' 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, ,
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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.
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