RUPILS POLITICS,
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Prohibitionists Are Up to AH
- tlie Tactics of More
Ungodly Parties.
:CUT UP IN TWO FACTIONS.
J5One for Gen. Bidwelli of California,
the Other for Demorest,
FDSION IS KOT YERI POPULAR.
Indiana's inti-Administration Candidate
for GoTernor Gets There.
-FLATT STILL THE BOSS IN NEW tOEK
CnrcrxNAxr, June 28. All the necessary
preparations have been made, and at 10
o'clock to-morrow morning the sixth Na
tional Convention of the Prohibition party
will begin its sessions in the Music Hall in
which Hancock was nominated. The con
vention, unless an effort, now not very
promising, to patch np differences and agree
on a new man shall be successful, will meet
with a fight on hand for the honor of being
the Presidents! nominee of the party.
The fight is throwing an air of political
feeling over the proceedings, and what with
lithographs and badges of the two rival
candidates, campaign headquarters, charges
and counter-charges and night conferences,
an outsider may catch somelhing of the
spirit which pervadea more important po
litical conventions.
General Bidwell, of California, and VT.
Jennings Demorest, of New York, are the
leading competitors for the nomination, and
their supporters are becoming so excited
over the matter that talk oi the advisability
of bringing out a dark horse as a means of
healing the two factions begins to be "heart.
Two Possible Dark Horses.
H. Clay Boscom, a well-known business
man, of Troy, N. Y., is the man most
metioned in such a case, and occasionally
Gideon T. Steward, of Ohio, and Prof.
Dickie, of Miohican, are suggested.
"While talk of a compromise la heard,
neither General Bidwell's nor Mr. Demor
est's friends look on it with favor, and
many delegates think the matter has gone
so far that it must be fought out. General
Bidwell's friends claim his nomination on
the first ballot. General Bidwell has
utrong Eastern support in New York and
Pennsylvania, the two largest States. He
has in the former two-thirds and in
the latter three-fourths or more of the
delegate! Most of the leaders are for him,
and ex-Governor St John, who could prob
ably get the nomination if he would take it,
is working hard for Bidwell and will place
him in nomination. Chairman Dickie, of
the National. Committee; Miss Wllliard,
Mrs. Gougar, A. A. Stevens, of Pennsyl:
vania, Dr. Funk and others are, also, sup
porting Bidwell.
The Demorest supporters arrived in larger
numbers to-dav, and it is evident that he
has a considerable following, though handi
capped by lack of support in his own State.
He is expected to stand well in the South,
and perhaps in some of the "Western States.
Colonel B. S. Thevis, JEev. Samuel Small,
Pro Grandison, of North Carolina; John
Lloyd Thomas, Secretary of the National
Committee, and Henry 6. Hudson, of the
Jiltie and",Gray, are his principal advocates.
Complimentary Nominations Probable.
Gideon T. Stewart, of Ohio, will prob
ably be put in the nomination, and the Pro
hibition Presidental nomination being
itself largely of a complimentary nature,
there is np telling how many persons will
receive informal ballots.
To-nipht caucuses of the two leaders were
held to arrange lor the proper conduct of
the two booms. The Demorest men are
making much of the strong sentiment
against fusion with the People's party, and
one charge they make against Bidwell is
that he is inclined to withdraw if "Weaver
is nominated. The have out lithographs of
Demorest, inscribed "No compromises,
no fnsion, no deals." The Bidwell men
retort that the Demorest campaign largely
rests on financial contributions. The Pro
hibition newspaper organs are coming in
for a share of denunciation, and charge that
Demorest's lack of support in New York
State is due to machine methods, to which
2 he Voice is a party. The opposition to
fusion with the People's party is very
marked, and Jlia'Willard was to-night ap
parently almost alone in open advocacy
of it.
The Temporary Officers Named.
Ex-Governor John Pt St. John, of Kansas,
will be in the chair to-morrow at the first
session of the convention. That was
settled this evening before the adjournment
of an important meeting of the National
Committee. A. P, "Wolfenbarger, of Ne
braska, will be the secretary of the conven
tion. The choice of a Nebraskan for
the honor was regarded as an
slive branch to the People's
party, emphasizing the intention of
the Prohibitionists to at least help in
wresting Nebraska this year, it possible,
from the grasp of the two older parties,
whether a fusion of the People's party and
the Prohibitionists be attempted or not
A. A. btevens, oi Pennsylvania, or Prof.
Dickie will probably be Permanent Chair
man. A. E. "Wilson, of Illinois; J. A. Tate,
of Tennessee, and E. P. Stevens, the base
ball editor of the Boston Herald, were
chosen for Assistant Secretaries, and E. T.
Chafin, of "Wisconsin, for Sergeant at Arms.
There was a lively exchange of person
alities at the committee meeting over the
adoption of the Treasurer's report. Sam
Small said certain names occurred too often
as having been employed by Chairman
Dickie for prohibition work. He charac
terized them as "hangers on."
Hot Shot ror Kcv. Mr. Small.
E. T. Chafin, of "Wisconsin, Bcored Bev.
Mr. Small, saying that gentleman's resolu
tion was an idiotic performance. After the
resolution had been adopted without divi
sion. Chairman Dickie spoke, declaring the
resolution had not been violated, as it was
understood when passed, and spoke of the
resolution as a "tom-fool one." Mr. Small,
as a personal explanation, got an opportun
ity to reply, and sailed into Mr. Dickie for
a few minutes.
"Walter Hill, of Georgia; Joshua Lever
ing, of Marylank; Colonel Bain, of Ken
tucky; Joha W. Bussell, of Detroit, and A.
A. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, have been
suggested as good Vice Presidental timber.
The color line has been the cause of con
siderable excitement Bev. C. M. Grandi
son, D. D., President of Bennett College,
Greensboro, N. G, is one of half a dozen or
more colored members of th ivnnntinn
who have been sent here from various
Southern States. At the Gibson House he
had no more difficulty in registering than
the white delegates from'his State; but,
when it came to getting meals, he was re
fused attendance unless he retired to
a room separated from the main dining
halL This alternative he resolutely de
clined, and he was lett without food for an
hour, until practically all the other guests
had vacated the place. The Chairman of
the North Carolina delegation 'declared
that, if necessary, the members, about 20
in number and all Caucasians except
Grandison, would remove to some other
hotel. The Virginia, Georgia and other
delegates avoided trouble by separating
from the whites on arrival at the railway
station and going to boarding houses of
which the proprietors were colored people.
Temporary rules have been framed: Ther
are calculated to enable the presiding offl-
cer to control proceedings, two hundred
delegates are necessary td order a roll call.
The unit rule does not prevail.
At midnight Bidwell seems to have a
clear field for the Presidency. Many cool
headed people think he is pretty sure of
nomination on the first ballot. Keverthe
less, the Illinois delegation to-night In can
ens decided to present the name of Jndge
David" McCullough, of Peoria, for Presi
dent. The Illinois delegation is reported
to have determined, also, to make a fight to
have the national headquarters at Chicago
instead of at New York.
PLATT IS STILL BOSS.
His Slate Goes Through Unbroken In the
New Tork State CoiflMttee Whltelaw
Keld Shakes Hands With the State
Leaders of His Campaign The Colored
Contingent.
New Yobk, June 28. Special "With
its organization complete, the Bepublican
State Committee is now ready to begin the
hard work Of the Presidental campaign in
New York. The organization was effected
in parlor D. B., of the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
to-day, and the administration had very
little to do with it except bythe voice of
its few representatives on the committee to
make the acceptance of the slate prepared
by Piatt and Miller unanimous.
"Whitelaw Beid, the party's candidate for
Vice President, was in the hotel, but he did
not go before the committee, and he said
that he made no suggestions. He had a
parlor where he recefcffjk his friends. "I
came here-," said he.V'Mply to meet and
shake by the hand the leaders of the party
and the men who will run the campaign in
this State. I have been away from home a
long time, and have not had an opportunity
to meet them before."
Hon. Whitelaw Beid a Visitor.
"Word was passed through the corridors
that Mr. Beid was in room 43. and he was
soon besieged by Bepublioan leaders from
all sections ot tbe state, wno naa assemmea
to assist the committee. All these had
been brought together by a common desire
to see that their interests and those of the
Bepublicans in their Congressional districts
were well cared for by the committee in the
performance ot the duty devolved on it by
the State Convention to reorganize the party
machine in each of the newistricts.
The work of the committee went through
according to programme without tt hitch.
"When Chairman "William Brookfield called
the committee to order John N. Scatcherd,
of Buffalo, nominated him for re-election
as Chairman, and he was chosen unanimous
ly. John S. Kenyon, of Syracuse, was con
tinued as Secretary. "W. H. Hoag nom
inated General Samnel Thomas for Treas
urer, and he was chosen with a unanimity
which told a story of the beautiful harmony
that had been counseled on the part ot the
administration when it was found that Piatt
and Miller did not propose to relinquish
their grasp on the party machine.
The Great Fight of the Day.
Then came the fight of the day. It was
over the selection of the "additional mem
ber" who is to represent the colored voters
of the party. Bev. Dr. "William Derrick
was the "additional member" and was a
candidate for re-election. There were three
other candidates, Bev. Jeremiah E. B.
Smith, pastor of the Seventeenth Street A.
M. E. Church, of this city and editor of the
Echo; James Davis, ot Troy, and unarles P.
Lee, of Bochester. '
All of the oratory, excepting that spent
in Bev. Mr. Smith's behalf, was wasted.
He received 21 votes to Derrick's 9 and
Davis' 2. Lee was withdrawn.
The committee then disposed of the mat
ter which had brought so many representa
tives and would-be representatives in Con
gress and other statesmen together, by en
trusting to i committee of five the business
of fixing and determining the basis ot repre
sentation in each of the existing Congress
districts in the first convention to be held
therein, and the number of delegates and
the manner and method of choosing the
same in each ot the said conventions. This
committee was mostly Belden men, and the
Belden contingent lrom the Syracuse Con
gress district ,who had been 'waiting for the
news in the corridor outside the committee's
meeting room, went away in high feather..
After the committee adjourned the Ex
ecutive Committee organized and elected
"William A. Sutherland, of Nochester, Na-'
tional Committeeman.
GBAY IS SOT SULKING.
He Heartily Indorses the Ticket at a Big
Mass Meeting.
INDIANAPOLIS. June 2& Special
The Democrats made a demonstration here
to-night in honor of the Chicago nominees.
Governor Gray presided over the meeting,
and in a spirited, impressive speech gave
the assembled multitude to understand that
his Democracy was of that sturdy kind that
could not be weakened because of any per
sonal disappointment. He gave the ticket
an emphatic indorsement. Previous to the
meeting a brilliant street parade was made
by the many Democratic clubs. Booklets
and Boman candles marked the line of
march.
Claud Matthews, the Democratic candi
date for Governor, and other prominent
Democrats addressed the meeting, which
was hardlv accommodated in the largest
public hall in the State. In the street pa
rade there appeared about 100 handsome
transparencies. Hits at the war, tariff and
lore bill, were plentiful, among them,
"down with the McKinley tax," "The
tariff is a fraud," "To catch rats, set traps
in the New York Tribune office." Numer
ous others referred to State and local mat
ters.
COMBINING THEIR FORCES.
Prohibitionists, People's Party Men and
. Others Try to Get Other.
Cincinnati, June 2a Messrs G. M.
Miller, Chairman E. Evans and Secretary
Hiram Maine, of the Executive Council of
National Reformers, called a meeting at the
Palace Hotel this afternoon, at which were
present a mixed company of Prohibition
ists, People's party menj etc., and spent
several hours discussing the feasibility of J
unuiug an me reiorm lorces in a Single
party.
The result was the appointment of a
committee of seven, to recommend to the
Prohibitionist Convention and to the Peo
ple's Party Convention to instruct their re
spective National Committees to confer
with each other with a view to the unifica
tion of the reform forces; furthermore, that
the name of the Prohibition party be
changed to the National Reform, party.
A Committee With Not a Forakerlte.
Columbus, O., June 2a Special The
Bepublican Campaign Committee was
organized to-day, with C "W. P. Dick, of
Akron, Chairman, and John B. Malloy, of
Columbus, Secretary., The committee con
sists of 18 members, distributed over the
State, and does not oontain a representative
of the Poraker element in Ohio politics.
There were three colored candidates for
members, representing Cincinnati, Cleve
land and Columbus. In the interest of
harmony they were all elected.
Replacing Wisconsin's Gerrymander.
Madison, "Wis., June 2& The Legis
lature convened at 10 o'clock this morning
to reapportion the State into Senate and
Assembly districts, the Supreme Court hav
ing declared the apportionment made by
the Legislature of 1891 illegal. After per
fecting the organization and appointing a
Joint Committee on Apportionment the
Legislature adjourned until 10 o'clock in
the morning. The Democrats and Bepub
licans will submit bills for reapportion
ment to-morrow.
Uolnpto Omaha for Satisfaction.
"Washington. June 2a The Executive
Committee of the Bi-metalllsts' League, in
session here, resolved that, having failed at
Minneapolis and at Chicago to secure an
I explicit declaration in favor of the restora-
tlon of free bi-metallio coinage, they recom
mend silver "men to go to Omaha to urge
the adoption there of such a platform and
the nomination of such a candidate as silver
men can support.
' CRASE COULDN'T BE BEAT,
Though the Strength of the National Ad
ministration Was Against His Itenoml
nutlon for Governor of Indiana The
Platform and Ticket. '
Ft. "Wayne, June 28. Special The
Bepublican State Convention met here to
day. The name of Hon. Charles "W. Fair
banks for Chairman was loudly cheered.
Mr. Fairbanks spoke in part as follows:
A tariff for revenue Is so opposed to the
policy of the Bepublican party that no one
can mistake the issue. As ever mindful of
that great party, to the worklngmen of this
country, who are the bone and
sinew of the Bepublican party, the
Minneapolis Convention pledged anew Its
confldenoe and faith In the proposition that
unon all Imports coming In competition
with the products of American labor there
Rhould be levied duties equal to the differ
ence Dotween wages abroad ana at home.
Is not that right? Is not it patriotic? lbe
Democratic platform looks only to tlio re
ceipts at the Custom House. Its only con
cern is to see that revenue Is raised, -wholly
regardless of the effect on thb American
producers and American worklngmen.
The planks of the platform are as fol
lows: The Bepublioan party is congratulated on
its renomlnatlon or President Harrison,
whole administration is heartily Indorsed;
denounce the (jerrymander of Indiana; it
says "debt and Democracy are synonymous
terms In Indiana;" arraigns the Democratlo
Sarty for the passage of an unjust tax law;
enonnoes the demanded repeal of the 10 per
cent tax on State Issues or the Democratlo
national platiorm; favors President Har
rison's recommendation or compulsory
safety couplers on railroads; wants oonviot
labor in States governed so as not to con
flict with free labor: Indorses liberal pen
sions; speaks tenderly of the late Governor
Hovey; sympathizes with Hon. J. G. Blalno
in the loss of his son.and adopts the eaitle as
the emblem of the party In the coming
campaign.
The convention reassembled at 1:20, and
after some preliminary work got down to
business. Governor Chase and Theodore
Shockney were then placed in nomination
for Governor. Chase was nominated on the
first ballot, although opposed bv the friends
of President Harrison, seourine two-thirds
of the entire vote. Shockney was then
nominated for Lieutenant Governor. Judge
Byron K. Elliott received a few scattering
votes for Governor, he declared much
against his will. Following is the ticket
nominated:
Governor, Ira J. Chase; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Theodora P. Bhookney, of Bandolpf
county; Seoretary ot State, A. A. Johns;
Auditor ot State, John W. Coons, of Marlon;
Treasurer of State, Fred J. Soholz, of Van
derburg (second ballot); Attorney General,
J. D. Ferrell, of La Grange, (Becond ballot);
Reporter of the Supreme Court. George A.
Haywood, of Tippeoanoe: Superintendent of
Publio Instruction, Jas. H. Henry, of Morgan;
State Statistician, J. S. Thompson, of Shelby;
Judires of the Snnreme Court. John D. Mil
ler, Byron K. Elliott and B. W. McBrlde, the
present incumbents: for Judges of the Ap-
S elate Court, A. G. Cavln, of Monroe; John
. Thompson, of Dearborn; James B. Black,
of Marion; M. S. Robinson, of Wayne, and
W. Crumpacker, the present lnoumbent.
After a'doptlng a resolution in favor of
liberal appropriations for the "World's Pair
the convention adjourned at 11 o'clock P.M.
STEWART WOULD ACCEPT
The People's Party Presidental, Nomina
tion If Offered to Him.
Ohaha, June 2a The work of prepar
ing for the independent convention goes
merrily on. J. N. "Wills, ot Kansas, na
tional lecturer of the Farmers' Alliance, is
in the city and says Kansas is coming en
masse. The "Womans' Suffragists will be
represented by Susan B. Anthony, Mrs.
Clara D. Colby, editor of the Woman's Tri
bune; Bev. v Anna Shaw, Mrs. Lease and
Mrs. Johns, of Kansas; Mrs. Dr. Dailey, of
Omaha, and many others. They have, a
plank for the People's party platform and
insist that "the men" accept it. A big crowd
oT ex-Confederates are coming from Texas.
To-day private letters were received in
Omaha from an intimate friend of Judee
Gresham which settled in the minds of all
the doubt about Gresham's candidacy.
Gresham will not allow his name to be used.
Another letter was also received from
Congressman "Watson, of Georgia, who has
been regarded as the probable nominee for
Vice President. Mr. "Watson declines to
allow his name to be used, declaring that
he prefers to-be in the House. The Stewart
boom has once more taken a move. Some
one has shown where, previous to the old
party nominations. Senator Stewart said:
"If Cleveland and Harrison are nominated
the electoral votes of Nevada and all silver
States will go to the Independents." It is
announced to-day positively by friends of
Senator Stewart that he would accept the
nomination.
The Third Party In Tennessee.
Nashville, June 2a The third party
convention, consisting of about 250 dele
gates representing all shades ot political
beliefs and formerly belonging to both Be
publican and Democratic parties, met here
to-day. Organization was perfected and the
dav spent in speaking. The platform as
sails both the old parties; demands free and
unlimited coinage of silver and an increase
of th'e currency to $50 per capita. Forty
eight delegates were appointed to the
Omaha Convention.
TORNADOES' IN THE EAST.
Many Pennsylvania Towns Visited, Includ
ing a Summer Resort.
Eaglesmebe, Pa., June 2a The corner
of a tornado passed over Eaglesmere yes
terday at 5 o'clock. Some damage was
done to a "few cottages and a number of
trees fell. The Lakeside was comparatively
uninjured, except a few window glass
panes. None of the other hotels were in
jured at alL
The storm which passed over Eastern
Pennsylvania last night assumed the pro
portions of a tornado in some districts, and
in others it was confined to a heavy rainfall.
In Beading the Btreets were flooded, several
houses were struck by lightning, and a
number of persons were hurt. In Chester
county thestorm was the worst in 20 vears.
At Crumlynne a car on the P., W. & "W.
was struck by lightning while in motion.
Baggairemaster William Lewis, of Chester,
was probably fatally injured. The damage
to crops will be very heavy.
A McKeesporter Gets Gas In Michigan.
McKeespobt, June 2a Special Ee
ports reached here to-day from Mt.
Clemens, Mich., that in drilling "for water
on the place of B. B. Coursing of McKees-
port, a heavy vein ot gas was struck, water
being thrown dver the top of the derrick.
This is the first strike ot natural gas in that
part of the country, and was only brought
about by the drilling of a deep artesian
well.
The End of a Ventnraome Cow.
Nomee Cirr, Pa., June 2a Special
Last week Farmer Butterbaugh missed a
valuable cow and hunted for her for tome
time. Some days afterward one of the
family went into an old cellar under the
house, where the animal was found dead.
She had entered the open door and knock
ing down the prop which held it open, was
shut In and starved to death.
Grandpa's Hat
la second In popularity to the Monarch with
pneumatlo tires at $135.
PrrraBUBO 'Cvcii Cotcpajtv,
428 and 413 Wood, street and Ellsworttnand
Center avenues.
June Bargains.
"A lo't of misses' light striped cloth blazers
at 93. Seduced from $8.
JoarHoBirx & Ca's
Penn Avenue Stores.
BISHOP WASN'T DEAD
When the Autopsy Was Held on the
Famous Hind Header, Or
i
IS MOTHER IS MUCH MISTAKEN.
Exciting Scenes at the Trial of the Physi
cians Who Presided.
THE DECEASED WANTED THE A1JT0PSI
SPECIAL TELtEORAX TO THE DISFATCS.1
Nbw Yoke, June 2a Washington Irv
ing Bishop,' the mind reader, was Invited to
a dinner at the Lambs' Club on the evening
of May 12, 188a After dinner he gave an
exhibition of his mind-reading powers. At
the climax of his effort he fell into the arms
of the by-standers in a cataleptic trance.
He was taken to an nppar room in the club
house and attended by physiciansf
"Whether he remained in a cataleptic
trance until the following afternoon when
an autopsy was made, or died before the
autopsy, has been amatter of dispute ever
since between the physicians who were con
cerned in the autopsy, Drs. John Arthur
Irwin, Frank Ferguson and Irwin H.
Hance, and Bishop's mother, Eleanor
Fletcher Bishop. Mrs. Bishop endeavored
to have the three doctors indicted
for murder, for killing her son while he
was in a cataleptic trance, but the grand
Jury indicted them only for a misdemeanor
in making an autopsy without the per
mission of the nearest relative of Bishop or
of the Coroner.
Mrs. .Bishop has been untiring in her ef
forts to bring the doctors to trial: but her
efforts came to nothing until to-day, when
they were called to the bar of the General
Sessions for trial before Judge Fitzgerald.
A Scene Confidently Anticipated.
Mrs. Bishop, in deep mourning and car
rying a crutch for she is lame sat in the
inclosure tor women witnesses. It was ex
pected that she might make a scene, and
two court officers were directed by Judge
Fitzgerald to sit near her to restrain her if
the necessity arose.
Assistant District Attorneys "Weeks and
Macdona represented the people; E. H.
Moeran and Alfred Pagelow appeared for
Dr. Irwin, John M. Bowers for Dr. Fer
guson, and Nelson J. "Waterbury, Jr., for
Dr. Hance.
Each of the defendants demanded a
separate trial, and Dr. Irwin's turn came
first. Assistant District Attorney Weeks
said that setting aside as entirely out of the
case the consideration whether or not
Irving was alive when the autopsy was
begun, the Jury would have to determine
whether or not the autopsy was held con
trary to law. All men naturally recoiled
from the suggestion that a man would dis
sect the body of a living person, and the
jury must not permit any thought of this
horrid suggestion to prejudice them in
weighing the evidence. '
The Mother Deeply Affected.
At this moment Mrs. Bishop burst into
tears and sobs. Mr. "Weeks called as his
first witness, Dr. Hance, one of the de
fendant". Dr. Hance testified that at about
2 o'clock on the afternoon of May 13, 1889,
Dr. Irwin called upon him and informed
him ot Bishop's death. Dr. Irwin said that
Bishop's death was due to heart failure and
failure of respiration as a result of the
nervous exhaustion following a mind-reading
performance.
The final feat that Bishop performed, Dr.
Irwin said, was a most exhausting one.
Two members of the club went to the office
of the club and picked out from an old
register the name of a visitor to the club.
Bishop, meanwhile, remained in another
room blindfolded. "When he was told that
he was at liberty to set out to find the name
that the two members had picked out, he
placed a band on the shoulder of each of the
gentlemen and walked downstairs to the
office.
Bishop went direct . tothe register and
asked for a pencil and' paper. , "When they
were produced he wrote the name that the
two member? had picked out from the old
register. Almost immediately afterward
he fell unconscious into the arms of the by-
sianaen. ne was lacen to an upper room
and laid upon a lounge. He received medi
cal attention, but he died.
Description of the Autopsy.
The witness went to Hawks'-undertaking
shop at 8 Sixth avenue. He found Hawks
and several assistants who hod prepared
Bishop s body lor the autopsy. Drs. Irwin
and Ferguson were there. Dr. Ferguson
performed the autopsy after having made
the usual preliminary examination. The
chest was opened and the heart and lungs
were taken out and examined. Then the
skullcap was removed and the brain was
taken out and examined. Bishop's brain
weighed 40 ounces and was intensely con
gested. '
Dr. Ferguson, another of the defendants,
testified that Dr. Irwin called on him on
the afternoon of May 13 and said that a
patient of his had died. He wanted Dr.
Ferguson to make the autopsy for him. Dr.
Irwin said that Bishop had died at 12
o'clock. The'witness received the impres
sion from this statement that Dr. Irwin
meant that Bishop had died at midnight
thenight before. "He did not discover until
afterthe autopsy that Bishop had died at 12
o'clock noon that day.
"On that autopsy, doctor, had you anv
doubt that the subject was dead?" asked
Mr. "Weeks.
Had Not the SUchtest Doubt.
"I had not the slightest doubt in the
world."
Lawyer Moeran moved that Judee Fitz
gerald advise the jury to acquit Irwin on
the ground that the prosecution had failed
to make out a case. Judge Fitzgerald
denied the motion.
Mrs. Bishop arose, leaning upon her
crutch. Tears flowed down her withered
cheeks. She cried out: "I am willing to
prove that tuey were guilty oi murdering
my boy."
"The officers will preserve order," said
Judge Fitzgerald briefly, and the officers
beside Mrs. Bishop stepped up to her and
persuaded her to take her seat.
in his opening tor the uelense Lawyer
Moeran said lie would prove that the au
topsy was performed in accordance with a
wish often expressed before the death of
"Washington Irving Bishop.. This wish was
repeated on many occasions in the presence,
.of Dr. Irwin
"Warned to DIscontlnne His Work.
Dr. Irwin testified that he first met
Bishop in 1879 in Liverpool As he was
passing the Lambs' Club on the evening of
May 12, 1889, he remembered that there was
an entertainment going on, and he went in.
Bishop had just concluded one of his mind
reading feats. He complained of feeling ill,
and asked the doctor to feel his pulse. The
doctor did so, and advised Bishop to discon
tinue the performance. Directly afterward,
however, Bishop performed the feat of dis
covering the name in an old register of the
club. Just as he had written the name he
fell backward in a cataleptic fit.
The doctor attended to him and- he recov
ered consciousness. Then he was taken to
a room 'upstairs and was laid upon alounge.
Dr. Irwin sat opposite him and Bishop
spoke freely of his physical condition. The
doctor told Bishop that his performances
were dangerous to life and that there were
changes going on in his brain. Bishop re
plied: "Well. I suppose you will find that
out at the autopsy.'
Charles M. "Ward, who was at the Lambs'
Club that .night, testified that in the cata
leptio fit Bishop, though a slight man,
showed immense strength, "When he re
covered a discussion arose as to the reason
for his powers as a "mind reader." One of
the club men asked Bishop to what he
ascribed this mental power and Bishop said:
"That will probably be discovered in the
autopsy."
The case is still on.
SAvsycnr olotbes by uslrur Walker's Fami
ly Soap. It la all soap, not alkali. xwr
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Supreme Court of Ohio Holds the Mas
sia law Constitutional A Heavy Sebate
for the State From the Capital Stock or
All Corporations.
Columbus, O., June 2a Special The
Supreme Court to-day rendered a decision
holding the Ma&le'law io be constitutional.
It is of interest to all-incorporated compan
ies in. this Btate. This law authorizes the
Secretary of State to retain as fees for the
State one-tenth 'of 1 per cent of the capital
stock of corporations for issuing certificates
of incorporation or consolidation. In addi
tion, the decision opens up the way for tax
ing franchises in Ohio.
The cases were those of Osian, D. Aash
ley, et al against Daniel J. Evan, Secretary
of State, and the Pittsburg, Akron & West
ern Bail Way Company against the Secretary
of State. "Even to the Circuit Court of
Franklin county, the court affirms the de
cision of the lower courts.
Ashley, as trustee, paid to the Secretary
of Stateunder protest, ?52,000 for filing
articles of consolidation ot the various
lines composing the "Wabash system, and in
order to bring the constitutionality of the
law into question, suit was filled to recover
the money. .
The Panhandle system is required under
the decision to allow the Secretary of State
to retain 875,000 paid for filing articles of
consolidation, and, in all, the State is
richer by $177,000 np to April 15 last, when
Secretary Byan was succeeded by C. L.
Poorman.
In addition to thjs the opinion opens np
the way to tax franchises as well as cor
porations, and make them pay yearly rev
enue to the State, should the Legislature so
decide, as the opinion can be construed that
way. The decision) will bring into .the
State Treasury about'$200,000 each year.
THREE NEGROES SHOT DOWN.
A Terrible Retribution for a Terrible
Crime Committed In Texas Masked
Avengers on the Boadslde Intercept
Them on the Way to Jail.
Col Mesneil, Tex., June 2a As a
sequence to the news from this place last
night, relating to an outrage near.Spurgls,
intelligence comes to-night that
three negroes, Prince "Woods, Tom
Smith and Henry Oaines, arrested
Friday while undergoing examination
trial, confessed to having committed the
crime. Three of them went to Sheffield's
home about 10 oclock at night The next
day the five negrozs were arretted on sus
picion, and investigation led to the confes
sion. Upon the confession being made, tenmen
were deputized to convey" the negroes to
"WoodvillejaiL They started with them
Friday afternoon. "When out abdut four
teen miles from Spurgis, they noticed a lot
of red flags, apparently from the
roadside bush, behind which were 60
masked and armed men, who demanded
the release of the negroes, and leveled their
funs upon the guards, who acceded to the
emand. The guards were told to retrace
their steps a few ptces, which they did
A few moments later a volley from the
guns of ?he masked men told the fate of the
negooes. The deputies returned to the spot,
finding the three negroes literally riddled
with bullets, all .dead. The corpses were
taken in charge by relatives in the neigh
borhood and were buried Saturday evening.
Hundreds of people were there to witness
the burial
EXCITEMENT AT A HOTEL.
A Candidate and Fonr Other Guests Held
Up for All Their Money.
Hennepin; III., June 2a Special
John Soboski, Prohibition candidate" for
Governor of Missouri, was a victim and the
hero of an exciting adventure with robbers
at the Magnolia House. The hotel had
five guests. At midnight five men, masked
and armed with rifles, lorced an entrance on
the ground floor, where were sleeping the
landlord and his wife, and succeeded in
gagging and binding them and'in securing
the valuables before they could make an
outcry. The hired man was treated simi
larly, and the women servants were terrified
into silence by threats.
One of the robbers was left on guard and
the others made their way up the stairs,
where the guests were sleeping. Two were
stationed in the long hall, and the others,
entering the rooms in succession,
aroused the sleepers and forced them
to march out and stand in- line.
Then the rooms were revisited, and the
plunder seoured reached $1,200. The rob
bers then departed. Soboski, procuring a
horse, gave chase. He overtook three of
the thieve', and in a lively skirmish the
pursuer's horse was killed under him. Then
the desperadoes fled.
CLEVELAND CABS BTJHN1NG.
Each Has Four Officer Aboard, and the
Track Is Alao Policed.
Cleveland, June 28. The East Cleve
land Street Car Company started cars this
morning under polioe protection. Four
officers guard each car and 250 others are
stationed at places along the line. Up to
evening no difficulty had been experienced,
although crowds or strikers and sympa
thizers hang about the barns on the streets.
The Broa'dway and Kewbdrg Company will
not undertake to move cars until the success
of the East Cleveland Company is assured.
A committee of employes of the Brooklyn
electric line was appointed last night to de
mand 20 cents an hour for all men. Mana
ger Johnson to-day declined to confer with
the committee. It was decided last night
that if the demand was refused the Brook
lyn men would strike.
CH0LEBA IN BU3SIA.
Frightened Workmen of Baku
Fleeing;
From the City In Droves.
St. Petersburg, June 28. Consterna
tion prevails in some parts of the Empire
owing to the rapid spread of cholera. At
Baku, on the west coast of the Caspian Sea,
35 new cases of the disease were reported
yesterday. Bakn is a great petroleum ship
ping port.
Thousands of the workmen employed in
the city and at the petroleum springs on
the peninsula of Apsheron, on which Baku
is situated, have become so frightened that
they are leaving in droves.
Bedford Democratic Nominations.
Bedford, June28. .ajjeddt The Dem
ocratic County Convention met to-day. For
Assembly, Josiah Amos and David Holder
banm were nominated on the first ballot.
The nominations of Amos and Holderhanm
are considered strong, the former having
been twice elected prothonotary bv large
majorities, while the latter is a leading
granger and popular all over the county.
A Combined Picnic at Idlewild.
One of the largest picnics at Idlewild
was that ot yesterday, when the pupils of
four Sunday schools went there. They be
longed to the Oakland, the Shadyside and
the Highland aeuue Presbvterian churches
and the Second United Presbyterian Church
of Wilkinsburg. " There were 3,000 people
on the grounds.
Goods stolen hy the Cartload.
UuTONTOWH, June 2& Special The
postoffice and store at Cook's Hills, con
ducted by J. M. Marsh, were broken into
and robbed early this morning. The thieves
poisoned the watchdog on the premises.
Small sums of money were secured and
goods were carted away by the cartload.
No clew.
No Matnr.it Gas Office for Bradaock.
Braddock, June 28. Special In order
to centralize their business the Philadelphia
Gas Company has decided to shut down on
the office here. This action is owing to the
heavy decrease in business here since the
meter system went Into effect.
RECIPROCITY ON TOP.
Tupper Forced to Admit That the
Octopus America Is Surely
KNOCKING 0DT BRITISH TRADE.
Canadians Frantically Urge England to
Adopt Protection.
THE CONGRESS IN SESSION IN LONDON
London, June 2a The second congress
of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
opened at 10 o'clock this morning. The
congress will sit four days. The delibera
tions are presided over by the Bt. Hon. Sir
John Lubbock, President of the London
Chamber of Commerce.
The programme of the congress Includes
the discussion of commercial relations of
the mother county with her colonies and
possessions, with special regard to the re
newal of European treaties and recent com
mercial legislation in the United States.
The Bt Hon. Sir John Lubbock and Lord
Knntsford, Secretary of State for the Col
onies, welcomed the delegates.
Lord Bras-
sey offered a resolution, declaring "that in
the opinion of this congress it is expedient
that practical arrangements should, if possi
ble, be devised to secure closer commercial
union between the mother country and her
colonies and dependencies." The resolution
was adopted unanimously.
A Free Trade Resolution Introduced.
Mr. Medley moved a resolution, declar
ing that fiscal union between Great Britain
and her colonies by preferential duties, be
ing based upon protection, would be politi
cally disastrous, and that the arrangement
that would best conduce to an intimate com
mercial union would be for the self-governing
colonies to adopt, as cloely as circum
stances will permit the non-protective policy
of Great Britain. ,.
Sir Charles Tapper opposed the resolu
tion. He said the American McKinley bill
shows no favor to great Britain. There
are risks of the octopus America throwing
its tentacles over the west Indies and the
Spanish Antilles with avlew to driving out
British trade, and it is going to do so.
British Consuls reported that Great Britain
had lost Brazil, and that America was get
ting hold under her in her reciprocity sys
tem. Americans, he declared, do 'English
commerce greater wrong tnan does tne .Mc
Kinley tariff in their efforts to drive Eng
land out of the Southern hemisphere.
They attacked Canada, also, under the
mistaken idea that by imposing a duty
npon the products tor which they are
Canada's natural market they could bring
Canadian producers to their knees and leave
the Canadians no alternative but to become
a part of the United States.
No Union on a Free Trade Basis.
Sir Charles said that in 1890 Canada took
one-seventh of the manufactured exports of
the United States, but that was not enough
to save them in the presence ot the Monroe
doctrine of one government from the
Eqnator to the Pole.
Mr. Burton, of the Toronto Board of
Trade, held that there is no prospect of
commercial union between Great Britain
and Canada, so far as Toronto is concerned,
on the basis of free trade. The best policy,
he held, is preferential trade. Canada
could not adopt free trade, having the
United States tariff so close to them. Other
Canadian delegates supported a preferen
tial tariff as opposed to tree trade.
BAD ON BISMARCK.
A Newspaper Attack Upon the ExChan
cellor the Talk ot All Berlin Publio
Opinion Turning Against Him for Bis
Opposition to the Kaiser.
Berlin, Jnne 28. The article against
Prince BismSrck.which appeared in yester
day's North German Gazette is almost the sole
subject of conversation to-night. Public
opinion is almost unanimously on the side
of the Government. Tbe North German says:
Prince Bismarck's utterances throw a
cloud on his great historic figure which is
calculated to injure both the State and the
empire. Unless he Intended solely to thus
vent his ill humor, bis action can only be
explained by his desire for personal
changes In the Government; and it Is
reared that tbe means used to achieve
this end will give a serious shock to the
State. Tbe question, therefore, Is whether
he has not abused his rignt of criticism. We
do not remember a case of similar conduct
on the part of a retired statesman of any
country. Prince Bismarck's statement, that
on his departure from office all personal In
fluence over the Czar ceased, is a most sin
gular case of self-deception.
The paper, in refutation of this state
ment, then refers to the defensive treaty
with Austria in 1879 against Bnssia, and
the decree of 1887 forbidding German loan9
on Bussian stock, and quotes articles
from the Bussian press declar
ing that the downfall of Prince
Bismarck was a happy event for
Bnssia. The Gazette also says that other
Bussian official testimony may some day be
disclosed. The paper, asks whether Prince
Bismarck is not secretly the real leader of
the opposition. It declares that the remarks
attributed to him which were recently pub
lished in the West Deutsche Zeitung, were dis
respectful to Emperor William.
The contention of Prince Bismarck, the
Gazette adds, that Emperor "William, toward
the end of his (Bismarck's) term in office,
kept him from the capital, shows that the
memory of the ex-Chancellor is failing.
The Gazette concludes by saying that it is
tbe duty of those continuing Prince Bis
marck, s wore to protect their endeavors
against the man whose work they are con
tinuing. PARLIAMENTS LAST GASP.
Tbe Queen slrns the' Dissolution Decree in
a Council of Ministers.
Londcw, June 28. The Queen held a
council at "Windsor Castle to-day. Her
Majesty signed the decree dissolving Par
liament. The Queen's speech proroguing
Parliament says:
The time bas arrlvod when it is expedient
that the electoral Dody of the country be
consulted by tbe assemblage of a new Par
liament. I have, therefore, summoned you
for prorogation at an earlier period than
nsnal. I am glad to record that my friendly
relations with foreign powers remain un
altered. Treaties have oeen duly ratified
leferring the differences with the United
State with respect to tbe Bering Sea to arbi
tration. An Afghan Army Defeated.
Simla,- June 28. Some time ago the
Ameer of Afghanistan sent agents among
the independent tribes in the border land
between India and Afghanistan, with the
object of getting them to acknowledge him
as their suzerain. The Ameer's agents met
with poor success, owing to the influence of
Umra Khan, whose growing power aroused
the Ameer's jealonsy. The latter dis
patched an army of 3,000 'men against the
tribes, tthich has just been defeated by the
tribesmen. The communications of the
Afghan army were cut ofl". It is said the
Afghans lost 1,500 men in killed and
wounded.
Archbishop Ireland's Victory Conceded.
London, Juna 28. Archbishop Ireland
arrived in this city to-dav. He will sail
for New York to-morrow. The Tablet,
which has hitherto refused to recognize the
decision in the Stillwater question as a com
plete triumph for Archbishop Ireland, now
says the dispute is ended.
Mrs. Arlo Pardee's Demise.
Hazleton, Pa., June 28. Mn. Ario
Pardee died after a lone and lingering ill
ness to-day. It was to, better' her health
that the Pardee family took tbe trip to
Florida where her husband died.
I ON FIRE WITH ECZEMA
Terrible SndsrlnfS of m Little Baby. Seven
Doctors and Two Hospitals Fall,
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Jly baby boy. 5 months old, broke ont with
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bead, nntll he was nearly corered; his torturing
agonies were pitiable to behold; he had no peace
and but little rest night or
day. He was under treat
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Will reopen September KJth.at 68 Bayard St,
New Brunswick, New Jersey.
EXAMINATIONS FOR ADIIISSIOX TO
THE WESTERN UNIVERSITY
Will be held Jnne 24-25. Sept. 12-1
at the University.
For catalogue address
W. J. HOLLAND, D. D.,
President.
PROPOSALS.
PKOPOS ALS-SE ALLD PBO POS ALS WILL
be received by F. J. Osterllngv Archi
tect, Telephone building, up until JULY 9,
12 M for the heating and ventilation of the
new North Ward Publio School building to
be erected corner Eighth street and Du
quesne way. Pittsburg, Pa. General plans
lor the building can be seen at tbe office of
the architect. Each bid mnst be accom
panied by a detailed plan and specification,
clearly showing the system proposed. Bond
for the amount of the contract to accom-
Jiany each- bid. The right is reserved, to re
ect any or all proposals.
DR. C. S. SHAW, President;
DK. E. W. SWENTZEL, Secretary.
OrriCE ot
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CosTKottEn oif Alleohext Couarv, Pa,
I'irTSBnRO, rA., jnne 27, lbiu.
NOTICE TO BAKERS AND BUTCHERS.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
this office until 4 o'clock V. 5f. FRIDAY,
July 1, 189-A for supplying Allegheny County
Jail with bread and meat lrom tbe 15th dav
or July, 1892, to tbe 15th day of January, 1303.
Bread to be good quality wheat bread.
Proposals for meat to be: First, good qual
ity of boiling beef, not to contain more than
25 per cent bone; second, to be free from
bone and fat, and to be accompanied with
such amount of soup bone as the warden
may direct. For further information In
quire at tbe countyJaiL
The Prison Board reserves the right to ac
cept or reject any or all bids.
JAMES A. GBIEB,
County Controller.
CHOICE nUIPEIlTIE.
DON'T PAY RENT.
BOY A HOME ON YOUR OWN TERMS
FOR SALE. x
Fonr new frame houses, Beltzboover ave
nue, Thlrty-flrst ward. Just completed. Six
rooms and large finished attio, lovely vesti
bule, large ball and ball on second floor,
double parlors, sliding doors,bandsome china
closet, tront and rear porches: lots 23x106
feet. See Charles F. Barr, office No. 1 Beltz
hoover avenue, from 1 to 8 p. m.
A LOVELY HOME CHEAP.
$4,750.
A handsome Oakland residence at a great
bargain If sold before July L Bouse of
eight e'ezant rooms, bathroom, hot and
coid water, stationary washstand. Inside w.
c, both gases, slate mantels, tile hearths and
vestibule, cement cellar, every modern con
venience; on a lovely paved and sewered
stieet; cable and electric cars: easy terms;
call at once. M. F. HIPPLE A CO ,
86 Fourth ave.
TWO STORY AND MANSARD
Brick bouse on North Hiland avenue, near
Station street, containing 12 rooms, larire
balls, bath room, both eases, electric light
and all modern improvements. House in
perfect repair. Will be sold furnished or un
furnished. Lot 65x130 feet. One of the most
desirable residences in tbe East End. Per
mits to view the premises can be obtained
irOm .FIDELITY -XITLE AND J. RU3T UO.,
123 Fourth Avenue.
F0RSALE. r
20 Good Building Lots,
New Eapld Transit:
Bargain to Quick Buyer.
D. BEHEN & SON., 112 Fourth aW '
"WEWANT $25,000
For 5 Yeaw at 5 Per Cent
Property valued at $65,000; also $7,000 3-yea
6 per cent Improved property valued at $2oV
roo. None but principals need, apply, the)
security being first-class and unquestiona
ble. HUDSON & McCUE,
Attorneys at Law,
100 Diamond St., city.
FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO
121 AND 123 FOUKTH AVENUK
Charter rexietruc.:L.
CAPITAL, ..... 91,000,000
UNDIVIDED PROFITS, 8129,000
Insures Titles to Real Estate
For purchasers and lenders on mort
gages. Acts as Executor, Receiverd
ministxator, Guardian, Assignee and
Mortgage Trustee.
Beats Boxes ia SHperior Taalts
From 93 per annum upward.
Receives Deposits and Loans Only on
Mortgages and Approved Collaterals.
JOHN B. JACKSON, Pres.
JAMES J. DONNELL, Vice Pros.
C. B. MoV AT, Seo'y and Treas.
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