?VT; - v- sp' THE, 'PITTSBURG- "DISPATCH'' THURSDAY,'7" FEBRUARY .11, 1892. ' rJUST LIKE SARDINES f Were People Packed in the, White House at a Presi- dental Reception. NO ATTENTION TO GAUDS Paid by Hundreds Who Were De- termined to See and Be Seen. QUEER SIGHT FOR FOREIGNERS, TYlio Had Their lyes Opened to Soma Democratic Habits. SOME INCIDENTS MORE THAX TUMI ffKCIAI. TH.IGBAM TO Till SI8TJLTC1M Washington, D. C., Feb. 10. The re ception at the "White House, last night, in honor of the Army and Xavy, was th most crowded and badly arranged entertainment that has been held in "Washington for some years and that is saying a good deal. It iras the President and Mrs. Harrison's third and last evening card reception of the season, and apparently the entire popula tion of Washington saw in it their last op portunity for the winter of getting a glimpse of high official society. Foreigners and other strangers in "Wash ington hare often expressed astonishment at the character of the crowds met with at the "White House receptions, and after last night's experience their wonder is apt to turn into as tonishment, for all previous records as re gards big crowds, pushing, jostling, and ab sence of invitations, was beaten out of sight last ni;ht. The Lait of tbe Season. It is customary for the President and his wife to give three card receptions during the winter, the first in honor of the diplo matic corps, the second in honor of Con gress, and the third in honor of the officers of the army and the navy. For these enter tainments handsomely engraved formal in vitations are sent out by special mounted messengers, the one card including the in vitation for the three evenings. As souve nirs these.cards of invitation are desirable, being most artistic in their way and bearing at the top in raised gold the motto of the United States: '-EPlnribus TJnum." Although each invitation is restricted to the recipient and the members of his iam lly, it has long been the custom for cousins, aunts, nephews, sons-in-law, visitors, and even the boarders of the households where the cards are received to put in an appearance at the "White House. The cards are sent to all of the official'world of "Washington, and tbe personal friends and acquaintances of the President and the members of his fam ily. It is the custom, also, for the mem bers of the Cabinet to verballr invite the leading officials of the various departments, none of which ever fail to accept. The list of invited guests also includes such strang ers in the city as the President and his per sonal friends see fit to informally ask to at tend. More Tnan Tilled the House. The actual capacity of the "White House, when all its rooms are thrown open, as they are on reception nights, is not definitely known, but it is certainly great enpugh to accommodate, after a fashion at least, all persons who are legitimately invited. last night, however, -Jiterally all "Washington sought admission to the "White House doors, and among the 2.500 or 3,000 people esti mated as present, there must have been at least 500 who had no possible sort of invita tion, written, verbal or implied. The hours for these card receptions are fixed at from 9 to 11, Before the former hour, however, the ladies of the receiving party, with their escorts and the personal friends of the Presidental household, are al lowed admission by a private entrance, if necessary, bnt the guests generally are ex pected to wait outside until 9, it they get there before that hour. It being the last reception of the season, last night, a crowd was expected, but the ushers, doorkeepers policemen and other attendants were en tirely unprepared for the crowd that ewarmed upon them just after 9 o'clock, ' and the result was a shifting, shambling, crushing mass of people, packed like a lot of sheep outside the vestibule doors, many oftwhom had not reached the dressing room inside when the hour of 11 o'clock arrived. As Hard to Get Oat as In. As it was as much of a physical impossi bility to get out of the house as it was to get in, the guests could not leave at 11, and it was midnight before all of them had suc ceeded in regaining their wraps and the outer air. Long before 9 o'clock the crowd of people began to gather, and promptly at that hour the doors were opened and the line began to pour in. Immediately within the glass doors of the highly decorated vestibule the Marine Band, in full uniform, was stationed,-playing lively tunes, which served to keep the people outside in a meas ure good-natured and content with their lot. As the line passed in to the right it wound through the narrow passages of the lower floor to the state dining room, which was usea as a ladies dressing room, jfrom there entrance was gained to the main vesti bule, and therefrom into the Blue Boom, where the President and Mrs. Harrison and the receiving party stood. As the guests paid their respects to the. ladies of the line they passed on into the - great Fast Boom and distributed themselves as best they could. At 9:30 o'clock the crowd extended from the East Boom back through the various reception rooms, hall and vestibule, out to the portico and down the stone walk, through the grounds half way to Pennsylvania avenue. A Lone Line of Carriages. In addition to this great mass of people there was aline of carriages from the "White House portico down through the grounds along Pennsylvania avenue and down Fif teenth street to a point below the main en trance to the Treasury building, a distance of over three blocks. This line of carriages was kept moving bv rjolirpmpn m i-orMiv. tas possible, and emptied their contents into the pushing crowd on the portico, where they became wedged in among the greater mass of people who came first . The result was that at 9:30 o'clock there was an actual blockade, and it required al- ;'most an hour to move from the end of the ''line to the outside vestibule of the house. The line was kept moving at a snail's pace, in platoons, by policemen stationed at the door. AVhen the inside crowd became ab solutely immovable the policemen clasped iands and prevented the outside people from- moving a step. At intervals "of about 15 minutes the outside people were pushed ahead and a platoon of those with out permitted to enter. - By 10:30 o'clock the interior of the man sion was packed with a solid mass of people as was the portipo outside, and hundreds of those who gained admission after that hour got no further, and instead of shakinghands with their host and hostess remained tangled np in confusion with the members of the Marine Band, policemen, hack drivers and doorkeepers in the outside vestibule. Causes of tho Awful Crash. - This remarkable and unfortunate state of things cannot, be, said to be altogether due to bad inacageHient, although tbe White House is entirely tunned for such enter- Uinmentiior it was absolutely impossible jjMbr hnmairhands to guide such a crowd or t make them go ahead when there was no space for them to move in. The fault was due chiefly to two reasons. One is, that too many invitations were "sued, and the other is that hundreds of people who were not invited, wanted or expected, took ad vantage of the tact that cards were not de manded at the door and helped themselves to the delights of an evening entertainment in so-called high official societv. The officers of the army and navy were present in full uniform, as the guests of honor; there was a sprinkling of diplomats, but few of them, however, in court cos tumes; a fair representation of Congress, of the judiciary and executive departments, and many well-known society residents of "Washington. .Mingled with them were all sorts of people whom the President must have wondered to see because he knew they were not invited. Department clerks, messengers, and Government employes of all sorts, including many clerks,doorkeep ers and even pages of the tuo Houses of Congress, boarding house keepers, shop keepers, and strangers by the score all good people in their way, but who certainly were not possessed with invitations mingled on equal erms with the throng inside and seemed very proud that they were part and parcel of the social world. Little Attention Paid to Dress. Many of these people, as well as many of those who ,were formally invited, came without the trouble of donning evening attire. There -were men in frock coats, cut away coats and sack coats; there were ladies in bonnets and there were children almost in arms. The few foreign diplomats present must have been more than ever astonished at the sight of a well-known Congressman marching down the receiving line with his young children, the oldest not more than 8 vears old, accompanying" him. They mnst have wondered to see gentlemen in business suits chatting with ladies in full evening dress, and at the sight of mothers dragging their children about in an almost hopeless efiort to keep them from being crushed to death. A distinguished party of New Yorkers, including Mr. Jay Gould and his family, came over to "Washington especially to at tend this reception. Mr. Gould stood just behind the lines andatthe President's right. At" first he looked tired, bored and unhappy, but as the pushing mass of human beings in all sorts of attire and with all sorts of manner were hustled by he grew inter ested and seemed, after a time, to appreciate the situation. It was an awful jam, and almost a farce. Everybody declared they would never mix in it again. They will, "however, and at the very next opportunity the whole thing will be done over again. CINCINNATI IS 'SCORCHED. 5400,000 FIRE RAGES SETJCKAL nouns last night. BIjj Commission House, a Costly.CoIIeciion of Paintings, a Bank and a Police Sta tion "Wiped Out Meager Reports of the Losses and Insurance. Cii.-cixna.ti, Feb. 10. One of the worst fires in the history of this city started early this evening in the building occupied by Ezekeil & Bemheim, auctioneers and stor age commission dealers, on the east side of Main street, fronting on that thoroughfare 9.1 fppt nrtA T-tpni1inr larV in TTnmTnrtwil street Next door north of it is the ware and and salesrooms of the American Oak Leather Company, of tbe same dimensions. The two buildings constitute a block, and are five stories high. The fire pretty thor oughly destroyed the portion occupied by Ezekiel & Bernheim,and badly wrecked the portion occupied by the American Oak Leather Company. On Main street, south of Ezekiel & Bern heim,isthe CommercialXationalBank. Next south, in the same building on Hammond street, is the Hammond street police sta tion.' Both were almost totally destroyed. The two buildings were the scene of a great roia-winter nre in lota, xne ouildmg occu pied by the auction and storage rooms be longs to. the Fosdick heirs; that occupied by the American Oak- Leather Company is owned by the Carlisle estate. The loss on the two structures is about $00,000. In the Ezekiel & Bernheim building the goods consist of consignments from all parts of the country, and of valuable books from England, and of carved furniture from Borne. The storage department contained the household goods of 150 families who are absent abroad. It also contained a large collection of valuable paintings by Henry Mosler. That artist's loss is $30,000, at least. One painting was valued at 10,000. The loss on the storage building is estimated at $120,000; on the Leather Company's stock,?90,000; on the bank building, ?80,000. Simon Flechter, dealer in Government goods, occupied the first story of the bank building. His loss will be $10,000. The insurance in the auction and storage room was made principally by the owners and consigners. Other insurance is not obtain able at present All the prisoners were removed early from the Hammond street station. At 10 o'clock the fire was under control. The total loss will probably foot up nearly AIT EMPEE0E LBABNING ENGLISH. China's Sovereign Using a Little Girl's Model First Reader. New York, Feb. 10. Special The Methodist Book Concern has received from Marcus L. Taft, a missionary ki China, thjs letter, under date of Peking, December 15, 1891: After the independent young Emperor of China liad given an audience, last spring, to the various foreign ambassadors In Teking, ho became possessed wlth.a desire to learn English. A few days ago ho summoned two graduates from Dr. Martin's Imperial Time-Wen College to teach him. One of these former nrmllu nr Dr. Martin has visited Europe six times and tho other has served as Vice Consul in Jap in One, Chang Teil. is a Chinaman, while tho other, Sben Te, is a Manchu. For some reason satisfactory to the Chinese, they take turns in teachine the Emperor, one comins; one day and the other the next. Wishing to procure a suit able text book for the Emperor they wrote to their former instructor. Dr. Martin, ask ing him for a finely illustrated primer, adapted to his Imperial Majesty. Dr. Martin then wrote a note, stating the facts in the case to Dr. Pitcher, of our mission. Dr. Pitcher, knowing that we had brought uuv iiuui AUiciJta cuiud aitniCdVu SCnoOl hooks for our little daughter Prances, called on Mrs. Taf t,who gave him quite an elemen tary wort, entitled "The Model Pirst Iteader," handsomely illustrated with colored pictures. Who ever would have supposed that the Emperor of China would study one of Trances' readers? Tet, strange to say, such to-day Is the fact. Day after day His Imperial Majesty is studying his lessons out of one of her hooks, as diligently, let us hope, as any young scholar in Amciica. CLAIM JUMPERS CALLED D0WH. Trouble Over a Diipatcd Entry Promptly Stopped by Secretary Noble. WASHiyGTOX, Feb. 10. Secretary Noble has received a number of telegrams, stating in -eflect that the town of JE1 Beno, Oklahoma, is in a state of excitement, owing to a recent decision of 'the Department holding for cancellation the entry of xne Forman for a large and valuable tract of laud adjoining the new town of El Beno. Lot jumpers, it is said, have taken posses sion of the tract, and have attempted to oast persons who have acquired title through Forman. The Secretary has telegraphed Special Land Inspector Weigel at El Beno that a notice for a review ot the Forman case has been filed in tbe department, and until the question of a review is decided Forman's rights mnst hold. A bill, the secretary says, will soon be favorably re ported b'y Congress confirming the rights of innocent purchasers. All holders, it is un derstood, must be compelled to vacate at once. A dispatch from F.1 Beno, O. T., says: Lot jumping on the Forman claim ceased to-day as suddenly'as it began yesterday. Secretary Noble's order brought the jumpers to their senses. Confidence has. been restored. A BAD MAN BAGGED. !rbe Pinkertons Land Another of the Glendale Robbers, and BREAK UP A DESPERATE GAKG. Kecords of Men Who Made Daring Deeds a Easiness, and fACED DEATH FOR GOLD'S SAKE rsrXCTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, Feb. 10. Fvobert A. Pinker ton received to-day from I. "V. Lees, Cap tain of Detectives it San Francisco, a tele gram saying that he had arrested Marion Hedspetb, one of the leaders of the Glen dale, Mo., train robbery. "When arrested he had on his person two large revolvers and attempted to use them, but was over powered. L. R. Wilson, alias Dink "Wil son, is the only one of the roboers now at large and Mr. Pinkerton thinks that San Francisco authorities will have him in custody within the next 24 hours. The gang that committed this robbery were Adelbert D. Sly, of St. Louis; Marion C. Hedspetb, of Pisgath, Mo.; James Fran cis, of Kansas City, and L. K. "Wilson, of Omaha. Sly and Hedspeth are brothers-in-law, having married sisters. Sly served a term of seven years In the Missouri State Prison for robbery of the American Express Company in 1883. Hedspeth served a term of seven years in the same for highway rob bery. Dink "Wilson served a term in the Nebraska State Prison. Francis was never convicted. A Bad Gans From Way Back. Sly and Hedspeth were leaders of the gang. Sly was arrested at Los Angeles on December 28 by Bobert A. Pinkerton, aided by Chief of Police Glass and Detective Whittaker, of the San Francisco police. He was taken to St. Louis, where he is now in jail. His trial -will take place on the ICth inst. He will get a long term of im prisonment. Sly had in his possession the watch stolen from the messenger at the time of the Glendale robbery. Maggie Hedspeth, "the wife of Marion Hedspeth, was arrested. at Oakland, Cal., by Captain Lees -and his detectives on De cember 28, when she called at the Wells Fargo Express for her trunk. She refused to tell the whereabouts of her husband, Jim Francis, was killed near Lamar, Kan., while attempting to hold up and rob an other train. This gang of train robbers is probably the most desperate that has operated in' this country for many years." Within the last year they have committed the following robberies: They entered the Treasurer's office of a street car company in their barns in the bottoms of Kansas City and com pelled the men sitting in the office to face to the walls and hold up their hands while they robbed the safe. They perpetrated the same Kind of robbery at the car barns in Omaha. Handy With Guns and Dynamite. They next boarded a Missouri Pacific train at West Omaha, captured all the hands, then blew open the express door with dyna mite, overpowered the messenger, and robbed the safe of about $1,000. The next robbery was at Western Union Junction, Wis., tin the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. They first overpowered the train hands, marched through the express car, overpowered the messenger, and secured $5,000 and a quantity of jewelry. The last robbery was at Glendale, Ma, a suburb of St Louis, on the St. Louis and San Francisco road, on the night of Novem ber 30. At the time of this robbery, as in the others, the gang was masked, all the train hands were captured and the express car blown open with dynamite. The passen ger coach was shot into, but fortunately no one was hurt The estimated loss by this robbery was about $25,000. One of the principles of the Adams Ex press Company is to never let any one who robs them escape punishment Immediately following this robbery the St Louis police force and the Pinkertons were called into the case, and through their efforts Hedspeth and his wife, Maggie, and Dink Wilson were traced to San Francisco. Jim Francis had purchased a farm in Kansas with his share of the money secured at the Glendale robbery- The detectives were watching his home awaiting his return at the time he at tempted to rob the train near Lamar, Kan., where he met his death. Had he been suc cessful in this lobbery and returned to his home, he would have been captured or killed by the detectives who were watching his house. A liOnt Record of Daring Crimes. Marion Hedspethhas been a store and safe burglar for ten years. For a time he worked with two safe burglars named Cody and L M. Officer. They robbed a safe at Tuscumbia, Mo., and secured $1,400, after which they were 'located by detectives at the home office at Bonner Springs, Mo., 20 miles west of Kansas City, where they had uyeu iur Euuie uuje. -Lney escaped before the detectives could cap ture them. Later Cody and Hedspeth were surprised robbing a safe in a small Kansas town. Cody was killed, but Hedspeth escaped. He was finally cap tured in November, 1883, and was sentenced from Cooper county, Mo., to 7 -years' im prisonment in the Jefferson County peni tentiary. In an attempt to escape he nearly killed Deputy Sheriff E. L. Williams, and narrowly escaped being lynched. He is a native of Missouri. His parents are now living at Pisgath, that State. He was a farm laborer and is of temperate habits. Hedspeth appeared at the San Francisco postoffice about 12 o'clock, and inqnired for a letter. A detective and two assistants, who had been on watch at the postoffice for the fugitive express robber, attempted to place Hedspeth under arrest, when he reached around to his hip pocket The three men, however, overpowered him be fore he could draw his weapon, and hand cuffing him took him to' prison. Two re volvers were found on him, one in each hip pocket TWO WEIGHS IK CHICAGO. ' Street Car Demolished by an 'Engine and a Collision of Trains. Chicago, Feb. 10. Less than a month ago a Pittsbnrg, Ft Wayne and Chicago fast train demolished a street horse car.kill ing two young women'and injuring several other passengers. To-day the calamity was duplicated, with added horrors. A street car was demolished at Stewart avenue and Thirty-first street by a fast passenger train on the same railroad. Of the 24 passengers in the car almost half were injured, several seriously and two nrobably fatally. Those who will probably die are John M'etzen and Julia Maundley. "The grade crossing system is held to be the cause of the accident. JL train of emntv ears bankino- nnt nf train shed, collided with an incoming heav- ny-ioaoea suburban tram tnis morning, and five passengers were severely injured and several others more .or less braised and cut. The most severely injured are D. B. .Proc tor, A. N. Gage. E. Bosenheim, A. O. Swift, and Philip P. Lee. One entire side of the smoking car was demolished, the passengers Being buried under the pile of debris. Mr. Proctor, one of the severely injured, is the inventor of the. "Proctor Tower," one of the suggested attractions at the World's Fair. CBEHATED TO FINE ASHES. The Hotel Rnlns Thoroughly Searched, and Not Another Body Found. Nevt York, Feb. 10. During the day no additional bodies were found in the ruins. Every inch of the ruins was searched, and every particle of debris turned over. At 6 ojclock the force of workmen was laid off and the search was discontinued. It was thought that if any others perished they were burned to ashes. The supposition is! that there were many burned "who will never be known about. Building Inspector Selon this afternoon confessed that he had perjnred himself ind made false reports in regard to the fire escapes upon the Hotel BovaL Over a year ago the owners -of the building were ordered to put fire, escapes upon the Sixth avenue side of their building, and Selon said the order had been obeyed. It now transpires that his report was false and the escapes were never put in place. Selon has been dismissed and his ease placed in the hands of the District Attorney. A LITTLE INDIAN WAR. NEW MEXICO BADLY SCARED BY JfAVAJO. OUTBREAK. A Cowboy Band Confronted by 40 Angry Hostile! Obliged to Pacify Them A Ranch In Dancer and Surrounded by Troops All Quiet Now. Coolidoe, N. M., Feb. 10. Serious trouble has arisen between" the Navajo In dians and the cattlemen in the vicinity of this place. For some time past the rene gade portion of the Navajos has been off the reservation and killing cattle belonging to the ranchers in the country surrounding Coolidge. The Superintendent of Bix's Banch and other cattlemen had an inter view with Mariano, the chief of the Nava jos, and he promised to keep his Indians off the cattle ranges, but requested ten days to remove them., This was' granted him. Mariano, however, soon returned and re quested leave for his Indians to go upon the cattlemen's ranges in order to obtain sup plies from the trading stores at Chevaz sta tion. This was refused, and on Tuesday, when three Indians were seen coming down the trail toward Chevaz a gang of cowboys met them and forced them to turn back. This action angered the Indians and they immediately ascended a bluff nearby, built a signal fire and called on their tribes for assistance. It was not long before 40 more Indians ar rived on the scene and presented a warlike front As the cowboys were outnumbered they succeeded in pacifying the Indians, who claimed the cowboys had burned their camp on the cattle ranges, which they had been forced to-Jeave, and swore that they would obtain revenge. They then left Chevaz, going in the di rection of the San Antoine ranch, which is occupied by a man named Coddington, and which they threatened to burn. Harry Cody, his mother and two men were the only ones at the ranch when the Indians ar rived, and they were greatly terrified when the latter, while riding by, began yelling and shooting indiscriminately. No one was hurt The Indians, apparently satisfied with what they had done, silently rode away. Harry-Cody at once mounted his pony and rode 16 miles to Coolidge for assistance. In a very short time 15 armed cowboys started for the ranch, arriving late at night All was quiet when they reached there and nothing more has been seen ol the Indians The cowboys remained at the ranch until noon to-dav, when they were relieved by Lieutenant "Wallace, of Troop H, Second Cavalry, 10 men from Fort Wingate. The. soldiers will remain there as long as necessary to protect the ranch and its inmates. It is thought the Indians will return to their reservation when they have time to consider the folly of their action. CHURCH AGAINST KIRMESS. A Qaeer Kivalry In a New York Town The Dance Denounced and a Revival Started to Stop It At Present the Hop Is Ahead of the Game. Kingston, N. Y., Feb. 10 Special The Kirmess which has been in progress at the Academy of Music since Monday, de spite the ministers' protest alleging that it would be immodest and immoral,is a success socially and financially. The leading society and church people are in daily at tendance. Some of the clergy have also been present and witnessed the national dances of all countries, in which scores of young women and men take part. Finding that the protest had little weight with the 400 who had the Kirmess in charge, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to a most worthy cause, a series ot revivals were gotten up to create religious fervor and draw attention from the Kirmess. An exhorter named Stock dale has been conducting the meet ings, which are being held every afternoon and evening. A special choir of 50 voices has been organized. The Bev. W. F. Anderson, who started the protest against the Kirmess, is pastor of the church. The revival meetings are being largely attended and many conversions re ported. It is a spirited rivalry between church and Kirmess with the latter upper most It is rumored that several church mem bers who have attended the 'entertainment and others who are taking part will soon be called to account by the councils of the churches to which they belong. The matter is also to be made a subject for discussion at the coming Methodist Conference in New Tork City. THE MAJOB'S ADMISSION. Overman Says He Wrote Letters Demand ing Money From Contractors. Cleveland, O., Feb. 10. The taking of testimony in the Overman court-martial ended to-day, and to-morrow will be occu pied by the counsel in summing up the evidence. Major Overman was prac tically the only witness for the defense and to-day he was subjected to a searching cross examination by Captain Myrick, the Judge Advocate. Major Overman admitted that he had written the -letters de manding moneys from contractors, but that no record is in his office. He said his pri vate letter book would show copies of the letters, but that the book could not be found, having been lost or destroyed by his successor. PATIISOM'S LIBEL SUIT P0STP0H ED. The Trial of the Publishers of the Harris burg Call Goes Over Indefinitely. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. To-day had been fixed for the tjjal before Judge Fell of the case bf William F. Jordon and J. J. McLaurin, editors and proprietors, of the Harrisbnrg Call, charged by Governor Pattison with publishing a libel upon him October 27, 1890, but upon motion of counsel the matter went over indefinitely. Mr. Warwick, counsel for the" defense, asked for a postponement ot the trial on the ground that Mr. McLaurin was confined to his bed with the grip. New Zealand Shaken by Earthquakes. .Wellington, N. Z., Feb. 10. North Island has been shaken by severe earth quakes, which are supposed to be connected with a violent eruptipn of Ngasuhoe. The flames from the volcano reach a great height, presenting a grand spectacle at night. ANOTHER STEP FORWARD. The CEKT-A-WOKD rate lias been In force for five 'months now. Actual count, -mad February 1, gives the following re sults: Adlitsfor Bmonlht ending January Ofl "701 Similar period the year previous 20,103 Jncreatedvctocent-a-word...... IfVifiR No more convincing testimony could be adduced to show the ever-crowlnr popu arlty or THE "DISPATCH adleU. , - .- . ' ' ' ' COOPER STILL AHEAD. If the Normal School Principal Is a Thief He's a Very Deep One,. BEYOND A SLY DETECTIVE'S KEN. He Still Presides Oyer loyal Students in Bpite of Trustees, DEFYING ARREST, COURTING 1 TRIAL rsPKCIAt TELEGBAX TO THE DtSPATClM Ekie, Feb. 10. While the day passed at Edinboro without any change in the status of affairs in the State Normal School, the situation, is brUtling with possibilities. Prof. Cooper, whom the trustees have at tempted to depose, won't be deposed. He directed his classes to-dsy and held chapel this evening as usual. The trustees had intended to bring the new principal, Prof. Benedict, with an offi cer to eject Prof. Cooper and induct the new principal. This part of tbe progromme they did not carry out, and as soon as the chapel exercises were over the students, both ladies and gentlemen, numbering over 300, paraded the principal streets with fife and drum wearing the "Cooper" badges. This evening a committee of students again asked for Prof. Cooper's immediate trial or a withdrawal of the charges. The trustees told them they would see the build ings rot belore they would rescind their ac tion. Students Ready to Leave in a Body. The students then appointed two dele gates to meet the State Normal Schools at Slippery Bock, Mercer county; California, Washington county; Clarion and Indiana, and secure propositions for their admission at once. It is the intention of the students to stand by Cooper it he is not given an opportunity to defend himself in court against the charge that he had stolen $1,800 from Financial Manager L B. Beeder'a safe. The remarkable part of this story is that Beeder claims after' missing $400 of the State money, he and other trustees and as sistants watched Cooper's actions under cover for months. In spite of their vigils, they say, the money kept slipping away. They then hired a detective, and the person chosen to ferret out the thief was Frank Boyd, of Washington county. Boyd was the pitcher in the Scottdale Baseball Club for two years, and then plaved with the Erie club last year. , Boyd came from Washington county as an ex-school teacher who wanted to "brush up" so as to teach school this winter. ( Couldn't Unravel the Mystery. He matriculated and began to "brash up" in the day time, and watched Cooper from a secret hiding place, covering jBeeder'g safe and desk, at night. After two months' watching Boyd gave up his job, failing to detect Cooper or anybody else. The trustees circulated the report that Cooper had taken 51,800, but they could not prove it, as they could not catch him. Dr. I. H. Taylor, one of the trustees, made this statement to the students in Assembly Hall last Saturday. Caoper called a meet ing of students and citizens, denied the charges and wrote the trustees a letter de manding that they investigate at once. The singular feature ot the situation is that the trustees who are now trying to de pose Prof. Cooper were elected and ap pointed through Cooper's influence. It is reported to-night that tbe trustees will take another tack and have Prof. Cooper arrested to-morrow for trespass, and have an officer arrest him as often as he enters the school grounds or building. Cooper is prepared to furnish bail as often as he is arrested. - Cooper Assnmes the Offensive. Hearing that the trustees had made in formation against him at Erie under the more serious charges he came out to-night to give himself up and offer bail; but find ing no proceeding against him he has gone home and will be on deck in the morning to direct his faithful teachers and loyal stu dents. Cooper is now turning hunter, and the trustees will have to fish or cut bait The trustees brought their books to Erie to-day, but admit that they cannot find that Cooper's accounts were crooked. The trus tees are all men of property, and a number of them are directors in the Edinboro Sav ings Bank. BEV. X T. 6PALDIHG A CATHOLIC. Confirmed by Cardinal Gibbons, He Tells Why He "Has Changed. Baltimoee, Feb. 10. Special. Bey. James Fielding Spalding, until recently the rector of Christ P. E. Church in Cambridge, Mass., was confirmed here to-day by Cardi nal ' Gibbons. Dr. Spalding left his church December 13, and went to New York, where he remained a short time. .From there he went directly to the Catholic "University in Washington, where he was instructed by the rector, Bishop Keane, and by Vice Bector O'GormaD. Last Sunday night he was baptized and came to Baltimore to pre pare for his final induction into the Catho lic, church. Last night he joined a class of 20 other converts at St. Mary's Seminary, and this morning was confirmed with them. When asked what led him to take this step, Dr. Spalding said that there were times in a man's life when he realized that a crisis was at hand. So it had been in his. He had become impressed with the teachings of the Catholic Church, and all the reasoning and arguing could not shake his belief in the faith that he had espoused. Dr. Spalding is about 40 years old. THE BOMB THBOWEB'S BELICS Are Worthless, but as Curios They Brine the Usual Prices. Boston, Feb. 10. Special The effects of the late Henry L. Norcross, the bomb thrower, were sold yesterday. The books, desks and a safe in the office,12 Pearl street, were cleaned up and offered for sale. Per haps a dozen or so of those who had known Norcross went to the office and purchased such things as they desired. The safe was first taken out and the two desks followed. The books were mostly business directories and pamphlets of no particular worth, but all were disposed of quickly, chiefly to morbid curiosity seekers. NOBWAY'B PAELIAMEKT 0PEKS. A Credit BUI for the World's Fair Among Other Prospective legislation. CHBISTrANIA, Feb. 10. The Storthing was opened to-day. The speech from the throne promised hills dealing with literary and artfstio copyrights, the building of new harbors, the supervision ot labor in lac-, toriet, the institution of accident and old' age insurance, and the reduction ot duties on articles of general consumption. The budget shows a good surplus. A credit will be demanded to enable Norway to take part in the Chicago Exposition. Earthquake Shook Felt on Shipboard. Philadelphia, Feb. 10. Cap tain Frost, of the schooner Charles L. Mitchell, which arrived to-day from Cardenas, reports that on the night of the 8th inst., three miles cast-southeast of Cape Henlopen, two dis tinct shocks like an earthquake were felt by those on board the schooner. The shocks were acoompanled by an explosion and a rumbling noise. The JSmbexzIer of Campaign Funds. Pottsville, PA., Feb. 10. James M. Healy, ex-Ohairman "of the Democratic County Committee, was arrested this morn- Ingfortha embezzlement of. 1 1,200, money given to hlm'by the Democratic candidates to pay list fall's campaign expenses. The warrant was ' issued yesterday. Healy waived a hearing and gave ball for his ap pearance at court. CHOKED TO DEATH. FOUR ANARCHISTSQUICKLY DISPOSED OF IN MADRID. Death Was Fearful, but Instantaneous An Object Xeston That May Cheek Anarchy In Spain One Victim Con fesses He Was Misled. Madbid, Feb. 10. The four An archists Busigni, Zarzetelli,' Lamela and Lebrijano were garroted to-day. The Anarchist propaganda has many exponents in the province of Cordova, and the spread of that pernicious doctrine has had the effeckof awakening the civil and religions authorities to the effect that something must bedone to counteract the influence of these agitators among the lower classes. Shortly before G o'clock, all the prepara tions for the execution being completed, the prisoners were taken from the chapel by their guards and marched direct to the platform. Each of the chairs for the condemned men had been fixed against a post six feet high, to which the garrote was attached. When the prisoners mounted the scaffold they were 'accompanied by four executioners and priests and monks who had administered spirit ual consolation to them. Zarzatelli was greatly excited and his demeanor showed that he was terribly frightened by the fate awaiting him. The other three culprits were calm and resigned. The exe cutioners securely bound them to the chairs and then lifting their heads, arranged the metal collars about their necks at the point decided upon. Then each executioner took his position at the back of the posts and grasped the powerful lever which operated the garrote. At a given signal each execu tioner gave a sharp turn to the lever and each of the condemned men died instantly. One of the executed men left a confession in which he said: "I desire my comrades to know that the Anarchist journals havebeen wofully deceiving us. I am convinced that many of those preaching doctrines to us are perfectly indifferent to our fate. I therefore advise my comrades to repudiate these teachings and be honest workers with faith in God and in religion, which teaches that all men are brethren." Two of the condemned spoke briefly from the scaffold. One declared that he died in the cause of the working class, and he ap pealed to the crowd not to respond by ex pressing sympathy. As the Anarchist agita tion was chiefly infited by foreigners, the Government has decided to take measures to prevent Anarchists from entering Spain, CHEMISTRY FOE ANIMALS. Ferocious Beasts Submit to Ammonia as a Bear Did to Chloroform. An Austrian chemist has devised a novel method whereby tamers of wild beasts can immediately get the better of the most re fractory or ferocious animal. He proposes that whenever a tamer in performing inside a cage, a servant should bo stationed out side holding a large syringe full of caustic ammonia. One strong squirt of this into the nostrils of any wild beast would, says the Austrian savant, half asphyxiate the animal and render it powerless for sufficient time to enable the tamer to escape from the cage. It is not recorded whether the reme dy hat been fonnd to stand the test of steady repetition. A less heroic method of bringing a wild animal to terms was successfully put into practice not long app .in Kansas. A large cinnamon bear whi j( was being shipped by an express compi. Lr managed to escape from the stout woSHen crate in which he was confined. Bruin, finding himself in peaceable pftssessionj for the attendant had "lit out" with alacrity, at once proceeded on an inspection tour. Detecting some apples in a lady's trunk, he ripped it up, scattering its picturesque contents, silk dresses, perfume bottles, etc., over the bag gage car in a promiscuous manner. He soon struck a richer find in the shape of a case of celery and a box of dried herring, both of which he showed abundant appre ciation of before the next station was reached. Here the conductor had the train side-tracked and determined to shoot him, but better counsels prevailed. A long pole with a sponse at the end saturated with chloroform "was carefully Introduced and soon reduced him to a very peaceable state. Without much further delay he was placed .back in his cage and taken on to his destina tion. , A Favorite Diversion of Captains. NewTorkBecorder.fi . Running ashore seems to be becoming a favorite diversion of the big steamer cap- DIED. BUSIIK On Wednesday, February 10, 1S92, at 9-15 p.m., Mis Hblis BtJSHK, at her late residence, No. 109 Steuben street; West End. Notice of funeral hereafter. HUGHES On Tuesday evening, Fohruary 9 1892, of diphtheritic croup, Silas Willia, aonof Silas B.and Rose B. Hughes, asred 5 years. Interment private from the family resi dence, No. 33 Niagara street, on Thursday at 3r.M. Butler and Kane, Pa., papcr3 please copy. KELLY On Wednesday, February 10, 1892, at 4:30 a. Jf., Hathew J. Bjcllt, aged 24 yeare. Funeral from his lata residence. No. 13 Stobo street, on Fbita.y, at 8.30a.m. Requiem mass at St. Agnes' Church, at 9 a. jt. Friends of tne family are respectfully invited to at AT LATIMER'S. SOME SPECIAL BARGAINS! . LOOK TO YOUR DOLLARS. Previous to the'opening of regular spring trade we offer some astonish ing bargains in New Spring Goods, which have just been placed on our counters. We are determined to start the spring trade early. You'll save money if you buy now. One Lot, 6,186 Yards Henriettas, at I2c; All the Latest Spring Shades and Effects. Another Bargain Lot of Formosa Grape, 5,378 Yards, at 6c a Yard. 8,346 Yards Chocolate Prints, Warranted Fast Colors, at 4c a Yard. 6,842 Yards Curtain Scrim at 3c. An Undoubted Bargain in Wide and Heavy Scotch Guipure Lacs Curtains, at $2.50 a Pair. All that remains of our Winter Underwear, Cloaks ar.d Wraps will bs sold away below manufacturers' prices. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and T40 Federal St., 45 and 46 S. Diamond, ATwZSGH?n:i rA. 1TCALL ACCEPTS PS0TISI0KALL7. He TT1I1 Be President or tbe New Tork Life, If Given Absolute Control. NewToek, Feb. 10. John A. McCall has accepted the offer of the Presidency of the New York Life Insurance Company, provided he be given full and absolute con trol, but he will not accept it otherwise. The trustees held a meeting to-day and ad journed till Friday. In the board a close friend of Mr. Beers said after the meeting that Mr. McCall's name was not mentioned. Another trnstee said that Mr. McCall had been regularly placed in nomination, but that the nomination had not yet been acted upon, owing to the fact that Mr. McCall had agreed to accept the Presidency only on certain conditions. It is understood Mr. Beers desires to re tain under his control the mass of proxies which he now holds, but as this would con tinue him as master of the company Mr. McCall insists that he shall either cancel or transfer to others these proxies. It is be lieved that circumstances will compel Mr. Beers to retire from the management, in act as well as in name, and that Mr. McCall will be duly elected. A $50,000,000 STEEL COItCEEH. The Illinois Company Holds IU flection and Doubles Its Capital. Chicaco, Feb. 10. The annual meeting of the Illinois Steel Company was held here to-dayl The old Board of Directors was re elected except O. W. Potter, who declined a re-election, and Bobert Forsyth was chosen to fill the vacancy. The offiers were re-elected. The capital stock of the company was in creased from 525,000,000 to $50,000,000. The financial statement shows that the net prof its for the year were 51,038,777, being equal to 5.57 per cent on the outstanding capital stock of 518,650,035. The total undivided surplus ou December 31 was $1,909,205. During 1891 the company shipped 795,362 tons of finished product and paid in wages and salaries $5,090,511. The average num ber ot men employed was 7,119. The com pany owns lafge plants -at Sooth Chicago, Joliet and Milwaukee. A Virginia Iron Failure. Lexington, .Yi Feb. 10. The Barig Iron Works, of Buena "Vista, "Va., made an assignment to-day with liabilities of $80,000. Hand-Knit Zephyr Sacqucs, 1 OCC regular price 40c J y Hand-Knit, Zephyr Sacqucs, ) EjftC regular price 75c f 0U Extra Fine Zephyr Sacques, "7CC reduced from 1.25 to j 0 9 Hand-Knit Zephyr Bootees, 1 AC regular price 15c j Hand-Knit Zephyr Bootees, all good values, from i24c up to. FLEISHMAN & CO., 504, 506 and 508 Market St. fell INSTALLMENT MORTGAGES. Money loaned on mortgages payable at periods to suit the borrower. FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, 121 and 123 Fourth Avenue, de3143-Th J. O. FLOWER, Dental Office, Jal-Krrs iVlHTS 50 V TS?
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