THE -PITTSBURG DISPATCH, ,'-SAT0EDAY. MABCH ",19. "1892. C AWAKENED By a Yankee Who Claims He's Eesponsible for the Bomb Throwing in Chicago. HE FAMED UP THE FLAME That Bnrst Forth With More Force Than Ho Eyer Dreamed. IT WAS SOON BEYOND CONTROL, nd Kott Do Is Working to Secure the Eclease of the Hen WHO ARE SUFFERING FOR IIIS F1ULTS rsrrciAi. nttrGRAi to the dispatch.; Boston, March 18. The man who was really responsible for the great Anarchist uprising in Chicago, in which bomb-throwing took such a prominent part, did not suffer on the gallows or in prison for the results of that movement. He is living in Boston to-day. It was not generally known what a prominent part in the councils of the Anarchists he took, but to-day there is no secret about it. He bas confessed it in his own words. His name is Crawford Staples Griffin, he lives in a small room just back of an office at 812 'Washington street, and is engaged in advocating nationalism, socialism and kindred ideas, as much of the time as he can spare. This is but three months of the year, as he has to devote the rest of the year to the work of his trade, (carpentering) to earn his livelihood. He is a Yankee, being born in the town of Stockton Springs, Me. In a crowd of 1,000 men he would be the last man to be picked out tor an Anarchist. He looks the Yankee in every line of his rugged face, and is full of the colloquialisms of New England. An Interview TCith the Boss Anarchist. I sat in his little room talking with him, when be said that he had been slowly mak ing up bis mind for sometime that he ought to tell the true history of the bomb-throwing plot, if such it can be called after hear ing his tale. 'The public believes," said he, "that the bomb was thrown as a part of a gigantic, plot. As for the general supposition that it was batched bv foreigners, I have only to savthat the parties to it were August Spies, Albert E. Parsons and myself." As he sat there talking so coolly of the thing which stirred the whole country I made a mental photograph of the man. He is built on the lines of a dray horse worker. He has big, hairy fists, keen blue eyes and a long hooked nose. His mouth is hidden bv a tawnv mustache. In his room aie a bed, a desk and a little oil stove. On the wall are crayon portraits of Ling, Spies and Parsons. "This statement is important," he con tinued, "to show that the plot was not of foreign origin. Parsons was born in the South, but all his ancestors, for 200 years, were Xcw Englanders. I was also of Xew England oricin, and Spies was the only one of the trio that was born on foreign soil. Griffin's First Qaeer Experience. "In the fall of 1883 I went to Chicago with the intention of entering a law office. One Sunday afternoon I strolled down to the Lake front, and for the first, time hparrl .in Anarchist, ns tlipv irrro pj11! Th meeting t as closed with the announcement that all w ere invited to meet with them at their hall, 54 West Lake street, "West Side. To my disgust I found that the papers next morning spoke of the speakers as a lot of blatant hoodlums, and this injustice inter ested my svmpathies in their behalf. Ac cordingly I went to some of their meeting! in the hall and cot acquainted with Parsons, Fielding and Spies. At the second meet ing I said that I did not see how a few men in that dingy hall, where no decent people would dare to come, could hope to accom plish anything. "Spies asked me if I had any plan to sug gest, and I answeied that I thought the best thing to do was to form ourselves into a committee to contrive plans for some more definite action and address the public through the newspapers. Spies answered that the papers, would not print what we had to say and tha the people would not read it if they would. He said they had to be stirred up before they would read any thing but prize fights and murder cases. A Revolutionary Starting Point Found. "I resolved then and there that they should be stirred up if that was necessarr. Then I told them that we had at least found a starting point. Knowing what the people would read we had got to furnish the proper leading matter. Before the Civil War Joff Da is said that it needed just the spilling of a little blood to fire the Southern heart, and it seemed to me that he had at least advanced one idea that we had better keep track of. "When I made this little speech I had formed no definite plan of action. Alter that we had livelier meetings and the re porters began to visit us. Mr. Spies told me that lie thought that one of our regular visitor was a Pinkerton detective. He suggested secret meetings. 1 opposed this idea from tbe platform in the presence of the reporters, aud said that we had the best of the situation at any event If false re ports were published "the attention of the public would be drawn to our apparent wickedness, and then we could explain our real position. If the papers told the truth then our arguments would be published gratis., and if thev said nothing at all then we could go ahead and work out some of onr Private plans under a show of willing pub icity. Plan to AraoiB the Public "At this time the paper called the A'ann had begun to be published weekly, and our line of action in astounding and arousing the public became clear to me. One day I mentioned the tragic outline ot it to Mr. Spies. "He deemed it unwise, even among our selves, to talk it over plainlv. I then boldly broached the details of the plan to Parsons, and to'.d him Spies held such views. Parsons was a different man from Spies, and talked it over boldly. He was eager to learn all the details, "in fact, he was so eager that I found it necssary to check myself a little, as he believed I had talked the whole matter over with Spies. "You will see that it was not an easy matter for the public to get at our actual plot. The plot proposed by me and adopted in brief was this: We claimed to be a part of organized labor with due authoritv to set its principle before the world. We in tended by strikes, boycotts and inflamma tory editorials and speeches to force on the struggle, and when the militia were called out to meet them with dynamite and fire. We taught the absolute overthrow of air civil governments, setting up midnight assassination as our principal plan' of action. We quickly pushed this plan with such vigor that the public began to fear the outbreak at any moment. Of course we were in great danger of being lynched. A Scheme That ITorked Perfectly. "The plan worked to perfection. Every labor leader of any consequence all over the country was interviewed to know if we really represented his views. In order for the country to feel safe it had to know the plans and purposes of organized labor, and they conld not rest till they found out what the million of laboring men who were pecretly organized meant to do. It was thus that we forced the press to seek ont and publish these purposes, and put the country in a mood to read it "This was the sum arid substance of the whole plot, and the'delalls were worked in from day to day. The participants in the rank and file w ere wholly ignorant of the meaning of any movement thev ever made, or of the connection of one demonstration with another. "We were well aware that any violence committed anywhere jn the country might be charged to us. It was very clear that we were stoking the lives of so many others, and this faot no doubt led us to sav so little even to each other about the real issue. "It is doubtful if any one but Spies, Par sons and myself knew of the existence of the plot, and I doubt if even to the day on the gallows Parsons could have told what the real plot was. . The Influence ot an Example. "Two or three of the sohemes to convince the publlo that organized labor was prepar ing lor a desperate onslaught were as fol lows: In the Alarm was published a full ac count of how to make dynamite, gun-cotton caps and bombs, with 'a continual run of fiery editorials. At all our meetings our speeches were equally fiery. It was only necessary to set the example, and aspirants not willing to be outdone would do them selves proud with violent utterances. "On one occasion a man came to one of our meetings from Hocking Valley to ask for aid. He described the terrible suffering of the miners'families locked out of their home's and starving. In reply I said: 'This man wants us to give them some money so that they can continue in their present condi tion, while the owners of the mines grow fat and rich and laugh at their misery. No. If you want money to buy dynamite to blow their brains out, or blow up their property, you have cjme to sympathetic quarters.' "The papers published the gist of this speech and the. sentiment of it was in the Hocking Valley within 24 hours. In a few days the country was startled by a series of dynamite explosions in that vallev, which destroj ed about 1,000,000 worth of prop erty for the company. This may have been wholly a coincidence and the explosions planned months before.but it tended greatly to convince the country that organized labor was really as dangerous and desperate as we said it was, and we knew whereof we spoke. The Black Flag Demonstration. "The black flag demonstration on Thanks giving Day, 1884, really capped the climax. The red flag means the same as the red in all flags, all ot one blood. The black flag means mourning and death, but to the on lookers we tried to make the red mean a bloody onslaught and the black piracy. For this occasion I prepared a set of resolu tions that were unusually vicious. They were so revolutionary that Spies objected to their being read, but I persisted. These were reported in lull and were put in as evidence at the trial of the Anarchists. "You can judge of the character of my re marks at this meeting by this extract which I saved from the published report: 'Do you see these five and eight-story buildings all about you full of food and clothing they cannot sell because we cannot earn the money to buy it? Do you see the to lets in nearly every window because we cannot get the wages to hire? If we are men we will unite, arm and take these things bv fores of arms, and dynamite all opposition.' "You can be sure I left them prettv well warmed up. Parsons took the stand next and told them it was the svstem and not in dividuals to blame for this condition. In this way he cooled them down and then in troduced Fielding, who entered into an ex planation of a favorite plan for solving the problem. But the reporters reported my resolutions and speech and said not a word about Parsons and Fielding, leaving the public to understand that we all talked alike. The Whole Country Stirred Up. "To say that Chicago and the whole coun try were stirred up when they read the papers the next morning would be to put it mildly. There were open threats of lynch ing and several policemen personally threat ened me, but I held my peace. I felt that we had reached the climax of our desires. We at last had the ear of the public and could unfold our real plans. It was now time to begin to reason. begin to reason. But Spies had pone lartlier tuan I. It wo, here that we he?3?.1? "."" apart- relieved the subject should be kept reasonably warm, but he was thoroughly wedded to the "red-hot" method. A few weeks after this I went to Kansas lecturing and then took a run home to Maine to quiet the fears of my parents, and especially my mother, who believed that I was being led astray byalot of unprincipled ruffians. "I was at home on the 4th of May when the bomb was thrown. The State's Attor ney opened the trial of the men who were arraigned for the bomb-throwing by saying they were no more guilty than thousands of others, but he said he wanted the jury to convict them as an example to the rest to the end that they might all 'be driven into their holes like"1 rats.' By reading to the jury my 'black flag' resolution and various extracts from my speeches, and by proving that Parsons was editor of the Alarm, and that Fielding had made inflammatory re marks, coupled with Ling's bomb-making, he wove all the prisoners together as bomb makers aud instigators against human life. The Men Selected to Suffer. These men suffer because the State's At torney selected them to suffer. He could just as well have selected any one of the COO others to take their places in the dock. There wasn't the least particle of evidence that the bomb was thrown as a part ot any conspiracy. "The Anarchist 'plot' was originated sole ly by me, to induce the press to publish and Jhc masses to read our case. Punishing the few' for the sins of the many is martyrdom, and the Chicago Anarchists have been and three of them still are being martyred for the many. "This is ten years before I wanted to speak and publish these facts, but there seems no way to get these men out of prison until the public kuows the real cause of their being there." Mr. Griffin intends to keep at work now till he gets these men released. He is in en tire earnestness about it, and says he will devote the rest of his life to the work. He feels himself to blame for the outcome. He lighted a blaze which he thought he conld control, but it got away from him and others suffered the penalty. J. C Edgebxy. MT.TEE leaders of Congress, Messra. r.lund and Barter, described lv Carpenter in 1 UK DISPATCU to-uinrrow. A SEQUEL TO J0HHSIOW.VS FLOOD. J.imes Agnew and Jits Wire Meet After a Separation of Three Years. LOCISVTU.K, Kr., March 18. Special After many days of separation James Agnew and Elizabeth Agnew were to-day reunited. Three years ago, on the morning of the dread catastrophe at Johnstown, Pa., Agnew kissed his wife and children and left for his work in the Cambria Iron Works, as heater. When the dam broke and the water was rushing down upon them the mother ran from the house, and, with her children, sought refuge in one oi the few houses that were saved. Mrs. Ag new and her children were among the hundred waifs cast up by the flood, homeless and 'lifeless. The Cambria Iron Works were swept away, and with it her husband, but the waters failed to give up the body. She was sinking into despair when th'cre came a letter Irom her brother in Louisville, John Pritchard, a machinist in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad shops, asking her to come to this city to live. Several davs ago a letter came from her long-lost husband, who is located at Allen tow n, Pa. He had been swept away by the waters, but was rescued. After several weeks he recovered in body, but his mind was shattered. Slowly his reason was re stored, and then he began a seaich for his wife and children. By the assistance ot a priest, after three years of diligent Inquiry, he has been enabled to locate them, lie reached Louisville to-day and rejoined his family. SIXTX MILES an hour will be the com mon railroad rato by the time the World' Fair is rexdy. Read the outlook In THE' DIPATCJl to-morrow. AN INCREASE OF GOLD Equal to More Than One-Ninth ot the Entire World's Product SINCE THE FAH0DS EEA 0P 1S48. That's What the Government is Asked to Aid by Building Dams IN TJIE .STEEiMS OF CALIFORNIA tBPECIAL TEtlOBAJI TO THIS DISrATCn.l WASHnrGTOli, March 18. The river and harbor bill this year will undoubtedly con tain an item designed to increase the pro duction of gold in California. The connec tion between the bill in question and gold mining is not at first apparent The facts, however, are that the courts, by their de cisions, have reduced the annual gold prod uct of California by about 10,000,000 a loss of the yellow metal not encouraging at a time when the demand is so great that Austria and even Boumania are paying premiums for gold to coin. In California gold is obtained almost wholly from auriferous gravels by hy draulic mining. But hydraulic mining neces sitates clogging the streams with debris to the destruction of farming lands and tbe impeding of navigation. The courts have come to the rescue of the farmers at the ex pense of the miners, and now the Govern ment is asked to help out the miners by the roundabout way of aiding navigation. Dams to Keep Back the Debris. The proposition is to build dams to keep back the debris, .thus allowing hydraulic mining to be resumed without detriment either to the farming lands or to navigation. A cube of pure gold having -an edge of 14 feet would represent the total yield of the auriferous gravels of California, and would also be about one-quarter of the addition made to the world's gold supply since the beginning of the golden era in 1848. In the Sacramento Valley, in 1880, hydraulic min ing contributed to that stream a little less than 39,000,000 cubic yards of debris, as against 43,000,000 cubic yards furnished by the elements. Unfortunately, the courts have no re straining power over nature's forces, and hence the river aud harbor bill is called into action. It has been decided by com missions of United States army engineers whose decisions it were heresy to dispute, that if barriers some feet in height were placed across tbe river beds, the slope of the bed above wonld be reduced, and with it the transporting power of the water. The deposits would be aired and increased, and the gravel and sand will fill the river bed to the crest of the dam and be graded back on a slope. Purpose of the Proposed Work. In short, the engineers expect to be able to accomplish in California what has been accomplished in the Alps and Apennines, ) neie iui ujicc u,u .. wv...u,.va ex tensive works for restraining debris have been doing their work. The purpose of the proposed work is to restrain sand and gravel, and not to impound water, so that there is small danger of the disaster from breaking. The dams are masses of large rubble stone, or are built of brush and stone, as oc casion mav require. They are less costly than dredging, the estimate for tbe first year's work in the Yuba, Bear and Ameri can rivers being only $511,600. The result ofsuchworkis estimated at $8,940,000 of additional gold annually, the basis being a yield of 30 cents per cubic yard. Add to it the Southern California rivers and the Up per Sacramento river, and the annual total could be raised tej $11,335,492. The amount of auriferous gravel remaining to, be worked in California is estimated to he capable of producing 5552,G65,000, a sum equal to more than one-ninth of the entire gold product of the world since 1848. Estimated Cost of the TVork. The total cost of the projected dams is put at $7,500,000, and it is provided that the hydraulic mines benefited by the restrain ing works shall pay the Government a tax 3 per cent of the gross output, which, in the long run, would amount to double thecost of the works. The California people are very serious in their endeavors to have Congress begin at once the work of constructing the necessary dams, and to this end have held conventions and passed resolutions which are now being brought to bear upon the Commerce Com mittee of the Senate and the Biver and Harbor Committee of the House. Without such aid hydraulic mining must cease en tirely; with that aid, the now depopulated camps would be filled again, and tne world's stock of gold would be largely increased. VOTES FOR JUDGE WOODS. Five Republican Senators Unpaired and Who Didn't Cast Their Ballots for Hi Confirmation The Testimony in the Case Most Voluminous. Washington, March la The Senate spent some time in executive session this afternoon in consideration of the pending treaty by the terms of which the claims ot the Venezuela Steamship Company against the Government of Venezuela for damages caused by the illegal seizure of their vessels during the revolutionary movement some years ago is to be settled by arbitration. No action was taken in the matter by the Senate. There was also a renewal of the discussion which has been had during the recent executive sessions upon the proposition to acquaint the public with the nature of the charges made against Judge Woods and the proceedings of the Senate while con sidering the nomination. It was decided that the testimony taken by the Judiciary Committee-should "be made public, as well as the vote bv which the nominatiou was confirmed. The vote was as follows : Teas Messrs Allen, Allison, Chandler, D.ivi, Dawes, DItoii. Dolpl., Galliuger, Hale, llansboiough, Havlev, Illgglns, Uiseock, Hoar, McMillan, Manucrson, Mitchell, P.iu Jock, Proctor, Sanders. Sawyer. Sherman, Shoup, Squire and Stockuridge 25. i Nays Messrs. Bates, Berry, B'ackburn, Blodgett, Cull, Cockrell, Coke, Daniel. Faulk ner, George, Gibson (Md.), Harris, Jones (Aik.), Kyle, Morgan, Palmer. Pasco, Peffer, Push. Ransom, Turpio, Vlla, Voorhccs. Waltuall-24. The pairs were Messrs. Aldrich and Hill, Cameron and Butler, Carey and Irby, Casey and Vest, Cullora and Gray, Dubois anil Gibson (La.), Felton and Bricc, Frye and Gorman, Morrill and Carlisle, Piatt and Barbour, Power And White, Quay and McPherson, Stanford and Vance,. Teller and Chilton, Warren and Gordon, Wilson and Colquitt, Walcott and Kenna. Five Senators, all Republicans, were ab sent and unpaired. They were Messrs. Jones (Nev.), Perkins, Pettigrew, Stew art and Washburn. It is explained that the vote was taken an hour earlier than was ex pected, so that some of those Senators who were, attending to departmental business returned to the Capitol too late to vote. The testimony taken by the Judiciary Committee relative to the nomination of Judge Woods makes a volume of 172 printed pages, including exhibits. A HEW PATENT OFFICE Proposed to Be Built From the Profiti of the Business to TJncle Sum. Washington, March 18. Special. Senator Faulkner has undertaken an enter prise which will require as great sticking powers to carry out as those he displayed in wearing out the force bill by an English speech. As everybody who does business with the Patent Office knows, the amount of space alloted to that bureau is insufficient to accommodate the workers. The rooms for the display of models have long been so inadequate that what ought to be an edu cational display of inventions is simply a junk shop, and yet the Government is mak ing money out of the business of granting patents. On inquirv at the Treasury Dpartment, Senator Faulkner has found that the net profit that has come to the Government for patents issued amounts to over $4,000,000. He proposes that the Government shall use halt or three-fourths of- that amount to build a new patent office, which shall have ample provision for exhibiting such models as really mark the progress of invention. He would have the building located bn the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, in part carrying out the idea of taking for Govern ment purposes all that strip of land between the Mall and the avenue. Several years ago plans for a new patent office were pre pared by the supervising architect at the instance of Senator Sherman, and the old plans will doubtless be the starting point lor the new project MADE A NIGHT OF IT. Daylight Almost .Overtakes the Banquet Given to Senator Hill at Savannah The Senatorial Parly the Mom of the Night at Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga, March 18. The dawn of day was not many hours distant when the Hibernian banquet at Savannah came to a close, this morning, the speeches be came particularly warm and enthusi astic, and, although occasionally some speaker would jocularly insist that the Hibernian society was a non-partisan organization, the only effect was to provoke excessive mirth from his follow ers, and give rise to an exuberant sugges tion from some quarter of the house for "three cheers for Hill, the next President of the United States." This forenoon at 11 o'clock Senator Hill had a reception in the parlors of the De Soto Hotel, and shook hands with 500 or COO Savannah Democrats. At 11:30 Sena tor Hill and his party were .driven to the wharf, when a tug was boarded and a brief trip made down the harbor. Savannah asks for a $3,000,000 ap propriation tor widening and deepening the harbor, and the Senator asked many ques tions of the United States Engineer, who accompanied the party, as to the exact needs of the harbor. The Savannah people hope, he will support their request for an appropriation. Senator Hill and his aids left for this city at 2 o'clock. The journey was quickly made. At Waynesboro he was presented with a bouquet bearing a card with the words, "To our great Democratic leader, who leads but to victory," and the recipient bowed his thanks The Senator was introduced as "the next President of the United States," and ninde a brief speech. The Senator ar rived at Augusta at 7 o'clock, and the even ing was spent in receptions. In one speech he said lie had no apology to make for his Southern trip. FRIGHTFUL SACRIFICES Offered by a Religious Maniac, TTho Was Released Front the Asylum Too Soon Bo Brains Bis Entire Family With a Flat Iron The Verdict San Francisco, March 18. The steam ship Mo.nowai, which arrived to-day 25 days from Sydney, Australia, and 7 days from Honolulu, brought news that Tauranga, Auckland, was thrown into excitement February 9, owing to the murder of his wife and four little children by Duncan Munro, stepson oi James Bodell, late Mayor of that town. Munro had been an inmate of an insane asylum about three years ago, being afflicted with religious mania. He had recently been acting strangely aud talking of offer ing sacrifices to the Most High, but his relatives feared no harm from him. On the night of February 8 Munro's brother spent some hours with the family before taking leave. When a milkman called at the house in the morning he was unable to arouse the family. He opened the kitchen door and found Mrs. Mnnro and the eldest boy, 9 years old, on the floor in a pool of blood, their heads being battered in. The milkman saw Munro on the beach at the back of the house attired only in night clothes. The police were called and Mun ro secured. '- Under the victims were found a flat-iron and rolling pin covered with blood. In the front bedroom the bodies of the two little boys, 3 and C years old respectively,- were found in bed with their heads crushed, and in a cot near by an infant daughter also lay dead with her skull beaten in. All the victims were alive when found, but soon died, with the exception of the youngest boy who may recover. The jury at the in quest found a verdict of wilful murder, and also that Munro should not have been re leased from the asylum. CLEVER FRENCH CONVICTS, They Conspire to Forge, and Almost Secnro a Big Sum of Money. San Fbancisco, March 18. When the steamship Monowai left Sydney two out of the three escapers from the French penal settlement at New Caledonia had just been arrested. They, while on the islands, per petrated one of the cleverest forgeries on record. Bonnefoux and Brevier had com pleted'their term of incarceration and were free within the island. The third man, Civale, had completed his term and was free to return to his native land or go else where if he desired. His special criminal forte was forgery, f A letter was written to one of the French authorities, asking about a large fortune that had been left to Jouissant Bonnefoux. Soon after an answer, under the official signature and seal, was received, stating the fortune was a myth. The signature and seal, however, were all the trio wanted, and soon a letter was written settiug forth that half a million francs had been bequeathed to Bonnefoux by relatives in Algers. The imitation of the official seal was faultless and the writing and signature were perfect. A sailor on the steamer Oceanic was taken into the conspirators' confidence and he took the letter to France and there posted it. A few weeks later it was delivered to Bonnefoux in Kcw Cale donia, and then the criminals began to oper ate. On the strength of the Iptter Bonnefoux cashed drafts for the 230,000 fraucs and the trio made their escape from New Caledonia. When arrested in Sydney Bonnefoux was on his way to the bank accompanied by n well-known priest, who was" going to iden tify him. Heliad a draft for 50,000 francs in his possession, whicii he wanted to cash. CLERKS EABN $4,000 A M0NIH. What a Dispute Between Apia Officials Has Disclosed to Tlew. Apia, Samoa, March a A serious dis agreement between the Land Commissioners and the Chief Justice has occurred in regard to the settlement of land claims. The Chief Justice claims that he has the power to reopen all the cases that arc- disputed by the natives, while the Land Commissioners think differently. A meet ing ot the Commissioners and Chief Justice was held to settle the . difficulty, but no agreement was reached, and the Commis sioners decided to write to their respective poweas for instructions. It is stated that the chief justice is anxious to have the claims forwarded to him to get the fees for' his clerks.' He pro poses charging $12 for each claim and as there are 3,700 claims in, the clerks will obtain a large sum from fees. At the rate the Chief Justice allows for copying it Is estimated that a clerk could earn (4,000 a month by working six hours a day. . Elder Wilson Vindicated, Wdlmington, DEt., March 18. The trial of Presiding Elder Wilson before the Wilmington Conference, was concluded at this morning's session, and resulted in a vindication for Mr. Wilson. PROFIT-SHARING, by Senator John V. Famr-ll, In IUU DISPATCH to-morrow. I A VIGOROUS CONTEST For National Delegate Honors Will fie Decided at the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES TO-DAY. The Northside District Is the Scene of the Struggle. ALL CLAIMING TO BE FOE CLEVELAND The Democratic primaries to be held this evening to elect delegates to the State Con vention and name delegates to the National Convention have been for a week or more absorbing the attention of the local poli ticians. The arrangement between the leaders by which J. M. Guffey and George Fleming are to be the national delegates from the Twenty-second Congressional dis trict disposes of a fight on the Pittsburg side of the river. The State delegates suggested in the ar rangement will have no opposition, but the fight for delegates in the Twenty-third Con gressional district is hot enough for a State campaign. The candidates for national delegates in the Allegheny district are Her man Kunkle, Henry Meyer and Mr. Os borne, who are running together, and Lee Fraiher and John Hitckenstein, who are making a battle against the other three. One or the Campaign Charges. There are but two tobe elected. It is claimed by the Frasher and Huckenstein people that an arrangement has been made between Meyer and Osborne that the one receiving the most support at the primaries to-day shall be the national delegate if either is successful. The lines for the battle have been closely drawn. Back of Meyer, Osborne and Kunkle are John B. Larkin, T. O'LeaTy, P. Foley and other recognized Cleveland ad herents, while behind the Huckenstein Frasher combination are Chairman W. J. Brennen, C. M. King, Thomas Mullen, Hugh Craig, Alderman MoKenua and J.'M. Guffey. Charges and counter charges have been made on both sides. Henry Meyer alleged yesterday that the Guffey people had put 51,000 in the fight to beat him, while C. M. King alleged that the departments at Har risburg had been assessed liberally and that the proceed had been dumped into the Allegheny contest to elect the Meyer-Kunkle-Obborne combination. Jlles Looking tor More Scalps. Yesterday John Jiles, a clerk in Secretary of State Harrity'a office, appeared in the Allegheny district in opposition to Huck enstein and Frasher. lie remained in the district but a short time, however. His presence in Allegheny was especially offen sive to Mr. Frasher, who last night said: "The fight in this district is decidedly lively, but we are hopeful of winning. The opposition are claiming lustily that they are the only true blue Cleveland men in this county. 'The fact is everybody in this county is for Cleveland. What we are fighting for is to determine who shall deliver thel delegation to Mr. Cleveland. We all live in Allegheny county. Our business is here.and we are fighting to make J. M. Gufley our leader, while the other fellows are fighting to make Mr. Harrity the accepted leader in the State. That's our fight exactly. We are for Allegheny first, last and all the time, and we are for an Allegheny leader." Henry Meyer, Esq., recognized as an out-and-out Cleveland man, in speaking of the fight for delegates to the Democratic Na tional Convention yesterday, said: Why He Is for Cleveland. I consented to help the Cleveland men in Allegheny and to stand for him without any reservation, and I ani supported In tne fight by Frank Osburn, Herman Kunkle, Frank Fertie and Messrs. McCutcheon, Kaylor, Peyton, Trainor and Kalbfuss. When the fight heaanit was well understood that John Iluckenitein, Leo Frasher, C. M. King and Alex. Wilson repiesented David B. mil and weio making the fight forhim. These gentle men, I believe, are still for Hill, but they And the sentiment Is sttong everywhere lor Mr. Cleveland and they are now claiming to be for him. I talked to most of them be foio I consented to run. and I know what I am talking about wlien I say that Mr. Cleve land's friends aie not for them and do not regard tliem as lepresenting anything but opposition to Cleveland's nomination. Gen eral James Atwell, who formerly lived in Allegheny and one of mil's lieutenants, is backing Huckenstein and Frasher, find he Is assisted by Mr. C. M. King, one of General Atwell's partners. I consider ex-President Cleveland one of the ablest and stiongest men in the Demo ciatlcpaity. He represents the best senti ment of the country aud 1 believe he will be nominated and elected by the country out. side of Now York. If, how ever, the Demo crats of the country penult Mr. Cleveland to be pushed aside, that the machine methods of New York politics may prevail, I would not bo surprised at the loss of the Presidency and to see the inajoiity in the House of Rep resentatives leverscd. Public sentiment is seldom at ault, and especially is that true in the caso of public men who have been tiied and havo met public expectation. Mr. Cleveland is no man's creature and is moved by no man's whims or caprice. He is the embodiment of everything thaiispuie in American politics and has the courage to stand by his Honest convictions. It is trne the politicians are not for him. They can not handle him nor can they coerce him, and that makes him strong with the people. Jiis good, hat d common sense, strong individuality, great force of character and unswerving disposition to be right have given him power to survive defeat that no other man within my recollootion hns pos sessed. New York has no claim upon him that is not shared by every other State. He is a national ohavacter, and may be pre sented at Chicago by half a dozen different States, who regard him as the ablest Demo crat of his day aud generation, without re gard to where he hails from. FOR GR0VEB AND FREE TRADE. Tills Is the Platform of Congressman Tom Johnson, of Cleveland Hill's Doom on the Decline Freo Sliver Is Not an Isue. Congressman Tom Johnson, the Cleve land Democrat aud street railway owner, was at the Union depot last evening going to Washington. He still maintains a ruddy, chubby appearance, and appar ently takes life easy as a prosperous man should. Unlike most Demo crats, he is a radical, out and out free trader. If be had his way he would wipe off the-tarifl schedule every duty. He beat his opponent for Congress by telling the Cleveland wage-earners that protection is a good thing for the capitalist, but the workmen shared none of the benefits. He thinks this would be a great country if the manufacturers were allowed to "cope un hampered with their competitors in the world. He believes under full free trade that the United States would soon be the strongest commercial nation on earth. Mr. Johnson will be one of the Demo cratic national delegates from Ohio, and he had been at home putting tbe machine in order. "I am not a hero-worshiper," he said, speaking on the presidental question, "and I am not tied to anybody, but I think fully 9 per cent of the "Democrats in the country want Cleveland. Personally, I am lor him. You know a man never becomes a President when he seeks the office. Hill's boom has been declining very rapidly in the last few weeks. The 'coming fight will be made on the tariff. The silver question has been magnified by its friends and enemies alike. It is not an issue. I voted to delay tbe consideration of the bill, but now that they are determined to push it I will line up with the majority. Cleveland is right on 4be tariff. He wrote his famous message before the country was ready for it, but we are fast drifting to tree trade. Why, I feel sure Blaine is a free trader at heart. He showed his hand' too plainly in his reciprocity scheme. The tariff is the issue and the T)fr.Aft1a v!1t wt. An 4f tnfa ImA TtlA ,iree trade Democrats were set back for the I time being by tbe election of Crisp, but the woolen and wool schedules introduced are satisfactory to me. We want free wool, and the duty on woolengoods is placed lower than it was in the MiiTs bill. I think protection is a humbug, and would like to give our people a chance under tree trade. "The factional fights In the Democratic party are a good thing. We went to St. Louis four years ago over-confident. This year we are a little shaky and will be more careful. We never carried New York when we were united. But after the nomi nation is made all strife will cease." SEHAT0B 8AWYEE IN DANGE3. A leading Wisconsin Kepnbllcan Predicts His Speedy Retirement. Washington, March 18. W. A. No well is postmaster of Milwaukee, and one of the leading Republicans qf Wisconsin. He has been in Washington the past week, and has created something of a sensation in political circles by declaring that the Demo crats would retain control of the Legisla ture next winter. He is confident that the Bepublicans will carry the State for tbe electoral ticket this year, and also expects theywill regain some of the Congressional districts. Mr. Nowcll is well informed on Wisconsin affairs. The election of another Democratic Legis lature means the retirement of Senator Philetus Sawyer, an event which the younger element of Bepublicans and the entire Democracy hae long hoped for. It also means the addition of another Demo crat to the upner branch of Congress. The Democrats say they will be well satisfied if Mr. Nowell's prediction comes true in the main. The last straw to aid the destruction of the Bepublican organization was ex-Congressman La Follette's accusation that Sen ator Sawyer had attempted to bribe him and the judge who was to try the Treasury cases. The Senator has stood at the head of the Bepublican party in Wisconsin for many years. His. retirement means new men and new issues. JUDGE MAYNAED IN DOUBT As to What the Bights of an Attorney May Really Be. ALBANY, N. Y., March 18. Supreme Court Judge Isaao H. Maynard, who is now under Investigation by the Bar Association, has written a letter in regard to contested Senatorial election cases to Hon. Bobert Earl, Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, and Hon. David T. Follett, Chief Judge of the Second Division. He says he has no connection with the cases in his official capacity as Deputy Attorney General, as the Attorney General was himself a party defendant. He was retained in his private capacity with Delos McCurdy, of New York, as attorney for the State Board of Canvassers and the individual members thereof. He concludes: "I desire to say that if any attorney may be censured lor "fidelity to his client, and blamed for the advice he gave that client, even after the correctness of the advice has been sanctioned by the highest court in the State, it may well be asked what an attor ney can do in his client's behalf, with safety and honor." THE PEOPLE SATISFIED. Congressman HufT Makes a Popular Selec tion for Postmaster nt Indluna. Indiana. Pa., March 1& Special The appointment of J. N. Langhazn, Esq., as postmaster in Indiana, meets with great satisfaction to the patrons of the office, both Republicans and Democrats. The canvass for the oWce has been going on for over a year. Alt&pugh there was 41 great deal of rivalry between the three candidates, the fight was harmonious, leaving no unpleas ant reminders in its van. The sentiment here to-day is Congressman Huff has made the proner selection. Mr. iTangham is one of the best known young lawyers in the county. For quite a number ot years he bas lived in Indiana and was alnays interested In anything which would benefit the town. He has always been a straightout Bepublican and has ueen a nitru worjier lor us tjhitv. The appointment will help Mr. Hnfl's second candidacy for his present office greatly. JUST LIKE PEFFEE. Michigan Prohibitionists Favor the Ideas of the People's Party. Gband Rapids, Mich., March 18. The State Prohibitionist Convention to-day com pleted its organization. The report of the Committee on Platform was adopted. The platform, after the usual prohibitory planks, declares for a circulating medium to consist of gold, silver and paper, which shall be issued at no expense to the people; favors the prohibition of trusts by law; re quests assistance to overthrow class legisla tion; favors a tariff on luxuries of a suf ficient amount only to meet necessary gov ernmental expenses, such tariff to be adjusted by a 'national commission of ex perts, and tavors State or national control of railroads, telegraph, telephone and express companies, and deplores the rapid increase of bonded estates. Governor Bussell for Cleveland. Boston, March 18. Governor Bussell last evening, at a banquet, modestly shook his head when greeted as "the next President."- He said: "Much as I appreciate the compliment of the introduction, I feel that I must rise and declare the fact that I disclaim aqy ambition or aspiration for that high office, and proclaim my honest and loyal belief in the candidacy of another whom I shall earnestly and heartily sup port." There were loud cries of "Cleve land," nt which the Governor smiled very significantly. Cleveland Didn't Tiy to Withdraw. Lakewood, N. J., March 18. Ex-President Cleveland said to-day that he never dreamed of writing a letter saying he would positively not be a candidate for nomination at his party's hands this year. He added: "The story is an absurd one for the main fact that Mrs. Cleveland never interferes in political matters in which I am concerned. The only letter I have written of late was the one to General Bragg, and that was written in a hurry and just when I was on the point of leaving for my gunning trip." Candidate Cessna Has tbe Grip. Bedford, Pa., March 18. Special Ex-Congressman John Cessna is down with the grip. At one time he wa? threatened with pneumonia, and hi3 friends were alarmed. To-day he is resting easier, and if nothing happens he ill pull through. His sickness will keep him irom mating a canvass for some weeks to come for the Legislature, and it is feared that nnless his friends go to work the Quay people will succeed in defeating him. A Clear Field far McDowell. P. J. Murphy yesterday announced his withdrawal Irom the race for Coroner, of Allegheny county, which, it is claimed, politically, leaves the field to Coroner Heber McDowell, who is a candidate to succeed himself. Mr. Murphy says he received much encouragement from his friends throughout the county, but he says bis pri vate business prevents his making a cam paign. BUHE HOT PRESIDENT YET. The Musicians Call Down Tracy and Fail to Elect Officers. New Yohk, March 18. The National League of Musicians read to-day a commu nication from Secretary Tracy in response to the League's protest against tbe Govern ment granting the members of the Marine Band a leave of absence for a concert tour throughout the country Seoretary Tracy wrotethat the band had gone on a simihir tour last year without protest from the League,. and promised to consult them in, the future, it being too late now, as the band bad made engagements and would start on the 19th in3t. " The Leacui members objected to the statement that no protest was made last year, as they sent one from Milwaukee. An acknowledgement of the receipt of the letter was sent Secretary Tracy together with a copy of last year's protest. The convention next year will be held at Detroit in the second week in May. The election 'was begun late in the afternoon. Senator Owen'MiJIer, of St. Louis, and H. J. Buhe were nominated for the Presidency. Several more ballots were cast than there were members present, and the election of Buhe was declared illegal. Balloting will continue to-morrow. 1 ALMOST ATE THE CAPTAIN After Devouring Every Scrap or His Dog Terrible Sufferings of a htorm-Tossed Shin Blown Ont of Sight of tand on Two Occasions. Peovincetown, Mass, March 18. Let ters from Captain McBitchie, of the overdue schooner Winnie Laurie, reports her ar rival at Tarpaulin Cove March 11, from Gonaives, after a terrible passage of GO days. Captain McRitchie says: "Five weeks ago I was in sight of land off the Delaware, and three weeks ago was off New York, but each time was blown to Ber muda. The last time I wa3 blown nearly to the Grand Banks of New Found land, tearing and splitting all my tails. In one gale my big boat and 50 tons of logwood were swept away, and the deckhouses and water tanks stove to pieces, taking all our water, except the casks that we had between decks. We got all out of provisions four weeks ago and nearly starved, all the vessels we met being nearly as badly off as we were in the provision line. . "My sailors got crazed with fever and hunger, and planned to eat one of their number. The last thing they got hold of was my dog, eating every scrap of him, and threatened to eat me the next day. I had my side arms loaded for business, but the next day we came across the schooner An drew Adams and obtained some food, and a few days later we struck a steamer bound for Denmark and obtained another small supply. We caught some water during tr rain storm and managed to get along. I ex perienced more hardships this voyage than in all my life." PROBABLY ANOTHER MURDER. Minnie Bell, a Colored Girl, Fatally StaDs Jacob Harris. Jacob Harris, a colored man was danger ously stabbed by Minnie Bell, a young col ored girl, in the rear of No. 84, First avenue, at 1:30 this morning. The couple occupied a room at the above honse, and quarreled over some trifling affair. Harris struck Miss Bell in the face with his fist, and she pulled a large penknife and stabbed him in the lelt breast, the blade penetrating near the heart. He was removed to the Homoepathic Hospital, where ho lies in an jmconcious condition. Miss Bell with two of the inmates of the house were arrested and locked up in the Central station. TWENTY CHOKCH EI0IEES ABBESTED. The Sacred Edifice Looks as if a Cyclone Had Struck It. Chicago, March 18. The factional dif ference that for some time has existed in the German Evangelical congregation, whose church is at the corner of Noble and Huron streets, culminated to-night in a general row. Late last night a disturbance between thcEsper and DnBois faction?, one of which gained control ot the church build ing and locked the other crowd out, became so boisterous that the police were forced to take a hand. As a result some 20 of the two factions, all more or less cut and bruised by sticks, stones and coal, are locked up at the police station, and the church building looks as if a cyclone had struck it. Hot Weather in Gold Fields. The new African gold fields are proving profitable beyond all expectations, it was prophesied about one year ago that the out put of the Witwatersrandt diggings would reach 70,000 ounces in December, 1891, and one year later 110,000 ounces. Already the first prophesy has been botne out, the aver age being about 73,000 ounces a month. It is a warm thought and not unpleasant still, that when the latest reports from Natal were written, from which the facts above were taken, and when the people ot this country were generally shivering before the blasts of winter, Natal was simply scorch ing under a temperature of 120 in the shade, a figure which was reached on sev eral occasions during Christmas week. All trade was abandoned, the people being con tent to exist without exertion in such an awful heat. AT LATIMER'S. GREAT MARCH SALE OF CARPETS. During the balance of March we will sell Carpets cheaper than anyone. The people are rapidly finding out that they can do much better here. BEAUTIFUL SPECIMENS - OP Moquette Carpets at $1.25 High-Class Body Brussels at 95c Bargain-Purchase Tapestries at 44c 10 styles of Lace Curtains at $2.50 a Pair 18 styles Nottingham Curtains at $3.25 a Pair 15 styles Nottingham Curtains at $1.75 a Pair CORES OF OTHER RARE BARGAINS! Obtainable Here Only. T. M. LATIMER, 138 and 140 Federal Street, 45 AND 46 S. WHY TH'ET SQUEALED. Disgnsted Chicago Boodlers Shabbily Treated in the Divvy. GEAND JURYMEN ARE SUSPECTED. A Detective Eented a Eoom Over tHe Ganjj'g Clearing House. WILD ED1I0KS FI,Y THICK AND FAST Chicago, March 18. The scenes about the Criminal Court to-day were a repetition of the exciting incidents marking the In vestigation four years ago, that landed In the penitentiary half a dozen of the best knOwn politicians of the city. The inquiry, which began to-day, opened with a supposed "squealer" as the' first wit ness, to disclose the secret money-getting methods of his fellow-Aldermen. The wit ness was Alderman Stanley Kunz, who, while in his cups, gave utterance to some queer remarks the other night on the floor of the Council Chamber, and who, it has been stated, felt that he had not received all he was entitled to when favors were passing around. While Kunz was within the jury room and being put upon the rack, reports were current among the interested groups out side that at least one Alderman had fled the city and that a number of other! were un der detective surveillance. The Grand Jary Jiot Above Suspicion. States Attorney Longnecker had an earn est conference with Detective John Bon field, of Anarchist fame, before the inquisi tion bean. It was whispered that tha prosecution had struck a snag at the outset, in the fact that the corporations interested in the alleged fraudulent grants had repre sentatives in the membership of the grand jury. The discovery 13 said to have been made by detectives that the "combine" met in a room in the rear of a saloon owned bv a certain Alderman for the division of the spoils. John Bonfield, who is said to have done most of the detective work in the cae, rented a room directly over that used bv the "combine" as a clearing house. Through a hole made in the ceilingand a microphone comrannicating with the interior of the lower room, the ex-chief of detectives saw and heard everything that transpired below him. Shorthand reports of the scenes and conversation were made by the detective's as sistant, who sat beside him while taking ob servations. In addition to thi, it is said that disap pointed political ambition has had consid erable to do with tbe expose. Two Alder men one a Bepublican " and the other a Democrat 'nere turned down by their re spectivc.jiartics at the recent primaries, .and in revenue are divulging the secrets of the gan;,'. Dis Conscience Troubled Him. Alderman Both was defeated for renomi nation, and a report was current to-day that to him largely the inception of the in vestigation was due. He was said to have received 1,000 in two bills of f 300 each in the retiring room of the Council Chamber, or the Sherman House, on the night of thi passage of the Economic Gas ordinance. The story is that he kept the money, voted "yea" and then "wilted." He subse quently, it is said, weut to a newspaper office, gave up the money and told of other transactions. When thejurvassemblesto-morrow morn ing Alderman Kunz will be asain put on the tand. The next witness will probably be President Billings, of the Gas Trust. Billings fonght the passage of the Economic Gas ordinance. It is rumored he will give positive testimony to the effect that he was given to understand he could prevent the passage of the Economic Gas ordinance by bidding over the men behind it. -It is, also, understood that he will testify that 5150,000 was the figure named as necessary to prevent the passage of the Economic Gas ordinance. He will also tell the names of Aldermen who told him of the amounts they had received to vote for the ordinance. Stat-.' Attorney Longnecker states that fully 25 jnbpcenas had been issued. He also confirmed the rumor that Mayor Wash burne will he put on the stand. THE WOLF HUNT at Greensharg, recent cases or cruelty in Flttsbnrg and revolting crimes at Wilkinsburg. discussed by Rev. George Hodges In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. Ake you wide-awake WATCH ALIQOIPrA. It does not pay to let a cough con tinue. Stop yours "now with Piso's Cure for Consumption. 25 cents. All druggists. 1U3 500 MIS in the steel works at AXIQtJIPPA. - DIAMOND. klSPrrs I .1 J '-.J-3yte.-teff.V r, dHHPjtTtS r&siL,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers