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Ttf VOLUME L-Ntt CCCXLV1IL TUESDAY: DECEMBER 15 1891-TWELVE PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS DECEIVED THEM ALL BULLETIN OF IMPORTANT NEWS 3 know what it meant hut think it was a sign of hatred Then he went on to say that as yet there was no suffering of any great consequence at Perth There has been no attempt on the part of the operators to evict any of the tenants as yet bat there is no telling what they may do before the winter is over They did try to import some laborers when the strike first started and through our efforts the Polanders and Hungarians they brought here all went back to Chicago where they came from That was a great victory for us It inspired the men as nothing else could have done "As to the contracts they were forced upon ns We had to sign or strike in the summer when it would do ns no good We did not in-tend to keep the contracts when they were made It was like taking a man by tho throat and'Putting a gun to his head and telling him to sign or die There was a little dynamite used to blow up the fan in the air-shaft at the Pratt mine but it waa not done by the strikers We know that the mines are insured and that it would not hart the company to destroy the property We approve of violence in any direction The few miners who are blacklegging help the operators any and we don't pay any attention to them' Os Man Who Knew of tho Trouble When Skeene had finished and the crowd dispersed a grocer who had stood by and heard all that had passed said: "The talk of that hanging has been common ever since Saturday night This is the first time I ever heard any of the striker deny it In spite of the open assertion of the strikers to the contrary there is a bitter feeling towards the operators at Perth This bitter feeling is increasing Not publicly fto be sure but it is liable to break out at any time and if it does it is of the sort not easily to be put down When not in the presence of strangers they mutter and growl or many them do They have no headquarters and hold no meetings to discuss their affairs or the condition of the battle There appears to be no weak-kneed men among them so agitating meetings are not necessary They stay at home with their families much of the time Fortunately they have the good sense to keep away from the saloons If any pf them get drunk they do so secretly and keep out of At Brazil the situation remains like that of the Army of the Potomac in 1861 all A small relief fund was received from the Ohio miners today but it was not enough to do any great amount of good But there are no signs of weakening on the part of the strikers Anderson Ross a colored striker living at Stringtown said he had saved a uestaig against a rainy day and though his savings were small by economy he could make it last until the winter was well over We at said he "have been looking for this strike for a longtime and are in a measure prepared Of course some-of them are without money arid suffering but there is no case of absolute destitution in our While Ross was talking a miner named Gilmore from Caidonia came up and said much the same thing "The miners will never give he said "and I do not think there is any great danger of Donohue Richard Croker John Crim-mina ex-Msyor Abram Hewitt Edwanl Cooper Caldwell Cleveland President of the Nickle-Plate William Bliss Boston Mux President of the Boston and Al bany John Newell Cleveland President of the Lake Shore Lalyud Detroit Mich President of the Michigan Central A Bostwick President of the New England LeGrand BL Cannon ILMcK Twombly Perry Belmont Mayor Hugh Grant Congressman A Chapin Mayor D' IL Boody of Brooklyn IL Folhemua Erast us Corning Albany Dean Sage Albany Morris I Jessup George 8b Coe ex-Gov Thomas Waller Cornelian Bliss William Strong Birdseye Blakeman Stephen A Wilder Devoe CL I Tiffany EL Walter Webb Dr Seward Webb A McCurdy Henry Flager' William Rockefeller Henry BL Hyde James Alexander Frank Thomson Philadelphia George Sloane Oswego John Vrooman Alexander Carnegie Walter A Wood llooeac Falls Edward Ellis Schenectady Thurber Charles Worthington Stokes Ross King Prof Norvin tvreen Eliaha Fulton Jerome Wheeler El well Seeley George Pullman Oscar Strauss Coudert President Manhattan club Daniel Huntington President Century club Clarence Seward President Union dub Ambrose Snow President Board of Trade Platt Louis Contencin Charles Ide President Cotton Exchange Charles Wilson President Stock and Petroleum Exchange George Read President Real Estate Board Lefana President Association George William Curtis Arkeil Joseph Keppler' Barnard Gillam Warner Miller Whitney Charles Smith John Sloicher Thomas Fowler President New York Ontario and Western Maxwell President New Jersey Central Wilton President Lehigh Valley CL Clark President New York and New Haven Hain Vice-President Manhattan Gardifter Howland -Arthur Bowers Charles A Dana Joseph Pulitzer George Turner Bradford Messill Miller Gen Austin Lathrop Corning Stoat Fassett Elmira Gen Charles Langdon Elmira -N Seward Auburn N' Henry Jewell- Buffalo George CL '-Buell Ithaca Thompson Oswego Cornelius Vanderbilt President New York Central George Roberts President Pennsylvania road Samuel Sloan President Delaware Lackawanna and Western Austin Corbin President Long Island road Jay Gould Pierpont Morgan' John King President New York and Lake Erie Thomas A Edison Sloan Edmund Stedman Herman Ritter Clarke Brown John A Cockerill Godkin Alfred Van Santvoord Elliott Shepard Oswald Otten-dorfer Charles Barsotte John Hunt President Board of Education Dicker-man President Stock Exchange Evan Thomas President Produce Exchange At the meeting of the New York State Society this evening resolutions were adopted urging the Legislature to appropriate 81000000 for a proper exhibit of the entire resources industries and arts in A LAST EDITION SIR EDM TALKS EnjrlamTs Demands of Russia in Pamir Aifair ESTIMATE OF GLADSTONE Arnold Entertainingly Discnsses Some of His Works AMERICANS NEED M0REPLAY Press Clnb Entertains tbe Poet with a Reception WHAT HE SAID TO THE WRITERS Sir Edwin Arnold anthor of the Light of Asia" "Light of the World" etc fajnous oriental scholar and editor of the London A Daily Telegraph is at VtiM the Auditorium He arrived in Chicago yee-tenlay morning to deliver a aeries of lectures During his sojourn here he will be feted and entertained and lionized as befits the lion be is in letters Last night he was tha 1 guest of the Press club ns edwix a Axxoux Sir Edwin was at-' tempting to get a view of Lake Michigan through the heavy fog that was bearing down on the Lake-Front when he received a representative of Thz Tnarn yesterday morning "Reminds me of London weather mbit only better" said Sir Edwin London would be delighted to have weather as clear as this in December I like your American climate I was taken with a cold in the East and everybody said I had tbe grip But I wanted to wager thirty to one that I had no grip Grip is only a fashionable name for a cold in the "Will you dwell on our beautiful climate in the book yon purpose to write on America?" "That is fanciful the report coming from the East that I intened to Vut America and its 1 people in a book It is too large a country This is my second visit to America During 1 my first visit I journeyed to San Francisco There is a wonderful country out there During your war 1 was a Northerner Mr Gladstone was a sympathizer with the South Ia a discussion with him then I argued there could never be a division of this Union from East to West and that if one -ever came it most be from North to South That would be the natural division but I believe the bonds of Union are now too strong to be die-' solved in either direction No your country is too great for me to undertake the task of doing it anything 'like justice in a book I am not even writing letters to any "What will be the result of the Russian exploits at The Russian "England will say: back mere most not be menaced Ana I believe Russia will stand back and that every force that has anything akin to Russia will be with-drawn If not war must come I believe the Czar is a peaceable man and that he will not allow trouble to be precipitated by any further advances near the roof of the world as Pamir is known In pushing towards the seas Russia is only fulfilling the destiny It must reach the seas It has nothing only the cold and often frozen Baltic It must push to the sea and tbe sunshine from which it is barred by nature diplumacy Tbe Russians must feel like shaking down the rest of the world for Constantinople and their advances towards India -are only intended for diversions in their schemes for securing Constantinople For these ambitions and these advances the Czar is not to blame He ia a peaceable ruler surrounded by dangers at home sufficient in tbs way of excitement and 'care for any one man His the men cm tbe frontiers era ro sponsible They urge cm the natives and stir up these troubles all for their own ambitious ends "Tha affair at Pamir is very serious While that point is not tha great gateway to India England cannot affonl to allow anybody to be pounding aft it It is more aerioua because tbs blood of English officer has been shed The shedding of English blood ia an important one that will not beak lowed to paaa without aerioua protest" What course is left to "England will demand that -Russia shall re- tract all the claims made in India and will grant the demand unless a game ia already arranged between France and Russia in which case one torch is aa good aa another to touch off the flame of war It is to the interests of both England and China to keep invaders away from Pamir The soldiers who participated in the affair were the Ghourks who axe soldiers of the Queen and the Kookri soldier of the Mahrajah of Cashmere which a British protectorate England has already put one foot down cm the Russian ambitions and has given it forth earnestly that nothing like Russian influence will be tolerated about Pamir India ia not in danger of any columns advancing into it by way of Pamir An army could not move there In summer the sun's rays would kill it In winter it could not survive the cold But believing aa I do that tha Czar ia well disposed I think the chances for trouble on account of tbe Pamir incident very "You appear to entertain a very' high opinion of the ruler of Russia? I regard the Czar aa a wonderful man Ha ia subject to fits of pride and impulse which sometimes make his moods dangerous But tha general condition of affaire in Russia and the constant dangers which threaten his life tend to demoralize him Russia is in a bad way in no condition to go to war The country is suffering from a great famine it credit is bad' because it is supported artificially Then the treatment of tha Jewish subjects has exasperated the whole Jewish race which makes it a matter of great difficulty for Russia to secure further loans Still it is a vast country of wonderful resources This is our latest war scare I look for no war nor am I alarmed over the general outlook in th matter of English politics will Mr Gladstone be returned? Gladstone Will Met Snppert Salisbury "I do not think he will be Mr Gladstone ml I are political adversaries but personal friends tYe drifted apart first on the Ruaso-Turkish question and later on the home-rule issue Only a few days ago I received a Utter from a man who is stopping at Mr Gladstone's home Ilawarden lie informed ibj that Mr Gladstone was well but that his deafness was increasing I will not say that there is altogetiier an impression that Mr Gladstone should permanently retire from politics but there ia a great deal of feeling against him on the Irish question a feeling that ha is tied to Ef LINE FOR THE FAIR ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF NEW YOKE MERCHANTS YESTERDAY Will Aak the Legislature for Appropriation of Influence of 150-OOO Firms to Ilo Invoked to Aid the Interest Growing la 1 the Fair Invitations Increased to Will Ba Followed by a Subscription Who tho Hundred Are New York Dec 14 SpeciaL The first gun in favor of New representation at the Fair was fired with a bang aft a meeting of down-town merchants held at the Merchants club this afternoon For some time past the wholesale merchants of this city have in a quiet way been getting a bill ready to present to the State Legislature when it convene in' January' asking the State of New York to spend $500000 in making a fine show at the Fair and asking for the appointment of a committee of representative business-men whose duties it would he to say how the money shofild be spent After a work of two or three months the committee that the merchants had appointed to frame the bill and to mark out a line of agitation feeling that their work was far enough advanced to make it public railed a meeting at the Merchants dub in Leonard street this afternoon The meeting was largely attended by most of the leading business-men of the lower part of the city and the ball was started rolling in gay fashion Among those present when William Strong the Chairman of the committee called the meeting to order were: John A Claflin William King Charles Smith President of the Chamber of Commerce William Tefft Howard Sweetaer Cornelius Bliss John Gibb Hugh Fraley Clarence Collins Walter Stanton Alfred Julius Catlin A 1) JuiUard Daniel Robinson George CL Clark A Pem brook William Webb Arthur Sullivan and IL Webb They were a solid set of men and they went to work without much ado William King the Secretary read the provisions of the bill that had been drawn up and which had to be submitted if the meeting approved of it to the State Legislature as soon as it convened KmIIm the Importance of tho Fair The bill after reciting the importance of the Fair its value to the interests of the conn try but more particularly to the State and City of New York provides that the sum of 8500000 shall be appropriated to the purpose of having the State make a considerable display The bill also makes provision for the apoointment by the Governor of a committee of twelve men representative of the industrial agricultural interests of the State with power to direct the employment of this money After Mr King had finished reading the bill speeches were made in favor of it by William Strong John Claflin John Gibb and A Juillard This speakers advocated the accept ance of the proposed bill and that it be presented to the Legislature as soon as that body was ready for business A motion to that effect was put to the meeting and carried with a vim that left no doubt about the position of New merchants on the question of the Fair William King stated: We should have no difficulty in passing this bilL Public opinion ought to be strong enough to pass iL We the merchants of New York' City are not fighting alone This biU affects every city and town in the State There are in this State between 40000 and 50000 firms with ratings of $5JX)0 or over that are employing- from ten to 5000 persons each And then there are ofer 100000 firms with ratings of 81000 or over All these concerns it is the intention of the committee to enlist in this movement to make a display that the citizens of the State of New York will be proud of ana which the world will admire" Tlie committee having been given additional power the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the Chair From now until the meeting of the Legislature agitation of the movement will be pro-moted A copy of the will will be sent to each Assemblyman and Senator elect It is the intention of the committee which is composed of William Strong John Claflin John Gibh William Tefft Howard Sweetaer and William King to arrange if necesaary to have a strong influential party of business-men go to Albany the day the bill is presented Many today were of the impression that so strong will be the popular desire to hare the bill passed that sending a delegation to Albany will he unnecessary Interest Growing In tho Dinner So great is the interest felt in the dinner to be given the 21st insL at that Messrs Depew Tliacher and Allen the National Commissioners and the originators of the banquet have decided to increase the number of guests from fifty as was the original intention to over 100 The dinner wiU be unique in the respect that every prominent interest in the city wUl be represented It is intended that the occasion shaU be a purely commercial one and every effort is being made to exclude the element of politics altogether Republicans and Democrats will sit down together in harmony and devote themselves solely to fostering the interests of the State of New York at the Fair Chauneey Depew will preside He will be followed in the order of toast responses by Thomas Palmer who will speak of the Fair from a national standpoint John Boyd Thacher of Albany will talk for the business end of the Fair as it concerns New York Baker will make a similar address for Chicago Senator John Daniel of Virginia is expected to respond to the toast "New Naval Display in Celebration of the Landing of Columbus" It is not yet certain whether Grover Cleveland will speak or not He is cm the program The other speakers will be Mayor Hugh Grant Lyman Gage and Luther Laflin Mills His indications now are that a big subscription dinner will follow the banquet of the 21st A movement to that effect is already cm foot and the multitude of requests for invitations to the National feast give assurance that a dinner on a larger scale would be a great success It is probable that the celebration of the discovery of America by Columbus which was to have taken place in October 1M? will be postponed until April 1893 to avoid conflict with a similar celebration in Chicago on the former date The invitations to the Delmonico dinnw read as follows: On behalf of the National Com minion era of tbs Colombian Exposition appointed for tho State of New York Messrs Chaoncey Depew Gorton ff Allen and John Bojrd Tliacher I have tha honor to invite yon to meet them at dinner Monday Dee 21 at 6 HO to consider New interest and doty in tiou with the great World's Fair They hope to have the pleasure of your presence on that occasion Yours truly JSumPisx Personnel of the Dinner Party The invitations have been sent to the following who will constitute the company on occasion: Chauneey IL Depew John Boyd Tliacher Albany Gorton ff Allen Auburn James Breslin Louis Fitzgerald James Roosevelt A Anderson Seaver Page Thomas Palmer ff Baker Chicago Luther Laflin Mills Chicago Lyman Gage Chicago Jeffery Denver Colo Grover Cleveland Vice-President Levi Morton Benjamin Tracy Secretary of the Navy Senator John Daniel of Virginia George Davis Chi- cago ex-Mayor William Grace Joseph HOW AX EX-COXVICT DUPED AX EX-TIDE C0XGKEGATI0X Tlie Central Church of Christ Entertains Ball-Pledged Burglar He Becomes Prominent Ffguiw In Social Clrele His Suspicions Gendaet In Hyde Park One Might Causes Bis Recognized by the Police Be Admits Be Is Kecently from Joliet -The congregation of tU Central Church of Christ Thirty-seventh street and Indiana avenue Is stirred to its depths It is not from dissension nor differences of creed but by the fact that the members of the church have been entertaining a wolf in an ex-convict almost fresh from Joliet an experienced burglar in the full practice of hie Within the short time since bis fervent ao-tions and prepossessing appearance first brought him into notice tlie young man whose name as given is William A Bridge-man has claimed to experience religion joined the church and became a prominent figure in the social circle composed of those included ip the Rev pastorate Hetook part it is said in all tha affairs of tU' church in tU Christian Endeavor Society he at once became a prom inent figure and it was only last Sunday evening that Mr Black announced from the pulpit that Brother William A Bridgeman would lead the exercises of the Christian Endeavor Society next Thursday evening But Mr Bridgeman will not do anything of the kind He will either be in the Hyde Park Station or the County Jail for he has been recognized and has confessed that barely two months ago be left the Joliet Penitentiary after serving seven years for burglary Left Joliet Ten Weeks Ago Scarcely ten weeks have elapsed since Bridgeman changed hie block and yellow stripes for a suit but in that time he has not been idle He had been out of the penitentiary less than a month when he attracted notice in the church at Thirty-seventh street and Indiana avenue and six weeks ago he professed religion and commenced to take a leading part in the church services No voice so melodious as his no hymns were sung as clear as those which he led His face was always clean-shaven and decidedly clerical-looking Ho was received into tiie best families Especially was Bridge-man a favorite of the young women in that flock No party or social gathering of members of the congregation waa complete without him His counsel was always sought Two weeks ago Bridgeman made an address in the meeting of the Christian Endeavor Society cm tlie Development of the Christian Character" He was no novice at making a speech mid his words seemed both earnest and eloquent Bridgeman also became attentive to a young woman a member of the congregation and gossips had already begun to whisper of a possible wedding at a not far distant day All plans have been frustrated however and it will be necessary to choose another leader for the Christian Endeavor Society of the Central Church of Christ The exposure came about in this way 'Last Thursday evening the women of the church gave a bazaar Bridgeman was there Early in the evening Bridgeman disappeared mysteriously At 11 :30 Officer Brundage of Hyde Park noticed him coming out from between two houses on Madison avenue near Fifty-third street He looked Bridgemqu squarely in the fee and let him pass on- Twenty minutes later he saw him in a yard on Greenwood avenue He plaoed him under arrest and took him to tlie patrol-box There he called up Sergt Lavin who ordered him to take his prisoner into the station While they were taking him up to Lieut room they noticed that Bridgeman threw something out of the window A search was made and a large hunch of skeleton kejs was found out in the yard He was given hearing by Justice Porter the next morning and hie case continued until yesterday morning Bridgeman claimed he had brought a young woman home from the entertainment and did not wish to divulge her name He left a cosh deposit to secure his appearance in court yesterday morning and Sunday was at church as usuaL Bridgeman had left a card at the station that referred to him as an upholsterer doing business at No 894 Forty-third street opposite the Storey mansion He also said that he roomed on the southeast corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-fifth street mi that his roommate was the Bev Selzer Bis Story Proves Paisa Beth places were visited No such person had ever been known where he claimed to have roomed On Forty-third street at the number given by him an office was found with an old chair and table that could be bought at a second-hand store for less than 83L Inspector Hunt was satisfied that the man was a crook and yesterday morning cross-examined him sharply Bridgemanwtill clung to his old story of having brought a young womaa out from the church bazaar on the night of his arrest said the Inspector "if you will go with an officer to where the young woman lives then I will ask to have you "All said Bridgeman do so in the jtinniingly Officer Mullen was sent out with him After walking the officer around about- a dozen bkeks Bridgeman said he guessed he disclose the young identity So he was taken back to the station In the meantime Officer Andy Bowen of the Central had been sent for Officer Kowen instantly recognized Bridgeman as a burglar he had assisted in sending to Joliet seven years ago Bridgeman then weakened and acknowledged his true colors It was foamed later that he had made hie headquarters at Harry saloon Thirty-fifth and State streets His office on Forty -third street is regarded as a wind- Bridgeman will be given another hearing by Justice Porter this morning The Bev William Black pastor of the Central Church of Christ was seen at his home at No 8548 Prairie avenue last night in reference to Bridgeman I can only say I am shocked beyond said be "1 never could have believed it if the facts were not so convincing conduct since he united with my church has been above reproach But now see he was only a wolf in clothing The church has been duped by him and the less said about it the better" At rollrcall last night Bridgeman was brought from his cell to be shown to the officers He smiled complacently and said: Boys been there GRIP RELEASING XAJ JTKXNLEY Will Mot Bo Able to' Go to Bis Offico This Week However Caxtox Dec Maj Mo-wieiey continues to improve and is able to ait up in his room although forced to deny himself to visitors His illness is an attacx of the crip brought about no doubt by the strain which he has been subjected to since the commencement of the campaign He will probably be unable to attend to his duties or to receive callers during this week He has been compelled to cancel a number 'of engagements by the advice of physicians Join Levans Shot Hlawlt Dbcatcx IwL Dec 14 SpeciaL John jjTln traveling salesman for Merrill A Soule of Syracuse N- shot himself with suicidal in-tentatthe Park Hotel this city tonight The k-ii entered tbs right aid and passed into the long Be will die DEC 15 1891 Weather far Cftfaeeo today dearie? Page 1 Striking Indiana Miners Resort to Violence New York Merchants Boom tha Fair An Ex-Convict Dopes a Church Sir Edwin Arnold in Chicago 2 Betting at Chicago Ram Tracks Forbidden The Abbey-Gran Company la New York 8 Officer Edward Healy's Brave Art Natural Gas Struck at OdelL 6 Report in tho Chilean Investigation The Ron Oliver Nowatt on Reciprocity 6 Committees for Republican Fenatora Senator Quay Will Retire from the Senate 7 Greggaln Given the Prize-Fight -Bizarre Samples of Correct Dress" Illinois Kept Ont of tho American Federation 8 Surprising Progress at Jackson Iark Convention of Illinois National Guard 9 Tho Widow Wins tha Richardson Note Case County Asked to Employ Only Union Labor Railroads Helping the Scalpers Close of the Montana Ruby Kino DeaL 10 Complicated Litigation Over an Estate Exiled Jews Cared For la Chicago Cape Colony's Exhibit for the Fair BEATS THE WORLD FOR RAPID FIRING Maxim's Remarkable Gnu Surpassed by a Recent American Invention New Hayxx Conn Dec 14 SpeciaL The Winchester Repeating Arms company has for several months been experimenting with a machine-gun remarkable for the rapidity with which it may bo fired At a recent test made at the factory 900 shots were fired by the gun in one minute only one barrel being used The fastest record' yet made by the Maxiin gun ia 750 shots a minute from one barreL Tbs Gatling has never been fired at a greater rate than 800 shots a minute when operated by hwd iJ besides the Gatling gun has six barrels The new arm is the 'invention of the Browning Bros of Ogden Utah About five years ago the Winchester company it is said paid the Brownings 810000 for patents on the three guns known as the single shot the model 8G and the repeating shotgun The latest acquisition is jealously guarded and but a few trusted employes are allowed to see it There is said to be one difficulty not a mechanical one which the company will find hard to overcome and that is in extracting the cartridge from the magazine or belt The Maxim Machine Gun company has patented the principle of taking the cartridge out of the pockets by their heads The company bolds patents on this principle in every country in the world where patents are granted This principle which is the only practicable method yet devised would be found hard to evade The model now used is of torty-fi re caliber and was made more to illustrate the mechanical construction of the piece than as a practical firearm MISSING ADDIE HUNTER 18 IN A-Klckapoo (I1L) Girl Absent Three Years Appears In Wichita 'Wichita Kas Dec 14 SpeciaL Th disappearance from Kickapoo I1L three years ago of a girl named Addie Hunter created considerable stir at the time nd the belief that she had committed suicide in the river was generaL Addie however has turned up hers within a day or two and has been recognized by James Farnnm who knew both her and her parents welL The girl -has never written home and has always been thought dead She disappeared under a cloud a lover named Wilcox haring not only betrayed but proved faithless deserting her Wilcox often spoke of nl in her despair the girl nut away from home and come to this State in hopes of finding him She got as far as Coffeyville when her condition forbade further travel nH near there she found a kind wife to care for her and in whose house she found peace until a short time ago when death broke up the home A few days ago Addie Hunter arrived here and was soon seen nJ recognized by Farnum who is now in correspondence with her friends in Illinois with a view to getting the girl and her baby home again Curiously enough Wilcox the man who betrayed the girl lire on a farm a few miles south of here but he has lately been married and his victim refuses to appeal to him in anyway SULLIVAN WHIFFED BARNETT AND RYAN Knocked the Renner Down Twice Threw Fnddy Over it Table Saw Fkaxcisco CaL Dec 14 SpeciaL John Sullivan quarreled last night with Jack Barnett who has stusk to him through thick and thin Sullivan arrived from Angeles and at ones begin drinking Barnett wait to fetch him to the theater to see the manager when John abused Barnett knocked him down twice Paddy Ryan inter fered and was thrown bodily over a table Barnett then wanted to fight a duel but Sullivan had no piittoL After Barnett left Sullivan ran the saloon singing dancing and challenging the barkeeper to fight The liquor was boiled out of Sullivan this afternoon and he recuperated so rapidly that he was in fair condition tonight when the curtain rose on the new play It is rot of the worst kind an old-fashioned Iqsh melodrama Sullivan appears in knee-breeches and a slight brogue lie had about half a house As a comedian he is not a success Betiisheb Harris Ban krnpt Helix a Mont Dee Bethsheba Harris doing a general clothing bnsineaaas Ben Harris and aa Harris Bros today aasignsd to Mosss Morris Certain preferred creditors whose claims aggregate tSMXJOt are to be paid after which the proceeds of tbs business are to be pro rated among other creditors whose claims will aggregate SZLUUi mors If properly handled the resets will be equal to th liabilities BPAltKb THU WIBK3 Senator Quay who was attacked by vertigo Saturday ia in Pittsburg Pa entirely recovered At Litcheon Ga A Summers agent of the Georgia road baa disappeared Fool play is suspected The British mail steamer Moselle has been lost off Colon Central America Tbs passengers and crew were saved but Capk Bowse 11 was drowned The District Attorney has filed suits against tho bondsmen of u-f)hn iff Fiona (Tbaresa (Dem1 of Sant FA A to recover Hj0uu shortage due tb county Charles Smith colored was hanged at Cafiou City Cole at clock last night home waa at Walsenbnrg Coin He was hanged for murdering Taylor billman The fifth game of the Judd-Showalter championship chess roptest ended yesterday in a draw after tha sixty-iiftu move Tbs score now stands: Jndd 2 6 how alter 1 drawn 2 The grand jury at Pittsburg Pa returned true bill yesterday in th libel suits against th port Publishing company and Albert Barr and James Mills proprietor and editor respectively Tlie Lenson and Blythe Stationery company of St Louis made an assignment yesterday fr the benefit of their creditors to Francis IV Palmer Assets $mW0 with liabilities about the same Solomon Falke aged 17 yesterday murdered James McCabe aged St at Lima Tha children had quarreled about chicken and tha boys took it np Falk killed UcC sbe with a bntchsr knife tV Fitzgerald the Youngstown (O) murderer sentenced to be hanged next Friday morning attempted suicide at Colombo yesiee-day by taking morphine Hs took an overdose and tb prompt action of tbs prison physician saved his life Working Miners in Indiana Victims of Outrages strikers TRY THE ROPE John Craiff Has a Narrow Escape from Death by Hanging irS A FINISH FIGHT SAY ALL jjoih Side Hope fill and Well Fortified for tlie Bigr Struggle business STAGNANT AT BRAZIL Bbazil IocL Dec Over at ptith nine milci northeast of here on the Isdianepolia and St Louis railway the coal nine ftrikers are becoming violent and sev-ml outrage have been perpetrated on the fcw blacklegs at work there John Craw one of the miners who refused to strike in Syndicate Mine No 8 had a gone escape from death by hanging as he JJf returning home from work Saturday ewnin He had been repeatedly warned by White Cap notes left at his door at night to quit work Several of the strikers ha-1 told him that bis house would be blown to atoms with dynamite if he persisted but he paid no At he was going through the woods to his Mbin Saturday night six strikers seized him gnj ha was hauled up once or twice and then letdown The strikers then fled leaving him ghnost strangled on the ground He man-tyA t0 get home but has been unable to do any work since strung me up twice he said speaking of the affair to a Tbibusk reporter today if they come around me again some one going to get and he pointed to a large revolver on a table near by I will kill the first man who attempts to interfere with me hereafter he continued if I see any one prowling around my home at night 1 will shoot him I have a wife and three children to support and I do not propose to let them starve to please any organisation or union I am satisfied with my wages 1 can live comfortably on them ad as 1 said I will kill any one who interferes with me in the future But tell me about the hanging interposed the reporter After hesitating a moment he asked: "What do you want to know for? Upon being told that it was for publication bo wd that his bos had told him not to talk on the subject "Besides be continued contradicting himself they hang me How came your wife to ran over to Saturday night and tell them the itrikera hod hanged you and that you were almost dead?" lie ignored the question and continued "I was coining from work and it was just boat dark when six strikers came upon me nd wanted to know why I quit work and if I had not been warned enough to atop or be strung up I told them I would not quit They then renewed their threat and I came home Then that evening they tacked spa notice that if l'Went'to work again my house would be blown up and I would be killed That is all there is about it I will go to work as soon as my back and shoulders get Blakely Cannot Be frightened John Blakely who has been frequently threatened and who liven near Craig said: they tried to hang Craig Saturday evening They pulled him up twice and his wife' said he bad not been able to work lince I saw the marks of a ope on his neck and the aesra on his face where they struck him Ain Craig came running in here Saturday night and said the strikers had strong her husband up by the neck and that he was io tore he could not do any work She was much excited and cried while telling it But un the boss saw Craig he has denied it is not the only one who suffered Dick Spur who works in the Carbon mine had his bead split open with a coupling-pin ad was kicked and beaten so badly that he cannot get out of the house John Scales who works in the Syndicate mine has been threatened with dynamite Sunday night a White Cap note was nailed on his door It wm co fin-shaped and bore a rudely drann hull at the top Beneath was written a no-hoe to the effect that if he did not join the hikers he would soon go to the boneyaid ud join his ancestors Fred Greenwald with whom I work has ko been threatened But we have taken warning and are prepared to meet them If they bother me I will kill the first man who tries it even if they blow me to pieces after-I go armed" "And the cowards told my little girl at chool that if her father stop work they would hang him" put In Mrs Blakely in an tcitated tone Tea" continued her husband they did But they "will find it rather a hard job to frighten Ail this happened in the vicinity of the Fratt mine where the fan machinery and air haft were blown np with dynamite early last csk and where the engine of one mine was dumped into the shaft The strikers vehemently deny that any violence has been used fd claim they have made no threats But Hid he could identify the six men who yi threatened him in the woods and that non as he is able be will go before a Justice out warrants for them There is a colony of Austrians among the ankers at Perth and some of them talk T'cQly of what they will do to any reporter who dares to tell of the violent which have occurred at Perth Protest lag Against Report The town of Perth is quiet today and the ar-of Thb Tbibcbb correspondent was soon RRsd among the rows of cottages fifteen minutes a crowd had assembled ihete had been po violence of any kind and if ooe was circulating such reports he was lire John Skeene who has worked the mines for fifty years acted as spokes-for the crowd fit is a finish he said We are in We have attempted no violence and Ins long and the short of it is broke thick-set Englishman we are not for the advance of ten cents a ton Tho operators know it We are fighting Pfrf will rule the miners or the opera- is a fight for supremacy or it would settled long ago This being the we are ready to starve and freeze all win-JJir10 than let the bosses put in half a dozen strikers continued: -That is true It is a fight for the However the best of feeling prevails th operator mid the men As yet an into the Host is the meaning of all these notices nimg the strikers not to trespass on the asked a sullen-looking fel-iiwening to the cards tacked to the trees around the properties of the Goal Mining companyr veteran of half a century in the mines i V' a i Business Stagnant nt Brazil The operators and miners are not the only sufferers by the strike Business in Brazil and in all the small towns in the country is at -a standstill The merchants are doing little if any cash business The operators of the mines in the immediate vicinity of this city pay out $25000 every two weeks when the miners are at work For over six weeks they have not paid out a dollar and in a city of 6000 or 7000 inhabitant the effect of the withdrawal of so much money from circulation can easily bn imagined Traffic on the Chicago and Indiana coal road has practically ceased as it depends almost entirely on the mines for its business It handled np to the time of the strike SCO cars of coal a day at a rate of $1 a ton Each car carries almost twenty tons-Tbe depots at Brazil bear the appearance of deserted places of former activity The clerks seemed to have locked up and gone away fur the want of something to do A section boss of the and I and Big Four lines near Coal Bluff said that the section bosses of the former road to the number of about 200 had been dismissed while a still larger crowd of trainmen were waiting for the strike to terminate in order that there might be a demand for their services WILL HANG THE NEGRO FOE BURGLARY North Carolina's Rigid Lawi to Bo Executed on Alfred Dawns Chaxlotte Dec 14 Special Alfred Dawns colored will be hanged here next Friday for burglary On the night of Oct 8 last Dawns broke into the house of James Wadsworth a wealthy citizen of this place Mr Wadsworth being aroused endeavored to capture the negro but was unable to hold him until help arrived Dawns was however shortly afterward taken in a yard near by On his person was found a hypodermic syringe belonging to a guest at Mr bouse Oct 15 he was tried before Judge PMears charged with burglary in the first degree At the trial no proof was given of any attempt to murder Dawns was convicted under the State laws which defines burglary committed in a dwelling house or in a room need as a sleeping apartment In any building to be in the first degree and if in a dwelling house or sleeping apartment not actually occupied by any one at the time of commissionto be in the second degree The penalty for the first degree is death and in the second degree imprisonment lor life or for a term of years in the discretion of the court Oct 22 Dawns was sentenced to be hanged Dec 3 bat appeals to Gov Holt for clemency from South Carolina ml this State obtained an extension of time to next Friday TRIED TO MURDER FATHER 8CHANTZ Mrs Kosenhaner Thinks th Confessor Was tlie Cans of tlia Mother Death Baxxxmobb Md Dec SpeciaL The Rev Schantz assistant pastor at St Alphonse Catholic Church this city has narrowly escaped assassination at the hands of Mrs Mary Rosenhauer a demented woman She concealed herself in the confessional box usually occupied Saturday afternoon by Father Schantz who fortunately owing to a sick call did not enter the church until after he bml been waned by Joseph Schumann a 16-yoar-old boy that the woman had concealed herself in the church with tlie intention of killing him When a search was made she had disappeared The priest had her arrested and at the examination tooay stated that he attended her mother in her last illness administered the sacrament to her and that after her death the daughter accused him of killing her The woman denied the charge of threatening the life but talked in a rambling manner The boy who warned the priest stated she told him that she had a long knife and a pistol but the priest had put the devil in her and she intended first to run him through with the knife and if that did not settle him she would blow out his brains with the pistol She made the 1 same threats in conversation with several neighbors She will be sent to an asylum Ephraim Kelly Turn Oat to Be a Forcer Aluakci Dec lL Ephraim Kelly of North Georgetown near this city who mysteriously disappeared from his home tea days ago tarns out to bo a fugitive from justice having forged notes to the extent of several thousand dollars A AI inerva bank Abe King a balem citizen anil Sturgeon Bros of North Georgetown are among the number who have beea victimized Kelly is a married man S3 years of age and has one child MIND-READER TYNDALL IN A TRANCE Ha Balia in a CatalaptlalTIfe-rlaatraetlaiia ta Hla FliyaieianaL Saar Fhavctsco CaL Dec 14 SpeciaL Young Alexander Mclvor Tyndall an English mind-reader fell in a cataleptic fit last evening after he had successfully performed a severe test' He fell in the street and was hurried to the receiving hospital where it was found that he was in a cataleptic trance The man lay like one dead He was finally put to bed in one of the pnvatq rooms Several convulsions occurred -The arms and legs and the head were moved -with' great violence Though he is but a slight man the limbs were endowed with vast strength and lying one convulsion four men used all their strength to control him Tyndall claims to be a relative of the famous scientist Since hie arrival in this city a few' weeks ago the -young man Us had several attacks of the same kind one of them ting seventeen hours TUt he is subject to them is explained by a typewritten letter found in his pocket which reads as follows: To the Doctors in Sirs If I should at any tims after an experiment in tftoocht-read-fng be attacked with catalepsy awl life alionlB appear extinct awl after consultation your united minds she old be that it is so do not hold an autopsy for at least sixty hours as 1 am subject to trance awl have remained in that condition for more than the above specified time Then let my brain be thoroughly examined so as to show whether I really have the mysterious and so far inexplainable power which 1 claim of reading that is the thoughts and ideas of parsons Yours truly Alxxaxdeb Mclvoa Ttxdau If I am taken ill or die cable to Dr TyndaU the IjIIucs Market Uarborough England He evidently wrote this letter of warning to the doctors after reading of the fate of Washington Irving Bishop all of whose facts be rivals After an exhibition at the Lambs dub New York Bishop sank into a cataleptic condition and died Doctors who were greatly interested in his exhibitions immediately performed an autopsy relatives declared that the mind-reader was in a trance and that the doctors who made the perusal of his body killed him After lying fifteen hours in a cataleptic trance young Tyndall revived but he was so weak tUt the physicians ordered him to remain the hospital till tomorrow CHINA WILL NOT EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR Resentment nt Oar Discrimination Policy tho Cnnso of This Doclsion WAsanronur CL Dec 14 SpeciaL The Chinese Empire has officially notified the State Department that it will take no part in the Fair The Emperor holds that if his subjects are good enough to come to the Columbian Exposition they are good enough to be admitted to tU United States at all other times TU- ultimatum was delivered to the State Department through Minister Denby Saturday Mr Hitchcock representing the Exposition Us been working hard to persuade the empire to take part in tU Fair At the final conference recently held between the Commissioner and the Chinese authorities the Emperor made known his position The grounds tor declining to send an exhibit are that the United States hue discriminated against the citizens of tUt empire and that Chinese could not come to the Expo-sition without being put in the humiliating attitude of needing a special passport to be granted by special act of Congress No objection is raised to Chinese merchants already in the United States participating in the Exposition but China ai a country refuses to take any part whatever in the Fair TU result of the Chinese negotiations Us been wired to Director-General Davis Mm a Blaine Jr Gets Alimony' Deadwood SL IL Dee The motion for alimony in the Blaine divorce case was heard before Judge Charles Thomas of this district today Judge Garland in behalf of tha plaintiff appeared with the requisite affidavits wherein it appeared that plaintiff was at present entirely dependent upon her family (relatives One tboussnd dollars alimony was asked for and I C00 fees The Judge however granted laut fUO alimony and AMI fees to be Kid within the next thirty days The case will tried hers by stipulation as to tims some time in February Western Waterway Convention Kaxsas Citt Mow Dec Th Missouri and Mississippi River Improvement convention will meet here tomorrow Four hand red delegatee from all the river States and most of the Western States will participate The object of the convention is to recommend to Congress the deep-ening of Western waterways JilL.