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 " .( . -
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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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