pWfp! i-tr-. r ONE All claues of Advertisers have an opportunity to uUllxe the clas lMANTC or all kinds are supplied WHlliO throachthe ONKCKNT A WORD columns AnDI" ofTHEDIS PVTCH. Situa WtviniV. tlon arese cored quickly. The "A diets" UFI D are growing in popularity. ilfcUT. sified colnmns PCMT or THE DIS PATCH. The Utll I mull "Ads are well read. They area good A UlflDn and lore investment. " "UIIU. r PORTT-SIXTHTEAR II HALT GALLED QNJAIAR TALK AVhile Our Government Is Preparing for Peace or a Fiorlit THE GOAL OF GORE Not Reached for With Avidity by the. Department Chiefs. POSSIBILITY OF WAR ADMITTED,. But the Administration Will Move Slowly in the Matter. Defeat at the Hands of an Insignificant Foe Would Be Too Humiliating1 No Bragging Heard in Washington Now adaysA Significant Conference With Those Who Hold the Reins of War The Cruise of the San Francisco Senor Montt and Secretary Blaine Continue Their Conferences Evidence in the Valparaiso Affair Yet Being Taken at San Francisco. ISrECIAL TELEGIlArniC LETTER.! Bureau of The DisrATCH, . Washington. D. a. Dec. 2S. While a faint suspicion may attach to the war talk of the day that much oi it is due to a desire of newspaper correspondents to work the Chilean trouble for all it is worth during the dull days of the Congressional recess, that there is yet a very substantial possibility of war cannot be ignored or laughed down, as the officials of the State and Navy Departments would have done it if they could. If what is in everybody's mouth must be discuss-ed by the press, the reporters are certainly excusable for devoting a good deal of space to the subject, for nothing else is talked of now. It may be mere gossip, so far as this particular war flurry is concerned, and peter out in the regulation nine days. It may be an exag geration of surface indications which in a very short time will develop a genuine lead of exciting news. A Probability of War Recognized. It seems to me that a justification of war talk is not to be found so much in real or alleged movements in War, State and Navy Department circle, as in the reason ing induced by the relations of the two rHDtris, and while Acting -Secretary Soley, of the Navy Department, and other hish officials of other departments declare the sensational reports to be nonsense, it is well known to those to whom these same officials talk somewhat confidently in private that thev clearly recognize a proba bility of war. But in the midst of all this courageous talk of battle with a good deal of nonsense and braggadacio intermixed, it becomes more and more probable that the closer the administration gets to the goal ot gore the slower will be its movements. Not so Much Brag Heard Now. Not a tithe of the bravery or brag which was heard in administration circles a few weeks ago is heard now. The closer the naval fight bears down upon them, the more wary they become, and where a few weeks ago they teemed almost spoiling for a fight, they are now clearly anxious to do all in their power to avoid one, even at the rik ol becoming to an extent an object for the gibes of foreigners who never could quite persuade themselves iuto a condition of admiration for America. A gentleman who probably knows as much in regard to the opinions of the inner administration as anyone said to me to-day: No one who lias not made the keenest Hudy of the subject w ith very elaborate in foimation at his command can understand how the difficulties in the way of the suc cessful prosecution of a war with Chile have prow n us the come nearer to the eye. In their remotenes:- only the insignificance of Chile in itself was apparent, and it seemed an easy matter to "do her up," as they s.iy In sportinprciicles. But it is a fact liowiec osnized that the is almost impregnable on account of the very isolation from civiliza tion which lenders her insignificant, and even if this weie not the case it is a serious question whether the Chilean navy would not have an equal, if not superior, chance were the fight to take place in waters equally accessible to both countries. Drfe.it 'Would Ho Too nominating. To be defeated would bo f.ir more humi liating than to pocket the somewhat in significant affront which is now the only ground of dispute, and to end the matter by refusing diplomatic intercourse and trust to arbitration or time to restore, a measure or good feeling. It might be a very brave thing to fight. To my mind it would be bra cr to refuse, and certainly much safer and less expensive. Admitting that a fight must be had to "vindicate our insulted honor," possibly the best suggestion that has been made, and the only feasible plan for a successful war, is to hack Peru in a demand for the lecessionor territory taken from her by Chile. That would be the severest blow that Chile could be dealt, but it w ould end by involving us in complications with South American po litical parties in a way that might lead to great disaster in tho future. I would con clude the useless broil by cabling l'at Kgan to come home and devote his rcmaikable talent for statecraft to the establishment of a diplomatic kindergarten, and would po litely intorm Senor Pedro Jlontt, the Chil ean .Minister heic, that he would be wel come to remain in Washington to the end of his da j s, and give endless dinners, but not as a recognized representative of his coun try. The Best Way to Attain Greatness. I would also commend to all administra tions that they keep their fingers fioni get ting burnt in the petty, endless quarrel of South American Republics. Tno best way to make our own country gieater is to give all our attention to its development inter nally, to irrigation of arid lands, and to in ciease of facilities for cheap communication and transportation. This view is from one of the ablest and thoughtful men in public life, and one who has much influence in affairs of the ad ministration. Another view from a nat al officer who be lieves that Chilean popularity and army and navy sentiment and conduct may force war, gives the following suggestions in re gard to the refusal of the administration authorities to admit any probability of preparations for war: The strenuous efforts that are being made to choke oft the war talk cannot but have some object, and I think I can see1 that object in a theory that I have formed. It is generally thought that President Montt is friendly to the United States, but that he is surrounded by u cabinet of men who are eager for a brush with us. The whole tone of the country Is unmistakably hostile. Montt realizes the uselessness of a war with the United St tes, and is really anxious to avoid trouble. But he is in a dangerous position. Chilean Politicians for War. The main factors in Chilean politics are the army and navy, and just at present tbey are very eager for any crisis tending to in crease their prestige and maintain their or ganization, which the reformers in Chile are Just now endeavoring to 1 educe to a peace basis. A peace basis merely means a reduction of the importance of the armv and navy as political elements, and this is the local issue. The Cabinet is run by these two services, and Montt himself, an officer of the nary, is open to the most potent influences for war. He is being drawn one way by lm good sense and another by his fear of a po litical complication that "may throw him out of office. Chilean internal peace is not yet assured, and I have private advices from Valparaiso to the effect that the army and navy are bordering on a state of revolt against tho new regime. Montt, harassed by these conflicting in fluences, cannot afford to be forced into an attitude of bending to the superior force of tho United States. It would be latal to him as head ot the Republic. He therefoi e tem porizes in the hope of getting a foothold, and meanwhile ho intimates to the United States that he cannot possibly apologize under pressure He suggests that if this Government should haul in its horns and stop talking war he will be in a position to secure a favorable reply to its demands. Otherwise he cannot answer for the conse quence. This Government sees the wisdom of the suggestion, and, while going ahead with a measure of caution, makes an endeavor to choke off the tone or belligerenco that has suddenly been heard from the whole coun try. I can see no other reason. A Significant Conference neld. In the midst of these denials it was cer tainly somewhat amusing to see assembled, almost simultaneously, at the office of Sec retary Tracy to-day the following dis tinguished gentlemen: Senator Allison, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ap propriations; Senator Cameron, Chairman ot the Committee on Naval Affairs; Senator Butler, a member of the same committee; Senators Frye and Hale. Chief Constructor Wilson, ot the Naval Bureau of Construc tion; Chief Engineer Melville, Captain Phillips, who is to command the new cruiser New York; Xiieutenant Mason, executive officer of the same vessel; Commodore Fol ger, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau; Com mander Chadwick, and lastly, Mr. Charles Cramp, the shipbuilder. This peculiar aggregation of gentlemen, engaged either in the art of war or in furnishing the sinews and accoutermenls of war, may have been the result of accident, but if the administration desires to choke off war talk, as our naval friend suggests, not more than one such as these should be permitted to come within the precincts of the Secretary's office at any one time. LlGHTNEn. PREPARING FOR ANYTHING. WAR AND PKACE ARE BO Til TO BE ANTICIPATED. George Washington's 3Iaxim tho Motto of Department Officials Navy Yard Offi cers Deny There Is TJnusml Activity In Their Work Montt and Blaine Con ferring. -. AVAfcHIKCTOir, D.C., Dec 2& vo withstanding to-day's signs of official activ ity and the reports that are printed of un usual work at the navy yards, the officials of the Navy Department deny that there is the least speck of a war cloud in the diplo matic horizon. Assistant Secretary Soley says that he lias already expressed his views as to the navy yard work. When asked where the San Francisco is bound he'de clined to give a definite answer, but when he was reminded that the last time she Went out for "gun practice," as reported by the department, she had next been heard of at "Valaparaiso, he said that the vessel had no orders for Chile. A naval officer who should know, when asked if the cruiser was bound for Acapulco, replied that she would not go as far South as Mexico. He also stated that the Baltimore was now probably North of Panama, on her way to San Francisco. Commodore Folger, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau, added to the general denials by saying that there was no unusual activity at the naval gun factory. Cramp's I'orce Not All at Work. Mr. Cramp also insisted that his force was not working faster or longer than usual. He said he had received no instructions from the department to hurrv the work on the naval vessels now building at his yards. Commodore Wilson, the chief constructor, had gone over to Philadelphia to inspect the progress of the naval work, and on Satur day had not found a single man of the 3,000 employes, at work. Moreover, Mr. Cramp did not believe that half ot his force was at work to-day, as they were keeping the holi day season. At the Department of State matters moved along in the usual serene fashion, and there was not a trace of warlike ex citement. The officials say that nothing has been heard from Minister Egan since the 23d inst. Why he didn't attend President Montt's inauguration Saturday they did not know, and doubted the correctness of the re port to that effect. At the War Department neither Acting Secretary Grant nor Major General Scho field, who would certainly be in position to know, had any information of an intention to appoint General Miles to command the army in the event of war with Chile. In fact, the only sign of warlike preparation at the Executive Department consisted in an order issued Saturday tor immediate preparation of the new 12-inch gun, just completed at the navy yard here, for trans portation to California, together with 42,000 pounds of prismatic powder and 11,000 six inch shells. Montt Confers Again With Blaine. Senor Montt, the Chilean Minister, called at the Department of State at noon. He was immediately shown into Secretary Blaine's private office, and bad an inter view with the Secretary. It was impossi ble to get more than a hint of what passed between the Secretary and the Minister during the interview, but that is probably sufficient to warrant the supposition thai matters are not proceeding in a manner as satisfactory to the Government of the United States as could be desired. Not withstanding the fact that Secretary Blaine is now dealing almost directly with the Chilean Minister instead of with hi3 Government through the intervention ot Minister Egan, it doesnot appear that the result lias been a saving of time, and there is reason to suspect that the Secretary is chafing at the delay he encounters in secur ing a hnal response to the representations made by this Government concerning the attack upon the Baltimore's men. During the afternoon Representatives Lodge and Boutelle called at the Navy De partment. They are both Republican mem bers of the House Committee on Naval Af fairs, the Chairman of which, Representa tive Herbert, is absent from the city. Getting Ready Tor Whatever Happens. Unless the House of Representatives re curs to the old Randall rules the Naval Committee will retain in its charge all mat ters relating to appropriations for the naval service, while in the Senate the concurrent action of the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Naval Affairs is usually necessary to secure provision for any naval expenditures. Secretary Tracy has been in communication with members of each of these committees during the day, but with what purpose is not definitely known. An officer of the department, speaking of the consultations, said: "It means just this that we are abiding by George Washington's maxim In time of peace, prepare for war.' We do not be lieve there will be war, but if the. adminis tration failed to exercise all of its power in the matter of preparation, it would be open to severe criticism if hostilities actually ensue." . News reached the Navy Department this afternoon that the cruiser San Francisco had arrived at San Diego, CaL, and was at anchor in the harbor. It was rumored that she would await the Charleston at that place and transfer to the latter vessel cer tain munitions of war which she carried from San Francisco. The Cruise of the San Francisco. A telegram from San Diego, Cal., says: The United States steamship San Francisco, which left San Francisco Saturday, arrived here yesterday and entered port. The trip was made direct without stopping at Monte rey as expected. Rear Admiral Brown said: "I shall stay here in San Diego harbor until the Secretary of the Navy orders us away. We are ready to sail on three hours' notice, but may remain three weeks. All depends on our orders from Washington. The ship is equipped for a three years cruise, and we have 100 rounds of ammunition for each gun. Besides this -we have 300 or 400 for other ships." "What other ships?" was asked. "Well, we may meet some other ships that will want some ammunition," was the only answer. It is inferred that the Charleston, now on her way from Honolulu to Acapulco, is to meet the San Francisco here and to take on extra ammunition. The Baltimore is also coming north from Chilean waters, and may want ammunition. While the othcers refuse to state future plans, it is easy to learn that the vessel is ready for any emergency. The cruiser made the run of 500 miles from San Francisco in 36 hours. RUSHING W0BK OH T0EPED0ES. The Hotchklss Company Hustling to Com plete a Government Contract. Phovidexce, R. I., Dec. 2S. Special. The Hotchkiss Ordnance Company, a branch of a foreign corporation located in this city, is rushing the manufacture of the Howell torpedo.in anticipation of trouble with Chile. About two years ago the United States Government placed an order with this com pany for 30 ot the Howell torpedoes, pro vided they came up to certain prescribed tests. Tiiese tests have been recently made and approved. Since the talk of war with Chile began the Government has asked that 13 of the torpedoes be completed as soon as possible. Officers of the company are somewhat non committal as to the time necessary for the completion of the order but say no work can be delivered under two months. These tor pedoes cost about ?2,800 each. It is claimed they will not vary a loot from touching the point aimed at, and that no vessel could withstand the shock of their explosion. STILL GATHERING EVIDENCE Of tho Treatment or Americans by the Chileans at Valparaiso. San Ekancisco, Dec. 28. United States Attorney Carter to-day continued taking depositions concerning the treatment by the Chileans at Valparaiso of Patrick Shields, fireman of the American steamship Keweenaw. Thevdepositions of,.Chief Engineer M,il com Abel, Blaisdell, "second maie; William Alexander, oiler, and one or two others have been taken, and will be sent to Wash ington. When the cruiser Baltimore comes in additional testimony, it is stated, will be taken. H. T. Scott, of the Union Iron Works, said to-day that no instructions to hasten work on the coast defense vessel Monterey had been received, though dispatches from Washington indicated such instructions might be given, owing to the present Chilean situation. The vessel could be ready for service in short order, if the Gov ernment would only send on the needed armor plates. AN EMBARRASSED LAWYER. Sawtelle's Counsel in a Quandary He Has a Murderer's Skull That Grins Continu ally nt Him ;A Corpse Also on His Hands Driven to Despair. Boston, Dec. 28. Special. There is a ludicrous side to the last chapter of the Sawtelle tragedy which is even more prom inent just now than the tragic features. Lawyer Edgerly, Isaac Sawtelle's counsel, finds himself embarrassed by a wealth of gruesome objects, and he does not know quite yet where the body of his late client wiil rest. Not only Isaac's body but Hiram's head is embarrassing Mr. Edgerly. The head is a perfect Jonah for the legal gentleman from New Hampshire, and he is getting tired of "seeing the skull of his client brought here reposing at his office in its leather case. Mr. Edgerly has been pere grinating between New Hampshire and Boston for several days. He wanted Isaac to give his body to Harvard College. Perhaps Mr. Edgerly thought Harvard would take that head, too, but Isaac in sisted that he must lie beside his "dead brother." So the last of the week Mr. Edgerly applied to the trustees of Forest Hills for permission. They said no. Then Mr. Edgerly besought the Mount Hope cemetery omciais to take Isaac s corpse on his hands. They, too, refused to have the murderer's body in their cemetery. Hirman's wife positively refuses to have Isaac buried anywhere near her husband. She won't even permit the grave to be opened to receive Hiram's fleshless skull. Lawyer Edgerly is in despair. He promised to perform a friendly act for his deceased client, and now he has a veritable elephant on his hands in the shape of a corpse of one man and the skull of another. He doesn't know what to do with them. MIKE SURE TO BE LYNCHED. The Murderer of Conductor Paramore Cannot Escape His Fnrsurers. IEESnuEG, Fla., Dec 28. Special. There are a thousand and one reports con cerning the capture and lynching of Mike, the negro murderer of Conductor Paramore, but eo far nothing definite can be learned. The entire population of the county is aroused, and all are hunting for the murderer. If caught he will be lynched. Many think he is being harbored by negroes living in the country, and that several of their secret societies will aid in his escape The negroes are greatly excited and will not listen to reason. The armed posses uow out mean business, and if the armed negroes interfere they will pay the penalty. One More of Sims' Gang Lynched. Shubuta, Miss., Dec 28. The latest member of the Sims family to fall into the hands of the mob was John. He was here tofore snpposed to be out of the gang, but a letter found implicated him, and he was arrested and prob ably lynched. Jim Mosely succeeded in provipg his innocence and the vigilantes let himgo. Mrs. Sims was also released, as she said she acted solely on compulsion. Neal Sims has not been heard from. PZTTSBimG, TUESDAY, 11 BR00KSJAW IX, Bungling legislators Endan ger the- Chances of Li- cense Applicants by Aff IGNOKAtfT BLUNDEB. They Confuse Dates and Amend the Wrong Liquor Law. SALOON KEEPERS ARE IN A RAGE. License Court JudgesslTay Throw Out All the Applications. THE LOCAL STATESMEN CONFOUNDED The last session of Pennsylvania's model Legislature did little work, and what little work it did do was done in a blundering, ignorant way. The work of the Legislature in amending the liquor laws of the State has endangered the chances of every applicant for license, as a technical blunder has been discovered that threatens no end of confusion to license applicants and the license judges of the State On June 19, 1891, au act intending to amend the Brooks liquor law was approved by Governor Pattison. The act was enti tled "An act to restrain and regulate the sale of vinous, spirituous, malt or brewed liquors or any admixture thereof, ap proved the twenty-fourth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hnndred and eighty-seven, which provides as fol lows:" The Old and the New. Nlntbr-The names of no less than two reputable freeholders of the ward or town ship where the liquor Is to be sold, who will be his, her or their sureties on the bond which is required and a statement that each of said sureties is a bona ilde owner of real estate in tho said county worth, over and above all incumbrances, the sum of $2,000 and that it would sell for that much at pub lic sale and that he is not engaged in the manufacture of spirituous, vinous, malt or brewed liquors" be and the same Is hereby amended so It shall read as follows: Ninth The names of no less than two reputable freeholders of the countywhere the liquors is to be sold, who will be his or hor or their sureties on the bond which is required, and a statement that each of saVa sureties is a bona fide owner of real estate In said county worth, over and above nil in cumbrances, the sum of $2,000, and that it wonld sell for that much at public sale, and that he is not engaged In the manufacture of spirituous, vinous, malt or browed liquors: Provided that when any person is surety on more than one bond, ho shall certify that he is worth $4,000. over and above all Incum brances and over and above any previous bond or bonds he may be on as surety. No Sncli Inr Kilsts. There was no liquor law approved on May 2t, 1887. The Brooks, law was ap proved May 13, 1837. W.hile the intention and.purpose of the Legislature w as to amend the Brooks law, the act which it really did amend wai 'J An act to restrain nodTaiJ'Woitde-aibig. log floating down with the the sale of "vinous and .spirituous, malt ,6rTtideV He'appear'ed to enjoy the situation. brewed liqnors or any admixture thereofby wholesale, approved .June si, lorn, just ten days before the amendment to it was ap proved. The bungling work of Pennsylvania's law makers was discovered yesterday by Attorney William Hunter, who accidental ly saw alicense application which had just been printed for distribution among the pro posed applicants for license by Clerk of Courts McGunnigle. The Clerk of Courts had followed the law as it appeared on the statute books. He had prepared the appli cation as is required by lawj printing upon it the title of the act governing applicants. Mr. Hunter promptly discovered that no liquor law of the State had been approved on May 24. He called Mr. McGunnigle's attention to the discovery and the Clerk of Courts rushed promptly to the court for information. He found Judge Ewing and placed the complicated case in his hands. The Judge had little informa tion on the subject to give. Possibility of A Remedy. He believed that the Judges granting licenses could rule that the intention of the Legislature should be accepted rather than the confused and contradictory law as it was framed. He thought, however, that the Judges who will sit in the next License Court should make a ruling in the case be fore the applications for license are given out or before the applicants are placed in a position where these applications are thrown out of court on a technicality. For the Clerk of Court to prepare the applications in accordance with the law as it stands would, it is argued, make them void, as the law upon which they have been prepared is no law at all. To frame them on the ground that the Legislature meant what it didn't say and said what it didn't mean would be sufficient ground for the Court to throw all applications out, and to refuse to grant a license in any county in the State " The local saloon keepers were confounded las night when the blundering woik of the Legislature was explained to them. Nearly every one of them flew off into a rage and vigorously denounced the Legislature. They could suggest no way out of the complica tion, however. The local members of the Senate and House of Representatives refused to talk on the subject. Some of them argued that the whole thing was a misprint in the law, but none of them could explain why the whole salers act was amended instead of the Brooks act, as intended. The Clerk Wants a Ruling. Clerk McGunnigle attempted to see the Judges who will hold the next License Court to get their opinion on the subject or to secure a ruling that will guide him in preparing the license applications. He was unable to find the Judges, however. Be will secure the rul ing at the earliest possible time. Among the lawyers yesterday it was given out that under the circumstances the Judges could refuse to consider any appli cations for license if they were so minded and nothing could be legally done in the premises until the next meeting of the legislature. BUNGLING W0BK AT A HOSPITAL That May Iend to an Investigation of the Institution. Cincinnati, Dec 28. Special Sal vator Gighatti died at the City Hospital, Christmas morning, attcr a long illness. It is said the body was not yet cold when it was hustled off to the operating room, where the stomach was ripped open and other1 openings made. The incisions were bungingly sewed together. The whole affair was so wretchedly done that the un dertaker demurred against handling the body when he came to bury it yesterday, but finally started with it to the church. But a few squares on the way, a blood-like fluid began to full from the hearse, and a crimson trail marked the entire way to the buTch. when the floor of the hearse was DECEMBER 29. 1891. covered with the same matter. As the coffin was lifted out, the matter ran in a torrent, staining the steps in a great broad band. The priest would not allow the remains to be taken beyond the vestibule, and a hurried service "was held there while the blood flowed steadily on the floor until it touched the feet of priest and mourners. Several persons were so overcome that they had to be assisted away. The hospital has been a hotbed of scandals lately, under its present management, and this may precipi tatc an investigation. BACK TO HIS FIRST LOVE. AN AMERICAN CONSUL SWEARS LEGIANCE TO QUEEN VIC. AI Major Jones, a Republican Appointee to Be Consuls te at Cardiff, Turns Tree Trader He Ceases to He an American to Become an English 31. I. John Jar- rett's Surprise. A personal letter containing a remarkable piece of news was received by Assistant Postmaster A. J. Edwards yesterday from Hon. John Jarrett, United States Consul at Dirmingham, England. The assistant post master and Consul Jarrett have been inti mate friends for years, and, since the ap pointment of the latter to his present posi tion, 'have kept up a friendly correspond ence. In the letter received yesterday Mr. Jarrett tells of the unusual action of Major Jones, late United States Consul at Cardiff, Wales; who resigned his position as Consul, renounced his allegiance to the United States Government and has taken the oath of loyalty to Queen Victoria in order to gain the privilege of being a candidate for the British Parliament. Jones is a Pcnnsylv&nian, though a Welshman by birth, and wag appointed Consul to Cardiff from the anthracite re gions. No information has ever been re ceived of his traitorous action from the Gov ernment officials, and, as far as can be learned, his resignation has not been made public, if it has been formally received. Mr. Jarrett is considerably incensed over his former countryman's action, as his reference to it in his letter to Mr. Edwards shows. He says: "lam pained to tell you that Major Jones, late Consul at Cardiff, has renounced his United States citizenship, sworn alle giance to Queen Victoria and is now a Brit ish subject again. He was born in Wales and became a United States citizen like my self. I hate, therefore, to know that he has gone back, and that direct from holding a United States Government position as Con sul. However, rest assured, dear friend, that there is no prize in this country can ever win me from my proud estate as Amer ican citizen. "Major Jones was a good man, a straight out Republican, but after he came here he became a mugwump and later a free trader. He also hates Mr. Blaine, and on these lines he got to be immensely popular here. At last he completely lost his head by being offered the candidacy for member of Parlia ment for the boroughs of Llanelly and Car marthen as a Gladstonian follower, to nccept which he renounced forever, it ap pears, his United States citizenship and swore allegiance to Queen Victoria. Hurrah for the flag of the stars!" A CRANK ON A LOG. He Thought the World Was Coming to an End and He Was Bound to Be Saved A Hard Job for New York Policemen for Awhile. New Yoek, Dec 28. Special Two citizens crossing Newton creek shortly after daybreak this morning saw an old man and was waving a white rag tied to a thick club, as if it were a flag. A telephone message to police headquarters sent patrol wagons with policemen to the Grand street "bridge. The creek is neither very wide nor very deep, but it is deep enough to drown the tallest policeman on the force, and ill smelling enough to suffocate the entire de partment. So it was not until the end of the log grounded that the police mustered courage to advance to the rescue or at tack. Policeman O'Connor tried to attract the attention of the madman, while Gallagher crept along the log to seize him from behind. The scheme did not work, because the log turned over, and policeman and maniac were tumbled into the liquid which forms the reek. Gallagher was pulled ashore, while the maniac regained his seat on the log and hooted his derision of the bluecoats. He had lost his club and flag, and the police now attacked him en masse. He was soon placed in the patrol wagon. , At Bedford avenue station he said the world was coming to an end, and that the earth would be swallowed up in the water. He had taken up a residence on the water for security. He gave his name as Johu Johnson, and his age as 55 years. He said he had no home or friends. Justice Goet ting committed him for examination as to his sanity. GBAVES' LAWYEB HAKES A MISTAKE. He Tries to Impeach an Unsatisfactory Witness He Introduced Himself. Denver, Dec 28. The rigorous cross examination ot Dr. Graves, the defendant in the Barnaby poisoning case, was finished to-day. The defense then caused a slight surprise by introducing Daniel Smith as a witness. Smith was the hostler who cared,, for Mr. Worrell's buggy the night it coni' tained the bottle of whisky for Mrs. Bar naby. Smith has previously appeared as a witness for the prosecution and then swore that he had not tampered with the package containing the bottle while it was in the livery stable. Contrary to the expectations of the defense, he reiterated his statements that he had not opened the package. The defense then introduced three wit nesses to impeach Smith's testimony, but did not succed to any great extent. E. It. Bertram swore that Smith had told him that he had taken a drink from the bottle of whisky while it was in the stable, and that it was good whisky. Bertram, on cross examination, admitted he had been under arrest three times on different charges. The other two witnesses testified that Smith had told them that the bottle could have been tampered with while in the stable A BANK B0BBEB UNPAED0NED. Governor Russell Refutes Clemency to Jimmy Dunlap, the Sate-Cracker. Boston, Dec 28. Special Jimmy Dunlap, the Northampton Bank robber, is not to be pardoned after all, but must live in hope that the two remaining years of his sentence may be remitted to him next year. Late this afternoon Governor Russell said, that, notwithstanding the facts regarding Dunlap's case, on accouut of the division ot opinion within and without the council, he did not think it wise 'to pardon him, but thought the matter should be referred to the next council and acted upon by them. This postpones the pardon for several months at least Fidelity Harper Fails to Get a Pardon. Washington, D. C, Dec 28, The President to-day denied the application for pardon in the case of Harper, who was con victed on a charge of embezzlement ofj funds ot the .Fidelity savings Bank ot Cin cinnati, sentenced in 1887 to ten years' imprisonment. A PLOTjn-OIJND leads to the Arrest of Some Aristocratic Patriots Who Want to KILL THE CETJEL CZAB. The Frontiers Closely Watched for Fleein? Leaguers. A LONDON BAK0N GATHERED IN. Chalk Sold for Flour to the Starving Eussian Peasantry. CEIMES THAT SHOCK CIVILIZATION Bt. Petersburg, Dec 28. The police have been displaying much activity of late, more particularly in Russian Poland, and a very large number of arrests have been made. One of the arrested persons at Warsaw was the Polish historian Vladivos lav Smolensky. The charges against the persons taken into custody are not known, but it was surmised they were in some way implicated in designs against the Govern ment, or, in other words, that they were plotting against the life of the Czar. This surmise has proved to be correct, for it has transpired to-day that7 arrests were the result of the disc . x. the existence of a secret league, ff.ff '&?- wnicn is to assassinate tne iza.- . police, upon learning of the existen- the league, carefully and patiently ioj- lowed up the clews that had come into their possession, and learned that the ramifica tions of the conspiracy spread to every part of Russian Poland. The league was not composed entirely of people belonging to the lower classes, but included mahv offi cials of the civil government,- military officers and a large number of students. A Heavy Hani of Big Fish. It is not known how many persons have been taken into custody in connection with this latest plot, but enough has come to light to show that the haul made by the secret police has been.very extensive. It is thought that many of the persons connected with the conspiracy have taken fright at the knowledge of their plans held by the police, and that they will seek safety by flight from the country. The authorities, however, are said to be well informed as to the movements of every one in any way connected with the plots, and orders have been issued that the Aus trian and German frontiers be closely watched for people ho may attempt to leave the country without requisite Govern ment permission. It is believed that fur ther arrests will shortly be made at the frontiers, A dispatch from Mitua, capital of Cour land, states that the police have arrested Baron Hahn, a well-known Londoner, for tearing down the Imperial coat-of-arms which stood over the door of the Court House at that place. Mitua, which is situ atcdonthe.Riyer As, which is crossed by a, bridge of boats, has a population of about. 30,000, half of whom are Germans. Baron Hahn was subsequently tried and convicted, and was sentenced to four months' impris onment. Selling Chalk for Flour. The scandal arising from the discovery of adulterated flour here is apt to make trouble for a number of people. The consignment comprised 300,000 poods (97,800,000 English pounds) of barley flour which had been pur chased from dealers in Libaa with the view to regulate, the price of wheat in the St. Petersburg market, as well as to afford re lieftothe famine sufferers. An investigation proved that the entire consignment had been adulterated with chalk dust and other substances. To make certain of the nature of the adulterations employed, the Government officials had a quantity of the so-called flour subjected to a chemical analysis. This dssclosed the fact that several substances had been used for adulterating the flour, and that they com prised such a large portion of the consign ment that the use of the alleged flour would have,constituted a very dangerous menace to the health, if not the lives, of those who partook of it. Several samples of the adulterated prod uct have been procured by the Noiievo Vrctnya and are displayed in the office of that paper. In speaking of the gigantic lraud "the Swteeo Vremya remarks that if such frauds can be perpetrated in the capital of the Empire, the appalling accounts that have been received of similar crimes in the famine stricken provinces cannot be exag gerated, as some persons are disposed to believe. BELLE BILT0H A BIG BUG NOW. The Arrival of Two Heirs Seems to Insure Her Social Recognition. London, Dec 28. The Countess Clan carty, who was formerly well known as Belle Bilton, the concert hall sieger, be came the mother of twins yesterday morn ing. Both of the children are bo vs. These births amply prpvidc for the direct succes sion to the Earldom of Ciancartv and the several other titles which belong to the holder of the Earldom. Friends of the Countess are more than delighted for it is believed that the event will lead to a complete reunion ot the family, the relations of which were badly strained by the marriage of the present Earl, who was then Viscount Dunlo, to the well known concert hall singer. These friends also believe that the births will re sult in the social recognition of the Countess, an' event which she has long, and thus far hopelessly, looked forward to. AN0TEEB BATTLE NEAB PAMIR. British Forces Captnro a Second Fort on the Disputed Frontier. Calcutta, Dec 28. A dispatch from Gilgit, on the Cashmere frontier, states that the British forces have made a forward movement against the Hunza and Nagar tribesmen, and they have captured another fort a short distance from the fort of Nilt, the strongly fortified position which re cently fell into the hands of the British after a desperate struggle. This advance movement was probably made some, little time ago, as news from Gilgit takes some days to reach India. Gladstone on tho Eabor Question. London, Dec. 28. Mr. Gladstone, re plying to a correspondent inquiring the position of the labor questiou in Parlia ment if the Irish members 'are withdrawn, says: "The fear that British labor will be unable to fight its own battle without the Irish members, is entirely visionary. Nor do I know that the Irish members will with draw under home rule" Berlin Sentries Fire Upon Citizens. Berlin, "Dec 28. The press of this city indignantly demands that a change be made UNCT.E SAM'S PRESENT OCCUPATION. in the laws permitting sentries to fire upon citizens. Another case of this kind oc curred in the Oranienburger Strasse yester day, making the fifth within three years. Fortunately in this latest case the bullet missed the citizen and lodged in a shop window. LEO DEPOSES rOLCHI. .The Manager of the Pope's Finances Falls ijq . y0 ., to Answexv23 Questions. E. Deo8)C -It has now been decided 'n,, .f , -TiTi, vi TU7iitr de Chnmbre. isXJr yr. 4nted Jlajor uomo, ana inai il'sr. v? z'no. canon of St. Peter, will V IJt KWK . I y j r r...! Ri.li An tf A succecu v ,. -mgr- -uauu, iiauu v ..- sinio,will be nominated to succeed Cardinal Sepiacci as Secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. Mgr. Mauri be longs to the Order of St. Dominic, and was prominent during the pontificate of Pius XL The exemplary deposition of Monsignor Folchi, from hi position of prelate and Vice Camerlingue of the Apostolic Chamber, is considered an evident sign of the inex actitude of the past administration. This degradation is the result of the report of the Extraordinary Commission of Cardinals ap pointed to inquire, into the financial position of the Holy See. The com mission's report was approved by the Pope. The regular administration of Peter's pence and of the Vatican finances will henceforth be entrusted to a commis sion of seven Cardinals. The deficit brought about through the mismanagement of Mgr. Folchi amounts to between 18,000,000 and 23,000,000 lire. Mgr. Folchi was unable to reply to 23 questions regarding his adminis tration put to him by the commission. A LIVELY SCRAMBLE, PLUMB'S HEATH LEAVING A GOOD COMMITTEE VACANCY. A Number of Senators Anxious to Succeed Him Dissatisfaction With the Auto crats Now at the Committee's Head How Thev Have Held On. Washington, D. C, Dec 28. Special. The death of Senator Plumb left a vacan cy upon the Committee on Appropriations, for which there will be a very lively scram ble. Indeed, the contest has already begun, and conferences take place daily between Senators who are grooming various candi dates. There has been for many years great dis satisfaction with the autocrat power of this committee, and this feeling is now more than ever bitter. The Senators from the Northwestern States who have no represen tative npon the committee have joined with their colleagues in seniority who have for yeara complained of the autocracy of the committee. Senator Pettigrew is being urged as the candidate of the Northwest for the place made vacant by Mr. Plumb's death, and, in connection with his candi dacy, the smoldering fires of the feud have broken out afresh. Senators Allison, Dawes and Hale are now the autocrats of the committee whose reign has been lone and unbroken, their new Republican colleagues being Senators Cullom and Stewart. The latter is a new member, having been placed on the com mittee at the opening of the present session as the result of a fight such as the friends of Mr. Pettigrew and other amibitious Sena tors are now renewing. Mr. Stewart forced himself on the com mittee by making a hot fight. There was no vacancy, but he would not yield his claims, and so the membership wa3 in creased from nine to ten, making it stand six Republicans to four Democrats. The Republican Senators on tho committee now want to leave the vacancy unfilled, and thus keep the membership at nine. To do this, however, they will have to stand up against a strong attacking .outside. Several influential Senators, who have held their seats for several years, but who have been unable to counteract the power of the Appropriation Committee, are actively endeavoring to eflect a combination to break that power down. One plan contemplates distributing the appropriation bills among the various committees, as is the practice in the House. Another is to increase the membership to 21, in order to make a more general representa tion. There are a large number of Senators who are quite ready to join any combina tion looking to the breaking down of the autocratic committee, and they think that now.for the first time in several years they have a fair prospect of success. SAD FA IE OF A SHABOft GIRL. Death Far From llomr, in en Almshouse at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Dec. 28. Special. Investigations are being made by the Coro ner's officials into the death of Frankie Al berts, a young girl whose sudden demise at the almshouse hospital yesterday appears to be the result of malpractice. The girl was brought to the institution about a week ago. On Saturday, finding she was about to die, she confided the story of her life, which is the old one of a woman's love and mis placed confidence, to Father McElhone, her spiritual adviser, to whom she gave her name as MaryEranccs Alberts, stating her father was a well-to-do farmer at Sharon, Pa. The latter was notified at once of his daughter's critical condition, and tele graphed to send her home if it was possible to move her. When the answer was re ceived the girl was dead, and in answer to a second telegram to that effect, Mr. Alberts wired that he would be on to claim hi daughter's body. All Salts Against Hooy OfT. New York, Dec 28. The action of Henry Sanford, as President of the Adams Express Company, against John Hoey, was discontinued todav and the attachment granted in October has been vacated. THREE CENTS IS Jhat the Local Animals Will Be Stirred Tip to the Fighting Point if GEAHAM. IS APPOINTED. J. Marshall Wright Out Hustling for Chairman Kerr's Place. A CHARGE OF BRIBERY LN OHIO. The Market Price for legislative Totes Set at $3,000. PREPARATIONS FOE LOCAL" PEIilAKLES Trcsident Harrison has written a Pitts burg politician assuring him that W. H. Graham, of Allegheny, will not be ap pointed Collector of Internal Revenue to succeed Samuel D. Warmcastle, removed. The President did not indicate who would receive the appointment or who stood within the shadow of the Executive's favor, but there was no uncertainty about his op position to Mr. Graham. Mr. Graham said yesterday that he wa3 still hopeful of getting the place. "When in Washington recently," said he, "the Commissioner of Internal Revenue told me that my papers were the best ever filed in the department. If I do not gettha appointment I am proud of my substantial indorsement." The friends of George W. Miller believo that he will be named as a compromise can didate They believe, however, that delay in the appointment will be dangerous to him. Anybody bnt an Alleshenlan. "Mr. Warmcastle's successor will ba chosen from some part of the district outside of Allegheny county," the gentleman who received the letter from the President said yesterday. "The President in his letter in? dicated nothing of the kind to me, but his sound political judgment, and his disposi tion to keep out of factional entanglements, prompt me in my belief. Mr. Harrison is not likely to turn down Colonel Stone's man, Graham, and then give the place to a Pittsburg man. Ex-Senator Hood, of In diana county, seems to be in a good position to be struck by the President's lightning. "R. A. Fulton Lyon, of Greensbnrg, is now a likelv candidate. The claim of Westmoreland county is well founded. The Republicans out there have had a long up-hill strugle, but they have at last gotten the county into the Republican line, or at least to a point where the two parties have about an equal show for winning, but Mr. Lyon, as I understand it, does not have the indorsement of Colonel Huff, who is the Congressman of that district, and in that way is handicapped in the fight that might otherwise be easy for him. tyon and Hood Yet In It. "Colonel Hnffis not opposed to the ap pointment of .Lyon, but he had indorsed another applicant -before Lyon' became a candidate for the place. It now looks as though the fight was between Lyon and Hood, because the Allegheny couuty peo ple seem to be out of it entirely." It was explained yesterday that the oppo sition to Mr. Graham in Allegheny was not based on any unfriendly feeling for Mr. Graham, but an effort on the part of the op position to Colonel Stone to keep the ap pointment away from one who they claim might use the widespread patronage of the office to strengthen, the Colonel politically. It is also argued that Mr. Graham is wealthy and he does not need the office. OHIO IDEA IN POLITICS. Foraker Managers Claim S5,000 Was Of fered for a Single Vote for Sherman The First or a Lot of Such Stories to Come Excitement Over the Charges. Columiujs, O., Dec. 23. Special The sensational phase of the Ohio Senatorial fight to-day is Walter Brown's statement that he heard Representative Charles P. Griffin, of Toledo, say that a member of tha Legislature, who was formerly counted a Foraker man, but lately through corrupt in fluences had come out in favor of Sherman, came to his home in Toledoa few nights ago and offered him pointblank fo.OOO to vote for Sherman. Ex-Congressman Thompson was indignant, and did not mince his words in speaking on the subject. When asked for his, views on the subject ha said: I believe the whole thing is a fake. It Is a nnlicloti", devlish scheme to Injure Senator Sherman. No man would dare to mako snch an offer. Mr. Sherman has never resorted to anv methods that had tho lease suggestion of Impropriety, and I know ho lina'not and will not In this contest. Why did not Gnffln have tho alleged would-bo briber arrested on tho. spot? That would have been the only proper thinfr to do. Ho owes it to himelf now to say who tho man wa. Let the fellow be identified, that is, If he has or ever had an existence. I defy any one to show that it was a Shoiman man who made the offer. GrIRIn Denies the Charge. The senation now seems to have simmered down to a question of veracity between Griffin and Brown. The latter states he has a third party ami a witness that Griffin made the statement attributed to him. Griffin was wired at Toledo this afternoon, for his version, and a telegram was re ceived this evening in which he denies say ing he had been offered ?5,000 or any other sum to vote for Sherman. He declares the whole story to be false While this is the first publication of al leged bribery, there have been imputations of a quiet nature that such things were be ing indulged in, and it is claimed in certain circles that the Foraker men made the mis take in letting the matter get out so far in -advance, as they intended to hold it for the iastday or two of the contest, and spring it at a time when the Sherman managers would have no opportunity to deny the same. Foraker Managers AU Stirred Up. The managers for Foraker in the city are '-a considerably stirred up over tne exposures, and threaten they will bring something to the surface o'f a more damaging character. if thev are charged with circulating the ' stories relative to bribery. Several of Sen ator Sherman's friend3 arrived in the city 1 this evening, and are outspoken on the ex posure Chairman Hahn, who arrived from hisn home in Mansfield this evening, said he had - not heard of thechanres. "lou may stated for me," he said, "that while I do not wish to question the statement of Mr. Griffin, no! man ever offered 5,000 or 5 cents for a vote for Mr. Sherman. We are not responsible lor what anv irresponsible individual mizbi do. hut no man authorized to sneak for Mr.i Sherman ever thought of' making such at proposition. e are not conducting moneyed campaign. Mr. Sherman ncvsfl HARRISON AF did, nor never will be guilty of such i wsrki ii?lu3ssi&r. S?VrjuHM3sRBl w, -r. -
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