FORTY-SEVENTH
FRENCH FOOLS
SPOIL) DUEL
That Was Meant to Wipe
Out the Dishonor of
the Draytons.
THE HUSBAND PITIED
Because He Wasn't Given a Chance
to Meet Borrowe in Paris.
HIS CLUB SIDING WITH HIM.
The Arrival of tha Majestic Awaited With
Great Impatience.
New York Society Talks for a Day of
Little Else Than the Duel That Didn't
Come Off Personnel of the Principals
Portrait of the Woman In the Case
The Gossip Going in Gotham Why"
Philadelphia Is Interested Servants
Who Claim They Have Long Known
of the Family Skeleton Drayton an
Escort Swordsman Not the First
Quarrel Between the Families.
jtfrnM. TFLECRAM TO THE DISPATCIM
New Yoek, March 18. Until the White
Star steamship Majestic reaches this port
nest week it is likely that little that is au
thentic -will be added to the cabled account,
published exclusively in The Dispatch
jesterday, of the Drayton-Borrowe duel
that was not fought.
The semi-jocular question in the clubs
and at Delmonico's to-night was: "What
will the principals do if either of them
reaches New York alive'"
New York society talked industriously to
dav about the affair, and in all the discus
sions there was a well-defined tendency to
sympathize with the hus-baud, Mr. Drayton,
who declares that Mr. Borrowe has inflicted
upon him "the most grievous injury which
one man can inflict upon another." The
most profound sympathy was expressed for
Mrs. Astor, Mrs. Drayton's mother, whose
goodness of heart and charity toward others
has endeared her to thousands.
Drayton's Case Very Tiadly Handled.
A good many people who read to-day the
published correspondence on which Mr.
Borrowe's seconds hold him excused from
giving Dr. Drayton satisfaction came to the
conclusion that Mr. Drayton's case had been
badly handled by his French seconds, and
that the pronunciamiento of M. Aurelien
Scholl and the Due de Morny that "this
person" had forfeited his right to exact a
hostile meeting, being founded on an ex
pert statement of the facts, is of weight only
as counsel's opinion, with no judicial
quality about it, and leaves the case open,
even in the minds of adherents of the
code.
It was easier to find men who sympathized
with Mr. Drayton and rejected as absurd
the idea that he had received "an annual
monetary consideration" for his patience
that to find those who believe the case
closed against him.
Tne Clnbs Not at All Content.
It is not likely, for Instance, that the
Union Club, the Knickerbocker Club or the
Manhattan Club, of all which Mr. Drayton
is a member, will accept any such finding
without severe question, or particularly,
that the Lawyers' Club, of which both Mr.
Drayton and Mr. Borrowe are members,
will be content with it. Said a member of
the Union Club:
"From the case as presented, I should say
that Mr. Drayton is to be pitied because of
his unfortunate choice of seconds. He
seems to have selected two Frenchmen who
allowed themselves to be made fool of by
Mr. Borrowe's seconds. As I look at it,
Drayton was victimized. He was angry
and excited, while Borrowe was calm and
shrewd. The latter selected two clever men
for his seconds, and they calmly proceeded
to put Drayton in a false position. If
Drayton's seconds had understood the situ
ation, and had been as clear-headed as Bor
rowe's seconds were, Drayton would never
have been placed in the false light in which
he now appears.
Drayton I'ut In a. False Position.
"It seems to me that the presentation of
the case is one-tided, and that Borrowe's
seconds are responsible for it. This is only
another indication of their smartness. They
hae put Drayton on the tlcfenshe, where
his ought really be the ofiensive position.
What he needs is more practical advisers."
One gentleman, who knows both Drayton
and Borrowe well, says: "The decision
rendered by the Due de Morny and his as
sociate is calculated to pnt Mr. Drayton in
a deplorable plight, and as though he had
committed the great wrong instead of being
the injured party. Under the laws made
by the custom in France he did a most
manly thing by sending the challenge, but
by a smart maneuver his antagonist made
him appear in a fahe position before the
world and the wr6ns;doer is upheld.
A l'resent Kemedy Fortho Husband.
"You ask me what is Mr. Drayton's
present remedy. I do not hesitate to say
what I would do were I in his place. As
soon as the man who had done me such a
wrong put his foot on terra firms I would
bimply shoot him down as I would a dog. I
would not, in fact, wait even to do that, if
the report is true that both men arc now on
the Majestic on their way to America. If I
were Drayton, I would fix matters so that
the arrival of that boat would land but one
of us alive on shore, and that one would be
I and not the other fellow.
'There has got to be some remedy to ap
plv to men who have no other occupation
but to amuse themselves by breaking up
families. They are getting to be entirely
too numerous, and a little shooting on this
side, such as that in the Deacon case, is the
remedy. I know quite a number of such
fellows that ought to be exterminated in
that way. The world would be the better
for it and the morals of society would be
improved.
ji.ii .Annuity Not the Trice of Shame.
I am quite sure Mr. Drayton .never
took money from the Astor lamily to eon-
done criminal conduct on the part of his
w ife. Such money may have been given to1
him by his wife's parents as an annual al
lowance, which is not unusual when a man
marries into a very wealthy family. The
mere fact of Mr. Drayton's receiving money
under such circumstances dtdnot debar him
from asserting his manhood if he discovered
that his wife was unfaithful to him. The
field of honor, it would appear to me, is
open to him; so is his right to inflict punish
ment upon the aggressor."
"This sort of scandal is getting altogether
too frequent," said a highly incensed mem
ber of the Union League Club. "Here we
have had three -disgusting cases of alleged
infidelity on the part of American women
abroad, within a month. So faras the pres
ent case is concerned, I believe that if half
what is said is true, Mr. Borrowe's seconds
acted very properly in refusing to lethim
meet Drayton. It has been an open secret in
society that Borrowe was suspiciously
friendly with Mrs. Xrayton. The scandal
has even been hinted at in the newspapers.
Drayton's Duty at the Beginning.
"If Drayton had done his duty he would
have separated from his wife quietly, taken
his children, and never had anything more
to do with her. It seems to me the duty of
a man in such a case is perfectly simple.
His first duty is to his children. They
should be spared the shame and humiliation
which public announcement of their
mothers' shame is sure to bring upon them.
It there were no children, I should be in
lavorof a duel."
M. Aurelian Scroll, one of the two
French gentlemen to whom the seconds of
Mr. Borrowe referred the question of meet
ing Mr. Drayton on the field of honor, is
famous throughout Europe as a duelist. An
expert has linked his name with those of
Paul de Cassagnac, Henri Bochefort and
others whose duels have become known
throughout the world. His duel with the
Count de Dion, in 1884, stirred Parisian
society as such affairs rarely do. After de
Dion had driven his sword into Scholl's
body, leaving the broken point sticking be
tween the eighth and ninth ribi, Scholl
wanted to continue the fight, but the seconds
interfered,
Scholl's wound was dressed on the spot,
and an hour later he appeared at a famous
restaurant. That night he occupied his edi
torial chair in the office of E' Tenement, as
usual. Scholl is considered a witty writer
and is a thorough Parisian. The Due de
Morny has not figured so prominently in
dueling affairs. He is the son of that famous
Due de Morny who was Napoleon IIL's
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and who was
reputed to be the Emperor's half brother.
Not the First Quarrel In the Family.
The case recalls a quarrel several years
ago between Mrs. Drayton's brother, John
Jacob Astor, and Mr! Borrowe's younger
brother, Beekman Kip Borrowe. Mr.
Astor and young Mr. Borrowe met in the
cloakroom after a ball, and in some w,ay be
came involved in an altercation. At the
time it was said that Mr. Astor had
offended Mr. Borrowe, and that the latter
had retaliated with a blow straight
out from the shoulder. The row created a
good deal of talk at the time, and it was
even suggested that the young men bad
agreed to Bettle their differences by the code
ol honor. The friends of the young men,
however, declared that the trouble had been
verymuch exaggerated and that it amounted
to nothing. This story was revived to-day,
and it was hinted that the encounter was
the result of something that had been said
regarding Mr. Hallett Borrowe and Mrs.
Drayton.
THE INJURED HUSBAND.
,WJio J. CoIemana,Praytan Is "Why Phila
delphia Is Interested in the Case Lots
of Cash -In Bis Family An Expert
Swordsman.
Mr. Drayton belongs to one of the oldest
and wealthiest of Philadelphia families.
His uncle Heward, and his aunt, Mrs. G.
Dorson Coleman, were seen to-night by a
reporter, but neither family had received
the slightest intimation of what had hap
pened. They knew of no domestic troubles
between Mr. Drayton and his wife except
the rumors printed in the newspapers last
fall when they left for Europe.
Dr. Henry E. Drayton, Mr. Drayton's
lather, died many years ago, and the son,
although living nominally in Philadelphia
from boyhood, spent the greater part of his
time in New York. Since his marriage to
juiss Astor very little has been seen or
heard of him in this city. His name, how
c er, is still down as a member of the Phil
adelphia Club, which is the swellest social
club in the city. His uncle Heward
was for years a prominent lawyer, but has
now retired from active practice. He is
Secretary of the Board of City Trusts,
which co'ntrols the great Stephen Girard es
tate, and is a man of the highest social
standing and the most unimpeachable char
acter. He is a member of the Farmers'
Club of this city, every member of which is
supposed to be a millionaire. His two
sons, Heward, Jr., and William, are prom
inent figures in the most fashionable circles
here.
Mrs. G. Dorson Coleman, Mr. Drayton's
aunt, has one of the handsomest residences
in the city, at 2109 Walnut street Her
collection 6f pottery has a world-wide repu
tation, and is supposed to be one of the
finest in the country. Mrs. Coleman is a
millionaire many times over. Her family
control the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad
and own Mt. Gretna, made famous by the
annual encampment of the Pennsylvania
National Guards. Mrs. Coleman is "a mem
ber of the exclusive Acorn Club, and her
name figures among the list of patronesses
of all the leading social and charitable en
tertainments. Her son, G. Dorson Cole
man. i a member of the Four-In-Hand
Club, the mo't exclusive organization in
Philadelphia, and owns a handsome coun
try seat at Lebanon, where he entertains
the club once a year. None of Mr. Dray
ton's relatnes" in either family had received
word of his repotted departure for this
country. They were completely astounded
by the news as told to them, but had no
comment of any kind to offer.
Mr. J. Coleman Drayton is a member of
the Fencers' Club of New York, and is said
to be an expert swordsman.
THE LADY IN THE CASE.
Sketch and Portrait of f ho Berolne of the
Drajton-Borrowo Scandal Gussie As
tor, tho Picture of lnnocence,W2io Near
ly Canscd a Dael Between Her Uushand
and Her Alleged Lover.
Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, who seems to
have been the excuse for the duel which
did not take place between her husband and
Hallett Alsop Borrowe, is the second daugh
ter of William B. Astor. She was chris
tened Augusta, after her aunt, Mrs. John
Jacob Astor, who was the acknowledged
ruler of New York society before McAllis
ter undertook to classify it, and until her
death in December, 1S87. Miss Augusta
Astor, or, as she was called by all who knew
her, Gussie, was perhaps the prettiest and
the smartest of the three charming daugh
ters of William B. Astor, who shone in New
York's social heavens at the same time a
few years ago. Her eldest sister married
James It. l'oosevelt, of the fambus New
York family, and Carrie, the youngest of
the three, is now the wife of Orme Wilson.
All three made fashionable and what were
supposed, till now, to be happy marriages.
In
tne frencn capital especially Airs.
Drayton has been a leader in the American
colony. At the time of her aunt's (Mrs. John
Jacob Astor) death, four years ngo, Mrs.
Drayton's name.was mentioned as a possible
successor of that lady as the uncrowned
queen of America's fashion, but, though
she bas always been considered a national
leader of society, Mrs. Drayton made no
MBS. J. COLEMAN DRAYTON.
From a Portrait Innocence).
effort to take the onerous place of her rela
tion. She is of the blonde type, and her
beauty is the delicate order, in which a
sweet expression and exquisite manners
count for as much as the mere physical love
liness of eyes, .hair or complexion. As a
irl she had the same peculiar advantages of
ome training as her sisters. Her mother
did not believe in schools, and her daugh
ters accordingly received their education
from tutors and governesses at home.
According to the newspaper gossip of the
day, when Miss Gussie Astor was a New
York belle, her dominant characteristic was
modesty. So marked were the simplicity
of her manners and the engaging candor of
her life that a portrait of her, pressing a
milk-white dove to her bosom, was circulated
among her friends with the title "Innocence"
beneath it. The accompanying picture is a
reproduction of typified "Innocence."
SOME OF THE GOSSIP.
No Love Between Drayton and Borrowe
A Challenge Recalled What the Serv
ants at the Country House Talked About
to Strangers.
Society in New York remembers with
curious distinctness that Mr. Drayton had
no especial fondness for young Mr. Bor
rowe, and it remembers, too, that Mr. Bor
rowe, some weeks ago, himself declared to
some friends that he was ready to be shot
by Mr. Drayton; in fact, that he had pre
sented himself before that gentleman and
exclaimed:
"Shoot now, if you want; or I'll meet you
anywhere."
Mr. and Mrs. Drayton's country house,
known as "Crow's Foot," is delightfully
situated at Bernards ville, N. J., and here
the young couple were accustomed to pass
a considerable part of the year. For several
years past the gossip of society has been
that Mr. Borrowe, whose parents occupy an
estate about three-quarters of a mile away,
was a devoted admirer of Mrs. Drayton.
People living at Bernardsville and Morris
town observed trie devotion the young man
showed, and naturally commented on it. It
was extensively gossiped about bv the
servants employed by the families having
country houses in the neighborhood. Ac
cording to a person who has passed many
summers in the neighborhood of the Dray
ton place at Bernardsville, Mr. Borrowe
was a frequent visitor to the home of Mrs.
Drayton, and they enjoyed many drives
about the country. Said this person last
night:
"I have known Mrs. Drayton and Mr.
Borrowe to be together in the drawing room
of the Bernardsville house long after mid
night This did not happen once or twice,
but dozens of times, and always when Mr.
Drayton was absent from home. Mr. Dray-
luu uw Tcry particular iu uvuiu meeting
Mr. Borrowe in the house, and on one oc
casion I remember he went up stairs to his
room by way of the servants staircase, so as
to avoid speaking to the young man."
I appears that the coachman who usually
drove Mrs. Drayton and Mr. Borrowe about
Bernardsville and Morristown was some
times under the influence of liquor, and it
was not unusual that his condition was
such as to entirely unfit him for his duties.
When this happened, Mr. Borrowe would
mount the box and with the servant along
side of him drive Mrs. Drayton to her
home. This coachman, who had been em
ployed by the Draytons for about six years,
openly boasted that Mrs. Drayton" was
afraid to discharge him, as he was in pos
session of a secret which, if made known to
her husband, would cause the merriest kind
of a row. He treated his mistress with an
utter lack of respect and never lost an
opportunity to show his disrespect for her.
Last November, before Mrs. Drayton and
her husband went to Europe for the last
time, there were stories told in New York
about Mrs. Drayton and Mr. Borrowe, and
it was said anew that Mr. Drayton had de
termined to leave his wife and take the
children. She implored her husband not to
leave her, but if he insisted to at least al
low her children to remain. He was inex
orable and left the house a short time after
ward accompanied by his children, their
nurse and governess. The entire party
went to Philadelphia. A family confer
ence was called and at the earnest request
of Mrs. Astor, Mr. Drayton took his family
abroad.
FRUITS OF PROTECTION.
A Big English Shipbuilding Plant to Come
to America ABnmor That Rockefeller
Will Back the Scheme to thoune of
840,000,000.
"London, March 18. It is reported that
the Palmers, one of the largest shipbuilding
firms in the United Kingdom, are arranging
to transfer their plant of works at New-castle-on-Tyne
to a certain port in the
United States.
Mr. Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil
Company, will, it is said, join the enter
prise, contributing $40,000,000 and using
his influence to secure Government con
tracts for warships.
M0EHILL AND BLAINE BETTER
Tho Venerable Senator's Physicians Now
"Look for Bli Convalescence.
Washington, March 18. Senator Mor
rill passed the most favorable night since
his illness. The physician in attendance
looks for a still more, rapid improvement of
his condition within the, next 21 hours. His
mental faculties are wonderfully bright,,
and, altogether, every symptom points to
convalescence.
Secretary Blaine is reported to be better
to-day. He was able to leave his room for
the first time since he was taken ilL Dur
ing the day he transacted some private
business requiring attention.
CHECK REINS for Pittsburg horses dis
cussed by Rev. George Hodge In THB DI6
PATCH to-inorrow.
APOLITICALSCANDAL
With tho President's Son
Russell Figuring as, One
of Its Principals
IS TO BE INVESTIGATED.
The , Yellowstone Park Association
Backing Up Its. Claims
THAT IT HAS BEEN ILL-TREATED.
Talnble Leases Taken Away From It' and
Given to Mr. Huntley, '
A CLOSE FE1EKD OF TOUNG DABRISON
rsrKClAI. TELIGBAM TO TBS DISPATCH. 1
"Washington, March 18. Speaker Crisp
and Congressmen McMillin and Catching,
in the course of their conference to-day, as
the majority of the Committee -on Rules,
agreed to report to the House to-morrow for
consideration a resolution, which, if adopted,
as is probable, will open another in
vestigation of the Department of the
Interior, this time touching a political
scandal laid directly at the door of Secretary
Noble. The rsolution thus to be given the
right of way is that introduced two w eeks
ago by Congressman McRae, of Arkansas,
providing for the investigation of the In
terior Department's management of the
Yellowstone. Natioual Park.
Nothing less than a bold, unscrupulous
conspiracy to keep Montana in the Repub-
I lican column next fall, with Bussell B.Harj
nson, the President's son, in the role of
chief conspirator, and as his subservient
tool, the Secretary of the Interior, is in ef
fect the charges of which the McRae resolu
tian contemplates the investigation.
Immediate Investigation to Be Had.
"The resolution will undoubtedly be
adopted," said Mr. McRae to-night to The
Dispatch reporter. "It is to be under
stood that I introduced the resolution on my
own motion, based on the representation
of responsible parties, of serious
irregularities in the administration of
the park. Ten days or two weeks'
time will be allowed for both sides to be
prepared, and the investigation will be
held here at the Capital, by the committee
designated. The fact that I may be ex
pected to hear the complaints in a judicial
capacity forbids my giving or discussing
them now."
Representatives of the Yellowstone Park
Association, of which Mr. Charles Gibson,
of St- Louis,is the President, have.however,
no hesitancy in stating in plain terms the
nature of the charges for which tbey are
responsible. J. M. Clayton, of Butte City
a stockholder of the association, who for
some time pact has been in Washincton,
gives the association's version of the case as
follows:
Statement or the Company'! Case.
"The Yellowstone Park Association Las
held for Years leases signed by the Secretary
of the Interior, on certain park privilege:-
Under six of these leases six hotels have
been erected and managed, and by one clause
in each lease transportation facilities have
been provided over about 121 miles of the
Government roads, the several lines head
ing out of Montana, the natural entrance to
the park. All this has been done with an
aggregate investment of fCOOjOOO. Under
the terms of the leases no privilege could
be annulled without GO days' notice, in or
der to give the association an opportunity
to correct any mistakes on its part or mis
representations that might be made to the
Interior Department,
"At the close of last season we were noti
fied by the department, without a moment's
warning, that all the leases were null and
void, so far as they pertained to the trans
portation plan. As a matter of fact these
identical transportation privileges had been
already four days before turned over to an
other party, to one S. S. Huntley, of Mon
tana, a personal and political associate of
Bussell B. Harrison.
Where the Politics Comes In.
"We propose to show that this act, illegal
in itself and against which we are now pro
testing in the courts, was done by the De
partment of the Interior for no other reason
than that of giving a temporary political ad
vantageibr the Republican party in the State
of Montana. As I have said, the transpor
tation lines head out of State, and hence
the 300 or thereabouts employes reside
there. Now, it bas happened that the man
who for years has been the able superin
tendent of the company, General Wake
field, is a Democrat, and of the other em
ployes, three-fourths are Republicans.
"It is believed that when the last election
resulted in such a close division, the head
of the State ticket being elected Democratic
by 243 votes and the Legislature going
Republican, young Mr. Harrison began
to covet the control of the Park Transporta
tion Company, believing he could thereby
influence tfce politics of its employes. He
could even increase its roll indefinitely for
that purpose. Through his influence, we
believe, our leases were thus suddenly and
illegally annulled, after having been granted
to Mr. Huntley. We are still in possesion,
however, and intend to stay in possession."
SHE WAHTS 8150,000 MOBS.
A Widow Who Secured One Fortune Now
Claims Another.
Wilkesbarre, March 18. Mrs. A.
Marie Hoyt, accompanied by Mrs. G. Alex
ander and her attorney, L. H. Quimby, of
Denver, are here in an effort to get for Mrs.
Hoyt f 100,000 from her husband's estate.
Mrs. Hovt is the widow of the late George
Hoyt, of Kingston, who died in Denver
two years ago. She was a member of an
opera troupe when he married her. Shortly
after his death she came here and his rela
tives gave her $100,000, and she signed a
paper releasing tne Hoyt estate from
lurther liability.
Mrs. Hoyt now claims she was sick at the
time and did not pay proper attention to
the matter. Instead of the $100,000 she
claims 5250,000, as her husband's property
was valued at nearly $1,000,000. Attorney
Quimby will file a bill in equity in a few
days, praying that Mrs. Hoyt be" given her
rightful share.
FALL OF A X0RSTSB METEOR.
It Dropped In the Choctaw Nation and
Weighed Several Tons. '
Denison, Tex., March 1& Special.
Frank Newelha cattle man of Eagle county,
Choctaw Nation, who was in the city
to-day reports that a large meteor
fell In the prairie last Sunday.
It was imbedded at least 20 feet in the
earth, and protrudes 12 feet in the air. The
meteor, when seen by Newell, ap
peared in the air like a monster
ball of fire. When the earth was
struck it fairly trembled, and there
was a spluttering and sizzling like a piece
of hot iron dipped into cold water. The
meteorio (ton was as hot, as Jtiurnace tew
eral hours after it descended to the earth.
Newell estimates the weight at several
tons.
1 The meteor fell about BVclock. on the
prairie, near a small water course called
Frick's creek. Newell was on horseback,
about COO yards distant. Nowell's horse
trembled with terror, causing him to
dismount- 'It was not until the following
day that Newell and his neighbors could
approach the meteor, and .'then' only to
within a distance of about 60 yards.
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND.
SCORES OP SKELETONS TJNEABTHED
ON AN OHIO FARM.
Prehistoric Treasures Discovered by the
Plowing or a Field Curious Beads and
Rings Found on the Bodies of Women
Mound Builders' Secrets.
,lRONTON, March 18. Special By some
curious circumstance one of the most won
derful prehistoric finds of the State has been
scarcely heard of outside a limited local
area. .Last week the residence of Joshua
Kelly, -at Union Landing, was torn down,
and its site turned into a field. During the
week tho plow was started, and directly
below where the house stood a skeleton was
turned up. The finders dng about a little
and unearthed five more skeletons, four
adults and one child.
It was at first supposed a tragedy had
been brought to light, but there was no one
to clear up the mystery. After a few days
the news reached 'the outside world, and
Wednesday, under the direction of the Iron
ton Register, a somewhat methodical excava
tion -pas made at the spot, with astonishing1
results. Within a space of 40 feet square
and 5 feet in depth, more than a score of
skeletons were founa, and the editor esti
mates that there were 50 bodies in the
space. They were piled one upon the other,
men, women and children, without order,
other than that the heads were generally
toward the Ohio river.
Around the necks of the women were
found curiously wrought beads, and stone
and metal rings were on the fingers of many.
Stone and ruejal implements and trinkets,
mussel shells and ashes were found in
abundance. Generally speaking, the skulls,
femur bones and teeth were in an excellent
state of preservation. Some of the strands
of beads were five and six feet in length and
some were engraved.
It is said that some of the people in the
neighborhood carried off thin metal plates
curiously engraved, as well as decorated
pottery.
BLUE AND GRAY UNITED.
SENSATIONAL SCENE AT A REUNION
IN ATLANTA.
General Sickles Compli merits General
Longstreet, and 300 Men Go Wild With
Enthusiasm Strains of Dixie Mingled
With the Star Spangled Banner.
Atlanta, March 18. Special A sen
sational blue and graj reunion set Atlanta
ablaze with enthusiasm last night. At a
banquet given by the Irish societies General
Daniel Sickles was one specially invited
guest. The General was announced to re
spond to the toast: "The Empire State of
the North." Said he in conclusion:
"It is a great pleasure to meet to-night
and sit opposite my good friend, General
Longstreet. Applause. How well we
like" a fellow after we have fought him!
And I, most of all, after he Bhot my leg off.
Great applause. I shall never forget the
warm embrace with which he welcomed me.
I wish every soldier who fought in the last
war could have seen it."
General Longstreet arose, and General
ijickles placedhis arm around the grizzled
"veteran. The scene .was indescribable. As
one man, swi men rose to meir teet ana
veiled and yelled. They mounted the
tables and screamed. The two brave Gen
erals, now gray and bent, stood with their
arms around each other with every eye
upon them.
"Here we stand together, " said General
Sickles, "if General Longstreet's honor
ever needs defending it will be defended at
mv hands."
The band struck up "Dixie." Three
cheers for Sickles were given with a will
Every throat called for Longstreet, and he
again arose, and pointing dramatically at
the Union flag, sang the opening lines of
the "Star Spangled Banner. The audience
again went wild, and the band again plaved
"Dixie."
RAVAGES OF YELLOW JACK.
The Dreaded Scourge Breaks Out Suddenly
in Bermuda The Proper Precautions
Neglected at Buenos Ayres Terrible
Devastation at Rio de Janeiro.
Halifax, March 18. Special. A dis
patch was received at the barracks here to
day from St. Lucie, W. I., saying that
owing to an outbreak of yellow fever in
Bermuda the order of the troopship to call
tbero on her way here had been cancelled,
and that she would come direct. The
trooper brings two companies of artillery
to the station here.
A telegram from Buenos Ayres says: The
Government is neglecting to take the proper
sanitary precautions to prevent an outbreak
of yellow fever.
A dispatch from Bio de Janeiro states
that during the last fortnight there were
775 deaths from yellow fever there. The
crens of 23 steamers have been attacked by
the disease.
N0STSUM FAKIES' 8HABP GAMS.
They Excite the Crowd by Giving Money
Away, and Secure S300.
Brazil, Ind., March 18. Two sharpers
drove in front of tne "When" clothing
store here yesterday, and announced that
they were advertising agents for anew
medicine, and by singing and playing on
the banjo, succeeded in getting a large audi
ence.' They sold a small bottle of medicine
for 25 cents, and when the crowd was sup-
Elied gave purchasers twice the money they
a,d paid for the medicine.
This greatly excited the company, and
when offered a larger sized bottle for $1
many of the iy-6wd bought three and four
bottles, expecting their money would be
doubled and returned. The swindlers se
cured at least $200 and drove off, but were
followed by a howling mob, throwing mis
siles of all sorts at their carriage, greatly
damaging it A cinder struck the driver
and cut his face severely. Finally the
tricksters reached the hotel, and almost in
stantly tthe building was surrounded by
angry men armed with hatchets, clubs anil
revolvers, swearing vengeance. It took
the Marshal and his assistants to quell the
crowd, and the medicine vender left on
the first train, escorted by the police. The
medicine was water colored.
CHASLIE PEIRCE WINS AGAIN.
AI Johnson's Cincinnati Baseball Suit Goes
Once More Against Him.
Cincinnati, March 18. After the close
of the baseball season, last year, Al John
son, of Cleveland, bought thefranchises.ete.,
of the Cincinnati League Club, of President
Stern, and then sold out to J. Palmer
O'Neill.
After this lost sale Charles Prince, of
Boston, and others won a suit in the lower
courts, for a claim on certain portions of
the money received by Al Johnson. The
case was appealed to the Circuit Court,
That court to-day affirmed the decision of
the lower court,-in favor, of Prince and
other.
odious; blue laws
.
SJado'Still More Detestable to
'the Modern Citizens
of Philadelphia.
SOUTH STEEET'S STORES,
That Have Been Kept Open Sundays
Just as on Other Dayp,
ORDERED TO OBSERVE THE DAY.
The
Merchants' Attorney Advises
Clients to Pay Ko Tleed
Bis
TO COMMANDS IN DEFIANCE OP LAW
(lirECIAI- TltEOBAM TO THE DlBPATCIt.l
Philadelphia, March 18. The store
keepers of Kensington are up in arms
against what they call an unjust and en
tirely uncalled-fpr action on the part of Di
rector of Public Safety Beitler, who, they
say, has issued a general order notifying
milkmen, butchers, bakers and grocery
store proprietors to close their places of
business on Sunday. The police of the sev
eral Kensington districts have, it is said,
during the past wee'k been notifying all
storekeepers of the above named classes
that they must from now on finish np their
business before Sunday, as on that day all
shops must be kept closed.
Nearly every person who is in charge of
a store in the Seventeenth ward has been
notified, and a great many proprietors now
have signs posted up stating that they will
be closed on Sunday hereafter.
After receiving their orders a number of
people consulted Lawyer John H. Fow as
to what they should do in the matter. Mr.
Fow looked up the records and discovered
that the old Blue Laws regarding the selling
of the necessaries of life on Sunday had
been repealed.
Evident Misconstruction of Orders.
When seen to-day,. Mr, Fow stated that
he thought the police had misconstrued the
director's orders, for as Mr. Beitler is a
lawyer, he must know that there is no law
against trading in the necessaries of life.
He says also that the law of 1794 itself per
mits the delivery of milk, eta, before 9 a.
m. and after 5 p. m. on Sundays.
"There was a case something similar to
this," said Mr. Fow, "tried before Judge
Mitchell, in the Court of Common Pleas,
about five years ago. It was that of the
Commonwealth versus Moebius. Mr. Moe
bins was a butcher in my district, residing
on Secotfd street, near Jefferson. He was in
dicted for selling meat on Sunday. A
motion was made before Judge Mitchell,
who is now a Judge of the
Supreme Court, to quash the indictment,
and after an elaborate argument, the judge
handed down a decision, in which he said:
The Sunday law of April 22, 1794, is re
pealed by the acts of March 25, 1805 and
April 22, 1829, so jar as regards the sales of
the necessaries of life within the old dis
trict of Kensington in Philadelphia.'
The law Everywhere the Same.
"Now," continued Tr. Fow, "applying
this principle to other districts, the law
would be the same, and the only place that
would be affected by any ordinance would
be that district in the old city proper. In
this particular case before Judge
Mitchell, the laws of the District
of Kensington only were involved. That
district comprised, prior to consolidation,
all north of the Cohocksink creek to Gun
ner's run, and all east of Sixth street to the
Delaware river. Therefore, I am of the
opinion, that the Police Department had
better be careful and not issue an order in
direct violation of the law."
One of Mr. Fow's clients, a Seventeenth
ward milkman, was arrested this week, but
was discharged by Magistrate Kane, while
another client, James Burkart, a butcher,
of Second and Master streets, has been noti
fied to close. Mr. Fow has told these peo
ple to continue their business on Sunday
all day if they choose, and should any more
of his clients be notified he will give them
the same instructions. Should they be ar
rested lie will take the case to the courts
and let them decide whether or not the old
Blue Law has been repealed.
A Proper Observance Was Ordered.
Director Beitler stated to-night: "Some
time ago I was notified by the Retail
Grocers' Association that nearly all the
stores along South street were kept open on
Sunday and business carried on the same as
during tlie week:. issued an order to the
police of the Second, Third-and Nineteenth
districts to. notify the storekeepers to ask
customers not to make purchases on Sunday.
Since then I have been informed by the
same association that stores in other sec
tions of the city Mere doing business on
Sunday. I sent word to the Lieutenants of
police to endeavor to have a proper ob
servance of Sunday by the storekeepers in
their respective districts. Policemen were
instructed simply to ask storekeepers to
close up as early as possible, but not de
mand that they should close up entirely.
The rule did not apply to milkmen."
When asked whether or not any order had
been issued regarding the closing of cigar
stores and other places where luxuries are
sold, Mr. Beitler replied that there had not.
Cigar stores have always been open on Sun
days, aud he saw no reason why they should
be closed. His attention being called to the
case cited by Lawyer Fow, Mr. Beitler
said: "If there is such a law the storekeep
ers may. continue their business on Sunday,
the same as any other day, and we cannot
close their places."
THE FIRST QUAY VOTE.
Senator Thomas Says Be Will Support
Matthew Tor Another Term.
Philadelphia, March 18. SenatorC.
Wesley Thomas has announced his inten
tion of supporting Senator Quay, for re
electipn to the United States Senate. Sen
ator Thomas is the first member of the
Legislature to publicly proclaim his posi
tion on the question whether Senator Quay
should represent Pennsylvania in the
United States Senate for another term after
the expiration of his present one in 1892.
DAKOTA DIV0BCES NO GO.
Baron de Stenrs Takes steps In Francs to
Have Hit VI ire's Annulled.
SIOUX FALLS,S.D.,Marehl8. A private
cable dispatch from Paris says Baron de
Steurs bas taken steps to have annulled the
divorce obtained by his wife here.
The dispatch adds this bit of gossip: "The
action of the Chevalieur is geueraliy ap
proved; and it is said he will be entirely
successful."
OUATEHALA AT PEACE.
The Newly-Elected President Barrios De
clares fits Cabinet.
Guatemala, March 18. Peace prevails
throughout the Republic. The new Cabinet
has been formed as follows: President
Barrios, Minister of War; Dr. Itanien A.
Salajar, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
Senor- Salvador Herrera, Minister of Fi
nance; Senor Manuel Estrada Calvera,
Minister of the Interior; Senor George
Velec, Minister of Public Works; Senor
Manuel Carral, Minister of Justice and In
struction. The inauguration festivities, which com
menced on the 15th inst,, will end to-morrow.
President Barrios declares that he is
anxious that the present peaceful condition
of the country shall be maintained.
SAW MURDER IN A DREAM.
SENSATION AT THE INQUEST
TOE LIVERPOOL VICTIMS.
ON
The Brother of the Murderer Says He
Knew What Happaned Before He Heard
of the Tragedy CrowJs Attend tho
Funeral.
Liverpool, March 13. The fnneral of
the four victims of Frederick Deeming's
murderous wrath attracted crowds to the
village of Bain Hill to-day. The doctors
who conducted the post mortem
were obliged to throw open doors
and windows on account of the odor from
the decomposed bodies, and the jurymen
begged to' be excused from viewing the re
mains. Albert Deeming, brother of tho
murderer, and who closely resembles him,
was almost mobbed when he took the wit
ness stand. He said he knew when he was
summoned what he was going to see at the
villa, as he had seen his murdered sister-in-law
and her children in dreams. '
'etter received in Liverpool from a
, -'as on the vessel on which Deem-
tn"-iii. '' 'went to Australia, says
!;" v
-onfided to her that her
, be a villain, and
that he lTetS,'J(..;
covered her hasi. "
' 3 ' ' aracter during
bUC UUllCJUIUUii . J
The statement made by -Ubert Deeming
while giving his testimony, to the effect
that he saw the murders committed in a
dream which he had eight months azo,
caused a great sensation among those pres
ent, and was the subject of much comment.
The witness also testified that he saw his
sister-in-law just before she was murdered,
and that she then had 100 in her posses
sion. A cable fron Perth, Australia, says
Deerring, the murderer, was brought there
to-day. Crowds surrounded his guards at
the station, but the constablps managed to
get him sately behind the bars. When ar
rested Deeming protested his innocence.
He was voluble and talked freely about
the murders, but says he can prove that he
is not guilty. Strong circumstantial evi
dence is in possession of his captors.
POISON IN THE COFFEE
Brines an Entire Nashville rainllj to the
Verse or Death and Two or Them Die
Guilt Laid to the Black Sheep or the
Flock. ,
Nashville, March 18. The poisoning
of the family of Mrs. Melrose last night
proves to be more serious than at first
thought. The family had partaken of their
evening meal and all were soon taken vio
lently ill. They do not know in which dish
the poison was evidently concealed. Misses
Katie and Mattie Melrose, aged 15 and 17
respectively, died this morning, and other
members of the family are reported to be in
a critical condition.
Dr. Omohnndro, the attending physician,
says that arsenic had been placed in the
coffee served, but by whom is not yet
known. Of course, a thorough investigation
will be made. The Melrose family live in a
fashionable part of the city,
Eobert Melrose, the younger son, drank
but little coffee, and it is a disputed ques
tion as to whether he drank any. He com
plained of being sick, and drinking some
salt and water, vomited freely. David and
his mother are very ill but may recover.
Bobert is also quite sick, it is thought from
drinking a small quantity of the coffee to
day. The circumstances surrounding the
case seemed to point to the gnilt of Bobert,
and he is now under anrst to await the re
sult of the inquest. He had given the
family much trouble.
Frauds on the poor.
Little Encouragement for the Charitable to
Send Food to Russia's Starving.
Boston, March 18. Special A pri
vate letter from Biga throws further light
upon the disgraceful frauds practiced by
Russian officials. A ladies' committee at
Biga collected for the distressed people in
the interior all sorts of different things and
sent them, packed in large bales, to a Lu
theran clergyman in the distressed dis
tricts. The latter telegraphed that he had
received the bales, which were their full
weight, but that they only contained straw,
tow and stones.
When the senders at Riga wished to make
the matter public, the censor refused his
consent, saying that such things often hap
pened in Russia, and that he dared not pub
lish the matter, as Russia's reputation in
Europe had already suffered by such things
becoming known. The same committee
also sent nine wagons loaded with corn, but
only two arrived that had not been tam
pered with. In the sacks of the seven other
wagons gravel and stones had bceit placed.
CARNEGIE COULDN'T SET IN
As
an Honorary Member of a Muiical
t ocl-ty. Because Ho Has Money.
New York, March ia Special At
the session of the musical convention yes
terdy P. S. Gilmore suggested that E.
N. Jordan and Henry L. Higginson, of
Boston, and Mrs. Jcannette M. Thurber
aud Andrew Carnegie, in appreciation
of their services to music, be admitted to
honorary membership, and others suggested
that P. S. Gilmore and Theodore Thomas be
added to the list.
The matter was referred to a committee,
which reported that it would be impolitic
to so honor persons of means while others
were neglected. The report was accepted
unanimously.
A AVOniX'S FAIK visitor may sleep In
Now Tork one night and In Chicago the
next according; to Mpjor Webb's speed
prophecies In TOE DISPATCH to-inorrow.
THIS IIORNINVS NEWS.
Topic -Page.
The Drayton-Borrowe Scandal 1
Congrrss After Russell Harrison 1
Philadelphia aud the Blue Laws 1
"A rktsbanr Workman Lynched- 1
Revival of the Armory Scheme a
A Southside Murder and Suicide. 2
Hastings on the Johnstown Hood 2
City Aalcatlcn in Court 2
Editorial and Miscellaneous 4
News or the National Capital 4
Trade Reviews of the Vleek. s
News of the County Courts. C
A Strango Confession . . 7
One Big Harbor Bill Rider. 7
Local National Delegate Fight 7
Thoso Chicago Roodlers 7
All the Sporting Gossip 8
News ot Nearby Towns S
Christy's License Beinonstranres 3
The European Cable Budget 9
Some Life in Congress 9
The Business Men's Column 9
Religions, Chess ana Checkers.... 10
Iron Review and Other Markets 11
Art In fronworlc... . j. ........ lz
The Oil Scout's Field News 12
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FOREMAN
"Who Objected to the Fancy
Prices Charged Him at a
Company Store.
TEEATMENT OF WOBKMEtt
Sent From Pittsbunj to Construct a
West Virginia Railway.
ALL RUSH BACK TO THIS CITT
Except tlie Unfortunate Who Fell a Yictim
to Masked Mountaineers.
DRAGGED FROM DIS BED TO BE KILLED
The lawless spirit so manifest in some parts
of the South has again shown itself in
"West Virginia and an Italian has probably
gone to solve the eternal problem by tha
lynching route. James Abrilo, a Pittsburg
employment agent, tells the story. This is
how it goes:
"Several months ago," said he, "I sent a
party of 25 Italians down to Dingess,Logan
county, "W. Va., to work for the rail
road contractors, 3Iason, Hardee &
Co., who had a contract on
the Norfolk and 'Western Railroad. Tha
foreman of the party was Prank Amoroso.
He was a great deal better informed than
the average Italian, speaking the English
Ianjuage fairly well. He and 'his men
worked hard, receiving SI 40a day for their
labor.
A Company Store Causes Trouble.
"The company, like all concerns of its
kind, had a store und it was not burdened
with conscience. The men received a
check each day for $1 40, payable
at the store. This did not mean
though that the men were to re
receive that much money. They could get
goods though, but of course the company
fixed the prices.
"For instance, a loaf of bread" of an ordi
nary size could be purchased for 25 cents,
while a pound of sugar conld be had for 18
cents. These moderate charges did not suit
Mr. Amoroso or his men either after he
had explained to them how they were being
fleeced The outcome of it was the men
kicked.
"Amoroso boarded with Mr. Singes,
from whom the town got its name. The
other men were quartered in shanties some
distance away. On the night of 3Iarch 10 a
party of masked mountaineers, armed with
rifles, went to the Dinges house and called
out the proprietor. They demanded that
Amoroso be put out of the house, with the
orders tbat he immediately leave the town.
Mr. Dingers was not built that way, and
refused to obey the edicts of the bandits.
Dragged From His Bed by Lynchers.
"This did not for a moment throw a
barrier in tho way of these hardy, blood
thirsty men of the mountain. "With a
wave from the leader, a dozen "Winchesters
were leveled at the one lone defender of the
house, and the marauder? marched in,
dragged the poor defenseless son of Italy
from his bed. x t
"All this was done without a word from
the masked men, save when tbey first asked
for the man. He was quickly bound and
dragged screaming from the house.
On tho outside he pleaded with
his captors, but they spoke not a word and
hustled him ofi through the night As far
as the ear could hear came back the plead
ings of the man.
"The town is so small and so widely
scattered that half of it might be destroyed
and the other halt would know nothing of
it, o that on this night no one heard the
man's cry for help but 3Ir. Dingess and the
captors. The boarding house proprietor
wa3 too well acquainted with the doings of
tbat semi-civilized land, and knew it would
be useless to interfere. So he had to stand
in his door and see his boarder carried ofTto
the mountains and probably his death.
"Logan connty is sitnated in one of the
most wild and "uncivilized parts of that
semi-barbarious State. It is especially so
around the hamlet of Dinsess. As near as
lean find it is between twochains of moun
tains, which are infested with bands of rob
bers that have committed every crime on
the category, lynching being a pastime.
No Chance for Ills T.ifp.
"With such a cpnntrv and such a people
to deal with it is not likely Amoroso stood
any snow for his life, hut at the pleasure of
the mob was either shot down like a dosor
breathed his last at the end of a rope.
"The next morning the other Italians
went around in search of their foreman and
heard what had happened. They were so
terrified that they immediately fled the
couutrr and came back to Pittsburg. Aside
lrom what they told me about Amoroso's
objection to the company store, I knowof
nothing that wonld bring dosrn the enmity
ot those men against him.
"Since the time I learned of the case I
have been doinsr all in my power to find the
man, but I have about relinquished all
hopes of ever finding track of him. I think
there can be little doubt but for no other
reaion than that the man wanted to express
his mind the regulators whisked his lifs
away."
THAYER CONTESTS AGAIN.
Ho Asks the Nebraska Supreme Court to
Beopen the Gubernatorial Case.
Lincoln-, Xeu., March 18. Next Tues
day General Thayer will apply in the Su
preme Court of the State for a reopening of
the case of Thayer versus Uoyd. This an
nouncement comes as a surprise, but is thor
oughly reliable. "When the mandate from
the Supreme Court of the United States was
served on the Judges of the State Court last
Tuesday General Thayer was out of the city
aud was unrepresented by counsel. The
ex-Governor returned last night and ex.-
pressed surprise at the issuance of the mahV
date. He had no knowledge of its presence,
and thinks the Court is in duty bound to re-
open the case upon his application.
General Thayer says he is impelled to
this action by the earnest solicitation of
leading men of the State. His attorneys
will base their argument on the theory that
the court at "Washington, in its decision,
merelv overruled the demurrer of Governor
Thayer to Governor Boyd's answer. There
fore, it is only necessary for n reply ,tobe
filed to Governor Boyd's answer, which,
averred upon information and belief that
Joseph Boyd, father of Jamex E. Boyd, had
compltted his naturalization in 1831 at a
time when James E. Boyd was a minor, and
alleging, further, that James E. Boyd had
for many years been a citizen of the United
States within the meaning of the law and
the acts of Congress.
SIXTY MILES an hour from New Tork to
Chicago Is what the trunk lines will do for
the 'World' Fair. Head Major, Webb's IK,
elusion In THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
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