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1 US A HAND
Again Shows Its Angrv
Crest Above the United
States' Horizon.
ELEMENTS OF DANGER
Too Evident, When the President Is
Called to Washington and
GIVES UP HIS' DUCK SHOOTING.
The Bering Sea Matter of Grave Importance
as It Now Stands.
Salisbury's Refusal to Renew the Modus
Vivendi Considered Final State De
partment Authorities in a Great Stew
War With Great Britain More Justi
fiable Than That Threatened With
Chile The Two Horns of the Dilemma
Only Hope of a Peaceful Solution of
the Trouble A Matter Almost As Im
portant to Northwestern Congress
men. SPECIAL TELEGRAPHIC LETTER. 1
BnsiiU or The Dispatch,
Washi-joto!.. D. O. March 5.
Another war cloud, as large at least as a
man's hand, shows its angry crest above the
horizon of the United States. Assuredly
there must be some element of danger in
the "situation" when President Harrison
is impelled to take his departure from the
ducking grounds a day or two sooner than
he had contemplated. Any question of
State that can induce the President to fore
go the soulful pleasure of murdering just
one more duck must be of grave import in
deed, and without further warning the
country may well tremble at the prospect.
It is to be presumed that the rumor (it
vet lacks official confirmation), that Lord
Salisbury has relused to renew the modus
rivendi which obtained last year in regard
to the killing of seals in the Bering Sea, is
baed on truth. The movements at the State
Department and of the President indicate
this.
A Clear Field for Canadians.
The result would be a virtual extermina
tion of the seals. The females repair by
tens and hundreds of thousands to the
islands in the sprint: to give birth to their
voung. To secure food for these pups they
leave the islands and fill the sea in vast
herds, spreading out over a radius extend
ing 100 and even 200 miles from the islands,
and a prohibited circle GO miles in diameter
would afford no protection whatever.
Lord Salisbury proposes, instead,- to draw
a circle CO miles in diameter, with Pribylov
islands as the center, and stop sealing
within that radius. The wily Premier and
diplomat well knows that such an agreement
would leave a practically clear field for the
Canadian sealers, as the hands of the Amer
icans within the circle would be bound by
the law against seal killing, while the
Canadians could kill every seal they found
straggling outside that radius.
One Choice for the United States.
If the refusal of Salisbury to renew the
modus Vivendi is true and final,and if he will
agree to nothing better pending arbitration
ct the question of jurisdiction than the in
hibition of sealing within a distance of 30
miles from the Pribylov Islands, the United
States Government can take its choice,
either to risk a war with Great Britain by
seizing all seal poachers in the Bering Sea,
cr to permit the sealing company having
the lease of the islands to wage a war of ex
termination on the seals, and at least secure
its commission of 510 a pelt.
The authorities at the State Department
n Lo have been managing the international
afia.rs of the country this week, during the
sirftness of Secretary Blaine and the duck
Ehootmg of the President, are in a tre
mendous stew on account of the action of
Lord Salisbury. They are awfully shocked
a his impudence. His conclusion is de
clared to be a gross insult to the Govern
Etm of the United States, and war is
talked of as the inevitable result if his
Loviship does not very promptly take it all
back and agree to a renewal of the modus
Vivendi.
Very Serious and Threatenlnj.
It is all very Berious and very threaten
ing Nobody seems to suspect that some
one of the many young English dudes em
ployed at the State Department may have
invented the story as a joke to hurry Mr.
Harrison away from the paradise of ducks
on the 'Lantern Sho'."
It is not eten inspected that his Lord
ship may have taken a long shot at a joke
himself, and that his action is intended to
test the courage of the United States, which
ta'ked of war with Chile with such pro
found confidenceand unmistakable bravery.
It would certainly be highly entertainingto
read an ultimatum from President Harrison
to the British Government, and compare its
language with that one sent to Chile and
uurried to Congress, so that it might reach
the public sooner than Chile's pacific reply.
A war with Great Britain on account of
the killing of seaU which bear the brand of
the American Eagle, would be almost as
justifiable as a -Aar with Chile on account of
the killing of sailors wearing the uniform of
the United States. The former crime would
really affect a far larger constituency than
the latter. The welfare of the seals is a
question which touches near the heart of
everj family of wealth in the land. The
lady in the case would lead to such valor
in battle as has not furnished themes for
ong and story since the beloved days of
knight errantry.
The Two Morns or the l)lletam.u
The two apparent horns of the dilemma
arc either to kill all the scah ourselves, in
one vast hunting bee, or to protect them
with our whole navy, and provoke a war
with Great Britain. The only hope of a
peaceful tettlement is in the possibility
that his lordship does not mean -vhst he
favi, or that his determination is merely
for the purpose of making a more definite
case for presentation to the Supreme Court
of the United States, and which will in
volve a decision by tmU high judicial au
thority of the question of ownership of the
Bering sea.
It is natural, however, for those upon
whom the responsibility rests for solving
such grave problems, to look at the worst
as a possibility, and therefore it is that the
Executive and the State Department aie in
a condition of concern and apprehension
such as has not afflicted them, since war
with Chile seemed inevitable, and the anx
iety on this occasion probably exceeds in
poignancy any sensation of that time.
Another Most Important Matter.
Among Congressmen and politicians from
the great Northwest even the impudence of
Lord Salisbury toward the United States is
less talked of than the indorsement of
Archbishop Ireland by the Pope, as Is in
dicated bv an editorial article in the Jloni
teur di Roma, cabled to America to-day.
The Momttur is said to be the mouthpiece of.
the Pone, and its high laudation of the
Archbishop and severe dennnciatlon of
those who nave attacked and maligned him
has broagbt jov to the hearts of the Repub
licans of the Northwest, and will astonish
the Catholics and other churchmen of the
whole country.
Archbishop Ireland stands for all that is
American. He has within the last few
years engaged in a radical fight against the
use of public money for sectarian educa
tion, and has resisted with all his great
abilitv the attempt to create a new priest
hood in America, having all the prejudice
of monarchical subjects against the republic
ana instilling into tneir parishoners tne
conviction that only old world methods are
agreeable to the dominating power of the
church. Campaigns of the bitterest char
acter have been fought over this question
in the Northwest, and especially in Wis
consin and Minnesota.
Attacked by a Brother Archbishop.
The Archbishop of Milwaukee, exactly
antipodal to Archbishop Ireland, has at
tached me latter in the most virulent man
ner. Lutherans struck hands with their
foe of Reformation days to secure a share of
the public funds for their parochial schools.
The Democrats made Dromises which se
cured them the support of Catholics and
Lutherans, and the Republican party went
down and the Democrats were victorious in
Wisconsin.
Of course. Archbishop Ireland had a strong
following, but it did not by any means em
body the majority of the Catholics of the
Northwest, and he was assailed with pecu
liar bitterness by all who opposed him. If
he has gained the favor of Pope Leo, and if,
as is' suggested, he be created a Cardinal, it
not only means the triumph of Archbishop
Ireland over his enemies, but also
the infusion of the most lib
eral and radical ideas into the
conduct of the church in this country.
This action would be directlv in line with
the policv adopted by His Holiness with re
gard to France. There is no broader or
more liberal officer of the church in Chris
tendom than Ireland, and his indorsement
seems to offer convincing proof that Pope
Leo desires to make the Catholio Church
the vanguard in the march toward a thor
oughly democratic society rather than an
organization bound in life or death to musty
precedents.
Shielding; Ranm at Any Cost.
The investigation of the Pension Bureau,
during the last week, has developed noth
ing so plainly as that the Secretary and
Assistant Secretary of the Interior (and
that means President Harrison also) are
determined to shield the Commissionerfrom
blame at all hazards. It is practically ad
mitted by them that Raum, Jr., " was
sacrificed because something had
to be done to draw the fire
away from Raum, Sr. The
most glaring inconsistencies of re-rating
were got over by the most desperate ex
planations, and the excuse for the dismissal
of clerks and the enforced resignation of
others on account of annoyances to which
they were subjected was simply that '"it
was for the good of. the service."
While these were ousted, spies, informers,
desk-breakers and robbers were retained to
assistthe Commissioner to get rid of his
enemies. Possibly more may come out
when certain clerks are put on the stand,
but in some mysterious way the most im
portant witnesses have been scattered to
the four corners of the earth.
Protection by Act of Congress.
Meanwhile, it is significant that Mr. En
loe should introduce to-day a bill to pre
vent the dismissal of clerks who testify in
Congressional investigations. Evidently it
is the conviction that clerks of the Pension
Bureau who give evidence unfavorable to
Mr. Raum can only be made secure in their
positions by a special act of Congress.
Genial, lovable Ben Wood will have no
truer mourners anvwhere than here. Dur
ing the last several years he spe jt much of
his time each winter in Washington, and
made a host of friends who are deeply
shocked at his sudden and untimely death
this morning. It is but two or three days
since his friends saw himfull of life, buoy
ant,energetic,hoDefnl, and few of them knew
of his sickness before the announcement of
his death in the evening papers. Almost
every one in the little world at Willard's
knew him, and that hotel was like a house
of mourning to-day. Mr. Wood's brothers,
William R. apd" Charles Wood, arrived
here this morning, a short time before his
death, and left for Pittsburg with the re
mains this evening. Lightxer.
NOTHING DEFINITE IK lONDOff
Concerning the Reported Disagreement of
the Deling Sea Commission.
LOXDOIT, March 5. Inquiry was made at
the Foreign Office to-day by a representa
tive of the Associated Press, regarding the
Bering Sea negotiations. The official inter
viewed said that although he did not wish
to make a statement at this juncture, he
could say that no information had been re
ceived that the Bering Sea Commissioners
had failed to arrive at a satisfactory entente
regarding the methods to be employed in
the seal fisheries.
He deprecated what he called the animus
which permeated the information received
here from the United States concerning the
matter.
RUMORS ABOUT GOULD.
Stories of His Sadden Death Are Chestnuts
Now and Don't Tf orlc
New ORLEANS, March 5. Special
Some- excitement was created here this
morning by dispatches pouring in from
New Tort and other points saying that
rumors prevailed that Jay Gould had
dropped dead in his private car while en
route to New Orltans. "Inquiry showed the
falsity of this report.
Mr. Gould left New York some days ago
owing to sickness, intending to be present
at New Orleans during the carnival. He
changed his mind, however, and came no
further than Alexandria, La., where he and
his party, consisting mainly of railroad
officials, "stopped yesterday inspecting the
Texas and Pacific road, the new bridge and
other improvements and leaving for Dallas
to-day by way of Marshall. Mr. Gould is
reported to be much improved by the trip.
A dispatch from Dallas, Texas, says: Jay
Gould attended a meeting of the stockhold
ers of the International and Great North
ern Road at Palestine to-day, and was
elected President. From officials of the
Texas and Pacific, who spent the niijhi on
Gould's train and left him at noon to-day,
it is learned that he has completely recov
ered from the nervous attack which he had
previous to his departure from New York.
A dispatch from New York says: The re
port of Jay Gould's death to-day was at
once accepted as another of the periodic
fakes that emanate from Chicago. It had
no effect on Wall street The game is too
old to work.
APOOL ON OIL RATES.
The Independent Sefiners and
Producers Appeal to
Gov. Pattison
FOR LEGAL PROTECTION
Against the P. B. fit and the National
Transit Company.
A CASE SIMILAR TO THE READING.
Transportation Costs So Much That the
Business Doesn't Pay.
TEE NATURE OF THE SECRET CONTKAC .
.'SPECIAI, TELEGBA3I TO THE DISrATCH.1
Titusvixle, Pa., March 5. The inde
pendet refiners and producers of Western
Pennsylvania sent the following letter to
Governor Pattison to-day. They are now
thoroughly organized, and propose to see
whether the Executive of the State will in
stitute suits to protect the independent re
finers. The letter is as follows:
To the Hon. Robert E. Pattison. Governor of
Pennsylvania:
Sib YFe have noticed with great satis
faction the present attitude or the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company as shown In a
recent communication addressed to you
through A J. Cassatr, one of its directors,
calling vour attention to the consolidation
of certain transportation Interests, and that
the powerthus gained to 'fix the price of
anthracite coal will rest with one man, and
asking that you take such action as you may
deem pioper to ascertain whether such com
bination be contrary to public policy or In
violation or that provision of the Constitu
tion which prohibits any transportation
company from acquiring In any way the
control of a competing line.
Condition of the OH Business.
In similar manner we take the liberty of
calling your attention at this time to the de
pressed condition of the -petroleum Industry
of Pennsylvania and to one of the main
causes therefor.
The present produotibn of Pennsylvania
petroleum Is estimated at about 100,000 bar
rels per day. The price rnllnst during the
last few months, from 65 to CO cents per bar
rel, is much below the cost or production,
and long continued will bring ruin to this in
dustry of the State. Pennsylvania petroleum
when marketed comes into active competi
tion with petroleum produced in the State
of Ohio, and, in the foreign markets, with
Russian petroleum. From every known
consideration it is entitled to and requires
the lowest possible rates of transportation,
that the producer and refiner may 'have
some remuneration and the pabllc be fur
nished the commercial commodity as cneap
ly as possible.
On or about September S, 1888, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, to lorestall any
reduction, advanced the freight rate from
the oil regiono to Philadelphia from the al
ieadvhigDTateof45 cents per barrel on re
fined oil to 88 cents per barrel and to other
points proportionately and has since main
tained the advance.
A Fool on Transportation.
In a complaint mnda to the Interstate
Commerce Commie-Ion against tile Penn
sylvania Railroad Company on suoh ad
vanced Inter-state rules, it whs set forth
the National Transit Company ll a common
carrier of oil from the oil regions, aforesaid
to the Bay of New York, having also main
lines fiom the oil legions terminating at
Plilladelnhla: ana after Its entrance Into
business as a transporter of oil by pipe lines
aforesaid, and for the purpose of enabling it
to charge and maintain a high price for the
transpoi tatlon of oil as a common
carrier, so as to secure large profits
and maintain an advantage for the
standard Oil Companv and its affiliated In
dustries now controlled oy tne otanaara uu
Trust, over nil competitors. It entered into
a contract with the said Pennsylvania Rail
i oad Compete- for the pooling or division of
traffic, on oil, between the said railroad
company and the said National Transit
Company, one consideration of which con
tract was the maintenance of the same rates
on oil by railroad and bv pipe
line, and that under and by virtue
or said contract the said National
Transit Companv guarantees to the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company 26 per cent of
the entire traffic from the oil regions afore
said to tidewater, and that since the making
of such contract, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co in nan v and the National Transit Company
have made.-kent and maintained the fame
rate of charges for the transportation of oil
liomtheoll regions aforesaid to tidewater
at New York Bay.
The Allegation Practically Admitted.
To which the answer of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company was: It admits that It
has an arrangement with the National Tran
sit Company, substantially the same as
stated In this petition. The counsel of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, In the
course of the proceeding, urtcuiug against
the inspection of this combination contract
liv the commission, inasmuch as it was ad
mitted, said: "There is a full, clear response
to the allegations on the part of the com
plainant, admitting their allegation as broad
as it was alleged," and also farther said, "I
need not go into a discussion as to whether
this effort to have this contract produced by
us is not an attempt to make us furnish
evidence tending to criminate onrselves, held
to be constitutional in the late case
decided by the Supreme Court."
On such legal grounds It was ruled that
the pi oduction of the contract was not re
quired, but the commission after thus de
ciding, remarked: "It is within the power
of the parties holding this contract to re
move by Its production any proper legal in.
feience that might be drawn from the facts
that are admitted, and iritis not produced
by them they are probably prepared to ac
cept whatever legal oonsequences mayfol
low from a relusal to produce it'
Violation of the Constitution Claimed.
This invitation was not accepted) We re.
spectfully submit that this pooling agree
ment or combination as shown between
these two transportation companies of this
State for the maintenance of high and un
reasonable freight rates on petroleum, and
advancing' instead of lowering the same,
works to the serious disadvantage of the
transportation interests, and to the injur
ious depression, if not ultimate destruction,
of a gieat industry, and is "contrary to pub
'11c pol'cy and In violation of that provision
of the Constitution which prohibits any
transportaion company from acquiring in
anv way the control of a competing line."
All or which, and the details or the present
serious effects of this unlawful combination
and the means taken by those complained
of to prevent other transportation lines
from Biving roller through lower rates, and
that the power to arbitrarily fix the price of
petroleum is thus notoriously given to one
paity. we will be pleased to present in due
lormat any investigation made to proteot
the petroleum interests of the Common
wealth. We have the honor to be, sir, your most
obedient servants, etc
The petition is signed by the Producers'
Oil Companyj Lim., the Producers' Protec
tive Association, the Independent Refiners
and Oil Shippers' Association and 20 Other
independent refiners and many prominent
producers.
TYPHUS -IH A PEBTL0UB SPOT.
The Worst Case Is Found in a Crowded
Tenement House.
New Yoek, March 5. By far the worst
case of typhus yet reported was found at
No. 132 Orchard street to-day. It was that
of a woman who has been lying there with
the disease over week. The house is a
five-story tenement and there are 18 fam
ilies in it Mrs, Ernestine Nathenson, 28
years old, is the woman. She took to her
bed on Washington's Birthday. Her
four children, who slept in the room with
her, played with the other children in the
HTTSBURGr, ' SUNDAY. MARCH 6. 1892.
house. A physician was called in to see
the sick woman this morning, and -he at
once suspected that she had typhus.
He notified Dr. Edion, who sent
an inspector to the place, and his examina
tion convinced him the doctor was right
The patient was sent at once to North
Brothers' Island. A dailv inpection of the
house will be made. Abraham Jessa, pro
prietor of the lodging house 42 East Twelfth
street, where several typhus patients were
found, was stricken with the disease this
morning and sent to North Brothers' Island.
Another of the Manilla's passengers died
at North Brothers' Island to-day.
The Senatorial and House committees ap
pointed to investigate the typhns ontbreak
and make inquiry into the expenditures on
Ellis Island began their work to-day. The
specific object of the day was an investiga
tion into the methods adopted In the medi
cal examination of immigrants At Ellis
Island Bureau. -v '
RAUM IS CALLED B0WN.
SECBETAKT HQBLE CRITICISES ONE
OF BIS PRACTICES.
Ilembers of Congress Advanoe Pension
Cases to the Detriment of the Service
The Secretary Hopes His Timely dint
Will Be Sufficient.
WASHttOTON, March 5.s. Secretary
NoBle to-day sent the following letter to
Commissioner Baum, in which he criticises
the action of the latter in giving precedence
to pensions called up by members of Con
gress: Department of ran Interior, J
WxSHiifGTOir, March 5, 1692. J
Commissioner of Pemlonsi
Sm Referring to your letter of the 1st
instant, acknowledging department letter
or the 23th ultimo, calling attention to the
fact that complaints were coming in of pat
riality lnthe examination and final disposi
tion of claims, you say:
In drawing cases from the flies for examination In
each class of cases, the rule Is to draw those which
have been completed. The rule, however. Is con
stantiv broken Into throngb the courtesv which Is
extended by the offl.ee to members of Congress who
call for tne status of cases, and this has become a
matter of such serious concern as to require an im
mediate remedy.
From December 7, 1891. to the 25th Inst, in
clusive, 70,131 calls have been made by members of
Congress lor the status of pension chums. These
calls for the status -of cases by Congressmen were
made without reierence to the time of the filing of
the claims, and so It constantly happens that claims
recently filed are called up upon Congressional
slips, taken from the files and placed upon the ex
aminer's desk, where they are found, to be com
plete, ana are immeaiaieiy auowea, tnus giving
them, precedence over claims filed at an earlier
date which have not been allowed in tneir order.
I have made a careful examination Into this
subject and find that claims under the act or June
27, 1890, filed as late as October 19. 1891, have been
called up In this manner, and having been round
complete, have been allowed, which obviously
works a great Injustice to claimants whose appli
cations were filed at an earlier date, and whose
claims are now complete and ready to be allowed
when taken up In their turn.
This action obviously works great in
justice to earlier filed claims, which are
thus passed over and deferred, and was the
very danger feared at the time the "com
pleted fileV system was adopted, and
against which my order of the 26th of Sep
tember, 1890, was aimed. The order was as
follows:
Defabtmext or tue Ibtbbios, j
Washtnotox, O. C, September 28, law. 1
It Is hereby ordered that, under the rales already.
In force, and those this day approved Tor the pur
pose of securing a prompt adjudication of claims
under former acts or Congress, and that of June 27.
1S90, such action shall be taken by all officers and
employes in the Pension Bureau as will prevent
any nnaue prererence or any ciaim in time oi timer
hearing or adjustment: and any agent or attorney
who shall have or attempt to hare any claim pat
noon the list or docket of or among the completed
flies that Is obviously or clearly not complete, or
otherwise defeats the 1 ust operations of the laws and
regulations, shall be disbarred from practice In
the department John W. Noble. Secretary.
The evil which you point out does not
arise from allowing' examination of the
status of oases, bnt In permuting tha ex
aminer to approve completed cases out of
their ordsnwRS thus oallf d up. You say the
action Is takon-to snva a second handling of
tho papers. Theieason given is utterly in
sufficient to Justify tne wj-ong done the
claimant who Is belnic relegated to the rear1
by this process, and I can but feel that the
evil has been allowed without Justification.
The Information as to the state of the case
cau be given by such force as can be reason
ably spaied for thl work. Bnt the case must
even if oqmpleted he returned to its former
place in line of those in like condition.
It is not a case of favor to any, but of Jus
tice to all and or obedience to a plain oi der
made and known to have been made against
Just such action. I am gratified at the favor
able statement of the. business of your bur
eau, and hope you may find that the enfoi ce
ment of this direction will add to the
efficiency and the Justness of its adminis
tration. Very respecttnllv,
Johk W. Noblx, Secretary.
MARLOWE SICK AGAIN.
FORTHETHIRP TIME SHE CANCELS A
PITTSBURG ENGAGEMENT.
Some Mystery About the Character of Her
Disease She Is Now at Syracuse and
Shows Lots of Pluck Scenery Already
In Pittsburg.
Syracuse, March C Special' Julia
Marlowe, the actress, lies at the Yanderbilt
House in this city suffering from a com
plication of ailments, the exact nature of
which her attending physician does not
state. He tells the reporters that she is
afflicted with a severe attack of the grip,
but it is known that 'her incapacity to ful
fill her professional engagements is due to
causes deeper seated.
Miss Marlowe came here Thursday last to
give four performances, but was stricken
down before' she conld appear at all. Hence
her engagement here was canceled. To
day it was said Miss Marlowe was free from
fever symptoms, but still very sick. It had
been hoped that she could proceed to Pitts
burg to-morrow to play all the week, but to
this proposition the attending physician
would not consent Miss Marlowe is, how
ever, anxious to proceed and may leave des
pite the dangers of which she is warned.
Miss Marlowe's engagement at the Grand
Opera House has been canceled. This is
the third time this has happened, and she
has never been seen in Pittsburg. She was
to have appeared this week in a repertoire
of Shakesperean plays. Yesterday after
noon Mr. Wilt received a telegram
from her manager in Syracuse
that she had a sore throat, and
the physician advised her not to play. About
$3,000 worth of scenery had been shipped to
Pittsburg and is at the Opera House. Man
ager Wilt also received telegrams from some
of the players directing him to send their
mail to various points in New York.
At first Mr. Wilt was led to believe the
company had disbanded, but this was not
true. It is the intention to fill the engage
ment in Washington next week. Mr.
Quigg, one of the advance men, is in the
citv, bnt all he knew was that the actress is
sick.
Manager Wilt had made no arrangements
for the week last night Those who have
bought tickets for the Marlowe engagement
can have their money by applying at the
box office. j
FIELD'S JURY DISAGREES.
Unable to Decide Whether the Young Man
Is Insane.
New York, March 5. At 11:30 o'clock
to-night the jnry in the cise of Edward M.
Field, on trial for insanity, came in and an
nounced that they could not agree.
The Judge, after thanking them for their
services, discharged them.
Lottery Officials Under And.
New Orleans March 5. Fifteen per
sons, officers and employes of .the Louisiana
State Lottery Company, indicted by the
J" rand jury for alleged 'violation of the anti
ottery postal law were arraigned to-day be
fore Commissioner Wright, and placed
nnder bond of JS200.000 each to appear at the
next term oi'Jine circuit vourt at xrenton,
S. J.
IS
The Reformer Wins Very Eas
ily in the Allegheny
Mayoralty Primary.
WARM DELEGATE FIGHTS.
Anti-Quay Men Carry the First Dis
. ' trict and Claim the Second,
BUT A CONTEST IS PROBABLE.
A Warrant Out for an 'Election Officer in
the Fifth Ward.
RUTIN'S TIKI VIGOROUS LANGUAGE
The Allegheny reformers enjoyed a field
day last evening. William M. Kennedy
was nominated by the Republicans for
Mayor, W., H. Stauffer and H. Bolster were
elected delegates in the First district over
Joseph Home and George Lappe, and the
indications at midnight were that Messrs.
Parke and May were elected delegates in the
Second district over Dr. Holman and James
Gray, though there will probably be a con
test The successful delegates are all
claimed as anti-Quay men, and the credit
for the victoiy, it is said, divides equally
between Congressman Dalzell and Senator
Butan.
The contest for the mayoralty nomina
tion was to an extent lopsided. A good
vote was polled and the unofficial returns
indicate that Mr. Kennedy received more
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JTiUiam 2, Kennedy.
votes than Brafln and Tyler, the other
candidates, put together.
Warrants Issued for Kleollon Officers.
At 11:30 last night warrants were issued
for Martz Oliver, who acted as judge of
election in the Third precinct of the Fifth
ward. It is alleged that, he, with two
associates, went to the polling place a
naif . an .hour before the time t- foi
opening the polls, and after taking
possession of the place refused to admit the
minority inspectors It is also alleged that
the election officers were not sworn. The
opposite leaders deny that the officers were
not sworn and they allege that both Holman
and Gray will be elected at the convention
next week.
While there was some doubt at midnight
as to the outcome of the delegate fight,
Senator Butan, who managed the contest
4 for the anti-Quay people, was confident
that May and Parke would be successtut
He said there was absolutely no doubt that
Home and Lappe had been defeated.
The delegate fight was especially spirited
and it is alleged that an immense amount of
monev was used to influence voters. Sen
ator Butan was at his home last night
Ilntan Claims the Victory.
"It was a lively little struggle," he said
to a Dispatch reporter, "but we have won
out everything. Against ns we had State
Treasurer-elect John Morrison, who
came into the district, had his
brother rnnning as a delegate
against our men, and did all in his power
to lnfVt. ns. Richard Quav snent the
'week in the district endeavoring to elect
Joe Home and his associates, and we were
met at every turn by the tactics of skillful
politicians. I have always been a faithful
friend to Captain John Morrison. I had
him appointed Clerk of the House of Bep
resentatives against James Bradley, whom
State Chairman Andrews and the late N. P.
Beed had slated tor the place. Morrison's
appointment to that clerkship was his first
stepping stone to the State Treasnryship. J
I sent iour delegates from my district to
vote for his nomination. Now I find him
at work against me."
"I want to say now," Senator Butan went
on with some emphasis, "that it the State
Treasurer-elect again interferes in tny fights
in my district he will never take his seat
as Treasurer. I know how the bill was
passed enabling the State Treasurer to have
on deposit between to,uw,uuu ana to,uuu,wu,
and I will not allow the State Treasury to be
used against me.
This Looks Like a Threat
"If some people continue fighting me they
had best arrange promptly to join Senator
McFarland, Cashier Marsh and State
Cashier Livsey in some secluded home
where our extradition laws hare no opera
tion. The banks in Allegheny
and Pittsbnrg, that have State
deposits, I now say were this week visited
by authorities who notified them that un
less they helped to elect the Quay candi
dates for delegates to the State convention
the deposits they were carrying would be
withdrawn. What I tell you are facts, and
they go to show just what we had to content
with in . this battle, which was only pre
liminary to the contest for members of the
Legislature in May."
Major William M. Kennedy was nomi
nated for Mayor by a majority that sur
prised even his friends, let alone his op
ponents. Major H. K. Tyler was ranked
next followed by Alderman Braun, who re
ceived a vote so small that he and all of his
friends were astonished. Their claims were
large at the outset and their confidence was
unshaken until the returns were completed.
Braun Lost Ills Own Ward.
Ihe First ward, that of Mr. Braun, and
the one he 'was assured would give him a
big majority, failed in this respect and gave
to Major Kennedy that which Mr. Braun
expected. .
.Returns were brought to the headquarters
of the various candidates and at the .Repub
lican headquarters. These places were
crowded and maintained the interest in the
contest until the result became a foregone
conclusion. The Bepublican headquarters
were the last to close. This was done at
11:30 o'clock last night. There were at that
time returns received from 54 out of 73 dis
tricts, and these returns gave Kennedy 5,243
votes, Tyler 2,239 and Braun 595. The
other 19 districts were ones in which Major
Kennedy's friends anticipated a handsome
majority, and in which the two other candi
dates admitted the claim.
wniiam M. Kennedy U native ot AUe-
KENNEDY
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JT WILL KEEP Hill BV&Y.
gheny. He is 45 years old," and one of tY
best hnsm.M mAn in that ritv. "FTfi is n
nea ana lives on Cedar avenue, rle is
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& Co., and enjoys the confidence of all who
know him. Mr. Kennedy is at present in
Cuba for his health.
Figures In the Legislative Fights.
The First Legislative district comprises
that portion of Allegheny east of Federal
street and the First ward. The basis of
voting: in Tuesday's convention is the num
ber of Bepublican votes cast for Harrison
four years ago. There are 37 precincts.
Bolster and Stauffer carried 23
as against 15 for their opponents. The
contest was bitter and the vote was large.
In the convention the Bolster-StaufTer dele
gates will represent 2,521 votes, while the
Home and Lappe delegates will represent
1,583 votes. The total number of votes in
the convention will be 4,104f necessarv to a
choice, 2,053. Bolster and Stauffer will
have 468 votes more than they need.
The fight in the Second district was also a
lively one. The returns were not com
plete'd until some time this morning. The
Quay people claim that the Holman and
Gray delegates carried districts represent
ing 2,514 votes, while thev , concede to the"
delegates of May and Pake 3,023 votes.
The latter claim a majoritv, and put their
surplus at 482. In tbe Third district of the
Fifth ward, where warrants have been is
sued for rne election officers, tbe vote is
given at 292. It is claimed these votes will
be thrown out
The Chairman an Important Point
Harvey Henderson, Esq., who is a recog
nized reformer, has been designated as Tem
porary Chairman of the Second district con
vention, which will likely have important
bearing on the contestand disputes.
Messrsl Oliver and Witherow will, it is
claimed, be named rfithe national delegates
without a contest
Word from Tarentum is that Harry Arm
strong, for State convention, carried the
Third, ward by acclamation, received all but
four votes in the Twelfth ward and had a
majority of 14 in the Second. He also car
ried Harmar township. Waltus, his op
ponent carried Springdale borough. It is
reported, that Armstrong will be the winner
when the returns are all counted.
It could scarcely be told that there were
any primaries held on the Pittsbnrg side of
the river. There were no contests and no
interest C L. Magee and J. O. Brown
are unopposed as candidates' tor delegates
to the National convention.
TO BE A CARDINAL SURE.
Archbishop Ireland's Assistant Fractlaally
Confirms the Knmor.
St. PatjIj, jfarch 5. Begarding - a dis
patch from Borne to the effect that Arch
bishop Ireland was being defended by the
Pope and would probably be made a Cardi
nal in a few days, Father Hefiron, of the
Archbishop's cathedral parish here, to-day
said:
"The dispatch from Borne states the situa
tion truthfully, so far as I can learn."
"Was not the Archbishop's visit to Borne
prompted bv some intelligence that he was
to he made Cardinal?" was asked.
"He may have had that intimation, but it
was not known to us. In foreign countries
bishops are required to visit tbe Vatican
every five years and in this country every
ten or oftener."
"Do you think that Archbishop Ireland
will be made a Cardinal during his present
visit?"
"I do," replied Father Hefiron, frankly.
THE DISPATCH DIBECT0EY.
Contents ot the Issue Classified for the
Convenience ox the Header.
The Issue of The Dispatch to-day consists
of 20 pages, made up in two parts. The live
news of the day occupies the first nine
pages. The class news and special literary
features will be found most readily by ref
erence to the table below:
f age 9.
Cbetdi's War Record.. ..Colonel A. E. McClnre
Tbs Coming doo Snow.
Face 10.
Tnx Wants, To Lets, iron Salis, Rial Es
tate AND MISCILLASIOCS NOTICES.
Page lL
CLOCK or the Aces Mark Twain
Beai. Estate Carps.
Page 12.
THE NEWS or SOCIETT .'...Marlon C. Gallaher
TbxGrai-o abmt Business Cards
Page 13.
The Blacvz Divorce Case Bessie Bramble
Gowns That Will Wash Emma M. Hooper
Needle Work for Lext Clare Bunce
Heat From One Lamp Edward Atkinson
Over-Decobated Houses Helen Watterson
, Page 1.
The Music World C. W. S."
Business cards.
Page 15.
Making Presidents Frank G. Carpenter
Plans or the Nihilists V. Grlbaredoff
Dance of the Sodls .....Lafcadlo Hearn
The American Claimant Mark Twain
Page 16.
'Events of the Week W. G. Eanfmann
Keeiino Holy Lent..., Rev. George Hodges
Four of the Dead .Fannie B. Ward
Page 17.
140 MILES AN Hour George Pes
How Dolls Are Made Llda McCabe
'A Stort of Tad Lincoln Margaret Spencer
The Running Broad Jump Walter C. Dobm
Riddles of Greece Prof. B. L. Gildersleera
Page 18.
REVIEW of Sports John D. Prlngle
What's in A Name Bob Burdcttc
A Hustling Emperor Marat Halstead
Late Scientific: News.
Page 19.
Secret Societies. Market Reports.
News From the on. Fields.
Pasa 80, f
Theatrical News. amusement motices.
i?4T FOR HIS FOLLY.
, yn t
lish Banker Killed by a
the U. S. Navy.
JEALOUS. L2
CAUSE OP IT.
I
The Aggrieve Husband Had Warned His
Yidtimto Stay Away.
SHOT IS HE BODE IS HIS CABBIAGE
rSTXCTAL telegram to the dispatch.!
Pan Ftjancisco, March & The news
was brought here to-day by the steamship
City of Peking, from Yokohama, that on
February 12 George Gower Bobinson, a
well-known English banker of Yokohama,
was fatally shot by Lieutenant Hethering
ton,of the United States vessel Marion. The
motive for the crime was jealously because
of Bobinson's attention to Mrs. Hethering
ton. At the inquest two days later it was
brought out that Hetherington stopped
Bobinson's carriage on the Bund in Yoko
hama, and, withont -warning, fired two shots
into the young Englishman's body. Bob
inson could not eva4e the shots,
and fell out of the carriage to
the pavement His friend, Mr. Horst,
who was in the carriage, jumped out and
grasped the Lieufenant.who was arrested
soon after with the pistol in his possession.
Three chamberswere loaded. These are all
the facts which were published in the
Yokohama newspapers, but the officers of
the steamer say that Hetherington was
justified in shooting.
The Ward McAllisters of Yokohama.
Bobinson was known as the handsomest
man in Yokohama. He came of a good
family and had been there for several years
in the banking business. He 'knew
everyone in the foreign circle and
was a great favorite of the ladies, being
the social mentor of Yokohama.
Several months ago he began to par
marked attention to the pretty wife of
Lieutenant Hetherington. The latter made
no move until gossip began to couple his
wife's name with Bobinson's, and then he
went to Bobinson and told him he must
leave Yokohama or absent himself from
gatherings which Mrs. Hetherington at
tended. Bobinson promised to leave and went away
for two weeks. Becently, however, he
broke his pledge to Hetherington and, as
though to aggravate tbe jealous husband,
paid warmer court than ever to his wife.
The result was that Hetherington armed
himself and shot Bobinson at their meeting.
Eleven Years of Good Record,
The feeling in Yokohama is said to be
divided. Bobinson had many strong
friends, who do not think his offense justi
fied the crime. On the other hand, those
who know Hetherington declare that he
would never have shot Bobinson and
brought shame on his own household, had
not the Englishman violated his promise
and wounded him beyond reparation.
Lieutenant Hetherington isof the junior
grade. He was appointed to the service
from Iowa June 9, 1874, made a midship
man June 4. 1880, an ensign, junior grade,
March 3, 1883, and an ensign on June 26,
1884. His promotion to a Lieuten
ancy has been within a year.
He has a record of 11 years'
service. The Marion is a third-rate wooden
vessell and has been on the Asiatic station
for only a short time. She is armed with
small caliber guns and carries 18 officers and
176 men. Last summer she was sent to the
Bering sea in connection with the seal fish
eries troubles.
MAHER PERFECTLY CRAZED.
HE ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT SUICIDE
WHILE ON A DKCNK.
A Desperate Leap Through a Car Window
Five Passengers Save His Life A Ten
Mile Bide In a Pretty Ticklish Position.
Charlotte, N. a, March B. Special
Passengers reaching the city to-night from
the south tell a thrilling story. One of the
passengers was Peter Maher, the prize
fighter who showed the white feather in his
recent fight with Fitzsimmens in New
Orleans. When he got into Atlanta this
morning his first act was to fill his pocket
flask with whisky from the Markham House
bar. This precaution was taken because
there is no whiskey to be had between
Atlanta and Danville.
His potations became more frequent,
until the passengers regarded him first with
disgust aud then with terror. He was
braver drunk than sober.
After the train had crossed theTngalo
river it tooK up a speea oi u miles an
hour. The prize fighter, from being boister
ous became maudlin, weeping over his de
feat Suddenly be made a spring for an
open window, going through head first
His body was half out, when five passengers
caught him by the legs and with great dffi
culty pulled him in. The train had ran
probably ten miles before he was gotten
out of his dangerous position.
As the train flew past, presenting the
enrions spectacle of a man half way ont of
a car window, the people along tne way
were horrified. Maher is perfectly crazy
from the defeat which he has saSered, and
his chagrin becomes deeper as he approaches
New York,
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Mills , the Muidereiv Escaped
From the Butler Jail,
Still at Large.
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CAPTOR
AETEK A WILD JUBSUIT 1
He Flays 'Possum on a Railroad
Track and Holds Up the Officer.
NOW SAFE AMOSG HIS FEIENDS.
Three of the FngitiTes Taken and NoirB;
hind, the Ears Again.
THE CHASE IS TO BE EESEWID TO-DAI ,
raTEClAL TXLECBaJC to the dupatcbm
Btttleb, March 5. After it had became;
known that six prisoners had escaped front
the jail, great crowds gathered about tha
court house and streets, anxious for news.
A great many searching parties went ont to
capture the escaped prisoners.
"W. L. Daubenspeck and W. O. Sutton
went to Callery Junction last night to bat;
any prisoners who have gone toward the
;West They were standing on the platform
when they saw James.Britain, colored, com
ing toward them. They told him he was
the man they were looking for. After a
brief struggle he was captured and hand
cuffed. The officers tried to pump him, bnt
could get no valuable information. All he
said was:
'"They don't give a colored man any show.
I was the last to get ont and the first to get
back. It is bad luck to 'go into a house a
different way than you came out," and ho
wanted to go back by means of the ropes
down which he escaped. He was brought
to town about 10 o'clock this morning:
A Clew for the Fleeing Murderer.
About 12 o'clock George Limberg, who
lives about a mile north of town, came in
and said he bad seen two men who answered
the descriptions of Mills and Smith. Ho
said they were in the barn when he went
out to water the horses. At the time ha
did not know of the jail delivery.
After hearing this news a posse was or
ganized and went on the train. They cama
up to them at Mr. Henricks farm, about
three miles north of town. Henricks, ex
Sheriff Eedlc and County Detective Allen
went ont to capture them. They were in a
barn, and at the approach' of the posse ran
across the fields. Smith ran one way and
Mills the opposite. The officers told Hen
ricks to go for. Smith and they would go U
Mills. Henricks captured Smith, put nan c.
cuffs on him and,brought him to town.
Then began the most exciting chase
the day, in which the officers got the won
of it Mills, tbe escaped-murderer, wasa
well-known desperate man, and he was In
the chase for life or death. Ex-Sheriff.
Bedio is a big, long-limbed fellojr, a little
slow in movement, and County I Detective
Allen is known as one of the bravest men In
the service here, and his speed, if nothing
else, caused him to lead in tne wild rusn
after Mills.
Giving the Fugitive Rope.
The escaped murdererlagged in the fields)
and turned toward the tracks of the narrow
guage branch railroad. His long confine
ment had weakened him, and the slipping
and sliding of the slushy fields proving too
much for him, he preferred to take his
chances for liberty in the open, as both,
pursuers were too close to permit hiding,
even if the heavy snow had not plainly
pointed out his footsteps. Mills reached
the railroad track in an almost exhausted
condition, with Allen and Bedic close to his
heels.
"Shoot," shouted the latter, "Shoot hint
down," but Allen believed his man was
losing ground, and, rather than kill hint
preferred to run it ont Once on the rail
road, Mills limbered up and led the officers
by a quarter of a mile. The ground on
either side, however, offered no hiding
piace, and he went on, followed by the
detectives.
The narrow-gauge tracks offered but in
secure footing, and the fleeing murderer
often slipped and once fell, so heavily, it
was believed by his pursuers, that he had
broken a limb. He staggered to his feet,
however, but it was noticed his flight be
came slower and slower, with a painful
halting now and then as if for rest
The Pursued Catches His Pursuer,
Finally Mills halted, breathing heavily,
and waited for the detectives to come up.
He half reclined on the ties, as if nearly dy
ing with exhaustion. Allen was far ahead
ot Bedic, and, thinking h's man too far
gone to offer resistance, stumbled along un
til he was within less than ten feet of the
escaped prisoner.
"Hands up," said Mills, coolly, rising
easily to his feet and almost jamming the
bore of an enormous revolver down Allen's
throat "Hands up."
Detective Allen was out of breath with
his exertions, ana in a condition to almost
fall helpless npon his prisoner's body. He
was about as able to draw a weapon as
'baby and stopped instanter. Unable even x
to throw his hsnds up he sank down in th
snow near Mills and gasped jokingly:
"I give it up, Mills, you nave me after
alt
Mills glanced back at Bedic, stumbling
along far away, and, remarking that ho
might need it later on, jammed the revolver
back into his pocket He was not nearly as
tired as he pretended, and had merely
played a clever trick on the officers.
Trotting off in the direction of the coal
fields he was soon out oi sight, leaving the
officers to recover their breath and take tha
trail.
Mills Among HJa Friends Now.
All hopes of catching the man, however,
were finally abandoned. The chase had ex
tended over three miles of railroad track,
along the slippery ties, and neither officer
was in a condition to run the game to earth,'
There is a reward of $500 on Mills' head,
but a reward of $5,000 would not be suffi
cient to put life into the detective and the
ex-sheriff. Mills is now hiding in the coal
district, a tough locality where he has many
friends, and It is thought he will not bo
given up without a fight.
At 8 o'clock this evening officers arrived "
from Benfrew, having in charge T. J. Black,
one of the escaped prisoners. Black was
found hiding in a feed box in a stable near
Benfrew bv a farmer, who nearly fell dead
"when confronted by a man instead of a
harmless box of corn. He offered no resist
ance, however, and when he ascended tha
jail steps to-night he broke into a popular
song about "A Man Who Went to Oneida."
He was only in for false pretense, and
would have been released next week He
made a great mistake in trying to escape, u
It is believed his sentence will be increased.
Early in the morning a posse will start
out alter Mills, and lively times will b
met with before he is captured.
The Fisheries Modus Vivendi.
Ottawa, Out., March 5. Minister,
Tupper last night introduced a bill in Par- 'jdj
Hastens renewing sue biwui tivobui wxucu
Sennits United States fishing vessels to en
ir Canadian waters and ports oa certain,
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