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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1892.
TANGLEODETECTIVIS
Upou'tho Stand in the Gant
Arson Case at Greens-
bnrg Yesterday.
IBOOZE AKD A CONFESSION
Come in Rather Close Proximity in
the Testimony Offered.
TADDY MURPHY TELLS HIS STORY.
He Denies an UrIj eTspapg Charge and
5alks About Rewards.
AHUODT CRANK TEKKIPIES TIIE COURT
tFFECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DltrATCH.l
GKEEKSnur.r,, Feb. 13. The Gaut arson
a"!e ended late this evening. The ver
dict has not yet been rendered. The main
witness for the Commonwealth was John
Hratt. a farm hand, who snore that he
burned the Gaut bmldinsr on which there
was an insurance oi 512,000, at the instance
of "W. It. Gaut, the defendant, and that he
Hytt) was to receive 200 for the job. In
a rigid cross-examination Hyatt admitted
that he had been arretted by Patrick Mur
Jhy, the Pittsbarg detective, at the point
.of a pitol the day he va brought to Greens
burg, and that he was kept at the Stark
"Hotel all night by "Dide" Over, Murphy
and another detective. He was given beer
.and whisky.
Council for the defone closely questioned
Hyatt as to the statement he had made that
Murphy had written out a story lor him
to teil on the stand. "Witness protested
that this was Dctectie Over's story.
Iliid Told Contradictory Stories.
"Witness said, however, that he had told
more than a core of people that Gaut and
lie himself ere innocent of the crime. He
also admitted that he had told his own
counsel, with hand uplifted, calling on God
to witness, that Iiiil Gaut as as innocent
as a new bom lale, and that he (Hyatt)
would commit perjury if he would say that
Gaut had anythins to do with it
Detective Jlurohv, of Pittsburg, was
then called, and a little stir ensued when
he aroe to jive his testimony in the
tangled case. The detective in charge of
the case swore that Hyatt had testified to
the statement he had written out the night
thev were in the room and had the liquor.
Then Cher, the Irwin, detective, was
exiled, and his te-'imoiiy was contradicted
bv several witnesses thivafternoon in some
very important rc-pect-i. Several witnesses
were also called who had known Detective
Overall his life. "Vhese witnesses swore
that Over's reputation for truth and vera
city wax bad. Then Over called half a dozen
witnesses from nar his home, asking them
to proe that hivcharacter was good.
His Own itiy-ses Failed Him.
On the corrarv, his own witnesses testi
fied that the. people about his home did not
think his riaraeier was very good, one wit
ness crea Ang a laugh bv stating that Over's
reputalon was, "lair to middling." One
wjtnes for the defense created a sensation
It rwonng tlut Constable Over went
? Gaut and told him that he thought
xe were two men and a woman connected
ith the burning of the property, and if he
fliad a little money to work Elmer Hyatt, a
eouin of the accomplice, he thought he
fvonld find out exactly who the people were.
-After repeated claims by Over that he had
a clew, Gaut employed him and gave him
K0. Twenty minutes afterward Gaut waB
arrested at the instance of Murphy. Part
ot Over's story was that Jake.Detar and
James Gaut, of Greensburg, had gone to
the Gaut iarm to help "W. R. Gaut in his
scheme, as described by Over on the stand.
Detar, on the stand this afternoon, denied
all knowledge of the matter, and said that
lie was in Johnstown at the time and could
yrove it James Gaut also denied the story,
ilssingthat he was working in Greensburg
at the time.
Threats of an Inano Relative.
Another sensation was created late this
afternoon when the defense showed that a
brother of the late CaptaiD John Gaut the
defendant's father had escaped from a
lunatic asvlimi in Kankakee, Ills., and had
come to the Gaut residence and said he had
never received his share of hi6 father's
estate, and that he had made threats as to
what he would do. that he threatened to
bnrn down the residence and buildings un
less his share was paid him. The Gauts
notified their attorneys of his threats, and
the lawyers had advised them to have the
Ijuildings insured. This was all they could
do, as the asylum authorities had refused to
send for the "escaped lunatic, who was and
lad been at large for sometime. The de
ienealso proved that the insurance was
taken out bv advice of the lawyers, in the
name of Mrs. Gnat, and the defendant
would reap no benefit from the burning.
The most interesting feature of the trial
was the cross-examination of Detective
"Paddy" Murphy, who had refused to go
an the stand until it was proved by the de
fense that he had ondifierent occasions gone
into the jail and given Hyatt money in bills
Jixd silver.
?Inkphyand the ritzsimmon Reward.
This Murphy denied, stating that he had
only ctven Ilvatt a little change and to
bacco. - He Mid that he had never worked
for a reward in his life: that he had no
claim to anv part of the f 1,000 reward of
fered for the capture of Fitzsimmofc, but
would not object to taking a reward if he
had a chance.
"Did you not," asked counsel for the de
fense. "Did on not attempt to 'fix' the
JHry in thff Myers-Douglas case?"
''No. sir."
"Didn't you attempt to speak to the jury
men as thev passed by, and didn't you
tand across the .street and motion to them?"
asked Counsel ItoLbin.
"Xo, sir."
"Didn't Judge "White reprimand you for
attempting to fix the jury, and didn't the
Judge order the District Attorney to indict
you for the ofiense'"'
''"No sir, but some of the Pittsburg papers
said something about that," replied the
Pittsburg detective.
A Crank Briks Into Court
The defense rested here and court ad
journed until Morday.
Just before adjournment a sensation was
treated by a voung man, who, with eyes
glaring and outstretched blood-stained
Lands, walked down the aisle, and wildly
confronted Judge Doty.
"Here," said he to the Judge, "I will
take charge of matters lice, j ou can go."
The Judge paled and a number of attor
neys rushed up to draw the man awav, when
he'lhrew them aside easily and turned to
enforce his order upon the frightened court
Sheriff Clawt.nu with his deputies were
present and they overpowered the man, who
was committed to jail, taking with him
general fears of a dvnamite bomb or some
thing equally terrible. His name is John
Snartz, of X;vv Stanton, aud it is believed
be is insane.
AWAITING HIS WIFE'S SPIBIT
liefore He "Will Hnry Hti Wire, "Who bled
Ten ilays Ago.
Malden, Mass., Feb. 13. Special
In a zinc-lined coffinJ;he body of Mrs. Sarah
E. Bailey has Iain for ten days awaiting
burial. Her husband, John Bailey, is a
Spiritualist, and he is waiting for the de
parted spirit of his wife to return while the
body remains in the house. The coffin was
made bra fellow Soiritualist, and Mr.
Bailey lined it with zinc. No undertaker
was allowed to touch the body. The neigh
bors were not informed of "Mrs. Bailey's
death until her body had been cold a week.
Then they were invited to participate in a
peculiar funeral service. Thev were sur
prised to learn the next day that the body
had not been buried, and that the husband
had no intention of burying it soon.
The neighbors notified the police, and
this morning Chidf Richards and Medical
Examiner Durell visited the house and ex
amined the body, but there were no signs of
decomposition. " They urged Mr. Bailey to
bury it, and his reply was: "I'm going to
keep the body as long as I please, and Km
not going to bury it until I get good and
ready." The officials say there i no law
covering the case, and the Board 'of Health
claims it can do nothing so long as there is
no danger to the health of the people.
Chief Richards his found a city ordinance
which states that innate or a death an un
dertaker must be summoned, and it is pro
posed to take Mr. Bailey to task for the
violation ot it
.SERIOUS CHARGES MADE.
A Statement Tht William Brown Was
Taken Away on a Truuiped-Up Charge to
TVistpone His fnit Ac;atnst the A. V. R.
R. Denied by a Corapary Officer.
A peculiar statement has been filed in
Common Pleas Xo. 3 in a suit pending be
tween William. J. Brown and the Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company. The case is an
action for damages, ad was on the list for
trial Thursday, but was not reached. Brown
was arrested here several days ago on a
charge of assaulting a little girl in Phila
delphia ten years ago, and was taken to
Philadelphia bv the officers. Friday, when
the case was called, T. M. Marshall, Jr., ap
peared and asked for a postponement, men
tioning Brown's arrest
The latter's wife has filed a petition also,
in which she says he was arrested on a
trumped-up charge. She avers that on
numerous occasions persons representing
themselves to be officers of the Allegheny
Valley Railroad Company offered her hus
band money to settle the case, and when
he refused they threatened him with crim
inal prosecution. He also received anony
mous letters, etc., threatening him with
criminal prosecution unless he withdrew
the suit
Brown's suit against the company, it is
stated, is for damages for an alleged as
sault made on him at the company's freight
depot, by a company officer named Galla
gher, who pushed a revolver in his face and
broke his jaw, accusing him of taking pota
toes that did not belong to him. The case
against him iu Philadelphia, it is stated,
was brought against him ten years ago and
was dropped because there was no case
against him.
An officer of the Allegheny Valley Rail
road said last night: "No threats, by letter
or otherwise, were ever-made by any person
connected with the railway company or bv
Detective Gallagher against Browc On
the other hand, Mr. Brown offered the rail
way company, through an outside person
and without solicitation, to settle the mat
ter for fl25. No attention was paid to this
offer."
A FOOL SHAEP
CAUGHT.
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Sam West Captnrrd larly This Morninc
and Is Wanted at Canton.
Detective John McTighe arrested a man
suspected of being Ssm West, alias Yellow
Sam, at 1 o'clock this morning on Diamond
street The arrested man is wanted at Can
ton, to answer a charge of burglary. The
authorities there were telegraphed and will
be here to-day to identify aud claim the
prisoner.
On the person of the arrested jnan were
found rapers disclosing beyond doubt that
his name is Sam West One clipping from
a newspaper that was found in his pocket
book contained an account of how West had
deceived people at Wooster and Massillon
as a professional pool sharp. On his person
was found two large loaded dice. He would
give no account of himself, refusing even to J
give his name. His home, it is believed, is
at Trenton. He had been attempting to ar
range a pool match in this city.
SEDUCTIONS ON THE S0TJIH8IDE.
Revision or Valuations In the Thirty-Third
and Thirty-Fonrth Wards.
The Board of Assessors yesterday revised
the book's of the Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth wards. In the former the appeal of
the Pitt6burg and Lake Erie Railroad Com
pany was granted, cutting down the valua
tion from 112,000 to S10fi,400.
Phillips, Nimick & Co.'s property on
Carson street was reduced from 580,000 to
550,000.
In the Thirty-fourth ward, from Singtr,
Nimick& Co.'s property to Main streetthe
valuation was reduced lrom $165 to 1 130 per
foot front
Some reductions were also made in the
Sixth ward, but the books are still in the
hands of the -assessors and amounts could
not be learned.
A Mttto Midnight Blaze.
Shortly before 12 o'clock last night a fire
broke out at No. 36 Fifth avenue, but was
extinguished before it did much damage.
The fire originated on the second flo'or under
the stairway, where a pile of rnbbish was
stored, and burned through the wall Into the
occupied by , R." Sbnlart. a truss
manufacturer. The blaze then crawled up
along the wall to the 'third floor into Piatt's
photograph rooms. The loss is about f 150,
nothing but the wood work being damaged.
The building is owned by A. V. Holmes
and fully insured,
A Set-Buck for the B. & O.
SPRiNRriELD, III., J?cb. la In the
Sangamon Circuit Court to-day. in the case
of McKim et aL vs. Smith et aL, a suit by
complainants representing the Baltimore
and Ohio interest in the Ohio and Missis
sippi Railway to oust defendants from the
position of directors, which complainants
allege the defendants have illegally usurped,
Judge Creighton overruled the" demurrer
of the defendants to the-petition of the com
plainants. Minnesota's Bad Bank Failure.
Mookhead, Minn., Feb. 13. The ex
citement over the failure of the Merchants'
Bank is still unabated. The liabilities foot
up 5202,100 and the assets 5149,419. The
bank holds 5141,000 of President Brun's
paper, and beside there is an overdraft of
534,000 of his. Cashier Kurtz's indebted
ness is 514,000 and is unsecured.
FEAXUSES OF LOCAL IffTEEESt
Thomas McGowas, an employe at Lindsey
& McCutcheon's mill, Rebecca street, Alle
gheny, had his left arm broken by Iniling
from an Iron waeon yesterdny afternoon. Ho
was removed to his home on sed;rwlcc street,
Allegheny. '
John akd Akdhew Boadock, brothers, em
plojed a di fliers In Iho McDonald fleld,
wore struck by tho McDonald express on
the Panhandlo road, near (Willow GroVe
station, and instantly killed. Their bodies
were brought to the morgue.
Officzr Kebmax, a new officer on the Alle
gheny police loice. Jell inatltatpiiiostreet I
and Cedar avenue last evening, ne was
carried into the house of Mr. Hollander, on
Cedar avenue. Subsequently he was re
moved to his home in the Fifth ward, why le
he recovered. .
The national meeting ot the City and
County Superintendents or Public Schools
will bo held in Brooklyn, N. Y.. on the 36th,
17th and 1Mb of the present;, montl City
Superintendent LucTcey's name appeared on
the programme, Dut owing to his recent ill
ness will be unable to be present
William Croker, colored, whq lives at No.
268 Wylie avenue, fell from the platform of
car No. 19 on the Fifth avenue line at Penn
and Shady avenues last night and was seri
ously injured. His head was Dadlycutand
his nose was broken. He was taken to the
Nineteenth ward station, where Dr. Cath
cart dressed his injuries.
I I XT TTXlPfiPTTT D WITT
I AiS U il 1 U U Li 1 ll BILL.
Liberal Germany -Aroused Against
the Education Measure.
PROF. VIRCHOW IS OPPOSED TO IT.
Egypt's Jfevf Khedive Believed to Be Sour
ing on Greal Britain.
COMMERCIAL JEALOUSY OF AMERICA
COPTntGnT. 1KB. BTTn SEW TOITK ASSOCIATED
. rrEss.!
BERI.IN, Feb. 13. The committee to
which was referred the sectarian (primary)
education bill, submitted by the Govern
ment to the Reichstag, has during the past
week, the first week of its sittings, dealt
with 13 of the clauses of that measure, but
has reserved consideration of the sections
relating to questions of religion. These
clauses, with the postponed sections, which
form the kernel of the measure, will bo
taken up next week, when it will be seen
whfcther the Government has the courage to
defy the popular opposition, which is led by
the most eminent men in Germany.
The Liberal coalition appears to have
gained an advantage in the committee by
securing the passage of the proposal sub
mitted by Herr Bicker, reaffirming the
principle of State control of the schools.
Minister Zeedlitz considered that the decla
ration did not affect the concessions of the
State in the direction of clerical supervision,
and he offered no resistance to the amend
ment, which was only opposed by the church
party.
Another Victory for the Clericals.
Herr Rickert next tried to get the com
mittee to fix five hours weekly tfs the
maximum time to be devoted to religious
instruction. On this practical question the
Conservatives and Centrists wexe alive, and
they united to bring about its rejection.
This is regarded as a bad omen for the success
of any of the other proposed modifications
of the religious clauses. The Clericilsgave
notice ot several amendments, giving
the clergy even greater control than is now
provided for in the bill
In the meantime the protests against the
measure crow in number and in importance.
The municipal authorities of Berlin, by a
vote oT 95 to 14, adopted a petition to the
Landtag against the bill, and the burgo
masters of the Rhenish towns have decided
to protest against it. A great congress of
the professors of Berlin, Halle, Bonn,
Gottingen and other university towns has
been convened here to pass an appeal to the
Government to withdraw the measure. At
Frankfort-on-the-Main the teachers have
been disseminating fierce attacks on the
bill, quoting Prof. Virchow's phrase that it
is "a disgraceful aberration of the human
intellect"
Illustrious Scientists to Be Gagcod.
These teachers have been warned that
they will be put under discipline of the law
if they continue their aggressive criticisms.
Public meetings have been held in every
populous center in Prussia to protest against
the bill, and even Conservative districts are
declaring in favor of modifications.
The joint movement of the Dreibund
squadrons in the Levant is due to the dip
lomatic warfare over the Sultan's investnre
of the Khedive. France and Russia are
urging the Sultan to refuse investure unless
the Khedive proceeds to Constantinople,
when.if he does so, the squadrons of the guar
anteeing powers will accompany him from
Alexander to the Dardanelles. Thus, as
giving a manifestation that Egypt is a vas
sal of the Porte and that England has no
preponderance in Egypt, the Khedive is in
clined to go to Constantinople, although his
predecessors were invested at Cairo
The Khedive shows othqr symptoms of
being inclined to kick against the .English
regime. The Foreign Office here is of the
opinion that English diplomacy will win,
and that the Khedive will be invested at
Cairo. He will then be permitted, in a
little time afterward, to go to Constanti
nople to pay homage to the Sultan.
Germans Talcing Chile's Part
A number of German papers join a sec
tion of the English press in rancorous abuse
of the United States for the latter power's
treatment of Chile. The cs.use is not far to
seek. It is jealousy of the extension of
American influence in South America,
which is leading to a loss of German trade.
This trade is already diminishing wherever
it has met with American competition.
Prot. irehovv nas published a protest
against the doings of a man advertising in
Cincinnati papers as "The great German
physician, Karl Virchow Schich, who has
arrived from Berlin," eta Prof. Virchow
says he has carefully kept the lists of the
German graduates as physicians, and that
his lists do not contain such a name.
Consul General Edwards, after consulta
tion with the Consuls throughout his dis
trict, has rearranged the boundaries of the
consulates and within his jurisdiction. Con
sul General Mason, at Frankfort, has done
likewise, and a map designating the new
boundaries has been forwarded to the State
Department at Washington for ratification.
This step is" of great importance to the con
sular service, as fixed boundary lines assist
the work of the consulates and will remedy
.& $$
The Government of Saxony has issued an
order for the compulsory inspection of
American pork on the ground that trichinrc
have been found in pork stamped by Amer
ican inspectors.
P0UHTAIK GBOVE'S PUBITY
Vonched for by Mrs. Parting, Who
Says
Miss Chovallier Tells Fibs.
fnr CABLE TO THE DISPATCn.1
London, Feb. 13. Mr. Llyn Xicholas,
brother of Mrs. Parting, has communicated
to the newspapers here a letter from that
lady denying that she had given her entire
fortune to Prophet Harris, at Fountain
Grove. She adds: "The money I brought
here I 'ent to Messrs. Lay, Clark & Co. for
the extension of their wine business. They
have great management of business affairs
connected with the society, and as security
hold the first and only "mortgage on this
estate, which is worth six times the amount
of the loan.
"Mine is not an exceptional case. All
people, here sold theirown property. Other
statements of Miss Chevallier are equally
untrue, especially with regard to the social
life here. The impurities she speaks of
exist only in her own morbid imagination.
They have no place in Fountain Grove."
TYPHUS F2VBR IN BU6SIA.
A Quarantine Cordon Kstablished Aronnd
the Stricken Town ot Knain.
St. Petersburg, Feb. la Sixteen
thousand more persons from the famine
stricken districts of Russia have taken
refuge in this city and have been quartered
on various householders.
Typhus fever is raging at Kazan, and a
cordon has beenestabHshed there for the
purpose of preventing any of the inhabit
ants leaving the place and thus spreading
the disease in other places.
A Sare-Brcaker Prominent and Rich.
Paris, Feb. 13. A prominent jeweler of
this city has disappeared, who, it is alleged,
stole 875,000 francs from the safe of the firm
of which his deceased father was a member
and decamped. It is sai'd that he has fled to
England in the company of a woman.
Short Ball at the Folnt or Death.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.!
London, Feb. 11 Short Bull, the lead
ing medicine man of the Brule Sionx, .who,
alter the death of Sitting Bull, became the
principal figure in the Indian complica
tions, is lying at the point of death t
I Glasgow, where he is with the Wild West
' ehMir Rlirtrf "Riill lc tifFprlnfr Trftm nartinl.
paralysis, and at a consultation of physic
ians yesterday little hope was had ot his
recovery. He is receiving the best of med
ical attendance, and two trained nurses are
with him continually.
A5 ZHQLI8B. BOOH FOB LINCOLN.
The London Spectator Thinks He Would
Make the (strongest Dark Dorse.
London, Feb. 13. During "the course of
a long article the Spectator says that the
retirement of Mr. Blaine from the position
of a candidate for the nomination for Presi
dent of the United States has brought the
Presidency into special prominence. The
Spectator thinks that Mr. Blaine's friends in
the Republican Convention will not allow
Mr. Harrison to be renominated. "The
Republicans," the Spectator says,, "have an
ideal 'dark horse' in Robert T. Lincoln, the
American Minister to Great Britain, who
would prove the most formidable candidate
they could choose." It adds that this fact
is already widely recognized. It is evident,
unless this movement is checked, that Mr.
Lincoln will be the third man, granted, of
course, that ihe third man is required and
consents to stand.
The Spectator deprecates the annoyance
Americans often show because of England's
interest in the Presidentahrace, and says
that the English have no desire to interfere;
but in the case of so near relation they can
not help taking an interest The Spectator
concludes its article:
No European succession is of half such im
portance to us. The people of this countiy,
despite their soreness and consequent ap
pearance of churlishness, are sincorely
proud of Amoricn.and'they are anxious that
she should choose well. They do not desire,
as Americans imagine, a President who will
knuckle down to England. "
AN AMUSIHG COLLOQUY
Between Balfour and the President of tho
Ayrshire Mlnexfo' Union.
fBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCIM
London, Feb. 13. The Royal Commis
sion on Labor drags on wearily, and but
occasionally some amusement is obtainable
from reports of its proceedings. Yesterday,
for instance, James Keir Hardie, President
of the Ayrshire Miners' Union, aired his
views upon nationalization of the land, a
variety of economic subjects upon which he
talked" with delightful self-assurance. Here
is an extract from his examination by Mr.
Gerald Balfour, M. P., one of the commis
sioners: Balfour Would not your principles
carry us to this, that all mankind has got a
right to the whole of the prairie value of all
the land in the world
Hardie In their own respective locali
ties, yes.
Balfour But if I simply, in respect of
being a human being, have an equal share
with anybody else to the prairie value of
land, why has not a Russian or German or
Frenchman equal right with me, in any spot
ot the habitable globe?
Hardie He has a claim, just as I have a
claim to that part, of the sunshine which
falls upon me here.
Balfour Your abstract right applies just
to the very spot of land which any man
may be standing or sitting at one given mo--ment
Hardie If you choose to reduce the mat
ter to the ridiculous, that is so.
Balfour That is all I wish to do.
ENGLAND'S OLDEST ADMIRAL DEAD.
DTe Was 100 Tears Old and Commanded the
Shannon In Its Famous Fight
LONDON, Feb. 13. Admiral Sir Provo
Wallis, K. C. B., aged 100, the Senior Ad
miral of the British Xavy, is dead. In 1812
he was appointed to the Shannon, which
captnred the United States Chesapeake off
Boston harbor June 1, 1813, after the gal
lint Captain Lawrence .had lost his
life. Wallis was second lientenaut on
this -occasion, and his captain, .Broke,
having been terribly wounded and the
first lieutenant killed, the command de
volved on him. Tfie fight lasted about 15
minutes, during which about 100 men on
both sides and all the principal officers were
killed. Lieutenarft Wallis, for his services
in this fight, was made a commander.
The old admiral always spoke of his
American opponents with admiration, and
attributed the victory of his side largely to
luck. He had years of experience after
ward, and rose by slow degree! to the rank
of admiral in 1863, when he left the active
service. In 1877 he was niade admiral of
the fleet
FABI3 TUBUS A COLD SH0ULDEB.
Its Chamber of Commerce Refuses to Do
Anything for the World's Fair.
Paris, Feb. 13. The Chamber of Com
merce has sent a letter to Mr. Rose, Minis
ter pf Commerce, saying that in considera
tion of the fact the had no written advice
confirming the reports as to advantages hav
ing been accorded to French exhibitors by
the managers of the Chicago Exhibition, or
any modifications of the stringent regula
tions that have caused Frenchmen to ab
stain from making preparations to send" ex
hibits to the World's Fair, the Chamber re
grets that it cannot constitute itself a cen
ter of action, as it lacks the power to as
sure French exhibitors that they will be
treated in a manner similar to that in which
foreigners have been treated at French ex
hibitions. A Tidal Ware in a Mine.
Konigsberg, eb. 13. Last night
an exceedingly heavy sap was run
ning in the Baltic, and the high waves
swept inland. far past their" usual bounds.
Closeto the shore near Palmnicken, a small
fishing town, is an amber mine in which a
number of men were working. Suddenly
the water began to pour into th mine in a
perfect torrent and began to fill the small
workings. The men made a wild rush to
escape, but six of them found it impossible
to breast the torrent and were drowned.
Monte Carlo's Hero Coming Home.
rnv cable' to tub dispatch, i
London, Feb. 13.Heniy Rosenfeld, of
Chicago, whose high play has been one of
the sensations of the Monte" Carlo season,
sailed Wednesday on the Britannic for .New
York. Rosenfeld, who two or three weeks
ago might have taken something like &J0,
000 away lrom Monte Carlo, left an actual
winner of between $3,0Q0 and 510,000, but,
as he also paid all his expenses out of his
winnings, he is reasonably cheeriul in view
of the result
Dlsflzured, Bat Still In the King.
BY CABLE TO TIIE DISPATCH. 1
London, Feb. 13. Foxhall Keene, who
knocked out most of his front teeth, and
otherwise damaged himself two weeks ago
while riding to' hounds in County Meath,
Ireland, got onto a horse again to-day for
the first time since the accident, and par
ticipated in a hunt over the" same course.
He will be back in London next Tuesday.
lively Pontics In Greece.
Athens, Feb. 13. During the session of
the Chamber to-day, the Premier vehe
mently denounced the intrigues of the Tri
coupis party. He charged them with being
responsible for the financial crisis in
Greece, and declared that, in order to avert
bankruptcy, the nation must submit to
fresh sacrifices.
The Liberty Street Fire Case. ,
Another hearing in the case of the old
man found dead in the ruins of the recent
Liberty street fire, was held yesterday by
Coroner McDowell. W. W. Riley, Henry
Gangwich, Thomas Simpson, Joseph Axle
and Paul Kemerer testified. Several of them
saw a maucoming out of the coal hole in
front of the burning' building, bat none
conld identify him. The inquest was
continued till to-morrow.
t
AT ALBANY, IN MAY,
New York itepublicans Will Proba
bly Meet in Convention.
THE KEY TO THE NOMINATION
Dcld by the Empire State, According to Dr.
Channcej I'epeir.
HHili CArTDRIXG LOTS OP DELEGATES
TKPFCIAL TELEORAM TO TIIE DHPATCIT.1
New York, Feb. 13. General James W.
Husted, Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee ot the Republican State Commitec,
met his associates in the "Fifth Avenue
Tlotel to-day" All the morning was taken
tip in preliminary talks, and the afternoon
in discussing the situation in the State
on the Republican side ot the political
fence. The committee decided that the
State Committee should be called to meet
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel on'February 29.
It will then determine when to hold the
State Convention for the election of dele
gates at large to the Minneapolis Conven
tion on June 7.
Mr. Piatt and Senator Hicock believed
that tho date for . the State convention
should be May 4, and Albany the meeting
place. A labor delegation called on.General
Husted in the afternoon. They said: "In
your speech in the Assembly in opposition
to the anti-Pinkerton bill, did you say that
'professional labor agitators were profes
sional thieves.' "
"N6, indeed," Teplied the wily General.
"Even if I thought so, yon haven't a notion
that I would say so? As a matter of fact, I
never even thought so."
This declaration was satisfactory, and
they retired. The General will now have
to square himself with the Albany cor
respondents, not to mention his conscience.
It was the general opinion that President,
Harrison would be renominated. Not that
those assembled to-day particularly de
sired it, but because there was no candidate
strong enough to chrystalize an opposition
to the President
Dr. Depew says Blaine's letter makes it
possible for the New York delegation to
dictate the candidate to be selected at Min
neapolis. Hill delegates were also elected bv tho
Democrats to-day from Watertown, New
burg, Seneca Foils, Albion, Weedsport,
MOravia, Fonda, Addison, Cairo, Pough
keepsie and Owego. The total results to
day were 87 delegates for Hill and 9 for
Cleveland.
SECBETABY NOBLE SQUARES HIMSELF.
He Says fce Didn't Intend to Slight His
, Colleagues In thr Cabinet.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 13. Special.'
Secretary Noble has set the seal of his ap
proval upon his colleague, Secretary Blaine,
as the following paragraph in this evening's
Star will show:
Some comment has been made because
Secretary Noble, in responding to n toast at
the banqu-t last evening in Philadelphia,
did not refer to Secretary Blaine, although
his remarks to some extent reviewed tho
w ork of the present administration. When
the attention of tho Secretary was called to
these comments he smiled and said th'at
there was no malice in his heart, and he had
too hUh aiyopinlon ot Secretary Illaine and
his gi eat achievements to intentionally put
a slizht upon him. His speech last evening
was purely extempore. Ho had been invlted
to attend the banquet and to deliver a biief
informal speech. Ho was informod during
the evening that he was down for a speech,
and heendeavoiedon the spur of tho mo
ment to do the occasion Justice. Ho no
doubt omitted a groat many things, and
since the subject was mentioned ho recalled
that he had tailed -to say anything about
Seorerary Rusk. The Secretary wont on to
say that he regarded Mr. Blair.o as one of
the majestic and illustrious figures of the
day.
WHITNEY AND G0BMAN
Being More Talked of by Chicago Demo
crats Thin Cleveland and Hill.
NEW York, Feb. 13. Special. Michael
C. McDonald, the Democratic leader of
Chicago, called on Mayor Grant to-day.
Mr. McDonald is a capitalist and a large
contractor. He told the Mayor that he had
a contract for building elevated roads in the
Windy City, and that the object of his
journey here was to examine our elevated
railroads. On Tuesday Mr. McDonald will
go to Washington to see Senators Gorman
and Brice. Mr. McDonald said that unless
the quarrel between Senator Hill and Mr.
Cleveland is adjusted before the meeting of
the National Convention it might lead to
the nomination of some Southern or West
ern man.
"Our people," said Mr. McDonald, mean
ing the Democrats of Chicago, "are talking
more about the chances of Whitney and
Gorman than of those of Hill and Cleve
land.' I have no doubt that any good Dem
ocrat can win."
EQUALITY OF THE BA.CBS
One of the Results of the Knock-Ont of the
Lottery Company.
New Orleans, Feb. 13. Special
The Warmoth, or Custom House, Repub
lican Convention will meet here Wednes
day. The Warmoth wing, which is anti
Jottery in its tendencies, was disposed at
first not to put up H State ticket, but to sup
port the ticket nominated by the anti-lottery
Democrats, believing that in this way
the constitutional amendment extending the
charter ot the lottery company could be de
feated. Now, however, that the lottery
proposition has been withdrawn, a full Re
publican ticket will be named, headed by
Pearl Wight, a merchant of New Orleans.
The ticket will be equally divided be
tween whites and negroes, whereas the first
Republican ticket named contained the
names of but two negroes.
IHDIBECTLY FOB HILL.
.Ex-Governor Brown, of Georgia, Against
Three Nominations for Any Man.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 13. Special Et
Governor Brown, the strongest man, politi
cally, in this State, a personal friend of
Cleveland and Hill, has contributed to the
Constitution a long letter, in which he says
the Democratic party should nominate a
man who can carry New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Indiana.
Governor Brown claims that the abilities
of Cleveland and Hill being equal, the
question of precedent should clear the ques
tion, as no man in the party ever yet re
ceived three nominations.
A Republican Schism Averted.
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 13. Tho anti
Administration attendants at the State
League of Republican Clubs almost bolted
yesterday during the discussion of a motion
to allow the Chairman to appoint the Com
mittee on Organization, but were held in
check until adjournment for dinner, when
harmony was restored. Most of the Ad
ministration men were office holders and
the antis disappointed .office seekers. Their
strength was 34 to 23 respectfully.
Working the Northwest for Cleveland.
Chicago, Feb. 13. A combination Is
said to have been engineered daring the
past ten days to throw the votes ot five
Northwestern States solidy to Cleveland at
the Democratic National Convention. The
States mentioned as being included in the
combination are Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Iotva and the Dakotas.
Mormon Republicans Ruled Oat
Boise, Ida, Feb. la The State-Re
publican League of Idaho was organized
to-day. The league.indorsed President Har
rison's administration, reciprocity and pro
tection. The credentials of the Mormon
Republican club, ot Paris, Idaho, were
elected by the league.
A GREAT WOLF DRIVE.
KANSANS TURN OUr TO RID THE
bTATE OF MANX PESTS.
Four Thousand Men Work All Day and
Secnre Two Wolves Their Tactics AH
Mlhtiry Delighted With Their Day's
Work How It Was Accomplished.
Girakd, Kan., Feb. 13. Special The
wolf drive, preparations for which have
been going on for Over two months, took
place to-day, and such a wolf drive has
never been witnessed before in this country.
In four of the townships wolves and foxes
have increased with such rapidity th'at thn
farmers thonght best to take some action in
this matter and exterminate the pets.
The drive was conducted under military
discipline, was carefully planned, and
covered a territory of 100 square miles. At
9 o'clock this morning about 4,000 men sur
rounded a section of country measuring ten
miles square. With 1,000 men on each mile
of the square, there were 100 men to the
mile, or one man every 50 feet for the dist
ance of 100 miles around" the square.
Tho drive was conducted with the same
precision as an army in the field. The
forces were divided into three battalions,
each had its colonel, major, adjutant and
lieatenant officers at the center of each line.
The battalions were consecutively num
bered from 1 to 11 The signal for
starting was fired by the orderly
sergeant at the center of each brigade, and
precisely nt 9 o'clock the lines moved one
mile each half hour. Road officers wore in
structed to dress up their men at each sec
tion. The men on the lines furnished them
selves with horns, drums, etc.. to make as
much noise as possible while slowly advanc
ing to the center. A brass band and several
drum cirps accompanied the troops to fur
nish music.
The whole country turned out en masse
and helped to make it one. of the grandest
wolf drives ever seen in Kansas, which is
another way of saying the greatest wolf
drive in America. At a distance of one mile
from the center a halt was ordered and
officers inspected their lines and prepared
for the fight. The firing of a cannon was
the official signal for the finale.
No intoxicating liquors were allowed in
tho lines. Firearms were not used except
by those designated by the Qeneral. Others
carried clubs. The wolves were not to be
killed until they were rounded up in the
center. All the line officers and skirmish
ers walked, the officers being designated
by different colors worn. The chase began
at 1 o'clock, and as a result two wolves
were killed. At five o'clock the forces left
the field feeling jubilant over their success.
POISON IN THE BISCUIT.
One Person Dead and 5ix Dying Because
a Jilted Trover Wanted Revenge The
Attending Physicians and Friends Eat
and Are Also Taken Deathly Sick.
Salem, Ills., Feb. 13. One death from
poisoning and six more possible, is the
record of a mysterious affair south of here.
Immediately after eating suppeV at their
home last night, James Morton and his two
daughters became very ill. Mr. Morton
died earlv this morning. The two girls,
though still alive, are very ill.
Breakfast was prepared for the doctor and
friends who were aiding the sick. In a few
minutes Dr. Green, ex-Supervisor John
English and two neighbors were writhing'
in agony. One of the ladies, who had
eaten less heartily than the others of some
biscuit, gave the alarm, and physicians
were summoned from town. The Coroner
and States Attorney also went to investi
gate. This afternoon i was learned that sus
picion had fallen upon Foie Parkinson, a
young man of the vicinity. He is charged
with having placed poison of some, at
present unknown character, in the family
flour barrel for the'purpose of killing the
entire family because one of the girls had
refused to receive calls from him after he
had served a term in the Chester peniten
tiary for theft So far as learned no more
deaths have as yet occurred, though the
victims are not yet out of danger.
Workmen Cnn'Get Their Cash.
The Allegheny Public Works Committee
met last night and approved pay rolls and
bills amounting for highways and 'sewers
52,880 65; roads, 52,128 27; wharves and
landings, $113 07; markets,' ?40 36; city
property, 5739 40; public lighting, $3,842 54,
and parks, ?977 20. The ordinance author
izing the Chief of the Department of Public
Works to let to W. H. Hutchins the con
tract to equip the two old engines at the
Howard street pnmping station was ap
proved, as was the ordinance to insure the
boilers with the J. W. Arrott Agency for
$660.
A Millionaire Iron Deal.
Dulitth, Feb. 13. The Mesaba Central
Land and Exploration Company, of this
city, sold 800 acres of its holdings to-day to
the Great Northern Iron Company. The
Northern Company, on the strength of the
purchase, raised its capital stock to-day
from 1,000.000 to 53,000,000.
IJnrriibnrg Iron Works Shut Down..
HABRiSBppo, Feb. la Owing to the
continued depression in the iron trade, the
Chesapeake Nail Works and the puddling
department ot the Central Iron Works shut
down to-night, throwing 250 men out of
employment
THE FIEE BBC0BD.
At yeterstranr, Va., Bomaine's trnnk fac
tory. Loss, $32,00"; insurance, $15,000.
A false alarm was turned In from box SO
about 6 o'clock last eventnjr. Truck A
broke down on Grant street while on the
waytotheuox. No one was injured.
Thk town of Murta, Ark., on the Irbn
Mountain Railroad, was almost completely
wiped out bv Are yesterday, which broke
out in an old lumber yard. A stnve factory
and millions of staves were burned. Total
loss, $125,000; on stave factory, $90,000.
ArElizabethtown, Lancaster county, the
0ironicl newspaper office, Wagner's slioo
store, Roetlng's honse furnishing store and
other buildings. Engines lrom Harrisburg
and Lancaster Prevented tho fnrther spread
of the Are. as the only engine in the villaee
was disabled. Origin thought to bo Incen
diary. Loss, about $33,000.
Astili. nhvrm was. sent to Engine Com
pany No. 5 yesterday afternoon for a flro in
the houso of Martin Scholes at 'No. 236 Cen
ter avenue. The flro was caused by ii child
setting Are to some clothes which were
hanglns: under the stairwny on the first
floor. Tho house and furniture wero dam
aged to the extent of $100.
ATFInJlny, tho Chamber or Commerce
bonding. The ground floor was occupied
by a tailoring establishment, innsto store,
meat market, clothing store and printing
office, while the upper floors wero occupied
as apartments for families and public
offlces. The flro started in a restaurant and
spread qnickly beyond control. Loss, $70,
000; partly insured.
At Sevres, France, throe shops of tho
famous porcelain factory were gutted last
night. The fire threatened for a time to con
sume the whole establishment Two superb
vases, on which work was "nearly finished,
were carried out of the building in safety
It is estimated that the damaeo will be a
few thousand only. The Are orlzina.ted in a
cupboard where some chemicals were
stored.
At New York the Eighteenth street ex.
change of the Metropolitan Telephone Com
pany, which was located on the top floor of
the five-story building, 8C7 and 8C9 Broad
way. Loss, $100 000. The loss to the Metro
politan Company by the destruction of tho
switchboard is placed at $5O,CO0, and '13,000
subscribers are cut off. Anion:; the losses
of other occupants of the building are:
Hollev, Atchison & DeLoiselle. $i003: Keys
& LocUwooq, $10 000: C. H. Ditsou & Co..
$5,000: Castor & Co., $5,000; G. L. Kellcy, $5 000;
C. C. Briggs, $2,000; S. Sanford & Son, $2,000.
The building was damaged to the extent of
$5,000.
SUNK IN A SWAMP.
A Chicago Man Gels in Up to Bis
Keck in the-World's Fair Town.
HIS VOICE DROUGHT RESCUERS.
Police Officers Almost Sin in the Efforts to
Tnll liim Ont.
THE YICTIJI HAD DINED TC0 WELL
CniCAGO, Feb. 13. Archer C. Cracraft,
Superintendent of the Fidelity and Casunlty
Company, attired in evening dress, last
night sat down with a party of friends to a
sumptuous repast An hour before mid
night a belated .pedestrian, walking along
the "Nickel Plate" P.aiIroad tics in that
gloomy waste of Thirty-third ward terri
tory south of Eighteenth street heard a
cry of "Help" coming "from the swamp
to the eastward of the tracks. Five hours
later, and after four hours of hard work, in
which the lives of three police officers and
two citizens were in constant jeopardy, 3Ir.
Cracraft was dragged from the quagmire
into which he had sunk until only his head
and one arm remained above the yielding
earth.
The scene of Mr. Cracraft's adventnre is a
morass into which man seldom ventures.
So treacherous is it that cows and horses
have, in the wet season, failed to reappear
from its gloomy interior. How Mr. Cra
craft wandered into the very center of the
marsh will never he known. Mr. Cr&craft
himself does not know.
A Cry Troin a Ilnmnn Throat
Through the mud and rain and sleet, John
Raynoe, a laboring man, trudged along and
there cameVaintly but distinctly to his ear
a cry that made his har rtand "on end. It
was a shriek of distress, and the
word sent flving on the gale was
"Help!" It turned Enynoe into a statue,
and not nntil the cry was borne
to his ears three or four times did he regain
the use of tongue and limbs. "Help!"
"Help!" Raynoe sent an answering shout
and there came back again that cry for
"help." Superstition seized him audolf he
darted down tlje roadbed toward the
"Nickel Plate" shops at Ninety-third street,
pursued by the shout of distress. It
was nearly three-fourths of a mile from the
Soint where he first heard the yell to
inety-third street at Proudv's saloon. He
told Mr. Prondy of the cries he had heard
and notified the police. The patrol wagon,
in charge of Officer Timothy Kvan an4
manned by Officers Murphy . and Burk
hardt, wassoon plunging over the route.
The Police to the llescne.
Not a sound came from the gloomy morass.
The officers kept going on until Ninety
third street wa3 reached, and then two
young men, named Donnell and Farrell,
agreed to go down the tracks while the offi
cers drove back. It was further agreed that
should the men hear a cry they would signal
the officers by building a fire directly oppo
site the point from which it came.
When within about 100 yards of Eightieth
street Donnell stopped his companion with
the whispered exclamation, "I heard it."
They both stood still and waited. By and
by a faint cry of "help" reached their ears.
A lusty shout from both their throats went
rolling back into the inky night, and a mo
ment later the bright glare of the signal fire
told the officers across the swamp that the
object of their search had heen located.
With but little trouble, except that with
each five yards covered they sank deeper
into the mire, the rescuing quartet tra
versed the first 100 yards toward the spot
from which came the feeble cries forsuccor.
At this point, just as the fire behind them
blazed np brightly, they caught & glimpse
of a white face aud staring eyes. Besides a
hand graspii a stunted tree it was all
that showed above the surface of the
treacherous ground. The man had sunk to
his.chin in the bog.
The Kescners Almost Went Down.
The officers were fully 100 feet fom him
when they caught the first look of his pain
tortured face. They shouted to the man at
the fire to pile on the waste and to the al
most buried-alive man to keep up his
courage, and continued to advance. When
within 50 feet of the unfortunate Cracraft
they sank so far into the yielding slush
that they were forced to retrace to safer
ground. "Tliey found it to be abso
lutely necessary to keen moving. If
they "stopped but for an instant they sank
rapidly. (Two of the party seenred some
boards and rails from the side of the rail
road track and dragged them out into the
slough. From the point where they had
previously been forced to retire they laid
the boards 'toward the sunken Cracraft
and after a deal of hard work Ryan
and Farrell bufoeeded in reaching their
man.
They shoved their hands down under his
arm-pits and exerted all their strength to
pull him out They could not move him an
inch. They called to the other two and then
began a remarkable struggle. The combined
weight of the four rescuers on the boards
caused them to sink into the black and foul
smelling morass. Cracraft had released his
grip upon the shrub and every time the
officers and Farrell let go of him he sank an
inch or more deeper.
r"reed From Death's Embrace.
They floundered about in the awful quag
mire, not only trying to save themselves,
but trying to keep" Sir. Cracraft from sink
ing still farther. Finally more boards ar
rived, and by a mighty effort, in which the
combined strength of five brawny men was
strained, Mr. Cracraft was pulled out. It
was a queer looking object that was car
ried into the squad room. It seemed to'
Sergeant Hastings that his offiot rs were
bringing in a chunk of frozen mud six feet
long by two leet wide and two leet high.
When the overcoat was thrown open the
officers found a huge boquet of roses so
large in fact that it covered nearly the whole
expanse of shirt front Mr. Cracraft re
gained consciousness shortly after being
brought into the station and was given a
huge horn of brandy. Soon after taking
this he announced himself ready to go home
and was driven io his residence. 6402
Myrtle avenue. Mr. Cracraft had dined so
sumptuously that his exposure had no ill
effects and he is around now as usual.
A PB0F0SIII0K TO CBED1T0RS.
IIoTf the merlcan Wheel Company Will,
PayTJp If Allowed to Resume.
Indianapolis, Feb. 13. The American
Wheel Company has prepared a proposition
to submit to its creditors, that if the credi
tprs will agree to allow it to resume control
the company will pay in cash 10 per cent of
its aggregate indebtedness on or before
March 18, 1892, and 10 per cent before Sep
tember, 1892. The Dalance it offers to pay
in installments of 10 per cent, the last to be
paid September. 1893.
The company's promisory notes, bearing
6 per cent interest, will be given for all de
ferred payments. The total indebtedness
is $1,663,000, and the gross value of the
plant, stock, manufactured and raw ma
terial is 3,000,00.
Many Idle Bottle MakeTS.
William Smith, President of the Flint
Glass Workers' Association, went to New
Jersey on private business last evening.
He took exception to the statements of Dr.
De Leon, the Socialist, that the flint glass
men had an exclusive organization and were
not willing to help workmen in other indus
tries. President Smith said they contrib
uted money to aid other labor associations,
and were always ready to help them in
their troubles. There has been great over
production in bottles, and Mr. Smith says
they have not had so many idle bottle
makers during the last three years as they
have at present In other branches of the
trade business is good, and the prospects
are excellent
ASSESSMENT INSURANCE.
SET YORK'S SUPERINTENDENT MT3
DOWN OS SOCIETIES.
A Test Case Now in Court A 5fasaeliusrtts
Offlclal Says They Are Rotten Not
Om or the Organizations There Kept
Its Promises.
Albany, Feb. 13. Special Superin
tendent of Insurance Pierce, who declined
to license the assessment endowment soci
eties, which are beginning to flourish in
New York, has made an investigation of
them. These societies were prohibited
under the old insurance law, but an amend
ment to the law in 1889, under which vari
ous benevolent and co-operative organiza
tions worked, was taken advantage of by
them. Several prosecutions have been be
gun, but only one indictment has been
found. That is in Franklin county, and tho
cae will be tried soon. It will be a test
cise.
The difference between an assessment and
endowment society and the old style insur
ance society is that the oldinsurancesocictv
had to lay up a certain reserve, while the
assessment and endowment society does not
It is supposed to meet its losses by payment
of assessments from its members "and when,
the losses hav e become too heavy the mem
bers have kept the assessments in" their pock
ets. The societies which promise to pav a
certain sum at the end of one, three, five or
seven years in payment of a weeklv sum,
where they do not keep the reserve reqnired
by law, come under the head of assessment
and endowment societies.
Secretnry Pierce wrote to the Superin
tendent of Insurance of Massachusetts, and
received in reply a letter which said among
other things: x
Nothing but disaster and frand has come
from the enactment of the assessment en
dowment statute of this Commonwealth,
or the oG corporations organized under the
?. i? al s,atute. which was passed in 1SS0,
M have already gone Into tue hands of a
receiver nnder the order or the court or
have voluntarily made assignment in bank
ruptcy. Asainst three more similar pro
ceedings have already been had, and un
doubtedly within 10 days these will be added
to the list. This list includes, without ex
ceP.tipn, every one of these corporations
which have to this date reached the period
or maturity of certificates: not a single cor
poration which has began to meet its
obligations but is now In the hands
of the law, having its affairs closed one.
There is a strange atmosphere of corruption
snrrounding these concerns. Nearly every
one as it reached its maturing period was
sold ont by its officers for a large gum of
money in one case $76 000 to a new gang of
fellows to wreck it Nearly a score of the
old officers are now fugitives from Massa
chusetts, flvu are in the Suffolk county Jail,
a dozen more are under indictment by tho
grand Jury. Ofthe failed corporations it is
doubtlul if the members in good stunding at
the time tho concerns went into the hands
or receivers will receive 20 per cent upon the
amount of money they paid in.
A STEEL COMPANY'S TBOTTBlEl
Its Officers Accused or Making Some Pe
culiar Representations.
New York, Feb. 13. Special. ill aa
action brought by Edward Morion and
Charles Gallagher, the Sheriff has been di
rected to attach the property in this State
of Stuart T. Martin, described n the "Vice
President of the Pratt Steel Company.
Mr. Morton says that in October last Mar
tin contracted for the purchase of 150,000
in first mortgage 6 per cent bonds of the
Shenandoah Coal, Iron and Lumber Com
pany, at 75, and also agreed to go & Vir
ginia, inspect the lands and construct a
narrow gauge railroad from the company's
property to Broadway, Va. For the con
struction Martin agreed to accept bonds of
the company. Morton says tnat Martin
represented himself to be the treasurer of
the European and American Credit and
Trust Company, with 59.000,000 capital,
and with offices at 40 and 42 Wall street,
London and Paris.
Among the directors and officers, accord
ing to Martin, were United States Senator
Plumb, United States Senator J. P. Jones,
ex-Governor Cornell, Colonel Robert E. In
gersoll, Thomas Ewing, EL A. Packer, S. N.
Baker and other. Tne plaintiffs were also
informed by Martin that General James S.
Negley, the President ofthe company, had
just returned from Europe, where he. had
been sneeef sfnl in negotiations and that the
company had 520,000,000 which it was pre
pared to invest Martin, however, foiled to
keep the agreement Mr. Morton saw
Colonel Ingersoil, Ewing, Packer, Baker
and others, each of whom said the use ot his
name in connection with the company bad
been unauthorized. Morton says that Mar
tin has disappeared. The plaintiffs allege
that the Martin company is fictitious, and
that the owner ot 42 Wall street has
began proceedings to dispossess the com
pany. Its offices are well furnished. The
plaintiffs demand 520,000 damages. Justice
Beach, of the Supreme Court, granted the
attachment
Pompelian Brick Likely to He Used.
James B. Scott returned from Philadel
phia yesterday where he had a conference
with Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie agreed
to unreservedly give another 5100,000 for
Schenley Park" Library. This swells the
fnnd to 5800,000. Mr. Scott said Mr. Car
negie, however, favored Pompeiian brick
rather than granite. He says the contract
will likely be awarded in the spring.
MY BABY HAD ECZEMA
On Her Txce and Body. Suffering Intense.
We Doctored With Doctors
Without Avail.
Used Cnticnra Remedies. The Child Is
Cared and lias Now a Beau
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From the age of two months my baby has suf
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8ametoatl mothers who have children snnering
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1063 First Avenue, New York, N. f.
ANOTHER ECZEMA CURED
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