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THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH THURSDAY NOVEMBER" 12, 189i:
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Eut None to Carry Provisions
to Relieve the Famish
ing in Russia.
THE PEESS SPEAKS OUT.
Thousands of Tons of Grain Rotting
at Caucasus Stations.
CRYING EYILS OP MILITARISM.
Government Ownership of Railways Not
an Unmixed Blessing.
NEWS FROM THE FOREIGN CAPITALS
THY CABLE TO THE DISPATCII.l
Moscow, Xov. 11. The newspapers of
this city are coming out with some truths
concerning the Government's criminal
neglect of the starving peasants, which is
interesting and very sad reading. Atten
tion is being directed to the state of rail
way communications in Southern Russia
and to the great and crying need of reform.
The railways arc mainly military routes,
tending to strategic points of attack and de
fense in the event of war, and are almost
wholly directed to the convenience of the
army. The result is that very little facility
is given for commercial transport or tor
reaching places which are not of special
moment n the military plans of the Em
pire. Consequently, thousands of tons of
grain he rotting every year at stations in
the Caucasus where it is collected for trans
port, and this even at times when the
wretched people are literally dying for
want of it.
On one stretch of only SO miles 4,000
wagon loads of grain, which were sent by
the Zemstovs alone for the relief of the
famine stricken districts, are blocked up
and cannot be gotten at, notwithstanding
that thousands of human beings ae starv
ing to death. Ihe ostensible cause of this
abominable state of affairs is asserted to be
a lack of sufficient rolling stock, but the
real reason is that already explained the
uc of the rolling stock for troops and amu
nition and army provisions.
Tarifis, moreover, vary considerably for
freight transports, and it is so much cheaper
in many instances to send goods 1,003 miles
around than by a direct route of 200 miles,
that the necessity of speedy relief is neg
lected in the interests of the public treas
ury, which is largely supplied by the taxes
wrung from the famishing people. It is
estimated that the total cost of the famine
to the nation will exceed M0, 000,000 roubles.
THE BOULOGNE CONTROVERSY.
Timothy Harrington Charges O'Brien With
Suppressing Correspondence.
London, Nov. 1L Timothy Harrington
has written a letter in which he charges
Mr. O'Brien with concealing the most im
portant part of the Parnell correspondence
in the negotiations held by the Irish leaders
in Boulogne. As proof of his assertions,
Mr. Harrington cites a letter which Mr.
Parnell wrote to Mr. O'Brien in January
last, suggesting that Justin McCarthv ob
tain satisfactory assurances from the Glad
stonian party that they would continue to
act in good faith with the home rulers.
Then Mr. Parnell constituted Mr. O'Brien
Chairman, he himself retiring in the latter's
favor.
Mr. Parnell, however, made the presi
dency of Mr. O'Brien an absolute condition.
Mr. O'Brieu thereupon wrote a letter in
which he proposed that his election to the
chairmanship be effected without public
condition of any kind being exacted, and
solely under a private understanding. Mr.
O'Brien said he would seek an interview
with Mr. Gladstone immediately after his
election for the purpose of obtaining decla
rations from the leader of the liberals as to
what the future action of the Liberal party
was to be. If the replies to these inquiries
were of an unsatisfactory nature Mr.
O'Brien was to resign the chairmanship in
Mr. Parnell's favor and todeclare himself for
Mr. Parnell as the leader of the Irish Na
tionalists. It is now disclosed that Mr.
O'Brien cabled to Mr. Dillon in New York
asking him to support the Chairman. Mr.
Dillon telegraphed back: '"Parnell is hum
bugging you."
SCANT NEWS FROM BRAZIL.
Director Fonesca Suspends Every News
paper in Bio Janeiro bnt Three.
London, Xov. 11. Xews from Brazil is
awaited with great interest The dispatches
reporting the revolt of the important
provinces of the Kio Grande do Sul and
Grao Para have prepared those who are
watching the progress of events in the
United States of Brazil for further reports
of disintegration. The strict censorship at
Rio Janeiro accounts for nothing coming
through from there, but surprise is ex
pressed that no further ord has come from
Pemambuco, where much discontent at
Fonseca's dictatorship is known to prevail.
Some Brazilian news appears to be get
ting across the Andes to Santiago, the
Chilian capital. A dispatch from that city
which reachedLondon this afternoon, de
clares that Dictator Fonscca has not con
tented himselt with a strict enforcement of
a press censorship. He has now gone one
step further and has required all the news
papers in Itio .Janeiro who do not fully sup
port his autocratic pretension to suspend
publication. The only papers which are al
lowed to continue to appear regularlv are
three which are supporting his dictatorship.
THE DEADLY CAE-ST0VE ABEOAD.
I'art or the Crew of the Wreclcpd Crimean
Freight Train Burned to Death.
St. Petersbuko, Nov. 11. A dispatch
from Melitopo, in the Crimea, brings intelli
gence of a railroad disaster there. A freight
train was passing the town when, through
some unknown cause, one of the cars was
thrown from the track. The derailed car
dragged the others after it, and the whole
train was totally wrecked.
A number of the train hands were caught
in the debris, and their appeals for heln
vcre heartrending. To add to the horror of
the scene, the overturned and wrecked cars
caught lire, and the flames spread with such
lrightful rapidity that it was impossible to
make any attempt to extricate the impri
soned men. The fire also spread to the rail
road station, which was also destroyed.
Imperial Presents for Famine Sufferers.
St. Petersbuko, Xov. 1L Some people
sent to the Czar presents of large sums of
monev on his. wedding anniversary, which
he will at once turn over to those who are
charged with the distribution of relief in
the famine-stricken provinces.
A Great Storm in l'ortagaL
Lisbon, Xov. 11. A great storm pre
vails on the coast of Portugal. The wind
is blowing with hurricane-like fury.
The Enlarged (German Budget.
Behlk, Xov. 1L The imperial budget
for 18e as made public to-day. The esti
mate for expenditures for the coming fiscal
year exceeds the estimate for 1831 by 110,
000.000 marks, of which 155,300,000 marks is
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classed as non-recurring expenditure. The
estimate of receipts shows an increase over
the estimate for 1801 of 25,000,000 marks.
A bill is proposed authorizing a loan of
156,000,000 marks on account of the mili
tary, naval and railway departments, be
sides a supplementary loan Jor the purpose
of fortifying Heligoland.
THE JUNTA STEPS DOWN.
SURRENDERS ITS SCEPTER TO
NEW CHILEAN CONGRESS.
THE
Constitutional Government Now Fully Be
somed President-Elect Montt Assumes
the Duties of His Office In Advance The
Junta reople Hold Senatorial Offices.
London, Nov., 11. A dispatch from San
tiago this afternoon brings the -intelligence
that the Chilean Junta is prepared to sur
render the executive authority it has exer
cised since Balmaceda's downfall to the
newly-organized Congress. On the meeting
of Congress to-day the Junta addressed that
body in a formal message. In this it set
forth the principles which had controlled in
governing the country in the absence of
regularly constituted authorities; explained
the present situation of affairs, and said
that, inasmuch as Congress was now pre
pared to assume responsibility, the Junta
would resign to that body tlie functions
which it had been exercising.
The chief recommendation, made by the
Junta in surrendering its power, was an
urgent plea that Congress should at once
institute measures loosing to a through re
organization of the army and navy.
The Senate organized bv electing Senor
Waldo Silva as its president. The Chamber
of Deputies elected as its presiding officer,
Senor Barres Luco. Senor Salva and Luco,
together with Admiral Jorge Mott, the
newly elected President of the Republic,
were the men who constituted the famous
Junta of the Congressionalists.
Admiral Montt. who was nominated a
'few days ago by the Liberals, the dominant
party in Chile, as its candidate lor tne Pres
idency, and whose nomination is equivalent
to election, has been empowered to assume
all the duties of the Chief Executive of the
Republic until the meeting of the Electoral
College, which will take place shortly,
when Admiral Montt will be formally elect
ed President.
A DESCENT TJF0N ANARCHISTS.
Many Bed Flag Agitators Mobbed In the
Capitol of Bohemia.
Prague, Xov. 11 The Anarchists of
Bohemia have been displaying much un
wonted activity of late, and the police have
been watching their movements with more
than ual interest. The authorities finally
decided that the Anarchists had some plan
ripe for execution, and so to-day they made
a raid upon the residences of several of the
more prominent members of the party who
live in this city.
They succeeded in capturing six personB
who were believed to be the ringleaders of
the plot that was hatching. Among the
Srisoners is the notorious female agitator,
Ferget. The authorities made a search of
the houses they had raided and were re
warded by finding a larger number of in
criminating documents and pamphlets.
DIVORCED IN A CITY JAIL
Brnr a Man Charged With Bigamy Got
Kid or One Wire.
Baltimobe, Xov. 1L Special Meyer
Goldstein and his second wife, who was
known as Bertha Schwartz before he mar
ried her, were the principals in a strange
ceremony at the city jail this afternoon.
Goldstein had been committed on a charge
of bigamy, he having wedded Mrs.
Schwartz, a widow, before obtaining a
divorce from Mrs. Goldstein Xo. 1. The
latter, on learning of her husband's mar
riage, came here irom Xew York to press
the charge of bigamy. She was with her
husband when Mrs. Schwartz, -accompanied
by a rabbi and three other
men, arrived at the jail and re
quested Warden Constantinc to give
them a room in which an ecclesiastical
divorce ceremony could be performed. They
were shown to the guardroom, where they
were joined by Goldstein, who agreed to
the separation. The rabbi at once proceeded
with the ritual, which was in Hebrew, and
which referred to the fact of the first and
second marriages, and the virtual nullity of
the second on account of the first.
Two of the men who came with the rabbi
acted as witnesses, and the third was the
registrar. He kept a complete record of the
proceeding, and wheneverheblottedapage,
was compelled, under the church law, to re
ft rite it. TVhen the registrar had written
the acknowledgments of both parties the
paper was placed between the thumb and
the forefinger of Goldstein, who, after
stating that the contents were in accordance
with the facts, dropped it into the hands of
Mrs. Schwartz, who stood opposite, with
hands folded in the shape ot a "V." "When
she received the paper she repeated after
the rabbi her acknowledgment and was de
clared free. Goldstein became very tired
during the proceedings, and asked tfie rabbi
to hurry, saying he would lose his dinner.
MORMON PROPERTY ESCHEATED.
The United States to Get Possession of All
the Law Allow.
Salt Lake City, Nov. 11. Special
Judge Zane this morning handed down a
decision which delares the tithing office,
the Gardo House, the historian's office, the
Church farm and a half interest in valuable
coal lands, property of the late cor
poration of the Church of Jesus
Christ ot Latter Day Saitfts escheated
to the United States. In reviewing
these cases the Court said they came under
the laws of Congress, approved March 3,
1887, which prescribe that it shall be the
duty of the Attorney General to proceed
with such steps as are necessary to escheat
any and all property of the Mormon church,
in violation of thelaw of lh62, which de
clares that it shall not be lawful for the
church to hold property in excess of 550,000.
"Two of the tracts," said the court,
"were taken possession of before the act of
1S62, and held by the church at the time.
It appears that the Gardo House has been
occupied by the President of the church up
to the time the United States receiver took
possession. There is a question whether
this property and the historian's office
should be forfeited, but the Supreme Court
decree, under section 17 of the act of
March 17, 1887, leaves no discretion with
this court, and it is declared' escheated to
the United States. If not found bv the
decree, I would sav the President of the"
church had a right to a parsonage."
AN EXPRESS OFFICE BOBBED.
The Bandits Expected to Find a Valuable
Package Which Wasn't There.
Kansas City, Nov. 11. The Chicago
and Alton station at Independence, Ma,
was robbed by two men this evening about
7 o'clock. The contents of the cash drawer,
533 70, $12 of which belonged to J. C- Mar
shall, the asent. and a watch, the propey
of John A. Campbell, a farmer, was all they
got lor their trouble. The robbers acted
according to a pre-arranged programme
evidently, for they waited till Marshall was
called into the baggage room, then covering
the lower part oftheir laces with handker
chiefs, drew their revolvers and ordered
Campbell, who was in the station, to throw
up his hands.
After relieving him of his watch and a
little money thev crawled through a small
window in the office. . "When Marshall re
turned they compelled him to deliver the
kevs to the cash drawer, the contents of
which they secured, also the contents of
Marshall's pockets. They examined the
express books for a package they asserted
should be in the office and which was sup
posed to contain a large sum of money. It
was not there. Then they disappeared. The
agent is ure he can identify them.
SOLID FOR SHERMAN.
Chairman Hahn Says There Is No
Doubt of Honest John's Re-Election.
NO MORE DEMAGOGUES WANTED.
Official Tote of Pennsylvania All in at the
State Department.
THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IS 58,152
fSPEClAI. TltlOKAK TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Coltjmbcs, Xov. 1L During the cam
paign Chairman Hahn, of the Republican
State Executive Committee, was recognized
as a Sherman man, and it was insisted by
the friends of Governor Foraker that he was
using the influence of his position to secure
favorable nominations and aid the election
of Sherman candidates. Mr. Hahn de
clined, though, to discuss the Senatorship
during the campaign. He, however, con
sented to talk to-day and said:
"So far as the Senatorial question was
concerned the canvass was conducted with
out reference to it, but now that the elec
tion is over, I take it that every Repub
lican has a perfect right to express his
views. There is no better Republican in
Ohio than J. B. Foraker. Upon the other
hand there is no better one than Mr. Sher
man, and both are entitled to the thanks of
the Republicans of the State lor tneir worK
during the campaign just closed.
'Men always hate to choose between two
good friends, "but it cannot be denied that
Sherman is recognized as the ablest states
man and financier in the United States Sen
ate, and the claim that some parties make
to the effect that he ia too old for actual
service is not well founded. At the age of
68 there is no better preserved man in Ohio
than the Senator, and he made as many
speeches in the last campaign as did Gov
ernor Foraker. One of the reasons that
there should be no question about his being
returned to the Senate is that such men as
Sockless Jerry Simpson and fanatics of that
class told ns during the campaign their sole
purpose was to retire John Sherman from
the United States Senate. "Will the Re
publicans of Ohio listen to demagogues of
this character?
"A great many wild claims are made
about this Senator's and that Representa
tive's vote. I desire to say they are all
.men of honor, and in my opinion have made
up their minds just whom they will sup
port. There can be no question whatever
but that Mr. Sherman will be elected to suc
ceed himself. Every man, ot course, has a
right to his opinion in this friendly contest
as that is what it will be and no dis
grace will attach to the choice of a United
States Senator by the Republican General
Assembly."
PENNSYLVANIA'S VOTE.
OFFICIAL RETURNS FOB THE STATE,
BY COUNTIES.
How the Constitutional Convention Propo
sition Was Laid Out Less Than 30,000
Prohibition Votes Cast Almost 60,000
Republican Majority in the State.
Harrisbubg, Nov. ll.-7-SpecialThe
official vote at last week's election has been
Jeceived at the State Department. The
Prohibition vote was 18,510 for Hague, for
Auditor General, and 18,429 for Drayton,
for State Treasurer. The Constitutional
Convention idea was slaughtered by a vpto
of 420,598 to 173,813. Following is the vote
for Auditor General and State Treasurer by
counties:
Auditor State
' General. Treasurer.
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COCSTTES.
Adams 2366
Allegheny. 33439
Armstrong 4008
Beaver 4210
Bedford...- 3593
Berks 7501
Blair 5868
Bradford 5S97
Bucks 704S
Butler 2974
Cambria 573?
Cameron 6Sfl
Carbon 3027
Center 2S0S
Chester 7625
Clarion 2G30
Clearfield 4161
Clinton MM
Columbia 1883
Crawrord 6596
Cumberland 3353
Dauphin 8630
Delaware.. ....... 5887
Elk 960
Erie 6470
Fayette..... 4404
Forest 467
Franklin 4070
Fultou 800
Greene 1807
Huntingdon. 2983
Indiana. 37H
Jefferson 3727
Juniata 1594
Lackawanna 9536
Lancaster 17874
Lawienco 3361
Lebanon 4115
Lehigh 5448
Luzerne 13021
Lycoming 3591
McKean 2196
Mercer 4611
Mifflin 1W6
Monroe 743
Montgomery..... 10155
2507
17764
2587
3028
3439
12649
4413
2799
7254
2SS0
G030
540
3284
3444
5632
3626
5142
2186
3664
4S01
4304
6283
3177
16S3
5570
4942
359
3446
1052
3217
1930
1557
3010
1G79
10096
8941
1516
2324
8118
13745
4314
1575
36222
1S76
2593
10712
1672
7776
673S
2327
73473
850
1268
10873
150J
2150
1009
2416
2096
1431
22b4
2288
5731
2254
8529
1453
9014
2364
33417
3991
41b0
3574
7269
563
5Su9
70.iS
2972
5729
682
8044
2793
7575
2373
4144
1952
1870
6280
3331
8u00
5849
951
6014
4389
363
4084
802
1803
2957
S71.S
3721
1575
9541
17862
3305
4114
5677
1198J
3556
2174
45'Jj
1M31
747
10109
1139
4839
5787
29 JS
101985
319
15-11
9945
2237
3570
6b7
3653
4909
2201
29U0
2889
6363
2018
8948
1789
C258
250S
17781
2611
3042
3479
12883
4419
2855
7274
2385
6030
544
3262
3467
5561
3702
5172
2227
36U
8174
4322
6.119
3469
1673
6057
4770
361
3452
1097
3221
1979
1652
3025
1700
10081
9072
15S1
2325
7932
13796
4377
1581
3671
1910
2597
10749
1679
',TK
6795
2514
73416
866
Montunr.
iitd
482.1
5803
2915
101975
332
1503
9320
2242
35SJ
est
3685
5116
2223
3035
3025
6379
2035
9013
' 1810
C262
Northarapt
Northumbi
ton...,
erl'd.
Perry
Philadelphia..
Tike
Potter
Schuylkill ,
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna..
Tioga
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington...
Wayne
1286
10345
1520
2163
1029
2164
2315
1468
2420
2458
5714
2283
8600
14SS
9037
i Westmoreland
ir rmuing.... ..
York
Total 411583 356431 412891 358617
EEP0ETED IN WASHINGTON.
The Belgium Minister Receives His First
News of the Revolution.
Washington, Nov. 1L The first inti
mation the Brazilian Minister here has re
ceived of the reported secession of some of
the provinces in Brazil was in the form of
an unofficial dispatch to-day to the effect that
it was reported in Kio that the State ot Kio
Grande do Sul had renounced allegiance to
the Government and had seceded. As this
dispatch came from a reliable source, the
Minister believes, in the absence of any con
tradictory statement from his government,
that the province has revolted.
The Minister stated to-night that if the
province had seceded there was not the
least chance of the revolt extending to the
other States of the Kepublic; that the Gov
ernment of Brazil was as stable as this Gov
ernment, and there need be no fear of a gen
eral revolution. The disaffection in the
Province of Kio Grande do Sul, he said,
was probably due to the members of the dis
solved Congress representing that part of
the country, who endeavored to cause dis
sension among the people because of the
dissolution of Congress. The financial con
dition of the Republic, the1' Minister said,
was firm, and there was really nothing to
cause a rovolution.
General Miles Confers a Medal of Honor.
Chicago, Nov. 11. Major Edward Rice,
of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Volun
teers, now Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifth
Infantry' of the regular army and aid de
camp to General Miles, was to-day formally
decorated with a Congressional medal of
honor. The medal is in recognition of his
exceptional .valor in repelling Pickett's
charge at the Bloody Gap on the third day
of the battle of Gettvsburg, savine the Na-
tional Capital from falling info the hands of
General .Lee. The presentation was made
by General Miles in person.
HE COULDN'T GET AWAY.
Mr. Castleman Captures a Man Whose
Conduct Was Suspicious.
Clerk Castleman, of the Monongahela
House, demonstrated last evening that good
sprinters, as well as fast trotters, are raised
in Kentucky. After a lively chase he cap
tured a man who was placed under
arrest as a suspicious character.
"J. Alfred Corey, Philadelphia," was
how he registered, but as he left out the
"h" in the last syllable of the name of the
city the clerk decided to watch him.
At supper, Spriggs, one of the waiters,
missed his overcoat from the hat rack.
Going down to the cloakroom he discovered
it on a hook with No. 11 check
attached. He took the coat, and
posted Mr. Castleman. In a short
time Corey appeared and presented the
check. On being questioned closely he got
contused and finallv said he had been stop
ping at the Central where he had a grip.
Mr. Castleman said he would go to the Cen
tral with him to get it, but while his back
was turned Corey started lor the door.
The clerk chased him around on
First avenue, and captured him near
the Homeopathic Hospital. He was
turned over to the police. Corey
was fairly well dressed and looked very
sheepish when a big officer brought him
into the lobby of the hotel. The excite
ment stirred up the guests, and a number
assembled to see what was the matter.
Corey had secured a supper, but the hotel
people are not kicking about that.
STARTLING PHYSICAL CHANGES.
Volcanoes Made and Unmade, and a Tiny
Lake Grown to a Sea.
TtrarA,.ARiz., Nov. 11. The party which
has been engaged part of- two months sur
veying lands in Lower California returned
yesterday. The party surveyed the Colo
rado from its source to its present mouth,
and made several interesting discoveries.
They report that the volcanic region showed
the severity of the recent earthquake
troubles. Fifteen of the most active vol
canoes in the "West group are almost entirely
obliterated, the only sign of the former
location being the lava-like holes almost
filled with sulphur water. The East group
of the 500 volcanoes at Lake Jululu have
daily eruptions, and to the South group
have been added at least 100 large volcanoes
during the period of the earthquake in
July last.
On the South Hill, where a year ago no
evidence of vocanoes existed, the grandest
one in Lower California now appears. The
chief one is in active operation. Its crater
opening is 100x40. Lake Jululu, formerly
five miles long bv half a mile wide, is now
25 miles long and from 12- to 25 miles in
width, and with an average depth of from
12 to 23 feet. Its waters, formerly salt, are
now fresh owing to the overflow of the Colo
rado. On the homeward journey the party
discovered new waterways parallel to the
Colorado, leading into an unexplored coun
try between Colorado and Mesa Divide,
which separates Carter river from New
river.
SMUGGLING OPIUM BY WHOLESALE.
The
Drag Spirited Into New York From
India by Way of Canada.
New Yokk, Nov. 11. The sudden dis
covery of a wholesale system of opium
smuggling across the Canadian border has
considerably startled the Custom House
officials. In the Custom House there is now
lying the largest quantity of opium ever
seized, and there is still more to follow.
This afternoon Special Agent Cummings
said: "I cannot sav a word about the matter
at present, but I will make public the whole
story to-morrow."
It is believed that the opium traffic has
been started by some of the opium growers
of India. The Indian merchants have first
sent that drug to Canada, and it has then
been smuggled across the border into the
United States. In addition to having
agents in Canada about three or four well
educated natives from Bombay arrived in
this country by way ot Europe. The real
object of their visit is believed to have
been the completion of an elaborate ar
rangement for the increasing of the opium
traffic in this country. As the first attempt
at smuggling proved to be so successful it
was determined to operate on a larger scale.
The ramifications of the scheme are intri
cate and ingenious, but with the informa
tion already in the hands of the Treasury
officials an effectual stop will be put to the
smuggling.
METHODIST COLLEGES ORGANIZE.
A National Association Formed for Re
ligions Educational Work.
Cleveland, Nov. 11. A meeting of the
Presidents of Methodist Colleges to form an
association was held at the Hollenden Hotel
this morning. Among those present were
President "W. F. "Warren, of Boston Uni
versity; President D. H. "Wheeler, of Alle
gheny College, Meadville, and Bishop
Hurst, of the National University, Wash
ton. Dr. "W. F. "Warren was elected President,
and President Fisk, of Albion College, Sec
retary. The College Association of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, is the name
adopted. The association commended the
unification and confederation of the Meth
odist Educational 'Society in this country.
A committee was appointed to raise funds
to assist students preparing for religious
work. A memorial to the General Confer
ence was adopted, calling for a higher stand
ard of scholarship in the Methodist col
leges.
A WESTERN EAILE0AD SCANDAL.
The Retiring Purchasing Agent of the Union
Pacific Accnsed of Corruption.
Omaha, Nov. 11. About 18 months ago
C. H. McKibben, purchasing agent for the
Union Pacific Railroad, resigned and left
the city. Almost immediately suit was
instituted by the railway company to re
cover 00,000, alleged to have been re
ceived by McKibben as bribes from sup
ply companies and on false vouchers," at
taching the property of the defendant in
Omaha. McKibben remained aw'ay from the
city, but secured an attorney, who claimed
his client was innocent, and that if there
did exist any irregularities, as charged,
other officers of the company were to
blame. To-day the attorney for the rail
road company dismissed the suit.
McKibben is well known in Eastern
railroad circles, having been connected
with several Pennsylvania lines before
coming to the Union Pacific under the
Adams regime.
Hell Telephone Patents Not Extended.
"Washington, Nov. 11. Inquiry was
made of the Commissioner of Patents, to
day, as to what action, if any, had been
taken by him upon any patent that would
result-in the extension of the life of the
Bell Telephone patents. He immediately
said he had taken no action whatever in
anv case, that could, so far as he knew, re
sult in extension.
Fatal Fall of a Carpenter.
David Estep, a carpenter, aged CO years,
fell from a new building on Pacific avenue,
Eighteenth ward, upon which he was em
ployed, and was-fatally Injured. He was
removed to his home, 309 Edmund street,
where he died an hour later. The Coroner
was notified at 2 o'clock this morning.
Estep was married and leaves quite a large
family.
A WITCH'S PRISONER.
One Who Had Been Abducted in
" Childhood Finds Her Parents.
SHE HAD BEEN MOURNED AS DEAD.
After Marrying a Californian She
News From Her Home.
Gets
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBT TOWNS
rsr-ECIAI, TELEGHAJt TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Scranton, Nov. 11. For the first time
in 16 years Mrs. Charles Dohring, of Cal
ifornia, is at the home of ber parents in this
city. The story of her absence is one of ro
mance and witchcraft. "When but 10 years
of age Mrs. Dohring, then Christina Iteutch,
was kidnaped by a woman believed to be a
witch, and since that time she never saw the
parents' roof until yesterday.
Sixteen years ago John Iteutch lived in a
section of the city known as "Ward street.
The territory was sparsely settled and some
queer characters lived -thereabouts. Among
these was Anna Drummond, a very intelli
gent woman, whose success with herb med
icines and treating certain diseases caused
many to believe her to be a witch. As
such she was feared and respected by the
simple-minded residents of "Ward street.
The Drummond woman was often at the
Iteutch dwelling and took a deep interest in
the 10-year-old child, Christina. One day
the old witch disappeared, taking with her
the child. Every effort to discover the
whereabouts of their darling child was made
by the grief-stricken parents without avail.
Inquiries were sent to all surrounding
cities and advertisements were inserted in
many newspapers, but they bore no fruit.
"When the Drummond woman fled with
the child she led for five years a nomadic
life, traveling from town to town, but al
ways avoiding the large cities. For 11
years the child knew nothing of the home
she left behind. Then by chance she met
in California a Scranton miner, and from
him learned how much her parents had
mourned her absence and how dearly they
would welcome news concerning her.
Previous to this the old witch had died in
San Francisco and Christina had married.
After some tronble Mrs. Dohring obtained
the address of her parents, and, for the first
time, Mr. and Mrs. Beutch learned that
their child, who they had mourned as dead,
still lived. But both families were poor
and it was not until a few days ago that
Mrs. Dohring obtained enough money to
pay her way East. "When she entered the
house of her parents the old people wept
for joy.
TTNDEB A BC0BE OF INDICTMENTS.
A Clerk of Court Accused of Embezzling
820,000 or State Funds.
Parkersbubg, Nov. 11. Special The
Clouston trial began to-day in the Cirouit
Court. E. "Ward Clouston is under 20 in
dictments for embezzling money from the
State by using fraudulent certificates for
witness and mileage fees while he was
Deputy Clerk of the Circuit Court. The
State Auditor's Department declare that
Clouston has fraudulently received $20,000
of State funds, but the indictments al
together do not charge him with one-tenth
of that amount.
Although the indictments were found a
year ago no jury was empaneled until to
day. Clouston protests his innocence. Ex
Governor Jacob B. Jackson, one of the
defendant's counsel, created a sensation
this morning in declaring that the defense
would show the political reasons for which
the indictments were urged. The case will
be on trial a week or two. Clonston is the
eon of a prominent citizen in "Wheeling.
A H0BB0B FOB THE WORLD'S FAIR.
An Oil City Character Will Attend Clad In a
Full Snit Made of Snake Skins.
Oil City, Nov. 11. Special. "Rattle
snake Pete" Gruber, famous all over the
State as an eccentric collector and hunter of
the reptiles, has decided to appear at the
"World's Fair dressed in snake skins. Gruber
read recently of a man who intended to go
to the fair dressed in the skin of a boa con
strictor, and Gruber decided to go him one
better.
"Rattlesnake Pete" has decided that It
will take 120 rattlesnake skins to make him
a full outfit of coat, pants, vest, hat, shoes
and handkerchief of these skins, and he be
gan laying in a supply this summer. He
now has one-half the required number, and
if he does not sneceed in killing the full
quota before the fair, he will make a raid on
his pet snakes, of which he has a shed full.
Eating Hogs That Had Cholera.
Franklin, Nov. 11. Special Late
last night" a physician from this city was
hastily summoned to the home of George
R. "Webber, nine miles north of this city,
where he found both Mr. and Mrs. "Webber
in an almost dving condition. The couple
that day had dressed a hog and eaten a por
tion of the animal, which had evidently
been afflicted with hog cholera. The physi
cian also says that the disease had affected
many swine in this section. He believes
that "many of the infected swine had been
killed, dressed and either shipped away or
the meat sold for home consumption. The
Webber family are all still dangerously ill.
An investigation has been started by the
health authorities.
Accepted an invitation to Be Shot.
Bedford, Nov. 1L Special The trial
of John Dean, who murdered Jack Carson
at Everett, October 25, will begin before
Judge Baer Monday. Both Dean and Car
son are colored. They were drinking to
gether previous to the shooting. Carson
was teasing Dean, who appeared much an
noyed, and said to his victim that if he
would go down the allev with him to a
stable he would shoot him. Carson ac
cepted the invitation, and Dean on arriving
at the stable drew a revolver and shot Car
son through the right lung. Dean has
figured ia the Criminal Courts before.
The Faneral of the Nanticoke Victims.
Naticoke, Nov. 11. Special This was
a sad day to the miners and families of this
mining community, even accustomed as
they are to disasters and mourning. This
afternoon the 11 victims of the disaster of
last Sunday were bnried. All mines were
shut down and all business suspended.
Funeral services were held in all the
churches, and the funeral cortege, miles in
length, presented a sad spectacle to the few
who did not join in the line ot march to the
graves.
The Pennsylvania Alliance.
Harrisburo, Nov. 11. Special The
State Council of the Farmers' Alliance to
day heard the reports of,committees and the
retiring officers. These officers were elected:
President, Henry C. Snavely, Lebanon;
Vice President, "W. A. Gardner, Potter;
Secretary, W. T. Bricker, Cogan station;
Treasurer, Joseph S. Horse, Lebanon.
President Snavely said to-night the Alliance
had grown 200 per cent the last year, and
that it was in better condition now than It
has ever been.
Two Killed In a Boiler Bxplosion.
St. Marys, Nov. 11. Special A re
port has just reaohed this city that a boiler
exploded near Vendora, a village in Mercer
county, this afternoon, and killed two men
oatright-AVilliam and "Henry' Thomas.
"While cutting wood with a steam engine
thev left the water run down too low in the
boiler. The men were well-to-do and leave
large families.
A SIX-TEAR OLD MYSTERY.
A Woman Gives Away Mnrder Secrets Dur
ing a Fit or Anger.
"Wilkesbarre, Nov. 11. Special. The
mysterious murder of the Kester brothers,
which occurred in Sugarloaf township in
1885, promises to be brought to light. Yes
terday two families, named Higgins and
Eveland, quarreled and blows were struck.
During the fight one of the women was
heard to say she would get even for the. old
score. Soon after she appeared at police
headquarters and, the officers say, gave
enough evidence to warrant the arrest of
parties who, they believe, committed the
Kester murders. Henry Higgins and Joseph
Eveland and theirwives were arrested.
Eveland's wife, upon whom the prosecu
tion relied at the hearing to-day, went back
upon her statement to Captain Hampton,
and denied that she ever said that her hus
band and Higgins committed the crime.
Mrs. Eveland begged Chief Hampton to
lock her up this morning before making the
arrest, as she feared her husband would kill
her, and from her actions while on the stand
afterward it was evident that it was fear
that compelled her to give the contradictory
testimony she did. Both men stoutly pro
tested their innocence, but admitted that
they had visited the Kester homestead the
Jul following the murder at night to
search for buried treasure. A Mrs. Tell,
from Pottsville, who told Chief Hampton
yesterday that she knew positively that
Higgins, accompanied by his wife dressed
as a man, and Joe Eveland, were theuilty
parties, had such a faulty memory on the
stand that she could not remember that she
said so. The justice held the prisoners for
further hearing Monday, when the police
say they will have enough evidence to con
vict them. Higgins lived but a mile from
the Kester place at the time of the murder,
and cannot give a satisfactory account of his
doings that day. Eveland says he was in
Scranton the day of the murder, but his wife
said yesterday that, after committing the
mnrder, he took the afternoon train lor
"Wilkesbarre.
HEMLOCK LUMBERMEN CONFER.
A Proposition for the Tinkering of
the
Tariff dropped I.lko a Hot Brick.
Ridgway, Nov. 1L Special The
Hemlock Lumber Association ha3 been
holding its annual sessions here in the
Opera House. There was a fair attendance,
most of the large lumber firms in "Western
Pennsylvania being represented. The pur
pose of the meeting was to discuss the pre
vailing low price of lumber. The Secretary
in his report recommended four plans:
First, the cnrtailment of the product;
second, to make the association the selling
agent and to dictate the amount each mill is
to cut; third, to issue certificates, after the
Elan of the oil trade, on the amount of lum
er in yards; fourth, to incorporate the
association and take all stock from pro
ducers at a certain price and sell it for the
gain of the association.
A resolution regarding the importation of
bark from Canada and advising the amend
ment of the tariff was offered. This failed,
members stating that the less said about the
tariff the better, as the price of bark had
gone up since the bill was passed. Then
followed a discussion of the several plans
offered for strengthening the market. It
was stated that the limit of hemlock pro
duction had been reached, and hereafter it
will diminish year by year, and a raise in
prices is desirable. A committee of three
was appointed to confer with producers
to prepare a report on prices, the report to
be made January 1 at seme time and place
to be hereafter determined.
IN THE GUISE OF A DETECTIV J.
When a Much-Wanted Man Is Approached
by Officers He Shows His Badge.
Alliance, Nov. 11. Special. Colonel
E. H. Lowe is a much-needed man in this
and other cities. To-day two trunks of his,
sent here from Ashtabula, were attached
by creditors, and upon being opened con
tained several books of samples of the spe
cial editions of papers which the Colonel
had' published in different cities, and a
number of letters from a large number of
women all over the country. "While in this
city he cut quite a swath, passing as a Col
onel of the United States army and a Gov
ernment detective. He was very polished
and had a way of getting into the graces of
those he jnet. In Ashtabula, Cleveland,
Salem, Youngstown, Canton and this city
ins creditors are many.
"When met by officers in hotels he would
unbutton his coat and show a badge of a
United States deteotive. Inquiries were
made of the United States Marshal as to
whether such a man was in the Govern
ment employ. The answer came that no
such man was to be found. The Govern
ment was apprised that such a man was in'
the country, but had as yet not made him
self liable by collecting money on pretense
of being a detective. Officers are on the
lookout for him. It is supposed that he
has gone to Buffalo.
SYMPATHY FOB THE COBBY BANK.
Depositors Ask Comptroller Lacey Not to
Appoint a Receiver Jnst Yet.
Corry, Nov. 1L Special At a large
meeting of depositors of the Corry National
Bank to-night, a strong feeling of sympathy
and confidence in the Band was expressed in
speeches by many of the heaviest depositors.
A resolution was adopted unanimously to
appoint a committee of 11, representing
depositors of Corry and the surrounding
towns, to see what can be done toward
raising funds and obtaining extensions from
creditors and depositors, with a view of
reopening the bank for business. A resolu
tion was also unanimously adopted, request
ing Congressman Griswold and Comptroller
Lacey to delay the appointment of a
receiver for a reasonable time, to see what
the committee can do. The President and
Secretary ot the meeting were instructed to
notify the Congressman and Controllor of
the action of the depositors.
A Panic in the Edgar Thomson Works.
Braddock, Nov. 11. Special. At 5
o'clock this evening the joints blew off of
vessels Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in the converting
department of the Edgar Thomson steel
works, and a steady stream of hot iron
began to pour out of the vessels into the
pit below. This frightened the workmen
and they ran. Soon after the bands of the
vessels gave way, ana tne iron Degan to
pour out in great molten volumes, the men
flying panic-stricken in every direction.
It is estimated that fully 75,000 pounds of
iron were thus wasted. The department
was closed down and men are now repairing
the pit and vessels.
Tri-Stata Brevities.
Tub employes of the threading depart
ment of the National Tube Works have each
given a day's wages to the McKeesport Hos
pital, $i00fn all.
Gf.oiuik Haxev, a farmer, and Benjamin
Tilden, a liveryman, at Hiram, near Youngs
town, have been anested for robbing an
express car of a wagon load of merchandise.
Ray Ehbekfildt, a 4-yoar-old Altoona
boy, had Ills hand accidentally chopped off
by an elder brother Tuesday. A doctor
bandaged the severed member in place, and
hopes that it wi)l grow on ajjain. But the
hand will be useless.
The McKeesport branch of the Pennsyl
vania railroad had its first wreck Tuesday.
Through tho mistake of a McKeesport
switchman throe cars were sent flying on a
track where they crashed into another car,
and all four were demolished.
Geobos Dewalt, Burgess of Coketown,
attempted to arrest some men making a dis
turbance Saturday night, and succeeded in
getting one of them in the lockup, when the
others fiercely attacked him. He Is laid up
in consequence, and is in a serious condition.
Ex-President Hayes in the Sonth.
New Orleans, Nov. 11. Ex-President
Rutherford B. Hayes, his son R. P. Hayes,
and Dr. C. M. Curry, of Richmond, arrived
in this city this morning and will remain
here until to-morrow morning, when they
leave for Mississippi. Mr. Hayes is a trus
tee of the Slater educational fund and of the
Peabody fund, and Dr. Curryis the chief
executive of both funds. The object of
their trip is to visit the institutions in the
South which are beneficiaries of these funds.
AUCTION SALES.
W. C. MOKELAND,
Attorney at Law.
St. Nicholas Building, Pittsburg, Fa.
"DECEIVEB'S SALE PURSUANT TO A
Jtli decree in tho Court of Common Pleai
No. 1, of Allegheny county, Pa., at No. 209
June term, 1S8S. I will expose to sale and sell
to the highest and best bidder, at the Court
House at Pittsburg, in said county, at the
foot of the main stairway in said building
on TUESDAY, December 1, 1891, at 10 o'clock
a. jr., or at Such time thereafter to which I
may from time to time adjourn said sale, by
giving public notice thereof at the place
aforesaid, all the following described
property, viz: All the property, real, per
sonal and mixed of the Pittsburg, Knox
villc and St. Clair Katlroad Company, its
roadbed, sidings, culverts, embankments,
trestles, bridges, masonry, Iron, rails, ties,
and all and singular the property and ma
terial of the said company oil the line of its
road or elsewhere, also Its machinery, cars
and motors, its rights of way, coutracts and
agreements, Its choses and rights of action,
its corporate rights, privileges and fran
chises, subject, however, to the lien of a
certain 'mortgage of said company made
and executed by Henry Stamtn. trustee,
dated April 1, 18S6, and recorded in the Re
corder's office of Allegheny county in mort
gage book vol. 388, page 577, to secure bonds
issued amounting to $60,000, subject also to
the lien of the receiver's certificates amount
ing to $18,000, Issued under the orders of
Court, dated April 18, 1888, and May 21, 18S9,
but free and divested of all other liens, if
any there be, costs, claims and charges of
whatsoever character, kind or nature.
The terms of the said sale to be one thou
sand dollars ($1,000) on the day of the sale
and the balance upon confirmation of the
sale by the Court and delivery of deed
by the receiver.
nol2-51-Th W. J. FAWCETT, Receiver.
ROBB & FITZSIMONS,
Attorneys, St. Nicholas Building.
ORPHANS COURT SALE-ESTATE OF
Edward Downing, deceased. By virtue
of an order ot the Orphans' Court of Alle
gheny county, at No. 155 April term, 1891, I
will expose at public sale on the premises,
on MONDAY, November 30, at 2 o'clock p.m.,
the following real estate, situate in Stowe
township, Allegheny countv, State of Penn
sylvania, in plan of lots laid out by Thomp
son Bell, and recorded in Recorder's office of
said county in plan book, volume 6, pace 287,
bounded and described as follows: Begin
ning at a point on the southern side or Bell
avenue and 20 feet castwardly from Grant
street; thence southward along the eastern
line of lot No. 359 120 feet to Plumb alley:
thence at right angle eastwardly 60 feet to
eastern line of lot No. 353; thence at right
angle northwardly along said line 120 feet to
Bell avenue: thence at right angle west
wardly along Bell aveuue 60 feet to the place
of beginning, being lots Nos. 353, 355 and 357
in the above mentioned plan of lots, on
which is erected two two-storv frame dwell
ings. Terms of Salo One-half cash on con
firmation of sale; balance in one year with
interest, to be secured by.tigbt mortgage on
the premises. Sold subject to a mortgage of
$1,125 with accrued Interest. Ten per cent of
purchase money at time of sale.
A. J. PENTECOST,
Auctioneer and Real Estate Agent,
413 Grant street.
JOHN KISSICK,
no5-47-5,19,23 Administrator.
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