THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10, 1891. ft SEALER'S SEIZURE Comes Up in the Supreme Court for a Decision on Congress' Power TO CAPTURE SUCH SHIPS. Many Prominent Attorneys on Hand to Argue the Question. INTENSE 1KTEEEST IN THE CASE. Great Britain's Cause Being Looked After Terr Carefully. THE OPENING SPEECHES ON EACH SIDE Washington, Xov. 9. The United States Supreme Court Chamber was crowded to-day with distinguished' members of the bar present to hear arguments in the cele brated case of Thomas Henry Cooperagainst the Judge of the United States Court for the District of Alaska, better known as the Sayward-Berinjj sea sealeries case. Ex-Secretary Bayard and ex-Attorney General Garland, of President Cleveland's Cabinet; ex-Senator Edmunds, Senator Mitchell, of Oregon; Representative Springer, of Illi nois, and others were present, beside Attor ney General Miller, Solicitor General Taft, Joseph H. Choate, of Xew York, and others who will take part in the argument "When the court asembled Justice Bradley was not present, but he arrived at the Capitol and took his place on the bench just before the Sayward case was called, so that a full court was present when the hearing began. This now celebrated case arises out of the seizure of the Canadian scaler "W. P. Say ward, in Bering Sea, for violation of the act of Congress making it illegal to catch seals within the waters of Bering Sea. The ves sel as libeled under the admiralty laws of the United States, and, after trial, the United States District Court of Alaska de clared a forfeiture of the vessel. A Final Legal Opinion Wanted. The case was then brought to this court on a motion for a writ of prohibition to stop the Alaskan court from taking meas ures to enforce its decree, the ground for this motion being a contention that the court had no jurisdiction to try the oflense, for the reason that it was committed more than three miles from shore, and, therefore, under the law of nations, without the juris diction of the United States. By this method it is sought to secure an opinion fronAhis court on the question which has been for a long time in contro versy between the United States and Great Britain as to the right of the former country to the exclusive control of the seal fisheries in Bering Sea. The opening skirmish in this legal battle resulted in lavor of Great Britain, the court deciding aeainst a preliminary plea by the United States that the Supreme Court could not entertain even a moti on for leave tofile a petition for a writ of prohibition. Since the legal proceedings began an agreement has been reached "be tween the two governments, under which it is hoped to secure a final and definite solu tion of -this long-pending diplomatic dis pute, but this will not affect the present case. .. Argument forhe Sayward's Owner. Mr. Calderon Carlisle, of this city, opened the case in behalf of the owner of the Say ward. At the outset he said that the decis ion of this case could nob forestall anything that any other branch of the government should da Of course, he Eaid, it will stop any seizure of anv foreign vessel under any existing law. This court may in this case without expressing any opinion as to the rights of the United States, hold that the seizure of this foreign vessel, 69 miles from land, was an illegal act under the interna tional law, and not forestall anywconvention of the United States with reference to seal property. Mr. Carlisle then combatted the position taken by the United States that this court was bound by the face of the proceedings and could not go behind what was shown on the record as submitted by the Judge of the Alaska co art. First taking up the words of the libelj which sets out that "the vessel was seized in that part of Bering Sea ceded bjr Russia to the United States," he said it might very well be held that no part of it was ceded by Russia. If it were a cession from anybody it was a cession from the civ ilized world, for Bussia could not cede be yond three miles from shore. Mr. Carlisle next took up the point raised by the United States, that if the Court could go behind the return of the Alaska Judge there was evidence which it may be presumed might have justified the Court in noiamg tnat seals were taten within the three-mile limit The Most Serlons Barrier of AIL The Attorney General, Mr. Carlisle said, in addition to the two small barriers of which he had spoken, had set up another more serious one, namely, that the position taken Dy the Executive "with reference to Bering Sea was a position taken on a poli tical question that of national sovereignty, which absolutely binds the court, whetherthe position be right or wrong. If the argu ment be correct that, regardless of the law of nations and an act ot Congress, the Pres ident can extena tne national boundaries far out into the ocean, why should he stop there and not make assertions as to our power and right which would, in the lan guage of Justice Storey, lead to universal mischief? Ke then asked why, if the United States could try British sealers for offenses in any of these waters, why not British sailors for murder? He claimed that the writ of pro hibition must be issued because of the fun damental want of jurisdiction in the Alaska court Solicitor General Taft, In opening the case for the United States, said its position couia De siaiea in two seniences: First two that the question which tne petitioners seek here to raise is not presented to the court or the record in the case; second, that if it is presented to the court the question has been decided, being a political question, by the political departments of the Go em inent, and this court will not re erse or qualifv that decision. Taking up the political phase of the argu ment, the Solicitor General said the Gov ernment did not deny that the jurisdiction of the Alaskan and the venue of the offensp were judicial questions, to be decided by that court and by this court in a proper case. "What he asserted was that the juris diction of that court, and the venue of the offense by a single step was made to inevit ably depend upon the national jurisdiction in Behring Sea, that that is a political question, and that the decision of the Ex ecuth e on that political question is con clusive, not onlv upon this court, but upon every citizen within .the jurisdiction. Uncle Sam Bests Three States. "Washington, Nov. 9. The Court of Claims to-day rendered a decision dismiss ing the suits of the States of Indiana, Ohio and Illinois against the United States to recover the 2 per cent fund retained from the proceeds ot the sale of the Cum berland Gap road, aggregating $1,000,000. The Court held that the fund in question is not a trust fund, and that it is barred bv the statute of limitations. An appeal will' be taken. A Brazil State's Subsidy. "Washington, Nov. 9. The Bureau of American Republics is informed that the Legislature of the State of Espirito Santo, Brazil, has passed a bill granting a subsidy ot ?90,000 a year for the establishment of direct steam communication with the United States. HUSTLING FOE TEE COHVEHTIOH. Seven Cities Already in the Scramble and All Working Hard. "Washington, Nov. 9. Special From reports already received in 'Washington the indications are that an unusual large num ber of delegates will come here on Novem ber 23 to lay before the Republican Na tional Committee the claims of their respective cities to the honor of the Repub lican Convention of 1892. .Pittsburg, Chicago, Omaha, Cincinnati, Minne apolis and San Francisco have al ready formally entered the field, and it is understood that during the coming week another candidate will appear; this i the rising and ambitious city of Tacoma, on Puget Sound. An agent of Tacoma is now in the Ett, arranging the preliminaries of the campaign. The inducements which this hustling town will offer, in addition to the usual beasts of fine hotels, beautiful climate, unprejudiced political opinions, etc., in clude free riilroad transportation for all delegates, alternatives, newspaper repre sentatives and prominent politicians. San Francisco is prepared to offer free rides to the delegates, but Tacoma proposes to place all the visitors on the same footing in this regard. Arrangements are being made, it U said, by which the Tacoma boomers will be able to lay before the na tional committee a cut and dried plan of railroad facilities for reaching the far . western town without ex pense that surpasses the wonderlul schedule carried out in the grana circle sailing jaunt of President Harrison last spring. The plan contemplates bringing delegates from the four corners of the coun try by trains to meet at some central point like Omaha, whence thev will move in one grand procession to the City on the Sound. The details of Tacoma's plan are still un perfected, but will, it is noped, be in com plete shape on or before November 23. ADVICE FROM AMERICA. THE IKISn NATIONAL LEAGUE ISSUES A PLAIN ADDRESS. Their Brethren in Erin Connseled to Unite by Mutual Concessions, Even If Every Leadership Candidate Mutt Withdraw. Lincoln-, Neb , Nov. 9. M.V. Gannon, President of the Irish National League of America; "William Byman, Treasurer, and John P. Sutton, Secretary, to-day issued a significant statement addressed to the friends of Ireland in America. The docu ment refers to the rival factions inflamed with hate, arrayed .against each other in Ireland, and says those who would be nat urally looked to there for counsel tending to peace and unity are foremost in fermenting fratricidal strife, adding: Union, however, between these factions is absolutely necessary to the success of the Irish cause, and it must be a union of head and heart based on mutual concessions, even if every present aspirant to leadership has to be forced into retirement It should be the resolve of the Irish in America that no Parliamentary factions shall be permitted to bring upon our motherland a ruin more complete than England's tyrannical acts hate ever been able to accomplish. The address calls for more thorough or ganization and a redoubling of efforts to make the Irish League of America a mightv engine for good, not only for Ire land, hut for the Irish race all the world over. Entirely non-partisan, the League, the address says, will exercise a marked beneficial influence in Irish affairs, and Hi power to render .financial assistance will be far greater than ''can ever be derived from spasmodio collection tours by Irish representatives. As an independent Amer ican organization it should not heed the clamor of interested parties, or stop by the wayside to quarrel with fellow countrymen who mav difier in opinion, but go steadily forward endeavoring to bring order out of chaos, union out of disunion, and ultimate freedom to Ireland. THE MAVEBICK BOOKS BALANCE. A More Favorable Statement of Condition Than Was Expected. BOSTON, Nov. 9. Receiver Beal gives this as the state of the Maverick National Bank, as shown by its books at the close -of business October 31, 1891: Total resources, ?9,687,84G, total liabilities the same. As compared with September 25 loans had de creased in the month before the failure by 5330,000. The bond account was reduced by $117,000. The cash with reserve agents has been reduced from 5963,000 to $289,000, and the loans to banks had come down from 51,047,000 to 1796,000. Exchanges for clearing houses were only 5331,000, against $633,000 upon the previous date. Specie ha been reduced from 5647,000 to $337,000, but legal tenders had increased from $490,000 to $597,000. The deposits at the time of the bank's sus pension, including certificates of deposit and deposits of banks and bankers, aggre gated 58,260,000, as against $9,910,000 five weeks before, a loss of $1,600,000 in de posits, of which 5734,000 was a falling off in individual deposits and $500,000 a falling off in bank deposits. The Maverick had a verv laree business. its outward mail averaging from 600 to 800 letters a day, and the posting of 1,000 let ters was not an unusual occurrence; but everything is found thus far to have been systematically conducted, and all accounts balance upon the, books. METHODIST CHURCH EXTENSION. Action Taben by the General Committee Looklnc; to More Systematic Work. Columbus, Nov. 9. The General Com mittee of phurch Extension of the Metho dist Episcopal Church closed its business to-day. Resolutions were adopted looking to more systematic reports ot the work in the different fields; that amounts asked and authorized be discussed in open meeting in stead of being referred to a sub-committee; that all applications for donations to churches costing over $10,000 shall be made, in the first instance, to the Board of Church Extension, Tho shall, after gathering all the facts in each case, forward the applica tions with the ascertained facts to the Gen eral Committee. The General Committee mav then adise the boaid to appropriate such amounts to the applying churches as the committee may determine. The Committee on Amounts asked and authorized reported, all sections of the country being represented in the fund. J. "W. Bonton, of Philadelphia, offered -to con tnbBte 51,000 toward a ?10,000 fund to be used to purchase locations for churches in advance of civilization. The proposition was accepted. The meeting next year will be at a time and place to be fixed by the Secretary. A BATTLE WITH 0ULTAWB. Indian Territory Bandits Will Kill Officer They Meet on Sight. Every Guthrie, L T., Nov. 9. Indian Agent Patrick, SneriffConley, of the Sac and Fox nations, and Deputy Marshal Williams went to the place where Marshal George Thorn ton was murdered and were fired upon by the same gang of outlaws who killed Thorn ton. After a lively battle ttye outlaws were routed. A native lii ing there said that the outlaws were organized and patrolling the entire sec tion of country. They have a description of every officer" in the. territory, and would shoot him on sight THE PAPAL QUESTION Plainly Pronounced Upon by Italy's Premier Rudini at Milan. LEO XIII NO MORE THAN A SUBJECT. The Financial Situation of the Kingdom Is Growing Better. NO NEW DBBTS ABE TO BE INCURRED Rome, Nov. 9 The Marquis di Rudinl, the Italian Premier, to-day delivered a long speech at Milan. Part of his speech was devoted to the financial situation of the Government, and during the course of his remarks he announced that a complete equi librium had been established in the budget Not only were the estimated receipts fully equal to the expenditures, but even a small surplus in receipts might be expected. The Government, he said, would incur no new debts. Referring to the recent pilgrim incidents in Rome, the Marquis declared that he was firmly opposed to the abolition or modifica tion of the Papal guarantees law. Pil grims, he said, might come to Italy with no fear of molestation. Italy's relations with foreign powers were friendly, and she would do her best to strengthen peace. The vari ous Governments of Europe were inspired with great prudence and moderation. Italy should have no fear of the grouping of friendly allied powers. Italy had renewed her adhesion to the Triple Alliance in order to guarantee a state of affairs fitted to pro mote a policy of recuperation. Wholesome Measures to Be Introduced, Premier Rudini announced the introduc tion of measures to diminish the expense of the local corps, to settle the difficulties of Rome's civic administration and to re organize banks of issue by liberating capital and issuing uniform notes in the form adopted by the Bankers' Association. Con tinuing, Premier Rudini said that the com mercial treaties with Germany, Austria and Switzerland did not injure manufactures. They favored!the exportation of agricultural products. Alluding to the Vat jean, he said: "We have in our midst the Papacy, which sometimes assumes a threatening attitude; but its sphere of action is limited to the ex ercise of spiritual power, not only by a law which cannot be lightly contravened, but also by the almost unanimous consent of those who thought themselves most re ligious. The country's ecclesiastical policy has now become traditional. The honor and strength of the Kingdom of Italy must be scrupulously maintained. The deplora ble incidents produced by a few short sighted persons will not make us deviate from that policy. Plain Language to the Pope. "Not for so slight a matter will we raise questions affecting the constitution of the kingdom, nof will we tamper with the im movable statutory law of guarantees, the wisdom and expediency of which have been proved by long experience. Italy will not fail in this respect, owing to liberty of con science and religious toleration. "It is our boast and profession that pil grims from the whole world may be confi dent that the laws will protect them on coming to Borne to pay devout homage to the Tope. Strong in the present and confi dent in the future, we fearlessly guarantee the fullest liberty in Rome. " Premier Rudini's remarks concerning the Papacy have produced a bad impression at the Vatican, the programme tending to make the Pope only the first subject of the King. The Pope will prepare a sharp note in reply. In conclusion, the - Marquis di Rudini said: "We have constantly striven to dis- ?el the, distrust that France feels toward taly. The recent participation of the French in the fetes at Nice upon the oc casion of the unveiling in that city of the statue of the Italian patriot. Garibaldi, was an assurance of the renewal of the cor diality which has always been dear to Italians." WALES HAS SOKE PBIENDS. Theatrical People Give the Prince a Gold Cigar Box on Bis 50th Birthday. London", Nov. 9. To-day is the fiftieth anniversary of the birth of His Royal High ness, the Prince of "Wales. The occasion is being celebrated in a quiet manner at Sand ringham, in Norfolkshire. A large number of congratulatory letters and telegrams have been received by' His Highness, and many presents have been forwarded to him from various parts of Great Britain and the continent. The Prince of Wales, through his patron age of various London theaters, has done much to mace tne success ot numerous plays produced at those establishments, and the managers and actors were desirous of show ing in some way their appreciation. Some time ago a movement was started among the dramatic profession looking to the forma tion of a fund to purchase a present to be given to the Prince to-day. The subscrip tions to the fund poured in rapidly and those having the affair in hand decided upon a gold ciirar box as a suitable token of their; regard. To-day Sir Augustus Harris and others, representing the theatrical pro fession, proceeded from London to Sand ringham, where they privately presented their gift RUSSIA SNUBBED BT TURKEY. The Porte Belases to Allow the Exhuma tion and Removal of Dead Soldiers. St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. As is well known, the relations between the Russian and Turkish Governments are not remark able for friendliness, and matters have not been improved by a reply from the Porte to a request recently made by 'Russia. The latter country being desirous of honoring its soldiers who were killed during the late Russo-Turkish war and who were buried to Turkey, recently requested the Porte to grant permission for the Russian authorities to disinter the dead, it being tne intention of Russia to remove them to San Stefano, near Constantinople, where a Na tional memorial was to be erected in their honor. It was also the intention of Russia to erect at San Stefano an Orthodox Greek Church in memory of those who laid down their lives for their country. But the Porte declines to allow Russia to remove the bodies. It is held in St. Peters burg that this is but another illustration of the animosity of the Porte toward every thing Russian, and there is much irritation in consequence It is not believed that the Russian Government will allow the ques tion to remain as it now stands. Russian Credit Poor In France. Berlin, Nov. 9. The North German Ga zette says that the reaction against Russian stocks is due to the fact that France has within three years been flooded with four milliards in Russian securities, and that the decline in the value of the rouble is tracea ble to the failure of the Russian harvest. Hamburg and Prussia Trading Territory. Berlin, Nov. 9. The free city of Ham burg is treating with Prussia for the sale of Cuxhaven to the Government It is prob-U able tnat tne compensation win De tne ces sion of Altona to Hamburg. French Legislation for Labor. Paris, Nov. 9. The Senate has passed a bill regulating the hours of labor of women and children. Frightful Cruelty at an Orphanage. Dublin, Nov. 9. Rev. Samuel Cotton, rector of Carogh, Kildare, who was recently charged with criminal neglect and ill treat- inent of children in the Carogh Orphanage, has been arrested for homicide in having caused the death of a child by placing it in a cold bath and levying it in the open air all night covered with a sack. The child was found in the morning, the sack being frozen to its' body: BERLIN BANKS IN PERIL. THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO A HEAVY BUN YESTERDAY. New Developments Hourly in the Two Biff Failures Already Announced As Other Banks Continue to Pay All Demands the Excitement Is Subsiding. Berlin, Nov. 9. A large number of the customers of the great banking firm on Leipziger Strasse, alarmed by the recent failures of Hisphfeld & "Wolff and Fried lander & Somerfeld, to-day visited the bankers and withdrew their deposits. There wag great excitement among the depositors, and it was found necessary to detail a number of po licemen for the special purpose of keeping the crowd in order. There was a run upon the banks generally. All demands were met, however, and this fact tended in a great measure to allav the excitement The feeling is now becoming quieter. Some people are of the opinion that the worst of the financial Btorm is over, and that when matters quiet down there will be a beneficial reaction. In any case the mar ket was disorganized to-day, and securities, generally, have taken a "slump." The in fluence of this decline of prices is already felt in London and in Paris, and it would not be going too far to sav that the Berlin troubles have disorganized every market in Europe. Additional revelations in regard to the collapse of Hirschfeld & "Wofff, the fall of Herr Leipziger and the suicides of the Sommerfelds are made almost hourly. Siegmund Sonimerfeld died to-day from the wounds he inflicted npon himself on Saturday last, at the same time that his son Felix took his own life. The Sommerfelds, as already stated, in addition' to snooting themselves, had opened veins in their arms, and when found were literally bathed in blood. Siegmund lived until this morning with a bullet in his brain, but Felix died soon after he and his father were found. "" A CYCLONE AT SEA Seventy-Seven of the Crew of a Foundered Steamer Find Watery Graves. Calcutta, Nov. 9. On Monday last a cyclone passed over the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. The islands form a British convict settlement to which East Indian criminals are transported, and the steamer Enterprise, belonging to the In dian Government and used to eonvey pris oners to the islands, and for other purposes, was at one of the ports when the cyclone set in. The vessel foundered and of her crew of 83 men only six were saved. The other 77 either went down with the steamer or were drowned while attempting to reach the shore. THE RESULT IN IOWA COMMENTED UPON BY MBS. J. ELLEN FOSTER, THE LECTURER. She Denounces the Tammany Hall Methods of the Democratic Party in That State, and Bitterly Scores.Its So-Called Tem perance Members Not Discnuraged. Chicago, Nov. 9 Mrs. J. Ellen Foster the well-known prohibitionist and the founder of the Non-Partisan "Women's Christian Temperance Union, is in the city to-day. She admits that the result of last Tuesday's election "in IoWa was a sur prise to her. "But," she-adds, "while my own enthusiastic desire for Republican suc cess might have biased my calm judgment, yet such conservative men as Senator Alli son, Chairman Mack and Editor Clarkson, of the State Register, were equally confident." "The caampaign was a vigorous one," continued Mrs. Foster, "and every honor able means was employed to insure Repub lican success. The stubborn fact remains, however, that Democratic methods of Tam many Hall type prevailed. The result was not due to a change in the real sentiment of the State. Some of the most enthusiastic campaigners we had this year were men who voted against prohibition when it was adonted at the. election of 1882. But many Prohibitionists have left the State. The adoption of prohibition in' the Dakotas and.other localities of the West was due to the Iowa colonists settling there. 'The moral influence of Governor Boies administration has been against the enforce ment of the prohibitory law. He pardoned criminals convicted under its provisions. He assailed clergymen who protested against his connivance at outlawry and crime." Mrs. Foster bitterly scores "temperance" Democrats, who, she declared, all voted the straight Democratic ticket, regardless of temperance sympathies of the Republican candidates. She expresses the belief that the law will be retained, although its en forcement will be rendered more difficult. Blackened His Mother's Eye. There was a very sad scene at the Twenty eighth ward police station last night when an old couple who called themselves Mr. and Mrs. Burns put in an appearance. The couple, whose hairs are whitened from age, begged with tears that their son Patrick Burns be arrested. Mrs. Burns told the story of the pair, which was to the effect that the son had gone to their home in Wharton's row and assaulted both the father and mother. The father said such outbreaks on the part of the son were fre quent, and only last week he had blackened his mother's eye. As Magistrate Succop was away no information could be made, and the couple were advised to call to-day and enter suit against the brutal son. Improper Advertising. Assistant Police Superintendent O'Mara made an information yesterday against Dr. J. Charles Harrison on a charge of misde meanor before Alderman McKenna. Dr. Harrison lectured in the Bijou theatre Sun day night and it is alleged his methods of showing nictures bv stereopticon and Hi- tributing printed circulars among the audi ence is in violation of an act of Assembly relative to improper literature. He was arrested at the Hotel Eiffel by Detective Demmell and placed in Central station. He secured bail in ?500 shortly afterward and was released for a hearing on Friday after noon. Officer John Moore Dead. John Moore, one of tbebest known police men in the city, died at the Mercy Hospital yesterday afternoon, at 3:13 o'clock. He was 38 years of age, and for some time past had been suffering with consumption. A little over a week ago he became so ill that he had to be removed to the hospital. Moore was lieutenant under Mayors Lyon and Lydell, but has been a private under Chief Brown. The body is at the home of Officer Oliver People's, Twelfth street At 5 o'clock this morning it will be removed to the Lake Erie depot, and sent to Aurora, N. Y the former home of the deceased. The Coroner "Working on the Mystery. Scranton, NoV. 9. Special Coroner Gardner went to Nay-Aug this morning and investigated the death of Eric Anderson. He found that the natives of the village had summoned up sufficient courage to enter the house. Anderson must have been dead fully two weeks, for the remains were badly decomposed and rats had eaten the flesh from the face. Shortly before his death Anderson had exhibited a large roll of bills, but absolutely no money was found about the premises, .No evidences of foul play were discovered. A FIGHT IS COMING. The New York Central Outwits, the Pennsylvania People in BUILDING A SHORT COMECTION. The Beech Creek Boute to Shorten Distance to Chicago. the NEWSY NOTES PROM NEARBY TOWNS rSPICIAL TILXORAM TO THE DlSPAWn.l Clearfield, Nov. 9. There is great ex citement throughout this county in railroad circles, as it is now stated the Beech Creek Railroad, which has so long been a thorn in the Pennsylvania Railroad's side, will reach its Pittsburg and Western connections at last For many years this county was with out a single railroad, and it was not until far up in the "sixties" that roads began coming in. Last of all came the Beech Creek, now controlled by the New York Central, which comes np through the south east from Williamsport and has already entered nearly all the best coal fields in the county. All the roads in the county are really ownfid and controlled by the Pennsylvania, with the exception of the Beech Creek. Some years ago It was understood that an agreement had been entered into between the Pennsylvania and the Vanderbilts, who controlled the Beech Creek, that they were not to extend their lines further up into Clearfield county than the line of the Bell's Gap at Mehaffey, 21 miles southwest of Clearfield. This agreement has been sa credly kept by the Vanderbilts so long as the road was in their hands, but recently 'the road was leased to the Northern Cen tral, after which affairs changed consid erably. The Railroad Company Organized. Six months ago a company was formed to develop and operate the great Patton coal lands which lie southwest of Clearfield on the Cambria county line. When these par ties perfected their arrangements the im- portant question of shipping the coal was taken up. The Pattons and W. H. Dill.the banker who recently failed, and was at that time very influential with the Pennsylvania Railroad, wanted that road to get the ton nage, but McGee, Lang and Kerr insisted so strongly on the" Beech Creek that they finally won their point Now comes the great trouble in extending the Beech Creek lines from Kerrmoor to Patton without crossing the line of the hos tile Bell's Gap, backed by the Pennsyl vania. Many schemes were advanced, that finally adopted being a proposition for the Beech Creek to quietly finish its line to La Jose at Chest creek, and there connect with the Cambria and Clearfield, a branch ot the Bell's Gap, when they could enter into a traffic agreement to use the Cambria and Clearfield's tracks from La Jose to Patton, a distance of 12 miles The Pennsylvania Company Outwitted. But the Beech creek people were playing a deeper game than that The grading went on smoothly until this month, when the mouth of Chest creek, at Mehaffey, was reached, when the Pennsylvania people be came suspicious of the work going on and commenced themselves, to occupy all good positions up the water way. The Pennsyl vania laid out three different tracks, but the Beech creek ueonle were not idle, and with their hundreds of men on the ground, a gen eral railroad war was looked for. "While the Pennsylvania was busy running up Chest creek, the opposition quietly went ahead and located on up 'the river to Cherry Tree, and to-day they have fully 1,000 men on that line "oc cupying" the land in different ways. The Pennsylvania people were puzzled at the Beech Creek people trying to reach Cam bria by any other route than the old Chest Creek, but they now see at a glance what the Pennsylvania had smothered in the old South Penn was about to be accomplished by the Beech Creek in spite of them. This road would go right on through Indiana county and connect with the Pittsburg and Western, thus giving the New York Cen tral and Philadelphia and Readine a through line west which would be the shortest to Chicago bv over 100 miles. The great coal fields would also be reached by running up Walnut run, near Cherry Tree, at the apex of the three counties, Clearfield, Cambria and Indiana. When the Pennsylvania people realized the game they began desperate counter tac tics, and now there is going on a wild game of "occupying." The Pennsylvania is claiming all routes, but the Beech Creek Seople are going Tight ahead and laying own their lines, giving bond to every man who kicks against their grasping the re quired right of way. The coming week will be one of great excitement in the southwest of the county. COOLEY'S AUDACIOUS GANG. They Assault and Bob a Peddler In Sight of a Crowd of Children. TJniontown, Nov. 9. Special Frank Cooley and his gang of desperadoes are up to their old tricks again. This afternoon they attacked Joel Rosenstein, a Hebrew peddler, near the East Union School build ing, in Collins addition, and after beating him unmercifully, robbed him of $51, all the money he had on his person. The deed was committed before the eyes of half a hundred school children, within sight of a dozen dwelling houses. Rosenstein recog nized bis assailants, and knowing the des perate character of the gang, feigned un consciousness after he was struck the first blow. After the villains left him he started to crawl to a house nearby, but the gang were watching him, and running back, they pounced upon him again and beat him worse than ever. This time he received such a terrible punishment that he lay un conscious until the frightened school chil dren brought assistance. The gang escaped, and as yet no effort has been made to cap ture them. The authorities are -all afraid of the Cooleys, and no doubt they will still be allowed to carry on their depreda tions unmolested. VENGEANCE ON A FRATRICIDE. A Sickening Donble Tragedy Among the Slavs of Grindstone Tillage. TJniontown, Nov. 9. Special Re ports reached here late this evening of a ter rible affair at Grindstone late last night Last night two Slavs with unpronouncable names became involved in a quarrel while drinking heavily. One of the men was struck, when he drew a revolver and shot his brother dead. An angry crowd chased the murderer, who escaped into another part of the house, and then cut his throat This afternoon word reached here that the Coroner was wanted, and he started at once for Grind stone and is holding an inquest there to night The messenger stated that the mur derer was in a dying condition. There is no telegraphic communication to the place. Found Alive in a Deep WelL Alliance, Nov. 9, Special Thurs day afternoon, William Wickersham, an aged and wealthy farmer, residing within a few miles of this city, mysteriously disap peared. He had gone to visit a neighbor and never returned. Vigorous search was made for the old man, but not until to-day was it discovered that in walking across a field he had stumbled into a newly-made well. His hip was broken. He is nearly dead with exposure and hunger, and can not recover. The Murderons Stiletto's Work. Bradford, Nov. a Special Mike Ravesb, an Italian, was killed, at Walton Mines, near Ponxsutawney, last night, by Steve Legra. The Italians and Hungarians had been on a drunken spree during the day and a quarrel had arisen between the two men. One party went into their shanty while the other remained outside creating a loud disturbance. After a short time .Ravesh came out of the house and was Soonced upon by Legra, who in an instant rew a stiletto and slashed Ravesh across the throat and in less than a minute Ravesh was a dead man. The murderer and his pals, named John Hovart and Joseph TJrr, escaped but were captured to-day and are now in the Brookville jail. Legra acknowledged the killing and says he re- trets the occurrence. He claims that he id not kill the man he intended to kill. A SCHOONER'S HEARTLESS CREW. When the 'Mate Fell Overboard, He Was Allowed to Drown Without Help. Erie, 9. Special.' Much sympathy is felt for the young sailor, MattPruyn, whose father, DeForest Pruyn, the mate of the schooner Foster, was drowned night before last off Port Colborne. The boy says that when his father fell overboard, in calm seas, his cries could be heard for some time, but no boat was lowered and the tug towing the schooner was not stopped for a moment. The boy declares that the sight of his father going overboard and theheartlessness of the crew of the schooner almost drove him to suicide. Complaint was made at the Custom House to-day and an investigation will be ordered. The lad, upon his arrival here, also found a telegram saying that his mother was dying in Centerville, Washington county, and he is in a state bordering on distraction. Better B. & O. Train Service. CONNELLSVILLE, Nov. 9. Special The people of this city are greatly pleased over the project of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to build a new passenger depot and repair shops here. On the 15th of this month the company will begin running all of their through trains via the Pittsburg division to connect with the Pittsburg and Western Railroad for Chicago. For some time elaborate preparation has been made for this change. New trackage and general repairs have been made, and the time be tween this point and Pittsburg will be re duced SO minutes, making it 115 minutes, while a corresponding reduction will be made between here and Cumberland, Md. Another Indian Mound Unearthed. Clarksburg, Nov. 9. Special' An Indian mound was opened yesterday on the farm oflsaao Elliot Kean, near Kingwood, in which were found a large number of val uable relics, including some rough gold jewelry, arrows, tomahawks, etc.; also some curiously-fashioned weapons evidently in tended for sling stones, capable of hurling stones of" great weight Remains showed .that 12 persons had been buried in the mound, their heads to the center and limbs extending fan-shape. There were no hu man bones in the mound, however, the re mains having crumbled to dust when air "was admitted. The Bankrupt Miller Returns. Wapakoneta, Nov. 9. Special Se- lan Stenger, who so suddenly disap peared several days ago, was brought to this city from Chicago this morning. He is one of the proprietors of the Stenger & Frank flouring mills which closed down the other day on account of his absence. This morning on his return, the firm made an assignment of all their personal and real property to Michael Brown. The liabili ties will readh ?30,000, with assets very nearly covering them. Belles of a Battle Plowed Up. Fort Recovery, O., Nov. 9. Special Near Monterey yesterday, while plowing on the McDowell farm, Jacob Santmau un earthed three camp kettles, a bayonet and several Indian relics. They are supposed .to have been buried there 100 years ago, after the memorable defeat of St Clair by the Indians. A large number of musket balls, etc., have also been found on the same spot Steubenville Loses an Industry. Steubenville, Nov. 9. Special. The Pearce Manufacturing Company of this city has completed arrangements and will re move its plant irom this city to Mineral Point, Tuscarawas county, on the New Philadelphia branch of the Pittsburg and Cleveland railroad. . Tri-State Brevities. Yootgstowx liquor men demand that the closing hour for saloons be extended to mid night. Oxe of the wounded during the recent bat tles around Valparaiso was Captain Harry McKay, well-known In McKeesport. He had a hand shot off. CosoBESSMAif PESDLBTOX.whohas returned to Wheeling from New York, says Hill will not be a Presidental candidate, and that the New York delegation will be united on Cleveland. Dr. Patrick Welch, a prominent dentist of New Wilmington, has been arrested on a charge of burglary. He was caught in a house durintr tne family's absence at church Sunday night While drinking together in Hobbs' home, near Sylban's Mills, W. Va., two desperadoes named Newton Hobbs and Henry Beaver quarreled over an insult offered by the lat ter to the former's daughter. Beaver at tacked Hobbs with a butcher knife and Hobbs drew his revolver and shot his adver sary through the heart. Hobbs compelled his family to cook and sleep in the room where the dead body lay 36 hours without being touched. Hobbs was arrested at night. EDUCATIONAL. NEW RAPID PHONOGRAPHY AND typewriting and complete business course taught at Park Institute, 204 North ave., Allegheny. New term opens Novem ber 9. Evening sessions. Catalogues and Journal to any address free. auBVrrs LEVI LUDDEN, A. M., PrincipaL CURRY UNIVERSITY, SIXTH STREET. CURRY Collegiate Department, The Best CUKRY Noi mal School, The Best CURRY English Training School, The Best CURRY Business College, The Best CURRY School of Shorthand, The Best CUKRY Conservatory of Musio, The Best CURRY School of Elocution, The Best CUKRY Faculty and Discipline, The Best. Call or send for catalogue. H. M. BOWE. President. oc2Wl DUQUESNE COLLEGE Is growing rapidlv. Two large literary so cieties, the Arcadian and the Promethean have Just been organized. Students enter with advantage at any time. The same studies in both day and evening sessions. Diamond street, opposite Court House, Pitts burg. E. M. WOOD, D. D. LLD., OC1546 President WINTER RESORTS. Thomasville, G-a. ' PINEY WOODS HOTEL SEASON OPENS DECEMBER. HI. A. BOWER, Proprietor. For circulars, rates, etc., address GEO. S. COLEMAN. Windsor Hotel. New York City, or WM. E. DAVIES, Manager, Thomasville, Ga. oc31-17-rrs THE LAKEW00D,LAKEW000,N.J. Second Season. Now Open. IN THE MIDST OF PINE FORESTS. Piazzas inclosed in glnss,one-thlrd of a mile in extent. Pure drinking water from arte sian well. PATENT VENTILATORS SUP PLY FRESH AIR THROUGHOUT THE HOTEL; SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS PERFECT. OPEN WOOD FIRES. EXPENSE HAS BLEN SPARED IO MAKE THE LAKEW.'OD THE "IDEAL WINTER RESORT OF AMERICA." For terms, etc., address OC31-TT3 FBEDSTERBY. FINANCIAL. WE OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION $250,000 OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PITTSBURG das, Coal & Cole Co. BTO INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY. FULL-PAID STOCK NOT ASSESSABLE. OFFICERS: JOHN D. DAVIS President W. D. ROWAN ; Vice President W. E. ROSS Treasurer W. E. McMURRAY Secretary B. H. JACKSON Solicitor This company, as Its name Implies, Is a corporation organized under the laws of West Virginia for the purpose of mining coal and manufacturing the same into coke or other products of coal. The lands owned and controlled by tho company consist of two traots, containing 4,000 acres, hav ing a frontage of 2J miles on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio R. R., and situated at Farmlngton (three miles from Fairmont, and in what is known as the Fairmont field), Marion county, W. Va. Geographically its location is all that could De desired, the distances from Fairmont bv the main line and branches of the B. 4 O. B. R. being as fol lows: To Grafton, 22 miles; to Wheeling, 77 miles; to Baltimore, 316 miles; to Sandusky, 294 miles: to Cumberland, 124 miles; to Cin cinnati, 310 miles; to Chicago. 537 miles; to Pittsburg, 143 miles (or via Fairchance, 100 miles), etc. . The Fairmont district is the same coal bed mined throughout the Connellsville basin, and in the Westmoreland and Pennsylvania gas coal basins, and the seams have a thick ness of from 9 to 11 feet of salable coal. As regards the quality of the coal, the United States Geological Report (pp. 379429) contains the following analysis of both Connellsville and Fairmont coke, to which we Invite careful attention: Fixed Sul- Cirbon. Asb. phur. Authority. Connellsville. .60.576 S 113 0.821 A. S. JlcCreath Fairmont 91.83) 6.810 0.460 D. T. Day. Within the past year over halt a million dollars have been invested in this field by such men as Hon. James G. Blaine, ex-Senator H. G. Davis, Senator A. P. Gorman, Hon. T. B. Elkins, Sen ator Don Cameron, J. M. Hnstead, P.Y. Hite, etc. Experts claim that this coal can be operated cheaper under the same rates of labor than the coal of any other region in this country, wfthout exception. Manv large plants are now in successful operation, both mining coal and making coke, so that the Pittsburg Gas, Coal and Coke Company is making no experiment in developing their property. While perhaps it is unnecessary to state the fact, it is guar anteed that the whole amount of the capital stock will be used in the legitimate estab lishment of the company; not a dollar will be appropriated to any but strictly business purposes, such as the acquiring of real es tate, the sinking of shafts, putting up of machinery, building of coke ovens and other proper expenditures necessary to the placing of the company in successful opera tion. Pittsburgers are well aware of the large amount of money that has been made In this business. The trouble heretofore has been that the man of moderate means has not had an opportunity to invest on the ground floor, and, taking into considnration the fact that the lands of this company have been purchased at prices far below the cost of those in which our Pittsburg millionaires have made their money, we feel Justified in anticipating that this stock will be quickly subscribed for by careful Investors. The company will issue 60,000 shares at the par value of $5 per share, and subscriptions for same will be taken at the office of Morris & Aisbitt, No. 73 Diamond street, Pittsburg, Pa., payable as follows: 81 PER SHAKE ON APPLICATION. 81 PER SHARE DECEMBER 1, 1891. 81 PER SHARE JANUARY 2, 1892. 81 PER SHARE FEBRUARY 1, 1893. 81 PER SHARE MARCH 1, 1892. Subscribers have the option of paying In full for their stock at time of subscription, in which case interest on the anticipated payments will be allowed at the rate of 6per cent per annum. We invite subscriptions from capitalists, business and professional men, clerks, sales men and the public generally. The shares are unassessable, devoid of risk and profit able returns reasonably sure. The subscription list will open Monday, October 26, 1891, and close as soon as all the stock has been subscribed. Mr. Walter Morris, of our firm, has visited the Fairmont coal field, made a personal ex amination of the property of the Pittsburg Gas, Coal and Coke Company, compared it with other property in that field, has also in vestigated the methods uuder which the company proposes operating,and as a result feels Justified in recommending subscrip tions to their capital stock. MORRIS & AISB1TT, 78 Diamond St., Pittsburg, Pa. nofi-35-TTSn AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE. FINE FURNITURE, CARPETS, BUGGY, BUCK WAGON. Etc., TUESDAY MORNING, November 10, at 10 o'clock, at the rooms of the Henry Auction Co., 24 and 26 Ninth st Fine chamber furni ture in oak and walnut, handsome, parlor suites, wardrobes, Dookcases, desks, exten sion tables, sideboard, chair and rocker, couches, dUhes and tableware, Brussels and ingrain carpets, rugs, etc, drygoods and notions, bats and caps. Also, at 2 o'clock, 1 buggy and 2 buck wagon, almost new, to be sold for account of whom it may concern. Terms cash. Sale positive. HENRY AUCTION CO., Auctioneers. no8-156 BY J-AS. W. DRAPE & CO. A-a-o"boxi. Sale On Account of the Heirs of the Late Jana Young, Deceased, of Houses and Lots, known as No. 144 West Carson street, Southside, city, with lot 25 feet 8 inches in front and extending backto a water mark, exceptingand reervtngrighe of way of Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad acrossthe rear oflot; one of the houses has a storeroom and three dwelling rooms, and the other house has four dwelling rooms. Sale peremptory, to close up the estate, on account of tne heirs of 'aid decedent To be sold atpublic sale.-onTUESDAYjNovember 10. at 2 o'clock, on the premises. Particulars from JAS. W. DRAPE CO., ' Agents and Auctioneers, 313 Wood street, Pittsburg no7-71-7,9.10 AUCTION SALE. DIRECT IMPORTATION. The Conmpanla Collection. A very large stock of magnificent oriental rugs, carpets, portieres, etx, will be dis posed by pnblio auction at the storerooms of Henry Auction Co., on Ninth st, near Penn av. ' SALES: On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 9. Hi and 11, at 10 a. k. and 2 r. M. each day. Exhibition on Saturday, Novem ber 7. HENRY AUCTION CO., noS-37 Auctioneers. HB. SJIITHSON, REAL ESTATE AND . GENERAL AUCTIONEER, Room 68 Eisner building. Fifth av. and Wood st Sales or Jewelry and Merchandise at storis Furniture at residences promptly attend ed to. oc21 26-d
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