' & nur All classes of Advertisers have unUgQ opportunity to utilize tho claa- alfled columns PCT of HHF D1S PATCH. The V.n I small "Ads" are well read. They area good a WORD and sure Investment. n 1IUIIU. UAfJTC or all kinds are supplied HAH I O throuth the ONE CENT A "WORD columns nDl ofTHEDIS PATCH. Sltua "Fill II IV, tions are se. cured quickly. The "AdleU" UCl D are growing in popularity. "rtfcUr. FORTT-STS.TH YBAH THE BODDLER IJJJLIHCS. Chris. Buckley, 'Frisco's Boss for 15 Years, Gives Away SOME RICH SECRETS. Caught in London, on His Way to the Baths at Wiesbaden, HE TALKS UNRESTRAINEDLY. Reformers in Plenty Who Want to Get OSce TfcemselTes. The Ex-Leader Says True Reform Is Not to Be Attained In That Way Not Given to Boasting, Tet He De clares His Way of Running Things Was a Magnificent Success Young Hearst and His Paper Get an Awful Roast The Legislature of a Thous and Scandals Touched Up How Senators, Judges and Commissioners Are Sometimes Made, and What It Costs. TFT CABLE TO TTIE DISPATCH.! London, Dec. 25. Copyright. Christopher A. Buckley, the famous blind politician of "Frisco, whose movements for some time past hare been a mystery, ar rived here Wednesday night from New York on his way to Wiesbaden, He is supposed to have left 'Frisco through a re volt in his party following, his rivals hav ing succeeded in getting an indictment against him by the grand jury, though it appears from the following jntcrview that the Supreme Court of California checked this ambition of the unruly members by xhrowingthe indictment out of court, Buckley consented to an interview with The DisrATCH correspondent, and gave a most remarkable account of the State of aflairs in California. He is evidently much more than an ordinary man. It has always been a mystery how he, though stone blind, has not only obtained but held absolute sway for 15 years over Democratic political destinies in the city of 'Frisco and the State of California, making boards of supervisors, Governors and United States Senators en tirely as he chose, but this mystery be comes clear when he begins to talk. The Boss Blind Politician Talks. He seems to be about as cool, shrewd and broad a man as c er paed from salocn ke, eping into statesmanship, andhe is a kind ol social phenomenon to the English here. Buckley sat in the parlor ot the Hotel Victoria, accompanied by his wife, a tall, handsome brunette, evidently very fond of her liege lord. When asked about the 'Frisco trouble, the blind man smiled and said: "It's a little party fight, that's all. We've got a lot of reformers in 'Frisco who are ready to reform heaven and earth, provided they get an office. If they are not permit ted to run things they kick, which is quite natural. The question is w hcther the Demo cratic party of 'Frisco is to be ran by an ex Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with an itch for office, a reformed stockbroker and an undeveloped young man who bangs his hair and puts up fora newspaper,"or whether the party is to be run by me. rolltlcs Mas Its Own War. "The indifference of citizens is such that lolitics has every show there. Public spirit is a so much weaker force than pri vate ambition that a managing man has a good game to play it he has brains enough to play it This newspaper; which has plnty of money behind it, but is not suc ceful, makes a lot of talk of public inter est in order to increase its circulation. It lias always been with me when it could make anything by it, but now it thinks to fool the public by fishting me. That's the way we do things out West" And Buckley laughed, while a couple of Englishmen present at the interview also thought it very tunny. "When did you leave "Frisco?" "I left "Frisco on the 1st of September to take a trip over the Canadian Pacific, the to go ia Wiesbaden, which place did me a lotofgod last year. I went to Montreal to make 1 visit of two months. After I left Willin T. Wallace, ex-Chief Justice of the Supftme Court, now head of the Su perior Cournof "Frisco, took the law into his own haras, called a grand jury of his o n, and hauime indicted for bribery. A DcalTH ithout Buckley In It. "It teemed ttat a man named Mayne got a street car franchise from the Board of Supervisors. On his books as an entry of 250 shares to be delivered to Buckley and Fire Commissioner Sam Rainey when they were called for. I knew nothing about the matter, as I was iniSurope when the alleged agreement occurred. This took place two months after I left. The grand jury had been in session four weeks before I came away, but said nothing to me. The charge -was not true, legally or any other way, I having been in Europe at the time. "The whole thing was absurd. If this man Wallace had been a public-spirited citizen, backed by honest popular indigna tion, I should have nothing to say, but I put Wallac on the Superior bench. This ex-Chief Justice begged me to put him back into politics, wnich I did. He first sent to me some years ago a man named D. H. Bibb, who arranged an interview. The Man WIi Made Wallace a Judge. "I went to tfrallace's house and was hospitably receive! by him at least a dozen times.. At his re-juest I made him one of the judges of the Superior Court. He v anted a judicial position so he could be in the rnnning for an appointment by Cleve land to one of theiTJnited States Courts in 'Frisco when eithe J Sawyer or Hoffman, the existing judges, died both being prettv old. I "Wallace is a rich man and always has had an itch for ofcee- Last year he wanted the nomination for-he Supreme' Bench. I refused, for several reasons. One was that the party would not have him; another was that charges made against his integrity on his own affidavits, I believe by a local paper, when he was once before a candidate for office, had never been satisfactorily an swered, so far as I know. He could not have been elected, and could not get over 100 out of 600 votes in the convention. When I refused he was bitterly angry and swore in the presence of the Superior Judges at San Jose that he would put me injaiL This he tried to do in selecting grand jury by overriding the law as he ex plicitly laid it-down htmself when Supreme Judge. Not the Material for a Beformer. "I don't think a man of this kind, whose first idea of reforming a city is treachery to his friends and gratification of personal spite, will ever reform the city to any great extent "The same thing is true of the newspaper. This is a sensational paper named the Ex aminer, hitherto called by other papers 'Buckley's morning organ." This is the property of young Hearst, son of Senator Hearst He is a good enough young fellow, but is feather-headed. He is handled, how ever, by men who are not good enough for reformers. This young fellow owes me every po'ssible debt of gratitude. I made his father United States Senator when a vacancy in the Senate from Cali fornia occurred. I had arranged with General Stoneman, then Governor of Cali fornia, for the appointment of another man, Stoneman wanting a renomination for Gov ernor for himself. This was all settled when a friend of Hearst came to me and said Hearst wanted the appointment There was no reason for my consenting, but I contented on condition that this friend would fix the matter with Stoneman and relieve me of my 'obligation to the latter, which he did. I got nothing for it Cost of i Western Senntorshlp. "Hearst put, Jwas told, 5100,000 into his fight for renomination and re-election when his term expired, but I never got one dollar of it, and did all I possibly could to re-elect him. The Examiner, since the young fel low has been the ostensible head of it, has always been with us when there was any thing to be gained. When Hearst senior wanted the nomination for Government, in 18S2, the only way he could hold off the railroad company, which is a very powerful factor in the California elections, was by a combination of his fight with theirs, he lending his "strength to the nomination of their taan Humphries for Railroad Com missioner. "Young Hearst came to me at San Jose, last year, when Steve White was seeking the indorsement of the Democratic State Convention for the United States Senate and wanted me to use my influence to pnll White down. I could not do this. White being a personal friend of mine, and mak ing the fight quite independent of me. Because I wouldn't do what I couldn't do, young Hearst, who had been getting adver tising, information and political aid for a long time through me, turns into my enemy and starts in to down me. The rublle ot Exactly Fools. "I don't believe and never did believe that a paper which fights me on such mo tives can ever get very far with the public. The people are not fools. I found this out some time ago, and the youngster will also find it oSt, perhaps painfully, before he gets to be an old man. "I'm willing to leave the thins to the people," continued Buckley. "I've been managing the Democratic party of 'Frisco for 15 vears. During all that time our party lias- never had a "defanltcn " My business is politics, and they say the poli tician is a public enemy, buf how is it that 'Frisco pays less taxes than any other large city in the Union? How is ii'that after 15 years of nearlv continuous Democratic ad ministration, Sau Francisco does not owe one dollar? How was it that when wc came in, in January, 1883, with the city ?500,000 in debt, at the end of the year we had paid off the debt and reduced the taxes to 97l cents? How is it that the City Hall Com mission, where millions have been spent, has never had a charge of any kind made againt it? How is it when I could have iiut men on that commission who w ould lave wasted or stolen hundreds of thous ands, I always nominated, with the help of my mends, men who were unexceptionable. Buckley Never a Boaster. "I'm not talking to boast I never did that But I say that my consideration of the city very well bears comparison with the Examincr't purpose and motives, past, present and future, and the more the people think about it the more they'll see it." "When did you leave Montreal?" "I left there on the 30th of last month, went to New York, and received news Mon day of last week that the Supreme Court of Calfornia had declared Wallace's grand jury illegal, citing against him his own previous deeision in a similar matter. I also heard that the paper had quit, but I don't know if this be true, and don't care." "What about the reformed stockbroker?" Everybody laughed at this question, Buckley included. He continued : "He is ex-State Senator Jerry Lynch. He starteu out to down me all by himself, because he loved the dear people. The trouble with Jerry was he wanted the nomination for Congress and did not get it. The party would not have him, to begin with, and yon must understand I am not alone in the party management, but simply a little more prominent than a number of other men who lead the .Democratic party. "Couldn't Make a Congressman. . 'There was a man in 'Frisco, Joseph L. Schmidt, who charged before the committee of the San Francisco Stock Exchange that when the firm of Callaghan & Lynch failed for 5900,000 there were some thousands, ab sent from the assets, which looked bad for Jerry. Schmidt came to me and warned me that if Jerry was nominated for Congress he would certainly be defeated. Consequently, we had to refuse him the nomination. Jerry was so angry at not being allowed to reform things that he concluded to try and knife me. He was a prominent member of Wal lace's grand jury." "When are you going back to 'Frisco?" "About March, 'I think. I am going to put in two months at the bath's." "What shall -you do on your return to "Frisco?" "I don't know that there is anything to do. I think I will let Wallace, the Exami ner and Lynch run the party for awhile, to see what they can make of it They may find that it is not so easy as thev imagine. Reformers, when their own underpinning is a little shaky, are apt to be disappointed. A Legislature mil of Scandals. "They had a Republican Legislature in the State, and a Republican Board of Su pervisors in the city, last year, who simply lost their heads. The Legislature was called 'the Legislature of a thousand scandals." Twenty-four Senators pooled issues and had an agent named Taylor. They made about $8,000 apiece, but refused to pay Taylor his commission. He then turned around and sued them for it in open court" r This was too much for the gravity of the Englishmen, who laughed heartily. They seemed to think they were hearing a fairy tale. "The fact is," said Burkley, "the ballot is a more dangerous thing, when given to everybody, than the people imagine. The people are indifferent to their political duty, and this results in a system of practical politics in every great American city. The only other power is the newspaper, which is equally dangerous, because it is under no curb and is responsible to no authority. "i.ne examiner accuses me ot Bribery, but the Examiner couldn't be bribed, because Judge Allen, in a decision in the Superior Court of 'Frisco, laid down the rule that it is perfectly legal for a newspaper to sell itself for any purpose. The judge said a newspaper was the property of the indi vidual who owned it, who was legally free to do what he pleastd with it This is not fair. If the newspapers have poerto call any man a briber they should be subject to the same law themselves." "What do you think of bribery? Can it be put down in politics?" Buckley did not answer this immediately. He evidently regarded the question as a difficult one. He finally said: "I can only answer by saying what has often been said before you can never get pure politics till you have the united action of a majority of honest, public-spirited citizens. Until you get that all corporate interests, all heavy interests, in fact, will simply be compelled to protect themselves against adverse legislation." THREE MONASTERIES RAIDED. THE ENFORCEMENT OF A MEXICAN LAW RAISES FIERCE IUOTS. Many Priests, Monks and Clerical Students Thrown Into Prison The Babble of Puebla Take Their Part and Attack the Soldiers and Police. Cmr of Mexico, Dec 25. Further par ticulars of the religious riots in Puebla are to the effect that they were caused by the enforcement of an old law against organized religious bodies. Priests and students for the priesthood had organized themselves into societies of monks in various places, and it was the efforts of police to break up these organizations that aroused the people. The first arrests took place in Cholala last Monday morning, nine priests being placed in prison. The work was done so quickly that the populace was utterly ig norant of what was going on. On the even ing of 'the same day the "Rnrals," with a company of policemen, entered the church of San Augustine and arrested a number of other priests and students. As the soldiers and police were taking their prisoners to jail a rabble gathered, filling the main streets and endeavoring to rescue the priests. All sorts of missiles were hurled at the officers, and many of the rioters had pistols in their hands, but owing to the coolness of the military officers and policemen, only one of the rabble was shot and killed, while another was shot in the leg; but a number were more or less injured by the horses of the "Rurals" as they forced their way through the mob. About the same time another body of sol diers and policemen proceeded to ,the old church and convent of El Carmen, and ar rested eight or nine priests and students, who, it is claimed, had organized another order of monks in that place. The mob that gathered around these and followed them to the jail was nearly as great and nearly as violent as the one already men tioned. It is said that one of the rabble was killed on the line of march. Seven teen were captured in the two convents of Puebla and nine were brought in from Choluala. Many others were arrested and retained for a short time, but discharged for want ot evidence. APPRAISERS TO BE DROPPED. Their Work to Be Done by the Beal Estate Assessors Tho Salary Cut Down Gov ernor Pattison Will Advise the Abo lition. Philadelphia, Dec. 25. Special. It was stated to-day, on pretty good authority, that the, various boards of mercantile, ap praisers will be abolished, by the next Legislature. It is stated that Governor Pattison has given the matter serious thought, and that the expediency of doing away with he positions will be one of the main topics to be discussed in his mesjage to the General Assembly. It is claimed that the work now done by the mercantile appraisers can very readily be done by the real estate assessors. It only consumes a very small fraction of the year. Before the scandal in this city the place paid from 54,00 to 55,000 a year. Now it is said the rules will be so strictly enforced that it cannot be made to pay more than 52,000 per annum. The Board of Appraisers will have to be appointed for Philadelphia in a few weeks to do the work for 1892. The appointments rest with City Treasurer McCreary and Auditor General McCamant The fear that the office is likely to be abolished in a year from now has frightened off many of the candidates. RUSSELL SAGE'S SHIELD TALKS. He Belates the Circumstances on Which He Will Base His Suit. New York, Dec 25. W. R. Laidlaw, the broker's clerk who was injured by the explosion of the bomb in Russell Sage's office, said to a reporter that he intended to bring suit against Mr. Sage .for 5100,000 damages. Said he: I will base my claim for damages upon the fact that Mr. Sage deliberately used me as a shield between himself and the dynamiter. I came in Just after Mr. base had read the threatening letter whicn had been banded to him. and be stepped in front of me so that my body protected him from bis visitor. He caught my left hand in his so that I could not get away. Mr. Sage knew from the letter that he .had just read that some effort would be made to injure him by his visitor, while I was absolutely ignorant of what was abont to transpire. It will be a long time before Mr.Xaidlaw can get out again, and it may be that his injuries will leave him permanently dis abled. W0EK3HO FOB A BEER TRUST. The Combine Promises Not to Raise Prices, but Only to Reduce Expenses. Chicago, Dec 25. It is probable that within a short time a huge brewery com bine will unite a majority of the Chicago and Milwaukee breweries. At present the consent of 13 of the smaller concerns is practically assured. There is" no money, the brewers say, in the business at 55 a barrel, the present price of beer. The fabled princely fortunes said to be in the brewing business since English capital has sought investments in this line, have caused such a sharp competition by a large number of smaller breweries that have recently sprung up, that there is no more money to be made unless some mode is found of reducing the operating expenses. A rise in the price of beer is not contem plated. KILLED HIS- WIFE WITH A FLAT-IRON Because She Persisted In Occupying More Thau Her Share of the Bed. Lowell Mass., Dec 25. A horrible murder took place in Aldrich's block last night The murderer is Frank L. Moulton, a dissipated barber. As Moulton tells the story the quarrel began in bed because his wife would not give him room enough. She slapped his face and Jie tried to choke her. They then arose, partly dressed, and re newed the fight He got a flat-iron, and after asking her if she would give up, to which she said no, he said: "I let her have the flat-iron1' three times as hard as I could hit" The first blow felled her, and her face and head is pounded oat of shape; one ear is severed and the skull fractured. PITTSBURG, SATURDAY, NO WAftBY JINGO, Plenty of Sips of Peace in Both Valparaiso and Wasnington. , - BLAINE AND SENOR MONTT To Dine Together at the ratter's Table This Afternoon. REPARATION FULLY EXPECTED For the Baltimore Incident, hut Nothing Said Abont Egan. SEJfOE MONTI'S SIGNIFICANT TAIX r rSPECTAL TELEQBAJf TO THE SISFATCH. "Washingon, Dec 25. The fact that 'the' Chilean Junta will retire from power to morrow, to make way for PresidentMontt and the permanent Cabinet, is not lost sight of in Washington either by the Chilean representatives or the officials of the United States Government In fact, these gentle men will unite in a joint celebration of use event in a dinner to be given to-morrow af ternoon by Senor Don Pedro Montt, the Chilean Minister, in honor of Secretary Blaine. The dinner will take place at the lega tion on M street, the house which was the home of Senator Vilas when he was Post master General. The guests will include the prominent members of the diplomatic corps and the Senate and House Committees on Foreign Affairs and a few other distin guished gentlemen. The personal relations of Senor Moritt and Secretary Blaine have constantly been of the most cordial nature, and this fact has done much to counteract the somewhat excited war talk that has been floating about Washington in a con fused and intangible way for several days. Senor Montt Deprecates the War Talk, To a Dispatch reporter who asked him about the significance of to-morrow's din ner, and for his opinion of the probability of war between the United States and Chile, Senor Montt said this evening: "Tho dinner is in celebration of the incoming of the Chilean Cabinet, but it is of no interest to the public, and I cannot therefore give' the names of the guests." He then added: "I have had no very re-? cent advices from Chile. The relations be-, tween that country and the United States are such that it it absolutely impossible for me to express an opinion on any point in the controversy. But all along I have de precated the persistent and daily increasing tendency of the American newspapers to talk war in advance of the slightest ground for a possible warlike attitude. Amnsed at American Astuteness. The Minister said he was notable to ex press an opinion as to the probable policy of the new Chilean Government, but said that he was amnsed at the manner in which the American newspapers announce in de tail all the doings of the Government, from dav to day, and especiallyjn view ofjithe. JWZb UlUfa JU.H .JUUUBUUA ijicuiuuuusuxe' taken by the officials of the White House and State and Navy Departments to main tain secrecy. . The subject of a possible war between the Uuited States and Chile is the one topic of general conversation in Washington now, and at the dinner tables of the administra tion officials to-day it was gossipped abont very freely. Much of the war feeling is due to the freedom of which the army and navy officers not connected with the admin istration in a civil capacity express the opinion that war is inevitable. The old officers who have grownTustyinthe service, and the young men who have never smelled powder.are indulging in confident predic tions of war, although they do not think it would require more than a two days' bom bardment of Valparaiso to cause "the sur render of the enemies of the United States. No Official Information to Be Had. This sort of talk is the more readily ac cepted as indicating the probable outcome of the controversy, because of the fact that not one word of information on the Chilean subject is obtainable in an official way from the departments. Little reliance is placed here upon the published statements that President Harri Bon has prepared an ultimatum to Chile that will be delivered immediately after the installation of the new Government in case it does not, as one of its first acts, make ample apology and reparation for the out rage to the sailors of the Baltimore, and that Congress will simultaneously be asked to vote the necessary war measures. The only basis for this statement is said to be that the President has consulted with Sec retary Tracy about the condition of our so-called fighting vessels, and is having them put in readiness for service as fast as can conveniently be done. Secretary Blaine is personally conducting the negotiations with Minister Montt, look ing to a peaceful settlement of the Balti more question, and he will be a badly dis- appointea diplomat it be does not succeed in obtaining reparation from Chile without definite threats or actual bloodshed. Peaceful News From Valparaiso. The dispatches from Valparaiso this morning, indicating that a settlement of the Baltimore controversy on a basis eminently satisfactory to the United States will be one of the new Chilean Government's first acts, were received by the President and Secretaries Blajae -and Tracy as coinciding entirely with the promises of justice so freely and persistently made by Minister Montt in this city, and they will continue to believe that the dispatches 'reflect the truth of the inclination of the Chilean ad ministration until all the arts of diplomacy have been exhausted. After they have proved unavailing for peace, of course more warlike measures must be resorted to for a settlement of the difficulties. One of ihe dispatches from Valparaiso says: The formation of a new Cabinet by Ramon Barros Lucos is regarded with the greatest favor. It is believed that the financial scheme of the backers will pro pose the payment of customs duties tn sil ver after June 1, 1892. A Witness Arrives at San Francisco. A telegram from San Francisco says: The steamer Keweenaw arrived here yesterday from Valparaiso. On board was Patrick Shields, the fireman who was brutally beaten by the Valparaiso police. Imme diately the steamer was docked, United States District Attorney Garty, acting on telegraphic instructions from Attorney General Miller at Washington, 'went on board and examined Shields and Mc Kinstrey, another fireman who was on shoie with Shields shortly before the latter was arrested. Shields repeated on oath the story of his injuries, as already sent out by telegraph, and McKinstrey corroborated a portion of the story. Affidavits were signed by the men, which will be transmitted to Wash ington by the next mail. Shields shows plain marks of the terrible beatings he re ceived. Reparation and Justice Expected. The Kew York Herald,' t Valparaiso special says: The United States cruiser Boston ar DECEMBER 26. 1891. rived here to-day. I am assured npon high authority that a decision in the Baltimore case will be rendered immediately by the Supreme Court of Chile, and that the Gov ernment will at once proceed to settle with the United States. There is scarcely any doubt that Gomez and Rodriguez who respectively admitted stabbing Turn bull, coal heaver, and boatswain's mate Biggin, of the Baltimore, who died of their wounds, will be punished to the 'utmost legal limit For the past few nights there has been unwonted activity aboard the Chilean warships in this "harbor. .The crews have been roused from their quarters, electric lights have been thrown in the forts and the sailors have all been armed with Winchester rifles. Extravagance has been shown,also in guard ing the arsenal. All these things have been done as a matter of precaution, and to pre vent any attempt at a row when President Montt is inaugurated Saturday. The United States steamship Charleston sailed from Honolulu this morning at 9 o'clock for Valparaiso. CHEATING JACK KETCH. SAvTTEIXK, THE NEW HAMPSHIRE MURDERER, DYING. A Stroke of Apoplexy Carrying; Him Off The Warden and His Deputies Working Hard bnt Uselessly to Save Him for a Few Days. Cqi-COKD, K. H., Dec. 25. Special. Although the date of Murderer Isaac B. Sawtelle's execution is less than two weeks distant, it seems probable he will escape the gallows by dying a natural death. To-night he is apparently breathing his last in a stupor, due to an attack of apoplexy. The hospital physician says it seems an impos sibility that he can live until January S. Sawtelle has steadily declined in health since the verdict against his petition "was announced to him in hia.cell and he knew that he must hang. .He refused to eat and rapidly lost strength, yet the prison physi cian believed he was in no danger of cheat ing'the gallows. But at 9 o'clock last night the night guard heard a sound of labored breathing in his cell. The Deputy Warden was summoned and he saw that Sawtelle was in a critical con dition. Warden Colbath andDr. Clark were sent for, but before their arrival Saw telle stopped breathing several times, and was apparently, dead. The Warden and the Deputy"Warden worked over the pris oner as anxiously as if he were the greatest philanthropist on earth instead of the mur derer whose life was to he judioially taken in 12 days. His respiration varied from t& to 5 times a minnte", and -was of such a nature that there could be no doubt of the cause of the man's illness. Dr. Clark remained by the murderer's side all night, but could do nothing to im prove the dying man's condition. He has not once rallied from the state in which he was found. He" has grown steadily weaker, however, and Dr. Clarke says death is only a question of a-few hours. Since he was discovered in his cell at9 o'clock last night, Sawtelle has not moved so much as a finger. His condition is known only through his breathing. THE STRIKE COST $1,750,000. More Than Half of the Loss Falls Upon the Unhappy Hoosler Coal Miners Presi dent Cummesky Thinks Both Sides Have Been Taught a Lesson. . Terbe Haute, Ind., Dec. 25. It is not a settled fact that the Indiana miners, though the strike has been declared off, will be able fo. tret regular work. It ii believed - Vii- rt maistV? rf 4haAifnta Ihuri "kann'l held by the mine owners, and, therefore, the immediate demand will be large enough to give the men pretty steady employment State President Cummesky said that from appearances he was inclined to judge that the mem would he able to get work, that matters would settle down and that all would be rnnning smoothly within a short time. "In my opinion," answered the President, "the strike has not been barren of good results. I think it has taught a double lesson a lesson to the operators and to the men which will bear fruit in time to come. The radical elements of both sides have been subdued and educated. If this strike has demonstrated to the operators and the miners that their proper courses lie parallel, and that their interest can be conserved only by harmon ious 'relations "being maintained, the end more than justifies the means." Conservative estimates place the loss re sulting from the strike at $1,750,000. Nearly one-half of the snm comes out of the pockets of the men, or rather was never put in them. A goodly portion of the re mainder shows up in the greatly decreased earnings. A BRIDGE JflTSTERY. An Unknown Man Goos Over the Mononga liela Structure and Is Drowned His Cries Were Heard The Police' Vainly Search for the Body. ' In addition to the fatalities of yesterday,, elsewhere reported, about two o'clock this morning pedestrians on the Monon gahela bridge were startled with the cry of "helpl'" coming from the water below. Officer Conway wa noti fied at once. and a skiff was secured from the steamer John O. Phillips. The officer, ac companied by John Kernan, Joseph Salem and Iiouis Summerfield, the latter the watchman of the Phillips, started in search of the man. Just as the skiff was pushed off the un known gave one last despairing cry and was not seen or heard again. After searching around for some time the party gave up and returned to shore. Joseph Salem was one of the men who heard the cries from the bridge. He said the man had evidently fallen or had been pushed off, but he had not seen or heard any struggle. Charles Gainer, the tool col lector, also heard the cries, but thought the man had not. fallen from the bridge, but some point above. The affair is mysterious. HE GOES 70S HILL. The Syracuse Judge Protests Against the Pardoning of a Ward Heeler. SYKACUSE, N. T., Dec. 25. SfcwriaZ. Justice George N. Kennedy, of the Supreme Court, consented to-day to an .interview upon the action of Governor Hill in pardon ing Thomas G. Welch, the Democratic Su pervisor of the Third ward, committed to the penitentiary for 30 days and fined $250 for contempt of court The interview was die. tated and afterward revised by Judge Ken nedy. Welch is the man who disappeared with the election returns of his district and refused to obey the court's subpoena to ap pear. The Justice protests strenuously against what he calls the exercise by the Governor of a power which many "believe to be usurped. After an exhaustive review of the facts of the case against Welch he takes up in succession each of the reasons upon which the Governor bases his act, and shows the1 insufficiency andun tenability of each from a legal standpoint. The document fs a sweeping arraignment of the Governor, though after dealing with the point of the case at length it leaves the Governor's motive to be inferred, refrain ing from anything of the nature of a per sonal attack. A GABBY FLAGMAN. When Sent-Back to Intercept a Train He Stopped and - Talked Too Long. THEN CAME A COLLISION. Passengers Tell a Graphic Tale of the Disaster .at Hastings. THE LIST OP DEAD ISN0WELEVEN. Ghoulish Thieves Were on Hand and Sobbed the Mangled Dead. PITIFUL -SCENES OX THE SLEEPEE SFXCIAL TELIOEAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Poughkeepsie, Dec 25. Tales of pas sengers add new horrors to the Kew York Central accident at Hastings-on-the Hud son, full details "of which were given exclu sively by your correspondent iu this morn ing's Dispatch. The roll of dead has been increased to eleven names, and some of the injured may die. Among the pas sengers on the Niagara Falls express last night was Mr. John Buckley, who was on his way here to spend Christmas with friends. ' He and a friend were in the smok ing car of the train.' In an interview tj day he said: "Just above Yonkers the airbrakes of our train were applied so suddenly and so hard that nrarly every passenger in the car was thrown forward. When the train stopped-I and others went out on the front platform of the smoker to see what was the matter. We had stopped within 30 feet of a Croton train, which was also bound north. The Pate of a Handsome Woman. "We-returned to our seats in the caxand were talking about a very handsome woman who had passed through the car toward the rear. Suddenly there was a terrible crash, and everybody in the ear was thrown out of his seat and our train shot ahead, struck the rear end of, the Croton train and rebounded. "Everything was in confusion. As soon as possible we got out of the car and walked back. We saw a man who was shouting for an ax. He was almost frantic. He said his wife was pinned down in the wreck and dead, and nd ax could be found. We could not get her out. Further along we saw the head and shoulders of a woman sticking out of a window of the telescoped car, and the woman was dead. We looked at her, and both recognized her as the handsome woman who had passed through the smoker. We also saw one man leaning over the prostrate form of another, the latter exclaiming: 'I am dying.' His friend spoke cheering words to him, but he died in less than five minutes." There were 18 passengers in the Gibraltar, and all but three of them were killed or injured. The hissingof escaping steam and the cries and groans of wounded and dying passengers could be heard a long distance. The Frantic Work of Rescue. A moment later the Gibraltar took fire. The 'employes rof both trains.' quickly recovered from their shook and rushed to the aid of the imprisoned people. The passengers from both trains followed suit, and soon a score of persons had organized themselves into a relief party. One after another the wounded and dying were taken out. Axes were torn from the cars and by the ligHt of lamps and torches men began to chop away the burning woodwork of the Gibraltar. They were urged on by the cries of the injured and dying people within. To add. to the horrorof the occasion thieves got to work and began to rob the injured pas sengers, How much they received isnot known. It was not known that thieves were among the injured at the time of the accident, and the fact was not discovered until this morning, A number of volun teers worked among the injured passengers, and it is probable that this was made a cloak for stealing by some. This morning undertaker Yanderhilt, in preparing the remains of Mr. Polley, one of the dead, for burial, discovered that the body had been robbed. Pathetic Scenes at the Station. The scenes about the waiting room at Dobbs Ferry were pathetic Little Holmes Baldwin, a son of Mrs. A. M. Baldwin, was crying for his mother. His arms were brhised, but the child seemed anxious to know how his mother was. He did not know that, she had been instantly killed, although h'e had been sleepjng in the same berth with her. Among the passengers in the Gibraltar was Ji 0. Gould, Traveling Engineer of the Kew York Central. He was one of the three men who escaped unhurt. He said that no one in the Gibraltar had any idea of their danger until they heard the roar of the St Louis express right behind them. The next instant the crash came. In less time than it takes to tell it the locomotive had crashed into the sleeper,? and the es caping staam was scalding the passengers to death. For a moment there was absolute silence, and then the most awful shrieks and groans were heard from the passengers of 'the car. Mr. Gould does not know how he got out of the car. The terrible disaster was due to the care lessness of Brakeman Albert E. Herrick, of the Buffalo express, which was lying still below Hastings. Herrick fled and has not yet been found. He left his uniform in the train and put on his citizen's clothes. The Flagman Stopped to Talk. From the official report given out to-day by Third Vice President Webb, of the Kew York Central Bailroad, train Ko. 93, which left Kew York atr 6:40 P. m. last night, stopped at Dobbs' Ferry to make some slight repairs on the engine. The distant signal was thrown out and the following train, the Buffalo and Niagara Falls special, which eft here at 7:30 P. M., was stopped about hree-quarters of a mile south of Dobbs' Ferry station The conductor of Ko. 45 immediately sent Brakeman Herrick back to signal the coming trains. He proceeded as far as the station at Hastings. He went inside and talked with the station master, waiting for rthe Cincinnati and St Louis express Ko. 7, which left the city at o'clock. While Herrick was standing near the door the St. Louis express whizzed past, running at the rate'of 40 miles an hour. Engineer J. Donohue, of the St Louis express train, received no warning what ever of the presence of theMJuflalo "express on the track ahead until he was almost upon the train. He reversed . his engine, put on the air brakes and jumped for his life. The engine of Ko. 7 crashed into the rear sleeper, Gibraltar, of the Buffalo special with terrific force. There were 22 people on the sleeping car at the tim. ' Clots of Blood on the Unlla The ballast of the Kew York Central is of stone. .Here and there between Jhe tracks are great blotches'of blood, drieit and clot ted, two and three feet in diafueler. All that remains to-day to tell thejitory of the disas'er is the tin roof of the Wagner sleep ing car Gibraltar: When the StajLonis express crashed into the sleeping car Gibraltar, which was in the rear of the Kiagara exDress. the endne was completely lost in the interior of the sleep- ing car. The heavy wood and iron work of the Gibraltar was reduced to splinters. The dead are Mrs. A. K. Baldwin, Kew York; T. W. Polley, Kew York, of the firm of George H. Polley & Co., Boston; Abraham Knight, conductor; Miss Van Arsdale, Kew York; Miss Slocnm, Lockport, K. Y.;Miss Moore, Mednia; Lizzie Ford, Brooklyn; J. W. White, porter; Miss Lillian .Baldwin, Kew York; Dr. S. E., Best, dentist, Kew York; one man not identified. The injured are Mrs.H.dt Baldwin, Kew York, burned about the face and arms and injured internally; Annie Ford, Brooklyn, slightly burned; D. B. Murphy, lawyer, Kew York, leg and collar bone broken, face and arms badly burned, may die; Harry A. Jacobson, Kew York, slightly burned; J. K. Bagnelle, Poughkeepsie, K. Y., badly burned about the face and injured inter nally. THE CARR0LLS ARE OUT. A BALTIMORE SOCIKTT COUPLE AGBEE TO iaVE AFABT. No Divorce Obtained, but They Will Act Just as Though There Had Been He Couldn't Prove That She Doused Hint With Cold Water. BAlrniOBE, Dec 25. &eridL After (repeated efforts, the counsel and friends of Uhe Carrolls have succeeded in perfecting an agreement of separation satisfactory to Both parties. They "appended their signa tures to the document yesterday afternoon, 'and just before the clerk's office at Towson wak closed the deed was recorded. will be remembered that Mrs. Carroll brotkht suit for divorce on account of crueftr and drunkenness, and Mr. Carroll filed an answer in the shape of a cross-bill chargiVg his wife -with spitting in his face, tb 5Vg water over him while in bed, going t "fltrt with people to whose company '? j "ii nwM laqvini. ntm tn (.ova 4nw (na x ch- J i appointed to take testi- "O -f the evidence was in when it wa-V "'.,7o compromise. To this Mrs. CaV. rr. 'ir..not consent It was then expftan. " 2f ' evidence pre sented was no suy J' conclusive to induce the courtXto gN a divorce. This, with the argument that the scandal that would be aired muV reflect on the children, .induced the lady toc onsent to a separation. The terms were prMtically agreed upon last month, but objection had been raised to the disposal of the twV youngest children, and also the allowance. This was finally arranged, and the agree ment entered into recites that the parties, "not being able to live happily together," have agreed to live separately during the balance of their lives, as though they had been separated by a divorce both relin quish their marital rights in thl State, and Mr. Carroll binds himself to pay Mrs. Car roll 580 a month for the support of the two children until they arrive at maturity. The children remain with the mother, in the city, nine months, and with the father at "The Caves," in the country, three months, each parent having access to them while in the other's custody, at reasonable hours. The agreement takes effect at once, and the divorce proceedings are with drawn. DEATH AT A FLOBIDA DANCE. James Sweat Shot and Killed and Tlve Others Ttounded. Mac Ciiacrr, Fha., Dec 25. SpccidL About 1 o'clock this morning, while a country dance was in progress at the house of J. Starling, about ten miles from here in the pine woods, a general fight occurred, in which James Sweat was shot and killed and five' others were seri ously wounded. This morning two physi ciansf tho CoToner, the UbjerjfF and a -posse went out to the scene of the disturbance. They found Sweat lying dead in a pool of blood near the steps of the house, and a crowd of nearly 200 people gathered about it. Most of the men were drunk. The wounded lay about where they had fallen some in the house, others in the yard and up on the porch. Only one was able to help himself, and none of them had received proper attention. The wounded men are James "W. Cowart, George Beynolds, James Beynolds, George J. Johns and J. "W. Dorman. The Bey nolds were from Georgia. The fight occurred at a dance, shotguns, revolvers and knives being freely used. "Whisky was at the bottom of the trouble. Ko arrests have been made. Ko one knows who killed Sweat The doctor thinks the wounded will all recover. Most of the balls were ex tracted. A Y0TJHO MAN'S F0EGEBY Brings Shame to the House of a Respect able Buckeye Family. Aixiaitce, Dec 25. Special. Several weeks ago a stranger presented a promissory note for $100 at the Salineville bank, drawn in favor of John Ellctt, a farmer living a few miles sonth of this city, and signed by Benjamin Toalston, with Abraham Battin as surety, both wealthy farmers of East township, Carrpll county. The note was readily cashed. Iiast Tuesday night the parties interested were notified to make good their paper. Toalston and Battin called at the bank that dayand immediately pronounced the note a forgery. The bank officials haH lost the stranger's identity, but by comparing the handwriting with that of another note in their posses sion they fixed the crime on Charles Battin, the 23-year-old son of Abraham Battin, whose name is on the note as surety. Young Battin was arrested yesterday, and was bound over. Battin is a member of one of the oldest and most influential families of Carroll county. GABB01KDAHD CBEMATED. An Old Woman's Fearful Fate at the Hands of Texas Bobbers. Laeedo, Tex., Dec 25. Special. About 1 o'clock this morning citizens living at the intersection of Hedalgo and Gavita streets and that neighborhood were awakened by the cry of fire, and the firing of pistols soon followed. The fire proved to be in a small frame building on the corner, used by an old Italian Ivoman, Louisa Archaa, as a combined grocery store and dwelling house." The old lady lay on the floor alongside the counter, and the odor of burning flesh nearly drdve those who entered from the room. Her clothing to the waist was completely burned off, and her lovfer limbs roasted. She had had her skull crushed in by the heavy blow of some blunt instrument; that the flesh from her lower limbs in places had been burnt clear from the bone, and, in ad dition, she had been garroted. Bobbery was undoubtedly the motive. THE IUXUEY OF A COLD "WAVE Kov Being Experienced by the Inhabitants of the Korthwest. . St. Path,, Dec 25. The light snow of last night was but the prelude to a heavy storm that began in this vicinity this after noon, and it is snowing and drifting hard while the mercury is dropping rapidly. In fact, a blizzard is developing, having already attained large proportions and extending all over the Korthwest. Specials are generally to the same effect and come from all directions. At Fairmont. Minn., a northwest blizzard has prevailed all day, and the thermometer is 40 below. At Keuwood Palls. Minn., the worst snow storm of the season is now raging. At Mason City, la., the soft weather came to an end to-day by the fall of five inches of snow. Since noon the thermometer has fallen over 50. The night will be the coldest one of the season, and a general blockade is feared. THREE OENTa E, Bob Sims.the Moonshiner, and His Tough Band Wipe Out a Family. A HOT FEUD Itf ALABAMA That Has Just Cost Pour Lives, Two of Them Children. SIMS' DAUGHTERS, IN TROUSERS, Form a Fart of the Gang Tiat Doc3 Sucl Terrible Work. THE STATE TBO0P3 ARE 0RDEBED 0DT firrXCTAI. TZLIGRAM TO THI DISPATCH.! Mobile, Ala., Dec. 25. This part of the country was amazed this morning to hear that a whole family had been mur dered by Bob Sims, the noted moonshiner of Choctaw county, Ala. John McMillan, a merchant of Choctaw county, was receiv ing a load of merchandise from the landing, and Bob Sims leveled a "Winchester rifle on the driver and made him unload them at Sims' house, and sent McMillan word he would burn his house and kill him. McMillan's house was guarded thai night, but last night, at 11 o'clock, seven of the Sims gang, all armed with "Winchesters, fired McMillan's house and shot the occu pants as they ran out. Charley TJtsy es caped unhurt Pluellen TJtsy was shot, but not mortally wounded. John Ken nedy, father-in-law of McMillan, was killed. John McMillan was shot three times and will die. A 12-year-old niece of McMillan was killed. A 10-year-old nephew was shut in the house and burned up. Miss Bell McKenzy, a schoolteacher, boarding at McMillan's was shot twice in the neck. A Store Bobbed and Threat 31ade. They then opened McMillan's store, robbed it of what goods they wanted and left it lighted up and open, scattering shoes along the road. They remarked they would burn out and kill Dr. Brown and Frank Tate to-night Sims' daughters were dressed in men's clothing and armed with "Winchesters at Sims' house yesterday, and are supposed to be part of the seven. McMillan, the mur dered man, was the leader of the crowd that ordered the Sims gang to leave the country. The State artillery, under command of Captain Bobert Scales, will leave 3IobiIe at 1 o'clock to-night for the scene of action. Colonel'Price "Williams accompanies them. The troops will disembark at Shubuta, Miss., and will then have an overland route of 30 miles. At present the house of Bob Sims is surrounded by a posse of Sheriff Gavin, and when the artillerv arrives to morrow, which will be at 3 o'clock in the afternoop, The Dispatch correspondent will carry a flag of truce to the barricaded building. The tragedy at Bladon Springs that oc curred on August 20 was'puhlisbe'l at liat time. United States Deputy Marshal Scrib bling and others had.gone to Sims' house, and there arrested him for illicit distilling. The Tragedy at Bladon Spring. "While Stribbling was at supper Dr. A. B. Pugh, the physician at the hotel, sat chatting and eating watermelon with the guard, when a volley was suddenly fired from behind, and the doctor fell forward a corpse, shot through the back. A number of deputy revenue collectors, who had been raiding the illicit distiller ies, were at the hotel, and at the sound of the shots came out and fired on the Sims ites. In this fire Bailey Sims, son of Bob, was killed, and Jim, his brother, mortally wounded, while Bob got away with his brother, Keil Sims. The citizens of Bladon and vicinity, in censed at the murder of the innocent physi cian, took Jim Sims, the wounded man, and hanged him, cheating him out of the few hours only he had to live Later the citi zens of Choctaw county and the adjacent counties, to the nnmber of 500, marched to the Sims settlement and ordered them out of the county the family of Bob and the other Simses and their sympathizers to the number of 30. This produced a great deal of newspaper comment, Bob Sims writing several appeals to the President, the Govfer nor and the Sheriff of the county. THey were allowed to return home after some time, and this is the first sign of any out break since. The Tale Told In Telegrams. The first telegram bearing upon the mur- f ders came at 11 0 o'clock this morning, as follows. M ONTGOXEBT, ALA., Dec 25. Colonel Price "Williams, Tirst Keglment Alabama State Troops, Mobile: Have a piece of artillery and detachment ready to report to Sheriff Gavin, of Choctaw county, who has surrounded Sims' outlaws. Will advise you of 'route and so on when I hear where he la. Answer. Thomas G. Joses, Governor. The answer: Governor Jones: Telegram received. In readiness, subject to further orders. Must I have consent of Governor of Mississippi? Pbice Wiixxasis, Colonel. Colonel "Williams, Mobile: I do not know just where scene of action is. It Is 25 miles off railroad ana telegraph. Can yon And out? Thomas G. Josis, Governor. Governor Jones, Montgomery: I am advised to go by the Mobile and Ohio Bailroad to Shubuta. I have a. man familiar with the country and scene or action. Price Williams, CoIoneL The following was telegraphed at 2:25 o'clock p.m.: JI03T00MZHT, Dec. 25. Colonel Wlhlams: The Governor directs me to wire yon to get special train from Mobile and Ohio Kail road. Advise me who goes in command of detachment, and direct officer to report to him as often as possible. Wire when detach ment leaves Mobile. Chaelxs P. Joxe3, Adjutant General. The following was sent the same hour: I have wired the Governor of "Mississippi for permission. Presume it will bs granted, as you have a man familiar with the country and scene of action. Instruct officer of the detachment as to route, and as uoon as you can get readjftlet detachment move and re port to Sheriff Gavin. Not hearine from ' Gavin, and the situation being unknown, I leave Vou to Judge whether to take Ratling or rifle piece. Make every provision for comfort ot men. Thomas G. Josxs, Governor. DB. Jt'GLYHN'S LCCX. His Former Farisliioners Still Keep Up an Old Christmas' Custom. , Kew-Yobk, Dec 25. Special. It is the custom each Christmas for the P.ev. Dr. JIcGlynn's former parishioners to prejent him with a purse. On Christmas eve Dr. McGlynn met Dr. Henry Carry bv appoint ment, and Dr. Carry presented to Dr. Sl'jSJr7?? 4lli? Tear' offering, amounting to 51.930 60. Thls-is larger by several hun dred dollars tonn anv nnm numiil tn WAR NEAR MOIL I, him in former jean 4 ti. 0 f tJ ! ?1 : si t-i m i f i i 1 gk4''KBe'';Ba
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