sjsssea NOTHING PKE IT. Tbe popularity ot The Dispatch Acllets is woHtlerftal. 2 Weeks, to Feb. 13, '91.....4,15 Last Year, Same Period.....2,376 Increase, 75 Per Cent or.....l,778 NOTHING LIKE if. A--.- "The popularity or The DlspatdsT A'dletg js wonderful. 2 Weeks, to Feb. 13, '91.. ,4,154 l4st Year, Same Period. ,2,37 , Increase, 75 Per Cent or..l,778 FORTY-SEVENTH YEAH, PITTSBURG. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1892. THREE. ' CENTa Bffimlrti . HILL'S HOWLERS DO THEIR OUT!.. They Hold Their Snap Convention and Snub the Protesters. A PLATFORM FRAMED That Declares for Hill and Tariff Re form, Hill and Silver, but STRADDLES THE COINAGE BEAM. The Anti-Hiliites Decide to Hold a Conten tion the Last of May. They Issue an Explanatory Address to the Democracy of State and Nation How They Were Turned Down in the Eill Snap Convention The Programme Made Up by the Bald Eagle Carried Out to the Letter He is Sent for and Reads a Printed Speech 'Which Is Uninterrupted by Cheers His Fol lowers Applaud Him Heartily "When He Finishes the Beading, Though His Patent Platform Calls Reciprocity a Humbug and lIcKinleyism a Failure Hill Indorsed for President From Beginning to End. Albaxy, X. Y., Feb. 22. Sunshine and booming cannon opened the convention to day.and such crowds as filled tbe streets hare never before been seen at the State capital. The weather was springlike in temperature. A great mob surged about the State Com mittee headquarters, where, at 10 o'clock, the Grace-Anderson committee was to make its formal "kick," bnt it must be said that the mob was more interested in getting tickets for the convention than in the fate of the anti-Hill men. Mr. Grace showed his face promptly on time. with a bodyguard of E. EUery Ander son, James Byrne and Colonel Monroe. Mr. Anderson, on entering the room with his colleagues, was recognized by Chairman Murphy, and said: Getxe5ie I desire to say tliat we appear before you as a committee appointed by the Committee of Fifty Democrats appointed, in pursuance of a meeting at Cooper Union, lield February 11, under the instructions of that meeting and the resolutions there passed copies of the action then taken hav ing been sent to members of tho State Com mittee and we attend here this morning simply to asfc the question whether any answer lias been made to the Committee of Fifty to the communication which has been sent to the State Committee. That isall-we, deire to siy. A Series or Interesting Talks. The following interesting dialogue then took place: Chairman Murphy I cei tainly have not placed the matter before the State Commit tee I received such a communication as you refer to, Mr. Anderson; j ou sav you sent the communication to each member of the committee? 111. Anderson Yes sir, to each memberof the Mate Committee. Mr. Grady It seems to mo that the com mittee lias no answer to make, as a commit tee. I sent my indiv iuual answer by mail. Mr. Anderon The committee not being in session, we could not send it to them for an6wcr. Mr. Grady I think Mr. Anderson is mis taken, and that the State Committee has ro cciv cd no communication officially from Mr. Anderson. At this point a copy or the communica tion of the Committee of Fifty adopted at Cooper Union was found and read by Secre tary De Freest. The following ensued: Cockran Insist on Information. Mr. Cockran I would like to ask Mr. Anderson if that is the meeting that was held pui-uaut to the c.ill issued bv the committee :is-cmblcdat the oftico of Mr. Fail-child. Mr. Anderson It was a meeting held at Cooper Union, in answer to a callnumerous Ij fgned. Mi. Cockran Were you present at Mr. Knirchild's olhce, at the meeting which was 1 Id out of nlnch this Cooper Union meet ing grew Mr. Anderson I don't think there was such a meeting at Mr. FaircUild's office. Mr. Cockran Was there no meeting before this con ention was called by the State Com mittee to protest against the calling of an ejlly eonv ention? Mr Anderson Not that I am aware of. Mi. Cockran Then, Mr. Chairman, I sup pose the btate Committee can take action on the statements of Mr. Anderson. I move that the piotest and resolution be received and laid ou the table. Mr. Gradv Mj opinion Is that the original purpose of the gentlemen Who are now here as contestants at their first meeting was to protest ugamstthe calling or the convention too late, and that plan was changed because the coin ention -was called too carlv to suit them. I think this can be Mibstnntiated, If ii is denied. Now Mi. Anderson comes here for the purpose or hating us consider this as a r.eiious proposition, and. ir domed, will go out and organize another Committee of Fifty. He does not make nnv nioposition, whatever, which con hi be considered. Mr. Anderson lliere ii n nn in mir w satins any lurtln-r time. I presume the committee has some business ou band, and w e certainly hav e some. Time Evidently Thrown Away. William K. Grace I want to say, Mr. Chair man, that so Jar as any meeting being held protesting against an caily or late conven tion, I uevei heard or it and ncv cr took part in It. I started talcing part In this committee w ith the understanding that it should not be a protest against the candidacy of any person, but it should be a protest against the calling ot a con ention at this time. Mr. CoLkrau When was this meetin" held? Mr. Anderson The Saturday previous to the meeting of the State Committee held to name n day for holding the coin ention. Mr. Cockran Do j o.i knuworanv nicctln thnt was called to prepare a circular to the v liters of the State? Mr Anderson Yes, sir. I Issued it as Chairman of the Tariff Reform Committee. Mr. Anderson further said that mettiugs had been held during the last three or four months in regard to issues and caddidacies. Mr. Cockrau's motion to table the protest and resolution was then put and carried unanimously. The Committee headed bv Mi. Anderson withdrew. 'We were treat ed as we expected," thev said, "aud we will 1 old a meeting that wilf astonish these peo ple tliis altcrncoa." From the scene of.the Lick the croud pound forward toward the Couvcutiou Hall. rmcsedlnjii or the Jlornln jSelon. The police arrangements at the Blecker Hall where the convention was held Mere very imperfect. The crash for admission 'nasko great that delegates were detained i outside, and there was not a quorum pres ent when the hour for the gavel to fall ar rived. Chairman Murphy and Chief Croker, of Tammany Hall, were among those detained by the" croud for nearly half an hour before they could secure the open ing at an extra door. lied, white and blue bunting formed the -only decorations of the hall, Incidentally added to bv the bright colored attire of a throng of ladies in the boxes. A portrait of "Washington hung from the proscenium arch, in honor of the anniversary of his birth. It caused some comment among the delegates, who thought it queer that Sena tor Hill's picture did not occupy a place of honor. The Tammany delegation occupied the extreme front seats, on the left side of the parquet. Kings county's 3G delegates, with "Boss" McLaughlin in the front row, sat in the extreme right of the hall. Chairman Murphy called the convention to order and named "the temporary organization decided on by the State committee at its morning's meeting. Howls and Howls ror Hill. Major J. "V. Hinckley escorted Judge Beebe, of the Court of Claims, to the chair. His speech was warmly received through out, but the greatest applause was accorded his reference to Senator Hill, "under whose leadership the Democracy of the State has never lost a battle." Three cheers and thrice three were Given, while the David B. Hill Club kept up the enthu siasm with its peculiar crv, which is in many respects similar to the yell of the Cornell University students. Governor Flower's name, too, was received with great applause. Secretary De Freest called the roll of the convention, and as the names of prominent Democrats were read they were greeted with wild applause. Lieutenant Governor Shee han was" the first to receive an ovation, and Hugh McLaughlin, oi Brooklyn, was the next. The Tammany contingent in the audience saw to it that the name of hardly a delegate from New York passed without a yell, and when that of Chief Croker was reached the enthusiasm rivaled that which followed Beebe's reference to Senator Hill. The calling of the roll revealed the pres ence of three contesting delegations, one from the Fourth Albany District, the sec ond from the Second District of Chau tauqua, and the third from the First Dis trict of Oswego. Resolutions were adopted making pro vision for the appointment of committees on credentials, permanent organization, plat form, delegates and electors. That provid ing for the platform committee provided lor reference of all resolutions, petitions and protests without debate. This insured that no open protest would be made on the floor of the convention. The present State Com mittee was continued in existence until next year. first Excitement or the Day. George L. "Weed, of Clinton, son of Smith M. Weed, created the first little flutter of excitement by objecting to the list of mem bers of the various committees handed up for the T enty-first Congressional District He said the delegations from Clinton county had not been notified of a meeting for selec--ion, and declared that as only the delegates from Franklin and Warren " counties were present, there was not a quorum, nnd they could not make a report. Essex county's delegates, who were declared to be Hill men yesterday, it seems flopped back to the sup port of "Weed. Chairman Beebe said that Mr. Weed and his six delegates mizht meet and present a list of delegates and the convention would decide between them. This made young Weed smile, for he realized that he would have no show with the convention, and he insisted on his right to participate in a meeting of all the delegates of the district. Lieutenant Governor Sheehan came to the rescue of the Chairman and advised that the conference be allowed, though he said he had no hope for an agreement The Lieu tenant Governor was right, for young Ttfr. Weed announced that his efforts hail been futile. The committee having been an nounced, at 2.50 o'clock the convention took a recess until 3:30 r. M. THE AFTERNOON SESSION. General Sickles Sets the Hill Ball in Motion Ills Taffr for tho Senator An Ontburst or Applause That Made the Banting fairly Quiver. Bleecker Hall was as crowded as at the morning session when Chairman Beebe called the afternoon session to order at 4:20 o'clock. The report of the Committee on Contested Seats favored the seating of the sitting delegates in the contested cases in Albany and Chautaqua. The Oswego con test was withdrawn. The report was adopted. Tho report of the Committee on Permanent Organization was then presented and adopted. General Daniel E. Sickles was made permanent chairman, and when he was introduced by Judge Beebe, he re ceived an ovation. General Sickles spoke as follows: Tho Democracy of Xew York and of the nation approach tho Piesidental campaign of 1892 -n ith a deep sense of tbe responsibility imposed upon them by tho signal -victories or 1S00 and 1E0L We cannot lail to see the manifest purpose of the people of this coun try to dismiss the "Republican partv from any further control of the Federal Govern ment. The State of Xew York has often had the good fortune to be honored by the cbolco of ono oi its citizens as tueciiamplon of the -National uemocracv. iz we shall again be invited by our comrades in other States to put forward a caudidate for the Chief Magis tracy of the nation, w e are prepared to ask theif snffracos for a statesman hoso record already places him in the. group mado illus trious by the names or Van Uuren, Wiight, Maicy, Seymour and Tildcn. Tafly on a Largo Shovel. We shall present the name of a gallant leader whose banner is inscribed with many victories, and under whom the Democracy of Xew York never have been and never will be defeated; a leader who was elected to the Senate of the United States without the expenditure ora dollar; a leader we.lovo because tho enemies of the Democratic party hate and fear him: a leader in whom the veteran soldiers of Xew York have always lounda steadfast friend; a leader -n hose success is alwaj s the tiiumph of his party: a leader w hose election to t lie Presi dency of the United States would nlo to the w hole people an administration guided and directed In all of its measures by the principles, the policy and tho traditions or Jefferson and Jackson. James W. Ridgeway, of King's countv, next handed np the report" of the Commit tee on Resolutions, which was read by Secre tary De Freest When the passage instruct in lor David Ti. Hill was read the air was shaken by an outburst that made the bunt ing quiver, aud when the platform was unanimously adopted the cheers broke forth again and subsided only when Colonel John R. Fellows arose in his place near the front of the Tammany delegation and moved that a committee be'delegatcd to wait upon Sen ator Hill and request him to appear before and address the convention. Colonel Fel lows, Mayor Manning, of Albany, and Mr. Adams, oi Kings, were delegated" to act under this motion, which was carried with renewed cheers. Approach or Iho Bald Falr. While this committee was on its errand Secretarv of State Rice handed up the re port ot'the committee to which was in trusted the. preparation of the list of na tional delegates and alternates at large and by d'ttricts. Next was presented nnd read the list of State Preidcntal electors at Urge and by districts. Scarcely had the last name be"en uttered when there came out lrom under the galleries near the doors a contused murmur which soon crept down the aisles, among the delegates upon the floor, and somehow all the hundreds present knew the Javorite of the convention was coming with the committee of eecoit. The band in the balcony felt the murmur and saw the white sea or faces turned backward toward the entrances, and the strain of a ' stirring air broke out from the throats of the brass instruments. The niurraer had grown in volume, and at length three moving figures were seen pushing -through the crowd at the further ends of the aisle and the bald head and pale lace of Senator Hill were discerned. They came to a standing position. Every man on the floor and many of the ladies in boxes were also on their feet waving handker chiefs. If the convention had cheered the mere utterance of the man's name, how then did they greet the appearance of his personality among them I The din died only of exhaustion as Mr. Hill, upon tho arm of Colonel Fellows, walked down the aisle to the measure of the band music. HILL'S READY-MADE SPEECH. Me .Heads It From Printed Copy No In terruptions as He Extols Himself, bat the Cheers All Slang In at the End He Snubs Cleveland. Coming finally upon the stage Mr. Hill shook hands with General Sickles, removed his overcoat, took- from one of its poekets his speech in printed copy, and waited for the applause to subside. When silence had come on the throng General Sickles, leaning upon his crutch, waved his right hand toward Mr. Hill and said: "I present to you, gentlemen of the convention, the voung Hickory of the Democracy, our next Presidental candidate, David B. Hill." Then came more cheers and added din, and Mr. Hill stood waiting, his face very pale and one hand tightly gripped in nervous tension. At length the noise snb sided, and Senator Hill spoke. He said: Fellow Democrats Your committee sum moning me to this presence, have apprised me of that unanimous vote which will make known vour approval or me to the author ized epresentatives or the Democracy or the United States and be recorded in the an nals or our National Convention. With what terms shall I acknowledge this official act, my lellow Demociats, which, Instead of pointing to some new, untried cai eer, might amply rewrnid and crown the labors of the longest lire! From that great Cai dinal whose "lead, kindly light," has touched the hearts of all Christendom, let my gratitude humbly borrow this worthier response than I myself could ever frame- to the great Democracy whom von represent My respect for tbcm obliges" me to submit myself to their praise as to a grave and emphatic judgment upon me, which it would be rude to question, un thankful not to be proud of and impossible ever to lorget Hill's Idea of Tmo Democracy. The reawakening of the Democracy all over our land is the most auspicious sign of the times. When the people of France rose against oppression, a hundredyearsago.it meant revolution, a change of rulers and a social earthquake. When the Democracy of America arise, it means an upheaval at the ballot box, a change of their servants, and political reform. This is true Democ racy. This Is government or, by and for the -people. When yon see the farmers arousing and allied; when you see all federations of labor stirring: when you see in every State the great Democratic party up and afoot. It means that the leign of plutocrats is nearly over and the bright day of Democracy is ap proaching dawn. The use or political par ties is to promote the expiession ot the pec- nla'om.nH.taa 1M.& Fn,.t.... aF a, ....... .... ri.v a .ua.iuM.ba. .,117 lUUbUUII Ul DinkCOIUCU s to framo and execute the same by just and equal laws. The Democratic pal ty has this proud recoid. It is swift in its responses to the people's needs. It makes choice of safe and wise statesmen to the statutory land marks or the people's progress and releases their energies to an ever larger liberty. Democracy is progress. Liberty is its vital air. Constitutions and laws aro tho volun tary, self imposed safeguards ofDemooracy. ir any words or mine could reaoh every flio side in our land, this is what I would ask my fellow countryinon at this time to consider. All our dangers at this very hour, nfter many years ot Republican rule, are the di rect consequences of that rule, and flow from uuconstitntional' legislation bv the very men who sit in shivering fits over what theJJemoeracy will do with power. On the other Jianu. tno .Democratic party, which trusts tho people would see all "broad-based upon a people1 will,"" is precisely that party whose creed has over been a strict interpre tation or the constitution and confinement of the government to a few specific granted powers. The List Congress Arraigned. I commend these contrasted facts .to my fellow countrymen for nelghboily debate and fireside meditation till the snow melts. The Republican party neither trusts the people nor obeys them. It now rcqulies another upheaval at the ballot box like that of 1890 to be convinced that the wicked work oft no billion-dollar Congress must bo re pealed and the people's will obeyed. Fellow Democrats, I rejoice to know by those Infal lible signs by the ground swell, by the le awakening or tho Democratic hosts, by the high and noble young ambitions through our land.thut we are advancing to a cordial union and another overwhelming triumph. Wo are advancing to a final renewal or the nation's vcidict in the mad, insensate leign of autocrats and plutocrats in the billion dollar Congress, wheieby their veidict, now scoffed at and stayed, shall have officiant execution in the election of both brauches or Federal Congress anda Federal Executive obedient to the soveioign people's will. The Sherman silver law now transforms the Federal coinage powerof silver and gold into an instrument lor mo gradual expulsion or our gold, for the establishment ot an ex clusive basis, and for the permanent leduc tion ot every American dollar by 30 per cent oi moie below the level ot its true value during the whole peilod or our free bi metallic coinage fiom 1792 to lb73 Shall such a law stand? Tiiuie has been no such legislation for free men since Cromwell called the law of England a "tortuious and ungodly jumble.". The demand for repeal or these edicts or the billion Congress has extorted from Republican leaders their published purpose to refuse repeal. Repeal is not a proposal to stop at the tariff or 1S83 as a finality. My language expressly barred out that absurd idea. Moreover, when tho tariff or lb&l was the law or the land in the hour or our defeat, three vears ago, I said here in Albany, "the Democratic party nails to the mast the flag of tariff reform." A Direct Snub for Cleveland. Tariff lofoim will lemain and lequlre progressive solution with the wise and politic method of abolishing whenover prac ticable, one after another, one indefensible tax at a time, what the two SIcKinley laws to-day replaced by the tariff or 1SS3. But I do not flinch backward from the advance line of entrenchment which the Democrats of Xew lorlc have won, kept, ana will guard, I do not shirk a deadly grapple with the Re publican revolutionist wliose banners no longer flv tho tailff of 183J, but now fly the' mad SfoKinley laws and the wild Sherman law and muck us from the citadels of power. The cause or tariff letoi m has lately made a gieat practical adv ance. Secretaiy Man ning, iti his Ustieportot 18, advised Con (jres to uegin practical tantt reform by a single act, an act for Tree wool, an act un taxing tne clothing of about 60,000.000 people. One year later. In 1S87, the secretary's report was "writ largo" in, a message of the Presi dent Xow, Ave years later, one of our most enlightened economists, David A Wells, writes to the Chairman or the Ways and Means that tho path or proxies which Secretary Manning blazed first and alone, is iuq uue pawi. xv ia it wuxiiuui sounu policy, better fitted to win elections than to loose thein; better dividing into easy chapters the lessons ot a long campaign or education: abolish, whenuver you can, one after another, one indelenslble tax at u time. This is true piogress. The senato and tho Executive may now i of use tho least, as they refused the lai Jest measure or tailff reform. But or the future of our cause wo may now feel better assured. The speech was iutently listened to, and while not broken often by applause, it was cheered loudly at it close, and the baud played "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue." The motion to adjourn came quickly then, aud the convention at 5:30 p. M., adjourned, sine die. A STRADDllNG PLATFORM. Illll From Beginning to Jind Tho Silver Question Beat Around tho Stump Tariff Kefnrin Advocated and the JlclIlnUy I.avv Denounced Reciprocity Called a Hum'uuir. The following is the platform as adopted: The Dcmoeratio party of the Stato of Xew "York, in convention assembled, renews'the p! ednea of its fidelity to tho great, capso of Conl'.WKxl on Svrth Page THE WICKEDEST HUH That Ever Stood in Boots Is the Dude" Express Bob- her, According to A BIG- PINKERTON CHIEF. Superintendent Bangs' History of the Kervy Young-Fellow. HE WAS AN INCORRIGIBLE BOY, And Had Served Short Terms In. More Ihan One Penitentiary. HE FBANKLT ADMITS HIS IDENTITY rtrlCTAI. TILEOltAW TO THE DlgrATCIM Hew York, Feb. 22. Superintendent Bangs, of the New York branch of Pinker ton's Detective Agency, says that Oliver Curtis Perry, the bold Central Hudson train robber, is the wickedest and nerviest man that ever stood in two boots; that he ab solutely does not know what fear is. Yet he is polite and effeminate in manner, and is nervous and uneasy in behavior. His counterpart, according to men who know all about criminals, is not to be found among the criminal classes in the United States. He is 26 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches In height, of slender build, weighing about 130 pounds; has dark brown hair, and fore until recentiy a small, sandy moustache; has brown eyes, a high white forehead, with wrinkles between the eyes that give his face a troubled and thoughtful expression; thick lips, a rather long nose, slim, white hands, with knuckles enlarged by hard work. He has a girlish voice. He dresses in dark clothes, invariably wears gloves, and is noticeably particular about keeping his hands clean. A Tonne; ?Ian From Amsterdam. Perry was born at Amsterdam, K. Y., and got in jail when he was 14 years old for burglary. He lied and stole and fought in the reformatory until the officials decided that he was incorrigible, and then he was sent to the penitentiary at Rochester for a term. He was the very worst man ever confined in that penitentiary. When he was released he started West, landing finally in Minnesota. He had an uncle out there who kept a store, and the young man had been in town but a few weeks when he broke into the store and stole everything he could lav his hands-on. While in that prison he was forced to learn the shoemaker's trade. His reputation as a prisoner was as had in Minnesota as it was In Rochester. Out of prison he became a cowbovand was shot in the wrist. His wound enabled him to claim admission to the almshouse at Niies City, Mont He got into a row with another inmate, and picking np a stone Perry smashed it -over the man's head. The man died the next day. Perry was ar rested for the murder and was tried, but was acquitted. A Pnxilcnlar FTek afft-esbyterfans Ho'professses religion, and will try to impose on ministers and class leaders of churches, particularly Presbyterians. Perry's preference for Presbyterians is due to tne lact max ne was once laugni in a Presbyterian Sunday school. His gentle manner and look of apparent sincerity, together with the carefulness of his dress, enabled him to "work" religious people. Once in awhile he got a place on a rail road and kept it a month or so. He came Fast finally, and got a place on the Central as brakeman. He filled several other places from time to time.' He was once brakeman on the express train. He carried his hypocrisy iuto the railroad bus!ness,and he once wrote to the railroad officials that it hurt his conscience to work on Sunday. He got his SundS off in that way. At various times during his professional career Perry has gone under these names: Oliver Curtis, Perry Haswell, VanAllen, Havens, Ham lin, Allen, Gaveni, James, James Curtis, James Perry, James Curtis Perry, Oliver Moore, Cross. . rarticulnrs of the Ctica Robbery. The robbery at Utica happened early on the morning of September 30, last It was the same train (So. 31) and the same car that ho attempted to rob on Sunday morn ing last B. A. Moore was the agent in charge of the car in September. Frequently train No. 31 carries from 5500,000 to $600, 000 in cash and securities from New York to the West Curiously enough, the night of the Utica robbery there had been a slip in New York, and the money did not get aboard. There was less than $20,000 on the car, not including, however, a consider able amount of jewelry. It is not known where Perry boarded the train that night He got In by sawing a piece from the upper panel of the front door. The piece cut out was 15 inches wide and 17 inches long. It contained eight gimlet holes. When the piece was nearly sawed out he pushed it into the car, and then reached in and pulled a steel hex through the opening, upon which he wood to effect his entrance. The car was the last one on the train, and had tw partitions across it Cool Work of the Robber. Moore was at work in the center compart ment Perry fired a shot to intimidate him, and after securing the packages he desired, backed to the door, keeping Moore covered with his revolver. When ou the platform he reached down and cut the rubber hose connecting the air-brake coupling, thus set ting the brakes on the entire train. When the train slacked up enough to permit him to jump he did so and disappeared. The stopping of the train alarmed the train hands, and Moore called out to them that he had been held up and robbed. He was not understood at first, and the train, men supposed they had been flagged and began looking about for the cause. Moore was creatly frightened, but finally made the men understand the situation. Moore's account of Perry's coolness on the occasion is as follows: All at once. while at work assorting pack-, age , as usual, near Utica, I heard n pistol bluii light in my ears. I Jumped up, and right before me stood a masked burglar -with the muzzle of his revolver in my face, lie had seemed an entrance into the car by boilng and sawing a hole through the front end. I did not hear him, because of the rum bling or the train. It was a complete sur prise and I was rtumfounded. He assorted vomoof tho packages light before my eyes, holding his revolver in one hand and doing the woik with the other. lie seemed in a hurry and soon jumped up,pu!led the biake cord. Jumped fiom the train, aud was lost in the daikness quicker than it takes to tell It A Reward on Ills Head. Moore at one time asserted that there were two ot the robbers, and explained his own inactivity bysayiug that one of the men lvept him cornered with a, revolver through a hole in the car. Perry got in this rob bery ?5,000 cash and a lot of jewelry. The American .Express Company offered a re ward of t'309 for information leading to his arrest and 75,000 more tor his conviction. Moore had not recognized the robber ns Perry, The detective traced the crime home to the mail) but they could not trace the man. It was said yesterday that Perry had, since the robbery, traveled all over the country, eluding his pursuers just in the ntok, of time. He was seen about hotels, railroad depots, saloons, gambling houses, railroad yards, and Y. M. C. A. rooms in New Mexico, Texas, Moptana, Arizona and Canada, but was never recognized, and it was not known that he had been there until he had gone. He traveled as a tramp some times, and beat his way on railroad trains. Asy an ex.convict, Perry is liable, upon conviction for robbery in the first degree, to 40 years' imprisonment, which term, unless he changed his ways, is not likely to be shortened .for good behavior. He admitted his identify this evening in au interview with an American Express Company agent CAMPBELL AT ITS HEAD. THE BUCKEYE EX-GOTJRXOR X.EAD9 A BIG IRON SYNDICATE. Capitalists Pay Nearly 81,000,000 for 7,200 Acres or Iron Mining Land in Minnesota Ex-Senator Spooner Bids Against Them Bat Not Quito High Enough. Chicago, Feb. 22. A fl,000,O0O trans fer of Minnesota mineral lands was consum mated this morning. The land in question comprises 7,200 acres in Ramsay and St Louis counties, Minn. The former owners of these lands organized the Itaska Iron Mining Company, and after getting f50,000 worth of improved mining machinery and securing the steel' for a seven-mile railroad to con nect with the Duluth aud Winnipeg Rail road, weTe unable to proceed further with the company. For several days Colonel E. D. Sawyer, of Cleveland, with Captain Frank Barrett, of Lancaster, O., have been in con ference with General J. H, Baker, of St Paul, who represented Mr. Gamble, the big soap man, aud other capitalists interested. Ex-United States Senator Spooner, said to represent several other Senators, was here bidding for the coueted land. When Colonel Sawyer and Captain Bar rett TCturned, on a final telegram from ex Governor J. S. Campbell, ot Ohio they went the Spooner people several thousand bet ter and received the land for nearly ?1,000, 000. The new company, with ex-Governor Campbell as President, and Colonel Sawyer, Captain Barrett, Dr. Ford Barrett, a F. Nester and others, as stockholders, will shortly "be incorporated as the Buckeye Iron Company, and work will be com menced immediately. BLAIR'S GREAT GALL. He Actually Believes He Is Popular Presi dental Quantity He Stands on His Let ter His Backing Is Withheld, Washixotox, Feb. 22. Special. Ex Senator Henry W. Blair has little to say concerning his declared candidacy for the Presidental nomination. He told a reporter that he had been Importuned by political friends to become a candidate for the honor, and he believes the confidence in him de manded an honest statement on his part "I think," he said, "that a man should not conceal his real position. When he is asked to declare his real position on pub lic questions he should not temporize, but should express his honest belief or de sire. I was asked If I would become a can didate for the Republican nomination, and I felt that I should make an answer. My public letter explains my position. Candi dates do n ot make themselves. They are made bv the people, and it remains to he seen oho the people will maKe at tne .Minne apolis Convention." Mr. Blair said he did not care to say any thing at the present time concerning the as surances of support he had received or by whom they had been offered. AGAINST. THE REFUGEES. Baron Hindi's Proteges Not Welcomed to the Canadian Northwest Ottawa, Oxt., Feb. 22. Special Strong protests are being made by residents of the Northwest against the proposal to locate a large number of Russian refugees in the territories, as suggested by Baron Hirsch, whose proposal is now being con sidered by the Dominion Government. The Calgary Trtburu says that "it is to be hoped that before the Minister of the Inte rior takes any decided action in 'his matter he will fully inform himself of the charac ter of the people and their capability to support themselves in a rural district" To place such people on land without first teaching them farming, the Tribune holds, would only end In disaster, and the Gov ernment should be careful not to encourage immigration of a class which is not likely to add to the prosperity or progress of the country, and which introduces at tha same time an element both foreign and antago nistic to the people. TIED TIP AMD ALX0ST STAEVBD. An Aged Couple's Experience With Two of Their Hired Men. Wilkesbaere, Feb. 22. Special Silas Wood and his wife, an old couple, each about 70 years of age, reside at Bunker Hill. Wood has been a thrifty man, and is supposed to always have money about the house. On Friday night John Clarkson and John Beam, Wood's hired men, entered the old couple's bedroom, and getting Wood up, demanded his money. Wood refused, and then they tied both him and his wife to the bedposts and began to ransack the house. Wood and his wife remained tied to the post until the afternoon of the next day, when the barking ot their house dog brought in the neighbors. They found the old couple still tied up and almost starved. The robbers have been caught BEIGHAH IK BB0NZE. A Status of the Mormon Prophet to Be Erected at Salt Lake. SAI.T Lake, Utah, Feb. 22. Special It has been decided that Brigham Young, the great Mormon leader, is to have a statue erected to his honor in the city. The general idea for the work was taken from the Gam betta Monument, recently erected in Paris, and is to make not simply a statue of Presi dent Young, but rather a memorial to the pioneers, with the prophet as the central crowning figure. The bale ot the monument, ten feet high, is to be of granite, the shaft or column. 20 ieet high, is to be of white 'oolitic sand stone, with a pioneer group cut in bass be lief on the face. 'Hie statue of President Young, ten feet high, is to he of bronze, as are also the sitting figures at the base ot the shaft Several Big Silver Mines Sold. OrBAY, Col., Feb." 22. The Silver King mines, which include the Silver King, Lady Helen, Bonanza Boy, Marchie and Marchie No. 2, have been sold to a Chicago syndicate of capitalists. The purchase price is not now known, out the capital ization ot the stock is $440,000. 540,000 of which has been paid in for development Alabama Politics Simmering, Moxtgomeey, Ala, Feb. 22 The Ala bama politicians are now entering in dead earnest to the coming State and national campaigns. . There are many Cleveland and quite a -number of Hill Clubs forming, while the Republicans are not idle. HILL MERJUBILMT Over His Indorsement for the Presidency hy His Own Early Convention. BEPUBLICANSmETT,TOO. They Only Hope the Chicago Meeting Will Ratify the Action. GORMAN LOOKS ODT FOR HIMSELF. If He Cannot Throw Voles for His Colleague He'll Hold Them. CLEYILAND MEN KOT IET DESPONDENT EFICIAL TjaXORAFniC LTTTIS.l Bnniatr or The DisraraH, I WASHinoToif, D. C. Feb. 22. ( The news of the adoption of a platform at the Albany Convention, containing a plank devoted to Senator David B. Hill, with in structions to the delegation to vote as a unit and to vote for nobody but Senator Hill, was a little more than even the most enthusiastic Hill Democrats now at the capital bad anticipated. Even the "prac tical politicians" admit that Mr. Hill, or Mr. Croker for him, has possibly over reached himself. Not that they object to anything that can be done judiciously to further Hill's nomination at Chicago, but because they think that it would have been more cunning to have permitted the dele gation to go uninstructed. The news of the absolute and autocratic instructions flew about the city with the speed of the wind. Within a short time after its reception here it was on every tongue. Persons of all parties awaited it as they would the nomination at a national convention, and when it was received, can vassed it as they would such a nomination. Accepted as a Ylrtual Nomination. The great majority accept the action of the Albany convention as a virtual settle ment of the nomination of the Democrats tor President "That means Hill for 'the Presidency," is the word from nearly every mouth. And it certainly looks that way, with one Southern State after another fall ing into line, and with even Virginia, which had almost sworn lasting fealty to Cleveland, ready, apparently, to be gath ered into the embrace of the New York boss. While the conservative Democrats who hope for the choice of a candidate who possesses qualities more statesmanlike than those of Hill fear that the machine is too well constructed to be combatted success fully, they hope that the almost reckless ness of the recent movements of the New York Senator may lead the party to a recog nition of the danger of nominating him for the Presidency Hill is a perfect tyro in national politics, and believes he can "run" the politics of all the States at a National Convention as he "runs" the- politics of New York. The old-fashioned Democrats, therefore, hope that the criticism engendered "by his action in regard to the New York Convention will swell to a tidal wave and overwhelm him before the date of the Chi cago Convention. The Republicans Very Happy. As for the Republicans, I haven't seen them as happy since the terrific political cyclone which gave the House of Repre sentatives its present turbulent and inhar monious majority. They are jubilant. The one thing that tempers their rejoicing is the fear that the Chicago Convention will not supplement the work of the Albany affair in accordance with the wishes of Hill and Tammany. A Republican Senator said this evening: "Cleveland is the only candidate of be Democrats who, in my estimation, would have any chance of "election. It would require a tremendous struggle to de feat him. With Hill as a candidate we would sweep every Northern State. I admire Hill's pluck, his energy, his ambition; he is very agreeable in his personality, but his strongest points exhibited "hitherto in politics would be hisgreatest weakness in a national contest As a politician and as Governor he has been a constant schemer to rivet more closely the fetters of 'the machine on the party in New York, and as a result he now has probably the finest ring organiza tion the countrv'has ever known, with the possible exception of the Republican ring in Pennsylvania in the most'lusty days of the late Simon Cameron. But" Cameron had an ability and persoaality that made him far bigger tban'his factional organiza tion. Hill is not so, but is rather the creature of Tammany and its rural offshoots. In one way he is larger, in that he has com pelled Tammany to make him its creature, but he is no less the creature for all that Dlfltrenoo Between Cleveland and Hilt "The nation at large, however, looks at these things with n different vision from that with which the component parts of the nation look at their respective State and local aflairs. They will iorgive in the Gov ernor or State officer what they would roundly condemn in the candidate for Pres ident The most dangerous criticism that could be made of Cleveland was that in days before he was elected Governor be bad dipped lreeiyano willingly ana witn proht into the politics ot the slums. But once in the Governor's chair he divorced himself lrom all such affiliations, and his course at Albany, coupled with the remembrance of his phenomenal majority, disarmed his critics. "With Hill it is different He never be fore dipped so deeply Into pothouse politics as he has since he became Governor aud Senator. His indorsement for the Presi dency is brought about by these methods, and the politicians of his own ilk are work ing like beavers to give him State after State. Gorman and Brice are apparently holding off their bauds, professing to be un able to deliver their States merely that they may seem not to be in the great 'deal.' " It is the most gigantic job that has ever been undertaken by a political ma chine, and,as a Republican, I sincerely hope it may be successful." , Gorman Looking Oat for No. 1. Notwithstanding the assertion of the Sen. ator that Senators Gorman and Brice are merely playing a subtle game in Hill's fa vor, some very shrewd persons profess to see something sinister in their attitude. While it is a tact that Gorman nas within the last few weeks used his influence for Hill in Southern States, it is asserted that he has become more cautious within a few days, since adverse criticism of Hill has ap peared in Democratic newspapers in almost everv part of the country. While it is just possible that Brice could not deliver the Ohio delegation if he de sired to do so, no such condition holds against the Maryland Senator and Mary land. Mr. Gorman holds Maryland in the hollow of his hand as absolutely as Hill does New York by the grace of Richard Corker mid the Tammany organization. But Mr. Gorman is tor Gorman first, and if to command Maryland to support Hill wonld lessen-his hold on the State in the least de gree he would not ODen his mouth. The s . . . . - . . . . ; i last state convention ot AlaryiauU showed J unmistakably that the representatives of the State favored the nomination of Cleve land, and Gorman is too shrewd to tide roughshod over the sentiment of his State, unless it be necessary for his own success in the domain of profit or politics. Hill Used as a Target. Mr. Gorman's sudden inactivity In regard to Hill is explained on another hypothesis. It is well known he has a lively Presidental bee in his own bonnet It is asserted that he has all along been playing Hill merely as a club to beat the vitality out of the Cleveland movement. It was necessary to make a show of a Hill boom in States other than New York to give Senator Hill and his friends substantial reason for doing just what was done to-day at Albany. Gorman knew better than to pose as a candidate at the outset, and thus attract the fire of other candidates. He preferred to put Hill up as a target. With Cleveland, the candidate most to be feared, slaughtered by Hill, and with Hill iu the convention as tne strongest candidate at the beginning, but without strength enough to secure the nomination, Gorman, so this set of theorists assert, thinks he will come inns a dark hors and sweep the convention from its feet. Cleveland's Chance Not Gone. The truth probably is that thre is a clear understanding between Gorman and Hill that if the latter can make the nomination, well and good, but if not, that Hill at the proper time will throw New York, with its big delegation, to Gorman. Amid all this talk of possibilities there are many wiseheads which have not lor a moment dismissed the conviction that Cleveland will yet be the nominee of the Democrats. That he will have several delegations which will remain steadfast to him until a nominr' f is made is almost certain, and two f , jjc. are likely to be the delegations' l6,r. .,-vlvania and -tut. if 'lfc "'X-ninst the n methods of Hill mayu 'So of re- volt, if one may Judge l f influential Democrats of nat, 7v "t and if the Hill boom should crv A' r' S . ' niendous Cleveland movement would v , doubtedly follow. LionTXEE. !T TOO MUCH GOOD TIMBER FOR THE GOVERNOR EASILY TO SE LECT AN ADJUTANT. Greenland Considered First in Point of Popularity, Followed Closely by Rat ledge The Selection to Be Slade Soon, Possibly This Week. HAEKISBTJEG, Feb. 22. Special Al though it was a holiday, and everybody else was either out on the street or away to some celebration or other, Governor Pattison was at his desk all day, and probably for a good reason, as he expected a number ot callers; Among the first to call was big Colonel Streator, of Little Washington, Pa., and close behind him showed the smiling face of Patrick Foley, of Pittsburg. The two were here to urge the appointment of Lieutenant ColoneV Streator to the place made vacant by the death of Adjutant General -McClelland. The Governor received the visitors pleasantly, as he is wont to do with mili tary callers, but judging from the way in which Mr. Streator took his leave, his name at least has not been posted as the successor to the lamented Adjutant General. Streator has manv friends though, who are strongly urging bis name lor the place. There is one -thing against him, however, that will likely tell, and that is that he is from a hopelessly Republican county. Other callers were received during the day, and when he had time between visits', the Governor opened his private mail, which has grown to an immense bunch kince the fight for the position. Letters are received from strong friends of a dozen candidates in every mail, and there is a hard choice to make. In point of popularity, in Harrisburg and the State, Colonel W." W. Greenland, of Clarion, leads, and is being urged by poten tial friends from all directions. Colonel Frank Rutledge, of Allegheny, is scarcely a bad second in popularity, and his friends say he is in the lead. Then follow Senator Sloan, of Indiana, Pa., and Colonel Frank Magee, of Wrights ville. They are all good men, the Governor says, and the choice will likely be made this week. DAUGHTESS OF THE BEVOUrilON Sleet In Washington and Are Addressed by Mrs. Harrison. Washixgtox, Feb. 22. The first Con tinental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution began its three days' session this morning at the Church of Our Father. When Mrs. Harrison, who is President General of the National Society, entered the church, the audience arose and stood until she was seated within the chancel. After prayer and the adoption of the report of the Com mittee on Credentials, Mrs. Harrison de livered the address of welcome. She re viewed the organization of the society in October, 1890, since which time a member ship of 1,200 has been gained. She con gratulated the society upon this growth, and welcomed the first congress, hoping that the consultation will strengthen and improve after being so well begun. Mrs. William D. Cabell read the report. It recommends the building of a national hall for the National Society, to be located in Washington, to be the property in fee simple of the Daughters of the Revolu tion. It should be the finest building ever owned by women. Marble from "Vermont and Tennessee and granite from Massachusetts and Virginia should combine for strength and beauty in its construction. This house should be purely American, de signed and built by Americans. SPEAKEE CRISP A LITTLE BETTEB, But Friends Find It Impossible to Get Him to Rest Properly. Washixgtox, Feb. 22. Word was re ceived here to-day from Speaker Crisp, that he will return to Washington to-morrow morning. His health is perhaps a little better for the trip, but only a little better. His friends are anxious that he should leave the city for a rest of a week or two weeks, bat find it hard to persuade the Speaker to do so. Either tho silver question or the tariff bills should soon come before tho House for debate, and when the long discussion to which either of these subjects will give rise is entered upon, an excellent opportunity will be afforded Mr. Crisp to recuperate his health, as there will be no special need of his presence during this period of making set speeches. POSIES TO SAIL TO-DAY. He May Only Go as Far as Southampton and Come Rlsbt Bade. Washixgtox, Feb. 22. Secretary Foster left here this afternoon for New York,wbere ho will embark on the steamer Spree to morrow for Europe. He has not yet fully determined whether he will make the voy age to Bremen or stop off at Southampton for J the purpose of spending a few days in rural England. He takes the trip solely for the benefit of his health, and his movements on the other side will be governed entirely by his feelings on reaching Southampton. He will be accompanied by W. L. Mc Lellan, of the Treasury Department, and Dr. J. B. Hamilton, of the Marine Hos pital Service, nnd also by his faithful body servant. Richard Green, The party will probably be passengers on the .Spred on her return trip to New York, account of its artificial structure, r"'""' 7 ", . """"'". " A.FEMALEJTnSLE,. Eetnrns From an Interesting Jonrney Throngh Dark -Eastern Africa. TEEATED LIKE A QUEEN By the Natives, Whom She Received Everywhere in State. AN ADVENTURE WITH A COUNTS A Slide Down a Precipice 350 Feet in Length to a Lake. PECULIAR CUSTOMS 0P THE NATITE3 ' ffPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISFATCIt.t New York, Feb. 22. Among the pas sengers on the North German Lloyd steam ship Allen, which arrived at Hoboken pier to night, was Mrs. French-Sheld,on, of whose exploits in Eastern Africa the newspapers , of two continents have been teljipg varied tales for some months. Mrs. Sheldon is an American woman'with a desire to see strange countries and peo ples, and an utter absence of the fear ot rude men supposed to be- inseparable from her sex. There was nothing in her appearance r - . - - & iJ:AA A1...& !. l!1-.l .! : travel; there was apparently every reason to believe that she enjoyed the frivolities of civilized life as well as do the women who listened with eagerness and respect to her story. Mrs. Sheldon exacted a promise from the reporter that he would not describe her or her clothes. Mrs. Sheldon said she had gone to Africa merely to gratify her desire to see the country. She paid her own expenses, trans acted all the necessary business herself, and, excepting her maid, was the only white woman in the caravan that she conducted. Remarkable for Two Things. According to tbe scientific men who have followed Mrs. Sheldon's movements, her trip was remarkable for two things. She traversed a large tract of desert country, and she found her way to a lake which one of the big African explorers had declared inaccessible. Her trip occupied six months, and she traveled 990 miles after reaching Zanzibar, her starting point There she employed some 138 men as bearers, guides and guards, and purchased the supplies she considered necessary. Mombasa was the point at which her hard ships began, much of the trip from Zanzibar to Mombasa having been by steamer. All through the march into the interior and on the return, excepting a short period when she was disabled by accident, she walked at the head of the column. Mrs- Sheldon said: We tramped 330 miles through Jumclesfroni Mombasa, and visited all tbe tribes that lived near -our- line or 'march. As we came tp the territory ot each I would send a carrier on ahead, announcing to the chief my intended approach. The chief never failed to come to see me. I always received him in state, wearing my court dress, as fine as I would wear it IT I. were presented to Queen Victoria. A Study of the Natives. It was my Intention to study the social conditions or all these people. I found that they were skilled In agriculture, and many had even gone so far as to irrigate mountain tops. They were also good smiths, and I learned from them the secret of forglnfr chains and spearheads. Thoy display wonderful skill in tanning hides. Many of the men I found were ferocious, and they went abont nude. I investigated so tar as possible the reasons why these peo ple did certain thines nnd why they ab stained from doing others. I found that the causes of some of their actions were ex tremely shocking. After we got throush the Jungles we came to the Lake Cbala. This is tbe lake which Mr. Joseph Thomson, an eminent explorer, said he believed could not be reached. It his long been considered interesting and unique. The surrounding region is full of relics of tbe reign of fire. Mr. Thomson said that Lake Cbala represents probably the latest manifestation of volcanic energy. The traditions of the natives say that the JIasal village stood on its site, and was blown into the air. Tbe lake is of the shape or an irregular polygon, about two miles in diameter, and a little leas than six miles in circumference. It occupies the center of a hill with a very irregular rim, 400 feet above the eastern plain at its lowest point, and quite 800 feet at its highest, where it runs np into a peak. A Lake Surrounded by Cliffs. Internally tho lake is bounded by per fectly perpendicular clilTV, without a break at any point, so far as Thomson could ascer tain, although the natives of Taveta told him there was a place where he dared to descend. Mrs. Sheldon says she met a German, Count Teleke, before she reached the lake, which is east of Mt Kilma-Njarou Count Teleke had some pontoon bridges and Mrs. Sheldon enlisted his services. She adds: Lake Cbala is In the crater of an extinct volcano. Alter traveling all around it I slid down a precipice 330 feet long to the water, and Count Teleke did the same. Tben the men or my caravan brought down the pontoons and wo went all t on the lake. Wo found it very wonder lui. Melted snow was dripping into It It seemed to have a subterranean outlet The water was absolutely pure, nnd it seemed to nave no Dotcom, xnere was a rnsning noise, and thero were mysterious waves, which must have boen caused by the rush of waters through some outlet. There is a local superstition that the spirits ot the JIasal tribe baunt the lake, and the natives, therefore, keep away from it She said she believed that the natives were of Egyptian descent She visited the women and children in their homes and learned many of their superstitions. Treated Like a Queen. "I was treated like a queen," she said, "and received presents of hogs, sheep and cows. One cow is considereda royal gift by them, but I received ten at once. Once some ot her porters mutinied. She ordered two of them to be lashed, and that settled it While in England she lectured before tbe Anthropological Society. Sue expects to lecture before tne Geographical Society of this country. She was born at Beaver, Pa., and is the wife of Dr. George Sheldon, formerly of Chicago, and now resident in London. SCIEKCE LOSES BY FIBS. PraC Ward's Valuable Collection Nearly Wiped Oat of Existence. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 22. Special One of the most important ot tbe 14 build ines comprising Prof. Ward's natural' sci ence establishment, Cosmos Hall, was de stroyed by fire to-day. It was ot two stories and built of wood. It contained in the upper floor a valuable collection of fossils which Prof. Ward had gathered from various portions of the world during his many vears of travel. Some of the spec! mentscan nevr be duplicated. The lower floor contained a stock of every known mineral, from which he had supplied num erous cabinets and collections. The minerals included valuable meteorites. The rear of each floor contained rare Indian ami Aztec relics. Strenuous efforts were made to save this property, and a consider-! able portion was removed to a place ofj salatvk bnt the pecuniary lou cannot Wch below ?20,600. rl I m M , pjS M m& 3 -.- ii&&M&M&i , "I'iaRtaaiVi-n.:. - t?. .isiL ElEH
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