&E&TZ& jgggn BsiggraS ESSSWW zis&a. 7" - ;W" t V"w""W tw-Tagni m '- ' -j FOR TWO WEEKS. Adleta to March 14 4,629 Last Year. 2,660 Increase 1,969 Best Previous Xialn In Two Weels Was 1,718. FOR TWO WEEKS. AMMmfMar 14... ,9 JMtTer . Iaww , .1.M Bert Furious GIa la Two Weeks Wa W$Mtt mm me FORTY-SEVENTH , YEAR J SEMI Fl GJHT. England Fails to Make a Satisfactory Reply to This Country. HARRISON'S ANSWER Doesn't Propose to Show the White Feather, Even If We're Licked, ENGLAND MIGHT BE AFRAID Of Precipitating a Universal War If She Starts a Fight With Us, The President Expects to Back Up His Bluff With Prompt Action -j Lord Salisbury's Eeply Proves to Be Evasive and Irritating Abandoning: the Scheme of Arbitrating' the Bering Sea Sealing Difficulty "Without an Apology Harrison Notifies England That If She Is Spoiling for a Fight She Can Have It Professor Goldwin Smith Tenders a Pointer to the United States Belief Among Statesmen That Salisbury Will Back Down. rErrCLU, TELEGRAPHIC Li.ll Kg. Bcheau or The Dispatch, j TTiSHntoToir. D. C. March 23. "Will Great Britain fight?" is the ques tion of the moment, sometimes asked seri ously, sometimes jocularly. The reply of the President to the last and most unsatis factory note of Lord Salisbury shows pretty clearly what will be the policy of the United States, and that it will be backed up by action no one need doubt. Probably no one of all the Senators of the United States had any idea yesterday of the surprise that was in store for that body to day, with the exception of Senator Sher man, the Chairman of the Committee on foreign Relations. That Senator had a long conference with the President yester day, and was fully informed of the im portant character of the matter to be sub mitted to the Senate to-day, and then ex pressed himself heartily in accord with the firm tone of the reply to Lord Salisbury's somewhat vague refusal to renew the modus vivendi of last year in regard to the pro tection of seals. The fact is the Senator was consulted before the reply was sent, and was aware of everything except the mere verbal construction. Lord Salisbury's Attitude. In the Senate the reception and reading of the correspondence created much excite ment, and unusual precautions and injunc tions of secrecy were the order of the mo ment. As usual, however, the press microphone was at work, and enough was gathered to give a ptetty clear idea of the main points of the Salisbury note and the President's reply. As has been heretofore given to the public, this last communication of the British Premier is a virtual iteration of his former conclusion that the Government of Great Britain cannot consent to a renewal of the modus vivendi, without giving any adequate reason for rejecting ah ar rangement of last year, made to apply to certain conditions which then obtained and which, without change, have oeen continued into this year and which cannot be arranged satisfactorily for some time to come. The evasive nature of Lord Salisbury's com munications on this point has been a source of great irritation to this Govern ment. While sending agents here to com plete a plan for arbitration, Lord Salisbury was plainly and offensively abandoning the whole scheme of arbitration without deign ing to cive any excuse. Great Britain's Diplomatic Snub. "Gentlemen of the United States," he virtually said, "her Britannic Majesty does not give reasons for her diplomacy, and sbe maintains the privilege of reversing in any year the policy of the previous year." The refusal was accompied by certain now well-known prohibitions in regard to the . killing of seals within a radius of 30 miles around the Pribylov Islands, which was even more irritating than the refusal itself, for such an agreement would have left the American Sealing Company nothing to do, while the Canadian sealers could have practically exterminated the seals while the latter w ere on the way to the breeding grounds, bat outside of the 30 miles radius. In the later note submitted to-day Lord Salisbury is even more vague and evasive in nis refusal to renew the modus vivendi, professes to be unable to understand why the proposal in regard to the 30 miles radius cannot be accepted, makes two or three minor proposals which hinge upon the other, but in no way hints at any plans by which joint protection of Miff IS Great Britain and the United States can be given to the seals pending arbitration. Uncle Sam May Play a Lone Hand. He virtually invites the United States Government to play a lone hand in protect ing the seals, but naturally without a sug gestion whether Great Britain would be satisfied with an assessment of damages done to life and property of British citi zens engaged in sealiner, or whether the first gun fired would fetch to American coasts a fleet ot British war vessels bearing orders to shell American cities, destroy American commerce and blow up. the American navy, if such an institution can be found. It is more difficult to get information in regard to the President's rejoinder than of the character of the note of Lord Salisbury, but if there has not been a deliberate " in tention to deceive, it is almost as broad and as tart as was the late ultimatum to Chile. I am assured by one who knows as much of the matter as any Senator present at the executive session, that the rejoinder is a virtual challenge to Lord Salisburycto fight if he is spoiling for fight, in that it declares that if some arrangement for the protection of the seals, pending arbitration, be not at - once arrived at, and one wholly satisfactory to" the United States, this Government will 'at once take extreme measures to protect the seals and maintain its principles with all the resources at its command, and that without thought of damages or results. Won't Show the White Feather. "It's the only thing to do," exclaimed this gentleman, "and if we get licked we'll have the satisfaction of knowing that we did not show the white feather because the other fellow had a bigger navy than we." The President's rejoinder takes up each of the propositions of Lord Salisbury, and with that terseness and directness' which Mr. Harrison knows so well how to employ, shows their impossibility, not to say their absurdities. Discussing the re fusal of His Lordship to renew the modus vivendi, the President makes a narrow escape of accusing the Premier of unworthy evasion and equivocation. He sharply an alyzes the inconsistency of the British posi tion "on this subject, and at this very moment of all others when ar rangements for arbitration are being completed. While in this passage he has the British Premier at the greatest disadvantage, his position is superior to that Of his lordship at every point It is a paper that will undoubtedly reflect great credit on Mr. Harrison as a diplomatic note, but its sensational importance in that it is a plain declaration of- a determination to fight, will cause far more comment than its mere suc cess in controversy. The Chances for a Fight. Though war is not to be provoked with such an antagonist without grave reasons, it is not to be shirked with timidity because that antagonist is better prepared than we, and it is safe to predict that in this matter President Harrison will have the enthu siastic support of all men regardless of per son or party. If the United States be forced to fire upon and capture Canadian sealers, will Great Britain fight, or will she merely keep account of damages and leave them to arbitration? Assuredly some very eminent English men believe that if the United States pur sue the matter to the extent indicated in the President's rejoinder Great Britain will fight, Sir Baden Powell's friendly opinion to the contrary notwithstanding. Prof. Goldwin Smith, the well-known Canadian annexationist,has just paid a visit to Wash ington and was something of a social lion. Many of his sayings have been reported, but one has not heretofore. To a group of listeners at a banqueting board when the Bering Sea question was the topic for a mo ment. Prof. Smith said briefly but point edly: "The United States had best be very careful not to go too far. They are not dealing with a Chile now." A Pointer for the TbeughtfnL This from one known to be so friendly to the United States as Goldwin Smith was in deed surprising, but it served to show to the listeners the real feeling jof the British citizen more than would the jingo utter ance of a less thoughtful, highly beefed Johnny Bull. Among the most sagacious of our own statesmen, however, I can sav with confi dence there is little fear of war. The Presi dent does not fear it, Senator Sherman does not fear it and Blaine does not fear it These gentlemen are as well informed in regard to the complications that -beset Great Britain in the East as Lord Salisbury is himself, and it is their conviction that the British Government, will not dare to fire a gun against the United States for fear that the boom would find an immediate echo ail along the Busso-Indian border and probably inaugurate an almost universal war. Russia is looked upon as our strong ally in this matter. That a declaration of war between the United States and Great Britain would almost surely provoke the outbreak of the lone-exDected European war is looked upon as Virtuallv a certain guarantee of peace, Lightneb. A BRITISH BLIND Working Under Cover of a Mexican Corpora tion to Secure a Coaling Station In Lower California as a Baso of Operations In the Event or wr. San Fbaitcisco, March 23. Speda". The threatened trouble with Great Brit ain over theBeringseamakes interesting the revelations of Charles E, Anthony, civil en gineer, who recently reached San Diego from Lower California. Anthony claims to have proof of a plan of the English Govern ment to seize the harbor of San Quentin, Lower California, for a coaling station, and he gives new facts in regard to the scheme which may yet be carried out He says: AJ1 railioad building and Irrigation works planned by the Mexican Interna tional Company are simply a blind to cover plans of the English Government to secure a coaling station in Lower California, as. In the event of the building of the Nicaragua canal. It will be necessary for the English to have a base of supplies somewhere between the Pacific entrance to the canal and Brit ish Columbia. At the time or the filibuster ina scaie, two j ears ago, the British wai ships Pheasant and Warsbite were lvlnc off San Qnentm, on the very edge of the hori zon, waitlne for a signal fiom the heis-hts back of the town that the Ameii can fllibusterers had arrived. In that case they were to steam in, sieze the harbor and raise the British flag under pretexfof protecting English interests. The alaim of the Mexican Government spoiled the filibustering scheme and the two English vessels finally sailed up the coast, but tbe plan of securing a coaling station has not beenabandoned, and on the first opportunity San Quentin will be seized. All work about the Knsenadais a mere farce. Blaine has several times been warned of the Intrigues of this international company, and he has sent special agents to watch them. The resort of the company, In case all other plans fail, is to surrender a concession of 18,000,000' acres and demand of the Mexican Govern ment as compensation the cession of San Quentin and surrounding land. This now teems to be the plan tnat will be followed. MUST HAVE GOOD ROADS. Residents of Central Pennsylvania Organ ize for tbe Improvement of Highways A General Koad law to lie Formu latedState Appropriations Favored. Hollidaysbubg, Pa., March 23. Special A mass meeting of citizens of Blair and adjoining counties assembled to adopt measures for the betterment of the county road system in Central Pennsyl vania, was held in the Court House of this city to-day. A permanent organiza tion, called the Juniata Valley Roads Im provement Association was formed, with the fallowing list of officers: S. Calvin Stewart, of Tyrone, President; Prof. A. H. Grier, of Huntingdon, Secretary; John G. McGraw, of Claysburg, Record ing Secretary, and Hon. John Clark, of Williamsburg, Treasurer. The following were appointed as an 'Executive Committee to formulate a general road law and to in fluence legislation on tlje subject: Hon. John Clark, Dr. S. C. Baker, Josiah D. Hicks, Esq., E. R. Baldridge, L. L. Fair, John G. McGraw and Hon. S. B. Isenberg. The sentiment ot the meeting favored State appropriations for road purposes, the creation of the offices ot State Engineer and Township Supervisors, to be salaried offi cers. The elections, by the people, of a county superintendent and three commission ers of roads for each township in the State, were also adveoated. The delegates favored the expenditure of one-fourth of the assessment ot each town ship in the macadamizing and improve ments of roads. The League of American Wheelmen was represented at tbe meeting, and a large amount of literature, including Pittsburg papers' articles, was distributed among the delegates. A series ot mass meetings will be held in this section ot the State to emphasize the need of better road laws. ., S&Kjshat& PITTSBURG-. THURSDAY, MARCJH 34. 1892-TWETiVE PAGES GIVES UP ITS DEAD. The Dread Hill Farm-Mystery Probedtothe Bottom by the Finding of TWENTY-THKEE COEPSES. These Are Left Undisturbed to Await the Coroner's Inquest. DEATH WAS QUIET AND PAINLESS. The Bodies "Are Cncharred, and Lunches Were Untouched. Their HANI MONTHS OF SEAECH EEWABDED rsneuir telzobax to the dispatch. Dunbab, Pa., Maroh 23. The mystery which the Hill Farm mine has held within its cavernous depths since that 'fated June morning in 1890, when 29 miners were en tombed there by a gas explosion and a raging fire cut off every means of hope, has at last been, solved. At 4:30 o'clock Superintendent Hill and his band of search ers penetrated flat No, 9, found 23 of the 29 entombed bodies, and thus completed the remarkable search begun almost two years ago. Tbe Hill Farm mine disaster is one of the most remarkable on record. On the morn ing of June 16, 1890, the miners working in Hill Farm were startled bv an explosion, which their experienced ears at once de termined to be the effect of the dreaded fire damp. A body of the gas had been re leased by the opening of a borehole, and this had been ignited from the lamp of a boy named WillievHayes, who had rushed past the borehole to warn 'those below of their danger of a flood of water from the borehole. Tire Finishes the Work of Death. The explosion set fire to the brattice, and soon the pit was a seething mass of flames. David Hayes and Daniel Shearen were killed by the explosion, and their "bodies were found in the slope. These were the only bodies recovered until to-day. The men in the left heading escaped from the mine by the Ferguson slope. The men in the right heading were cut off by the fire, and a brave and determined attempt was -made to rescue them by driving a head ing from the Mahoning mine adjoining. From June 16 to July 2 F. C. Kelghley, then mine inspector of this district, assisted by the mine inspectors of all the surround ing districts, 'led the rescuing party in their efforts to reach the imprisoned men. All theselays were days of fearful anxiety Jo the families and friends of the imprisoned miners, and the people ot all this section awaited in suspense the entrance into Hill Farm mine. ' The First Entrance to the Mine. -At 2:30 o'clock in the' afternoon of July 2 an entrance was effected, and Inspector Keighley and his searchers started on their perilous search of -the mine. They pene trated to flat Ho,' 8, where 15 of the men had been, known to be working. They found hot a trace of them, and were driven back by the flames and smoke. All hope of finding the men alive was then abandoned, and the mine was sealed up and flooded in order to subdue the fire. Since then the Dunbar Furnace Company, which owned the mine, has conducted a' search that has cost over 100,000. After many months the fire was subdued, and work has gone on unceasjngly to clear the mine of water and the tons of' collected debris produced by the fire. On Monday the mine was thought safe to enter, and Mine Inspector Duncan, of this district, with Superintendent Hill and a number of assist ants, penetrated to flat No. 8, where In spector Keighley and party were force"d to abandon tbe search. They found the bodies ot three mules arid a dog. Tbe dinner buck ets of the men were found, just as they had left them, with their contents almost per fectly preserved. But there was no trace of the men. The Death Chamber Invaded at Last. They did not think it safe to penetrate to No, 9 flat, where they then supposed the nen to De. uo-aay the air .current was turned into flat No. 9, and this afternoon. Superintendent Hill and his men, taking their lives in their hands, entered it At 4:30 o'clock they stumbled on the first body. Mine Inspector Duncan told the rest of the story to The Dispatch correspondent, as he received it from Superintendent Hill. It is as follows: It was exactly 4 30 o'clock when we found the first body. We had to do quick work as tbe air was horrible. In a few minutes we found all the bodies. They were all lying wlthm a few feet oi each other. They weie pretty well pieserved but, of course, un recognizable. We knew the body of the little trapper boy John Devaney, when we found it, on account of its size, lie Had been working in No. 8 hat but bad run down into No. 9 alongVith the 15 other men who were working there. Wo spent but a few minutes in the flat, only long enough to count the bodies. Superintendent Hill went to TJhiontown at once to- notifv Inspector Duncan of the finding of the bodies and to receive his orders. He was in a very excited state of mind, and was almost exhausted from his severe labors. He expressed great thank fulness that the long search was over. Preparing for the Coroner's Inquest Inspector Duncan requested that Super intendent Hill allow no one to enter the mine except those who are engaged to-night under the direction of Father Malady, in preparing the bodies to be viewed by the Coroner's jury to-morrow morning. The Inspector went to Faircnance this evening and notified Coroner Holbert to come to Dunbar on the first train to-morrow The Coroner and his jury will enter the mine, view the bodies and then adjourn the inquest until the six other men are found. Two of his jury already secured are ex-County Treasurer John Thor'ndell, of this place, and A. J. MiUer, of Fairchance. In spector Duncan said to The Dispatoh cor respondent to-night: I am fully satisfied that the men met their death by suffocation, and 1 don't believe a single man of them lived longer than an hour. The fire did not reach No. 9 flat at all. I inspected the Coal in the loaded wagons there Monday, and it was not charred in the least Nothing was burned that I could see. There were very few evi dences oi nre in jto.9. mere is also no SosslblHty that the men met their death by re. The condition of the bodies also proves this. It is equally sure that they did not meet the slower and more horrible death of star vation. The three dinner buckets at tbe mouth of No. 9 flat had not been touched. If the men had lived any length of time in reached their buckets. in coma easuy nave Death Came Quick and Painless. I am satisfied that they met death quickly' and painlessly by suffocation. The Are burned tbe oxygen out of that atmosphere so quickly that r doubt whether many of them lived more than 15 minutes. The men in No. 8 fiat roust have at once run down into No. 9, below. This explains why Mr. Keighley and his party saw no trace of them when they pene trated No. 8 flat on that Sd day of July! 1890. Even if the men could have survived in that atmosphere, the- influx of -water caused by the stoppage of the pumps would hare drowned then-In No. 9 flat," which Is much lower than No.' 8, before Kelghley and his brave followers could have readied them. .Our investigation to-morrow may cause me to change my opinion In some par ticulars, but I doubt it , Inspector Duncan "has telegraphed to the following inspectors of the bituminous re gion to be present at Dunbar to-morrow if possible': Henry Loutitt, of the first;-. Will iam Jenkins, of the second; Thomas K. Adams, of the third; Josiah Evans, of the sixth, and James Blick, of the seventh. Inspector .Duncan thinks the remaining eight bodies will be found about ISO feet below those, found io-day. He said -that Father Malady and his assistants were pre paring the bodies for the Coroner's inspec tion, but that they would, not be disturbed any more than was absolutely necessary be fore they were viewed by the Coroner's jury. .The Karnes or the Victims. The following are the names of the 29 entombed miners: Daniel McCashion, Roti ert McGnQl, Richard Bigley, Elmer Dewey, James Shearen, John Devanev, Patrick Devlin, John A. Joy, Martin Gavanaugh, James McCurie,' John. Cope (father), An drew Cope, Jr.," Peter Eagan, Patrick Oahill, William Cahill, David Davis, Sr., Thomas Davis (son). Joseph Bigley, 'Thomas McCleary, William Hayes (the boy whose lamp nred the gas;. L0NGENECKER IS SHAKY. CHICAGO BOODLEBS NOT INDICTED FOB ACTUAL BRIBERY. ' The True Bills Charge Them With Con spiracy to Commit Bribery A Barren Day Spent .in the Court Boom Inter ested Parties Emphatic in Denials. Chicago, March 2a In the investiga tion of the boodle Aldermen six witnesses were before the grand jury during the day, and by the admission of the State's At torney, nothing -cf importance was cleaned. Adolph Loeb, President of the Chicago Illuminating Company, was the first wit ness, and said, so far as his knowledge went, there was no truth in the rumor that $80,000 had been demanded of the company for the passing of the ordi nance. Mr. Loeb was corroborated by the company's secretary. Both gentlemen further stated that the company had not used money in an illegitimate way, and that no member of the company had been ap proached by an Alderman. , Alexander H. Peters, riaht-of-wav man jf or the Northern Pacific Railroad, denied all knowledge of money being used to secure passage of their ordinance. All expendi tures he knew of were tor legitimate pur poses. Alderman Conway was the last witness of the day. He .gave his evidence as to Council transactions, and denied all knowledge of boodle. At the close of the day's proceedings the State's Attorney volunteered an explana tion of the reasons why the seven Alder men were indicted for conspiracy to commit bribery. "After Kunz gave his testimony," said he, "I was in doubt of being able to convict of bribery. Kunz maintained that he was not bribed, and, it so, where did the bribery come in? The conspiracy to commit bribery, however, was plainly shown, hence the conspiracy indictment" "Will any indictments be returned for bribery?" "Oh, yes; we will indict some of them for bribery, and then, possibly, have them both ways." . KICKING AGAINST TROLLEYS. Four ThouiauJ rhlufojipMaus. Meet, and Pass Indignation Resolutions. . Philadelphia, March 23. A mass meeting was held to-night to voice the dis approval of many citizens to the intro duction of the trolley system in this city. About 4,000 persons were present and many were turned away. A number of prominent business men addressed the meeting. Resolutions were adopted, setting forth that the ordinance passed by Councils for the introduction of -trolleys was passed without due delibera tion, and that its Passage was an affront to the citizens of Philadelphia. The Mayor is asked to veto the ordinance. TOYING THE KEELEY CUBE. Barry Meredith, the Actor, Goes Into Re tirement to Overcome His Appetite. New Yobk, March 23. Special. Ac tors and managers on the Bialto were sur prised to-day to hear that Harry Meredith, who was once a leading man in well-known stock companies, is at present a patient in a private hospital in North Conway, N. H., where he is receiving the Keeley treatment Of late years he has often caused his friends much uneasiness, but it is said he has con tinned to act as well as ever. He went to the institute several weeks ago. Meredith is a Philadelphian, and is abuot 50 years old. He was in the navy during his youth, and was a prisoner at Andersonville. At the close of the war he became a "supe" at the Boston Museum, but soon gained promo tion, and for 25 years he has been rated as a first-class actor, especially in "heavy" roles. He is the author of "Kanch Ten" and other plays. Some weeks ago he created a sensation in the Hoffman House barroom, by quarreling with Jere Dunn. They were separated belore they could come to blows, but Meredith told his friends be would shoot Dunn when next they met, and ex hibited a pistol with which,he proposed to carry out his threat Dunn did riot heed the actor's threat, and since then little has been seen of Meredith in his old haunts. His intimates say that Un health is shat tered and that his retirement from the stage was absolutely necessary. SAIL0BS AGAINST THEIB CAPTAIN. Be Is Accused or Making No Effort to Save Five Drowning Seanien. San Francisco, March 23. Captain H. H. Williams, of the American ship Fred erick Billings, was on trial before United States Commissioner Sawyer to-day for cruelty at sea. Allan Silverwood, Charles Brown and John Baffles, seamen, testified there was no storm raging when five men were' lost off the yards of the ship in February. The ship was struck by a puff of wind, and in a few minutes after the men went into the sea the ocean was calm. No attempt was made, they said, to save the men, and BafHes claimed that Captain Williams shoved "Off wreckage to which one of the drowning men was clinging. ' There are 12 of the crew, confined in the Alcatraz military prison as witnesses against Captain Williams. The men tried to make a charge bf murder against Wil liams, out .Assistant united estates Attorney Shurtlerul refused to issue a warrant on the testimony offered. OHIO TO BE BEOISTBICTEDl Democrats Satisfied With the Flan Proposed by a Legislative Committee. Columbus, March 23. Special The House to-day passed the Senate Congres sional redistricting bill which was agreed upon by a committee ot ten appointed by tbe two bodies for that purpose. The bill gives the Democrats 6 Congressmen and tbe Republicans 15, The House made some slight amendments relative to the territory which shall constitute the Twentieth ana Twenty-first districts Cleveland, and these have to be concurred in by the Senate before the measurcjbeoomes a law. The Democrats are quite well pleased with tbe law. and soma of the more enthu siastic claim they can carry 10 of the 21 dis tricts, mm&t jratart FOESON THE OCEAN, -. "U . Drayton and Borrowe Start led' by Their Beception on Their Arrival'- Off THE STEAMER MAJESTIC Tugs Go Out to the Yessel, to Bring Back One or More Corpses. BOTH HEN ALIVE BUT RETICENT. Hiss Astor's Husband Fays He Branded Borrowe as a Coward. THE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH TALES rsracux teliobam to the DisrAics.i New Tors, March 23. The big, steamship "Majestio steamed around the point at Sandy Hook a half hour before 3 o'clock this afternoon, and was saluted by the toots of half a dozen tugs as she loomed up out of a high bank of fog. Mr. J. Cole man Drayton and Mr. Hallet Alsop Bor rowe were pasgengers'aboard her. The duel that didn't take pla6e in France had not taken place aboard on the steamship. Upward of 30 reporters had waited the ship's coming all night and all day. Just an hour before the report that she had passed inside the Hook the agents of the White Star Line had telegraphed instruc tions to the Captain that nobody should be permitted to board her, and whether or not the two distinguished passengers were corpses was not to be told "until the shfp reached her pier. The order reached Sandy Hook, but somehow it was lost in the fog and did not get to Captain t Parsell, Besides the reporters interested there were friends of Mr. J. Coleman Drayton at the station. Mr. B. L. Upshur, Mr. Drayton's warmest friend, was there'for the avowed purpose of acting as second for the'injured gentleman, provided Mr. Harry Vane Milbank, who accom panied Mr. Borrowe, showed his hand. There were four press tugs, all with parties, besides the health officers' boat the Preston. A couple of the press boats sighted the big ship first and raced out to meet her. Not Prepared for a Demonstration. Neither Captain Parsell nor any of the passengers was prepared for the demonstra tion they received. Mr. Drayton himself did not suspect, as he stood on the prome nade deck with the Duchess of Marlbor ough, nor did Mr.. Borrowe, who sat in the smoking room puffing' a cigar with Mr. Milbank; Health Officer'Jenkins .had decided that a representative from each paper should be permitted to go aboard-the -ship, 'ihey were taken on the doctors' boat, and clambered up the side after the doctors and Mr. Up shur -Mr, UpsHur badbjeepy of-sr paper containing the full correspondence that had preceded the duel that was not fought He spied Mr. Drayton with the Duchess ot Marlborough. Besides the newspaper Mr. Upshur had with him a discreet manser vant, named Parker, for Mr. Drayton. "Come here, come here," shouted Mr. Upshur. "Quick, come, you must come." He glanced over his shoulder to 'see' how close to him the reporters were. Mr. Drayton did not understand. He reached down to shake his friend's hand. . "Come, come," said Mr. Upshur, border ing on a fit "Cornel" He seized Mr. Drayton by the hand and pulled him away toward the stateroom on the starboard side of the boat He pushed him in the room and pushed the paper into his hand. "Bead it, read it carefullv," he commanded. "It is of great importance; read it all through. " Placed a Gnard on Drayton. Mr. Drayton was bewildered. He took tbe paper and said he would read it Then Mr. Upshur pushed tbe man servant into the room and commanded: "Don t you let a soul see that man; not a soul, not a soul 1" "Did Mr. Drayton know that his affair had been published?" asked the reporter. "No, I don't think he did," answered Mr. Upshur, and he walked off murmuring, "L, can't talk." Mr. Borrowe and Mr. Milbank were still in the smoking room when the reporter found them. Mr. Borrowe proved to be a medium-sized young man with large features and an expressive face. He has light hair and closely-trimmed sidewbiskers. His dress suggested a man fond of the turf. His athletic figure was set off by a light brown mixed suit of rough material, with trousers cut wide, and a short sacque coat His white shirt was crossed horizontally with broad pink stripes. His movements were free and quick. He talked rapidly with an accent which greatly ex aggerated that of his English second, Mr. Milbank, and laughed frequently. Mr. Milbank was of a different type. He. was tall, perhaps 6 feet 2 inches, and of a slen der, though powerful build. His face was large and long, and he wore no beard or mustache. He also showed a strong tendency to laugh, and was quite as open in his man ner as was Mr. Borrowe. His voice was deep and pleasant A Very Unpleasant Subject. A newspaper containing the correspon dence was offered to Mr. Borrowe. He did not want to see it "Beally, my dear fel low," he said, "it's unpleasant, most un pleasant, I can't say a word, I can't say a word, raraon me, now, duc x can't say a word." - "Won't you explain why you wouldn't fight?" asked the reportor. "You surely must pardon me, but I can't say a word," answered Mr. Borrowe, flushing. "Is it true that yon met Mr. Drayton in the smoking room on board the ship and that you had angry words with him?" was next asked. "No, that isn't true," said Mr. Barrowe. "Did you hear that?" "There is some talk about it," answered the reporter. "No, no; nothing of the kind," exclaimed Mr. Borrowe. "We met, but we did not speak a word, not a word." Mr. Milbank hod been standing leaning on the back of a chair. "They did meet once, but they did not speak," he broke in. "You see they were in the smoking room, bvt they did not have any hard words." "Will you make a statement about the .affair, Mr. Milbank?" asked the reporter. Mr. Milbank leaned further over the chair. "No," he said, "we cannot afford to talk, and if the papers won't say anything now, why we will explain later why Mr. Burrowe refused to fight" Then Mr. Mil bank and Mr. Qorrowe 'agreed that they would pot say anything more just at pres ent, but they promised to think. A Few Remarks From the Dnchess. The Duchess of Marlborough is a friend of Mr. Drayton. "Beally," she said, "I do not know anvthing at all of his coming on the ship. Tbe first I knew that he was here was when I met him at the table. I greeted him cordially and we have been friendly on the voyage, but I have not heard a word about that scandal, not a word." "I don't know Mr. Borrowe," she con tinued. "I have no knowledge at all of him, I have seen him, but I saw nothing W.-.q-Wt.ia!K rtUja f SPmOialWlAlMBWWaiB mmmmnmpimmimimmiimmmfmwmmmi v at all on the trip across that would Indicate that there was trouble between the two men." Mr. Drayton's stateroom was . near Mr. ' Burrowe't, but on the opposite side of the ship. He remained inside Deniaa a locaeo door, while his friend, Fred Hoey, and his servant circulated in the cabin' and pas sagas, and from' time to time reported TjToceaeUnra to him. At Iensrtb. after Mr. Hoey and' Ms father, John "Hoey, who had boarded the steaaetvto meet his son, had paid several visits to room IS," the" servant told the reporters that Mr. Drayton was not well and could not see them, but he would see two ot them. Mr. Drayton was seated on a chair in the next berth. He is a tall, slender, well-built man, who looks about "45 years, with a pale complexion, short, black mustache and black hair. He looked care-worn. His fiance was direct, bis bearing dignified and is words decisive. In the opposite corner stood Fred Hoey. Branded Barrowe as Coward. "Well, gentlemen," he saidislewly, "I don't know that I can say anything to you, but my friends have told me that the news papers have treated me with great consid eration in this affair. I wduld be very glad to give you now the statement you desire, but that is manifestly impossible, for the reason that I know nothing of the state of affairs; hat is, of what has been said abV Njne while I was on the V When I boarded theMajestw & Vi" u'de it was with no idea thatwf ,'&& Aany publication. Ihadjnst leftJi&g q nParis. after naving pranueu mui, , ,xg nuiu sup posed that was the endv' -fr, time. Mr. Borrowe tookJV ''., Mor the o,r - Southampton, out we nave vi :-y words on tbe passage. I mustiC . . i;rr no .hore and see my friends. X, Mr. Drayton afterward, said that he would meet the reporters at the Windsor Hotel at 9:3Q o'clock at night, either personally or through a representative, and make some additional statement As has been told, Mr. Borrowe sailed for America in the Majestio because he feared some one might conclude that his failure to sail in the same steamship with Mr, Dray ton lent truth to Mr. Drayton's accusation that he was a coward. It was the fact that Mr. Borrowe sailed there with a chip on his shoulder that led to the fear that the un fought duel might be fought on the high seas.' Mr. Borrowe had to run to catch the boat from Queenstown. He says that he was not anxious for a fight Met Face to Face on Board. The nearest he and Mr. Drayton came to a meetipg was one day when Mr. Drayton was on the promenade deck with the duchess. Mr, Borrowe had been below in the smoking room and wait ascending to the promenade deck just as Mr. Drayton and the duchess were about to descend. Mr. Borrowe was nearly up the steps. He could not pass. Mr. Drayton and the duchess stepped back on deck, add then turned their backs and stood there until he had passed and was out of hearing. They then went on downstairs. Captain Parsell was on the bridge when the reporters boarded at quarantine. He greeted the visitors With a surprised smile. "Duel nonsense. There has been no trouble of any sort A duel was threatened on the other sidebut lam certain that there was not even any gossip about such a thing in the ship during the passage." It was announced that the Majestic would lie at anchor where she was, just off Staple ton, until morning, and that brought many passengers to the officials with pleas to be taken off on the boats. They were all refused, however, with the exception of Mr. Drayton. Just before the boats started liaaipeared tt the rail with si satchel io conipanledly John Hoey. The two ran down the ladder and crossed the -mail "boat into Dr. Jenkins' boat and steamed of! in the direction of St George. Mr. Drayton evidently reconsidered his determination to make a statement to-night for he did not appear at the Windsor. Neither was Mr. Burrowe at his father's house in West Seventeenth street. Both men were registered on the ship's list under fictitious names. Drayton Tliooeht tj Be in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, March 23. It was re ported here to-night that J. Coleman Dray ton had come to this city from New York, but all efforts to 'find him at the houses of his relatives here or at the hotels were futile. DIED IN A STREET CAR. Traglo End of a Jag in Wllkesbarre A Woman Dies While Being; Conveyed to the Lockup A Panic in the Crowded Vehicle. WlLKESBARRE, March 23. Special A weird scene was witnessed in this city this evening. Mrs. Jennie Welch was ar rested by Policeman Evans for larceny. The woman comes from a good fam ily, but drink had mastered her. The policeman thought she was under the influence of liquor when he arrested her. The woman said she was sick. She asked to sit down a minute. The policeman con sented, but she would not get up again. Come, now," saia the officer, "no fool ing; you can't play off on me this way." Still the woman would not move. Evans called another officer. A street car was stopped and the woman placed aboard. The car was crowded? and one of the policemen said: "Make way for this drunk." A number ot ladies returning from a church supper got up from their seats, and the woman in charge ot tne ponce was seated. She would not sit erect, however, one of the officers having to hold her up. "She is only playing off," one of them said. "This is one of fier old tricks. She' plays them often. She will wake up when she gets to the lockup." The woman's face was ghastly pale, and she glanced with open eyes only in one direction, and that was directly in front of her. A lady who sat directly opposite was annoyed at her staring, and after awhile cried out: "My GodI That woman is dead!" and then nearly fainted. Then there was a panic in the car) which was hastily stopped. A physician was called and he lound the woman in the arms of the policeman a corpse. COUNTS? ELECTRIC BA1LB0ADS, That Can Carry Passengers and 'Small Freight, Favored by LecUlators. Columbus, March 23. Special The House to-day passed a bill permitting the extension of electric roads along highways into the country for 15 miles from cities and beyond the end of the voluntary lines. The author s ideas are that the lines can carry food products, express, mail and pas sengers. Representative McCoy, of Columbiana, has succeeded where others have failed in having adopted by tbe House a proposition to build a new insane asylum in the eastern part of the State. THIS MORNING'S KEWS.' Jbtte- Page. The Bering Sea Difficulty 1 ::v. Eolving the BUI Mine Tragedy. Arrival of Borrowe and Drayton- 1 Allegheny Hair a Million Oat- 1 City Property Illegally Vacated. 2 Efforts to Make a Coal Combine 3 Editorial and Miscellany 4 Some Affairs of State.. 4 Society News of a Day '. The Reformatory Investigation- S A Tote on Free Silver to Be Forced. 6 The License Mill Grinding Away 7 Bill Mot a Factor In the BaCe T All tbe Sporting News B .News From the Neighborhood it..... 8 The Busy World of Commerce 9 News From Over the Sea 9 The County Courts 10 Reports From the Oil Field 10 Financial and Other Markets II The Smoke Problem In Chicago , U rA,A-ta&Ai6K ' nntui w st tw i jstjit TisHBi r r r THREE CENTS. LOST, STfflEI . m mm. A Recapitulation of a Year's Work of Alle gheny's Auditors. THE FIGURES FOR IT. Total Amount Due the City Treasury Placed at $350,197 20. ATTACK ON THE CONTROLLER la the Report of the Chairman of the Now Famou3 Committee. The Loss In the Market Clerk's Office Placed at $50,000 Big Amounts Charged to the Street Car Companies Practically All of the Trouble Alleged to Result From the Loose Examination of Accounts Murphy to Have a Hear ing To-Day on the Charge of Embezzle ment Other Prosecutions Promised. When the Allegheny Auditing Commit tee met last night all that was expected was a report from the auditors for the time since the last meeting. This was read. It showed a partial audit ot the book of Controller Brown bad been made, but the auditors were not ready to state what would be the outcome. The suggestion was made by them ' that all the depart ments should, be required to keep their books in such a shape that they could be shown at any time. A new cash book was suggested for the market clerk, so that it would simplify his work. This report was filed. This was about all the committee was looking for, and when it had been settled the members lounged back in their chairs. t Mr. Wertheimer then suggested one of the auditors be dismissed, as the work was about over, at least they ought to be since they had been at work nine months. The Auditors Not Nearly Through Here the Chairman commenced to slowly and carefully pave tbe way for his thunder clap. When Mr. Wertheimer had sat down Dr. Gilliford said: "I can as sure 'you, Mr. Wertheimer, that the auditors have worked bard and also-that they are not nearly through. There is yet one of the most important works to be dpne." Mr. Wertheimer could not agree with him, but his suggestion was not acted upon. The business at this point seemed to have been finished, and some one suggested an adjournment. The Chairman then calmly came to the front with the announcement he had a report to read. He went back over tbe work of tffe auditors and showed, in a carefully compiled statement, how the city had been defrauded and otherwise left out in the eold in cash accounts. According to his figures the city is out $350,197 20. The reading of these figures did not cause as much of a sensation as the matter coming later. Many of the'figures were well known to the committee and citizens present, but what came next was not so familiar. This could be told by the way it was received. Every committeeman leaned forward, eager to catch each syllable; and every sound save the Chairman's voice was hushed, remaining so until he revealed the contents of numer ous typewritten sheets. Wertheimer Was Not Pleased. Once Mr. Wertheimer was seen to look out over the audience and smile sarcasti cally. The matter did not please him as was afterward shown. He was about the only one on the committee who did not seem to be satisfied. Outside the railing there appeared to be a number of people, though, who were not in line with the Chairman's views. With great care and accuracy he went over the entire field and took several steps into the future. He brought out the exact deficit in the Market Clerk's office, and more than that, charged the Controller with being accountable for it When Chairman Gilliford had concluded Mr. Eschelman asked, "What Is the total amount ot indebtedness due the city?" Dr. Gilliford Three hundred and fifty thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty cents. Mr. Eschelman How much of that has since been paid in? Dr. Gilliford I haven't got that Mr. Eschelman You were careful to get the amount short and shoulder it on the Controller, and you should have obtained the amounts that have been paid in. Mr. Wertheimer I seriously object to that criticism of the Controller. There are reasons why it should not be done. It should not be, particularly in the face of a coming election. Many of the statements that have been made cannot be substantiated by facts and I object to them in the report This discussion continued for some time without definite result The repoit Is as follows: Allegheny, Pa., March S3, 1892. To the Auditing Committee: GnrrtxMia Having reached almost to tna conclusion of a year's work in our effort to audit the accounts of Allegheny City, and trace the disnosition of moneys due the city in cases where the accounts were lost, stray ed.stolen, burned or had never existed, it is fitting that we should have a recapitu lation of our work. The auditors have ex amined the accounts of the following offices: The Mayor's office, the Market Clerk's office, tbe office of the Superintendent of the Water Department, the Health office, and have made a partial examination of the ac counts of the Controller's office. The Amounts Due the City. The following is a statement of the amounts found due the city of Allegheny, and fiom wno'm due, as shown by reports of audltors,lncluding snms paid since auditors' reports were made, revised to date. LIVX STOCK WH0H SCALE. 189L August 4, 6. Wettacb, live stock.. .$ 1,49 49 August 4, John Dalzell, live stock.. 2,624 29 August 4, Here's Island Stock Yards...! H830 00 August, railroad swltchlicense... 4,775 00 August 4, two j ears' rental for right of way, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Com pany - 2.M0 00 CLXBK OF jfAIUCXTS. September 7, butcher stall arrear ages 83,101 8. P! rj r imlMsMSSIiLf JWegLW
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