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Yawns for Perjurer Pigott," theConfessed Blackmailer and

Author of the

FORGED PARNELL LETTERS.

A Searching Cross - Examin--

ation Utterly Bouts Him,

and in Despair

HE ADiTITS HE IS GUILTY.

The Witness Appeals to the Judges

for Protection, hut is

Sternly Kehuked.

EXC1TIKG SCENES IS THE COURT.

President Hannen Orders a Scotland

lard Detective to PreTent

Pigott's Escape.

PAENELL'S VINDICATION IS ASSUEED

The London Times' persecution of Par-ne- ll

is defeated by its own witness Pigott.That versatile gentleman has confessed, un-

willingly, to be sure, and with some reserva-

tions, that he forged the Parnell letters, and

ihat he is a perjurer and blackmailer.

President Hannen was afraid that Mr.Pigott might want "to visit some of hismysterious friends in France, thereforespecially detailed a detective to see thatPigott was made so comfortable in Londonthat he would not desire to leave until theCommission is through with him.

IBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH.3

London, February 22. Copyrights-Perju- rer

Pigott spent six more agonizinghours on the rack y, aud when theCourt rose at 4 o'clock, Inquisitor Bussellhad not done with him. Very pale, nerv-ous, and dejected was Richard Pigott whenhe entered the box, and long before he leftit he had reached the state at which ascoundrel brought to bay either loses hiswits entirely or becomes utterly reckless.Kb one was able to say with certainty'whatwas Pigott's condition when the Court rose.Probably his condition, like his answers,was mixed.

Bussell hadn't been on Lis feet five min-utes when lie got Pigott into such a tangleover his second letter to Archbishop "Walshthat the witness turned his scared face to

. the judges and asked to be allowed to ex-

plain. Russell was only too delighted, andPigott proceeded to mumble a statement, inthe course of which he practically admittedthat all the letters to His Grace were full oflies, written when he realized that he mightbe called to prove what he had told Hous-ton, and in hopes that Parnell would givehim money to escape from the country.

Pigott Proven a Liar.In reply to Busscll's bland inquiry

whether he would like to say anythingmore, Pigott unwisely told an untruth, ofwhich there was a live man actually incourt ready to prove that he had. He saidhe had written a letter to Houston stronglyremonstrating against the Times publish-ing the forged letter.

Manager McDonald, utterly sick andheartsore, has ceased to haunt the court,but Houston was in his usual place. Hetook a solemn farewell of his faith daysago, and has since done nothing but sit andglare at Pigott As soon as he heard thelatest lie he jumped to his feet as thoughaboot to assault Ananias, but, thinkingbetter of it, contented himself with cryingout that he never received such a letter, andresumed his seat, pale, panting and almostweeping at this crowning outrage on hisfeelings.

Deeply hurt, too, was the pure-soule- d

Picott at Russell's suggestion that he hadwritten lies; but his subsequent admissionthat he bad indulged in gross exaggerations,devoid of truth, somehow robbed his denialof .its value, and afforded justification forthe laughter which rippled through thecourt.

He Lied to the Archbishop.

Other letters passed between the witnessand Archbishop Walsh were produced andread. They completed Pigott's discomfi-

ture, proving, as they did, that while as-

suring His Grace of his absolute innocenceof complicity in the conspiracy against theIrish members, he was actually going toaud from Paris, meeting his mystery men,taking his oaths and buying his bundles offorged documents.

The reading of the Pigott-Ega- n

you several days ago, andthe thereon, created lotsof fun. Russell's merciless fire of banter-ing, yet searching questions completely de-

moralized Pigott, and the quill "pen whichlie held in his shaking hand rattted like aMorse telegraph key on the shelf of thewitness box, upon which he leaned forsupport.

"Who," asked Russell, "were the myste-

rious strangers who made an offer of 500?"Were they tall or short, dark or fair? Didthey wear masks, or were their faces black-

ened? Did they sneak with a brogue? Didyou stand the drinks and ask them to callagain?''

Hit Tongue In Paralyzed.Pigott, pawing at his face, mumbled out

negatives or affirmatives quite irrespective(of the nature of the questions, and not in

frequently gazed at his tormentor with anopen mouth whence no sound issued, al-

though his tongue seemed to wag.Close questioning followed on the start-

ling similarity of spelling and phraseologyin tbe forged letter and in genuine letters,and letters admittedly written by Pigott,and ere long the world was let into the se-

cret of the forger's methods, and given pret-ty clearly to understand that the forger wasPigott The scene ended with a despairingappeal by Pigott, an appeal to the Judges,and (he dignified and significant rebuke ofthe appellant by President Hannen, whichleft no doubt of what the opinion formedby their lordships was.

The afternoon was spent in an exposure ofsome of Pigott's blackmailing attempts; ofhow he obtained money from Chief Secre-tary Forster's private purse on the plea ofpoverty and persecution; of Forster's sym-

pathizing letters, and many similar acts ofkindness, rewarded finallv by an attempt toextort money by infamous threats. Pigotthadn't dreamed that these damning letterswere still in existence, and . the effect was,therefore, crushing.

A Detective on His Track.As the hand of the clock slowly traveled

round for the hour for adjournment the ex-

citement rose to painful intensity, for scarce-ly a soul present doubted that the Courtwould order the arrest of theperjurer and blackmailer. But they weredisappointed of the denouement At 4o'clock the Judges rose, gathered up theirrobes, and, with dignified bows to the coun-sel, stalked solemnly out.

The perturbed Pigott had evidently hadthe same feeling, and shrunk from everystranger as he passed out of the court intothe quiet corridor, where he had to remainuntil the crowd waiting outside tocheer Parnell had dispersed in deepdisgust at being deprived of itsjoyously planned pleasure ofhooting the perjurer. It was toward 5o'clock when Picott, closely followed by twoconstables in plain clothes, who have beencharged with his safe guarding since thecommencement of the Commission, left bythe side door. Had he not been too fright-ened and worried to notice anything, hewould have observed another man in plainclothes, following at a discreet distance. Itwas a Scotland Yard detective, who, by thedirection of President Hannen, as an addi-tional precaution against probable attemptedflight, had been ordered to shadow Picottuntil the reassembling of court on nextTuesday. In sober truth, Richard Pigott'scheckered and disreputable career is fastnearing its appropriate ending in the felon'scell.

PEBJUEER PIGOTT

Succumbs Under tbe Pointed Qnestlons Fntto Htm, nnd Confesses Tbat lie I a

Ltnr, n. Blackmailer nnda Forper.

tBT ASSOCIATED TKESS.:

London, February 22. The courtroomwas crowded again this morning when theParnell Commission reassembled.

The of Richard Pigottwas continued. He admitted writing a let-

ter to Archbishop "Walsh, which Sir CharlesRussell produced in court and which contained a statement that the documentaryand personal evidence to be produced beforethe commission could be rendered harmlessby an exposure of the means by which ithad been obtained.

At the suggestion of Presiding JusticeHannen Archbishop Walsh's letter toPigott, part of which was read yesterday,was read in extenso. The Archbishop re-ferred to the fact that there had been svste- -matio lying concerning the Nationalistcause.

The witness now admitted receiving thisletter. He said that when he wrote to theArchbishop he was in very distressed cir-cumstances, owing to having received nomoney from Mr. Houston. Witness' otherwork had been neglected and lost

He Wanted to Lcaro tlie Country.He therefore wrote to Archbishop 'Walsh,

hoping that he would submit the matter tothe Parnellite members of the House ofCommons, and induce them to provide wit-

ness with means with which to leave thecountry, in return for the information wit-

ness should give. Witness was startled andsurprised when the letters appeared in theTimes, and considered it a breach of faith.He wrote to Houston, strongly protestingagainst their publication.

Sir Charles - Russell demanded that thisletter be produced.

Houston here said he had forgotten re-

ceiving it.On being further pressed Pigott volun-

tarily exclaimed: "I may say at once thatthe statements I made to Archbishop Walshwere unfounded."

This statement produced a sensation.Sir Charles Russell then said to the wit-

ness: "You deliberately wrote lies?""Witness replied, "Well, exaggerations."Sir Charles Russell Did the exaggera-

tions have no truth?Witness Very little. Laughter. I

forget what I meant when I wrote to Arch-bishop Walsh that the charges were amixture of what I believed to be true anduntrue.

Fnll of Information.Continuing, witness said he knew that

criminal proceedings were projected whenhe wrote saying that he could nullify themby exposing the discreditable means bywhich it was sought to institute the pro-

ceedings. He could not say what the pro-

ceedings were to be taken for. He imaginedthat they were for complicity in the PhoenixPark murders, but there was no foundationfor the statement "Witness again wrote toArchbishop "Walsh on May 1, offering tofnrnish further information.

In reply to this letter the Archbishopsaid: "I understand you are anxious tomake a statement to assist the victims offraud and slander by exposing the fraudand slander. I cannot refuse to accept sucha statement miry. I accept yonr aisur-anc- e

that you took no part in the publica-tion."

Witness said he forgot writing .the state-ment.

Sir Charles Russell read a letter datedMay 5 to Archbishop Walsh, in whichPigott offered to make a personal writtenstatement

Witness admitted making the statementto Archbishop Walsh between May 5 andMay 7. He had written to ArchbishopWalsh recently, but denied that he had.done so in order to again obtain the writtenstatement.

Creatine a Sensation.

Sir Charles Russell read a letter fromArchbishop Walsh to Pigott, bearing dateof May 7, in which the Archbishop said heassumed that Pigott either knew the authorof the fraud or knew what measures hadbeen taken toprocure fraudulent evidence.The writer said he did not wish to know thename of the gentleman who was at the bot-tom of the matter.

Sir Charles Russell pressed the witnesi,who reluctantly admitted that he hadHouston in mind when he wrote.

In reply to a question by Presiding Jus

tice Hannen witness said he was not surethaHie received the letter.

Sir Charles Russell quoted from a letterwritten by Picott to Archbishop Walsh onMay 12." Witness said he could not say what the

latest proposition mentioned in the lettermeant He only remembered making oneproposition, namely, that he had 'showncompromising letters. His opinion havingbeen asked as to the genuineness of theletters, he had stated that the letters cred-ited to Mr. Parnell were rather doubtful.

This statement created a sensation in tbecourtroom.

Knew They Wero Forsrrlc.Witness further testified that he would

not swear that he had not told ArchbishopWalsh that the letters were forgeries.Laughter.He doubted the authenticity of the letters

because he did not know the handwritingof the bodies of them. He believed he toldArchbishop Walsh that he thought theEgan letters were genuine, but would notswear that he did. lie was not sure whetherMr. Houston ever expressed doubts as tothe cenuinencss of the letters. It was notowing to Mr. Houston's doubts that witnessoffered to rcobtain the money.

Sir Charles Russell read from a letter toArchbishop Walsh from Pigott, in whichhe said: "I trust Your Grace will do me thejustice to believe that I am not the fabri-cator of the letters, as is falsely alleged."

Sir Charles asked, "Who was the fabri-cator?"

Witness replied that he did not know.Sir Charles Did you believe there was ffabrication?Witness No.This answer caused laughter. Mr.

Wemyss Reid produced a letter from Picottto the late William F. Forster, then ChiefSecretary for Ireland, dated June 2, 1881, inwhich he offered Mr. Forster papers whichhe said would break up the League for

1,500 or 1,000.

Ilnd to Have Sloner.Witness said that the issue of the Jrtsft-ma- n,

the paper printed by Pigott, dependedupon his receiving this sum, as his creditorswere pressing him. Mr. Forster on June 5refused to accept this offer.

At presiding Justice Hannen's suggestionSir Charles Rnssell agreed to read selectionsfrom the letters instead of the whole ofthem.

Witness continued that he had been instraits since 18S1. and had anxiously turnedto every quarter for money.

Sir Charles Russell produced a batch ofletters written bv Pigott to Mr. Fgan, in-cluding one witten on February "23. 1881,in which the writer asked Mr. Egan to givehim an address at which he could write toMr. Parnell, with whom he wished to com-municate on a matter of vital importance.Pigott said he had forgotten the letter, butadmitted that he must have written it Hehad not the slightest idea as to what the im-portant matter relerred to was. On beinghard pressed and after fencing he admittedthat he must have received an answer, buthad forgotten whether or not it directed himto write under cover to Madame Ruyer, 99Avenue de Villiers, Paris.

A ed Villain.Sir Charles Russell read from a letter

from Pigott to Mr. Egan, written on Feb-ruary 27, in which it was stated that he(Pigott) had received an anonymous letterfrom who would call uponand submit to Pigott a proposal greatly tohis advantage. They came, bnt declined togive their names. They had an interviewlasting two hours, during which they askedhim to publish . a statement which was anoutrageous libel about the spending of tbeleague funds, and which was to be so con-structed that the publication would domuch harm. He added that-h- was badlyin wantof 500, btjt would-b- e satisfied with

300 in'additiou tothe2200 already sent inconsideration of his paper. Pigott con-cluded the letter by saying: "Bad as I am,I can truly say "that I have always beentrue to those who trusted me." Laugh-ter.

Witness said Ecan did not send themoney. Langhter.

On March 9 Pigott wrote to Mr. Egangiving an outline of the statement referredto. He also stated in the letter that Mr.Ecan would see that if he (Pigott) pub-lished the statement he would get o00,andthat whatever the consequences might behe would be compelled to accept the offerunless Mr. Egan assisted him. On March11 Egan replied that he regarded the letteras a threat and declined to pav anythingeven if he could. Witness said fie receiveda letter from Egan on June 18, 1831, in re-lation to the sale of the Irishman.

Some Fecnlinr Coincidences.Sir Charles Russell read Egan's draft of

a letter written on the fly leaf of Pigott'sletter. The phrasing of the firs't 08 wordswas identical with the Times' version ofEgan's letter of J one IS, 1881, but the datein the text of the Times'.version werechanged to June 12 and Juuc 15.

The witness admitted that the similaritywas remarkable.

Sir Charles pressed the witness regardingseTeral similar resemblances in the phras-ing of letters Egan had written to Pigottand letters Pigott had supplied Houston.

Tiie witness admitted that assuming SirCharles' copies to be correct, which hewfluld not admit, the coincidences werestriking. The copies, he said, might havebeen forged. If they were not the coinci-dence could be got over because manv menwere in tbe habit of using the same phrases.If he wanted to forge a document havinga genuine letter to imitate would assist him.He could. not say how he would use theoricinal, because he had nevertried.

Pigott admitted that he misspelled theword "hesitancy" in the witness box yester-day. He believed that the knowledge thatthe letter of January 9, 18h2, similarly mis-

spelled the word had influenced his mind.IIo Had a Itnd Spell.

This letter did not come into his possessionuntil the summer ot 1880, so he could not ac-

count for the misspelling of "hesitancy" inhis own letters prior to that After Parnellhad declined to employ him on the staff ofthe Irishman, he asked a priest namedMeagher to intercede with Parnell.

Sir Charles Russell produced the witnessletters to Meagher and pointed out furtherresemblances to the 1 tmes' letters. He thenasked the witness if he was not ashamed ofhimself.

Picott replied hotly, "Under the circum-stances, no." It is scandalous that I shouldbe thus questioned. I did not forge the let-ters. If I did I should not be here."

Mr. Reid produced letters written by Pig-ott to Mr. Forster; in which Picott asked aloan. After much writing, in which Pigottpleaded poverty, Mr. Forster sent him 100as a private loan. Some time later, as amatter of personal sympatliy, Mr. Forsterloaned Pigott 50 to enable him to go toAmerica. Pigott did not go, however, butrenewed his applications for money untilMr. Forster granted him an interview.

Sir Charles Russell produced letter afterletter, including Pigott's demand for a loanof 200 to enable him to go to Australia,until the witness became dazed aud forgoteverything.

The commission then adjourned.

AX INCURABLE TRANCE.

Mrs. Alllionse Acnln Drops Soundly Asleep,Almont Without Wnininff.

ISrrCIAL TELEGIIA1! TO TUE DISPATCU.1

Attica, N.Y., February 22. Mrs. EmmaAlthouse is again asleep, and this trancewill undoubtedly be her last She was un-

able, before entering into it, to warn her at-

tendants, and for several days could notmove nor partake of nourishment

Be ore goitip to sleep she tried to com-

municate "ith her sister by motioning her,eyes, Gut the effort was unsuccessful. Herrelatives are much alarmed. .

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TIMING TO EANDALL

Many Democrats Think Him theProper Leader for Kext Congress.

A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OP HEART

Tired of Their Failures Under Mills, They

Clioosa His Successor.

PE03I ONE EXTREME TO THE OTHER,

Tbe Pennsylranian Knocks Onfiho Texan in Taeir

Flrst Kocsnnter.

A decided tidal wave in' the direction of"Mr. "Randall seems to have set in. By manvthis is attributed to the results of the lateelections. Be that as it mayrhe undoubt-

edly knocked out Mills in a round or twoyesterday, and although he did not gain allhe wished, fie made several points, and theencounter was anything but a "draw," suchas is now so fashionable in pugilistic affairs.

rFFKCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!

"WASHINGTON, February 22. No singlehalf day during the life of the Forty-nint- h

Congress furnished proceedings of deeperinterest than that of this afternoon. Thofailure of the Democratic caucus last night,to reach any agreement in regard to theCowles bill proved that if Randall did notactually have the majority of the House inhis grasp, he had at least disorganized theopposition to such an extent that it couldnot come to any harmonious conclusion.Early this morning came tho meeting of theCommittee on Rules, and here Randallspeedily accomplished a vicfory. The com-

mittee unanimously agreed to report theresolution for sessions to begin at 10 o'clockin the morning, and the resolutions for thepensioning ot Mrs. Sheridan and the retirement of General Rosecrans.

The resolution which provided for theconsideration of the Cowles bill was adoptedby the vote of the Republican members oftlie committee and that of Mr. Randall him-

self, the other Democratic members vigor-ously opposing the proposition to report theresolution.

FIRST BLOOD FOB RANDALL.Though Mr. Mills had voted for report-

ing the resolution for sessions beginning nt10 o'clock, he decided to antagonize actionon this measure and test the temper of theHouse by an attempt to gain considerationof his rcsolutiou declaring the Senate substitute to the Mills bill to, be unconstitu-tional. This was promptly knocked out bya vote of 143 to 88, 25 Democrats votingwith Randall against the consideration ofthe resolution. Of the Pennsylvania Dem-ocrats, Scott, Maish and Bnckalew votedwith Mills, and Lynch, Sowden and Hallvoted with Randall. Ermentrout waspaired on questious relating to considera-tion of the Cowles bill with Hutton, ofMissouri, but would have voted with Ran-dall otherwise. Of those voting with Ran-dall Ermentrout, Lynch and Hallvoted (or the Mills bill, But the result" ofthe elections and the temper of their con-stituents have led to a change of heart

This was iirst blood for Randall with avengeance, and the meek, almost crushedappearance of Mills, Scott, the Breckin-ridge- s

and McMillin, from ihat time hence-forth, was decidedly pitiable.

FLURRY NUMBER TWO. -Following this came the flurry over the

pension bill for Mrs. Sheridan, bnt after aslight attempt at obstruction on the part ofKilgore, ot Texas, that question was settledby a compromise preposition from HarryBingham, reducing the amount of thepension trom $3,500 to 2,500 per year.

The resolution lor'the retirement of Rose-cra-

had to run of bitter op-position from such Republicans as Struble,of Iowa; Cheadle, of Indiana, and Bontelle,of Maine, who fought it because of the bit-

ter opposition the bill for the retirement ofGratit received at the hands of Rosecrans in1885; but such were the vigorous speechesmade by Republicans in favor of the proposition that "Old Rosy" was triumphantlyplaced on the retired list, so far as thisaction could contribute to that result Fromthe sound of the voices it appeared thatabout 20 members voted agains't retirement,but who they belonced to no one could say,as the opponents of the bill did not care tocall for a division or for the yeas and naysr

MILLS LETS DOWN EAST.

.This somewhat excitinc episode ended,Randall laid Deibre the House his resolutionfor the consideration of the Cowles bill, butaccompanied it with the statement that hedid not desire to press it to'nn immediate vote.as he thought that possibly a little delaymight enable him and Mills to come to ai)acreement r.s to the time to be occupied indiscussion of the bill. To let himself downeasy, Mills appeared to not be so violentlyopposed to tbe bill as to the proposition tocut off debate in three or four lionrs, and itis possible that at last, when the filibustersgive in, they will compromise upon the giltof a little more time for debate. Theresolu-tio- n

will be called up and thenit will be known whether the Mills factionintends to obstruct all legislation to theendof the session for the purpose of defeatingthis bill.

All afternoon Scott, Mills & Co. talkedfrcelyto all comers as to the course theywould take in regard to the resolution".They were all agreed that it must be

to the "bitter end." They wereaware that a large majority of the Housewas in favor of the passage of tho bill, andtherefore thev were determined to neverallow the bill to reach consideration.

3IAY COME BOWK WITIIOTTT ASHOT. .

Mr. Scott declared to the correspondentof The Dispatch that he would filibusteragainst tbe adoption of the resolution tothe last moment, but Mills and Breckin-ridge were les positive, and there was thatin their manner which indicated that theymight take the course jof Davy Crockett'scoon, and rorae down giacetuily, withoutany expenditure oi ammunition.

Everybody recognizes the fact that Ran-dall has control of the House in tin's matterby a tremendous majority, and that the op-

position can only accomplish its purpose'bya course that will not only bring it iuto dis-repute in the North, but also with a vastmajority of the people of the South. Thereis a remarkable lack of cohesion evenamong the Southern members who are notparticularly iavorahle to this 'method ofgeltinc at a repeal of the tobacco tax. Theplain truth is that they are tired nnd sick ofthe burlesque of leadership that has markedevery movement of the majority of theHouse since Mills came to the position ofleader in the line of promotion.

TURNING TO KANDALL.Southern members. Southern correspond-

ents and Southern officials of the depart-ments are. thoroughly disgusted with theleadership of the Texan, and they are turn-iri- g

to Randall as the only man who cangive force and character to the Democraticside, which will be in the minority in thenextt Concress. If it were put to vote thisevening among tlie Sonthern members, whoshould be the leader of their party in Con-gress, Randall or Mills, Randall wouldhave a three-fourt- majority. This is notonly due to disgust with the imbecileleadership of Milis, but in a great measure,also, to the result cf the election.

THE BURIED RIVER, $&MorjJ, it concluded in the Sund.iu issue oTnaDispatch. A'cil week the opening chapters of"The lAXy of Hochon," by Maui ice "Thompson,will appear. - .

GOING EOR DUDLEY.

A Warrant Sworn Oar far tbo Colonel'sArrest He Mast March Back to

Indianapolis New Informa-tion Against Him.

rSFECIAL TELEOKAJI TO TUB DISPATCH.!

Indianapolis, February 22. A war-rant has been issued for the arrest of W.W. Dudley, Treasurer of the RepublicanNational Committee, and Judge SolomonClaypool, Acting United States DistrictAttorney, will start for Washington to-

morrow to serve it The warrant was issuedyesterday afternoon by United States Com-

missioner Van Bureu, upon an affidavitcharging Colonel Dudley with havingwritten the famous "blocksjof-five- " letter.It was supposed that the precautions takento prevent information of the issue of thewarrant from going any further were per-fect, but within two hours afterward Attor-ney General "Michener, through some un-known channel, heard of the news and senta telegram to Colonel Dudley, saying:"Commissioner "Van Buren has just issueda warrant for the arrest of 2io.'-3- . He' hadbetter come to Indianapolis at once, surren-der himself and give bail." "No. 3" wasthe cipher term used by tho RepublicanNational Committee for" Colonel Dudley'sname.

It was supposed that when the grand juryfailed to find an indictment against ColonelDudley the matter was ended, but the prose-cuting officers here were determined not tolet the matter end in that way,.and have be-gun the present proceedings through theprocess known as "laying of information,"

icu is lmenaeu to ao away witn tlie ne-

cessity for any indictment "It is a processvery rarely Tiscd, and never except undersome extraordinary circumstances which arebelieved to warrant the abandonment of theordinary processes for bringing criminals tojustice. It was a good deal heard ot duringthe famous Star route trials in 'Washington.

This is the first regular warrant that ha3been issued for Colonel Dndlcv. Duringthe excitement of the few days before elec-tion one was sworn out before CommissionerVan Buren, but before any attempt hadbeen made to execute it, it was canceled.It is alleged that the prosecuting officersbase their present course upon the discoveryof new evidence. It is understood that thi3has been obtained from persons under in-dictment for election offenses who, in con-sideration oi immunity for themselves, haveagreed to swear that the offenses whichthey are charged were committed in accord-sinc- e

with the instructions giveu by ColonelDudley in his famous letter.

THEY PEEL LlSULTED.

Bnttertvortli's Proposed Free Hide NotWanted by tbe Canadian.

rPPECIAI.TELEr.ItAM TO TIIE DISrATCIt.jOttawa, February 22. Congressman

Butterworth has offered a terrible insult tothe members of the Dominion Parliamentby suggesting a free trip for them throuchthe United States at the expense of theneighboring republic. Sir John MacdonaldBays it would be most humiliating and de-

grading for Parliament to entertain such aproposition for one moment They wouldnot offer themselves as the animals of amenagerie, to be trucked, Barnum-lik- e,

through the United States. Should ,any ofthe members of Parliament who acceptedthe free ride declare themselves in favor ofannexation, their change of heart would

to the influences of the' trip andthe entreaties of Mr. Butterworth and otherswboresupporjuig him in the scheme. SirJohn thinks some other project will have tobe put on foot if the United States isanxious to obtain Ganada. The members ofthe Dominion Parliament will scarcely beinduced to sell their birthright for a mess ofpottage.

Another prominent member of Parlia-ment said he thought it consummate cheekon Mr. B utter worth's part to endeavor tobuy up the Parliament of the Dominionwith a free ride through the United States.He said it was an insult to every member ofthe House, and should be resented by evervmember who is possessed of the least parti-cle of common sense.

FIFTY THOUSAND SHORT.

Tlint Is the Amount tlie Pickawny CountyTreasurer Made Ayaj With.

rsrECIAL TELEGKAM TO THE PISPATCH.l

Columbus, February 22. The bonds-men of James M. Lane, the abscondingTreasurer of Pickaway county, were in thecity this evening, and got an attachment for$1,000 whicli they heard he had in the Na-tional Bxchance Bank in.this city. Theyfailed to find the money. They report thatLane's defalcation will amount to about$46,000. Tuesday of this week ho paid theSUte Treasury $8,000 in settlement, hencehe is square with the State. He could havetaken over $100,000 with him, but did notdo so. It is believed that he did not intendto leave the State or he would have takenmore of the money.

His actions are peculiar. The shortagewas not discovered till vesterday, when theCommissioners f declared the otnee vacantLane lias been a p.itron of the bucket shops,and being short at the time when he had toadvance money to the township Treasurersand others he became frightened, and it isbelieved is afraid to go back and is hiding.He has about 500 acres in the county andhis bondsmen will not lose much, if any-thing.

KILLED BY SLANDER'S VILE TONGUE.

A Wronged and Faithful Wife Ends an Un-

bearable Life.IFriECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DIirATClI.l

Denvke, Col., February22. A sad casecame to light here For severalweeks past slanderous stories have been incirculation regarding a Mrs. Nellie Cirr. Itwas not until Tuesday of the present weektbat her husband heard of them, and whenhe did be immediately turned his youngwife out of doors, notwithstanding her nu-merous protestations of .innocence. Latelast night she took a room at a prominenthotel and this morning her dead body wasfound by a chamaoruiaid.

The unfortunate woman had taken poisonduring the night Among her possessionswas found a. couple ot the most touching let-ters addressed lo her husband aud two babyboys. The former again protests her inno-cence of the charges made by the scandal-mongers, and the latter is filled with amother's love for her children and anxietyfor their welfare.

N0TJiLb OUT OF POCKET.

Tho Stenmslilp Compnnles Adopt a Flan toPrevent Ijois by Klsks. '

SrEClAI. TELEGKAM TO THE blSPATCn.lKrvr York, February 22. Collector

Magonc has ordered 5 Arabs and 18 Arme-nians who have befn detained ut CastleGarden to be sent back to Amsterdam aspaupers. The largest sum of money in thepossession of any of them was flO, whichwas owned by one of the Armenians, whosays he came to this country for the purposeof studying medicine. One of the Arabshad only ?3.

In the. possession of each of the men is areceipt acknowledging the payment of 55francs over and above hU passage money,This paper makes it clear that some doubtexisted in the minds of the steamship com-pany as to the willingness of the authoritieshere to receive the strangers, nnd;ihat theyadopted this plan to protect themselves incase they were "compelled to .carry thembck. "

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HAKRISON WILL PAT.

The President-Ele- ct Informs" pe

Bailroad Company That He is

OPPOSED TO BIDING" FOE NOTHING.

The Applications for Office Are Packed forthe Trip, Bat Are

NOT INSUREH AGAINST ACCIDENTS

Government Secret Serrico Hen Will Gaud the Personof tbe General.

The arrangements for the inaugural tripto Washington from Indianapolis are aboutcompleted. General Harrison and familyare putting the finishing touches to thenecessary packing preparations. The Presi-

dentelect has informed the railroad that hewill pay for the transportation of his party.There will be a farewell demonstration inhis honor.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.

Indianapolis, February 22. The rail-road officials supposed that when theirtender of a special train to General Harrisonfor the trip to Washington was accepted, itmeant that the President-elec- t and his partywere to be the guests of the company.General Harrison won't have it that way,however, and has insisted upon paying theusual fare for himself and his partv. AHthat he will accept from the railroad peopleis the use of the special cars.

Chief Bell, of the United States SecretService, and several of his men, are in thiscity, having come here to look after the pre-liminary arrangements for the trip of thePresident-elec- t to Washington. It has'beenusual for a long time for the secret servicemen to look after the safety of Presidentsupon such trips. The men at present herebesides Chief Bell, are Colonel Abbott, ofCleveland, Captain Bauer, ot Louisville,and Major Carter, who has his headquartershere. Others are to come, and the wholeparty will be on duty until the President isinaugurated.

THE GUARD OP HONOR.Other men who are coming to town in an-

ticipation of the Presidental trip Fast areveterans of the Seventieth Indiana, GeneralHarrison's regiment, who will be his per-sonal escort on inauguration day. Therewill be about 150 of them and they are com-ing from all parts of the country betweenLos Angeles, Cal., and Providence, R. I.

One of tbe dresses that will grace thePresidental receptions at Washington afterMrs. Harrison gets in charge, had a narrowescape from serving a baser purpose a fewnights ago. It was one of those that havebeen made by a drycoods firm here, aud wasbeing sent to Mrs. Harrison in charge of anerrand boy. It was dusk, and when nearGeneral Harrison's house one of the foot-pads that are so thick about Indianapolisnow set upon the lad and attempted to takeaway the bundle. The little fellow com-bined a little fichting with a good deal ofrunning and yelling and frightened the fel-low off.

Mayor Frank Magowan, of Trenton, withhis wife, were about.the only visitors fromout of the city The Mayor is a redhot Republican ot positive ideas" as to thevalue, otboodle anar-har- d work in a hotcampaign, but he" didn't talk 'Cabinet oran jthing else bigger than the Trenton post-offi-

to the President-elec- t. He had merelystopped over here on a business trip.

CALLERS SCARCE.

There were scarcely any other callers atthe Harrison bonse y, the sight-seein- g

element having been frightened an ay byPrivate'Secretary Halford's vigorous de-clarations that the President must be letalone. Inside the house everybody hasbeen busy putting away things that are notlikely to be wanted until the family re-

turns, and packing into chests and trunksthe other things that are to be taken toWashington. The applications for officeare already stowed away and ready for ship-ment General Harrison will not take oatanv accident insurance upon them.

Mayor Denny is going to make a littlesplurge over the departure of his city's mostdistinguished citizen in spite of GeneralHarrison's objections. It .has been

that when General Harrison leaveshis home at 2:15 o'clock next Monday af-ternoon a committee headed by GovernorHovey and Mayor Denny, will take chargeof him and escort him as far as the NewDeuison Hotel, where tlie Seventieth Regi-ment veterans will be waiting.

By these and such other citizens as careto join the procession, he will be escortedto the station, where he will make a littlespeech of farewell to the assembled multi-tude. He has been allowed to have his ownway as to oneeature of the affair. Therewill be no handshaking.

ON A SOLID BASIS.

Johns nopkino University All Right Finan-cially, With Good Prospects.

TELFORASC TO THE DLSPTCH.J

Baltimore, February 22. Ever sincethe passing of the Baltimore nnd Ohiodividend it has been an open secret thatJohns HopkinsJUni versify has had no sourceof revenue. In his address y, at the"Washington's birthday celebration, Presi-dent Gilman, for the first time since theopening of the Johns Hopkins, alluded toits financial condition. He explained howthe capital trom which the institutionderived its support was invested in Bal-timore and Ohio stock, which though nowyielding nothing, would in time be sure toagain pay a dividend. The fnture of theuniversity was therelore assured. It wasat the present only that they had tolook. From this income until nowreceived, the trustees had not only built thebuildings, but had also saved considerablemoney. It was with this surplus that theuniversity was now being supported.

Sometime ago some friends of the uni-versity determined to raise an emergencyfund "of 5100,000, and ot this $50,000 hadalready been definitely subscribed.The remainder would soon be con-tributed. With this fund andthe surplus, the university could continuefor at lease three years without contracting,borrowing or begging. The students cheeredthis announcement to the echo.

LEAPED FROM A TRAIN.

The Impulsive Act of a Pittsburg Lady onthe Lake Shore lioad.

ISrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCJM

Erie. February 22. Miss Mary Dono-van, of Pittsburg, leaped from a Lake Shoretrain to-d- and received what are likely tobe fatal injuries. She was suddenly arousedtrom her sleep when the traiu was coininginto Erie, and sprinting to'her feet, seizedher baggage and rushcdlrora the car beforethe brakeman could seize her. She washurled headlong from the train and rolledlike a ball in frightful proximity to therails.

When picked up there were no signs oflife about her. She regained consciousnessthis evening and gave her name. She wasen route from Boston to Pittsburg. She isnow in the Hamot Hospital.

IVF I closes some of theULI UUUHIl plans to be carried outbv Mrs. Cleveland when she leaves the WhiteIouse and also describes a grand society eventin Washington. Dispatch.

A VfittY APT .bE:5fi" " "" ,rIves & Stayner's Confidential Clerw tbe

Sonp With Ills Employers Indlcttdfor Iiarceny Arrested and .

More to Follow.ISFZCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.j'

New YOKic.'February 22. Edward Wil-son Woodruff, of Newark, the clerk ofHenry S. Ives & Co., whom Ives and Stay-n- er

made Secretary and Treasurer of theCincinnati. Hamilton and Davton road.asapreliminary to emptying theroad's treasury,was arrested on Thursday nigbt at his homein Newark, and locked up in police head-quarters there. The warrant stated thatWoodruff had been indicted, like Ives andStavner. for lnreenv in the first dprep.

Young Woodruffwas first brought to theattention of the public about four years ago,when'Ives and he. with Newarker namedWhite, who has since been a clerk in Ives& Co.'s office, got an inkling that only;aDout euu shares ot tne JUutual Union iel-ecra-

stock was on the market, and thathalf of these were' in unknown hand3.White and Woodruff worked a scheme fromNewark" to rake all the brokers they couldreach, and they began sending in ordersfor the stock. The orders were taken, andwhen it was found they could not be de-

livered a sensation was created in the StockExchange, but on the followinc day theboard declared the transactions off. At thattime Woodruff was young in the business,but he showed a shrewdness worthy of thecompany he kept

Frank R. Lawrence, the general counselfor the-- Cincinnati, Hamilton and DayionRailroad, said yesterday:

Woodruff is indicted frr grand larcenv. thesame offense that Ills nrlncinaM committed.While Ives and Stayner had control of tbe.were robbing it, he was a rlerk in the employol Ives & Co. At tho same time ho was Secre-tary and Treasurer of tbe company. Hissignature as such was necessary on all thestocks and bonds which they isned, and bewas the custodian or tbe company's duplicateseal, which was kept in tbe New York office otIves & Co.. where it would be handv. I don'tknow whether vou are lawver enonirh to annrp--ciate Just what an ontrace it was for them toeven have duplicate seals. The seal of a cor-poration is a part of its signature, and it canno more have two seals than it can have twopresidents.

"Will any other arrests follow?""I think so: in fact, I am pretfv sure

of it"Ives and Stayner will be taken to the

General Sessions on Monday to plead, andthen it will be determined whether or notthey shall exchange Ludlow street jail forthe Tombs.

PHIL AKMOUE WHISTLES.

He Says Ho Isn't Afraid of HI NewTurentened Competition.

rSPECIAI. TELEOHAJI TO THE D1SPATCH.1

Chicago, February 22. A telegram wssreceived here last night announcing therise of a formidable rival to the "BisFour" beef combination of Chicago andKansas City, of which P. D. Armouris at the head. It is said thatthe new syndicate represents 52o,000,000.and bears the name of the American MeatCompany. The organizer and President,as statetf.in'THK Dispatch several davsago, is J. R. Flagler, President of theCotton Oil Trust The company pro-poses, it is said, to dispense withtbe middle men in the sale of theirmeats, and,to give to consumers the benefitof the middle men's profits. Mr. Armoursaid y:

I don't know much about the nndertaklntr,bnt I believe it to be a quite likely thins.Iliavo had several hints that, sneb a schemewas afoot. Mr Information tallies withthe dispatch. The organizers are the "promi-ne- nt

men in the cottonseed nil trnir, Mr. --J. H.FlaglerjMr. Morse, Mr. Stephen W. Dorseyof whom yon nave doubtless beard Mr. N.'K.Fairbaak, and other". I hear tbat the companyholds itschartertindor tbe laws of Xew Mexico,and ha'a vast tract of land, lots of beef,and all that However formidable the rivalmay bo, or seems to be, we will continuo to dobusiness at the old stand, a continuance offormer patronage beinc solicited. We will stillsupply beef for a few days, at least

A WESTERX CATTLE SCHEME.

Tlie Big Stock Rnhen are Forming a VeryExtensive Combination.

Kansas City, February 22. Represent-atives of the stock-raisin- g industry fromnearly every State and Territory West ofthe Mississippi river, and from Illinois andKentucky, practically completed a work ofvital importance to cattlemen after a threedays session, bor a long time the cattle-men have thought they were losing moneythrough a combine between the commissionmen and tbe large packing honses, whichresulted in the sale of their cattle at ridicu-lously low prices.

The scheme of forming an immense commission company, composed of the stockraisers themselves, has been broached, anda month or so ago a meeting was held here,attended by leading cattle men of the West,for the purpose of taking the opening stepspreparatory to such action. But little wasaccomplished at the first meeting, and anadjournment was taken until February 20,when the meeting again convened in thiscitv.

To-d- ay the vrork was practically finished,and the meeting adjourned until Monday,March 4. when'the election of officers of thenew commission company will take place.

Some idea of the magnitude of the move--,

nient may be had from the fact that mem-bers of the organization now have 163,000head of stock ready to bring to market

THE GREATEST GAS WELL AGAIN.

This Time tbe Bis Gusher Is Located atI.nncn&cr. O.

Lancaster. O., February 22. The gaswell owned by Theodore Mithoff was drilledseven feet further into the gas rock this af-

ternoon, and surprised everyone by morethan doubling its capacity. In anattempt to measure it 'the mer-cury was blown out of agauge placed in the opening. Asnear as can be ascertained the flow is be-

tween 15,000,000 and 20.000,000 cubic feetper day. An excited multitude hasthronged to the well all day.

The drillers, Messrs. Strctton and Kee,pronounce it the greatest well in the coun-try. It it hoped that it may be packed andcontrolled by Sunday night, when it willbe lighted for exhibition. The well islocated in the heart of the city, and acci-dental ignition would cause wide de-struction of property.

ANOTHER' SOUTHERN LYNCHING.

A Negro Taken From n Train at the Polot ofHie PiMol.

Port Gibson, Miss., February 22. Asquad of men from Yicksburg came herelast night This morning they boarded asoutb-boun- d train and flourishingtheir pistols, took Wesley Thomas,colored, from deputy sheriffs who were con-veying him to Xalchez for safe keeping.After getting possession of the prisoner, thesquad started with him in the directionot'Vicksburg, and, it is understood, lynchedhim on the edge of Big Black swnmps.Thomas had attacked a yonng lady in Vicks-bur- g of

last Wednesday evening.

NOBLE iS NOT CERTAIN.

Ho Thinks That lie Will Go on PracticingLawns Usual.

Keokuk, February 22. General JohnNoble, of St. Louis, who is here onbusiness, was asked y, "Whatcan vou tell about your appointment?""Well," was the answer, "a great manypeople think there is something in it, butthere is nothing definite. President Harri-son invited me to call on him, and I called,but I am likely to go on practicing law thesame as usual.'

THROUGH THE HEART

Crashed a Ballet That Ended a YoungChicago Druggist's life.

ANOTHER MYSTERY TO UNRAVEL.

2Ir. --Clark Was a Handsome Fellow WhoMade Love to Married Women.

HE HAD ATEU5KF0L OF THEIEIETT1E3 -- 'Bnt Only One lot or Them Is Beliered tu Contain a

Cfew to Ills Murder.

Chicago is suffering from an epidemic ofmurder and suicide. Since the 1st of themonth there have been 13 murders and 17suicides. Six of the former crimes weradirectly traceable to woman's influence.The last of this class occurred late Thurs-day night A young druggist with a pen-

chant for making love to married womenwas found dying in his store, with a bulletthrough his heart There is no clue to hamurderer.

rSFECIAI. TELEGHAM TO THIS DISPATCH. I

Ceicaco, February 22. A woman stoodin the doorway of C F. Clark's drugstore,at Harrison street and Hermitage avenue,when the two sons of George L. Yinne, wholives over the store, returned home at 10:40o'clock last night Twenty minutes later theboys heard apistolshotand looked outof thewindow. They saw two men, one of whomwore a silk hat, run hurriedly down Her-mitage avenue.. The boys dressed as quickly as possible, and with their father enteredthe store.

Tbe gas was burning full heaoT, and abroken showcase showed that there had beena struggle. The front door was closed,but not locked. Druggist Clark waslying on the floor at the end ofthe prescription cases. His arms wereoutstretched, and blood was running from a.wound in his side. He had been shotthrough the heart. The ball lodged in hisback. He gasped once or .twice after theYinne boys reached him. ana then died.

Old man Yinne said that he heard loudvoices in the store before the shot was fired,and distinguished Clark's voice yelling:"Help!" "Murder!"

Druggist Clark was 25 years old. Heslept in his store. When morning camePolice Captain O'Donnell took charge ofthe store, while detectives were sent inevery direction to find the two mysteriousmen whom the boys had seen running awayfrom the store after the shot was fired.

TUE TWO MEN INNOCENT.About noon two men surrendered them-

selves to the officers. They said that theywere standing near the store when the shotwas fired, and that they ran away through,frigh(. They were not arrested. Then thepolice began to search the dead drnggist'3room. They opened a little trunk andfound it filled with lave letters from a halfa dozen women, all of whom, it is said, aremarried. The missives to which the policeattached the most importance were signed"Lettie." One read: '

Sweetheart: Come over by 1 p. Hr or getkilled. I will sec you this afternoon, rain orshine. ,LErnr.

Another one" read:Mr. Clark: Are you goine away, sure, or arotoollngl I want to know, for I may take itnto my head to send you a present next

week, and if I should die don't youthink you would like to know of it? I amfeeling better, bui far from well. 'Tis Impos-sible for me to get out and so yon see I won'thave a chance to sav good-bv- e unless I can getyou over here. I don't thipk it will be Ionicnow. 'TIs all I can do to keep nc 'Tis bessfor me that I die. It malesme feel as If I was doomed to die. andall for what ? I will tell you: Because Imado a fool of myself for a man that has noheart or feeling. Ynn kno what I am goingthrnnzh every day. and you laugh at it andtbink'tis fun. Be careful, my swiet Iorer.thatit don't come home to vou. As vou said onatime to me, my heart is dead. It makes littladifference to me if I lire or not Good-bv-

Lettis.HER HUSBAND'S PET JTAilE.

In some of the notes the writer mentionsthe "Governor" and the "head of the firm."These terms are supposed to refer to her hus-band. In one letter she signs herself"Bats," and asks Clark to meet her in thepark. Another letter reads:

Dear Mr. Clark I will be more thanpleased to accompany you, for I really think Ineed a little recreation, for this nineteenthgrandchild is too much for my constitution. Iam feeling verysick; little too much excite-ment I guess.

The letter was signed "Lillie." Therewere other notes from other women, all ofwhich referred to appointments andintrigues. In a package which was heldtogether by a rubber band were found manyphotos ot a stout, woman.Druggist Frank Pyatt, at Madison and.Throop streets, recognized the photographas that of a Mrs. Smith, a married woman,who lived across the street from Pyatt'sstore. Clark used to work for Pyatt,but his love affairs becoming oflensivato his employer, he was summarilydischarged. Druggist Pyatt said y

that Clark was invariably out late af night,and that women were constantly calling oahim at the store.

The mysterious Lettie. or Lillie. in somaof her letters referred to a Mrs. Webster, at4G5 West Madison street but when thepolice called at her home, Mrs. Webstersaid she never knew a woman of the nameof Lettie.

another theort advanced.The officers continued to work on tha

theory that Draegist Clark had been killedby a woman, until late this evening, whenEdward Mapes, who lives on Hermitageavenue, called at the Twelfth street station,and said that he saw fonrmen entertbestoratogether, and that five minutes later haheard a pistol. Mapes claims that he thensaw the four men rush from the store, onaof them holding a revolver.

As there isno evidence that a robbery wascontemplated, the police believe that thedruggist was either killed by one of thamany women whom he courted, or that hewas shot down by a wronged husband, who.was accompanied by friends. Thadead .man was good looking, andof splendid physique. He wa3 notpossessed of much wealth, there being amortgage of $600 on his stock. Less than$100 was found in the place.

Since the first of the month there havebeen six murders in this city in whichwomen have figured. There have been 13murders in all, and 17 suicide.

A DJSTINGD1SHED C0ETEGE.

The Shermans Will Attend tha Funeral ofTheir Sister.

EEW York, February 22. The remainsGeneral Sherman's sister, Mrs. Frances

Beecher Sherman Moulton, were takento the 6 o'clock train at

the Grand Central depot n route to Cin-cinnati. The funeral party were GeneralW. T. Sherman. Senator John Sherman, J.Sherman Moulton, son of the deceased, andhis sisters, Mrs. Kockwell and Mrs. Pro-basc- o.

of Glendale. The burial will befrom a Glendale church Sunday and the in-terment in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cin-cinnati.

GAIL HAMILT0N,o?fDnifpA:talks like aphilosopher to the silk-cla- d ladlestchd sit at Velmonico's tables and chatter aboutstarving working women.

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