-,.,T. i '- '".' i.A-- ir xoi ttih sears, soggui j Help, advertise la THE DISPATCH. ? Pnrchners can be found for everjthlnr offered For Sale la THE DISPATCH. THE DISPATCH ! the best ndrertUInc medium la Western Pennsylvania. Try It rORTT-lX)ITR.TH TEAS. He Safely Reaches Orange, N. J., After a Two Months' Sojourn in Europe. CHAT WITH THE INVENTOR. He Talks Mainly of What He Saw at the Exposition. GREATLT 1KTEKESTED IN PICTURES He Wa. Pread of the American Dlsnltty No Artists to Hint Like the French Palnteni, Though The Old Master Not Comparable to the Moderii Onci, In Hli mind He Had Dinners Enooch for a Lone. Lone Time Didn't Gain One New Idea Wbllo He Was Gone America Will Have to Hump Itself to Equal the Bis Paris Mtow A Hint of His Next Possible Invention. Count Thomas Edison returned yester day from a couple of months' visit in Europe. In an interview at his home in Orange, N. J., he talked chattily of the Paris Exposition and what most interested him there. IEFECUL TIirGKAX TO Till DISPATCH.2 2ew Toek, October 6. After a sojourn of nearly two months in France, Germany and England, Thomas A. Edison .has re turned to his home in Orange. He arrived early this morning, on Ia Champagne. An enthusiastic crowd of his asso ciates and employes in the various corporations with which Mr. Edison is con nected had chartered a steam vacht and met the steamer down the hay, where they took him on board the yacht and headed away for the Jersey coast of North river, in time to enable him to take a train for his home. During the time he has been in Europe Mr. Edison has been honored there as few men ever have been. At his home to night he TALKED OF IT ALL MODESTLY, and at times humorously. Nobody appre ciates a joke more than he. When asked to tell the readers of The Dispatch what he saw and what he thought about the sights, he said: "I went over chiefly to see the exposition, and I devoted nearly all of my time to that. I was of course particularly interested in the machinery. The exposition was too vast to be seen in its entirety. I looked at some thtags, of course, not connected with mechanics. It was in ( the art department, for instance. There was one great hall de voted to statuary. It was wonderfuL Ev erything I saw had been created within a few years. They were masterpieces. Then there were THE PICTURE GALLERIES. "I guess I saw everything in them. The Americans made a very creditable show ing there. I was proud ot the work of the American artists. But there is nothing, after all, to equal the work of the modern French artists. It is beyond de scription. I saw all the old mas ters. Their work cannot be compared with the modern. They painted pictures of impossible men and women. No such human frames and proportions were ever born. I had a tapeline, and made measure ments of them to satisfy myself on that point They were lacking in perspective, too. However, American mechanical genius was not without its triumphs. The elevat ors in the Eiffel tower were the product of an American factory. There was a French elevator in the tower. It could have lifted a steamship. It was BUILT FOE SAFETT, -but the American one was the elevator that went to the top. It was the only one that could go up around the curve. "You had a good many dinners given to you, the cables said." "Yes, I got enough to last me a long, long time. I would be invited to go to a grand banquet where I could not refuse to go. At the right time and place I would be met by somebody who would conduct me into a great hall those banquet halls over there are something enormous 30 or 40 feet high, with a table a hundred feet long down this side, ana another a hundred feet long up that side, and another across here and there. They would have the hall decorated with wonderful taste, and lighted with electric lights, of course, while the tables would be loaded down with the greatest profusion of THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FLOTVEES you ever saw. I would be conducted to a seatj and on each side of me would be placed a man who could not speak a word of English. I could not speak a word of French, and somehow the conversation would lag, in spite of us." "Did you get any new ideas during your journey? Did what you saw suggest r any thing new or to do?" "Not one idea. I cannot think outside of the laboratory. My brain was in a whirl all the time. I had to keep a book to keep track of myself. 'Monday, do so and so; Tuesday, do so and so.' Prof. Hertz, Whom I met, is conducting some abstract re searches into the nature of electricity. I cannot explain what he is doing, in a way that people unfamiliar with such matters would understand, but I think he is going to tell us what electricity is." ,. HIS NEXT INVENTION. "What was that 'story about your send ing photos by telephone, or photographing countenances through the telephone at long range?" "I do not propose to do quite that I think it possible that men who are talking through telephones may see each other as well as hear each other's voices. They may see the expressions of countenances, see the other fellow laugh over a joke, for instance. It will be as though you caw a man's face in a mirror. It can be done only through short, distances, say within the limits of a city and its suburbs, I think. I am .anite sure it can be done as a matter of scientific accomplishment, but whether it can be made commercially prac ticable is another thing. I don't know yet C0UNTED1SQNHQME - if -' ansn r hut I shall try to find out I have a lot of experiments on hand all the time. The moment I find a thing will not pay I drop it" "Have you considered the subject of mak ing a .display at the Exposition of 1892 in New York?" WILL HATE TO HUMP. "I will fill all the space they will give me, you can depend on that. If they beat the Paris Exposition they will have to hump themselves. There is no hope of equaling the art display, but we may do better in other things. I have two criticisms on the Paris Exposi tion. First the machinery was scattered about too much. There were more than 60 miles of aisles there, and as the machinery was scattered one who cared to see it all. had to do a deal of needless walking. Then there was no such thing as a live industrial process. They did not take sides of leather, for instance, and make shoes of them, before the eyes of the people, as they should have done. The machinery was all very well, but they should have been making something with it The Exposition was a great success because there were two men of wonderfnl executive ability at the head of it They raised the money for the Exposi tion by mtans of a lottery. If we get a financial scheme to suit us as that suited France we shall succeed well." NOT A COUNT AT ALL. "How did you enjoy traveling? Did you get seasick?" "No. Did you ever cross the English Channel? Well, we had a passage to be long remembered. We pitched up and rolled down terribly. I guess everybody else was sick. "We have been told that you were made an Italian Count by King Humbert?" Mr. Edison laughed. "It is not true. I sent a chevalier to exhibit a phonograph to the King and to the Queen Margarita. They were very much delighted with it The Queen sent me a message of thanks, and so did the King. I also received from the King a decoration something like the cross of the Legion of Honor., But it did not make a Count of me." TWOMBLEYARRESTED. The Master Mechanic ot the Bond Held Responsible for the Chicago Dis asterHe ti Entirely Broken Down by tbo Action. CHICAGO, October 6. Thomas B. Towmb ley, the master mechanic of the Bocklsland road, for over a score of years in the employ of that company, experienced the unpleas ant feeling last night of being placed under arrest and of being detained throughout the night and to-day in the police station, watched by detectives and police officers for fear that he would escape. Mr. Twombley was arrested on the warrant issued by the Coroner. The charge is that he reappointed his drunken son to the engine that caused the loss of seven lives at Englewood. Mr. Twombley was not expecting the ar rest A pull at the door bell of his resi dence at a late hour had brought the head of the master mechanic from an upper window. "What's wanted," he said. "We have a warrant for your arrest," said the officer. , . . "Serve it then," said Twombley. .He refused to admit the officers and they decided to use force. The storm door was quickly battered down, and when Twombley found that the officers were determined to get him, he quickly opened the door and was at once placed under arrest "I don't see why they want to detain me," he said; "I have not done anything wrong in this matter." Physically and mentally wretched, he was removed to the Englewood police station. George C. Ingham, his attorney, called and had a long talk with him. To-day Mr. Twombley was in better soirits than on Saturday night His two daughters, aged 19 and 23 years, were with him in the drill room, for he was not locked in a cell, and they contributed very much toward dis pelling the pervading gloom. SCOTT HAS HADE UP HIS HIND. He Will Resume Work In His Coal Dunes at Any Cost. Spbino Valley, III.. October 6. A new proposition is about to be made to the miners of this place by W. L. Scott The price is fixed at 82 cents per ton, with two men in a room and SO inches of brushing, coal furnished to the men at actnal cost above ground, and a reduced price for sharpening tools. Mr. Scott declares his determination to reopen the mines on this basisif it takes all the power of the State to accomplish it Prominent members of the miners' organization here declare that the terms will not be accepted, and express themselves as satisfied with their prospects for holding out all winter, if necessary. Two carloads of supplies have jnst been re ceived. Trouble is anticipated if the attempt to resume is made, yet nearly everybody is anxious to see it tried, and believe that the men will make good wages on those terms. It is a substantial advance over his proposi tion of a month ago, 7 cents more a ton, a reduced number of men on a given face of coal, a reduced price or coal used by the men, and a reduced price for sharpening tools. The point of difference is in the amount of brushing required. WILL IMITATE UNCLE SAM. Canada Concludes to Adopt a National Cur rency System. rSrrCIAI. TIMGBAM TO TBI DISPATCH.1 Ottawa, October 6. It is understood that the Dominion Government has deter mined to take the circulation of paper money into its own hands and adopt a national cur rency similar to the banking system of the United States, on the expiration of the charters of the Canadian banks, which ter minate in 1891. Legislation will be necessary before the charters expire, and it is possible the matter will be taken up during the coming session of Parliament A DREAM FULFILLED. Mrs. Gitleson Foretells the Death of Her Father at Knoxvllle. rsrlCTAi TELEQBAM TO TUB JHSPATCH.I Augusta, Ga., October 6. Last night Mrs. L Gitleson, the wife of a prominent business man of this city, suddenly awoke from her sleep and aroused her husband, and related to him a strange dream. She had just dreamed about the sudden death of her father. While at breakfast this morning Mrs. Gitleson received a telegram from Knox ville, Tenn., announcing the sudden death of her father. Mr. Dave Epstein, which oc curred this morning in that citv. The Ohio White Caps Abroad Again. tSrZCUt. TILEPEAM TO Til DIBFATCH.1 Cadiz, O., October 6. Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night a party of men went to the house of James West a respected col ored citizen, forced his wife and children to go half clothed into the street, and then de molished the house and thoroughly wrecked its contents. w BEN VS HUSBANDMEN.. Or a Story TcIIIde Why 26,000 Granges Whet Their Scythes The Patrons of the Soil Beady to Re sent a Silent. rSFXCIAI. TELEOEAM TO TUB DtSPATCTM Washington, October 6. The twen.ty thirJ session of the National Grange, which will be held in Sacramento, Cat, on Novem ber 13, promises to be the most important the Patrons of Husbandry have held for some years. John Trimble, the Secretary, who has his office in .Washington, was asked to-day: "Has not the order been declining for the past few years?" "No, on the contrary, it has been more prominent within the last two years than for the previous 15. This is due largely to the energy and activity ot the heads of the order. We have organized 26,000 granges in the various States and Territories, and we take 13 as the minimum number of each grange. That will give you an idea of our strength. We organized a State grange in the new State of Washington only two weeks ago." "How do the Grangers regard the admin istration?" "We do not hesitate to say that the ad ministration has ignored the rights of the farmer, and has done the farming commu nity gross injustice in placing a politician who never was a farmer at the head of the Department of Agriculture. That depart ment was made a Cabinet office principally through the efforts of thn Grange, and when the new administration came in we felt we had a right to suggest the name of the proper person to fill it Colonel J. H. Bngham, our master; ex-Governor Bobey, of Maine, and Hon. J. J. Woodman, of Michigan, were suggested by the order and their ap pointment urged, that of "Colonel Brigham's especially. He was a gallant soldier, a Iiractical farmer and a Republican, whose oyalty to the party had never been ques tioned. The others possessed meritorious qualifications, which made their candidacy equally prominent, and yet I very much doubt if Harrison ever considered the ap plication made.'on their behalf. He deliber ately ignored the entire order snubbed it in fact. "Formerly," continued Mr. Trimble, "it. was a rule of the order that the members should not participate in politics at all. There is where we made a great mistake. Had we boldly entered politics as an organ ization or thrown our votes for those who favored the granging interests, we could have secured representatives in the State Legislatures and in Congress who would have been of material help" to ns in securing favorable legislation. But we have seen the error of our ways, and have repented, and now it is an implied prerequisite to membership that a member shall put aside his political faith when the interests of the Grange demand it." CANNIBALISM IN CANADA. A Tribe of Indians Fonnd Who Eat Their Own Children. rSFSCIAL TZLIGBAX TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Ottawa, October 6. A gentleman who has just returned from an exploring expedi tion in the wilds of Northwestern Ontario said to-day that he had discovered, during his travels, a tribe of Indians who have practiced cannibalism up to within a few years ago, when the country was first visited by French missionaries. In the vicinity of Abbittibe Lake an Indian child was pointed out to him whose grandmother had killed and eaten seven of.her young.chi!dren, the child's father being the only one to escape. He made his mother's -terrible deed known to the.Ctaief.of.the tribe, who sent his men to arrest her. On entering the wigwam they found the head of the last child boiling in a pot over the fire. She was ordered to be' shot, lots having been drawn to see who the execu tioner should be. The unlucky straw fell to an old Indian, who successfully removed the unnatural mother from doing further harm. On the Qumze Lake, several years ago, he found that a lull-blooded warrior had killed and eaten four of his sons, but was afterward shot and killed by his fifth son. PAID $5,000 FOR A WIFE. A Hoosler of 82 Gets a Brldo of 47 by Paying the Price. tSrXCJAI, TELEGEAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Maktansville, Ind., October 6. Some months ago an advertisement appeared in the Indianapolis papers, saying that one James Morgan would pay $5,000 for a wife, giving his address at this place. Hundreds of letters have arrived at the postoffice for him, from every part of the country, since that time. Many of them were scented and decorated in a way that would do credit to a Cherokee brave. A few weeks ago Thb Dispatch correspondent learned that the man who yearned for a bride was sailing under false colors; that his true name was Morgan Johnson, and that he resided at Lake Valley, this county. He finally captured a bride. Yesterday, while Circuit Court was in session, the pre siding judge, Major G. W. Grubbs, was called upon to go to the clerk's office and marry the happy couple. The bride. Miss Hattie S. Wilson, is'aged 47, while John son's age is 82. SHE COULD SAIL T0-DAT. The Pcnsacela Ready, Bat Her Passengers Have Been Delayed. tFPECIAl. TBLXGRAM TO THB DI8PATCB.1 New Yoke, October 6. "The report that the vessel is not ready to sail, and that to this is due the delay of the start of the ex pedition for St. Paul de Loands, is untrue," said an officer of the swop-of-war, Pensacola, at the navy yard, to-day. He said the Pensacola could start to-morrow if necessary, but the delay of the board of scientific men in getting their instruments ready had caused a postponement of the start, 'to Thursday and then to Saturday next- ProfDavid P. Todd, the astronomer who has charge of the expedition, went back to Washington Friday, and he will return here to-morrow to begin to ship his instru ments. The equatorial mounting, for the photographic cameras has taken a longer time for construction than was expected. TWO BUEGLAES CAPTUEED. One of Them. However, Positively Refused to May Captured. ISPECIAtTELEQltAM TO Tint DtSPATCH.1 Cobby, October 6. Two burglars, who have been successfully breaking into houses in Meadville, securing a good deal of plunder, were arrested here on the New York limited express this morning. Both escaped from the officers, but one was recap tured after a hard struggle. He refuses to give his name, or any clew to his identity. lie naa wun mm some money, jewelry and burglars tools, men were undoubtedly noted crooks. Both ASLEEP IN THE CABOOSE. The Inquest Show the Cause of a Fatal Railway Accident. rSFCCIAL TELEOBAM TO TUX DISPATCH.l YoungstowN, October 6. A verdict was rendered to-day by Coroner Booth growing out ot the recent freight collision near Haselton. He found that Conductor Millner and Brakeman John Fitzgerald were asleep in the caboose, and that through their negligence Fitzgerald came to his death. Had they been awake the setting of one brake would have averted the acci dent. '" pile. Intra PITTSBURG, MONDAY, A MIDNIGHT MYSTERY. The Probable Murder of a Leading Millionaire of St. Louis. VALUABLE DIAMONDS ARE MISSISG But Robbery Does Not'Hake a Full Explana tion for the Seed. A NUMBER OP PERSONS IN CUSTODY, Caargtd With Participation In the. Attempted Assat. sinatlon. Captain Slattery. a St. Louis millionaire, was brutally bea'ten almost to the point of death early Sunday morning. So far the affair is a very mysterious one. A nnmber of arrests have been made. St. Louis, October a Captain D. P Slattery, President of the Merchants' El: vator Company and a prominent and wealthy citizen, lies at his home in the fashionable quarter of the city unconscious' from a brutal beating received at an early hour this morning, his face scarcely recog nizable and an ugly hole in the back of his head, while his pocketboot, containing about ?40, diamond ring and diamond stud, valued at 51,500; and a valuable gold watch are missing. From the statements of the parties inter ested, the attack on Captain Slattery has an ugly look, and the friends of the popular Board of Trade and business man are mysti fied, while the victim is unable to tell his side ot the story. The first story was that when Captain Slattery alighted from a cable car at Twenty-first and Olive streets he was struck from behind by highwaymen, ren dered unconscious and robbed. ' THE TEUE 8TOBY. Later it was ascertained that the assault was committed near the southwest corner of Jefferson and Cass avenues, where Edward Klosterman runs a grocery store with saloon attached. He resides, with his family, on the second floor of the building. Klosterman's stors-.is that a few minutes after 1 o'clock this morning his wile was awakened by a noise in the hallway leading to her room. She thought her hus band was coming to the room, and called to him, but received no answer. A few seconds later she was greatly alarmed by seeing a strange man, shoeless, hatless and coatless, walking toward her bed. She screamed, and her husband and his barkeeper, John Hickey, were attracted by the noise. Tbey rushed upstairs and found the intruder on the landing, but not in the room. Klosterman claims to have struck the man, who afterward provtd to be Cap tain Slattery, with the palm of his hand. TURNED OVER TO HIM. Alexander Hunt, aged 51, who was in the saloon, came out, went upstairs and told his friend Klosterman to turn the man over to him, which was done, and Hunt proceeded to beat Slattery in a most brutal manner, finally throwing him downstairs. All this time the Captain had not spoken, according to the statements of his assailants. After' striking the pavement Slattery was dragged about 60 leet by Hunt, who was striking the Captain repeatedly in -the, face of the protests of the crowd whioh had gathered. Hunt ordered the crowd back with -an oath, and lifted his victim to his feet, standing him up against a fence, and again striking him repeatedly. The Captain tried to speak, but could not, and by this time was a pitiable sight It was at this juncture that parties in the crowd claim they saw Hunt unscrew Cap tain Slattery's 81,000 diamond stud from his necktie. John Meehan interfered and Hunt knocked him down. Klosterman and Hunt then dragged the insensible Captain' to the Third district sub-station, where, notwith standing the fact that his face was terribly mutilated and covered with blood, he was speedily recognized. The sergeant in charge called in Dr. Hendricks, who pronounced the injuries dangerons, and Captain flat tery was removed to his home, where he has lain unconscious all day. QUITE A SENSATION. The prominence of the victim caused con siderable excitement in police quarters, and detectives were quickly at work dn the case. Within two hours the following arrests had been made: Alexander Hunt no occu pation; Edward Klosterman, proprietor of' the Lass avenue saioon? iionn mesey, ivios terman's barkeeper; Oliver Garneau, a baker; Henry Barton, paper hanger; John Meehan, teamster. Later Klosterman, Garneau and Barton were released, but the others will be held. Hunt claims that Klosterman did the beaf ing, but the evidence seems to be over whelming against Hunt During the morn ing Captain Slattery's hat, coat,-vest and shoes were brought to the station. They had been found near the scene of (he assault His gold watch has also been recovered, but the diamonds are still missing. In explanation of Captain Slattery's pres ence in the house it is believed that he took an overdose of drugs, and wandered there while in an unconscious condition. OPPOSITION TO IKGALLS. Tho Kansas Senator Hns Some Bitter Ene mies In Bis Own State. St. Louis, October 6. Advices from Kansas say that although the election for United States Senator for that State does not take place until 1891, there is already cropping out strong opposition to the return ot Senator Ingalls. It is said that gentleman has made bitter enemies of some of the most influential Bepublicans of the State by the method of his distribut ing Federal patronage. His attempt to straddle the prohibition question has made him quite unpopular among the radical Prohibitionists and-his avowed antagonism to municipal suffrage has mado him many enemies among the supporters of that law. Hon. George E. Peck, general solicitor of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Bail road, one of the ablest men in the State, is said to be in training for the Senatorship, and but for the opposition of the agricul tural element to the elevation of any rail road official to publio pobition, would be be a very strong candidate. IM UNION THERE IS STRENGTH. A Consolidation of the Labor Organizations Upon the Union Pacific Road. Omaha, Neb., October 6. An agree ment has been signed by the joint commit tee of the locomotive engineers and firemen for the federation of the Brotherhood of En gineers and Firemen, Knights of Labor, Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association and Brotherhood of Bailway Brakemen. The articles of agreement are to be submitted to the .Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at its meeting in Denver October 16. The following resolution is' the basis of the or ganization: Upon the system of tbo Union Pacific Ball way there shall be organized a Board'of Feder ation, to consist of three members from' each organization represented. Tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomo'tWe Firemen, the Knights of Labor, the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association and the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen shall receive -and consider the application of any other organization of the system to join the federated board, to be accepted, as the mojotity seent"-" " f . -'. .. OCTOBER 7, 1889. DEATH IN THE ELAMES. Four Men Perish la a Fire Ind Mississippi Uestanrant Five Others Narrowly Escape With Their tires. "WaNona, Miss., October 6. A fire broke out about 2:40 A. St. in B. E. Lott's two-story restaurant This was a prominent building on Pirst street It was' only a few minutes after the alarm was sounded before the flames had completely enveloped the restaurant, the upper story of which was used as a sleeping apartment Vine men were sound asleep in. the upper story; five of the nine escaped, but four were burned to death. Bnffin Thompson, the , head clerk; and Cecil Simpson, another clerk, escaped by climbing down the awning in front Jeff Kent, of Carroll county, A. J. Cook and "W. L. Alword, of Webster county, jumped from the second-story window to the brick pavement below and were all badly injured, Mr. Cook's ankle being broken so badly that amputation is thought to be necessary. Those who perished in the flames were J. A. Thomas, a merchant of Cumberland, 'Web ster county; J. L. Lawtry, Lon Crouch, both merchants of Hohenlinden, Webster county; Paul Williams, a farmer, of Sun's Creek, Oktibbeha county. All of them-were nrominent citizens of their respective communities and were en route home from Memphis, where they went to purchase goods. Every effort was made to save them, but the flames were well under headway before discovered, and by the time sufficient help arrived the walls had fallen in. It was only by the most heroic efforts that the adjoining building and stocks were saved. For a time it seemed that the large part of the business houses of the town were doomed, but the gallantry of volunteer citizens averted this great disaster. As soon as posrible the debris 'was cleared away and the bodies of the four victims, burned to a crisp and beyond recognition, were recovered. The remains will be shipped to relatives to-morrow. It is supposed that the victims died from suffocation before they could make their escape. NOT A NEW PROJECT. BeTlrnl of a Scheme to Buy a Tract of Land In Washlnston It Might Come la Handy as a Site for tho Big World's Pair. rSFBCUL TELEOBAM TO TBS DISrATCH.I Washington, October 6 As it is pretty certain the exposition of 1892 will never be held without liberal financial assistance from Congress, and as Congress will not likely vote money for any other place than Washington, there is already evident here a strong undercurrent of feeling with regard to the selection of a site. It' is expected that the exposition will result in the estab lishment of several vast buildings as a permanent exhibition or museum, and real estate speculators are therefore forming strongcom'binafions in favor of several sec tions. A popular movement is now on foot to bring about the purchase of all that part of the city between Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall, where the Smithsonian Institu tion, - the- Agricultural Department and Medical Museum are situated, and between Ninth and Fifteenth streets.' This section, though close, to. the.finest avenue of the city, is filled with factories, saloons, disorderly houses and. the., worst population of the city cencrallv. and its conversion inta'.temcor- , 5ry exposition grounds .and s site for-s,, , G4Uf IICU. Apw.MUUf iVI t LAfSMIiJUW ni other Government' buildings much needed, would -be an inestimable boon to the national capital. It is not a new project. Bills have been before several Congresses for the purchase of this portion of, the city, and it will un doubtedly be taken, at any rate some day. The movement to induce Congress to buy it now and establish' the exposition there promises to become very formidable. Mr. Fish, ex-Assessor of the District, has esti mated the cost by condemnation at about 13,000,000. If it be acquired it will be used after the exposition for a permanent exposition, a city postoffice, a Supreme Court building, a safe and fire-proof build ing for public records, an addition to the National Museum, already overflowing with its valuable collection, for a new Govern ment printing office, and for buildings to receive the overflow of several crowded de partments. BOBBED THEIE C0UNTEIMEK. Three Chinamen Go Through a Brother Celestial's Laundry. ISrlECUI. TELEGRAil TO TOE DISPATCH. 1 New York, October 6. Sing Lang, the proprietor of the laundry at 207 Fifth street, is a survivor of the Johnstown flood, and either that disaster or some more recent trouble has made him the inmate of a Chinatown infirmary, recently. He hired a relative, Lee Hing, to run the laundry. Xee Hing was attending strictly to business on Saturday, when at about midnight, an other Chinaman whom he had seen ooce be fore came in. It is the custom in good laundry society when a countryman calls to make tea for him. This Lee Hing' pro- ceeded to do. Then two other China- men joined them. Lee Hing was and cigarettes getting more, tea lor them, wnen one of them demanded opium. Lee Hing had no opium, and to demonstrate that there'was no layout in his bunk, he threw back the curtain. Thereupon, he says, the three visitors seized and bound him.. They broke open Sing Lang's trunk and secured $130, added 11 to that from the money drawer, and ap- Eropriated to their own use Lee Hing's gold nger ring and a breastpin made of a $5 gold piece, which he had hidden about his robes. About 6 o'clock the detectives found Hing's assailants. They were drinking tea in a back room of 17 Mott street. Their names are Lee Ling, Lee Ging and Lee Hi. Lee Ging hnd the' ring and brooch. He dropped them on the floor in an attempt to get rid of their criminating evidence. Lee Hi was not so gentle. He bad a beautiful ivory-handled dagger drawn and concealed in his sleeve when the policeman collared him. AN IMPORTANT WITNESS In tho Crania Mnrdcr Trial Has Escaped From Castody. Chicago, October 6. A report was pub lished to-day of the escape from the Cottage Grove avenue police station Thursday of Dan Carroll, an alleged important witness in the Cronin case. It is said that Sunday, May 9, Coughlin and Sullivan drove out to a farmhouse not far distant from Chicago. A conversation between them and the farmer in which tneir connection with the murder and the plans for concealing it were discussed, is reported to have been over heard. Carroll is represented as having been a hired man at the farm and was to testify. HUREICANES.IN EUROPE. The Island of Sardinia and an Italian Province Ravaged. London,-October 6.' A terrible hurri cane has. visited the island of Sardinia. .One hundred persons were buried in the debris of buildings shattered by the storm, and 30 persons were killed. The province of Cagliari, Italy, ,has .been ravaged by a terrific storm in which 240 houses' were- destroyed.' Sixteen . persons were killed and hundreds were "iainrea. I The town'of Cagliaria suffered severely. ' .1'.&ti!iJ.'!!tSJ5.--5-'i2-laafeBi.''t ; , M , , , II I .; -MWIfc ' . IN FEARFUL DANGER The Eclipse Expedition, to be Ac companied, by a Pittsburger," IS MENACED WITH CAHKIBALS, As Well as Crocodiles and Deadly FeVers of a Dark Continent. INTERYIBW WITHD. TODD, IK CHARGE. Citing Etiairlaole Scientific .and Other Schemes ftr Saecesa. The gentleman in charge of the Eclipse expedition that sails with aPitsburgerin, its party, from New York this week, has been interviewed. He tells ot wonderful dangers to be. encountered in the Dark Con tinent Bare preparations have been made for the trip. rSPXCtlL TILSBBAM TO.THX DISPATCH, t NbwToebt, October 6. The solar expe dition which-will set sail in the United States steamship Pensacola, from this port next Saturday, for "West Africa, and which will be accompanied by Harvey Brown, of Pittsburg, as substitute for Bev. Dr. Hol land, who couldn't go, is to be one of the most Important, -from a scientific standpoint, that has ever, been sent out by the United States. In addition to being an important one, the trip will also be exceedingly hazardous, especially to those who view the eclipse. The observations will betaken in the in terior of Africa, about 100 miles from the west coast, in a section of country inhabited principally by savages and subject to fevers of the most-virulent and fatal forms." Prof. David P. Todd, of Amherst College, is the superintendent of the expedition, and although comparatively a young, man, is one of the best eqinpped and most advanced astronomers in the country. He had charge of the Japan eclipse'expedition, and also viewed the transit of Venus from, the Lick observatory in California a few years ago. In speaking to a Dispatch, correspondent to-day about the expedition, he said: "Although we expect to 'sail from Hew York next Saturday, It is impossible to tell even now the exact composition of the party. Some of ihe men who are now looked to go may find that they cannot do so, and still others may take their place." FINEST INTHE WOULD, "What will-yon carry with you on the voyage?" "Astronomical and photographic instru ments for viewing the sun while eclipsed, 'and at the same time taking instantaneous pictures of Its appearance. A great ad vance has been made in astronomical.pho tography in recent years, and if the weather is fair we hope to get data' which will ena ble us to learn a good deal moreof the na ture of the sun than is known at present ."We shall carry 20 cameras,-and the largest one will be 40 feet long. All of the pholo- fraphfc apparatus' is worked automatically y the electro-pneumatic system, and all I will have'tocdo will.De to geVeVerything l& readiness, tfota. single jaanwill bcreeded to remove the plates or7 do' anythingels6 afterward.'' "We shall carry , two, steam launches,-which will be used by the! riatu ralists in mating explorations up fte Quanzo river. There will, also be' a jjreat deal of luggage iu the wiyofteutffig" out fits, cooking utensils, provisions,. clothing, books, medicines, etc." "How .does it happen that you go to Africa to view the eclipse?" "The total eclipse will be visible only in along, narrow path. This path is about 5,000 miles long, but only 100 miles wide, and extends nearly its entire distance, over the ocean. It begins in the Caribbean Sea, and skirts along the northern coast of South America, being visible at only one point there French Guinea. ' It then moves east ward until it strikes Africa, a few hundred miles south of the Congo river. There are no islands in the Atlantic from which it could be viewed, and we selected Africa as the best point for our work." IN THE DAEK CONTINENT. "From what point will the eclipse be viewed?" "From Maxima, about 100 miles southeast of St. Paul de Loanda, in the interior. The Portuguese Government has an old aban doned fort there on the Qnanza river, and we expect to use that" "How will you get there from St Paul de Loanda?" "The Pensacola will lie off the coast while we are in the interior viewing the eclipse, and about half the men will remain on ship board. The other half, together with our instruments and luggage, will be transported to the shore. There we will secure a flat bottom, which will be something like the Mississippi boas, which it is said, will float in a good dew, and have all our baggage and apparatus transferred to that Then we will sail south along the coast until we come to the mouth of the Quanza river. The mud that pours out of this river is so thick that it blackens the water for seven or eight miles out from where it empties, and the dark coloring of the water thus enables the navigator to find its mouth. The breakers, too, near the mouth of the river are said to Jbe unusually large at times, and we will have to pick our way as best we can. The distance up the river is about 70 miles, and it will take three or four days to make the journey." "What kind of a town is3Iuxima?" "It is a pretty bad phicei I should say. The country to the south is inhabited by cannibals, the Quissamos, and the river is full of crocodiles, so full, in fact, that the native women, who wash their clothes in. the river, have to have a part of the water fenced off in order to keep the crocodiles from eating them up while they are work ing." "Isn't the section a very unhealthy one?" "It is certainly not considered a healthy one for foreigners, who sometimes die from fever after having been there not more than 24 hours, trom the Cape "Verde Islands to the mouth of the Congo there are hundreds of miles of lagoons, separated from the sea by narrow fringes of mangroves. A DEADLY TYPE OF FEVEB. At the bottom of these lagoons is a soft, black fetid mud, which in the summer season sends out a horrible stench, and is the origin of the deadly type of fever which prevails along the coast "Don't you think with the fever, the can nibals and the crocodiles you are taking considerable of a risk?" . "Yes; but we can't choose the place in which the eclipse is to be best seen, and cannot allow dangers and difficulties to deter us from our work. It there was no trouble and no risk there would be no credit in the work, and.if we lose our lives it will be in the advancement of the knowledge of man as to the nature of the great center of universe." "How are you going to live in the fort?" "We shall carry along with us a number of Docker & Co. 's portable houses. These are made of wood and put together without a screw or nail. They are not affected either by heat or moisture. We shall also carry our own cooking, and housekeeping utensils, and all of the water we drink will be boiled and filtered. It could not be drunk with safety any other way." , "What sanitary precautions will be taken to rtrevent sickness?" .'. .;"',, -1 . J -' "Here is a list of recommendations I have made out m the best informatioaI could gather, for the benefit of the partyr Avoid overeating, change wet clothing for dry as soon as poselble, avoid the ehillvand damp of the evening and night attend at once to any pain or irregular action of the bowels, wet the mustache and whiskers occasionally with a tincture of eucalyptus to prevent malaria. Nitrate of silver in' solution ,is also recommended as a preventive of an acute attack ot optbalmia if poured into the eyes as soon as the pain begins," "How many physicians -will accompany the party?" "we shall have three, and a list of medi cines to be taken along has already been made out" THE FBENCa ELECTIONS. . BoBlsnger Secures Aboot, Half ot the Deputies From Paris on the Second Trial The Republicans TTaTe a 'Majority In tbe.Coantry., Pabis, October 6. Eeballots were taken to-day in the districts in which the recent elections for members of the Chamber of Deputies were without definite result The weather was fine, and a host of electors presented themselves at the polls. The Boulangists have obtained nearly half of the representation of Taris, and many of the anti-Bepubllcans elected are pledged to the revision policy. M. Jacques, Oppor tunist, who was defeated by Boulangerin January, beat the. Boulangfst candidate to day by a small majority. M. de Beifval, Bevisionist, who was dismissed from the Council of State .for publishing a bookentltled "Sommes Nous en Une:Eepublique,"-is elected by a large majority. M. Lockroy polled 7,911 votes over his Boulahrist opponent, M. Massard, who polled 5,320. M. Chautemps, Badical, President of the'Paris Municipal Council, received 10, 252 over Ml Jaconet, Boalang ist, the latter polling 5,913. A few arrests have been made, princi pally of noisy youths. The streets' are still crowded. Otherwisetthe city is calm. The results in the provinces arrive slowly. The returns up to this .hour show the election of 84 -Bepublicans and 36 anti-Baublicans. In Neuilly-M. Laur, Boulangat, received 10.724 and M. Antoine. Benublrean. 8.359. In Toulouse Minister Constans received 8.394 and M. Susini 6,883. In Bordeaux Ex-Minister Baynal received 11,670 -and M. Princelan, Conservative, 11,243. Be turns from 153 districts show the election of 103 Bepublicans and 45 antf-Bepubli-cans.. CBPID MAKES A THIEF. A Sunday School Boy Steals S200 for His Ten-Cent Circus Girl. ' rSPSClALI TELXOEAM TO TBI DISPATCH, f I Philadelphia, October 6. Friends of Thomas White, the Camden Sunday school boy who robbed his employer of $200 which he intended spending on Alice St Clair, a pretty youhg'woman connected with a ten cent circus, of whom he is enamored, thronged the Central police station this afternoon, under the mistaken impression that he' was still a prisoner there. When1 in formed that he had been taken to prison.ahd that no visitors are allowed there on Sunday; theyounsrmen and girls of liis Sunday school class, who had come to solace the erring lad, went away sadly disappointed. Detective Murray was informed thatyoung White is a member of one of Camden's most L respectable families. His parents are almost neartbroKen over me anair. ana leex; ineir positip'n,keenlyv It is said that in ykv.- o tlte vonne man's resectable conBectIthia. latcempioyer will not push tfielcasjt. mm. eBriy-autBCDsaaeBMBestireeov-efed and is how in th'e"firm's eossession. With hi3- .former employer reinslag -to- prosecute, the prisoners friends nave ar ranged .to have lira plead guilty and throw himselton the mercy of 'the court White -first met Alice about two months azo, while she was performing with circus in Cam den. She is 19 years old. and very pTetty; He struck up. an acquaintance with herafter the show was over, and corresponded with her after the cirens took- its departure for other cities. DIED IN GREAT SUFPEElSG. Antopsy on the Bodv of the Girl Kicked Co Death by Playmates. rsnCTAL' TXLEOBAK TO TUB SISPATCH.1 New'Yoek, October 6. Coroner Mes semer made an autopsy to-day on the body of Julia O'Connor, who died Saturday af ternoon, in the New York Hospital, from injuries to her head and spine received in a street fight with other young girls on July 17. He found the girl's body badly wasted away, and she had died after extreme suf fering. Death resulted from exhaustion, caused by abscesses in the brain and lungs. There were evidences of injury to the spine, as if she had been kicked. Coroner Messemer wrote out five warranto for the arrest of the girls whom Julia O'Connor, in her ante-mortem statement, had accused of assaulting her. The charge was felonious assault and they are to be brought before the coroner to-morrow. STORM ON LAKE ONTARIO. Steamers Forced to Fat Back, and Fonr Men Reported Lost. Bochesteb, N. Y., October 6. The gale has been very severe on Lake Ontario. Several steamers which attempted to reach Charlotte were forced to put back op account of the terrible storm, and' many boats on the lake sought shelter in the harbor. Much-complaint is made by vessel masters of the harbor light at Char lotte, the port of Bochester, as they claim it cannot be seen on the lake during a severe storm. It is reported that four men were lost from a barge, but the report cannot be substan tiated. The storm is a severe one and it is feared much damagchas been done. JAY IS ROAMING AR0DKD. The Plutocrat and a Pnrtr of Friends En JotIoe a Western Tonr. St. Louis, October 6. Mr. Jay Gould arrived in this city by a special train this evening from Toledo over the Wabash road. He was accompanied by his son, Edwin, his daughter, Miss Helen, Mr. Willard Fisher and his sister, Miss Fisher; William Taussy, General Manager of the St Louis bridge, and Dr. Munn, Mr. Gould's physician. The party are quartered at the Southern, and will remain in the city until Tuesday, when they leave for Denver, where a tour will be begna over the Denver and Bio Grande road. The trip is more of a social and recreative nature than otherwise. A Railroad President's Novel Idea. St. Louis, October 6. President D. J. Mackty, of the Mackey system of railroads, has just begun what was perhaps never be fore undertaken by such an official. He started from Mount Vernon, III., yesterday, on foot and declares it to be bis intention to cover the 400 miles of the system in that way. The Reprieve Was Too Late. Madeid, October 6. The Government yesterday granted a reprieve to a murderer condemned to be executed at Oscuna. There was some delay in transmitting the reprieve papers, and when they reached the prison the sentence of death had been car ried out , Gone Up thoFlomr. rtriaAl. TEflQHAM TO THi'DISFATCH-l - AkEOir.'.O., .Oetober6.-The Morrissey Opera CoHoanv-hasdisbfindedisThe, artiste I have reaiaiBed. unpaid for, three WMk&w;ii XJJK1 CENTSJI TflWACff QUESTIQl It Will Net Dows. Bnt fimmP, Big Seasa&B is fosgrsKI MILLIKEN, OF MAIM, TALIS OXit Setting it Dews' fer Cwteto Tkatoififfl - Won't 1w legtrht!, KEGE0 FSASCIISK ft& IITHrM St Sestaera Candidate to HnsiftVsiimsssssi :'M .,:& The Southern race aaeatfe 1 and more proai'aeflt as eefe sueoaMtTesCT terview with uagreBjen,.K ora M I comes out I( the Lower' Eesw 'swWjsie-j yona an OTgaBizauos. ueaaioes sjhs this question .will undoubtedly pre! sensational feature of the wfater. CNaptsgJ man jtuuiKes, or Jaaine, talcs K, m a """i""; w Moaw A rSFZCIAX. TXLXSBAX TO ZHX SHFATCoUJ Washixgtox, October 6. Sonatas ! Representatives continue to arriva good deal of important talk is fee piss! the coming work of Congress. Tlw . will be an exceptionally iapertaatf m Many great national questions' wMj up. Representative Seth L. M&MmmHW Maine, was asked to-day: ' "Do you consider the raee MeaMMlsl subject for legislation?" "I think if is a subjset mm wMHOmI man. can speak'to-dayl feeliac a he is correct" In his eaflolnsjoBsTj question that has sever osojm f4P country, ana a uikmmhj assumes to know beforehand wis done, asserts what bo nian oaa oVi certamtv. Jverv ssan. wnsaan sfeoald be entitled to the fall i laws asi all the immuBities t eitlzeu.aad any denial of : citizen is a menace to thai other eitisea. "What the other racequmtwa in the Mare aebody cm tollA'- only oae BetttKm for America in take itudA-v tunri tfuifc (a jfcst wilits in the country who ha a righ xowmm1 io ram oy tne vonstituttea asa j be protected in tkat right 72ES TOTES. OS sTRVm.VcSssmr ' ' 'rAmtnMt inefiAA TJ jSkAJBBkAA olsV am mat iae coiorea vote oagat te e sjsjpssm be cast Every colored bum mm nrvlit ie Wta ilia vnta nasi ftM Ad man has The moment yoa w kiiii'ii ..taw- - ....... ..... . u n v n l-w. WMHi rights taken away uadsr the ' 1mm yimi anarchy. You see that the Imm'tmtttf obeyed, and.if the laws are not oWysj. aaaaa .' is no law that is with any fetae. If ttsia any portion, of this- ooaatry, ia, wMit; I laws cannot in eniwoeti, tmsiis J9 ous importance to tse repnot, laws cannot oe aaiercea. saw on hand. "I honestly .believe that a i vote who cannot do se fat then there would be 1 in drawinVtrifl line. One of -tSW l -rr,"""". r" . "r" r. "TI-Tr'--. ia iaat tne privilege oi vouaar womapojyTu restricted, ane men woo sTJti l-TKe to give It away:" " m m Me Kuate'aiMl -Mw seme Wt-oflsginlnHnw. !" a "The traeis form vumpmmmmSV'wm' qaeetiofi. It is possible tmiaMMiM ine ees9DiBaos yr oeaem arid, benefit the eoaannity alas.) Ityafla--ion has been that the Sugar Trast j ssV'i harmful. But take tho Oil Trust '4saac'33 .was a pioneer ra : furnishing the oiaasi rest auertm waiea-riV- with oil. It is a great questWB' has been inimical to the coafflsiity w.atfci "There have been very few mnnnnnlsss' rvmtinned Mr. Millitfin. "beesaae skair .? istence depends on the entire laek ef petition.. Steam has been the. fntaSr aifLl mother of more monopolies tbaa aart thing. It has centered' great wealth ia ii-' i dustries that could be competed wirh.fcvo-; ably only by a similar amoant ot weasaVj Now .' TTTTS NEW ETRflTRTfl PfttrBB - '' seems to suggest, mat, as aa taygama created monopolies inventions will them up. By steam great factories been run that could not be we competed with by a smaller Take the shoe business, for instaaee. S- j chinery has centered the manufaatariarafi shoes in comparatively few places, 1 the steam power necessary has bees, batik ntilized in great shops. But if eleeteSs ftin he distributed and stared and' the nhoail maker can have at hand the power ay A! tn.. A, r.fn.ll M.T. ." " ,1 II , - t ing -with the larger Banufaetarers, wkatisN, to-prevent a breaking up to seeae exteatof ,. the zreat monopolies of this kind aed are-, turn to smaller shops and more-iBdepondoBt '-. workers. The blacksmith who oaBaet af-' ford a steam engine may be able to take aa electric wire inms shop and use tie power he can derive ii that way." Bepresentative H. Clay Evans, of Chat tanooga, is one of the new Ceagronsaioii, but there are few poly-teraers wfco are bet- . ter. known around the Dejwrteatff tfeaa , Mr. Evans. He is a Bepablieaa and be- - lieves that Tennessee, though a Deaoeratie .' State, should be fully represeated. in the' civil service of the national GoveraBttBt- "The South will present no candidate; te 2J the Kepublican caucus for the Hpeater- . .kin " .M "WV TVino tn-At-v "Tf :il .ha uuiicccasaij vu uu ui a Mumusn u nan- .I.A..I.....W.. 4i.t.t .... n .anJiJ.ln ! tvmtSm 'T' to have weight in a caucus where eaea smb's i vote alone will have an. important . feearag?! There have been too many false assanMteM: in regard to the position of the Southern Be publicans." " &i THE HEATHEN HINDOO. He Gets Back From Britain Fart ottaej Vtimilai. W...riift ffi urn KYIm- ........-.. i The neatnen ninuoo, wun an nis respeec tor the sanctity of reptile life, seeaw to be' ' somewhat eouinncd witb the leaves of ras- ''' ' cality that enables his relative, the Celestial, farther north to debase coin so skillfully as even to hoodwink the Yankee sharper. It snAaA 4 linn ManrinKlA TiMwawa ! As- ueakucu Vlj.uw Ul tuc iiiuuuvuain own 3 debased by' contact with Western civilisai-''". tion. 'X i Marshall. Kennedy & Co. have at their'?? mill specimens of wheat from the vieiaity M of Delhi, of Aiombay, and from some dis-t. trict near the confines where the Briti auu Aura giiirc ah .u uiuci. aik; n.9ytl left by an English wheat buyer. At asjet J;j j t 1 .4 1. -.v... ro.M.-M each .Train had been derived from Ai dovtlion flri Tirvin nrfiforl tTift Tndiftn4 f rha o-rA Tvatov fT frit finfTP9 ft Vl AaV -V oiner rivers ia me auu. wua u - Al . ? - At- A. TK JX Atf4A01 a1B w tion a large amount oi uae mutt am deposits it oa the shores. 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