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PITTSBURG, t SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1890.
PAGES 9 TO 16.
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GUT TO THE
QUICK
Liberal Unionists Plunged Into
Despair by the Elec
tion at Eccles.
TORIES TAKE IT TO HEART.
The Heme Eule Victory Causes Them
to Use More Caution in
Pablic Utterances.
1AELIAHEKT IK A TIGHT PLACE.
Tke Irish Land Question and the
Local Government Bill Cannot
Both be Settled Now.
OKI W THE TWO HCST BE DEQPPED.
Btiitat Krtuxs AfUr EM Iaghtatog Tour Tkrwga
TiBix Btrlcho Put of Irdui,
ImrTC!1 Wfcl
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1ST CAELI TO THI DISFATCH.l
London, November 1. Copyright
The lesson taught by the great home rule
Tietory at Eccles has evidently been taken
to heart both by the Tories and the Lib
eral Unionists. The former haYe become
more cautious in their public utterances,
and the despondency of the latter is fast
degenerating into despair.
Lord Hartington, speaking at Edinburgh
to-day, expressed the opinion unless the
Unionists put more vigor into their work
their cause would be lost at the next general
election, and the value of this admission
may be estimated by the undeniable fact
that at Eccles the Tories and their mug
wump allies labored with the energy of
desperation.
Hartington Restive.
Hartington is apparently becomingrestir e
in the Tory harness. Perhaps he has been
struck by the p:rsonal applicability of
Lord Beaconileld's remark quoted in the
Liberal press snout the Whigs playine a
Tory came. At any rate he has practically
called upon tbc Government to bring in a
Government bill for Ireland the next ses
sion, a measure which was promised in 1SS6
as a Tory-Unionist alternative for home
rule and coercion. But the Government is
solemnly pledged to settle the Irish lend
question first, and only this alternoon in
Dublin Balfour renewed the pledge to a
deputation of Jan. i owners.
The Government is in a tight place. Both
measures cannot possibly be passed in one
ession, and a decision will soon have to be
taken as to which one shall be dropped.
Sacrifices for Peace.
The Irish land owners are so used to being
kicked, and have so few lriends that it is
sot improbable tliat tbey may be sacrificed
at the eleventh hour in order to appease the
Unionist discontent.
Another Unionist Jeadcr, Mr. Courtney,
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons,
has been kicking over the traces. His view
Is that the land bills should be passed first,
and that a modified form of home rule
should follow tne settlement of the Agrarian
question. Courtney, however, is a profes
sional politician, whoe ntterances jnst now
are interesting, chiefly because they indicate
what carpetbaggers think of the political
prospects. Hexleariy sees that the days of
the Government are numbered, and is hard
at woik getting his sails into proper trim
for a change in the wind. He has been
Among his constituents in Cornwall this
week bewailing the Tipperary prosecution
and hinting at full penitence for his
political sins.
Opposition to Courtney.
But the sturdyCornish men have declined
to absolve linn, and last night, after listen
ing to a long sDeech in which Courtney
sought to explain and defend his conduct,
they passed a vote of want of- confidence In
the Bight Honorable renegade.
Unfortunately the vote has no legal effect
and Courtner will retain his seat until the
generil election. He is no more likely to
resign voluntarily than Mr, De Lisle, Tory
member of Leicestershire, who within the
past week has addressed five meetings of
electors in five different districts in his con
stituency, at each of winch a resolution of
confidence in him was rejected and au
amendment carried calling upon him to re
sign, and expressing "disgust and abhor
rence of the present Tory Government and
its coercion of Ireland and of her patriot
sons and daughters."
Tories After Churchill.
"What the Tories think of their prospects
Is clearly shown by the facts that they are
already approaching Lord Randolph
Churchill with a view to offering him the
leadership of the party in the opposition,
and that Sir "William Marriott, member of
the Government, has publicly asked why it
should commit suicide by dissolving Par
liament and appealing to the country.
Mr. Balfour has returned to Dublin after
his lightning tour in the west of Ireland,
impressed with the urgent necessity of
hurrying on the promised relief works. He
did not go near some of the most distressed
districts, hut he saw enough to convince him
that an enormous responsibility rests upon
him to avert, if not the famine (he refuses
to admit it), at least widespread suffering.
After the first two days, finding the poor
people were pejcerul peasants instead of
murdering moonlighters, Mr. Balfour left
his police officers behind him and went
about unprotected.
Praises for Balfour.
Now that lie is back in Dublin the Tory
newspapers are praising his unexampled
bravery, and are seeking to make political
capital out of the courteous behavior of the
people, on the assumption apparently that
because he was not shot at or pelted with
offal, the Conneinara farmers had abjured
home rule.
The suggestion first appeared in all its im
padent nakedness the day Balfour left Gal
var on his return to Dublin, and the towns
people promptly responded to it by as?
scmbling at the railvay station and cheer
iue lustily and continuously for O'Brien,
Dillon and Morley until the train steamed
sway.
Tr'orkontbe relief railways hat not yet
been commenced, but a cargo of rails was
landed at Dublin to-day.
ON THE BRINK OF A CRISIS.
LONDON DOCKMEN WILL FACE THE CRU
CIAL TESTTO-MORROW.
Companies "Will Employ Any Men They
Choose The Rough Element of the
Union Workers Not Inclined to Submit
Internal rights.
;BT CABLE TO" Till DtSFATCK.1
London, November 1. Monday will be
the crucial day for the London docker.
From that date the dock companies claim
the right of employing any men they
please, and intend placing their own fore
men over each gang. For the last 12 months
only union men have been employed, and
the foremen have been appointed by the
union. The men's leaders counsel them to
submit, but the rougher element is not in
clined to follow this advice, and this es
pecially is the case 'with the corn porters,
whose increased earnings during the past
year has created an unreasoning spirit of
independence among them.
Monday the majority of the deputation
ists were drunk and clamoring for money
from the union funds, as they were wasting
time upon union business. The leaders de
clined to see them, and threats of personal
chastisement were freely offered. It was
easy to see the men, or the noisy section of
them, had gotten entirely out of the hands
of the leaders. A period of prosperity, after
years of squalid misery, has caused them to
lose their heads. If they persist in their re
sistance a very rude awakening is in store
for them. Public sympathy now is alienated
from the dockers.
The crisis on the Stock Exchange con
tinues, and speculatore who are loaded up
with stock which they are unable to sell ex
cept at enormous sacrifice, and upon which
they are unable to borrow anything from
the banks, may be reckoned by the hun
dreds. There has been only one failuie at
this settlement, but several have made pri
vate arrangements with their creditors and
many more have been helped by their
friends, onlv to find themselves again in
hopeless difficulties at the next settlement,
unless there is a decided upward move
ment. Of this, however, there is not the
slightest sign.
The public are not buying and in a
greater number of stocks an attempt to sell
even a lew thousand pounds' worth causes
an immediate relapse, in some cases of as
much as two points. The plunger who
bulled American slocks has again managed
to carry over a large sacrifice, and the sharp
ers on the exchange who know just exactly
how much tbeir victim can stand, in
tend bleeding him to the full extent of his
purse. There is a conspiracy against him,
and the moment he attempts ' to get out
prices relapse direcfly. Two of the great
issue houses that were straightened have
been assisted temporarily and will probably
now weather the storm. But there are no
signs of returning confidence, and, barring
an actual panic, matters in the Stock Ex
change could hardly be worse.
HE IS SLOWER THIS TIME.
The Soke of Nassau Does Not Hush to the
Side of aiad King 'William.
tBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
LONDON, November L Less than a year
ago a dozen Dutch doctors and a couple of
German specialists assembled around the
bedside of old King William, of Holland,
declared that the august sufferer was in
a moribund condition physically and
mentally, and incapable of transacting
the affairs of state. A regencv was therefore
appointed and the Duke of Nassau.who will
succeed the King ns Grand Dukr of Lnxom
Iwurg, iootposessionofhisduchyx8 regent
King William, howeve-, inconsiderutely
recovered, made things very unpleasan.all
around, relieved the regeuts of their func
tions and sent the Duke Nassau precipi
tately home amid the loud laughter of all
Europe.
A crisis has arisen again, however. King
William still declines to die, but he has be
come insane beyond all reasonable doubt
and a regency has been reappointed. The
Dnke of Nassau, uncertain whether the
thing is to turn out a tragedy or a farce, has
not hurried to Luxembourg with the inde
cent haste displayed upon the last occasion,
but it is understood that he is packing his
trunks. King William's madness is hered
itary. He is a grandson on his mother's
side of Mad Paul the First, of Russia,
whose father also wns subject to fits or
mental aberration. King William's first
cousin is Grand Duke Nicholas, of Eussia,
who is now a raving maniac, watched night
and dav.
GEEAT AET D16C0VEEY.
Workmen Find a Copy of Da Vinci's Fa
mous Painting, Iaist Supper.
TBY DtJXLAr'S CABLE COMPART.!
London November 1. A discovery of
great artistic importance has just been made
at Milan. While some workmen were en
gaged in scraping the wall of one of the hos
pitals in the city they came upon evidences
of a fresco, and, reporting the matter to the
foreman, they were oidered to proceed with
a great deal of care, in case the find should
prove to be one of value. They followed
out their instructions and were rewarded bv
discovering a copy of the famous "Last
Supper," by'Leonardo Da"Vinci, which was
painted in oil on the walls of the refectory
of the Dominican convent of Santa Maria
Delle-Gracie.
The interest of the discovery is that the
newly found fresco seems to be an exact
replies of the composition as it was origi
nally painted by Da Yinci, and contains
details which have disappeared from the
original, owing to its maltreatment and the
partial restorations that have been made,
notablv in some of the partly legible names
and inscriptions which are traced on the
borders of the draperies.
ASSASSINATION HO CRIME,
In Politics It is a Means of Action, Says
Count D'Herisson.
TBT DUXLAP'S CABLE COHPA5T.
London; November 1. Count D'Heris
son, in his book entitled 'Le Prince Im
perial," which has just been published, says
thai Lieutenant Carey, who was with the
unfortunate young Prince when he was
killed in Zululand, purposely abandoned
him in order that he might be slain. la
one chapter he Bays:
Carey was not merely a coward, but the agent
of apolitical patty which had an interest In
getting rid of the Prince. In politics there
exist no such things as justice and morality,
and assassination is no lotigcr a crime but a
means of action. I trust my readers know
what truth there is with regard to the pre
tended suicides of the late Sultan Abdul Az z,
the late King ot Bavaria and the late Archduke
Kudolph. Moreover, nothing can be more
probable than that Carey should have been the
ostrument of a political party.
A iHEACLE UNDER A TREK.
Strange Manifestation That a Iaittenberg
Girl Said She Saw.
fBT BUSLAP'S CABLE COMPAHT.
LONDON, November i. News has just
reached Vienna of great excitement which
is prevailing at Luttenberg at the present
time. A young girl in that town
declares that she has witnessed
a manifestation of the Virgin
Mary in a tree, and exhorted by
thousands of the excited country people
she has gone with her foster mother to
Marburg in order to demand permission
of the Archbishop for the people to witness
the miracle nuder the tree.
Sevengendcrmes have already been posted
around the tree in order to keep away the
people who ars nuxious to get close to it in
the hope of beihg'able to tee the manifestation
STORY OF THE- SINGER.
SCOVEL, THE TENOR, TELLS WHY HE RE
TIRED FROM LA CIGALE.
He Says it was Because the Manager Ob
jected to Paying; the Salary In the Con
tract Ahsurd Report of the Artist's
Drunkenness.
IBT CABLE TO THE BISrATCH. 1
London, November 1. The retirement
of Edward Scovel, the American tenor trom
the cast of "La Cigale," for five days last
week and his subsequent return to the stage
of the Lyric, has caused considerable gossip,
owing to the wonderful success of the piece,
as well as to his prominence as a singer.
Oce of the rumors as to the cause of his re
tirement that was published in several
theatrical paper? was that he had had a
quarrel with Geraldine Ultnar, the star of
"La Cigale."
Scovel and Miss Ulmar both say that this
report is absolutely untrue, and Scovel has
written to the papers denying that he had
anything to do with the occurrence. He
states that bis retirement from the cast was
due to an attempt of Horace Sedger, mana
ger of the Lyric, to play a game of bluff.
Seovel under his contract with Sedger is to
receive 70 guineas per week for ten months,
and 10 per cent of the profits of the per
formance, an unprecedented salary in the
annals of light opera. The idea of engag
ing an artist of Scovel's caliber was that in
the event ot the opera not proving a suc
cess a song might be interpolated to save the
piece, as "Queen of My Heart" saved the
opera of "Dorothy."
When Sedger found, however, that "La
Cigale" was an assured success, and that
Scovel was no longer an essential factor, the
size of the artist's salary caused a bitterness
to rankle in the manager's mind. On the
ground, therefore, that Scovel was drunk at
one performance, he requested him to return
his contract and send in his resignation, and
when the tenor laughed at the idea Sedger
wrote him a note informing him that his
services were no longer required. Accord
inely Scovel left the theater but took his
contract with him, and for five days he
toiled not neither did he spin, knowing fnll
well that under his contract his 70 guineas
per week and 10 per cent of the profits were
due him jnst the same as if he sang.
Sedger found this out upon consulting a
solicitor, and the result was an apology to
Scovel and a request that he would resume
his part.
The idea that Scovel was drunk is absurb,
as all the company admit, and arose out of
his remark to Sedger one evening on return
ing from dinner that he feared he had eaten
and drunk too much to sing well that night.
He informs me that during his five days'
absence from the Lyric Theater he received
two offers, one to play "Lohengrin" and
"Faust" in Italian opera, and one to create
a leading tenor role in "Ivanhoe," Sulli
van's grand opera soon to be produced at
D'Oyley Carte's new theater. '-La Cigale" is
one of the greatest successes ever known in
light opera, as may be gathered frpm the
circumstance that the entire theater Is
booked for six weeks ahead.
GETTING BEADY TO MABEY.
Prince Adolf Preparing for His Wedding
and a Big Tour.
rnr cable to tub nisr-ATcn.i
London. November 1. Prince Adolf, of
Schaumberg Lippe, who is to be married on
the 19th instant to Princess Victoria, of
Prussia, has obtained from his prospective
brother-in-law. the Emperor, a year's leave
of absence from the army for his wedding
tour. He proposes to go around the world
with his bride via India-, Japanr San "Fran
cisco and .New YorC.
Frederick is negotiating for the purchase
ot the old castle ot Cronberg, in the Taunus
Monntains, famons as the seat of Hartmuth
von Cronberg. the friend of Luther, in order
to present it to the young couple as a sum
mer residence.
TTTT.T.-ETI BY WINE.
A Boy Becomes Drank on Wine and Dies on
the Ocean.
TBT BUXLAP-S CABLE COJIPANT.1
QuEENhTOWN, November 1. The TJm
bria arriving this morning reports a strange
incident three days after leaving New York.
A steerage passenger lelt her son, Frederick
Kamp, aged 4 years, alone for a short time.
When the mother returned from the deck
she discovered the boy was drunk. He
found a bottle of wine in one of the berths
and had drank half of the contents. He
was unconscious, and the surgeon was at
once called, but he was unable to revive the
child, and it died. The body was buried at
sea.
POISONED BY POTATOES.
Unhealthy Vegetables Said to Have Caused
Two Deaths.
TBT DUNLAP'8 CABLE COMPANY. 1
Kiilaeney, November 1. Several cases
of (ever are noted here. In the parish of
Quogh two deaths have ocenrred. An epi
demic is feared.
Physicians attribute the illness to the un
healthy state of the potatoes.
TICKET THAT WON AND LOST.
A Lottery Number Good for 82,500 Con
signed to the Flames.
New Yobk, November 1. A quantity
of property, confiscated from gambling
bouses aud lottery and policy offices, was
detroyed day before yesterday at police
headquarters.
It peaked out to-day that among the
articles destroyed was a lottery ticket which
was the winner of a $2,500 prize. Efforts
were made to save it lrom the flames, collect
the money and turn it into the police pen
sion fund, but their efforts were overcome
and the ticket was destroyed.
STANLEY'S NEW YOBBf IECTDEE.
Small Fortunes Paid for Boxes In the
Metropolitan Theater.
New York, November 1. The sale of
seats for Stanley's lecture at the Metropoli
tan November 11, for the benefitof the Con
valescent Home, of Summit, N. J., occured
this afternoon.
The bidding was of the liveliest kind, S150
being paid lor first choice of boxes. The
sum received thug far lor the charity is
about $10,000.
Patents Keported.
Higdon & Higdou, Patent Attorneys,
(Washington Associate, late Ex. U. S.
Patent Office), 127 Fourth ave., Pittsburg,
and opp. Patent Office Washington, D. C,
report these patents: Granted to Alle
gheny county inventors: J. C. Dilworth,
strainer for oil tanks; Thomas Hipwell,
lamp; H. F. Mann, car wheel; H. S. Mc
Kee, fly trap; J. P. Orr. crossing lor cable
railways; Rea & Clark, freezing box for ice
machines; William Beams, combined table,
easel and writing desk; H. E. Safford, fire
extinguisher.
The production of The Great Metropolis,
which will be seen at the Grand Opera
House next weet, is said to be the most
elaborate and realistic production of melo
drama ever given in this country.
Fall and Winter Opening.
Nobby suits and overcoating at Dicksou
the Tailor's, corner Fifth ave. and Wood at,
second floor. Telephone 1538.
Stylish Saltings.
For 3 cood fining suit or overcoat go to
Pitcairn's, iSi Wood t Muf
THEY KEPT EIGHT OS.
neither of the Vessels That Collided
Off the Jersey Coast
CHAKGED ITS COURSE AH ISCH,
Though the nargraves Sighted the.Tizcaya
Five Miles Away.
CAPrAIff ALLEN BLAULD BI HIS MATE
New Yoke, November 1. The pilot
boat Charles H. Marshall No. 3 anchored
off Tompkinsville, L. I., at 1 o'clock this
morning, having on board five sailors of the
ill-fated Spanish ship Vizcaya, and the sec
ond mate, Walker, of the Cornelius Hr
graves. The pilot boat picked them up five
miles south of the scene of the ocean dis
aster ut 7 o'clock yesterday morning. Mate
Walker, who is an intelligent young
Yankee, gave to a reporter who boarded
the Marshall this morning a grapbio and
detailed account of the disaster. He said:
"I had just finished supper and came on
deck a few minutes before 7 o'clock Thurs
day evening. I saw the Vizcaya about five
miles off. Her green light shone on the
port side. I did not feel the least bit uu
easy. THE VESSELS APPROACHING.
"Our lichts were burning, and must have
been plainly visible to those on board the
Spaniard. Weweiesailingattherateofabnut
eight knots an hour and neared the Spanish
ship rapidly. I turned nflaie light to show
him that a sailing vessel was near, but he
held on his way, aud I began to think that
we might strike him or he us if one of us
did not alter our course.
"Captain Allen and First Mate "Henry
Pheran were below and I was in charge of
the deck. Finally I called the captain.
When he came on deck he looked at the
cloud of canvas on the Spanish steamship,
and then at our s lils, all of which were set.
" 'We can clear him, I guess,' he said,
and we went on our way.
"I watched the two vessels drawing near,
and. finally ventured: 'I think we will
strike them, Captain.'
' 'Yes, by heaven, we will. Hard a-portl
Hard a-portl' lie shouted, but it was too late.
Like a race horse our vessel darted lomard.
THE FATAL CBASH.
"We struck the Vizcaya amidships, and
1 hope I may never be u witness to such an
other scene. The Hargraves tore a great
big hole in the Spaniard's side. I saw our
bowsprit sweep along her deck, and a man
Jn gold buttons and peaked cap, whom I
took to be the Captain, wns knocked off the
bridge. Then the vessels snung slowly
about until almost side by side, and for a
fraction of a second there was the solemn
hush or death.
"Then agonizing human cries burst forth.
Men and women darted hi:her and thither
on the big steamship's deck, and soon 1
heard the sound of their feet as they jumped
down on onr decks. They thought that with
us they would find safety, but uur ship was
as badly off as their own.
"A moment after the crash I caught a
glimpse of Captain Allen's lace, as he stood
immovable under the light of a binnacle
lamp. His face wns white, even to the lips..
Then, as he heard the pauic-stricken people
dropping on our deck, he shouted to me:
THE CAPTAIN'S COWAEDICE.
" 'Walker, keep them back! Let's saje our
own crew first. -JXa. (he-boats, men! To the
boats!' He himself, with a broadax.tcut
away, the fastenings of the long boat and
jumped in. The first mate and three of our
crew followed. Meantime I was fighting a
gang or Spaniards who were bent on getting
to our boats. Suddenly I looked around
and saw that Allen had shoved off with his
four companions. The boat would have
carried 1C. I jumped into the rigging and
shouted:
" 'Captain, you are not going to desert
your second mate, are you? For God's
sake, come backl'
"He shouted something in reply. What
it was I don't know, but I saw him waving
his band in farewell, and I knew the cow
ard had made off, leaving the rest of his
crew to perish miserably.
"Tb;ere were ten ot lis on the Hargraves,
all told. For a moment I did not Know
what to do. I saw my comrades mounting
the rigging, with a crowd of Spaniards at
their heels.
DESERTING THE SHIP.
"I felt the schooner sinking, and fearing
that she would be submerged, masts and all,
I grabbed a big gangplank and jumped
overboard with it. I went under water, and
when I arose to the surface again men were
jumping off the schooner into the water all
around me.
"Fiually, I counted 13 of the Vizcava's
men clingiuj to the gangplank with me.
One was a gentle-laced Spanish lad, about
1G years old. The sea was calm, but there
was a heavy, long swell. We were all sit
ting astride o the gangplank. Suddenly
an extra heavy sea turned our frail raft
bottom up, and we all went., over with it.
Down into the water I ucnt, feeling arms
and legs kicking all about me.
"When I got to the surface again, I
climbed back on the plank, and then one by
one the others came back until I counted
seven. A minute later another big wave
washed us all over again. When I cot
back to the gangplank there were only five
of us. One of these was the handsome
Spanish lad. He could speak a little En
glish and he had great nerve.
COMPANIONS IN MISERY.
" Our chances are mighty thin,' he said
to me. I acquiesced, and be continued:
'Every time the old gangplank turns over
I grow weaker and'Weaker. I don't think
1 can last much longer.'
" 'Well, I guess we have all got to go,' I
told him, 'but let us hold on as long as we
can. When we go under, hold your breath;
don't swallow the salt water.'
" 'I dou't know how long I can live, but
I will live as long as I can, the poor lad re
turned, smiling sweetly, aud a Tew minutes
later his head fell foiward on the board. I
tried to work my way up to him, but before
I could reach him he gave a great choking
sob and rolled over into the deep. He
seemed to sink like lead.
"There were only four of us let I could
see that the others could not last long.
Tbey were in the water hanging to the gang
plauk, with their hands and arms too ex
hausted to cling to it. Their heads lay on
the board, and only for the convulsive tight
ening of their arms when the sea was wash
ing over them I would have thought they
were dead.
DROWNING ONE BY ONE.
"One by one they slipped quietly off and
drowned. I was left alone belore 9 o'clock.
The moon arose about that time, aud you
cannot imagine the terrible feeling of fear
and desolation that took possession of me.
I had to battle with myself all the time to
keep lrom giving up" and sliding into
eternity. On all sides of me the most in
tense quiet reigned. I leltthatmy mind
was going.
"I think I would have gone crazy, but I
suddenly saw the light at Barnegat flash
ing, and to keep my mind occupied I began
to paddle with my hands in the direction of
it Occasionally a dead body would slip by
me in the cold water, face np,in the brilliant
light of the moon. My lower limbs were
warm in the water, but my body was freez
ing from the bitter wind. Every now and
then I wonld be washed overboard. Behind
me I could see the tall masts of the sunken
vessels with a few dark forms clinging to
the spars.
THE RESCUE.
"I paddled and paddled awnyand finally
realized I was drilling out to"sea,and not
drifting toward Barnegat. 'Twice! saw an
PRESENT ASPECT OF
pcean steamer, but they w;re miles away.
Nevertheless. I screamed again and ae:ain at
them for help. Then I saw some sailing
vessels, but they, also, were too far off to
hear my feeble cries. The night passed
slowly and I give up hope.
"About 4 o'clock in the morning I heard
a feeble cry to my right, and there saw the
glittering eyes and bewbiskered face of a
Spaniard in the water. He had a rait of
spars, a little better than mine. I swam
over to him. He could Speak no English
and I could speak no Spinish, but we shook
hands in the water there and lelt that we
would die together. He had been washed
off his ra't. I helped him upon it again
aud then climbed on mvself A little later
we were picked up by the Marshall."
At last account 43 persons have been
rescued, leaving G7 missing.
DEATH IN THE WAVES.
A Terrible Incident nt St. John, N. B., and
Two Boys Lost.
St. Johns, N. B., November 1. The
wind blew n 40 to 50 miles an hour gale yes
terday, causing a good deal of trouble to
shipping, and it is feared, some)Ioss of life.
When the tide was at its highest and the
wind at its fiercest, about noon, a number ot
boys were standing on a wharf on the Court
ney bay side of the city, watching the huge
waves and throwing in pieces of board.
Among these was a lad named Mundee, 13
years old. He picked up a board, which
was immediately caucht by the wind, and
boy and board wentover into the uild water.
An alarm was raised and one Fred Young,
aged 17, who works in a furniture lactory,
ran to the shop and got a life preserver with
0 yards of rope, aiid;,glving the'line to the
boys, sprang boldly into the sea. When the
rope was paid out Young had still not
reached Mundee, aud the boys tied the rope
to the end of a stick. Just as Young got
hold ot Mundee the line slipped from the
pole. Then commauced a brave struggle,
both on the shore and iu the waves. Young
held the smaller lad as long as he could,
and then supported himself for half an hour
longer.
One young man tied a rope around him
and tried to swin out, but was rescued him
self half drowned. Two boats were launched,
one which was dashed to pieces and the
other capsized. Nothing could he done to
save the boys, who were drowned in sight
of a large crowd of people.
AN AGKICTJLTUBA ALBUM,
Statistical in Nature and Illustrated With
Charts, to be Ibsued.
Washington, November 1. The De
partment of Agriculture is preparing ,to
issue a limited edition of another statistical
album, illustrating by colored charts the
distribution of corn, wheat, oati and cattle
in the several States, and also of their agri
cultural population. The crop statistics will
be given by areas, and those of cattle by
values, the latter being averaged on the re
turns of the last ten years.
The circulation of these albums will be
confined, on account of'tlie expense of pro
ducing them, to the libraries of agricultural
colleges and schools, farmers' institutes and
the like, and such institutions should file
their applications with the Secretary of
Agriculture as early us possible.
THE CASE NOLLE PE0SSED.
A 819,000 False Pretense Suit Will Not be
Prosecuted.
Chicago, November 1. This morning
State's Attorney Longnocker entered a nolle
prosse in the case of Eilson Gregz, the St.
Joseph, Mo., grain broker, under indict
ment for securing $19,000 under false pre
tenses from the Board of Trade firm of W.
F. Johnson & Co.
The false pretenses charged were the al
leged misrepresentation of his financial
standing for the purpose. of securing credit.
Gresg was arrested in San Francisco,
brought to Chicago-aud tried, the jury dis
agreeing. PEICE OF L1QTJ0B BAIBED,
But the Consumer Will Not he Compelled
to Pay More,
New York, November L The increase
in the duties on barley, malt and hops im
posed by the McKiuley bill caused the ale
brewers of New York, New Jersey and Con
necticut to advance the price iu ale. The
brewers have signed an agreement fixing the
minimum price of all grades of ale at 11
per hogshead.
A similar action is contemplated by the
lager beer brewers. This will lessen the
profits of the retailers, but the consumer
will not be called upon to pav any more.
BEADY FOB DILLON AND CBBIEN.
Preparations to Receive and Entertain the
Famous Irishmen.
New Yohk, November 1. Preparations
have been made by representatives of 11
Irish societies and all the Irish county
organizations to meet Messrs. Dillon aud
O'Brien, who are expected to arrive here
to-morrow on the steamer La Champaigne.
The steamboat John E. Moore.with a large
party on board, will meet the steamer in the
bay. A grand reception at the Hoffman
House has been arranged for Sunday even
ing. New Xuncli Boom.
A pretty and inviting .plice will be
opened to t'ho public at No. 37 Diamond
street Monday, November, 3, called .the
Dairy Lunch, t
All kinds of cabinetwork to order.
HavqU'8? Keen an, 33 Water st.
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THE CONTROVERSY OVER THE FATE OF
A MIGHTY FORTRESS
Built in the Heart of Africa by Some
Great Prehistoric Peoples.
ITS STORY IS A PEKPECT BLAM.
The Simple Blacks Living Among Its
Kains Have No Traditions. -
TEEIIAPS SHEEBA'S QUEEX MADE IT
The existence of certain ancient ruins not
far from the British South Africa Com
pany's camp on the Mashonaland plateau
was referred to recently in a letter io the
London Times from a correspondent writing
from that point. Tbey were at the head of
wnat is known as the Providential Pass.
"I have since had the good fortune to
visit them," he recites in a second letter,
"and now seize the first opportunity of
chronicding the existence in this neighbor
hood of ruins and remains of absorbing in
terest, not only to the antiquary and arch
aeologist, but of so massive a character and
still sufficiently perfect appearance as to
make even the most casual aud indifferent
sightseer pause in wonderment, and far the
first time in his li e, perhaps, betray a genu
ine desire to be supplied with, some in
lormation about these relics of tbe ancient
past.
A GEB.MAN TKAVEIiEB'S PIND.
"Some 12 or 14 miles from our camp to
the southeast, close to the edge of the
plateau, lie tbe lauious ruins of Zinbabye,
long-sought lor aud discovered by tbe neli
knowu German traveler, Maucli, and al
luded to and illustrated (upou verbal de
scription from him) by Baines iu his work
entitled 'The Gold Fields of Southeast
Airica.' The general impressiou at the
time when Maucu's discovery was first
made known to the world was that he had a
good deal exaggerated what he had seen,
and had drawn considerably upon his imagi
nation tor many of his facts and figures.
"As a matter of tact, however, hia de
scription oi these marvelous remains is, as
many members ot this expedition are now
able to testily, in the main exact aud cor
rect. REMAINS OF MIGHTT WALLS.
"The ruins themselves lie at the base of a
striking and precipitous granite 'kopje,' In
habited by one of the Mashona tribes, under
a chiet called Moghabi. The first feature to
be noticed on approaching the 'kopje' is the
existence of an outer wall, about lour feet
higb, running, apparently, right round the
entire 'kopje,' but owing to the high grais
and dense junglelike undergrowth, it was
lound impossible to trace this wall more
than half a mile. Next come indications of
a second aud inner wall, which it waslouud
impossible to trace for auy distance for the
same reason.
"Then, amid a perfect labyrinth ot 're
mains ol small circular buildings a mighty
maze, hut not, apparently, without some
plan southwest ot tbe 'kopje' and 300 yards
lrom his base, we find ourselves comronted
with tbe startling and main feature of these
remains namely, a high wall of cir
cular shape, from 30 to 35 feet higb,
lorming a complete hicloaure of
an area 80 yards in diameter.
LAID WITHOUT MOBTAB.
"This wall (about ten feet in thickness at
the base and tapering to about seven feet or
eight leet at the top) is built of small granite
blocks about twice tbe size of an ordinary
brick, beautifully hewn and dressed, laid iu
perfectly even courses and put together
without the use of a single atom of either
mortar or cement. This strange inclosure is
entered on its .eastern side by what at fim
sight appeals to be a mere gap in the wall,
but which closer examination reveals to be
what was once a well-defined, narrow en
trance, as shown clearly by the rounded
off courses.
"Inside the building itself (which is most
difficult to examine thoroughly, owing both
to the dense undergrowth, and presence of
quantities of trees hundreds of years old,
which conceal traces of, seemiogly, a series
of further circular or elliptical walls), and
close to the entrance or outer wall, here 30
feet high, stands a conicjl-shaped tower, or
turret. 35 ftet in height and 18 feet in
diameter at the base, built of the same
granite blocks and consisting of solid
masonry.
APPABENTLT A FOBT.
"Lastly, tbe remaining feature of this
building to be touched upou in this brief
account is that on the southeast front oi the
wall and 20 feet from its base runs a double
zigzag scroll, one-third of the distance
round, composed ol the same sized granite
blocks placed in diagonal positions.
"Oa the 'feopje' and hillside itself, too,
there are numerous traces o; remains of a
similar character, circular buildings wedged
in among boulders of rocks.i walled terraces
at least nine in number; aud, built on the
verv summit, an enormous mass of granite
blocks, toibe used, apparently, as a fort, 'and
which, owing to the complete absence of any
disintegrating lorces in this climate, is in an
almost perfect state of preservation.
"The view obtained from the summit of
the 'kopje' commands a panorama probably
unrivaled in South African, scenery.
NO LIGHT ON ITS HISTOBY.
"What may be the origin, history and in
tention of these curious ruins, and, in par
ticular, of tbe large circular building with
its cone-shaped turret, is, as far as the
-members of the present expedition' are con
cerned, a pertect mystery. Xue nlore-scien-,
THE REAR COLUMN.
tific and learned element is mute in the
presence of these prehistoric remains, and
stands in silent amazement at their magni
tude and solidity. One thing is certain,
however, that the area covered bv the
numerous walH and circular buildings
points clearly to the existence at some time
perhaps 'b'eibre the ages' of a large and
semi-civilized population at a time when
slave labor was procurable to an unlimited
extent.
"From the natives themselye, as is in
varinblv the case with all South African
natives in similar circunistinces, we can
glean no in:ormatlon whatever, respecting
these ancient relics, under whose very
shadow they dwell; nor do they appear to
entertain any superstitious reverence for
them. They found them there, as did their
forefathers, and there their interest in them
aud information begin and end.
QUEEN OP SIIEBA SUGGESTED.
"The Portuguese have sucgested that
these ruins form portions of the remains of
the city and palace of the Queen of Sheba,
'in the land of Ophir." Again, ancient Por
tugnese refer repeatedly to a people in this
part of Southeast Africa whom they found
to be established lonz before their own ar
rival, and whom they represent to he work
ing for gold in the tar interior. To these
people they give the name of Monsco
(Moors). These are questions which only
the skilled antiquary and those versed in
such matters should presume to decide.
"Iri the meantime many of us have been
privileged to set ey.-s upon a spectacle
which, with the exception ot Manch, as far
as we know, no white man has ever hitherto
been fortunate enough to behold. Remains
of a simitar character did exist witiiiiTthe
knowledge of many, but on a far smaller
scale, as far away as T.iti, in Matabeleland.
Numerous photographs, drawings, and
measurements have been obtained, which
will, no doubt, in course of time find tbeir
way home and furnish ample employment
for the archiealogist and ruin huuter for
many a long day to come."
HELD FOB B0ABD BILL.
A Hothor Denied the Possession of Her
Infant by a Missouri Court.
Nevada, Mo., November 1. A highly
dramatic court scene was witnessed here
yesterdav afternoon in the Probate Court
room. Habeas corpus proceedings had been
instituted by Mrs. Delia Jeffries for the
possession of her 2-year-old baby boy, who
was held by a hired nurse for a 5100 board
bill due. The mother had placed the child
in the nurse's hands to be cared for at a
stipulated price per week. She failed to
pay the amount agreed. Meanwhile Mrs.
Harvev, the nurse, became so attached to
the child that she refused to surrender it.
The evidence showing that the mother
was an unfit custodian of the child. Jnuge
Gray ordeied it to be left in Mrs. Harvey's
possession. The mother appeared to be
heartbroken by the decision of the court,
and save voice to her grief by very loud
shrieks. She was with difnculty removed
from the room.
A BETALIATI0N CLAUSE,
A Passage in the New Trench Tariff Hereto
fore Not Generally Known.
PABIS, November i. The new French
tariff bill which is now before the Chamber
oi Deputies contains one striking feature
which has heretofore escaped much notice.
Thisa clause which gives to the President
and the Cabinet full power to retaliate to as
great extent as they choose upon articles ex
ported to France by any country which dis
criminates against French products, or in
any way erects barriers against French
trade. This clause is obviously modeled to
meet the American meat inspection bill and
is intended as the French answer to that
measure.
The general tone of the French press con
tinues hostite to tbe adoption of retaliatory
measures against the United States because
of the latter country's tariff legislation.
Instead of sneaking in favor of retaliation,
the papers urge that mutual concessions be
made by France and the United States.
BIO BATLBOAD SALS.
Reported and Denied Thitt the Bur. Four Has
Bought the C.&E. I.
CHICAGO, November 1. It was reported
with a good deal ot confidence to-day that
the Big Four Railroad has purchased the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois, and that one
of the main objects of the visit of President
Ingalis with a number of the directors of the
Big Four to Chicago, this afternoon, is to
close the deal.
President Sanl, or the Chicago and East
ern Illinois, denied the report, but his de
nial appeared to be diplomatic rather than
a (jowuright denial of the absolute truth of
the statement The report receives a great
deal of credence in fiuancial circles here,
and the sale is admitted on all sides to be
one of the most likely things in the world to
occur.
Df AH) OF THE YOTTHGSTEBS.
A Corporate Society Formed to Help Boys In
Securing Employment.
ALBANY, November 1. A certificate of
incorporation of the Brown Memorial Asso
ciation for the Education of Boys, having its
principal office iu the city of New York, has
just been filed with tbe Secretary of State.
Its objects are to receive, care for aud edu
cate, in connection with the Protestant
Episcopal Church, such orphans and other
boys as may be by their parents orguardians
intrusted to it, and to aid them in obtaining
:such employment as may enable them to se
cure a'lirelihood. v
DMCE OFTHE GHOST,
Weird Orgies That Herald the
Greatest Indian Outbreak
of Recent Times.
ALL THE WEST ALARMED,
The Millennium as Painted bj the
Apostles of the Kew Messiah.
DELAYS OF GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES
And Broken Promises Add to tbe Fantastic
Fervor of the Ked Hen.
EXTEST OF THE JSfiW KELIGIOOS CEAZE
icoRKE8ro:rDEscx or rai dupatch-i
Pine Ridge Indian Agency, S.Dak.,
October 29. The snake danre of the Moqui
Indians, the strange sun dance of the North
ern tribes, the roar dance of the hostiles,
and the peace dance with which some tribes
of red men ratify their treaties, have all
been described iu The Dispatch. The
weird ghost dance with which the Sioux and
Shoshones are now celebrating what they
believe to be the approach of the Indian
millennium has never been described, for
the reason probably that it has never been
witnessed by a white man.
And in the present state of feeling araoag
the powerful bands encamped here and at
Rosebud, as well as further to the west and
north, in Colorado and Montana, it is doubt
ful if any white mau known to have seen a
ghost dance would live to write or talk
much about it. For the verymotive of the
ghost dance is the resurrection of all the
braves who have gone to the Great Spirit
since the white man first set foot oa Americ
an soil and tbe extermination of the whites.
Aud the power to work out this tremendous
consummation is to come from the wonder
lul Messiah, the Red Savior, reported
months ago to have come down from the
happy hunting grounds and lighted on the
top ot fa mountain peak m Southeastern
Montana in thv wild country ou the borders
of the National Park.
WHAT SHE DANCE MEANS.
The zhost dance seems to be intended as a
solemn notification to the Indian dead that
they are now needed on earth to help tha
remnant of their people exterminate the
whites and seize their own again. It is ulsa
a ceremonial we i come, in anticipation ot the
returning braves, and is at the same time a
dirge.
The camp this friendly hai'-breed led his
white companion to spy upou ii in a hollow
sarrnnnded by low bare hills. From summit
to summit across tbe vallev would perhaps
be B mile. The wagons of tbe braves many
of them as farmers and freighters now bays
their horses and wagons are corraled iu the
center of, the valley.
A fringe of lentf skirts the borders of tha
camp, and a score or so of painted tepees
are the louciug places of the irreconcilable
old squaws and bucks, who have never
given in to"progresive" notions, gone to
wearing shirts or workiojr like white peo
ple. The oxen, buils and cows, pigs and
chickens issued to these Indians by the
Government for breediug purposes For in
tbe eye of the law most of them are farmers
have been J riven into the vallev also, and
are lariated or cooped on the outskirts of tba
camp, where they are being killed andeatea
at a rapid rate.
A CANOPY OP SMOKE.
About 300 yards east of the loot of the hill,
on which the spies were seated in a clump of
stunted evergreens, was an opeu space of an
sere in extent, toward wh.ch the squaws
seemed now urgins.Iuow driving, the rest of
the band. Around the outer rim oi this open
space fires were kindled ot wood that seemed
to have been smudged, as there was little or
no flame, only a dull red glow and a pro
luse pale, gray smote, which, rising from
all sides at once, formed a sort of canopy
over the scene. Throughout this cloud by
fits and starts the old squaws could be seen
lormmg the warriors in rows around the
eastern edge of the expanse, with the
younger bucks and squaws in rows behind
them. The warriors in the tront row were
kneeling, the squaws behind tbem sitting
and tbe younger bucks standing behind
them.
Then the old squaws retired to the western
edge of me open ground, where they were
screened from observation by the brush, and
remained outof sight for atout ten minutes.
Daring this time the picture was wild and
impressive iu an unusual degree. Seen by
the smouldering light of the fires built iu a
long oval about 40 f-;et in front "f the line,
the warriors, with their women and children
behind them, knelt, or sat and stood in
absolute silence. They were all waiting
just what :or, the half-breed on the hill
didn't know. When a nre would burn np
too bright and illumimte too clearly tbe
solemn groups near it a squaw would go and
pull tbe ingots away from the coals and sub
due the flames.
CHANT OP THE OLD SQUAVfS.
"When the old squaws returned they
joined hands and knelt down in tne center
of the open. They began chanting what
sounded at first like a death sod,;, bat now
and agiiu swelled into savagelv triumphant
yells. Tbe smoke only parted at intervals
and while thejehant was going on, but while
the strange scene was shut from view the
warriors advanced from the ranks and,
joining hands in a large circle aronnd the
old squaws, began the ghost dance. Tbeir
chant was-less shrill than that started by
tbe squaws and was not so plainly heard. A
-portion of it seemed lamentation for their
dead; then came tbe invitation to the dead
to arise and come help tbeir brethren exter
minate the white mau.
The squaws had not been observed ta
leave the circle they had formed, but as tba
warriors' chant swelled into what the half
breed said was the invocation to the de
parted Sioux to come back to earth the old
hags, one by one, stole like shadows under
the linked arms of the braves, each with a
burning stick in her shriveled hand, tbe
light lrom which fell with gray ghastlinesi
ou her painted face. This light for the tint
time made visible to the watchers the faces
of the braves themselves, and it was now
seen that they were in full war paint.
ALL IX FULL WAB PAINT.
The old women passed through the circle
like a procession ot spectres, each carrying a
taper of grave wax to light her uu accus
tomed feet over tbe rough surface of tba
valley. At all events that was what their
wild performance looked like lrom the hill
top, and before tbe procession had mora
than half passed through the circle tha
smoke grew so thick and the clouds above
the valley so dense that the hill-breed spy
declared the immediate necessity of a return
to the af ency. Enough had been seau ot
the ghost dance, which hid then barely be
gun, for report says it lasts well into tha
morning, and Indeed until everybody con
nected with it is exhausted, to bring out
clearly at least one significant fact. And
that was that the. bucks had war paint oa
their facet.
There is talk here that the Mormons art
encouraging tbe Colorada, Montana, TStaa
and Idaho Indians to loos: forward ta tha
extermination of the soldiers, agents and all
white men in authority except the Mor
moni when the Bed Savior mbs. Xut
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