HJHkW - t( f r t$9H5SHPtinR'f t sj T&f?v ieJItwppw j w -j. pffl$mm nn iVnil need seook, a coachman, UU I UU nn lnvmont, n bargain, anvthlng? If UANT an dotryTITK DISI'AICH'S If Mil I v-KV- .lrnKD S?XlZpSSi ANYTHING? UnilQPQ THE DISPATCH! the best rlUUObip medium for home banters nl borne CPPI IRC seekers. If yon Intend utUUIlull to nan ad vertise In or consult DP RCMTCn Its small ad columns. Un HCI1 I CU. FORTY-SIXTH TEAK ELTTSBUKG, MONDAY, JANTTARY 18. 1892. THREE CENTS. -W m mpmtm. DARK HORSES flFTJMlE. Alger, Cullom and Others Think It Unfair That the Secretary DOES NOT SPEAK OUT And Announce His Intentions as to the Presidental Race. THEY WON'T RUN IF HE DOES, But They Want Time to Get in Condition if They Enter. A Movement Afoot to Force the Secre tary to a Declaration if He Won't Make It Voluntarily Harrison's Evi dent Assurance That He Will Not Bo Opposed toy His Premier Speaker Crisp Not Greatly Infatuated With the New Rules His Committee Has Pre paredHe Will Have Them Revised Eg-an the Wrong Person to Look to for Information About Chile Montt's Last Interview Commented Upon. ErrciAi. TELEGRArmc letter. BritsAc of The Dispatch, Washcgtox, D. C. Jan. 17. The attitude of Secretary Blaine in re attitude of Secretary Blaine in gard to the national nomination has already given some trouble both to his friends and those who are supposed to feel friendly to another candidate. It is a matter of more concern at this time than it has been here tofore, and the confusion arising from it promises to increase-in the near future. Within five months the Republican Na tional Convention will be held at Minne apolis. Five months is a short time in hich to decide upon and prosecute a can ines. If Mr. Blaine is not a candidate, and if he is determined to forbid the use of his name, there arc several other worthy gentle men who would like to be informed of the tact. Not Pair to Wonld-Ite Candidate. It Las been asserted that Mr. Blaine, while not assuming to be a candidate, will accept the nomination if it be tendered to liira. It is asserted with even greater show of conviction that he will not permit the ue of his name, but will, in his own good lime, leave the public free to make their choice from among the other candidates. If this latter view be the correct one, Mr. Blaiue, by apparently remaining in the field, prevents the others from announcing and prosecuting their candidacy. Mr. Blaine knows, the country knows, and every other aspirant knows, that if he is a candidate he will be nominated. If Blame is a candidate, Alger is not. If Blaine is a candidate,Cullom is not. Dark Horses AS ant a Show. II has been pretty authoritatively stated that, it Blaine is a candidate, Harrison is not. But, if Blaine is not a candidate, and yet permits it to be aumed that he is, so long as he fails to define his position, Alger and Cullom are prevented from taking any fcteps to crystallize their strength, while Harrison, by reason of his position, will lo-e nothing by the delay of Blaine. If tue Secretary of State keep silent till the convention be almost at hand, and then forbid his friends to ue his name, Harri son will hac practically a clean field for a renoimuation. It is this tact which is causing thoe who are opposed to the re uomination of Harrison to become very restive, and to desire aboe all things polit ical that Blame will define his intentions. Signs ofnn Understood Combine. The extraordinary attempt of the ad ministration to interfere with the Philadel phia primaries to assist the choice of d rairistration delegates is accepted as an in dication that Harrison does not believe Blaine will stand in the way of his renomi lution. Mr. Harrison and his friends were coniinced that the fight against the.admin istration delegates was not for the purpose of electing delegates for 'Blaine, bnt that it was the beginning of a movement to gain control of the State and use the delegation to Minneapolis against Harrison. Those who take this view are therefore of the opinion that Harrison is very much a -j candidate, knowing that Blaine will not be, and this theory has led to a broad assertion within the last Tew days that Blaine is lending himself to a scheme of Harrison to keep all other candidates out of the field by continuing the doubt in regard to his can . didacy. TSUlne to He Asked to Talk. So strong has this suspicion become in the minds of some of Mr. Blaine's friends that they are seriously contemplating concert of action to ask of him a formal declaration of his intentions. No information that can be had from any authoritative source is satis factory. Notwithstanding all assurances from the "met intimate friends" of the Secretary that he will not reject the nomi nation if it be tendered to him, the would be supporters of Mr. Blaine are not con vinced. The reports arc discredited, but -it is deemed necessary that the truth should be frankly stated in some way to the public by Mr. Blaine himself. Reasons Enough Tor a Declaration. The suspicion that Blaine is silent in the interests of Harrison is now being bruited about and will soon be a theme of national discussion. It is probably-Smelly unjust to Mr. Blaine, for his frankness is one of his leading characteristics. But if it be cruelly false, Mr. Blaine is in some sense rciconsible forits germination.and beinp re- GL . .. , .-,.-' lUlHtt, ne cannot attord to icnore it Itiskaown that somewhat eitrnnrriinmi' lattetnpU have of late been mad tn Hrr from Sir. Blaine Rome htfttumnnt v f.:l.. - ....,..,, uutui4UCI' to all efforts have tailed. Hu has main tained an impenetrable silence whenever the wibject was approached. It is pretty certain that the friends of Blaine who are his friends Jtpart from all other considera tions, as well as the opponents of Harrison, who are for Blaine as Harrison's strongest opponent, will soon take some means to ex tract a definite statement from the Secre tary, should he not voluntarily, in view of the charge of his double-dealing, decide to set the matter at rest. 31 r. Crisp and the New Hales. It is earnestly hoped that Speaker Crisp will be sufficiently recovered from his long wrestle with the grip to at least attend this week the meetings of the Committee on Rules, if not to preside over the delibera tions of the House. The new code of rules as it has been prepared by the other Demo crats of the committee is not quite satis factory to Mr. Crisp, and further revision will be necessary. Two important provi sions are proposed which will yet need con siderable discussion. One is to fix npon 100 members as a quorum of the committee of the whole House, and the other is to prevent upon suspension day the intermin able reading of bills sometimes insisted on br members who wish to obstruct business. It is said the committee would be pleased if it could adopt some method of counting a quorum which would prevent filibustering by a deliberate breaking of a quorum, but that they can find no method which would not be too closely akin to that adopted by Mr. Reed, of counting all members present, whether they vote or not, and which would humiliate them by accepting now what they denounced continuously during the last Congress. The Chilean Hatter to Talk Over. It is probable that it will make little dif ference for a week or two whether new rules be adopted or not. If. as is expected. the correspondence between the Chilean and United States Governments be sub mitted to Congress Wednesday or Thurs day, the discussion ensuing will occupy most of the time of the House and Senate for many days thereafter, and it is quite certain that no special parliamentarylaw will be necessary for the control of either Mouse. A long sigh of relief is heard from every one that the Chilean trouble is at last to be brought to some sort of understanding. Meantime the preparations for possible war go on apace, and are not one whit abated by a remarkable report which got abroad this morning that officiaPadvices had been re ceived from Chile that another revolution is about to break out in that benighted country, and that it would be well for this Government to await its result before de claring war. Scan Not the Possible Author. This report is really the most amusing thing that has cropped out among all the sensational inventions that have sprnng from "the situation." The news of the im pending revolution is alleged to have been cabled to the State Department yesterday by a no less exalted authority than Minister Egan. If Mr. Egan be still so deep in the secret councils of the Balmacedans to know of their revolutionary purposes he would hardly have been so enthusiastic on account of the prospect as to cable the news to his Government, the President of which would, of course, immediately give it to the public, and, above all, to Minister Montt, who would naturally a: once cable it back to his worthy cousin, President Montt, at San tiago. This is hardly more amusing, however, than a reported interview pith Minister Montt, in which that gentleman is made to utter grievous complaint that while our newspaper press was circulating all sorts of ugly stories describing the implacable hatred of Chileans for "Americans, " the Eress at Valparaiso was picturing in the est vein of the society reporter's art a great ball given by the officers of the United States steamer Baltimore to aristo cratic ladies and gentlemen of the Chilean metropolis, jar. Montt, as reported, seems to think that this grand social event, in which the "best people" of Valparaiso joined, is sufficient proof-of the friendli ness oi umieans ior Ameneaaitr it-toe .in i terriew be authentic, Mr. Montt should make a high reputation as a diplomat, if the revolutionary spirit of his country be gracious enough to permit him to remain lor a reasonable term in Washington. LicnTNEB. STRAIGHT .FROM BLAINE. GENERAL ALGER VISITS HIM, GETS NOT A TOKEN. BUT The Michlgander Thinks the Sphinx Will Re Too Patriotic to Decline a Nomina tion A Commission Proposed to Stave Off the War With Chile. Detroit, Jan. 17. The Tribune to-morrow will publish an authorized interview with General R. A. Alger, who has just re turned from Washington, in which he makes known the result of his recent conference with Secretary Blaine. "I saw Mr. Blaine," said the General, "but he said nothing to me that would fur nish any indication as to whether he will be a candidate for the Presidency or not My impression is that Mr. Blaine would be glad to be relieved from the responsibility of being a candidate, but, if the Minneapolis convention shall demand that he accept the nomination, I believe he is too patriotic to refuse. I am not authorized to speak for Mr. Blaine in any way, and this is simply my personal opinion, but, as I have just said, I feel confident that he will accept the nomination if it is tendered to him with practical unanimity." A Good Deal of War Talk. "How about the Chilean war talk?" "There is a good deal of it in Washing ton, and war may be the outcome of the present situation. The army and navy are naturally in favor of it and their influence is being felt. War preparations always ex cite and enthuse the masses of the people, too. But it does not seem to me that we have yet exhausted legitimate and proper means for effecting a peaceful settlement. "We are a nation of 65,000,000 intelligent, wide-awake, well-governed people, and we are proposing to go to war with a country whose whole population does not number more than 2,700,000. which is manv thon- -sands of miles away from us, and which is, in fact, so interior to the United States that war with it seems almost like tresspass upon our own dignity. Arbitration the Better Plan. "It seems to me it would be both prudent and proper to send a commission to Chile, previous to a determination to begin hos tilities,with a view of thus securing ample reparation and avoiding an appeal to arms, which would probably sacrifice not less than 10.000 lives and cost $300,000,000. "What if the commission failed?" "War would then be inevitable, of course, and I only refer to the matter of appointing a commission as a means ot honorably avoiding hostilities. The United States is committed to the policy of arbitration. I would not lower the dignity of the Ameri can flag, but simply urge that we live np to a standard which we have ourselves set There has been one good result, however, of the war scare. It has convinced our people of the necessity for a strong navy, and I am glad of it" "There could be but one result of a war between the United States and Chile?" "Of course. Defeat is not'in the stars for the American people." TKIED AWFUL HABD TO DIE. .A Disconsolate Drummer Inhales Gas In a Hotel for Several Hours. Netv Yokk, Jan. 17. Special The painstaking efforts which Arthur B. Hintze, of Hoboken, made to-day to end his life tailed through no fault of his own. Hintze, a young man of 25, came over to' Smith & McNeil's hotel Saturday afternoon. He registered as "James White, Easton, Pa." He was assigned to room 374, on the top j floor. Nothingjwas heard of him again un- j til 8:30 o'clock this morning, when groans j irom tne room brougnt watenman Tony Cauco upstairs in a hurry 1 to investigate. Hintze was lountt Sse The" Si i "from a bracket across the room from "where the bed stood. A rubber tube ten feet long was fitted over the burner at one end, while the other was in Hintze's mouth. The tube was held in place in his mouth by a wire. Hintze had wrapped the wire several times around his neck, and had then bent one end into the form of a ring, which stood up over his mouth. He passed tne tube through the rinc. which held it in position and prevented it from dropping from his, mouin. .Hintze was taicen to unanmers Street Hospital, where the house surgeon says he is in a fair way to recover. He was a salesman who had been out of work lately. His bride of a year died a few months ago. A CRUSADE ON GAMBLING. ONE 1AW AND ORDER LEAGUE AT TENDING TO BUSINESS. A Determined Fight Against the Gutten berg Race Track and Its Bookmakers rienty of Financial and Moral Backing for na Extended Assault. New Yokk, Jan. 171 Special The Hudson County Law and Order League pro poses this time to make a determined fight against the Guttenberg race track. When the fight was made last spring the League had neither sufficient money nor influence to make the fight effective. Now it has the backing of the Board of Control, and conse quently there Js money in plenty. The league has secured eminent counsel in the person of ex-Governor Bedle, ex Judge Blair, and Otto Crouse. Ex-Judge Blair said to-night: "There is plenty of money behind this movement, and the battle will be fought to the end. We pro pose to keep on arresting these violators of the law every day. If there is any power in New Jersey, in her courts, or in public sentiment, we propose to call every power to aid in sup pressing this institution. It will be simply a question of whether the owners of the race track are stronger than the law." Rev. John L. Scndder, pastor of the Jer sey City Tabernacle, who is one of the most active and aggressive members ot the Law and Order League, took up the sub ject to-night in his pulpit. He said: "Once more the tocsin of war is being sounded in Hudson county, and every decent citizen called upon to do his utmost in demolishing the demon whose lair is in the Guttenberg race track. Yesterday numerous arrests were made upon the race track, in spite of the oaths and threats and maledictions of the 'big four." It is said that in a day or two another raid will be made on the bookmakers. SHOT A SCHOOL TEACHER, An Ohio Fanner's Revenue for a Whipplne Administered to His Son While Slelgn- BtdlngWIih HU Sweetheart the Blrch- Wl'derg Ccat Is Pilled With Buckshot. SPRINGFIELD, O., Jan. 17. Special A frightful story of backwoods barbarity, with which that told of in the "Hoosier Schoolmaster" pales into insignificance, comes from the Black Creek school district, Darke county. Henry Crooks, a young school teacher, is the hero. He had a thrillingly narrow escape from death last night Crooks gave Charles, the SVyearold son. 'ofJ?armeTT!Iarkj- -whip)ing,TrIday after noon. When the son went home from school ne told his father, who started in pursuit of the teacher with a shotgun loaded with buckshot. When he reached the place where the young man stopped, he learned that he was out sleigh-riding with a lady and would not return for some time. The irate farmer went home and kept his wrath bottled up until last evening, when he sallied forth in quest of the unsuspect ing teacher. He suddenly came upon the pedagogue, who was in tne sleigh. " With out warning or a moment's hesitation the old man fired both barrels of the gnu at Crooks. Buckshot passed through his thick overcoat into his right arm, luckily missing his lady friend. Miss Enright Pari of the charge hit the horse, frightening it and causing it to run away. After Crooks gained control of the ani mal he got out and lighted a match and found numerous buckshot holes in the horse. Clark was promptly arrested and was bound over in court in the sum of 500 for shooting with intent to kill. He secured bail and was released. A BAT WITH A KNIFE IN HIM. Fatal Result or a Fisticuff Fight at a Col ored Bait PrrrsriEi.D, Mass., Jan. 17. Special. Lenoxdale, a small village nine miles south of here, was the scene of a stabbing affray Friday night, which resulted in the death of Louis Lussier, who lived 24 "hours with a broken knife blade in his heart The assailant, Charles Edward Adams, colored, was to-night lodged in Pittsfield jailA In the village ,of Lenoxdale are many colored people, and on Friday night they gave a concert and ball in Elmwood Hall, which was crowded with dusky belles and beauxr Many white people were present to see the fun, and among them was Lussier, with a party of friends. Early in the even ing Lussier engaged in boxing with one of his friends. Edwards, who was drunk, wanted to box with Lnssier, and on getting the worst of it became angrv. Words were exchanged. Later a struggle took place be tween the two which resulted in the stab bing of Lussier. He lingered until 12:20 o'clock this morning, when death ensued, A knife blade an inch long was found just below the rib. IOWA HEEDS A CUBATITE LAW. A Suit Which May Bankrupt Many of the Cities in That State. Sioux City, Ia., Jan. 17. One of the most important legal questions in Iowa for years is brought up by a suit filed in the District Court on behalf of George B. Owen, of Cedar Bapidg. It is for an injunction to restrain the city from collecting from the plaintiff the assessment against his property ior grading streets. Owen claims the law under which the assessment is made is in direct violation of the provisions of the State Constitution, which prohibits .special legislation. If the present suit should compel the city to pay back to the property owners all the assessments ever collected in this way, it would bankrupt most of the leading cities of the State. In Sioux City alone it is cal culated the rebates would amount to'fully 51,000,000. SUICIDE BY FBEEZING. A Chicago Disconsolate Takes an Original Method of Ending Iler Life. Chicago, Jan. 17. Mrs. Mary Simpson, a fashionable dressmaker, committed sui cide in a novel manner late Saturday night Walking out upon the ice of the lake, she divested herself of all her clothing and lay down upon the ice todie. " Her dead body was found there hls morning. She had been ill and is supposed to have become insane. INSULT UPON INJURY!? j i Heaped by Cliileans oil Airier. icans, According to Com mander Evans. SEOEETAEY TEACY AMEY He Considers the Latest Beported Trouble an Affront A POLITE SALDTE CAUSED IT. The Officials in Washington Much Put Ont bj the News. TOTALLY UNEXPECTED CHANGE OP BABE Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. Secretary Tracy to-night made public the following dispatch he had received, from Commander Evans, of the United States steamer York town, now in Valparaiso, Chile, in regard to the Balmacedist refugees put aboard that vessel by United States Minister Egan and the Spanish Minister: Valparaiso, Chile, January 16. Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C: The American Minister informs me that the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs has changed his mind about; refugees now on the Yorktown, nnd that they may he taken out of any merchant vessel at that Chilean port by local authority. Arrangements had been made for all of them to sail to-day, hut this change of baso on the pait of the Chilean Minister ofFoieign Affairs compels me to keep them, which crowds me very much. Shall I land them at Callao, Peru, or Molendo, Peru? No steamers from here go direct to- neutral territory. This unexpected act of the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs is due, he states, in part to my saluting tho Span, lsh Minister when, he came on board to de liver two refugees, I have requested the American Minister to say to the Minister of Foreign Affairs that I am responsible to my own Government and not to that of Chile, in such matters, and that I consider his criti cism offensive, and I will not accept it. Ills action seems unworthy of the representa tive of a serious Government Eva vs. Uncle Sam's Officials Surprised. The action on tho part of Senor Percira, the Chilean Minister of Foreign Affairs, in deciding that the refugees might be taken ont of any merchant vessel touching at a Chilean port bv local authority, was a great surprise to the officials in "Washington. They had been led to believe, from the fact that the refugees were allowed to go on board the Yorktown without molestation, that they would be permitted to leave the country without further hindrance. This belief was no doubt shared by the United States officials in Chile, for the Navy Department had been informed by Commander Evans that the refugees were to sail yesterday on their way to Europe. Notwithstanding this setback to their de parture there is no donbt that they will be able to get to neutral territory if the Navy Department can bring about the result Tracy Will Instrnct the Commander. Secretary Tracy said to-night that ho wjll send a reply to Commander Evans. to-mor- row morning, instructing him what to -do in the matter. He will in all j)robftbiltv order that the refugees be taken" to some place in a neutral territory bv the York town, though to wb,3t particular point the Secretary would not say. Neither would the Secretary say what vcel he would order to Valparaiso when the Yorktown de parts. The Boston, now at Callao, Peru, is nearest to the Chilean port. There was no ground for offense to the Chilean Government in the action of Com mander Evans salntingthe Spanish Minister wnen tne latter came on board to deliver the two refugees who had been under hi care. The naval regulations require com manders ot vessels to cvteud this courtesy to a visiting dignitary who may come aboard their vessel. Insult Added to Injary. The latest move of the Chilean Govern ment, as voiced by its Minister of Foreign Affairs in the present case, is verv unsatis factory to such of those officials in Wash ington as are willing to express themselves with respect to the matter. It is frit to be a case of adding insult to injury, an addi tional affront to one already aggravated. Secretary Tracy evidently regretted what had occurred, and seemed to think it an af front to the nation. Neither Secretary Blaine nor Minister Montt had anv news beariug on the Chilean situation for the press to-night THE CASHING FITTING OUT. Another Torpedo Boat Turns in at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. New York, Jan. 17. Special The tor pedo boat Cushing arrived at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at 10:30 o'clock last night, from Newport, where she has been lying out of commission for some time Lieutenant Winslow, who commands her, said to-day that he supposed the order for him to come to Brooklyn was given so that this boat might be fitted out with torpedoes, and thus made ready for active service in case the'trouble with Chile should culminate in war. "If war should come," said the Lieuten ant, "1 don't think we would have any trouble in squelching Chile, for our navy is. now in a pretty good condition." B0TK1N HAS TEUE GKIT. The Kansas Judge Won't Show the White leather, bnt Will Compromise. TopJSKA, Jan. 17. The retirement of Judge Botkin from the judicial district over which he presides, where the late war has been raging, would, everyone concedes, re sult in restoring the turbulent counties to peace, but Judge Botkin will not resign. He says he has never yet shown the white feather, and that he will continue his resi dence there if he has to carry a small arsenal around with him to protect his life. His friends in this district have pleaded with him to resign and move out ot the locality, but he is determined to stay. . He has, however, consented to a compro mise which will insure peace for at least the rest of the present term of his court He has arranged to absent himself from the district for a time and to allow the bar to choose a judge pro tempore. , MBS. QUACKENBUSH SUCCUMBS After Living Eight Days With a Bullet in Her Brain. NeV Yobk, Jan. 17 Special. Mrs. Annie Quackenbush, who' was shot by her husband, Charles 8. Quackenbush, on the evening of January 8, died at 3 o'clock this morning. Her condition was such that hope was held out until last evening, when she began to sink. Her husband's sister, Mrs. L. Stender, of Syracuse, was called during the evening, and she remained at the bedside of the injured woman until death came. Mrs.. Quackenbush, though not a strong woman, exhibited wonderful vitality in living for more than eight days with a bullet wound in her brain. She was never fully conscious after the shot was fired , but J she talked a little and gave rambling re ntes to questions. Toward tne end she re apsed into a stupor from which she did not J revive at any time. I Mrs. Stender said she would have the I, body removed to Albany and placed in the receiving vault beside tnat oi unaues o. Quackenbush. who killed himself immedi ately after shooting his wife. Mrs. Stender will take the four little children to her home in Syracuse. The little girls will be the heirs of the property left by their father, which is said to be worth readily J60.000. VACCINATION FATAL. . YOUNG GIRL SUFFERS SIX TEARS AND THEN DIE.". She Dreaded the Ordeal, but the Doctor In sistedPhysicians Puzzled Over the De velopment of Her Case Reduced to a Skeleton and Almost Ossified. New Yobk, Jan. 17. Frances Aston, aged 17, has died from the effects of vaccina tion. The girl was suffering intense pain several years before death came. In 1885. she aud her sister Edna were 'vaccinated. The parents of the girls at first strongly ob jected to the vaccination, but finally con sented, and it was done. Both girls were in robust health. The vaccine virus "took." well on Edna, but developed a difficulty with Frances. The latter a few days later I began to suffer intense pains about the nmDs ana ner cries couia De neara a oiock. away. Ulcerous sores began to form on various parts of the body, and continued to increase until the surface of the body was a mass of eruptions from head to foot Dr. Halton, a neighboring physician, was called in and tried to relieve the patient from her sufferings, but all to no effect. Other physicians were called to the house, but with the same result The girl's sufferings only seemed to increase, and it was not long before she was unable to lie in bed or to stand- erect After treatment at Bellevue, she in a measure recovered. For a year Frances went about, when she was again stricken down, both limbs becoming paralyzed, and her sufferings were renewed. From that time until her death she never left her home. The physicians franklv confessed them selves puzzled. Again the father called on Dr. Walters for an explanation, and at his request the doctor gave a written explana tion, telling how he had been called to vac cinate the girl, her dread of vaccination, aud the vaccination of ten other children with the same vaccine. Dr. Walters ended by saying that, in his opinion, the girl's' death "would be due to the vaccine. The girl's 17th birthdav was on Monday, and so l rigid naa tne limbs become that it was witn dimcnlty they could bo straightened to place the body in a coffin. Her bodv was re duced almost to a skeleton and weighed about 40 pounds. BELTZH00VEE BOASTS BEICE. Another Pennsylvania Leader Who Thinks the National Chairman Is Mistaken. Caklisee, Pa., Jan. 17. Special Congressman F. E. Beltzhoover this even ing, in reply to the question as to the out look in the contest for State Chairman, said: "I believe J. Marshall Wright will be elected Chairman by a good majority." "Will Harrity be elected to the vacancy on the National Committee?" "I have no doubt at all of Harrity's elec tion, by a large majority." "Will Chairman Brice's decision be sus tained?" "Mr. Brice's decision -is a most unfor tunate decision for himself. It will not be sustained and it ought not to be sustained. I have no doubt of the power of the State central uommitieeionu aracaucies on tile- National Committee, and I never heard any good lawyer doubt this proposition. The latest practice in Nevr York in filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Oehl Tichs, is in support of this view. Mr. Brice himself believed this was the proper plan within GO days, wheti he wrote to Mr. Eisner that tne State Central Committee should fill this very vacancy." THE FAIE APPE0PBIATION. Why the Chicago Legislative Committee Bid Not Indorse tho Petition. Chicago, Jan. 17. Director General Davis, of the World's Fair, was interviewed to-night in regard to the position of the Legislative Committee. He said: "The committee's action is jn conformity with the action of the National Board of Com missioners at its last meeting. "As I understand it, the committee is not antagonistic to the appropriation, bnt as its instructions were merelv to work in the in terest of a loan it concludes that it has no reason to go beyond that The attitude of the committee in allowing the application for an appropriation to go before Congress without its recommendation, is, in my opinion, a logical one and will be no bar to the measure." HELD BACK BY A WOMAN. Armed With a Gnu, She Almost Prevents the Arrest of a Man. Ishpeming, Mien., Jan. 17. The arrest at Champion this morning of John Henry, the keeper of the dance house dives ot Trout Lake and Champion, on a charge of robbery, occurred this morning. Two officers who appeared at the front door of Henry's ranch were met by a woman armed with a shotgun and made to stand back. One of them, however, went to the rear of the building and caught Henry as he was trying to escape through a window. A local caper accuses Henry of being impli cated in the murder of John Gleason, the mining paymaster who was mysteriously slain the night of January 5. GBOVEB GOES GUNNING. The Ex-President Passes Throngh Atlanta on His Way. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 17. Grover Cleve land passed through Atlanta to-day on his way to the plantation of Joseph Jefferson in Louisiana, where he will spend a week in gunning and fishing. A Buckeye Insurance Company Quits. Dayton, O., Jan. 17. The announce ment is made to-day that the Firemen's In surance Company, of Dayton, having de cided to retire from business, has transferred all its policies and good will to the National Fire Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn; The Firemen's has a cash capital of 5250, 000. Samuel Craighead is President Two Keeley Institutes in Ohio. Cincinnati, Jan. 17. The second Keeley institute in Ohio for the treatment of inebriates according to the method pur sued by the Dwight, 111., institution, will be opened to-morrow at Madisonville, a suburb ot Cincinnati. Sixteen In a Coaching Wreck. Cadiz, Jan. 17. Special Two bob sleds, each going at the rate of 30 miles an hour, collided here last nighf! the 1G young ladies and gentlemen riding on the two sleds, six received serious injuries. Uncle Sam Pears Not the Bogle Man. NCkfolk, Va., Jan. 17. Oyer 1,600 men are now employed in the navy yard, aud good progress is being made with the work nn the Texas, Raleigh and the) double- turreted monitor Ampnnrite. i. li.ir E BY Indulged by a Maniac Whose Mother Was Once Wronged. JACK THE SLASHER Nabbed in New York After Repeated Murderous Assaults. ALL OF HIS VICTIMS GERMANS. Every One Who Resembled His Mother's Assailant Attackei One of the Strangest Tales in the Crimi nal Annals of Madmen The Maniac Pursues and (Wounds Many Victims Before He Ib' Caught Many Officers in Citizens' Clothes Put on theiee One Murder Laid to the Charf'.' J-he Mannar A rmllu nf IVirf' f 5S. .mwu.v - j HIIIIIJ W Wt UUU M fi t RED N r.7A rKPSCIAL TILEOEAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New YdKK, Jan. 17, On the up-town sidewalk of James street, within a block of the Oak street police station, at 3:20 o'clock this morning, a drunken man was seized about the neck by a heavy-coated fellow, who had trailed 20 feet behind him for blocks. They were locked together an in stant, and then the drunken man fell to the sidewalk, not a sound escaping from his lips. The heavy-coated figure shot across the street A third man who had been trailing the other two ran to the drunken man, looked at him a moment, and, pulling a pistol from his pocket, he fired it in the air and dashed across the street after the fugitive, who had run down Batavia street toward New Chambers. A dozen pistol shots sounded from as many directions. Three more men came running from nearby alleys and joined the chase. One, more fleet -than the rest, wore a policeman's uniform. After a rnn of a block he overtook the fleeing man at New Chambers nnd James streets and smashed him over the head with his long night stick. The man turned aud stood still. Ponr Officer Agaizm One Crank. The other three pursuers were upon him by that time. One hauled off and hit him in the mouth. The second struck him on the ear, and then' all four jumped on him and bore him to the ground. Then, gripping him tightly so there was no chance of his struggling free, they lifted him up and marched him around to the Oak street sta tion. r "7lTheyhad cftughtf "Ja'ck-the Slasher," and caught him in the act , Other men had appeared in tho meantime and had lifted the prostrate form of the drunken man from the pavement in front of 86 James street and carried it to the station. A trail of blood marked the route they took It flowed freely from great slashes in the man s face and neck At the Oak street station Captain O'Con nor, who has been sitting up all night since the net was spread for the slasher, could hardly believe the news that the fellow who murdered Carson Friday morning, and who has slashed six other men about the head or throat with a razor in the downtown streets in the last 20 days, had been taken red- handed, Inspector Byrnes Takes a Hand. The prisoner was looked at by 30 or 40 policemen in plain clothes, and then he was hustled off to a cell. Messengers were hur ried up aud down and all around town. An ambulance from the Chambers Street Hos pital took the wounded drunkard away. The surgeon said the cuts in his face and neck were very dangerous. The messengers began coming back, and following them came Inspector Byrnes and Captain Mc Laughlin. The Inspector remained at the Oak street station an hour or more, talking with the prisoner. Then he went to Chambers Street .Hospital. The slasher, handcuffed and sur rounded by detectives, followed. From the hospital the inspector went to police head quarters. He had the slasher in his private room for half an hour. Then he sent him away to Bellevue Hospital with more de tectives, who afterward brought him back to headquarters. The Inspector did not leave his office all day. About 3 o'clock In spector Byrnes gave out the storv of the slasher's arrest, and what had been learn ed- of his career. "There have been a number of cases, be ginning December 29," he said, "of drunken men who have been cut by some stranger in the lower part of the Eleventh precinct aud down through that section of the Fourth ward. Two men had been his victims. All the Work of One Man. "I sent for Captain O'Connor, of the Oak street station, believing both the cuttings lmd been done bv one man. Thpre tvom many reasons for believing this. Idirected the Captain about the disposition he should make of his own men to catch this fellow in case he continued his work. He did con-, tinue his work John Clark, George Williams and Edward Christensen were his later victims. They were all approached in the same manner by the slasher, and their wounds were almost' identical. Then came the murder of John Carson, the Baltimore lawyer, right in the same neighborhood, Friday morning lost "After that I consulted with both Cap tain O'Connor and Captain McXaughlin of the Eldridge street station, and I took 20 men from my own staff and sent them down into the precinct to watch, with 20 men ot Captain O'Connor's, all in plain clothes, to keep a sharp eye on drunken men aud any body who mijjht follow or approach them.' Fridav meht we sot nothmcr. This morning'at 3 o'clock William Miller was assaulted in a like manner us the other vic tims. There were 40 policemen in plain clothes about the streets in the neighbor hood last night when I left the sta tion at 1250 o'clock The Man Canght at Last "Masterson, of the Oak street station, was one of them. He stood at the corner, of New Bowery and New Chambers street about 3 o'clock He noticed a man on the .opposite side of the street slouching along. The man had a white handkerchief tied about his neck and wore his coat buttoned tightly about him. While Masterson watched him the man came across the street and looked quizzically into the officer's face a second. Then he turned and walked back Do you catch on, litCte Heuxy ? 'TUpart of Mac'i great plan. To first inflate and then Uow up TheMueain Bogie Man. across New Chambers street and slouched on. "Miller, who was very drunk, bore in sight in Boosevelt street, and walked up it into New Chambers. The man the police man was watching saw him and slouched along toward him at a little faster gait They turned into New Bowery, and then went down Madison street, Jlasterson fol lowing them at a safe distance. They came back again to New Chambers street, and down New Chambers to Oak, and through to the New Bowerv a?ain, ana men lbPO gain to the corner of OakandBoose- 1?.. yy ets. All the time the three were f-tn. V ame distance anart W ' "ren man stood on the curb a moHfr-y 75 -..: 'in. 55S Chambers street and Oak Ane my j. and said -..' back ttogetu .in? him annroached him .ing to him. The two started throneh Oak street toward James. Masterson crept up a little closer. The Slasher Gets Down to Bnslnes. "They moved on down James street and were about opposite No. 8C, when the fel low suddenly straightened up, dropped his slouchy- air and threw his left arm about Miller's neck At the same time he whipped his right hand out ot his overcoat pocket and appeared to rub it two or three times across Miller's face." Here follows the story of the arrest in de tail. Then the Inspector goes on to tell how the prisoner first admitted cutting the man, urging self-defense, and afterward denied it entirely. Later he again con fessed to the Inspector that he had cut all the men and killed Carson, his purpose be ing to kill Germans, as a man ot that na tionality had assaulted his mother. He said that all the men whose throats he had cut resembled the German who had as saulted his mother, and when he saw a man who looked like that man he had to cut him. Then the Inspector continues: "The man is undoubtedly a crank We have learned that a short time ago he left the house at 5i New Chambers street in broad daylight and assaulted a man. He was arrested then, but the man did not apoear against him and he was discharged. Several months ago there was a lot of mys terious shooting in the neighborhood of the Oak street station. It took two months.to locate it, and then Captain O'Connor's de tectives caught Dowd in the act He sat in his room and shot out of the window. A Family of Bnms and Cranks. "Dowd" Is an Englishman. His father" and mother are dead; ' His father was a civil engineer and had something to do with the laying out of Central Part. The pris oner has one brother, John James, a bum like himself, and I had him picked up to day. He was drunk. "X talked to another brother, William J., who says he is in the fancy goods business in Boston. He says, also, that the late Jesse Hoyt, the millionaire grain operator,' was bis uncle. As nearly as I can learn he was supported, or at least his room rent was paid, by Mr. Hoyt "We learned that some 15 or 10 years ago Dowd was put in the insane asvlum at Flat bush at his father's request lie escaped the same year. He was arrested here later for assaulting a man and was sent to State prison for five vears. He was pardoned after the second year through the efforts of influential citizens. His brother, John James, is as much of a crank as he is, only he is a crank on religious subjects. "Dr. Donlin and Dr. Jenkins agreed that the weapon 'with which John Carson's throat was cut would be found to be nicked. I sent this razor, which was taken from Dowd np to Dr. Donlin an'! aAed if that could be the weapon with which Carson was cut. The Only Clew to the Murder. "I did not let him know anything about the circumstances of the finding of the weapon. He examined it aud declared at once that a weapon like it had been used by Carson's murderer. "Dowd had a begging letter in his pocket This indicates that the fellow had worked all sorts of dodges to escape doing anything for his living. I sent men to his room, and they found a lot of papers all covered with blood, but there was no paper such as he confessed having, containing the dates of the-assaults he had committed." The Inspector is very confident that Dowd murdered Carson, but there is no direct evidence to prove it except the razor, and that is not exceptionally strong evidence. It will be almost impossible to get evidence against him because ot his irregular habits, aud that he had a room in the lodging house where he could go and come as he pleased, with no one to watch him. When Dowd was arraigned at the Tombs to-day, he was stolid and indifferent He appeared at one time about to make the statement he made later to the Inspector, and then he stood oft and looked the Judge squarely in the eye and said: "All I know about this is that I was walking through James street this morning when a drunken man ran against me aud I shoved him out of the way. That's all. I haven't cut anybody." He was remanded until to-morrow morn ing, when he will again be arraigned. FB01I ITALY TO ICELAND. Spring Weather in the Morning and Eight Decrees Below Zero at Night. Kansas City, Jan. 17. Dispatches from various points in Kansas say a severe snow storm has been prevailing since noon and continues to-night. The weather yesterday was warm as spring, with the wi,nd from the south. This morning the thermometer becan to fall and at noon it began snowing. The wind changed to the north and is blowing hard. AtO o'clock this evening the ther mometer registered 8 below zero, making the storm particularly unpleasant The .wind is drifting the snow badly, causing delay to railway traffic. The snow fall h'as not been particularly heavy, but it is of the hard, sandy variety, and packs as hard as ice in drifts. Tennessee Miners Not Shooting. Knoxville,Tenn., Jan. 17. There was no fighting at Coal Creek last night It wa learneu to-uay mav tne alarm which was. v created there last nicht crew out of the fact that some miners on the mountain near the camp did considerable shooting in the j t ..cu mo uciaior m me uaiup niiu xi e Beat out me statement tnat it was about to be attacked by the miners. I, ...-, .u.rr """ .am. am 1 iinrt s WORK FOB PENSION Becoming Too Hard and Uii- remmieratlYe for an Army of Attorneys. MANY TO QUIT BUSINESS One Says This Uickel Congress Wi Kot Allow Any leeway. COMMISSIONER EATJ3I Q0ES SL0WJ Convention City Eoomers Eeadj to Wor tne Committee. MYT YOBK CITTJrAYTEr.WINTllnPLuH rFXCIAI.-TXX,ZGBA3t TOTHI DISPATCH-. 1 ,M Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. Th Society of Loyal Volunteers, organized lasj summer for the purpose of purging- the) pension-rolls of undeserving- benefiolariesj as announced in The Dispatch at the timej is to be met with the powerful opposition oi the Grand Army of the Bepublic organize! tion. The officers and members of the new society are all old Union soldiers, but they are convinced that grave frauds are being practiced upon the Govemment,,owing to' the sweeping character of the pension legisJ latiou of recent years, and they mean ta persevere in the work of repealing-the bad laws and exposing the- fraudulent; ' pen-" sioners. That the .-Grand Army of the Bepnhlia organization will bitterly oppose-the new movement is demonstrated by the fact that Corporal Tanner and several cither leading G. A. B. men here have publicly ani nounced that the-objects of the new society are unwise, and that it ia not possible ta attain them. j "An Interesting Development. i A new and interesting development in the pension business in Washington h&3 just come to light. It is learned that several of the largest firms engaged In; securing the allowance of claims are goingj out of business. One firm has advertised, its clientage of 8,000 cases for sale. This agent, who is very wealthy, has come to the conclnsion that the pension business ia Washington has seen its best days, and that nas, to nse nis expression, received a black eye. A Dispatch reporter asked him to-day why he desired to sell out Hej replied: , Well, this Nickel Congress has done us upJ Not from what it has done, of course, for if has as yet done nothing, but from tndica-' tions of what It is likelv to do. Of course,! we are going to 'be allowed all tho valid; cases we have In now, or may get In for some time to come. But that does not alter, two facts: PIrst,'that tho allowances are being made more slowly every day, and second, that. the new cases don't continue) to come In at the same prodigious rate tbeyj did for some time after the last Congress threw open tho gates. Commissioner Bauraj is either actually apprehensive that the) money will not hold out, or be is. preparing: to bluff the Democratic investigations. Ac any rate, the latest important order thei Commissioner has issued has not only! given pension attorneys here and; all over the country ,a regular; setback, but has served to retard the wheels of the big pension mill. The or der declares that no attorney can hereafter, examine tfaopflleial papers,, and evidence In: any case, but only thcjmpersllled bx tb. ati torney himself. This reduces immensely the leverage of the attorneys In watching; tho progress or their cases so as to supply, deficient evidence or file protests as fast as. the adjudications seem to demand. But tho, order has another more Important effect in causing a decreased rate of allowances. Every time a case is called up by an attor-i ney for examination there is a day's delay! allowed to give the file clerks time to go through the entire case separating tbej official papers from the unofficial and re-j nlanlnv trio lartoiofroi trio-rf Viova tuiafi tri-J spected by the attorney. When you think of the thousands of cases under consldera tlon yon can imagine what a serious draw back this order is for the expediting of the business, bo I am going to leave it. Convention City-Boomers Arrive. The Arlington Hotel, which of late has come to be the recognized political head- 3uarters, as Willard's was in the good old. ays, begins to show signs of the comingr army of Democrats who will geS together on Thursday to se-1 lect. the place for holding the next Democratic National Convention. A few, advance boomers from St. Paul, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, New York, Detroit, and one or. two other ambitious towns, are already here. Parlors for headquarters have been engaged, and banners are being hung on the. outet walls. 3 Several special trains, loaded down with; tue necessary adjuncts 01 convention booms, are on their way to Washington, and byl Wednesday the scenes that were witnessed in November last, when the Ilepubb'cana selected Minneapolis as their favorite citr. will be re-enacted. Chicago will play thai same game tnat sne oiu tnen,and is more hopeful this time of success. She will not ask for the convention, hut she hopes to get it, just the same, and the politicians generally who are not tied down to any particular city rather hope so, too. The reports that come from Min neapolis about the almost absolute impossi bility of securing desired and required accommodations are hnrtintr the chances of St Paul and the othet small towns. ' New Tork May Win In a Walk. j Such reports as these have, within tho last few days, created a strong sentiment in! favor of taking the convention to one of the( large cities New York or Chicago and it-j is not improbable that the first named cityj may walk oft with the prize without makintr a struggle. J It is too early yet, however, to form ans opinion as to the prevailing sentiment Milwaukee and Detroit have a gTeat manyj friends, especially the latter city, and it isj said to be a fact that the advocates of these two delightful cities have arranged a cora-J bination by which one is to help the otherj when the s'queeze comes. The delights and! attractions of Detroit, as pictured! Tv Xv.Qanafrl1 TfllmaiB Iia Vtililinw Tn 4n& honor of the Bepublican convention, have 4 served to turn the minds of many Demo-,' crats to the wisdom of selecting that beau- 'j tiful city, and a big delegation of solid citi- 1 zens; both Bepublicans and Democrats, are coming to indorse what Mr. Palmer says. -. Dickinson Not Favoring Detroit -i There is one fact, however, that is some what of a drag on the Detroit boom. This! is that the most prominent Democrat in thef State, Don M. Dickinson, is not in the movement to get the convention for Michi-A gan. He has publicly declared that! he thinks Chicago is the proper place for the Democratic meeting? nnd that she will probablv get ic Privately, it is understood that Mr. Dickin son has said he is not helping his own town of Detroit, because he shrinks from the task of endeavoring to raise the big- sum" of money necessary to properly accommodate the convention. Chicago is making a still hunt, and using every possible effort to give currency to the, rumors that in hotel and telegraphic facili-j ties Minneapolis is seriously deficient hoping thus to build up a sentiment that-. win senu me convention to Chicago. - ". ww".w- w wut, j-iuu iui a irec trip. cross hid again, howling for San Francisco and tue cumiueut wiu no aoubt be on. u.Mjiw.ug ace cTcryining to evervDoarcu out aswei lew pledges of votes for the citrH on the iPacific have been given. ' mX r . -
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