ravrBgHgHS ESlSsESS ieie!ffi?yliSKVlu)fliVl3iU ' I MORE THAN DOUBLED. Adlets, 2 -weeks, to April 14. . . L&styear, Earns period....... Increase 2,243 This shows the value of the Cent-a-Word columns to Advertisers. FORTY SEVENTH YEAH RAUL GUILT!, . BUTWILLL1VE. The Terrorized Jury Conldn t Escape Their Duty, lrat the Murderers ESCAPE THE GUILLOTINE. All but the Two Anarchist Leaders Go Scot; Free This Time. The Arch-Anarchist Bold Avows His Guilt, Taking the Responsibility for the Two Explosions Charged Against Him Ho Expounds His Humanitarian Views A General Feeling of Terror in Paris The Police Apparently Powerless Threats of Lynching New Proofs of Anarchist Activity All Over Europe. PARIS, April 27. Ravachol and Simon were found guilty and sentenced to penal jervitnde for life. The other prisoners were acquitted. Paeis, April 20. The trial of Ravachol, alias a half dozen other names, Charles Achilla Simon, alias "Biscout;" Joa Beali, alias Joseph Marius; Charles Ferdinard Chaumartin and the girl Eosalie Soubere began to-day at the Seine Assize Court at 11 o'clock. So many threats hare been made that friends of the prisoners would attempt some desperate act to either free the accused or preent the trial, that admission to the courtroom was severely restricted. Only those personally known to the court officials and the 22 witnesses were admitted. The prisoners are charged with causing the ex plosions at the residence of Judge Benot, Ifa 136 Boulevard, St Germain, and at the residence of Public Prosecutor Bulot, at the corner of Hue de Clichy and the Rue de Berlin. They are also charged with at tempting to blowup the police commis sariat at Clichy. Guards Redoubled at the Courtroom. The indictment details at great length all 'the facts in connection with these outrages, and shows plainly the prisoners' connection with them. The most elaborate precautions were taken by the authorities to guard against any attempt to interfere with the course of justice. The guards about the Palace of Justice were redoubled, and every part of the approaches to the building was watched closely. Only detectives and police men could be seen in the corridors and else where in the interior of th" building. When Judge Guesc entered he at once summoned the 'jury, who, it most be said. presented a greatly disturbed appearanceT The threats of the friends of tha prisoners have evidently greatly frightened tho- jury, and the journalists present expressed the opinion that it would require'very strong evidence to convince the jurors of the guilt of the accused rather not to convince them, but to force them to render a verdict of guilty. Fresh Causes for the Jury's Timidity. The explosion of last night, no doubt, had much to do with the very apparent unwill ingness of the jurors to serve In this case, for that is taken to prove that the police will not be able to protect the jurors after the trial is finished. After the jurors had taken their places the prisoners, headed by Ravachol, were brought in. They were guarded by an im mense number of police. The proceedings were now at once commenced by the read ing of the indictment, which occupied some little time. Everybody in the courtroom stared at the prisoners as they stood indifferently listen ing to the reading of the indictment. They bore the scrutiny composedly. They ap peared to be more disposed to pose as heroes than to pay attention to the Clerk of Court as he read the history of their crimes, as set forth in the indictment. In the center of the courtroom was a table, covered with bombs, the apparatus with which they were made and everything that the police had captured. Ravachol Admits All His Guilt. "When the reading of the indictment was concluded, Judge Guese examined Ravachol concerning the murders which it is charged he has committed, and also concerning the explosions. Ravachol, in a nonchalant manner, admitted his guilt and took upon himself the entire responsibility for the Boulevard, St. Germain and Rue de Clichy explosions. When questioned as to his motives for causing the explosions, Ra vachol replied: I felt a feeling of unreigned anger at the conviction of Lavallleres andPerret, I do not think that Benolt and Bulow should have demanded the death of the fathers of families. Then, again, the brutalities of the police when they arrested my comrades, revolted my conscience, and I determined upon revenge In regard to the St. Germain explosion, I loaded a bomb that contained 60 cartridges: I dressed myselfin broadcloth and went to Benoit's house w ithont attract ing: any attention. After depositing: the machine and lighting: the fuse, I ran down stairs and reached the pavement just as the explosion occurred. The operation in the Euo de Clichy was much the same, only I carried the bomb In a bag. A portion of the ponder became dis placed and thus rendered it extremely dan gerous to light the bomb as it might explode In an instant. Yet I did not hesitate to take the risk. The Prisoner Expounds His Theory-. Ravachol concluded his remarks with an exposition of his theories. He said: 1 wish to see anarchy established and the whole people as one great family, each member ready to share what he has with his brethren. I committed these outrages in order to draw the attention of the public to the needs of the Anarchists. Simon vas next examined, but no new revelations' were obtained from him. He admitted his complicity in the outrages. Chaumartin said, when questioned, that Ravachol stole from Soissy the cartridges which he intended to use in blowing np the Palace of Justice. The other two prisoners tried to exculpate themselves. The wit nesses were then called, and their testimony corroborated all the details of the crime as set forth in the indictment. . When Jndge Guese began his examination ef the prisoners, an advocate called his at- 4,064 ..1,81Q tention to the fact that Ravachol is ex tremely deaf. The Judge, thereupon, or dered that Ravachol be brought close to him. Ravachol, in an insolent manner, admitted his criminal history, so far as it is known to the police, but he added that if he was questioned concerning any crime of which he is suspected and not accused he' would not respond. Ravachol Gloats Over His Murder. Judge Gnese said: 'That will naturally be your right, but I will ask you this ques tion: "When vou were arrested the sum of BAVACHOIi, THE ANABCHIST. 7,000 francs was found in your room; was this money the proceeds of your murder of the old man at Cbambles?" "Precisely," answered Ravachol, glancing around as if enjoying the effect the answer produced. "Did you intend to kill the poor man stationed in front of the police station at Clichy the first time you went there to blow up the building?" asked the Judge. "Yes," Ravachol responded, "but my friends prevented me." M.'Bcaupaire, the Public Prosecutor, in his address to the jury, declared that the prisoners were disciples of the famous bandit, Claude Duval, and equaled if not excelled him in the manner of their acts of outlawry. He said they had not sought to convert the people to their opin ions, but to terrorize them, and to subject them to their will by reducing them to a state of abject fear. ot Anarchists, hut Assassins. In referring to the law against associ ations of malefactors, and indicating the prisoners seated near him with a sweep of his hand, he said: "The real title of these men is assassins, not Anarchists. This is, therefore, merely a matter of common law." The Anarchist's chief desire, he said, is to kill all those whose duty it is to enforce the law. The prosecutor caused a sensation when he read a letter from a Belgian magistrate, informing him that Anarchists were send ing cartridges to Paris. The court took a recess and reassembled at 9 p. M. IT. Lagasse immediately began his address for Ravachol. He complained that the law had been distorted in order to convict the accused. M. Beaupaire, inter posing, said that the new law applied to property while the old law was limited to the protection of persons. M. Lagass'e, con tinuing, said It was impossible to deny iba't the prisoner's ofienses were political. Ra vachol, lie said, only wanted to assist the poverty-stricken class to which he himself belonged. The Parisian Police Badly Scored. TTThe police, he said, had acted as veritable Dimes, ne appeaieu to mejur iu imagine themselves in the -world-of misery with which Ravachol was acquainted, and said ' that one must be of great strength of mind to resist becoming an Anarchist, in the face of such scenes of misery and acts of in justice. M. Lagasse concluded au impassioned oration, almost amounting to a defense of Anarchism, by asking for a verdict in ac cordance with what he considered extenu ating circumstances, which, he said, would constitute the true work of pacification. Ravachol was permitted to address the court. He declared himself full of confi dence that his action would bear fruit, adding, "May my unintentional victims understand and pardon my acts." The Judge summed up briefly, and the jury re tired at 11:30 o'clock in the niorning, return ing shortly with their verdict. The prisoner Simon is a youth of 18 years, with squinting eyes and a villainous ap pearance generally. Beala and Chaumartin present a more pleasing appearance. Rosalie Soubere was pale and squalid, with un kempt hair. .. A force of the Municipal Guards was kept under arms at the prefecture of police all day long, while the Palace of Justice fairly swarmed with the Republican Guards, all ready to suppress any attempt by the Anarchists to make a demonstration or to carry out their threats of blowing up these places with dynamite. MORE BOMBS FOUND. Excitement Spreading in France Martial Law Demanded The Police Unable to Stay tho Hands of the Destroyers Threats of the Populace. A dynamite cartridge was discovered in a sewer at St, Etienne to-day. It was re ported late this afternoon that the house of M. Dresch, the Police Commissary who ar rested Ravachol, had been blown up by the Anarchists. The report caused the great est excitement and added to the panicky feeling that is now general. The report proved to be without foundation. Premier ioubet to-day visited the per sons injured by last night's explosion and assured them of the solicitude of the Gov ernment for their welfare. Traffic near "Very's restaurant is still greatly inter rupted. The men who shouted "Vive l'An archie" were arrested. The Tempi, expecting that enemies of the Republic will use the Anarchists' attempts as weapons against the Government, calls upon all Republicans to rally around the Ministry. La France says: "The people of Paris demand that martial law be pro claimed; that every suspected person be ar rested, and that centers of agitation be un remittingly watched by the police." La France adds that 100 English visitors left Paris to-day on account of tbe Anarchist agitation. To state that the explosion last night at the cafe of M. Very, at the corner of the Boulevard Magenta and Rue Lancey, has caused a feeling of consternation in this city, is to put it very mildly. The truth is that the people of Paris are panic stricken. The Police Apparently Powerless. The feeling of fear is heightened) by the apparent impotency of the police to prevent the Anarchists from committing outrages when and where they please. The Anar chists have already caused two explosions at places where it would be expected that such a thing would be almost an impossi bility at the Lobau barracks and the Clichy barracks and this in the face of ex tra guards provided to prevent just such an occurrence. The recent raids made by the police upon lodgings occupied by Anarchists, and the arrest of over 200 persons suspected of being engaged in conspiring against the peace, led the people to believe for the time that" the authorities were fully able to cope with the Anarchists, but last night's explosion, which occurred at the very time a police man was guarding tbe front door of the cafe, has caused a revulsion of feeling) and it may be said that all sense of security has me piping PITTSBURG. "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27. been lost and the people do not know where to turn for protection. Of course, there is really no reason for such widespread panic as now prevails, but the trouble is that the frequency of dyna mite outrages has caused the people to adandon reason and to give themselves up wholly to the thought that they perhaps may be the next victims to the blind desire of the Anarchists to wreak vengeance. Threats of Lynching Heard In the Street. There were signs among the crowd which gathered last night that boded ill for the murderous villains who, to gain revenge upon some one who has offended them, do not hesitate to maim and kill innocent women and children. Ominous words could be heard from the groups of excited men standing everywhere about the scene of tho explosion. The crowds talked freely and openly of forming vigilance commit tees and performing the duty of once for all teaching the Anarchists a lesson that they will never forget. JThere was a reason for last night's out rage. It was in M. Very's cafe that Rava chol was arrested, and it was to M. Very and one of bis waiters that the polioe were indebted for the information that led to his capture. The Government rewarded M.. Very and the waiter for the information they bad furnished and the friends of the prisoner threatened them with dire ven geance. The Government sought to pre vent these threats from being carried into effect and detailed a special guard to watch tbe premises. In spite of these precautions the Anarchists succeeded in blowing the plaee up. PRECAUTIONS TAKES IS E0ME. Anarchists Jogged in the Eternal City Merely on General Principles. Rome, April 26. A number of the An archist leaders in this city and other towns of Italy were quietly taken into custody by the police last night The action was taken simply as a matter of precaution, and not from any known plot Reports have reached here of the alarmist stories purporting to have emanated from this city telling of the erecting of barricades by the authorities and other extraordinary precautions. There is not a word of truth in such stories. Belgium Shotting Down on Anarchists. Brussels, April 26. The government is drafting measures to suppress Anarchism. Stringent laws will be adopted regulating the use of dynamite. The grenadiers, car bineers and other branches of the military have been called out for service on May day. Girl Socialists Arrested In Rotterdam, ROTTEEDAM,April 26. Two girls, Social ists, were arrested in this city to-day for distributing on the streets copies of a pam phlet containing.insulting references to the Queen Regent and the young Queen Wil helmina. A Swiss Consulate Bombarded. Bordeaux, France, April 26. A dyna mite cartridge was exploded this afternoon in the hall of tbe residence of the Swiss Consul at De bourne, a suburb of this city. No damage was done, but the affair has caused much excitement A Score of Berlin Anarchists Nabbed. Berlin, April 26. The police to-day made another raid upon the lodgings occu pied by Anarchists. They captured 20 Brisoners and seized a quantity of the usual terature. A GENERAL COMBINE May Btsult on Account of the Reported Steel Tire TrustTho" necessity "of the , Situation Urged as the Cause of Combl , nations The South Slay Be Out of It ' Philadelphia, April 26. Special. The announcement, outlining the terms of a trust entered into by the steel tire manu facturers of the country and securing the regulation of prices, caused much comment in the steel and iron trade, and, taken in connection with- the reported combination of Southern iron foundries, was regarded as a pointer and an indication of a general combination along tbe whole line. Edmund M. Smith, senior member of the iron firm of Edmund M. Smith & Co., of the Pennsylvania Steel Company, referring to the reputed trust arranged between the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company and the DeBarbeleden Iron Company and other con cerns, said to-day: "We have felt certain for pome time that Mr. Piatt, of New York, and Mr. DeBar beleden would enter into some sort of a pool, but tbe details were not forthcoming. Some thing must be done, because the stagnation and overproduction are ruining the trade,and will, if not helped in some way, crowd the smaller concerns to tbe wall" In fact, I be lieve that there is no help tor them." "Do you look for a general trust of all the iron-mining and smelting concerns?" "No. Tne Southern mines are distinct from the Virginia mines, which compete with us in the New England States. They find an outlet for their ores in the "West and Northwest Our ores supply the Mid dle and Eastern States and New England. So I don't think a general trust is possible. Several sectional trusts are." DEPEW BIIU. P0B HARBISON, He Sees No Season to Change His Opinions or a Tear Ago. New Yobe, April 2a The latest efforts to throw cold water upon the candidacy of President Harrison to succeed himself is a publication which accuses Chauncey M. Depew of treating the subject coolly. Dr. Depew was to-day shown the report that he "talked in a patronizing way about the President being a tafe man, with good in stincts, and all that sort of thing." "Why," exclaimed Mr. Depew, smiling, "I was the first one to suggest that Presi dent Harrison should succeed himself. That was more than a year ago, and I have seen no reason to change my mind since that time. The very same opinion and views that I expressed then I still hold to-day. Of course, I don't go about making affidavits to what I have stated, you know, nor do I consider that at all necessary. There is hardly a day that some statement does not appear in the papers credited to my opin ions on the Presidental nomination. The fact, however, is that I have not made any publio statement on that point for fully six months." STR0HQLY OPPOSES TO FUSION. Chairman Taubeneclc, of the People's Party, Vfon't Countenance Combines. Topeka, Kan., April 26. The Alliance Advocate publishes a letter to-day from H. E. Taubeneck, Chairman of the National People's Central Committee, opposing fusion in any of the Alliance States. He states that there is no truth in the report that there will be a combine from Minnesota against the Republicans. He quotes a resolution adopted by the National Executive Committee, in which it declares it is "Unalterably opposed to fusion with any political party, and will not recognize any" individual committee or or ganization that p'roposes or enters into such lusion as affiliation with the People's party." Confederate Graves Undeeorated. Jackson, Miss., April 26. The decor ation of the graves of the Confederate soldiers, and orations incident thereto, for many years observed in this city and State, were not observed in the capital eity to-day, nor generally in the State, so tar heard from. THIRD L & 0. ARREST. Another of the Society's Detectives Caught by the Police. WIFE MURDER M AY BE CHARGED. Han and Woman Tell Conflicting1 Stories of Their Marriage, AN AGEXT WHO W0EKED ON SUNDAY Another Law and Order "detective was arrested and locked np at the Central police station last night, charged with a most seri ous crime. Thomas Flynn, alias McGee, was placed under arrest at 10:30 o'clock in the office of Chief Agent McClure, of the Law and Order Society, at 144 Fifth avenue, charged with attempting a criminal opera tion upon Eliza McGee, who he claims Is his wife. - . The police from Central station had been working on the case for the last four days when their , attention was "called to an at tempted crime by -the matron of Bethesda Home', and last night had sufficient evidence to take out an information against the L. & O. detective before Magistrate Gripp. About a week ago Plynn, accompanied by a woman in serious ill health, applied to the Bethesda Home for her admittance. He gave the name of McGee and said the woman was his wife and that he was unable to take care of her as he was in financial straits. The Woman Had Been There Before. The woman was recognized as having been in the Home last January, when she was sent there by the Department of Charities. Plynn, or McGee,"sald he was a detective, but that bnsiness was poor and he was in need of assistance, and on account of this and the woman's physical condition she was taken in and cared for. Pour days ago the matron of the Home noticed something suspicious in the woman's condition, and she was closely questioned. She evaded the questions, and tbe police were sent for. Inspector McKelvey arrived and succeeded in getting the woman to make a statement She said she was married to McGee in Boston about a vear ago but did not remember the name of the minister who performed the ceremony. She denied that a criminal operation had been performed, and her condition was attributable to an ac cident. She rapidly become worse and yesterday afternoon Dr. Moyer, the police surgeon, "was sent to see the woman, and upon a thorough examination being made it was decided that her life was in most critical danger as a result from a criminal opera tion. The Polios Suspected Plynn. A good description of McGee was fur nished by the matron of tbe Home and from the man'B statement that be was a private detective, the police suspected Flynn,of the Law and Order Society, and a close watch was put upon his movements by the police, and he was seen going in the direction of the Home several times. When Dr. Moyer declared the woman to be in tf critical condition and that she might die at any moment, the police' located Flynn in the Law and Order office and placed him under 'arrest A large revolver, of the bull dog pattern, with every chamber loaded, was lying upon the .mantel just over Flynn's head, as the descent was made- upon, him by Inspector McKelvey and ,Dctectlves Demmel, Fitzgerald and 'Robinson. The revolver was confiscated and Flynn was taken to the Central station. Upon being questioned, .Flynn said he was married to the woman in Buffalo, N.Y., last May, and denied that he had attempted a criminal operation. He said he was a private detective of the Law and Order So ciety, and was paid by the day when he worked. He said he had bten in the city for four months, and during that time had worked exclusively for Agent McClure of the L. & O. Society. A Pale-Paccd Little 'Woman. The wife is a pale-faced little woman of more than ordinary attractiveness, with a wealth of soft brown hair wreathing her sad face. She has a slow, deliberate way of talking that adds a touch of pathos to her words. She persisted last night in main taining the statements made to the police, and when she was told that Dr. Moyer had declared a criminal operation had Seen at tempted, she broke down and cried, al though she said between her sobs there, was some mistake, as she knew what she was speaking of. She weighs less than 100 pounds and is about 5 feet three inches in height Illness has made her older than she really is, and her statement that she is but 22 years old is consistent Flynn is the direct opposite of the, woman, being a tall, raw-boned, man of great statue and ponderous physique. His face is heavy and the cheek bones stand out prominently. A heavy blonde mustache hides a large, ill framed mouth and he has an unpleasant habit of wearing a cold, cynical smile that is in but poor keeping with his rather com mon features. He refused to talk to a Dis patch man last night, simply saving he was innocent of the crime imputed to him and that he could prove it when the time came. The Opinions of the Police. Inspector McKelvey said a short time after the arrest of Flynn, that he had no doubt whatever of the man's crime. "We have investigated this case thoroughly and know absolutely that a criminal operation was attempted upon the woman and feel pretty safe in saying Flynn is implicated. Now tbe question is, who is the physician? and that we expect to learn within a few d a vs. The couple were not married, in my opinion, but have merely been living as man and wife. They roomed at No. 183 Third avenue, and went under the name of Mr. and Mrs. McGee. This makes the third Law and Order Society spy who has been locked np by the police. Charles Bodkin, the second one, is now awaiting trial, and Harry Shellhouse was arrested after jumping bail to answer a charge of wile beating." Dr. L J. Mover, the police surgeon, said last night that no was satisfied beyond the shadow of a doubt that a criminal operation bad been attempted, "and it was a very skillful one at that," continned the physi cian, "evidently being handled by a practi tioner who understood his business. I talked to the woman in private, but suc ceeded in getting nothing from her beyond what the police obtained." He Worked on Sunday Himself. Flynn was searched at the station and two memorandum booss were found, which contained his movements as a Law and Order detective. Some of the entries which are given verbatum et lit are as follows: Satniday, Jan. 16, 1892 Oakdale In potter room and saw Crain cashing chips. Plado a game of cards there. Was there one-half hour, time 7 and 8 o'clock. C...).... At ICO Wna . Tt.4-al.... Monday, 18.1832.-Was in McDonnell. Went to uasaaie at nigut. oiauo mere an nigut and looked at Cralne, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1892. Raid the poker room and arrested Cralne and left him in Jail. Sunday, 34, 1892, Pittsburg. All day work ing on papers. Monday, Jan. 23, 1891 Was in Allegheny and got tbe name or the Union News Co. agent It was Gorge Ponders. Sunday, Jan. Si, 1892. Bought a Dispatch at B. A O. X. S. Pittsburg, time 6 and 7 o'clock P. M. Got tho Pittsburg .PreM: a small man with black mustache: train Brownsville accom.; time 1 o'clock. Home steade Bought plug of tobacco. Sc; tall man with full beard, aged 33 or 40. Dickinson at, cornerstore. " 'There were also cash accounts showing 16 1892 - TWELVE PAGES entries from March 12 to April 17 at 53 60 per day. Expenses were also detailed. In the other book there were a number of similar entries. Under date . of Sunday, Ma'ch 10, at Tarentum, he says he saw two drug stores open. Bought cigars at Stalev's from an old man 5 feet 9 inches in height, weighing 165 pounds. At Fleming & Eslers' he bought cigars from a boy. He also saw Mrs. Michael's place open for busi ness between 9 and 10 a. M. On January 24 he bought the New York Clipper and Fireside Companion at the Union depot and the Famdy Story Paper at the Lake Erie depot A dark haired lady was at the stand at the Baltimore & Ohio depot On January 13 be saw two men selling fruit at the Baltimore & Ohio depot The sceond book also contained expense accounts, the items ranging from $1 10 to ?2 40. A GENERAL SHAKE-UP. Harrlsburg Officeholders Treated to a Sur priseColonel Glenn's Friends Unable to Keep Him in the Auditor General's Of floe Even Dick Quay Refused. Haerisbtjbg, April 26 Special" Auditor General-elect Gregg will assume the duties of his office Monday. He will come to-njorrow to familiarize himself with the duties. Captain Peter D. Bricker, of Jersey Shore, will be chief clerk, vice H. 0. Greenawalt, of Franklin, removed. Mr. Greenawalt was appointed corporation clerk, in the State Treasury Department, by the late State Treasurer, Samuel Butler, of Chester, in 1880. When McCamant was Appointed Auditor General at the death of A. Wilson Norris, Mr. Greenawalt was se. lected by Mr. McCamant for chief clerk. He has held the office since. Colonel John A. Glenn, of Philadelphia, will be succeeded as corporation clerk of the department by Robert A. Orblson, of Huntingdon. Great pressure was brought to bear upon the Auditor General-elect to retain Colonel Glenn, but it has all been in vain. Glenn is one of Senator Quay's warmest and most confidential friends. After the recent State Republican Con vention David Martin, Senator Charles A. Porter, of Philadelphia, State Treasurer Boyer and "Dick" Quay went to Reading and waited upon General Gregg and ap pealed to him to retain Colonel Glenn. General Gregg is said tohave told them that he had decided to appoint Mr. Orbison corporation clerk, and he refused to recon sider his consideration. Mr. Orbison is a nephew of Gen. Beaver and a relative of General Gregg. He was clerk in tbe Attorney General's office under Judge Kirkpatrick. He held this position nntil several months ago, when he was ap pointed to a clerkship in the Auditor Gen eral's department, where he now is. It is said that Colonel Glenn will be appointed cashier of the Treasury Department by Cap tain Morrison, who takes charge next week, and that the present cashier, John E. Stott, will be reduced ta a clerkship. QUEER, ISN'T IT? Applicants for a Civil Service Plum Who Didn't Believe In the Doctrine. "WASHllfOTOa-, April 26. Special Every day adds to the long list of appli cants for the vacant civil services commis sionership caused by the resignation of Gov ernor Thompson. Two Virginians have now entered the contest, one of them being Deputy Register of the Treasury Reed, a Democrat who clung to the Harri son administration until March 1 last, and Peyton Wise, of Richmond, a brother of Congressman Geo. D. "Wise. There are also applicants from Texas, Maine, Cali fornia and almost every other State. The appointee must of course be a Dem ocrat, ana it is a somewhat remarkable fact that some of the men who seek to become the colleague of Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Lyman are opposed to the princi ple of civil service reform. They are willing, however, to sink their opinions tor the sake of the honor and the 3,500 salary attaching"to tbe office. Among the applications now on file with the Presi dent is that of an ex-Congressman who voted against the enactment of the civil service law. He is not busily engaged in calling attention to that' fact, but some of his rivals ore. . THE 8-H0UR DAY. Tho American Federation of Labor Decides to Assist One Trade. New York, April 26. Special. The Executive Council of the American Federa tion of Labor met this afternoon, and will resume its session to-morrow. The council consists of Samuel Gonipers, President; P. J. McGuire, Secretary of the United Broth erhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Vice President; John B. Lannon, Treasurer; , Chris Evans. Secretarv, and J. A. Carney, of the Amalgamated iron and Steel Work ers. It was decided that a trade should be selected to be supported in the eight-hour demand this year. The members of the council would not say what the trade is, but it is thought it will be either the miners, who were defeated last year, or the painters. The trade selected is to hold a convention within two months, and, if it makes the de mand, will not make it before that time. It was resolved to petition for special legisla tion in regard to immigrants, and to sup port the Chinese exclusion bill. Mrs. Mary E. Kenney was appointed a women's organ izer, and G. L. Morton, a colored man, was appointed to organize colored people. CLARKS0N VERf ILL. He May Not Be Able to Conduct the Repub lican Campaign: Washington, April 26. Special The Republican managers are somewhat anxious over1 the prospect that Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican National Committee, may not be at the National Convention at Minneapolis, and that he may not run the Republican end of the Presidential campaign. The grounds for these ideas are based on a telegram received from Mr. Clarkson within the past 24 hours. He is at Hot Springs, Ark., undergoing treatment for that very persistent rheumatism which has troubled him a great deal of late. So great iB his disability at this time that he is un able to write even members of his family. The news has caused considerable anxiety among those of Mr. Clarkson's friends who hare heard it ENGLISH FREE COINAGE HEN To ray Their Case Before the British Cabi net by Depntatlon. London, April 26. Lord Salisbury, Mr. Goschen and Mr. Balfour have consented to rsceive an influential deputation from the Chambers of Commerce and from the com mercial community, whose objejt is to urge the -promotion of an international agree ment looking to unrestricted coinage of gold and silver as a remedy for the em barrassment in trade arising from the violent fluctuations and uncertainty of ex change with silver-using countries. The Mew Brotherhood -or Boiler Makers. Indianapolis, April 26. The first an nual convention of the National Brother, hood of Boiler Makers met here to-day. The organization is six months old and already has 600 members. Delegates are present from Alabama, Missouri, Texas, Mississippi and Indiana. The convention is called chiefly to effect a permanent organization- KILLED BY HIS SLAVE. A Pennsylvania Ferry Boat Engineer Fails Into a Fit and the Vessel Becomes Un manageableExcitement on Board the Cincinnati at a New York Ferry Slip. New Yor.K, April 2a Special "Slow down!" was the warning rung by tbe gong in the engine room of the ferry boat Cincin nati, of the Pennsylvania line, as she was -entering her slip at Cortland street this afternoon. The two propellers revolved more slowly, and the big boat's momentum was reduced. "Stop herl" was the next order from the gong. "Bock nerl" came with impatience the second command of the man at the wheel. Still no responsive throb of the big engine and no churning of the water. The passengers could not see the pilot, but thev krew by the peculiar ringing that something was wrong, and they began to brace themselves for an emergency. 'The boat was well loaded, and most of the pas sengers had gathered about the gates in the front part of the boat They saw that tbe boat driven by the tide was approaching me Dnqgeai a dangerous rate or speed, and they back, women screaming and men W TesT'tVO. Uftur. -uch force that deck and pasoflWfl " JO trucks ai. IVoir j KJ0lrt i forward . - r jt .. against the chain " US j ? other, de spite their blocked wiif Y ie rebound from the shock was sufficien-to give tbe ferryboat a headway which sent her out of tbe ,sllp. She was caught by the ebb tide and floated down the river until the com pany's private signal of distress brought three of the company's tugs and she was towed back to her berth in the slip. The signals had fallen on deaf ears. Chief Engineer Joseph H. Gray had fallen into the crank pit, where the great engine, which had been the slave of his will, had torn, pounded and broken his body nntil it scarcely retained the semblance of a man. With great difficulty the corpse was extri cated from the machinery and removed to the pier. THE DECREE OF DEATH Bowed to by a lAscar Stoker on a British Steamship When His Hour or Fate Ar rives He Jnmps Into a Fiery Furnace Four Others Drown. Philadelphia, April 26. Special Under the influence of religious fanaticism, Mahr Bux, a Lascar stoker on the British steamship Angerton, which arrived at this port to-day, plunged headlong into the huge furnace of the ship while in midocean. In common with the 19 other Lascars taken aboard the vessel at Calcutta a few months ago, Mahr Bux was a Moham medan fatalist, and at one' of the regular meetings, which together they held in the hold, it was decided that the inevitable hour of Bux's fate had arrived. Left alone at the furnace the supersti tious doomed Lascar sprang headlong into the fierv furnace, his face and npper half of his body being terribly burned by the flames. He might even" then have recov ered, but after being rescued he refused to allow a morsel or a drop to pass his lips, thus willfully starving in order to fulfill his appointed time. He passed away just off the capes. His fellow Lascars performed elaborate Mohammedan funeral rites over his corpse, scrubbing it in salt water, trimming the nails, chanting over the shroud and lament ing in a circle around it. A short time ago four Lascars employed on board the Normandia, having heard the decree of death, leaped overboard and met their fate in the waves. SENATOR HILL A HAPPY V&N. He Says the New York Apportionment IVill Stand in the Courts. Washington, April 26. Senator Da vid B. Hill was talking with Congressman Cammings, to-night, when he received the news of the passage of the Legislative ap portionment bill in Albany. In conversa tion with Mr. Cummings he said: "I do not conceal my gratification over the result of the apportionment made by the Legislature to-day. It is the crowning act of lost fall's victory. Its importance cannot be over estimated. It enables the people, for the first time in 30 years, to be equally and fairly represented in the Legislature, and gives the Democratic party hereafter the control of that body in both branches. "The apportionment is both morally right and constitutionally correct The pretense of the Republicans that it is unconstitu tional will avail them nothing. The courts must and will decide against them, because their claims are frivolous and ungrounded. For seven years the Republicans refused to take an enumeration to make an apportion ment when they had an opportunity to have done so themselves, and now thev must suffer the consequences of their folly." A CONFIRMATION VEIL ABLAZE Causes a Frichtfnl Panic in a Crowded Catholic Church in Austria. . Vienna, April 26. A panic occurred in a Catholic church in Josephstadt to-day, and in the wild rush to escape from the building a number of persons were seriously injured. While high mass was being celebra ted the veil worn by a recently-confirmed girl came in contact with a lighted taper, and in an instant it was in a blaze. Some one cried fire, and a panic ensued. Women and children rushed for the doors shrieking at the top of their voices. The jam was fearful, and many of the women and child ren were so ( crushed that they fainted. Others had th'eir clothing torn from them and many were trampled upon. In the meantime one of the priests sprang over the altar rail, and, grasping the burn ing veil, tore it from the head of the girl before she had suffered any great injurv. It is feared that some of the injuries inflicted vv ill result fatally. Another Ocean Record Smashed. New York, April 2a The Inman line steamer City of New York, from New York for Liverpool, arrived at Queenstown to day, making the passage in 6 days, 1 hour and 18 minutes. On the 26th the steamer made the longest run 482 miles ever 'made by any steamer to the eastward. Her running time for this distance was 23 hours and 10 minutes. A Town Threatened by Fire. ASHLAND, PA., April 26. Special Considerable' excitement prevails here at present, owing to a fire which threatens to sweep the western end of the town. Many buildings have been already destroyed, and the fire is still burning fiercely. THIS 1I0RXI KG'S NEWS. Topic ?ae Ravachol Escapes the Guillotine 1 Another It & O. Scandal 1 Whisky Adding to Our Wealth 1 It Is Now Mayor Kennedy 2 An Important License Decision... Suicide While Under Gourd 2 Editorial and Sliscellaneou 4 Mews of the National Capital 4 Ohio's Republican Convention 5 Harrison Plays a Silver Card 6 Talk of a Bolt to Blaine 7 The Grant Monument Ceremonies... .... 7 All the Political Information. .'. 7 Our Slugrsors Whitewashed 8 News of the Nearby Towns. 8 Death of "William Astor O The Business World's News - 0 Enloe Calls Baum a Liar 10 The Oil Scout's Field Beports 10 Beal Estate and Commercial Markets 11 Boutlne Work of the Courts 13 MORE THAN DOUBLED. Adleto.2 weeks, to April 14. ...... .4,064 Last year, same period .1,818 " ' ' Increase 2,240 This shows the value of the Cent-a Word columns to Advertisers. THREE CENTS. MILLIONS Df WHISKY. The Monongahela Valley Becoming the Mecca of Distillers. WESTERN MEN MOVING EASTWARD Market Prices Being: Held Up by the Czar Alexander's Ukase. EIE TAKING THE PLACE OP BOURBON Pew people outside of the manufacturers know how the defeat of prohibition has boomed the whisky business In Pennsyl vania. Immediately after the majority of 175,000 votes was recorded against the hopes and wishes of the cold water people, the Keystone State became tbe cynosure for "Western liquor men. "Whether it has helped Pennsylvania or not is a question for the moralists, but from a business stand point it has been beneficial. Old Monongahela rye still maintains its reputation in the markets of the world. Fully seven-eighths of the whisky made in Pennsylvania is produced in this famous valley. The time was when its sale was limited, but now it is only restricted by the confines of the earth. Any local whisky man will testify that Monongahela rye is sold freely in the "West, on the Pacific coast and in the South. Indeed, large quantities are being shipped into Ken tucky and other Southern States, where it is rapidly replacing Bourbon, so long the ideal of slaveholders and Confederate Brig adiers and Colonels. A. J. Sunstein, of the Thompson Distilling Company, at "West Brownsville, is authority for what follows: Bis Money Invested In Distilleries. In the last three years the capacity of the Pittsburg and Monongahela valley distilleries has been greatly increased, nntil now a vast deal of money is invested in tbe business. The Gibson company represents fully 1500,000, and the Guckenheimer at least from $300,000 to ?400,000. The pro duction of the State has increased since the defeat of prohibition from 3,500,000 gallons annually, to 8,000,000 gallons lor last year. The advance is due to the increased capacity of old plants, and a nnmber of "Western firms have come in and are thinking of entering the field at once. Pennsylvania whisky has gained such a reputation every where that Western distillers are anxious to have the name of the Keystone State printed on their barrels. They think the Pennsylvania inspection helps in the sale of their particular brands, and so it does. As a sample of the recent activity in the local whisky business, Elias Block & Sons, wealthy Cincinnati distillers, have bought a large tract of land near Sfaarpsburg, on which they intend to erect shortly an ex tensive establishment. They have a good business in the South, but they are losing ground, and they desire to take advantage of the name that the Monongahela valley furnishes. Block Ss Sons, when their plant is finished, will have a capacity of 600 bush els of grain every 24 hours. Advertised by the Whisky Rebellion. The Sunnyside Distillery commenced operations last fall at Hilldale, "Washing ton county. The plant was moved more than a vear ago by its owners from Aurora, 111. They concluded that this section in the vicinity of Pittsburg was a better whisky center than any of the States in the Union. For that matter, the Mononga hela' valley has maintained its liquor repu tation ever since the davs of the whisky rebellion. That little tflt with the Gov ernment was the best advertisement the old valley ever received. Mr. Sunstein says other whisky men are talking of locat ing near here, and in time he expects to see a number of plants transferred from tbe "West. At the present time 17,000,000 gallons of whisky are in bond in Pennsylvania. Con servative men think tbe amount too much, and thev are afraid of overproduction. Last year the output in the State was 8,000,000 gallons, but this season retrenchment is the cry, and it is estimated that the total whiskv production will be 6,000,000 gallons. Still this is almost double what it was a few years ago. The conservative men in the business think the Increased production is due to speculation, and thev rear a col lapse in the market. Others claim that the steady maintenance of prices shows that the output is kept up by the demand. The demand must be good, or the market would not be so firm. However, the famine in Eussia has had a great deal to do in helping out the whisky men in the Monongahela valley. This statement also will surprise a number of people, but it is a fact. There is no ooubt with the enormous production that a break in prices would have occurred this year, had not the famine come to the rescue. Alexander III. Helps American Distillers. The ukase of the Czar forbidding the ex port of rye from Russian territory staved off a reduction in the whisky rates. Annu ally large quantities of rye are shipped from Eussia into Germany and other Euro pean countries. This year the Eussians haven't enough grain to keep themselves, and the Germans have come to the United States fortheir supply. As a rule, the average yearly exports of rye from the United States to Europe are only 1,500,000 bushels. This is because it can be bought cheaper In Eussia than in America. This season the exports of rye from tbe States have been 1,500,000 bushels per month, and if the present rate is maintained the exports for the vear will reach from 13.000,000 to 15. 000,000 bushels. The average crop of rye in the United States is 28,000,000 bushels, but in 1891, that season of phenomenal yield, the output was 33,000,000 bushels. Thii output, like the corn crop, was the largest in the history oi tne conntry. The increased demand for rye abroad has forced up the price from 55 cents per bushel in Chicago in former years to 85 cents. Eye delivered in Pittsburg costs as much as 95 cents per bushel. Thus the greater cost of rye erables the whisky men to keep np their rates in spite of the big stock of liquor on hand, and with the production for the year reduced 2,000,000 gallons, the manufacturer! will be in a good position to start in 1893. Thus the old adage is applied once more, that it is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. So far as the whisky business is con cerned, Pittsburg is ahead. BOSS TWEED'S SON A BACKSLIDES. He Goes on a Tear While on Parole From a Keeley Institute. New Haven, Conn., April 2G. Sp cial William Tweed, son of the lata "William M. Tweed, has been an inmate of the "West Haven Keeley Institute for the past six weeks. Last evening he came to this city and began a tour of the saloons. Mr. Tweed got very drunk before the evening was over, and finally strolled Into a popular cafe, where he smashed glasses and bottles. Some friends telephoned to the intsitute. and in the course of half an hour a carriage brought two of the attend ing physicians, who carried Mr. Tweed back to "the institute. At that time he was in a stupor, although he is said to have drunk conmaratively little liquor. Mr. Tweed is residing in West Haven with his family. He went to the retreat in a very precarious condition, but improved for a time. Yesterday he was given his liberty as an experiment, and it is reported that the physicians at the institnte ex pected that he would make use of it. They, however, have him in custody, and say he will be permanently cured in a short tune.
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