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PITTSBTJRGr, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1891-TWELVE PAGES. ,
THREE C5ENTSL
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QUICK DEATH
Shocks WashingtonWhen
It Hears the Fate of
Senator Plumb.
A VICTIM OF TASTES,
Which, With Hard Work, Carry Off
a Strong Man in a Hlirry.
FOUGHT BY TWO INTERNAL FOES
The Kansas Statesman's Character Radi
cally Changed.
French Cookery and Its Concomitants
Do Their Deadly "Work Without
"Warning End of an Original Char
acter A Statesmanship of His Own,
Not of the Broadest Type Kansas'
Governor Expected to Select Ingalls
to Return to the Senate Speaker
Crisp in a Quandary He "Will Not
"Weaken a Bit.
SPECIAL TEIXGnAFHIC X.rrTEB.1
Bureau op The Dispatch, J
WAsmGTOs, D. a, Dec. SO.
It is not often that the Senators of the
United States have received such a shock
as that of this morning, wheu the death of
Senator Preston B. Plumb, of Kansas, was
announced and was hurriedly carried by
messengers to the residence of each one of
PLUMB ADDRESSING THE SENATE.
Ms Senatorial associates. There was no
earning of death. Apparently the Senate
was blessed with an iron constitution. He
had a splendid physique, of that proportion
and strength which are almost an infallible
indication of long life. His complexion,
with the exception of a slight paleness of
the lips and darkness under the eyes, was
of that color which is invariably indicative
of a capacity for tremendous endurance.
No task seemed too great for him. He
was one of the tireless workers of the
Senate. His committee work was always
thoroughly done. For his important
speeches he prepared himself with an ar
ray of authorities and an exhaustion of
miscellaneous information that was often
appalling not only to his enemies, but to
his lriends and admirers, as he was often
unreasonably long, though one of the
tersest speakers of the body.
The I.ast Senator Expected to Die.
Nothing seemed to fatigne him, and if
any one well acquainted with the per
sonnel of the Senator had been asked to
name the Senator likely to first pass away
in death, Senator Plumb would probably
have been left till the very lasl
Senator Plumb will be greatly missed,
not only by his colleagues, but by all
frequenters of the Senate His 14 years of
tb most active and conspicuous service
have made him widely known, and his
strong, distinctive characteraroused interest
if not admiration. Plumb was one of the
most aggressive of men. Of late years he
added to his aggression a decided irascibility
which led friends and enemies alike to
oppose him only in the most wary manner.
He had the tenacity, and to a large extent
the characteristics of the bulldog, lie Mas
always ready aud apparently spoiling for a
fight, and he insisted on fighting to a finish.
Some share of this disposition may have
been due to the disease which was hidden
in ambush and which to the astonishment
of everyone struck him down in the twink
ling of an eye this morning.
A Noticeable Change of Temper.
Probably everyone who knew him noted
this gradual change in his temper. For the
most part he would not endure the least op
position. Doing opposed he would usually
assail his antagonist with a whirlwind of in
termixed argument, sarcasm and vitupera
tion, somewhat disagreeable to all ot his
auditors and particularly so to his opponent.
His virulence was olten a subject for com
ment and wonder, as it was not in harmony
with the customary tone of the Senator. The
cause was not understood. He himself did
not know that two members of his own
corporal household, his liver and brain, were
engaged in an onslaught on his life far more
deadly than the attacks of any political
antagonist Had he lrad as thorough a
knowledge of himself as of his work in the
Senate he might have fought down these in
ternal foes and to saved his life for long
years to come. He was to himself so strong
that he never till very recently felt these
foes pegging at the most vital parts of his
system.
Great tover of Good Living.
He loved good living, and enjoyed this
form of sensuality to the utmost, and what
hard work could not do was accomplished
by French cookery, dinners of ten courses,
liberal wines, after-coffee cigars and almost
a total lack of outdoor exercise.
Senator Plumb's. statesmanship was not
of the brosdest tjpe. He was one of that
class of statesmen who believe that if a man
devotes himself to politics he should make
it "pay" as he would any pther business. I
do not mean to suggest that he made it pay
Iffl
in any corrupt way, but he succeeded in
getting no poorer during his 14 years of life
in the Senate, just as many statesmen do
who are corporation lawyers and at -the
same time national legislators.
That he was a man, of narrow views, and
that his political policy was shaped wholly
in the interests of personal success, has been
always patent from his course in the Senate
and in politics. He was not in any sense
philanthropic, and the future of humanity
never troubled him. He wasted no sym
pathy on the unfortunate or on the classes
struggling for broader opportunity.
Kot Always a Complaisant Stan.
Though complaisant enough at times to
representatives of the laboring classes,
when it was for his self-interest to be so, I
have known him on other occasions to be
vulgarly insulting to delegations composed
of men of fine abilities and reputation, who
asked a fair consideration for measures in
tended to benefit the classes for which they
spoke. Possibly this also was due to the
insidions disease which made him so irrita
ble iii and out of the Senate chamber, and
which killed him this morning.
"With all his weaknesses, however, Plumb
was very genial and companionable in his
mnments of relaxation, and of passing good
feeling. At times when speaking he bub
bled over with a genuine and spontaneous
humor that has rarely been excelled in that
forum of prosy oratory, the Senate. His
humor was perhaps somewhat unrefined.
It lacked art and classic finish. It had a
flavor of the prairies and the frontier vil
lage, but it was real humor for all that, and
it was often of a subtile character which was
recognized and appreciated only by the
keenest wits of the floor and galleries. In
this humor he seemed at times to exceed
himself, to bc transformed into another
creature, but unfortunately the occasions of
its exhibition were very rare.
In gall 5 Expected to Reappear.
The death of Senator Flumb will not
affect the relative-strength of the two parties
in the Senate, as a Kepublican will be
chose.i to succeed him. A general hope is
exprewjd that that Kepublican will be
John J. Ingalls, who, though quite as sel
fish and no more sincere than Plumb, is
even more picturesque. It wonld indeed
seem as though fate n ere in Ingalls service
were he to be elected so soon after defeat,
and again take his seat in the Senate, al
most as soon as the man who defeated him.
Not even the sacred character of the day
could stop the agitation of the question of
the deposal of Koger Q. Mills. Deplorable
to say the day was broken without
result. Mr. 31 ills still keeps his
room and his council, which are about all
he has kept from his recent losses. Speaker
Crisp is still in the dark whether the great
insulted man will accept a minor chairman
ship or whether he will fling it back con
temptuously to the giver. The only thing
Mr. Crisp really knows is that Mills will
not accept a subordinate place on the "Ways
and Means. He ha? not yet decided to
soothe the Texan with the first pla;e. This
Speaker said this evening that he would try
Mills with another chairmanship, and if
that were refused he would attempt to find
some other way to conciliate him.
Crisp Will "ot Weakan.
Xo one now believe3 that Crisp will
weaken in regard to Ways and Means. If
not, then a refusal of Mills to accept a
minor, though important, chairmanship
ill result in liit.iic.ng left out ofthe list or
commit ces altogether. This would be a
spectac'u never before witnessed in Con
gress. It never could be witnessed except
when the membership of the House includes
a character as curiously wrought as that of
Koger Q. Mills.
Such an exhibition of sullenncss and
sulking as Mills has afforded the public
since his defeat is a revelation, even among
the queer phenomena of that queer body,
the loner branch, and great curiosity is
manifested on every hand to know what
will come of it. Lightner.
HENRI WATTERSON'S WARNING.
Tho Teteran Democrat Stands Toy the
nlker from Texas.
Louisville, Kv., Dec. 20. Of the Crisp
Mills correspondence the Courier Journal of
to-morrow morning will say:
The letter of Mr. Mills to the Speaker of
the House is dignified, manly and direct.
Dnder the circumstances the proposil ofthe
Speaker was a species of affront which a
man of less spirit than Mr. Mills might
haio jutlv lesented. It was at the
s.ime time a mistake which Demo
crats everywhere will regret. Mr. Crisp
may be assuied that the appointment of
his late competitor to jhe"Chairmanship of
th Ways and Mean 'Committee is lequireu
alike hj pood party policy and the equities
of the cae."His abilities are undeniable.
Ili-i claim is commanding. Wo still hope
that the Speaker will see the matteras it trulv
is, for he is the official head of the partv and
must have the paity support, which will de
pend largely on this particular issue. In the
event that he should not, we fear the conse
quences; particularly if the connection ot
the name of Mr. Springer with this important
post should have any foundation to it.
For Mr Springer, as a Democrat and as a
man, w e entertain very great respect and all
posMble good will. But his selection would
be littlo short of a blunder, tthich might
bring upon both very serious discredit. As
we have elsewhere observed, it is our pur
pose to give the new Speaker tho frankest
confidence and the most loyal support. We
nunttosee his administration brilliant and
successful. It is because of this that we
venture to make these suggestions and to
sound this note of warning. In this matter,
more tha. any other, is it to be deciued
whether Mr. Crisp is a large or small man.
A BIG COTTON BALE BONFIRE.
New York's Water Front Threatened by aj,
Disastrous Blaze.
New York, Dec. 20. Special Lighter
14, of the Ocean Steamship Company,
which lay at pier 2, East river, was discov
ered to be on fire at 9 o'clock to-night It
was piled high with big cotton bales, and
the whole load was ablaze in a very few
minntes. The tugboat Adelaide hauled the
burning lighter out into midstream
before the shed had caught. The
fircboat Sclh Low came up and poured 20
bic streams on the cotton, and when off the
foot of Montague street the fire seemed to
be under control. As the Low backed awav,
an avalanche of fierv bales tumbled from
the lighter into the water, and upon the
decks ofthe Low and the tug Atwood. Sev
eral of the men on the Low narrowly es
caped being caught under the bales.
The fire leaped up fiercer than ever after
this, and the whole structure of bales was
a mass of flame. The burning cotton spread
out over the water, and for a time the whole
water front .was in danger. The lighter
was finally beached at the Erie basin break
water. The cotton was practically a total
loss. There were about 1,000 bales aboard.
The loss is estimated at about ?25,000.
HIGH HATS HID THE SHOW.
As Kicking Did No Good, the Play-Goer
"Will Sue the Manager.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20. A traveling
man will bring suit against Manager Conk
lin, of the Grand Opera House. At Satur
day evening's performance his view of the
stage was obstructed by two enormous hats
in front of him.
The usher .declined to give him another
sent, and Mr. Conklin refused to refund the
price of admission.
ITMAYKALLS,
ABepnMican Governor, Not an
Alliance Legislature,
Is to Choose
THE SUCCESSOB OF PLUMB.
Only One Name Mentioned, and That
Is the Great Ex-Senator's.
GOT. HUMPHREY HEARS THE NEWS
It Was Through Mr. Plumb's Efforts That
Kansas Was Redeemed.
LOTS OP SUCCESSORS ABE LOOMING UP
4
TopekX, Dec! 20. The news ofthe death
of Senator Plumb was a great shock to his
friends in Kansas. No one knew that he
had been ailing, and the vigorous campaign
he made last fall in the interests of his
party seemed to be convincing proof that
his robust constitution was in the best of
condition.
"When the campaign opened last fall the
Kepublican party in Kansas was in sore
straits. The fall before it had lost every
thing to the Farmers' Alliance a seat in
the United States Senate, six but of seven
seats in tho House, all but the Governor
and the Lieutenant Governor on the State
ticket and most of the county offices. The
Farmers practically controlled the State
when the last campaign opened.
Senator Plumb, while having no direct
personal interest at stake in the election,
went into the campaign with a vigor and en
thusiasm characteristic of whatever he un
dertook. Palled His Party Ont of Defeat.
He stumped the Stat j from one end to the
other, being obliged to undergo all the
fatigues of a country campaign. His work
is generally credited with having been the
prime cause of the overwhelming defeat of
the Alliance and the Kepublican victory.
"When the Senator left Kansas for "Wash
ington he was certainly in the best of spirits
and seeved to be in the beat of health. It
is no exaggeration to 6ay that Mr. Plumb
was the most popular man in Kansas. He
was the idol of his own party and was highly
regarded by his political opponents.
The Kansas law provides that in the
event of the death of a Senator the vacancy
shall be filled by the Governor's appoint
ment until the next meeting of the Legisla
ture. The next Legislature does not meet
until a year from now.
Governor Humphrey was seen by a re
porter this afternoon. He had already
been notified of Senator Plumb's death by
a private dispatch. He was greatly shocked
at the news so much so, he said, that he
had given no thought as to the Senator's
successor. He would, of course, make an
appointment to fill the vacancy, bat he had
not considered any individual.
A Chance for Ex-Senator Ingalls.
The vacancy might be filled at a special
.meeting of the-LogisLiture, bnt in view of
the fact -that tho present Legislature is
uner the control of the Fanners' Alliance,
and that the Executive is a Kepublican,
Buc'i a course is out of consideration.
The name of ex-Senator Ingalls is already
prominently mentioned by the politicians,
he having been the nominee of the party
caucus at the tim Senator Fefier was
elected. In fact, no other name has re
ceived any mention at all.
The fact that the term of the appointee
expires when the next Legislature convenes,
will make the next election in Kansas par
ticularly interesting, for th Legislature
elected then will have the naming of a Sena
tor. The Farmers' Alliance, while having
suffered defeat at the last election, is
Jjsr' nowise discouraged, and they have
T.rt itirAlti aH (limit nwvAv4An .3
uiaiuiatucu men uiuuiuuim jmu auicar us
vigorous as ever. Thev will now doubtless
redouble their energy in the attempt to give
Senator Peffer a colleague of his own politi
cal faith.
LOTS OF SUCCESSORS.
The Mllk-and-Water Course or Ingall
Brings Ont Iots of Other Names.
TorEKA, Kan., Dec. 2012 p. jr. Spe
cial. The news of Senator Plumb's death
was so unexpected that his nearest friends
could hardly believe it "When it was veri
fied by the receipt of a telegram from his
private secretary to Governor Humphrey
speculation as to his successor was the
theme of conversation among politicians.
Governor Humphrey is not here, but will
reach the city to-morrow night He will
name a successor soon after the funeral ob
sequies, who will hold until March, '93.
Nothing short of a State calamity would in
duce him to convene the present Alliance
Legislature in special session. On the
other hand, the People's party will demand
that he give the Legislature the oppor
tunity io eieci iur. riumDs successor.
Ex-Senator Ingalls is named, among
others, but it is thought that his milk-and-water
course with the Alliance tince the
party went down with him last year, pre
cludes him as even a possibility.
George K. Peck, General Solicitor of the
Santa Fe Kail road; ex-Governor Thomas A.
Osborne, J. W. Addy, United States Dis
trict Attorney; J. K. Burton, "World's Fair
Commissioner; ex-Governor George T. An
thony, J. M. Hudson, editor of the Capital;
ex-Congressman B. "W. Perkins and ex
Congressman E. N. Morrill are named by
the politicians as the probable successor of
Senator Plumb. There will be a dozen
candidates for the position before the body
of Senator Plumb reaches Kansas.
OVERWORK KILLED HTM.
Plumb's Philadelphia Physician Says He
Labored Too Hard in the Campaign.
PHlLADELPHiA,Dec. 20. Senator Plumb
visited Dr. William Pepper, of this city,
Friday last to obtain the opinion of-that
well-known physician as to his condition.
Senator Plumb had written to Dr. Pepper
that he was troubled with dizziness, and
Friday's consultation was the result of a
correspondence that followed.
"I found Senator Plumb," said the doc
tor, "suffering from serious injury to the
brain due to overwork. The root of the right
optic nerve was affected in such a manner
that one-half of each eye was entirely blind.
There was no reason to hope for any imme
diate improvement, and on the other hand
there was no reason to expect immediate
serious results. The Senator's condition
was due almost entirely to overwork during
the last campaign' Senator Plumb re
mained here Friday night, and left for
"Washington Saturday afternoon. He pooh
poohed the idea that he was ill, saving that
he considered himself in excellent health.
THE WIDOW PROSTRATED.
Mrs. Flumb Receives the News of the
Stroke While at Church.
EMPOKIA, Kan., Dec 20. This city, the
home of Senator -Plumb, deeply. mourns his
death. Mrs. Plumb, who has been an in
valid for many years, was to-day able for
the first time in several months to attend
church, and it was there that the news of
her husband's sudden illness was communi
cated to her.
She was prostrated by the suddenness of
the affliction and was taken home in a car
riage. She had scarcely arrived there when
a second dispatch was brought to the home
anouncing Mr. Plumb's death. Mrs. Plumb
is now completely prostrated, and is at
tended by a young son.
WHAT 8IHPS0N AND PEFFER SAT.
Both Agree Plumb's Successor Will Be a
Kepublican, bat Not Ingalls.
"Washington, Dec 20. "The death of
Senator Plumb will prove an irreparable
loss to the Republicans of Kansas," said
Kepresentative Simpson, of Kansas, to a
reporter to-night," and it will be a
difficult matter to find a man to
take his place." Speaking of Mr.
Plumb's successor, Mr. Simpson said that
he would undoubtedly be a Kepublicarfhp
pointed by Governor Humphrey, who
would serve during this entire Congress.
"The result will be," said Mr. Simpson,
"that the new Senator will represent Gov
ernor Humphrey and not thepeople." Mr.
Simpson did not consider it likely that Mr.
Intralls would receive the appointment.
Senator Peffer said he had no means of
knowing who would be his new colleague
in the Senate, but he could tell of a number
of gentlemen who would be mentioned for
the vacancy. Among them were George K.
Peck, George T. Anthonv, ex-Governor
Osborne, ex-Governor Crawford, Mr. Burton
and others. All of them were, he mid,
very popular men, and any one of tbem
would make a good Senator. Mr. Peffer
did not think that Senator Ingalls would
seek the appointment. '
SENATOR PLUMB ALWAYS A KANSAN.
The
Tribute to His Memory Paid by a
Kansas Newspaper.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 20. The Topeka
Capitol, in an editorial on Senator Plumb,
will sayjto-morrow:
Preston B. Plumb was a man who broad
ened, deepened and grew stronger and more
useful with success and experlonce. Be
was a big-hearted, generous friend, and as
such ho will be mourned by hundreds of
Kansans, who sustain in his death
a personal loss. Senator Plumb never
lost an opportunity to help his State.
He was a Kansan first, last and
always, and possessed such intimate knowl
edge of the History of the State, its people,
politics and resources, ns to command re
spectful attentfon at all times. As n Senator
he ranked with the ablest men in that body.
Carefully informed upon tho questions
which came up for discussion, he was able to
defend bis positions with such vigor as at all
times to secure attention from tho Senate.
For 15 years he has grown in power and in
fluence in the national councils. His useful
ness to Kansas and to the nation cannot bc
estimated at this time.
HORSEFLESH FOR BELGIUM.
SEVENTY-FIVE BARRELS OF- IT GOB
BLED BY INSPECTORS.
They Won't Allow It to Be Exported Bo
logna Sausage Made Prom Old Street
Car Steeds A Scheme That Wasn't Suc
cessful. NEvYORK,Dec 20. Special Seventy
five barrels of cured horseflesh lay on awharf
at the foot of Maspetll avenne, fronting on
Newton creek, Maspeth village, to-day,
waiting shipment to a foreign port. They
were from Henry Bosses factory. Tj.'e.fac
tory is in MarpetK, avenue, at some dis
tance from the wharf.
A year or so ago it was discovered he was
buying up old horses and converting them
into bologna sausages and "smoked beef."
The exposure brought his business to a
stop, and he was forgotten. It now appears
he resumed his business some months ago,
and since then he has been making ship
ments of horseflesh in barrels.
Inspectors from the Bureau of Animal
Industry have been on watch at the wharf
named night and day for several weeks,
waiting for Bosse to make another shipment
Saturday night Bosse's men began hauling
barrels to the dock. The odor emitted left
no doubt in the minds of the inspectors as
to what the barrels contained. From em
ployes in Bosse's factory it was learned he
contemplated shipping it away on Sunday.
A lighter was to call for the" cargo to-day
and transfer it to a tramp steamer bound to
Belgium. For some reason the lighter
failed to arrive.
During the afternoon Bosse and one of
his men went to the wharf and branded the
barrels. Some of the barrels they marked
"horse beef" and others "horse trimmings."
It is thought they got wind that Govern
ment Inspectors were watching the Btuft
To-night Inspectors Gordon and Connors
were on guard. They have instructions to
arrest any one attempting to ship the stuff
away. The meat will be seized under a re
cent law, which provides that a veterinary
inspector designated by the Bureau of Ani
mal Industry shall inspect all animals and
their products intended for inter-State and
foreign shipment
A DISASTROUS CAVE-IN.
Two Thousand Men Thrown Out of Work
by the Giving Way or a Big Shaft
Three Veins of Coal Go Down, Filling
Up the Works.
Wilkesbabre, Dec. 20. Special. The
ground in the vicinity of the Gaylord shaft
ofthe Kingston Coal Company began sink
ing this afternoon, and the large breaker is
at present in danger of falling to pieces at
any moment The cave-in is caused by the
bottom ofthe shaft's squeezing together.
The shaft is CoO feet deep, and the other
dimensions are 40 by 20 feet. The cave-in
is gradually extending upward toward the
mouth of the shaft, and the breaker, whose
foundations are giving way, will be de
stroyed. Three veins, the Baltimore, Cooper's, and
the five-foot, or so-called "upper vein," have
gone down, filling up the breasts and gang,
way and making it impossible for anyone to
enter the mine for the present The acci
dent will throw 2,000 men out of employ
ment and cause a great loss to the company.
FIELD CONSTANTLY WATCHED.
Precautions Taken to Prevent Him From
Committing Suicide.
NotYokk, Dec. 20. Special Edward
M. Field looked as tired as he did before he
went to bed when he got up and dressed
himself in bis room in Ludlow Street Jail
this morning. His sleep, under the eye of
a keeper, was broken by frequent dreams
that must have been unpleasant, for he
moaned and tossed about pretty nearly all
the night He refused to eat anything to
day, but drank three glasses of milk, be
fore putting the glassof milk to his lips he
looked long and suspiciously at it. He re
ceived no visitors, as Sunday as not visiting
day.
Drs. Landley and Cosby saw him in the
afternoon. He was morose and downcast.
Everything with which he'might harm him
self is kept out of his way, and he is con
stantly under surveillance.
A Marble Cutter Finds Hlimeir Riclu
Louisville, Dec 20. Yesterday John
Tebeau, a marble cutter in New Albany,
received notice that he has inherited from
his grandfather in France, recently de
ceased, property valued at SIGO.OOO.
ANOTHER IE NICHE
At
Harrison's Disposal, for
Which There Will Be a
Great Scramhle.
JUDGE BEED WILL KESIGN
After a Service of Less Than a Year
on the Federal Bench.
WILL RETURN TO LAW PRACTICE,
Resuming Ills Connection With His For
mer Partner, Mr. Knox.
THE ROLL OP PROBABLE CANDIDATES
Judge James H. Keed, of the United
States District Court, who was appointed
to the position he holds by President Har
rison on February 10, 1891, will offer his
resignation about the first of the year. He
will then resume practice in the firm of
Knox & Keed.
Judge Keed's work on the bench has
given entire satisfaction and the step he is
about to take is entirely for personal rea
sons. "When asked yesterday what they
were, he said that he was anxious to return
to the practice of law and that he can do so
at a better advantage at the present than at
any time in the future.
"When I was appointed," continued the
Judge, "my health was poor and everyone
thought I would not be able to continue my
practice. The judgeship gave me on oppor
tunity to do easier work and when I took
it, I expected to serve the remainder of my
life. Since then, however, my health has
improved and I am now as well as I ever
was. I can make far more money by
practicing law and I th'nk it will be better
for bojh myself and family.
. The Association Very Pleasant.
"I will take my old plaoe in, the firm of
"Knox & Keed, and will be able to take up
business just where I left off less than a
year ago. Such an opportunity might not
be offered six months from now, so I have
determined to resign about the first of the
year. I did not intend to have it become
known until I had acted, but since it has
got out there is no use keeping anything
secret My associations with the Governr
meut and the officials with whom I came in
contact have been of the most pleasant
The District Judgeship does not require
arduous work, and my only reason for re
signing is the one stated."
Judge Keed's law practice, before he -became
Judge, is said by attorneys to have
amounted to about 520,000 a year. His sal
ary as Judge was 54,000. Mr. Knox, his
former partner, has had more work than he
could do during the last year, and is said to
have contemplated taking in a new partner.
Of course, he preferred to have Judge Keed
return to the firm, and the latter, who is
not yet 40, concluded that he was too young
to give up all his prospects for the position
he was holding.
Career of the Retiring Jndge.
He was born September 10, 18o3, gradu
ated at the age of 19 from the "Western
University and was admitted to practice on
July 17, 1875. Two years later he formed a
partnership with Mr. Knox. He was ap
pointed Distriot Judge to succeed Judge
Acheson, who was elevated to the Circuit
Court bench. There were a number of can
didates for the place, and the selection was
in doubt untH announced by the President.
It is supposed that the majority of men
who were candidates a year ago will appear
on the field again. Among them is Joseph
Buffiugton, of Kittanning. He is a young
man and a very successful attorney. He is
believed to have been Mr. Keed's closest
opponent and was recommended by 20
countv courts and 3 Supreme Court
judges. Other candidates were Judge "Wick
ham, of Beaver; Judge Harry White, of
Indiana; Hammond, of Hollidaysburg; Mur
ray, of Clearfield,, and ex-Judge Fetterman.
The Appointment May Go KIsewhere.
The latter will probably be the choice of
the Allegheny County Bar this time, but it
is doubtful whether the appointment will
come to this county. It it is true, as ha3
been stated, that Congressman Dalzeli is
tho President's right hand man in Western
Pennsylvania, it is believed some one in one
of the interior counties will be appointed
and that in return Dalzeli will be promised
the members of the Legislature. Other
gossip think Dalzeli will favor Fetterman
in order to win Straightout support It is
more probable, however, that neither Dal
zeli or Quay will make any attempt to dic
tate or carry out a political deal.
Judge Wickham and Judge Harry White
have both announced themselves as candi
dates for the Supreme Court So they will
hardly attempt to get a Presidental ap
pointment. This will leave the field to
Buffington and Fetterman, unless some new
man appears.
AWFUL CRIME OF A STEP-FATHER.
Incited by Jealousy He Tries to Drown a
6-Tear-OId Boy.
Pateeson, N. J., Dec 20. Special.
John Henry O'Connor, a boilermaker, aged
65 years, was arrested at midnight Satur
day, for attempting to murder his step-son,
Bernard Wattberry, aged 6 years. O'Con
nor took a dislike to his little step-son, be
lieving he engrossed all his wife's affections.
He took the boy out lor a walk last night,
and when they reached the Fifth avenue
bridge, O'Connor lilted the lad in his arms,
carried him to the center of the bridge, and
threw him off.
The bov fell into the water, 20 feet below,
with a frightened scream. He landed on a
sandbar near the center bridge pier, and
called for help. Vivian Alyea, who was
going across the bridge to his home in
Bergen county, took the reins from his
Judge James IT. Reed.
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horse, tied them together and threw the
noose to the boy. Bernard placed the noose
about his waist and was drawn to the bridge
almost nnconscious and badly bruised by the
mass of ice flowing down the river. The
police and ambulance were called, and
Bernard was taken to St Joseph's Hos
pital, where he lies in a precarious con
dition, y
ANOTHER BRAZILIAN Bl VSkN
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The Catting of Wires Prevents Parti
of a Rio Grande Skirmish.
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has occurred in the Kio Grande do Sul be
tween Federal troops and a battalion of the
National Guard. The telegraph line has
been cut to-prevent the sending of details of
the engagement.
The insurgents, headed by General Sa
raiva, have suiroundcd Santa Victoria, the
capital of the Province of Espirito Santo.
Federal reinforcements are marching to the
scene from Yagueron.
NO NEWS FROM CHILE.
The State Department Firmly Refuses to
Talk AbontEgan's Danger at Santiago
Nothing Is Known at the Chilean Le
gation About the Matter.
Washington, Dec 20. No information
is obtainable at Washington to-night con
cerning the report of the surrounding of
the American Legation at Santiago, Chile,
by a mob on account of the refugees there.
Several dispatches have been received
from Minister Egan during the past week,
but any attempt to learn the natnre of their
contents meets with a refusal on the part of
the State Department officials to say any
thing whatever on the subject
At the Chilean Legation nothing is
known about the report, Senor Moutt, the
Chilean Minister, and his wife, it is said at
the Legation to-night, are out of town.
MURDERED WITH A PLATE.
Five Desperadoes Hold a Crowd at Bay and
Make Their Escape.
Scbanton, Dec 20. Special. Five
rough-looking men were playing pool last
evening in the hotel of Peter Cummings. A
chance remark angered them, and they made
-in assault on the proprietor's sou. Mr.
Cummings interfered and one of the men
picked up a heavy plate and hurled it at
him. It struck him on the head, fracturing
his skulL
Seeing that they had probably killed a
man, two of the roughs drew revolvers and
held the crowd at bay while their compan
ions made their escape Then the two men
backed from the place, saying they would
shoot whoever pursued them. No one fol
lowed and they got away. Later the police
were notified and have been scouring the
region for the ruffians. Mr. Cummings is
hovering between life and death.
THREE MITES AT THE M0EGUE.-
A Boy Picks Up a Package or Triplets in the
Streets of New York.
Netv Yoke, Dec 20. Special Laid
outon oneot theslabs atthegloomy morgue,
where the East river croons a constant dirge
for the known and unknown unfortunate
dead, are three tiny bodies to-day. Two of
them were girls, the other a boy, and all
three would go inside a band box. They
were sisters anu Drotner, ana nau opened
their eyes on the living world but long
enough to close them again in the sleep of
the ages.
The triplets were found early this morn
ing in a paper box covered with a thin
piece of common muslin uuder a truck, on
East Forty-third street, by a boy. He told
a policeman of his find, and the bodies were
taken to the morgue.
CHILD LABOR IN CHICAGO.
Ten
Thousand Little Workers, and Their
X-ots Are Hard Ones.
Chicago, Dec. 20. Child labor was dis
cussed at some length at the Trades and La
bor Assembly meeting to-day, and the
Legislative Committee was instructed to
work for the passage of a State law on the
subject.
The question was brought up by Mrs.
Morgan, who said that borne of the contract
ors who manufacture mail bags for the
United States Government employ little
children to work on them during long and
unseasonable hours, and only pay them o
cents a day. According to Mrs. Morgan,
there are 10,000 children employed in Chi
cago, and with but very few exceptions
their lots are hard ones.
A BURGLAR BREAKS JAIL.
The Same Man Who Insisted on Confessing
to Another Man's Crime.
Columbus, Dec 20. J. G. Shaw, a
seven-year convict at tho Ohio State prison,
sent up from Columbus for burglary, with
an additional three years for the same crime
at Cleveland, escaped to-night by pass
ing through the ventilator of the main
building and scaling the wall.
He is the man who insisted on making a
confession that he committed the crime for
which Charles Kohan, the noted burglar,
was taken to New York and tried recently.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS DIRECTORY.
Topic. Page.
The Shock and Canse of Plumb's Death.. 1
Ingalls May Again Be Senator 1
Police Raid a Sunday Prize Fight 1
Retirement of Judge Reed 1
Warmcastle Will Bo To-Day 2
Efforts to Purify tho Water 3
Arsenal Park Plans 9
Bishop 1'helan Dedicates a Church 3
Kdltorial Comment and Miscellany 4
The Mistakes or Charity 4
A Pretty Tariff, Story t 4
War Distnrbs the State Democracy 5
Matthew Marshall's Wall Street Review.. O
Details of the Death of Senator Flumb.... 7
Germany Will Hack Bulgaria 7
Philadelphia's Sensational tragedy 7
Harvard and I'rlnc-ton Make Cp 8
Weather, Rivers and Hotrl Arrivals S
Sensational News From China O
Hon. Tim Campbell's Wedding 9
A Characteristic Tnlmage Sermon 10
Oil and Produce Markets 11
letters From the People. .'. 13
ACME OFJUDACITY.
Pugilists Strip for a Sunday
, Prize Fight in Good Pres
byterian Pittsburg.
POUNCED ON BY POLICE.
Watchful Superintendent Weir Has
a Hand in the,fieYelry.
THE SINFUL MAYFLOWER RAIDED
While Apparently Peacefully Tied Up to
the Honongahela Wharf
FORTY SPORTS PLACED UNDER-ARREST
A well-planned feather-weight fight be
tween "Reddy" Mason, of Pittsburg, and
Jim McHugh, of Cleveland, was broken np
last night by the police. Neither of the
Nprincipals had time to get a tap at the
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it thonj ,j'ey had hoodwinked the police.
But the i-ospect of a Sunday night prize
fight a thing which Pittsburg is not ac
customed to evidently proved too rich a
secret to ever be kept behind the lips of
the discreet sports. At any rate, Police
Superintendent Weir found out all about
it and sent some unwelcome visitors with
brass buttons and maces with the natural
result Mason and McHugh, with 37 dis
gusted friends, lauded in Central police
station.
Andaelty ofthe Scheme.
The selection of such a conspicuous place
I and the apparent audaciousness ofthe whole
plan was the result of a spirit of despera
tion produced by the failure of previous at
tempt?. One day last week a match was
fixed up for the Old Fifth Avenue Market
House. Mason and McHugh were all ready
for the fray, but the audience did not
materialize in sufficient proportions to war
rant the fight It was postponed with the
intention of securing a downtown hall and
having the match last night But it was
discovered that the police wonld likely dis
cover and put a stop to the affair, and as a
la3t resort the managers hit upon the May
flower as the best place.
At 9 o'clock Water street put on a more
animated appearance than usual. On ordi
nary occasions it is a rare thing to meet
more than one or two persons there after
the evening is half over. But last night
there were little groups of men at every
corner talking low and keeping their eyes
on a pair of green lights down across the
wharf. The lights hung on the bow of the
Mayflower, but the remainder ot the big
excursion vessel was dark. Every few
moments a man would leave one of
the little- crowds and, with, a glance alon?
the street, move quickly down the wharf
toward the green lights." As each man ar
rived at the water's edge the plank was
thrown out and then drawn out of reach.
Plans ofthe Uninvited Gnesti.
In the meantime eight special officers in
citizen's clothes, witn Inspector McKelvy
at the head, were keeping close watch on
the proceedings from various dark nooks
and alleys. Down below Ferry street Cap
tain Denniston had a squad of uniformed
men waiting for developments.
Superintendent "Weir took a look about
the place, and, with a smile of satisfaction,
talked back to Central station to await the
results. He had planned the attack so that
there was no chanee of escape for those on
the boat
It was 10 o'clock when word was given,
and the officers in citizens' clothes saun
tered down to the boat They found the
gangplank up and not much chance
of its being run out for them. De
tective Bendel walked down to the
Guskv. tied up next the Mayflower, and
a man on the boat, supposing he wanted to
get over to the Mayflower to see the fight,
threw him a rope. In a minute the detec
tive had clambered up the line and over to
the Mayflower, where he threw out the
plank to the others. In the meantime a
patrol wagon full of uniformed officers came
down over the wharf at a gallop and drew
up within a few feet of the water. The de
tectives then scattered over the' boat and
soon had the whole crowd under arrest
The Pugilists Were Stripped.
Had they been five minutes later they
would have caught the pugilists in the ring.
As it was both men were stripped for the
light, and everything was in readiness.
Most of the crowd took the affair good
naturedly, and made no resistance when
handcuffed in twos and sent to the patrol
wagon. Three loads were tai en to Central
station. The last was made up of
those who endeavored to escape. A
half dozen men jumped into an ad- -joining
coal barge, threw off their
coats and got to work shoveling coal as
though they had worked at that for years.
But the police knew better and their
scheme failed to secure their liberty. An
other crowd lowered a skiff, but finally
gave up the idea o: getting away ana
walked out to the patrol wagon.
"Keddy" Mason got through a trap door
into a very dismal portion ot the vessel,
where Inspector Silvis found him fondly
clutching'a set of six-ounce gloves and a
satchel lull of towels and sponges. He de
nied his identity, but was hauled out of his
uncomfortable quarters, buckled fast to his
intended antagonist and sent after the rest
The List of Unfortunates.
Several others were found stowed away in
various parts of the boat At Central
station the spectators arrested gave their
names as follows:
Ed. Green. John Wilson, Thomas Ward.
Robert Shepherd, James Shaughnessy, John
Graham, II. A. Randolph, Charles Henry,
William Kellv, John Gallagher, Jack Phil
lips, J. W. Knapp, John Newcomb, G. W.
Churchill, Mike Carr, Gregory Smith, M.
Gleim, M. Thompson, James Jenkins, John
Jackson, John Snowden, George Corles,
William Nellts, James McCune, John Gra
ham, John McCIoskey, William Karcher,
Joseph Graham, Pat Jones, J. M. Sheridan,
Harry Oliver, James Smith, Dan Jones,
Joseph Carr, G. J. Brown, C. Porman, Kinsey
McCormick, Charles Johnson, T.Pllnn and
John Cummings.
The prisoners were nearly all released on
530 forfeits. Only the principals were re
lused the privilege of leaving security and
getting out The spectators are charged
with disorderly conduct To-day Superin
tendent Weir will make information against
the principals for disorderlr conduct, un
lawful assemblage and prize fighting. In
speaking of the case the Superintendent
said:
"It was one of the boldest pieces of work
I ever heard of to attempt a prize fight
within a few sqnares of police headquarters.
If the people who had charge of this sup
posed tor a moment they could carry it out
successfully they were Jbadly mistaken, as
has been shown. Prize fighting on Sunday
or any other day will not be permitted in
Pittsburg if I can prevent it, and I propose
to make an example of these people."
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