MiZXai fff fWyT flV w Wffigfmvg r f DOUBLE NUMBER. W xttftmfrlj Y TWENTY PAGES. .si--. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR RICE NOT ALARMED The Talk About Unseating Him He Says Is Thresh ing Over Old Straw. SETTLED TWO YEABS AGO. Sew Phase of the Old Charge About the Censns Enumeration. EVIDENCES OP A CONSPIRACY. The Feeling in Ohio Is That, the 'Whole TThole Matter 1U11 Be Dropped. A FBECEDEXT SIIEItMAX MUST FOLLOW TFrrn . telegram to tite dispatch, i Nnw Yokk, Nor. 28. Calvin S. Brlce paid to-night that the question of his eligi bility to a seat in the United States Senate Mas threhed over two years ago, and that the situation now presents no new features. "Evcrj point," he said, "is covered pretty thoroughly in Senator Sherman's let ter to Hon. Ij. "Y. King, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Ohio. Nothing that I could add would be cif any interest. The fact of the matter is that I am taking but Tery little inter cut in the subject, and view it more a an outsider who cannot be affected in any ay. The law hold that a man may have as manv residences as he pleases, but only one domicile. I have one residence in Ohio, smother in Rhode Island, and a third in this city. I have voted in Lima, Ohio, Jor a number of years. The town casts about 5,000 votes, and no person is per mitted to vote unless he has been a resident of the State a year previous to the date of the pending election. Right to Vote Never Questioned. "If auy person in the town had any ob jections to make against my right to vote he did nothing to indicate that such objec tions existed. I do not believe that my light to vote in Ohio was ever questioned, and if I had a right to rote it seems to me that I have a right to hold any public office to which the people of Ohio or the represen tatives ot the people choose to elect me." Mr. Urice was asked to say something in recard to national politics, but he declined. "As chairman of the National Committee, he said, "it -would be unseemly for m to discuss possible candidates." In speaking to-day of the attempt that is making to unseat Senator Brice, Super visor Kenny said: The Dim Hatched Lone E". "A good many things happened while the census was being taken, and have happened since that time to show that the foundation of the present attack on Senator Brice was laid during the con troversr over the character of the census. In looking over the record of the hearing be fore the Census Committee of the House of Representatives" on the claim of this city to a re-enumeration of its inhabitants you will discover that Mr. Porter and his chief sub ordinate, Mr. Hunt, the head of the popula tion division of the Census Bureau, showed a remarkable familiarity with the fact that Mr. Brice had been enumerated as a resident of this citv. "John H. Inman is a well-known citizenj of Mew York and a capitalist whoe reputa tion is spread over the country; Amasa Lyon is also a well-known business man, and William Lummis is well-known in financial and educational circles. Mr. Hunt did not know that thee gentlemen and many others, with their families, were not enumerated in this city, although they were in the city, unless the enumeration took place in Juno, lh90. But Mr. Hunt did know that Mr. Brice was enumerated as a resident of this city. Thinks Foraker Was Back of It. "For what reaon did Mr. Hunt keep such a watchful eye on Mr. Brice? Is it not likely that Mr. Foraker wanted Mr. Brice enumerated as a legal resident of this city? Does it not look as if there was a very strong purpose that he should be so enumer ated? If Messrs. Porter and Hunt had taken as much interest in seeing to it that John Fitzpatrick and the 400 other persons nho were not enumerated in the Second ward of this city had their names" placed upon the lists as they took in the recording of Mr. Brice as a resi dent here, this city would not have had to complain that 200,000 of her people were not on the census record. Just consult the jecord of the hearing before the Censns Committee of the House." The portion of the report referred to by Mr. Kenney is as follows: John 31. Bowers (counsel for New York) I am assuming that the Superintendent (Mr. Porter) has done his duty. I am assuming that with all the defects of this census, the people were not enumerated at the places m here they were visitlnp. Mr Boutelle (Republican, Maine) I am spafcln(r of that class of people who have an actual residence. In more than one Tlacn. Mr. Blount (Democrat, Georzla) Do vou suppose thev would be enumerated at places where thej did not legally reside? Mr. Boutelle Yes, jtmnrbt well happen. Mr Bowers Then the Superintendent of tlio Census would not do hi9 woik properly. Mr Taylor (Republican, Ohio) The direc tory of New York would show that Senator Ilnce, of Ohio, bus an office on Broadway and a residence In Ohio; where should he be enumerated? Mr. Bow ers I hope he w as enumerated In Ohio; I hope not m N"w York. Mr. Taylor You do not think he -was enumerated m New York! Mr. Bowers I think he was enumerated in Ohio. Mr. Hunt He was enumerated in New Yoik. TTHI Probably Let It Drop. A special to The Dispatch from Colum bus says: The impression quite generally prevails here that the Republican State Central Committee did not accomplish that for which it met last night, and that noth ing more will be heard of the effort to pre vent Calvin S. Brice taking his seat in th "United State Senate on the ground of in eligibility. The sentiment of the members of the committee and those present for con sultation was almost unanimous that there was nothing in the case against Brice, and that it would be a uscles task to undertake to show he is not an inhabitant of Ohio. "Where the sentiment and feeling is so general that nothing can be accomplished, it is Conceded something else was aimed at by ha mg the committee called together, oilier than to test the eligibility of Brice. "While the friends of the respective candi lates for the Senate are making no charges, the Foraker men are inclined to -smile over lhr manner in which the question was dis 7oih ot by placing it entirely in the J land1- oi The Friend or Senator Shermin for disposal. Judge Nah, who was se lected o make inquiry and rcporc so that a meeting of the committee be calledjbr De cember 4, has been a life-long friendof Sher man, and is -now among his active sup porters. The follow ers ot Senator Sherman, however, do not look up.on the action of the committee as any burden, as they do not think there will be anything developed which will even require or justify the call ing,of the committee on the date named. It is believed by Republicans generally who have been consulted that the entire matter will go over till the convening of the Legislature, and many doubt even if it is brought up again at that time. Many be lieve the object was to place Senator Sher man in an embarrassing position before the country by forcing him to take prompt and unwarranted action in the Brice case on the convening of Congress. Sherman Called the BlnfC If such was the fact Senator Sherman has met the expectations of his friends in the adroit manner in which he has spoken on the subject, and furnished the information which he thought proper for the use of the committee. His letters are of a manly character, and are based upon information in the line of precedent in such cases, and he has shown no disposition to bhirk any duty just so the matter is properly pro ceeded with before the Senate. The letter of Senator Hoar, which Mr. Sherman sent to Judge King, was not pre sented at the meeting last night Mr. King stated to-day he thought probably Mr. Sher man would "not care to have that letter given out, hence it wa with some surprise the members of the committee were per mitted to read a letter this morning in THE Dispatch, containing authority and prece dents from the Chairman of the Committee on Privileges and'Elections. SHERMAN'S PRECEDENT. HE TOTED TO SEAT AMES, "WHOSE CASE TVAS LIKI. BKICE'S. Till. Fact and the Senator's tetters leave Little Doubt lie "Would Favor Ills Col league Certain Oaths About Tax Busi ness Said to Be Forthcoming. "Washington, Nov. 28. .Special The records of the Senate furnish a precedent bearing almost directly upon the points in volved in the effort to unseat Senator Brice, and to be consistent Senator Sherman must vote to protect his Ohio colleague in his seat. The case is that of Adelbert Ames, who was allowed to take his seat as a Senator from the State of Mississippi in the Forty-first Congress, notwithstand ing a unanimous report by the Committee on the Judiciary to the eflect that Mr. Ames at the time of his election was not a citizen of the State of Mississippi. Mr. Sherman voted against this report, while a score of the ablest lawyers in the Senate voted to sustain it. Senator Conkling presented the report to (he committee, which declared that Mr. Ames, an armr officer from Maine, who was Prouisionol Governor and District Com mander in, Mississippi under General Mc Dowell, in 1869,when elected was ineligible according to the meaning of the residence clause of the Constitution. The Senate overruled the report of the committee, the ote being 40 veas to 12 navs. Mr. Snmner made a motion to strike out the word "not" in the resolution, thin declaring Mr. Ames "entitled," and Mr. Sherman voted in sup port of the motion of Mr. Sumner. In a subsequent debate between Sen ators Ames and Alcorn, the,latter stated that Senator Ames, in his sketch of his life in the Congressional Directory, had stated that he was from the city of Natchez, but he (Alcorn) would make the assertion that such was not true, and he did not believe Mr. Ames had ever been in that city long enough to have his shirt washed -there. Few persons, even among the Republi cans, appear to think there is any solid substance in the movement to unseat Senator-elect Brice. Captain Xa Gros venor, brother of General Grosvenor, who was the strongest advocate of the anti-Brice movement, said to The Dispatch correspondent to-day that as he un derstood the matter the Republicans rested their case on certain oaths taken bv Brice in connection with the pay ment of his taxes, which would prove incon testably that Brice considered himself to be a citizen of New York at a time prior to his election to the Senate, nearly two years ago. Whether they could produce these affidavits, Mr. Grosvenor conld not say, but he had been assured that they would be available for the use of the Senate. DEPENDS OK JUDGE NASH. Chairman King Intimates That Not Much Can Be Done in the Brice Case, Youngstown, O., Nov. 28. Special Judge King, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, returned to-day from the Columbus meeting, and on being asked regarding the position of Senator Sherman regarding the Brice matter, said: "As I understand it, he recognizes the right of the people of Ohio to have the question of Mr. Brice's eligibility to a seat in the Senate investigated, and is willing to do what he p'roperly can. In a letter to me he says he will keep his mind free from any opinion upon the question of facts until he has heard and seen the proof on the other side. It is the unanimous opinion of the committee that if Judge Nash should re port that Mr. Brice was not an inhabitant of Ohio when elected, we should pursue the matter further. Personally I have re ceived nothing from Governor Foraker, and do not know how he stands in the matter." FORGED A PENSION CHECK. A Serious Charge Brought Against a Re cently Defeated Candidate. SCRANTON, Nov. 28. Special. A sen sation was created in this city to-day by the arrest of T. D. "Walters, the recently de feated candidate for Associate Judge of "Wyoming county, on a charge of defrauding the United States Government out of $1,000 by forging a pension check. "Walters, just before noon to-day, was taken to the office of United States Commissioner A. J. Col born to be given a hearing. "Walters was administrator of the estate of his lately deceased brother, who was a 1 soldier in the late war. His brother's wife, Elmira J. "Walters, was sent a check from "Washington, D. C., for 51,000 for her dead husband's services to his country. "Walters received the check, signed Mrs. "Walters name on the back and took it to the Pitts ton Bank and had it cashed. The United States Pension Agent at Philadelphia dis covered the fraud and had him arrested. LAUD BILL ALLEN DYING. A Stroke of Paralysis Liable to Carry Off the Pioneer at Any Moment Columbus, Nov. 28. Special "Land Bill" Allen, who labored for years to have Congress pass a homestead act, and 'was finally successful, lies in a very precarious condition at the county infirmary. The physicians and officials entertain the opin ion that his days on earth will be few. He has not been well for a month, but he was taken worse yesterdav and has not spoken since last evening. The indications are that a stroke of paralysis isslowly.but certainlvj doing its work. Superintendent Filler bays the old pioneer has sufficient money to provide a reasonable funeral, and he desires this to be known, so that people at s distance will not be misled into the belief that he is liable to live long enough to enjoy their hospitality. A Uuy Dav for the President. "WASHINGTOSyNov. 28. The President was unusually busy to-day. He spent the entire forenoon in the work on his message to Congress, and the time between 12 and 1:30 o'clock. was devoted to the reception of official 'and other visitors. Among these were Senators Sherman, Manderson, Hig gins, Grav, Paddock and Davis, ex-Senator Clayton, Dr. Thomas F. Phillips, of Ken tucky and Messrs. L. L. Polk, J. F. Till man "and H. W. Ayres, of the Farmers' Alliance. At 1:30 o'clock the public recep tion was held in the east room, during which the President shook hands with over 800 persons, including a delegation of Indians. HEYDRICK SUCCEEDS CLARK. THE STATE SUPREME BENCH FILLED BY THE GOVEKNOK. Venango County, Gets the Appointment A. Prominent Oil Country Lawyer Named Late L-ist Evening The New Judge a Democrat, but Not a Partisan. Haerisburg, Nov. 29. Special---1:30 A. at. The Governor has appointed C E. Heydrick, Esq., of Franklin, Venango county, as Judge of the Supreme Court, vice Hon. Silas M. Clark, deceased. Charles E. Heydrick is a leading lawyer of large and intricate practice in the oil region counties of Venango, "Warren, Craw ford and Erie. He is a member of the Venango county bar, a resident of Frank lin, and has been in active practice for a period of 30 years, being intimately identi fied with the peculiar character of cases and causes due to oil region operations and properties. Mr. Heydrick has been associated with a number of the leading cases before the Su preme Court, in recent years. He is a Democrat, but not of the partisan stripe. As a citizen he has been ever foremost in public enterprises and progress. As a lawyer he has a wide reputation for present ing case and argument in clear, concise and comprehensive terms. A meeting of the Venango county bar was held yesterday afternoon, at which a resolution unanimously indorsing Mr. Heydrick for the seat on the Supreme Bench made vacant by the death of Justice Clark was passed. THREATENED WITH LYNCHING. THE KIDNAPERS CHILD IN OF THE DANGER. BEALS They Are Removed by the Back Way In Time to Prevent the Accomplishment of the Deed King's Complicity Is Denied. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 28. The mys terious King, alias Dennis, alias Spihole, who, it is said, returned the kidnaped child of Ranker Reals, was arrested at 4 o'clock this morning. King and his wife, Lizzie King, alias Lizzie Smith, were brought be fore Justice "Worthen this morning and charged with abduction of the son of David T. Beals, David T. Beals, Jr. They pleaded not guilty to the charge. Their bond was fixed at $5,000 foi Albert King and 53,000 for Mrs. King. They could not give bond and they were committed to the countv jail. Their case is set for next Wednesday. George D. Ford, who was present who Mr. Beals paid the $5,000 ransom to the un known man for the return ot the bov; called at the jail to-day to ascertain if Albert King, the alleged confederate of-Liide Smith, was the man who had brought back the boy. He took a long look at him and was positive beyond all doubt that King was not the man to whom the $5,000 ransom was paid. Mr. .Ford and Mr. Beals were the only persons who saw the mysterious man who got the money, refused by reason of the terms of the agree ment in the. offer to pay the ransom, to give any description of him or to give out any information that might lead to his capture. Several other arrests were made, but no one was held, each being able to prove his inno cence. Public indignation over the crime has "been raised to the highest pitch. A mob at 8 o'clock this evening began to gather around the jail where the two prisoners were confined, and its temper was manifest ly so ugly and its purpose so apparent that the police considered it prudent to remove the Kidnapers out of town. Accordingly they were spirited out of the back entrance and were driven in a carriage to Inde pendence, a suburb of this place. "When the mob learned that the prisoners had been removed from the jail the excitement sub sided somewhat and the mob dispersed. There is no donbt that an attemct at least would have been made to lynch the kid napers but for precautions taken by the police. CONVICTS TO BE RETURNED. Tennessee's Prison Board Decides to Send Them Back to the Mines. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 28. The Board of Prison Inspectors held a consultation to day lasting several hours. They discussed the convict situation. The consultation was held with a view of arriving at some definite conclusion as to when the convicts will be sent back to Coal Creek and Briceville. The .lesseeses of the convicts are very anxious to re-establish the prison at Briceville. The meeting being private, members of the press were excluded, but all of the gen tlemen in the conference stated that the In spectors passed an order foi the return of the convicts who were released from Coal Creek and Briceville to these two places. The order in general terms, they said, is similar to the former order made by the board. It puts no restrictions on the lessees nor does it fix the time when the convicts shall be returned. JACOB A. PHILLIPS DROPS DEAD. Heart Disease Carries Off One ot Pittsburg's Prominent Merchants. Jacob A. Phillips, of the firm of Eisner & Phillips, dropped dead at 12:50 o'clock this morning at his home, 138 Center avenue. About midnight he left his store at the corner of Fifth avenue and "Wood street, and after a short time started for his home. He arriyed there at 12:50 o'clock and a fev minutes after fell down and expired. The cause was presumably heart disease. He had suffered from a severe cold for a week past, but it is not suspected that this was a cause that led to his death. The de ceased was 40 years old and unmarried. He was one of the best known business men of the city, and had been connected with the clothing firm of Eisner & Phillips for many years. CREDITORS WAST AN ACCOUNTIHG. Stock That Is Wanted for the Payment ot Claims Against a Railway. Youngstown, Nov. 28, Special The creditors of the "West Penn and Shenango Connecting Railway have employed counsel here to commence suit againt the Pennsyl vania Railroad to compel them to account for $106,000 of stock held in the insolvent road. The line was 22 miles long, connecting the Shenaneo and Allegheny and 'the West Penn railroads. It 'is claimed "thatthrough a scheme ot the Pennsylvania officials thev secured this stock, and the creditors want it applied on pavment of their claims, amount ing to 5100,000. ' PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, THE RIVALS ARE ONE. A Practical Consolidation of the Du quesne and Pittsburg Lines. THE FORMER CONCEDED VICTORY. President Hagree Says He Got All the Term That He Asked For. RBADT TO TRANSFER BT WEDNESDAY SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, Tov. 28. A conference of great importance to the future of Pitts burg's street railway systems was held at the residence of John G. Johnson, No. 506 South Broad street, this aft ernoon and evening. There were present Messrs. C. L. Magee, J. O. Brown, Senator "William Flinn and Charles McKee, Esq., of Pittsburg, representing the Duquesne Traction Company of that jcity, and Messrs. W. L. Elkins, P. A. B. Widener and J. G. Johnson,-Esq., of this city, representing the Pittsburg Traction Company, a rival line. In the conference it was decided to equal ize the rates of fare, and come down to a basis of harmony, which practically means a' consolidation. Beginning December jl the Pittsburg Traction Company will increase tbe fare on their line to 5 cents, and the Duquesne will maintain the same rate. An exchange or transfer system will be put in operation, by which passengers from the western or lower part of the city will be carried to "Wilkinsburg, in the eastern end, for 7 cents. Certain privileges are reserved bv the rival managements, but 'it is understood that the practical management of the Du quesne line will pass into the hands of Colonel George Elkins, President of l. the Pittsburg Traction Company, on Decem ber 1. Silent on the Financial Basis. There are several points agreed to in the conference of which neither side would talk, particularly the financial basis under which the two companies will operate, but it is intimated that the Pitts burg people got all they asked for. C. L. Magee did not return to the Stratford Hotel, where he makes his head quarters until after midnight. Senator Flinn and Mr. McKee kept him company. Mr. Magee, when asked for particulars con cerning the conference, said: 'There is nothing much to say, except that the Pittsburg Traction has agreed to our terms and their 3-cent fare meets our common 5-cent rate." "Then the Pittsburg Traction did not swallow the Duquesne?" "Hardly. How's that, Flinn?" said Magee to the Senator, who stood near lis tening. "I should say not," he added. "Swallow the Duquesne? That's just like a joke, isn't it?"' Mr. Magee thought it was, and the party broke away for the night. The Duquesne Traction has won a big victory, according to the gossip heard here, by thoi! agree ment with the rival company, and JScmoiyt has been enforced, on Magee 's terms. , A HltchThat Didn't Occur. It was rumored in this ctyy yesterday that a bitch had occurred in the deal at Phila delphia and that Messrs. Magee, Flinn and Brown had gone down to assist in straightening it out They hur riedly went to Philadelphia 'on the 1:20 train yesterday morning after receiving a telegram from Charles McKee, Esq., attorney for the Duquesne, who had preceded them by several days, and, it was understood, had power to close the deal on the lines agreed upon in the conference be tween the magnates of the rival railways held in this city two weeks ago. The representatives of the Duquesne road are not expected home until to-morrow. Colonel George Elkins still maintained silence on what the consolidation of the roads would result in yesterday, saying he preferred not to make any statements until the deal has been sealed and finally closed. He makes no positive denial, however, of the statement that he will assume the manage ment of the Dnquesne line in addition to that of the Fifth avenue road, "Wednesday morning. The change of the tracks which will form a connection between the Duquesne and the Fifth avenue line at the corner oi Fifth and Shady avenues is progressing rapidly and ia expected to be ready for operation by the transfer system "Wednesday morning. BIG PULP HILLS COMBINE, Five Hugo Concerns Organlro Spruce Timber Syndicate. Lockpoet, N. Y., Nov. 2a Special One of the largest syndicates ever organized for the importation of, spruce timber from Canada for pulp mills has been formed by five of the largest pulp concerns in this State aqd Canada. A meeting was held in Toronto, this week, when the preliminaries were arranged. The firms in the deal are the Detroit Sulphate Paper and Pulp Com pany, of Detroit; the Rochester Paper Company, the -Riordan "Wood Paper and Pulp Company, of Merritton, Ont; the Cascade Paper and Pulp Company, of Niagara Falls, and the Lockport Pulp Com pany, of Lockport. The company was organized under the name of the Atlantic Wood Pulp and Paper Company, of Canada, with a capital stock of 300,000, at first, under an old charter Mr. Riordan held, which permitted him to incorporate almost any kind of a company except to build railroads or carty a bank. Several days after the organization was perfected it was found that the charter had lapsed. This caused a change in matters, and at a subse quent meeting it was decided to increase the capital stock to $1,000,000 and obtain a new charter. The incorporated name of the company will be shortened, and officers will be elected at a meeting called for December 1 at Merritton, Ont The interests reported in this big syndicate are enormous.- The output of the mills alone of the five com panies will probably be 100 tons of dry pulp a day, while they expect to supply all the large pulp mills in the East and Canada. TEE CORBY BANE 80LD OUT. Old Commercial Paper Sells for the Merest Song. Corby,-Nov. 28. Special "By order of the Comptroller of Currency, Hon. Manley Crosby, receiver of the Corry National Bank, which was closed three years ago, sold at public sale to-day all the uncollected assets, bills receivable, judgment notes, etc,, of the bank, amountiug to $110,000. This paper, which represented such a large amount ot money, was sold for $190 03. This closes the affairs of the bank, and will enable the receiver to pay another dividend of 5 per cent, making 95 per cent in all. A good deal ot the paper, representing thousands of dollars, was sold for a mere nothing. Two notes against Clark and Warren, amounting to 59,500, sold for ?9 50; E. A. Sliney, four notes 51,200, brought 59; two judgment notes against tbe Buffalo NOVEMBER 29, 1891. Lubricating Oil Company of 85,000 sold for 52 50; note against O.'E. Gleason, $7,000, brought 52 26; judgment against Caroline Stewart, $3,000, Sold for 10 cents; O. W. Hare & Co-, judgment 51,000, sold for $45; note against Jamestown Lumber Company," 54,000, brought 50 cents; Lafavette Davis, three notes 55,000, 25 cents; G. "A. Bentley, note 55,000, 25 cents; Adam Davis, two notes and accepted draft, $15,000, 50 cents; J. "W. "Williams, note $3,000,50 cents; Frank E. Mulkie, on stock assessment and judgment $3,000, 55; Fisher and Emerson, three notes 55,000, $10. HE STOLE HIS CHILD. A DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT KIDNAP ING AT STEUBENVILLE. The Father Leaps Over a Fence and Seizes His Little Girl In the House Where His "Wife Is Stopping The Latter Gives Suc cessful Chase. Stetjbenville, Nov. 28. Special Considerable excitement was caused to-night by an attempt at kidnaping. J. Ross Moss grove, Jr., and Katie Cooper wereunarxied at Burgettstown, Pa., 1879. Mossgrove is a nephew of J. .Ross Mossgrove, proprietor of the leading hotel of this city, and is a skilled glassworkcr. After their marriage they came to this city, where they began housekeeping and where Mossgrove's earn ings enabled tbem to live in comfortable style. Three children were born to them, the two oldest of which have died. Nothing appeared to mar the serenity of their married life until the husband left with the Reatty glasshouse for Tiffin, O. After this, according to his wife's story in court, he began to neglect her and her child, and about a year ago stopped work and since has contributed little or nothing to their support and has abused and beaten his wife. About three weeks ago she brought suit against him, charging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. The papers were not served upon him until to day. After being served with summons he con ceived the idea of stealing away his child, a little girl, now about G years of age, and for whom ne has always apparently had a warm affection. His wife and child have been staying at her father's on "Water street. About 5 o'clock he called at the next-door neighbors and waited until ho saw the child in the kitchen. Then he jumped over the fence and, entering the back door, seized the child. His wife and her mother tried to intercept him, but both were knocked down, and taking tbe child in his arms, he rushed down "Water street, "When about a square away his wife, who had recovered from the blow, caught up with him and seized him by the coat. In order to disengage himself from her grasp he was obliged to drop the child, which was immediately seized by the mother. Mossgrove turned upon her, and according to the storv of the wife's relatives, was beating and kicking her when her father came up. Mossgrove fled, but was afterward arrested. Mrs. Mossgrove is prostrated, and her face and body Dear ugly marks. . A RACE FOB A DINNER. The Pennsy Beat Its Own Record Between Now Xork'and Washington, Washington, Nov. 28. Special. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad, under most un favorable circumstances, to-day accom plished the feat of running a special train of three cars and an engine between New York and "Washington in 4 hours and 11 min utes. The best .previous reconTwas 4 hours and IS minutes. The tracfciwp s,.Blipjery, 'owing toa storm, and the record will be looked upon as a memorable feat in railroad ing. Engine 340 left the New Jersey depot at 2:49 o'clock p. m. and arrived at Grey's Ferry, below Philadelphia, at 4:22. A change of engines at this point caused a ctop of six minutes, the train arriving at "Washington at 7 o'clock. From Jersey City to Newark, a distance of eight miles, was made in six minutes. From the start ing point to New Brunswick, 31 miles, was 'made in 30 minutes. Tbe 56 miles to Tren ton was made inT53 minutes. One naturally asks, why so much hurry? "W. F. Page invited a number of New York business men to attend the opening banquet of the new Hotel Cochran, with the under standing that if the record was not beaten the railroad company would pay for the opening dinnerj.if the record was beaten the hotel would pay the score. The hotel pays. Had it not been for the- giving out of a brake at Baltimore, the trip would have been made in 4 hours anR5 minutes. The average speed was about -14 mile in 1 1-10 win imv aa A FATAL F00LI0B" WAGER. S&l :- r- Two Men Sit on a Rail Fence Until Both Are Likely to Die. Akeon, Nov. 28. Special A novel wager was made Thanksgiving evening by two men in a crowd gathering at a country store in Botzum, a little hamlet seven miles north of this city. William Noble, in a spirit of banter, offered to bet with John Springer the oysters for the party that he could sit longer on a rail fence than Springer. The wager was accepted and the two men were soon sitting on the rail of a fence near the store as telegraphed The Dispatch, yesterday. All night they sat there, their friends enconraglng them with hot coffee, food and additional clothing. Toward morning it began to rain hard, and rain continued to fall nearly all day yesterday, but neither of the sitters gave up. Just before 12 o'clock last night Springer, who weighs probably 200, suc cumbed to the strain and fell from the fence. Both men were carried home, and both are now ill from the exposure. Springer has small chances of recovery. Rainmakers Meet With Failure. Madras, Tex., Nov. 28. The theory that explosions in the air will produce rain is beginning to lose its supporters in this vicinity. Several attempts have been made by exploding dynamite and roburite at high elevations to compel the clouds to yield their moisture in the form of rain, but only one was successful, and scoffers say it would have rained anyway without the aid of explosives. The "rainmakers" tried again to-day to again meet with failure. Union Meeting of Wllkinsbursr.Churches. A union meeting of nearly all' the churches of Wilkinsburg will be held this evening in the First United Presbyterian On Wood street. The evnt is the celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of that place. There will be a number of prominent clergymen present, together with representatives of the association from Sharpsburg, "Union town and, other places. Painters Call a Convention. YOUNGSTOWN, Nov. 28. Special. X call has been issued for a convention of painters' unions including Ohio, Pennsyl vania and New York, to beheld herethe coming month, for the purpose of organ izing a district council. It is the intention to take such action as will protect the nnions and the trade from vagabond work men. Bill Nye Badly Injured. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 28, At the Opera House to-night, jus', after the curtain rose for the Bill Nye-Burbank eombination en tertainment, Nye fell out of the back door of the Opera House, a distance of 15 feet, landing on a pile of lumber. He was so badly hurt that he could not appear, and the audience was dismissed. A TRAIN RUN DOWN. Five Killed by a Run-In Accident at ' tbe Month of a Tnnnel. TRAINS BUT TWO MINUTES APART. The First Was That Much Behind Time and Stopped at a Target. IT WAS ONE ENGINEER'S FIRST MX Toledo, Nov. 28. The Lake Shore was the scene of a serious run-in accident this evening on the Boston and Chicago special going East, which left Chicago at 10-30 A. ai. In the.edge of the city the road runs under the Maumee and Erie canal through a tunnel some 75 feet long. Some 200j-rdc east of the tunnel is a target. "The Lake Shore train passed through the tunnel, but "irofg'eHrng the signal at the target to come ahead, put on brakes and slacked up. The southbound express on the Flint and Pere Marquette road, which goes over the Lake Shore tracks to the Union depot, came through the tunnel immediately after the Lake Shore train and plunged into the rear coach. The Lake Shore train was vestibuled, but an ordinary day coach for the accommoda tion of way passengers was attached at the rear and it was this which suffered. The Flint and Pere Marquette engine wed its way through the car until the p ""i. -more than midway of the coach. fx ,! ,! , , A ii,. .. wf and.floor were torn up and the unl ,, pttbaeugere, uruiseu uuu irjuiucu, w badly scalded by the escaping steam' from- the broken pipes. The Trains Only Two Minute Apart The time of the arrival of the Flint and Pere Marquette train is 4:53; that of the Lake Shore train 4:55 thus giving but two minutes between them. The former train seems to have been a couple of minutes be hind time. The engineer of the former train Bays that just as he was coming to the tunnel, running fast, he saw the rear lights of the Lake Shore train and believed it to be in the tunnel. Knowing a collision in evitable, he shut off steam and both he and his fireman jumped, escaping with a few bruises. They knew a collision in the tnn nel would give them no chance for life. The list of casualties reported at this hour is as follows: MRS. SUSAN McCOT, Saginaw, Jlich., dead. INFANT of Mrs. M. J. McDonald, of Now York, 18 months-old, killed instantly. HEtt SON. aged 8, badly scalded and dying. MISS ELLEN MTERS, 387 Prospect street, Cleveland, badly injured, will probably die. THOMAS McQUEEN, Elkhart, Ind., badly hurt internally, will die. The other injured are: Mrs. Nelson, To ledo, badly scalded; S. L. Walker, Goshen, Ind., injured, but able to take next train for home; C J. Anderson, Riverside, IIL, bruised and scalded; D. Taylor, Hyde Park, Boston, not fatally; Joseph Ludwig, Peoria, 111., injured in abdomen; Warren L. Potter, scalded; H. Vaughn Auburn, N. Y., en route for Cambridge, bruised and scalded; John Conway, bruised; Miss Dollie Fisher, Toledo, severely scalded on arm; Mrs. Galloway, Toledo, se verely bruised; Conduotor Hunter, of the F. & P. M. train, thrown against a seat and badly hurt in the backf Chris Henderer, .Goshen, "Ind., severely burned about face ana bands; airs, al j. jjicuonaia;- oi jxew York, 'burned on face and hands, not fatally; Mrs. Annie Mack, New York City, slightly burned. A Flagman Waa Sent Back. Mrs. McCoy had in herpocket a oard of 'Dr. McCoy, Saginaw, Mich,, and two dia mond rings. The severed hand of a labor ing man, probably a brakeman, was found in the wrecked car, but so far the injured man has not been discovered. It is possible his body may be found in the wreck. The car entirely envelops the engine as far as the cab, the two being wedged closely to gether. The Lake Shore train, as soon as it was stopped by the target, sent back- a brake-, man. He ran about 50 feet to the mouth of the tunnel and waved his lantern across the track. The tunnel was full of smoke, but the engineer of the Flint and Pere Mar quette train, which was already in the tun nel, saw the signal and also the rear lights of the doomed car. No one in either train was hurt save those in the wrecked day coach and the conductor of the Flint and Pere Marquette train. The Lake Shore officials are inclined to put the blame on the Flint and Parquette train. The engineer of that train is a new man, and it was his first run over the road. A YOUNG LADY'S HOSE CRT OFF Because It Made Her Too Homely to Hold a Position In School. New Britain, Conn., Nov. 28. Special New Britain people who last spring sympathizedwith Miss Mary Wells, of Youngstown, O., who was engaged by the State Board of Education to instruct in gymnastics at the State Normal School in this city, and whom Prof. Carroll sent home because she was so homely, are glad to learn that she has recently undergone a successful operation upon her nose, which was the disfiguring feature, and has become a very pretty young lady, there being no trace or scar left to mar her beauty. Miss Wells came to this city from Youngs town last spring, but after having been once seen by the managers she was deemed not good looking enough for the situation, although well qualified to hold it. Her case attracted a great deal of attention, and much sympathy ,was expressed for her by the'good people of this city. She then de cided that her nose or, at least, the greater part of it, would have to go, and go it did, with the result that to-day she is a very pretty young girl. She may apply for the place from which she was disqualified by her nose at the expiration of the present term, and this time it is hoped she will pass muster. UNITED BY ADVERTISING. A Couple Parted for Ten Tears Brought Together Romantically. BrNGHAMTON, N. Y., Nov. 28. Special. The marriage of Charles S. Denning and Clara Oakley, which occurred here this afternoon, has a romance. The couple were betrothed ten years ago and the marriage day had been fixed. A. week previous to the date set Denning and his affianced took a drive to Vestal village, 15 miles west of this city. . The couple spent the day there and toward night started home. Denning lost his way, and day was just breaking when he made the startling discovery that he was nearly 30 miles from home and "driv ing in a direction opposite to the one he should have taken. The horse was turned about and the tiresome ride toward home was bc2Un. The ladv in a fit of ancer re turned the lover's betrothal ring and broke, on tne engagement, lie went west ana ias heard from no more. She repented her folly in a few weeks and tried to discover his whereabouts, but without avail. Recently Miss Oakley secured possession of a matrimonial journal. One advertise ment seemed to possess a peculiar fascina tion for her, and she answered it.. A cor respondence sprang up and she was favor ably impressed. She contented to fix a day for the wedding. The gentleman arrived in this city last evening, and what was the amazement of the prospective bride to see in him her boy loverW ten years ago. Den ning is now in prosperous circumstances and resides in Denver. After he left his betrothed he went "West, where he married and settled down. His wife died, leaving him a child, a pretty girl of 5- summers. In the endeavor to secure a wife who would be a mother to her he advertised in the matrimonial paper, and thus was united to his former loved one. FORGED TAX RECEIPTS. A POLITICAL SENSATION SPRUNG WESTMORELAND. nr Hon. G. W. Blackburn Arrested On the Charge A Contest of the Election Is. Likely to Occur if He Guilty, , Is FvOnd West Newton, Pa,-Nov728. Special Quite a sensatiorfwas caused in "West- jnorehtncf connty yesterday over the arrest ot Hon. G. W. Blackburn, one of tbe lead ing Republicans of Rostraver township, on the charge of forging and altering a tax re ceipt. Mr. Blackburn has always been a zealous worker in all political contests both in local and national campaigns. About 30 days previous to the recent elec tion Mr. Blackburn called upon Tax Col lector Luce at "Webster, requesting that he be allowed to pay the taxes of 15 Republi can voters, and among the 15 receipts asked for was one for Thomas King, of "West New ton. Luce informed Blackburn that King was not assessed, but he would issue a re ceipt. Accordingly he issued the tax re ceipt to Mr. King. Kingwas afraid to use the receipt on election dav. but Amzi Leasure appeared at the poUs and presented w.w: -riVTCirr: ,c r ,-.rr w.;"- receipt tnai nau Deen maae out wiin a ,encit and when where h(J t u uf ., ,vLuce was on hand, and in re- r-7n n nnrnnrn trmrt lr. in mm JJ "! 1 1 . 1 ih. .Jr. '1-"ooks found that the taxes ttn. of Am& . v f'y. not been paid for 2 yei and 60 TV ' ftf .Je name of Leasure was vears not on the-y ' receipts given to Black burn, and upo. close examination it was found that the name of T.M. King had been erased and Leasure's name appeared in stead. If the charges are proven to be true, the whole set of ReDublican county officials elect will be contested, and as the Repub lican plurality is only 240 in the county the Democratic contestants may be seated in stead. Blackburn has served one term in the State Legislature from this county as Representative. The hearing will be held in Greensburg next Monday. FAST CANADIAN STEAMER& .A New-Line, to Be Established to Compete With American Vessels. Quebec, Nov. 28. Sir George Baden Powell, oneof ihe.British Commissioners in the Bering Sea affair, is now interesting himself in the establishment ot a fast, Canadian transatlantic steamship service. He has seen Premier Abbott and members, of the Cabinet in the .matter, and has visited Quebec and inspected the docks and other facilities. President Van Home, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, states that'the new steam ship line will ere long be an established fact. The vessels will run in" connection with the Canadian Pacific Railway, and Mr. Van Home believes that passengers from Europe via the St. Lawrence will be landed by his through line in Chicago within a few hours of the time that those viaNew York will be disembarked at the latter port. The present intention is to have the lines open l hflfV.VA 41,a W rr1An Vain nmrl a n,...itA I with American railways ifor a share of 'the travel in connection therewith. It is said the Government subsidy jrill be 'made 51,000,000 'for an efficient service. ALKY'S CHAHCE TO ESCAPE. , Senator Chandler Says H-3Iast'Be-Sen- tenced in Public Concord, Nov. 2a Special Writing from Washington in regard to the. recent, Almy trial, Senator Chandler says: "I am .informed the prisoner was removed to the Btate.prison without the sentence of death being announced to him, and waited in- prison for a week before he knew it. The lawyers of the nation have looked on with amazement, and nothing but the execration, in which AJmy is universally held prevents. an outcry ot the same from every part oi the Union. "New Hampshire, by statute or thejarbi--trary fiat of honorable judges, may"have altered a fundamental principle ot tne enm- noil latw T li.va Tint ttnminA Y,a lutnt. but unless Almy's sentence is publicly an- nounced'to him in court, I do not see how. lawfully, he can be hanged or even much,' longer imprisoneu. j.ne waruen cannot hold him for trial, because he has already been tried. He cannot hold him to hang, him, because ne has not been sentenced. After awhile he will be entitled to release, on habeas corpus and can go free. He should be taken back into the court room and be sentenced to death, as the finding of the judges and law and decency requires." A Chinaman "Wanted Out-West. OttA'WA, Ont., Nov. 28. The Govern ment has granted a warrant for-the extradi-, tion of Wong Yuen, a Chinaman'now in. Victoria. Wong's presence is wanted in San Francisco for the embezzlement of $20.-. 000. Wong has frequently offered $5,000 to; tne jau omciais to connive-at his escape. THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. Contents ot the Lsne Classified for the Convenience of the Reader. The issue of Tm Dispatch to-day consists of 20 pages, made up In two parts. The live news with editorial comment will be found in the first nine pages. The literary features' and class news will be found easily by ref erence to the table below: Page 9. News of Eueope. The Drvoncz Couht. Climbixo Mouxt ST. Elias Professor Bnssell Page 10. VHOTOGBArns or iiaibs. Scientific News Page 11. The Wjutts, To Lets, Fob saus and Reax, Estate and Miscellaneous Notices. Page 13. The Society Wobld Marlon C. Gallaber Dramatic News Notes Hepburn Johns Educational M vttees. " Page 13. A Woman in Africa Mrs. French-Sheldon Details of the Toilet..... Ada Bache Cone Hints fob Fanct Wore. Delaware WOMEN IN the Law. C. L. S. Questions Beautt Puts Shirley Dare Miscellaneous reading foe women. Page 14. THE MCSIO WOBLD j C. W. S. Luxcky in WASHlNCTON....Frank G. Carpenter Page IS, The No Dance (a poem) Sir Edwin Arnold Cakeee of Lord lttton. Page 16. A Review or Sports Prlnjrle Evests of Tilt DAT Wllkle Durr TO the CncRCU Rev. George nodges Some New Stories Marshall P. Wilder Page 17. PAnrrrNO Stage Scenery Charles T. Murray Ax Eskimo's ADVENTURE....FrctlerIck Schwatka Football Team Work A. A. BUgg American PUSH Edgar Fawcett MISCELLANEOUS READING FOB YOUNG PEOPLE. Page 13. Nearest the SouTn Polx Fannie B. Ward Career of Fanny Wright Bessie Bramble Page 19.. Tite grand Army. gossip or the Guards, secret societies. the Market1 Reports. Page ZO. Court News. ajiusxmxxt Nonas. EXVE CENTS.1 WYMAN IS ARRESTED Charges of Extortion and Embezzlement Lodged Against the Mayor. MOBE SUITS WLl FOLLOW; Allegheny's Chief Executive UowOufr Tinder $2,000 Bail. HARD WORK FINDING EVIDENCE. Murphy and Pearson Will Also Be Prose cuted Tery Soon. ALL CAUGHT IN THE WITNESS PEE TRAP The reform movement in'AUegheny yes terday blossomed into four criminal charges against the Chief Executive of that city, Mayor James G. Wyman. The suits are for embezzlement and extortion. One is a general charge of embezzlement and the other three make specific charges ot both embezzlement and extortion. City Con troller Brown figures as the prosecutor in each case, the informations being entered before Alderman McMasters, of this city. The suits were filed by George Elphin stone, Solicitor of Allegheny, at 4 o'clock. At that time the Mayor was in consultation with Thomas M. Marshall, Esq., at tbe hit ter's office around the corner on Diamond street. Constable Morris went around and notified them of the suits, and in a few mo ments the accused official, accompanied by Mr. Marshall and ex-Councilman Frank Curry, of Allegheny, walked into the office. The Alderman fixed the amount of bail at ,8600 on each charge, and 3Ir. Curry placed his signature to a bond for 52,000 for the Mayor's appearance at the hearing, fixed, to ,suit the accused, at 3 o'clock next Friday Mayor Jamet O. Wyman. afternoon. The Mayor was in a good humor and joked with his attorney about the gravity of the situation. He remained with Mr. Marshall until 5 o'clock and then drove directly to his home on Observatory HilL Embezzlement and Extortion Charged. The informations were all drawn up by Joseph A. Xangfitt, Esq., who had been ia I, consultation on the matterwithMr. Elphin- stone for several hours. The first one charges extortion in that, on April 20, 1891, the Mayor, acting in his official capacity, wilfully and fraudulently received certain .unlawful fees amounting to 5115, in a dis orderly conduct case before him in which Michael Cowan, Jos. Thomas and others, to the number of 49 persons, were defendants, the money being demanded and received as witness fees. And, further, for the purpose of extortion in this case he wilfully and fraudulently divided the case into 49 separ ate cases, as appears on his docket num bered consecutively from 761 to 811 in-, elusive. The same information charges in a second paragraph that the Mayor wilfully and fraudulently demanded and received as witness fees ?8 in a disorderly conduct case, in which F. Willing, J. Watson, J. Knott, C Anderson, C. Maxwell, J. Thompson, M. J. Bowers and F. Smith were defendants. The next information charges that on May 3, 1891, "and at divers times prior thereto within the two years last past," the Mayor fraudulently demanded and received 800 as witness fees from Harry Rodgers, George Sellers, George Wilson, C. F. Harris and others in cases of summary convictions, and for his own gain, fraudulently divided that costs into as many suits as there were de fendants, omitting to make entries of tha names of the witnesses and fraudulently on verting the money to his own use. Forgot to Turn Over Many "Witness Fees. On another information it is charged that on May 3, 1891, and at divers times within the year preceding, the Mayor fraudulently converted to his own use divers witness fees earned by police and detectives sworn as witnesses in cases before him of summary convictions, sums aggregating over 5400, which the Mayor's duty it was to pay over to the City Treasurer within 30 days. The final information charges embezzle-, ment in the fraudulent receiving and appli cation to his own use by the Mayor 558S collected as fees for jail and workhouse commitments which he has not. paid into the treasury. The date given is May 9, 1891. All the informations had underneath tbe charge the line, "This information is made on information received." The news of the suits being entered was generally circulated in Allegheny last night and caused more or less excitement Where- ever groups of men were found on street corners, or in other places where men usually congregate, the topic of their con versation was the suits against Wyman and the result thereof, or the prospective suits against Chief Murphy and ex-Mayor Pear- . son. That suits against the last-named officials are contemplated was plainly stated by At torney Xangfitt last evening. He also stated that the suits against Mayor Wyman were only the beginning of his prosecution. "Tne reason the suits were entered to-day," said Mr. Langfitt, "was because the Mayor is going away on a hunting expedition next week and we desired to get a start before ha ' goes away. More Criminal Charges to Follow. The nature of the suits that are to follow cannot be stated just now, because the records must be gone over carefully to find specific cases. In the investigation of the Mayor's conduct it has been found that dur- ing his. present administration he hascov-.- w f ercu ois traces so careiuuy tnat it u nexti 0 i l 4 M !&
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