Aam) prr
rOKTT-SIXTHTEAB.
SOCIAL CLUBS
nouns
And Must Have License
in Order to Furnish
Their Members
ANYTHING TO DRINK.
A Philadelphia Judge Hands Down a
Sweeping Decision
IN A CASE THAT'LL GO HIGHER.
He Doesn't Think (Ms More Privileged
Than Individuals.
A Drink Bought and Paid for Is a Pur
chase, No Matter Where It Is Secured
Just "What Was Contemplated by
the Legislature The Brooks Law a
Strict Restraining Measure An Argu-
ment for the Clubs That Is Stronger
When Used Against Them Responsi
bility Not to Be Shirked by Leaving It
to Juries.
SPEClAI. TELFORAM TO THE DISPATCIT.l
Philadelphia, Dec. 31. Judge Penny-j-acker
rendered a decision to-day which, if
sustained by the Supreme Court, will make
it necessary for clubs or their stewards to
take out licenses to enable them to sell
liquor even to members of the respective
organizations. The opinion was given in a
refusal to grant a new trial ta Patrick Tier
ney, who was convicted on October 2 of
selling liquor without a license, -nhile act
ing as steward of the Ellsworth Club.
At the trial counsel for Tierney adduced
evidence to prove that the Ellsworth was a
bona fide club, and not a cloak for a speak
easy. The court instructed the jury that if
it believed Tiernev sold liquor to members
of the club it should find him guilty and it
did accordingly.
Money Paid Over Makes a Sale.
In his opinion, Judge Pennypacker said
that it seemed clear to him that the furnish
ing of liquor by Tierney to a member of
the Ellsworth Club must be regarded as a
sale, as there was for a money consideration
a delivery of the property, accompanied by
a change of title. The sum paid was the
ordinary retail price for drinks. A profit
was made that was applied to the purchase
of literature, the payment of ihe steward's
salary, and for other pxpenses.
A man who goes to his club and pays to
it 10 cents for a glass of whisky is a pur
chaser. If he pays and does not get the
drink he may sue for its value. If he gets it
and refuses to pay for it he may be sued for
the price by the club. The fact that 'the
club sells only to its members does noi af
fect the nature of the transaction, which is
none the less a sale because limited to a cer
tain class or set of individuals.
The Brooks Iaw on Liquor Selling.
A man charged with selling liquor with
out a license cannot set up as a defense that
he sold only to a few friends or to the
stockholders of a certain corporation. If,
then, the transaction constituted a sale
and it seems to have had every element of
a sale it comes within the language of the
act of 1887, the fifteenth section of which
savs that "any person who shall hereafter
he convicted of selling or offering for sale
any vinous, spiritous, malt or brewed
liquors, or any mixture thereof, without a
license, shall be sentenced to pa a fine and
undergo an imprisonment."
A serious question in the case is, was the
sale such as was contemplated by the Legis
lature in framing the act? Did it intend
to have the act apply to clubs selling liquor
to their members?
An Argument on Either Side.
It was contended by counsel that as clubs
had always, under previous license legisla
tion, sold liquor to their members and were
not required to take out a license, and that
as this fact must have been known to the
Legislature at the time of the passage of
the act of 1887 it would have enacted a
special provision relating to clubs had it
been its ihtention to treat clubs differently
than they had been viewed theretofore.
The argument would seem to Jbe stronger
when reversed The Legislature, knowing
that clubs had theretofore sold to members
wnnoui a license, Mould, by a provision,
hne excluded them from the application
of the act had such been their intention.
This position is strengthened by the fact
that in the sixteenth section it is provided
that druggists and apothecaries shall not
be required to obtain a license, showing
that lien it intended to exempt it used
words fit for the purpose.
Inconvenience Not to Be Considered.
It was also contended that the provisions
of the act show that the purpose was that
licenses should be granted to individuals
and not to clubs; that it is absurd to sup
pose that it was intended that members of
clubs should b entirely deprived of the op
portunity to be served with liquors, and
that therefore the act was not intended to
apply to clubs. Assuming that n club as an
organization is not permitted to be licensed,
and admitting that there may be difficulties
in the way of a steward or some one else
taking out a license for the purnose of sup
plying the club wth this necessary concom
itant of club life, the argument is still one
that is based altogether upon inconven
ience. ,
Is the nearest licensed place further away
from the club to w hich a man belongs thaii
it is from his residence? Is the aggregate
inconvenience which the hundred members
of a club are subjected to any greater than
the iucouvcnientdof.any other hundred in
dividuals who da not belong to a clnb and
who are compelled by the restrictions of the
act to go furthcirom their homes to buy at
a licensed place?
The Imk to Kestrain Liquor Selling.
Remembering that the purpose of the act
is to restrain 4he sale of liqnor, and that
nhile many cSubs are conducted with great
propriety, tliere are others not so well con
ducted, ist so- improbable that the Legis-
lature
uiicuueu iu pre tent me sale ot
liquors by clubs to their members except
under such limitations as the act imposes?
The very purpose of the act is to limit
the right of sale to the few and to.withdraw
it from all others. Clubs may be composed
of 10 men or 100, or of all the drinking men
in a ward, with separate places for the dis
tribution of these needs of social life among
the members.
It is not reasonable to suppose that the
Legislature intended to provide an easy
means of avoiding the responsibilities and
penalties of the act, or is not logical to say
that what one man alone has no legal power
to do, may be done by him in combination
with his fellows.
Sunday and Election Day Chances.
The restriction purpose of the act is fur
ther shown by the seventeenth section,
which makes it unlawful to furnish liquor
on Sundays, on election days, or to minors.
If the act does not apply to clubs what be
comes of these commendable restraints?
Minors would have onlv to organize and
rent a place where they could meet on Sun
days, and tho people who crowd about the
polls on election days, instead of going to
saloons, could find at their clubs that which
would lead to disturbance and disorder.
Nor does it seem logical to say the re
sponsibility may be avoided or duty per
formed by leaving it to juries to determine
whether a club is organized bona fide or is
merely a cover to evade the burdens of the
act. If a lawful incident of a club life is
the right to sell liquor to its members, why
may not the purpose be avowed and a char
ter be demanded in the Common Pleas
courts under the act of 1874, with this ob
ject in view?
The Case Goes to the Supreme Court.
The trial judge, in telling the jury what
was the legal consequence 'resulting from
the admitted facts in this case, and instruct
ing it that if it believed the evidence it was
its duty to convict did not exceed his
power.
For these reasons the rule for a new trial
was not allowed. Tierney was then sen-
tenced to an imprisonment of three months
and to pay a fine of $500. His counsel,
Maxwell Stevenson, notified Judge Penny
packer of his intention to appeal the case
to the Supreme Court, and later in the dar
secured an allocatur, under which Tierney
was admitted to bail pending the disposi
tion of the matter by the higher tribunal.
SPEAKER CRISP BETTER.
HE MAT PELL THROUGH WITHOUT
THE FNEDMONIA.
Speculation as to a Speaker Pri Tem.t
Should One Be Nenled MtMillin the
Probable Man The Speaker May Have
Only ta Call the Homo to Order.
Washington, D.C.Dec. 31. Special
Speaker Crisp's condition is somewhat im
proved to-day and it is hoped that all
danger of pneumonia has passed. The
tenaciiv with which the patient's attack of
bronchitis and resulting physical exhaustion
clings to him is, however, very annoying
and somewhat discouraging. The physician
to-day said he was very hopeful of getting
the Speaker into condition to preside over
the House when it reconvenes on Tuesday
next. His ability to do this, however, li
very uncertain.
The question of the selection of a presiding
officer, should tho Speaker not be present
when the IIouso reconvenes, has been muoji
discussed to-day. .All the Congressmen now
in the city have been interested in it. Mr.
McMillin, the man who will probably be
selected for the honor in case it shall be
come necessary for the Speaker to absent
himself, is not in Washington. Mr. Catch
ing", the second member of the Committee
on Rules Is here, however, and he talked
with a Disr-ATCH reporter on the subject to
dav. He said:
"Mr. Crisp undoubtedly hopes and expects
to be able to preside over the House when it
meet on Tuesday. He probably, howeTer,
overrates bis power of recuperation, not
realizing how weak he is. He will in nnv
event surely make an effort to be present at
least long enough to call the House to order,
after which some one will be requested to
take the chair and the Speaker will return
to his room at tho hotel. When the House
adjourns for the day it w ili probablv be for
inree uays, as mere win oe morally notn
ing to do until the committees have an op
portunity to get to work on the measures
that will have been introduced.
"On reconvening" the same programme
will be repeated, thus givjng the Speaker a
chance to regain His usual health and
strength. At the same time this plan will
obviate the necessity of naming a Speaker
nro tempore, as the existing rule of the
House permits. Tor ten days. But that rule
will be undoubtedly taken advantage of
if the Speaker is not -well enough
to be present in person. I am
quite confident that the House will not be
left to elect a Speakor pro tempore. That
wav might result in a division that would
renu to renew any bitterness that mav have
been engendered by the recent contest for
the Speaker. The Speaker's nominee would
or course be approved bv the Honse."
Mr. Catchings said he' had not the slight
est idea w ho, if any one, would be named as
Speaker pro tempore, but thought that Mr.
McMillin would be a happy choice.
Mr. Springer professes ignorance of
Speaker Crisp's intentions in the matter,
but raised a qnestion as to whether
the present House is bound by the
rules of the last IIouso until new
ones are adopted. He thinks
that anyone objecting to that construction
would invalidate any special rule. But h
does not anticipate that any objection will
be raised. Such an objection should be
maintained, he believes, on the ground that
each House of Representatives is its own
master as regards rules of proceduie, not
withstanding the rule of the existing code
making that code binding until the adop
tion of a new one.
EAILEOAD OFFICIALS INDIGNANT.
New Tork Central People Don't Like the
Hastings Verdict at AIL
New Tokk, Dec 31. Special. The only
officer of the New York Central who cared
to say anything to-day, about the
verdict of the Coroner's jury con
cerning the accident at Hastings, on
Christmas eve, was Superintendent McCov.
If Mr. .McCoy voiced the sentiment of Ins
superiors they were probably indignant that
Train Dispatcher Augustus Ossman should
be Indicted as an accessory to the
ciime of manslaughter. Mr. McCoy used
some pretty strong language to the re
porter early in the day, but later
he said that all railroad men would agree
that it was not customary to notify en
gineers, conductoisnnd station agent ili
general of Trains that were taken off. The
entire blame rests with BraKeman Herrick,
lie said. but tho idea that ho was inc.ipablo
sfiid ignorant w a ridiculous.
Coroner Mitchell called upon Voorhees,
General Superintendent, to see whether it
was nece-sary to arrest Train Dispatcher
Ossman right away Mr. Voorhees assured
linn that OjHinan was lendy to surrender
himself at any time, and so the master
goes over until to-morrow, or perhaps latter.
Ossman had been out or the city, but lie re
turned to-day to see w hethcr ho w as wanted
oi not,
Herrick was not visible in the city to-day,
but it was announced that he would sui
reiuler himself to-morrow, in case tho neces
sary bail is ready. General Manager
Toucey reiterated his statement that he had
no thought of resigning.
FRENCH DUTY OH PETROLEUM.
The Clumber of Deputies Iteduces It One
Half from the Senate Figure.
Finis, Dec. 31. The Chamber of Deputies
to-day rejected the duty of 24 francs placed
on petroleum by the Senate, and agreed toa
dntvof 12 francs on leflnedand 7 Irancson
crude netroleum, the newtarifl to go into
Jorce on October 1, IfOi.
The tariff bill wns then finally pnesod and
the ClmniMcrndjoururd until Tncsdiiy.wbcn
the petition ot tlio Panama, Can.il slime-
holders will be UlscusseU.
HILL'S S
THONG BID
Governor No longer, He
Now Beaches Ont for the
Presidental Prize.
THE BILLION CONGRESS
And Its Wasteful Work Must.All Be
Wiped Out of Existence.
THE DEMOCRACY IS HELPLESS,
Ent It Can Shape Its Legislative Tolicy to
Insure Victory.
SOT A NEW ISSUE IS TO BE TOUCHED
Albany, Dec. 31. David B. Hill's
term as Governor of the State expired to
night, and th: event was marked by a din
ner at which Mr. Hill spoke about 5,000
words of farewell to 150 persons, including
the State officials, Governor-elect Flower
and many prominent State Democrats.
Governor Hill opened his address thus:
"Mr. Chairman, btate Officers and Friends:
"These are the times that try men'": souls.
The hour of parting from the comrades of a
long and arduous labor has come. Never
again quite the same group new commands
summoning one or another of us to a distant
field to a new service. Never again the
same shoulder to shoulder, and touch all
around. A link broken; the group changed.
"It is not times of strife, either physical,
moral or political, that test men's fortitude.
Most men take to contention like babies to
their mother's milk.
Parting or Comrades Tries Men's Souls.
"Unless we found ourselves, now and
then, standing dauntless and unwearied,
knee-deep in a jungle of the shafts of politi
cal calumny and the broken arrows of bow
men who haJ. misitd their mark, I suppose
we should hi 7. the sensation of discomfort
and completion of cold feet 2Jo, I cannot
believe it is times of peril or of strife that
try men's souls. It is parting from the
tried and true comrade of a long day that
wrenches the hear, strings."
Mr. Hill then stated that during the
seven years he had been in Albany the
State debt had been practically wiped out
59,461,854 in amount. There had been a
constant succession of victories to the
Democracy until now the e.itlre State Gov
ernment was Democratic. Referring then
to his election to the Senate, Governor Hill
said:
"My first emotion was that of every other
Democrat, I suppose, who has been to
Washington since 1865 where and how can
he more efficiently rend away from that
enormous aggregation of to centralized
powers usurped from the States, usurped
from the people, the hideous, huge progeny
of war debt and of licentious Government
partnerships with the. plutocrats of priv
llega. Powers of General and Local Government.
. ".Nothing to the Federal Government, ex
cept its .specific granted powers; notiiing
which can better be done by State Govern
ments and more jealously watched; nothing
to the State Governments which can better
be done by municipal, by county, by neigh
borhood governments ana more jealously
watched: and even to these neighborhood
governments, nothing which can better be
reserved to the people, totheirvoluntaryas
sociations under the rule of iustiee.enfnrmri
by equal laws, nothing which can better be
reserved to the large liberty of individual
freemen."
Speaking next upon the wisest course for
the Democracy to pursue in the present
Congress. Governor Hill continued:
"Concerning the tax power and the coin
age power which, 1 suppose, we must con
cede to be specifically granted to tho Fed
eral Government, and concerning recent
abuses and misuses of thosepowers by the
'billion dollar Congress,' I have had some
thing to say. Our politics, 1 trust, will turn
upon those abuses for the coming year
upon issues made by the 'billion-dollar Con
gress' nothing else and nothing less.
"The overturn of the 'billion dollar Con
gress' by an immense popular uprising, by
the election of 237 Democratic representa
tives out or 332, will not enable one new line
to be written by the present Congress in the
Federal laws; but the acts of the 'billion
Congress' are now a part or the Federal
statutes.
So Democratic Legislation Possible.
"There they stand, flagrant, intolerable.
The Senate, or the House, or the Executive,
can prevent change. Two or the three being 1
Republican, actual law-making to redress
Republican wrong-doing is doubly barred.
No repeal, no change, except what perfectly
suits the Republican wrong-doer.
"The. House can compel frugality in cur
rent appropriations. Speaker Crisp, Judge
Holman and all our good Democrats In both
Houses will see to that: but Mills bills,
'Morrison bills, single bills, general bills,
repeal bills, all alike are suro to be halted
at the Senate threshold and slaughtered in
committee. .
"Why? Because Republicans, though
quite as powerless as we, now, to pass new
laws, can sit still, do nothinsr, yet keep, at
least till the 4th of March, 1893, all they got
by Hie acts of tho billion-dollar Congress,and
the chance or saving thereafter their main
booty, saving their tariff ror protection's
sake in placo of a tariff for revenue onlv,
with piotectiou incidental: saving the"ir
bounty and subsidy principle; saving their
reciprocity humbug, which is but a scheme
to nnhold socialism and substitute the re
strictive baigains of diplomats for the
world-wide commerce of freemen.
"It's a bad outlook. Time runs on, and
they counted on time to root their policy in
business dislikes of change, and to give
those wrong-doings the air of rightful pre
cedence. Legislative Policy for the Campaign.
"What are we going to do about it? Yon
and I and every Democrat in Washington is
asking himself that question. Since any
Democratic legislation proposed by the
House is sure or defeat in the Senate or
White House, is there a wiser course open
than Democrats shall first send up for de
feat what will cost the Republican party its
final oveitnrow In the next Congressional
and Presidentnl elections?
"Now, let us hold fast to thogreat racts and
pivot our policy on those. Here is one fact :
Democratic legislation by this Fifty-second
Congress is quite impossible. Piebald legis
lation, of course, is possible: I have no in
terest in that. Here is another fact. It is
the largest fact with which our great leaders
in Congi ess have to take account : The peo-
I lie's verdict last jear upon tne 'billion dol
ar Congress' and all its w orks becomes utter
nullity and empty wind, unless tho people
of the United States, 1111 bedeviled, unfooled,
stick to their work, ngain come together at
the ballot boxes, and again next November
thunder forth the same just verdict.
"Shall the people's verdict on tho 'billion
dollar Congress' have execution or not?
Shall the Democratic party, by keeping be
loro the people the 'billion Congress' issues
of 1890 nothing else and nothing less so act
that the people will ndd to their verdict of
lsna its execution in 1892?
A Purely Nrgatlve Programme.
"How can that best be done? First, pass
no free coinage bill; pass only needful ap
propriation bills, enforcing economy ;second,.
grapple to undo the wont work of the "bil
lion Congress:' demand tho repeal of tho
Sherman silver law and the twoMcKinley
laws.
"No small issues, no tintlmelv issues, no
new issues, no other issues. Grapple, to
undo the work of the 'billion Congress.' Put
tlnsjcouittryniid its. silver Jaws "and Itstaiiir
laws back where they stood before our
nnrty's-inisudvi'ntmo iir 1868. and before tlm
jmamous uepuuucau revolution.
Demand
tuts, demand nothing but this, and keep on
demanding this, in Congress, in our .Mate
conventions, in nur National Convention
rand throughout the canvass till sundown'
next.-oveniDcrs.
'The characteristic feature of tho present
political Juncture is, that by holding fast to
the-issues made by the billion Congress dur
ing the canvass already preparing with
great energy throughout the Union, the co
incidences of time, of public interest, or Sen
atorial elections, of the elections of Repie
sentatives and of tho Executive are such
that the people's will, as declared a year
ago, can in ono year more, Immediately and
throughout, prevail."
CHILE HEARD FROM.
SHE IS STILT. INVESTIGATING THE
BALTIMORE CASE.
A Telegram From Minister Matta Trans
lated for Maine Significant 'Expressions
Made Use Of The Delay in the Hear
ing an Unavoidable One.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 3l. Senpr
Montt, the Chilean Minister, had another
interview with Secretary Blaine to-day.
The Minister laid before the Secretary the
followins translation of a telegram from
Mr. Matta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
bearing on the inqniry into the trouble in
the city of Valparaiso between the Chileans
and the snilois from the United States
steamer Baltimore:
Santiago, December 31. 1891,
To the Minister of Culle, Washington. D. C:
From the summaiv of proceedings It appears
that the 6irujtg'e commenced between two sailors
"in a tavern at the AVard Arrayan: that It was
continued on the street with the ac
cession of numbers of inhabitants and
transient parties from the streets called "Dei
Clave." "San Francisco" and "Alamos." Tlie
disorder continued and extended to the streets
"Del Arsenal" and "San Martin," where the po
lice force succeeded in restoring order. All the
North Americans except two state that the police
did their duty, and from the voluminous proceed
ings It appears that the Court has done and is doing
Its duty. -
wneneverine jtvoseruting Attorney renaers ms
opinion, and the rime for prodncing evidence shall
haveexnired. sentence
be given, establishing
who and how many are theguIhVi
win oe eivei
tvna:
riles, wno may
only be presumed at present,
Whoever they may
be they will be pnulshed.
they will be pnulshed. The legal proceedings
being actively carried forward to their proper
nlnatlon. Matta.
are
termlnatl
The Minister, when asked by a reporter
for an opinion respecting the statements
made in the telegram, called special atten
tion to tho statement that all North Ameri
cans excepting two bad said the police did
their duty. He regards this as favorable to
the Chilean side of the controversy.
It is noted that the Chilean Minister of
Foreign Affairs promises that when the
due process of law according to Chilean
Jurisprudence be observed those found
guilty will be published, aud snys that these
judicial proceedings are being carried
forward actively. This, in connection
with the statement that the police did
their duty is significant, as showing that the
Chilean Government does not wish the
action of individuals belonging In Chile
to be confounded with the actions of those
connected with the Government and haying
official station. These lawless acts on
the part of individual-., as the dispatch
says, are being inquired into under the
usual j udiclal proceedings of Chile, which are
conducted secretly, and with the cumber
somencss attaching to nearly air law courts
deriving their authority and piecedents
from Spain. This Government has never
asserted a right to interfere with the ordi
nary judicial methods of other nations. It
is, however, watchfnl to see that cus
tomary Judicial methods are followed, re
gard, or course, being had to the extraordi
nary character or the offense, and in the
meantime making provision for the always
possible occurrence of some untoward
event, such as undue delay and a final re
sponse not consistent with the dignity of
the United States.
ATTACK ON THE BAKER BILL.
Prohibition Leaders to Teat Its Constitu
tionality in Court They Claim It Dis-
franchises Voters A Decision Reached
Yesterday.
PHII.ADEI.PHIA, Dec 31. Special.'
The Vrohib'tinn leaders of thiirdty i-.fvrf
resolved to apply to the Court of Common
Pleas for an injunction to prevent the
County Commissioners from expending any
money or giving ont any parapher
nalia with which to put the
new ballot law, popularly known
as the Baker ballot bill, into efiect. The
claim Is made that the bill is not constitu
tional, and that the County Commissioners
should be lestrained from taking any action
iirthe premises till theSupieme Court has
nnauy ana iuny passed upon tne question.
The decision to get an injunction was ar
rived at to-day, after a conrerence of local
prohibitionists had been held. It has
not yet been determined when the injunc
tion will be taken out. There is a little dif
ference ot opinion among the Prohibition
ists on that point. Ex-Judge Amos Briggs
and Hiram Dewalt had a consultation
on the subject this afterncim, but arrived at
no definite conclusion. Neither or the
gentlemen, however, had the slightest doubt
that they would succeed in preventing the
bill from going into operation in its present
lorm.
"Can you conceive or anything more un
reasonable than the bill In its pieseut
shape;-' asked Mr. Dewalt. "It deliberately
disfranchises a large part or the voting pop
ulation or the State for no leason what
ever on their part. Law is supposed
to be common sense, bnt this sort
of law is decidedly poor sense.
Tho fact that it was possible to raise such
an important point as we are about to raise
does not speak well for the manner in which
the bill was drawn up. There is no question
in my mind but what the Court will decide
in our favor. In the meantime, tho com
missioners will have to hold off."
PITTSBTJEG FBOJECTILES OBDEBEtf
Successful Test of the Sterling Company's
"Manufacture at Indian Head.
IVASHisoTON.Dec. 3L Special. The Naval
Ordnance Bureau conducted a trial
to-day, at the Indian Head proving
ground, of Wheeler - Sterling six
Inch "armor - piercing projectiles
manufactured by tho Sterling Steel Com
pany or Pittsbnrg. The trial .was
so entirely satisfactory that an order
has been given by the depart
ment lor a lot of the projectiles.
The success attained to-day was the result
or three years' study ana experiment by
tlje Sterling Steel Company, and the
piocess used is purely American, hav
ing been developed entirely by that
company. The snecoss or to-day's
test gives promise that in tho near ruture
the Sterling Steel Company will rank among
the most important makers ot armor-piercing
projectiles in the United States, and
adds another to the list of establishments
that can be relied unon to sunuiv tho Gov-
eminent with war material.
The results or to-dav's trial were superior
to the expectations of even the makers of
the shells. The tests were very severe, and
ot the two piojectiles fired one rebounded
practically perfect. Tho other was broken,
but its fracture showed a closeness of tex
ture and a quality or metal never seen be
fore except in the best Ifoltzer projectiles.
A PEINCETON KAN KISSING.
The Football Team's Best End Knsher
W anders Away and Is Lost.
IVASniKOTOs, D. C, Dec. 31. Special.
Kalph n. Wanen, of Xew York City, a
Princeton College student and well-known
football player, lelt the house of friends
where he was visiting, at 2013 Ilillier
place, yesterday morning, and has- not
been seen since, tic attended the Glee Club
concert and tho reception at the Vire Presi
dent's Tuesday evening, and yesterday
morning be complained of dizziness and
headache, and. staited out for 11 walk. He
failed to return, and his friends are greatly
alarmed over his disannearance.
He was the Captain or the Princeton team
that made tho great struggle against defeat
by Tale on Thanksgiving Day. He was the
best end-rusher or the team, and played on
the right end. He ! 21 years old and be
longs to the class or '93.
COULDN'T BEAR ILL HEALTH.
One ofBaltimore'sMerchant Princes Shoots
Himself In the Heart.
BAirntoRE, Deo. 31. Jacob H. Wight, one
ot tho best known tobacco merchants in
Baltimore, committed suicide at his resi
dence this morning. A revolver was used.
The man wns dead when the inmates of the
lioiiio reached' the spot. The bullet bud
gone through lils.beni t,
Wight lud become melancholy tlnough
COntlnnofl Mfnklipg.4 Tll fntnilt- fMrtlinh
Mrs. Wight may not survive the sutfclc
FENIANS ABE LOOSE
fiuhlin Castle Is AlmostBlown
" Up by a Mysterious
Explosion.
THE PLOT WAS PREMATUBE
Its Evident Intention Was to Send
the Privy Council Flyin?.
OFFICIALS ARE PANIC STEICKEN
Gas Might Have Caused the Eruption Which
.. Loots Suspicions.
"
NO HEAVY DAMAGE WAS INFLICTED
Dublin, Dec. 31. A sensation was
caused in this city to-day by an ill-defined
rumor that the "physical force" party had
restored operations here, and that their first
attempt had been made upon Dublin Castle.
The rumor was found to be based on fact
A number of workmen have been em
ployed in making alterations in and about
the castle. One of the -places which was
being overhauled was the ofiice directly
under the room in which the Privy Council
holds its meeting. The workmen were being
hurried in order that all changes might be
completed by the opening of the castle
season, which begins February 2 with the
holding of the first levee. On the following
morning the Viceroy and the Countess of
Zetland propose to hold their first "draw
ing room" at the castle.
"Whether or not it was the object of those
who caused the explosion to originate a
scare that would put a damper on,tbe vice
regal festivities, is not known, neither is it
known whether the explosion was the work
of men or was due to natural causes; but at
present the circumstances are mysterious.
Turned Pale From 'Trlght,
The fact remains, however, that while the
workmen were busy there was suddenly a
tremendous report in the office above, which
shook the building and caused everyone to
turn pale with fright. Fortunately no one
was hurt, but the force of the explosion was
so great that several windows of the castle
were badly shattered. The police were im
mediately notified and began a searching
investigation into the affairs.
At 5 p. m. it was found that the explo
sion occurred in the cellar, and the damage
is far greater than was first supposed. The
ceilings of the two floors above the cellar
were blown to pioces, the heavy beams
In some places being torn to small pieces.
The furniture in the office beneath the Privy
Council Chapel was completely smashed
and destroyed. It was fortunate that work
men employed in making 'the alterations
had quit-work and were away to dinner.
Charged to People in America.
Advices have been received here that thQ.
"physical force" party In America was about
to make a further attempt to put their policy
into actual practice, but tha authorities
'pl.f utile credence In thee reports, feel
ing confident that any'such attempts would
result disastrously for those who undertook
them, and none would be fonnd, foolhardy
enough to inaugurate a dynamite campaign.
How false was their sense of security was
exemplified to-day, and It. is hardly neces
sary to say that they will devote all their
energies to capturing the culprits who have
been so daring as to invade the precincts of
Dublin Castle.
The Earl or Zetland late in the afternoon
visited the scene of the explosion and ex
pressed great surprise at its force. He also
expressed satisfaction that no life was lost.
The Irish authorities do not intend to rely
upon their own judgment in solving the
mjstery. They immediately telegraphed to
London, summoning to their assistance
Colonel V. D. Magendle, C. B.', Her Majesty's
Chief Inspector of Explosives in the Home
Office. This action was taken in spite
of the fact that Sir Charles Alexander
Cameron, who is Inspector of Explosives in
this city, declares from his investigation
that the affair was caused by a large quan
tity of gun cotton.
Intended to Destroy the Privy Council.
It is evident that it ti as the intention of the
author of the explosion to destroy tho Privy
Council Chamber." A meeting of the Priyy
Council was to have been held to-night, and
it is supposed the miscreants made a mis
calculation in their arrangements for tim
ing the explosion. Of course, there are no
means of determining how the explosion
was fixed, as everything in the collar was
blown to pieces.
Frederick J. Cullinan, one of the princi
pal clerks In the office of the Chief Secre
tary for Ireland, had a very narrow escape
from instant death by the explosion.
Evetmho The castle officials state that
after the first feeling or alarm had passed
away the consequences or the explosion
weie found to be less serious than they had
feared. An expenditure of a few pounds
they say will repair the damage. Tho Privy
Counc'l met as usual after the explosion.
Chieror Police Mallon says that the force
of the explosion was exerted chiefly in
outward direction, and that it was possibly
an explosion of gas.
THE MAHDI LOSING HIS GEIP.
A Lire of Luxury Stops His Earlier Dreams
of Conquest.
Cairo, Dec, 3L Father Ohrwalder, who re
cently escaped from Omdurman, is strongly
in favor of reconvening the Soudan. Ho de
clares that Mahdism has been expiring ever
since the death of the so-called Mahdi, the
lattcr's followers realizing that he was not
the true Mahdi, and that his successor,
Mahdi Khalifa, pretended to be a believer
because he had been nominated to power.
Mahdi Khalifa, who is not 15 years old, is
losing his energy. He leadi a luxurious
life, possessing a harem with ISO inmates.
He has abandoned all designs to extend his
power northward. Ohrwalder attributes
the failuieotthe Madhi's operations beyond
Dongolu solely to the presence or tho
British in Egypt. The Mahdi means to at
tack the Italians at Blsha, flrat organiz
ing an expedition or 4,000 troops to take
Kassalu.
ANOTHER SPECK OF WAR.
Japan and Spain May Fight for a Group of
Pacific Islands.
Madrid; Dec. 31. A sensation has been
caused hero by advices from Manila, the
capital of the Pbillipine Islands, that Japan
has occupied some Islands near Mariana
Islands. ,
Tho Government organs declare that a
Spanish squadron win visit the nrincipal
ports of Japan, and then, dispersing, pro
ceed to Mnrianos to icassert Spanish su
premacy over the islands.
'MABIE VAN ZANDT WASN'T DBTJNK.
The French Newspaper That Said So Must
Pay Damages or Retract.
Pabis, Dec. 31. The Tribunal has declined
to either award damages to Marie Van Zandt
or to compel the newspaper, Xe J'elU 1'ar
ieten to publish in 10 American papers the
apology it makes for stating she was drunk
oiutho stago liming a performance" in d St.
Petersburg house. ""
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SHERMAN SHOWS UP,
And Immediately the Foraker En
thusiasm Cools Down.
THE SENATOR AND HIS SIXTY.
Laylin's Chances for Speaker Increasing
With Honest John's.
AN AIL-DAT OVATION FOE ME. SHERMAN
rsPKCTAt TELEGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus, O., Dec. 31. It is now
simply a question of how big the majorities
of Mr. Laylin, for Speaker, and Senator
Sherman will be. Every detail and devel
opment tend to strengthen their cause.
The drift which began its onward flow a few
days ago cannot be stopped even by the
final resources of the supporters of Foraker,
and goes rushing on, pulling in a member
here and.there and carrying him to victory.
The condition staring the opposition to
Mr. Sherman in the face this morning,
when tbey hustled out into the corridors of
the hotels, seemed to paralyze them. The
colonels, captains, majors, bosses and other
chieftains whose recent rush to the breach
gave promise for a gallant fight in behalf of
their favorite seemed utterly incapacitated
for duty. They .forgot their mission and
momentarily their caute,"and mingling
with the crowd as plebeians, they listened
with amazement at the glowing picture of
the Senatorial situation, as was heard from
many people's lips.
Foraker Enthusiasm Given a Chill.
Every effort to create some enthusiasm in
the Foraker camp was a signal failure.
They could not warm up, and even the
faithful George Cox issued his orders to his
lieutenants in a methodical way, like a man
suffering from a stunning blow. Literally,
nothing was accomplished during the
whole day In any quarter, and when the
skirmish lines were drawn in to-night, For
aker's friends could not deny that instead of
prisoners, part of their forces were miss
ing. Tho Sherman colors are to the front.
Everything bears this here, andit now shows
out unmistakably plain to those members
who have deferred their declarations to see
which was to be the winning side. They
came rushing in, and it now looks like the
original Sherman estimate of 60 would be
about the size.
Probably the most sensational develop
ment or the day was the information that
Kepresentative Williams, or Noble county,
had expressed his intention to support Sen
ator Sherman. Chairman Hahn declined to
speak about the matter, preferring that Mr.
Williams do his own talking, bnt a private
telegram to a businessman confirmed the
rumor.
A Clear Gain for Sherman.
Representative Williams has never been
considered- anything else than a doubtful
member, leaning toward Foraker. He re
cently visited the city, and was in company
with Foraker's friends most of the time,
going on to Cincinnati, where he called on
the Governor. He has never committed
himself, but as the people of his county are
strong for Sherman, it is presumed he has
concluded to act In compliance with their
sentiment.
Two more Senators who have been in the
Foraker douDtful estimate dropped in to
day, and, visiting the headquarters or Sen
ator Sherman, renewed their previous dccla
1 ations or allegiance to the cause. Senators
John Q Abbott and John Bain were tho
members taking aw ay the last pioDS to the
hones or Mr. Foraker In the Senator
"Never was such an ovation tendered a
public man as that given Senator Sherman,
from 8 o'clock tnis morning until near mid
night. His 100m was flocked with crowds
who pushed In one continuous stream to his
piesenceand greeted hiin by the shake of
the hand.
An Ovation to the Senator.
Coming upon the terrifying turn in affairs,
the arrival ofSherman this moruing put an
other wet blanket on tho Foraker support
ers. It did not take, 15 minutes of the pies
ence or the great statesman to plainly out
line the enthusiastic scenes whicn were to
follow. Senator Sherman was accompanied
bj- H. CBabcock, his private secretary, and
they slipped from the carriage unincum
bered with more baggage than a small
valise,
The. Senator displayed an ability which
forcibls" brought to tho minds or obiervers
the played-out bowl of "Old ai;e," "Sunset
or lite," etc., which at present is very runny.
The Senator was looking well and fresh, an
expression ho gave utterance to as he
stopped to shake the hand of a friend. Tho
sialic of the awaiting throng prepared him
for what was to come a good exercisu
before breakfast. He met his friends,
and after a hearty greeting lert on
the register that specimen ot chirogruphy,
familial- to the American household. IIo
then retired to his room, followed by a num
ber of admirers, n ho would not let up on
him till each got to shake his hand. After
breakfast he repaired to tho heidquarters
where he received during the day thousands
or his friends. From moruing till night
tliere was one constaut flow ol persons to
pay their respects.
More a Social Than a Business Day.
There weie few coherences or tho Sena
tor and his chief supported, he giving hi
timoto his Republican admirers, member.,
workers, business and professional fiiends.
Mr.Sherman seemed, to oe contented with
the situation, and evidently belioved his
lieutenants needed no further Instructions.
Ho did notboro anybody by a canvass when
they culled on htm, and every member, for
or against him, was given the sarao atten
tion. . '
Mr. Sherman declined to be interviewed
further than to say he was confident of his
re-election, and "that he had posesscd tho
same feeling from the beginniu of the can
vass. Ho exprcsed.his satisfaction with
the manner in n lilcli.his inteiests had been
looked after, and his nrecence. lieBuid. uaa
.not in any way to lend aid to his managers.
He referred the reporters to Chairman
Hahn for information, and was rather plain
in reference to the assaults made upon him,
and said it was the bitterest contest he ever
had for the Senate.
There were sev-yal scenes in the rooms
during the day, "-h commanded consid
erable attention -embers of the Ham
ilton county d r & "led In a body On
the Senator tvfojfaf fir pects. Sena
tor Craft was thetr VCU -Vpreented
them one by onei 'J . " shaking
hands with alL vV
Outspoken Against Mft&'n " "tty
Upon the conclusion tho Set$' , tOy
twiuklo In his eve, remarked, -SV ,
seems missing," and the members lat; i.
Senator Sherman said he was sorry to leurn
that the delegation was solid against him,
as he had many warm friends in Cin
cinnati, and had alwnys taken a great
interest in its growth and prosperity.
Mr. Craft replied that while all the members
entertained the greatest regard and esteem
for the Senator, they felt it their duty to
support their fellow-townsman, Mr. Foraker.
The Senator thanked them for their candor,
and suggested: "Then we will have to get
along without vou."
Whon Hon. C. A. Fllcklnger, or Toledo,
called at the room, he was hailed with
shouts by the throng on the outside, and.
they fairly carried him into the presence of
Senator Sherman, where he was given a
warm greeting. The Senator thanked him
for his support in tne face ot as bitter perse
cution as man has ever been subjected to in
a contest of this kind.
GARCIA ASSASSINATED.
The Loyal Mexican General Killed by Ills
Own Command. Which Goes Oyer to the
Bebels in a Body Convicts Poor Ma
terial for Soldiers.
Mostehet, Met., Dec. 31 Tho newt was
received here Iato last night that General
Lorenzo Garcia, in command of the troops
in tho field in the northern part of 3Iexlco,
with headquarters at Mler, had been mnr
deredby his command, and the entire force,
numbering several hundred men under his
immediate command, bad gone over to the
side of the revolutionists, crossing over into
Texas in a body at a point between Romero
and Carriza. The private soldiers in the
Mexican army are nearly all convicted
criminals who, Instead of beinggiven a term
in prison, are sentenced to serve with the
military. They are desperate- characters,
and are nearly all secret sympathizers of
the revolutionary movement.
General Garcia was one or the most promi
nent and efficient officers in the Mexican
army, ana his death at the present time
is a senou3 blow to the Government. Gov
ernor Reies has been in constant telegraphic
communication with President Diaz all day,
but the natnre or the dispatches is not
known. Governor Reie, of the State or
Nueva Leon, and the military authorities
here are much disturbed over the situation.
The movement or troops through here
from the lower part of the, Republic during
the past five days has been very
gieat, and the transportation facilities
of the Mexican National road has
been Insufficient to accommodate the heavy
demand upon it by the Government. The
garrison here has rushed all of its available
troops to Nneva Laredo, from whieh place
they are distributed along the right bank of
the Rio Grande.
A PITTSBURG ROBBER SHOT
While Trying to Escape From a Cincinnati
Detective Who Ban Him Down.
CwcnraATi, Dec. 31. Special Tnis after
noon John McNamara entered a second
hand store on Central avenue, near Firth
He had a bundle under his arm, and was
noticed by Detective Toker, who followed
him In. McNamara tried to sell a "coat to the
dealer, but before he had a chance Toker at
tempted to arrest him. He escaped and ran
down Central avenue, and at the corner of
Fifth, Toker canght up and arrested him.
McNamara turned suddenly and dealtToker
a heavy Dlow in the race, knocking him
down. He then ran west.
Toker arose from the sidewalk and gave
chase, firms several shots, one or which
took effect in,McNamara's right leg, causing
him to fall. Ho was removed to the City
Hospital and his wounds dressed.
He is 23 years old, and a
railroader from Pittsburg. The charge
of petit larceny stands against him for
stealing the coat. McNamara'a wound, al
though painful, is not regarded as serious,
although he will be laid up for some time,
lie refuses to tell how long he has been, in
Cincinnati. Instead of preferring charges
of shooting against Toker, Cbior .f Police
Deitsch warmly commended him for his
deed.
HISS CLEVELAND IN AN ASYLUM.
Horace Greeley's Favorite Niece Says She Is
the "Victim of Persecution.
New YpnK, Dec 31. 'Special. Paulino
Cecelia Cleveland.a favorito niece ofHoraco
Greeley, has been committed to the insane
asylum known as St. Vincent's Retreat,
at Harrison, West Chester county.
She and her friends protest that
she is perfectly! sane, and that she is the
victim of tho persecution of Rev. Frank
Montrosi Clendennin. who married her
cousin, Gabiielie Greeley, lust April.
Tho young woman's friends in thi3 city,
who are numerous and Influential, are in
dignant. That she has ever shown
the least trace of insanity is de
nied by them with indignation. But
her incarceration In a inadbouso
is said to be only the last act in a chain or
incidents that were even more cruel to one
or her sensitive natnre. She was compelled
to be the inmate or fllthy and low boarding
houses, and possibly her removal to a
mad house was .even less humiliating than
was her former condition. The father or
Paulino Cleveland was an editor on Horace
Uicelej's paper, and was also his brother-in-law.
A Forger at the End of Ills Kopo.
Alliance, Dec. SL Epbriam Kelley, of
North Georgetown, a few weeks ago forged
notes for $0,003, and then deserted his fam
ily, eloping with aSalcmgirl. AbnerKing,
of Salem, one of Kelley's victims, pnt a de
tective upon his track, who overtook tho
f ugltivo near Wichita, Kan., where he m.-iclo
Kelley's acquaintance. To-day KeileV ba
neen gathered in. and will nass New VeVr'a
Day whizzing through tbp country toward j.
the scene or bis crime. No report has been,
received from tho runaway girL ' ,,
MANY I5IPERTS-
Xearlj- All Eelieve That .
a Safe Anaesthetic.
DEATH WAS DUE TO EIHAUSTfl
The Coroner's investigation into the 1
enmstances of the death of Bernard Mo
at the office ot Dr. W. S. Yates, dentlsta
Wednesday, took: place yesterday, amXi
suited in afnll and absolute exonerac
of Dr. Yates from any blame. The ver
finds that .the doctor used all possible?
cautions in administering the oox3thl
and in trying to revive
deceased. Furthermore, expert tcstima
of the most convincing kind was given1 tl
Dr. Yates was a good audNcareful operat
while Mr. Lee S. Smith, who has beea
the dentists' supply bnsinoss forl'6 yea
and who sold the vitalized a'U'ed loll
instance, said that there va
safer anaesthetic in use, and that hej
ta&en it nimseii over a nunarea iimegwjj
out any deleterious efiect. ihis aca
with the ernprienea ol thousands
patients. JL
The result of the inquest was receu
with very general approval. Dr. Yates J
been a successful dentist for 20 years?)
ministering Urn anaesthetic carefully dnrj
nearly all that time, and it wailij
pretty generally that it would be a cruel
justice to hold him accountable for an!
currenee which, however sad. niirntrj
taken place anj-where else, or, just as fill
ly, under other circumstances. - - &
The Testimony of Dr. Tat
In his investigation of the cav
oner called Georgejand "Wi'
brothers-in-law, and Patrick T
of the deceased, but thVir te
related to the treatment
Dr. Yates himself testihtyl
gave the man vitalized a
his mouth found a tooth
gums lacerated, but- I
the chair several ti
was trying to admini:
so 1 told him to rome again ai.
to hold him. When he an
three men yesterday I gavel hi
traded a piece of the too'.t
laterlwentto remove the v , ,.
but when he received the air he grew t
let in the face. Then I tried to revivell
but failing, I sent for Dr. Dickson, if
only four and a half minutes from tbej ,
1 nave him the air nntil 1 sent lorn
Dickson. The vitalized air was, taken fri
a tank cylinder in which it had oee
ccived f-om the manufacturer. I
White. A jlecn of. hnse was attach
tne tans; on tne oiner uiu vpt-rs-
piece or reservoir, by whicil-K is ad
tered. We use a vial containing from 1
30 drops of chloroform connected withft
receiver, but there was only a small qrj
titv in the bottle yesterday, not enougf
kill a canary. I had innaled the air my
as. I always do before administering it3n
effects vary on different people; some'j
quiet, otheis get violent and want toff:
I was never present,at tne aeatn 01 a peri
from using the air.' j
Dr. A. F- Gentry, who assisted Dr.i.D
son in the endeavor to resuscitate Mow
testified to the details of their efforts.
also submitted a report in writinsr ofjj
autopsy conducted by himself and ur.
Guy Mcuanaiess.
A Very Complete Autopsy.
The autopsy report is very fulL.n
Coroner says, the most complete he
ever received. It shows the heart ando'l
organs of the body to have been in: aj
condition, except that the mncou3 n
brane of the stomach and the spleen.w
somewhat congested and the kids
showed the use of alcohoL The report e
eluded with this statement: "Weai
the opinion that the man had noser
organic trouble in any vital organ. ''-g
Dr. James P. Scott, an Allegheny del
of 37 years' experience, te3tified"tha
formerly used and made nitrous oxiderj
but different from what is now maddJJg
does not approve of its use, but. fromj
Yates' testimony, he was satisfied theVi
tor used it carefully. . 3ti
Dr. S. J. Hayes testified that he hadij
a dentist for 27 years; that he nse'dq
vitalized air until 18 years ago, but was!
now using another preparation. Heji
sidered it dangerous to administer the t4
second time, but thought Dr. Yate3j
cautious in using it. """"""-i ll
Dr. Robert Brady, colore, of -TO
avenue, had been a practicing dentist'
1862. Vitalized air had been firKT
duced by Dr. Spencer. "I worked r.
Spencer and worked with Dr. Yare
when he was a boy until three years a,
made the gas until we commenced to"t
from the East in cylinders. I consfde)
Yates a practical man and know he is
iMVAfiil in 4fiA nea nf enfosinAlliM " - 3
Never Discovered Any Bad EfTec
Drs. W. B. Tiichardson. C J. l?hi
dentists, and Dr. B. M. Hanna, allltesl
that Dr. Yates was a good dentist'and
reputation was first-class. Drs. Eichar.
a.,.4 "Otilllfma !ifl liuAti nMnw tha eamv
of gas that Dr. Yates used and hadfl
found any bad enects from it. y
Dr. j. uuy JHcuanuiess, tne uor
physician, testified to the autopsy'
said there was a uanger in tne U5CM
aniEstneucs, dui tney were generally
by the dental as well as toe meat
fessions. In this case he was comrifii
confess ignorance as to the. cause 'jtfjh
The coroner askea tne itrre:
he could suggest, as an o
physician, any other step that con'
taken to place the responsibility,
the death of Mohan, to which Dr. 3IcO
less replied: "1 cannot. I thihK&,e:
point has been admirably covered and:
seems to be no possime way ot aeterm
the actual cause of his death." ,'iS"B
The verdict rendered by tne'.Cori
iurv was as follows:
Bernard Mohan, aged 31 years, came
death in tno omce 01 ur. n.s..tat
02 Penn avenue, Pittsbnn?, on Weda
December 30. 1391. about 3 T. X.
From the evidence the Jury And t
had gone to said office to have a? toot
. ...,.,! v.,l l.t,t n.n tvr.tr. n . ,. m t
known a vitalized air for that xrarpaaftf
uiea unuer tne inuuence- oiMttajgrvii
tnetic, ana msi 111 our opiniowia
due to exnaution. ,inu wemr
that all TKWsiblo precautions- had t
by Dr. Yates In adminlsteririgsatd
tnetic anu trying 10 revive s&ia Mon.11
further exonerate said- Dr.gYatesj
blame. "aLMBK.
One More Office forTrTaiHnl.
Rove, Dee, 3L The Jr waf jcn to-da"
that Signor Ferraris, MlnisterTof''
has resigned. The MarqulSd!
Prime Minuter, will ail tb
The Marqiii dl Kudlni'-
f position of Premier; "
Oairs and Minister
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