&'$ jT 7 : DARK DEEDS VEILED. Stanley's Refusal to Tell Every thing Rouses Terrible Suspicions. MAJOR BARTTELOT'S DEATH Is iSTot Fully Accounted For,-Say the Friends of Bis Family. THE EXPLORER ASKED TO TELL ALL lie Refuses Because He Thinks the Details Are EevolUu. SERIOUS OUTLOOK TOE THE QUARKEL TUT CABLZTO THE DISPATCH. J London-, November L The storm fore shadowed in tbce dispatches some time ago seems to be drawing down fast over the head of Mr. Stanley, who has had the chief share in bringing it on. His animadversions, published last week in a book just issued by the brother of Major Barttelot, have been followed by an outbreak of accusations and counter-accusations ail the way from Berlin to Xew York. The personal aspects of the uproar will be abundantly considered. Already, in all the clubs at the West End, the very grave nature of the charges made by Stanley against the memory of the Major and the uncertain, not to sav contradictory manner in which he has repeated these charges on different occasions, create the feeling that the probable outcome of the business will be serious An officer of high rank in the British arm v said to-day: STANLEY INCONSIDERATE. "Stanley was very iuconsiderate in taking np the Barttelot book as he die. He ought to have reflected that many of the interests besides his own are concerned in any serious quarrel over the I'uiin Pasha relief expedi tion and its adventures. "As a matter of fact, the Emin Pasha re lief expedition, it may as well be plainly said now, was a financial and not a philan thropic operation primarily. Mr. Stanley himself virtuallv admits this in his state ment that he invested in it 12,000 and con tributed to it 3.000 more. "Lieutenant Troup, I see, questions this statement, and intimates that Mr. Stinley's investment was simply an estimate of the money he lost by going to Africa in search of Emin Pasha, instead of remaining in England and America to lecture about Africa. AFTER AIT.ICAN TERRITORY. "Be this as it may, the persons most deeply concerned in preparing the expedi tion, and th. number includes, jmong others th: King of the Belgians, Lndy Bur ilc t-'j i - aim personages somewha; near the British throne, undoubted! re garded th: expedition as a means of gam ing gieu trans of country and valuable products whit-li had been put out of reach by the fall of Khartonm and a change in the relation1' of Eg) pt to the Soudan. "Dr. Peters and the Germans were always aware of this object and now state it plainly. Dr. Peters even going so Jar as to" say that the real motive of the expedition was to obtain a :rreat stock of ivory brought together by the natives through iheif confidence in the power of Etui n Pasha to protect them. There is something absolutely humorous in the Ger rotn account of the relation between Emin Pisba and the expedition which was sent to ddiver him. EMIN PASHA THREATENED. 'According to the German story, Emin Pflii did not wish to be delivered, and was ody induced to allow himsel" to be de-L-frred by a threat ot open war witii his de liverer. He absolutelv refused to allow his cehveier to remove the ivory, and threat ened to fisht in order to prevent that. "Whatever the amount of the investmert actuallv made iu tl.e Emin Pah i expedi tion was it is believed that the 10 000 pre sented by Lady BurJclt-Coutta to Mrs. Stanley on her marriage nere intended to represent the financial interest of which Mr. Stanley was tnousht by hi friends to I be entitled to on account o' Ibr expedition. "Mr. Shniead liartlcu Coutts, who ac companied Mr. and Mrs S'auley to Amer ica, though he care ully g ive out be ore leaving that he w not traveling with their party, may doubtiess. it he will, throw light on this incident of the affair. discussion or THE 1 xplorer's RECORD. "The attituile ol Lieutenant Troup and others connected with the rear guard makes it plain that it the controveisv goes ou in America it will evidently resolve itself into a discussion of the chiractcr and whole career of Mr. Stanley. He has made it so apparent that he regaids the failure o the rear guard as the result ol incapacity or Muneibing wore on the part of the officers concerned, including the late Major Bart telot, that it is impossible the contest should aot become shaiply aud disagreeably per sonal. "Already, I understand, several newspa pers ir London have received, but declined to publish, a communication impugning the right of Mr. Stanley, in view of his own career, to bring forward imputations affect ing the honor and truthfulness of so many other men. This is to be regretted, but it could hardly be avoided. SYMPATHY FOR THE BARTTELOTS. "The position o" the Barttelot lamily in the matter excites great syrarathy, while it would teem to be possible, in view of the statements not only of Mr. Stanley, but of Lieutenant Troup, that Major Barttelot was a man o quick temper aud of more lrrasci bility than suited the leader of such a force in such a country. "No one who kuew the Major here ques tions his truthfulness or his soldierly honor. He comes of a military family, his father. Sir Walter Barttelot, M. 1., having served in the army, and his grandfather having gone to the Peninsular war under "Wellington. His brother, editor ot the book just pub lished, is also a Major in the army. To all attempts to interview him on the subject of Mr. Stanley and his brother, Major Barttelot steadily replies that he and others of the family have now only one wish, which is that Mr. btauley would plainly state once for all what the imputations arc he puts upon their dead son and brother. KILLING OF THE MAJOR. "The obvious inconsistency between Mr. Stanley's statement ol last mouth in Lon don and his statement of Wednesday, made on embarking for America, makes it im pcrta it that he should meet this challenge ana cxnlain freely the grounds, above all, on which he insists upon describing the death of Major Barttelot, not as a murder but as an act of killing. The implication here plainly is that Major Barttelot was killed while performing, or attempting to perform, some unlawful act. "The Barttelot family possesses the record of the court by which the alleged assassin of Major Barttelot was tried and found guilty. This they desire to publish, and tl.ey desire al60 the publication of all the reports oi the rear cuard now in Mr. Stan ley' possession. Clearly the best way ot patting a stop to all criticism will be for Mr. Stanley without delay to make known to the whole world the particulars, whether fit or unfit for publication, as he says, con nected with the mstoryoi the rearguard. SIGNS OF STARTLING DISCLOSURES. "Ii this be not done, and done promptly, all the symptoms show that the business may, in one form oranother, be taken before the'English courts of law, in which case an immense deal of light, not wholly unex pected perhaps by the initiated, but certain to startle the gemral public, must inevitably be thrown upon the motives, origin and issue o." these remarkable explorations and expeditions into the Dark. Coutlnent." Stanley was accompanied by other dis tinguished people ou the Teutonic. His own party consisted of his wile and her mother, and Hamilton Aide, who, it is sur amed, will act as historian of the tour, and A. J. Mounteney Jephson, one of his favor ite lieutenants, whose book, "Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator," was issued to-day. Stanley travels with a courier and a valet, while Sirs. Stanley and Mrs. Tennant share one maid between them. EUROPEAN TARIFF. THE NEW FRENCH OUTIES WORSE THAN THE M'KtNLEY BILL. The Idea of an Aggressive Tariff War Against the United States Given Up ns Visionary Trance "Working Against Doth Austria and Gcnnanj . corybigut, ism. bv tiik jtj5vt york associated press.: Berlin, November 1. The commissioa on the tariff question, presided over by Herr von Boetticher, Minister of the Interior, has concluded its consideration of the pro posed Austro-German customs union. The report of the commission has not been published, pending the progress of negotia tions with Austria, but its conclusions are known to dislavor both an extensive revision oi the customs and combined action1 in the way of reprisals for the AmencaV and French tariffs. SiThe new Trench tariff is a heavier-blow by far than the McKinley law against the Austro-IIuugarian export trade, for, whlje the French miasure does not affect Germany, exportation from Austria to France is al most destroyed by the new tariff. Wood, sheep, corn, flour, fresh and salt meat and beef are chiefly affected,-the increase in the duties being practically prohibitive. Aus trian newspapers declare that the French Government, in drafting the hill, directly aimed at frustrating all attempts toward closer commercial relations between Ger many and Austria. The Government does not come near Aus tria's wishes so far as joint reprisals lor the McKinley tariff bill are concerned, an official inquiry having shown conclusively that such action was an impossibility. The Cologne Gazette, commenting upon the situ ation, declares that the ulea of v. tariff war against America is entirely visionary, and that the difficulties in realizing such a pro ject are insurmountable. THE KAISEB AND BISMABCK. The Kmperor Did Not Tress the Tit-Chancellor to Attend the Fetes. Berlin, November L A communica tion which appears in the official press, de nying enrtly that the Kaiser took any step whatever to induce Prince Bismarck to cometotheMoItkefetes, suggests nolessening of the Imperial animus. The Bureau of the Oberhaus sent an invitation to Bismarck as a member or that body, but the ex-Chancellor told bis friends that, while he would re spond to an invitation from the Kaiser, fie could not mingle with the Imperial circle unless be was made welcome. An article in the Hamburger Xaehrichten, clearly the Prince's own, relers to the ex ultant' howling of his enemies, and,declares that the calumnies will be regarded with contempt by all right-feeling people. JAMES0H STABVED TO DEATH. So Saji. Herbert Ward In a tectnre on the Stanley Kxpedltlon. London, November 2. Herbert Ward, in a lecture here Inst night on his experiences in Africa with the Sian lev expedition, said that Jame son literally died of starvation and privation. Both Jameson and hirasel had to live on moldy biscuits and rice full of-mnggots, v-hile stores of luxuries were re served for the advance column. Major Birtlelott, added Ward, in depriv ing himself and his associates of these luxuries, might have been quixotic, but ha certaiulv did his dutv. ENGLAND AND PORTUGAL. Denial That Great Britain's Friendly Atti tude is Dne to German. Berlin, November 1. The Xorth Ger man Gazette denies the rumor that the more friendly attitude of the British Government toward Portugal is due to German inter ference. The German Government has not ven tured to express any opinion to the British Government through its Embassador in London, though it hails with satisfaction tne settlement of the dispute. KOCH'S CONSUMPTION CUBE. A Chemical Injected Into the Body Checks Even Advanced Cases. Berlin, November 1. Dr. Koch will read a report on his cure for consumption at the Berlin Academy of Medicine at the De cember meeting. Prof. Leyden, who is in the confidence of Koch, considers the latter's discovery of the highest valne to humanity. Die Xation says that it is a chemical substance which is injected into the bodv, and that it even checks cases of advanced tuberculosis. Bisinarck as a Brewer. Berlin, November 1. Prince Bismarck has made arrangements to start a brewery at Friedrichsruhe. Several Hamburg capital ists are interested in the concern, which will have a capital of 600,000 marks. The finan ciers will run the brewery for 50 years, pay ing rent to Bismarck. K Big Fire In Paris. Paris, November 1. The great cafe on the ground floor of the Jockey Club build ing is on fire. There is extense excitement on the boulevards. A WOELD'S FATE W0NDES. The Great Subterranean Mining Exhibit Ifow Decided Upon. Chicago, November 1. The first of the great displays at the World's Fair to be definitely decided upon was determined this afternoon. It is the big underground min ing exhibit proposed by Colonel F. F. Browne, of Colorado. At a meeting ol the World's Fair Board of Directors this afternoon the proposals, which had already been indorsed by the National Commission, was formally ap proved. A palace 500 feet under the sur face of the ground, with drifts filled with ore and renresentinc each of the great mines of the country iu place, is what the directors Toted to approve. A MIDNIGHT BOBBERY. Southslde Jewelry Store Window Broken and Clocks Stolen. This morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, the window of Charles Weber's jewelry store, at the corner of Carson and Thirteenth street, Southside, was broken in and two clocks stolen. Three men were implicated in the affair. Officer George Cochran was on hand and captured one of the. men, who was lodged in the Twenty-ninth.ward sta tion, where he gave the name of James Con wav. The other two men escaped, but the police are on the lookout fo suspicions characters. Communicated. Cleveland talked to his Pittsburg paper, the Post, yesterday. He says that the iron workers and employes jp the work shops of Pennsylvania are making too much money. Major McKinley does not think so, however. He advises Pennsylvania Bepub licans to stick to their ticket. CLOSING UP RANKS. Continued from Second Page. lng. He made a short address, in which the tariff claimed his attention. OVEj? IN ALLEGHENY. ROUSING PATTISON MEETING IN CARNEGIE . HALL. Glorious Old Tom Wants a Governor Pure and rearlcsg Some Telling Speeches and Great Prospects for Tuesday's rinale An Audience Worth Talking To. Carnegie Hall, Allegheny, was the scene of a rousing Patlison rally last night. Early the enthusiastic Independents and Demo crats began to gather, and when Organist Wales had finished the overture on the grand organ and had captured a tew votes with his campaign smile, the ball was well filled. It was an audience that pleases a politician. Every one present was a voter. "Glorions Old Tom Marshall entered the hail while Colonel John A. Danks was speaking. The people caught sight of their beloved old patriarch striding up the aisle, and a shout went up. Colonel D inks was eclipsed entirely and the audience was therefore uneasy until his speech was ended and "Glorious Old Tom" took the floor. Mr. Marshall said he was 68 years of age and had not long to linger here, but he wanted to vote for a man who would he a Governor pure and fearless over friends he would leave behind. He did not want to have a Governor who is the tool of another man, but a Governor who owns himself, and that is ltobcrt E. Pattisnn. He referred to the statements that Grant, G.iifield and Lincoln were maligned, and asked if they compared Delamater with those grand leaders or the wnole people, i.ecit ing Pattisou's acts when Governor, in call ing in cash and putting it in bonds, on cor porations, etc., he said a Governor should be chosed a a wife, above suspicion and not talked about. The Hon. Morrison Foster and Charles McCanna gave rousing speeches for Paul son. Mr. McKenna urged all Eepublicans to bolt their party ties this time and vote for a man. BIG MEETING AT SHABPSBUEG. Independent Republican Speakers Rubbing Salt in the Bare Places. Fully 500 people attended the Independ ent meeting at St. Joseph's Hall, Sharps burg, last evening. Of this number 300 to to 350 were old line Eepublicans who are going to vote for Pattison. Ex-Congressman J. A. Osmer started the oritorical ball. Following him was J. D. Watson, Esq., who is a shining light at the Pittsburg bar. Mr. Watson is a wit, and the sarcasm he fired at the audience with boldness rather stupified the several friends of Delamater present. W. S. Pier had the closing speech. TAB1FF NOT THE ISSUE, Saj Independent Republican Speakers at Lawrencev ille Turner Hall. A very larga meeting was held at Turner Hal'. Lawrcnceville, last night by the In dependent Republic-ins and Ierrocrat. John Large, Esq., John Marron, Eq., and John Shoemaker, Esq.. were the speakers. The gentlemen discussed in a forcible manner the issues of the campaign and said that the introduction by theltepublicaiis of the tariff question into the present cam paign was merely a subterfuge to mislead the voters. THE C0L0BED EEPUBLICANS. A Meeting for Their Benefit In the Spring field Schonlhousc. The colored Eepublicans held a meeting last evening in the Springfiel I schoolhouse. C. A. Sullivan the poet lawyer, was the first speaker, and gave a short sketch of Delamater's life. He also spoke of what the Republican party had done for the colored race. He was followed by J. M.'Foster and Mayor Gourley. A DEMO CHAT IN THE FIELD. William Musbach is Out for Common Coun cil From the XIneteentb Ward. William Musbacb, a prominent young business man of the East End Stock Yards, has announced himself as a candidate lor Common Council in the.Nineteenth ward. This vacancy was caused by the death of B. B. Carnahan, Esq. The Young College Voters. Young men from New Wilmington and Washington Colleges were in the city yes terday en route home to vote. Politics has become quite interesting in the colleges this year. The majority of those at New Wil mington are for Delamater, while at Wash ington Pattison holds the winning hand, notwithstanding the fact that the majority of the students are Republicans. Sam White's Name on tho Ticket. At a meeting yesterday of the Beaver County committee the report of the Sena torial conferees, recommending that the name of Samuel P. White be put on the Republican ticket as the candidate for Sen ate in the Forty-sixth District was unani mously adopted. A. L. Hawkins is the other Republican contestant lor similar honors in the same district. Fraud Anticipated in Allegheny. Chairman Peter Shields, of the Inde pendent Committee on Organization, has information that the system of frauds, such as have characterized other recent elections, will be attempted in Allegheny City on Tuesday. Mr. Shields is prepared to frus trate any such attempts, and proposes to make it very warm for the perpetrators. 'No Money for the Tiustlers. There is sorrow among the Republican workers of the Twenty-sixth ward. When the campaign opened it was understood that $500, $100 for each district, was to be dis tributed among the hustlers. Up to date the money has not materialized, notwith standing several appeals have been made to the Countv Committee. The Orators Were Absent. The Republican political meeting an nounced to be held in Odd Fellows Hall at South Eighteenth and Sarali streets was postponed last evening on account of none of the speakers putting in an appearance. It is probable that a meeting will be held to-morrow evening. Billy and Ills Band. W. J. Brennen and his band made a tour out Penn avenue last night. Addresses were made Sy Messrs. Brennen, D. J. Mc Carthy and Jarhe O'Donnell at Fifteenth, Twenty-first and Twenty-ninth street and at the forks of the road. Republican Meeting in Allcntown. A Republican mass meeting will be held in Turner Hall, Allentown, to-morrow evening. Mayor H. L Gonrley, ex-District Attorney John S. Robb and Assistant Post master Ewards are announced as the speakers. Councilman Sillier for Pattison. T. Holmes Miller, Select Councilman from the Thirteenth ward, has his coat off and is hustling for Pattison. Miller is a strong Republican, and is for the "ticket," with the exception of the head. f Delamater Still Confident. Senator Delamater went through the city yesterday, and claimed his election by any where from 25,000 to 40,000 majority. THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER , 2, BURIED IN MYSTERY. Traces of Murder Appear in "tbe Strange Death of a Briton. SUICIDE SUSPECTED IN THE CASE. His Dead Body Discovered In the Room of a Ionkrs Hotel. IT RESEMBLES THE BENWKMj AFFAIR nritriAi. tzleoram to the DisrATca.1 New Yobk, November 1. The mystery connected with the death of James H. Ed gar, the English druggist, at the Getty House, in Yonkers, on Monday, has not been cleared up. James H. Edgar, according to Broker P. H. Sumner, is the real name of a man who registered as George Smith on the Getty J House register. Mr. Sumner says tnai un letter which the suicide left for the proprie tor of the Getty House is not in Mr. Edgar's handwriting. Mr. Sumner unhesitatingly pronounces the letter a forgery. The letter read as follows: To the Proprietor of theUctty House: I ask pardon for causing jou or your guests any trouble. The inhumanity of a few persons lias driven me to despair and death. The entry ou the hotel recister, "George Smith," which was written by Mr. Edgar when he took his room at the hotel, is in his handwriting. Mr. Hall, the clerk, saw him sign it. The handwriting in the letter differs in some poiuts from that on the register. FOUIi PLAY SUSPFXTED. Mr. Sumner is positive that there has been foul play. Wnen Mr. Edgar was found iu the room a revolver of large cali ber lay upon the bureau. It was then sup posed that the man had intended to shoot himself in case the poison he had taken did not kill him. All this looks to Mr. Sumner as if it was a carefully prearranged plan. Mr. Sumner says that the dead man and his nephews had some difficulty in England. Mr. Sumner did not tell what the precise nature ol the difficulty was, but said that it was of a serious'' nature. Mr. Edgar, the dead man, took the name of Smith in New York a few months ago. He wanted Sum-, ner to go to London and settle some troubles there. " He offered to pay Sumner $5,000 for his services. Sumner refused to go. George H. Edgar and Robert Rowe, the nephews of the dead man, have not been hrard of since the former rushed into the office of Mr. SumnerThursday, and told him that "Uncle James" had committed suicide in Yonkers. NO TKACE OF THE NEPHEWS. The two detectives that Inspector Bvrnes put on the case at the request of the Yon kers officials have no trace of them. The black satchel that a dozen persons saw Edgar take to the hotel with him and that might have contained $5,000 in cash which he had received just one week ago last Saturday is still missing. No one seems to know what has become of tl.e rest of the $0,000 that Edgar brought to this country. The whole thing resembles somewhat the Benwell-Birchall mystery. Edgar was an old man, and he had a wife and six children in England. It would not be natural for a man oi his age and possessed of wealth to leave his home and his country unless through extraordinary inducements. LETTERS FROM AMERICA. Edgar intended to go back. All the while he was in America he kept up a continual and pleasant correspondence with his wife. Like Benwell, he may have been induced to come here by swindlers and robbed and finally murdered or driven to take his own li e. The doctors say he died of morphine poison, but no antopsy has been made. The body has not even been carefully examined lor any external wounds there might be. In all probability there will be an autopsy made to-morrow "on Edgar's body. The officials have awakened to the fact that something besides morphine might have caused his death. A SHD? ON FIRE. The Hold of the X.cona, in New Tork Harbor, a Fierj Furnace. New York, November 1. At 10:10 to night fire was discovered in the hold of the new iron Mallory steamship Lcona, which had arrived this morning from Galveston, Tex., with a crew of 65 men and 16 pas sengers, and a cargo of 5,500 bales of cotton. First and second officers James Biley and Henry T. Carr were alarmed by the ringing of the firebell, and they hurried the only two women aboard ashore and took them to the United States Hotel. Seven fire engines pumped water into the burning hold, which was like a raging fur nace. At midnight it was decided to scut tle the burning vessel just where she was, berthed atnngside the pier, as the fire could not otherwise he controlled. It was re ported that one of the crew was asleep on board the vessel, but this report could not be confirmed. THE PLAYESS WIN. Judgments Entered Up Against the Athletic Baseball Club. "SPECIAL TELIORAM TO TEK DISPATCH. 1 Philadelphia, November 1. Judg ments were entered to-day against the Athletic Baseball Club in the suits entered by five ot the players for want of de fense. The judgments were awarded to John O'Brien for $351 59; William A. Pur cell, $376 28; George Shafer, $157 44; Joseph Kappell, $278 76; John McMahon, $483 34. These sums represent the amount of the claims ot the players with interest. Charged With a Serio us Offense. An information was made before Mayor Wyman, of Allegheny, yesterday, charging Michael Kreitzer, a widower, 50 years old, with a very serious offensb. Mr. Charles Houck, of Long alley, is the prosecutor, and made the information in the interest of his 13-year-old daughter. The Human Form Divine. altiiaore Americin.3 ; At one time there was an impression that the human form was graceful, but if the in stantaneous photograph keeps up its revela tions, we shall soon be driven to another conclusion. WHAT PEOPLE AKE DOING? Some Who Travel, Some Wlio Do Nbti and Others Who Talk, s Add.'L. Bair and C. M. Peters, repre senting a Chicago drug firm, are at the Hotel Dnauesne for three or four weeks. They have raauy friends in Pittsburg. Stephen Collins, Superintendent of Mails, C. F. Jahn and H. C. Frick were among the Eastern passengers on the Pennsylvania road last evening. a v MIN0K POLICE" ITEMS. albert J. Frick was committed to jail last evening on a charge of embezzlement, pre ferred by 3. P. Cowin. James Keeff was lodged In the Eleventh ward station last night on the charge of steal ing a gallon of maple sugar, ' Philip Hajimei.l and Patrick O'Hara were locked up in the Eleventh ward station last night on a chargo of creating a disturbance. Communicated. You have heard of James G. Blaine, no doubt. He is from Pennsylvania, and knows what Pennsylvania wants!. He tells theRe publfcans to indorse the tariff.' by voting for Delamater. CURTIS IN TROUBLE. THE MILLIONAIRE ACTOR SULLY SUES SAMUEL OF POSEN. The Comedian Sells His Brother Actor a Piece of Bogus Town Property Which He Did Not Own Scheme for an Actors Paradise. srKClAL TSLFORAM TO THK PISFATCTI.S Philadelphia, November 1. Actor Daniel Sully, "the millionaire," through his counsel, Eugene Raymond and John A. W. Alvord, 'to-day issued an attachment under thrfraudulentdebtors'act against M. B-Curtis1, "Samuel of Posen,"wbo closed to night in,,the "Shatchcn," at the Grand Opera Honse. Samuel of Posen is charged with fraudu lently obtaining$600 from "the millionaire" in a neaUvttle land deal, in which Samuel of Posen" sold the millionaire some Cali fornia building lots which he didn't own. Sully claims that in June, 1887, while he was playing an engagement at the Bush Street Theater, San Francisco, Curtis in vited him to goon a bunting expedition to Berkeley, Alameda countv, Sully ac cepted. While at Berkeley Curtis showed him a plan of a considerable tract of land of which he claimed to be the owner, and stated, that he was soing t" break it up into building lots and lay out a city to be called Po'enville. Curtis, Sully says, pointed out particularly two lots, which were to be at the corner of Posenville and Main streets, and a railroad, which was, Curtis said, to connect Posen ville witn the rest of California. The new town was to be a sort of aetors' paradise, and Curtis, Sully cl:ims, ofipred to let Sully in on the ground floor because he wanted some good actors to give the place tone. Sully bouiht the two lots at $300 apiece and paid Curtis $600. Sully claims that he then left California but kept up a year's correspondence with Curtis, en deavoring to get the titles to his- corner. Jots. About a year after paying or tne lots Sully again met Curtis in California, and for the first time, he claims, Curtis informed him that he (Curtis) did not own the ground, explaining that he had expected to own it, but that the California owner re fused to convey it to him. PEETJ IS HOT IK IT. England Would Arbitrate With TJs, but Not With a Weak Power. Washington, November 1. Senor Perozi, the Peruvian Minister to this country, has received from his Government, and will forward to the Department of State, a letter written by President Pclacio, of Venezuela, to General Guzemau Blanco, who is in Paris, and for whom it would not be sife to return to Venezuela, with the present sentiment against him. 'The Venezuelan Government," said Minister Perozi, "has asked the good offices and mediations o' the United Stales in set tling the diputed boundary questions with Great Britain. We want the matter sub mitted to arbitration, and we would he will ing to accept the decision of a European power if Great Biitain will not consent to having the United States act in that capac ity. But Great Britain will not agree to arbitration, although she proposes this method to the United States to settle the Behring Sea trouble." OEIGIK OF CAMP MEETING. Necessitated at First by tho Great Revivals Following Earthquakes. M.JliOuls Globe-Democrat, j The life of Voltaire speaks somewhere of the great revivals which followed the earth quake of Lisbon in 17S5, and a similar man i'estation spread all over the West and South after the earthquakes at New Madrid in. 1810 and 1811. Hundreds of ueople went to church who never attended Wore, and so great were the crowds and so livelywas the religious interest felt that 'the meeting houses and sclloolhouses where religious exercises were held could not ac commodate the people, and so booths were put up, and thus originated the camp-meeting. CETJISEE HEWAEK 0. K. Test of Horse Power and Speed of the Vessel Highly Satisfactory. Philadelphia, November 1. The cruiser Newark returned from her trial trip to-day. Chief Engineer A. P. Abel, U. S. N., who observed closely the working if the Newark on her trip, said that in the ex periments made with the horse power, indi cations showed that the engines greatly exceeded the contract requirement of 8,500 horse power. He said that the vessel at tained a speed ol 20 knots an hour and over, and that as a ship was fully equal to ' the Baltimore and Philadelphia. ONLY HALF THB01JGH. The Pettlt Poisoning Trial Will Last Fully Three Weeks More. Cbawfobdsville, Ind., November 1. In the Pettit poisoning case to-day, tl.e de fense was unalile to break the damaging evidence of Dr. Peters, the chemical ex pert, by cross-examination. The testimony was corroborated by another expert, Dr. E. ,H. Cown. The trial has now lasted three weeks, and may .continue as much longer. Officer Maxwell's Popularity. ify. Officer Maxwell, of the Pittsburg police force, was tendered a reception by his friends last evening. A pleasant time is re ported. Among the guests were: Misses Minnie Gordon, Annie Miller, Emma Mil ler, Clara Kaylor, Sadie Bridge, Mamie Tavlor, Mrs. Stansberry. Messrs. Boswick, Pa'ff, Kirkwood, Burke, Wray, Jack, Mr. Eicliter and wife, Mr. Taylor and wife, Mr. Lockhart and wife. A Heocption and Musical. The friends of Miss Cora Jones, of Alder street, Eist End, were more than delighted with her method of entertainment Hallow een, which has won for her a wider recogni tion among her East End acquaintances as a lady of talent. At the conclusion of the charming reception her friends paid a high tribute to Miss Jones' ability as a musical artist. LOCAL ITEMS. LIMITED. Incidents qf a Day in Two Cities Condensed for Ready Reading. r A Hallowekh party of unusual grandeur was given at the residence of Miss Ltzzle Ellis. 71 Sarah street, Allegheny. Tho elegant par lors were profusely decorated with tropical plants of every description. Progressive encher was tLe leading feature of the evening, at which Miss Lettio Mayhall proved her supe riority, tor which she-received the ust prize. Miss Laura Mooney v, as victoriously unsuccess ful, winning the "booby"' prize. An elegant supper was served. As an entertaining hostess Mis Ellis certainly excels. Amone those pres ent were: Misses Mayhall. Mooney, Schweppe. Protzman. Fonner and Stewart, and Messrs. Schweppe, Mavhall, Strong, Somes, Toms, Carpenter, Mullen. The Grand Army fair, under the auspices of Lieutenant Geary Post No. 236, was begun last evening in Salisbury Hall, on South Twelfth street. The fair is held for the benefit of the relief fund. There was musio by the Select Knight's Band and songs by Thomas Richard son, MES3HS. J. A. Miller, N. G.Miller and Charles Crout entertained a number of friends Wed nesday evening at tho residence of H. L. Alli son, on Washington avenue, PittsburjJ JoHif ROTA8KT, an 8-year-ofd boy, fell over the South Tenth street bridge, over the Pitts burg, Virginia and Charleston Railroad, and bad bis skull badly fractured. A slight fire in the pumping station on River avenue, Allegheny, called out the fire company yesterday. The office of the Exposition Society Is again Jn rooms 513 and 6H .Hamilton building. 1890. TO CANVASS AMERICA Programme of Dillon and O'llrlen and Their Gallant Party. SPEECHES IN THE LARGE CITIES To Is Followed by Energetic Work in the "bmaller Places. LIABLE TO AEKEST 0YEK IN CANADA ISrECIAI, TKLSOUAM TO THE OISrATCIT.l New Yobk, November 1. Beginning this week there will be placed authoritatively before the American people the detailed facts regarding the material and political crisis with which the Irish nation finds itself confronted. The political side of the question will be presented with force and eloquence by the members of the Irish com mittee, most of whom will arrive to-morrow on La Champagne of the French line. The members of this committee are John Dillon, William O'Brien, T. P. O'Connor, T. P. Sullivan, Timothy Harrington and T. P Gill. Mr. Gill is already here, Messrs. Dillon, O'Brien, Sullivan and Harrington are expected to-morrow, and Mr. O'Connor will come in on the City of New York, ar riving Wednesday. Tne plan of campaign in general outline is this: The lull delegation will visit to gether the great cities of the country and address public meetings. After that, mem bers of the delegation will go in pairs to the smaller cities until the country has been pretty thoroughly canvassed. Then, prob ably, three months hence, the entire delega tion will go to Canada on a similar errand. THE MISSION IN CANADA. Of course great interest attaches to the latter part of the programme both in view of the violent reception which some of the members met with in Canada on their last visit a few years ago and because Dillon and O'Brien arc fugitives from justice and are liable to arrest the moment they set foot on British spjl. The first public appearance of ttre delega tion in this country will be at Philadelphia next Thursday. The Academy of Music, the largest auditorium in town, was secured for the purpose some time ago, but already the demand for seats is more than twice as great as the capacity of the building, and it has been arranged to repeat the speeches at a second meeting, to be held iu the same place on Friday evening. On Sunday next the delegates will speak in Boston's biggest theater. The same news about the demand lor tickets comes from Boston, and it has been found necessary to hire two theaters in stead of one, and to carry on meetings sim ultaneously in both theaters. The first New York meeting will be held on November 10. A -WAKM T.ECEPTION PROMISED. The delegates will be warmly welcomed on their arrival to-morrow. A "large party of representatives of all the principal Irish societies will go down the bay early to-morrow morning ou the steamer John E. Moore, and the visitors will be taken off La Cham pagne at quarantine. The party will land at the foot of West Tvventv-tbird street and will go to the Hoff man House. The delegates witl rest during the day, and in the evening a reception will be given them at the hotel. An address on behalf of the Irish societies will be presented to the visitors. An Allegheny Druggist Married. Npws was received last evening, by the friends of Mr. Homer J. McBride, tbp well known Allegheny druggist, that he was married last Tuesday at Brooklyn, N. Y., to Miss V. V. Vaughn, a young lady ot that city. Mr. and Mrs. McBride will take up their residence iu Allegheny. Curious if True. From the Toronto Einplre.3 United Slates consols abroad are inquiring so curiously Into the cost of production and other details of the business of foreign manu facturers as to aronae adverse criticism. Take away from onr friend Uncle Sam tbe oppor tunity to poke his nose into other peopleVbusl ncss and he will pine away and ale. A Crazy Craze. From the Philadelphia Call. I There is a eraze just now for "Investment" orders and societies of various kinds and names that promise to pay to members large amounts for small assessments. Some time one of these concerns will collapse, and then there will be a howl from the people who lose their cash. ODDITIES IK PAHAGSAPHS. IJttte Newsy Clippings That WiU Instruct and Interest. It appears to be the belief of some that as man in the savage state has for the most part been largely if not wholly, carnivorous, be will with the progress of civilization become ctlrely vegetarian or use only tho products of animals, as eggs and milk, with vegetable food. A vegetable diet has been found verysnecess ful in treating kidney tioubies and indigestion. In point oi economy it is an enormous saving, not only in actoal cost to the consumer, but also in land, as or two equal portions of trronnd. one raising a cereal and the other beef or mut ton, the part devoted to tho cereal will support ten times as many men as the beef or mutton portion. A controversy has arisen about the "largest check" that ever was written. A few years ago the Manchester Ship Canal Company, when buying out tbe Bridgenater trunees. drew one check for 1,7JO,000 on Glynn fc Co., and this document can still be seen at the o dices of the Ship Canal Company, Deansgate, Man chester, where It is framed as a curluoitv. A check for an enormous amount passed through tho "honse" In 1879 or 18&0. The amouqt was upward of 3,250,000, and was iu settlement of an arbitration award. It is said that the nickel appropriation of Sl.000,000 ordered by tbe late Congress for armor plate has resulted in tbe discovery that there are only about a dozen nickel mines in tbe world, and only three are on this continent. The output of these mines is doubtful, and one source mar mt be sufficient. Other nations uny also see the advantages of the new alloy, and it is stated that Krnpp's representative is already seeking to cam possession ol tbe Canadian mine. The other two American mines are in Nevada and In Lancaster county. Pa. The people of the island of Sangir keep time by the aid of an hour-glass formed by arranging two bottles neck to neck. Tne sand runs out in half an hour, when tbe bottles are reversed. Close by them a line is stretched, on which hang 12 sticks marked with notches from 1 to 12, with a hooked stick, which Is placed be tween the hour last struck and tho next one. One of these djaga keeps the time for each vil lage, for which purpose the hours are sounded 0S)a gong by the keeper. The oldest lawsuit ever known is now in progress of trUl in tbe-highest Russian court in St. Petersburg. Originally ft was brought 600 years ago against tbe city of Kameneg Podolsk, by tbe heirs of a nobleman, to recover several thousand acres of bis estate which had been confiscated by the municipality. The testimony in-the case is weighty. There are 45 tons of it in manuscript. The wealth of the Vanderbilts to be not overstated, amounts to over t200.000.000. With this sum they could purchase S12 tons of gold and have something left over, but they couldn't buy two tons of gallium, that rare metal being worth S3,2o0 an ounce. With this metal the highest price is reached, ana it may well be called the rarest and most precious of metals. There are, in round numbers, 400,000 acres of landin this country planted in vine yards, of which 300,000 wilf be in bearing this year. This is an increase ol 220.000 acrcs'in vlnerird area during tbe nast ten veara.aind an increase of over 510,000.000 a year In the canitall invested. Of the area of bearing vines in the) country bauiuim .mw um wuwuHEa. More than 300 different industries enter into the building of every ocean steamship. To build a 2,500-ton steamship requires 600 men In direct aud constant employment, averaging &00 per man. Tbe sum ot 30,000 is thus dis tributed to tbe trades. To run such a vessel cost above 535,000 outside of tbe salary lists, wblchllovertiO.Ooa. . LOHDOK'S GEOWTH. It is Quite as Remarkable as That of Ameri can Cities. From the Century.i We are too frequently disposed to think of the rapid growth of our American cities, as merely incidental to the settlement of a new country, and to regard the Euro pean cities as old and stationary. It is true that their nuclei are ancient, but so far as tbe greater part of their built-up area is concerned they are almost or quite ns new ns the American cities. They, like our own population centers, have grojin unprecedently in recent decades as the result of modern transportation aud in dustrial systems. Thus London to-day is five times as large as it was at the opening of the present century. From 900,000 at that time, the population of London grew to 1,500,000 in 1830; and by 1855 it had in creased to 2,500,000. Since 1855 it has more than doubled. Tbe .present sovereign has witnessed a gain of 200 per cent or more since she began to reign. There are three or four dwelling houses now-for every one that was visible at the date of her coronation. In the past 40 years from 2,000 to 2,500 miles of new streets have heen formed in London. Who, study ing the growth of foreign cities, can doubt the contmued'growth of our own? London is not an exception. All the other great towns of England have grown un as if by magic within this century. The same statement applies to those of the continent. Paris is five times as large as it was iu the year 1800; Berlin has grown much more rapidly than Paris; Vienna has-expanded marvelously since 1840. An examination of the causes which have built up these European centers easjlr justifies the judgment that none of our 20 leading American cities has begun to approach its maximum size. THE FTBST EMIGSANT TBAUT. The Graphic Story of an Old California. Pioneer of 41. November Century.i On leaving Weston, where they had been so much opposition, we were six or seven in number, and nearly half the town followed us for a mile, and some for five or six miles, to bid us goodby, show ing the deep interest felt in our journey. All expressed good wishes and desired to hear irom us. When we reached Sapling Grove, the place of rendezvous, in May, 1841, there was but one wagon ahead of us. For the next few days one or two wagons would come each day, and among the recruits were three families from Ar kansas. Everyone furnished his own supplies. The partv consisted of G9, including men, women and children. Our teams were of oxen, mules and horses. We had no cows, as the later emigrants usually bad, and the lack of milk was a great deprivation to the children. It was understood that everyone should haye not less than a barrel of Hour with sugar and so forth to suit; but I laid in 100 pounds of flour more than the usual quantity, besides other things. This I did because we were fold that when we got into the mountains we probably would get out of bread and have to live on meat alone, which I thought would kill me even if it did not others. My gun was an old flint-lock rifle, but a good one. Old hunters told me to have nothing to do with cap or percussion locks, that they were unreliable, and that if I got my caps or percussion wet I could not shoot, while if I lost my flint I could pick up another on the plains. I doubt whether there was 8100 in money in the whole party, but all were enthusiastic and anxious to go. EAVAGES OF THE HUM MOTH. Bavarian Forests Attacked by the Pests and Deitroj ed. London News.! ' From various parts of Bavaria come alarming news of the destructive ravages of the nun moth. For a couple of centuries or more the forests on the Continent have 'been attacked by these pests at long inter vals; but never, it would seem, with more disastrous results than at present. The forest department of the Ministry oi Finance re ports that the plague extends over nearly all Bavaria south of the Danube, and so great is the fertility of the insect that no measures of destruction are of any avail. It attacks chiefly the pine and fir with which Bavarian forests abound, but does not de spise the beech, oak and other forest trees, and is even known to feed on shrubs and garden plants. It never attacks corn or wheat, and there is one tree it will not touch, namely, the horse chestnut. The' means of destruction are various. Forest bonfires are one. The insects are at tracted by the fire and are smotnered in the smoke, but only a comparatively small number are killed. Children and boys are also sent out to destroy the insects. But the only really efficient general measure seems to be the cntting down of the whole lorests when much infested. WHAT THE WEST THINKS OF BLAfajE. An Estimate of the American Statesman's Character, bait I.aVc Tribune. James G. Blaine has a great many friends and a few enemies in the United States.N But there is one thing abont him that friends and enemies both aree upon, and that is that he has no equal as a speaker before the American people. He is the most typical American alive. He can out-talk any ten other Americans, and he has a way ofcon vincing people when he talks. There is a charm about him which draws men's hearts to him, and, while walking and looking and talking like a King, there is something in the soul of the man that draws to him tbe hearts of all who are bronght in close accord with him. He is to the American people what Henry Clay was CO years ago, and it takes about 50 yean to produce one such man. He will probably never be PresidentVf the United States, but if be never is he will pass into history in that au gust company with Webster and Clay and Calhoun and Wright and Clinton and a whole array of other men, on the grave stones of each one of whom shall be written: "A great man was he, too great to ever be President of the United States." EXTEBinHATmG SEALS. A Very Different Policy In Danish Wa ters From That in Behring Sea. Newcastle, En., Chronicle. The seal is being rapidly exterminated in Danish waters by direct encouragement of the authorities. Rewards of .three kroner for the head of each seal killed, paid by the Fishing Society of Denmark,is leadingto the energetic hunting and slaughter of these ani mals. The reason for this course is that the seals are alleged to destroy the fish.on which so many of tbe population depend for food and employment, and Dr. Fedderson, the Secretary of the Fishing Society, has issued a map showing those parts of tbe coast where, owing to tbe prevalence of seals, the fishing industry is rapidly decaying. On the other hand,where seal hunting has been most energetic, the catch of fish during the past summer was much in excess of former years, and fishermen are being en couraged, by hope of reward as well as ap peals to self-interest, to clear these animals out of the Danish waters. So effective is the appeal thus made that on the little islandof Hessels alone nff less than 810 seals have been destroyed within the ten-months during which the reward has been paid. A Whist Congress. There is some talk of a whist congress to revise the existing rales of whist and estab lish an authoritative code of rales. The sub ject has been more or less widely discussed by the many whist clubs in New York, but as yet no definite steps have been taken. BRIDGING BEEPING. Governor Gilpin's Scheme for a Kail- ? road Through Alaska TO CONNECT AblA. AND AMERICA... A Tunnel More Feasible Than a Bridge U x Cross the Straits. THE NORTH AS A FARMING C0TJXTET- Juneau, Alaska, November 1. The project of ex-Governor Gilpin, of Colorado, to build a line of railway through the wilds of Alaska to Cape Prince of Wales, to con nect with the Bussian railway system through Siberia, thus linking the old and new worlds with a railroad, is a feasible one, and the future will see it accomplished. But there is a giant obstacle in the way of an unbroken line connecting the two worlds, -and that is Behring Straits. Mr. Gilpin's proposition is to bridge these straits, which is all well enough in theory, but quite a different thing in practice. At considerable expense the straits can undoubtedly be bridged, as an island lies about midway between the Asiatic and" American shores; the distance is not great and the water is shallow the Government charts showed the greatest depth to be only 32 fathoms. But could a bridge be built high enough to allow towering icebergs to pass under it, and with strength to with stand the great ice floes that are yearly swept down through the straits from the Arctic Ocean? 1CEBEBOS AS OBSTACLE. The current sweeps through the narrow straits from one great sea into another very swift and strong, and great icebergs would be borne against the bridge, its piers and abutments, with a force that neither steel stringers nor mason work could withstand. Captain Emery, of the United States ship Thetis, stated that the only practical means of crossing these straits at all seasons of ths year is by tunneling under them. The character of the coast line, of Alaska is such that railway building along it would encounter obstacles almost as great as the ice floes iu Behring Straits. The mountains are rugged and, precipitous in the extreme; they break in precipice sheer into the sea, and run back to altitudes of from 60O to nearly 20,000 feet, and the crest of the ranee is capped with eternal snow and ice. Every canyon is an inlet from tbe sea, which, octopus-like, seems to cling with mighty arms to the mountains for support. These channels are navigable for the larg est ships, aud, curious as it may seem, great steamships GLIDE UP THESE CANTOUS with barely passage room on either side for miles, and come to another directly under the towering ice-capped peaks in the vety heart of the coast range. AVhere the waters ot the sea end iu these canous it comes in the form of a glacier, with a surface like an' angry sea and cracked in every direction. Through the interior ot Alaska, rather than alongr the coast, lies the route for Gov ernor Gilpin's railroad, across the head waters of the Stickeen and down the great valley of the Yukon. In the main this route would be through a rolling country until the lower reaches of the Yukon were reached, where the country becomes almost flat, swampy aud frozen. The line would tirobablv folluw the Yukon down aa far as "Niclato, where it wonld leave the stream and strike nearly due west in Cape Prince of Wales. The resources of the country that the lino would pass through have to be learned and tested, but there is every promise that it is rich in mineral and coal. AS A FAP.MIKG COU2JTB.Y. It is a fine grazing country, and from the -rolling hills and prairies thousands of tons of wild hay could be cut, and although the summer season is short, stock raiding might be made a profitable industry. The Yukon and its tributaries swarm with salmon of the finest quality, and a railroad would un doubtedly open a great salmon fishing in dustry. As to the country's agricultural qualifications, this has vet to be proven, al though at some of the posts along the river fine gardens of vegetables have been raised. Although the season for manufacturing agricultural products is short in months, it is very warm, and no little sunshine. Dur ing the longest days of the year.tbe sun does not set, and crops would mature rapidly. Many miners who have spent both winter, and summer in that section sav that vast country has a great future before it, and what it needs to open it and offer permanent and profitable homes to thousands of Amer ican people, is Governor.Gilpin's railroad. f For Westebjt Pesssvlvas ia, West Viboikia asd Ohio:" Coliv. er asd pabtlx Cloudy Weath- SsiiL ' ywz , er. Westerly TO SOUTHTVESTEBLT Winds. Pittsburg, November L 1890, The United States Signal Service officer lit this city lurnisnes tne ioiiowins: Time. Tier. 8KOA. 3ff....... ....... 33 Thef. Hnnp-v-- 4& 10IOOA. M Maximum temp.... 43 Minimum temp.... 3S Mean temp 42 Range... IZ Rainfall O 11.00 A. M 41 12:00 H 4Z 2:00 r. r. 41 ;S.-C0r. M 46 SPECIAL WEATHER BuTXETTft A Storm in, the Mississippi Valley Moving Eastward. ' irBirmiD rou thk disfatck.1 The storm that was forming in the extreme) Northwest on Friday was central yesterday over Lake Superior, high winds blowing throughout the upper lake section, and extending into tho Central Mississippi Valley States. The velocity at Chicago was 32 miles an hour. Tbe storm is w: -ttts $f ''lw THE WEATHEB, .jE'Jgpr? fVf moving eastward, and will canse ealez in the lower lake regions, and possibly higb southeast erly winds on tbe Middle Atlantic and New En- gland coasts to-day. Snow fell in Michigan yesterday.and rain over the lakes and in Maine. Elsewhere the weatner was fair. The cold weather continued in tbe Southern States. The temperature in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama was from freezing point to 6 below, and from 10 to ISP colder than in Montana. Frost was reported from Mobile, Jacksonville, Savannah, VIcksburg and Littla Bock, and will probably occur again this mors. . lng in the South Atlantic States down to Jack sonvillc. Kiver Telegrams. Allegheny JUNCTloN-Klrer 9 feet 11 Inches andfalllnir. Cloudy and cool. " Cairo River I9.S fett and rising. Clear ana- mild. f . LocrsviLLE-iav-er jalllna-: U.S canal, 8.4 on . lxll j; M.2 at loot, locks. Business tatr. eatne clear and pleasant, bat windr. .... v WHKKLIXO-Rlver 15 feet Inches and fallfajr. V. Departed-Bedford, At M., and Butchellor, 2 r. V M., for nttsburjr. Clear and cool. Clear and cool. '.,i "yesterday's Steamship Arrivals. Steamship. from. Arrived at City of Chicago Liverpool NewYort Kotterdam Amsterdam New Yorfc VU11UQ lllcuv.n,...'tn ufct-- - -j Ponce tte Leon Hew urleani Darcslos ty-, f J 4 i . ,'..-.. . ' -