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Bureau of The Dispatch, Washt.gto-v. 1). C, Dec. 13. Upon, the heels of the declaration of Senator Quay, that he is not and will not be a candidate for the United States Sen ate, to be his own successor, bnt that he w ill not refuse to serve if he bo nominated by a Republican caucus and elected by the Republican votes of the Legislature, comes the formal announcement of Representa tive Dalzell, that he will be a candidate for the United States Senate in opposition to Senator Quay. This action is the natural outgrowth of the factional disagreements of the last two vear, in which antagonisms which had been long latent suddenly broke out and swept down candidates and transformed administrations. Opposition to Senator Quay for some reason found its source of in spiration in John Dalzell, who. believing he was shorn of his rights in the matter of patronage by the interlerenci of Senator Quay, took no pains to conceal his feelings, explaining at the same time that it was not a question of control of the patronage, but one of whether he and his district should be absolutely overruled by a political boss. Dalzell an Ideal Anti-Quay Man. The course of Mr. Dalzell infhecampaisn lor State candidates last year, and the defeat of Mr. Delamater, tended still further to concentrate the attention of the opponents of Senator Quay on the Pittsburg Congress man, and his unmistakably brilliant record in Congress enhanced his intellectual stand ing, and made him seem the ideal embodi ment of the person who should be put for ward to give the anti-Quay feeling its proper expression. For Eome time Mr. Dalzell has been urged to declare himself a candidate- He has hesitated because he doubted if the proper time had come Certain attacks and misrepresentation", occurring simultane ously with great pressure brought to bear on him by letter and telegraph by his friends, prompted him to take the step. Inquiry as tn his intention was so constant as to become tiresome, and therefore, in answer to the oft-repeated question, he to-day wrote the following brief but expressive reply: The Pittsbnrg Congressman's Position. 1 had hopednot to he pressed for an answ er to that que-tion at this time, hut since con tinued silence on my part seems only to lie fruitful of misrepresentation, I will dctine my po-iiion. There is undoubtedly a wide spread sentiment in Pennsylvania against the re-election of Mr. Quay. In this senti ment, wholly npait from any consideiations personal to myself, I sincerely concu-. If that sentiment shall take fonn in my favor, and I be elected to the highly honoraoleand responsible ofheo of United States Senator. I shall appreciate the honor, and, to the best of my abilitj , perform its duties with fidel ity and with loyalty on all occasions to tho declared principles of the Republican party. This will bring the battle on 3t once. The Independents, or anti-boss people, who have so often made a fizzle out of a fight, some times, possibly, on account of not being able to mass their forces, lacking standard bearers, lacking leaders and lacking leader ship, will now have another chance. Some times they sold out local and State matters for whit they thought a greater issue. For instance, after the brilliant State campaign of 1882,in which the vote for the Independent ticket was upward of 60,000, all Republicans, those same Independents permitted Cam eron to capture the Legislature in 18S.'?,with scarcely a negative voice, because they wanted Blaine nominated for thcPresidency, auu feared Cameron and his friends would take engeance on Blaine if any fight were made upon Cameron. So when Quit was a candidate for election, for some reason the oppo:-ition was as dumb as an oyster. Recollections of Former Uprisings. Many curious reflections must occur to one informed of the movements of Peimsjl rania factions during the last ten years, and who sits upon the judicial bench and sees with eyes unblinded by the favor or unfavor of any consideration or person. It is re markable that some of the most enthusiastic anti-Quay and anti-Cameron men or to-day made it their principal occupation less than ten j ears ago to denounce as traitors to re publicanism any who joined in the so-called Independent movement. It is remarkable tiiat in the wreck of matter consequent from anti-boss uprisings, subordinates lmc suf fered frequently, but never a principal. Reaver went down, Delamater was ground to atoms, but Quay and Cameron always came forth from their own battles un scathed, and sat, as before, smilingly en throned, the political kings of the Comuion wea'.tli. Where are the men so valiant when .Ileaverand Delamater went down in dis taster at the time of the raids of Cameron and Quay on the Senatorship and other offices? Why was it that the man was sac rificed and the master permitted to walk into the temple unopposed and pluck the finest fruits and the most precious incense from ofl'the altar.' These are some of the paradoxes of Pennsylvania anti-boss move ments that may possibly be explained dur ing the next year. Onay No Worse Than He Has Been. Mr Quay is certainly no worse than he was ten years ago, and it must raise a query in the minds even of his opponents why a special onslaught should be made upon him at this time. If it be put upon the ground that Pennsylvania should be represented by men of more statesmanlike views, and gifted witli a more facile oratory, well and good; but if it be because of an assumption that the political mortals of Mr. Quay are too offensive to be endured, sensible people will give no heed to the argument, for the leason that those political morals are as suredly at least as good as they have been any time these many' years, and their char acter known and read of all men in Penn sylvania. Mr. Dalzell's most intimate friends must admit that his position, like that of many of the opponents of Senator Quay at this time, is weakened by the fact that they long ago condoned all the sins charged against the Senator, and that the new charges upon which they are going to thepeople are some what personal and selfish. To open Mr. Dalzell's eyes to the enormity of Mr. Quay's offenses it was necessary for Mr. Quay to make an incursion into Mr. Dalzell's Con gressional district and capture a postmaster here and there, and to secure the appoint ment of sundry collectors, district attor neys and other officials without consulting him. David and Goliah Over Again. These are plain facts, which should be understood, even though theyprejudice tne case of the plucky, able and brilliant Con gressman who flings down his glove to the political Goliah who, though his captains have been slain by the thousands, is still tin wounded, still poising his spear, which is like a weaver's beam, and not averse to meeting any youthful David who has con fidence in the deadly character of his little sling. Possibly, however, the fact that Mr. Dal 7ell waited till his toes were crushed before discovering Quay's trampling power, does not prejudice his case. True, hehouid not have waited to receive his impressions through his toes. But men arc usually con verted under just such circumstances, and are none the less sincere afterward in their hatred of the offensive thing that has been thus uncomfortably thrust upon them. If we knew that the "beginning of opposition lay in a personal grudsc, we shall yet be easily convinced that the personal feeling is lost in a discovery that Quayism is an enormous injury to political integrity, and terribly discouraging to honest ambition in young men who feel that in entering political life, the first requisite of success is to sacri fice their individuality and independence. The Most Interesting of Fights. At any rate, motives and ambitions all aside, the battle is on, and it will be the most interesting Senatorial fight of many years in Pennsylvania. Only a tidal wave can elect Dalzell, but, failing to elect him self, he can yet secure a following so strong as to enable him to defeat Quav. Even with the splitting of the Republican vote in many districts, it will hardly be possible for the Democrats to seenre a majoritv in a Presidental year. The next United States Senator from Pennsylvania will be a Re publican. Will it be Quav? Will it be Dalzell? W ill it be a dark horse? Another day of guessing and exchange of views has served to throw no new light on the eflec of Elkins' nom'nation for Secre tary of War on the candidacv of Blaine for the Presidency. Without additional light, It ye; seems to be a general impression that Mr. Blaine is out of the race. It was im possible to finS any of his friends to-day who had not given it up. Blaine's Health His Chief Concern. It is reported, however, that on; of his most intimate associates in office, seconded by 3Ir. Elkins himself, has said that Mr. Blaine is as much a candidate as at any time, and that tho question of his candidacy depends not npoi the appointment of any Cabinet officer, but upon his health. Deputy Collector M'tcbcll was in the city to-day and called upon Commissioner Mason to correct an impression that Col lector Warmcastle had been talking too freely in the newspapers. Mr. Mitchell satisfied the commissioner that Mr. Warm castle had been unintentionally misrepre sented by a reporter who was too 7ealously friendly to the Collector, and Mr. Mason let the matter drop with a suggestion that Mr. Warmcastle correct the error of the re porter in a public card. Lightnek. ALMOST A LYNCHING. An TJnusnsI Seen in a New Hampshire Town A Murderer Whose Lifo Was Wantrd by a Mob Police Prevent the Carrying Out it Their Desires. Keene, X. H.. Dec 18. Special. When Constable Doolan, of Ashburnham, Mass , arrived here last night with John Brunell, the murderer of John C. Wheeler, the blind innkeeper of Rindge, he was met by a large and excited crowd, bent on kill ing the prisoner without the interference of the law. A rope with a noose was thrown at Brunell several times. Once it settled over his neck, but was lifted off by the offi cer before it cnuld be hauled taut. The crowd numbered fully 500 men, and it greeted the trembling prisoner at the rail road station with cries of "hang him!" "lynch him'" They howled and shouted, pushed and tripped him, keeping this up as thej- followed him to the court house, 50 rods distant. Six officers protected the prisoner with difficulty. Brunell was greatly terrified, but the crowd was really not very desperate or ter rible. A reckless leader, however, could easily have incited it to overpower the offi cers and take the prisoner's life. It eut rounded the court house, and when Brunell was brought out the cries of "hang him" were renewed. The carriage containing the murderer was stoned on its way to the jail. Brunell and McSoIev, his accomplices, were arraigned last night. Both pleaded not guilty. The court was adjourned to this morning, when both were held without bail for the grand jury- nCNTING In the wilds of Maslionaland is the subject of an Intensely Interesting article for THE DISPATCH to-morrow from the pen of Lord Randolph Churchill. SETTLED WITH THE STANDARD. The Dig New Tork Gaslight Company Ac cepts the Offered Terms. New York, Dec 18. Special The di rectors of the Standard Gaslight Company to-day formally accepted the terms of set tlement that had been reached between the company and Wallace C. Andrews, the ex President Secretary McKcrge said that the conditions were as follows: The contemplated suit against Wallace C. Andrews has been dropped and he has returned to the Standard Gaslight Com pany ?1,700,000 in common stock of the company, mid real estate valued af about ?350,000. In addition to this amount the company receives $300,000 in stock from the, widows of General Spinola and Mr. Mon heim, making the total amount of recovered goods about ?2,350,000. The real estate is not a part of the plant of the company. If o statement will be issued to the stockholders. AN INTERESTING LAW POINT Involved In an Attempt to Deprive a Com pany ol Its Charter. ColuJIBUS, O., Dec IS. Special At torney General Watson will to-morrow be gin proceedings in the Supreme Court to oust the Seneca County Mutual Insurance Company, of Tiffin, from its charter. The company is insolvent, and the assets are in the hands of the Sheriff. Aiery interesting point of law is in vohed ill the case. The company was chartered under the old Constitution, and has nevpr come under the acts of the Liris- lature. Last winter a law was passed which it was thought would reach such companies, and the State Superintendent of Insurance, acting under its instructions, went to Tiffin to examine the books of the Seneca County Company. The latter refused, however, to show its books, claiming that it could not be compelled to do so under its charter. PROHIBITION KILLED. THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE AMENDS IT TO DEAfH. tittle Show Left for Resuscitation of the Childs Bill A Substitute That the House Cannot Agree To How the Deed Was Done. Columbia, S. C, Dec 18. Special The Childs prohibition bill, which passed the House and is now on the Senate calendar, with an unfavorable committee report at tached, is dead. There was a caucus of Senators, last night, to determine what should be done with it, and it was decided to kill i'. When the Senate met this morning a sub stitute was introduced which provides that before any license shall be issued a petition for the issuance of the license to any party must be signed by 40 per cent of the free holders of the municipality' wherein the business is to be conducted; that the license fees shall not be less than 500, and that 50 per cent of this sum must go to the county, and the remainder to the municipality. The provisions of this bill are not to apply to places where the sale of liquor is now prohibited. Debate on the measure was ad journed till to-morrow. It is believed that the Senate will pass this substitute, and it is generally predicted that the House will not agree to such a compromise At all events, it is safe to predict that no prohibition bill will be passed by this Legislature, whose term of existence will cease next Wednesuay night. TEST OF A WOMAN'S PATTENCE. After Pleading for Pour Tears She Secures a Robber's Pardon. Boston, Dec 18. Special Jimmy Dunlap, the notorious bank burglar who, with six others, robbed the Northampton National Bant of nearly $2,000,000 in 1870, will soon be released from State prison, where he has been serving a 20-year sentence on account of that crime. He has served only 14 years, but the Executive Council has decided to pardon him and thus set him at liberty two years earlier than he would otherwise have secured it, after deducting four years for good behavior. Dunlap and Robert C. Scott were the only members of the gang who were convicted. Scott died in prison a few years ago. and Dun lap's pardon will be the last act in one of the most sensational bank robberies on record. Dunlap's confession led to the restoration of 51,700,000 of securities to the bank, and this fact was an important factor in securing his pardon. There is also a pretty romance connected with the bank robber's release. Mrs. Seojt, wife of Dunlap's pal, promised her husband before he died that she would not rest until she had secured Dunlap's pardon, and she has uotablv kept that promise. Every Governor sinoe 1888 has been importuned by Mrs. Scott to pardon the notorious bank robber, and she is now successful after four years of pleading. A EAEMLESS INFERNAL MACHINE. It Resists tho Sloit Strenuous Efforts 'to Explod7t. Waltham, MASS., Dec 18. Special That infernal machine at Gilson's furniture store caused lots of trouble to Jay, not be cause it exploded, bnt because it would not go off. It contained four bottles which chemists agreed held nitro-glycerine. Chief of Police McKenna and Chief of Fire De partment Parks ordered its removal from town and it was taken out of the corpora tion limits. The boxes in which it was con veyed were placed on ths side of the hill and shots were fired at them. Upon inves tigation the bottles were found to be broken, but, strange to say, no explosion followed. Some chemists standing by said that perhaps some other chemical was used in connection with the nitro-glycerine, and that some other method than shooting would be required to obtain an explasion. Among other things found in the peculiar box were several envelopes addressed to "John C. Van Lohe, Esq., showing him to have been in St. Petersburg, Berlin and Paris at different times. There was a torn piece of the London Times of December 16, 1880, and the letters also bore the date 1880, but one of them was sent in July and the other in October. A CHILD WITH TWO FATHERS. Tho Remarkable Case 'Which Sprang From a Divorce and Remarriage. Janesville, Wis.. Dec 17. Judge Bennett rendered a decision yesterday, be ing the sequel of a long contest to deter mine the paternity of a G-y ear-old girl. The child's mother was divorced from Andrew Ingle, and in three months afterward was married to Alexander Sherman. The child was born not far from seven months after the divorce, and on the death of the mother, who had inherited considerable property, both men claimed the paternjty of the child. The case was fiercely contested, but Judge Bennett finally took it from the jury and awarded the child to Ingle, the original husband. The amount of property at stake is 40,000, and the decree will oust Sherman from possession. THE LAST ARCTIC FOLLY. A Rescuing Expedition to Be Sent Out After Peary in the Spring. Philadelphia, Dec 18. Special It is settled that an expedition will be sent to Greenland for the relief of Lieutenant Peary early in the spring. Dr. Robert X. Keely, Jr., who was one of the party that accompanied Peary to Greenland, said yes terday that an expedition would be fitted out, and that the Academy of Natural Sciences would defray the expenses, provided the funds could not be raised in any other way. Dr. Keelv and one other of last year's party will go on the expedition. AVlio will constitute the entire party is not definitely known. Dr. Keely is of the opinion that unless such a party is sent fully equipped for an Arctic season Lieutenant Peary and his associates will never reach civilization. NEW YORK gossip from Arthur Brisbane and Charles Theodore Murray In the 24 pago issue or THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Hie leading papery NOISELESS DYNAMITE DID IT. Five Thousand Dollars Worth or Diamonds Taken by Bank Safe Crackers. Nashville, Dec 18. The Bank of War Trace, at War Trace, Teun., one of the old est banks in the State was entered about 12 o'clock last night by robbers, and 55,000 worth of diamonds belonging to depositors were stolen out of the safe The two doors to the larce vaults were blown open with noiseless dynamite, as well as the safe door, but the timelock to the money drawer was not touched. ELTTSBTJItG, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1891-TVV.ELVE A Who Was Just- About to Be .Sent Away to an Asy lum for tlie Insane. HIS BEST FKIMD DEAD, "A Sister and Two Others Shot, and His Own Career Ended, ALL OP IT BY HIS OWN HANDS. Desperate Efforts of His Victims "to Escape His Fury by JUMPING OUT OX THE PIKE ESCAPE rsr-ECiAt. TELEGRAM to THE DISPATCH.! Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 18. Maniacal Michael Harvey, shortly after his noonday meal to-day, took the life of his best friend, wounded his sister and two others, and ended his own career. He was to have been sent to an asylum this afternoon. Samuel Dickinson and Harvey sat down at the table with the two women, Mrs. Dickinson and Mrs. Duffy, Harvey's sister. Harvey did not eat anything, but he W3S polite and answered questions put to him rationally enough. A minute or two after 12 o'clock big, good-natured John Con naughton came in to see his best friend be fore he was taken away. He sat down on a chair near the table, with his back half turned to the door and his face to the two women. Sam Dickiuson had got up and was stand ing at the sink washing his hands. Mrs. Duffy , who was nearest the window, had a glass dish in her hand, wiping it. She looked up and saw Hnrvey standing in the doorway with his right hand behind him. His eyes were wandering in a vacant way from one person to another, as though he were counting them or looking for somo person who ought to be there, but whom he could not clearly make out. A Moment of Dreadful Terror. Connaughton saw by the look in Mrs. Duffy's face that Hirvey was in the door way, and he turned his head a little further to look at him and speak to him. "Hello, Mike," he said, "how do you feel to-day?" Harvey looked at him calmly and drew his right hand into view. They then saw a pistol for the first time, and as they sat, amazed and frightened beyond speech, he said: "I will show you how I feel." He leveled the revolver at his bosom friend, John Connoughton, and fired. Con noughton dodged. Mrs. Dickinson screamed. There was a bright red streak across the back of her right hand. Before anyone could move the madman fired again, and John Connoughton plunged forward from his chair, face downward to the floor. The blood shot in a full, round stream from both sides of his head, through which the bullet had passed completely. Then the madman aimed at Sam Dickinson. Dickin son threw" up his right- arm to guard his head. This saved his file, for the bullet buried itself in his elbow joint. Dickinson threw up the window, leaped to the fire escape, and jumped to the stone surface of the court, 25 feet below. Determined to Kill'qis Sister. Again Harvey fired, this tinn at his sister. Mrs. Dickinson recovered her senses and leaped out upon the lire escape, hold ing her wounded hand w ith the other. She saw the ladder extending through the plat form toward the ground, and went down it quickly until .she hung by her hands from the last round, 15 feet above the ground, afraid to drop and calling loudly for help. Mrs. Duffy "jumped out on the platform after her, and slammed the window down. As she was gotting ready to descend the ladder her mad brother raised the window sash, and holding the empty revolver in his hand, said: "Come back, Katie. I won't hurt you." Mrs. Duffy let herself fall to the stone, over 20 feet below. She struck against Mrs Dickinson, and nearly threw her from her painful hold on the ladder. Harvey leaned from the apartment window and said to Mrs. uicKinson: "Go on and drop. Minnie. I won't hurt you. You have all been very bad to me, and I won't see you any more." Harvey, leaving the window, walked through the blood and over the body of his friend whom he had murdered, into his little room, and the frightened landlady who had run in at the lront door of the apartment, saw him standing by the bed loading his revolver. She screamed and ran out into the main hall and down stairs almost into the arms of Officer Flood, who was ascending. The Madman Kills Hlmseir. Harvey loaded each of the four chambers of the English bulldog revolver he had got in exchange for his watch and chain, as was aftorward learned. Then he lay down upon the tumbled bed and stretched his legs stiff and straight out. He rolled back his shirt from his neck until his breast was bare to the region of the heart. He put the re volver there, hesitated, changed his mind, put the end of the barrel into his mouth and pressed it against the roof. It was a double-action revolver, and he pulled hard at the trigger. He died instantly. His aim had been as sure against his own life as against the life of Jiis friend, the big hearted fellow with his wife and two babies on a visit from England. The ambulance took Mrs. Duffy, Mrs. Dickinson and Sam Dickinson to the Long Island Hospital. Mrs. Duffy had sprained her ankle and broken one of the small bones, and had severely bruised her abdo men and chest Thejloctors cannot say as yet how serious her bruises are. Mrs. Dickenson was only a little shaken by her fall, and as the wound in her hand was slight she will get over it and her fright in a few days. Sam Dickinson will carry a Btiff arm lor many a month, per haps for the rest of his life. History of the Uarveys. Michael Harvey and his younger sister, Katie, came to this country about six years ago from Birkenhead-on-Tync They went to South Brooklyn, and he found employ ment on the Boston dry docks there as'a laborer. His sister married James Duffy, a boiler maker, and he made his home with them. About three years ago oue of a team of horses hauling 'about the dry docks began to kick and plunge. Mich ael Harvey was standing near by and was knocked senseless by a furious kick in the head. He was taken to the hospital and had a long attack of brain fever. Since that time every one who has known him felt that he was not exactly right in his head. But as he was at all times per fectly peaceable and mild of manner, no one thought him in the least dangerous. As the winter advanced last year he grew more peculiar, and his sister decided to put him in the Flatbush Insaue Asylum. March 4 last two officers from the asylum came after and took him away. He was satisfied to go, and he soon began to improve. His sister came to see him at least once a week, and John Connoughton, MURDER BY CRANK his best friend, also went often, to cheer him up. Let Out on a Kind of Probation. In the late summer his sister set to work .to get him released. The doctors insisted t on his staying, and it was not nntil Sunday, jjecemoer a, less than tnrce weeKS ago, that they gave way before her and his rela tives, and let him go on probation. With the first symptoms of a Teturn of the terri ble disease he was to be returned. The doctors did not think him cured", but thought him harmless, even if liable to a return of upset reason. Last night and to day, however, he showed unmistakable signs of recurring insanity of the homicidal type, and officers were telephoned for to take him back to the asylum, but they ar rived 20 minutes too late to save two human lives. MADE A BIG HAUL. THIEVES GET A WAT WITH A TRAY OF DIAMONDS. Break In the Front Window or Wilson's Jewelry Store and Secure Between 83,000 and 84,000 Worth of Goods t Make Good Their Escape. William AVilson's jewelry store, No. Gl Fourth avenue, was robbed of between ?3,000 and $4,000 worth of goods last night. It was a bold piece of work and was evi dently done by professionals. About 9:30 o'clock Mrs. Wilson and her sister-in-law were alone in the store. Suddenly they heard a crash at the window. Hurrying to the door they found it fastened. A heavy piece of wood had been put through the door handles on the outside, so that those within could not open it. The women were imprisoned until an officer, attracted by the crash of glass, ran up and opened the door. In the meantime the robbers had made good their escape. It was found that a tray containing 24 dia jnond rings was missing. Also several dia mond pins and a pair of diamond ear-rings, The rings were all valuable, one being worth $300. t It is evident the robbers knew their bus! ness. They had watched the place until the women were alone without any customers and the street in that vicinity was practic ally deserted. From the rapidity with which the work was done leails to the opinion that there were at least two of the robbers. The ladies did not get a glimpse of them. A policeman at the corner below saw nobody come away from the place, thongh he heard the glass break and was on the lookout. The window was broken with a railroad coupling pin, found on the pave ment afterward. A .$140 ring which had been dropped was also found. Word was sent at once to police head quarters and a dozen detectives were put to work in both cities. Up to midnight no clew to the men had been found. GEORGE W. CHILDS' GENEROSITY. Endows the Drexel Institute With a Very Valuable Collection. Philadelphia, Dec 18. Special George W. Childs has presented almost his entire collection of rare prints, manuscripts, autographs, etc, valued at $100,000, to the library of the Drexel Institute. This is probably the finest private collection in existence, and represents the work of a lifetime. It embraces some exceedingly rare specimens, including the only complete manuscript of Thackeray in existence, and the only com plete novel of Dickens in man uscript form outside the South Kensington Museum. For this latter work Mr. Childs has refused 560,000. Dickens' manuscript is that of "OurMntual Friend," and TJiackeray's hislecture on George ITT. ,TIiIs4 theVoriginal c'6i5y,-frpin -which: he iJe-, livercd'his lectures. "Both are'in a"wonder-' ful state of preservation. This collection includes a handsomely bound volume containing the portraits and autograph letters of every President of the United States. Beside these are Tom Moore's family Bible, with the family register in the poet's hand; a copy of Hood's comic almanac for 1842, on the flv leaf of which is a manuscript poem which has never been published, and manuscripts of Leigh Hunt, Hawthorne, Bryant, Lowell, Willis, Gray, Bulwer and' other noted writers. I ANOTHER TRACTION GOBBLE. Elkins and WIdener Swallow Cp Their Greatest Philadelphia Rival. Philadelphia, Dec 18. 5pcia?. The Philadelphia Traction Company, which is controlled by the Widener and Elkins syndicate, the owners of great franchises in New York, and of great passenger railway systems in Chicago, Baltimore, Pittsburg and other cities, has secured a practical monopoly of the street car business in this city by the lease of the People's line, ifs only great competitor. The only indepen dent lines now remaining are the Fifth and Sixth street, and the Second and Third street lines, and they are comparatively in significant. The negotiations between the Traction and the People's Company, whii.h have been pending for some time, were brought to a successful conclusion last evening, when the People's line was leased to the Traction for a long term of years. The official an nouncement of the signing of the agree ment was made to-day, President Widener, of the Traction Company, saying the deal was closed. PLEASED WITH THE -T0EPED0ES. Commodore Polger Delighted With a Trial of Them Yesterday. Newport, R. I., Dec 18. Special Commodore Folger, Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, witnessed the official trials of the Howell torpedo to-day, and he was so well pleased that he ordered lo to be manufac tured at onee. It can now be said that the torpedo is to be part of the warfare of the navy. Four beautiful shot3 were fired to-day. The torpedo boat Stilleto was used for the members of the torpedo board, while the United States tug Fortune was placed at the disposal of Mr. Folger. The torpedo made 23 knots, while the contract calls for bnt 22). Only four-fifth power was used, the other fifth being held in reserve for an emergency. The torpedo, of course, will have to be submitted tor the final approval ot the Secretary of the Navy. DECLARED AN ILLEGAL TAX. Insurance Companies Need Not Sustain Town Eire Departments. Limcolk, Neb., Dec 18. The Supreme Court to-day affirmed the decision of the Douglas County District Court, declaring unconstitutional the law passed by the last Legislature, taxing fire insurance com panies a certain per cent on risks accepted. The law, in effect, virtually made insurance companies pay the cost of sustaining the municipal fire department. No More Rioting at Crested Butte. Denver, Dec .18. The rumor current here to-day that the State troops hud been ordered to Crested Butte to quell disturb ances by the Italian strikers there, is with out foundation. Everything is quiet and the strike is believed to be near an end. The Sheriff's party is still on duty. FICTION of best quality in THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. A. Conan Doyle's story, "Beyond the City," and a fairy tale from Patience Stapleton for young people PAGES. MR. EL KIT BARGAIN The West Virginia Delega tion to Be Held Solid for Harrison IF BLA0E IS INOT .Iff IT. Senator Washbnrn Deprecates Con stant Tariff Tinkering LITTLE THAT CONGRESS CAN DO. One Important Bill Could Ee Passed, and That Would Be Vetoed. ELKINS' WORK FOR HAEEISOX IX 1S88 rSrECTAI. TELEGEAM TO TOE DISPATCH. New York, Dec. 18. The Commercial Advertiser prints the following double-leaded speoial from Washington this evening: "Neither Mr. Harrison nor Mr. Blaine can be induced to talk at this time about the Presidental nomination, but it may be as serted positively that Mr. Elkins will sup port Mr. Harrison, and will give him the West Virginia delegation, which has always been counted as safe for Mr. Blaine. Mr. Blaine has declared that he would not ac cept the nomination unless it came to him with practical unanimity. That it should come to him in that way is now impossible. That he could get the nomination by tlrtJ votes of a majority of the convention is conceded. But this is not what he wants. It is the present expectation that he will permit somo time to go by before making any public announcement, but it is as cer tain as it can be in advance that he will pub licly declare in favor -of Mr. Harrison and declare himself not a candidate. A situa tion is developing similar to that in Chicago in 1888, when the lack of unanimity in his support led him to decline." Senator Washburn Airs His View. Senator W. D. Washburn, of Minnesota, who is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, was asked by a reporter to-day if he thought there would be a long session of Congress. He said: "I do not see why there should be. About the only thing that can be done is to pass an appropriation bill and go home" "What will become of the ocean of bills introduced in both Houses?" "As the Senate is Republican and the House Democratic it is difficult to see how much legislation can be done. If the Dem ocrats in the Hous3 pass a free coinage bill it is possible that the Senate may pass it also, but the President will veto it. So there is no chance of any such bill becom ing a law. As to the tariff, one thing is cer tain: the present law cannot be repealed, for the Senate would certainly vote against it. In fact, the House cannot pass a meas ure, especially of a partisan nature, that the Senate would permit to become a law. I am sure the House could not succeed in repealing the postal subsidy law and m3ny other measures passed by a Republican Congress." Harmful Tinkering Wlth.the JrcVT J Tw3k..-,XiVvv,r- j . uo-yonrtmiiC-M.ce u will tinker with the tariff? "Free traders are on the Ways and Means Committee, and, of course, that means de cided opposition to the present tariff law. It is a great pity that a tariff bill, even if it were very imperfect, could not be passed and remain undisturbed. This thing of tin kering with the tariffis a great detriment to enterprise, and keeps capital from coming to this country to start big. factories. I speak knowingly on this subject I was in Europe in the summer and saw and heard a great deal. Before the last Congressional election several firms in Belfast intended to give up their factories and come to this country to manufactnre linen. It would have meant the beginning of a great plant to make linen and the employment of many workingmeo. "Other manufacturers also contemplated coming here. They knew they could make money if protected by the present tariff, and it was a good chance. But just as soon as the Democrats elected a majority of members to the Fifty-second Congress the manufacturers in Europe gave up their in tention of bringing their factories here. They were afraid the Democrats would re peal the tariff and make free trade the law. In Europe all of them do not seem to com prehend that a Democratic House and a Republican Senate makes it impossible to legislate unless both Houses agree. Danger of Free Trade Agitation. "But what I have said illustrates how in jurious to all enterprises is this constant agitation of the tariff. Even here no capi talist desires to build up an immense busi ness or do anything of an industrial nature, because he isconstantly agitated by tinkers of the tariff. And who can blame men for being afraid to lose all their money by a free trade measure or by the agitation ofjjjt? "Who knows due tnat the Democratic House may bring up the subsidy question and attempt to repeal the postal subsidy law. If they do the mere agitation of it will cause many ships now being built to remain unfinished. Even under the postal suosiuy law uur luerciiuut murine win in crease or rather, begin, for we have none now. If a tonnage bill should be passed it would certainly mean the complete restora tion of our merchant marine, which before the war was second only to England. One of the saddest things tor a citizen of this Repuhlic to see when he goes abroad is the ships in the great harbors flying the colors of all nations except the United States. Spain and Italy; second-rate powers, and many smaller nations have their merchant vessels in all parts of the world, and the United States, the greatest of all nations, has practically none. A Place to Drop Politics. "It shcild not be. and every true citizen should discard politics and ask and work for the restoration of our merchant marine. Even under the present postal subsidy law I expect to see a line of vessels plying be tween here and Brazil and Liverpool. The line to Brazil will be the most profitable one in the long run. Our national trade is with the South American Republics." Senator Washburn was asked if bethought the Federal election bill would be brought up in the Senate again. "It is dead beyond resurrection, I think," said he. "It was a great mistake to try to pass the bill, and I believe it injured the Republican party in the elections that fol lowed. I am not sorry at all that I voted against it. President Harrison in his mes sage, I notice, was quite reticent on the sub ject. I doubt very much whether the Fed eral election bill w ould pass if both Houses were Republican." "What about Presidental candidates?" "I do not believe that Mr. Blaine wants the nomination but that is merely my opinion. But I do know that he is not making any effort to have himself nomi nated. Of course, the Republicans in the country have the highest admiration for the Secretary of State, and if he were a candi date he could be nominated." Elkins a Worker for Harrison. "Is there any political significance in Mr. Elkins being appointed Secretary of War?" "None whatever. He was notappointed 'jpTtW -a WHAT WILL HE DO WITH IT? Slarvinq Rumian Feasant Is none of that forme, "Little Father?" by Mr. Blaine or at his sugsestion. Presi dent Harrison selected Mr. Elkins, and it is a very good selection. Mr. Elkins worfceu for tie. President's nomination in 'S8, and did t deal toward bringing it about. aw hL ' JW.tieal significance, and mean nding has been arrived J.and the President in regard to tu.0 . wju prove futile. President Haw tyn ,-tf, v renominated, I think, if Mr. i-vfc v?,. ot enter the race, and he will beY? fy 'J in my judg ment. The Rresident s f listration has been admirable, and he li. given satisfac tion." CINCINNATI RIOTOUS. WILD SCENES AMONG AN ANGKT' MOB OF TAXPAYERS. Almost a Repetition of the Berner Blot Great Excitement for Half an Hour Two Thousand People Afraid They Hadn't Time to Pay Their Tavcr. Cikcinnati, O., Dec 18. Sjxcial With the exception of the Berner riot, never in the history of the Hamilton county Court House were such exciting scenes wit nessed as were shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. Only the cool-headedness of County Commissioner Lake Staley pre vented a mob of maddened taxpayers from attacking the County Treasury. The wild est excitement prevailed for half an hour, and men fonght and women fainted till the services ot the police were secured and the crowd held in check. Owing to a delay in returning the tax duplicate, but three days were given in which to pay taxes, and a crowd of fully 2,000 people, eager to pay their taxes, be fore the 20th, had gathered on Main street, clamoring tor admission. When, at 8 o'clock, the doors were thrown open there was a wild race into and through the cor ridors to the Treasurer's offices. Like a great wave the tide of excited peo ple rushed forward, men, women and boys, rich men and poor, bankers and merchants, black and white, all in one conglomerated mass. Men fought and swore, and women serp&hied and fainted. , Otitirle nn North - fi - Shw! - 1 another crowd hammered-at The watchman was pinioned in the crowd, helpless. A great yell of rage went up irom the people, ana tne cierlts were en tirely unnerved. ' Five women fainted dead away and were passed out over the heads of the crowd. Mrs. Bertha Wrampelmeier became hys terical. An unknown man put out bis hand and dashed a 550 plate of glass from thepar tition, and through the opening made the struggling woman was passed and carried to the Auditor's office. The man's hand and wrist were fearfully cut. At the first intimation of trouble the en tire force of the Court House employes was called into service. Engineer Korb was among them, and while absent from the en gine room tha steam was turned on in double force to the Treasurer's office, and in the terrific heat the crowd burst into a perspiration. The riot call was sent in, and police and patrol were speedily on the scene. The excitement furnished an excel lent opportunity for pickpockets, and sev eral purses were lost. There are upward of 5200,000 in cash in the Treasury, and had not the people been pacified when they were all this money would certainly have been carried away. DETECTIVE LANGHTJRST ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Attempting to De fraud His Partner. Ex-County Detective Langhurst was yesterday arrested in Allegheny on a charge of attempting to defraud his partner and the Second National Bank of Alle gheny. The snit is brought by C. II. Kalb feld, his brother-in-law, who is the senior partner in the shoe firm of Kalbfeld & Langhurst, on Federal street. Mr. -Langhurst is also a detective on the Allegheny City force. The trouble started about a month ago, when Ms. Langhurst drew a check for $150 on the Second National Rank and, it is charged, devoted the proceeds to his own use. ihe firm retused to honor the check, and,thongh for a month they have been try ing to arrange matters, it culminated yesterday in the arrest. The hearing will be before Alderman McKelvey, bnt no date has been fixed. The matter of the check is all that is mentioned in the information. An Ex-Governor's Son Exonerated. New York. Dec 18. The jury in the di vorce suit brought by William IT. Piatt against his wife, Minnie, in the Brooklyn City Court, brought in a sealed verdict this morning in favor of Mrs. Piatt. The case had attracted considerable attention firm the fact that the co-respondent,. Martin 3. Waller, is the son of ex Governor Waller, of Connecticut. THIS MOKXIXG'S .NEWS DIRECTORY. Topic. Page. Dalzell Formally Out for Senator 1 Another Free Lunatic Murders 1 Elkins' Bargain With Harrison 1 Young Field's Heavy Forgeries 1 No Politics in the Jury Box 3 Health Laws Violated S A Sand-Digging Trust formed 3 Struggle for n Covenanter Church 3 Editorial and Social 4 Carmenclta Analyzed 4 Protection for Miners' Lives. 5 Points Against the Salary Gran G All the Best News of Europe 7 Gossip of the Politicians 7 Louisiana's Lottery Politics 7 Gompers Still ths Federation Cbier. 7 The News of Rural Town 8 Tnat Baseball Comblno 8 River Improvers Boom the Canal..... 9 Another Liberty Street Fire 9 Bradstreetand Dun's Trade Reviews 9 Subjects for Sunday Sermons lO Chess and Checker Problems 10 The Oil Scout's Budget 10 Home Iron and Commercial Markets 11 Mr. Breen's Slope Observations 12 '-Ihe Court House Routine 12 THREE CENTS. FIELD AS A FORGER An Indictment Found Against the Bank Wrecker on a New Count. A PAISE BILL OF LADING On Which He Made a fiaise of Over 300,000 Keichsmarks. ANOTHER TEN-TEAR TERJLAhEAD If the Accused Is Proven Guilty and in His Right Mind. MANY CHARGFS YET HAXG OYER HIH rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Dec. 18. The examination by expert accountants of the books of Field, Lindley, Wiechera & Co., now in progress in the District Attorney's office, bore its first froit to-day, in an indictment against Edward 31. Field for forgery in the second degree, a crime which, like grand larceny in the first degree, is punishable by ten years in State prison. David N. Carvalho, expert in handwrit ing, and Arthur C. Elliott and Max Hess burg, employes of the firm of Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, bankers, the complain ants against Field, testified before the grand jury this morning, and the indictment was soon presented to ,ndge Cowing. The Forged Bill or Lading. The indictment charges that on Novem her 2j, Field, with the intent to defraud, forged this bill of lading: Shipped in good order and condition by 1'ield, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. on board tho good ship called the TnumDli, whereof Itempar Is master, and now lying in tho port of New York and hound for Cork, Qucenstown and Falmouth, for orders, 73.817 1G.C6 bushels of wheat in hulk, being marked and numbered as on the margin, and to bo delivered in the like good order and condition at the aforesaid part of call (the dangers of the seas only excepted) nnto order of shippers or assi-nis, lie or they payinjr freight for the said (roods at tho rate of j shiHinc sterling perquarterof pounds. Weight delivered and all other conditions as per charter party dated at New York, October 22, 1S0I, with average ac customed. In witness whereof tho master of the said vessel hath subscribed to two bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, one of which havlne accomplished, the oth ers to stand void. Dated at New York, No vember 21, 1301. Quantity and quality na'K known. J. E. Rempab, Master. ' Turned Into Good German Money. The indictment further avers that Field used this forged bill of lading to induce Knauth, Nachod & Knhne to accept this bill of exchange, drawn by Field in his firm's name: New York, November 25, 1SDI. No. I!) At 30 days after sight Messrs. Dalinhofer A Gloser, Mannheim, are requested to pay against this check, out of our credit, to Messrs. 'Knauth, Nnchod & Knhne, or order (duplicate unpaid, the amount of three hundred and twentv-eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-six and eighty-four ono hundredths relchamawjs. Field, Lindlet, Wiechers & I '- M3IS,o?CS - In substance, (his is Knauth, Nadhod & Kiihne's complaint before the grand jury, upon which the indictment was based: Mr. lteuter, of Hamburg, an uncle ot Wiechers, one of the partnera of the de funct firm, had inherited about S118,000 from the Wiechers estate-, and this money had been lelt in Wiechers hands. The lat ter used it for speculating on behalf of the firm, and gleefully reported to his uncle that inside of GO days the money had real ized a profit of 58,000, aside from the inter est. The Necessity of Forgery. The uncle, however, pressed Wiecher3 for the money, and the latter thereupon, on behalf of the firm, made out a one-day sight draft for 498,000 marks on a firm in Mannheim, Germany, bv the name of Dnlinhofer & Gloser, with which they had had various transactions, but where Field & Lindley at that time had no balance, nor did they expect to have any in the ordinary course of trade. They counted upontovef ing this draft by means of a cable transfer, and to obtain the latter, there being no funds, forgery was resorted to. "On November 25 the firm arranged that we should make a cable transfer ot 408,000 marks (equal to 5118,000) to the firm in Mannheim," the complaint continues, "and at the same time we should buy their 30 day sight bill of .125,000 marks (equal to 57f,000) on the same firm in Mannheim, such bill being accompanied by shipping documents for 74,000 bushels of wheat per steamship Triumph. Some days previous they had already sold us a similar bill of 100,000 marks (equal to 540,000) on the same firm, likewise accompanied by ship ping documents for 4,",000 bushels ot wheat per steamship Dolcoath. Steamships and Wheat Missing. "All these shipping documents have since turned out to be forgeries. There were no such steamships in port at the time, and there is no such wheat. Field & Lind ley's draft was fortunately presented in Mannheim before our fuuds had Teached there. The time had been miscalculated, and the drawers refused it, whereupon it went back to" Renter s agent in Hamburg. "When our funds reached Mannheim, Dnlinhofer & Gloser declined to receive it, and directed that it should be turned over to a bank at Hamburg. At the same time they directed Renter's representative to present the protested draft to the same bank to be paid with this money. Owing to a Ger man holiday on Friday only 350,000 marks hod as yet reached the Hamburg bank, while 148,000 marks were still in the hands of our friends. Before the protested check was presented to the Hamburg bank the fraud had been discovered and they refuse to part with the money." Cyrus Field's Sacrifice for His Son. The grand jnry learned from the records of the MaritimeExchange that at the date of these documents the good ship Triumph was in the China seas, and the steamship Dolcoath was on the other side of the Atlantic trading between ports there. When one of these cases" was first talked, about it was said that Cyrus W. Field hail raised 3120,000 to make good a theft of his son's. He sold his house, it will be remem bered, for that amount. "What has been discovered up to date," said District Attorney Nlcoll to-day, "leaves room but for two conclusions for any fair-minded man to draw. Either Ed ward M. Field is an artful, accomplished, daring criminal, or he is mad. The books: show that the firm was in a financial corner for at least two months before the crash. Field tided the firm over apparently by selling and rehypothecating securities in trusted to the firm by customers or others until this source of money ran dry. Then he had to resort apparently to the forgery for which he has been indicted and possibly to other forgeries of a like character. "The grand jury is even now investigat ing a new charge of forgery, the amount in volved being 5123,000. The books as yet do not reveal where the large amounts that Field raised in these wavs went to. Bat they do show that much of it went to pay for 'stocks. 3 9 A 3 4 Ja I rl 1
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