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BUT SKILLED.
The Free Silver Forces
Somewhat Disfigured
But Still in the Ring.
CLOSING THE RANKS
Preparatory to Another Onslaught on
the Enemy's Cohorts.
AN EARLY DATE FOR A VOTE
To Ba Promptly Demanded When Congress
Meets Next Monday.
Filibustering Still Depended on to De
feat the Passage of tae Measure No
Conference of the Leaders on Either
Side Only a Bare Majority PoBslble
in Any Event The Silver Leaders
Not at All Confident of Success In
fluences at Work to Defeat Free
Coinage Rumors of a Strong Lobby
in Washington The Division of Sym
pathy in Congressional Districts a
Great Factor.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAPHIC LETTER.
BmrAn op The DlsrATcn, I
Vashikqtox. D. a. March 25. (
Though the Bland bill is badly -wounded.
It is not killed, and the echoes of the eight
hours' battle of yesterday are quite as full
of sanguinary meaning as the terrific ex
plosions of that great encounter itself. The
free coinage men are closing up the ranks,
gathering in the stragglers, and making all
possible preparation (or a new engagement.
Representative Catchlngs, of Kentucky,
the absent member of the Committee on
Rules, is expected to return to-morrow, and,
if the present intention be made good, a
rule will be reported on Monday fixing an
early date for taking the bill from the
calendar and bringing it to a prompt and
direct vote. If such a rule be reported and
adopted no dilatory motions would be per
missible under the rules of the House, and
enly motions to table or postpone would be
in order. As upon either one of these the
bill might be killed or set aside, the anti
silver Republicans and Democrats, standing
shoulder to shoulder, it is possible the rule
might be adopted, but only after prolonged
filibustering and the refusal of the Repub
licans generally to vote against the rule.
A Final Tote Determined Upon.
I have spoken to-day with many of the
leading Republicans of the House on tbe
matter, and the present feeling of nearly
every one of them was lound to oe in faTor
of supporting a rule providing lor calling
up the bill speedily for a final vole, but as
no conference of the leaders had been held
no mind was fully made up. The desire is
still, as it has been all along, to assist the
Democrats at keeping their internal quarrel
on the carpet, though ready to act as they
did yesterday on the motion to table, upon
any direct vote upon the bill.
But even if they should support the
rule iu a body, the power of a small
minority to filibuster indefinitely under the
rules is so great that the fight would doubt
less be a bitter and uproarious one, beside
which the engagement of yesterday would
seem to be a skirmish, for both sides would
understand that it was a fight to the death.
Both sides can master some strength, if
absent and sick members can be called in.
The highest vote cast yesterday lacked
about 40 of the whole number. The silver
men say they control a considerable ma
jority of those who may possibly be got here
for a new contest, and if this be the fact the
antis will be compelled to defeat the rule or
the bill will be passed by a bare majority.
Silver Leaders Not at All Sanguine.
While counting on all of these forlorn
hopes, the silver leaders are clearly not san
guine of success. In conversation with 'Mr.
Bland and Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee, on the
subject to-day, these gentlemen confessed
that the prospect is not encouraging. Hon.
George O. Jones, of If ew Xork, the famous
head cf tbe Greenback party, and one of the
most sanguine of mortals, virtually admitted
that all hopes of the passage of the bill were
at an end. These gentlemen were engaged
tor awhile in the painful process of analyz
ing thj reasons why it all happened.
The Democrats and Alliance men who
voted for and against the bill numbered, all
told, 219. Of this number it had been
thoroughly established, by a most careful
canvass, that ICO were favorable to the bill,
either from sincere conviction or because
they knew their constituents favored the
measure. Ot those who represented dis
tricts where the influences arrayed against
the bill outweighed those in favor of it,
the Representatives themselves having per
sonal convictions in favor of free .coinage,
23 were, in the last days of the struggle,
actually coerced "by threats to get over to
the other side, at least to table or to post
pone the bill, thus giving 82 Democratic
votes against tbe measure.
Itnmors of a Powerful Lobby.
Mr. Cummings, of New York, in his
6peech of one minute, virtually admitted
that he was at heart for the bill, but that he
was overcome by influences in his district.
The analysts assert, moreover, that there
has been constantly at the Capital, for some
weeks, a powerful lobby, using all the arts
of the professional lobbyists, and directing
constituents of wavering members how best
to attack and coerce those members to vote
against the bill. They do not specify per
sons, timet, places or acts, but they make
very positive assertions.
On the other hand, the silver men in dis
trictsf where sentiment was divided on the
question, seemed to be apathetic or unac
quainted with the necessity for action. It
is claimed the silver men did no lobbying,
and that they indulged in no schemes to
induce free coinage constituents to write to
or influence their Representatives. Senator
Hill, also, is credited with doing a vast deal
of lobbying against the bill that It might
not reach the Senate, but there is tome
doubt about this, as a bill almost as, radical
as the Bland bill will doubtless come up for
consideration in that body, and will compel
BAD
If WOUNDED
the Senator candidate either to dodge or to
declare himself.
Splitting TJp the Democratic Banks.
The solidity and activity of Republican
anti-silver men is explained by an accusa
tion of decided influence from the Execu
tive Mansion, but that is not the fact. The
Republicans simply chose the course which
would emphatically express their individual
and partisan disapproval of the whole
scheme of free coinage. They bad remained
quiet, as long as they could, to foster the
Democratic quarrel.
Of the 11 Republican votes against tabling
the bill, and so presumably in its favor,
all were from west of the Mississippi river,
except Vincent A. Taylor, of Ohio, who de
clares to-day that he is opposed to the bill,
but voted against tabling because he wished
to force the measure to a direct vote, that
the Democrats might show their hands.
If, as is contemplated now, the rule ex
pected to be reported on Monday, making
a special order for the Bland bill, includes
an extraordinary provision shutting off all
dilatory motions against the rule itself, it Is
hard to imagine the scenes that will follow.
This would be adopting the tactics of ex
Speaker Reed, and something more, and
would be a thing unheard of in parliamen
tary practice. The silver men are desper
ate, however, and this astounding method
of forcing atvote may be a thing of fact.
Crisp Not in It With Beed.
Speaker Crisp has neither the command
of himself nor of the House which was ex
ercised by Speaker Reed. He is naturally
more testy, and his late ill health has in
creased mere testiness to ready irritability
and anger. If the policy of repression of
the glorious privilege ot mibustenng De
adopted Crisp has the nerve to carry it out,
but in doing so he may easily provoke a
free fight by a quick command .to the
Sergeant at Arms to force refractory
members into their seats. With
half a hundred members shouting
all sorts ot epithets in his ears, and even
threatening to pull him from the chair.
Reed would sit perfectly unmoved, with a
gentle smile on his full-moon face, and
calmly await the passage of the storm. Not
once did he find serious fault with any
amount of verbal assault, and not once did
he resort to the assistance of the Sergeant
at Arms. Crisp could no more pass through
a similar ordeal in a similar manner than
he could rival Reed in avoirdupois.
Monday, therefore, may be a red letter
day for uproar and excitement, and possibly
something worse, which will make the
memorable scenes of the Fifty-first Con
gress insignificant.
Immigration Conference Postponed.
It was expected to-day that an interesting
meeting of the joint Immigration Commit
tees of the House and Senate would be held,
and that a bearing would be given to P.
Cochran, President of the Advisory Coun
cil of the Federation; John P. Everhart, of
the Window Glass Workers, and J. D.
Carney, of the Amalgamated Association
of Pittsourg,but the committees were unable
to get together and the hearing was post
poned till to-morrow.
Messrs. David F. Collingwood, Charles
H. Howells and M V. Smith, of the Amer
icus Club, are here to secure speakers ior
the club banquet, which "a to take place
shortly. They saw Senators Cullom and
Hawley and several members of the House
to-day, but appear not to have succeeded so
far in gaining any promises of after-dinner
oratory. Lightser.
BARTER EXPLAINS IT.
The Anti-Free Silver Coinage Leader Tells
How the Enemy Was Outwitted -Causes
That Led to the First Knockout or the
Bland Party People.
WASHnfGTOir, March 25. Representa
tive Harter, of Ohio, who has occupied a
prominent place among the opponents of
the silver free coinage hill, to-day com
mended, in the following terms, the agencies
through which they prevented the passage
of the bill last night by the House:
Tou ask who is the country to thank for
.what I term its deliverance from the calam
ities which would follow free coinage.
Where so many aro entitled to thogratl
tudetf the country, Justice requires notice
of all. and there is danger that in speaking
of it I may overlook some.
First The minority in the Democratic
party of the House and it proved a large
section of the pai ty. .
Second Tne sound money Republicans in
the Bouse and it would be gross injustice
not to say that, led by ex-Speaker Beed, Mr.
Bnrrows and others, they proved that they
n ere patriots first and Republicans last.
Third The quiet sympathy for honest
money which a large number of the strong
and able Democrats of the South and West
showed.
Fourth The correspondents of the great
newspapers living here were almost to a
man with us in this great light against re
pudiation: and you must know their influ
ence is a power in the land.
Fifth The editors of the metropolitan
newspapers contributed information, en
couragement and direction, and JVcJfc and
Judge come in for an amount of credit which
it is not easy to measure.
Sixth The entire German press was first
to last in deadly, most aggressive and most
Intelligent opposition to the great steal.
Seventh The Grand Army enlisted again
and its Influence extended everywhere.
Eighth The business public and the most
intelligent and capable among all classes,
callings and conditions everywhere lent
thelrhelp by encouragement, suggestion and
active sympathy at every step.
Tou see I have recognized a number of
influences, and probably have overlooked
many others, but I have, I think, said
enougn to show that the honor of rescuing
the people lrom the clutches of the silver
ring and the lobby and of saving the na
tion from repudiation belong not to one or
a score or men, but it is to be credited
to the manhood, intelligence and patri
otism of all sides, politically of the House,
and to the cordUl support aud svmpathv of
a patriotic people behind them. The feeling
in the House is that the Committee on Rules
will see that it will be wise to let the matter
drop, as the enemies of free silver are not
disposed to chafe their free silver friends,
and it is almost universally conceded that
the bill is dead, and that an effort to resur
rect it would bring a storm of disapproba
tion from the country at large.
SHERIFF DUNN'S SLAYERS
Were Not His Enemies, but His Own Dep
ntles Sparred by Avarice.
Gakden Citt, Kan., March 25. Recent
information indicates that Sheriff Dunn, of
Seward county, was not murdered by a mob
organized to kill Judge Botkiu, as was
reported, and as Botkin believed, but that
he was murdered by his own deputies and
for money and notes he possessed. This in
formation was given out here by W. B.
Orner, of Seward county, who was accused
of being the principal conspirator to assas
sinate the Jufjge.
The evidence he has is the testimony of a
woman who was an intimate friend of Sher
iff Dunn, and who knows better than anv
one else of his finances. The county is so
sparsely settled that everybody is acquainted
with the murder and it is feared a jury
cannot be impanelled. All those that Bot
kin had arrested have been released because
of the law which does not allow the State
to take change of venue.
THE BOOKER KEPT BUST.
El Bono Overrun With Men Who Expect
to Live on Milk and Honey.
El REUO, Okla., March 25. Special
The boomer is upon-us. All the week long
trains of white-covered wagons have dragged
their length along the highways, bound for
the border of the new lands. The border of
the town and all vacant lots inside are
covered with tents and shocks. The streets
and roads and parks are filled with riders,
each proud of his steed and confident of his
staying qualities and speed. The school
section adjoining EIRcno has been secured
for the benefit of campers, and, as the
corner touches the depot grounds of the
Rock Island, it is very convenient, and in a
few days will he a nicely laid out town of
wagons and tents.
The side tracks of the railroad are full of
loaded cars, and the force of clerks ia
doubled to accommodate the public. The
railroad agent has called or sufficient help
to assist during toe rush. 'June daily excur
sions are landing from ICO to 200 homeseek
ers in the town, and all aDoear to be men of
-some means, who don't expect to find bread
ana meat growing on tne trees oi me
Cheyenne country. Governor Seay had a
conference with Special Inspector Weigle
here last night, and arranged the plans for
the new county seat towns. The locations
are not finally decided upon, but will be
given out in a few days. t
SHERMAN INVESTIGATED.
AN OHIO LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
LS'IKKTIEWS HIM.
He Denies AU Knowledge of Any Bribery
In Connection With His Bo-Election
He Entertains the Investigators at His
House In Washington.
Washington, March 25. Hons, O. H.
Strock, J. C Heinlein, J. D. Balrd and W.
A. Belter, of the committee of the lower
House of the Ohio Legislature, appointed to
investigate the charges of bribery against
Representative H. M. Daugherty, in con
nection with the recent Senatorial election,
arrived here to-day, anil to-night took Sen
ator Sherman's testimony at the Hotel Ox
ford.
Senator Sherman appeared before the
committee without the formality of a sum
mons. In answer to questions hy Mr.
Reiter he stated that he had known Mr.
Daugherty for about ten years, and had
been informed by individuals, and saw in
the newspapers, that the convention which
nominated him also instructed him to vote
for his (Sherman's) return to the United
States Senate, and that he always believed
that Mr. Daugherty intended to carry out
those instructions.
As to the charge of bribery. Senator Sher
man said he never offered or paid, or
authorized to be offered or paid to Mr.
Daugherty any sum of money to influence
his vote. The Senator also took occasion to
say that what was true in the case of Mr.
Daugherty applied to all oi the members of
the Legislature. He said he did not remem
ber of having seen a copy of the Colum
bus -ftwf, nor did he know Charles Q.
Davis or any other editor of that paper.
As to the marked bills drawn from the bank
by Mr. Hahn, he knew nothing' but what
had appeared in the newspapers. All the
money he furnished was to pay the board
bills of those of his friends Who went to
Columbus to assist him In his canvass, and'
this he considered a legitimate expense.
These payments were all made by Mr.
Halm.
In reply to a question by Mr. Balrd, Sen
ator Sherman said he did not care to state
the amount of these hills and the question
was not insisted upon. In fact, Mr. Balrd
rather intimated that he did not expect the
Senator to answer the same. The Senator
said he knew that Daugherty was generally
placed on what was called the doubtful list,
but thought he would carry out the instruc
tions of the convention which nominated
him and voted for him (Sherman) in the
caucus. He stated that Mr. Daugherty
came to him the morning following the
nomination of Speaker Lavlin, and inform
ed him that he would cast his vote for him.
This was the first direct pledge he received
from him. The Senator reiterated the
statement that he had never offered Mr.
Daugherty money or a position to secure
his vote.
In reply to u question by Mr. Balrd the
Senator said he believed that had Mr. Mc
Grew been nominated-ifor. Speaker, Mr..
Daugherty, wonld still have carried out his
pledge and voted for him. '
Alter the committee adjourned the mem
bers went to the Senator's house, where
they were entertained. Accompanying the
committee were Sergeant at Arms Jackson,
Assistant Blenkner, Senators Forbes, Shaw
and Olds and Representative Daugherty.
THE HTJXAH OSTRICH DEAD.
His Throat and Stomach Lined With All
Kinds of Small Hardware.
St. Louis, March 25. Special' Joseph
Kennedy, the "human ostrich" of dime
museum fame, died at the city hospital, last
night, the immediate result of the operation
of laparotomy. Kennedy swallowed tacks,
nails, screws and other small hardware, for
the edification of admiring audiences, and
he swallowed a few pounds too 'much. To
day a post mortem examination was held,
and the results were astonishing. Shortly
before his death, Kennedy stated last
night, the Bellevne Medical College, of
New York, had offered him $5,000 for his
body, believing that the post mortem exam
ination wonld surely reveal some astonish
ingly abnormal condition of the stomach to
account for his ability to swallow such
things as nails, tacks and broken glass with
apparent immunity. On the contrary, the
stomach, its walls and lining were found en
tirely normal, but literally filled with the
nails, screws, tacks and broken glass which
the man had swallowed.
How long these substances had been in
Kennedy's body there is no means of ascer
taining, but a remarkable feature of their
presence there was the fact that none of
them were encysted, and that there was not
one instance of perforating of any part of the
stomach or throat by the sharp points or
edges of these substances, but, beginning
from .the base of the tongue back to the
esophagus, aud from there entirely down to
the stomach, the nails, tacks, glass, etc.,
were found.
A CRUISER'S BATS NUMBERED.
The Old Pensacola May Become a Train
ing Sblp or Go to Bering Sea.
San Fkancisco, March 25. The United
States steamer Pensacola, Captain Kantx
commanding, arrived in port from Honolulu
to-day. The captain reports that Admiral
Brown arrived in Honolulu in the cruiser
San Franciso from San Diego February 27,
and devoted four days for a regular Ad
miral's inspection, which usually only re
quires one day. It is thought by the crew
that the Pensacola will never sail again as a
United States cruiser, unless she should be
ordered to the Bering Sea shortly.
The vessel was built prior to the Civil
War, and since then has been almost con
stantly in service. An officer of the ship
said: 'The Pensacola is most admirably
adapted for drill for the California naval
reserve. She should be turned over to the
State authorities for that purpose." The
Pensacola will remain in the harbor until
Thursday, and then go to the Mare Island
navy yard.
AN ALLEGHENY WOMAN will tell how
to keep a grown family of Ave on a dollar a
day in THE DISPATCH to-morrow.
Only a Reprimand for Overman.
Cleveland, March 25-. The verdict of
the Overman courtmartial has been made
public. It is that the Major has been repri
manded for his negligence and restored to
duty. It causes little surprise here.'and the
Major's many friends are much gratified at
his successful defense.
Poisoned by Lumpy-Jaw Beef.
Dubuque, March 25. Michael Smith,
his wife and eight children were poisoned
by eating beet affected with lumpy jaw.
The mother and one boy are still very sick,
and .may die, but the others are out -of
danger. ' .
WAR
CHAINED
Not1 a Naval Order Issued by
Salisbury's Government
on Account of
THE 'BEEING SEA TROUBLE
Gladstone's Organ and the Liberals
Are Taking Our Part Noir.
ENGLAND'S LATEST NOTE IS DDE.
It Will Probablj Proptse a Provisional
Embargo on Sealing.
BLAINE ATTENDS A CABINET MEETING
COPTBIOBT, 1891 ST 2. T. ASSOCIATED FKISS.1
London; March 25. Until the Liberal
leaders have examined the Bering Sea cor
respondence, which Mr. Lowther promises
to place in the hands of members of Parlia
ment Monday, no party action will be
taken on the question. But from the cable
dispatches, giving the drift of the corre
spondence as laid before the United States
Senate, they have already determined to
adopt an attitude of opposition.
A week ago the Liberal leaders were in
clined to support" Lord Salisbury, and the
Liberal organs, until yesterday, took a view
adverse to the position assumed by the
United States Government Whether it be
policy that dictates this change of front, or
a new sense of the justice of the American
claims, it is certain that the leaders of the
opposition have decided to attack Lord
Salisbury.
The whole tenor of opinions expressed in
the lobby of the House of Commons indi
cates that the opposition means to seize the
chance to arraign Lord Salisbury as pur
suing a needlessly vexatious course, instead
of assenting to the reasonable arrangement
offered by the Washington Government.
Gladstone's Organ Speaks Out.
To-morrow's number of the Speaker, Mr.
Gladstone's organ, will contain an inspired
article which, after analyzing expert evi
dence on seal killing, maintains that the re
newal of the modus vivendi ought to be
assented to by the British Government, and
continues:
Why shpuld the Government be asked to
promote the success of Canadian adventurers
who deliberately undertake a dangerous
speculative enterprise of doubtful legality
and of doubtful utility to mankind. At tbe
outside the capital and outfit of these ad
venturers amount to 130,000. Their success
might make tbe fur seal as extlnot as the
"dodo," and if tbe existence of the seal Is at
stake, how can damages be measured? Wo
are not going to war with the United States,
not even in the Interest of the federation of
the Empire: and, pending arbitration, it is
unjust to refuse to continue the arrange
ment which was part of tbe condition Under
which arbitration was agreed on.
The Unionist organ, the spectator, natur
ally takes the Government side, but will
have only a brief note advocating a settle
ment that will open the sea to Canadian
sealers, with a provision for recompense to
the Americans in the event of the decision
of the arbitrators being against Great
Britain.
' Lord Salisbury's Latest Note Due.
Lord Salisbury's reply to President Har
rison's last note ought to have been in the
possession of the Washington Cabinet to
day. Although no official' statement in re
gard to its character is obtainable, the be
lief of the inner Ministerialist circle is that
Lord Salisbury will agree to place an em
bargo on Canadian sealing in the open sea
provided the United States Government
agrees to pay compensation ii the arbitra
tion decision be against the American
claims. Whatever may be the issue, tbe idea
of an armed collision is dismissed on all
sides here as supremely improbable. To
night's cable dispatches, giving a formid
able list of United States cruisers and
revenue vessels preparing for Bering Sea
are received with incredulous surprise.
Within the House of Commons, interest
in the matter centers solely in the Question
of how much party advantage mav be de
rived from the controversy. Neither side
has the remotest sense of any grave crisis
impending affecting peace. Outside of
Parliament, popular interest in the Bering
Sea question is very slight
No Naval Preparations Being Made.
Replies to the inquiries made at the Ad
miralty do not support the rumor that
orders have been sent to Admiral Hotham,
altering the movements of the Pacific
squadron. On the contrary, the officials
know nothing of any change in the pro
gramme since it was fixed January 27 and
confirmed March 8.
At the latter date the Warsprite, Mel
pomene and Champion were under oPders
for Esquimalt; the Daphne was to remain
at Esquimalt; the Garnet andNymphe were
to remain on the Southern division, and the
Pheasant, which left Esquimalt January 20
for Honolulu, was to remain in Hawaiian
waters for the present. Admiral Hothnm's
official directions to the Champion, tent to
Acapulco January 16, were to cruise off the
coast of Central America to join tbe flag
ship March 10 and proceed north. His
orders to the Melpomene at Valparaiso,
sent February 27, were to sail for Esqui
malt From the dates of these orders, it is
evident that the movements of. these vessels
cannot be associated with an acute stage of
the Bering Sea difficulty.
It's Only a Political Fast.
To-morrow's number of the Army and
Navy Gazette will curtly dismiss the matter
with the observation that it is a fuss over a
political question and is mere bluster, and
that the rumors of naval movements are
only gossip.
The departure for Vancouver of Mr. Rose,
claim settler to a marine insurance com
pany, and Treasury Clerk Gleadowe, is con
nected with a notice to Canadian sealers to
file claims within a month at the customs
office in Victoria. Sir Charles Tupper is the
moving spirit in these arrangements, add he
has throughout been the adviser of the
Government Among his suggestions is
that to Lord Knutsford, Colonial Secretary,
to consider the permanent appointment o'f a
Canadian attache to the staff of the British
Legation at Washington, to act as special
adviser in Canadian affairs.
The Star, which yesterday held that Lord
Salisbury ought not to have knuckled under
to Mr. Blaine in the Bering Sea matter, de
claring that the Prime Minister was now
right in declining to assent to a prolonga
tion of the modjis vivendi, has made a
sudden change in its views.
A Newspaper Convert to Our Cause.
To-day it publishes an article strongly
advising Lord Salisbury to renew the modus
vivendi. Yesterday the Star said that a re
newal of the arrangement would be an in
justice to the Canadians. To-day it says
that a renewal will cause the Canadians to
cream, adding, "but better that than a seri
ous quarrel between Great Britain and the
United States."
The preparations to float the Eider at the
next spring tides have been completed, and
the pnnelpal leaks have been stopped.
Captain Osbome, in an interview, com
plains that he has had no letter from his
wife since her conviction, and that he is not
allowed to see her in the infirmary. He is
hopeful that Home Secretary Matthews will
accept the plea that Mrs. Osborne has a
mental failing that makes her irresponsible
for her actions. A flood of petitions for the
release of Mrs.- Osborne is pouring into the
Home Office, the officials of which hold that
her release Is impossible unless the prison
surgeon certifies that ber life is 'endan
gered. The majority of the members of the Theo
sophio Society want Colonel Olcott to
vacate the Presidency May 1, and W. Q.
Judge, the Secretary of the American sec
tion, to succeed him. Voting papers have
been distributed among the branches 'of
Europe. Mrs. Besant and otber members of
Blavatsky Lodge are enthuslastio for Judge.
The result of the voting will be known
April 25, and will be announced at the
American convention.
ANXIETY AT WASHINGTON.
Secretary Blaine Finds the Bering Sea Mat
ter Important Enough to Get Him to s
Cabinet Meeting Action of the Senate
A Conclusion Beached.
Washington, March 25. The serious
ness of the Bering Sea situation is shown by
the fact that Secretary Blaine attended the
Cabinet meeting to-day, notwithstanding he
has not yet fully recovered from a recent
severe attack of the grip. AU the other
members were prompt in attendance. Sec
retaries Foster and Tracy had a conference
prior to the meeting, presumably in regard
to the orders to be sent to the naval and
revenue vessels to be assigned to the duty
of patrolling the sealing grounds. It is
practically decided that this service will be
assigned to tbe warships Charleston, Balti
more, Boston, Yorktown, Adams, Ranger
and Mohican, and the revenue vessels Cor
win, Bear, Rush and Albatros.
.The Senate to-day spent 2K hours in the
further consideration of the Bering Sea
arbitration treaty. As a result the dis
cussion has nearly reached a conclusion, and
a vote is expected to be taken on the mo
tion to ratify the treaty some time next
week. In fact, there did not seem to be any
sufficient reasou why action should not have
been taken to-day, although it was repre
sented that in view of the small attendance
of Senators toward the close of the session
it would be better to defer the vote until
next week.
The discussion has established a strong
probability that the treaty will be ratified.
The Senators who oppose it as a whole are
very few in number, and find their princi
pal representative in Senator Felton, of
California. His opposition is based upon
the idea that it contemplates a possible sur
render of the absolute rights acquired by
the United States from Russia. But the
most formidable opposition to the ratifica
tion of the treaty is made up of the Senators
who believe that it should be accompanied
by a resolution directing the President to
withhold the exchange of final ratification
until Great Britain consents to renew the
modus vivendi. It has been represented by
the members of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee that the adoption of such a resolu
tion wonld defeat the treaty, for Great
Britain would never consent to be placed in
the attitude of renewing the modus vivendi
through fear of the results.
Notwithstanding all the discussion had
to-day, the treaty remains technically un
changed in its position, And- the advance
ment that is to be recorded is in the ap
proach made toward a conclusion of debate.
The efforts to maintain secrecy continue,
and there has been talk in exeontlve,session
of another investigation into newspaper
methods.
RIVAL NAVAL FORCES.
A Large Number of the American Cruisers
Are Within Easy Beach The Formid
able Armaments Under the British Flag
Possible Movements.
New YOBK,March 25. fwrta?. Bering
Sea is likely to soon become the scene of an
interesting naval display. War is not
likely to result from the differences between
this country and Great Britain, but both
powers will have war ships at the scene.
The British ships Warspite, Melpomene
and Champion, constituting the North, Pa
cific squadron, have started for Northern
waters at least two months earlier than is
customary. The flagship Warspite Is a
partially armored steel cruiser of 8,400 tons
and a heavy armament, The Melpomene is
a cruiser of 2,950 tons, and the Champion,
which is unarmored and of 2,380 tons dis
placement, has an equipment unusually
heavy for cruisers of her type.
The preparations of the American Gov
ernment have not yet become known, but
there are a number ot the best ot the new
ships of the navy within easy reach.
The Pacific squadron consists of the Balti
more, San Francisco,. Charleston, Boston,
Yorktown, Pensacola, Mohican and Iro
quois. The Atlantic squadron, too, is in
the South, and in a position to sail at once
for the Pacific in case of need. The South
Atlantic Squadron, consisting of the Chi
cago, Atlantic, Bennington, Essex and
Yantic, is far south. Owing to the recent
war scare in connection with the Chilean
controversy, all these ships are well sup
plied with ammunition and ready tor imme
diate service.
The San Francisco, with her 4083 tons ot
displacement and her 12 six-inch rifles, the
protected cruiser Baltimore of a displace
ment of 4,600 tons, the protected cruiser
Charleston, 4,040 tons, and the partially
protected cruiser Boston, 3,189 tons, are in
themselves a powerful fleet, which naval
men say is far more than a match for the
British squadron now on its way north. In
addition to these ships the Asiatic squad
ron is within easy reach of the disputed
waters, but of these ships only the little
gunboat Petrel Is modern.
ME. KELLEY'S CONSENT RELUCTANT.
Why the Fig Iron Congressman Hesitated
to Allow His Daughter to Wed.
Chicago, March 25. Mrs. Florence
Kelly Wischnewetzky, daughter of "Pig
Iron" KeHey, in continuing to-day before
Judge Baker the story ot her unhappy
marital experience with her Russian hus
band, was asked:
"Were you married with your father's
consent
"With his very reluctant consent,"
slowly replied Mrs. Wischnewetzky.
"Why was it reluctant?"
"Because my father could not talk to him
without an interpreter; because the doctor
had no visible means of support, and be
cause he had not yet obtained his medical
degree."
Among the depositions read was one by
Adolf BrodsKey, the famous violinist, and
his wife. They were acquainted with the
Wischnewetrkys in New York, and during
calls at their house had never seen any
abuse.
A Short Operator Goes for Good.
Allentown, March 25. Isiah Martin,
of Pen Argyl, a young slate operator, disap
peared two weeks ago, leaving unpaid bills
amounting to between $10,000 and $12,000.
He was the lessee of the Pen Argyle slate
quarry, the property of the Bangor and
Portland Railroad Company. He was last
heard from a few days ago at Knoxville,
Tenn., and he then intimated that he had
gone for good.
The Supreme Court and the Ballot Law.
Philadelphia, March 23. The Su
preme Court to-day made an order fixing
April 18 on which to hear arguments on the
constitutionality of the ballot law, which is
laid before them on the appeal of Hiram
de Walt and others from the decision of
Common.Pleas Court
SECRETARY BTJ3K tells of the Farmer's
Future In THE DISPATCH to-morrow,
OLIVER'S NAME ON iT
Forged Paper to the Amount
of Over $50,000 in the
Defunct Ohio Bank.
THBEATS OF A LYNCH
If the Parties Responsible for tbe
Wrecking Can Be Found.
NO HOPE FOR THE DEPOSITORS
Unless the Original Directors Can Be
Held Accountable.
POLICE LOOKING FOR CASHIER PAIGE
rtriCtAZ. TH.KQRAM TO THX DISPATCH.!
Painesville, O., March 25. Just $700
are left in the vaults of the Palnesville
Savings Trust and Loan Association out of
the $100,000 that should be there. Ralph K.
Paige, the cashier, is missing aud the friends
of Horace Steele, an aged man of 70 years,
are counseling his removal to Cleveland to
save him from possible mob law. There is
now positive evidence in the hands of the
attorneys that Paige is a forger. J. W. Al
exander, the man whose wife holds forged
papers to the extent of $6,000, has confirmed
that report
It now transpires that the names of
Henry W. Oliver, President of the Pitts
burg and Western, and the officers of the
Pittsburg dock companies, doing business
at Fairport, figure in the Paige bank
failure on forged paper to the amount of
$50,000. This sum has already been un
earthed, and more is looked for to come
from various country banks reported to be
holding it Colonel Paige, the cashier of
the defunct bank, having considerable rail
road business with Mr. Oliver and Mr. J. R.
Irwin, Manager of the docks at Fairport, ot
which Mr. Oliver is also President, took ad
vantage of his knowledge of their business
and issued forged notes bearing their sig
natures in amounts aggregating about
$50,000 and put them In the hands of his
friends and relatives in Palnesville. These
notes are multiplying in every direction,
and the total amount of the bank's shortage
is growing daily.
Watched for at the Seaports.
Attorney Colllster, of Cleveland, is in
Palnesville in the interest of the Produce
Exchange Bank of this city, and the aspect
of affairs would indicate that Paige has de
frauded that concern out of $7,000. He
went to Cleveland one day last week and
cashed three New York drafts at the bank
named amounting in all to $7,000. He was
well aware at the time that he had no funds
to his credit in New York. It was learned
that the police headquarters of the seaport
towns have been wired to look out ior the
fugitive and place him under arrest
Paige concealed the alleged forgeries of
the dock and elevator companies as the
paper came back through his bank and he
was enabled to destroy it It is learned
that the bank had an account against the
George W. Steele estate of $200,000. Just
recently the papers in the case were sur
rendered for $30,000 cash. Paige-did not
dare sue the estate for fear the condition of
his bank would be exposed.
The only possible 'chance for the deposi
tors is tbat the law will permit damages to
be claimed from the estates of those who
were originally in the board of directors.
No one knows of Paige's whereabouts since
leaving Cleveland. He has a charming
family and his daughter has just returned
from Cuba.
Threats of Lynching Made.
The ntmost excitement prevails in Paines
ville and threats of lynching have been
freely indulged in. The depositors will ask
that the present assignee be removed. Paige"
consulted his lawyers the otber day and
Btated that if he could secure $20,000 he
could tide over his embarrassment They
examined tbe bootcs and told him it was im
possible, when the assignment was made.
It has been customary for the bank to pay
depositors as high as 6 and 8 per cent The
Immediate demand for money that precipi
tated the assignment is not known.
There is a belief that Paige is in hiding in
this vicinity andns awaiting efforts of his
friends who will make good the amount of
the notes bearing the Pittsburg people's
signatures and try and get them to decline
to prosecute. Several Cleveland banks
which suffered for about $20,000 are after
him, but as he has plenty of Influential
friends, it is believed these can be settled
with.
At Akron to-day three deeds transferring
Akron property, owned by David R, Paige
and his wife, Eva L. Paige, to Henry C.
Ellison, of Cleveland, were filed at the
County Recorder's office. They included
tbe Paige block on Main street, the old
King varnish plant, and certain real estate,
amounting in all to about $100,000. Be
sides this there was also filed a chattel
mortgage for $17,799 on stock of the King
Varnish Company, controlled by David R.
Paige.
A Difference of 8600,000.
The assignee to-night makes a statement
that the bank's liabilities will aggregate
$700,000. of which $400,000 are savings de
posits. The assets are not more than $100,
000. Ralph K. Paige is one of the best known
men in Northern Ohio. He is a brother of
David R. Paige, formerly a Congressman
from Ohio, and now a contractor of New
York, doing business at 45 Broadway. Their
father, David Paige, lived at Umonville,
and died leaving lour sons, who inherited
about $50,000 apiece. Ralph Paige married
a daughter of Horace Steel, ot Painesville,
and thev have a family of three children
one girl, Alma, who is now in Cuba, and
two boys, the younger 7 years old.
To appreciate the business career of Paige,
who Is now accused of failing with bad debts
amounting to nearly $500,000, it Is necessary
to understand his dealings with his wife s
cousins, the heirs to the estate of George W.
Steele, who died about 12 years ago leaving
property valued at anywhere from $400,000
to $500,000. Soon after the Civil War Mr.
Steele went down into the oil regions of
Pennsylvania, where he became a familiar
figure.
Got Hold of the Steele Estate.
Returning to Painesville he proceeded to
invest his money in real estate, and soon he
built the finest house in tbe village. He
left five children, tw(o sons and three daugh
ters, of whom four are living and all are
married. The youngest son was accidental.
lv shot a year ago when hunting bird? in
North Carolina. The other son, George
P. Steele, is an Amherst man of
'88, and has settled down in business
in Painesville. The oldest daughter mar
ried J. W. Alexander, of Painesville, who
was made exeeutor of Mr. Steele's will and
who has managed tbe Steele estate. The
next daughter married Mr. Janvir and the
yonngest daughter, who occupies the Steele
homestead, married Frank C. Moodey, a
son of the late Moses Moodey, formerly a
well-known lawyer of Brooklyn.
At the' death of Mr. Steele his influence
had been' enlisted in the Painesville Savings
and Loan Association, and since his death
Mr. Paige has taken care to keep up the
connection. The result is the Steele estate,
which could not be divided until two
months ago among the lawful heirs, has
helped largely to keep Mr. Paige and his
father-in-law, a brother of George W. Steele,
going.
A RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCE
LEADS TO THE DESOLATION OF
HAFPT HOME AMD TO SUICIDE.
The Wife, Who Hanged Herself, a Catholic,
Her Husband a Presbyterian There
Was No Trouble Between Them Till
Their Children Beached School Age.
Philadelphia, March 25. A dispute
over difference in religion this morning led
to the suicide of Mrs. Ellen C. Hare. The
deceased woman was the wife of Policeman
Hare, and the only known cause for the act
Is a question of the religious training of the
two children. The husband was educated a
Presbyterian, and Mrs. Hare was a Roman
Catholic.
The wide difference in their beliefs did
not Interfere with their living happily the
first few years of their married life. Quar
rels were of frequent occurrence when the
children reached school age, and on several
occasions Mrs. Hare went to live with her
parents. Despite this difference of opinion
the couple were devotedly attached to each
other, and reconciliations quickly followed
each separation. Recently Mri Hare be
came despondent, and the question of re
ligion was supposed t e led to her de-
nression.
Last night the hv.A- . "Vv "-omeatll
o'clock to report for u l) C ''. was
in bed at the time, and thei ifl Jr. to-
lead to the suspicion that she'i-, t'.fr .f
ing her life. He returned for .'
this morning, and was surprised to h.
morning meal not ready. His wife was
in the kitchen, and he started in search ot
her.
As he went up the stairway an awful
sight met his gaze. Mrs. Hare was hanging
by the neck from the baluster rail. Her
tongue was protruding and her eyes were
bulging from their sockets.. She had evi
dently been dead for some hours. The in
strument of death was a bedsheer, which
the woman had fastened to her neck and
then tied to the hand rail, after which she
threw herself over and met death by stran
gulation. The suicide was one ot the
most coolly planned ever brought
to the notice of the Coroner. The
unfortunate woman had torn small strips
from the sides of the sheet, with which she
strangled herself, and with them had delib
erately pinioned her feet together, after
which she had crossed her hands at the
wrists with the palm3 downward, and in
some inexplicable way, probably by the aid
of her teeth, bound and tied them together
so tightly that it was necessary to cut the
knots before the lifeless members could be
released.
When Patrick Sweeney, the dead woman's
father, was notified oi his daughter's death,
he broke out in angry denunciations of her
husband, stating his belief that the cose was
not one of suicide, but of deliberate murder,
of which his son-in-law was the guilty
person. His rage became so ungovernable
tbat it was found necessary to place him
under arrest
HELPED HIS WIFE TO ELOPE,
A Hoosier Husband Hurrahs for Harrison
When His Fat Woman Skips.
Cea'wtordsvixle, Ijtd., March 25.
Special. Another elopement occurred
near Crawfordsville yesterday, which,
for absurdity, has no parallel. Grand
father Arthur Dixon carries the mail
between Beckville and New Ross, and is 75
years old. Harmon Springier is the village
blacksmith, of Beckville, and until yester
day had a wife, 40 years old, and of about
200 pounds weight Springier is in the
habit of making trips about the country,
and would sometimes be gone for days.
Dixon took advantage of this state of affairs
to make love to the charming Mrs.
Springier.
An elopement was planned, and in some
way Springier became cognizant of the fact
Instead of objecting, he gave the idea his
sanction, and even went so far as to carry
the satchel containing his wife's tros
seau to the crossroads, where her
aged but amorous lover awaited her
with a buggy. He helped her into
the buggy, and as the horses started off he
waved nis hat and shouted enthusiastically,
"Hurrah for Harrison!" Dixon and Mrs.
Springier are now in Bainbridge with
Dixon's grandson and propose to remain
there until Springier gets a divorce, when
they will marry.
A LYNCHER TO HANG.
The First Occasion of the Kind in the His
tory of Georela.
MAC02T, Ga., March 25. Special.' For
the first time in the history of Georgia a
lyncher has been convicted for the crime of
murder and will suffer the death penalty
for his offense. The murderer's name
is Barney White, and the tragedy
for which he must suffer was the lynching
of Larkin Nix last fall. Nix had a wile
and daughter. The mother induced the daugh
ter to accept the attentions of a man named
Mize. The father protested against this,
and served notice upon Mize that he should
not visit his house again. The answer wa3
a visit in person with a shotgun. Nix got
in the first shot and left Mize dead in the
yard.
Nix was arrested, but a mob of Mize's
friends took him out and shot him to death
in Mitchell county. The preceding events
took place in Thomas county. Barney
White and six others were arrested and are
now on trial. A severance was asked and
the first to be tried was Barney, who has
been convicted. One ot the leading wit
nesses for the State, William Davis, was
shot to death by a mob of Mize's friends in
the county last night
DE0WHED HIS OWN BABE.
The Father Committed to Jail for Trial and
the Mother Dismissed.
CiNCnriTATi, March 25. William Boyce,
who threw his 3-day-old babe into the Ohio
river on the night of March 2, waived exam
ination to-day and was committed to jail
without bail His wife, whom he has not
seen since his arrest, March S, and who was
also charged with the murder, was brought
from the hospital for examination.
The meeting was painful and affecting.
They fell into each other's arms and wept
in silence. After a brief hearing, which
disclosed that the mother had no knowledge
of the purpose of her husband to drown the
child, the case against her was dismissed.
A DASH
April 3.
to the Pole besins Sunday,
CAUGHT IN A QUICSSANa
Peculiar Accident to a Lady and
Three
Children at Atlantic City.
Atlantic Citv, N. J., March 25.
StxOal. The wife and three children of
ex-Mayor Gilpin went driving to-day and
the fine weather lured them down the beach
to the water's edge. They drove along
for some distance, when it was noticed that
the horse was sinking rapidly in quicksand.
He floundered a few minutes and stuck ex
hausted. Mrs. Gilpin and the children jumped on
shore, but sunk in the sands and were
stuck there when the tide came in. Not un
til the water was up to Mrs. Gilpin's waist
did help come, when all the party with dif
ficulty was saved.
MONEY JOJBJECT,
A Pittsburger Tells How Mr.
Drayton Slipped Off
the Majestic.
IT COST HIM JUST $1,000.
The Mortal Enemies Sat Opposite
Each Other at the Table,
BUT NEVER A WORD WAS SPOZEN.-
dTrard Fox, One of the SecondsGave-Ouil
the Correspondence.
STILL A POSSIBILITY OP FIGHTING
There are a number of queer circum"
stances in the Drayton-Borrowe affair thatr
have not been cleared up. For example, id
is strange that Drayton was the only pas
senger on the Majestic allowed to land be
fore the next morning after the boat struckf
the bar in sight of the New York harbor
and was enveloped in a fog.
The captain of the vessel had forbidden
all on board to leave the vessel, but Mr.
Drayton got off safely. This incident is now1
man.
connected with the West
went to England several
onths ago to visit his parents. He lives at;
2031 Robinson street, Allegheny. Mr.
Stevens was a passenger on the steamer
Majestic, and reached Pittsburg yesterday.
He was watchins Drayton and Borrowa
from the start, as the story had been current
in England. He says he was standing near
Drayton when Health Officer Jennings tug
pulled up alongside of the Majestic at mid
night in the New York harbor.
Cost Him 81,000 to Land.
Drayton was standing close to the draw
bridge, and spoke to the men in the tug.
They told him if he could secure the con
sent of the captain he could come on board.
The husband of the Astor turned to Cap
tain Parsel and made the request The latter
replied that it couldn't be done. A lively
war of words followed between the captain
and Drayton. Finally the skipper
said it would cost Drayton
$1,000 if he went on shore. The latter re-
Elied that money was no object to him, and
e glided down a ladder on the ship's side
and reached the tug. This sum is a fine
levied for landing in an irregular way and
evading 'the quarantine and custom -laws.
Mr. Stevens heard the conversation and
will vouch for its accuracy.
Mr. Stevens thinks there is something
back of the affair which has not been pub
lished. He watched the two men closely on
the voyage. By some accident they sat op
posite each other at the table, but not a
word or the least sign of recognition passed
between them. Both were fidgety, but
Drayton was the most uneasy. He contin
ually questioned the Captain about when
they would arrive at New York, and he
seemed to be very anxious to get there.
The Seconds May Fljht Yet.
A special telegram from New York says:
It may be that hostilities will come out of
the Drayton-Borrowe affair' hostilities in
which neither of these gentlemen will be a
principal. There are two points iu the de
velopment of tbe case which that experienced
duelist, Harry- Vane Milbank, holds
concern him personally, and for which,
he intends to demand an explanation..
In the first place, a cablegram was received-to-day
from Edward Fox, who acted with,
Mr. Milbank as a second for Mr. Borrowe,
saying that it was he who had given out
for publication the correspondence relating:
to the duel, and Mr. Milbank wants to know
what right Mr. Fox had to take such a
step without first consulting him.
The other trouble is with the Due de
Moray, who, according to reports from
Paris, has made public a letter from Mr.
Milbank laying before him a certain state
of facts and asking for his advice thereon.
Mr. Milbank said to-day touching Mr.
Fox's action: "How Mr. Fox ever did such
a thing I cannot understand. He had no
right to do it I thoroughly condemn his
behavior, and I would say "so before any
body to Mr. Fox's face if he were present X
have my rights in this matter. Mr. Fox's
explanation is on its wav, and will probably
be here on Monday. Until that arrives it;
would bo premature to say what Mr. Bor
rowe orl will da"
The Titled Frenchman Called to Account.
Continuing he said: "I shall demand an
explanation of the Due de Momy to-day
for allowing that letter to get out It was
a private letter written from one gentleman
to another, and he had no right to show it
to anyone without asking my permission.
The Due de Moray may have some explana
tion to offer that will put matters all right
If not but I will wait until the explanation
comes before I do anything. We had
annmber of interviews and talks about the
matter, and the thing may have leaked out
somehow. I can hardly think that he has
betrayed any confidence, and his explana
tion may set everything right"
Mr. Milbank said there was nothing mo:e
for Mr. Borrowe to say in the matter. Mr.
Drayton was at the Union Club to-day, but
he declined to see the reporters when they
colled.
DECIDED TO DISBAND.
A Colored State Bills Corps Won't Play Be
canss It Was Insulted.
Memphis, March 25. Special. On the
day of the lynching of the three negroes
two weeks ago Judge Dubose ordered the
arms of the Tennessee Rifles, a colored mil
itary organization, confiscated. The armory
was forcibly entered and the guns carried to
the Sheriff's office, where they have re
mained ever since.
The company is regularly enlisted in the
State militia. It is composed of the best
colored men of the city, but has decided to
disband, and formulates a card to the public
saying that "to wear the livery of a Com
monwealth that exacts on oath from us to
defend its laws, and then fails to protect us
in the rights it guarantees, is an insult to
our intelligence and manhood."
THIS MORNING'S SEWS.
Topic. Pags.
The Silver StrU2Elo"ot Over 1
English Liberals on Our Side.............. 1
Hanry W. Oliver's Name Forsed.......... 1
How Drayton Left the alajestic... ....... X
Peculiar L. Jt O. BuIIncs .......JS
Story of a Released Convict 3
Sharpsburc's Semi-Centennlal. .......... 3
Editorial and Miscellany.......,.....
Spring Strikes rittsburs... ...... ......... 5
Reports of Bradstreet and Dun. ......... 0
Russell Not Out for President-..- 7
SnfTerlneona Schooner... 7
-Wild Work of McKeesport Bobbers 7
Sporting Intelligence. .............. .- &"
Tidings From Keiehborlns Towns. 8
The Business World. ......... 8
Rushing the License Inqulsltlon.... 9
Court Proceedings. ............ 9
News of the OH Fields... - 9
Church Notes .10)
Chess and Checkers. ........ ..10
Iron Trade Bevlew........ ....... -.11
Financial and Commercial Markets.. .. J.1
Wakeman's Wanderings. 13
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