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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
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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
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no idea thatwf ,'&& Aany publication.
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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
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THREE CENTS.
LOST, STfflEI
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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.
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