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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-
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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.
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