BPHHHi You naturally want ALL the News, and not PART of it? me WR$mt& You can find ALL' the News in THE DISPATCH. r FORTY SEVENTH TEAK PITTSBURG, . MONDAY. JULY 25. 1892. THREE CENT& Mfptttb TWO OBSTACLES BLOCK CONGRESS, The Sundry Civil Bill and the Anti-Option Measure Now in the "Way of AN EAELY ADJOUBNMENT. If -the Senate Can Clear Them Ont This Will Be the Last Week. The World's Fair Appropriation the Great Obstruction in the Former Bill Lots of Lobbying: on Both Sides of the Anti-Option Movement Quay Labor ing: Hard "With Cameron to Remove the Latter's Opposition to Mr. Shiras' Appointment Possibilities in the Miller Case Holman's Cool Obstruc tion Methods in Bplte of the Torrid Weather. ;f rECIAI. TELEGRAPHIC LKTTEB.1 BrEEAtJ or The Distatch, AVashisotoic. D. C July 24. ( The anti-option bill, the World's Fair amendment in the sundry civil bill, and the deficiency bill, with amendments, are the obstacles now in the war of adjournment of Congress. The weather of the last day or two wonld take all the fight out of anybody but tbe lean and chilly Holman, but it is doubtful if even the 99 degrees in the shade of to-day, the hottest of the year, will have any eflect on him. The differences between the House and the Senate on the deficiency bill will be easily adjusted. If some of the amend ments of tbe Senate are not agreed to tbe difference will be quickly disposed of, doubtless, by conference committee. Where the anti-option bill will land in the Senate there is no guessing. By no means all of the Senators have committed them selves or shown their hands. If all were to vote their sincere opinions there would probably be a majority against it, but in this campaign year, when anti-option has a pleasing sound to the cars of the dear masses, there is a disposition on the part of the Senate to pass it so loaded down with amendments that it will be impossible to reach any conclusion on it in a committee on conference. Opposition Growing More AcxresMve. The opposition grows more aggressive and fierce every moment, however, and it is possible that it may be powerful enough to defeat the bill in the Senate, and thus pre vent the possibility of an agreement to amendments in conference, thus passing 'the bill probably in more objectionable form to its opponents than it is now. -The charges made against the bill- .are fearful in rhetoric, but even the most eloquent opponent, Senator White, of Louisiana, failed to make clear that some such bill, probably a more perfect one than this, would not give the greater good to the greater number. His impassioned declaration that the bill is dis honest, dangerous, unconstitutional, and a sweeping invasion of such rights as the States have lett under the Constitution, was very thrilling, but it had a familiar ring. It has been made in regard to almost every law affecting great industries and specula tions since it was heard throughout the country in defense of slave-breeding and slave-holding. One substantial but excitable authority charges that it is in the interest of a great flour-manufacturing monopoly of the North west which has lately beep sold to an En glish syndicate, and that If it be passed foreigners will control the brain trade of the country. But this partisan fails to fol low up his charge with evidence that the passage of the bill would result .in thus placing this terrible power in the haftds of foreigners. Not En ouch Wlidom on Tap Admitting the gravest charges apinst the bill to be true, and that it is a A evil measure throughout, the fact remain that it is more than strange that all the wisdom of Congress cannot draft a measure: which would abolish the merely speculative or gam bling features of dealing in "options,"' "mar gins," or "futures," and leave untouched that which seems, beneficial and which is sometimes necessary in the exigencies of the production of grain, cotton, etc. The truth is, the great opposition to the bill has come from the speculative ex changes, but each side has had fiere a rich, though up to this time a rather discreet lobby, and there is pretry good .circumstan tial and incidental evidence thit both lob bies have been pinched by,some of tbe members voting for or againstthe bilL The time occupied upon the,' World's Fair amendment to the sundry ci ril bill will de pend greatly upon whethet Mr. Holman will decide to filibuster against it At this time he is fully determined; to do so, and if he carry his obstruction to the fullest ex tent, he may be able to either compel the House to insist on a disagreement to the amendment, and thns defeat the World's Fair bill, or if the House insist on an agree ment for the amendment, as a majority now undoubtedly desire to d&, he can, by per sistent obstruction, defeat altogether the passage of the great sundry civil bill at this session. Holman Trying tq Ilotd Bli Own. A majority of the House now desires to recede from its vote of the other day against the bill, and Mr. Holman's proposi tion is that it shall not lhave a chance to recede, even at the risk off the deleat of the entire sundry civil bill. "With him are a number of Southern members who are ac customed to join in any sort of obstruction, except against a river and hlarbor, or public building in their district, and in the pres ent temper of these people, there is no tell ing where the fight will end.) The bill will probably bit reported from committee to-morrow, but vfill not be taken up till Tuesday, that Democrats may ven tilate their views upon the rjery sensational report of the Itaum Investigating Commit tee. The Republicans willf not probably have much to say about it. thjough naturally some one would be expecteH to defend the course of the President in kfeeping Eaum In hit position after the disclosures made of tbe conduct of the office, especially after ha had dismissed Corporal Tanner for far less offenses. If Senator Hill, of New York.does not in tend mischief agamst Or over Cleveland, then the undercurrent of talk here is greatly at fault. One report is that he will shortly "resign his seat in the Senate, and return to the practice ol the law in New York, in which case he would secretly operate with Tammany to throw New York to the Repub licans. Another Is that he will do that same thing but retain his seat in the Sen ate and plant thorns in the pillow of Cleve land in case of the latter's election, when appointments are made not to his liking. Bill More Than Likely to Resign. lam assured by one of Hill's most in timate friends in the Senate that the chances are largely in favor of the Senator's resignation. In the Senate he seems lost As Governor of New York, and even as a political manipulator there, he was nation ally conspicuous. In contrast with the greater minds and more experienced mem bers of the Senate he sinks into oblivion. His fizzle as a Presidental candidate and manager in national politics has merely made him an object of less curiosity than he was before the Chicago convention. It has changed nobodv's estimate of him. He was measured before that. and found to be wanting in all the qualities that go to make up a broad statesman. He shifted and dodged on great questions as only a small man would. The few remarks he has made, even on measures in which he was specially in terested, have been received witbout re spect or even curiosity. He soon came to understand that nobody was more of a no body than he in the Senate. He tired of the atmosphere of the chamber, and has been free to say so. He is riot yet rich enough to abandon law practice and live upon a property or bond income without other additions than his salarv as a Senator. In New York, at the practice of jthe law, ht could agalnpossibly make himself a creat power in New York politics, and if he desired to enter into a secret and deter mined scheme to defeat Cleveland next November, he could possibly accomplish his purpose. Still a Bitter Enemy or Cleveland. His feeling against Cleveland is one of bitter enmity. Under all circumstances, after he had captured the solid delegation of his State, he wonld have had a right to ex pect that any other candidate from bis State would courteously step aside and leave the field clear for him. Had Cleveland done so it is probable that no other candidate than Hill could have carried off the honors at Chicago. With Cleveland out of the way, Hill would have felt the Presidency within his grasp, while now he knows it is gone from him forever. The selfish "human nature" which Cleveland exhibited toward him, he feels that be can logically visit upon Cleveland, snatching the Presidency from Cleveland, as Cleveland took it from him. This is the gist of quiet gossip that one may pick up, and much of it from Demo cratic sources antagonistic to Cleveland. On the' other hand, the Cleveland men make light of the matter, even if it be founded on fact They gaily admit it may be true, but confidently assert that Piatt and other New York leaders, more power ful for good or barm in the Republican ranks than Hill and his friends are in the Democratic parly, are fully as anxious to defeat Harrison as Hill is to defeat Cleve land, and that their purpose is much more clearly avowed than that of HilL Claims or the Clevelandlte. They claim that President Harrison can now do nothing that will placate Piatt, Quay, Cameron and others of great influ ence in tbe party who "cannot, after the treatment they have received, give any hearty support to the Presidental ticket, no matter how enthusiastically they may sup port State and local candidates of' their party; that even if they so desired they could not prevent thousands of Republicans in their States from cutting Harrison, thus endangering Republican success even In Pennsylvania; that the desertion to the Democrats ot such prominent Republicans of Indiana as ex-Congressman White and the Mayor of Fort Wayne, with others of lesser note, indicates a defection in that State which makes Democratic victory cer tain, and in fine, that all the conditions point to such an overwhelming victorv for "Cleve and Stevef' as to make Hill's prospective opposition a matter of no mo ment whatever. "I am going to nse my utmost endeavor to have the Shiras nomination disposed of to-morrow, and I have reason to believe that it will be," said Senator Quay to-day. This means doubtless that Senator Cameron has signified that he is willing to forego further obstruction and to let the confirma tion go through. Quay Working Bard With Cameron. Senator Quay will say nothing further on the subject, but this is a good deal for him. As I have before stated Mr. Quay has been laboring with Mr. Cameron, In season and out of season, to induce him to cease his antagonism toward Mr. Shiras, and in mat ters of this kind, in which Quay is alwavs more active ana snrewaertnan his colleague, Cameron will usually acquiesce without much trouble, though be is known better, perhaps, for an almost mulish obstinacy than tor anything else. Members of the Judiciary Committee, while they could promise nothing definite, said to-day that they hoped to make this important confirmation to-morrow. One of them, who is a particular friend of Presi dent Harrison, said the fact that Senator Quay was known to be urging upon Cam eron the advisability of confirmation would, of course, lead to" delay until Cameron should either yield or declare his deter mination to do all in his power to hang up the matter in committee. In the latter contingency the committee would then de cide whether to adhere to the precedent of Senatorial courtesy and withhold the re port, in which event the Senate could, if it desired, discharge the committee from further consideration ot the case, and take up tbe appointment in executive session Miller's Chances or Confirmation. If the confirmation of Mr. Shiras is well assured, that of Miller, for Internal Reve nue Collector, is quite otherwise. So far as the Senate is concerned, Miller is effectu ally out of it Whether the President will give him a "recess appointment," which he can do immediately after the adjournment of the Senate, and thus further impress the strength ot his independence and person ality on the public, and further declare against the right or Senators to dictate ap pointments in their States is not known, at least not to Senator Quay, who frankly ad mitted to-day that he was not on strictly confidential terms with President Harrison. There have been at times hints of anr under standing in this matter that the President had agreed not to make another recess ap pointment, and that the Senator had agreed on his part in that case to make no opposi tion to Miller's confirmation next winter, after the elections are past If this be the fact, it has not been paraded before the public to any great extent. Liohtner. ALLEGHENY ALL RIGHT. She Gets the Appropriation or 8200,000 for a Government Building Site Other Be tnlU of Conferences Between Commit tees of Both Bouses All Coming; To gether. rBT ASSOCIATED PKXSS.J Washington, July 24. The Committee of Conference on the sundry civil appro priation bill made unexpectedly rapid prog ress to-day and succeeded in adjusting all the points of difference between the two Houses except in regard to the World's Fair appropriation of 55,000,000, in regard to which they will report a total disagreement The other Senate amendments (some 300 in number) which were non-concurred in by the House provide for an addition to the bill of about $6,000,000, distributed through al most all the branches of the service which it covers. The Senate conferees agree to recommend that tbe Senate abandon about 14,000,000 of this amount, and the House conferees recommend that the House agree to grant the remaining $2,000,000. The conferees have stricken from the bill all the new legislation inserted by the House in regard to district attorneys and marshals. Tbe managers on the part of the House consent to the Senate increase of the ap propriation for surveying public lands from $200,000 tof37o,000, and various other large amendments are agreed to or compromised so as to fix the amount as follows: For tbe international monetary conference, $80,000: for carrying out the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act, $100,000; for a spe cial fund to be placed in the hands of the President for use in case of need to prevent the spread of epidemic diseases, $100, 000. ;For the purchase of aite for a government building at Alle gheny, $200,000; for continning the construction of ptiblie' buildings at Omaha, $200,000; for repair of public buildings at New York, $73,000; Chicago, $50,000, Lan sing, Mich., $25,000; for Rock Island ar senal, $75,000; for a new lighthouse at Nan tucket, $75,000. Among the Senate amend ments wholly stricken out are those appro priating $10,000 each for the widows of three Supreme Court Justices. It was learned Jate this evening that the Senate conferees refused to accept the O'Neill-Pinkerton amendment to the bill adopted in the House when the Senate amendments were being considered. This amendment prohibits the employment of Pinkerton detectives by persons connected with the Government The Senators were willing to agree to a modification of the amendment, but the House conferees were of the opinion that it would be better to give the House the opportunity to pass judgement on the proposed modification in preference to doing it themselves. Action of the Senate amendment containing an ap propriation of $50,000 in addition to one of $175,000 for the ascertainment of the boun dary line between Mexico and the United States was held in abeyance, pending the receipt of certain information desired by the conferees. BEP0BTERB FOUND Hill OUT. The Murderer of the Perth Amboy Danish Olrl Arrested. Chicago, July 24. Morris Berg was ar rested here last night for the murder of Mary Anderson. His vjctim, a Danish girl, was found murdered near the Jersey Cen tral Railroad tracks, Jtfijween Perth Amboy Junction .and Woodbridge Creek, N. J., on the evening of June 9. She was a do mestic in the family of C W. Boynton, proprietor of Bovnton's Beach at Sewaren. Johnny Boisef, one of the small boys chased from the scene ot the murder by two men just before the crime was committed, identified Berg as one of the men who chased him. It is said that Berg and another man left PertheAmboy on a freight train just 35 minutes after the murdered girl's body was discovered. Berg denies that he was ever in Perth Amboy. Berg came here about a month ago, onlv a few days after tbe murder, and was located six days ago. The arrest was made on in formation supplied by reporters. CAPTAIN STAIBS TEBBIBLE MAECH. Tvrenty-Ix Days Among Hostile, With Only Ants and locusts to Eat. London; July 24. The lima says that the Marquis D. Beau, a colleague of Captain Stairs, in the ill-fated Catanga ex pedition, has landed at Marseilles. He de scribes how tbe Meiris attacked ,thexpedK tion and how Captain 8talrs sent 'Captain Bodson to Kins; Meiris to parley with him. .Meiris was about to kill Captain Bodson when the latter in self-defense shot Meiris. Captain Bodson was then himself killed by the natives. Tbe expedition had been for 26 days without food, except white ants and locusts. The Belgian mission was reached just in time to save the surviving members. Sub sequently they tried to reach the coast by wav of the Zambesi river. Captain Stairs had been ill for a long time and he died at ShundL One hundred and ninety natives attached to the expedition also perished. A FEDEBAL OFFICER MTJKDEBED. He and Two Deputy Marshals Had Sur rounded a Desperado'. Bouse. Nashville, July 24. James H. Bal linger. United States Storekeeper and Ganger, was shot and fatally wounded by Frank Sloan, a desperate character who lives near Cookeville, yesterday morning about daylight Mr. Ballinger, accompa nied by two Deputy Marshals, went to Sloan's house to arrest him on the charge of robbing the mail while Postmaster at Dry Valley. The officers surrounded Sloan's house and waited for him to come out They had hardly got settled before Sloan fired from a second story window, hitting Mr. Ballinger, who died in a few hours afterward. EABBIE0K AHD HUHBEBT Exchange Felicitous Cableerams In Connec tion With the Colnmbus Fetes. Rome, July 24. President Harrison hav ing telegraphed to King Humbert, saying he is pleased to hear of the dispatch of the cruiser Giovanni Bausen to take part in the New York Columbus celebration as a signal demonstration of the ancient and solid friendship existing between Italy and the United States, King Humbert replied as follows: I desired my Government to participate in tbe celebration of the glorious memory in order to testify to the strong reeling of frlendshtD blndlnir together Italy and the great people of the United States. I thank you for so nobly Interpreting my thought PB0FES8I0HAL CHILI) BUB0LAB3. Boys 13 and 14 Trars Old Make a Business of Bobbing; Store. New Castle, Pa.,' July 24. Special. For some time burglaries have been nu merous in and about this city. About 2 o clock this morning the police captured two boys, Howard Davis and William Cus ter, aged respectively 13 and 14 years, who were found on the streets at that hour. They confessed to having just left James Gunning's large grocery store, which they Lad raided, getting about $20 and 40 or 60 sticks of chewing gum. They also con fessed to robbing other stores. They are in jaiL Detroltera Broiled Yesterday. Deteoit, July 24. This has been the hottest day experienced here since last August, when the G. A. R. held its annual encampment On top of the Hammond building, the highest in the city, the Weather Bureau thermometer registered 98, while on the streets below, where the stone pavements refleoted the sun's rays, 102 was noted at 2 o'clock this afternoon. As far as learned there were no prostrations. She Saw Her Lover Drown. .Ocean City, N. J., July 24. Milton R, Davis, 20 years of age, of Philadelphia, was drowned here this morning. He was engaged to be married soon to a Miss Bleht, of Philadelohia, and she was a spectator to the drowning scene. She is prostrated by the shock. A party of men are dragging tot the body with a seine. SUNK IN A DENSE FOG William K. Vanderbilt's Million-Dollar Yacht Goes Down at Nantucket. BUN INTO jBY A STEAMER And All on Board Have to Hustle Hard to Save Their Lives ALL OP THEIR VALUABLES GONE, But They Consider Themselves Tery Lucky Indeed to Be ilive. THE CLOSE OP AN ILL-FATED CRUISE SPECIAL TELXOBAM TO TEE DISPATCH. Boston, July 24. Mr. William EL Van derbilt's $1,000,000 steam yacht Alva is ly ing beneath 4i fathoms ot water off Pol lock Rip Shoals, Nantucket, with a hole in her port bow. Her owner and his guests and her crew left her in a hurry at 8:40 o'clock this moraine, saving nothing bqt the garments they wore, when flieV the Metropolitan steamship, H. F. Dimoek, crashed into her. Mr. Yanderbilt had not arisen when he felt the shock of the colli sion. ThrowinjKhis pajama over his robe du chambre he rushed on deck, and taking in the situation at a glance, he ran forward, so it is said, and climbed up the bow of the Dimoek to the deck. His guests took to the boats, which were manned with very little delay, and in 20 minutes the Alva sank, carrying with her a fortune, but for tunately no loss of life. All this took place in a dense fog so dense, in fact, that no object could be seen more than thirty feet distant If the Dimoek had struck the yacht amidships, there is a strong probability that the Alva's boilers would have exploded and a frightful loss of life would have been the result The Yacht May Yet Be Belied. As it was, the yacht is by no means a total loss. A wrecking company will begin work on her to-morrow, and after she is floated she will be towed to Boston, where new plates will be laid over the gap. Of course the costly f nrnishings will be a total loss, but much of the yacht's contents will be saved. f The Alva started on her cruise seven weeks ago, and the first thing she did was to run down a rowboat in New York harbor and cause the death of a man and a woman. It was not the fault ot the yacht's officers, however. Most of the time since then has been passed at Newport Last Wednesday Mr. Vanderbilt invited his brother, Mr. Fred W. Vanderbilt, of the Conqueror, Mr. George W. DeForest, Mr. Wiufield Scott Herit, Mr. Pell and Mr. Riggs to be bis guests on a short trip to Bar Harbor. They left Newport early in the afternoon, and reached Bar Harbor Friday, at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Vanderbilt and his guests visited Mrs. Vanderbilt that atternoon, and yesterday afternoon, receiv ing a few callers, he gave orders to start for Newport The Alva left Bar Harbor at 4 o'clock. ,and steamed through the night withooj in cident At o clock this morning,- while 'passing through the narrow channel oppo site JManiucset, a neavy log was encoun tered, and the Alva anchored in the chan nel. How the Wreck Occurred. This was about 6 o'clock this morning. Between that hour and 8:30 o'clock two steamers passed the yaoht,and their whistles were answered by the vacht's bell. Then another steamer was heard approaching from the west It was heard close at hand. and was evidently groping along at dead slow speed. Her whistle blew several warn ing blasts, and Captain Morrison claims that his fog bell replied each time. The Dimock's captain asserts that he did not hear any bell. The Alva's orew assert, on the other hand, that the Dimoek circled completely around the yacht before strik ing. The matter of signals is a disputed point But there is no disputing the fact that the Alva was cut down by the Dimoek, and that she sank about 20 minutes after. Naturally, there was a little confusion on board when the owner and the guests tumbled on deck in such an unceremonious fashion, but in a very short time the boats were all lowered and the guests and crew made their escape without so much as a wetting. One . of the crew fell from the deck into the steam launch, but was fished out again with nothing more serious than a few bruises. Some of the crew wanted to go below and get some of their clothes, but Captain Morrison ordered them into the boats, for the Alva was sinking rapidly by the bow and was liable to go down at any moment Sir. Vanderbilt Sees the Sinking. From the deck of the Dimoek Mr. Van derbilt saw his noted yacht disappear from sight Then the officers of the Dimoek con tributed clothing to supply the needs of the owner of the ill-fated yacht and his guests. The yacht was settling so fast when they rushed upon deck that the gentlemen did not dare go below, although, as was after ward demonstrated, they might have saved most of their personal property. Arrived at- Boston Mr. Vanderbilt and his party went to Newport by special train, while the crew remained on board the steamer Dimoek. One of the sailors of the Alva told The Dispatch correspondent to-night that the yacht's bulkheads were not closed; in fact, they were never closed. If thev bad been closed, as thev should have been, the Alva would probably be in New port to-night, instead of being beneath four fathoms of water. The same sailor said that even in crossing the Atlantic the pre caution of keeping the bulkheads closed was never taken. Description of the Fine Yacht. The Alva, as Mr. Vanderbilt stated in a letter at tbo time of her launching, was not built for speed. Safety and comfort were the first requirements. She was a floating palace, and yachtsmen pronounced her the finest vessel of the kind ever con structed in this country. Money had been expended lavishly by her owner, and it is sufficient to say that he was fully satisfied with his vessel. She was a screw steamer, with barkentlne rig. The American yacht list gives her custom house tonnage as 1,161.21 and her gross tonnage as 600.65. She is 285 feet over all, 252 feet on the water line, 32.3 feet wide, and had a draught of 18 feet The engine was a three-cylinder, com- Sonnd, direct-acting type. A powerful ynamo engine supplied the electrio light with which the yacht was lighted through out She is supplied with steam steering gear an I a steam windlass. She was built by Harlan & Hollingsworth, at Wilming ton, Del., in 1886. Her designer was St Claire Byrne, of Liverpool, England. THE CHARLESTON ON FIRE. A Blase In the Coal Bankers Fat Oat After 35 Mlnatei Hard Work. Post Obchabd. Wash., July 24. A fire broke out in the coal bunkers of the United States cruiser Charleston Friday. The fire bell was immediately rung and within 30 seconds the pumps were started. After bftttjing with, (bo flaines for ?5 f minutes the fire was subdued. The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion. All the hatches were battened down to smother the flames. Tbe steerage had to be torn to reach the fire, when streams of water were turned on, which extinguished the blaze. The berth deck in the steerage was partly destroyed, as were also the officers' bunks and part of the fittings. The dam age will not necessitate the ship's return to Mare Island, as repairs can be made by the ship's mechanics. REDDING ROBBERS ROPED. A Mob Takes the Bandit Brothers From Jail and Banes Them Women's Senti mentality and the Efforts or Their Law yer! Provoke the Lynching. Redding, Cal., July 24. John D. and Charles Ruggles, the two brothers who robbed the Redding stage near here several weeks ago, killed Express Messenger Mont gomery and wounded the driver and a pas senger, were taken from the jail by about 40 armed and masked men at 2:30 o'clock this morning and hanged. Tbe recent sentimental attitude of a num ber of women toward the prisoners as well as toe line oi aetense adopted oy tnejr counsel, ho has been evidently endeavor ing to implicate Messenger Montgomery as a party to the crime, has been denounced by a number of persons in the county, and it is believed tbe lynching was flue to these causes. About 1 o'clock this morning, the body of armed man, who had evidently been rendezvoused some distance from the town, marched through a quiet street to the Court House. The Sheriff and Deputy were asleep at home, but the men aroused the jailer and comnelled him to accomnanv -.hem to the Sheriff's office and forced him uivuige me jact tnat tne xevs oi me jau were in the Sheriffs safe. Th'e-nien then spent nearly an hour in opening the safe. Finally they secured the keys and went tu that part of the building occupied as the jail.-, The cells of the two men were opened, antique elder one, John Ruggles, asked the crowd to be lenient to his brother, saying he was innocent The brothers were handcuffed and, their hands tied behind their backs, were led from the jail. The party walked several blocks anr, stopped near the railroad company s large woodshed, where a cross-beam was sus pended from two pine trees. The ends of the ropes, which had been placed round the necks of the two men, were thrown across a beam and the men were told they could make a statement The brothers had but little to say, though John still persisted that the younger one was innocent In another moment, at a signal from the leader, they were suspended about four feet from the ground, and after securing the ropes the crowd departed and the bodies were left there until cut down by the Coroner about 9 o'clock. Passengers on the noon train saw the bodies from the car windows, dangling in the morning sun. Quite a number of citizens took a hand in the affair, and ap pear to approve of the summary justice meted out to the murderer of Buck Mont gomery. A BABY FABM AT FLAIBUSH. The Quaint Old Town Torn Up Over Its Latest Scandal. New Yoke, July 24. SpecicO. The quaint old town of Flatbush, on Long Island, is excited over the establishment there of what is believed to be a baby farm. It has only been in ex istence three weeks, but during that time two deaths have occurred among the' six children who were inmates of the place, and the Board of Health will probablyinvestigate- the farm at Us ,riexi meeting A little more than three weeks ago a somber-looking woman leased the two-story frame house, containing five rooms, at 1 Prospect street Little at tention was paid to her nntil the neighbors remarked the number of babies about the premises. When two funerals occurred from the house in less than a week suspicions were aroused that all was not as it should be. These whispers came to the ears of the woman in charge, who thereupon appeared before Judge Bora Kamp and asked for a license to conduct a hospital. He declined to issue the license until the next meeting of the board. The woman said her name was Mrs. Josephine A. Hoage, and that she was a professional nurse for women. KNOCKED OUT BY ELECTEICIT7, A Freleht Train Engineer Bendered Uncon scious at Hie Pott or Doty. Middletowit, N. Y., July 24. SperiaZ. A violent electric storm passed over this region last night, which was particularly destructive along the line of the Ontario and Western Railroad in Sullivan county. One of the most remarkable incidents of the storm was the striking .by lightning of a railroad freight between Mountaindale and Fallsburg. Benjamin St John, the engi neer, recollects passing Mountaindale sta tion all right, and he noted the time by his watch at 8:05 p. M. Suddenly he became unconscious. A short time afterward he was aroused by his fireman, a young man named Boyce. It appears that the same shock which had disabled the engineer had set fire to the roof of one of the box cars belonging to the train, and the trainmen had been vainly signaling to the engineer to shut off steam. Finally the fireman climbed over from his cab to the engineer's cab and found the lat ter sitting with his hand upon the throttle, but helpless. The fireman stopped the train. AMEBICA AGAINST ENGLAND. The Fennsy to Slake a'Test or Locomotives From Both Countries. Philadelphia, July 24. ISpeclaL It has been proposed to the officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad that, in order to test the relative value of English and American locomotives, there be a competition between them in this country during the World's Fair. The idea is to imnort from England, with all its equipment, a locomotive and an efficient crew. This engine and one of the best of American make will make a trial run from New York to Chicago. Tests will be made of speed and ot drawing capacity as well. National Horseshoers Organizing; Cleveland, July 24. Master horse shoers, representing local associations in Cleveland, Pittsburg, Rochester, N. Y., Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit, Allegheny and St Louis, met in this city yesterday to form a national organization. They will be in session about four (lavs. Their object is mutual protection and a unllorm scale of prices. A Philadelphia Jailbird Hangs Himself. Philadelphia, July 24. .James O'Neill, a prisoner in the county jall awaiting trial tor highway robbery, banged' himself in bis cell yesterday. He was a weaver by trade, but lately he had taken to knocking people down la tHe streets and robbing them of their watches. The South Dakota Harvest. Yankton, a D., July 24. Harvest in small grain has commenced here, and barley and rye have been cuttduring tbe'week, A week henoe will see wheat all in shocks. The hot weather of the past week has not injured wheat Corn is growing fast, but needs rain, GUILTY JFJREASOH Private lams Disgraced and Drummed Out of Camp Sam Black. HIS CEIME WAS A HIGH ONE And flis Military Punishment Next to Rein" Shot Dead. Was HALF OF HIS HEAD WAS SHAVED. His Buttons, and Military Clothes Taien Away From Jl m. .Z ,AN IMPRESSIVE CE KB EMONT YESTERDAY The severestpossible military punish ment save shooting to death was inflicted yesterday morning npon Private lams, of K Company, Tenth Regiment, attached to the Provisional Brigade encamped on the eminence just across the river from Home stead. Young lams was dishonorably dis charged from the military. His hair was sheared from one side of his head and he was ignoniiniously driven into the world where he must be without a home, without tbe respect of a citizen and without recourse at law. The ceremony attending the humiliation and disgrace of young lams was the most impressive ever witnessed in times of peace, and stern men who in times of war wit nessed the execution of the extreme military laws stood yesterday, weak as women, while the stern order of Major General "Stowden was satisfied in strict accordance with'iilitary rules. Some 1,600 soldiers, without aniapparent quiver, and with relig ious regardvor their orders, completely undone one of "s heir fellows. They saw his buttons taken trim him, and they aided in drumming their late comrade out of camp. PIckInc Oat, the Ca'prlt When the unfortunate shooting of H. C. Frick was reported to tHs soldiers on Sat urday afternoon Private'VTams proposed three cheers for the man whffid the shoot ing. Lieutenant Colonel Strfetor, com manding the Tenth Regiment, fa his quar ters, heard the incendiary utterance. He ordered the regiment promptly paraded, and when his command, surprised, nVrvous and anxious, was drawn up before hik he recited the proposition he had heard one, of his men make. When talking to his regi ment he stood directly in front of yon n lams, whose voice he had recognized. "1 am confident I know who made the treason- ' able remark," Colonel Streetor said, "and the gentleman will advance two paces. Forward, marchl" the Colonel commanded, and lams advanced two steps. "Did you propose cheers for the man who shot Mr. Frick?" Colonel Streetor asked. Zams did not answer. He, was trembling like one suffering from a severe chill. He nodded in theaffirmative. The regiment was diunked,and the offendag private was turned over to the offieer--of the daypj He was placed In charge of a detachment of his fellows and marched to the guard house. Tbe guard in charge of the prison was at once doubled. Colonel Streetor, Captain Ponley, of K Company, General Hawkins and Captain Brown, detailed al Brigade Headquarters, held a hurried con sultation on the case, and it was decided to punish the self-accused soldier by hanging him by tbe thumbs until he evidenced re gret for his remarks. Hang Up by His Thumbs. Before being strung up young lams was asked why he proposed three cheers for Mr. Frick's assassin. "Because I don't like Frick," the prisoner answered. He was then placed npon a box. His thumbs were securely fastened to the cross bars of a tent erected for the purpose. The 'box was then taken out from under him and his tip toes barely touched the ground. The punishment was inflicted in the presence only of the offi cer of the day and the surgeons of the Tenth regiment, and the double guard. No others were allowed near the place of punishment at the time. Surgeon Neff, standing on a box, held the prisoner's pulse, while the Assistant Surgeons, Grim and Ullora, watched the action of his heart Tbe orders were to release the unfortunate when he showed signs of regret, but he was firm for 30 minutes, when the surgeons discovered bim to be weakening physically and ordered him to be cut down. When taken to his quarters he was unconscious, bnt he w as soon resuscitated. He was left under guard, however. At 8 o'clock on Saturday night Colonel Streetor reported to Major General Snow den in detail the offense committed by lams and the punishment inflicted. Gen eral Snowden read the report ot his staff, and after a consultation he approved the re port In returning the approved report to Colonel Streetor, General Snowden ordered that "Private lams be dishonorably dis charged from the service" and that he be drummed out ot the encampment according to the regulation military plan. lams Was Guilty of Treason. "His crime," General Snowden's order read, "is that rf treason. His conduct was aiding, abetting and giving comfort to our enemy. The entire provisional brigade will report to Colonel Hawkins, commanding, and will assist in escorting the dishonorably discharged soldier out of the camp." By the same order Acting Brigade Quarter master Robbins was authorized to prooure a suit of clothe in which the disgraced soldier was ordered to be dressed. Lieuten ant Robbins went just before 12 o'olock on Saturday night to Braddock, where he pur chased a pair of blue drilling overalls, a blouse of the same material and a straw hat The suit cost ?1 even and the hat five cnts. Early yesterday morning young lams was held np while his buttons were taken from him. He was then strijped to the skin. His military clothes were taken from him and the blue drilling suit vai sub stituted. His hair on the right side of his head was shaved off and tbe right side of his face was shaved. His overalls were two small for him, leaving probably six inches of his leg exposed between his shoe-tops, and the ends of his pantaloons. About two inches of space between the waistband of his overalls and his blouse were also left bare, and' as be stood in the guard house even his most intWate friends would not have recognized hi ml Drammed Oat of the Camp. Promptly at Vf o'clock the whole provis ional brigade began assembling in front of General Hawkins' quarter., Ibe tljree rez, imental bandp played doleful music and the buglers blew a mournful, dirge-like air. When each of the commands had reported for duty they were drawn up in solid col umn, with the Fourteenth regiment on the right, the Fourth-Regiment next in line, the Tenth regiment next and Battery C on the left The encampment was then cleared of all visitors and the sentinels were ordered to admit no one to cross the lines: Tbe"l,G00 soMJers were brought to attention and Col- Streetor rode hastilfto the guard- gntLfOj. 3ered to load their guns, fix bayont My0 , witb their prisoner. ,iranyaf"v2&- pe is made or if the prisonetvidKof-, shoot him," the colonelr orderto V 5Jf-pung lams was marctfedto the t i?,t the column of soldiers where be stvc .iurrounded by his guards. Adjutant HaSs rode to the front and read in a clear, distinct voice tne story of the prisoner's crime the report of his punishment made by Col onel Streetor to General Snowden. He then read General Snowden's approval of that report, and the further sentence of the Major General. The Adjutant, after read ing the sentence, explained that the sentence mean disfranchisement and prohibited the unfortunate prisoner from holding office of nrofit or trust within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and deprived him of all the rights of a citizen. Played the Bogne's March. The Fourteenth Regiment Band then struck up "The Rogue's March" and young lams was marched by his guards along the military line. The brigade of soldiers was then formed into a hollow square, and with General Hawkins in command the solemn march proceeded out through the encamp ment to Swissvale station, where the sol diers were halted, and the disgraced soldier was turned into the world that seemed not his own. A freight train was passing just when lams was released Dy the guards. He boarded the passing train and disappeared. The soldiers returned to their quarters dis tressed with having performed the most lamentable duty of a soldier. Young lams came direct 'to Pittsburg, where he lives. He had the left side of his head shaved and he changed his tbin suit lor a suit of his own clothes. He was over whelmed with his treatment Tliltors to Camp Sam Black. Camp Sam Black was fairly alive yester day with visitors. On account of the heat tbe soldiers were relieved from all save guard duty until late in the evening and even then it was said to be too hot for much drill work. Regimental dress parades were held, however. Religious services were held in many of the regiments dnring the morning, bnt in the provisional brigade religious services were delayed until even ing on account of the lams incident Song services were held in that brigade in the cool of the evening. Among the many visitors to the camp yesterday were J. B. McCaulIy, of the Adjutant General's office, an5 George Campbell, of Pittsburg, who was the guest of General Hawkins. Since Saturday the guard has been doubled and to-day the Fourth and Tenth Regiments will do provost dutv in Home stead. SUNDAY IN HOMESTEAD. Borough Thronged With Crowds or Cartons Visitor. Vhe I Homestead was filled to overflowing yesterday with throngs of ennous strangers. They came early and stayed late. There were seven cases of prostration by heat reported during tke "day, and not one of these proved serious. Butr all this labor and suffering yielded the crowd absolulWyjiej -..v- ' .-. U9 VUM1UG UC mills looked desolate. and there was absolutely nothing to be seen in the village. Profiting by their experi ences of the previous Sunday, most of the mill men spent the day in the woods and in the neighboring towns. Many went up to Duquesne to visit and consult with the strikers there. Then there were others, and they were many in number, who remained in the privacy of their own homes all day. The arrangements for handling the crowd were ezcellent. The railroads ran long special trains from Pittsburg and McKees port, and there was none of that crowding and hopeless confusion which prevailed last Sunday. Hnndreds made the journey by water, half a dozen steamers and. barges and a swarm of -row boats furnishing the transportation. WILL STAY AT HOMESTEAD. The Second and Third tTIU Not Be Ke- lleved by the First Brigade. Philadelphia, Jnly 24. General Rob ert Dechert and Major Cox, Quartermaster of the First Brigade, arrived here to-day from Homestead. General Dechert left for the seashore almost immediately and could not be seen. Major Cox declined to give the reason for General "Decbert's sudden summons to Homestead, but he positively affirmed that the First Brigade would not he sent there to relieve the Second and Third Brigades. Major Cox said that these two brigades would be kept at Homestead nntil all pos sibility of trouble had passed. THE LATEST 0EDEB. The Carnegie Company Will Discharge No Man to Make Room, for Another. The Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, will to-day post up in and around the Home stead Steel Works tbe following notice: To All Men Who Enter Oar Employ Alter Jnly I, ISM: In no case and under no circumstances will a single one of you be discharged to make room for another man. Voa will Keop yourrespective positions so long as you at tend to your duties. Positive orders to this effect have been given to the General Superintendent. By order of the Hoard or Managers of the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, H. C. Frick, Chairman. Homestead Steel Works, July is, 1352. LAWTEBS FOB THE PBIS0HEBS. A Movement In St Fan I to Snpply Home steaders With Legal Talent. ST. Paul, July 24. A movement is on foot in this city to supply the Homestead men, arrested on a charge of murder, with the services of the well-known criminal at torneys, W. H. Erwin, of St Paul, and George W. Arno, of Sionx City, la. Mr. Arno was assistant attorney with Mr. Er win in the famous Haddock murder trial. Both have signified their intention to act as attorneys for the defense of the Home stead men If the ' expenses are paid. A meeting has, accordingly, been called with the object of forming an organization for the purpose ot raising funds. THEY BOBBED THE BAILBOADS. The Discovery of a Far-Rrachlnc Flot Amone Conductor and Agents. Kansas Crrr, July24. Detectives have been at work on a suspected conspiracy be tween tbe conductors and train agents, and it is now believed that within a few days a number of arrests will startle the employes ot the various roads. Some of the sus pected men are beginning to get uneasy, and one ot tbe ticket agents of an up-town office said this afternoon that it is evident that if the arrests were not made very soon there would be an exodus from the city of a number of prominent men connected with the roads. In this connection it was learned this afternoon that the Missouri Pacific Rail road would place collectors on aU their trains on and after August 1. DEMUR STOLE EVEN HIS NAME, Now Claimed He Assumed That of a Known Anarch ist to Hide His Identity. HE DENIES HOST'S STOBY, But Does Not Deny That He Has Beenjn Homestead Borough. No-w He Admits Ho Ha3 Been In Pitts, burgr Six Days Was Seen at the) Carnegie Offices Saturday a. Week Affo Police Wonder Where He Got His Clothes, for He Appeared as a Tramp at First A Charge of Feloni ous Assault Preferred Against TTfm and He Is Removed to Jail Ha Wouldn't Wear Diamonds. Chairman H. C. Frick, of the Carnegie interests, was resting easy last night HU wounds were not giving him much trouble and there is no doubt of his recovery unless the hot weather should cause some compli cation. The assassin put in the day at Central station smoking cigarettes. He was inter viewed by a large number of people and re fused to make any statement more than just in dribs. When taken to jail he stated to Warden McAleese that Alexander Bark man wo3 not his right name. He refused to tell what his real name was. There is no doubt that Berkmaa is only an assumed name and the police authorities are again at sea. The scoundrel is a Rus sian Hebrew, well educated and perfectly sane. There is not the least doubt of his sanity. He is simply bad clear to the core. His intention was to kill Mr. Frick at tbe first shot and to escape during the excite ment I Assumed Another Anarchist's Nme, Berkman is well acquainted with Anarch ists, however, and evidently knew of the existence of Berkman, the Hew York Ni hilist, and his erratic movements. It it claimed he only assumed Berkman's name as a cloak to hide the most cowardly of crimes. The assassin is also a liar of marked pro ficiency. Though he said on Saturday ha had only come to Pittsburg on Thursday, he yesterday admitted he had been in Pitts burg for sir days. Yesterday one of the elevator men at the Carnegie building iden- nAiililc'ii9! 'USTTiflan he B&& fhtLt. np in the elevator Saturday a week ago. Hi was dressed as a "bum" then. He did ne have any money, and the people are won dering where he got the money to bny tht new suit of clothes and also to purchase the revolver. Believed to Have Been In Homestead. It is also said the assassin; was at Homestead. Yesterday when asked whether he had been there he refused to answer and his usual hang-dog look became more villainous than ever. Ever since the wonld-be murderer was brought to Central Station, a guard has stood at bis cell door in the person of, Garrett Crossan. The Iron gates which guard the entrance to the drill grounds at the station were also kept locked save the small one just in front of the detective's head quarters and men were constantly kept there as well as a policeman on guard at Central station door. Almost any one who was known was admitted to see the prisoner, and a number of times he was brought out into the corridor that the people could get a better look at him. He is now wearing a jaunty pair of eye glasses which he handles like a full-fledged dude. Yesterday he wore only his undershirt and his trousers. He sat on the hard bench in his cell and seemed greatly flattered by the number of people , who came in to see him. A Refusal to Answer Questions. He has a great thirst for notoriety and is anxious to pose as a hero among the most rabid Anarchists and Nihilists. His un usually thick lips smiled every time a new visitor was ushered in by one of the Ser geants His answer to nearly every query was, "does that interest you?" and when questioned closely he wonld refuse to answer. He moved about in his cell a great deal. He is suffering from an incurable disease and the heat was very hard on him. When told what Herr Most had said about discharging him for incompetency as a printer in New York, he said Herr Most did not know him, and that he neve worked for him. He declared Herr M( did not know what he was talking aboi Berkmao declared he was a fine job printi and that all his work in New York h been done on weekly and monthly perio cals. His Photograph Taken A-ttln. At 5 o'clock Photographer B. L. Dabbs appeared at Central station and u he wanted to take a photograph of the A archist assassin. Inspector McKel consented to taking the murdei down to Mr. Dabbs' establishmei Berkman agreed willingly and the part was driven down in a closed carriage. J did not have any necktie, and blocked -ceedings until one was secured. Ins McKelvy offered his, but the assasr fused to put it on until the Inspe' moved the diamond pin which he t. wears in it At 8 o'clock last night he was taken frc Central station to the connty jail ai. turned over to Warden McAleese. As it was feared the patrol wagon would attract too much attention the prisoner was hand-i, cuffed to Detective Sol Conlson. whUe Detective Shore walked on the other side; They would have gotten along without comment but the men at engine company' No. 2, on Seventh avenue, all ran up to get ! -r.1 af a glimpse oi tuo wau- rz. Followed to Jail by a Peaceful Crowd.. 44 This attracted several bright boys, who? kept calling: "There goes the murderer. The result of this was that by the the jail was reached there was crowd nearly 200 people, men, women and dren, at the entrance, all anxious jg tlsael ota ekil.ni 411 M -
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