?.-' tm pjfeta v. MMm T " TWENTY PAGES. " , - i TRIPLE NUMBER I FORTT-ITFTH YEAE. A DEAL WITH ROME. Gladstone Now Brings a Fresh Charge Against the Tory Government. h.THE BISHOPS OF IRELAND . jHay in the Fnture Be Nominated by S - it,n Pnlloli Promier. 'EKGL1ND AFEAID TO INTERFERE In the Argentine Republic Because of the Monroe Doctrine. L1DI DU5L0 THE HEROINE OFTHE HODE Gladstone has entered a protest against the appointment ot a minister to the Vatican. It is charged that Salisbury is endeavoring to secure the control of the Irish Bishops. England will not attempt any action in South America because of the attitude of - the United States upon the Monroe doctrine. Great preparations are being made for the visit of the German monarch. 1ST CABLE TO THE DIBFATCH.1 London, August Z Copyrighted. Mr. Gladstone's versatility, -which is the admiration alike of friends and foes, has been exhibited this week in a manner which has maddened the Tories, while not altogether pleasing to those Liberals who never seem to realize that, despite his splen did service to the cause of freedom and progress the whole world over, the Grand Old Man is in some respects conservative in politics and ultra-Protestant in religions faith. The trouble has been caused by the publi cation of an official account of the mission to Borne entrnsted to Sir John Lintorn Sim mons for the purpose of settling with the Pope certain disputed questions of jurisdic tion in Malta. A MISTAKES' IMPRESSION. Although Sir John was duly described in the Official Gazette at the time of His ap pointment as Her Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary most people had remained under the impression that his mission to the Vatican was confi dential and unofficial in character, similar ' in fact to that carried ont by Sir George "Ellington, who was sent to Some by Mr. Gladstone six or seven years ago. The blue book now published has been a rude awakening to many thousands of sim ple folk, who find that Simmons was a duly accredited minister to the Papal court, and "sxerci;ed the usual diplomatic functions. He arrived at an agreement with the Vati can, which is now being fiercely assailed by Jiltra-T iry Protestants, free-thinking Radi cals and moderate Liberals. A PECULIAR. DEAL IN MALTA. Lord Salisbury is accused of substituting In Malta the canoa law for the law of the Queen, of allowing the Tope to decide the validity of marriages, religious or secular, of British subjects, and of conceding to such a decision a retrospective effect, thus em powering a foreign prelate to illegitimize children heretofore legitimate, but above all, and this in Liberal eyes is the crowning infamy, a provision has been indirectly made by which at some future time the Pope shall appoint to Bishoprics within the British Empire only nominees of the Brit ish Government. The last named scheme is of course in tended primarily for use in Ireland for the purpose of making the Boman Catholic hierarchy obedient servants to the powers that be. Mr. Gladstone made a great speech at the National Liberal Club on "Wednesday night denouncing Simmons' mission, and its results, and the attack will be repeated in Parliament next week when the vote for the foreign office comes up for Miscussion. A SECTARIAN WAR POSSIBLE. Some Liberals doubt their leader's wisdom in taking this course, fearing that it may have the effect of fanning the latent fire of sectarian bigotry, but a great consti tutional question is involved and must be raised, and Gladstone may be trusted to handle the difficult matter discreetly and in a statesmanlike manner. The Tories have endeavored to make out that Errington's mission was on all fours with that of Simons, but their efforts to con vict the Grand Old Man of inconsistency have so far resulted in an amusing failure. Mr. Gladstone is a master of verbal jugglery .when he likes and past master in the art of definitions. Americans can decide for themselves to which category the following explanation given by Gladstone in the House of Com mons lastnight rightly belongs. "Sir George Errington bore no diplomatic character whatever, bnt be undoubtedly conveyed and received information. His mission was not such a mission as to taking advantage of Sir George Errington's residence in Borne to correspond with the Foreign Office and to make known his views." HE WILL PBOVE IT. The Tories yelled derisively when Mr. Gladstone, sonorous and dignified, finished his explanation. They will probably begin to appreciate the argument when next week, as I am informed, the Grand Old Man will prove from the Government's own "Annual Foreign Office List" that the only Ministers ever accredited to the Vatican have been so appointed by Lord Salisbury, viz.: The Duke of Norfolk, who was sent in 1887, and Simmons in 1889. The Duke, as far as the world was per mitted to know, although given fall diplo matic rank and power, merely conveyed , Queen Victoria'!, congratulations to the Pope on his jubilee, but there has always been 'a suspicion that he brought about the Pope's interference in Irish affairs, and Simmons' ' mission was the price paid for His Holiness' ; ' complaisance. I Of their scanty legislative store the Gov ernment have this week dropped more bills, ; but we are yet weeks removed from the end of the session. 9 Combination Aclnt Combination. I ", IBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH. fc. LONDON, Augusta -A rise in chemicals -eVIue to the"formatiou of a trust is already "" Effecting the paper trade, and prices have - advanced one-eighth ol a penny per pound. The paper makers, in self-defense, are ar- -rsuging to comuine to puiia a chemical Ivories of tbeSr own. A ROYAL WEDDING. MARRIAGE OF THE ARCHDUCHESS ERIE A LOVE MATCH. VAL. Military Pomp Dispensed With and tbe Ceremony Conducted With All Possible Simplicity Tub Parent of tho Bride Greatly Aflected The Toilets. IBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, Augusts. One of the prettiest and least ceremonious of royal weddings which Europe has witnessed for many years took place at Ischl on Thursday morning, when Archduchess Valerie, the beautiful and beloved daughter of the Austrian , Em peror and Empress, was married to the young Archduke Francis Salvator, of Tuscany. The union was purely a loye affair, and ere it could be permitted the bride had solemnly to renounce all right in succession to the Austrian crown. Military pomp was dis pensed with, which in Austria was alone sufficient to make the wedding remarkable throughout, and the path from the royal villa to the chureh was lined by hundreds of little girls clad in white and flowered dresses, who, in lieu of weapons, carried each a basket, whence, rose leaves were strewn as the bridal parry passed. Simplicity, however, did not keep royalty away, for Princes and Princesses in gor geous raiment were there by the score. Two trainloads of them left Vienna the pre vious day, and many of Ischl's leading citizens had to seek temporary lodging, while royalty occupied their modest villas. It had been arranged that the bride should ride in a historic gala coach adorned with paintings by Titian, but this was used by the late Crown Prince Rudolph upon the occasion of his marriage, and, as at tbe last moment the widow or that most unnappy Prince decided to be present, the ordinary State carriage was used in its stead. The memory of the royal suicide seemed to haunt many of the wedding guests. The Emperor wept more than once, and is re ported to have exclaimed: "This is my last pleasure." The Empress bad been with difficulty induced to don light attire, and during the day she made frequent tear lul apologies for the apparent slur upon her dead son, declaring that she would never again wear anything but black. The bride herself scarcely smiled through out the day,and shed tears freely during and after the ceremony.and more natnraliy upon bidding adieu to her parents finally. The drive to church was made in closed car riages, and the wedding breakfast is said to have been almost funereal in its gloom. It lasted a little over half an hour, and was held in a public hall, which had been turned into a floral bower for the occasion. Seventy-two royalties sat down to the table and ate their food off solid gold plate. It remains to be said that the bride wore at the altar a white satin robe, covered with superb lace. A train two yards long was also a mass of lace. The deep lace volant in front of the robe lay in folds and was adorned, as were also tightly puffed sleeves, the waist and train with myrtle and orange blossoms. Her going away dress was of dark blue braided serge. The Empress wore pearl gray silk, embroidered with silver and shaded gray silks. The young couple are spending the early part of the honevmoou at a secluded hunt ing chateau at Offensee, not far from Ischl, and their personal suite at present consists only of one lady's maid and one valet. TURKISH PRISON HOEEOES. Some of tbe Atrocities Dlscorered by a ronrfon Newspaper Correapondent. CUT CABLX TO THE D1SFATCH.1 London, August 2. The Daily Newt re cently sent a special correspondent to in quire into the condition of the Macedonia province, which Greece hopes to obtain after the next war in which Turkey may be en gaged. The correspondent, in the guise of an antiquarian, gained admission to the prisons and discover ed many unpleasant things, but wisely waited till he was out of thecountry before publishing anythingjabout them. At TJskub this inquisitive gentle man found a prison containing 149 cells and 1,811 prisoners, and seems surprised that 15 to 20 unhappy captives should be crowded into one cell only two and a half yards square, and horrified that very few prison ers lived to serve their sentences in full. He is also indignant that prisoners should be tortured by being stripped, tied to a stake and bitten by ants placed on the naked body, but as Turks often say, European Christians are too fastidious in these mat ters and too apt to interfere in people's busi ness. The Sultan, who is once more the most worried monarch in the old world, will probably be asked to build new prisons in Macedonia or to clean and Improve the ex isting buildings, but he has money neither lor punning nor lor sanitary wore BABE KOI INTERFERE. England and Fraace Must Respect the Monroe Doctrine in Argentine. IBT CABLX TO TUX DISrATCH. J London, August 2. Some mendacious Parisian journalists who apparently have never heard ot the United States or of the Monroe doctrine, set a story circulating yes terday abont an Anglo-French agreement to interfere in Argentine affairs by sending fleets to Buenos Ayres and landing troops there. There never was the slightest founda tion for the story, which on appearance was promptly and authoritatively denounced as a pure fabrication. Something like 200, 000,000 sterling is the estimated aggre gate of British investments in the Argentine Bepublie, and the present estimated value thereof is about 150,000,000, but the British Government is perfectly well aware that European interference wonld neither increase the security or add to the value of these huge investments and Argentine will be permitted to wort out its own destiny. A belief is strongly entertained here, among politicians and capitalists alike, that the country will drift into civil war and possibly into anarchy unless President Celman shall speedily retire or be quickly deposed. MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA. Stanley Thinks the Moslem Faith Will Soon be Driven Out. rBT CABLX TO THX DISFATCH.l London, August Z Mr. Stanley has fonnd time and inclination to talk about missionary prospects. in Africa. He fore sees trouble between the Protestants and Boman Catholics if the native converts be not kept well in hand, but he has no fear of Mohammedanism in the future. That faith, he thinks, is fast decreasing, and he ventures to prophesy that within five years there will be Dot be one Mohammedan south of the'Equator in Central Africa. He also assigns that space of time for the completion of a railway from the seaboard at Mombassa to Uganda in the interior A GREAT STRIKE PROMISED. Half a Million Persona Are Directly Affected by the Dispute. rBT CABLX TO THX DISrATCH.T LONDON, August z.n. great strike o railway, dock and coliicry works in Soul "Wales will commence next Wednesdav, both sides maintain their present unyn ing attitude. Xbe railway companies ni they cannot guarantee running to seh alter that dav and manufacturers arj ins- in a bit? reserve of coal. One hundred and seventy thousani aggregating, with their families, million souls, are directly affected dispute. HISSED BY BELGIANS. THE KAISER NOT RECEIVING OVATIONS ON HIS TRIP. Great Preparation! Are Being; Blade for His ' Reception In England, However Lou of Gunpowder Will bo, Burned aad a Royal Basont I Promised. tBY CABLX TO TOT DISPATCH. London, August 2. Kaiser "Wilhelm arrived at Ostend this afternoon and was received by the King or the Belgians and the Crown Prince, who were accompanied by all the Ministers. The Belgian army sent its finest regiment to act as the mili tary monarch's guard of honor and he was escorted to King Leopold's marine chalet by a squadron of cavalry not unworthy of Potsdam. If the Kaiser expected a popular ovation he was. wofnlly mistaken. The weather was superb, but the town was not decorated, the crowds in the streets were small, and there was not even a pretense of enthusiasm. At several points along the route, in fact, people hooted and hissed vigorously, and the surprised Kaiser looked black as night until informed the demonstration was in tended for the unpopular Ministers, Beer naert and Devolder, who rode in a carriage close behind the royal party. At 2 o'clock the Kaiser lunched with his host, the Count of Flanders and Prince Bandoiu. This evening he is dining with the King and probably talking over African matters, and later on there is to be a tattoo of 12 military bands and a torchlight procession. To-morrow afternoon be starts aboard the yacht Hohenzollern for the Isleof "Wight, off which he will arrive about noon on Mon day, amid a mighty salute from forts and ironclads, which it is estimated will cost the British taxpayers about 500 for gun powder. He will land at the little town'of Cowes, the headquarters of British yatcht men. The Prince of "Wales and other mem bers oi the uruisti .ttoyal a amily, not in cluding the Battenbergs, however, will welcome him at the landing stage, and on driving to Osborne House be will find Queen Victoria waiting at the front door to receive him, an arrangement rendered nec essary by court rules and the royal lady's rheumatism. Cowes, which has been decorated to order, will be signally honored, for a great state banquet in honor of the imperial visitor is to take place in its Town Hall, because there is not a room large enough for the Eur pose in Osborne House. The dinner, owever, will be cooked by the Queen's chefs and served on gold plate specially brought from "Windsor Castle. A strong force of police has been told off to guard the precious things, and detectives swarm the place. HEROINE OF THE HOUR. Lady Dnnlo la All tbe Knee Jast Now In Certain Circles. IBT CABLX TO THX DISPATCH. 1 LONDON, August 2. Lady Dunlo having issued triumphant roni the divorce court, is the heroine of the hour in impolite so ciety. On the evening of the day the suit was decided she attended the two music halls where her sister Flo was billed, and sitting prominently in a stage box, was cheered most enthusiastically on both occa sions, and when Mademoiselle Flo tang a chaste ballade with tbe refrain "He lost it," the audience went wild with delight. Augustus Harris promptly encaged her ladyship the same evening to stag in the next Christmas pantomime at Drury Lane, .JiM0, though all the music ha J I managers.. -" TTfive since been endeavoring" to secure her" services in the interval, her price is too high for them". George Lewis informs me that nothing has yet been done to provide for Lady Bunlo by her noble father-in-law, "Earl Clancarty, and that she is compelled to earn her living on tbe stage. She is much delighted with the notoriety she has obtained, and has publicly expressed her opinion that Sir James Han nen, the most dignified and austere Judge on tbe English bench, before whom Lord Dunlo's suit was tried, is a dear old chap. TO ABOLISH A SINECURE. Tbe Snap for Which the Dnlie of Cambridge Draws 1.000 a Year. -BT CABLX TO TUX DISPATCH. London. August 2. The Duke of Cam bridge, Queen Victoria's cousin and Commander-in-chief of the British army, is honorary colonel of the grenadier guards, recently banished for insubordination, and, despite the adjective draws the salary of about 1,000 a year attached to the post A daring Badical member of Parliament presumed to ask the Secretary for "War whether the royal duke was not responsible in some measure for the indiscipline of the regiment for commanding which he is hand somely paid. The Secretary replied: "His Royal High ness, like all other honorary colonels, is in no way responsible for the discipline and efficiency of the regiment." A strong effort will now be made to have these sinecures abolished. pasts for a irvrao. Tba Uecord Has Jast Been Broken by a Mysterious Frenchman. rBT CABLX TO THX DISPATCH. London, August 2. Alexander Jacques, a French gentleman who Fasts for a living to-day took his first meal n 42 days on the stage of "Westminster Aq larium, and thus secures the record. At ie conclusion of his fast his pnlse was 6(j ' his temperatnre 90. His weight 42 days ago was 138 pounds and 2 onnces, and he hasfiost as pounds and 13 ounces. He has fasted once before for 30 days and claims that he is enable! to fast almost any length of time by the use of a powder, the ingredients of which are a secret. During the fast at the aquarium he has taken 2 ounces ot this powder. AH ACT OF PATRIOTIC F0IXY. J Is lbs War Portacnl Explains the Seizure ot a British Teasel. Lisbon; August Z In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, Sen hor Navarro referred to the seizure of the steamer James Stephen son, belonging tp tbe British Alrican Lakes Company,,as an) act of patriotic folly. The Minister Of Maf-ine replied that Lieutenant Continho, in seizing the vessel, had com mitted a breacH of discipline, and must be dealt with by LHe tribunals. CHOI SPREADING IK SPAIN". Portugal Est! bllshlng n Rigid Qanrantlue long the Frontier. Lisbon, JLngust 2. Cholera has appeared in the Spanish Province of Badajose on the Portuguese? frontier. A rigorous cordon has been artablished on the frontier by the Portaguait. authorities. tew Book by Titled Authors. (rBT CABLX TO THX PISrATCH.1 ion, August 2. The Duke nd 'j3 of Conuangbt are about to retire the world to the inspiring seclusion of iontnb Highlands in order to write a 'k. about India, whence they have just turned. The budding authors have been 'receded by a big parcel of books of refer- Fence. Tbe Conversion of an Atheiai. rBT DTOTLAP'S CABLX COSIPAKT. Bkblin, August 2. The Germania, an organ of the Vatican, asserts that the Vienna poet Bauernfeld, a pronounced atheist, now on his death bed, has returned to tbe Catholic faith, having taken back whatever he .laid against religion to' the ctislactimi of the Archbishop. PITTSBURG, SUNDAY, HUMOR AfflUfATHOS Elicited by the Census Inquiry Into Mortgage Indebtedness. THE FATAL DOCUMENTS SIGHED J To Pay for the Funeral Expenses of a Hus band or to Secure A DITOECB FROH A FAITHLESS IFE. The Postal Card Population of a Sumter Penn sylrania Towns, ' Many curious replies have been secured by that department of the census which is investigating mortgages. The reasons given for the contraction of the debt are, both various and novel The first count of a number of towns in this vicinity has been completed. ITKOM X BTATT COBSXSF01TDX3T.1 "Washington, August Z The ( Census Office has made a count of a few of the towns in the Tenth Pennsylvania district from the postal card returns of the enumerators The figures thus obtained are not to be taken as the official figures, but tbe final result will not vary very greatly from those here given. If anvthing'thev will be larger, for the rea son that a postal card may have" been lost dnring transmission through the mails or from some other similar cause. According to this count the city of 'Mc Keesport has made a very gratifying in crease in her population. There are-now accredited to it 20,452 people, while i a I860 it had only 8,212, showing a gain of 12,140, or about 140 per cent. To this tbe Census Office people usually add 5 percent to make up for missing returns, so that McKees port's population is estimated at 21,4G2. OTHER PENNSYLVANIATOWNS. By this same count Oil City is given a popnlationof 10,974, a gain of r3, 659 above the returns of ten years -ago, when there were only 7,315 people there. It may be added here that steps are being taken to ex tend the free postal delivery system in Oil City. In the case of New Castle the postal cards give a result of 13,380 -people as against 8,418 in 1880, which means an increase of 5,522, or more than 50 per cent in the ten years. The, town of Erie does not show up so well. Her population is given as 31,803, according to this count In 1880 it was 27,737, so that her gains have been 4,066. The official count will add slightly to this. Youngstown, O., has done wonderfully well, having more than doubled Its popula tion during the de.cade. In 1880 it had 15,435 inhabitants, and now it is credited with 34,372, an increase of 18,937, or about 120 percent. Although these figures are not exact, they are sufficiently so to give an idea of the manner in which' Western Penn sylvania and Eastern Ohio are rapidly in creasing in importance and in population. Incidentally to nothing in particular it may be stated that It has been ascertained that.thcre are 18,166 Chinese residents in San' Francisco. THE MORTGAGE INDEBTEDNESS. For months past a large force o-jpeciaL. George K. Holmes, has been engaged in taking from the records of counties and cities the recorded mortgages of private individuals and corporations. The names of the mortgagers and their addresses are obtained only, however, in certain counties throughout the country, where the inquiry will be made complete. Then letters are addressed to those per sons, asking the following questions: ''Was this mortgage fully paid January 1, 1890? If not fully paid, how much was due upon the principal January 1, 1890? Was this mortgage made to secure part of purchase money, to make improvements, or for what other purpose; or, if made to renew a pre vious mortgage, what was the debt origin ally created for? In cases where no answers are received special agents will be sent out to obtain the information by calling upon the persons. Of course, this method will not be followed in every county in every State. That would involve not only a large expenditure of money but also occupy a long period of time. A BASIS FOB ESTIMATES. This detailed inquiry will, therefore, be confined to 107 counties, which are scat tered throughout the country, and the con ditions as ascertained then will form a broad basis upon which the entire mass of statistics can rest. Every day Mr. Holmes receives replies to his circulars, and the cor respondence gives some curious glimpses of human nature, as well as of life fn tbe dif ferent sections of the country. One man states that his friend shot a negro, and the mortgage was incurred in raising the money to bail him ont of jail and for lawyers' fees. Another one writes: "Borrowed money for general use on account of failure in crops, and I reckon," he adds, with Southern naiveness, "you'll think I am a d d bad manager, but there are plenty more in the same fix. Misery loves com pany." A very large and ample explanation seems to be that offered, by the man who wrote that he had a mortgage of $400 put on his house to pay debts contracted in raising a family of 10 children. In the exuberance of his joy that he was able to report no mortgage, one man writes: "All settled, God bless your good soul." A TABIFP KICKER. A "Western farmer groaning under a mort gage ot 51,800 relieves his mind by writing inaimeqeotwas contracted lor "tbe purpose of enabling me to pay tariff on the things I have to buy and to make up lor the losses I sustained by reason of non-exportation of the things I nave to sell." In California a Chinaman was found who had given a fellow countryman a mortgage on his property of ?200, agreeing to pay in terest at the rate ol 60 per cent. An aspiring politician in the "West risked 100 on his political success. He con lesses to the Census Office that it was to pay expenses of election. At tbe close, however, he writes the word "busted," which indicates that he lost the election as well as the money. In attempting to explain that his mortgage of nearly 85,000 was a renewal of an old one, a "Western larmerdoes not refrain from adding: '"Give us free coinage of silver, enlarge our circulating medium and we can pav our debts." A BEBUKE TO CUBIOSIir. One man confesses that he bad paid the mortgage and that he has the releate in his safe, wh,ere he intends to retain it, so that tbe curiosity of his neighbor will not be gratified by knowing that he paid it. An other man justifies his going into debt by explaining that the money raised by the mortgage, amounting to $110, was "to make home pleasant by purchasing an organ to keep my boy at home, which proved a suc cess, for which I am proud," A pathetic case of extreme poverty is in dicated by a mortgage recorded in a South western State amounting to $14. The in debtness has been on record about five years, and during that period the debtor had managed to pay only about $6. The person giving the mortgage was a widow, and she states that she used the money to pay 'the funeral expenses ot her husband. An ante-bellum debt is accounted for by a man who states that the money was used to pay for negroes purchased" by his father before ths-war. Perhaps the most remark able explanation was given by a man who AUGUST 3, 1890. stated that he was obliged to borrow the money to pay the damages in a suit brought against him for alienating the affections of another man's wife. He couldn't refrain from adding the triumphant words: "I have her." CE?PECCErAR''8EAS0NS. Domestic infelicity' is given as the cause of another man's misfortune. He states that he raised the money to pay the ex penses in a divorce snit, by which he got rid ot an unfaithful wife. One of the cor respondents terselv explains that his mort gage of $140 was incurred in the attempt to pay for two sets of false teeth. This inquiry is independent of the special inquiry which Mr. Holmes will make and which is known as the farm and home in vestigation. This will be based upon the census schedules, but will only include farms and homes occupied by the owners, which are mortgaged. It is supposed that there are from 3,000,000 to CjOOO.OOO persons in this country who will be included in this inquiry. An effort will be made in accordance with the act of Congress to ascertain certain how much of the mortgage was unpaid June 1, the value of the farm or bouse, the rate of interest, and tbe object for which the indebtedness was incurred. The results of this investigation will be looked forward to with great interest by labor organizations, single tax advocates, the farmers, and by every one interested in social problems. LlGHTNEB. STEEL RAIL TARIFF. ONE OF THE SUBJECTS OF DEBATE IN THE SENATE. Southern Assertions as to tbe Labor Coat Speedily Repelled by Northern Mrmbers Two Republicans Vote With tho Dem ocrats on an Amendment. , 'Washington, August Z In the Senate to-day Mr. Piatt repelled and denounced an assertion made by Mr. George to the effect that while the duty on steel rails wss $11 a ton the labor in producing the article cost only $1 54. He supposed that the Sena tor believed what lie said, though no school boy would believe it. But tbe fact was that if the production of a ton of steel rails cost $24, the labor portion of that cost was not only $1 54, but ten times that amount. Mr. Hewitt had put his foot on that misrepresentation in the House of Rep resentatives iu a way that ought to be re membered by Democratic Senators. .Mr. Hawley ridiculed tbe solemnity with which Mr. George had intimated that the people at the North were living over a vol cano, and said that if he would make such" a speech in New England be wonld be con sidered as supplementing a negro minstrel company for the amusement of his hearers. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, supported Mr. .George's statement abont steel rails. He also spoke on the chinaware matter, apropos of which, and of the question of trusts, he read from to-day's papers a report from Findlay, O., as to the purchase by an English syndicate ot various glass works in Findlay, Bellaire, Columbus, Fostoria, and other towns; and be said that the effect of tariff legislation was to encourage such trusts and. syndicates. Mr. Eeagan, in discussing the general question of protection, spoke of the organi zation of farmers' alliances and working men's associations, that were protesting against class legislation and plundering laws. "He warned Senators that Buch a movement was cot to he ignored. At 5 o'clock Mr. Aldricb, intending to move an fdi u rment. proposed that'the-vote ou the pending question be taken on Monday with out further discussion. J5"Take a vote now. "We are ready. "We are always ready to vote as soon as discus sion is over," were the responses from sev eral Senators on the Democratic side. Mr. Aldrich did not think there was a quorum present, but he was willing to try. The vote was taken on Mr. Vest's amend ment, and the result was yeas 17, nays 20. No quorum. Messrs. Paddock and Plumb voted aye with the Democrats.QThe Senate then adjourned. DR. WALKER WANTS $10,000. Tbe War Services Which She Now Asks Congress to Pay For. rSrXCIAL TXLIGBAK TO TBB DI8PATCH.I "Washington, August 2. On July 24 Senator Evarts introduced a bill for the relief of Dr. Mary E. "Walker. The records of tbe "War Department do not go far toward substantiating her claim for $10,000. They state that she was professionally examined and nominally commissioned as an acting assistant surgeon. She was assigned to duty as nominal acting assistant surgeon with the Fifty-second Ohio Infantry, then in tbe front, so that she might have a chance to go through the lines and get information of the enemy. Her intrepidity is well known to the Army of tbe Cumberland. Her self assigned duty as a sout compelled her to masquerade for the first time in men's attire. In that dress she was captured, but the dis covery of her sex saved her from "being hanged as a spy. She was sent to Richmond and while im prisoned she endured all the hardships of the other prisoners. She was sent north in August, 1861, and soon afterward was placed in cnarge ot tbe female prison at Louisville. She now draws a pcraion of $20 a month. She is almost blind and is obliged to use most powerful glasses to see. Added to that infirmity, she has lately broken her leg, and is suffering much pain. It is doubtful whether Con gress will give the sum she asks, although it has been approved by the "War Claims Committee of the House" four times. She did, lor a woman, perform excellent service, and there are many claims on tbe calendars of both honses that are less meritorious than Dr. Mary "Walker's. BLAIR'S MOTION LAID TO REST. The Republicans Not Ready to Consider the Question Jast Yet. II-K01I A STATF COEBESrOXDEKT. "Washington, August 2. It seems that Mr. Blair introduced his resolution instruct ing tbe Committee on Rules to report a rule providing for the calling of the previous question without consulting with his Re publican colleagues, and it gave them some thing of a shock to have tbe question thrust upon them thus suddenly when they were not prepared to deal with it as they would like to. However the matter may end, the Republican leaders in the Senate have not as yet succeeded in getting the approval of all the Senators on their side to the proposi tion for the previous question. Their policy is to say as little as possible on this subject at present, and to await develop ments. Therefore the motion of Mr. Blair was a surprise to his colleagues, and they did not breathe easy until they had the resolution safely in the hands of the Committee on Rules. They feared that a discussion might be provoked which would last for a month or more, and that whatever weakness there is in the party line would be disclosed. Tbe pressure from the House and from the outside is something tremendous, however, and it is probable the sticklers for precedent will be brought to a sense of what is more important than any precedent, and that is to get into a condition in which they can do business and atop talking. Robbed of 340,000. St. Louis, August 2. J. L. Mayer, who lives at 1B23 "Washington avenue, had stolen from bis room last uight $40,000 worth of raining stocks and a small amount of cash. Negotiations on the stocks w ill be stopped, -e A FIGHTING CHANCE Even Now to Again Delay the Execu tion of Murderer Kemmleri . POSSIBLE PLEA OP INSANITY. The Prisoner Has Been Acting Very Strangely for Some Time Fast. Aff INJUNCTION MAI BE OBTAINED By the WesUnchonse People Against the Use of Xhcir Apparatus. There are still a great many persons who do not believe Kemmler will be executed by electricity this week, It is hinted that a plea of insanity may be entered as a last re sort. Others assert that an appeal will be made to the courts to prevent the use of the dynamo for such a purpose. rsrCCTAL TZLZQBAM TO TBB SISFATCO.I Aubtjen, Aueust 2. The coming exe cution of Kemmler by electricity at the State prison here, is the one thing talked about in Aubnfn now. Auburn people however, have a strange but very positive conviction that Kemmler will not be executed after all. Although every ap parent legal resource has been exhausted in his behalf, and although the courts of last resort have decided against him over and over again, people here seem to think that the powerful interests which bave be friended Kemmler thus far will yet find some ingenious pretext on which to save him. There is a very common belief in Auburn that the "Westinghouse Company will en deavor to get au injunction enjoining "Warden, Durston from using at Kemmler's execution the electrical dynamo which, it is alleged, was procured by Harold P. Brown for the State under false pretenses. There are lawyers who believe that such an in junction might be secured, but the weight of legal opinion is against this. THE PBISONEE'S SANITY. There is more serious danger of delay in the execution because of an application .which may be made for a commission to in quire into Kemmler's sanity. The unques tionable fact of Kemmler's weak and fright ened condition has caused talk to spring up in Auburn that he has really been fright ened into insanity. , A Dispatch reporter has made a pretty thorough investigation on this point, and he is convinced that there is really no strong basis lor the insanity theory. Still there is no doubt that of late Kemmler has been acting strangely. He has had long periods of silence, never saying a word. Then he has talked volubly and in an odd manner. He has not slept well and has muttered and mumbled in his sleep. Recently he has had bad dreams and "visions. While he may only be sham ming and may not be crazy, even if he is pot shamming there is no doubt but that he is in a bad way, and it would not be sur prising if he really did go crazy before be was killed. Ot.eourse.if Kemmler's friends should go into court . with afEdavitsSietting forth that he was insane, most judges would feel called upon to appoint a commission to inquire into his sanity. A POSSIBLE DELAY. That would mean another long delay. One man who ia about as scared as Kemmler ii "Warden Durston. The War den is afraid that the electrical current to be produced at the execution will be either too' strong or not strong enough. He is afraid that Kemmler may make a struggle when the time comes to kill him. He is afraid that something dreadful will happen, anyway. It is a fact that the recent tests which Electrician Barnes made of the death ap paratus showed that tbe apparatus was not in the most satisfactory order. The lights of the incandescent lamps, by means of which the strength of tbe currant was shown, flickered and wobbled and did not "show up" well at all. The volt meter was, in fact, found to be out of order, and "Warden Durston had to pack off to New York to get it fixed. The "Warden was very sorry that Chap lean, tbe murderer, who was to bave been executed at Dannemora, was not killed be fore Kemmler was. The "Warden carried his death chair and other apparatus to the Dannemora prison and hustled around there with great cheerfulness, putting the ma chine np. It was a great blow to him when Chapleau was pardoned. MISTAKEN SENTIMENT. A great deal of maudlin sentimentality has been experienced over the conduct of Mrs. Durston in the Kemmler business. Kemmler's "conversion, etc.," have been ascribed entirely to Mrs. Durston's efforts. As a matter of fact Mrs. Durston has seen Kemmler twice only since he was last sen tenced. She has not taken much interest in him, and her ministrations to him bave not been such at any time as to require any especial comment. A dispatch from Rochester, N. Y., says: C. R. Barnes, of this city, Superintendent of the Fire Alarm, will have charge of the execution of Kemmler at Anburn prison. That is, he will superintend the electrical machinery and see that the proper connec tions are made. He said to-night that tbe Attorney General has advised "Warden Durston that in case the "Westinghouse people enjoin him from using their dynamo in the execution of Kemmler he should give bonds and go on and use the dynamo. The visitors who are to be present at the execution will be invited to appear at the prison on Tuesday morning, but it is not positively known that the execution will take place that day. The operation of turn ing on the fatal current will simply consist of a quick movement of a lever the quicker the better and the current is to remain closed only an instant. (NOT THE EXECUTIONER. Superintendent Barnes said: "I see it is stated iu the papers in a dispatch from Auburn that I am to cinse the switch which sends the current to the chair in which Kemmler is to be executed. Tnat is not so. My duty is to regulate the current at one switch. Another person will close a second switch which will send the current which I have regulated to the chair." Mr. Barnes said lurtherthat the arrange ments made lor the execution are verv rigid. No newspapermen will be admitted, except the reporters of the two press associations. "Warden Durston has every detail complete. Mr. Barnes was at Auburn to-day, and. saw that all the electrical appliances were in shape. - "I hope," said he, "that the "Westing house people will secure an injunction and prevent the execution from taking place. I am sick of the whole business. The Westinghouse Company has spent thou sands of dollars in fighting this execution, any still has a fighting chance. FERTILIZER FIRM IN TROUBLE. liabilities Placed nt 8400,000, but Their Assets Are Nominally Greater. New York, August 2. The New York creditors of S. H. S. Miller & Co., manu facturers of fertilizers at Newark, N. J., have been called to a meeting Tuesday next. The firm Is said to be temporarily embar rassed for ready money. The company's liabilities are reported to be about $400,000, and their nominal assets are largely in excess of this sum. THIRTY ARE DEAD AS A RESULT OF INTENSE CHICAGO. HEAT AT Men and Horses Dropping; on the Streets The Mercury 07 in tbe Shade and 118 In In tbe San The Worst for Three Years - A Terrible Night. rSrZCIAL TELiamAM TO THX DISPATCH.) Chicago, August ft Chicago has swelt ered and groaned under many a hot sua this summer, but the heat to-day eclipsed anything experienced here since the flames of the big fire swept over the city. The heat of one month ago, when nearly 1,000 people were prostrated, did not compare with the fiendish glare of the sun to-day. From, the seventies the mercury crawled up to 94'Jathenta 96, and finally to 99. The w- "ftSrSroi the southwest and it was KW8Anfa0'"jp'2OtL It stifled people aT-Or pJ0r,'!;r9Pfe kneesin all parts oTrnigOr;ii' ?r mechanics were forced to leave-tJ k. On "Warren avenue the sun beatSe-Wwso fiercely that too painters fell from the scaf folding upon which they were working and were picked up in a dying condition. They were taken to a hospital. Not since the memorable Sunday of three years ago, when 100 people were killed by the sun, have the streets been as deserted at they were to-day. It was courting death to walk a half dozen blocks. "Where there was no shade and where the reflected heat reached its maximum- big thermometers registered 118. Casualties resulting from such terrific neat are being reported every moment. Men and horses were prostrated in all parts of tbe city. A German, known only as "Joe," and Joseph Rudkosski were prostrated on the North side. Neither can live through the night. At 9 o'clock to-night it was estimated that GO people had been sunstruck during the day. Thirty or these will die. The mortality among horses was appalling. They fell everywhere, and the dead carts of the Health Department was kept running all day in order to drag the carcasses from the streets and alleys. Many dead horses still remain where they fell. The heat to night is unbearable. Thousands of people are sleeping out of doors in a furnace breeze which is still blowing from the prairies in the southwest, At 9 o'cloctc to-night the big thermometer on Fifth avenue regis tered 90. DIED OP A BE0KEH HEART. Colonel BrldKelnnd Believed That Harrison Owed mm Home Recognition. tSPECIAL TXXIQBAlI TO TBS PISFATCIZ.1 Indianapolis, August 2. A promi nent Republican says to-night that Colonel Bridgeland, late Consul to Havre, died of a broken heart, resulting from his treatment by President Harrison. "A few months ago I had a long confi dential talk with Colonel Bridgeland. He said: 1 have been a Harrison supporter for years. When the campaign opened which closed with Harrison's elec tion to the Presidency I gave the first $1,000 to the fund which was raised. At the convention in Chicago I worked night and day lor Harrison until he was nomi nated, and from that day until the election I worked for him tirelessly. My friends thought 1 was entitled to some recognition from the administration, and, more because of their wishes than my own, I asked to be ma'de Consul General at Paris. 1 was put off, and finally the place was given to another man. Then I asked for my old place as Consul at Havre; that, too, was relused me. One day I went to the White House and had a talk with the President, and he told me he had nolhinc for me. I was astounded and came away, though I told him before leaving that I'wished him well." As Colo nel Brigeland finished his recital his eyes overflowed with tears. THE HARRISONS AT CRESS0N. Expected to Arrlre Next Week Plenty of Bedrooms There. Cbesson Springs, Pa., August 2. President Harrison's sojourn at Cresson dur ing the greater part of tbe months of August and September is now a fixed f.ict. The Presidental household will leave their Cape May Point cottage about the 15th instant and take np their residence for the balance of the summer in theij beautiful mountain home and the President himself it is ex pected, will follow within a week. Because of the excellent facilities of com munication existing between Cresson and "Washington the President will practically transfer his office to his cottage here, only going to "Washington as tbe exigencies of public business require. The Parke cot tage, which President Harrison rented some time ago from Mrs. Parke, of Pittsburg, has been thoroughly overhauled and is now ready for occupancy. A grove of splendid trees give a grateful shade to the broad veranda and flowers bloom on the sloping lawn. It contains six bed chambers beside servants' rooms, a reception room, spacious dining apartments and a cozy stndy for tbe master. The wife and daughter of Private Secre tary Hal ford have been here for the past few weeks and Mr. Halford is expected to join them to-morrow. THE DISPATCH DIRECTORY. Contents of the Issue Clasiifled for the Readers' Conyenlenee. The Issue of The Dispatch to-day consists of the usual 20 pages, uivided Into three parts. The first is devoted to news and news comments. The others are luade up as follows: PART II. PaaeS. On tings In Pittsburg- L. E.STOriFL Queens Who Smote MABQUISEDE KEKGEOT The I'eace Congress K. W. Ckiswzll Stand Fast. Craig-Kojston WILLIAM ULACK Page 10. Gossip or Gotham Claba Belle Homes for Bummer shiblex Hare Page 11. Secret Societies. For Sale Column The Want Column. To Let Column A Woman's Bravery. Page 12. The Summer Resorts. M111U Gossip Business Cards. Page 13. , Summer Society. Local Trade News Markets by Telegraph. Business Notices Page U. ' Sport in England Pbtxolz The GrandArmy. The Theatrical World Sewlckley Notes. irageli. The National Guard... .Gxx. GEO. W. WnrOATE Hooking Blue Fish CnAiu.ES T. MunBAT How to Be a Senator A SYMPOSIUM Summer Recreations Bessie Bbahblx Page IS. " Juggling as an Art .Tajik HOE Tonic of Hardship James C. Pukdt Every Day Science. Amusement Notices Part ITT. Page 17. Patent office Freaks FbactcG. Cabpettzb Temperance in Boston Howard Fielding A Fire In Paris UeWoli Scanlak ltllroTeHer Mad CHABLXS U. HETMOUB Page IS. Might Makes Klght '. FAJoni B. Wabo Genius In tbe Home 4... .O.K. Clifford With Grit and Grip THX COUSTRT Pariox Puzzles E. B, CBADBODBX Page 13. Queen of the Mermaids PATStE The Giants' Arrows Jtsv. Geohoe Hodoes Winnie Davis' Wedding V. L. CnniSMAH An S.0W Home fi. W. SHorriLL rage SO. Millinery for Mourning? OeaSeaseT English Undergarments sunoxTA Fish as a Food Ellice Bereka Cradles and Dolls Miss Grcitot.Jb. A Doll Baby's story. FlokesceK. B, Wade ITVE CENTS. M'DOWELL A WINNER., Lawrence County in Line for the Nominee, Although Favoring A COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION. One of the Minority Hissed When He Hade an Opposition Speech. TBE MEETING WAS DECIDEDLY LITELT, But the Friends of the Major Were Larcely the lint i Numerous. Two of the counties in Major McDowell's district have now repudiated his nomina tion and two have ratified it. Lawrence county yesterday decided, after a lively meeting, to support the regular ticket, A committee of investigation will be ap pointed, however. ISrEClAI. TXLEOKAK TO TITS DISPATCH. 1 New Castle, August 2. The warmest political meeting ever held in Lawrence county took place this afternoon, when the .Republican County Committee met. The talk of bribery indulged in by every faction in the ranks brought out all of the promi nent men in the county. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by Chairman E. I. Phillips, a nephew of T. "W. Phillips, thej;reat oil king. He stated the object of the meeting to be to elect a County Chair man, to name a day for the Republican primaries, to nominate a candidate for Associate Judge, to form an organization and to attend to general business. B. "W. Cunningham, of "Wayne township, was elected County Chairman, against J. A. Gardner, Esq., a member of Battery B, and the choice ot the people opposed to McDow ell. He received 8 votes against 16. This was a decided victory for the Major, and nearly showed the strength of his opponents. m'dowell's foeces vs costrol. The next contest was the election of a County Secretary, and D. Keast and J. F. Liken were the candidates. Again the ma jority rolled up for McDowell, and Liken, who was a recognized McDowell man, caught on by a vote of 14 to 13, and was elected. H. "W. Griggsby, of Shenango township, presented the following resolu tions, which were adopted, alter a long and hen ted discussion: Whereas, Statements haveanpeared in tho newspapers charging that the nomination of Major Alexander McDowell, as tbe Republican candidate for Comrress of this district, was ob tained by the bribery of one or more of tho delegates representing Beaver county In the convention, and Whereas. We have faith and confidence la the honesty and integrity of Major McDowell, and will not believe without some reasonable proof that he used or employed corrupt prac tices in obtaining votes; and Whereas, These charges of fraud are i that we deem It tbe duty of the Repubii party, is well as the duty of Major McDon oar nominee for Congress, to have invest! gi and reported all tbe facts concerning them, that tbe whole truth may be known; thereto bolt Resolved, That we hereby express onr disaj proval and abhorrence of tbe corrupt use o money on the promise of office or place t secure nominations or elections, and if Majoi McDowell shall be found to be directly or indi rectly implicated in such practices, that we wonld consider It abundant reason for with holding from him our support. THET DEMAND THE PROOFS. Resolved, That wo believe that justice and fairness to Major McDowell, as well as to the people of this district, requires that at least reasonable proof be shown against him before he Is treated as gnilty. Resolved, That the Chairman of this commit tee be authorized and directed to appoint a committee of three Republicans to act with similar committees of tbe counties of this dis trict, to Inquire concerning and investigate the said charge of bribery to ascertain the facts, and make report to this committee at future meetings. Resolved. That wa urge upon the members j of this committee to be so appointed tbe ira portance of making their investigation as thot- ougn ana as prompt as tney reasonaoiy can. There was another set of resolutions pre-j sented, not so strong as tbe above, and thai discussion was very heated. AI Martin, who had been slated as a candidate for County Chairman against any McDowell man, said he had heard that Mr. McDowell had been nominated by fraud, and if the resolution adopted went into effect, a Demo crat wonld be the next Congressman. HE WAS HISSED HARD and long. It was purely Major McDowell's meeting, and any one who had views con trary to his 'friends had little chance for ap plause. Major McDowell was present, but tbe committee was so solid for him from tho first that it was decided it would be useless to call on him, and he was therefore not asked to speak. The resolutions adopted were carried by a vote of 21 to 9. There are 30 county com mitteemen. "When the yeas and nays were called for on tbe resolutions there was not a sound in the City Council chambers, where the committee met, but as soon as tbe result of the vote was announced a mighty shout went up that was heard all over the city. Chairman Cunningham has not as yet an nounced his committee of investigation. Major McDowell left for his home at Sharon on an afternoon train, and didn't care to be interviewed. A dispatch from Sharon says: Mercer connty Republicans are jubilant to-night over the action of tbe Lrwrence county Re publican committee in indorstog Major Mc Dowell's nomination. The Major's friends now predict his election by a handsome ma jority in November, even if a second candi date is placed in nomination. They claim that the Beaver and Butler county commit tees did not represent the sentiment of the voters, and that his vote ia those counties will be much larger than expected. Mercer's Democratic Candidate. rSFXCIAI. TXLXGRAJf TO TUB CUFATCO.1 Mercer, August 2. The Democratia County Committee met to-day and elected Hon. J. A. Stranahan Chairman of Com mittee. Mr. Stranahan is a first-class or ganizer, and will put the party on a war footing at once. E. P. Gillespie, of Green ville, was named as Mercer county's candi date for Congress. A WONDERFUL SPECTACLE In tbe Lake Prepared for tbe Odd Fellows' Demonstration ia Chicago. Chicago, August 2. Arrangements are complete for the Odd Fellows' demonstra tion which commences here to-morrow. A grand stand has been built on the Lake Front Park which is hearly half a mile long; and will seat 40,000 people. In the park are long avenues of poles on which hang hnndreds of electric lights. When tbe great spectacular celebrations occur Wednesdav and Thursday nights at the conclusion of the ceremony of the decoration of chivalry, the general issimo will place his foot upon a. switch in his tent and the electric lights will instantly be put out. By press ing another switch he will send the electric current through tbe wires that will fire the first piece of the great pyrotechnic display, causing a mighty ernption of fire from the shore of the lake and sending hundreds of shells Into the air. It is estimated that there will be 0,090 -, -Odd Fellows in Chicago by Tuesday. - Ji t .'- Krentzer Counterfeiters Caught. Prague, August 2. A gang of counter- j- ieiterrwbo have been flooding Austria andiiCi, Hungary with spurious florins and yzremfrfV'' aero, uare uccu oaufcurcu is tail oiit.. . -. .i. .. , . - J i V - ' VN -JakJ -