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FORTY-SEVENTH TEAR.
PITTSBURG-. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1892-rWELVE PAGES.
THREE CE25TTS-
BwitfflUAffill;fTOr
(JJtC
JUMKET
SHtf US
To Make the Hit That lis
Promoters Were Confi-
dent It Would.
A FEW CONGRESSMEN
Take It in, but There Are Many With
Too Much Self-Respecc
TO DEAD-HEAD IT TO CHICAGO.
A Very Expensive Trip, Though, When the
Incidentals Are Paid For.
The Scheme to Secure a Pew Millions
From Congress for the World's Fair
Doesn't Catch on With Both Feet The
Delay in the Appointment of Warm
castle's Successor Causing Much
Comment Accusations of Jug-Sims'
With Vacancies for Political Purposes
Tariff Legislation Fairly to the Front
Congressional Farmers and the
Anti-Options BiLs.
lErZCIJlI, TEI.EGTlApniC I,VTTrR.J
Uctcemj of The Dispatch.
Washington. D. C. Feb 19.
Aasaug those who know the pleasure that
She ordinary Congressman finds in a journey
yfeen the ride, the sleeping car and the ci
gars and accessories are free, it's a matter of
great surprise that so few of the statesmen
of the hill accepted the invitation of the
citizens of Chicago to come there and par
take of the hospitality of the city of wind,
dirt and had odor.
Among thoe of the statesmen who did
Jt accept it is thought to he little less than
scandalous that some members of Congress
tJiould he found who could be so indelicate
as to lake advantage of the seductive offer
of the Chicagoaus. "While the latter have
made vehement protests that the junket is
not for the purpose of influencing any one
to vote for an appropriation, there is no
oae so stupid to not know what it allmeans,
sad it is a general comment here this even
ing that it is very creditable to Congress, as
x body, that so lew were caught in the at
'trsctive web spun by the cunning Chicago
spider.
Sole Purpose of the Junket.
This junket was arranged tor the solepur
Jiose of inducing Congressmen, through the
argument of a free ride and its luxurious ac
cs&ipaniiBcnts, to ote for a liberal appro
priation to assist the managers of the.
World's Fair out of the financial hole in
w'i thev f A tr-jnsplves They assert
that they have ample funds, but inside in
formation is of a different order. It is
leaked upon as incrcdiblethat the managers
tdiould invite all Congress, with the cor
respondents and diplomats thrown in to dis
guise and cover up the real purpose of the
jaunt, for the mere purpose of exhibiting
the vast scope of the project and the
amount of work done. That could have been
accomplished at a much less expense than
by means of this tremendous junket. Of
course, extensive and expensive as it is, it
is insignificant compared with what was
v anted.
Look at the five great trains that started
ibis afternoon and then think of what the
spectacle would have been if all the Con
gressmen, diplomats, newspaper men and
their wives had gone.
A 1'retty Bis Bill to Be Met.
As it is, the bill will be a Tery pretty
one, and will make quite a hole in the re
maining funds of the managers. Thintof
the five trams of five cars each; think of the
larders! Larders crammed with the most
expensive edibles in the market' Think of
the mountains of baskets of champagne,
and other wines and liquors of many kinds!
Think of the thousands of rare havanas!
Think of the appetites of Congressmen, and
you have some idea of the cost of the trans
portation alone.
Then there are the Chicago hotels, the
free rides about the citv, the local cigars
and wines and other multifarious expenses,
which, for the present, are to be paid out of
the funds on hand, but later on, from the
munificent appropriation that would have
been more confidently expected if the ac
ceptance of Congressmen had come lip to
the expectations of the alluring board of
managers., who, like a gambler playing
desperately, concludes to hazard his, last
dollar en the turn of a card.
Disappointment at the Result.
The rejection of the invitation by more
than three-fourths of the members of
House and Senate v-as a grievous disap
pointment to the promoters of this new
scheme for lobbying through an appropria
tion, and they would have declared the
game ofl if the' could have done so with
any appearance of propriety, but just a
Miffioient number accepted to compel the
iagers to make good their part of the
contract.
The question now is. Will the members
who have accepted do their part and vote as
they have eaten and drauV The list of
those who are now being whirled away to
Chicago is in possession of everybodyand
when the .roll is called on the passage of
the appropriation bill that is to come, unless
the meager number accepting spoils the
game, it will be curious to note whether the
names of the junketers are inscribed on
the side of the ayes or on the side of the
nays.
Delay on tlie CoUectorshlp.
There is much remark, not only among
FeoBsylvauians, but among a considerable
circle of officials in and out of the Treasury
Department, at the failure of the President
to fill the vacancy in the collectorship at
Pittsburg. Nearly three months have
passed since Mr. Warmcastle went out of
office. The business has since that time
been conducted by deputies who, no matter
how competent and honest, are in no
pecuniary way responsible to the Govern
ment Air. Warmcastle's bondsmen, ever since
his Sennrc ce.is:d,jliavc been liable for any
rullcasance5prEcissIy as thrugh that gentle
man were still in office. Deputies are not
permitted to give bonds, and so when a col
lector passes out of office his bondsmen are
held for the good conduct of the office until
the appointment of a successor. This may
seem extraordinary, but my authority for
the statement is a high official of the
bureau of internal levenue.
Xo Adequate Reason Advanced.
Many theories are oflered to explain the
delay, but none sepms to be adequate
Mr. Harrison is a difficult man. He is not
easily interpreted. One day he will ap
parently be all bravery and frankness and
breadth and height almost the ideal of a
statesman and the next he will seem to
fall to the level of the cunning ward politi
cian, and to have no ambitions but selfish
ones.
Haifa dozen times the assurance has been
given that an appointment would be made
upon a dav designated. Then it would be
said that Mr. Foster must be seen again,
then it would happen that Mr Quay, or
Mr. Magee, or Mr. Dalzell, or Mr. Stone
must have the courtesy of another inter
view; and the result is that all sides are
disgusted, and nobody knows what it all
means.
Postponed Time and Again.
It has been asserted that the President
promised Senator Quay before his departure
for Florida to await his return before mak
ing an appointment. At about the time of
the Senator's return Secretary Foster will
take his leave, and then, doubtless his re
tnrn will be necessary before the place can
be filled. It is admitted by a host of offi
cials in and out of the Treasury Department
that this is one case in which no hesitation
was necessary Outside of all contending
factions ex-l!ecorder Graham's indorse
ments are confessed to be among the most
remarkable for number and strength and
freedom from factional taint that have ever
come to the" Department The excellence
and fitness of Mr. Miller and other candi
dates is not denied, but Mr. Graham stands
out peculiarly as a gentleman whose associa
tions and record have begot him the regard
of the best men of all tactions, and not one
of the centlemen favoring another candi
date would really regret his appointment.
Commissioner Mason knows all this, Secre
tary Foster knows it, and the President
knows it.
Jnggllni; With tUo .Appointments.
It is said the President is withholding
this appointment and that the vacancy on
the bench of the Court of Claims, the latter
much desired by Second Comptroller Gilke
son, for the purpose of using them to patch
up a peace with Senator Quay. If this be
true it is a juggling with appointments for
which both President Harrison and Senator
Quay would be highly censurable. The
collectorship should be filled, that there
may be a responsible head to an office which
collects for the Government an immense
amount of money annually and that the
sources of this revenue may be properly
supervised
Officials of the internal revenue office
tell me that these delays in making ap
pointments are peculiarly demoralizing m
this branch of the Government service. Im
portant as Senator Quay's friendship may
be to President Harrison at this date, a lit
tle less than four months before the national
nominating convention, if that considera
tion has any bearing on the appointment it
must appear to most people that it is about
time he should adopt other means to induce
the obdurate Senator to play Damon to his
Pythias.
Tariff Legislation on Tap.
Three tariff bills will be reported from
Chairman Springer's Committee on Ways
and Means next week, and this fact, and
that other fact that Mr. Bland does not
seem to have decided upon any plan to get
his silver bill before he House, leads the
anti-silver faction to hope that the Missouri
farmer has permitted his respect for party
policy in a campaign year to overcome tem
porarily his free coinage fanaticism. If the
tariff bills get the right of way before the
silver bill, it will certainly benext to im
possible to secure a hearing for the latter
without the voluntary consent of Messrs
Springer and Holiuan.
Mr. 1 Hand's delay leads many to believe
that he lias been persuaded to at least await
the action of the National Convention be
fore asking the consideration of his bilL If
he be still determined to insist on calling
up the silver bill, he has certainly let slip
his golden opportunity. It is barely pos
sible, however, that a compromise has been
reached all around, by which the silver bill
may come to the front without opposition
from the leaders, at a date soon enough to
satisfy even Mr. Bland. If there be any
understanding Mr. Michael C Harter is no't
privy to it, as he is working with unabated
industry for the success -of the anti-silver
men in the caucus of next week, which,
however, has not yet been called.
Congressional Farmers In Doubt.
It is refreshing tobe told that Farmer
Washburn in the Senate and Farmer Hatch
in the House are botli willing that their
anti-option bills shall be so modified as to
afiect "legitimate dealing in futures." This
will be glad tidings to every grain pit and
bucket shop in the land. They have all
been pronounced legitimate by the best
wisdom of past Congresses, which have had
before them anti-option bills innumerable
but have apparently never been able to
draft a bill which could draw the line be
tween "legitimate dealing in futures" and
out-and-out gambling.
One of the remarkable features of all at
tempts to suppress dealing in futures is that
while no one seems to care very much
whether the gambling is suppressed or not,
those who favor it have been here in foice
and have given the commissioners all the
reasons heretofore known and a thousand
others why the institution of the "longs"
and "shorts" is juvt the most beneficent
thing this side ol paradise. So eloquent
and persuasive have some of these gentle
men been, that Farmer Hatch and Farmer
Washburn have apparently been convinced
that the "bulls and the bears are the farm
ers' best friend, and that it will be the
wonder evermore how farmers of old ex,
isted at all without this outgrowth of mod
ern commercial civilization. It will be in
teresting to note the modifications which
are to be made by the two eminent agricul
turists, and in what words they will draw
the line between the legitimate dealing in
futures and illegitimate gambling in futures.
LlGHTNElI.
HOT AFTER KEELEY.
Young Carle's People Will Sno the Doctor
for S100,090 Damages.
New York, Feb. 19. Now that the
New York Legislature has got after the bi
chloride of gold cure, there seems to be
trouble ahead for .Keeley's institutions from
another source. An evening paper says it
is reported that the. friends of Walter B.
Farle, a former patient of the institute who
died insane after undergoing the treatment
and being discharged "cured" of his in
temperate habits, are going toanake things
lively for the Keeley people.
They claim that Earle's death was
directly caused by the bi-chloride of gold
treatment, and are" making arrangements to.
bring an action for 5100,000 damages against
Dr. Keeley and his associates.
A MEESCHATJM PIPE TBTJST.
Three New York Firms Incorporate Sep
arately Under Law of New Jersey.
New Yoek, Feb. 19. Humors of the ex
istence of amerschaum pipe trust have been
in circulation here for several days, in
which three of the oldest and wealthiest
men of the city were concerned. Color
was lent to the rnmorwhen it became
known that Kaufman Bros. &
Bondy, I
Beecher & Frank and William Demuth had
incoroorated themselves' in New Jersey,
with a capital of 5100,000 each.
Members: of the three firms mentioned
were called upon, and they denied that a
trust had been formed. They admitted,
however, that each of the firms had been
incorporated in New Jersey. Further than
that they declined to say.
THE PENNSl' A WINNER.
ir
CAN SOW BUT THE WESTERN
5IABILAND RAILROAD.
A Powerful Lobby Gets the Baltimore and
Cumberland Railroad Bill Through the
Maryland v Legislature Blocking the
Reading Deal as Far as Possible.
Baltimore. Feb. 19. Special The
Baltimore and Cumberland Bailroad bill
passed the Legislature .to-day. The incor
porators of this company are West Virginia'
Central and Pennsylvania people. The bill
increases the capital stock of the company
and enlarges its powers to enable it to buy
or lease other roads before its own con
struction has been begun.
The real purpose of the bill is to enable
the West Virginia. Ceijtrai and Pennsyl
vania people to buy the Western Maryland.
Then only that part of. the line between
Cumberland and Hagerstown would be
built, and from that point to Baltimore the
Western Maryland would be used. At a
meeting of the Baltimore and Cumberland
Bailway Company yesterday all the stock
of the company, 5100,000, was subscribed at
?30 a share. The bill that has just passed
the Legislature increases the capital stock
to 510,000,000.
In the House of Delegates the members
from the Western counties fought the bill,
and an amendment forbidding the company
to buy or lease the Western Maryland was
defeated through the efforts of a powerful
lobby. The Western Virginia Central's bid
for the road will now come before Balti
more's City Councils.
President Hood, of the Western Mary
land, nnd General Agent- George C. Wil
kins, of the Pennsylvania .lines in
Maryland, are having ' a wordy
war, the former charging the latter
with being the leader in the movement to
force the sale of the Western Maryland by
the city, and Mr. Wilkins declaring that
the Pennsylvania does , not want the road
and has no interest in the deal. It was
stated to-day that the Beading had suggested
to the city "authorities that the Western
Maryland be put up at auction and -that it
would pay cash if the road were knocked
down to it
A COSTLY DINNER
WHICH THE MATOR OF BALTIMORE 1
REFUSES TO INDORSE.
Six Commissioners Eat and Drink In Wash
ingtonOnly One Little Meal, With a
Few Cigars and Wine, but the Bill Is
for S102.
Baltimore, Feb. 19.' Special Last
week the School Board sent six of its mem
bers to Washington to investigate the sew
ing school system in the public schools in
that city with the .view of introducing it
here. The committee spent' just one dayat
the national capital and returned with a
bill for expenses amounting to $140. The
School Board approved it, but the' Mayor
withholds his indorsement, claiming that
the charge is exorbitant.
Mr. W. IL B. Fusselbaugh, who headed
the delegation, says the committee tried to
economize in every way, even riding in
streetcars when they could have used car
riages. Their tour made them hungry, and
when they adjourned to dinner
at a restaurant on -Pennsylvania-
avenue, near Fifteenth street, theyt
invited lour waslungtonians to be their
guests. The dinner was a plain one, they
say. But two quart bottles of wine were
consumed and a few cigars smoked. When
the bill for 5102 was presented Chairman
Fusselbaugh turned white with surprise
and his nine companions were equally
affected to think they had each gotten away
with 510 worth of food and
drink. Fortunately Mr. Fusselbaugh 5iad a
certified check covering the amount in his
pocket, otherwise there would not have
been enough money in the party to pay the
bill. The committee concedes that the bill
is outrageously large, but thinks the -city
should pay it. An appeal to the Council
may be necessary to recover the money.
PEACE IN TENNESSEE.
The Mines to Be Run on a Strictly Co-Operative
Plan Hereafter.
Knoxville, Tenx, Feb. 19. The mine
troubles in the Coal Creek Valley have at
last been settled. The Tennessee Mining
Company, which caused the incident by
placing convicts in the mines, which action
was followed by their release in August
and again in October, has about
concluded an agreement satisfactory all
abound. The mines will be operated by
white free miners on the co-operative plan.
The capital stock of the company has been
doubled, and the new stock will be taken
by miners at Briceville nnd by labor leaders
in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Atlanta and
elsewhere. . '
The scheme has been approved by all con
cerned and will be put in operation imme
diately. In a few days the military forces
may be safely taken out of the, -valley.
Those persons who hhould know best say
there has been no use for them for several
months. Theeports sent out of purported
troubles have been fakes.
HISTORIAN SHEA IS DYING.
His Greatest Work Almost Completed
Tlhcn He Was Stricken Down.
Elizabeth, N. J., Feb. 19. Special
John Gilmary Shea, historian and editor of
the Catholic Seics, is dying at his home, 138
Catherine street, this city. Bishop Wigger,
of Newark, was notified of Mr. Shea's con
dition by his daughter, and he came here
this afternoon to administer spiritual conso
lation to his dying friend.
Mr. Shea was hard at work on the last
volume of his greatest literary effort, "The
History of the Catholic Cliurch in the
United" States," when he was stricken with
his present illness. The third volume of
the work is in press, and the final one,
which brings the history of the church down
to the present time, is nearly completed.
Mr. Shea is more than TO years old and has
been in feeble health for several months.
DKIVEH" FS0K HOME BY GEIP.
The Missing Deputy Sheriff of Hazelton,
Fa., Heard From In Mobile.
Bethlehem, Pa., Feb. 19. Deputy
Sheriff Donaughey, of Hazelton, who disap
peared six weeks ago while laboring'nnder
temporary insanity, superinduced by grip,
has been located in Mobile. He writes to
his wife here:
I am here with friends; sick In heart; no
work, and destitute.
He gives no explanation. Funds hare
been sent him and he is expected home to
morrow. He had 51,200 in his pocket when
he disappeared.
CHICAGO li the most vainglorious, city in
America, according to Marc-ay, who has
been slzinc It m a a World's Fair town.
Seo his letter to-morrow.
H
Tlie Ico Gorgo ,at Parker
Many Miles in Length
and .Not Yet Moved.
HALF A TON OF DYNAMITE
Bought to Blow Up, the Mass if It
Should Become Necessary.
THE SIGHT A MAGNIFICENT ONE.
reople Much Alarmed at What the Clarion
River Hay Do.
THE KAIS CAUSING MUCH ANXIETI
IFKOM A BjrAFP COKRESPONDEfT.I
Parker, Pa., Feb. 19. Twelve miles of
ice threatens Parker. The result of the
great gorge depends almost entirely on the
weather. To-night a slow, drizzling rain is
falling, just as it did all day. .Should this
keep up it is only a question of a short time
until the mass of ice now filling the river
begins to move. If it moves off sowly all
will be well, but should there be a sudden
rush the result will be serious to all river
towns and villages within ten miles above
and below this point. The latter can only
nnm nc n rpsnlt. nf thft frnrrrfi breaking
, , . ,, , i. i 5J
above, before the lower points are loosened"!
sufficiently to offer little resistance. x
The people here are now much alarmed,
and the general impression seems to be that
a continuation ofjhis warm spell or a grad
ual rise of water will move the ice slowly
down the stream without doing any dam
age, but while they have hopes of coming
safely through the trouble they are not en
tirely relying on it, and a special train is
now on its way here with enough dynamite
onboard to blow ud the town. If neces
sary this will bo used to scatter the gorge
and start it down the stream. It may be
needed before daylight
The Growth of About a Week.
Last Saturday night the Allegheny began
to choke up with ice. Since then the jam
has grown steadily larger and more for
midable, until now it extends from Bed
Bank to Emlenton. For over 20 miles the
surface of the river is covered with a
layer of ice crunched and ground
into small, jagged pieces, and varying in
thickness from two. to nine feet Between
the points mentioned there are perhaps half
a dozen clear spots where the water comes
boiling up from its icy imprisonment, and
then shoots down again to be los't sight of
fop miles.
The surface of the water reminds one of a
huge sheet of white sandpaper, and there is
no motion to it, and to all outward appear
ances the river has taken a winter vacation.
The sight is magnificent.
About a mile above Parker the Clarion
river joins the Allegheny. It is a narrow,
deep and rapid stream, coming down
through the hills at a wild place. Its cur
rent, under ordinaryoccasions, rushes clear
over to the opposite bank of the Allegheny
before it starts downward. The ice will do
the same. This is the only thing the peo
dle of Parker fear.
Tho Clarion Clogged for Miles.
For 12 miles back from its mouth the
Clarion is clogged with ice. The rain of
to-day has affected it tome, but not nearly
so much as the Allegheny, and it is still
hard and solid enough ,to play sad havoc
with things down this way if given an op
portunity. If the soft, slushy ice in the
Allegheny below Parker gets "started down
stream before the Clarion begins to move it
is believed the whole river .will be cleaned
without damage, but should the Clarion
start first there can scarcely be any doubt
about a serious result.
The river here is crossed by a stone and
iron bridge. Between, as well as above and
below its piers, the ice is packed closer
than any other place on the river. If this
icv barricade is still there when the 12
miles of ice come outs of the, mouth of the
Clarion, a mile above, the weight of the
whole mass will be against the bridge. It
may withstand the shock, but in that case
the great torrent of water and ice would be
thrown over the west bank, right into the
business portion of Parker. The gorges at
Foxburg and above would have a somewhat
similar effect should they loosen before
those below. The force would not equal
that of the Clarion.
Race Between Two Champions.
The whole affair has narrowed down to a
sort of race between two great water cham
pions, and on the winner depends the re-'
suit The citizens, after discussing both
sides ofthe case thoroughly, concluded the
chances of disaster sufficient to warrant ac
tive steps in preparation for the worst In
conjunction with the Board of Trde,Mayor
Turk called a citizens' meeting, which was
held,in the Board of Trade rooms this after
noon. The prospects of a disaster were
discussed, and a committee of three were
appointed to , secure dynamite. The com
mittee is K. M. Moore, of the Exchange
Bank; Sidney A. Wightman, son of Thomas
Wightman, of Pittsburg, and manager of
the Parker Glass Works, and O. Tmsman, a
machinist
An order was at once sent to Pittsbure
for 1,000 pounds of dynamite. It was
started on a special train this evening, and
will reach Parker by 6 o'clock in the morn
ing. The money to pay for the explosive
will be raised by public subscription. The
plan is to have a force of expert dynamiters
ready at a moment's warning, and" if there
is a jam at the bridge an effort will be made
to blow it to pieces.
A Break Looked for Shortly.
The weather is such that a break must
cpme soon. It may be before morning or
may not be until to-morrow evening, but
it is generallp conceded that unless a sud
den cold spell sets in the ice must move be
fore another nieht qomes. It will be only
a matter of half an hour, then, whether the
town will suffer or not There is 19 feet
of water in the river here now, and in'lSSIJ
it rose considerably higher than this, but
never since then.-
Concerning the outcome there are almost
as many different opinions as there, are peo
ple. Mayor Turk says there will be trouble
if the Clarion breaks' first, but does not an
ticipate that J. P. Parker, one of the best
known citizens of the place, savs there is no
danger. Proprietor McLaughlin, of the
Globe Hotel, says he is not a bit nervous
over the' result S. H. Manifold, merchant
and President of the Board of Trade, has
grave fears about the Clarion or some of the
upper gorges in the Allegheny breaking
first, and admits the result will be serious if
such is the case.
The lea Moves at Foxborg.
The ice at Foxburg' moved slightly this
morning, and the effect was noticed here.
The only other change during the day was a
scarcely perceptible settling of the ice
which the rain softened some. The river
will be well watch,ed all night, and the town
bell will acquaint the populace of any
danger that may come.
Parker is'situated on the west side of the
Allegheny river just 83 miles above Pitts
burg. The business portion of the town and
tne oniy part tn coma pe jmectcu py- flood J
a- . ., . r1 , . .. ' . . - . i
AWAITING
BREAK
is just along' the bank and only a few feet
above the water at its present stage. The
remainder of the.town is back over the hill,
where no flood will ever reach it. Jell.
BACK FRPM AUSTRALIA. .
IHE MISSING LAWYER MONAGHAN IS
INJE1SCO.
He Refuses to Talk About nil Travels His
els-I
Ill-Health Drove Him From Home
Doesn't Know Whether He Will Return
to West Chester. J
San Francisco, Feb. 19. Splcial.
J. K. Jones Monaghan, the Pennsylvania
lawyer who disappeared mysteriously last
October, arrived on the steamer Mariposa
to-day;from Australia. (
"Although I am at present in the' best of
health," said he, and glad to get back to my
own country, I was very sick mentally
when I suddenly left home, wife, children
and friends in West Chester. For years
my business as attorney has been
increasing, until nature revolted from over
work. The fear came over me that I must
die a mental wreck. I felt the end coming
and I fled from my old associations.
I retain a fair recollection of all my ac-1
tiens. However, insomnia had taken pos
session of me, and I could catch during the
night but snatches of sleep of a few mo
ments' duration. I w6"uld prefer not to give
an account of my travels, but I will say
that they have resulted mostly beneficially
to my health, and P return a new man. I
feel that I have done right in going away.
What course I shall pursue in the future
depends on the letters that I shall receive
from home."
Monaghan was received by two friends
when he landed, and after conversation with
them had "his trunk passed through the
customs house. They all refnsed to say
whether it was decided to return home at
once. Monachan's onlv sign of the malady
as nervousness,
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QUAY VERY ILL.
His Wife Is With Him Alarming Rumors
Flying Abont No Direct Communlca-
. lion With St. Lncle, Where the Senator
Is Sojourning.
Jacksonville, Fla.; Feb. 19. Spe
cial Mrs. M. S. Quay passed through here
last Monday enroute to St Lucie, having
been summoned there by a letter from her
son on account of the illness of her husband,
United States Senator M. S. Quay. Quay
has not been well since he left Washington,
although constantly about and doing more
or less fishing.
To-day, however, it is reported here that
he is dangerously ill, but up to 10:30 p. m.
no direct communication could be estab
lished by wire with Ft. Pierre, the nearest
point to St. Lucie. The telegraph line from
Titusville to JuDiter is a Government wire,
and all the offices close early.
Inquiries about Senator Quay's condition
come from all parts of the country to-night,
hut nothing definite can be learned until
morning.
A THEATER PANIC.
Little Children Trampled Nlgli Unto Death
by a Scared London Audience.
Xondon, FeD. 19. During a m3gie lan
tern performance for children this evening,
in a building situated on Gray's Inn
road, W. C.,, a lamp used in the enter
tainment was accidentally turned over and
broken. The oil igaited at once, and in an
instant the place caught fire. A panic en
sned. A number of the children
hSs knocked, down. 3nd tramulcd npont.
in the awful struggle and the staircase-
leading to the main entrance of the
building soon became choked with a mass of
yelling, battling, bewildered little ones.
All were gotten out of the building and
medical aid was' summoned for those who
had been hurt It was found that 20 of the
children had been more or less seriously
hurt, and fears are entertained that two of
them will die.
A VISIT to the Stockholm doctor who
enres nearly everything by hypnotism In
THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
BIG FIHD OF TELLUEIUEI.
Great Excitement in the Camp
at Tre-
moiit Oyer a New Strike.
Fremont, Col., Fe"b. 19. Special.
The camp was thrown into a wild state of
excitement this afternoon by the discovery
of a three-foot vein of 'tellurium ore in the
Sam Dyer lode, just north of Fremont
town site, on Tenderfoot Kill. An assay
from the face of the vein showed 109 to the
ton. The mill run will be sent out to the
smelters to-morrow for a thorough test
An assay on 20 pounds of ore from the
four-foot vein in the Bnena Vista mine
shows a value of 54L Teams were put to
work hauling two carloads from this prop-,
ertv to the railroad. The mhidIs booming
and the stages continue to bring loads of
people. AN ICE LOCOMOTIVE TESTED.
It Scoots Along on Runners at the Rate
or 30 Miles an Hour.
Poughkeepsie,N. Y., Feb.19. Special.
The ice locomotive invented by Thomas
Mulrey, was tested on the ice at New Ham
burg, this afternoon. It is 8 feet long and
40 inches high, but . it scooted over the ice
like a locomotive on rails. The test was
made with 180 pounds of steam. Two men
were on the footboard, Joe ICieras, the en
gineer, and Abraham Atkins. The speed
attained on runners was 30 miles an hour.
On one of tlie trips twoladies were passen
gers. Later several sleds filled with boys
were taken in tow and whisked along over
the ice. Mr. Mulrey said: "Next year I
will come up here with an engine that will
make a hundred miles an hour, with
passenger sleds attached.
"BOOMING HIS BOOK
A French Author With Three Duels on
Hand Fights One.
Paris, Feb. 19. M. Drumont, the author
of the wort "Le Secret De Fourmies," has
become involved in difficulty through, cer
tain passages ivr the book which have
offended various persons. He has already
received and accepted three challenges to
fight duels from men who deem themselves
insulted in the- book, and to-day he' went
out to meet M. Isaacs, Su-bPrefect of
Avesnes Department of the North, who
was the first challenger. The weapons
used were pistols. M. Isaacs was wounded
in the abdomen and M. Drumont was
struck in the chest.
John Jay Knox's Last Effort.
New York, Feb. 19. Mr. John Jay
Knox during the last five years of his life
had been engaged uponahistory of banking
in the United States, which was about
ready to go to the public at the time of his
death. Mrs. Knox will carry out the plans
of her husband by an early publication of
this, his last and most important literary
work. , "
Agree to the Electric Combine.
Boston, Feb. 19. A large majority of
both Thomson-Houston stocks have assented
to the electric consolidation agreement, tho
ftatnf: nf mnn ttian SflO. flflfl eTiara nnt nf
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TELLS JO SIM;
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From tlie Witness Stand
Full Details of Her
Married Life Are
GIVEN TO THE WORLD.
The Secret Wedding in Ney York
City and a Year or So of Bliss
FOLLOWED BY LOTS OF TROUBLE
Caused Principally by Jimmy's Mother's
Dislike of Her.
Mrs. Blaine, Sr., Thought Her Boy Was
Tied Too Closely to His Young Wife's
Apron Strings Tho Mother-in-Law's
Separation of Man and Wife Hard
Struggle for a Livelihood Sickness
That Prevented a Stage Career She
Wants a Divorce Solely Because She
Must Have the Control of Her Child
Pathetic Scene During Her Examina
tion. fSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Deadwood, S. D., Feb. 19. The Blaine
divorce case has been tried. All the depo
sitions have been read, the plaintiff has
given her evidence, and the attorney has
rested, and argument will begin to-morrow
morning for the plaintiff only, however,
as the defendant did not pnt in an appear
ance. The weather has moderated greatly since
yesterday, and as Mrs. Blaine passed a good
night, had no recurrence of hemorrhage, and
felt much stronger than at any time since
her arrival in Deadwood, she was able this
afternoon to take the witness stand, and
bearing up bravely under the stare of BOO
pairs oeyes, answered the questions of her
attorneys, and told the sad story of her life
since her marriage with J. G. Blaine, Jr.,
September G, 1886.
According to her testimony the courtship
was a short- one. They met at Augusta,
Me., and a 'few weeks later became en
gaged. The agreement then was that they
were not to be married for four years, or
until Miss Nevins had fulfilled her theatri
cal contract with Mac. Modjeska and
Daniel Frohman, and Mr. Blaine had com
pleted his collegiate course.
Jimmy Kept Her From the Stage.
The young man changed his mind, how
ever, concluded he did not want Miss
Nevins to appear on the stage, and per
suaded her to a hasty and secret marriage.
The difficulty that she was- a Catholic and
he a Protestant was overcome by a dist
pensatiou from Archbishop Corngau, nnd
the marriage took place in the vestibule of
St. Leo's Church, New York, Bev. Father
Drury officiating. The young couple started
the same afternoon for Boston, arriving
there next morning.
Young Blaine left his bride and went up
to Augusta, Ale., to inform his parents of
his marriage, and Mrs. Blaine returned to
New York. A few days later she'received
a letter from her husband stating that his
parents objected strenuously to the mar
riage, and intimating that he would have to
give her up. The letter prostrated her and
she was ill till the receipt of a second letter
apologizing for the first and stating that
since his father had become acquainted with
all the circumstances of their trip to Boston,
he advised his son to return to his bride.
Young Blaine as an Item Chaser.
The husband followed (he letter in a day
or two, and all went merrily as a marriage
bell during the time the couple lived at the
New York Hotel on Nineteenth street,
New York, and in Pittsburg, Pa., where
young Blaine chased items as reporter for a
daily papen There was little more than a
year of- bliss, their crowning happiness
being the birth of a son 15 months after the
marriage.
In August, 1888, Mrs. Blaine accompa
nied her husband on a visit to his parents at
Augusta, Me., and from' this time her
troubles dated. Arriving in Augusta she
found that the children of Mrs. Coppinger,
then visiting the Blaines were down with
whooping cough, and it was necessary for
her to send her maid and babe to a hotel,
while she and her husband went to the
parental mansion. This was the first of a
succession of disagreeable incidents.
A State campaign was in progress in
Maine, and her husband constantly accom
panied his father to various places, where
the senior Blaine was nfaking speeches.
Whenever he was absent the mother-in-law
made it particularly hard for her. At
length she told her husband, as he was
about leaving, one Friday, that if he did
riot return the next day she would be absent
when he did come bacc.
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Couldn't Telegraph Her Husband.
The baby was then ill, and that night came
near dying. She was anxious to communi
cate with her husband, but was unable, be
cause her mother-in-law refused to tell his
address, and when she learned this later the
telegraph operator refused to send the
message until it was paid for, and she had
no money.
Her physician advised that for the baby's
health she return to New York immedi
ately, and she did so, notwithstanding her
mother-in-law said: "If you go I never
want to see you again. I will make yon
rue it the longest dav you live. Mrs.
Blaine, Sr., concluded by saying: "I'll
keep my son with me. In one-half hour, if
I choose, I can take the young man from
you." The young wife replied: "If he is
that weak he is -not worth my love nor the
insult in your eyes."
The mother thought the son .tied too
closely to the wife's apron-strings. The
wifethoiight ho had quite liberty enough,
and this was a subject of frequent con
tention.
That night Mrs. Blaine left for New
York, leaving a most affectionate note for
her husband, telling him she left Augusta,
not him; that whenever he returned her
arms would be open to receive him. He
never returned.
Hard Straggle for a Livelihood.
After she reached New York she was
taken ill. Debts began to press, the land
lord of the Fifty-first street flat, in which
they had kept house, wanted his rent, and
tradesmen were clamorous for their pay.
Finally. Mrs. Blaine not even receiving
any replyto the numerousletters in which
sue euireuicu jiiiu iu cuuic iu uer, auu ne
failing to contribute at all to her support,
everything in the house was sold and she re
turnedwo her parents at the New York,
Hotel. In the meanwhile, friends had as
sisted her, among them Mrs. Kendall, Mrs.
Ogdea Doremus-and Mrs, Charlea Avery.
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Doremus. Shortly after returning to the
-New York Hotel she was taken ill.
The deposition of Dr. Fuller which had
been read to the court makes known the
fact that this illness was brought on entirely
by the mental .anxiety to which Mrs. Blaine
had been subjected. Ja response to a ques
tion Mrs. Blaine's answer, "There is one
living child issue of the marriage," had
peculiar significance.
' Mrs. Blaine's Next Visit to Augusta.
The witness resumed her story, telling
that, after months of waiting in expecta
tion of her husband's return months dur
ing which, though she frequently implored
him to come back, she heard not a word
from him acting under the advice of Gen
eral McMahoc and General Boger A. Pryor
she went once more to Augusta. This visit
was induced by a letter from James G.
Blaine, Sr., to Colonel Ingersoll, in which
Mr. Blaine conveyed the idea that he
thought the wife deserted her husband.
Subsequently this mother-in-law smug
gled this model heir to his father's bap
tismal name out of the house and to the
railroad station at Gardner, wnere it was
firoposed he should take the train for Port
and and sail for Europe. Mrs. Blaine
learned of this project, and left by the same
train. At Gardner, however, Mrs. Cop
pinger intercepted her brother and de
stroyed the last chance for reconciliation
between husband and wife. -
Accompanied by her mother she went to
Augusta, and in driving from the depot to
the family home, saw her husband standing
in front of the hotel. When she reached
the front he entered the back, and was at
once pounced on by his mother, who led
him to an upstairs bed room and locked
him in, refusing to allow her to see, speak
to, or confer with him by messenger.
Her Letters Never Answered.
After this she again wrote numerous
letters to her husband, registering one to
makesure that he got it. The return card
showed it was receipted for by Walker
Blaine. She never beard from her husband.
She was in sore straights, financially, and,
applying to Daniel Frohman, made a con
tract by which' ""vwas to go upon the stage
under his ma" t. ""t,. and receive 5250 or
5300 per w 2"fjr3',rr'- -not remember
which and 4L"YJ. rQ "''". net receipts
for her services. W , ,o-ngforher
debut she was also ''trjrij,f1'.fotzie
amount for expenses. ,C" V ''7
She worked five months prep t . a
stage, when she was taken ill witi. ' a
matory rheumatism, which confined n. to
her bed for ten months, and left her a
cripple for life. One limb is X inches
shorter than the other, and an angularized
knee and a shoulder blade which prevents
her raising her right hand to a level with
her head.
During all those months of illness there
was not a word of sympathy from her hus
band who had sworn to love and cherish
her, or from one member of his family. The
witness testified there had been , opened to
her a way to earn a livelihood with her pen;
that she could find a good market for all her
emanations, and that one enterprising maga
zine had already offered her SjOO for an ar
ticle on marriage and divorce, but she had
declined the task.
She May Yet Go on the Stage.
A career on the stage could still be hers
and she believed she had not only the
ability but the health to take good care of
her child.
Mrs. Blaine went ou the stand at 3 o'clock
and it was just 4:40 when she left it. She
made an excellent showing, though when
near the end of that trying ordeal nervous
ness overcame her, and when a photograph
of her child was placed in her hand and she
was asked if she was able to take care of him
it was impossible for her to repress the un
bidden tears.
When the attorney concluded with the
witness Judge Thomas addressed a few
questions, and something having come out
in the testimony that the Blaines objected
to the match, considering her beneath them
socially, remarked from the bench that he
had known her grandfather, -Governor
Madeira, knew her father. Colonel Dick
Nevins, and that her family was socially
equal to any in the land.
The Court, continuing his examination,
asked: "Mrs. Blaine, L want to ask you a
little more concerning your residence in
Dakota. I suppose you came to Dakota to
avail vourself of the liberal laws of the
State?''
A Mother's Love for Her Boy.
Mrs. Blaine Your Honor, I came to Da
kota to establish a bona fide residence here.
Since my husband separated from me my
constant aim in life has been to secure the
legal control of my boy. To this end I have
struggled through weakness and ill health.
For nis sake I have invoked the aid of the
laws of my country, and but for him I never
would have troubled this or any other court
for a decree of divorce.
A 5 o'clock court adjourned until to-mor--row,
morning, when the findings of fact and
conclnsions of law will be presented to
Judge Thomas for his consideration. A
decree is not expected for several days.
A BOMB ON THE TRACK.
When a Passenger Engine Strikes It Thero
Is a Terrific Explosion and a Sheet of
Flame The Locomotlve;FalIs Through.
All Right Passengers Frightened.
Bakeesfield, Cal., Feb. 19. As the
southbound passenger train on the Southern
Pacific Railroad was nearing Paso last night
the engineer saw by 'the aid of his head
light a queer looking small object lying
near the right-hand rail. He paid little at
tention to it. When the drive-wheels of
the locomotive passed over the object there
was a terrifio explosion and the cab was
enveloped in a sheet of flame.
The insignificant object proved to be a
heavy charge of a dangerous explosive.
Fortunately the engine was a heavy one
and held tp tho rails, while the motion of
the train carried it "quickly over the spot
When the train had slowed down suffi
ciently to permit the engineer to get down
on the steps, he wa astonished to find the
brake beams on the engine and express car
trucks on fire. The train was stopped and
the flames extinguished.
A cry of train robbera ran like wildfire
through the crowded coaches when the train
stopped, for the passengers had all seen the
flames from the explosion, and for a time a
scene of intense excitement ensued. At
Paso officers were notified, and they at once
left for the scene of the explosion.
A MILLIONAIRE SENATOR'S npt and
downs, by Frank O. Carpenter, In THE DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
THIS MOENIM'S NEWS.
Topic. , Page.
Chicago' Junket a rallure. 1
A Great Winter Spectacle.. ........ 1
Mrs. Blaine's Marriage Story.. ............. 1
A Tragic Mystery .... 1
Oliver Willing to Succeed Wyman..... a
Jealousy Causes a Suicide................ 3
New Assessment Idea S
The Tjphus Case Malignant ,..... S
Editorial Comment and Society.. ..
The Gossip or the Capital. ...
Trade Reports Are Gloomy... .......
Lively Debate In the House.. ....
Quay Charged With Treachery.......
A Big Reform Convention. .... ,,.,.... 7
Another Big Business Block. ....' 7
News orNeighboringTowns........ j;
Delamater on the Stand ....
Gossip of the Sporting World.. ...... 8
The New Bill for Ireland. ...... .... 9
The Tragedy at Cannes... ...... ..... 9
News of the County Courts....... .. 9
The Oil Scout's Fieldfows. 9
Religions, Chess and Checkers... ......10
Iron and Commercial Markets. .... ...II
Wakeman InMaJorica.........13
Some. StaKQ. Secrets, ,,,..,,..,,,..,..,, ,,13
CRIME OBJICCIDEIT.
Jfystery Surrounding the Vio
lent Death of Young
Sarah Joyce, Found
LYING ON THE HILLSIDE.
A Wound Which-May Have Eesulted
From Either a Shot or Fall,
UTOWELL BELIEVES IT MUEDEE,.
And John Pulpns, Colored, Has Been Ar
rested on Suspicion,
THE DOCTOKS-FAIL TO FIND A BDLLET
Coroner McDowell and the Second dis
trict police are deeply mjstified over the
death of Sarah Joyce, a young Irish domes
tic, whose body was found lying on the hill
side below Sylvan avenue, near Boquct
street, Oakland, yesterday. John
Pulpus, colored, 13 under arrest on
suspicion of causing her deailt.
The body was found about an hour
before noon by John Davis, a driver
in the employ of the Department of
Public Works. He was passing along
Sylvan avenue when he noticed an object
lying about 40 feet below the roadway.
The hill is steep at this point, is covered
with stones and underbrush, and, being a sort
of dumping ground, is literally sprinkled
with old fruit cans and other rubbish.
WhenDayis examined the object he found
it to be a woman's body, and a gash in the
right cheek, at the junction of the upper
and lower jaws, from which the blood bad
been flowing freely, indicated the cause of
her death. The gash resembled a ballot
wound somewhat, and Davis decided the
woman had been murdered, although there
were no other indications of violence, ex
cept a scalp wound on the top of the head.
Identification of the Body.
Davis notified Inspector Whitehouse at
the Fourteenth w3tu station, who ordered
the body removed to the morgue, and then,
with Detectives Fit7gerald and Sterol, be
gan ad investigation, which an hour later
led to the identification of the body as that
of Miss Sarah Joyce, aned 21 years, who ha-(
been for two months past employed as a
domestic at the house of W. II. Flint, No.
512 Ward street, Oakland. Her brother-in-law,
Michael McGinley, who identified tho
remains, stated that Miss Joyce came to
this county three years ago, and resided
with his family at their home on Sylvau
avenue until she went to live with "Mrs.
Flints
On Thursday, her regular weekly hols
day, she followed her usual custom of spend
ing the afternoon with her sister's family.
At 6:30 in the evening, just after dark, she
started to return. A drunken colored man
had been seen passing along Sylvan avenue
in the same direction ahalf hour before, but
nothing was thought of it at the time. She
was not seen again by her friends until they
gazed at her corpse at the morgue.
Coroner .McDowell examined the boJy
when it arrived. Death had evidently -taken
place bat a itft bfors "before. TJex-mortis-
had not 3t In, and tWbody was riot
entirely cold. An examination ot the
wound on the cheek satisfied the Coroner
that a bullet had caused death, and he
ordered a post mortem examination by Drs.
McCandless and Moyer. The physician
found no evidences of injury etcept the two
wounds mentioned. There was positive
evidence that no assault had ever been com
mitted. The Resnlts of an Anto?sy.
A technical examination showed that
the bone was fractured where the jaw bone'
joined but no bullet hole could be found
except that in the outside flesh. It was at
first supposed the ball might have passed
into the mouth but the doctors afterward
found this theory incorrect The examina
tion was not completed until midnight, and
at that time the brain, lungs, heart, liver
and intestines had been carefully examined.
All the organs were in a healthy normal
condition and no direct cause for death had
been found. It is not believed the wounds
on the head were sufficient to have caused
death, and the examination will be con
tinued to-day.
Inspector Whitehouse and Detective
Fitzgerald yesterday afternoon arrested
John Pulpus, the colored man who passed
John McGinley's house Thursday evening.
He admitted he was the man seen, and ac
knowledged he was drunk at the time, but
denied that he had seen a woman or any
one else on the way. He has not yet
been told why he is arrested, and
claims hs does not know. He
says ne got to his boarding
house at or before 7 o'clock that night, re
maining there all night, and the mistress of
the house, Mrs. Andrew Johns, corrobor
ates the statement. Pulpus is a teamster
and is well known in that part of the city.
The officers have found no revolver or other
weapon belonging to him. They have vis
ited every house in the neighborhood of
where the girl was found, but no one had
heard a pistol shot or an outcry in that
neighberhood.
Tho Theory of tho Coroner
Coroner McDowell believes from present
indications, that tho girl was shot while
walking along the road and fell over, the
ball glancing off. When she fell she re
ceived the scalp cut and became uncon
scious, remaining in that condition until
probably daylight when she expired from
shock and exhaustion. She was a remarkably
well developed, strong young woman, and
the Coroner does not believe her assailant
could have overpowered her.
The police incline to the belief that the
young woman's death -wo3 the result of a
tail. Sylvan avenue at the point where
she fell is a dark, lonely, rough road at
night, the nearest house being nearly 4
hundred yards away. In passing up the
road in the dark they think that in avoid
ing the mud she may have stepped oyer the
edge of the hill, lost her balance and fell,
striking her head on a stone and roll
ing don the hill to where she
was found. They also appear to
have little suspicion that Palpus
had anything to do with tne matter, tnough
they are working industriously on the case,
and are after three other men whose actions
are the subject of remark. The Coroner's in
quest on the case will be held on "Monday,
and by that time it is expected the mystery
will have been cleared up.
The Latest Strlkoof Iron Ore.
Stjllw-atek, Minn., Feb. 19. Another
valuable deposit of iron ore has been dis
covered near this city. It is understood St.
Paul capitalists have, already secured an
option on the land on which the And is
located.
A Case of Rabies at Allentown.
Allento-wn, Feb. 19. Frank Hippen
steH, of Center Valley, was bitten by a dog
three weeks ago. Babies developed last
night, causing frightful spasms. He can
not recover.
SCIENCE of Cooking, by Edward .Atkln.
son. In THE. DISPATCH to-morrow.
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