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EJHCCE8
When He Undertakes to
Ascertain How His
Party Stands
AS TO FREE COINAGE.
Leaders Stirred Up as They Haven't
Been for a Long Time,
A BIG RAFT OF INVESTIGATIONS
The Resn.lt of an Overwhelming Majority
in the House.
Bland's Retaliation for Springer's
Speeches and Interviews Both
Parties Threatened With "Wrecks on
the Silver Rock Raum Not Yet Out
of the Woods Secretary Rusk Kext
on the Gridiron Mutchler and His
NatlonJC Bank Inquiry Peculiar
Hang-Up of the Pittsburg Collector
ship Poor Portraits Painted From
Photographs.
KPZCIAI. TELEGRAPHIC LXTTKE.A
BCBEAU Or THE DlSr-ATCH, I
Washikgtok, D. C Jan. 1L
If Chairman Springer, of the Committee
on "Ways and Means intended his speech at
the Jackson Day celebration in New York
as a "feeler" to call forth the sentiment of
the Democrats of the country on the sub
ject of free coinage, he is finding every day
that he has made his point.
That he, a prominent Democratic leader,
should, in New York, in the atmosphere of
"Wall street, and surrounded by the bank
ing influences of the "East, declare that no
free coinage bill 'would pass Congress this
session, is exceedingly irritating to Demo
crats who have been steadfast for free coin
age, and who believe that the extraordinary
majority now in Congress is the result
largely of arguments in favor of free coin
age. Sprlncer Stirs Up the Animal.
For the first time since he delivered him
self ;n New York, Mr. Springer to-day
came into contact with his colleagues gen
erally at the Capitol, and he was exposed to
a crossfire of badinage, sarcasm and censure
which evidentlv made him feel very un
comfortable, lie was given to understand
that time would prove him to be anything
but the appointed propnet of the Demo
cracy. Mr. Springer had nothing to say in his
defense, except that he spoke his own be
lief. He has a small circle of Democratic
who are at one ith him. They have been
posing as free coinage advocates to be in
line with their party, but they are at heart
only the mildest of bi-mctallists. They
really do not want either free coinage,
bullion deposits or silver certificates for
bullion, but no more liberal silver legisla
tion than was in vogue previous to the
passage of the bullion act.
Campaign Policy as a Veil.
But they conceal their real desire of de
feating free coinage beneath an enormous
anxiety for the adoption of a cunning pol
icy for the campaign. To carry their sub
terfuges farther they prppose to take steps
to call into existence an international mon
etary conference which will have for its
purpose the understanding in regard to the
international exchange of silver, its equal
treatment in all countries, and "the estab
lishment of its parity with gold," whatever
the phrase may embody.
Tliis is denounced bv the silver men gen
erally, simply as another scheme of the
banks to choke oil the free coinage ques
tion, and ihey declare that' -neither party
considerations in the campaign, nor prom
ises of international conferences, will deter
them from pushing a free coinage measure
to the utmost.
island Bonnd to Rcbnke Springer.
As a public rebuke to Mr. Springer, Mr.
Bland, of Missouri, creator of the "Bland
dollar," to-day introduced in the House a
free coinage bill of as drastic a nature as
could be devised, though similar bills had
been introduced before. It was literally a
bill for the public censure of William M.
Springer. The committee on Banking and
Currency, which has charge of these bills,
though possibly made up with a view to si
lence a free coinage movement, will be
forced to report a bill in accordance with
the Bland idea, and it will be a great sur
prise if in this House, with its nearly 150
Democratic majority, with a dozen or so of
Alliance members committed to free coin
age, and with no one knows how many
Western Republicans compelled to vote for
free coinage, a bill of the character de
scribed does not become a law. Such a bill
passed the Senate much more easily than it
did the House in the last Congress, and
would probably do so again.
Silver Men as Desperate as Ever.
The Stewarts, the Joneses, the Stanfords,
the Mitchells and other Republican Sen
ators "are as earnest as desperate, one
might almost say in their demand for free
coinage as they have been at any time.
Doubtless Senator J. Donald Cameron will
be with them heart and vote, as he Was be
fore. Mr. Gorman is the controlling spirit
on the Democratic side, and while he is not
sincerely in favor ot free coinage, he is a
Presidental candidate who knows that no
one of his party opposing that financial
view need hope for nomination or election.
He will doubtless be guided by this knowl
edge, and with possibly two or three excep
tions, the vote of the Democratic Senators
will be given for free coinage.
The President will veto the bill, the Re
publicans will be committed more than
ever to 3 moderate bi-metal policy, the
Democrats to ultra free coinage, and the
parties will fight the monetary side of the
campaign upon the record made in Congress
rather than upon any declarations made in
convention platforms. .
Wrockaco of Both Parties Possible
It is quite possible that there may be a
tremendous wrecking of both parties in
many States upon this rock. It is not the
influence of owners of silver mines that car
ries the Democrats into the current of free
coinage. Mr. Bland is a fine expositor of
the btst sentiment of this heresy, or ortho
doxy, as the case may be, and the one great
argument with him is that there cannot be
too much money in the country for the
masses, and that it is the money lender,,the
professional usurer, and he alone, who de
sires to curtail the volume of the circu
lating medium. However lacking in depth
and econonomical science the argument"
may be, it is one which will tickle the ears
of those same masses which are an object of
such profound concern rimong all profes
sional politicians.
Investigations Plentler Than Flies.
When the Democratic' tidal wave swept
over the Congressional districts of the coun
try a year ago it was easy to predict that
this term of Congress would be one of inves
tigations. Democrats .are radiant at antici
pation of the delight they will get from
probing into the supposed misdeeds of Re-
publicen officials.
Commissioner Raum, of the Pension Bu
reau, having stood successfully the heat of
one searching investigation, will be given
another seven times hotter than before. The
Government Printing Office is torhave some
of its methods investigated.
It is expected some rich leads will be
struck in an investigation of the influences
at work to accomplish the purchase of Rock
Creek Park, and the curious devices by
which some owners were awarded by the
commission three times the value of their
property, while in the case of others their
land was almost confiscated, and that in
some of the most beautiful spots of the park.
Scretary Rusk on the Gridiron.
Mr. D6ckcry to-day introduced a resolu
tion which will amount to a virtual investi
gation by the whole House of statements, of
the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to
unexpended balances for the last fiscal year
and the first half of this fiscal year, and
Jere Simpson, of Kansas, put forth a reso
lution which will give Mr. Secretary Rusk
something to talk about for some time to
come. Mr. Simpson's resolution proposes
to overhaul the Agricultural Department
from top to bottom.
By far the most important to Pennsyl
vania's, however, is the proposed investi
gation of National Bank failures, in
accordance with a resolution introduced by
Representative Mutchler, just before the
adjournment of the House, this afternoon.
The resolution provided in a general way
for an inquiry into the circumstances
attending the failure of certain national
binks, but it is aimed at the Keystone and
Spring Garden banks of Philadelphia, and
the Maverick Bank,of Boston, will probably
be included.
"Whit Mntchler "Wants to Know.
Mr. Mutchler disclaims any purpose of
making political capita, but with apparent
sincerity asserts that his only wish is to
learn how it is that a Government bank ex
aminer can pronounce a bank to be in a per
fectly sound condition which within a few
days from the date of examination tumbles
to pieces in the most disastrous wreck that
could be imagined. ,
Mr. Mutchler will not admit that he in
tends to go farther than this in his inquiry,
but it is almost invariably the fact that such
investigations broaden until they take in
every phase of the subject If this be the
case, we may expect to have retold in Wash
ington the stories of McCamant, Boyer,
Lacy, Wanamaker and others, with a "dis
section of the Quay certificate of deposit,
and evidence ot officers, employes, -.examiners
and so forth. .
I am inclined to agree with Comptroller
Lacy, that little more would be developed
by such an investigation than has already
been told, and that to go far into the causes
of the bank failure would weaken what Mr.
Mutchler declares to be the real purpose of
his resolution,to know why bank examiners
do nof examine and to devise some plan by
which a bank's soundness or unsoundness
may be surely known.
Hang-Up of the Collectorshlp.
The Pittsburg collectorship is still in
abeyance. Now it is because Secretary
Foster is at Fortress Monroe. The appoint
ment will not be announced until he re
turns, say the officials. Awhile ago it was
because Secretary Foster was sick. I was
informed seeral davs since that the matter
had been decided. Then why not announce
the nomination? It is just to all of the can
didates that the one selected should be
known as soon as possible. It may be a
mistake, but I fancy there is yet a feeling
of hesitation at the White House.
By a resolution offered to-day, the 21st of
this month is set apart for the reception of
the portraits of ex-Speaker Grow and the
late ex-Speaker Randall. The pictures are
presented to the House of Representatives
by the State of Pennsylvania. I am told
they are very good, but there is a doubt of
that, as they were painted by artists of no
reputation. A sreat portrait artist may
drop into mediocrity at times, even as
Homer nodded, but it is indeed rare that
mediocrity by some lucky accident rises to
greatness. It is deplorable that Mr. Ran
dall did not sit for some artist of repute
while he lived. A portrait painted from a
photograph is certain to be a lailure.
LlGHTNEE.
A FLOBIDIAK BEHEADED.
Discovery of the Murder of a Well-Known
31k nut Safety Harbor.
Safett Harbor," Fla., Jan. 11.
Special A horrible murder was discov
ered here this morning. C. MD. Inloes, a
well-known Jtizen, was found dead in the
fireplace of his sitting room. The body
had been there apparently three or four
days. He lived alone, but as he frequently
went to Tampa or Sandford on business his
absence created no alarm. The head had
been nearly severed from the trunk of the
body by a sharp instrument, and there were
numerous bruises on the body, probably re
ceived in a struggle with the murderer.
The adjoining room showed marks of a des
perate encounter, many blood stains ap
pearing upon the walls and the floors oyer
which the body had been dragged to the
front room and into the fireplace.
An effort had apparently been made to
leave the impression that Inloes had fallen
into the fire and been burned to death.
Suspicion rests 6n a former lodger who has
disappeared suddenly. The Coroner's jury
has not yet rendered a verdict. The town
and county are greatly excited.
WANTS A JUBY OF HIS PEERS.
An Alsatian Aecused ot Murder Asks a
Trial at Els Countrymen's Bands.
Freehold, N. J., Jan. 11 Special
The Monmouth grand jury this morning
found a true bill of indictment against
Louis Harriott, alias Aubertin, for the
murder of Mrs. Annie G. Leonard at At
lantic Highlands, November 27 last. Law
vers William H. Vredenburgh and Aaron
E. Johnston were assigned by Chief Justice
Beasley for his defense. Upon advice of
his counsel, Harriott pleaded not guilty.
Counsel made application for a jury one
half Alsatian, the prisoner's nationality,
and one-half American.
Owing to the novelty of the application
and waut of any statute bearing on-such a
jury the Chief Justice held it under advise
ment until he could confer with his asso
ciates of the Supreme Court. Harriott has
gained flesh since his confinement, and his
wrists are of snch unusual size that large
handcuffs would hardly encircle them. He
did not seem nervous. His trial has been
set down for February 8.
NOT ONEURIUDHED,
Every Passenger on an Over
turned Train on the
Monon Eoad Hurt.
TWO KILLED OUTEIGHT,
And at least Two More Cannot Be
cover From Their Injuries.
THREE
THEATRICAL
COMPANIES
On the Train, One of Them the City Clnb
Bnrlesgue Tronpe.
A BROKEN RAIL CAUSES THE WRECK
tSFZCTAI, TIMtORAM TO TOE DISPATCTM
Cbawtobdsvii.i.ii', Ind., Jan. 1L A
rail broken, a whole Monon passenger
train down a GO-foot embankment and many
passengers dead and dying, were the
rumors that began to afloat around Craw
fordsville about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon.
The worst fears were confirmed .a few
minutes later, when a freight train closely
following the passenger backed to the sta
tion with the dreadful news.
The wrecked train was the fast mail run
ning between Louisville and Chicago. It
consisted of a mail car and express car,
three coaches and the chair car, in charge of
Engineer Doyles and Conductor Bills. The
train left Crawfordsyille on time, and pulled
out under full head, but when the accident
occurred the rate of speed was about 25
miles an hour.
The scene of the wreck is two miles north
of Crawfordsyille, at Nicholson's crossing,
and less than one-half mile from the place
of the terrible freight collision of a month
ago. The roadbed is cut in a deep hillside,
with a 20-foot embankment on the right
side and the valley of Rock riyer on the
left.
A Broken Kail on the Curve.
The train was rounding a sharp curve
when the outer rail broke and caused the
wreck. The engine passed m safety. The
swing of the brakes on the engine caused
by the mail car breaking away from the
tender told the engineer that something was
wrong. The mail car was dragged
a hundred yards and then fell 20 feet In
some unknown manner it became loose from
the baggage car, which passed on without
being overturned. The next car was filled
with baggage and passengers. The first pas
senger coach was filled with passengers, and
turned three times before reaching the bot
tom. The stove was overturned and the car
soon destroyed, but the passengers escaped.
The next coach was torn to pieces, nothing
being left but the bottom of the car. It
was filled with people, and not one escaped
iujury. The parlor car toppled over and
landed on top of the third coach.
list of the Dead and "Wounded.
. The wounded were taken to a house near
by before being removed to the city. The
following, as near as can "be learned, is tBe
list of the dead and wounded:
ferACK ROVERS, City Club Burlesque Com-
panv. badly lnjnrea in legs ana Dacir.
GTJS ROGERS, same company, hurt in the
hack.
STELLA CLIFTON", same company, badly
hurt in lees and back.
M. Q. RDTLEDGE, porter of the chair car,
face mashed.
MADAME VON I. ROKET, the danseuse of
tho compnnv. killed.
BEX HAMBURG, drummer for Llebmann &
Schloss, Cincinnati, killed.
NELLIE HANLEY. New York City, crushed
and will die.
JOHN FORREST and WILLIAM HALL,
Crawfordsville; cut ahont the head.
J. N. DAVIDSON, Crawfordsvllle, head cut.
M. It. FOX, of New Albany, two gashes In
head, and Iesrbadlv crustied.
EUGENE DYER, Lafayette, head cut.
C. W. LOWDEN, Salem, Ind., leg badly
crushed.
F. C. nOYT, head cut.
EVA MARSHALL, EUisville, "side and face
crushed.
MRS. ANN HIBBS, Wheatfleld,face crushed.
EZBAH.HIBBS.Wheatneld,left arm broken,
right hand cut off.
HELEN LOVE, burlesque company, Injured
interr.allv.
GEORGE W. GARDNER, of La Doga, back
sligbtlv injured and left arm sprained.
E. WHITESIDES, Frankfort, spine frac
tured, serionslv Injured.
J. J. ENRIGHT, Chicago, knee and head
hurt.
C. N. CHEEK, ot Green Castle, lumber mer
chant, right leg cut off Just below the
knee, will die.
DAVE MALSBURT, Rome, N.Y., eye gouged
out and arm and lee broken.
C. N. CORNWALL, road master. Blooming
ton, back bnrtand internally injured. ,
JOHN WINCHESTER, Louisville, baggage
master, back hurt.
EXPRESSMESSENGER CUTLER.LouisvJlle
internal injuries.
WILLIAM SNYDER, newsboy, Chicago,
shoulder broken.
CORA WHITE, of the burlesque company,
of Syracuse, slightly injured aboat the
head.
FANNIE EVERETT, of the bnrlesque com-
anv, internally injured and bruised.
LIE LEWIS, of the burlesque company,
bruised about the head.
MELVIN McKEE, Chicago, hip and back
hurt.
HARRY C. BRYANT, of the Burlesque
Company, of Philadelphia, head bruised
and neck badlv sprained.
MADGE EARNER, of the Burlesque Com
pany, of Pittsburg, head badly bruised.
PAUL ALLAN, head crushed.
WILLIAM BISHOP, brakeman, from Lafay
ette, severelv burned about the head,
shoulders and back.
JOHN BILLS, conduotor, Internal Injuries.
THOMAS MIACO, opera tioup, internal In
juries. MISS BIBLE, Crawfordsville; face crushed.
NAT BERRY. Crawfordsvllle; Injured inter
nally and about the face.
MRS. BREYFOGLE, head and face badly
bruised.
NAT BEATTY, Will Smith, Dave Jones and
John F. Sullivan, of this city, bruised.
A Miracle Under the Circumstances.
That no more were killed outright seems
miraculous, after viewing the wreck. A
half-mile this side of the accident a force of
100 men was engaged in putting up. ice.
They heard the crash, but thought nothing
of it until the uninjured car ran back and
the whistle of the engine began to scream.
They left in a body, with picks and poles,
Tendered good assistance in' putting out the
fires and saved several lives.
C. N. Cheek, of Green Castle, had a leg
cut off and was pinned beneath a pair of
trucks. He coolly directed the relief corps
how to reUase him. The fire was fast ap-
reaching and he ordered that his legs be
oth cut off if necessary, but a block was
procured from tne engine and the unfor
tunate man was released in the nick of
time. He was removed to the town, but
cannot survive the night.
How Two Deaths Were Caused.
In its leap the ladies' coach encountered
a big walnut stump, which penetrated the
side and "probably caused the death of
Madam Van Rokev, of the burlesque com
pany, and Ben Hamburg, of Cincinnati.
The woman was found by the side of the
stump, her head crushed to a pulp. She
was also disemboweled. .Hamburg was lying
on the stump, mangled almost beyond rec
ognition. ,'
The brother Hlliputians, with the City
tilub uompany, were badly bruised and one
lost a finger., Roadmaster Cornell suffered
internal injuries, and the doctors fear he
may die.
Mr. Breyfogle, ex-President of the
Monon road, and his wife and son, of
Louisville, were on their way to Lafayette,
but all escaped wijh slight injuries. Of the
three theatrical companies aboard the train
the City Club Burlesque Company fared the
worst, every member Doing injured.
THE OUTRAGE PREMEDITATED.
so
PROVED BV EVIDENCE AT THE
VALLEJO INQUIRY.
Striking Discrepancies Between the Valpa
raiso and American Investigations of
the Baltimore Affair "Where the Chilean
Position Is ManifestlysWeak.
Washington, Jan. 11. A naval officer
of long experience and great prominence
said this afternoon:
The publio should bo made acquainted
with the real gravity of the controversy
with Chile. This investigation at San Fran
oisco is developing very startling farts.
The evidence taken out there shows conclu
sively to my mind that the assault on sailors
was a prearranged affair, and that the in
quiry Into the caBo at Valparaiso was a mere
farce.
That Inquiry, it is said, is developing tho
fact that the riot occurred between tho
hours of land 6 In the afternoon, and It was
alleged that the' American sailors wero
drunk. Now, I happen to know, as a matter
of long experience, that Bailors do not get
drunk so early in the day. It may seem odd
or even a joking observation, but it Is none
the less an important fact with a strong
bearing on the case, that sailors on-shoro
liberty do not get drunk before midnight.
.They never in a body become intoxioated
early In the evening. The more I hear from
other than Chilean sources of Information,
the more thoroughly convinced I am that
the assault was premeditated, and that HI
was Intended as an insult to this Govern
ment. It was ascertained this afternoon 'beyond
the possibility of a doubt that the Navy
Department has, since the receipt of the
hrst news' of the San Francisco inquiry, re
doubled its preparations for trouble. The
activity at the navy yard in this city has
increased, and the Navy Department is
pushing every means of saying time.
The Navy Department is informed that
the United States steamship Chicago, Ad
miral Walker's flagship, arrived at Monte
video this morning. The other vessels
of his squadron, the Atlanta and the Ben
nington, were last reported at Bahia. They
are expected to join the Chicago at Monte
video. The future movements of these ves
sels will be governed entirely by circum
stances. They were ordered to proceed to
Montevideo and await further orders. In
case of necessity they will be ordered to
Chile, but unless such a necessity arises
they will remain on duty in the South At
lantic. GREAT GUNS TO GATHER.
Senator Hill to Have the Benefit or the Next
Biff Blow-Ont of tho Democracy The
Manhattan Arranging a Reception for
This Month.
New Yobkt, Jan. 11. Special The
next great political reception of national
interest will be given by the Manhattan
Club to United States Senator David -Bennett
Hill. The- invitation was sent to
Senator Hill more than a week ago with a
request that he should name the date most
convenient to Him." He has replied, naming
Jannary 27. But this is a Wednesday, and
it will be almost impossible for any of the
State Senators or other big guns in Albany
to attend, so it Is not unlikely that the date
will be changed to January 23 or 30,as Satur
day evenings are generally considered the
best
Because of the. uncertainty of the date of
this rcceptionplne general invitation has
not yet been issued, nor have tbe house and
reception committees of the club arranged a
programme." They will meet Thursday, as
will also the Soard of Governors of the
club, and the details will be arranged then.
It is the intention of the managers of the
club to make this the greatest reception
ever given by the club, and probably more
men of national prominence will attend
than have ever before gathered in the club
house. Besides these men, all of the suc
cessful Democratic candidates at the last
election will be invited.
A MOVE TO OUST BEICE.
Introductory Steps Taken to Ascertain ills
Legal Residence.
Columbus, O., Jan. 1L Special
Representative Brittain, of Columbiana, to
day took tbe introductory steps toward in
vestigating the election and right of Calvin
S. Brice to hold a seat in the United States
Senate. He offered the following resolu
tion, which was laid over under the rules:
Whereas, It has been publicly charged
that Calvin S. Brice, at present holding the
office ot United States Senator from Ohio,
was not at the time of his election an in
habitant of the State from which he was
elected, and that he has no constitutional
right to the office he now holds; therefore,
Resolved, That proper action should be
taken to investigate the above charges, and
determine whether or not Calvin S. Brice
has a legal right to represent Ohio in the
Senate ot the United States.
The election ot a United States Senator
to succeed Senator Sherman will occur to
morrow. CANADA GETTING IN LINE.
"he Boodle Scandals and a Bad Trade
Policy Helplnc the Liberals.
Ottawa, Oxt., Jan. 11. Special In
tbe election for representation in the Do
minion Parliament held in Richelieu county
to-day Bruneau (Liberal) was ' elected by
107 majority over the Government candi
date. In March last Sir Hector Langevin,
as a member of the Cabinet, carried the
constituency by a majority of 308. This is
a great victorv for the Liberal narty, and is
an unmistakable evidence of the revulsion
that has taken place in public feeling since
the boodle scandals were ventilated last
session.
. The failure of the Government to neeoti
a'te a commercial treaty with the West
Indie3 and the apathy they have shown in
any attempt to secure close trade relations
with the United States has proved an im
portant factor against the Abbott ad
ministration in the contest in Richelieu to
day. '
A VICT0BY FOE THE SAILS0AD.
Chiefs Arthur and Sargent Settle a Fire
men's and Engineers' Wage BIspnte.
New Haven, Jan. 1L Special. The
controversy between the engineers and
firemen on the Naugatuck, Northampton
and Valley "divisions and the N ew Haven
Railroad and the company has been settled.
Chiefs Arthur and Sargent left for Cleve
land this morning. Before leaving they
visited General Manager Tnttle and left
with him the decision reached yesterday by
the men. It is this:
The firemen and engineers on the branch
roads receive 2 cents per mile, the same as
men employed on the main line, but no pay
for waiting'time. By this 'arrangement the
dissatisfied men agree -to the terms origin
ally proposed by the company. The settle
ment is considered a victory for the rail
road. These terms were .offered them a
year ago.
fewamped by the Frnitf nl Earth.
New Orleans, Jan. 11. Special
James M. Walsh, commission merchant of
this city, made an assignment of his prop
erty tohis creditors to-day. - Assets, J134,
605; liabilities, $79,421. He attributes his
failure to the low price of agricultural products.
P IS ANGRY
MEANS WAR
He Proposes to Retaliate
on Harrison and His
Admuiistration.
A HOT CENTER SHOT
To Be the First One Fired From the
Senator's Masked Battery.
HE'D LIKE AN INVESTIGATION
To Find Out Why Civil Servi:a Rules Don't
Go in Philadelphia.
Notice Served on the President That He
Can't Carry Pennsylvania If Nomi
nated New York and Indiana Also'
Being: Fixed Against Him Quay After
Revenge for His Friends' Turn-Down
in the Quaker City Much Depending
on To-Day's Primaries In Wanamaker
dom Senatorial Assistance for the
Beaver Statesman.
CSPICIAL TE1IOBAK TO THE DISPATCH.1
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1L
Senator Quay is prepared to retaliate on
President Harrison, and proposes to make
his first shot a center one. The Senator's
weapon will be a Senate resolntion provid
ing for an investigation, by a special
committee, of the charge that Federal
officials have taken an active part in
Philadelphia politics in the interest of the
elertion of delegates to the National
Republican Convention, pledged to the
support of President Harrison. s
Lost week the President began the war
on Quay by agreeing to the determination
of Secretary Foster and Internal Revenue
Commissioner Mason to suspend and Temove
a number of officials who have been active
in opposing the election of Charles Henry,
who wants to go to Minneapolis as a Harri
son delegate. These men are all friends of
Senator Quay, and he does not propose to
see them punished without at least pub
lishing to the country the facts as to the
true relationship of the administration to
civil service reform.
Quay's Resolution In His Pocket.
Senator Quay has had his resolntion in
his pocket for several days, but he does not
wish to present it until after the Philadel
phia primaries are held, to-morrow, and it
is just possible that if his candidates are
chosen heinav change his ,mind and tear np
the resolution. This is not at all likely,
however, and he is apt to call the matter to
the attention of the Senate on Wednesday
or Thursday.
There are several Republican Senators
who are very anxious to get a chance at the
administration, and they would be very
willing to become members of the proposed
committee. It is intended that the com
mittee will take testimony in Philadelphia,
with a view of ascertaining whether Gov-
f ernment officials in that city have taken an
active part in politics with the knowledge
and approval of Secretary Foster, Postmas
ter General Wanamaker and the President,
and if so, whether only those were punished
who refused to support the candidates for
delegates who are favorable to the renomi
nation of President Harrison.
Tho Senator 3Ieans Business.
Senator Quay says that he means business
and that if the investigation is once begun
it will not stop until the country has been
fully posted as to the difference between the
preaching and the practice of the Harrison
administration.
As is generally well known Senator Quay
and his colleague, Mr. Cameron, are openly
opposed to the future political ambitions of
Mr. Harrison and as strongly devofed to
the fortunes of Mr. Blaine. Senator Quay
makes no secret of the fact that he thinks
Mr. Blaine will be the nominee. He also
believes, and has so stated several times of
late, that Harrison cannot carry Pennsyl
vania if nominated.
The President has been actively at work
during the 'past few weeks setting in mo
tion the machinery that is expected to
bring about his renomination. New York,
Pennsylvania and Indiana are the three
States" wherein the fight for the election of
Harrison delegates has already been begun,
and the President is not strong in any of
them.
"Work in the Three States.
In Indiana the preliminary work of delegate-fixing
has already been partially com
pleted, and it is probable that the President
will get a delegation of lukewarm support
ers there. In New York the ax will soon
begin to fall and the officials of the various
departments of the public service there
wno are not narrisuu men win oe removed
to make way for those who are. In Penn
sylvania tbe Quay or anti-Harrison men are
being marked tor slaughter, and Quay
means to stop it.
Harrison has very few friends among the
Senators, and they will be glad of the op
portunity to show that he and the Post
master General have winked at the crime of
administration officials taking a hand in
politics, when they were helping their
friends. These Senators have not forgotten
what took- place inBaltimore and like things
may have taken place in Philadelphia. In
the" first named city, Civil Service Com
missioner Roosevelt s report convicted the
Republican postmaster and his assistants of
f engaging actively in politicalwork. Wan
amaker pigeon-noied tne report, it was
filed away several months ago, and has
never been disturbed.
When the Senatorial Committee gets to
w ork in Philadelphia, Mr. Roosevelt may
be of service in'showingthem how easy it is
to convict the administration ot playing a
double game on the subject of civil service
reform.
A-MUTE MTTRDEBER'S ESCAPE.
Discovery After Five Tears In a French
. Insane Asylnm.
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 11 Special
About five years ago the entire State was
thrown into a commotion by the news that
Walter Bingham, a deaf1 mute and a mem
ber of one of the best families in the State,
had murdered b'is sweetheart, Miss Lizzie
Turlington, also a deaf mute. Mr. Bingham
had loved Miss Turlington for a number of
years. It was generally understood that
they would be married soon. One beautiful
dav they rode out toeether from their home
sear Mebane. It is supposed that Bingham j
PITTSBURG PEDESTRIANISM.
killed the girl in a fit of jealousy. Her
body was found in the woods two days
later.
Large rewards were offered for the arrest
of Bingham, but he made his escape some
how, and his whereabouts have been a mys
tery up to a recent date. It is learned that,
he is in an insane asylum in the southern
portion of France. His escape from the
country was miraculous, when his condition
is considered, which must have rendered
detection so easy.
AN EMPTY BANK VAULT
PEIED OPEN BY AN EXAMINEE AND
EXPERT IN FIVE HOURS.
The Snm of 823,000 in Cash and Bonds
Gone The Cashier Arrested in Bed
Wild Depositors Start a Bun The In
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which between 57,000. and 8,000 &nf v.
money on nanu was paiu out. ueia ureea
the cashier, and ex-bank examiner for this
district, was arrested between 10 and 11
o'clock to-night, as startling disclosures
were made daring the evening.
When Examiner Dengler arrived Satur
day he found that a portion of the vault
could not be opened, and he sent to New
York for an expert. The man arrived last
night and worked five hours before getting
the vault door open. It was then found
that 323,000 in money and bonds was gone.
Shortly after this the excited depositors
started a run. Dela Green was arrested
while in bed and was taken before United
States Commissioner Bentley, who de
manded bail in the sum of 520,000. During
the night he will remain in the custody of
the Deputy Marshal.
Examiner Dengler said this evening that
the affair of the bank is in very bad shape,
and it looks as if the institution hod been
looted. A shortage of at least 540,000 has
already been discovered, and the full amount
it is expected, will be mnch greater. The
President is Captain John M. Bowman, who
also acted as cashier during the time Dela
Green was Bank Examiner. At midnight
the investigation is still under way and full
particulars will not be known until morn
ing. ENTERPRISE ON CREDIT.
An Echo of a Journalistic Advertisement
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Bnssell Harrison to Be Sned for Money
Advanced tho Alaska 'Expedition A
Mad Agent In California.
San Francisco, Jan. 11. Special
Suit will be brought in a few days in the
Federal conrts here against Russell Harri
son for $3,000, money advanced by the
Alaska Commercial Company to him for tbe
expenses of the Frank Leslie exploring
expedition in Alaska. When Wells
came out here he got free transportation
from the Alaska Company and also made
arrangements for drawing on their agents in
the far north to coAer expenses, as banks
are not numerous in our Arctic territory.
The company did everything- to help him,
and m all paid $3,000. When the bills of
the Commercial Company were sent to Rus
sell Harrison and his partner, Mr. Arkell,
thev replied that the bills must be O. K'd
bv Wells.
There was a long wait, and then President
Sloss, of the IVlaska Company, wrote to
Wells, who replied that he had indorsed
the bills as all correct weeks before. Then
Sloss drew on Arkell and Harrison for the
amount, but they allowed the draft to go to
protest. Then Sloss nsed language which
the missionaries do not translate for the use
of Alaska Indians. "I am as fond of enter
prise as any one," said Mr. Sloss, "but I
am not fond of being played by a million
aire like Arkell and his father's son, like
Russell Hamson. That kind of enterprise
doesn't go." The suit will begin in a day or
two.
NO CLEBICAL BACKERS
Of the Garza Revolution in New Orleans, So
the Knowlnc Ones. Say.
New Orleans, Jan. lL Special
General Rinz Sandoval, who is said to be
the representative in this city of the Garza
revolutionists and to be raising money for
their benefit, denies these stories told of
him. He says that while in sympathy with
Garza, he knows nothing of his movements
and is not even in communication withhim.
He emphatically denied the report that he
was securing funds from certain Catholic
revolutionists who have as their sympa
thizers the Clerical party in Mexico. Arch
bishop Jaussen scouted the idea that any
Catholic society or other institutions of
this city was supplying money in aid of the
revolutionists. It is too ridiculous for se
rious consideration, he said.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
Topic Page.
Springer Has Stirrrd Up His Party 1
Awful "Wreck on. the Monon.. 1
Qurty Beclares War on Harrison 1
Hazelton Sinking Into a Mine 1
L. and O. People Bodglnc 2
"Witchcraft and a Queer Suit 2
Polish Priests In Danger... 2
Brennen's Scalp Taken 2
Another Allegheny Stir 3
Editorial and Social 4
Waifs From the C&pltal .'
An Important iecl Decision S
Work or City Councils 6
A Blow ut Blaine...., 7
Hill Men Ilnstlinp in Pennsylvania 7
Dr. Graves Sent'nced to Be Hanged 7
Another State Bank Wrecked 7
England's Grist or Scandals 7
News of t he Sporting World 8
The Trl-State Budget.... 8
Working on Allegheny's Mlllage 8
Routine of Congress 9
The Tlays Here Criticised A O
County Conrt Business....... 10
Xhe OH Field News 10
Financial and Commercial Markets 11
McKlnley's Inaugural Address 12
The Message of Mayor Gourley 13
THE WORST CAVE-IN
That Eren Hazelton, in All
Its Sinking, Has Eyer
Experienced
STEEETS SPLIT FOE YAEDS
And the Inhabitants Forced to Move
Their Household Good3 .
BY THE DIM LIGHT OP LAffTEBNS.
The Homes of 2,500 People Jfade Dangerous
To Kemain In.
MINING MAKES THE PLACE YBET SHAIT
rFPECTAI. TILMJKAJt TO THE DISPATCH.
Hazelton, Pa., Jan. 1L Just as dark
ness was closing down upon the city this
evening a miner wending his way from th
Laurel Hill shaft to his home on South
Pine street, noticed a ragged black, line
clearly defined in the snow near the pave
ment. He wore on the peak of his cap his
miner's lamp, which was still lighted, and
with" it he stooped to investigate. To his
surprise he found the crack extended along
Pine street for therdistance of 30 feet
Quickly he went along the street and soon
encountered another crack, through which
one 'could drop a lead pencil. The miner
knew what that meant. He knew that 700
feet below that part of the city-men were at
work taking out coalthat trains of loaded
cars, drawn by locomotives, were humming;
along gangways down there. So he rang the
doorbell of the nearest house and told the
man who lived there of his discovery.
A Thousand People 3Iove Out.
.,""bat was at 6.30 o'clock. An hour" later
JO men and women were patroling Pine
,d Chapel, Walnut, Chestnut and Cedar
Streets, with lanterns. They found fully 50
cracks, ranging from half an inch to five
inches in width. In the walls of booses
long ragged lines ran, and foundations had
fallen away from the frame structures in
some cases five inches. The yards and alley
ways were seamed, and every once in awhile
could be heard a cracking noise, showing
that the buildings were settling further.
By 7:30 o'clock 20 families were moving
out of their homes. Women hurried along
the streets to a safer neighborhood, their
arms filled with bundles of clothing, clocks,
bric-a-brac and other small articles. Sleighs
and wagons were backed up to doorsteps
and heavy furniture was earned out. Where
horses could not be secured men and boys
drew the sleighs themselves.
The Streets Splitting Tor Yards.
Every once in awhile it was noticed that
the cracks in the street gaped further, and
suddenly it was found that for a distance of
30 feet on the north side of Chapel street,
east of Pine, the ground had fallen fully
a yard. Long, undulating hollows here
and there proclaimed the fact that the street
was caving 'in elsewhere, and the excite
ment grew minute by minute-
Of those who moved away about a score
took with them part or all their household
belongings, while the rest put out the fires
in furnaces and stoves and departed without
trving to rescue any furniture.
The cave-in commenced on Christmas
Day, and the first houses to suffer were
those in the neighborhood of Broad and
Pine streets. It extends southward five
blocks and a half, ending 100 feet beyond
Chapel street, and east and westjabout one
block between Wyoming and Cedar streets.
A. Pardee & Co. are the people operating
beneath that district, and they protest pub
licly that there is no real danger, as the
ground cannot sink into the mines.
Five Hundred Houses Trembling.
Altogether 500 houses are affected, in
which dwell 2,500 people. It is not to be
supposed that all of these dwellings are in
immediate danger, but they are within the
territory on which the oave-in has caused
foundations to sink, cracks to open in the
ground and plaster to burst in walls.
J. Meyer, of 129 Ghestnut street, noticed
the workings of the mines last week. He
had not moved ont of his house up to mid
night. "I heard the walls cracking last
week," he saidj "and on Friday night first
noticed , the roaring down in the
mines. It continued with decreasing
intervals until about 7 o'clock. From
6 until 7 we could hear coal thumping and
tumbling down sometimes thrice within 15
minutes. Cracks show in the plastering in
the third story and in the cellar. Since 7
o'clock we have not heard the sounds so
often. I think we are pretty safe here.
Cause of the Great Cave-In.
"Mv idea of the trouble is this: The
cave-in above us on the hill, and the coal
tumbling down toward the street, filled in
the hollow beneath our house and the others
along here. If the cave-in had started here
at the foot of the hill, why,.then, when that
up about us went we'd be swamped. But,
as it is, I think we're all right now."
Mr. Myers' feeling was shared by Chief
Polgrean, who was aronnd with Frank
Pardee. The former told the people there
was no danger, and not to move out.
At 11:30 o'clock Mr. Pardee came into
the Plain Speaker office and said: "The
squeeze is over now. I have just had word
to that effect from inside of the mines."
A QUEER CASE DECIDED.
A Divorced Wife Who Afterward lived
XVlth the Husband Gets His Estate.
St. Louis, Jan. 1L Special An inter
esting decision was rendered by Judge War
ner, of the Probate Conrt to-day. Some
time ago Patrick B. Bradley died, leaving
an estate valued at $40,000. No will being
found the Public Administrator took charge
of the property. A short time after Brad
ley's death a woman who claimed to have
been the wife of the deceased put in an ap
pearance. The Publio Administrator took
up the clainurof the woman and found from
the records that the couple had been di
vorced in 1879, but after the divorce they
still continued to live as man and wife at
the request of the deceased.
Her attorneys raised the point that a
second marriage of the common law order
followed the divorce. Judge Warner handed
down his decision sustaining the claim of
Mrs. Bradley.
WABIJXE WOBS HIGHT AHD SAT.
Uncle Sam Is Bushing His Contract for
Dynamite Cartridges.
Chicago, Jan. 1L Mortimer McRob
erts, of this city, who has the' contract to
furnish all the dynamite cartridges for the.
United States army and navy, said to-day
that his factory at Dubuque has put on a
double force of workmen and is working
night and day.
Not less than 2,000 men have been en
gaged for the work, and it is stated that the
payments made by the Government will
foot up into hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. The prospect of a possible war with,
Chile is assumed to be the cause for push- "
ing the manufacture. Until a year ago the
United States purchased all cartridges off
England. '
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