lPPSigggCT-pa flMi ff-mr-TTr-J-J ',-p?fiP , -v V -" - r?iw rj m FOR TWO WEEKS. Adlete to M arck 11 4,029 Last Year 2,660 Increase I,d69 Best Previous Gain In two Weeks Was 1,7TB.- FOR TWO WEEKS. Adlete to March 14 4,629 fast Year .'. ....2,660 Increase.. ..-. ,.. 1,869 Best Previous Gain In Two Weeks Was 1,178. FORTY'SEVENTH, ,XEAR PTTTSBTmG. HUDAY, MARCH 25. 3892-TWELVE PAGES. THREE GENTS. $Mta le MM BIILGTHE MY. Silver Men Clash on the Issue as Forced Upon Them by Mr. Bland. obtaining generally among the free coinage erson. Dickson, Dockery. Duncan. Ed element, though several othergpeaker.de- ESS Fowler. pJEtV SSntJ1 precatednhe bold announcement of that SW a?, tewerien. Hsre, Harries. "- " "" "wl"V-.-..,l-""Vy" -.. V'' 1 " TIED NECK AND NECK By Voters Who Cannot Be Whipped Into Line by the Leaders. HARTER FIGURES IN THE FRAY Along With Es Clique and Wins Preliminary Encounter. the Free Coinage Men Declare They "Will Bolt at the Chicago Convention if Things Don't Go to Suit Them Bland Nearly Tables His Own Bill by Chang Ins His Vote Turbulent Scenes When the Eesult of the First Ballot "Was Made Known Dissension "Which Threatens to Disrupt the Democratic Party A Session That Lasted "Way Into the Night Hours. TSrECIAL TEIXOP.ArmC LETTER. Bureau or The DisrATcn, I VTABkisQToif, D. C.j March 24. Not since the days of reconstruction has there been seen such such intensity of ex citement and expectation on a quiet and serious Tote as was exhibited in the House this evening shortly before 6 o'clock, on the motion of Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, to lay the silver bill on the table, after the five hours of afternoon discussion. Speaker Crisp, in a hesitating manner, said he thought the call of the previous question had precedence of a motion to lay on the table, but Mr. Burrows was fortified with rules which proved his right to make his motion, and the House proceeded at onc to a vote which was to be almost an absolute test, not of the strength of the free coinage faction and the opposition, but of those silver men who demanded the settle ment of the question at once, as against those opposed to the bill in eonnection with those who favored it but who desired its postponement. As the Tote progressed toward the end, and it became apparent that it was running neck and neck, the excitement literally ap proached fever heat. Nearly every member had a roll-call before him and kept tally. The press njllery was crowded, and every correspondent carefully recorded the vote. Hundreds of persons in the galleries had provided themselves with roll-calls, and followed the vote eagerly. The First Tote Proves a Tie. Upon the second call of tliose members who had not responded to their names on the first, the vote was divided almost equally, and the count apparently stood 148 for and 147 against laying the bill on the table. As the reading of the names to verify the vote went on, members crowded down about the Speaker's desk, emptying chairs and aisles, and straining their ears to hear if they were correctly recorded. Many who did not catch their names on this reading individually queried the Speaker as to how they were recorded. For hushed, intense excitement, the scene has been rarely equaled in a quarter of a century. One could have almost heard a pin drop in all that vast assembly when the Speaker slowly and distinctly announced: "The vote shows that 148 members have voted in the affirmative and that 148 mem bers have voted in the negative, and the motion is lost." The Speaker's vote had made the tie. Bland, in his excitementycalled out: "Mr. Speaker, I change my vote from no to" but here some one checked him and the Speaker ignored him. He desired to change his vote to move a reconsideration, think ing the motion had been adopted. Had he finished his sentence his vote would have laid his own bill on the table. Astounded at the Result. The free coinage men were astounded at the result They had not thought it possi ble that so many members who favored free coinage would vote for a postponement. Never was a body of men so certain ot an easy victory, so suddenly confused and dis mayed. Bland was decidedly "rattled," but was encouraged and. got his head only when Outhwaite's motion to adjourn was lost by a majority of more than 30, which again gave the free coinage men heart of grace, and the House settled down to hours of old-fashioned filibustering. On the vote to lay the biiron the table all of the Pennsylvanians voted aye except .Keilly, and btone, ot Allegheny, who was paired, and explained that If he could vote he would vote aye. Reilly's vote was a sur prise, as he was supposed to be in favor of the defeat or the.postponement of the bilL Probably the most surprising vote of any Republican against tabling the bill was that of "Vincent A. Taylor, of Ohio, who was counted as an anti-silver man. It was sup posed that a number of Republicans would vote against any disposition of the bill ex cept by a vote which would array everyone for or against the measure as reported to the House, but it was apparent that all who were opposed to the bill voted to dispose of it on a first and indirect vote, by laying it on the table. Of course even then it might have been reconsidered, but the chances would have been against it Filibustering Indicates a Defeat. The success of the anti-silver men so tar beyond their own expectations has encour aged them to efforts toward the defeat of the bill which they never anticipated and now the end cannot be predicted. It seems to me that the solid stand taken by the mass of Republicans with the power to filibuster under the rules adopted by this House fore shadows the defeat of the bilL No matter which way the battle goes, the work of to day embitters the Democratic tactions against each other, even more -than if the bill had passed with but little friction. The speech of Representative Hatch to day, in which he .furiously read the anti- silver Democrats and Mugwumps one of the party, is a fair example of the feeling disposition. Hatch and his friends openly declare that they will carry the war into the Chicago Convention, and that'if a satisfactory declar ation be not made upon the silver question and candidates nominated in sympathy with it, they will bolt the convention in a body and make an irreparable split in the party. Of course the Republicans are delighted. Every succeeding roll call in the tedious process of filibustering is to them a new omen of success. Appointed a District Attorney. This has been a great day for Pennsyl vania at the Executive Mansion. The President got tired -waiting upon the polit ical tactions to compose their difficulties and appointed a District Attorney and a Marshal for the Eastern district of Penn sylvania and a successor on the bench of the Court of Claims to the late Judge Glenn "W. Schofield, of Pennsylvania. This place was one which was originally wanted for Second Comptroller Gilkeson by Senator Quay, and which has probably engendered as much of the ill feeling sup posed to exist between the President and the Senator as has any matter at issue. The struggle to secure the appointment of Gilkeson was practicallv abandoned months ago, however, Senator Quay ceasing to urge his name, first, because he had been re peatedly "bluffed." and second, because Judge Gilkeson himself cared little for the position, as his business at home was much more lucrative than a seat in the Court of Claims, and his partners were urging him to return to his practice of the law. The ap pointment of Judge Peele to-day was, therefore, no disappointment to Jutige Gil keson, and the President, while oSering no great ofiense to Pennsylvania managers as matters turned out, has done a good po litical thing for himself in Indiana. May Help to Carry the State. Judge Peele is very popular, and his in fluence and support in State politics will go some distance to counteract the hitherto un appeased opposition of ex-Treasurer Huston. Moreover, Peele is a friend of Huston, and his appointment may spur the latter's in difference into action to help carry the State lor tne resident, in the event of his now almost certain nomination. The appoint ment of Ellery P. Ingham, to succeed the Democratic District Attorney Reed, whose term expired a short time ago, and that of Alexander P. Colesberry, as Marshal, to succeed William R. Leeds, recently dis missed, may be said to be a "stand-off" be tween the Quay and anti-Quay factions, though Quay is said to be nol; opposed to Ingham. Colesberry was on the Quay slate, and his appointment is therefore highly satisfac tory to the Senator. The illness of Mr. Quay has prevented his seeing the Presi dent, and the arrangement of matters was left to friends of both the President and the Senator. Several small delegations have visited both within the past few days, but the final peg was probably driven by Collector Tom Cooper, who was in the city yesterday, and made more than one trip between the "White House and the Sena tor's residence. One of tho Amusing Phases. An amusing phase of the work of compos ing matters was brought out by the Presi dent's remarks to one of his visitors, that he thought if Senator Quay was desir ous of having his friends appointed it might pe wen ior mm to can at tne White House in person. "But Senator Quay is sick' said the visitor. Is he really sick," said the President, with an incredulous look. It required strong assurance to make Mr. Harrison believe that the Senator had not been shamming, in so far as visits to the "White House are concerned, and that he had been and still is, in very ill health. TheSenator, however, was able to visit the Capitol for a short time yesterdav, vet did not call at the "White House. Probably he had been informed that the Philadelphia appointments were settled, and supposed there was no special reason for calling. His visit to the Capitol was very brief, and he is confined to his residence to-day under or ders from his physician that he Is not again to stir out without leave. The diplomacy exhibited in the Philadel phia appointments, taken in connection with the recent appointment of Collector Miller at Pittsburg, shows that the Presi dent isnot disponed to cast any of the Pennj sylvania factions aside. Quay, however does not yet accept any olive branches, and is as determined as ever to fight the confirma tion of Miller, or possibly to "hold it up," os he can easily do, until after the State Convention, as a sign to his friends that hn is yet very much alive in politics and ready XiIGHTlfEB. Hermann. Holraani Honk fOhioi. Johnson rohlo). Jolley. Kem, Kilgore. Kyle, Lane, Lanham, aw. son (Vs.), Lawson (Ga.), Lavton, 1. ester ((in.). Lewis, Livingston, Lonr. Mallory, Mansiir. Mar tin. McClellan.. McCresry. HoKelgham, HcMlUin, McRae, Merdlth. Mills, Montgomery. Moore, Moses, Norton, O'Ferrall, O'Neill (Mo.), Otis, .Owens, Parrett, Patter son (Tenn.), Patton, raynter. Pearson, Pendleton, Plckler, Pierce. Price, Eellly, Hlchard Eon, Robertson. (La.). Rockwell, Bayers, 8cott, Shlvely, Simpson, Snodjrrass, Snow, gtackhonse bteward, (111.), Stewart, (Tex.), Stockdale. Stone, (Kyo, Sweet; V. A. Taylor, TerryTIllman, Townsend, Tucker, Turner, Turpln, Warwick, Washington, Watson. Weadotk, wheeler, (Ala.) White. Whiting. Williams'. (N. C.). Williams, (III.). Wilson. (Mo,). Winn, AVise, Youmans, and the Speakcr-148. Mr. Onthwaite, of Ohio, at once moved to adjourn. The vote on adjournment was declared lost yeas, 99; nays, 193. Filibustering Reigns Supreme. Then Mr. Johnson, of Ohio, took a hand in the fight with a motion to reconsider the vote by which the House refused to table the bill, and Mr. Bland parried his foil with a motion to lay that motion on the table. The motion to table the isotion to recon sider wag rejected yeas, 145; nays, 149. Then it was the turn of the 'anti-silver men to applaud and they did so with vim and enthusiasm. The Speaker stated that the vote recurred on the motion to recon sider, and Mr. Reed, of Maine, sprang to his feet and demanded the yeas and nays, and the roll was called. Then the thunder storm, which had been brooding over the nouse ior tne entire day, burst in lull vio lence and for 20 minutes or more the cyclone raged supreme throughout the House. The Speaker (without ordering a recapitu lation) annonnced that the motion to re consider was defeated by a tie vote of yeas 148, nays 14a Mr. Cockran demanded a recapitulation of the vote. The Speaker stated that the demand came too late. The confusion was then redoubled and the Speaker was com pelled to call in the Sergeant at Arms to restore order. Finally the vote was re capitulated by unanimous consent and was announced as yeas, 160, nays, 148, and the result waa loudly applauded by the anti-silverites. The Question then was on the motion to lay the pending bill on the table, and after a scene of wild disorder the vote was an nounced, yeas, 145; nays, 148 so that the Honse refused to lay the bill on the table. The Chair announced that the question recurred to Mr. Bland's motion for the pre vious question on the bill and amendments, A motion to adjourn was lost 80 to 202. Motions to adjourn, to take recess, to ad journ till Saturday, and to adjourn till Monday were all voted down and then Mr. Bland, stating that it was evident that no fair vote could be taken to-night, moved an adjournment, which motion was carried at 12:35. The silver bill now goes on the calendar, but it ls probable that the Committee on Rules will at an early day renort a resolu tion for its further consideration. 23 VIM VIEWED By the Coroner and His Jury at the Fated Coal Mine at" Hill Farm FOE THEJNQUEST TO-DAY. The Task of Bemoving the Bodies in Coffins a Difficult One. STORY OP THE GHASTLY JOURNEY. Bodies Look as If Fleep Had Their Owners. Overtaken HOW THE MEN HAD MET THEIR DEATHS ANOTHER OYSTER WAR. for a fight Tangier Islanders on One Side and Dredgers and a Virginia Police Boat on the Other, Fight a Battle One Man Killed Islan ders Bouted. Nobfolk, March 24. Special War has again broken out among the oyster men in the Chesapeake bay and one man has been killed. Three men, named Morse, Corbin and Martin, took up 300 acres of oyster ground in Pocomoke Sound and pro ceeded to plant it. The oyster men of Tangier Island also claimed the disputed property. The Virginia oyster police boat tnrned its cannon upon the Tangier islanders and began to shoot into their homes. The islanders were armed and they returned .the fire. The dredgers came on deck and opened fire on the islanders, most of whom were forced to take .refuge in the holds of their boats. Captain Connorton, of the islanders, stood at the wheel of his boat and steered it alongside the Virginia oyster police boat The. islanders finally withdrew and made for Tangier. Both the island boats had been badly damaged and their rigging torn to shreds. Dnringi the engagement Captain Dies, commanding the schooner Calhoun, one of the dredging boats, was shot in the breast, and has since died. No one among the islanders was seriously wounded, though several were struck. The fight took place about two miles north of Tangier Island. While it was going on almost the entire population of the island, amonnting to about 1,000 persons, stood on the beach and. watched the battle from afar. The island ers returned home about nightfall in great .disorder. DEATH OF AN HUSH PATRIOT.1 PLACED ON THE CALENDAR. Motions of Various Kinds Fall to Besult Satisfactorily to Sir. Bland The Bouse Adjourns at Midnight, and the Question Is Still a Flaming Torch. iBY ASSOCIATED PRESS. "Washington, March 24. The debate was closed by a number of speakers on both sides, including "Williams, of Illinois; "Wike, of Illinois; Cochran, of New York; I Cummings, of New York; Dingley, of Maine; Bunn, of North Carolina; Bartine, of Nevada; Hatch, of Missouri; Taylor, of Ohio; Castle, of Minnesota; English, of New Jersey; Lind, of Minnesota; Sweet, of Idaho; Patterson, of Tennessee, and Smith, of Illinois. Then Mr. Bland, the persist ent advocate of the bill, was recognized by the Speaker and in a quiet tone of voice de manded the previous question on the pend ing bilk Mr. Burrows, like half the members of the House, was on his feet, but he vas there, not from anxiety, but as his party's spokesman. The Chair recognized him, and Mr. Bur rows moved to lay the pending bill on the table, and said that the motion took pre cedence of the motion of the gentleman from Missouri, (Mr. Bland) and demanded tne yeas and nays on his motion. The Chair decided in favor of Mr. Bur rows, and then, amid intense excitement, the Clerk began to call the roll on Mr. Bur rows' motion, which brought the question to a square-test vote. How the Representatives Toted. The motion was lost by a tie vote of yeas 148, nays 14& The following is the vote in detail: Yeas Messrs. Amerman, Andrew, Atkinson. Bacon, Barwlg, Belden, Belknap, Beltzhoover. Bentley. Bergen, Bingham, Bontelle, Bowman, Brawley, Brlckner, Broslus, Brunner, Buchanan i. j.j, Burning, unrrows. Busnnell. Cable, (Jad mus, Caldwell. Castle. Causey, Chapln, Clilpman. yia.u. vwuuiu.;. iuuurn, ;ocra.nf vojrsweu. vr, vr-"iv?""J2K: " v .." i . u"u""B. unu, UUIUU xeu. uanieu, ueiorest, Dingley, Dolllver, Dunphy, English, Fellows, Life Denis Qulnn After a Remarkable Joins the Great Majority. Boston, March 24. Special. Denis Qninn, an Irish patriot, who took such a prominent part in the troubles of 1848 that a price was set upon his head by the Eng lish Government, died in Boston, "Wednes day. He was born in Cehir county, Tip perary, in 1828. Like many others of his young fellow countrymen- he shouldered his pike in 1848, and was with Smith O'Brien, Meagher, afterward the brave leader of the Irish brigade in the Civil "War, Stephens, John O'Mahony and John Savage at Ballingarry on the day when the hopes of Ireland set for the time in dark ness and defeat O'Brien, Meagher and McManus were captured and sentenced to death while Stephens and Qulnn escaped to England and thence to this country, and O'Mahoney to France, each to plot further schemes against the Government of England. "When the Fenian movement was organized in ibis country, Qninn was one of three Head Centers who attended to the work of the organization in Boston, being specially deputed by O Mahoney and Stephens, who were in New York after coming to this country in 1851. Mr. Qninn became famous as an athlete, meeting and defeating most of the champions ot his time at stone throwing. In 1861 he defeated Lucy, the Irish champion stone thrower. BEAFF2ABED IN PABIS. Craig ng Dal-jDoane, rite a, illck, Geary, Gelssenhalner. GillesDle Grtenleaf, Griswold, Grout, Hall, IlallowelL Hamilton, Harraer. Harter. Haugcn, Hayes uuwaj, names lunio), jicnaerson uowa), Hltt. iioar. Hooker in. T.J, Hopkins (Pa.), Hopkins ".i 4awu iciui,;, mt. lopl (Intl Hnff. ilulL Jnhninn flTiH i Johnson (Md. Ketcltam. Krlbbs. Laran. T.anl .Little. JLfOClrnrood. JL.od.re. Loud. hitn T Inrl T ItlU Lynch. Magner. SIcAleer, McDonald, McGanu jncnaig, jucnenna. ucJLinney. Miller. MllUken, Mitchell. Newberry, O'DonncL O'Nell O'Nell (Pa.l. Onthwaite. Pare, (B. Meyer, Mutchier, mass.;. . j. ".vl-' v""aiw. jrasjek i-n. i.j, rare (Md.), Paulson (O.). Payne, Perkins, Post, Pow ers, Qaackenbusb, Kalnes, Randall, Bav, Kayner, . .. aJ. ""t ""t. jfcuuiusou ia.j, nusseu, bcull. Seerley, hhonk. Smith, Sperry, Stephenson, Steven. C. W. Stone. Storer. Stout Stumn. Tav- lordlls.). J. I). Taylor, Iracey, Walker. Warner. Mich.), Wilcox, Wlll- Wllson (Wash.), 1. J. Waneh. weaver. Wheeler (Mich. lams (Mass.). Wilson (Ky.), Wilson ( Wilsou (W. Vs.., Wolverton. Wrlght-148. JaV6 Messrs. Abbott. Aldennn A1Ynr1a Allen. Arnold. Babbitt, Bailey, Baker, Bunkhead! Bartine, Beeman, Blanchard, Bland, Blount, Bowers, Branch, Breckcnridge (Am.), Brecken ridge (Ky.). Bretz, Brouerlck, Brooksblre, Bryan. Buchanan (Va.), Bullock, Bunn, Bueey. Butler. Brnum. Byrne. Camlnettt, Capehart, . Carath. Caie, Clark (Wyo.), Clarke (Ala.), Cobb (Ala.). Cowies, Cox (Tenn.). Craln (Tex.), Craw ford, CulbcrsoJi, Davis. Dearmoad, Dick- A Toung New York Man Missing for Three Months Suddenly Tnrns Up. New YofiK,March 24. Special Nearly three months ago, on the morning of Jan uary 5, young Edward De Lima left the Hotel Langham, and disappeared as. mys teriously and completely, as if the earth had swallowed him up. February 14, about six weeks after the young man's disappear ance, a local paper announced that the first information in regard to his whereabouts had been received by the detectives of In spector .Byrnes staff, and that he was alive. To-day all doubt of the matter was put to rest, When it was learned that Charles ,De Lima, Edward De Lima's brother, had re ceived a cablegram from friends ,of the family in Paris, announcing that Edward -was safe. The brother said to-dav to a reDorter: "The cablegram is from one of our friends in Paris, with whom we communicated im mediately after Edward disappeared. It simply states that he is safe. "We are now walting.for a letter which' will proba bly contain full particulars." Quebec Priests in Politics. Quebec, March 24. The Bishop of Rimouski has cited three priests from the county of Rimouski to appear before him to answer to charges of undue interference in the recent provincial elections. One of them, Rev. Mr. Gogne, is accused of hav ing advised his parishioners from the pulpit 'not to allow Hon. Francis Langelier to ad dress them, but to bhase him out of the parish. fSPICIAI. TIlIOBAlTOnBDTSr.TCH-.l Dtjnbab, March 24. The horror of tho Hill Farm mine has passed away by this time, and it seems to-night as if there is little or nothing- to be done but to prepare the bodies as decently and rapidly for burial as possible. The 29 coffins sent from Pitts burg are all ready now for their ghastly contents, and after the Unfortunates are hidden from sight this Utile town will soon lapse into its usual state of inactivity. After the first shock given the people here this morning, when it was learned that the bodies had really been found, there was a general feeling of relief that the strain was over at last and the worst known. Many of the widows and families of the dead miners had moved away from the place, but were notified by telegram of the finding of the bodies, and nearly all are here to-night to do what little they can to identify the clothing or forms of their lost ones. The work of identification, so far, has not been nearly so difficult as was expected. Even away down in the darkness of the mine many of the bodies were so well pre served that members of the Coroner's jury and miners who were with them had no trouble in positively identifying the re mains of a dozen victims, among them be ing those of Elmer Dewey, Robert McGill, John Shearin, Thomas Devinnev, Martin Cavanaugh, John Joy, Thomas McClearey, "William Hayes, John Cope and Peter Egan, Bodies In Bad Condition to Bandle. To-night a remarkable scene is presented here, crowds lingering about the mouth of the pit until long after dark, expecting to see the bodies brought out every moment, as was announced. It has been lound, however, that the work of lifting and plac ing the bodies in the coffins will be much harder than expected. Many of the bodies, which, at first sight, seemed to be firm and well preserved, were found to be in a terri ble condition, when the men tried to lift them into the coffins which had been brought down into the mine. Coroner Holbert, with the members of the jury has bfiqadown. inthe mine Tie wing the bodies twice to-day but this afternoon finally decided to postpone the inquest until 8 o'clock to-morrow morning, as com plete identification of the bodies in the mine is impossible without the aid of day light. Meanwhile, as a force of men are engaged with the dead bodies, efforts are being made to find the remaining six out of the 29 who lost tfieir lives, it is believed that they will be found a little lower down, and the Coroner said to-night he hoped they would be found in time tor the inquest on the 23 others to-morrow morning. The Coroner's Jury's Ghastly Journey. The jury arrived on the ground this morn ing and were lowered into the mine on a trip at 8:45 o'clock. Besides the jnry there were in the party Superintendent Hill and Lang, Mine Inspector Duncan, ex-Mine In spector Keighley, C. J. Coll and George "White. The temperature in the slope ranged from 115 to 130, and caused the heavy-weight jurors to perspire freely. The trip was side-tracked just above the lower flat, laved by the dark waters of the dip, in which six undiscovered bodies are supposed to lie concealed. This point is about 4,200 feet from daylight- Leaving tne slope, the party passed along No. 10 flat. Evidence of fire was here man ifest. Over a huge pile of -coked coal and through water five feet deep the party struggled to the mouth of No. 1 butt. Down this butt it was evident the men had vainly tried to escape. Passing through a canvas brattice between the flat and No. 1 room, the party proceeded up the butt to No. 3 room. The First Bodies Are Viewed. "Wading into this room through the sul phur deposit they came upon the first bodied. A halt was made to view the re mains, which had not been seen for nearly two years. The clothing upon them Was not damaged. There was no evidence of starvation or any struggle. They appeared just as if they had lain down to sleep. "The first body was supposed to De that of John Cope. He lay face downward, his dinner bucket at his side with a loop at tached to it, such as mintrs use to carry them with. A few feet from him was the body of a boy. He lay on his face with his legs raised and bent at the knees. He carried a safety lamp, and had evi dently come from the face of the No. 8 flat, 4,600 feet away. The .boy's cap was found a few feet from hjm. The third body was identified as Elmer Dewey, from the manner in which he wore his socks. He had taken off his shirt and wrapped it about his head, evidently fearing suffoca tion. He had his coat loosely buttoned about his shoulders. The Hero of Several Disasters Pound. The jury put numbered tags on the bodies to indicate their position when found. A man was left in charge of these bodies and the party proceeded to No. 2 room by a cut through in the rib, passed up the room about 75 feet to a cut through into No. 1 room. In this cut, with legs and arms out stretched and face upturned, lay the body of David Davis. He was the hero of several mine disasters in England, and was once entombed nine days without food. His wife was the last to give up all hope of a safe return ot her husband. He was iden tified bv his beard and the white ducking trousers he wore. His face represented the most ghastly appearance of all the bodies. Just within the 'room, eight or ten feet from Davis were the bodies of two boys. One lay with his head resting in the lap of .the other. The latter body was Identified as that of the faithful little trapper boy, John Deninney. He held his safety lamp tightly grasped in his hand. As conject ured at the time of the explosion, it was he who warned the miners in the upper flat of their slope and fled with them until over taken and suffocated. A Group of 14 Found Reclining. A little further on the party came upon the bodies of 14 men. Some sat reclining against the rib, as if they had seated them selves to canvass the prospects of escape. Others lay with faces burled in the floor, where they sought to get the last breath of " air and keep n(V ttiA Heoillir Klanlr flamn wIiia), vtras lni. I . -. -J . u., (,U.U . v J ly but surely sunocattng them. again had, apparently, made one supreme effort to cast off the fatal lethargy. They had risen to their feet, only td topple oyer again and fall upon some comrade who had sooner succumbed. Fathers, sons and brothers lay where they-had fallen. This awful spectacle was viewed and the bodies numbered as the others. The party then went up the flat to the faae. .Here six bodies were found and three dinner buckets with dinners intact. This was the farthest point from means of egress, and also from the fire. It would seem that only the strongest of the men reached this point. It was the last place reached by the death-laden gases. Driven to the SoUd "Wall of Coal. Foot by foot the occupants were driven back, until here they were confronted by the impassable barriers of solid coal. They retreated to the wall, and then died. None of these bodies were identified. A loaded wagon stood on the track. After marking these bodies the same as the others, the party returned to the slope. At the lay-offnear the slope was a loader trip with a mule still hitched to it. Coroner Hol bert is certain that the men met their death by suffocation. The party reached daylight again at 10 o'clock, reeking with perspiration and sick' with horror. Mine Inspector Duncan and several workmen remained in the mine toi prepare the bodies for the coffins. Although the bodies are very hard it is -thought they1 will decompose rapidly upon exposure to the open air. The faces of most of them are unreiognizable, the skin being tanned almost black by the action of the sulphur water in which they lay for some months. on female disease and on insanity will be had. Among the depositions sent abroad is a list of interrogatories to a celebrated French physician at Paris and he Is questioned closely as io the hereditary insanity and the condition called home-sexns by scientfia mem It will take at least 30 days for the document to go and return from Paris. In the meantime Alice Mitchell follows the tenor of her way in her room at the jail. She seldom leaves her room and then only when no strangers are visiting the jail. ,"gdom . "-U)h - . H'ri i the feasibility of bifir " A . cial union between this cvCl. Crf, MORPHY'S REVENGE. SUIT ENTERED AGAINST JOHN M'KIRDY. AUDITOR Ordinance Officer Barkley Credited With Bavins Made the Information Alder man Braun Refuses to Deny or Affirm That He Has the Case. Allegheny City was full of gossip last evening about a charge ot misdemeanor and malfeasance in office, said to have been en tered before Alderman Braun by Or dinance Officer Andrew Barkley, against Auditor John McKirdy. The charges, it was said, were based upon the allegations that while Mr. McKirdy was in Councils, from 1888 to 1891, sold and contracted to supply feed to the city, contrary to the law which prohibits a Councilman from having any interest in the fnrmshing of supplies to tne city. A visit was made to Ordinance Officer Barkley's home, on Clifton street, after, midnight, but he was not at home, nor was it known where he could be' found. It was stated by several prominent Allegheny cit izens that Mr. Barkley had told them that he had preferred the charges. Mr. McKirdy stated that he had not been informed of any- such suit having been entered against him, and expressed no anxiety about the matter. Alderman Braun declined to either affirm or deny the report He stated that it was the rule in his office not to give ont the notice of an information until the warrant had been served. That the suit has been entered is general ly believed, and Chief Murphy is credited with being the instigator in order to break the force of the charges made against him by Mr. McKirdy. HAWAIIAN RECIPROCITY. ' MINISTER SMITH WANTS HIS COUNTRY TREATED LIKE A STATE. Free Trade Between the Two Countries the Main Object of His Present abor- The Influence He Win Bring to Bear to Carry Through Such a Measure. ' NewYobk, March 24. Special. Hon. J. Mott Smith, the Minister from Hawaii at "Washington, is- in the city on important matters pertaining to the future relations between the kingdom' of Queen Liliuoka lani and the United State' He will see a number of men interested ko-, . :m and Its sugar and rice pruff. witn tnem a commercn and Hawaii it: ,rWe would not only like to have free trade between the two countries, but desire to have the same relations commercially as a State in the Union." Minister Smith is a native of .this State, but for the past 40 years has had a distin guished career, closely connected with his adopted country, where he has held hieh of- .fice, once as Minister of the Interior, and wnere ne nas always been highly esteemed by all classes of people and by the reigning sovereigns. He succeeded the late Minister Carter. His sugar .interests in the Sandwich-Islands are large, bnt'not so extensive as those of the"SUgar King," Claus Spreck els, who opposes free trade between the countries. Mr. Spreckels is a refiner of sugar, and he often says in his frank way that he can afford to lose a few thousand in Hawaii rather than sacrifice his refineries. The men in the sugar trust also oppose reci procity with Hawaii. In spite of this pow erful opposition, the Minister is advocating free trade and does not despair of success. He did not care to name the'men he expects to meet to-day and to-morrow, but they have influence and will help to push mat ters so as to bring about -a treaty that will be, in the language of the Minister, "permanent" HE iSNTJCOWARD, Milhank Says the Charge Against Borrowe Is With- ont Fonndation. MUST FIGHT DUC DE MOEtfY Drayton Decides Not to Keep His Ap pointment With Keporters. HIS WIPE IS A NOBLE WOMAN, And He Had Never Suspected Her of the Iflast Impropriety. HE SIMPLY DEPENDED HEE GOOD NAME DIED AT A EIPE OLD AGE. Rev. Dr. Frederick A . Farley Passes Peace fully Away Surrounded by Friends. NEW Yobk, March 24. Special The Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Farley died yester day morning at his home, 130 Pacific street, Brooklyn. He was in his 92d year, having been born in Boston on June 25, 1800. He was the oldest surviving graduate of Har vard College, and Pastor Emeritus of the Church of the Savior, the First Unitarian Church, of which he had been the regular pastor from 1841 to 1863. The deceased entered Harvard College in his 14th year, and, after graduating in 1818, practiced law for a few years. In 1826 he retired from the legal profession and began the study of theology at Cambridge, gradu ating with high honors in 1828. He officiated in several Unitarian churches in the East ern States before taking charge of the Church of Our Savior in Brooklyn in 1841. After 22 years' continuous pastorate he re tired from the pulpV, but he has preached here frequently since. Dr. Farley was married to Miss Jane Sigournev, of Boston, in 1830, the Rev. Drs. Channing and Gar- nett omciatmg. our children, two, Fred. C. Farley, a New York merchant, and Mrs. Osborne," widow of the late United States Commissioner Osborne, survive him. PRESIDENT ELIOT REBUKE6 . - For Flattering the Mormons In a Speech at Salt Lake City Some of the Boys Spe'ak Irreverently of the Head or Their Faculty. CAMBBIDGE,MAss.,March 24. Special The faculty at Harvard College, the stu dents, the graduates residing in this vicin ity, and, in fact, all Cambridge, are amazed at and disgusted with the language used by President Eliot in a speech before the Mor mons at Salt. Lake City a week ago, -His words were in part these: As I came over the plains I thought of when the flrs't colonist maiched across, and tnen of another pilgrimage the pilgrim fathers. They, too. went a long -way to escape persecution; they, too, were fired with religious enthusiasm and sought .freedom also to worship God. Here you founded a colony that you might worship Gbd according to tho dictate or your con sciences. In Massachusetts all churches ore edual before the law. There 14 no reason why this religion liberty may not ho en Joyed in all the other States and Territories. It I conld do something to nnlte the ele ments in this Territory it would be to me a great reward. One professor said: "It would have been well for President Eliot if he never crossed the plains. Does he forget that through the Mormons many honest Americans are out on the plains in unmarked graves? The most charitable way to look at it is that Presi dent Eliot's brain was temporarily af fected. Has he forgotten the unfortunate women, who for years were enticed from England, German; and other parts of Europe, enticed br elders of the Mormon Church to Utah to lead lives of shame ?" The students did not mince matters in giving their opinion of the speech. A good many believed that if President Eliot used any such language he had what the college boys call a "Jag" on. One of the officials of the college sustains President Eliot A LIFE SAVED BY A TINTYPE. A Coming Marriage Casts' a Shadow Before and Drives the Bridegroom Crazy. Memphis, March 24. Special There was an exciting scene on a Louisville and Nashville Railroad train at Paris, Tenn., to-day. E. J. Joyce, of Pine Bluff, was en route to this city, where he was to have married Miss Mollie Brady, of this city. His approaching joy turned his brain, and, drawing his pis tol, he began to shoot promiscuously in the car. He had the car to himself in a minute. Hejnmped to the platform and uncoupled the ladies' car. The conductor came with his pistol, whereupon Joyce rushed into the crowd on the platform and undertook to whip the whole crowd. A man drew a knife and plunged it into the madman's left side. It would undonbt-, enlv have killed him but for a tintvne picture of his intended which turned the blade. As it was, a deep wound was in flicted. Joyce was secured and brought here, where he was placed in jail. Miss Brady, when she heard the news, promptly went into hysterics. KILLED BY A BATH. It Was Given a Prize Fighter Just After a Butting Battle. New York, March 24. Special. Jack Devlin, of 325 Central avenue, Brooklyn, was not only the pride of the neighborhood, but was considered a fitting successor of Jack Dempsey. Devlin was a middle weight and won a number of battles in the ring. A week ago last Saturday night a "tip" was given out that Devlin would meet Chris Freeman. It was a well-known fact that Freeman had "done" half a dozen pugiljsts in the Eleventh ward, where he resided, and a dozen or more in other sec tions of Brooklyn. He was looked on with terror. Those who witnessed the fight say that Devlin complained bitterly of the blows he had received in being butted by Freeman, aud that he suffered excruciating pain in his left breast, just above his heart However, he went home feeling ill, took to his bed and died on Tuesday. After the fight his friends plunged him into a cold-bath, and then filled him with liquor. No arrests have yet been made. ALICE MITCHELL'S INSANITY. She Follows the Even Tenor or Her Way While Awaiting Examination. Memphis, March 24. Special. The trial of Alice Mitchell on the plea of pres ent insanity will not take place for 30 days at least. Her attorneys intend to . allow nothing to go undone, that will show the navfaintv nf tliA Tifteiftnn fl,PV llAVA fnlrUft Others rphe opinion of the most eminent experts t.?l2-r-t if. TTT.Tnwtv rn -nrw mtoiw-t,. Jfr((r. . Ilri 'rmvr Tamh 01 "MV T-Tall.tt As the Minister tersely puts r- y we nnd M, Harrv Vftne M bank'u-smbarked from the Majestic at her pier, at 8 o'clock this morning. "With all the rest of the passengers, save Mr. J. Coleman Drayton, they had to spend the night on shipboard, because the big ship had not been able to make her dock in the fog of the night before. A crowd of re porters was on hand to meet them. "As I have had no chance to see my friends," said Mr. Borrowe, "I would much rather not talk about my relations with Mr. Drayton. I will say this, however, that I knew nothing about the publication of the trouble until I saw it in the papers and I certainly did not authorize that publica tion. I have a great admiration for Mrs. Drayton, as I have for many other ladies of my acquaintance, but these charges are so utterly false that I do not know what to say. I cannot say anything about Mr. Drayton. He knows how to communicate with me or mv friends." "Will you fight a duel with Mr. Drayton in New York? asked one of the reporters who wanted to know. "I am here on business, and happened to come over in the same steamer with Mr. Drayton," answered Mr. Borrowe. Borrowe Receives the Reporters. A cab was waiting, and Mr. Milbank and Mr. Borrowe got in and were driven at once to 23 "West Seventeenth street, the home of Mr. Borrowe's father. There, about noon, young Mr. Borrowe received a number of reporters. Mr. Milbank, his second in the duel that was not . fought, sat by a little table in the drawing room. Mr. Borrowe lounged in a big easy chair. Both smoked cigarettes. 'Iwant to say," said Mr. Borrowe, "that this is all the statement I have to make at present, but I may have something to say later. Mr. Milbank has written what statement I care to make, and so I will leave it to yon to ask me no further ques tions." Mr. Milbank pushed a small sheet of blue paper across the table. On it was written: 23 West Seventeenth Street, New York, JIarch 21,1692. Having heard a report that tuo publication. of certain letters in this affair has been at tributed to theaction of Mr. II. A. Borrowe, I with most emphatically to state that both Mr. Borrowo and myself were in utter igno rance that any such publication had taken. place, or that any statement on the subject! had been sent to any newspaper. We looked upon tne correspondence as sacred, and we can only thoroughly condemn the breach of faith in whosoever has seen fit to take such a step. Any accusation of cowardice brought against Mr. II. A. Borrowe must fall to the ground of Itself, as every one who knows him must know bow thoroughly without founda tion is such an accusation. Hakbt Vane Milbank, For Mr. Borrowe. Borrowo Denies Any Impropriety. - Mr. Borrowe said further, when pressed by his questioner: "I can say now that there is absolutely no foundation for any in sinuation of impropriety on the part of Mrs. Coleman Drayton. I wish that em phatically stated." Mr. J. Coleman Drayton was landed in New York late last evening. He went to the house of his cousin, Dr. Richard H. Derby, at 3 East Fortieth street It was on advice of his friends that he decided not to keep his appointment with the reporters at the "Windsor Hotel. He left Dr. Derby's house early in the morning, and was about the city all day attending to matters of business. He was seen by a reporter in the afternoon. He refused to sav anything at all about the challenge. The statement made by Mr. Borrowe and Mr. Milbank was shown to him, but he refused even to look at it. Mr. Drayton's friends talked, however. One, who is a lawyer and who did not want his name printed because he was formerly a friend of Mr. Borrowe, and is still a friend of Mr. Borrowe's father, aid: "The man who comes out of this affair with honor and credit is Mr. Drayton, and he is the only one. There is no way of getting around that. I have seen Mr. Drayton. I do not see that he is called on to make any statement or to say anything at all. I shall advise him that way. The whole story is told in the statement of the Duo da Morny." liooked on Him Only as a Friend. "Mr. Borrowe denies that he ever made any assertion that there had been any thing improper," said the reporter. "Not only that, but he asserts with much force that the lady is a noble woman, and never looked on him save as a friend." "In that case, then," said this friend, "the Due de Morny is a liar, and Mr. Bor rowe so brands him, or else Mr. Borrowe is a liar, and the duke says so. All that is left for Mr. Borrowe, as a man of honor and a fighting man to do, is to challenge and fight the Duo de Morny. It is his duty to do this. He must do it The most grievous injury that one man can do to another is to call him a liar, and Mr. Borrowe must challenge and fight Now, in all this mat ter there has never been a charge against Mr. Drayton until it was made by Mr. Bor rowe himself." "What did Mr, Drayton mean, then, when he said that Mr. Borrowe had inflicted on him the most grievous injury which one man can inflict upon another?" asked the reporter. "He did not mean," asserted the friend, "that Borrowe and Mrs. Drayton had been intimate. He never said that; he had never suspected that, and he did not believe that He may have meant by that statement that Borrowe had spoken slightingly of Mrs. Dravton. It was his duty to defend his wife's honor, and he did it." PARALYZED WHlfiE PRAYING. A New York Veteran Stricken Down When He Was on His Knees. NETV Yobk, March 24. Special Charles "Wright, of 94 Teneyck street, Will iamsburg, attended revival services to-night in the mission at Marcy avenne and Wall about street Toward the end of the services he knelt dn prayer, and his legs stiffened and he conld not rise. He cried for help and created considerable -excitement One woman fainted, and several other worshipers ran to the street calling for the police. Three men of Captain Gorman's command restored order and called an ambulance. Dr. O'Rell found that Wright was suffer ing from paralysis of the knees. His son and daughter denied that he lived with them and refused to admit him until two of the neighbors insisted that he be admitted and put to bed. "Wright is a veteran of the Civil War. He served with the Fourth New York regiment, and was wounded three times by a bursting shell at the battle of Fredericksburg. A FEROCIOUS CONVICT Sets Fire to the Eastern Penitentiary and Stabs Two Overseers. Philadelphia, March 24. As a result of a desperate fight with a convict at the Eastern Penitentiary last Sunday, Over seer James Bloomer is dying at the Uni versity Hospital. He has a terrible knife thrust in his chest, near the heart Another overseer, Francis Mahady, was also stabbed in the neck during the struggle. The authorities were not notified of the affair until this morning. "Warden Cassidy was very reticent The convict is now in irons. Among his diversions that day was an effort to set fire to his cell. He had started a small blaze when discovered. "When be came from his cell he had concealed about him a stone, which he had intended to use. "When that was taken from him he Used his knife. THIS MORNING'S KEWS. TxAc Page. Free Silver Filibustering 1 Tragic Scenes afDnnbar.. 1 Drayton-Borrowe Statements 1 Sharpsburgs Seml-Centennial 2 Murphy Goes to Court Again 2 East Meeting or Allegheny Councils...... X Editorial and Miscellany. 4 Some A flairs of State 4 Social Gossip of a Day 4 The Anti-Harrison Campaign S A Great Cake Walk 6 Bering Sea Correspondence.... 7 Cleveland to Go on the Stump 7 All the Sporting News 8 The Ucense Court Hearings 8 Commercial World Elfe 9 News From Near-By Places V Investigation at Huntingdon 10 The Oil Seoul's Report 10 Work of the County Courts ......IS JUDGE KELLY'S DAUGHTER IK COURT. She Is Contesting Her Husband's Right to Rob Her ot Her Children. Chicago, March 24. Florence Kelly WisChnewitzky, daughter of Judge Kelly, the late Pennsylvania Congressman, who gained prominence in her work in behalf of working girls, was in Judge Baker's court to-day to contest her husband's attempt to take from her their three children. Her husband, Dr. Lazarre "Wisch newitzky, of New York, is a Russian. He and Miss Kelly were married abont seven years ago. Otlate they have been sepa rated, the wife claiming that the Doctor be gan a course of extraordinary abuse, includ ing blows and spitting in her face. The day was taken up reading depositions of serv ants in the family's New York home sap porting the wife. -t-$Mi$lk lilrtMsA-j&ih, " xss ii iiiiigr
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