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FORTY-STKTH TEAR
FITZS
HIS GUIL
Last Act in the Romance
of CrimeofWhiclrHe
Was the Hero.
BURIAL IN THE SOUTH
With Not a Friend to Say a Word or
Two Over His Coffin.
LAST LETTER TO THE DISPATCH.
In Ji Ee Pleads for aa Attempt to Have
His Wife Pardonei
Ee Tried to Keep His Word Swearing
to the Last That His Wife Was Inno
centPrayer to Allegheny People to
Secure Her Pardon Result of the Au
topsy Eis Death Caused by Hemor
rhageHard Work to Kill Himself in
the Manner H3 Did Chief Brown In
terested in the Move for a Pardon for
Mrs. Fitzsimmons How the Mur
derer Fooled the Detectives Officers
Thought Kim Under Arrest in Phila
delphia, Features the Prosecution
Was Saving1.
'srECI'T TELFGRM TO TOE PISPATnT.t
New Orleans, Feb. J. Tur Dispatch
CBlreijiomlc.it recehed through the mail
tills morning the last letter Irom ritzsiin
msns. It showed the postoffice mark of 8
A. M., and w.is evidently written about an
hour before Fitzsimmons committed suicide,
oiidnt the time lie had made up his mind to
kill him'elf. It vas written in ink, unlike
Ike letter found on his person, which -was
in pencil.
tTiie letter should liae reached The Dis
r.vTLH correspondent the Fame morning,
Fit&immms as lie Appeared in JVew Orleans.
and would probably have done so before the
suicide was committed, but for the faulty
address. It was held over in the postoffice
because of this, and was not delivered until
this morning. It is as follows:
Last Letter 'Written by Fitzsimmons.
Pakisu Pbisov New Orleaks, La., )
February 4, 1S92.
To the rilUliurg Dispatch:
Treachery has effected my Waterloo.
Death it prcfcrablo to further disgrace and
Misery. I well know the result of inv trial
befoieit begins, because of a prejudiced
community. I wish now to briefly state
that on the ec of hurling myself into
cternitj I swear before Almighty God that
my beloved wile is as innocent of any com
IHicItv in the charjrc at ray door as a new
horn bibe. She has been basely wronged
and convicted bj a prejudiced detective,
jury and judge. I pray that the citizens of
Allegheny county will Investigate this tmo
statement, and right the wrong that has
licen done a Christian, a beloved wife and a
coble American laay.
Respectfully,
F. C ITzSI)MOs.
An Attempt to Keep a Promise.
ritzimmons had promised The Dis
patch correspondent to write a full ac
count of his life, of Gilkinson's murder, of
his escape from the prison, and his wander
ings iu the South, and was furnished with
the paper for this purpose. This was on
Wednesday, he then expecting the Pitts
burg detectives not to reach New Orleans
before Thursdaj. Their arrival surprised
him and changed his plans, but he evidently
remembered hie promise, and to show that
he intended to keep it to some extent, wrote
the letter.
Shortly after the death of Fitzsimmons,
at 1 o'clock this morning, the few lights
that were in Ins cell were turned up and
preparation for getting the body ready
for the Coroner were begun. The autopsy
show ed that it was rcn-arkable that he had
Jived as long as he did, as there was scarcely
a cupful of blood in his body, and his flesh
and organs were almost as dry as parch
ment. Inquest on tbe Murderer's Body.
The Coroner impaneled a jury at an earlv
hour this morning. Detectives Murphy,
Finney and Beltzlioover, of Pittsburg, were
present; also a number of prison officials and
seieral prisoners. The bunk on which the
wasted and emaciated form of the dead
murderer lay was raised to a neight suffi
cient to enable the Coroner to apply his in
fciruincnts. The bondages were" first re
moved from the throat and the two wounds,
one on etch side of the throat, were re
vealed in all their gkastliness. Both
wounds were several inches in length, and
were jagged, which showed that Fitzsim
mons had time and again thrust his knife iu
the gaps in efforts to reach the windpipe and
jugular vein. All the arteries in the throat
were found to be severed, and the body w as
nearly drained of blood.
The wounds had evidently cost him great
efforts. The entire blade of the knife was
cot ever an inch long, and of this hardly
fire-eighths of it was available for a slash
ing cut. It was evident irom an examina
tion of the wounds that the blade had to be
first stcek into the wound and then down
horizontally across the seek a iery diffi- J
1H
cult operation, and only accomplished by
sheer grit.
How the Wounds Were Made
"With a slow but strong and deliberate
sweep he had brought the small, keen blade
down to a point just beneath his chin,
making a long and ugly cut, bnt not suf
ficiently deep. Through this gash he again
ran the blade to the same gash, until the
knife could be no further effective on that
side. He then transferred the knife to his
left hand, but he did not have strength
enough to make such another gash. Being
too weak from loss of blood, he could just
strike aimlessly at his neck. Striking the
blade in frequently and unsysteraatically,
and drawing it this way or that, with no
regularity, he cut himself fonr times upon
the right side of the neck ank six times on
the left.
All the wounds were more or less jagged.
When the body w as stripped the skin was
found to be of a ghastly yellow hue. The
body was very thin and emaciated, and it
seemed wonderful how Fitzsimmons pos
sessed the strength he was known to have.
The body was cut open and the deml man's
organs were found to be in a healthy condi
tion. Only about a cupful' of blood re
mained in the veins.
Death Canned by Hemorrhage.
The jury, after a close examination, found
that death had resulted from hemorrhage
caused by two incised wounds of the
throat Neither would, so the Coroner said,
have reached a Tital part, and if Fitzsim
mons had been discovered a few minutes
alter it was committed, and the flow of
blood stopped, he would have quickly re
covered. The fact that Fitzsimmons had possession
of a knife is causing considerable comment
iu police circles. The Parish prison officials
were especially warned that Fitzsimmons
would attempt to commit suicide, and were
told to take strong measures to prevent
him, if possible. It is now charged that
these officials manifested the utmost care
lessness in guarding Fitzsimmons, and that
the knife with which Fitzsimmons commit
ted suicide was obtained from a trusty pris
oner, and his story about having had it ior
months wholly without foundation.
A Man Who Knew Ills Business.
It is further asserted that nignt before
last Detective Murphy offered to pay 610
for a guard to be placed over Fitzsimmons
during the night, but the Captain of the
Parish prison indignantly refused the offer,
saying that he knew his business. The
matter will be brought to the attention of
the grand jury, who will probably investi
gate. Day before yesterday Fitzsimmons sent a
messenger for Attorney W. It. Bichardson.
The attorney called at the prison and had a
eonsultation with Fitzsimmons, the out
come of which was that the latter gave an
order for his personal effects which were in
the hands of the clerk of the Third precinct
station. The attorney waited upon the
Recorder, who refused to give up the arti
cles, as he considered that they should be
held and forwarded toPittsburg'as evidence
against Fitzsimmons.
BURIAL OF FITZSIMMONS.
HIS REMAINS PLACED IN A FRENCH
CEMETERY VAULT.
No Pains Taken to FreserTe the. Body for
Ills Relatives The Identification Con
sidered Complete No Funeral Services
of Any Kind at tho Grave.
XEr Orleans, Feb. 5. frSSwcJall
'Fitzsimmons was buried at 3 o'elockT. jr..
in the St. "Vincent de Paul Cemetery, on
Louies, street, far down in the French por
tion of the city. The funeral was ordered
by the Coroner, who selected this resting
place. The body was carried in a hearse to
the cemetery, but there was no funeral pro
cession and no one in attendance but the
Pittsburg visitors, Detectives Murphy and
Finney and ex-Chief Pender and some
other Pittsbnrgers now in this city.
The. coffin was a plain wooden one, and no
steps were taken to embalm the body or pre
pare it otherwise, so as to preserve it ior
identification. This was proposed when it
was thought that the body might be
taken back to Pittsburg for thorough identi
fication, although the identification of the
numerous Pittsbnrgers who had seen him was
complete. This, however, was overruled,
and the body was consigned to rest in an
ordinary coffin and a plain, private vault,
where it will soon decay.
Fitzsimmons had been attended by Bev.
Dr. Hunter, of St Anne's Episcopal Church,
when in a dying condition, but there were
no religious ceremonies over the body.
The Chief or Police received several
telegraphic communications in regard to the
body. One was from the Pittsburg authori
ties, asking that he be held for further
identification. It was deemed, however,
that this could not be done. Another dis
patch was received from the Chief
of Police of Brockvillc, Canada, where
Fitzsimmons was born and where
his relatives still live. This asked whether
the identification of Fitzsimmons had been
complete and beyond dispute, and asked
that the body be held so it could be ob
tained by the relatives, and guaranteeing all
expenses. Chief Gaster replied that the
identification ot Frederick C. Fitzsimmons
was satisfactory, and that the body would
be placed in a vault here, but it could be
obtained by the relatives whenever they de
sired it.
Fitzsimmons' effects, which consisted of
two valises containing notebook, papers,
letters and some pinchbeck jewelry, and the
small amount ot money he had "on hand,
will be held by the Coroner, to be turned
over to the relatives of the dead man.
The Pittsbnrgers who came down here on
Fitzsimmons' account to identify him and
take him home, will leave to-morrow.
FITZ SURPRISED THEM.
GILKINSON DIDN'T KNOW TI1E MUR
DERER WAS AT HOME.
He Was Supposed to Be Under Arrest in
Philadelphia Sent Money Home From
There the Night Before Features That
Would Havo 'teen Brought Out.
Fitzsimmons surprised Detectives Gilkin
son and Murphy on that fatal day at Bull's
Bun. The detectives did not surprise him.
This fact was kept secret because the Conr
monwealth expected to base the main
feature of its case on this point Yesterday
it was given out by Coroner McDowell and
District Attorney Clarence Burleigh.
"Detective Gilkinson had worked this case
as he had all his other big ones. As in the
case of the Panhandle robbers it was in
tended to make arrests at different parts of
the country at a given hour. The dead
detective was represented in Philadelphia
by Detectives Tate and Philip Miller. The
latter has since been made chief of detectives.
They had got track of I'ltzsimmons and
nearly all oi his movements were wired
daily'to Detective Gilkinson. On the even
ing of the day before the the murder at 8:30
o'clock he was at the Philadelphia post
office and sent 3 money order to his wile at
Oliver postoffice. Duquesne. That night
Detective Gilkinson received notice
that Fitzsimmons would probably be
quietly arrested in the morning
In the Philadelphia postoCce the noted
burglar must have discovered something
suspicious, for he loft Philadelphia
on the same train that carried the
money order, no must have arrived in
Pittsburg at 7:43 and made a close connec
tion on the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charles
ton, which landed him at his home before 0
o'clock. The same afternoon Oilkinson and
Murphy'procured the search warrants. They
arrived in Duquesne and waited nntil Mrs.
Fitzsimmons claimed the money order and
then followed her home, Intending to quiet
ly lock her no. crain what information the
letter contained, and also to secure the
stolen plunder hidden at the lonely house.
They believed Fitzsimmons by this time
was safely under arrest in Philadelphia,and
therefore'were iiiot prepared for any fight
when tbey pnshed open the door of the
house and found themselves face to face
with the daring burglar.
District Attorney Burleigh afterwards,
in speaking of the case, said the onlv other
feature that would have been brought out
prominently outside of the testimony pro
duced when Mrs. Fitzsimmons was tried, was
the murderer's statement at Homestead after
III- arrest. He then said: "I've killed
Gilkinson; is the other man dead?"
Holmes Anderson, the stool pigeon used
to track .Fitzsimmons, was to have been in
town yesterday, but failed to show up. He
is living at Mansfield, where he has been
even since his first trip to New Orleans
with the detectives On that occasion he
was much afraid of Fitzsimmons, and in
sisted on having a revolver. The detectives
gave him one with five heavy charges in.it,
butYearing he might again turn traitor thev
had so arranged the hammer that though it
would snap it would be as harmless as a toy
pistol.
BROWN FAVORS A PARDON.
The Fnbllc. Safety Chief Thinks Mrs. Fitz
simmons Should Be Released Ko
Scene When tho News or the ,F.nd TTas
Carried to the Prisoner.
"I will do everything in my power to aid
Detective Murphy iu securing a pardon for
Mrs. Fitzsimmons," said Caief Brown, of
tbe Department of Public Safety, yester
day. "The woman did, under the circum
stances, just what any devoted wife would
do, and does not deserve to spend eight
years in the penitentiary ior that. I would
not give a snap for a woman who would
not do all she could to defend her
husband in a similar position. If De
tective Murphy exerts himself in behalf of
Mrs. Fitzsimmons her chances of pardon
are good. Murphy being the only witness
of anv account against her, his statements
would have great weight with the Pardon
Board. I believe Mrs. Fitzsimmons should
be pardoned. There are many cases like
this, where the popular sentiment against
the principal reflects on the others, and the
result is more serious for them than it
otherwise would be. It is always better to
lean toward the side of mercy, especially
in a case such as this, where a woman was
actuated solely by motives of love for her
husband, whom she thought in danger."
"Thank God, it is over!" These were
the words uttered by Mrs. Fitzsimmons
when she was informed of her husband's
death. There was no scene of any kind
when 'Warden Wright broke the news to
the prisoner and she seemed to be greatly
relieved to know that he was dead. Later
Mrs. Fitzsimmons said: "Several times,
while my husband was confined in the Pitts
burg jail, he told me that he was going to
commit suicide. I always talked him out
of these moods, and every time I would
talk to him he gave up the idea. He
thought that the people were so prejudiced
against him that he might as well end his
life. I am glad that it is all over, and
probably it was for the best."
GUSH Is n feature of the ace, according to
Bessie Bramble's letter forTHEDlSPATCH
to-morrow.
COSSETS LEGALLY DEFINED.:
They Are a Portion ot Feminine Apparel,
Not Mechanical Beautifiers.
New York, Feb. 5. Special On Janu
ary 10, Judge Wheeler, of the United States
Circuit Court, was called upon to decide
whether corsets are wearing apparel or a
mechanical contrivance. It was in a suit
over duties on imported corsets. Clothes
pay a higher dutv than mechanical con
trivances. Judge Wheeler has written an
opinion as follows:
In this case the question is whether the
article, cotton corsets, is properly classified
as wearing apparel. In point of fact It is a
waist in which are inset ted whalebones or
steels for the support of the clothing. If j'ou
were to ask anybody who did not care any
thing about the matter in any way, but who
knew, whether that was an article or wear
ing apparel or clothing, or whether it is a
mechanical contrivance, I rather think he
would say that it was a part of the clothing;
that it would ftelp to keep the body warm,
and that it answers the purpose of a waist.
It think it is clothlne: I am not, however, so
very confident about It. The finding may be
affirmed.
SETTLING THE SEAL TB0UBLES.
Jost a Word From Lord Salisbury Ail That
Is Now Needed.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 5. Special
Bering Sea matters were again the principal
subject of discussion at the Cabinet
meeting to-day. The proposed treaty
under which the arbitration of the
anestions at issue between the United
States and England is to proceed has been
sent to London for Lord Salisbury's in
spection and approval. Until this has been
received Sir Julian Pauncefotc, the British
Minister who negotiated the treaty with
Secretary Blaine, was unwilling to sign the
document.
Lord Salisbury's views will be made
known by cable, and if they are favorable
the treaty can go to the Senate for its action
within the next two weeks. The acents of
the United States and Great Britain, who
have investigated the seal fisherv question,
will begin their sessions at the State De
partment next week. It is believed they
will complete their labors in a few weeks.
A VEET MEAN MAN.
He Elopes With Bis Brother's Wives as a
Reward for Past Kindness.
Boston, Feb. 5. Special The second
wife of Charles Braylcy of Brighton, has
eloped with his brother Alfred. An inter
esting feature of the case is the fact that
the first person to sympathize with the de
serted man was his first wife, who had
eloped with the same brother, had grown
tired of him, repented, remarried and is
now devoting herself to saving fallen
women. The second elopement occurred on
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Brayley took
her 5-year-old son with her.
Charles was happy with his second wife,
forgave his brother, and asked him to come
and live with him again. He said this
moraine: "My brother is a very bad man,
and he had acted very mean to "me as a re
ward for all mv kindness to him."
STOPPED AT THE GATE.
Moro Contract Laborers From the Other
Side Bagged at Ellis Island.
New York, Feb. 5. Special Forty
Beven contract laborers were debarred from
landing at Ellis Island to-day. They ar
rived on the Bourgoyne, the Rotterdam and
the Veendam. Thirty-five were Italians,
who intended to work at the brickyards at
San Francisco, three were Frenchmen, en
gaged for a sheep ranch in California, and
the rest were Hungarians, bound for the
coal mines of Pennsylvania and Ohio.
DEPARTMENTS In society, the stage,
music, secret societies, etc., etc., fall and
complete ia THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
PITTSBURG-. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 18&2-TWEL'VE
40 CASES OF RIFLES
With
to
Ammunition Shipped
a Louisiana Cam
paign Committee
TO INSUBE A PEEE BALLOT.
No Attempt to Conceal the Hostile
Purchase or Why It Is Hade.
THREATS OF AN APPEAL TO FORCE
Hade by the Foster Faction, Eacked
the State Officials.
bj
ME ITEXERTITES' WARLIKE TvEPLI
Nnv Orleans, Feb. C The steamship
El Paso arrived yesterday from New York,
her cargo, including 40 cases of Winchester
rifles and 13 boxes of cartridges, addressed
to "A. W. Crandall, Chairman Democratic
Campaign Committe, New Orleans, La."
In an Interview concerning these arms,
Colonel Crandall says:
"Yes, it is a fact that these arms have
come to New Orleans addressed to me ,as
the Chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee. There has been absolutely no
attempt made to conceal their shipment,
and there is likewise no effort being made
by us to disguise why the arms have been
secured. We are providing ourselves with
them simply to protect ourselves against
any scheme, armed or otherwise, to deny
us a free ballot and a fair count in the com
ing election.
Threats by the State Administration.
"Since the nominating convention at
Baton Bouge we have been met on all sides
with statements from the friends and sup
porters of Mr. Foster that it was Avar to the
knife and knife to the hilt, and that ma
chinery in the hands of the existing State,
administration was to be used in counting
in the Foster ticket and in counting out the
McEnery ticket. Believing, therefore, that
the State militia and the election machinery,
under the control of the present State ad
ministration are to be employcd'in frustrat
ing, it necessary, a free expression of the
public will, we determined, on the prin
ciple that an ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, to take such means as would
protect us from an illegal and unwar
ranted interference with our rights under
the law.
No Attempt at Concealment.
"As I said before, we are not endeavoring
to conceal anything whatever. The arms
have been openly shipped, and there will be
another consignment shortly of which our
friends may take notice-if they desire.
"There is no intention on tbe part of the
regular Democrats to precipitate trouble.
There is no'desire to provoke the shedding
of blood. It has been our aim to secure
a perfectly peaceable election and to abide
by the result. "All we ask for, and all we
mean to secure, is the privilege of every
suffragan to vote as he chooses in the comH
ing election, and the assurance that Jus
vote, will be cnuited as it is cast. We have
rnever Intended to bulId6zor-blnfir'bHt"wer
are firm in our determination not
to be bulldozed or bluffed. Our prepara
tions are simply with a view to insuring an
honest election, and we have merely ac
cepted in earnest the threat made at Baton
Kouge by the State Honse and Foster ring
that the administration will elect the Fos
ter ticket, even if the resort to an unfair
ballot and a dishonest count are necesary
a contingency we are determined shall not
arise, and which will not arise unless we are
disappointed in the manhood of this Slate."
Alleged Plans of the Lottery Men.
A special telegram to TnE Dispatch
says: The anti-lottery Democratic faction
expresses the opinion that the letter of Mr.
Morris, of the lottery company, withdraw
ing his proposition, is a ruse to secure the
withdrawal of the opposition to the lottery;
that the supporters of the lottery expect
to seenre a majority of the Legislature to
be elected in April, when they will at once
call a Constitutional Convention, frame a
new constitution for the State, chartering a
lottery company and declare it adopted
without submitting it to the vote of the
people.
For that reason the anti-lottery nartv has
decided to keep up its organization as an
independent party, tocarryout the question
of the lottery to the polls and try to elect a
full anti-lottery State ticket
Although it is generally recognized that
Mr. Morris is in earnest in his letter, de
claring that he would refuse to accept the
e.iejisiuu u iiic uuuncr oi tue
lottery company, even if the peo
ple voted it, it is believed that
if the lottery amendment was carried by
the popular vote there are others who are
willing to step in and accept the franchise,
believing that money could be made
from it
The evidence of the arrival of arms on the
steamer El Paso, consigned to the Chairman
of the Democratic Executive Committee,
has tended to increase the excitement The
Delta, the organ of the anti-lottery party,
asks: "Does it mean murder?"
PUSHING THE L0TTEEY CASES,
Manager Morris Arraigned for Violation of
tho Postal Laws.
New Orleans, Feb. 5. Special Mr.
John A. Morris, head of the Louisiana
Lottery Company, was arraigned to-day be
fore the United States Court under the in
dictments found against him by the United
States grand jury in El Paso and Austin,
Tex., Sioux Falls, S. D., and Parkersburg,
W. Va., for violation of the anti.lottery
postal law. The indictments were found
against Mr. Morris some months ago, but he
returned here only two weeks ago quite
sick, and was not able to go before the
courts until to-day.
A HILLIONAIEE SHINGLEB.
He Hears tho Good News, bnt Goes
On
With His W ork Like a Man,
Chicago, Feb. 5. Special George
William Northedge to-day received news
that he had fallen heir to an estate in Eng
land worth $850,000, and then he went oat
to shingle a woodshed in La Salle street
Queen's Counsel Gilchrist, of Toronto,
Ont, called on Mr. Northedge at his board
ing place and told him that he was sole heir
to a vast estate left by his great-grandfather,
William Northedge, who was a goldsmith
invLondon. His estate is in London and in
Wells in Somersetshire.
CHICAGO CBIME SWEPT.
An Epidemic of Wickedness Due to Rapid
Growth and Inadequate Police.
Chicago, Feb. 5. Special Chicago is
afflicted with an epidemic of crime, and the
police department finds it a gigantic task to I
prevent it from becoming worse.
For the 1
last two weeks there have been burglaries,
highway robberies, shooting and stabbing-
aurays without nuniDer in ail parts oi me
citvj
Chief of Police McClaughrey said to-day:
"There is no doubt that crime is running
villi in Chicago, and thcpolice seem pow
erless to check it. ChicajjciAneeds more
policemen and better lighted alleys The
citvjhas outgrown itselfaddgevery year
the appropriation is far jinafjequate for the
actual needs of the city in. the way of police
protection. Last year the debt ran behind
the 'appropriation for the simple reason
that we hare had to have more men. We
need more policemen. It Is an absolute
necessitr."
PADLEWSKY IDENTIFIED.
HIS REMAINS ARE DISINTERRED AND
AGAIN EXAMINED.
He Was rielr to an Estate In Holland An
ttornej's Mysterious Actions The
Features of the Dead Nihilist Well
Preserved.
Su ANTONfo, Tnx., Feb. 5. Special
The Remains of Otto Hauser, or Stanislaus
PadltwsKy, tho Enssian Nihilist who as
sassinated General Michael De SiliverstafT,
Chie of the Kussian secret police in Paris,
Franke, on November 18, 1890, were ex
arained here to-day. There is a very deep
mystery surrounding this action. The dis
interment was made at the instigation of
Joseph B.'Wilson, a prominent attorney of
Galveston, who arrived here this morning.
Mr. Wilson, immediately upon reaching
the city, proceeded to the office of the City
Physician and made knpwn to the latter the
object of his visit Thq two proceeded to
potter's field. The grave of Hauser was
new and was easily located. The sexton
soon had the dirt removed from the roueh
wooden box that contained the body of the
supposed suicide. The lid was nrte'd open
and the three men gathered close to the
casketTto obtain a look at the features of
the man. To use the expression of the spx
ton, "The flesh was badly run together, but
the features were fairly well preserved."
Attorney Wilson drew a printed slip
from his pocket giving various marks of
identity. He made the companions care
fully put down in writing the results. He
then stated that his investigations were
ended, and that he was positive the body
was mat ot .FauiewsKy.
When asked this evening as to the object
of his'(Visit here and of the disinterment of
Hansen's remains, Mr. Wilson .evaded
giving" an answer, .but finally stated,
after the question had been repeatedly
put to him that Padlewtky was heir to a
vast estate in Holland, and that he had
been instructed by the relatives to have the
remains disinterred and establish their iden
tity. The body was again placed in the
potter's field, but will, it is understood, be
removed to France in course of a few weeks.
The' bullet in the head was examined and
found to have been from a 44-caliber revol
ver. IS IT BETHLEHEM'S STAR?
A New Sparkler With a Unlqne Spectrum
'Photographed at Cambridge.
BosTON,MASS.,Feb.C Thirty-one photo
graphs of the region including the new star
near Chi Aurigae, recently discovered in
Scotland, were taken at the Harvard Col
lege observatory from November 3, 18G5, to
December 1, 1891.
The star does not appear on any of these
photographs. Twenty subsequent photo
graphs" the same region show that the
star wa already bright on December 10,
and thpt its brightness increased until
December 20, after which it became
gradually fainter but it was still bright
f-Fby orSy when-the-hrmouncenletrlrof its-
discovery was made. Photographs taken at
Cambridge last night show that its spectrum
is unique and unlike that of an ordinary
variable 6tar.
STYLE CAUSES A HAN'S FALL.
He Weds a Wealthy Woman and Then Gets
Money on Falso Pretenses.
Lexington, Kt., Feb. 5. J. Stewart
Smith, the -young druggist who fled from
this city a week ago, returned from Detroit
in charge of a detective to-day. Smith
married the beautiful and wealthy Miss
Draper, of "Detroit, last October, and since
that time has lived in style in this city.
He was arrested and returned on a charge
sworn out by Ed Herr, the well-known
horseman, who indorsed his paper in bank
for 3,100.
Herr claims that Smith got the money
under false pretenses. Smith was sent to
jail by the County Judge.
CHEAP COAL FOE CHILE.
Tile Fnll Ships Sent Down Dnring the War
Scare Will Fnrnlsh It.
Washington, Feb. 5. The Navy De
partment is now endeavoring to head off
several colliers that were started out from
New York during the recent Chilean war
preparations for the Pacific There
were four ships in all carry
ing a total of 18,000 tons of coal.
One of them had been intercepted at Mon
tevideo and ordered to discharge her cargo
there and return to the United States. A
second one is expected at the same port in a
few davs, and efforts arc being made to
learn the whereabouts of the other two so
as to reduce the expense of transportation
as much as possible.
A STEAMER BUNS ASH0BE.
Tho Venezuela, From South Amcrlcarina
Bad Box, bnt Passengers afe.
Atlantic Cm-, N. J., Feb. 5. The
steamer Venezuela went ashore at Brigan
tine shoals to-day. She was from La
Guayra bound for New York with a crew of
45 and 11 passengers, her cargo consisting
of coffee and hides. She is under command
of Captain J. Zahnmeers. '
At the time the steamer went on the
shoals she was under full steam, and during
the heavy snowstorm the captain was unable
to sight land. It is doubtful if she can be
floated, and if not the passengers will be
landed ou Brigantine Beach by the crews of
the life-saving station. The Venezuela is
owned bv Bolton, Bliss & Dallett, of New
York City.
ANGRY AT THE BICE TBUST.
It Cnts Prices and Dealers Threaten to Take
Grist to Other Mills.
New Orleans, Feb. 5. Special The
Bice Trust, which is officially known as the
New Orleans Rice Milling Company, has
assumed charge of all the rice mills here
(13 iu number). All but four of them have
been closed, but others will be opened if
the trade demands it. Dealers complain of
the prices offered bv the trust, which they
say are froni 10 to 25 per cent below what
they should be for rough rice, while the
cleaned rice market has advanced. They
threaten if the trnst depresses prices to ship
their rice to Savannah.
Hill Captures One New Tork County.
Hudson, N. Y., Feb. 5. The Columbia
County Democratic Convention to-day
elected delegates to the State Convention
instructed to vote for Hill ' delegates to the
National Convention.
COLDS and their cure bv Dr. Enhralm
Cutter in TOE DISPATCH to-morrow,
PAGES.
IA BLAINE LETTER
To Be Sprang on the Public in
a Short Time, According
to Bro. Shopard.
HABBISOK'S KENOMLNATION
Predicted by the Same Authority,
Who Says It Will Be Made
WITHOUT A DISSENTING YOICE.
Chairman UTatres Issne3 His Call for the
State Convention.
BOSTON TOLITICS AND TilE I0TTEEI
JSPECUL TrLEGlSAK TO THE mspATCIM
New York, Feb. 5. A special from
Washington, says: It can be positively
stated that Secretary Blaine will make
known publicly, within the next few days,
his determination not to permit his name to
be used as a candidate before the Minne
apolis convention. There havo been many
efforts made by ambitious statesmen, during
the past few months, to get some expression
of opinion from Mr. Blaine as to his in
tentions regarding the Presidental nomi
nation, but to all of them, without a single
-exception, until this week, he has made no
definite response save to state that he
would make known his position at the
proper time, as he viewed it.
On Monday Mr. Blaine stated to a promi
nent Republican, who called upon him, that
he had it in mind to publish a letter,
already written, in a few days, asking his
friends to desist, and insisting that those
Republicans who have endeavored to drag
him into a false position shall cease their
unwarranted use of his name. He does not
class these among his friends.
The statement can, therefore, be made
most authoritatively that the Secretary will
be heard from, and in the way that the Mai
ami Eipresi has steadily indicated since last
spring. The same paper prints the follow
ing editorial paragraph in italics:
There aro reasons for believing that Mr.
Blaine is'about to take the American people
into his confidence. And there are reasons
for pi edicting therenomination of President
Harrison by acclamation.
WATRES' CALL IS OUT.
He Reminds Republicans of the New Rale
as to Representation at State Conven
tions Quay's Flying Visit to Philadel
phia Without Politics.
Philadelphia, Feb. 5. Special Re
publican State Chairman Watres to-day
issued an address to tbe electors of Penn
sylvania calling attention to the fact that
the State Convention will meet in Harris
burg on the morning of April 12, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
Judge of the Supreme Court, two candidates
for -Congressman-at-large, and two candi
dates for Pre3idcntal electors-at-large, and
oJ.elscLeJKht.ddcgale.at.Iarge- iatbeRc
publican National Convention, and for the
transaction of any such other business as
may be presented.
Tbe address calls attention to the rule
adopted at the last State Convention, pro
viding for a new basis of representation at
future State conventions, the rule being as
iouowb:
Representation In future State conven
tions shall be based upon the vote casbfor
the Republican candidate for President at
the preceding Presidental election, one dele
gate bethR allotted to each lesislativo dis
trict for every 2,000 Republican votes and an
additional delegate for a traction exceeding
1,000 votes, each district to havo at least one
delegate.
Attached to the address is a schednle show
ing the number of delegates to which each
Legislative district is entitled in the com
ing convention, the total number being 270.
Those faithful Republicans who hoped to
have a chance to see Senator Quay to-day
were disappointed at least, most of them
were, as, while the longed-for statesman
was in tbe city, his stay was so brief that
his admirers did not know of his arrival
until he had departed. He reached tbe
city about 11 o'clock, and was met at the
station by his son, Bepresentative Quay
David Martin, Jacob Wildmere and B. F.
Gilkinson, all of whom he not rid of ofter
greeting them with a shade less cordiality
than usual.
"I ought to be in bed instead of being in
Philadelphia," said the Senator. "I have
had a very bad cold for several days, and
am still unwell, but important private busi
ness required my presence here, and I came
over to attend to it"
He then got into a carriage with his son
and drove down to the office of the Traction
Company, where he remained for nearly an
hour. After lunching at downtown res
taurant he returned to the Broad street
station, and boarded the 1:25 train for
Washington. The few who saw Mr. Quay
declare that he had nothing to say about
politics. The usual crowd hung expectantly
around the Hotel Lafayette, and it was late
in the afternoon when they learned of the
Senator's flying visit.
TILLMANISM IN SOUTH CAB0LINA
Again Ahead and Anti-Cleveland Delegates
Now Looked For.
Charleston, S. C, Feb. 5. Special
There does not seem to be much donbt now
about the re-election of Governor Tillman,
who in 1890 beat the regular Democrat It
is learned that opponents of Tillman re
cently sent out a circular to all straight-out
Democrats in the State calling a conference
to meet at Columbia lost nizht. The con
ference somehow failed to- materialize, not
more than a handful being present
The anti-Tillmanites talk of holding a
convention early in the spring, but the
trouble seems to be that they can't unite on
a candidate to run against the present Gov
ernor, who, if he is opposed, will be op
posed by his own people inside the ranks of
the Alliance. The success of Tillmanisni
means the election of anti-Cleveland dele
gates to the Chicago convention. The Till
man idea is a Western man with Alliance
tendencies, if possible, if not, then Gover
nor Hill. The Alliance has all the ma
chinery of the Democratic party in its con
trol in this State, and will elect its own
candidates.
THE LOTTEEY IN BOSTON POLITIC!
A Charge That tho Democracy Made
Requisition for Campaign Fnnds.
Boston, Feb. 5. The Evening News this
evening publishes a long article charging
that the Democratic City and State Com-
,mlttees have been largely aided pecuniarily
in late years by the Louisiana State Lot
tery, and that the recent attack of Mayor
Matthews upon the lottery is not relished
by the omciais oi tnat institution, wno mt
teriy complain of his ingratitude. The Xcics
quotes a prominent, unnamed. Democrat as
saying that the party managers have time
and again sent to Frank Fitzpatrick, the
lottery manager in this city, for money, and
as a former member of the" Executive Com
mittee of the Democratic State Committee
thousands of dollars came into his knowledge.
The Anfi also directly nnntps James Fltz-
"patrick, a brother of Frank, the chief clerk
iu toe .Boston omce, as saying:
There Is not one among tho leaders who
does not know about the contribntions
which have been mado by Frank to the
Democrats of this State and city. 1 want to
tell yon right here that tho rcqnests came
very frequently when the Democrats needed
tho money. They were in n, pinch many
times and wo helped them oat; yet Matthews
sees fit to turn ns over nt tbl time to give
himself a little advertising. If ho had had a
talk with the leaders first I feel certain ho
would not have acted in the manner that he
did.
THAT NICARAGUA JOB.
A VISITOR SATS THE SCHEME IS ON
ITS LAST LEGS.
No Work Done Rotten Lumber and
Dredjes Alons the Ronte The Pro
posed Consreasial Steal Will Hardly
Save It Now.
San Fkancisco, Feb. 5. Special. The
accounts which have been -published as to
the progress of the Nicaragua Canal scheme
are contradicted by B. T. Sparks, who has
recently returned to this city after six
months' residence in Managua, one of the
principal towns in that country. Sparks,
who is a reputable business man of San
Francisco, when asked about the canal,
said:
"It is all nc' ise to say the canal has
progressed vejr . i
ward at all. jL &(,,',
Sv
s being carried for-
'Wtir'fn done is a few
'OS O . nrk on the
'to
miles of clearing. Or.'-' -orkon the
harbor at Greytowi, Ijtn, "'.vehief
engineer under Monocaljv tc,' 'tyr?10
on part of my return journeys '
that he had received orders to disw 1
of the men employed except two or n ,e.
This, I understand, is entirely owing to
lack of fnnds.
"The people of the country have no faith
in the canal scheme. There are several mil
lion feet of lumber lying rotting and use
less at Grey town. It was supplied by War
ner Miller," as were four dredgers, three of
which are useless, and it has been stated
that one which sunk when beintr
brought to Panama, was purposely allowed
to go down to hide its defects. The dredgers
are also rotting and rusting away, only
one having done any work, dredging a little
way up the river.
"Many people were mined by buying
large tracts of land along the proposedliue
of the canal. They have been disappointed
and annoyed at the delay. One prominent
man stated that it they got the railroad
there would be'an end to the canal scheme,
and his remark met with the retort that if
so it was ended now, as it was a dead sure
thing that they would have the railroad be
fore long."
BOSTON'S PB0GBESSIVE MAY0B
Beheads Seme of His Own Appointees for
Neglect or Duty at Deer Island.
Boston, Feb. 5. Special. Matters are
approaching another orisis at Deer Island.
The" situation had such a serious aspect this
noon that Superintendent Gcrrish did not
wish to part with tho police detail of a
sergeant and ten men, because he feared a
wholesale desertion on the part of his sub
ordinates. This afternoon Mayor Matthews called a
special meeting of the Board of Aldermen
and reported the result of his. investiga
tions. He removed Dr. Otis K. Newell,
one of his own appointees, from, the Board
of. Jlirecicrs of Pnblio-Institntions, and ap
nointed ex-Senator Edwin L. Pillsburv. a
. t ... .... ..... -'
"Republican, in nis place, in audition to
that the Mayor ordered tne directors to dis
charge Deputy Superintendent Upton, the
clerk, the assistant clerk and three other
officers at the Deer Island institntion.
Mayor Matthews has received congratula
tions from the leaders of both political
parties for his decisive and unbiased action
in the emergency.
A CHICAGO LAND SWINDLE,
Victims Claim Their Lots Are Located la a
Swamp Outside the City.
Columbus, O., Feb. 5. Special There
is the greatest indignation here among per
sons who have been buying Chicago lots
which were represented as being "near the
city." The fact to-day became known that
these lots were 25 miles from Chicago, on
swampy ground and remote from railroads.
More than a hundred persons have been
taken in and done for.
Mr. Helen Rose, matron of the Deaf and
Dumb Institntion, said that her son Clifford
and her daughter had purchased three of
these lots, paying ?8 per month. The
prices of these iots were from S100 to J200.
It is safe to say that the s.le of Teal estate
near the Windy City will suffer a collapse
in Columbus alter to day.
A VICTIM OF VANITY.
She Had Small Feet, but Was Not Satisfied
and Now She Hain't Any.
Seneca .Falls, N. Y., Feb. 5. Special
Miss Louisa Sherlock is one of the hand
somest young women in this village. She
was proud of her feet, which were small,
but persisted in making them appear
smaller by wearing shoes that were too lit
tle. These shoes caused her to have ingrow
ing toe nails, which resulted in a. disease of
the bone that medical skill conld not core.
It became so bad that she was no longer
able to walk. This week the physicians de
cided that nothing could save the yonng
woman's life but amputation of both feet,
and they were amputated.
Two Big Electric Companies to Unite.
New York. Feb. 5. Tbe report of ar
rangements made for consolidating the
Edison and Thomson-Houston Companies
was officially confirmed to-day. The leading
parties in interest nave already come to an
agreement, and the proposition will soon be
formally made known to shareholders.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
Tonic. rage.
Fitzsimmons Under Ground 1
Louisiana Factions Arming 1
Blaine Has a Letter Ready 1
The Tariff Attack OpenSj. 1
Teed Again Disturbing Economy 2
Women Assail thn Assessors S
Effects orthe Conjanriion 2
Classified Advertisements 3
Editorial and Social 4
Reform of the Jury Svstern 4
Methods of Taxation 4
Tiie Census Bureau Attacked 5
Anothsr JU O. Hearing G
News of the Labor World .'.. C
River Men Before Congress 7
Forecast of the Queen's Speech 7
W hat Is Disturbing Europe 7
A Romance of Theoaophy.... 7
News of Neighboring States... 8
Sporting Events and Gossip 8
Bradstreet and Dun's Reviews. 8
A Miser Leaves a Fortune 9
The Vermiform Appendix , o
The OU Scont's Field News O
Subjects for Sunday sermons 10
Chess and Checker Problems 10
Iron and Commercial Markets 11
Canada's Present Cross 12
Wakeman's Wanderings in Morocco 1
Clerk Hastings Convicted , ,12
THREE CENTS.
FREETRADERSINLINE
With the Piecemeal Attack
on the Tariff Advocated
hy Springer.
HTHIAtf TO THE FBOXT.
He Has a Besolntion Placing Agricul
tural Implements
ON THE FREE LIST IMMEDIATELY".
Hon, David i. Welh Writes a Ions Letter
inFavorofarian TENriTITE INSTEAD OF KADICAD
Washington, D. G, Feb. 3. Th& first
attempt to enlarge the scope of the Dcmo-
eratic policy of the Ways and Means Com
mittee came to-day in the form, of a resolu
tion, introduced by Congressman Fithian,
of Illinois, directing the Ways and Means
Committee to report a bill placing all kinds;
of agricultural implements upon the fres
list Mr. Fithian thinks his propositioa
should have the support of every Demo
cratic Bepresentative from an agricultural
district, and he has already received assure
ance of support from Congressman Watson
and his colleagues of the People's party ia
the House.
Mr. Fithian's resolution is somewhat
voluminous and opens by asserting that it
has been established, by satisfactory evi
dence, that manufacturers of farm imple
ments in the United States are selling farm
implements in foreign countries and to
jobbers for export for less than the same
implements are sold to the farmers of this
country. This fact, it says, has been con
clusively established by the following-,
answer of A. B. Farqnhar, an agricultural
implement maker of York, Pa., to the Homo
Market Club:
An Admission Turned to Account.
"We do sell goods cheaper to customers'
in foreign countries directly, and to jobbers
for export, than we do to the domestic!
trade. This I could not truthfully deny or
candidly conceal. Yon would like to learn
the process by which the manufacturer"
can afford to sell the foreign buyer good
for less than he can the home customers.
The reply is simplicity itself. We receive
the prices current in the market in which
we sell. We cannot get more and cannot
be expected to take less."
The resolution concludes:
Wheheas, Under this system of plunder
ing the larmers of our country they are com
pelled to pay more for their implement
than the same implements are sold for tn ,
farmers abroad whose produce are marketed. ,
in competition with the products- of our
farms. And,
Whereas, The dnties npon faim imple
ments ai e an unjust discrimination asramsS
American farmers for the benefit of manu-'
factnrere who do not need it, and is there
fore legalized robbery; therefore, bo It
Resolved. That the Committee on Way,
and Means be and it is hereby instructed to'
report a bill to this House at an early day
placing all kinds of agricultural implements
on the free list
Views of Fithian the Free Trader.
"My reason for the introduction oftha
resolution," said Mr. Fithian, "i indicated
by the resolution itselfc' Jt-has. tti3hcen
asserted, and never successfully denied,
that implements manufactured in tbe United
States were sold to tne loreign trade for
less than the same are sold to onr farmers.
During the last campaign in New York
State I was informed by many farmers of
St Lawrence county, in that State, which is
the hot-bed of Republicanism and pro
tection, that implements manufactured in
the United States, such as were used by the
farmers of the whole country, could bs
purchased much cheaper in Canada, just
across the St Lawrence river, than the
same implements cost on the American side.
"There is no class of peopleof ourcountry
that have felt the unjust burdens of our
present tariff system more than the farmers.
Thev are compelled to sell their products
in the free markets of the world and buy all
their necessaries in a protected market I
do not believe in attacking the 3IcKinley
bill by piecemeal, but, if that is to be the
policy, I know of no better way to attack it
than bv placing farm implements on thefrea
list
Raw Material on the Free List.
"Mr. A. B. Farqnhar, an implement
manufacturer ot York, Pa., has admitted
what has often been asserted by the Demo
cratic party that American-made imple
ments are sold to foreigners cheaDer than
I they are sold to our own farmers. He says
in answering questions suomittea to mm as
to how this was done: 'We receive the
prices current in the markets in which wo
sell. We cannot get more, and could notbe
expected to take less.'
"If it is true, as Mr. Farqnhar asserts,
that implements made here are sold for less
to foreign farmers than to our own farmers,
does it npt demonstrate that oar manu
facturers of implements are not in need of
protection? I believe that all raw material
should aTso go on the free list If onr
manufacturers of implements are now com
peting with foreign-made implements under
our present tariff laws, if they had free
raw material they couid supply our own
people with implements much cheaper, and
capture the markets ot the world in the im
plement trade."
In regard to the resolution of Mr. Fithian,
Mr. Watson, of the People's party, said:
"I think that is a proposition that willhava
the support of tbe People's party Repre
sentatives, if it is reported from the com
mittee. It seems one way within the reach
of Congress to afford the farmer partial re
lief, and wo would naturally be in favor of
the free list being, as far as possible, ex
tended to all articles except lu-ruries. For
that reason we would favor this proposi
tion." Springer Not Exactly In Line.
Chairman Springer, of the Ways and
Means Committee, was not prepared to say
that the committee would recive favorably
Mr. Fithian's resolution as an independent
proposition. "The revision of the metal
and lumber schedule," said he, "is involved
in dealing with the rates on farm imple
ments, as iron and lnmber are the
materials from "which farm implements
are manufactured. If lnmber and
the raw material from which iron and steel
are made are put upon the free list there
ought to be a large reduction in the duties
on farm implements. It would not do how
ever, lo put finished products, on thefree
list and leave the raw material still subject to
atax. This would simply drive the manufac
turers of such products out ot the country."
Congressman Bunting, of New York, to- "
day introduced two tarift'bills. One places
adntv of 1 cent a pound on tin plate or
taggers' tin, and 1 2-10 cents a pound on
terne plates, with a drawback less 5 per
cent of the dutv paid on exported cans.
botes and packages made from imported tiruiJ
plate. After October 1, iut, the articles;
named are to be placed on the free list The ,
second repeals alter July 1, 1803, the duty ,
ol 4 cents a pouna on pig tin. ,
Springer's Policy Receiving Support:
The Springer policy of attacking the Re
publican high tariff by separate bills has ,
found indorsement from the great-political
economist and lather oi tana relorm, Hon.
David A. Wclla, of Connecticut At tho
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