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FORTY SEVENTH YEAIL
TOM REED'S BOOM
IS GRO FAST,
The Ex-Speaker Almost Per
suaded That It Would Be
Advisable for Him to
AMOUECE HIS CANDIDACY
He May Prefer, Though, to Hake a
Still Hunt for the Presidency.
The Ex-Speaker Too Good a Republican
to Wish to See Mr. Harrison Beaten
After Nomination Party Leaders
Sounded to Ascertain the Chances for
the Maine Man More Than a Dozen
States Agralnst the President or Luke
warm for Him Dissatisfaction in the
South Quay, Cameron, Dudley, For
aker and Alger Heading: the Combina
tion Apainst the Second Term.
ISFECTSl. TELEGRAM TO TOT DtSPATCH.J
"Washington, April 2a "When the
statement was made in a telegram to The
DrsPATCil a few days ago tbat ex-Speaker
Thomas B, Eeed was actively engaged, with
a number of other eminent Republicans, In
an effort to defeat the renomination of
President Harrison, some foolish friends of
the administration attempted to secure a
denial of it. Mr. Eeed, when he read" the
article, promptly admitted its truth, yet
Colonel Elliot F. Shcpard's newspaper
foully and maliciously misquoted Mr. Reed,
after its reporter had talked with him, in
order to lessen the effect ot the ex-Speaker's
anti-Harrison opinions.
A week ago Mr. Reed had joined the
ranks of the President's opponents only to
the extent of agreeing to assist them in
every wav in his power. During the past
week, however, it has been made perfectly
apparent to the Republican party man
agers in "Washington that Mr. Eeed is as
"willin" as ever Barkis was, and that he
has come to the conclusion that there is a
very fair chance for his friends to bring
about his nomination.
Mr. Eeed is a very shrewd man and a
cold-blooded politician, and when he goes
into a fight he does not do so as a matter of
sentiment, but because he has made a calcu
ntion that shows him to have a fair chance
of winnine. He is a man of very strong
convictions, and he was never in his life
more earnest than he is in the present de
termination to help kill off garrison.
Reed Tempted to Ho a Candidate.
Mr. Eeed is too good and too conspicuous
a Ecpublican to say that he would be will
ing to sec Mr. Harrison beaten after his
nominatirs, t-f his camitv is so bitter that
it is not improbable he Anient be pleased to
see the Democrats win rather than have
Harrison re-elected. During the past week
Mr. Eeed and some of his confidential
friend-s In and out of Congress have been
sounding the Eepublican leaders, and they
liae recoiled much more encouragement
than they had reason to hope for at the be
ginning, and things have come to that pass
that Mr. Eeed is almost tempted to an
nounce his candidacy now. If be does not
do so, boweier, it will be simply because
he prefers to make a. still hunt.
He will depend for support in his fight
chiefly upon his friends in New England,
and it is thought that if any large number
of them could vote. anti-Harrison managers
from the various States would rally to his
standard and concentrate their combined
strength upon him. Mr. Eeed's friends
think that he can reasonably be sure oi a
large enough support in New Ensland to
make him a very promising possibility.
Maine Not IXack or the Ex-peaker.
The enmityof Secretary Blaine and Sen
ators Frye and Hale will, of course, pre
vent the Maine delegation from presenting
Mr. Eeed's name as the candidate of the
State, but he is not without friends in the
delegation already chosen, and at least one
of the delegates at large is a warm personal
and political friend who would be very glad
to see Mr. Eeed nominated as against all
other candidates.
In Massachusetts, Vermont and New
Hampshire Mr. Reed is particularly strong,
and up to date the President has not been
able to capture Tery many delegates from
these States.
New England is only negatively for
Harrison, and it is thought its votes can be
secured to Reed without much trouble. In
New Hampshire the delegation will be
almost absolutely controlled by Senator
Gallmgcr, who four years ago was an en
thusiastic Harrison man, but who has been
ghen the cold shoulder by the President
bo completely, through the baleful influence
of ex-Senator Blair, that he has rebelled
and is now an open enemy. The three strong
politicians in New Hampshire, whom Mr.
Gallinger was required to whip before he
could get the Senatorial nomination, have
all been ghen desirable Federal offices
by the President, and Gallinger has sworn
revenge. He is willing to secure it byhelp
ing along the Reed boom.
size-Up of the Antl-IlarrUon Movement.
The statement previously rnwle in The
Dispatch, that the Rhode Island delegates
had been pledged in advance not to vote for
Harrison, is correct, and it is now thought
that they can eventually be led to join
forces.
Within the past few days movements
have been set on foot toward sounding
Thomas C Piatt and Senator Quay as to the
advisability of making Eeed the anti-Harrison
candidate, and it is thought by some
of the shrewdest politicians here that the
reports will be entirely satisfactory to Me.
Reed's friends. Mr. Piatt, indeed, has long
had a friendlv eye upon the b'g man from
Maine, and although at present he is not
making known his desires or intentions,
there seems to be no reason why Mr. Eeed
should not be acceptable to him as a candi
date. But whether the ex-Speaker is to become
the anti-Harrison candidate or not, the tact
remains that the work of setting np dele
gates against the President.or at least keep
ing them unpledged to his support, goes
merrily on, and as each day passes the
President's opponents become more confi
dent of success. They are fairlv jubilant
over Mr. Piatt's work at the New York
Convention. m
Colorado's Senator More Than Happy.
The Colorado Senators are, of course, very
happy at the action of their State conven
tion in abolutely annihilating ex-Senator
Hill and other friends of the President, and
defeating, by a vote, of 623 to 28, the resolu
tion indorsing the administration which
some fearless statesman introduced. The
Colorado Senators, moreover, point out
to-day that the strength of the anti-Harrison
feeling, as expressed in the conven
tion, was not properly reported. They ex
plain that the resolution so overwhelmingly
defeated provided simply for an indorse
ment of the President's acts, with especial
exception of his course with regard to sil
ver, hut the convention would not commend
the President, or even a portion of hint,
and so it put its opposition on record in the
most emphatic manner possible.
A leading Eepublican, a man of national
reputation, said to-day that the Harrison
men themselves do not believe their confi
dent prediction that the President will be
nominated by acclamation, or even that
there will be no considerable fight at Min
neapolis. He says that the anti-Harrison
men are surprised at the success they are
meeting with in keeping favorite sons In
the race" and preventing the pledging of
delegates.
A Dozen Other States Against Harrison.
It was st first thought that the main hope
of defeating Harrison lay in the fact that
"Pennsylvania and New York would be op
posed to him. It is perfectly evident now
that there are at least a dozen other States
which wilLeltber send delegations composed
wholly or in part of -anti-Harrison delegates,
and the number of States in which no
pledges or instructions are being given is
surprisingly large.
It is stated to-dav, on the very best an
thority, that at least one-half of the Cali
fornia delegation will be ready to vote
against Harrison, as the few friends of the
administration on the Pacifio coast have
been conspicuously unsuccessful in their at
tempt to control the election of the dele
gates. In the South, also, there is much dissatis
faction with the President's course, and
this field is being very carefully and sys
tematically worked by Messrs. Clarkson,
Dudley, Alger, Foraker and other anti
Harrison men.
Alger's Help for Other Candidates.
There Is no doubt whatever that the Mich
igan millionaire has already realized, al
though he does not admit it, tbat he can
not possibly force himself on the conven
tion, and he has therefore turned in, with
the other enemies of the President, to de
feat him. Alger and Governor Foraker are
working in complete harmony with Dudley
and Clarkson, and the result of their ef
forts will be shown In the opposition of sev
eral Southern States to the President's re
nomination. General Mahone, who spent the winter in
"Washington, "has done so for the purpose of
having headquarters where he could re
ceive reports as to what was being done in
Virginia without exciting suspicion. Ma
hone has a perfect understanding with Sen
ators Quay and Cameron and the other
anti-Harrisou Republicans, and within the
last day or two ne nas reported to tnem that
he is having things all his own war in the
Old Dominion, and that the President will
not get a corporal's guard of supporters
there.
Taking one consideration with another,
the men who commenced what was thought
to be the somewhat hopeless task of de
feating the President's nomination are ab
solutely sanguine to-day that they will
succeed, and, in fact, that their job is an
easy one.
MORGAN STILL IN THE LEAH.
Judge King Acknowledges the Alliance
Manufacturer Now Ha the Bulge.
Massillon, O., April 29. Special.
Judge Louis "W. King, of Youngstown,
came here on his way home from the Cleve
land convention, and talked unreservedly
with The Dispatch correspondent this
evening on the situation in regard to the
nomination for Congress in the Eighteenth
District. Juago King has instructed for
him 48 of the 06 delegates in his own county,
and 21 of the Columbiana county delegates,
and he says his friends at home assure him
that he will eventually secure the eight del
egates in Mahoning instructed for Judge
Johnson. He also expects the nine votes of
"William Monaghan in Columbiana, making
a total of 89 votes. It will require 112 to
nominate.
T. E. Morgan, Sr., theAlliance manufac
turer, expects the solid vote of Stark county,
95 votes, and Judge King says he is not here
to steal any of Morgan's delegates, but hopes
in the event ot the failure of Morgan to
reach the goal to secure enough from this
county to capture the nomination.
BOOH ENOUGH FOE HUNDREDS.
The Accommodations at Minneapolis
Thought to Be Sufficient.
New Yore, April 29. Mr. C F. Meek,
a member of the Eepublican National sub
Committee and Sergeant at Arms of the
National Convention, returned from Minne
apolis yesterday, and Eays preparations for
the convention are excellent. The hotel
accommodations are ample and will meet
the requirements fully. Haj further says
the statements widely made that accommo
dations would be insufficient and that exor
bitant rates would be charged are ill ad
vised and very unjust to the great "Western
city and her enterprising and hospitable
citizens.
Every application so far has been taken
care of, and the local committee has not yet
drawn upon half of its onn resources nor
upon the great hotels at Lake Minnetonka
and St. Paul, which are easily accessible.
ANOTHEB PORTFOLIO WANTED.
Chicago Republicans Asl&for the Appoint
ment of a Secretary of Labor.
CniCAGO, April, 29. The Eepublican
Convention of this (Cook) county, held to
day, instructed its delegates to the State
Convention to vote for the renomination of
Governor Fifer, for Henry L. Hertz, of Chi
cago, for State Treasurer, and for George S.
"Willitts for Congressman at large.
Eesolutions were also adopted favoring
the insertion of planks in'the State plat
form recommending a repeal of the com
pulsory education law, indorsing the ad
ministration of President Harrison, and
calling on the Ecpublican National Con
vention to incorporate a plank in the na
tional platform in favor of an eight-hour
dar and the creation of a Secretary of
Labor, to have a position in the President's
Cabinet.
Senators on the Democratic Committee.
"Washington, April 2a The following
is a list of Senators who have been ap
pointed to serve on the Executive Commit
tee of the National Democratic Campaign
Committee: M C Butler, of South Caro
lina; A. H. Colquitt, of Georgia; J. 0. S.
Blackburn, of Kentucky; J. K. Jones, of
Arkansas: "W. B Bate, ol Tennessee; C. J.
Faulkner, of "West Virginia; David Turpie,
of Indiana: Eufus Blodgett, of New Jersey;
J. S. BarDour, of Virginia, and E. Q. Mills,
of Texas.
After Judge McMichael's Shoes.
HAItElSBUKO, April 29. Special
Messrs.. Beis, Knox, Stritmatter, Moorhead,
Emery and -Thompson, of New Castle, called
upod the Governor to-day to urge the ap
pointment of S. W. Danner, of New Castle,
as Judge to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge McMichael, of the Butler
Lawrence district. All are Republicans
and represent large manufacturing and busi
ness interests in the city of New Castle,
where their candidate is a strong Democrat.
SECRETARY FOSTER tells Frank G.
Carpenter In THIS DISPATCH to-morrow
that tne work of the Treasury will not kill
anybody. Worry will, though.
FERD WARD IS FREE.
The Wrecker of Many Fortunes Walks
Out of State Prison To-Day
TO BEGIN LIFE ANEW ONCE MORE.
He Will Have $210 In Pocket,' Just as He
Had 12 Tears Ago,
BEFORE HE MET THE GEANT FAMILY!
rSFKCIAl TELEOIUK TO TOT DISFXTC1I.3
NewYobk, April 29. Ferdinand "Ward,
the wrecker of many fortunes, who ruined
General Grant and helped Fish in his work
of ruining the Marine Bank, the "Napoleon
of Finance," will be set free to-morrow.
His cell door willattle in front of him for
the last time at 6 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing. He will then take his place in a line
with his fellow convicts, and wlU shuffle
the look step with them to the river, and
then back to the big dining room.
Corn beef hash, the dish that he has
breakfasted npon daily for six years and
five months. wiU be placed before him. He
will dabble in that, perhaps eat a little of
it, and perhaps drink a swallow of the
strong, black coffee.. Then he will go to the
clothesroom, where the suit of clothes he
wore the day he entered prison and a new
suit made in the prison of cheap, coarse ma
terial will be placed before him. He may
take his choice. He will, of course, don
his own suit.
Then he will be searched for the lost
time, and finally he will go to the property
room, and the things that be had with him
when he came into the institution wiU be
returned to him. The principal article is a
pocketbook containing 9200 in cash. He
will draw in addition to this 810 80. which
the Prison Board has decided he has earned
by 6 years of labor in -prison, and with
this he will go into the world to begin life.
An Even Start In life Again.
It is a coincidence that when "Ward came
to New York 12 years ago to make hi for
tune he possessed exactl$210. He may
count the last 12 years of his life wasted.
The experience he gained in business is
counterbalanced by the disgrace he has suf
fered, and that will hamper him in his
future movements. He starts life anew with
just about the same opportunities and the
same chance of success as he had when he
Btarted 12 years ago, save only this, that his
chances of finding another man to back him
with his name and credit, as Grant backed
him, are very small.
"Ward's last day in jail was the longest
that he ever spent. He said this much to a
keeper. That Is saying a great deal, for the
first two davs he spent In the big prison he
shoveled ashes from 7 o'clock in the morn
ing until 5 o'clock In the evening. They
were the first two days of manual labor he
had ever spent in his life. He had lived a
life of case and luxury for a year or so be
fore. He was not fitted for any sort of
hard work.
From Foundry to Printing Office.
He said after the experience of this 48
hours that he thought he would die. Then
he was sent to the stove factory, and for
nearly a year he cleaned stove castings, a
work almost as laborious as shoveling ashes.
Finally he got a "sit." in the printing office,
and he has been there for more than four
vears. He did to-day what he 'has been
L doing dally for three years. He was, per
haps, bnsier.than at any time in tne three
years, and yet the time hung' heavily, and,
when he.waa locked np to-night it was prob
ably not to sleep. He did not sleep well
last night for thinking' of his coming re
lease. He was up at daylight this morn
ing, and he had to sit in his cell counting
the minutes until his cell door should be
opened and he should have something to
help him pass awav the dragging time.
At 6 o'clock, when the huge lever that
unlocks the cells in his tier was thrown
back, he was the first man to step out with
his cell buck in his hand, and he was im
patient for his fellow convicts to take their
places in the line for the morning lockstep.
At breakfast the food that had agreed with
him and had made him 30 pounds heavier
daring his Imprisonment seemed to pall on
him in the face of his iast-approaching re
lease. No Visitors In the last Two Weeks.
There has not been a visitor to see him
for two weeks. The last was his sister. He
has a brother, too, but he has not called to
see him since he was first imprisoned.
There will probably be no one to meet
"Ward when he steps out of prison to
morrow morning, where he will go and
what he will do he has decided on, but he
thinks it best to keep his plans to himself.
He has declined to be interviewed, and the
warden has permitted no one to see him
except his sister since the 16th of last
month. Then he was seen by a reporter.
Ho was asked if it was true that he had a
large amount Of money saved from the
wreck ot the firm of Grant & "Ward. He
said it was not true. He was asked what
his plans were, and he said he would rather
not say. He fears that the United States
authorities will endeavor to have him pun
ished on some of tbe charges that they may
be able to make against him. He does not
say this, but it is said H has been a source
of worry to him. He may go to-morrow to
Connecticut, to see his little son, who Aas
grown to be a pretty big boy since he last
saw him, or he may come to New York. It
is more than likely, though, that New York
will not see him for at least a week, and per
haps a month.
A Great Change In Fix Tears.
"Ward is a somewhat different looking
man to-day from what he' was on the day he
entered State prison. .His eyes are sunken,
and they have lost some of their brightness.
A good deal of his nervous manner is gone.
His cheeks that were pale are now sallow.
Notwithstanding that he is heavier. than he
was, his lace has something of a pinched
look. He was 33 when he went to jail. He
is sn now.
He will leave prison with the good wishes
of all the employes there! In his six years
he has not had a mark against him, and he
has never even been reprimanded. He has
kept his own counsel and has made no
friends among the prisoners. Eastwood,
his assistant, can come nearest claiming his
friendship,
A WEBTIHGHOTJSE VICTORY.
State Taxes Assessed Against the Air Brake
Company Cnt Down.
Habbisbubg, April 29. Judge Mc
Pherson to-day handed down three opinions
in State tax cases against the "Westinghouse
Air Brake Company. On argument, coun
sellor the company contended that it was
only taxable for that portion of the stock
not invested in the manufacturing company.
The Court agrees to this and reduced the
total amount irom about (135,000, claimed
by the State, to about $43,000.
BO CHARGE AGAINST PENROSE.
The Baring Toung Surgeon Defended
hy
His Brother From Wyoming.
Philadelphia, April 29. Dr. E. A.
Penrose, Jr., a brother of Dr. Bingham
Penrose, who was captured by "Wyoming
officers, arrived here from Cheyenne to-day
in company with D. M. Barringer, and de
fies the imputation made against his
brotner ana the party or stockmen whom
he accompanied. Penrose, he says, was the
only' reliable surgeon in the- State at the'
time the expedition started, and he was in
PITTSBURG. SATUBDAT, APRIL 30. 1892-TWELVE
duced 'to accompany it at the earnest re
quest of his friends, who organized to pro
tect their cattle against a contemplated
rpund-up by the rustlers two. months before
the time fixed by the State laws.
' The voung surgeon became separated
from hfs party, which he was following a
day behind, when he was. captared, owing
to the poor condition of his horse. The
Btory or his arrest and subsequent release
by the United States authorities is well
known; and up to this time, his, brother de
clares, no charge Or Indictment of any kind
has been preferred against him. Dr. Pen
rose is now practically on parole awaiting a
a hearing next month, after which he is ex
pected to return here., The story of his
confession is pronounced false.
EVIL EFFECTS OP PDNCB.
ALIGHT'DRINK AT A HOUSE WARM
ING CAUSES TROUBLE.
The Maryland Club Treats Its Friends to a
Lively Time A Set-to in the Presence oi
Ladles Hard1 Fall From a Bedroom
Window.
Baltimore, April 29. Special The
Maryland Club had a house-warming last
night to celebrate the completion of Its
building. It was decided to give the ladles
a peep at club HI o. Because of their pres
ence heavy liquors, including champagne,
were not served.
A light punch was the only stimulant.
This punch was flavored heavily, judging
from the effect on some ot the members, for
one fell out of his bedroom window after
the reception, and another boxed the ears
of one of the Board of Governors because
there was no champagne.
Edward "Winslow Wvatt became ill at
the reception, and, leaning out of a window
in the Mt Vernon Hotel alter, he had gone'
to his lodgings, lost his balance. He was
found on the cobblestones soon after suffer
ing with a battered nose, a broken wrist and
a fractured leg.
The principals in the set-to in the club
house during the reception were General B.
Snowden Andrews, Secretary Bayard's
brother-in-law, and ex-Senator C. Bidgeley
Goodwin, a leading lawyer and club man.
The presence of ladies in the building
affected Mr. Goodwin, for he made no at
tempt to retaliate, and quietly left tbe
room. "What the outcome of this will be is
a question, i
TO TAP PITTSBURG TRADE.
.
A Toledo Corporation Formed to Build a
Railroad This Way The "New Boad
Would Compete With FourXrunk Lines
Big Backlog Possible.
Toledo, April 29. Special The Ohio
and "Wheeling Short Line Eailroad Com
pany was incorporated to-day. The object is
to build a railroad from Toledo to either Bell
aire or Steubenville, and thence to Pitts
burg. The capital stock, which is to be in
creased as the enterprise progresses, Js 51,
000,000. The incorporators are J. B. Muli
ken, late General Manager of the Chicago
and West Michigan, and J. H. Houghlett,
of Columbus, and W. H. A. Bead, Cty
Solicitor; W. B. Hodge, Alderman, and A.
P. Crane, General Manager of the Tri-State
Exposition Company, all of Toledo.
The "Wheeling and Lake Erie, Baltimore
and Ohio, Pennsylvania Company and
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling roods now
practically cover the same field, and Toledo
railroad men are at a loss to see any need
for another. They are greatly amused at
the scheme, bnt the- Toledo incorporators
insist that thev mean business and will soon
begin work. None of them except Mulikea
to build it. It is supposed that the scheme
is to obtain right ot way and build track
for some of the big trunk lines which de
sire to make new connections, but would
have to pay more for privileges than a
local company would.
A WALKING JEWELBY BT0EE
Arrested and Taken to Pieces by Customs
Officials In New York.
New Yobk, April 29. Customs officers
made a big seizure ot smuggled jewelry at
the "White Star pier to-day. Jules de la
Motte, a cabin passenger from Liverpool, on
his way home to San Francisco, was the
smuggler. The jewelry was valued at
$3,000. Special customs inspectors noticed
something suspicious in the man's move
ments as he descended the steamship's gang
plank, and took him into the examination
room and searched him. They found con
cealed on his person two pairs of diamond
earrings, a diamond brooch, a diamond
bracelet, a diamond hair ornament, a pearl
brooch, a diamond scarfpin, gold watch
chains, a lady's watch, a gold ring, two
bracelets, two gold lockets, a gold chain and
charm, five pieces of gold jewelry, eight
table spoons, seven teaspoons and eight
forks.
The goods were confiscated and the man
arrested. He was brought before "United
States Commissioner Shields this afternoon,
and gave his address as San Francisco. He
bought the goods in Paris, paying 51.200
for them. Commissioner Shields held hlro
in $2,600 bail, and set the examination down
for to-morrow morning.
GOLD IN VIRGINIA.
An Exceptionally Rich Field Struck
in
Goochland County.
Norfolk, Va., April 20. Special
"What promises to be an exceptionally rich
gold field has lecently been discovered in
Goochland county, on the farm of C. F.
Prior, about eight miles from Columbia.
"Washings from a gravel deposit lying some
12 or 18 inches below the surface have al-.
ready yielded very largely.
One nugget, exhibited in the Dtopatch
office to-day, weighed 36 pennyweights.
The deposit is in the gold-bearing belt run
ning through Louisa, Goochland, Bucking
ham and again cropping out in North Car
olina. About a mile from the present de
posit, gold-bearing quartz is being profit
ably worked. Crowds are flocking to the
scene, and the greatest excitement prevails.
MBS. DEACON FLEES FB0M PBAKCE.
She
Seems Afraid to Serve as Witness
Against Iter Husband.
Gbasse, April 29. Mrs. Deacon has left
France to avoid the possibility of being sub
poenaed as a witness at the trial of' her hus
band, which begins May 20.
Mr. D?acon is now at liberty on bail.
The Court of Arraignment has issued a war
rant for his arrest to compel his appearance
for trial on the day fixed. In view of his
present release, however, he will not be
arrested, but he must surrender to the au
thorities five days, before the day set for his
trial.
When Will the Record Stay Pat?
New York, April 29. The Hamburg
American steamship Fuerst Bismarck,
which arrived to-day from Bremen, made
the passage from Southampton in 6 days and
12 hours. This breaks the record. The best
previous record was held by he same vessel,
the time being 6 days, 14 hours and 15 min
utes. v
They Are Booked for Plttsbnrg.
Sx. Louis, April 29. Special. The sec
ond annual convention of the Car In
spectors' Protective Association was brought
to a close to-day. The next meeting will be
held at Pittsburg.
Ml COL
His Duel With an Unknown
Frenchman Caused by
1 the latter's Insults
MEANT FOE ENGLISH EARS.
The Experienced Fighter Teaches the
, Gaul a, Painful lesson. (
PECULIAR FACTS OF THE MEETING.
It Occurred on the Exact Spot Where Fox's
Coat Was Riddled.
MRS. MJIBANK INTERVIEWED IN PARIS
fBT CABLE TO TBE DISPATCH.:
London, April 29. Copyright. The"
duel fought by Harry Vaue Milbank at
Ostend yesterday has no connection with
the.Borrowe-Drayton affair. Milbank's op
ponent was not the Duo de Moray, as has
been reported. MllbanK, who returned to
Brussels immediately after the duel last
evening, informed the reporters at the
Grand Hotel to-day thatjie was nnder prom
ise not to give the name of his opponent or
his seconds, but stated that he had not seen
de Moray since his (Milbank's) return from
America, and that he had not had any com
munication with him. The Dispatch re
porter also saw the Duo de Moray in Paris
without any holes in his person. De Moray
said tbat he had not fought with Milbank,
and did not apprehend a hostile meeting
with him. .
Peculiar Came of This Dnel.
The duel was brought about by causes
that have no connection with tbe Borrowe
Drayton affair. After the meeting between
Fox and Borrowe at Nieuport Saturday,
Milbank went to Brussels, the others going
on from Ostend to London, and put up at
the Grand Hotel, On Monday he dined in
the hotel cafe.
The story at the hotel is that, near his
table sat two Frenchmen at another table,
who spent most of their time during dinner
making insulting remarks about English
men, which' were obviously intended for
Milbank's ears. He paid no attention to
them until they came out of the cafe, when
he met them in the courtyard of the hotel
and slapped the face of one of them.
Conditions of Both Duels Alike.
The result was a challenge and the meet
ing of'the two at Nieuport, on the identical
Bpot where Fox and Borrowe exchanged
shots last Saturday The conditions were
the same as on that occasion also two shots
at 12 paces. Milbank shot his . opponent
through the hip at the first fire, and he was
carried at once to a yacht owned byafriend,
that lay off the coast, accompanied by a
surgeon and the seconds. Milbank and.his
seconds, De Lestrange and Fournier, two
Belgian gentlemen, returned at once to
Brussels.
It isnot known howseriously the wounded
man Is Injured, as no report has been as yet
received from, the yacht,which sailed toward
the French coast The surgeon feared, how
ever, after the first inspection of the wonnd,
that it was very dangerous.
MRS. MILBANK TALKS.
The Wife or the Determined Dnellst
Banted Up in Paris and Interviewed
She Declares Drayton Had Convincing
Proof or Bis Wife's Bllscondact,
BY CABLE TO THE DI8PATCRJ
Paris, April 29. Interest In the duel
fought yesterday between an unknown
Frenchman and Harry Vane Milbank in
creased during the day, especially when the
attempt was made to get a statement'from
the former, but the yacht on which he is
has left Ostend, and consequently it is im
possible to discover his whereabouts. The
Dispatch correspondent to day called
npon Mrs. Milbank. She talked freely on
the Drayton-Borrowe scandal, for, as she
said: "I think I can put a little different
complexion upon the matter to whaV has
been given in some newspapers. Some
months ago Mr. Drayton, who was at that
time in the United States, surprised his
wife twice with Mr. Borrowe.
""Without troubling himself about her
lover, Mr. Drayton made his wife sign a
confession of guilt and a written agreement
to furnish him with an allowance of 3,000
a year, half to be used for himself and the
other half for the children, and undertaking
nt the same time never to see Mr. Borrowe
again. As a daughter oi the late million
aire "William Astor she was well able to
provide the money.
Drove Bis Wife to Desperation.
"Directly after this Mr. Dravton left for
London with his wife and family, Mr. Bor
rowe remaining in the United States. Put
her husband, not content with securing the
money, taunted his wife with the claim
that her lover was consoling himself with
someone else and had forgotten all about,
her. This aroused the tigress in her
nature, and, mad with rage at his taunts, she
cabled to Mr. Borrowe, telling him to come
to London immediately. a
"Mr. Borrowe needed no second invita
tion, and was soon in London. Here Mr.
Drayton again surprised the two in a hotel
together. The outraged husband pretended
to be unable to condone the repeated offense,
and determined on revenge. A duel was
arranged to take place in France, and the
antagonists came to Paris. My husband
consented to be one of Mr. Borrowe's sec
onds, as he took a great deal of interest in
him. Seeing tbat his friend did not par
ticularly wish to hght .Mr. Drayton, my
husband conceived the idea of referring the
case to arbitration, and with this object
wrote to the Duo de Moraey and M. Scholl,
stating the ease without mentioning Dames,
and asking, at the same time, lor their
opinion.
Tbe Lover Not Called Upon to Fight.
"The reply given by these gentlemen was
to the effect that If the case was exactly as
pat to them the lover was not called upon
to fight the husband. However, it is easr
to conclude that my husband explained the
circumstances too much in his friend's
favor. At any rate, be and Mr. Fox, the
other second, decided, on the strength of
this decision, to refuse satisfaction to Mr.
Drayton. Tbe latter left for America, but
before his departure wrote a letter to Mr.
Borrowe, accusing him-of cowardice, where
upon Mr. Borrowe started at once in pur;
suit, and, together, with my husband, man
aged to secure berths in'the vessel in which
Mr. Drayton was crossing.
"Throughout the voyage neither addressed
a word to the other, but circumstances arose
which led to a quarrel between Mr. Borrowe
and Mr' Fox, who was a friend of long
standing. I decline to say what the circnm
stances were, but. at any rate, the quarrel
reached such a pitch that a duel was de
cided upon. Theparties embarked for
Europe and fought Cat Saturday. The par
ticular feature oi this duel was that there
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HE CANNOT SCEATCH THE TOP LINE.
was only one second on each side. I can
say nothing about the duel which my hus
band fought yesterday, and I do not even
know who his antagonist was."
K C. W. KIEFER FOUND.
AN ALLEGHENY EPISODE RECALLED
BT A DIVORCE SUIT.
The Ex-Ininranee Man Located In Colorado
WKe No. 1 Contests a Second Woman's
Right to Call Him Balband He Has
Struck It Rich and Sings In the Choir.
Pueblo, Colo, April 29. ..SJwria!.
Mrs. Maggie A. Kiefer, of Allegheny City,
has just brought suit for divorce in the Dis
trict Court'here on the grounds of adultery
and asks 5,000 alimony and attorney's fee.
In the complaint she alleges that she was
married to Edward C "W. Kiefer in Alle
gheny City in January, 18S4, and that she
has been a true wife np to date. Since
January last he has been living with
Christine Glade in this city.
Kiefer got into trouble in Pittsburg in
1887 by embezzling insurance money. His
Wife's mother went security for $1,000 to
Bave him from disgrace,' and he then skipped
out. I
His wife jhas tracked him to Louisville,
Kansas City, Denver Yankton and finally
Pueblo, where she arrived in January to
find him married to Miss Glade, daughter of
a rich merchant of Grand Island, Neb. She
claims that the divorce which he obtained
in an obscure town in Nebraska last fall is
fraudulent, and that Mrs. Kiefer No. 2 is
not his wife.
Papa Glade set Kiefer up in the drygoods
business in Pueblo, where he has made him
self socially popular by singing in a church
choir.
Mrs. Moggie Kiefer has been a clerk in a
store here, and has won the respect of her
associates. She has placed quantities of
letters and other documents in the hands of
able attorneys. The trial will come up
soon.
Edward C "W. Kiefer left Allegheny sev
eral years ago. At the time it was alleged
that he was short in his accounts with the
insurance company. An effort was made to
speak with the President of the institution
last night, but, owing to the lateness of the
hour, he declined to be interviewed.
DBIVE5 INSANE BT DEBISI0N.
A Lehigh University Professor the Victim
of a Practical Joke.
South Bethlehem, Pa., April 29.
Special' Dwight F. Carroll, the instruc
tor in physics at Lehigh University, has
become insane from a practical joke played
upon him by the students. He is a graduate
of "Wesleyan, and came here a year ago
from "Wallingford, Conn. Carroll was a
good instructor, but Tery reserved and un
sociable. His taciturnity was so marked
that he became the object of the students'
ridicule. A month ago the students gave a
minstrel performance in which one of the
actors burlesqued Carroll. The whole au
dience applauded, laughing in derision at
the hapless instructor. He revolted at the
scorn and left in the face of the langhter at
his expense.
He preyed so much on the joke that he
fell sick from nervous prostration. "When
able to be about he had graduated into a
monomaniac under the impression that
everybody in general, and the students in
particular, were his enemies. His brother,
Charles F. Carroll, was sent for. He de
cided to move the instructor to a place of
more agreeable surroundings, and took In
structor Carroll to "Wallingford, this morn
ing. '
FAMINE ON THE RIO GRANDE.
Russian Scenes Repeated In iltlnlatnro on
the Mexican Border.
Corpus Christi, Tex., April 29. The
distribution.of food from this section to the
famine sufferers on the Eio Grande in the
Eio Grande City section began yesterday,
when rations were issued to 500 people,
,some of whom were actually starving.
Unless further assistance is soon had
many of the sufferers will die. The great
est distress is reported from the country
back from the EioGrande, where there are
many cases of Mexicans who had hundreds
of cattle before the drought, but are now
destitute, their stock hating died.
Plntlnnm In South Dakoti.
Eapid City-, S. D., April 29. Platinum
has been discovered in the southern hills
about 25 miles west of this city. Among
some specimens of ore wa? found a piece of
white quartz carrying what appeared to be
horn silver. It was at once pronounced
platinum, and proved by the usual acid
tests.
Jack the Hair Cutter Down Sooth.
Charlotte, N. C, April 2a Miss Inez
Sykes, a young lady, was caught bv a ruffian
on the" street last night, who smothered her
cries. She wore her hair in a long plait,
and he cut it off with a razor. Her assailant
then strnck her in the breast, threw the hair
to the ground and escaped.
CAUGHT DEAD TO RIGHTS.
New Tork Agents of a Law and Order So
ciety Held to Court for Blackmail The
Police Say They Have a Clear Case
Against the Two Men.
New York, April 29. Special.
Agents James H. Finn and Edward J.
Becker, of the Gerry Society for the Pre
vention of Cruelty to Children, who are ac
cused of levying systematic blackmail on
the keepers ot alleged disorderly houses in
the Delancy street precinct, were held to
day in $5,000 bail each for examination on
Tuesday. Pasquale Caponizra, an Italian
banker, went surety for Becker. Finn was
not bailed.
"When the two men were arraigned Com
modore Gerry and Agent Stockingappeared
with them. "When Commodore Gerry was
asked what course the society would take in
the case he said: "The accused officers have
been for many years in the employment of
the society, and have hitherto maintained a
good reputation, no complaint having ever
been made against either ot them. The
society has as yet bad no opportunity to in
vestigate the case, but intends to make a
most thorough examination, and if satisfied
that the officers are guilty, will prosecute
them to the fullest extent ot the law."
Assistant District Attorney Townsend
drew np the complaint against the prison
ers, charging them with extortion. Mrs.
Mantras was the cnmpliinnnr Mrs; Mary-'
Shu!tz, of Allen street, was also in court to
testify, if necessary, tbat Agents Finn and
Becker had extorted money from her. Cap
tain Cross said he could inrnlsh at least a
dozen Jmore victims. Superintendent
Byrnes said to-day tbat the evidence against
the prisoners is conclusive.
ANNEXATION A FAILURE.
Bad Dereat of a Canadian Who Ran on a
New Platform.
TORONTO, OnT., April 29. Special.
The Liberal party succeeded in electing a
candidate in Toronto to-day for the first
time in 15 years. The election was to fill a
vacancy in the Ontario Provincial Parlia
ment, and they won it by over 800 majority.
Another feature of the contest was the pres
ence of a candidate who contested the elec
tion on a platform entirely new in Canadian
politics, viz.; that of a political union with
the United States. But he was not by any
means a representative citizen, and his de
feat, which was a very bad one, was scarcely
worse than was anticipated.
His nomination, he had explained a week
ago, was merely to gauge the feelings of tbe
citizens on annexation, but as it was real
ized he could not be a member of the On
tario Legislature and bring the question up
there, but little attention was paid to his
candidacy. The result of the votm? was as
follows: N. G. Bigelow, Liberal, 4,900; II.
A. E. Kent, Conservative, 4,204; P. Thomp
son, Independent Labor candidate, 406;
Earnst Macdonald, Annexation, 101.
ABSENIC IN A WELL,
A Timely Dlscoverr Which Has Prevented
Terrible Results In Cleveland.
Cleveland, April 29. The City Food
Inspector to-day tested water taken from a
well on South "Willson avenue, and found
it to contain one grain of arsenic to the
ounce. The case is clearly one of attempted
po'soning, and as the well has been used by
several families, terrible results would have
taken place but for the prompt discovery
of the outrage. The well is In the yard of
Pole namedMundracek, in a district largely
inhabited by Poles and Hungarians.
Mundracek has a quarrel of long standing
with his next door neighbor, which has re
sulted in a 12-foot ience between their
houses and the, hanging of his pet dog. Last
Wednesday morning Mrs. Mundracek, on
going to the well, noticed that a white
powder floated on the surface of the water
she drew up. The same powder was notice
able on projections in the wall of the well.
She became suspicious and gave some of the
water to a hen. The hen died almost imme
diately. ROMANCE or Isabella Stockton, after
whom Stockton avenue, Allegheny, was
named, told In THE DIsPATCH to-morrow.
TBIS'lIORMiNG'jj'NEWS.
Topic. . rage.
Reed and His Little Boomlet 1
Ferd WardReady to Begin Anew 1
Milbank Duel Gossip 1
Weitlngbonse nnd the Electric Trust....- 1
Vlo 1 oodhnll Talks Well 2
A Cheaper Poor I'arm Site Offered S
Max Schneider's License Hearing "
Editorial nnd Miscellaneous 4
A Card From the Chicago Blaine Clnbj. 4
News of the National Capital 4
Wafeeman In a European OH Veld 5
East End V. P. Chnrch Litigation O
May Day Scare in Europe., , 7
Uetherington's Shot Justified 7
Congress Full or Play. 7
All the Ball and Sporting News 8
A Tale of Kara! Torture 8
Trade Reviews and Business News 9
For and Against Sunday Newspapers.... 9
Subjects for Pulpit Utterances -10
The OH Scout's Field News 10
County Conrt Routine -10
Iron and Commercial Markets...- 11
An Original Detective Story 13
'THREE GENTS.
TACKLING THE TRUST, f
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Westimjhouse Matin? a Great Effort U2.
to -Beat the Electric Combine.
BIG BID FOE THE WORLD'S PAIR.
The Pittshurger 5aj3 the Trust Wanted
$1,200,000 Too Much.
BIDS TO BE 0PEXE1) UP 0XCE MOEB
SrlCIAI. TEIXCnAM TO Tne DISPATCH.
New York, April 29. George Westing
honse, the Pittsburg electrician, who is
making efforts to secure the contract for
lighting the grounds and buildings of the
Columbian Exposition, received a telegram
this morning from his agent in Chicago, in
forming him that the bids for the work
would be reopened in a few days. This was
good news to Mr. Westinghouse, whose
"omnanv is fizhtins the new Electric Trust.
Ao. .nnlir known n tlift TVITsnn T!Ipfcrfn
., Jo which i3 very anxious to get the
j. '$ ., '."j in bids a few davs a.n,
agreeing ' f.- je lighting for l,7o0,000,
not expectingjpposition, it is said. Mr.
Wesiinghouse informed a reporter to-day
that the regular price for the work before
the trust wa formed would not have ex
ceeded SjOO.OOO.
Mr. Westinghouse arrived in this city
Wednesday, and hai been busily ensaged
figuring on the work ever sirce. He in
tends to submit another bid, which, he says,
will be as reasonable as his firm can possi
bly do the work. When the Westinghouse
Company entered the field as a competitor
it bid so low that the trust put in an
amended bid in the name of the Edison
General Electric Company for 5333,000, or
55 95 per light.
The Lowest Eld In Chicago.
In addition to the Wcstinghonse Com
pany, the Southside Machine Works of
Chicago also put in a bid. While the hid
of the Southside company was the lowest,
the Electrical Committee and the Committee
on Grounds and Buildings seemed to favor
but two companies the Westinghouse and
the Edison General. The companies in
the trnst are the Thomson-Houston, the Fort
Wayne and the Edison General.
At first tho committee rejected all bids.
Then new estimates were put in by the
Westinghouse and the T?"-'i General com
panies, when it wjT" Jr at tne 'attcr
concern was thelo"S- jTiT- The amended
bids, as put in, wc." ollows:
Thomson-Houston Sctric Company, $17 51
to $13 31 per lamp.
Ellison General Electric Company, $1S id
per lamp.
Bruh Electric Company, $17 77 per lamp.
Ft. "Wayne Electric Company, $UQ3 per
lamp for certain lamp, which, by reason of
their position, couhl be supplied much more
cheaply than the others.
Mr. Westinghouse Thinks He'll Win.
"We have a good show of winning thii
time," S3id Mr. Westinghouse to a Dis
patch reporter. "We are not identified
with the trust, nor do wo deiire to asso
ciate ourselves with it. We are inde
pendent and intend to remain so."
"Is it not true tbat efforts have been
made for some time past to get the West
inghouse Company into the trust?"
"Yes. We have been approached many
times on the subject, but we still remain
firm. Our business is a legitimate one, and
we do not propose to jeopardize our in
terests by joining these companies who
have formed this intended frcezing-out
system. We have great hopes of getting
llie contract. The very lowest bid will be
put in, because we are in favor of keeping
the expenses of the Exposition down to the
lowest possible figure. It is not our in
tention to chargethe Columbian Exposition
$1,200,000 over market rate?. The bid3 will
be opened in a few dayi. Then the publio
will know just who the successful bidder
is."
Object or th- Edison General.
It 13 now generally believed in electrical
circles that the Edison General Company
intends, if possible, to wipe out all rivals in
the manner usually adopted by trusts by
driving them into bankruptcy or into the
trust Many valuable patents are owned by
the trust, and it is asserted that competitors
will eventually be frichtencd out of the
business by patent litigation', which will
cost considerable money. With a capital of
over 550,COO,000 the trust is a powerful fac
tor. While the Westinshou'se Company is at
present antagonistic to the trust, there are
some knowing ones who predict that the
concern will soon join forces with its
stronger competitor. If the trust had
owned the AVestinghouse Company there is
but little donbt that it would have been
erantedthe contract at an advance of 51,200,
000 over the price that the Westinghouse
agreed to furnish tbe light lor.
Eegarding the extremely low bid of the
Southside Machine Works, the Committee
on Grounds and Buildings discovered tint
Charlrs C. LocLstaedt, proprietor of the
works, had made an arranccincnt with the
Westinghouse Electric Comnany to supply
the lamps: When a general investigation
was held into the combin ition of the Elec
tric Trust, George Wetinehone appeared
before the Exposition Committee and offered
to assume the bid of the Southside works.
It was assigned to him, the committee say
ing it would prefer to deal with the West
inghouse Company direct When the Edi
son General Electric Company heard of
these negotiations it put in its amended bid.
PARSON DOWNS' VICTORY.
no WW Fight for Complete Tindlcatloni
if It Takes Ten Tears.
Boston, April 29. In the second session
of the Superior Court this morning, the
jury brought in a verdict of 510,000 in iavor
of the? f- W. W. Downs, against Dr.
Noyes, JI". Abbie Cnmpbell and Alico
Nepton, in the suit brought to recover dam
ages for ai? alleged conspiracy to accuse the
plaintiff of immorality.
A motion to set aside the verdict and
grant a new trta' was filed by counsel for
the defense thi$, afternoon. W. II. Baker,
who prepared ;Vhl fought the case for
Downs when the"Satter had no money to
secure other counsel, says -he proposes to
push matters still farther and attack the
decree of Judge A"en, who granted Mr.
Taber a divorce in 15&5, Downs being co
respondent, which veraiS' was the begin!
ning of Downs' troublesTMi". Baker claims
to have an affidavit, si-rned by Detective,
Jarvis. who was the nrincisal witness
against Mr. Downs in the divorcfcase and 3
who has since died, in which the detective 5
makes a dyins declaration that his1 test!- j
mony at the divorce hearing was false. r
Baker says he intends to fizht until 51?-
Downs is vindicated. Downs say3 he pro- Sg.
nnse now to beffin In rnMt nhn.ttlp.fni" "
complete vindication of his character as a
man and a minister, if it takes ten years
or more.
A JUSISI'S SUICIDE.
Thongh an Erabrzzler, He Once Came Nep""
Being Elected 'u Supreme Judge.
Milwaukee, April 29. The n
disappearance of Peter Eupp,
young attorney, was explain
ing when hi3 body wa
river. He evidently c
he was an embezzler t
from the estate of D
for whom he was r
Eupp was As
and once came
elected Judge
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