w - -(.- mm THE PTTTSBTniG .DISPATCH. SUNDAY, JUNE 12. 1893. THE RGHTTO COME As Politicians at tlie National Capital Are Begining to Size It Up. ANIMOSITIES DUNG OUT, And a United Front Certain to Be Presented to the Common Enemv. WHAT MUST BE DONE TO WIN OUT, Combinations of States Republicans Can lose Without Danger. IHIW TOE!! THE GREAT BATTLEGROUND JCrFCIAI. TKLEGHAmiC LETTER.! KrnEAr or Tiie DisrATcn. Wamiimitox. D. C. June 11. iTotfr that tlie Republican ticket is nomi-nat-J the crent question with all adherents ol the part-, and of other parties as well, is whether it can be elected. This is a lively topic, :nd in the absence of a session of either branch of Congress to-day, Senators nd Representatives, in somewhat meager number, sit in the chambers and discuss the "situation." Of course, upon the surface, there is but one expression on either side. Republicans Essert the ticket will win. Democrats pro fess to be elated with the finale of the Re publican (actional quarre, and to feel as sured mat there can be but one outcome, and that a great victory for the Democratic party. The first and decidedly vital feature that intrudes is in rc;ard to the action of the distinguished managers whose purpose of defeating Harrison's nomination met with rach horrific disaster yesterday. Xo one Fccnis io have a clear idea of the intentions ot the defeated managers. Probably they themselves are not more decided as to their ov.n actions than is the general public. Hafts of Itainors .Afloat. All kinds of rumors are afloat that Clark son will retire from the National Commit ter, and at the verv least remain inactive; tliEt Piatt and Miller will quietly put the knife to Harrison's throat in Xew York; that ecn in Pennsylvania the word will be paed around, and that the majority usuallv so certain and so magnificent in a PresiuVnisl car w ill be turned over to the Democratic candidate. Of course, there are only wild specula tions. The assumed malcontents are all Republicans. They have been beaten in a lairfici-t, barring, perhaps, the prolific em jiiojment of the great machine of the office Sioiders. They are not men to cry over a f-otird beating! Many of them are used to it, and simply await a good opportunity to pet at the other fellow again, with the ad vantage on their side. While they will uiafcr no advances toward friendship with the President, it is not to be entertained for a mmnent that they will resort to open opposition. Clarkson will doubtless retire from the National Committee. He cannot for many reasons remain at its head, even if the new committee should chose him. If Harrison and Reid should prove a winning ticket it would be well enough, but otherwise, should he remain the chief of the com mittee, he would be execrated as a traitor, who, as the chief bfficer of the party, had fcecretly conspired against the candidates. CIark.on in an Unpleasant Position. Ci.Tkson's position is unfortunate, made m hy his open advocacy of Blaine, but it c:u:not be ignored, and the general opinion ' that he will jcluse to serve on the new committee. It is conceded that on only one condition can he remain, and that is at the direct, pub lic and urgent demand of the President. If tiie Chief Executive, the party candidate, insist upon his acceptation of the chairman ttiip he could safely keep his hand on the helm of party affairs, fearless of accusation, no matter what the result. That steps will be taken by the President and his friends on one hand, or by the op i ositinn on the other to come to an under standing, of course no one can say at this time. It is too soon, and the wounds of Yesterday and of the last few weeks are too Iresh to admit of any serious discussion of the subject. That great efforts will be made by the conservative leaders of both factions, in bring the inharmonious elements to getlu r. goes ithout saying. The coldness and reserve of the President and the hearty !iligerencc of his opponents will be the great obstacle in the way. IIia Suppositions Heine Canvassed. Supposing that this important condition to tie disposed of. Supposing that Clark son, riait and Quay have fallen upon the UErumtion.tl neck of the President, that the conveut.onal tears have been shed and the ronvcntion:" ovulatory performance has been concluded. Supposing the party, rank and file, to be united, harmonious and enthusiastic, the doubt in regard to success is still a verv grave one. The last Electoral College consisted of 401 eJcrtor.s, the requirement to elect being 301. On account t increased representa tion under the new ceus the old States liave 2." additional electors and 20 more nrise lrom the admission of new States. If the old States should vote at the coming flection as thev did in 18S8 the Republicans uld have 219 electoral votes, and if the new States should all ghe Republican ma jorities as thev have at the State elections fince their admission, 20 votes would be added, making 2G9 to a possible J73 certain votes lor the Democrats. But it the old and the new States cast their votes as thej- did at the elections since 188S, recurring prit.ci;ally in 1890 and 1891, the r. suit vtcmlii be astly different, lor in these elections Iowa, Indiana, Massachusetts ami Nen York ere transferred to the Dem ocratic column, and upon that basis the next electoral vote would stand 18G for the Inuulie.iiis and 2o8 for the Democrats, or IS more than the number necessary to elect. I'ossIblUtirs of the Election. In this computation four of the Michigan elector- are included, as that State will elect by Congressional districts, and will almost cert.iiulv give 10 electors to the Itepulilicans and lour to the Democrats, aioreov.-r, ot the new States, Montana, at least, with three electoral votes, is not to be uepende ! on, barring all doubts as to two or tiiiceotliei of the silver States which may -avc the Rpublicans on account of the lree cnin.i:re question, but which need not now be considered. Takin-.', however, the basis of the late Btate elections, the Republicans will have only ISO absolutely sure electors for their candidate, counting 10 from Michigan. This will lea c ."!7 to gain. Prom this number 15 but lair!y be subtracted, as Massachusetts will almost certainly cast its electoral vote lor Harrison and Reid. This will leave 22 votes to "ct from Stales that may fairly be Classed as naturally Democratic with the exception ot Iowa. Tiie best information from Iowa puts that State in a very doubtful column. It the Jtemoerats nominate Cleveland and Boies, according to my information lrom both Jiemocrats and Republicans of that Slate, Iowa is doubtful, with the chances in favor ot the Democrats, on account ot the coali tion ol Republicans with the Prohibitionists anl the destruction ot ilie brewery industry, which has turned a great German element lrom the Republican party. JJni Vo't-s Tliat Must lie Had. But admitting Iowa to the Republican -olutiin, as it has never failed in its Re publicanism on the occasion of a Presidental flection, and deducting its 13 votes from the before standing in favor of the Demo- X- )'.-c'(- -' - to rt stil! sf-irn tile Republicans in the face, and u all of the States, with the possible exception of Michigan, will cast their electoral votes as a unit, and as the States now stand, those 9 votes are difficult to get as though they were the 1C of Indiana or the 56 of ICew York. Aside lrom Indiana and Hew York the only hope is in West Virginia and Connecti cut, with six votes each, which would give three more than is required for election. But West Virginia and Connecticut are as hopeless as either Indiana or New York, or at least, the latter. The conquest of Con necticut will not be attempted. To carrv West Virginia honestly would be tobe counted out bv the Democratic election boards, as it is admitted bv Elkins, Quay and Clarkson, who have carefully looked over the ground. Indiana, even with Har rison as the candidate, is looked on as a for lorn hope. Of course, in the circumstances attending the nominations, a tremendous eflort 111 be made by the Republican lead ers of the Slate, headed by John C New, to secure a majority, but the best judgment of greater leaders than New negative the pos sibility. w York Once Store the Ba'tlesronnd. This would leave New York as the battle ground, with Whitelaw Reid, himself a millionaire, his wife also a millionairess, his father-in-law, D. O. Mills, 20 times a millionaire, to carry the day with money and influence, with the Tribune and Prest lmeb of Ihem. and all of the other great papers of the metropolis fighting the ticket because Reid is on it, it for no other reason. Taking all of the doubtful States, accord ing to the late elections, into consideration, and as above giving 186 sure electoral votes to the Republicans, that party can win with New York and Connecticut, and give Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts to the Demo crats; thev can win with Massachusetts, Iowa and Indiana, and give Ncr York and Connecticut to the Democrats; they can win with New York and Iowa, and give Indiana, Massachusetts and Connecticut to the Democrats, and they can win with New York and either Indiana or Massachusetts, and give the other States in question to the Democrats. The general opinion is, however, that New York will be the battlefield. That State offers the greatest opportunity for ex ploitation, as it has by far the largest float ing vote that is, the vote that can be swung to one side or the other by specious argument and the liberal use of money. Millions of Money to Be Had. There will be not only the millions at the command of Reid to do their part, but Chauncey M. Depew, who bore so strong a hand in the nomination of Harrison, will employ all the ramifications of the vast railroad interests which lie within his grasp in the support of Harrison and Reid. Back of this, however, far away on the Western horizon, looms up the cloud of the Alliance, hardly larger than a man's hand, but by no means to be ignored. If the Democrats feel any doubt in regard to the success of their party on a straight vote all they will have to do to win is to swing their forces in the strong Alliance Republican States of Iowa and Kansas to the electors of the third party and play the same trick in one or two Southern States, say North Car olina and Georgia, and this would throw the election into the present House of Rep resentatives, with its almost 150 majority, and that would settle the case ot the ticket so sensationally brought into existence yes terdav. Lightxer. BRITISH PEESS OK BLAIHE. .Nearly All the Insular Papers Aro Glad He Wa Defeated. IrOSDOK, June 11. The burden of the comments of all the evening papers on the re-nomination of President .Harrison and the selection of Whitelaw Reid as the Re publican candidate for Vice President is joy over the dcleat of Mr. Blaine. The rail 2IaU Gazette says: "Even those least in sympathy with Mr. Blaine as a pol itician may spare a passing regret at the cruel disappointment ot the man who is the ablest Republican and most astute politician in the United States." The Globe savs: "For once the American caucus was of real interest to outsiders, especially England. In view of the dissension in the Democratic party, the nominee of yesterday stands a good chance of being the next President. It wns a happy thing that the caucus decided over whelmingly against the great wire-puller whose entire career has been marked with attempts to make party capital out of foreign politics." The Globe then relates at length Mr. Biaine's acts of hostility towards England, as shonn in the Chilean affair, the Bering sea question, the Newfoundland matter, etc., and adds: "Even as it was. President Harrison sometimes had a difficult task to check the mischieC" The Star publishes a most violent attack on Mr. Blaine because of his protection principles, and sums up its estimate of President Harrison's qualifications by de claring that he is "a quiet, unassuming old gentleman cf great personal integrity, but without great ability." It then predicts the nomination of Mr. Cleveland by the Demo crats, and concludes by saying: "The sym pathies of all free traders and liberals should be with the champion of reform, Grover Cleveland." MUGWUMPS IN GREAT GLEE. The Boston Contingent Delighted Because Harrison Was Tfomiiiateri. Boston, June 1L The members of the Massachusetts Reform Club held their regu lar monthly dinner at Young's to-night, nnd the speeches made showed that Harrison's nomination was very satisfactory to them, for reasons not especially complimen tary to him, but because it was be lieved that it made Grover Cleve land's election all the more sure. All the speakers discussed the Minneapolis Con vention, and all agreed that Mr. Cleveland would be the nominee of the Chicago Con vention. Hon. George S. Hale presided. He said the Republican convention office holders had at last come to indorse the movement started by the Massachusetts Reform Club in 1881, andnow the people, with Grover Cleveland for' a candidate, will indorse the movement still more. Dr. Carroll C Everett rejoiced that Min neapolis had Mimed out a clean candidate. Mr. Moorcfieid Story said that eight vears aio the club had said that Blaine was not fit to be President, and now the Republican party hs indorsed that sentiment. James G. Mvcrs drew consolation' from the fact that the best elements in the party had won at Minneapolis. Hon. John E. Itnssell said Harrison secured the nomination by pack ing the convention with officeholders and subsidizing the press. Had the two-thirds rule been followed, as it will be followed in Chicago, Harrison would be a discredited man. "Hill's boom is only in Republican newspapers," said he. Edward Atkinson also spoke. MORTON NOT BAYING A WORD Because He Was Turned Down at His Own State's Dictation. Washington-, June 11. Special The question which agitates Washington to-day is "Why was Morton left off the ticket?" It is believed that this question could be answered by the President and by some of his Cabinet officers, as well as by Mr. Mor ton himself, but none of these gentlemen will talk on the subjeit except in a perfunctory way. The Dis- rATCH correspondent called on the Vice President this afternoon, and found him ready to converse freely on general political topics, but he courteously declined to sav anything about Mr. Reid's nomination, further than to express his satisfaction at the situation generally, and at the hopeful prospects of the party. He said that his re lations with the President and party leaders had been uniformly pleasant, and " he had not a word to say in complaint or criticism of the action of the New York delegation ami the convention in regard to the Vice Presidental nomination. Throughout the interview Mr. Morton singed '-Wlv '-i ! ii'-rl-nve-l n'l selfish consideration to the best intereati of the Republican party. At the same time, it was evident that the action of the conven tion had been a surprise to him as it was to the Washington public generally. SUPPORTERS OF HARRI80IC Telegraph the President That They Will Continue to Work for Him. WASHmoTOir, June 11. Among the telegrams received at the White House from Repnblican organizations, pledging their support to President Harrison upon his renomination, were messazes from the following: Marquette Cluh, of Chicago; the Marquette, Hamilton and Lincoln Clubs; the Republi can League, of Baton Eouge; the San Diego Chamber of Commerce; the Republican Guard of Albany; the Harrison White Cam paign Club, of Petsrsbnrg, Va.: the Morton Club, of Craw fordeville, Ind.; the Harrison and Bowden Club, of Norfolk; the Americas Republican Club, of Plttsbnrs: the Lima Republican Club, of Lima; the Morton Club, of Portsmouth; the DesMoines Veteran Tippecanoe Club; the Young Republican Club, of York, Pa.; the Garfield Republican Club, of York, Pa.: the State Central Com mittee, of San Francisco; the Business Men's Republican Clnb.of Rochester; the Harmony Legion, of San Francisco: the American and Morton Club, of New York; the Garfield Re publican Club, of Moridan, Conn.; the Mis souri State Committee; the Window Glass Workers, of America, tlirouzh J. P. Elicrhart, of Pittsburg; the Blaine Club, of West Philadelphia the Union League of Philadelphia, the Union League Club of Brooklyn, the Republican town committee of Montpelier, Vt., the Union Leagnn CluD of New York, tho Garfield Club or Dayton, O., the James G. BlaliimClub of Harlem, N. Y., the Young Men's Blaine Club of Cincin nati, the Harrison Cluh of Elmlrn, JT. Y., the ReDnbllcan Club of Brnokllne, Mass., tho Afro-Americans of New York, through Thomas Fortuno; the Garfield of Newark, N. J., the Republican Leigue of the State of New York, the Seventieth. Indiana Regi ment and many others. PUN WITH THE OHIO DELEGATION. IU Constituent! Advise a Return Home hy Somo Roundabout Way. Columbus, O., June 1L SpeciaLl The feeling against the Ohio delegation is one of amusement, coupled with disgust. A wag telegraphed the delegation to come home by way of New York, and to get home at night and shin up the back way, up the alleys, to their homes. It was suggested that the train stop three miles from town and allow the delegates to cross a few lots and get into the Central Lnnatio Asylum. Secretary of the Treasury Foster, of Ohio, who was appointed to deliver this State's vote to Harrison, comes in for a share of ridicnle also, because Ohio gave McKinley 45 and Harrison 1 vote only. Cleveland on Top at Youngstown. YOTJNGSTOWir, June 1L . Special. 1 At the Democratic County Convention to-day the Hill men succeeded in placing William A. Moline, a prominent attorney here, in the chair, and supposed they would have clear sailing to secure an indorsement for Hill for the Presidency, but the Cleveland contingent came to the front and succeeded in adopting a strong Cleveland resolution and instructing for him. Delegates to the Columbus convention were elected. Impromptu Ratification at TThe ellng. Wheeling, W. Va., June 1L The re nomination of Harrison was ratified to night in a way that showed that the Repub licans ot Wheeling are in line, regardless of personal preference previous to the con vention. It was an impromptu affair, but a few hours notice being given.and the streets were crowded with spectators to witness an informal parade in which Republicans of all classes joined. Democratic Primaries at Greensburg. Greensbukg, June IX ZSpeetal' A comparatively heavy vote was polled at the Democratic primaries in this county to-day. At this hour it looks as though Kuhns was nominated lor Senator. Ogden may. how ever, win. Kunkle seems to be the winner for Sheriff. Only 30 districts have been heard from. A MADMAN OH A TRAIN, He TerrifloK Passenger and Crew and Cap tures the Lcoomotlv. Holly, Mich., Juue 11. Samuel John son, a commercial traveler, whose home is Boston, came here from Milwaukee last night and took a train at Grand Haven for Detroit this morning When the train reached Durand, Johnson pulled out a re volver. After terrifying the passengers he went to the baggage car. taking possession at the point of his pistol and driving out the messenger and his assistant. When the train arrived here, the man, who was evidently crazy, ordered the con ductor to start the train again. The con ductor refused and Johnson fired several shots at him, but all went wide of the mark He then jumped upon the engine and com pelled the engineer to go ahead. The train had gone but a short distance when the maniac leaped off and fired a vol ley at the engineer, who escaped without bc'ing hit The madman then started for the outskirts of the town, with a crowd of men and boys in his wake. The Sheriff finally captured him and took him to jail, after several shots had been exchanged between them. After Johnson was arrested it was found that he as suffering from an acute attack of alcoholism. AN EXPRESS ROBBING CONSPIRACY. .Employes Carry on a Snccrssful 'Series of "Extensive rilferlng. Chicago, June 1L For some time past the Adams Express Company has been missing packages m of jewelry, money and other valuables while in transit from its various branch offices to the main office in this city, also on the way to the depots. Manager G. Seaton, of the company, and the police department have been hard at work on the robberies, and astonishing de velopments are jjromised in a few days. Two arrests were made last Wednesday and John O'Connell was taken into custody last night, charged with complicity in the affair. His arrest followed the confession of Jerry Iioughlin, one of the wagon watchers, who.'with Jud Washer, was 'held to the grand jury yesterday. Loughlin was brought face to face with O'Connell this morning. Here he made a startling state ment Loughlin said be was in O'Connell's wagon one night when they were carrying a valuable money package. While crossing the Madison street bridge Loughlin savs O'Connell proposed that they rifle the money poach, fill it with bricks and throw it into the river. He implicated O'Connell in thefts of valuable jewelry packages. But Kensington lots and you will double your money. Cheap Excursions to Chicago, Accouut Democratic National Convention. On June 16 to 20, inclusive, the Pittsburg and Western Kailway will sell round trip tickets to Chicago, lrom principal stations on its lines, good to return until -July 8 at very low rates. Bur Kensington lots and you will donble your money. I. intern Tarade. Read the route in another column. But Kensington lots and you will double your money. Bur Kensington lots and you will double your money. Ladle, Just Note Other dealers' prices fqr muslin underwear, then come to Kaufmanns' special half-price salo this week and save fully 00 per cent But Kensington lots and you will double your money. But Kensington lots nnd you will doable i i i .-1 ON INSANITY'S VERGE Are Many Shuddering Snryivors of the Oil Eegion Calamity. ONE MORE BODY AT TITDSVILLE. 1 Shifting Channel Threatens Another Awful Catastrophe. LATEST TALE OF PERSONAL IIKEOISJl rSnCTAt. TEI.IGRAH. TO THI DISPATCH.! Tttusvillb, June 11. Sunday, the sev enth day of the great disaster, once more (approaches over the quiet and obliterated town. There will be no force of men atv work in the ruins to-morrow. The gangs who have labored day in and day out demand rest, and there are not enough others to fill their places. To-day, at 9 A. M., another body was taken out of the death trap at John Breen's res taurant. Here the flood gullied away 'the cellar wall and swept the debris under the building. The terrible stench of decompos ing bodies once more guided the workmen, while it almost overcame them before the object of their search was reached. The recovered body is Albert Osmer, aged 9 years. Decomposition had made the body perfectly black, and it was entirely nude. The burial at Woodlawn was madewith all the haste possible, as there is a dread that a pestilence will add to the horrors. To-night Osmer has been on the streets, wailing for his lost son. His REMAINS OP GOODRICH mind has given way under the terrible strain. Still Another Catastrophe Threatened. An additional alarming feature developed to-day for the first time. The shifting of the channel of the creek has endangered an other large and prosperous portion of the town until now exempt from danger. Strung along the extreme eastern flats are three great refineries, the Joy radiator plant and other small factories. The dis trict is only divided from the angry waters of Oil creek by the roadbed of the D., A. Y. & P. Railroad. The creek was formerly no nearer than half a mile; now it is at the doors. Talks with prominent citizens disclosed the alarming fact that the new current of Oil creek may any morning cause another such catastrophe as has occurred. Immedi ate steps are declared necessary to change the channel of the creek to its old position, Boathoute, Ganadohta. and thus remove at least the immediate dan ger of another flood. A speoial meeting of Council has been called for Monday to take action on this matter. It ha come to light to-day that heroic Henry Butler and George Pease, two vic tims of the disaster, had reached places of safety, and only again ventured into the flood" that they might save two other lives. The Latest Tale of Heroism, " They were on a big pile of driftwood back of the city mills, waiting to be taken safely awav, when the sight of a mother with her helpless babe clinging to her neck, met their sight. Butler and Pease, without a moment's hesitation, plunged into the waves to the rescue. All Tour corpses were fouud within a radius of 15 yards. The woman's arms were empty, but around the rugged neck ot Pease were clasped the tiny, cold arms of the dead child. Hardy work men who drew them from the ruins, and knew the story, burst into tears and could do no other work than tenderly care for the four dead. Dr. Benjamin Lee, Secretary of the State Board of Health, arrived from Philadelphia this morning and held a long conference with the local board, after which he visited the devastated districts. Dr. Lee believed there was great danger of an epidemic, and thought the local board had made great Rebuilding CanndoMa Dam. strides in lessening the danger, but advised prompt action. To-day cash receipts swelled the relief fund over $10,000, making the bank account $35,000, and total subscriptions ?GO,000. Pittsburg has already sent $10,000 for the two cities, while Johnstown sent 1,000, with more coming from both. The F.emoval of the Race Demanded. Business men demand the removal of the mill race running through town, and say it i largely responsible for the destruction. The proprietors of the race ask $17,000 for it, and Monday Councils will discuss the ad visability of closing it summarily. The edition of The Dispatch contain ing the exclusive matter about the Spar tansburg and Canadohata dams and the pictures, sold like wild-fire here, and copies cannot be bought now for CO cents each. The soldiers ran a good many tramps out ot the town this morning. Joseph Seep, the Standard Oil Company's representative here gave ont a good many checks for $25 to the life-savers to-day, and this at once swelled the number of self-dubbed heroes; but the checks were given only to heroes whose good deeds were well authenticated. Dr. Benjamin Lee, "of the State Board of Health, is on the ground to-day. He has recommended the lavish use of disinfect ants. He speaks favorably of the situation. Insurance adjusters were on the ground to day estimating the losses. They are mak ing settlements with remarkable prompt ness. No Estimate of Loss of Life. It is still as hard as ever to estimate the loss of life as so many strangers were in the city. The Opera House, it was found to day, was very badly damaged, the water having covered all the seats in the orchestra. The loss will be quite heavy. The proceedings of the Coroner's jury,- it is now admitted, will be of a purely routine character, and there will be nothing in the verdict placing the responsibility on any one. The jurors feel that -it was an act of TVvH.p Pr-ivine-e. nrd they n'e goini to :iZ - say so. They meet to-morrow but may ad journ for a few daya. The striking by lightning of s tank be longing to the National Oil Company, and the subsequent self-extinguishment of the fire, is regarded as a miracle by oil men here. 'There is no record of anything like it having happened before. 'A special telegram to The Dispatch from Oil City says: Affairs are settling gradually down here to a dull and uninter esting routine. The work of the relief com mittees is going steadily and stolidly on. Hundreds have been taken care of already, while hundreds ot others are asking for as sistance. , Slow Work Removlne Wrekacfc But little actual work was done here to day. The wreckage is slowly being carted away, but it will take months, if not years, for'the city is fullv recover from the "shock it received in a few brief minutes. The two bodies brought here this atternoon from .Iri" Hotel on Ijakc CanadofUa. Emlenton and Burton, four miles above Emlenton, have been identified as those of Ambrose Moran and William White. Mo ran, who was one of the most active of the rescuers, and AVhite, with James Roger. of Clapp farm, were coming down in a boat at the time the fire started. They tried their best to escape, but with out avail. With these two bodies the identification is completed of all who are positively known to be lost. Fifty-four jjjUJW- DAM, FIVE-MILE KTIX. bodies have been found and fully and posi tively Identified. Frank Yeager,of Si verlyville, who was in a boat doing rescuing work when the burst ol flame filled the valley, and who had a miraculous escape, lost his reason to-day. The nerves of many people have been strained to the highest tenion by the calamity, and other reportsmay be expected ot those who have been driven insane by grief and fright. A REBELLIOUS GIRL GRADUATE. When Not Allowed to Deliver Her Vale dlctorr frhe Has It Published. Mansfield, June 11. Special. A sensation was created in school circles in this city this evening. The High School commencement exercises were held in the Memorial Opera House yesterday. At almost the la-t moment the valedictorian, Miss Katherine Ink, daughter of a promi nent drygoods merchant, submitted her valedictory to the superintendent of the schools. The professor rejected it, because it contained some objectionable references to the teacher of the High School. The val edictorian claimed that it represented the sentiments of the class. A meeting of the Board ot Education was held, at which it was decided that if the address wns made public the young lady would receive no diploma. Miss Ink promised to destroy it and read an essay as her part of the programme and received her diploma. This afternoon the valedictory appeared in an aiternoon paper. The Su perintendent ot the Schools and the Board of Education now sy that in their regular meeting Monday night Miss Ink's diploma will be revoked. A LIVELY TIME Iff A MILL The Breaking of Two Huge Belt Drives Employes Away, Dolnt Much Damage. Beaveb Falls, June 'lL SpeciaL This moruing at 2 o'clock the main belt at the rod mill of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. parted while the mill was running at full speed. The report was like a cannon shot. The belt began flapping around at a tremen dous rate, smashing timber", breaking ma chinery and knocking everything about. The men took to their heels. To add to the confusion the electric lights went out. A big piece of timber then fell and broke another belt, which, together with the first, made a deafening noise. The engines, re leased from the tension of the belts, ran at a terrible rate of speed, during which time the air was filled with firing timbers, pieces of belt and dust. It took quite a little time to shut down the engines and restore order, when it was found tha". no one was badly injured, although several received slight bruises. The damage done to building and machinery is considerable. Asphyxiated in a Well. Massillon, June 1L Special Jacob Mohler, a prosperous farmer, living three miles west of this city, went down a well last evening to repair a pump and was over come by gas. His hired man, Raymond Latchett, went to h'is relief and was also asphyxiated. John Golf, a neighboring farmer, went down a ladder 15 feet and put a rope around the bodies of both men, and they were hauled up. Mohler was dead when taken out, and his man Latchett, after remaining in an unconscious condition for over an hour, recovered. The Fourth at Benver Falls. Beaver Falls, June 1L Special' The annual committee of the Fourth of July celebration to be held here met last night and reported everything going along swimmingly. The celebration will consist of a big parade by the United American Mechanics, military companies, firemen, 1C of O. E., K. ot P. and school children. Speeches by eminent orators from Pitts burg and elsewhere, bicycle, foot races and other sports, balloon ascension and parachute descension by Bradys, of Cleve land, and a magnificent display ot fire works in the evening are on the programme. The Amalcamated Shows IU Strength. Homestead1, June 1L Special To-day witnessed the largest labor demonstration ever seen in Homestead.' The occasion was the large parade held by the members ot the Amalgamated Association before going to their picnic, which was held at Rock Point. About 2,000 men were in line and 1,500 tickets were sold tor the special train to Rock Point. This is looked upon as an other sign worth considering in the labor trouble now pending. TrI-State Brevities. The contract for building the superstruct ure of the HcKeesport hoipltal lius been let to Daniel 8iratton lor $"28,800. A Fort Watse express train crashed into a locomotive of an excursion train at Roch ester, Pa., yesterday forenoon. Both engines and a baggage car were wrecked, but no one was hurt. Mas. Rosa Flexiho, whose daughter Clara was killed last fall on P., C, C. 4 St. L. E. R., by a lock fulling through the car, while en tering. Pittsburg, was awarded $2,700 by tho Jury at Little Washington. A switch engine on the Pittsburg and Western near Youngstown, yesterday morn ing, was derailed by a nil breaking, killing Conduotnr John 1. Garghill. Brakeman Patrick Ryan was fatally injured and Brake man Thomas Brigbam and Mike Lyons were iwUv nnrf. " SCsiSrs-s FRAUD AND SWINDLE Are What a New York Detective De clares He Can Prove Positively. THE CELEBRATED FIELD FAILURE. He Bases His Charges on the Claims of' an Intoxicated Han. A VERT GOOD CONTRACT MADE BY HIM fSPKCIAT. TELEGRAM TO Till! DISPATOII.1 New York, June 11. Lawyer Joseph L Green this morning materialized the mys terious client, the great unknown whose advent he has been darkly shadowing for several days. .Lawyer (ireen, who is a email, thin, young man, has been telling about a man who had consulted him as to1 how to reach the creditors of Field, Lind lcy, "Wiechers & Co., with a view to putting them in possession of valuable information about several hundreds of thousands of dol lars of missing securities which should have been among the assets of the firm. Further than this Lawyer Green refused to say, and for a time it seemed that Lawyer Green was going to keep the secret, leaving the world in a state of baffled and exasperated curiosity. But to-day Lawyer Green pro duced his man. Tiie mysterious client proved to be Frederic Palmer, a, private detective. "One evening," said Palmer, in expla nation of how he ferreted out his alleged discovery, "just before the Fitzsimmons light, I was in the Hoffman House cafe. As is usual at such times, there was quite a sporty crowd there. I fell into conversa tion with one of these nresent, and after discussing the fight the talk drifted around to the Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co. failure. How the Story Was Obtained. "This gentleman was on officer in an out-of-town bank. He had been drinking heavily, and he said that the failnre was a fraud and a steal, and that he knew where a lot of the securities had been hidden away. He was in no condition to talk then, so I made an appointment for him to lunch with me and two associates the next day. He came, and the result was that I began the investigations which have put me in possession of the information as to the whereabouts of between $450,000 and $550, 000 of the assets of the firm, where con cealed and kept from the creditors. "I cannot at present give the minute de tails ot the search and its result. I simply say that these assets are in stocks, bonds and gold certificates, and that they are in several banks in Massachusetts and Illinois. They were not hypothecated by E. M. Field, but were put there in some cases by himself nnd in other cases by persons near to him and acting tor him. They are not reported, because you know this would make the bankers receivers of stolen goods. But they are simply put in for safe keeping, and receipts have been given for them, the bankers not knowing exactly what is in the envelopes for which they have given very simple receipts. The Hidden Assets In Stocks. "These hidden assets are in stocks and bonds of Atchison, Quincy and other rail roads, and also in packages ot gold C3rtifi- cates. How, I have in my possession photographs of several receipts and checks that passed in the course of these transac tions, and that go far toward showing th'e truth of what I say. Through Mr. Green I have put myself in communication with several of the creditors, representing about $400,000 of the liabilities of the firm. "The way in which these concealments of assets were made shows how shrew Field was and how little insane. I think that the failure was a deliberate fraud, and that when Field saw the crash coming he hid away this money against a rainy day. The concealments were made from August to November, last year, as near as I can get at it. "A soon as I had some definite, informa tion I went to see Mr. Goodwin, the attor ney for the assignee. Mr. Goodwin ad vanced me $50 for expenses, and then seemed to take no further interest in the matter. I refused to disclose what I knew unless I had some sort of contract. A First-IEate Contract Made. "On June 7, Mr. Goodwin, writing for his firm of Vanderpocl, dimming & Good win, wrote me a letter promising me my expenses and 10 per cent of all I recovered, should I recover anything. He is bound to nothing unless I succeed in putting him in a position to attach and recover the securities. With that contract I am satisfied." Mr. Palmer produced the contract, the terms of which he had stated consequently. Mr; Cumming, the attorney lor Mr. Gould, said: "Ve have investigated Mr. Palmer and his story, and we find no reason for believing that it was true. I wrote him that letter promising him his expenses and 10 per cent under the approval of the court, provided he found anything, because we did not wish to leave any stone untnrned in the investigation. The contract commits us to nothing, and at the same time covers any possible chance that Mr. Palmer may have something." AMEBICA'S BIGGEST ENCAMPMENT. Soldiery From Twnlve States and Terrl-tori-n Pourinr Into Omaha. Omaha, June lL The Sealey Itifles, of Galveston, Tex., arrived this morning, the ad vance guard of the military companies which will next week take pnit in the meeting of the National Competitive Drill Association. This evening the Belknap Kifles, of San Antonio, also arrived and went into camp on the fair grounds, where a great city of white tents has sprung up. In front ot the commanders' tent a large flagstaff has been planted, and the flag will float over the largest encampment of National Guards ever held in America. The companies that will participate in the competition will come from Colorado, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas. Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Nebraska, Illinois, Tennessee, California aud 'Washington, D. C. THEFIKE EEC0EB. Cleveland W. P. Southworth Company's retail grocery store damaged S50.0C0. mostly on stock by water ana smoke. Loss in sured. Olean, JT. Y. The Bradford oil refinery, wlilch caught Are from an exploding still. Los, $50,000. Otto Anderson, a still man, U missing. Denver The People's Theater, owned hy ex.Senator Tabor. Loss. $30,000: insurance, $25,000. Tiie Are broke out shortly after the close of Friday night's performance. Birmingham, Ala. A number of business houses, dwcllinzs, a hotel and a furniture factory at Culhnantbe, a well-known Ala bama German colony. Loss, $du.O0O, partly f named. Calais, Me. Fire started along the line of tho Houlton road, spread rapidly in an east erly direction, and is now nearly to the line of the St. Croix and Penobscot Railroad. Two to three miles or flue timber land, owned principally by the Samuel Kelly estate and James "Marchies Sons, have bceu burned over. Grand Rapids, Mich. Through the cat e lesness ot a. btnge car painter, who lit a much to see what was wrong with the gas meter. Powers' Opera House, the larjrest theater in the city, nas damaged $40,000, and theblockin whicn it is situated $'Ji,000. Ed Wnrrinston, the man wlio started tne Are, turned off the gas before escaping, but he was slightly burned. Several women were rescued with difficulty from the unper stories. Btrr Kensington lots nnd you will double your money. Buy Kensington lots and you will donble your money. Bar Kensington lots and you will double your money. But Kensington lots and you will double your money. Birr Kensington lots and you will double yrnr m''nrtv. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. $2 If fl ( A a I Jul if vx3 ) I ' y y If J 1 h $40 H"HE SECRET IS OUT -Ht They know where to buy will see them nocking to get a $30 SUIT KEDUCED TO 20. $35 SUIT REDUCED TO $25. $40 SUIT REDUCED TO $28. $12 PANTS REDUCED TO 8. $ 8 PANTS REDUCED TO $5. 1,000 STYLES OF PANTS AT $5. REMEMBER: NO FIT, NO SALE. j 1M1-26 AMEBICA'3 EXHIBIT AT MADBID. Commissioner Iiuce Handicapped byl-ack of Time and Congressional Stinginess. New STork, June 1L Bear Admiral S. B. Luce, TJ. S. N., the Commissioner Gen eral of this country to the Columbian His torical Exposition to be held in Madrid, is staying at the Gilsey House. "The exposi tion opens September 17," said he to a re porter, "and as the bill creating our com mission was only passed May 23, it gives us very little time to get together a creditable exhibit. The commission is visiting the principal museums in the large cities with a view of obtaining material for an exhibit which shall illustrate the condition of the country and its inhabitants at the time of its discovery. "We did intend at first to take over a band of wild Indians from the far West. We believed this would be the most inter esting and characteristic exhibit which our Government could make at Madrid. It would vividlv recall the return of Columbus to the Spanish court with his small band of aborigines, which at that time excited so much interest; but we find that the appro priation will not allow of this. The bill creating the commission originally carried with it $30,000, but this was cut down by Congress to $15,000. We accordinglv find that avc are handicapped by a lack ot funds, as well as time. It seems to me that Con gress has hardly manifested a proper degree of interest in this exposition. Why, 16 American Republics have each appropriated more money lor their exhibits at our World's Fair, than this country, the great est of American Republics, has given tor its exhibit at Madrid. IEPS0SY IN LOUISIANA. The I.esisla!nrn to l'as a Inw Frovldlnjr ,for isolation. New OnxEANS, June 1L Specla'. The Lonisiana Legislature will attempt to prevent the spread of leprosy by providing for the treatment and isolation of per sons affected by it Leprosy has prevailed in Louisiana from the earliest French days, being brought there from the West Indies and from Nova Scotia. There are now 250 lepers in the State and about 30 in New Or leans. Sometime aso wordy complaints were made that lepers were sendiug their chil dren to the public Schools in Lafourche. The result has been the segregation of the La fourche lepers. They have their own stores and even their own Catholio priest, an Italian, afflicted with the disease like them selves. The result of the aeitatiou is the new la.v which nill undoubtedly be passed by the Legislature, providing that all per sons afHctcd witn leprosy shall be confined in an institution isolated and used solely for the treatment of persons afflicted with this disease. The hospital will be situated in New Orleans near the smallpox hospital. The Blacks-lo the Grand Armr. New Okleans, June 11. Special Joseph A. Mower Post, No. 1, the pioneer post of the Grand Army of the Republic in Louisiana, will not disband in consequence of the recognition of the negro post by the Grand Encampment On the proposition to disband 47 voted lor and 18 againsc it, and as ten members are enough to retain the charter it will be preserved. j Two Boyn Killed by a ISnnaway. Beaddock, June 11. Special Edward Prytts, aged 17, and John Bergman, aged 14, were latally injured by a runaway this morning. Tnty were in a wagon" delivering goods when t,he horse, in going down a grade, took fright and damned down the street The wagon was overturned. nijlitnml School lioard (Ifflcers. The Highland School Board organized on Friday night last, when Dr. J. I. Stcrrett was elected President, D. A. Stevenson, Secretary, and James E. Rodgers, Treasurer. Misses Stiftv, Campbell, Hunlon and Clinton were elected teachers in the school. The Japanese Government Defeated. Saw FBAJfClsco, June 11 On May 14 the .Tnnn,e House of Representatives n TWENTY IPO DOLLARS )L DOES THE WORK OF $40 $40 THIS WEEK AT WILDBERG, STERU & GO.'S 427 WOOD STREET. 427 Do you notice those swell dressers about town whom you know to make but a very small salary ? You won der how they do it, while you, who probably make twice as much, don't dress half as welL &t- their clothes. This week you passed a resolution declaring want of con fidence in the Government The diet was prorogued for a week in consequeuce. A GREAT BATTLE IN BRAZIL. The Government Troops TJtterly Roatedt Zieavlntr 1,000 Dead on the Flrld. Motevideo, Ukucdat, June 11. Ad vices received in this city from therebellious State of Matto Grosso, Brazil, announces a terrific fight in and around the capital, Cuyaba, and the utter defeat of the Gov ernment soldiers sent from Rio Janeiro some time ago by land and sea to quell the uprising. The combat is said to have be gun May 7 and lasted until Mavl3. when the Government troops fled in the utmost disorder. They are reported to have left 1,000 men killed upon the battlefield, and even a large number of wounded. All the chief officers of the Government forces were killed. Cuyaba was then en tered by the victorious rebels, who sacked it and asssinated all the Government officials. The revolutionists say they have no desire to secede from the Republic, but they want a good Governor and official chosen by the residents ot the State, and not arbitrarily imposed upon them by the authorities at Rio Janeiro. It is stated that the Brazilian President was aware of the defeat ot his troops at Cuyaba, bat suppressed the news. Tnrnfett on The Sonthslde. The Pittsburg Turn-Bezirk will hold a turnfest on the Southside June 27, 28. 29 and 30. On Monday, June 27, there will be a reception tendered the visiting delegation, at which Mayor Gourlev is expected to speak. Tuesday there will be an excursion to Kinney's Grove, where there will be turning exercises. Wednesday there will be a parade, and on Friday a banquet Delegations will be here from Wheeling, Steubenville, East Liverpool and Allen town. tut 15 Under Doctor's Treatment Foar TJITereat Tlmes-Xo Keller Whatever Cored by Cuticura. , I hare used the Ccticuha Kejiedies, and fotmd farm to be Jest as you represented. They have given men perfect cure. I Iiarebeen troubled with pruritus for over nflren years, anil hivebeen nn der the doctor's trtatint-nt four different times, with no rellefwhatever. until I tried the Ctrricuit v :xiieois. After njlnj; them jnttt one week. I found that life wa nt fucIi a burden after alt. and am sntltted that i shall never be troubled again. Such faith 1 have In ynur remedies. Yon can send any one that is troubled with pruritus, and 1 will satisfy them what It lm done for me. 1 will not restrict von from publishing this romnnnicatlon. but would rather not. The rf medics arc so food that It trouM be rather belfish In me not to speak of tllelr good qualities. O. S. WILLIAMS Elghty-nlntli st. and First av.. ew York. Face Full of Sores. Myfjce ras all full of sorp. and Itched otht I conU scratch 1113: face to pieces, ami a kind of watery fluid ran out. I Im1 tried atl Mood, medi cines except ccrrrrat Remedies, wlilch were tho onlr ones lhat did me.anr kmk1. Mr face U now all clear, and I feel like a new-born child. l KKIETE, 153 Towers St., Brooklyn. S.Y Cuticura Resolvent The new lllood TurlUer. Internallv (to cleanse the blood of all Impurities and poisonous elements), and CUTICBKA. theRreatSklnCnre, and V.TJTICURA Ar. an exquisite &Viu Ileaiitiaer. externally (U elcar the skin and sealp and restore the hair), have cured thoustnds of cases where the sheddinof tcalcs measured a quart daily, the kln cracked, bieedin?. burning and itching almost lievond en durance, lialrl feless or all gone, suffering terrible. AVhj t oiuer remedies bare made fcuch cures; Sold erervwiier.-. Trice, cuhciira. V)e: SOAr, 3c: IIksolvest. ri. Prepared by the lOTTB Url'c jlnd Chemical Coitro ratios. BostoiuMus. a-bcnd for "How to Cnre Skin Diseases," 64 pages. 5u Illustrations, and 100 testimonials. H ITLE3. black-heads, red. rough, chapped and oily skin cured by CCTICURA SOAr. IT STOPS THE PAIN. Back ache, kldncj pains, weakness, rhenraMlm. and muscular pains re lieved In one minute by the Cutfe curu Anti-Pain Plaster. S5c. ? J -1 J&Jx'2k stii&-JMeiJJ. &--il: .9L
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