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THURSDAY, XOVEMBER 17,
V,
FORTY SEVENTH YEAH.
tariff reform .
secures allies;
Senator Peffer Declares 'the
Populists Will Vote, otf
That Question
WITH THE FEEE-.TBADEES.
He and His Wife Are Delighted With,
the Election Results.
Iho Westerner With the Historic Whis
kers Boasts of the Victory of His
Party Ho Says the Successor of
Cleveland Will Be a Populist Their
Issue Is Silver and Taxation Cleve
land, la His Estimation, Will Bo a
Good President, as He Was Before
Breckonrldgo Wants the Senate to
Pass the Tariff Bill and Bun the Risk
of President Harrison's Veto Prep
arations for the Coming Short SeSBlon
of Congress Appropriations That
Must Be Made to Cover Heavy De
ficiencies. rerrciAi. telecham to tiie dispatch. 1
Harkisburg, Nov. 14. Senator V. A.
Peffer, of Kansas, stopped over in the city
a few hours to-day, on his way from Topeka
to Washington. lie was accompanied by
Mrs. Peffer and daughter. When asked how
the result of the late electloneuited him
the Populist leader said:
"lam delighted with the result. Our
party elected seven out of the eight Con
gressmen in Kansas, we carried the State
for the Western electors, and besides
elected our candidate for Congressman at
large, Colonel W. A. Harris. The Colonel
lives at Leavenworth. He is a farmer and
stock raiser, and lias probably the best herd
of short-horned cattle in the United States.
He was a Colonel in the Confederate army
and at the close of the war migrated to
Kansas, where he has since resided. He
is the first rebel soldier to be elected to
Congress above the Mason and Dixon line.
Measuring the Size of the Victory.
"But that is not the extent of our vic
tory. We now fcave a majority of three in
the Legislature on joint ballot There are
several contests on good grounds, and we
believe the contestants will be seated. This
will give us a large majority, and means
that a Populist will be elected from Kansas
to succeed the late Senator Plumb in the
United States Senate. The People's party
will poll five or six times as many rotes for
President in 3.896 as they did on Tuesday
last
"The next President after Cleveland will
be a Populist. Meanwhile, there will be a
new alignment of parties. The Populists
will take the place the Kepublican party
took in 1856 and I860. Our issue will be
silver and taxation questions, and on them
we are sure to win. We are strong in the
South and West, and are gradually making
ourselves felt in the East"
Cleveland's Election Not a Surprise.
"Was the election of Cleveland a Bur
prise to yon?" the Senator was asked.
"No, indeed."
"It was no surprise to me. Six months
ago I made a bet with a friend that he
would be the next President," broke in
Mrs. Peffer, with a smile.
"I was confident Cleveland would be
elected," continued the Senator. "He is a
good man, and will make a splendid Presi
dent, just as he did during his first term.
Yes, the Democrats will have control of the
Senate after March 4, and the Populists
will vote with them on the tariff question.
As a choice between the Democrats and Re
publicans, we wiil be found on the side of
the Democracy. We do not believe in
placing a tariff on necessities, but we do
Javor the taxation of luxuries. "
Bright Hopes for the Future.
A special from Washington says: Repre
sentative W. C P. Breckenridge, of Ken
tucky, is here on his way to New York, full
of Cleveland enthusiasm and bright hopes
for the future of the Democratic party. In
conversation with a reporter of Tun Dis
patch, Mr. Breckenridge said he is not
prepared to commit himself on the subject
of an extra session of Congress because he
has had no opportunity to discuss the ques
tion with those who will have the responsi
bility of such an act So far as the question
of responsibility is concerned the Demo
cratic party has no hesitancy about accept
ing it
In view of the frequent suggestions of Re
publicans since the election that the Demo
crats should at 6nce take charge of the
Government's affairs, Mr. Breckenridge
proposes that the Senate at the coming ses
sion take up and pass those tariff bills
which have already received favorable ac
tion by the Democrats of the House. Tile
latter can easily allow said bills to become
law without the President's approval, and
at the same time maintain the principles of
his party.
"o Extra Session Really Needed.
The people of the country, says Mr.
Breckenridge, by their votes of last Tues
day, declared in favor of a reform in the
tariff, so if "the President is prepared to ac
cept the verdict of the people there need
be no extra session of Congress, and there
need be no delay in shifting the responsi
bility of the Government from Republican
to Democratic shoulders.
Mr. Breckenridge says he is not personally
interested in the question of reorganizing
the House in the Fifty-third Congress and
the election of a successor to Speaker Crisp.
He opposed Mr. Crisp in the present Con
gress, not on personal grounds, but because
he regarded Mr. Mills as the logical can
didate. The principle involved in that con
test was Cleveland and tariff reform, and
. the people have declared in favor of that
issue.
A Press dispatch from Washington says
A call will be issued very soon for a meet
ing of the House Committee on Appropria
tions at noon on Monday, November 28,
next This will give the committee about
a week's ' time in which to pre
pare some ot the regular annual ap
propriation bills for the action of
Congress when it meets for the second
session. It is the purpose to push rapidly
all of these measures for the maintenance
mm
of the Government next year, and, as the
Treasury Department Has promised to sub
mit the estimates for the District ofColum
bla, the pension and the fortification ap
propriation bills by November 28, there
seems to be no good reason why the House
should not have one at least of these appro-
priation bills ready for Its action as loon at
it meets.
Dismay Caused by Heavy Appropriations.
The exceedingly heavy payments made
by the Treasury during,the first quarter of
the present fiscal year have caused some
dismay among the members of the Appro
priations Committee. For the first four
months of the year these payments have ex
ceeded by 516,000,000 the expenditures for
the corresponding period in the preceding
fiscal rear, which means a total increase
for the present year of 548,000,000, while
the appropriations lor the year are only
512,000,000 greater than the appropriations
for the last year.
In plain" English, that means if the
estimates of the committee hold good a
deficiency on account of pensions of 53G,
000,000, will have to be met by Con
gress at the next session, in addition to an
appropriation for pensions for the next
fiscal vear of certainly not less than 5130,
000,000. So the total appropriation that
Congress must make for pensions next
session will aggregate not less than $186,
000,000. With this enormous snm added to the
other appropriations necessary to carry on
the Government, and decreased importa
tions (and consequently receipts) expected
to result from the agitation of the tariff
question, it will be seen that the Appropria
tions Committee has good reason to feel dis
mayed at the outlook and to doubt their
ability to prevent a deficiency in the na
tional accounts.
CLEVELAND IS DELIGHTED
With His Triumph, and Hastens to Tell
SlOTcnson So.
Bloomington, III., Nov. 14. SpeeidW
The Stevenson residence was besieged all
day by Democrats who congratulated the
Vice President-elect upon bis election. Mr.
Stevenson to-day received a long letter
from Mr. Cleveland. It was written at Mr.
Cleveland's New York home,12 West Fifty
first street, election night, after enough
had been learned to show that the country
had gone Democratic. Mr. Cleveland
spoke glowingly of the gratifying news,
and said that throughout the entire cam
paign he had the most complete confidence
in the success of the Democratic ticket.
He expressed in emphatic and earnest
language his gratification lor and admira
tion of the wore done by Mr. Stevenson.
A telegram was received by Mr. Steven-
son to-day, from Clark Howell, Grady's
successor as editor of the Atlanta Corutitii
tion, saying that he and a delegation from
his city would arrive here next Monday to
extend to the Vice President-elect an invi
tation to visit Atlanta and participate
in the ratification meeting there. Mr.
Stevenson will doubtless accept the in
vitation. He will depart to-morrow for
St Louis, to attend a ratification meeting
there to-morrow night
STATE ODD FELLOWS.
Reports of Officers Show the Order to Be
in a Flourishing Condition.
Philadelphia, Nov. 14. The annual
session of the Grand Encampment of Penn
sylvania, Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows, convened this afternoon. The Grand
Patriarch in his report spoke in glowing
terms of the progress of the encampment
branch of the order. He also
.called, attention to the Columbian Ex
hibition, and expressed a hope that
the patriarchal branch of the order would
be largely represented at the demonstration
of the order, to take place at'tlm't time.
Speaking ot the Patriarchs Militant, which
is the military branch of the order, he said
that he was of the opinion that its pros
perity wonld be best subserved by making
them a separate organization, with power
to organize separate State and National
legislative bodies. A large number of
Past Chief Patriarchs were admitted, and
the Grand Encampment degree was con
ferred upon them.
The report of the Grand Representatives
to the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Portland
last September shows a total membership
of 740,000 Odd Fellows, and that an in
crease of 48,870 was added during the
lormer je.ir. A communication was re
ceived from the Grand Sire, inviting the
encampments in Pennsylvania' to take part
in the grand demonstration, which was ac
cepted and referred to a committee ot five.
The following nominations for officers were
then made:
Grand Patriarch, George Hawkes; Grand
High Prie3t, E. J. Kilsman; Grand Senior
Wardens, Frank B. Keller; Gland Junior
Warden. Tliomns 1 Gross, S. W. Jefferles,
S. M. Kane and George J. Busse: Grand
Scribe, James 11 Nicholson: Grand
Treasurer, John s. Uetss: Grand Kopresenta-
tlve to Sovereign Grand Lodge, 11
itichards
jnuckie.
These candidates will be balloted for In
the subordinate Encampments next March.
James W. Bingham was elected Trustee, to
the Hall Association.
A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
The Stomach of George W. Painter Brought
Hero to Be Examined for Poison.
Gkeensburg, Pa., Nov. 14. Special
The sudden death of George W. Painter
here yesterday was the means of arousing
suspicions that he has been a victim of foul
play. He died In great agony, after a very
brief attack of some mysterious ailment On
the demand of a number of citizens, Coroner
Wakefield called a jury to hold an inquest,
and the result was that the stomach ot the
dead man was sent to experts at Pitts
burg to be examined. A chemical analysis
to discover the possible nresence of poison
will be made. Painter was apparently an
exceptionally healthy man. An examina
tion of the heart showed it to be in a very
healthy condition, but the stomach was
very much inflamed.
The deceased was a member of several
beneficial orders, not less than halt a dozen,
and the insurance benefits amount
to more than 54,600. These facts have
been developed in detail since Painter's
sudden deatb, and there are many features
of the case that are not to be given pub
licity at this time. The matter has created
a marked sensation here, and many things
that would ordinarileifcite no interest are
being investigated. The result of the in
vestigation being made at Pittsburg will be
known on Friday, according to advices re
ceived here this evening.
FIVE WERE KILLED.
The Boiler of a locomotive Explodes With
Disastrous-Results.
Pottsville, Nov1. l A most distress
ing accident occurred on the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad at 2 o'clock this
morning at Conners' crossing, a short dis
tance north of Schuylkill Haven, when the
boiler of a mogul engine exploded, killing
five men and probably 'fatally injuring an.
other.
The killed are: Henry C Allison, en
glner, residing at Palo Alto, leaves a wife
William Mackey, Ureman, Port fjf.tbon,
wire and one child; William Cowflly, n
engineer on the way home to Mt Carbon,
leaves a wife and ten children; William
Kcn'drick, conductor of Port Carbon, wife
and four children; William Moyer,
Cowhey's fireman, Palo Alto, single. Be
sides the above, Michael Dobbins, of Mt
Carbon, a brakeman of Engineer Cowhey's
crew, was badly scalded and will probably
die. The cause of the accident is unknown.
It has since been ascertained that the ex
plosion was caused by low Water in the
boiler.
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PrTTSBURG,
NO EXTRASESSION
Of Congress Will Be Called
by Mr. Cleveland if He
Can Avoid It, and
HE THINKS HE CAN DO SO.
The Democrats Want a Little Time in
Which to Look Aronnd.
A BREATHING SPELL NECESSARY.
Ihlngs Have Eeen Coming Their Way En
tirely Too Eapidiy.
NO HUBBI ABOUT CABINET-MAKING
rEPECIlL TBXEOEAU TO THE CISFATCR.l
New York, Nov. 151 a. m. The Dis
patch is permitted to announce authorita
tively this morning that it is the present
determination of ex-President Cleveland
not to call an extraordinary session of Con
gress after his inauguration on March 4
next
It is further announced that in the esti
mation at present of Mr. Cleveland and his
closest friends an extraordinary session
would turn out to be a profitless proceed
ing. His friends say that Mr. Cleveland must
have time after his inauguration to look
over the ground. There is a natural objec
tion, also, to the reassembling of Congress
immediately after the inauguration, on
the ground that it would have more
or less of an unsettling influence
on the business of the country.
Another objection to an extraordinary
session, in the minds of Mr. Cleveland's
friends, is that the Republican party and
its allies have demonstrated altogether too
eager a desire that Mr. Cleveland should
call an extraordinary session. It is not cus
tomary for a new administration to accept
counsel from the enemy.
Time Wanted to Look Around.
But stronger than anything else is the
feeling that an extraordinary session could
be of no particular advantage, and that the
proper thing to do is to give Mr. Cleveland
and the Democratic leaders time to look
aronnd and determine just what course to
pursue. The best authorities said last
night that it wonld take all next summer
and fall to get under headway, and that it
will be plenty of time to go ahad at the
beginning of the Fifty-third Congress,
which assembles on the first Monday of De
cember, 1893.
The last session of the Fifty-second Con
gress, which assembles on the first Monday
of December at hand, may take up a bill
calling for the repeal of the Sherman law,
which makes it obligatory for the Treasury
Department to purchase every month $4,
500,000 in silver bullion. The programme
concerning this matter, though, has not
yet been arranged. Every; step over this
law, as welf as other matters, will be taken
only after the gravest consideration.
"But even if this Congress does not aet-on
the Sherman law, there is little or no prob
ability, according to the programme an
nounced last night, (hat Mr. Cleveland will
call an extraordinarygesslon to discuts that
or other matters. He is averse to extra
sessions.
A Vacation Out of Town Wanted.
Governor Flower was among Mr. Cleve
land's visitors yesterday. The ex-President
and his family are looking forward to
a short vacation out of town. Mr. Cleve
land does not want to go to Lakewood
this year, ' and has not determined
just where they will go. His Cab
inet will not be made up before
February next In 1884 the Cabinet slate
was not known until February, 1885, and
even after that it was broken. At the
proper time, when it is necessary for him to
decide upon the members of hisCabinet, he
will consider all the claims and petitions
submitted to him, and then his troubles
will begin.
There is very little probability that Hon.
W. U Whitney will enter the Cabinet. If
he should feel like 'accepting any of the
honors of the new administration, a four
years' residence in London would give him
comparatively a good rest from his labors.
while, if he were to enter the Cabinet, he
would be compelled to work like a dray
horse, as he did when Secretary of the
Navy.
It was announced last night that the can
didacy of George F. Parker for the private
secretaryship was not seriously considered.
Mr. Cleveland to Speak This Evening.
Mr. Cleveland is to speak at the dinner at
the Chamber of Commerce, this evening.
On Thursday evening Henry Vlllard enter
tains the ex-President and a number of
friends nt dinner at Sherry's. The Manhat
tan Club hopes to entertain Mr. Cleveland
on Saturday night, and the Reform Club
hopes to secure his presence at a banquet in
Madison Square Garden on December 3.
Chairman 'Edward Murphy, Jr., Mr.
Croker and others conferred at the Hofl
man House yesterday afternoon. Word
was received that Hugh McLaughlin, the
Democratic chieftain of Kings, believed
that Brooklyn should name the United
States Senator to succeed Frank Hiscock.
Mr. McLaughlin, it was learned, favors the
young Scnatpr Patrick H. McOarreu, of
Kings. Mr. McLaughlin will go into the
eauous at Albany with 19 votes,17 Assembly
men and two Senators.
It must not be inferred from this that
there will be any strife among the Demo
crats over Frank Hiscock's successor.
Whoever Is selected by the caucus will be
heartily indorsed by the up-country Demo
crats, by Tammany, and by the warriors of
Kings.
Mr. Croker, Lieutenant Governor Sbee
han and others favor Mr. Murphy. He has
been chairman of the Democratic State
Committee for a number ot years, and has
refused political advancement. . He is still
silent as to whether he would like the place
or not, but his friends are going ahead, and
unless Mr. Murphy positively pulls them
off he will go into the caucus with a hand
some vote.
TALK AT THE CAPITAL.
No Extra Session Is Anticipated by
Chief Clerk Kerr The Democratic Bed
Won't Be One of Boses if the Repub
licans Can Make It One ot Thistles.
Washington, Nov. 14. Special
Chief Clerk Kerr, of the House of Repre-'
sentatives, the former Chairman of the
Demoofatio Committee of the State of Penn
sylvania, was in town to-day and was heart
ily congratulated by his friends on account
of the valiant work be did during the cam
paign in the interests of the election of a
majority for his party In the House of Rep
resentatives. Mr. Kerr is of the opinion that there will
be no extra session ot the Fifty-third Con
gress. Be does not think that the work of
revision of the tariff, nor a treatment of any
of the questions which were made subjects
of dispute during the campaign, would be
hastened by the calling of an extra session.
Hethinks and his opinion is indorsed I
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
by many of the foremost men who
will be in the next Congress
that the present Cdbgress, at its final ses
sion, will provide means for as speedy an
adjustment of the question at issue as could
bo expected, or as would be advisable in the
interests of the stability of the manufact
uring establishments ot the country, and
that if an extra session were called it
would not be able to grapple with the
issues with more speed, or with as much
calmness of reasoning as though they were
taken up with due regard to the great
changes which are proposed, and which
could not be made without long previous
notice except with great risk to the indus
trial Interests of the country.
It will be the policy of the Republicans
to attempt to force the Democrats to face at
once the issues presented in the-antazonis-tic
platforms of the two parties, and it is
certain that, from the time ofhe meeting
ot the present Congress on the 5th of De
cember, the bed of the Democrats who will
try to shirk a direct consideration of the
tariff and the silver questions, as viewed by
a majority of the party which is ,soon to
come into power, will not'bc of roses.
DANGEROUS DIVORCE.
Mrs. Klrsch Alleged to Havo Tried to Take
Her Husband's life.
Johnstown, Nov. 14. Special. An
trim B. Kirsch, living near Hicktown, in
this connty, has procured the arrest of his
wife, Maggie Kirsch, on a charge of at
tempting to poison him. The father of
Mrs. Kirsch, Charles Cain, has given bonds
for her appearance for trial at the Decem
ber term of the Criminal Court The case
is romantic and sensational. The young
couple are members of prominent families
and are well-to-do. They were married
last May in the chapel of the monastery at
Carrolltown, and soon after their return
from an extended wedding tour there was
talk of domestic troubles between them.
Some months ago there was a sensational
story current, which was suppressed at the
time, to the effect that Mrs. Kirsch had
made a well-nigh successful attempt to
poison her husband. Recently another al
leged attempt was a matter of common
knowledge and following close on this af
fair was the departure ot Mrs. Kirsch for
Florida, whence sbc has just returned. Im
mediately on her arrival she was arrested
on the charge before stated and the friends
and family of the husband promise to push
the prosecution to the extent of making
some startling disclosures. No motive for
Mrs. Kirsch's alleged attempts on her hus
band's life are stated other than her as yet
unexplained aversion to hinx
A PITTSBURGER'S CONTRACT.
One of the Things Now Assisting Colombia
to Be a Mig Country.
New York, Nov. 14. Special. The
United States Minister, to the Republic of
ColomDia, John T. Abbott, of Keene,
Mass., arrived here this morning on the
steamer Adirondack. He has been at his
post Bince June of last year and will re
turn in the middle of January for so much
of his term as' the new administration may
accord him. Upon landing he said to a re
porter that the Government and people of
Colombia were very partial to investors
from the United States and that the latter
were now turning their attention to that
country. An American company with
headquarters nt Boston, he said, was now
building a railroad from Carthagena
to Calamar, , on the Magdalena
river, and an 'American from Pittsburg had
just obtained a conccbsioa-irom the Govern
ment for building a railway trom Giradote,
on the Upper Magdalena river, ,to Bogota,
thus connecting the capital of (bejlepubllo
with one of the richest districts in the
country.
Colombia was, in fact, making great
strides in railroad dovelopment, the Minis
ter said, and largely, it not mainly, by
means of American capital. Minister Ab
bott reports also that Colombia is now in a
very peacetul and prosperous condition,and
that no disturbance is threatened from any
quarter.
JUSTICE SHIRAS BANQUETED.
The University Clnb Honors Pittsburg's
Member of the Supreme Bench.
Washington, Nov. 14. Special One
of the most exclusive and enjoyable of the
club banquets which have been held In
Washington for years was that given this
evening at the University Club in honor of
Justice George Shiras, Jr., the new Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Bench of the
United States from Pittsburg. The club
membership, including many of the most
distinguished literary, professional, busi
ness and official residents of the city, was
in attendance almost to the last member,
and Justice Shiras was the recipient of the
most complimentary attention.
Toward the conclusion of the delightful
affair there were brilliant speeches from
many University graduates who have dis
tinguished themselves in public life, and
the response of Justice Shiras to a toast in
his honor was one of the happiest expres
sions ot the afiair. Among the guests of
tho evening were the Chief and Associate
Justices of the Supreme bench. Hon. John
Dalzell was also present.
CONFESSED TJHDEE THREATS.
How
a Postmaster Explained Away a
Charge of Opening Letters.
Tisenton, N. J., Nov. 14. Judge Greer,
In the United States Court to-day, heard
the case of the Government against George
A. Jennings, Assistant Postmaster at Lit
tleton, Morris county, which was interest
ing by reason ot the defendant's description
of how the Government dcteotive got him
to confess to a crime which he now says he
did not commit,
The Indictment was opening letters ad
dressed by Dr. McAlpin, of New York, to
John Childs, of Littleton. After the prose
cution had produced its proofs, including a
confession by Jennings and his wife, Jen
nings swore that the confession was se
cured by threats on the part of Inspector
McCreedy, and also by a trick. Jennings
says that bis family was upset with siok
ness, and he was willing to do anything to
avoid further troubleand that when Mc
Creedy approached him and told him that
the wife had confessed he was induced to
make admissions that were untrue. To-day
he denied all guilt. He was acquitted.
A LINSEED OIL TRUST.
Plans on Foot for tho Consolidation of All
the United States Companies,
New Yokk, Nov, 14. It is officially
stated that negotiations are pending for a
consolidation of the linseed oil interests of
the United States. The plan of consolida
tion includes the National Lead and Linseed
Oil Companies as well as other outside
concerns, representing in all about 85 per
cent of the industry. Controlling interests
of the Linseed Oil Company are'to meet
this week for the purpose ot arriving at a
basis for the consolidation.
The National Linseed Oil Company has
a capital of $18,000,000 and 53 oil works sit
uated In 42 cities of the United States. The
National Lead Company succeeded the Na-'
tional Lend Trust in December, 18UL Its
capital stock consists of 15,000,000 common
stock and 15,000,000 7 per cent cumulative
preferred stock. An issue of $2,500,000 6
per. cent debentures Bonus been authorized,
but the amount outs'tanding is not known.
The company owns 2C plants.
Mwi
15. 1892.
GREEN OR
WON'T LET HIM QUIT.
Knights of Lahor Say Fowderly Must
Be Elected Again.
REPORTS OP OPPOSITION TO HIM
Strongly Denied by the Delepates to the
Annnal Convention.
IMMIGRATION TO BE CONSIDERED
tSPEClAL TILTLGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
St. Louis, Nov. 14. The annual conven
tion of the Knights of Labor will open in
this city to-morrow morning, and a large
number of prominent delegates to the con
vention have arrived. Grand Master Pow
derly, however, Is not here yet
Reports from Chicago and New York have
reached here that Powderly intended to re
sign. Prominent officials of the order say
there is no foundation for this. "There
could be no resignation, as his term is now
out," said General Worthy Foreman Hugh
Cavanagb. "He might refuse to serve
again, but there is no more fear of that this
time than there has always been. Mr. Pow
derly's health is poor, and I heard him
at past elections declare that he would not
serve again, but the General Assembly
would not let him off. They always got
around and indueed him to accept the
office. He is the brums of the labor cause
in the United States, and we should all
feel sorry if he should give place to anyone
else. I have never heard of any opposition
to mm, and do not believe tnere is any."
Knows Nothing of Antagonism.
General Secretary and Treasurer Hays de
clared that the report was the regular bien
nial newspaper talk. "I have not heard
anything about his declining to serve this
time," said he, "and should be sorry if he
decided to do so. I am confident that he has
made no statement of such an intention, be
cause he never talks ahead of time. He has
for a leng time desired to give up the office,
because his health was bad and could not be
expected to improve as long as he acted as
Grand Master Workman of the Knights of
Labor, but we will not let him go."
''Is there any truth in the statement that
antagonism to him exists in the West?"
"If there is any opposition to Mr.
Powderly I am at a loss to know where it
comes from. I do not believe there is a
man in the General Assembly who would
not vote for him. If Mr. Powderly should
vacate the office it will be of his own free
will, but you will be very safe in saying
that he will continue to be the General
Master Workman of the Knights of Labor."
They Will Re-Elect Him They Say.
A number of delegates to the convention
were questioned, and they all said that
there was, as far as tbey knew, no opposi
tion to Powderly, and It he should want to
retire would, if possible, be persuaded to
serve.
John Devlin, of the Executive Board,
said to-dav that among the most important
tilings to be considered by the convention
would be the question of restricting immi
gration. "What steps will the convention be
likely to take in the matter?" he was
asked.
"I presume, if anything is decided noon,
it will be in the form of resolutions de
claring against unrestricted immigration,
and mating opposition to it one ot the prin
ciples of the order. Then Knights of Labor
everywhere will agitate the subject and en
deavor to create popular sentiment. This
is about all we can do at first, but it may
lead to national legislation to keep out the
fianper classes of Europe. It is my firm be
ief that Carnegie's man Frick is trying to
bring about at Homestead the same condi
tion of things that he has produced in the
mining regions of Pennsylvania. Tnere is
a feeling among the Knights of Labor that
this ought to be prevented, if possible, and
lue suuject win certainly uo uisuu?seu uy
the convention. We do not object to im
migration if properly restricted, but we do
object to flooding the country witli people
who have taken the places of industrious
and respectable people in the coal and coke
country."
HAT BE BIELA'S COMET.
The Identity of the Approaching Stranger
Supposedly Established.
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 14. Prof. Lewis
Boss, of the Dudley Observatory, finds
from calculations made to-day that the
comet in Andromeda discovered by Holmes,
November 6th, is probably identical with
Biela's periodic comet which has not cer
tainly been recognized since 1852. This
confirms the telegram from Berlin by Prof.
Berberioh some days ago.
Prof. Boss thinks' there Is likely to be a
very close approach between the comet and
the earth on the morning of November 28,
ip case the' supposed identity between the
comets ot Holmes and Biela proves to be a
fact The observations at present are in-'
sufficient to demonstrate this identity be
yond doubt
JOHRpTOWfTS KATOS AHSE3IED,
He Is Charged With Keeping the Streets
Impassable.
JonKSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 14. Sptcial
The Mayor of this city and all the members
of the City Council were arrested to-day on
warrants issued on complaint of several citi
zens charging the offlainls with maintaining
a-publje nuisance. In the way of keeping
some of the. streets in an impassable condition.
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SEASONED?
HIS CREED REVOKED.
A Presbyterian Preacher Abandons His
Faith Thinks tho People Are Tired of
Preaching Other Reasons for His Leav
ing the Denomination and Becoming a
Quaker.
New York, Nov. 14. Special At the
meeting of the New York Presbytery to
day, in the Scotch Presbyterian Church,
the stated clerk read a letter of resignation
received from Rev. Robert R. Proudfite, of
Highlands, N. J., who gives these reasons
for his withdrawal;
While humbly receiving the Scriptures of
the Old and New Testament as containing
the Word of God, I decline to subscribe to a
merely human declaration of their con
tents, even though that declaration be so
able and so venerable as the Westminster
standards.
1 further decline to bo called "Reverend,"
as being too much like being called "Rabbi,"
against which our Lord expressly enjoined
His disciples.
Again, I decidedly prefer not to be Identi
fied with any particular denomination of
the followers of Christ, such names and the
spirit fthlch they engender seeming to mo
unscriptural and baneful, rather than bene
ficial. It is sufficient for me to be a "com
panion of all them that fear God."
Finally, I suspect that the world and the
visible church are somewhat surfeited with
reaching, nt least of the prevailing type.
Ike tho Army of the Totomac early In HS2,
tbe church has been abundantly, perhaps
excessively, organized and drilled.
While thus terminating my especial con
nection with the Presbyterian denomina
tion, I earnestly pray that the Divine Head
of tbe church mav abundantly bless it with
all the denominations of Ills people.
There was no discussion, and Rev. Mr.
Proudfite was allowed to Withdraw without
a word of objection being raised. It is un
derstood that he has become a Quaker.
SMUGGLED SIXTY WATCHES.
A Washington Jeweler Captnred While
Trying to Evade tho Customs.
New York, Nov. 14. Among the pas
sengers who landed last evening from the
steamer La Bourgogue from Havre was a
well-built, broad-shouldered man in laih
ionable attire, 'whose particularly upright
bearing attracted the attention of Special
Custom Inspectors Brown and Donovan.
On examining him more closely Inspector
Donovan noticed something larger than a
button bulging out at the back of his
tightly fitting (all overcoat He was taken
into the examination room, and despite his
indignant protests was obliged to remove
his clothing. Then It was found that he
wore about his body something that was a
cross between a woman's corset and a life
preserver. In it uere pockets containing
C8 valuable gold watches.
The watches were seized and the man was
locked up in Ludlow Street Jail. His
name is Louis Marke and he is a resident of
some town in Washington, where it is be
lieved he keeps a jewelry store. The
watehes found on him are valued at $13,600.
The prisoner, when arraigned before United
States Commissioner Shields, said that his
name was Louis Narbet, and that he was a
baker and had lived for several years in
Seattle. He went to Switzerland in July
last and bought the watches there, he said,
for $300. He was held for examination m
default of $2,500 bail.
HAITI UNDER ARMS.
An Uprising Against nippolyte
Expected
at Any Time.
New York, Nov. 14. The steamship
Adirondack, which arrived to-day, left Port
Au Prince, Haiti, November 5. "On that
day," said one of the officers, "almost all
of the people seemed to be un
der arms. President Hippolyte, it was
reported, was about to start for cape Hai
tien, where an uprising against his
authority se emed imminent There is
disatislaction among the people of cape
Haitien and vicinity with Hippolyte's
administration. It was the people of the
North who stood by Hippolyte In his fight
against Legitime and now they accuse him
ot ingratitude.
"Hippolyte's cabinet does not snit his
former adherents. They think that he leans
too much toward his former enemies and
there seems to be a very general feeling of
unrest throughout the island. The present
threatened trouble has been long brewing,
but lias now assumed such formidable shape,
that Hippolyte and his followers are grow
ing alarmed. Some of the exiled leaders
are leading spirits in the threatened out
break. Legitime, it is said, is living
in Kingston, Jamaica, and seems to be
intriguing against his old opponent I
think you will soon hear of some more
bloodshed on the island.
A DEEPEBATE CBIMINAL 00KIMO.
Information Received That England 'Is
Sending a Convict Over Here.
New York, Nov. 14. Colonel Weber
to-day received information that a desper
ate Irish criminal is on his wav to this
country, sent here by the British Govern
ment authorities. His name is William
Nagle, and he was undergoing a 20 years'
sentence In the Dublin penitentiary.
The government, it is alleged, pardoned
Nagle'on rondltion that he join his brother
in this country. They gave the convict
sufficient money to come here, Nagle will
be stopped and returned to Ireland.
KebraskaTIn Production Commenced.
Rapid City, Neb., Nov. 14. Tin pro
duction for commercial purposes began ai
Hill City, the location of the Harnoy Peak
Tin Company mines to-day.
HOMESTEAD CASES.
and comulete reDorfa each daf
DISPATCH" of the trial of
NOVEMBER 17.
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The Defense of Frank Garvin,
on Trial for the Killing
of His Bride.
A LITTLE TILT Itf COUET
Between Thomas M. Marshall And
DIstript Attorney Bnrleigh.
SENSATIONAL LETTERS PRODUCED.
An Attempt to Prove That Pretty
. Was Dissatisfied With
Cora
HER I0UXG HUSBAND'S SHALL SALAET
The trial of Frank Garvin for the murder
of his wife began yesterday before Judge
McClung, and was carried forward with
such expedition that when the court rose
all the evidence for the prosecution and a
large part of that for the defense had been
tendered. The most interesting point was
the disclosure of the line of defense. It will
be emotional insanity at the moment of the
killing induced by the outrageous provoca
tion offered Frank Garvin by his wife In
her confessed infidelity. The court room
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Frank Garvin, lite Wife Murderer.
was crowded, many ladies, including
relatives of the defendant and members of
the Redpath family, being present Frank
Garvin in a black suit, high standing collar
with a black tie, was a picture of nervous
misery. He shed tears frequently,
and his appearance will surely
assist, his counsel, the Hon. Thomas 21.
Marshall and his son T. M. Marshall, In
proving him an easy prey to insanity. The
Commonwealth was represented by District
Attorney Clarence Burleigh.
The entire morning session was given np
to choosing a jury, with the following re.
suit: John Herron, farmer; N. A. Bendle,
clerk, Pittsburg; Samuel A. Duff, farmer;
C S. Eaton, repair man, Pittsburg; Thomas
Ferguson, larmer; Horace Gibbons, laborer,
South Versailles; Amos Masher, farmer;
Edward Purnell, laborer, Pittsburg; J. G.
Smith, glassblower; Peter Stark, brick,
layer, Allegheny; Christ Wygand, South
Versailles; Burns Wadswortb, millmao,
Alclleesport.
The Commonwealth's Version.
District Attorney Burleigh after dinner
opened for the Commonwealth. He de
scribed briefly the shooting of Cora Red
path Garvin by her husband, the prisoner,
on September 9 last, and characterized it as
a cowardly, ghastly, inexcusably murder.
3Ir. Burleigh dwelt upon the fact that there
was no evidence of a quarrel between the
three-days' bride and groom, but that posi
tive evidence would be produced to show
that he took her to their room, locked the
door and shot her to death. He promised
the jury a short trial.
Dr. J. Guy McCandless, who made ths
autopsy upon Mrs. Garvin, testified that
one of the four wounds inflicted, which
severed the aorta, was necessarily fatal.
He added that otherwise.the deceased was
in a healthy condition. The four succeed
ing witnesses, Miss Annie Garvin, sister of
the prisoner; Mrs. Sarah Agnew, Captain
James Agnew, of the Allegheny police,
Dittrict Attorney Burleigh, the Proiecutor.
and John Oxenhart related the facts of the
killing with which The Dispatch read
ers are already familiar. The cross-examination
of these witnessess elicited from all
of them nnanimous testimony to the eflect
that Frank Garvin after he had fired the
fatal shots was in a state of frenzy. Miss
Garvin said that her brother told her when
she asked his reason for tbe deed that he
was crazy with jealousy. She described
between sobs how Frank Garvin
knelt over his dead wife, and
tearing open her dress rnbbed his
hands over the wounds and kissed her pas
sionately over and over again. So furious
was his mood that thejjuttons of the dress,
as he tore it open, flew all over the room.
All the time he kept calling upon Cora and
protesting his love for her.
Garvin Acted Like a Slanlac.
Mrs. Agnew, under cross-examination
said that the prisoner appeared like a
maniac, his eyes bulging out and his speech
incoherent The pistol used by Garvin, a
38-caliber revolver, was produced by
Assistant Superintendent of Police John
Glenn, and Coroner's Clerk Grant Miller
also identified it Captain Heber, of the
Register's office, produced the application
for a marriage license, and the Rev. J. H.
Miller's certificate in 'duplicate of the mar
riage of Frank Garvin and Cora Redpath
on September G. With this evidence in,
the Commonwealth rested at 3:40.
Young Mr. Maishall made the opening
speech For the defense. He gave a decid
edly sensational twist to the case. In effect
this is what be said: Frank Garvin at tbe
age of 19 met Cora Redpath, who was a
beautiful girl and a neighbor, under doubt
ful circumstances. He was infatuated at
once, and they became very intimate. In
fact their Intimacy soon ontstrlpped pro
priety and continued for three years or
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