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.
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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