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ALL OPPOSITION
MELTING
AWAY
Harrison's Path for a Benom-
ination Daily Being
Made Smoother.
THE AjStTIS HARD AT WOEK.
Claiming That They Can Yet Easily
Do Up the Administration.
INDORSING NOT INSTRUCTING,
But the Hoosier State Will Get the First
Whack in Convention.
An Officeholder Who Doesn't Love the
President Explains How Easily Harri
son Can Se Renominated He Calls
the Present Condition of Affairs a
Piece of Bad, Management The Op
position Still Declares That Too Pew
States Instruct for Harrison, Al
though They Indorse Him Gillespie
the Hero of the Rockwell Contest A
Toune Pennsylvanlan Who Ha3 Won
His Spurs.
fEFECLU. TELEGKAPHIC LETTER.
BrnEit; or The Dispatch, )
Washu-gtojt, D. C. April 22. J
A very curious chorus of prophecies of
the defeat of President Harrison for the
renomination at Minneapolis is now being
sung at the national capital, and finds its
echo in various parts of the country. In
the face of the declination of Senator Cul
lom, the virtual dropping out of the can
vass of General Alger, the absolute re
tirement of Secretary Blaine, and the
pitying smile created by the coy, diffident
and coaxingly-yielding manner of Husk and
Reed, it is still insisted, with force and
With serious assumption of knowledge,
that a conspiracy is abroad to defeat Har
rison's renomination.
Never did the selection of a candidate
seem to be more certain than that of Harri
son. The only persons upon whom it was
thought possible for a ready and bitter op
position to concentrate have voluntarily
taken themselves out of the way, and
heartily support this man in encompassing
whose defeat they were to be the chief
weapons. In fact, these bitter antagonisms
themselves haTe seemed to melt away, and
those who came to slaughter have re
mained to swear fealty.
Piatt and Quay Not Placated,
This, at least, is the case with two of the
Pres:4Jr'"s rank satagonists. Those "two
are not Piatt and Quay, however.
In the face of all these signs to the con
trary, the cry yet goes forth that Harrison
is to be beaten. Ask Quay about it, and
you will be assured that there is no concert
of purpose in that direction. Inquire of
Piatt and you will be answered that if there
is any such incense as the defeat of Harri
son floating on the party zephyrs its odor
will only be detected when the delegations
assemble under the early June sun at Min
neapolis. This is Piatt's nearest approach
to poetic expression.
Yet the insistence with which the move
ment for the defeat of Harrison is kept to
the front has a look of substantiality which
cannot be ignored.
Everybody Talks About It.
.Republican politicians ire found in little
grjouns at the Capitol and at hotels and
c1 r.bs, discussing the prospect with serious
w rds and not as a bare possibility.
The two local dailies have engaged during
th last few days in a lengthy discussion of
th matter. The Post, an almost savage op
ponent of Blaine up to the publication of
his' letter announcing his position, and all
the time enthusiastic for Harrison, now
loots upon the anti-Harrison movement as
formidable and the nomination of a new
candidate at Minneapolis as probable. The
Star, always serious, discusses almost
solemnly what seems to it to be the writing
on the wall that Harrison is doomed to defeat
at Minneapolis.
All'this should be evidence of a tangible
movement, yet note how vague is the state
ment. A paragraph from a lone article in
the Star this evening will suggest the ethe
real character of the whole matter. Here
it is:
Argnments of the Opposition.
The planning of this opposition has been
left to a comparatively few leading Repub
licans, and what they have done has been
managed very quietly and, to a great ex
tent. In secret. The result of their wort
and their general plan of operation is now
becoming known to a greater number of the
prominent Republicans in official life, and
the time is approaching when, it is believed,
the whole matter will be 1 evealed.
The names of those men who are man
aging the anti-Harrison movement may not
be disclosed at this time without violation
of confidence, but,if they conld be given, the
public would be convinced that the opposi
tion is not, at least, characterless. One
reason why the importance of this move
ment is not fully appreciated is that the
managers consider it desirable that their
work should continue in secrecy for a time
yet, but there is no doubt that up to this
point they hare progressed so successfully
that thev are entirely confident that they
will be able to accomplish Harrison's defeat
at the convention.
One of the most prominent and ablest Re
publicans in the country declared to your
correspondent to-day that he felt perfectly
confident that Harrison could not be nomin
ated. Indorsements Not Instruction.
A great deal of significance is attached to
the fact that while nearly every Republican
convention passes a formal resolution in
dorsing the administration, yet, in a ma
jority of cases, the delegates are unin
structed. It is claimed by responsible men
that nearly every delegation which goes to
the Minneapolis Convention instructed will
fail to voto for Harrison, and that if he gets
the nomination he ill have to have enough
instructed delegates to give it to him on the
first ballot. And that, they profess to believe,
is impossible, and they say further that
several of the delegations Instructed for
Harrison will never voto for him alter the
first ballot.
As far as can be learned the opponents of
Harrison have not yet fixed upon one par
ticular candidate with whom to oppose him.
and it appears not to be their policy to do so
until after the convention meets.
This is specimen of 100 articles which I
have read recently on this subject All are
charmingly mysterious. They hover in a
ghostly way around some profound and dra
matic factional conspiracy without any
specific or substantial clew from which to
trace the head conspirators. It is exasper-
ating not to be given a single name or sng-
Visions or All Binds or Brigands.
Horrible thoughts of Quay, the Pennsyl
vania bravo, and Piatt, the New York
brigand, arise in one's mind, but surely if
these are to be the assassins of Harrison's
political ambitions there was no need for
silence or mystery. "Whoever they are,
they ore working in secret, and so they must
be permitted to work until their schemes
are ripe and can be disclosed without a vio
lation of confidence.
I know the identity of the writer of the
article from which this quotation is made.
He is not given to sensation. He takes life
seriously, as does the paper which he repre
sents. I am convinced he believes that he
knows the tangible character of the thing
he describes so intangibly.
"What then, is the basis of all this vocifer
ous assurance of the President's forthcom
ing defeat?
I put this question to-day to a gentleman
whose "very comfortable salary is paid by
the people of the United States. He is a
member of the Republican party, and a
strong feature of the present administration.
He entertains the heartiest detestation for
the cold, calculating, selfish aggregation of
bones and flesh ycleped Harrison. He
feeds on his hatred and grows lean and
jaundiced upon the provender. His bile
overflows at the mention of the name of
Harrison.
A Result or Bad Slanaecment.
'It can't be done; it can't bs done," he
ground out between his teeth In reply.
"It's devilish bad management, devilish
bad management We ought to hare fixed
up a scheme and all work together. Oh,
yes, I know, only a few delegations will be
instructed. The big ones will be free to go
where they please. Jiut where will they
go? Yes, I remember Arthur in 1884; Ar
thur was sure of the nomination, just as
Harrison is now. But nobody except Blaine
could have defeated the nomination of Ar
thur. Nobody but Blaine can defeat the
nomination of Harrison, and Blaine will
not let his name be used. His declination,
I personally know, is absolnte and irrevoca
ble. Who else can command the enthusiasm
of the convention? Much as 1 detest Har
rison, I believe he would be a stronger can
didate than any other man except Blaine.
"But let's look at the prospect Imagine
yourself at Minneapolis. The preliminaries
have been ended and nominating speeches
are in order. The States will be called
alphabetically. Alabama, Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Idaho and Illinois will be
called without response.
"Where Indiana Gets the Bulge.
"Then will come Indiana. Some big
mouthed Hoosier will be selected to present
the name of Harrison for renomination.
The convention will be largely made up of
officeholders appointed by Harrison. The
Southern delegations will be controlled to
a man by officeholders. The moment the
State of Indiana i called these fellows will
begin to howl, and their howls will betaken
up by all the officeholders of the North and
West, and by all the fellows who are easily
carried away by excitement
"The big-mouthed Hoosier will stand
there for half an hour, waiting for the fools
to get quiet Then he'll start in carefully,
and work up with a dozen sloppy periods.
each beginning with 'a man who,' and, tell
ing of some great thing done by Harrison,
until he reaches the name of Indiana's can
didate, which he will pronounce with a
roar. Then the convention will go off into
another epileptic fit for half an hour. Then
a dozen fellows from other States will make
speeches seconding the nomination, and
each time Harrison's name is mentioned, if
thev don't do it too often, the howl will
again go up. After that nobody else will
be in it If any other man have a lurking
desire to get his name advertised by the
convention, the howls of the officeholders for
Harrison will scare him out of the halL
Death Alone a Certain Conqueror.
"Oh, I can see it all, just as plainly as
though it were before me now. That is
the way it was with Cleveland at St Louis
in 1888. That was an officeholders' con
vention. Everybody enrsed Cleveland, but
there was no getting away from his nomi
nation. So it will be with Harrison at
Minneapolis, dash it all. It is nonsense
to talk of his defeat if he lives to go into
the convention."
Now, here are people friendly to Harri
son who have unearthed a deep and deadly
conspiracy against him, and forecast his de
feat, and here is a man bitterly opposed to
Harrison who can see nothing possible but
Harrison's renomination. You can take
your choice.
When the Noyes-Bockwell contest came
to a final vote, late this afternoon, after
four days of heated discussion, it was evi
dent before the roll call had progressed
more than a little way down the alphabet
that a majority of the committee would be
unmercifully snubbed. So certain was this
that a panic struck the seven Democrats of
the committee who voted with the Repub
licans to seat Noves, and only O'Ferrall, of
Vermont, the Chairman; Moore, of Texas,
and Lawson, of Georgia, were found bold
enough to vote squarely with the Rcpub
licans for a Republican.
A Great Victory Tor Gillespie.
Payntcr, of Kentucky, Brown, of Indiana,
and Dan Lockwood, of the Buffalo district,
dodged, and Johnstone, of South Carolina,
flopped completely from his position in
committee and voted for Rockwell, with
Gillespie and Cobb, who made the minority
report, and saved to Rockwell his seat in
Congress.
Never before has so unanimous a majority
report in a contested election case been so
summarily ignored as in this instance.
Chairman O'Ferrall made a terrific effort to
have his report sustained. He talked with
lofty superiority of fairness and justice,
though he knew that Noyes had probably
the weakest case of any of . the six Repub
licans interested in contests in this Con-
gress.
After a careful examination of the case,
and with my first impressions wholly in
favor of Noyes, I am convinced that if the
contestant had been seated it would have
been by the counting of votes marked con
traryto law, and votes purchased by a cash
payment I cannot conceive how the com
mitte could take any other view.
A Manly Stand Against Big Odds.
Rarely have more scathing speeches been
heard in Congress than those of Colonel
Fellows and Bourke Cockran to-day, in
which the report of the majority was torn
to pieces and not a shred left of it O'Fer
rall stood his ground manfully, however,
and even endeavored to stay the overwhelm
ing current running against him by invok
ing the divine name of Cleveland, compar
ing him to Hill, who interfered for Rock
well, as a lion to a fox. His allusions to
Cleveland were applauded to the echo, but
those who applauded voted against him all
the same.
The result is a great compliment to Rep-,
resentative Gillespie, of the Twenty-fifth
Pennsvlvania district, who took Rockwell's
case up when it was lost, and, though sitting
his first term, and the youngest member of
the committee,almost single-handed, fought
for the Elmira man and saved his head. He
was snubbed in his committee for presum
ing to set up his judgment against the
majority, but he won Cobb, of Alabama, to
his support, and almost secured the co
operation of Johnstone, of South Carolina,
and Paynter, of Kentucky,
Crushed Under a Majority of 42.
0'Ferrall,once committed to his errone
ous theory that Congress mutt abide by
the decision of the Court of Appeals, was
too obstinate to admit, that he was wrong,
and so went to ' his humiliation of to-day,
dragging with him to the threshold of the
final vote six other members who had voted
with him in committee, but three of whom
ran away at the last moment, while a fourth
deserted to the Gillespie minority. Claim
ing victory all the time. O'Ferrall was
crushed under a majority of 42.
Representative Gillespie has certainly
won glory enough in this triumphant con
quest to compensate him for his enforced
retirement after one term -on account of tho
8,000 Republican majority against him in
his district Lightnee.
SCDDDER A FORGER, ,
IF THE TESTIMONY AS TO MBS. DDK
TON'S WILLS BE TRUE.
Experts Testify That tho Signatures on the
Two Documents Were Written In Sep
arate Hands Some Damaging Evidence
by the Signing "Witnesses.
Chicago, April 23. Another case has
come up in whioh Dr. Henry Martyn Soud
der, against whom the oharge of causing the
death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dunton,
is pending, is interested. It has reference
to the seoond will purporting to have been
made by Mrs. Dunton and which her hus
band and his attorneys assert is a bogus one
drawn by Dr. Scudder. Dunton's attorneys
this afternoon filed a petition in the Probate
Court, setting forth the .faots in regard to
the prior will, and asking that the Judge
might take such action in regard to the
second document as he deemed proper.
The prior will was admitted to probate
shortly after Mrs. Dunton's death. In it
the larger portion of the estate was devised
to Scudders wife and the remainder to
other relatives. The seoond will, which the
attorneys allege was prepared and the
signature thereto forged by Sondder, leaves
the whole estate to his wife..
Celia Wallace, one of the servants, whose
name was signed as a witness to the will,
testified in court this afternoon that the
paper was not the one she signed; that it
was another paper that xr. scudder assea
her to sign, and when she did so Mrs. Dun
ton's name was not signed to it Scudder
explained to her that the paper she signed
in the presence qf Mrs. Dunton was signed
erroneously, hence the substitution of the
other. He further told her not to tell Mrs.
Dunton about the second signature, lest in
her weak condition it should worry her.J
Hannah Johnson, another domestic, testi
fied to seeing the Wallace girl sign the
paper, saying it was folded so the writing
could not be seen. She added that Mrs.
Dunton, before death, had told her the resi
dence was to go to Miss Parker, and wanted
hgr to remember that, if there was any
trouble about it Experts testified that the
sismature on the second document was evi
dently written by a different hand than that
which signed Mrs. Dunton's first will.
BDNKOIST O'BRIEN'S'ESCAPE.
Big Annie Gray Believed to Bs His Assist
ant Bis Break Was Expected by Now
York Friends Supposed to Have Gone
to Canada or Oat West.
New York, April 22. Special Bunko
ist Tom O'Brien's friends in New-York be
lieve that he was aided in his escape prin
cipally at least by big Annie Gray, who
used to keep house on Thirty-first street
When New York was afflicted with bunko
stterers her house was the headquarters of
the gang, and it has been said the panel
game was often worked there. It
was there, some years ago that O'Brien shot
a man. N. P. R-- Hatch flashed a stolen
$1,000 bill under O'Brien's nose and O'Brien
took it away from him. In the fight that
ensued one of the bunko steerers was shot
The next morning, in the police court, no
one of the crowd would make a complaint
and all were discharged.
O'Brien's escape caused no surprise here.
It was expected by his friends. O'Brien,
they say, is a man of his word, and when
he sard he would not go to prison he
meant it
Lawyer Abe Hummel said yesterday that
he had received no notice of his client's es
cape, and knew nothing about it except
what he had read in the morning papers.
Superintendent Byrnes merely said, when
asked about the escape: "They must have
been babies that had him."
O'Brien's friends think he went straight
to Canada or to the West, and that he will
bring up finally in some South American
country, where foreign thieves are popular.
They say he will have plenty of money to
take him wherever he wants to go.
HINISTEES TO TAKE A "HAND
In liaising Their Share of tho Big Grant
Monument Fond.
New York, April 22. Special This
was a busy day for the. officers of the Grant
Monument Association, and a half dozen new 1
committees were started out to do their
share in swelling the subscriptions to
the fund. General Horace Porter called
the ministers of New York together
at the Holland House, and aroused enthusi
asm in them over his project to raise the
5350,000 within the next few days. Resolu
tions were adopted expressing sympathy
with the new movement and pledging the
support of the New York ministers of all
creeds.
A committee headed by ProC Philip
Scbaff, of "Union Theological Seminary, and
. with such names on it as Archbishop Corn
pan. Bishop Potter, John R. Paxton, and
R. & McArtbur, Rabbi Gottheil and Mor
gan Dix was appointed to co-operate with
the association. Several of the ministers
intend to make the monument fund the sub
ject of addresses in the pulpits to-morrow,
and In some churches it is expected that
collections will be made on behalf of the
fund.
UNDER" ABBE8T 70S CONTEMPT.
A Nova Scotlan Gets Into Trouble, Escapes
and Is Arrested Again.
HALIFAX, N. S., April 22. Special
The Mayor of Truro, a town 60 miles from
here, was arrested to-day on a warrant is
sued by the Speaker of the Provincial
House of Assembly. Two days ago he was
previously summoned to appear before the
bar of the House on a charge of contempt
for having traduced the reputation of a
member, but while in the lobby of the
House he made his escape from the
Sergeant at Arms and took the train for
home.
A warrant was issued for his arrest, and
he was again taken into custody to-day and
brought forcibly before the House, when he
was remanded till to-morrow to receive sen
tence for his gross treatment of the honor of
the House.
Will Meet Next Xear in Pittsburg.
Lancaster, April 22. The General
Board of Home Missions of the Reformed
Church adjourned to-day, after appropriat
ing 135,000 for missions in various sections
of the country. They will meet hext year
In Pittsburg.
Another Electrocution Decreed.
Newbuboh, N. X., April 22. McGuire,
the murderer of Mrs. Gregory, was sen
tenced here to-day to suffer death by elec
tricity in Sing Sing State prison some time
in the week beginning June 6.
BIBLE The new American translation of
the Bible will create a sensation. Bead a
forecast in THE DISPATCH to-morroW.
A BODY BUKNEDUP
In Order to Obtain $55,000 Insur
ance Money on the Life of
ONE OP TWO SLY CONSPIRATORS.
A Very l)eep-Laid Plot to Beat Three Big
New lork Companies.
A CONFESSION EXPOSES THE FRAUD
(.SPECIAL TZIXCRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Seattle, April 22. The mystery sur
rounding the burned body found in the
house of William Radloff, near this city,
was cleared up to-day by the confession of
one of the conspirators against the three
New York companies in which Radloff had
his life insured, the New York Life, the
Mutual and the Equitable. Radloff is alive,
and if he is caught the companies will prob
ably prosecute him for conspiracy to de
fraud. Last Saturday morning Badlofi's house,
which is four miles north of Seattle in the
woods and remote from neighbors, was found
to hate been burned to the ground. In the
rains were the charred remains of a man.
The natural inference on the part of the
neighbors was that Radloff, who had been
sleeping there alone for a week or two, had
perished.
ilaaion was a uerman, 20 years oiu, wu
had married two or three years ago an
American wife, with whom he had not been
very happy. For three or four months a
handsome young Austrian, Louis Kost
rauch, lived with the family and was on
very good terms with his wife.
Suspicions of Murder Aroused.
At the time of the fire Mrs. Radloff and
her baby were visiting her parents, near
Tacoma. Kostrauch was also away from
the house, so the authorities jumped at the
conclusion that Kostrauch had murdered
Radloff In order that Mrs. Radloff might be
free to marrr him.
Kostrauch was arrested. In his' posses
sion was found a love letter from Mrs. Rad
loff and a money order made out for her by
her husband. Kostrauch was at first reti
cent, and denied having talked with Rad
loff the day before the fire. At last he said
that perhaps he might tell what he knew if
he were assured that he would not be
hanged. The police were convinced Jhat
they had the criminal on their hands and
searched no further.
The case was then complicated by the dis
covery that within two months Radloff had
taken out $55,000 life insurance, $20,000 in
the New York Life, $20,000 in the Equita
ble, and $15,000 in the Mutual. The insur
ance men inclined to the belief that Radloff
was not dead, but had entered into a con
spiracy to defraud the companies. A ceme
tery near the Radloff house was examined,
and evidence was obtained that the body in
the ruins had been taken from one of the
graves there.
A Most Complete Chain of Proof.
The chain of proof was so complete that
at the inquest to-day the whole story
came out by Kostrauch's oonfession. Kos
trauch savs that he and Radloft and Mrs.
Radloff planned the whole affair. Radloff,
on March 9, applied for insurance in the
three companies named, and was passed by
the physician as a first-class risk. In the
Mutual Company he paid up his policy for
a year, and in the two others he arranged
for the payments to be made quarterly: In
each case he made payment within two
weeks of the fire. ,
The amount of the insurance was consid
ered by all the agents as rather remark
able, but Radloff, who had lived in this
country for over eight years, had made a
snug fortune in real estate here, and also
professes to have a steady income from
family estates at Mecklenburg, in the old
country. He said his wife had consulted a
fortune teller, who predicted his death, and
he had taken out the life insurance to allay
her nervousness.
:A few days after the doctors had passed him
and the applications had been sent to the
home offices for acceptance Radloff and Kos
trauch went by night to the cemetery and
dug up the body of D. R. Lewis, a neigh
bor of about the same age as Radloff, who
had died of consumption February 17.
They took out the coffin, but left the
wooden box that had. inclosed it The cof
Au. with the body, was buried again in 'the
chicken yard near Radloff 's house. Then
the conspirators waited for the insurance
policies. '
The Conspiracy Fully Carried Out.
When everything was ready Mrs. Rad
loff was sent away to her parents, and Rad
loff and Kostrauck dugupthebody.stripped
it, and put a pair of Radloff" s old trousers
on it and laid it in Radloffs bed. Then
they filled the room with shavings, poured
coal oil all about the house, placed an ax
near the bed, and set two lighted candles in
the midst of the inflammable materials.
The candles burned down in about three
hours, and the men who had by this time
got well away frointhe scene saw the flames
light up the sky.
Radloff started the same night for San
Francisco, but Kostrauch remained behind.
He played a clever part after his arrest,
hoping to be considered a murderer, and to
divert the officers so that no description of
Radloff would be telegraphed abroad. He
was, however, prepared to prove an alibi
later.
The grave of Lewis was found empty and
the handles of the coffin were picked up in
the ruins of Badlofi's house. The police
believe they enow where itaaiott is. Mrs.
Radloff denies any knowledge of the con
spiracy, though Kostrauch says they were
all to meet in Germany and enjoy the life
insurance money.
REPAIRING THREE TOWNS.
The Damage Wrought by the California
Earthquake About SIOO.OOO Only Ono
Life Lost Tho Geography of the
Afflicted Begton Winter Suffered
Worst
San Francisco, April 22. There has
been no' recurrence of the earthquake shocks
in the Vaca Valley, and the three towns
where the greatest damage occurred are
rapidly recovering from the effects of the
disaster. The destructive area was confined
to a triangle having sides 10 to 12 miles in
length, with the towns of Vacaville, Dixon
and Winters at the angles. Some serious
damage was done a few miles north of this
area, taking in Davisville, and in a lesser
degree the town of Woodland.
The town of Winters was the center of
the disturbance. It has a population of
800, its main street being mostly built up
with one and two-story brick buildings.
These were all demolished or so badly in
jured as to render them uusafe. A number
of people slept in tents last night, but to
day the workmen began cleaning away the
debris of the ruined buildings. At Wood
land there are a few walls that will prob
ably have to be taken down and rebuilt
The grammar school building has been con
demned. A force of men is at work taking
down chimneys that are considered unsafe.
The only building in Woodland approach
ing a complete wreck is the Capitol Hotel,
where a part of the fire-wall tumbled down
and crashed through an awning.
At Dixon there does not appear to be
much damage. The damage to the Dixon
Baptist Church, which cost $14,000, appears
to be trivial on the outside, yet it has been
decided that the cheapest way to repair the
damage will be to tear the church down
and build a new one. A drive over' the
country road! from Dixon shows many de
molished chimneys on farm houses, and in
and around Davisville similar damage Is
noticeable. It is now estimated that the
total damage at all towns will not exceed
5100,00a The only fatality is that of a
workman named Wick Darby, injured by
falling bricks at Winterswho died at the
hospital to-day.
LOOKING FOR INVADERS.
BUFFALO, WTO., OCCUPIED B7
ARMED HOME GUARDS.
160
If Cattlemen Attempt to Reinforce Their
Imprisoned Comrades There WUI Be
Trouble A "Virtual State of Siege In the
Town Business Suspended,
Buffalo, Wto., April 22. There are
about 150 armed men in- town, organized as
home guards, the organization being estab
lished last Sunday night It includes 200
men under command of Frank Smith, of
Powder River, divided into squads of ten
men each, under command of a sergeant
The streets are patrolled by a strong guard
at night, and all travelers to and from town
are inspected. 1
Rumors are current of other bands of in
vaders coming to Montana and elsewhere
to assist the stockmen. The outposts of
the organization will seek to give timely
warning of the approach of any such party.
Fears are entertained by many that the at
tempts of the stockmen will be renewed. A.
few persons suspected of having been favor
able to the stockmen are in fear of violence
from the other party.
The streets have been quiet but full of
people and business is at a standstill. There
is no carousing, but men stand talking of
anything new. Many absurd but dangerous
rumors are reported and more or less be
lieved. Sheriff Angus has turned the prisoners
in jail over to Colonel Van Home. Vio
lence is not apprehended at present; but
if the rumored invasion should occur, or if
some vicious rumors should gain credence
in the present state of excitement, one
cannot tell what might happen.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Neglected Children of One Carnegie Family
Now Charity Wards They Are Said to
Be Distant Relatives of the Iron Master
A Sad Story.
New Yobk, April 22. Special Seven
little children ranging in age from 13 years
down to 2 were token to the Harlem
Police, Court to-day and committed to the
care of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children by Justice Welde.
Agents' of Gerry's Society had them in
charge. The oldest and youngest of them
were boys, and the others were girls, all
brothers and sisters. "
The story in connection with them is a
pitiful one. Their names are Carnegie, and
they are said to.be the grandchildren of the
cousin of Andrew Carnegie, the iron mag
nate. Their father's name is John, a
plasterer, 40 years old, and their mother,
Jessie, has been dying of consumption,
brought on by neglect, for several months.
The husband works steadily at his trade and
makes $4 a day, but for more than a month
he has not provided a single dollar toward
tho support of his family. Three weeks
ago Mrs. Carnegie was stricken with hastv
consumption and was unable to work. The
husband, it is said, returned from his work
every" night drunk and abused his wife and
children.
The neighbors informed Rev. W. Knight
McGowen, of Emanuel Church, of the con
dition of affairs, and he reported the case
to Agents Moore and MoManus. The lat
ter, at the Carnegie home last night, found
the sick woman propped up in a chair in
the apartment of Mrs. Evans, in the same
house. Her seven little children were play
ing about the floor they, too, looked half
starved. The woman was sent to the Har
lem Hospital, where the doctors said she
cannot live. The husband will be arrested.
Mrs. Carnegie died late to-night
MILITARY SPIES COMING
To Pry Into Armor-Plate and Gun Secrets
at tho Bethlehem Iron Works.
Bethlehem, Pa., April 22. Visitors to
the Bethlehem Iron Works, which were
always strictly guarded, will now be more
rigidly excluded than ever. Three weeks
ago Superintendent Fritz was advised that
foreign spies were on their ay to Bethle
hem to obtain some sacredly-guarded secrets
relative to the composition of steel and its
manufacture into gun-forming and armor
plates. The force of watchmen was in
creased, and 'Governor Pattisou was peti
tioned to grant detectives' commissions to
ten men designated by the company.
The Governor complied, and the commis
sions appointing the ten men coal and iron
police and vesting them with the same
powers granted the Philadelphia police ar
rived to-day.
FLA31MABION on sun
DISPATCH to-morrow.
flames In THE
PUMPIHO IHE FLOODED MINK.
The Ten Drowned Corpses May Not Be Re
covered for a Day or Two.
Pottsville, April 22. The situation at
the Lytle Colliery, near Minersville, in
which ten men are imprisoned and undoubt
edly drowned by the disastrous frooding
Wednesday evening, remains unchanged so
far as the recovery of the bodies is con
cerned. The duplex pumps are reducing the water
in the mine, and, although it may require
another 24 hours to remove all of it, the
opinion is advanced that the action of the
pumps in lifting the water will have a
tendency to draw the floating bodies to the
foot of the slope before the rescuers will be
able to enter the lower parts of the mine.
HAD HIS MONUMENT: BEADY.
A Xoungstown "Victim of Heart Disease Was
Prepared for His Death.
Youngstown, April 22. Special
Michael Laffin, a bachelor SI years old, died
to-day. After his death it was learned that
he had made complete preparations for a
sudden death, knowing he was a victim of
heart disease.
A year ago Laffin purchased a cemetery
lot had the vault excavated, which he
walled up himself, and a monument erected
ucouui; 111s iiauio uuu 111s service ia (as
army, omitting only the date of death.
Laffin was an industrious mechanic and a
gallant soldier.
CINCINNATI IS SAFE.
The Blver Falling, After Beaching a Foot
Short of the Danger Line.
Cincinnati, April 22. The river here
has been falling since 6 o'clock this evening,
at the rate of one inch in three hours. At
midnight it was 42 feet 7 inches and still
falling.
It reached its maximum about 2 o'clook
yesterday morning, which was within a foot
ot the danger line. There is no longer any
anticipation of a higher stage than the
present one.
TTVENTT-FOUB pages
PATCH to-morrow.
In THE DIS-
PISTOLS OK SWORDS
May End the Fox-Borrowe-Milbank
Affair in France This Morning.
A DUEL IS AT LAST IN SIGHT
Between Two of the New Torkers
Have Figured for So long
Who
IN A SCANDAL OF TWO CONTINENTS
BT CABLE TO TBS DISPATCH.
London, April 22. Copyright. Bor
rowe and Milbank vanished from London
early this morning, as suddenly and as mys
teriously as they disappeared from New
York two weeks ago. Exactly where they
have gone nobody seems to know, but if
statements made to friends here just before
their departure are to be relied upon, Fox
and Borrowe will fight a duel before day
light to-morrow morning.
When Milbank left the Savoy Hotel he
said he was going to Paris and should re
turn in a day or two. At Borrowe's-Jodg-
ingS rePoeu vnav ne uas JS
Brussels. Fox has gone to Calais. &.
The latest phase of this dawdling
seems to have real guns in it The affa..
(w m... iTa
has been arranged with the greatest secrecy,
but the report here is that the duel will take
place to-morrow morning, probably with
pistols.
One of the Two Men a Liar.
Fox has all along held stanchly to his
assertion that Borrowe knew of the publi
cation of the letters in the Borrowe-Dray-ton
affair and authorized it Borrowe de
nies this, asserting that while he tenta
tively agreed to the publication of the cor
respondence when,the proper time arrived,
he had no knowledge whatever that Fox
had bargained to sell it for money, or that it
was to be published while Drayton was in
mid-ocean unable to defend himself. Bor
rowe said that in publishing this corres
pondence as he did. Fox was guilty of a
gross breach of faith.
Since Borrowe has been in London he
has avoided meeting Fox, and no effort was
made by the parties Interested to bring
them together. Last Tuesday Milbank met
Fox by accident, and the duel is believed
to be the outcome ot a conversation on that
occasion. Milbank has made no secret that
he was heartily tired of the whole affair,
and that if Borrowe expected his assistance
in settling up the quarrel with Fox, mat
ters must be brought to a climax very
speedily.
Both Fox and Borrowe Mortified.
Milbank has stood by Borrowe through
thick and thin, even against the advice of
friends here, who deolare that Borrowe wai
not a man worthy of the slightest confi
dence. The fact of the matter is that both
Fox and Borrowe are much mortified at the
position in which they have placed them
selves. While Fox has practically no social
bosition here, his friends have made him
feel keenly their disapprobation of his con
duct in selling the correspondence intrusted
in an affair of honor, even though he did it,
as he alleges, with Borrowe's consent
Borrowe, on the other hand, makes' no
secret of the fact that nearly all his friends
in New York have cut him because Fox in
sists on making him an accomplice in the
publication of Mrs. Drayton's disgrace.
It is not known who Mr. Fox's seconds
are. Milbank, who has stood stanch by
Borrowe through the whole ..jiffalr, will
probably'be one of his seconds in this meet
ing, should it come off. Fpx is a deter
mined fellow, not likely to tolerate any
aspersion upon his words or conduct If he
and Borrowe meet that will put an end to
this purely accidental issue in this cose.
Milbank Must Act as Second.
Milbank has said he has no personal feel
ing against Fox, but it is natural that as
Milbank has fi cured in this matter as Bor
rowe's friend throughout he would not de
cline to act as the latter's second in the
projected duel. Borrowe is under the im
pression that a meeting with Fox on the
held ot honor will oe a vindication 01 tne
aspersions cast upon him by Drayton for
his refusal to meet him.
Fox is certainly as formidable a foe as
Drayton wouM be, and if Borrowe is not
afraid to meet him for an exchange of shots
the inference is that cowardice was not
the ground for declining to cross swords
with Drayton.
As the persons mentioned expect to return
to London to-morrow evening, it is proba
ble that the duel is expected to come off in
the morning, as before stated. Whether For
challenged Borrowe, or whether he forced
Borrowe to challenge him, cannot be
learned. There are all sorts of widely di
vergent rumors, but the probability is that
Fax challenged Borrowe. In that case Bor
rowe would have the choice of weapons, and
would naturally choose swords, of which he
has some knowledge, while Fox has abso
lutely none. If Fox had the choice of
weapons he would undoubtedly choose pis
tols, in which case the chances would be
strongly in his favor.
A SENSATIONAL DEPOSITION
Filed by the Plaintiff in a Wealthy Family's
Skeleton Exposure.
Cleveland, O., April 22. Special
Some time ago Captain John W. Moore, a
prominent shipbroker, brought suit for
divorce from his wife. She filed a counter
petition for $100,000, alleging that she was
the victim of a conspiracy in which her
husband, A. R. Rumsey and others were
participants.
To-day a sensational deposition was filed
by Mrs. Moore's attorneys, giving the testi
mony of O. L. Pooler, of Chattanooga, a
former employe of Rumsey. He- declares
that Rumsey approached him and asked
him to become a party to an attempt to
place Mrs. Moore in a compromising posi
tion: that there was $1,000 in the scheme,
and he would get half of the money. He
was to go to Captain Moore's house on the
pretext of performing massage operations.
The Captain was to leave the house and re
turn shortly after. He also said that Rum
sey wanted him to get Mrs. Moore out and
then be discovered.
NO IRISH PARTY SPLIT.
McCarthy and Dillon Both Deny the Story
About a Division.
New Yobk, April 22. Special In
reply to a cablegram sent by Dr. T. Addis
Emmett, President of the National Federa
tion of America, asking if there was any
truth in the reports of division in the Irish
National party, the following has been re
ceived: ,
No foundation rumored division Irish
party. icsnir McCarthy,
Jons Dillox.
OUT OPENLY FOR ANNEXATION.
A Canadian Conservative Gives His Rea
sons for His Stand.
TOBONTO, Ont.', April 22. Special
The nomination of an annexationist candi
date to contest a bye-election in Toronto
to-day has excited a good deal of interest
The bye-election is to fill a vacancy in the
Ontario Legislature caused by' the death of
H. E. Clarke, member for Toronto. There
are four candidates H. A. E. Kent,straight
Conservative: N. G. Bieelow. Liberal:
jf niuips xnompson. inaenenaent labor can
didate, and E. A. McDonald, on the plat- j
form of political union with the United
States.
Macdonald, in his address to the electors,
boldly advocated politican union. He con
tended that the present fiscal policy of Can
ada had been' a failure, and had driven
thousands of young men to the United
States. He said he was a consistent Con
servative, but believed annexation the best
thing that conld happen Canada. The elec
tion will take place April 29.
DIED IN NEW YORK.
FRANK
M. BOBERTS A VICTIM
HEART FAILURE.
OF
The Paymaster of Jones St LaughlinV
American Iron Works Found Dead In
Bis Bed In a New York Hotel Sad End
of a Pleasure Trip.
New Yoke, April 22. Special Mr.
Frank M. Roberts, of Pittsburg, the pay
master of Jones & Laughlins' American
Iron Works, was found dead in his bed this
morning at the Gilsey House in this city.
Shortly before 11 o'clock in the morning a
servant passing through the hall noticed
that the light was burning brightly in Mr.
Roberts' room, and thinking that something
was wrong, he went downstairs and notified
the proprietor. Repeated knocks failing to
bring any response, the door was burst
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disease o
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Mr. Eo fr as alone at the Gilsey
Eo. p- as
House, arriving, there last Sunday on a visit
partly for business and partly for recrea
tion. He was apparently in the best of
health and' spirits when he went to his room
on Thursday night He was about SO years
of age and had been connected with the
American Iron Works for over 30 years,
years. He leaves a wife and family in
Pittsburg, to whom word of his death was
sent to-day.
Mr. Roberts lived with his family on
North Highland avenue near Station street.
He has been a familiar figure on the South
side for 30 years, and during his service as
paymaster for Jones & Laughlins' had
several thrilling experiences with highway
men who attempted to waylay and rob him
as he was on his way from the bank
to the works with the money to
pay the employes of the firm on
payday. He was always well armed on
such occasions, accompanied by another
armed man, and always managed to outwit
the would-be robbers. In 1860, when quite
a young man, he and Charles Van Hook, of
this city, went to California to make their
fortunes, but were unsuccessful and returned
the latter part of 1861, when Mr. Roberts
took the position of paymaster and book
keeper for Jones'& Laughlins, who at that
time employed only 250 men.
Mrs. Roberts went" to New York last
night, and will bring the remains to this
city for interment
CANADA'S BEQUEST DENIED.
The British Cabinet Refuses to Abrogate
Farts of Commercial Treaties.
Ottawa, Onl, April 22. Hon. George
Foster this afternoon presented a message
from Lord Stanley, conveying a reply from
Lord KnutsfOrd, Colonial Secretary, to the
address pi the Canadian Parliament, asking
the abrogation of the most favored nation
clause in the treaties between the Imperial
Government and Belgium and the German
Zollverein.
The request is denied by the British Gov
ernment, because the abrogation asked
would jeopardize England's interests in the
Zollverein by disrupting treaties that are
advantageous and that she might not be
able .again to negotiate. Besides,' it is not
clear that if the demand is granted, Canada
would be able to negotiate independently
of England, through whom Canada now en
joys equal privileges under the treaties
sought to be abrogated.
PIBST VESSELS IN THE N0BTH.
Some of Them Get Stuck In the Ice, Whllo
Others Go Through Safely.
Duluth, MrNN., April 22. The steamer
George M. Roby was the first boat from the
lower lakes to reach here. She arrived this
morning at 11:35. She was followed by the
Oakwood, and a few minutes later by the
Lockwood and Onoko, all coal laden. The
propellers Sauber, Jaspa, Williams and
Fayette Brown entered the ice about the
same time as these vessels, and were unsuc
cessful in getting through. They are now
about four miles out and fast in the ice.
The City of London cleared yesterday
afternoon tor Buffalo with flour. About
three miles out she became locked in the
ice. Two more steamers were sighted at 11
o'clock this morning just entering the ice.
THE ALLIANCA'S TEBEIBLE VOYAGE.
Deaths From Yellow Fever and Pneumonia
on the Way From Brazil.
New Yoek, April 22. The steamer
Allianca, from Brazilian ports, which
arrived to-day, reports that on March 3,
Howard F. Appleton, of Brooklyn, aged 22
years, died from yellow fever and was
buried at sea. An April 4, Mary Jane
Moynihan, a saloon passenger, died from
pneumonia. She was also buried at sea.
Two of the crew who were ill with yellow
fever were sent ashore at Santos, and six
others who were suffering from the same
disease were landed at Rio Janeiro. The
Allianca .is detained at Quarantine for
disinfection.
NEGROES WILL FAST AND PBAY.
They
Appoint a Day for That Purpose,
Owing to Recent Lyncblngs.
St. Louis, April 22. The committee ap
pointed at a recent mass meeting of the
colored people of this city, held to take ac
tion with reference to the recent occurrences
of bloody violence,especially the Texarkana
and other lynchings, have issued an appeal
to "the colored people of the United States
and their friends."
They request them to set aside the 31st
of May as a day of humiliation, fasting and
praying.
PEARY'S expedition and its progress
handsomely Illustrated In THE DISPATCH
to-morrow.
THIS MOENING'S NEWS.
Topic, Page.
Harrison's Gripon the' Nomination 1
A Life Insurance Conspiracy.... . 1
Sensational Duel on the Carpet 1
The Baseball Cranks' Day 1
Reciprocity Helping Pittsburg : 2
Pittsburg's Demands on Congress 2
L. & O. Spies in Trouble Here 2
A Balloon Needed In Jail 3
Editorial and Miscellaneous 4
Gossip of a National Capital... ,v
Cleveland Cheeredln the House .'5
Bradstreet's and Dun's Reports.. 6
The Schemes of the Politicians..... 7
China and Religion in the Senate.......... 7
Reformatory Boys Revolt 7
The First Home Ball Game 8
Amateur Sporting News 8
English and Continental News.. 9
The Business World's Budget 0
Parson Downs Has a Sensation O
Snhjects for Sunday Sermons 10
Foreign Oil Bearing Prices Here .10
News of the County Courts ..IO
Iron. Real Estate and Produce Markets.. 11
An Original Detective Story 13
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Pittsburg's Team Onco More
Started on Its Journey
Toward the Pennant.
MANY OF THE OLD CEAMS
Witness the Features of the
ing Game in the Eain.
Open-
ENTHUSIASTS ALMOST RIOTOUS,
Newsboys Indulge in a Pleasant Game of
Slinging 3InL
JIMMI GAL7LN AGAIN lHU PAYORIM
LACK clouds
hung over Pitts
burg yesterday and
nature baptized the
diamond so liber
ally that the game
between Pittsburg:
and St Louis had
to be called at the
ending of the
seventh inning,
when Pittsburg
had 14 runs and '
St Louis only 3.
It was a surprise
to many people
that the game was played at all, for the
grounds were about as bad as a township
road.
All day the signs were closely watched,
and -probably never before were the people
of Pittsburg in such perfect touch with na
ture as they were yesterday. When nature
wept they wept with her. The people were
anxious, for the opening of the baseball
season is the greatest holiday Pittsburg
knows, and nearly every citizen from tho
newsboy to the banker was interested.
The hotels were filled with cranks from the
outside towns who were disappointed the
day before, but were not going to be Bhut
out
Nothing Heard hut BasehaU.
By noon the Seventh Avenue Hotel,
which was the headquarters for the baseball
people, was crowded. The crowd did not
talk of anything but .baseball, and of the
hits and slides that have been famous in
Pittsburg. SDirits went down whenever it
rained. Most of the spirits that dropped
were to bolster the inner spirits up.
At last the parade was ready. Eight car
riages were drawn up in line before the en
trance. Ahead was the Great Western
Band, then came the magnates. The St
Louis club followed, and the Pittsbnrg team
was back next the howling mob
of newsboys. They were a mob. There
tr.r. r,29 nf them by actual count
and they were dressed in all sorts of clothes
In all conditions 01 cieaumic;.
a flag and they
Each had
looked from a dis
tance almost a s
pretty as a Sunday
school picnic. Con
cealed under the
flags were tin horns,
and they made an
awful d i n with
them. The boys
became impatient
At last the word
was given, the band
played a lively
march and the Pitts
burgs started for
that distant bourne
from which n oPrepared by Chef Galvbu
Pittsburg pennant dinners ever returned.
Newsies Enjoy tho Mad.
The crowd was respectful and the newsie3
were courteous for a time until one of them
let fly a handful of mud, and then there was
mud slinging on all sides. Theirflags were
used as weapons and as bats until the stars
and stripes were dripping with mud. Com
ing down Fifth avenue the crowd cheered,
and the admirers ot the various artists of
the bat and ball pointed out their favorites.
At last the grounds were reached, but
long before the parade got there there were
crowds at the gates waiting in the misty
fi ' lulrilh '"s if4'63 were
was a wild rush.
The dampness
had a bad effect
on the sole of
seats on the
bleachers, but
still they were
ft TT, ftll
k fillpil Thovlinlji
?f crowd was not
over 2,500 peo
ple and after
they eot chillled
. . , r... they were sorry
Playing AgmratBeavy Odds..' ft '
At the turnstile people of all grades
crowded for admittance. Here the proprie
tor of a store came face to face with his
clerks who were too ill to attend to busi
ness, but in th enthusiasm all this was for
gotten. Enthusiastic Prophets on Hand.
Though the crowd was small, there was
plenty of enthusiasm and the knowing ones
were all telling just how the clubs would
stand at the end of the season. The severe
experiences of the past had taught a lesson
and the home team was not once referred to
as pennant winners. The attendance of the
ladies was also small.
At 3:30 the game was called, and each in
dividual spectator leaned forward in his
seat to learn which won the toss. Miller,
of the Fittsburgs, advanced to the plate,
and then there was a yell, which was taken
up by the newsies on the center field bleach
ers, and they used their tin horn3 with
deadly effect Breitenstein was in the box
lor the St Louis, but the Pittsburg boys
found the ball everr time. The crowd ran
riot It cheered and yelled, and the boys
worked the tin homs until a big steamboat's
whistle downed their penny din. The runs
came pouring in until hats and umbrellas
were waved in the air. One of the big
policemen on guard at the reserved seats
was watching the game when several men
tried to pass him.
"Stand back!" he cried, as he raised his
mace to strike, but just then he caught
sight of a two-bagger lined out by Galvin.
The upraised mace, instead of falling, was
flourished in the air, while he shouted:
Jimmy Carried Him Away.
"Hurrah for Jimmy Galvin! Wasn't that
a daisy?"
In the meantime the men slipped past and
secured seats while the guardian of the law
joined in the applause. Many other cheers
followed while during each iullin the game
clouds of toby smoke would rise and the
noise of striking matches could be heard
above tle game, so numerous were tho
cigars that had gone out while their owners
applauded.
Later when Farrell came to the bat, and
after playing with the air for a while, ha
finally sent out a little poem on wheels that
the Browns could not stop.
"Oh, no, he never could hit the ball that
was Farrell," shouted one of the enthusi-
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