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FORTY SEVENTH YEAR.
BLAINE OF MAI
AT THE CIRCUS
He Proves a Strong Eival to
the Attractions of the
Greatest Show.
LOOKS LIKE A WELL MAN,
Bis Face Harms Lost That Pallor It
Has Bad for So Long.
Washington Republicans Say Russell
Harrison Is Responsible for the Stories
of the Secretary's 111 Health The
Maine Man Attends the Circus, Enjoys
It Hugely and Eats Peanuts With His
Party His Far-Western Friends Con
tlnuo to Urge His Nomination Willy
Nilly Lincoln's Boom Not Dead Yet
The Latest Gossip.
I SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH.
"Washington, May 9. If the over
zealous advocates of Benjamin Harrison's
renomination who have been busy of late
circulating malicious reports about the
physical condition of James 6. Blaine
could have seen that statesman this
afternoon, as he sat under the big tent at
Barnum & Bailey's circus, they -would have
trembled for their cause.
For the past few weeks there has been a
wave of Blaine enthusiasm rushing over the
country, and nowhere has it reached snch a
great height as among the politicians at
Washington, To counteract its eflect the
most outrageously incorrect stories have
been set afloat concerning the health of Mr.
Blaine, and the authorship of some of the
sensational statements has been traced di
rect to that worthy son of his father, Prince
Russell Harrison.
Blaine Knocks Oat the Liars.
Mr. Blaine to-day, perhaps with malice
aforethought, entered a denial in person to
the reports that he is physically incapaci
tated for performing the duties of any pub
lic office to which he might be called. He
has not looked so well since his return
from Europe, a few years ago, as he did
this afternoon, when, attended by Mr, and
Mrs. Emmons Blaine, his daughter, Miss Hat
tie, with a young lady friend, w: ih Mrs. Hi tt,
wife of Representative Hitt, of Illinois,
he visited the circus to renew his boyhood
for a few hours, as he afterward expressed
it. He enjoyed himself hugely, from the
moment he got a sight of the highly-colored
objects in human anatomy on the canvas
next the door of the side show, until the last
scene of the remarkable Columbus exhi
bition was enacted.
The Blaine party entered the reserved
section after the performance had begun
and while the 14,000 spectators were ap
plauding the remarkable and "graceful danc
ing of the beautiful horses, once the prop
erty of King Oscar, of Sweden.
The Party Lunches on Peanuts.
Mr. Emmons Blaine had purchased
several packages of peanuts and the whole
party munched the time away, just as
everyone else under the big tent was doing.
The Secretary of State looked like anything
but an invalid. He wore a light overcoat,
which he removed on leaving ' "s carriage,
and a modern and somewhat "inty brown
derby hat As he parsed along to his seat
it was remarkable to note the instant re
cognition of him by hundreds of the specta
tors in his vicinity, and during the entire
afternoon he shared with the sawdust actors
the attention of the vast crowd.
'There is Blaine!" "There is Blainer
could be heard all about under the huge
canvas and so great was the interest
caused by his presence that before the show
was over the bareback riders and other won
derful men and women in the ring knew
that Blaine of Maine was looking at them,
and many gave a glance at him as they
passed by.
The crowd in the immediate vicinity of
Mr. Blaine and his friends eyed the Secre
tary intently, and although he must have
been aware that he was on trial he bore the
scrutiny with the utmost composure. It is
no exaggeration whatever to say that Mr.
Blaine looked to-day like a well man. His
usually pale face had a healthful glow and
the famous "Blaine pallor" was absolutely
lacking.
Blaine's Face In a Glow.
It may have been the heat of the after
noon, or the excitement of renewing the
pleasures of boyhood days, but whatever
the cause, Mr. Blaine's face was in a glow,
his eyes were bright, and he was animated
to the point of liveliness. He chatted con
stantly with his son and daughter, and made
wagers with Mrs. Hitt as to who could see
the greater number of feats by endeavoring
to keep their eyes on four rings at the same
time.
The historical spectacular exhibition of
Columbus' discovery of America pleased
me secretary 01 otate very mucn, ana he
frequentlv conversed with Mr. Perlev. the
press agent, as to the historical accuracy of
certain leaiures 01 me arama.
The people of Washington who thus see
Mr. Blaine enjoying himself just as other
people do, and who meet him every day at
the State Department and know that every
evening he attends a dinner or less exclu
sive entertainment, cannet be made to be
lieve that he is ill enough to be shelved
politically. The Harrison men know
better, and their emphatic and persistent
statements tbout his ill health are prompted
by the knowledge that Blaine is actually
well enough to cause them muoh trouble
yet
The Maine Man Right In Line.
The conference of Piatt and Quay, last
Saturday eveninir. mav have had no definite
result as these gentlemen state It did not
as regards the selection of a candidate to be
presented at Minneapolis by the anti
Harrison men, but nevertheless the name
of Blaine was uppermost in the minds of
the manv Rennblicans who tnllrpri with
,the New York and Pennsylvania leaders on
that day. Mr. Bontelle. of Maine, who hzx
foueht many a fght for Blaine, was the
most active man who consulted with
Messrs. Piatt and Quay on Saturdav. He
called early and he remained late." It is
most significant, moreover, that while a
month ago Mr. Bontelle accepted as final
, the letter of Mr. Blaine declining to become
a candidate, he to-day admits that he is to
day a most likely candidate, and odds his
persona belief that the demand for his
nomination will, during the present month,
'become so great and universal as to be ab
solutely irresistible.
r A month ago no Republican of prominence
or influence believed that Blaine was a can-
didate. To-day nine out of everv ten of
them concede that the Blaine enthusiasm is
increasing at a remarkable rate, and that if
something is not done to stop it there will
be another Blaine boom afloat which will
culminate at Minneapolis and carry every
thing before it
Blaine Men Everywhere on Guard.
There can be no doubt whatever that the
Blaine men in every State in the Union
have been put on their guard within the
past few weeks, and that they are ready to
take up the fight where they regretfully
laid it down at the time Blame addressed
his letter of renunciation to J. S. Clark
son. In Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin
and other States the Blaine sentiment is as
strong now as it was in 1884 and 1888, and
in Pennsylvania and Hew York the friends
of Harrison are as nothing compared to the
enthusiastic, loyal and unfaltering sup
porters of the man from Maine.
To the Republicans in Washington it is
most significant that almost dally from one
of the old-time Blaine States some evidence
comes that the watchfires are being lighted
again. A few days ago Mr. Blaine's good
friend in Michigan, W. A. Garrett,
announced, evidently with authority, that
Blaine would accept if nominated in Min
neapolis. In Minnesota, Senator Wash
burne, Blaine's intimate friend, is openly
advocating his nomination; in the far
Western States the conventions are
hurrahing for Blaine, and in Washington
City Blaine's ever-loyal supporter.Boutelle,
is actively conferring with the two men who
have it in their power to control enough
delegates to make Blaine's friends masters
of the national situation.
These things are what cause trouble to
the minds of President Harrison and his
friends, and each day the increasing popu
larity of Blaine adds to their anxiety.
ANOTHER LINCOLN BOOM.
A DlSerent View of the Results of the
Anti-Harrison Conference The Son of
Ills Father Tet Looked Upon as a Safe
Candidate for the Republicans.
Washington, May 9. Special There
is every indication to-day that the confer
ences which have been held here between
ex-Senator Piatt and other anti-Harrison
Republican politicians within the last day
or two have resulted in a close approach to
an agreement to at least, try the effect of a
Lincoln boom on the public, if not to force
a concentration upon himat the convention.
It has certainly become a conviction with
the opponents of Harrison that if they are
to concentrate on anyone, It must be done
at once, and upon a conservative man like
Lincoln, whose attitude has been non-committal,
and whose name would infnse a sen
timental as well as a political fervor into
the campaign.
While Lincoln has never made a reputa
tion for special ability as Secretary of War
and as Minister to Great Britain, he has
conducted himself with a fine caution and
reserve, which has given him a solid stand
ing among Republicans who, at a critical
time like the present, are looking for a
candidate who has no intrusive opinions,
and who has become adept in the grand art
of knowing when to open his mouth that is,
as seldom as possible.
Lincoln's Nearness to the People
Personally, Minister Lincoln has en
deared himself to political and social circles
wherever he has lived. Though there is
evidentlv a disposition to sneer at him as
being simply the son of his father, no irony
of that sort meets with applause. Like his
father, like Harrison and like Cleveland, he
has been found to be surprisingly capable of
fitting himself to any position and of
being equal to any emergency, without
being sensational or spectacular in any
thing. His personality has been growing
upon the anti-Harrison Republicans. Tney
are now looking for somebody with whom
to beat the Democratic party as welL
There is in the proposition to beat Har
rison an element suggestive of much that is
far broader than mere personal antagonism.
As Senator Quay said in his article in the
current number of the .VorfA American Re
xnew, there is a growing feeling against not
only a third but a second term for a Presi
dent because of the inevitable wire pulling
of a President once in for a renomination
and election that is, the universal manipu
lation of the appointing powers for per
sonal interest
Other Booms That Have Failed.
This aside, it is evident that the drift of
the day is all in the direction of the self
contained Lincoln. Any attempt to organ
ize a boom for any one else has failed in its
inception. Sherman's position on the
monetary question, McKinley's extremes
on the tariff question, seem in the existing
political campaign atmosphere to render
those gentlemen unavailable. Alger and
Rusk and Reed and the rest are only men
tioned as makeshifts. Cullom's sale of him
self to Harrison does not appear to affect
the feeling for Lincoln at all.
Within four weeks of the Republican
Convention, with nearly every one of the
delegates elected,' with two-thirds of them
uninstructed and the Instructed third of a
character which Is easily amenable to in
fluences which are not unknown and which
are often invited in national conventions as
w ell as in the National Congress, the anti-
Harrison Republicans certainly have it in
their power to defeat Harrison if they
finally conclude that it is the best thing to
da It is almost certain that they have de
cided to defeat him with Lincoln if with
anyone. The only hesitation is as to
whether it is worth the trouble.
Harrison the Preferred Victim.
I have quoted heretofore one of the most
conspicuous anti-Harrison Senators in the
country as saying that the chances were so
strongly in favor of Republican defeat this
year that he thought it would be well to
permit the nomination of Harrison by de
fault He might better be the victim than
anyone else.
Events are moving rapidly, however,
with the near approach of the convention,
and no one can predict the movements of
the leaders who oppose Harrison, and who
yet are not wholly convinced whether he
should be defeated or not They are not
certain of themselves. Each consultation
brings to the surface a new thought, and no
one can foretell the act of which the
thought will be the mainspring.
MINISTER SMITH RESIGNS.
He Visits the President and Spends the
Day at Washington.
Washington, May 9. Hon. Charles
Emory Smith, of Pennsylvania, United
States Minister to Russia, formally ten
dered his resignation of that ofEee to the
President to-day, in order to resume his
journalistic duties in Philadelphia. He ar
rived here this morning in company with
Mrs. Smith, and took apartments at the
Normandie. After paying his respects to
Secretary Blaine he went to the White
House and had a short conference with the
President, and subsequently took a drive
with him in the suburbs.
In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Smith ac
companied the President and Mrs. McKee
to the Marine Band concert at Albangh's
Opera House.
DBOPFED BEAD IN A DEPOT.
A Hoosier Starts to Bay Green Goods and
Is Overtaken by Death.
Indianapolis, May 9. Special The
following dispatch was sent from here Satur
day night:
E. J. Warren, -175 Cansl street if ew York:
All right Will invest $650. W. A. Scott.
Mr. Scott's home is at Stone's Crossing:,
Johnson county, where he has lived all his
life. He bore a good reputation. He started
for New York in response to a summons
from a green goods dealer. He dropped
dead in the depot here. The green goods
man's instructions as what to do in New
York were found in his pockets.
PITTSBURG. TUESDAY, MAY 10.
DEALING IN MARGINS
Not Necessarily Gambling, According
to the Supreme Court.
A DECISION OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
Handed Down by Justice Mitchell in
Philadelphia Yesterday.
ITS 1 REACTION LONG ANTICIPATED
(SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l
, Philadelphia, May 9. Justice Mitch
ell to-day voiced the reaction which law
yers have long been expecting from the
decisions of the Supreme Court of this State
on transactions in stocks.
In the cose of Peters versus Grim, whioh
came up on appeal from the Common Pleas
Court of Lehigh county, the decision of the
lower courtis re versed, Judge Mitchell deliv
ering the opinion of the Supreme Court The
suit was to recover back money left with a
broker as margin on stock operations which
had been concluded, and the Supreme Court
holds that even if the transactions were
themselves illegal, the plaintiff is entitled
to recover his original deposit Justice
Mitchell says:
Martin Purchases Not Gambling.
"A purchase of stock for speoulation,even
when done merely on margins, is not neces
sarily a gambling transaction. If one buys
stock from A and borrows the money from
B to pay for it, there is no element of
gambling In the operation, though he
pledged the stock with B as security for the
money. So, If instead of borrowing the
money from B, a third perron, he borrows
It from A, or, in the language of brokers,
'procures' A to carry the stock for him,
with or without margins, the transaction is
not necessarily different in character. But
in this latter case, there being no transfer or
delivery ;of the stock,thedoubt arises whether
the parties intended there should ever be a
purchase or delivery at alL Here is the
dividing line,
Pennsylvania's Law Is Severe.
"If there was not, under the circum
stances, to be a delivery, as part of and
completing a purchase, then the transaction
is a mere wager on the rise and fall of
prices; but if there was in good faith a pur
chase, then the delivery might be post
poned or made to depend on a future con
dition, and the stock carried on margins or
otherwise in the meanwhile, without affect
ing the legality of the transaction"
In the course of the opinion Judge Mitch
ell also used the following language:
"In dealing with stock transactions, fall
ing within or in any way connected with
wagering contracts, the law of Pennsyl
vania is of exceptional and, for myself I
would say, of illogical and untenable
severity in its interference with the busi
ness contracts of parties, sui juris and en
tirely competent to manage their own
affairs. But even in this class of cases the
decisions have only gone so far as to sus
tain the opening of the whole transaction
after it has nominally closed, where the
demand is for a part of the actual gains or
losses of the illegal act"
HAD A CORPSE FOR SALE.
A Jersey Negro's Awfnl Crime He Offers
a Subject to a Medicine Col loco It Was
Alive When HeJtfade the Bargain, bat
Is Dead Now.
Camden; K. J., May 9. Ahorrible mur
der was brought to light this morning by
the discovery of the body of Lydia Ann
Newby, colored, lying on the floor of a
room in her home at Sixth street and
Kaighns avenue, this city. The head was
crushed in and evidences of a terrible
struggle were visible. James R. Moulton,
with whom the woman lived, is under
arrest
Early last week a medical student at the
University of Pennsylvania, named Venn,
received a letter signed James Moulton,
1142 South Sixth street, Camden, offering
to sell him for dissecting eurposes the body
of a fat negro woman, 73 years old, the
woman to be delivered dead or
alive. Mr. Venn turned the let
ter over to the police authorities
of Philadelphia, who In turn transmitted it
to Mayor Westcott in this city. Friday
night two officers representing themselves
as medical students called upon Moulton,
and he made the same proposition to them
that he had made to Venn. Since then the
authorities here seem to have done nothing
in the matter, and refused to talk upon the
subject
The woman had determined to enter a
home in Philadelphia for aged colored peo
ple, and it is supposed that Moulton feared
she would leave his house before he could
get her money from her, and he therefore
killed her this morning. When searched
$325 was fonnd upon him.
DESERTED HIS THREE WIVE3
And Is Now Anxious to Be Punished for
His Crimes.
COLUMBIA, S. 0., May 9. Special E.
H. Olney, a young white man of respectable
appearance, who is the husband of three
living wives, voluntarily gave himself up
to the Chief of Police in Augusta this evening
and confessed that he was a bigamist and
had acted the part of a scoundrel. His
plural wives whom he has deserted live, he
i-ays, one in Paris, Tenn., another in
Augusta, Kan., and the third in a small
country town in Tennessee. Religion
caused him to confess his crime which, he
says, he is willing to be punished for rather
than longer lead the life ne has been living.
Olney is a machinist who came to
Augusta a year ago. His home is in Massa
chusetts. He says he desires to be sent
back to Tennessee for a trial. The Augusta
authorities would not take him in charge,
but advised him to go back to Tennessee of
his own accord, which Olney says he will
do.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Tiro Men Dead as a Result of a Drunken
Quarrel.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 9. Murder and
suicide were committed in a drunken
quarrel on Water Btrcet this afternoon. J.
Crouch and Jack Breslin, and a couple of
others were intoxicated, and quarrelsome.
Crouch suddenly ran out into the middle of
the street saying, "I will have nothing to do
with you. If you come near me,
I'll blow your brains out" Breslin at
once followed him, when true to his word
Crouch pulled a 32-caliber Smith & Wesson
revolver and discharged it straight into the
right breast of Breslin, who lell mortally
wounded. '
Crouch then turned the weapon upon
himself, and put a bullet through his left
temple. Both ore dead. Their companion!
escaped, and no cause is known.
IEHIDCKY DISTILLERIES POOLED.
An English Syndicate Gobbles Vt All the
Bourbon Factories. J
Cincinnati, May 9. It was told on
'Change to-fcy, and admitted by 'officers of
the Whisky Trust, thai, an English syndi
cate had secured control of all the .Kentucky
Bourbon distilleries. Nathan Hoflheimer,
of Mew York City, conducted the
deal, and papers will be signed
in this city Wednesday or Thursday.
Among the famous distilleries in the deal
are those of the James E. Pepper Company
and the N. Gibbon Company. The output
ofcthe entire list is 29,000,000 gallons. Each
firm retains 40 per cent of its valuation in
stock, and will receive in addition a salary
for managing the distillery.
The syndicate, while not a party, will
work in harmony with the Whisky Trust
The headquarters of the syndicate will be
in New York and London. A board of con
trol will have the management of the bus
iness. The profits will be divided pro rata,
quarterly. The capital involved is between
$7,000,000 and $10,000,000 and is furnished
entirely by Liverpool and London capital
ists. The distilleries will he run as in ine
past, the only difference being that the
profits can be pooled and there will be no
cutting of prices.
JUMPING ON HONEST JOHN.
Serious Charge Against the Head of the
Poxtofflce Department The Inventor of
a Pneumatic Tube Demands an Investi
gation by Congress, Which Will Be
Granted.
Washington, May9. Special Adoc
utnent was to-day presented to Congress by
Representative John O. Henderson, of North
Carolina, Chairman of the Postoffice Com
mittee, that brings to the attention of Con
gress and the country the peculiar and
boasted business methods employed by
"honest John" In the conduct of the Post
office Department
The evidence convicting the Postmaster
General of using his public office for the
promotion of private business concerns is
contained in the memorial of S. F. Leake,
of Philadelphia, charging the Postmaster
General with having prevented the adop
tion of the Leake pneumatic tubes by the
postal authorities in Philadelphia, because
there had been deposited with the Bank of
the Republican Philadelphia, to Mr. Wana
maker'g order, 7,500 shares of the stock of
an opposition company.
The memorial, which was referred to the
Postoffice Committee, asks for a Congres
sional investigation, which will undoubt
edly be granted, and Mr. Leake thus be
given the opportunity which he seeks to
Erove the accuracy of every charge which
e makes against the Postmaster General.
He has the necessary letters and other docu
ments at hand to substantiate his claim. He
has talked with manv prominent members
on both sides of the House to-day, and has
been promised their active support in lay
ing bare the remarkable transactions of the
Postmaster General.
Chairman Henderson will see to it, he
Bays, that the memorial has the immediate
attention of the Postoffice Committee, and
there is no doubt that the desired investi
gation will be at once ordered.
FIVE CHILDREN KILLED
In a Cyclone Cave in Kansas A Monastery
Torn Down and Several People Injured
In Arkansas The Western Storms Doing
Much Damage
Antiiony, Kas., May 9. William
Wilkins, colored, his wife and children, en
tered their cyclone cave last night, tearing
a cyclone. The heavy rains of the past
three days washed away the foundations of
the roo"f and at 1 o'clock last night the roof
fellin, burying the family. Wilkins man
aged to crawl out from under the mass of
mud and brought neighbors to the rescue.
The five children were taken out dead.
Wilkins and his wife ore badly hurt
At Morrilltou, Ark., a terrible cyclone
swept territory a Kile wide1, demoralizing
the Catholic Monastery Manenstadt, caus
ing a loss of 512,000. Near there the resi
dence of Matthew Brill was blown down,
and he and his children were perhaps
fatally injured.
At Longwood, Miss., an old levee gave
way from the pressure of the flood, but the
city was saved by a new one recently built
At Des Moines, la., the storm seems in
creasing rather than abating. Reports
from all over the storm-ridden districts of
the West report that the rain has not great
ly lessened. All the lowlands are flooded.
BARDSLEY IN A STREET CAR.
He Is Looking Stouter and Better Than
Upon His Last Appearance.
Philadelphia, May 9. Many of the
passersby on Chestnut street to-day were
astonished by the appearance on that thor
oughfare of ex-City Treasurer John
Bardsley. The reason for this dis
graced official's apparent liberty was
not generally known, but for the second
time since his incarceration Bardsley was
to-day a witness in a suit in court arising
from" the failure of the Keystone Bank.
The suit was that brought by Edward Mc
Gill vs. Bardsley, assignee, against receiver
Yardley .to test the validity of the now
famous (045,000 worth of due bills given the
ex-Treasurer bv President Marsh.
Bardslev was brought from the peniten
tiary by Warden Cassiday in the street cars
to testify in the case. Beyond looking
stouter and better than on his last appearance
in public Bardsley was not much changed.
The suit, on motion of ex-Uuited States
Attorney Reed, was postponed un
til next Thursday and Bardsley returned to
his ceil by the same means of transportation
as he used to come to the court
A BANK WRECKER HELD.
President Hunter, of the Phconlzvllle Bank,
Must Get Ball or Stay in dalL
Philadelphia, May 9. Theodore F.
Hunter, ex-President of the Farmers and
Mechanics' National Bank, of Phoenixville,
was given a hearing this afternoon before
United States Commissioner Bell on the
charge of making false reports to the Comp
troller of the Currency as to the condition
of the bank. Irwin J. Brower, now Presi
dent of the bank, was called on to produce
its books, while the bank reports from May,
1889, to May, 1890, covering the period of
falsification, were identified by Clerk G. T.
May, of the Comptroller of the Currency's
office and by Samuel Wilson and H. P.
Wainwright, the notaries before whom
Hunter swore to the corrections of the re
port Evidence showed overdrafts to the
amount of $55,418 73.
The Commissioner decided to hold the
prisoner in ?10,000 bail for court, remarking
that there seemed little doubt of the viola
tion of the law, especially as on one day in
May, 1890, he had overdrawn his own ac
count $9,100.
YOUNG KAUFMAN TURNS UP.
He Did Not Kill Himself and Has Come
Back to Papa.
A telegram from Chicago last night said
young Abe Kaufman, who it was reported
had killed himself, has turned up all right
and agreed to leturn to New York with Ms
father, the wealthy dressed beef man.
The son is said to have succumbed to
parental influence and given up his
project of marrying Rose Weinberg,
the pretty Pittsburg Hebrew girl.
A call was made lost night at No. 20
Oakland square, where a family of Weln
bergs live. Though they did not deny
the girl referred to was a member of their
family, they refused to make any statement
The Twelfth Victim Dead.
Philadelphia, May 9. Death claimed
the twelfth victim of the Central Theater
fire this morning when 14-year-old Harry
McCloskey, of this city, died at the Penn
sylvania Hospital. McCloskey was one of
the most severely burned, of those taken to
the hospital on the night of the fire.
1892-TWELVE PAGES.
THOUSANDS OF HOMES.
The Denny Estate Places Several Hun
dred Acres on the Market.
TO SPEND MILLIONS FOE BUILDING.
ill Purchase Money to Be Used in Improv
ing Central Property.
HELD BACK BT FEABS OP BTEIKE3
The Denny estate has broadened Its
policy and Pittsburg will be the gainer by Clarkson In Good Faith and Will Stand
millions of dollars. It is not folic -r the by It.
lines laid down by the great, " Washington, May 9. Special PoBt
estate In granting ground leasf Gf,.''plt0 "er Manley, of Augusta, Me., one of
placed on the market over 1,000 a- ' '!(, O j Elaine's molt faithful followers,
'Ui!,yvV. .m,,." v",,:. t "'.
and is offered at prices within the reach of
alL The prices on lota range from $300 to
$1,000 and more apiece.
The policy adopted by the estate is to
concentrate; that is, to sell off all the out
lying lands and put all the money realized
from these sales into improvements on
central property that Is sure to rapidly
enhance in value. Old buildings are to be
destroyed and new ones that cost on an
average from $5,000 to $10,000 are being
erected. The estate has been experiment
ing on this line for some time, and finds it
so profitable that all the outlying property
is now placed on the market, and for each
lot a deed in fee simple is given.
Big Blocks or Land Cat Up.
The main piece of property now opened
us is the Roland and West Elliott tract in the
Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth wards. The
other properties are in the Seventh, Eighth,
Thirteenth, Sixteenth and Thirty-fourth
wards, Pittsburg, and in the First and
Second wards, Allegheny. The estate does
not put any fixed value on the land now
opened, but Major William F. Aull, man
ager of the Denny estate, yesterday rough
ly estimated it as worth over several mill
ions. Another part of the Denny estate
policy is to never spend a cent of the prin
cipal, but to re-invest it right here in
Pittsburg In improving the central prop
erty. Therefore, within the next few years
all the millions realized from the sale of
these properties will be invested in hand
some buildings in Pittsburg.
The estate has already put np 400 new
houses, and would have more erected by
this time had it not been for the recent
labor troubles in Pittsburg. The estate is
building some now and has a number more
in contemplation, but is afraid to proceed at
present lor fear of future labor disturb
ances. Major William F. Aull, speaking, of the
Denny estate and its policy yesterday, out
lined the above and then said: "There is a
false impression about the Denny estate,
largely, I suppose, on account of the gen
eral prejudice against big landed estate. It
has always been believed that the Denny
estate was conducted on the same plan as
the Schenley estate. On the contrary, all
the Denny heirs reside here and spend their
money here all the money here. They
never draw on the principal, and when any
land is sold we invest it in better buildings.
We find the policy of centralizing and put
ting np better buildings is greatly increas
ing the revenue of the estate.
Leases on Downtown Property.
"We are also giving leases. The prop
erty we lease, however, is located on Grant
street, and the downtown avenues where
buildings are already erected. We only
give 21-year leases, because the lessees
would not improve the property any more,
and a longer lease would be unnecessary.
"In the properties we are offering are
many opportunities for people of moderate
means to secure homes in the city. This
not only makes our estate more valuable.
but increases the taxable property in the
city. Every man that buys a lot puts up a
house, and the money we get goes into an
other house. This means an immense in
crease in the next three years in the valua
tion in the two cities, and also means a big
increase in the revenues of the estate. We
first commenced to act on the new policy
some time ago, when we offered all the
property above the Pennsylvania Railroad
to Denny's curve near Millvale. Then we
opened 30 acres of lots in the Thirteenth
ward, that sell from $300 to $500 apiece.
Now we have thrown all the property not
centrally located on the market In the
location where we can get big rents we are
not making any sales, but are putting np
the new houses. In this way we are doing
more to build up the city than any one else.
Oat Penn avenue, at Twentv-ninth street,
we have put up 24 three-story brick build
ings, that are the first improvements in that
section for 15 years. It is our intention to
go all over the estate and rebuild just as
fast as the lots are sold and the labor organ
izations will permit Were it not for them
we would have many more improvements
made.
Strikes Defer Building Operations.
"The truth is, labor troubles are retarding
growth in Pittsburg more than anything
else. We have already lost thousands ol
dollars through strikes and have given up
many buildings because of fear of losing
money. In one case on Beech street, Alle
gheny, we put up five houses to cost $8,000
apiece. The houses rent for $1,000 a year,
and the labor men delayed us just six months.
The result was we were out the Interest on
$40,000 for six months, and lost $2,500 in
rents that we should have had. Last year
we had plans made for a row of 20 houses on
Bouquet street, Allegheny, but our experi
ence with the other houses was such that we
threw the plans away and invested the
money in local securities. Three weeks ago
I let the contract for four new houses, and I
have the plans prepared for six more. We
are ready now to ask for bids, but in the
present unsettled condition of labor, we are
afraid. If employers and employes would
settle their differences and let people who
want to build, know that there will be a
chance to get a building erected in a proper
time, there would be more building than
they could da
"I was much pleased," continued Major
Aull, "to note in The Dispatch that Mrs.
Schenley intended to open up the Fifth
avenue property, and I think Colonel Her
ron deserves great credit in inducing Mrs.
Schenley to take this step. All over Lon
don there are great park places with private
entrances. Within the places are fine
boulevards and magnificent residences.
These places are parts of the big estates,
and the lots are let on the ground lease sys
tem. This plan would work admirably in
that Fifth avenue property, but the estate
will have to give long leases and make the
ground rent small enough to justify a man
in building a fine house. Unless the rents
are made low and the leases long I fear
Mrs. Schenley's move will not nvail much."
CONSIDERED A LAKE EXCUSE.
Bidlcules the President's Reasons for Sign
ing the Chinese BUI.
New Yobk, May 9. Special After the
regular weekly meeting of the Methodist
preachers to-day, Rev. Dr. S. L. Baldwin,
Recording Secretary of the Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and President of the Chinese Sunday
School Union, read a letter from President
Harrison, in answer to a protest which he
himself had sent to the President against
the Chinese exclusion bill. Dr. Baldwin
declines to make public the full text of the
letter, on the ground that it is private.
"The President explained," he said to a
reporter, "that the bill which he signed
was a compromise between the bills before
the House and the Senate, and as some
measure of the sort was necessary, this bill
was as lenient as it could be made. The
President deprecated the methods taken to
smuggle in the Chinese, and said that the
certificate demanded from Chinamen now
here might be a benefit to them as it would
prove their right to be in the country." Dr.
Baldwin added: "The President's excuse
seems to me to be a pretty lame one. If
now the Chinese Government shall exclude
our missionaries and our merchants from
China, it will do no more than serve us
right"
MR. BLAINE WON'T RUN.
Joe Stanley Reiterates the Statement He
Says the Secretary Wrote His Letter to
r'&rJIWr. . --hington for several days
anao't. .mber of consultations with
Mr. Blalnx.r jfore leaving to-night for
home, Mr. Manley said:
"There is nothing in this new talk about
Mr. Blaine and the Presidency. When he
wrote his letter of last February, to Clark
son, In which he stated that his name would
not go before the convention for the nomina
tion, he meant it He has not changed his
mind since then. He says frankly to
those who speak to him on the
subject that he feels better than he has for a
long time, and he knows of no reason why
he should not live for years, but he is con
scious that he could not endure a great and
unusual strain. He does not intend to
place himself in a position where such a
strain could not be avoided.".
This announcement by Mr. Manley Is
intended to discourage the Blaine talk,
which has grown so aggressive of late that
some of Mr. Blaine's friends are saying the
use of his name must be checked unless his
too ardent and indiscreet admirers wish to
force him to retire from the Cabinet or to
write another and more forcible letter of
renunciation.
o; 'fit.
A BI6 LEVEE BROKEN.
Heavy Damage to a Number of Cities
Along the Mississippi The Biggest
Dam on the River A Great Loss of
Property Will Besult
New Obleans, May 9. Special It is
learned to-night, from Captain Delahoussaye,
who passed there this afternoon, that the
great Morganza levee, in Pointe Coupee
parish, the largest levee in Louislana,broke
to-day, during the rainstorm that prevailed
here, and in consequence of the great pres
sure of the swollen river against It.
The levee is 25 feet hisb, from 60 to 150
feet wide and a mile long; is one of the
most important along the lower Missis-'
sippi, and nt a point where a break will
cause the greatest possible amount of dam
age, since it will let the water down on
Pointe Coupee, Iberville, West Baton
Rouge, Assumption, Ascension, La Fourche,
Iberia, St. Mary and St Martin's parishes,
and may flood all the country between it
and the gnlf.
This levee broke in 1S84, when it caused
some $10,000,000 damage, cutting down the
sugar crop of the State materially. It was
partly broken in 1890, but enough of it was
held then to reduce the amount of damage
done by it The United States Government
aasisted in rebuilding it both times.
Until something more is learned of the
extent of the break it is impossible to make
any estimate of the possible loss, but in
view of the high condition of the river it is
expected to be very large. The crevasse, if
serious as feared, will stop the Southern
Pacific and Texas and Pacific railroads in a
few days.
A MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Martin Scanlan fell Dead at Scranton After
QnarreUng "With. His Wife.
SCRANTON, PA., May 9. Martin Scan
Ian, a hotel keeper of wealth and promi
nence,met death under most mysterious cir
cumstances shortly before noon to-day, and
the authorities are unable to determine
whether he was the victim of a murder or
died from natural causes, superinduced by
excitement Mr. and Mrs. Scanlan have
for years lived a most unhappy life. Their
trouble to-day was brought on by an effort
of Mrs. Scanlan to remove to another part
of their large tenement. Mr. Scanlan had
been living away from home for a week.
When he heard of his wife's intention he
hnrried to the house and met her at the
door. She held a hammer in her hand, and
after they had quarreled for a few minutes,
she was seen to strike at him. No one saw
the blow land, but Scanlan ran to the front
of the house and fell dead. Mrs. Scanlan
was placed under arrest and a few minntes
later was seen bv a reporter in her cell.
She earnestly denied having struck her
husband with the hammer. Four doctors
assisted the Coroner at the post mortem,
which revealed no evidence of a violent
death. The Coroner thinks that Scanlan
died from natural causes, unless he was
knocked down bv a sand bag.
A COAL COMPANY SOAKED.
it Must Pony TJp 8100,000 or Havo 45,000
of Its Acros Sold.
Cincinnati, May 9. Special To-day
in chambers, in the United States Court,
Judge Sage handed down a decision in the
case of the Guarantee Trust and Safe De
posit Company, of Philadelphia, versus the
Shawnee and Iron Point Coal and Iron
Company. The action was brought to re
cover $100,000 advanced by the plaintiff,
and for interest. The money was used for
betterments, but a series of strikes pre
vented payments. The company owns
45,000 acres in Athens, Perry and Vinton
counties, Ohio, and in several counties in
West Virginia.
The court ordered the premptory sale of
all these lands, together with certain other
assets of the company controlled by the
United Hocking Valley- Coal and Iron Com
pany. These companies have been doing
the largest iron business in Ohio, and the
lands they owned are among the richest in
the United States. The premptory sale of
this vast tract of land and its improvements
will cause a stir in all iron and coal circles.
THIS HOENIXG'S NEWS.
ttptc Fagc.
Blaine a Boy at the Circus 1
Margin Dea'lln; Not Gambling 1
More City Acres for Homes 1
An Ohio Legislator In Trouble 1
Sewlckley Suprisert by a Disappearance.. 3
McClure on Trial for Peijary 3
Selecting V. S. Supervisors 2
Editorial Comment and Miscellaneous... 4
Events in Social Circles 4
Proceedings of Ciiy Councils...... 5
Report on the Huntingdon Reformatory. O
All the News or Europe 7
The Gossip and News or Politics 7
Methodist May Permit Dancing 7
Ball Games and Other Sports 8
Reckless Shooting Over In Ohio 8
A Packing Syndicate and a Trust 0
The Flays of the Week Reviewed O
Uncle Sam Not Building Warehouses.. ..10
The Oil Scout's Tield Report. 10
Live Stock and Commercial Markets.. ..ll
Big Bills Passed In Congress , ..18
THREE CENT&
M OHIOAN'S TKOUBLE.
Wanted in Mercer County, This State,
on a Very Serious Charge.
MIXED UP IN A DIYOECE CASE.
He Was the lawyer for 3 Man of the Same
Name, and It Is Claimed
THERE WAS FALSE SWEARING DONE
rSPECIAi TZLCaKAX TO THE DISPATCH. 1
CoLtraiBTjs, O., May 9. Hon. Benjamin
F. James, of Bowling Green, member of the
Ohio House of Representatives from Wood
county, appears to be a much-wanted man
in Mercer county, Pennsylvania. Officers
from the Keystone State have presented to
Governor McKinley a requisition for the
custody of Mr. James, who is to be returned
to that county to answer to an indictment
for subornation of perjury. The Governor,
following the usual custom in such case3
where the requisition is contended, de
clined to honor it until Mr. James' side of
the case could be heard. It is probable that
a hearing will be given the legislator some
time this week.
The eSort to take Mr. James back to
Pennsylvania for trial has been conducted
very quietly. One day lost week Attorney
J. A. Troup, of Bowling Green, acting for
a client in Pennsylvania and accompanied
by an agent of the State of Pennsylvania,
filed with the Governor the requisition for
Mr. James. The Governor was about to
leave for the East, and as there was no dan
ger of Mr. James leaving the State it was
arranged that a hearing would be had this
week after the Governor returned.
Cause of Mr. James' Trouble.
Mr. James trouble grows out of a suit
for divorce in which he acted as attorney
for the plaintiff As outlined from the
Pennsylvania end the circumstances are
about as follows:
Some two years ago John H. James moved
into Wood county and settled at Portage
Village, which is in the heart of the oil
field. He came directly from Ottawa
county and brought with him a new bride.
He invested heavily in the oil fields and
appeared to be well-to-do financially. Later
rumors came to the village that James had
another wife living in Pennsylvania, from
whom he had not been divorced. This com
ing to his ears he denied it emphatically,
but subsequent developments will explain
how true it was.
It seems that James ha3 a wife and three
children in Mercer count ', Pennsylvania,
and he employed Attorney B. F. James (no
relative) to go there and get a divorce for
him.
Charges of Perjury Now Made.
It is now charged that the divorce was se
cured by fraud, and, as a result, indictments
of perjury were obtained by the court
against John H. James, the husband, H. A.
James, his brother, and B. F. James, the
legislator and lawyer, for subornation of
perjury.
It is charged that the divorce was ob
tained by a systematic job, the brother of
James being deputized to serve the sum
mons on the wife. He never did so, but re
turned to the court and there reported that
he had, and swore to the same. The woman
did not appear, and the divorce was granted
on default Attorney James is charged with
aiding in the deception.
Mr. James is one of the Legislators whose
name was couplsd with the rumors of
alleged bribery which followed the Sen
atorial contest last January.
A WORLD'S FAIR RIOT.
The Striking Workmen Charge on the Im
ported Laborers Scores of Them Club
bed by the Police Pittsburg Men in the
Tronble Further Rows Looked For.
Chicago, May 9. A bloody collision be
tween the police and 200 striking iron
workers from the World's Fair grounds
supported by crowds of sympathizers occur
red to-day at Grand Crossing. A score or
two of scalp wounds were Inflicted by the
policemen's clubs and the excitement for a
time was intense. The riot was dne to the
importation of men from New York, Pitts
burg and Baltimore to take the place of the
strikers who were employed on the manu
facturers' building by the Zdgemore Bridge
and Construction Company.
One hundred of the imported men who
came in on the Baltimore and Ohio were in
terviewed and induced to join the strikers.
A carload from New York over the Erie
however rushed past the strikers into the
World's Fair grounds. Three carloads more
on the Fort Wayne road turned a deaf ear
t strikers.
While the Pittsburg contingent on the
Fort Wayne was waiting for a switch
engine the mob around the train quickly
swelled till fully 1,000 men were jeerins
and threatening those aboard. A general
rush for the new comers was made just as
Inspector Hunt with two patrol wagons full
of police dashed up, and charged into the
mob. John J. Clynn and Edward Wilcox,
two of the leaders of the strikers, were
arrested.
None of the wounded strikers suffered in
juries which will be permanent The im
ported WOrKmen were uauiy mguieueu ai.
their temporary predicament, but escaped
with whole skins.
When the mob was driven back the
switchine engineer whose reluctance to
couple en had given the strikers an advan
tage was induced tocouple to the train and
the new men under a heavy police escort
and amid the curses of the crowd were
taken to the World's Fairgrounds. The
two arrested strikers were carted off in the
fiatrol wagon. They were subsequently re
eased in bonds, pending a hearing next
Saturday. The strikers are angry and des
perate and the police look for further
trouble.
The iron workers strike began a little
over a week ago when the men demanded a
minimum rate of 40 cents per hour. This
demand was refused, although it was met in
the case of a few men at work on the ad
ministration building.
Two more car loads of men are expected
to-morrow, one from Pittsburg and one
from Cincinnati. The police will receiva
them and escort them to the grounds.
A BIG TRACTION MONOPOLY.
Cleveland's Street Car Lines to Be Con
solidated for Tom Johnson.
Clevelasd, O., May 9. Special Th
long-talked-of consolidation of Cleveland
street car lines is about to be consummated
under the papers already made out, which
will be ratified in a fortnight,
at the outside. The East Cleveland
Company and Tom Johnson's Brooklyn line
will consolidate on a basis of $5,000,000
capita, of which the Brooklyn line will
receive 47)4 per cent and the East Cleve
land 52), percent There has been a fight
in the matter on the East Cleveland Com
pany's side. The result is as stated, and
Johnson will have the largest interest of all
in the new combine.
The details of the transaction have not
yet been made public, but it will undoubt
edly result result in a decrease of expenses,
for one big power station can do the work
of the several now in operation. New
York capitalists are interested in the con
solidation to a large extent. This move
willplaVs the entire eastern portion of the
city anr Vr a traffic monopoly.
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