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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.
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inn Take a naif-Ton Shell and
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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.
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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.
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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.
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