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A CENT A WORD
Keeps You Before the
Public Through
THE DISPATCH.
STILL THEY GROW.
Small Ada for Two Weclis
Kndlng
Sept. 12, 1X00 1,917
Sop. 13, 1801 ,.2,476
Increase, 559.
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FORTY -SIXTH TEAJJ.
PITTSBURGH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1891.
THREE CENTS.
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Creates a Genuine Panic ;
Throughout the Gay
Capitals of Europe-.
BBITISK SEIZE AX ISLAND.
Belong to Turkey and Convenient
to the Important Darda
nelles Straits.
EVIDENTLY A CLOW AT EUSSIA.
The Sultan Said to Have Agreed to the
Occupation of His Territory for His
Own Protection.
THIRTEEN MEN-OF-WAR AT THE SCENE.
An Atmosphere of Mjsttry Surrounds the Entire
Situation, but a Crisis Is Sow EeliertJ
to be at Hand.
A FIGHTDTG ADHIBAL TLACXD VS COMHAITD
BY CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Sept. 14. Europe has been en
joying a more than ordinarily realistic war
f care to-day, and even now it is not alto
gether certain that there is not something
alarming behind the hostile reports that
have been so widely circulated. The histo
ric island of Lesbos,now knownjby the name
of Mitylene, is credited with being the
point of disturbance.
The following dispatch was received from
Constantinople this morning: A detach
ment of blue jackets and marines from a
British ironclad, accompanied by a battery
of light field pieces and several gatling
gun, was landed yesterday morning at
Sign, on the island of Mitylene, formally
occupying that place in the name of the
Queen of England. There is a good harbor
at Sigri, and it is supposed that the British
naval officers at Mitylene intend to fortify
the island and make it a coaling station and
rendezvous for the British Mediterranean
fleets.
Affected the Speculative Markets.
. Paris first felt the effect of the warlike
rumors. A dispatch from there was re-e-eh
ed as follows: Upon the opening of
the Bourse here there was a general weak
ening of prices due to the reported action
of Great Britain in landing troops at Sign.
"Under ordinary circumstances little or no
credence would have been placed in this
alarming rumor, but, coupled with the story
broadly circulated on Saturday, that Great
Britain, in view of Itussia's practical coer
cion of Turkey in regard to the passage
through the Dardanelles' vessels belong
ing to her -jolunteer fleet, intended to oc
cupy the island of Tenedos at the entrance
to the Hellespont, or Dardanelles, more
eerious attention is paid to this dispatch
from Constantinople. The Islaud of Mity
lene would form a most advantageous posi
tion from which Great Britain could control
the waters of the Hellespont.
When the report was received in London
it caused a genuine sensation. Tliewar and
foreign offices were at once besieged for
'URKEY
JfeP 0 the Center of Disturbance.
information, but official expressions were
strangely slow in forthcoming. In the
meantime the popular excitement was on
the increase. Some persons connected with
the Government, however, who have been
talked with upon the incident, deuied
having any knowledge of the landing of
British forces at Sigri. They say, though,
that a detachment of blue jackets may pos
sibly have landed there for drill purposes.
Dispatches from Berlin and Frankport
announced that the reports had also
affected the speculative markets at those
centers.
Still More Startling Tidings.
Late this evening another and still more
startling dispatch comes by telegraph from
Athens. It is that the Greek Consuls at
Mitylene and at Smyrna have wired the
Greek Government that 13 British men-of--war
landed troops and guns at Sigri on
Friday and that they have already strongly
fortified that place. Lord Salisbury's chief
private secretary has returned unexpectedly
to London and is busy at the foreign office.
The HI James Gaze'te this evening says that
the startling news concerning the Island of
Mitylene obviously possesses political sig
nificance of the first importance. Continu
ing, the same paper adds that the island of
Mitj-lcne has a position of considerable
strategic Importance, although possessing
little in the way of fortifications.
Another dispatch from Constantinople
Bays: It is stated that the French and Rus
sian Ambassadors here have received tele
grams from their respective consuls in Mity
lene announcing the occupation of Sigri,
and stating that guns have been landed and
that the islet has been surrounded with tor
pedoes. Some Diplomats Knew of It.
An intimation of the intention of the Brit
ish Government to occupy an island giving
a point of vantasre near the Dardanelles was
first heard or in the inner diplomatic circles
or Vienna and Berlin soon after Sir William
White's audience with the Sultan on Friday
last. Nothing about it, however, appeared
in European newspapers until the Constan
tinople cables startled tho Bo arses and the
public to-day.
The reports were at first treated as incred
ible, and are still held to be of doubtful
authenticity, or at least exaggerated. In
ID
WAR
C
JjTgL minor.:
tho absence of a Foreign Office confirmation
lof toe reports and nntil the details of tho
action ot tnc urmsn war snips are known
the full siBnificanoe of tho movement cannot
be revealed.
It can be stated on high authority, how
ever, that Sir William White asked the
Sultan to assent to tho British occupation of
some point within striking distance of the
Straits and offering a good harborage for
the fleet. Tenedos and Besika Bay, where
the fleet rendezvoused from 1S75 to 1S7S,
have been surveyed recently, and were re
ported to the Admiralty adversely.
The Saltan in the Scheme.
The offer made to the Sultan revived the
request which the British Government made
in 1SS7 prior to the acquisition of Cyprus to
purchase an island near tho Dardanelles,
k Zl'SSSiSSJSSS
of
tho Anglo-Turkish convention in June. 1873.
The seizing of Sigri, therefore, cannot have
occurred without the connivance of tho Sul
tan. An official announcement Issued in Con
stantinople yesterday stated that a com
plete entente had been arranged betwoen
j Sir William White and the Saltan, but the
icrms or too restored harmony were not
mentioned. Tho intimation that the seizure
of tho island would be followed by its fortifi
cation is modified by a Berlin report to-night
that Lord Salisbury does not contemplate
a permanent occupation of the island, but
has designed the movement rather 'as a
demonstration to checkmate the Franco-
Russian came.
The movent accentuates the diplomatic
crisis. Admiral Hoskins, in command of the
British Mediterranean squadron. Is about to
be replaced by Admiral G. G. Tryon. who
hoisted his flag in 1857 on the Nile and who
sailed from Portsmouth for Gibraltar on
Friday to take trie command.
An Island With a History.
The only reason which could lead Great
Britain to seize the island, which is the prop
erty of Turkey, would be to command the
Dardanelles Straits and prevent the pass
age of a Russian fleet. Tho history of this
Island, under th 3 name of Lesbos, dates back
almost to the time of tho Trojan war. It is
within 25 miles of Hellespont, has an area of
276 squaro miles and has a population of 40,
000. It has good harbors and a fertile soil.
The climate I?, perhaps, more delightful
than that of any other part of the jEgean.
Earthquakes, however, aro often experi
enced, the latest being in 1861, and quite se
vere. Any number of battles werefonght upon
tho island during the ancient Grecian and
Persian wars. At one time when it revolted
from the Government of Athens that power
deoided to massacre the entire male popula
tion, but the orders were changed at the
last moment. It was a stronghold of the
Venetians during tho middle ages, but has
belonged to tho Turkish empire since 1460.
Thus it will be seen that it is indeed historic
ground upon which the most recent war
scare is located.
THOUSANDS ARE DROWNED.
riUGHTFUIi FLOODS DEVASTATING A
SPANISH PROVINCE.
The Town of Consuegra Wiped From the
Face of the Earth A Large Number of
Cattle Perished A Train Derailed by
the Waters.
Madrid, Sept. 14. Official telegrams
have been received here from the scene of
the terrible floods now devastating the
Province of Toledo. Official telegrams re
port that 1,500 persons perished in the de
struction of Consuegra by the overflow of
the Amarguillo. Hundreds of others were
injured by falling buildings, and enormous
numbers of cattle perished. At other
places many persons were drowned and
much property was damaged.
According to tDe rumors 2000 people have
pcri'hed altogether, nnbr'an immense
amount of damage has been done by tho
swollen waters. At present It is utterly Im
possible to send assistance to the survivors,
as all road and railway communication with
the scene of the disaster has been cut oH.
Serious storms and floods are reported in
various parts of Spain, and railway com
munication is interrupted at several points.
The Amarguillo has flooded several villages
besides destroying the town of Consuegra.
The -work of relieving the destitute In the
flooded districts is very difficult. The flood
derailed a train near Castillego, and one
person was killed and three were injured.
THE KAISEB BEPE0VES A DUKE
For Failing to Appear at the Head of His
Regiment at Review.
Behlis, Sept. 14. At the review of tho
Eleventh Army Corps at Erfurt all the
Thuringian Princes except Duke Ernest,
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotba wero present.
When Emperor William crossed over to
Coburg this morning be said to the Minister
of State of that Dnohy, Dr. G. Von Bonin
Brettln: "1 am very sorry not to see the
Duke at tho head of hiB regiment." The
Dnke is Colonel of tho Sixth Kegiment of
Thuringian Intantry, as well as a General
of the Prussian Cavalry and Colonel of the
Siedlitz Culrrasier Regement.
To-day the Emperor held a review of the
Eleventh and Fourth Army Corps combined
at Gamstadt, a village near Erfurt. The
King of Saxony takes part in she maneuvers
September 16. According to present plans
the Imperial conple leave Erfurt for Berlin.
merican Grain Arriving in England.
Londos, Sept. It The dockers declined to
unload the grain cargo of the steamer Lyd
ian Monarch Sunday. The vessel owners
are showing feverish haste to discharge the
heavy cargoes of American grain arriving at
all ports.
Alliance Men Captnre a Convention.
Staunton, Va., Sept. 14. Alliance men
captured the Democratic convention hero
to-day and nominated II. J. Williams ana G.
W. Koiner for the Legislature to represent
Augusta county. The contest was prolonged
una exciting.
Kochlne Useless in Veterinary Practice.
Loudon, Sept. 14. The Veterinary Depart
ment of the Board of Agriculture has de
cided that kochino is useless in the diagnosis
of the presence of tubercle m animals.
A PITTSBTOGEE SUICIDES.
Michael Malloy Shoots Himself Because of
a New York Widow:
New York, Sept. 14. Special. Michael
Malloy, an Irish traveling man from Pitts
burg, committed suicide in the room of Mrs.
May Gilchrist at 645 Second avenue this
afternoon by shooting himself in tho breast
with a 3S-cnliber revolver. Malloy, who was
in poor health, has been liviug with his
brother James in the same house for the last
fow weeks.
Mrs. Gilchrist came from the same town in
Ireland that he did. She was 50 and he 49
years old. Malloy foil in lovo with her and
wanted her to marry him, but sho refused.
He had been under treatment for some brain
trouble. Mrs. Gilchrist was away from homo
when Malloy shot himself. She believes that
Malloy would have killed her also if she had
been at home.
Two Michael Malloys.
There aro two Michael Malloys in the Pitts
burg directory, but neither of them answers
the description of tho above. The story
came too late for a thorough investigation
to be made.
Arguments In the Halm Trial.
Hampton, Ya., Sept. 14. To-day's session
or the Hains trial opened with Mr. Lips
combe's argument for the prosecution. It
was 4.30 w hen Judgo Good arose to close the
case lor the detense. His speech was still
unfinished when tho court adjourned until
to-morrow.
Klaino to Ix-:ivo Bar Harbor.
Bab HARnor, Me., Sept. 14. Secretary
Blaine and laraily will probably leave Bar
Harbor, Saturday, for Augusta, where they
expect to remain about a month.
FLOWER IN THE LEAD.
Governor Bill Now Says He "Will
Not Enn For a Third Term.
A KICK FROM BROOKLYN'S BOSS.
The Ticket New York Democrats Will
Probably Nominate To-Day.
COED WATER STILL A KANSAS ISSUE
.SPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH. 1
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept, 14. The name
of Flower may not be on every lip here to
night, but there seems
to be enough delegates
pledged to him ,to
insure the nomination
without much trouble.
The basis of the noise
of the anti-Hill men
to-night is that Gov
ernor Hill favors
Donald McNaughton
or Alfred C Chapin
or Charles P. Mc-
Soswell P. Flower.
Clelland for the
Lieutenant Governor's
place, while influential men like Edward
Murphv, Richard Croker and others insist
that it should go to William F. Sheehan, of
Buffalo. The Governor and Mr. Sheehan
have been warm friends and allies for years,
and the question of Mr. Sheehan's fitness for
the place has not been raised by uovernor
Hill.
The point he has advanced in discussions
with these leaders, who have called on him
in Albany, is that Mr. Sheehan would be
of more service to the party in the place he
has just won anew, as the representative of
Erie county on the State Committee. As
to another place on the forthcoming ticket,
there is a similar difference of opinion. The
Governor has declared a preference for Mr.
Maynard for Attorney General, whereas
others, who assert that Maynard would
weaken the ticket, prefer the name of
Simon W. Rosendale, of Albany, for that
place.
ONE BOSS ON THE WARPATH.
Boss McLaughlin, of Brooklyn, is angry
to-night and his attitude is most belliger
ent. But all his fellow chieftains declare
that he is not a bolter; that he never bolted
a Democratic ticket in his life; that he is
merely exercising his right to record his
disapproval of the apparently unanimous
choice of Mr. Flower for Governor, and
that after the convention is over he has
everything to lose by letting the Repub
llcans run away with his county and every
thing to gaiu by sinS homo and working
with his party.
McLaughlin wants Chapin nominated, and
intimates that Chapin's nomination was to
ba the reward of a deal made two years ago.
Now the convention is at hand, and Mc
Laughlin has seen the Governor and learned
that there is no demand for Chapin in a
single district outside King's county. Brook
lyn newspaper men who made a tour of the
Stnto report the same general lack of
interest in Chapin. The politicians gener
ally, sav that tue influences that led to a
demand for Koswell P. Flower were beyond
any and all control. The Brooklyn men
don't believe it, but descend to tho ver
nacular and say: "We were put to sleep."
They use the phrase in the sense that the
sirens were said to lull tho suspicions of
mariners -when they wero in danger of
shipwreck.
Richard Croker, tho Tammany chief, said
to-night that he was confident Mr. Flower
would win the nomination by a handsome
majority. Ex-Speaker Sheehan seemed sure
of beinc nominated for second olace on tho
ticket, "lam in prime cQijdltlcnJ1fpr the.
campaign',?'said1io,'"a'HdJ'ou may say that
I am going to be nominated for Lieutenant
Governor and that I am going to be elected."
HIM, SAYS HE IS NOT IN IT.
Although Governor Hill scouts tho idea,
there seems to be a feeling that he might
accept the nomination himself if tendered.
Then, again, Kings county may form a com
bination, somewhere, and complicate mat
ters. In such an event there would un
doubtedly be a stampede.
"When the convention stampedes," said
one of the most prominent politicians in the
State, "It will bo for David B. Hill." For
Lieutenant Governor the same authority
said there was no doubt that William F.
Sheehan would receive tho nomination, al
though the same interests which oppose
Flow eraie against Sheehan.
Senator Donald McNaughton, of Roches
ter, is also prominently mentioned for sec
ond place on the ticket, and is said to bo
favored bv the Hill faction. Senator Mc
Naughton has stated that he was a candi
date only in the event of Speaker Sheehan
refusing to accept the nomination. It looks
as though f-imon W. R. Koscndale, of Al
bany, will be nominated for Attorney Gen
eral and Martin Schenck, of Kensselaer
county, for State Engineer. John Folov, of
Saratoga, and John Bogart. of New York,
are also mentioned for these positions. For
Treasurer Elliot F. Danforth, of Chenango:
for Controller, Frank Campbell, of Steuben,
and for Secretary of State, Frank Rice, or
Ontario, are mentioned. The convention
will be called to order by Chairman Edward
Murphy, Jr., ot the State Democratic Com
mittee, who will name George Raines, of
Rochester, for Temporary Chairman.
A BIVAL NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
The Latest Movemen t of the Antl-Sub-Treas-ury
and the Anti-Third Party Men.
St. Louis, Sept. 14. W. S. McAllister and
U. S. Hall, members of the National Execu
tive Committee of the Farmers' Alliance,
had a conference this afternoon to consider
whether or not the meetings of the antis'
convention, which begins to-morrow, will
bo secret or open. It was decided to hold
this convention with open doors. The de
cision has been reached to go into a new na
tional organization. Tho idea is to create
an Industrial Alliance and adopt a policy as
to eligibility that will admit a powerfull
class heretoforo excluded from membership.
Tne order is to be non-political and non
secret. Delegates from Texas, Mississippi, Ar
kansas and Minnesota have arrived, and
every traiu brings representatives of the
antl-snb-treasury and anti-third party wing
of the Farmers' Alliance. The probabilities
this afternoon all point to an attendance of
between 400 aud u00 delegates. The Texas
delegation, where the Alliance originated,
is a unit for the new organization, and a lot
of bard work is being done in that direction.
Tne consensus of opinion seems to be that
the new National Alliance is a certainty.
A STBANOE PEOHrSITION SPEECH.
Mrs. Cougar Declares War Upon McKinley
and the Policy of Protection.
Finplay, Sopt. 14. Special. The Prohibi
tion campaign was opened hero to-night by
Mrs. Helen Gougar, of Indiana, in a speech
delivered at the Wigwam to an audionce of
2,000 people, most of whom wero Re publl
cans and Democrats. Mrs. Gougar devoted
nearly the whole of her talk to an attack
upon the McKinley bill.
In the beginning she announced that her
subject would bo "Tin-Plate Mills against
Murder Mills," and beginning with October
6 she proposed to follow Major McKinley all
ovemhe state, and force the isbuea of her
party and those of the Peoplo's party upon
his heels. She argued throughout her speech
that the first duty of the people or Ohio,
without regard to party, was to rebuke the
protection policy of the Republicans by de
feating McKinley for Governor.
PIQHTINO PROHIBITIONISTS.
The Preachers of Kansas Tell Their Follow
ers to Stand Up.
Topeka, Kan:, Sept. 14. 'Special From
nearly every pulpit in the State yesterday
the church members were exhorted to send
delegates to the State temperanco conven
tion which mcots in this city to-morrow
night. The object of the convention Is to
ngain arouse public interest in the Stato
prohibitory law w hlch has been threatened
by tho recent action of the political parties.
'The refusal of tho Republican league to in-
corporate prohibition in tho platform, and
the recent letter of Adam Higgins,Socretary
of State,an old Prohibition leader.pronoun fl
ing It a dead Issue, has stirred up the Prohi
bitionists in this city.
Yesterday tho ministers declared that tho
temperance people must stand up and be
counted. President Troutman, of the tern
perance union, to-day denied the statement
that the temperanco union would take steps
to strengthen the third partyprohibitionists
in order that it might bold the balance of
Sower between the People's party and the
omocrats. "I have no doubt," he said, "of
the Republican party sticking by pro
hibition, but th6se demonstrations aro nec
essary in order to hold it in line."
THE OLD SOMAN'S MOUTHPIECE
Slakes a Speech at tiolumbns and Attacks
Senator John Sherman.
Columbus, Sept. 14. Spirted. Allen W.
Thurman delivered a speeoh at tho Board of
Trade room to-night In the presence of n
very good-sized audience, whloh was an
nounced to be a reply to the silver speech of
Senator Sherman, at Paulding, when he
opened the campaign. Thurman read from
manuscript, and the points which bo made
were understood to represent the views and
remembrances of Judge Thurman, his
father.
He Impugned the honesty and motives of
Sherman in his expressions on the free coin
age question, and criticised Slicrman's posi
tion on tho demonetization bill in 1673, and
charged him with being instrumental in
having President Hayes veto the bill after ifc
had passed. Ho charged Sherman with being
hypocritical, and quoted largely Irom Con
gressional records to show that ho has been
contradicting himself.
Congressman Outhwaito tollowod in a
speech on the taritf, in which he sought to
make the point that protection is a scheme
only to take money from the pockets of the
woikingmen.
M'KINLET AT N0BWALK.
Two meetings Yesterday at Which Great
Enthusiasm Was Manifested.
Norwalk, Sept. 11. Special. The grand
est apd most enthusiastic Republican" de
monstration hold in tlita nnnntv fiincotbo
Blaine meeting eight years ago was held to-
dav at Fairfield, ten miles from tho countv
seat, and as far from any railroad. It was
addressed by Major McKInley. Fully 8,000
people listened to nis masterly arguments
in favor of protection and against free coin
age. The silver people from all over this and
adjoining counties cume In carriages, horse
back and on foot to hear tho distinguished
speaker. It being in the heart of a rich
farming community, McKinlev dwelt main
ly on the tariff question, whfch was more
directly to the farmers. His arguments were
so plain that primary scholars could under
stand them. Major McKinley arrived here
this noon and was immediately conveyed to
Fairfield, being escorted by a committee of
promident citizens and a large number of
the McKinley Bicvcle Club. To-night he ad
dressed several thousand enthusiastic peo
ple on the Court House squaro with only a
lew hours previous notice.
THE BELF0RDS SUED.
MBS. DAVIS WANTS THE ROYALTY ON
HER HUSBAND'S MEMOIRS.
Tho Contract Has Not Been Fulfilled, and
tho Publishers Owe Her 84,000 The-
Company Admits the Claim, but Pleads
Embarrassment.
"New York, Sept. 14. Special Mrs.
Jefferson Davis signed a contract on March
4, 18!)0, with Robert Belford, who agreed to
publish her memoirs of her husband. Mr.
Belford at that time was President of the
Belford Company. The contract provided
that he should undertake the publication ;f
4 trSt "Trtl i m net t trrrvarrn linr 6Vl nnnAs 111.
n.uv.,.,1 . nto n i, Jfo. r't
Belford was to pay all the expenses of f
nrlnfinrf flnfrwwno Mtirltn. nnrl iHatriK. fl
uting the work, including such sums as
ctmnirt ho nmri nnn. t o lAtn jnnae-3vork
ltedB"aTh"and others who" had belpod 'Mrs.
Davis in the preparation of it.
The volvmes were to be sold, according to
their binding, at $5, $7.50. $8 and $12 Upon
this selling price Mrs. Davis was to receive
a royalty of 12K per cent. The contract,
which was to expire In six years, provided
thatJ every month's accounts were to be
made np, statements furnished, and pay
ments made. Edward Lange guaranteed
ltedUtttliand others who" had helnod Mrs.
the contract, agreeing to pay $10,000 liqui
dated damages.
On June 4 last the first settlement was to
have been made. Before that time Mr. Bel
ford had assigned his personal contract for
publishing tho work to the Belford Com
pany, of which Mr. Lange subsequently be
came manager. The statement of the first
quarter's sale of the work showed that
$4,001 37 was due Mrs. Davis in
royalties. Hoadly, Lauterback and
Jonnson are to bring suit to-morrow
against Mr. Belford, the Belford Company
and Mr, Lange, because Mrs. Davis has not
received the royalties. The complaint sets
forth that the defendants are Insolvent, and
accuses them of taking advantage of their
insolvency and of Mrs. Davis' helplessness,
nnd making use of the same to compel her
to assent to a transfer of the contract to
continue the publication at a smaller rate of
prone.
Ex-Govemor Hoadly said to-day that Mr.
Belford admits that the claim, uccordlng to
the statement of sales, is Just, but that the
company is embarrassed and cannot pay at
S resent. The courts will be asked to grant
rs. Davis a Judgment of $10,000 against Mr.
Lange, to declare the contract broken by the
publishers, and to release Mrs. Davis 'from
its obligations.
HTJND2EDS DYING.
Cholera Rapidly Spreading in the Villages
of Asiatic Turkey.
Boston, September 14. Special. A report
received at the Custom House from the
provinces in Asiatic Turkey says cholera is
rapidly spreading there. New villages are
affected with the disease daily, and tho
number of deaths reported in the city of
Aleppo from June to the middle of August
was 950. There are no definite figures for
the other cities, but the death list is enor
mous. In tho towns and villages where the
pestilence is raging they burnt huts in order
to disinfect them. Large numbers of mili
tary physicians have been sent to these
places and sanitary cordons have been es
tablished on the Euphrates, at Biredjieand
Rumkalch.
The Turkish officials behave very meanly.
The Moslem and Christians aro allowed to
leave the villages, but it is not so with the
Hebrews, who are compelled to stay. It is
lucky for them that many are British sub
jects, because the British Consul interfered
in many instances, otherwise they would
die of starvation. The sanitary condition
of these places is bad. The total numbor of
deaths from this cause In this province, ac-
cording to official statement, is 3,154. Pil
grims and visitors In this province are be
coming scared and begin to return to their
own countries. They have to undergo quar
antine at Camaian and Tor, according as
they go homo by tholnaian ocean or Medi
terranean. SAM'L OF P0SEN MAY BE INNOCENT.
A Probable Witness Who Says a Third
Party Fired the Shot.
Sah FRAifcisco, Sept. 14. There was devel
oped a remarkable chango of public senti
ment, and half tho people now believe that
M. B. Curtis, tho comedian, is an innocent
man. The thoory of Curtis' friends, that an
other hand than his fired the shot which
killed Officer Grant, gains support from a
story told by Ell Denison, who lias charge
of news matter distributed on trains of the
Southern Pacific Company. Denison, who
lives at Oakland, makes the following state
ment: "On the ferryboat yesterday I met a man
I know by sight, but not by name. We were
discussing various subjects, and tho conver
sation naturally drifted toward the murder.
This talk about Curtis having done the kill
ing is all a mistake,' said the stranger. 'The
whole truth will come out in a few days, and
probably at the examination. I met a man
to-day who says he saw the tragedy, and he
is ready to take oath that Grant and Curtis
were accompanied by a third man, who did
tho shooting and then ran.' "
Bones in the Park Place Rnin.
New York, Sept. 14. This afternoon Officer
John Meagher found some human bonca
among tho dirt which has been romoved
from the Park Place ruins, and -which had
been dumped at the foot of Vosoy street and
North river. The hnm-s wor Rp.irt to tho
'morgue and tho Coroner notified.
NO WARRANTS ISSUED.
But Both McCamant and Livsey Are
Expected in Court To-Day.
MERCANTILE APPRAISERS HELD.
Thousands of Fictitious Karnes Found Upon
Their Lists.
h
JOHN BARDSLEY EXPECTED TO TESTIFY
'SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
Philadelphia, Sept. 14. Auditor
General McCamant and Cashier Livsey, of
the State Treasury, are expected to appear
to-morrow morning before Judges Fell and
Gordon, sitting as committing magistrates,
to answer certain questions in connection
with the Bardsley exposure. Although
warrants have not been issued for the arrest
of the officials named, they have been re
quested to appear in the court and the sum
mons is regarded as tantamount to a formal
apprehension that may be fraught with seri
ous import and valuable information.
The direct line of inquiry to be adopted
by the officers of the city and the Common
wealth has not been made known, but it is
certain that the questions will have a direct
and significant bearing upon the mercantile
appraisers' scandal and upon the relations
of the city treasury under tho Bardsley
administration to the fiscal department of
the State. It is only on rare occasions that
Judges of the Quarter Session Courts sit as
committing magistrates, and the fact that
Judges Fell and Gordon have arranged to
serve in that capacity to-morrow morning
serve in mat capacity to-morrow mon
,r ,, r . , ,
I wBen Messrs- McCamant and Livsey
are
interrogated is regarded as more than or
dinarily significant.
BARDSLEY MAY BE PRESENT.
City officials and politicians who to-day
learned of the purpose of the court to ex
amine into the subject that has been so
freely discussed within the past few weeks,
were at a loss to accbunt for the exact pur
port of to-morrow's inquiry, but all agreeel
that It involved results of extreme import
ance. It is expected that John Bardsley will be
brought down from tho penitentiary to at
tend tho hearing and what ho shall lavo to
say is a subject that engages the speculation
of tho keenest observers. In any event, it U
certain that the developments likely to en
sue from the measure Inaugurated into to
morrow's proceedings will carry a weight of
added impulso to the feeling that demands
tho most direct and intrepid inquiry into
the treasury frauds.
The character of the ovidence for both
prosecution and defenso in the case of the
ttver? aconsed mercantile appraisers was
pretty well outlined at to-day's hearing be
fore Magistrate Polo at the City Hall. The
appraisers aro charged with consnlring to
oheat and defraud tho Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania nnd with making false and
fraudulent returns.
. NAMES HAVE BEEN INVENTED.
Just enough testimony was given at the
hearing to show that in the endeavor to find
names to assess the appraisers had not
stopped at the, jast page of the directory, but
had cudgeled their brains to invent names,
places and vocations, so ridiculous wero
some of the misstatements that had been
made that friends pf the appraisers took
pains after the hearing to dwell upon the
probability that tho appraisers themselves
find tia Iniri'ail nil tA n ooAoamnn t-n 1i,i Tin .1
lemployed others to help them out. in the
and report the result totheni. ",
f j" 's snfiwn fhaf IIIT :B3Tof thcomtnglrlal
the prosecution would dwell upon tho acts
relating to the appraisers- sitting as a board
of appeal on mercantile nppraisment and
fixing compensation at C2V cents a name
and declaring 'it to be the duty of every ap
praiser to visit personally every place to bo
appraised. For the defense it was declared
that it would bo "proved that every person
appraised actually existed as given in the
leturns.
Tnc APPRAISERS RUSHED IN.
It was exactly at 11:30 o'clock, tho time set
for the hearing, when E. W. Patton, the
President of the Board, entered the room.
He was quiokly followed by the four other
appraisers, Samuel F. Houseman, Harry
Hunter, James F. Bell and Albert Crawford.
The accused appraisers were the objects of
curious scrutiny that might well have
proved embarrassing, but they preserved an
air of apparent indifference throughout the
proceedings, with the exception of Mr. Pat
ton, who made no effort to conceal the fact
that he felt his position keenly.
Citv Treasurer Wright was the first wit
ness examined. He said he had been in
communication with the defendants in their
capacity as the Board of Mercantile Ap
praisers. He had personally met Crnwford.
Houseman, Hunter and Bell. His written
communications had been with them as a
board. He said he received a certificate from
them that the books of the assessment and
exemption he found in the office wero their
official acts as mercantile appraisers.
THOUSANDS OP FICTITIOUS NAMES.
Loper Baird, State Clerk in the Treasur
ers' office, followed and lold In detail how
thousands and thousands of names, many of
them pure fictitions had been year after
year put on the assessors lists from whom
there was no no possible hope of collecting
a tax, and by means of which the state had
been defrauded out of hundreds of thous
ands of dollars for the benefit of the ap
praisers the magistrates and constables.
A sample case was the return made by tho
appraisers for 1060 Second strcot. It was
shown in testimony that In front of this
place hung a sign bearing this legend: "Ripe
Bananas Inside. Wholesale and Retail. Poul
try Killed to Order." The return made by
the assessor for this place was "R. Bananas,
dealer in poultry." This place had been
closed for years.
Magistrate Pole then held tho five apprais
ers in $2,500 bail each for trial at tho next
term of court.
Livsey to lie Present.
Milwaukee, Sept. 14. Special Another
attempt was made to-day to discover tho
whereabouts of William Livsey. A reporter
who called at the Jones residence was told
that he would be in Pennsylvania when
wanted by the investigating committee.
T0UGHT ON A THAIN.
Tom Ferrier, a Conductor, Killed by Will
lam Sillier, a Cattle Man.
Visita, I. T., Sopt. 14. Special. Tom
Ferrier, a St. Louis San Francisco Railroad
conductor, was killed Just after his train
left this place last evening by William
Miller, a stockman. Miller was in the em
ploy of Wlnfleld Scott, an extensive cattle
man, and was taking a train load of cattle to
St. Louis. Before reaching bore tho men
had been quarreling. At this ptaco the train
crew went to supper, and Miller went up
town and got a pistol. The train had not
proceeded a mile and a Half until Ferrier
was a corpse, shot through the heart.
The train went on to Alton, the first sta
tion east, where Miller hired a man to go on
with tho cattlo nnd gave himself up to
an officer. Miller claims that Ferrier
attempted to strike him with a stick
used to set the brake with. The rear brake
man says the first shot was fired while the
conductor was In tho cupola of the caboose.
Certain it is that n struggle occurred
in the forward end of the caboose,
and there Ferrier was found dead, his
clothes powder burned. Miller was shot
through the thigh by his own pistol, he
says, while he was lying upon his back
struggling with his antagonist.
A Counterfeiters' Nest Unearthed.
Kansas Crrr, Sept. 14. A gang of counter
feiters have been arrested in this city.
George E. Neel and E. S. Wilson were takon
Saturday morning for passing spurious coin.
Neel lives on a farm near Lawrence, Kan.
The sheriff of that county was telegraphed
to search tho farm honse, and doing so ho
fonnd a complete outfit of dies, furnaces,
crucibles, acids, metals, etc., usually used by
counterfeiters. Charles Chipwood, of Law
rence, was also arrested, charged with be
ing an accomplice.
The Protection Lion Seems to Be Getting
FLYING IS OUTDONE.
The New York Central Runs a Train
Over Four Hundred Miles at
AN AVERAGE OP A MILE A MINUTE.
It is Away Beyond All Previous Records of
Fast Railroading.
SPEED FOR WORLD'S FAIR VISITORS
rBPEClAI. TELEGRAM TO TnE DISPATCH.!
Buffalo, Sept. 14. It is a luxury that
railroad officials indulge themselves when
they make a trip over their own road, to
travel in a little more style and at a little
better speed than the public are used to.
Third Vice President H. Walter Webb, of
the New York Central and Hudson Kiver
Railroad, made a trip to-day from New
York to Buffalo that not only breaks the
record tor long distance running, but leaves
previous records' way out of sight. It has
been conclusively demonstrated for the first
time that a train cannot oply make CO
miles an hour, but it can keep it up for 440
miles at a stretch, without counting the
time lost by stops.
The trip of 436 1-3 miles' from New York
to East Buffalo was made in 439 minutes,
with 110 allowance for stops. If it ha.d not
beefi-ra'9i&f jtftmnu on tEeTSccfmbtlvl;
causing a delay ot eight minutes at Fair
port, the trip would have been made in the
same number of minutes as the mileage,
which Mr. Webb intended to do, or possibly
less time. The train had covered the 361
miles from New York to Fairport in 3G1
minutes, under very favorable conditions.
It had run several minntes ahead of the
schedule which General Superintendent
Voorhees prepared.
STOPPED BY A HOT BOX.
Mr. Voorhees calculated to bring the train
in Buffalo, 440 miles, in 435 minutes, and
his calculations were carried out to a dot
until they struck the hot box at Fairport.
The run of 143 miles from New York to
Albany, which was without a stop, was
made in 140 minutes. At Albany 3 minutes
and 28 seconds were consumed in .changing
locomotives. The run from Albany to Syra
cuse, 148 miles, also without a stop, was cov
ered in 146 minutes.
At Syracuse it took only 2J minutes to
chance locomotives, and the train set out
over the 150 stretch to East Buffalo. It would
have been a fine trip if it had been done in
150 minutes without any stops, bnt 150 mdes
in 143 minutes with a stop or 7 minntes and
50 seconds thrown in, for doctoring the loco
motive, is a phenomenal run, and It be
speakes the ability of Engineer Hogan. The
actual running time for the 150 miles was 140
minutes and 10 seconds.
The record means that a continuous speed
of 59.52 miles an hour was maintained for
the entire distance from New York to
Buffalo, making,no allowance for stops or
slow-downs m order to scoop water from
the track tanks. Allowing for 3 minutes
and 28 seconds to change engines at Albany,
2X minutes for the same thing at Syracuse
and7minutes and 50 seconds for repairing
tho hot Journal at Fairport, or 13 minutes
and "48 seconds in all, the actual running
tlmo for the 436J miles was 4.26 minntes, or
GL44 miles an hour for the entire distance.
SOME OP THE PREVIOUS KECOItDS.
Here are the previous records for long dis
tanceruns:ALondon and Northwestern train
In August, 18SS, made a trip from London to
Edinburg, 400 miles, in 7 hours and 52 min
utes; which is a gross sneed ot E0.9 miles an
hour. It made three stops and, the actual
running time was 7 hours and 18 minutes, or
55.4 miles an hour. There were four cars,
and tho engine, tender and cars weighed
174 tonB.
A West Shore train In July, 1883, soon after
the road was opened, made a run from East
Buffalo to Weekawken, 428.6 mlles.ln 9 hours
and S3 minutes, a speed of 45 miles an hour,
not counting s'ops. Allowing for 12 stops
the time was 7 hours and 13 minutes, giving
aspecuoi oimuesan nuur. xue weignt 01
the train with the cars was 155 tons. At tho
time this was considered a phenomenal run,
and at points on tho Buffalo division it was
said that, the people along the way could
make out only a shadow as the train flew
past. t
A newspaper train on the New York Cen
tral in May, 1S86, made a fast trip from New
York to Buffalo, but it developed a gross
speed of only 45.3 miles an hour without
allowing for stops. The Baltimore and Ohio
and Pennsylvania Railroad have made very
fast special runs, but none of them have
come up to the run of the Scotch express
for a distance of over 400 miles.
FASTEST SCHEDULED TIME.
It is tho honor of the B. &0.. however, in
conjunction with tho Reading and Jersey
Central to have the fastest scheduled train
in the world for a distance over 200 miles.
The Royal Blue limited, between Jersey
City and Washington, makes the run at an
average of actual speed of 52.8 miles an hour
and does it every day. The Scotch express
between London and Edinburgh follows
closelywithaspeedor 5L6 miles an hour.
Who would have thought that the New York
Central could have raised the lecord ofho
Royal Blue limited SK miles an hour for
nearly twlco tho distance between Now
York and Washington? and who shall say
that this experiment of the Central wont
lead to a radically new departure in fast
train service.
Mr. Webb dropped no hints as to what the
Central intended doing, but a reporter of
The Dispatch learned that tberomaynea
rivalry of fast timo between tho great trnnk
lines in anticipation of the World's Fair.and
it may bo the idea of tho Central people to
see Just what they can do. They have shown
conclusively that they can.knock one-third
of the time it now takes the fastest regular
train to make tho run from New York to
Bullalo. The fast train takes less tnan 12
hours. The train to-day made It In less than
7 hours, and how about Chicago? The
Luke Shore is credited with having one Of
tho best toadbeds in the country. A corre-
2H
the Best of the Free Trade Camel in Ohio.
8Py T reduction of time on that road
0 1 5lT'jit o a tf'P from Now York to
(X 'G.f -fs than 17 hours.
fi, '''fZ
A bZ' jf.? DEFAULTER.
THE LETTER , fc. 'gTSON TO THE
O' ,. .
BANK
Lf
Produced in Court It Tells the Story of
the Funds' and Securities Seized As a
Hansom to Compel a Compromise
The Safe Combination Changed.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 14. The case of
B. B. Albertson,fthe Seattle attorney, ac
cused of concealing stolen property in con
nection with the Fidelity Bank rob
bery, was called in court this after
noon. He is a cousin of Edward Albert
son, the defaulter, who has not yet been
caught. Before the hearing commenced the
original cqmplajnt against K. B. Albertson
was dismissed and one of grand larceny sub
stituted. The hearing lasted all the after
noon and will be continued to-morrow.
The first witness was Thomas B. Wallace,
President or the Fidelity Trust Company,
who testified substantially that on August
22. Saturday night, E. Albertson absconded
with money belonging to the bank. "At 5
o'clockMondaymornlng," wltnesssald, "lre
ceived a message from E.A.Albertson enclos
ing an agreement in triplicate anddlrections
for me to meet a man named Chandler on
Brown's Point. I got in a buggy and drovo
to Old Town. Thero I got in a skin and went
to Brown's Point and had a boatman row
me over. Mr. Wallace produced the letter
of instructions and contract. The letter
was written in ink upon a letter head of the
"D-eak Sib I am shortln my accounts 111,
1 lueiity rrust company, ana was as follows:
730, bring-thff3itKrarate of the Sums squan
dered by mo at different times since one
year ago this month in speculation. I have
not a dollar left. Realizing the impossibil
ity of ever replacinc it, being in constant
ureaa or detection, 1 nave Decome uesperate,
taken enough more to make $20,000, and left.
The amount of securities .taken from the
safe, in addition to this cash, it over $900,000.
In addition,! have changed all the combina
tions after locking up all the bank books in
the steel vault. If you will sign three
papers in triplicate herewith in the pres
ence of two witnesses, have the same dulv
acknowledged, deliver all three to Fred N.
Chandler at B.-own'9, Pbint on or before 9
o'clock Monday morning. (See directions
below how to meet him.) Ho will deliver
to yon all securities, etc., valued at
$900,000. and the key to all the safe doors
so you can commence business at
the usual hour, except my personal
notes of $4,000, which I have destroyed: but
the collateral 40 shares of stock you will get
from me if you will meet Chandler with the
papers duly execnted. You will find the
company's seal in the drawer at the end of
uenman's uesic. 11 yon reiuse to execute nna
deliver the papers and securities tbey will
be burned and it will cost you $8,000 to $10-,
000 to open and replace the vault and safe
doors and four to six months' timo in which
to do it, etc., etc. You will be compelled to
absolutely suspend business.
Respectfully,
E. A. ALIJEBTSOr.
Then follow the directions. Mr. Wallace
continued by describing tho subsequent In
terview, the facts of which have already
been publisbed.
HAS THREE WIVES.
Samuel Y. Gilford's Becord in Ohio, New
York and Rhode Island.
Pbovidksce, Sept. 14. Special. Detective
McHenry returned to Providence to-day
from New York, bringing with him about
$1,500 worth of jewelry belonging to
Mrs. Edna Gilford, one of the charm
ing young women of East Provi
dence. The property was taken
away, it is alleged, by Samnel Y. Gifford,
who does an extensive business East. On a
living Eastern trip Gifford met the East
Proviaenco lady, and they were married
under assumed names.
He disappeared, but soon she located him
in Troy with a young woman. She also
learned that his companion was wearing
the jewelry which sho hadboncht. Thlsgirl's
name was Clemence. Detective Mclienry
recovered some of the jewels from tho
Clemence woman,, who claimed to be tho
wife of Gifford, and she displayed a mar
riage certificate signed by an Albany min
ister, Gifford was followed to Sandusky,
and there it was fonnd that he was the-reputed
husband of another woman. No trace
of Gifford could be found beyond Sandusky.
LOUISVILLE'S BE0KEN BANK.
Its President and Cashier Make Individual
Assignments.
.Louisville, Sept. 14. Jacob Krieger, Sr.,
President of the broken Masonic Savings
Bank, and J. 11. Egelhoff, cashier, to-day
made individual assignments. Krieger's 'es
timated liabilities are $250,000. Ho claims to
have assets to pay in full and have a com
petency. EgelhotT liabilities are estimated
at $25,000, assets nominally equal.
The Masonic Savings Bank statement, is
sued to-day, shows $T86450 bills receivable in
a total of nominal assets of $1,119,739. This
casts much doubt upon tho statements of
tho officials that the bank will pay in full de
posits which amount to $429,779. and have
enough left to meet other obligations, as
well as pay a large per cent of the $250,000 of
stock. It was reported that Krieger and
Egelhoff wero overdrawn for $20n,000, but
this Krieger emphatically denies.
A Bad Wreck Near Altoona.
ALTObxA, September 14. A disastrous
freight wreck occurred on the Middle divi
sion of tho Pennsylvania Railroad east of
Altoona early this morning. Two engines
and seven freight cars were thrown over an
embankment and totally demolished. One
of the engineers is said to have received
serious injuries. Both tracks were blocked
four hours. ,
Fonr Philadelphia Laborers Drowned.
Philadelphia, Sept. 14. Four men, labor
ers employed by Richard Cou, n junk dealer,
were drowned in the Delaware river, opoo
slte tho League Island navy yard to-day by
tho upsetting of a small skiff. The victims
are John Finnok. lames Conloy, James Mc
Garry and John McAleer. Tho bodies were
reco ered this afternoon.
AN EXTENSION ASKED.
The JlToorhead-JIcCleane Company 13
Temporarily Embarrassed.
LIABILITIES REACH $1,100,000,
With the Assets Conservatively Estimated
at $250,000 More.
NO rNTERBDPTION AT THE IRON WORKS
The well-known iron manufacturing cor
poration the 3Ioorhead-3IcCleane Company
will to-day feel obliged to ask an extension
of time from its creditors, and it is under
stood it will be granted. Yesterday George
Shiras IL, attorney for the firm, drew up
the papers, jrr. Jloorhead was in consul
tation with him the entire afternoon. This
action is due to circumstances of an almost
entirely personal nature, and, it is said, in
no way indicates any personal embarrass
ment. This is one of the oldest and, as has beea
generally accredited, one of the wealthiest
of Pittsburg's manufacturing establish
ments. It has extensive works in the Four
teenth ward, where an imnienso volume of
product has been steadily turned out.
While the company has always been
active and conservative in its operations,
the personal ill-health of its leading mem
bers, Mr. 3Iax Moorhead and Mr. George F.
JlcCleane, has for some time past prevented
them from giving the manasement of the
affairs. of the firm that close supervision
they would have desired. They had also.indi
vidually, important business outside of the
iron works requiring time and alterations.
This in particular was true of Mr. Moor
head, much of whose care was completely
taken up in directing the management of
the Monongahela Navigation Company.
CAUSES OF THE STRINGENCY.
It had been the intention to secure such
expert aid in conducting the iron works
as would relieve them in some meas
ure of a portion of the strain. But
while having this in view, the monetary
stringency which has been felt more or less
locally since last November had its contin
uous effect even upon this wealthy corpora
tion. It had on hand a large quantity of
manufactured product, the sale of which
enabled tho company to meet the demands
made upon it from time t time, but event
ually it was thought best by the member to
lay the lacts before the creditors and ask
for an extension.
A friend of the company yesterday said:
"The liabilities amount in "gross to about
$1,100,000. Tne principal item in these is a
mortgage indebtedness upon thenrm's prop
erty of $400,000. Thismortgage.it is under
stood, Is held by the Bank of Pittsburg.
The remainder is made up of notes and ac
counts payable. It is confidently asserted
not onlybyMessrs.Moorhead and McCleane,
but by business judges familiar
with tho affairs of the com
pany and to whom its present
condition was made known, that the asset
will, at a moderate valuation, reach $250,000
over and above the whole deficit. Among
the assets are between $200,000 and $300,OOJ
worth of accounts receivable. There salso
a valuable quantity of manufactured prod
uct, ana the works themselves are valuedac
around$I,t00,000.
COULD NOT MAKE COLLECTIONS.
"If the firm had been able to collect
promptly the sums which wero due it, this
situation would have been tided over quite
easily, but, as explained, they felt the need
of active and competent aid in the direction
of their affairs, and concluded it best to
ask their creditors to consider these circum
stances." Though tho temporary embarrassment of
the company has been known quite gener
ally in banking circles for several weeks past,
it occassionedf no uneasiness. Its large
resources were well understood, or were the
special circumstances through which the
stringency arose. There has been no ele
ment of speculation In the matter, nor have
there been any losses, with the exception,
it is said, of an unliquidated claim of $00,000
for material furnished to a concern which
not long ago failed.
The feeling among the creditors who yes
terday knew that the request for an exten
sion was being prepared was that it would
undoubtedly be granted, and that the
work in every department will
continue without interruption or entail
ing the ultimate loss of $1 to any
body concerned. Notwithstanding the fact
tnat confidence was expressed by friends of
me company tnat its anairs wouiu turn out
right, there was also surprise expressed in
other quarters that the flnanceering had
permitted things to drift into such a volume
of debt. There was also wonder as to why
the members of the corporation had not
come to its rescue.
WITH LIMITED LIABILITY.
The Moor'head-McCIeane Iron Company Is
a corporation, not a firm. Its members aro
Max Moorhead, George F. McCleane, WiII-
lam J. Moorhead and Messrs. Dallas and
Porter. Mr. Dallas Is Secretary of the con
cern. Being a corporation, the members are
only liable for the amount of their stock,
and the liabilities do not follow the personal
assets of tho various memoers unless they
are willing to become liable.
A gentleman well known in the iron and
steel trade had an interview at a late hour
ot the evening with a member of the com
pany. He Is a gentleman always con
servative in his utterances, but he aid:
"I have Just had a long talk with a mem
ber of the company. The importance of the
matter has been exaggerated. The firm,
outsido of the banks, has but 23 crditor?,
and none of these were in the least degree
pressing. These rumors are due to the
action of the banks, which, within the last 30
days, became pressing for the paper they
held. If they had hold off there would
have been no uneasiness. As a statement of
simple fact the firm has $2 of assets and $1 of
liabilities. Everyone knows what a bad
year it has been for iron makers, yet in spite
of this the firm paid off $200,000 of its liabili
ties within the last six months. I am confi
dent that matters will bo arranged without
the least difficulty."
VEEA AVA FINDS FBIENDS.
Sho 'Will Be Examined on the Score of
Sanity, but Mystery TV11I Remain.
CixcraifATi, Sept. 14. Miss Ava has found
friends in the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union, One of tho members of that
organization, whose dutv it is to visit Jails,
brought her to-day some necessary clothing.
When asked if she bad any plans she quickly
said "Yes." The ladies wero to arrange for
a lecture, and with the proceeds she would
return to Chicago.
"I am not afraid to return," said she, "for,
like Mahommed. who was not a Christian. I
can say, with the good on ray side, I have a
majority," ami then, laughing, she added:
"And if 1 am Madame Blavatsky.'and gifted
with the occult power of reappearing alter
cremation, I certainly should not fear mortal
man." It is now s-aid that she will be given
a medical examination to determine whether
or not she is insane. No matter what the
result may be, her singular disappearance
in Chicago Wednesday, and her still more
puzzling reappearance in Cincinnati Friday,
will be unexplained. No one has yet ap
peared who saw heron tho street hero nntil
she got Into the drugstore, and thero has
been no traco of her journey from Chicago
to this city.
AGAINST WOMEN DELEGATES.
The Erie Methodist Conference Holds Its
Closing Sessions.
Ebie, Sept. 14. Special The fifty-sixth
annual meeting of the Erie Conference closed
at 6 r. 3i. to-day. In the morning session the
question of admitting women as delegates In
conferences was taken up. Discussion was
voted down, and the first ballot resulted In
a vote of 67 lor admittance and 81 against.
A committee was appointed to invite the
Pittsburg and West irglnia conferences to
meet the Erie conference in a Joint meeting
for the purpose of considering matters con
nected witli Allegheny College. The Con
ference Edncational Society decided to join
with the Board of Education and place all
collections for aiding students in the hands
of the latter. Tho first Sundav in December
was made Allegheny College Day.