V ' ' tttti-i 4 BOOMS SOON EENTED By Using the Cent-a-Word Col umns ot The Dispatch An Adlct Saturday or Sunday Will Do It. FORTY SEVENTH TEAR HARRISON HELPS HIS BOOM ALONG, The President Getting Daily More Solicitous Al)ont the Situation. MAKING MAKY FEIMDS. People Who Never Expected to Be So Well Treated by the President PROMISED ALL THEY DEMAND. Quay and Harrison Can Converse Only on Fishing and Shooting. Peculiar Eeported Interview Between the Senator and the Chief Executive Neither Has Any Use for the Other Except Politically The President Treating His Visitors Nowadays With a Great Deal of Respect A Massachu setts Man Makes Himself Famous for at Least a Day Congressman Stone Hopeful of Securing a Proper Appro priation for Allegheny's Postofflce Senator Quay's Work for the Mc Keesport Public Building. TSPICIAL TELECnArHIC LETTER. Uukeac of Tite BisrAToa, ) VTashigto:.-, D. C, April 15. " So many important State conventions will take place within the next two or three weeks that the President is naturally grow ing more and more solicitous each day in regard to the "situation." On one pretext or another he is securing a visit at the "White House from all the important poli ticians in their States who are within reach. The little subterfuges by which he induces them to walk into his parlor are very artis tic, and the increase of invitations to pol iticians, never so favored before, to stretch their nether limbs under the Government mahogany in the family dining room is ab solutely astounding to those who know of the reticence of the past in that respect. All men of influence who have favors to uk are welcome now, and if there was any doubt in regard to the ability of the Presi dent in the domain of diplomacy during the discussion with Chile and Great Britain, there is none now. . Peculiar Political Promises Made. Everybody comes away pleased, imagin ing he will get just what he wants, although if he were compelled to state the exact lan guage of the Presidental promise he might find his remembrance is somewhat clouded, either by the craft of the sentences or by the wooing and befogging atmosphere of the library cigars and the dining room viands. Of course he does not attempt this nice little game of indirect prandial persua sion with those old stagers in politics with whom he has been at odds lor some time. They cannot be caught by any show of un usual attention or by the most accomplished use of soft solders. Several gentlemen of this type have called lately, and among them Senator Quay. The President sent for the Senator. He wished to consult with him in regard to the confirmation of Miller. Again, later, he wished to gain the wisdom of his advice in regard to the Supreme Judgeship. No Compromise Tet With Quay. A visit of this kind within the last day or two has suggested to some impulsive minds that Senator Quay and the President have "made up." Not so. The President knows that the Senator is not particularly sentimental when it comes to politics. No tender appeal to "let bygones be bygones" could induce Quay to fall on Harrison's neck and declare undying friendship, and the President knows.it. If the interviews between the Senator and the President of late could be reported as faithfully as the proceedings of the ex ecutive sessions of the Senate they would wade immensely interesting reading. But in this instance there are only two persons involved and both modeled after the most secretive type. Only the vaguest hints, percolating through the more active lips of intimate personal friends, give the faintest suggestion of the extraordinary character of those meetings. It is said that the weather is discussed in all its phases, and, as there are more kinds of weather in a day in "Washington thau almost anywhere else in the universe, that topic is interesting for a considerable space. Some Subjects or Mutual Interest. Then fishing and duck shooting have liberal treatment. Both the great men get along finely in discussing these things. They are practically unanimous about the weather, and as to fishing and hunting, Harrison never fishes and Quay never shoots, and so they sit and swap stories without any possibility of dispute. It is asserted by a close friend of one of the gentlemen that at the last meeting the weather and sporting occupied the entire time of a long inter view, until the Senator had risen to gb, when the President suddenly said, as though he had just remembered, after having forgotten it for a long time: "By the way, you have a State Conven tion up your way soon, I believe?" And it is asserted that the Senator answered: "I think there is to be one, but I don't just now recall the date. Good day, Mr. President." "Good dav, Senator. Call again." "Thanks." One Tie Alone That Bind. Of course, I cannot vouch for the truth of this report of this executive session of Harrison and Quay, but it comes to me from the best authority I can unearth. You see, there is no use in any long discussion or bargaining between the two men. The President knows exactly what the Senator wants, and that all he has to do is to tell him he can have it, and then no kissing or embracing will be necessary to cement the friendship. Quay has no use for Harrison except politically. Harrison has no use for Quay except politically. Which can get along best without the other :s a problem the President has pretty nearly solved, and this week may possibly not expire before , he will inform the Senator it may be . through the medium of a parable of the fishes or the ducks just what the conclu sion is. It may not result in positive in structions for Harrison at Minneapolis, but it is likely to crop out in a resolution to be adopted by the convention with a grand hurrah. Made Famous for at Least a Day. An "open letter" to the President of the United States, signed "James B. Cardwell, of Boston," has been given considerable prominence to-day. It was published simul taneously here and in Boston, and corre spondents of afternoon journals telegraphed it pretty generally .over the country, not because any importance was attached to it here, but because they looked upon it as "pood stuff." Here the only opinion of it is that it is vulgar and insulting, a tirade which no gentleman would write, and whose author has apparently concealed himself behind an assumed name. I cannot discover from inquiry among Massachusetts members of Congress that any such person as Cardwell exists in Bos ton. They are quite certain he is not a person of any prominence. Here the letter caused scarcely a passing notice. In fact, I can find verv few who have read it Not recognizing in the name a person of any national or State reputation, they wasted no time on the matter, which, at best, is composed wholly of a re-hash, in very abusive style, of things that have been charged against Mr. Harrison at a time when they were "live news," and which have been discussed threadbare by every newspaper of the country. Of course, neither the President nor any of his friends will give the least heed to the vulgar effu sion, but Cardwell, if such a person is in existence, has accomplished his purpose. He has made himself notorious for a day. Allegheny's Postofflce Appropriation. Eepresentative Stone was before the Com mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House to-day for a final hearing in be half of his bill to increase the appropria tion for a site for and commencement of the Allegheny postofEce from 5100,000 to 5250,- 000. The bill will .be favorably reported within a few days, and has a good chance to become a law. Those whose objections were most feared, recognizing the necessity for a. postofflce in the great city of Alle gheny, have signified their approbation of the bill, and this includes the great econom ical objector, Mr. Holman. The credit for these favorable prospects is due whollv to Eepresentative Stone, whose labors and watchfulness have been constant and un tiring. Senator Quay appeared before the Com mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds ot the Senate to-day in advocacy of his bills for postoffices at McKeesport and Altoona, and in response to his presentations the bills will be sent to the Senate, with favor able reports, probablv on Mondav. The re ports will ask for 5100,000 for McKeesport andSloO.OOO for Altoona. A bill reported favorably to the House to-day appropriates 550,000 for a marine hospital at Gallipolis, on the Ohio, an in stitution whose need has been recognized by all who are interested in the river com merce. LlGHTNEB. CARDWELL'S CARD. A Sensational Open Letter Attacking the President Harrison A censed of Divert ing Campaign Fnnds Dudley a Scape goat Blaine's Ideas 'Appropriated A not Deliverance, "Washington-, April 15. Under the caption, "An Open Letter A Business Man Addresses a Caustic Letter to Presi dent Harrison," the Post this morning printed a column from John J. Cardwell, of Boston. The writer, after referring to the nomination at Chicago, "on account of your supposed ability to carry your own State," says: But let us examine for a moment the rec ord you made as a candidate after your lie.uten.uita at Chicago had promised, with, your personal sanction, that you would car ry Indiana without any outside aid what ever. So sooner was the campaign fairly on than you called on the National Com mittee for the services of all the party's great speakers, from James G. Blaine down through the whole list. You asked that the party's forensic strength be simply massed In Indiana to help save the State. Then came the most monstrous demand of all, made by the Chatr man of your S-tate Central Committee, upon the Republican National Committee, lor the enormous sum of $200,000 nearlv a quaiterof a million for use m Indiana! You ft ere refused the cash, and you then asked for and received permission to canvass the West formoney, which you did with the 10 sult of raising an enormous lund. Now, as the National Committee paid all the speak ers sent into Indiana, what did you do with that monev? Is it not fair to presume that you used it for the corruption of voters, in view of the lact that you had stated that theie was a large puiehasable vote In your State? Can you face your honest country men with an answer to this question? The writer then charges that Mr. Harri son suggested the "blocks of five" scheme carried out by Dudley, and then criticises the President for ignoring the Colonel and insulting him by refusing to recognize him at the inaugural ball. In this strain the "open letter" continues, averring that the President stole Blaine's thunder, tried to suppress the Secretary's reciprocity clause in the McKinley bill, and joined others "in the attempted larceny of the credit for this great policy." No comment is made, and the letter stands alone on th6 editorial page oi the Post. CANDIDATES 10 SUCCEED YOUNG Crop Up All Around, Backed by the Senators Who Had the Clerk Bounced. Wasiiixgton, April 15. Special There are several candidates already in the field for appointment as Principal Execu tive Clerk of the Senate, to succeed James B. Young, removed without investigation on the false charge of having revealed executive session secrets. The Kansas Senators have brought forward Charles S. Martin, of Kansas, who was the very effi cient Chief Clerk of the Fifty-first Congress. Senator Sherman, who reported from the Foreign Affairs Committee the resolution providing for Mr. Young's removal, has a candidate in the parson of "Wilson Vance, formerly a well-known "Washington news paper correspondent, and now a wealthy citizen of Findlay, O. The North Dakota Senators will urge the appointment of Harrison Allen, and Sena tors Dawes and Hoar will indorse Frank Cushing, known to fame as the "Zuni traveler," the man who traveled extensively in Zuni land and married a native Zuni lady. Other candidates will probably ap pear in the interval before the Senate caucus convenes to elect Mr. Young's successor. FLAGS EAISED OK GOOD FBIDAY. An Innovation at New fork's City Hall on a Beliglous Holiday. New York, April 15. Special The intelligent citizens of this city, who were in a position to-day to see that the flags were. flying from the staffs on the City Hall won dered greatly what occasion it was that called them forth. A few persons unac quaintedfwith the history of Good Friday thought that the holiday, which was ob served in the municipal offices, was thus noted. Martin Keese, the janitor .of the City Hall, was asked why he raised the flags. He replied that "Willis Holly, the Mayor's private secretary, had ordered him to do 6a The chances are that Mr. Keese is mistaken, or that Mr. Holly understood him to ask if the flags should be raised on next Tuesday, which is the anniversary of the battle of Lexington. The 'Aldermen passed a resolution requiring the flags to be raised on Tuesday. Alderman O'Beirne said he did not know ' whv the flags were flying. He refused to order them pulled down because he took it for granted that they were raised by the order of some one in authority. Mayor Grant was not at his office, and so no opin ion from him on the matter could be ob tained. Because the flags were firing on the City Hall, Jo-day will stand forth as an ex ceptional day in the history of this city. TEED'S BIG SCHEME. HE AIMS TO CONFEDERATE A IX CELIBATE SOCIETIES. The Economltes Form Only a Fart of His Flan He Narrates the History of Trustee Doss A Storm Gathering About the Koreshan Prophet. Chicago, April 15. The peculiar insti tution known here as the "College of Life" is for rent The 60 inmates, chiefly women, are to move to a new establishment in Washington Heights, one of the choicest residence suburbs of Chicago. Their pres ence there, it is said, may result in a storm such as overwhelmed " Prince" Michael in Detroit. Teed, the head of the Chicago community, the "Koreshan-Christ," in an interview to day, denied that John Duss, who. became one of the chief officers of' the Economite Society in Pennsylvania, has been asked by him to join the Economltes as a Teed agent to secure to the latter the control of the Economite property, valued at 540,000,000. Teed admitted, however, having a project in which the Economite Society cuts con siderable figure. He referred to the scheme as "my plan for confederating the celibate societies of the United States for the ulter ior purpose of instituting an industrial and commercial enterprise." Said Mr. Teed: I have visited the Economltes, as I havo other celibate communities, and had a con ference with their Board or Elders. I was received kindly and my propositioms for a union of all the celibate societies met with considerable favor. No definite understand ing has been reached as yot.hnt by no means has anything ocourred to mar or disturb our fiiendly relations. I'll tell you all about Mr. Duss. First, let me tell you, however, that Mr. Fishem, the man who had, perhaps, been opposing me In the Economite community, Is dead. He died and was burled two weeks ago. Now, as to my relations with Mr. Duss. Mr. Duss has Ions had friends In the Economite Society. He himself was brought up among them.but on leaching his majority left them to mingle with the outside world. He became a school teacher, and after a time was hired by the Economites to teach in their school. While so employed he fell in love with Miss Kapp, daughter of the founder of the society, and they neie married. They then lett the Economites and went out west, purchased a farm and went into stock raising. But Miss Kapp, now Mrs. Duss, had always been a favorite with the Economltes, and great inducements were held out to her and her husband to return to that body. They did ho, and a few years later both professed belief in the doctrine of celibacy and be came members of the society. About this time a vacancy occurred on the Board of Elders, the supreme governing power otthe society, and Mr. Duss was elected a member of that body and soon alter was chosen one of the trustees. After all this had occurred I visited the society and lormed the ac quaintance of Mr. Duss, as I did that of other members of the board. STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. Fifteen Houses Destroyed and Lots of Fruit Trees Kulned. NOBFOLK, Va., April 15. Special A cyclone struck this section about 8 o'clock last night and carried destruction in its path. The wind attained velocity of 60 miles an hour, and hail as large as hazel nuts fell. The greatest damage done was at Lambert's Point, where new -roundhouse is being erected by the Norfolk and "West ern Bailroad Company. A wall 200 feet around and from 12 to 22 feet high was blown down as if it had been paper. For tunately no one was around at the time. The three masted schooner C, Captain Insley, of Philadelphia, encountered the gale about one mile below Craney Island light, and lost all topmasts, besides having all sails blown to pieces. The vessel came near running into Bush's Bluff lightship. In Princess Anne county, near Creed's bridge, 15 dwelling houses, barns and many farming implements were totally destroyed. The cyclone caused great consternation among the residents. Fruit trees were ruined, but the early crops are uninjured. The storm originated in Texas, and is sweep ing across the 'Continent, carrying death and destruction before it. EEVENGE ON A POLITICAL BI7AL. A Mouthful of Tobacco Jules Squirted Over a Faction Leader. AsbtjbyPabk, N.J., April 15. Special During the late election for School Trustees at Oceanport a bitter quarrel ensued be tween two factions, each eager to control the board in the interest of certain women teachers. Finally the leaders ot the fac tions, James "Welling, agent of the South ern Bailroad of New Jersey at Eatontown, and Dr. Ellis "W. Crator, of Oceanport, con fronted each other, when the former re ceived full in his face a mouthful of tobac co juiqe. The railroad man scorned to resent the insult with force, but procured a warrant charging assault and battery against the doctor. Dr. Crator was arraigned yester day at Oceanport to answer the charge, and gave bail in 5200 to await the action ot the May grand jury. GOTHAM'S HIGHLY MOKAL SPASM. The Police Ordered to See That Not a Law Is Violated. New YOEK, April 15. Special At the meeting oi the Superintendent, inspectors and captains of police yesterday, verbal orders were given to the captains by Super intendent Byrnes, instructing them to see that all gambling houses in their precincts are closed, to shut up all disorderly houses, to arrest all loiterers in the streets, and, in short, to enforce the law. A special order was given that all saloons be closed Sunday to let the people of New York see how a really dry Sunday goes. Nothing was said concerning the poolrooms, which are protected by law, except that things should not be made unpleasant for them. QTJEEB FIND IN AN ABANDONED CAVE, The Body of a Large Child 'With Some "Valuable Ornaments. Denver, April, 15. Special. From Laveta comes a story of how two prospectors, on examining an abandoned cave, discovi ered the form of a child some 2 or 3 years old, which weighed over 140 pounds. An examination showed a string of beads around the neck, and a bracelet around one arm, apparently the finest of gold filigree work. A broken fragment was submitted to chemical analysis, and found to be strongly impregnated with gold. The find is pro nounced to be a type of Indian and Spaniard. HARRISON, as an old newspaper corre spondent knows him to be, In THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. Befugees Spreading Disease. Des Moines, April 15 A case of small pox was discovered to-day in the family of a Polish Hebrew. Every precaution has been taken -by the health authorities. An other contingent of Eussiatt Hebrews is ex pected here next week. PITTSBURG. SATURDAY. APRIL 16. 1892-TWELVE QUAY TO SPEAK OUT. His Rule of Silenqe to Be Broken at the Coming State Convention., TO BE A BOOM FOR RE-ELECTION. The Bli.s Conference Story Repeated, De spite Contradictions. WASHINGTON SENTIMENT FOR M'KINLET tSPEClAL TELEGBAJI TO THE DISPATCH. Habbisbubg, April 10. Senator Mat thew Stanley Quay will be one of the dele gates from Beaver county to the Bepnblican State Convention here next "Wednesday, and will exercise his prerogative as such to address the convention himself in a looked for lengthy speech. His address will not be of an apologetic order, but rather will flavor of persuasiveness. He will not de nounce his enemies in fearful tones, but will seek to win the delegates by reviewing what he has done for Bepnblicanism and what can be done by absolute party har mony. Although Quay has never addressed a po litical gathering, he now sees it imperative, it is said, to depart from the role of "silent leader," and try and set himself straight in the eyes of the Bepnblican party and the country. This move will be made in an ef fort to emulate Secretary of the Common wealth Harrity's victory at last Wednes day's Democratic gathering. Planning to Secure a Be-EIectlon. Quay's friends declare he will carry the convention overwhelmingly, and such an outcome would practically assure his re election to the Upper House of Congress by the 1892 Legislature. "While Senator Quay has not prepared any speech, it is known that the substance of his remarks will run about as follows: It is party harmony that oils the machine, and not so much the leader as it is an under standing of the principles that govern the party. For a long time I have retrained from speechmaking, but the silence has sub mitted me td such gross criticism from Re Sublican opponents and others that I have eclded to place myself on record in this departure. Then the Senator will go on to say that 'success in politics is primarily due to effective organization, and it is expected that he will dwell upon methods of his own, although he may not be personal to this end. It is probable that he will refer to party or ganization methods as inculcated by the elder Cameron keeping in constant and close communication with every leader, and which plan, Quay's friends say, he has always adopted. Qnay Sore to be Understood. Exactly what lines Quay will follow in directly vindicating himself are not known. He may be specific, and he may not. "Any how," one follower says, "he will be under stood, and his words will carry the conven tion in his favor." The Senator, who is now in "Washington, will arrive here on Monday, and will oc cupy his old room on the third floor front of the Lochiel Hotel, from whence Bepub lican schemes have emanated for the last quarter of a century. Here he will meet Commissioner Holliday, Comptroller Gilke son, Captain Coobaugh, Colonel Eeynolds, Harvey Shoemaker and numerous other followers, and then the wording of his pro posed address will probably be agreed upon. This procedurey.i with secrecy.Ht-erj erang in the party, and unlooked-for re sults may ioiiow. Quay was elected a Beaver county delegate solely for this pur pose, and, being a delegate, he will have pretty much of an advantage. THE PRESIDENT CHAFFED By His Cabinet Members About the Bliss Conference In New York Foster Denies the Story, and So Does Bliss, hut Its Truth Is Reasserted. "Washington, April 15. Special The interesting account in to-day's papers of the conference at the residence of Cor nelius N. Bliss last night, at which a Mc Kinley and Bliss Presidental ticket was discussed and indorsed by a number of lead ing Bepublicans, attracted general attention in "Washington to-day. The result of the conference will give great uneasiness to the President and administration officials gen erally, although they will not admit it At the Cabinet meeting this morning the account was called to the President's at tention by a member of the Cabinet, and the Pesident was the subject of considerable chaffing at the hands of his lieutenants. He professed to make light of the story, and after the Cabinet conference adjourned those present who were spoken to endeav ored to pooh-pooh the report of disloyalty on the part of McKinley and Bliss and the New York Republican leaders who have de termined to bring the new ticket to the front, Foster, of Course, Wasn't There. Secretary Foster was more outspoken on the subject than any of his colleagues. "When The Dispatch correspondent asked him how the result of last night's confer ence would affect Mr. Bliss' standing with the administration, the Secretary replied: "There is not a word of truth in the story of the conference. It is absolutely untrue from, beginning to end." The Secretary persisted in this statement, in the face ot the assurance that the story was correct. He would not discuss it, but insisted that no such conference as reported had taken place. In other quarters, how ever, the report was believed to be accurate. For a long time the anti-Harrison men, who are very numerous in both Houses ot Con gress, have had their eyes on McKinley as a very available candidate, and they have purposely kept quiet the fact that they were grooming him for the race. They know perfectly well that the Governor could get the delegation of his State for the asking, and they saw no necessity for haste in bringing him out as a candidate. McKinley a Great Washington Favorite. Since Cullom's withdrawal and Alger's collapse McKinley has been a favorite with a very large majority of the anti-Harrison men, and the Ohio Governor is the man whom the President has been afraid of all along. He has known that his enemies, such men as Piatt, Quay, Clarkson and Dudley were simply waiting for the time and the man, and he is no doubt perfectly sure, even if Secretary Foster will not ad mit it, that the men who are now trotting out McKinley mean business. The Ohio man appears to be a favorite in "Washington with all classes of Republicans. Harrison men, anti-Harrison men and Blaine men and the friends ot all other possible candidates have a good word to say for McKinley, and every public man spoken to to-day who is not wedded to Harrison in dorsed the idea of the McKinley and Bliss ticket. ' The anti-Harrison men here, with out exception, are pleased that some step has at last been taken looking to a concen tration of forces on some candidate with whom the ambitions of Harrison for re nomination can be defeated. A telegram from New York says Mr. Bliss positively declares he is for Harrison and Morton, though he doesn't deny that the meeting referred to was" held at his house last night. Miners Hot Against a. Legislature, Oskaloosa, lA,, April 15. The State Miners' Association adjourned to-day after passing hot resolutions denouncing the State Legislature for not enacting several bills wanted by the miners. Resolutions were also adopted demanding the eight-hour day for miners. The next meeting will be in October. It is said that no strike will occur this summer, but that one may come next fall. CLERKS IN COLLUSION. More Peculiarities or the Pension Office System ot Doing Business Shown Dp Cases Forwarded Jnst Before Election for Purely Political Effect. "Washington, April 15. Assistant Sec retary Bussey, of the Interior Department, testified before the Pensibn Office Investi gating Committee to-day that he had re cently received a letter, from an attorney stating that James Dugan, acting as clerk to Eepresentative Hallowell, of Pennsyl vania, had offered to furnish information similar to that furnished by Hersey. He had sent the letter to the Commissioner. Mr. Bussey contradicted statements made by Green B. Raura, Jr., yesterday reflect ing on the character of James Eugle, a Pen sion Office clerk who had brought charges against young Eaum. W. E. Stieff, a Pension Office clerk, tes tified that he and other Pension Office clerks were specially assigned to attend to the calls made by Mr. Dunbar, Mr. Cooper's Congressional competitor. Eed A. Durnan, chief of the 'Western division of the Pension Office, testified that his division answered about 75 of Mr. Dan bar's calls and some 150 or 200 remained unanswered. The instructions were to answer all that could be answered by the Tuesday before the election the inference, of course, being that if calls could not be answered by that time it would be no good. Mr. McCullough, another clerk, testified that he was discharged by the Commis sioner, who wrote that he did not know that witness was furnishing information to George B. Fleming, but the fact that wit ness associated with Fleming was sufficient reason for his discharge. He was rein stated after declaring that he had furnished no information to Fleming. He worked on cases under the completed files system. Mr. Lemon at first had most of the cases. Sub sequently Milo B. Stevens, who had offices in Washington, Cleveland, Chicago and De troit, had more cases than anyone else. Deputy Commissioner Davidson, of the Pension Office, testified that when he re ceived Mr. Dunbar's letter asking to be treated on the same plane as Congressmen with respect to pension cases, the request was accompanied by about 250 calls. It was unusual for the office to give this privilege to other than members in such a large num ber of cases, though it was customary to oc casionally call up the cases for prominent persons. CHOKED A HAD DOG TO DEATH. Nature's Weapons Employed to Advantage In a Llfe-and-Death Struggle. SACO, Me., April IS Special James Cummings, a well-to-do farmer living on the ferry road, in this city, had a desperate fight for life with a big bull mastiff Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Cnmmings had owned this huge bulldog for a number of years, and the animal has always behaved well until Tues day, when he became mad and tackled his master as he was going out to the barn. Mr. Cummings saw the animal was frothing at the mouth, and realized that unless some thing was done quickly the savage brute would kill him. He had no weapons, but being an nnusuallv powerful man, he suc ceeded, after a desperate struggle, in choking the dog to death. orjfcjirpm?-Jeatner coijar, i&k? ofaiwaim bv this "before he could Site him, and held"him by the throat with the other hand, keenih? the brute in this position for nearly ten minutes. It was a difficult task, but Cummings knew it was a case of life or death with him, and did not remove his death grip on the ani mal's throat until several minutes after he ceased to struggle. The plucky farmer escaped without a scratch. CEIME DEBAES CITIZENSHIP. Why a Judge Befnsed to Naturalize a Con victed Rolling Mill Striker. Aixentown, Pa., April 15. Judge Al bright has handed down an opinion giving his reasons for refusing to naturalize John Ferry, a Catasauqna rolling mill striker, who was in November last found guilty of unlawful assembly. Judge Albright says: The United States statute provides that before the Court shall admit an alien to citizenship it shall be made to appear that he has resided in the United States five years at least, and during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and well disposed to the good older and happiness of the same, bald con viction establishes that the petitioners at the time of the commission of said, offense, was not of the disposition and repute re quired by the naturalization laws. He violated a penal law of this Commonwealth. For that reason his petition must be refused at this time. The Court Is not disposed to deal harsher with the petitioner than neces sary. FULFILLED HIS THBEAT AT LIFE. A Tragedy Ends the Quarrels of a Man and Wife Near Chaster, Pa. Chestee, Pa., April 15. Eudolph Smith, a laborer in Aston township, quar reled with his wife this evening and shot her. The husband was under the influence of liquor and struck her in the head with a cup. Carrying out his threat to kill her, he went into the house, procured a shotgun, and while she stood in the door he fired, the load taking effect in her stomach. The woman lived'but one hour. She was 24 years old and leaves two small children. The murderer was taken to Media and com mitted to jail. The Smiths had lived an unhappy life for several years, the husband frequently threatening to take her life. CONAN DOYLE'S new detective story, the adventure of the Beryl Coronet, begins In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. HOT AS P00B AS HE LOOKED. A Seedy-Looking Immigrant With 83,000 In His Pocket Turns Up Sllsslng. NewYoek, April 15. Philip Herzog, an immigrant, arrived at this port March 20. His appearance was so poverty-stricken that Superintendent of Emigration Weber was about to send him back, when Herzog produced 53,000 and proceeded to his desti nation, Kirkville, 111. To-day Superintendent Weber received a letter from Chapin & Houghton, bankers at Kirkville, asking for information of Herzog. The bankers state that they have 53,600 to his credit in their bank, but that he has not arrived there, nor have they received any news of him. CANADA BTBIKINCr BACK. The Dominion to Ketallate Against New foundland in Fishery Matters. Ottawa, Ont., April 15. It is under stood that the act respecting the exporta tion of bait, of which Tupper has given notice, will enable the Canadian Govern ment to apply to Newfoundland fishing ves sels in Canadian waters the same treatment that is applied to Canadian vessels in New foundland waters. During the past season 108 Newfoundland vessels fished in Canadian Labrador and took over 30,000 quintals of fish and 14,000 gallons of oiL Onlvnlne Canadian vessels fished in Newfoundland waters last season, but these were forced to pay a duty on salt and other supplies. PAGES. THE KACE FOR HOMES. A Bngle Note at Noon Is the Sig nal for the 3,000 Squatters to RUSH INTO THE PROMISED LAND. No Bioting, but a Spectacle Duplicated Only in Oklahoma. IT'S A BIG DAT FOE THE INDIAN, TOO St. Paul, April 15. Yesterday, in the northwest corner of the State of South Da kota, the triangular piece of land, woods and lakes known as the.Sisseton Indian Reserva tion, which for the past 30 years has been sacred to the red man, was a sea of mud frowned upon by a threatening sky and surrounded on all its three sides by thou sands who had for months anticipated this time. They had gathered together from all quarters of the globe, and were anxiously, longingly, almost sleeplessly, watching the lands from which a thin line of blue-coated soldiers separated them. Across an imaginary line that soldiers were guarding, there was the promise of homes, and the home-seeker was there to accept that promise and fulfill its conditions. The day closed with a break in the clouds, and during the night colder winds blew and chilled the bones, but not the enthusiasm of the waiting multitude. " This morning the' sun shone down on groups of ready and eager settlers. To-night thousands are sleeping under the blue sky, hut on the soil of their new homes. One of the Points of Rendezvous. One of the greatest crowds was at Brown's Valley, Minn., at the lower end of Lake Traverse, and within a few miles of the line. Duringthe whole night intermittent shouts, yells, laughter and snatches of songs came from the various camps around the village. Before 10 o'clock the muddy streets were jammed with vehicles of every character. Out of the town they streamed, and were soon strung along the boundary. At 11 o'clock fully 3,000 persons had collected along the reservation where it runs south ward along the high bluff, which rises ab ruptly from the iron monument at the head of Lake Traverse. Many of the crowd were spectatois from the village and surrounding courirv. The cavalry patrols galloped back and forth along the line keeping the im patient crowd in check. At 11:45 the crowd became uneasy. Good nature prevailed, although the conversation indicated a general belief that the devil might take the hind one. Some of the set tlers' outfits were unique. A large claim shanty on wheels, drawn by two horses, Eulled up the muddy hill to the line. It ad red window blinds and at the side was a glass door with red curtains. Complete Home Life on Wheels. As the door would swing open with the lunges of the wagon, glimpses could be caught of the industrious honsewife within nursing her baby. There were covered wagons in large numbers crawling along, with innumerable frowsy heads peeping from the canvas in open-eyed wonder at the wheeling soldiers and the many people. A sack of teed, a bunch of hay and a spade composed the outfit of some -of those who wanted- to "get there." Lumber for a shanty, surmounted Jy a small stove, bed quilt bundles, chairs, pans, skillets and a rusty shotgun made up the kits of some. - The shajmjJaaxjiote-Qfn bugle anoou, the almost simultaneous crack of a carbine, then a volley from the whole far-reaching line of cavalry was the signal that the Sisseton reservation was opened. The mil tary withdrew from the border and rejoined their respective companies. Five hundred teams plunged forward. Horses snorted and started madly across the prairie with their riders, regardless of trail or direction. The Lightest Outfits Take the Lead. The horseback riders soon took the lead. Then came a powerful team of black horses, which seemed good for a ten-mile run. The crowd was left behind. In this buggy was Miss Burnett, a young lady graduate of the University of Min nesota. She and her brother were off for the new town site, and as the long cavalcade of plunging horses disappeared in the hills in the distance the swift black team was still ahead. She has just a suspicion of Indian blood in her veins, and is a descendant of the Sioux race. She has been allotted land on the reserve. The girl was first on the field. She staked out her claim, and straightway went to work on the erection of a shanty, assisted by her driver. Far up the lake a large party was crossing in boats. Indian teams were waiting on the bank above the water. They succeeded in entering the reserve five miles ahead of the crowd scattered along the road from Brown's Valley. Yet even others got a better start than those on the lake. The cavalry had ssoured the country yesterday and many were driven off the reservation, but during the night they had returned and others with them. Every Thicket Shelters Its Party. When the long-awaited signal came, from the brush all along the course of the Minne sota river, from ravines hitherto held to be unpopulated, from every spot bordering on the reserve that could shelter a man, horse orwazon. there sprang hordes of home- seekers, and they led the race tor homes. It is estimated that about 1,000 made the rush from Brown's Valley. About 500 started from the little town called Travare, four miles from the lake. At VV neat on, where the approach to the promised land was over a private bridge, whose owner at tempted to stem the flood of boomers Jn the interest of a land company, 600 people crossed the bridge regardless of orders, and the police force of the town was over whelmed and lost in the struggle for the bridge. On gaining the table lands a mile west Of river, the crowd scattered in all directions, soon meeting with other crowds rushingdown from the north. Bnshcs From the Other Towns. Ledgerwood was deserted early in the day, large crowds starting out in the morning . on foot All the farm teams in the neigh borhood were engaged at big prices. Han kinson, N. D., also reports a wild rush at the firing of the guns. South of there, along the line of the reserve, wis a solid line of men waiting,and in several instances half a dozen madelor the same quarter. A party of eight men left last evening to secure the town site, which is supposed to be the same as the Brown's Valley people are after, and will give them a good race, having five miles less to travel. Other towns on the northern border made similar reports. At Waubay, S. D., close to line to the Southwest, between 500 and 600 people with picks and spades and all kinds of convey ances, joined in one grand rush for the choice lands. On the Eastern border, some miles to the south of Brown's Valley, at Wilmot's, there was a grand rush for a town site. A train on the Milwaukee Bailroad, with 500 people on board, pulled out for the line at 11:30 this morning. At the strike of 12 the train was rushed a few miles further to the end of the track, from which place fast mustangs carried the town site boom ers. A Big Day for the Indian. These mustangs were provided by 30 Indians at big prices. In tact, the Indian was the great man all over the reservation to-day. His knowledge of the country , his right to go on the reservation at any time, his horses, his guidance, his everything was in demand. ' The onrushmg boomers from the north and the west met in the reservation, and re-. THBEB CJJliJNTfci f - ' NEW TOEK'S DISGRACE I f ' f-i - ports of trouble, if trouble there was, will come from those choice sections to which different settlers raced from different boundaries. Governor Mellette, of South Dakota, and ; xv) deputy sheriffs are,6n the reserve, the heavilv armedand instructed to frZ,sd.. -grder, peacefully if possible, "'. r Vf ssaryjC xney caecxeu several ro'. .'Of O i Aes"!3 ensued. Wells are bv -y0 yhe claims so far taken up. All CoV fruparently intend to live on theh Cjf fyrCsyo weeks break ing plows will l.T f y everywhere. At Fargo, abiut r lings were made in the course of the aftel. jon. The first filing was by Eev. Mr. Van Home, of the Baptist Church. One lady has filed. She had hired a man to keep her place in line, and was the fifth from the front Presiding Elder Cooper, of the Methodist Church, was also one of the applicants. The applicants are good naturediand have respected the system of numbering applicants in line, and the filers will all get their applications this afternoon. Quite a number will possibly Wse the claims through squatters reaching the land first By conservative estimates the number of settlers who went on the reservation to-day are placed at 2,500, while others insist over 3,000 have located. DOWN IS OKLAHOMA. Gambling Joints Beopened on Petition of Kingfisher's Mayor and Council. Ktngfishee, O. T., April 15. The County Commissioners of Kingfisher county last night rescinded the order against gamb ling on petition of the Mayor of the city and part of the members of the City Coun cil. "Sure thing" men are excluded, but there is .now nothing to prevent the open ing of houses that run percentage games. The dense crowds of colonists continue to come by wagon and Bock Island Bailroad trains. The excitement increases, and the people of all classes are preparing for the wild rush of next Tuesday, which bids fair to excel anything of the kind ever experi enced. HIGHWAYMEN ON THE HILL. W. C. Erskine, Esq , Held Up by Thugs at Midnight Believed of 81,000, a Dia mond Pin, and a Gold Watch and Chain His Assailants Ejcap. W. C Erskine, the well-known attorney, was held up by thugs at midnight on Din widdie street, near Fifth- avenue, and re lieved of nearly 51,000 in money, a diamond pin and. a gold watch and chain. The matter was reported at once to No. 2 police station. Mr. Erskine said ha was knocked ,. down by blow from some blunt Instru ment on the forehead and rendered uncon scious. When he recovered his senses his assailants had disappeared. He was some what dazed from the effects of the blow and was unable to give a description of his as sailants. . PILOT JACK SUCCUMBS TO GEIP. King Bhmora's Interpreter Couldn't Live In San Francisco. SAN FeANCISCO, April 15. Special Pilot Jack, secretary and interpreter to KingBhmora, of Butaritari, died this morn ing of cancer of the liver. Jack, like the King and other Gilbert Islanders, suffered severely from the cold weather last month, and an attack of the grip made him an easy prey to his malady. He was a devout Chris tian, and his last words were: "What mat ter if I am far away from home? The good God knows where to find me." The King wept over Jack, but his sorrow was brief, and when it was proposed to send the body back -to the islands the thrifty monarch objected to the expense, and said: "Let him be buried here." The King will sail for home on Monday. He has had a royal time, and has got everything he asked for, except an American protectorate over his islands. AFTER THE TRAILS. Why the Hungarian Government Is Asked to Begulate Women's Dress. Vienna, April 15. The Sanitary Coun cil of Hungary has petitioned the Govern ment to forbid women wearing long trains, for the reason that the trains sweep the dust of the streets and spread infections diseases in the floating particles of dirt and germs. The prohibition has been actually carried out in Meran, in the Tyrol, but more author ity is wanted before extending the prohibi tion. Lydlathompson'g Hnsband Very Low. New Yoke, April 15. Special Ernst Hutchinson, the manager of Lydia Thomp son, who was assaulted in4the lobby of the Fourteenth Street Theater Wednesday night by Charles De Forest, still lies in a critical condition at the Westminster Hotel. t- TClamfr,. nA a TnnTtr trunitrht that .. ..r: ..i!J. is.ii. - ii UlS patient was gemiiK a nmo nurse, uuir-i that he hoped to pull him through. A crisis will be reached to-morrow nignt, he said. Tiro Hours' Time to Do Nothing. Washington, April 15. The usual Fri day night farce was enacted in the House to-night Nothing was done, but two and a half hours were consumed in doing it HEBBEKT D. WARM'S "Dash to tho Pole" continued in THE DISPATCH to morrow. THIS HOENING'S NEWS. Topic Page. Bow Harrison Works His Boom 1 Quay to Break Silence 1 The Boomers Make a Bush...... 1 A Disgraceful Speech at Albany 1 The Romantic Tragedy of a Hat 9 Air Ships Are In Sight 2 Secrets In the Allegheny Audit .... 2 Editorial and Miscellaneous...-. 4 Work for the Bepnblican Convention... 4 Bradstreet's and Dnn's Bavlews.. ........ 5 Some License Court Facts ...... .... 6 Political News and Forecasts 1 A Philadelphia1 Sensation 7 Our Ball Team's Bad Luck.... 8 Amateur and Professional Sports 8 All the Nearby News 8 England's Home Army Criticised. 9 Soma World's Fair Gossip 9 The Business World's Budget 9 Easter Sermons and Music. 10 Grain and Beal Estate Markets 11 An Original Detective Story ....13 Womanhood Ridiculed on the Floor of the Assembly Chamber hy A WOULD-BE WITTY TAM1IANTITE. He Makes a Great Mistake, and Is the Canss of itne Passage of THE BILL FOB WOILO'S SUFFRAGE CSPBCIAI. TELIQEA1I TO TUX DISPATCH.! AlbanT, April 15. Hon. Philip Wissig, member of the Assembly from De Ate dis trict, to-day made a speech on the woman suffrage bill, which was, by resolution of the Assembly, expunged from the record as soon as its delivery was completed. Hon. Mr. Wissig has been in the habit for some years of making questionable speeches In opposition to the woman suffrage bilL His idea of female morality is not high, and he has taken this annual occasion to express it. To-day the speech surpassed anything he" has previously said on the bill, and the As sembly promptly expunged it "I am tired of hearing talk about the re fining and elevating influence of women," said Hon. Mr. Wissig. "Members have been making speeches about how much good women would do, and how they would prevent political corruption. These mem bers seemed to think that it is the man who does the corrupting and the woman who is corrupted. Women are responsible for more corruption than men. They lead men astray, and I do not see why the men should have to take the responsibility for it all the time. Committees of women come up here and say they do not get their rights. They have plenty of rights now." A Speech That Isn't Printable. The rest of Hon. Mr. Wissig's speech cannot well be printed verbatim. He gave illustrations in support of his argument, and said several things that might be construed in more than one way. One of them was a conversation which he said he had had with a woman's rights woman. With the conclusion of Hon. Mr. Wissig's speech there was a consultation of the lead ing members of the Assembly as to what should be done. Some of the members were in favor of a formal resolution of censure, hut it was thought that this would only tend to call more attention to the speech. Mr. Webster introduced a resolution that all reference to the speech and all record of it, either in the Journal or in the sten ographer's report, should be expunged. The resolution wa3 adopted at once on a viva voce vote bv a majority that was so large that the friends of Hon. Mr. Wissig did not ask for a division. The Beat Canse of the Bill's Passage. This speech had a great deal to do with the passage of the bill, which had only four votes to spare. There were many ab sentees, and there were not 65 members in favor of the bill present Many women, including a committee of woman suffragists, heard the speech, and the Assembly, in its endeavor to make reparation to them for it, passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 34, but it will not pass the Senate. The women had crowded into the Chamber to hear the debate on this bill in which the woman's suffrage party is so vitally in terested. Not only the floor but the gal leries were filled with women. Evidently Wissig thought he was making some very witty remarks. A self-satisfied smile over spread his face. Everv sentence contained a double meaning. When Wissig ceased his tirade Colonel Webster demanded that h's iangruge be expunged from ths record. " A dozen members were instantly on their feet to second the demand, and a motion to expunge was carried in thunder tones. The Women Very Indignant. Mrs. Margaret J. Hoey, of New York City, who represents the Woman Labor or- famzation for this bill, said that she would ring the matter to the attention of every labor organization in the State. "And this is a man," she said with a sneer, "one of the lords of creationwho are supposed to be alone competent to rule the Government I will see that he doesn't come back to the Legis lature again to insult modest women with foul indecency." The extraordinary part of the proceeding was that Wissig's own wife sat on a chair within 40 feet of the spot where he stood. The Tammany leaders are sickened by the spectacle which one of their Bepresen tatives made on the floor of the House. General Husted and Colonel Webster fa vored the bill, while others spoke of it 2s silly and unwise, according to their views. HABD PTJLLISa FOE JUSTICE. Another Grand Jary, Dealinc; With Legisla tlve Boodllng, Is Discharged. San Fbancisco, April 15. The grand jury .impaneled January 27 last to take up the work of a preceding grand jury, which the Court had declared an illegal body, was discharged to-day by Superior Judge Trout On Tuesday last eight of the grand jurors came into court and presented a petition, in which they said: Whereas, We find it Impossible, as being a minority, to secure certain indictments which In our judgment ara Just and proper in view of the evidence offeied, and wnere as a continuance of the grand Jury under these circumstances would be a useless waste of your petitioners' tlmo and energy, we do therefore beg that yon discharge us from furtner duty as grana j urors. The question on which the jury was di vided, is, given out to be the framing of an indictment against ex-Assemblyman El wood Bruner, who was indicted by a former jury for connection with scandals affecting the'late Legislature. The eight jurors who first petitioned for a discharge of the grand jury were in favor of indicting Bruner and of carrying on an investigation into the charges'affecting other members of the Leg islature which were made some months ago. CAEON'S FSIENDS HABD AT W0EK 3. -Protect Him. but Premier Abbott Will - Ottawa, Ont., April 15. riaZ. It is learned to-night that the Government has decided to vote down the motion of Edgar asking for a Parliamentary committee to investigate certain broad charges made against Sir Adolphe Caron, implicating the whole administration. After voting down the Edgar motion, Sir John Thompson will move for a committee to investigate the in dividual charges against Sir Adolphe, and it looks very much as if Premier Abbott has come to the conclusion that Sir Adolphe will have to suffer the ignominy which befel Sir Hector Langevin last session, Caron's friends are endeavoring to pro tect him, but Premier Abbott says if he is fuilty he must go, one of the conditions of is assuming the responsibility of forming a Government after Sir John Macdonald's death being that he would be free to purge the Government of any undesirable element, fulfilling his promise by the decapitation of Sir Hector Langevin, hut session. FBANCES HODGSON BPBNETT Inter viewed by Frank G. Carpenter In THE DI3. PATCH to-morrow. Louisiana Quarantines Her Ports. Baton Botjoe, April 15. In accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Health) the Governor has issued his procla mation of quarantine, .to take effect May 1, against all ports infected with yellow fever. 4 V . - ,j?AkS. reWEjijjOsmAJBI-3lgW
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