HgwsgmjgSgRgSffijjSSj yytf? r?2Kf?';r'"vr ADVERTISERS APPRECIATE The excellent returns from The Dispatch's cent-a-word colnmns. Booms to let advertisements more than doubled last month! fto yrnginm ADVERTISERS APPRECIATE The excellent returns from The Dispatch's cent-a-word columns. Booms to let .advertisements more than doubled last month! ' m&vsm FORTY SEVENTH TEAR RUSSIA IN NEED OF ALUT GETS, America Furnishing Twice as Much Belief as Any Other Country. MINISTER SMITH BETTJMS And Talks Interestingly of Affairs in the Czar's Dominion. The Russians Grateful for the Money and Food Received From Americans The Czar Shows His Appreciation Terrible Straits of the People in Famine Districts Every Carload of Grain Sent Where It Will Do the Most Good Closing1 Down on Emigration Mr. Smith Getting- Posted on Home Politics He Really Thought Harrison Had a Walkover Till He Heard of the Piatt-Quay Combination. SPECIAL TZLIGULK TO THE DISPATCH. New Tore, May 4. Hon. Charles Emory Smith, United States Minister to Russia, was a passenger on the Teutonic, which arrived here this afternoon, shortly after 1 o'clock. A number of well-known Republicans were waiting on the wharf to receive him. Mr. Smith appeared in the best tf health and spirit, and answered the greetings of his friends by assuring them that he never felt better in his life. "When the greetings were over he and his wife were driven to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where they will stay until to-morrow after noon before proceeding to his home in Philadelphia. Mr. Smith said to a Dispatch reporter that he had not yet sent in his resignation, , and he did not feel it would be courteous to make any direct statement on the mat ter, until he had conferred with the Presi dent. He intimated, in an unmistakable way. however, that he had come to America to remain. In case of his resignation, ie said he would immediately resume his usual vocation as editor of the Philadelphia Press, and direct its policy in the coming Presidental contest All Russia Grateful to America. "The warm feeling that Russia hat alwsys had toward the United States was very much deepened and strengthened by what our people have douo this year," continued Mr. Smith. "In contributing their assist ance I understand there were same misgiv ings here as to hor Russia would receive our contributions of grain and money for the famine, but there was no occasion for any such misgivings. Tho Russian peoole, from tho Emperor down to the lowest serf, greeted the American aid and American sympsth;- with the greatest appreciation and emWuiasm. The whole country is pro foundly grateful. In all my experience I never saw any ship received with greater honors tbat the Indiana, on her arrival at Libau from Philadelphia, bearing her cargo of grain. The cargo was loaded into 20 cars and started for Samara Arriving there, the cars were decorated with American and Russian flags and were welcomed by the Governor of the Province. Then a grand religious procession was formed, headed by religious pictures and banners. "I was telegraphed for as soon as the Indiana reached Libau, and, hurrying from St. Petersburg, I v-as met by nearly 3,000 Russians who, one by one, expressed their thanks for the generosity of the American people. All through Russia, as the con tents of the cars were distributed, the trans ports were met on their way by the firing of guns. " America the Most Cheerful Giver. "The American contributions amounted, up to the time I came away, to nearly $80, 000 in cash and the two cargoes of grain which had arrived on the Indiana and Missouri. I understand that another vessel, the Tynehead, left yesterday with more grain for Russia. I hoped I should be in time to see her off, especially as I had some advice I wanted to give, but I am too late. These contributions made by America amount to over twice as much as those of all the other countries of the world put to. gather. England sent $150,000 in cash, most of which was furnished by the English Quakers, but she sent nothing else. The contributions of other countries were very much less. "The American contributions were all distributed directly under American super vision; every carload ofgrain, every dollar of money was sent exactly where the Ameri cans determined it should go. The Russian Government was glad to co-operate and render every service in the distribution, and it showed in all instances the utmost confi dence in the American organization. Present for the Two Captains. "Great receptions were given to the sail ors of the Indiana and Missouri, when they arrived with their precious cargoes, and the Emperor gave handsome presents to both Captains. Captain Finley, of the Missouri, received a handsome tea service, which was presented to him in behalf of the Emperor by Count Bobrinsky. The other gift for Captain Sargent, of the Indiana, an enorm ous goblet of the characteristic Russian enamel ware, was not ready when the In diana left, so the Emperor sent it to me to forward to the Captain. I intrusted it to Captain Finley, and he took it back on the Missouri with him. It will go to the State Department, which will present it to Cap tain Sargent from the Russian Emperor. "The accounts of the famine have not been exaggerated. It was a daily occurrence to see whole families die from disease or hunger. I cannot say what percentage of provisions was delivered to each needy per son, but Irom my inquiries I thinlt that not much more than one-third of the supply has vet been furnished. "The question of the Russian-Hebrew refugees and their migration to America has interested me deeply, and I have given much time and study to it I do not belicvo that there will be as large a number of refugees this year as last, owing to the ac tion taken by Germany, just before I left, closing the frontiers againBt them. Closing Down on Emigration. "If natural causes were allowed to oper ate, the emigration next year would prob ably be lureer than ever, but it is expected tbat Austria will follow Gormany's examplo and clobe her frontier asrainst the refugees, and that will practicallf shut off tho egress. The reason for Germany's action was that if she allowed the refugees to come through her territory many of them would be shipped back on her hands, and the would have to take care of them. England will not re ceive them, and the United States is begin ning to be more watchful. "The rule is that emigrants are sent baok tq the ports whence they embarked. Russia will not take them back again, and If Ger many once lets them on her territory she finds herself saddled with them. She will allow travelers to oome through thecoun try, of course, but they have to submit to a careful examination, and prove that they have monev and are not refugees. It is very probable that an evasion of some sort will be attempted to escape the conse quences of Germany's action, but emigra tion will become a far more difficult and dantrerous matter than it has been. Within the last three months, in fsct, the repre sentatives of Baron Hirsch's enterprise have begun warning the Russian Hebrews of the danger of attempting to emigrate at the present time. The general tendency now is to discourage and restrain those .that were previously urged to leave the land." Mr. Smith on Home Politics. Coming to home questions and politics Mr. Smith said: "I have read the files of American papers continuously, and have kent mvselt well informed as to" all that is going on. My interest in home affairs i of course very large. I am naturally not in a position to "judge of the political situation lrom the inside, because there are so many sidelights aud undercurrents that only ap pear from Dersonal contact I have not supposed that there was any question about Harrison's renomination at Minneapolis. That seemed a foregone conclusion. I have just been informed that Piatt and Quay have formed an alliance to defeat Harrison, aud they are certainly both men of a good deal of strength. I did not expect, how ever, that the New York delegates would be instructed for Harrison, and I do not re gard the fact as a bad omen. "I think the prospects of Republican suc cess have very much improved within the last three months, owing to the action or non-action of the majority in the House of Representatives, to the' increased im pression of the sound and judicious charac ter of President Harrison's administration, and to what looks to an observer from abroad very much like a serious factional difference among our friends, the enemy, in New York. Three months ago it looked as if Clevelend were as dead as a dead cock in a pit, but lately he seems to have gone at it again. "It is quite remarkable that in the heat of a coming campaign there should appar ently be such friendly relations among the editors on all sides of the question. Mr. "Whitelaw Reid's candidacy tor Vice Presi dent, for instance, is spoken of in a most friendly way by papers that one would ex pect to have no speoial sympathy with the Tribune." , PRITTS' STILL CAPTURED. It Is the Largest in the Moonshine Conn try Hair General 81egel Miller Re ceived tho News Pritts' Brother-ln-Law Arrested as an Accessory. Somekset, May 4 Special. At a late hour this afternoon Bpecial Revenue Officer Schlosser and Chief of Police Gilbert drove into this place in a wagon with one of the largest illicit stills ever captured. The still was spotted by Gilbert three or four days ago while he was searching the mountains back of Trent for Murderer Pritts. It had been dismantled aud was concealed in a clump of bushes about half a mile from Pritts' home. Officer Schlosser says the capacity is not less than 180 gallons, and he belie es it to be the largest unregistered still e er captured in the United States. I when told that Pritts still had been found. "It was thelargest ono in the moonshine country," he said, "and I didn't think it would ever have been found." Jacob Santemeyer, a brother-in-law of Bill Pritts, was arrested and brought here to jail vesterday, charged with being acces sory after the fact td the murder ot Jona than Hochstctler. Santemeyer admidss that he took Pritts to his home at Mt Pleasant the day following the murder, aud that ho started West with him. He claims that when they reached Pittsburg, Pritts left the "train to buy some tobacco and that he had not seen him since. Santemeyer proceeded to Chicago, where he waited for three days for his father-in-law, and when he failed to appear Santemeyerreturned to Pritts' house, where he was arrested. Santemeyer's story is not credited by the authorities here, who believe he took Pritts as far west as Chicago and there set him adrift A MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS. Six Hebrews Convicted of Murdering 65 Babes of Unnatural Parents. Sx. Petersbubo, May 4 At Vilna, to day, bix Hebrews, men and women, were convicted of murdering babies that had been intrusted to their charge, and were sen tenced to from six to 20 years' penal servi tude. In many cases the murders were committed with the connivance of the mother, of thelittle victims. The first clew to this wholesale conspiracy to murder was obtained in April, 1890, when some one discovered in a cesspool of a wretched hovel in Vilna the bodies of six smallchildren. This led to further searches, and in the end the remains ot 65 infants were found. Forty men and women were arrested, and 350 witnesses were summoned to testily against them. The dispatch from Vilna does not state whether all the prison ers were tried apd only six convicted, but the supposition is that, as the evidence is so strong acrainst the accused, only the six condemned were tried. Tne prisoners had gained the colloquial title of "angel makers," from their practice of killing children whose existence was inconvenient or distasteful to parents. SENSATION AT NIAGARA FALI& The Scion of a Well-Known Family Kicked l)y a ilotelkeeper. Kiagaka Falls, May 4. Special. A sensation has been caused here iy Robert P. Murphy, the manager of the Hotel Por ter, one of the new hotels here, kicking Clement Porter, a well-known society man and son of R. D. Porter, a wealthy citizen, one of the famous Porter family. The elder Porter owns the hotel, and his son, on a pre tense of looking after his father's interests, made a general loafing place there. He was accustomed to drink heavily, and yesterday made a disgraceful scene at the hotel, using vile and profane language. Murphy proceeded to fire the young man, and thereupon brought down on his head the ire of the entire Porter family. He was arrested for assault, and a big trial, with a heavy array of witnesses, will be the re sult TWELVE VICTIMS OF THE ITBE. The Remains or Three More People Found in the Philadelphia fining. Philadelphia, May t Two more of the injured at the Pennsylvania Hospital died to-night from the effects of their burns, making 11 victims of the fire beside the owner of a burned foot found this afternoon in the dump pile taken from the ruins of the Time annex. The latest to succumb, were Rand Patterson, 14 years old, and" Charless Beiggs, aged 28; both of whom were burned while escaping from the gal lery of tho Central Theater. It is now believed tbat the foot found to day was part of the remains of one of the homeless wanderers who frequently sought the shelter of the Timet building at night11 The owners had experienced much trouble from this source, and many tramps had been arrested on the premises. PITTSBURG- THURSDAY, MAY 5 1892 PUTT ONLY SMILES At the Delegate Bulletin Issued by Harrison's Bureau. HOW HE SIZES IT UP SO FAB. New York Republicans Say Elkins la at the . Bottom of the Fake. FIGURES THAT WONT STAND ANALYSIS rsrxcrUi telxqruc to the dispatch. New York, May 4. Ex-Senator Thomas G. Piatt and other influential Republicans of this State were interested and amused yesterday by the bulletin sent oat from Washington announcing that already 302 delegates to the Minneapolis Convention had been instructed for Harrison, and that the President's renomination was assured on the first ballot Accompanying the an nouncement was a table of States which, in the words of the pronunciamento, "have, up to this time, instructed delegates to vote for the renomination of Harrison." The list of States, with the number of delegates so "instructed," making the total of 302, is as follows: Alabama, 22; Arkansas, 16; California, 2; Florida, 6; Illinois, 6; Indiana, SO; Kansas, S; Kentucky, 26; Maryland, 4; Michigan, 4; Mis sissippi, 18; Missouri, 34; Nebraska, 16; New York, 26: Ohio, 6; South Carolina, 18; South Dakota, 8; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 30; Virginia, 8; Wisconsin, 10. Piatt Says It's Tory Aboard. All that Mr. Piatt cared to say about the list was tbat the statement, so far as it con cerned the alleged 26 delegates from New York State, was "absurd, and evidently bad been sent out by a literary bureau in Wash ington . engaged in booming the President for a renomination. Not one delegate from the State of New York has been in structed, and any statement to the con trary is without a foundation," added Mr. Piatt Other New York State Republicans famil iar with the situation in Washington de clared that Secretary Elkjns was in charge of the Harrison bureau. The New York State Republicans do not like Secretary Elkins any more. They say he is responsi ble for many misleading assertions concern ing the President's chances at Minneapolis. Included in the list are some Southern States which do not mean to run an electoral ticket, on the ground that there is no possi ble chance of the Republicans carrying the States. The delegates from these States are made up of Federal officeholders under the Harrison administration. Some Figures Worth Remembering; The first State on the Washington list is Alabama, which Harrison lost by 60,123; Arkansas was lost to the President by 26,210; Florida by 12,304; Indiana he carried by 2,348, and the President's closest friends Bay that with the right kind of Democrats in the field he wpuld lose the State by 10,000. Harrison lost Kentucky by 28,666, Maryland by 6,182, MississiDpi bv 6B,37B. Missouri by 25,701, South Carolina by 0,208, Tennessee by 19,791, Texas by 146,161, Virginia by 1,639. The experts, in dissecting the statement sent out from Washington, were thus con vinced that the "instructed" delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Bouth Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, making a total of 188 out of the 302 claimed, 'should not be accepted as factors in deter minine the wishes of the Republican party at Minneapolis. Indiana Should also be disregarded, say the wise New York Repub licans, as it is eoncededthat a strong Demo crat could easily defeat the President in his own State. Out of the 302 only 84 "instructed" dele gates must therefore be considered factors in determining the situation at Minneapolis. Pennsylvania is in the same boat with New York on the Harrison question, and in the faithful Buckeye State there is a sadly divided delegation. A Table That Can Be Studied.' The Electoral College this year has a membership ot 444, making 323 votes neces sary for election. The delegates by States will be: Electors, Electors. ISM. ISM States. 1892. 183S States. Alabama 11 Arkansas S California V Colorado 4 Connecticut S Delaware S Florida 4 Georgia 13 Idaho .1 Illinois 24 Indiana 15 Iowa IS Kansas 10 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 8 Maine 6 Maryland 8 Massachusetts ... 13 Michigan 14 Minnesota 9 Mississippi 9 Missouri 17 Montana 3 10 Nebraska 8 7 Nevada 3 8 NewHamDshlre. 4 3 New Jersey 10 AeffYork 38 S.North Carolina.. 11 4lNorth Dakota... 3 12,Ohlo 2J . Oregon 4 22 Pennsylvania .... 32 15 Rhode Island.... 4 13, bouth Carolina.. 9 9 South Dakota.... 4 13 Tennessee 12 8 Texas 15 6 Vermont 4 3 Virginia 12 14 Washington 4 13 West Virginia... 6 7 Wisconsin 12 9 Wyoming 4 16 .. Totals 444 CLEVELAND INTERVIEWED. He Thinks the Fnblic Schools America's Best Institution. New York, May 4 The World to-morrow will print the following interview with ex-President Cleveland, relative to a national public school celebration of Columbus Day, October 12: "It is a grand idea. It is admirably con ceived, and very timely. I've always been a friend of the public schools. I believe they are the greatest feature ot American life. They can't be put forward too much, J x minK. auis inurement to niaite tne school system the center of all ths local celebrations of Discovery Day ought to be pushed pretty vigorously just now; there is not much time to lose." He thought there might possibly be some difficulty in getting some ot the municipali ties to make the public school the dominant feature of the civic celebration of the day. "But they ought to,,' he added. "The pub lic school is the greatest thing they've got, and to make a chain of local celebrations all connected by the schools is a noble plan. New York City, as the metropolis ot the country, should take the lead in this, by making the schools a feature of the celebra tion here. The Beard of Education should see to this. Get New York to adopt the plan, and you get the rest" INGALLS ON TOP AGAIN. The Fiery Ei -Senator Onco More the Blg Seat Man In Kansas lie Will Head the Delegation to Minneapolis Another Jn- dorsement, bat No Instructions. Hutchinson, Kan., May 4. The Re publican State Convention to elect dele gates at large to the Minneapolis Conven tion and to nominate a Congressman at large will be held here to-morrow. The issues this year seem to overshadow everything in politics, and national issues are almost lost sight of in the scramble for places on the State ticket The Republicans expect to re verse the Alliance majority of two years ago, and are so confident of success that a nomination on the State ticket is regarded by them as almost the same thing as an election. There are, therefore, but very few candidates for delegates to the Min neapolis Convention or for the .nomination for Congressman. Pour delegates at large will be selected, ... . v ;-. 1L. -: .A.llfe; Lhj,..<i . and there are eight candidates. Among them is John J. Ingalls, whose return to active political life will be made at this convention. Mr.Jngalls is now probably the most popular with his party of all the Kansas Republican leaders. His popular ity a year ago began to ebb, the charge having been made that after his . defeat for re-election to the Senate he withdrew to his tent and sulked there, not caring, so long as he had been turned down, what became of the party in Kansas. ,. unchallenged for nearly a year. Finally he proved it false, showing that the party man agers had not asked him to participate in the campaign a year ago, and had ignored him in all their councils and plans. This showing not only restored him in the affec-. tions of the rank and file of his party, but carried him far beyond the crest of his former popularity. The sentiment of the deleeatesnow on the ground seems to be against instructing the Minneapolis delegation. The resolutions will indorse the national administration, and will make special mention ot President Harrison. Thev will declare in favor of a protective tarifi, reciprocity and honest money. A SOFT CENSUS SNAP Unearthed in Philadelphia The Examiner Compiled His Work From His Imagina tion and h City Directory He Forged Many Signatures During His Visits. Philadelphia, May 4. Henry Hus ton, 60 years old, a Census Examiner under Special Agent Thompson, who was some time ago removed from the control of the industrial census in this city, was arrested here to-day on a warrant issued at the in stance of .Frank R. Williams, Chief Agent of the Industrial Census. Agent Williams stated this morning that the charges against tne man were of a very serious nature, con sisting of fraud against the United States Government, forgery and perjury, growing out of a fraudulent performance of his duties as Census Examiner. In substance, the accused examiner's re turns were the product of his own imagina tion, with the city directory as the basis of his operations. He prepared a sworn list of returns, but had made no examination to base them on. As an instance of his derelic tion, Mr. Williams gave one case where he returned the name of a man as a carpenter and builder doing a business of $410,000 a year. The signature and address of the man were on the sheet to which the accused had affixed his own signature, besides swearing to the truth of the contents. On investi gating the case the alleged carpenter and builder turned out to be a foreman in an up town dye works, who had never been a carpenter or builder, and who declared that the signature was a forgery. Another instance cited was similar to tne above in many points. The occupation was given as that ot acarpenterand builder, and the business was rated at ?SOO,000. When the Washington authorities went to the ad dress named they met the widow of the 'alleged builder, who said that her husband had been dead over three years, and that in his lifetime he was a college professor, not a carpenter and builder. Huston was held in $2,000 bail for a lurther hearing to-morrow. A MAY SNOW STORM. Tho Northwest Is Well Covered, and the Beautiful Is Still Falling. MiksBAPOLis, May 4. Dispatches from various point? in Minnesota, Wiscon sin and the Dakota show that the ground is covered with white, and snow is still fall ing. In some places the snow is 2Linches de,ep on a levekaThe covering'will help farming. Reports jutt received from Winnipeg and the Northwest Territory indicate that last week's storm in Manitoba, in which two settlors lost their lives, was quite as severe in the Northwest The McLeod mail, which started from that town Monday, has not yet been heard from, the driver not reaching the first stopping place, CO miles from McLeod, and it is supposed he has been lost on the prairie. Dr. Lovjnehart, who left nearly two we.eks ago for Knee Hill Creek, has not been Heard of since, and is thought he has been lost in the storm. A party of mounted police have gone in search of the missing men. HUSBAND OP 121 WOMEN. John Andersen, tho Champion Marryist, on Trial at lost for Bigamy. Cleveland, O., May 4. fecial. The trial of John Andersen, the alleged Danish bigamist who has been claimed as husband by 121 women, began hereto-day. The first witnesses to testify were from Elmira, N. Y., where Andersen is- charged with marry ing Miss Dora Dawes. She was present in the court room and the prisoner started percep tibly when lie beheld her. The complainant against Andersen is Mrs. Ellen Purcell, of St Louis, who was his latest victim. He attempted to desert her here after securing her money, but was ar rested at Albany, N. Y. The testimony elicited to-day developed the fact of his marriage to Miss Dawes at Elmira. AFTER THE CATTLEMEN'S BLOOD. Bustlers Think They Have Evidence Tbat Will Launch Their Foes Into Eternity. Casper, Wyo., May 4. Rapidly the chain of testimony is being formed that will bring the prisoners now at Fort Russell at least under the shade of the gallows. Jones and Walker, the two trappers who wit nessed the killing of Champion and Ray at the "K. C" ranch, have been here for several days. Recently it was developed that the stock men had sent two men from Cheyenne to get them out ot the way, either by fair means or by foul trickery. To-day Under Sheriff Kimball came up and took Jones and Walker to Douglas, where they will be protected. SENTENCED AHD HANGED IN A DAY. An Cn usual Proceeding That Will Head Oft a Troublesome Lawyer. Tjsenton, N. J., May 4. Edward Hal- linger, the negro wife murderer, of Jersey City, who has been sentenced to hang twice, but was saved each time through his lawyer, Charles J. Peschall, who asked for writs of habeas corpus, will, it is reported, be sen tenced in the Hudson County Court to morrow morning and hanged in the after noon. This unusual proceeding will be taken, it is said, to prevent Lawyer Peschall from appealing the case again, as one appeal has just been set aside by the "United States Supreme Court. CARL PRETZEL DEAD. The Famous Humorist Passes Away at His Home in Chicago. Chicago, May 4. Charles Henry Harris (Carl Pretzel), editor of the National Weekly, died at his residence in this city to-day. He was SI years of age. Wyoming Bustlers Checkmated. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 4. Judge Kyner this morning granted a temporary injunc tion restraining the ranchmen in Northern Wyoming, especially in Johnson county, from making their round-ups. Marshal Joe RanSin, with a large number of deputies, will leave in the next train for the scene of the trouble. - TWELVE PAGES. A DOORWAY OF ROPE Leads an Inquisitive Officer Into a Secret Printing Office. BUSY ANARCHISTS SURPRISED. Liega Found to Ee the Center .Revolutionary Conspiracy. of a MOEE THAN F0RTI H0U8ES BAIDED Brussels, May 4. The police at all the industrial centers in Belgium have not in the least relaxed their vigilance in the search tor Anarchists. Detectives are at work among the miners and factory oper atives, and to-day at Mons a m "o indis creetly divulged to one of hir' Sf , -ek-men, presumably a disguised 64", ffo. he was concerned in an AnanJ "fh O fXntnl Timlf nlinrflw fATrTf? 1.- f1 ... ...... ...,. ..j ............. . hands of the police. Jkuc uiiDuuci) irnu iuui utuei iudu, iiuu made arrangements to blow up the houses of MM. Raulier and Bclloye, bankers at Mons, and also the residences of other lead ing citizens of tho place. It was found that the prisoner had in his possession five pow erful dynamite cartridges, and it is believed if he had not talked so freely Mons would in a short time have been startled by a series of disastrous explosions. It is ex pected the other four men will shortly be arrested. Investigating a Dangling Hope. A gendarmo patrolling his post on the outskirts of the city to-day noticed a rope hanging from a loft. Undor ordinary cir cumstances no attention would have been paid to the matter, but now every incident is examined into on the supposition that it may have some connection with the An archists. The sight of the dangling rope led the gendarme to wonder what was going on at the upper end of it Ho grasped the swinging end and found that the other end was fast He tested the rope cautiously and found that it would bear his weight He deter mined to take a look into the loft, and climbing up aud peering through an open ing he found his vigilance rewarded In the loft was a man printing the Anarchist paper Misery, the location of the publica tion office ot which had lone been a mys tery to the police. The gendarme entered the loft and placed the printer under ar rest The vicinity is a hotbed of socialism, and detectives have long been watching the res idents thereabouts, but none of them had discovered the pigeon loft printing office. The gendarme has been highly compli mented for his action. A Passerby Finds a Horning Flue. A dynamite cartridge, bound with stout wire, was found to-day upon a window sill of a house in Waremme, a town 13 miles west of Liege. The attention of a uasserby was attracted by a thin curl of smoke he saw as cending, and upon approaching oloser found that the smoke came from a burning fuse at tached to the cartridge. He at once quenched the fire and notified the police. Tbe magistratewho is inquiring into the explosion that wrecked the residence of Count Minette, at Liege, says the bombs were charged with 25 kilograms of foroite. Fourteen kilograms more of the explosire have been stolen, and fresh outrages can bo expected. Tbe authorities had no doubt that Beaujean and La Croix, the two men who were arrested yesterday on suspicion of having caused the explosion at Count Minette's residence, were guilty. A search was made of Beaujean's lodgings, and there were found concealed a number of car tridges and a quantity of dynamite. Beaojean Makes a Clean Breast of It. When Beaujean learned of this discovery he made a full confession of his guilt, and incriminated a number of other Anarchists. who were arrested today. A number of cartridges have been found in the house of a man who was arrested at Stoumont. The Eolice declare that in their raids on the ouses of the Anarchists they have discov ered evidence of a most formidable con spiracy, the headquarters of which are in Liege. The conspirators, they say, are a thoroughly organized body, and their aim Is to terrorize the law-abidfng population by means of explosions. The police say that with the information that has come to them they will be able to arrest many of the men engaged in this plot A later dispatch from Liege says that La Croix, one ot the Anarchists arrested to day, has confessed that he was one of the leaders of the explosion at the residence of Count Minette. The police of Liege have to-day searched over 40 houses in which Anarchists live. A dispatch from Paris says: Baron Moh renheim, the Russian Ambassador, has con gratulated President Camot upon the peace ful observance of May Day. In the course ot the conversation he expressed the Czar's opinion that only a court martial can ade quately deal with Anarchists. Diplomats here are mooting international action against anarchism. WON'T REMOVE DR. BBIGGS, Although the Pressure on Union Seminary Directors Is Immense. New Yoke, May 4. ISpecidL The ma jority of the directors ot Union Theological Seminary are known to be in favor of an nulling the agreement of 1870, by which the seminary gave the right to the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church of veto ing the appointment of professors chosen by the Board of Directors. It is understood that the directors, at their last meeting, passed resolutions asking the General Assembly, which meets in Portland on May 19, to annul the agree ment None of the directors admit that such action has been taken. The majority, however, believe that the veto power granted to the General Assembly is not in accordance with the institution's charter, which places the control absolutely in the hands of the directors. The directors have refused to remove Dr. Briggs from his chair of Biblical Theology, in spite of the General Assembly's vote of last May, and only two directors, William A. Booth and his son, the Rev. Dr. R. R. Booth, opposed this stand of the board when the vote was taken. If the Assembly re fuses to annul the agreement it is' expected that the seminary will then take matters into his own hands. THE GRANITE WORKERS' STRIKE Now Assuming Proportions That Are More Than "threatening. BOSTON, May 4. Special. The strike of the granite workers in Quincy, New Bed ford and other places doubtless pre cipitated the meeting of tbe New Eng land Association of Granite Manufacturers, held at the Quincy House to-day. There was a large attendance and millions of capi tal was represented. The main topic of dis cussion was the trouble between themselves and their employes, growing out of the de mand for an increase of wages and shorter hours, and the manifest determination of the men to have the matter adjusted at once. It was after a long discussion voted that unless the granite cutters would consent to deter the matter in dispute to January next, instead of insisting on an immediate settlement, the association would or der a lockout in every yard in New England to take effect May 14. The importance of this step on tne part ot the granite manufac turers, not only" as regards the stone workers and their employes, but also the labor market and building interests gener ally, is strikingly apparent It involves between 1,500 and 2,000 granite cutters, together with a complete tie-up of millions of capital and a partial stagnation of build ing enterprise. MILBANK'S ANTAGONIST Was a Frenchman. Below the Englishman' Standard of Social Distinction That's ' the Keason the Name or the Clipped Bad Isn't Given. BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, May 4. The story that Harry Vane Milbank's antagonist in bis last duel in Belgium was an English duke was a canard. It is an open secret among club men here that Milbank fought with an ob scure Frenchman, who, in the Grand Hotel in3russelsr made offensive remarks con cerning England and Englishmen's cour se. In the fact that his antagonist was en Jo . without social standing lies Mil- - A '' " '''., "'on for sup pressing all particulars "-'-, y' - fl . can who la a member of two Londo.. ' os to-day explained the situa tion thuson the condition that his name should be withheld: "Milbank is ashamed to acknowledge the identity of his antag onist, because the latter had no claims to be his social equal, or a man of honor, as the term is understood here. That is, the Frenchman was ot birth and reputation that rendered him incapable of giving, satisfac tion to gentlemen on the field of honor. "Now, Milbank, when in New'York, was ridiculed and insulted persistently. When he returned to England, however, he ex plained his failure to challenge any man who attacked him by saying that they used language which showed them to be beyond the pale of tbe gods. He said he intended to horsewhip or kick two or three of them when he returned to tbe United States, but,. in consideration of their behavior, be would not descend to meeting them. If ho was to acknowledge now that be lought with an obscure person ot no standing, whom he never saw before the ollense was given, he would be left without an excuse for his negligence to fight the men who practically called him out in America. "Be assured that if Milbank had fought with a man of high social standing we would all know something about it The canard was got up by Milbank's friends, un doubtedly, to help his reputation, which has been badly damaged by his conspicuous ness in the Borrowe-Drayt'on fiasco." AMERICANIZED FRANCHISE Demanded by the Episcopal Address at the Methodist Conference Anti-Chinese Legislation Denounced The Chorch on the Side of Labor Sectarian Progress. Omaha, May 4. Bishop Warren, of Denver, presided at this morning's session of the Methodist Episcopal conference. Two hours were given to the Episcopal ad dress by Bishop Foster. The past quadanium, tbe report stated, has been prosperous for the church. There have been no deaths among the Bishops. Fifty thou sand assignments of ministers had been made with but little dissatisfaction. Work in the foreign field had been given special care. The book concerns of the church are the largest in the world. There have been no discussions in the church, and there is more intelligence and less bigotry in the pulpit No man should be allowed in the chairs ot theological schools, the report says, whose loyalty- to Methodist doctrines is not steadfast The Churcu wants no traitors. The Epworth League received great praise as a mediator between the Sunday school and'the church. The National University at Washington is announced as a certaintv, and liberal endowments are asked for, mill ions being necessary for its equipment The woman's college in Baltimore was also com mended. The Bishop continued: The Church demands an Americanized franchise, as well as a naturalized franchise. Tbe continuation of foreign languages and customs in this country is wrong;, and we are opposed to tbe teaching of foreign lan guages in our schools. We believe that the tranohise should be more guarded, aud for eigners should be required to serve a longer apprenticeship to secuie it We regard the legislation in Congress, to exoludo Chinese, as inhuman, and recommend that petitions to Congress be prepared by this conference to not pas? the measure. The centralization or wealth, if it is not arrested, will be dan serous to tbe social and State functions. The Church must act It cannot side with wealth: It must no with the toiling masses. Total abstinence is imperative, and com plete State prohibition is urgent The report declares that the union of the Church North and South is drifting closer, and is not an impossibility, and the North still holds out its hand of welcome. THEIR LAST FLOUR GONE. Ravages of the Grip Cause a Terrible Famine In Newfoundland. Halifax, N. S., May 4. Information from the northern coast of Newfoundland depicts a wretched condition of affairs there. Owing to the ravages of the grip last year, the miserable inhabitants were unable to gather their usual catch of fish. Just be fore navigation closed the Government sent the people of Flower Cove 60 barrels of flour to save them from perishing during the winter. For five months they have been cut oS from the outside world by ice. Early in February the people watched with horror the consumption of the last handful of flour. Whole families had not a crust of bread. There is not a barrel of flour on the whole coast between Bonne Bay and St. Anthony. Some people have already per ished irbm starvation, and at the date of last advices, March 36, a terrible condition of affairs existed. STABBED IN 115 PLACES. Medical Testimony Increases the Horror of the Gliic.igo Mnrder. Chicago, May 4. The Coroner held an inquest in the Walsh murder to-day, and the jury recommended that Thomas Walsh, the murderer, be held to the grand jury. Dr. Xudwig Hektoen testified that Mrs. Walsh died from shock and hemorrhage fol lowing 115 incised, lacerated and stab wounds, the fracture of 14 ribs, the tearing of the intestines in several places and of the diaphragm and the liver, the puncture in two places of each lnng and in one place of the heart. Any one of 20 of the 115 wounds would have proved fatal, he said. TDIS MORN IKG'S NEWS. Topic fuoe- Minister Smith on ICustia. 1 Piatt Analyzes Harrison's Figures. 1 Anarchists Still Alive In Europe. 1 Mysterious Moves at Economy. 1 Controller Morrow's Six Fights 2 Discussing the Burial or Wires 2 Stories of Nerve in the Oil Field a Editorial Comment and Miscellaneous.... 4 Tbe Government and the Trusts. 4 Pittsburg and the General Assembly 5 Black Art Leads to a Tragedy. . . .-. C Ohio Republican Leaders Fighting 7 A Daring Scientific Feat 7 Fan In the English Commons 7 Baseball and General Sports 8 Gregg's New Office Force - 8 Conventions In Important States O President Roberts on Freight Bates O The Work of the County Courts 10 TheOil Scout's Field New 10 XJve Stock and Commercial Markets 11' The Chinese Bill Through Congress 13 THREE CENTS. REVOLTJNJCONOMY Threatened if Div Cyrus Teed Carries- Out His Pro posed Plans. BUSS HAS DISAPPEAEED. He Makes a Sudden Departure on a Yery Mysterious Mission. EC0H0MITES ARE AFRAID OF HDL Bill In Equity to Secure the Reinstatement of Felght. WANTS A BEJSON FOE HIS EXPULSION A rebellion that 'will shake the Econo mite society to its very core, if not com pletely shatter it, will be declared if Dr. Cyrus Teed arrives with his contingent of angels, to feast on the fatted calves of the Economites, as it is reported he is likely to do. Suoh is the ultimatum, expressed-in vig orous language by the members of 'the society who are opposed to Br. Teed, his creed aud his' angels, so-called, and these dissenters- seem to be in anything bat a minority at (hat. Teed may be all right in Chicago or any other out-of-the-way place, but he cannot be in Economy. Atone very aggressive Economite expressed it, there are enough Lord High Execution ers in Economy without calling upon one of the Lord's anointed to be Lord High Exe cutioner of the Lord High Executioners, and Teed bad best remain away. Economy's serenity of expression was marred yesterday. Did it not sound sacrileg ious, one might say the town was agog with excitement on account of the unwelcome report that Dr. Teed with a band ot his Cal ifornia converts bad mysteriously disap peared from Chicago and were en route to Economy where Dr. Teed's angels bad been promised a home by the Board of Elders. John Bom Mysterlonsly Disappears- To make matters worse, or, to give an air of veracity to the report was the fact that Economy's uncrowned king, Mr. John H. Dus3, had quietly left the village upon a morning train, and had told none of his des tination or his mission. Consequently the throbbing heart of the village, the people, was exercised and perturbed. After the sun went down and the people had left their daily tasks, the matter was discussed. The demure little waitresses at the excessively economical hotel slyly broached the subject and then, becoming neatea over u, waxea eloquent. A crowd of a score of men congregated in a whitewashed corner and talked of the treasonable things that should be done. The dissenters talked about it. The dis senters' wives dittoed and altogether it waa a-rather elocutionary night. Dr. Flight, whose ancestors helped to found the society, djicoarsed upon it to a Dispatch man. '"TSereport doe not sur prise me in the least," said he. "''When Mr. Dust left in the mysterious way he did, I thought something was up, and later on this report confirmed my theory, and I shall notbe at all surprised if that impostor Teed arrives here with a number of his poor deluded converts which he most aptly, on acconnt of their ignorance, calls bis angels. Rebellion Against Dnss Threatened. "But I can assure you of one thing," con tinned the physician, "and that is that the people will rebel, and rebel most effectively if Duss does succeed in bringing Teed into our midst The people are even now in a state of the most intense dissatisfaction with the young upstart, and this move will arouse them to their veryj depths, and Duss will find his millennium. I pre sume the Teed faction will be installed in the handsome hotel Dnss completed a short time ago and for which he gave ont the weak excuse tbat it had been built for the hands of the sawmill, a class of men, by the way, who have been accustomed nearly all their lives to a humble cottage or worse. At the time I. heard that excuse I concluded that Dnss had said the fir3t thing that came into his head. Duss is no fool and wben he does a thing he has a motive in it That has been shown and proven times without number, and that is one of the reasons that the people have become suspicious of him. The house he built is the handsomest edifice about the village and is more suited to frivolous summer tourists than the hard working people of the mill who now board there. The honse is well adapted for the nse'of these poor, benighted females of the Pacific coastswho have been stolen from un developed homes bv Dr. Cyrus Messiah Teed." A Change in Economite Methods. Among the people seen bv The Dis patch man there was evidently some dark and unseen power tving their tongues, as it was almost impossible to induce them to allow their names to be quoted. A prom inent member ot the society, presumably under the same power, as he positively de clined to permit his name being used, said the people were really a'fraid of the influ ence of Dnss, and stood in awe of his anger. "Durintr the last several months there has been a surprising number of changes here," he said. "Men and women, fully compe tent lor the tasks assigned to them, have been sent away. Sometimes a reason was given, but generally there was not Apparently they were undesir able to the" society. In reality, they knew too much of certain things, and fearful lest their tongues should find move ment, they have been expelled. There is no use. talking and arguing, Duss is in Sower and we must abide by what e sajs and does. But I can assure you of one thing," and the eyesot the speaker sparkled unwontedly, "and that is, that the people of the society will not stand Dr. Teed's arrival with his people to live on our bounty." Teed Will Not Be Tolerated. Elder Biedmiller, who succeeded the late Mr. Fisher to a seat in the council, said he had not heard of Dr. Teed's proposed de scent upon Economybut could say emphat ically that the people of the society would not tolerate either he or his people. "We do not want him here," said the- old German, as his gray eyes snapped excitedly. "He is not for us and we will strenuously object to his coming among us withnis people. The Economites are strong enough as it is and we are not desirous of having any such persons about us. Dr. Teed has been threatened with tar and feathers in Illinois and if he comes here there is no telling what the people will do." v "Have any orders been given you about clearing the new hotel, of which vou have charge, for the arrival of anyone?" queried the reporter. "No. I have received no such order," re turned Mr. Kiedmlller, "and I hope I will not receive any. I object to Dr. Teed, as do a great many of the other Economites." and Mr. Biedmiller shook his hand excitedly in the air and, walked away. I Teed Disappears From Chicago, i The origin of the ruction-inspiring report .iAVfeit-Ja t. 3-w .. .1 -, v,.te;A j.jt.j)qvmat) ,. .m,.. -, ,yrr ? -ritinMi i lii r it iffiTHMliii if HmfflwiislJissssssssssss ty,aisisssfflsssssslijsi4
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