irai f5iGsmKm&aaft&a Wr '-Z3M t '&57T V',,c "F. ' r SECURE GOOD 'TENANTS By a Small Ad. in The Dis-, patch's "Rooms" or "Boarders' " Columns. One Cent a Word" SECURE .GOOD TEN ANfS "j ptpwra m i?y a 63 .& ? The Dis patch's "Rooms" or "Boarders" Columns. One Cent a Word. ?m , ? m Bi$mtrij ,r - ft FORTY SEVENTH TEAK. 11 CULL FOR 1 FROM THE WEST Orators, Honey and Bed-Fire Needed to Arouse the Apathetic Yofers. SEVERAL SHAKY STATES. The Republican National Committee to Take Vigorous Action. An Important Conference of Practical Politicians Pears That Seats in the Senate May Be Lost Little Hope of Wiping Out the Big Democratic Ma jority in the House of Representatives The Importance of the Re-Election of Harrison to the Cause of Protection and Sound Finance Cameron Takinar an Interest in the Campaign. rEOM A STAFF COnKESPOTDE'Vr.l Washington, Sept 29. It is unneces sary to cay that a conference between such "practical politicians" as "Steve" Elkins, Secretary of War, "Dick" Kerens, the St. Louis "boss" "Don" Cameron, "Billy" Mabonc and Secretary McComas, of the Republican National Committee, must be important. A conierence of that kind is jnst what took place at Chamberlain's this afternoon. It is now known that the appearance of Cameron and Maboneat the famous hostelry of John Chamberlain yesterday was a pre liminary meeting to usher in the more secret and important one of to-day, and that poker had nothing to do with it, as was in sinuated by some slanderous Democrats. Had Elkins and Kerens been of the party last evening the great American might hare been played as it seldom is in this broad land, and a new crop of exciting poker stories might hare resulted. McComas Flays Nothing bat Politics. But the iact that the two gentlemen did not seek the seclusion of the hotel till this morning, and the further fact that the very serious McComas, who never plays any game exeept that of politics, was of the party, disposes ot the poker view of the matter, and makes it an easy guess that the consultation is for the purpose of planting as many thorns as possible in the pillows of certain ambitious Democrats. Of course it goes without saying that none of the gentlemen concerned will give a clear explanation of the results of the conference, though they all admit that it was for the purpose of looking over the political ground' and devising strays and means for increasing the brilliancy of the already brilliant prospects for the victory of the Republican party and the tarrifC The correspondent of The Dispatch in quired of Mr. McComas if the treasuries of the Sonth or the West were to be replen ished in consequence of the meeting, and the Secretary replied that in all matters pertaining to those sections the expression should always be "the South and the West," not the "South or the West," as Republicans are interested in all sections. The Situation in the South. Secretary McComas further said that there was no formal consultation. It was not a thing of prior and special arrange ment. He had business here, and as all of the other gentlemen concerned happened to be in the city they got together and talked the situation over in a general way and some good suggestions were made as to things that were advisable in certain sections. All of the Republicans who were actively in the executive harness at this time were much interested in the movements in the South, and Cameron, Mahone, Elkins and Kerins were all well posted in regard to them; the South was therefore considerably canvassed, as a mat ter of course. The West also came in for its share, and so did the East. There was a good deal of discussion as to the probabili ties in New York, West Virginia and Con necticut. Mr. McComas thus rattled on in his rapid and vigorous way, but wonld give no information of the specific purpose of the meeting. Alarms Concerning Western States. While the South is au interesting section on account of the upheavals there, it can be said upon the word of the best authority that the Republican Xational Committee is at last growing alarmed at the condition of affairs in the West For long weeks it has been the untiring effort of the leaders in the West to convince the managers at New York that a number of the Western States are in doubt with the chances in favor of of the Democrats if something were not done at once to counteract the indifference of many of the Republicans of these States who are silver men first and party men aft erward. Senators Manderson, of Nebraska, and Perkins, of Kansas, as well as other West ern leaders of lesser note, have recently visited headquarters at New York, and they came away disgusted and irritated because of the refusal of the managers to believe that the're was en v danger in any of the States that have heretofore been called cer ' tain Republican States. The Senators named halted briefly in this city on their way home, and they did not attempt to con ceal their displeasure that the National Committee could not be aroused to seo the necessity ot taking some active steps in the silver States. A I.os of Senators Possible. Prom these and others it is learned that there is not only a strong probability that some of the silver States will find it diffi cult to elect their Republican electors, but that a loss of Senatorial seats in Kansas and Nebraska will almost'oertainly come to pass. Indeed it is a matter of remark on all sides that nothing is more likely than that Perkins an d Paddock will be replaced by representatives of the People's party. These, with the seats expected to be won by the Democrats in Wisconsin and New York, where Sawyer and Hiscock seem to be booked for retirement, will leave the Re publicans in a ery bad nlight in the Sen ate. As the Senate now stands there are 47 Republicans, 39 Democrats and 2 People's party men, PefTer and Kyle. If Populites reelected in Kansas and Nebraska in place of Perkins and Paddook and Democrats in place of Sawyer and Hiscock the Senate will stand 43 Republicans, 41 Democrats and 4 Populites. The last named are almost sure to rote with the Democrats on all questions of tariff, and judging from the course of several Republican Senators within the last few years, tariff reform, which with these people means cutting down the tariff as low as possible consistent with a maintenance of the revenues, would be likely to carry the day by the addition of two or three Re publican votes of the so-called reformers. Democrats Will Retain the House. It is conceded by sanguine Republicans that the most that can be expected from the coming elections for representatives is that the present Democratio majority of nearly 160 will be cut down from 20 to 3a I have not been able to find any one who believes in the post..L of a Republican majority. With the House Democratic and the Senate practically Democratio on all of the vital questions of the day, the passage of a new tariff bill is looked on as sure to come, and the only obstacle in the way of the success ot this revolutionary and dangerous legisla tion will be the re-election of President Harrison. , But the Westerners say the situation will not be so bad as this if ihe National Com mittee and the people who realize the ruin that will result from any change of the tariff or of the sound financial policy of the country, will realize that money and speakers, and red fire and noise, are needed in the West. They took no stock in fritter ing away time on the South except as a strategic diversion from a still hunt in the West, if a still hunt be thought preferable to a big nurrab. All this was talked over by the great "practical" politicians who took a turn at reed birds and their conventional accom paniments at Chamberlain's this evening. Mr. Harrison was aware of the natnre of the talk, and alter it was ended Mr. Elkins had a little chat with him, and told him how matters are progressing. It is possi ble that this "informal" talk may show itself on the surface of affairs in both the South and the West in the near future. CLAY'S NAME DISGRACED. A Descendant Steals 88,200 Out of the Vest Pocket of a Friend The Tonng Man Is Stage Struck and Anxious to Go to Europe. . New York, Sept 29. Thomas H. Shan non, of Lexington, Ky., a young and well known bookmaker at race tracks about here, to-day mourned the loss ot $8,200. Shan non and his younger brother, John, live at the Sturtevant Honse. Among the acquaint ances of John Shannon is a young man from Lexington, who has ot late been employed in this city as a typewriter. Samuel Clay is the name of the young Kentuckian, who is about 20 years of age. He is a school mate of John Shannon. Clay is a de scendant of the statesman, Henry Clay, and a nephew of Colonel Clay, who two years ago ran for Governor ot Kentucky against John Brown Young. Clay, because of his acquaintance with the Shannons in Kentucky, has been a familiar associate ot them tor some weeks past John Shannon, who acted as cashier for his brother, says that on Wednesday, while he was dressing for dinner, young Clay entered the room, and, seeing the pocketbook in the Docket ot his vest, seized it and ran from the room. He did not wait for the elevator, 'but ran down three nitrnts ol -Hairs to the sidewallcand disappeared: Shannon says lie nojiced Clay's sudden exit, and suspecting something wrong went tnthe room when" the vest had been lying. lie discovered the loss, and without wait Jug jto put on liis coat ran out of his hotel to the Thirtieth street station and notified the police.- Clav managed to keep out of the uav ot the detectives, but his eventual capture seems certain, and Shannon says if he is caught the money will be recovered, as tne boy is not one who is lavish wjth what money he has. Clay has been stage strnck for a year or so and frequently ex pressed a desire to go to Prance to study tor the stage. Europe, Shannon believes, will be the natural destination of the young thief. TEX 2IINERS ENTOMBED. A Kcs cuing Party at Work With a Faint Hope of Getting Them Out IspnEMiNG. Mich.,, Sept 29. At 5 o'clock this morning a cave-in occurred in No. 8 shaft, Norris mine, at Ironwood, and it is feared that ten lives have been lost, al though strong efforts are still being made to rescue the imprisoned men.' Those impris oned by falling rock and dirt are: John Johnson, Abraham Thompson, Prank Dam shon, Samuel Damshon and four timber men and teamsters, names unknown. Be sides these the skip tender is also missing and is supposed to be among the dead. As soon as the news of the disaster was received the mine was surrounded by the weeping relatives of imprisoned men. The miners went to work quickly and put forth their utmost efforts. Pipes were driven to carry air to the men, and it is hoped that if the water in the mine does not rise and drown them they may be rescued. Voices were heard at intervals and acted as an in centive to hasten the efforts of the miners. PNEUMATIC MAIL TUBES To Be Tested in Philadelphia on a New Jer sey Finn's Offer. Washington, Sept 29. The committee appointed by the Postmaster General to ex amine into the subject of a more rapid dis patch of mail matter between large cities and postoffioe stations in large cities by means of pneumatic tubes or other devices, has submitted its preliminary report The committee states that it would not be possible, in the time al lowed before the fall rains set in, to make proper examination ot all of the sys tems proposed in the eight bids submitted; but one proposition has been made which is more favorable to the Government than any other, for the reason that it alone offers to give a specific service ot a practical charac ter within the near future. The ofler is that ot the Pneumatic Tran sit Company, of New Jersey, to put down in the streets of Philadelphia between the poBtoffice and the East Chestnut street branch pneumatic tubes without expense to the Department and without charge for a year's use of them. The committee recom mends a prompt, acceptance of this offer. A BRIDE AND A FORTUNE Won by the Fortunate Beneficiary of the Celebrated Ann Arbor Will. CniCAGO.Sept. 29. James L. Babcock,of Ann Arbor, Mich., was married last night in Waukesha, Wis., to Miss Ella Stanley Butler, of the latter place. The bridegroom, who was formerly a clerk in this city, was made famous by the provisions of the will of his uncle, Luther James, who died in 1889, leaving Babcock several million dollars worth of property, which Mr. James decreed Babcock never could possess un less he married within five years succeed ing the uncle's death. Pegging Away at the Coal Combine. Trenton, N. J., Sept 29. Attorney General Stockton has filed in the Supreme Court information in the natnre of a quo warranto against the Port Reading Rail road Company. He alleges that the com pany, for one year and ten months, has been using without warrant or charter State franchises. . . x,'ii-i i '-!: t- v -ti.d 'j&d-irAMt iffMMMffliw fhm isMliaBMri MJfiMftrirT Villi wn'sJsifflirWsWrWssf W PITTSBURG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 1892-TWELVE PAGES. 11 . FRUITLESS HOWL Eaised. by a London Mob Against the Election of aEoman Catholic AS THE BIG CUTS MA YOB. Aldermen and Livery -Men Ignore a Custom and Raise a Rnmpus. ALDERMAN INILL WAS CHOSEN After He Peclared o hurca of England Frencher Ehonld Serve AB CHAPLAIN OP TUB NEW LORD MAIOE (BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. LONDON, Sept 29. Copyright. A Roman Catholic was elected Lord Mayor of London to-day, but It was accomplished only after an overturning of ancient custom and most extraordinary demonstration of religious intolerance. The opposition, to Alderman Stuart Knlll, the candidate next in line for the Lord Mayoralty, has been developing for some time, and it has been openly based upon his religious faith, his other qualifications being freely indorsed. The Lord Mayor, it Bhould be borne in mind, is not the direct choice of the people, and he is not the Chief Magistrate of all London. His jurisdicti6n extends only over the old city, of which the Bank of England is near the center. The govern ment of thit old municipality it an ancient and complicated system which not one Londoner In a hundred understands, and which it is not worth while to describe. Mr. Gladstone's party has promised to sweep .it all away as soon as it gets a chance. The Selection or Iiord Mayor. The Lord .Mayor is chosen by the Alder men, from among their own number, upon nomination by the Livery men. The latter are the representatives of the 30 or 40 com panies, so called, into which the freemen of the city are divided, according to their trades. The Livery men name two candi dates for the Mayoralty, and it is the almost invariable custom for the Aldermen to elect the first man named. It is likewise the custom for the Livery men to name the. senior Alderman, who, in some year not immediately preceding, has served as Sheriff. It" happens, therefore, tha the election ot a Lord Mayor is ordinarily a mere perfunctory proceeding, and the names ot the coming Chief Magistrates are known for months and years in advance. Alderman Knill comes next in rotation according to all theBe usages, Alderman Lawrence, who precedes him, having declined to be a candidate. Some days ago the present Lord Mayor publicly put questions to Alderman Knill as to his course of action in certain religious matters in case he should be elected chief magistrate.-' Alderman Knill replied in manly fashion that he, would not appoint) a clergyman of the Church of England as his chaplain, though he would 'attach such a functionary to -the office of Xord Mayor; neither would be attend the services of the Church of England on the Occasions when it was customary- to do so. He would, how- ever, appoint a locum tenens for the pur pose. Sot the First Cathollo Mayor. The storm has been brewing ever since. A Roman Cathollo has at least once before occupied the Lord Mayor's chair, but he was willine" to follow custom in the mat ters in which Alderman Knill is not He made a fine distinction between his mate rial presence at a religious service and par ticipation in it which Alderman Knill can not conclentiously make. The opponents of Mr. Knill found next, in the regular order of succession, the name of Alderman Fandel Phillips. Now, Mr. Phillips Is a Hebrew. Referring to this dilemma to-day, the Timet remarked: In Siy'ock's days the Hebrew merchant was ready to bny and sell with bis Christian tellows, to talk with tliem, walk with them, and so following, but neither to eat with them, drink with them, nor pray with them. To-day be is more complaisant, and is prepared to do all three, and certain Christians of the city of London seem to be lieve that the cause or orthodoxy is some how stiengthened by the change. While we congratulate the members or the Hebrew communion upon the deserved high position which they hold in tne confidence of their fellow citizens, we cannot see that their leadlness to attend tbe services of a church in which they do not believe constitutes any special merit upon their part. Excitement Over Yesterday's Election. The Guild Hall, where the election took place, was the scene ot greatest excitement from the moment the proceedings began this afternoon. The Lord Mayor" and Al dermen,all except Alderman Knili,attendcd the usual special service at the church of St Lawrence Jewry before entering the hall. Their appearance was a signal for pandemonium to break loose. The friends of the respective candidates tried to cheer their favorite and hiss their opponent at the same time. When the common sergeant, who pre sided, read the names of the Bix eligible Aldermen and tbe name of Alderman Knill was reached, there was a tremendous chorus of cheers, yells, hisses, calls of "Vote," and "No Popery." A Livery man with a very penetrating voice got up on a chair and gained atten tion. He had a series of questions similar to those recently asked by the Lord Mayor, which he proceeded to put to Alderman Knlll. Each question produced applause or groans from the great assemblage. Mr. Knill answered them in a straightlorward, manly fashion, and in the same terms re plied to tbe Xord Mayor. His answers pro voked continued cries of "No Popery!" "We don't want a disguised Papistr "The liveries won't elect youl" and so on. ( One Bcply Met With Approval. Another Livery man finally asked him if he would pledge himself to give precedence in the city to none but the crown, not ex cepting any ecclesiastic appointed by a for eign power. Mr. Knlll responded with a ringing "yes," and there was a big demon stration of approval. An opponent of Mr. Knill, named Beau foymoss, made a bitter speech against Bim on account of his religion. He said some thing abont the liberties of the city having been bought by the blood of Protestaut an cestors, and then his words for some min utes were inaudible, so great was the up roar. He waved his arms about in great excitement, shouting "frantically, but no body heard him. He finally proposed a resolution to the effect that no man should be nominated who conld not conscientiously carry out the duties of the office. The Sheriffs ruled the resolution out of order. Alderman Phillip and other candidates were questioned in the same manner as Al derman Knill had been, and their replies were all in favor of following the precedent of previous Lord Mayors. The vote, after some further confusion and debate, was taken by a show of hands. Alderman Phil lips received the largest number and a majority of votes. Alderman Knill came second, but no count was made. Custom Violated by the Aldermen. Tne names of Phillips and-Knill were ac cordingly sent to the Aldermen as thenoml- ness. The Aldermen met in secret session and half an hour later returned to the hall. Then It appeared that they had followed the example of the Livery men in violating custom. They had not made a choice of the first named man, but of tbe second, end Alderman Knlll was declared Lord Mayor elect for the ensuing year. A Then there was a mater exhibition of passion and prejudice than had occurred before. The crowd would not listen to Mr, Knill's speech of thanks and acceptance, nor to the present Lord Mayor's wqrds ol acknowledgment The meeting broke up in the utmost confusion amid an attempt t( sing "Rule Britannia" and "God Save the queen." i SOLDIERS NOT MACHINES. Blind Obedience to Unreasonable Orders No Longer a Mark of Educated EngUsll Troops Lessons of tne Latest Army Mo. tiny A Squadron Obstinate. London, Sept 29. The Yorkshire Po says that as a result of the recent ontbreal of "C" squadron of the 'First "Regiment o the Life Guards at Windsor the war umc has decided that the guards shall hence forth be treated the same as other soldie and shall take foreign service the same other regiments. The War Office believ that the Guards have been demoralized bi the greater lienenoy shown them and prlvi le?es granted them. Lord Methuen, commander of .the home military district, inspected Life Guards at Windsor to-day. He made an add ess to tile men. in which he said that up to Saturday last the regiment bore an exceptionally good character. If the man who msed the disturbance would step forward he wnud look upon tho disturbance as au act of in subordination only, and tbe pres ige of the regiment would be saved. If the author of the trouble did not step forward he would regard the affair a mutiny. LorcL Methuen gave them five minutes to considi i the mat ter. When he had finished spea ;ing there was a painful pause. The men nood, erect and soldierly, but not one of then spoke a word, nor diil anyone step out of ibe ranks. At the expiration of five minutes the regi ment was dismissed. It is undo itood that the case will be formally submi ed to the Duke of Cambridge, the Com lander in Chief of the army. The trouble 5s said to be due to excessive drills. It would not be surprising ; I the Life Guards were shortly sent on forel n service, as were the SecondBattalion of t :e Grena dier Guards, who in August, 1890 were sent to Bermuda for their insubordina ion. An other outbreak occurred in the ' bird Bat talion of the Grenadier Guards it October, 1891, and prior to that there had been trouble in the Coldstream Guards. (All three regiments are crack organizations of the army. The soldiers claimed that their pay was "too small, that they were subjected to excessive drills and too rigorous punish ments, and 'that their rations we(e insuffi cient and unpalatable. The situation may be summed up in a statement made by a prominent military officer some time ago, Mho, in discussing tbe mutiny of the Cold stream Guards, said: "Unreasoning com pliance with orders is no longer obtainable from men who are permeated with quasl education." THE JESUITS' GENERAL May Be American, When the Present Meeting in Spain Adjourns. Madrid, Sept. 29. Among the Ameri can delegates to the meeting of the Society of Jesus at the monastery' at Azpeytla are Rev. B. Yilliger, of Philadelphia,. who is prominently mentioned in connection with the office ot General, and other3 American clergymenf-uThe work of selecting d general will occupy several days. It. was" first ar ranged that the election should .take 'place In Rome. Notices of the time and place were sent to the members, but this did not have the desired effect of quieting the foreign members, who sent numerous protests against the society meeting In Rome, declaring that the election should be held where it would be free from outside influences. Despite assurances to this effect from the Pope and the protectors of the order, the objeitors still refuse to go to Rome. Another source of discord among the for eign and ,the 'Italian provincials, is the large amount ot the sooiety's funds kept in Rome, where the money is manazed for the almost exclusive benefit of Italian Jesuits. The election is presided over by Father Martin, a Spaniard, who is acting as Vicar General. t ABGiXL REPLIES TO GLADSTONE. His Lordship's Poor Opinion of the Value of the American Ballot Box. LONDON, Sept 29. The Duke of Argyll replies in the Times to-day to Mr. Glad stone's North American Rev ew article. "That article," he says, "instead of refuting, fur nishes a valuable confirmation of my argu ment That argument is not addressed to American politicians, but to friends of quite a different class. I know the Influence guiding American politics, and therefore attach no importance to the opinion ot the American ballot box. We are not going to remodel our constitution in deference to the opinion of American politicians." The writer proceeds to argne that al though he had at the time of the American Civil War full sympathy with the North on the question of slavery, the question at first did not turn on slavery but on tbe right of secession, upon which he had doubts until Mr. Motley convinced him that no part of the Union had the smallest right to secede without the common consent "Mr. Glad stone," he continued, "clinched the argu ment against himself by claiming that the people of Ireland never assented to the act of the union, and that Ireland 'is therefore entitled to call herself a nation a title never hitherto given to any ot onr greatest colonies and never acknowledged as Belong ing to any of the States of the Union." ADEN'S SLAVE TRADE. Seventy Fer Cent of tho Negroes Die En Itoute to Their Arabian Masters. Marseilles, Sept29. According to ad vices from Aden, the slave trade continues on a large scale. Owing to the demand for slaves, slave caravans are arriving on the east coast daily. The caravans find no dif ficulty in traveling through Vitu. The slaves are embarked at points in the vicin ity of Zeylah," Massowab, Djontib and Suakim. In exchange for the slaves the traders ac cept nothing but modern firearms and am munition. The mortality among the slaves while en route to the coast from the in terior is 70, per cent .Raids are still larger than expected during the winter in the region of the Kongo State and German and English East Africa. WAITING FOB RUSSIA'S" VEKSION. . Johnny Bull In No Haste to Pick a Quarrel on the Seal Question. LONDON,,. Sept 29. -r-Regarding. the dis patch of 'a British cruiser to Alaskan waters, it appears that the officials here ob jected to the former Renter's statement from Ottawa, which led to comments in English papers indicating possible trouble with Russia. Lord Rosebery already possesses firin formation from the British side respecting the 'seizures and is now awaiting Russia's version. 'Meanwhile ths cruiser goes to re lieve the sealers, who, it is feared, are des titute, though tbey have been released on the Siberian shore. ' MYSTERY OF' RIPPER MURDER, m. ThiTVictim This Time Is a Man, and,, a Veteran Soldie Too. FOUND DEAD IN HIS CHAIR, With the Body Mutilated in the Most Shocking Manner. Apparently Not the Slightest Cause for the Terrible Crime One Glimpse of tbe Assassin as He Pled From the Scene of the Tragedy Several Per sons Arrested on Suspicion A Lock; of Hair That May Prove a Valuable Clue. ISFXCUI. TK.XORi.lt TO TITB DISPATCH.! New Tokk, Sept 2a The East Side furnished another murder mystery to-night, rivaling in brutality and horror the ripper murder in the East River Hotel. Frank G. Paulson, a veteran soldier, was found at 7:30 o'clock sitting bolt upright in a chair in his little SxlO room on the top floor of 139 Hester street, halt a block east of the Bowery. His head and body had been chopped and hacked to pieces, and his blood was every where. Even the ceiling was spotted with it His right hand was cut, and in the cut between the fourth and little finger was a clump of hair not his own, but probably his murderer's. On the bureau two feet from the body was a basin filled with bloody water. The murderer had evi dently washed his hands after the crime. Paulson was 65 years old, a carpenter by trade. He was a sergeant in Company H, of the Twentieth New York, during the war. He was married, bnt did not live with his wife. living Upon His Pension. She with their daughter lives somewhere in Brooklyn. Paulson hadjdoneno work for a long time. His meager expenses were paid with his pension money. He had lived in the room since last Christmas. Paul son's was a hall room in the rear of the fourth floor. It had in it only a bed, a chair, a bureau, a small table and a ward robe. He was a good tenant He came into the house last night as nearly as can be ascertained about 6 o'clock. He was alone, and nobody was seen to go to his room after that Mr. Byrnes, the land lord, and his wife, as they say, were sitting in their apartments a few minntes before 7:30, when they heard hurrying footsteps go along the halfand-tlown the stairs. The man apparently was coming down the steps two at a time. Old 2Ax. Paulson was alone on the top floor and they knew it could not be him. One Glimpse of the Assassin. "That's strange," exclaimed Mr. Byrnes, and he jumped np and ran to one of the front windows. His wife was just behind him. Hester street was crowded with men and women. Byrnes saw nothing suspicious, and he was about to lower the window when a man dashed out of the door of the,house add down the steps, hurried across to the south side ot the street and then east to ward the Bowery. Mrs. Byrnes was frightened. She ex pected that something had happened to old Mr. Paulson. She dragged her husband through the apartments out into the hall, and they went up the stairs togsther. The door ot Paulson's room was partly ajar. Byrnes put bis hand on the knob. It was wet He pushed the door open. By the light of a lamp on the table he saw that there was blood on his hands. Mrs. Byrnes pushed in before him, started back with a shriek and ran down the stairs, her husband following her. They kept right on to the ground floor. Mr. Byrnes stood in- the hall and Mrs. Byrnes ran pp the street looking for a policeman. Policeman John J. Kirnan was at the corner. Mrs. Byrnes screamed to him that a man had been murdered in her house. The crowd in the street heard her shrieks, and in a moment she was surrounded. He Had One Regular Caller. Mr. Byrnes told Detective Reap that Paulson bad a friend, an old man like him self, who called on him every afternoon and who went out walking with him. Reap found out from another man the name of this friend and that he lived in a Bowery lodging house near by. Reap found his man in bed apparently asleep and vanked him out and up to headquarters, where he was said to be a G. A R. man and somewhat dissipated. In tbe meantime Captain Cross arrested Mr. and Mrs. Byrnes and took them to the station. Then he got new statements from them and looted them up on general principles. After the ex amination of the room the Coroner turned to the body. The out in the left hand had escaped him before. He picked np the arm. Apparently there had been an attempt on the part of the victim to seize the murderer by the hair or beard, and a short arm blow with the in strument had at the time wounded his hand and shorn off a tuft of the hair he had seized. It was in the wound in the hand that the patch ot hair was found. It is rather coarse, and might be from either head or beard. The Coroner took the hair, wrapped it up with the piece of skull and took it away. A Most Puzzling Crime. How the crime could- have been com mitted without the murderer being caught red handed is a puzzle. A dozen persons live in tne nouse, ana were tuere at the time of the murder. Not one heard a sound until the murderer was down stairs. It was after 10 o'clock that Captain Cross sent his report of the murder to headquarters. He would not tell the name of the man who had been arrested by Detective Sergeant Reap. "Ihe roan is a consumptive," he said. "He owned a tool with which those wounds could have been inflicted. We have some and I will say that positively that we, expect to connect this man with the murder. 'Whether he actually did the killing or not I cannot say yet We have arrested another man also, and Mr. and Mrs. Byrnes, and we expect to make 'two more arrests before morning. The detectives are after tbe men now. jit is too soon to talk of a motive lor the murder We are satisfied that it- was) 'not robbery. Paulson was poor. What little money be had was in the' Citizen's' Savings Bank in the Bowery, His bank book there is pretty nearly balanced. We do not-'eJ-pect to connect Mr. or Mrs. Byrnes with the crime, but we will hold them here for a time Tbey jre poor people. Byrnes is a drinking man; bnt has never been in any trouble. He tells a straight story." . It is reported that one of the men ar rested by the police is Charles Knacht, foe whom a general alarm was sent ont soon after the murder was discovered. THE PAPERS GRANTED. A Requisition for Mcintosh nnd Mrs. Marsh Forwarded to Governor Flower Im portant tetters-J. G. Tfelr and Harry Fehl Deny Some Statements. Governor Pattison last District Attorney Bnrleig' papers to bring Mrs. Je: James Mcintosh from New oity had been forwarded to Go' Flower. Detectives Coulson and inson will go to New So: the prisoners to-night Th no important development in remarkable case yestei&y. It was stated that James G. "TOr(r7 brother of the late Gamble Weir, Tjitfse effects the pris oners are chargedJifith stealing, has in his possession Bevifal letters showing that Mrs. Marsh is, not the persecuted and innocent Eerson she claims to be, bnt if Mr. Weir as Buch letters he is keeping them in the background and declines to talk about them. Harry Fehl, administrator of Gamble Weir's estate, tells of the first refusal by Mrs. Marsh to turn over the dead man's property. She had turned over some of the goods, saying that was all. Then Fehl asked for a revolver and scarfpin, which she gave np, but when he demanded a pair of diamond cuffbutton?, she denied any knowledge of their existence. The nex't day, Fehl says, Mcintosh left the Marsh home with a big trunk mil of stufl, which Fehl says contained the stolen goods. It has been reported that the reason Prof. Blanck has not given up the analysis of Gamble Weir's stomach" is because the friends would not pay enough ironev for the work. Mr. Weir and Harry Fehl deny this emphatically, saying Blanck left be fore the work was finished on account of ill health, and is'completiug the analysis in Europe, where he is now. Mr. Weir also denies the statements made by Henry Marsh in his Dispatch interview yester day. Instead ot persecuting Marsh or his wife. Weir says he is only doing his plain duty as a law abiding citizen by bringing a guilty person to justice. M'CLAUGHRY TURNS UP. The Chicago Grand Jury Refases to Tako the Chief of Police's Testimony. Chicago, Sept 29. The expected in dictment against M. C. McDonald for at tempted bribery in the Garfield Park race track litigatiou was turned into court to day. The extreme penalty is a fine of 55,000. Just before the indictment was voted, Chief of Police McClaughry, who was sup posed to be out ot the city, suddenly ap peared before the grand jury, voluntarily offering to undergo examination as to the alleged perjury and bribery charges bandied about concerning himself and Mayor Wash burne. The grand jury decided not to hear the Chief of Police, and announced the case closed. McDonald's bail was fixed at S1.000. A LOCOMOTIVE LETS GO. Fragments of the Corpses of tho Engineer and Fireman Are Missing. DuDoiS, Sept 30. .Special. At 12:10 to-night the boiler of engine No. 72 ex ploded near Grove Snmmitt, on the Buffalo, Rochester and .Pittsburg Railroad, and Levi Wise and Charles Flynn, engineer and fireman, of this place, were blown to pieces. All of the parts of their bodies cannot be found. The engine was used for pushing coal trains from the yards here over the summit A run had jnst been completed and the en ginemen were awaiting orders to return. KEYSTOKE COAL HAS THE ETJLOE. The Railroads Won't Allow the Colorado Prodnct to Compete in the Fast Denver, Sept 29. A number of leading coal men were .to-day asked what they thought of the proposed shipping of anthra cite coal to Chicago to compete -with the coal of Pennsylvania. President Osgood, of the Colorado Fuel Company, says the proposition is wholly absurd. The price fixed by the combine could not be raised reasonably to such a figure that differences in distance could be overcome. James Cannon, Jr., President of the United Coal Company, declared the report, a "fairy story." He said: "We can never Bhip coal East for the reason that it is not to the interest of the railroa Is' to make us a rate which will allow us to do so. Our coal comes in competition with the Missouri and Illinois product, which drives ours out of the market" 50,000 HEX TO BE IDLE. The Mills in the Paper Trnst to Shut Down for Awhiio. New Tore, Sept 29. It is reported that the mills controlled by the Paper Trust, of which Warner Miller is President, will be closed next week until the middle of November, rendering idle aboat 60,000 men throughout the country. The members of tbe trust aro to meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-morrow. RUSSIAN E00KEEIES RUINED. Their Country Now Getting tho Worst of the Sealing Depradutlons. San Francisco, Sept. 29. The Russian steamer Kotick arrived from Petropau lovsky to-day with 33,000 sealskins for the Russian-American Sealskin Company, Among the passengers was N. A. Gre binbtzkv, the Governor of Copper, Bering and Bobbin Islands. He is on his way to St Petersburg to report on the depredations of British sealers. The Englishmen have almost ruined the rookeries on those islands. PECK'S CASE POSTPONED. This Time His Own Lawyers Were Not Present in Court. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 29. In police court, this morning, the examination into the matter of alleged bnrning of public records bv Labor Commissioner Peck and his stenographer was to have proceeded. At 1 o'clock, the hour set for tne case, the Court was informed that Mr. Meegan, coun sel for defendants, was out of tojrn, and the case was adjourned until October 7. Contractors Strike Uncle Sam. Washington, Sept 29. The Light house Board has accepted the tender Columbine, consttucted at Cteveland, O., under contract and now fitting out at New York for service on the Pacific coast The contract for building the Puget Sound dry dock has been awarded to Byron, Barlow & Co., of Tacoma, Wash., the lowest uncon ditional bidder. The firm's bid was $491, 465. Mrs. Harrison Somewhat Better. Washington, Sept 29. The President is somewhat encouraged at ihe improvement in Mrs. Harrison's condition since her re turn to Washington, and he is now able to devote nearly the whole forenoon of each day to the exclusive consideration ot publio business.; Mrs. Harrison was better to-day than at any time since her return from Loon Lake. Zgj&t. notified w&Ems5m W3'-&At..fVrl. A- r . j. -. - .. JLlr2.iri.J THREE CENT& ONE RUMOR.DEIIED. Mr. Erick Says Andrew Car negie Is Not Coming to RoTfln 1ia Stril. "JUUvJ-U UUU muxxuvi rgU'WON'T BE CLOSED VI Fonr Companies of the Sixteenth Eegiment Withdrawn. CAMP BLACK GREATLY REDUCED. Ko JFign for an Farlj Settlement of the Labor Difficulty. MEN AND FIRM STILL YEEI STEADFAST A nnmbcr of reports of the intention of the Carnegie Steel Company to shut down . the Homestead mill on account of their in ability to run It at a profit, and that An drew Carnegie was on his way to Pittsburg to adjust the difficulties between his firm and his men, spread like wildfire over the entire country, as well as the city yester day. Telegrams ponred into the city asking for news about the matter. H. CL Frick was v seen last night, and when asked if there was any truth in the rumcr said: "There is not a particle of truth in either of the reports. It is sur prising what absurd rumors people will take up and believe. If you ever hear of any rumors such as those yon have referred to, yon can put them down as false at the very outstart" The reports did not receive much credit in the city. At Amalgamated headquarters they did not pnt any faith in the state ments made. A dispatch from New York gives the in formation that Mr. Carnegie's housekeeper in tht city had received a letter from the millionaire in which he said he would leave Scotland' for England on the 30th of the month. She further states that she does not expect Mr. Carnegie home-until No vember. This virtually disposes of the re port that he was in New York yesterday on his way to Pittsburg. Troops Cut Down Once More. The situation at Homestead remains the same. The only feature of the day was the ordering away of all the militia but four companies. The armament of Camp Black will to-day be reduced to a minimum by the withdrawal of four companies from the Sixteenth Regiment The order was brougnt up yesterday afternoon by Briga dier General NVvlie, and was received with considerable rejoicing in the camp. Each company thought it would be selected to go home, and there was much speculation until the general orders were read by tbe Adju tant during the last dress parade held at Camp Black. The companies relieved are: Company E, Captain N. L. Rav, Cooperstown: Company F, Captain J. C. Crawford, Franklin; Com pany K, Captain M. R. Ruese, Titusvllle, and Company II, Captain Harry A. Hall, Ridgeway. The Compaaiestfo'remain are IfJ "tfr D, C and A. Company D will be brought over from Camp Rawlev this morning, and that camp will be abandoned. The regi mental form of the Sixteenth is to be main tained, and it is not improbable that the re maining militiamen may be kept there for several weeks, or nntil the strike is settled. Colonel Hulings addressed the regiment on the Instance of its partition, and was ronndly applauded after announcing the re turning companies. In his speech he com plimented the behavior of the boys, and said the way in which they bowed to the strict military discipline made them an honor to the Sixteenth Regiment and the National Guard. Men and Firm Still Steadfast At this, the opening of another month of the wage struggle, people in Homestead are asking one another when it will all end. Merchants seem to be-moving for peace, but with no apparent success, committees have called at the mill, and have interviewed the employers of the locked-ont men. On both sides'they have discovered such stead fastness of purpose as holds but little hope for an early settlement, notwithstanding reports of sporadic weakening in the ranks of the men. At the mill last night the of ficials state that tbey becin a new month in the fight just as though no strike existed, that they have cetsed to take account of their old men, and are conteut to apply themselves to the training of theirnew men. Among the workers the Advisory Commit tee claims that it has renewed assurances of success for the locked-out menj the mechan ical department at their meeting last even ing reaffirmed their 'fidelity to the tonnage workers. Colonel W. A. Keeps, of the Fifteenth Regiment, was yesterday appointed' a deputy sheriff by Sheriff McCleary. He will be in charge of the mill gate. Depu ties Young and Ritchie will command the deputies. The 23-inch beam- mill, is idle owing to a reported breakage. Other de partments are operating as usual. Man ager Potter pronounces the shut-down story as untrue. Daniel Cush, who was arrested'Wednes day on a charge of riot, was released yes terday, it'being proven that he is the wrong man. Two more families moved out ot Homestead. The entertainment at the New Castle Opera House last Saturday netted f350. This amount will be forwarded to the locked-out men. HARRISON CAN'T ATTEND The Dedicatory Exercises of the World'! Fair Buildings Next Month. Washington, Sent. 29. Special As sistant Secretaryof the Treasury. Nettleton, who has charge of the Government exhibit it tbe World's Fair, made the official an nouncement to-day that President Harrison will not attend the dedicatory exercises of the Exposition at Chicago next month. It has been arranged that Vice President Mor ton will represent the President on that occasion, and that he will be accompanied tp the West by nearly all of the Cabinet officers No reason is publicly assigned for the In ability of the President to attend the exer cises, but it is well known tbat the condi- ' tion of Mrs. Harrison is so precarious that he cannot leave the city nnder any circum stances. ST. AHBEEW'S BE0IHEEH00D MEETS. A Pittsbnrger One of the Officers Chosen at the Boston Convention. Boston, Sept 29. The seventh, annual convention of tbe Brotherhood of St An drew of the Episcopal Church was held here to-day. The following officers were elected: President, William C 8tnrcts3,NewIIaven; First Vice President. G. Harry Davis, Ger mantown. Pa.; Second Vice Presldmc, Fran cis 11. Sears, Boston; Third Vice President, Joseph P. Cleal, Dayton, O.; Fourth Vioe President, Samuel S. Nash, Scotland Meek, NVC: Secretary, Joseph" RrBtrroll, chlcaeof Second ,Assltant Secretary, 'William II. Faulkner, of St George's Church, Pittsburg. S ft r i3& t " - Ik
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