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.
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