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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH THUKSDAY AUGUST ' 11, 189a
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EVADING THE LAW.
A Charge Made Against De
partment Officials by
Some Employes.
EIGHT HOUES IN A DAY
And the Trouble They Have Caused
Headquarters Already.
EGAH'S SKIRTS NOT YET CEEAEED
. Of the Charges Brought Against Him fcy
the Teople of Chile.
BOUE THINGS TET TO BE EXPLAINED
tTBOM A STATF COBRESFOKDZXT.
Washington, Aug. 10. Some of the
labor leaders here pretend to see in the
movement of certain department officials a
plain determination to defeat, as far as pos
sible, the effective operation of the eight
hour law. Although the law is more ex
plicit than most acts of legislative bodies,
it having been drawn by Bepresentatiye
O'Neill, of Missouri, with a sincere purpose
to leave no chance for quibbling, it is thus
early discovered to be doubtful in its appli
cation, and it is even said that the Attorney
General has been asked to give opinion
upon certain points. This, however, Acting
Secretary Nettleton, of the treasury de
partment, would not admit positively.
A young, but very clever and highly re
putable attorney retained by certain labor
organizations to look after cases of infrac
tion of laws of interest to the working
people said to-day that he was watching
closely the course of afiairs in regard to the
operation of the eight-hour law, and that
there was a good prospect that some of the
Government officials charged with the em
ployment and superintendence of workmen
would get into trouble.
A Problem Not as Tet Solved.
'fWhy jt is," said this attorney, "that
men who are but employes themselves,
should be averse to the enforcement of laws
which, though they cannot accomplish any
thing, would contribute a vast deal toward
the development and deration of working
people, X cannot understand. There must
be some influence at work which is as in
visible as it is powerful. Take the immi
gration laws, for instance. Complaint is
made that they are inadequate, but any law
yer or judge knows very well that they are
sufficient to accomplish all that was desired
in their enactment, if the officers of the law
will do their part honestly and vigorously.
It is a natter of international notoriety
that certain Xew York officials conspired to
vitiate these laws, and that other officials,
appointed by the President to investigate
and counteract the evasion of the lawB by
trans-Atlantic steamers, have been acting in
the interest of the steamship lines.
"Of course the eight-hour law will be
more difficult of evasion. The only ques
tions involved are whether the workmen are
subject to the operation ot the law, and
then, whether they are worked the legal
eight-hours or more than that period. It is
possible that in a few instances there may
be a discussion as to whether workmen can
claim the benefits of the law, as work
men for the city or District government, if
one may assume any vestige of local govern
ment, are partly paid by the General Gov
ernment and partly from the local treasury.
All Under the Same Conditions.
"In my opinion any workman a fraction
of whose pay comes from the National
Treasury may claim the benefit of the eight
hour law. It is possible, however, that offi
cials may do better than we expect of them.
Individual and public opinion is greatly
changed since the old eight-hour law of 1868
was deliberately violated, and by an almost
direct command of President Grant.
The Navy Yard authorities and all offi
cials having superintendence of workmen
under the Government have, as far as we
can learn, promptly complied with the law,
more or less cheerfully. Of course it will
create some contusion. Less work will be
accomplished for a time than was accom
plished in 10 hours, but I feel assured that
when workmen get used to it thev will so
appreciate the leisure and rest afforded by
the shorter hours that they will do as much
and as n;ood work in eight hours as they for
merly did in ten.
"Unavoidably some trouble ad expense
will be caused by the necessity of advertis
ing for many new bids in place of those re
ceived just previeus to the enactment of
the law and whose estimates were made
upon a basis of ten hours a day ior work
men. Manufactories which accept future
contracts from the Government may find
some annoyance in being compelled to re
strict to eight the hours of workmen while
they are engaged on Government work, but
all this trouble would have to come some
time with the march of progress in the in
dustrial world and it may as well come
now.
A System That Is Likely to Spread.
"From this small beginning ,with Govern
ment workmen and those employed on con
tracts let by the Government, we expect
the eigth-hour system to extend rapidly to
the State Governments by act of the various
legislatures, and then public opinion will
soon insist that it shall prevail in all private
concerns. It is a system w hich will give
employment to a vast number of unem
ployed, and will afford opportunity to those
who enjoy the shorter hours to give more
thought to the development of their minds
than ever before. Whatever way this may
affect the Government, it is a law and must be
obeyed. It is here to stay. It will never
be repealed. It will prevent workmen
themselves from being swinish by working
overtime for extra pay, thus crowding aside
some other workmen at the end ot eight
hours, which is a civilized day's work."
It is possible that in the course of time
many of the lacts now unknown concerning
the relations of officers and diplomatic
representatives of the United States to
the two factions lately engaged in a strug
gle for supremacy in Chile, may be brought
to light. If they could all be wrote down
seriatim, with the history of the revolution,
they would doubtless formanarative hardly
less" thrilling and dramatic than "Le Do
Bocle," ot mile Zola, describing the imbe
cilities, conspiracies and jealousies of the
Franco-Prussian war.
Something "t to Be Forgotten.
.Readers of newspapers have not yet for
gotten the charges made by the representa
tives in Washington, last year, ot the un
successful Congressional party, the "insur
gents," that Minister .Egan had done every
thing in his power to prejudice the United
States Qo eminent against the Congres
sionalists. They remember the contempt
with which, "ihe 'representatives Were
treated by official of the State Department.
Many and arlous were the stories of
Jigan s collusion with iialmaceda, the most
damaging of which was that citizens Of the
United States, to which the Baimacedan
Government owed a large sum of money for
the construction of a railroad for which
payment refuted, employed Egan's son
to prosecute the claim, Egan, of course, to
be the real beneficiary, and that Battnaceda
had promised payment if Egan would keep
the United States friendly to the Balmace
dans and antagonistic to the Congressional
or Constitutional party.
Notwithstanding the apparent directness
of this and other charges against both Egan
and Consnl McCreery, at Valparaiso, it
seemed as though this Government were de
termined to avoid all investigation. No
sooner were the Congressionalists in power
than Ej&n flopped with the agility of that
other politician who declared: "I'd like to
see the Government that can change quicker
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than I can
Esau's Hand at Every Corner.
In the midst of their grave complications
with this Government on account of the
attack upon American sailors at Valparaiso,
Egan prevailed upon the Congressional
leaders to go so far as to say that he was
perfectly acceptable as a Minister. T,o say
nothing of previous charges or information,
there has been a growing conviction ever
since the re-establishment of amitr between
the two republics that Egan and McCreery
were both culpable, and that possibly Ad
miral Brown, influenced presumably bv
Egan, had been guilty ot having furnished
the Balmacedans with the important infor
mation that the "Insurgents" had landed a
force at Quinteros Bay and were about to
march upon Valparaiso. A few weeks ago
it wa3 announced that both Minister Egan
and Consul McCreery had been granted
leave of absence, and it was assumed that
they were ordered home to explain what
seemed, impossible of explanation while
they were thousands of miles away in the
Southern Hemisphere.
Mr. McCreery, one of the charges against
whom is that he, with Egan, speculated In
exchange, upon information received pri
vately and officially, started for home about
three' weeks ago and is expected soon to
step into the State " Department. Egan
seems to be in no hurry. He thinks, it is
said, that he ought not to leave pending the
settlement of the claims resulting from the
assaults on United States sailors, forgetting
that if his Government thought his presence
necessary at Santiago in that connection he
would not have been granted a leave of ab
sence, which was really equivalent to an
order to report at Washington.
Significant leaves of Absenc;.
It is hinted at the State Department that
a fresh "leave of absence" has been cabled
to Egan, that he may' speedily follow Mc
Creery, and that Admiral Brown, of the
San Francisco, now daily expected to reach
Sat Francisco from the Sandwich Islands,
may be ordered on tq Washington to ex
plain. It would be an exceedingly inter
esting concluding chapter to the volume of
acts which came so near to involving this
country in a war with Chile to have these
three gentlemen meet in Washington and
give a diagram of their peculiar conduct
which led this Government to boldly
espouse the cause of Balmaceda, whose own
Government, in the face of their partisan
misinformation to our Stats Department,
was blown away in a moment, as a child
wonld puff a feather in the air with a
breath.
A great suspiration of relief was heaved
at the State Department, this afternoon,
when the cable brought the welcome news
from Berne, the antique capital of Switzer
land, that the international complications
over the George affair are ended, the ex
planations being satisfactory. The incident
is closed. This incident shows the absurdity
to which courtesy may be carried in the
treatment ot any sort ot fellows who may
be attached to a 'foreign legation. Dr.
George is a factotum of the Swiss legation,
which is about as important as a legation in
the Fijii Islands would be. Dr. George ran
over to Bay Bidge, on the Chesapeake, one
day not long ago. While in a dairy, Mrs.
Horde, of Baltimore, lost her pocketbook,
and the "doctor" being the only other per
son in the room, she charged the theft upon
him.
Couldn't Get Off on a Trick.
A special officer awaited him. He pro
tested that he was an attache of a foreign
legation at Washington, and was exempt
from arrest, even if guilty. This was a
proposition so extraordinary that the Bay
Bidge policeman, not knowing what a lega
tion was, and never having heard of the as
tonishing franchise which hedged about the
sacred persons ot foreign clerks in the dip
lomatic service, remarked that he did not
care if Georee was President of the United
States, he would run him in to answer the
charge of robbery.
George was taken to Annapolis, and there
is no telling what further indignity would J
have been heaped upon mm .had not the
purse been found on a bench in the dairy.
Why neither Mrs. Horde or Dr. George, or
the officer thought of looking for the purse
before all this occurred is not explained.
Then followed" a terrible international
melee. Dr. George demanded satisfaction,
in default of which the Swiss army would at
once be called out tor active service.
Numerous letters passed between the State
Department and the Governor of Maryland.
Cable messages flew thick and fast between
Borne and Washington. Finallv .the
Governor of Maryland announced that he
had procured the" dismissal of the officer,
and he regretted that, under the laws of
Maryland, that was all he could do, except
to apologize to Dr. George and the Swiss
Government for the insult- The Federal
Council of Switzerland having sat upon the
matter, finally decided to-day the amende
honorable had been made. Everything is
again lovely atfd Dr. George is as happy
over his beer and schweitzerkase as though
nothing had happened to ruffle his temper.
2vot 3Iuch of an Outcome.
Thus this exciting international imbroglio
has resulted, all told, in the dismissal of
one poor Maryland policeman, whose small
wages barely kept his family alive, and
who merely refused to believe as genuine
a statement which has been often used by
Washington dudes as a trick to escape ar
rest when they have been disorderly. More
over, members of foreign legations are not
always dignified and orderly. It often hap
pens that attaches of legations indulge in
the most disgraceful conduct, insulting citi
zens and police officers with impunity,
knowing that their relations protect them
from penalties which no American citizen,
similarly misbehaving, could escape.
OPIDH SMUGGLING UNCOVERED.
Barrels of the Drug Thrown Into Klver
and Recovered byConfednratet.
Washington, Aug. 10. Solicitor Hep
burn, of the Department of Justice, to-day
instructed the United States District Attor
ney at Portland, Ore., to libel the British
steamer Wilmington, and to prosecute with
vigor such of her officers as were concerned
in the recent attempt to smuggle opium
into the United States. According to re
ports r eceived at the Treasury Department,
this vessel has been engaged for some time
in smuggling opium into the United States
from Victoria, B. C., where there is a large
establishment devoted, so it is said, to the
preparation of the drug for the American
market
The method of smuggling was to pack the
opinm into barrels with some light mater
ial, and to throw the barrels into the Co
lumbia river at a point about 30 miles be
low Portland, where they were secured by
confederates in waiting and taken into the
interior for shipment to the Eastern market.-
The authorities have been watching
this vessel for some time, and captured five
of the barrels thrown overboard on her last
trip, and in this way secured good evidence
of her operations.
A Commission to Deal With Indians.
Washington, Aug. 10. The following
named persons have been appointed by
Secretary Noble as a commission to
negotiate with the Yankton Indians, of
South Dakota, for a cession of their sur
plus lands, under the act of February 8,
1887: J. C Adams, of Webster, S. Dak.:
W. I Brown, of Chicago, III., and John
C. Cole, of St. Louis. These surplus lauds
aggregate about 168,000 acres.
Seed Wheat Declared Itatlabte.
Washington, Aug. 10. Assistant Sec
retary Crounse has informed Senator Jones,
ot Arkansas, that there is no authority of
law for the free entry of wheat brought
from Germany by order of the Commissioner
of Agriculture for tree distribution as seed
among the farmers of Arkansas. He says
that wheat is dutiable at a rate of 25 cents
per bushel.
fig No One Calls on Harrison.
IOnLake, N. Y., Aug. 10. The rain
storm'i of last night greatly disturbed the
rests! everyone here. The crashing of the
thuMar s terrific and the fluhintr of
heajMhiv fireworks was something wonder-
behold. The President speitt a quiet
iul
aaJfKS
o one called at the cottage.
. IT A ft ft V TfUft T OT T (XUU
IliiUill JVl!illil JuLLl Ull .
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His Friends Greatly Worried Over
His Present Mental Condition.
EVIDENCES OP A FLIGHTY MIND.
He Doesn't Know Just What He Is Going
to Do This Season and
FORGETS THE ENGAGEMENTS HE MAKES
SPECIAL TELKQIHM TO THB DtSIATCH.1
New Yoek, Aug. 10. Bad news has
reached the theatrical fraternity in town.
It came from Asbury Park, and it asserted
quite circumstantially that Harry Kernell,
the noted Irish comedian, had become men
tally unbalanced, and that his friends and
relatives at that watering.place were greatly
concerned as to his condition.
The report was circulated by a group of
actors, friends of the comedian, who had
visited him several days ago at his seashore
residence. It had been rumored prior to
their visit that Kernell had. given unmis
takable signs of mental collapse, and these
actors had called upon him, hoping to be
able from personal observation to conclu
sively deny the distressing story. To their
sorrow and surprise, they found that there
was substance in the rumor. One of the
actors said:
"Before we called on Harrv we had been
told by Mrs. John Kernell, the wife of his
brother, who also lives in Asbury Park,
that Harry was really in a bad way, both
mentally and physically. We found that
to be only too true.
A Great Chance In a Few Months.
"In the past few months Harry has
greatly changed for the worse. His cheeks
are sunken and his eye is no longer bright.
His demeanor has altered entirely. For
merly he had a new joke ready or a new
'gag' to spring at any time and with all
comers. But during the entire course of
our long Interview he was eitner moouy or
silent. He evinced no interest at all in
theatricals, and considering that all of US
were old professional friends and associates.
his failure to talk 'shop' was in itseii re
markable. Instead, he seemed to have di
vined that we had heard the stories as to
his condition, and he watched us furtively
most of the time. Even after we had left
him and had crossed the street we saw him,
while pretending to read, follow us. with his
eye over the edge of a newspaper.
"I have known Harry Kernell nearly 20
years, and though it will grieve thousands
of his friends to hear it, I think there is no
donbt that he is not all' right mentally.
His eccentricities have for some time past
been known to his relatives and friends,
but they have not revealed them, naturally,
for the actor has never been considered
violent. Some of his more recent doings
are well known in Asbury Park, even by
people who have no interest in stage mat
ers. For instance, at a Catholic church
benefit In the town, last week, Harry
volunteered his service, together with those
of his brother and his wife, Queenie Vassar.
Forgot All About the Benefit.
''All three were billed, and Harry even
sent his music in advance to the orchestra
leader for rehearsal. But he did not ap
pear at the show. He had forgotten all
about it, and he has also not yet sent to the
manager of the benefit for the return of the
music. His offer of his wife as a volunteer
-was strange enough to exoite comment, be
sides,! for she is engaged every nignt in a.
Trip t6 Chinatown' at the Maaison Square
Theater, and she could not possibly have
appeared. She goes down to Asbury Park
only on Saturday night, and then stays'only
until Monday afternoon.
"Harry's two children are with him in
his cottage there, and he devotes nearly all
his time to them;: but even with.them he is
not always rational. Only a few days ago
the little bov. Harrv. was discovered on the
ieach alone. He had buried his father's
watch and diamond pin in the sand, and the
actor had forgotten entirely that-he had left
the jewelry with the child. While we
talked with him one of the party brought
up the subject of this season's engagements.
It has been very well known in theatrical
circles that Kernell, who is always sought
after, has as yet signed no contract to play
with any troupe this year, and there has
been no little gossip in consequence.
Thought He Win With Harry Williams.
"To the first inqnirer he said he would go
with Harry Williams, the Pittsburg mana
ger, for 20. weeks. Ten minutes later he
told another actor ot the party that he
would join Tony Pastor's troupe last Tues
dav. In Asburv Park. Of course he did not.
for Pastor had never engaged him. Still
later he said he wasn't going to act this year
at alL Then, almost immediately, he
turned to a discussion of the cases of W. J.
Scanlan and George S. McKnight. He said
he had recently visited Scanlan, and pre
dicted that Scanlan would be at liberty in
time to take the road next month. As a
matter of fact, Scanlan's case is admitted
by his manager, Gus Pilou, to be hopeless
"I happened to talk with George Knight
a few weeks before his dementia became
known and his case, I think, is not unlike
Kernell's. Knight, however, was in much
worse shape than Kernell is at present, for
the latter can enunciate distinctly and can
frame his sentences intelligibly, though his
mind seems to wander at intervals. He fre
quently kept referring to Scanlan and
Knight, and I believe he was cunningly en
deavoring to draw us ouf&s to the object of
our visit. We learned while in Asbury
Park that he had acted strangely in his
pecuniary affairs. He recently took all his
money out of a New York bank and de
posited it in an Asbury Park bank. Still
later he- withdrew it from the latter bank
and it is now said to be concealed in his
house. The amount is probably in the
thousands, too."
fomt Itefuse to Believe Him Crazy.
Managers and actors who talked about
Kernell last night were. disposed to believe
that his friends had exaggerated the extent
of the comedian's illness, but they ad
mitted he had not been himself of late;
An intimate acquaintance attributed Ker
nell's present condition to worriment
caused by domestic troubles.
A few months ago Mrs. Kernell, who is
the pretty English soubrette known as
"Queenie Vassar," entered suit for divorce,
charging incompatibility of temper. At
that time it was understood there had been
many violent squabbles between the pair,
during several ot which the wife was severe
ly handled by her husband, who was very
jealous of her. In her bill Mrs. Kernell
asked for alimony, and asserted that her
husband was worth at least $40,000, which
he had acquired in his business as a per
former. Before the suit was called ior trial
a reconciliation had been effected, and all
summer the pair have been at the Asbury
Park cottage which Kernell bonght some
years ago.
Kernell's expenencesof married life have
been unfortunate. About 20 years ago he
married Jennie O'Neill, who was the best
jig and reel dancer of her day. Sbe was
famous in the vaudevilles, and was alwayv
in demand at bie wages. They lived to-
getner until aoout hxju, when they separ
ated, and were subsequently divorced.
QueenieVassar came to this country about
five years ago from England, where sue had
been well known as a music hall singer.
She is a short, dirk-haired, good-looking
girl, and has made many friends here.
Something of Kernell's Career.
Kernell is a Philadelphian, and was barn
in February. 1850. He went On the variety
stage while be was quite young and at onee
made a marked success. His North-of-Ire-land
dialect is said by experts to be re
markably true. Its exaggeration for stage
purposes hat certainly been wonderfully
effective, for Kernell has for years been the
highest-priced performer in his class, and
with audiences everywhere he has been a
ready provoker ot laughter. He traveled
for many seasons with Tony Pastor's road
troupe, and has appeared with nearly all
the big peregrinating vaudeville shows in
this country.
A dozen years ago or more his brother
L
John, who had been a boilermaker, went on
the stage, stimulated by Harry's jroocess.
They at once "doubled," and they made a
team which has certainly never been equaled
in its class. Three or four seasons ago
Harry and John sent ont their own variety
company, and the venture was quite profita
ble. Last season Harry had his own troupe
on the road.
. In his boyhood Harry Kernell was a
drummer in the Union Army. Kittie
O'Neill, his first -wife, is now in a citv in
rthis State, where she conducts a saloon and
concert hall.
CHOLERA INCREASING.
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Sixty Cases a Day Now Reported at Teheran
r-Ovor 3,000 Deaths a Day in One In
fected District ofKnssfa The Doctors at
Work.
fBT CABLE TO THE niSFATCII. J
St. Petebsbubg, Aug. 10. News from
Teheran, the capital of Persia, is to the
effect that the cholera is increas
ing in virulence there. The deaths
in the city now number 60
daily. An official report just issued shows
that on Sunday there were reported from
the cholera infected districts of Bussia
4,261 new cases, and that on the same day
2,177 persons died from the disease.
The authorities of St. Petersburg are
showing great zeal in the enforcement of
sanitary regulations, and the sanitary house-to-house
inspection, though carried'on veqr
slowly, hSs already led to important
disclosures. One of the latest cases was at
66 on the Nevskiprospect, a palatial look
ing residence, the interior of which,
however, resembled a pig stye.
A doorkeeper and a valet attempted
to oppose the entrance of the
sanitary Inspectors, and have been con
demned to three weeks' imprisonment and
expulsion from St. Petersburg for one year.
A man named Kilaeft persistently as
serted that there was no cholera, but that
the whole scare was got up by the doctors
who buried people alive.
He went about the town haranguing the
mob to this effect. Governor BaranoS had
him arrested and caused the publication of
this note.
IJhe citizen Kitaeff having asserted that
thero was no cholera, and circulated
various false storie3 concerning the
treatment of patients is hereby
appointed as hospital assistant for
three months on the floating cholera barge
hospital, in Order that he may have an op
portunity of rectifying his opinions.
Babanofp.
' The authorities of Berlin say there is
no serious danger of the spread of the
cholera in Germany. The German Govern
ment, in case of ' an outbreak, has
only -to telegraph the sanitary au
thorities throughoutt the country
in order to put the very effective regula
tions of 1884 into operation. The system
consists in a very thorough inspection of all
trains coming across the frontier from
infected countries, and it is carried
out by the co-operation of conductors
and passengers. As soon as any passenger
is found to show any suspicious synptoms
he is delivered into the charge of a railway
doctor at the next station. The carriage in
which he has traveled is uncoupled and left
behind and the train is disinfected.
MARS SEEN IN THE SOUTH.
Results of the Observations Made .by Har-
vard Astronomers in Pern Vast Rivers
of Molten Enow Flowing Into the Sea-
Reappearance of Green Spots.
Arequippa, Peru, Aug. 10. Prof.
Pickering, of Harvard, writes: "In my
observations of Mars I have seen two large
areas near the equator which are perma
nently blue. Near the edges they appear
light blue. The light is slightly polarized.
The total size of the area is about 500,000
square miles, one-half the size of the Medi
terranean Sea. ,
On June 23 a small dark spot appeared in
the southern snow cap.. Later this spot
lengthened rapidly, and,early in July it was
1,000 miles long, dividing the snow In half.
Sixteen hundred thousand square miles of
snow have melted within the last 30 days.
The melted snow has apparently been trans
ferred to the seas, across land.
Small, dark areas, surrounded by snow,
appeared July 10, and two days later I first
saw a dark line in the fork ot a Y shaped
mark in the direction of the seas. The line
became more conspicuous on July 14, and
on the 16th a dark area about the size of
Lake Erie appeared on the northern side of
the stem ot the Y, which was connected
with the northern sea. The next day there
appeared a large, dark gray area near the
northern sea. This had grown mnch fainter
by July 23, and a new area appeared to the
south of the northern sea,conceallug its out
line. The line in the fork of the Y had dis
appeared, but the area bad extended.
Un July 2i a large, dark area, apparently
either a lake or sea, appeared near the
melting snow, and on July 25 the southern
branch of the Y became very narrow. The
outlines of the northern sea were seen again,
a narrow white line stretching north irom
the snow. Many other changes were noted.
Bapidly changing, faint whitish areas were
seen. Green areas near the poles have not
been seen for many weeks, but traces were
recently suspected, and a bright green area
was distinctly seen near the North pole
last night,
HOODOOED BT MITKIEWICZ.
The Chinese Minister to Be Recalled Do
canae He Knew the Connt Too Well.
Washington, Aug. 10. SpeddL It
is stated unofficially in Washington to
night' that tne contemplated recall of Mr.
Tsui Kwo Yin, the minister from China to
the United States, is due directly to the
displeasure of Li Hung Chang, the
Prime Minister of the Chinese Gov
ernment, at the evident co-partnership
between the Minister and Count Eugene
Mitkiewicz and bis plotting friends in this
country. Li Hung Chang has been kept
fully informed on the subject of the Count's
attempts to persuade certain credulous and
bombastic Americans to invest money in
his wildcat schemes, based on his alleged
Chinese concessions.
The plotting ot Mitkiewicz and his new
found friends and admirers in New York In
the Interest of the appointment Of Henr?
W. Blair as American Minister to China,
and their subsequent efforts to give him a
good name in the face of his repudiation by
the Chinese Gavernment, did not escape
Li Hung Chang. He has been closely
watching "the progress of the
Count and his friends in America,
until he came to the conclusion that Minis
ter Tsui Kwo Yin was altogether too
friendly with the man who had been so
thoroughly umnasked before the eyes of,' the
Chinese Government with whom he had
formerly been on friendly terms. He
therefore determined to recall him to China
and send another man to Washington as
Minister.
ElOPfcD WITH A KERB BOY.
A Variety Actress Rons Away With a
Youngster ot IG Tears.
Baltimore, Aug. 10. Speeta Chas.
J. .Krug, the 16-year-old son ot a local sV
loon keeper, became smitten with Sadie
Steele, a varfety actress, who has
been performing here ' for soma
time and last Friday night took her
to Washington, it here he married her, the
ceremony being performed by the Bev.
Thomas Addison, of Trinity Church. After
the ceremony the boy came to Baltimore
and went to his home but did
not notify his parents of the
event. The actress went to a hotel. The
affair was kept a teoret until Monday.when
the boy told a neighbor and the neighbor
told Mrs. Krug. The parents ot the youth
ful groom demanded an explanation, and
the boy acknowledged the marriage.
Mrs. Krug went to Washington to-day to
take steps to bring about an annulment of
the marriage. The bride gave the name of
Sarah B. Beltzer when married and said
she was 22. Those who knew her say she is
32; She is now lit Columbus, and the boy
deolares that he will'follow her soon.
MISS BORDEN RACKED
By the Searching Inquiry ,Kow in
Progress at Fall River.
ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED TO-DAY.
The Suspected Murderess Emerges From
the Station in Tears.
BRIDGET SULMYAN IS UNDER GDARD
FAMi KrvER, Mass., Aug. 10. As a
result of to-day's investigation into the
Borden murder mystery, it is now confi
dently expected that formal arrests will be
made to-morrow. To-day the interest cen
tered around the police headquarters,
where the inquest was proceeding. Miss
Borden was driven to the station this morn
ing in a closed carriage, accompanied by
her friend, Mrs. Brigham, and City Mar
shal Hilliard.
She looked mnch brighter than she has
at any time since the day following the
tragedy. She walked firmly across the
guard room, and her face was without emo
tion of any kind. She was not aa closely
followed to-day as yesterday by curious
crowds.
Prof. Wood,, the analyst, appeared at the
station very early, m company with Medi
cal Examiner Dolan. Shortly after the in
quest was resumed, the . two men were ad
mitted and were behind closed doors about
20 minutes. When they reappeared they
were followed by two policemen carrying
a trunk containing bloody clothing and
other evidences of the crime. The trunks
'were placed on a coupe' waiting at the door.
Prof. Wood went in the coupe to the up
town station.
Much Depends on the Blood Analysis.
There he took the 11:03 train for Boston,
and the trunk was checked for the same
place. Dr. Dolan remained at the station a
few minutes only.
It is now generally admitted that a great
deal of hope is being placed in the accuracy
of the analysis and the examination of blood
on the clothing. A few days ago this was
not the case, the poison theory and other
clews being talked of as of secondary im
portance. Bridget Sullivan, the servant, did not
leave her friends last night nor this morn
ing. She talks in the most affectionate
manner of the deceased woman, the step
mother of the girl.
There is a strong feeling current in police
circles against Inspector Hanscom and Mr.
Jennings, counsel for the family. It is
alleged that the former is endeavoring to
build back fires to destroy the theories of
the police, and that they are inspiring clews
that will tend to blind the actual facts pre
ceding and succeeding the murder.
Miss Borden was put on the rack to-day
and sensational facts are looked for. Yes
terday she was not pressed hard, according
to a statement from official quarters made
this morning.
Mrs. Borden's Missing Letter.
The police have again become active in
the search after evidence, and one or two
details in regard to the missing letter said
to have been received by Mrs. Borden are
again being sought by the officials. District
Attorney Knowlton is. working under the
direction of Attorney General Pillsbury,
and it is said that the form of complaint,
and possibly all warrants, will be submitted
to him.
There was an intermission in the proceed
ings at the inquest at 11:15. A few
in oments later Marshal Hilliard drove to
the Borden homestead and returned with
John Y. Morse. Miss Lizzie Borden was
taken into the matron's room. Mr. Morse
was taken intothe courtroom, but it is said
he was not subjected to an examination.
At 12:50 the investigation was postponed
until after dinner. Miss Borden, Mrs.
Brigham, Mr. Morse and the City Marshal
were driven back to the house in a close
carriage. Miss Borden was asked some
nerve-shaking questions, and when she came
from the matron's room her face was tear
stained. There was a great difference be
tween her appearance before and after the
examination.
The servant girl is kept under the eye of
a policeman, at her brother-in-law's house,
and she was not allowed to go free, as was
intimated last night by Detective Seaver.
Carrying Away Evidences of M order,
A carpenter was at work in the Borden
house about an hour this afternoon. Short
ly before 2 o'clock Marshal Hilliard, De
tective Seaver and Officer Harrington ar
rived at the police station carrying three
boxes. Two were wrapped up and one was
open. The open one contained sheet lead
and was taken from the barn where Miss
Lizzie said she had gone to look for lead for
sinkers.
The inquest was resumed at 2:30 o'clock.
Dr. Bowen, the family physician, and Miss
Emma Borden, the daughter, who was in
Bedford at the time of the murders, were
brought to the Central station to be ex
amined. Dr. Handy furnished a very suggestive
hint as to the probable murderer of Mr. and
Mrs. Borden. He says that about 10 o'clock
Thursday morning he saw a man standing on
Second street a -little south of the Borden
residence", the man having such a terrible
and unusual appearance as to attract atten
tion. The stranger was ghastly white, aud
seemed very much agitated. His eyes were
particularly wild. He wore a small black
mustache.
The doctor could certainly identify the man
he observed, aa he was so Btruck by his desper
ate looking character that he turned around
his carriage and gazed at him tor a consider
able time. The police put some credence in
this rumor, as it was said that a man an
swering this description was seen by Officer
Hyde about the same time.
No Substantial Clew Tet.
To-night it cannot be said that the police
have any substantial clew to the murderers
of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J.' Borden. Theo
ries are plentiful, bnt reliable evidence is
wanting. At o o clock this afternoon State
Deteotive Seaver handed the following
bulletin to the reporters:
The Inquest was continued at 10 o'clock
to-dav. The witnesses examined were Miss
Lizzie Borden, John V. Morse, Miss tnma
L. Borden, Dr. S. W. Bowen, Adelaide B.
Churchill andtHlram'C'. Harrington. Ad
journed until 18 A. If. Thursday. Nothing
developed for publication.
This was all that was given out after ex
aminations lasting more than 4' hours.
Whatever the police mav think of the
strength of their clews, it is certain that
the opinions of Miss Borden's many friends
are entirely in favor ot her innocence. Dr.
Bowen told a straightforward story, cover
ing the time since he was called to the
Borden house a few days before the mur
der. He incidentally gate some evidence
which startled the authorities. The nature
of this will not be given ior publication,
but it was learned that to-morrow anotner
examination ot the dead bodies will be
made at Oak Grove Cemetery.
A TliyilcUn's HrpQth-tlcal Case,
Taken all together in connection with an
authoritative statement volunteered to
night, the police have presented very in
sufficient and meager evidence against any
member of the family, and tne evidence
that they have presented is such that it
would be dangerous to proceed upon It.
The Daily Km published the lollowlng in a
late edition to-night:
A physician who has nunred as prominent
lh tho investigation or the Borden mstery
as anyone that can be mentioned, cited
a hypothetical cane this morning, whicu in
dicates ha is undergoing a ohuiute of senti
ment. From the Hint he has timda no secret
of his personal opinion that Miss Lizzie
Borden wait probably guilty of murder. This
morning ho wasUslced il there had been nny
development in the lino of the prutisto acid
clew and his opinion concerning it was re
quested. Instead or answerliiK directly, he
cited his hypothetical case as follows:
Given, a strong-minded, resolute woman,
with nerve en ouch to nave committed those
twomurders; -one after another., Ii.tnU J
woman bad obtained prussio aeid and used
it. would abe not use it agalnt Supposing
i this woman committed, the murders, then
learned that sne was suspected or tne crime,
and that there was in evidence contradictory
statements of family difficulties and pos
sibly even stronger evidence against her of
which she know nothing, wonld she submit
to belnsr locked up in a cellr Would sbo
take the chances of Deins arrested and con
fined In a cell?"
The doctor's hypothetical case looked as
if the prnssic acid story was being dis
credited. CAUSED BY A WOMAN.
The Real Reason for the Honduras Revolu
tion Out at Last A Romance Concealed
in the Rebellion Basis at the Domestic
Trouble.
New Oitleans, Aug. 10. .&
Those who know the full history of the late
Honduras insurrection, which promised
comple'te success at one time, bnt has since
collapsed, declare that the trouble grew ont
of a quarrel over a woman. The two men
who' figured most conspicuously in the
afiair, General Leonardo Kuilo, the "Lion
of Honduras," as he is called, who set np
the standard of revolt, and General Henry
Pizzatti, who, in command of the American
steamer Pizzatti, bombarded and captured
Ceiba, Belfate and Truxillo, and crushed
the .revolutionists, are the deadliest and
bitterest enemies.this enmity being due to a
domestic trouble, the betrayal of a relative
of one of the men by the other. Several
challenges were exchanged between them,
but no duel could be arranged because the
men could not meet in the same town, bnt
each swore to be revenged on the other
sooner or later.
When Nulla was in command of Ceiba,
Pizzatti, although engaged in the Honduras
trade, dare not enter that port, as Ifuila
threatened to have him shot if he did. Piz
zatti waited and got his revenge in time.
Nulla in the late election sided with Lei va
and Begrau and the Government party, and
expected to retain his position for the polit
ical services he rendered. Pizzatti, how
ever, fonnd a way to get rid of him.
A bribe of $3,000, paid bv Pizzatti to
General Munoz, who was very close to"
Begrau and Leiva, secured Nuila's re
moval and Mnnoz's appointment to the po
sition. Nulla, indignant at the treatment,
went over to the Bonilla party, raised the
reuolutionary flags, met with great success
and captured Ceiba and Truxillo, and the
first thing he did after capturing the latter
place was to have Munoz shot.
Captain Pizzatti. findine the revolution
ists making headway aud likely to win,
volunteered his services and his ship to
the Government, more for the purpose of
getting even with Kuila than for any other
reason. He was appointed General in the
army of Honduras and led the forces. In
consequence of the strength and armament
of his steamer he recaptured Ceiba and
Truxillo, and crushed his enemy. Pizzatti
thus seems to have won the final trick,
for he has driven Nulla into exile without
home, money or friends, while he is a Hon
duras General and high in the favor of the
President for having saved the Govern
ment. A MEXICAN CABAVAN BOBBED.
Twenty Armed Guards Overpowered and
Round by IS Brljandi.
Duranoo, Mex., Aug. 10. The mail
courier from Maseatland has arrived here,
bringing information of a bold robbery com
mitted by a band of brigands near Culiacan
in the State of Slnaloa. A train of ten
burros was on the way from the Vedras
mines to Culiacan loaded with 550,000 worth
of silver sulphides in boxes tor export. It
was guarded by 20 men, who were attacked
In camp four nights ago by the bandits,
who numbered about 15 men.
Three of the guards were killed and the
others were overpowered and bound hand
and foot They were left in that condition
by the brigands, who drove the mules wiUi
their precious loads into a deep recess it
the Sierra Madre Mountains. A company
of troops has gone in pursuit of the robbers.
AJT ZLi-A-TIIMIIEilRS.
GOME
AND SEE THIS WEEK'S PEIOES. THEY AEE
THE LOWEST EVER KNOWN.
We struck the right key when we started our LOW-PRICED SALE to
clean out all Summer Goods. Our prices have kept us busy without a halt
so far, and in order to keep up trade during "dog days" we make further
concessions this week. Here are SOME of them:
About 20,000 yards
' CHALLIES
21
Were 6c last week.
1,489 yards Mourn
ing' Challies
5c.
These were 8c
last week.
It will bend,
but it won't break. That's
Kabo. Wear a Kabo corset
for a year, and if any "bones"
break 'or kink, we'll return
your money.
Wear it for, a week or two
and see. Then, if you don't
like it, return it, even if it is
soiled and get your money-
AH our 15b and 12c
Stainless, Seamless
Ladies' Black
HOSE
12c.
Swiss Embroidered
Handkerchiefs
12c.
Down from 30c
t
Just one week of
these. They are
less than cost price.
T. !. LATIMER,
138-1.40 Federal. St., 45-46
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TWO SUMMER GUESTS
Whose Arrival Has Been Dreaded
and Feared by Thousands.
SMALLPOX RAGING IK HEW YORK
ind lelloir Fever Eeported at Quarantine
OS Florida's Coast.
PROGRESS OP THB DISEASES RAVAGES
rsrxclll. TIXXQBAX TO TBS DISPATCH.!
New York, Aug. 10. Six cases of small
pox were reported to the Bureau of Conta
gious Diseases to-day. This was a marked
increase over the usual dally num
ber reported of late. The In
spectors will begin to-morrow to
make a house-to-house search for concealed
cases. "I think there will be many mora
cases in the infected districts," says Dr.
Boberts, chief of the bureau, "but there is
little danger of an epidemic. These cases
are the result of the failure of certain Ital
ians to get vaccinated at the proper time
this year.
"There have been 250 cases since the begin
ning of this year, bnt I do not regard this
fact as alarming. The districts infected are
the Italian quarter in the vicinity of
Thompson, Sullivan, Spring and Prince
streets and South Fifth avenue, and the
Italian quarter in Harlem. Many Italians
have an aversion to vaccination, aud will
not submit to it voluntarily."
The Cases Reported in a Dor.
Annie Galvin, 45 years old, of 192 Spring
street, was the first case reported to-day.
She was sent to North Brother Island.
On Tuesday the department received a pos
tal card from Mrs. Byrnes, housekeeper of
the tenement 101 Houston street. The card
said that Joseph Daneri, who lived with his
wife and sister on the top floor, 'had
been sick for a week, and there was
much secrecy about his case. An inspector
fonnd Daneri suffering from smallpox.
When the inspector called this morning to
nrrange for the removal of Daneri the man
was dead. The hojse was thoroughly dis
infected. Daneri worked as a confectioner.
The health officers have learned where he
was employed and will vaccinate everybody
who was associated with him.
Baptista Bonletti. 39 year3 old, chef at
the Merchants' Club, was another of to
day's victims. His brother was taken down
with the disease some time ago, and, al
though Bonletti was exposed, he continued
his work at the club until two days ago,
Jtrhen he became ill. He was removed to
the Riverside Hospital. The kitchen and
employes of the club will be inspected.
Yellow Fever Offth Florida Coast.
A Tampa, Flo., special gives the follow
ing regarding report current there of yellow
fever at quarantine station. Four cases of
yellow fever have developed on board the
tour-masted American scbooner, Eva
Douglass, which arrived at the Mullet Key
quarantine station on the 3d, from
Havana on her way to Port Tampa, to load
with phosphate." The schooner was
thoroughly fumigated and.tben placed in
quarantine for five days. On the afternoon
of the 5th the Captain sent word ashore
that he was sick. Dr. Porter, the State
health officer.had .jnst arrived at the station,
and on investigation pronounced the Cap
tain's sickness yellow fever. He then
placed Captain 'Bartt, of the quarantine
station, in charge of the Douglass,
and instructed him to move her over
under the point of Egmont Key, about six
miles away from the station and out of the
track of vessels, where there is good
anchorage, ffhis was done, and Dr. Porter
is now on board the vetsel with an ex
perienced vellow fever nurse to assist him
in caring for the cases which have already
and may hereafter develop.
SET IE,
The news at our Corset
Counter will be" surprising
and important This 50c
occasion will double sales
this week.
M Sizes Lais' lists
25c, 35c and 50c.
Down From 25c to. 10c.
MAIS.
Some of the sau
ciest patterns in
Plaids, Cloth and
Cashmere, at 50c
on the dollar.
s. Diamond, Aiiegneny, fa.
Gffls' BBBlers I 5
$1.50 now. Grey BlanMs
75c
Ladies' Percale . PArR
Waists A PAIR'
37c, Ju"st the thing for
Worth 65 c. camping parties.
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