mm V saw "fit- ,-.t' .-" -" 1, flf You Want Anything I Classified Advertisements INSERTED IN JUIE XISIJV.TCII ADVERTISE. IF Xi?,Iltts)?uxir 0Dipatch. I REACH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. IT C1BCULATES EVERYWHERE. FORTY-FIFTH YEAE. I FIEBCnKLE Now in Progress for the Politi cal Possession of West Virginia. THE TARIFF IS THE ISSUE. Interest Centers in the Four Contests for Members of Congress, and There is a HOT FIGHT IX EVERY DISTRICT. The Plana of Both Parties for the Closing Week of the Campaign in the Keystone State. IXDEPEKDEKTS AS COXFIDEXTAS EVER Brice td His Iacttttints Ktkjrg Greit Cltha ts to tie Cccticl cT tie Kelt Heme of BeprcHEtitTts. POLITICS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATION srrctAi. TiLroBAM to the dispatch. Moegaxtown, W. Va., October 26. Bat little more than a week now remains before the close of the "West Virginia cam paign. The contest grows more exciting as tne decisive day draws near. In every part of the State members of both political parties are taking a lively interest in the prospects of the various candidates, and for an "off year" an unusually large vote will te polled. Although only one State official is to he voted for, yet there are numerous candi dates for local offices and for tbe Legislature and a full Congressional delegation is to he chosen. Already Governor Hill, S. B. Elkins, General Goff, Senators Kenna and Faulkner, W. L. "Wilson and other distin guished speakers have addressed meetings in different parts of the State, and efforts are being wade to have Blaine, Reed, McKip ley, Campbell, Camden and others take part in the campaign. A Supreme Judge to be Elected. A vacancy having occurred in the office of Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals, caused by the death of Hon. Thomas C. Green, of Jefferson county, the same is to be filled at the coming election by the selection of a judge for the unexpired term. For this position the Democrats have named Daniel B. Lucas, of Jefferson county, a man who has been identified with the politics of the State for many years, and who is generally regarded as a skillful lawyer. When ex-Senator Camden was a candidate for re-election, four jears ago, Lucas was the leader of the opposition iu his own party, and so successful was this opposition that Camden was defeated and Faulkner was chosen. The numerous friends of Cam den do not take kindly to the present can didate for judge in consequence ot the latter's action, and while they do not publicly oppose hin their zeal iu his be half is not very fervent. The Republicans have nominated Hon. F. M. Reynolds, of Mineral county, and he will command the full strength of his party. He as admitted to the bar in 1863, and since that time has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1884 be was the candidate of his party for Congress in the Second district, but was defeated by William L. Wilson. In 18S8 he was for the second time elected Prosecuting Attorney of Mineral county, the office which he still holds. The Hot Congressional Contests. In the Congressional contests is centered the main interest in the campaign. In the several districts the following nominations have been made, and each candidate is striv ing earnestly for his election: First District W. T. Hubbard, Rep.; John O. Pendleton, Deni. Second District George Harman, Rep.; Will lain Iu Willson, Dcin. Third District Theopbilus Gaines, Rep.; John D. Anderson, Deni. Fourth District Charles R. Smith, Rep.; James Capchart, Deta The tariff question is about the only one discussed in the several districts, and the same arguments are everywhere used. Stephen 1J. Elkins, a few evenings ago in Wheeling, stated that if any State in tbe Union is irreversibly and irrevocably a pro tection State and must depend upon protec tion, it is West "Virginia. The State de pends almost entirely for her progress and prosperity upon her large quintities of coal, iron ore, timber and salt. Ir these products were not protected, but thrown open to for eign competition, the railroad development would stop, the lumber mills would close, and the coal and iron mines would shut down. The Democrats deny that West Virginia is a protection State, and claim that the greatest advancement and prosperity can only be attained undera Democratic admin istration. There is no lack of enthusiasm in the several districts, and the contests are close and exciting. While the tariff ques tion is the main issue, yet the personality of the various candidates is also widely dis cussed. An Unseated Democrat Trjlng Again. In tec x"irst district the Republican can didate is one ot the leading lawyers at the Wheeling bar, and is one of the ablest political speakers in the State. He is a son of Hon. Chester D. Hubbard, President of the Top Mill, who at one time represented the Wheeling district in Congress, and who took an active part in public affairs when the State of West Virginia was formed. The Democratic candidate is John O. Pendleton, who ran against G. W. Atkin son at the last Congressional election, and who was given a certificate of election by Governor Wilson. He was not permitted however, to serve his term, as charges ot fraud having been made and proven to the satisiaclion of the majority in Congress his Republican competitor was declared to have been legally elected. Until within recent years the First dis trict was cousideicd safely Democratic, and Colonel Ben Wilson, the iast Democratic representative, was elected by a handsome majority. In 1882 General Goff was the candidate of the Republicans, and so popu lar was he in the district that he was elected with a majority of 1,828. General Han cock having carried the same district with a majority of 1,326 there was a change of 3,151 votes in Gofl's favor. Goff remained in office until last year, when, declining a renomination, he was succeeded by George W. Atkinson. The Straggle to Beat Wilson. The contest in the Second district is scarcely less exciting than that in . First .The Democratic candidate is William L. Wilson, a man of us-'onal reputation, and who will be a candidate for Speaker if the Democrats have a majority in Congress. During the summer Stephen B. Elkins was named as the Republican who would likely be opposed to Wilson in this contest, but that gentleman having refused to be a can didate his friend controlled the convention and nominated George Harmon. This district, though close at present, has in recent years been represented by a Demo cr t Iu 1874 C. J. Faulkner, father of Sen ator Faulkner, was chosen with a majority ol 3,436, and two years later B. F. Martin", also a Democrat, had a majority of 3,873. In 1878 Martin was re-elected, and in 1880 Judge Hoge carried the district with a plurality of 2.G8L In 18S2 -there was trouble in the Democratic ranks, and W. L. Wilson, then President of West Virginia State TJni ersity, was made the candidate of his party. Hon. John W. Mason, now Commissioner of Internal Revenue, was the Republican candidate, and so close was the contest' that Wilson had a majority of only ten votes. He h? since represented the district in f Congress although is ma jority has never-,ben Iage. The Repo&lican' candidate is a farmer, and bas -served in the Legislature of the State. He is a good talker, and in addition to his own efforts in the district, he bas tbe hearty snpport of Sturgis, Berkshire, Elkins and other well-known Republicans of this section. Another District in Doubt. This district covers a large area of terri tory, and much of its wealth is yet un developed. Hither in recent years have come a large number of miners, new mines have been opened, and a number of manu factories have been established. The dis trict is considered the most reliably Dem ocratic iu the State, yet in consequence of the recent immigration to the Kanawha Valley the outcome in the present contest is still a matter of speculation. Like the First and Second, the Fourth district cannot be said to be a stronghold of either party. The Republicans are now pointing with pride to tbe record of their representative who was seated the last Con gress and claim that he accomplished more for his district than was accomplished by any prerions representative. The Demo cratic candidate is a farmer, and at the same time one of the best party workers in the district. The leadine -Republican paper of Huntington is bitterly opposing tbe Repub lican nominee, and the Democratic candi date is correspondingly benefitted. In all of the Congressional districts both parties are determined to bring out the full vote, and to this eud have nominated men of unquestioned popularity. Party lines are closely drawo, aud large majorities on either side are nowhere expected. The West Virginia delegation iu the last Con gress was evenly divided, and a careful sur vey of the field would indicate that the honors will be about equal at the close of the present campaign. WHERE THE CANDIDATES GO. Points to be Touched , by Pattison and Delamater Tills Week (special telegham to tub dispatch.! Philadelphia, October 26. Candi dates Pattison and Delamater, who have been touring through the State during the past month, will finish their labors this week. Senator Delamater left to-night on the 11:25 express to meet the special train which continued on the tour during tbe Senator's stay in this city. The Delamater party will breakiast to-morrow morning with John Wistar, at Duncannon, after which speeches will be made at Hew Bloomfield, Newport and Mifilintown. They will arrive at Lewistown in the even ing, where Geueral Frank Reedcr will de liver an address. For the remainder of the week the time of the candidates will be spent as follows: Tuesday, Middlebury, Sunbury and Lewisburg; Wednesday, La porte, Danville; Thursday, Bloomsburg, Mahanoy City, Hazl-ton and Shenandoah; Friday, Ashland, Pottsville and Lebanon; Saturday, Titusville. Candidate Pattison will remain in this city to-morrow, and on Tuesday will speak at 'Lancaster. He will return to this citv on Wednesday, and on Thursday will ad dress meetings to be held at Media and Chester. During the remainder ot the week the party will visit Pottsville, Quakertown and Norristown. BEAVER-WASHINGTON DISTRICT. Hawkins' Xante the Only One Printed In His Home Count-. SPECIAL TELXCBAM TO TUB DrBrATCn.: Washington. Pa., October 26. So far as this couuty is concerned the Senatorial fight in this district will go on with both A. L. Hawkins, of Washington county, and Sam P. White, of Beaver county, on the Republican ticket. Previous to the meet ing of the Republican Committee, of this county, on Saturday, Colonel Hawkins made a proposition to Mr. White that the dispute should be settled byarbitration.each of the candidates to chooose a man, they to choose a third, disinterested and re siding outside ot tbe district, their decision to be final. This Mr. White declined to con sider. The Republican County Committee of this county then unanimously decided to put tbe name of Colonel Hawkins on tbe Republican ticket and no other. The report -that both names would be put on was a mis statement. FAULT OF THE COMMITTEE. So Say Connellsville Republicans Who Were Disfranchised. (SPECIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 Scottdale, October 26. Political cir cles in Fayette county are still greatly agi tated over the report that 163 Republicans of Connellsville borough were disfranchised because of non-payment of taxes. Some Re publican leaders ridicule it, while others do not doubt its autbeuticity. Collector Heffe ly, of Connellsville, who is in a position to know, verifies the report and says it is the fault of the local Republican committee. Tbe disfranchisement of the Republican voters is believed to be general throughout Fayette county. NO SPEECHES IN CHICAGO. Blaine Not Booked to Talk While "Visiting in the Windy City. Chicago, October 26. Secretary of State Blaine is a guest of his son in this city. No demonstration greeted the distinguished Secretary at the Union depot this morning on his arrival. The party consisted of Sec retary Blaine, Mrs. Blaine, Miss Harriet Bl.iinc and William Waiter Phelps, Min ister to Germany. Emmons Blaine was the only person at the station to meet his father, except three reporters. Mr Emmons Blaine, when asked in re gard to his father's programme, said: "My father is only here to visit my wife and my self for a little rest and there is no pro gramme. He will remain until Tuesday." No political speech will be made by the Secretary during his three days' stay iu Chicago, but on Wednesday, en route East, he will address the people of South Bend. CLAIMING CONGRESS. BRICE AND HIS FOLLOWERS GROW MORE CONFIDENT. They Admit the Loss of Two Members In Indiana, Bat Expect to Gain In Ohio and Almost Everywhere Else Some of the Assertions Made. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCII.1 Washington, October 26. Political re ports receive.l at headquarters here to-day have been mainly of a rainbow nature for the Democrats. Senator Brice sends word from Ohio that he expects Jhe elec tion of at least 13 Democratic Con gressman in that State, and similar gains iu New England, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. Senator Gorman, who was here last night predicts a Democratic gain of two in Maryland, two in Virginia, one in North Carolina and one iu Tennessee. Fiom other sources it is learned that the Democrats are growing daily more hopeful of beating McKinley, and some say that he will be buried under 1,000 majority. The New Jersey Democrats are reported to be wide awake and sanguine of gaining one or two districts. A solid Democrati6 delegation from North Carolina is probable and the next Legislature will re-elect Senator Vance. A dispatch from Indianapolis says: we shall certainly elect the next Legislature and thus secure the return ot Senator Voor hees. and may lose two Congressmen. Holman will be re-elected in spite ol tbe desperate fight being made against him, ana so will Cooper, I think. Bynnm will havo more majority than he had in 1SSS. The First. Eighth. Eleventh and Thirteenth are uncomfortably close. Too Alliance n.ovement is hurtinc us jnst as the Greenback movement did in 18S0. and the Re publicans hate made some clever combinations. They havo plenty of money this year and are perfectly organized. Very rosy reports are received at Demo cratic headquarters from Illinois, and espe cially from Chicago. Tbey even claim a Democratic majority in the next Legisla ture, and a substantial gain in Congress men. Hon. Levi Maish, who has charge of the committee rooms, says that Pattison is steadily forcing ahead in Pennsylvania. "Parson" McKinney writes to a friend in this city that he is certainly coming back from the First New Hampshire district. The news received here from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and the Pacific coast is similarly colored to suit mossback hopes. CLAIMING WITH CONFIDENCE. Emery, Marshall and Delamater All Stop at the Same Hotel. rsraciAL tileqsam to tub dispatcim Philadelphia, October 26. Ex-Senator Lewis Emery, Jr., and Thomas M. Marshall, both of whom spoke at the Academy of Music mass meeting on Satur day night in opposition to Delamater's candidacy for Governor, spent to-day at tbe Lafayette Hotel, where the Republican candidate and Governor Beaver have made their headquarters. The noted Independents had a number of callers, to whom thev expressed the belief that Mr. Pattison will be elected Governor: They say that thousands of Republicans in tbe 'western ana northwestern sections ot the State will bolt the ticket this year and sup port the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor. Senator Delamater was also called upon by a number of bis friends, among whom were Horatio P. Connell, the Republican candidate tor,. ..Sheriff, and 3 -Wesley Thomas, candidate for Senator iu the Fourth dsstrict. Mr. Delamater, who has been a busy man during the past six months, does not appear much worn out despite his severe task, and to his friends declares that it is but a question of majority for himself and colleagues upon the Republican State ticket James F. Burke, of Pittsburg, who has been stumping in the coal regions for the Republican State ticket, arrived here on Saturday, and will after a day's rest start out again on the same mission. GOVERNOR HILL IS SILENT. Ho Does JTot Caro to Express an Opinion on McKinley' Chances. :srrciAt. telkouam to tue dispatch. 1 New Yoek, October 26. Governor Hill reached tnis city early in the afternoon. He was asked what he thought of tbe trip. "I have been impressed," the Governor said, "at the earnestness of the Democrats at every place we stopped. What the result of the election will be in Major McKinley's district in Ohio it is hard to conjecture, and I do not care to express an opinion on Mr. Warwick's chances of beating the Major, but lean say that the Republicans will have a hard fieht ol it." 'COON HUNTING DANGEROUS. Mishaps to Expeditions In Hew York State, One Being Serious. Aubuen, N. V., October 26. Early this morning, while hunting near Cascade, a party of young men from Auburn treed a raccoon and proceeded to chop down the tree. Before the hunters were aware of their danger the tree toppled over and three of them were struck by the fallins branches. William Dunn, 20 years of age, was killed outright, a large limb crushing his skull. The other two escaped with severe bruises and a em broken bones. About the same hour another party of Auburn men were bunting on the bills west of Moravia, when Michael Kelley lost his footing and was precipitated down the steep incline, accompanied by his beagle hound. The thick underbrush broke tbe force of his fall, but he did not stop rolling until he reached the bottom of the hill, 75 feet below. He was not seriouslv hurt. PLEASED WITH THE PITTSBURGEH. Gotham Warmly Welcomes Kev. Dr. Gregg, Formerly of This City. rSrZCIAL TELEGUAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1 New Yoek, October 26. The morning and evening services in the Lafeyette Ave nue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, were conducted to-day by the Rev. Dr. David Gregg, a native of Pittsburg, who, it is be lieved, will succeed the Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Coyler to the pastorate. Dr. Gregg has 'not yet formally accepted the call, but there seems to be a general understanding among tbe members of the congregation that he will be their next pastor. After the services Dr. Greee remained in tbe church for a short time and received a warm reception from the trustees and other members of tbe congregation. He has studied in this country and in Belfast, Ire land. ' 'TIS A "WEARY WAIT. The End of the Interminable Jackson Con vention In Sight. Jackson, October 26. Indications now point to an adjournment of the Constitu tional Convention.by next Saturday. The members are weary of discussion, and cries of "Vote, vote," assail every speaker who ventures upon n long argument. Only seven more sections of the bill on rights remain to be considered, and these will be disposed of on Monday. This leaves but two more reports on the calendar, on levees and general provisions respectively. J PITTSBURG, . MONDAY, SOUNDING THE ALARM Bishops Mark Erin's Distress hnd Call on the Government to CHECK AN IMPENDING CALAMITY. Germany Disposed to Favor lankeo Corn in Time of Need. AN AMERICAN IN TE0UBLE IN TURKEY TBT DUMLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. Dublin, October 26. An important pastoral address just issued by the arch bishop and the bishops of Ireland to the clergy and laity was read in all the churches ot the country to-day. It deals wilh the failure of the potato crop, and says that the bishops feel called upon to bear testimony to the seriousness of the impend ing calamity, having ample evinenceof the disastrous crop failure over large districts throughout the country. They therefore consider it an imperative duty to call upoii the Government to take effective means for preventing the deplorable consequences that must certainly follow. The bishops refer to the railroad that is to be constructed and say they recognize the relief that will be afforded thereby, but it is inadequate to meet the exigencies of the oc casion. Mention is made of the plan of campaign and boycotting, and attention is called to the instructions already widely published which pointed out that the papal decree was a decision strictly on the ques tion of morals and had nothing whatsoever to do with politics. It is directed that the action known as the plan of campaign and the boycotting are in the negative; that is, those methods cannot be lawfully cm ployed. The pastoral concludes with an earnest expression ot sympathy with tbe tenants who have been evicted, and expresses the hope that Parliament in its wisdom may de vise means for the restoration of these poor people to their homes. It protests against evictions in the distressed sections where tenants are not only unable to pay rents but even to procure from the soil the abso lute necessities of life. TURNING TO US. Germany Inclined to Buy American Corn for Safety. M TBT DUXLAr'S CABLE COMPANT.1 Berlin, October 26. The Government is considering the question of encouraging the importation of corn from America by buy ing breadstuff's for the army from American dealers. Five-sixths of the amount of for eign breadstuffs consumed in Germany at the present time come from Russia. There fore, as her allies, Austria and Italy, haye not a large surplus of grain for exportation, Germany would be threatened with a bread stuff famine in the event of a war with Russia. It is thereiore necessary for politico-economists to argue to ba. more liberal with America, the greatest corn-producing country of the world, so that Germany may reckou on her for supplies in the hour of distress. The Agrarian high tariff party tries to ridicule the idea that Germany could ever suffer from actual want of breadstuffs and it proposes to make Alsace Lorraine, the great granary, a province of Germanv. This proposition, however, is absurd on tbe face of it. First, on account of the limited area and secondly because there is not capital enough in Alsace-Lorraine to jrcate..sufr' cient development of Its agricultural re sources. The example set by tbe German Em peror in buying real estate in the new prov inces and thereby showing his confidence in the maintenance of the status quo has not so far been imitated by any German prince and feudal land owner, and the agricultural outlook of the Reichsland continues to he of small promise. , DARK FOR TEACHERS. Starvation Wages of German Instructors Will be'Continned. fBT DUSLAP'S CABLE COMPACT. J Beelin, October 26. A gentleman who enjoys the confidence of the minister for ecclesiastical and scholastic affairs says that the Government has no intention of taking the financial management of public schools into its own hands. It is only proposed that the State shall aid very poor communes by dividing with them the expense of keep ing up the schools. Thus it will be seen that the millenium hoped for by German teachers, that is to say the time when they would have suffi cient salary to feed and clothe themselves and their families, is far from being real ized. The communes will continue to keep the teachers at starvation wages, and the only difference will be that the State will divide tbe honors with the communes in doing so. SPICY STORIES COMING. Interesting Testimony Expected In the O'Shea DHorce Case. TBT DCSLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. LoNDON,October26. The O'Shea divorce case stands third for a hearing and will be reached in the third week of November. The presiding judge will be Judge Butt. The briefs are remarkably bulky, and those on behalf of the petitioner were delivered yesterday. Should the whole matter be sitted in court the trial would be one of the most sensational upon all sides that ever came before the attention of a divorce court. Letters have been iu part disclosed that are of a startling character and indicate if the case is fought out that the names ot some prominent politicians will be introduced and a great deal ol interesting testimony will be given. RIVALS OF LLOYDS. Formation of an Opposition Association of Surveyors. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPAUT.l London, October 26. An association bas been formed with the intention of opposing the .Lloyds, it bas perfected its arrange ments and adopted the' title of "British Cor poration for Survey and Registry Ship ping." Negotiations have been completed with the Board of Trade and questions raised by that department have been satisfactorily adjusted. It is intended to appoint a chief surveyor at Glasgow with assistantsurvevorsatLiver pool, London, Newcastle, Hull "and Cardiff. AFTER OUR STYLE. New Railway Coaches to be Adopted by the German Government. IBT DUKLAP'S CABLE COMPANT.l Beblin, October 26. A prominent rail road official reports that beginning with next summer all German Government rail ways which are much used by tourists will be provided with carriages of American pattern. This is dne to the Emperor's personal in tervention in favor of Uncle Sam's superior institutions. HANGED FOR NOTHING. A Workman Executed for a Harder He Never Committed. TBT DUKLAP'S CABLE-COM PANT. ' London, October 26. Startling evidence lias been discovered In the case of Daniel J OCTOBER 27, 1890. Gorrie, who was banged a few weeks ago for the murder of a fellow workman in a bakery at Heme Hill. Gorrie stoutly main tained his innocence to fbe last, and now facts have come to the knowledge of the authorities showing that he was guiltless of the crime. CAVALRY DEFENDED. Tho Commander of 'the German Army ' Points Oat Its Uses. TBT DUNLAP'S CABLE COMPANY. Beelin, October 26. The deputies of the opposition in the Reichstag have for years been railing against tbe enormous expense entailed by keeping up large cavalry forces which they have been in the habit of de scribing as an antiquated inheritance of the days of chivalry and as perfectly useless in the' presence of military tactics. The commander in chief of the imperial army has answered these and similar charges in an elaborate article, which cites the Ameri can Civil War to prove the value of large masses of cavalry. "Both' the Northern and Southern armies," says the article, "had only a few mounted troops at the outset of the opera tions, but their leaders soon learned that it was impossible to do" without the antiquated inheritance of knightly days. They con tinually added to their'cavalry throughout the war, and General Lee confessed after the downfall of the South that it was the lack of cavalry on his side which caused the loss of the battle of Gettysburg." DIPLOMATIC TROUBLE Over a nigh-Handed Arrest of an Ameri can Citizen in Turkey. By Aesoclated l'ress.3 Constantinople, October 26. Trouble has arisen between Mr. Hirsch, the Ameri can Minister, and the Porte, over the arrest of an American subject on suspicion of be ing implicated in American revolutionary plots. The accused came to Turker during the administration of President Hayes to found an American college, but the project fell through and be has since remained here. The arrest was effected in the night time, and, in spite of his protestjthat he was an American and his production of a pass port, he was hurried to prison without being allowed to dress. In the morning he was allowed to com municate with the American Minister, and was soon released on condition that he should appear and stand trial. Minister Hirsch sent an energetic protest to the Foreign Minister against the violation of the right of domicile of an American citi zen, and demanded satis "action and the punishment of the official who or dered the arrest. He lurther declared that he would refuse' to produce the acensed unless satisfaction was granted and until informed of the natnre of the charge against him. A statement was then sent to Mr. Hirsch that the accused had engraved a seal for a secret Armenian com mittee. Proof was produced that the man had no knowlege of the art of engraving, and that he had recently been acting as agent for an American firm engaged in tbe manufacture of photograph apparatus. Tbe Government then expressed its regrets. Mr. Hirsch, however, still maintains his demand for satisfaction. THE anti-amebican ZOLLVEEEIn. Paeis M. Deloncle, a member of the Budget Committee and editor of the Steele, in an interview on the report that Ger-cianyf-A.ustri.i and Italy are forming a zollverein against America, said that France. could only join such a zollverein'in the event of Great Britain joining it. As this is highly improbable, the scheme will be futile without England's assent. Any zollverein against America, according to the expression of Prince Bismarck when tQUndeda.year ago ou.such anevectnality, must necessarily become a continental blockade. accident to colonel noeth. London Colonel North, who banqueted the members of his volunteer regiment at Eltham on Saturday, met with f. serious ac cident shortly after tbe conclusion of the festivities. He accompanied bis guests to the railroad Btation on horseback, and just after the departure of tbe train, his stirrup broke and he was thrown from his horse. His arm was broken twice. THE WILD WEST SnOW. Steassburg The Wild West show closed its season in Strassburg to-day after a 20-months' tour of Europe. The manage ment has decided to send the Indians home to answer for themselves the criticisms on their life, morals and treatment The rest of the show will pass the winter near Ben feld, at the foot of the Vosges mountains. The tour of the show will be resumed early next spring. SWISS POLITICS. Berne The elections to-day have not changed the party strength in the National Council. The National Plehiscities show a large majority in favor of State insurance against acccident and illness. Ife TO COLONIZE AFEICA. TICtt 1 m A n Tnlinn "Pnc A I'viaa .. .u.i.i.AJA..'- ii.A -i.iimiu xiaab .n.iiii;4 uuui pany has been formed, -with a capital $4, 000,000 guaranteed by the Government. DOUGLASS STILL AT HOME. The Colored Minister Not Tct Sent to His Tost at Haytl. rsPECIAL TELEGltAM TO Till DtBPATCH.1 Washington, October 26. Ebenezer D. Bassett, Secretary of the Legation at Havti, sailed to-day for his post at Port au Prince. It is rumored that Mr. Bassett, on his ar rival at Havti, will receive the appoint ment of "United States Minister to Hayti, while Fred Douglass in the meantime will resign. What reasons the Government bas for keeping Minister Douglass from his post has never leaked out. Friends of Mr. Douglass say that Mr. Douglass himseif does not know why he is detained. An ex planation may be found iu the fact that the Department ot State does not intend to re tain Minister Douglass nor to appoint another colored man. The Haytian mission can be used lor the benefit ot several large interests in which American capitalists are vitally interested, the most important of which is the Nicaragua Canal. Mr. Blaine, it is well known, was never in favor of. send ing a colored man to Hayti. The Secretary expected Douglass would refuse when tendered the Haytian mission because he had the choice of accepting the desirable position of Recorder of Deeds, but Mr. Douglass preferred to go to Hayti. Tho ratal Tunnel Cleared, Cincinnati, October 20. Superinten dent R. Carroll, of tne Cincinnati Southern, makes the announcement that trains began last midnight running throueh tunnel No. G, on the Southern Railway, where the col lision occurred last Saturday night, and that traffio has been resumed. MERELY MENTIONED. Blatters of Importance Served Morning; Readers in Short Space. John B. Drake offers to give Chicago a 815, 000 drinking fountain. The Chicago Steamfitters' Union expects to strike lor recognition to-day: The Chicago Commercial Club asks the World's Fair people to build a permanent mu seum. The 'Hudson river at Rondout showed the highest tido in 40 year?. Great damage to brick yards result. Mexico and Guatemala hive signed a con vention granting the boundary commission an extension ot two years. Mks. J. O. Signs, a wealthy widow in Boone, la, was beaten over the head with a gun barrel by an unknown ruffian Saturday, and may die THE SUNDAY SHAYE. Pennsylvania Barbers Organized for tne Purpose of Having, the BLUB LAWS OF 1794 MODIFIED. Iteir Art is Declared to he a Necessity Every JUt in the Week. A PETITION TO TI1E NEXT LEGISLATUE& .SPECIAL TELEGBAlf TO THE IMSPATCIM Philadelphia, October"26. A deter mined effort will be .made by the Barbers' Mutual Association to have- the law of 179-1 cither repealed by the next Legislature or else so modified as to conform with tbe ad vanced age. With this end in view John H. Fow has been retained to draft a peti tion. He bas had instructions radical in any sense, bnt simply to ask per mission to accommodate the 'growing de mand of the public for Sunday njprning shaving, on the same principle as tbe street cars, bakers and milk men are allowed privileges to be in operation on the Lord's Day. While it will not be compulsory upon anyone to keep open on Sunday, the State law-makers will be asked to permit the carrying on of any one business indi dividually without the periodical prosecu tions. AN EXCLUSIVE OKGANIZATION. The Barbers' Mntual Association is ex clusively a high-class organization. The proprietors of 5-cent shops are rigidly ex cluded from membership. Organized on August 15 of last year with but 20 members, the association now boasts of a membership ot upward of 200. The members represent proprietors having 500 chairs in operation. The treasury is in a healthy condition. The movement will be materially aided in a month or so when tbe National Barber, a big magazine devoted to the interests of tbe tonsorial profession, to be published here, with branch offices in New York and Chicago, makes its appearance. The offi cers of the association are: President, Will iam Lindenfelser; Vice President, Henry Klein; Secretary, Theodore Leonberger, and Treasurer, Louis P. Hirtz. In discussing the proposed petition to a Dispatch reporter to-day a representative barber said: "No one will pretend to deny that shaving- nowadays has, become as es sential to a gentleman's toilet as eating. It is a case of necessity. Many men have such strong growth of beard that they must be shaved every morning. The general public demands ft, Sunday is a day when every body dresses in his best and looks bis best. ONE OF ME AECSUMENTS. "A man mayo aronndin need of a shave any similar day without comment, but on a Sunday if you see a man with a stubbleof beard on his chin it attracts your notice right away. .How funny be looks in church or while taking a stroll with his wife and little ones. It is" as impossible to shut up barber shops on Sunday as it is to stop eat ing on that day. The shops not in onr asso ciation keep open on the quiet. Yon can't stop tbem. All barbers who work on Sun day morning are entitled to a day off during the week, for which they receive full pay. With Sunday closing they have no other day off. "Every eight or ten years we barbers are subjected "to these Sunday prosecutions. They are little less than persecutions. The result is the trade becomes demoralized and the proprietors suffer great losses. Our as sociation has determined to stop this once hand for" all; aadlUi this end. in yjew. is at- present engageu in urauiui; a jjeiauuu,wuiuu will be presented before the next Legisla ture." A TOWN FLOODED BY THE BURSTING OF THE BIG WATER WORKS STANDPIPE. Great Sheets of Boiler Steel Hurled In Every Direction, Wrecking Houses and Destroying Fences and Other Property The Accident Regarded as Unaccount able. Temple, Tex., October 26. The water contained in the steel stand pipe here, 280, 000 gallons, broke loose from its confines about 3 o'clock in the morning and flooded the town. Immense sheets of boiler steel, hundreds ot pieces of scaffoldings, houses, barns, fences and all the debris of the sur rounding neighborhood went floating and crashing in all directions. The people of the town were awakened and stood about the town watching the destruction of their homes and property. The bouse of O. T. Rigdon was crushed as an eggshell and afterwardj took fire from an overturned lamp, and was burned. Rig don was seriously burned and his recovery is doubtiuf. Lying out toward the street were 16 sec tions ot the pipe, a great hollow cylinder 20 feet in diameter, and of the heaviest boiler steel. The lower sections of the pipe were thrown in different directions. They were torn, twist ed and crumpled. The several barns and sheds near by were washed down and away. The fences of the neighborhood are gone, and all over the streets, alleys and yards are scattered the contents of honses and barns, while timbers from everywhere are lying around in all conceivable shapes. The damage done is heavy outside of the stand pipe itself. All the houses around were flooded with water, and several were seriously damaged. The accident is unac countable. No flaws are apparent in any of the broken and torn pieces, and the work manship shows it to be first class. The foundation is still there, solid except in one place, where a gash two feet long is cut through the bottom and a conple of rocks washed away. FOUND AT LAST. The Demented Woman Who Escaped Irom a Train is Discovered. Clabksburg, October 26. Mrs. Brau nen, tbe St. Louis woman who jumped from a train near this place and escaped to the woods, bas at last been found. While Brent Mead was looking for a horse near Pin neck ing this morning he thought be heard a women groan. He made a search and called, but received no answer. After a long search Mrs. Brennan was found hid in a shock of fodder. She exclaimed at being discovered, "Ob, you are going to kill me," and endeavored to escape, but was soon captnred and taken to this place, where a physician was called. She was iu a pitiful condition; she was swollen with cold, her tongue was inflamed and diseased, her throat and chest very painful, and her whole physical system a wreck. She says she has been concealed in the shock ot fodder all the time, and has eaten nothing but cbestnnts and corn, aud drank water Tram a mudhole in a field. Her recovery is doubtful. She is not wholly insane, and when told that her chil dren were in Philadelphia she said she was glad. THE DISPATCH has secured Kudyard Kipling's first Serial. The opening chapters will appear Snnday, November 9. Canadian Archbishop Honored. Kingston, Ont., October 26. Arch bishop Cleary was to-day invested with the pallum. Cardinal Tascherau, of Quebec, conducting the ceremony. St. Mary's Ca thedral was magnificently decorated, and the congregation filled eyeiy part of the great edifice -As cotton in FLAMExfX A MILLION-DOU.AR FIRE PLAYS HAVOC AT MOBILE. Several Costly TJlocfcs Wiped Out and Tho sands of Bales of Cottoji Go Vpjn Smoke Steamboata, Warehouses, Taciories and Cotton Seed Oil 31111s Go. Mobile, ALA-.jctober i(. Ope of the most disastrous' fires ever witnessed, in this city begaji to-day about 12.30 p'cloejc in the shingla mill o'f Stewart &Butt, and owing totbestrong northwest wind prevailing was .no't checked" until 5 o'clock this afternoon, and'only then after a favorable change in the wind. The scene of the fire was in "the extreme nonhern end ot the citv, and ipclndes the destruction of between 7,000 and 8,000 bales of cotton, eight warehouses, three cotton compresses, the large cotton seed oil mills, the big ice factory, the Mobile fertilizer fac tory, tw.o large wood and coat, yards, three of, the river steamers and a box 'factory. THere was no loss of life, although many of the firemen were nvp.rcmnt with' heat? and not toaffinrniu JrL."" ,"? V. . ' -"- - A... ........ r.. tutl most serious ever known here and can be, safely pnt down at 81,000,000. At 6 o'clock to-night the fire is well under control. The,fi'rq originated in a pile of shavings at Stewart & Butt's shinel-i mill at One Mile creek, and soon com"' Sated to the mill, which was soon way." The flames swept southward ?!,.& the oil house of the Standard OiVj ny, but this was sived and prevente- ,T loss. Over 7,000 bales of cotton wer O "ed in the various warehouses and cov "ks. While this property was burnidv J- o t ton seed oil mills caught fire and Vs, - large property was wrapped in flame. C & 1, utu VVViUIiCU. XUC 1U 19 UUC.UI fcAi '"K vrnu rapiuny. V v Eire soon broke out in the warehonJr & the wharfof the cotton sped mill 200 &, long, and stored to the roof with cotton sea which burned rapidly, setting fire to the" whart on the south. Aionz here were the river steamboats Euth, Mary, Elizabeth and Jewel, but so fast did the fire travel that before they could be moved their light woodwork caught and in the hot fire about them they were burned to the water's edge. At the foot of St. Anthonystrcet the fire, which had swept four squares on Commerce street from Beauregard, leaving standing on the east side only the 3IobiIe and Mont gomery general offices and headquarters, and which had rageiforfive hours, found a rest. Fortunately the wind changed and gave the now almost exhausted firemen, who had not ceased their efforts for the five hours, an opportunity to return to the warehouses and to save the contents. In their course the flames had snared Magnolia warehouse, with 700 bales; Calhoun's, with 1,200, and Facter'siress, with 2,000 bales of cotton. The Cotton Exchange report of Saturday gives the amount of cotton on hand in Mobile Saturday at 18,770 bales. ANOTHER ACT IN THE DEAMA, Settlement of a Wire's Claims on tho Prop erty of Tred Gower. TBPXCtAL TELEGUAH TO Tllp DISPATCH.1 Tacojia, October 26. The case of Madam Nordice, otherwise Lillian Norton Gower, against George Lewis Gower, of Providence, has jnst come to a close here. The case in volved large properties in England and France, besides more than 160 acres of land within the boundaries of this city worth close to $500,000. Madam Nordice con sented to settle all her interests in consider ation of 540.000 cash. Frederick A. Gower was a newspaper re porter in Providence. One night a man dropped in and asked Gnwer to write up an invention, which .chanced to be tbe Bell telephone, and ftom thij accidental circum stance he became Interested in the invention. In 1883, after acquiring gTeat wealth, he married Lillian Norton. At length diffi culties with bis wife and mother-in-law arose, and Mrs. Gower began suit for divorce and alimony. On July 18, 1885, he made an ascension in a balloon from Havre, pro posing to cross to England in his airship. Alive or dead he has never been seen since. THE ITALIANS LAND, And Are Peaceably Greeted by Their Countrymen. New Orleans, October 26. The steam ship Elysia, from Palermo, with 1,038 Italians on board, landed tbf3 morning at the wharf of the Northeastern Railroad, and the immigrants all came ashore, the in spectors having found their papers correct. A detachment of police was oa the scene to preserve order. General McMillan and Captain Crawford were on hand also with a number of Custom Inspectors. There was a large crowd of Italians on the wharf, who had assembled to greet their relatives, friends and countrymen. BTEUCK BY AN ENGINE. Three Men Lose. Their Lives in a Railroad Crossing Accident. New Yoek, October 26. A furniture van owned by Samuel Nathan, of Brook lyn, to which four horses were attached and in which were the owner, Nathan, William Wickson, the driver, and a man named Hermann, was struck by a freight train last night at the Jamtica turnpike crossing, near tbe village of Queens, L. I. Hermann wasinstantlykilled and Nathan was so seriously injured that he died soon after. Wickson is probably fatally injured. Three of the tour horses were killed and the van was smashed into splinters. FATAL C00KEEY. ' A Family Poisoned by Eating Cakes Per meated With Itat Done. TJtica, N. Y., October 26. Cora Van Hoosen, aged 22, of Yorkville, a suburb of this city, died to-day from poisoning. Her mother had mixed "rough on rats" with flour aud meal in a basin and placed it on a shelf in the pantry to kill mice. While she was absent from home Cora and ber three sisters made griddle cakes of the mixture. After eating them, all were taken violently ill and Cora died. SEEING CAPITAL SIGHTS. Programme of Movements of tho Foreign Iron and Steel Men. Washington, October 26. The English and German 'iron and steel men spent Sun day visiting Arlington, the Soldiers' Home and other points of interest. They will leave here to-morrow for Balti more, and will visit tbe steel works at Spar row Point. Some of Hie party will go from there to Niagara Falls and others to New York. THAT MOST PROMISING OF NOVELISTS, KUDTARD KIPLING, Will Uegin His FIRST SERIAL STOKr IN THE.DI8PATCH NOVEMBER. 9. H o one bas so rapidly won such a wido reputa tion as Kipling. Everj body has been talking about his short stones. Tbe great question on all sides is whether he will show the same extraordinary talent in a lontrer tale, involving plot and the management ot various characters. Tbe first serial from Kipling's pen comes in answer to this speculation. The open chapters will appear In The Dispatch November 9," and the story will continue from weeK to week1 UU finished. THREE OENTS. pflELAH HOME AGAIN. 'j'Uttsburg'Sfr.iahop Ketnrns From Hi3 k '" W IauuuB K i. . . f- 4W IS THE BEST OF HEALTH, All Europe Greatly Agitated hy tho Ne ,-- Tariff Measure. ; TUB PJBEBE5T- SITUATION IN 1EEL1S , rSPECIAL- TELIGEAlt TO THE DISPATCH. New Yoek, October 26. Bishop Richard Phelant of the PitUburgdipcesearrived. here -to-night on the Guioh'steamship Ari zona alter an unusually quick and pleasant voyage from Qneenstown. 'The Bishop is in excellent health, and "has 'enjoyed his visit of several months to his native country. Kilkenny, immensely. To a Dispatch correspondent, who was among tbe first to greet him, he said that before going to Ire land he had had an audience with the Pope, to whom he had presented tbe offering of his dio'cese34,000 lires. The Pope was in ex cellenvjttiealth and spirits, and celebrated mass iCTery morning. The Bishop visited Oberammergau and witnessed the production of the passion play. He was impressed with the earnestness and simplicity of tha players, who were of the peasant class. They acted apparently without the slightest suspicion that their performance might ba construed to be JrreverentiaL . THE THEEATENED PA3HNE. S In regard to the threatened famine in Ire land the Bishop said: "I spent most of my time in Kilkenny, which is not in the dis trict where the potato crop has been affected. I know, however, from almost daily inter course with people who have been there that the famine is not an illusion. The blighted sections are in the west, northwest and southwest. The people will die of starva tion unless they are assisted." "Ireland, as lar as the relations of land lord and tenant are concerned, is very dif ferent from what it was 40 years ago when I left it to make my home in America. This was bronght to my personal attention while 1 was witn my brother, who is a canon in Kilkenny. Lord Ormunde, who is a land lord in the county, came to my brother to make terms with a tenant. Forty years ago a tenant dared not murmur, even though ha might be rent-racked to death. The failure of crops was no exense for him. He was simply kicked ont when he did not pay what the landlord demanded of him. Tha tenant has forced tbe landlord to recogniza his rights by the organization of the tenants union." "Are there many Catholic clergymen in the movement?" the correspondent asked. close to the people. "They have been, in a measure, forced to take an active part iu it. Yon know a Catholic priest springs from the peopla direct; he is generally the son of a farmer or a mechanic; there is no caste in tbe priest hood. The priests have entered the move ment as counsellors of their parishoners and keep them within proper bounds. X may sax- the interests of the priests in tha cause if of paternal nature. They are the guardians of their mercurial children; they restrain them from doing that which might injure their case." "What did the people think of the flight of Dillon and O'Brien?" "They laughed a great deal over it. They regarded it as a defeat for the clever Bal four. They jtre aware that Dillon acd O'Brien are "coming back to be tried, 6i rathJP, go through the formality of a triaL They know that two Irish leaders have been prejudiced, and that imprisonment is sura to follow their return to Ireland." jt "What will be the result of the agitation against landlords?" CONFIDENCE XN GLADSTONE. "If Gladstone live3 a few more years I believe the problem will be solved. Tha hearts of tbe Irish people are fall of hops because ot the leadership of the great En glish statesman and Parnell. These two statesmen have tbe full confidence of Irish tenants. I look upon Balfour as the bright, est man on tbe other side of the House. Ha has not succeeded because he bas adopted a policy that has not the elements of success in it. He will be forced by the trend of events to give it up and try something elsa approaching the plan of the Home Rulers. The Irish party is gaining strength in Ire land. They will, I am informed, re-elect 83 members and probably gain a few more." The Bishop said he did not believe in opposing the persecution of the police in Ireland with violence; but that he did not blame the Rev. David Humphreys for giv ing the police a bit of his mind with a black thorn stick. The 3IcKinley bill, the Bishop said, wa much discussed by the English, and formed the chief topic of conversation among tha Arizona's passengers on the trip from Qneenstown. He bad heard one American, who may have either been a free trader or a protectionist, remark that the McKinley bill bad doue one great thing and that w&S to make the English "squeal." BOODLE AMONG THE INDIANS. Several Wldtes Secure a Monopoly Orotf Chickasaw Mining Lands. St. Louis, October 26. News come from the Chickasaw Indian nation that much dissatisfaction exists among tha Indians there because of the granting of a charter by the Chickasaw Government to about 20 men, giving them absolute control of all gold and precious mineral found in a section of the Arbuckle Mountains, 25 miles square. They claim that this charter bas been granted to a few scheming whita men, and that a nnmber of the legislators, with Governor Boyd, have been taken into) the company on the ground floor, and that the whole proceeding is wrong. Several prominent Indians were to leava for Washington to-day to lay the matter be fore the Interior Department and procure, if possible, tbe annullmentof tbe charter. If unsuccessful, it is asserted that there will be serious trouble, if not war, if mining operations begin. ' THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. Unsuccessful Attempt of a Whaler to Fen ; tratelt. San Francisco, October 26. The whal ing schooner Alton, Captain Newtb, arrived here to-night alter an unsuccessful attempt ., to penetrate the Northwest passage. Tha ' Alton sailed beyond the Franklin range of mountains, almost to tbe mouth of the Mc Keuzie river, before she was driven back by the ice. The Alton reports the death of John Hill, of New Bedford, who is said to. have bee4 " the best known and most successful whaler in the world. HUNTING FOR PHELPS. A Sheriff Falls to Find the Minister Blaine's Car. tSrXCIAL TXLXOKAM TO THS DISPATCH.1" LimX, October 26. Hon. James in Blaine passed through this city at midnight en ronte to Chicago, and it was thought that Minister William Walter Phelps was la1 the car with Mr. Blaine, and Sheriff O'Neii entered the car with J. C. Harper, a Cin ctnsatL,attorney. at tbe depot here, to servo" sotne'papers upon Mr. Phelps in the Obia and' Northwestern Railroad case, bat failed taiiaa bun, so tne papers wert not isrreo,
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