A CENT A WORD
Keeps You Before the
Public Through
THE DISPATCH.
THEN AND NOW.
Small Ads for Tn-o Months
Compared.
September, 1891 5,911
Same Month 1890...3,DG7
Increase, 1,944.
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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR.
PITTSBURG. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1S91-TWELYE PAGES.
THREE CENTS,
"S LATEST,
The Governor Issues Still An-;
oilier Vigorous Procla
mation, "Which
DEMXDS A CEEAHOTEER,
Attention Called to the- Fact That
Many Quaker City Magistrates
and Constables
ARE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
tto Assist Eardslej in Defrauding the State,
and JIare Paid Bribes to the
I)efaulliiir El-Treasurer.
HjIE sexatb asked to investigate,
Aha Find if fuilicknt Cause Exists for the EtmoTal
f These Officials, Along1 With
Borer and McCaraantf
SMUT THE JOIST COMMITTTE WILL EFJOM
trr.OM a STArr corniFSroxDEVT.
llAEKisitniG, Oct. 12. Another bomb
shell was exploded to-night when Governor
Pattison issued the following proclamation,
which explains itself:
IlAiotiBScna, October 12.
In tl.cnomoand by the authority of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Executive
Dapaitincnt
PROCLAMATION.
Whekeas. It is alleged and believed that
many of tho magistrates of courts, not of
rrcord, of police and civil causes, in Phila
delpliin, have been faithless and dishonest
in the performance of their official duties:
Whereas, it is further alleged and believed
that many of said magistrates together
with the constables attached to their courts,
have been participants in a conspiracy to
cheat and dciraud tho commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in connection with tho collec
tion of delinquent mercantile license taxes
in the city and county of Philadelphia, by
which large sums of niones- have been lost
to the commonwealth.
Guilty of Bribing John Bardsley.
Whereas, It is also alleged and believed
that many of said magistrates and consta
bles have been guilty of bribery by payment
of money to John Bardsley, late Treasurer
of the city nnd county of Philadelphia, in
order to influence tho official action of
said John BardtJey and others lor the pur
po&eof obtaining control and jurisdiction of
the suits against delinqusue dealers in
Philadelphia, it being alleged and believed
that the sum or $030 w as paid by each magis
trate before whom such suits were brought
ratucyearlsS9andinycarlS30 to the said
John Bardsley, for the personal uso and
pi ivatc gain of himself and others;
Whereas, In the year 139 tho sum of $31,
1 SS was paid to Israel W. Durham, Hora
tio 11. Hackett, William H. List, James F.
Neall, Johnson Honey, Benton O. Severn,
Robert R. Smith, Thomas W. South and
John T. Thompson, magistrates of Philadel
phia, as magistrates" and constables' costs
In suits acainst delinquent dealers in Phila
delphia, from which suits no collections
a hatcvor w ore made for the use of tho Com
monwealth; and In theyearlSSOthesum of
W1.1B4 29 was paid to William B. Ahern,
Israel W. Durham, Horatio B. Ilackett,
James F. Xcall, Ambrose P. Pullinger,
Thomas Randall, Johnson Roncy, Robert It.
Smith and Thomas W. South, magistrates of
Philadelphia, as magistrates' and consta
bles' costs on the suits against the delin
quent Uc.ileis m Philadelphia, from which
no collections whatecrwere made for the
oseof the Commonwealth.
The Power of Removal.
Whereas, a thorough and carefnl inquiry
l)y the Senate may establish that "reason
able cause" exists for the removal ofmanv
of said magistrates and constables, said offi
cials billing within the operation of nrticlo
t section 4, of the Constitution which pro
vides that all "officers elected by tho people,
except Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
members or - tho general Assembly and
Judges of the Court of Record, learned in
tho law. shall bo removed by the Governor
lor reasonable cause, after due notice and
fall hearing, on the address or two-thirds of
the Senate."
Sow. therefore, I, Robert E. Pattison
Governor of the said Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, having already ponvened the
Senate of the Commonwealth or Pennsylva
nia to meet in extraordinary session on
Tnrsday, the 13 h da-" of October, A. 1).
1MM, for the purpose cf inquiring whether
there is "reasonable cause" for the removal
oftheAuditoi General and State Treasurer,
tloalso convene the said Senate of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania to meet as
aforesaid for the additional purpose of con
Mdcring whether 'icasonablo cause" exists
lor the removal of anv or the magistrates
and constables of Philadelphia.
Given under m hand ana thogreat seal or
the State, at the City of Ilarrisburg, this 12th
tlayof October, in the year of our Lord 1:91,
Bnilofthe Commonwealth the one hnndred
and sixteenth. Robert E. Pattisox.
Ey the Oo cmor.
WIIXIAW F. IlAKKITT,
f-ccrefai-v of tho Commonwealth.
The Committee at the Capital.
The Legislative Committee came to this
city to-night on the same train as Governor
Pallison, but during the ride from Phila
delphia the work was not referred to. The
committee met to-night in the Senate cham
ber, and for three hours the intellectual
athletes of both parties struggled in a wrest
ling inatrh w ithout a positive fall on either
wde. 'When the committee assembled a
larjre croud jraMiercd about it Attorney
(ienprl H.n-el occupied a seat on the
Uemocratic Me ot the chamber. Deputy
Attorney General Stranahan sat in the seat
adjoining, and between the two were scat
tered papers and publications bearing on
the investigation.
George Handy Smith, Chairman of the
Investigating Committee, sat at the chief
clerk's desk. The seat occupied by Mr.
Smith during tl.c last session of the Senate
was nsed to-night as the witness box. IJufus
Shapley, n Philadelphia attorney, tat with
the witnesses. .Senator Flinn, of Pittsburg,
sat next to Shaplcy. ScnatorNeeb touched
elbows with I'linn. Between the two the
Republican party and its interests were
carefully watched, and it might be added,
eaflered little in the contest
Heady With a Partial Keporf.
At midnight the committee went into ex
rciitiveFession.dnring which they appointed
Senator Klinn and Representative Stewart,
T Allegheny, and Mr. To, of Philadel
phia, a sub-committee to prepare and sub
initio the Governor this morning a partial
report covering the work done by the com
mittee. Tho iub-committec will, with an
PATTISON
unbiased introduction, submit to Governor
Pattison the testimony adduced by the Leg
islative Committee, and the Governor will
in turn submit it to the Senate when it
meets at nonn to-morrow. The admissions
of both Boyer and McCamant will be called
attention to by the Governor In his message,
and the removal from office will be asked
on the strength of their own testimony.
The meeting to-night clearly indicated
the leaders of both parties during the extra
session of the Senate. Hensel, Boss,
Uerring and Fow will do all the work for
the Democrats, and Flinn and Neeb, of
Allegheny, and Thompson, of Dauphin,
with the aid of their attorney, Shapley, of
Philadelphia, will look after the interests
of the Republicans.
This city is rapidly filling up with polit
ical sharps, and every county in the State
Is now represented here by their best polit
ical talent. No one is prepared to indicate,
howeer, the policy to be followed by
either party when the Senate meets, but
from all indications there is sufficient
reason for the conclusion that it will be a
struggle in which party and legal lines will
be closely drawn.
Besides the Senators there are here enough
members of the House to make a quorum.
Should an extraordinary session of tho
Legislature be deemed advisable they could
be convened in an hour.
Heebeet.
AT THE WAVES' MERCY.
SCORES OF PASSENGERS ON ATLANTIC
STEAMERS INJURED.
Storms Cause Much Suffering on the Au
gusta Victoria and Umbria Broken
Arms and Bruise Very Numerous The
Ships' Physicians Kept Busy.
New York, Oct 12. The steamers Au
gusta Victoria and Umbria, which arrived
this morning, report very stormy trips.
The storms seemed to strike them the first
day out and continued all through the
passage. As a result many persons were
injured. The worst was on the Umbria.
On the 7th a series of accidents happened
that crippled nearly a dozen of the passen
gers and kept the ship s physician busy. On
that day Dr. Lcnbum, a saloon passenger,
was thrown against the side of a cabin
and had his right arm broken. He
was removed to the hospital. A few
minutes later, as the big ship
rolled over on her side. Carl Christlensen.
a sailor w ho was forward, was thrown to
the deck by a monster wave and had his
collar bone broken. August Trnelson, a
saloon passenger, was also bruised.
In the steerage compartment, the misery
was very great The place was crowded to
suffocation. The passengers were not al
lowed on deck and they were packed into a
dense mass. At every lurch of the ship
they were thrown to the floor
and frequetly in trying to rise as
the vessel righted herself .they
were hurled back again, and not a few re
ceived nasty bruises. Filoma Spiroch and
Anna Bartova, steerage passengers, were
thrown under a table and, striking their
beads together, were stunned. Elizabeth
Neufeld was also bruised. There were 18
members of the Epp family in thestcerage
and not one of them escaped without a
bruise. The father, H einrich, bad his elbow
bruised.
On the 8th the storm was at its worst and
during the entire day the main deck was
under water. Dr. Stiflen's quarters and
those of most of the officers are on this
d-ck, and tliej said to-day tbatjiot once
during the day could they see'sty through
the port holes in their cabins.. The
passengers were not allowed on deck all "that
day, aud many accidents occurred. Mrs.
White, a saloon passenger, and her daugh
ter, a voung girl, were thrown across the
cabin by one lurch of the ship and both had
their right arms broken. Nathan Solomon,
a steerage passenger, bad his right arm
broken. Mr. and Mr6. John Schreiner, of
this city, were on board. Mr. Schreiner
had bis arm broken. Franz Rudolph, a
steerage passenger, had his shoulder dislo
cated by being thrown against a table in the
steerage compartment.
Among the other passengers in the steer
age who were hurt or bruised were:
Gretchen Boreman, hurt about the head;
Ida Muller, shoulder bruised; Peter Muller,
head cut; Herman "Witt, knee bruised;
Johann Kissling, thigh injured; Marianna
AYaltas, wrist sprained; Peter Zepp, Louise
Kcrckel, Henry Rosp, Jacob Schirper,
Annie Weiss, Herman Zarzow and Einile
John were bruised about the head and .face.
INVESTIGATING ORPHANS' SCHOOLS.
Treasurer Wright or the Mercer Company
Appears and Testifies.
Hakrisburg, Oct 12. Special The
Legislative Committee to investigate the al
leged Soldiers Orphans' Schools abuses
met here to-day and heard the testimony of
Mrs. E. E. Hutter, of Philadelphia, and R.
It AVright, Treasurer of the Mercer Sol
diers Orphans Schools Company. Mrs.
Hutter said she was female inspector of the
schools from 1807 to 1886, She always
found the school in good condition, the
beds clean and the children properly fed.
She said the children preferred bread and
molasses to any other fare.
William Larcy, of Mercer, who mended
the shoes of the children at the schools,
s.iid that ex-Senator "Wright told him the
State paid him more for having the shoes
mended thun he paid the witness. Mr.
AVright declined to answer certain questions
asked him by Mr. Gillan. He said that he
had not brought his books showing the ac
counts of the schools at the advice of his
attorney. The committee will meet to
morrow morning, when Mr. AVright will be
called upon to finish his testimony.
MELBOURNE SUCCEEDS AT LAST.
The Weather Being Warmer He Produces
a Continnous Drizzling Rain.
Goodland, Kajt., Oct 12. Melbourne
not being satisfied with his recent rain ex
p eriments at this place, began another test
Saturday noon in a caboose in the Rock
Island yards. AYhen he began operations
the weather was warm with no wind and not
a cloud to be seen. This morning a driz
rling rain began to fall The heavens are
foiered with clouds and the prospects are
that a continued fall of rain has set in.
The Sanlt Canal Obstruction.
PUI.TJTH, Oct 12. The blockade of the
Sault Canal is a serious detriment to lake
traffic, and arrivals and departures at Lake
Superior ports will be delayed until it is
removed. One lesuk ulll nmli.hW 1 .n
early advauce in wheat rates to Buffalo,
Kingston and Montreal. Adwces here to
day lrom the "Soo" are encouraging.
Ktidcnco of a Horrible Tragedy.
New Yokk, Oct. 12. The dead body of a
pretty little girl about 10 years old was
washed up on the beach at Bedloe's Island
this morning and was discovered bv the sen
tinel patrohng the east walk, ihe throat
was cut nearly from ear to ear. The body
appeared to have been in the water several
days.
Zinc Found In Virginia.
"Koaxoke, ArA., Oct 12. Considerable
interest is excited here by the discovery of
a large vein of zinc in the mines at Bon
Raickes. The vein was found in the 90-foot
level, and is 9 feet wide, 30 ieet deep and
extends indefinitely in line with the main
ore body.
ONE MYSTERY SOLVED.
Ex-Treasurer Bell, of Philadelphia,
Collected Bardsley's Rebates.
A LIVELY LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY.
Several of the Witnesses Eefuse to Answer
Searching Questions.
THE STENOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE AT HAND
rSPECIAL TELEORAM TO TOE PISPATCn.
Philadelphia, Oct. 12. It was a stir
ring legislative committee that met this
morning in the Continental Hotel to hear
the Attorney General ask the newspaper
proprietors of Philadelphia how much com
missions they have been paying for the mer
cantile appraisers' advertising and to whom
they paid it At the head of the room sat
Hensel, with Deputy Stranahan at his left
On a table before him lay bundles of docu
ments nnd papers, from which to refresh his
memory as the examination proceeded.
To his right eat Chairman George Handy
Smith, with Senator Flinn in front of him,
within whispering distance. McMichael, of
the North Americans AVarhurton, of the
Evening Telegraph; Elverson, of tho Inquirer,
and Business Manager Cooke, of the Frets,
sat in the rear of the room, waiting to be
called to testify. Attorneys Shapley, Hev
erin and Shields sat ready to interpose ob
jections to the questions of the Attorney
General, and enough spectators wedged
their way into the room to fill it to a point
of crowding.
BROUGHT HIS OWN STENOGRAPHER.
Attorney General Hensel as soon as the
committee was called to order stated that
he had not received a copy of the testimony,
although it had been promised by Stenog
rapher Burke, both in person and by tele
graph. He then asked that his own sten
ographer, H. M. Hoke, might be allowed to
sit and take notes of the examination, which
was granted. John Burke sat as stenog
rapher for the committee in his brother's
place.
After both stenographers had been sworn,
at the suggestion of Captain Skinner, the
work of the day began with the examination
of Clayton McMichael, who, after identify
ing a letter written to John Bardsley on the
subject of the Mercantile Appraiser's ad-
J vertising and admitting that he had paid a
commission to secure the work, declined to
answer to whom it was paid and when, how
and how much was paid, on the ground that
it was his own private business and not sub
ject to legislative investigation.
This refusal caused the first sensation of
the day. The Attorney General asked that
the committee instruct the witness to an
swer the question. Smith and Flinn were
not sure that the committee had the power
to do so, but Captain Skinner was willing
to take the risk and made a motion, which
was seconded by Monahan, that the com
mittee instruct
WEUT INTO SECEET SESSIOK.
Flinn offered an amendment that the
committee go into executive session and
employ a lawyer to instruct it as to its du
ties, unless the Attorney General would
instruct, which he declined to do until the
question had been asked and refused.
Flinn's amendment was carried and the
committee retired, returning at 11:45.
Chairman Smith reported that the commit
tee had unanimously agreed that the wit
ness be instructed to answer as to whom he
paid money as a voluntary contribution, or
commission for securing the advertising.
To this question he replied: "I hold that
this question applies to my private business
and 1 withhold any reply."
AVarhurton was then sworn, and, after
stating that he had solicited the advertising
of both the Auditor General and City Treas
urer and been told by a certain person that
he could have it by paying a certain com
mission, declined to state the amount paid
and how, when and to whom paid, repeating
his refusal when instructed by the commit
tee to answer the questions, assigning the
same reasom given by McMichael, viz, that
the questions concerned his private busi
ness and that he was instructed by his coun
sel not to answer.
THE SECEET COMES OUT.
"Up to this time the examination had de
veloped just nothing at all, except that a
commission had been paid by two newspaper
proprietors for the mercantile appraiser's
advertising in the years 1890 and 189L AVho
it was paid to was as yet as much of a
mvstery as the name of the man who struck
Billy Patterson. But the secret was to
come out.
James Elverson, the proprietor of the In
quirer, was called to the stand and sworn.
Although coached bv Lawver Hnvprin li
decided to tell the whole story, and in an
swer to the questions of the Attorney Gen
eral stated ttiaj the advertising had been
offered him by ex-City Treasurer Frank F.
Bell; that he paid him a commission of 40
er cent, and that he paid it in bank bills at
is own office. The witness further stated
that the lists were set up in the Inquirer
office and stereotype plates were fnrmshed
to all the other papers, which explained
how it came about that the German-Democrat
published the names in English instead of
German.
The secret was out, and Mr. Everson gave
place to ex-City Treasurer Bell, who not
only corroborated Elvcrson's testimony, but
told what McMichael and AVarhurton
wouldn't tell that they had paid him the
same commission and paid it in the same
way in bank bills. Ho further stated that
he undertook the work at the instance of
Treasurer Bardsley, who asked him to do
it as a special favor to him on the ground
that he needed money to help him out of
financial trouble.
PAID IT ALL TO BABDSLEY.
He said he collected the 40 per cent com
mission of all the newspapers which were
given the advertising and paid every cent
of it to Bardsley in person. In answer to
a question by Attorney Shapley, who was
present, with Auditor General McCamant
as his counsel, Bell stated that Bardsley
had particularly requested him not to say
anything to the Auditor General about the
commission, and that he had paid no part of
it to the latter, and did not know that any
part of it had been so paid. He acted solely
as the agent of Bardsley and had paid the
money to Bardsley alone.
Elverson and Bell were the star witnesses
of the day, and not only exposed the whole
method nf dividing the mercantile advertis
ing between the organs and officials who
were empowered to select the newspapers
in which it should appear, but made it use
less for the others to deny or refuse to
auswer questions." Business Manager Cook,
of the item, was sworn and, following the
example of .McMichael and AVarhurton, re
fused to state to whom the Commission
was paid or the amount paid, but everybody
knows who got it and how much he got just
as well as though he had followed tho ex
ample of Elverson and told the whole story.
FLESJf LIMITS THE INQUIRY.
The unsatisfactory and incomplete feat
ure of the investigation was that the com
mittee, at the instigation of Flinn, refused
to allow any questions to be asked regard
ing the custom of dividing the mercantile
appraiser's advertising fund prior to the
terms of the present Anditor General and
State Treasurer.
A typewritten copy of the evidence of
Boyer and McCamant was received by
Chairman George Handy Smith, just as the
committee was about to adjourn. AVith
considerable show the genial Senator threw
the much stamned wranner behind him a'nA
announced: "Gentlemen, the much talked
about ."evidence has arrived from Ann
Arbor. Stenographer Burke ha kept his
part of the agreement despite the alleged
conspiracy to hamper the Governor and the
ends ot justice." ,
Representative Fow suggested that the
postmarks of the wrapper might prove of
interest, and he at once picked up the
wrapper. Fow saw how important was the
tale told by the stamps, and waving aloft
the tell-tale paper, the orator shouted:
"This was not mailed tit Ann Arbor. It
was mailed this morning somewhere be
tween Pittsburg and Philadelphia." The
story told by the three postmarks on the
wrapper is that the package was mailed
between Pittsburg and Philadelphia this
morning. The stamp was: "NewfiToikand
Pittsbnrg "Railroad express, October 12,"
the exact hour being somewhat blurred.
It had been mailed on the train and not at
any postoffice. Fow's discovery caused a
great commotion, but nobodyattempted any
explanation.
WRECKED FOR PLUNDER.
A PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED BT A
DOCTORED TRACK.
One Pullman Talis CO Feet Down an Em
bankmentA Glimpse Caught of One of
the Foiled Gang The Notorious Daltons
Suspected.
Sacramento, Oct. 12. The fast West
bound express on the Central Pacific Rail
road, which passed Colfax early this morn
ing on its way to this city, was wrecked
about midway between New England Mills
and Colfax. The train passed through a
deep cut and out on an embankment En
gineer Estabrook did not detect anything
wrong until the first two cars were slightly
derailed. The baggage car and two day
coaches remained on the track, but the four
Pullmans and the caboose left the track.
The Pullman sleeper Santa Cruz turned
on its side and rolled down the embank
ment for 50 feet before its progress was
stopped. In the sleeper were ten passen
gers, all asleep at the time of the crash.
They were all hurled about in a ruthless
fashion, but, strange to say, escaped with a
lively shaking up. The only person se
riously injured was the colored porter of
the Santa Cruz.
Investigation showed that an attempt
had been made to wreck the train. Spikes
had been drawn from seven of the outside
rails on the outer edge of the embankment.
just at a point where the track makes a
curve. No spot better adapted to the plot
could have been selected, and it was evi
dently selected in the hope that the engi
neer, fireman and employes in the baggage
and mail cars would be killed as soon as the
forward part of the train struck the
loosened rails. Then three cars could be
looted, and, as they carried a great quan
tity of mail, the plunder would have been
very profitable. It was also found that tho
angle-plate used to strap the rails together
had been pried off and jammed under the
rail.
The passengers in one of the coaches
caught a glimpse of one of the would-be
robbers as he rushed off. A railroad de
tective is engaged in searching for the per
petrators. The Dalton gang are supposed
by many to have had a hand in it The
passengers were transferred and brought to
Sacramento. Much harm was -done' to the
road-bed and rolling stock, and it seems
like a miracle that no lives ere lost. The
track is now clear and trains are running on
time.
The Southern Pacific Company has of
fered a reward of 55,000 each ior the arrest
of the person or persons implicated in caus
ing the derailment
SETTLED BY 01TC inJlTXE.
Revolutionists Attack Uruguayan Troops
Repulsed With Bloodshed.
Montevideo, Oct 12. There was a
serious attempt at revolution here yester
day evening. The members of a revolu
tionary club in the suburbs of the city fired
npon-tbe,lroops Btationed near at hand.
The latter retunAd the volley with deadly
effect Several persons were killed out
right and many wounded.
Many of the ringleaders of the assault,
including a priest, have been apprehended.
Attempts were made to assassinate Presi
dent Coes and to capture the members of
the Junto, but they were unsuccessful.
Subsequently the insurgents were dispersed
and the city became quieted down. The
troops in the neighborhood number about
8,000.
Later information is to tho effect that the
political outbreak originated with the
Blanco party. The rising seems to have
extended everywhere throughout the coun
try district, but was speedily and effectually
suppressed.
A VEEY PH0H0TOCED EABIHQTJAEE.
Great Damage Done In the Napa and Sontet
Valleys, In California.
San Francisco, Oct 12, The effects of
the earthquake which visited some portions
of Northern California last night, appear to
have been greatest in Napa and Sonora
Valleys, where the shock is described as be
ing the heaviest experienced since the great
earthquake of 1868. At Napa and Sonora
tbe walls cracked and chimneys were de
molished, in some instances falling through
the roofs; window glass was broken, and
people were roused from their beds. Many
passed the night in the streets.
The heaviest shock occurred at 10:30
o'clock last night and lasted from 10 to 45
seconds, according to the localities where
noted. The general direction seemed to be
from the northest to the southeast On
Polpnla ranch, near Sonora, which contains
a number of warm water springs, the earth
quake caused the water to gush forth in
great quantities.
SAVED IHE BODY.
A New Tork Suicide Who Anchored
Him-
self Near the Shore.
New York, Oct 12. .Vperiat Jacob
M. Bonker, one of the bridge-tenders at
the Desbrosses street ferry, terminated a
prolonged spree about 8:30 this morning by
jumping off the ferry bridge with an iron
pipe weighing CO pounds attached .to his
neck by a long rope. The ferryboat New
York was entering the slip at the time, and
the pilot, George W. Flower, saw the Bui
cide throw the pipe into the water and then
jump after it. He disappeared beneath the
surface near one of the paddle-wheels of
the ferryboat
His body was found by a boatman in ex
actly the same spot four hours later, the
iron pipe having anchored it. The suicide
had been drinking heavily for two days.
He was 22 years old, and had been an em
ploye of the Pennsylvania Railway Com
pany for several years. He was unmarried
and lived in Jersey City.
Lynchers to Be Tried to the Limit
Omaha, Oct 12. The preliminary hear
ing of the 15 lynchers, charged with the
murder of Coe, the negro, which was set for
this afternoon, has been postponed until
next Monday. All ot the men have been
released on bail, except three men, who
have apparently no friends. It is announced
by the Prosecuting Attorney that he wiU
push the cases for all they are worth.
TRACKING CAMPBELL
McKinley Sowing the Seeds of Truth
in the Western Reserve.
A GREAT SPEECH AT JEFFERSON.
Judge Sherman Estimates the Eepnulican
Majority at 30,000.
THE G0YERK0R HELPING THE. MAJOR
rraoM a 6TArF coRnESPovoEirr.l
Ashtabula, O., Oct. 12. For the next
three days Major McKinley will go over
the ground in the AVestern Reserve tra
versed by Governor Campbell several weeks
ago. Tliis afternoon he was at Jefferson,
to-morrow he will be at Painesville and on
AVednesday at Ravenna, The great Repub
lican love-feast occurs at Dayton on Thurs
day, when Foraker and Sherman will help
the Major to do the talking and assist in
eating the big barbecue prepared.
The strength of the Republican party
lies in the lap of the AVestern Reserve, and
determined efforts will be made this year
to get out the full vote. Last fall it was
light in comparison to what the Reserve
usually does when properly worked. Ash
tabula county, of which Jefferson is the
county seat, is one of the largest In extent
in the State. It is also the banner Repub
lican county, and when old Ashtabula fails
to roll up a majority of 4, 000 for the party
of protection something is radically wrong.
Ex-Speaker Lamson thinks that the county
will turn out one of its old-time Repub
lican votes in November.
HOW CAMPBELL'S SPEECHES WORK.
At Niles this morning I met Representa
tive Strock. He says Governor Campbell
made 25 votes for McKinley in his little
speech from the rear platform of a car deliv
ered in that place not long since, when he
ridiculed the tin plants being built there.
Mr. Strock says the people of tne town set
considerable store by the new industry, nnd
it riled some of them when Governor Camp
bell said that the youngest child within
sound of his voice would never live to see
the day when tin plate would be manufact
ured in America. It this Is correct, the
Governor did not add much to his strength
by his visit to the birthplace of McKinley.
The Major received a telegram to-day
from Sheriff Seymour, of San Bernardino
county, Cal., in which he states that at the
Temescal tin mines two tons of pig tin'are
being manufactured daily with an experi
mental fire stamp mill, and that a 40-stamp
plant will be started with a capacity of 20
tons per day in a short time. He adds that
an inexhaustible amount of tin ore is in
sight at the mines.
M'KINLEY BOYALLY WELCOMED.
Jefferson, this afternoon, received Mc
Kinley in royal style; most of the citizens
are Republican, and they had decorated
their homes handsomely. This town is the
old home of AVade and Giddlngs, and it is
with pride that the average Jefferson man
speaks of these sturdy abolitionists. The
great anti-Slavery leaders are sleeping
peacefully in the village cemetery, and
every man who visits the town and is proud
of his couutry seek the last resting place of
these distinguished men. MoKinley in his
speech referred to them, and Judge
Sherman, of Ashtabula, in introducing the
Major, paid a glowing tribute to the mem
nrv of tne dead statesmen. The older peo-
plo have many interesting .things to tell
about their lives ana nanus.
The crowd was large, and the meeting
was held in the open air. Judge Sherman
presided. He spoke of McKinley as not a
politician, but a statesman. The tariff pro
tects the labor, homes and industries, of
America, and Assists in furnishing a market
and commerce for the country. He said
Ashtabula connty was; the Gibraltar of Re
publicanism in Ohio; He predicted that
the JTaior would have 25,000 to 30,000
majority, it":' ;at applause. McKinley,
in his speech,' said: j
AN OHIO MA1T FOR SENATOR.
"The election this year is national in its
character. AVe have one Democratic Sena
tor now, ostensibly a citizen of the State,
but we want the next one to be a Repub
lican and a citizen of Ohio." Laughter.
The Major condemned the gerrymander,
and said it was necessary to elect a Repub
lican Legislature to correct it He said if
the Legislature is Democratic they would
Michiganize the State that is, pass a law
to choose Presidental electors by Congres
sional districts. He added that the com
plexion of the next House and Senate was
more important than the election of Gover
nor. AVhen talking about the crops some
one called out, "AVe have a McKinley crop
tnis year." Laug111"-!
"I nope," replied the Major, "wo will
gather a full Republican harvest, In Novem
ber. The Democrats are for free and un
limited coinage. I tried to get Governor
Campbell to talk about it at Ada. His lips
wero sealed on this great question, as if in
death. Tell me, men of Ashtabnla, who
would maintain tho silver dollar on a par
with gold underfreo coinage. A voice, "The
Democrats."!
NEVER SACRD7ICE RIGHT FOE CONSISTENCY
"Governor Campbell voted with me against
free coinage. He was right then, but wrong
now. A voice, "Why aren't you wiong."
"I never sacriflco right for consistency, my
friend." Cheers. "I did vote to restoro
silver, I always vote according to the condi
tions and demands of tho country at the
tiino. Applause.) "The conditions ,aro
changed now, and limited coinago of silver
is the correct policy."
Here the Major pointed out how free sil
ver would rob the old soldiers ot their pen
sions. He said they hadn't the nerve to
cut them down openly, but they are trying
to reduce them indirectly, on the tarift.
McKinley said: ""
This is a business question. If wo didn't
have to raise money to support the Govern
ment, we wouldn't be discussing tariffs to
day. How will yon raise the monej? By
direct or indirect taxation? We tried the
latter, and it was odious to the people. If
you want to go back to direct taxation, don't
vqto for me; vote for the other man. Tho
Democrats this year want to put a tax on in
comes. Andrew Jackapn and Jefferson said
it was the most unjust plan ever adopted to
raise money for the state.
TWO KINDS OF TARIFFS.
The Major then showed the difference be
tween a protective and a revenue tariff He
showed how, under the latter tbe consumer
always pays the tax. The Democrats want
the English free trade tariff to prevail in
this country. A revenue tariffput out the
fires in the furnaces between 1850 to 1860.
Under this system large importations are
needed to produce revenue, and every ship
load of goods displaces that many of
American manufacture. Horace Greely
said of the AValker revenue tariff in 184(1
that it was grievous wrong, and he for one
would try to avoid panic-making. He
predicted that men would soon be crying
lor bread. In 1855, when the law had been
in operation for eight years, Greely said:
"Who is hungry? Go and see the people
struggling like wild beasts for food. Where
charity gives to the poor, I have seen men
glad to get a piece of meat and a bowl of
soup."
"And yet," continued the Major, "Gov
ernor Campbell says it was the golden era
of the oountry between 1850 and I860."
Applause.
He read further Greelv'a flescHntion of
,the condition of the country at the time
wnen men were starving.
A DEMOCRAT IN THE AUDIENCE.
But they say tho tariff shuts ns out of for
eign markets. What sanctity is there about
a foreign market that does not exist around
a home market? Isn't a customer InPicta-
f-
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It Wai Soon Be Over Now.
bnrgorYonnrstownas good to yon farmers
as one in London or Liverpool! The cam
paign liar is now out of a Job. Laughter. 1
This new tariff law has had one birthday,
and it will have many more. Applause. 1
We never exported so many products from
the workshop and farms as we have in tbe
last 11 months. I am for the foreign product
for taxation. Laughter. Who made this
country. A voice, "The Democrats." I
want to say to my friend there are plenty of
good Democrats, but many of them are go
Ins to vote the Republican ticket this year.
Laughter. Who improves your roads and
rivers and harbors? A voice, "The work
ingman." Yes, that is true, and the Republican party
provides him with work. What I wanted to
say was that the foreigner does not pay a
dollar for improvements. Governor Camp
bell says he Is a farmer and he hasn't made
p. dollar on his land for years. He hag been
in politics for 20 years. How conld be make
money farming? A voice, "He can go back
to farming next year.l Laughter.
THE FARMERS r TKEIR DEMANDS.
A committee cf . x remained with us
nearly all last - s .0f
of tho granserS',.J- --11
3.. ..a nf ... ..-
kUD uutnia
theit de
hinkof mands. Applause. :() O
ft. f.nVO.n .... n.Pnlltn k t-
Jo
can business men who sav
tin plate? Mr. Campbell deni
" Vr,.
we can't make tin nlate. Wh,. o' ,'."
think of a man who reflects on the v
7-i: "wAiwiiciit van i, matte nn t-
Wjiy, we are producing it. This industry
f... .miiiau nuiitjor 2u,uuu inoro men. wny
97 per cent of tin plate is sheet steel. We
have been making that for 30 years, and now
we propose to coat it with tin. Applause.
This is all that is needed to make the tin
plate complete.
The Major followed up the tin industry,
and disposed of some of Governor Camp
bell's strong assertions about the business
under the new tariff. AVhile at Jefferson,
Mr. McKinley was the guest of Ex-Speaker
Lamson, who was ousted from the Lieuten
ant Governorship by the Democrats. Ex
Congressman Allen, of Michigan, is travel
ing with McKinley, and at the close of the
Major's speech he spoke for a few minutes.
After the meeting they came to this town.
This evening a large crowd greeted them In
City HalL Mr. Allen was scheduled to
speak and did the bulk of the talking. He
made a strong argument in favor of silver
and the tariff Israel.
A CHILEAN'S SCHEME
TO OBTAIN RECOGNITION FROM
PRESIDENT HARRISON.
r , . . -7-.
The EhToyof the Junta. Poies as a Metho
dist Delegate and Visit the "White
DTonse He Shake Hands Bat Accom
plishes Nothing More.
AVASniNGTON, Oct 12. Special. Mr.
Julio Foster, one of the members of the
Congressional party of Chile, who came to
AVashington early last summer vainly seek
ing recognition from the United States
Government, and who has remained here as
the self-constituted mouthpiece of the Junta
and the new government, has at last
been received by the President. The fact
that Mr. Harrison did not know he was re
ceiving Mr. Foster seems to be regarded as
unimportant by that diplomat, who adopted
a rather novel plan forgetting himself rec
ognized. Learning that the President would this
evening receive the membtrs-of the Metho
dist Conference, now in session here, he
obtained a card of introduction and sur
rounded by the reverend gentlemen he
passed with the line into the Blue Room
and was "received"-with the others. AVhen
his name was called out the President
grasped his hand, and thinking Mr. Foster
was one of the distinguished Methodists,
said he was glad to see him.
This was the official honor for which Mr.
Foster has long sought for. It is the only
recognition the envoys have been accorded
either by the President or the State De
partment, notwithstanding persistent
attempts to be officially received, both be
fore and since the overthrow of Balmaceda.
A Railroad Rate War On.
CHICAGO, Oct 12. Special. The situa
tion regarding passenger rates in the Cen
tral Traffic Association to-day is rapidly de
veloping into a serious rate war, both the
Pennsylvania and the Baltimore and Ohio
have given notice of important reductions
to be made in the fares from Ohio points to
Chicago on October 15. ThePcnnsylvaniaand
the Erie both reduce tbe rate from Columbus
to Chicago from $9 20 to $8 35, and the
Baltimore and Ohio slashes the rate from
Newark to Chicago from $9 70 to 57 65,
from Mansfield, Zanesville, Cambridge.Bel
laire and other Ohio points rate is cut from
10 to 20 per cent. It looks as though the
Lake Shore would be drawn into the fight
before long.
THE NEWS DIRECTORY.
Readers of to-day's 12-page Dispatch
will find the following index convenient:
PAGE 1.
Pattlson's Proclamation.
The Inquiry.
Progress of McKinley. A Leprosy Scare.
PAGE 3.
The Local Campaign. Miners May Confer.
Itlrcrmen for the Canal.
PAGE 3.
Want Ads. Miscellaneous Ads.
PAGE 4.
Editorial. Fast Railroading.
Social and Personal. Mail Pouch.
PAGE C.
Theatrical Criticism. Amusement Notes.
PACE O.
Business of tho Prison Congress.
PAGE 7.
An Irish Manifesto. Tammany's Metbods.
Cases Before the Supreme Court
PAGE 8.
Lexington Trotters. General Sports.
News From Neighboring Towns.
PAGE O.
The Pan-Republic Congress China's Riots.
Mexican Revolutionists.
PAGE 10.
Court Trials. Tho OH Fields.
Coal Operators Talk.
PAGE 11.
Tho Cattle Trade. Blarket Reports.
PAGE 12.
Council Proceedings. Methodist Ideas.
Exposition Features.
AFRAID OF LEPBOSY.
The Poison May .Be Transmitted by
the New Jersey Mosquito.
SAM SING CAUSING MUCH TROUBLE.
People at Snake Hill Very Anxious to Have
Him Move Oat
HE HOPES TO SOON RETURN TO CHINA
rSFECI U. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Snake Htll, N. J., Oct 12. Can lepro
sy be transmitted by mosquitoes? That is
if a mosquito sucks the blood of a leper and
then lights on a healthv man and sticks the
same proboscis into him that he used on the
leper, is there any danger of transmitting
the disease to the healthy man? The man
who answers that question will lift a load
from the minds' of the 1,000 persons who
have to live on Snake Hill, and will earn
their everlasting thankfulness If he an
swers it in the negative, while if he answers
it in the affirmative he will create a panic,
the like of which has possibly never been
seen. Snake Hill is overrun with mosquito J.
It towers up right in the middle of a swamp,
which is the breeding ground of at least
half the mosquitos in Hndson county.
Last year a man got lost in the swamp
and was bitten by the little pests so that
he subsequently died. They have been
particularly thick the past season. Sam
Sing, the Harrison leper, is confined in the
pest house at the hill. The mosquitos have
troubled him more his disease.
AVhen they get through with him they go
off and suck the blood of healthy victims
through the same proboscis that they used
on him.
ARMED TO FIGHT MOSQUITOES.
A great many of the 1,000 persons at the
Hill argue that if leprosy is contagions no ,
better way of transmitting it could be found
than by the proboscis of one of these mos
quitoes. They are frightened. They have
been dreading a mosquito as they wonld a
rattlesnake, and a band of the pests have on
more than one occasion created almost a
panic. Canopies were unknown before Sam
Sine came to the Hill. Now every one
who can afford one has' one.
Some folks are thoroughly frightened at
the possibility of catching the disease, and
they go about continually armed with
pennyroyal and ammonia and other sup
posed preventives of mosquito bites. Sam
Sing is officially declared a nuisance, and
the connty w;ll pay a j"od round sum to be
rid of him. Sam himself has tried to rid
the county of his presence, but it was only
to inflict himself on some other community,
and the officials are not anxious to get fid of
him that way. On Friday afternoon a
newspaper man called to see him, and, fail
ing to nnd him in his usual quarters, he
looked about for him. Ten minutes later
he caught sight ot him flying like all pos
sessed down the side of the hill toward the
meadow and swamp.
THE LEPER IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
A deputy keeper started after the leper.
Near the edge of the swamp Sam looked
back and saw that he was being pursued.
He stopped running and stood dejectedly
where he had stopped until the keeper cams
up and shoved him back to the pesthouse,
Sam is now in solitary confinement, and will
remain there probably until a way can be
found to get him to China. He will have
no chance to exercise, and will not be per
mitted outside of his little 10x13 prison
room.
This is because his keepers are afraid of
him. They will not even hand his food to
him. He has one plate, a knife and fork
and a enp and saucer. The man who feeds
him is careful not to come within touching
distance of him. He is treated in respect
as if he were a wild beast They prepare
his food, and when it is time to serve it Sam
has to put his plate down so they can come
up to it without getting anywhere near him.
Then they put the food on it and go away.
Sam reaches out and gets the food. He
washes his own dishes. He has nothing to
read, no one to talk to, and absolutely noth
ing to do but to sit and think of China,
whither he hopes he may be sent tflfdie.
Dr. King, the physician in charge of the
county distributions at the Hill, took pity
on Sam a week or so ago and compelled tho
keepers to let the unfortunate man out for
exercise.
SAM'S PLEASURES ALL GONE.
Then Sam would go and lie under the
trees and watch the ships on the river that
rufi3 at the foot of the hill. His attempt to
escape on Friday has stopped that, and he
will get no more-exercise except what he
can get walking up 3d down his cell. A
Dispatch reporter say him and talked
with him this afternoon. HI was crouched
up in his cot and completely covered with
bedclothing when the reporter rent into
the'room. Sam said he hated the plies and
thejkeepers. He tried to run away to iTeiv
York, he said.
From the hill where he was exercising he
saw the houses in the distance. He started
off in the direction where the houses looked
to be closest, and he was going to take a bee
line right across the country to reach them.
It is well that he did not get farther away
than he was when he was discovered, for if
he had got into the swamp he might have
been bitten to death by mosquitos, like the
other man. Sam said that as soon as his
cousin in Harrison, N. J., sold his laundry
he would start for China. He would go to
Vancouver and sail from there, he said.
He talked cheerfully when he spoke of this
proposed trip,
he wants to oo to china."
The reporter told him tbe fate of the two
New York lepers who went to Vancouver,
and were sent back in a sealed freight car
because the ships refused to carry them. He
became despondent also, but he brightened
up again when Dr. King told him he was
going to try and find a boat that would take
him from "New York City. The disease is
w.VTnff ,! Tirntrrpoo in mm .! irltA
does not start for China very soon he may
never reach there.
"The things that bother us," said Dr.
King to-day, "are the mosquitos that bother
Sam."
The doctor would not say whether ha
thought it possible for mosquitoes to trans
mit the disease. There is a chance for some
enterprising ship owner or master to make
money. He can fix his price at almost any
figure within reason, and the Hudson connty
officials will, pay it to get rid of Sam Sing.
If he will take Sam Sing he can probably
also take the two New York lepers at
North Brother Island at his own price. He
can set aside a small portion of his ship for
them, and there will be no danger of him
self or any of his men contracting the dis
ease. They can simply steer clear of that
part of the ship, and when they get to China
and put the lepers ashore they can fumigate
it. Very possibly the fare that could be
collected from these three lepers would pay
a good part of the expenses of a voyage.
Eight Million Dollars In Litigation.
San Francisco, Oct 12. The suit of
Lizzie F. Ralston ogainst the trustees of
the estate of William Sharon waa up to-day
in the United States Circuit Court The
action asks for an accounting of tbe estate
of Ralston, which it is claimed was in the
hands of Sharon and which has passed into
the hands of the defendants. The amount
involved is about $8,000,000. The com
plaint sets forth that at the time the Bank
of California was forced to close its doors,
Ralston made a deed ot trust to Sharon of
all his property, and that Sharon failed to
return the deed or make proper restitution.
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