'1 t h t r , N H 3 0 -n o o 2 a 3 m ui ir V s- - i -s jt- 2L p UC1 P Cooks, ambermaids. X, DISPATCH. The best rf nttf0 weirkert c oust II be through the Classified Advertisement CohTmSls Of THeHj&pHxTCH. IS FOBTY-FIFTH YEA. IT A SAFE REFUGt APolitical Fugitive Shot While on Board an American Ship Flying THE STARSAND STRIPES; Guatemala Demanded the Surrender of General Barrundia, a Pas 1 senyer on the Acapnlco A REFUSAL FEOM THE CAPTAIN Was followed by a Direct Order Prom the .American Minister to Give the Jlan Up to Bis Fate- HE WIS THEN KILLED IN COLD BLOOD Ej the Party t Soldiers Bent to Arrest Elm, If ot- wlthstandinc the Fact That His Life Had Bees Guaranteed. 'BLAISE'S DErAETMiarr WAIIIKl FOE DETAILS Dispatches from Gnatamala confirm the report that General Jose 31. Barrnndia was 'murdered on board the Pacific Mail steamer Acapnlco by the authoritiei of Gnatamala. .The captain refused to give him np. bnt was forced to do so by an order from the Ameri can Minister, Mr. Mizner. The State De 'partment at Washington is awaiting full information before taking any action upon the matter. rSPECIAL TXXXOBAM TO THE DISPATCH. Washington, August 3L There is a chance for Blaine at last. The Stars and Stripes have proved iobe no protection ior a fugitive charged with a political crime, and be was shot under the very shadow of the ensign of freedom. Moreover, a diDlomatic representative of the United States is directly involved. General Jose Maria Barrundiaa political refugee from Guatemala, while traveling as a passenger on board the Pacific Mail steam ship Acapulco, flying the American flag, has been attacked by the Guatemalean au thorities and killed; and, according to the best information available, the bloodshed is due to the interference oi Mr. Mizner, the United States Minister to the Central American Bepnblics. A Revolutionist nnd Exile. General Barrundia was a citizen of Guat emala, but not being in accord with the present government of that Bepublic he was a revolutionist ana an exile, ile was in capulco, Mex., when he took passage i.'Oard the Pscifc Mail Steamship Com- any s steamer Acapulco for Acajutla, lo an Salvador. Before reaching his destina tion the ship had to stop at one or two Guatemalan ports, including San Jose. ' Some reports say that before calling at San I Jose, the steamer, with General Barrundia aboard, called at the port of Champenco, that the Guatemalan authorities at that port demanded the surrender of General Bar- ruuuia, but that Captain Pitts, the com mander of the Acapulco, refused to give up his passenger. The United States Consular Agent at Cbamperico is said to have ordered CaDtain Pitts to make the surrender, but the Captain still refused and sailed from Cam perico to San Jose. The Odds Wero Too Grcnt. At San Jose, however, the odds against him were greater. Our State Department is usually represented at that port by only a consular agent The present consular agent is Robert H. May. He, however, does not figure prominently in the tragedy which occurred there, for Minister Mizner appears to have been himself at that port. Just why he was there nohody knows except himself. Guatemala City is his proper official resi dence, and while it is bis duty to travel oc casionally from one Central American capi tal to another, he must have had some rea sons ot bis own outside of rm instrnctions from the State Department for being at San Tose at the exact time when the steamship (Acapulco, with Barrundia on board, arrived fthere. The result of his presence and his per nicious activity, it appears from all that can be learned, was the killing of General Barrundia by the Guatemalan police on board oi a steamer flying the American flan which had been sufficient to save him at Champerico, and onght to have been suf ficient to save him at San Jose. A Hernial to Surrender. The Guatemalan authoritiefSSj Jose anded the snrrender of Barrundia, just iney had done at Champerico, and brave iptain Pitts again refused to surrender the passenger, whom he regarded as his protege. He thought that on board a ship flying the American flag the General should be as safe as if he had been on American soil, and as be was not charged with any extraditable offense the Captain proposed to protect him from molestation or arrest, and for a time he succeeded. But soon the pernicious activity of Lan sing B. Mizner, our Minister to the Central American Bepublic, became conspicuous and effective. It setms quite too probable that this indiscreet diplomat was at that oort for the special purpose of helping the lan Jose police to carry ont the instructions f the Guatemalan Government, even it the merican flag had to be outraged in doing The brave American skipper stood out mly against all the demands of the tatemalan authorities until they were re- orced by an order from American Minis- tz Mizner. Shot Down In Cold Blood. The Captain was highly incensed at Mr. Mirner's action and again protested against the surrender of his passenger, but had to accept the demand, which gnaranteed Bar rundia's life. The Captain of the Port and bis nine men went to the stateroom occu pied by Barrundia, stationed themselves about the door and then knocked. "When Barrnndia appeared all fired upon him and he fell dead, seven bullets having pierced "ICi read THE servants secured his body. It was one of the moit cold blooded murders that has occurred in the annals of Guatemala, where life is sacri ficed so cheaply. Captain Pitts was horri- ft fied and angry, but was powerless to act The State Department has received a re port of the occurrence irom Mr. Mizner, but just how much of a report he has made it is impossible to say at present Mr. Wharton, the acting Secretary of State, consented to say that in a dispatch from San Jose the Minister bad confirmed the report of the killing of General Barrnndia on board the steamship Acapulco, and that the Guate malan police had fired the first shot Some other reports had stated that General Bar rundia had first fired at the officers who (rent to arrest him. Not n Success ni a Minister. Mizner has been a partisan of Guatemala' all through this struggle. Just whether the State Department has instructed him to that end is a State secret, which will not be revealed at present Possibly Mizuer's partisanship is to be traced to the fact that the city of Guatemala is his official resi dence, and that at that capital he will have formed most ot his personal connections and friendships. Mizner is from California, He i the United States Minister to the whole five Central American States. He is the man who, on presenting his credentials to the President of Costa Rica.delivered an imper tinent speech, which gave offense to Mexico and placed Secretary Blaine under the nec essity of making a humiliating apology to that power. Secretary Blaine at that time administered to Mr. Mizner a rebuke which would have caused any self-respecting man to have resigned his commission on the spot, and at the name time it should be said that Mizner at that time committed a blunder for which many a Secretary of State would have instantly recalled him, without any hesitation and without any conditions. THE LAWJNJHE CASE. VERY SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAVE OC CURRED BEFORE. Precedent! Shotvlns; tlio Right of the Got crnment to Make Arrests on a Merchant Teasel Where Minister Mizner Made Ills Great MIstnke. Washington, August 3L The State Department has taken measures to secure full particulars of the shooting of General Barrnndia on board an American vessel lying in the port of San Jose, by officers of the Guatemalan Government, and nntil the exact facts and circumstances connected with the affair are known, it does not care to express any opinion of the case, or of the course of Minister Mizner. A case involving the identical principle with that of General Barrnndia occurred in Nicaragua, in 1885, and in that case Secre tary Bayard informed our minister to Cen tral America that the Nicaraguau Govern ment had a right to take the man wanted from on board an Ameri can merchant vessel, provided she were in Nicaragnan waters. The cose was that of Jose Gomez. In a letter dated Guatemala, February 10, 1883, Min-' ister itaii imortnea secretary reling huysen that he had been informed that the Guatemalan Government proposed to take from on board the Pacific Mail steamer Honduras, then lyfng in San Juan-del Sur, a passenger named Gomez, in transit for Panama, but wanted in Nicaragua to an swer a charge of being implicated in a re cent insurrection in that country. The Opinion ofOne Minister. Minister Hall said that ' had directed our Consul at Manaua to Inform the Nica ragnan Government "that our Government has never consented, and will never con sent, to the arrest and removal from an American vessel in a foreign port of any passenger in transit, much less if the offense is political." The cap tain of the vessel did not give up the man and sailed out of port without securing proper clearance papers. He was tried and convicted for it by the Nicara guau authorities. The case came before the State Department in this way, and it held that Minister Hall had not acted according to law. In his letter to the Minister, which is dated March 12, 1885, Secretary Bayard says: It appears that Gomez voluntarily took pas sage on the vessel, knowing that it would enter en route a Nicarazuan port. It may be safely affirmed that when a merchant vessel of one country visits the ports of another for the pur pose of trade It owes temporary allegiance and is amenable to the jurisdiction of that country, and is subject to the laws which governs the port it visits so long as it remains, unless It is otherwise nronded by treaty. Any exemption or immunity from legal jurisdiction must be de rived from the consent of that country. Precedents for Such Action It is said that cases have frequently oc curred in which revolutionists and others wanted for offenses of one character or an other have been seized by the Hawaiian Government while on British merchants ships and Great Britain has not protested, thus establishing diplomatic precedents. Had the vessel been a man-of-war Barrundio would not have been subject to jurisdiction as war vessels carry everywhere thejnris diction'of the country whose flag they fly. The Barrundia affairs differs from the others in that the man was shot, but the rieht to seize beine conceded, the riirht to kill if resistance is made is an old estab lished principle of law. The principal criticism made in diplo matic circles of Minister Mizner's course is that of unnecessary interference. It is suggested that he might have simply stated to the Guatemalans that they seized the man at their own risk. But on this point it is thought well to await knowledge of exactly what the Minister said and did before pro nouncing judgment upon his conduct BKAZIL WILL EECIPBOCATE. minister RIendonca Tells What Bis Country Will Gladly Accede To. Washington, August 31. The recip rocity amendment to the tariff bill reported from the Finance Committee last week was last night the subject of an interview between Senator Aldrich and Mr. Mendonca, the Brazilian envoy on a special mission to the United States. This amendment was re ported alter a consultation of a general na ture with Major McKinley, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and other Republican leaders. In the in terview last night Mr. Mendonca said that the amendment as reported by Senator Aldrich was satisfactory to Brazil, and that she would be one of the first coun tries to make concessions to the United States in return for the removal of duty on sugar. Mr. Mendonca said his government would not only remove the duty on farm products exported from the United States, but would admit free United States agricultural implements and machin ery, and railroad equipment and supplies, including railroad iron. Brazil would also, he said, make a reduction of at least 25 per cent in the duty on cotton and leather goods and clothing from the United States. TEE WEEK IK CONGRESS, That Clavton-Drecklnrldce Contest Case to Come Up In the Iloasr. Washington, August 31. The confer ence report on the river aud barbor bill will be presented to the Senate early In the week and Its consideration asked for. The question may be disposed of promptly, ' bat if it seems likely to lead to an extended debate the report will be laid aside and the discussion of the tariff bill proceeded with. The debate on this measure will close Saturday? In the House to-morrow the day wjll be given up to motions to pass motions under suspension of the rules, including the Sen ate resolution providing for the removal ot General Grant's remains to Ar lington. The Cla-rton-Breckinridee elec tion case will probably come np Tuesday, and the debate in connection with it is expected to be of an interesting character. After the election case has been disposed of, it is the intention to set apart a day ior the transaction of business pertaining to the District of Columbia. THE END NOT YET. CONGRESS WILL HARDLY ADJOURN BE FORE OCTOBER. AEJvely Straggle Between the Two Branches on the Tni-luT Bill More Tlinn Probable The Reciprocity Idea Finds Many Ene mies In tbe Lower Honse. trEOM X STAFF COEEESPOXDENT. Washington, August 31. "I don't want to be quoted as saying anything dis couraging," said a great tariff advocate to me this afternoon, "but I don't believe Con gress will break away before the first of October, and I would not be surprised if it ran several days into that month. Take the tariff bill alone." the representative con tinued, "I tell you there is no guessing when the Senators and we of the House will come to an agreement on that vexing measure. The Senate amendments to tbe bill almost run into the hundreds and each one of them will have to be considered and adjusted by the Conference Committee. Of course, many of them are verbal, and many others are trivial, and will con sume little time. But the serious diver gence of opinion on the metal, glass and other schedules and the entirely new theory of reciprocity which it appears is to be tacked onto 'the bill will require no one knows how much time. "Members of the Honse are determined to make opportunity to air themselves on the reciprocity question, if the amendment by Senator Aldrich be in the bill as it finally passes the Senate, and unless the Sen ate recedes from this proposition it is likely to make a prolonged fight Between Blaine, the New England Senators and Western and Northwestern members of the Republican side, the Re publicans have got into a snarl among themselves on the tariff question which the Democrats enjoy hugely. The manufactur ing interests were never before at so great a variance with the agricultural sections on the question, and notwithstanding the divergence this causes from party lines in tbe party of the tariff in House and Senate, Mr. Blaine steps in with a theory which is. inconsistent, futile, and absurd. Blaine is' an adept at keeping his name before tbe public, and this is one of his tricks. It sounds plausible but there's nothing in ii, as I and others will show if we get a chance. There are men in the House of ability quite eaual to Mr. Blaine, who do not propose to allow this spectacular theory to go unchallenged. "Of course," concluded the Representa tive, "a tremendons pressure will be brought to bear upon tbe leaders of the party on every hand to close up matters and ad journ, on account of tbe short time that will remain for campaigning, but a little more speechmaking here may be of greater im portance than speechmaking elsewhere. CLAEKSON'S NEW SCHEME. Considerable Western Pennsylvania Capital Interested In the Rnllway Invention. IFnOM X STAFF COBRIS POHDENT. 1 Washington, August 31. The Pneu matic Railway Company, of which Colonel J. S. Clarkson, First Assistant Postmaster General, is to be president, has a largo amount of Western Pennsyl vania capital invested in it. Hon. George B. Delamater, of Meadville, father of Senator Delamater, is one of the largest stockholders, and is deeply inter ested in the success of what he be lieves to bo the greatest inven tion yet made for street railway locomo tion. The company is building its first line on the Seventh street road, connecting with the cable road on Seventh street at boundary, and extending a mile to tbe western en trance of the beautiful park of the Soldiers' Home. Mr. Delamater spent several days here not long ago inspecting the work on the road with Mr. Clarkson, and one of the results of his visit was the reorganization ofjthe company, to make Colonel Clarkson President The inven tion owned by the company is unique nnd eccentric in its operation, and its operation on the new road is looked forward to with great interest A FART OF WASHINGTON CLAIMED. Title to 1,700 Acres of Land at the Cnpl tnl in Dlspnte. nSPZCTAL TELXQBAM TO THE DHPATCBM Colttmbus, August31. Rodolpe Claugh ton, of Washington, D. C, has secured a power of attorney, which has been filed with the Clerk oi this county, which author izes him to prosecute claims in behalf 'of heirs residing in this city for the recovery of 1,700 acres of land, which includes a part of the most wealthy and valuable por tion of Washington City. The cloud on the title to 'the property was discovered by Mr. Clanghton in an effort to dispose of the property owned by ex-Secretary Whitney at the close of President Cleveland's admin istration. In running the1 title it was found that an aged lady, Mrs. Wetzel, long since deceased, was the legal owner of the 1,700 acres, and the next step was to find her legal heirs. These are Mrs. Luther Don aldson, Mrs. Eleanor Beggs, Mrs. Perry Lapland, George Johnston, all of Columbus; William and Charles Johnston, of New Albany, u.; jurs. nannan Jage, Alecban icsburg, O., and Mrs. Reizeu Ferguson, Indianapolis. Mrs. Wetzel wai the great grandmother of these supposed heirs. From being an attorney for Secretary Whitney in the sale of his property, which constitutes a portion of the tract, Mr. Claughton has become the attorney for tbe heirs and will prosecute the claims. VETERANS AT GETTYSBURG. Many Visitors at tbe Cninp Liberally Com pliment the Old Holdlcrs. rSFECIAI. TELEQBAM TO TRE) DISPATCH Gettysburg, August 31. Sunday in camp opened with a song service in front oi headquarters in which nearly all tbe comrades and a large num ber of visitors . participated. At 10 o'clock a line was formed in the c&mp, aud, headed by the baud, marched to the rostrum in the National Cemetery, where Chaplain John W. Sayers delivered an eloquent and practical sermon. During tbe atternoon there were many visitors at headquarters and also at the Pennsylvania Reserve headquarters, where Assistant Ad jutant General James McCormick presides. Among them were General J. P. S. Gobin, Colonel John P. Taylor and Colonel J. B. Nicholson, of the State Soldiers' Monument Commission. Dress parade in the evening was attended by thousands of spectators, and the hand some appearance and soldiery movements of tbe veterans in line excited admiration of all. Commander Denniston and Assistant Adjutant General Town received many compliments on tbe status of the department. PITTSBURG. MONDAY. NO. GRASS GROWING Under tbe Feet of the Republican Candidate for Governor. HIKGLING WITH -THE FARMERS. Senator Pelamater's Plana for the First Fart of September. . INDEPENDEKTS SOW EEADI FOE ACTION The Democratic Campaign Will be Formalin Opened at Beading. Delamater Is certainly hustling, knd has some political event scheduled foi every day for weeks ahead. He expects tq put in some of his best work in Allegheny county. He is also devoting a great deal of attention to the grangers. The Democrats ana Inde pendents are about ready for business! rSFECIAL TELEQEAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Philadelphia, August 31. Smator Delamater was at the Hotel Lafayi tie to day, having v returned from AmbI ;r, in Montgomery county, where he was Satur day night He passed the day quietlr and was not required to entertain many viiitors. Mr. Delamater remarked this evenin ; that he was in perfect health, and had i ppre ciated the few hours of rest which Si nday brought "I have many engagements before me," he said, "and will be in manysectims of the State within the coming two weeks. I was somewhat surprised at the reception at Ambler last night There must have been at least 2,000 people in attendance, and the meeting was most hospitable and cordial. Co meet all my engagements keeps me on the jnmp most of the time, but I am be coming accustomed to traveling, and I am pleased with the apparent results from the places it has been my pleasure to visit" among the agkicultukists. The Senator will leave the city to-morrow morning for Doylestown, where he will visit tbe Bucks County Fair and spend most of the day among the blooded stock and pump kins. From there he will make a big jump, going way down to Washington county, in the extreme Southwestern part of the State. The County Fair is being held, and Tuesday will be passed there. Bv Wednesday the Senator will be re quired to cross the State again, as he is due at Stroudsburg on that day as a guest at the Monroe County Fair. On Thursday, Collector of the Port, Thomas V. Cooper and Jack Robinson, individually and proba bly collectively, will escort the Republican candidate tbrougn the Delaware County Fair, at Media. The Senator will spend a few hours is Philadelphia on Friday morning, and then leave for Lehigh county, where he will be tendered a reception at Allentown during the evening. On Satnrdav the Republicans of Bucks county have their county meeting and Mr. Delamater will be in attendrnce. TO CALL ON HASTINGS. Sunday, the seventh day of the month, will find the Senator at Bellefonte, in Cen ter county, as tbe guest of General Daniel H. Hastings, his principal competitor ior the nomination at Harrisbnrg, On Mon day the Senator and the General will visit a numberol the Republicans of Center county, and both will be called upon, some time dur ing the day to make speeches, it ing the first for the Adjutant General sihiSttVcon vention. It is presumed that General Hast ings will, in his address, define his position. The next move will be on Allegheny county, where the Senator will remain for six days, and it will be a busy week. Re ceptions will be given every night at some one of the club headquarters, inclding those at McKeesport, Braddock, Sewickley nnd in Pittsburg and Allegheuy City. The Delamater Guards will act as escort, and on Saturday night there is to be a big mass meeting at the Opera House. Mr. Delama ter will then probably not be in this city again until the meeting of the League of xtepuDiican iinDS on me ztitn instant. THE DEMOCRATIC OPENING. The speaking part of the Democratic State campaign will begin on Tuesday evening, September 16, at Reading, where the General Assembly ot the Democratic Society of Penn sylvania will be held. AH of the Demo cratic clubs will meet this week to elect delegates to the assembly. At this gather ing many leading Democrats from all parts of the State will be present and will speak at the meeting to be held. Governor Patti son, Lieutenant Governor Black and Cap tain Barclay will make their opening speeches on this occasion. All of the Democratic ward committees will meet to morrow evening for the transaction of gener al business. Chairman George E. Mapes will be at the headquarters of the Independent Republi can State Committee, 931 Chestnut street, on and after to-morrow. At the same time -the rooms will not be regularly opened until weanesaay, wnen a oanner will be stretched across the street. Mr. Mapes will have'as one of his secretaries Edwin A. Barber, of Westchester, and while lie has not much to say as yet of tbe plan of cam paign, promises that it shall-be one of ex ceptional vigor and earnestness on the part of tbe committee. It is expected that the answer of Senator Emery to Mr. Delamater's denial of the charges preierred against him will be given to the publio in about ten days. ONE PAPER'S OPINION. COLONEL McCLURE'S TIMES ON THE PO LITICAL SITUATION. A Prediction That Delamater Will Have a Very Bard Kow to Hoe, Indeed Re volts Keported From Every Section of the Slnto. . .(SPECIAL TEEEOUAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1- Philadelphia, August 31. Under the caption ot "The Battle in Pennsylvania" tbe Timet will to-morrow size up the politi cal situation as follows:- ' The advent of autnmn brings us face to face with tbe great political conflict in Pennsylva nia. It will be one of the most earnest and probably desperate contests of our political history, and It is exceptional in the exhibition of individuality among all classes of voters. Old methods, which are summed up in leaders and followers, will be valueless In the Pennsyl vania battle of 1S90. In the struggle for Gov ernor, other important Btate officers, Congress men, legislators and United States Senator, there will be more individual study among the varied industrial classes of the State of tbe is sues Involved, and more independent voting than in any campaign of tbe past What will tbe harvest be? To-day Senator Delamater wonld bo defeated by ex-Governor Paulson not less than 60,000. Thus far in tbe contest tbe popular tides have been unmistakably against Delamater, and the causes must be apparent to all who soberly view the situation. It is not merely a cyclone against Quayismt it is not in any measure a want of personal respect for Delamater. The tides which are clearly visible tolay have many sources of Republican discontent, and tbey make an aggregate of revolting elements tbat would sweep Pattison into the Guberna torial chair Dy a square majority much larger than his plurality of 1882. The causes which make Pennsylvania overwhelmingly against Delamater to-day are not chiefly local. While His senatorial beoobd Ii unsavory to the now aroused farming,mlnlcg and industrial interests goneraUy, the demoral- S?fir3 ?"ii- lbZtSr ii rife jSfOf OQ : -ar' i- -m ' - 1 -v Jr- . hi .mr- ws .... . , SEPTEMBER L 1890. ization under the violent policy of the party leaders iu Congress, and tbe- prostitution of protection to wanton, wicked taxes on labor to gratify banded greed, have broken the hitherto impregnable labor lines of the organization and there is revolution in the air. , To-day, on a poll of 200,000 in Philadelphia, Delamater would be fortunate if be received 105,000 to 95.000 for Pattison, where Harrison received 21,634 majority: and In the four counties immediately surrounding tbe city Bocks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware where Harrison received 8,578 majoritv, it is doubtful whether Delamater could obtain any majority, while a majority agalnst.blm is more than pos sible. For the first time in many years, Berks would to-day overbalance Lancaster, and Lebanon, the Republican star that has never faded, wonld not trlra him half its 2,500 majority. In the coal regions east ot the Alleghenies, both bitu minous and anthracite, the revolt against Delamater is unprecedented. When J. B. Rae. President of the United Mine Workers of America, and Hugh McGarvey, Chairman of the Legislative Committee of the Knights of Labor both Republicans in sympathy pub licly declare the reasons why the Republican miners will vote .for Pattison, tbey point un erringly to revolution. This revolt not only strikes the Democratic anthracite region and the Clearfield bituminous section, out it unset tles the Republican counties of Blair and Huntingdon and many Republican counties in the Pittsburg coal fields. Allegheny, that cave Harrison 20,108 majority. is unmistakably in tbe throes of revolution. Of the six leading Republican journals in Pitts burg, five TnE Dispatch, tbe Telegraph, the Times, the Preu, and the Leader refuse to support Delamater. Any one of these five Re publican papers is much more widely road than the Commercial Gazette, the single organ tbat is battling against such fearful odds for Dela mater; and there can be only one deduction from this exceptional revolt of party organs that Republican sentiment not only excuses but demandB this wholesale rebellion. It means tbat Allegheny, the Republican Gibral tar of the West, trembles in the balance and must be classed among tbe doubtful counties to-day. In the Northwest, delamater's own section of the Btate, the rebellion is as sweeping as elsewhere. Erie with her 2,261 for Harrison, would to-day vote for Pattison. So wonld Crawford, Delamater's own county, with ber 2,086 majority of 1888; so would Warren with her 1,689 majority; so wonld Venango with her 679 majority; so would McKean with ber 1,044 majority. It is in this region tbat the farmers have most vigorously asserted themselves, and they will elect Tilden, the fusion Farmers' Al liance and Democratic candidate for Con gress in the Erie district In the counties con necting the Northwest with Allegheny, But ler, with her 1.372 Harrison majoiity, would vote for Pattison by half as much or more to day, and the general unrest of Mercer, Law rence, Beaver and Washington .Is intensified by the auctioned Congressional nomination in the Beaver district In the Northern Repub lican tier. Susquehanna, with her 1,691 Har rison majority, is now claimed by botb sides, and Bradford, Tioga and Potter would be cer tain to split their large Republican majorities in two in tbeir present situation, while the Democratic counties of the Northeast, with their large agricnltual industry, would now give udprecedeuted majorities for Pattison. Such is tbe political outlook in this the open ing day of tbe great battle of 1890. The major ity to be overcome is not 80,000, as many incon siderately assume. None pretend that a fair ly contested election in Pennsylvania can give the Republicans over 40,000 majority, and the present hopeful condition of the Democrats as sures a solid vote for iu State ticket. There are yet two months f orpolitical tides and ebbs, and they will be two months of exhaustive effort on botb sides. Can Delamater turn tbe adverse tides in his favort or are they like tbe tides of tbe Pontic sea- tbat know no ebbf Witb a new and exceptionally potential Independent Republican movement soou to assail Delama ter in the rear; with a full Republican State Committee organized to support Pattison: with the industrial voters of shop, of field, of forest and of mine in organized bostility; with a de moralized party majority in Congress, widening and deepening distrust in and contempt for Republican policy and autbority.and with Con gress certain to continue its disturbing and often disgraceful labors for a month, whence can come tbe revulsion tbat could make Dela mater a hopeful candidate for Governor? A FORMIDABLE MOVEMENT. What Chairman Mapes Saya of the Inde pendent Republican Programme. Philadelphia, August 31. The Indei pendent Republican State Committee, as its members choose to style themselves of wbi"eh Mr. George E. Mapes, of this-city, ift chairman, is moving slowly and secretly in their preliminary work lor the coming cam paign. They have secured headquarters on the second floor of 93 L Chestnut street, where their banners will be flung to the breeze some time next week. "There is nothing T care to say for pub lication at this time," said Chairman Mapes, "either about the Altoona conference or our plans In the future. I can say that a few gentlemen met at Altoona and decided on a course of action. What that action is re mains to be developed as this fall's cam paign progresses." "Do you consider the Independent move ment this year as formidable. as the one which secured the election of Pattison in- 1882?" "It is more formidable than it was then," replied Mr, Mapes confidently. More than that I cannot say. When our headquarters are open and the active work ot tbe cam paign begins we shall have considerably more to say than at present Yes, sir, ours will in a measure be a literary,or document ary campaigu." "When will ex-Senator Emery furnish the proofs he has promised of his charges against Senator Delamater?" "That is for Senator Emery to answer himself. I prefer that he should answer any such questions personally," Mr. Mayes has temporarily relinquished his position as a newspaper editorial writer to devote his attention exclusively to the work of the Independent Republican State Committee. BLOOD STAINED POLITICS. While nnd Block Republican! Wage a Bit ter Race War. rSrECIAI.TXLEORAII TO THE DISPATCH. 1 Chableston, August 3L The most bit ter political fight ever waged in West Vir ginia is now in progress in this county be tween tbe Nutler and Dils faction of, the Republican party. The fight is really a race war, as the Nutler people are white, while tbe Dils people are most all colored, with a few white leaders. The county con vention three weeks ago became a mob, re volvers were flourished, a dozen men were knocked down and stabbed, and the police were finally compelled to interfere. The same night Nutler was waylaid and shot twice. One week ago members of the Nutler fac tion raided the Slate Tribune office, beat Editor Reber senseless and broke up tbe office fixtures. Two days later Kutler and John S. McDonald, custodian of tbe Fed eral building, met P. W. Russell, one ot tbe Dils leaders, on tbe street, drew their re volvers and fired on bim. Russell escaped without injury. Members of both factions go armed and a bloody fight is imminent at any time. The county gave over 1,600 ma jority two.years ago, but the Democrats ex pect to carry it now. TEACHER AND PUPIL BECOME RIVALS. Both Are Ont an Candidate! for Congres sional Honor. rSFECIAI. TELEOBAJI TO TUB DISPATCH.! Grafton, W. Va., August 3L The de clination of State Senator Thomas E. Davis to be a candidate for the Republican nomination for Congress in this district leaves aolear field for Hon. A. D. Dayton, of Phillips. "Mr. Dayton will certainly be nominated, and will make the race against Hon. W. L. Wilson, the distinguished tariff reform advocate. It is a remarkable fact that ten years ago, when Mr. Wilson was President of the State University, Mr. Dayton was a student there. BOUGHT ALL THE MINES. A British syndicate Gel nn Option on Col orndo silver for 837,000,000. Denver, August 31. An Eugiish syn dicate, headed by O. O. Morgan, has se cured an option on all the leading silver mines near Aspen, Col,, for the enormous sum of (27,000,000, I L-j1 K 1 H x H iB Hi H .' JPM1 I IIHIIiill II I ft w r "l Wf?-d OLD WORLD AFFAIRS. A Mirror of Passing Events on the Other Side of the Atlantic. TERRIBLE FLOODS IN THE TIROL. A German Government Clerk, Unable to Lire on 17 fchillings a Week, COMMITS BOTH MURDER AND SUICIDE. An Important Ship Canal Project Intended to Benefit tie French Capital. Destructive floods in the Tyrol have ren dered many families homeless and driven others to the upper part of the houses. Help has been asked and the response is liberal. A strange double tragedy is reported from Berlin. rBT DtTSLAT'S CAULS COMPAItT.l Berne, August 31. Telegrams concern ing the floods in the Tyrol say that the flood area is much greater than it was in the dis astrous floods of 1883 and the damages have been immense, although as yet but two human lives have been lost, so far as is known. All railroad travel through the afflicted districts is stopped. Stone dams have been broken down and partially car ried away. Those people who still remain in the neighborhood live in upper stories of their houses while many have even been driven to the roofs. Help haj been asked and is readily ex tended from every quarter in the shape of money and clothing. The Mayor and Coun cil of the little village of Ragoz telegraphed that the reports concerning the destruction in that particular village have been some what exaggerated, and their condition is not alarming at present, as is generally under stood. It is here that a peasaut woman and child were killed at the destruction of a bridge. The peril is believed to be de creasing. HIS SALARY TOO'SMALL. A German Government Clerk Kill Himself nnd III- Intended Bride. BY BUNtAP'S CABLE COITPAKT. Berlin, August 31. A postoffice assist ant here, who has occupied a responsible position for 23 years and risen to the enjoy ment of a salary of 17 shillings per week, suicided with a revolver to-day at his rooms on tbe Reichenberger Strasse. Before kill ing himself he blew out the brains ol his in tended bride, Belene Richter, a beautiful girl. When the police entered the apart ments, attracted by the reports of the pistol, they found the most squalid surroundings and evidences of terrible poverty. , A letter written by the suicide, gave as a reason for his act, a debt of 33 marks for which he was being pressed and unable to pay, and likewise the utter hopelessness of his efforts even to earn sufficient in the Government service to live upon, and the abject poverty his position imposed upon him and the girl he loved. The papers, in commenting upon the case, suggest that it should be made a reason for reform in the schedule of salaries for faithful govern ment employes. NO TROUBLE AT AT.T., Soldiers Kept In lteadine for nn Ontbrenk , Tbat Never Occurred. BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPA-TT. BERLIN, August 31. Inquiries at the police headquarters prove that the La Salle demonstration, which was held in Berlin, Friedricbshagen and other suburbs passed off not only without bloodshed but also with the arrest of very few people. The police had orders to be firm but lenient in its treatment of the assemblage, and very lew soldiers were required to be on guard, as no hostile feeling was shown by the masses toward the military. The soldiers who were kept in tbe bar racks so as to be ready in the event of any emergency, were given a holiday at 3 o'clock, when all occasion for alarm had completely vanished, for the demonstration bad become simply a picnic on a gigantic scale, which was attended by about 50,000 people in all, and they were scattered in different groups through the various local suburban localities. THE TREASURY ROBBED. The Theft of 3,500 Fiorina Cause- a Scandal In military Circle-. BT DUNLAP'S CABLE COIIPAHT.) Berlin, August 31 The theft from the field treasury of the Eighth Battery, while tbe division was maneuvering at Piliscasba, has cansed some scandal in military circles. A chest containing 3,500 florins was stolen, and two sentinels stationed near where the treasury was located, have been arrested, al though there has been no evidence produced against them thns far. The chest was found in a neighboring field, broken open and empty. CAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA New Role to Protect the Ensliab Coast From the Dread Disease. rBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAKT.3 London, August 31. The scare of chol era not being allayed, the Government has just issued to all the sanitary officials of the various ports of the United Kingdom a series of new rules which are designed to protect English shores against the incur sions of the disease. The Government urges on ' the officials the exercise of the greatest vigilance to see that orders are strictly compiled with. 9Ilne Threatening Trouble. TDT DUKLAP'S CABLE COITPAXT.J Brussels, August 31. The miners in the Marimont and Bas Coup coal districts threaten to strike unless their wages are raised 15 per cent There is a large number of men in these regions and trouble is feared. A CANAL TO THE SEA. French Enslneera Considering' the New Prolt-ct With Favor. By Associated Press. ' Paris, August 31. M. Yujs Guyot. the Minister of Public Works, has submitted to ttetBabinet a project for the construction of a sea canal to Paris. His plans were fa vorably considered and were referred to a committee of engineers. The Commission of Inquiry, which has been investigating trans-Saharian railway schemes, bas approved a route from Con stantino and Biskra, in Algeria, across the desert to Lake Tchad. This route is by way of Timasslniis and Amguid. and traverses the Ton.iregs country. Its length is given as 2t0o0 miles. The project is backed by the Banque Russe. et Francalse, PEACE BEIONS SUPREME. Sr, Petersburg H, de Giers, the Ems. '.ember gggggj-ogj slan Minister of Foreign Affairs, receiving several diplomats yesterday, expressed him self as completely satisfied with the result of the recent interview between the Czar and Emperor William. The meeting, he said, constituted a fresh and solemn affirma tion of the good relations existing between Russia and Germany, and would certainly contribute powerfully toward the mainte nance of the peace "of Europe. General von Schweinitz, the German Embassador, has left St Petersburg for a holiday. He will return in October. GRAND PROCESSION XS AUSTRALIA. Melbourne The fnll police force of this city and 1,000 special constables were on duty to-day, but the labor demonstration which marked the day proved to be orderly. Forty thousand men, representative of all trades, .formed in procession, and paraded the streets. At the meeting subsequently held a resolution of thanks for the support given by English unions to the strikers here was adopted. The deficiency of gas lights in the streets, caused by the gas stokers' strike, has been partially remedied by the use of electric lights. CHRISTENED BT THE QUEEN. Bilbao Queec' Regent Christina, accom companied by her Prime Minister, Senor Canovas del Castillo, arrived here to-day from Saint Sebastian. There was a large crowd of spectators at the station when the royal train arrived, and the Queen received a hearty welcome. Proceeding to the Anglo Spanish navy yard Portugal, the Queen w nessed the launching of a new Spanish cruiser, which she christened the "Infanta Maria." After the ceremony Her Majesty and the Prime Minister returned to Saint Sebastian. AFRAID OP A CHILLINES3. London The Italian and French Gov ernments have failed to agree regarding the formalities attending the proposed v of a French squadron to Spezzia to C - - to King Humbert on the occas!v-& be launching of a new Italian warshV 'r1 t port. In consequence of this the - , decided not to go to Spezzia, but to S o Duke of Genoa to represent him launching of tbe vessel. It it feared "4rtl 1 f TA4 I nnnTnAca r ava a 41. a 4 . nn A Cjr VT-lll Ann '""' v-wuiuwa ucinccu me mu vuuua - ni u.uci s COMPLIMENTING THE SULTAN, Sofia The Journal of Bulgaria, in an article on the anniversary of the accession of Abdul Hamid IL to tbe Turkish throne, glowingly praises the Sultan's wise and far seeing policy, which, it says, has had the offect of uniting the Bulgarians and their Suzerain by bonds of gratitude. M. Stam bnloff, the Bulgarian Prime Minister, vis ited the Secretary of the Porte to-day, and offered his congratulations. LAND UNDER WATER. Vienna Tbe recent heavy rain" storm has flooded a portion of tbe country and done a great deal of damage. On the Austro-Swiss frontier large sections of land have been converted iutolakes,and hundreds of houses are isolated, tbe occupants having to go to and from their homes in boats. BARRINC OUT BLACKLEGS. Sydney The colonial Government has decided to partially barricade the circular quay here for protection against blacklegs while tbe strike in the ship'ping trade is on. WANT THEM TO HOLD BACK. Belgrade The regents have asked the members of tbe Cabinet to postpone tbeir resignation until the result of the election is known. THEY GOT "WHAT THEY "WANTED. London The dissatisfied signal men at Cardiff have secured their demands, and a strike on their part has been averted. ELECTION TICKETS STOLEN. OVER 2,000 MEN SURROUND A RAILROAD STATION IN ARKANSAS. A Murderous Attack made on a Repnbllcnn Rljaterlons Disappearance of a Satchel Filled With Ballots A Chance Again to Tote. Little Rock, August 31. A mob of about 2,500 men, some mounted and some on foot, yesterday surrounded the Morril town station on both sides of the track. A Union Labor mass meeting was to have been held there yesterday. On the incom ing train from Little Rock, among others, were J. B. McLaughlin, a well-known Union Labor orator, and George Small, of Springfield, Conway county, a prominent white Recublican, who had been here for tbe purpose of getting Union Labor tickets for use in Conwav couuty for the election to-morrow. Small carried the tickets', 7,000 in all, in a valise. When the train stopped a crowd of men sprang forward and poured into the coach where McLaughlin and Small were seated. Among the foremost, it is said, were Oily Bentle, Jim Lncas and Walter Wells. Small was struck repeatedly upon tbe head with loaded sticks and be soon lost consciousness. McLaughlin was thrown upon the floor and his shoulder severely wrenched. After striking Small several additional blows, the satchel was dragged from beneath his feet and passed out through tbe crowd. In a few moments the assailants had left the car. What became of the tickets is not known. McLanghliu got off the train on the side op posite the depot He passed along the line of horsemen, but no attention was paid to mm. All the business houses were closed, and every man and boy was out taking part in the general excitement In spite of the murderous assault on small, the mob seemed disposed to treat McLaughlin with some decree of courtesy after ha left tbe train, and be was thus enabled to get dinner at the hotel. McLaughlin came back to-night, and bis description of the affiir has created great deal of excitement The tickets are being printed to replace tbe ones stolen in Conway county. Republicans will yet be given a chance to vote. BOYCOTTIHG BY STRIKERS. A Man Who Took u Vacant Place Threat ened by His Fellow. Townmen. rSPXCTAL TELXQBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.! Pougheeepsie, Augnst 31. Twenty four freight trains passed this station north and south on tbe Hudson River, Railroad yesterday and last night. Sixteen have passed ic-day and 10 more are on tbeir way to-night Each train averages 35 cars, mak ing a total ot 1,750 cars. To-night the rail road authorities say tbat last night the pusher engine at this station was stoned and pins pulled from the car couplings of trains being switched. - Albert Partrick, who took the place of a striking engineer on tbe switch engine is also proprietor of a livery stable. It is stated tbat a saloon keeper down town has beennotified by one or two of the strikers that if he again allows his bartender to hire a horse and wagon of Partrick he will be boycotted. A barber who shaves En gineer Partrick bas been notified that if he does not desist from doing so bis business will also be boycotted. BTTRHED IN A BALLOON. Go Explode in an Air Ship ana nn Assist ant I Frlshtfallr Injured. Lincoln, August 3L While prepara tions were being made for a balloon ascen sion by Professor Ten Broeck this afternoon the gas exploded and tbe huge air ship was entirely consumed. Ten Broeok's assist ant, F. F. Knapp, was in the balloon at the time and was frightfully burned, but will reoover. The loss will not amount to over 53,000. ' UTQInlt! Hn or Borne Help II I vj are promptly surmlttd Oh the Classified Advertisement nnsof THE DISPATCH. Sum. resetters returning home should this. THREE CEHTS. PLENTY OF CONVERT! Secured by a Female Evangelist, & Three Physicians Charge, BT THE POWER OP J1TP50TIS3I; Appeal to the Authorities to nd Operations, Which Are Her DECLARED TO BE DLCIDEDLI nAKJITl Kren Her Accnsers Believe That tbe Woman Is Hoi est and Sincere. Mrs. Woodward, a female evantrelist, hat been holding forth to audiences numbering 10,000 at St Louis, and securing 100 con verts a night Three doctors now assert that she exerts a hypnotic influence, which Is physically harmful. An attempt will b made to stop all fnture manifestations. ISriCIAL TILIGRAU TO TUB DISPATCH.! St. Louis, August 31. For two weeks past a mammoth tent on Jefferson avenue bas been the scene of manifestation o' a mysterious power that has pnzzled thousands of interested spectators and some of the) leading scientists of the city. The central fienre in the proceeeings is Mrs. M. B. Woodward, who gained great fame by the wonderful success of her religious work; Tbe woman came from San Francisco a few months ago and her congregation has growa from a few hundred to 10,000 every night. Now comes two prominent physicians who'bave petitioned tbe Mayor to stop the proceedings on the ground tbat the strange power wielded by Mrs. Woodward is hyp notism. Every evening from 60 to 100 con verts fall unconscious and go into ranees. The physicians are Dr. Wel- igton Adams and Dr. Theo Dilley. lJ t- BELIEVE HER INSANE. ji: i y ;j DMtcu kuab sue was pcruapft wifcUUQK "S -- tntAi1 4lnA l.A -. -. ..I. .-. 1L. A. Sr y -n knowledge influenced by hypnot- a that tnose wbo went into tba tate at her meetings were also a .a in the same way. The phy sfi.aus state that they believe Mrs. Woodward to be insane, and. tbat although she is perfectly sincere in her pretensions, tbe nervous strain brought ou the enthusiasts influenced by hynoptism is exceedingly harmful and will result seriously to not only the persons influenced, but will remain hereditary. Mrs. Woodward was very tired when seen, but finally consented to tell her story to tha visitors. "When you have a vision like the folks do at the meetings you must give every thing right up to God," she said. "You must look rignt np and stretch np your arms and you will see the vision. If you are stub born, and won't look up, then you will not be transported. You don't completely losa consciousness, but know everything that goes on all around yon. If a person in this state is touched the vision is broken for the instant, but it comes back again." Dr. Adams asked if the persons could move while in this state. HELD BT SIX PERSONS. "Hose my own will power but Ian stronger," said Mrs. Woodward. "Some times it takes six persons to hold me. The Lord has me, mind and body; and I have no control over my actions. I hare preached while under the power, and my face shoua as bright as a star, and the people have told that they have seen bright lights around my head like the Savior." Dr. Adams says: "Some of Sirs. Wood ward's subjects were incompletely hyno tized, and I am told never entirely'lost con sciousness. Others were affected while the eyes were closed. Others wera very slightly aSected. Still, others whom X noticed obeying the rules by which persons may be hypnotized, failed entirelj in their object The number of sub jects is on tbe increase. The first evening I visited the tent there were proba Dly 40, the second evening nearly 100. Per sons are put in tbe hypnotic condition by what is, known as 'suggestion.' Thi? suggestion may come through any of the senses, the eyes, ear, etc., or through the mind, or by a combination of two or more .of these. Suggestion through one of these channels may fail and then succeed through another. The most powerful suggestion is where all the channels are used. This it what Miss Woodward does." IK FULL BLAST AGAET. Window Gins Fnctorle Resume Onera lion Once More. r SPECIAL TEI.EC11M TO TUE DISPATCH. 1 Camden, If. J. August 31. Here is A brief summary of the window glass situ ation in New Jersey. The factories at Mill ville, Woodbury, Glassboro and that of Geitsinger & Son at Bridgeton will begin work to-morrow morning. Moore, Jona3 Moore, Bridgeton, will start on Tuesday and the Cobanzy Glass Company, Bridge ton, on Thursday. The works ot Tillyer Bros., Yineland, will not be able to start up Monday, an in junction having been placed on their patent cars by the inventor, who bas a claim, against tbem, but it is thought the matter will be adjusted in time for the begin ning of operations on September 10). The firms of Atco and Winslow will meet tbe blowers' committee to-morrow and sign the scale. They expect to go into blast a week later. Only one wiu- flnnr rrlficc fnpnniA lit f31fiaehnrn f.nA Intn blast Monday, as the large tank furnace Ul not completed. BLOCKED thkih GAME. Senator Stanford Valuable Trotters Mi Saved From Pestrnctlon. f San Francisco, August 31. Only thisS vigilance of hostlers at Senator Stanford a 1 big Palo Alto ranch near Menlo Park -.last 4 night prevented a fire which would bays y Si been a repetition of the disaster of three years ago, in which more than a dozen, promising young trotters and runners wera burned. About 9 o'clock flames were detected ia 10,000 bales of straw near the main stable. This straw had just been packen in tbe lares barn and sealed up for the winter. Bjrtha light of the burning straw two men were seen running away, but the danger was so press ing that they could not ba followed, though Chinese fired two shots at them. When the men got out the fire hoeJtaey, iouuu a Dig Knot uen in me miaaie to ma6 it useless. The fire was confined to the' barn. Loss on stable, $7,000. - - DESPERATE CHARACTERS TTOTER GTJAEIX Sixteen Prisoner Connected With"" the Frencb-Everaol Tend In JaM. ' Louisville, August 3L Captaia Gaither, who has been in command of the troops giving, protection to Judge Lilly's court at Hazard, reached Winchester to-day with 16 prisoners. Among them are BfL, French, J. O. Eversole and George W. Eversole, leaders in tbe Freneb-Eversole feud wbich has caused continuous trouble) and danger in that section for many years, ThAaa Ian ! t t 1 t.1 J lit A l.iti trial at Winohester. uww iB-usip win uc uciu witaout D&U 791 Tbe judge ol the Winphnfer nnrt tL-? .' the reputation of havintr rnn rifttu uJ'C nangea more muraerers than any judge in the State. There are nlnaot who have been engaged in the feud, 1 nartv bronsrht ta Wlnrhtr and I - i i 7 -v., www m . -ran iu uaovr suara at ttrard. S3 2 njr&aiak. JM wmm