. i THE P3TTSBUEG- DISPATCH. ERIDAY, APRIL 8. 1892. HAPPY REPUBLICANS, A General Jubilee at Wash ington Oyer the Betmns From Little Bhody. GROWER'S BOOM CHECKED. Improbability of a Congressman's Being a Total Abstainer. SALACIOUS SCAKDAL IN THE AIB. Threats of a Lynching Eee if the Schneider Jury Acquits. THE HERO OF A DELIBERATE MURDER fEPECIAL TEI.rORA.PniC IiETTIIl.1 Bcueau of The Dispatch, i 1Va8hqtos. D. C. April 7. Among Republicans in Congress and the departments there is great rejoicing on ac count of the result of the Rhode Island elections, accepted, as they are, as a harbinger of a reaction in favor of "the Grand Old Party." In the House and Sen ate to-day there, was a general congratula tion that the tremendous efforts of the Cleveland Democrats to capture the Gov ernorship had failed. If any element is pleased equally with the Republicans it is that of the anti-Cleveland Democrats, who point to the fact that Cleve land's personal, financial and political in terests in "little Rhody," and his presence and arguments on the rostrum apparently had no favorable effect in the direction of puritanic reform that the ex-President is supposed to represent in politics. Senator Hill was much sought after to-day by in quirers of all sorts, and, while he refused to be interviewed on the subject, it was im possible not to see that he was more than leased with the victory of the Repub cans. A Possible Setback to Cleveland's Boom. It is recognized by all Democrats that Cleveland, wisely or unwisely, was induced to make the issue in great a measure a per sonal one, and that the result, while possi bly not involving any permanent negative influence, must give at least a temporary setback to the "boom" which has been growing stronger and stronger ever since the Hill tidal wave set in on its rapid ebb. Cleveland's friends are not at all dis couraged. They say that while Democratic success would have given a great impetus to his candidacy, Democratic failure cannot injure him, for the reason that Rhode Island is known to be a sure Republican State in a Presidental year. Probably no sillier act was ever known in the House of Representatives than that of Mr. Funston, of Kansas, this afternoon, when he rose to a personal explanation to refute the charges contained in an article in the New Xork Voice, a temperance paper, which gave a list of persons which it de nominated "Congressional tipplers." The incompleteness of the article may be realized when it is known that the name of no Pennsylvanian was included in the list Mr. Funs'ton teemed greatly aggrieved that he should have been called a tippler at the bar of the House restaurant, and excul pated himself with so much vehemence that an audible smile rippled around the hall Bad Box ror a FrohlMtlon Race. Of course every one knew that Funston's concern was aroused by the fact that his district is one - of .the strong Prohibition ones in the .Prohibition State of Kansas. Other gentlemen who were included in the list, representing communities less vocifer ous in their morality or their denunciation of human thirst, did not think the publica tion worth notice. Por. instance, Mr. Bourke Cockran, who represents a portion of the city from which the paper in ques tion is published, was named as one ot the tipplers, though he vows he has not taken a drink of intoxicating liquor for more than 12 years. It may as well be stated here that the Congressman who does not take a drink oc casionally at the House or Senate restau rant is a rare exception. Tney drink as they eat when they feel like it." Some of them who make temperance speeches at home are the most convivial in "Washing ton. There is little hypocrisy here. No one but a representative of a paper like the one in question would think it worth the while to mention Congressional tippling, which means, I take it, drinking at leisure or pleasure. A Sad Scandal In the Air. The agitation of this matter to-day has brought to my ears a scandal which may well De mentioned, even by those persons and newspapers least given to gossip, be cause it is likely to ring throughout the whole country within a few days. It is es pecially "legitimate" to mention it in view of the space given in the press of the whole world to the nauseating details of tbe Deacon scandal, the Drayton-Borrowe affair and the wretched gossip in which Mrs. John S. "Wise and Miss Belle Greene, "of tne boutnern colony in .New Xork, are the chief figures, and which threatens to result in an old-time "Virginia duel. A temperance hotel, conducted by a most estimable leader of the W. C. T. U., is the scene of this "Washington affair. The gen tleman is" a prominent member of one of the Houses of Congress. The lady, with most profound regret be it said, is tbe wife of one of the most prominent ministers of "Washington. The husband suspected flirta tions, employed detectives, the Congress man and the lady were watched and caught A few know of it now, but it is flvini? abOUt On tbft VlnfrK nf flip winil anil it will require little less than a miracle to prevent a public scandal, which may be called a sort of inverted Beecher-Tilton affair, the wronged man in this instance being the clergyman. The latter is a grand man, full of charity for human frailty, and is disposed, for the" sake of his calling and of his wife, to silence all gossip, but the affair has already got far beyond him, and the assurance that it will be of national knowledge within a few days, if the miracle does not intervene, leads me to speak of it now with hesitation and regret Clo.e or a Celebrated Mnrder Trial. The closing speeches of counsel were made to-day, in the most sensational mur-' der trial that ever occurred in "Washington, with the exception of that of the assassin Guiteau. Even that scarcely aroused the interest of this one, especially among women. On January 21, Howard Schneider, a young draughtsman and architect, abrother of a phenomenally successful speculative architect and real estate man, G. Prank Schneider, shot and killed, in the street in front of their home, his wife, Amy Schneider, and her young brother, Prank Hamlink. Howard Schneider and Miss Hamlink were clandestinely married last October. For some time the marriage was concealed. Then it reached the ears of Colonel Ham link, the father. There was a quarrel, a denunciation of Schneider by the Hamlinks, an apparent leconcilation, and Schneider was invited to come and live with his wife at the fine residence of the Hamlinks. Schneider proved to be unwelcome and unendurable and was summarily "fired" from the house. On the 21st of January he waylaid his wife, her brother and her sister as they were returning from church, and almost without a word killed the brother and sent three bullets into the body of his wife, from the effect of which she died within a day or two. The scene of the murder was on Q street in front of an elegant house, one of a block of the finest in the city, all built by Prank Schneider, and this one within two or three doors of tbe residence purchased from Schneider bv Representative W. A. Stone, of Allegheny. Strenuous Efforts of tbe Defense. Por upward of SO days the trial has been in progress. The prosecution showed, by apparently absolute proof, that the killing was premeditated. Letters from Schneider to a young lady residing at Culpepper indi cated his desire to get rid of his wife. In one letter he called her a 'flivlng devil." and a letter of the same date was shown in which he endeavored to lure his wife from her father's house. The counsel for the defendant, Hon. Jere "Wilson,, one of the most eminent criminal practitioners in the country, made the plea of self defense. A revolver was found lying beside the dead body of yonng Prank Hamlink, from which five shots had been fired. The revolver asserted to be, Schnei der's was found, at the latter's direetlon, in an alley near by, leaned up carefully against a telegraph pole. It was shown bv the most conclusive cir cumstantial evidence that Schneider, after the killing, had tossed his pistol down he- side the body of vonng Hamlink, and that after relatives had seen him in his cell at the station house the pistol was placed in. the alley to make the second weapon in the case. For trumped-up evidence, of the thin nest and most absurd character, the defense stands almost alone in the annals of murder trials. The most desperate perjury is plain upon the face of much of it Some Poorly Supported Claims. To account for all the bullets supposed to have been fired witnesses for the defense swore to anywhere from seven to a dozen shots, by actual count The revolver found in the alley showed no sign ot having been fired for months. Police officers swore that when Schneider was brought into the sta tion house his patent leather shoes were bright and clean, though the alley was deep with mud. No sign of bullet holes were found in Schneider's clothes that evening, though he claimed to have been shot The next day holes were found in his overcoat, undercoat and vest, which were claimed to have been shot there, but which were proved by expert testimony to have been made in some other way than by a bullet So, all through, goes the desperate testi mony for the defense. Now comes perhaps the most curious and and startling phase of the matter. It has been anticipated from the beginning that the murderer would not be convicted. The recent acquittal of Prank "Ward and Thorn ton Haines, two murderers of social stand ing and influence, has destroyed the confi dence of the "Washington public in the vir tue or judgment of Washington juries when the life of anyone but a poor ignorant negro is at stake. From tne beginning lynching has been talked of. Daily the luuiviuuui una uccu urutvueu uv mc wcaitu and fashion of the city, mostly the feminine element of it, and these have added fuel to the fire ot indignation and fury to come if the jury fail to convict About Ready for a Lynching. Never have I seen public feeling worked up to such a pitch in a trial for any crime. The young men of the city, spurred to bolder expression, possibly, by opinions from their lady friends, who lor a month have talked of nothing but this trial, speak openly of organizing a lynching party if the jury fails to convict Trie one thing that will deter them is the possibility of con viction on the charge of murdering young Hamlink. The current trial is for the mur der of Mrs. Schneider. No one can tell, however, what will happen. The tempera ture of feeling on the subject is at fever heat At the clubs, at the hotels, in the streets, all sorts of people talk violently of the case, and a common impulse toward lynohing, in the event of the failure of the jury to convict, seems to be in the atmo sphere. Lightneb. REBEL SOLDIERS GATHERING. A Mammoth Meeting of Confederate Veter ans In New OrleansTexas Taking tbe Most Interest in- the Association's Re onion. Thousands of tbe Old Soldier in the City, New.Obleans, April 7. 5pAiZ. The third annual reunion of the United ' Confederate "Veterans will meet in this city to-morrow. Twenty thousand old Confed erate soldiers are expected to be present Tbe association was organized in New Orleans in June, 1889, and has since grown greatly in strength, until it numbers 198 camps, some of them containing S00 mem bers, and a total membership of 40,000. The first reunion was held in Chattanooga, the second in Jackson, Miss. Previous to the organization of this order there was no central association of Con federate veterans, but each army had its separate organization. Thus, there was an Association of the Army of Tennessee; another of the Army of Virginia, still another of the Army of Trans-Mississippi. These are now all gathered under the United Confederate Veterans, which order, it is thought, will ultimately include all the Confederate veterans in the South. The meeting begins to-morrow at a con vention of delegates for tbe several camps, and the ceremonies on Saturday will in clude an oration by Senator Dan iel, of Virginia, and a parade of all the veterans in town. The -visiting veterans have been pouring into the city all day, particularly from Texas, which seems to be most enthusiastio in this new movement Ten special trains reached here this evening from Dallas, with 8,000 persons, most of them veterans, and the total arrivals exceeded 10,000. Amonir the arrivals was General J. B. Gordon, the Commander in Chief of the as sociation, and General "W. B. Cabell, of Texas, tCommander of that State. The visitors are distributed around among citi zens, and the city is gaily decorated with flaes and bunting. The Confederate cavalry reunion took place this afternoon at Me morial Hall, Major General "W. A. Jackson, of Tennessee, delivering the address. CHOKING OFF THE EVIDENCE. Republican Senators In tho Maynard Elec tion Inquiry Shut Out. Albany, N. Y., April 7. "When the Joint Judiciary Committee of the Legisla ture resumed the hearing of the Maynard election return inquiry, a motion to go into fecret session was defeated, Democrats vot ing with the Republicans. Mr. Saxton then demanded to know if the Republican minority would be permitted to summon witnesses, and moved the minority be per mitted to call their witnesses." Tbe motion was defeated. "Is it possible," asked Saxton, "that we are not to be allowed to introduce this evi dence?" "The Chair is unable to say," said Sena tor Roesch (Dem.). Senator Mullin tried to get a-vote on the question whether the minority would be al lowed to present a report, but failed. The Republicans tried to find out when the com mittee would meet, and what it intend ed to da Chairman Roesch promised that the com mittee uould not meet again this week, but he could say nothing about the report The majority passed a motion providing that the hearing should then beadjourned, subjeotto the call of the Chair. STENCH FBOM HUMAN BODIES. Evidence or the Senses That Moro Corpses Are In tho Chicago Wreck. Chicago, April 7. Excitement has been caused among the people in the neighbor hood of the ruins of Friday night's storm on Pearce street bv the report to-day that -there were bodies buried beneath the debris. The rumor was started by the discovery of a sickening odor which came from the ruins, and which is supposed to be caused by de-composing-human bodies. 'The force clearing away the debris is doubled to-night, and all efforts are being made to reach the source ot the stench. IF your voom or boarding does not rait yon perasn the "To Let Booms" and "Wanted BoardersH in tbe cent-a-word col nrnng of ihe Saturday and Sunday DISPATCH. SHERMAN SEES GLORY For Republicans in the Fall, in the Hesnlt in Rhode Island. HARRISON VS. CLEVELAND AGAIN The "Way Ohio's Senior Senator Sizes Tp the Probabilities. GREENSBURG GITE3 GUFFEY A BOOH SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, April 7. Senator Sherman, of Ohio, looked happy to-day, at the Fifth . Avenue Hotel, when he talked about the Republican victory in Rhode Island. It was decisive, he said, and showed the trend of political feeling in this, the Presidental I vear. "Do you think it presages Republican success next fall?" "Yes, I think it does. The contest has been a spirited one in Rhode Island, and lack of Interest cannot be offered as an ex cuse by the Democrats. Prominent orators in both parties informed the voters as to the issues, and on the whole the canvass seems to have been thorough. The population of the State is not large, and so the trouble of speaking to all the electors isn't a difficult task as in some large States. Still, this does not detract from the interest in the Rhode Island election." The Senator thought that protection as 'against free trade was one of the potent reasons why the' Republicans gained such a signal victory in the little State. Another idea was that the Republican sentiment was keenly alive to the importance of winning an election in the beginning of such a mo mentous year. Ohio Bound to Ba Republican. The conversation drifted to the political strength of other States, and the Senator said: "Ohio, of course, will go Republican. Last year the State went Republican by 30, 000 majority, and in my opinion there will be no tailing off in the national election. In the contest between Governor McKinley and ex-Governor Campbell, the silver ques tion plaved an important part The Demo crats had a silver plank in their platform, but on the stump they tried to repudiate free silver. I have no doubt that the Demo crats lost many votes on account of their peculiar attempts to straddle the silver question. Ohio Is a Republican State, and not in lavor ot ire silver. 'In your iudgment will the Republican National ticket be able to carry any State outside of the normal Republican States?" "I would not be surprised if several Southern States give a Republican major ity. North Carolina may go Republican. If the negro votes should be counted, of course, there would be no doubt about the majority in many Southern States. The people in the South are becoming better satisfied now that they have complete con trol of their, local affairs. The Democrats there do not care so much about national elections. Negro Supremacy Still Feared In the Sonth. "In talking with southern Democratic Senators they admit that what they once feared was negro supremacy in local places. Now that the bugaboo is eliminated, they "do not care so much about the Presidental election, and Jhe colored people may be permitted to vote for President. The Sena tors, and, in fact, the Democrats of the South, do not hesitate to say that they in tend to control in local affairs, and add that if any of the Northern people should go South to live they would be like the South erners In that respect" In regard 'to Louisiana and the split there in the Democratic party, the Senator said be knew Hon. A. H. Leonard, the Repub lican nominee for Governor, and as he was a Southerner he might, in the present Dem ocratic factional fight, get enough votes to win. He added: "Xieonard Is a brave man; he has the conrage- ef his convictions, and is brainy. He is honorable, and in the days when the. Wheeler compromise -was effected Jie acte'd for the- Democrats. He kept his agreement, but it was not agreeable to the Democrats, and since then he has been a stanch Republican. I think the people of the State would not be afraid to elect him Governor. There are a great many protectionists in Louisiana, especially in the sugar cane districts." Prospects of a Federal Election Law. . "Do you think Congress will ever pass a Federal election law?" "Yes, but it will be modified." "What about the silver question; will it cut much of a figure in the cominc national election?" "I think so. In Congress I think nothing will be done. The tree silver bill has already been defeated in the House, and I do not believe enough votes could be mustered in the Senate to pass it" "Will Senator Morgan's resolution put the Senators on record as to their silver views?" The Senator smiled, and said that no one can tell how Senator Hill, of New York, stood on the silver question, although his speeches had been read. In fact, Senator Hill had not voted on roll call, and was rarely ever present If he (Senator Sher man) remained away from the Senate as much as Senator Hill the people in Ohio would see that he was not doing his duty and would refuse to. re-elect him. He thought Senators owed a duty'to their con stituents. Bill's Position on Silver a Puzzle. "Hasn't Senator Hill said something about silver and the tariff in his speeches outside of the Senate?" "Oh, yes; he has talked about silver, but I have not been able to tell by his speeches how he stands on the question." i "Senator Hill is mentioned for the Presi dency. Do you think he will be nominated?" "The tickets will be headed by Harrison and Cleveland, I think. , I confess, though, that I am at a loss to know how Cleveland can be renominated if his own State does not send a delegation for him. And yet, outside of New York the Democrats gener ally seem to be for Cleveland. I do not think Senator Hill will be nominated." "Probably it may be Cleveland or a dark horse?" "I cannot imagine whom the dark, horse maybe." ,:Boies or Senator Palmer." "Well, Boies is really a Republican. He was elected Governor of Iowa because he opposed prohibition. No, he will not be nominated, in my opinion. As for Senator Palmer, he is a capable man, but he is too far advanced in yea's, being in the neighbor hood ot 76, 1 think." In concluding, the Senator said every thing pointed to a Republican victory next JNovemoer. WESTMORELAND F0K GUFPEY. Barrlty Not in It There, Though Clevd land and Pattison Win Out. UBEENSBUKG, April 7. TSpeclall The Harrity supporters in this county were com pletely routed by the Guflej men hereto day. One of the largest and most 'en thusiastic Democratic conventions ever' held in this county met here to-day. About the first action of the convention was'to in dorse Grover Cleveland for President, and then the electien of delegates to 'the Stats Convention was proceeded with In this there was a contest, there being 25 can didates for ten places. When, the tellers finished their work it was found that the Guffey people secured every man. The delegates are H. S. Ackerman, J. S. Me Kran, J. Gj Guffey, John P Brennan, W. A. Showalter, O. B. Hollingswortb, Lewis Weaver, Albert Lauffer, jk. M. White and C. H. Gregg. Thomas Lynch, of the H. C Friok Coke Company, received a (most enthusiastic in dorsement for delegate to the National Convention. Mr. Lynch made an excellent speech, thankipfr the convention for the honor, assuring It that all the "Democrat I seed to do is tb nominate Cleveland and the victory will be theirs. The Kuhns in dprsement for Congressman at Large did not materialize. A resolution was passed indorsing the administration of Governor Pattison. ' QUAY CARKTIHO TWO 8TATI8, Which He Says Be Is Willing; to Torn Over to Blaine. Philadelphia, April 7. A "Washing ton special says: Senator Quay asked two "Western Senators who have been engaged privately in trying to revive the Blaine boom, if they were sure that Mr. Blaine would accept the Presidental nomination if it was offered to him. They replied that they were perfectly sure he would accept Mr. Quay said then that he could assure them of solid delegations from Pennsylvania and New York for Blaine. Phillips and Quay Have a Walkover. Rochester, Pa., April 7. Special Little public interest was taken in the out come of the Republican primaries held to day, and a very light vote was polled. Thomas W. Phillips Is nominated for Con gress, and Senator Quay as delegate to the National Convention, both being unop- Sosed. James H. Cunningham, J. Rankin Cartin and "Winfield S. Moore are elected delegates to the State Convention. A Turn Over Under tbe Kangaroo SjsUm. Huntington, "W. VA., April 7. The first election in the State under the new Australian election law resulted in an over whelming victory for the Democrats. Last year the Republicans elected the Mayor, Chief of Police and about half the Council. To-day the Democrats elected their entire ticket, including nine Councilmen, by from 300 to 400 majority. The majorities are the largest for over ten years. Illinois Democrats for Grover. Altos', III.," April 7. In convention here to-day the Democrats of the Eighth teenth Illinois Congressional district re nominated "W. S. Formanou the first ballot Resolutions were adopted indorsing Cleve landj condemning the McKinley aot, in dorsing the present Congress and demand ing a tariff for revenue only. Arkansas Republicans for Harrison. Little Rock, Aek., April 7. The Re publican State 'Convention met to-day. Powell Clayton was elected Chairman and delegates to' the Minneapolis Convention were, elected. Two-thirds of the delegates were white. The Convention instructed the delegates to vote for Harrison. The Pith or Political News. The Republican Congressional Convention at Iron Mountain, Micli.,yestei day, indorsed Harrison's administration, but instructed tor Alter. Ths election in Warren county. New York, resulted in the choice of six Republicans and Ave Democratic Supeivisors, making the Board stand the same as last year. Harrison's administration was indorsed by the Republican Congressional Conven tion at Saginaw, Mich., yesterday. The dele gation was uninstructed, but it is for Alger. The Republican Convention for the Seventh Congtesslonal district of Michigan yesterday elected delegates to the National Convention. No instructions were given as to who they should support for the Presi dency. 4 Cuaikman Eoe, of the Cumberland County Prohibition Committee, issued a call yester day for the County Convention to meet April 18, in Carlisle, to nominate a county ticket and elect seven delegates to the State convention. At the election at Schenectady, N. Y tho Republicans elected a majority of tho Alder men, making the board Republican for the flist time in two years. The Board of Super visor stands six Democrats to four Republi cans, tbe same as last year. Republicans in State Convention at Port land, Ore., .yesterday nominated a State ticket and selected delegates to the National Convention. They are uninstructed, but all are solid Harrison men. The completion of tue Nicaragua uanoi was urgea oy tne con vention. ', " ? t Hoi?. William Bnoww, of the Battery dis trict, New York, and Hon. Charles Walker, of Cornlns, have taken umbrage at a pub lished interview with Senator Hill, and they voted with the Representatives in the Sen ate in a determined effort to block the Con gressional reapportionment bill. The Republican conferees of tho Seven teenth Congressional district yesterday elected W. C. McConnell, or Shamokln, and W. L. Genger, of Danville, delegates to the Minneapolis Convention, and L. T. Rolir back, of Sunbury, Presidental elector on the State ticket. The delegates were instructed for Harrison, The Republican Confeienoe of tho Nine teenth Pennsylvania Congressional district met yesterday at Gettysburg and elected Charles H. Jiullln, of Mt. Holly, and John B. Lower, of Littlestown, district delegates to the National Convention. J. Schaal Wtl- helm, of York, was made Presidental elect or. Messrs. Schroeder and Krugh are the alternates. A MISSING PACKAGE. Ten Thousand Dollars Expressed From New Orleans to Washington Stolen in Transit Tbe Matter Kept Quiet in Bopes of Catching the Culprit. Washington, April 7. The various em ployes of the United States Express Com pany all along the line between Washing ton and New Orleans, are endeavoring to locate a sealed package which is said to have contained nearly $10,000 and which has gone astray. Over a week ago a well known citizen appeared at the receiving desk in the company's office in the Crescent City and left a bag containing the above mentioned amount of cash consigned to Washington. The customary receipt was given him. As he did not hear from the consignee, acknowledging the receipt of the money. he wired the officers of the company in this city and received a reply that no such package had been received. The same re ply wus received from the consignee, and an investigation was begun. Superintendent Piatt, of the Treasury Department, ad mitted that a sum of money had been stolen. "We are keeping the whole affair as quiet as possible, said Mr. Piatt in con clusion, "and hope to discover the thief and recover the missing money." He refused absolutely to give tho name of either the consignee or consignor. AfFJKST-CLASS room -waits you In tbe to letrooms, cent-a-word advertising columns the Saturday and Miuday DISPATCH. MASQUERADING AS A KAN. The Queer Freak of a Woman Physician and One of Her Nurses, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 7. Spe dal Last night two well-dressed women took the sleeping car on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad at Petoskey for this city. They occupied an entire section, and retired soon after leaving Petoskey. This morning the porter of the car was aston ished to see a person in masculine attire emerge from behind the curtains, which he supposed concealed only women. One of the women of last night came out in a full suit of men's clothing, including a soft felt hat The other looked the same as she did last night The porter did not dare ask any questions, but did not hold his tongue a minute after arriving at the station. The couple walked to a hotel, where the one in men's clothing registered as C L. Dowse, of Leonardsvflle, N. Y., and Miss E. A. Seavey, of Petoskey. The appear ance ot Dowse was so feminine as to excite comment, but no investigation was made, and after breakfast the couple left A tele- fram from Petoskey says that Dr. C Louise lonse is a woman physician there in charge of a sanitarium, and that she foiin erly lived at Leonardsville, N. Y. Miss Seavey is a nurse in the sanitarium. They could not be found after leaving the hotel, and the purpose of the masquerade is unknown. RAUM HAS AN INNING. The Pension Commissioner Slyly Springs a Decided Sensation. CHARGES AGAINST A SECRETARY Of One xt the Congressmen Who Is Now Investigating Mm. inJEWEAVER'S ABSENCE EXPLAINED Washington, April 7. The first ques tions asked Commissioner Raum, to-day, by Mr. Enloe, in the Pension Office investiga tion, related to matters connected with the Indorsement of a note of Raum's by George E. Lemon. The Commissioner refused to answer the questions, and Mr. Enloe then, over the objection of Counsel Payson, put in evidence part of the testimony of last year on this subject. Mr. Enloe asked if the completed files or der had not resulted in the adjudication of 10,000 of Mr. Lemon's cases, and in that way put ?250,000 of fees in Mr. Lemon's pock ets within eight months. Mr. Enloe asked if Mr. Lemon had not left Washineton for Europe immediately after this investiga tion was ordered. Mr. Raum said he had no personal knowl edge as to when Mr. Lemon went abroad, but had heard that since the investigation he and a party had cone to Europe. Mr. Enloe asked if Mr. Lemon had not gone without any other notice to his em ployes than a note announcing that he was going to Europe. Mr. Raum renlied that he knew nothing about the matter. Mr. Enloe next asked if Raum had yet paid the note indorsed by Mr. Lemon. . , The Commissioner said that was private business and declined to answer. Raum Springs a Big Sensation. A decided sensation was sprung when Mr. Enloe asked if the secretaries of Con gressmen ever sold Information of the status of claims to pension attorneys. Mr. Raum had a big bundle of papers and was evidently prepared for just this sort of question, for he produced them and read letters in which the charge was made that Samuel R. Hersey, private secretary of Representative Cooper, of Indiana, had through Ragan & Co., of Kenton, O., and H.C. Peet, of Columbus, Ind., carried on quite a business of this sort, charging 3 to each claimant for status. It wa3 then shown that Hersey had called up these cases on Congressional slips signed by Rep resentative Cooper, one of the prosecutors in the Raum case. Hersey also worked for Mr. Brookshire, of Indiana, and Mr. Gantz, of Ohio, but it was not shown that Hersey's connection with them had been tbe same' as w'ih Cooper,the investigation (as developed bv Mr. Enloe) directed by the Commis sioner having related solely to Mr. Cooper. There were, the Commissioner said, a thousand pension cases all over the North west in which Hersey was involved. It was on this matter that Mr. Lineweaver, whose absence has been frequently inquired about, had been engaged. Gist of the Papers Submitted. The papers relating to tbe affair were of fered in evidence by Mr, Raum, but have not yet been admitted in evidence, the com mittee desiring to examine them and pass upon the matter. The substance of them is covered in a letter from the Commissioner to tne secretary oi tne interior, aatea April 5, recommending Hersey's disbarment In effect, the letter shows that on February 25 last a report was received from J. G. Green wait, a Supervising Special Examiner of the Pension Office, with reference to a com plaint received from John R. Whittinghill, of Crothersville, Ind.,' and formerly in the Ninth Kentucky Volunteers. In this com plaint Whittinghill'-said that he had re ceived a letter from C LVRagau & Co., of Kenton, O., saying that for $3 he would furnish Whittinghill the exact status of his claim and the testimony necessary to it Whittinghill asked if it was a fraud, and if Ragan could furnish the information why couldn't he (Whittinghill) get it from the Pension Office without expense. The papers show that on September 16 of last year the Commissioner wrote Whit tinghill saying that he was not advised upon what method Ragan & Co. were working the Pension Office, and asked him to for ward f 3 to the firm, far which the Pension Office would reimburse him and request a status. This was done, and on November 19 Whittinghill received a reply, giving him as full and accurate; a statement of his claim as if the man had the papers before him, Hersey Caught in tbe Act. Meanwhile the case had been put aside to .ascertain what would come of it, and it turned out that on November 11 the papers in the case were called for by Hersey upon a Congressional slip of Representative Cooper, of Indiana. The Commissioner's letter said that he couldn't know that this was any more than a coincidence, andcould not determine whether there was any con nection between Ragan & Co. and the Cooper slip. So on November 28 Whit tinghill was requested to correspond with Ragan & Co. relative to the claim of Henry Bchrens, of the Ninth Ohio Infantry, tho claim'having been selected at random. On December 22 the claim was called up by Hersey on a Congressional slip of Mr. Cooper, and was carefully examined. Felv ruary 6, 1892, Ragan, writing from Chicago, forwarded a "status" of the claim. In tbe meantime the Commissioner had received a letter dated December 22, 1891, from ex-Representative Williams, of Ohio, calling attention to the fact that certain Ohio pension attorneys were haying their cases called up for status and reported upon by Hersey on Mr. Cooper's Congressional slips. The matter was placed in Greenwalt's hands, and he obtained from the office in which Ragan had formerly worked a letter press book containing 13 copies of letters relating to claims. One letter gave a com plete status of the claim of Mrs. Elizabeth Moffatt, of Elizabethtown, Ind., called up October 7, 1891, on Mr. Cooper's Congres sional slip. Llneweaver as a Detective. At Greenwalt's request Lineweaver was assigned to assist him. In Ohio he took the depositions of P. P. Cunningham, George C. Canfield, John F. Armstrong and D. F. Farst He also took those of John F. Mor gan, of Bloomington, Ind. These papers, the Commissioner's letter said, showed that Hersey secured information on pension claims through a Mr. Feet, and then Peet and Hersey were brought together by Cooper, Peet having been a clerk under Mr. Cooper when the latter was postmaster of Columbus. Pedt was related to Cooper by marriage, and was the confidential man and chief clerk of Marring & Slusher, pension attorneys. Peet furnished Greenwalt with several original letters received from Her sey, giving reports of the status of cases. The plan was, the Commissioner's letter said, that Ragan wrote to pension attorneys and claimants and secured'the business and forwarded it to Peet, who in turn cor responded with Hersey, who used the slips ot Cooper and other members of Congress whom he represented as their clerk. Hersey drew the -cases and ascertained their status and the fees were divided between Hersey, Peet and Ragan. The deposition of James P. Morgan, of Bloomington, Ind., shows that he was taken to Hersey's office by Mr. Cooperl and intro duced to Hersey. and informed that if he had "anything worth payingfor Hersey will attend to it for y oil " Morgan testified that after his return home he wrote to Mr. Coop er, forwarding a list of 25 cases in which he desired their status, the letter closing: "I will pay such compensation as is proper for the status of these claims. I have written to Hersey, but I did not get his address." Ths Prloe of a Status Shaved to 8L This letter, the Commissioner, says, was turned over to Hersey, who acknowledged its receipt, and on February 18, 1892, for warded a statement ot tue status ot a num ber of claims, and wrote: "If you can state what you consider a reasonable amount per claim for such service, I shall be glad to correspond with you further, with a view to our mutual interest For the statements I now send you you may remit what you think is a fair compensation for the labor Involved." Subsequently fl per claim was agreed upon. Morgan stated that after receiving Her sey's letter he wrote to Cooper and remitted. March 5 Morgan received a letter from Her sey, asking a settlement, and closing by saying that he desired to impress tbe fact that the information was to be treated as confidential. Mr. Morgan testified that on March 11 Mr. Cooper wrote him returning the $25 and said: "From your letter it seems you have sent the money to pay him luersey) lor calling np cases, ui course, Jim, I cannot allow you to pay Hersey for that kind of work. He is in my service, and it is only as my secretary that the work can be done for you. I have never received nor knowingly allowed anyone connected with me to charge a cent for that kind o work not even a postage stamp." Congressional Slips for the Waste Basket. Before closing the letter called attention to another matter, namely, a letter received some months ago from Henry Holt, of In dianapolis, stating that Marring, Slusher & Co. earlyin 1889 had printed sbout 20,000 Congressional call slips, on which was a fac simile of the signature of Mr. Cooper, printed with his consent and approval. The letter also said that in 1889 those calls from Marring & Slusher on Mr. Cooper's slips became so numerous that General Black directed that they be thrown in the waste basket Under Commissioner Tanner about 3,000 of them were received, and Mr. Tanner directed that they be destroyed, and that Marring & Slusher be directed to cease using the slips. Attention is next called to a communica tion from C. E. Foote, of Kalamazoo,Mich., of March 5 last, stating that for (5 he se cured a complete status of five pension olaims from Charles L. Ragan & Co., which Peet and Hersey called up on Congressional slips. Foote's purpose in corresponding with them was to expose them. On March 10 Foote received a letter from Ragan & Co. announcing their retirement from the pension business. HARRISON HAS A HOLIDAY. TBE PRESIDENT AGAIN ON THE TRAIL OF THE SNIPE, Once More He Feels Easy About Bering Sea Matters Blaine Interviewed ADout tbe Modus Vivendi Sealers to Ba Well Iooked After. Washington, April 7. President Har rison left Washington to-night, via the Pennsylvania Railroad, for New Church, Va., on Chesap'eake Bay, to enjoy a brief respite from official cares and to do some snipe shooting. He expects to return to the city by Saturday evening. The President was accompanied by Lieutenant Parker and George W. Boyd, ot Philadelphia, Assist ant General Passenger Agent of the Penn sylvania Railroad. Secretary Blaine said this afternoon that an agreement had not yet been finally concluded with the British Government in regard to a modus vivendi in Bering Sea, pending the settlement, by arbitration, of the jurisdictional rights of the United States in those waters. He declined, how ever, to say anything with regard to the condition of the negotiations on that sub ject. The departure of the President from the city at this time, however, is regarded as specially sigmncant, in view or a state ment attributed to him that he would not go away until tbe auestion of a modus vivendi had been settled one way or the other. His departure, taken in conjunction with the fact that he had a long conference with the British Minister yesterday, and one with Secretary Blaine this afternoon gives more than a semblance of probability to the be lief in certain qnarters that an agreement has practically been reached by the Presi dent and the British Minister for a suspen sion of pelagic sealing in Bering Sea, and that the basis of the agreement has been communicated to Lord Salisbury for his action. As it is not likely that the British Prem ier will dispose of the matter for several days, the President probably thought he could avail himself of the interval for a few days' recreation. The agreement so nearly concluded is said to be substantially the same as the modus vivendi of last year, which expires on the 1st proximo, the catch of the North American Commercial Com pany on the seal islands being again limited to 7,S00 seals. The President, it is said, in sisted that this allowance was necessary for the subsistence of the natives. Active preparations are now being made at the Navy and Treasury Departments for the dispatch of vessels to the Bering Sea. The vessels to be used in this service will be the revenue steamers Rush, Rear, Corwin and Albatross and the warships Ranger, Adams and Monican, and possibly either the Charleston, Baltimore or Yorktown most likely the last named. These arrange ments are being made in anticipation of a favorable conclusion of the negotiations for a modus vivendi which will include active co-operation on the part of the British navy. ALLEGED CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA. A Eouthslde Man Tears Bis Flesh and Be haves Like a Mad Doe;. Morgan Morgan, a Southside millworker, had an attack last night which was either delirium tremens or hydrophobia. He boards at 1109 Bingham street Last even ing about 7 o'clock the other boarders were attracted to his room by a peculiar barking noise, and when they entered they beheld Morgan writhing in agony on the floor and with his glaring eyes and frothing month he looked dangerous. Four men were re quired to hold him until morphine was administered. After the effects of the drug wore ofThe became rational, but soon fell asleep and was kept under watch during tbe night During his frenzy Morgan had bitten great pieces ot flesh lrom his arms and other parts of his body, and everything destructible in his room was reduced to splinters. He was bitten by a dog about a year ago, and his friends think the effects of heavy drinking, coupled with the bite, produced an attack of rabies. CUSTOMS FRAUDS IS 'FBISC0. Their Investlcatlon Causes the President to Fire an Appraiser. San Fkancisco, April 7. The investi gation of Custom House frauds, which re sulted in President Harrison directing the removal of Charles M. Scavy, Appraiser of Merchandise to-day, has been carried on quietly for several days past. Agents of the Government nave been divided into two investigating parties. Agent Tingle left last night for Wash ington to report to the Department The charge against Appraiser Seavy is com plicity in fraudulent undervaluation of silk goods imported by Nenberger, Reiss & Co., of this city, which firm was recently obliged by Federal courts to pay 570,000 duties due on goods fraudulently entered. Seavy's office was also subjected some months ago to an investigation on a con signment of Sumatra tobacco to Liebes Brothers, of this city. A SUSPICION OF POISON-. The Sudden Death of a Lancaster Olrl Is to Be Inquired Into. Lancasieb, April 7. Ada R. Ebersol, a 19-year-old girl, formerly of Lancaster coun ty, died suddenly at Dalton, O., last month, and her body was brought to her old home and interred. This morning A. G. Martin and J. M. Ginrich, of Bachmanville, Leb anon county, uncles of the girl, went to Lancaster to notify the District Attorney of their belief that the girl had died from poison, and to ask for an investigation. The girl had recently inherited a consid erable, estate, which is believed to have prompted her murder. The body will be exhumed. PARKHURST WORSTED In His Famous Suit and Also Boasted by the Lawyera HATTIE ADAMS TELES HEE ST0EY And Says the Doctor Is a Conspirator and a . High Kicker. THE JDRT WEEE UNABLE TO AGEEH rSrECTAL TZiEOBAM TO TOE DISPATcn.1 New Yobk, April 7. The six intelligent jurors who listened yesterday to the stories told by Dr. Parkhurst and his agents of their visit to Hattie Adams' establishments, listened to-day to the woman's own story. Then they retired 'and wrestled for two hours with the testimony. They came bock into court and said that they had been una ble to agree whether the house was disreputable or not They said nothing about the connecting house, which was not named in the dispossess proceedings. Lawyer William Grossman, for Mrs. Adams, opened the case: "Mrs. Adams kept a respectable boarding house. We will prove that," he said, "and we will show you, gentlemen, that this whole pros ecution is the result of a conspiracy. We will show you that the women who were there on the night of Parkhurst's visit were friends of Gardner, Parkhurst's agent, who had them there in order to man ufacture the evidence. We will show that Gardner got a woman to go into that house to board, and that she, this woman of Gardner's, had a number of friends call on her that night It was a pre arranged scheme, and what happened there, if anything did happen, was without the consent or knowledge of Mrs. Adams. This man Gardner, gentlemen, this paid spy, is a man with whom Dr. Parkhurst should not associate. He is a man who does not live with his wife because 'he does not see fit" Thought It Was a Friendly Call. Mrs. Adams testified that the two houses were entirely separate; that one was her private residence and the other a boarding house of which she was proprietress. "Are all your boarders single women?" she was asked. "Well, not particularly." Mrs. Adams' lawyer took her in hand aeain. She repeated that when the Park hurst party got there they asked for Miss Devoe, and that on the occasion of the first visit, without Dr. Parkhurst, Mr. Gardner and Mr. Erving asked for the same lady. They could not have got into the house, she said, unless they bad known one of the boarders. She called Miss Devoe, she said, and remained in the room a few minutes and then went out. She neither saw nor heard anything improper. They re mained half an hour. Before they went they said they had been visiting gambling nouses and had lost a lot of money. She thought it was all right as long as they were friends of Miss Devoe, and she greeted them and Parkhurst, who struck her as be ing a very mysterious person. Pnrkhnrst Played a Frojr. "I got some beer for them twice," shs said. "During my presence nothing im proper, diigraceful or wrong happened. I think they were there three-quarters of an hour. I was downstairs getting a cup of te3 when I heard them going out, and I went up and bade them good night and closed up the house." Mrs. Adams then declared that she would not under any circumstances have permitted the party to come into the house had she, known that thev wanted to see any enter tainment other than an innocent one. "Tell me what the girls told yon took place," said Lawyer Grossman. Mrs. Adams answered: '"They said they had a dance, and one of the girls told me that Dr. Parkhurst played the frog in the leap frog game, and that he kicked their hats. I would not swTear to that, you know, but that's what they told me." She said she was horrified when she heard of the exhibition. "Did you ever see any of your ladles kissed by the gentlemen callers?" asked Mr. Tall man. 'I guess," said Mrs. Adams," that there is not a parlor in New York where young ladies are not kissed." Mrs. Adams was relieved, and witnesses were called to prove the good character of the house. They were all of them non-committal except pr. Pntmen. He had been there many limes and had never seen any thing out of the way. A Boast for Ihe Divine. Lawyer Hirschfield summed up the case for Mrs. Adams. He sailed into Dr. Park hurst, and called Detective Gardner a liber tine and a blackmailer. He talked an hour. He concluded: "And now, gentlemen, the fair name and fame of Hattie Adams is in your hands." Mr. Tollman talked 20 minutes in his closing. He said, among other things: "I don't know that I agree with all that Dr. Parkhurst does. I don't know that it is a part of the dnty of a clergyman to go and see vice in all its nakedness to go quite as far and see as much as he did. I should have very grave doubts, if a ministet of my church should go as far as he had done, "whether I would support him, but I think he has power, courage and backbone. The fair name and fame ot Hattie Adams," he concluded, "Heaven save the mark." The jury returned twice for information and Instruction". When they returned finally, and the Judge asked if they had ar rived at a verdict, the foreman said: "We cannot agree on a verdict We have argued the case in all its lights and cannot agree. " They were discharged. They stood four for Hattie Adams and two for the landlord who was seeking to dispossess her. The trouble was over the question whether both houses were used for the same purpose, the dance having taken plaab in 33 and the dispossess proceedings being taken by the proprietors of 31, HUNTING FOB DEAD B0DIE3. Wrecfclnc of the Burned Steamer Golden Bnle Proceeding Bapidly. Cincinnati, April 7. The wrecking of the Golden Rule is In progress to-day and great crowds' line the water's edge. The deck has been floated to a considerable ex tent by the removal of some of the heavy freight. The work of the fire was fearful. The irons of the vessel, as well as that in the cargo, were twisted in fantastic shapes. No bodies have yet been found, but the work will proceed rapidly unless the river should rise' enough to interrupt FRENCH NOVELS SCORED. A .Literary Parisian Takes a Bealthy View ot the Beallstlo School. Paris, April 7. M. P. Creloti, in an ad dress at the French Academy to-day, criti cised the existing schools of fiction and at tacked the naturalist school as one that "sent forth flames and smoke as from foul straw," selecting its subjects solely from the dregs of the people in great towns, and "never looking beyond the splash of mud." This school, he said, was doomed to pass away as soon as an unhealthy curiosity tired of it IF your room or boarding does not suit yon pernse Ihe "To Let Booms" and "Wanted Boarders" In tbe cent-a-word col umn of the Saturday and Sunday DI3 PATCB. Fighting for laical Traffic. The Baltimore and Ohio Railway Com pany is arranging toeive the people a lower fare between McKeesport and Pittsburg, and will compel the Lake Erie to do like wise. The round trip to Pittsburg on both roads is 60 cents and the single fare 45. The Baltimore and Ohio will cut the single trip to 35 cents and the round trip to 0 cents.
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