FORTY-SIXTH YEAR
HILL MM IT,
But Congressman Flower
Seems Slated to Oppose
Collector Fassett.
STATE ISSUES FOBGOTTEff
In All This Year's Campaigns Be
cause of tbo Proximity of 1892.
MAGEB AXD QUAY IX CONFERENCE
The rittsbnrc Leader Visits the Brigantine
Cottage by the Sea.
STATUS OP TIIE STATE LEAGUE FIGHT
frroM a staff coiiREsrovDET.i
Ev York, Sept. 13. With the holding
of the Republican State convention and the
nomination of Jlr. J. Sloat Fassett for Gov
ernor the Xew York political caldron be
gins to simmer. Owing to the real and sup
posed importance of this State, as regards
the national contest of "92, every step taken
by New York politicians is scanned rather
more closely and critically than the pro
ceedings of political managers in other
State of the Union. "Whether this solici
tude is warranted by the circumstances will
only be determined by future results. It is
a fact, however, that quite a number of for
eign politicians have been nround town re
cently, and these seem to hare more inter
est in the growth of New York local events
than New York leaders ever betray in any
thing outride of their own State.
"This aIl-aborbing local interest among
New York politicians," said Colonel Kice,
a Democratic Hoosicr politician who has
been haunting the Fifth Avenue Hotel for
a fortnight, "is a curious feature in politics.
New York Democrats and Republicans are
alike in this respect. They place New
York City first, New York State next and
the rest of the country may hustle along in
the rear as it pleases. This Fassett busi
ness was very cleverly done. "We would
call that clever even in Indiana, where
every man is a politician and the political
leaders of both sides are stiongly national
and always figure on national effects.
A CLEVER POLITICAL STROKE.
"The managers, bv getting President
Harrison to appoint Mr. Fassett Collector
of the Port of New York, made good use of
the Federal administration. Tney made
him the administration man and the inter
ests of Manager Piatt and President Harri
son identical. "Whether this was done with
the full knowledge of the President may or
may not be true. The move was highly
creditable to whoever designed it, though
its full significance is probably not ap
preciated very far away from this State.
It greatly softened the rigid feeling of per
sonal animosity against Mr. Piatt, and
therefore tends to harmonize the discordant
elements of the party. The kickers haven't
a plank left within party lines to stand o n.
"We would regard that good politics in
Indiana."
"There is the widest difference between
Democratic management in New York and
in Indiana," continued Colonel Rice. "In
our State when a Democrat gets disgruntled
and is disposed to kick over the traces we
coddle him. AVe get around him and argue
with him and plead with him and brace
him up by every means we can devise. "We
are apt to neglect everything else to keep
such fellows in the ranks. In New York
they kick him and let him go. They don't
bother with him. Asa Democratic leader
here told me the other day, they go on the
principle that a wounded man is more
demoralizing than a dead man, for it takes
two or three sound men to look after a
"wounded man, whereas the dead man lies
where he fell.
THE SEW YORK PLAN.
"In politics they let the disgruntled man
go for dead and pay no more attention to
him, but tro on villi the fight. As both sides
do the same thing there are large numbers of
live men lying outside the breastworks all
the time. When they find things go on all
right without them they climb back again
in the course of a short space of time.
Now when a man rolls outside in Indiana
he is a goner. His late comrades make it so
hot for him that he turns in with the oppo
sition and is usually more bitter than his
newly found political friends. Nothing but
apolitical revolution will ever get him
back again."
In a conversation another Democratic
State committeeman, Senator H. D. Win
ton, of New Jersey, said to me: "I believe
the country would nominate Cleveland to
morrow if :he convention should meet, re
gardless of New York State. The people
-won't trust Mil. The politicians, or a ma
jority of them, are for Mil, but tne masses
would force them to nominate Cleveland. If
Campbell, of Ohio, wins I believe that he
will be the man. The "West and South can
control the convention. In that cape New
Tork may be given the Vice Presidency to
satisfy her. If Blaine is alive and well and
is nominated, as he certainly will be ir he is
well and wishes the nomination, lie will beat
any Democrat we can put up. That is the
way it looks now .'
STATE ISSUES OBSCURED.
Will State politics ever again bo sep
arated from national issues?" inquired a
Hoffman House Democrat the other even
ing. He answered his own query: "I don't
believe they ever will be. look at the cam
paign now being conducted in Ohio. The
entire platforms are on national questions,
with which the State sovrrnments have no
more to do than you and I will not a bit.
Read the speeches. A State issue is scarcely
alluded to. You'd think, if you didn't know
all about it, that if llclvinlcy is elected he
will prevent free coinage stop all fooling
itu the tarilfand run the National Govern
ment altogether In the interests of the Re
publican party; and if Campbell is elected
he will have Congress repeal tho McKinlcy
act, jiass a free coinage bill and remodel the
l'tdoral Government on strictly Democratic
lines.
'The result of a State election proves
nothing, and yet some people seem to think
the whole national administration is being
carried on tho back of their particular
State. The recent Rochester platform in
cludes the administrative powers of Russia.
How the Czar will kick when he reads that
leolution: There are the Pennsylvania
platforms, too, bristling all the way through
w ith declarations on national issues. You'd
almost suppose tho narrlsburg legislature
was likely to legislate on the coinage ques
tion, lcmodcl the tariff, try and
TASS A FOKCEBILL
and do all the things usually delegated to
the representatives of the people in Con
gress assembled. Pennsylvania Is going to
elect a Treasurer or something what is she
solug to elect anyhow I Not Congressmen.
No State is electing Congressmen, or any
body else having the most remote connec
tion with the administration of the Federal
Government, Now this state of things is
Just what prevents cither State or national
issues from being fairly and Intelligently
passed upon by the people. There is no
more sense in running a State official on a
national platform than there is in runnlnga
President on a Srnto platform, because ono
has nothing to do with the other. McKin
Jey or Campbell might bo the best man Ohio
could have for Chief Executive, without re
gard to what is the best policy for Congress
to pursue, nnd the people of any State ought
to havo the right and opportunity to man
age their own affairs independent of extra
neous lsuo having no relation whatever to
Stato government.
"At present a State election indicntcs
nothing decides nothing. It doesn't show
that a majority of the people wanted a cer
tain renn for Governor and a certain Stato
policy. It .doesn't mean that a majority
want Congress to do certain things or want
a certain party policy of Federal adminis
tration. It proves nothing. Tho peoplo get
no chance to separate tho issues. Thoso
w ho bank upon the results of a Stato elec
tion are deceived nnd the voters themselves
don't know anything about it when tho
election is over."
HILIi 13 STILL "WILLING.
There is a decided feeling here that tho
next Gubernatorial candidate 'will be the
present Governor, David B. Hill. Something
of this sort has been bruited accout in a
desultory way for some time. Now, how
ever, that tho Republicans have nominated
as strong a man as Mr. Fassett, a good many
are inclined to think Mr. Hill a political
necessity. It is by no means to bo inferred
that the Gubernatorial race just now would
be distasteful to Hill. Quite the contrary.
Mil is a man who believes in himself and in.
his own destiny. It is not unnatural that ho
should believo himself the only Democrat
who can carry New York. While Sir. Hill is
committed to Mr. Flower, the commitial
would not prevent his candidacy at the last
hour should his party turn toward him with
any degree of unanimity. He is quite fully
aware of tho prestigo of victory in this
instance. For should ho make tho can
vass and bo re-elected Governor it would be
next to impossible to prevent his selection
by his party to make the Presidental race
later. Should ho lose tho Governorship he
would still bo United States Senator and
would probably yet hold a strong position
for the goal of his ambition four years hence.
1 ho odds are greatly in his favor in a Guber
natorial race this fall.
Tho Democratic impression that if any
Democrat can beat Fassett Hill can, would go
far to excuse his defeat on the ground that
nobody else could have been elected. He
would be popularly regarded as a martyr
who risked w illingly everything to save his
party. It may safely be predicted that his
li tends will i-clze upon this golden oppor
tunity to urgo his name and that should
should they do so wisely and earnestly that
his understudy, Mr. Roswell P. Flowor, will
retire into tho wings and let him play the
star part in which he has alieadv repeatedly
made a popular hit. This is" the latest
phase of the situation and it is decidedly an
interesting one.
"I wonder what Mr. Andrew D. White
thinks now," mused a Fifth Avenuo Hotel
politician. "It Is hardly to be presumed that
ho was in the Fassett deal and his personal
relations with Mr. Piatt and his family wero
such that tho suspicion of bad faith as con
nected with that distinguished statesman's
recent operations will scarcely tend to
strengthen any possible belief in the purity
of national politics. Dear me! It is sad,
sad!" Mubeat.
MAGEE TO MEET QUAY,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF INDUCING KOB
INSON TO WITHDRAW.
That Is "What Eastern Political Prophets
Say The League Presidency Fight
Grows Interesting Hastings as a Com
promise Candidate Is Now dooming Up.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13. Special
C L. Magee was in the cityto-day just long
cnongh to meet nobody, and, leaving the
Stratford early, he took a morning train lor
Atlantic City. Congressman Dalzell met
Collector Cooper late Saturday, and the
League Club situation was discussed in all
its details. Cooper, of course, told him
that Jack Robinson was anywhere else but
in it, nnd the talk drifted into the positive
votes Dalzell could count upon in the east
ern counties.
Tho Scranton convention promises D. sur
prise to both contestants for the Presidency.
Dalzell partially admits this ip his fears -respecting
the movement in Lawrence county,
where the old time Young Men's Republican
Club, of New Castle, has inaugurated a Gen
eral Daniel Hastings campaign, bv sending
its three delegates under positive instruc
tions to vote for Hastings. Robinson feels
reasonably secure over his cnanccs among
the 212 regular clubs, and as he will sit in the
convention as Vice President, ho has
an advantage in assisting at the or
ganization. The convention's first business
proceedings will bo to hear the report of the
Kecutlve Committee, the leading item of
which rules out representation from the
mushroom clubs. If there is a bitter turn
the compromise candidate feature has its
inning, and the Hall and harmony and Hast
ings and harmoivy banuers will be hung out
with the usual hurrah.
Mr. Mngeo has Dalzell's interests in
charge. It is stated that his trip to Atlantic
City was to meet Senator Quay at the latter's
Brignntine Reach cottage, where the Repub
lican League contest was gone over at
length, with a view to arranging a pro
gramme that retires Robinson. General
Hastings is expected in tho city to-morrow.
Secretary- R. IL Lindsay, of the League, an
earnest Dalzell worker, will also be in town
to-morrow. It has been decided that tho
Henry Hall boom At as not well set and is
catching too few delegates to suit tho seek
ers nfter harmony.
NO COHBINATION TICKETS.
Kansas Democrats Decidedly Opposed to
Fusion with the Alliance. "
Topeka, Sept, 13. Special In only 2 of
tho 40 counties of theState in which nomina
tions for county officers have been made
this fall have tho Democrats and People's
party fused. Last fall there was a combina
tion ticket in 25 of these counties. Repub
licans nnd Democrats have combined in six
counties and in eight Judicial districts. A
number of county nominating conventions
wero held yesterday, in all of which the
Democrats nominated straight tickets. In
Sedgewick county, the third largest in ponu
latlon in the State, the Alliance refused to
combine with the Democrats, and iu Mar
shall the Democrats, by an overwhelming
vote, deteated the proposition to fuse. The
Alliance leaders have refused to recognize
tho Democrats in all of those counties em
braced by tho judicial districts in which the
Democrats have combined with the Repub
licans. The Executive Committee of Republican
Leagues has taken charge of the State cam
paign, and the old Republican Central Com
mittee has vacated Republican head
quarters. It Is the policy of the league to
make the fight to protect the credit of the
State, and it will favor combinations with
the Domoorats in all counties carried by the
Alliance last fall.
CHATOCEY BLACK'S VIEWS.
Ho Is Confident That Pennsylvania Will Go
Democratic This Year.
"WAsniHGTOs, Sept. 13. 5eciaJ. Ex-Governor
Chauncey F. Black, of Pennsylvania,
who has been in "Washington lor the past
two days, is in a very confident state of
mind in regard to Pennsylvania politics. He
professes to believe that the Republican
ticket has not tho shadow of a chance, and
that victory for the Democrats is already
practically assured. As a reason for bis be
lief he says:
"The campaign with us will be fought out
on State issues, and there is everything in
the outlook to make us feel confident. The
Republicans look with dismay upon the re
cent troubles in Philadelphia. The two
offices to be filled are thoso of State Treas
urer and State Auditor, the men who have
control of the flnnnccs. and the offices most
affected bv the recent Keystone Bank wreck.
This affair will be a prominent factor in
Pennsylvania politics, and has proven to
the people that a change is greatlv to be de
sired, and, as many think, absolutely neces
sary. I think I can safely predict the elec
tion of the Democratic candidates to Tsoth or
these places."
EUROPE'S ULTIMATUM.
A Final Demand on China and the Re
ply Must Be Satisfactory.
MEANTIME OUTRAGES CONTINUE.
Organized Mobs Make War on the Erection
of Telegraph Lines.
A NEWSY BUDGET PEOM THE ORIENT
Sax Francisco, Sept. 13. The British
stcarqer China arrived early this morning
from Hongkong and Yokohama, 12 days 11
hours and 55 minutes from the latter port.
It was thought she would attempt to break
the record made by the Vancouver line of
steamships, but she did not do so. She
brings advices from China to August 30.
Sir John "Woliom, the British Minister,
has protested strongly against the dilatory
manner in which the Chinese Government
dealt with the recent, riots, and has put
three questions to the Government asking,
first, why an edict on the subject of the riots
was not dispatched through the empire by
telegraph; second, why the "Wuhu magis
trate, who tried to stop the riots, was de
graded, while his superiors, who did noth
ing, were not punished, and third, why the
punishment of the guilty at "Wusuch was
delayed. The Chinese Government sent
the questions to His Excellency, Iii Hung
Chang, to be answered.
CHINA'S EVASIVE REPLY.
Chang replied, first, it is not the custom
of China to send edicts by wire; second, the
magistrate was degraded for other reasons,
and, third, the rioters had been punished,
two being executed and the others other
wise punished.
Tho North China JVeu, commenting editori
ally on tho answers, says the first is merely
a subterfuge. The case was too serious to
udmit of the delay caused by the use of mes
sengers. As for the second reply, it was
stated at tho time that the magistrate was
degraded as a concession to the natives, who
had denounced him for doing his duty in tho
affair. The reply is a palpable evasion,
and only shows that China cannot be de
pended on by the foreign powers. As for the
execution of two oulprits, this is unsatisfac
tory as coming far short of the requirements
of Chinese law in cases of mnrder among
themselves. Murders of foreigners must not
be punished more lightly than the murder of
Chinese.
Lord Salisbury added to his three ques
tions a demand that Hunan, which is the
hot-bed ol the anti-foreign sentiment inl
China, be opened to trade, coupled with a
t lii-eat that if China could not control her
own people the loreign powers would tako
the matter in hand. To this the Viceroy ro-
filics that China is perfectly able to control
lcr own people. The conclusion is that if
able she must bo unwilling.
THE POWERS SEND AN ULTIMATPSL
The Sfewt adds: "Meanwhile tho powers
do not intend to be satisfied with these re
plies and with what has been done by .tho
Chinese Government so far in tho way of
punishment aSid reparation. They have
sent China what is virtually an ultimatum,
and will not tako any inadequate reply.
England's action is understood to b backed
by other powers, and it is thought force will
be used it China is not concilatory."
Twenty thousand peoplo assembled at
Lung Chow, in the provinoe of Hunan, re
cently to prevent workmen from putting up
telegraph lines. Ten thousand poles were
burned and the men driven over the boun
dary. A society has been formed to keep
the telegraph out, and a mob is still on the
watch. Great apprehension is felt by the
inhabitants of the border districts in
H u pell. v
At New Chang, "Dr. Greig, a missionary
doctor, has been assassinatod by soldiers.
The matter has been placed in the hands of
Mr. Ayston, British Consul. It is thought
this is a local affair, not connected with se
cret societies. Reports from Foo Chow of
the killing of three missionaries up tho
country prove to be false.
The German Roman Catholic Bishop of
Ehanung has returned from Pekin to Tien
Tsin. It is said Li Hung Chang told him the
late riots were only forerunners of tho more
sorlous tronble, and hinted that ho hoped
the Bishop would be moderate in his de
mands when he returned to Shan Tung.
ITALY SEEMS TO HESITATE.
The Italian corvette Voltumo has been
under orders to leave for Italy, but was
stopped and ordered to remain indefinitely
by the Italian Minister at Peking, who fears
trouble.
Mr. Pethick, tho American Vice Consul at
Tien'Tsin, has been made AssistantManager
of the extension of the Tien Tsin railroad.
Viceroy Chang Chih Tumg has recently
opened the iron mines in Hupel, and claims
that he can manufacture all the iron needed
on tho road by next July. Li Hung Chang
accepted an offer for a part, and has ordered
250,000 tons of foreign iron to use meanw hile.
Gold mines havo been discovered in the
Ching Chen district of Kuang Tung. Ad
venturers flocked to them in crowds, and
did much damage to graves and fields in
digging. Finally the Magistrate prohibited
wining theie and quiet is restored.
There was a serious landslide in the bank
of tho Yang Tse opposite Chian Kiang. The
people, warned by premonitory tremblings,
fled in their night clothes. Hardly had they
escaped when a large tract of ground slid
into tho river, canying about 150 houses and
shops with it. No lives were lost.
News has been received of the death, in
Pnrsk, of W. Mactavlsh and J. M. Nelson,
two well-known and wealthy mining men.
Cholera is said to have been the cause of
their death, but poisoning is suspectedl
FIGHTING IN DUTCH BORNEO.
There are serious troubles in Sin Tang,
Dutch West Borneo, between the Dyaks and
Malays. Three thousand Dyaks are in arms
against the Malay Rajah over taxes. Fight
ing has already taken place, several being
killed on each side. The country is suffer
ing from famine, which is believed to be tho
root of the trouble. A numDer of soldiers
have been sent to the disaffected district.
The following advices are from Japan: On
August 16 an Aniciican vessel, name un
known as yet, was wrecked in KanNoWa
Bay. She hud a crew of 17 and tho captain's
wife. All but two wero drowned.
A meeting of the committee appointed to
make airnngements for Japan's exhibits at
tho World's Fair at Chicago was held
August 11.
The lsst division of the Nippon Railway
Company's road is opened, making a total
length operated of 415 miles.
Six hundred stonccntters went out on a
strike in Tokio last weekagainst a reduction
of wages. Their demands wero temporarily
acceded to.
The Bonin Islands have been visited by n
severe storm, lasting 24 hours, doing great
damage. The sugar cane crops, the princi
pal product, were reduced 60 per cent by the
storm. Many houses were blown down.
By the recent floods in the To KuShima
Prefecture, 354 houses wero destroyed nnd
over COO people injured. Two persons were
drowned and 31 vessels destroyed.
TWO BAD C0L0BAD0 WRECKS.
Twenty-Six. Passengers Injured in One and
15 in the Other.
Denvxr, Sept. 13. A passenger train bound
toward Denver on the Graymont division of
the Union Pacific Hallway was wrecked this
morning about 11 o'clock near Beaver Brook
station, and 26 passengers were injured,
Ave or whom will probably die. The train
was late and running very rapidly. When
rounding a sharp curve the express car left
the track and rolled down a 15-foot embank
ment. It was followed by the mail and two
passengor coaches, one of which turned over
twice before renohing the bottom. Tho
train was loaded with passengers, many oC
Twiu.u "civ jiuiuiiis ml x ymias re
turning from their State Conven
tion at Aspen. When the news
reached Golden, CoL, a wiccking train was
starting, when Robert Pruin, an employe of
the road, attempted to boaid tho engine. In
doing so his revolver fell from Ills hip
pocket, the hammer striking a stone, and
the weapon was discharged, tho ball taking
effect in the man's neck, making a wound
which will result fatally. It Is not known
exactly what caused the wreck, but as the
train was a narrow gauge and the coaches
very top heavy it is thought that the train
at-aa tinnntncr - ivntflli tni an ffitV-
A passenger train on the Colorado Contral
Railroad was wrecked at noon to-day. fif
teen passengers were injured, but it is
thought none fatally. It has been impossi
ble to learn particulars yet.
BERNHARDT'S SISTER. ,
THE WOMAN WHO CLAIMS TO BE
SUCH WAITING FOB THE ACTRESS.
Sarah and Mrs. BeU WiH Meet Face toJTace
on Wednesday The Story of Relation
ship Ridiculed by the Noted French
woman and Her Son.
San Francisco, Sept 13. Special.'
When Srrah Bernhardt stops at Fresno next
"Wednesday, to give one night's perform
ance, she is likely to meet a woman who
claims to be her sister. The woman is Mrs.
Estella Bell, of "White River, Fresno
county, who recently declared, when she
announced her relationship to the great ac
tress, thatshe proposed seeing Sarah face to
face if she had to walk from her ranch to
Fresno City. Mrs. Bell declares she is
Sarah's Bister and shows a bundle of letters
that she says establishes the relationship.
Recently in a talk she said Bernhardt's
name was not Bernhardt at all, but Sarah
King, from Rochester, N. Y. Around this
she wove a story about Sarah's infatuation
for the stage, her lovofor fine dresses and
dainty bonnets and hor mysterious disap
pearance from her home. Then came her
discovery In a dressmaker's establishment
at Davenport, la., and the subsequent es
capade at Peru, IU. Of course thfs is pure
fiction, but Bernhardt last night declared
she would receivo tho woman kindly at
Fresno and would try to undeceive her.
Sarah was shown a photograph of Mrs.
Bell and of hor rude cabin of two rooms on
the ranch. Mrs. Bell is hard-featured, of
middle ago, with a face tanned to the color
of an Indian by exposure to the sun, nnd
dresses in a coarse blouse dress. When
Sarah saw tho photograph sho laughed
heartily, and asked whether the woman was
an Indian, she looked so black. The next
picture of the ranch houso was inspected,
and Maurice suggested there might be good
hunting in so wild a country. Sarah said
this was hor first sister exporienco. Usually
peoplo who claim relationship wero uncle3,
and she had been greatly pesterod on tho
Continent by these cranks, whofollowedher
from ono place to another.
"What follv this is," she broke ont im
patiently, "when my life is as well known
to Parisians as tho Column of Vendome."
Sarah left last night for Los Angeles. She
will return by the way of this city and go
East about the end of tho week. Her en
gagement here was a success in every way,
mote money being taken in than on her
previous visit.
HELD A MILLION TO COMPROMISE.
The Abduction of Bailey and Albertson De
velops a Bemarkable Story.
San Fkahcisco, Sept. 13. Tho Examiner
prints the following story concerning tho
robbery of the Fidelity Trust Bank.at Tacoma
by its Secretary, Ed-vard Albertson, August
2L It was horotoforo believed that Albert
son lost some $9,000 only in speculation,
and surprise was caused by the extra
ordinary efforts made to capture him.
It now appears he took $20,000 in
cash and nearly 81,000,000 in securities. Early
on the morning of August 24 a note was re
ceived by Paul Schultze, a director of tho
bank, from Albertson saying he had lost
$10,000 of tho bank's money in speculation,
and to force a compromise had taken $10,000
more in cash and $JOO,O0O in securities. He
would meet him or one ot his representa
tives in tho woods at a designated place and
retnm tho securities if given a written
agreement not to prosecute.
Moreover, he had changed the combina
tion to the vaults and it would take three
days to open them without it. Meanwhile
the bank's credit would suffer. A meeting
of the directors was held, and it was agreed,
to accept a compromise. A man was
sent to the rendezvous with a signed
agreement not to prosecute. Instead of
Albertson, ho found ono Chandler, a
Tacoma gambler, who was evidently an J
accomplice, xne messenger gave limine
agreement and received the securities and
the combination to the vaults. The men
separated and the messenger saw Albertson
Join Chandler. The bank at once commenced
extraordinary efforts to capture the thieves.
J.H. Cahoon, Cashier of the Fidelity Bank
and brother-in-law of Albertson, was ar
rested by Detective Sullivan, who confined
him in a hotel for several days, trying to
force a confession. Tho story got out and
Sullivan was forced to release the prisoner,
who was then legally arrested lor com
plicity. Last Thursday Sullivan and two
guards boldly kidnaped R. B. Albertson, a
second cousin of the absconder, and W. E.
Bailey, who happened to be with him, in the
streets of Seattle in broad daylight. The
kidnapers wero followed and arrested and
their prisoners freed.
A RUNAWAY L0C0H0TTVB,
It Dashes Into a Passenger Train at Fall
Speed, bat no One Is Killed.
New London, Sept. 13. Special. There
-was a wild time on the track of the New
London Northern Railroad last night, for at
7:30 o'clock a locomotive backed out of the
yard house and set out on an excursion on
its own hook. Up the Northern track it
sped as if an imp presided at tho throttle,
and a moment later the railroad telegraph
flashed all along the line the message, "look
out for a runaway engine. Clear the track.
It is going north." A passenger train had
Just left the way-station of Montville, half
way between New London and Norwich,
and was coming south on time. Evorybody
in the railroad office waited helplessly for
the catastrophe. Sweeping along north
ward at SO miles an hour, the runaway
engine had gone out of sight.
The runaway met the passenger train
about a quarter of a mile north of Water
ford, and theie was a terrific collision. The
tender of tho runaway was completely de
molished, and fragments of it were strewn
along the track for many rods. The loco
motive itself was hurled back more than 500
feet. No one was killed, but Engineer
Deoker, of the passenger engine, w as badly
hurt, and the passengers were pitched from
their seats and terribly frightened.
ITALY WILL HOT EXHIBIT.
The Government Cannot Tako an Official
Part In the World's Fair.
Washington, Sept. 13. Special. Marqnis
Imperial!, Italian Charge d' Affairs at Wash
ington, has informed Dr. 8. Verdi, President
of the Italo-American Committee for the
promotion of the Columbian Exhibition,
that ttio Italian Ministry has acknowledged
the receipt of the resolutions adopted at a
meeting of Italo-Americans held in Wash
ington on July 17, requesting the Italian
Government to officially participate in said
Exhibition, and that in answer the Italian
Ministry says that, in pursuance of a princi
ple adopted long ago, the Italian Govern
ment declines to officially participate in any
International exhibition, that for that rea
son tbo Government declined the invitation
to officially participate in the French Exhi
bition in 13S9.
'i'he refusal to be officially represented at
tho Columbian Exhibition should not bo in
terpreted as an act of hostility toward the
great enterprise or an effort to pieveut the
Italians from exhibiting. On the contrary,
tho Government will do nil in its power to
assist such ot its citizens as desire to exhibit.
IT WIXL BE A BIG CONVENTION.
Tho Anti-Third Party Meeting toBe Largest
Gathering of Farmers Ever Held,
St. Louis, Sept. 13. "Tho prospect for a
large attendance at the Antl-Sub-Treasury
convention which meets in this city Tues
day daily brightens," said Mr. Hall to
day. "From the present outlook the con
vention will not only be the largest gather
ing of farmers ever held in thi3 country, but
will contain a number of the brainiest men
in the Un'on.
"You will find them earnest, sincere men,
devoid of demagoguery and moved solely
by the patriotic Impulse to benefit the
whole country by elevating and Improving
the condition of the farming class, upon
whom it can well be said, rests the hope and
prosperity of the Government. They recog
nlzo that tho Alliance is a great factor in
this direction if it can be preserved and
held true to the principles on which it was
organized, but they also realize that its use
fulness is at an end if it is to be made tho
subservient tool of political schemers seek
ing personal aggrandizement."
Itf A SORET. PLIGHT.
Many Destitute Russian Refugees
Thrown on Canada's Hands.
A PICTURE OP SQUALID MISERY.
No Help From the Dominion, and the Hirsch
Fund Exhausted.
SMUGGLING THEM INTO THIS COUNTEI
ISFZCTAL TELKQRAU TO TUB DISPATCn.l
Montreal, Sept 13. One hundred and
ten Russian refugees, who were brought
over to this country a few days ago by the
Dominion line steamship Oregon, are now
lying in the Dominion immigration offices
in this city, in a pitiable condition. The
Dispatch correspondent visited the place
to-night and a most wretched scene was
witnessed. Men, women and children were
huddled together promiscuously in one
room. The refugees are a wretched looking
lot. The men are dirty and lazy, and the
women and children present pictures of
most squalid misery. The party consists of
about a dozen families of eight or nine each,
and a great number are young children,
from the infant in arms to 10 and 12 years
of age.
The men are a lazy lot, apparently unable
to turn their hands to any work. They
landed here without a cent, and the result
is that they are without means of sustenance.
The majority of the party are from Hun
gary and were taken on board the Oregon at
Liverpool, expecting to be assisted when
they landed here.
THE HIRSCH FUND SPENT.
The Baron de Hirsch Institute, which has
assisted several thousand refugees since the
opening of navigation, found its funds ex
haustedand were unable to render the party
any assistance. The Dominion Government
was appealed to, but has refused to do any
thing for them. The Minister of Agricult
ure has addressed the following order to the
immigration offices here:
In view of the importance of the subject,
I immediately consulted the Minister in le
lation to it, and he in his turn submitted the
matter to his colleagues. The result is the
decision that the Government will not incur
any expenditure for tho care of these
Russian Hebrews. They must therefore be
cared for by their co-religionists in Mon
treal. It is understood that tho Baron
Hirsch Society has funds for that purposo,
but, however this may be, the society must
tako care of its co-religionists. Tho im
migration act, as you are aware, does not
allow the landing of pauper immigrants and
they may be sent back at the expense of the
ship.
SENT FROM NEW YORK.
"I may further say that we have informa
tion that it is the intention to send numbers
of them who havo been refused a landing at
New York, to Canada, but if anything of this
Sort is attempted the landing will be refused.
It is therefore important that the steamship
agents hero advise their Liverpool corres
pondents of the fact. There is no desire to
hinder any immigration wbatover on ac
count of nationality or religion, only that
the country cannot undertake to receive and
provide for at the public expense people who
cannot got their own living in this country.
"Any attempt to do this will be'ruinous to
tho cause of immigration itself. The ship
ping interests are, therefore, really the samo
as those of the Dominion. Within the limit
of exception all immigrants are welcome,
and the agents of the department will afford
them all possible assistance."
As a result of this decision, the Baron do
Hirsvh Institute is in a quandary. The
funds of the institnto haye been exhausted,
and the result is that the refugees will havo
cither to be shipped back to England or bo
come a burden on IhVcity.
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
In tho Hebrew synagogues yesterday an
appeal was made to the members of the
Hebrew community to subscribe funds for
their assistance, and a mass meeting has
been called to raise a subscription. A cable
has been sent to Baron de Hirsch, asking for
further assistance, but so far no answer has
been received from him. The condition of
the refugees in the meantime is most de
plorable. For several days they have had
very littlo to eat, but to-day some of the
Hebrew residents managed to provide them
with a scanty meal.
Your correspondent was informed of a
Tather startling fact, which demands tho in
stant attention of the American authorities.
Failing to procure assistance here, the He
browauthoritiesare Bonding the refugees by
small detachments into the United States
by rail, and help to gradually get them off
their hands in this way. Money is being pro
vided them, and a number nave already
been gotten out of the country.
A SERIOUS QUESTION.
The arrival of this class of Immigrants is
becoming a serious question. One or two
thousand havo already arrived this summer.
A number of them have been surreptitiously
packed off to tho States and the othera havo
been sent to Western Canada.
These refugees are not the first of the un
fortunate people who have set foot in Can
ada. About 13 years ago a number of He
brews from Russia, not so -wholly destitute,
however, as those who are the causo of the
present trouble, landed in British Columbia
and made their way to Winnipeg, in which
city they became utterly destitute and had
to be maintained for a time at the public
expense. Most of them are now said to be
driving n thrifty trade in the old clothes
businsss in the towns of the Northwest.
MB. AND UBS. CLEVELAND.
They Will Return, to New York on Mr.
Benedict's Taoht Oneida.
Boston, Sept. 13. Information received
from ex-Fresident Cleveland's cottage at
Buzzard's Bay says that Mrs. Cleveland's
family physioinn in New York has
been in attendance upon her there
in anticipation of the event which Is
to occur about October L and that Mr.
E. C. Benedict's steam yacht Oneida
will reach the harbor on September 20 for
the purpose of carrying Mrs. Cleveland to
New York, the Madison avenue residence be
ing now put in order.
It will bo remembered that it was on tho
Oneida that the ex-President made his visit
to Newport last July. The Renedicts,whose
summer home is at Greenwich, Conn., are
among tho most intimate friends of Mr.
Cleveland and his beautiful wife.
COWBOYS GIVE IT "UP.
The Postal Authorities Will Continue the
Pursuit of Texas Train Bobbers.
San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 13. The pursuit
of the five mon who recently robbed tne
Southern Paciflo train at Samuel's siding
has ended, so far as the citizens posse and
State Rangers are concerned. All evidence
in their possession has been turned over to
the postal authorities, who will continue the
attempts to effect a capture.
The roboers were so hard pressed that
thoy were forocd to abandon their horses
and tako to the mountains on foot. They
are now ensconsed in tho broken country
south of Marathnn, Tex. As a cowboy with
out his horse is like an ordinary man with
out his legs, the end of the chase is not far
off.
Honduras' New President.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Sept. 13. The
election has been completed. General Leibas
secured a very large vote for President.
His majority is estimated at three-fourths of
the total amount, The .balloting was con
ducted in a perfectly peaccablo manner
throughout the Republic. There was no le
striction of the freedom of the press or of the
votors. General Leibas' inauguration will
tako place in November.
A French Town Scorched.
Paws, Sept. 13. The town of Rochefort, in
the department or tho Charente Inferleure,
was visited by a great fire yesterday. Tho
local theater ana a number of houses "were
destroyed.
WHAT TEE PEOPLE
SEAMING SANTIAGO
For the Fugitive Balmaceda Who Is
Now Thought to Be There.
MINISTER EGAN SOLID AT LAST.
Scores a Triumph ly Being tlie First to
Eecognize the Junta.
ANOTHERBREAKBYTHE GERMAN EXTOT
Valparaiso, Chile, Sept. 13. The
police authorities are still prosecuting a
vigorous search throughout Santiago for the
fugitive ex-President Balmaceda. It is now
the general belief that he is in hiding in
some one of the monasteries. Several of
these institutions have already been visited
by the police, but so far no trace of Balmac
eda has been discovered. In spite of this
fact rumors gain ground that he has found
protection under clerical wings.
The German Minister to Chile has made a
pnblic denial here of the recently cabled
dispatch, in which the correspondent told
how he had ordered the Admiral of the
German 'war ship Leipsig to surrender
political refugees, but the Admiral had de
clined to do so, cabling the German Emperor
for approval of his action, and how the
Emperor bad cabled, back sustaining the
Admiral. The correspondent reaffirms the
truth of his statements nnd challenges
proofs to the contrary.
ANOrnER questionable act.
The German Minister, by the way, might
try to explain another extraordinary pro
ceeding on his part. His recent conduct in
permitting the removal of Balmaceda's Min
ister of War Valasquez from the German Le
gation to prison is generally condemned.
President Jorge Montt himself, upon learn
ing the particulars of this strange case, or
dered that Senor Valasquez should be re
turned to the legation and declared that his
removal and imprisonment were a violation
of the sanctity of tho legation. .Senor
Montt's magnanimous conduct is in marked
contrast to the action of the German Hns
ter. Senor Ordonez, the Spanish Minister to
this country, has tendored the thanks of
himself, his country and the Spanish resi
dents of Chile to Admiral Brown, of the
United States flagship San Francisco, for
his offers of protection to the Minister and
his countrymen during the recent troubles.
EQAN MAKES HIMSELF SOLID.
The foreign Ministers are much chagrined
at the promptitude displayed by Minister
Egan in scoring a point in behalf of the
United States in recognizing the Junta's
authority ahead of any other nation.
The ambulance service has tendered a tes
timonial to Passed Assistant Surgeon John
M. Edgar, of the United States steamship
San Francisco; Assistant Surgeon Edward
It. Stitt, of tho Baltimore, and the two Jun
ior surgeons of the same vessels for their
valuable aid in behalf of the injured in tho
recont conflicts.
The railroad connection between this city
and Santiago has boen temporarily suspend
ed. While a freight train last night was
crossing one of the bridges the structure
collapsed. The locomotiVe,tcnder and most
of the freight cars wero thrown into the ra
vine below. The engineer and fireman went
down with the wreck. A relief party was
organized in the hope of saving their lives.
When it reached the wreckage the engineer
nnd fireman were found pinned down under
a mass of debris. After considerable trouble
thoy wero taken out. It was found that they
were alive, but were seriously injured.
AN EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE.
Two severo earthquake shocks occurred
here this morning. Tho first was experi
enced at 7:10 a. it. and created general alarm.
It was of a few seconds' duration. Before
tne people had recovered from their fright a
second shock took place at 7:15 a m. It was
feared that they were only the forerunners
of more serious shocks, but happily none
other occuned. Thero was no damage done
to property and no one was injured.
It is said that all of tho men known to have
been actlvo supporters of Balmaceda, as
well as those who were guilty of peculation,
will lose their property by confiscation.
KEYSTONE BANK AFFAIBS.
The Citizens' Committee Must Fay the Cost
of Further Investigation.
Washikotow, Sept. 13. Acting Secretary
Spalding has received the letter containing
the resolutions adopted by the Citizens'
Committee of Fifty, of Philadelphia, request
ing Secretary Foster to do all in his power
toward providing means for the continu
ance of the Investigation into the affairs' of
tho Keystone Bank by the Government ex
perts. It is probable that if the Citizens' Commit
tee raises money to pay for the continuation
of Experts Faunce and Brown they will be
allowed to continue their work, but the Sec
retary of the Treasury cannot guarantee
that any money thus expended will bo re
fundedby Congress, although he might go
to the extent of recommendlngtbnt a special
appropriation for such refund be made.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATION.
The Penitentiary Labor Question TV111 Prob
ably Be Left In Statu Quo.
Nashville, Sept. 13. Tho present extra
session of the Legislature will expire by lim
itation next Saturday. Much important
business has been transacted. The more im
portant bills passed so far havo been one
appropriating $25,000 a year for tho mainte
nance of an efflcient military force for the
purpose of aiding the civil authorities in up
holding the law, and ono for a revision or
the election law.
2A bill reapportioning the State in Sena
torial and Representative districts has been
WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
perfected and passed in Democratic caucus,
and a bill creating a Tf "entiary Commis
sion and providing foe1 '''ling of a new
penitentiary and pro;.. 9ls '""ids. has
been adopted by the J I f.. ''dn ' the
Houses and recommit I'lln 'J
latter bill will be brougrt.- "
next Tuosday, but it is the fe.-
sion that the whole matter wilP
p, -.
' WOf-
statu quo until a new General Assenitj.,
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ing will be done toward the proposed inves
tigation of the conduct or Labor Commis
sioner Ford and Assistant Labor Commis
sioner Alloman during the late Bricevillo
troubles.
A COLLISION IN A FOG.
THE ARIZONA CKASIIES INTO A SAIL
ING VESSEL.
An American Barkentlhe Supposed to Be
the Unknown Vessel No Trace of Either
Craft or Crew Could Be Found After the
Crash.
QueenstOWN, Sept. 13. The Guion
Line steamer Arizona, Captain Brooks, from
New York September 5 for Liverpool, ar
rived here to-day in a battered condition.
Certain passengers report that at an early
hour Sunday, September 6, while the vessel
was in a fog but steaming rapidly, an un
known sailing vessel, believed to be a large
coasting schooner, struck, stem on, the Ari
zona's port quarter. The passengers, who
were In bed at tho time of the accident, were
awakened by the shock of the collision, and
all rushed on deck.
It was seen that CO feet of the railing and a
lifeboat bad been smashed; that the deck
whs damaged and that several plates hud
been bent. Owihgto these ominous evidences
of a collision, it was at first belie ved that tho
consequences of the accident were more
serious than proved to be the case. The
passengers were much alarmed and life-belts
were prepared.
The Arizona for a long time searched in
vain for the unfortunate sailing vessel. A
part of herbowspritlwasleft on the Arizona's
deck. From wreckage seen it is feared she
foundered.
Ono pasonger makc3 the following state
ment: "After passing Sandy Hook we en
tered a haze, which Inter- became a dense
fo-r. The fog-horn was kept blowing. About
11 r. it. a loud report, like the bursting of a
boiler, startled the passengers, who rushed
on deck. Tho -captain, who was on the
bridge, had the engines reversed at full
speed. He assured tho passengers that tho
steamer was all right and ordered them be
low. Afterward the ofilcers stated that a
three-masted ship had struck the Arizona on
the port side, almost amidships, and then
disappeared. The fog steam whistles and
foghorn keptnp their blasts long alter tho
collision, but nothing was discovered. The
sfcamer's pumps were started, but no water
was found. So violent was the collision that
passengers sleeping on the damaged side of
the steamer were thrown from their berths.
The Sailer Probably Safe.
New York, Sept. 13. Special. Tho vessel
with which the Arizona collided was doubt
less tho lumber laden American barkentine
JIathew Ualra, bound from Portland, Me.,
for Mayagncz, Porto Kico. Her buoyant
cargo made her uneinkab'c, or she might
have gone to the bottom with all hands. Sho
was struck, so her skipper says, by an un
known steamer about 300 miles enst of New
York. This is about where the Arizona,
which left this port Saturday morning,
ought naturally to havo been at 11 o'clock
on Saturday night. 'The barkentine filled
immediately, but her cargo kept her afloat.
Sho limped into Boston Septembers.
HEB HUSBAND WANTED TO MABBY.
The
Reason Why Mrs. 'Williams, of New
Tork, 'WVnt Over the Falls.
Buffalo, Sept. 13. The body of the woman
who committed suicide at Niagara Falls
Thursday morning hns not yet been recov
ered. No inquiries have been received regard
ing hor and no one lias any idea who she is,
other than that when she stopped at the
Cataract House she registered as "Mrs. Will
iams, Now York." To-day the correspondent
learned that she had come from New York
'and was en route to Chicago over the Michi
gan Central. Wednesday morning sho arriv
ed in Buffalo on the Ceutral,nnd checklngher
satchel at the depot she called on Dr. W. n.
Slocer, of Niagara street, who treated her for
Insomnia. That she is the same woman who
went over the falls is proved by a patch of
cotton noticed in the suicide's ears: the
worann who visited Dr. Slocer had such a
pleco of cotton on her ear.
The woman told tho doctor that she lived
in New York, and that her hnsband was in
love with an heiress and wanted to marry
her, and she said sho had left home to give
him all the chance no wanted. She showed a
letter which her husband had written her,
and then dlsappenied. The doctor said that
sho had plenty of money with her, but was
apparently In deep trouble of some kind.
She went to the Falls and stayed there 24
hours beforo the suicide. Hor mind was
probably unbalanced by brooding over her
troubles.
A I0NQ LEASE OF LL?E.
Peter Brady Drnnk Liquor and Chewed To
bacco and Died at 101.
Nxw York, Sept. 13. Special. Peter
Brady, the oldest man in Jersey City, died
Saturday night at his home. The record m
the family Bible shows that he was born on
May 15,1790,in the parish of Tydavert,County
Monahan, Ireland. He came to this country
in 1817 and settled in Jersey City. He en
gaged in the produce business in New York
and remained in it until 1861, when he re
tired with a competence. Mr. Brady mar
ried Catharine McCIosky before he left Ire
land and they had one son. Mrs. Brady died
betore her husband came to this country.
Four grandchildren survive the old man.
It was Brady's boast that he drank liquor
and chewed tobacco all bis life and that
they never harmed him. He shaved him
self up to two months ago, when he becaino
debilitated. Some years ago he was obliged
to use spectacles to read with, but his sight
was restored and he could read a pewspaper
without artificial aid until the general
breaking came. Mr. Brady did not appear
to be more than 75 years old, and as he lay
in the coffin his face presented a remark
ably youthful appearance.
Evidences of China's -Most
Powerful Secret Society
in Pittsburg.
ABEANCIT OFTHETIAMI
Said to Be Carrying on a Scheme to
Drive Out a Countryman.
YEE TANG CLAIMS PERSECUTION
13 Eeing- Brought to Bear on Him by the
Owner of a Grant Street Place.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE- GREAT LEAGUE
The recent troubles among Pittsburg
Chinamen have assumed a more serious
phase. Starting with a police raid of a
fan-tan game on Grant street and winding
up with the preliminary conviction of a
well-known Celestial on two serious
charges, the controversy has revealed sonvj
startling fjcts. Chief among these is the
evidence that a flourishing branch of
China's most powerful secret order exists
right in the heart of Pittsburg. The words
"Hoan Cheng, hok Beng," repeated in the
vicinity of Grant Btreet and Second or
Third avenues will more than prove this.
A dozen or more Chinamen, almost con
tinually lounging about the doors of their
shops, will open their long eyes with aston
ishment at the American who utters tho
sentence, and with significant glances
quickly retire behind their heaps of linen
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'neworusare simple enougn, meaning
'7A 'Drive out the Tartar and restore the
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that they constitute the motto of tho
great T'ian-Ti Hwey, or llnng League.
Since under the inspiration of their magia
words millions of yellow-skinned warriors
have thrown aside their allegiance to
sovereign and home to plunge all Eastern.
Asia into riotous tumult it is little wonder
that the followers of the league in Pitts
burg should start at the sound.
"Heaven and earth acconpled produced
the sons of Hung in myriads leagued," says
the catechism of the order. According to
Frederick Boyle, who lias made the subject
a study, this assumption as far as numbers
go is not at all incorrect. The T'ian-Ti has
existed since 1CW. Its members numbering
millions arc bound by no law but the dic
tates of one of the five Grand Leagues.
BOUND BY AWFUL OATIIS.
Its adherents are found in every hovel
and palace in China. According to tho
best authorities sub-lodges can be found in
every part of the globe where half a hun
dred Chinamen reside. A member is bound
by his oath not to testify in a court of jus
tice except under the direction of his
superiors. This testimony is seldom the
trnth. The Inspector General of Police for
Singapore in a report says: "The T'ian-Ti
is a standing danger to peace and good
order. It is a combination to carry out
private quarrels and to uphold the interests
of its members in spite of law."
The beheading of 3,000 members and the
imprisonment of 10,000 more at Canton in
1817 failed to put a stop to the workings of
the T'ian-Ti, and it flourished greater
than ever. Manila and the Straits
settlements were at one time entirely under
the control of the society. A historian
says that at times the streets of Singapore
were held for months by mobs of the sons
of Hung fighting to the death. The chiefs
resided at Penang, and from there directed
scores of murders and several civil wars. la
Singapore alone there were G2,37G members.
During later years the society has changed
its tactics. Frequent mnrders attributed to
it, both in its own country and in others,
have ceased. The bloody work of the
"highbinders" in San Francisco is a thing
of the past.
THEY nAVE ABANDONED MUKDEB.
The leaders of the great order havo
abandoned killing, and have adopted tho
very seats of law and justice as tools to
further their ends. Thoso who offend aro
suddenly eonfronted with a false charge,
generally of a serious crime. Tho case goes
to court and the activo prosecutors havo
1,000 witnesses, if need be, to forge the
prison chains on their victim. Tbo oath of
tbo T'ian-Ti is paramount to all others, ana
its members must obey.
liecent circumstances have put the ex
istence of a sub-lodge in Pittsburg almost
beyond doubt. Yee Tang.now awaiting trial
at court, intimates very strongly that he is
the victim of such an organization.
It is not to be supposed he would dare
make the assertion positively in the face of
such a nowerf ul combine. Yee Tanrr was re
cently arrested and taken before Alderman
McMasters for surety of the peace and false
Sretense. The first suit was entered bv Yeo
bin, whose place at No. 311 Grantstrcet haa
been several times raided by the police. Ho
accused Yee Tang of plotting to enter his
store on a pretense of making a purchase and
at the proper time killing him and making
away with $10,000 in his safe. Yee Chin had
Wee Chin there to testify that Yeo Tang had
offered to let blm into the plot. According
to his story several other wealthy Chinamen
were to be killed and their monoy secured.
Tho false pretense charge was brought by
Chin Tang, who recently opened a store on
Grant street. He said Yee Tang had induced
him to give up $5 in order to have police pro
tection. Yee Ting, Yee Yon and John Lee
told similar stories, and Yee Tang was held
for court trial on both charges.
According to Yee Tang's "story the whole
trouble originated over a polico raid on An
gust 23, when a game of fan-tan was broken
up at Yee Chin's place, No. 311 Grant street,
and tho participant? were all locked up. On .
September 3 the place was raided again.
Yee Tang, who frequently comes to Central
police station and is on friendly terms with
numerous officers, was at once suspected of
having given the police the "tip" about the
gambling place. He evidently learned of
this, for on tho Sunday following the last
raid, while standing on City Half steps, ha
said:
YEE TANO'S GREAT REVELATION.
"These people believe I sent the police to
arrest them, which is not true. They aro
now trying to get me out of the way. They
have entered suit against me to have me im
prisoned and will produce plenty of testi
mony. But I will Deat them yet and show
them up. I will sue them for conspiracy to
drive mo out of town."
Adavortwo after tho case was tried be
fore Alderman McMasters Yeo Tang made
the statement that John Lee had been paid
$50 to testify against him. The latter denies
the story, and retaliates rather derogalbry
to Yee Tang's character. 9
While Yee Tang will not say positively
that the T'ian-Ti is striving to get him out of
its way, his language is very significant.
He could not with safoty say more. HU
statement that the charges were trumped
up to drive him out of town tallies exactly
with the most authentic accounts of the
operations of the rian-TL The trial
at court is expected to develop
some startling- information. Yee Tang says
he can prove the conspiracy, but ir he con
bring to task the officers of the T'ian-Ti ho
will have dono more than anyone before
him. '
Bev. E. B. Doneboo has .taken a special
interest in Yee Tang and does not believe
him guilty of any such charges. Yee Tang
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