PITTSBURG' DISPATCH; SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 189L
FIVE IITfflE FIELD,
Xo Combine Yet Effected hj
tlie Candidates for Tom
Seed's Shoes.
EACH OXE HOLDS HIS OWtf.
Less Change in the Situation Than at
Anv Time in the Race.
SPRIXGER HAVING A HARDTDSSLE.
Senators Putting in Brave Licks for Their
Favorites.
EFFEBLICAXS TO CAUCUS TO-XIGIIT
rPROM A STAFF CORREPOVDEVT.l
"WAsniXGTO.v, Dec. 4. The last day
before the caucus was marked by unre
mitting activity on the part of the Speaker
ship candidates and their lieutenants. At
no time since the struggle bejan has there
been so much work done as in the lart 24
hours. Notwithstanding this fact, it is ap
parent that shere has been less change in
the situation than on any previous day of
the present week.
So far a the support of each candidate is
concerned it appears at this time that each
one has held his own unbroken through the
fierce struggle of to-day, and if any decisive
chances hae occurred the facts hae been
kept from the knowledge of the outsiders.
Et en at this late hour there are more than
a core of members not yet absolutely
pledged, and this margin of uncommitted
ot-, tills a large share in the hopes and
fears of the respecme contestants. The
leading candidates Mill and Crisp, still
stick to tha figures which their managers
put out yesterday, while Springer, Mc
IMtllin and Hatch remain in the field.
Impossible to Torce a Combination.
All efforts to bring about combinations
haeproen futile, and unless some extra
ordinary coup is accomplished between now
and the hour of the caucus there will be
fie names presented to that body for the
SpeakerNhip.
Mr. Springer has had the most difficult
task of all in keeping his men together, bnt
up to this time he has been successful. He
has received pledges so direct aud binding
that, any desertion from his ranks between
now and to-morrow alternoon would simplv
be cold-blooded treachery on the part of
tliose who have so bound themselves.
Mr. McMillin is unmistaKably for Mills,
and would cheerful iv abandon the contest
now if it would help the Teau. However,
one of his principal lieutenants, Mr. Itich
ardson, holds a handful of Tennceeans
whom he can transfer to Crisp as soon as
McMillin drops out ot the fight. Conse
quentlv, it is au assistance to Mills to have
McMillin in the field, for otherwise there is
dancer thai Crisp mil be nominated on the
fir-t ballot.
Mr. Mills claims a recent accession in the
person of Congressman Hare, of Ohio, here
tofore credited in the estimates to Crisp.
Cooil Thins for Telegraph Companies.
One of the features of to-davs struggle
was the wholesale sending of telczrams'to
vrisn s supporter requesting them to
change to MilK These messages were for
warded from the home of the member to
which they was addressed,and were signal by
lirominent local Democrats. This liri7..;
ileutlv been prearranged, and it was in
tended to effect a stampede in the direction
of Mills. As no practical results have so
far been visible, the telegraph companies
teresting than it was through the day. The
finish between Mills and Crisp has
become exciting. The final effort of
the Mills men was made between
sunset and midnight. There was general
caucusing among the delegations, which
started a crop of rumors that sent the
lieutenants of each candidate hustling for
facts.
It was noticeable that the Mills managers
claimed everything. They circulated
rumors in the hotel lobbies calculated to
stampede toward Mills every doubtful and
uncertain vote. These claims were backed
up bv offers to bet amounts in hundreds of
dollars that the Texan would poll 120 votes-
on the second ballot. JLo support these as
sertions they designated men iu the various
delegations, whom they alleged had deserted
Crisp, aud had avowed their intention to
vote for MHls. In the Northwest not a
single vote was conceded to Mr. Crisp.
In short, it was claimed that the combina
tion -which has been in view for the past
week had been consummated, and that the
States of Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and
Minnesota had joined hands for Mills. It
was also claimed that Judge Holman was to
deliver Indiana, and Don Dickinson, Michi
gan. Some of the Claims Kan Down.
These statements were startling and had
a tendency to produce the result at which
tney were aimed. The supporters ot Crisp,
especially, were anxious to know the facts,
and started a speedy investigation. It did
not take long to establish the tact that there
was a delay in the delivery service. Mr.
Holman could not transfer Indiana solidly
to Mills, Shively, McClelland and Martin
refusing to go into any deal. The claim
concerning Michigan proved equally
fallacious, Don Dickinson tailing
to get the consent of three
members of that delegation to join theMills
forces. Mr. "Whiting, the senior member of
the delegation, called on Judge Crisp when
he heard the report to inform him that no
man could delner him or his colleagues.
A break wa also claimed in Mr. Crisp's
Southern support. The names of Hooker, of
Mississippi, Cobb, of Alabama, and Logan
of Louisiana, were given as Crisp's de
serters. "When these names were com
pared with the schedule of Crisp's adherents
it was shown that they had never
been claimed by the Georgian. At mid
night the claims of Mills' managers had
been in a great measure exploded, although
there is unquestionably a strong revival of
Mills feeling at this writing. The iriends of
both Crisp and Mills are claiming the elec
tion oi tneir lavonte.
DOM PEDRO IS DEAD.
.The Late Emperor of Brazil Passes
Away in the French Capital.
HIS DAUGHTER AT. HIS BEDSIDE.
End of the Life of a CUnrteoua,' Highly
Educated Gentleman.
PICKED UP IN PIECES.
Continued' From First Page.
BEDFORD "IS BITTEN.
A SKETCH OF HIS CHECKERED CABEER
THY CABLE TO THE D1SPATCD.1
Paris, Dec 4 Dom Pedro died here of
diabetes to-night. His daughter, Princess
Isabella, was at his bedside when he
breathed his last.
The late Emperor of Brazil was called
Dom Pedro because that was his father's
official title. If the son had never become
Dom Pedro he would have gone through
life with the burdensome name of John
Charles Leopold Salvador Biliana Francis
Xavier de Paula Leocadio Michael Gabriel
Raphael Gonzago. His father was of Bour
bon and Braganza, and his mother was
Leopoldina Carolino Josephine of Austria.
He was born December 2, 1825, at Eio de
Janeiro, and he became Emperor on the ab
dication of his father in April, 1831. He was
WALKEE'S EFFECTIVE FLEET.
I"iie Vessels to Bo Shortly at tho Comma
dor's Command.
"Washington, dCc. 4. Secretary Tracy
has issued an order detaching the New
ark from the squadron of evolution
and directing Admiral "Walker to proceed
at once with the Chicago, Atlanta and Ben
nington to the South Atlantic station. The
order assigning Admiral Benham to the
command of that station is revoked, and he
will probablv remain in the United States
waitinir orders?
The Newark, it is expected, will be
placed in Admiral Gherardi's command, as
part of the Xorth Atlantic squadron. Ad
miral "Walker's command will comprise five
essels his flagship the Chicaio, the At
lanta, Bennington, Yantic and Essex, with
headquarters at Montevideo. He will have
an effective fleet ready for immediate ser
vice in cither the South Atlantic or South
Pacific
are' of the best and surest kind. He puts
his charities where they are needed. But
if he heeded all the demands of the people
ordinarily spoken of as cranks, he would
not have a penny of his fortune at the end
of the year.
"I do not speak of those people as cranks.
They have more of the devil in them than
anything else. The devil nredominates.
.They make the most exorbitant demands.
ihey have no claims of any nature what
ever, but their demands are always for for
tunes. The cenuinelv needv neoDle and
those whose misfortunes entitle them to
'consideration from their more fortunate
brethren, are maddest in their requests.
Says Sir. Sage Is Charitable.
"In fact, people charitably inclined very
often either hear of the troubles of those
modest ones through accident or they must
be hunted out. Mr. Sage has always been
charitable to iust such neonle. I cannot say
how this man happened to use the name of
Rockefeller. I suppose he merely fastened
on the name of Rockefeller as a pass word
to obtain admittance. Neither has Mr.
Sage, so he tells me, received more than the
usual quota of threatening letters of late.
He receives many every day and drops them
on the floor.
"I used to read those sent to me, but they
became very tiresome, and now my son
George reads them and destroys them. I
never see them. All rich men receive such
letters and very many of them, too. One of
the latest style of importunities may be in
teresting. These are begging letters in the
proper sense of the word. They come from
women who say they are clergyman's wives,
and that their husbands need only a few
thousand to complete the churches' in which
they are specially interested. $
Many Amatenr Speculators There
Dahble in November Corn, and
ARE CAUGHT IN THE LATE CORNER.
They Dealt With a Branch Establishment
of a Pittsburg Broker.
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBY TOWNS
HOW XOED LTTTOK DIED.
Don Pedro, Ixtte Emperor of Brazil.
appear to nave been the only gainer. Some
ot .Mr. Mills- enthusiastic friends overdid
their part of it. The Kentucky members
received threatening messages, all anonv
inous, but they have served the purpose of
increasing the acrimony that now exists be
tween the Mills aud Crisp forces.
About the various headquarters the Demo
cratic United States Senators are as active
as though they had a ote in the caucus.
Senator Palmer, of Illinois, is assisting
Springer, Senator Vest is performing a like
office lor Hatch, Coke and Carlisle are with
Mills, and ICenna and Pugh with Crisp.
A Randall Democrat Outspoken.
One incident will show how the lines are
drawn. Some of Mr. Mills' supporters
have been freely using the expression that
"Crisp is a Randall Democrat." The
phraseology of the term irritated Senator
Kenna, -who at onetime in the House was
the young lieutenant of the great Pennsvl-
ranian. lie went to the National Hotel
and secured the rooms in which Randall
made his last canvass for Speaker. There
Mr. Kenna installed himself as an avowed
Randall Democrat, and proceeded to do all
he could in Mr. Crisp's behalf. One result
of his efforts was the conersion of Cape
hart, ot "West Virginia, from Mills to Crisp.
In view of the fact that no combinations
hae been perfected, and the general under
standing that all five of the candidates are
earnestly in the fight, it is a sate prediction
that no candidate will have votes enough to
nominate on the first ballot. Crisp holds
the lead, with about 96 of what his mana
gers call "rock-bottom"votes:Mills has about
-r0, with Springer's support of 40 pushing
... .. -- iatc .uciuuin ana watch
have their 16 and 14 respectively, leaungin
the neighborhood of 20 votes that have not
as yet been accurately classified.
Crisp's Chances on a Third Ballot.
The most satisfactory accomplishment of
the Crisp manacers to-day was getting nine
membets of the Missouri delegation to
promise their votes for Crisp in the event
that Hatch withdrew. As Hatch, McMillin
and Springer are liable to retire simultane
ously, this accession from Missouri, if ob
tained at the right state of the caucus pro
ceedings, will be a great help to the
Georgian.
The probabilities to-nieht, as they hae
b"en throughout the week, favor the nomi
nation ot Crisp. It is asserted with equal
confidence at Mills' headquarters that he
(Mills) would be nominated on the second
or third ballot. This assertion was dis
counted somewhat bv the strong tendency
on the part of the Mills people to explain
not how they expected to win, bnt what
Mould happen if they were beaten, namely,
the prostration of the star-eved goddess of
tarilF reform.
It is not the intention to have spcech
inaking in the caucus. The interest in the
contest is so great that the members would
not have the patience to listen to anv bursts
of oratory that could serve no purpose but
to take up time
Kerr's Walkover for the Clerkship. ,
AVith the exception of the Clerk the re
sults ot the nomination for the minor nflWc
are more or loss invohed in the outcome of
i.e speakerhip battle. Kerr, of Pennsvl
vania, has a walkoer for the clerkship
"Voder, of Ohio, seems likelv to be made
Screeant-at-Arms: Turner, of New York
doorkeeper, and J. G Rov, of "Wisconsin'
postmaster
The Republican Congressmen will meet
in caucus to-morrow at 7:30 p. m. for the
purpose of nominating their candidate for
the speakership as well as for the minor
offices of the House. The task wSl be but
a perfunctory one, aud all of the old officers
will undoubtedly be placed in nomination
"3 he caucus will beheld in the hall of the
House if the I inocratic caucus adjourns in
time. Otherwise it will be held in the
room of the Committee on Judiciary. The
call will probably be issued bv Representa
tive Henderson, of Illinois, 'Chairman of
the Caucus.
The Sit unt Inn at Mlilnigln.
At midnight the situation was no less in-
Indianapolis After a Convention.
AVashington, Dec. 4. Indianians in
"Washington held a meeting to-night to con
sider the advisability of making an effort to
secure the National Democratic Convention
for Indianapolis. S. E. Morrs, of the In
dianapolis Scntbvt, stated that the
citizens would guarantee a sufficient
amount of money to build a
"Wigwam and to otherwise properly enter
tain visitors to the contention. Resolutions
to that end were passed, and before the
meeting adjourned the Indiana delegation
withdrew to another room, and lormally
indorsed Iacuktus Dalton for Postmaster of
the House.
Secretary Foster Improving.
Washington, Dec i Secretary Fos
ter is slowly gaining strength, and was able
to walk across his room to-day. The Presi
dent has called on him nearly every day
since he was taken sick, aud in other ways
shows a deep interest in his case.
BEItNHAiyjT has a new stage fall.
Arthnr Brisbane describes It and gives
some other nice New York gossip in THE
DISPATCH to-morrow.
A COMING CATH0LIC C0NGBESS.
Its "Work Is Slapped Out by tho Frelatos
Assembled at t. Louis.
St. Louis, Dec. 4. The committee hay
ing in charge the proposed work of the
Catholic Congress of 1893 have held import
ant meetings throughout the week. Their
work has been submitted to the Cardinal and
Archbishops, who have approved the sug
gestions of the committee. The renort pro-
vices mat me congress snau consist of ten
general delegates from every diocese and
additional delegates iu the proportion of
five to every 2u,000 of the Catholic
population, these delegates to be
appointed by the Bishop of
the diocese. Each Catholic uniersity, col
lege and seminary is entitled to delegates.
and the committee have the right to invite
to the congress distinguished laymen of
any country, creed or profession. It was
determined that the main feature of the
congress should be the social and economic
questions embraced in the recent encyclical
ot Pope Leo XIII.
The questions to be considered are, first,
the rights of labor and duties of capital;
sei-uuu, pauperism anu me remedy;
third, public and private charity
how to make these more effective
and beneficial; fourth, beneficial work-ingmen's-
societies. and societies
for young men; fifth, life insurance and pen
sion funds for workingmen; sixth, trade
combinations nnd strikes; sixth, coloniza
tion; seventh, the evils of drink and the
importance of minimizing the plague.
MEW CATHOLIC SEES.
Some of the Quiet "Work Done at Intervals
at the Ivcnrlck Jubilee.
St. Louis, Dec. 4. "While church work
was not contemplated in connection with
the Golden Jubilee of Archbishop Kenrick,
the Archbishops and clergy generally bave
held secret meetings, at which calls from
several sections tor new sees were consid
ered, and tliose who had complaints placed
them before the churchmen.
It is fairly well understood that when
Mr. O'Brien, of the Papal household, re
turns to Rome he will carry recommenda
tions for the establishment of new dioceses
in Iowa, Nebraska and points in the north
west. Two new sees are urged for Iowa,
one at Sious City and the other at Des
Moines. Other matters relative to church
work were taken up and considered.
declared of age in July, 1840, and when 15
assumed the sovereign power. In 1841 he
was crowned. Two years later he was mar
ried to the Princess Theresa Christina
Maria, sister of Francis L, late King of
Naples. The issue of the marriage was two
princes and two princesses. The princes
died young.
A Coarteons and Educated Gentleman.
Dom Pedro was courteous in his manner,
was well educated, and spoke English,
French, German, Spanish and Italian fiu
entlv. He was active, and if he had not
disliked politics he might have been the
most commanding figure in all South
America. But he was not a leader, not a
man of State. In the early part of his
reign he was so young that he was forced to
permit others to rule for hrm; in the later
years he seemed to preferthat all matters of
go eminent should still remain in the
hands of others.
He was a King who apparently did not
like to be a King. He was on most occa
sions totally indifferent as to what was the
course of political affairs. He had a dispute
with England in 1862, which threatened to
assume big proportions, but was finally re
ferred to the King of Belgium for arbitra
tion. He decided in favor of Dom Pedro.
Then there was a war against Paraguay,
begun by Brazil and continued for five
years. It ended in 1870. with the acouisi-
"tion by Brazil of 1,000 miles of the territory
of Paraguay. But the greatest thing with
which the Emperor had to do was the attack
upen the slave trade, by which he secured
in 1871 a law for the gradual abolition of
slavery.
Dom Pedro's Tislt In the North.
Dom Pedro passed several months in the
United States in 1876, and he diligently
studied the growth and condition of the
country. The Centennial Exposition in
Philadelphia attracted him, and from there
he carried away many ideas which he put
into practice in BraziI.""With all his virtues,
however, he was not revered by his subjects,
and it was conceded in the last years of his
rejgn that he was a figurehead, and that his
ministers and his half-brother, the Baron de
Capanema, did all the business ot the throne.
Of his annual state allowance of 8400,000 he
gave most away to aid questionable schemes
tor the amelioration of society.
His time was almost chiefly devoted to
the entertainment of those whose enter
prises interested him, and when affairs of
the nation came up and threatened to
bother him. he would dodge them and hide
in the laboratory. There was an attempt
to assassinate him, July 16, 1889. As he
was leaving a theater a Portuguese fired a
shot from a revolver at him, but missed
him.
The revolution that ended in his being
driven from Brazil began November 15,
1889. The Emperor was leaving the im
perial chapel at his summer residence, at
metropolis, alter the periormance of mass,
when a telegram from Viscount de Ouro
Petro, the Imperial Prime Minister, an
nouncing the city of Rio de Janeiro, under
siege by insurgents, was handed to him.
He went to the city at once. His palace
was surrounded immediately by troops, and
an officer of the army read to him a mani
festo proclaiming the Republic.
The Emperor held a meeting of his min
isters and tried to form a new ministry.
General Da Fonseca, who had been pro
claimed chief of the Provisional Govern
ment, demanded that he and his family
leave the country at once. The Emperor
replied that he w ould set out on the follow
ing morning for Europe with his family,
which he did.
Proabllities as to Blowitz's Polishing Off
the Death-Bed Scene.
The account which de Blowitz gives in the
London Times of Lord Lytton's death may
be accepted as accurate in the main. He
was certainly very intimate with Lord
Lytton. Many an Englishman has left the
fine palace which England has built for her
Ambassadors in Paris to tell with haughty
ragehow he had been kept waiting by a pot
bellied little newspaper man, thatinan be
ing de Blowitz. There is in every human
mind an inborn desire to polish off death
bed scenes. "We owe to that many fine last
sayings that never were said, and it is quite
likely that M. de Blowitz let his imagina
tion work a little when he described Lytton
not only writing poetry at the last
moment but also reading a poem by Tenny
son, his hereditary enemy. Whether
those little touches were due to M.
Blowitz's memory or imagination is unim
portant. His statement that the dead poet
died in bed and while using morphia may
be accepted as true.
This de Blowitz,although not a very great
newspaper man from the American point of
view, is of the sort to be encouraged. In
his own person he has made the newspaper
man yery much looked up to. Being late
at Drury Lane Theater one night his box
was given to Prince Alexander of Batten
berg and some other men with names.
"When de Blowitz came puffing in late terror
struck into the heart of Manager Augustus
Harris.since knighted, and with many bows
and sighs he put the princes out and put de
Blowitz in.
De Blowitz's real name, by the way, is
Opper, and we have a sort of local interest
in him, as he is an uncle of the ingenious
Mr. Opper who makes pictures for Puck.
rSPECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1,
Bedford, Dec i. For the past ten years
Bedford has enjoyed the luxury of a Grain
Exchange. One after another they laid
down on the bulls and bears. About 18
months ago J. M. Campbell, the well-known
broker of Second avenuelrPittshurg, opened
a branch office here, and was doing a good
business for a town of this size.
No doubt the bulls and bears would still
be listening to the ticker had not some of
the big bull patrons of Mr. Campbell tackled
November corn on the short side. Tfoey,
however, attacked the tiger and fought him
until the last quotation was quoted, when
they discovered they were hurt badly.
They henceforth squealed, and on
Wednesday a bill in equity was filed and an
injunction granted restraining J. M. Camp
bell from removing his funds from a bank
where he had them deposited. The losses
run all the way from S9D by a small dealer
to 59,000 by William Hartley, the most
prominent dealer on 'Change. The parties
who brought the injunction have made over
tures to Mr. Campbell for a compromise,
all of which were refused. He intends
making a fight for what he thinks is justly
his.
There has been nothing that has occurred
here for years that has caused such a sensa
tion. Even the school children inquire:
"What is the price of November corn?"
Mr. Campbell will most likely continue his
Bedford branch.
Rabbis Drs. Meyer and Siwitz, of Pittsburgh
and M. Silverman, of the congregation.
FOUND HER VOICE AGAIN.
A Case of Sudden Dumbness "Which Puz
zled tho Physicians of Pittsburg.
West Newtijn, Dec. 4. Special One
year ago last May a party of young society
people of this place went to a festival at
the Sewickley Fair Grounds, six miles from
here. The night being delightfully pleas
ant, they were all driven there in a large
open wagon. One of the gayest of the gay
party was Miss Anna Dick, a very bright
and pretty young lady, daughter of the late
banker, James A. Dick. Everything
passed off pleasantly.
The next morning Miss Anna Dick ap
peared at the breakfast table minus her
clear, sweet voice. She had no cold, and
no trouble with her throat, except that her
voice had become a faint whisper. The
skill of several home physicians and sev
eral celebrities from Pittsburg was ex
hausted in an attempt to restore the unfor
tunate young lady's voice, but all to no
purpose.
This morning when Miss Anna came
down to her breakfast both she and her
family were electrified when she, in clear
tones, asked for "more cakes." Her voice
is completely restored. Her family and
friends are delighted, and a banquet will be
given in the young lady's honor in the near
future.
ALL H ONE WRECK".
A Collision of Four Separate Trains
Brings Death and Euin.
FIRE ADDS TO THE DEADLY WOBK.
Seven Persons Meet Instant Death by Fire
or in the Shock.
LAYING THE BLAME ON THE DENSE FOG
A SUSPECTED CORPORATION.
WOMEN CONVICTS DIG A TUNNEL.
to
Their Wort Discovered Jnst In Time
Prevent Their Escape from Jail.
San. Feancisco, Dec. 4. The discovery
was made at the county jail to-day that two
female prisoners Jennie Hastings, who
has been awaitine trial for grand larceny,
and Hazel Corbett, who is serving four
months for petty larceny; have been engaged
in an attempt to break jail. Deputy Sheriff
McCarthy's attention was drawn to a strange
nuie iu xue prisuu eany una morning, and
when two suspicious characters were seen
prowling about the jail later in the morning.
a searcn oi ine ceiis was oroerea, with the
result that a hole about 18 inches square
was found in the wall of the cell occupied
by the prisoners named. Only the outer
layer of cement remained, and this could
easily have been pushed out by a hand,
leaving nothing between the prisoners and
freedom save a wall in the adjacent alley of
25 feet.
In the cell was found a sharpened spoon
and a small iron bar that had been used in
the jail kitchen as a poker. The women
acknowledged they had worked a hole
through the wall "with these implements.
and said it took six hours. Some of the
bricks had been placed under the bed, while
most of the debris had been rolled up in an
old skirt and covered with clothing.
COOKING, by Octave Thanet and Elllce
Serena, in TUB DISPATCH to-morrow.
Every housekeeper should read the home
department.
Postal Authorities Overhauling the Affairs
of an Insurance Company.
GREENVILLE, Dec. 4. Special.' The
Sandy Lake, Life Insurance Company, of
which S. B. Griffith, of Mercer, was recent
ly appointed receiver, is undergoing a
searching investigation. The United States
Postal Department has sent out a special
inspector in order to ascertain if the com
pany has been using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. This inspector has made a strict
investigational Sandy Lake, Mercer, Sharon
and Greenville, and startling exposures are
looked for. Over 306 letters, containing
over 1,000, which have accrued at the
Sandy Lake postofiice since a receiver was
appointed, have been detained there by
order of the Postmaster General. Most of
these letters contain remittances from policy
holders.
Just before a receiver was appointed the
company transferred their business, notes
and accounts to a Washington assessment
company. Insurance Commissioner Luper
refused to sanction the transfer, claiming
it was illegal. The receiver is now trying
to get back the books and notes, the latter
amounting to oyer 510,000, but the Wash
ington firm seems disposed to hold them,
and is already making assessments on the
members. The secretary of the company
is somewhere on the Pacific coast, and
nothing definite can be learned about the
company without the books, which they re
fuse to give up. Most of the directors of
the company are substantial farmers, and
there will likely be an attempt to hold
them individually responsible. There are
thousands of policy holders in the State,
especially in this section, and many of them
are old people who have paid, in 'hundreds
of dollars.
XEE COLLEGE PLAGIARISM CASE.
Ho Embezzled 850,000 Before Gointr.
Steubenville, Dec 4. Special. The
suit of the Keystone National Bank of
Pittsburg against the fugitive Baron, I. F.
Lagerfelt, to recover on a note of 57,000
given them by Lagerfelt, apd presumably
indorsed by C. B. Doty, his father-in-law, a
retired iron merchant of this city, was dis
missed in Common Pleas Court to-day. The
bank sought to attach 10,000 worth of stock
in the Jefferson Iron Works, but this stock
had been hypothecated to the Bank of
Wheeling for 54,000. The latter secured
the first attachment, and this stock was sold
in Wheeling a few days since for 53,100. It
was also developed that the signature of
Doty to the stock was a clever forgery. No
one here, not even his wife, has heard from
Lagerfelt since he fled. It is alleged that
he got away with 550,000 or oyer in all.
The Braddock Ballnay War Ended.
Braddock, Dec 4. Speeia7. The
trouble between the rival railway companies
here is practically ended, and it is expected
that the two cases that are to be heard be
fore Judge Magee to-morrow, one on an in
junction gotten ont by the Braddock Elec
tric Street Eailway to restrain the borough
officials from interfering with their
work, and the other by the borough
against them from doing any work, will be
discussed. A special meeting of the Coun
cil was held this morning, when an ordi
nance granting the Braddock and Turtle
Creek Street Eailway the right to extend its
tracks along Corny avenue passed the first
and second reading, in consideration that
they allow the cars of the Braddock Elec
tric Company to run on their tracks at the
disputed point on Braddock avenue.
PB0HIBIT10NISTS SC0BE A POINT.
of
MIKK TWAUJ- thinks Wagner should,
have left out 'all his vocal solos. Bead his
haxnornus description of the Buyreath fes
tivals In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
A COUBSE OF ACTION CHOSEN
New
OVER 44 PER CENT INCREASE.
Tho attractiveness of THE DISPATCH
cent-a-word colnmns is clearly demonstrated
by this statement:
Adlcls for September, October and iVe- o A ni
vember.mi 10,4-UI
Same three months last year 12.7G3
Increase due to cent-a-tvord '. c OQQ
Those is ho do not watch these attractiio
columns miss bargains of every kind, and
must remain Ijrnorant of many special op
portunities to buy, sell, rent or exchange.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.
By Democrat and Republicans on
York's Eeturnlng Board.
AXBANY, Dec 4. Special. The State
Board of Canvassers to-day practically
agreed upon a course of action. The morn
ing session began at 11 o'clock and ended
before noon. Its work was perfunctory.
Secretary of State Bice announced to the
lawyers for the Democratic and Republican
contestants that the board had not yet
heard from counsel of whom it had asked
opinions as to the board's right to sit be
yond the five-day limit. A recess was then
taken until evening, when it was an
nounced that the joint committee of six ap
pointed by the Democrats and .Republicans
had reached an agreement whereby the
board would be asked to pass the canvass
of the returns in the contested election cases
and await the decisions of the courts thereon.
As it had been decided that the board
had the right so to do, the agreement was
approved and an adjournment was taken
until to-morrow morning, .a-ii enorts will
now be directed toward securing the
necessary court decisions as soon as possi
ble. ,
A Southern Forcer Nabbed at Na hna.
Nashua, N. H., Dec 4. Marcellus
Ridgley, of Memphis, Tenn.J was arrested
here this morning on a charge of attempting
to pass forged checks on the Security Trust
Company, amounting to 6o. The names of
several well-known business men were
forged. Ridgley claimed to be a worker in
the Young Men's Christian Association, and
put the name of the secretary on the checks.
When arrested he had several forged checks
with him.
Their Measure Carried in One Branch
the Sonth Carolina Assembly.
Columbia, S. C, Dec 4. Special.
The entire time of tue House of Represen
tatives to-day and to-night has been occu
pied in debate on the Childs general prohi
bition bilL At 10:40 o'clock p. m., the
question being on a motion to strike ont the
enacting clause of the bill, the yeas and
nays were called and the motion was re
jected by a vote of 48 to 36. The further
consideration of the measure was postponed
until to-morrow.
The Prohibitionists are jubilant over the
result of to-night's vote; which makes it
certain'that unless there is a sudden change
of sentiment among the members to the
bill it will pass. the House to-morrow. Its
fate in'the Senate, however, is very much in
doubt, as the opposing forces there are ap
parently more evenly divided than in the
House. While the Prohibitionists claim to
be confident the general opinion prevails
that the measure will be rejected in the
upper branch of the Legislature by a small
majority.
What One Says Who Bemembers the De
bate at Elttlo Washington.
Washington, Pa., Dec 4. Special.
The charge of plagiarism made against A. J.
Russell, of Westminster College, created a
good deal of comment in this old college
town, where all the parties concerned are
well known. An alumnus of Washington
and Jefferson College, who was asked about
it, said he remembered the Marquis debate
very well.
"It was in 1884, and B. McCormick, of
Greensburg, had the other side," said he.
"R. B. Scandrett, of Allegheny, introduced
Marquis to an old man who had been a mem
ber of the Legislature, and had devoted a
whole lifetime to the study of Sunday legis
lation. This old man had carefully collected
everything published on the subject, and
had indexed all his papers. These he gave
to Marquis for use in preparing his debate,
and they were invaluable to him. It is not
probable that the student of Westminster
was guilty of plagiarism. Perhaps Marquis
gave mm tne oenent oi the old man s re
searches, or perhaps he gave him a copy of
his debate, which he had printed at the time
for private circulation.
A Case for Humane Agent O'Brien.
Beaveis Faxls, Dec 4. Specials
Some days ago complaint was made to Bur
gess Piper, of this place, that a family in
Chippewa township, named Ferguson, were
cruelly abusing a girl in their employ. The
girl's father, an old soldier, is now at the
Soldiers' Home at Dayton. The Burgess
sent for Humane Agent O'Brien, of Pitts-
Durg, Dut in tue meantime a lady from this
place went to investigate the affair herself.
She reported to Mr. O'Brien that the stories
were false. O'Brien came and he returned
to Pittsburg. Since then, however, a num
ber of witnesses say they will testify to the
charges of cruelty, and the G. A. R. here
have determined to make a full investigation.
CATHOLIC EDUCATION METHODS.
at
A Plan Now on Foot to Exhibit Them
the World's Fair.
St. Louis, Dec a Two important con
ferences have been held by the Catholic
clergy this week relative to Catholic educa
tion and a display at the World's
Fair. Right Rev. John H. Spalding,
Bishop of Peoria, President of the Educa
tional Board, stated that he could not per
form the active duties required to forward
the display, and asked to be relieved. A
successor was elected, but the name of the
gentleman is withheld until he receives the
approval of his religious superiors.
The selection of the executive officer com
pleted the matter, so far as the hierarchy
was concerned. The entire conduct of af
fairs will rest in his hands. The exhibit
will have for its aim the display of methods
and kind of education in Catholic schools.
The committee has received assurance from
the World's Fair Commission of as much
space as they will require. Active work
will be begun at once.
His Son and Partner Missing.
Cokey, Dec 4. Special John Miller,
of the firm of Miller & Doud, has disap
peared, and his whereabouts are unknown.
Last night he was traced as far as Buffalo,
where all knowledge of him was lost- Mr.
Doud, his father-in-law, with whom he was
in an extensi ve meat business, trusted the
entire management of affairs with Miller,
and an examination of the books to-day
shows he was badly involved. Miller had
about $1,000 with him when he left, and to
day the Sheriff levied on his interest in the
business. He left behind him a young
wife and two children.
A Drunken Actor's Fata! Deed.
Paekebsbukg, Dec 4. Special. To
night at the Academy of Music, during the
rendition of '-One of "the Finest," John Mor
timer, of this city, and well known in dra
matic circles, while in an intoxicated condi
tion staggered to the foot of the stairs, and.
pulling a revolver, fired directly into a
crowd of boys standing at the door. Harry
Reynolds fell to the ground, shot in the
groin, tne wound Demg probably fatal. Mor
timer is in jail, and the preliminary hearing
will be postponed until the result of young
Reynolds' injuries are learned. Mortimer
is married, and a Yale graduate
Tho Iv. of L. Against the New Union.
SCOTTDALE, Dec 4. Special The
Federated Brotherhood of Coke Workers
held another meeting to-day and completed
tneir organization by electing an Executive
Committee and Advisory Board. Two ad
ditional locals .joined the organization to
day and applications for several others were
received. The Knights of Labor, through
the leadership of Peter Wise, are out
against the new union. Considerable ani
mosity is being engendered between the
two factions.
Woonsocket,. R. L, Dec 4. The worst
wreck the New England road ever experi
enced occurred at East Thompson, Conn.,
this morning. The steamboat train bound
east and two hours late, ran into a freight
train at a crossing and five person were
killed outright. Another was burned to
death in the smoker, which took fire, and
several others were seriously injured, in
cluding at least one fatality. The passenger
engineer is among the killed. All traffic is
blocked.
A.wrecking train from Norwood with 100
men has gone to the scene, as also a special
train with physicians from Boston. The
I Long Island express was passing on the
other track at the time, and all three trains
were piled up! The engineer of the Boston
train, Tabor, and his fireman was killed.
The cars almost immediately took fire and
doctors have been summoned from nearby
points. The wreck knocked down tele
graph poles, thus preventing for a time
complete news from coming in.
How tho Disaster Happened.
The disaster was the result of a collision
of the Southbridge freight with an east
bound freight going over the westbound
track. The Long Island express was passing
on the other track at the lime, and all three
trains were piled up together.
East Thompson is about Co miles from
Boston. All the Boston hospitals have been
notified by the New England road to hold
themselves in readiness to accommodate a
number of victims of the wreck. The road
reported many killed.
Assistant General Superintendent Grant,
of the New York and New England Rail
road, says of the accident: "All we know
up to the present is that the boat train ran
into an east-bound freight, and the Long
Island express ran into both before it could
be flagged. The only thing I can attribute
the accident to is that an unusually dense
fog must have so obscured objects ahead
that when the engineer of the fast train dis
covered the freight the distance was too
small in which to stop his train. When the I
boat tram ran into the freight the latter was
also in motion."
Four Trains in the Wreck.
The cause of the wreck is given as follows:
The engine of the South Bridge special was
doing some switching on the westbound
track, when the night freight train, east
bound, Conductor Dorman, crashed into it.
Dorman received orders at Putnam to run
on the westbound track until he reached
East Douglas, and then cross over.
A number of heavily loaded cars were
thrown onto the east-bound track by the
shock, and before and flagman could be sent
out the Long Island express train, bound
east, camo crashing into destrnctlon. The
catastrophe was further increased by the
boat express, which'tollowed ii the wake of
the Long Island, the engine of which
plunged into the rear end of the latter, scat
tering destruction on all sides.
It is believed that more persons aTe in
jured than those announced. Engineer
Wild and Fireman Boyce were conveyed to
the Massachusetts Hospital on the noon
train.
JOSS BIDE0UT A PBIZE WIN NEB.
A Girl Tet In Her Teens Carries OB a Be
ward for Sculpture.
Chicago, Dec 4. Miss Alice Rideout,
of San Francisco, was to-day awarded first
prize in the competition of women sculptors
for the finest designs of groups for the attic
cornice and pediment of the Woman's
World's Fair building. The reward
carries with it the contract for the
execution of full-sized models of the groups
at a price from 51,500 to 52,500 for each of
the two smaller designs, and from 52,000 to
53,200 for the great 40-foot panel. The fin
ish of the models, as dictated by Chief
Burnham, will determine the total
cost of the work. The successful
competitor is not yet out of her
teens, and is described as a petite blonde,
serious, dignified and quite pretty. She
has made modeling and sculpture a study
from childhood, and has executed a num
ber of designs that gave promise of more
than ordinary ability. One of the most
successful of these was a bust of President
Harrison, for the Union League Club, of
San Francisco.
Miss Rideout's last success is the more re
markable that a number of older and ex
perienced sculptors were among her com
petitors, but her designs were so far in ad
vance of all others, both in conception and
treatment, that the committee which made
the award was unanimous in its decision.
The three groups represent, respectively,
"Woman's Virtue," "Woman as the Spirit
of Civilization," and "Woman's Place in
History." The figures are 5 feet at the
base, and the central figures are 10 feet
high.
EVIL BESULTS OF BAD WHISKY.
Charles Seaton's Temperance Lecture De
livered From the Gallows.
Mt. Vernon, Mo., Dec 4. Charles M.
Seatonwas hanged in the jail yard at 10
o'clock this morning for the murder of
Lewis Channel at Joplin, Mo., July 5,
1889. Seaton retired about 11 o'clock
last night, worried and nervous. He
slept well, however, and awoke much
refreshed. Early this morning he was.
dressed in a new suit. At 10 o'clock the
death warrant was read to him, to which he
listened quietly. Then, bidding all the
prisoners within hearing goodby, he walked
firmly to the gallows.
Seaton spoke to those present, warning
them of the results of bad whisky. The
black cap was adjusted, his legs and arms
strapped, and the noose placed in position.
At 10:10 o'clock the trap was sprung and at
1025 Seaton was pronounced dead. The
condemned man made no confession.
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Somerfleld Has the Grip.
Somerset, Dec 4. Special With the
exception of two families, residents of Som
erfleld, a town in the southwestern portion
of this county, are greatly afflicted with the
grip in its most violent form. The greater
number of people there are dangerously ill
with the disease, which first made its ap
pearance about two weeks ago. It is some
what remarkable that about one year ago,
when the people in every town surrounding
Somerfleld for miles were suffering from the
grip, the citizens of the town escaped with
out a single case.
Blghter Demands a New Hearing.
Uniontown, Dec i Special j. W.
Righter, the ex-pastor of the First M. E.
Church of Brownsville," recently dismissed
for grossly immoral conduct, will demand a
hearing by those once his peers, the minis
ters of the conference. The trial will take
place in Pittsburg soon.
Governor Campbell SUU Has the Grip.
Coi,umbus, Dec 4. Governor Campbell
is still confined to his home with la grippe,
but is not considered dangerously ill by his
juivsiuiaus. vuite a numDer ot telegrams
of inquiry have been received, ciused by
exaggerated reports of his condition.
Preferred Death to the Poor House.
Findlat, Dec 4. Special Joshua
Gilbert committed suicide at Mt-Blanchard,
this county, last night by taking morphine.
The deceased was 67 years of age, and was
at one time in the County Infirmary. It
wasproposed to send him there again. In
his indignation, he remarked to one persoii
yesterday morning that "Before I will go
to that poor house again I will die and go
to -." No one seemed to have taken
any pains to save him from the consequences
of his rash act.
Remembered by His Fellow-Convicts.
Youngstown, Dec 4. Special W. E.
Fitzgerald, alias Sherman, -whose sentence
was suspended to December IS, pending a
nearing in the Supreme Court, has received
S4G sent to him by the convicts of the Jack
son (Mich.) Penitentiary, where he was
formerly an inmate under the name of
Hanlon, and where his father is now serving
time Fitzgerald does not believe he will
hang on the 18th.
War Declared Aeainst Sheep-Killlns Cars.
Beavee Falls, Dec 4. Special. The
farmers of New Sewickley township have
been suffering lately from the depredations
of sheep-killing dogs, a number of valuable
animals having been lost. Yesterday Wil
son Wright went to the field to drive in his
flock of 30 imported sheep, and found all of
tnem eitner Killed or so badly mangled by
dogs that they will die. Farmers are or
ganizing, and propose a wholesale slaughter
of all the dogs in the neighborhood
Sold Stones for Apples.
Johnstown, Dec 4. a?. To-day
a farmer drove into town and hawked a lot
of fine apples very cheap. After his stock
of a dozen barrels had been purchased by
the wives of workingmen, -the farmer
hastily drove awav. The women discov
ered the barrels were filled with stones and
rubbish, there being only a few apples iu
each barrel. The man will be prosecuted.
Our Soilefl Stoct Has Got to Go!
SMOKED CARPETSI
SMOKED CURTAINS!
SMOKED PORTIERESI
SMOKED RUGSI
If you haven't visiteduhis sale, come now. The opportunity may never
occur again to secure such bargains. We are determined all SMOKED
AND WET goods must be sold in the next few days. The following price3
are equal to almost giving the goods away:
I
-I PRICE.
McKcesport's New Hebrew Synagogue.
McKeesport, Dec 4. Special. The
first Hebrew synagogue ot this city will be
dedicated the first of the year. The new
building has a seating capacity of 500, and
will cost, when finished, about 15,000.
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1....UUU1 uiwa, oi new lorK, will oe prcaeui
at the dedication, and will be assisted by
Tri-Stato Brevities.
The ShcrffTnas levied on tue Williamsburg,
O., Broom factory. Liabilities, $5,000.
A terrific rain and wind storm did dam
age in the Cumberland Valley yesterday.
A sew Presbyterian Church, with 125
members, has been organized at Greens
burg. An old man named Martin Faulk, com
mitted suicido near Girard, O., yesterday Dy
sitting on aralhoad track and allowing a
train to run over him.
Charles CnssuroHAM, the young son of a
Uniontown Baptist preacher, is under ball
charged with robbing K. S. McCrum's store
ar Ohio Pj le, and other thefts.
Two children ot Maishal Wianer. of La-
trobe, were probably fatally scalded while
at play Thursday. 'The cook stove was
npset, and twokettIe3 of boiling water fell
upon them.
Miss Tillie Smith, of Barberton, O , went
to Youngstown to be married to 1'. S. Brown
at that place. She secured $100 from ,bim,
and left before the marriage ceiemony could
be performed.
Mrs. Agnes Lawiiesce, who is engaged in
missionary work, has been found dead, with
her clothes torn from her body, on a moun
tain side, near Mahonv City. There n vl-
dences or a severe strugglo where her body
lay. A Pole, named Kcrvls, who claims in-
suiujico money on ner nie, is under polico
surveillance. Apocketbookonthe woman's
person, containing $16, was lett uutouohed.
A 13-year-old son of Tucker Hunt, a Balti
more and Ohio conductor at Uniontown,
took $500 from his father's bureau drawer,
nnd at once began to spend it rfeht and left
and distribute it anion? hfa phnme .!..
wliioh he and another boy drove to Little
irasmnzion. yncn nis father leturned
from his regular l un he started in put suit,
and satheredup as much of the money as ho
was able.
26-INCH RUGS AT $1 .48.
30-INCH RUGS AT $1.98.
36-INCH RUGS AT $3.25.
The slight-odor-of smoke saves the buyer 50c on every dollar-on above lot.
LAGE CURTAINS 10 PORTIERES.
1,896 pairs Fine Lace Curtains at 6oc a pair were smoked.
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XOUR PORTIERES AT $5 a pair are about one-third their real
value. Don't fail to see them.
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