Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 9, 1894, Page 2

= Ghicago on the Monon rallway was brought to & halt by the mob. The engineer and fireman were made to dismount and the lo- comotive was quickly “Killed” by opening & yalve and allowing all the water to run out of the boller. The active leaders of the mob wero not local strikers or known to the Hammond people. Under thetr leadership, however, the town was terrorized last night and rail way trafic paralyzed. Boldly operating right in the center of town the mob had everything nearly its own way. The worst trouble came about 3 a. m., when, In a skirmish with rallway employes, three men were lald Jow in a bunch. Two of the rallway men were badly Injured in other encounters. The man whose wounds are supposed to be morfal Is H. B. Miles, an employe of the Interlocking Switch com pany, One of the acts of the desy mob was the burning of a Pullman coach. It was set on fire in several places simultaneously and completely consumed. lly twenty-five freight cars were deralled and tipped upside down, but the torch was not applied to them. An unprecedented proceeding In strike tactics was the attack on the telegraph of- fice. The mob became possessed with the fdea that telegrams were about to be sent to Governor Matthews at Indianapolis ask ing for troops and the strike leaders de termined to forestall such action if possible Entrance to the telegraph office was ef fected with scant courtesy and in the prossive language of an eye witness, “Th place was cleaned out completely.” Since then telegraphic communication between Hammond and the outside world has be cut oft completely. MAJOR HARTZ TALKS A special train on the Monon arrived late tonight, bearing a detall of United State infantry, under command of Major Hartz having in eustody four of the ringleaders in this afternpon’s disorders there. Major Hartz was seen on arrival by an Assoclated press representative and spoke very tersely of the trouble, observing very significantly in conclusion: . “Things have quleted down somfewhat at Hammond siuce the trouble this afternoon.”” 1n reply to inquiries, the major said: “We succeeded in moving five mail trains which were being beld at Hammond by rioters In moving one train we were confronted by a gang who lined up in a solid mass in front of the engine. They were warned to make way, but no attention was paid to the ad- monition and we ‘gave it to them." One man was killed 50 far as I know now, and four or more were wounded, how badly I am not informed.” When asked for further {nformation the major referred all questioners to department headquarters. Thomas Jackman, one of the men shot and wounded in the riot yesterday at Forty- ninth and Loomis, died this morning. At a late hour tonight all is quiet, though several groups of rioters have made threat- ening demonstrations different points points about the city. The officers com- manding the United States forces made pub- lic the following telegram received by him from General Miles: “Commanding Officer of the United States Troops: General Scho- flell wires that Governor Matthews of In- diana has asked the president that three companies of United States troops be sent to Hammond to disperse the mob of rioters. This makes your duty and that of the troops plain. You ‘are to fire upon any mob or men obstructing the line of road and hold the place until further orders. By command of General Miles. ex- UNCHANGED IN UTAH. Federal Soldiers on the Move In Several sieria Directions. SALT LAKE, July 8.—The railroad situ- ation is unchanged. The strikers did not even hold a meeting today. Four com- panies of the Sixteenth Infantry received orders to move last night and left for Ogden this morning. Two companies of the same regiment left here at 7 o'clock tonight for Grand Junction, Colo., where strikers are reported destroying railroad property. Not Anxlous to Strike. WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 8.—An atlempt to form branches of the A. R. U. among the railroad employes of this section has failed. A committee of agitators from Chi- SERI:S 8. The Book oi the Builders HISTORY or .. WORLD'’S FAIR ‘D. H. Burnbam WHO Chief of Construction, BUILT IT, Director of Decoration. RING 6 coupons with 25 cents, or, sent by mail, 5 cents extra, in coin (stamps not accepted). Address, Memorial Department, OMAHA BEB. SERIES NO. 20, THE AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIC DICTIONARY. 4200 Pages, 250,000 Words INSTRUCTIVE AND USE¥UL. A Mine of Knowledge and a Mint of Usefulness. 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The raflroad men have not yet recovered from the effects of the Lehigh valley strike of last year and are not enthusiastic over the prospect of going out again. TROOPS FOIR HAMMOND, oldiers In Force at that Town INDIANAPOLIS, July 8.—As a result of the riot at’ Hammond, Ind., Governor Mat- thews called on President Cleveland for troops. The president, through Secretary Lamont, replied that the request had been referred to General Miles, in command of the Department of the Missourl, who has full authority. General Miles has ordered two companies of regulars from Newport, Ky., to proceed to Hammond Governor Matthews also telegraphed Governor Altgeld of Illinois pointing out the difficulties state troops have in preserv- ing the peace owing to the state line, and asked that troops from either state be permitted to cross the line whenever neces- v to preserve the peace. The governor sent a third telegram the mayor of Hammond asking him to is a proclamation calling on the citizen fammond to abstain from collecting crowils. Governor Matthews has ordered fifteen companles of militia to Hammond, Ind. All are northern Indiana companies except one detachment of light artillery from this city. The number of soldiers ordered out will make 50. Late tonight Governor Altgeld granted the permission to Indiana troops to come into Mlinois and wired the Illinois state troops to co-operate with Indiana soldlers to sup- press disorder. State and Federat to ue of in NT FATLED. Futile Efforts to Tie Up Points Botween Cinelnnatl and Lake Port CINCINNATI, July 8.—Agents of Debs at- tempted simultaneous movements today to tie up Jjunction points between the Ohlo river and lake ports The information tonight from Hammond, Ind., Springfleld, Columbus, Deleware, Lima, Canton and Cres- ton, the statement of the officials is that the plan failed. South of the river the strike fafled. The local roads are doing better every day. The parade and mass meeting of strikers at Music hall tomorrow night is awaited with some apprehension. ngineers of the Alabama Southern rafl- road have voted to not join the strike. The firemen of the road have gone out, but their places will be easily filled. NEW YORK KNIGHTS MAY STRIKE. One Hundred and Fifty Tho Go Out. NEW YORK, July 8.—District assembly No. 49, Kuights of Labor, neld a protracted meeting today. The meeting adjourned at 6 o'clock, when it was said that a dispatch was awaited hourly from (Grand Master Workman Sovereign ordering out the 150,000 members of the organization. A resolution was passed condemning the employment of state and federal troops at Chicago and denouncing Attorney General Olney “‘and the rest of the capitalistic crew in ordering the destruction of human life to give a few dollars a year to Pullman, et al The action of Grand Master Soverelgn and the American Railway union was en- dorsed. ; ACTIVITY AT FORT RILEY. and Ready to Four Troops of the Third Cavalry Enroute to Chicago. TOPEKA, Kan., July 8.—A special to the Capitol from Junction City, Kan., says: This has been a busy day at Fort Riley. Or- ders came at 11:15 a. m. from department headquarters for troops. Three batteries of light artillery, four traops of theThird cavalry the signal corps and detachment of the hos- pital corps left for Chicago over the Union Pacific. Major Randolph, in command of the artillery post here, wiil be in command. The first section, twenty-seven stock, ten box and seven coal cars, left at 7 p. m., and the sccond, with fourtcen coaches and one Pullman, later. But forty troops of the Sev- enth remain at the post. MINERS LOOT A ST(!IKE. Twelve Hundred Poles and Ttallans at Princeton, 1L, Become Desperate. PRINCETON, Ill, July $.—The general merchandise store of the Whitcbreast Fuel company at Ladd was looted last night by a mob of 1,200 aliens, miners from Spring Valley. The stock was valued at $30,000 and will be a complete loss, such articles as could not be carrled away being destroyed. The mob was composed of Italians, Poles and Lithuanians from Spring Valley. The strikers have become 50 emboldened by their success of the last three days that they made known for the first time their plans for the future, It is the sacking of the buildings of coal companies, the destruction of the machinery and the burning of the mines. TRAINS MOVING IN CALIFORNIA. Everything Quict and Federal Troops Not Required at Present. FRANCISCO, Cal, July 8.—Local trains were run from Los Angeles today over both Southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines, the latter starting an overland with one Pullman attached. A train also ar- rived at Los Angeles from Albuquerque with a Pullman. It is reported at Los Angeles that the government will take steps tomior- row to compel railroads to move freight as well as passenger trains. Reports frcm Oakland and Sacramento are to the effect that everything is quiet. There is no word of federal troops having been ordercd yet to either of these points. SAN| U. P. SHOPMEN MAY STRIKE, Shight Authority for the Report that the Federated Board Was Not Well Informed. DENVER, July 8.—P. J. Conlon, district machinist of District No. 1, Kansas City, of the International Order of Machinists, s in the city. He said today that the state- ment of Secretary Corbin of ‘the District assembly, Knights of Labor, to the effect that the shopmen on the Union Pacific would remain loyal to the road was unwarranted. He asserts that 80 per cent of the Union Pacific shopmen at this poit were members of the International Order of Mechanics and would strike when the proper time should come. AFTER EIGHT DAYS TIE-UP, Tralns Again Moving on Some Divisions of the Ilinols ntral, BRAZIL, Ind., July 8.—The passenger | train on the Chlcago and central divisions | of the Illinols Central went forward for the first time in eight days, Roadmaster Sweeney firing the train the entire distance, as no fiteman could be found. ing of strikers was held here this after- noon, and telegrams from Debs was read saying that success was certain, admonishing tho strikers to abstain from violence in any form, and proposing that none should re- turn to work unless all could, An immense meet- re Injunctions In Colorado. 2 DENVER, July 8.—Juige Hallet of the United States district court today issued an injunction restraining rallway employes and all other persons from interfering with the passage of the United States malls on all roads in Colorado. The order goes into effect immediately, and to enforce its terms a number of additional deputies have been sworn in, and, If necessary, the United States traops will be called upon. Typographical Unlon Sympathy. NEW YORK, July 8.—At a special meet- ing today Typographical union No. ¢ passed resolutions of sympathy with the A. R. U. and decided that the only solution to the trouble lay In the purchase of the railways by the government. Little Business at Fort Wayne. FORT WAYNE, July 8.—Nono of roads are attempting to move any trains except the Pennsylvania and Vandalta, The blocks on either side of the other station ls the THE OMAHA DAILY BEM:y MONDAY, ULY 9, 1894 patrolled by seventy-five deputy States marshals, a large police force and a corps of special policemen. No one is ‘al- lowed on the company's property unless he has passed a rigid examination. ARMY OFFICERS BUSY. Some Western Troops Sent to Chieago— Others Reported the Way. Yesterday was an extremely busy day for the officers in the headquarters of the D partment of the Platte in this city. The entire working force in the adjutant gen- eral’s office had been kept busy all night before and all day yesterday until 4 o'cicck recelving and transmitting reports from and to the several points covered by the operations of the department. Although the number of troops moved from point to point in the department was not large, yet the expedition required made the work some- what more complicated, The troops from Forts Niobrara and Robinson were sent to Evenston and Rawling by special train, transportation being furnished by the Elk- horn. In addition to the troops sent west to Union Pacific points the department also dispatched four troops of the Sixth cavalry from Fort Niobrara to Chicago. These trcops came down the Eikhorn to Blair, frcm whence they passed eastward to Chi- ago via Missouri Valley. The men got away Saturday night, but the horses were not loaded on the stock train until yesterday morning. In spite of the reticence of the military avthorities at headquarters there are good reasons for the belief that other movements of troops not made public have either been inaugnrated or are in contemplation. The Bee received a telephone message from Fort Omaha last evening stating that word had been received there by Major Wirth that four companies of the Ninth cavalry at Fort Robinson had been ordered to Chicago and would pass through Omaha at 3 o'clock this morning. At headquarters all knowledge of this movement was denied. It is evidently the purpose of the department to conceal as far as possible the departure of troops for the east. The intense activity in the various offices of the department, however, indicated all day yesterday that matters of unusual importance were under way. No reports of disorders were received at head- quarters yesterday. CAUSE OF THE STRIKE, Explanation of a Kuight of Labor on the Subjoeet. PHILADELPHIA, July 8—The Inquirer will say tomorrow: The strike 18 not now and from its inception has never been a battle for organized labor in the Pullman shops,” said a prominent official of the Knights of Labor today. “It is the result, pure and simple, of a fight for supremacy among laboring oragnizations. In other words, the strike is a trump card played by labor leaders in the game which they are playing against the leaders of rival organiza- tions and against rivals in their own or- ders. “Six months ago the Knights found posi- tive prof of the fact that the great body of the order was thoroughly disgusted and that the order was on the verge of falling to pleces. The decision was soon reached that the only salvation for them lay in a general uprising of labor. They were also urged to this determination by the fact that the Federation of Labor was waging a_war to the death aaginst the Knights. There was but one, a young and vigorous order, favorable to and built upon the Knights of Labor idea of striking. That one was the A. R. U. The leaders of the Knights_once proceeded to fraternize with ehe A. R. U. for the defeat of the Federa- tion. “At a conference in January it was de- cided to issue an order to the master work- man of every local assembly of the Knights, asking him to call upon all members to pay in 5 cents weekly to an emergency fund to be used in a movement of national im- portance. Meanwhile the leaders waited for an opportunity for the proper uprising, and the Pullman strike offered the desired opportunity. All plans were perfected and funds made ready before a move was made. This strike is the most formidable and deeply planned of any uprising that has ever occurred in a clvilized country in a half century.” NEW YORK POLICE DEFIED. Labor Unlons Will Express Their Sympathy for Strikers at a Mass Meeting. NEW YORK, July 8.—The Central Labor unfon today discussed the railway strike and appointed a committee to confer with a committee from Typographical union No. 6, the Knights of Labor and other organiza- tions, to hold a mass meeting to express sympathy with the strikers. This meeting will be held in a few days. Numerous speeches were made in sympathy with the Chicago strikers, praising Governor Altgeld, denouncing President Cleveland and defy- ing the New York police to Interfere with the proposed labor union mass meeting. TRADES UNIONS IN CONFERENCE, May Order Out All Organized Labor in Chicago in Sympathy. CHICAGO, July 8.—A mass meeting of the representatives of all the trades unions in the city s in sesslon tonight to consider the question of going on a strike in sym- pathy with the Pullman boycott. The meet- ing will, without doubt, last all night. It 18 not expected that any action will be taken before daylight, and it will probably be later than that before the meeting adjourns. Tral Moving at Kansas City, KANSAS CITY, July 8.—All passenger trains on all roads left here on schedule time today. Affairs in the yards are assuming a normal condition and it is believed that in a few days freight trains will be sent out as usual. The industrial council held a meeting this afternoon to take action on the strike. Resolutions wer adopted vigor- ously condemning all the brotherhoods of railroad employes for their action since the strike_began and endorsing the A. R. U. and Knights of Labor. New Scheme to Secure Relief. DENVER, July 8.—The Denver & Rio Grando road will today start a special train over its system, containing representatives of every organization among its employes, on the first division of the road. These repre- sentatives and the officials of the road will endeavor to induce the striking employes to return to work. All who wish to return will be given their old positions, but those who do not return cannot rgenter the employ of the company. Pullman Denounced. PROVIDENCE, R. L, July 8.—Seventy- three delegates of the New England al- liance, Knights of Labor, met today. Reso- lutions denouncing George M. Pullman praising the American Railway union, en- dorsing the stand taken by General Master Workman Soverelgn, and condemning Presi- dent Cleveland for sending regular troops to Chicago, were unanimously adopted. Through an Open Swit LAFAYETTE, Ind, July 8.—Train No. 3, on the Monon, due here at 1 o'clock, ran into an open switch on the outskirts of the city and two Pullman sleepers were derailed, Charies Long, who was riding on the mail car platform, Jumped and was badly bruised by striking a switch target. The train came down from Hammond without a conductor, the strikers having detached him there. All TraMe Under Police Protection, CHICAGO, July 8.—At the headquarters of the General Managers' association tonight it is admitted that not a raflroad in is moving Its trains except under a heavy military or police protection. Most of the roads are getting through a limited number of passenger trains, but the tie-up of freight business here is practically complete. Will Not Strike at Baltimors BALTIMORE, July B8.—Engincers, fire- men, trainmen and laboring organizations here do not favor the strike of the A. R. U. While one or two lodges of labor organiza- tions have passed resolutions of sympathy, none of the men are disposed to enter into a strike. Numbers of rallway employes of the better class are golng west Frel t Blockade at Detroit. DETROIT, Mich, July 8.—Passenger trains are moving with almost thelr usual Chicago | aited | regularity in Dotro. ~ Freight 1s badly blocked. = At Port Huron today the Grand Trunk freight handlbed( refused to handle treight, which will_prgbably complete the treight blockade. e ‘I:n.-unwr train was sent out from Battle Creek on the Grand Trunk today. It is difficult to secure crews for the Bib Four trifns at Benton Harbor, NOT CONFINED TO “r—y Strike Not to Be Settled Until All Wage Questions Are settied. CHICAGO, July 8“THe Herald tomorrow will publish the folfowing: The presen t strike of rallway employes In Chicago and the entire country, accord- ing to recent reports, Is not to be confined to a settlement of the strike of the employes of the Pullman Palace Car company, It is the fntention of the A. R. U. to force a settlement of the wage question on all roads on which they are organized before they agree to the settiement of the present strike. President Debs dictated telegrams about as follows to every chairman of a local airman strike committee Il we push the strike for higher wages along with the Pullman boycott? Get a yote of your union and answer immediately. Jebs. ' These telegrams were sent out on Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday of the first week of the strike. Telegrams came in rapidly; a opposed, but a majority strongly in the affirmative. Mob Fired on by D CHICAGO, July 8.—The General Managers assoclation fssued the following bulletin to- night: “A Panhandle wrecking train bear- ing twenty deputy marshals was stoned by a mob at Twenty-second street tonight, and the deputy marshals arrested two men. The mob still threw stones and fired on the mar- shals, who returned the fire, killing one man and wounding several others. Five cars and the oil house were burned at Twen- ty-second street. LLMAN, Sympathy from Massuchusetts, BROCKTON, Mass., July 8.—The Central Labor unfon held a crowded meeting this afternoon. Fervid resolutions against the Pullman company and President Cleveland, as well as others in favor of the A. R, U. and the government control of railrouds were adopted. A telegram of encouragement was sent to President Debs. Burned Norfole & Western Cars. HUNTINGTON, W. Va, July 8.—A dis- astrous fire occurred at North Kenora, five miles below here, at 10 o'clock last night. Incendaries set fire to box cars loaded with coke lying on the Norfolk & Western tracks, and ten of them were burned. The flames communicated with the depot and de- stroyed that also Russin Not Invited. LONDON, July 8.—A Rispatch o the Standard from its correspondent in Berlin says: I am able to state on excellent authority that China has neither requested Russia to intervene nor consented to her intervention in the Japanese-Chinese dis- pute. Will Contribate Liberally. BOSTON, July §.—The tenor of the pro- ceedings in the meetings held by labor organizations connectéd ‘with the railway ser- vice today was decidedly against the strike. Many of the organizatiéns are waiting the call for subscriptions, which when made will be responded to immediately. s General Sirike at Tolodo. TOLEDO, 0., July, 8.—A general strike is ordered on all Toledo reads at 6 o'clock in the morning. The!'Ohio Central men will €0 out at midnight:and the Wheeling & Lake Erie will be tied upat the same time. The effect of the strike will not be noticeable until morning. Drainage Canal Bridge Damaged. EAST CHICAGO, Ind,, July 9.—Unknown miscreants set fire tp and undermined one of the plers of the railroad bridge of the drain- age canal, just south, of the city. The bridge is' now impassable, hnd no Wabash or Fort Wayne trains can' pass until repairs are made. Objectionuble to the Union. SIOUX CITY, July 8.—The Sioux City Ty- pographical union today expelled two of its members who were militiamen and who turned out when the sheriff ordered out the company here. The strike situation is un- changed. No Trouble at Cleveland. CLEVELAND, July 8.—There has been absolutely no change in the strike situation tonight. The trains are running the same as yesterday and no attempt was made to interfere with them. Trains Moving in New York. NEW YORK, July 8.—All trains are mov- ing on time and the effects of the strike aro not yet perceptible here, so far as pas- senger servico is concerned. Struck on Order of Debs. Richmond, Ind., July 8.—The employes of the Evansville & Richmond struck on order of Debs, and traflic on the road is now com- pletely suspended. Little Interference at the Capital WASHINGTON, July 8.~—Local raflroad business is not greatly affected by the strike except the western traffic Day at Nashvill NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 8—The passed without incident, trains moved as usual. day All passenger As Usual at Des Moines. DES MOINES, July 8.—The strike situa- tion here tonight is quiet. No further trouble 13 feared. No Change in the Clover Leat. FRANKFORT, Ind., July 8.~—There is no change in the Clover Leaf train service here. e i An Encourag ractice Trial, Chicago Tribune: “I am to understand, then, Miss Plunkett,” sald the young man, outwardly calm, whatever may have been the empest of passion that agitated his interlor, ‘that this avowal Is an unwelcome surprise to you? “I have never dreamed, Mr. Hankinson," she replied, with cold and almost disdainful glance, “of the possibillty of such a thing, and I beg that you will never renew the sub- Jeet.” “It would be useless to reopen the discus- sion, would it “It would." “You could never look upon me in any other light than that of a friend?" “Never." Ho was silent a moment, and then, with a visible effort at unedncern, he said “‘Pardon me for dsking the question, Miss Plunkett, but was thefe anything unseemly or repellent in my language or in my man- ner of expressing myself?'" “No, sir. Uunder the circumstances, Mr. Hankinson, T have no' objection to saying | that you expressed gourelf admirably. Your | words were well chosen, and your man- ner, apart from the—the emotion, which I need not say 1 do not share, was unobjection- able. Jad you been At all predisposed in my favor, then, you could’ have listened kindly to me and—and might-bmight possibly—" “1 think 1 may say yes to that,” sie said, pitying his evident elubarrassment ot it made 00 impression on your c—on your heatt?", Vone at all.” “And it will never be of any use for me to ask you agaln?"’ “Once more, Mr. Hankinson, said the young woman, coldly, “‘and once for all, no “Then you won't mind my telling you, Mi: Plunkett,"” " he sald, greatly relleved, that I was indulging in a little preliminary practice with a view to calling on Laura Bilderback. 1 am going there now. Good evening, Miss Plunkett 2D Kesonting an Insult, “I'm sick,” whined the tramp at the kitchen door, “and will you please give me Just & piece of bread and butter?” “‘Nothing n about you, ls there?’ responded the ity lined cook. "**No ma'am, there ain't.” erhaps you would like to have some sugar on your bread?" sald the cook with sarcasm. The tramp drew back dignifiedly. “Excuse me,” he said, "I may have my weakness, but I hardly think there is anythiug in my manner to warrant you in thinkiog I am a United States senator,” aud the cook apolo- glzed on the apot. A PRINGE OF THE BLOODS The Sage of Aru Disburses Mystic Cult in Exchange for Oash. ORIENTAL ORDER OF SAT B'HAI KOOHA The Chief of the Kooha s Cuckoo Ame Fakire—How Heo Soquestered the Wealth of St. Louls Families and Fled for Other Climes. The Sage of Aru and Supreme Begum of the Oriental Order of Sat B'hai Kooha has arted from the clissic shades of Vir- ginia and plunged into Canada In search of a quiet, secluded spot far from the mad- dened throng of mystic dupes and harassing extradition. The exploits of Dr. Granby Stanton How- ard related by the Washington Post are of the Schwelnfurth order, minus the lust of the Rockford heaven. Schweinfurth's dupes consisted ~f petty fools and ecranks. Over these ho wielded a magnetic or hypnotic influence so great that their silly minds transformed moral infamy and greed into cele:tial virtues, The Sage of Aru oper- ated in circles of lofty cult, and among those searching for the unattainable sought and secured recruits for the order of Sat B'Hal Kooha. The rich alone could at- tain the lofty heights of mystic glory, hence the sage confined his philanthropic efforts to that class. The principal dupes of the modern prince imposters and his wife were Quintus and Celsus Price, sons of General Price of Missouri; Dr. Sylvester L. Nidelet, Mr. Jospeh Specht, the St. Louis millionaire, and his wife, their family, consisting of a married daughter, Mrs. Theodore A. Mor- rey, a younger daughter, Adelaide, the sons, Joseph A, Specht and Edward P. Specht, and Mrs. W. L. G. B. Allen, also of St Louls. of CONFIDENCED THE CULA. A dozen years ago a group of St. Louisans began to study spiritualism, Buddhism and theosophy. The Prices were leaders in the movement, which gradually dwindled away and collapsed. The brothers per- sisted in their missionary schemes, and as carly as 1884 were in_correspondence with the mysterious Howard. A Dr. Richmond appeared in St. Louis about this time and began imbuing the cult with a mysterious religion, an incomprehensible jumble of ex- isting systems. Richmond disappeared sud- denly, leaving nothing but a reputation for bucking the tiger. Tho Price brothers were formally in- ducted into the Howard cult in 1884, and Dr. Nidelot in 1885. The latter was then a man of 50 years, eminent in his profes sion, a man of means, and family physi cian’ for the Spechts. In pursuance of the ritual of the order of Sat B'Hai Kooha, Cel sus_ Price and Dr. Nidelet undertook to perform a sort of penance to purify them selves before taking the final degree. After converting their property into cash, which the rules required should go into the treas- ury of the Sage of Aru, the pair disappeared from St. Louis and began their novitiate on_the northern borders of New York state Two years later Celsus Price returned to St. Louis, bringing with him credentials of his appointment as herald of the new re- ligion. Dr. Nidelet was still in the vo cative, and Celsus’ lips were sealed as to his whereabouts.i It develops, ~however, that he was at Ogdensburg, N. Y., and was kept out of poverty’s clutches by liberal remittances from Mrs. Specht. HOWARD ON THE SCENE. Accompanying Celsus Price was the now famous Dr. Granby Stanton Howard. Though confessing to over 60 years of age, he looked more like a well preserved man of 45 or 50. He was of commanding pro- portions, six feet two nches in height and weighing fully 200 pounds. A full, Iron gray beard, grown o a point, covered bis face. His' hair, long and wavy, was combed Dack in the fashion given to the poets and men of mystery. He was broad shouldered and well proportioned. But his face was the center of interest. It would have attracted attention in any crowd. Once seon it was never forgotten. It was of a dark, olive complexion; the cheek bones were high, the nose was large and ac- quiline, with thinly chisled and sensitive nostrils. ~ The eyes were broad set, rather prominent, brown and soft when quiet, black and piercing when excited or angry. His cyebrows were arched and heavy. Hi: forehead was of medium height and slightly retreating. In addition to his attractive appearance his conversational powers were bewitching. His volce was soft and insinuating. He had a string of titles and orders conferred upon him by the monarchs of the old world, who seemed to vie with each other in honoring him for various unrecorded deeds and benefi- cences. The owt of St. Louls instantly dropped on its knees to worship him. GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS. A class of eighteen ladies, all prominent in St. Louls sociely, was organized to sit at the feet of Howard and learn the truth. This class soon simmered down to the proverbial faithful few. These were: Mrs. Joseph Specht, her daughter, Mrs. Eulalie Morrey, wite of T. A. Morrey, vice president of the Enterprise Brass company; Mrs, W. L. C. B. Allen, wifo of a prominent electrician, and Mrs.’ Margaret Garvey, editor of the St. Louls Spcctator, a bright society paper. Mrs. Garvey, too, cooled of in a year or two and faded out of the cult. Mrs. Specht and Mrs. Allen grew more and more devoted to the cause as time passed on. At this time they were only chelas. Celsus Price had become a herald. To none could the full truth be told at once. Generally they had to suspect it, and the doctor would lead on by slow degrees. The awful effulgence of a full revelation would have produced sudden death or paralysis. The Sage of Aru, as Dr. Howard revealed himself to these good people, claimed super- natural powers. He had his familiar spirit with whom he held daily and constant con- versation. He could summon spirits from the vasty deep, from Big Muddy, or from his gripsack with equal facility. He was con- stantly harassed by clementals, evil spirits which sought to thwart his great projects. His dog was possessed with a demon, He was on cordial relations with Adonfa and the angel Gabriel. He had Garibaldi and Zanoni telescoped by a rear-end collision, despite the chronological difficulties, but that never phased him. His intimacy with succubl was of a scandalous nature. He was a past master of occultism, a yogl and a true adept. He communed with the stars and cast horoscopes several times a day. He had frequent talkie-talks with mysteri- ous thingummys in the Himalayas, not as the theosopists do overland, but directly through the center of the earth. Rameses 11L was reincarnated in him. He could see the elementals and familiar spirits around people just as easy as Solon Wiley can cop- per a veto. He knew more than the man who wrote the dictionary and had forgotten more knowledge than was in the encyclo- pedia. THE ORDER OF SAT B'HAI KOOHA. To_ the Prices, Dr. Nidelet, Mrs. Specht and Mrs. Allen he further announced himselt as grand sponsor of the Occidental Branch of the Oriental Order of the Sat B'Hal Kooha. This mysterious order directed him in all his actions through a council with which he was In frequent communication, It had its habitat in the Himalayas, and was very mysterious, very utter and very dread- ful. The things it knew were awful, It it hadn't been for the fact that its mem- bers lived forever, the oppressive welght of the things they knew and hadn’t ought to would have Kkilled them in the quarter strotch “Dear Master,” “Dear roverential terms which such intelligent people as the Prices, Dr. Nidelot, Mrs. Specht and Mrs. Allen addressed to Dr. Howard. The oath subscribed by the Prices and Dr. Nidelet was heavily written in script on parchment paper in red, blue and black inks, with a group of triangles, tombstones and mystic circles at the top. Its blood-curdling obligations place In the hands of Dr. Howard power to direct murder, robbery or any crime in the calendar which he may see fit to command of his subordi- nates, The Sage of Aru used reams of paper in working up the ritual of the order of Sat B'Hai Kooha. There are rising, morning and evening prayors. There are instructions to clusses and ceremonies for initiation. Thore are lapses in the written ritual to be filled in by oral instructions and fhere are numer- ous degrees far beyond the ritual. Howard possessed an extensive library on astrology, thaumaturgy, esoteric subjects, theosophy, sccret socioties and like mysterions topics, and studied them to good effc The ritual of the Ancient Order of the Essenes has been largely drawn upon. EXTENT OF THE SWINDLE, Celsus Price had a small property, which he gradually disposed of after he fell under the influence of Dr. Howard. Every dollar of the proceeds went into Howard's hands. The same is true of Dr. Nidelet's property. [n a small ledger which Howard left behind in his hurried flight are entries showing th from January, 1886, to December, 18 Colonel Celsus Prico gave Howard over $6,000 in sums from $30 to $3.000. The same ledger shows that Dr. Nidelet was drained as ruthlessly. He gave up $5,352 in 1885 and 1886 in varfons amounts from time to time. At this time Dr. Howard was livirg on Staten Island, N. Y., with his wifa, She, too, deserves a paragraph. While the doctor's speech bears no trace of English accent, his wife was a cockney from the word. She is short and fat, ghastly-faced, black-eyed, and a lover of good liquors The cellar of the Howard house was left littered with champagne bottles. She was a seeress of the Ann O'Della 1 Debar school, saw sights, had visions and went imto trances. Dr. Howard kept a yacht while on Staten Island, and Mrs. Howard's health was improved by pleasant sails up and down the coast and as far east as New- port. The money obtainea from Price and Nidelet enabled them to live gayly several years. When the money market got tight lie left Staten Island and went to Montreal, where we find him in 1850 at 200 St. Antoine street, in a rather poor section of the French auarter. Celsus Price was with him part of the time, and, his money being gone, he raised more through his brother Quintus for Howard. Howard's practice in Montreal was fugitive and uncertain. Having no diploma he had to walk warily not to encounter the authorities, THE ST. LOUIS SCHEME. Dr. Howard's St. Louis scheme was laid with consummate skill. The Spechts were millionaires and generous to a fault. He kreew this and determined to take advantage of it. His correspondence with Mrs. Specht, who now was permitted to identify him as the Sage of Aru, most artfully paved the way. The formation of the class soon followed, and by the time Mrs. Specht had taken the vows of Chowdrani in the Occidental branch of the Oriental Order of Sat B'Hal Kooha his web was woven. He gradually instilled into her mind the idea which he wished to udvance and by the working of which a vast fortune could be at his dispusal. He wanted to found a monastery of the order at some suitable place, where the clielas under the holy vows should prepare themselves for int tiation. Mrs. Specht, already strongly dis. posed to mysticism, and a convert to the Indo-Brahmanism of the Sat B'Hai Kooha, was favorable to the ' idea. It would be necessary for her to have funds. Sat B'Hal Kooha had over $10,000,000, he said, in its Hymalayan home, but it was one of the in- violable laws of the order that cach branch should be self-supporting. A few thousand would be sufficient to set the ball a-rolling, nd then the needed funds, he argued, would pour in. Mr. Specht, a busy man of the world, was proud of his wife’s Intellectual abllity, her prominent social position, and had unbounded confidence in her judgment. He, oo, was Impressed by the striking indi. viduality of Dr. Howard. It was no dificult matter for Mra. Specht to secure the promise of the money. Dr. Howard returned to Montreal and the soheme advanced. He struck Mr. Specht for $400 to go home on. In July, 1890, Joseph A. Specht, the elder son, was sent to Dr. Howard's Montreal home to study medicine, He had been a wayward young man and had leveloped a strong tendency to singe his money and sow his wild oats with a drill, the ordinary hand process being too slow. The influence of the Sage of Aru, it was thought, would be beneficial. The sage thought so, too, for he was to receive $125 por month for the young man’s care. Young Specht found the Montreal home In rather straitened clrcumstances, but it shortly im- proved under the benign influence of the St, Louis checks, cash in advance. He did not lsarn much medicine but he caught on to the xage's curves in short order. His knowl- edge of the ways of the world stood him in good stead. Quintus Price arrived shortly after. For two yecars he, too, had, under the doctor's thumb, yielded about $2,000 to his gentle pressure. Ho had aided Dr. How- ard in his Montreal business, which con- sisted principally in a rather dubious attempt to sell to an incredulous public his quack medicine called Orien’s Hermaticus DRAWING IN THE NET. By the latter part of August, 1891, plana were matured for the purchase of a place at Gunston, Va., on the Potomac, twenty miles below Washington, where the order would establish its mystery. Howard and the Spechts * had been advised of this location through Mrs. Stewart of Cleveland, a sister of Mrs. W. L. G. B. Allen of St. Louls, one of the Chelas, or pupils. It had been Mr. Specht's purpose to buy a summer home in the east. An examina- tion of Gunston hall showed that it would be out of reach of the $5,000 which had been promised Dr. Howard, and Mr. Specht bought it for himself, Howard making arrange- ments to purchase a near-by property. Dr. Howard had already abandoned Mon- treal for Gunuston. The first $1,000 of the promised sum was put in his hands. He paid $10 to the owner of the property he was about to purchase. That was the last cent she got. Later he tried to talk her out of monoy due her. On its receipt he hied him to Washington, and returned in a brand new bugy hilched to a dashing nag. His Canaan had arrived. This was early September. He had told Mrs. Specht that it was necessary to have all tho money before the September equinox on account of planetary influences. Mr. Specht had been told that members of the order would do all the work of erecting buildings, attending to the plan, ete, but the Sage of Aru hired carpenters in Wash- e aE® 35 & day to rush a couple of cheap shanties up, which enabled him to stand oft the demands of the owner of the property or more funds. o pecht had been informed that only part of the $5,000 would be necded that year. Within three weeks he had honored sight drafts for the whole amount. Things boomed at Gunston. Lawn mowers, farming tools, huge carts, and paraphernaiia of a big planta- tion wero shipped down from Washinglol though the Howard place was only five acres. Mr. Specht looked on in amazement, but by s wife's persuasion kept his protests to himself. Lord,” are the HOWARD IN CLOVER, The scheme was working finely, but in October young Joseph Specht came from Montreal to Gunston. He had remained be- hind and helped close up the Howard house- hold, He assumed charge of the improve- ments at Gunston hall, and Kept his weather Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Roal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE oyo on the doctor's maneuvers. The young man may not have been a saint, but he was up to snuff. He didn’t take stock in the esoterle hugger-muggery, but he knew busie ness. The doctor's hankpanky work was out of his reach, but he hadn't sowed his wild oats without getting onto all tne thimble-rigging tricks there were in the trade. Perhaps that crop of oats was a good Investment. It didn't take Howard long to size up youn, Specht as a dangerous eloment in his plan and he lost no time in prejudicing Mrs, Specht against her son, whom he claimed to be a lost soul. The young man saw through tho whole game, and though driven from Gunston hall by his mother at the instigation of Howard he hovered in the vicinity and alded fn exposing the impostu So great was the malign influence exerted by Howard over Mrs. Specht that proceedings for divorce wore averted only by herole measures. The family moved to Gunston hall in the summer of 1892, The $5,000 ad- vauced Howard by Mr. Specht was gone and ho struck the old man for more, which was not forthcoming. Mr. Specht rebelled, Mrs, Specht plead in valn. Her own monthly ale lowance of $400 was turned over to Howard, She economizad fn household expenses for the benefit of the sage. She demanded an increasod allowance of $3,000 a year and was refused, THE RUPTURE. The domestic war continued hall till the first week in May. determined to force the fight. Gunston hall, he sent for his son, with whom, e had a conference, and Tuesday, May 8, they went to Howard's house and Mrs. Specht returned to Gunston hall, Howard received them sitting on his sofa, with & riflo on one side and a shotgun on the other, He knew the game was up and was visibly impressed, but his was the face of Phaedre, “whose brow the blush of shame never mans tles.” Mr. Specht opened the ball. “Inasmuch,” he began, “as you have told my wife that I will be insane, ‘and as she is to be a nun and my daughter Adelalde a vess tal in this order of yours, one of whose dus ties will bo to take care of me in my cond tlon, I wish to know while I am yet sane a little more about the man and the order who are to play so Important a part in my fairs. Where are your credentials and whe are you?" Howard was still the Sage of Aru. “I am what you see,” was the enlgmatical response. You told my wife that Howard was not your real name. What is 1t?" Well, what it T did?" “'Since you are not disposed to tell me, I will take means to investigate who and what you are,” replied Mr. Specht. The Spechts returned at once to Gunston hall. Mrs. Howard had been flying in and out like a perturbed spirit, her ghastly face more ghastly than ever. The next day the Spechts came on the boat to Washington. Mr. and Mrs, Howard were also on the boat. Detectives were set to work to run down Howard's history and steps taken to have him indicted for obtaining money under false pretenses. He didn't wait, but fled at once. He was traced to Montreal, where he was located at 82 Mans fleld street ugder the allas N. Willlams. Mrs. Howard followed him a few days ago. Extradition proceedings will be had as soon as he has been Indicted in Virginia. The detectives found no small share of the thousands he had secured had been lost fn Wall street speculations. Papers which he left behind showed that he is an unmitigated fraud. in Mr. Return| — - Phil Sheridan's 5 A good story of General Sheridan was told the other day by a Mexican, an intimats friend of the great northern soldier in his lifetime, says the Boston Herald. One day, calling on_the commander of the army at his office in Washington, he found him at his desk, his feet encased in slippers and his shoes democratically placed on the top of hin desk. While the general was apparently ab~ sorbed in some writing, the Mexican gentle man, who thought some servant had left the warrior's shoes in the wrong place, took his cane and gently deposited the shoes on the floor. The next day the Mexican called again on Sheridan and found him at his desk, shoes on top, as before. The polite resident of the tropics began once more re- moving the shoes to the floor, when all at once Sheridan roared out: “Don’t you do that again, sir! You make me ridiculous, sir!" “I beg your pardon, general, but how have T made you ridiculous?"”’ ‘Why, sir,” sald Sheridan, still annoyed, “yesterday, sir, I went out to walk after you had called on me. I was nearing the white house when I noticed a gentleman looking at me intently. Soon he addressed me, saying: ‘Excuse me, general, but aren’t you afraid of catching cold?’ ‘Why, sir, no, not that I am aware of. What is the mate ter, sir?’ ‘Well,’ said the gentleman, ‘It is very damp, and you are golug about in your slippers.’ 1 tell you, sir,” sald Sheridan, addressing his Mexican friend, ‘“you made me ridiculous. It is my habit, sir, to put my shoes on my desk, where I cannot fail to see them, so I may not forget to put them on, and, confound it, sir, you come around here with your notions of propricty and send me around town in my slippers, sir."" 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