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A: Congressional Funeral j
Junket That Beats
the Record
WADING IN THE41i
Through the Historical Tolliver
Martin Feud Country,
ONESENATOR LEFT BY'THE WAY, J
Completely Dona Up oy lie Cold Weather j
and His III Health.
Several Uvea Saved by Dr. Voder's
Handy Pocket Flask A Driver Who
Got Too Much Mountain Dew Mud-
to the Tops of High Rubber Boots
A Elver Forded 42 Tunes Interest
ing Colloquy with a Native Many-
Hardships in the Mountains of the
Blue Grass State Congressmen as
Drivers and Anchors for a Hoarse .
Disasters to a Funeral Procession
The March Back to Civilization.
'SPECIAL TELF.GIU.FmC LOUS,
"Washikgtos, March 14 Senators and
Representatives -nho returned yesterday
from the burial of tho Into Representative
Kendall, of Kentucky, tell a story; of perils
by field and flood which beats all previous
records of Congressional junkets out of
sight. The delegation was made up of
Senators Warren and Pasco, Representa
tives Belknap, Long, Fellows, Gillespie
and Paynter. and Sergeant at Arms Yoder,
Mrs. Kendall and her son, and a house mes
senger, also -were of the party.
Everything was conducted decently and
in order until the party reached Morehead,
Kv., where they were to take carriages lor
"West Liberty, the former abiding place of
the deceased Congressman Tho hearso and
sis light spring wagons came from Sterling,
40 miles away, and were somewhat the
worse for wear when the Congressmen came
to embark in them.
A Pen "Tictare of Morehead.
Morehead, a straggling town in a moun
tain cove, is the seat of the Tolliver-Martin
feud, which had its rise in n political dis
cussion and which has left its devastating
marks in the bullet-filled fronts of stores
and saloons, and also in the shortened legs,
crooked legs, stifflegs and no legs of the
men folks of the town.
"When the members of the party climbed
into their wagons the. ground was covered
with a light snow, and the winds were
howling down the black sides of the high
hills. The hearse proved too small to hold
the cherry box that encased the casket, and
another wagon had to be provided by the
advice of a native. Each Senator and
Representative brought a, pair of high rub
ber boots and "comforters," and woolen
soi, such as Jerry Simpson would not
have disdained. Then they packed their
grips in the coffin box and started for their
drive of SO miles all but Congressman
Fellows and the messenger, who were left
behind because there was no room for them.
Forced to Tako to the Fields.
One of the two drivers had a big bottle of
"mountain dew," which he constantly
offered the Congressmen, and which Eome of
them did not refuse to patronize freely.
Scarcely had the line of wagons started
through the rivers of mud into which the
road was transformed? than It became neces
sary to make a breach in the'fence and take
to the fields in order to find bottom for the
wheels.
Two miles out they struck the Triplett
river, running bank full at a six-mile gait,
and as they took to the water each Con
gressman said a little prayer under his
breath and put his feet up on the dashboard
or on the seat under him. The water was
Just high enough to come in the carriage
bodies.
They followed up this stream a short dis
tance, most of the way in water from one to
three feet deep. Soon they came to tne
foot of the first of five mountains trfcymust
cross. These mountains are hogback ridges,
and the trail led up a narrow crest that was
but a stairway of rocks a few feet wide.
Every man had to get out and walk up, be
cause the horses could pull only the empty
carriages.
The rje-irso Ilad to Bo .Anchored.
As they ascended, the storm became more
furious and the air was dark with flying
snow. The cold became intense. Crossing
the ridge mud took the place of rocks, and
then the rubber boots became invaluable.
The red mud was nearly knee deep, and of
the most clinging nature. In one place the
hearse tipped partly over, but was saved by
a large rock at the side of the gorge. After
this a rope was fastened to the axle of the
hearse and a couple of the Congressmen
were detailed to act as anchors or hold
backs while going down the mountain sides.
Next, one of the colored drivers succumbed
to overdoses ot mountain dew and cold, and
Senator "Warren took his team to drive.
Four hours of driving found the party at
the first stopping place, ten miles out.
There the chilled ones were thawed out be
fore a blazing fire of logs in the great fire
place. Coffee was made by the warm
hearted wife of the mountaineer, and then
it was discovered that the luncheon brought
by the party was solidly frozen, the eggs
being like small cakes of ice, so they drank
the coffee and "pushed on.
One Senator Completely Played Out.
Senator "Warren, however, was completely
used up. He was not well when he left
"Washington, and was not properly clothed
to withstand the storm. Yet he had worked
with all his strength, until he could no
longer stand. Much against his will he was
left at the house, by Dr. Loder's advice,
but without medicine. The owner of" the
bouse was about 70 years old, and had lived
there all his life, ten miles from a railroad.
He had never been on the cars. He had 40
acres of tillable land. The house
was older than the man. i Crutches
on au 6ios held it
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J fairly staggered in the breeze. A cat with
horns could walk jn under the doors and be
thrown out by the tail through the holes in
the roof without knocking off a shingle. The
old man and his wife, their son and his wife,
and their 5 boys and 2 girls, 11 in all,
"dwelt in the house. " There were three beds,
and the question how and where Senator
"Warren slept that night has never been ex
'plained. One of the party said'to the old
igcntleman, "Of course, you were a Union
man during the war?"
Oh, no," he answered, "I was on both
ides. Tne war done broke me all up and I
ain't got over it yet First the Unions came
iere wav and took nine richt smart shoats:
khen along came the secesh, and they done
look two yearlings and a powerful good
mule, and I can t get over it as long as I
live. The war done me a heap of trouble."
Forty-Two Fords to One River.
t v nen me pariy siartcu. uuu, vnpuu
.Belknau mounted the hearse as driver and
led the way up the Tokum river, which had
to be forded 42 times. The narrow gorge is
about four miles long. The walls upon
either side rise straight up. It is the only
place in the country for a river to run, and
also the only place for a road, and since
there is not always room for both, there is
continual strife lor the right of way. The
rushing water dashes and foams from side to
side of the chasm.
Under the whip the horses leaped into
the stream, out upon the farther shore, a
few rods farther they were in aeain, and
.this was repeated two-score times? By this
time tne men looked lite snow kings, ice
ornaments hudg from their beards and
moustaches Representative Paynter looked
like Odin. His tawny moustache was
tipped with ice pendants; his high top boots
and great coat were red with mud.
At the upper end of the valley, half way
up the mountain the hearse became stalled
in the mud, the hind wheels sank down to
the hub, the front wheels were up in the air.
In fact, the hearse was standing on end in
the road, with a sea of mud on all sides.
Then Senator Pasco, of Florida, and the
gentlemen of the House took rails from the
nearest tence and built corduroy roads, and
with other rails lifted the wheels out ot the
mire Unanimous consent was asked and
given to print their remarks in the next
valley.
A Colloquy With a Native.
"While the party were struggling m the
mud a native came along on horseback.
"Anvthing wrong here?" he called out.
"So," was the sharp and prompt answer
from everyone.
"Then," said he, "if there is nothing
wrong here, have any of you fellera got a
bottle?"
Yes," said the Sergeant at Arms. "Do
you want a drink?
"I'm powerful dry," came the reply. Out
of Dr. Yoder's grip came a bottle labeled,
"Belle of Kelson County." It had been
saved tor an emergency, and now was the
time to pull the cork. The native put it to
his mouth and rolled his eves to the howl
ing frosty air above. The Sergeant at
Arms looked on in alarm and sorrow until
want of air compelled the man to let up.
For a moment he rolled the fiery stuff about
in his mouth, loth to let go. Then with a
sigh he turned to the doctor and exclaimed:
"Mister, that must be Republican whisky."
"Well," admitted the doctor, "it is four
vears old."
"Four years old great God, man, how can
you wait so long for it?"
"When the doctor had regained his nerve
he asked: "Do you live about here?"
"Yes, I do."
"Got a farm?"
'Yes, I have."
"What do you raise?"
"Oh, some'taters andkawn."
Not Able to Kalse Disturbances.
'You raise a disturbance in this country
once in awhile, don't you?"
"No, there aiu't wimmin enough in this
country to raise a disturbance, but the men
do raise once, in awhile."
"Well, I feel sorry for you to live in such
a countrv as this."
"Oh, you need not do that, mister. I
ain't so poor as you think I am. I don't
own but sit acres, and I can get away when
I want to."
In this respect he bad a decided advantage
over the party, for they could not get away
half as fast as they wanted to. At daylight
they were still four miles from their desti
nation. The horses were used up and whips
could scarcely move them. But 8 o'clock
brought them to "West Liberty. They went
to the only hotel in the hamlet, where roar
ing fires, hot coffee and corncakes made
them happy after the trials of the day.
Early, next morning arrangements were
made for a short service at the home of the
deceased member. "While the service was
going on the drivers were trying to fix it
for the return trip. The hearse was so
badly broken up that they concluded to
leave it until spring. The wagon with the
casket box came in at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing, having been out all night
An Inventory of Damages.
Five of the six carrragei were orosren
poles, whiffletrees and wheels were smashed;
springs gone completely. The horses had
their shoes torn off in some cases and had
to be re-shod.
The delegation walked to the home for
the service, looking in their mud-covered
rubber boots and overcoats like railroad
shovelers out of a dirt pit Remaining
only for a hymn and prayer, they bade the
mourners larewell, and in sympathy and
sorrow retired from the sad home. Then
the delegation went to the nearest store,
bought extra woven shirts to wear for the'
day only, helped to knock the frozen mud
off the vehicles, and turned their backs on
est Liberty for ever.
The snow had ceased to fall, but the air
was very plenty and bitter cold. The roads
were frozen solid in nearly every place.
The ice had formed thick on the quiet
waters, cutting the horses legs as they
broke their wav through it The wagons
were badly broken, and one of them soon
gave out and had to be left behind. All the
delegation walked and rode by turns, as the
country would permit.
A Driver Completely Frozen TJp.
One of the colored drivers froze up com
pletely, and Representative Long took the
lines. Representative Gillespie discovered
that his grip had jumped out of the car
riage, so back he went after it, and he
tramped about three miles before he found
it
Senator "Warren was found much im
proved, and in due time the party got back
vu jiiuicucuu, fjuiauc varB ujiu civilization.
Of the members of the partv.SenatorWarren
was the most affected. Senator Pasco suffered
from a sprained wrist, as also did Captain
Belknap. All had frosted faces and blis
tered feet, and it will take some time to fit
them for their daily duties in Congress. The
next publication of items of expense In the
contingent fund will show an array of har
ness, wagons, etc., such as Uncle Sam is not
used to paying for.
A PREACHES WITH BBOAD VIEW!
He Delieves the Theater, Dancing and Card
Playing Aren't Wrong.
Beocton, Mass., March 14. Special
Rev. Albert Hammatt, pastor of the Uni
Tersalist Church of this city, preached a
sermon yesterday upholding, in a measure,
card playing, dancing and the theater. He
stated that he heartily and unqualifiedly
believed in them under right conditions;
believed in properly using these pleasures,
not abusing them.
Nothing is secular, he said; all is sacred,
to be rightly used, not abused, whether it
be a good digestion, a game of cards, a home
game of billiards, the theater, the dance,. a
last, speedy horse, or the central, the gov
erning and the divinely consecrated pur-J
oi one s iwe.
J.
tup. it i pose oi ones me. - - i
SOME LU FAKES
In Philadelphia Nearly Equal
to Those From Other
Parts of the State
PADDED LISTS OF NAMES
Carried Into' Court and Claimed to
Be 15,000 Signatures to
BEMONSTRANCES TO LICENSES.
Many .Thousands of the Names Used Over
and Over Again.
LIKELY TO BE CALLED DOWN BT JUDGES
rSPICZLL TELEORJLM TO TOE DISPATCH. 1
Philadelphia, March 14. The action
taken by the Law and Order Society of this
city, in opposing all new applicants for re
tail liquor licenses, has brought about a
state of affairs which the officers of that
organization did not contemplate when they
put their movement on foot If the society
is not publicly rebuked to-morrow by the
judges now presiding at the Quarter Ses
sions Court, it will be due to the leniency
of the bench, and not to any virtue on their
part
The cause of the threatened rebuke is tne
attempt of the Law and Order tieonle to Im-
pose on the conrt in a manner more in
genuous than it is ingenious, and their im
position is the more serious because it came
so near to being successful.
During the past month Secretary Gibney,
of the Law and Order Society, has been in
dustriously circulating petitions against
every new applicant in each of the 35 wards
of the city. He had legal-looking blanks
printed, With a uniform protest at the,head
of each, and a long blank page beloW it, to
contain the signatures of the indignant citi-
zens of the Commonwealth who think that
Philadelphia a is already supplied with
enough drinking places.
Remonstrance Tbat Welch Something.
To-day the remonstrances were carried up
on the fourth floor of the City Hall and tri
umphantly deposited with Clerk Peltz, of
the Quarter Sessions Court "There are
15.000 protests there," Secretary Gibney
said, "and it seems to me they ought to have
some weignt"
The porter who had carried them up stairs
assured the Secretary that he thought so too,
and Clerk Peltz filed the documents by
wards, where they were open to public exam
ination. On their face it seemed that the
Law and Order Society had done its work
pretty thoroughly, for of ale the new appli
cants for retaillicenses not a single one
was allowed to go to court, without a pro
test On the outside of each petition was
neatly recorded the name and address of the
applicant protested against, and the reason
for such protest The reason was, except
in all but half -a dozen cases, the same.
The signers said they objected to granting a
license "because it was not necessary for
the accommodation of the public nor the
entertainment of travelers."
A Howl "From the Applicants.
-,Atr examination -of the -petitions, hoW-J
ever, disclosed an astonishing state of
affairs and it is literally true to say that a
howl went up from the applicants when
they .looked over the petitions against them.
The protests averaged about a dozen signa
tures each and the names were divided with
mathematical exactnss s among the 35 wards.
Against each application for a license in a
ward a dozen or more people protested.
signing their names over and over again to
every dinerent petition.
The discovery was made first in a cursory
examination of the Twenty-sixth ward
petitions. No less than 110 persons had
applied for new licenses 'in this ward, and
altogether there were attached to the
protests against them 2,520 signatures.
These signatures Were signed by less than
100 persons and not half of them were citi
zens of Philadelphia. In almost every
instance the names attached to the blank
sheets were the same, but occasionally there
would appear additions of two or three. In
other wards there were fewer actual protests
than there were petitions, and this was the
case in nearly every one of the city wards.
Thirteen Hade to look Like 338.
In the Third ward there were 2G new ap
plications, and 13 persons signed each pro
test against them. This added 338 names to
the list, although it represented the senti
ments of only 13 persons, six of whom were
r women.
Throughout the 35 bundles of petitions
this state of affairs existed, and a careful
estimate placed the number of signers to the
various protests at less than TOO, instead of
the 15,000 announced by the officers of the
society.
"Where additional reasons were assigned
by the petitioners an entry was made below
the printed slip. For instance, in the Thirty-fifth
ward, where three new applications
originated, 12 residents of the ward pro
tested against each one because the other
two were asking for licenses. This, purport
ing to represent 36 persons, stood for onlv
one-third that number, and the signers evi
dently attached their names in blissinl ig
norance of the fact that they were also pro
testing against the other two . on precisely
the same grounds. Here, too, half the sign
ers were women.
Remonstrances Signed In Blank.
"We have discovered that all these pro
tests were signed before the applications for
licenses were made out," said an official to
day. "It was the habit of the Law and
Order Society to take these blanks around
to the various wards, obtain a few signatures
on each, and then to fill in the names and
addresses of the applicants at leisure. This
isjl matter serious enough to command the
prompt attention of the court, and I think
some action will be taken to-morrow."
Lewis D. Vail, the counsel for the Law
and Order Society, said this evening that
he knew very little about the petitions.
"They were secured under the direction of
Secretary Gebnev." he 'added, "and we all
expected that they would be complete and
thoroughly representative. They may have
been signed in blank, but I don't know it.
I have been busy all day in the Quarter
Sessions Court, and have not examined the
documents. I will try to look them over,
however, tomorrow, before I ask for their
consideration , by the Court I am confi
dent, however, that there was no deliberate
intention on the part of Secretary Gebney
to deceive the court" '
Secretary'Gebney was not in court to-day.
A gentleman who is connected with the
society declared that the Secretary had done
the best he could under the circumstances,
aud thought that he ought not to be
blaimed. He did not think that Gebney
meant to deceive' the judges when he said
he had protests signed by 15,000 persons,
but admitted that the matter had a bad
look.
Women Stay Enter a Scotch College.
London, March 14. The Senate of the
University of St Andrews, Jhe oldest in
Scotland, has decided to open to women the
universe's departments of theology, arts
.And sciences.
The Co-despondent Is an American.
LoeTDOJTr March 11 A decree nisi -was
granted to-day in' the divorce .suit of Al-
berto Bondegger, the well-known composer
and director of theJRoyal 'Academy of
Music, against his wife. The costs of the
action were'ordered to be paid by Herbert
Coffin, the American baritone, the co-respondent
in the case. Mrs. Randegger had
entered a cross suit against her husband,
but this action was withdrawn.
ANTI-SILVER 1$ SHAPE.
BETTER ORGANIZATION OF THE ANTI
BLAND FORCES. "
They Now Expect to Show a Better Front
Next Week An Experienced Parlia
mentarian Leader to Be Selected Fili
bustering Flayed Onf.
"Washington, March 14. Special.
When the silver bill comes up for consider
ation in the House next week, the anti
silver men will present a better organized
opposition than they did a week ago There
has been considerable quiet work per
formed by the anti-silver men during the
past four or five days, and there is a general
desire to choose an experienced parliament
arian as a tactical leader and renew the
fight in earnest If the bill can't be de
feated it is proposed to urge the adoption
of a substitute in the shape of a proposition
for a monetary conference. 4
One of the leading .anti-silver men from
New York said to-day that Jie had received
no advice from Senator Hill on the subject,
but some of the latter's friends in New
York City were endeavoring to create the
impression that a postponement would be
acceptable to Senator Hill and his friends.
He was not authorized to say that they had
Senator Hill's permission to create such an
impression.
There seems to be a conflict of evidence as
to the methods the anti-silver men will em
ploy in fighting the Bland bill. Mr. "Warner
and Mr. Andrews, of Massachusetts, say
they do not think it is possible to filibuster
to any extent, under the present rnles. A
man-to-man canvass is being made among
the Democrats, and there is a feeling that
same of the men who voted for the considcr
tion of the resolution last Monday will
realize the inadvisability of placing the
Democratic party on record as favoring free
silver at this time.
On the other hand, some of the anti
silver men are convinced that a majority ot
the Democrats in the House favor free sil
ver, and regard it as almost certain that the
bill will pass. Under the circumstances
they are disposed to favor the passage of
the bill with as little friction as possible,
and let it go to the Senate with the hope
that it mav meet the fate of the force bilk
WILL FIGHT TO THE END.
The Fennsy Not to Sit Idly by While Deals
Are Going On.
Teenton, N. J., March 14. Special
The"" Pennsylvania Railroad Company is
not so completely "turned down" as the
Reading, Lehigh Valley and New Jersey
Central people imagine, now that the bill
to legalize the Reading deal has passed
the Legislatnre aud is only await
ing the Governor's approval to become a
law. A conference of the Pennsylvania's
officials was held to-day, and it is said that
counsel has satisfied them the bill in ques
tion is unconstitutional and will not stand
the test of the courts. Said one of the Penn
sylvania's agents to-day: "The Pennsyl
vania may not be as big a corporation now
as the Reading, but it is not a bankrupt
concern by any means. It has money to
fight with in the cour's, and it will fight
this matter to the bitter end."
According, to the speaker's information
the bill is unconstitutional because it
violates a provision of article 4, section 7,
of the State Constitution, which forbids the
enactment of any special bill "unless
public notice of the Intention
to apply therefor, and of the
general object thereof, shall have been pre
viously given." No notice of intention to
apply for this legislation was given. The
introduction of the bill surprised everybody
in the Legislature, including Mr. Kalische,
the introducer of it -'
The supposition is tbat if the courts are
appealed to to declare the bill null and void
on the grounds of its unconstitutionality
the Reading people will contend that the
bill is a general law. There is absolutely
no question now that the Democratic lead
ers took a special interest in the bill at the
eleventh hour.
HENSEL TO BEGIN ACTION.
A Bill in Equity to Be Flld To-Day or To
morrow Against the Beading.
Haebisburg, March 14. Special At
toreey General Hensel will file a bill in
equity in the Dauphin county court to-morrow
or the next day, asking for an injunc
tion upon and dissolution of the Reading
"combine." The leases of the New Jersey
Central, Lehigh Valley and Port Reading
to the Philadelphia and Reading Company
will be filed to-morrow.
A long legal fight is anticipated, which
may,not end untilthe Supreme Court of the
United States is reached, as the attorneys
for the Philadelphia and Reading Company
contend that the only lines that parallel are
the Port Reading and New Jersey Central
and that they are New Jersey corporations,
and, therefore, not amenable to the provi
sions of the constitution of Pennsylvania.
A FORTUNE IN PITTSBURG.
Tiie Late Dr. William Wilson Leaves a
Colored Nurse S150.000.
Acton, III., March 14. Mrs. Francis Car
ter, of this city, has suddenly became rich
under circumstances which have in them a
tinge of romance. She is an old colored
woman, and before the war was a nurse for
a family named "Wilson in Louisiana. The
war separated them, but one child, the late
Dr. "Wm, "Wilson, of Pittsburg, Pa., always
remembered the old., nurse. He amassed
quite, a fortune, and. when he made his will
the old lady was named therein as legatee
to 5150,000.
Mrs. Carter has gone to Pittsburg to claim
her inheritance.
GOULD AFIEH A MEXICAN CASTLE.
It Is Now Said He Ha Offered 87,000,000
for One.
City op Mexico, March 14. Special
Jay Gould and party are expected to arrive
here the latter part ot this week, and it is
again reported, on good authority, that he
is negotiating with 'the Mexican Govern
ment for the purchase of the famous Cha
pnltepec Castle, it being said that he has
offered $7,000,000 for it
If the deal is closed Mr. Gould will make
the castle his winter residence, as he is un
able to any loWer stand the rigors of a
a winter in NewlTork. The Tiempo and other
clerical newspapers here assert as a fact that
Mr. Gould intends purchasing the castle,
and they strenuously object to the Govern
ment disposing ot it
MILLIONS TO ROYALTY.
The Kins of Hanover Bequest to Qaeen
TlctoriU and Her Daughter.
Vienna, Mtrch'14. The late King of
Hanover bequeathed $750,000 each to Queen
Victoria and Her daughters, and this sum
will probably (no wxbe paid to them. Prince
Bismarck formerly refuged to have tho
BOneyhAndedovertO the-legafees'-
- -SiteA. iks.aa.-fa &t 'Ad
JUSTICE JAPE
:No Scandalous Stories Deter
the Yokohama Coroner's
Jurymen From
BRANDING HETHEEINGTON.
Eobinson, the Victim, Intercedes in
- His Slayer's Behalf.
A FULL STORY OP THE TBAGEDY
Told on the Stand by Pora, the Murdered
Han's Friend, and Others.
FEELING AGAINST THE DEAD
HAN,
Yokohama, March 11 The inquest Into
the circumstances attending the death of
George Gower Robinson, a prominent
broker and society man, shot by Lieutenant
J. H. Hetherington, of the United States
steamer Marion, February 13, was concluded
on the 18th, with a verdict charging Heth
erington with willful murder.
The latter had , accused Robinson with
alienating his wife's affections, and, meet
ing Robinson,'who was driving with a friend
named Pors on the afternoon of the 13th,
Hetherington fired three shots at Robinson,
one bullet passing close to Pors. The
second, also, flew wide of the mark, but the
third, strikiug Robinson in the side, shat
tered his hip, the ball traveling forward and
upward until it reached the stomach.
Robinson was carried into the United
Club Building,, where fie lingered until 11
o'clock Sunday night, February 14, when
he died. Before death he caused a letter to
be written to United States Admiral Bel
knap, expressing partftn for Hetherington's
act and requesting that the utmost possible
leniency might be shown in dealing with
the case.
Robinson Forgives His Slayer.
Many prominent officials and residents of
Yokohama were present at the inquest Dr.
"Wheeler testified that he found the bullet
in Robinson's abdomen and that death was
caused by hemorrhage. Dr. Eldridge testi
fied that Robinson told him in an indirect
way who fired the fatal shot, and added:
"Doctor, if I get through this time alive,
he'll finish me next time1."
The doctor replied, "No; if you recover
he'll be out of way of doing you any mis
chief." On Robinson asking what the doctor
meant, the doctor stated that Hetherington
would be arrested. Robinson responded:
"Good God, that will never do! It will
ruin the poor fellow."
After repeating this Robinson asked Dr.
Eldridge to write from dictation to Ad
miral Belknap. In the letter Robinson
used the phrase, as nearly as the witness
could remember, to the following effect: If
anything from me can make the position ot
Lieutenant Hetherington easier or better I
shall bery glad. I fully forgive him.
inspector Ufcada testified to taking Heth
erington into custody. Kendo Makichi, a
native employed by Dr. Eldridge, testified
that he was in charge of the latter's car
riage on the evening of February 13.
Lieut. Hetherington's Three Shots.
He saw a man in naval uniform walking
to and fro on the street The witness.
kuew that the naval man was the husband
of a lady living in a hotel near by. The
man was walking there about ten.minutes,
when a dog can containing two foreigners
passed. The naval man rushed up and
called, "Stop!" and when the cart did not
stop he caught hold of. the dashboard and
fired a revolver. There were three shots
fired, the cart proceeding a short distance.
At the time when the third shot was fired
both foreigners jumped or felL out of the
vehicle.
M. Pors said he was a German subject
residing in Kabe, being a merchant 'there.
Robinsonwas one of his best friends. On
Saturday "afternoon he went driving with
Robinson, having joined him at the En
glish Club after passing Peninsular and
Oriental office. The witness' attention was
called to a man who stepped up to a side
cart witn a revolver in nis nana, aae man,
whom he subsequently ascertained was
Lieutenant Hetherington, cried out: "Stop,
you blackguard."
Pors' Struggle With the Assassin.
Robinson made no reply, as Hetherington
at the same time fired the first shot. Heth
erington had his hand on the cart "Whether
Robinson intended it or not the cart
stopped, though not entirely. It appeared
to witness that Hetherington did not -intend
to stop the cart before firing. Pors
testified a second shot was fired while he
was rising from the seat to jump out Rob
inson cried out, "Oh, my God," and bent
over to the left side. The witness jumped
to the ground, saying, "Gower, drive for
your life; I'll stop him."
"Witness struck the gronnd and received
some contusions. "When he arose the cart
had proceeded some distance. Pors testi
fied that he threw himself upon Hethering
ton, and they both fell The latter arose,
Pors clinging to him, endeavoring to seize
the revolver, and imploring Hetherington
to desist This continued for some seconds,
Hetherington expressing the intention of
continuing firing. Finally he dropped his
arm, saying, "I have done it"
Pors then ran after Robinson, and two po
licemen ran after Hetherington. Robinson
had told him tbat afternoon he was in some
trouble, but was pledged not to divulge
what he had heard.
The Jury Announces Its Verdict.
Coroner Troup' then reviewed the evi
dence. He wished to impress on the jury
that in considering a verdict he must dismiss
from their minds all reports and rumors
which they might have heard. The jury
returned the following verdict:
Wo find from tho evidence laid before us
that George Gower Robinson, a broker of
Yokohama, died Fobrnary 11 from a bullet
wound inflicted by J. H. Hetherington,
Lieutenant of the United States Navy, Feb
ruary 13, at a little after 6 p. X. on the Bund,
Yokohama, and we And said J. H. Hether
ington guilty or willful murder.
Robinson's funeral took place February
23 and was attended by a majority of tho
leading residents. Lieutenant Reamy, of
the Marion, was the fiist of Hetherington's
friends at his side, and his wife arrived at
the Consulate shortly alter. Owing to the
fact that Robinson had been involved in
various other scandals, it Is contended tbat
the feeling was so strong against him that a
number of British war vessels in port refused
to receive him on board. Despite the fact
that he was a rich and prosperous merehant,
surrounded by friends, none of the latter
came forward to swear to complaint against
his slayer.
What Admiral Belknap Says.
A dispatch from San Francisco says: Rear
Admiral Belknap was interviewed to-day
concerning the Hetherington tragedy at
Yokohama. While refusing to express an
opinion as. to the justness of Hetherington's
I act, the Admiral intimated tbat public
opinion in xotcohama was not all- against
Hethsrinrton. although the occurrence is
deeply deplored by everybody; "
THE SICK AT WASHINGTON.
"
Senator Morrill Believed to Be Dying With
Pneumonia Serlons Illness ofthe Father
of the Senate Blaine Able to Sit Up
Awhile Each Day.
WASniNGTOir, March 11 The venerable
Senator Morrill of Vermont, Is critically ill
of pneumonia, and the greatest fears are
entertained. Senator Morrill is 82 years
I old, and hag been in the Senate since 18GG,
and is recognized as the father of the Senate.
The Sepator contracted a cold Jast.Thurs
day, which rapidly developed into conges
tion of the lungs. This morning it was ap
parent in the family that there was scarcely
any ground to hope for his recovery. The
Senator himself did .not realize, his condi
tion, and although the right lung was com
pletely congested, he wisned to go
to the .Capitol to-day, Jn order
to deliver a speech upon the
"West Virginia direct tax bilL. It was with
difficulty that his wile and son induced him
to remain in his bed. These siens of vizor
have served to keep alive a faint hope of
ultimate recovery of the Senator in the
breasts of some intimate friends; but in
view of the fact that he is so old there is little
tangible ground for recovery.
Secretary Blaine is reported to be doin
well to-dav. He has a good appetite an
no fever, and it is thought be may be able
to go downstairs and receive "visitors in a
few days. He has been' able to sit up dur-Ingthe-past"thre"3ays,
but has not yet left
his bedroom.
General Grant, Assistant Secretary of
war, was taeen ill to-day and was not able
to leave his bed. He is overworked.
YALE OPEN FOR WOMEN.
Hereafter Persons of Both S-xes May En
ter Port-Graduate Classes.
New Haves, March 11 Special In
accordance with the report of a special com
mittee appointed last year for this purpose,
the philosophical faculty of Yale Uni
versity has adopted a plan for greatly ex
tending post-graduate and university work
in the institution. This plan has also been
sanctioned by the university corporation.
Twenty scholarships of $100 each, or enough
to pay the tuition, and five fellowships of
$400 each, have been created from the in
come of university funds. These scholar
ships and fellowships are open to graduates
ot an colleges.
The provision of the plan is believed to
be one of the most important steps as yet
taken in this countrv for the higher educa
tion of women. .On and after the next
academical year the post-graduate courses,
with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy,
will be open without distinction of sex. It
is not the design to establish an annex or
other rival of the colleges already existing
for women, bnt to receive the graduates of
these colleges and give them as good oppor
tunities for the most advanced research and
education as can be found in Europe.
SCOOPED IK A REPORTER.
The Sensational Outcome of an Attack on a
Notorious Medium.
Kansas City, March 11 Special.
There were lively scenes in Justice Barto's
conrt room this morning. .They grew out of
the arrest of Mrs. Maud Lord-Drake, the
notorious if not noted spiritualisticmedium,
on the. charge of assault and battery.
Last Thursday D. A. Mathias, a reporter for
an afternoon paper, wrote a lengthy article
exposing Mrs. Drake's methods. The
article was the result of a seance held for
the reporter's benefit. Friday Mrs. Drake,
who is making her home with Dr. and Mrs.
T. A. Kimmel. sent the reporter a decoy
letter, asking him to call that afternoon.
Matnias caned. wnen ne -entered the
parlor of Dr. Kimmel, he found that worthy
awaiting bim. Dr. Kimmel seized the
reporter, pinioned his hands, backed him
up into a corner, and called for Mrs. Drake.
Sirs. Drake came. She slapped
Mathias' jaws, twigged his noe,
pulled locks of hair from his head, and
finally struck him in the face with her
clenched fist. At last Mathias broke away
and rushed at once before Justice Barto,
and swore out warrents for Mrs. Lord
Drake and Dr. Kimmel.
CHICAGq SWAMPED BY STUDENTS.
University Donnltorlem Can Accommodate
but a Few of Thousands Expected.
Chicago, March 11 Thirty-five appli
cations for admission to the new Chicago
University were received to-day, making
the total to date about 1.100. It is expected
that the aggregate will be increased to 3,000
by next October, when it is proposed to
open the institution.
This unexpectedly large demand has
caused embarrassment to the management.
There will be between 1,500 and 2,500
students from points outside ef the city
who must be lodged. There is room for
only 200 in the dormitories, and, coming at
the time of the "World's Fair, private lodg
ings outside will be scarce and high. To
make matters worse, in spite of its great
wealth, the Universitv has no money which
it can put into additions dormitories and
no land to put them on. A strone effort is
to be made to "remedy the threatened
trouble.
RIVAL RAILROADS SHUT 0DTV
Tho Illinois Central Steals a March, Block
ing the Way to the Fair.
Chicago, March 14. It was discovered
this morning that the Illinois Central Rail
road Company, during Sunday night, had
laid a' switch track south ot the World's
Fair grounds, which, if it can be maintained,
will effectually block the Baltimore and
Ohio from reaching its proposed terminal
on the grounds, and thus shut out all other
roads.
The work, it Is claimed, ira' done under a
permit granted by tho village of Hyde Park
before it was annexed to the city.
AVEETIHQ rUTURE FAMINES.
The Bnsslaa Government Will Have Annual
Crop Beports Hereafter.
St. Peteesbubg, March 14. The Coun
cil of the Empire has ordered that in the
future two grain depots shall be established
to every 300 peasants' huts, and that from
these depots seed corn shall be distributed
in the spring to the peasants, who must re
turn it in the autumn.
Special bnreaus will be established to re
port annually a' to the condition of the
grain harvest of the empire, so as to enable
the Government to adopt measures to avert
a famine in the future.
THIS-MORNING'S NEWS.
Topic Page.
A Novel Congressional Funeral 1
LtO, Crookedness Exposed 1
Lieut. Hetherington Held for Murder 1
Sensational Allegheny Arrests 1
McClnro After License Applicants 3
A Blow at tho Audit S
A Woman Uses a Baxor i.... ....'. 3
Editorial, Social, Miscellaneous 4
The Live Gossip of Washington 4
Work and Taxation ....5
Iron-Making Machinery Improved........ 6
Cleveland and the Presidency 7
Senators Talk on tho Seal Dispute 7
An Anglo-American Capital Combine.... 7
News From the Nearby Towns 8
The Dog Show and Other Sports..... 8
Hill Speeding and Speaking 9
Sonthside Turners Dedicate a Hall ........ 9
.The Plays Here Criticised 9
News or the County Courts.. 10
The OH Scont's Field News Iff
Uw Stock and Commercial Markets 11
PostofioM for All Flaeea..
..IS
Ho W-roet Ca!for'Caia..7.,;..7..'.;.12
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ARRESTJFMURPIir.
Charges at last Made Against
the Pnhlic Safety Chief
of Allegheny,
CREATING A COMMOTION..
Two of the Detectives Also in It, and
All Three Give Bail.
A PROMPT MOYEFOE VENGEANCE.
Police Captain Bell Eemoved at Hidnight
Because of the Eott.
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TOEGTLT AND MUTE AT ODDS
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nf tha AllArrlian.. TtA-M,f
ment" y fety, at 6 o'clock last
night weriV,, erman Schellman, of
Allegheny, CPcf''.fr -V1 fa the sum of
1,001) to answerp' ? ; .pg on Thursday
afternoon, to ti f, of embezzle
ment, bribery and receiving bribes.
The charges were made by
John McKirdy, one of the Allegheny audi
tors. Detectives Glenn and Donaldson were
also charged by Mr. McKirdy with con
spiracy to defraud the city. They also en
tered bail in the same amount for a hearing
on Thursday.
The Informations against Chief Murphy
created somewhat of a sensation in Alle
gheny. Threats of prosecution have been
made against him repeatedly since the con
viction of Mayor "Wyman, but the delay in
their execution led the people to believe
tbat the cases had been voluntarily dropped
by the reformers, and that the Chief would
not be molested.
Hmply Notified of the Charges.
He was not placed under arrest after the
information was made against him. He was
simply notified that the charges had been
made, and he promptly appeared before the
Alderman and filed the necessary bond.
The detectives are allowed the same privi
lege. The charges against the Allegheny offi
cials, it is alleged, are based upon the tes
timony given by them in thn trial of ex
Mayor Pearson. The alleged incriminating
evidence offered by the accused officers is
to the effect that they took warrants
to the office oL the County Control
ler and there signed Mayor Pearson's
name and drew the cash from the county
treasury. The money went into a poo'l
known as the "front office pool," which was
divided among the detectives. This sys
tem has been in existence for a long time,
and the officers claimed they were justified
in doing so on account of it being an estab
lished custom. Part of the money was used
to defray expenses incurred by the detect
ives while on duty, and the balance was di
vided between them at 'the end of each
month.
The "Reformers Not Very Harmonious.
The delay in making the informations
against Chief Murphy, it is stated, wa oc
casioned by a disagreement among
the leading reformers on the
subject Ail united in the opinion
that they had evidence sufficient to convict
him, but not a few of the more prominent
ones were disposed to drop the case, in the
belief that Murphy would he more useful to
them without his being arrested.
"When Chief Murphv appeared at the.
Alderman's office at G o'clock last night to
enter bail a crowd of 1,000 working men
from the railroad shops gathered about him
and for fully 10 minutes they cheered vocifer
ously. The men crowded about the Chief and
extended their sympathy and denounced in
emphatic language the Allegheny reformcrr.
Murphy was at Bis office at City Hall last
nlpht. He was in an utrlv temner abont his
arrest and was disposed to hold Senator
Rutan responsible for his trouble. He was
satisfied, he said, that they could not make
out a casp against him, and while he
deplored his arrest he said he wonld outlive
any disgrace that might attach to it
An Expression From Marphr.
"I was born and raised in Allegheny,"
Chief Mtyphy said. "I know every man,
woman and child in the city, and every
man, woman and child knows me. I never
blackmailed a man in my life and I do not
propose to be driven from my horde by a
squatter like Rutan. That is all I have to
say about the matter" the Chief conclnded.
"How about the trouble between Mayor
Voegtly and your Superintendent of Police
Mr. Muth? was asked Chief Murphy.
"That's all right," the chief answered, "I
am Chief of the Department of Public
Safety and I will certainly sustain the
notion of Superintendent1 Muth in-his sus
pension of Officer Clark."
Mayor Voegtly and Superintendent of
Police Muth locked horns yesterday over
the suspension of Officer Clark, who, the
night previous, had arrested Oliver Reed
and William Smith, charged with burglar
izing westerman s grocery store on Federal
street, Allegheny. The boys were arrested
about 4 o'clock in the morning, and on the
evidence .of Officer Clark the boys were
held for court.
The Charge Against the Officer.
Superintendent Muth at the hearing dis
covered that Officer Clark knew of the rob
bery and the parties committing it when he
reported for duty the night before the ar
rest was made and also that the
officer bad left his beat to work
up the case and make the
arrests. The Superintendent t suspended
Clark until his case was investigated. Clark
at once reported his suspension and ex
plained his cuse fully. The Mayor sided
with the officer. He became furious
with indignation and at once wrote
Chief Murphy the following pointed letter:
DearSib I desire that Officer Clark have
a hearing this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and I
desire to be present at that hearing.
N. H. Voxgtlt.
"The facts of the case are simply these,"
Superintendent Math said. "The matter
was reported to Clark, and It was his busi
ness to report it to me. Instead of doing
so he left his beat at night and took the
responsibility of working up the case on his
n ahnnlders. We have detectives who
are hired to do that sort of tfilng, and we
cannot allow officers to use their own judg
ment in such matters."
The Hearing Not Forthcoming.
Clark was not given a hearing, as de
manded by the Mayor. "The hearing will be
held at the proper time," Chief Murphy
jsaid. "I have investigated the case and I
find that Superintendent Muth was right in
suspending the officer."
'What will you do with the Mayor! de
mand?" was asked. i
"I wiU do nothing with it. I am the
Chief of the Department of Public Safety."
-Mayer Voegtly expected that the hearing
would be held as demanded by bim.
and he left his office in bad
temper because his request was not
considered. He said emphatically that he
had beja chosen Mayor of the city of Alle
ghenyand he was determined now to find
out just how far the authority of the Mayor
extended. The Mayor's talk indicated that
he contemplated a war with the head of the
Department of Publio Safety.
It was announced by Chief Murphy!
fend in Allegheny -last night tfcat'tu
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