"9WWf Pfwfpf 3a3- EHE - TITTSBimG'f,riJSFATCH;'7!rHlIRAY, SEPTEMBER 29, ,; 1892? srm.j 'V i CONVICTSJN LEASE. Both. Parties Preparing Show Up Horrors for Political Effect. CAMERON HAS AWAKENED And Excites Comment by Holding a Conference With Mahone. NEITHER IS COMMUNICATIVE, Minister Fgan's Coming Tint to Islington j'iscussed. GOSSIP FLOATING IN THE CiPITAC TJtOM A STAJT COBBKSP01TDETT.1 Washington, Sept 23 The Repub licans bare practically completed the preparation of a mass of matter concerning; the convict labor leasing system in the States of the South that is expected to be of great benefit to the party among the labor ing classes of the country. Much of it Jas been collected and arranged by the Con gressional Committee, with a view to its use in the Congress districts where it will do the most good, but it -was thought upon further consideration that it would prove a good card to play in the interests of the national candidates. The (acts collected show a really horrible condition of aflairs under the convict leas ing system; that the treatment of the pris oners is as brntal as ever it was in the countries of the Old World after the estab lishment ot the penal colonies; that the death rate among them is almost if not quite equal to that of the Russian exiles to Siberia; that the men are really bought and sold as though they were chattel slaves, to say nothing of their taking the places of thousands of free laborers who would get wors at good wages if it were not tor the convicts who crowd them out and lower the wage rate for the entire region affected. Democrats on a Still Hunt The Democrats, however, do not propose to look indifferently on the use of this damaging material. They also are engaged in a still hunt after convict labor facts in "Washington and Nebraska, the two North ern and Republican States in which the sys tem of convict leasing still obtains. They say that the conditions in these States are iully as bad as in any of the Southern States, and that in all, or nearly all, of the Northern States there is a system of leasing inmates of penitentiaries to private con tractors who make a large profit out of their labor, who flood the country with prison made goods, thus lowering the price of the articles and depriving free labor of the op portunity to make them. As a member of the Democratic Congres sional Committee said to-day: "I doa't think the Republican Committee will get much benefit from its working the convict labor mine. In this system the Democratic and the Republican States are tarred with the same stick. If the Republican State Governments don't work the convicts in the mines, or out of doors, they do indoors. They lease them to contractors, furnish the machinery,, and board and clothe them for the use of the capitalists who lease them. Premiums Paid for Convicts. The XationalGovernment under all sorts of administrations sends those who are con Ticted of crimes against the laws, of the United States to State penitentiaries in the 2f orth, where they are leased to contractors, and it is even said that a premium is offered by State penitentiaries to induce the Gov ernment to patronize this or that institution in the distribution of its criminals. It is a matter that will hurt both parties the morv it is agitated, and it would be better to leave it out of the programme altogether. Senator Cameron has not been the subject of a great deal of gossip lately, and has not been supposed to be lying awake of nights to accomplish any great good for his party. It is a common saying that the Senator only gets excited in politics once in six years, when he is a candidate for re election. He raised a commotion to-day, however. In the broad sunlight of publicity, in the cozy bay-windowed rooms at Chamberlain's, where even the passers by in the streets rould see him, he sat in a nrolonned and close conference with the great and only Mahone, of Virginia. To say that there was much guessing as to the meaning of it all, is putting it very weakly. Neither of the gentlemen are communicative. Both Were Uncommunicative. One might as well try to interview an Egyptian mummy as to get a word out of either of them in regard to the real purpose of any act of theirs. "When asked bluntly to-day wnat they were talking about, there was the silence of the grave lor a space of time, and then Mahone said grimly that they had been trying to find out how'much they would have been ahead on the North Carolina Creosote Manufacturing scheme if ex-Sergeant-at-Arnis Canaday had blown his brains out five years ago. "When asked if they were interested in the button-holing machine which Canaday was promoting at tUe time he took himself offby the loaded pistol route, the famousgentlemen smirked and nudged each other, and Cam eron murmured something about hoping the button-holing machine would be in success ful operation by the time when he will again become a candidate for re-election. From little things that have been dropped here and there around the city, it is sur Liiied that the great manipulators were consulting in regard to the possible ways and means of wheeling Virginia into the Repub lican line. It is thought that Gameron has grown jealous of the fame that has been fairly won by Mr. C. L. Magee in his play to break up the solid South, aud that he is about to take a hand and put up alarge amount ol money to carry the old dominion. Looking Two Tears Ahead. A Senator of the United States is to be elected two years hence to succeed Hunton, who was appointed to succeed Barbarour, and Mahone thinks the Legislature may be captured and held long enough to pull him through. Cameron's interest in the matter would be to have his friend in the Senate once more and also to make the election of Harrison sure beyond a doubt. Mahone is said to feel a deep concern for the election ol Harrison also. In the general love feasting occupation of the leaders of both the Republican and the Democratic parties Cameron ana Mahone are declared to have eaten some of the crumbs that fell from the tables, and that both of them are so full ot enthusiasm for Harrison and Reid that neither Quay nor Piatt can hold a candle to them. These are some of the bits of gossip that have started on the ronnds since the remark able conlerence of to-day. Some of the skeptical Democrats who don't Want to believe that there is any scheme on foot to Republicanize Virginia ' are cruel enough to insist that the confer ence was for no greater 'purpose than 'to ar range for a poker game this evening.as both gentlemen are prominent members of the Senatorial Poker Club; but this is a whollv gratuitous surmise, based upon a record that the Senator and ex-Senator have made in the past, and of which they are said to be rather proud on the quiet In whatever direction the truth may squint, the Repub licans of the States who are here in office profess to be glad that Cameron ii alive and taking an interest in passing events. Curiosity About Egan's Visit. . Considerable enriosity is felt at the State Department to know what will be the re sult of the visit to his adopted country of Minister Egan, who has been one of the most conspicuous figures not only in the controversy between Chile and the United States, but also between the late Balmace dan Government and ttie late insurgents who are now at the head of Chilean affairs. Months ago Mr. Egan was granted leave of absence, and was expected to take advantage ot it at once and return to this countrv. Instead of that he voluntarily re mained in Chile because as he averred his presence was necessary to facilitate the set tlementofthe claimsof United States sailors or their heirs against the Chilean Govern ment. Now, however, it is announced that Mr. Es;au will arrive at New York about October 4 and "that he will at once come on to Washington. As Consul McCreery was given a leave of absence simultaneously with that of Mr. Egan, and as McCreery was invited to re sien soon after bis return, and when he had fully explained the charges against him that he had speculated upon private infor mation given to him by this Government, and as Minister Eg3n "has been similarly accjsed, in addition to other charges against him, those who have watched this matter for a long time are naturally curious to see if anything will happen when the Minister and his superiors come lace to face. Some who look at affairs almost wholly from the political point of view think that there will be no change, or at least not be fore the elections, as it might not be politio to excite anv discussion among Mr. Egan's friends prior to the decision of the national contest. LlGHTNER. CANADAY'S FALSENESS. Ho Accused Colored Men of Bobbing Him and Surprises Those Who Knew Him He Owed His Start to the Iiace About Which Ho tied. Washington. Sept 2a SptcUW Mr. George M. Arnold, of this city, said this evening in conversation regarding the sui cide of ex-Sergeant at Arms Canaday, yes terday: "The manner of the death of Colonel Canaday is a tale of horror, but I am surprised at one feature of it Hav ing known him since 1865, and having had much to do near him, I am not surprised at the manner of his taking off. The only thing in connection with the sad affair that does surprise me is that William P. Cana day, while sane, would be so ungrateful as to charge that the burglars he alleged had bound and gasged him were colored men. "Colonel Canaday was a poor and help less ex-Ucuiederate soldier, with the uni form on he wore in the army in Wilming ton, N. C, in 1866. and the very buttons on his coat, 'Confederate "buttons, were or dered by General Ruger to be covered. The Colonel at that time was too poor to buy others. From that date to the tragedy yes terday he has had the unflinching unyield ing friendship of the colored people. "His first start in Wilmington as City Marshal was given him by the votes in the Board of Aldermen of three colored men Anthony Howe, Owen Birney and Neigh bor Jones and this, too, in the lace of one of their own race, George W. Betts, who was a candidate for the place. In politics in North Carolina the colored people stood by the Colonel solidly. It was unkind in him to attempt to fasten a lie upon the race at any time. I was an officer of the Gov ernment in North Carolina back in the sixties, and speak from personal knowl edge." AMERICA'S BIGGEST GUN. it inn Take a naif-Ton Shell and coo Pounds of Powder to Load It. Washington, Sept 2a The last of the jackets was yesterday slipped over the breech ot the great 13-inch gun at the Washington navy yard, and the immense piece of ordnance is now nearing comple tion. The gun will be the largest ever made in this country by the builUup process. This modern steel rifle is made pf 13 separate pieces of metal, exclusive'of the complex carriage. Its total length is 40 leet. Its diameter at the breech is an ineh more tlianiour teet, and it tapers toa thick ness oi 21 inches at tne muzzle. When finibed the gun will weigh nearly 158,000 pounds. It requires more than a quarter of a ton of powder to load it for one discarge, but that quantity is expected to burl a shell weighing 1,000 pounds 12 or 13 miles at 2,000 leet a second. When finished its construction will have occupied six months, but better time can be made with the other guns of this caliber that are to be built 1W0 HEWKAVAL H0NSTEES. Proposals for Bids for the Construction of a Battle Ship and a Cruiser. Washington, Sept 2a Under the authority conferred by 'the last naval ap propriation bill, providing for the con struction of two new vessels for the navy, one a sea-going battle ship of 9,000 tons dis placement and one an armored cruiser of 8,000 tons displacement, proposals were issued by the Navy Department to-day for their construction. "" The contractor guarantiees that when the battle ship is completed and tested the speed shall not be less than an average of 16 knots per hour, maintained successfully for four consecutive hours. The contract for the construction of the cruiser requires that she must develop a speed ot not less than 20 knots under the same conditions as are pre scribed for the battle ship. Each vessel must be completed within three years from the date ot the contract, and proposals must include the construction of both the vessel and her machinhry, complete in all re spects. THE AGENCY SYSTEM DOOMED. Commissioner Morgan Disapproves of It as Well as the Indian Bureau. Washington, D. G, Sept 2a The-annual report of Thomas J. Morgan, Com missioner of Indian Affairs, notes a c6ntin uance of the policy allotting lands to the Indians as individuals and of treating them as future citizens of the United States. Eventually the Commissioner think tht the agency system will be destroyed and also the Indian Bureau. He disapproves Vf the detail of army officers to take charge of the Indian agencies. He says that in the education of the Indians and the allottment of lands to them considerable progress has been made during the year. Special mention is made of the various measures taken during the year to make the Indians self-snpporting, and a gradual redaction of the issue of ra tions to them is recommended. TEMPERING CURVED PLATE. A Successful Experiment With Armor Sub jected to the Harrey Process. South Bethlehem, Pa. Sept 2a ripttuii An experiment was made with the Bethlehem Iron Company's armor plate department this afternoon "in tempering curved armor plate, which had been sub jected to the Harvey process. It was the first ever made with curved armor, and was entirely successful. The plate weighed 14,000 pounds and was 10i inches thick. The curvature was the same as the plate used on the turret of the Miantonomah. Ice water was UBed in tempering, and the contraction was very slight Borings from the plate were examined at every one eighth of an inch in depth, and its solidity was saisfactory. The plate was then dipped in a tank of oil, where it is now sus pended. Contraction or shrinkage will be examined in a few days. DIED. B1PES On Thursday, SeDtomber 29. at 12 45 A. M., nt his residence. No. 19 Hiice stieet, Alleslieny, James Sites, In the 67th year of his ag Notice of funeral hereafter. PLATT AT THE FRONT. He Malfes a Tellintj Speech at New York's First Mass Meeting. DEFINES THE PARTY'S POLICY. Thousands Bally at the Call to Dear Dis tinguished Speakers. REID CERTAIN OP THE EMPIRE STATE New York, Sept 2a The first Repub lican mass meeting of the Presidental cam paign in this city was held to-nieht in Cooper Union. There were fully 3,000 per sons inside the hall, all it could possibly bold, and twice that number without vainly seeking admittance. The hall itself was profusely decorated with American flags, and on either side of the speakers' stand were the German and Irish flais. Back of the platform bung oil portraits (of Harrison and Reid, draped with flags. (Long before the meeting itself began the enthusiasm ot the auditors manifested itsejfj There was music by the baud, songs by the "Protec tion Quartet," and then the atdience went wild over the entrance of Thomas C. Piatt, Warner Miller and Chauncey 1. Depew. When some degree of silence had returned Chairman Brookfield, of the Republican County Committee, advanced to the speak ers' platform and announced that he had been charged with the pleasant duty of in troducing the Chairman of the evening, "The distinguished, the sggresslve, the loyal Republican. T. C. Piatt" Mr. Piatt's name was received with cheers that increased in volume as he himself stepped forward to the speakers' desk, and, when the subsid ence of the applause permitted him to do so, Mr. Piatt spoke at length on the issues ot the day. He Believed in Honest Money. Among other things he said the Repub lican party believes in honest money no jug gling with ordebasing the nationalcurrency. It wants a silver dollar the equal of the fold dollar and it wants a paper dollar acked by the honor of the Republic, a rep resentative of value as precious as either silver or gold. Tho Republican party be lieves in commercial reciprocity. If we grant a special favor to any nation whatever for the introduction of its products or manufactures within our borders, we demand a return in the right to enter free the products or manufactures of the United States. The result of this sys tem of international exchange has helped to bring up to the close of the fiscal year of 1891 and 1892 the exports of the United States to 1,000.000,000, leaving a balance in gold against our imports of 5225,000,000 on the right side of the nation's ledger. "And now one word about the so-called 'force bill' Democratic newspapers have petsisteutly for months past spread through their columns all sorts of incendiary ap peals and bogus information in regard to this alleged force bill. There Never Was a Force Bill. "There never has been a force bill which was indorsed by the Republican party and the information furnished on that subject is of the same character as the cable dis patches of interviews with Bismarck and imaginary discoveries in the geography ot Mar's. The issue is forced, fictitious and fraudulent The Republican party, how ,ever, believes in a free ballot and a fair count and that we will have." At the conclusion of Mr. Piatt's speech the prepared list of vice presidents and secretaries was presented and then Mr. Piatt introduced "the next Vice President of the United States," Whitelaw Reid. As Mr. Reid advanced to the reading desk the audience again broke out in enthusiastic applause, aud as he stood smiling before them rose to their feet and cheered and cheered again and waved handkerchiefs and flacs. Mr.' Reid then, in a short speech. said he was convinced that New York be longed to the Republican party, and would cast a solid vote that way in November. OHIO OEQANIZEES AT WORK. Four.Moro of Them to Be Put In the Field by the League of Republican Clubs. Columbus, a, 8ept. 2a Special The Organization Committee of the Ohio League of Republican Clubs held a consultation with Chairman Dick to-day, and encourag ing reports were made from various parts of the State. It was decided to increase the work, and four new organizers will be placed in the field at once. Chairman Car ter, of the Republican National Committee, sent a telegram to Chairman Dick, ot the Ohio Committee, as follows: Investigate promptly and carefully, and see to it that no person holding an office ot any kind under tho Federal Government, or in any way connected as an officer or dl tector of a national bank.Yontluues on tho electoral ticket. The State Committee has communicated with all the candidates for electors, sub mitting a lot of questions for them to an swer and everyone about whose eligibility to act as an elector there is the slightest doubt will be asked to get off the ticket The National Committee holds that persons holding State, county, township or municipal offices are eligible. HICKS NOMINATION STANDS. Attorney General Ilensel Decides That He Filed His Papers in Time. Haebisbubo, Sept 28. Secretary Har rity on Monday addressed a letter to Attor ney General Hensel, asking to be officially advised whether under the present ballot law, the last day tor filing certificates of nomination fell upon September 12 or 13. The Attorney General to-day answered to the effect that the law should be liberally construed, and after citing authorities, he decides that September 13 is at least 55 days before the day of election and certifi cates filed on that date entitle the candi dates' names to be placed on the official ballot The same principle apples to other limitations in section 6 of the act This legalizes the papers of Josiah D. Hicks, the Republican candidate for Congress in the Twentieth district, and the Democratic nominee for Legislature in Venango county, both ot which were filed on September 13. THE COMPROMISE FELL THROUGH. Republican Affairs Beach a Worse Con dition Than Ever in Louisiana. NEW Obleans, Sept 2a KparfaZ. The condition of affairs in the Republican ranks in Louisiana is worse than ever. The compromise brought about by Messrs. Long and Huston, national committeemen, last night fell through to-day and despite the vigorous attempt to heal party differences the factions remain hopelessly split The Warmouth .faction conference com mittee refused to abide by the agreement and so announced to-day. H. H. Blunt, a leading colored politician, says that unless Warmouth be called down by the President the race will send representatives into Ohio, Illinois and Iowa(to stump for any one in preference to Harrison. GIDEON BANDS ORGANIZED. A Secret Society Branch of the Alliance Gaining in Membership. Chicago, III., Sept 2a D. M. Mclntyre, an ex-banker of Iowa, is qnoted in a local paper as saying that he is in the city, for the purpose of organizing "Gideon Bands." It will be remembered that dispatches were sent from Washington, D. C., some time since, reciting the history of Usecret political organization called the "Gideomtes." This order, it was stated, was a branch ot the Farmers' Alliance and theThird party movement, and had for its objects the overthrow of the old parties. Mr. Molntyre states that he is meeting great success in this city. "Since coming to Chicago," he said, "I have organised 150 chapters of 20 members eaoh, and X shall continue my work for a month, or six weeks. Like the Gideonltes'oMd, we have left the political parties, and can never, under Our obligations, return to the fold of either of them. Our work is 'go-between,' and wo expect to be able to keep offices rotating 'between tne parties until we have compara tive purity in politics." ANTI-SNAPPERS CONFER. The Question of Nominating a Third Ticket Occupies All the TimeA-Tho Anti-Tammany Movement Subsides for the Pres ent Great Secrecy Observed. New Xobk, Sept 2a Special The delegation of Anti-Snappers, "WetFeets" their new name met the Democratic National Committee about i o'clock to-day. Oswald Ottendorfer appeared soon. Mr. Otteudorrer insists that a Mayoralty candi date shall be named who can receive the support of his paper and its readers, with Henry Willard, Carl Schurz and others. Mr. Ottendorfer is associated in the organi zation known as the Cleveland German American Union. It is asserted that already there is $100,000 in the cash box. Upstairs Mr. Harrity, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Quincey and Mr. Smalley awaited the delegation. It was after 7 o'clock when the deliberation, conducted secretly, came to an end. Mr. Parker said that Mr. Har rity had pledged them to secrecy; that a cast iron formal announcement as to what had been discussed was to be run off on a typewriter. The questions con tained and involved in the resolutions adopted by the district organizations as to how the election ot Cleveland ana Steven son might best be promoted and as to hpw the largest vote could be polled in the city OI xew jcorK ior tne .uemocrauc cauuiuatco were discussed and a number of suggestions were-made looking to a thorough organiza tion of the voters of the city ot New xorit It was stated by the Chairman of the visiting committee that the committee was not empowered to submit or discuss, but formally had been prohibited from submitting or discussing with the National Committee questions of inde pendent local nominations, but that the Question was informally talked of. One of those present at the conference said: "Mr. Harrity threw cold water on the third can didate business. Mr. Dickinson, after hearing the arguments, was inclined to favored one, and Mr. Smalley and Mr. Quincey were non-committal." ENGLISH VIEWS OF THE LETTER, Cleveland's Hesitancy on the Tariff Excites Some Surprise Over There. London, Sept 2a The Pot considers Mr. Cleveland's reference to the contempla tion ot a fair distribution of tariff burdens rather than the precipitation of free trade as the most substantial part of his caucus address. "It is clear," says the Post, "that the American publio is still a good way from that penitence which their .European teachers in economic science await with such confidence." The Standard thinks thtt the attempt to find a middle course in the tariff questions will seriously hamper Sir. Cleve land. "The hesitant obscurity of his language" the Stanc7ard adds, "Showshis difficulty in expounding his own policy. Mr. Harrison has the advantage of a sweep ing confidence that will appeal forcibly to national prejudices and passions. On the currency question there is little to choose between the two candidates." The Ttmn says: "Mr. Cleveland's mani festo has a less confident ring than Presi dent Harrison's on the tariff question. He is, too, evidently afraid to assert his policy with equal courage and clearness. His lan guage is not easily reconciled with the broad principles laid clown at Chicago. Doubtless his contempt for the alarm of the protec tionists is fully justified, but if he is right why should free trade be treated as a bogy? There is no uncertain sound, however, in his utterances on the currency question." NO FREE TIN WANTED. Tariff leaguers" Prevented From Giving Badges to Children by Tammany. New York; Sept. 2a For several days men employed by the American Protective Tariff League have been distributing to public school children tin plate badges with a Harrison-Reid and protection inscription. Complaints were made to the police com missioners, and when the badge distributor visited a grammar school yesterday he found two policemeq there to prevent him handing out the bits of tin. Mr. Justice Replies to Springer. Philadelphia, Sept 2a l-pecial Mr. Justice, of Justice, Bateman & Co., in reply to a speech ot Congressman Springer reflecting on the accuracy of wool figures published by the firm, says that they were obtained from Mr. Springer's own renort as Chairman of the Ways and Means Com mittee. Mr. Justice replies at length to Mr. Springer's statements, -which, he says, are attributed "to his ignorance of the sub ject" Notes of Political Portent At Braddock last night 200 Republicans organized a marching club for the cam paign. The Republicans of the Twelfth Texas district have nominated Henry Terrell for congress. J1A.B0EIXU8 Atdieb, of Port Washington, Wis., was nominated for Congress fiom the Fifth Congressional district by the People's paity yesteiday. General J. B. Weaveb and Mrs. Lease ad dressed an audience of about 500 people at Greensboro yesteiday and 'both were lis tened to with respectiul attention. The anti Cannon wing of the Republican party of the Fifteenth district of Illinois is trying to forco Cannon to withdraw. With this end in view a meeting has been called. Williay C. IlAitBisos, of New Castle, for merly a deputy revenue' collector and now a well-known'insurance man, is named as a candidate for revenue collector in tills dis tiict. The Democratio Countv Committee, at a largely attended meeting atGreensburg yes terday, placed W. It Barnhart, a wealthy farmer, on the legislative ticket to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Geoige Wag oner, or Jeannette. 6T0LE A FREIGHT ENGINE. A Switchman In Jail to Be Tried on This Novel Charge. Buffalo, Sept 2a Edward Burns, one of the Lake Shore switchmen who went out on strike in August, is in jail, charged with stealing a Lake Shore freight locomo tive. Burns and a companion jumped on the engine in the Lake' Shore yard and ordered Engineer Rufus Spencer off. He refused to leave the throttle and they threw him from the cab. Then they started the engine. An operator in a switch tower telephoned to a police station near the yards and four officers, with the yard master, jumped on a "pony" engine and started after the stolen locomotive. All business in the big yards was sus pended for fear of accident Both engines flew along at full speed, and the "pony," being the lighter, gained on the lumbering freight rapidly. Burns and his companion stuek to the engine until they saw they could not escape, and, stopping, they jumped aud started on a run across the fields, with the police in pursuit. After a run of over a mile Burns was arrested. His companion escaped. Since the strike was declared off Burns has made several ineffectual efforts to regain his position. Mb. Theodore Hamilton, who appears to such advantage in "Friends," was unpaged as one of the leading members or Mr. Froli mfui'j companies, but bis evident iidupt a Unity for the role of John Paden, Sr., in duced Manager Hmtz to make a lequctst for his services, which was cbeerfclly acceded tobylNew York's popular manager. He ap pears in V-Friends" next week ntjhe Alrin. A FAMILY OFTHIETES. Phillip Hart Teaches His' Young Sons the Burglars' Art. HIS LONG CRIMINAL CAREER. First Murderer, Then a Man of Fortune, Xow a Thief TRIED AND SENTENCED TO BE HANGED rsntCTAI. TILIOnAM TO Till msPATOltJ New York, Sept 28. A sharp whistle a tracted the attention of Policeman O'Con n r, in Brooklyn, while on patrol duty near tje bridge entrance, on the night of Septem ber 2L Turning quietly in the direction fom which the whistle came, he noticed a Middle aged man and two boys emerging from the yard in the rear ot Ellis H. Lubey's tailor shop and Aug Miller's cigar ilore. I There was something in the movement of (he trio that excited the suspicion of the policeman and he asked the man what his business was in that particular place. The man replied that he and his sons were on their way to Brooklyn and that he had just stepped into the vard foi -a moment, while the boys were waiting for him on the side walk. O'Connor's suspicion that some thieving project had been under way was strengthened when he noticed that the man's hat and clothing, as well as those of the boys, were covered with dust and cob webs, and, calling another policeman to his assistance, he took the trio to the station. Many Burglaries Traced to Them. The man gave the name of John Miller, and said that his vouthful companions were his sons, Frederick and Charles, aged 13 and 11 respectively. His own age he gave as 47. Captain Eoson sent his detectives out to make an investigation aud they soon returned with interesting particulars. It was found that burelars had been at work in each of the stores, to whioh entrance had been effected from the cellars by cutting holes in the floors and that a bupdle con taining a quantity of clothing stolen from one of the stores had been concealed behind a barrel in the yard. A brace, two bits, a chisel and a muffled hammer which had been used in forcing an entrance to the stores were also found in the yard. The prisoners again denied that they had any knowledge of the robbery, but Captain Eason placed no reliance whatever upon thejr statements, and continued the investi gation. He found that the man was Phillip Hart; that the boys were really his sons and that they lived in a little cottage, and not at the residence given bv the father on the night of their arrest In one of the houses the detectives discovered the larger part of the 5500 worth of hardware which had been stolen from the store of George R. Craus on the night of September 3, and Mr. Craus identified this and also the tools found in the yard as his property. Hart's Long Criminal Career. Another 5500 robbery at New Rochelle was traced to the trio, but it was not until Monday, however, that Captain Eason learned that Hart's criminal record dated back to I860, when he was 17 years old, and that it began with the murder of a boy about his own age at New Brunswick. Young Hart was peddling pictures around the town and called at the store of John Roder. During Mr. Roder's temporary ab sence from the store Hart shot and gkilled his 17-year-old brotber-in-law, and, pocket ing all the money in the drawer, got away. He wa3 soon arrested and tried for murder under the name of Henry Dow. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. His youth and the influence of his father, who was engaged in business in Chatham Square, in this city, and a man of considerable wealth, saved him from execution, and his sentence was commnted to imprisonment for life in the Trenton State Prison. He tv as pardoned on the recommendation of the Court of Pardons in 1878 by Governor Lud low, who, strange to say, had been his at torney 17 years before and defended him for murder. , Squandered Ills Father's Money. Soon after his release, Dow, who had then assumed the name of Hart, inherited over 550,000 on the death of his father. Returning to New Jersey, he married a young woman of good familywho died less than a year ago. Hart rapidly squandered the money left him by his father, and when it was all gone resumed a crim inal career. In the winter of 1891 he came to Brook lyn. In addition to the two bovs whom he is educating to be criminals, he has a daugh ter and two other sons aged 9 and 7 years respectively. , It seems to have been Hart's custom to take the older bovs along with him on his burglarious expeditions, and, according to Charles' statement, it was his business to re main on guard while his father and brother were doing the robbing, and whistle if any person approached. If redencE played an important part in tho burglarious work, his business being to enter the stores through the holes made in the floors and pass out the plunder to his father. Charles has told how the robbing schemes were carried out, and it is on his own sworn statement in reference to the Washington street robbery that his father has been held. CATHOLICS IN POLITICS. The Great German Convention Bocldes to Boycott All Candidates Who Don't Take Their View of the School Question The Cahensly Incident Settled. Newabk, N. J., Sept 28. "When Rome has spoken the cause is ended." Thus speaks Archbishop Corrigan before the Young Men's Catholic Societies about Ca henslyism, which he practically declares is a dead issue. He spoke in reference to the reports that the views of Cahensly are held by the congress, and that the German re union is a step in the direction of the sepa ration of the Ca.tholics according to their nationalities. It had been said that the Archbishop favored the plan fathered by Cahensly, but his utterance leaves little doubt as to his present views. "We approve what St Peter approved; we recommend what he recommends; we condemn what he condemns, and we toler ate what he tolerates,'' were declarations in the resolutions on the school question at the closing meeting of the German Catholic Convention to-night Caledonia Park Hafl was crowded to the limit of its capacity. The resolutions were adopted as read. The following are other extracts: We pi otest most emphatically against any attempt on the part oi the Slate to infringe by any law the right of education. Tliere ftue, we call upon all our Catholic fellow citizens to give their votes to sueii candi dates wlio.take a correct stand on the school question. With lullest submission to the desires of our lloly Cluirch, the Supremo Pontiff and. hid uiouups pmccu over us, we not ouiv re nounce all aeciot societies, but also those concerning which our ecclesiastical supe riors have declared that they cudangei good morals or tlie.CntholIo i elision. We renew expreisly, and in all its pirts, the solemn pioieat by which the last Ger-man-Ameiifan Catholic Congress lias cx Plessed its CathnllQ stnndnnlne in tlin clenr and unmistakable manner, una which wo 1 summarize in tuts demand: Full liecdom aud independence of tho Holy See by the restoration of the temporal sovereignty of the Tope. Watch Yonr Health. , People who eat pure food and aro careful in their habits need have no lour of disease. As a stai'toi eit puie, wholesome bioad, Marvin's hieari, the best that's made. Ask yoursiocerforic. It iie doeiu't keep it tell htm to t,et it lor you. Boes Tour Fall Overcoat Need cleanlnsT Pfeifer Is ready to do It C4i3mUhued. Offices 1 100 Federal street, Allegheny. (1913 Carson street, S. 8. TeL 8169, 1284. DELAMATER'S LOSSES In the Famous Compressed Air Bubble, the Subject of Testimony at Meadville The Court Rules Out a list of Hypothecated Securities Offered. MEAtnrciXE, Sept 28. IntheDelamater case to-day, several depositors testified to the amount of their deposits, and witnesses were produced to prove that G. W. Dela mater was in the bank doing business shortly before the failure. E. A. Hemp stead testified that he had a conversation with G. W. Delamater in 1890 in ref erence to the defendant's relations with the Philadelphia Finance Com mittee. The conversation related directly to the defendant's losses in con nection with Senator McFarlane about 5100,000 in all which seriously crippled him in his gubernatorial campaign. He (the defendant) also said he thought, on ac count of his connection with McEarlane, he ought to go home and attend to his busi ness, lest reports should injure his business affairs at home. H. J. Humes, on cross-examination, tes tified that G. W. Delamater had said to him that the stock of the Judson Compressed Air Companv had no value at that time, but that if certain difficulties could be overcome his investments there wonld pay all his debts. Charles Eahr offered in evidence judg ments against the defendants, and also a book given him by G. W. Delamater con taining a list ot amounts due depositors to the aggregate of 5528,634 5a A list of hypothecated stocks was also offered. The matter of hypothecated stocks wa3 ruled out, the Court claiming that it would sim ply tend to confuse the jury regarding the assets and liabilities. Y. M. Delamater was called and declined to answer rho had instructed him to draw a certain draft The Conrt ruled that the witness should answer, and the witness said Henry M. Miller on November 29, 189a At this point District Attorney Best moved a nolle pros in the cases against V. M. Dela mater, which was granted. The draft in question was now offered in evidence, but the Court ruled it out because it was the private property of the defendants and could not constitutionally be offered against them. Ex-County Treasnrer H. M. Miller was sworn and stated that his balance in the bank at the time of the lailure was 558, 587 82. Part was due the countv and the balance due the State. Witness had pur chased a draft in October. 1890, for 52,229, and paid for it with a dralt for 51,500 and two checks. The draft was never delivered, lhe prosecution expect to complete their evidence to-morrow. HAMBURG CLEANING UP. Occupants of Filthy, Crowded Tenements Unceremoniously Evicted. Hamburg, Sept 28. The Hamburg Senate, with the view of preventing the in troduction of cholera into African territory, has ordered that all vessels bound to Africa from Hamburg be kept under medical supervision at Cuxhaven for five days. The various sanitary committees are ener getically enforcing measures to stamp out cholera in Hamburg. The cleaning of houses has been made compulsory. The police have removed 150 persons from a crowded tenement in the Kastanien alley, in which 40 cases of cholera and 18 deaths have occurred since the breaking out ot the epidemic. The evicted people fiave been taken to healthy lodgings, while the furni ture and clothes have been put in sheds pending disinfection. Beaver Fair Excursions Via Pennsylvania Lines. Seventy-five cents round trip from Pitts burg September 27, 28, 29, 30; valid letnming until October!. AT LATIMER'S. We want a quiet, but earnest, -talk with you on CARPETS AND CURTAINS. We will, if you please, call attention to QUANTITIES, QUALITIES. LOW PRICES. Regarding Quantities. w Regarding Quality. Regarding Low Prices. . vJfc-r!b. P. S. Any Bigelow Body Brussels Carpet in the house this week for $uao. A lot of Smith's Best Mo quettes, enough for 150 average room's, -at $1.00. . The Xowells, Whitealls and Hartfords at the same "righfprices." T. M. LATIMER, 1387140 Federal St., - 45-46 S. Diamond, AILBQHBNT, PA. 4 M94M -I WHITE CAP TERRORS., They Notify a Family to Leave or Suffer Consequences Citizens Preparing to N Lynch All Who Belong to the Organiza tionSome of Their Deeds. Johnson, Tenn., Sept 28. ZSpeeULJ -A special to the Comet from Parrettsville, Cooke county, says White Caps are terror izing the eastern portion of tne country. They have only recently moved their bass of operations from Sevier .county, where they have been carrying on their unlawful and brutal crimes for many months. There they whipped men and women unmerci fully, and in one ease tarred and feathered a man who came near dying from the scara they gave him. They have just commenced operations in Cooke county, where they have notified Simson Emshouse and family to leave the county within ten days or they wonld deal severely with him. A half dozen other families were notified to leave the county. The house of an old negro man with only his wife was visited and torn down and riddled with bullets. He was threatened, with the same treatment if he did not leave the county. The honse of an old blind man with his wife and only child was visited and the inmates scared to death by having the house stoned and filled with shot The White Caps then pursued the same course of conduct at many other houses throughout tho district, and the last but not the meanest act was by main force of strength to enter the house of an old lady who lived by herself and break down the beds, tear up and destroy the bed clothing and pour out her canned fruit and jelly all over everything, completely destroying it The good citizens say that the right shall reign and that in suppressing this lawless ness, although they do not favor it, they intend to lynch every one of this band of White Caps as soon as caught, which meant the sure loss of much life. A Hollldaysburg Failure. Holtjdaysburo, Sept 2i Martin S, Reiger, coach and wagon manufacturer, made an assignment to-dav. His assets will amount to about 515,000; liabilities slightly in excess ot that amount To come to the point, it is hard to define just whp re sickness begins and health ends. Small things de note sometimes great disasters. A little sick headache; you did not sleep well last night; maybe you are nervous, out of temper; you are a little dyspeptic; food does not set well. Remove the cause to-day. You can do it absolutely if you will take Johann Hoffs Malt Extract with your meals. You can get it at any drug store, but you will have to be careful and not have imitations palmed off on you. The genuine have the sig nature of "Johann Hoff" on the neck of the bottle. Eisner & Mendelson Co., N. Y., Sole Agents. Th y We are among the largest spot cash buvers in this countrv this affects prices strongly. We guarantee every yard of Carpet sold under our roof. In one, two or any number of years, we will replace it cheerfully if it proves other than we tell you. We take all risks. Think of "this when buy ing a carpet. A million dollars a day are spent in the United States for advertising. You've noticed the '"Sacrifice," the "Bankrupt," the "Below Cost" advertisements to fool the buyers. This is on a par with some Pitts burg carpet dealers who would have , you believe that their prices are as low as LATIMER'S, but we and thousands of our customers know better, and can safely dispute their assertion. - - i VMi ""
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