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FOKTX -SIXTH YEAR
DANA'S LATEST LOVE,
He Eas Forsaken Hill and IsJ
Trying to Hoodoo An
other Candidate.
ATOSE TO BEAT GKOVEK.,
Gorman and Gray Compose the Aw
Iiterative Combination That
Is Now Suggested.
A BIG CROP OF FAVORITE SONS.,
Colonel Conger, the Rabid Anti-Harrison
Leader, Visits the Stricken States
man at Bar Harbor.
AGAINST BOTH SHERMAN AND FORAKER.,
The Third Tarty leaders Think They Will HaTe,
Enough Strength In the licit Ohio Legis
latnre to Defeat Them.
"EW THASES OF HIE POLITICAL SITCATIOX
fFBOM A STAFF COnKESFOVDENT.
New York, July 2& "How would Gor
man and Gray do for a Presidental ticket?"
inquired Mr. Charles A. Dana, the vener
able editor of the New York Svn.
It came up in a general political conver
sation with Mr. Scott Kay, of Indiana, who,
having smoked out Hill and incidentally
Governor Gray in a recent interview, was
now toying with the office cat on Park Bow.
Mr. Dana is one of the busiest men of his
profession, and, as is hie daily habit, was in
the act of personally running over the re
lived proofs of his editorial page. But the
great editor had time to see and converse
with the voung Hoosier Democrat, who has
Fucceeded in raising the first political sen
sation of the Presidental campaign of "92.
"You have hit some things pretty square
ly," said Mr. Dana. "This State will un
questionably instruct for David B. Hill.
Cleveland is not in it. There is not the
slightest question as to that, so far as New
York is concerned, and his friends are fully
irare of it."
nOW DASA SIZES IT UP.
"On what do they then build their hopes?"
asked Mr. Kay.
"Why, it is hard to define the exact
foundation for the hopes of the Stuffed
Prophet," replied Mr. Dana, pleasantly.
"Some of these people appear to entertain
the belief that he can come into the Nat
ional Convention backed by certain South
ern, "Western and Northwestern States,
vaguely and variously mentioned, and com
pel the rest of the country to take him, in
cluding his own hostile State. It is una
dulterated political bosh. No man of cense
can really suppose that the Democratic
party will seriously consider a man who
cannot come into the National Convention
backed by his own State and especially a
man who cannot carry his own State at the
polls, and that State a pivotal one. All the
reform racket that can be raided this side of
Texas will not change that. Party conven
tions have done some foolish things, but not
one of them has ever done such a fool thing
as this would be. Some of Cleveland's
friends seem to rcalire this and are just
plashing around and chewing up the scenery
to eae off their vexation of Fpirit."
"If Governor Hill comes into the conven
tion with his State delegation solidly be
hind him, wouldn't that nominate him?"
HILL ONLY A rOSSIBIXITY.
"Not necessarily. It merely puts him
among the possibilities Other strong men
will come in with their State delegations
supporting them, but it is manifest that but
one man will be chosen. You say Indiana
will instruct for Gray. Very good. Mary
land will back Gorman. Illinois will
probably push Palmer. New Jersey will
have her favorite son. Pennsylvania will
be likely to father Governor Pattison.
Ohio may want Campbell. So it goes.
Governor Hill, in my opinion, killed him
self as a national candidate when he ac
cepted the Senatorship. Had he refused
that tempting bait he would stand at this
moment the unrivaled candidate. Noth
ing could have prevented his nomination
and election."
Thn the venerable editor propounded
the significant query that introduces this
letter.
By consulting the files of the Stn it will
be been that Mr. Dana turned toward Gor
man immediately upon Hill's acceptance of
the Senatorship. He had warned the Gov
ernor in italics and double leads, but in
vain. The Senatorial apple was gobbled.
The editorial idol had gone to smash. Now
the Gorman intrigue waxeth stronger and
stronger.
THE bENATOR-GOVERNOR'S POSITION.
The evidences that Mr. Charles A. Dana
is in it are not confined to the able editorial
columns ol the Sun. But how are thoy go
ing to dispose of Governor Hill? That is
what Mr. Scott Bay and other Hill enthusi
asts want to kno. If Governor Hill goes
into the convention with the New York
delegation instructed for him, which means
a solid vote, he may be said to hold the
edge. It is the opinion of clever political
thinkers here that Hill will not only be
ticked by his own State, but practically by
New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio and Indiana
four other close States.
Mr. Bay says that Indiana will break for
Hill when Gray is out of the question. As
Gray it "out of the question" in advance,
Indiana is counted for Hill. New Jersey
and Connecticut are sound Hill States.
Now mark the conclusion. "With New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut, three
doubtful Eastern States favorable to Gov
ernor Hill, and Ohio and Indiana, two
doubtful middle States satisfied with Hill
next to their own hopeless favorites, what
combination can defeat him? Four of
these States are believed to be necessary to
Democratic success. Cleveland, so it is
Eaid, cannot carry them, and for that rea
son he is no longer available. Can Hill?
Well, "ef anybody kin, he kin." That is
the Hill logic.
GORMAN AS A COMPROMISE.
Now the Gorman combination steps in
to save the party on a compromise candi
date, whose high character, Democracy,
i-
record and availability are unexception
able. The Gorman people assume that the
party is in such desperate straits that it
needs a savior, and that the distinguished
Maryland Senator can do the business. They
say that the claims of Cleveland cannot be
settled without sending everybody on the
old ship to the bottom. In this they are
quite Hilly. But there is Hill and there is
Cleveland. One has the party by the nose
and the other has the party by the tail, and
both are likely to have it by the ears.
In this crisis, they say, an entirely new
'candidate, who will be satisfactory to each
faction, must be selected. This candidate
is Gorman. "Why Gray is tacked to Gor
man's coattail is quite as mysterious as that
'the Hill wing of the Democracy desire him
for a political rudder to Eteer them into the
Wh ite House. Still, Gorman and Gray is
alliterative, like Cleveland and Carlisle,
hog and hominy, and alliteration catches a
good many imaginations and the agile fancy
of the headliner. This, not to mention the
prevalent Eastern belief that Gray carries
the Indiana delegation to be in his inside
pocket. Perhaps Gray may object to play
ing second fiddle for the Gorman Salvation
ists, as he has already pointedly objected to
thus figuring in the Hill orchestra. Very
likely. But this fact doesn't seem to worry
our Gorman friends.
What is more interesting to-me as a polit
ical observer is: Is that soulful high-kicker
of Kentucky, Henry Watterson, in this
Gorman salvation deal?
PERHAPS WATTERSON IS IN IT.
From his persistent and erratic attempts
to widen the breach between Hill and Cleve
land, and his frantic plucking at the half
healed wounds in this State, it might be in
ferred that he is. Certain it is that all the
turpentine and vitriol that can be thrown
upon these sores will tend to do anything
else but heal them. If thiB irritation can
be worked up to rawness by the time the
delegates are about to be chosen it paves the
way to Gorman and a savior.
But there are evidences on this point
which seem to make the matter plainer. I
was talking with Representative McMillan,
of Tennessee; Colonel Phil Thompson, of
Kentucky; Ben. Lefevrc, of Ohio, and
Colonel O. O. Stealey, in the Hoffman
House cafe the other day and the strained
relations of the Hill and Cleveland contin
gents was being discussed. Colonel Stealey
i the Washington representative of Colonel
Watterson's newspaper and an intimate,
personal and political friend of the Ken
tucky editor. The Star-Eyed Goddess never
winks or scratches but Stealey knows what
she is up to and wherefore she itches. Ho
probably knows more about "the letter that
never came" than Henry, the penman.
When our after dinner conversation had
arrived at that critical point that required
a cooling lotion of practical common sense
Colonel Stealey threw himself into it with
the Dana inquiry: "What is the matter
with Gorman?"
"WILLING TO BET ON GORMAN.
As nobody seemed to know that anything
particular was the matter, Gorman was pro
nounced "all right." But Colonel Stealy
is of a keenly speculative turn as well as a
brilliant journalist, a politician and a con
fidential friend of Henry Watterson's and
straightway gave his judgment that Gor
man would be the Democratic nominee and
offered to back that judgment with what
money he had over from the last Presiden
tal election. He gave his opinion emphat
ically and repeatedly, raising the grave sus
picion in the minds of his auditors that he
was possessed of inside information in fact,
a straight tip from the jockeys.
Perhaps this is not entirely conclusive;
but if anvbodv would tell me that Colonel
.Stealer and Colonel Watterson were pull
ing aiuerent directions in tne matter ot
Presidental candidates, or were even think
ing different thoughts on this thing of sav
ing the party and so preserving the country,
I should unhesitatingly treat it if the man
were bigger than I am with silent scorn.
Colonel Watterson is Colonel Stealey's
trainer, jockey and stable owner, and such
is the latter's loyalty that he would rather
lose his money on Colonel Watterson's col
ors than win a Suburban on the outside.
Another pointer. The New York friends
of the ex-President do not regard Editor
Watterson's recent performances as judi
cious or friendly. If the fiery Kentucky
journalist had started out to do Cleveland
up he could not have selected a more cer
tain course for the accomplishment of that
result.
PLAYING A PECULIAR TART.
He is acting thepailiamentary role of the
enemy of a bill, loading it down with
amendments that t ill secure its rejection.
He may be honestly and sincerely the
friend of Cleveland, but it really doesn't
look that way to the New York eye. The
CourUr-Jounial man is stiring up the fire,
aud the Sun man nods his approval and en
couragement. They reach the same ulti
mate result Gorman. Meantime Gorman
himself has thrown down his axe in the
national field and gone to fighting the Alli
ance fire on the "eastern sho' " of "My
Maryland." The result of that fight may
decide the question whether it is worth
while to consider Senator Gorman as a
Democratic party savior.
There is a touch of genuine humor in the
spectacle of that earnest young Democratic
editor from Indiana, Mr. Scott Ray, plung
ing over the bars and trampling and cavort
ing around, promiscuously corking these
record-breakers without the slightest idea
what he is there for or of the extraordinary
damage he is likely to do. My friend Ray
lias not been trained to harness, and always
seems to have a burr between his back and
the political saddle. He makes the more
docile Tammany nag groan with mental
anguish. " MURRAY.
GEOEGE "WILE WIN.
Barksdale and Ills Sub-Treasury Adjunct
Stand No Show In Mississippi.
rSFECIAI. TELEOBAMS TO THE DISFATCIt.1
New Orleans, July 26 The action of
the Mississippi Democratic Convention at
its meeting on July 15, when it pronounced
so strongly against the sub-Treasury, ap
pears to have killed that measure in the
State. The campaign for United States
Senators is being conducted mainly on that
issue, Messrs. George and Walthall, the
Senators, opposing tho sub-Treasury, and
Messrs. Barksdale and Lewis, their oppo
nents, favoring it. Two weeks ago, before
the convention met, the members of the
Legislature nominated stood 44 for George
and 13 for Barksdale and the sub-Treasury.
Since then 15 counties have nominated leg
islators, of which 12, with 24 votes, wero
aeainst and three, with 4 votes, were for
the sub-Treasurv. It now stands: Geonro,
G8: Barksdale, 19. c
Two of the counties which were thought
to be sure for the sub-Treasury have prob
ably, in consequence of the action of the
State convention, voted it down. It
looks now as though there would not be 40
votes in a Legislature of 178 members who
will support Barksdale and the sub-Treasury.
CONGEE AT BAB HAEEOE.
Secretary Blaine Calls on the OIUo Poli
tician at the letter's Hotel.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Bab Harbor, Me., July 26. Colonel A.
L. Conger, of Ohio, member of the Natibnal
Republican Committee, spent Sunday in
town. Secretary Blaine called on Colonel
Conger nt his hotel and had a long talk with
him.
Colonel Conger declares he is here merclv
for rest over Sunday, while taking a busi
ness trip through this part of the State, and
me
not to talk politics, but he does not hesitate
to express liis hope to see Blaine President.
A THIRD PARTY HINT.
BOTH SHERMAN AND FORAKER MAT
POSSIBLY BE TURNED DOWN.
The Alliance Will Make a Determined
Fight Against Their Senatorial Aspira
tions Balance of Power in the Legisla
ture Aimed At.
rrnOK A 6TAPP CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, July 26. "It is just pos
sible that neither John Sherman nor ex
Governor Foraker will have to bother him
self very much about the next United States
Senator from Ohio," said Editor Gray, of
the Rational Economist, the National organ
of the Alliance, to the correspondent of
The Disparcii this evening. Being
pressed for a further explanation Mr. Gray
said: "I do not think there is the least
doubt that the friends of the independent
movement will elect a sufficient number of
the Ohio Legislature next fall to hold the
balance of power, and that being the case
there will never be elected a Senator of the
'United States who is a servant of Wall
street and corporations, as Sherman is, nor
one who is in politics simplyfor power and
office, as Foraker is.
"Suppose the independents should poll a
large vote and the candidate for Goyernor
of one of the old parties be elected only by
a good minority, don't you see what good
fighting trim that wouldput us in for the
contest of next vear? NoI don't mean to
say that the Alliance will, as .an organiza
tion, go into a third party movement. There
is no telling what the February convention
will do, and if it decides.to go into a third
party movement, there is nothing in the
constitution or by-laws of the Alliance that
will prevent any member of the order from
doing as he pleases as an individual."
"There is no doubt in regard to a great
third party movement next year," said
Ralph Beaumont, organizer of the Citizens'
Alliance and editor of the paper of that
name, who had listened to the foregoing re
marks of Mr. Gray. "No one need be sur
prised if it should assume the volume of a
grand tidal wave that will sweep both of
the old parties out of existence. No one in
it dreams of the wonderful strides the Al
liance and labor movement combined are
making."
Mr. Beaumont will speak in a number of
towns of Western Pennsylvania soon, and
he is booked for a campaign of 30 days in
Ohio.
EARTHQUAKE IN INDIANA.
TTOLUNT shock startles
PEACEFUL BOOSTERS.
THE
Panic-Stricken People Bush From the
Chnrches, Residences and Business
Places Some Children Injnred, hut No
Fatalities Reported as Vet.
EVANSYILLE, Ind., July 26. The most
distinct shock of earthquake ever felt here
occurred at 828 this evening. It was pre
ceded by a noise resembling distant thun
der. A moment later violent quaking oc
curred, lasting several seconds. The mo
tion was lateral, apparently from north to
south. Windows rattled and buildings
swayed perceptibly.
The populace fled in affright into the
streets. Every open store in the business
center and private residences were emptied
of their occupants. Congregations at all
the churches fled pell mell into tho streets
without waiting foT the benediction.
Serious panics occurred at several churches.
At the First Baptist a number of children
fell down the steps and were hurt, but none
dangerously. No fatalities have yet been
reported.
WRECKED ON A CATAMARAN.
Tho Captain and a Little Girl Rescued, hut
Three Others Probahly Lost.
rPPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New Haven, July 26. The catamaran
Typhon, having on board Judge Hugh
Dailey, his little niece, Captain George
Austin, Clarence Beebe and Banker Rulus
Shepard, went to pieces about four miles off
Branford beacon about 7 o'clock to-night-The
sea was very heavy and the catamaran
was unable to stand the strain. Captain
Austiu and the little girl took to the skiff,
and after rowing desperately for five miles,
while the little girl bailed the boat, he was
sighted by the steamer Margaret and
rescued.
It is supposed that all the others are lost.
The Margaret has been searching for the
rest all night, but at midnight gave up the
search. "When last seen by Captain Aus
tin, Dailey, Beebe and Shepard were cling
ing to the wreck with the water up to their
necks and tho waves threatening to carry
them under every moment. The Typhon
was entered in the New Haven Yacht Club
two years ago by Commodore Beecher as a
crack yacht. District Attorney Dailey was
a leading Republican politician of the State.
SPLICED IN KENTUCKY.
Two Columbus Society Young Feople In
dulge in a Nice Elopement.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Columbus, July 26. No event in society
circles in this city has occasioned such a
flutter as that of the elopement of R. S.
Rhoades, son of Theodore Rhoades, presi
dent of the Columbus Sewer Pipe Com
pany, and Miss Ella E. Moon. These young
people are favorites here. No social gath
ering could be complete without their at
tendance. Stanley had been paying his
addresses to Miss Ella for the past vear, but
nothing was thought of this, as both were
voung, he being but 20 and the young
lady 18.
On Thursday, the 16th inst., Miss Ella
and her mother started for the Western Re
serve on a month's vacation, and two days
later a letter announced their safe arrival at
Granger, Medina county. Last evening a
gentleman brought a telegram to Mr. Moon,
which had just been received by Theodore
Rhoads, announcing the marriage of his
son to Miss Ella E. Moon at Covington, Ky.
This afternoon a letter was received from
the newly-wedded pair, dated Cincinnati,
announcing the marriage.
A LONG LIFE ENDED.
Mrs. Abbey Rich Passes Away After Living
Oter One Hundred Years.
TSFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE .DISPATCH.!
New York, July, 26. Mrs. Abbey Rich,
aged 101 years and 2 months, died at her
residence this evening. Her maiden name
was Oakley, and up to the time of her mar
riage with Joseph Rich she lived on her
father's farm near PcekskilL
Born on May 8, 1790, she was the young
est of a family of 14 children. About a year
ago a question as to the exact time of her
birth arose and one of her daughters, Mrs.
Jane Van Tross, of Peekskill, examined the
record in the family Bible. The above date
was found to be correct. Thomas Oakley,
Mrs. Rich's father, was a cousin of Peter
Cooper. Mrs. Rich used to say that she
saw Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Cler
mont, make its first trip up the Hudson in
1807. Though she had been an invalid for
two vears her death was unexpected. She
was in full possession of her faculties until
last Thursday. She had no especial disease
but age.
pcpir Wjrattl).
PITTSBURG-. MONDAY,
ALL AGAISST AMERICA.
The Badly Scared Welsh Tin Plate
Manufacturers and Workmen
MUSTSTANDOR FAIL TOGETHER.
If Their Woffes.Are Not Reduced None of
the Men Will Emigrate.
THEY THINK THEY HATE A MONOPOLY
London, July 26. A correspondent of
the Jlercfd is responsible for the following,
which is published in London to-day: I
have just returned from a visit to Wales.
The whole country is trembling in prepara
tion for the great conflict that will decide
whether the vast tin plate industry shall be
tired out by America or not. Thirty thou
sand men who have been thrown out of
work this month will be asked back to the
works on Monday. Clouds of smoke will
roll again from the chimney forests in the
grand old Welsh valleys, and on Monday
night Welshmen can sit down by their fire
sides with a pint pot and Bible after a hard
day's work, in spite of the McKinley bill,
which has caused so much sorrow this
month.
But the shadow of the struggle that rests
on the land means starvation for some and
exile for others. The Tin Plate Workers'
Union has agreed to stand by the masters
and fight the American efforts to establish
the tin plate industry to the bitter end, on
condition that their present wages shall not
be disturbed. Great excitement has been
roused among tho workmen by a proposal
from the masters that the steel plate men
shall go back to workatareduction in wages
of from 10 to 30 per cent. As steel plate
making forms a large part of the tin plate
industry the tinners will stand by the
threatened men. The crisis may be delayed
for a few days,but a crash is bound to come.
THINK THEY HAVE A MONOPOLY.
I have spent several days among the work
men at Swansea. They thoroughly under
stand that the tin plate industry cannot be
established in America without Welsh
workmen. It takes from eight to ten years
for a man in Wales to gain sufficient ex
perience to be intrusted with good work.
Making in plate with green or half trained
hands is quite impossible. The threat that
the workmen now make is that if the mas
tars attempt to reduce wages they will go to
the States. The men have received various
indirect proposals from America and they
know they can get higher wages there.
In Wales tin plate men average 7 to 10
shillings a day. On patriotic grounds they
refuse to listen to any proposal from
America while the present wages are
maintained. It is, to that extent, a senti
mental issue. But no serious reduction
will be accepted. The men would rather
see America take the entire industry than
submit.
Their idea, boldly proclaimed, is that the
profits of the masters is large enough to
give a margin of reduction sufficient to
meet the McKinley tariff without touching
wages. The men claim to have a weapon
with which to fight the masters that is
irresistible. For the moment the masters
do not dare touch the tinners, but every
bodv knows that a reduction ot the steel
workers' wages is only a prelude to a re
duction in those of the tinners.
patience of the workmen.
All the black'cped valleys are full of idle
men to-day. Not only have the tinners and
the steel workers been shut out for a month,
but multitudes of men are idle in the ancient
Cornwall mines, where the men were tear
ing ore from the bowels of the earth before
Cleopatria saw Egypt. The men have
shown gi eat patience and have accepted the
month's lockout without a murmur.
Charles Williams, member of the Execu
tive Committee, said: "We have all agreed
to stand by the masters against American
competition if they will sacrifice a portion
of their profits and let our wages alone.
There is no Welshman who would not pre
fer to have the industry kept in Wales.
But we are not cheap-priced men. Rather
than let the masters lower wages while thev
keep profits up to the usual mark we will
all go to America, and I will be one of the
very first to go. Tin plate works in Amer
ica are out of the question unless Welshmen
go there. The Americans are helpless w ith
out us. The Welsh factory owners are per
fectly secure so long as they can keep their
men loyal."
If the tin plate industry should be trans
ferred to America it will be due to the
greed of the masters and not of the men. It
means the loss of many millions of dollars.
The masters seem determined to reduce
wages; the men are determined to resist.
The masters are spreading stories to frighten
the men about the terrible climate in
America, the expense of living and the lack
of all comforts dear to the Welsh heart.
ONE VERY THIN STORY.
A representative of the masters who re
cently returned from America told the men
that the Welsh women there surrounded
him with tears in their eyes and said they
wished they were back in dear old Wales;
they had suffered terribly and were Borry
they ever left their homes. On hearing this
story the tin plate workers at Swansea stuck
their tongues in their cheeks and winked at
each other. They are not fools. They will
quietly investigate the question of America
tor themselves. But while this vast body
of workmen is likely to be launched in the
future upon America, the British public is
gradually becoming frantic over the inflow
of destitute foreigners. It is impos
sible to exaggerate the depth and
intensity of feeling upon this subject.
British statesmen try to disguise the opposi
tion to this class of immigration Under
various phrases, but great efforts are being
made secretly to divert it to America. The
whirlwinds of applause at the monster mass
meeting at Prince's Hall last night show
what London thinks on this overshadowing
issue.
One of the most fiery orators was Arnold
White, who went to Russia to investigate
and take the part of the oppressed people
there. His protest against the reception of
these unfortunates in England was vehe
ment. Every Bpeaker declared that America
was justified in adopting rigid legislation to
prevent vicious and destitute aliens from
overwhelming the country. The distin
guished committee which conducted the
meeting announced that they wjll carry the
agitation against destitute immigration to
the very foot of the throne if necessary.
All the members of the United States com
mission investigating immigration were
present at the meeting and vigorously ap
plauded some portions of the speeches.
The Commissioners have split up. Dr.
KempBter and Chairman Webber have gone
to St. Petersburg.
ONLY HIS ANKLE JOINT.
The Accident to Explorer Stanley Not as
Serious as Reported at First.
Geneva, July 26. Later information
from Muerren indicates that the accident
which befell Mr. Henry M. Stanley was
not as serious as reported.
It was his left ankle Joint that was frac
tured. A bulletin issued to-day states that
the pain has ceased and that the patient is
progressing favorablv.
Employes Set Fire to a Factory.
Lisbon, July 26. Employes thrown out
of employment because of dull times
caused by the McKinley bill set fire to a
JULY 27, 1891
cork factory at Evora to-day.
damage was done.
Great
BOULANGISTS ROUTED.
ANARCHISTS TAKE POSSESSION OF
THEIR MEETING.
Progress of World's Fair Matters in Paris
Senate Asked to Avert the Misery and
Suffering Caused for tho Profit or a Privi
leged Few.
Paris, July 26. At a mass meeting held
to-day under the uuspices of the Committee
Tor the Defense of Notional Food Supplies,
resolutions wero adopted protesting against
the new tariff and approving a memorial to
the Senate to avert "the misery and suffer
ing threatened by duties levied solely for
the profit of privileged interests."
A Boulangist demonstration held to-day
was attended by 4,000 persons. M. Derou
lede, in a speech, eulogized tho steadfast
patriotism of General Boulanger. A reso
lution was put demanding that the French
Government recall Ambassador Herbette
from Berlin and that the Government treat
Germans in France as the Germans treat
Frenchmen in Alsace-Lorrair e. The reso
lution wns drowned in an uproar. A free
fight ensued, a crowd of anarchists entering
the meeting hall and putting the Boulangists
to rout.
Messrs. Butterworth, Lindsey and Bul
lock, the Chicago Fair Commissioners, have
returned to London. Mr. Grosvenor, the
Treasury agent, will remain here until the
arrival of the full commission on Thursday,
when the Commissioners will dine with Mr.
Reid, the American Minister.
French papers on Friday last contained
what purported .o be a telegram from Chi
cago stating that Germany would be more
favorably treated than France by the Chi
cago Fair authorities. The statement was
obviously designed to embarrass the Fair
Commission. Reporters from all the lead
ing Tuinprs Trfcnfc thft CnmmiflsionprR bnsv
( with interviews on the subject, the result
being a wider publicity, articles appearing
in papers that might not have otherwise
touched the subject.
The twq days' visit of the Commissioners
greatly increased French interest in the
Fair. M. Roche, Minister of Commerce
and Industry, has directed the chief of.his
gureau o maintain direct communication
with the Commissioners.
Mr. Pratt, the retiring American Minis
ter to Persia, expects to obtain a complete
exhibit of Persian art and industrial prod
ucts at the Chicago Fair.
Mr. Reid, the American Minister, has
gone into the country for a few days' rest.
M. Claretie, the Director of the Theatre
Francaise, has invited Mrs. McKee and
Mrs. Russell Harrison to visit interesting
parts of his playhouse not open to the
general public
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FRENCH TRAINS COLLIDE.
Fifty People Killed and Many More Re
ported Serionsly Injnred.
Paris, July 26. A collision occurred at
St. Mande to-day between two passenger
trains. The second train crashed into the
preceding train before the latter had left
the St- Mande station. The guards'van and
three rear carriages of the fast train were
wrecked and caught fire from the gas. The
injured occupants were shrieking in de
spair, and the other passengers hurriedly
left the train and assisted in extricating the
victims. Soldiers also aided the fire bri
gade to quench the flames and rescue the
sufferers. The work of helping the injured
was carried on by torchlight. It is reported
new that 50 persons were .killed.
1 JLK dispatch from St. Mande, dated 1
o'clock this morning, says thatv!0 persons
were injured and that 15 dead bodies have
been recovered, including those of two chil
dren, which are mangled beyond recognition.
Most of the dead victims are legless, their
limbs having been crushed off through the
jamming together of the seats. Fully 20,
000 onlookers are at the scene. Many rela
tives of the victims are assembled at the
railway station, and heartrending scenes
are witnessed as the victims are extricated
from the wreck. The driver and fireman
of the second train were burned alive. It is
reported that the station master has gone
mad and decamped.
STILL EEMAINS A MYSTERY.
Tho Sender of the Loaded Book Unknown
to the Parisian Police.
Paris, July 26. The identity of the per
son or persons who sent the infernal machine
received yesterday by Mme. Constans, the
wife of the Minister of the Interior, has not
yet been discovered.
A book similarly prepared reached M.
Etienne, Under Secretary of the Colonial
Office, and another was received by M.
Treille, Director of the Colonial Health
Department. M. Treille was put on his
guard by a lew grains of the fullmate
dropping out of the book. There is a vague
suspicion that the missives were sent by a
retired naval surgeon who has a grievance.
ASSUMING SERIOUS PROPORTIONS.
Big
Fonr Switchmen Discharged
and
Threaten to Cause Trouble.
Springfield, O., July 26. The situa
tion in the Big Four switchmen's strike has
assumed serious proportions. General
Superintendent Peck arrived last night and
men to supply places of the strikers have
been coming all day. About 50 are here ac
companied by 15 special officers appointed
by Governor Campbell yesterday. Mr. Peck
met the committee this forenoon but failed
to reach an adjustment as the company re
fused to accede to the demands for a raise in
wages to their scale.
At noon the company posted notices in
the yards declaring the strikers discharged
and directing them and all sympathizers to
call at the office and get their money. The
discharged men declare, that before their
families shall suffer, they will create trouble,
in an effort to prevent new men going to
work. Many of the arrivals are foremen of
other yards, and it is claimed by strikers,
their going to work will precipitate a gen
eral strike in the yards all along the line.
Mr. Peck insists that the Big Fonr is pay
ing bigger wages than any competing line
in the city.
AVENGED HIS BROTHER'S DEATH.
An Accommodating Sheriff Aids in the
Interesting Affair.
Trout Lake, Mich., July 26. Dan
Dunn, who shot Steve Harcourt at Seney
about a month ago, was shot dead to-day by
James Harcourt, a brother of the man shot
by Dunn. Dunn had his examination and
was discharged at Manistique yesterday.
He immediately swore out a warrant
against the three Harcourt brothers for
threatening to kill him, and Sheriff Hef
fron, of Schoolcraft county, arrested them
in Seney to-day.
The Sheriff was on his way with them for
trial at Manistique, and stopped off at
Trout Lake to catch the train for that place.
The brothers went with the Sheriff into the
saloon of John Nevins here, where Dunn
was, and as Dunn was in conversation with
Frank Peters his back was toward James
Harcourt, who immediately pulled a revol
ver and fired five 6hots into him, all taking
effect and causing death in two minutes.
Sheriff Heffron arrested the murderer and
went on his way to the court with his prisoners.
SPLIT OVER BRIGGS.
More Trouble for Union Seminary
Thronh the Professor.
FIVE DIRECTORS ARE TO RESIGN
Because of Strained Relations With the
General Assembly.
A VERY BITTER FIGHT IN PROSPECT
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE TISPATCn.l
Philadelphia, July 26. Union Theo
logical Seminary is in more trouble over
the Briggs matter. Not only is the endow
ment of 51,000,000 in a shaky condition be
cause of the strained relations between the
General Assembly of the, Presbyterian
Church and the Seminary, but for this ve-y
same reason five of the directors may re
sign. Added to this is the difficulty of
finding the right man for an important chair
in the faculty now vacant; the prospect of
another vacancy in the faculty through the
early retirement of Prof. Prentiss, and the
trial for heresy of the leading professor,
Dr. Briggs, to whose defense Union Semi
nary is committed.
The probable resignation of the directors
is due mainlv to the mismanagement of Dr.
Briggs' case "before the General Assembly.
Because of criticisms upon his course at
Detroit, Director Charles A. Dickey's
resignation is now before the board. Six
Union Seminary men were chosen as com
missioners to the General Assembly. They
were probably the strongest men intellect
ually in the Presbyterian Church. Dr.
John Hall heads the list. Then comes
Charles A. Briggs, Charles H. Parkhurst,
Erskine N. White, Lawyer Henry Day and
Charles A. Dickey, of Philadelphia. One
of the six, Dr. Briggs, is a professor at
Union Seminary; the rest are directors.
Dr. Dickev was present at the opening ses
sion of the Assembly. Dr. Parkhurst pre
sented his credentials five days late. The
others were represented by alternates.
LOST THE MODERATOR.
Dr. John-Hall would have been chosen
moderator had he taken his commission as
a deleeate. In his absence Dr. Green, of
Princeton, was given the honor. And this
Eowenui office, wnicn mignt nave Deen in
ands friendly to Union, went to her rival.
Dr. Dickey was a candidate for the mod
eratorship, and in the absence of both Drs.
Green and Hall he could have been elected.
But he gracefully withdrew and in a flowery
speech placed Dr. Green in nomination.
Dr. Green's moderatorship, the Union
men say, was fatal to their cause. They
blame Dr. Dickey for having made the
speech of nomination. They criticise him
as having given way to the blandishments
of the Princeton men. "Hoodwinked,
bamboozled," are the words used in speak-'
ing of this particular act.
Soon thereafter the Union directors met
in New York City to consider what should
be done with the Briggs veto. Dr. Dickey
took occasion to explain who he had nom
inated Dr. Green. He said that he had
done it in the interests of peace and har
mony; that Dr. Green was sure to be elect
ed, and that as a matter of courtesy and at
the request of Dr. Patton he had moved to
make the election unanimous. A week
later, Dr. Parkhurst, in a public manner,
made use of Dr. Dictey 's statement. There
upon Dr. Dickey wrote out his resignation
as director and sent it to President Butler.
He accompanied it with a letter saying that
if he was not free to speak openly to his
brother directors in a secret meeting of the
board it is necessary for him to resign. The.
directors are now urging Dr. Dickey to re
call his resignation.
WILL STRENGTHEN DICKEY.
Dr. Dickey's place will be hard to fill.
He represents the Philadelphia friends of
the seminary, many of whom have made
rich gifts to the institution. When his
resignation is considered in connection with
his course at Detroif it is likely to
strengthen him as a candidate for the mod
eratorship of the next Assembly.
Dr. John Hall has intimated that he also
will resign. He left the last meeting of the
directors in an unhappy frame of mind and
he has since criticised the course of Union
Seminary as antagonistic to the General As
sembly. It is said that at the next meeting
of union directors Dr. Hall's resignation
will be read.
It is only a question of time, also, when
Dr. AVhite will resign. He holds a position
under the Assembly as corresponding secre
tary of the Board of Church Erection, and
he cannot continue as director of a semin
ary unfriendly to the General Assembly.
Both Dr. Robert Russell Booth and Elder
William A. Booth are hostile to the present
course of the seminary. Dr. Booth s fight
ing qualities are prime, and he has been a
director since the war, but his resignation
would not be expected if it were read at the
next meeting of the board. A successor
must also be chosen to Dr. Henry Vandyke,
whose death last My continued the long
standing vacancy in the chair of Systematic
Theology. Dr. Vandyke was chosen, not
alone for his scholarship, bnt because he
was known throughout the church as a
strong conservative and a strict Calvinist.
A STRICT CALVINIST WANTED.
Just such a man is what Union now
wants. Especially is this necessary in the
present critical state of the relations of the
seminary with the church. For with the
prospects of a fight with the Assembly,
few conservatives would be found willing
to join the faculty. Many names of men
were canvassed, among others, Dr. John II.
Worcester, of Chicago. His declination of
an election to the faculty of Harvard Semi
nary was given as assurance that he was to
go "into Union. His warm speech at De
troit in support of Briggs, nowever, re
moved him from the list of possibilities.
Dr. Herrick Johnson, of Chicago, was also
considered, but his well known leaning
toward the German theology disbarred him.
It is now understood that a committee of
the directors has offered the place to Dr. S.
P. Nichols, of St. Louis, and that he is to
accept. Dr. Nichols is a Briggs man. He
worked hard in the lobbv of the Assembly
helping along the cause of the brilliant con
troversialist, and his presence in the
faculty would be agreeable. He is also a
strong man with the conservatives, as his
old school tendencies are quite pronounced.
As an ex-Moderator of an Assembly he is
among those to whom is due the highest
respect of all good Presbyterians.
A TEAIN OF STEEL CABS.
It Is Claimed That They Are Indestructi
ble by Fire or Wreck.
Chicago, July 26. A special train of
cars, constructed" entirely of steel, is on ex
hibition at the Chicago and Northern Pa
cific station in this city.
This train is looked upon by some as the
first sign of a revolution in railway car
building. It is claimed that the cars neither
cost nor weigh more than the old style,
while being piactically indestructible by
fire or in a wreck.
AN INJURED WIFE
Berates Her Ministerial Husband for Asso
ciating With Another Woman.
rSrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
New York, July 26. The Rev. Joseph
Mackey, on Sunday two weeks ago, went,
as had been his custom for 35 years, to the
Colored Hospital and Home to assist Chap
lain Horton in the religious exercises. He
had not been there long when his wife ap
peared and asked for Mr. Mackey. She
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was shown into one of the sick warffipj
where she' found Mr. Mackey in the com
pany of Mis"s Jennie G Ple,r,Cj
Mrs. Mackey was angry. She called
her husband hard names and
berated Miss Pierce, who walked out and
has not been seen since. Miss Pierce is an
evangelist and met Mr. Mackey 30 years ago
in a city mission. Mrs. Mackey afterward
came to know her and objected to the.atten
tion Mr. Mackey paid her.
At the Mackey home in Fordham to-day
a daughter of Mr. Mackey said: "My
mother has gone to Connecticut. She has
been treated badly by papa. He stays away
from home and runs around the city with
Miss Jennie Pierce. lie spends most of his
time with her, and I don't think it i3 nice
for him."
ARMS FOR HAITIANS.
A NOVA SCOTIA VESSEL SEIZED BY THE
DUTCH AUTHORITIES.
She Had a Contraband Cargo of Rifles and
Ammunition on Board One of General
Prophete's Agents Shadowed by Detec
tives in New York.
rSPECIAL TELEGBA3ITOTIIE DISPATCH.
New York, July 26. Reports reached
New York to-day stating that the bark
Curazoa, Captain Sheldon, from Windsor,
N. S., has been seized by the Dutch authori
ties at Willemastad for carrying a contra
band cargo of rifles and ammunition. The
boxes containing the contraband goods were
marked "Soap. It was suggested that the
arms were sent down to the Haiti insur
gents. One of the Haitian travelers who
arrived on the Prins Frederik Hendrik last
Thursday scouted the idea.
"If , the weapons were for the insurgents,"
said he, "they would not have been sent to
Curazoa. That island off the coast of Ven
ezuela is three days f""Va half by steamer
lays ra nan Dy steamer
ince Syhout seven days
arf ? r tijp. insurgents
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February. The English came fc, .
British Guiana and claimed that
claimed tha rv
Venezuelan territory as far as the Ri.
Paragua and the Connoco was theirs. The
Venezuelans objected, and severe fighting
ensued. The Government took no hand of
ficially in the matter, as it did not care to
enter into a war with England. The trouble
ceased for a time, but there is a strong
party in Venezuela which is opposed to the
Government's position, and I think they
are purchasing weapons to defend their ter
ritory on their own account."
In reference to the sending of arms to
Haiti, an interesting fact has come to light.
The several revolutionary partiesof the
black republic have representatives in New
York. Prophete's envoys are Shales Lully
and Mr. Delva. They secured as an inter
preter a Swiss-American named Laurent.
They told him they desired to purchase
arms for Prophete and have them shipped
to him at Kingston. Laurent, instead of
applying directly to the manufacturers,
asked Mr. Kunhardt, of Kunhardt & Co.,
to purchase and ship the arms. Mr. Laurent
was immediately reported to Minister
Price. The result is that General Pro
phete's agent is being shadowed by detec
tives at the expense of the Haitian Govern
ment. TAHITI BELONGS TO FRANCE.
King Pomare Sold the Rich Island
for
Twelve Thousand Dollars.
San Francisco, Cal., July 26. Tahiti
is now a French colony, owned by France,
except for individual rights, and is entirely
under the French Government. This news
comes by the barkentine City of Papete,
which arrived here yesterday. The acts are'
embodied in announcement by King
Pomare V., the last of his dynasty.
King Pomare died June 15, aged 52 years.
The islands were annexed to France in 1880,
and for this, it is stated, King Pomare re
ceived 512,000. By the terms of annexation
royalty ceases to exist with King Pomare
and death and no king can succeed him.
The heir apparent, Prince Hinoii, was pla
cated by a gift of 12,000 francs.
THE REBELLION WOULD END
If the Chilean Insurgents Had Arms
Enough to Give Their Men.
San Diego, Cal., July 26. The steamer
Mont Scrrat put into port last night for
coal, and proceeded north to-day. Carlos
Krug, Captain of the Port of Iquique, is
aboard, having come upon a visit on ac
count of illness. The vessel left Iquique
July 2, at which time the insurgents had
control of everything except the southern
part of the country.
Krug said that the if the insurgents had
the arms which they are amply able to pay
for the rebellion would end inside ot 30
days. He reports that the Government is
issuing paper money to such an extent that
it is only worth three to one of gold. The
insurgents derive a revenue of over f 2,000,
000 a month from the nitrate fields, which
is used to carry on the war. A shipment of
arms is expected to arrive any day which
will enable the insurgents to place a force
in the field which will outnumber Balma
ceda's army and put an end to his reign.
LAKE STEAMEES COLLIDE.
One of them Sinks in Twenty Feet of Water
With One Man Killed.
Sault Ste. Marie, Micil, July 26.
The Minnesota Iron Company's steel steam
ship Moriska collided with the schooner
Helena, in tow of the steam barge Havana,
yesterday at the Black Hole. The Helena
was upbound, laden with 1,600 tons of soft
coal for Lake Linden. The Moriska was
downbound with 2,000 tons of iron ore.
The correct signals were given by both
the Moriska and Havana, but the suction
from the passenger steamer Jay Gould
sheered the Helena to port. The Moriska,
which was under check, struck her on the
stern and cut clean back to the cathead. She
is in 20 feet of water. The Helena is owned
by George P. Maekay, of Cleveland, valued
at about 530,000. The Moriska was not
seriously damaged and proceeded on her
trip. A Finnish sailor named Matti, on
the Helena, was killed. His body was
brought here by the Havana.
HAEEIS0N AT CHURCH.
The President Receives Three Political
Callers and Listens to a Sermon.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Cape May, July 26. Among the callers
upon the President to-day were State Sena
tor McMillan, of Buffalo, Colonel D. S.
Alexander, an old political friend of the
President, and United States District At
torney for the Northern district of New
York," and R. W. Woffsome, who are prob
ably after an appointment of interest to
Northern New York.
The President, 3Irs. Harrison, Mrs. Dim
mick and Postmaster General Wanamaker
attended Beadle Chapel, where the Rev. L.
Y. Graham, of Olivet Presbyterian Church,
Philadelphia, preached this morning.
Cardinal Gibbons preached in St. Mary's
Cathedral this morning.
Hanged to a Tree by a Mob.
Jackson, Tenn., July 26. .John Brown,
the negro who shot and mortally wounded
John Gardner, an Illinois Central switch
man, last evening, was taken from the jail
at 12 o'clock last night by a mob of 500
masked men, armed with Winchesters, and
hanged to a tree in tji court house yard.
miBSTI FOB BLOM.
A Negro Fiend Escapes From
Prison and Promptly
Adds Pour to
HIS BIG LIST OF YICTBIS.
Tho
Desperate Brute Attacks a
Peaceful Farmer's Jamily.
HUSBAND, WIFE AND SONS KILLED
Buckshot From a Neighbor's' Gun Finally
Checks the Slaughter.
A TERRIBLE DEED EYEX FOR KENTUCKY
rSFICIAL TXLXGBAJ! TO T1TE DISPATCH. J
Lexington, Ky., July 26. The most
horrible crime that has ever been committed
within the bounds of Bourbon county oc
curred at 9 o'clock this, morning on the
Lucas farm, eight miles from this city, on
the Clay and Kiso pike, and resulted in ths
killing of a son, his father and mother, the
fatal wounding of a brother, and the slaying
of the assassin by a posse of citizens, who
caught him red-handed at his bloody work.
On Friday morning George Craig, a negro
who was confined in the Cynthiana jail for
murder, escaped and the officers were un
able to capture him. He came over to tha
Bourbon line and waited around until this
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ked for a drink of water. Mr. Conway,
his two sons, daughter-in-law, two nieces
and three grandchildren were seated on the
porch, enjoying the balmy breeze which '
was sweeping through the beautiful valley.
no cause for the crime.
William Conway, the oldest son, aged
33, handed the negro a dipper of water,
and as he did so the brute held
up an old, rusty blade from a
wheat cradle and remarked: "This is a
nice looking knife for a fellow to carry."
The young man answered, "yes," and with
out a moment's warning the negro struck
him a blow over the head with the blade,
cutting a horrible gash.
The family were so dumfounded that they
knew not what to do, and he followed the
lick up with many others, cutting all tha
fingers off the left hand and making many
wounds on the head, back, arms and legs.
Young Conway fell exhausted from the loss
of blood, and will die from his injuries.
Conway, the father, who is 61 years old,
tried to keep the negro from killing his son
and was turned upon and killed instantly
by a stroke across the head which split it
open. He was also cut on the back, face,
arms and breast. The old mother, who was
of the same age as the father, was next at
tacked and cut in a horrible manner. Be
sides other marks on the body, she was cut'
just back of the left ear and the lick split
the skull and on through the mouth. She
was unconscious from the time she was hurt' '
and died late this afternoon.
A TERRIBLE TALE OF BLOOD.
Charles Conway, the youngest son, aged
28, seeing the family, as he thought, all
dead, attempted to kill the negro, but he
was not able to handle the wild beast.
Craig struck him a blow over the head,
but the lick was not a severe one, though it
was followed by others of more serious
nature. The women and children who had
not been attacked fled to the residence of
G. W. Bartlow, which was only a short
distance away, and made known what
had happened.
Mr. Bartlow loaded his gun with buck
shot, and other men at the house went with
him to the relief of Charles, who was then
at the mercy of the negro. He had run
toward Bartlows, but the negro kept in
pursuit, and when the men came up to him
he had Charlie down in the old graveyard
on the place hacking him with
the knife. One shot fired at
Craig struck him in the center of
the forehead but did not enter the skull.
Then Bartlow fired two loads of buckshot
into his body, but that seemed to have no
effect. He was then attacked with corn
knives, and at the sight of them he ran
across a field a half a mile and fell dead
beside a haystack, where his body wa3 still
lying at sundown.
Craig said when he was attacked by the
neighbors that he had killed seven persons,
and that he would kill that many more be
fore he died. He is known to have killed
his mother-in-law in Cynthiana, and also the
negro with whom he was in jail for killing.
He was a brother of Charlay Craig, who is
under sentence of death at Cincinnati for
killing his wife.
QUAKERS IN CONFERENCE.
Trouble Arises Over a Report of the Peace
and Arbitration Committee.
rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISrATCII.
New York, July 26. Twenty somber
Quaker maidens, 20 somber Quaker matrons
and 20 square-jawed solid Qnaker fathers
attended the Quarterly Quaker Conference)
at Westbury, L. L, to-day. The discussed
war and armies and navies and governments.
To-day was the last day of the Conference.
The 40 maids and matrons and 20 fathers re
solved themselves into a Committee on
Philanthropic Labor. They listened some
what listlessly to reports of sub-committees
on temperance and prison reform, tobacco
and the education of colored people in.tha
South.
AVhen it came to the report of the com
mittee on peace and arbitration there was
trouble. Samuel B. Haines, chairman of
the committee, spoke about the country's
standing army and the new navy. That
paved the war for a discussion of whether a
Christian could engage in any business tend
ing to Dromote bloodshed, or could be a
member of the police force. "If I read the
papers aright, said a matron, "tnegunsthat
are built are so destructive that when war
comes, all the fighters will be exterminated.
Then one will have a nation of peace-loving
people and there won t De any need ot $ucn
discussions."
WILL DRILL IN CANADA.
The Champion Knights Templar Corps De
parts on a Pleasure Excursion.
Chicago, July 26. The famous drill
corps of St. Bernard Commandery No. 33,
Knights Templar, 60 strong, left to-day for
Hamilton, Ont., on a pleasure excursion
through Canada.
St. Bernard's drill corps has for years
been the champion of the United States,
having in 1882 wrested the national banner
from Rapier Commandery, and having no
contestants since the Triennial Conclave
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