk.
EMBEZZLED IN A TBANCE.
A Cattleman Accounts for Lost Money by
Telling a Strange Story.
Cincinnati, Sept 6. "I received the
money,but I don't know what became of it." .
That was the only explanation a man ac
cused of stealing ?900 could give when ar
raigned in court "For about three day3
after I received that money," continued the
prisoner, "I must have been in a trance, be
cause I remember absolutely nothing that
occurred during that time."
The prisoner who made the above peculiar
defense is Leonidas Keighbert, a cattle
buyer residing near Milford, O. He was
arrested yesterday afternoon by Constable
Alonanan on a warrant sworn out Deiore
'Squire Gass. The complainant, Frank
Williams, of Walnut Hill, charges him
with obtaining $900 under false pretenses.
About a week ago he notified Williams
that he could buv a lot of cattle at a good
bargain, and asked for $1,200 to close the
bargain. Williams says he thought the
amount rather large and only sent t900. He
waited several days but heard nothing more
from Neighbert, and not knowing whether
he had received thmonevor not, started to
investigate the matter. To his surprise he
learned that Ueigbbeit had received
the 5900, but did not buy any cattle
with it Neighbert, when asked about the
matter told a very strange story. After re
ceiving the money on Monday he says ha
rode over to Blanchester, which is near his
home. He put up at a hotel, and from thafr
time on remembers absolutely nothing until
about three days later, when he found him
self riding toward his home. "When he had
started on his return trip or how he came to
where he found himself on the road he does
not know.
A STBIKE 0E COTTON PICKEBS.
An Official Circular Sent Out Ordering No
Work After September 13.
Hotston, Tex., Sept & The headquar
ters of the Colored National Alliance of the
United States are in this city- Colonel B.
Humphray, the General Superintendent of
the Colored Farmers' Alliance and. Cotton
Pickers' League, has been actively at work
organizing the colored men for a general
strike all over the South. To-day your cor
respondent obtained a copy of a secret cir
cular which Humphrey is having distrib
uted all througn tne cotton States. The fol
lowing are the main features of it:
Whereas, The planters and speculators
are firm In their demand that you pick at
starvation wages as offered by them and
leave your families to suffer the fearful con
sequences, placing to your account the pres
ent low prices of their cotton: and
Whereas, Above 600,000 pickers already
have bound thomsolves together to pick no
cotton for anyone except their own Defore
about November 1 at less than 1 period
pounds, with boardrnnd
Whereas, Your success depends npon your
united nction; now, therefore, I, It M.
Humphrey, by ylrtue of authority in me
invested, do Issue this, my solemn proclama
tion, fixing the L!th day of September, 189L
It being Saturday, as the day upon which all
our people shall cease from and absolutely
stop picking cotton, except their own, and.
shall pick no more before about November
1, unless their jnst demand for wages shall
be sooner acceded to by planters and others
interested.
French War Vessels Lost
San Francisco, Sept a A private
letter from Tahiti brings news of the loss of
the French war steamer Volage. The let
ter was dated July 10 and the news had just
been received at Papeete. No lives were .
lost but the vessel Is a total wreck. A
schooner has been sent;toJbriny back- thai
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