ALL Keeking employment rcail People who want worker classes scan it Classified Adv crtise mont Page. It Is tlie Best Medium. FORTT-SLXTB TEAS. URNS, NOT COFFINS Allegheny Cemetery Officials Take a Step Which Indicates the PBOGBESS OF CREMATIOX. A Columbarium to Be at Once Erected for the deception of the Ashes of the Dead. TITTSBURG FIRST TO ADOPT IT. Tlie Architecture of the Structure 'Will Be en the Grecian Order and It Will Cost $20,000. A GROWING FUBLTC DEMAND TO BE MET. So Idea of rroflt Has Jmtred Into the MoTemrnt tint It Is Simply Talcn to Keep Fnlly Atreat of th Times. MOWJUf TKEJl DICF EKIMS TO BK GIVING AWAT A strange thin? has come to pass. "When the cry, "What shall we do with our dead?" first rang out, an answer in divine lan guage came back in these words: "In the swest oi thy face shalt thou cat bread till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wat thou taken; for dnst thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." A public cemetery was the result. The edict came to be looked upon st eternal, and ever since then cem eteries have had but one charter, constitu :ion and by-laws, and that is the above command. Now, however, popular senti ment has forced an amendment. The au thorities of one of the foremost public cem eteries in the country are about to take a step which practically adds to its platform the words "Ashes to ashes." A MAUSOLEUM Or URNS. Sculpture and cremation are to come face to face on a common ground. That common ground is a cemetery. Sepul ture is a custom honored and hallowed by time. Cremation is a doctrine that only a short while ago was pretty generally de nounced as barbarous. It has undoubtedly been growing in favor though, and now an attempt is to be made to give each of these burial rites an equal footing on a harmoni ous plan. This plan is quit novel. It is to be put into execution at Allegheny cemetery in this city. A building is to be erected for the deposit of urns containing the ashes of bodies incinerated by the process of crema tion. This is the first cemefcry- "in- -the world to formally recognize -he growth of cremation sentiment and to make arrange ments to meet the demands of the public. The act is bound to attract widespread at tention and thus indirectly stimulate the t II I ' ' ! t i TT CT CT W J Interior of the Cdvtnbarvtm, Sectional Tine. new theory of burial, because the ceineicry is Pittsburg's greatest corpora tion of the kind, including in its list of di rectors such respectable gentlemen as Charles .T. Clarke, Alex. Bradley, James K. Speer, besides the late "William Than, John Harper and Benjamin Darlington. IT TV! Li. cost 520,000. Superintendent Perring, of the cemetery, lias just received from the architects in Philadelphia the revised plans and specifi cations for thiB building. It is called a "columbarium," a word used for ancient receptacles of burial urns in the Oriental ghe the word. The dictionary defines "columbarium" as "a dove-cote, a pigeon house, a phce of sepulture," etc. The architect's drawings of the interior and front elevation of the mausoleum are repro duced in these columns. The building will be of granite, and will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000. Its novelty consists in adapting the interior to the de posit of either ashes or bodies. The door opens into a large, roomy apartment, nearly circular in form, which is to be apportioned offiuto shelves. It will resemble a huge stone-work of "pigeon-holes," to use that homely name for the sake of description. These holes, or little stone t-helves, will contain the urns of human ashes, and the circular chamber i ill accommodate from 100 to 150 urns. A plate glass front will leave the urn exposed to view if desired, or else the hole may be closed in entirely by a marble slab, on which the name and inscription may be cut. The spaces for urns will be rented. for noDir.s also. "We are not building the columbarium for profit," explained Superintendent Per ring. "We are doing it solely as an ac-' commodatiou to the public, and for the pur pose of keeping the cemetery fully up with the times " On either side of the urn chamber will be vaults for the reception of bodies buried in the usual way. There are to be four of these vaults, and each one will hold ten bodies. These marble cells will be either rented or sold. Families sometimes wish to own a vault and deposit the bodies of their dead there permanently. In such cases either of these four vaults may be purchased from the Cemetery Association just as lots are now purchased. The architecture of the columbarium will be a tuggesiion of the Grecian style. It will be 53 feet front, and will be fitted with beautiful and massive doors of bronze or brass. The floors will be marble, and care will be taken to have the mausoleum well ventilated. it economizes room. It Trill be located on the southern side ofi II WiMI 1 ! Mill I II .. . - . gHnBBHiMHBK 11 Hi Mill Mg MMBTlBlITirr I ffi 1 1 iMMT rTmaifcirBMI ni I Jl I jm nf all the cemetery, in a lovely bit of woodland, about half way between the Butler street entrance and the receiving vault Ground will be broken for the erection of the struct ure next month, and it will be ready for occupancy by early winter. It is worth while to note that this colum barium is a demonstration of one of the chief claims of crcmatists, viz., that the in cineration of the dead will economize room in the rapidly growing land. The space to be occupied by the 40 coffined bodies in the vaults of the columbarinm will be just about three times as large as the space required for the urns containing the remains of 100 people. IC Growth of Sentiment for Cremation. "Dnst to dust." That was the cry which assailed venerable Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne on all sides, just 15 years ago, -when he proposed to erect a furnace at "Washington, Pa., in which to cremate the bodies of dead people. He was told that he was horrid, that his ideas were awful, and that he outraged filial emotions. Up to that time there hadjiever been a cremation In the United States save two crude attempts which Dr. LeMoyne re corded in a pamphlet he issued then. One was a Colonel Lawrence, somewhere in the South, who insisted upon something like the old funeral pjrc arrangement. The other was the case of a man in New Eng land, who cremated the body of his own child by means of a primitive stove. TUB FIRST CREMATION". Before a single brick of the little crema tory building on Dr. LeMoyne's property was put in place, he laid before the trustees of the public cemetery at "Washington a proposition that if they would give him permission he would donate money enough to build a crematory in the cemetery, and superintend its construction. He iwis laughed at, and the trusted, refused to even call a meeting to consider his offer. He then built the crematory on his own place. It still stands there to-day, its yawning oven, or retort, none the worse ap parently for the incineration of two score of corpses. The first time the furnace was operated was in the fall of 1876, -when the remains of Baron DePalm, of Xew York, n ere placed inside of it. This gentleman had died leaving a request that his body be burned. As there was then no place in the country intended for such purposes, the Baron's body was embalmed. Six months later Dr. LeMoyne's furnace was completed, and the first formal cremation took place. OPPOSED BY GREAT ODDS. Although the experiment was a success, very few of the great newspapers of the country dared to uphold Dr. LeMoyne's ideas. He was editorially buffeted by near ly all the New 'fork journals, and East and West the expression was against the pro posed reform. Dr. LeMoyne wag quite aged then. He had been born in 1798, but having been a man of such decided stamina that the early abolitionists nominated him three times for Governor of Pennsylvania, he now dis played the same persistence. This, linked with his well-preserved mental condition, led him to keep his crematory open in the face of all opposition. T)ic second cremation was that of Mrs. Ben Pittman, of Cincinnati. By this time the letters than flowed in at " the little Washington postoffice for the doctor were in such volume that indicated awakening thought on the subject of burial reform. Tor some time he attempted to answer this tremendous correspondence in the hope of sewing a good seed here and there. By and by applications for the privilege of crema tion in his furnace increased also. Utilizing these he suggested that crematories be erected elsewhere, and by the time he died steps had been taken for the erection of two others at least. IT GOT A START. In the course of two years there had been quite a number of cremations at Washing ton. Perhaps one out of every dozen appli cations would be accepted by Dr. LeMoyne, and this would be only tak'en in order to keep alive the discussion of the subject. The old gentleman often remarked that all the cause needed 'Has a thorough discussion throughout the land. The formation of cremation societies was commenced in vari ous parts of the country. When Dr. Le Moyne died in October, 1879, the movement for cremation may be said to have reached such a point that it had been taken out of his hands by tis own momentum. By 1880 there was a noticeable chauge in the voice of the press. Journals here and there spoke not so harshly of the growing strength of cremation advocates. Applica tions continued to flow in upon Messrs. Julius LeMoyne and C, V. Harding, trus tees of the crematory at "Washington, for the privilege of cremating friends. So rapidly did this demand grow, that the fol low ing circular was sent in reply to each letter: A MEASURE IX SELF-DEFENSE. Deak Sin In reply to your inquiries in re gard to ciemation, we -would suy that Dr. F. Julius LeMoyne erected his crematory "for his own ue and that of persons in this neighborhood, and not for the general pub lic; his hope being that crematories v ould bo erected in different parts of the country He, however, allowed the cremation of a few bodies for the purpose of keeping his reform uoiuic iuc jjuuuu, n. cu us to gratify a fetrong desire of those who had no ouier v. ay of showing their Interest In the subject The trustees endeavor to follow out his wishes a 1 t-lisnrh li a luff rt HiviiAtini.n i . . . ......v,..6.. ..o .v... .. uu, m me matter, nor any fund for keeping up tho crematory hence u small sum is udded to the actual cost of cremation for this pui pose. The trustees will receive nobodies lor cre mation unless they are previously satisfied that the death is recent, and from natural oauses. This information must be accom panied by a certificate from tho attending physician and the Board of Health; and some relerees known to both parties are desirable. A timely notice is required for another rea son. It requires about 21 hours to heat the furnace betore the introduction of the bodv after the body is placed In the retort It Is consumed In about two hours, but from 20 to 24 hours must be allowed for the coolimr of the retort before the ashes can be removed. The body is removed from the coffin be fore cremation, hence if a sheet be laid In the coffin under the body it can bo lifted out more, easily. Simple clothing and a plain coffin are recommended. The remains are s J I 71 Front Elevation of Columbarium, Showing One of the Comers. tWr" generally placed in a sealed tin box, and can bo carried away by the friend'! or Bent by express. Tho weight of the remains varies from five to seven pounds. The cost of cremating a bodv is $43. This includes nil expenses after the body 1 caches the railroad station at Wnhhington; a hearse, carriage and box to contain the remains, as well as fuel, attendance, etc. IT BOOMED OTHER CREMATORIES. Sir years ago, however, the trustees, hav ing knowledge that crematories in difl'erent parts of the United States were about ready to begin operations, concluded to close the Washington institution to all persons ex cept the residents of Washington county. Their idea was that by taking such a step they could force people to stimulate the sentiment for building crematories gen erally. In this they were right, for scarcely had they closed their doors on the public than the Lancaster, Pa., Cremation Society, the first organization formed in the United States after Dr. LeMoyne's experiments, threw open its crenutoiy, a beautiful edifice in the form of a temple. Then came the natural gas crematory of Undertaker Sam son in Pittsburg. The Buffalo Cremation Society erected a furnace on an Italian plan, and Cincinnati followed next. San Francisco possessed a powerful society, and in Philadelphia the movement took a pecu liar hold on the best business men there. Baltimore organized a society uuder the leadership of John II. Bcnnous, and Boston at last accounts had nearly enough stock subscribed to build a magnificent crema torium. DR. LEMOYNE'S DAUGHTER AMISSIONARY. Dr. LeMoyne's oldest daughter is a resi dent of Los Angelse, California. Herself and husband imbibed most thoroughly the views of her deceased father, and aided by Ilev. Mr. Sinsebaugh, formerly a well-known Methodist clergyman at Washington, Pa,, now a resident of Los Angeles also, they formed a cremation society which started the movement along the Pacific coast. Sacramento, San Antonio and other towns in the Golden Gate State took it up. St. Louis erected a , pretty crematory on the plans of a French architect. The Presi dent of the St. Louis society came on to ex amine the Washington furnace. He has written Julius LeMoyne that from their or ganization has sprung another at St. Cloud, Minn. New Orleans' society will have two de partments in their crematorium, one for human beings and the other for animals. They reason that if it is necessary for the health of the living that the bodies of men and women should be burned, the same argument holds good in the case of animals. Other cremation societies are reported as having been formed in Detroit, Staten Island, Davenport, la., and Worcester, Mass. IT BECOMES WIDESPREAD. The United States Cremation Society completed its lurnnces at Jresn Jfond, Long Island, in 1886. Since then several inciner ations took place therein. These furnaces in the East are taken advantage of by New York and Philadelphia undertakers who used to come to Washington, Pa., with their subjects. J ' "" - "" "" " After Dr. LeMoyne's experiments In Pennsylvania the subject of cremation be came interesting in Europe as vv ell as at home. In 1879 a large creamatory was erected at Gotha, Germany, under the con trol of the city authorities. Up to 1882 there had been 84 incinerations in its fur nace. The apparatus in. this institution were made after an Italian pattern and the whole plant cost about 525,000, rather more than any American society has yet spent on its buildings. And now comes Allegheny Cemetery with its columbarium. ill. No Longer Uncanny. This was not long ago an uncanny subject. It had a ghastly aspect that led you to put it away from you. Not orly did it make you shudder at the thought of fire licking up the flesh that you loved, but it com pelled you to stand face to face with that other gaunt reflection which was always brushed quickly out of the mind before it got a fair entrance; that was the slow mold ering of the body in the grave, and its cor ruption by worms and rot. Now, this thing is talked about pleas antly. Some one has said that the human dress we wear is but a suit of clothes, essen tial while on earth, to be wisely looked after, but of no possible use to us when the immortal soul within passes beyond the grav e. Why not think pleasantly, and talk pleasantly, too, of what is best to do with "this good old suit of clothes, so useful in its time, but worn out at last and laid aside." ADVANTAGES OF CREMATION. And on this very topic, along in 1876, there arose that widespread discussion which gradually made it easier for people to talk about it." Thought has been molded, educa tion has advanced, and science has taken a hand in making a decision. Dr. LeMoyne used to sum up his beliefs in two general heads, viz: Cremation is a needed sanitary measure. He contended that large cemeteries were unhealthful to the masses of the living because of their drainage and malaria. He banished all sentiment about the disposition of the bodies because we had loved the flesh. The soul was beyond damage dispose of the material body for the best interests of the living. Second, economy. Vast areas of land must be set aside for the burial of the dead. Enormous sums of money in the ag gregate are spent on funerals and monu ments. He declared the money spentevery year on coffins, carriages and marble in the United States would support the poor for a year everywhere. Then why not use it for the poor? HIS OW.V RESTING PLACE. Holding such radical views, it 1b not snr. prising that to-day, although leaving an estate at his death valued at f250,000, Dr. LeMoyne's relatives did not feel justified in erecting more than a flfl pedestal of stone at the door ot his crematory, it Is planted directly over the spot where the urn containing his ashes lies buried. On this stone is cut simply his name, the dates of his birth and death, and the words, "A fearless advocate of the right." The position of those who oppose the in troduction of cremation have been well summed up in a small pamphlet bv J. S. VnnVoorhis, A M., M. D., of Fayette county. He fortifies the claims of sepulture with the Bible. From the time Abraham established the burial place for his family until now the Christian mode of disposing of the dead was by burial. Save in the case ot Saul is there an instance in the Scrip tures where cremation was practiced, and then it was to prevent the enemy from ex posing the bodies to mutilation. POINTS AGAINST CREMATION. During all wars of history we have no record ot pestilence arising from wholesale sepulture. The catacombs of Egypt, the extensive cemeteries of Paris, London, Con stantinople. Canton, etc. are cited as an ex ample of the fact that no ill-health has ever Continual on Fifth Fage. ptr$rot$ PETTSBURG, MONDAY, WAST GROWS SCALP A Bitter Anonymous Attack Sent Broadcast Through the Land. CLAIMS OP A SECRET SOCIETY, With 2,000,000 Members, All Pledged to Down the ix-President. SOME VERY ASTOUNDING STATEMENTS In TnE DlSPATCn mail last night there arrived an innocent-looking blue-covered pamphlet which came under a Buffalo post mark and is presumably being scattered broadcast throughout the country. On the title page is the simple legend: "Anti Cleveland" only this and nothing more. But inside, in connection with a bitter at tack on the ex-President, appear some state ments of a very astounding character, indeed. For instance, the preface, which is addressed "To the Public," includes the fol lowing: We found that the great party had been betrayed into the hands of a conceited and nontemntthlfi rsc. W immediately organ ized for action, and promptly adopting the polloy of our great leader, Samuel J. Tilden, a "still hunt" was Inaugurated, which has disclosed the existence of over two millions of anti Cleveland Democrats, every ono of whom is pledged, irrevocably, to vote against him, no matter whom the opposing candi date mav bo. Wo meet frequently and secretly, "have our passwords and grips, and visiting delegates, whose business it is to re port progress and see that all branches of our order work in harnony, and we nie pre paied to present an invulnerable phalanx against the election of Grovor Cleveland to any public office. AN UNKNOWN DEMOCRAT'S LETTER. And now dooming it time to make known our position, we have decided to print the able letter of a prominent business man of New York and send It broadcast throughout the land, as it clearly, concisely and forcibly presents the feelings and intent of our branch of the party, and glvesaiinging declaration of true Domocratie princlples.as w ell as a forcible expose of tho true inw nrd ness of the present mixed and unnatural situation of Government affairs, business and social problems. Then comes the letter, which is quite lengthy. The following are a fevf choice extracts: My business has recently called mo west, south, north and east, and 1 have traveled thoroughly through and through 27 different States. My attention had been ftcquently called, both through the public print and by porsonal contact yith men, to the alleged wonderful popularity of Cleveland, and tho so-called unlvertl demand for his renomi nation. Therefore, as I journoj ed in pursuit of my business, I made it n point to talk to every man I mot on the following subjects: The favorite for President, tariff retoini, silver coinage and prohibition. The net re sult being (exclusive of newspapormen and professional politicians) 61 per cent of Demo crats in favor of Hill, 27 per cent in favor of Clev eland, and the balance scattering. Be publicans, 73 per cent in favor of Blaine, and only 5 per cent in fav or of Little Bon, balance very widoly scattered. Fifty-four per cent, partly of both parties, in favor of tann reiorm or aosoiute ireo irauo. .ninety two er cent, drawn liberally drawn liberally from a"ll . rf w(li Ay nnlrtnim nnft 91 parties, in favor of bilv er coinage, and 23 percent, also repiesentlng each party, in favor of piohibition. A CHARGE OF TREACHERY. Treachery to personal and political friends enn doceive sensible men but once. There fore. Mr. Cleveland can never again hold any important offlco by Democratic votes. Had he been true to the positive pledges (which the writer of this beard him mOko in 'aij.tlmt "first of alii am a Domocra' he could have been overwhelmingly reyi?ctrj In '88, instead of being ignoinlniously beaten" by the very weakest man in the wholo Re publican party. We believed this pledge in 81, before election, that he was a Democrat, and elected him as against the very stiong est man on the opposite side; and that, too, with nil the tremendous influence of Gov ernment patronage against ns. But when we found that It took a search warrant to determine just which Darty he did belong to after he reached Washington that he spent moietlmein coquetting with and showering favors upon a mongrel or ganization than in building up nnd strength ening the Democratic ranks when we saw him treat with contempt honest and truo citizens who had been consistent Democrats befoie he was out of his swaddling clothes the sentiment so strongly in bis favor in 1S81 changed to a feeling oi contemptuous dis gust, and at the very first opportunity tho independent and thinking Democrats delib erately deprived him of the privilege of further insulting the grand old organization to which wc are proud to belong. Why then Bhpuld we deliberately throw away our certain chances of success, in case we put up an honest, straight out and out Democrat, in order to gratify tho whims of an uncertain and ticacherous adventurer! Wo will not bellev e, until tho close of the Democratic Convention of '92, that the supreme nnd outrageous folly ot '72 can be repeated. ANYBODY lOSE "WILL DO. But let the convention nominate such can didates, for instance, as Carlisle, Morrison, Boies, Gray, Voorhees, Crisp, Palmer, Patti son, Vest, Bussel, Bland, Springer, Mills, Campbell, Gordon, Gorman, Hill, or any other known and consistent Democrat, and we will gladly tluow up our hats, maroh in procession, contiibute campaign expenses, shoot off the fiio-works, rally around tho glorious old Democratic flag, voto when the polls open, and help to win a genuine Demo cratic 'victory compared vuth which the overwhelming performance of last fall will seem but a skirmish. True it is that there hag bocn much noise expended in struggling efforts to kecythis fellow's name at the fiont, and. like the bass drum of the band, his advocates have tried to drown the sensible music of tho cor net. But intelligent pooplo will insist on having their own choice of instruments, notwithstanding tho noisy rabble, and in U92 that intelligence will insist on deter mining who shnll bo President. And it is entiiely safe to bet four thousand to one that that choice will not bo Grover Cleve land, of Buffalo, Erie county, X. Y. Ono term of llugw umpery is quite sufficient to satisfy tho controlling elonient or tho Dem ocratic partv, and to satiate their most ex acting demands for that entirely useless commodity. Lot ns, In a friendly spirit, heartily unite on somo ablo nnd sensible leader instead of trj lng to force ono on the public with simply a single idea. Let us win tho victory clearly and easily within our grasp. SOME CWJSING THREATS. At the end of the letter telling why Cleveland should not be the nominee, the pamphlet proceeds to outline what will be done in case the convention rctnses to listen to the kickers. Here are the final remarks: At present wo deem this sufficient. For tho next nominating convention is yet a long way off, and we bellevo that the natu ral good sense of the great majority will render Cleveland's renomlnntion impossi ble, nnd that our great party shall remaln.as it always xhould, heartily united. But. in cjhe the convention of '92 should so lar for get Itself as to repent the mistake or '88 at bt. Louis, v o will immediately open unti Cleveland quattcrs in every city of tho Union, and will make such an exhibition of strength us will completely stagger his most visionary votaries, nnd they will find, when too late, that thero is moro than double the opposition to him now than was developed at the last election. ," There is, as wc believe, no other point on which tho Democracy is likely to or can di vide. Then w by, with nil the Available tim ber for able Prcsidental candidates at hand, should any section of our party insist on having this disastrously overthrown, pom pous and ponderous pietcnder? A COMBINE BROKEN. Anti-Lottcry Democrats and the Alliance Have a Nice Arrangement Spoiled. rSPZCIAI. TILIGRAM TO TUX DISPATCH.! Nett Orleans, Aug. 9. On Friday a combination was made at Lafayette by the Farmers' Alliance and the anti-lottery wing of the Democratic party. By the agree ment, the Alliance was to name the Gov ernor and did name its president, T.'B. I Adams, for this positiou,and was to join in I . v AUGUST 10. 1891. the fight against the lottery Company, dropping the Ocala platform for the pres ent. The other State officers were divided out between the two factions. The combination was broken up to-day by a telegram fiom President Polk, head of the Alliance in the United States, protest ing against and prohibiting the combina tion between the farmers and the anti-lottery Democrats as against the constitution of the order. The action of President Polk threatens to produce a split In the Alliance South. THE ONE-TERM IDEA SEEMS TO SUIT LEADEKS THE EEPOBUCAN JUST NOW. Unless Maine Speaks Speedily and Fosltlve lj, He "Will Be Regarded ns a Certain Candidate Perhaps Quay Has Already Got the Bight Tip. fFBOM A STAFF COBBESPOVDE'JT.t "Washington, Aug. 9. If all appear ances and predictions are not at fault, the .one-term principle for the Presidency is About to receive another pillar in support of its edifice, in the refusal of the Republi can party to renominate President Harri son. Local and State leaders are becoming stronger and have less respect for the fiat of a President than formerly. They are less patient under the rebuffs of a man of their own stamp who merely happens by reason of his locality or luck to be elevated to the highest office of the country. Their de mands unsatisfied they rebel, and they spread rebellion far and wide. It is plain that Harrison is to be beaten. It is plain that he is to be beaten -w ith Blaine. It is as plain as a pikestaff that he will be bgaten with Blaine if Blaine does riot promptly come out with a declaration that hewill not accept the nomination under any circumstances. A mere avowal that he is not a candidate will not do. He must either make the positive declaration that he Will in no case accept or permit the use of his name, or he. must understand that he is viewed as an avowed candidate. "With ex pressions in his favor from every State of the Union, and with county conventions, not only in Pennsylvania, but in many other States, indorsing him for the nomina tion, it is his plain duty to make known at once his intention to refuse if he does not intend to stand. Every moment of silence is encouragement to his fnends to commit themselves, and every indorsement of him is a black eve to the nrosneots of the Presi dent of whose Cabinet he is the most dis tinguished member. .' Of course Mr. Blaine is not responsible for the anti-Harrison oatbreak, but ne is re sponsible for its continuation to the injury of his chief; and he should not permit it to continue if it be his purpose to finally re' ject the advances of the masses of his party. It isn't treating the masses right, and it's awfully rough on Harrison. Of course, Blaiue need not blazon the thing to the world over his own signature. All he has to do is to tell Brother Manley or Brother Boutelle, or send a little tip to Brother Quay, and the case is decided one way or the other. It is assumed by many that the de cision has been made; that Quay would not have taken the position ascribed to him had he not assurances of that Blaine is willing. This is very reasonable, and, without a hspeedy adverse word from Blaine, it will be' 'T a ., 1 r i. ussuweu iu ue iuw. 0T&WITH CLAEKS0N'. ? The President brakes a Long Drive 'With c , the Successor, of Qnay. ' SPECIAL TMJtGHAJr JO Tlhr DISFATCn.l ,'fcAPE May, Aug, 0.Tbe, President re gained at the cottage this morning and did nbt attend religious services.. Among the congregation inj"tbe-iPresbyterian Church exercises at CarTtonJjHaU,"HfQ they are held now instead of Beadlewiurch, because of the congregation having grown too large for it, were Postmaster General Wanamaker and General James 8. Clarkson. This afternoon the President accompanied by General Clrrkson took a,long drive. Fresh From Indianapolis. SPECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH. Philadelphia, Aug. 9. Attorney Gen eral "William Miller, direct from his home at Indianapolis, was a late arrival at the Continental Hotel to-night. He will journey to CaDe May to-morrow morning to meet an appofntment with President Harrison. MYSTERIOUSLY CAPSIZED. SIX ITVES XOST BT A PKCTJMAB YACHTIKG ACCIDENT. The Boat Turns Over While the Air and Sea "Were Calm Four Children and Two Men Drowned In the Inner Boston Har bor. (SrECIAL TEI.rGBAM TO THE DISrATCn. Boston, Aug. 9. Six lives were lost by a peculiar yachting accident in the inner harbor this afternoon. A small keel sail boat, carrying nine persons, was cruising about with other pleasure craft in the vi cinity of Thompson's Island, not far from South Boston Point, just after 4 o'clock. John Burke, who acted as skipper, had his three children with him, and the rest of the party consisted of three young men and two more children. Burke was an experienced boatman. The wind was light and the water smooth, so that there was no apparent danger. Sud denly, nobody knows why, the Doat went on her beam end and capsized. There was no squall, no carelessness, the boom did not jibe or other cause appear. All on board found themselves in the water. Burke tried to save his children, but 'lost his own life in the attempt, and Lilian, aged 10, and James, aged 8, also perished. "Vincent, 14 years old, kept himself afloat till rescued, and was the only one of the family saved. The others who perished were Thaddeus Manthorn, 38 years old, and Thomas and Annie Carmody, both children. James Ballard and Ferguson Churchill kept afloat till rescued by the crew of the yacht Elsie. Churchill says he believes the yacht was capsized by a strong current into which she passed at the moment of the accident. He thinks the current struck tho keel suddenly, ns the skipper threw the helm over to bring the yacht about and the boat was thrown over. He says: "I was sitting forward with my children on the wash rail, looking ahead. I don't know what happened after that. I heard Burke say '"Well, I guess we will go about.' J suppose he put the helm down, but I don't know. I suddenly found myself in the water. I struck out fora black sloop that was coming toward us, nnd they picked me up." All those on board the unfortu nate craft lived in South Boston. THE BAIN HAKES FAILS. He Prophesied' a Storm Which Did Not materialize in Time. SPFCIAL TELEOBAJI TO THE DISPATCH. Canton, Aug. 9. Alas! poor Melbourne', his occupation is gone, and there is nothing left but an exploded theory. To-day he was to bring one of his patent rains, but instead the heat has been almost unbear able, with not a cloud in the sky. Up to to-day he had staunch supporters, but to-night the perspiring public has de serted him, and he grinds alone at his little machine, with neither friend nor believer in the town, with the possible exception of "his brother. There ia no doubt the man thought he could bring rain whenever he wished, but it looks as if he has been doing some good guessing at the weather, or hit several rainy days by accident. -. -' -i ii&3tM&.-A JUST LIKE MOLLINGEll A Wonderful Faith-Cure Physician Found on the Southside. HE PERFORMS THREE MIRACLES. The Strange Healer Absolutely Befnses Money, and Only Enjoihs Secrecy. ONE BOY IS CURED OP CONVULSIONS The Southside comes to the front with a miracle worker who, as a curer of human ills and general layer-on-of-hands, bids fair to rival the far-famed Father Mollinger, of Troy Hill. This man, who is accredited with supernatural powers, has been resid ing for some time on Jane street above Seventeenth street. His name is Fischer. He is of a retiring disposition and has been hiding his light under a bushel so that his mystic power has not become generally known. Fischer is plentifully supplied with this world's goods and consequently has not been compelled to use the power which he possesses, and which he claims is bestowed upon him by the direct intervention of heaven as a means of livelihood. Nor does he now accept any pecuniary emolument for such services as he consents to render. He does not seek notoriety. In fact, he would prefer to remain unknown and un sung, and possibly his existence on the Southside would not now be made known to the general public had not some of his recent cures been so strongly in the nature of the miraculous. The buzz of gossip and excitement which was occasioned thereby became so vehement that it outgrew the narrow bounds of the neighborhood and be came a matter of common conversation on that side of the river. The case which first came to the knowledge of the public was that of a boy named Harry Trapp, a son of John Trapp, a nailer, living on South Twenty-first street. HARRY TRAPP CUBED OF FITS. Several months ago this boy was visited with an illness that left him with a spinal affection, and later he became subject to fits in a most aggravated form. Mr. Trapp, the boy's father, in speaking of theiuatter, said that Harry, who hod al ways been a very bright and lively boy, had always been in the habit of coming to the corner to meet him as he came from work. One day he failed to appear at the usnal place, and, as the father expressed, he "felt it in his bones" that something had hap pened the boy. Un arriving at his home he found his surmise was correct and that Harrv was very ill. "When this illness left him he was a different boy, and up until about a month ago his attacks of convul sions were growing more severe and more frequent. Mr. Trapp was persuaded by a neighbor who had heard of Mr. Fischer s wonderful health-bestowing power to take the child to him, but he did not believe that this would be attended 'with any good results so did not do so. But one day when the husband was at work Mrs. Trapp took the boy and called on the "hoodoo man," as the street boys called him. Sirs. Trapp says that the "doctor," as they call him, although he is not a physi cian, merely looked at the boy, touched him .lightly .on the .chest and forehead, mur mured a few -unintelligible Words and dis missed ibem. Sine? thai day the boy-has" been his, old self again and has" had no return of his former affliction. Arthur Edmunds, a carpenter who lives in Knoxville borough, is another who has been cured by this man. He was seen yes terday and questioned closely by a Dis patch reporter about his case. He told the following story. HEALED BY TnE LAYING ON OF HANDS. "iwas working near the house of this faith-cure man about a year ago, and noticed several afflicted people nearly every day calling there; some were turned away, and some were admitted. Several times I noticed men who, when they came to the house, were painfully crippled or deformed in some way, would come out carrying their crutehes or canes on their shoulders and walk away. They would never say any thing about , the matter when questioned and I supposed that the "hoodoo man" had imposed a vow of secrecy upon them or something of the kind. Last winter I con tracted muscular rheumatism, which noth ing seemed to relieve. I thought of the "doctor" who had cured the cripples down there and spoke to my friends about going to sec him, but they scoffed at the idea, but I insisted on seeing him, and at last suc ceeded in doing so. I was taken to his house, and without asking any explanations as to my ailment or saying a vvord.he simply looked at me with a pair of bright, deep sunken eyes, passed his hand slowly over my body, ana very sottiy ana reverently, as if he were entirely oblivious of my presence, repeated a long formula of words oyer and over manv times. "I think I became unconscious for the next thing I remember I was standing at the outer door where my friends w ere await ing me, and greatly to their surprise, I walked down the steps. I have been all right since. I called again next day to offer to make some payment for the inestimable service he had done me, and to thank him, but he refused to see me, sending out word that he would ask nothing of me, except that I should say nothing at all about the matter." Charly Hodgdon, another boy of the neighborhood was cured of St. Vitus' dance by Mr. Fischer. His father, "William Hodgdon is employed by Jones & Mc Laughlin and lives at the head of Twenty eighth street. WONDEEFTTL SILVES STEIKE. It Is Close by tho Enormously ltich One Hade in Colorado Becently. TSrECIAL TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCII.l Boulder, Col., Aug. 9. Only a few weeks ago was reported an enormously rich silver strike on Pomeroy Mountain, near Caribou, the details of which were so won derful that many doubted the truth of them. To-day comes the report of another strike only BOO feet from the first that is even richer and more wonderful than the first. Imagine a streak or strata running Into a mountain of about three inches of almost solid silver, the glistening white of the na tive silver mingled with the more somber color of the horn silver. This is one of the veins one reads of and generally regards as truthful as an Arabian Nights tale. But Boulder can show it in reality. The sight has awakened all the old mining spirit, and many will leave for the new field to-morrow to investigate and prospect. Pomeroy 'Mountain, where the find was made, is situated right on the main range about a mile northwest of Caribou and from the celebrated Caribou Hill, from which, through the old Caribou, No Name, Belcher, Poorman and others, many mill ions have been produced. A M0BM0N UPHEAVAL. Thousands of the Brlshamltcs Expected to Go Over to the Joaephltea. rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DlSrATCTI.1 Ogden, Aug. 9. A meeting of the eld ders ot the Josephlte branch of the Mormon Church of Utah was held in this city yester day. The proceedings were important and 1 5 HOME Jy interesting. It was decided to negotiate with Joseph Smith, Jr., the present head of the church, who resides in Lamoni, la., for removal of the headquarters of the church to' Ogdcn, also to offer him inducements to take up his residence here. Several of the elders claimed that the Brighamite, or Utah Mprnion Chnrch, is on the eve.of a great up heaval and that thousands of its followers will secede and come over to the primitive Mor mon church. Since the alleged abandonment of plural marriages the people see.no great differ ence between the two branches, but will be more likely to favor the Josephites, in or der to get back into favor with the Govern ment. The latter sect has never had any collision with the powers that be, and will of conrse be more layered by the officials. One man advances the idea that should the secession from the Brigham Young wing be large, the Government will probably re lease some of the church property confis cated under the Edmunds act, and place the new establishment in possession for a nomi nal consideration. ONE HUNDRED DEGREES. THEBMOMETEBS BEACH THAT POINT IN THE "WE5TEBN CITIES. The East Is Beginning to Become Heated and People Seek the Seaside Compara tively Few Fatal Sunstrokes, bnt Some Were Prostrated. New York, Ang. 9. The warmA predicted several days ago, materialize 5s time and continued to be very much wiU yesterday and to-day. Seaside resorts a .J? - - i ; out-of-town cool snnts did a. l.ind office bu.4 ness. It Is expected that the thermomctel will remain generally on the bull side of the weather market at least until Thursday next. The average temperature yesterday was 80, something over 8 higher than the normal temperature for August in previous years. The highest point reached to-day was 80 and the range ahout 8. The atmos phere is intensely humid and not a breath of air fans the perspiring residents. At St. Louis it was excessively warm, but the heat was somewhat mitigated by an oc casional cool breeze. The mercury reached the highest point of the season, marking 92 in the shade at 3 P. 31. A number of pros trations caused by the heat were reported, but no fatalities. At 10 o'clock the ther mometer registered 90. At Chicago it was the hottest day of the season, the temperature reaching an altitude of 100 at various points at midday. .-There -was a brisk breeze, but it seemed to come from a furnace. A number of sun strokes are reported, two of which were fatal. Bt 4 o'clock P.M. a violent electrical storm had the effect of slightly cooling the atmosphere. At Cincinnati the day was thehottest this year. The temperature during the hottest part of the day ranged from 92 to 95 and the mean temperature was about 82. The hot spell of the past three or four days at Kansas City culminated when the Signal Service thermometer registered at 3 P. M. 95. Ordinary thermometers reached the 98 mark, while on the shady sides of downtown streets 100 was the record. Late in the afternoon a northeast wind brought refreshing coolness. FOSTEE SOOTHED HIM. How Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury Croanse Changed His Mind. SrPCIAL TELKORAil TO THE DISPATCH. "Washington, Aug. 9. Secretary Foster is a blunt man and he has a blunt fashion of settling matters that come before him. About a month ago Assistant Secretary Cronnse"o'nnced fn 'upon him with his resignation in his hand. He was angry and he tools no, pains to conceal it. "What's 'thTs," queried the Secretary with his usual calmness. "It's my resignation," returned his assistant hotly. "You objected to my son serving as my private secretary and I'm not satisfied abont it. My friends out in Nebraska won't understand it and they'll think I'm of deuced little importance here if I can't command go trifling a place as that. Here's my resignation. You may accept it as soon as yon choose." "I don't propose," said Mr. Foster good naturedly, "to do anything of the kind. I won't look at your resignation, much less accept it. I regard you as one of my most valuable assistants and I don't propose to lose you. I do object to the appointment of your son, not upon personal grounds, but because I am opposed to nepotism in any form. If I choose to gain a little cheap reputation as a reformer I might accept your resignation and let the facts become public, but I don't do business in that way. Take your resignation." Mr. Crounse ia still on duty. TALMAGE'S THBIFT. The Preacher and a Kansas Street Car Company Pool Their Issues. rsrECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH.l Topeka, Kan., Aug. 9. The Bev. T. DeWitt Talmage, who preached at Oakland Park this morning, did not receive an en thusiastic welcome from the local ministers. A card published in the morning papers, signed by every minister in the city con nected with the Chautauqua Assembly, read: We deem it due to the Christian public, and especially due to tho churches of all denominations in the city, whose usual hour of service is 11 o'clock, to make the an nouncement that the manager!) of the Chau tauqua Assembly have made no arrange ments whatever, cither directly or Indirectly, with Dr. Tulmuge. The card was published jnst below an ad vertisement from the Itapid Transit Street Kailwny Company, under whose manage ment Dr. Talmage spoke, stating that an admission of 25 cents would be charged. There were a few regular church members who heard the Brooklyn divine, and the business-like arrangement between him and the street railway company has been se verely criticised by the ministers and their congregations. The management of the street railway company was anxious to have Dr. Talmage preach for the usual fund raised by voluntary contributions, but he refused to do it. VICTIMS OF MAD DOGS. They Will Undergo tho Pasteur Treatment in Dr. GIbler's Institute. rSPECIAL TELEGKA3I TO THE DlSPATCn. Nkw York, Aug. 9. Dr. Gibier, of the Pasteur Institute, received two patients from Austin, Tex., and three more from the same city are expected to arrive to-morrow. One of the two patients who came to-day is a deputy sheriff of Austin; the other is the 8-ycar-old son of an Austin merchant. Both" were bitten by the same dog, which mani fested signs of rabies and was shot. This occurred 15 days ago. Immediately upon their arrival Dr. Gibier began his treat ment. The three who arc looked for to-morrow are children of a business man of Austin, who was in New York when he received a telegram from his wife telling him that the little ones had been bitten by a road dog. He wired back to his wife to bring the children here for treatment. They started, but on their way stopped off to try the effect ofamadstone. "The biting occured a week B- ' ' Topeka Boilermakers' Strike Ended. TorEKA, Kas., Aug. 9. The Santa Fe boilermakers' strike has ended. Superin tendent of Machinery John Player was in conferencerrith the boilermakers last night and ail differences were amicably arranged. The discharged men and the strikers will ,all resunie $prk Monday. A t - hooters watch-THE DISPATCH for bar gains. ItlstbeVestSIedimnforlCeal EatateTiealeH Agenta, Renters, Auc tioneer", Sellers and Baierj. Try It. ySE CENTS FIRE Dli&PABJiDE, Abqut 18,000RfV Yisited- tlie Camp of tlfSecond Brigade Yesterday. GREAT MILITARY DISPLAY. Colonel Smith Refuses to Recognize the Name Kensington. HIS MEN NOT ASKING FOR FAVORS. Governor Fattison Forced to Hold Infor mal Ecceptions. SOME OF THE BOYS 0YEKC0JIE BY. HEAT The Allegheny Valley road poured 18,000 people into Camp Kensington yesterday. I "When Superintendent McCargo and Gen- ji'eral Passenger Agent Anderson rested from. T sJueir labors in the evenintr. that many M- v " . - P,eces wcre ugmj iron, u.e.r oeus. ?Vns .1 frrent day for the line, and it did A oflice business. The crowds started -ito'nnd kept it np until late in the after- 3. v . , ,.,.., ig meauo w, which is me camping '' ryt the Second Brigade, was soon tra 'tl int0 a citjr of i000 soils- fc was elective point for many a Pitts- ! burjtiand to most of them the scene was novel and unique. General "Wiley gave tho people the utmost freedom. They were permitted to wander around through tha camp at their leisure. Only the Governor's nnd brigade headquarters were considered sacred. THE GOVERNOR'S HEADQUARTERS SACRED. It was as much as your life was worth to try to cross the boundary line outside tha rows of tents, and the guards were strict in enforcing their orders. This was done to keep the crowd from pestering the Chief Executive and the General. General "Wiley remarked that he had selected a site near the city to give the public an idea of what the National Guard consisted of. He in vites the people to come and hopes they will enjoy themselves while there. The feature of the day was the grand dress parade at o'clock iu the afternoon. The crowd had gone to the camp ground to see it, and they waited patiently until the bugles sounded for the regiments to form. They were not disappointed. The people were instructed to occupy the high ground along tho railroad, and the immense, natural amphitheater from a distance looked like -one black mass of humanity. Here and there a large tree had not been dug up by the enterprising farmer, and in the shade of their foliage the ladies pressed to avoid the fierce rays of the gun. Outside of the terrific heat, the day was " perfect. At times a cooling breeze swept across the meadow from the Allegheny river. It was relished by the mortals who sweltered on the level plain. OVERCOME BY THE .HEAT, A number of Indies and soldiers were sovercome for a time by the heat," but they oon recovered. During the Brigade in spection, which was conducted by General "Wiley, Governor Pattison, General Gobin, General Snowden and some others occupies carriages to the right of the center of the plain. The Governor was only a visitor, and as the regiments passed by they saluted General "Wiley. The large crowd was much interested as the troops commenced to form. The drum corps of each regiment suddenly emerged from their quarters with a lively tune and the men quickly lined up behind them. The warlike music and the scene was in spiring. Soon the great plain was filled with six solid squares of men, each con sisting of a regiment. The battery took np its position to the right of the line, and the Sheridan Troop acted as policemen to keep the crowd back. Fractious horses were dashing to and fro, officers were giving the commands at the top of their voices and the men wera moving like a piece of machinery. MAGNIFICENT BATTALION MOVEMENT. ' "I never saw the boys so steady for tha first time in a battalion movement," said George C. Hamilton, Assistant Adjutant General, after the parade was over. "With a little practice they would do much bet ter." Old soldiers are always chary of praise, but this was given freely by the bid veteran. "When the six regiments were in position the line was nearly a mile long. The Second Brigade Band followed by all tha regimental drum corps commenced at one end of the line, marched the full length and then returned to the placeof beginning. It probably took them 25 minutes to go over the ground, and the people wondered how themen could keep up the steady strain of playing under the hot sun. Somebody in a crowd remarked that the members wera made of cast iron, and nothing'could knock them out. Everybody in the neighborhood laughed nt this sally. When the musical contingent reached the end of its maneuver- ing, the battery hreu a gun and Colonel Hawkins, as the senior officer, at the head of the Tenth regiment took up the line of march past the reviewing stand. Tho ' Colonel is a hustler and never does things by halves. With his tough farmer lads setting the pace, he gave the city fellows a long chase around the lot. No short cuts would suit the Colonel, and he covered the ground from one end of the field to the other. He was closely followed by the" Fifteenth, Eighteenth and other regiments in order. GLAD ENOUGH TO GET DONE. When the parade was over the boys mada' a dive for their tents, glad that the hot task, - was finished. Xhe men who handled the strefeners hud nlentv to do dunncr tha ' parade. Altogether a" half dorenf guards-". men were overcome by the neat and carried-: off the field. The Eighteenth and Four- , teenth Keeiments each nad several. Even the Sixteenth had one, but the country fel-x lows, who are used to the sun, claimed their man was sick and never should have been , permitted in the line. "Our men are soldiers," said a big farmer. from the Path regiment proudly, as slapped his chest and looked around dis-'J dainfully on bis auditors. "You bet was don't have bovs who can't stand the sun.'.! None of the stricken soldiers were in a 1 way, however, and soon recovered in i shade. i ;," During the review Colonel JSorman BE, Smith, ot the Eighteenth Jtcgiment, had mishan which inirrht have resulted seriously.' He was riding a fractious horse when thai stirrup strap broke. The frightened animals plunged wildly and threw the Colonel to the ground, lie landed on his bacK, Ot picked himself up quickly and was ledt his tent, lie wasnt hurt, but ne missed i parade. LOUDLT AFPLAUDED BY THE CROWDS As the boys marched around the amph tbeather tHav were loudly applaudea.l the crowd. v The two home regiments seemed to have the most admirers, but this was natural. Colonel Eutledgc was pleased! with the reception given the Eighteenth! xii -. -' .!... i
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