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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
The Pre.Ideul,. Firm Frieud.

When Blaine's positive declination arrived,
Sewell was among the first to wheel into line
for Harrison. He did all ne could for William
Walter Phelps. because the latter was Jersey
man. But he knew Phelps had no chance
either for the Presidency or Vice Presidency,
so he whipped into the Harrison procession as
soon as he could honorably do so. He brought
the other Jersey delegates with him gradually.
Besides this he did an amount of
work for Harrison with outside dele
gates that only those who knew of it
could appreciate. Harrison was aware of il
all along and saw that his old Senatorial chum
was as faithful and earnest as ever. The
moment Harrison was elected President he
made up his mind to repay the favors his
Jersey friend had bestowed upon him so liber-
ally az Washington. He also resolved to renew
the terms of intimacy that had existed. Har-
rison always had a high opinion of Sewelrs
ability and especially of his shrewdness as a
politician.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02

SURELY no battlefield, drenehed in blood and
echoing with the groans of the wounded, could
be more full Of dread more frightfnl than that
flood of waters fleeing from the mountains.
hiding in its dark embrace only the great God
Himself knows how many hapless beings.
Those who saw nothing more of the disaster
than the wreck-strewn Allegheny, have node
sire to see such ghastly funeral procession
again. HEPBURN JOHNS,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
A QUEER HOOSIER HOG.

He Has Eight Legs, Two Bodies and Only
One Mouth.
CRAwFoRDsvnLE, IND, June LA freak
of nature in the shape of double pig was born
few miles north of here last night 1t has
eight legs, two bodies, four ears, but only one
snout and mouth, but double throat and or
gans for two mouths. 1t was of the Poland
China breed, and has been preserved in alco-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02

MISS MoNEYBAGs - Malcom. a suspicion
turks within me that you don't love me, but want
to marry me only for my money.
Malcom-My dear, you are so silly. Don't you
know I'm a member of the Amateur Athletic
Union?
Miss Moneybags-Wel, what has that to do
with it?
Malcom-A great deal; it bars me from taking
part in any event for money.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
JUNE BUGS.

WE welcome thee, oh, pretty month of June,
For you bring to us the roses sweet perfume,
And buds, that in the winter cost us dear,
The same grow in our neighbours yard, quite
near.
morn,
And our dining table with them we adorn;
But, of course, we steal the most of them at
night
For neighbors' wakeful moments then take
flight.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
TILE funniest thing l ever saw
ONE side of the Chief Justices mustac

Was a thing contrary to natures law;
1t was on the river, while taking row,
saw steamboat pass that had u big tow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02

ONE side of the Chief Justices mustache is
Fuller than the other.
Mr. BUsYMAN-My dear, the faculty at Har-
ward must be composed of nothing but lawyers
and slick ones, at that.
Mrs. Busyman-Why so?
Mr. B.-Because had telegram from our son
to-day which said: ''Acting upon the faculty's
advice, leave here on the 4th inst. for home.
Please send me check for Sl.0O0."
Mrs B.-well, what is there in that to make
you think they attorneys9
MIR. B.-Why, the cost of their advice.
BY the side of dock he sat one day,
An each boat as it sailed away,
~ rart.
We lis lad,
1ns, --r-y.Add,
IwouId h - 1 my very best condition
And sail for the Paris Exposition.
A posTMAN is man of letters.
If in this country it should rain a week,
How the people would complain.
But what would they do IL in England they lived,
Where it is lifelong reign.
Mrs. SwELLDoM--My dear, a bill for $40
came for you to-day, for one box of cigars Now
don't you think smoking rather an expensive
habit?
sistent coming from you.
Mrs. S.-Why SO?
Mr.. S.-Because just before left the office sent
check for $50 to BIuejay, the tailor, to pay for
your riding habit. Darling did you speak OF ex-
pensive habits, or did misunderstood your
IT Is not money that he wants,
Nor is it any toy,
But something else 1t takes just now
10 fill the boys with joy.
And that something else is nothing moro,
Than the picture that one gets
With every box of pure straight cut
Made into cigarettes. SEE s. SEA.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
How He Entertained Harrison.

sewell had fine bouffet in-his private COM
mittee room. Representing a generous State
and other interests, as the Jersey Senator did,
he kept choice stock of liquors and gave
lunches daily that were appetizing and socia-
BILE. Harrison sat near Sewell. Both men are
dignified in manner and do not unbend easily,
consequently, on the theory that like takes to
like, they soon became well acquainted, and
soon after grew to be chums ana boon eompan-
ions. Harrison was q regular habitue of Sew
ellis lunch room. The Indiana Senator made
very few friends. Sewell was really his only
close companion. Their intimacy attracted
very little attention at the time, but it is now
recalled by those who were in and around the
Senate at the time Harrison confessed his
great liking for Sewell, and often remarked,
after their Senatorial relations ceased, and
each had gone back to his State, that he would
like to repay some Of the Jersey Senator's
favors. Sewell also had a mighty warm place
in his heart for Harrison. While the Jersey
delegation went to Chicago last summer prac-'
tically pledged to Blaine, Sewell, who was one
of the delegates at large, was not particularly
strong for the man from Maine.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-02
SEWELL,S STRONG GRIP.
The Jersey Senator said to Have Power
fuI Pull on the AdmInistration- shrewd,
Silent Politician, and Harrison's Firm

The Jersey Senator said to Have a Power
fnl Pull on the eAdmInistration-ASh Shrewd,
Silent Politician, and Hnrrison's Firm
Frieud-His Political Methods.
Correspondence Of The Dispatch.l
TRENTON, N. j., May 3l-Ex-Senator Will
lam J. Sewell, of this State, has a tremendous
grip on the administration. This fact has been
recognized here for some time. 1t is now being
recognized at Washington also. There is prob
ably no politician in the United States that
stands closer To President Harrison than Mr.
SeWelL Stories Of their intimacy and Of the
Jersey Senator'S influence with the President
have been ahoat for several months. But only
now is the real state of affairs known. Jersey
Republicans discovered soon after the inaugu-
ration that ex-senator Sewell got whatever he
asked for at the hands of the new administra-
tion. All the appointments for New Jersey
have been such as Sewell desired. Not an
enemy OF the ex-senator, and he has some
bitter ones in his own party. has been able to
obtain even village postmastershlp. Matthew
Stanley Quay and James Gillespie Blaine have
not the pull so far as the signs 20, with Harri-
son that Sewell has. How did it come about?
1t began some years ago when Sewell and
Harrison were in the Senate together. It was
in the days when the s'cold tea" rule was in full
force in the Senate restaurant. Nothing spirit
uous or even malt could be obtained. Senator
harrison was fond of good living. as he still is,
now that he occupies the White House. While
the President is temperate in his habits, he is
not a total abstainer. Occasionally he wanted
bottle of beer, and occasionally some wine, or
possibly drink of good whisky,
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TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.

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circumstances be responsible for the care Of lI7-
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This issue of THE DISPATCH contains
90 pages, made mp of THREE PARTS.
Failure on the part of Carriers, Agents,
NewsdeaIers or NewsbOys TO supply pa.
irons with Complete Number should be
promptly reported to this Office.
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Sunday issue of The Dispatch TO friends
should bear in mind the fact that the post
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require n 2-cent stamp 10 insure prompt
delivery.
PITTsBURG. SUNDAY. JUNE 2 lSSa
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
MORE APPOINTMENTS.

Chicago Gets a Postmaster-A New
solicitor of the Treasury.
The President has made the following ap-
pointments: s
w. P. Hepburn, of Iowa. to be solicitor Of
the Treasury; VIM. H. Whiteman, OF New
Mexico, associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the Territory of New Mexico; Jas.
A. Sexton. postmaster at Chicago, Ill. e
General VIM. p. Hepburn, who was an
pointed solicitor OF the Treasury represented
the Eight district of Iowa in Congress for
several terms. He was born in Coiumbiana
county, Ohio, In 1888, and began the study OF
law In 1858 In 1856 he was elected prosecu.
ting attorney of Marshall county, Iowa. and
was subsequently, elected chief clerk OF the
iowa House OF Representatives. He served
III the Union army during the war and at
one time commanded the Second RriQada
cavalry division, Sixteenth Army Corps. He
has always been an earnest Republican. and
was recommended for the solicitorship by the
leading men OF his party In tho state
Mr. Whiteman was nominated to this office
during the special session of the Senate but
his nomination was not acted upon.
James a. Sexton, the new postmaster MT
Chicago, Is we'll known business man OF
that city, In which he has lived for twenty
years or more. During the war he served II,
tho Union Army. He has been Commander
OF the Illinois department OF the G., A. r.
HIS business Is that OF an iron founder, and
he Is man Of considerable means. He has
always been an active Republican, but has
never before held any public Office Of promi-
nence. his appointmeat was urged by Sena-
tor Farwell, the Chicago member of the
House Of Representatives, and various old
soldier organizations. 5,5-ft7..l
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Denartment Notcs

The following named post Office inspectors
on mail depredations have been removed:
James E Alexander, Atlanta, GA. James II.
Griffin, Atlanta. Ga. and Romus f. Stuart
Chicago. Lewis Lewberger, OF Indiana,
post-office Inspector in the money order SER
vice, has resigned. Francis NJ. Goar, of
Mississippi, and George W. Deatherage, of
st. Louis, post office inspector on mail depre-
dai ions, have also resigned.
Theodore Smith. of New York, a special
examiner in the post-ofiicr, who resigned last
Summer, has leen reinstated.
The commissions OF the following named
| postmasters who were nominated by Presi-
dent Cleveland and confirmed by the Senate
February IS, 1889, were signed by President
Harrison: Miss Mary s. Thompkins, at
Williamson, Mich; LEROY L. Brinkley, at
EdontoD, N. c., and Miss Della NJ. Barrows
| at Hinsdale N. II.
Robert w. Ross, of Illinois, the recorder
Of the General Land Office, and Virgil NJ.
Hobbs, OF Indiana, Chief Of the Contest
Division in. the General Land Office have
resigned
Ten additional clerks, making twenty in
ALL will lie detailed from the different divis-
ions in the Post-ofiice Department to brief
applications and other papers relating to ap-
pointments. II this force is found to be
insufficient to speedily bring the work up to
| date further details will DO made.
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THEIR PLUNDER FOUND.

Government Ohicials Charged with,
Stealing.
The United States Grand Jury has found
Is indictments against William Harmed, ex-
Special Deputy Collector. IL against Herbert
+. Beecher, ext reasury Agent, - against
Quincy A. Brooks for stealing from the
Government. Records and accounts have
been thoroughly overhauled and presented
to the Grand Jury by Government officials
sent out from Washington to Port Townsend,
w. T., by the department to make investi-
cations OF the many charges preferred by
the press and public.
The records show that vessels havs been
overcbargcd in entrance and clearance, and
by this method vessels were swindled OF
small sums amounting to a few dollars each,
which aggregate many thousands dollars per
year. In another part OF the records It was
fonud that a payer was charged in some In
stances many hundred dollars more than
credited. The largest steal discovered was
for duties paid on the cargo Of the British
bark Maderfa, from Liverpool, last June.
Duty TO tho amouns OF 81 ,03S was paid, aud
the Government received $5,0A4. After this
Harmed was dismissed. Over ef2,OO0 waa
found in various parts Of his Office, socreted
under thecarpets, IN fiowor-pots, pigov.i-holes
end other places. The records OF the daily
receipts during the latter part OF Beechers
timc nro also mfssin9 from the Office.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
TRIED TO BEHEAD HIS WIFE
"A Spaniard's Bloody work-Murder
and Suicide.

a spanfard's Bloody Work-Nfurtier
and Suicide,
fearful tragedy was enacted about
seven o'clock in the morning at Buffalo,
N. T., in a tenement occupied by Thorn rs
Dominguez, Splniard. aged about thirty
eight years, his wife Carina aud their two
little children. Domingu,z had been out all
night On his return ho attacked his wife
with a razor. The house consisted Of four
rooms, one being used for kitchen or sit
CihS room, while the other three were used
as bedrooms. From their appearances aftor
the crime, 1t would seem that a fearful
struggle ensued between the husband and
wne, ana that he must have attacked her
almost the moment he entered the kitchen
rom tho hall. The woman, it Is thought
was standing at the stove cooking breakfast
wnen ne sprang upon her with the razor and
gave the first blow. She must have fought
desperately for her hands. arms, hend aud
,ace were cut and slashed i'm many places,
out he hnaliy obtained the mastery and
Almost cut her head from her body.
Inc nend then dragged her down stairs
ana threw her out upon the pavement In the
court, where she diei He then went back
ana into what may be called the front bed
room, from where he could see his wife
yin9 below, almost swimming In her blood.
Ssanding there. he, with the same razor, cut
Sond easily push 6oSh halt sAInag;
close 70 the window. He must have did
almost instantly.
The murderer left letter, written In
Spanish, in which he accused his wife OF In
fidelity and said he had made up his mind to
Kill her. He had lately been in New York,
Dut returned home a few DAYS ago. SIX
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Devoted to Agriculture, HortiouIlura 0s =;

TO be excused, eaying he was afraid The
Americans would attack tho German sailors.
he further requested that the American
officers should take full charge.
were not allowed to approach the lower mart
OF the town, where the Germans had their
:iesidJuaTters. The next great question was
how to get the news of tho disaster TO Amer
iSa ana Europe. Frank Wilson was sent to
Futuila Island, where he boarded the stcamer
Mariposa for Auckland, from whence he tele.
graphed the news: -
The Calliope took on coal, and THURSDAY
March 10 after firing thirteen guns as a salute
Order was generally restored in ApiS S in a
lew days. a large force of Samoans sue
ceeded In hauling Off the Nipsic Tho Tren-
IONS sailors are temporarily quartered In
tents In the middle of the town. The Van
Consulate The survivors Of the German
vessels arc quartered In tho German Trading
Company's warehouse. :,
Most Of the merchant vessels in the harbor
at the s tune OF the storm belonged to the Gess
Admiral KimbS -, Sonsnsndfnu ma AruxSs
!con neeS was the Vast to Leave ,k6e 4Teofo1.'
ms nag ship. He said he considered faulty
indirectly the cause of her wreck. TT
WITHIN Few days of the storm q condition
OF things resembling order had been BROUGHT
about. Tho marines and Mataafa's police
had been actively at work In this direction.
mortal services ut different dates for the dead.
at the German service Admiral Kimberly
and other American officers attended.
Only about one-fourth Of the bodies have
been recovered. Some Of these were bafiv
mutilated. 1t was difficult to identify them.
or even to tell tho nationality, and it was
finally determined to bury all at one spot To-
gether.
A body, thought to be that Of Captain
SpI,< bar A.
miles distant from the immediate scene OF
tho disaster. = Z =
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SHOT BY MOONSHlNERs.

Death OF One of tho Men Who Aided
In the Capture OF a Gang.
3 Joseph Wallace, one of the officers who,
In company with Detective Baldwin, on
April I'd, attempted to arrest William Moran,
the moonshiner, and was shot In the chin by
the desperado, died from tho effects of his
wound at Taxewell Conrt-house, Va, on
Sunday night He had been taken TO that
place otter being Wounded. Directive Bald
win and Eugene Robinson, who Nero also
wonnded In she fight with Moran, have re-
c0vered. They are now on the track Of
another gang that have been selling Illicit
wtiskey In West Virginia and Virginia and
defying tho law. Mercer county, w Va,
AID TAzeweii county especially aronnd the
coal operations at sCooper's and Fiipping,
have been infested by moonshiners for some
tme, and who have been the cause OF a
great deal OF trouble about payday at the
iDines =, 7' = - q
Baldwin and his assistants have sent no
less than forty moonshiners to Jail and peni-
tentiary Within the last four weeks, and the
coal operators, as well as the citixsns OF Po-
cHhontas and Bramweli, are very much
Grntified over the success Baldwin has met
Wtsb. especially In Kidding tbis particular
seqston Of this class Of dSspeFsdoss and
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
THE EARTH cAvED IN.
a Ere.en. rsa,n wreeked y .be Col

A Freight Train wrecked by the Col
, sssz,5s s.5s..3,s g .= zee ne {. Col Mli:e
A bad wreck occurred on the Cairo Short
Line, a mile from Bslleyille, No.. at l. 40 In
the morning. the train being q freight,
bound east, John Hswkins, conductor, aud
Patrick Tobin, engtnesr. Without any
warning the ground begin 10 sink beneath
the engine, and the engineer and fireman
jumped and escaped with D few bruises.
The Walnut Valley Company's coal mine
was; underneath, and the ground had sunk
from six to eight feet Tor iistance OF about
60 feet In length by 10 feet inSwidth. The
engine and i've box cars were etill on the
rails, but the thirteen other cars were piled
up In confusion. y
From beneath the pile came agonizing
cries, neighborinx Farmers and miners after
working two hours dug ont from under the
|; coal and debris Sam Patton. brakeman,
fearfuliy bruised from head TO foot and In.
jured internally. Brakeman Pat Brown re
ceived severe cut On the haesiS iSsnd back, bu!
is not thou9hs to'bs seriously injured + Two
OF the overturned coal cars with their Ioads
caught fireand were burned, the blaze Hum.
mating the sky for miles around. Twelve
fnt oars loaded with coal were. reduced to
splinters and the contents Of one box car
s loaded with boots and shoes, boxes OF eggs
and other merchandiss were scattered along
the track. The wreck was cleared and q
|. track built around the depression.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
FROM WASHINGTON.
Happenings Of Interest at the
Capitol.
Governor isobinsOn Dcciines-Barred
oy the Contract Labor Law-Re-
lief for the Men at samoa

Governor Robinson, of Massachusetts,, one
OF the commissioners to negotiate with the
Cherokee Indians for the cessions of lands in
the Indian Territory to the United States,
called on the President and informed him
that he could not possibly serve on the com
mission. The President accepted Governor
Robinson's decliuation with regret The do.
cereuro'ot the -comuission to the Cherokee
country will be delayed by this declination,
Out steps have been taken to till the vacancy
at ehce, 80 as to cause as little delay as pos
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-26
Commissioners Tanner ask Indulgence

commissioner Tanner, of the Pension Bu-
reau, received during the first week in the
s esehI month oo,eIl letters and other pieces
OF mail matter pertaining to the business OF
us oiiice, and last week he received G9. 600
pieces. The commissioner desires this fact
made public as a general explanation OF de-
ISs In answering correspondence from
urand Army men and others having personal
interest in pension cases now pending in the
oincs. lie bespeaks the indulgence Of cor
respondents until the present burden OF the
work shall have been disposed Of. Tho Com
missioner Is making every effort in his
power to expedite the work of his office md
day. '''o''
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HE DROPPED LIKE A BALL.
A Leap from a Famous High Bridge
Into tho kentucky River.


Meredith Stanley, Of Cincinnati, o., a we'll
known athlete and bridge jumper, who has
challenged Brodie Of New York, made tn 9
most remarkable leap on record. 1t was from
the famous high bridge on the Cincinnati
Southern railroad over she kentucky river.
The height is 2S5 feet. He selected a place
where the water was twelve feet deep, ,attred
in silk tights and slippers leapod into tho air,
and doubling up his body like q ball, fell to
water, and moment later bounded to the
surface, whore ho was quickly seized uy as
sistants In q boat. He coughed bloc q little
while. but soon recovered and took the train
for Cincinnati. He says the feat is done by
knowing how, and by perfect selt-confidence.
He escaped without breaking the skin, and
feels as we'll as ever. This bridge is the high.
est in the world except one.
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THE SAMOAN CONFERENCE.
Who The German and English Rep.
resentatfyes are.

Who The German and English Rep.
resentatives are.
"The Berlin Post" says that the Samoan
Conference will open on May 1. The Ger
man delegates are Count Herbert Bismarck
and DR.. Krauel, Privy Councillor Of Iega-
tion, of the Foreign Office. Count Herbert
will preside.
Sir f iward b. Malet, British Ambassador
ut Berlin, will represent England at the
Samoan Conference He will be assisted
by two officials from the Foreign Office.
"The Cologne Gazette" says: "The nomi-
nation of Mr.. Sewail as disbursing officer of
the American Commissioners to the Samoan
Conference, together with the appointment
OF Mr.. Bates as q member Of the Commits
sion, warrants the supposition that the
Washington Government does not seriously
desire a friendly settlement Of the question
concerning Samoa"
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I Thomas wfthsrslI Pslmsr, Of Detroit. the
neM Minister 20 Spain, was born at Detroit,
Mich, Jan. 25, iSS u; was educated In the
public schools, at Thompson's Academy at
Palmer (now St Clairi, Mich.. and at the
Michigan University Is and has .heen a
manufacturer and farmer has servedAsn the
Board or Estimates OF Detroit and as State
Senstor in tS79-S0; was elected to the United
States Senate as o Republican, upon the
eighty first joiut ballot OF the Legisiature 10
succeed the Hon. Thomas w. Ferry, Repub-
lican, and took his seat Dec 3, 1883. His
term Of service expired March 8, 1889.