EMPLOYMENT Is not hard to obtain if yon adver tise for a place in THE DIS PATCH. Employers of labor read it erery day of the week. . FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR. H flSTDR GIRL That Leads to Negotia tions for a Duel in France, but It Is BROUGHT OVER HOME. A Sensation Agitating London and Paris American Colonies, AN INJURED HUSBAND FOILED la His Attempts to Meet the Man He Hat nrally Most Abhors. J. Coleman Drayton's Efforts to Call Out Hallett Alsop Borrowe He Delayed Too Longr, According: to Authorities on the Code A Monetary Agreement, Also, to the Way of Outraged Honor's Justification The Chiefs to the Affair Both Aboard the Same Ocean Steamer Despite the Intervention of Hardy "Vane Milbank, Who Has Killed Whole Families in Duels, the Two Americans May Yet Meet A Tragedy Looked for on a Liner. rET CABLE TO TOE DISPATCH.! Loxdojt, March 17. Copyright. The White Star steamship Majestic, which is now endeavoring to break the record be tween Queenstown and Sandy Hook, may arrive in New York with a tragedy on board. Two of her passengers are Hallett Alsop Borrowe. son of Samuel Borrowe, Vice President of the Equitable Life In surance Company, and James Coleman Drayton, who marrred a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Astor. Drayton sailed on the Majestic from Liv erpool yesterday. Borrowe, learning this fact after the steamer had left the Mersey, took the Irish mail at 8 o'clock last night, and overtook herat Queenstown to-day. OHe is accompanied by Hardy Vane Milbank, whose reputation as a duelist is known throughout Europe. Two American Colonies Upset For two months the American colonies of London and Paris have heard vague ru mors of a prospective duel between Borrowe and Drayton, growing out of suspicions en tertained by Drayton regarding Borrowe's friendship with Mrs. Drayton, which Bor rowe has al-vays declared to be entirely platonic. Friends of Borrowe say that Drayton recently made charges against his wife to her parents, and that they agreed to pay him 55,000 a year and 515,000 a year for their children, who should remain under her care, but that if she continued the ac quaintance of Borrowe the children and their 513,000 should come under the charge of Drayton. The latter part of last year Drayton, his wile and children came to Europe, and he took a house at Wimbledon, spending most of his time, however, in London, where he made the St. James Club, in Piccadilly, his headquarters. Borrowe arrived in London in January and took up his abode at the Hotel Victoria. A Scene in an English Hotel. Soon after his arrival Drayton found Bor rowe and Mrs. Drayton lunching together at the Midland Grand HoteL According to Borrowe's friends,Drayton came upon them accompanied by two detectives, and said: "Caught you again! When are you two go ing to bolt?" and left the room. It was not long afterward that the correspondence passed between the two men which is print ed below, and Drayton endeavored to bring about a duel. Borrowe was ready enough, but his seconds, Hardy Vane Milbank and Edward Fox, refused to allow him to fight, on the ground that Drayton's conduct in ac cepting money, and the fact that he had been suspicious of his wife five years before he had challenged Borrowe, forfeited his right to ask for the satisfaction of a gen tleman. In this decision the seconds were upheld by no less authorities than Aurelien Scholl and the Due de Morny, two of the most cel ebrated duelists in France. Nevertheless, Drayton has not hesitated, among his friends, to attribute Borrowe's conduct to cowardice. A Race Against an Ocean Steamer. Borrowe telegraphed to friends in Amer ica, some time ago, that he would sail yes terday on the Majestic. A week ago he postponed his departure for a week, and only learned yesterday, after the steamer had sailed, that Drayton was on board. " Fearing that the circumstance that he had announced his departure by the Majestic and bad not sailed on her, while Drayton had, might lend color to Drayton's charge that Borrowe was airaid of him, he started for Queenstown at an hour's notice. This is the reason why there may be a tragedy on board, though Milbank will do his best to prevent it Following is the correspond ence above referred to: ST. James Club, Piccadilly; Feb. 1. 18B. Sir I wrote you a week ago. informing yon I would he In Paris on the 27th or 28th of January and address in caso you wished to have an interview with me there. Per haps the letter never reached you. If you should be willing to meet me in Pans, to dis cuss certain matters of Interest to us both, I can meet you there on a couple or clays' no tice, andean assure you io can have a suf ficiently Ion? interview to settle any dis putes between us. I shall expect an ansn or; therefore, before Thursday, or I will take it lor granted you do not desire the proposed interview. 1 am yours, truly, J. COLEIIAX DBATTOlT. To H. A. Borrowej Esq. A Lengthy Reply Found Necessary. To the above the following reply was sent: Hotel Victohia, Feb. 2, 1892. Sin I am just in receiptby postof a letter frcm yon dated February 1. This is the only communication that lias leached me from vour hand, and the one to which j on allude must have been miscarried in consequence cf my absence from London in Germany. This will explain my silence. That there may be no further doubt of any communication reaching me, cither by hand or post, I beg to inform you that my rooms are Kos. 200 and AS N 201, Hotel Victoria, Northumberland avenue, London. In reply to your suggestion that should I be willing to meet you In Paris to discuss certain matters of Interest to us both, I call your attention to the fact that, excepting for a brief period, I have been "in almost dally contact with you for several years past, during which time every op portunity has been given you to present for my consideration any matter that I can Imagine requiring discus sion. I am, therefore, in ignorance of the matter of interest to us both, to which you lefer the necessity of its consideration in Paris. If, therefore, you will inform mo of any adequate or proper subject of discus sion, I will take much pleasure in respond ing to your suggestion. I will thank you, therefore, for immediate information on this point. You will, of course, not construe this as a declination on my part to discuss any proper subject with you, in Paris or else where, but as a demand that you communi cate to me the grounds upon which yon base your proposal. I am, sir, your obedient ser vant. Hallett Alsop Borrowe. To J. Coleman Drayton, Esq., St. James Club, Piccadilly, W. Sir. Drayton Gets More Explicit. Mr. Drayton having digested the above became a little more explicit. St. Jamls Club. Piccadillt, Feb. 3, 1891 Sir Your long letter of Februarys ar rived. You evidently understood why I wrote you. It is impossible either to ex plain the subject In a letter or in England. I gave you the choice of behaving onco in your life like a gentleman, and you do not choose to accept it. Do you, or not, care to meet me in Paris, for matters impossible to settle here? Yes or no. Your obedient serv ant. J. Coleman Drayton. To H. A. Borrowe, Esq., Boom 200, Hotel Victoria. The contents of the above induce Mr. Borrowe to visit Paris, as he writes as fol lows: Hotel Victoria, Feb. 4, 1891 Sin Notwithstanding the request in my letter of February 2 for explicit reasons for an interview with you in Pans, you again, under date of the Sd inst., send me an un satisfactory but impertinent note which you courageously intrust to an inoffensive boy commissionaire. Jt wouldseem that such a communication snould have been made by you verbally in view of the fact that you are acquainted with my address. I utterly re pudiate any right upon your part to demand my presence lu Pans orelsewhere, and I beg to state that for my own convenience I pro prose visiting Paris the latter part of next week, where I will be a guest at the Hotel Chatham, Bue Danou, at your service there as I have already informed you I am here. I am sir, your obedient servant. Hallett Alsop Borrowe. To J. Coleman Drayton, Esq., St. James Club. Piccadilly, W. The Would-Be Fighter Once More. Mr. Drayton evidently became more cheery after perusing the above, as he writes as follows: St. James Club, Piccadillt. TV., Feb. fi, 1892. Sib Thank you. I will also be in Paris next week, Thursday, and the latter part of the week. I shall trust to find you on that day or the next at the Hotel Chatham. Feb ruary 11 or 12. Yours with Increased re spect, J. Coleman Drayton. To II. A. Borrowe, Esq., Hotel Victoria, London. These preliminaries having "been settled to the satisfaction of both parties, Mr. Bor rowe began to make his arrangements to visit Paris, andinvited a friend, Mr. Edward Fox, a gentleman well known in the his tory of American journalism through his connection with the Modoc war and Sioux campaigns in the Western country, to ac company him. They decided to leave on the club train on the 'afternoon of Thurs day, February 11, but before they started Mr. Borrowe received another letter, as follows: Taeis, Hotel D orient, Feb 9. 189i Sir That there may be uo further delay or misunderstanding I beg to inform yon my seconds will call on jon at the Hotel Chatham Thursday, February 11, between 4 and 5 p.m., when I trust He can promptly arrange our little Interview. If yours could be there at the same time it would expedite matters. . I am respectfully yours, , J. Coleman Drayton. To IL A. Borrowe, Esq., Hotel Victoria, London. The Negotiations in Paris. Mr. Burrowe and his friend, Mr. Fox, left London Thursday afternoon, wiring Mr. Drayton that they would arrive at the Hotel Chatham on that night. Next morn ing the following communication was re ceived by them: Paris, Hotel Doriest, Feb. 12, 1892. Sir I regret that one ot my seconds finds It impossible to call on you before 5. SO this afternoon. At that hour they will both call on you at the Hotel Chatham. I trust yours w ill be there to meet them,and there can be no further delay. With many apologies for the delay, which distresses me as much as I have no doubt it does von, I am. yours re speetfullv. J. Coleman Drayton. lolLA, Borrowe, Esq., Hotel Chatham, Bue Donau. Business now began to assume a more active appearance, -and Mr. Borrowe dis patched the following: Hotel Chatham, Paris, Feb. 12, 1891 Sir I shall be delighted to receive your seconds at half after S this afternoon. One ot-iny seconds will be with me, and I hope mm nie uiuer -kui receive my notincation in time to be present also. I join you In trusting that there may be no further delay. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Hallett Alsop Borrowe. To J. Coleman Drayton, Hotel Donent, Kuo Donau. Mr. Borrowe, having dispatched the above amicable epistle, proceeded in search ot Mr. Hardy Vane Milbank, and discovered that gentleman at his hotel. On learning the nature of the business on hand, Mr. Mil bank immediately placed himself at Mr. Borrowe's disposal, and agreed to call at the hotel Chatham at the appointed time. -The French Seconds Appear. At 5:30 o'clock that afternoon Messrs. Milbank and Fox met two Frenchmen who introduced themselves as Mr. Ferdinand Boisacq and Mr. Francis Cherbouquet, the seconds of Mr. Drayton. These gentleman knew very little of the supposed cause of trouble between Mr. Borrowe and Mr. Drayton, and acknowledged that they had made the acquaintance of the latter at the Salle d' Armes. Alter some aimless discussion Messrs. Milbank and Fox suggested that they return to their principal tor further particulars, and that they meet again on Saturday, February 13, at the same hour. This they agreed to, and the seconds met again on the following afternoon, but the same difficulty intervened, and as Messrs. Milbank and Fox declined to permit their principal to meet Mr. Drayton, the seconds of the latter sug gested that the matter be referred to a jury of honor, a compromise that was promptly accepted by the seconds of Mr. Borrowe. The seconds of both parties then drew up a "proces verbal," in French, and signed it. The translation reads as follows: Hotel Chatham, Paris, Feb. 13, 1S92. . For reasons of a purely private natui e, Mr. J. Coleman Dravton has uemanded from Mr. Hallett Alsop Borrowe, a reparation. This reparation has been refused by the seconds of Mi. Barrowe, acting for him. for the fol lowing reasons: According to them, all the facts that have given rise to this affair do not give the right to Mr. J. Coleman Dray ton to claim this reparation. The-seconds of Mr. Borrowe declare themselves ready to refer the matter to a Jury of honor, who shall decide If .there bo proper cause for a meeting or not. For J. Coleman Drayton, Ferdinand Boisacq, F. Cnerbouquet. , For Mr. II. A. Borrowe, H. Vane Milbank, Edward Fox. A Jury of Honor Insisted Upon. The above was signed on the Saturday afternoon, and copies were taken by both parties, and on Monday afternoon, 48 hours Me PEjog PITTSBURG. FRIDAY. MARCH 18. having elapsed without a response, the sec onds of Mr. Borrowe sent the following let ter to Mr. J. Qoleman Drayton: Hotel Chatham, Paris, Feb. 15, 1892. Sib Acting for our friend, Mr. Borrowe, we met your representative on Saturday, the 13th instant, at 5:30 p. M. A proces ver bal was drawn up, offering, under the pecu liar circumstances, to refer the matter to a jury of honor, under whose docision Mr. Borrowe is prepared to meet you or not. Forty-eight hours have now elapsed and we have heard nothing from you or your rep resentatives. If we do not have an answer to the proposition contained in our proces verbal before 12, noon, to-morrow, we must decline to allow our principal to entertain any further proposals onyour part. , H. Vane Milbank. , Edward Fox. Mr.Drayton replied the same evening.but judging from the tone and language of his epistle, he did not appreciate the suggestion to lay the facts before a jury of honor. Hotel Dorient, Feb. 15, 1892. Gentlemen I have to acknowledge re ceipt of your note or this date. The proposal upon the pait of your principal, to seek the Intervention of a J ury of honor, I look upon as a subterfuge to escape giving me the sat isfaction to which I have undoubted right. He is well aware that no jury of honor is neeaea to aetermine any question Detweeu him and myself. He has inflicted upon me the most grievous injury which one man can in flict upon another, and the instant 1 found him upon the territory where satisfaction could be claimed without scandal and it 1th out legal restriction, I sought it at his hands. I do not propose to enter npon quibble and argument before any man or body of men on these points. I stand ready to meet your principal at any time within 48 hours. If be decline this proposition I shall make no further Dronosals to him of anv nature, but shall consider him a coward as well as a scoundrel, and. shall take pains to publish this opinion of him. In this determination I am sustained by the advice of such friends as I have consulted. I am, yours respect fully, j. Coleman Drayton. To n. Vane Milbank and Edward Fox. P. 8. I am forced to be absent from Paris from 7 a. M. to 10 p. m. February 16. A Close to the Correspondence. After reading the above communication Messrs. Milbank and Fox decided to close all further correspondence, but first took the advice of two French gentlemen of emi nent authority on such subjects, and then wrote: "" Hotel Chatham, Feb. 17, 1892. Sir We are in receipt of your letter or the 15th instant, which caused us much aston ishment, as while you refuse to refer to a Jurv of 'honor, you made use of insulting terms toward our principal. You should be aware of the fact that the affair is entirely In our hands, and' it was for us to decide whether Mr. Borrowe should meet you or not. Being in possession of all the facts, we considered it.our duty to our principal to de cline to meetyou, but in order to cover our responsibility in the-matter, and in accord ance with the code of honor, we proposed to refer to a jury of honor. But you. in your letter, decline to entertaiu the pro posal, and make use of language not in ac cordance with the courtosies due from one gentleman o another in affairs of this nature. In order to be assured that the po sition we have assumed is correct, we laid the facts, without mentioning names, before two of the highest authorities in France, viz: M. Aurelien Scholl and the Due de Morny, and they have decided that the course of action that we have taken was perfectly justifiable, as they claimed that too long a time had elapsed since the first cause ot offense had been given, and that, coupled with the fact that the injured party had accepted and enjoyed ah. annual mone tary consideration, debarred him from any, reparation unuer me coae oi nonor. un ine part of Mr. Borrowe we must decllno to con sider any furtherprpposal that may emanate from you. H. Vane MilbXne, Edward Fox. To J. Coleman Drayton, Hotel Dorient. Reasons for the Halt on a Duel., This closed all the correspondence in the matter. The opiaions as to the position of affairs of M. Aurelien Scholl and the Ducde Morny were very clear and distinct, Mr. Scholl, in his letter, says: The meeting upon which you desire my opinion should not take place underany con sideration whatsoever. Where there iS a question of money there can be no question of honor. After some other comments on the facts of the case he adds: There is no honor whero there has been traffic, when honor has been conditionally sold As to the taunts and insults of a man balked in his hope of gain theyare null, non existent, without right and without impoi t The Due de Morny, writing on the sub ject, says: Mr. Milbank having submitted the same case to mt I answered him by exactly the same arguments as those offered by Mr. Scholl. I think that there cannot be at tho same time a question of Interest and a ques tion of honor. I consider this person as having dishonored himself by his own act. Having put the question of interest before that of his honor, there remains nothing for this uerson but to content himself with the contempt which his conduct has occasioned. Report Made to Mr. Borrowe. The entire business of the seconds of Mr. Borrowe being over, they sent him the lol lowing letter: Hotel Chatham, Feb. 17. Sir Having placed your affair with Mr. J. Coleman Drayton in our hands we have the honor to report that we met that gentle man's seconds, Mr. Ferdinand Boisacq and Mr. Francis Cherboquet, at the Hotel Chatham, at 5 30 p. m., on Filday, February 12, and discussed the matter with them. As they knew nothing of the eaily historvof the disputes between you and Mr. Drayton, we declined to accept the cause of offense offered by them, on the ground that their principal had forfeited all lights to an ap peal to a passage aux armes. We suggested that they should return to Mr. Drayton and ask for further particulars, as we preferred that these facts should come from him direct. We met on the follcfwing day. Saturdav.Feb- ruary 13, at 5.30 p. m., and they evidently had obtained no information on the facts of which we based our refusal to meet their principal. Alter some useless discussion they suggested a jury of honor, a proposal to which we Immediately consented, as we had already decided that was the only course open to us. We then drew1 up a proces veibal, under date of FeDruary IS, which we annex, marked "A," and which was signed bv the-seconds of both parties. We also added that if agreeable to Mr. Drayton we preferred that the statement made before the jury of honor should be made without giving the names of parties interested. Mr. Drayton's seconds, taking a copy of the process veibal, left us, saying their duties were over. On Monday af tei noon, February 15, having waited 48 hours, we sent the annexed letter marked "B," and the same afternoon received the annexed -letter marked "C," in reply. As the letter maiked 'C" was of an insulting character, and also declined to accept the pioposal made of referring to a jury of honor, we decided to stop all further correspondence with Mr. Drayton, and after haying obtained the opinions of two of the best authorities in Paris, M. Aurelien Scholl and the Due de Morny, and finding them entirely of our opinion we wrote to Mr. Drayton on Febru ary 17, the annexed letter marked "D," and closed up the business. We shall now de cline to receive any further communications fiom Mr. Drayton, and advise you to do the same. We have done everything that could be done for you in this matter, and backed up by the authorities we have consulted, we feel confident that the course we have pur sued was the only line'thatoould be adopted In pursuance of the code of honor. We have the honor to be your very obedient servants, H. Vane Milbank, Edward Fox. To Hallett Alsop Burrowe, Esq., Hotel Chat ham. Milbank a Regular Fire-Eater. Hardy Vane Milbank, who accompanies Borrowe to New York, is one ot the best known young Englishmen in Europe. He is the eldest son of Sir Frederick Milbank, the Yorkshire Baronet, who is one of the heirs of the late Duke of Cleveland. Hardy Milbank is one oi the kind of men we read about He is but little over 30 years of age, and has already run through a fortune of 300,000 or 51,500,000. His dueling experi ence is one of the most extraordinary on record. Within a year he was called out by the husband, brother and father of a German lady, with regard to whom he has always sworn he was. unjustly accused. He killed them all, being twice dangerously injured himself, and finding a new duel on his hands so soon as he recovered strength to leave his bed. Edward Fox. Borrowe's other second, is 'well-known in New York. He is an "En-" ghshman who went to America several years "ago, dissipated a fortune, and then became a reporter on the Herald. He distin- guished himself and earned the sobriquet of "Modoc" Fox, during the Modoc Indian war, by going into camp and interviewing the Indians while they were on the war path. Whereabouts of the Parties. Drayton has taken, his children from his wife and left them with friends in Wales. Mrs. Drayton is in London, living in May fair. Her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. William Astor, are in Paris. It is probable that the present conditions will result in a divorce. Borrowe has been very well received in London. Only two weeks ago he was elected a member of the Boodles, in St, James street,, one of the oldest and most ex clusive clubs. in England. There are but two other Americans who can claim the honor of membership, Josiah Caldwell, of Boston, and Charles Fearing, ot New York. DR. PARpDRST AT WORK. ' HE APPEARS BEFORE THE GRAND JURY ON SCHEDULE TIME. Perfectly Satisfied With the Hearing Given Him This Time One Saloon Keeper's license Revoked on the Doctor's Testi mony Before the Commissioners. Nwv Yoek, March 17. Special Eev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst, of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church, President of the Society for the Prevention of Ciime, entered the ante room of the grand jury shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, fol lowed by a retinue of the detectives of his society. Dr. Parkhurst carried a bundle of papers, and it; was understood to be the bundle that he feferred to.in the course of his sermon last Sunday, as the proofs that his detectives had obtained ot violations of the excise law. Dr. Parkhurst and his wit nesses took the seats side by side on a long bench. About 11 o'clock the Warden of the grand jury informed Dr. Parkhurst that the grand jury would hear him in regard to his com plaints against saloon keepers whom he had charged with violation of the excise law, and. some of whom were held for trial in the General Sessions at the Tombs on Tuesday. Dr. Parkhurst entered the inner room ot the grand jury and talked for nearly two hours. Then he took his place in the center of the horseshoe table that the grand jury sit about, and had his say. When Dr. Parkhurst came irom the grand jury room he told a reporter that he had promised the grand jury he would not make any statement as to what had occurred All that he would say was that" he had a full hearing and was perfectly satisfied. The license held by Charles S. Shields for a saloon at 135 Lawrence street was unani mously revoked by the Excise Commis sioners to-day. Shields' case was brought to the attention of the Commissioners by Kev. Dr. Parkhurst, The charge was selling liquor on Sunday. WOODS SLIPS THROUGH. By One Vote He Is Confi.-med by the Sen ateEnd of One of the Most Protracted Struggles of the Kind" In Recent Tears Judicial Circuit Ust. Washington, March 17. After spend ing i)4 hours to-day in the consideration of the judicial nominations, the Senati finally disposed of them by confirming all of the nominations, thus ending one of the most protracted "struggles in recent years involving Presidental nominations. Mr. Turpie's speech occupied the larger part of the day's proceedings, anil several tails of the Senate were necessary -;n order to assure the presence of a; quorum. ' When the war of wqids was at an end and the roll had been called it appeared that Judge Woods," whose name stood first on the list, and against whom the attack had been directed, had been confirmed by a bare ma jority, the vote standing 23 to' 22. Subse quently one more vote was added to the affirmative list, making the vote stand 24 to 22. The vote was strictly according to party lines, with the exception of Senator Pefler, who voted against confirmation, with the Democratic Senators. Senator Stewart was not present. The following is a list of the confirma tions of 'to-day: United States Circuit Judges William L. Putnam, of Maine, First Circuit; Nathaniel Shipman, of Con necticut, Second Circuit; George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Third Circuit; Nathan Goff. of West Virginia, Fourth Circuit; Andrew P. McCormiek, of Texas, Fifth Cir cuit; William H. Taft, of Ohio, Sixth Cir cuit; William A. Woods, of Indiana, Seventh Judicial Circuit; Walter H. San born, of Minnesota, Eighth Circuit; Joseph McKenna, ot California, Ninth Circuit, Charles P. Bagg, ot California, to be assist ant surgeon in tne navy. SHOWING ITS HAND. How the Coal Combine Proposes to Fnt Up the Price of Anthracite. POTTSVUiLE, Pa., Marchl7. Special In accordance with the agreements -of the coal agents at their meeting in New York on Wednesday to restrict coal production, the Beading Company, which now controls over three-fourth of the entire output, is temporarily closing some of its largest collieries. Thus far in this region East Franklin, Thomaston and Good Springs, whose daily capacity together is close to 1,000 cars, have been shut down. A number of prominent Jersey and Lehigh collieries will be similarly treated. At the general offices here it is said that a restriction of the output of 2,300, 000 tons will be rigidly adhered to in order to clear up the market, and pave the way for better prices. THE STJGAK EUMOKS. A Positive Statement That Spreckels Has Joined the Sweet Combine. New Ycek, March 17. It was reported in Wall street circles late this afternoon that the negotiations at Philadelphia of the Amercan Sugar Befining Company had re sulted in the taking in of Spreckels and the Franklin Befinery, and that it had also' been decided to tie up the $25,000,000 new stock of the company. Of this, one-half, which is common stock, will be tied up until the price of old sugar stock reaches par. The other half, which is preferred, will await the conclusion oi negotiations for it by a Philadelphia syndicate. So runs the talk of the street. Nine Typhus Cases in Ohio. Columbus, O., March 17. Special Secretary Probst, of the State Board of Health, has been notified that nine of the passengers ot the steamship Gilbert, upon which a case of typhus fever was reported, had come to Ohio six to Cleveland, two to Cincinnati and one to Elyria. The health officers of the respective cities have been re quested to locate these persons and keep them under surveillance. Blaine and Grant Getting Well. Washington, March 17. The only change in Secretary Blaine's condition to day is in the-direction of a slight improve ment Assistant Secretary Grant was very much improved to-day, and will probably be able to resume his Official duties next week. A Preacher Drops Dead. Hot Springs, Akk., March 17. Bev. Dr.- McMurdy, . of Washington, D.' C, dropped dead to-day from apoplexy. He was 70 years of age, and was prominent in Washington, Philadelphia and other East ern cities. 1892-TWEIATE PAGES. FOSTER HOME AGAIN, The Secretary of the Treasury Gets Off the' Spree With, a Black Eye. . HIS HEALTH BEGAINED. Attempted Explanation of His Ee marks About Immigrant? A DIPLOMATIC LIE LEAKS OUT. It Wasn't Thought Eest to let People Know There Was to Ea A CONFERENCE ON SHYER MATTERS rRFZCIAL TELXGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New Yobk, March 17. Hon. Charles Foster, Secretary of the Treasury, arrived' at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning. The steamship Spree, on which the Secre tary sailed from Southampton after his short holiday in London, dropped anchor at Quarantine at 2 o'clock this morning. Most of the Secretary's friends from Washington were abed at the Fifth Avenue when news came that the steamship had been sighted. They hustled out and to the foot of West Twenty-third street, where the revenue cutter Manhattan, with steam up, was moored. In the little .party were General O. L. Spaulding, Acting Secretary; Mr. Foster's private secretary, Robert J. Wynne; Frank Sperry, at one time private secretary to Secretary Folger; Secretary Manning, Col lector Erhardt, and Collector Hendricks, and Frederick L. Stocks, Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department The Manhattan steamed down to Quaran tine and tied up alongside the Spree. The Laura M Starin, with Howard Carroll and a few others aboard, came alongside the Manhattan. The Secretary was asleep. The visitors and their craft bobbed about until daylight, when 'the men clambered aboard the big steamship and had an early breakfast with the Secretary. He was glad to see them. They condoled with him on a black eye he had got by being thrown against a stanchion in a gale on the way over. The Shabby Revenue Cutters. i For the first time the Secretary got a realizing sense of the shabbiness of the rev enue cutters on duty at the port of New York. He declined to risk himself in the Manhattan, and with his friends he sailed on the Laura M. Starin to the foot of West Twenty-third street, where his wife and daughter greeted him and were sorry for his black eye. It was shortly after 9 o'clock when the Secretary reached the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and he went to his apartments on the sec ond floor. Down in the main corridor were local politicians innumerable, waiting to congratulate him on his safe arrival. O'Donovan Bossa, with a big slouch hat pulled over his eyes, and with a roll of man uscript as thick as a log, was in the throng. He aetedas-ihe had the whole Irish cause on his shoulders. He wanted to get at the Secretary and demand from him an expla nation o'f the stories that the Secretary, while in London, had spokes of our Irish immigrants as "clam-mouthed" or "flannel mouthed." The Secretary had not time to bother with Bossa, and the dynamiter, after parading the corridors for several hours, at last gave it up and departed. The Secretary In Good Health. The Secretary had a long chat with old friends and leading lights in the Republi can party, who grasped his hand-and told him now glad they were to see him so much improved in health. The Secretary said he had not taken a drop of medicine. He was vastly impoved in appearance barring his left eye and he was assured by the physi cians among his visitors that that would quickly mend. When the Secretary sailed from New York he was as thin as a rail, and his face was almost emaciated after his long illness in Washington and at Old Point Comfort. His cheeks are now filled out, and he was spry as a youth of 20. The bass drums of St Patrick's parade were booming and the bands crashing in front of the hotel in the afternoon while The Dispatch's reporter had an extended conversation with the Secretary. The Sec retary smiled and said that about 40 news paper men had been to see him to ask him whether, while in London, he had sp'oken of the Irish people either as "clam-mouthed" or "flannel-mouthed." Mr. Poster's Version of the Story. The Secretary's version, as told to The Dispatch man, is: . Shortly aftermy arrival in London a num ber of gentlemen called on meat my hotel, the Metropole, one evening, and all sorts of topics were discussed. It was a general and a running conversation between us all. There were no set speeches, and every man said exactly what he thought. The subject of Immigration came up, and, OT course, a ood deal was said about that. It was evl ent that most df those piesent had ac cepted the report of Mr. Schultels, attached to the Immigration Bureau ot New York, as the repoit of the en the commission, instead or Intel preting it as it should be interpreted the individual utterance of Mr. Schultels. I do not even remember whether the woid "clam mouthed" was used, or whether the word "flannel-mouth" was used. I am, however, pretty certain that no offensive utterances of any kind escaped my lips. 1 remember saying that the Irish, the Germans and the Scandinavians i eadily assimilatod with our people, so much so that very young children, when they arilve at the age of 21 or there abouts, could not, in many cases, be de tected from our own American children. A good deal of nonsense has been sent through the country about my alleged utterances concerning the Irish. The Secretary occasionally held his hand to his left eye. It was severely bruised, and the lids and upper part of the cheek quite dark. He said: That is nothing to what it was several days ago. One day when 1 was on the upper deck of the Soiee. reclining in a steamer ohalr, the ship gave a great luroh and. tumbled a couple of ladies olose to my chair onto the deck. Without thinking or the ship's pitching, I clambered out of my chair to assist tbem, when another great lurch came ana I was thrown against a stanchion. My eye immediately swelled, and you would bavo thought that I bad been in a prize fight I had not had a black eye befoie since I was a lad at school. The Proposed Silver Conference. The Secretary was asked if he cared to say anything about the proposed silver confer ence between Great Britain and the United States. He replied that-he preferred to say as little as possible about that subject, add ing: I did no go abroad to discuss that matter; but, naturally, when I met Mr. Gosohen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Salisbury, the matter was discussed iu an informal way. I found beyond all doubt tbat there is in England a growing aDDiecla- .tlon of bi-metallism. This is particularly tine or the people outside of London. Mr. Gladstone believes In monometallism. The English Government Is subject to changes . quite as much as our own, and, natuially, the silver question there is quite as much one of tho politics as any where else. I do not know whether Mr. Gladstone would be so strongly in favor of monometallism should his forces come to the front, but I do know that those in power in England now have given the subject of the better use of the silver muoh considera tion, and tbat at the time the matter will be satisfactorily settled. Of course 1 cannot, say when that time will be. The exigencies of party politics iu England may deter con- clnaive action, hnt for all that the growing sentiment in England, and of the majority,. iu my estimation, is in lavor oi ui-meuuuu coinage. A Diplomatic Contradiction. The Secretary's foreign trip has been much discussed by New York bankers and their friends. On February'26 several local newspapers announced that Great Britain had at last agreed to discuss with the United States the bi-metallic currency question. It was said further that there would be a forthcoming conference between the two countries on this great subject It was an nounced at the time that an erroneous story had been circulated that Secretary Foster's visit to Europe had something t o do'with such a conference. The arrangements for the conference were completed long before Mr. Foster contemplated his foreign trip, and the Secretary to-day confirmed this state ment Bnt he reiterated that he did not go abroad for the -pupose of discussing this matter, either with Mr. Goschen or with Lord Salisbury. It was remarked that 48 hours after those newspaper articles were written, Acting Secretary Spaulding sent out from Wash ington 'an J "Mai denial that any con ference ha s&a -templated or in any way thona' rJ. J)tif , -ie clear to-day mat tmsaenix:.7"i " .( . - . - -'VI ... A Lonlflrenc. rr'i.- '''..."-- The reports were cabled aDilf" .tjfr'- 'iri bury and Mr. Goschen had a conferJ ,d a talk with Minister Lincoln. The result of that conference was that Minister Lincoln notified Acting Secretary Spaulding that the English Premier and Mr. Goschen be lieved the news of tho conference had been prematurely published, the result might be affec and that affected if the report were not denied. It was made clear to Acting Secretary Spaulding that the op ponents of bi-metallism in England might throw stumbling blocks in the pathway of the Marquis of Salisbury and Mr. Goschen, pending the discussion over the conference, it would be the correct diplomatic thing to deny that any such conference was intended, or that Mr. Foster would talk to the Mar quis of Salisbury or Mr. Goschen on the subject. The Secretary himself was not all annoyed that the news of the intended conference had been printed. "It was not only the truth, but it also had the effect, in their es timation, of quieting the apprehensions of certain bankers and others, and also mate rially aided in checking gold shipments." The Secretary said that he would go to Washington to-morrow. Secretary Foster addressed fhe Sons of St Patrick at annual dinner to-night, and denied the "flannel-mouth" incident THE COURT WILL DECIDE. Agent McClnre Held for Trial on the Per jury Charge He Tuinka His Prosecutor Hoes Not Havs a Case Mr. Sharpe Is of a Difierent Opinion. Yesterday morning Eev. T. N. Boyle, foreman of the grand jury, affixed his name to the true bill found against Agent McCure and it now means tbat the gentleman of Law and Order fame will have to stand a trial in court for perjury. The finding of the jury created quite a stir in the court house yesterday. A num ber of people thought the case was only one gotten up to scare the Sunday reformer, but now they view the matter in a more serious light The prosecution is ready to proceed with the case, and the District Attorney will be asked to take the case up as early as possible. This seems to be satisfactory to Mr. McClure, as he is to appear as re monstrant against a large number of liquor dealers in the License Court He thinks he will have no trouble clearing himself! His prosecutor, though, views the mattes, in a different light Law and Order cases will be prosecuted right alnng up to the time the case is dis posed of. In the first part of next week a batch of ten will be heard. Among the numbe? is the one of Mr. Sharpe, the prosecutor in the perjury case. Mr. McClure will try to have this case, if none other, disposed of before his own trial comes up. DEATH OP MAX STRAK0SCH The Once Famous Impresiarlo Expires in a Home for IncuraDles. New Yoek, March 17. Special Max Strakoscb, the 'once famous impressario, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning, at the Home for Incurables in Fordham, where he had been a patient for two years. Four years ago he was stricken with paralysis at his residence, 248 East Seventeenth street He retained his mental faculties to the last, and until within a few days was a match for a good player at chess. Max Strakosh was born in Brunn, Mor avia, September 27, 1835. When about 20 years old he came to this conntry. He be came an agent for Impressario Ublmann, and afterward started out himself. His first venture was the management of an Italian opera company, which included Carlotta Patti, a sister oi Adelina, and Amelia Patti, another sister, whom his brother, Mauribe Strakoscb, married. His nephew, Carl Strakosch, is authority for the statement that Max was once engaged to Adelina Patti. Mrs. Max Strakosch lives at 138 East Twenty-second street The family is left in comfortable circumstances. KENTUCKY'S XOTTXBY BEAD. The Recent Decision in the Covington Casos Probably Killed It. Lotjisviixe, March 17. All the lottery offices here, including the general office, where drawings are made, closed to-day and it is believed they will remain closed permanently. The manager says they are only awaiting the decision of the courts, and that their vested rights cannot be taken away by any law; but public sentiment is aroused: against them. The Citizens' Association, which for several years has been working for muncipal reform, w'ill aid in the prosecution. The surrender of the Louisiana Lottery has had a marked effect in weakening the position of the Frankfort Lottery and its suppression seems assured. The Elliott: Jury Still Out Columbus, O., March 17. Special The jury in the case of P. J. Elliott, tried for murdering A. C. Osborne, February 22, 1891, retired with the case yesterday, and at 10 o'clock to-night had failed to agree on a verdict The defendant is a brother of W. J. Elliot, who received a life sentence for participating in the same crime. THIS MORNING'S NEWS. Topic Tage. The A.tors Mixed Up In a Scandal 1 Secretary Foster Denies a Story 1 A Brutal Wife Murder I Ixt or License Objectord.l 2 Armstrong's Bondsmen Mast Settle....... 3 Chief Murpbya Winner 2 Editorial and Miscellaneous 4 live National New. 4 Atkinson on Taxation and Work.......... S Puffer's Remarkable BUI 6 A Grand Chance in Iowa 7 Lady Somerset's Tlsit 7 A Chicago Boodle Sensation 7 Irish Issue. In Parliamtnt 7 All the Sporting News 8 Events In Nearby Towns 8 A Breezy Cable Budget.. 0 Mrs. Potter's African Experience 0 News of the Badness World O More A.sessment Revisions 0 St Patrick's Day a Success. 10 News of the County Court...... 10 The Oil Scout's Field Reports 10 Iron and Commercial Markets...... 11 Scientific Notes. ... 12 Congressional Routine.. 12 A SURE WINNER 1 I th.e mu who Hies the Ceat-a-Wer4 ColHBamB of THE DIS PATCH. The people yoHwiskto reach are reading them everyday. Nil THREE CENTS BMIIEDBYJl BRUTE, Awful Crime of Dennis Gloo . nen, the Strong Man of the Panhandle. HIS WEAPON WAS A CHAR With It He Crushed His Wife's Skull and Broke Three Eihs. HE IS CAPTURED AND CONFESSES. The Horrible Details of a St Patrick's Daj Fearful Tragedy. HIS LITTLE SON SWEARS TENGEANCE Dennis Cloonen, the "strong man of the Panhandle yards," beat his wife to death with a cbair last night at his home in the rear of 62 Congress street The body is at the Public Morgue in charge of Coroner McDowell, and Cloonen is in Central station pending an inquest. The details of the affair appear all the more horrible from the fact that liquor did not figure in it Unlike the majority of murders in Allegheny county of recent date, the guilty one was perfectly sober and in full possession of all his faculties. The exact cause of the trouble will probably never be known. Cloonen and his wife were alone at the time. Neighbors heard the noise, but were so accustomed to quar rels in the house that they thought nothing of it The struggle, which must have been long and terrible, was witnessed by no one, and not until Cloonen practically admitted to the affair was anything known of it The Murderer's Feats oi Strength. Cloonen is employed as a switchman in the Panhandle yards, and is noted for his strength. Though onlv about 5 feet C in height he weighs over 200 pounds. He has frequently distinguished himself by his ability to handle an ordinary iron rail as others would a crowbar. No better evidences of his brute power are necessary than the mutilated body at the morgue and the splintered remnants of a hard-wood chair, which he used as a weapon. The couple were each about 55 years of age, and have been married many yean, having four male children, the oldest of whom has seen 25 summers. According to the testimony of neighbors, they have frequently quarreled during the past four years. Mrs. Cloonen, being a little person of not more than 120 pounds weight, usually got the worst of these domestic battles. Cloonen finished work at 6 o'clock last evening and started for home, arriving there about half an hour later. Bridget, hiswife, was alone in the house. She had supper waiting for him and to all appearances the meal was over before any serious trouble began. There are no details of the affair except such as could be gathered from the sight that met the eyes of the neighbors and police nearly an hour later. Announced tho Marder Himself. Mrs. Thomas itenney, wh "ia in fi'dil of Cloonen's bouse, was the firvto learn of the deed. This is her story: '"The first in timation I had of the murder was when Cloonen appeared coatless at my house. He walked into the kitchen and in a cool man ner said to me: "Go down there and see her." With this he turned and walked away, leaving me wonder ing what he meant In a few moments he returned, carrying.his coat and necktie in his hand. He again entered the kitchen and asked my daughter. Miss Minnie, to tie his necktie. While she was doing it she asked him what was the matter, as she saw he was trembling violently. He said: 'If anything has happened, I have done it With that he turned and left the house. "My daughter and I ran down to Cloon en's, pushing open the door, we found Mrs. Cloonen lying on the floor in a pool of blood, gasping for breath. I sent for a doc tor and the police and the woman was taken to the morgue." After Cloonen left Mrs. Kenney's he went to Mrs, McElmara's, in the rear of 'Squire Bichards office, on Washington street There he asked for a drink of water; he drank it and "walked out without saying a word. He then started toward the Union sta tion, and when on Bedford avenue, above Washington street, he was overtaken bv his 'two sons, Captain McLaughlin and Mike Kinney. He gave himself up without any resistance, and was taken to Central station. When arrested he asked the officer to kill him, and as he was passing along Smithfield street he exclaimed: "I am the man that did the deed." No Cause Known for the Murder. When The Dispatch reporter reached the house, Thomas Cloonen, the eldest son, had appeared. He was greatly shocked by the deed, and refused to talk much about the case. He said: "Father and mother at times had disagree ments, but I never before knew of them having ended seriously to either. Father was working to-day and was not drink ing. He does drink some, but it is usually in the evening after his work is done. I have no idea what was the trouble eto-night It might have been about the ownership of the house. Sometime ago mother bought this place and had the deed made out in her own name. Father did not like this and they mav have quarreled about it to-night The house where this atrocious crime was perpetrated was a low brick structure, two families living in it. The part the Cloonens occupied was composed of three rooms, a kitchenfbedroom and low attic. The mur der was committed in the kitchen, which is a little stuffy room about 12 feet square. The sight presented was a horrible one and showed that a desperate struggle had gone on before Mrs. Cloonen gave up her life. The supper table was standing with some remnants of food scattered over It She must have been engaged in clearing It o'ff when she was struck, tor there was a pool of blood right alongside of it where her head had lain. A few feet away lay the chair with which the crime was committed, broken into a dozen pieces and covered with blood and hair. The Chair Was the Only Weapon. When the Coroner arrived he made an examination of the house, he being of the opinion that some other instrument besides the chair had been used. A search of the entire house and yard did not reveal any thing, and the chair had to be accepted as the weapon. While the officers were yet rummaging the house for the other weapon, the little 12-year-old son of the murderer made his appearance. He had not, until that time, known that his mother had been killed.but, when he saw the great pool of blood on the floor, the facts could not be kept from him. With a moan he fell back against the wall. When he recovered he jumped up and with -an awful oath swore vengeance on his mother's slayer. It was with great trouble he was removed, but he left finally, cursing his father uhtil he had passed out ot hearing. Some of the neighbors say Cloonen has been insane for the post several years. They also say his wife was a very high-tempered woman and was always causing little do mestic rows. .
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