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FOETT-IXFTH YEAH.
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Fields Apparently of Wide Ex
tent Discovered in Wash
ington County.
A WELL OF BIG CAPACITY
Slrnck by Oil Drillers and Quickly
Sold to the Manufacturers'
Natural Gas Company.
THE SEARCH FOR TETROLEDM,
Xow rushed So Zealously in Allegheny
County, Quito Likely to Pro
duce Similar Kesnlts.
HIGH RATES TO THE COXSUJIEE
Will be Necessary In the Fnlnre, Alines the Irea'-
Sestet the Jlannfactmers' Company,
Who Maintains That
ECrfUISG HJIL is ax eatxxsive EUSIKES3
"While drilling for oil "Washington county
operators struck a great gas well, which has
been sdld to the Manufacturers Katural
Gas Company. Other new gas wells have
come in lately. President Meyer talks of
economy in the use of fuel gas, and thinks
rates are bound to go higher. Other gen
tlemen interviewed speak hopefully on the
question ot a future supply.
A new sunply of natural gas for Pitts
burg of untold proportions has just been
opened. The new supply is in "Washington
county. "Washington l.as produced a good
!'it of gas already, but none from the fifth
sand until a short time ago. The area of
the nevt gas fields is yet a matter of con
jecture, but there are no developments to
prevent extension over a wide scope of ter
ritory. The first of these new and important
strikes was made by J. V. Craig & Co. jnst
north of the McGahey farm, famous in the
annals of oil. On the first test made by the
owners the well registered a pressure of 280
pounds in one minute, when It was partly
opened lor fear it would blow the casing
out, as it had not been anchored.
Frcssnro Largely Increnacd.
The contractor shortly afterward took
chances and shut the well in for a longer
time, getting a pressure of 710 pounds to
. it square inch, with the gauge still rising
when he opened it. The well was finished
into the sand with T) inch casing, having
been drilled in the hope of finding oil in
stead of gas. ,
The well was sola at once to the Manu
facturers' Natural Gas Company, of this
city, for 12,000. The company's main was
only about two miles away, and being in a
hurry to get the gas, laid a three-inch pipe to
the well while waiting for the delivery of
sis-inch pipe. "When the three-inch pipe was
connected and the gas turned into the line
it still registered 700 pounds pressure at the
well.
Au Ample Supply.
The six-inch pipe has since been laid and
connected, and of course the pressure at
the well is relieved. But its production is
sufficient to supply all the patrons of the
company, and does supply them with an
abundance of gas for ihe present.
On the McGahey farm Peiffcr, Roth &
liver have jut finished another fifth sand
. i -er of greater capacity than the other.
" Ins last one is certainly a first-class roarer,
a-u registered -jr.0 pounds pressure to the
square inch in one minute. The rock pres
sure is probably the same at both wells, as
thev are to near each other, and this is
probably over 800 pounds to the square
.Mil.
Between these wells and this city there
! a not been a well drilled to the fifth sand.
1 no prospects are good, therefore, for de
doping an extensive gas belt, possibly of
j-i area equal to tnat of the Murraysville
r Grapcville fields. Of course, it may be
uueh tmaller. The point is that there are
ik. developments to indicate the area yet.
A Fifth Sand Gasscr.
Last Thursday the fifth sand furnished
another large gasser north of the Tayiors
?..wii field. It is not on the same line as the
McGahey wells, being located several miles
west, near the Middletown road. This well
is owned by the Forest Oil Company and
was drilled for oil. It is near the lines of
tLveral of the gas companies, but will prob
ably be turned over to the .Natural Gas
"rnipauy of "West Virginia and taken to
he t-ling.
Between this well and the Ohio river
there are no fifth sand developments to stand
in the way of extension of the gas field. Of
course, it is not expected a belt will be
found running throusrh so far as that, or
half so far. It could furnish an enormous
c uantity of gas if one-tenth that extent On
t ic south side is the Taylorstown oil field,
sbout two miles distant. The oil field is far
enough away not to affect the gas pressure
ranch in the vicinity of this well. All of
tuese wells are in
Abtolntely New Territory
and indicate a supply of natural gas for the
taming winter greater than that of last win
t r and the outlook does not seem gloomy
'"' for the winter of 1891-92. One or these
t -.ds may be diverted from Pittsburg and
i .kea to Wheeling, but even without that
t irre would seem to be no canse for alarm.
A i, jiore of the situation well worth con
sidering at this time is the oil development
in Allegheny county. The several rich oil
pools developed near this city will cause a
large amount of wild-catting to be done all
ever the county, wherever there is the
shadow of a hope lor finding oil. Under
t'icsc circumstances it will be strange indeed
i the oil man doesn't discover several gas
fit-Ids so near Pittsburg as to make their
utilization here comparatively economical.
I'ipe Lines Convenient.
The radiating pipe lines which go out
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TERRITORY
from this busy center, like the spokes from
the hub of a wheel, to bring in fuel for
dwellings and factories, will be near to any
gas fields discovered in this way, so the cost
of reaching them will be mostly provided
for before they are found. This is true of
the two "Washington county developments
just mentioned and applies to the new gag
well of "Whitney & Stephenson at Semple
station.
President Myer, of the Manufacturers
Katural Gas Company, when asked about
the gas supply, spoke substantially as fol
lows: "Supplving natural gas is becoming
a very expensive business. The gas may
be gotten, but at constantly increasing ex
pense. It cannot be furnished much longer
at present prices.
Different From Oil.
Of course the production of petroleum has
gone on increasing in the face oi predic
tions that the supply would soon be ex
hausted, but natural gas is not like oil. Oil
is produced in several counties and States,
and can easily be transported from one to
the other. Gas cannot. Gas may be had
for a good while yet, of course, but, as I
said, at constantly increasing expense and
higher prices to consumers. Yes, we got a
new supply recently, but it cost a good bit
to get it "We had to pay 12,000 for the
well, and it cost over 30,000 to lay lines to
the well."
Mr. John T. Patterson, has paid con
siderable attention to natural gas. He said:
"There's no danger of the gas supply fall
ing. There is plenty yet for all demands.
It is criminal lalsity for people and news
papers to make predictions of the immediate
lailure of the natural gas supply of this
city. The companies .are just beginning to
understand the business and put measures
into operation to assure a continuation of
the supply. The larger pipes being laid
will bring much more gas at a lower
pressure than the small pipes did. The
adoption of meters and the increase already
made
iu price win oniy serve to eniorce
economy and add to the duration of the sup
ply. Economy In Gnu.
"The gas is still cheaper than coal and
there is no reason why it should not con
tinue bo for several years yet. By that
time substitutes will be ready and may be
supplied through the magnificent system of
pipes already laid for natural gas. Katural
gas has given Pittsburg manntacturers con
trol of the markets and put great
profits into their pockets. It has been the
cheapest fuel iu the world. Of course there
have been occasional shortages. These are
apt to occur on Tery cold days. But the
trouble is not failure of supply, but choking
of the pipe lines with frost near the wells.
The water vapor of the gas freezes and
gradually grows out from the sides of the
pipe toward the middle like a fungus.
There will not be so much trouble from this
cause this winter as last, the large pipes
near the city constituting vast reservoirs of
gas from which supply may be drawn until
trouble at the wells can be remedied.
Still It's Better Than Coal.
"An occasional day's shut down of the
mills anyway, is nothing compared to the
long shut downs of former years for repairs
to coal and sulphur eaten furnaces. Even
if gaj cost exactly as much as coal, it would
still be a much cheaper fuel to use1 on this
account It does not burn out lurnace
walls so fast, needs no frequent changing of
grate bars and by its equable heat secures a
better product. No, sir, our gas supply is
not nearly played out."
Mr. P. Ij. Stephenson. ofWhitaev&
Stephenson, said he was not a gas expert
He knew nothing from a practical point of
view, except that to help the gas supply
constant drilling was necessary, and drilling
was expensive.
Mr. H. Sproul, of Sproul & Lawrence,
said that he believed the gas supply would
be better next winter than last. He thought
the snpply might be sufficient for several
years yet long enough to provide a substi
tute, which could be supplied through the
same system of pipes.
Dr. M. C. Egbert, an old oil man, said
there vas no fear of a failure of the gas sup
pl. There would be plenty for some years
yet
Various Opinions.
Mr. J. W. Craig said he was not in the
gas business and did not want to discuss it
lor publication, but believed the supply
tii winter wouia De Deiier iU3n last
David Hanna said: "I heard abont the
failure of the oil supply in 1867, and was
getting ready to leave 'the oil country, but
couldn't make collections quickly, so I
didn't go. There is plenty of oil yet, there
will be plenty of gas, most likely for some
years yet."
A. number of oil men were spoken to, and
without exception thought the gas supply
safe for several years. One of them said:
"The only trouble I can see is there is too
much gas. My last wildcat venture turned
out that way." They might be quoted at
length, but it would only be repetition of
the same opinion, based on'the same ground
their experience as oil producers. As a
rule the oil producer has a general idea, far
more likely to be a correct one than not, but
when asked lor the data in detiil to support
the opinion, discovers cither that he has for
gotten it or left the memorandum in the
pocket of his other vest Crum.
SCALPED BY BED SKINS.
Drunken Indians Attacked a Mao Who Re
laird Tbein LTqnor.
SroKANE Falls. "Wash, September
7. John "Wolverline, section foreman on
the Northern Pacific, was knocked down
and scalped by two drunken Indians near
Hope, a few miles from Spokane Falls, this
evening. Wolverline was walking on the
track near the station when he was met by
two Indians, one of whom he recognized as
John Deere. The red skins seemed con
siderably under the influence of liquor and
Wolverline turned aside to allow them to
Eass. They stopped him, however, and asked
im for liquor. He replied that he had
none, when John Deere struck him a blow
over the head with a club, knocking him
senseless.
When Wolverline recovered conscious
ness some time afterward Jhe iound his
scalp missing. He managed to crawl to a
saloon some distance away where he
cared for. Wolverline's condition is
sidered critical. The Indians escaped.
was
con-
TWO HALLWAYS MORTGAGED
For tbe Steep Amount of Thirty Million
Dollars.
Seattle, "Wash., September 7. A
mortgage on the lines of the Great Northern
Bailway and St Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Bailway, was filed in the County
Auditor's office here to-day.
The mortgage is made to the Central
Trust Company, under the date of July 1.
The amount of the mortgage is $30,000,000.
The purpose of the loan is stated to be for
the Pacific extension ol the Great Northern
from Assiniboine to Puget Sound. The ex
tension, it is said, will cost $25,000,000.
SMUGGLED WATCHES FOB SWEETHEARTS,
But the Inspectors Could Not See it That
' Way,
New York, September 7. Maurice Gil
bert., of Butte City, Mont, and Frank
Bernice, of the same city, arrived on the
steamer La Champagne from Havre to-day.
Inspectors Brown and Donahue were there
to meet them.
The gentlemen were conducted to the
seizure room and each man had to give np a
$500 gold watch. The watches were con
fiscated. The men said the articles were for
their sweethearts.
THEIS SECOND TBIAL,
A DlTorced Husband Elopes With
Dash-
Ins OInryland Widow.
1RFECTAI. TKLEOBAK TO TUB DISPATCH. 1
Baltimore, September 7. Society has
a jnicy morsel in the elopement and mar
riage of "William O'Sulllvan Dempfelt, the
ex-husband of Minnie Mills, the, society
actress, with Mrs. Marie P. Hollyday, a
dashing widow df Hartford county. Mr.
and Mrs." Dimpfelt had been separated
for some time, but until the publication of
the marriage notice this morning, the divorce
had been a secret ot which society had been
left in ignorance. Mrs. Hollyday is the
daughter ot William P. Trimble, who be
longs to one of the oldest and most aristo
cratic families in the State. Sinpe the
death of her husband, about two years ago,
Mrs. Hollyday las been living at the pa
rental homestead at Edgerton, about 20
miles from the city, on the Philadelphia,
"Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad. Her
husband disappeared suddenly, and a few
days afterward his dead body was washed
ashore in the harbor. It was never found
out whether it was an accidental death or a
suicide.
The acquaintance between Mr. Dimpfelt
and Mrs. Hollyday prior to the elopement
was only of one week's standing. They
had met at the home of an elocutionist and
became mutually enamored of each other.
"When Mr. Trimble heard of the state of
affairs he decided that he would shoot
Dimpfelt if he appeared on his place. The
arrangements for elopement were then
quietly made and the pair stopped off at
"Washington, where they were married on
Friday. They came back to Baltimore on
Saturday and took the boat for Mr. Dimp
felt's quiet farm on the Eastern Shore.
LET HER GO, GALLAGHER,
And at the Words of the Sandwich
Man,
1.1111b Jumped.
New Yoke, September 7. On the upper
deck ot the iron Bteamboat Cephens there
was a jolly party from the "Pearl ot Pekin"
company when coming up from Long
Branch on the first trip to-day. In the com
pany was handsome 29-vear-old Lillie
loung and Slade, the sandwich man.
There were ten in the party and they were
seated aft of the flag pole. "When off Bav
Ridge Lillie Young turned toward the sand
wich man and said airily:
"Shall I jump?"
Swinging his hat about 'his head, Slade
who is seven feet high, shouted dramatically,
"Let her go, Gallagher."
Then to bis surprise Lillie did jump far
out into the water and as a vision of crino
line flew past the people on the lower deck
and a woman was seen struggling in the
water, there was great excitement The
Cepheus passed on several hundred yards
before stopping. By that time the girl was
picked up by a passing tug. She was taken
to Chambers street hospital, a prisoner, on
a charge of attempted suicide. She was
somewhat hysterical, but wiil be well in a
few days.
A PBOHLBITION QUARREL.
Officers Dispute Over the Right to Blalxo
Seizures of Ltqnor.
rsrr.CTAL teleqbam to the nispATcrti
"Waterville. Me., September 7.
Deputy Sheriff Pollard, of "Winslow, and
City Marshal Bnnkcr, of Waterville, have
been at swords' points for two years over the
question as to which officer should make
liquor seizures in this city. About a year
ago they came to blows, but were neither of
them satisfied. To-day thev had another
meeting. "While the Marshal was libeling
some contraband beer at the freight station
he was set upon by a couple of freight
ianaicrs urged on by Sheriff Pollard, and
was let alone only upon the interference of
Agent Hubbard.
"When Sheriff Pollard proceeded to enter
the car the Marshal prevented him, telling
him if hedid he would go out a dead man.
The Sheriff was persuaded to remain out
side. He is by no means ready to give up
the struggle with his rival.
HARD OH" THE BAD MEN.
Ocean Steamship Companies Are Wrathful
Over Riotous Cattle Passengers.
New Yoke, September 7. The riotous
conduct of cattlemen on ocean steamships
from Europe has been the theme of many
complaints made to Colonel Webers at the
Barge Office landing bureau. These men
go to Europe in care of the large consign
ments of cattle. On the outward voyage
they are kept busy and out of mischief, but
when they return home with nothing to do
tbe trouble begins.
The latest case of disturbance raised by
cattlemen was on the steamship Amsterdam,
wnicn arrived to-day. There were 1G in
this crowd and their actions were so out
rageous that the steamship company has de
cided not to ship any more of them as pass
engers. A similar edict from the lines that
sail from England had driven cattlemen to
cross over to Holland in order to secure
passage for the United States.
DIGGIHG FOE THE DEAD.
Twenty-Seven Men Said to bo Bnrlcd Be
neath a Mass of Rocks,
Spokane Falls, Wash., September 7.
Time only heightens the horrors wrought
by the premature explosion of a blast in the
Northern Pacific freight yards here last
night. At 11 P. m. the men engaged in the
sad task of taking out tbe mangled victims
were forced to desist because among the
rocks which were being cleared away were
five other blasts that might be exploded in
removing the debris that buried the vic
tims. Up to that hour 18 bodies had been
tatcn out.
There are yet27 men unaccounted for, all
of whom are probably buried beneath the
mighty mass of rocks. There were about
200 pounds of giant powder in the blast
The accident was caused by someone's care
lessness. The man in charge of the blast
and three assistants were blown to atoms.
SUSPECTED OF TRAIN WRECKING.
Detectives Are Pumping n Freight Broke
man on the Central.
Albany, September 7. Detective Tom
Bryant, of the Hudson police force, this
morning arrived in this city having in cus
tody a man named York Eeed, or East
Albany, who has served as freight brake
man on the Hudson river divisions of the
Central road and was arrested in Hudson
on suspicion of being one of the train
wreckers.
Eeed is now in Superintendent Bissell's
private office in the Union depot The
detectives who are working on the case are
"pumping" him.
It is believed that they are trying to get
Beed to give the names of the others, and
there are rumors that Knights of Labor are
concerned.
BODY OF A WOMAN DISCOVERED.
Woodchoppers Find tbo Remains of a Young
Girl Under a CI10".
Raleigh C. H., W. Va., September 7.
On Friday evening while some woodchoppers
were at work in a secluded spot near East
river, Baleigh county, tbey found the body
of a young white woman, aged probably 20,
lying close under a cliff. Near tbe body
was a black valise filled with clothing, and
a few feet away was a purse with a small
amount of money.
The body was in an advanced stage of
decomposition, with nothing about to indi
cate the identity ot the person.
PITTSBURG, MONDAY,
ONLY 'A ; SIGNAL GUM".
Chairman Mapes Organizing Another
Body of Kickers, WhoAYM
SOON ISSUE A PROCLAMATION.
The address of the Lincoln Independents
Causes a Sensation.
DISSTON IN COKPEEENCE WITH QUAYj
The Election To-DayiCloses the Campaign In lis Tine
Tree State.
The address issued by the Lincoln In
dependents is to be followed up by vigorous
work all along the line. Chairman Mapes'
committee will soon be in the field, and
Senator Erneryjis expected to send a broad
side shortly.
rSPECTAL TELEGBAM TO TOE DISrATCU.l i
Philadelphia, September 7. The ad
dress of the Lincoln' Republicans calling
upon fellow members o'f their party to vote
and work for the electiou of Bobert E. Pat
tison for Governor has created a stir in local
political circles. The Quay Bcpublican
workers endeavor to make light of the move
ment, but there is, among the opponents of
Delamater, a stronger feeling of confidence
by reason of the promised assistance from
the Lincoln Independents.
At the different political club houses to
day the address was the principal topic of
conversation. It is regarded by the active
spirits of both party organizations as the
opening gun of the running fire which will
be keot up by the Bepublieans who are op
posed to their party's candidate until tho
polls have closed on election day.
CERTAIN VICTORY.
H. H. St. John, a prominent member of
the Young Men's Democratic Association,
speaking upon the subject of the Lincoln
address to-night, said: "It means poten
tiality and will insure certain victory.
The men whose names are signed that have
been known as Bepublieans for vears past,
and the tone of the address, and the apparent
earnestness of the men themselves, will
make the Democrats feel more than hope
ful." Edwin Gaw Flanigan, of the same den
ization, declares that the movement which
has been inaugurated by tbe Lincoln Be
publieans, will spread throughout the State,
and that the leaders of the Democratic
party, alivo to the situation, will render
every possible assistance to those who arc
opposing Quay by having a first-class 'or
ganization which'will marshal the Dem
ocratic voters to the polls.
A visit to a few of the Bepublican clnbs
developed the fact of there being considers?
ble of a scare among the members, as to
what will be the result of the new move
ment. Many of the conservative Bepub
lieans, who recognize the force of the move
ment, incline to the belief that it means the
opening of a strong attack upon the Quay
and Delamater fences. The Times, in its
leading editorial to-morrow, will say:
A LIGHTNING STROKE.
The thunders of Blucher's guns at Waterloo
were not more a surprise and shock to Napoleon
than must be the incisive address of the Lin
coln Independent Bepublican Committer. j.
this city to Senator Quay and Senator Dea--mater.
It comes liko the lightning stroke from
the unclouded sky, for it follows hard upon the
word of promise passed all along the party lines
that tho Independents of 1882wcre next to solid
for the ticket in 189a It Is true that a number
of the old Independents of 1SS2 are now giving
a more or less active or passive support to
Delamater, but the seed sown in the Stewart
campaign nas orougnt lortn unexpected and
bountiful fruit in a new crop of Independents,
who take up the battle against Quay where
their teachers stopped in their revolt against
Cameron.
And they are no chronic kickers; they havo
no semblance of the sore-head; they have no
friends to reward, no enemies to punish because
of political disappointments. Their list of ex
ceptionally respected and influential men em
braces leading pulpit teachers, leading pro
fessors, leading lawyers, leading manufact
urers, leading merchants and leading business
men, and they give their reasons for their faith
so plainly that he who runs may read. The ad
dress of tho Lincoln Independents will bo more
widely read and more soberly considered by in
telligent Republicans of Pennsylvania than any
political deliverance of the last decade, and
the character and forco of ihe names given as
indorsers of this uncommon appeal in modern
campaigns must resolve the doubtful into posi
tive co-operation and inspire the hesitating to
aggressive action. This address is only
THE SIGNAL GUN.
of Kepnblican revolt against Delamater. It is
an entirely indopendent and voluntary move
ment of tho men whose names aro appended to
it. It has no connection with the Independent
Republican State Committee, although stnt
ing for the same cause, but it -will be closely
followed by other revolutionary Republican
forces, which are certain to plav important
parts in the cominc battle. The Independent
Kepnblican State Committee, of which Georgo
E. Mapes is Chairman, will bo announced in a
few days, with another address to the Repub
licans of the State protesting against tho elec
tion of Delamater and demanding the election
of PattisoD. Next will come tbe answer of
Senator Emery to Delamater, and it will be the
gravest obstacle to Delamater's self-vindication
In the canvass. The promise now is that these
multiplied formal assaults upon Delamater's
lines will widen and deepen revolt among the
people, and not only maintain, but steadily
swell the now clearly vlsiblo tide of revolution.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, which is now
regarded as the personal mouthpiece of Sen
ator Quay in tnis city, in speaking of the
address editorially, says:
The believe that by voting against Delama
ter thoy are aiming t Senator Quay, forgetful
of the fact that but for Senator Quay's master
ly management of tho campaign of 18S8 Mr.
Cleveland would now be In the Presidential
chair. There can possibly be
NO GOOD REASON '
why Senator Delamater, as an individual,
should not be supported. He is admittedly
capable of filling the high office to which he
will be elected. The only words affecting
his character, spoken by a man who would
go down like chaff in a cyclone before investi
gation, bave been most emphatically denied,
and the only possible charge that can be
brought against him, if it can be called a
charge, is that Senator Quay was favorable to
his nomination. Tho history of Ohio shows
that in a revolt discretion is thrown to the
winds, and in defeating Foraker Ohio has
possibly given, through a Democratic Leeis
lature, a Democratic majority in the next Con
gress. The chances are that if Delamater is
defeated Pennsylvania will send a TVmncmtin
Sonator to Washington and lose two or three
Republican Comrressmen.
Tho Press will say to-morrow: Tho SO or CO
gentlemen who bave just sent out a so-called
Independent Republican address are not to be
criticised personally. They are nearly all of
high business or professional standing, and,
while all are novices In politics and totally mis
gnlded, tbe motives of some however mis
taken, are to them doubtless sincere enough.
These bave been used merely by others wno
have a self interest which is in conflict with
me policy ot tne Kepnblican party, and on ac
count of which they aro not at all likely to
exert any influence on the campaicn. It will
have no effect upon tho leaders of this move
ment to tell them they are aiding the de
structive tariff policy of the Democratic party
that is what they want to do. The few who
have been rss
active in the preparation
of this manifesto and securing signatures are
importers who are opposed to the Republican
principle of protection. They bave sub
stantially admitted that, with all the pretexts
which they present for opposition to Senator
Delamater removed, they wonld still oppose
Republican success on tho tariff. The sin
cerity of any movement D.iscd upon such a
f onndatlon must be questioned of course. Tbe
gentlemen who want free importation of tbe
goods in which tbey deal have sought to dis
guise their real motives for seeking to destroy
Republican supremacy, since notblng could be
more unpopular In the midst ot Industrial
SEPTEMBER 8, 1890.
Pennsylvania. But they have been
forced to a confession of their real
attitude, and thoy are against the
Party on the tariff. This should bo enough to
open the eyes of those who are acting with
these free trade Importers, but who are them
selves in thorough sympathy with protection.
Do they want to aid in destroying the policy In
which they believer
We do not And the name of Mr. Wharton
Barker on this manifesto, and our information
is that it has been designedly kept off. Why
should this be? Mr. Barker, like these gentle
men, is seeking tbe defeat of the Republican
partv. and hn la leading In the movement.
Whether thoy will have it so or not, tbe fact
remains, and it will be fully understood by all,
that they are gaining their chief political dis
tinction as the tail of Mr. Barker's disgruntled
kite. It was something that Mr. Barker great
ly needed, and he bas been pot to no trouble to
"fcetit. The position -must be a very uncom
fortable one. If these gentlemen had wanted
a different nomination and under difforent con
ditions, why should they have neglected so
long to Interest themselves? The time to work
for a nomination to suit them is before tho
convention. Did they attend to their fall duty
as citizens then? "There is no evidence what
ever that tbey did. It is too late now, and with
all its knowledge the public will accept their ac
tions as pretexts and rate them accordingly.
FLOWER OF THE PARTY.
The ifecord to-morrow will say editori
ally: It would bo hard to find In the ranks of tho
Republican party in Philadelphia, or clsowhcre
in Pennsylvania, another 58 citizens more hon
orable, npright or earnest in maintaining pure
political methods than the 58 citizens whose ad
dress the Jiecord- printed, calling upon tho vot
ers ot the State to elect Pattisonand defeat
Delamater. They repudiate Quayism. They
repudiate the platform that indorses Quay.
They repudiate the candidate that Quay
forced upon his party, and thoy administer
a Btlnging rebuke to the bandhakin button
holing, beblnd-the-door canvassing of Mr.Dela
mater, who tries to modify Independent oppo
sition by a pretense of intended, perfidy to his
maker and master.
MAINE VOTES TO-DAY.
THE DEMOCRATS WITHOUT ORGANIZA
TION OR MONEY.
Chalrmnn Olanloy, of tbe Republican Com
mittee, Claims Reed's Election by 2.000
and the State by 15,000-Ho Wnnts
Every Conntr Except Three.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Augusta, Me., September 7. The bien
nial campaign in this State for the election
of a Governor, four Congressmen, Members
of the Legislature, and county officers, closed
last night, and it remains for the voters to
perform their duty at the polls to-morrow.
During the last week there has been more
activity shown in the party camps
than during any period of the
canvass, but the cold fact remains that it
has been one of tamest and most apathetic
campaigns on record. The Democrats lit ve
been discouraged lrom the beginning. They
havo had no organization and no money
and what little work had been done has been
confined chiefly to the attempt to defeat Mr.
P.eed in the First district by ont-scheming
the Bepublieans. In several Senatorial and
Representative districts they are confident
of increasing their meager force in the Leg
islature. They are making strenuous efforts
tocarry Penobscot, Waldo,Knox,and Lincoln
counties, with a prospect of success in the
three last.
The Democrats have had only three or
four local speakers beside their candidate
lor Governor and one of their Congressional
candidates. What work that has been
performed has been done in a very quiet
way. The little Prohibition party has had
its usual quota of home speakers, and claims
a better organization than ever before. The
contest on its part is directed chiefly against
the Bepublieans, toward whom it has dis
played its usual bitterness of feeling. The
labor party is but a mere cipher in the
contest.
Chairman Manley has received the final
eanvsss-aniLwhilc he admitsihat there-will
be a hiilvy'falling off of tho total vote in
the State, he is very confident that the Re
publicans will poll more than their usual
off-yearmajority. He feels sure that the
Republicans will carry cveiy countv save
Lincoln, Knox and Waldo, and he believes
that in those three counties the chances
are in favor of the Republicans. Mr. Manley
says: "The plurality in off years since
1806 has never exceeded 11,000 save in 18G9,
when it was 12,281; in 1873, when it was 12,
320, and in 1886, when it was 13,500, but
Governor Burleigh's plurality will be fully
15,000, and Congressman Eeed will be re
turned by the largest plurality he has re
ceived save in 1888." Mr. Manley realizes
that tbe fight has been in the First district,
and that the Bepublieans throughout the
State are as anxious for Speaker Reed's
election as though they were bis immediate
constituents. He places Reed's plurality at
2,000.
DISST0N WITH QUAY.
Ho Confers With the Senator Concerning tbe
Independent Muvcment.
irrtOM a stapi" couresfondext.j
Washington, December 7. A distin
guished arrival from Pennsylvania this
afternoon was Hamilton Disston, of Phila
delphia. He was set down at the Riggs
House, was brushed off and otherwise re
freshed, and then soon made his way to the
residence of Senator Quay, and is passing
the evening with that gentleman. Of
course the gossip runs that he is here to see
what can be done to stem the independent
tide, but he himself asserts that he is here
entirely on private business, though he was
incidentally to have a chat with the Penn
sylvania Senators in regard to the formal
opening of the campaign in the Eastern
part of the State.
Mr. Disston does, not appear to have the
slightest doubt jit the successful issue of the
campaign in-Pennsyalvania lor the Repub
lican canuiuates.
LIGHTNING STBIKES AN OPERATOR.
Tbo Bolt Pnrnbzcdlllni for Hours bnt Ho
Recovered. -
Baltimore, September 7. T. L. Mason,
a telegraph operator at Hanlon Junction,
had a narrow escape from instant death
from lightning to-night. He was in the
railroad office during the storm when sud
denly a great ball of fire appeared. Mason
was thrown out of his chair and was para
lyzed for several hours.
It was found that the lightning bolt had
struck his left arm and passed down below
tbe elbow leaving a broad crimson mark.
It stopped just where his arm touched his
vest pocket, containing his watch, being
attracted by the timepiece. The chain was
melted and broken in several places. The
watch was badly broken. Mr. Mason thinks
tbat bnt for the watch the lightning wonld
have killed him.
ELOPED WITH A PAINTER.
The Girl's Father Follows With n Mountain
Ilowiizcr.
Chicago, September 7. Aristocratic
Evanston was treated to a social sensation
to-day. Superintendent of the Poor Farm,
Thomas Downey, recently engaged a painter,
Adrian A. Miller, to touch up the public
buildings. Nora, the superintendent's 16-year-old
daughter, lell in love with Miller
and the two eloped on the Chicago train.
Father Downey followed the pair to
Evanston with a mountain howitzr and
seized Miller's baggage. Later the elqnng
pair returned and were married, while the
wrathful parent went home in peace.
Salesman Arrested.
New Tore, September 7. A salesman,
Adolph Plass, was arrested last nicbt on a
telegram from tho Chief of Police of St.
Lonis, stating that Plass was wanted in
that city for grand larceny. Plass was com
mitted to await the arrival of requisition
papers.
SWEDEN'S WELCOME
To the Mortal Kemains of Onc'of Her
Host Distinguished Sons.
KECEPTION OF ERICSSOB'S BODY.
The Toilers of England Not United in Favor
of Eight Hours,
WHY THE JIAEQUIS DOES K0T FIGHT.
The Ea;e tor the rts&ruioii cf Relics or the Lite
Cardinal Uanninsr.
The remains of Inventor Ericsson are ex
pected to reach Stockholm 'to-day. Great
preparations have been made for the last
sad rites in honor of the distinguished
Swedish-American. Tbe eight-hour ques
tion, is exciting much attention in Great
Britain.
fUT DUNLAF'S CABLE COFAlfT.
Stockholm, September 7. The United
States man-of-war ironclad Baltimore,
bearing the body of John Ericssen, is ex
pected here to-morrow, and extensive
preparations are being made to receive it
According to the programme the coffin will
be brought ashore the same day the steamer
arrives. If she come to anchor in
tbe forenoon as is expected, the cere
monies will begin at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, when a Government board
will transfer ihe remains from the vessel to
a special landing stage erected at the foot
of Cart XIII, Square, where it will be met
by the full military force stationed here,
accompanied by fall bands.
While the coffin is being conveyed on the
Government boat to the landing stage
salutes will be fired from the vessels in the
harbor and from batteries on land. All
church bells in the city will toll and the
chimes will be rung to fnneral airs.
The procession will begin with the mili
tary bodies, immediately followed by a rep
resentative of the King and the hearse,
escorted by a body of cavalry. Then will
come the various societies of which Eric
cesen was an honorary member, the high
officials of the Government, invited gnests
and members of the Ericssen
family. The procession will proceed
to the Central Railway station, the
houses along the route being draped in
monrning and otherwise appropriately
decorated. At the station the coffin will be
placed on a special train and conveyed to
Ericsson's birthplace, Langbanshyttan,
where he is to be interred. As the train
leaves the depot here salutes will be
fired, and it will be greeted with salutes
upon arrival at its destination. Among the
societies making the most extensive prepa
rations are the lodges ol Odd Fellows.
TOILERS NOT UNITED
In tho Demand for tho EiBbt'Hour Day In
Great Britain.
DT DUNLAP'S CAULE COMPANY.
London September 7. The great subject
of discussion in all labor papers thronghout
the country is tbe eight-hour qnestion.
Lloyds' Ifeeifj Kelts, one of the few papers
published on rSunday, and one of the chief
organs of the workingmen, says in a leading
article to-day:
5It by no means follows that the majority of
votes represents a majority of tbe unionists,
for at the present time the unionists are about
equally divided on the question, while 7,0(0,000
non-unionists have not made any sign as to
which side tbey intend to take. It is
certain that tbe vote will not con
vert a single member of tho unionist
party who is engaged in any of
the textile trades and who dreads competition,
unless indeed the bill which is to bo drawn np
hereafter sbo uld prove to be of a merely orna
mental character like some of the eight-hour
laws which have been passed in America and
Australia. Tho experience derived from theso
countries proves tbat it is quite possible to
have an eight-honr law while work goes on for
9, 10 or even 11 hours. To get em
ployment for the surplus laborers of
tbo country, which 13 the goal at which John
Burns aims, we must provide tbat nobody shall
work longer than eizht hours and must punish
anyone who infringes this provision. Doe, the
majority wblcb voted in favor of making eight
bours a legal working day want such a bill as
this? Such a bill would Inevitably divide tho
ranks of labor and would be strenuously resist
ed whenever tbo men bad reason to fear tbat
their trades would bo Injured by its operation.
A SPECULATIVE BARBER
Coining Money by llio Sale of tho Hair ol
Cnrdlnal Nevrmnn.
IBT DUXLAF'S CABLE COMPACT.!
Birmingham, September 7. A most ex
traordinary fad has been developing itself
since the death of Caadinal Newman, viz:
Tne desire to possess some relic of the
great ecclesiastic. The most sought
for souvenir is a lock of his hair. During
the last 20 years the Cardinal was waited on
every day at the Oratory by a hair dresser,
who made a point of preserving all the cut
tings of his ."subject's" hair, expecting all
the time to stimulate a demand for it when
tho proper timejsbould come.
He kas eollected a .considerable store of
ihisfrair, and since the deaih of the Cardinal
he has been busily occupied in the distribu
tion of tbe precious relics, and is coining
money as a resnlt of his foresight and care
in storing these locks.
NO DUEL AS YET.
Tho Reason Given by Olarqnls de Lenvllle
for the Unexpected Delav.
IBT DUJJLAP'S CABLE COMFANY.J
London, September 7. The Marquis De
Leuville has not as yet made much capital
by his latest advertising scheme of the duel.
At present he is carrying on a lively bom
bardment of the newspapers, and his friends,
taking Boulogne as his base of operations,
and firing from that city a hail of paper pel
lets by telegraph, purporting to give the
reasons for the delay in the deadly combat,
of which excuses the latest is that tbe
doughty Marquis' adversary is so disabled
by tbe blow dealt him by De Leuville In
their London quarrel that he has begged for
a truce in order to repair damages and get
into fighting trim.
FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Tbe Austrian Government Grants a Million
Dollars for Aid.
y Associated Press.:
London, September 7. The Elbe is still
16 feet above the normal height at
Dresden, but it is gradually falling,'
and it is believed the danger is over.
Tbe Freudenan races, which were to
have taken place to-day, had to
be abandoned, the course being sub
merged. A slight subsidence is noticed in
the mam branch of the Danube at Vienna
to-day. Similar reports come from Linz
and Tnlln, The Austrian Government has
granted $1,000,000 for repairing the damage
done by .the floods and assisting the suf
ferers. OPENING OF THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS.
L'iEGE The Social Science Congress
opened to-day.1. Two thousand delegates
were present from ail parts of Catholic
Europe. Cardinal Gibbons, Cardinal Man
ning, Dr. Windthorst and other Catholic
leaders sent letters expressing sympathy
with the objects of the Congress. Alter a
number of speeches had been made, it was
resolved to send telegrams to the Pope
and King Leopold, expressing the devotion
of the members.
NOT A. PENNY Or BEXX.
Cork Mr. William O'Brien, speaking
at Meelin, Coanty Cork, said it would be
Ireland' 'own fault if a. single child
starved.. The tenants ought not to pay a
penny of rents until 'their families are pro
vided for. They' had ,no business to make
begging appeals td Irishmen abroad, but
should look to Mr. Balfour and his sublime
schemes.
THE CZAR STARTS OFF.
St.Peteesburo The Czar, accompanied
by the imperial family and suite, started
to-day for Rovno, in "Volhynia, to attend the
"Volhynia military maneuvers. The JVoroe
Vremya declares that tbe maneuvers in
Volhynia need cause no uneasiness abroad,
WAR WITH ARMENIANS.
Constantinople News has been re
ceived of a fight between Armenians and
gend'armes at Bagbtchedjik, near Ismid.
Five gend'armes were killed. Troops have
been sent to assist the officers.
FRESH CASES OF CHOLERA.
Madrid Fifteen fresh cases of choler'
and 11 deaths from the disease were repp"'
in Valencia Citv to-dav. ThrnntTinnfC, t
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DUEL IN PARIS.
Paris Mcrmeix, the alleged author of
the charges against Boulanger, fought a
"duel to-day with M. La Bruyer, of Gxllilas.
La Bruyer received a slight wound.
A NEWSPAPER CHARGE.
Paris Le Petit Journal says that ST.
Lagurre inspired the articles attacking Gen
eral Boulancer which have recently ap
peared in Figaro.
COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE.
Madrid General Azcarr3ga, Minister
of War, is preparing a bill making military
service compulsory.
"V7AB IN LABOR'S BANKS.
K. ofla Members Denounced by Federa
tion Men hi Tfcleves and Kknnks.
rSFECIAL TZLEOBAM TO TUB DISPATCH.!
New York, September 7. The Central
Labor Federation decided to-day to apply
to the American Federation for a new char
ter. The firemen and several unions of ci
garmakers, clothing cutters, brewers
and building and architectural iron
workers made formal complaints
to the effect thac members of the K. of L.
were trying to oust members of the open
nnions out of their employment and George
McVey, of the Piano Maker's Union, sailed
into the CentraJ Labor Union and said that
its walking delegates were all controlled by
the K. of IMlfind whose leaders were
"thieves and:Hanks."
A committ"? was appointed to collect facts
and consider irhat was best to be done. The
building material handlers declared during
the discussion that they would no longer
recognize the boycott of the Knights of
Labor against Verplanck's Point bricks,
but would handle them unless the Knights
consented to recognize the Brick Handlers'
Union. The Arbitration Committee of the
Federation was instrnctcd to help bring
about a settlement of the controversy with
the Knights.
CHINESE AT "WAB.
Two Factions iTnve a Bloody Fljht
and
Swear Vengeance.
San Francisco, September 7. At an
early hour this morning there was a fight in
Chinatown, and two Chinese were shot
The Ping Ting Kong Society were
holding outdoor religious service on
Waverly Place, when members of the
Chee Kong Tong Company interfered. In
stantly knives, revolvers and clnbs were
drawn, and two shots were fired. Chin
May, of the Ping Ting Kong Society, was
wounded in the left thigh.
Chinese flocked to the scene from every
quarter, and two Chinatown watchmen, who
drew revolvers, were swept away by
the mob. The Ping Ting Kong
men then rushed to Stafford alley,
where the Chee Kong Tong Society
were holding an outdoor festival,
intending to retaliate by smashing tbe idols.
Another melee ensned, and a Ping King
Tong man was wounded. By this time
armed policemen arrived and dispersed the
Chinamen. It is feared there will be
further trouble, as the two societies swear
they wilt have revenge.
BOYCOTTED AND BB0UGHT TO DEATH.
Tho Result of a Resolution Against tbo Con
federate Flag.
rSrECIAL TSLEGBAJJ TO THE DI3FATCH.1
Norfolk, Va., September 7. The
death of R. P. Wheeler here last night was
indirectlv dne to a resolution offered bv
him at the Grand Army convention at
Petersburg last spring reflecting on the
Confederate flag. Up to that time he was
doing a good business, and was very popu
lar with the people of Norfolk. The reso
lution he offered was in the shape of a peti
tion to Congress to stop the manufacture of
the Confederate flag, which Wheeler termed
a contemptible rag.
His action aroused the people here and
affected Wheeler's business to' such an ex
tent that after some weeks he publicly
denied being responsible for the resolution.
His business continued to go down, and he
songht relief in drink. To an over-indulgence
is attributed his death. Wheeler was
an ex-Union soldier and a Post Department
Commander of tbe Grand Army. He was a
native of New York.
WRECKED ON THE BBEDGE.
Two Freight Trains on tbo Central Crash
Into Each Other.
Albany, September 7. Another wreck
occurred on the upper bridge this forenoon.
A freight train was coming over the bridge
from the east when another' started east at
the other end. Signals displayed to tbe
engineer of the second train were wrong,
and a misplaced switch let the ears run
upon the westbound track.
The locomotives crashed into each other
at the end of the bridge. The engines were
damaged and three freight cars were de
railed and broken. Their contents were
scattered. The tracks were blocked until
late in the afternoon.
A noted jurist dead.
Tbe Man Who Dealt Out Justice to lbs
mormons Expires.
Flint, Mich., September 7. Hon.
Sumner Howard, who, as District Attorney
of Utah, secured the conviction and
execution of John D. Lee, the noted
Mormon leader in the Mountain
Meadow massacre, died yesterday. Shock
at the recent death of his only daughter was
tne cause or Mr. Howard's demise.
Deceased was one of the best known poli
ticians in Michigan. He served with
marked success as Chief Justice of Arizona.
THREE CENTS,
BUllfWAE PAINT.
va
He Prorai0
Colonel .
jHako. U Lively for
nrrl flia Clnns.
COMING flOllkW TE5 DAIS
' -To
Commence a CaN j in Allesheny
Upon Ui3 Otvu Aceonnb
S0JIE TEEI YEHEMEJiT ALLEGATION,
Which Are Answered Briefly by the IToiainee and
Lieutenant Bradley.
There are indications of a lively time on
the Korthside. At least one prominent E;
publicrn promises to bolt the nomination
of Colonel Stone for Congress.
Senator Rutan has donned his war paint.
The nomination of Co-ec1 Stone to succeed
Colonel Baynein the Twenty-third district,'
promises only to open up with the defeat of
George Shiras III., judging from the fol
lowing telegrams wired The Dispatch.
They speak for themselves. The asterisks
are ours, as the fiery language and charges
they represent would not look well in print:
Philadelphia. September 7.
To the Edltor.or The Dispatch:
Tbe nomination of Stone to succeed Bayce
'u the Twenty-third district is most outrageous.
1 certainly will not bo indorsed by the peo-
..
T. a! is iaiso anu anreiiaoie. .no aeceivea
n 'o vuieu xna mo35 oauamusniy wnuo at tno
jO ie denouncing Hunter and the Alle
CvJ,'o . whom he claimed to own.
I w-j '0 in a f ow days to make an open
fight r 3p.,3! 'the Uno. Tho whole facts wilt
bo pnbl. j fyx few days. J. S. Rutan.
-ILL ANOTHER.
Later in evening the foregoing was
supplemented by the following:
Philadelphia, September 7.
To the Editor or The DiapatcC:
In addition to telegram sent The Dispatch
to-day, I desire to add that Stone, through his
valet Bradley, 13 a notorious falsifier when ho
says I am broken in health and purse. I will
be at home strong and well within ten days,
and propose to fight tho whole line of opposi
tion. A prominent official In Allegheny, I was told
by Colonel Stone, got 10,000 in cash lor sup
porting tho Westinghouae Light Company
against all others. I owo no man one dollar,
and can pay ten to one of his debts, and somo
of those of his railway. Ho has neither fitness
nor ability to represent tho Twenty-third dis
trict, and will never be elected. He sold me
out most treachcronsly and dishonorably, and
he and his following will never receive the re
spect of the people. J. S. Rutan.
COLONEL STONE IN REPLY.
Respecting Senator Rutan's statement
concerning Colonel Stone and Mr. Bradley
interviews with the latter gentlemen were
obtained late last night Colonel Stone
was seen at hi3 residence and acquainted
with the gist of Senator Ruian's telegram.
"I have no recollection," he said, "of
having made any such statement concern
ing Senator Rutan, nor have I any knowl
edge of such a statement having been made.
I am not responsible for what Mr. Bradley
may have said, and I certainly never au
thorized him to make any such statement on
my behalf. This is the first intimation I
have had that he did make such a state
ment" Asked if he knew anything about the
charge that a certain Allegheny official had
received 10,000 for being instrumental in
introducing the Wcstingbouse system of
lighting into Councils, Colonel Stone said
he had never heard of it before, and didn't
believe a word of it.
ONE MORE DENIAL.
Health Officer James Bradley was also
called upon and informed of how Mr. Rutan
had used his name. "Rutan's assertion is a
consummate falsehood," said he. "Colonel
Stone did not mention Rutan's name to me
in any such terms of Rutan charges me
with repeating. It was only after the con
vention, and when Rntan was hitting at
Stone, that Stone referred to him at all, and
then he said nothing disparagingly, of
him."
In connection with the alleged 210,000
deal, Mr. Bradley said: "The Westing
honse lighting business was not introduced
by any particular person, and the charge
that someone was bought is all nonsense.
I am well aware as to the means that wero
used to appease the opposition to the West
inghouse lighting, but they were not of a
commercial nature, and there was nothing
ot a financial deal in the matter at all."
SHOT A COWBOY.
Chicago Iloodlums Attacked Ilobrews and
Fatally Wounded One.
Chicago, September 7. "A pipe full of
whiskers" was the singular demand upon
Bernard Cohen by six young rowdies pass
ing throngh the Hebrew colony on South
Union this afternoon. The six made a dash
to secure the whiskers, plucking wildly at
Cohen's ample beard, but were desperately
resisted by Cohen and his wife, who were)
speedily reinforced by nearly 100 other
Hebrews.
The leader of the reinforcements waj
Jacob Siff, a neighbor of Cohen's just re
turned from a ranch in Montana. The cow
boy Hebrew made things lively for the
hoodlums during a brief space, bnt he sud
denly received a bullet in the forehead. Ha
was taken to the hospital in a dying condi
tion. Fonr of the hoodlums, John Foss,
Harry Clark, Frank Petzer and Frank
Mason were arrested, bnt the identity of the
cowboy's slayers remains a mystery.
FOLLOWED BY HEB HUSBAND.
A Drunken Man Tracks III Wife to Her
Home aad Kills Her.
Milwaukee, September 7. A shocking
tragedy was enacted in Wauwatoss, a
snbnrb ot Milwaukee, this afternoon. Mrs. .
Edward Reiniger had left her husband on
account of his brutal treatmentand dissolute
habits and returned to her mother's home.
She and her mother were sitting
on the porch to-day, when Reiniger
came to the house, and approaching hit
wife, asked if she would return to him.
She refused, and without warning, shot her
three times. The mother interfered, and '
she, too, was shot twice.
Both women have been taken to Passa
vant Hospital, and Mrs. Reiniger will
probably die. Mrs. Raymer's wounds may
not prove fatal. Reiniger was captnred to
night at Brookfield, and will be brought to
this city.
Off" for Guatemala.
Baltimore, September 7. Mr. Samuel
Kimberly, Secretary of Legation to tho
Central American States, and Consul Gen
eral of the United States at Gnatmla -
starts for his post of duty to-morrow.
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