THE SEAL POACHERS. An Expert Opinion on the Opera tions in Bering Sea This Yean END OF OPEN SEA HOSTILITIES. "Why the Enssian Side Is Likely to Be Visited This Time. PROBABLE SIZE OP THE YEAR'S CATCH Washington, July 5. "This is just the time that the seal herd in a body passes down to the westward and up near the Aleutian Islands into the Bering Sea," said an official who has had years of ex perience in studying the habits of seals, to day. "Up to this time," he continued, "the great bulk of the fur ceal had engaged in feeding south of Kodiak Islaud and the Bhooniagiu Islands over a strip of the North 1'acific ocean some 400 miles east and west and 50 miles north and south. I am satis fied, too, that it was in open water that the sealing schooners have been carrying on their depredations against the seals thus Jar, and not in Bering Sea. This is shown by the fact that the seizure of the Coquillai at Port Etcher, Prince William Sound, was niniply for violation of the revenue laws, and the 25 sealing schooners found in that port were ordered out and not seized. Tne Coquillan is a supply vessel and had on board stores for the sealing fleet which is about to iollow the seal herd into Bering Sea. It is the practice of the sealers to haul off as soon as the herd has passed from the open sea into Bering Sea and tranship their catch. "I am of the opinion that the majority of the sealers will then head for the Eussian eide of Bering Sea. "If the fur seals were as numerous to-day as they were in 1872 there micht be good reason for a sealer to work in Bering Sea bftore the opening of July; but those animals have been run down so in numbers that literally nothing is leit of the herd now but a vast majority of mother seals or females, and these seals do not jro into Bering Sea until the expiration of their period of gestation drives them to the I'nbvlov Islands, where they must land to be ifafely delhered of their young. But until that time arrives they prefer the better fishing grounds of the North Pacific Ocean south of the Aleutian passes, the peninsula of Alaska and Kodiak, and they tarry there as long us they can. Dlfflerence Between Last Tear and This. "The present arrangement between Great Britain and our Government is an improement upon that of last year. As it now stands these sealers can and will be lield up at any time in Bering Sea without the iormality of being warned previously. They are all liable to seizure when first apprehended. Last year they had the express immunity of getting off scot free when seized unless it was proved that they had been boarded and warned before enter ing Bering Sea or while in it The sealers have no such fine loophole for escape this year, and comparatively lew of them will risk a run into Bering Sea this year. "Six men of war, three revenue cutters and the Albatross, all cruising in that area ot a radius of 200 miles aroucd the Pribylov Islands, sp.e.id out over thUJfield, with the log rising and falling over the scene in the most arbitrary and unexpected manner, what guarantee has a poachinu schooner that after sailing two or three days or a Meek in thick weather when it suddenly TERMS-K&iSx No Difference What FURNITURE. J2I1E1S ps I "II PITTS fn '"' " $50 TC For th5s So1id 0ak wO. 0 Suit- Beveled mir ror, bale handles, elegant hand carvings; a 55 appearance; you'll say so if you see it. OFFICE DESKS FROM SJ3.50 TO $50. flSWf 2Hf $45.00 Will buy this magnificent Bedroom Suit. Large beveled mirror, massive carvings, piano polish. Extra large bed, dresser and washstand. A $75 appearance. clears up she will not be lying right under the cuns ot one of these police vessels? "There have been about 100 or 130 sealing schooners busllr engaged iq ahoDtingand spearing fur seals off Kodiak and the Bhoo magins, and I think that they have seoured about 15,000 to 50.000 skins. We will know by the 14th or 15th of this month, and not until then, the result oi the season's catch by these people. "Thest vessels, I think, will go over into Kamehatkan waters, because Kuiiia is not in this modus vivendl that we share with Great Britain; it has been thought queer by some that Russia has not entered the agreement, but things move verv slowly in the circles of autocratic Russia, and the manner in which public attain reach the emperor is one that we do not understand over here, and very likely wonld not tolerate, it practiced, but for a moment. The Ilnsslan Sral Islands will be exposed to a deadlr attack this com ing season, and they will suffer as tbev have never sutterea oeioro; tne result win no doubt stimulate the needed activity and interest that is lacking on the part of Bussia so that it can be safely predicted. Thus far, since the open water sealins began in 1686-87 to be any kind ot an extensive business, all the schooners that could get a chance to enter Bering Sea on our side did so, because our fur seals wear a better skin than their Russian relatives do, the differ ence in value being uearly twice as creat in favor of the Alaskan pelts; then, too, until 1890 the ereat female herd of the Pribvlov Islands was tar more numerous than that of the Kommandor Islands ot Russia, and the open water sealers had a better field also for following the fur seals on the American side than they have over against Asia. "But it is very doubtful to-dav whether the remnant of the Pribylov breeding herd is any larger than that of the Russian islands. In 1872, when we had extra figures as to the numbers ot our herd, nothing of the kind-was extant as to those of the Kamehatkan side of Bering Sea. Nothing but vague estimates were given In answer to all queries and these estimates then in dicated that the Russian rookeries were not quite half as large in the aggregate as those of Alaska. Our herd has, however, drawn nearly all the fire of the open water sealing fleet and has been so decimated that it is safe to say that the muscovite rookeries Ere, if anything, more densely populated than those which we are trying so hard to save on the Pribylov Islands. The Cargoes of Far SeaUltlns. "If it were not for the fact that these car roes of fur seal-skins which the little schooners collect must be transnipnea so as to pass over to London through Canada or the United Staes the salvation of the fur seal herds of Alaska and Russia could not be accomplished without draw ing into a convention all the civilized powers of the earth. If these cargoes could go down by way of Panama or the Suez canal then the agreement now projected between Great Britain and ourselves aud Russia also would not shut out a vessel flying the Ger man, the Trench, Spanish or Italian flag from the open waters of Bering Se?. But the simple act of closing Russian, British and American ports in the north Pacific to these sealers and making their cargoes lia ble to confiscation is quite enough, for they cannot go down into tropical waters Eafely with their cargoes imperfectly cured, as they are only able to cure them in the bilges ot their small craft. "It may be necessary to call Japan into this agreement at Paris and the Sandwich Islands, too, since a German vessel, for In stance, might take a cargo of sealskins to Yokohama and there nave them properly cured and salted and repacked in casks, so that these skins could then be safely shipped via Suez or Panama to London. This, however, involves a good deal of de lay and extra cost, and unless done on a EDMUNDSON & icyjuiii m if IfglBBc 9 jfl $26 For this handsome XVI. Century Suit. 24X3o-inch Beveled Mirror. dIP For a large Bed Lounge, fine figured cover 4)10 ing, soft springs, worth $23.50. large scale it would hardly be undertaken, yet it con Id be done, and if done must be headed off, J In Caleb This Season. "The prices of the raw sealskins will nat urally be high this coming winter, for the catch will not be much more than 05.000 skins from all quarters, against a total of 200.000 skins taken into London during the season of 1889150,000 skins in 1890 and 100,000 skins last year. This year the open water sealers will get about 45,000 to 50,000 fielts; the catch on the Pribylov Islands is Imited to 7,500 food skins, the Russian catch will not go over 25,000 (against 54.000 in 1890) and the Lobos Island catoh of Uru guay will be about 10,000. "Now, 100,000 seal-skins -will not make up quite 23,000 seal-skin sacques, and 25, 000 sacques .is not a very large supply for the fashionable wearers of fine furs in Ger many, France, Great Britain and America, Although the only market for the sale of the raw furseal skin is the London sales,yet it is a tact that fully halt of all the lur seal gar ments made are bought and worn by Amer icans. These skins must go to London for dressing not but that we can dress them just as well as the English factories do, but we cannot do it so cheaply. Over there they have an apprenticeship system whereby they secure good manual labor from a boy or man on these skins for six or seven years at little or no cost in tho way of wages. In this country nothing of the kind exists the smallest, greenest boy that enters a factory gets a wage of some sort from the very hour that he begins to serve." "What makes you think," said the re porter, "that Russian gunboats will not seize these sealers when they Co over there lrom our side, as you declare they will, this summer?" "If you will cite a single case of seizure outside of the regular three-mile limit made by a Russian vessel around the Kommandor Islands in Bering sea, then I will w ithdraw my statement. During the last five years American and British sealing schooners have been at work every season around the Russian islands, often in fnll sight from the stations ashore, and as long as they kept outside three or four miles they have never been molested. But several of the vessels grew bolder than the law allowed, ran ud under the lee of the islands and sent their crews onto the beaches, clubbing the seals as they found them there. Upon these men the Russians and the natives fired and one or two oi these vessels have been captured, broken up and their cargoes con fiscated. The Americans have been the oflenders out there qnite as often as the Canadians. Still the fleet has never been a large one in the Russjan waters, six or seven craft only. The greater value of the Alaska skins has drawn all the fire, thus far, of the pelagic sealer. The schooner seized by the Russians last summer was the American vessel "J. Hamilton Lewis." She was caught, red handed, raiding a rookery on Copper Island ot the Kom mandor group, and resisting eanture, was unceremoniously fired upon and broken by a Russian gunboat There was no question about her being within the pale of the inter national law when she was taken. In 1890 this same vessel sealed all summer around these islands and defied the Russian cutter to seize her. Her captain came into San Francisco alter getting 2,700 seals in this manner, and boasted of his work and de fiance to the Russian cruiser in a public interview." The True Laxative Principle Of the plants used in manufacturing the pleasant remedy, tho Syrup of Figs, lias a permanently benenclal effect on tne human system, while the cheap vegetable extracts and mineral solutions, usually sold as medl clnes, aro permanently injmious. Being well-informed, jou will use tlie true remedy only. Manufactured by the California Fig fayrup co. Dk 'Witt's Little Early Etsors. Best pill for biliousness, sick headache, malaria. Prices or KARPET If only for the hints to be gained, any woman of taste will enjoy walk ing through our Carpet Rooms. Hints in styles 1 Hints in economy! The very latest possibilities in every grade. The price ranges will delight you. Ingrains, 25c to 65c. Tapestry Brussels,65 to 90c Body Brussels, $1 to $1.25. Velvets, $1 to $1.40. Moquettes, $1 to $1.50. Axminsters, $1.50 to $1.75. You can rely upon our Carpets; they are all honest. And as for variety in designs and colors, for great extent of stock, and for low 'ness in price, no other house in the city can come anywhere near us. Never before have we had such bar gains to offer in Velvets, Body Brussels, Tapestries, Moquettes, all the Ingrains, etc. We have also a full line of Art Squares, Rugs, Mat tings, Coverings, Oil Cloths, etc. They are .now ready for display upon the finest exhibition floor in town. Give us a call. HOW YOU PAY. We wait for our money, and yet our prices are the lowest. Credit is gladly extended. Remember this, anything you see elsewhere can be found here at lower prices. Our MM Offer Each Person who purchases goods from us to the value of ONE DOLLAR is en titled to ONE RED TICKET; 4 Ked 1 lckets you get 1 White Ticket; 4 White Tickets to 1 Blue FITE HUES GUILTY. Irwin Lnster Convicted Upon a Quintette of Serious Charges. DELINQUENT JURORS IN TROUBLE. Ten Thousand dollars Damages Asked foe an Index Finger. THE NWS OP THE COUNT! COURTS In the OriminaJ Court yesterday Irwin Luster, of Glenfield borough, WW brought up on five indictments. He was tried and convicted of assault on Maria Vogel at Glenfield October 1, 1891, and recommended to the mercy of the court. He pleaded guilty to a felonious assault on Dora Night enger in July. 1891. The information was made by Secretary Dorente, of the Anti Cruelty Society. He was next convicted of assault and battery on J. N. McClure at Glenfield, April 15, 1892. Following that he pleaded guilty to malicious mischief in throwing stones through the window of C. Zirgenheim's house, February 21, 1892. He was also given a hearing on a charge oi surety of the peace, brought by Mrs. Zir genheim, and bound in 300 to keep the peace. Agm: Lazirerilz Was Acquitted. F. Lazarevitz, an agent at 223 Fifth ave nue, was acquitted ot larceny by bailee, in retaining goods belonging to Joseph Kline under the pretense that there were railroad charges on them to pay. Andrew and John Seeberger, father and son, were tried for assault and battery on the wife of John Seeberger, the son. They put her ont of her husband's house on Brownsville avenue. The husband was found guilty and his father was acquitted. Luis Kuchem was acquitted ot the larceny by bailee of a trunk from A. H. Jackson, of Linton street. John Scanlon was tried for assault and battery on Nicola Narra, of the East End, June 3. Scanlon was acquitted and the costs placed on John Dill, whom the jury found to have instigated the prosecution. Lengthened Her W orkhonse Term. Mary Ellen Riley, a resident of the Tel low Row, Second avenue, was brought from the workhouse where she was serving a 30 day's sentence for disorderly conduct, and tried for selling liquor without license. She was convicted and sent three months to the workhouse. A number of the jurors who were drawn on the panel which commenced work yes terday, failed to put in an appearance. Judge Magee said he would give them un til this morning to appear and if they did not, he would issue attachments for them. The abssnt jurors are: Chester B. Albree, iron worker, Fifth vrird, Allegheny; E. M. Ferguson, real estate agent, Twentieth ward, Pittsburg; Robert Heath, farmer, Lincoln township; Win. McNulty, machinist. Seventeenth ward, Pittsburg; J. B. Robinson, farmer, Indiana township; Isaae Wall, farmer, Forward township. To-Day" Trial List. Criminal Court Commonwealth vs Dip pendecker (2), Matthew Howard, Simon Kelil, Fangott Miller, Michael Cooney, Joseph Snyder, H. Kanauff, Thomas Prince, TVm. Teaser, Frank Starr (2), Mary Quinney, W. W. Stiver, C. H. Carrington, J, A. Mercer, Frank Kohler, Zam Jones, Annie Durkln, George Parker, dialing McGrew, John Mo- Terms Others Quote We Will C1AIK V Wv a 7f ClWYiJfj reg'TrMl &JUfi'Gjt& DECORATED. Toilet Sets, 12 pieces, $5.89. Dinner Sets, 100 pieces, $10.98. Fruit Plates, 10c. Individual Butters, 4c. Bone Dishes, 9c. Fruit Dishes, 5c. Cuspidors, 7c, 15c, 24c. 3C D c Msl Silveriplated Knives and Forks, No. 2, $1.19. Silver-plated Teaspoons, doz., 49c. Silver-plated Tablespoons, doz., 98c. Steel Scissors, 25c Steel Shears, 125c. Steel Knives, set, 30c. Steel Forks, set, 30c. Triple Plated Casters, 1.98. Triple Plated Butter Dishes, $1.9 9. 8-Day Clocks, $2.98. Stand Lamps, 1.25. to All Oir when you get Ticket; Patrons ! A Free Caffrey (J), Theobold Flocklnger, Ludwig Efson, Harry W. Clair, J. Darenberger. Henry i'niuenstein, A. Portzer, Charles Stewart, Grant Reed, E. Banks, Martha Green, Saiah Kerr, Adam Lontr, P. B, Duffy, Charles Deiollen (2). David Pace, Margaret Evans. Thomas Han is, Henrv Loner, B. n. Mayo. William and Lizzie Flancnk, Frank .Ackannner, Hose Bon heyo, Kate Coyle, E. C. Gosnell, Maria and Thomas McKulty, Otto Moring, John Kooh, William Sexton, John Hasan. . , , . b;g sice fob a fhtqee. Herman Link. Thinks That His Is Worth A bant SIO.OOO. Herman Link yesterday entered suit against the National Tube Works company for 510,000 damages. Link states, that in April 1886, he was employed running a screw cutter in the department's works at McKeesport, when he had his left hand caught in set oi cogwheels. His index finger was torn off and his wrist broken. He claims the light wai defective in the place and the wheels shonld have been pro tected by housing. Mr. Turner Want His Boy. J. IT. Turner yesterday filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus to secure pos session of his ten-year-old son, Benjamin Turner. He alleges the boy is illegally detained at No. 23 Federal street, Alle gheny, by Benjamin and Nora Martin, and be wanted him produced in court. Tbs afternoon was fixed for a hearing before Judge Ewing. The Hnm of the Courts. An execution was Issued yesterday by W. IT. Brown against Quincy A. llobinson for $632 51 John Leach yesterday entered snit against David Spenco for $2,000 damages for destroy ing a building owned by Leach at McKee's Bocks. Attorney William Blakeixy yestoiaay riled a precipe in asult brought by ex-Alderman David Dougbty against James V. Mc Maters. The case was an action in assump sit, but no statement was filed. A hew trial wits refused in the case of J. S. Draws against United States Marshal Han nah, in a suit to recover for the loss by flood of the steamboat Thomas F. McCIeaiy. The verdict bad been lor the defendant. A bill In equity was filed yesterday by Frank H. Speer against Constantino and Margaret Sweeney to compel them to carry out an agreement to sell him a lot on Shet land avenue, Twenty-first ward. In the United States Circuit Court yester day the rule for an attachment for contempt was discharged, in the case of George A. MacBeth & Co. against the Braddock Gla'S Co. and W. A. McUleary, the defendants to pay the costs. ANOTHER GHOST DANCE. Indians Alarm the White Settlers by One of Their SemI-Rellion Freaks. DARLINOTOK, IOWA, July C The Arapahoe Indians are again indulging in the ghost dance and the settlers are unduly alarmed. Complaints have been forwarded by mail and wire to the bead ot the Indian Department at Washington, asking that the ceremony be stopped at once, as the settlers tear that ii it is continued it will end in an Indian outbreak. A thorough examination of the situation shows that these fears are utterly ground less; the dance is simply a 'semi-religious ceremony and there is nothing in it that indicates that there is any feeling of enmity toward the whites. The Meat All Right. Meat Inspector McCutcheon examined all the cattle at the Central Stock Yards yes terday. He said the' rumor that diseased beeves were being killed is untrue. PERRINE T Scrub Brushes, 5c, 8c, 10c. Clothes Lines, 10c, 15c, 20c Water Buckets, 15c, 20c, 25c. Clothes Baskets, 69c, 89c, $1. Large tubs, 50c to 75c. Carpet Beaters, 10c, 15c. Carpet Tacks, ic per package. Tack Hammers, 5c, 10c. Tack Lifters, 10c. Chamois Cleaners, 5c Whitewash Brushes, 15c, 29c, 41c Shoe Brushes, 10c, 25c. .Tin Cups, 2C Bread Pans; 4c. Quart Buckets, 4c Dinner Buckets, 19c. Tea Canisters, 6c and 9c. Coffee Canisters, 6c and 9c. Jap. Dust Pan, 5 c. Dust Brush, 15 c. Crumb Tray and BrusTi, 24c. Wash Basins, 5c. TriB to nil 4 B ue Tickets to 1 Red, White and Blue Ticket . 4 Red, White and Blue Tickets to I Round Trip to Chicago and Return dur ing the World's with the people? NO BETS ON WEAYER. Weakness of the People's- Party Candidates Already Canvassed. A STRONGER TICKET EEYEBSED. The Gresliain Boom Worked All Along in Gen. Weaver's Interest BLUB AND GEAT ON TAB SAME TICKET rSPECIAL teleoham to the dispatch. Omaha, Ned., July 5. The exhausted men who early this morning nominated Weaver and Field as the standard-bearers of the new party are not shouting very loudly for their ticket to-night. The conven tion did not adjourn till after 3 o'clock this morning, and 19 hours of high tension and excitement had severely tested the endur ance of even the bronzed, hard muscled delegates who took part in it So the talk to-day has been in the line jjf sober review of the action ot the convention and of the estimation of the strength of the ticket. The situation, under cool scrutiny, takes a very different aipect to the practical men among the delegations, after the crazy ex citement of yesterday. To outsiders the delegates maintained an air of confidence and satisfaction, but the leaders who know anything about practical politics are most of them ready to admit among themselves that the People's party has not the remotest chance ot carrying any State east of the Mississippi, and that it is extremely doubt ful if General Weaver will receive a single electoral vote. A Weak Ticket After All. It is a matter of great regret to them that after the most splendid convention meeting of the year the party should have the weak est po'ssible nomination. They begin to discover now that the Gresham boom was but a coyer for the Weaver campaign, which has been shrewdly worked up lor many weeks. There are plenty of men here, sane on all other points, who believe that Gresham would have been elected President ii he had been willing to run. There is now a good deal of bitterness Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report m ABsoumnof pure THIS INK IS MANUFACTURED BY J. HARPER BONNELL CO., JfflL TRURKS-SATCHELS Every Trunk and Traveling Bag in our store goes this week at cost. Prices from $2.75 up to $20. Look in our North Window. If you want a Refrigerator that will preserve the ice, is guaranteed to be a non-conductor of warm air, and that is first-class in every way, you will buy the Glazier. Prices 58. 75, I12, $15, 20. Cash or Credit. fiiilii Bnies. We made a big purchase at a big reduction. You can buy them 40 per cent below regular prices. tie World's Fair. Fair in .1893. Won't you go rains. against the Gresham boomers, for it is re. lized that they have all along been advc eating an impossibility, and with an niterioi purpose on the part of some of them. There is little doubt that if the opposition to Weaver had not been several times thrown into confusion by the Gresham develop, ment and by Senator Kyle's accedence to South Dakota's demand tor his withdrawal, the preacher-Senator would have been nom inated. Bets Against TVeaver Freely Made. Never in any national convention were there somiany and so radical changes in the Eositions ot candidates before balloting, ai appened yesterdav. The Weaver follow, ing was the only faction that was undis turbed. The result was that when a ballot was reached nothing could prevent his nomination. Sets have been freely made to-day that he will not receire an electoral vote." It cannot be denied, however, that the People's party workers, especially in the AVest and South, will dovelop great en thusiasm for the candidates. Weaver is particularly strong among the Southern delegates, who say it will not hurt the ticket in the least to have the "rag baby" cry against it revived in that section. They are tery enthueiastie, too, over Field's se lection, except Texas, which prelerred Ter rell. The war antecedents of the candidates are expected to furnish a great element of streneth. A Union and Confederate gen eral make a strong anti-sectional combina tion, but many delegates believe the ticket would have been stronger reversed. Money Borrowed to Get Oat of Town. The new National Committee met this morning and organized, with Taubeneck, of Illinois, again Chairman. Host the dele gates left town this afternoon. A good many of them had to borrow money to get home. A very smart gang of pickpockets and sneak thieves has been in town tor two or three days, and they have struck it rich. The grangers proved easy victims, and nearlv 100 of them lost money, watches, or other valuables. Omaha police are few in numbers, and not particularly smart, and thieves had everything their own way. So widespread have been their depredations that there was to-day an amusing panio among the visitors over their losse, and every man was suspicious of every stranger. It your dealer does not keep Klein's Silver Arb and Duqaosno ryes go to Max Klein, 82 Federal street, Allegheny, Pa., where yon, are sure of tbe ueuulne. Complete cata loue mailed upon application. itw Baking my)-7-D TERMS-KStSS?: Do Better FURNITURE - $0 1 For this elegant Secretary and Q I Bookcase. Our line is the best in the city. CZ "7E For this Parlor Table. 34 3 Other houses advertise it at a big ?5 Dill- . MATTRESSES. z.75i J3. 4 5- But if you want a good bed you'll buy our $& Soft-on-Both-Sides Mattress. It's worth $12. 1 1 T wyisasasB8, ) -J- - - V FP 'm-m"' 'r 635'AND 637 SMITH f7 1 ELD STREET; 635 AND 637 iKEiDia?. Jy2-22-2,6,U wm&v -,. . MBSfc-v... . '. . . -tSdUiMri . .Ujt&3ftf4f9BK . .-. . t-- Jfei,JLJiJFtilS.iC--4 V,a-A.i&.'tefafeft.-..Jft-tf- - . -;. -
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