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COUNTING CHICKENS,
The Absurd Claims Made for
tlie EiVal SpeakersMp
Candidates.
FEEE TBADERS lUMPAOT.
Charges That Crisp Favors Home In
dustries Are Hurting Him.
KEYSTONE MEMBERS MAT CAUCUS,
And It Is Asserted That They Will-Declare
IbrtheFierv Texan.
KERR'S CHAXCE8 FOE TUB CLERKSHIP
rmOM A STAFF. CORRESFOXDIHT.l
Washigton, Nov. SO. The scenes -at
the headquarters of the various candidates
for the' Speakership showed additional life
o-lay. There were not as many fresh ar
rials as were expected, but the lieutenants
of the candidates already on the ground
v ere all on deck and canvassing with more
spirit than before the ways and means for
nominating their respective men.
Not more than a third of the whole num
ner of Congressmen are yet in town, and of
thee many are Republicans, so that there
is yet a lack of the hustling and excitement
which must come when the members are
practically all on the ground, but every
train brings accessions and within a
clay or two it is expected that
all of the Democrats who are
able to get here will be on deck. Two of
the Texan colleagnes of Mr. Mills are ill at
home, Messrs. Crain and Stewart, but it is
expected they will be on hand Saturday
evening in season for the caucus.
Each Claiming Everything in Sight.
The situation remains practically un
changed to-day so far as the counting of
nocs is concerned. Each of the candidates
claimed to have information of new support,
but as they had claimed everything in rea
son and out of reason before it is hard to
twist the aertion of increased support into
a condition of logical consistency.
The Crisp men took much comfort from
the tact of the support of Amos Cummings,
of New York. It offset in a way the news
of j esterday that Long Wand's five mem
bers would all support Mills. However,
while Cummings worked with his
coat off at the Crisp headquarters.
Mill": was receiving a telegram from Albany
sjyinc that Representative Tracy had left
there for "Washington, and that he would
cirrv to Mills the assurance that a majority
of the New York Democrats would be for
MilU, and that this would carry the State
as a unit for the Texan.
Arain, it is questionable if the support of
Cummings will be of benefit or injury to
Crisp, as he is believed to be really a pro
tectionist in sympathy with Dana, with
w horn he has been so long connected.
Tree J"raders,rA.rrHi4 of Crlp.
In fact the conviction "is growing that
Crisp has played a dangerous flirtation with
the moderate tariff men among the Demo
crats, and it is undoubtedly doing him harm
among the "tariff reformers, who are noth
ing but free traders in disguise. A telegram
was received from Boston this evening that
Congressman Daniel, of New Hampshire
would support Crisp, because Crisp is more
o a protectionist than the others, andi be
cause he (Daniels) is opposed to free trade.
This is being used with effect, especially by
the friends of Mills and McMillin.
The Springer boom continues to be the most
vociferous of all. A host of "Western and
Northwestern Democrats surround him and
they are whooping it up for the man of the
rsd boutonuiere in the liveliest sort of way.
The arrival of Farmer Hatch to-day com
pletes the bevy of candidates, and the big
Missounan's friends, headed by Joe
Jlickey, who is known from the Rio Grande
to the Hudson as a sleek politician, are
hardly less vocal and cheerful .and confi
dent than those of Springer.
Keystone Members May Concur. a
The Pennsylvanians talk of holding a
caucus to-morrow evening, expecting that
all the Democratic members of the State
will be here by that time. Mr. Mutchler
is the leader of the Pennsylva
nia forces and is an enthusiast
for Mills. The attempt will be made
to adopt the unit rule, which has obtained
in former years. If that be accomplished
Mr. Mutchler expects to swing the Penn
sylvania members in a body for Mills, as he
feels certain a good majority of them favor
the Texan.
It will probably require until "Wednesday
or Thursday evening to enable the guessers
to reach the dignity of mathemati
cians. Even tben, say the shrewd
est and calmest of them, it will
probably be discovered that the
votes as far as certainly known will be
distributed so that no ae can tell the out
come. They think it will depend on where
the scattering votes will go after the with
drawal of one or two of the weaker candi
dates. ,
Some of the Contingencies.
It is believed that if Hatch withdraws
the entire vote of Missouri will go to Mills,
while if McMillen should withdraw his
strength will be about equaUy divided
between Mills and Crisn. Should Springer
be fort ex- -iU it is counted it would be to1
Mills' ad vaut age.
Kerr is still serenely happy in regard to
his race for the Cle'kship. He tells Thk
Dispatch correspondent that every
bit of new information that comes
to him is encouraging, and that
if his information means anything
at all it means he cannot be defeated. He
lias not made an open combine with any of
the candidates, but it is reported his sym
pathies are with Mills, possibly because
many think the success of Mills is certain.
GOOD SECKET EEBTICE WOBK.
A Conple oT Dangerous Counterfeit Passers
Caught at Bay City.
Washington, Nov. 30. In' September
last the Secret Service division received in
formation from Bay City, Mich., of the ap
pearance of a new photographic counterfeit
Z& note on the First National Bank of Bay
City, which note had the silk threads, but
otherwise was only a partial success.
On Not ember 17 the same office .received
a photographic counterfeit $20 gold certifi
cate. This also had the silk threads run
ning through it, and was described as a dan
gerous note, fcingnlarly enough, this
counterfeit also had been passed in Bay
City. An agent of the service was sent to
the latter place, and he has arrested two
person named Block, husband and wife,
residents of Essexville, a suburb of Bay
City. They are the proprietors of a photo
graphic gallery, and the woman is fully
identified as the passer of the notes.
THREE TARIFF LAW TESTS.
ATTACKS ON THE CONSTirUTIONAlITT
Or M'KINI.ET'S ACT.
A Arguments Begun in a Trio or Important
Cases Three Points Involved In Each
Pointrd Questions Asked by Several
lattices of the Supreme Court.
"Washington-, Nov. 30. Three tariff
cases involving the constitutionality of the
McKinley tariff act came up for argument
in the United States Supreme Court this
afternoon. All the justices were present.
Notwithstanding the great importance of
the suits, only a small audience listened to
the argument. The three cases before the
court are those of Boyd, Sutton & Co. and
Sternbach & Co., of New York City, and
Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago, against
the collectors of customs of New York and
Chicago respectively. Three points are in
volved in the decision of these suits. The
Court heard all the cases as one, and made
an order by which to each of the attorneys
representing the three firms was assigned
one of the points at issue to be reviewed in
the opening argument. As the argument
progressed the justices of the court asked a
lew leading questions.
"W. "W. Smith, of New York, argued the
bounty clause,- contending that bounties
were unconstitutional and that the bounty
section invalidated the whole act.
Chief Justice Fullej? asked if the record
showed that arty Haoney had been paid
under the -sugar- bounty clause by his
clients. Mr. Smith did.riot knowas to that,
but they had a right to complain because
taxes were increased on their iroods for the
purpose, as they believed, of -paying the
sugar bountv. In answer to Justice Gray,
he reiterated his opinion that the whole act
was unconstitutional because of the sugar
bountv.
Edwin B. Smith, ex-Assistant Attorney
General and now of New York, argued the
reciprocity feature of the McKinley act,
maintaining that it was a delegation of the
taxing power to the President, which
vitiated the whole act
N. "W. Bliss, of Chicago, argued the third
Iioint, that the law was unconstitutional
ecause ot the omission of the tobacco re
bate section from the bill as signed by the
President. After he had stated his objec
tion Justice Bradley asked: "Your position,
then, i? that wherever an enrolling clerk,
by accident or fraud, happens to omit a sec
tion of a law, although that law is reported
to the President and signed as a law, it is
void?"
Mr. Bliss '-VTes, sir."
The argument will be continued to-morrow.
THE FEEE DELIVERY SYSTEH.
Extension or an Important Postal Depart
ment for the Tear.
"Washington, Nov. 30. W. J. Pollock,
Superintendent of the Free Delivery Sys
tem, Postofnce Department, has made to
First Assistant Postmaster General "White
field his report for the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1891. It shows that the number of
free delivery offices in operation at the close
of the year wa 519, an increase of 63 over
the preceding year. The cost of this service
was 59,072,060, which is ?22,424 less than
the appropriation for that purpose. The
number of carriers employed on June 30
was 10,130, -which is an increase of 1,064
during the year. The local postage for the
year amounted to $11,174,754. The'number
of pieces ot mail handled was 3,448.354,820.
Considerable attention is given in the re
port to the subject of over-time claims of
letter carriers, under the act ofMay 24, 1888,
limiting the hours that letter carriers shall
be employed per day. The practical result
of this act, the report states, has 'been the
filing of an enormous number of over-time
claims, aggregating nearly 5500,000, and
this does not by any means represent the
maximum amount of claims that are already
prepared and will be filed as soon as an ad
justment of the legal questions pending has
been had. So many important questions re
lating to the construction of the act have
arisen in attempting to adjust these over
time claims that it has been deemed best, in
the interest of the service and also as an act
of justice to the carriers, to await a con
struction of the law by a court having com
petent jurisdiction.
LOTS OF DEAD LETTERS.
Mistakes of People'Who Write and Forget
Some Important Details.
"Washington, Nov. 30. D. Leibhardt,
Superintendent of the Dead Letter Office,
in his annual report to the Postmaster
General, says that 6,829,4C0 pieces of
original dead mail matter were received
during the year. This is an increase of
311.904 pieces over last year. Of the un
claimed and undelivered matter received,
422,639 were letters misdirected. Ot the
undelivered letters, 27,677 were entirely
blank, bearing no superscription whatever,
many of them containing money, draftx,
checks and other valuable commercial
paper.
There were 104,673 held for postage; 42,
64S were addressed to fictitious persons; 32,
273 contained money amounting to 47,983.
Of these 21,183, or 70 per cent, containing
536,759. were finally delivered to the own
ers, while 90,040, with $11,223, were unde
liverable; 30,302 were found to contain
drafts, checks, etc., representing 81,862,293.
Of this number 95 percent were finally re
stored to their owners; 3,166 contained lot
tery tickets. Of the 5,736,482 letters re
ceived containing no enclosures, 1,569,313
were finally returned to the writers,
Indians Offered a Compromise.
"Washington, Nov. 30. A delegation of
Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians had a con
ference with Secretary Noble to-day and
asked that the 5250,000 due them as compen
sation for their lands ceded to the Govern
ment be paid in cash instead of in stores.
The Secretary said, in the course of conver
sation that he would consider their request
after they had shown a disposition to take
lands in severalty.
Redaction or the Bonded Debt
"Washington, Nov. 30. The amount of
4J per cent bonds redeemed to-day was
52,600, making the total redeemed to date
$21,830,450 and leaving outstanding $3,674,
250. The redemption of these bonds has
resulted in a decrease of nearly $1,000,000
in the bonded debt since the 1st instant.
During the same period there has been an
increase of nearly $3,000,000 in the Treasury
cash available for the reduction of the debt.
Porter's Bill Nearly Beady.
"Washington, Nov. 30. Mr. Porter, the
Superintendent of the Census, is confined to
his house by an aggravated case of ton
silites. He is engaged, however, in pre
paring a bill to create a permanent census
ject will be ready for transmission during
JJCb WCCJt.
McClelland Recovering Very Slowly.
Hakrisburg, Nov. 30. Special' Ad
jutant General McClelland is fclowly re
covering from his recent illness. It will be
several weeks before he is able to resume
his duties.
PITTSBURG-, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1891
EMIGRANTS SWINDLED
A Game That Sharpers Have Been
Playing on Confiding Foreigners.
THE RICHEST SORT OF A HARVEST."
New Tort Detectives Nott on the Track of
the Organized Gang.
THE MODUS OPERANDI OF THE SELTi
rsrictAL Titian am to thi dispatch, j
New York, Nov. 30. Inspector Byrnes'
detectives have just been put on the track
of a gang of men who, for six months or so,
have been making the richest sort of a
harvest out of a new bunko game. Horses
are the principal features of the game, and
the beauty of it consists in the fact that
up to last Friday the victims, after permit
ting themselves to be robbed, have dis
appeared without making any effort to get
their money back. This has allowed the
bunko men to revel in success and to repeat
their winnings in the same haunts with
reckless impunity.
The outgoing steamers at this time of the
year carry hundreds of Danes, Swedes, Nor
wegians and Germans who have beenjthriftily
engaged on "Western farms, and are now
going back to visit their people in the old
country. The harvest this year has been a
good one, and most of them have snug little
savings in their leather wallets. Next
spring they will return to continue their
prosperous farming.
Victims Beady for the Trap.
The day before each big steamer sails
each train from the "West brings hundreds
of these persons to New York. They are
all anxions to be at home again. Their
passage is bought, and nothing could induce
them to stay in the city beyond the few
hours before the ship sails. These are just
the sort of customers the bunko men are
looking for. They have the money to be
relieved of, and the operation is no sooner
completed than they get on board the
steamer and are off for distant lands. An
other steamer is ready to sail in a few days,
another crowd is poured into the city, and
the process can go on indefinitely.
The Hotel Danmark is one of the places
where these emigrants go, and the proprie
tor said a week had not gone by for months
without some of his customers being taken
in by the new "horse game." "I warn
them," he said, "and tell them not to have
anything to do with anybody until they are
onboard the steamer. But it does not do
any good; they go right out and get
caught."
The two last victims at the hotel struck
the bunko game last Friday. Both were
Swedes, one Peter Freeman and the other
August Gayfert, and they had their passage
bought by the Furnessia, of the Anchor
line, which sailed on Saturday.
How the Scheme Is -Worked.
A short time before- Freeman went on
board he told "William Stampe, a part pro
prietor of the hotel, that he had been
swindled. He was ashamed of himself, he
said, and asked Mr. Stampe nol to say any
thing about it to the other men. The other
victim, August Gayfert, did not sail on
Saturday because after his transaction with
the horse dealers he had only $2 50, and that
was not enough to take him to Vermeland,
Sweden, after he arrived on the other side
of the water. Proprietor Straus, of the
Hotel Danmark, offered to keep him a week
free, and it is on nis lniormation inai in
spector Byrnes men are now working.
The scheme worked by, the swindlers is an
unusually clever one. One ot the gang drives
ttV the1 steamship pier with the alleged pur
pose of engaging some one going over on
the steamship to look after some .horses that
a friend of nis js sending abroad. Having
selected his man he asks him to drive with
him and see the horses and their owner be
fore closing the bargain. They drive
through many winding streets, finally
reaching the stable.
The Dupe Left to Hold the Sack.
The guide disappears, the victim is hired
at once, and while he is talking to his new
employer, in comes a third confederate, who
pretends to want to buy one of the horses
for a big figure. The owner refuses to sell
him on one pretext or another, and then
the would-be purchaser and the prospective
victim are left alone. The former tells the
latter that he can make money by buying
the horse and turning it over to him after
ward. This is readily agreed to. The
horse owner returns, and the poor
dupe advances with the money he has to
bind the bargain, takes a receipt therefor,
and is led off through a maze of streets to
find the man for whom he made the pur
chase, that individual having conveniently
disappeared. The invariable result of this
search is that the victim eventually finds
himself alone with a worthless slip of paper
in exchange for his money.
LYNCHERS SURROUND A JAIL.
A Mob Threatens to Hang Charles Blssow
U It Can Get Him.
Indianapolis, Nov. 30. Special
There is a mob gathering around the jail to
lynch Charles Bissow. He committed a
shocking assault Friday night upon Blanche
Staton, a liyear-old girl. He found her on
the street with her brother and sister. He
frightened the brother and sister away and
then picked the girl up and took her with
him. After the assault he carried her back
to the point where he had found her, and
fled.
She finally reached home in a terrible
condition. The neighbors of the family
have been much excited ever since the
man's arrest, and have vowed vengeance.
JUDGE NASH CAHH0T ACCEPT
The Job Tendered Him by the Ohio Repub
lican Stnte Committee.
Columbus, Nov. 30. Special When
the Republican State Central Committee
unloaded the question of making an in
quiry into the eligibility of Calvin S. Brice
to a seat in the Senate at its meeting last
Friday, it was not with the expectation
that anything would be done, as there was
no means of accomplishing that which was
sought in the appointment of Judge Nash
to make an investigation, consult with Sen
ator Sherman, and make a report of find
ings, so that a meeting of the committee
might be called for December 4. Judge
Nash to-night sent to Socretary Herbst, of
the State Central Committee, the following,
which explains itself:
An acceptance of this employment would
involve on my part the expenditure of great
labor and a large amount of time, as none of
the facts referred to in the resolution are In
my possession. My engagements, long since
made, are such that it is impossible for me
to accept the offer which is thus tendered
me. I desire to assure you, and through you
the committee, that I appreciate the confi
dence reposed in me by the adoption of the
resolution, and regret exceedingly that I
cannot devote the time to this matter which
is necessary tor its complete and satisfactory
investigation.
BLAINE OUGHT TO SPEAK.
Collector Cooper Says It "Would Greatly
Simplify Matters In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Nov. 30. Special "I
think a perfect understanding exists be
tween the President and Mr. Blaine," said
Collector Cooper to-day, .when asked
whether he did not think the Secretary of
State visited the city Friday evening to
consult his physician solely with refer
ence to his health, and to ascertain
whether his physical condition is such
that he could afford to- be a candida
to for the PresidentuLoffice. "I think, too,
that no others know anything about it. No,
I do not believe Mr. Blaine's visit had any
reference to politics. I think he came to
the city mainly to see his son, who is en
gaged with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
panv. Probably he had some other private
business that received his attention at the
time." '
The collectorMid not want to talk about
the Presidental nomination, but when
pressed for a reply as to whether he thought
Mr. Blaine should not make a declaration,
he answered:" "I do. It would simplify
matters in Pennsylvania. If he were to an
nounce that he will not be a candidate there
would be no opposition to Harrison in this
State."
AN UNSOUGHT HONOR.
JUDGE HETDRICKS APPOINTMENT
SECURED Br FRIENDS.
He Was Out of the State Wneu His Boom
Was Started Preparing to 'signify His
Formal Acceptance of the Office An
Enviable Record.
Franklin, Nov. 30. Special Judge
Heydrick has not yet formally accepted his
appointment to the late Judge Clark's
place on the Supreme Bench. He will
accept the place, however, and is already
arranging his affairs here to assume the
duties of his new office. ,
Christopher Heydrick's elevation to the
Supreme Bench was an unsought honor, so
far as he was personally concerned. The
distinguished lawyer was absent in
Virginia when his friends suggested
him for the place, and, until his
return, at least to Pittsburg, he did
not know that he was an applicant. His
friends and admirers are active, however,
and regardless of party the people of this
section of the State feel honored with the
Governor's choice.
Judge Heydrick is 60 years old. He is
tall and dignified and he looks ten years
younger than he really is. He has a won
derfully strong face ana in every curve are
positive marks of his intellectual develop
ment. He is a lawyer in every sense of the
name. He ha3 always been and is still a
close student, and .few men in the State
have at their command such an unbounded
store of legal learning. He is a member of
the Allegheny county bar and his practice
has for years extended through all the
Northwestern counties of the State. He has
taken an active part, or has advised,
in all the important cases tried in the north
eastern tier of counties for the past 20 years,
and one of his most important cases is still
pending in the Supreme Court. It is the
case. of Patrick JBoyJe i tor,of the Oil
City i)irfc,"ngainstJinnerStnlt:hma'n to re
cover $78,000 penalties for not publishing
pipe line -reports. It is one of the most
noted oil cases on record. Judge Heydrick"
appeared for the defendant. The case was
tried in the Common Pleas of Butler
county, and the Judge secured
a verdict for his client. The
case was carried to the Supreme
Court and was argued in this city two weeks
ago. Judge Heydrick was present, but took
no part in the argument. He listened at
tentively to it, however. After the argu
ment he went to Virginia, where he re
mained until last week. .
As a citizen and a lawyer. Judge Hey
drick has always held an enviable position.
He is estimated to be worth $200,000, and
he retires, for the time at least, from a most
lucrative practice. His selection from the
ranks, as it were, is particularly gratifying
to his friends, who are confident he will
adron the dignified place to which he has
been called.
MERCURY FAB BELOW ZERO.
Some Truly Winter Weather Among the
Adirondack Mountains.
Troy, N. Y., Nov. 30. The temperature
in this city this morning was 4 above
zero, and in exposed localities it fell to
zero. At Saratoga it was 8 below, and in
the Adirondacks from 14 to 20 below,
being 17 below at Saranac Lake. A dis
patch from New York says last night was
the coldest night of the year, and colder
than any night of last winter, the lowest
point reached by the thermometer being
10 above zero. A Fultonville dispatch
says that the canal froze np after midnight
and navigation is stopped. There are abou
a dozen boats on section 3. The ice is three
inches thick.
A dispatch from Galena, 111., says: The
mercury last night fell to 15 below zero.
The Mississippi river, which was clear of
ice Thursday, is now frozen solid from
shore to shore. The weather is the coldest
ever known here in November.
THE LOTTERY YET OR TOP.
Louisiana Democrats Voting to Extend the
Charter Again.
New Orleans, Nov. 30. Special. The
month of November closes with those who
are in favor of the extension of the lottery
charter well in the lead-in the Democratic
primary elections in this State. The result
stands to date on the Governorship: Mc
Enery, 306 delegates; Adams, anti-lottery,
184; in favor'of submitting the lottery to
the white vote, 287; against the lottery, 211.
The popular Democratic vote on the
question to date has been as follows: In
lavor of submitting the lottery question to
the white vote, S9,657; against the lottery,
25,686. There are 22 parishes to vote on the
question, which are expected to divide
about evenly.
DIED OH TEE FIRE ESCAPE.
A Burning Woman Bushes Out in a Strong
Wind lor Help.
New York, Nov. 30. Mrs. Edward
Lyon, the wife of an elevated railway em
ploye, went to the basement of her home
to-day. to thaw out a frozen water pipe. Her
clothing caught fire; she ran screaming up
stairs to the second floor and rushed through
the window to the .fire escape balcony,
where she shrieked wildly for help. The
strong wind fanned the flames, causing a
great crowd to collect in the street below.
No one seemed able to aid the woman,
and she stood in plain view of 500 horrified
people while her clothing was consumed
to the last shred, her hair burned close to
the scalp, and her charred form presented a
horrible spectacle. Mrs, Leitcb, an oc
cupant of the adjoining apartment, heard
the commotion and rushed ' to 'the window
in time to catch the body' of Mrs. Lyon as
she fell forward, dead.
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Justice Christopher Heydrick.
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MARCHING OS PEKDf.
Several Armies of the Chinese Insur
gents Are Now on the Move.
THE EMPEROR MUST WIN A BATTLE
If He Fails the Populace of His Capital
f- Will Join the Kcbels.
PERMISSION 'GRANTED FOR OUTRAGE
Pekin, Nov. 30. The Government is
fully aware of the serious condition which
confronts it, and every possible step is be
ing taken to break the strength of the rebels
before they get within striking distance of
the capital. There is much excitement here
among all classes of the population.
The authorities believe that if they can
inflict a defeat upon the rebel forces it will
have a good effect upon the people of Pekin
and vicinity. It is believed that many of
the people are secretly in favor of the rebels,
but,snould the imperial forcesdo battle with
the insurgents and defeat them, the mal
contents would then side with the Govern
ment. No doubt is entertained that the situation
is extremely dangerous. Should the rebel
forces continue to advance toward the cap
ital, in spite of the efforts of the imperial
troops to prevent them, it is feared by the
foreigners that the whole country will rise
and aid the invaders.
Other Insurrectionary Bodies Moving.
The garrison of Shankaikivan has been
sent to suppress other insurrectionary bodies
which are marching in various directions
through the country, evidently with the in
tention of joining the main body. The
most serious condition of affairs exists at
Takou. This is the place where the most
brutal outrages were committed upon the
Christian priests, nuns and native converts.
"What action the Government will take
in this matter it is hard to sav. That the
authorities are in full sympathy with the
perpetrators of these most horrible crimes
there is no reason to doubt. The first re
ports from Takou. stated that after these
fiends had worked their bloody will on all
the Christian men, women and children
who fell into their hands; they were feasted
by the leading Chinese mandarins in the
district. It is now said that the local man
darins agreed to allow the rebels free
license for the outrage of Christians, pro
vided thev did no harm to the other inhab
itants. These terms were accepted by the
rebels,and they pursued their work without
let or hindrance. Three hundred Europeans
and native Christians were massacred. It
is believed that not a single Christian in tho
district escaped.
A Panic Among; the Missionaries.
Consternation prevails among the Protes
tant missionaries in the district through
which it is expected the rebels- will pass.
The local officials at Tsunha declare that
they are powerless to protect the mission
aries, and that if they desire to save their
lives they had better seek safety in flight.
The missionaries at Tsunha have, therefore,
abandoned their station and sought refuge
in safer parts of the country.
The Government is concentrating troops
at strategic points along the central wail.
The regular troops at Shankaikivan are re
ported to have joined the rebels and the
people of the affected district are in sympa
thy with tho revolt. The Government
seems to be taking.no energetic action. Jin
stead of one outbrcak-of-'thfl revolutionists
the movement seems to be divided, one dis
turbance occurring north of Kin-Chow,
where a town has been looted, and a second
and more serious uprising near Takou.
AN EXPLOSION'S DEADLY WORK.
Probably Ten Lives Lost In a Disaster at an
English Market Town. -
Manchester, England, Nov. 30.
Three buildings were wrecked in a cheap
goods bazaar near the market at Blackburn,
30 miles from here, this afternoon by an ex
plosion. It was at first reported that 20
lives were lost, but this is undoubtedly an
exaggeration. Before the police , could
make a thorough search for the dead the
ruins, which had caught fire, were a mass of
flames, rendering approach impossible. It
is certain that any dead in the ruins will be
burned beyond recognition.
Six persons received serious injuries in
the explosion. It is difficult at present to
estimate the number of the killed. Con
servative estimates place the loss of life at
ten. The explosion was caused by an escape
of gas in the shop under the Crown Hotel.
The report of the explosion was heard all
aver the town.
The Duke Pleads No Jurisdiction.
London, Nov. 30. Counsel for Captain
Armstrong, who has commenced an action
for divorce against his wife, Madame
Melba, the well-known opera singer, ap
plied to the Divorce Court to-day for leave
to take evidence in Vienna and at Ouchy,
in Switzerland, regarding the relations
which Madame Melba had with the Duke of
Orleans, the co-respondent, at these places.
The Begistrar adjourned a decision. The
solicitors for the Duke were present in
court and protested that the English court
had no jurisdiction over their client, who,
they said, had no domicile in England.
Made a Football of a Bomb.
London, Nov. 30. Five boys, while
playing on the beach at Southampton, found
a bomb imbedded in the sand. They did not
know what it was and began playing with
it, tossing it from one to the other and roll
ing it along the shore. "While they were
engaged in their sport the bomb exploded,
and pieces of it flew in every direotion. One
of the boys was instantly killed, another so
badly injured that he is now dying, and the
other three so badly wounded that small
hopes are entertained for their recovery.
Commissioner McCormlck In Paris.
Paeis, Nov. 30. Mr. McCormick, the
Chicago World's'Fair Commissioner, was
entertained at luncheon- at the National
Club to-day. A number of leading mer
chants and men in public life were among
the guests, and numerous questions in re
gard to the Fair were answered. by McCor
mick. He will return to London to-morrow.
France Restricting; Importation of Labor.
Paris, Nov. 30. A committee of the
Chamber of Deputies has drafted a bill
which provides that foreigners arriving in
France with the intention of working either
temporarily or permanently must within a
week obtain a license bearing a 3-franc
stamp. The Senate has approved a tariff
duty of 3 francs on Indian corn.
The Pope Bebukes His French Friends.
Rome, Nov. 30. The Pope disapproves
the anti-republican agitation by Catholics
pn France, arising from the prosecution ot
lhe Archbishop ot Aix, and has instructed
the Papal Nuncio in Paris to try to sup
tress the agitation.
Another Berlin Suicide.
Berlin, Nov. 3a There was another
sensafional suicide and failure to-day added
to the long list of troubles growing out of
tuc uan&ruptcy ot j! rieaianaer a duuumw i
feld. In this case it was Herr Paarmann J
' -" "
More Likely to Fill Lamps Tlian Teakettles at
Pittsburg Hydrants Tliese Days.
Cohn, proprietor of a wholesale watch
making establishment, who committed sui
cide. Herr Cohn killed himself with a re
volver, leaving a statement that his death
was caused by heavy losses he had suffered
through the failure.
ENGLISH HOLDERS ENRAGED.
THET UNAMSIOUSLT DENOUNCE THE
VIRGINIA PLAN.
The Dispute to Be Carried Trora Court to
Court Before the Compromise Is Ac
cepted Carpetbaggers and Negroes Are
Blamed, Not Honorable Yirglnians.
London, Nov. 30. Several interviews
were had to-day with leading English hold
ers of Virginia bonds in regard to the latest
plan for funding the State debt. All of
them were bitter "oosed to the proposed
plan of settlem' V Cooper, the Secre
tary oi tne comrn.". -".oV
O, ""yislish holders,
"t-v
said that only an-ouv vvj yVNproposition
has been cabled.
TJntfk uftjcument,
DtIkT
which was coming to -fc-ngis; JJj, 'fj eu-
ngliC"?,. f
er jaruria, was received, nv v0 vn
received, nov
"Ok H. of
English holders would be convent 1 ' y
meantime every opinion that he hav; p
expressed concurred thau. the propoi. n
was untenable.
Mr. Trotter, the principal member of the
committee, considered the plan iniqnitous.
The holders, he declared, would decidedly
prefer to keep what legal grip they had on
Virginia in tax receivable coupons than to
accept terms which were utterly insufficient
and which left them to rely on the honor of
men who had already shown that they were
lacking in the sense of honor. Virginia is
able to pay her debt, but the question had
long passed out of the hands oi the old hon
orable Virginians, and had become a politi
cal one controlled by carpetbaggers and
necroes, who draeged the honor of the
State through the dirt with their coupon
killer measure.
He is for peace, but not at the price of
fered in the plan. It would be better for
the holders to fight and carry their claims
from court to court. The proposal he made
to the committee some time since was abso
lutely the lowest terms possible to accept.
Virginia bonds on the Stock Exchange
closed to-day at 41f .
BALP0UR WHEELS ABOUT.
His Latest Speech. Shows That He Is
Willing to Drop Ireland.
-vLoNTXpr, Nov. 30. Mr. Balfour, First
Xord of the Treasury, delivered a political
address at Hudder's Field to-day. In- the
course of his remarks he said that Ireland
as an electoral cry was played out. The
question presented by the condition of the
agricultural laborers in Great Britain de
served better treatment than to be bandied
about between wire pullers. The question
in fact, was one of supreme absorbing in
terest, and the Unionists could claim that
they had shown willingness to treat it in a
broad, liberal spirit ,
Mr. Balfour pointed put that some diffi
culty would arise from the vital difference
between the conditions in Ireland and the
conditions in England. In the former
country, he said, small holdings were
already in existence, while in the latter
they had to deal everywhere with large
estates, with buildings which would become
worthless by conversion into allotments.
He sympathized with the desire to re
establish the yeomanry in England, but
small proprietors ought to consider the
difficulties they would encounter from lack
of capital, machinery, etc. He suggested
co-operative farming as a possible remedy. J
A FEVER-STRICKEN CREW.
The Ship Was Obllced to Cross the Atlantic
Before Aid Beached Them.
London, Nov. 30. The British steamer
Petrarch, which sailed from the fever
stricken port of Santos, in Brazil, October
23, has arrived at Plymouth bringing a ter
rible tale of suffering from yellow fever.
The fever made its appearance aboard soon
after the steamer sailed from Santos and
spread rapidly among the crew till all ex
cept one seaman and a fireman were pros
trate. The authorities at St. Vincent, Cape
Verde Islands, and Las Pal mas, Canary
Islands, at both of which ports the steamer
stopped, were cruelly inhospitable, declin
ing to grant any assistance to the stricken
crew. The steamer was compelled to sail
away and made for Gibraltar, where, on her
arrival, good treatment was met. The chief
mate, the chief and second engineers and
three members of the crew died between
October 25 and November 15.
A Successor to Herman Oe'lrichs.
New Yobk, Nov. 30. Special The-
Democratic State Committee will meet in
the Hoffman House at 10 o'clock to-morrow
morning. The principal business of the
committee will be the selection of a Na
tional Committeeman to succeed Herman
Oelrichs. It was said on pretty good au
thority to-night that the new committee
man would not come from either New York
county or Kings county. If this is so, the
names that the gossips have been mention
ing will not be considered. Among these
names are those of Dan Lamont, J. Edward
Simmons and "Willliam Steinway.
TABLE OP CONTENTS.
Page.
Tne Speakership Contest i 1
Foreigners Bobbed in New York 1
Chinese Rebels Marching on Pekin 1
No Remedy for tho Oily Water 1
Flans ot Local Democrats 2
A Natural Gas Suit 2
The Traction Combination 3
Industrial Intelligence 3
Editorial ................... 4
Doings In the Social World A
Tho December Skies 4
Council Proceedings B
Bushing the Assessors' Books G
Sensations In the Field Failure..... 7
News from Neighboring Towns............ T
An Archbishop's Jubilee 7
Sporting News and Weather Outlook.... 8
Hotel Arrivals and Personals. 8
Theatrical News and Criticism 9
Carnegie and Depew Speak 9
Deaths Here andElsewhere 9
Tne Oil Figures for November 10
A Magnificent joining Scheme 10
Financial and Commercial Markets. ....11
The BoraajKsof War,,
.13
THREE CENT&
REMEDY
FOUND
!
But There Are Many Explana
tions for the Oil in the
Pittshnrg "Water.
NONE AEE SATISFACTOBY.
Mnch of the'Sickness Now Is Caused
by the Impure Supply.
AN EXPERT GIVES HIS OPINION.
Chief Bijelon Sajs the' Trouble Ib Caused
bj a Broken Pipe.
MAY HATE TO CLIAff THE RESJRYOIRS
The cause of the nauseous condition of
the city's water supply is still a question
which remains to be settled. A number ot
theories have been advanced, but none are
conclusive. While there appears to be less
complaint than a few days ago, remarks on
the subject are heard on all sides. At City
Hall yesterday a prominent official offered
this explanation:
"The city for more than a month has been
using Lima oil for fuel at the Brilliant
pumping station. The oil is piped from
Lima to Franklin and thence via the Alle
gheny river to the big tanks on the hilltop
above the water works. We never experi
enced such a condition of the water when
the entire oil business of the country was
practically done along the Allegheny river
and the surface of the water was black with
oiL Oil and water don't mix, that is, the
oil of this part of the country don't, but I
rather suspect that this Lima jbil, the offen
sive smell of which is well known, doe
mix, and has been leaking from the pipe
line since the city began to nse it, and that
has produced the trouble. Judging from
the smell of Lima oil I should say a very
little of it would pollute a very large quan
tity of water. By the way, the Lima oil is
proving to be a highly expensive fuel. The
bill for last month's supply was more than
$10,000. Natural gas, even at the advanced
price of the Philadelphia Company, only
cost about 58,000 a month."
Won't Take Water With Whisky.
At the saloons downtown the patrons have
caused a big increase in the consumption of
seltzer and ginger ale by their refusal to
take city water with their whisky. Said a
well-known dealer in stimulants:
"We have noticed that few men would
take water with their whisky, but until I
read The Dispatch yesterday I did not
understand why. Other people seemed to
get their first information from the same
source, for to-day nearly everybody talked
about the bad water. I hadn't noticed it
before, but to-day I tasted' the water and
did not wonder that my customers refused
it,"
Superintendent Wilcox, of the Bureau of
Water Supply, says: "Before the recent
rains the. river was extremely low. Oppo
site the Brilliant water works there is in
the bed of the river a crib, or cage, built of
heavy timbers, which forms a sort of filter,
and into this crib an influent pipe extends.
When the river was so low the suction from
the pumps drew the surface water into this
influent, thereby drawing in the-oil, more
or less of which is always floating on. the
surface of the Allegheny river. This is un
doubtedly what caused the oily condition of
the water in the reservoirs a couple of
weeks ago. We expected that when the
river would rise so that the surface water
would not be drawn in this trouble would
cease, but as it has not it may be that there
has been a deposit of oil in the reservoirs
which is causing the present trouble. The
fact that the Allegheny water is not tainted
with oil corroborates this suspicion, for if it
was in the river surely they would get it as
well as Pittsburg.
May Have to Clean the Beiervolrs.
"If that is the case nothing but time will
remove the trouble because we cannot clean
out the reservoirs now. The Highland
reservoirs have never been cleaned since
they were built. We intended to clean
them last summer, but the breaking down
of one of the pumps reduced our pumping
capacity to such a narrow margin above the
daily consumption that there was a danger
of water famine if we "had stopped pumping
even for one day. The trouble is that the
valves by which the Highland reservoirs
arc separated have not been of any use for
several years and new ones must be put in
before we can clean the reservoirs. This
cannot be done before next summer, and
afterward we can do the much-needed clean
ing. Mr. Wilcox did not think the water in
the Highland reservoirs impure. He ex
hibited a couple of bottles of water he had
taken from the surface at Highland yester
day morning, and under a strong microscope
no oil was visible in the water. He con
tinued: "Pittsburg's water is purer than that of
many other cities. We watch, it closely
with the microscope and find it much cleaner
and freer from unhealthy vegetable matter
than that of Allegheny. The water aPhila
delphia, Boston and other large cities is not
nearly as pure as Pittsburg's.
"The question of how much longer weara
to drink impure water is becoming serious.
One of the membets of the Health Bureau
states that the filtering facilities are to good
that Pittsburg has as good water as any city
in the country. Did the gentleman take abatb.
Jresterday? If he did I warrant his opinion
las .changed, unless he is either blind -or
has a bad cold, or both.
"I have mde surveys of the Allegheny
river in the neighborhood of the pumping'
station at Brilliant, on the Allegheny river,
and never happened upon the sites of the
filters. I measured the intake, out of the
river, from which the large engines draw
the water which they lift some 360 feet to
the Highland basin, and have never noticed
any filters. In fact, the water we drink
shows no evidence of filtration, and does
not even seem to have passed through a
sieve.
"The trouble is not the fault of the water
department of the city, but is due to the re
fineries above the intake pipe, and as long
as they are permitted to dump their refuse
into the river we will be poisoned. We
used to have excellent wafer, and there is
no 'reason why we cannot have it again,
were the conditions the same as formerly
existed. Bemove the refineries and there
will be no need of making people believe
they are drinking filtered water when their
noses and stomachs tell them they are not.
No excuses will be necessary. The water
will speak for itself.
Prevalent Diseases Caused by the Water.
"The Allegheny river has always been
pure above Brilliant, as I have caught fish
right near there and have seen others catch
them. If the officials do not soon compel
the refiners to desist from emptying their
poisonous refuse into the river, tne public,
in self-protection, will be compelled to