' r - - f UAMTC Inserted In THE DI3 VVrtIN 1 O PATCn reach Every body. It Is the Best Advertising Medlnm for Employer and Employed, as It Circulates Everywhere. FORTY-SIX.TH TEAB. i K, OF L The Order Will Enter Politics, in This State as Bepuh lican Allies IX THE COMING CONTEST. General lecturer "Wright Promises, a Sensational Report on State Legislation. REASONS TOR THE PRESENT MOVE. Seme Inside Facts on the Prevailing Hovr in the Hanks of the Pennsylvania Farmers' Alliance. EE31AEKABLE GLWrH OF THE ORDER, In Ifcls State, "ffh-rrtir It lias Innfatd Its Mem. taship ina Shsrt Time to an Ajwre- pale of Inllj W,(XWl TiiB'AUUXCE IS l. AX AGGEESSnE MOOD TVF-CI L TTLFfilt til TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, .Tnly 12. James X. Wright, the well-known general lecturer of the Knights of Labor, and the organizer of the original Local Aeinbly No. 1, who has jnt returned from the Rochester conspir jcv trials, is brimful of news relating to the order, that is of more than ordinary lnter.t. The Knights, it appear, are tak.-'g 1 politie.il stand of considerable im rt.mc and this week they w ill issue a mmphlet addressed to the. workingmen of the State thai will cause a sensation In labor and political circles, indicating, as it does, a change of base in the organization, practically committing it to the future support of the Republican party. "The desire of the Knights of Labor to trei certain laws parsed in tills State," Mr. VI right paid to-day, "induced us to support aisdidatcs pledged to ballot reform in the !it campaign. We therefore supported t'attison and Black and those candidates f r the Legislature who were pledged for it. it was. however, the Republicans at Har r Jiarg who gave us the Constitutional t'invet.tion that will be voted on this tall. A Sensational Report Promised. "On this account a report of our commit tee will be issued in pamphlet form to the public, showing how each Representative and Senator has voted on all labor and cor poration bills. It is a report that willc.me -reat sensaiRu. ' ' "Docs it commit the Knights of Labor to the Republican party?" he was asked. "I am not prepared to nnsw er that ques tion just at this time. T will say that the report will show the working people of this S;ate just who their friends are. Watch for that report, and draw your own conclusions. Tre Knights of Labor are stronger now than ever before, because the organization is a more intelligent one than it has ever been. It has a steady, healthful growth, and if it is not htronger, numerically speak mi. than it was ever before, it is much iinire powerful, owing to the more intelli-ee-it and steady character of its member ship." "Is it a political organization?" "Yes, in every sense of the word it is a political organization; but it is non-parti-Kin.' Rpvnnd his pretty plain intimation of the rii&Tcclcr of the future politics of the order, Mr. Wright would h.ij nothing more of the sensational pamphlet to be issued. An Answer Pull of Meaning. "You can draw your own conclusions from what I have said of the report as to our p-esnt and future political sentiments," was his rather evasive answer to direct ques w concerning the details of the forfheom inc pronunciamento, which he did not think proper to discuss fully in advance of its official Issue. A dispatch from Hrrrisburg says: IT. C. Intnming. State Secretary of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, has the fol lowing to ny concerning the trouble in the Alliance in Somerset county: "Early last j ear, at my instance, Ti If. Werner was commissioned organizer for Somerset aud seteral other counties. He accepted the commission, acknowledging the receipt of a letter cautioning him to admit none but eligible persons, and went towoik. He reported regularly two organizations ouly for Somerset county. After the organization of tho State Alliance last Novemb:r, because Werner failed of election as State Secretary, lie went home to wreak out revenue on the Alliance. "His commission as organizer expired early in December, but notwithstanding he continued on orenniziug, took the money of the farmers, m?dt no report of the organi zations to the State Allinucc and Industrial Union, and appropriated to his own use the funds he (diould have forwarded here for charters. This went on uninterruptedly f.ir sonic time, until the members of the new organizations found they were not recognized by the great Tanners' Alliance of this country, when they began writing aud making inquiry. All Joining the. Alliance. "The result is that 12of these organizations have made application to and been ad mitted into the Farmers' Alliance aud In dustrial Union from Somerset county alone, and others will undoubtedly come as soon as they learn how they have been deceived. Messrs. Potts and Werner have striven to keep the organizations started by them in their keepiug by pretending to start a new J'armtrs" Alliance, but thus far the results M-eru to have been disastrous. Hence these communications to the papers referred to. "The Farmers' Alliance and Industrial "Tnion has had a remarkable growth in i'cnusylvania during the past year un- quailed by any other farmer organization at any time, and its prospects of continued i rowth, and even more rapidly than before, ere never brighter than just now. We no t . 'ily had very many more thanW.OOO members l ;st March, but by the first of next Novem ber we will have a following of over 60,000 ! as unpurclinsablc an clcrocat as exists on the face of the earth; for country peopl e, though they arc willing to listen to reason, SURPRISE - -. and generally want to do right, cannot be purchased like 'sheep in the shambles' by partisan workers." CAMPBELL'S ALL RIGHT. JIE DESIRES VINDICATION AS MTJCII AS THE GOVERNORSHIP. He Will Be Nominated Beyond a Doaht, and ir Not Elected Governor Stands Well for Hlcher Honor In 1893 A Wa terloo for the Payne-McLean Gang. tSPECTAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCn.! Columbus, July 12. The overwhelming defeat of the anti-Campbell faction in the. Democratic ranks in Ohio is the principal subject of gossip in political circles. A Dis patch representative to-night asked a prominent Franklin County Democrat, who is posted on the situation, what the outcome would be. "Outcome? "Why' man, the outcomcis Campbell will have 355 out of the 700 votes and the so-called and bogus Neal delega tions irom uiarK, 1'iKc ana some oiuer f Attn tine sn-lll t nirnliarl nut lianfllnnf counties will be pitched out headlong. "What about Hamilton county1" "If she behaves and isn't sassy her 59 votes may come in; but If she cheeps not a soul of them will be admitted. "How will all this affect the campaign?" was asked. "Well, I'll tell you. The campaign is over. For two months it has been a war to see which faction should win. The Camp bell boys won it, and will have the conven tion ticket, State committees and all the party machinery in their hands. They will henceforth control the party in Ohio and fix the convention next spring to send delegates to the National Convention, at the head of whom will be Governor Campbell, aud not an anti-Campbell man wil get on unless in the first two districts. Governor Campbell wanted a indication in a renomination much more than he desired a re-election. He knows Ohio is a Republican State and the chances for a re-election slim. Still he would take his chances. He's now at the head of the party in Ohio, and if a Demo cratic President comes in, he will control all the patronage of this State and no doubt go in the Cabinet He don't mind defeat for the Governorship by the people, as Ohio being a Republican State defeat would not hurt him. Major McKinley is his personal friend and their tussle willbe a manly, decent one. Now, if elected Gov ernor, Mr. Campbell will be his party's nominee lor President; if de feated for re-election he's not hurt, but in line for a Cabinet place, and has the partv machine in his own hands. Larry Neal is deader than a mackerel; the Cuya hoga gang too dead to skin; the Cincinnati crowd the laughing stock of the country." "Will there be any bolting or kicking," was asked. "What if there is? who cares? The Gov ernor is vindicated. He's got the party ma chinery in his hands. The partv in the country is at his back, and outside of Ohio the entire Democracy is for him against his spiteful Buckeye enemies. But Mr. Campbell may yet show these fellows he knows a thing or two. He'll be heard from, whatever may be the result of the Ohio election next No vember, and he will be in the saddle when the iellows who opposed him come up to the trough in future to ask for political pap. In other words, he drives the Ohio Democratic wagon, and if any Democrats want a ride they had better jump on soon. Yes, it wa3 a Waterloo for the Payne-McLean gang, and its effects will be grandly felt all over the land in brighter hopes of the honest Democracy for cleaner and hon ester methods." KENTUCKY IN DANGER. REPUBLICANS AND THE ALLIANCE ARE 3J.AK.rNG A HOT FIGHT. Senator Carlisle Telegraphed for to Come at Once The Next Legislature Will Be Controlled liy the Combine Democrats Greatly Alarmed at the Prospect. Cincinnati, July 12. The Kentucky election is barely three weeks off and the campaign is waxing hot. It has not been so far a pyrotechnical campaign, but in other respects it has been the most thorough made for years. It has been an educational cam paign, with the Alliance and Republican parties as the aggressors. The fight has been mainly on the adoptiou of the new con stitution. It was at first opposed by all the Democratic party leaders, but about three weeks ago it became manliest that this opposition w as costing the party thousands of votes, and it was stopped. But unfortunately tor the party, its op position to the constitution had arraignedyt on the side of the monopolists, every one of whom had fought the constitution, and gave the Alliance a magnificent op portunity, which it seized and worked to the utmost. Its missionaries have been in every community, and its State ticket, an influential one from the start, has grown so rapidly that there is alarm in the ranks of the Democracy, and frantic appeals arc being made for aid in all the river and agricultural counties. The situation is really one of danger and Senator Carlisle will be telegraphed to come at once. The Alliance has county tickets in fullv half the counties oi the State. In many they are working with the Republicans. The latter are waging a particularly sharp fight with a first-class ticket, and the Alliance has not cut into their vote to any appre ciable extent. In counties like Kenton and Campbell, where there are thousands of mill and factory men, they have formed alliances with these classes and the two are working in harmony. Within 24 hours files of old papers contain ing speeches made by the Democratic candidate for Governor during the war, in which he advised the shooting of Union men on the spot have been tound, and his words hat e been sent broadcast with telling effect. Republican and Alliance sneakers of wide reputation will be rushed into the State this week 3nd the contest waged with inten sity until election day, when Kentucky and the Nation will be surprised. The Legislature will be controlled by Alli ance and Republican members, and if the Democrats elect their State ticket it will be by the skin of the teeth. HE IS TALKING FOR DALZELL. Slajor Candless Askk Republican Clubs to Instruct for tho Congressman. rsrXCIAt, TELEGUAM TO TUE DISPATCH.! Bi:ocicwawilli:, July 12. Major A E. McCandless, a prominent politician and ex Sheriff of Allegheny county, was in town jesterday. He is making a tour of this section in the interest of Congressman John Dalzell, of Pittsburg, who is after the Presidency of the Republican State League. Mr. Mc Candless wants the Republican clubs from this section to instruct their delegates for Dalzell. FIGHT OVER A JUDGESHIP. Longenecker's Enemies Still Active In Their Opposition to Him. rSPECIAt. TFLEOnAM TO THE DISPATCH.) SOMEliSirr, July 12. The choice for Pres ident Judge in this district is the one polit ical topic here. The Republicans in Bed ford county who supported Alexander King for the nomination, against Mr. Longcneckcr, are still nursing their chagrin over the defeat of their favorite, and have SM declared their intention to maintain their opposition should Mr. Lougenecker receive the district nomination. The continued silence of the Bedford papers substantiates this view, and is a reasonable indication that Mr. LongenecKer is preparing to make the best possible fight in the conference. If the validity of Somerset's claim can be kept from the knowledge of the people in Bedford county, and a knowledge of the division of sentiment in Bedford county withheld from the people of Somerset coun ty, an important point in favor of Mr. Lungenecker will have been gained. The Democrats are resting on their oars, view ing with considerable gratification the fac tional strife in Bedford county. It is learned from a reliable source that the Democratic nomination will be given to Hon. W. J. Baer, the present Judge. A BURST OUT FUSE. THAT IS WHAT SENATOR PEFFER CALLED EX-SENATOR INGALLS. He Says There Is No Worse Old Reprobate in Kansas Than Ex-Congressman Per kins Strong Language Used at the Wheeling Sleeting. Wheeling, July 12. In his speech at the Stat Farmers' Alliance at Moundsville yesterday Senator Peffer, ot Kansas, paid his respects to ex-Congressman Perkins, of that State, at the beginning of his remarks. Following is the remarkable language: "Before I begin my address this morning I want to read an extract from a Washing ton dispatch to the morning papers in which it Eays that ex-Congressman W. B. Perkins, of Kansas, is in the city, and speaking of the situation in his State remarked that the success of the Farmers' Alliance was the greatest curse that ever befell the State: " 'When we were afflicted with the grass- Jioppers, the drouth and all those plagues, we had the sympathy of the people at large, but since we have indorsed tne Alliance ty electing its men to Congress, the public has lost confidence in us as a State. In all the State, save in a few cities in the mining belt, there is not a nail being driven or a shingle being put on.' "That's what ex-Congressman Perkins, of Kansas, says, and I know Mr. Perkins, and there is not a worse old reprobate in the whole State than he is. If it be true as he says, which it is not, that there is not a nail being driven or a shingle being put on, it is because the people are too busy screw ing screws in the coffins of the two old pollticalparties. "Yes, I know Perkins well, aud I know that lie never earned a cent in his life, except what he got out of public offices. What I 6ay, I want to stay said. We are not here for fun, and I will never allow anyone to blacken with slander the State which I have adopted as my home. Kansas has led in all the great reforms of this country. She was the first to pass resolu tions against slavery, she was the first to act on the liquor traffic, and she was the first to listen to the wonts of the suffering farmers, and now to the question. "No man ought to be protected because he is a laborer. All we want is the right to be left to our freedom and the right to govern ourselves. The sturdy virtue and integrity' of our forefathers has been lost sight of. and we are slaves and serfs to the favored rich. We are like a man who is sick, and he sends for doctors, and each has a dif ferent diagnosis of the case. One thinks he ought to be blistered. Why, bless your sonl, that's what's the matter now; we are bled too much already." Peffer characterized ex-Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, as a "burnt out fuse, an emptyJ cartridge, an exploded shell. TO FIGHT THE ALLIANCE. Kansas Democratic Editors Sound a Noto of Warning to Their Party Friends. rSPZCIAL TEI.EGBAM TO THE DISPATCH.! TorEKA, Kan., July 12. Before the Democratic editors of the State concluded their meeting this morning they had taken steps to rejuvenate the party. Not content with the announcement that in the future the Democratic party must act Independently of the Alliance, a committee of seven was appointed to prepare an address to the people of the State and the Democrats ofi the country, warning them against the Peo ple's party and advising Democratic organi zations all over the country to fight the Al liance while in its infancy. This address will be read at a banquet which has been provided for in this city Jul- 27. Prominent Democrats all over the West will be invited to attend, and in the meanwhile the Democratic papers of the State will bei;in the work of building up tho party and calling Democrats back from the Alliance party. LAB0E MEN TO MEET. A Convention to Select Delegates to tho Coming Constitutional Convention. rSPECt VL TELEORAM TO THK DISPATCH.! Haerisbtjbg, July 12. The labor organ izations of this county, co-operating with the Central Labor Union, of this city, have decided to hold a convention in this city on July 5, to place two candidates in nomina tion for delegates to the Constitutional Con vention under th&Robinson act. All other labor organizations, Granges and Farmers' Alliances in Dauphin county have been invited to send representatives to the convention. NAPHTHA LAUNCH EXPLOSION. Several Persons Including a Diamond Mer chant Drow ned at New York. NewYoiik:, July 12. William Vooth and M. Shchan took a yachting party out frdm Thirty-sixth street, Brooklyn, this morning for Long Beach. The boat was a cabin sloop. On the return trip they saw a man clinging to Red Bell buoy eight in the swash channel. They cleared away their small boat to start to" the rescue. The small boat was stove against the yacht. Thev got the second boat away, got over to the bell buoy and took the man on: He was Captain James Whitc.of East Rock away. He told them that he had gone out in a naptna launcn wnicu nad been chart ered by a retired diamond merchant living in Brooklyn whose name he had forgotten. The diamond merchant had two friends with him. About 1:45 p. M. the boiler of the naphtha launch had exploded, sinking the boat and throwing all hands overboard. All the passengers .were drowned. Captain White swam to the bell buoy, which? he says, was four miles away. Captain White was burned from head to foot and his flesh was raw. It was C-30 o'clock when he was taken off His rescuers took him ashore in the small boat. He says he overheard one of his passengers say on the launch "to-morrow will bo the happiest day of my life." The youngman was to marry the diamond merchant's daughter to-day. DESIGNER BURGESS DEAD. The Architect of Many Famous Tachts Suc cumbs to Typhoid Feer. Boston, July 12. Edward Burgess, tho celebrated yacht designer, died from typhoid fever about 4 o'clock this afternoon at his residence in this city. He was born at West Sandwich, June 30, 1848. Ho graduated from Harvard in 1871, and in 1888 the college conferred upon him the degree of A. M. He was Instructor in entomology at Harvard for sonw years, his increasing business in yacht designing compelling him finally to resign that position. For 15 years he was Secretary of the Society of Natural History of Boston. Ho leaves a wife and two sons. Mr. Burgess has been ill sincV the last of May, but his death was unexxdctcd. Bm$mm PITTSBURG, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1891. AN AWFUL COLLISION On a Western Railroad in Which Eight People Are Killed and MANY OTHERS EATALLY INJURED. Imprisoned Passengers Scalded to Death by Escaping Steam. HUMAN GHOULS ROB DEAD AND DTING C6rECIAI. TELEGUAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Aspen, Col., July 12. The most ap palling railroad accident that ever occurred west of the Mississippi river occurred at Aspen Junction, 18 miles below this city, this morning, resulting in the death of eight people and seriously injuring a num ber of others. Aspen Junction is on the main line of the Colorado Midland railway. As an excursion from Glenwood Springs was returning from the water tank on the main line to make the "Y" for Aspen, an engine from the round house collided with ithe rear car, the collision causing, the dis location of the check valve and the derail ing of the coach, both doors of which were locked, preventing egress or ingress. The boiler of the engine was forced through the rear of the coach, into which the steam escaped, scalding the bodies and filling the lungs of the im prisoned passengers, who In - their agony beat their hands and heads against the thick plate glass windows in their mad endeavor to escape. The coach caught fire Only Thirty People Aboard. There were only about 30 people on the car, owing to the fact that Sells Bros.' circus exhibited at Aspen last night, and the usual rush of excursionists to the Springs on what is known as "the Satur day night laundry train" fell off from 300 to 30, otherwise this disaster would have eclipsed those of Ashtabula and Ravenna. To add to the horror, after the people of the place commenced to pull the impris oned, dead and wounded victims from the burning coaches and lay their bodies on the side of the hill, tramps commenced to rob both the dead, the dying and the wounded. This was not noticed for some time, as all the available force, except the ghouls, wero eDgaged in fighting the flames and rescuing the sufferers Irom the wreck. Three hands, that had been completely scalded oft of the unfortunates in the car, were found in the debris after the fire was put out. The bodies of the two men who lost thera wero burned beyond recognition. List of the Killed. In addition to these the killed are: Miss Annie Phelan, of Cardiff, Col., aged about 18 years; Frank Ellis, of Aspen; a child of Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Aspen; Mrs. Ellis, of Aspen; A. B. Rogers, of Woody, CoL; Mrs. Mary Rogers, wife of the former, both lately from Pratt, Kan.; Mrs. W. Wil loughby, wife of the Assessor of Garfield county, Cob, whose husband resides at Glenwood Springs; Mrs. John G. Baldwin, of Glenwood Springs. The wounded who are still alive, but for whose recovery no hopes are entertained, are: 3lr. and Mrs. Joe Leonard, Thomas O'Donnell, Mary Ann O'Donnell, Frank Leach, all of Aspen. Nearly all ot the rest of the passengers were more or less wounded or scalded, and it is thought that the steam has so affected the lungs of many of those who were not badly scalded that they, too, will die. Shcpard, ""the engineer of the ill-fated train, who saw the engine come out of the roundhouse, it is alleged, was drunk at tho time. He has since disappeared, and all trace of him has been lost. One of the waiters in the railroad restaurant at Aspen Junction was Arrested for Robbing the Dead. A gold watch and a buckskin wallet con taining S120 belonging to A. B. Rogers were found upon the waiter's person. TJiero is strong talk of lynching him, and a guard, under Sheriff Calvin, of this place, has been sent to bring him here for safekeeping. It is claimed that two tramps, who had been circus followers, busied themselves robbing the dead and wounded after they were re moved from the car to the greensward on the side of the hill. The accident occurred about midnight, but nothing was known of it outside ot the immediate vicinity of the junction until a train was sent to Aspen for physioians at 1:30 o'clock this morning. Every physi cian in the city was summoned, and every care and attention that could be given to relieve the sufferers was rendered. The appearance of the dead and dying was heart rending. The flesh hung in shreds to the the faces and hands of many, and it was sometime before they could be identified by even their nearest relatives. ASSOCIATES OF CHRIST. Tho One-Time Famous Christadelpliian Re ligious Society Revived Again. fEPECIAI, TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! New York, July 12. Two weeks ago the Christadelphian Ecclesia was revived in this city. The members call themselves Brothers and Associates of Christ, and de clare that the millennium will begin in tho present decade. This morning, in a small iodgo room, a dozen men and women gath ered to hear C. C. Vrcdenburgh's discourse upon the "Heavenly State of the World During the Millennium." The brethren took turns behind the little altar io show to their own satisfaction that the faith of Christendom is tending to destroy the faith set forth in the oracles of Deity. They deny the orthodox heaven beyond the skies, as well as the popular hell. "The sinner's soul is annihiliated. Thev be lieve heaven to be on earth and to "be re vealed during the 1,000 years in which Christ is to rule the world from David's throne. At the end of the period Christ will surrender His supremacy and become subject to Deity. Then sin and death will be abolished. The Christadelphians are sparsely scattered throughout the United States, Canada and England. Small col onies have existed in Jersey City and Brooklyn. The re-establishment of tho church in this city abolishes the Jersey City church and absorbs some of the Brook lyn members. BLAINE RECOVERING SLOWLY, So the President Judges by Daily Reports From Bar Harbor. fSPECIAt. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Cape May Point, July 12. Colonel William B. Shaw has had a talk with Presi dent Harrison, and says: "I spoke to the President about Secretary Blaine, and he told me that he was in such close communi cation with him as to receive a letter nearly every day. Mrs. Blaine informed him that his Secretary of State is not yet in any con dition to resume his official position. He will, in all probability, be incapacitated from more than partial duty for the next four months. In tne meantime, the President has taken up all the international affairs that Mr. Blame unfortunately was unable to dispose of, and Is carrying them on with the assistance of such others as he may need." SUNDAY AT CAMP MAL0NEY. Fully Ten Thousand Visitors Call on tho Veterans Throughout the Day. fprECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l WiLLlAMSroitx, Pa., July 12. Sunday proved an auspicious day for the veterans at Camp Moloney, where the State Depart- ment G. A. R. is holding its annual en campment. The' day was one Of perfect weather, and was signalized by. the presence of almost half, the entire"adult population of Wiftiamsport. At beautiful Vallamount, -her$ihe survivors of the war have pitched their ttnts, fully 10,000 people visited the camp to-day. At; JO o'clock Department Chaplain Rev. JohnoW. Sayers, of Reading, delivered the sermon'in the grove north of Prospect Terrace, adjoining the camp. His audience numbered a thousand. A concert inthq afternoon and evening by the Flsk Military Band and dress parade at G:30 constituted the remainder of the exercises. There'are about 000 veterans in camp, and it is expected that the number will reach 1,000 before the camp breaks. There is much disappointment felt on this score, as from 3,000 to 5,000 were expected. The small number of veterans In attendance is attributed to the approaching National G. A., R,j Encampment at Detroit and the presence of many Philadelphia G. A R. men, at Gettysburg. BOYCOTTING A PREACHER. IT ALL AROSE OVER THE RINGING OF THE BELT. ON THE FOURTH. i Tho Barber Won't Shave nim and the "t'oufg Lady Members or His Congrega tion Say They Won't Help Any Moro at Entertainments. Birmingham, Conn., July 12. Hunt ington Center is still greatly agitated over the action of the sexton and the warden of St Paul's Episcopal Church in having Olin P. Shelton arrested for ringing the church bell on the Fourth of July. The excite ment has stirred the entire village far be yond anything that was anticipated, and the sexton and his ecclesiastical backers are. subjects of much ridicule. Theodore E. Beard is the warden who ap peared as complainant against Shelton. On the side of Shelton, however, are all the patriotic citizens of the Center, all the ma trons and all the girls, beside the boys of his cliq.ie. ThismorniDg the.first outburst of the feel ing that had long been working below the surface was seen in the form of a notice from the proprietors of Wheeler's Hall, the thea ter of the little hamlet. The warden was informed thereby that St. Paul's Episoopal Church could never again use the hall for any purpose whatsoever, unless the charges were withdrawn. The hall has always been rented.to the church at 23 per cent discount, but Sidney Laborie has his New England patriotism way up. The next hot shot came from the fair damsels of the vicinity. Of course, all of Shelton's friends have sweethearts, and it so happened that all these young women were active workers in St. Paul's Church. They were boiling with rage when they heard of the arrestof Shelton, and notified the pastor that they would never help one jot nor tittle in any church entertainment until the charges were withdrawn. Then came the village barber, Ephraim Laborie, and weut direct to the church war den and to the sexton, Seth W. Linsley, and told them both that never would he shave either nof should they enter the shop until both men withdrew their counts against Shelton. These are only a few Instances of the- feeling against :'io two men. Beard' has, withdrawn from the case in consequence, but Linsley still holds out, and says he will fight it out on this line if it takes all sum mer. The grand juryman, L. A B. Hub bard, who made out the papers for the arrest of Shelton, has been strongly censured for he is a Grand Army man. Shelton) is out on bail and his case will nnilmo lin until nevfc Frirliis. lTohflq re ceived many congratulatory telegrams and oners ot help irom lawyers. OPIUM SMUGGLER CAPTURED. Officials Think They Hato Stopped the Operations of a Big Gang. Chicago, July 12. An opium capture was effected last night to which the police and United States officials attach great im portance. Special Agent J. J. Crowley has had a suspicion that opium was being smug gled into the city and sold to the Chinese laundries. Last night he caused the arrest of John Reynolds while the latter was in the act of receiving a chest from tho Union depot containing 260 pounds of opium, valued at S20 a pound. Reynolds claimed to be a carpenter, and the chest containing the drug appeared to be a chest of carpenter tools. In the top of the chest were a few tools, but the release of a false bottom disclosed the opium. The Erisoner is about 35 years old and says e has been in the city but two davs. The officers think, inasmuch as the chest came from the West, that he is acting in conjunction with a regularly or ganized gang on the Pacific slope and has been doing a large business in the city. Hnd not the capture taken place last night it is thought that Reynolds would have disposed of the entire quantity before this morning at a handsome profit. The Government officials think the arrest will break up the entire gang. THE RAVENNA DISASTER. A Report Filed that Finds tho Train nands Guilty of Gross Negligence. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l Columbus, July 12. Inspector of Bridges and Tracks M. J. Mclnara, in charge of tho investigation of the charge of the acci dent at Ravenna July 3, by w hich 19 per sons were killed and 12 injured, has sub mitted his report to Railroad Commissioner Norton. He finds that the evidence has shown clearly that the conductor, engineer and brakeman of train 82 are guilty of gross negligence for not having their train under control when approaching Ravenna, know ing, as they did, that train No. 18 was not more than five minutes at most ahead of them, and that it had a right to stop three minutes before sending out a flagman. They let their train run at a reckless rate of speed close on to train No. 8, loaded with passengers. The Inspector also finds that Fred Boyn ton, flagman on train No. 8, was negligent in his duty for not dropping off a lighted fuse on the track as a warning to train 82 when he saw it coming. AWFUL MOTOR EXPLOSION. Ono Man Fatally Injured and Several Wounded Near Whitehall. About 11:30 o'clock last night a report was received at the Twenty-eighth ward po lice station that a motor on one of the Suburban Rapid Transit Company's cars had exploded at a point near Whitehall, about five miles beyond the city line, fatally in juring one man, breaking the legs of three women and seriously injuring several other passengers. It was Etatcd that the car took fire and was almost totally consumed, and that the injured persons had been taken to the house of John Phillips, Sr., near Whitehall. BURNED TO DEATH. A Scventcen-Year-Old Boy Perishes in a Fire at Strange Creek. rsrrCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.l WHEELING, July 12. Reports have iustlieen rcceived.from Strange Creek, W. Vu., of the burniug of a house at that place, In whichTaylor Giyeu, a.young man aged 17 yearswas burned to dea'th, , mfwXtxi K TMMY'S DEFENSE. Stead Startles London With a Plea for the Prince of Wales. THE ROYAL GAMBLER EXPLAINS Some TJgly Points of That Game of Baccarat at Tranoy Croft. NOT IN DEBT, BUT A MUCn-ABUSED MAN London, July 12. Since the baccarat case closed with "the branding of Sir William Gordon-Cumming as a cheat, the British public has been expecting some sort of of ficial defense of the Prince of Wales, but until to-day nothing more than a lame ex planation in Parliament of a minor point in the aflair by an under secretary of the War Department ha3 been forthcoming. It has been left to Editor Stead, of the PaU ITdU Qazctte and "Personal Purity" fame, of all person in the world, to come to the rescue of the heir apparent. In the July number of the Re view of Sevitva, Mr. Stead makes an elabo rate apology for the Prince of Wales, and the article has created a prodigious sensa tion here, especially since the unkind hooting and gibes with which the crowds greeted Prince Albert Edward when he ac companied the Emperor of Germany through the city lias revived unpleasant memories of the enrious scenes at Tranby Croft. The article would not have made such a stir if it were not given out that Mr. Stead submittedit to Sir Francis Knollys, the Prince's private secretary, and obtained his indorsement thereof. It is rightly con cluded that it may be considered astatement of Tho Princo of Wales' Case, and in shprt a supplementary defense. Tho general purport of the article is that the Prince has really no public duties worth sneakincr of. as anv attenmt on his Dart to do any public service of a semi-political I. cuarncier is at once nippea in iub uuu uy the Government, which persists in regard ing the Prince's position as purely orna mental. In substance the article in the Review of Jierieics states: First, that Mrs. Wilson was in error when she said in court that her husband objected to baccarat being played at Tranby Croft. It seems that he only objected to piay for high Makes; that in this respect his wishes were respected by tne frince. Secondly, that the Prince felt more keen ly than anybody else the singular omission by counsel to ask him, when in the witness box, as every other witness was asked, whether he was the person who blabbed. The Prince would have only been too glad to have a chance to say he was not the per son who revealed the secret either to a lady or to anybody. The Chips Accounted For. Thirdly, that in taking counters to Tranby Croft with him the Prince only car ried them as convenient substitutes for gold or banknotes. Fourthly, that the Prince is not water logged with debts, but that he could to morrow pay every farthing which he owes. Fifthly, that Sandringhum is not mort gaged to Baron Hirsch, nor has the Prince ever appealed to his mother for funds; neither is there any necessity for"3iis applying to Parliament for a grant Bo such grant has ever been thought of, Mr. Stead says, simply because the Prince of Wales is not in debt. From thedefense of the Prince of Wales against specific alle gations, the article proceeds to put in a plea for His Royal Highness generally. If he has any vice or weakness it is because he has been bored into it. He has often wished, we are told, to find relief in poli tics from the sentry-go of exhibition open ings, hospital foundation layings, etc. From time to time the Prince has struggled against the soul-leadening routine of nis royal ex istence, but whenever he ventured on making a way for himself he was politely but firmly thrust back. Tammy Tired of Idleness. His visit to India was the one welcome break in his daily round. His appointment as one of the Royal Commissioners on the Housing of the Poor was another. How on earth Her Majesty's Ministers ever mustered up courage sufficient to permit the heir ap parent to touch, be it only with so much as one of his finger tips, the responsible duties and burdens of citizenship, remains to this day a mystery. Gladstone was then Prime Minister, which may account for it. It deserves to be noted as a welcome and bold innovation, which, if it had been followed up.might have redeemed everything. Unfortunately, it was not fol lowed up. The Prince attended all the sit tings, went a "slumming" in the East End, invited the Commissioners to Sandringham in short, did his first maiden commission excellently well; but never again was he permitted to share in anything serious; It is an open secret that the Prince was very auxious to serve on the Labor Com mission. Albert Edward's Two Lives. After offering various suggestions as to the manner in which the Government might make the Prince a better and more useful man by setting him to work, Mr; Stead closes liis article with the following words: "The Prince of Wales at Sandringham is a different man to the Prince at Marlborough House. In his country place, in the bosom nf his fnmilv. surrounded bv those to whom he stands in" neighborly relations and over whom he has the responsibility of his posi tion, his life is altogether different from that which he leads in town. At Sandring ham he is free and at the same time more conscious of his responsibility. Therefore he is less frivolous and more domesticated. As a landlord, those who have visited Sand ringham are loud in his praise. The cot tages on his estate have excited the admir ine remarks- of the most radical of the Royal Commissioners on the Housing of the Poor, when they visited the Prince. "The popular idea of the Prince as a man of pleasure has obscured the less generally known side of his character, which is re vealed when he is in his family circle. As Husband, Father and Brother. "His worst enemies will admit that the Prince's greatest tailing arises from his too great kindness of heart. However far short of the ideal standard he may fall in some re spects, he is in others quite a devoted family mau. His brothers and sisters ar most affec tionately attached to him. His tenderness to his wife during her illness, his con stant attention to her wants, the pains which he takes to keep her informed of all that is likely to amuse her, the Interest which he always takes in the welfare of his children these are all strangely at variance with the popular conception which has gone abroad. The Prince and Princess have more tastes in common than most people imagine. No w ife could be more indignant at the injustice with which her husband has been assailed during the last few days than the Princess of Wales. People greatly err if they think that in running down the Prince they are in any way avenging the wrongs of the Princess. She is somewhat like her sister, the Czarina. There is not in her the stuff of an Elizabeth or a Victoria, but perhaps on that very account they live on much more harmonious and affectionate terms than they might have done had she been otherwise"" ' TEN'MILLION TONS OF TIMBER In an English Dam, Two Hundred and Fifty Feet Wide, Give Way. JjIvtcrfooi., July 12. At high tide in the 1 Mersey to-day a temporary dam, 250 feet 4 wide, consisting of 10,000,000 tons of timber and masonry, collapsed. The debris blocked the Shropshire Union Canal and the East ham section ship. The latter will be swamped at the next flood tide unless the barrier is re-erected. Immense gangs have been put to work to restore the dam. THE REVOLUTION STATIONARY. Chilean Rebel Forces Disorganized and Weakened by Famine. London, July 12. An official' dispatch from Santiago, Chile, says: The revolution is stationary. Famine prevails at Tarapaca and Antafogasta. There is no discipline among the rebel forces. Balmaceda, at the cost of the State, has sent all political pris oners on board the steamer Bolivia bound for Iquique, where they will be at liberty to act as they please. A plot has been discovered to destroy the government squadron at Valparaiso. " All the conspirators have been seized, excepting one, who hanged himself. A reconnoiter ing forco from Coquimbo has temporarily occupied Huasco and Vallcnar, where food is scarce. Complete order prevails. THE MEXICAN BUDGET. An Excursion Party of Merchants Coming to the United States. Crrr of Mexico, July 12. The British Minister, Sir Spencer St. John, last night gave a banquet and soiree, which was at tended by President Diaz, the members of the Cabinet and all the members of the diplomatic corps. The Governor of tho State of San Luis Potosi will visit the United States. The excursion party of merchants who are coing to the United States over the National Railroad promises to be a large one. Guatemalan telegrams received by mer chants here say that President Barrillas is preparing for flight. BANK NOTES WON'T PASS. Spanish Merchants Bitterly Opposed to Their Present Use. Madrid, July 12. In opposition to the bank act, trade corporations arc distribut ing notices, which will be posted in shop windows to-morrow, announcing that Dans: notes will not be accepted. FORTY INDIANS KILLED. AN AWFUL AVALANCHE OF ROCKS, TREES AND EARTH SWEEPS DOWN. It Carries Nine Houses and Their Inmates Before It The Foreman's Wife at the Skeena Cannery the Only Whlto Person Smothered. Nananimo, B. C, July 12. The steamer Princess Louisa, from Skeena, brings news of a terrible landslide on the banks of the Skeena river, resulting in the death of a woman- and about 40 Indians. On the 7th instant at C A M. those resid ing near the Northern Pacific Cannery at Skeena river heard a great rushing noise in the direction of the high, steep mountain at the back of the cannery. In a moment an avalanche of rocks and earth and trees was upon the doomed settlement, carrying everything before it into the slough close by the cannery. The occupants of the houses had time to get outside the buildings, but before they could escape from the advancing torrent of debris, they were caught and carried along at a fearful velocity. In all nine houses with their, occupants were, destroyed, in cluding the meoshouse and residence of the foreman of the cannery. In the mess room was the young Swedish wife of the foreman. She was carried along in the mad and deadly current and dashed to death hundreds of feet below. Indians claim that among those destroyed were about 40 Indians of the Port Simpson, Sitka, Metalakatlah and Kitimat tribes. Two days after the slide 13 bodies of In dians were recovered. The body of the foreman's w ife has not yet been found, but there is not the slightest hope for any liv ing thing within the range of the terrible slide of boulders, trees and earth. The slide missed the cannery building by about two feet. Had the slide strnckthe cannery or occurred half an hour earlier the death roll would have reached into the hundreds. It bad been raining in torrents for the past four days, and it is thought that the accumulation of water in the ravines on the mountain side broke away, carrying death and destruction before it. The Indians are greatly excited over the disaster and are mourning bitterly for their dead. VENGEANCE IS MINE, SHE SAID. Mrs. Leland Charged With Poisoning Many Valuable Horses. rSPXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.! Erie, July 12. Mrs. Jane Leland was brought to Erie jail to-day upon a most serious charge. Mrs. Leland is a woman of prominence in Watcrford and a sister of a Pittsburg lawyer, George W. Decamp. A few months ago her son Lafayette was con victed of stealing ten head of cattle and sent to State's prison. Mrs. Leland swore vengeance upon all who swore against her son. Since then there has been an unaccount able and wholesale mortality among the horses and cattle in her neighborhood. This mornincr she was traced from her latest piece ot fiendish work, the poisoning of a valuable horse, and arrested. After her arrest she fought like a virago and her daughter, armed with an ax, drove the offi cer away and attempted to chop the hand cuffs from her mother's wrist. The venge ful mother is raving mad to-night in the Erie county tail. Thousands of dollars worth of valuable live stock havo fallen victim to her wrath. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION. Officers Elected and a Successful Session Brought to an End. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISP VTCU.l New Castle, July 12. The Allegheny Sunday school convention of the Allegheny A. 31. E. Zion Church after being in session here for several days concluded its work last night. The following officers were elected Tor the ensuing year: President, Rev. George W. Clinton, Pittsburg; Vice President, C. E. Jones, Pittsburg; Secre tary, Rev. W. H. Snoden, Franklin; As sistant Secretary, Mrs. George Cole, Alle gheny; Treasurer, E. F. Fleming, Akron, 0.;DistrictSuperintendent, L. D. Williams, New Castle; Corresponding Secretary, Miss Mary Taylor, Akron. Yesterday the members proceeded to bal lot for a delegate from this district to the next convention, which will be held in Saltsburg, Pa., the first Tuesday in July, 1992. William P. Harris, of Franklin, was elected the delegate. Last night a brilliant literary entertainment was held, and was enjoyed by the large crowd present. KILLED WITH A BUTCHER KNIFE. Another Sanguinary Conflict Occurs at Dillonillle. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCn.! Wheeling, July 12. Reports received from Dillonvillo state that there was an other bloody affray there last Friday night. A newcomer and one of the miners who had been there for some time got into a fight and the late arrival disembowled and killed the other with a butcher knife. The others pursued the murderer, but he held them at bay with his knife until he was struck on the head with a stone and knocked senseless. He is now in the ML i Pleasant jail. RCA! Estate Sellers Get their DISPATCH. Investors Everywhere read It. Bargain Hunters rely on It for offerings. Tlie best Medimn. THREE CENTS POISOJf W ITIS BEER. Mrs. Farrell Tires of Her Hnshand and Doses His Rooze Bottle. nE DRINKS A LOT OF PARIS GREEN, But the Doctors May Succeed in Believing Dim of the Load. THE WOMN WILL OFF FINANCIALLY Martin Farrell awoke yesterday morning' from a night of debauch only to experience the horrors of poison. In a neat little frame house on Wylie avenue he lies suffering and almost dead from the effects of a mix ture of beer and paris green which he drank. His wife is behind the bars at the Eleventh ward police station charged with the deed. The police are in possession of several strong points of proof to the effect that she dropped the virions poison into the bottle and calmly watched her half-drunken husband as he drank half the mixture. The two had been drinking during the night, the husband especially, and when latter awoke at 10 o'clock he demand-itudrink. A dozen quart bottles of beer hs hn laid in Saturday night, all but onj' ' which were empty when day broke. Farrell drank a portion'of tbi uaining- bottle in his eagerness, not n ng its strange green hue and r: taste. Half an hour later was moaning in agony. At some delay Drs. McCandless and PI ps weru summoned and were soon at k with a stomach pump. Farrell was jost dead then, but showed some signs ' 'reviving after the pump had been vigon r nsed. Evidences of the Night's xinch. About this time Inspect McAleese learned of the matter and once de tailed Officer Hugh Madir i to in vestigate it. Officer Mai Sn found both the Farrells had been considerably in toxicated. Martin managed to tell that his wife had given him the bottle. The officer, on looking around the house, found a pack age, recently handled, containing about a quarter pound of paris green. Probably one-half of it had been taken out of the paper. The beer remaining in tho bottle from which Farrell drank was so full of the poison that it was like green paint. The front of the wrapper, or dress, worn by Mrs. Farrell was all spotted with green, and was wet, where she had evidently at tempted to wash the stuff ont. The woman tried to hide these stains, but the officer was too sharp for her. She denied the charge that she had pois oned her husband, and made a great show of affection for him, but Inspector Mc Aleese ordered her arrest, and she was placed in the Eleventh ward station. She was very reticent last night after sobering' up, but still denied her guilt. The whole trouble arose over Mrs. Far rell's fortune. Her maiden name was Lizzie McDowell. For many years her widowed mother and her grandmother, Mrs. Mullen, ran a little grocery store at Center avenue and Arthur street. During the civil war when provisions and drink brought several hundred per cent profit, the two old ladies plied their trade tcadily and through the door of the little building a snus fortune , entered. So vfhen. jizzie, McDowell's another died the girl foil .id herself in po-" session of over 560,000 of property. Not a Happy Marriage. She was the only child. A handsome girl, with snch wealth at her command, proved a great attraction to Martin Farrell. who soon gained her affection and married her six years ago. The girl soon had reason to regret the union. From the police reports both Farrell and his wife have been hard drinkers ever since they were married. Mrs. Farrell reported to the police a number of times that she was being robbed by her husband aud his people. She said that not satisfied with the pecuniary aid she gave them, they were in the habit of getting her drunk after she had collected her rents and taking the money from her. She and her husband have frequently quarreled, separated for a time and then made it up, their last serious quarrel oc curring about three months ago. She left and went to Philadelphia at the time. Re turning a conple of weeks later, she fouud her piano and her household goods stolen. The case was reported to the police, but before they had time to do anything, she informed them her husband had taken the goods, sold the piano and had taken the balance of the furniture to his father's, home. Mrs. Farrell went to live at Boley's Hotel on her return from the East, and re- ' maincd there until about a week or ten days ago. Previous to that she applied to the court to secure her appointment as a femme sole trader, in order, she said, to prevent her husband from disposing of or collecting rents from any of her property. Her application was refused and m a few days she and her husband were housekeeping again at the old stand with new furniture purchased by Mrs. Farrell. At about that time, it is alleged, she consulted a member of the de tective force to help her to get rid of Far rell, but he advised her that it could not be legally done. According to his statement, she then remarked: "Well, if I can't get rid of him legally, I'll do it some other way." She has almost succeeded. A FATHER'S SACRIFICE. Ho Loses Ills Lire While Saving HU Llttlo Son From Deatli by Drowning. SPECIAL TSLEORAM TO THE DISPATCII.J Lake George, N. Y., July 12. R. W. Barney, Superintendent of the Lake George and Lake Champlain Transportation Com pany, was killed to-day while saving his little boy from drowning. This morning while Mr. Barney and his boy were on the lake shore the little fellow lost his foothold and pitched into the water. The father threw himself head first into the lake, grasped the boy, and, with the lad still in his arms, was drawn to shore by two men. Mr. Barney's forehead " had been crushed in by a projection of rock, which he must have struck underwater. Medical aid was summonedj but Mr. Barney was dead before the physician reached the Island. Flags are at half-mast all along Lake George and from Fort Ticonderoga to Bur lington on Lake Champlain. The dead su perintendent wasa man of strong character, and represented interests in which millions are involved. He was about 45 years old. HARRISON AT CHURCH. The President, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Dlra mlck Attend Episcopal Services. r SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Cape May, N. J., July 12. The Prcsi dental family rested from the cares of last week to-day and about the only movement made during the day was the attendance at St. John's Episcopal Church of President and Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick. They listened to a sermon by the Rev. Dr. X. A. Tidball, of St. Paul's, Camden, N. J., who preached on spreading the truth of the Halford will establish his office at Congress Hall, where he arrived hut evening, after making a visit to Indianapo lis and Champlain, Ind., where his mother i!f i lives. .iiir.v KaH3P$Kl
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