BM?BfrTmBTnrrngi l "BHHBsHHL ?rwv' j"v - '-t '-j'.qjpflliijK -; "' irWJC THERE IS A REASON. The small advertisements in Tlio Dispatch's 'Rooms to let" column increased over 200 per cent in April. They are read and lib erally answered. One cent a word. FORTY SEVENTH YEAR. TO JAMES G, BLAINE Tlio Anti-Earrison Forces Surge ia Their Search for a Candidate. A BUEST OF ENTHUSIASM For the Maine Man at Minneapolis "Would Force Him to Accept. Tho Present State of Affairs Consid ered Hopeful by the Managers The President Expected to Develop His Full Strength on the First Ballot Blaine Likes to Be the People's Idol His Early Walks and Social Pleas ures Evidence of Health All the Other Booms Allowed to Rest. f rECIAL TELrGEASI TO THE DISPATCH.! Washikgtox, May 19. The statement of J. S. Clarkson, Chairman of the Re publican National Committee, in his Chi cago interview, to the effect that there is no possibility of President Harrison's re nomination by acclamation or on the first ballot, because of the large number of un instrncted delegates and the big field of starters in the race, has attracted general attention in Washington. Mr. Clarkson's prediction is significant in view of the fact that it revolts somewhat at the plan of anti-Harrison managers. The present inaction of such prominent work ing Republicans as Messrs. Clarkson, Quay, Cameron, Piatt and others, all of whom are known to be strongly opposed to the re nomination of President Harrison, is very marked and has been much commented upon of late. The fact is that the anti-Harrison men were never so hopetul as they are to day. Blaine's Namo Will Be Called. They are saying nothing tor publication, but privately they do not conceal their satisfaction and delight at the ontlook, and they speak with confidence born of convic tion when they say that the chances are tea to one that the President will develop his full strength on the first ballot just as President Artbur did in 18S4, and that this strength will fall far short of enough votes to nom inate him. There can be no doubt, moreover, that the secret of the self-confidence and satisfaction of the anti-Harrison men is found in the knowledge that comes to them from every section of the United States that the signs all point to an enthusiastic outburst at Minneapolis in favor of the nomination" of Blaine. Chance for a Blaine Stampede. Every day adds to the Btroagth of this Blaine enthusiasm, and as day by day the date for the Minneapolis Convention draws nearer without any signs from Mr. Blaiue that he is impatient or offended at the loyalty of some of his old-time political friends, the Republican leaders in "Wash ington who have their hands upon the pulse of the people become more and more con vinced that there is to be another Blaine stampede this year. That Mr. Blaine himself is not averse to remaining the popular idol of his party is shown by the fact that he misses no oppor tunity to appear in public and give the lie to the reports set afloat by those devoted to the political fortunes of President Harrison that his health is such as to make it impos sible for him to be a candidate. No event of social importance has taken place in "Wellington this spring at which Mr. Blaine was not present and conspicuous by his activity and appearance of good health. U fit chine His Every Move. The story of his almost boyish enjoyment of the circus last week has traveled from Maine to California, and the mere fact of his misstep a few days later at a lawn fete when a young was about to pin a rose upon his coat was sent broadcast as an incident worthy of mention in view of the wide spread interest attaching at present to the name of Blaine. Last Sunday afternoon the fashionable world of "Washington was gathered to gether at a house warming at Oakview, the summer home of Senator and Mrs. Wolcott, of Colorado. The most sought for among all the distinguished public and private citizens present was Mr. Blaine, who sat on the lawn for two hours making himself as charming and agreeable as he has always been able to do on all occasions. During the past week Mr Blaine has taken up the plan of early morning walks. Oat Amonf the Early B'rdK. An hour before "Washington is awake he strolls about through the parks near his residence and the wide lawns south of the "White House in order to get an appetite for breakfast and himself in shape for the work of the day. IIe.is at his office during busi ness hours, and every night dines out or entertains company at his house. These facts are only important, perhaps, as going to show the utter absurdity of the reports that Mr. Blaine is not physically and mentally able to assume the Presidency .if the Republican party desires to have him do so. The apparent confidence of the anti Harrison men that the Blaine enthusiasm will break forth with such strength be tween now and the 7th of June astosweeD the convention seems to date from the time of the conference of ten davs ago at the house of Senator Cameron between that Senator, his colleague, Mr. Quay, and Mr. Thomas C. Piatt The Amis Sawing Heaps or Wood. Don Cameron has said nothing at alL He is a man who believes implicitly in the wisdom of the advice Mr. Quav gave to the late Mr. Kerable, of Pennsylvania, on a memorable occasion to keep his mouth shut, and he does so persistently. Mr. Cameron generally knows what is going on, however, even if he does not talk, and there is no doubt whatever that he and Mr. Quay have a perfect understanding as to how their in fluence will be used with the Pennsylvania delegation at Minneapolis. As for Mr. Piatt he said at that confer ence and he has said since that there are certainly 40, and possibly 50, anti-Harrison men on the New York delegation, and while of course, Mr. Piatt lays no claim to being able to control these men, he cer tainly will have more influence with them than any other man. Clarkson, Cameron, Quay and Piatt, all of whom are at present maintaining a profound silence, are all known to be enthusiastic friends of James G. Blaine, and it is almost morally certain BACK AGAIN that the real meaning of their present silence and apparent inactivity is that they are waiting for the Blaine groundswell, which they feel sure is bound to come. now the Little Booms Stand. In the meantime, nothing is being done on their part to retard the movementsin favor of the nomination of Reed, McKin ley, Sherman, Husk, Alger, Lincoln, Alli son, or any of the numerous candidates who are apt to be voted for at least upon the first ballot. Mr. Reed is as much a candidate now as he was a month ago when he started out in earnest to see what he could do for himself, and the others are keeping their eyes upon the political game as closely as he is. But it is Blaine to whom the anti-Harrison men and even those who are ranked as the President's best friends are ever turn ing, and there is a general feeling that the old time enthusiasm clustering about his name will be renewed at Minneapolis and a Blaine stampede follow that will carry everything before it. The closest and most confidential friends of the Secretary of State do not hesitate to give it as their opinion that if there is a unanimous de mand for him in the convention, he will do nothing to stop it, and if nominated will promptly accept. BLAINE WOULDN'T REFUSE. Three Senators Separately Ask nim If Ho Won't Be the Standard Bearer All Draw the Same Conclusion From Bis Kcply to Thein. Washington; May 19. Special Great excitement was caused at the Capitol to-day by a report which took the form of a positive announcement that Secretary Blaine had given conditional assent to the use of his name at Minneapolis, and that he J would accept the nomination if it came to him with practical unanimity. Investi gation shows this is not a mere idle rumor, but that it rests upon a substantial basis of fact, although the form in which it is stated above may be a little too definite and posi tive. Three Republican Senators agreed yester day to call upon Secretary Blaine at'dlffer ent hours and put to him a hypothetical question concerning the nomination. Thev also agreed to meet after ward and to compare notes as to Secretary Blaine's answer. Two of these Senators are Cameron of Pennsylvania and Washburne of Minnesota. The' third Sena tor, who narrated the facts to The Dis patch correspondent, requested that his name be withheld from publication. Bow It Was Fat to Blaine. The question which each of the three Senators put to Mr. Blaiue was in effect as follows: "Mr. Secretary, it is my belief that when the Republican delegates get together at Minneapolis it will be found mat tne renomiuauon 01 .irresiueufc xmrrc son cannot be accomplished: first, be cause he will not have a majority of the convention, and second, because if he did his nomination would be forced upon the party and could not result in his elec tion. Now, what your friends would like to know is whether, if the convention, with out the use of your name in antagon ism to that of the President, but simply under the conditions I have named, demands that you obey the call of the Re publican partv, and nominates you, you will bring embarrassment and disaster by declining." To each cf these separate call ers Secretary Blaine made exactly the same reply. His answer was: Not Anxious to Be President. "I do not wish to be President, I wish to retire from public life and to enjoy some of the good things of the-world, which the service of the people has never given me. I wish to live as long as possible. The office of Pri sident is a laborious one for any man, fcht I think it would be especially hard for me, because if I were in the Vhite Honse its doors would swing both wars, and I would freely receive every citizen who came to Washington and who wished 4o see the Chief Executive. I am looking forward with eagerness to the time when I may lay aside the burden of my present office." When Mr. Blaine had finished, his Sena torial caller looked him squarely in the eye and said: "But, Mr. Secretary, you have not answered my question." Mr. Blaine hesitated for some moments, as if trying to contrive some other form of reply. At last he said, with a smile: "If my language is not satisfactory and intel ligible to you, I shall have to leave any more explicit reply to my friends." This conversation, thrice repeated, was privately quoted on the floor of the Senate to-day, among Senators, both favorable and opposed to Harrison's renomination. There was but one interpretation placed upon it The administration men conceded that it meant that Mr. Blaine would not refuse to be the standard bearer of his party if the flag of leadership were thrust into his unwilling hands. Senators opposed to renomination agreed with this view. NOT A NEW YORKER. Democrats In Washington Say the Candi date Must Come From the Onttlde Cleveland Wonld Break the Solid South Hill Is Weak In All Points. Washington, May 19. afaZ. Democrats in tbe Senate and House did little to-day but discuss the result of the fight for Presidental delegates in Georgia, . South Carolina and Virginia The Cleve land men, of course, claim everything, and will not admit that the friends of any other candidate had any strength in the con ventions. The cooler-headed Democrats, however, put a damper on such talk as this, and add the reminder that Cleveland's inherent weakness is his inabil ity to carry New York. There has been much pressure of late to force a statement from Bourke Cockran, the recognized Hill leader in Washington, in the direction of admitting that Cleveland is as strong in New York as he was in 1881, and that the contingency might arise where the New York delegation would vote for his nomination. Mr. Cockran will admit nothing of the sort All lie will sav for publication is that the situation at present is such that no man can see through it The result ot the conventions in the Southern States he regards as equivalent to a draw, and adds that he has never seen anything more complicated and incompre hensible than the situation at present He would not say that the nomination of Cleve land would mean the loss of New York, but it would be a very dangerous experiment. The Cleveland forces outside of New York were admirably managed. The leaders were very capable. JnAewYerk there were no Cleveland forces to manage, he said they were merely leaders. Mr. Springer said to-day that he thought it was becoming clearer every day that neither Hill nor Cleveland could be nom inated. The failure of the Hill folks to carry things their way in Georgia was a great blow to Hill, but not a great victory lor Cleveland. The claim set forth lor Cleveland, he said, was that he was the unanimous choice of the Democracy outside of New York, and therefore he should be nominated in spite of New York. The re sults in Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois shows that he is not the unani mous choice of the party, but that the party is pretty evenly dividei "Iowa," he said, "instructed for another, Illinois and Indiana failed to instruct for him, Virginia is divided, in North Carolina his name was hardly mentioned, and In South Carolinia Cleveland was denounced. If he were nominated we would certainly lose South Carolina and probably other Southern States. I think, on the other hand, that we can elect any candidate' who does not come from New York." This is the view of the situation taken by f Jjj ptpttra PITTSBURG. FRIDAY, MAY 20 1892-TWELYE PAGES. a large number of the shrewdest Democrats in the House. GEN. CLARKSON'S MISSION. He Will Try to Learn the Extent ot the Op position to Harrison Elkins Disturbed by the Uncertainty or Election Even After Nomination. New York, May 19. Spccfot General James S. Clarkson, Chairman of the Repub lican National Committee, is on his way from Detroit, and is expected to arrive at the Plaza Hotel to-day. He has been sick with rheumatism at the Hot Springs, and has not given much attention to the Repub lican Presidental situation until the last week. The purpose of his visit in New York at this time is to rejoin his family, and also to discuss the troubles in the Re publican camp. General Clarkson's friends in New York said to-day that while here he would con fer with other Republicans as to the availa bility of the President as a candidate for renomination. These people said that the General and his associates on the National Committee would attempt to ascertain the reasons for the hostility of many leading Republicans to the President. Among those who will call on General Clarkson is Secretary Elkins, who has been in town two days. A Nomination Not Always Final. The delegates to the Minneapolis Con vention who have conferred with Secretary Elkins have learned from the Secretary that in his opinion the President will be renominated. At the same time the Secre tary is disturbed by the declaration that it is one thins to renominate the President and another to re-elect him. Harrison's opponents here are comparing the situation with the Democratio situation in 1888. Said dhe of them yesterday: "The renomination of Cleveland was mainly dic tated by Federal officeholders and others under personal obligations to Cleveland and very little attention was paid to the wishes of the Democratic party. So Cleve land was nominated; and he was a drag on the National Committee and the managers of the campaign. No power on earth could have re-olected Cleveland. There was a false sentiment demanding his re nomination, advanced by people who do none of the work of a political campaign, and who have not the faintest notion of how to bring out listless and indifferent voters. The case of the Republican managers and President Harrison is identical. The Bard Workers Are the Kickers. "The President's administration has been acoeptable to many Republicans, but, on the other hand, it has been very unpopular with the men who do the hard work of the cam paign. These men believe that Harrison will be a drag upon them. The Southern Federal officeholders may be powerful enough to dictate his nomination. In that event the members of the new Republican National Committee must be made up of men in full sympathy with the President The present members, it is believed, are not partial to the President's renomination. The President's advisers are relying upon the outcome of the anti-Hill convention, to be held in Syracuse on May 3L In other words, they are relying upon the Cleveland efforts to split the Democracy of the State." The amusing part of to-dav's performance was the effort of Secretary Elkins to have a conference with Thomas C. Piatt Mr. Piatt and his friends said they had nothing to discuss with Mr. Elkins. They had no grievances to present; they were merely acting on the opinion that it would be use less to renominate a candidate so unpopular as Mr. Harrison. THAT TALK OF ALGER'S Developed the Fact That Blaine Blast Be Forced to Accept. Detroit, May 19, General Alger was reticent when approached by a reporter to day, in regard to the conference held at his home, last evening, which was attended by1 Chairman Clarkson, Hon. J. Sloat Fas sett, Hon. John M. Thurston and several other prominent Republicans. What the outcome of the conference was he declined to state, but said that the political situation was canvassed by those present and its possibilities discussed. All were in favor of James G. Blaine for President, he said, and every means wonld be used to get him to accept the nomination. The General declared that the talk about a conspiracy against President Harrison was silly, for the reason that in this coun try, where every man has a right to have and express an opinion, such a meeting as that held last evening was no conspiracy. It was, only to discuss what is best for the success of the party. General Alger also declared that Hon. Thomas C Piatt and Senator Quay were not present at the con ference, as w'os reported. Captain W. Cavitt, of this city, who is said to know considerable about Mr. Blaine's intentions, states emphatically and without reservation that the Secretary will accept the nomination at the hands of the National Convention. THE HINEB LAW TEST. Arguments Begun Before tho State 8a- preme Court of Michigan. Lansing, Mich., May 19. Arguments upon the constitutionality of the Miner electoral law began in the Supreme Court to-day before a full bench. The Court limited arguments to four hours on each side, and intimated that an evening session would be held and arguments closed to-day. Secretary of State Blacker filed an amended return to his answer, in which he contends that under the act of Congress of February 31, 1887, providing for fixing a date for the meeting of the Presidental electors, he is not subject to the order of the State Supreme Court, and claims the benefit of a demurrer to the petition of relators, because it does not state a case entitling them to relief. Attorney General Ellis opened the argu ments and spoke for an hour and a half, re viewing the case in its entirety. He holds that the claim that the method of giving notice renders the law invalid is without force, because this court has held formerly that the entire failure to give notice would not invalidate an election at general elec tions. THE OEAVE HO BELIEF. A Barled Foot With Crossed Toes Caases the Living Loser Fain. Sedalia, Mo., May 19. Special. A. few weeks ago John Bonker, a Missouri, Kansas and Texas fireman, had a leg man gled with switching cars at Booneville. The limb was amputated and buried in Booneville, while Mr. Bonker was brought to his home here. For a couple of years he improved rapidly, and then a feeling that the absent limb was not in its accustomed place overtook him. A sensation of deep pain in the foot troubled him night and day. The halluci nation grew, and Bonker was unable to sleep nights. Instead of a cessation of pain with -the Lpassing of time it increased in intensity. ana yesteraay tne victim s lather visited Booneville, opened the grave, disinterred the coffin, removed the lid and found that tbe toes of the foot were crossed. No other peculiarity was discovered. The toes were straightened out, the coffin closed and again buried, and almost in stantly young Bonker experienced a sensa tion of relief and. he has not yet had a re currence of the pain that almost crazed him prior to the toes on the amputated limb being sraightened. THE Rid BAINS &- Sweep Off $50,000,000 Worth of Properdin tho Wet wist and WIPE OUT MANY LIYES. Fruitfnl Fields Transformed Injto Worthless Quagmires, and POPULOUS PLACES DEVASTATED, Railroads Crippled, Mails Delayed Traveling Dangerous. and NEW ORLEANS STILL RESTS EASY tCrECIAL TELIOBAM TO THB PISPATCJI.l Chicago, May 19. Never in the history of the West have so many lives been lost and so much property destroyed by floods as has been chronicled in the past two .weeks. Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Mis souri and a portion of Kansas and Minnesota are covered with water, which is rising steadily and causing widespread ruin and misery. It is estimated to-night that BO persons per ished at Sioux City. The casualties re ported from other places will bring the death list up to 100 or more. Sionx 0111", as well as scores of towns in Iowa are cut off from the outside world. The trains cannot leave or enter them and a coal famine is threatened. The Water Still Coming Down. There was no cessation of the storm in Illinois. Rain has fallen every day but three tor the past fortnight, and to-night water is coming down in a discouraging way. All the rivers and creeks are out of their banks and sending tremendous vol umes of water into the already submerged lowlands. The old town of Alexandria, in Iowa, is crumbling into the flood, Keo kuk is without gas, and Des Moines is in a panic, the flood from the river having in vaded the business district and threatening great damage, and up in Wisconsin the rivers are rising rapidly. Last night the dams at Ironton, Glendale, Elery and Wonewoo burst, flooding thou sands of acres of land. One mile of the track of the Northwestern road was swept away. The entire railway mall service be tween Chicago and the Mississippi and Missouri river points is demoralized, and as a consequence the mail trains have been stopped altogether on some lines or are greatly delayed. Tho Mails Delayed in the West The amount of mail matter now coming into Chicago from Western points is es timated by postoffice officials to be one third less than when all the lines are open. However, all the roads are making heroic efforts to keep their lines. working. The Santa Fe road is badly crippled, washouts being reported at many points along the line. No mails 6re coming- direct from Omaha, both the approaches to the Omaha river bridge being under water. The service over the Northwestern and St Paul roads is equally as bad, many washouts being reported on both lines in Iowa. Some of the trains were compelled to return to their starting points with mail and passengers. One of the clerks in the railway mall service, who came from Omaha to-day, said he never saw such general devastation. Along the bottom lands of the Mississippi and the rivers which run into it farmers have lost everything, and even where no floods have disturbed the farmers, the seed they have planted has been rotted by the continuous rains. Business is at a stand still in nearly all the States affected by the downpour. Damage So Far Is Fat at 530,000,000. The effect in Chicago is disastrous. The commission business is paralyzed, and there is scarcely enough doing to keep the packers buBy. The big commercial nouses are also deserted. From reports received to-night it is estimated that the damage done in the Western States will reach $50,000,000, even if the rain should cease at once. The railroads have lost $2,000,000 in washouts. The storm in Illinois to-night is accompanied by a fierce wind. Reports from all points in Iowa show great damage to crops of all kinds and stock. Numerous herds of cattle grazing alone the Sioux and Ocheysan rivers were surrounded by rapidly rising water and lost. All bridges on highways are washed out, making travel by team impossible. At Keokuk the Egyptian levee, which protects a vast area ot botton lands five miles below, broke this morning. The levee broke at 2 o'clock and in less than half an hour the thriving little town and the 11,000 acres of wheat surrounding it were one sea of water several feet deep and nearly eight miles wide. Heavy Losses at Sionx City. A press dispatch from Sioux City says: The quick tempered Floyd river is sub siding into its banks and a rough estimate of the loss from yesterday's flood is possi ble. The loss of life will reach 23 atad per haps higher, as a number of persons are re ported missing. Three bodies were re covered to-day, those of A. G. Anderson and Mrs. Henderson and her baby. The pecuniary loss will be heavy. D. E. Hedges, President of the Stock Yard Company, estimated the loss to the stock yards and packing interests at from 450,000 to $500,000. The loss to houses and furniture of the residents of the flooded district will aggregate about $750, 000 and the stocks of goods damaged $100, 000. The damage to city in pavements, etc., will foot up over $100,000. The rapid transit lines are considerable losers, but the railroad companies suffered most Up the Floyd for 20 miles the Sioux City and Northwestern and Illinois Central tracks, built on embankments, are washed out or damaged. Tbe loss to the Terminal Company and ot an tne railroad companies is estimated at from $750,000 to $1,000,000. The total loss may exceed $2,000, 000, but only a lracllon will fall directly upon individuals. The citizens are carrying on an active relief campaign, and feel confident of their ability to provide for the destitute. The City Council has voted $5,000 for relief. About 10,000 has been contributed and more is being sub scribed as fast as the papers can be pre sented. New Orleans Feels Secure. A New Orleans dispatch says: The Gov ernment gauge at the head ot Canal street, at 3 p. it, registered 16 feet 9 inches. Last midnight the water was flowing through some of the gutters on the Algiers side of the river, but no damage resulted from it The levees along the front are in good condition, and but little uneasiness is felt on account of the high water. News received to-day from the Happy Point plantation, IS" miles below tbe city, is to the effect that the break there had widened to 50 feet. If this crevasse is not closed the water from it will overflow a large territory with growing crops and also m$Mtm cover the Grand Isle Railroad for several miles. The Gipsv crevasse is now 275 feet wide. Work is progressing favorably toward holding the ends of the levee, and Lieutenant Mills, of the United States Engineer Corps, believes the ends can be held by sinking mattrasses around them. Work on the Mississippi Valley in clines will probably be completed by Mon day, when through traffic over the road will be resumed. Reports to-night from Hard Scrabble levee, Tensas parish, between Lake St. John and Lake Bruin, say that the levee is expected to break to-night This is a new levee just finished, the old levee in front having caved into the river and the new levee Is soft and falling. A SMALL BOAT VOYAGE. Captain Lawlor to Again Cross the Briny in a DImlnntlvo Craft Boston, May 19. Special. The in trepid Captain Josiah W. Lawlor, who has already crossed the ocean twice in a small boat, is again to make another lone ocean voyage, this time from Boston to Queens town. He will start June 5, and will touch at the principal ports between Boston and St Johns, N. F. Owing to the diminutive size of this boat it will be impossible for him to carry stores enough to last him di rect from Boston, so he will replenish his stores at St Johns. The craft will be a folding canvas boat, 12 feet over all, 10 amidships, with flat bottom. She is constructed on scientific principles, and will be unsinkable and un capsizable, or, in other words, she will not remain bottom up. No expense has been spared to make her safe, and the voyage, in some respects, will be unparalleled in the history of maritime exploits. Nearly all the metal parts ot the boat are made of aluminum. Captain Lawlor will go pre pared to row a part of the way if needs be. The boat Is intended for the World's Fair if the venture is a success. GABZA HOW AT KEY WEST, Bat His Self-Appointed Guards Won't Give Him Up for Nothing. Key West, Fl a., May 19. Special The authorities are positive that Garza, the Mexican outlaw, is on the island, and every avenue of escape is being carefully guarded, but those who know where he is in hiding refuse to reveal the place. They are anx ious to secure the reward offered for Garza's capture, and are not disposed to have the local or United States officers get their hands on him until the matter of the final disposition of the reward is settled. There is a good deal of excitement here over the matter, and every stranger is re garded with more or less suspicion now that it is known that the famous outlaw is positively in concealment here. The officers who have been apprised of Garza's concealment here will not disclose the names of their informant at present for fear that the latter will spirit Garza away, and thus the officers will lose their chances of receiving a portion of the reward when the time comes to take him into custody. Unless, however, an effect ive patrol of the entire coast line is kept up day and night, Garza could easily escape from the island in a small boat It is said to-night that the officers who are in communication with the fugi tive's guards are also "standing in" with the latter in the matter of the reward, and that there is no fear, therefore, of the outlaw's escape. A T0W5 IN TEXAS TEBBOBIZED, Citizens of Denlson Afraid to Go Oat at Night, Jnitlioir. Denison, Tex:, May 19. Special The excitement over the four murders of women hero Tuesday night is such that the military force, consisting of the Stanley Rangers and Denison Guards, are patrolling the city. The Chief of Police also has 50 deputies on duty. All persons found on the streets during late hours have been taken into custody, and have had to give an account of them selves. The Stanley Rangers had an excit ing chase after a man, and fired on him three times, but he escaped. Major Waugh, a prominent attorney, discovered a man in bis house and discharged five shots at him, but the stranger escaped in the darkness. The whole city is terrorized, and no one ventures out after dark except in cases of urgency. In addition to the four murders it has be come known that a fifth person was shot, a woman at Madam Williams', but the wound was very slight The funeral of those mur dered Tuesday night took place to-day and was attended by crowds. There is as yet no clew either to the motive or the perpetrator of the murders. ANGEY STREET CAB BTEIKEBS Throw New Orleans Cars From the Track and Suspend Travel. NEW Orleans, May 19. Special The car drivers on the New Orleans City Railroad line struck to-day on the refusal of the President to discharge non-nnion drivers. All the union men left the cars when called on by the strikers to do so. A large crowd (5,000) of the strikers sympathizers gathered at the Poland street car station and threw the cars from the track as they came out of the stable. There were 12 men arrested. To-night the strikers have knocked off work on four of the lines of the company. On the Levee and Barracks, one of the downtown roads, two policemen accompany the non-nnion drivers employed. Despite this, attempts were made to throw the cars off the track, and obstructions were placed on tho tracks in various places. The police are stationed at the points where the trouble is expected. The other roads of the city are co-operating with the City Rail road. CHARGED WITH BUYING 'FI00EHCE. County Commissioner George Wise, of Fork, Sued by a Newspaper Man. York, PA., May 19. Special George J. Barry, business manager of the York Gazette, preferred a singular charge against George Wise, one of the County Commis sioners, to-day. He swore that he had re ceived information that when Wise was a candidate for the nomination of Commis sioner, he made a promise In writing to ap point a certain John W. Heller counsel to the Board of Commissioners, provided William Et Patterson, Heller's friend, would use his influence in behalf of Wise. The charge was made before Alderman Steager, but before a warrant was issued for Wise's arrest, the latter, learning of the pro ceedings, appeared and gave bail. Wise denies having made any such promise. Heller, the alleged beneficiary, is dead. But Mr. Barry claims to have proof. AH EXPLOSION AT SEA. It Destroys tho Ship, and the Sailors Make Fort in Three Life Boats. Yaquina, Ore., May 19. Three life boats containing 18 men have arrived here, containing the captain and crew of the ship St. Charles, on which an explosion occurred March 17. The St Charles was en route from Nanaimo to San Francisco with a cargo of coal. When the crew abandoned the ves sel she was sinking. The captain, second mate and two sailors were badly injured by the explosion. Captain Chapman's injuries are probably fatal. The explosion was caused by two sailors taking alight into the forward hatch. The ship was owned in Bath, Me. THE BARDSLEY. SCANDAL Bobs Up Again In tho State's Salt Against Newspaper Owners Criminal Conspir acy Charged How State Officers Fronted by Peculiar Advertising Con tracts. HARElSBtrno, May 19. Special A statement of the State's claims against the Philadelphia Press Company was filed to day with Prothonotary Mellck by Attorney General HenseL It is another move in the suit to recover $4,070 76, with interest from May 31, 1889, and $4,665 60, with interest from April 15, 1891, the action growing out of the advertising of the Mercantile Ap praisers' lists for the years 1889 and 1891. The Press Company is charged in the statement with having conspired with John Bardsley, then City Treasurer, and Thomas McCamont, then Auditor General, to ap prove the bill for advertising the mercan tile list, and with Henry N. Graffen, a clerk in the Auditor General's Department, that the lrm should charge 40 per cent more for the advertising than the actual charge for the work. It Is also declared that the state ments ot the defendant that the sum to be paid for the advertising was $10,176 90, were untrue, the Press having agreed with the agent of the plaintiff to do the work for $6,106 14. It is further alleged in the statement that $10,176 90 was more by $4,070 76 than was charged and received from individual adver tisers for an equal or less number of inser tions in the -regular advertising columns. The statement regarding 1891 was si' r, except that the amount charged is -jj, being an alleged excess of $4,665 n, filing of the statement places the su. 5. JU31. 1VU bU UC UU3UCU JUE1YUIU. CS JAME3 T. POWEES HABBKtf - . . tr .. .. . wt iiis uriao jxacjuM-xsootn, tne rretty sov brette From Rochester. Rochester, May 19. Special Rachel Booth, the pretty soubrette, and James T. Powers, the star of "A Straight Tip," were married in this city to-day at tbe residence of the bride's sister. On Saturday they will sail from New York for Europe, to spend the summer. Rachel Booth is the daughter of the late Captain Ansel L. Bdoth, an old and noted volunteer fireman of this city, who died in March, 1885. He was at one time a doorkeeper at the local opera house. Rachel went on the stage at an early age, and has since been a conspicuous figure in light comedy, variety, farce, eta This is not Rachel Booth's first marriage, so her in timates say. They add that her former marriage was not a' happy one, and she pro cured a divorce. 'Jimmy" Powers was born in New York in 1862, hs been on the stage since 1878, and is already comfortably rich. He started in tbe variety theaters, played in "Evangeline" for awhile and made his first hit in "Dreams! with Willie Edouin's troupe. After that he was again successful in "A Bunch of Keys," and in 1883 he went to London. Since 1888 he has been the star in "A Straight Tip." For twb seasons he was the principal comedian at the Casino. This is his first marriage. BTINED AT MONMOUTH. The Explanation Given by Ferdinand N Ewers Who Got Away With 811,000. New York, May 19. Special. Ferdi nand N. Ewers, the clerk of the Corbin Banking Company, who disappeared on April 25 with $ll,350.of the firm's money, was arrested to-day at a hotel in Old Chatham, where he went with a horse and buggy bought w.ith tbe stolen money and had been living for three weeks past, by Superintendent Bangs, of Pinkerton's agency. It was learned that a man answer ing Ewers' description was staying in Old Chatham, passing himself off" as an insurance agent and real estate broker. Superintend ent Bangs'went up there to-day and found the refugee at tbe Cottage Hotel. In a pocketbook under his pillow were found the $1,000 bills, which the prisoner said were the identical ones that he had stolen. He also had $215 in small bills in his pockets. He had, also, a loaded revolver. When asked what he had done with the money which he borrowed from time to time from his friends, he pointed to a pict ure of Monmouth Park whioh hung in the room. He said also that he had sunk a good deal of money in poolrooms. Ewers was brought to this city and committed to the Tombs. ALMOST A LIFETIME To Be Spent by Perry, the Train Bobber, in the Penitentiary. Rochester, N. Y., May 19. Special Oliver Curtis Perry, the Lyons train rob ber, pleaded guilty to five counts on four indictments against him at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Jndge William Rumsey at once sentenced Perry to 49 years and three months' imprisonment at Auburn State prison. Perry was brought in for sentence heavily shackled and closely guarded. The first indictment was for burglary, third degree, second offense, and robbery first degree, second offense, in breaking into an express car in Herkimer county and rob bing Express Messenger Moore of $5,000. The second indictment was for burglary, first degree, second offense, an attempt at robbery in breaking fnto Messenger Mo Inerney's car. The third indictment was for assault in the first degree ou Engineer McGilvery. The fourth indictment was for stealing a locomotive at Lyons. NEW JERSEY'S STOBMY BEACH. A Violent Storm Raging, 'and One Un known Ship Driven Ashore. Asburv Park, N. J., May 19. A vio lent storm is raging along this coast and terribly high seas prevail. Rain is falling in torrents and is driven in blinding sheets along the beach. A ship has been driven ashore opposite the Beach House. One report is that the orew leaped .overboard and reached the shore in safety. The storm prevents anyone ascertaining her name, although she is supposed to be the Mary E. Simmon, whose crew was reported rescued by the steamer Old Dominion this afternoon. Telegraphical communication is shut off, there being a brejk in the wire between here and Sea Girt The waves have made a cut into the bluff at Long Branch, hut the bulkhead below the fissue withstands the assaults of the waves. THIS MORNING'S KEWS. Topic, Page. Blaine Again Belied Upon 1 Extent of the Western Flood.. .! 1 No Let-Up on Bx-Mayor Wyman. 1 Rapid Transit Facilities. 2 Death From Over-Heating 2 Editorial and Miscellany 4 Capital Notes of Interest 4 Grover Cleveland's Long Lead B Freo Silver Men Floored Again O A Solid South No Longer 7 The General Assembly Opened. 7 A Sensational Jail Delivery . 7 Baseball nhd Other Sports 8 News From Nearby Towns 8 Intelligence From the Old World O The Business Men's Own Corner .".... 9 Happenings in tho World of Labor 10 Chess and Checker Department 10 The Oil Scout's Reports 11 Financial and Other Markets -11 Foreigners and City Charities .13 Work of the County Courts ..13 j. -f . e f THERE IS A'REASON. The small advertisements in The Dispatch's "Rooms to let" column increased over 200 per cent in April. They are read and lib erally answered. One cent a word. THREE CENTS. RIOTED OVER Willi A Scheme to Wipe Out All Other Charges Against Him laid on the Shelf. NESBIT THEOWS A BOMB, Bnt It Is Caught Up by the Beform ers, Who Clip the Fuse. MAYOR KENNEDY PENS A LETTER Wants the Light Towers Down and the Garbage Gathered Up. CAUSE OP TIIE N0ETHSIDE EXODUS Councilman Nesbit threw a bomb into the ranks of the Allegheny reformers last night in Councils. .It was in the shape ot a reso lution to have all the charges the city of Allegheny may have against ex-Mayor Wyman withdrawn. It raised a riot and the resolution was laid on the shelf. This movement ha3 been going on for weeks, andit was hoped to break through the refrni majority by the suddenness of thcihove. It was, however, picked up half ay, and after both sides had disturbed the while the lobby applauded vigorously, is referred to the Finance Committee ., i It could be brought to a test Chair- 0 Gi. , vke also thousht it would be dan- jf'"p i interfere in a matter that now , j,", -ely with the courts. .ayor Kennedy's First Messag?. xhe feature in Select Branch was the message from Mayor Kennedy in which he pointed out the necessity of tearing down Allegheny's artificial Milky Way in tho shape of light towers. He wanted some ar rangements made for collecting garbage and preventing smoke. He also favored more street improvements. The report is as fol lows: I herewith submit tho following recom mendations and nstc your very careful con sideration of tho same, which in. my opinion would add very materially to the value of property and the comfort and health or tho citizens of Alloglieny. I would recommend tho removal of the lii;bt towers in the old part of tho city for the following reasons: With the Increased consumption of coal and consequently black, lojrgy air during the winter months, the tower lights are practically useless. The towers are also very dangerous and liable to cause great damape by being Dlown down durinir a storm, and tbe city held re sponsible. If the towors in the old part of tho city were removed and an equal number of lights placed in the vicinity ,ie wonld very greatly Increase their efflolenoy. The tow ers in the suburban districts will-probably serve trood purpose until the districts are thickly populated. Tackling the Garbage Problem. In the matter of collecting garbage I would earnestly request your prompt Inves tigation, as it is a matter that seriously threatens tho comfort und health of our cit izens. I would recommend an ordinance to hive all garbage collected dally In such cov ered vehicles asyour honorable bodies tblnk best, and would advise such collectings of garbargo to be let by contract either for the whole city orin districts. Since tho scarcity of natural gn compels nearly nil manufacturers to return to the nso of coal our city is rapidly drlltin back to the old-days or dire and smoke. This state of affairs will depreciate property and it is certainly advisable for your honorable bodies to thoroushly investigate this mat ter. With regard to certain manufacturers of iron, glass, etc.. no method has yet been devised to perfectly burn coal without smoke, but, in tho matter of stationary boilers, it is evident that several svstems of automatic stokers and other smoko consuming appliances will provent from 70 to 90 per cent of smoke, with a possible saving of fuel enough to pay a fair dividend on the Investment. I would Tecommend that the city at once place such appliances at the water works as will effectually remove the nuisance, and then pass such ordinances as will compel manulactnrera to abh.to the smoko from stationary boilers. Business Follcy to Pave. With regard to the streets, It would seem good, sound business policy to rcpave the principal streets as last us possible with good, improved pavements, thereby reducing the cost of keeping in repair to a minimum. and very greatly Improving the appearance of the city and enhancing the value or the property in the city limits, and I would earnestly urge Councils and tho City Engineer that in the suburban districts whore new streets are being opened to be liberal in tbe matter of width and grades of streets. The first cost is small in comparison to changing widths and grades after numer ous houses have been built Properties on wide, -n ell-graded streets will always com mand better prices than in narrow, ill graded streets. It would seem wise to me that certain work should be laid out for next year in the matter of repairing prominent thorough fares, and a certain millase. say 2 mills, be appropriated for the same. As all new street work In a second-class city is done by contract the taxpayers will be fully pro tected and see their money properly ex pended. I have no doubt they will cheer lully respond to any fair demand in tho shapo of taxation for street improvements that will reliove Allegheny from its present wretched streets, and tlio great cost annual ly expended to keep them in repairs. After it was read there was considerable discussion as the where it should go to, and the Councilmen finally compromised by simply filing the document. Then they took up the ordinances fixing the salaries of the market clerk and market constable at $1,200 and $900 a year respectively. These were the ordinances Mayor Voegtly had vetoed. Both passed without a murmur and Dr. Gilllford was missing just at this interesting period. Itnising a Storm In Councils. In Common branch a number of papers had been received and filed and there was a lull in the proceedings. The silence was almost as heavy as the cloud of toby smoke that hung over the heads when Mr. Nesbit broke it by offering the following resolu tion: Resolved, By the Soloet and Common Councils of the City of Allegheny, that we instruct the City Solicitor to take whatever steps or measures necessary to havequashed or nolle prossed any indictments, claim or case the city may have pending in tho county courts against one James G. wyman, ex-Mayor of said city, in which said city or it agents may bo prosecutor, and report the result thereof to the Finance Committee. A half-dozen members were on their feet at once. Mr. Stanffer moved to refer to Finance Committee, while Mr. Nesbit clamored lor its immediate passage. Gerwiz For one. I am not ready to vote on so serious a question. If it bo for the best interests ot the city, I am for it, but we cannot tell this now. Nesbit You all know what these charges are. They are pending against other peo ple and are not being pushed. Why make a martyr of one man. He has paidpne penalty in dollars and another in punish ment Justice and philanthropy call for charity. He has paid the penalty. Let him come out a free man. He is out of politics and now let him come forth un trammeled for the sake of a suffering family. Getting Upon Dangerous Ground. Home This matter is unprecedented. Why ask Councils for clemency instead of the court, where be should be tried? Nesbit Why push him while yon shield others equally guilty? Home How do you know they are guilty? Nesbit The books prove it President Parke suggested that this was o S5, O
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