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PITTSBURG. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20. 1892-TWELVE PAGES.
THREE CENTS.
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THE EVVING BOOM
IS NOTj BLUFF
And Dean's Backers Are Suis
prised .at the Strength
of the Alleghenian.
THE SHIP CANAL SCHEME
Slated for a Good Place in the Re
publican State Platform.
HARRISON TO BE TICKLED
By an Indorsement of His Administration
but Nothing- More.
A Good "Word for Secretary Blaine
Silent About Senators Quay and Cam
eron Pattiaon's Eecord "Will Not Be
Touched Senator Fllrm and H. W.
Oliver on the Slate for National Dele
pates Allegheny Republicans Making:
Themselves Felt in the Field Several
Candidates for the Judgeship Ex
pected to Withdraw Quay Resumes
His Silence All Is Harmony and Pros
pects Are Bright for a Big Convention-
tFEOM A STATF COBBZSPOKDEXT.
Habeisbueo, April 19. When the
Allegheny county boom forjudge Ewing
lor tho Supreme Bench blossomed out with
the finest headquarters in the city this
morning the friends of the other candidates
rubbed their eyes and professed to believe
it -was a bluff; but by midnight all were
forced to admit that the movement is a
formidable factor in the most interesting
struggle before the convention. Senator
Flinn, -who will present Ewing's name to
morrow says:
"Every one of our delegates is in line for
the home candidate and our prospects of
success are at least equal to those of any
other aspirant in the field."
The Dispatch correspondent visited the
headquarters of the hustlers for each of the
candidates and secured the respective claims
upon the first ballot. The friends of Judge
Sadler, of Cumberland, who have been mak
ing a very vigorous canvass; are the most
radical in predictions, and estimate the
strength of their favorite at 86 on the initial
call.
More Votes Than Delegates.
The figures given for publication by the
managers of the campaign of Judge Harry
White, of Indiana, are next in order, being
a claim of 65 votes as a starter. Dean's en
thusiastic and confident Blair count; ad
herents follow next with an estimate of GO,
which they say is very conservative. Fifty
is the least number Judge Archbald's ad
mirers allot him in the first ballot and ex
Chairman Andrews announces that he has
every assurance that Henderson, the Craw
ford county aspirant, will have 4S. The
friends of Judge Clayton, of Delaware, are
more modest, and only expect to lead off
with 28 votes. The Allegheny county lead
ers figure that Ewing will have not less
than S6 devoted adherents as a nest egg,
with no antagonisms and great possibilities.
The rainbow nature of at least a portion
of these estimates, though, is discovered by
adding up the first ballot claims, with a re
sult of a total of 373, or over 100 more
votes than there are delegates in the con
vention. Four Id tho Judgeship Race.
Many well-posted observers at midnight
five it as their opinion that there are only
four candidates in the race, Dean, Hender
son, Sadler and Ewing, with the chances
slightly in favor of the first named. There
sre more oi the blue ribbon badges of Judge
White's followers worn than the emblems
of any other two candidates combined, but
nevertheless the Indiana county boom has
been languishing. A brass band and a street
parade were resorted to this evening, but a
meeting of the General's supporters at 10
o'clock was far from a confident gathering.
On the inside the managers discount
their claim of 65 votes about 20 and talk about
going down with colors firing. Neither
Clayton nor Archbald, and particularly the
former, is regarded as having staying
power. Ex-Chairman Andrews, with the
assistance of other former Delamater lien
tenants, is managing the Henderson canvass
and has been endeavoring to get the North
west which will then trade the votes ac
quired to the Philadelphia candidate for
Congressman at large in return for Quaker
Citv support of the Crawford county
favorite.
Against Such a Combine.
The best information obtainable, though,
is that the deal cannot be arranged, and that
even if it is the field will concentrate upon
Judge Dean as the most available man to
defeat such a combination. Charges have
been made to-day that Dean is too close to
the Pennsylvania Railroad and other cor
porations tor an ideal occupant of the Su
preme Bench, but the accusations have ap
parently had little weight.
It is generally conceded that Sadler will
lead on the first ballot, but the opposition
leaders insist that he has no reserve
strength. His friends, however, are closely
watching every turn and confidently pre
dict ultimate success. No prophet has as
yet claimed a nomination for any one be
lore the third ballot.
Judge Ewing's strength lies in the fact
that Allegheny county is really entitled to
the position, and if the delegation had been
united upon one candidate earlier in the
contest the path would have been compara
tively easy. Senator Quay said two months
ago that if Allegheny county would an
nounce its preference it would be almost
sure to prevail.
Ewing's Chances Are Bright.
It is argued that the center of thepopula
tion of Western Pennsylvania should be the
permanent residence of at least one Su
preme Judge who could be easily reached
there by lawyers of that section of the State.
"I believe Judge Ewing's chances are ex
cellent," Mr. Magee said to-night, "and tho
Allegheny county delegation will give a
cordial and faithful support."
The Ewing canvass is being conducted in
a very dignified manner, no badges or brass
bands having yet been put in the field.
Senator Showalter is fighting to the finish
as a Western candidate for Congressman at
large, but unless all signs fail Major Mc
Dowell, of Mercer, will win in the easiest
Dossible manner. For the place on the
ticket conceded to the Eastern part of the 1
State the struggle is a complicated and in
teresting one. Philadelphia's delegates
held a caucus to-night and decided to stand
solidly for George ACastor, and the friends
of that aspirant are now endeavoring to
negotiate with the managers of Judicial
campaigns who have support they would
like to exchange for all or a part of the 58
votes of the Quaker City.
A Combine Hard to Work.
The order of business agreed upon was
something of a blow at this plan, but Cas
tor's friends are still confident that they
will be able to force his nomination. Gen
eral Lilly's name will be presented to the
convention br Andy Robertson, of Pitts
burg, and that candidate will secure a
goodly share of the votes of the Allegheny
count jr delegation. The leaders are person
ally friendly to him, though it may be de
cided to divide the vote evenly with Castor
as a matter of policy.
Collector Cooper, who is managing the
Lilly canvass, says to-night that he has the
fight won, but the General himself is not
over confident and is evidently afraid of the
powers behind the Philadelphia candidate.
A trainload of the latter's supporters ar
rived at midnight and proceeded to make
many demonstrations in behlf of
their candidate. As a result Castor
stock is now considered above par unless a
combination against him can be effected.
Parmer Taggart's agricultural boom for
Congressman at large struck a snag this
evening when it became generally known
that Senator Don Cameron had suspended
his arduous duties at Washington to be in
Harrisbnrg during the State Convention.
Cameron's Visit Friendly to All.
In answer to the question of THE DIS
PATCH correspondent the clever Senator
said: "Really I am taking no hand either
to the advantage or detriment of any candi
date. I came here more to greet my friends
and renew old acquaintances than for any
other reason."
Mr. Taggart's followers, though, cannot
be convinced but that Mr. Cameron remem
bers the bolt against his re-election a year
ago and that he will view the defeat of
the granger aspirant with complaceny, to
sav the least The Taggart adherents have
printed a red badges decorated with a
sprig of wheat, as their emblem. Mr. Tag
gart said to-night: "I am in no combination
Br deals, but represent that element which
in Pennsylvania or elsewhere is the bul
wark of the Republican party the larmers.
One of the two nominations for Congress
man at large is certainly not too much rec
ognition for this class. I haye very little
information as to the resnlt. bnt am still
hopeful, depending on the sound sense of"
tne convention.
"What do you think of the report that
Senator Cameron is opposing you?" was
asked.
Barrels With Open Bong Boles.
"I believe it is true," Mr. Taggart re
plied, "but if all the people who are op
posed to Cameron are to be read out of the
party there will hardly be enough left to
elect the ticket in November. In fact, I
think a majority of the rank and file of the
Republicans are opposed to the methods of
the senior Senator." The granger candi
date will continue to make a game struggle,
but the real battle is between Castor and
Lilly, both of whom are reputed to be in
possession of barrels of liberal proportions.
Two of the Northside's best known citi
zens, though not delegates, are attracting a
great deal of attention. They are Senator
Rutan and Chief Murphy. The former
received quite a number of friends in his
rooms, while the latter was circulating
through the crowded streets and lobbies.
Nearly every person who accosted either
referred to the bitterAlIeghenyCity struggle,
but neither Rutan nor Murphy cared to
discuss the matter at length at this time.
Both denied having any special, object in"
attending the convention.
Iiemael Googins to Be Honored
Allegheny county's colored contingent is
to be recognised in the person oi Lemuel -Googins,
who will be named as alternate at
large to the Minneapolis Convention.
Googins, it will be remembered, made a
fight at home to go as a district alternate.
but failed to gain his point. Now he is to -
be given a mgner nonor, though whether
this new move will cause peace among the
colored voters or not is yet to be deter
mined. B.
FORECAST OP THE DAY.
President "Harrison Not to Be Indorsed
for Benomlnatlon The Ship Canal
Scheme to Be Boomed Names on the
Slate for Offices.
FKOM A STAFF COBRESFOXDEST.l
HAKBlSBTrBG, April 19. Benjamin Har
rison as a President will be cordially and
even emphatically indorsed, both in general
terms and in detail, by the platform which
will be adopted to-morrow, while Benjamin
Harrison as a caadidate will receive never a
word. There will be no instructions or sug
gestions for the Pennsylvania delegates to
Minneapolis. This was agreed npon at a
conference of the leaders representing every
interest, which was concluded at midnight
The administration adherents profess to be
entirely satisfied with this arrangement,
and are at least glad it is no worse.
Collector Cooper says that as Harrison's
renomination is assured anyhow, it will
add dignity to the event not to have it
brought about by such political expedients
as instructed delegations and ironclad reso
lutions. Secretary Blaine has not been for
gotten, and one of the leading planks will
compliment his management of the State
Department in a highly eulogistic manner.
Working for the Ship Canal.
A strong plea for protection and a denunci
ation of the free coinage views of the major
ity of the Democracy are scheduled, as a
matter of course, and wben it came to plat
form making Allegheny county representa
tives took one step rising above the level of
ordinary convention politics. At an informal
meeting of the delegation held early in the
day, it was decided to declare for and insist
upon a resolntion indorsing the Lake Erie
and Ohio River Canal, of such great im
portance to the future growth and prosper
ity of Pittsburg and that large territory of
wnicn ii is me center.
"I favor such a resolution," said Senator
Flinn, "not only because the canal will he
a great thing, for Western Pennsylvania, as
has been fully demonstrated by The Dis
patcit, but because a plank of this kind
will be a good move even upon narrow po
litical grounds. The people of the district
most directly affected by the great project
will see that the party is taking an interest
in something beside the mere search of of
fice, and the result cannot fail to be bene
ficial." Ex-Sheriff McCandless took an active
part in the agitation for the resolution, vi"
orously presenting the merits of the great
canal project to the other delegates. He
said:
A Move Popular With the People.
"The party cannot do a surer nor a more
popular thing in Western Pennsylvania
than to adopt a resolution of this kind, and
Pittsburg's representatives especially
should not fail to present the matter in its
proper light Such a plank, approved bv
the people at the polls as part ot the doc
trine of the party which believes in build
ing jnp the country's industries, will afford
a basis for future State and national action.
Its adoption will emphasize the progres
sive Republican position."
Senator Neeb, Chief J. O. Brown and C.
L. Magee expressed similar sentiments, and
an active propaganda was at once inaugu
rated. ' Senator Quay was found to be
favorable to the idea, and as a result to-
night's conference of the leaders unani
mously agreed upon a strong resolution in
dorsing the fthin imnnl in Yinrt.tanlftr and in.
Uernal improvements in general. Among
the other leatures ot the slated piattorm,
beside the customary arraignment of nearly
everything that savors of Democracy, is a
declaration for a modified force bill. There
are several things though that are conspicu
ous by their absence.
Some Things Slated for Oblivion.
No mention is made of the State's repre
sentatives in the National Senate, Quay
having assumed the same dignified position
that he forced upon Harrison. Governor
Pattison's administration, too, strangely es
capes the ceDsnre dealt out so liberally to
his party associates. Then the extra Senate
session, which was such a pronounced issue
last fall, is allowed to live in oblivion,
though the Boyer. revenue bill receives a
hearty indorsement
To-night's conference, which was partici
pated in bv Senator Quay, 0. L. Magee,
Collector Cooper, General Beeder and a
dozen or more other leaders, after having
approved the platform as above outlined,
proceeded to tackle the convention organi
zation and ticket General James W. Lat
ta, of Philadelphia, Was promptly slated as
temporary presiding offier, while E. K. Mar-
tin.oi Lancaster, will officiate as permanent
chairman. Magee will be at the head of
the committee on resolutions, and David
Martin of that on permanent organization.
The Men to Oo to Minneapolis.
Some ohanges were then made on the list
of delegates at large to the National Con
vention. Magistrate Ahem, of Philadel
phia, who has been regarded as a sure thing.
was dropped at a late hour. The slate
includes both Senator Flinn and H. W.
Oliver, who are expected to assist the dis
trict delegates in making Allegheny
county prominent at Minneapolis. The
representatives of the Quaker City finally
agreed upon W. L. Elkins and Hamilton
Disston. The other lucky ones are S. C
Davenport, of Erie, General Frank Reeder,
ot Easton, Congressman H. C McCormick,
of Lycoming, and Lyman Gilbert, of
Dauphin.
But two of the electors at large were
definitely settled upon. They are B. F.
Jones, of Allegheny, and William Woods.
a prominent woolen manufacturer of Phila
delphia. Judge J. B. Neale,of Armstrong,
is being boomed by D. B. Heiner and W.
M. Hering; but the two places are held in
reserve, possibly for use as consolation
prizes for those ambitious but misguided
individuals who are doomed to disappoint
ment in the race tor Congressman at large
and Judge of the Supreme Court.
Quay Again Grows Silent.
Neither of these contests was considered
in the conference to-night, and Senator
Quay and the other leaders announce that
it is their intention to allow them to be
fought out on their merits in the convention
to-morrow. Quay has to a large extent re
sumed his former policy of silence, and is
very careful not to commit himself upon
matters which are the subject of rivalry or
uispme.
The order in which nominations will be
made has been settled npon, however, and
may have a very important bearing upon
some of the results. Electors and delegates
at large are first to be named, and the seven
candidates tor the Supreme Bench are then
to be placed in the field. This 'will leave
the struggle for Congressman at large to
the last, and the arrangement was forced by
the friends of candidates inside of Philadel
phia, who want to cut down the Quaker
City opportunities' for trading as much as
possible.
Senator Cameron was a conspicuous figure
in the lobbies this afternoon, but withdrew
from the scene of activity before the im
portant conference of to-night, he agreeing,
however, to the administration plank of the
platform, and there is every indication that
the document as prepared will be adopted
without a dissenting vote. In faet the har-
jnony will be almost oppressive until the
two struggles for real offices are reached.
"Then the trouble will begin. .
BANCROFT
CANADIANS UNEASY.
The Beeent Attempt to Stop Boat Building
In Georgian Bay Causes an Investiga
tionNames of Vessels Held on the
Lakes by the United States.
Ottawa, Ont., April 19. The recent
attenmt of the American authorities to pre
vent the Canadian Government building a
revenue cutter In Georgian Bay has led to
inquiries being made as to the extent of the
naval force which the United States now
maintains on the Great Lakes. According
to the agreement of 1817, but which was ab
rogated by Mr. Seward in 1865, Great Britain
and the United States were limited to main
taining on Lake Ontario one vessel each,
not exceeding 100 tons burden and armed
with one 180 pound cannon, and the upper
lakes two vessels each not exceeding
100 tons. The agreement said: "All other
armed vessels on these lakes shall be forth
with dismantled and no other vessel of war
shall be there built or armed."
It was under this latter clause that the at
tempt to stop the construction of the Curlew
by Messrs. Poison & Sons, of Owen Sound,
for the Canadian Government was made by
the United States, but the Americans had
evidently overlooked the faet of abrogation
of the agreement of 1817. Meanwhile it ap
pears that the United State authorities
since 1865 have had no fewer than seven
armed vessels on the Great Lakes, six of
which were either built or purchased at
Buffalo.
At the present time four are stationed on
inland waters of the United States. The
Andrew Johnson, three guns, built at
Buffalo in 1865, 489 tons, is stationed at
Milwaukee; Commodore Perry, two guns,
281 tons, built at Buffalo in 1885, is sta
tioned at Erie; William P. Fessenden, two
guns, 329 tons, built at Bufialo, is stationed
at Detroit, and the George M. Bibb, two
guns, 211 tons at Oswego.
STILL IH THE UNIVERSITY.
The Pope Will Not Separate Laval From
the Quebec Organization.
Quebec, April 19. A private disnalch
from Montreal received to-day is to the
effect that the Pope has refused to accede to
the petition of the Catholic clergy and lay
men of Montreal asking that the affairs of
Laval University, in that citv, be com
pletely separated from the Uuiversity or
ganization in Quebec.
The dispatch says that this Is a serious
blow to Laval, as many rich Montrealers in
tended to endow the university handsomely
ii ine .rope naa Deen willing to consent to
a separation.
BETHLEHEM'S TBIUHPH.
Curved Armor Plates for the Monterey Ap
proved by the Government.
Bethlehem, Pa., April 19. At the
Bethlehem Iron Works to-day the two bar
bettes made for the turret of the warship
Monterey, now being built at San Fran
cisco, were passed by the Government in
spectors. They aresaid to be the finest jobs
ever turned out by that company. The fore
barbette is of five ll-inch armor plates
so curved by the big hydraulio press that
tkey make a perfect circle 80 feet in circum
ference. The aft barbette is similarly con
ftructed of 13-inch plates and is 90 feet in
circumference.
Chicago Boasts of Jack the Ripper.
Chicago, April 19. Jack the R'ipper
talk was excited here to-day by the finding
of a woman's mutilated corpse, nearly nude,
on the Lake Shore Railroad, where it had
been washed by the waves. Besides what
was said to resemble the characteristic
"Eipper" cnt from the breast down, the
legs had been severed below the kness.
A VALLEY KIPPED UP
By the Most Serious Earthquake in
California 8ince 1868.
FISSURES IN EIVEES AHD EOADS.
Three Towns Almost Demolished and Many
Others Shaken Up.
PECULIARITIES OP THK M8TBICT
SPECIAL TELIGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
San Feancisco, April 19. The earth
quake which shook up Northern and Cen
tral California early this morning was the
heaviest and longest known here since the
great earthquake oi 1868, while the dam
age caused was far greater. Thus far no
loss of life is reported, but many persons
were braised and there was a large loss of
property in Dixon, Winters and Vacaville,
three towns of the Sacramento Valley, as
fires followed the overturning of stoves and
lamps. ,.
The shock occurred at 2:50 in the morning
and lasted 45 seconds. It was specially dis
astrous irr the three towns named, because
of insecure foundation in that part of the
valley. The soil is a rich, alluvial bottom,
deposited by the Sacramento river, but un
derlying it is quicksand. This unstable
foundation is proved by the fact that the
heavy railroad trains sometimes depress the
track and cause fissures in the moist land on
each side.
Vacaville Sutlers the Worst.
This instability of the land is the only
explanation for the heavy damage in these
towns, when places not' 20 miles away
escaped almost unharmed. Vacaville, the
center of the great fruit industry, is most
badly damaged. The fronts of nearly every
brick building in town were thrown down,
and in many cases the whole structure is
ruined, and will have to be torn down.
These buildings are verypoorly constructed,
usually of a single course of brick, and the
upheaval of the earth brought the walls
tumbling down in every direction. It was
fortunate that the shock did not occur
during the business hours, as the loss of life
would be heavy.
Most of the residences are wooden, and
only chimneys suffered. But few brick
dwellings are in ruins. The safety of the
occupants is dne to the rapidity with which
they got out ot doors.
Winters and Vacaville have a wide repu
tation from the fact that they are the center
oi the only spot in Northern California
where it is possible to raise vegetables
throughout the entire winter.
The Remarkable Climate or the Place.
This portion ot the Sacramento Valley is
never visited by frost, and has within the
past ten years grown to be She chief source
for the supply of vegetables and small
fruits' for Sau Francisco. It is- also noted
for the extreme heat in the summer months,
and it is not unusual for the thermometer to
register 100 in the shade, while sometimes
the mercury reaches 110 and even 112. In
early days the locality was shunned on ac
count of its unusual heat, but when it be
came known that tomatoes, strawberries
and other small fruits could be produced at
all times ot the year, it was quickly and
thickly settled, and to-day about one-half
of the winter and early spring market pro
duce comes from that locality. It is esti
mated that nearly 50 carloads of winter to
matoes was shipped East from there this
season. - -...
Reports are coming into Vacaville of
heavy damage in the country, where many
brick residences are ruined .and frame
buildings were burned by the upsetting of
lamps. Vacaville was, undoubtedly, the
center of the seismic disturbance. At
Dixon several brick buildings fell, but a
majority have walls cracked and several are
in a dangerous condition. The same may
be said of Winters, in which no single
chimney is left standing.
Some Freaks f the Earthquake.
An old school house was so badly wrecked
that the children had a holiday. The house
of John Thiffel, between Vacaville and
Winters, was destroyed by fire caused by
an overturued lamp, the ocenpauts barely
escaping with their lives.
At Winters tne inhabitants were for a
time panic-stricken. Forty guests were in
the two-story Bliss Hotel at Winters, the
walls of which collapsed, and the fact that
no one was injured by the caving of the
walls was remarkable. The banks of Pu tab
creek caved in and fissures opened in the
bottom of the creek. Three miles west of
the town an acre of ground slid into the
creek, and small fissures were made in the
country road.
Several great bowlders were thrown from
the hillsides at points on the Berryesso
road near Winters, blocking the roadway.
Considerable damage was done to farm
houses and buildings, but no serious in
juries are reported. When Editor Rust, of
the Express, came to his office this morning
he found the forms all pied, the type
shaken from the cases and a Washington
press overthrown, so he decided it was
cheaper to move than to clean up the
wreck.
Stories of Some Narrow Escapes.
Several miraculous escapes are reported.
In 'Frisco the shook was severe and guests
in the big hotels were badly frightened, but
no damage occurred. In the eight-story
Chronicle building the last form had just
been looked np when the shock came. The
huilding swayed like a pendulnm and the
frightened printers expected to see the ceil
ing drop, but nothing was even cracked.
The losses at Vacaville owing to the
destrnction of buildings and other property,
is estimated at (100,000; at Dixon, $50,000;
and at Winters, nearly $100,000. Elmira,
Fairfield, Santa Rosa, Woodland, Davis
ville and Benicia report windows and
crockery broken and a number of chimneys
overturned. Some 30 or 40 towns report
trifling damages, though all accounts agree
in placing the intensity of the shoes: as
greater than that of any in recentyears.
The number of shocks felt differed at
various places, At some points only one
shock was registered, while at others two or
more occurred. The vibrations extended
from north to south and from east to west
The single shock .is generally described as
being most intense; vibrations where more
than one shock occurred becoming confused.
FOUR LYNCHED AT ONCE.
A Florida Mob Vents Its Feelings by a
Quadruple Hanging of Negroes.
Jacksonville, Fla., April 19. Four
negroes were hanged at Inverness last night
for the murder of Stephenson and Payne.
A mob surrounded the jail, overpowered the
Sheriff and hanged the men to trees near by.
They confessed and implicated two other
negroes, who" will, no doubt, soon be cap
tured. The same fate awaits them that
overtook their guilty accomplices.
KILLED HIS UNCLE.
Murder .Resulting From a Dishonorable
Friendship in South Carolina.
Columbia, S. C, April 19. Sptcidu
A cold-blooded murder was committed yes
terday at Flat Rock, a summer resort on
the Spartanburg and Asheville Railroad.
T. Brookshire, a prominent citizen, went
into the postoffice about 6 p. m., transacted
some business with the postmaster, and was
qnietly walking ont when John P. Jones,
his nephew, a prominent young man of thp
town, stepped up to him with a pistol in
his hand and commenced shooting. Brook-
shire fell at the second shot with a ball)
through his heart and one in his Hit temple,
expinng almost instantly.
The trouble originated from Brookshire's
being too intimate with Jones' wife several
mouths ago. Brookshire was tried at the
last term of the Superior Court charged with
assaulting Jones' wife. He was acquitted.
The case caused a great sensation at the
time owing to its spicy nature. Bad blood
has existed between the two ever since, and
a tragedy has been expected for some time.
Jones is in jail, and expresses no regret for
mo aeeo.
NO WORD FROM THE WAR.
Cnt Wires and a Snow Storm Cut Off Com
munlcatlon With the Troops and the
Rustlers The Trouble Discussed by the
Cabinet The Situation Serious.
vheyenne, wro, April 19. xne wire
north of Douglas to Bufialo is still down,
and a blinding snow storm is general, so
that it cannot be repaired. The report here
is that the stockmen have started to Donelas
under military escort bound for Fort Rus-
seii, near Uheyenne. If this is true, in the
present condition of the roads they could
not get through in less than four or five
days, and would therefore not be likely to
reach Douglas before to-morrow or Thurs
day. If the troops have started in this di
rection it is unknown to the Governor.
A Washington dispatch says: The "Bust
lers" tronble in Wvomintr was the nrincinal
topic of discussion at the Cabinet to-day.
All the members were present, except the
Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney
General. The situation in Wyoming is re
garded as serious, In view of the fact that
the feeling against the prisoners in charge
of the military Is very bitter, and also
because of the freelv expressed threats of
desperate men that tnev mean to avenge the
killing of Champion and Bay at thet
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ney since Saturday moraine, when he te
graphed General Brooke at Omaha that he
would start that day for Douglas to turn
his prisoners over to the civil authorities.
Efforts to communicate with Fort McKin
ney and vicinity since that date have
failed, and. this led to the belief that the
rustlers or their sympathizers have de
stroyed all telegraphic communication so as
to prevent the authorities from learning the
true situation of affairs until after their
own purposes had been accomplished.
AN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
By m Eeeley Graduate He Drove to the
New York Hospital and Then Shot
Himself The Jolting of the Cab Saved
Him.
NirwY0RK,Aprill9. & J. Ben
jamin de Forrest, 26 years old, of East
Thirty-first street, who attempted to commit
suicide early this morning, now lies at
the New York Hospital with a
hole in his right side, where the bullet in
tended for his heart strnck. The wound is
not serious. At 2:10 o'clock this morning a
well dressed young man walked up to
a cabman who was waiting for a fare on
Broadway at Thirtieth street, and, telling
him to drive to Delmonico's, stepped into
the cab. When they reached Delmonico's
and fonnd it closed the man said: "Drive to
the NewVork Hospital"
In front of the hospital the driver pulled
up with a sharp jolt This prpbably
saved De Forrest's life, the suddenness of
the jolt spoiling his aim, for at the
moment the cab stopped he fired the pistol.
A small slate in his vest pocket had diverted
the bullet
De Forrest is the son of the late Benja
min De Forrest, a Wall street broker and
a nephew ot Dr. G. Lee Knapp,
a well-known rifle shot and
a member of the Union Club.
He is a.member of the Racquet Club. Last
fall he was sent to the Keeley institute at
White Plains, from which he was discharged
as cured about Christmas time.
WIDESFBEAD TOBACCO FfiMTDS.
Bogus Sumatra Wrappers Received From
'Frisco Seized In Chicago.
Chicago, April 19. Extensive ramifica
tions of the San Francisco customs frauds
are said to have been discovered in Chicago
and other Eastern cities. Last night
United States Treasury agents seized 54,200
worth of Sumatra wrapper tobacco at the
establishment of J. Mayer & Sons here.
The tobacco was from Liebes & Cc's New
York house, and was bought by Mayer &
Sons at remarkably low figures.
Hiller & Kollenbach, another Chicago
firm, were visited by the Treasury agents,
but were found to have not closed a con
templated trade with Liebes' agent Seiz
ures of goods that have escaped paving full
duty at San Francisco are expected at Cin
cinnati, St Louis.Petroit and Minneapolis.
Enormous quantities of the contraband to
bacco are believed to have been disposed of
in Chicago. Liebes & Co. and the purchas
ing firms are not charged with euiltvDar-
ticipation in the fraud, the San Francisco
importers being held as the culprits.
C0L0BED MEN OBGANIZE
In a Movement to Protect Their Race From
Outrages In the Soatb.
Columbus, O., April 19. Special in
response to a call issued by Rev. J. H.
Jones, a number of prominent colored citi
zens assembled in the vestry of St Paul's
M. E. Church to-night to consider the in
creasing outrages on colored men ot the
South.. After considerable discussion a
permanent organization was effected by the
election ot the following officers: President,
J. H. Jones; Secretary, I. D. Ross; Execu
tive Committee, J. H. Jones, L D. Ross,
Rev. James Poindexter, T. G. Spencer,
Herbert Clark, R. F. Williams and Charles
Cottrelh
The committee will call a public meeting
in the near future at which addresses will
be made and active measures adopted to
protect the colored people of the South
from persecution. t
ATTEMPT 10 KILL A CONSUL.
Captain Clifierton, the British Representa
tive at Philadelphia, Shot At.
Philadelphia, April "19. Captain
Clifierton, British Consul here, has in
formed the police that an attempt was re
cently made to assassinate him.
He was sitting at a window in his o ffice,
and just as he left, a shot was fired in that
direction, just missing a female typewriter.
There is no clew to the perpetrators of the
crime.
THIS MORNING'S NEWS.
Topic. . Page
The Work Cat Oat at Harrisbnrg 1
Reed and Roosevelt Campaigning 1
California Rndeljr Shaken 1
lirlggt May Split Presbyterians ? 1
IVorlc Under the New Street Law 2
Carnegie Library Hitches 2
Complicated Conspiracy Suits 2
Editorial and Miscellaneous 4
Scraps of National News 4
Herr Most on Prison Life 5
Parle lands Take a Jump... 6
Hill Sqmrmg About Silver 7
A Straight Political Tip 7
Another English Erandal 7
A Tragedy on the Stage 7
Another Ball Came Lost 8
Mysterious Tragedy Up the River 8
Exciting Times In Boomer Land 9
The Business World's Budget ., O
How Senators Stand on Silver .10
The Stoppage of the Oil Drill 10
Real Estate and Commercial Markets. ...It
News of the County Courts .13
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MASSACHUSETTS 0. K.
On the Vital Issnes of trie Coming
Presidental Campaign.
REED'S DEFENSE OP THE TARIFF,
Eoosevelt's Anti-Assessments: and
Sound Silver Tiewa Are
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for f il 19. The dinner of the
'RevCrf .''Of' Massachusetts at Music
Halltho' 7 as the largest political
gathering o. V season, and there was
sounded the opening gun of the national
campaign in this State. Hon. John Simp
kins, President of the club, presided.
Others present were Senator Joseph N.
Dolph, of Oregon; Hon. Theo. Roosevelt,
Chairman Civil Service Commission; ex
Senator Hill, of Colorado; ex-Speaker Reed,
and John L. Dodge, President of the Har
vard Republican Club.
President Simpkins delivered a brief
opening speech. He referred to the failure
of Mr. Cleveland to discuss the silver ques
tion in his Rhode Island speeches, and said
that no speech upon national topics that
fails to touch npon this vital issue can be
accepted as a finished product by the peo
ple. While willing to give the Mugwumps
all credit for their honesty of purpose, he
believed their work would have been pro
lific of more good to the country had it been
exerted in public campaigns, caucuses
and conventions.
Dolph Opposes Free Coinage.
He then introduced Senator Dolph, who
spoke upon the silver question. He said in
part:
I believed at the time that the Presi
dent's speech at Albany upon financial
questions had more to do with tbe restora
tion of confidence and the renewal of pros
perity than all other causes combined, and
to-day tbe knowledge that free coinage is
impossible as long as Benjamin Harrison Is
President postpones tbe coming of that time
when our stock of gold will no longer be
able to maintain at par our silver
currency. Whatever diversity of opin
Ica there may be in ttild coun
try as to tbe effect of free-coinage, there
Is no diversity of opinion upon it amonc tbe
financiers and statesmen of Europe. None
can be found who believe that free coinage
of silver in the United States will have tbe
effect to permanently Increase the value of
silver.
Two years ago the State Convention of
the Republican, Democratic and People's
party in Oregon passed resolutions favoring
free coinage of silver. I didnot subscribe to
the doctrine that resolutions of State con
ventions should control my Judgment or
vote on the question. I knew that the ques
tion was not understood" by the people of
my State, and believed that wben it was un
derstood they would approve my coarse.
The Republican State Convention In my
State was held the 5th inst, and, instead of
declaring for free coinage, indorsed tbe act
of July It. 1890. Tbe Democratic State
convention met to-day, and,whlle I have not
heard what declaration it made upon tbe
silver question, I venture the prediction
that it has not resolved in lavoroi tree coin
age. I feel confident that a similar
change of public sentiment has taken place
In most of the Western States, and that
neither of the national conventions will
have tbe temerity to declare for free coin
age of silver, and If the question is an issao
the verdict of tbe people at the coming Pres
idental election will be against It.
Roosevelt Will Fight Assessments.
The next speaker was John L. Dodge,
President of the Harvard Republican Club.
He declared that the majority of students
at Harvard always have been adherents to
the principles of the Republican party.
References to President Harrison and Sec
retary Blaine elicited tremendous applause.
Theodore Roosevelt was then introduced
and was applauded when he prefaced his
speech by thanking the previous speaker,
and saying that Harvard was in as little
danger of Becoming Democratio as it was of
becoming mormon, oaia jur. .Kooseveu lm
part:
I have yet one more possible fliht with
some of our own party leaders ahead of me,
and in this fight I am confident I oan reckon
on the help of the Massachusetts Bepub
lican Club. Next fall I intend to do all that
In me lies to prevent the collection of politi
cal assessments by no matter wbat party in
Washington; and I Intend publicly to attack
and to interfere in every way with any ner-
son and any committee that may oe engaged,
dhectly or Indirectly, in levying such as
sessments in violation of tbe law. We have
now had a Republican administration for
three years, ana for two years we bad a Re
publican Congress; and I say that the record
made by tbe Republican administration and
by tbe Republican Congress entitles the
party to the gratitude of tbe American peo
ple, and gives It a right to ask their suff
rages for Its continuance in power.
Reed Defends the McKlnley BUI.
Finally ex-Speaker Reed was greeted and
spoke iu part thus:
Tariff and silver bills are tremendous
Instrumentalities lor good or evil. But the
piesent and Immediate luture of this coun
try depends npon the state of the hnman
mind. At .this moment we are on the
verge of prosperity, and all that
keeps it off is uncertainty born of
tho Democratio party. No tariff bill they
can frame would be worse lor the business
world than tbe uncertainty under which
they are keeping us. uncertainty it tne
bane of modern business. Modern business
demands there should be no fluctuation and
has its bope in the small percentage of a
steady business.
After a full discussion before the people
we passed a tariff bill wblch day by day has
been growing in tbe favor of the people. Is
it entitled to a chance? I don't find any
fault tilth any man who criticises tbe tariff.
It bas errors which cau be coriected. But
there is a wide margin between the correc
tion of error:) and the revision of tbe tariff.
I bave seen two le vision of the tariff,
and every one of them bad as many errors
as tbe preceding, and tbe Democrats were
always maddest at last.
Democrats say that tbe silver legislation
of 1890 was all wrong. Perhaps it would not
have been passed if some Democrats had
been in 1890 of the opinion they hold
in 1892. But passed when it was, it
saved this country from free coinage of sil
verfrom disaster.
Whenever you want anything done you
come back to that old fountain that flows
incessantly with noble deeds tbe Repub
lican party of Abraham Lincoln. Tbat was
an inspiriting remark of Mr. Crisp wben
he was elected Speaker: "No step back
ward." If they can prevent themselves
from slipping backward then they are In
tbe full sunlight of grace and glory. With
us we know that the sbadow can never turn
back on the dial. To such a party I can,
with good conscience, invite all young men
who believe In the future, ana all the old
"men whose hearts are still green.
MB. BRIGGS TO SPEAK.
LThe Professor Will Make a Statement
in Bis Own Behalf
BEFORE HEW YOKE PEESBYTERT.
Union
Seminary Hay 4 gain Become
Independent School, and
an
A SPLIT IN THE CHUECH HAT FOLLOW
tfnerxj. TxtiGituc to the disfatcs.!
New Yoek. April 19. It is generally
expected that Prof. Briggs will make soma
statement in his behalf at the next meeting
of the New York- Presbytery in the first
week in May. Dr. Briggs told a reporter
who called npon him to-day that the fact of
his being a principal in the contest pre
vented him from saying anything for publi
cation. From conversations with friends of Dr.
Briggs, it is evident that the struggle in the
church will by no means be so brief as has
been assumed on many sides. There are in
reality two issues, though they have become
so hopelessly intricated that they are prac
tically one. The one involves the fate of
Union Seminary as a theological college of
the Presbyterian Church, the other the fate
of Dr. Briggs as a Presbyterian minister.
The refusal of the officers of the Union
Seminary to recognize the veto of Prof.
Briggs' appointment by the Assembly is on
purely technical grounds, and could, if
necessary, be settled legally. As no one
can represent the wishes of the semi
nary on the floor of the Assembly, however,
who has not been elected by the New York
Presbytery, the chances are that the As
sembly will render a decision condemning
the attitude of the seminary hitherto, ana
will insist upon its veto of Dr. Briggs' ap
pointment. The School May Become Independent.
If this be done it is understood that the
officers of the seminary will refuse to com
ply, and may return to the independent
state, which was held before 1870. The
main question, however, turns npon the de
cision ot the Presbytery of New York last
year in regard to the alleged heretical
teachings ot Dr. Briggs. If the assembly
should approve of the decision that would
end the whole matter then and there, and
Prof. Briggs would remain a minister- of
the Presbyterian Church. Of this, however,
Dr. Briggs' friends have no hope, after the
significant act of the New York Presbytery
ten days ago, when anti-Briggs men only
were elected as delegates to tbe assembly.
If, on the other hand, the Assembly list
ens to the appeal of Dr. Brigg's opDonents,
and condemns the former action of the Pres
bytery, it can do no more, according to rules
ot the denomination in America, than to re
fer the case back to the Presbytery of New
York, which will then have to institute the
proceedings for a fnll trial. If Dr. Briggs
is declared guilty bv the Presbytery, he has
the right to appeal to the Synod, which
meets in autumn. Here again a new rep
resentation of both sides will be neces
sary. Will Go to the Highest Court but Ons.
Whichever party loses in the second trial
has the right of appealing to the Assembly.
This will undoubtedly be done ifDr. Briggs
should be convicted. " This Assembly, which
is the last court of appeal, meets in the
spring of 1893.
In the meanwhile the Briggs case will re
main a mooted question, unless Dr. Brigg3
should decide to cut the Gordian knot hy
leaving the chuwh to join another d;nomi
nation. In this case there is nothing in the
statutes of the Union Seminary, so Dr.
Hastings told a reporter, to prevent Dr.
Briggs from continuing bis duties as a pro
fessor of tbe systematic theology in that in
stitution. The only requirement is that he
should be an ordained minister, and should
be ready to subscribe to the 39 articles of
the faith of Westminster every three years,
at the same time declaring his approval of
the Presbyterian form of government
Though this could manifestly not be done
by an Episcopalian, there is no reason why
a Congregational minister should notdo so,
provided this were his personal conviction,
of which there seems to be little doubt in
the case of Dr. Briggs.
Holes Through Which to Escape.
This apparently easy solution would
1 scarcely remain open to the seminary in
case Dr. Driggs suouid De deprived oi nis
ministerial position by a vote of the Assem
bly. Dr. Hastings was not prepared to-day
to say what course the officers of the sem
inary would take under those circum
stances. Another solution which has been sug
gested is that the Assembly, by dint of a
majority vote, should overturn the regular
rules and laws of the church in order to
proceed against Dr. Briggs at once. Bnt
this step, it is said, would be disapproved,
not only by the followers of Dr. Briggs, but
also by the whole conservative element of
the church.
Indeed, there is already an agitation under
way to prevent so radical a measure. If the
majority of the assembly, however, can
have its will in this matter, stormy days are
predicted for the Presbyterian Church, lor
the following of Dr. Briggs is by no means
small, and, if they are driven to desperation,
it is feared by many that there might follow
another split in the church like that of
1838 which came immediately after the
trials of Albert Barnes, Lyman Beecher
and Beman for heresy.
BTBNES UEANS BVSUTES3.
He Rips Up the New York Police Fore
From End to End.
New Yoke, April 19. The greatest
shaking up the Police Department ever re
ceived was given to it to-day by the new
Superintendent of Police, Thomas Byrnes.
At his request the Police Commissioners
transferred every police captain in the city,
except! ng one, from the precinct he now
commands to some other.
More than 30 ward detectives were re
duced to the rank of ordinary patrolmen,
nearly the entire force detailed to duty at
headquarters was sent back to the precints,
and many policemen having easy positions
on detailed duty in various places were
ordered to patrol duty.
THE BABNTJK ESTATE
Has
Gained Nearly 9200,000 Since
the
Great Showman's Death.
BBnGEPOBT,April 19. Sjxrfoi Will
iam B. Hincks and Benjamin Fish, execu
tors of the estate of P. T. Barnnm, have
filed in the Probate Court an account of the
first year of their executorship. The estate
shows a gain in value under their manage
ment of nearly 5200,000.
When they assumed charge Its total
value, according to inventory, was $4,279,
632. In the disbursements is placed 90,000
as the estate's share of producing the spec-'
taole of "Columbus."
HELD THE 70BT WITH A CHAIBj
How a Cincinnati Girl Outwitted the West
ern Union People. I
CnrcrNHATr, O., April 19. To-day Miss
Mary Greif, a girl of 19, took a chair and
placed it over a hole in the sidewalk op-'
posite her father's house in this city where !
Western union workmen were about to put
a telegraph pole. She sat on the chair and
held the fart till her father obtained aninV
junction.
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