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WATCH AiO WAIT
THE POLICY
Neither Faction Can Figure a
Majority on the First
Ballot "Within
25 OR 50 CLEAE YOTES.
L'elay Is the Desire of the Blaine
Hen, and Thej Have It.
The Kules Adopted Favor Them Har
rison Managers Irritated bat Helpless
All Enthusiasm Cools Down, Now
That the Individual Delegate Finds He
Count b for Nothing Plumed Knight
Champions Threaten to Blacklist the
Ofilceholders in the Convention The
Chances of Alger, McKinley and Rusk
as Dark Horses California Delegates
Receive a Blaine Mandate.
fBY ASSOCIATED FEFSS.J
MnfXEAPOLib, June S. Of the two dis
tinguished Americans who have been so
assiduously urged bv their friends during the
past week for the Presidental nomination,
neither one to-night seems to have assur
ance of "sufficient votes to effect a nomina
tion. The seeker after accurate informa
tion as to the relative standing of these two
candidates is compelled to discard as ex
travaeant and quite misleading the figures
issued trom the headquarters of each, and
a careful analysis of the expressed prefer
ence of all the delegations, together with a
classification of the uncommitted delegates,
show s that the two leading candidates are
each from 25 to 50 votes short of the nomi
nation. The balance of power, if a ballot had been
taken to-day, would have been found to
rest with General Itussell A. Alger, of
Jlichigau, who would certainly have re
ceived ironi 10 to CO votes, and then pre
vented either of the two leading candidates
from receiving the requisite number for
nominating.
.ill Untliusiasm Ilns Cooled Down.
This 16 the tenth National Convention in
the history of the Republican party, and is
the end of the fourth decade of the party
which has played such an important part
in the history of the American Republic,
but it can safely be asserted that the past
quarter of a century never witnessed a con
tention where there was such a rapid sub
sidence ot enthusiasm as is noticeable here
on the eve of the critical day which should
divide the contest. All the ardor and en
tliusiasm and irresistible conviction ot suc
ces which the rank and file of botlriorces
have constantly displaed to-day are sig
nificantly absent to-night.
In the firt place, the average Republican
1ib. been deeply disappointed at the very
leisurely nianuer in which leading spirits of
the convention have postponed the essential
business for which the delegates are called
together, and the feeling that if the pro
gramme of delay succeeds a ballot may not
be taken even to-morrow. It has caused
every faction to suddenly realize that the
citadel of the opposition is not to be carried
by assault, after all, and all now await the
result oi the ballot.
l.-13-inen Kind Themselves Fools.
All this has had the effect to dampen the
enthusiasm which pervaded the soul ot
every loyal Republican a day or two ago,
and now the people, who but 24 hours since
were hilariously parading tne streets, are
walking dejcctedlj to and fro and wonder
ing how the thing is going to end, after all
There is evidence of a consciousness on
the part of the average layman that he is
something of a puppet in this battle for
political mastery, and that it is the leaders
in the conlerence in the up-stairs rooms
who have been directing his enthusiasm and
who are likely to profit by the results. Ot
course, these reflections are not tery grati
iying to the sovereign American elector,
and he is disposed to resent this assumption
by another man of the control of his political
nonentity; so that to-night it is not uncom
mon to sec, walking around arm inarm
through tne streets or quietly conversing on
the curb-stones, a couple of privates who
but a day or two ago were arrayed in oppo
sition factions and fiercely combating the
factional affiliations and Presidental prefer
ences of each other.
It Is a Qaiet Game of TTatch and Walt.
As they get together to-night and com
pare notes, each one finds out that the other
docs not know much about the mysterious
inomes and unfathomable purposes of the
gentlemen who are the ruling spirits of his
particular crowd; and so the loyal toot of
the horn, and the triumphant blast of the
bugle, and the inspiring music ot the bands
that buojed the enthusiasm of all, has al
most departed fioni this contest.
It is a quiet game of watch and wait, and
which is to gain the greatest benefit from
the waiting and watching, or whether an
unknown candidate, whose star has not yet
risen above the political horizon, is soon to
burst forth in an effulgent blaze of glory, no
one can possibly tell.
The diplomatic triumph of the Blaine
clement in securing the control of the or
ganization of the convention and of the
committees which are to play such an im
portant part in its labors, is'tbe sensation
of the day. If o one not even the leaders
of the Harrison forces appears to know
exactly when the conspiracy had its birth
or how it was carried to execution, but it
has forced itself upon every man, as a sur
prise, that there is a deep motive in this,
and that the plans of the Blaine leaders
1 ave been cautiously laid.
rirt Victory ot the Blaine Men.
In the failure of the Harrison managers
to carry their fijilit against Fassett from the
Xatioual Committee to the floor of the con
vention, the Blaine leaders, by the very de
fault ot their enemies, were enabled to
secure the first decisie victory. The most
is made of this advantage by the constantly
reiterated declaration of the Blaine man
asers, that as thev hate control of the con
vention they will be able to control the
nomination.
The Committee on Credentials, which is
a Blaine committee, ib proceeding slowly
and is evidently intending not to make any
report until an opportunity is afforded to
judge of the importance which their recom
mendations may have in determining the
report of the conention. Of the contests
so far disposed of by this committee the
Blaine delegates have been seated in every
instance, although in several of these con
tests there was 110 difference as to the Presi
dental preferences of the contesting dele
gates. It is a pctosibilitr that the Commit
tee on Credentials may not be ready to re
port bv to-morrow, and if this should be
the case there would be pretty sure to be a
row in the convention when its Chairman
submits the request for further delay.
Irritation Over tlie Delay Policy.
The Harrison leaders are very much irri
tated over the Blaine policy ot delay, and
appear determined to lorce a ballot as soon
as possible It is stated to-night that when
the Committee on Credentials at 11 o'clock
to-morrow makes its partial report, as it
probablywill, and requests further time,
the Harrison people will move to adjourn
foran hour or two with instructions to the
committee to wind up its business and re
port to the convention at that time. This,
il course, will be contested by the Blaine
delegates, and may afiord the oppoitunity
HOW
for the first direct test of strength between
the two factions in the convention.
But by skillful manipulations the Blaine
majority have at their command various
expedients lor delaving the ballot if they
find it to their advantage to do so. Not un
til after rules and regulations were adopted
to-day was it observed that under their pro
vision the report of the Committee on Cre
dentials must be disposed of before the re
portof the Committee on Platform and Res
olutions is acted upon; and that the report
of the Committee on Platform and Resolu
tions must be disposed of before the con
vention can proceed to the nomination of
the candidates for President and Vice
President.
Where nialno tins ttio Adyantacr.
Thus, even if the convention should
force a prompt report from the Committee
on Credentials, Chairman Foraker and his
Blaine colleagues of the Committee on
Resolutions would have it within their
power further to procrastinate the balloting
by delaving the report of the Committee on
Resolutions and forcing an adjournment for
another day.
Hen the presentation of candidates, ac
cording to the rules, can't be made until
alter the reports of these committees are
disposed of, and thus the very nominating
speeches can't be cleared out of the way
unless the Blaine people permit a suspension
of the rules.
The day has shown but little change in
the relative strength of the candidates. The
Harrison people claimed to have gained
two of the Texas delegates, who yesterday
went over 10 Blaine. The Blaine "managers
state that the Plumed Knight has made
gains in the States of Kansas, Illinois.and
Rhode Island, as well as in several other
States which thev failed to mention.
The leaders of the Blaine faction are to
night contemplating a movement which is
a very bold plan, and which, if carried out,
will be a farewell greeting to the short
lived harmony and good feeling of the past
24 hours, whatever its effect may be in con
trolling the nomination.
Offlc-holtlers Are to Bo Blacklisted.
They have agents carefully going through
all the State delegations and selecting there
from a list of delegates and alternates to
the convention who are officeholders under
Harrison. They expect to compile this
list and add thereto the names of all the ad
ministration ofilceholders who are on the
ground as helpers in the effort to renomi
nate the President and who are not dele
gates to the convention. The list will be
ostentatiously given out as an indication of
the pernicious example that is being set by
President Harrison of the effort ot an ad
ministration to perpetuate itself into
power. The Blaine managers also insist
with a good deal of vigor that ex-Senator
In "a lis, who has been unusuallv loval to
the President, has been promised the
Russian mission recently vacated by Hon.
Charles Emory Smith.
The Blaine people state this evening that
it is not yet decided that the name of their
candidate will be presented to the conven
tion at all. It may be found advisable to
vote for him without the formality of a
nomination; but in case it is decided to
place him formally in nomination, ex-Gov-
ernor 1 oraker, of Ohio, will certainly make
the leading speech.
Hie List of Ilnrrlson Orators.
Harrison will be placed in nomination by
the 'venerable ex-Secretary ot the Na?y,
Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, and the
nomination will be seconded by Hon.
Chauncey M. Depcw. of New York, "on
behalf ot the creat American Nation." The
other nominating speeches will probably be
made by ex-Senator John C Spooner, of
Wisconsin; Hon. John V. Massey, of Dela
ware; Hon. Louis E. McComas, of Mary
land, and, possibly, by ex-Senator John J.
Ingalls, of Kansas, and others.
The Alger leaders had another conference
to-day, and came out of it firm and loval for
their candidate. Colonel H. M. Diiffield,
ot Detroit, the leader of the Alger force,
says their candidate has 75 votes assured;
that he will receive 60 on the first ballot
and has a certaintv of 15 more on the sec
ond. He agrees with the Harrison people
that the Blaine policy is one of delay, but
holds that the strength ot the Michigan
candidate and the scattering votes which
Sherman, McKinley, Rusk, Reed, Allison
and others are likely to receive, will be
sufficient to hold the balance of power and
prevent a nomination on the first ballot
Alter that he entertains hopes that the
AVolverine candidate will gain in popular
favor.
JIcKInlej' Chances as a Dark Horse.
Governor McKinley, of Ohio, still con
tinues to be the favorite among all the
compromise candidates whose names have
been mentioned, lie received a flattering
ovation to-day on his ascendancy to the
Chairmanship of the convention," and his
well-chosen speech 10 the convention
created much enthusiasm and evoked the
good will of all the delegates.
The Harrison people are not evincing any
particular preference for Governor McKin
ley as a dark horse, but generally express
the belief that it will be wiser lor his friends
to keen him out of the Presidental contest
for a few years more until the exact utility
ana cnect 01 tne jueiviniey 0111 can be de
termined. The Blaine delegates, on the
other hand, are apparently very friendly to
McKinley, with the possible exception of
some of ex-Governor Foraker's friends in
Ohio. Just whether this good will would
be carried to the extent ot the Blaine people
throwing their strength to the Buckeye
Governor in the event of the failure of their
candidate to receive the nomination, is
another question.
Jerry Rack Is Also a Possibility.
There is a general tendency on the part of
the conservative delegates of both factions,
as well as on the part of all the uncommitted
delegates, to look kindly toward a compro
mise candidate; and in the failure of both
Blaine and Harrison to receive the nomina
tion on the first ballot, it is not improbable
that the leaders of both factions might find
their following swept away by the popular
demand for a compromise candidate who
has been free from all factional rivalry and
can save the party in November.
Among the 'Western and Northwestern
delegates, there is a friendly feeling mani
fested toward Hon. Jeremiah Rusk. This
tendency toward Rusk as a compromise
candidate naturally comes from Western
Harrison delegates; but it is also mani
fested by many others who favor the Secre
tary of Agriculture, by their conviction that
he would poll an immense vote among the
farmersand certainly hold steadfast the
Republicans of the States of Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas and certain of the States where the
Farmers" Alliance is organized and aggres
sive. IVliitelaw Keld as Busk's Running Mate.
Of course, the nomination of Rusk for
the first place would turn eyes Eastward for
a Vice Presidental candidate, and when the
name ot the Secretary of Agriculture is
mentioned for the first place it is generally
in conjunction w ith that of Hon. Whitelaw
Reid, or some other prominent New Yorker,
for Vice President.
So far as can be observed, the Wisconsin
friends of Mr. Rusk are making no effort
whatever in behalf of his candidacy, evi
dently feeling that the first movement in
his favor should come from the outside,
when his own State delegation could be
easily wheeled into line for the great farmer
candidate.
California, always a strong Blaine State,
was sorely disappointing to the friends of
the Plumed Knight to-day and yesterday.
Harrison managers started out by actualfy
gaining a majority of the delegation, and
for a time it seemed as it the claims might
be well-founded.
A California Mandate for Blaine.
A reaction occurred this morning, when
National Committeeman De Young, also a
member.of the delegation, received a tele
gram advising him that the State Central
Committee had passed resolutions declaring
it to be the overwhelming sentiment ot the
people of the Golden State that J. G. Blaine
should be selected as the staudard bearer.
The result of this telegram was the issuing
of a call for a meeting of the California del
egation this afternoon. Great interest was
manifested in the outcome of this meeting,
but no very substantial results were.real
ized. The telegram read by De Young, as well
as the text of the resolutions which had
THE
squarely be.en telegraphed, was spread be
fore the delegation and the matter fully
discussed. A vote was finally taken and
the California delegation definitely ascer
tained to stand nine for Harrison, nine for
Blaine and two wavering and uncertain, Of
course, both factions are to-night claiming
these "wavering and uncertain" delegates,
but the gentlemen themselves are very non
committal as to their preferences.
READY FOR TOE FIGHT.
The Organization Demanding; the Repeal or
the Blue Laws Meets and Perfects Plans
or Operations Railroad Officials and
Ministers Applaad the Schrmo.
The organization recently formed to en
force the Blue Laws of 1794, and in that way
make them sufficiently obnoxious to secure
their repeal, met on Tuesday at the office of
Alderman McNierney. Nearly every mem
ber of the organization attended,
and the meeting was harmonious
and satisfactory. At the meet
ing a letter was read from an
official of the Pennsylvania lines east of
Pittsburg saying that the new organization
had an important work before it and assur
ing the organization that the Pennsylvania
Company would assist it in every way. The
railrondofficial vigorously condemned the
Blue Laws and their peculiar enforcement
and said that the determination to make the
law obnoxious bv enforcing it was a com
mendable idea. "Oi course our road must
suffer with the rest when your organization
begins operations," the railroad man
wrote, "but your efforts will unite the ad
vanced necessities in this age in fighting
this old law, which is not only a relic of
other ages, but is used more for profit than
for public good. I am confident your or
ganization is headed in the right direction,
and I hope you will not stop until the
whole people are clamoring for the repeal
of that law which is now only an instru
ment ot revenue or hate.
The letter concludes with hearty congrat
ulations to the new association and pledges
to it financial assistance if such assistance
is req.iired.
"We have all themoney weneed," Squire
McNierne said yesterday. "This letter
from the railroad official is only oneof
probably 500 letters of the same kind.which
I have received since our organization was
first formed. Here they are"," the Alder
man said, placing his hand on a huge pile
of letters neatly and carefully tied.
"Many of the most prominent men in the
two cities are represented in these letters
and to a man all indorse the work we con
template. Leading business men, street
railway officials and three prominent minis
ters have written us applauding our work
and promising us any assistance they can
give.
"By the way," the Alderman went on, "I
wish you would correct a mistake that seems
to have occurred about our contemplated
work. We do not intend making any ar
rests at this time. We are not in this thing
for money, and we will not make a move
against anybody or any concern until about
a month before the Legislature meets.
When we start in we propose to keep going
until even the Law and Order people cry
enough, and we do not want to begin now
and keep on fining the street car and rail
road men. All we have ou hand now is the
work of perfecting our organization. That
work, we believe, is about complete, but we
will hold regular meetings probably once a
month, and when we do start to work we
will be in shape to go ahead to a finish.
"We have alreadv engaged attorneys to
assist us, and strange to say our attorneys
have already disagreed. We have employed
two of the best lawyers in the citv. Both
were at our last meeting and they had quite
a lively legal battle over how" we should
proceed. One of the lawyers contends that
to get the number of the street car and the
numbers of the conductor and gripman
cap or badge is all that will be necessary to
make the arrest without throwing ourselves
liable fa false arrest. The other attorney
contended that the names of the conductor
and gripmen were absolutely necessary be
fore any arrests are made. We decided to
follow the advice of both, and our officers
wilLgct not only, the number of the car and
badges but the name of the conductor and
gripman. This will put us to great trouble,
but it will keep us on the safe side all the
time." '
TITDSVILLE WAS SAVED.
How the Dam at Canadohta Lake Was Pre
vented From BroaKlnc If It nail Gone
Kota House Would Be Standing Herolo
Work of a Hotel Man.
TrrusviLLE, June 8. Spicia'.' Had it
not b,een for the heroic efforts of C J. An
drews, proprietor of the Hotel Brunswick
and the summer resort at Canadohta Lake,
Titusville would not be standing. He was
at the lake with an excursion party. At
the lower end the lake is held in by a 180
foot dam, very much the same as that at
Spartansburg. It also had fish screens.
The last message received at the hotel
was that the dam at Riceville, below, had
given away. Next came the news that the
one at Spartansburg had burst By this
time the debris was closing up the first net.
It was only by the hardest kind of work
that the water vein was kept open. Every
thing that could be made up into bass was
sewed un.and hay, straw and dirt were used
to fill up the breaks in the dry part of the
dam.
As. Mr. Andrews says, had be not worked
as he did all the water lroni the lake,
which is three-quarters of a mile wide and
i miles long, would have been turned
loose with the other flood. It it.had, Titus
ville would not be here. "We held it until
9:30 this morning," said he. "It went with a
boom, and a wave of water 10 feet high went
rolling down that river. It ruined a bridge,
and the bridge went down instantly. It
was too late for it to do much damage, and
the water passed off without any iurther
injury."
THE SUIT FILED.
Morrow and Moreland Enter Action
to
Get Back Money for the City.
A special received from Harrisburg last
night states that Controller Morrow and
City Attorney Moreland yesterday filed in
the Prothonotary's office, of Dauphin
county, an appeal from the decision of
Auditor General Gregg and State Treasurer
Boyer, in reference to the payment by this
city ot taxes on Pittsburg's railroad com
promise bonds. The bonds . were exempt
from tax by special act of the Legislature.
The appeal covers only the year 1891, and
the amount involved is 516,721 91.
Prothonotary Malick notified Attorney
General Hensel of the appeal and a date for
the argument of the case was to have been
decided upon before the Pittsburg officials
started for home-
Insist Upon Early Closing.
Local Assembly 14C5, K. of L., of Belle
Vernon, has a grievance It has reported
to headquarters that a number of firms in
that town bad violated their agreement iu
keeping open after 1 o'clock, thereby com
pelling employes to work over time. A
boycott will be declared if the firms insist
on keeping open after the time agreed on.
Don't Hesitate
About going to Kensington. You -will make
money it you do. Make a purchase of a lot
and in a short timo it ill do worth twice
the amount paid for It. Tbo many -works
give this new city its stability and make
the property so valuable. There Is no risk
in buying lots at Kensington. Come to office
at No. 79 Fourth avenue and get free rail
road tickets.
Beantifal Weddlnc Silver
Chests or knives, forks and. spoons; lovely
tea ware, berry bowls, salad dishes, fruit
stands and a host or elegant fancy pieces in
cases. All tne latest productions at . P.
Roberts & Sons, Fifth avenue and Market
street. Ths
Hammocks All Kinds,
From 75c to finest made In our curtain de
partment. Jos. Hoiurc 4 Co.'s
Fenn Avenue Stores.
PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
SILVER ill HAPPY.
Not Quite Strong Enough to
Secure a Regular Free
Coinage Plank, But
THEY GET WHAT THEY ASK.
A Clause in the Tariff Section Gives
Thein a Partial Victory. .
THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE IS MET,
And the Complete Platform Will Ee ill
Beady to Report To-Day.
THE KICAKAGDA CAXAL JOB Wins
Minneapolis, June 8. The chief dif
ficulties confronting the Republican Con
vention in the matter of platform were
solved this afternoon, a lively time "pre
ceding the solution. Silver was the rock
upon which the committee nearly split,
with the result discord and the presentation
to the convention of a majority and a mi
nority report. Silver men had their blood
up, and if defeated in the platform the com
mittee would have asked nothing better
than a square hands-up fight on the floor of
the convention. r
"When the Platform Committee assembled
this afternoon with this unpleasant pros
pect in view, no reconcilment had been
effected in the sub-committee of five, which
bad been appointed by ex-Governor Fora
ker to consider the silver problem.
The Sub-Committee on Silver.of the Com
mittee on Resolutions held its first session
late last night. Nothing was accomplished,
and no report will be ready before to-morrow
for the full committee. The silver men
consumed most of last night's session, and
they are pleased with the attention with
which their associates listened to the words,
political and economical, addressed to them.
The Mouthpiece of Free Coinage.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, spoke for an
hour, and it is said his address was a strong
presentation ot his side of the question. The
Senator never speaks unless he is thorough
ly prepared and has carefully considered
what he will sav. Last night he was full of
his subject. Considerable of the argument
was devoted to the silver question per se,
and on this point it is well nigh impossible
that anything could be added to what has
been said and written during the past year.
Ou the political phase ot the question, he
told his associates that the Republican
party could no longer depend upon the
solid support of the silver-producing States
and the far "West. Things there, he said,
were in a ferment The third party move
ment had spread to the Jar "West, and the
people threatened to bolt both the old
parties unless either of them would grant
them more liberal silver legislation, or to
gO with either party which would give it to
them.
A pure'and simple free coinage proposi
tion was put to the sub-committee,and as was
- expected, was lost by a vote of 3 to 2. This
was the only vote taken. Then came the
resolution prepared by the silver men, de
claring in iavor of bi-metallism, and that
the Legislature be recognized as tne proper
authority to finally pass upon any proposed
silver measure.
Where Silver Won Its "Victory.
The first matter that came before the full
committee was the subject of the tariff,' and
right here was where the Bilver advocates
showed shrewd generalship. They doggedly
set out to contest every inch of ground and
embarrass their opponents at every stage of
the consideration of the platform. These
bold tactics proved successful, for at :30,
when the Platform Committee took a re
cess, the victory was won.
Instead of a tree coinage platform, sepa
rate and distinct, they had so shaped the
tariff paragraph of the report, the first and
most conspicuous part 01 tne document1,
that it is in accordance with what is sup
posed to be the heart's desire of the so
called silver States Free coinage was let
go by the board, and in its pace silver men
gleefully accepted a clause pledging the
Republican paty to the policy of a pro
tective tariff. Somuch time was consumed in
the discussion and wording of this particu
lar substitute for a free coinage declaration
that none of the other subjects before the
committee were so much as touched upon,
and the deliberations of the committee
gave every indication of lasting until day
light to-morrow.
The Mcaracna Job Is Indorsed.
After the second fight on the silver ques
tion, the platform as a whole looked pretty
well fagged out. It was decided to tike a
recess this time till 8 r. si. Before doing
so the report of the sub-Committee on Mis
cellaneous Subjects was received. This
committee dealt with the Nicaragua Canal.
Judge Estee, of California, and Henry D.
Pierce, of Indianapolis, who spoke before
the committee as representatives of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Nicaragua Canal
Congrcssjust held in St. Loui3,were granted
all they asked. The sub-committee re
ported a plank recognizing the Nicaragua
Canal as of transcendent importance to the
"United States in view of its necessity in
time of war and its great utility in forward
ing interests ot productions and commerce,
and recommending all proper steps be
taken to secure the building of it by Amer
ican capital.
At this point adjournment to 8 P. M. fol
lowed. The two planks already completed
were placed, meanwhile, in the hands of a
revision committee composed of Gore, of
Nebraska; Piatt, of Connecticut; Teller, of
Colorado; Brackett, of Massachusetts, and
Thompson, of Pennsylvania.
Upon reassembling, the full committee
having apparently satisfied the silver men
with the insertion in the tariff plank of an
emphatic protest against the-action ot the
Democracy in singling out lead with wool
as the articles to be placed on the free list,
it was supposed that the white metal men
would subside.
A Second Point for the Westerners.
Nothing was further heard from the
"Westerners, though they stuck to their
previous effective declarations that with
lead taken care of the silver States could
be carried by the Republicans.
The silver men, as soon as the committee
was fairly under way, discussing what
should be"the second plank of the platform,
trotted out free silver as fresh as ever.
Another hot fight ensued and a second vic
tory resulted for the silver men, though, as
before, not what they aimed at. The New
York aod New England committeemen
proved far too strong for anything like a
flat-footed declaration for unlimited coinage
or anything similarly radical.
The upshot was on agreement that the
second plank should deal with the silver
question. The compromise as to the lan
guage was that the declaration should be
substantially as follows:
The American people are, by tradition and
inteiest, in Iavor ot bimetallic coinage of
gold aud silver, but ono dollar should be as
good as another dollar; that bllvershould be
coined at a ratio to be fixed by legislation,
und that the forthcoming International
Conference is indorsed as probably furnish
ing a satisfactory solution of this vexed
question -of financial relations.
Tried to sTass Bogus Money.
"While trying to pass a $20 counterfeit
bill in Canton, O., yesterday, Isaaic Staines,
of this citv. was arrested. Several mer
chants in that vicinity have been -fotimized
lately and the police are looking for accom
plices.
THURSDAY, JUNE 9.
MAIMED OF A DAY. '
Three Boys Narrowly Escape a Watery
Grave Several Rapid Transit Accidents
Reported Minor Injuries In the Various
Manufactories Attended To.
There was a rather startling accident in
the Monongahela river at the foot of South
Tenth street last night about 10 o'clock
which might have resulted in the death of
three boys. Willie Lane, Frank Brown
and Harry Bowers, all lads about 12 to 15
years of age, were in a Bkiffi They had
been up the river and were rowing home
ward when they met the towboat Horner.
The boys did not see the boat until it was
almost on top of them. They started to
pull toward the shore, but before they
could get away the boat had struck their
skiff and turned it over, throwing the lads
into the river. They could all swim, to
which fact alone is due their rescue. They
were run down under the boat and one of
them, who could not swim so skillfully as
the others, had a hard struggle with the
waves in the wake of the boat He
managed to keep on top of the water, how
ever, until assistance arrived. All three
boys were rescued by the collectors at the
South Tenth street bridge and Lieutenant
Johnston, who took them to their homes
nearby.
The list of the minor accidents reported
follows:
Babdslet Rebecca Bardley, a 6-year-old
irlrl, lestdinic in the reurofStOl Ponn avenue,
was knocked down by Butler street car No.
120 about 5 o'clock laet night at Twenty
fourth street and her leg was broken.
Jacobs Heni-v T. Jacobs, a brakeman on
the Allegheny Valley Kailroad, had a foot
badly crushed in a switch at Twenty-eighth
street last night.
WALUr-E Tnomas WnluDe. emnloved at a
Woods' Run mill, had his foot crushed by an
ingot yesterday. He was taken to his home
on Adam street.
Day Andrew J. Day, manager in Oliver &
Robeits' wire mill, bad a rod run through
his foot yesteraay, inflicting a very painful
wound. ,
Hasbich-Georgo Hnnnach, In the employ
of Booth & Flinn, was tin own from Ills wagon
by a colli'ion with car No. 214 of the Citizens'
Traction line at Fenn avenue and Eleventh
street. His arm was broken and he sus
tained a severe scaln wonnd.
Kramer Adam Kramor, a resident of
Enoch street. Eleventh ward, fell off the
platform or a Wylle avenue car yesterday
and broke his right arm.
Bolts Peter Boles, an employe of Phillips
& Co.'s glass works, had his toot severely
burned whilo attending the gas fnrnace at
the works.
Cahbott In the Pittsburg Lomotlve
Works, yesterday, the right foot of Cliailes
Carbott, an emplove, was so badly crushed
by a heavy sbret of Iron that it is feared the
injured member will have to bp amputated.
Werhner Twelve- ear-old Katie Werli
ncr, who was run over at Pcnn avenue and
Sixth street yesteiday, sustaining serious
injuries, is in a much improved condition.
Thomas Moore, the driver, who indirectly
caused the accident, is locked up.
FAMINE IS AVERTED.
Supplies Arrive In Largo Quantities and the
Hungry Citizens Are Fed Rastanrants
and Ealing Bonscs Accommodate Every
body That Applies Green Grocers Upen
Up Again.
Oil" City, June 8. Special. Green
grocer stores have been opened up in vari
ous parts of the city, and the famine that
yesterday blankly stared the poorest people
in the face has been averted. Every incom
ing train brought provisions of all kinds
from the city, and a rushing business has
been done. C. M. Gilson, who conducts a
small store across the creek from the burned
out district, says that the demand to-day
for fruits, berries and spring garden pro
duce is unprecedented. Between the hours
of noon and 6 o'clock he sold over 500 boxes
of strawberries, and other green stufM in
proportion. Every home-going man, woman
and child bore a package, larger or smaller,
roughly done up in the brown paper pecu
liar to'provision stores.
The restaurants were better prepared to
care for their patrons and the visitors than
upon yesterday, and this welcome state of
affairs was appreciated by all. To give
some idea of the really famished condition
many of the people were in, it is but ncces
sary'to state that upward of 1,200 people
were waited upon between C o'clock this
morning and noon in a restaurant where the
daily average of patrons barely numbers 50.
The dining rooms at the city hotels were
crowded at breakfast and dinner with citi
zens as well as transients and the boarding
houses were especially well patronized.
The worst is over now and the people have
returned to their, family meals, but for a
while things looked exceedingly blue.
PAIS TING THE TOWN BED.
Story of the Origin of This Tamons and
Festive Thrase.
San Francisco Call.
Hugh Slicer, of the old banking firm,
Greathouse & Slicer, told tne that the
laconic term, "Painting the town red,"
grew out of a little argument between
Jakey Williams and a miner named Rogers,
which took place on a snowbank before the
door of the Fashion saloon in the spring of
1853.
Certainly the town was painted red, and
remained till the late spring carried away
the bloody snow. If ever a brother's blood
"called from the grave," the blood of that
poor miner did. But he should have left
the withered Mexican woman alone and
stuck to his claim ten miles away. And so
the miners did nothing.
Rogers fell a victim to what the boys used
jocosely to call the "fatal five-shooter."
There was but one weapon in all the Sier
ras as fatal to the man who used it as
the five-shooter, and that other wan the
Allen "pepper box." The row between
Rogers and Redheaded "Williams began in
the Fashion. Williams followed up with a
knife, and Rogers firing his little five
shooter as he retreated into the street,
and up the snowbank. Here he fell
dead, cut all to pieces, hut not until he had
landed every bullet in his enemy's breast.
Williams trot well, and was. of course, a
v"hero." He had killed his man in a hand-
to-hand fight, and was drunk with
his importance. He did not long keep
quiet But his record is a low, cruel
one. He was in at the death of the
famous Cherokee Bob and his friends in
Florence, Idaho, in 1862, and was finally
knifed to the heart by a Mexican while
United States Marshal of Idaho. Bnt the
blood and the snow in Yrekal It spread
and spread. They poured hot water on it
from the saloon, but that onlv made it
spread the more. The snow at length fell
so deep that the open street became impassi
ble, and men kept along the sidewalks. But
the1 blood came right up through it and
spread and spread and spread, till, as Hugh
Slicer said, it "painted the town red."
Italy's Gold Mine.
Bt. James Gazette.
A yearly income of over 20,000,000 is a
handsome return to get for the trouble of
entertaining strangers. This, it is said, re
presents the amount of gold spent in Italy
every year by tourists and visitors from
foreign countries. Traveling 'American
millionaires and others contribute about a
third of the total amount; Englishmen and
others the remainder.
IV. E. Elliott Killed at St. tools.
A telegram was received at police.head
guarters early this morning from St. Louis
stating that W. E. Elliott, of this city, had
been killed there, aud asking w-hat disposi
tion should be made of the remains. The
only person of' that name given in the city
directory is a blacksmith at Thirteenth
street and Mulberry alley.
The First Writing Telegraph Machine.
Prof. Gray's writing telegraph machine is
claimed to be the first practical writing
telegraph ever devised. The message is
copied on a sheet of paper and can be
worked in "connection 'with the telephone.
It has been in the hands ot a Chicago com
pany called Gray's International Telegraph
Company.
1892.
BLAINE IN BOSTON,
After Narrowly Missing aEail-
road Wreck He Arrives
in the Morning.
FEW CALLEES FAYOEED.
His Desk Is Piled All Day With Tele
grams From Minneapolis.
A QUIET DAI IS SPENT IN-D00KS.
He Evidently Keeps His Finger Well on
the Political Pulse.
THE EX-PREMIER IN PERFECT HEALTII
rSFECIAI. TXLZOIUH TO THE DISFArCH.l
Boston, June 8. Mr. Blaine kept, his
finger on the pulse of the Minneapolis Con
vention all day to-day, and to-night he
knows more about the plans of the men
who are trying to stampede the convention
for him than anybody at Minneapolis who
is not a member of the inner circle.
He reached Boston early this morning,
en route for Bar Harbor. His plan was to
continue his journey this afternoon, but
something from Minneapolis caused him to
make a radical change in his plans. He in
tends now to remain in Boston until to
morrow night, and possibly until Friday.
All day he remained in his rooms at the
Brunswick the Presidental suite and re
mained in constant communication with the
powers that be at Minneapolis. A bushel
of telegrams showed that his movements
were known in the convention city, and it
kept one wire busy discharging its electric
freight upon Mr. Blaine's center table.
Bon. Henry Cabot Lodge Caller.
If that wire could be interviewed, in
could, in all probability, tell a mighty in
teresting story. Mr. Blaine is as sphinx
like as ever, and has not indicated, so far as
the public could see, the slightest interest
in the struggle now going on in the West.
He has seen but few callers to-day. Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge had an hour's chat with
the ex-Secretary, during which time nobody
was admitted.
When questioned as to his interview
with Mr. Blaine, Mr. Lodge said it had no
political significance. Mr. Blaine, he said,
did not confide in him what his desires or
hopes were in respect to the Presidental
nomination. Senator John Simnkins,
President of the Republican Club of Massa
chusetts, was another favored caller, but
Senator Simpkins was received as a per
sonal friend and not as a political leader.
He was accompanied by his two sisters.
They remained but a few minutes.
Late in the afternoon Senator Simpkins
placed his victoria at Mr. Blaine's disposal,
and the latter, accompanied by Mrs. Blaine,
enjoyed a long ride in the suburbs. They
stopped at the house of Hon. Robert C.
Winthrop, and both Mr. and Mrs. Blaine
entered to pay their respects to the vener
able statesman. This was Mr. Blaine's only
outing during the day.
He Narrowly Escapes a Wreck.
He came to Boston over the New York
and New England line, and narrowly
escaped being wrecked. His train barely
crossed the drawbridge at the end of the
depot platform when a tugboat, whose ma
chinery had become disabled, banged full
tilt into the draw, smashing the piles as if
they were bnt straws and wrecking the track
over which Mr. Blaine's car had glided but
a moment before. This was at 7 o'clock.
There were not many people in waiting,
for Blaine's coming was not generally
known. A small army of reporters wel
comed the ex-Secretary. They had been
waiting quite a while when the train rolled
in. Mr. Barnes, one of the proprietors of
the Brunswick, was among those in wait
ing, and he had a barouche for his distin
guished guest. He essayed to enter Mr.
Blaine's car, but he was stopped by an in
flexible yellow Cerebrus iu white jacket
and anron. who stood firmly braced unon
the lower step, and turned a deaf ear to all
importunities.
"Mistah Blaine hain't grit up yet When
Mr. Blaine gets up, p'aps he will see yon,
p'aps he won't," with a significant emphasis
on the "won't."
Cerebrum No Respecter of Persons.
"But I am Mr. Barnes, of the Brnnswick
Hotel, where Mr. Blaine is to stop."
He misht just as well have been "Mr.
Barnes of New York," for all the effect pro
duced upon that stoical poster. He couldn't
go in, or anybody else.
In about an hour Mr. Blaine and his fam
ily left the car and were driven to the hotel.
Mr. Blaine signified his desire for break
fast at once, his morning ride having
whetted his apnetite considerably. Two of
the Brunswick's best colored waiters were !
dispatched to Mr. Blaine s apartments to
take the order.
Mrs. Blaine took the order for breakfast in
charge observing that she knew just what was
the desire of the party, and after perming the
menu for some moments she ordered straw
berries and cream, sirloin steak, lyonnaise
potatoes, riccd griddle cakes, bread, coffee,
An hour or so was spent over the breakfast,
Mr. Blaine keeping very quiet. After
breakfast, he looked over the morning pa
pers, which had been ordered, and kept
closely closeted in his room, reviewing the
reports from Minneapolis. To all callers,
with the exception ot those mentioned, Mr.
Blaine was "not in."
Evidently In Excellent Health.
Mr. Blaine's appearance showed much
improvement since his last visit in Boston.
His step was elastic and firm, his eye bright
and keen, and his color perfectly natural
and fresh. He wore a brown derby
hat, with gray overcoat and a
quiet business suit. His man
ner was that, of a man greatly
relieved by relaxation from pressing cares,
and his disposition was evidently buoyant
and cheerful. It was simply the quiet New
England gentleman home on his vacation,
with nothing in his carriage and manner of
the great statesman whose career has dis
tinguished him as the foremost sagacious
Premier of his day and generation in the
eyes of the world.
After his return from the ride Mr. Blaine
had dinner served in his room and retired
early, leaving imperative orders that he
must not-be disturbed.
Don't Hesitate
About going to Kensington. You will make
money iryou do. Make a purchase of a lot
and in a short t'me it will be worth twice
the amount paid for it. Tho many works
civo this new citv its stahility nnd make
the propcrtv so vnliialilc. Thcielsno risk
in buying lots nt Kensington. Come to ofllce
at No. 73 Fourth avenue and get frceiail
road tickets.
Cnt G'a for Weddings.
A grand assortment ill ourlllue Room
AH the now snapos and cuttin. Our cut
glass is famed for its deep, hold, rich cut
tings and intense biilliancy.
E. P. Eodehts & Sr.KS.
Ths Fifth avenue and Market street.
Onrx Cabinets.
A most beautiful line just opened by Hardy
& Hayes. Come and sea them. They are in
the ftococo and Colonial styles. Everything
for the weddings now in, nt
Hakdv & Haves', Jewelers,
5.9 Multhtleld street.
A Great Chance.
Tho quickest way to make money at pres
ent is an investment in Kensington lots. Go
out and see tho now city and make a selec
tion of one or more lots and your money
-will soon double. Call at office, 79 Fourth
avenue, and get free railroad ticket.
A NEURALGIA EPIDEMIC.
More Victims or the Painful Ailment Than
for Many Tears Diphtheria and ForIa
tlna Cases Also Kumtroni-Djmp
Weather ths Cause.
For the past ten days there has been an
epidemic in this city, particularly in the
East Liberty "Valley, of neuralgia of the
most excruciatingly painful degree. While
not a dangerous disease in any sense, its
victims suffer untold agony, and in the
epidemical wave which seems to have swept
over the city, the ordinary remedies which
usually subdue the pain; apparently have
no effect, and the suffering continues with
little or no abatement from day to day.
ThcDrs. McClelland, of the East End,
soy that never in their large experience
have they seen so many cases and such
stubborn ones as they have just now, and.
other prominent physicians have the same
experience. The damp weather and the
many recent electrical storms are charged
with being the cause of the trouble. It
seems that every person who has ever had a
touch of neuralgia is suffering from it now
in a ten-fold degree, and many who never
before experienced it are being initiated
with a vengeance.
One of the worst features of the disease is
that the pain prevents its victims from
sleeping, and in many cases from eating
more than barely enough to sustainlife.
Several cases are quoted where patients
have been afflicted lrom light to ten days,
and have not slept more than two or three
hours a day or eaten a square meal in that
time. The majority of those under medical
treatment are women, but several business
men about town are known to have ben
laid up several days with the painful afflic
tion. The physicians have no hope of
effecting a cure while the weather continues
as it has been for two weeks, and there is
little consolation to be offered to the suffer
ers. The weather is also credited with causing
a large increase in the number of diphtheria
and scarlatina cases recently. Every clay
for two week? there has been reported to
the Bureau of Health several new cases of
each disease, and they are not confined to
any particular section of the city, all parts
being included in the reports. Five new
cases ot scarlatina and two of diphtheria
were returned yesterday.
THE CONFEDERATE TBEASUBY.
Lincoln's Brother-ln-Latv Tells How the
Last 370,000 Was Divided.
Atlanta Constitution.
Dr. a R. C. Todd, of Barnwell, S. C, a
distinguished surgeon of the Confederate
army and a brother-in-law of Abraham Lin
coln, describes the division of the last
money of the Confederate army, a matter
which was much discussed in the news
papers a few years ago.
"I had been with the soldiers coming
down, and I heard the Kentucky and Vir
ginia troops saying they were eoing to have
some of the money or have blood. I told
Breckinridge, -who was the Secretary of
War, what 1 had heard, and expressed the
opinion that there might be rioting and
bloodshed.
" There may be rioting," said he, 'but no
bloodshed.' I then suggested to him the
propriety of a division of the money among
the soldiers, and he replied: 'We "will see
about it.' In the party were the Confeder
ate Cabinet and the officers of the four bri
gades of troops which were with us when
we crossed the Savannah river. We had
j the last money of the Confederate treasury
tiO.OOO in gold and silver, besides some
cold belonging to the Bank of Richmond.
The money was in charge of Colonel Mor
gan, a brother of the famous John Morgan.
We crossed the Savannah river on pontoons
and went on the road toward AVashington,
Ga. When we had gone two miles from the
river we stopped at a log cabin on the south
side of the road, and there the $70,000 was
paid out. Mr. Davis had gone on about
four miles ahead of us with his stafH
"The division was made by a caucus of
the men. Those present were Vaughn's,
DeBrell's, Basil Dukes' and Humphrey
Marshall's brigades. Some of the brigades
returned fictitious names in order to get
more money. The division was $26 25 for
each man,' officers and common soldiers
faring alike. Divide 570,000 by 25 and
you will see how many (2,606 men) were
returned by the census of the four brigades.
In the paying out we finally came to a keg
of silver ingots pieces 3 by 4 inches
square. They opened a box of gold belons
ing to the Bank of Richmond. They made
a rough estimate of the value of that gold
and oi the keg of silver and exchanged
them. In that way I got some gold. Then
ther carried the Bank of Richmond money
to the bank at Washington, Ga., and de
posited it. They took none of it except a
little box, for which thev substituted the
keg of silver. ingots. While the money was
being divided Colonel Morgan paid a man
S5 an hour to guard it. When we got
through Morgan took the remaining money
and drove it away in the dark. Thence it
landed in the bank at Washington, Go."
MENTAL TELEGEAPHY.
Ihe Phenomenal Foreboding of the Ar
rival of a Person or a Letter.
To-day one would better hesitate to call
a person "superstitious" simply because he
is rather inclined to believe there may
be something in thought transference.
The faet is that everybody one
meets seems to hare an experience to
relate bearing upon the subject
The other evening at a family dinner
table anecdotes of the war went around.
One brother said: "The funniest thin? I
heard during the four years was in my first
battle. I don't know when I thought ofit
before. A man near me was overcome by
pure nervousness and broke out into loud
weeping. His brother stood by him mor
tified and ashamed. 'Stop that,' he said,
shaking him. 'You coward! Anybody would
think vou were a baby!'
" "Oh.I wish I was a baby,' blubbered the
miserable one in solemn earnest, 'and a girl
babv at that!' "
The next morning at breakfast the nar
rator of this anecdote said: "Whom do you
think I saw last night? The man who wanted
to be a 'girl bafiyP I haven't seen or heard
of him since the war. He lives in the West
and was here for the first time in 20 years.
Doesn't it seem as though his vicinity put
that old story into my mind?"
Most of us are familiar with the pschical
phenomenon of the arrival of a letter from
a person of whom we have been suddenly
set thinking, or of his ring at the door, thus
announced.
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