t X c I . 4 .1 2: M A AT LAST, Harrison's Twenty-Day Quar antine Order Not Looked Upon at the Capital AS BEING OUT ON TIME. A Week Ago It Might Hav Been Considerably More Fffective. OXE WAY FOUND TO GET AROUND IT Froposed Postponement of the Grand Army Encampment, WASHINGTON'S POOE'SANITAKI SHAPE Into jl staff connESPOXDEjrT.t Washington, Sept. 1. Tbe President ran down to tbe capital this morning to do what onght to have been done a week ago, but it is agreed by pretty nearly everybody that he has not done as much as he should have done. The order is to detain all ves sels carrying immigrants 20 days at quaran tine. This is subject to the laws of the States which govern the quarantine at the various ports. It does not apply to vessels which have already sailed and which are really more to be feared that those which have not sailed. It does not apply to any but steersge psssengers, apparently, and there fore all that an ordinary immigrant has to do to come to the United States with all the freedom and compliment that is be stowed on the favored cabin passenger is to pay the small diflerence of about 515 or 20, which will get him nn intermediate or sec ond cabin passage, and armed with this franchise he can come from an infected region and walk out upon the shore at the Custom House or the company's dock with no inconvenience except that small and careless detention which all passengers must suffer at this time. ot by Any Means Enousb. Possibly this is all that could be done, but if anybody thinks this is enough I have net been able to find that body, and it ia said the President himself admits it is prob able that the barrier will not serve to keep out the dreaded enemy. "The order sent from the Treasury De partment to-day may be of some benefit," said one of the mast prominent physicians or the city this evening, "but in my opinion it will not be effective in keeping out the cholera. lis the old story of locking the stable after the; horse is stolen. If the order is of any benefit at all it should have been promulgated a week ago. If it is not radical enough to reach every possible gate through which the cholera might be intro duced, why was it not made so? Su ppose it has the eflect to stop immigration in the common meaning of the word. "Apparently any class of persons from an infected port may escape the 20 days quar antine it they ship as anything but a steer age passenger, and the hundreds that will come by the first and second and intermed iate cabins are to be subjected to nothing more than the indifferent inspection and fumigation that is given to the better classes of passengers. 'j Vt hat Stiou'd Have Been Done. "Why were not all passengers not only from infected ports but from everywhere compelled to endure the 20 days quarantine. Surely it is not asking too much of them when the penalty of any less rigid surveil lance may be the introduction of the plague aud the death of thousands who wodld not otherwise be exposed. Then, there isnoth ing in the order, or in any of the regula tions, to prevent a ship with the disease on board from sailing in among other vessels which have no sickness, though a plngue- lutested vescl u ill contaminate the air in its whole vicinage. 'MJcither is there any prohibition of the entrance of merchandise which might trans mit the disease. It is the experience of all history that in such crises, no matter how great the danger that thieatens. inspection and disinfecting are processes that are care lessly attended to as time wear anayan-l the first fright passes. The entrance ot all such merchandise should be prohibited or, it permitted, the shippers or ship owners should be compelled to so to the expense of unloading at some point where the cargo could not only be fumigated, but also ex posed to the air for a considerable time. Fumigation will not destroy cholera germs in rajs and articles of clothing in the touch, in the manner in which it is usually ad ministered. Had for Kl ventli-IIon- Wnrlc. "But what is the ue of talking? The au thorities have done all they are going to do, and we will have to accept what comes. Their action was tardy everywhere, and the eleventh-hour order of to-day, going timber than any other pronunciation, is subject to the Iaws'of jhe State, the whims ot State omciais, ana me inainerence ol the em ployes of the States, appointed usnallv for the reason that they are good political hele er. Anvone can see at a glance how wretchedly ineffeclual it all must be, and if the cholera rears its ghastly death's head among us it will be because of the imbecil ity of the Goterument in dealing with the question. "Think of a great nation like this being compelled to is--ue an order in such a crisis that is ot no avail unless it commend itself to the good graces ot a petty State. A few thousand individuals are permitted to land because it wou:d be inconvenient for them to be detained, and 60,000,000 of people are by tliisi.ieans subjected to contamination. In the iiuerests ot "business" the ragpick ers and the old clo' nierphants of the world are permitted to sow the disease broadcast. I sincerely hope the precautions, such as they are, do not come too late, and that they will be vastly more eflectual than I think they will be." Proposed Delay of tlia Encampment Xot the least anxious lot of people here abouts are the Grand Armv men and the thrifty citizens who have gone to consider able time and expense with the expectation of turning a pretty penny during the an nual encampment. One of the leading members ot the G. A. E. in the District admitted to me to-dav that if there oc curred any sort of an outbreak of the cholera in this country prior to the 19th ol September, which is the date of the as sembling of the veterans, the wliole affair would havo to be abandoned. There are a number of people here who are more con cerned for the health of the citv than for the fleeting enjoyment of the old soldiers, and who hope that in vie,w of the proximity ot tlie cholera the encampment will be de clared off till next year. While no one would stop to think of the matter under ordinary circumstances, it has become a serious question whether the health authorities should not take some ac tion in regard to the notoriously inadequate sanitary provisions at the tree lodging bar racks. Over 30,000 persons are to be housed in barracks of the flimsiest character, rooted with paper and weather-bnarded with can vas, in which the veterans are to be packed togetheras closely as sardines in a box, three tiers deep, the structures looking as though they would be blown away by 'anything more than an ordinary breeze. Not an available lavatory ii within'reach ot any tif these barracks, and there is no sewer near them over which closets may be erected. 'It is proposed that for more than 30,000 AROUSED people there shall be only the most primi tive of surface arrangements, subject to the uncertain ana ineffectual visits of carts. Physicians assert timt this condition is enough to breed the plague of itself, and it is being seriously agitated whether, with the cholera scare "nt our doors this state i?f things, certain to cause sickness in any event, should not be prohibited. Moreover, the provisions for therelief and care ot the sick are criminally inade quate, to any nothing of the possibility ot the presence of the cholera. Two thousand dollars is beinc spent on an idiotic repro duction of the old warship Kearsarge, which destroyed the Alabama, and onlv $3,000 is set apart for the care of the sick. Under the most favorable circumstances this is not one-third of what should have been pro-( vided, as the hospitals here cannot accom modate more than from 250 to 300, while it .is quite certain that there will be from 1,500 to 2,500 ill all the time, among so many fersons suddenly changing their mode of ife, sleeping in barracks in malarial atmos phere, r crowded into rooms so closely that it will be impossible lor them to breathe good air. Those who expect to make money out of the affair are furious at auy suggestion of the abandonment of it, even though the cholera should stalk into our midst, and if there seem to be danger when the time of the meeting is at hand, whether the chances of the invasion of "Washington by the plague are enhanced will depend on the wisdom of the veterans individually.which must dictate that they deuy themselves the pleasure of the annual meet even in Washineton, rather than run the risk of some one or more of them taking the contagion here to spread it over every part of the country. TBE LAW IN THE CASE Iiild Down by the Attorney General for thit Ptvgldrnt'K Bonefi' State Laws Mast He Connidered in Cases of Even This Kind Statutes ns Tuy Are. Washington, Sept. 1. The following opinion as to the authority of the Executive in matters of quarantine regulations was sent to the President by Attorney General Miller this alternooc: Sir. Answering your Inquiry as to the ex tent of tho powers of the Executive In the matter of quarantine regulations, I beg to sav: On tlieI9-.li or April, 187S. an act of Congress was approved (20 stats., p. 37). glvinjr to the Executive certain powers upon this subject. On the 2d of Juno. 1S79. another octof Con gress was approved (21 Stats., p. 5), provid ing for the repeal ot many of the most im portant provisions of the act of 1S78; but tho later act was limited in its duration to the period of four years; that is, the act of Juno 2, 1S73, expiied by limitation on the 2d of June, 18S3. It is a well-settled principle of the com mon law that tho repeal of a repealing act operates to revive the net repealed, Jnst as the repeal of an act chauging the common law restoies the rule of the common law prevailing bo tore such act was passed, as to tho lepeal of a repealing net, this rule, has been changed by section 12 of the Re vised Statutes or the United States, which reads as follows: "Whenever nn act is re pealed which repealed a former act, such lormer act shall not thereby be revived unless it shall be expressly so provided." The Law Under Which to Act. The act of 1879, however, was not repealed, bnt expired by limitation, and Section 12 of the Revised Statutes, therefore, has no ap plication to this case. In Collins versus Smith (6 Wharton, p 294), it was decided, Chief Justice Gibson delivering the opinion, thai, where a repealing act expires by its own limitation, the act repealed is revived. Accordingly, it was held by tho lato Mr. Secretary Folgor. an eminent jurist, that this particular act of 1878 as revived on Jnno 2,1883. The same iew was taken by my immediate predecessor. Attorney Gen eral Garland, and was acted upon, no doubt, under his advice, by President Cleveland and Secretary Manning in quarantining against smallpox in Canada in 1835. In this vlow, I concur. Jly the law- of 1878 It is provided, among other things: First That no vessel coming from any for eign port or country where anv contagious orinfectious disease exists, or conveying any person or persons, merchandise or animals, affected by any contagions disease, shall come into the United States, except in tho manner unci subject to tho regulations in that act authorized. Dntl-B or the Snrceon General. Second The Snrgeon General or tho Mar ine Hospital shall, under the direction of the Secretory of the Treasury, be charged with the execution of the provisions or this actand shall frame all needful rules and reg ulations for that purpose. These rules and regulations shnll bo subject to tho approval ol the President, but such rules and 1 emula tions shall not conflict with or impair any smillarv or quarantine laws or lobulations of nny State or municipal authorities now existing, or which may hereafter be en acted. The policy of Consrress has annarentlv been to mainly leave this branch of tho public service with the States, and most of the seabo.u-d States have statutes more or less elaborate on the snbject. The State statutes and regulations, however, may bo supplemented by the National executive. My conclusion, thoiefoie, is that the Sui KPon General, ot the Marine Hospital Service, and the Secretary of tho Treasury, with j our approval, have authority to make needful roles and regulations not inconsist ent with the Stntolaws and regulations for the quarantining of ships coming Into our harbors with a view to tno protection of the health and lives of our people. Vet v respectfully, W. II. H. Miller, Attorney General. 20 DAYS QUARANTINE Prnvliled for by a Clrcnlar Issned by Order rf 'lit IVesident Ihi Result of a Conference at Washington Health :fflcir Jenkins' Report. Washington, Sept 1, At the request of the President, Assistant Secretary Spanlding, of the Treasury Department, and Dr. Wyman, Snrgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service, met the Presi dent and the members of his Cabinet at a conference nt 11 o'clock this morning. Alter an hour's deliberaticn it was decided not to issue a proclamation at this time, but to issue a special circular instead. The circular amounts practical! to a 20 days' quarantine of vessels, or longer de tention, if necessary. The declaration of a 20-days' quarantine will be notice to foreign governments that immigrants for the pres ent arc not desjrable. At the conference the Treasnry officials ex plained the situatiou to the President, and Mr. Wyman indicated what would bs done by his bureau toward rendering a national quarantine. The following is the text of the circular which was issued this afternoon: Tin Collectors of Customs. Medical Officers of the ,-iianne Hospital service. Foreign steamship Companies, Mate and Local Boards of Health: It having been officially declared that cholera is prevailing In various portions of Russia, Germany and France, and at certain points in Great Britain, as well as in Asia; and U having been made to appear tliRt Im migrants In large numbers aie coming into the United States Irani affected districts, and that they and their personal effects aio liable to introduce cholera into the United States,and thatvessels conveying thorn aio a direct menace to the public health; and it be ing "further shown that under the laws or the several States quarantine detentions may be Imposed upon these teasels a sufficient length of time to insure against the intro duction or contagious diseases, It is Hereby ordered that no vessel Horn any foreign port containing Immigrants shall ho ad mitted to enter at any port of tho United States until said vessel has undergone a Quarantine detention of 20 tlavs (unless such etention is forbidden by tho laws of the Slate or regulations made thereunder), and or such greater number of days as may bo fixed in each special caso uy the Stato authorities. This circular is to take immediate effoct, except In cases or vessels' afloat this date, which will bo made subject ot special con sideration upon due application to the de partment. Walt it Vtmas, Supervising Surgeon General. Charles Foster, Secretary of the Treasury. Apm-oved: Besjamis Harrison. Health Officer Jenkins yesterday sent the following dispatch to Assistant Secretary Spanlding, in relation to the arrival of the Moravia at New- York: Steamship Moravia, from Hamburg, ar rived at 8.S0 last night. Upon boarding her this morning the ship's surgeon reported 22 deaths 20 children, two nilnlts, two cases convalescent. Ship's surgeon diagnoses cholerine. She was ordered to the lower Bay and held. THE PEEEKFrUBG A FARM HAND'S RAGE Makes of Him a Triple Mur derer, After Which He Kills Himself. NEAE STEUBENYILLE, 0. Furious Over a Sudden Discharge Be Kills His Employer, SHOOTS DOWN TWO WEAK WOMEN Jnd Then Makes an End to Himself With the Same Bloody Weapon. ALL IIAD B0RXE GOOD REPUTATIONS fSrzCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Steubexville, Sept L, The most sen sational murder in the history of Eastern Ohio was committed in Cross Creek town ship last night, the facts of which were not known until this morning. John Skinner, a farm hand, killed his employer, George Feitner, a prosperous farmer, and shot down Feitner's wife and her gray-haired mother. They all lived together in a cozy little farm house about four miles from Steuben ville, where Skinner was employed as a farm hand. The latter has always been known as a man of good habits, and wis not of a quarrelsome disposition, but dur ing the latter part of this summer frequent quarrels have taken place between Skinner and his employer. Feitner himself has been sick with typhoid fever for some time, and during his sickness he was nursed by his wife. She too was taken with the disease, and Dr. Fisher, their family physician was called. The doctor, as usual, called at the house this morning to see his patient, and upon going in the yard was surprised to see everything so quiet, but opening the door he entered. What the Doctor Saw Inside. Once inside, a horrible sight met his gaze. On the floor in front of him lay the bodies of two men, both of which were covered from head to foot with blood. The carpet, furniture and everything in the room showed signs of a terrible tragedy. Thinking immediately of his patient, he ran up stairs, and here, too, he witnessed a sight that he will never forget. Stretched out on a bed lay Mrs. Feitner and her mother, Mrs. Meiske, both with bullet holes intheirheads. Mrs. Meiske was unconscious, but Mrs. Feitner had barely enough strength to tell the doctor what had bappened. Dr. Fisher hurriedly called in the neigh bors, and sent word to this city at once, and notified the Coroner, who with Deputy Sheriff Vorhes and Marshal Teaff, went back to the house. By this time the neigh bors had given the two wounded women all the attention possible under the circum stances, and kept the people from entering the house, as the news spread rapidly. Mrs. Feitner, although in the care of a physician, displayeJ wonderful nerve and presence of mind. After she had been shot and, as she supposed, fatally, she dressed her mother's wounds and her own, cot her mother upstairs in bed and then sat down and wrote a statement, which was found all covered with blood on the table in her room. It read as follows: Mrs. Feitner Writes a Statement. 3Ist op August. John Skinner came In this evening, about 9 o'clock; shot George first, and mother and me, and then said, "What will I do?" and then got George's revolver and shot him self. Don't cuss anyone else. Anhie Feither. Mrs. Feitner to-day, after recovering her self eubugh to talk, told the story ot tbe murder. She said that yesterday was Skin ner's last day to work on the farm, and he had been informed that he would not be needed any longer. This he did not like, as he wanted to work several months longer. Yesterday afternoon he was given a team to haul his trunkB to Ferhwood, and re turned late last evening. Mrs. Meiske paid him what was due him, about $18, and left Skinner and Mr. Feitner talking in the front yard. The two men got into a heated discussion, and Mrs. Feitner called to her husband to come upstairs and not to talk to Skinner. Feitner obeyed his wife and went immediately upstairs to the room over the sitting room. Skiuner's anger being aroused, he fol lowed Feitner upstairs, where the argument was continued for some time, all taking a hand trying to pacify the enraged man. George Feitner sat on a chair near the head of the stairs when Skinner, who was stand ing near him, pulled a revolver from his pocket and shot Feitner in the breast near the heart. He staggered near the doorway and fell down the stairs into the sitting room, dead. Skinner, becoming bewildered, exclaimed: "My God, what have I done? "What will I do?" ' lie Shoots the Two Women .Also. Then, while bewailing his fate, he turned the deadly revolver upon poor old Mrs. Meiske and pulled the trigger, the ball striking her back of the left car. At that instant Mrs. Feitner, seeing that tbe villain shot her mother, tried to stop him. Aim ing the revolver at the wife, he fired, the ball taking effect under the left eye. He waited a moment to see it the shot had killed her. He fired the second one, this Bhot taking eflect in her forehead. Seeing her fall he was apparently satisfied. Although both women were mortally wounded and dazed, they went downstairs, and Skinner, whose revolver was empty now, went upstairs and got Feitner's re volver off a nail where he knew it was kept and returned downstairs, followed by the two women, ne again exclaimed: 'ydy God, what have I done!" Mrs. Feitner was bending over her dead husband when she was startled by four shots in quick succession, followed by a heavy fall on the floor. The murderer had ended his own life by firing two bullets into his breast on either side of the heart. He next placed the revolver to his forehead, fired two more shots and literally blew out his brains, falling on the floor, where his body was-found this morning. A Strange CoBJxctnrn Is Afloat. All Steubenville is talking about the affair, and one of the stories going the rounds is that Mrs. Feitner, hearing the men quarreling, went downstairs, and beiug ill with the fever and being deranged, as sometimes typhoid patients are, hunted up her husband's revolver, and going down stairs, began shooting where the men were grappling together, shooting both in her frenzied condition, and then, realizing her awful crime, shot her mother and herself. This rumor has not been verified and noth ing is thought of it Feitner was 36 years old, and has always been known as apeacable, law-abiding man, although the same can be said of the mur derer. Skinner was 28 years of age and came from West Virginia. Some time ago he told some of the boys in the neighbor hood that although he went by the name of Skinner his real name was John Carman. Ho was a steady and excellent farm land and had been employed by Feitner for three summers. He has sisters living in Toronto, and has another sister living in Fernwood, to whose house it is supposed'he hauled the trunks. The Coroner began taking testimony this l hi DISPATCH,' FRIDAY, afternoon, bnt nothing was developed, all testilying as to the good character of both men. Mrs. Meiske and 5irs. Feitner are both being cared for by kind neighbors. The undertaker this afternoon prepared the bodies ot both men for burial, but the time for the funeral has not been set DE MOBE'S HOI HEADED ENEHY Kicked Oat of the Officer' Mess nnd Wants to Fight All Creation. JPaeis, Sept 1. Captain Cremiux Foa, a Hebrew, who engaged to fight a duel with the Marquis de Mores after the latter had killed Captain Mayer, the Hebrew's, cham pion, to-day figured in a violent scene with fellow officers. Captain Foa, being offended because of some statements of Lieutenant Trochu, his second, made at the recent trial of the Marquis de Mores, had challenged the latter to a duel. TrocUn's Colonel, however, forbade the duel. This greatly enraged Captain Foa, who went to the offi cers' mess and threw his glove in Trochti's face. The other officers present thereupon forcibly expelled him from the foam. Lieutenant Trochu cays the door sud denly opened and Captain Foa shouted, "I'll box your ears." The other officers present threw bottles and other missiles at the Captain and struck him on the temple, inflicting a slight wound. , Then the pug nacious officer was picked up and forcibly thrown out of the room. Subsequently both Lieutenant Trochu and Captain Foa were taken before the Procurur. Captain Foa declares he will challenge every officer who had a hand in the affair. DYING OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Evil pirlts llannllnc a Woman Who Doesn't Kelleve In Doctoring. Akrojt, O., Sept. 1. Special. Mrs. Catherine Gross, of this city, was removed to the Xorthern Asylum for the Insane at Cleveland to-day. For two years she has been a hard student at Christian science, and has worn herself completely out by close attention to books and journals. AVhile in poor health she has refused all medicine and has placed herself under the care ot Christian scien tists. Two weeks ago she was taken to her bed, and a week ago her mind gave away com pletely. Strange hallucinations took pos session of her, aud contrary to Christian science doctrines she believed evil spirits were pursuing her. Twice she got oat of bed and wandered around the streets in her nightclothes to elude the spirits. She is now so exhausted that physicians say she cannot live. CAN'T CHOOSE A CANDIDATE. Tho Deadlock In Scull's District as Firm as It Ever Win Bedford, Pa., Sept. i. ''pedal' The Democratic Congressional . conference held two sessions to-day, in which four ballots were taken, with no material change ex cepting that the conferees from Bedford and Somerset voted for Scull and Ashcom at different times. Hicks still holds his own. The candidates were called before the con ference at a late hour to-night, but for what purpose cannot be learned. Telegrams are pouring in from all over the district asking that a nomination be made at once. A motion was made by the Scull people for an adjournment, but this Was opposed by the Hicks people, and the candidates withdrew from the conference, stating that they are unable to come to an understand ing. It is now thought the deadlock will continue for some time. A EEAVE WOMAN WITH A PISTOL Drives Away a Burglar Who Was Cllmb Inc; Over a Store Transom. Ne'w Castle. Sept. 1 Special Mrs. Ollie Davis had a thrilling experience witn a burglar or burglars, last night She man ages J. X. Norm' general store at Mahoning town, and resides above the store. Some time during the night she was awakened by a noise as if someone was trying to get into the store. Mrs. Davis took her revolver and went quietly down stairs, just in time to see a man half through the transom above the front door. She fired at. him, and instantly the form disappeared. She ran to the door nnd saw a man staggering away from the building, aud sent two bul lets "after him. In the morning a pool of blood was found in front of the door, and it is believed that the shot took effect During the night the Mahoningtown postoffice was broken into and robbed ot a quantity of stamps and money. CONVICTS' WHOLESALE PLOT. They Give It A tray on Their Death Beds to Michigan Prison Official. Jacksost, Mich., Sept 1. Through the confessions of Huntley and Davis, the two convicts who were shot while attempting to escape from the State prison the other day, the prison officials have been informed of one of the deepest laid plots ever attempted at any prison. Their plan was not only to get away them selves, hut to let as many of the prisoners out with them as possible. -"This explains why they attempted carrying outtheirplans so "early in the morning. Huntley and Davii are now on ttfeir death bedsin the hospital. Knowing that they have to die, they became very confidential and revealed the'entire plot THREE EPIDEMICS IN ONE PLACE. Bad Drainnce Having a Terrible EOet Upon New Haven Vlllaue. TJnionto'WN, Sept t Special Diph theria, typhoid fever and scarlet fever are raging at New Haven, this county. Over 40 cases "of typhoid have been reported,some of which have already proven fatal. There are about as many scarlet fever and diphtheria victims, but no deaths are yet reported from the two latter diseases. The amount of sickness is due to the bad drain age. Some of the citizens have moved out of the place with their families to escape the epidemics. , Can Trust Conductors Again. The Duqucsne Traction Company took up their old systenof giving transfer tickets to the passengers who use the different branch roads yesterday. Several months ago the company discovered a number of conductors stealing by the abovo system and discharged them. The company then placed men at the different transfer points whose duty it was to register the number of transfers daily. II?Icl Their Recalar Meeting. The Young Men's Ecpublican Tariff Club held its regular meeting last night Twelve new members were elected aud sev eral others were proposed for membership. President McCleary read a lengthy letter irom J. S. Clarkson, President of the Na tional League of Republican Clubs, urging them to hard work during tho coming cam paign. Ths;Cholera nnd OP, The report that the prevailing cholera in Russia had seriously interfered with the oil trade of that country led to a correspondence on the Bnbject between A D. Wood, Secre tary of the Producers' Oil Company, nnd Secretary Foster, of the Treasury Depart ment The Secretary has recently written that he will have the matter thoroughly In vestigated, and will report to the oil trade. Sto'n a Sot nf II irn. Nelson Scott, of tho East End, was ar- toted by Detective Gumbert yesterday on Charge of larceny preferred by Peter Gib- i. xne latter alleges acntt, stole a set ot rness from hit stable on Station street Kfl SEPTEMBER 2, 189a MISS BORDEN HELD For Trial at November Term of Court, After the Argu ments of Counsel. THE ELEMENT OF TIME And Absence of Any Hiding Place 'for an Ontsido Assassin CONTRIBUTE TO THE RESULT. The Defense Lays Stress Upon the Man Seen Loitering Nearby. iLSO THE PALPABLE WANT OF M0TITE Fall River., Mass., Sept 1. Lizzie Borden's preliminary hearing ended to-day, and she was held for trial at the November term of court. Mr. Jennings opened the argument for the defense. He said, among other things, that Andrew J. Borden was murdered, there was no doubt, and that the time of murder has been established, there wa no doubt The alarm was given at 11:13 to 11:15, and the time between Mr. Borden's last entrance to the house and the alarm was about 25 minutes. What occurred after he got there? Brid get Sullivan told her story and she left him in the sitting room reauinga paper. With in half an hour Andrew J. Borden had to go in the house, have his talk with Lizzie if he had one, go upstairs and downstairs and lie down on the sofa, unless he was killed and placed on the sofa afterward. The time must be reduced to from 10 to 15 minutes for the commission of the deed. Thn Drfensn Plnd a Man." It is found that after the alarm had been given the bodies were where they have been so often described as being, and any man of common sense would have said at once, on seeing them, that this was either the work of an insane person or one whose heart was hardened. The theory of the Government seems to have been that the crime was committed by inmates of the house. All their work seems to have been directed by that one idea. It is claimed that nobody could get out of the house without being seen, because there were persons all around. The State knows the house has been broken into in the day time within two years, and the barn broken into within two months, and the facts are not disputed. "We show something the police ought to have discovered," said Mr. Jennings, "the stranger within the gate, as told by Mrs. Manley. They have spent night nnd day following up clews to conyict Lizzie Bor den, but know nothing about Mrs. Manley and the man she saw. Why? Because they are not looking for anybody outBide. The extraordinary thing is that "the police cannot find the man Dr. Handy saw, bnt they can find the ax or axes Lizzie Borden killed her father with." No MoUtd Fonn-I lor tho Crime. Mr. Jennings laid great stress on the ab sence ot motive lor the crime. The state ment that Lizzie was on unfriendly terms witli her parents, he said, had not been substantiated by the evidence. She was not in need of money, 525 having recently been paid her. The story of her alleged attempt to procure poison was scouted. He pointed out that the girl had just 15 min utes in which to clear herself of all traces of the crime. "What did she do with the hatchet?" he asked. "What became of the spots of blood that should have been on her clothes?" Tbe lawyer spoke of the "youngest daughter" and the servant as being in the house at the time, and when ha added, "the one whose hands were last clasped by the dead father's, and the one whose head last rested against his breast," Lizzie burst into tears and Mr. Jennings' voice was deeply affected. At 2 o'clock District Attorney Knowlton proceeded to make the argument lor the Government Among other things, he said: How was tho hatchet which was used as an instrument used? By some one -who was a physical, if not a moial coward; by one who uin not wane any one to see wno aid it. The blows were stiuck lrom behind. We see in it a weak, iiresolute, imperfect feminine hand that only knew tho impulse to strlko not with the stieugtli of a man. Yet wo don't know who did it. Those blows wero not even evidence of malice, because they weio all weak, irresolute blows. Ko Place for a Man to Hide. Tell me not about the appearance of the hay, that tho barn was locked up by liorden at night and unlocked in the morning. In the house, when they got In, whero could they hide? Xopossiblo hiding places. Xo way to get anywhere. And that set us to thinking, nnd who was thore that could Im agine that everything could be clear for him who calmly thought he could await in that house lor an hour aud a half. I can't con ceive of a villain who is also a fool. I know no difference between roputable and honest Lizzie Borden and reputable and honest Bridget Sullivan. When Lizzie Borden testified she told different stories- she contradicted herself. Where wero Airs. Borden and Lizzie when Bridget came Into tho house that morning after she had gone Into the yard? They were uistnlrs alone. Before that Mrs. Borden had told her to wash windows. Mr. Borden had gone away, and when Bridget came to the screen door Lizzie appeared and was to!d by Bridget she need not lock the door: that she would be In tho yari) anil could soo anybody going or coming; that sho would get her water in the barn It Lizzie said so. All the house was clear but of Lizzie and her stepmother, and when Mr. Borden was down townand when Morse was away and wuen isriuijec was at worK in tne yard tuen the deed was dono in that upper room; and wlion Mr. Borden was let lit by Bridget, Liz zie and Abbie Borden were alone In tho guest chanbor one dead, the other alive; and when Lizzie was at the head or the stairs, when Bridget was at the door, she was where a woman was so killed that when she lell, with her mass of floah, to the floor, she bruised her face and made such a noise it must have been heard. Not a Bit of Noise VTai Heard. Then sho takes out her things and begins to Iron. Bridget went up stairs, leaving Lizzie ironing at three minutes to 11, nearer to her father than I am to Your Honor. In live minutes her father was dead. She conld not have been down stairs, because she would havo heard the noise not up stairs, because sho was ironing. It is now more difficult than it was to 'imagine the improb ability of tho story sho toldabout that barn. Whero tho man wnom Lizzie thinks did tho deed was all this time, wo don't know. Speaking of the statement by Lizzie that she had gone to the barn to get sinkers, he said: And she stayed In that barn 20 minutes, where no woman would have stayed llvo .minutes. I gave her all tbe chance in the world, and asked her to account for that time, and sho said sho went up there and uto Dears there "or all places In the world; and she did not feel well, and could not eat any breakfast. In the hottest part of tho day, to tho hottest place on the premises she hnd gono to get sinkers. I have seen all sorts of alibis, but this Is the most labored one I over saw or heard of. The Commonwealth has never said that these people were not poisoned by prnssic ncld, but It does not say that that was the first proposition, because thore was a sug gestion or a motlvo In Llzzlti j.oinz to tho drugstore. Prnssic acid could not bo had. Tho laws urn strictly acainst Is and she gave It up. The demeanor ot the defendant Is re markable. We have not yet found the wrap that covered Lizzie liorden and tnolc tho blood from those bodies. Wo have not yet found tho hatchet which did the work. This thing was conceived in the head of a cool headed, deliberate woman. The Prisoner Is He'd for Trial. Judge Bliisdell said tbat lymjmtby should be laid aside, and duty, stern duty, requires upon this evidence bnt one thing to De done. He continued: . Supposing a man was seen in the chamber of Mrs. Borden, the guest chamber of death, and that he was in the room of tho father when donth came; suppose that a man should tell as many dilferent stories as Liz zie has done the wny would be plain. I find tbat she Is probably guilty. The accused was ordered to the county ail for trial at the November term. All the witnesses were ordered to recognize for the November term of court DELAYED A FEW DAYS. Allegheny's Poslofllcs Site Still a Subject nf InvrKtlffitlon. Washington, Sept I. Special.' Con sideration of the question of a site tor the new postoffice in Allegheny will be delayed for a few days on account ot a wish of some of the citizens interested, that they may have more time to present their views in regard to the question of eligibility. Sev eral letters have been received from promi nent citizens withing the lost tevr days taking various views of the matter and ask ing more time for investigation. Some of those who are interested in sites present the argument against the higher priced properties that the purchase of them would require so mnch of tbe appropria tion there would be little left for the build in tr, as the limit of the cost of the building is 5250,000. Against this it is argned that the limit oi the cost of the building will be un doubtedly increased, as the amount to be used for a site will be increased when a presentation of the matter is made to Con gress. The views are so divergent, how ever, that Secretary Foster prefers to wait patiently to see just what is favored by the larger weight of influence apart from per sonal interest It is probable tbat the matter may not be decided for 10 or 15 days. IT TAKES IHEEE DAYS 10 W2D. An Arab Weddlns In Cincinnati Seems to be n Howling Snccpss. Cincinnati, Sept. 1. An Arabian mar riage, celebrated exactly as it would be in Arabia, is in progress here. It requires three days to complete it The contracting parties are Raphael Latoof and Lizzie An tonious. The ceremony began at 8 o'clock in what is known as the Red Onion tene ment house, inhabited exclusively by Arabs. The Jjride is but 14 years old. In opposite corners sat 15 or 20 men and as many women. The bride aud groom sat facing the women. The bKde was covered with an arch scarf. From a table in the middle ol the room a brother of the groom dispensed nuts and beer. All the time the squatting men and women kept up an exas perating bowling. Soon near relatives of the bride and groom appeared at the door, dressed in Arab costume, aud danced a stately minuet Then followed all sorts of performances, wild shrieking, beat ing of heads, scattering of incense, bowing under colored lights, accompanied all the while by the maddening howling. An immense crowd of spectators is on the outside and a squad of police is kept busy. AFGHANS WIN ONE VICTOBY, Bat thr Tide of thn War Ag.iinst the II zar Is Still Against Them. Simla, Aug. 31. The troops of the Ameer of Afghanistan have recaptured Katnsan, from which place the Governor was recently driven out by the revolting Hazaras. The rebels made a stubborn re sistance, and before they evacuated the place they inflicted a loss of 460 killed upon the Ameer's force'. The troops are suffer ing from a lack of supplies and are desert ing in large numbers. Though the Hazaras have been defeated at Kamsan they have been successful in other encasements that have taken place with the Ameer's forces in other parts of the Hazara country. A mountain battery and several battal ions of Punjaub infantry and cavalry have been ordered to hold themselves in readi ness to reinforce the troops in the Wana Gomil Valley in the event of the Ameer of Afghanistan failing to recall his agents who are disturbing the peace of the Indian fron tier. CAPIUEED BY MOOKISH PIEATES. A Spanish Ship Falls Into Their Hands, bnt Five of the Creir Escape. London, Aug. 31. A dispatch received here says that Moorish corsairs boarded and robbed the Spanish ship Ycard, trading be tween Cape .Tuby,and Rio Deoro, and cap tured 11 of the 16 members of thacrew. .After securing the cargo, consisting of 400 bales of wool, the pirates deserted the ship. When the trader was boarded by the cor sairs five of the crew made their escape in a boat, which was subsequently picked up at sea by the Spanish schooner Vengauza. After rescuing the five men the Vengauza proceeded to the spot where the Ycard was attacked, a distance of 45 miles, and found that the vessel had been set adrift. A dispatch irom Madrid says: A Spanish gunboat has been dispatched to attempt the rescue of 11 members of the crew of the Ycard. M0EE DOMESTIC TEOUBLE. TVllIlam Terry Causes His "Wire's Arrest and She Canses Tils. William Perry entered suit before Alder man Kerr yesterday charging his wife, Lonise Perry, with assault and battery. Mrs. Perry created quite a sensation in Al derman Kerr's office Monday night by striking her husband in the face and kick ing him at the conclusion of a case in which he testified to her being of a quarrel some nature. She gave S500 bail for a hearing Saturday and then made an information against her husband charging him with assault and battery. She alleges that on Monday night after their little setto in Alderman Kerr's office he followed her home and attacked her directly in front of the house and gave her a severe beating. , THE FIRE RECORD. ay The railway woric- shops and lia cars. Loss, 1,000,000 marks. Laytons. Pa. The large brick works of William A. Stanton and William Steward, comprising tbe Fayette Manufactures Com pany of Pittsburg, employing about 50 mon and toys. Loss well Insured. The works will be inbuilt. Larimer avenue Shortly before 12 o'clock last night a fire broke out in tho second story of tho house of Mr. John Stott, on Larimer avenue. Tho furnitnro and other effects were damaged to tho extent of $300. The origin of tho flro is not known. "Remarkablc how well mamma looks, aud how she has gained in flesh. You should da the same." "The loss of flesh is a trifle. You think you need not mind it, but you are gradually running down. Do like mamma. Use the Carlsbad Sprudel Salt every morning before breakfast. It will increase your ap petite and cure you of that dyspepsia and biliousness from which you are suffering. But be sure to get the genuine imported article. No sub terfuge," I . 3 LOST Oft .THE LAKE. A Steel Steamer Founders Near the Upper Michigan Straits. BDT 'ONE LEFT TO TELL THE TALE Oat of a Total of 27 fouls Wbo Were on Eoard the Hapless Craft. BOTH OP THE LIFEBOATS CAPSIZED Sattlt Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept 1. The fishing tug E. M. B. A. arrived down to-night, having as a passenger Harry Stewart, of Algonac, a wheelman, the only survivor from the mammoth steel steamer Western Reserve, which foundered Tuesday morning about 9 o'clock 60 miles above White Fish Point, on the course to Keewe naw. The Western Reserve, np-bound and light, left the Soo Canal Tuesday morning, haying on beard as passengers Captain Peter Minch, her owner, his wife, three children and his wife's sister, beside the regular crew of 22 hands. The rest ot her short history is best told in the words ot Stewart: Everything went well nntil abont 60 miles above White Fish, when the first warning of impending danger was a terrible crash about 9 a. M., caused by the huge craft breaking in two and breaking the main mast about half wny up the rigging. She to'blcrn water fast from the start and the yawl boats wero low ered. Captain Minch, his family and the officers and crew of the boat to the number of IT cot into tbe wooden yawl and tho othera took tho metallic one. Doth of the Tawls Capslz?d. The Reserve sank in ten minutes, and be fore she had hardly gono out of sight the metallic yawl capsized. The other went to her assistance, out only succeeded in rescu ing two of her occupants, Captain Myer's son and the steward. The 19 survivors started for White Fish. 6u miles away. The yawl weathered the breakers all night and until 7 In tho morn ing, when abont a mile lrom the shore lc capsized. I saw none ot the occupants alter that. I struck for the shore, but the crle-t of tha children, the screams of tho women and the moaning of men were terrible. I was In tho aater two hours, and struck shore about ten miles above the station. A search failed to find trace of any othvr survivor of the wreck, and there is no ques tion they were all drowned. The Western Reserve was one of the largest craft on the lakes, and has only been on the Lake Su perior trade a little over a year. Ilia LUt of the Drag. She was owned by P. G. Minch, who, witn h:s family, were lost on her. The others lost, as near as can be obtained, are: Albert Myers, Vermillion, O., c iptain: Frod Engalls, first mate; William Ii. Seam.in, Cleveland, chief engineer: Charlei Wiles, second engineer: George Davis. aisUtunt steward; Daniel Forbes, lookout; Carl Myers, wheelman: IL Simpson, oiler: C.L.E. Uean, sec ond mate; Bert Smith, steward; S. T. flatten, fireman; John Latchain, fireman: Horace Borough, fireman; Martin Klanson, oiler; Daniel Stickney, E. Lonefleld. Albert Daven rort, Daniel O'Connell, At. Coffee and John Wilson, deck bands. ITssd Ills Gun Too Treely. Napoleon R. Beaumont, who lives at 1C0 Water street, got locked up yesterday after noon on a charge of disorderly conduct. He came home about 4 o'clock and found his wife in a skiff on the Monongahela river. On seeing ner he pulled a revolver and fired several shots at the boat without effect Officer Sullivan locked him up. Jacob Esper's Death Accidental. The result of Acting Coroner McKenna's Inquest in the case of Jacob Esper was a verdict of accidental death. Dr. McCand less held a post mortem on the body, and stated that death resulted from the crush ing of the spine, which was the result of the cars passing over the body. fcM0-CiQ?WVr WORTHAOTNEAAJJOZC.' ! ! :: mm Complying with general re-; jquest, - ;; BEECH AJH'S FILLS ! will in future for the United ; States be covered with A Tasteless and Soluble Coatinsr, completely disguising the taste of the Pill without m any 5 ;way impairing its efficacy. J'nce 25 cents a 5ox. New York Depot 565 Canal Street. S -OK- If you're going to want any then see at once the BLACK SATIN BERBER Plaids and Stripes, but all solid black, wool, 3S inches wide, that we are going to sell out at 35c a Yard. There are only about Soo yards, and they are so good and so great a bargain that they'll sell quicker thananything that ever went out of this Black Goods Department 100 dozen LADIES' SILK WINDSOR TIES two sizes plain colors pink, blue, yel low, lavender, orange, navy, black, garnet and red Pure Silk at 10c and 15c. No comments necessary to emphasize this value. See them. B0G6S & BUHL, ALLEGHENY. 199 It Sk o.
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