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FORTY-SIXTH YEAR
PITTSBURG-, .SUNDAY. JAlSTUART- 3. 1892.
ITVE GENTS.
FDRAKER FULLS
FLftTjT FIRST
While Sherman Gallops
Easily Around All
the Bases.
ONE INNING PLAYED
In the Great Game for the Senatorial
Championship of Ohio.
THE GOVERNOR'S BUBBLE BURST
But He Clings to Hope, Despite Laylin's
Victory for Speaker.
by his
Cincinnati's Tammany Fails in the First
Bound of an Important Mill Coxism
Considered Dead Great Excitement
at Sberman Headquarters When the
News From the Caucus Was Received
Secretary Foster Telegraphs His
Congratulations -to the Great Finan
cier Foraker Declares He Is Not Dis
couraged Sherman Feelin? Very
Comfortable No Figures to Give Out.
rSPECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
CoLraiBtrs. O., Jan. a The Peflerian
bubble has been pricked. The Foraker
boom has collapsed. The Sonth Sea enter
prise to tie the Republican party of Ohio
onto John It, McLean's other paper, the
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette, has gone up
the spout Hamilton county's Tammany
has been snowed under. Mr. Laylin, of
Heron, is Speaker of the Houe, and son-in-law
McGrcw, w ho went back on the
speech he made for John Sherman when
nominated bv the Clark county convention,
has gone to the boneyard.
Ohio rejoice"! over the gang's downfall,
and a creat nation is happy that the unholy
conspiracy to "down" Sherman got a set
back in the first round of the great Sena
torial mill. Senator Sherman will now be
an easy winner, and the ex-Governor was
so knocked out and disfigured in the pre
liminary skirmish that he will hardly be
able to come to time when the great battle
of the joint caucus comes on. The veteran
Senator is fresh a a lark and in line form
for the affray, but the ex-Governor, sent
reeling to grass by the action of the Senate
and House caucus.es is in no shape to con
" tb content.
Ohio Republicanism to the Front
The fight is practically over, and the
country Republicans have determined not
to put the Ohio Legislature into the hands
of the Cincinnati conspirators to carry out
the behests of its Tammany gang. Coxism
is dead in Ohio. Ohio Republicanism, as
exemplified in Grant, Hayes and Garfield,
once more comes to the front and relegates
to the rear the latter-day saints who had
seized the party organization in Cincinnati,
and only put on the garb of Republicanism
the better to serve Satan and prey upon the
taxpayers. The buccaneers and the slum
politicians of the Queen City have had an
emetic that will purify the politics of
Hamilton county and puttheparty organiza
tion there into decent hands.
Never in the legislative history of this
Slate was such a desperate attempt made to
gobble up the General Assembly and make
it an annex to a gang whose only counter
part is the Tammany of New York. Re
demption and regeneration have come to
Ohio Republicanism and its organization
is stronger now than ever, for the sloughing
off of theeang has given the party a renewed
lease of life with brighter hopes and pros
pects. The Senator's Ranks Invincible.
Attempted bribery, open intimidation
and malicious criticism all failed to break
the Sherman ranks, and the veteran Sena
tor's chief lieutenant, the able, popular and
scholarly Laylin, of Huron, garden spot of
the Western Reserve, is the Speaker of the
Seventieth House.
Any further opposition to Mr. Sherman's
unanimous renomination in the joint caucus
will show that the Foraker movement now
exists only to breed mischief to the party
and sow further dissensions for future de
feats. After the day's emphatic action in
the Senate and House caucuses there is not
a conceivable possibility of Mr. Foraker's
nomination, and his friends to save his de
feat from an ignominious rout and utter an
nihilation, should take him off the track
and let Sherman be the unanimous nomi
nee. Ohio Republicans got aroused and pnt
their feet down and out went the conspira
tors, like McGinty into the sea. From 9
A. m. up to the time of the assembling of
the two caucuses the Neil House was in the
possession of a promenading, talking and
electioneering army, and it was hardly pos
sible for a man to get through the dense
crowd.
Foraker's Boom Gone Glimmering.
It was one everlasting jabber, but amid
all the discussion and noist it was evident
to any posted man that the Foraker boom
had gone glimmering. The gang's eyes
were "sot." The Foraker crowd looked
dismal and disconsolate. Like Micawber,
tne Forakerites were waiting for something
to turn up to better their fallen fortunes
and save their chieftain. Like the ship
over the sea, it never came; like castles in
Spain, they did not materialize. They
hang on to the faintest hope, and" prayed
that their leader would come out with some
dazzling coup-d'etat to burst the growing
Sherman boom. But Toraker didn't do it.
He "was at his rope's end, he was in the last
ditch, and nothing was at hand to pull him
out of Jhe slough of despondency.
No way could the ex-Governor turn to
extricate himself from the horrible pit in
which the Cincinnati gang had placed him.
Hfwas defeated. George Cox knew it, and
breathed into the cx-Goi crnor's ears a word
of hop'e. Foraker shook his head and
looked 'glum and forlorn. It was one of
those miserable moments in a man's historv
mortification, solely brought about
own wilful mistakes and blunders.
As soon as the news reached the Neil
House of Mr. Laylin's nomination, a big
shout went up, far louder and longer than
the big one that greeted the word outside of
the House hall in the State House, and the
vast throng rushed to Senator Sherman's
room, where the old Nestor of Republican
ism, wreathed in smiles, received the ad
vancing army. Cheers and hurrahs shook
the very walls of the "Neil, and soon the
multitude broke into "Auld Lang
Syne," and "John Brown's Body."
Men fell on one another's necks,
and alternately laughed and cried in the
exuberance of their joy. Captain Jacob
Donaldson, Judge Sifield and hundreds of
other Republican veterans were in smiles,
and made the welkin ring. The Hamilton
county rooms were filled only with ladies
and even they didn't seem in good humor.
Foraker SI ill Hanging Onto Hone.
Another correspondent writes: The
doughty ex-Governor has lost none of that
conviction of ultimate success which has
characterized his actions throughout, if his
words and outward demeanor to-night are
anv criterion of his inward thoughts. The
Sherman men say the fight is over; that all
that remains is but perfunctory formality;
the Foraker men say the fight is just be
ginning to get interesting; that subordinate
issues are now out of the wav and thcfield
is only cleared for the grtat Senatorial con
test that is to retire John Sherman from the
United States Senate and place J. B. For
aker at the head of the Republican party
in Ohio.
There is one other prominent Ohio Re
publican beside Senator Sherman who does
not share this view of the loyal friends of
the ex-Governor. He is Hon. Charles
Foster, a member of President Harrison's
Cabinet and Secretary of the National
Treasury.
Hon. John Sberman:
Accept my sincere congratulations.
Charles Foster.
This is the message which Secretary Fos
ter sent to Senator Sherman, this afternoon,
as soon as he had read the bulletin at
Washington announcing that the Foraker,
candidate for the Speakership had been
beaten by the Sherman man by a vote
of 3S to 34.
Coxey, Old Boy, Bold as Ever.
"Foster has been all the time the agent
of the administration in the effort to elect
Sherman, and this telegram is but a scheme
to demoralize our forces and cause a stam
pede to Sherman," says Geoige Cox, of
Cincinnati, the chief lieutenant of ex
Governor Foraker, and the man whom the
Sherman press of Ohio denominates "the
sachem of the Republican Tammany of
Hnmilton county."
Mr. Cox does not stop with this, but says
much more. "The speakership fight, we
have always contended, was not fought on
Senatorial lines," says he. "It is not a fair
test. Anumberof o'urmen voted for Lay
lin because they were pledged to him long
ago. Say to the people of the nation that
J. B. Foraker will yet succeed Sherman in
the United States Senate. We are telling
no secrets and naming no men, but we know
where the votes are, and we know that we
will win."
"I am not discouraged, "said ex-Governor
Foraker, calmly and decisely, "and'l still
expect to win. The Speakership contest is
not the Senatorial contest. One has been
settled, the other is yet to be fought Five,
men voted fornyjin who will Ttrto-iiir"me
for "United States Senator. T knew they
would so vote, and, therefore, the Speaker
ship caucus has furnished no surprises for
me. In the Senatorial caucus of next week
will the Seuatorial battle be fought and
won."
Foraker Braces Tjp His Friends;
There was an air of intense discourage
ment in the Foraker quarters immediately
after the Speakership caucus, but the cheer
ful words of the ex-Governor soon restored
a feeling of confidence. "All is not lost,"
were the words that the Foraker men re
peated to each other. Subsequently this
gave way to "We are in the fight to stay,"
anu lo-uigm me oniy woras one Hears are,
"Foraker will win vet? wif frr ilm
SACIICEDJO OIL,
Two Men Blown to Atoms
by a Terrible Mtro-Gly-
cerine Explosion.
PINNED DOWN BY A BOAED.
Willow Grove Magazine the Scene
of the Great Disaster.
HEN AEE PICKED UP PIECEMEAL.
Of the Two a -Scant Fire Pounds Was All
That Could Be Found.
EEENAN SAVED BY A PAIR OF GUM BOOTS
that canficome only through the most abject-j next Monday,
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Foraker will win yet; wait for the
caucus." Thus, bv easy radiations the
spirits in the Foraker thermometer have
mounted, until to-night the spirits
of the Foraker phalanx have ap
parently forgotten the very cold wave that
swept over their camp but a few hours
since.
Around the headquarters of Senator
Sherman this evening was all the cheerful
ness of expectant victory. It being claimed
by the Senator's friends, and apparently
conceded by the opposition, that Sherman
would have a decided majority in the Sen
ate, and the Speakership having been fought
on Senatorial lines, and Laylin, the Sher
man candidate, selected by a majority of
fonr, the friends of Senator Sherman quite
naturally regarded the contest as over, and
congratulated the veteran statesman on his
ictory Senator Sherman, himself, who all
along has manifested not the slightest un
easiness over the final result, grasped each
of his callers by the hand, and thanked the
visitor for his call and his congratulations.
"The public would like to know, Senator,
how you regard the situation now?" he was
asked.
Micrman Feellne; Very Comfortable.
"Very favorably," replied the Senator,
ina tone of quiet assurance which gave
evidence' that he, too, like his friends, re
garded the battle as practically fought and
won. -xne opeaKersurp contest, con
tinued he, "has been, it is generally con
ceded, fought upon Senatorial lines. Three
or lour of mv friends voted for Mr. Mc
Grew, and three or four of Governor For
aker's friends ioted for Laylin. Both
Laylin and Jit Grew being oldmembers, of
respectable standing, each naturally had
personal fn uds who voted for him oh per
gonal grounds But the great body of Rep-rescntatm-s
oted upon Senatorial lines. I
convidertli.it lic interchange of voteswas
about equal, v that approximately the
House nnirlit 1- snid to contain 34 Foraker
men ami .iSfrin.-llv to me. In the Senate
1 think it will bj and is conceded that a
very large majority omc say nearly 2 to 1
are lnendly to me.
"What do you expect your majority to be
?i tV tnint 'iiiftiit9"
"Oh, I can't say as to figures," replied
the Senator with a pleasant smile of confi
dence "I expect to be nominated, and I
do not know that the figures are at all ma
terial." "When do you expect the Senatorial
caucus to be held?"
'I do not know. That is a matter with
which I have nothing at all to do. It is
settled by the members of the two Houses,
themselves."
Sherman and Foraker at the Capital.
SenatorSherman will spend Sunday in this
city. It is generally understood that the
Senatorial joint caucus will not be held until
Wednesday or Thursday of next week, so
that the" decisive result cannot be
known till that time. Ex-Governor
Fpraker is still in the city, and
will remain over Sunday and until the nht
is over. Three-fourths" of the Assembly
left for their homes to-night, but the active
lieutenants of both Sherman and Foraker
will remain on the ground.
At the caucus of Republican Senators this
afternoon Senator Elbert L Lampson, of
Ashtabula, was unanimouslv selected for
President pro tempore, nil the other candi
dates having previously w ilhdraw n. Lamp,
son is claimed by both the Foraker and
Sherman men, Tjut thus far he has failed to
declare himself. The same is true of the
five or.six other doubtful men, andit is now
said they will not define their position un
til after the organization of the two Houses
The first nitro-glycerine explosion in the
history of Allegheny county occurred at
Willow Grove yesterday afternoon. It
came like the crash of impending doom.
Men fell palsied at their work, and on the
highways pedestrians were overturned so
great was the concussion. Two lives were
sacrificed to the god of oil. Their names
were John M. Fair and George Conday,
while Thomas Irwin was seriously injured
and is now at Mercy Hospital. There are
but slight chances of his recovery.
At 2 o'clock the nitro-glycerine magazine
of the High Explosive Company of Brad
ford exploded. The great McDonald field
was shaken as by an earthquake. In$the
little hamlet of Willow Grove all was
consternation. Glass was shattered in
about every house and crockery fell
crashing, but as there was 'not much there
to break, the damage was slight Though
hills and rolling woodlands intervened
between the magazine and McDonald the
shock there was severe. No windows were'
broken, but doors flew .open at the shock
and pictures fell from offthe walls. -The same
was felt in Oakdale, equally distant
from the scene of the disaster. Great cloadi
of earth and smoke were thrown high in the
air and was seen even from McDonald.
FlnlonVd by a Pleco of Board.
Everything was confusion in the whole
field. Those distant thought it was a
boiler had burst somewhere near, and
great crowds hurried to the scene. Soon
the lonely ravine on the Glenn farm, where
the magazine had stood, was crowded with
an eager throng of curions people. Wild
and demented, Thomas Irwin was found
roaming through the fields with a piece of
wood sticking in his leg and his
face riddled like a pepper box. When
captured he was running around in a circle
and yelling like the madman that he was.
He was brought to Pittsburg and his in
juries were dressed at Mercy Hospital.
Soon after he fell into a deep sleep, but his
life still hangs in a balance. Just after the
operation he became rational and told the
following story: '
"I guess I am the onlymap who everwent
through a "nitroglycerine explosion 'and
Jived. We had only moved the magazine a
short time ago, and wanted to put it in
better shape for the winter. Yesterday
John Fair, George Conday and myself went
up there in the afternoon. There was
only 10 or 15 cans, or about 120
quarts, of nitroglycerine in the
magazine. The horses and wagon are now
on the road from the factory at Shannopin'
with a fresh supply. We had been putting
on clapboards to keep ont the snow.
Blown TJp, but Still Living.
"Just a few minutes before the explosion
I had gone down the bank about 20 or 30
feet below the magazine to cut some stakes.
The others were still inside. What hap
pened next I do not know. I was thrown
witha terrible force, and when I awoke I
was bleeding from a hundred wounds. I
but remember the awful pains, and then
everything was blank until I came to my
self here in the hospital. I did not even
hear the sound of the explosion."
An examination of Irwin's body showed
no bones -were broken. The only piece of
the magazine which could be found was
sticking in Irwin's leg. His watch was safe,
but it was almost imbedded in his side and
every outline, even to the ring, was stamped
there. He was cut in dozens of places by
bits of tin. His home is in Boliver, N. Y.,
and he is 30 years old.
As soon as word was received in Pitts
burg Coroner McDowell, Grant Miller and
Superintendent A. F. Denniston, of the
High Explosive Company, started for the
scene of the tragedy. Night had fallen
wheu the party arrived there. It wab a
lonely place, a quarter of a mile
from the station at Willow Grove.
situated in a little Tavine hemmed in by
hills and hid away from all habitations.
The rising moon showed a great gaping
wound in the hillside which the snow
had partially ..tried to hide. It
was fully 30 feet in diameter
and 15 feet deep. The terrific force had
torn out tons of earth and rock and when
weary of the sport had dropped them further
down the valley.
Picked Up the Men in Pieces.
Of the magazine or tins that held the ex
plosive nothing was to be seen. Around
within a radius of 500 feet the remains of
the two victims had but a short time before
been picked up piecemeal. Both had been
sturdy, specimens of manhood. John M.
Fair, conceeded by all to have been the
most expert "shooter" in the world, was
full 6 feet in height and weighed 185
pounds. His face was round and full but
yet with features strongly marked. He
was one of the men that when
once seen are always remembered,
and he had a kindly word for every
one. He was 45 years old and had
spent his life in the business and received
the largest salary of any "shooter" in
America, or in the world. The other,
Georce Conday, was 25 years old and came
Jrom Ireland. He, too, had worked for
years with nitro-glycerine, and was re
garded as a safe man. He weighed 225
pounds, yet when the remains were
gathered there were a scant five
pounds of both. A little paper sack
held all that was mortal of both men. The
largest piece was three joints pf a backbone
and next were but three toes from which
even the bones had been blown away. A
peculiar feature was that the flesh was
bloodless and dry, all the moisture forced
out by the awfufshock.
It "was on such a scene as this these three
men looked. It is said corporations have
no souls, but as he looked at the wreck a
tear stole down Superintendent Denniston's
cheelc and glistened in the moonlight, for
Fair had been his life-long
friend. Yet he was not the only mourner.
In McDonald, where the earth has yielded
up a thousand fortunes, and where the tall
derricks raise their crests like church
spires reared to Mammon, even
the wild carousals usual 'in bil
town were checked snd people spoke in
whispers. There a widow mourned the
death of her husband, John M. Fair, and
an orphaned daughter wept for her lost
father. In the Valley of the Allegheny at
West Monterey, two aged parents wept for
a most dutiful son, while on the "Old
Green Sod" two other parent' await the
homecoming of their son, noi?Ehowing that
scarce enough of him remains for priest to
say a mass on.
Saved by a Pair of Rubber Boots.
Among the first on the scene were Chief
of Police John Keenan, of McDonald, and
his brother James, who gathered up the re
mains of the unfortunates. The latter was.
saved only bv, a pair of gum boots. He
worked with Fair, but as Conday had his
boots on he did not want to risk himself in
the mud, and if he had gone he would have
been in the magazine with tie others.
ouperimenient uenniiion iiivesiigaieu
the whole affair and everything showed the
explosion was purely accidental. He made
arrangements for the funeral which will be"
at West Monterey on Monday. Speaking
of.the accident he said: v
"This is the first accident the
company has had since it was or
ganized and though we employ
over 60 men we?have not had a death till
now. People fear nitro-glycerine; It is
dangerous, but1 taking into consideration
the number of men employed fewer lives
are lost than on the railroads.
Take even 20 men who work
together on a railroad, and 'you can't trace
their history for two years without record
ing a death. In this business the deaths
Hre few and far between. Just think of the
hundreds of tons of "the explosive used
here, and yet here are the first fatalities."
The Coroner made a thorough examina
tion, and what he has to say will be re
corded later. It was also found that no one
but these three were injured.
GRAVES
IS
Tlie Jury Takes a Little Over
Two Hours to Deter-
- mine That Fact.
SILENCE IN THE
Broken 1 0nly by a Sigh Escaping
From the Murderer's Wife.
TWO ROGUES RECAPTURED.
ONE OF THE"I IS DEAD, THOUGH, AND
THE OTHEtt DTING.
Cold and Hunger Carry On a Wealthy and
Well-Known Thief A Doable Boy
Murderer Cannot Long Survive A Xlig
orouj, Old-Time Winter In Wyoming.
Cheyevxe, Wvo., Jan. 2. Special.
Two of the three prisoners who overpow
ered a deputy and escaped from the county
jail hero New Year's eve have been re
captured. One is dead, the other dying.
They are Kingen, the wealthy and well
known thief, and Charles Miller, the boy
double murderer. ,
Kingen is dead, succumbing to cold and
hunger. That he should perish before his
companion, is astonishing, as he was a
plainsman, while the blood-thirsty juvenile
always lived in town. They were found in
a ravine by a volunteer posse of cowboys.
Miller was dragging himself around the
body of Kingen in an effort to keep warm,
and hailed his capturers as rescuers.
It has been cold in this section for four
days, with a sharp breeze. The snow is
crusted and the water holes frozen over.
The men had money, but being in a section
on which Kingen" had long preyed were
afraid to make a ranch. They were less
than three miles from shelter.
Kingen was a refugee from Missouri and
Texas, who settled in Nebraska, a few
miles off the Wyoming line. Four years
ago he began stealing cattle from this State.
He wa kidnaped by a posse under an offi
cer from Here, and, being convicted, was
sentenced for eight years. He: was worth
$30,000 land took his case to the Supreme
flAi1f n AA ltA-n n Lj.si i.
Millet, trcing on 'ilieroadSvithlwootBar-l
young tramps, murdered them in a box car
for SCO. He shot them in the head as they
slept. Miller was sentenced to hang, but
sentimentalists took a motion for a new
trial to the Supreme Court.
THE SCENE AFTER THE VERDICT
One of Commotion and Disorder That Was
Hard to Quell.
A NEW TEIAL AT ONCE DEMANDED
DANCE STOPPED BY A PEIESX,
A New Jersey Now Tear Frolic Brought to
r a Sudden Close.
Brick OntJECn, N. J., Jan. 2. Special'
The Young Men's Catholij Union, of
Orange Valley held an anniversary recep
tion in Temperance Hall, Thursday night.
Many friends of the union were present,
and the nrtisic furnished and the supply of
refreshments were the best to be hai At
12 o'clock as the dancers, against the
wishes of Rev. William M. R. Callan, pas
tor or Our Lady of the Valley Church, be
gan to waltz the old year out, Father
Callan put in an appearance and de
tected the voung people in the enjoyment
of around dance.
The church prohibits waltzing, and Father
Callan never condones a breach of any rule.
He showed his displeasure in a practical
manner. The pastor astonished all hands
by requesting them to leave the hall. He
also had the lights extinguished, aud in 15
minutes after the priest entered not a sin
gle dancer was in sight Father Callan' re
fused to even allow the members of the
union to serve the refreshments they had
purchased to their friends. The priest in
formed the young people that they could
enjoy their refreshments at their homes.
rSPKCTAfc TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.1
Denves, Col., Jan. 2. At 9:45 o'clock
to-night the jury returned a verdict of
,guilty of murder in the first degree against
Dr. E. Thatcher Graves, charged with the
murder of the late Mrs. Barnaby.
The accused had entered the court room
half an hour before the jury came in with
the verdict, and although his expression
was one akin to pain, he made a desperate
but futile effort to appear calm, and the
smile that occasionally appeared upon his.
face was forced. By his side sat his
wife, from whom an audible sigh
would occasionally escape, and behind him
was his aged and white-haired mother,
wrinkled and careworn, her face bearing the
signs of hours spent at weeping. The court
room was filled with ladies, among whom
were to be seen the most fashionable in the
city.
A Study In the Women's Actions.
The female portion of the'audience was
indeed a study, and many old ladies who
would have seemed more in place at home
by the fireside were gaily gossipping with
the younger visitors. Some were sympa
thetic, while others could not refrain from
expressing their disaDDointment at the
jury being so long in pronouncing the doom
of the aged prisoner. One of the most
active persons, and also one of the most un
easy, was John H. Conrad, the prosecuting
witness in the case and son-in-law of the
deceased. He seemed to entertain little
doubt as to what the verdict would be, but
was impatient as to its coming.
After being out just two hours and ten
minutes the jury filed slowly into the room
and took the seats they had occupied for so
many weary hours, while listening to the
testimony. At no time during the entire
trial was there the death-like stillness in
the audience that hovered over it.
Oppressive silence In the Court Room.
While the Judge was reading the verdict,
before handing it to the clerk to be an
nounced to the public, the Bilence was in
deed oppressive, and most eloquently
spoken the feelings of those present.
Mrs. Graves was heard to gasp as if about
to faint, and instantly all the eyes were
riveted upon her, but it was only for a mo
raenl,w hen the words of the clerk.as he began
readincrthA7era.tct. acted like masric All
f-feejiprti of .Sympathy for this poor woman
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dict Frank Miilington, hero of the famous
Millington trial, sat near the Judge, and
was one of the most attentive listeners, and
the expression onnjs face spoke plainly and
in unmisiable terms his sympathy for the
defendant. Clearing his "throat, the clerk
read:
We, tho jury, find the dofordant, T.
Thatcher Graves, Kuiltv of murder in the
first degi ee. J. P. Tubkeb, Foreman.
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Whose Sole Hobby Was tbe
Bobbery of Churches
Eight and left
TOSTAET-ONEOFHISOm
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He Pleads Guilty to the Five Indict
ments Against Aim.
RET. JOHN WEIR'S
confession!
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Bibles, Altar Cloths and Clocks Formed tw
Most of His Booty.
HE INSISTS THAT HE IS
A MINISTEBl
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BETWEEN THE LINES IN HILL'S ALBANY SPEECH.
PEFFER'S COLLEAGUE.
The New Senator From Kansas States
His Views on the Issues.
WHIPPED BY A WOMAN.
A Newark Society Iiudv Thrashes a Man
Who Follows Her About.
Kewakk, N. J., Jan. 2. Special A
tall, stately Jilonde, fashionably attired,
created a scene earlv this evening at the
corner of Ferry and East Mechanic streets,
by vigorously wielding a heavy whalebone
whip across the shoulders andface of an
elderlv man who vainly tried to escape.
"Take that, you rascal," said she. "I'll
teach you o insult ladies on the street."
A crowd was attracted to the spot and the
man was arrested. Miss Bertha Hymes,
well known in Newark society, and the
leading amateur actress of the city, who has
appeared frequently in fashionable perform
ances, was on her way to her father's dry
goods store, and noticed the man following
her. He had often done so before, and he
had been three times arrested for the offense.
She therefore determined to give him a les
son. He gave his name as Bobert Bern,
aired 56. but his richt name is Bobert BelL
He was sent to jail for 30 days because he
would not pay a fine of $15.
TERRIBLE PRAIRIE FIRES
Sweeping; Everything Before Them Out In
Oklahoma Territory.
Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 2. Special A
tetrible prairie fire has been raging for
three days in 5yne county, 50 miles north
east of here. For miles the fire has swept
everything clean, and hundreds of farm
ers have lost their fences, crops and
outbuildings, S. 1C. Beeves, K. Austin, M.
Fairchild and John Phelps, everything, in
cluding; their houses, furniture and cloth
ing. L. Herman lost his home, and being
crippled, was himself caugnt in the flames
and fatally burned. Seyeral, others were
badly burned, and the loss to farmers ag
gregates many thousand dollars.
At Paradise Prairie a roaring sea of flame
has surrounded the schoolhouse, and the
scholars and teacher fought the fire for
hours, carrying water in their dinner pails.
Many of them were badly burned, but they
saved the building and lives of the little
ones.
Brakcman Herrick Surrenders.
Yo-kers, N. Y., Jan. 2. Train Dis
patcher Ossman and Brakeman Hcrrick,
who were held responsible for the Hastings
accident on the Kcw. York Central sur
rendered to the Coroner to-day; Both
were at once admitted p bail.-1 .
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Great Excitement Over the Verdict.
For an instant after these words werepro
nounced not a sound could be heard in the
court room. Then a scream, which will
forever ring in the cars of the jury, broke
the stillness, and Mrs. Graves grabbed
her husban'i about the neck,
covering his face with kisses.
Who could look calmly upon the scene;
who could, havjng witnessed it, banish it
from the mind? An instsnt before all was
stillness, now all was commotion, and the
rapping or tlie court bailiff to re
store order until the jury could be
called failed to restore quiet, until the
ent-up feelings of the poor woman had
een freed and she fell back exhausted into
a seat beside the mother, whose convulsive
sobs were the only indications that life had
not fled from her.
'There must be prder in this court," cried
Judge Itising, and immediately afterward
Judge Furman, on behalf of the defendant,
arose aud said: "Your Honor, I give no
tice of anew trial." The jurv was then dis
charged and Judge Rising adjourned court
until Monday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Oatcomo a Surprise to AIL
The verdict proved a surprise to every
one. It is safe to state that even
Prosecuting Attorney Stevens did
not expect it, while as for the
vast audience they asked each other
what was that verdict? It proved
so unexpected. "When people were met on
the street and told of the verdict
they laughed and asked to be told
the truth. The evidence introduced
did not warrant the bringing of such
a verdict, and it is safe to say that
should Judge Itising deny the motion for a
new trial which he certainly will the Su
preme Court of Colorado is quite probable
to reverse the decision of the lower.
Immediately after the verdict was read,
Dr. Graves was seen by The Dispatch
correspondent. "Well, I don't seem to
take it so very badly, do I? Of course, the
verdict is totally unexpected, but I've
got to make the best of it I don't
very well see how Judge Furman's motion
4Vv a nnnr 4i nl maw lnAJBanAJ T-Hu
you have no idea what a terrible thing this
verdict is, when in the eyes of God I am
innocent but what other result could I ex
pect, with the 52,000,000 and the Pinkerton
Detective Agency against me."
A lluit Expensi vo Trial.
At this juncture a deputy sheriff came,
and with the defendant left for the Vallejo
Hotel, where, after getting a small hand
satchel, a carriage was called, and both
officer and murderer leftfor the county jail,
where a nice warm room had been kept in
readiness. The cost of the trial has been
something enormous. It has lasted nearly
six weeks. John Conrad, the prosecuting
witness, has expended almost $50,000. while
the defendant has spent at least half that
sum.
That the fight for a new trial will be a
bitter one is evidenced by the remarks of
defendant's counsel, Judge Furman, who
to-night said: "As sure as there is a
God above us, this man will .never hang.
Mark my words. We will fight for a new
trial, if we die in the,attempt."
Juryman Grace was seen late to-night
Ho said: "We had no difficulty in.reaching
a verdict. Court adjourned at 6:55 o'clock.
We then went to supper, returning to our
rooms about 7:45. We talked the matter
over tor a tew moments, and tnen com
menced balloting. The first ballot was 1
for acquittal and 11 for conviction. Five
more bailors, and all were unanimous. "
A Hanker Bridegroom's Suicide.
Sax Pedeo, Cak, Jan. 2. Alfred Oman,
aged 22, assistant cashier of the San Pedro
Bank, shot and killed himself to-day. He
was married Cnristmas Day and had just
returned from the wedding trip. No reason
for the suicide is known.
INGALLS SPEAKS WELL OF HIM.
the entire State ticket if necessary, to bring
about this end.
CAUSED BY A BOMB.
DCBUN-CASTI.E WAS SHAKEN UP BY
TVOKSE THAN GAS.
Politicians Criticise Humphrey and May
Clip His Wings.
TilE ALLIANCE PREPARING TO FIGHT
Topeka, Jan. 2. Hon. Bishop W. Per
kins came into the Copeland House lobby
about 10 o clock
this moming,and
after he had met
his old friends
and received con
gratulations from
hi s opponents
talked to a re
porter o n h i s
Senatorial inten
tions. "I do not know
what committee
appointments 'I
will be able to
think I will fare
rY
B. W. Perkins.
secure," said he, "but
much better than would a new man with no
Congressional experience. I will probably
not be able to secure membership on the
Appropriations Committee, and hardly ex
pect that place. It is 'likely I wiU be ap
pointed on the Committee on Indian Af
fairs, for I was chairman of that committee
in the House." '
Solid for Silver and Tariff.
"Your tariff and silver position will be
radically different from that held by Sen
ator Plumb?"
"Senator Plumb had radically changed his
views on both these questions within the
p ast year. I voted for the McKinley bill
and he voted against it, but be Had lately
given it as his opinion that it was a wise
piece of legislation. So far as the silver
Question is concerned, I do not think that
anything will be done. It seems to be the
Democratic policy to legislate on these
questions by piecemeal."
Senator Perkins left for Washington to
day, t
Ex-Senator Ingalls, in an interview at
Atchison this afternoon regarding the ap
pointment of Judge Perkins, said: "The
distinguished array of strong, popular and
unexceptional condidates made the Gov
ernor's task extremely difficult and delicate,
but he has acquitted himself with great
honor and civen the people renewed confi
dence in his high character, devotion to
Bepublicanism and unerring- political-sa
gacity.
Ingalls' Tribute to Perkins.
"Judge Perkins is a pleasing speaker, hag
parliamentary experience, acquaintance
with public men, knowledge of the methods
of transacting public business and an im
movable loyalty to his party and friends.
He will be peculiarly acceptable to the
supporters of Mr. Plumb, with whom his re
lations have always been cordial, and his
location will appease the geographical senti
ment which never can be altogether ignored
in Kansas politics. lam confident tnat Gov
ernor Humphrey's action will be commended
and approved by the Bepublicans of the
State and country."
A dispatch from Topeka says: Senator
Perkins will appoint for his secretary Frank
Fleniken.SenatorPlumb's private secretary.
Among the local politicians there is nothing
but criticism for the Governor. Secretary
Higgins said this morning that a serious
mistake was made on the part of the anti
Perkins forces to bulldoze the Governor.
J. AY. Ady said he did not believe Governor
Humphrey would be a candidate for Con
gress in the Third district, and that if he
was a candidate he would not be nominated.
George B. Peck claims the place was ten
dered him without any strings to it, and
that he positively declined it.
Hunting a Mate for Teller.
The entire Alliance machinery, which
was running slowly and with evident fric
tion, has y the death of Senator Plumb,
been started into violent action, and
throughout the State there has been a quick
response to the order of the leaders to "get
another Senator." The People's party
committee, before Plumb was yet in his
grave, declared that tne coming campaign
would he made on the Senatorial basis, as
was the one of 1800, which was so- success
ful. The tactics employed to defeat Senator
Ingalls will be used, only more violently,
to overthrow the successor to Senator
Perkins, at the expiration of his term. The
Alliance stronghold is legislation, and any
thing that will tend to decrease Bepublican
supremacy in the National Congress meets
with its approval. In the present Sena
torial opening there is seen a chance to
secure' two seats from this State in, the
Senate, and the plan is ooenlv "claimed to
be to sacrifice everything next "fall, even
f Pieces of the Metal Caao TVlilcli Held the
Explosive Foun d Police on the Look
out for Dynamiters A T7. S. Pensioner
Arrested.
Ddblct, Jan. 2. No outsiders are al
lowed in the Dublin Castle to-day, and it is
a Very hard matter to obtain accurate in
formation as to the results of the investiga
tion which is being carried on- The theory
of an explosion of gas was effectually dis
posed of to-day. The gentlemen who are
conducting the investigation, in examining
the beams supporting the floor directly over
the cellar where the explosion occurred,
found that a number of small pieces of
metal had been deeply imbedded in the
timbers. This is. evidence beyond question
tuat -the explosive, whatever it may have
been, was enclosed in a metaL cas& The
investigation is still going onj'nof the
police hope that it will reveal some clew
that will lead'to the detection of the perpe
trators.
The police are extraordinarily 'vigilant
now in watching for the suspected dyna
miters. Of course it is by no means certain
that the castle explosion was attributable
to that class; in fact, one opinion is that
the whole affair was due to the desire of the
workmen employed abont the castle to
obtain a holiday, which their masters had
refused to grant them.
The customs officers, too, have developed
extra activity in searching the effects of
passengers landing at Queenstown from the
transatlantic steamers. The first person
to fall a victim to the customs officials
newly awakened zeal is Thomas Byan, an
army pensioner on the lists of the United
States, who was a passenger on the Canard
steamer Etrnria which arrived at Queens
town, and hia foot had no sooner touched
Irish soil than he was taken into custody on
the charge of concealing a loaded revolver
and a supply of ammunition.
FATAI ACCIDEHT OH THE PEHHSY.
ht
Two Men Killed as the Besult of a Frei:
Wreck in Elizabeth.
ELIZABETII, N. J., Jan. 2. Special.
A freight wreck occurred here this evening,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, at Murray
street, which blockaded the" road for nearly
two-hours and wrecked two cars.
Frederick T. Whitehead and John Dil
on, who had been at a matinee'and were
returning home, got off at North Elizabeth.
when they found the tracks blocked. They
started to walk home, when they were
struck by a westbound train that, owing to
the wreck, was running on the wrong track.
Both men were fatally injured and died
shortly after.
THE DISPATCH DrBECTOBY.
Contents ot To-Daj's Issue Classified for
the Headers' Convenience.
Tho Issue of The Dispatch to-day consists
of 20 pages, made up In two parts. Tho first
nine pages are devoted to the world's live
news. The special literary features will bo
found readily by reference to tho following
table:
Page O.
Dcblin Castle Dtnauite. Xews op Ecnorx.
The AsrEsiCAN Claimant Mark Twain.
' Page 10.
The-Music World C. W. S.
Late Scientific News.
Page 11.
ROUNPINO Tin: Horn Fannie B. Ward.
The Wants. To Lets. For Sales. Miscellane
ous and Real Estate Xoticxs.
Page 13.
Soctett These Holidays. ..Marion C. Gailaher.
NEWS op THE Stage Hepburn Johns.
The Veterans' Column.
Page 13.
now Bernhardt Lites Viking
Conpessions op A Cook Octave Thanet
Gowns for Evening Ada Bache Cone
Papers FOR A CLUB Anna E. Dawes
Page 14.
Game OP Africa Lord Randolph Churchill
New York in the Holidays... .Arthur BrUhane
FicnTihG the Grip A. S. Atkinson. M. D.
Page 13.
Tlativo Courier Mark Twain.
Signaling TO Mars Camllle Flammarion.
OVERWORKED STATE3MEN...Frank G. Carpenter.
Page 10.
UEE Water FOR PITTSEUBG..W. G. Kanfmann.
The KICH CHRISTIAN Kev. George Hodjres.
America IN France Bessie Bramble.
Letters from Whittier.
Page IT. .
Electing Presidents Henry Cabot Lodge-
A talk v ith a r ISH c. F. Holder
SKATES AND Snowshoes Walter Hough
THE BOYS' STRIKE Majorie Jilchardson
Page 18.
A Review or Sports Pringle
A Talkon Prophecy Bob Burdette
Why Banks Smash Shirley Dare
Page 10.
TheSecret Societies. The Market Reports.
Military Gossip. Late News in Brief.
Yesterday's Oil .news.
Page 30.
Our Coast Defenses, amusement Notices.
fFPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Jeksey City, N. J., Jan. 2. John Wc;
who says he is a minister, was arraignedl
the General Sessions Court to-day to plei'
to five new indictments which had bee.
fonnd against him. Weill is also known as
Wirth and Schneider. He has for soma
time been engaged in robbing cfiurc!)es in
this vicinity, and he now says his onlymo-
tive was to secure sumcient paraphernalia
to furnish his own church in Wisconsia.vR
Weih was arrested in Hoboken, about
six weeks ago, just after having robbed
church. He pleaded guilty and wi
sentenced to five years in State priso
While he was in the county jail, awaiii
removal to Trenton, other robberies wc
traced to him and indictments found.
On February 1 he broke into St Mathe
German Church in West New York, t
stole a clock and an altar cloth. On Septe
ber 15 he paid a second visit to the sa.
church and carried off a flag, a crucifix a
a chandelier.
A Good Grist at Weill' Mill.
In the meantime, he had been exercisft
his talents in other directions. Ear
in February he broke into the Congreg
tional Church in Gattenberg and took awa
a Bible and lot of hymn books. On tb
same day, or the day after it, he paid a vis"
to the German Intheran Church in We
Hoboken, and carried off an altar cloth,
Bible, and a small sum of money out
the poor box.
After that, as far as officially known,
either rested from his labors or worked
some other locality. The next fndictm
against him are for two robberies comrf
ted on September 1. One was atJSJl
First Baptist Church in New Durhs
where he got a chandelier and anal
cloth, and the other was at the FirstiB
tist Church in Hoboken, from which a Bi
was taken. These robberies were bronc
to the attention of the- Court, and ,ud
Lippincott ordered Weih held untilj'b
could be investigated. The investigt
resulted in the finding of fire indictn
against him.
The Prisoner Pleads Guilty.
The prisoner was arraigned to-day.
pleaded guilty to all of the indictme
and threw himself on the mercy of
Court Judge Lippincott asked him w
he wanted with no much church proper!
"I intended to keep them," the priso
answered. "I have not sold any of thj
It was my purpose to go West and'sar
church. I had been accuiiulatih1
things several months before I was arrestee
I was a member of the Young Men'
Christian Association in Second avenui
New York, and I met two young men thei
with whom I became intimate. They learnt
that I was about to start a church, and tol
me they had a lot of church property whie.
fthey would sell cheap."
"Didn t yqu know that that property n
been stolen?" asked Judge'Lippincott
"Yes. I knew it, and I knew I was do
wronc."
"Perhaps you thought it was all rigl
take the Lord's property to do the Lc
work. Where were you going?"
"Wanted to Go tn Wisconsin.
"I was going to Wisconsin. Am
minister and myself have a chnrce
school in a small town about 45 milesjffrq
Green Bay."
"Arc yon a minister?" asked the Jud?
"Yes, sir. I was ordained byBisE
Brown at Bacine, Wis. When I leftlhe
and came to New York the ministi
seemed to be down on me. They men
wanted me to collect money and would!
give a decent charge. When I was- WIN
York I lived at 421 East SeventeS
street" "
"What did yon work at?" Jig
"I am a bricklayer by trade.and Iwo
two years for Sylvester & Cusick'iip
York. At the same time I was engaf
religious work, and visited the sick
island. Mr. Sylvester knows me ver
He lives in East Fifty-third street
York."
Why He Sailed TJnder False C "
"Who else knows you''' ""V,.
"Key. Mr. Denesch, the pastot
sion at 435 East Houston street, ai
Casper Haas, of 62 East Seventh
New York. John Weih is my righ
I gave afalse name when I was a
because I did not want my friends tc
I was locked up. t
"I was arrested about a yearns
fighting, and was sent to the islanc"
is how it was: A boy broke a man's'
and the man began to beat him. T J
to pay for th'e window if the man would
the boy go, but he refused, and weTgot in
a fight I belonged to the Lutheran Churf
originally, but I became an Episcopal!:
I knew Dr. Hill, of Trinity Church,
Broadway." - f
At this point the prisoner broke dc
and cried bitterly. Judge Lippiucjitt
dered him remanded to the county jal u
next Thursday, and, meanwhile, the le
he gave as references will" be inteJit
by some of the court officers.
THE ANAECHISTS'
BBIEF FILE
Butlr Takes the Case of Fields;
Schwab to the Snpreme Courts
Washington, D. C, Jan. 2. Tl?
of counsel for Samuel Fielden an'dt?
Schwab, the Chicago Anarchists v
now confined in the penitentiary at
111., under a life sentence for compl:
the Haymarket riots, was filedf
United States Supreme Court- to"ds
cases are to come up within two-w
argument The brief, -which, incin
pendices, makes 133 pages, is "si;
Benjamin F. Butler and M. Salome
The chief point of the case is well
It is that Fielden and Schwabw.
actually present in the State Suprem
room on September 14, 1887, whenjm
and sentence of death (subsequent!
muted by the Governor to lite im
ment) was passed on them, and th:
was in violation of the provision of tl
eral Constitution that no person she
deprived of life orliberty except nndf
process of law. Counsel maintain th.
Supreme Court of Illinois errediin
nouncing the sentence of death,uto
prisoners when they were not actuall
ent in court to say why jentence sho1
be passed upon them; in reciting on
jords of the court that they were pi
tho time, wlienas a matter of"-!..
wi.ui'k 'ic-.cut auu in reiusm;
tne record ch. n.tq $how that
were not pn'stut
the
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