EiSSSEI 1 ?. - r HWFwisBsHR SPECIAL TO LET LISTS Are printed to-day ia THE BIS PATCII. IlyoaaregotagtomoTO yon shoHld read tkem carefally. They will guide home-hunters. s - ARE;Y0UFG0IHG TO;IOVE?lp S"- meats la THE DISPATCH To IxV Colnmas to-day. They are saost satisfactory. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR PITTSBURG, MONDAY. JrTEBRTJARY 29. 180& TEHEE CENTS. BUI'S SI OF IE 5W Of Young Jimmy's Mar riage and Its End in a Divorce Court A THOUGHTLESS BOY Who Was Entrapped by a Woman Into a Hasty Wedding, THE SECRETARY'S VIEW OF IT, Mrs. Blaine, Sr, Exonerated by Her Hus band From All Blame. The Comments of the Deadwood Judge Bring: Forth a Public Statement From Mr. Blaine He Considers His Son a Much-Abused Man The Letter of Protest to the Officiating: Priest Written Just After the "Wedding The Two Famous Interviews in Maine, as the Blalnes Remember Them Young Blaine's Astuteness Highly Spoken of by His Father Nothing at All Compli mentary for the Now Divorced Wife Extracts From Some of Her Letters Quoted. Washington, Feb. 28. Mr. Blaine furnishes to the Associated Press to-day for publication the following, under the heading of "A PEI1SOXAL STATEMENT." Since the separation of my son and his wile, 3J years ago, my family have silently borne every misrepresentation, every slan derous attack, every newspaper interview which it has pleased the now divorced wife to inspire. The one person aimed at has been Mrs. Blaine; and we have perhaps been at fault in allowing a horror of the public discussion of private matters, com bined with a regard for the future of my grandson, to permit so much calumy to go unanswered. The last outrage of the kind, embodied in the decision of the Judge at Deadwood, S. Dak., assumes an official character which makes it impossible to remain longer silent. To remain silent would be to accept and perpetuate a great wrong to my wife a greater wrong to my grandson than even a publication of the truth can inflict upon him. It is necessary, in speaking, that I should jive a summary, as brief as possible, of the marriage and incidents which followed it and led to th teparatfon. -Aletterwhich. I addressed to Bev. Thomas I. Duct jr; at the time of the marriage, will distinctly state ue important facts bearing upon that event. Mr. Blaine's Protest to thiV Priest. Augcsta, Me., Septenier 13, 18SS. rv TLema X. Ducer. Kector, or St Leo's Church, 16 East T entr-nlnth street, 2f ew York. Sib On Wednesday morning last, the 8th inst., my youngest son, James G. Blaine, Jr., shocked me by the announcement that on the preceding Monday he had been united in marriage with Miss Marie Xevins, that you had performed the ceremony in your own rectory, that my son and Miss Xevins were unaccompanied by friend or relative and that two of your household servants were the sole witnesses. My son's announcement gave the first knowledge that I or any mem ber of my family had of his marriage oi even of his attachment to Miss Kevins whose character, I wish to say at the outset, Is not at all in question, and of whom, but for this rash marriage, I have never heard a breath of censure. My son was born October 12. 1S68 and Is not, therefore, 18 years old. He was living here in his own home, in the house where ho was born, surrounded by neighbors who had known him nil his life, under the daily care of a tutor who was fitting him for college, which he Loped to enter this autumn. To facilitate his Dreparatlon he desired to re main here during the summer, while the other members of the family were much of the time at Bar Harbor. s I have since learned. Miss Kevins, in company with her sister and her father, came to Augusta on Monday, August 16. On Friday, September 3, IS days after her ar rival in Augusta, my son, who had never seen her or beard her name until she camo here, left his home without permission and without the knowledge of any member of his family, and accompanied Miss Xevins. and hei sister to their mother in Kew Tork. On Saturday, the 4th, the two young persons presented themselves to yon for marriage. The Dispensation Procured. Through my eldest son, Walker Blaine, who went to sew York as soon as I heard these unhappy tidings, I learn that James misrepresented his aire to von. statino- that he was within a month or two or 21. But ho did not (according to your own narrative to my son N alker) conceal from you the vital fact that he as a minor; he did not conceal from you, but openly avowed, that I had no knowledge whatetcrof his intention to bo married, or that his special design was to keep all knowledge of it irom-me. In this concealment be sought your aid and abet ment, and you held his secret under consid eration from Saturday until Monday agree ing with my son not to advise any member of my family of his rash puroose. You took him to the Archbishop, In order that a dis pensation might be secured to enable Miss Kevins, who was reared a Catholic, to marry my son, who was bom, baptized and reared a Protestant You know that during the long Interval in which you were making these preparations I was within a moment's reach by telegraph, and yet yon never gave the slightest Intimation to me, the most deeply interested and responsible run-f in defense of this conduct you alleged to my son Walker the confidence reposed In you as a priest by my son. The confidence of the confessional Is always respected, bnt by your use or confidences reposed in you outside the confessional, even by those not of the Catholic communion, you perforce be come an accomplice before the act of any crime or any Imprudence to which you may listen. It is not for me to ad vise a minister of your intelligence that your position Is absolutely untenable, would bo dangerous to society, and would not be respected by any court of the land. A Father's Lore for His Boy. You further alleged, in justification of your action, that ir you had not performed the ceremony some one else outside your com munion would have done it This is a com mon defense of evil-doing, and is unworthy of a priest and a man. You might as well J nstlfy your murder of a man by chloroform on the ground that otherwise some one else would murder him with a dagger. toe if -. ncu.Bgu jiijr uoy was unaer jny pro- tioa-thfi, am.WmJMOrninJMvuSaaiA witb roe lo-Ellsirorth. WL&ilnlVMM, sponsible member of my family; erratic, bnt controllable through bis strong affections; an object of constant watchfulness to his parents, his brothers and his sisters; a source of constant anxiety, but not of despair, be cause he is of good abilities, as readily in. fluenced to the right as to the wrong, and because the patience of lore can never know weariness. To-day, through your agency, this boy In years. In experience, In Judg ment, in praotical capacity, leaves my home and my care, burdened with the full re sponsibilities of a man; -with the welfare of a woman in his keeping. I am powerless. I cannot question the legality or the marriage. I shall at a dis tance, and at every disadvantage, guide my I son. But as a father living under the divine lnscltution of the family, as a citizen livUig under the divine order of society.! pratestfj against your act As a servant of G5d t whose ministry you are ordained,! cal God to witness between you and me. 0 whatever evilB resulting from this deplort able marriage my son may be the author the victim, the guilt be on your head. JiXES G. Blattto Mr. Blaine Blames Marie Kevins. When I wrote this letter I believed tlfat Miss Kevins had no other responsibility! in the marriage than in consenting to my soli's appeal and was blame worthy for this alone. Since then I am prepared to saytbatfthe marriage was arranged by her far more ipsa by my son; that she did everything to pro mote it; suggested every arrangenfent; anticipated and provided for every emer gency, and that, in fact, but for her personal, active and untiring agency, the marriage would never have taken place. In this she showed knowledge and forethought not to be expected in a woman of 21 years. Within ten days after her arrival in Augusta, within one week from the day she first met my son, she was adjuring him thus for several successive days : Write nothing until I see you. Let me Know at once about the law of marriage. I can't wait to hear. It makes me ill. Can jou come to me a moment? lam alone. Do not send up your card. Didyou see the laws? Bo not keep me in suspense. The Bar Harbor house is perfect, but I love the dear old place here better. Don't ask any questions that may lead people to suspect anything. Bemember that we are in the mouths of every man, woman and child in Augusta. Every word you speak is repeated and misconstrued. Every look of yours, every flush ot your face, is talked of. Look into the laws onlv to-morrow, and perhaps one question at the bank, where he obtained money for his marriage journey ou my account, br inducing the cashier to advance him funds on bis memorandum, a thing he had never learned to do before he met Miss Kevins. More Extracts of the Same Blind. All else can wait Ohl Do be careful. I feel now all sorts of dreadful things are said of us. You do not know how vile the world is. Do you look vp the lata Let the rest keep. Did you look into the laws of Massachu setts and Kew York! I am sure not An swer this to-night I have at last thought of the only man on earth whom we can both trust for a witness. He is a man I can telegraph for to come to Boston if we find it necessary. He is a man, and he adores every member of my family. I have known him since I was a child. He would go any place with us, and no one knew. He never would breathe it as long as he lived. If you say so I will give him a gentle hint that I will need his ser vices for an emergency but not tell him for what Do write me at once what the Kew York law was, and the -forfeit Answer at once. When they reached New York, after they had fled from Augusta, she cautioned my son not to "forget the 20 gold piece in a little box for Ducey," and to "look in the pocket of your gray clothes for the ring." In short, she took charge of every matter and directed all the proceedings to the last minute. It was thus that a boy of 17 years and 10 months, in some respects inexperienced 'even for bis age, v as "tempted from Tus school books and his tutor and blindly led to the sltar by a young woman of fully 21 years, with entire secrecy, contrived byner f.ii, and with all the instrumentalities of her device complete and exact Attempt to Annul the Marriage. When my eldest son, Walker, went to New York, as I have related in the Ducey letter, his object was to see whether this marriage of my youngest son might not be invalid or could not be annulled by reason of his youth. It was met with the assertion that it was too late for any proceedings to set aside the marriage, because after the marriage the bride, instead pf returning to her mother, had taken passage for Boston with the groom on one of the night steam ers on Long Island Sound. She returned from Boston to Kew York the following day. He came on home to Augusta. This fact was learned for the first time by Walker, a boy's modesty having prevented my son James from bringing it to my knowledge. I purpose next to show, by a somewhat minute statement of facts and dates, the falsity of the assertion that Mrs. Blaine brokeup the marriage relations of my son auu nis wiie. ane aia not see ner daughter-in-law until May, 1887, eight months after the marriage, when, beiner inNew York, the latter called upon her twice during her two days' stay. The next time she saw her was a month later, when about to sail for Europe, on the 8th of June. She was a single day in Kew York, and saw the yonng woman in taking leave. At the end of 14 months we returned from Europe and stopped two or three days in Kew York. We found that in our absence my son had not only spent his entire allow ance, but that he was deeply in debt The Young Blalnes at Augusta. It was then arranged that both my son and his wife should come down to Augusta and have their future determined at a fam ily council They arrived in Augusta on Saturday, the 18th of August. Mrs. Blaine was absent from home on a visit and re turned Monday afternoon, the 20th, so that she saw James' wife ior the first time in Augusta on the evening of August 20. Within two or three davs I learned th details of the dismal failure of their Kew York life, and after full consultation with Mrs. Blaine and with their free approval, I proposed.that they should come to live at Augusta and occupy our old home. I had a summer house at Bar Harbor, and as I in tended to spend all my winters in Wash ington, this house would be vacant if they did not occupy it The house being large, I proposed to pay for fuel and light and the wages of a man, and I wonld furnish them with ahorse and carriage. I also assured tnem, in aaaition, the sum ot $2,500 a year until my son should be able to earn an in come of that amount I made the proposition while we were sitting on the lawn, with my son's wife but a few feet distant My son went imme diately over to her, and I know that he told her in detail iust what mv oiler van. TTr reply was that she would not stay in Au gusta on any consideration. He was very much disconcerted by her decision, and for the first time informed his mother and my self of his discontent and unhappiness, "a fact which was not before known, but which was not received with surprise. Estrangement of the Couple. We then learned that during our absence in Europe he had become gradually estranged from her, and her refusal to ac cept the residence in Augusta was merely the last of a long series of disagreements which threatened to make their united life impossible, and which led finally to a sepa ration. Disaster is the only legitimate con clusion of such a marriage. During the two weeks that my son's wife stayed at Augusta it became patent to every member of my family and to everv visitor, and to no one more than myself, thai a separation was the least disaster to be dreaded. The immediate occasion Of her departure was my son's going to Bangor at documents for which I telegraphed (I was occupied with a campaign of the State), and . KsBsssssssB, uh. . I .- . . v, . . it . ,, VAt fckwa;taJtVM3&.,3&JK Ai.t r ,i A . . Jw.i, -Utot KPTO tfAH MT II I fM T -w ML1 w W - u '., i tlS. . ..i.i.l'KlM - . '.-Wrti W. tf. -Wi v.t. lik-J i ...... -w- .- X kitiT. 3i I wai to speak on Saturday, the 1st of Sep tember. There being a violent rain storm, theaeeung at Ellsworth was postponed to Mopday, September 8. James spent the interval at Bar Harbor, and I remained .at Elsworth. 'n Monday afternoon, after the meeting, Jimes returned with me to Augusta, and atf"ivedatllp. m. onlv to learn that his 'ite had cone to New York at 3 P. M.. but ight hours before. She knew well that ames would be home that night. The Final Separation. Mrs. Blaine had strongly disapproved of ier departure, and had earnestly urged her ;o remain. She did not then dream that our son would not follow his wife, or that im- I minent final separation would come so soon; VUV DUG urIICWUCU UJG SUglJ MUU, W ua - least, sadden departure and thejourney to New York alone with the infant and nurse. She did not, however, suspect that the young woman left with any less friendly feeling toward herself than toward every other member of the family except my son James. Finding the young woman determined to go, and foreseeing the difficulties in their path, since my daughter-in-law utterly de clined the provision I made for their sup port, Mrs. Blaine repeatedly bade her re ?iember that she would at any moment eceive the child for any length of time for one year, for three years, lor ten years, or for life; that he should receive as all who know my wife will believe the very best of care and attention; that she would put his mother under no conditions what ever, and that whenever she wished the child to be returned to her he should be sent The oner was not accepted, but it was not declined. It appeared to be re ceived in the same friendly spirit in which it was given. Thus my daugther-in-law left my home, the only home which, my son could provide for her. She left behind her, for my son, a note whose temper and tone are sufficiently indicated by a single extract; You knew when you left what the conse quence or your trip to Bar Harbor would be. What business had you at Bar Harbort Why did not you telegraph me and not let me He awake till nearly 4 o'clock. Yon Bhall live to regret all this. You have broken the greater part of your promises thus far, and until you learn to be truthful you need not come near me. I am not here to have mv affairs discussed among the neighbors. If yon desire to have any com munication with me you can address Kew York Hotel. Young Blaine Gives Up Bis Wife. This was signed simply, "Mary Kevins Blain,e." On reading this note my son de clared: "I will not follow her, and. I told her I would not when she made her threat" Just 44 days after this willlul departure she returned to my house, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Kevins, my grandson and his nurse. At the moment of their arrival there were in the house only Mrs. Blaine, who was ill, and the servants. Mrs. Blaine at once arose, dressed and went downstairs, having previously instructed, her maid to do everything for their comfort This was the only'time she ever met Mrs. Kevins. Nei ther lady advanced to greet her; no hand was extended to her; but from Mrs. Kevins, seconded by her daughter, came charges against her son and herself, so insulting and so violent that a servant was called in, for the frankly expressed purpose of acting as a restraint upon the elder visitor. On their brief stay of two weeks with us, and on this one lat visit of two hours, rest all the substantiations of the statements of the Judge at Deadwood. Before leaving for the West I had advised withMraBlaine, in thj event of the return of her daughter-in-law, and she acted upon my advice. Not a word since the separation has been written by her, nor has she seen my son's wife,! except on the street in New York, when not a word was exchanged between them. My son was entirely free. No restraint wss attempted or desired or needed to en s tot separation. Oa th day of -bis wife's SrtureTae was as strongly determined as on the davftf her divorce, not to resume his relations with her. Jimmy Not Beld Blameless. Far be it from me to hold my son blame less, though when his youth, his uncom pleted education, his separation from the in fluences of home, the exchange of a life full of hopes and anticipations for premature cares and uncongenial companionship are considered, I hold him more sinned against than sinning. But his mother at no time in thonght or word or deed attempted to separate this man and his wife. Ou the contrary, she did not fail, by liberality, by consideration ana Dy extenuation, to foster in every practicable way their happiness if happiness to them had been possible. James G. Biu.dte. CHICAGO DOFFS THE MASK. An Outrlcht Appropriation of 85,000,000 for One Board Alone to Be Asked. Chicago, Feb. 2a The World's Fair Local Directors have prepared a draft .of a bill which will be presented to Congress, asking for an outright appropriation of 55,000,000 to be expended by the Board of Directors. President Baker will leave for Washington next Tuesday with the bill, and on Thursday will hold a conference with the World's Fair National Commis sion's Committee on Federal Legislation, of which J. W. St Clair is Chairman. In the bill there is no provision ior the needs of the National Commission. Just how Mr. Bailer and Chairman St Clair, of the com mission, will harmonize on a joint bill it is difficult to predict Mr. St Clair has al ready announced that the commission would ask for $3,000,000, at least, to be expended under its own direction. Work will be resumed at Jackson Park to-morrow morning by the 300 staff makers who struct Driday morning lor an increase of 5 cents an hour. The workmen get an increase of 2 cents an hour, or half what they demanded. The strikers signed contracts not to demand another increase until the World's Fair work is completed. ARMED TEUCE AT 1H2IANAP0LIS. Committee of Organized lADor Promise to Try to Prevent Trouble. Ixthaxatolis, Feb. 28. The city to day was very quiet There is no apprecia ble difference in the situation from that of a week ago. Apprehension is felt as to the outcome when the running of street cars will be resumed. The Advisory Board of the strikers has taken step to prevent further outbreaks. . Mayor Sullivan and the full committee had a conference to-day,and the understand ing is that organized labor, as represented bv the committee composed of presidents of all the labor unions in the city, will do all that can be done to avoid further trouble. TWO CONFLIOiniB WILLS. Bow Mrs. Wilstach's Millions In Philadel phia Are to Be Disposed OH Pheoadelfhia, Feb. 28. It is stated on good authority that Mrs. Ann H. Wil stach, who died a few days since, has left a will disposing of,her estate of $2,500,000 in quite a different manner than that provided by the will of her husband, who died over 20 years ago. Instead of endowing a public picture gal lery in this city, it is believed that a large sum has been lsft for the establishment ot a free library. Chile Strengthening Ber Navy. Valparaiso, Feb. 2& Chile has bought new warships in Europe. They were pur chased from the Armstrongs. One is of a similar type y the Capitan Prat fll.M guns are now A routeJforihe ports here nd. 11 -ua OR CAMPAIGN USE Are All of the Piecemeal Tariff Tinkering Bills Solely Formulated. BINDER TWINE A SAMPLE Of Jhe Sectional Attempts at Tariff Beform Yet to Follow. SMALL SAYING FOE THE FAEMEE8, Except the Great Barons of the West, "Who ire Koir Accused of i I BACRTHG THE FIEST BILL PRESENTED ItTZCtktj TELEGRAM TO TUB DISrJtTOIM Bpbejlu ot Thi Dispatch, I Wxaaaaroy, D. C Teh. SSL A glance through the long reports which accompany the bill submitted to the House yesterday, putting binder twine on the free list, shows with peculiar emphasis how far the Democratic and Bepubllcan parties are apart on the tariff question. This Is the first of Mr. Springer's tariff-tinkering bills, and if the arguments in its favor are a sample of those that are to come, the public will be treated to a serial of demagogism and sophistry, to use jio harsher terms, which is sometimes paralleled on the cam paign stump, but not often in the halls of Congress. The majority report deserves a place in history with the thrilling record of the tin vessel peddlers employed by the free trade leaders of Ohio in 1890 to drive the country through and prove by the fictitious prices asked for their wares how alarmingly the cost of the household bad been advanced by the operation of the McKinley bill. An Old Assumption Over Afain. The broad ground of the majority report is that the immense aggregate- cost oi the twine which has supplanted wire in the binding of grain in the great fields of the West is paid by the consumer;' that the poor man's bread is thus taxed to the extent of seven-tenths of a cent for every pound of binding twine used. It is the old and er roneous assumption over again, to whioh President Cleveland ignorantly committed himself, that the cost of an article on which duty is levied is increased by exactly the amountof the duty. By intelligent people throughout the length and breadth of the land Mr. Cleveland" was laughed at on ac count of his error, and he was unmercifully exposed, not only by the Eepublicans, but by the late Mr. Bandall and the Democrats w'ho believed with him. The majority -report, however, does not absolutely commit itself to this manifest absurdity. It asserts that "ir seven-tenths of a cent per pound is added to the price, 'as is probable," then the tariff costs the farmers of the United States about $700,000 a year; and, of course, finally, this must come front the pockets of the consumers, most of whom are poor men and their families. , " Advantageous to Western Barons. r Admitting all this to be true, it does not appear that it would be a great hardship for each one of 65,000,000 people to pay his or her pro-rata share ot (700,000. It is not probable, however, that if the duty were removed the price of grain or flour to the consumers would be affected in the least degree. The only appreciable gain wonld be to the pockets of the great "baronial" farmers of the West, whose wheat fields stretch from horizon to horizon. These millionaire "farmers," who, like the landlords of Ireland, rarely see their estates, bnt suck from the soil revenues which they spend in the cities or abroad, many, of them being citizens of foreien countries, will be the only beneficiaries worth considering from the repeal of the duty on binder twine. It is in their in terests that the bill is drawn. It is stated that the majority report was written by M Bryan, of Nebraska, a very pretty young man who is making his first essay at legis lation as the attorney for some of these great farmers or farming corporations which nourish in his State. Mr. Bryan, speaking for the majority of the Ways and Means, says that this $700, 000 referred to "does not include a large additional sum charged for profits on the increased price by the various dealers through which the produce passed." He does not say how free trade in binder twine would reduce this large additional sum charged for profits. Porelgn Manufacturers Awake. Already the manufacturers of Ireland, Scotland and even ot China are looking for ward to a possible repeal of this tax. They have issued circulars to their patrons in tended to influence the movement of their allies in Congress, to do temporary duty only, putting down the price of twine lower than ever before, but carefully stating that these prices are subject to immediate change without notice. The moment this duty is repealed and the American factories silenced, as they soon would 'be, the few great factories wmon control the foreign product would combine and put up the price to the present rate or Deyona it. In the investigation of this phase of the tariff subject prior to the passage of the McKinley bill there was manifest a dispo sition among Eepublicans to put binder twine on the free list, but for the reason that it was represented that the manufac ture in this country was controlled by a trust The Senate actually voted to repeal the dnty on this account, but before the bill was finally passed it was discovered that the "trust" story was almost whollv an invention of the baronial lords of vast grain-growing domains in the West The pressure resnlted in the admission free of hemp, jute, sun and sisal grass, which are used in making the twine, and the imposi tion of but seven-tenths of a cent per pound uuiy on twine. On an Equality TVith Foreigners. It was ascertained that this duty would place the manufacturers of the United States nearly on an equality with those of foreign countries, the cost of labor here being nearly 100 per cent higher than it is abroad. The Mills tariff bill provided for the ad-J mission iree oi raw material and a duty of 25 per cent ad valorem on the manufactured twine, which is about 120 per cent higher than the tariff imposed by the McKinley bilk Under the protection afforded by this tax the manufacture of twine has increased amazingly, and the growing of hemp has become one of the important agricultural industries of the West and Northwest. Upward of $2,000,000 were paid in wages last year to American workmen engaged in the manufacture of twine, and more than 10,000 tons of American hemp were con sumed. Millions of capital are invested in the production of hemp and twine, and both of these industries would be destroyed by the abolition of a tax which, even If it were added to the normal cost, would amount to only 1 cent to each acre of grain, or about three-fourths of a mill per "bushel. Only for Campaiga Use. 'From this brief exhibit the flimsv basis of Mr. Springer's "tariff reform," in so far V4IUi UlUkAV B iMUl iUUiUlj 1U DU AJU. 1 VX hwn nmHH inuiv M V VM n MW ML 51 Mi VH AirfTrMW "I filUffl Vn TiniJ f niftTri,fTBiTfHi.TTl tjjsjItit '1 ' cmtter twiaeisconcwediUbenftmriwM '- recognized. Like all of the arguments for "reform" of the tariff it Is but a chain of sounding phrases, deliberate misrepresenta tion, show philanthropy and false economy, which, unfortunately, too often tickle the ears of the ignorant partisan and deceive persons of small understanding. Of course It is well comprehended that Mr. Springer does not expect the passage of any of his bills. They are merely for campaign use. LlOBTHEB. BERLIN PEACEFUL AGAIN. CBOWDJ THBONG THE STREETS OUT OF CUEIOSITT ONLY. The Police Again In Complete Control 100 Arrests Mads Saturday A Dozen Police men Injured The Evils of State Control of the Telephones Illustrated. BEBLUf,,Feb. 28. At 2:30 o'clock this afternoon the streets of this city presented a highly animated appearance. This was especially the case with the Unter den Linden and the approaches to the Thier garten, whioh were filled with people, for the most part would-be sight seers or mere promenaders. Groups of rowdies and roughs, which have constituted such a painfully conspicuous featnre in the streets during the past lew days, were absent No dis orderly crowds followed the soldiers as they. were relieving guard. The police state that the few mobs which gathered last night, but which were so quickly dispersed that comparative quiet settled down over the city by 9 o'clock, were led by several men carrying naked 'swords. While the police were engaged in suppressing these disturbances a mounted policeman had his skull fractured by being struck on the head by a petroleum bottle thrown from a house. Of the many persons arrested yesterday on charges in connection with the riots, only Z5 have been detained in custody. At 0:30 r. ji. the situation appears to have greatly improved. The police have completely regained the upper hand. Al though large crowds continue to collect before the Imperial palace, the police have little difficulty in keeping them in motion. Strong detachments of mounted police patrol the disturbed quarters. About 100 arrests were made yesterday. Two persons who received dangerous saber wounds were taken to hospitals. An offi cial report states that a dozen policemen were injured. It is reported that one wounded man lies dead. During the changing of the guard at the Imperial Castle, the drawbridge connecting the Unter den Linden with the castle gardens is closed to traffic till the soldiers have passed. A similar precaution is like wise observed regarding the appearance of soldiers in many of the main arteries of traffic leading from the center to the suburbs of the city. The Emperor, accompanied by members of his family, took his usual drive in the Theirgarten to-day. He was heartily cheered by the populace along the route. It is a matter of common remark that during the recent disturbances the Emperor and all members of the Imperial family have always met with a loyal recep tion whenever they have appeared in pub lic. The troops, too, have always been warmly applauded by the populace while marching through the streets of the city. This, it is claimed, proves conclusively that the late troubles have not had their origin in personal hatred of the Em peror, and that even the disorderly portion bf the populace has no animus against the army, up on whose service the Emperor would of course have to rely in Vase of a serious outbreak. The Vorvxiit, the organ of the Socialists, repeats its" appeal to the mem bersof the party to preserve order. AN EX-GOVERNOR UREHATED. The Tragic End of a Eccentrlo Man Once a Power In Arkansas. Little Eock, Feb. 28. Between 7 and 8 o'clock this morning, ex-Governor Elias N. Conway was accidentally burned to death in his own residence, a small one story frame building, which was also con sumed. It is supposed that he was asleep at the time. For many years before the late war he was one of the most conspicuous men in the State. He was several times State Auditor and served two terms as Governor. He was very old and feeble, quite eccentric and lived alone, 'not allowing anyone else to sleep on the premises. NABBED 05 HIS ABEIVAL. A Dashing German Lieutenant In the Tolls of the Law. New Yoek, Feb. 28. ISpxiall A dash ing young German Lieutenant created some stir in the saloon of the steamship Au rania, on the voyage she finished to-day from Liverpool. He was down on the pas senger list as Mr. Erhard Krapf, but he was known to his brother officers at Wur temburg as Lieutenant Edward Krapf United States Deputy Marshal Bernhard arrested the gay young soldier at the Cunard pier, this evening, on complaint of Mr. Kurt Hartell and Lieutenant Nick, for forgery to the amount of $14,000. Bernhard called the Lieutenant aside, whispered that the German Consul would like to see him, and invited him to a cab. On the way Bernhard told the Lieutenant that he was a prisoner The Lieutenant was much broken up. He said he was not guilty. Just before leaving Germany he said he went upon a spret with a lawyer named Wasser, who had just come into a legacy and was celebrating the event There was some betting, and the Lieutenant won much of wasser s legacy, lie had $1,260 of it left The Lieutenant was intro duced to General Claassen, one of the Sixth Avenue Bank wreckers, and the General welcomed him as a fellow soldier. POISONED EOCHESIES FAMILIES. One of the Victims Reported Dead Still IJves, but in a Critical State. Eochesteb, PA., Fe 28. Special Excitement over the poisoning of members of the Hartman family and the lad Edward Chaffee, which occurred yesterday after noon, continues unabated. Mrs. Hartman and her little daughter Louisa, who ate sparingly of the poisonous roots, are recov ering. Edward Chafiee, who was reported dead last nieht, is still living, but his con dition is critical. Coronor Kring held an inquest upon the body of young Hartman this afternoon. The jury returned a verdict of accidental poison ing from eating, roots supposed to be wild parsnips. The boys were hunting for sweet myrrh, which is similar in appearance to the root found. Edward Chaffee is a son of the James Chaffee who was killed by a train on the Et. "Wayne Boilroad at St. Clair some months ago. JOE CAHHOH'3 CHANCE. A Book Concern, Hearing He Is Ont of a Job, Offers Elm an Agency. Dauvuxe, Ilu, Feb. 28. Special. A religious book publishing concern at In dianapolis offers ex-Congressman J. Ot. Cannon a position as canvassing agent. They say that they are advised that he is out of a job at present: that as he is sober, industrious and popular with the relizious reading public, they think he will make success of selling books. Mr. Cannon will UU U1UOC fU UW VV UUA (MSA MtQ V" a4 aImh ntiti 4ktt ftflav Tint II aftaw 4ha X A GENERALJHAKEUP Threatened Among the Fed eral Officeholders of Philadelphia. MAESHAL LEEDS MASKED For Removal, to Be Succeeded anOut-of-Town Politician. by GORMAN FORMALLY HOMINATEL By His Easton Orjran, Which Counfa Cleve land and Bill Out ' GR0YEB AGlUfST THE BOLTEEB' MOTJ SPECIAL TELEOEAM TO THX DISPATCH.! PHijiADELFHiA, Feb. 28. It was re ported to-night that an important shakeup among the Federal officeholders would oc cur within a short time, by which United States Marshal Leeds is to retire to Anake room for a new man, and by which the for tunes of the administration, through three of the important Federal offices in the city, will be directed by three men from "up the State." It is said the administration has had such a thing in mind for some time past, and the recent pugilistic encounter of the Marshal is likely to hasten the change. No definite information on the subject could be obtained, but a number of poli ticians said they had heard of it and thought-there was some foundation for the report The fact that Mr. Leeds was looked upon as the representative of the adminis tration in the recent elections ior national delegates caused the news to assume more than usual interest It was hinted to-night that either Charles W. Henry, of Germantown, or Captain Louis Walters had been discussed in Wash ington as the probable successor of Leeds. Disappointed in Mr. Leeds. The administration is credited with being very much disappointed in Leeds. When he was named the men who backed him tor the position said he was a Republican leader in Philadelphia and would be an in fluential factor whenever delegates were to be elected. The recant contest between the leaders of the city Bepubllcan organization demonstrated the fallacy of this. While LeedB was personally stronger than any of the other administration men, it was found that he was only able to carry his own ward and that by a narrow margin. Now, strange to sav, the very people who pushed Leeds ior Sheriff, and who were in strumental in having him named as Mar shal are after his scalp. They say he has not fulfilled his promises as a politician, and that in posing as the representative of the administration he is bringing discredit upon President Harrison. It is believed that Postmaster Field would welcome Mr. Henry as the new Marshal. Under the present statns of affairs the Marshal is the custodian of the Postoffice building, and Mr. Field would like to have a congenial person in that position. i Country Politicians Bight la lb One report to-night had it that Leeds was to step ,oU Win order to make way for Wal ters, who, in turn,- would be succeeded, as a politician put it, "by another countryman," This man, it was stated, was Representa tive jesse m. uaKer, oi media, The purpose then was to form a triumvirate, consisting of Collector-of-the-Port Cooper, Marshal Walters, and Sub-Treasurer Baker, to di rect the destinies of the administration in this part of the State. This story gains color from the fact that Walters and Baker have been in Washing ton a great deal of late. Soth called on the President repeatedly, and Walters in par ticular had several confidential interviews with the Executive. Cooper is credited with being specially desirous of having the deal consummated, as the appointmrnt of Baker would give him the means of break ing the backbone of "Jack" Bobinson in Chester and Delaware counties. GORMAN NOMINATED. The Kew TorkDlssensIon Used as an Argu ment for the Maryland Senator's Ben efit Boles Suggested 'or the Tall of the Ticket. Baltimore, Feb. 28. Special. ? Sena tor Gorman has been formally put in nomi nation for the Presidency by the Easton Democrat, the organ of Senator Gibson, who at present stands very close to his col league. There is a strong personal as well as political friendship between the two Senators, and Mr, Gorman was at least aware that the article would appear. In a two-column editorial the positions of the other Democratic possibilities are discussed at length, particular attention being given to the fight between Hill and Cleveland, with the conclusion that neither can carry New York State, while Gorman, who is very popular in that State, can combine all the elements. "Very many believe," says the Democrat, 'that the only Eastern man who will de velop any strength at Chicago is Senator Gorman. Governor Boies is suggested for his running mate. The Democrat compli ments Cleveland for his wise and conserva tive administration, but says tariff reform was the Democratic slogan before Cleve land was ever heard of. It indorses Cleve land's tariff reform measure, bet says: "There are tens of thousands of patriotic Democrats in the United States who con demn his silver letter, written, as they sup pose, in the interest of Wall street gold bugs." These thousands would prefer a man sound, as they believe, both on the tariff and'on the currency nearly all the bona fide farmers holding opposite views to the ex-President on this question. After eivingthe skeleton of what the na tional platform will contain, including "a demand for a silver dollar which shall be of the intrinsic value of every other dollar," the Democrat discusses the internecine war in New Tork. Senator Hill is lauded for making the State solidly Democratic, despite the violent opposition of the Mug wumps, but the Democrat declares it would be unwise to nominate either Kew Yorker, hut to select some one outside of the State who could carry it "Senator Gorman," concludes the editorial, "is popular with Cleveland's friends 'because or the service he rendered them; he would not be antag onized by Governor Hill; he can carry.New York, and, if nominated at Chicago, he will be the next.Tresident of the United States." CLEVELAND HAS WRITTEN. His tetter in the Hands ot a Syracuse Dem ocratIt Is Supposed to Contain, Dash ot Cold Water for the Bolters The Pos - sibilates. Syracuse, Feb. 2a Special W. JL' Beach, of this city, the leader of the Cleve land Democrats of this section, acknowl edges that he is in receipt of a lettefrom Grover Cleveland, referring to thrf move ment for a contesting delegation fo Chicago. Mr. Beach, who was Internal Jlevenue Col- lectQEmderhft Cmvm S-S- refuses to divulge the contents of the letter, hut his inactivity as an organizer leads to the belief that Cleveland is frowning on the Syracuse convention as a stroke df bad poli tics. Wleting's Opera House was engaged for the Mugwump convention, called to be ljeld in this city May 30, by Mr. Beach, by telegraph from Albany. Further than that, he has not stirred to aid the movement Speaking of the convention ,to The Dis patch; correspondent, he said: I don't care to talk much to-day about the movement that has Deen started against the raid-winter convention. I will not speak for any juemocrat out mvseir. no, notnmg nas yet been done toward the organization of Onondago county.' There will be no use for organizing here unless the movement is general throughout the State. The leaders are having a conference in New York to-day, and prooahly when they have finished we will know more about what Is to he done. Tes, I have heard it said that Cleve land advised that no convention be held In opposition to the one that has already been held. I think his idea on the subject is about the same as mine. The meeting at Albany acted contrary to my advice, lly idea was to meet and delegate a committee of prominent Democrats to mite formal protest before the delegations from all the States in the Union against the Bill convention and the delegates elected by It The convention, however, de cided to send a contesting delegation to Chi cago. No, the movement Is not so much in the Interest of Cleveland as it is against Hill and the methods employed by him. We want the will of the Democrats of the State only represented at Chicago. We want for onr candidate for President a man who rep resents Mr. Cleveland's Ideas on the tariff. "A convention has been called for May 31 in this city, but will it be held?" inquired the reporter. "My opinion is that the convention will be held and delegates elected to the Na tional Convention at Chicago. If it should be decided not to send delegates to Chicago, I think that the convention will be held anyway, to show the feeling that exists among the Democrats who are opposed to machine methods and snap conventions." ORTHODOXY, NOT MORALS, V TJEMAND MADE OP MINI STEHS IN MODEBK TIMES. C r . , a- 04r,. Vn Hi Prof; J '' fn bxlst Would Be Fer- eeuteat Pf0 -"TT A Bitter De nuncIaUon opfi- Qf Have Been So Sevrfr on JUmJlf i BBOOKM3T, K". Y., Peb.v Special ProC Briggs gave the first of a series of Sunday afternoon addresses to young men, before a large congregation in the First Presbyterian Church, this afternoon. His subject was "The Aim in Life," and in the course of his address he had something to say concerning "the anti-Christian spirit in the Christian churches of to-day." It was as follows: It was the Church, and not the State, that crucified Christ and made martyrs of some of its great men. This anti-Christian spirit of persecution has not yet died out; it is still extant in the nineteenth century religion or tue rrocestant cnurcn. xnereare so-called religious newspapers which hunt down with bitter eagerness those who at tempt any change or reform in chnrcb mat ters, terming such men heretics and traitors to the cause of Christianity. To-day ortho doxy Is more regarded in the Cburcn than good morals. It is the one essential. I firmly believe that if Jesus Christ should come now, as He came 1,900 years ago, to re form thieve and fallen women and to preach the gospel, He would he persecuted to death In the streets of our metropolis. The dozmatlcs of our times have arrayed themselves against science, Biblical criti cism and progress, and the man who is in advance of his times finds them his hitter enemies at every step. They are building harriers to shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. There are many such harriers to a young man entering into the ministry. Once within, however, he needs only to be orthodox and to keep within the bounds of public propriety. He has no need to be a follower of Christ in order to maintain a high place in the Church to-day, but I be lle v that a man who does not follow Christ is no true mlnister.though he has subscribed to the Westminster Comession of faith and Deen consecrated by a Bishop. Thank 6odr we are now in the throes of a reforma tion. Prof. Briggs protest against his treat ment evidently refers to such papers as the Herald and Presbyter, of Cincinnati; the Presbyterian, of Philadelphia, and the Kew York Observer, in whose editorials and cor respondence Mr. Briggs has been attacked almost weekly. THE C00LEY HUNT. How It Progresses In IVest Virginia One of the Gang Guiding the Posse Pitts burg Detectives Said to Be Canning for the Outlaws and the Howard. "Wheeling, "W. Va,, Feb. 28. Special. The pursuit of the notorious Cooley gang on the West Virginia and Pennsylvania State line by the organized vigilantes of Preston county, W. Va,, known as the "Circle of Death," continues, and it is al most certain that within a few days the band will be located in the mountains. Pittsburg detectives are among the mountains, brought here by the large rewards offered. Bill Turner, the man who was reported arrested by Sheriff Jackson last week, is with one of the searching parties, his case having been settled on his promise to aid in the capture of his former friends now his bitter enemies. Saturday Jack Bamsey sent his regardi to "Bill," informing him that he would make a target out of Tur ner's body as soon as ie possibly could "draw bead" on the individual. Bill Tur ner is said to have about the same feeling for Kamsey. Friday night, after the escape of the Cooleys from the coal pit, they were tracked to an old house in Victor Hollow. A pair of army blankets, yet warm, were found, but no other trace ot toe recent occupants. It is well known that the band have many friends in Fayette county, Pa., and some in Preston county, W. Va., and that they are aided in many ways. Among the staunchest and truest of these is a young girl named Lide Pastories, who lives near Fair chanch, Pa., and is the sweetheart of Frank Cooley. A WAB SPECK AT BEAVEB FAILS, The Pennsylvania and the lake Erie Com pany Xiocklng Horns There. Beaveb Falls, .Feb. 28. Special A merry railroad warris now in progress at this place between the Pennsylvania Com pany, operating the Ft. Wayne Bailroad, and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Company, which may end in a resort to physical force. The Pennsylvania Company, when it pur chased the Marginal Bailroad, connecting the Ft. Wayne Bailroad on the west side of town with the Pittsburg and Xake Erie road on the east side of town, from Henry W. Hartman last sumrjeT, shut the Pitts burg and Lake Ert' Bailroad out from freight and transfeyadvantages. The latter company then secured land for building a track to the mUis of Carnegie, Phipns & Co. and other inns, and intend-to establish a transfer yat,d, so it will not be necessary to make ur, trains at Pittsburg and Kew Castle. J To block this project, the Pennsylvania Com-any purchased six town lots. On Fri 'davinidnlght it quietly unloaded a vast quantity of railroad material, and yester day, last night and to-day a big force of men have Deen put to work. To-night three lines of track cover the six town lots, thus cutting off the Lake Erie people from their new transfer yard and their mill switch route. To-night a big force of armed men are guarding the tracks. An Earthquake at Cape Verde, Lisbon, Feb. 28. A dispatch received here from SL Vincent. Csdc Verde, states ititiflnl4hiA Mfrtgjthqjiake, haa heca- felt there, l t, im. w -'. t -JJ.J.. Ito -S, WORLOM FACTS, Tho Biggest Thing on Earth liahle to Be Swamped hy Its Size. CHICAGO FOBCED TO BEG: In Order to Satisfy the Demands of Salary Grabbers. THE WORST BLUNDERS CRITICISED : And Enough Shown to Demonstrate That the Show Will Kot Pay UNLESS CTITS ARE HIDE SOHEWHEBB rrnOJt X STAJT COBBISPOSDEfT.t Chicago, Feb. 2a-r"We are now practi cally out 6f money," said a manager of the great Columbian Exposition, "and Congress must come to the rescue." "But if Coneress does not, what then?" "There is really no 'if this Government is pledzed in the matter to the nations of the earth. It cannot avoid the responsibility It has assumed, nor can.it reasonably expect Chicago or a single State to carry the load thns increased under Governmental man agement. The Fair has greatly outgrown in scope and expense all original calculations, andTor this the TJnifed States Gpvemment is responsible, equally with the local direc tory." This is the view generally taken here, both inside and outside of the World's Fai management (or mismanagement), though, there are prominent flatfooted dissenters. 'It is a lasting disgrace to Chicago," said one of the latter, an upright man, a publis spirited citizen and the editor of a leading Chicago paper "it is a lasting disgrace to Chicago that she is thus placed in the atti- i tude of a beggar before the country after all the promises and the struggle to obtain the honor of the great Exposition. Tho truth is the thing has been mismanaged. -4 from the start; yes, sir disgracefully mis managed. A Big Thing and Bigger Bills. "Slay I quote" "Ko, sir I" he thundered. "What I say to you is for your own information. I can not afford to parade myself as a publiccritie ot my fellow townsmen. But it is the truth. It is simply an apparent fact. We have bitten off more than we can chaw, to use an expressive vulgarism. The business relax tion between the local and governmental authorities is on anomaly, and there haa been nothing but friction' from the start. There has been but one idea in common, and that is in piling up expenses. We are expected to furnish the money,and the Gov--ernment Directory has started out to spend, all we can raise and more, too. They all' -want the biggrst thing in the world, and, they all want the biggest salaries while get ting it. 'If I had had roy way there wouldn't have been a single" salary in the local direc- " tory. There were plenty of sound, ener- -getic business men here who would haver served for the honor and who would haver stood an assessment of $20,000 apiece be sides. The spirit of their example would, have permeated the community and tiled other moneyed men with enthusiasm. Kot a dollar should have been voted for tho managers oi such a patriotic enterprise. There wouldn't have been any of this talk about going to Congress for an appropria tion or loan. I A Grab Game All Around. 'Kcw, what do we see' The most reck less expenditures all around and In every direction everybody grabbing at salary , and everybody at sword's point with every body else. A demoralized and a pathetic; public on the outside unwilling to con tribute as they would have otherwise con tributed to the grand enterprise. They.' made a mistake in the site, in the first ' place. That mistake will cost jnst the dif-t ference between success and failure, finan-' cially considered. It will cost a million. ; dollars more to prepare the present site' than it should have done. After all is done it will be lovelv. no doubt. But the exJ pense of reclaiming a swamp and making it; a beautiful park and garden and of building . great buildings on piles instead of solid earth, was unnecessary. This additional.. , expense, however, is but a small portion oi'1 los3 attendant upon the mistake in the site. The chief evil results will be in the gener ally decreased number who will go out to the grounds. The place should have been.' easy of access: There are probably 800,000 1 people in this Immediate vicinity who will ' attend the fair, and had it been within rea sonable distance and readily accessible,witb. ample facilities for getting away, they' would have gone again and again. They would have constituted The Beit Source of Income in gate receipts. As it is now half oi thenz will probably never go but once. YouknoW how it is to visit such a place. People) string along out all day by the" trninload when night comes they want to all get horns at once. They will go around seeing things until they are ready to drop with latigue, and then the rush and crush of getting away from the grounds with the best facilities wa can now offer will be likely to last a good share of these people a lifetime. Most of them will never go again. The loss through, this alone will be sufficient to make whafr 1 otherwise would be a financial success really a financial failure. "Another thing: the elaboration of the- architectural features of the buildings has been carried to an absurd degree. They will cost a third more than they ought to have cost. The Exposition buildings are?'' but the framework of the picture tho picture itself is the thin? of real value. There is no sense or necessity in the vast expenditure for ornamentation in temporary buildings for such a purpose. We have not only started out to excel all other nations in the size of these structures but have pro ceeded with an elaboration out of all reason. That is why we are out of money and the work but little over half done. And that is why we present the humiliating spectacle of begging Congress to come to our aid." Has Taken Too Big a Bite. These criticisms of the World's Fair management by this eminent Chicagoan ap pear to me to be so just, in the. main, and to cover so fully the situation as I have' seen it, that they are worthy of a place in the foreground. A disinterested looker-on might amplify certain points therein and thereby present a still clearer understand ing ot the matter. Interviews with the various officials of the local management and the government management asda personal inspection of the work at Jacksor Park satisfy me that the Chicago expressior "Bitten off more than we can cnaw'rfita th. situation better than could any elaboration of language. J. he world s Columbian Ex position, Company is a typical Chicago concern and was originally founded upon wind. It blew its intoxiofltinu .ursau miuu-wui ia ;um ypagi w gae. itw AidissssssssssHisssssHK'VccJb&& railih.; '&. i tVi-i"'i r ir T?rf TiifrssffliiHii'sOTf ,&& afK3&xa.JfiKfw-F(,t' Tilfh JiBBntlf ' jjjMJssiiisfftjlJaPMB " , . 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