ww f - . - SEND YOUR ADLETS EARLY For The Snaday , Dlspmteh. in Order That They May Be Prop erly Classified. m pppwjs SEND YOUR ADLETS EARLY For The Sunday Diapntch, la Order That They Slay Be Prop erly Classified. jfttftROrli. H' FORTY SEVENTH YEAR T iSTHE LATEST ;e L Sensational Climax in the Prosecution of the Home stead Leaders. THE SUPEEME COTJET NOW TAKES ACTION. Chief Justice Paxson Issues Warrants for All Members of the Advisonr Board. FIRST CASE OP THE KIND ' IN THE STATE'S HISTORY. Information Made by DetectiTe'Bellzuoover Under the Direction of the Carnegie Attorneys. rive of the Committee Are Now in Jail They Were Picked TJp in Homestead Lost Night The Movement an Entire Surprise to the Strikers They Be came Indignant and the Prisoners Were Brought to Pittsburg for Fear an Attempt Would Be Made to Rescue Them Treasurer Caches Arrested in Pittsburg He Had a Big Boll of Money in His Pocket Burgess Mc Iiuckie in Youngstown, but Says He Is Coming Back. The Carnegie Iron and Steel Company played its highest tramp card yesterday. The whole Homestead Advisory Committee is to be arrested for treason against the State of Pennsylvania. Last night Thomas J. Crawford, George Eylands, John Dierken, William H. Bayard, X. W. Brown and W. H. Gaches were picked up in Homestead. As Hugh O'Donnell, Jack Clifford and Issic Critchlow are now in jail awaiting trial for murder, there re mains but 24 of the Advisory Committee to be arrested. County Detective Beltzhoover, at -the re quest of the Carnegie Company, made the information before Chief Justice Paxson at ylhe jtfonougahela Buee. Or the oih of the, detective the Judge issued a personal 'warrant to any constable or the Sheriff for the arrest ot the Homestead Board. ' 'This will be the first case of treason ever tried in the State ot Pennsylvania," said P. C Knox last night "In fact, there was sever anything exactly similar. The only case coming near it was the proceedings growing out of the French Commune. As Interesting as Burr's Trial. "This case will attract as much, if not more interest, than did the famous trial of Aaron Burr. We are bringing these pro ceedings to see whether the laws of Penn ' gylvania or the edicts of the Home stead Advisory Committee are to rule this Commonwealth. The com mittee took the law in their own hands, ignoring the Government of the State. We think this constitutes treason. The charge is a grave one, and comes before a full bench of the Supreme Court of Penn sylvania. To show its gravity, Judge Pax son onlv arrived in Pittsburg Thursday, and to-night he issued the warrants for the arrest of these men. The maxi mum 'sentence a man can receive for treason is 12 years in the penitentiary. The cases may come up immediately, or it may be some time before they are heard. Ii the prisoners demand a hearing tiev will get it at once. The crime is bailable, tbe amount of the bond being fixed by Chief Justice Paxson. It is hard to say what the bail will be, but in all probability it will be very heavy, 'owing to the seriousness of the charge. Several days ago a Philadel phia Judge handed down a decision against a number of strikers. They had been in terfering with other workmen, and the Jndge hinted that it was treason." Chairman Frick at Krst Objected. Since away back in August this treason charge has been pending. When the Homesteaders were arrested for con spiracy, the attorneys wanted to follow it with a charge of treaspn. To this Chairman Frick objected, and the idea was dropped i for awhile. About a month ago it was de cided to proceed with the treason charge,. ' and have it ready to spring as a grand finale. Every movement of tbe company and its attorneys in this matter has been of the most secret nature. The bill was printed at the Frank lin printing office in the dead of night, and everything to keep it from the public ear was done. Until Judge Paxson issued his warrants yesterday afternoon, but few had heard of it It is safe to say that this move was not even thought ot by the Home stead strikers. The Text of the Information. The information made yesterday by County Detective Beltzheover against the Advisory Committee follows: Commonwealth or Pennsylvania vs. David H. Shannon, John McLuckie, David Lynch, Thome-a J.-Crawford, Hugh O'DonnolLHarry Bayne, Elmer E. Bail, Isaac Byers, Henry Bayard, T. W. Brown, George Cbampenor, Isaac Critchlow, Miller Colgan, John Coyle, Jack Clifford, Dennis M. Cnsb, William Ale Conegly.Mlchael Cummirigs. VHlam Combs, John Dierken, Patrick Fa;ran,W. II. Gaches, Mathew Harris. Beid Kennedy. John Miller, D. 6. Searlht, John Murray, M. H. Thomp son, Martin Murray, Hugh Boss, William T Roberts, George Bylands and George W. Sarver. CoirMoswx&XTn or PnrcrsTXVAHu, Coui. rr or Allegheny. 83' Before me tho subscriber, Edward M. Paxson, Chief Justice or the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and ex-ofuclo a justice of .tho Court of Oyer and Terminer of Alle gheny county, and a justice of the peace" in and for the county of Allegheny In the State of Pennsylvania) personally came Harry HIGH REASON MAD Beltzhoover, county detective, who, upon oath administered according to law, de pcteih and says that heretofore, to wit, on or before the first day of July, A. D. ISM, the defendants above named, being Inhabitants and resi dents of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania and under the protection of the laws of the Commonwealth or Pennsylvania, and owing allegiance and fidelity to tho said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, not weighing the duty or their said allegiance, but wickedly devising and intending tbe peaoo and tranquility ot, the said Common wealth to disturb and stir, move and incite Insurrection, Rebellion and "War againsttbe said Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania, did at tbe borough of Homestead and In the township or Mifflin, both within the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, and elsewhere within the State or Pennsylvania and boyond tho bor ders of Raid State, unlawfully, falsely, maliciously and traitorously compass, im agine ana Intend to raise and levy war, in surrection and rebellion against the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania; and in order to fulfill and bring into effect tho said corn passings, imaginations and Intentions of them, the said defendants alterward, to-wit, on the first day of July, A. D. 1693, and at divers other times, at the Uprough of Home stead and In the township of Mifflin, both within the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, with a great ruultl tnde of peisons numbering hundreds armed and arrayed In a-warlike manner, that Is to eay with guns, revolvers, cannon, swords, knives, clnbs and other warlike -Weapons, as well offensive as defonsive, being then and there unlawfully, maliciously aud traltoi ously assembled and gathered together, did falsely and traitorously Join and assemble themselves togother against tbe Common wealth of Pennsylvania, and then and there with force and arms did falsely and traitor ously and in a hostile and warlike manner ar ray and dispose themselves against the said Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and did ordain, prepare nnd levy war against tho .said Commonwealth of 1'ennsylvanln to the end that Its Constitution, lans and authority were defied, resisted and snbverted by the said defendants and their armed allies con trary to tbe duty of allegiance and fidelity of the snid defendants. All of which this deponent states upon information received nnd believed by him and he therefore prays that a warrant may1 issue and the aforesaid defendants mar be aricsted and held to answer this charge or treason against the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania and further deponent saith not. Judge Paxson's "Warrant. On hearing the above information Chief Justice Paxson issued the following war rant: COXMOKWEALTH O PeHTJSTLVAKIA, .. Cousir of Allegheny. ( The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to tbe High Sheriff of Allegheny county afore-' said, or any constable. We command yon that you take David II. bhannon, John McLuckie, David Lynch, Thomas J. Crawford, Hugh O'Donnell, Harry Bayne, Elmer E. Ball, Isaac flyers, Henry BayardT. W. Brown, George Cbam penor, Isaao Critchlow, MllleiTColgan, John Coyle, Jack Clifford, Dennis M. Cush, Will lam SfcConegly, Michael Cutnmlngs, William Combs, John Dierken, Patriok Pagan, W. H. Gaches, Ma the w Harris, Beid Kennedy, ohn Miller, O. S. Searlght, John Murray, M. H. Thompson, Martin Murray, Hugh Boss, William T. Boberts, George Bylands and George W. Sarver and bring them forthwith before tbe subscriber, Edward M. Paxson, Chief Justice of tho Supremo Court of Penn sylvania, and ex-omcln a Justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, of Allegheny county, and a Justice of tho Peace In and for the County of Allegheny to answer a charge of treason against" tho Common-1 wealtn or Pennsylvania, whareor lnforma- tlon has been mane on oath before Edward M. Paxson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Courfbf the State of Pennsylvania, aud ex. officio a Justice of the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny county, and a Justice -of tbe Peace m and for Allegheny, by Harry Beltzhoover, County Detective for the County of Allegheny, In tbe State o&Penn sylvanla. Hereof fail not. Witness the hand and seal of the said Ed ward M. Paxson, Chief Justice of the Su preme Court of Pennsylvania, and ex-ofiiclo a Justice or the Court or Oyer and Terminer or Allegheny county, and a Justice of the Peace in and for the County or Atlegheuy.at Pittsburg, in the said County, this 30th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundied and ninety-two. Seal. Eowakd M. Paxsox, Chief Justice of theSupieme Court or Penn sylvania, and ex-offlcio a justice of the Court or Oyer and Terminer of Allegheny county, and a justice of the peace in and for tbe county of Allegheny. CREATED A SENSATION. The Arrests or the Men Put Homestead in an Uproar The Prisoners Were Brought to Pittsburg for Fear They Would Bo Rescued. The arrests of the men created a great sensation in Homestead. They came like a thunderbolt to the strikers. They were so suddenly made and so unexpected. The prisoners were chatting at street corners when they'were taken. The officers were Detectives Mills and Farrell and Deputies Young, Brady, Devlin, Kreps and Ward. It was late in the afternoon when the war rants reached Homestead and were placed in the hands of the officers to serve. They started out at 0 o'clock and first caught Crawford and Dierker, who were hurried to the provost guard tents. The others were caught in quick succession before the strik ers bad time to realize what was happening. As the prisoners were speeded to tbe prison tents, alarm was taken and many strikers hastened toward the guard, bat were held back aud denied all information. It was intended first to keep the prisoners all night and hunt lor strikers, but thrnugh fear' of an attempt of rescue they were brought to Pittsburg at 11 o'clock and landed in jaiL At the station a crowd of 150 angry if surprised men assembled with astonishing rapidity, and their determined looks caused apprehension. Two deputies tried to keep them back, but by the time the train ar rived they had almost surrounded the group of prisoners and officers. When the train pulled out a sullen jeer of defiance went up, and Chairman Crawford said; "They can persecute us, but they can't make us go to work." It was believed in Homestead that the object ot the arrests is to get the leaders out ot the way so that the others will go to work. WILLIAM GACHES ARRESTED. Ho Was Hurrying for the Train When Caught by the Officers. ' William Gaches, Treasurer of the Home stead Belief Committee, was arrested last night by Detectives O. F. Mills and Pat Farrell as he was on his way to take the bummer train for Homestead. The detec tives were instructed to go after Gacber, and were walking down Diamond street to take the stefts to theFourthavenue station. When they arrived U front of the school, house they overtook Gaches, who was hur rying in the same direction, "Detective Mills went up to him and said: "Hello, Gaches, you're just the man we're looking for." Gaches thought the officers were fooling him, but this was soon dispelled by the pro duction of the warrant Gaches said he didn't want to go to jail, but when told that some of his partners were within tbe enclosure, took it more kindly. He wanted the officers to take him to some man named Johnston, but tljey told him they were compelled to deliver him to Warden, McAleese who could do as he pleased abont the matter. When "he ar rived in jail he pulled oat large roll of ' PITTSBURG, bills and offered to leave it as a forfeit if they would let him otE Warden McAleese called one of the deputies, and after search ing Gaches, taking charge of the money he had, assigned him to a cell TWO STRIKERS ARRESTED. Tho Warrants Were Sworn Out by Secre tary Lovejoy Four Companies at the . Sixteenth Regiment Leave Homestead Chairman Frick Again Visit the Works. "Detective Mills to-dav arrested and took to Pittsburg G. L. and H. Layman, who are charged by Secretary Lovejoy with aggra vated riot It is understood that about 30 other persons ate to be arrested for com plicity in the riot when they can be found. Four companies of the Sixteenth Regiment were removed from Homestead yesterday. There was very little show or demonstra tion arid no hostilities. A man named Baenger, who was refused admissiub to the mill in the morning through being drunk, caused a little disturbance at Mun- hall station by shouting at the scabs. But for the interference of ft couple of Deputy Sheriffs the fellow would. have fared badly. . Chairman TT. O. Trick" visited the works yesterday and spent a good deal of time ex amining tne plant A number oi men were discharged and an equal number were em ployed. All the undesirable men in the mill are being Weeded out by Man ager Potter, who is filling their places with competent werkerf who are applying for jobs dally. So far 700 have been dis charged altogether and over S00 hired. That the non-union workmen are not en tirely without fear yet of the strikers was illustrated by a story from a coal and iron police. One of the mill workers who had gone to Pittsburg came back on the midnight train half intoxicated. He made his way to the bunkhouse where he and 30 others slept On entering he yelled: "The strikers are climbing over the fence to attack you." Instantly there was a wild scramble to get out; Borne jumped out ot windows and others rushed half dressed through the door, all panic stricken. There are a large number of colored families living in Shanty Hill row, and when they saw the militia go they were much alarmed. M'LUCKIE GOES AWAY. He and His Family Quietly Go Out of Town In tho Night A dispatch from Youngstown, "0., last rtigbi said: The Pittsburg papers to-day bring -tbe report that Burgess McLuckie contemplates leaving Homestead and lo cating at Youngstown. He was seen in this city and asked his Intentions in the matter. He was emphatic in the statement that he bad no intention of going away from Homestead, adding that he intends to return home Saturday or Sunday. Despite this story, one of the'prosecution in the Homestead cases last night said: "McLuckie last Wednesday night removed his household effects from Homestead, and he and his whole family left town. They told conflicting stories about their future home. One member of the family said it would be in Philadelphia, while McLuckie said they would reside in Ohio, nevertheless we know where to lav our hands on the Burgess when we want him." THE JUDGE WOULDN'T TALK. Justice Paxson Said He Never Expresses ' Opinions About a Case Off the Bench. Chief Justice Paxson, who issued tbe war rants for tbe Homesteaders, when seen at the Monongahela House last night? declined to discuss the subject in any phase. The distinguished gentleman was in a pleasant mood, but when questioned on that point, said: "I make it a practice never to talk about any case which comes before me, or in which mt duty calls me to take part, before I am ready to speak officially." A PINKERTON MEASURE. Congressman Gillespie Has a Bill to Regu late the Appointment of Deputy Sheriffs ' He Thinks It Would Prevent Trouble Like That at Homestead. Congressman E. P. Gillespie, of the Bea ver Valley district, has prepared a bill which Is intended to cover the employment of Pinkertons 'and deputy sheriffs, with 'a view to preventing tronbles similar to that at Homestead. He thinks that the measure might be modified Bomewhat by public dis cussion, but presents the following as his view of wholesome legislation on the sub ject: An act to regulate the applntment and pre scribe the qualifications or special deputy sheriffs, constaDles, marshals, policemen and other peace officers within this Com monwealth, and fpr the punishment or any person who may exercise or attempt to ex ercise the functions of any such officer wltuout authority of law. Section 1. Be it enacted, eta, that in all cases now provided by law for the appoint ment or special deputy sheriffs, constables, marshals, policemen or other peace officers in this Commonwealth to preserve tbe peace, qnell public disturbances or protect propel ty. It shall be unlawful to appoint any pei son as such deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, policeman or other peace officer who is not a citizen of the United States, of lawful age, rind of good moral character, and who, shall not have been aiesident of the county, or one of the counties. In which it is intended he shall peiform the duties of such appointment for the period of two months immediately preceding the date of such 'ap pointment, provided that this act shall not apply to tbe State militia nori abridge the right of any sheriff, constable, coroner or other legally constituted officer to command assistance iu the execution of any warrant or other legal process or in making an ar rest for any offense committed In his pres ence. Section 2. All appointments made in vio lation of this act shall be without force and of no effect. Sections. Any person or persons who shall within this Commonwealth exercise or at tempt to exercise the functions or a special deputy sheriff, constable, marshal, police man or other peace offioer, or lepiesent himself as such without duo Authority or law, shall be guilty or a misdemeanor, and upen conviction thereof shall be sentenced to Imprisonment not exceeding slxfmonths and Defined in a um not exceeding J1.000, nr ttither. nt the discretion of tbe Court. Seotion 4,'All laws or parts of laws Incon sistent herewith are hereby repealed. B00DLIHQ CHABOE8 DENIED. The Trial of Postmaster General Caron, of Quebec, Now Going On. Quebec, Sept. 30. The royal commission investigating the charges of corruption against Sir At P. Caron, Postmaster Gen eral, in connection with the subsidies granted to the Quebec and Lake St John Hallway, is in progress. H. J. Beemer, the contractor for the building ot the road, was a witness. He denied ever saying to Sir A. P. Caron if subsidies were granted the company it would make secure his election. He was .entirely neutral on the political question, not being a British subject, and he left the men working under him to vote as they thought proper. COST of living In England by Henry Tnek ley, whose series of articles on British wages has attracted such attention, In TO-MOIt-KOWS DISPATCH. No JJnll Fighting at the World's Fair. Chicago, Sept- 30. President John G. Shortall, of the Illinois Humane Society, announced to-day that there would be no bull-fighting here during the World's Fair, if he can help it "We shall arrestevery one 'connected with it, after the firsVper-, formanee, on the charge of cruelty to -anlmala :i SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1892-TWELYE PAGES. ; . I ' PUk it " 'VifuC" lrfi -. .-. tf.S 2 ' ;Vi,v ''ZMvlk CSseX&i- lfZv-i . -v . . - . .VrT - J r ' - & R3Ft . i " ' ". - 3-rr HOW IN AGONY OF SPIRIT. Determined Men Dig Away in III Korrie Mine Eopingto Savq I THEIR IMPRISONED BRETHREN, Only CnQ of the Entombed Miners Rescued ifter Hours of Work. THE FATE OP TEX JIEX TET UNDECIDED f rECTA.1. TXLianAJt TO THE DtsrATCff.l Ironwood, Mich.. Sept 30. All through the long hours of last night the work of tbe rescuers of the entombed men at the Norrie mine progressed, the men be ing spurred on to greater efforts by the dis tant soundings which came from the ctved in rooms In which the 11 unfortunate men were imprisoned. At 5 o'clock this morn ing a faint voice was beard from the dark recesses of the further of the first rooms and he efforts of the diggers were bent in the direction from which the sound seemed to come. At 8:30, nearly four hours after the man's voice was first heard, he was rescued by his fellow workers, carried to the shaft and iaken to the surface in the ore bucket from depth of 400 feet. Abraham Thompson, a KatvregiaWtiineTfSTBS the man,' and he was taken to the hospital: ''He is greatly ex hausted, buf ' passed through his 30 hours' imprisonment without injury. He saya he has not heard of any of the other ten men. i Not a Wink of Warning. He was standing alone when the crash came, and thinks most of the others were in the second room, which, he says, caved in first, and was followed almost immediately. by the ground tailing in the room wnere he stood. No words have been heard from the caved chambers since Thompson has been taken out, and it is greatly feared that the other ten are lost The names of the trammers and timbermeu cannot yet be learned. Be side the four minen whose names were pub lished yesterday, ahd the three timbermeh and two trammers whose names are un known, the list of victims includes Simon Yaokliu, foreman of the timber crow, and Michael Downs, the skip tender. Only four men can work at one time in the narrow drafts. Their eight-pound ham mers ply like the pistons of an engine upon the steel drill. Other men sliovel the iron ore as though it were cornmeal. At the end of five minutes, their shirts dripping with perspiration, these men drop their tools, which are grasped before they touch the rocky lloorof the narrow drift by other men equally brave and strong. Steady Work of Determined Men. So it has gone on since G a. m. yesterday, without loss of a second's time. Hammer heads fall ceaselessly upon the drill, shovels and picks are plied as only they can be" by men who know that upon their efforts may depend" the life or death of fellow workmen. So incessant and so noble has been the work that what' would have taken six days of ordinary work has been done since yester day morning. The scenes about the mouth of No. 8 shaft have been most harrowing. Wives, chil dren and friends of the entombed miners, waiting in heart-breaking suspense for news of their loved ones, have moved strong men to tears by their supplications. In agony of spirit they watch. The deep suspense is sympathetic When a man emerges from the latal shaft he is surrounded by tbe half demented wives and children, who implore him to tell them that the lost are found that they have been heard from through the rocky walls of the mine. Such is the interest taken in the fate of these 12 men, unknown to most, that busi ness has almost suspended to-day, and hun dreds will not go to bed to-night unless the men are found. TWO TERRIBLE TYPHOONS. Hundreds of Lives Lost andvThousands of Buildings Destroyed in Japan. Sak Feancisco, Sept 30. The Pacific Mail Company's new steamship Peru ar rived this evening, 22 days from Hong Kong via Yokohama. She brings Japanese news up to September 16.. The gale which swept oyer Southern and Central Japan in flicted terrible damage. Four hundred per sons were crushed to death. Many boats were blown out to sea, 23 houses completely overthrown, 1,600 barns and partly out-' houses blown down and crops greatly in jured. These figures do not include the devastation wrongnt in tne smaller islands. The typhoon of September 4 also did much damage. At Homamatsu, the Court House, school, 62 dwellings and a brick railway shed were bjown down, ten persons killed and many wounded. In Shizuoka prefecture 800 dwelling houses were blown down or partially destroyed, six bridges washed away and four embankments broken, seven houses swept away and 71 stores destroyed. In Aidy prefecture five people were killed and two wounded. The reclaimed lands were flooded, and 70 dwell ings washed away. Mrs. Harrison Gaining Strength. Washington, Sept. 30. "Mrs. Harrison passed the most comfortable day she has had for a number of weeks," said Dr. Gardner, to-night. ''.'She is gaining strength slowly, and her appetite is improving." JLUMBU3 PAGE la THE DISPATCH jr ACi H to-mdrroi " " " KtfwMr Vi ""SI sTW ". THEY ARE RUNNING IN THE HOME MRS. MARSH IS COMING. Her Husband Engages Counsel to Defend Her She Claims to Be Anxious to Re turn to Pittsburg and Have a Speedy Trial. New Yobk, Sept. 30. tSpcriot Sheriff Muller, of Staten Island, to-day re ceived a telegram from the Chief of Police of Pittsburg stating that Detectives Coul son and Robinson, of that city, would leave at Ohce for New York with requisition papers for Mrs. Jennie Marsh and James H. Mcintosh, who were arrested at Staple ton Monday as fugitives from .justice. Sheriff Muller thought the prisoners would not be taken to court before Monday. Later in the day a telegram was received at the jail in Richmond for Mrs. Marsh. The Sheriff opened it and it read: PrrrsBORO, Sept 30. Wire me when you leave. Have engaged counsel. Habby. It was shown to Mrs. Marsh, but she said she would not answer it until ihe started for Pittsburg. There has been no change in the demeanor of either of the prisoners. Both assert their innocence of the charges brought against them, and seem to be anx ious to go to Pittsburg and have a speedy trial. Among other things secured by the offi cers who searched the effects of Mrs. Marsh and Mcintosh-was a letter, found in the Tottenville house, from Mcintosh to Mrs. Marsh, in which Mcintosh said they should feel thankful for their, success in eettlng out of the Weir scrapel It is also said that a peculiar scarfpin was found which was recognised by Mr. JTehl as having belonged to Gamble Weir. Mclntosh-was questioned about this, but stoutly denied that eitherhe or Mrs. Marsh evef posfessed'apin. By permission of the Sheriff, Beatrice, the 14-year-old daughter of Mrs. Marsh, has been living in the jail with her mother, but not under restraint x t , . IN FREE TRADE ENGLAND. Spinners' Wages Bedneed and a Strike Wel comed to Get Bid of Stocks. iloNDGir, Sept 30. Seventy-seven per cent of the mast cotton spinners of England to-day decided to enforce a leduction of 6 per cent in wages. The men stubbornly re fuse to accept the proposed reduction, and intend to strike. It is generally admitted in Manchester that the stoppage of work will not be a bad thing for the trade, as it will enable the spinners to reduce their present heavy stocks. The decision to reduce wages' affects 17, 000,000 spindles using American cottcn. f PARENTS SIX TIMES BEBEAV.ED. An Incident Showing the Terrible Ravages of Diphtheria In Racine, Wis. Racine, Wis., Sept 30. A pathetic' incident to-day marked the progress of the severe epidemic of diphtheria which, dur ing the last two weeks, has oarried off many children and has caused the closing of sev eral of the public schools. Two weeks ago the family of Peter Heldt consisted of father, mother and six children. The oldest daughter contracted 'the dis ease at a funeral. She died September 19. The remaining children, one by one, came down with the disease. Another died on the 23d, and still another on the 27th. This morning the three remaining children lav stretched out in the house awaiting burial, having died Jast night The mother is almost crazed with grief and is in a pre carious condition. BRAVE DR. STANHOPE. Tho American Who Was Inoculated Against Cholera Arrives in Berlin. Beblin, Sept 30. Dr. A. Stanhope, who was inoculated with cholera virus in Paris, and who subsequently served as a nurse In one of the Hamburg cholera hospitals, ar rived here to-day. He is well and hearty, and attributes his escape from' cholera en tirely to the inoculation he underwent' against it , He was refused admission at several of the hotels, as the proprietors were afraid there was danger from infection. Luckily, Stanhope had some American friends in the city, and when they learned of his annoy ing experience at the hotels, they hastened to offer him the use of thtir private apart ments. "Seven new cases of cholera and three deaths are reported in Brussels. FOUR LIVES SACRIFICED. A Boy Instantly Killed and Three Men Fatally Injured by an Explosion. Indiana, Pa., Sept 30. .yjecJaJ, The boiler of a steam thresher exploded here to day, on the premises of County Commis sioner A. O. Rankin Harry Myer, aged 14, was blown to pieces. Aaron, John and Frank Gromley, all prom inent citizens, were probably fatally in jured. Myer was so torn to pieces by the explosion that his arms cannot be found. CESSNA'S 890,000 SUIT. - Trying to Bring Two New Yorkers to Time on a Mining Stock Deal. Netv Yobk, Sept 3U Justice Beach, of the Supreme Court, has ordered Charles F. Cook and George J. Gray to serve in five days their answer in a suit brought against them by John Cessna, ex-Congressman of STRETCH. Pennsylvania, who Was once chairman of the Republican National Committee, to recover90,000, tbe amount of five notes which wye given as collateral on a con tract for tbe purchase of certain mining stock. The contract was executed by the de fendants, with Colonel W. W. Dudley, General M. S. Littlefield and Carroll L. Hobart Mi. Cessna claims that Cook and Gray have no defense, and have been fight ing for delay. THE GAS TRUST ATTACKED. A Shareholder In the Philadelphia Company Sues for a Receivership. Chicago, Sept 30. A demand has finally been made for the appointment of a receiver for the Chicago Gas Trust In the Circuit Court to-day Thomas H. Martin filed a long bill fagainst the Chicago Gas light and Heating Company, the People's Gaslight and Coke Company, the Con sumers' Gas Company, the Equitable Gas light and Fuel Company, the Hyde Park Gas Company, the Lake Gas Company, the Chicago Gas Company and the Fidelity In surance Trust and Safe Deposit Company oi Philadelphia. The Court is asked to appoint a receiver for these companies, also to enjoin the Fi delity Insurance Trust and Safe Deposit Company from acting as trustee under con tracts axecuted May IS, 1887, and March 22, 1890, under which the companies were con solidated. Meanwhile an injunction is sought to' restrain "any disposition of the stock. . - Allegations are made that the Chicago Gas Company did not intend to carry out the object of Its incorporation, except to control other corporations in the same kind of business. Martin, in his bill, says he is a stockholder ownlne several shares of the Philadelphia Company, each share of.which represents one-two hundred and fifty thousandth part of an interest in all the companies composing tbe trust No re ceiver has yet been appointed. SHE NEW YOEK-BIPPER CAUGHT. Paulsen's Murderer's Name Is Rohlek, and He Ia'a Regular Terror. New Yobk, Sept. 30. The mystery sur rounding the murder of Frank Paulsen, the veteran who was found dead in his room last evening, has been oleared up. The murderer is Frank W. Rohlek. He Is a marble polisher. He has been fully iden tified as the man seen running from the scene of the crime and besides some jewelry belonging to Paulsen was found in his pos session. The ax was brought into play by the mur derer to prevent arrest, when he was found in an East Side saloon to-day, but he Was overpowered and taken to the statiOD house. He had no ohance to actually use the wea pon on the officer, but the struggle was a desperate one, and the arrest was only effected with the assistance of other officers. The prisoner is a German, about 35 years old, wearing a short, full beard. His hair is dark. PROHIBITIONISTS PROTEST Against Tax ReceiptipBelng Purchased by a Campaign Committee. Philadelphia, Sept 3a James E. Clark and Daniel W. Seltzer, "Prohibition candidates for the county offices of District Attorney and Clerk ot Quarter Sessions, respectively, to-day, through their attorney, filed a bill of equity against Receiver of Taxes Taylor, restraining him from issuing tax receipts to the Republican City Com mittee for use in distributing among those citizens who will not pay their poll tax. PREPARING TO END QUARANTINE. Dr. J enklns Promises It Will Be Lifted Mon day If No New Cases Are Received. QUARANTINE, S. L, Sept 30. Dr. Jen kins says that quarantine will be lifted at Camp Low Monday if no more passengers are sent there for detention before that time. Mrs. Donuz, the only remaining cholera patient, will be discharged then. The patients on Swinburne Island are doing well. To-day 200 of the Bohemia's steeraee passengers were landed, and the rest will be to-morrow. The steamer will then be disinfected and brought to Quarantine to unload. The police guard at Lower Quarantine was to day withdrawn. SEEKING BETTER ROADS. A Meeting In Their Interest to Be Held This Month in Chicago. New Yokk, Sept 30. A general call has been issued for a meeting to be held in Chi cago from October 19 to 22 to take steps toward-the formation ot a National League of Road Improvement All local road societies, boards of trade, wheelmen's organizations and private indi viduals interested in the subject are invited to take part . WOMEN of Russia by Frank G. Carpenter in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. . Mike McDonald Not a Committeeman. CHICAGO, Sept 3a M. a McDonald resigned his membership on the State Democratic Central Committee to-day. Mc Donald is under indictment for the alleged bribery of a Justice of the Peace, and un der the circumstances did not care to re main longer on-the committee. THREE CENTS A CHEAT AID F Are the Pet Names Applied to the Count de Mitkiewicz . - ITT i ?p& m a warranT. HIS AEEEST DEMANDED By a Brooklyn Man Who Claims Ho Beat Him Ont of His Home. QUITE A C05TIHENTAL SCOPE Attained by the Operations of the Promoter of Chinese Schemes. BHOEBOX MILLER'S SHARE OP THE W0EI rSntCIAI. TELEGRAM TO TffE DISPATCFtl New Yobk, Sept 30. A warrant for the arrest of .Eugene Mitkiewicz was issued by Police Justice Grady to-day. It is based on a complaint sworn to by Arthur L. Tomes, of 502 Classon avenue, Brooklyn. It charges Mitkiewicz with "cheating and fraud," and tells how Tomes mortgaged his home to supply lunds for a messengerwhom Mitkie wicz alleged he and Elliot F. Shepard had sent to China to induce the Emperor to withdraw his objections to Mr. Shepard's candidate for the Ministership to China, Henry W. Blair. Mitkiewicz yesterday told a Dispatch reporter that he should not attempt -to avoid arrest, but would, if asked, come to New York and deliver himself up. Lawyer Thompson, who is acting for Mr. Tomes in the criminal proceedings, said yesterday that he thought it quite likelr that the ''Count" would not attempt to escape, as he knew he had been carefully watched by of ficers for a week. The operations of Mitkiewicz appear to have taken a continental scope. A Dis patch reporter to-day learned that H. V. Bemis, proprietor of the Hotel Richelieu, Chicago, is a victim of the Chinese conces sion scheme, and was worked heartily by Mitkiewicz. Operations of tho Count in Chicago. In the summer of 1891 the "Count" and the ex-convict "Shoebox" Miller, of Pitts- burg, were in Chicago, on some business connected with the sending of Millard Jones to China. It was pretended there was a reason why Jones should be concealed in Chicago, but whether he was or was not hidden, "Shoebox" Miller and the "Count" failed to hide their lights. They beamed upon Host Bemij, of the RIchelfeu, and were soon on such friendly terms with him that they offered to let him into their great Chinese concession scheme. Mr. Bemis appeared glad to get in, to the extent of a note for $5,000, which he gave them, "not for use, but for accommodation." They brought the note to New York and offered it to R. J. Horner. He knew Bemis to be a wealthy man, and after taking the precaution to wire Bemis, asking if he had given the note and it it was all right, and receiving a satisfactory reply Horner dis counted the note. He applied 51,500 of the amount to the credit of Mitkiewicz's account for furniture, and the "Count" and Miller took $3,500 cash. Miller made a great fuss about having any part of the amount of the note applied to tbe payment of Mitkiewicz's debts. He seemed to think it a foolish waste of good money. Shoebox Miller the Count's Partner. Miller at that time was a co-worker of the "Count" in securing investors in the Chinese investment scheme. He, like the "Count," asserted positively that part of all the money secured was paid to the Chi nese Minister. At one time he wired to Mr. Horner from Washington that $5,000 bad just been ftaid to the Minister. Law yer Burke avers that he has evidence that the Chinese Minister deposited 55,000 in the Metropolitan Bank of Washington on tire day Miller said that sum was paid. This iine of investigation is anxiously watched by thote who have given money to the "Count" They profess to believe that their investments can all be recovered from the Chinese Government, if a direct con nection can be established between the "Count" and the Minister in this scheme. A msn who has had experience in diplo matic affairs said to-day: "There is no Government on earth so punctilious about the conduct of its diplomatic representa tives 'as China. Onlr their most trusted officials are sent to diplomatic posts, and for that reason I believe that Mitklewiw has misrepresented the Minister in this matter, as everybody else. However, if it is proved that the Chinese jmnlster to tms country has taken money on the pretense that he could or would further the 'Count's' efforts to secure Chinese concessions, his Government will make full restitution of every cent involved. If that is the ease. I pitv the Minister. Cuttine off the head of an unfaithful public official is not a politi cal figure of speech in China." Small Game Better Than None. The "Count" was not above small game when bi? game was scarce. There is an English bookkeeper employed in Mr. Horner's store. He is a cautious man and observing. He frequently imparted to his employer his firm belief that the "Count" was a swindler and urged Mr. Horner not to trust him any further. Mitkiewicz one day called to see Mr. Horner. Mr. Horner was not in, the cautious bookkeeper said coldly. The "Count" put his arm affec tionately over the distrustful bookkeeper's shoulder. In 20 minutes he walked out of the office with $75 of the bookkeeper's money in his waistcoat pocket A Dispatch reporter called on Mr. Shepard to-day to get his statement of his connection with Mitkiewicz. The Colonel declined to make any statement to his caller, bnt he made this statement in the Mail and Exprem this evening: The particulars Deing published in respect to certain Chinese negotiations are all fresh news to Colonel Shepard. He never before had any Idea that lie was represented to Messrs. Horner, Burr or others If he was so represented as having assumed any obliga tion for the past, present or future in regard to any Chinese concessions. If tliose stories are correct It would seem that those aentlo men went Into tbe Chinese business with their eyes open: were willing to and did ad vance money totry to get concessions, and all without any connection or communica tion, dlreot or Indirect, with Colonel Shep ard. They seem now to regre' that they . accepted hope as security for tbe advance ment of money, and yet they ought not to be so very greatly surprised, if they repeat tha experiences of mankind In finding hope disappointed. Lord Beresford Gets Six Tears. ROME, GA., Sepi. 3a Lord Walter a Beresford, alias Sidney Lascelles, the noted English forger, was to-day sentenced to six years' hard labor in toe penitentiary in this State. CRANKS at political headquarters with .caricatures by De Grim In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. .4 , . - . J '. . - f A. y &ssim.im seaasa