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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR.
PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 9. 1892-TWELVE PAGES.
THREE CENTS.
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aPIJ I I H I I B fl'B
IT ILL
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UNCLE SAMUEL
Will Demand a Renewal
of the Fur Seal Bar
gainor! Last Year
THE CABINET'S FIRM,
And the English Minister Has Been
Instructed to Cable
THE ULTIMATUM TO -SALISBURY
The Senate Will Be isked'to Concur-Willt,
the Cabinet
If tho British Government "Will Not
Submit to the Closing of Bering Sea
Pending1 Negotiations, American "War
Vessels Will Force the Issue
More of the Silver Question Hill,
Gorman and Carlisle Tremble at the
Prospect of an Early-Consideration of
the Bland Bill Illness of MembersIs
It Caused by the Ancient Contents of
the Cuspidors, and the Vapors From
Sizzling1 Badlators Baptized With To
bacco Juice?
ISriCIAL TELZGKATUIC LEITEB.
ErnEAtr or Tbx Dispatch, j
Washejqtot. D. C. March &
President Harrison, Secretary Tracy,
Secretary Elkins, Secretary Busk, Post
master General Wanamaker and Attorney
General Miller canvassed the .possibilities
or probabilities of war and of peace be
tween this country and Great .Britain at a
somen hat prolonged meeting of the Cabi
net to-day, from which Secretaries Blaine,
Poster and Noble were absent. Also the
President sent to the Senate the treaty
lately agreed to by the Harrison -and Salis
bury administrations.
These are the events of the day which
touch upon the most vital international
question which is now upsetting the diplo
matic minds of the tw9 greatest conn
tries of the earth. The difference be
tween the two governments in regard to
jurisdiction of Bering Sea has been well
denned for years, and there was nothing
new to offer on that question. The policy
of Lord Salisbury in refusing to renew the
modus vxvendi of last year was the vexing
topic, and without further light it was im
possible for any of the statesmen in confer
ence at the "White House to offer even a
plausible theory in explanation 'of bis lord
ship's alarming idiosyncrasy.
Must Protect tbe Seals at All Hazards.
lam enabled to say, however, that the Cabi
net Ministers present exhibited a firm front
and were well agreed that the policy pur
sued in the past, without regard to the kill
ing of seals, must sutler no modification,
and that if the British Government will not
agree to the closing of the sea, pending ne
gotiations for an explicit understanding, the
United States Government must protect the
seals at all hazards.
It is possible that if a similar temper is
shown by the Senate in its treatment of the
latter, and that if the newspaper! and pnblio
exhibit that fine belligerence, that grand,
warlike fervor which inspired everyone
when Chile was the antagonist, the British
Government may meet that of the "United
States midway to agree upon peaceful
methods. The better sense of both countries
must suggest finally that all seals and seal
skin coats in the world would not justify
the crime of war, and that any question of
international rights could not obscure the
fact that the pelt of a seal was the sole
ground of dispute.
TIio Senate Must Decide the Terms.
The Senate will be the ultimate judge as
to the terms of the treaty. That agreement
will doubtless be found satisfactory as far
as it goes, but in view of developments
bince it was completed an amendment will
probably be affixed providing for a renewal
of the agreement of last year pending the
process of arbitration; meantime the dip
lomatic communications that have passed
between the two Governments will be sub
mitted to Congress, and the lay censors will
then have opportunity for intelligent criti
cism. For a time, at least, there will be no
booming of British cannon off our coasts.
It would be -well, however, to assume an
enthusiastic belligerence, though we may
not feel it. Such emotional demonstrations
may have a fine moral effect, even upon the
rather unimpressionable British.
Though the assembly of members of the
House was meager to-day, as it was known
that no session would be held, out of respect
to the memory of Eepresentative Kendall,
of" Kentucky, who died last night, a suf5
cient number gathered for personal work
and gossip to suggest little modification of
the bitterness which was yesterday mani
fested in the debate on the silver rule.
The Silver Question Not Political.
Though Mr. Bland announced that the
silver question was not a party one, and
that he did not propose to read any person
out of the Democratic party for not agree
ing With him, there is a disposition on the
part of some of the young Democrats of the
East to read themselves out of the party. A
free coinage Democrat said to-day of Mr.
George Frederic "Williams, that he had
read himself out of the Democratic party
in his clever speech of yesterday, but that
ex-Speaker Heed had put up the bars on
him and he could not squeeze through into
the Eepublican party, and he was now
therefore without a political home. The
condition of things partisan is indeed un
fortunate for the young statesman of Massa
chusetts, the "Massachusetts politicalkinder
garten" as Mr. Boutelle puts it Permeated
by the theoretical free tradeism of the. pro
fessional type, unable to accept the alarm
ing financial heresies of the "wild and
woolly "West," they are in danger of being
compelled to flock by themselves. For the
rest of this Congress they may be expected,
to pursue a very independent course.
What Will They Dot
Whether they will be able to. found a new-
school,of politics, purified of the taint of
(bAurinior protctioa-flaanBft)nfrnandjTTendiiiirh it nMT"t,"UBrrfrlHilfflr,
and of financial lunacy on the other, it Is
too soon to predict. It must be said, how
ever, of these "infant prodigies" like Mr.
Sherman Hoar and Mr. George Frederic
"Williams and Mr. John Forrester An
drews, that they are sincere in their
apostasy from old political religions of
both parties. They are so young in years
and public service as to look upon party
platforms as solemn confessions ot faith,
and not, as the ancient party leaders view
them, as mere baits to catch gudgeon voters.
They furnish a pleasing contrast to such men
as Tracey and Fitcb, of New York, and
Harter, of Ohio, who are utterly without
reason for their mental condition, except
that they have been assured by the banking
interests who own them that they must
fight down any enlargement of the power of
Buyer as a medium of exchange.
BUI, Gorman and Carlisle Tremble.
The Senate sees not far off the Bland free
coinage bill, and Hill and Gorman and
Carlisle. I do not think the Bepnblicans
are concerned as to whether a vote shall be
taken previous to their National Conven
tion or not, as they well know the Presi
dent -will veto the bill if it pass the Senate;
but it may be that senatorial courtesy will
prevail to the ,extent of permitting it to
"drag along that those Senators who are can
didates for the Presldental nomination,
may not be forced to expose their hands be
fore their National Convention. The Be
publican Senators, I fancy, will not exhibit
an anxiety similar to their colleagues of the
House, to put the Democrats on record. f If,
however. Hill and Gorman and Carlisle are
pushed to the point of declaring themselves
it may be confidently predicted that their
utterances will be an absolute foreshadowing
of the Democratic National platform.
"Why Are They 111?
With Mr. Springer wavering between
life and death, with Mr. Mills seriously ill,
and fighting a relapse after days of gaining
health, with Mr. Ho man but to-dav added
to the sick list, with Mr. Kendall lying
dead, with 25 or SO other members of the
House on sick leave, and Senators Hoar,
Quay and Cameron disabled, inqurv
naturally arises as to the sanitary condi
tion of the Capitol. The truth probably is
that the mechanical appliances to ensure a
pure atmosphere in the precincts of the
Capitol building are as perfect as is neces
sary. The fault undoubtedly lies in the
habits of Congressmen and the lack
of attention to the ventilation -of
the two chambers. Two-thirds of the
Senators chew tobacco, and in the Senate
chamber 50 cuspidors are constantly evapo
rating their contents into the air already
poisoned by lack of ventilation. In the
House probably three of every four mem
bers chew tobacco, and most of them appear
to think that the heat registers about their
feet are the proper targets for expectora
tion. The number of persons in the hall
duringthe sittings is rarely less than 1,000,
and ranges from that to 3,000, including
members and spectators.
Little Attention to Ventilation.
Ventilation is given little attention, and
-what with air poisoned with having been'
breathed many times and laden with the
almost visible emanations from unclean
bodies, reeking cuspidors, frying registers,
tobacco-crammed mouths and smoke of more
or less execrable cigars, the wonder is that
sickness is not epidemic among all who are
forced to pass a few hours each day in the
pestiferous place.
A strong plea was made this afternoon by
Eepresentative Dalzell for the Beaver-Erie
ship canal before tbe Committee on Bivers
and Harbors, taking the bill introduced by
him, providing tor a survey, as a basis.
Chairman Blancbard asked Mr. Dalzell at
the beginning if he did not think that the
Committee on Bailroads and Canals was the
proper repository for such a bill, but Mr.
Dalzell showed him very convincingly that
measures contemplating such improvements
were always and properly referred to the
Committee on Bivers and Harbors.
Dalzell's Strong Argument.
Mr. Dalzell gave new Interest to the argu
ment in favor of this great improvement, so
ably championed by The Dispatch, dwell
ing at length upon the vast benefits to com
merce and tbe absolute necessity for some
channel for the ingress and egress of naval
vessels between the ocean and the great
lakes. Upon the question of the supposed
antagonism of tbe railroads to canals, Mr.
Dalzell assured the committee that the rail
roads bad much more than they could do to
transport freight between the lakes and
the Ohio; that a ship caual would be
an invaluable supplement to the rail
roads carrying this surplus freight, and
being put to uses for which a railroad never
could be employed. The argument was one
of the most interesting of the many that
have been made before the committee on
this subject, and was listened to with Un
divided attention by the committee and
others present. Mr. Dalzell also visited
Secretary Tracy to-day and made a plea in
behalf ot the christening of the new cruiser,
now known as "No. 6, with the name of
"Pittsburg." Within a day or two, also,
the Pittsburg Congressman expects to in
troduce abillproviding for the sale of the
old postoffice. Lightneb.
SIR JULIAN ALARMED
At the Attitude of the United States Gov
ernment Over the Seal Trouble He
Sends a Long Cable to Minister Lord
Salisbury Detailing the Government's
Beply Demanding a Renewal of the
Modus Vivendi.
fBY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, March 6. The President
and every member of the Cabinet present
participated in the disenssion of the fur
seal matter to-day, and v the opinion was
unanimous that the position assumed by
the British Government was untenable and
not justified by the condition of the sealing
industry. The argument was made that the
opening of Bering Sea for the present season
to the indiscriminate slaughter of seals by
poachers would undoubtedly result in seri
ous injury if not the total destruction of the
industry and thus defeat the very object
sought in the negotiations between the
two countries. It was therefore decided to
insist on a modus Vivendi somewhat similar
to that ot last - year, having for its object
the protection of the seal fisheries by the
joint action of Great Britain and the United
States pending the settlement Of the ques
tions at issue by arbitration.
This correspondence naturally include the
last communication received from Lord
Salisbury respecting the question of a
modus vivendi for the coming season and
its transmission to tbe Senate may be de
layed in order that it may include also the
response to Lord Salisbury, which is to be
made in accordance with the action of the
Cabinet to-day.
Since the above was written it is learned
that Acting Secretary Wharton delivered
to the British Minister this afternoon the
reply of this Government to Lord Sails
bury's note declining to renew the modus
vivendi. This reply reiterates the position
of this Government and insists on a renewal
of the modus vivendi of 1891 for the coming
season. It is understood that Sir Julian
Pauncefote cabled the entire text of the
note to Lord Salisbury this evening.
Canada Favors the Modus Vivendi.
Ottawa, Ont., March a ISpecUiWi
Minister Bowell said in Parliament to-day
that he now proposes that the Government
be empowered to renew the modus vivendi
regarding American fishing vessels from
year to year without reference to Parlia
ment each year, xnis u regarded e a
BxrioM a sort at nitrmuMniT to the tnodna.
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AMERICAN CRUISERS
To Patrol the Pacific Coast to
Prevent Canadians From
Poaching Seals.
SOME STRONG UTTERANCES
Made
by Leading Senators Dunn
tbe Executive Session.
FETE CRIES FOR RETALIATION,
And All agree That England Has
mitted Herself to
Com-
THE BARGAIN ALREADY AGREED UPON
. fSrlCIAL TELEQEAM TO TBX DISPATCH.!
Washington, Maroh a The President
sent to the Senate to-day the Bering Sea
treaty of arbitration which was signed by
Secretary Blaine and Sir Julian Paunce
fote, the British Minister, ten days ago.
The treaty was not accompanied by a recom
mendation as to the modus vivendi, but
such a recommend may possibly be sent In
to-morrow,when the President will transmit
all the correspondence oh the Bubject that
has taken place since the State Department
publication last spring. The Senate was in
executive session for an hour or more and
listened to a very lively discussion of the
fisheries controversy, after which the treaty
was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations. Senators Sherman,
Frye, Morgan, Teller, Felton, Hale and
others made short speeches, and all were
unanimous in the opinion that the treaty
should be promptly ratified and the law
with regard to poaching vigorously en
forced. If the treaty should be promptly
ratified it Would not become operative dur
ing the coming fishing season, and if Eng
land refuses to renew the modus vivendi
then it is the opinion of Senators on both
sides of the chamber that the United States
should proceed at once to punish all
poachers and violations of the law, leaving
the question Of whether the law had been
violated to the courts or arbitrators.
Vigorous Measures Advised.
The speeches in the executive session
were of an exceedingly aggressive charac
ter, and were made by some of the Senators,
at least, in the light of the fact that after
the Cabinet session this morning a message
was" sent to Lord Salisbury, the contents' of
which are supposed to be that the United
States Government means to defend its
rights promptly and vigorously. Senator
Sherman was the first spokesman in the
executive session. He explained the pro
visions ot the treaty and let out the fact
that he and other Senators on tbe Foreign
Affairs Committee had been called into
consultation "with Secretary Blaine on the
morning that it had become known that Sir
Julian Pauncefote had signed the arbitra
tion treaty and Lord Salisbury had simul
taneously announced his determination not
to agree to a renewal of the modus vivendi.
Mi. Sherman was followed by Mr. Mor
gan, who was the only Democratic Senator
who spoke. He atrreed entirely with the
Chairman 6f the Foreign Affair's Commit
tee, and said that the Democrats as well as
Bepnblicans were in favor of firmness and
dignity.
Frye Advocates Retaliation.
Senator Frye, in his usual explosive way,
created considerable excitement by advanc
ing the proposition that if England persists
in her refusal to continue the modus viven
di the United States had it in its power to
bring England to terms in a very simple
and direct way. Senator Frye's plan is one
that has always been a favorite with him,
that of refusing to Canada the privilege she
now enjoys of transporting goods in bond
through the United States. "Retaliate,
retaliate," shouted Senator Frye, "that is
the only sensible way of bringing the .En
glish Government to terms." Other Sen
ators, including Mr. Cullom, Chairman of
the Inter-State Commerce Committee, in
dorsed Mr. Frye's proposition, which
aroused considerable enthusiasm among the
Senators generally. The intimation was
given that if England does not show a more
friendly disposition Mr. Frye's plan of get
ting even will shortly be put into opera
tion. Senator Teller delivered a vigorous
speech against the refusal ot Lord Sahsbum
to extend the modus vivendi and insisted
that the riehts of American citizens should
be protected in accordance with the laws
now on the statute books. He said he was
opposed to truckling to Great Britain in
this matter and intimated that Lord Salis
bury could be brought to terms in a few
hours if the administration was authorized
to enforce the laws and, if necessary, send
ships there to protect American interests.
He gave statistics of seal killing which
were alarming in the extreme. Senator
Hale, supposed to be speaking for Secre
tary Blaine, advocated a ratification ef the
treaty, on the ground that it would commit
Great Britain tp the acknowledgment that
the United States has certain rights on the
Be ring Sea which she has not heretofore
admitted. '
Premier Salisbury Ridiculed.
Senator Felton, who made his maiden
speech behind the closed doors, ridiculed
A.ora Haiisoury s claim lor a au-mile limit,
and quoted statistics from the fur seal com
pany's agent to show that in addition to the
60,000 seals legitimately caught each year,
there were 800,000 adults left dead on-the
rocks and 30,000 pups that died because of
their mothers having been destroyed.
All the Senators agreed that England by
agreeing to the provisions of .the treaty of
arbitration had, committed herself to the
opinion that the United States' had certain
Tights not heretofore conceded, and, there
fore, it is foolish for her to oppose a contin
uation of the modus vivendi. At the Cabinet
meeting to-day the opinion was unanimously
in favor of the President's attitude that the
law must be enforced, which, it was under
stood, was afterward communicated to the
British Government It is likely that When
the action is taken by the President for the
suppression of poaching it will be found
that he has adopted a more comprehensive
plan than has heretofore been Enforced. It
has been pointed out o the President with
in the past day or two that the preservation
of the fur seals in Bering Sea is really ot
less importance .than their protection in
-other and adjacent waters where at present
the poachers have full sway.
Canadian Poachers Harvest.
He has 'been advised that the Canadian
poachers find a much more fruitful field in
the North Pacific Ocean than id the Bering
Sea. The entire coast of the ocean is lined
with hundreds of inland bays, small rivers
and indentations of various sorts, which are
almost constantly filled with seals, and
here the poachers do their most effective
work. They not only kill unmolested in
these comparatively clear waters, but they
form a barricade which prevents the seals
from getting up into Bering Sea
at alL The President 'has been ad
vieed to lend luoh naval vessels
and revenue cutters as ha can command
t to enforce the law.aMiaas.soachias! for aland if found, auick
mvmtMM w-xcfuei xwn4sorOMne JKoruurawtaawesi, ,
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Pacific Ocean, leaving the matter of killing
in the open sea to Fnture "negotiation and
arbitration. Fifteen miles is fixed as the
limit of jurisdiction, because that is taken
- to be the distance that can be covered and
protected by modern guns. The suggestion
for this action la based on the principle that
a nation has jurisdiction of the waters for
such a distance from shore as it can protect
itself.
The Feeling in Canada.
An Ottawa dispatch says: Minister of
Marine Tupper stated to-day that the chief
contention against a renewal of the modus
vivendi in Bering Sea, was that it was not
necessary far the preservation of seal life,
as is held by the United States. Pelagio
sealing did not threaten the extinction of
seals, as alleged, the only, danger of ex
termination lying in the wholesale slaugh
ter which had been carried on bv the
natives and the Alaska Company In the
rookeries, or breeding grounds.
Mr. Gordon, a member of Parliament for
Nanaimo, said that the idea of the British
cruisers doing police duty for the protection
of the Alaska Company in Bering Sea was
absurd and should be denounced. Had the
Alaska Company kept faith last year and
restricted their catch to the number limited
by the agreement entered Into by Great
Britain and the United States there might
be some grounds to justify a removal of the
modus vivendi this season.
GREENLAND A WINNER.
Appointed 'Adjutant General and Colonel
O. E. McClellan Quartermaster General
Satisfaction Over tbe Selection Officers
of the Eighteenth Regiment Glad That
Rutledg-e Remains With Them.
A. special from Harrisburg last evening
stated that Governor Pattlson had appointed
Quartermaster General Colonel W. W.
Greenland, of Clarion, to be Adjutant Gen
eral, with the rank of Brigadier General,
vice William McClelland, deceased, and
Lieutenant Colonel O. E. McClellan, of
Harrisburg, to be Quartermaster General,
with the rank of Colonel, vice Greenland,
promoted. The appointment of General
Greenland gives general satisfaction.
A visit to the armory of the Eighteenth
Begiment was paid and fully a dozen officers
were encountered. Each and every one at
once proclaimed their entire satisfaction
with the appointment, and a general hand
shaking took place among them over the
delight of still retaining their popular
Lieutenant Colonel, F. L Butledge.
"Colonel Norman M. Smith said: "I am
glad Colonel Greenland received the ap-
f (ointment, " and turning to Colonel But
edge, said, "I am more than satisfied that
you remain with us," and the Colonel
shook hands with himself. Colonel But
ledge said he was-glad the appointment was
made, as it relieved him a great deal, and
he could get down to business again.
Several officers also expressed their satis
faction with the appointment
Major Bicketts,of the Sixteenth Begi
ment, who is making the inspection, also
said the appointment was highly satisfac
tory to him, as Greenland was the man
he was working for. The following is the
military record ot General Greenland:
In tho service of the State Private, Com
pany G, Sixteenth Bearlment, February 7,
1SS0; Sergeant Major, Sixteenth Begiment,
August 3, 1880; First Lieutenant and Quarter
master, August 1. 1881, reappointed May 18,
1884: Major and Brigade Quartermaster oil
stan of General Beaver, Second Brigade,
October 29, 1885; reappointed by General
Wylle February, 1887; Colonel and Quarter
master General on staff of Commander-in-chief,
Februaiy. 1891.
Service In the United States Private, Com
pany C, One Hundred and Twenty-flfth
Pennsylvania Volunteers, August 7, 1862;
Sereoaut, August 16, 1802: discharged May
18, 1SG3. ,
Colonel O. "E. McClellan, who was ap
pointed Quartermaster General to succeed
Greenland, was an aide on the Governor's
staff, and was appointed on February 2.
189L That is the only military record he
has as far as is known. "
BLAINE'S CONDITION ALARMING
r
The Statement is Made That the Secretary
Is a Very Sick Man Fears of Paralysis
are Entertained Hia Temperature Very
High. i
Washington, March 8. Alarming re
portswe re in circulation to-night, relative
to the condition of Secretary Blaine, but
Dr. Hvatt, his attending physician, said at
a late hour to-night that the Secretary was
no worse than he was yesterday, and that
he looked for an improvement in his condi
tion to-morrow.
A visitor at the Blaine residence makes
the following statement: "Mr. Blaine is
quite ill, showing symptoms that have not
hitherto existed when he has been attacked
by his periodical spells of sickness. His
temperature has risen as high as 104, and
when not feverish he is in a state of depres
sion. On last Saturday it required an effort
to rouse him so that he could
sign an important official paper.
The one feature, however, that
gives the physicians and family the greatest
concern is the fear of paralysis on the left
side, the leg exhibiting numbness.
A BLAZING HOT SPOT
Seen by a Party of Prospectors In the
Colorado Desert After an Earthquake.
San Diego, March a A party of pros
pectors, who were in the new river region
of the Colorado desert at the time of the'
recent earthquakes, have just returned and
bring in- a story of a blazing volcano. "We
were on the lower Laguna Mountains close
to the Mexican boundary line and about
midway between San Diego and Yuma,"
they say, "when the earthquake oc
curred, 'it was felt sharply then, and our
first thought was to look for an outbreak of
the volcano; but to our surprise, instead of-
tne outbreak, the smose and hazy steam,
which is always visible in the Cocohiah re
gion, at first entirely disappeared, and the
' first day after the earthquake the entire
desert was as clear as a mirror.
"That night the change came. We heard
a rumbling noise, and the next day the
smoke returned, denser and blacker ' than
ever, and that night from the mountain tops
we could plainly see the flame shooting up.
The volcano appeared to be about 40 miles
away and located in Mexico. The flame
was not high above the level of the desert,
and appeared to come from a 'hot spot.' "
THEY BEAT THE BAKE.
Three Denver Gamblers Hold Cp a Faro
Bank In the New Town pf Creede.
Denveb, March 8. SpeciaL A Creede
dispatch says: The most sensational affair
that Has been witnessed at Creede occurred
last evening. Dick Hawkins, a well-known
Denver sport, and two pals robbed the
Mint Exchange of (1,280. Hawkins is the
same individual wno held up one of the
faro banks for $200, the Arcade in Denver,
a year ago, and made good his escape. Haw
kins began to deal faro this morning for
Charlie Lorje, or "Sheeny Charley' as he
is called in Denver at the Arcade, where he
has been running the principal roulette
wheel for the fast two years. Hawkins deal
all day, and at the closest estimate the bank
won nearly $1,000.
At 8 o clock Harry Smith and Jerry
O'Brien, his two pals, came in and began
playing. Instantly the trio drew their
revolvers, took all the money and backed
ont the door. Captain Light, Captain
Xirwin and Deputy Sheriff Delaneyand a
posse-of teen are in search of tho robbers,
retribution., wiu do
. .Y
PUIEOJT POLICY
With His Employers' Money,
and Dropped- $63,000 .
Against the Game.
A DREAM LED HIM TO DO IT
Visionary Figures Represented
Cross-Capital-Saddle and
ADVICE AND GREED AID THE REST.
Wholesale- Arrest of the Policy Dealers
Who Got Bis Honey.
HOW A$ HONORABLE MAN WENT WRONG
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, March 8. William A.
Losey, of S25 Monroe street, Brooklyn, who
was until last Saturday head bookkeeper
for Mallison Brothers' Company, wholesale
paper dealers, of 18 Beekman street, is a
prisoner at police headquarters in this city.
As a result of his arrest, seven policy
dealers are also languishing in separate
cells much disgusted, because Losey
"peached" after losing 132,000 of his em
ployers' money playing policy.
Losey is a tall, portly man, close to GO
"years old. He has a fine head, covered with
soft light brown hair. His moustache is
fine and flowing, and he generally wears
Dundreary whiskers. He is married and
lived in good style in Brooklyn. Eleven
years ago he was engaged as bookkeeper for
Mallison Bros., andthe firm came to have
every confidence in him.
One morning in the month of May, 1890,
Losey says, while .he was on his way to
business, he chanced to meet a friend whom
he had not seen for some time. It was on a
bridge train. The conversation happened
to turn to dreams.
A Dream Causes Him to Gamble.
Mr. Losey t61d his friend of a dream he
had had a few nights before, and his friend
was much impressed by it. The frieud was
a policy player, and there were some
numbers in the dream which were
vividly displayed before Mr. Losey's
mind. His friend said they
represented a "cross-capital-saddle," and
announced his intention of dropping a dol
lar or two on the numbers in policy before
going to business that very morning. Losey
said he would like to do likewise just to see
if there was any faith to be placed in
dreams.
Accordingly the two went around to
Billy Saencer's policy shop, 202 William
street, and each placed the "cross capital
saddle" combination for a few dollars. The
combination did not come out that day, .but
Mr. Losey's friend said be was not going
to give up, but would play it again
on the morrow. Mr. Losey was there the
next day also, and this time the combina-
tion won. Losey said this made him a
"poke field," as the frequenters of policy
shops are called.
He played "straight capitals," "cross
gigs," "up and .'down the scale," "saddle
gigs."' "graveyard howlers" and everything
else in. the eategory-of policy playing.
How fie Commenced to Steal.
He lost all the money he had saved.
Then his salary and what he could borrow
was swept into the policy dealer's pockets;
so he used the firm's money. Losey had
become sufficiently acquainted with policy
and the players to know that when luck
was poor they tried to revive it by
playing at another shop. Losey
changed his luck' for the better
in another place, and finally got a circuit
of five places. He appropriated money
from the firm's cash and juggled the figures
in tbe books so successfully that lie was not
discovered. He also kept books of his
policy playing, and these were found on
him when ne was arrested.
Last Saturday the firm discovered a dis
crepancy in Losey's accounts which reached
quite an alarming figure. Chauncey S.
Xruax, the firm's lawyer, was consulted.
District Attorney Nicoll was next seen, and
then came Inspector Byrnes. A warrant
was procured at the Tombs Court
for Losey's arrest and Detective Reap ap
prehended him. He broke down and con
fessed to the inspector. He gave up his
books wherein he kent account nf nia flefnl.
cations and his policy playing, and gave
information which led to the arrest of the
dealers.
He Tells of His Losses and Names Dealers.
The exact amount of the defalcation is
31,702 36. During the 20 months in which
he played policy Losey won $32,303 95 and
lost this winning besides his stealings.
These are his ultimate losses at each shop,
not connting his winnings, according to
his bookkeeping: No. 202) William
street, $9,920 59; 464 Pearl, $3,181 50;
96 Park Bow, $8,138 19; 155 ParkBow,
$3,185 19; Boom D, Everett building, $1,
010 89; 308 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, $7,
140 10. Total, $31,702 36.
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock detectives
Heard, Titus, Kranch and Hanley raided
the policy shops and arrested the following
persons:
At 202 William street, William Spen
cer, of 17 Jefferson street; at 464 Pearl
street, George Hamilton, of 235 Madison
Btreet; at 96 Park Bow, Thomas Cunuen, of
ziz waveny jfiace; at los .rark Jtow,
Morris Sullivan, of 3 Madison street.
At Edwards & Co.'s roomD. Everett build
ing, 25 Ann street: Fred Wilson, of 186
East Thirty-second street: William Bed
ford, of 256 West Fifty-sixth street, and
George Morgan, of 322 West Fifty-eighth
street, were arrested by detectives
Slausen, Friel and Lyman. The shoo at
308 Myrtle avenue was left to the Brooklyn
police. The prisoners were arraigned at
the Tombs Court yesterday and remanded
without bail by Justice McMahon until
this morning.
GOD PITT 0TJB PEESEST STATE.
The Prayer of a New Jersey Clergyman
Stirs Cp Statesmen.
Philadelphia, March 8. BpedcH.
The members of the New Jersey Legislature
are after Bev. Joseph Garrison who openly
attacked the whole body of statesmen that sit
in Trenton, from his pulpit in Hurfville,
N. J., Sunday. The clergyman in the course
ot an eloquent prayer cried out: "Oh, God,
hasten the day when this curse shall
be obliterated from the earth, and oh God,
pity our State Legislators and lawmakers
and speed the-day when their places shall
be filled with God fearing men." A mem
ber of the Legislature who was present, left
tbe church.
A THIEVIHG KAIL AGENT.
,The Brother of General Superintendent
White Confesses to Bobbins; Letters.
Dubuque, Ia., March 8. J. D. White,
brother of the General Superintendent of
the railway mail service, was arrested last
night on a charge of robbing the mails, and
brought to this city to-day. He pleaded
guilty, and gave bail for his appearance at
the April term of the United States Court.
White is a postal clerk running between
trapped; ix'-atum'aKoj- ietters and
marked money, the Inspector finding the
marked money on his person.
When arrested White broke down com
pletely and made; a confession. He said he
had been stealing for about three months
past, taking, letters which had the appear
ance of containing money, and also mer
chandise packages. The postal officers say
the stealing has been going on longer than
this, and that fifty cases of theft have been
reported. ,
CHOKING COMPETITION.
THE OLD WHISKY TECST COMES DOWN
A CEKT A GALLON.''
Tho Directors Issue a Statement to tho
Public No Fear of the Law Before
Their Eyes Will Protect Their Trade
at All Hazards.
New Yobk, March 8. At the regular
monthly meeting of the Distiller's and
Cattle Feeding Company's(Whisky Trust's)
Board of Directors to-day, it was decided, in
view of existing circumstances, to reduce
the quarterly dividend to 1 per cent, and to
reduce the market price of the company's
product 1 cent per gallon. In explanation
of this action, the board gave out this state
ment to the stockholders of the Company:
The business of the company is entirely
satisfactory, and tbe earnings for the quar
ter have been more than sufficient to pay the
full dividend "of 1 5" per cent. The suit
brought by the United States authorities at
Boston against the company the directors
do not consider serious, as they are advised
by th' t counsel obtainable that no case
can -?-niaineu against ine company.
Ant r -.:ihlft comnetitora mav. and
'proi. -'); 'Vs isidered that the present
situatto.
nnrT- w i ' r -n nn nnniiirtir m
make inrott.
1 Yt-"Q jM, Tirl tTiAVioarri
In pnrsttanos
' "''"a, .''frnined -nnlicv tn
protect our traov, '-o
wise to strenffthen"
ranv. The directors lt
'I'yl", deem it
i the com
v ley will be
aole to dispel all donbts a.
he stability
and strenzth of the comnany,J(nd they as
sure the stockholders of their lull confidence
In its permanent success.
President Greenhut stated that while it
was somewhat unusual to publish a statement
of the above character, yet he felt that the
existing circumstances fully warranted the
action.
A HAWAIIAN W1TCD.
Her Murders, Assisted by Belativeo,
Have
Depopulated Whole District.
Sax Francisco, March 8. Honolulu
advices received by steamer to-day report
that a family of 12 persons were brought as
'prisoners from the Island of Lauia, Febru
ary 21, charged with murder. Some mem
bers of the family have three indictments
against them. Bemarkable curing powders
had secured for Fulolo, one of the female
members of the family, the reputation of a
"kahuma," or one possessed of supernatural
powers. Acting under the guidance of the
spirit which had power over her, she beat
and killed her sister with a club for daring
to question her powers.
The furious woman also clubbed to death
her nephew, a boy of 6 years, the remainder
oV the family acquiescing or assisting in the
deed. A brother of the woman, about 30
years of age, was then se'ized and held by
the family while Pulolo burned him over
the face and body with a flaming torch.
Another man, her fourth victim, was also
held by members of the family while the
woman beat him to death with a club. As
a result of the crime the natives have de
serted the place where the tragedy oc
curred. MERCIER BADLY LEFT.
The Elections in; the Province of Quebec
Besnlts In a Government Victory. '
Monxeeal, Que., March' 8. The gen
eral elections for the province of Quebec
were held to-day. The weather was fair
and a very heavy vote was polled. The
Mercier party has sustained a most signal
defeat. At the close of the polls the votes
stood: 53 Conservatives, 15 Mercierites, 5
Independents.
All the Cabinet Ministers in tbe De
Boucherville Government have been re
turned. Four members in the late Mercier
Government were defeated. Mr. Mercier
was re-elected by 350 majority. Seventy
three members constitute a full House in
the Quebec Legislature. Mr. Mercier had
a majority in the old Legislature of 28.
OnSitting the Independents, Mr. DeBouch
erville's majority in the new House will be
38.
HENSEL WILL ACT.
An Equity Bill to Test the Legality or the
Readlnx Deal to Be rll-J.
Habrisb'ubg, March a A bill in equity
to test the legality of the Beading Bailroad
deal will probably be filed by the Attorney
General this week. It will embrace copies
of the leases not heretofore made public.
WBSTEBN UHION'8 DIVIDEND.
It Will Kemaln ns Before, Dut Directors
Promise an Increase Hereafter.
New YoitK", March a The Western
Union Executive Committee met this after
noon and recommended the declaration of
the regular quarterly dividend of i per
cent by the directors to-morrow. The fail
ure to increase the dividend to $ per cent
quarterly was1 a disappointment to some of
the bull traders, who advanced the stock re
cently, and the decline was caused by liqui
dation of some of their accounts.
Members of the Executive Committee
say that the quarter being the poorest of
the year was not considered the best period
in which to increase the rate, but they state
positively that the dividends will certainly
be increased to the rate of 6 per cent per
annum before the end of this year.
CHAIN W0BXS BUBHBD.
An Early Morning Fire Caused by Natural
Gas Loss, 830.000.
About 1:30 o'clock this morning the Chain
Works of Bobson & Sons, on Second avenue,
near Lock No. 1, was discovered to be on
fire. An alarm was turned in
from box 18, but before the
department arrived the building was en
tirely enveloped in flames which were
beyond control. The efforts of the de
partment were turned on the surrounding
property with good effect. It is
estimated that the loss will reach $20,000,
partially covered by insurance. The fire is
supposed to have originated from an over
flow of natural gas.
THIS HOUSING'S KEWS.
Subject. Page.
TJncle Sam Firm on Seals... 1
Senators Back Cp the Government 1
Fortunes Lost at Policy 1
New Fraud Cries in Allegheny 1
The Business Tax Dispute S
Elopers Caught at the Depot 9
Police Use Electricity 3
Editorial and Miscellaneous... 4
Gossip of Washington 4
Future of the Iron Trade ff
No Strike at tbe Vesuvius tt
Business Men Boom Dalzell.. 7
A Novel Fuel Gas Suit -. 8
News of the Sporting World 8
The News From Europe 9
Mrs.JHetherlncton's Flirtations 0
Latest Political News
The Pennsy as aCoalKoad ....10
News of the County Courts .....10
Oil and Commercial Markets 11
goodsaHts lain the Senate.. .'.... ...... ..18
OFF
Enliven the Northside Gath
erings to Choose the
State Delegates.
TWO FOB EACH FACTION
The Reformers Fail to Win Out in
the Second District.
ANOTHER RUTAN ANNOUNCEMENT.
The
Ex-Senator Say3 He Will Pu3h
Prosecutions Commenced.
the
EESTJLTS OP THE OTHER C05YEKTI0XS
The State delegate conventions of the
First and Second Legislative districts in
Allegheny were held last night The First
district convention passed off without a rip
ple. The-Butan delegates, Messrs. Bolster
and Stauffer, were elected by acclamation.
In the Second district convention a lively
fight took place and the anti-Butan dele
gates, Messrs. Holman and Gray, were
elected by a small majority.
The contest in the Second district conven
tion was made over the vote from the Third
precinct of the Fifth ward, where it was
alleged fraud had been practiced, and where
warrants are out for the election officers.
Ex-President of Councils James Hunter
led the anti-Entan fight, while Dr. Gilli
ford, the reformer, headed the opposition.
The two leaders sat opposite each other in
the front seats in the convention h.ilL
Hnnter Leads On to Victory.
ATonnd Mr. Hunier gathered his follow
ers and while he moulded the bullets his
friends fired them. Dr. Gilliford stood
alone. He was cool and deliberate, but in
the final contest fell about 109 votes. He
then gracefully threw up his hands and
moved the election of the opposition candi
dates by acclamation.
Harvey Henderson called the convention
to order at 7:30, and George W. Isenbeis
and Thomas McHenrv were elected secre
taries. The first order of business was
making up the roll of delegates. This was
done by calling for the credentials from
JIunter Directing the Winners.
each of the 34 precincts in the district.
There came a crash when the Third pre
cinct of the Fifth ward was reached. Georga
B, Budolph presented the credentials of
John Ditmore, which had been transferred
to mm. une credential was signed by
Martin Oliver, judge; Charles Buth, in
spector, and George Fink, clerk of the dis
trict in which the primaries had been heli
Another Set of Credentials.
.Tames Neeley also presented a credential
signed by George W. Kramer and W. W.
Mooney, inspector and clerk respectively.
Dr. Gilliford raised the point that the
credential signed by Oliver could not be ac
cepted because he was a speacial deputy in
the Internal Bevenue office at the time he
served oi the board, and the rules of the
Allegheny County Eepublican Committee
forbid any one holding a Federal appoint
ment of any kind, serving on election
boards. Mr. Budolph replied that -Mr.
Oliver had only been sworn in as a special
deputy to assist in the raid upon the
Fayette county moonshiners, but that he
had been paid off and discharged.
Dr. Gilliford Why, he is serving as a
special deputy now.
Mr. Budolph No, he isn't. He is at
Scranton simply as a witness.
Mr. Hunter I think we ought to accept
the credential that is signed by the regular
board: I understand that the other is
signed by men who did not serve on the day
of the primaries.
Dr. Gilliford They were the regularly
elected members of the Election Board just
the same, and they were deprived of the
privilege of performing their duties.
An Effort to Secure Order.
Finally Chairman Henderson said he
would decide the matter at the completion
of the roll. At this time AVilliam McDon
ald took advantage of an opportunity and
tried to explain to the Chair his position in
the contest, when Dr. Gilliford cried,
"Order, order, order." Two or three dele
gates jumped to their feet and tried to
speak, but the persistent reformer from the
Sixth ward hammered on the desk with his
fist and called vigorously for order.
Quiet was secured and the roll was pro
ceeded with. At its conclusion, Chairman
Henderson stated his only authority for
deciding contests was the prima facia evi
dence on the credentials themselves, and as
the ones in question aid not enable him to
decide clearly who was entitled to a seat,
he would deny the admission of either ona
of them. This action was followed by a
howl going up from the Parke people who
thought for a moment that it woura bring
them within the bounds of possible victory,
but they changed their minds after they did
a little figuring.
The election of a permanent chairman
was the next order of business. H. C
Lowe, a Holman delegate, was nominated
against the temporary chairman, who was a
Parke man. Mr. Henderson stated that the
vote should be taken in the same manner as
the vote on the delegates. This gave every
body a chance to test their strength. Lowe
was elected by a vote of 2.177 to 2,068 for
Henderson. That ended the fight.
Accepted the Defeat Gracefully.
Mr. Lowe took the chair. Dr. Gilliford,
a Parke man, moved that Holman and Gray
be elected by acclamation. The motion
went through in a minute, and the conven
tion adjourned.
After the convention Mr. Butan said:
"We won the First district and lost the
Second. In the latter it depended alto
gether on the Third -district of the Fifth
ward. Had we succeeded in arresting Judge
Oliver and Inspector South before their de
parture for Scranton, which wam my pur
pose in making the information on Sunday,
we could have shown up such a pUSa case
of fraud that would have insured, -uj the
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