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FORTY -SIXTH YEAE.
FREE T
Leave Their "Western Homes
to Attack tlie Protec
tion Champion.
WOMEN OX THE PLATF0B5I.
A Feminine Orator of the People's,
Tarty Trailing McKinley From
Place to Place.
THE MAJOR TALKS TO FARMERS.,
j0ver 12,000 Prosperous Grangers Listen to
a Logical Address Upon the Tariff
and Taxation.
WOEDS SUEE TO COUNT ELECTION DAT.
The Greatest Enthnsiasm Manifested Everywhere,
Together With Entire Confidence in a
Eefinblicaa Mctorj.
iiaremxcE or the bio buckeye coxiest
ISrrCIAL TELEGRAM TO T1IC DISrATCH.
Shelby, O., Aug. 13. Through a com
bination of circumstances Ohio will be the
political battle ground of the nation this
fall. The fight is not between Campbell
ami McKinley, but is a clash of principles.
Iu this State, rich in agricultural resources
and proud of its splendid line of statesmen
living and dead, the three parties of the
country are concentrating their forces. The
question is whether an honest dollar and a
protective tariff shall be the policy of the
Government in the future or free silver and
free'trade shall dominate the land. .
"McKinley himself," said W. S. Cap
pcllerat Mansfield tc-div. "docs not realise
the importance of this campaign. It is no
a State battle, but the uho.e coun'ry is in
terested. As Ohio goes next November so
will the people vote in 189i I feci sure it
is time that the importers in New York and
the free traders at large are raising and have
collected large sums of money to defeat Mc
Kinieyi NOT A FEKWNAL CONTEST.
"They are not fighting him personally,
but the principles he represents. I think
Senator Brice is in England now for the
purpose of securing money to down the
tariff in Ohio. The foreign manufacturers
know the value of the American market,
and they will gladly spend money to get
n share of it This is why the eyes of the
nation are watching the political contest
here at present It is only commencing,
but before it is over it will be the hottest
i we ever had."
Outside of the uMo Bepnblican and
Democratic orators of the country wlio will
stump the State, the Farmers Alliance in
the "West, in connection with the People's
party, is making preparations to send to the
TSuckeye State its most forceful advocates.
The Alliance will tako advantage of the
opportunity to push its organization East
ward. In a short time Ohio will be flooded
with political speakers and meetings will
be held iu every hamlet. The people are
threatened with an amount of good and bad
logic that is appalling If voters are not
crazed lefore the campaign is over by the
much speaking promised they will desen e
the sympathy of the nation.
OHATOKS Or THE FAIR. SFX.
The Alliance leaders will le reinforced by
a corps of w omen who have made life mis
erable for the fanners of Kansas during the
last year. Ohio must now take its tnru and
suffer the infliction. Mrs. Anna L. Diggs is
already on the ground. She is a plucky
little woman, but not the most interesting
speaker in the world. She spoke to-day t
tlie meeting of the fanners near Shelby, bnt
the didn't make much of an impression.
In a chat with Tun DlbPATCH man she
said the tariff" was not 4he issue, and the
llepublicans couldn't pull the wool over
the ees of the people any longer, She
thinks the financial policv is all wrong and
must be changed or the couutry will go to
liades instauter. She imagines the working
classes everywhere are poverty stricken and
such a thing as good living except among
the rich is a golden dream of the past. Mrs.
Diggs intends to follow Major McKinley
through the State, and will attempt to
counteract the influence of his arguments.
THE MAJOU'S BUSY DAY.
Major McKinley put in another busy day
at Blackman Grove. When he reached
North Baltimore late last evening on his
way to Mansfield fully 300 people received
him at the depot. For an impromptu affair
it was wonderful. Tlie Major was agree
ably surprised and remarked to State Audi
tor Poe that if the present indications of
good feeling were maintained until election
day that the Itcpublicau party would be
victorious once more in Ohio. He was es
corted to the Burke House, where he deliv
ered a short speech on the tariff from a
carriage.
It was really Lis first political address in
the campaign. He had scarcely opened his
mouth when some one had the temerity to
interrupt him:
"Can't you talk about something else be
sides the tariff," he growled.
"Well, what do you want me to speak
about," replied the Hepublican candidate,
good naturedly. "You Democrats say this
will be an educational campaigu and I guess
I might as well begin on you."
This sadly squelched the Democrat, and
the crowd jeered him until he was clad to
shrink to the rear. In a short speech the
Major explained the object and operation of
the tariff' to the satisfaction of the crowd.
GEOWINO EAT1IEK EMPHATIC,
A manufacturer presented him with a
small tumbler on which his name was in
scribed. As he held it up before the au
dience there was a terrific cheer. Stirred
by the applause the Major waxed eloquent,
and, bringing his hands together emphat
ically, he smashed the delicate thing into a
thousand pieces. He expressed his regret,
but was appeased when the glassman prom
ised to send him a boxful.
Before leaving for Blackman Grove,
near Shelby, where he addressed 12,000 farm
ers in the afternoon, the Republican nom
inee received a number of visitors at his
liotei in Mansfield. Amonc the callers were
1
HERS
1 Senator Sherman and "V. S. Cappeller. The
Senator and he had a short conference, but
1 nothing important was done. They talked
over the gubernatorial outlook, -which both
thought was very favorable.
At Blackman Grove from 12,000 to
15,000 farmers from Richland and adjoining
counties had assembled to enjoy their sixth
annual picnic It was a non-political gath
ering, and the Major was .invited to speak.
Mrs. Diggs, of the People's party, preced
ed him, and she bemoaned the hard fate
which would not allow her to discuss poli
tics from her standpoint
AN OPrOBTUNTTY MISSED.
"This would be a glorious oppor
tunity," she remarked, "and I know
McKinley will use it to his advan
tage." After a rambling speech of a
naif hour she yielded the floor to the tariff
advocate, ne took for his subject, "Taxa
tion," which, he said, all farmers were in
terested in. He began, in a facetious way,
by telling the people that they didn't look
as if they were half starved. From stories
he had read and heard of the awful condi
tion of the grangers ho was afraid there
wouldn't be enough food for dinner, but he
never had had a better meat
This preface was a slap at Mrs. Diggs and
her pessimistic speech. It put the grangers
in a good humor, and they listened atten
tively to what he had to say. His remarks
were frequently interrupted with applauEe.
The Major said:
It requires $300,000,000 annually to support
tins dot eminent. One million dollars
must be raised every 24 hours. Now, bow
canyon produce this sum with the least
burden to yourselves! You must cither tax
your own land, labor and wages or some
body else's. You can Qo it by direct taxa
tion, also, as was done during the late war.
I don't boiieve it is the best way. I think
the easiest plan is to tax the products of for
eign people who seek a market in the
United States. You will euroly admit that
this system is the best. Will you tax the
products that
COMB INTO COMPETITION
with our own or the non-producing ones
People differ on this point Remember that
you must raiso the money. We have had
experience with both methods. We all know
what the direct tax system is. Wo have
lived &2 years under a tariff system and
four years under the tariff reform idea. I
say to you that the four years of the latter
were the most depressed in the history of
mo country, ana me u.' years unuer a pro
tective tariff were prosperous. We had a
revenue tai iff from 1M8 to 160. That is, only
those foreign articles which did not como
Into competition with American products
were taxed. What was the result? The
country was impoverished, and we couldn't
rai-o enough money to support the Govern
ment Wo had to borrow funds. In this
period also oocurred the Mexican War and
the Crimean War.
The larmne in Ireland nnd other European
calamities created a great demand for our ag
ricultural productt,buttheincren sod demand
availed nothing alter U years of a revenue
tariff. We had neither money nor credit.
A Government is like an individual. He
can get along without money if he lias
credit In the end we had to pay a discount
ot 12 per cent, and the Secretary of the
Treasiiiy had to get the States to indorse
Uncle s-am's bonds. Wo don't need any ball
or indorsor now. We can borrow all the
money we need to-day, not at 6 per cent but
at 2. Wo can borrow it under a single name
that of the United States of America.
This country has had more prosperity than
any other In tho world.
A WOKD TO THE FARMER.
Agriculture pays under our tariff system.
Cardinal Manning said last December that
reenuo taiifi was destroying agricultural
interests in England, lam talking to farm
ers to-day. When your crops aregarneroa
you want buyers for your surplus. What you
need are purchasers lor your wheat Where
do you find them but in tho workshops and
factories which havo been built upbvtho
system of protection. What builds the fac
tory. It is the taxation which supports the
home product against the foreign; suppose
you bieak down the factory what would be
come of those people? Tlioy wo aid at once
turn theirnttcntion to farming, for they must
live. They would be your competitors in
stead of your buyers They would prodncd
their bread instead of purchasing it. Ap
plause. The tariff system was established by
Washington and the people who lived at
that time. They said: "Wo are all farmers
and we want somebody to buy our pro
ducts." The foreign workman buy $4 20 per
year from you, tho American buys P0.
Sow which one will you support, the
homo workers or the foreign? Hon Frank
lin said: "lie w ho by the plow would thrive,
lumseir must either bold or drive."
Laughter And Ben also said: "Stay by
tlie factory and it will thrive by tho." The
farmer is retting a little more for his pro
ducts to-day than he did two seasons ago
and he never bought his manufactured
goods so chean for the last SO j cars as at
present.
THE TALK ABOUT MORTGAGES.
We hear much theso days about moit-
gages; did it ever occur to you that a mort
gage is not always an evidence of poverty?
It is when a man gives It for his grocery bill,
but when a farmer buys an adjoining larm,
pays half the price aud offers a mortgage
lor tho balance that is an evidence of pros
perity. This week Secretary Foster, Foraker,
Major Austin, of Toledo; Senator Massie,
Chillicothe; Mr. Kent, Mr. Flickinger, ex
member of the Slate Board of Public Works,
and W. S. Cappeller held a conference at
Middlebass, near Lakeside. They talked
over the Senatorial situation iu Ohio. It
has been gieu out that Foster is opposed to
Foraker, but one of the gentlemen at the
meeting said nothing is farther from the
truth. Neither of theni are avowed candi
dates for Sherman's shoes, but they would
not decline to throw the toga around their
shoulders if it were offered to them.
It is becoming more and more apparent
that Sherman has the fight of his life on
hand to be re-elected. He has held office a
long time and has disappointed a great
many people who are bitter against Mm.
You'find them in all parts of the State and
they bob up in places least expected.
A CAUTIOUS CANDIDATE.
McKinley a. voids talking about the Sena-
tnrinl mipctinn Tto nlnimo li. JnaD .,.
know anything about it. Senator Sherman
remarked casually this morning that he no
ticed the Blaine boom was strong in Penn
sylvania. The grizzled Senator does not
like it at all. W. a Cappeller said that
Blaine is very popular all through Ohio.
If McKinley is elected Governor and
wanted the delegation he thought he could
have it, but next to him comes Blaine for
President in the estimation of the Buckeye
people
From present indications it looks as if
the Republicans have the, best of the fight
up to date. Whenever you meet a Repub
lican in Ohio he is beaming and confident
The Third party is the element of uncer
tainty, aud until they develop their strength
no accurate figures can be given.
This evening Major McKinley addressed
a large crowd in the Opera House on the
silver question and the tariff. He demon
strated to the satisfaction of the people that
the tariff is not a tax. The evils of the pol
icy of free silver were plainly pointed out
his convincing logic.
The Major's logic is convincing, and if he
could explain the workings of the tariff in
every town in Ohio there would be no doubt
about the result On Saturday he will de
liver a speech at a meeting of farmers near
Sandusky.
Mrs. Annie Diggs, the Alliance woman
who made such a rabid speech at the picnic
this afternoon, it is claimed, was paid for
her work. Fakirs selling patent medicines
and incidentally making free trade speeches
are putting in an appearance. Several of
them have been heard from in different
parts of the State. The same old racket
that was 60 successful last fall will be tried
this year.
W-STHOBELAJJD FOE DALZELL
All the Threo Republican Clubs in tho
County 1V11I Vote for Him.
16FECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Greensbtjko, Aug. 13.-John Dalzell
carried off the delegates to the Seranton
convention at the meeting of the Republican
Club held here to-night. The contest was
exceedingly warm, but the Dalzell people
had the lead from the start.
The delegates chosen are S. J. Potts, John
C. Robinson and U. G. Davidson. There
are three Republican clubs in the county.
That of West Newton and the one in La
trobe will chooe representatives next week,
and it is reasonably certain that Dalzell
will get them all.
NOT AGAINST GORMAN.
THE MAETIASD ALLIANCE MAKES
ITS POSITION FA.
Tho Democratic Senator Will Not Bo Op
posed by a Farmer Candidate Wliy
Such a Peculiar Resolution Was Passed
Other Business.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Baltimoke, Aug. 13. That Senator
Gorman is to-day the most popular man, as
well as the strongest political leader in this
State was proved to-day when the Farmers'
Alliance adopted a resolution declaring
that the Alliance was not opposed to him.
This action was taken soon after the conven
tion got down to work, and was precipitated
by the publication in one of the leading news
papers of an interview with the editor of
an Alliance organ in Washington, in which
the editor was made to say that the Alliance
by a judicious expenditure of money could
elect an Alliance man and defeat Senator
Gorman.
On this interview was based thefstatement
that the Alliance was opposed to Senator
Gorman. This did not sint the Democratic
farmers, aud they offered the resolution
which commits the People's party to his re
election to the Senate. It met with very
little opposition. During the proceedings
to-day President Polk, of the Farmers'
Alliance, made a ringing speech, in which
he said: "For 25 years I have been in pub
lic life, but I have never found myself fight
ing in the front rank of God's noblemen till
I struck the Farmers' Alliance. Let us
stand by our principles till fhe last and fall
in tho fight and then the volunteers will
come up and take our places. Here's
vour Ohio and Chesapeake Canal rotting
by inches through the mismanagement of
someone, and there are vour oyster beds,
nliinli Ini4 .lim.nl .Arlil. h.i-a wati .ha
n uivil ub liuv, uiviifju huuuji .mvo i, vu tut.
attention of public men and the press. Men,
citizens, farmers, stand together for every
principle of your organization and a glon
ous triumph awaits us. They told us there
were divisions in our ranks at Ocala. They
who proclaimed divisions did not know us.
There are no divisions."
The result of the balloting for officers
was the re-election of the old board with
the exception of State Lecturer Bradley,
who could not accept the office for another
term. Mr. Gulick takes his place.
TALKING POLITICS TO BLAINE.
Another Intimato Friend Thinks the Secre
tary Can Be Induced to Rnn.
Minneapolis, Aug. 13. L-oren
Fletcher, one of the Republican leaders in
the State, and leading candidate for the
Republican nomination for Congress in this
district, returned this morning from a pil
grimage to Bar Harbor, where he had a long
talk with Mr. Blaine. Mr. Fletcher is an
old acquaintance of the Republican chief
tain. He said this morning.that Blaine
would live to serve his country many years
yet. The Secretary, ho declared, was not.
ill, but simply needed rest, and the kind of
rest he was getting.
While he refused to talk politics to Mr.
Fletcher, he was not at all averse to having
Mr. Fletcher talk politics to him. The
Minnesotian told him that two tonics onlv
were now discussed in the Northwest the
hg Miicav crop ami u.aine s hcsttlu a.
assured the Secretary that Blaine and reci
procity would sweep this part of the coun
try. The only answer that Blaine made
was a smile and a deprecatory gesture.
Yet Mr. Fletcher is distinctly of the im
pression that Blaine will run if asked to
with sufficient unanimity.
"Did he impress you as a man on the
verge of the grave?" was asked.
"Yes," replied Mr. Fletcher; "but the
grave was that of the next Democratic nom-
THE ALLIANCE HESITATES.
West Virginia Farmers Leao tbo Third
I'arry Question Open for the Time.
ISrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
GRArroN, W. VA., Aug. 13. To-night
closed the second annual session of the State
Farmer's Alliance of West "Virginia. State
President Houston made another address to
day, in which he showed the growth of the
organization in the Stato during the past
year had been something wonderfuL One
year ago there were but 20 counties organ
ized, and now there are 40, with others
clamoring for admission. The sub-alliances
have in the same time increased from 230 to
700, making a total membership in the State
of over 20,000. The National Citizens' Alli
ance, now has a sub-organization here, tho
first in the State.
The resolutions as adopted by the Farm
ers' Alliance, do not favor a third parjy,
but rather leave that question open until
after the action of the National Committee
is made known, which is to meet in Wash
ington in February. The resolutions
favor temperance and fully endorse the
Ocala platform; favors a farmers' exchange,
and provides for a committee to secure
something of that sort in this State at the
earliest possible date.
ALLIANCE CAMPAIGN FUND.
People's Par.y Voters Will Contribute One
Cent Each to It
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE" DISPATCH.
TOPEKA, Kas., Aug. 13. Fully 51,100
was expended by the People's State Central
Committee last fall in a campaigu which
elected five Congressmen, 84 Legislators, a
United States Senator and a majority of the
county tickets. This fall the Committee
has decided to expend 51,000. Every man
who voted for Willcts will be asked to con
tribute one cent to the Central Committee.
It will come through the County Central
Committees and where 2,006 votes were cast
for Willets the County Committees will
forward S20o the State Committee, which
will be turned over to J. B. French, Secre
tary of the State Alliance, who has been
given charge of the campaign lecture
bureau. A committee of three members
from the People's Central Committee will
advise with Mr. French in regard to ex
penditures. The selection of an Alliance State officer
to handle the funds shows that the People's
party and the Alliance will be more closely
mdentified in the campaign this fall than
they were last.
THE LATEST CHILEAN NEWS.
The New Congress Disowns tho Acts or
the Revolutionary Party There.
San Feancisco, Aug. 13. Panama
papers brought by the steamer San Juan
state that a bill has been discussed in the
Chilean Congress to disown all the acts of
the Revolutionists, in order not only to lay
the civil and criminal responsibility upon
all those supporting the insurgents, but to
warn the neighboring nations against deal
ings with them.
An epidemic of smallpox in Santiago has
been followed by the announcement of a
number of cases at Valparaiso. The Bal
maccdan troops have returned from Co
qtumbo and gone further South. Many of
the troops have rebelled and gone to Val
lancrand E.enina.
PETTSBUEG, FRIDAY,
HUMPHRIES THE MAN
Who Will Assume Control of the Fire
Department as Chief.
THE NAMES OF HIS ASSISTANTS.
Ex-Chief Samuel N. Evans "Will
Second in Command.
Stand
THE APPOINTMENTS MADE LAST NIGHT-
The new Chief of the Fire Department
was appointed at 7 o'clock last evening and
he is a Republican, as promised. The formal
announcement was made by Chief Brown at
that hour, that Hon. Miles Humphries,
"the Pnddler Statesman," would assume
the reins in that department of the city gov
ernment, and tho clever little Welshman
has accepted.
The appointment will date from Septem
ber 1, and Mr. Humphries' assistants are
also named as follows: Samuel N. Evans
is appointed first assistant chief; John
Steele, second assistant chief; William
Coates, third assistant chief, and James
Stewart, fourth assistant chief.
In making the appointments Chief Brown
prescribed the duties of the new officers.
As head of the Fire Bureau Chief Humph
ries' duties are defined in two general
heads: First, he is to put out fires; second,
he is to take full control of the Fire De
partment, preserve the discipline and main
tain a high grade of efficiency in tho ser
vice. In time of actual fires the firemen and
the policemen of the city willbe consolidated
under his absolute control and subject to
his commands. He will respond to all fire
alarms in the central or business part of the
city on the first alarm, and only go to fires
outside of that district on the second alarm.
He will make his headquarters at the No.
2 engine house, the same as Chief Evans has
been doing under the old system, and will
be consulted there by his subordinates on
all matters relating to his department.
POWERS OF THE NEW CHIEF.
In the maintenance of discipline he has
full power to punish his men for insubord
ination in any form or to reward them by
promotion for faithfulness and obedience.
The only power he wall no absolutely
possess win ue mui ui uppuiuuug ur sum
marily discharging the men under him.
That power will lest with Chief Brown. If
at a fire auy subordinate shall commit any
breach of discipline or discreditable act the
new chief will have power to suspend him
then and there and afterward, by reporting
the matter to Chief Brown, if the ciroum-.
stances justify, the man suspended may be
discharged or his suspension prolonged.
There will be no appeal from the new
chiefs decision on simple suspensions.
The new chief will take charge of all
charts of the fire bureau and will be re
quired to so familarize himself with the lo
cation of the fire plugs that ho can tell at a
glance what plugs or now many feet of hose
shall be used at a fire in a given locality.
He will also be required to have the entire
department drilled to their duties, particu
larly the captains of the various companies,
who will be expected to reduce the location
of fire plugs to such a science that the. mo
ment an alarm is sounded each captain will
know exactly to which fire plug he will at
tach his steamer so as to avoid delay and
not to interfere with other companies when
he arrives on the eround. The captains
will be required to study daily the oharts.
of the city so that the topography nnd all'
other teatures oi every section will be la
miliarto them. The assistant chiefs will'
be required to assist the new chief in the in
struction of the captains and also to make
themselves thoroughly familiar with the
location of plugs and acquire such other
knowledge as their superior officer may re
quire. DUTIES OF-ASSISTANT EVANS.
Chief Evans, in his new position aa First
Assistant Chief, will have entire charge of
the property, apparatus, houses and sup
plies of the Fire Bureau, subject to Chief
Brown's approval. He will make his head
quarters at tho City Hall office and will not
be expected to go to fires except when
emergencies may arise to require his pres
ence. Second Assistant Chief John Steele will
have charuc of the First district, as now.
and will be first in authority until the ar
rival of the Chief. Third Assistant Will
iam Coates and Fourth Assistant James
Stewart will have the same authority in the
districts now under their charge, which will
remain as they now exist The assistant
chiefs will be subject to the Chiefs orders
at all times, and must co-operate with him
and assist him to the limit of their ability.
The above is substantially Chief Brown's
idea, as explained by him last night, and as
has been explained heretofore when he was
figuring on creating the position of fire
director. In answer to a reporter's in
quiry, he said:
"I did not really decide to appoint Mr.
Humphries until this morningr I selected
him from among three other good men, but
I, of course, thought him the best, else I
should not have so chosen. I had- a loug
talk with Mr. Humphries this morning, and
we practically concluded the matter then.
Personally 1 have not had a very intimate
acquaintance with tho gentleman, but I am
satisfied that he is the right man for the
place. He possesses coolness; decisiveness,
ability, and is not easily excited, all quali
ties greatly to be desired in a fire chief.
Then he is a thorough mechanic, has large
experience in handling and controlling
large bodies of men, and is an organizer of
recognized ability. He is a man of con
servative opinions, a scholarly man, and
one well able to command the respect
of others and to take care of himself under
all circumstances. His experience has
demonstrated that
CHIEF BROWN STANDS BY IT.
"I have made the appointment after long
and careful thought, and I am ready to
stand by it I am responsible to Councils
and to the people for the proper conduct of
my department, and while Mr. Humphries
will bo responsible to me in an official
sense he will also bo held responsible by
the people, thereby sharing the burden
with me. I intend to work with him my
self, as I have done with all my other offi
cers, and will be responsible for the amalga
mation and cohesion of the men in the hre
bureau into a solid, capable piece of ma
The New Head of Ihe Fire Department.
AUGUST 14, 1891.
chinery for the work of protection against
fires that will be second to that of no other
city in the country.
"Mr. Humphries will go into the new
office with the advantage of having, in ad
dition to entire control, the hearty co-oper-ation
of his assistant chiefs and the captains,
who are all satisfied with him as their
Superior officer. He has other advantages,
gained by his long experience in the manu
factories of tho city, and he is as familiar
with the varied manufacturing interests as
he is with machinery. And I can say that
he is a man of more brain power and scholar
ly attainments than he is given credit for.
All these things will quickly tell in his
favor in his new position, and I am not
afraid but that he will give aa much satis
faction as any man that could be procured.
As to his age, he is not yet 55 years old, and
having been of excellent habits, he is so re
markably well preserved physically, that he
is ten years younger than the large majority
of men of his age."
THE OrFER ALREADY ACCEPTED.
An effort was made to see Mr. Humphries
last night, but he could not be found. Ho
was not at his lodging place in Oakland.
Chief Brown said, however, that there was
not the slightest doubt about Mr. Humph
ries' acceptance of the place, and that, in
fact, he had already formally accepted.
Miles S. Humphries was born in Richmond,
Va., in 1838, and is therefore 53 years of
age. His parents emigrated to America
from Wales in 182G, locating in Pittsburg.
Mr. Humphries received a good common
school education in this city, and at an early
ace found employment in the iron mills.
where he has spent most of his life, and has
always been recognized as a leader in all
movements intended for the betterment of
the condition of iron workers. The sliding
scale was originated by Mr. Humphries,
who did more than any other man to have
it adopted, both in "the mills and in the
mines. He was the first President of the
Association of Iron Workers known as the
Sons of Vulcanf from which the Amalga
mated Association sprang.
Mr. Humphries was elected a member of
the lower house of the State Legislature in
1869, representing his district for four
years. In 1871 he was elected to the State
Senate, serving creditably for one term. A
few years later he was a formidable candi
date for Mayor, and in 1879 Governor Hoyt
appointed liim to the position of Chief of
the Bureau of Statistics. At present he is
assistant manager of the Oliver Bros.' Iron
and Steel Works, Southside.
MAYOR GOURLEY WELL PLEASED.
Mayor Gourley was seen last night on his
way home from the "Fall of Pompeii" and
was asked his opinion of the appointment.
His reply was as follows:
"Mr. Humphries is a man of large and
varied experience in a line that I have no
doubt will help to qualify him for that po
sition, although he must demonstrate nis
fitness. He is a friend of mine, and I know
him well. He is a brainy man.
When I say that I mean ot brains
and character, who has never failed
in any position he has ever held.
He is a man of great executive ability, and
you cannot quote me too strongly as to his
capacity for work. Everywhere he has ever
held responsible positions he has made a
good record for himself, and I know of my
own knowledge that he stands very high
with the Oliver Bros., by whom he has been
employed. As I said before, he must be a
good man to hold the position ofFire Chief,
and Mr. Brown will not keep him there if
he is not a good man, for Mr. Brown is the
responsible man. You can say I am pleased
with the appointment."
CONVICTS ORDERED OUT.
THE BRICEVIIXE MINE IS FOUND TO
BE UNFIT TO WORE IN.
;fjnew-Frl9cra Jr-npeotors F1dI sIct
' rible Condition of Affairs Where the
Eats Trouble Occurred The Convicts
Ordered to Be Taken to Nashville.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE blSPATCH.
Nashville, Aug. 13. The State Board
of Prison Inspectors, after receiving the re
port of Mining Inspector Ford concerning
the condition of the Briceville coal mine
aud' the treatment of convicts there, and
making a personal investigation, which
confirmed the leports of the Inspector, and
laying the matter before Attorney General
Pickle, met to-day and ordered that the
convicts be removed from the mine also.
The inspectors found that the convicts
employed at the Briceville mine, where it
will be remembered trouble recently
occurred on account of the substitu
tion of convict labor for free labor,
were confined in a stockade that
'was inadequate and poorly adapted
for confinement or proper treatment; that
they slept on boards with only two blankets
for covering; that there was no hospital for
the sick; that the sanitary condition of the
mine was far from what it should be, the
mine being filled with impure air; that
there was standing water in the mine,
through which the convicts had to wade in
going to nnd from work; that only one
shaft had been provided, where two were
required by law; that no attention had been
paid to the matter of ventilation; that 21
convicts hod escaped this week, and that
the roof of the mine, not being properly
supported, was extremely dangerous.
The Attorney General informed the board
that under the circumstances they had
ample authority to order the removal of the
convicts. The board at their race ling to
day decided to notify the Warden of the
Briceville prison to stop the convicts from
further work, and to notify the lessee to
have the convicts taken to the main prison
nt Nashville, or some other place, where
they could beproperly confined and treated.
The board also adopted a resolution pro
viding that hereafter convicts must be kept
at the places established and operated' as
branch prisons, and must not be employed
elsewhere, unless tho board is notified and
their permission obtained.
KILLED FE0M BEHIND.
The Brutal Murder of an Aged Coal Mer
chant in Ills Office.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIBPATCH.3
Philadelphia, Aug. 13. Job Haas
was found dead in his coal office early this
morning. The discovery was made by
Mounted Officer Gold. Haas' head was
mashed in a terrible manner, the brain
exuding in several places. A bloody
hatchet, with hair matted sticking to it, was
found near the corpse, and-it is believed that
it is tho instrument nsed to inflict the ter
rible crime. Robbery was evidently the
motive for the crime, as the pockets of the
murdered man were rifled oi their contents.
From the appearance of the room Mr. Haas
must have made a desperate struggle for
life.
A wallet containing a large sum of money
and many valuable papers is gone. When
the body was raised from the floor a bag
containing $25 in silver was found under it
Mr. Haas was 60 years old. Late this after
noon the Germantown police arrested a
colored man and locked him np in the sta
tion house. The police, under the direction
of the detectives, made every effort to keep
the arrest a secret, and positively refused to
disclose the name of the prssoner.
.
A WEST VIRGINIA WRECK.
Many Passengers Wpnnded and One is
Killed Outright
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 13 An ac
commodation train, on the Kanawha and
Ohio Railroad, was run into by a freight at
Seary, 10 miles west of this place, this even
ing. Several passengers are reported badly
injured and one killed, but no particulars
arc obtainable at this hour, midnight.
CUPID AND BULLETS
Mixed Up With Some Names Quite
Well Known in Pittsburg.
AN EXCITED VIRGINIA BROTHER
Goes Gunning for Count Mitkiewiecz and
Threatens J. W. Miller.
TIIE LADY A DAUGHTER OF COL. MOSBT
FROM A STAFF COBRESPONDllvT.
Washington, Aug. 13. An old Pitts
burger who has played a prominent part in
more tlian one sensation has just turned up
in Washington, and already created con
siderable commotion. Some time ago James
W. Miller made his appearance here as a
broker, speculator, promoter, or man of
ready wit, willing to turn his talent to any
grand scheme that awaited the cornering of
greens to make it successful.
Whether by mere accident, or whether by
a natural gravitation of similar minds, Mr.
Miller fell in with the somewhat noted
Count Mitkiewiecz, who has been living
quietly here since the collapse of his ven
ture with Mr. Wharton Barker in the un
known seas of Chinese concessions. Miller
convinced the Count that he could assist
him materially in China or in any other
part of the globe, and the Count at once
took him into his confidence and his home,
booming him financially and socially, and
making quite a lion of him.
ONE OF ME FIRST FAMILY.
At the residence of the Count Miller be
came acquainted with a fascinating young
woman, Miss Virginia Stuart Mosby, a
daughter of the famous rebel guerrilla chief,
one of the first families, very proud, of
course, and very accomplished. The two
at once formed a serious attachment for
each other, and Miller gravitated between
the houses of the Mitkiewieczs and the
Mosbys.
In Warrenton society it became common
report that they were betrothed, and natur
ally the family of the Mosbys inquired
somewhat critically into the history of Mr.
Miller, who had little to say of himself, but
rested mainly on his association with a real
live Polish Count. It is said, however,
that Miller was frank enough to confess at
one time that he had been in prison, but
that it was a conspiracy and he was inno
cent. This did not satisfy young Beverley C.
Mosby, brother of Miss Virginia. He
pushed the inquiries further and at last
took the matter in hand after the fierce
manner of first families, and threatened
that if Miller did not at once cease his
visits there would not be enough of him
left in one piece to carry back to Pittsburg.
ATTEU TKE COUNT, TOO.
Young Mosby then determined to call to
account the doughty Mitkiewiecz himself,
for daring to introduce to his sister a man
w hose antecedents were not known to him
to be untarnished. It was nearly a week
ago when he called at the residence of the
Count The few words that passed were
full of intensity on tho part of the Vir
ginian. The Pole tried to explain, but waa cut
short .by B.nharp report. A pistol, bull nrt
a lock of hair from the bead of the noble
Count, vho fell on his kneea before the
scion of one of the first families, and begged
for his life. There was great excitement,
but no further shooting, and the principals!
agreed to hush the matter, being mutually
interested, and to a very strong degree.
The affair leaked out, however, and it
also appears that Mr. Miller is the -hero of
one of the most notable exploits of prison
escaping on record, he being none other
than "Shoe-box Miller," who years ago es
caped from the Western Penitentiary by
concealing himself in a shoe box, in which
he was carted outside the prison walls and
from which he made his exit unnoticed.
Count Mitkiewiecz has gone with his family
to New York to escape gossip. Beverley C.
and Miss Virginia Stuart Mosby are safe in
the Warrenton mansion of the Mosbys. If
not happiness, there is at least a condition
approaching peace all around.
MAPLE SUGAR MEN ACTIVE.
Some 4,500 Bounty Claims In and Fraud Is
Strongly Feared.
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Washington, Aug. 13. Judging from
the rapidity with which the notifications of
intentions to manufacture for the bounty
are pouring in from the maple sugar men,
the country will next spring be almost
flooded with that saccharine delicacy, but
in what state of purity or impurity is a
question. Only a small corps of experts, a
dozen all told, are to be employed to make
the test of the productions of the sugar pro
ducers,of all descriptions, and already the
notifications from the maple sugar men
mount up to 4,500. To secure the bounty it
is necessary that a producer shall make not
less than 500 pounds and the wit of the ex
perts and special agents will be taxed to
prevent combinations of small producers
and also adulteration with a less valuable
sugar.
It is admitted by chemists that some com
binations of cane, sorghum or beet sugar
with maple sugar are almost impossible to
detect, and it is anticipated that, without an
increase of the force that it is now contem
plated to put iii the field, an immense
amount of fraud will be imposed on the
Government. It is claimed by the officials,
however, that to secure the bounty of 2
cents per pound it is only incumbent on the
producer to make his sugar come up to the
test of 90 by the polariscope.
VICTORIA'S SYMPATHY.
A Telegram From the Queen to the Presi
dent on Ex-Mi n Is ter Lowell's Death.
Washington, Aug. 13. The Acting Sec
retary of State has received through the Brit
ish Minister at this city the following tele
gram from the Marquis of Salisbury:
Tho Queen desires to express her sorrow
nnd regret at the news which has just
reached this country of Mr. Low ell's death.
Sir Julian Pauncefote requested that the
telegram be laid before the President By his
direction a copy was immediately transmit
ted to the family of the deceased. Mr. Whar
ton, in answer to Sir Julian's telegram,
wrote as follows:
The President directs me to acknowledge
tho receipt through vou of the telegram from
the Marquis of Salisbury, conveying the
Queen's condolence on tho death of Sir.
Lowell, and to convey an expression of tho
President's appreciation of Her Majesty's
sympathetic message.
THE BIG GUN CONTRACT.
War Department Officials Indignant at the
Tales Told of It
FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
Washington, Aug. 13, The authorities
of tho War Department are quite indignant
at the stories that have been published in
regard to tho letting of the contracts for the
manufacture of the high-power guns, to be
used for coast defenses, at the works of the
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most of.the criticis tofrn V'''overn"
ment has a plant of ns-s. "j f'Ci ' "J vliet
arsenal and all the facilities iff , .ng at
the Washington Navy Yard, ah. 'at the
work could have been done more cheaply at
these places. It is estimated generally that
there must have been a job at the bottom of
the letting of the contract
All this falls to the ground when it is
known that the law appropriating 53,000,
000 for the production of these guns also
provided that the work should be done by
private parties, the theory of Congress
being that if private enterprise could be
encouraged to take-up the manufacture of
fine guns such production would soon be
come a great feature of the manufacturing
business of the country. The law, there
fore, absolutely prohibits the performance
of any part of the manufacture at the Gov
ernment foundry.
FOSTER'S BOND SCHEME.
THE CONTINUANCE OF TIIE 4 PER
CENTS A FAIIAJKE SO FAR.
Only 810,500,000 of the 851,000,000 Con
tinued The National Banks Are Blamed
for This IndUldual Holders of the
Bonds Hanging Back.
Washington, Aug. 13 Inquiry at the
Treasury Department develops the fact that
Secretary Foster's plan for continuing the
4J4 per cent loan at 2 per cent has so far
failed to meet with the favor that was an
ticipated by its advocates. On the 2d of
July, when the offer was made to continue
the i per cent bonds at 2 per cent, there
were outstanding 531,000,000 4 per cents,
of which amount 523,000,000 were held by
900 national banks as a basis for circulation.
Since then 516,500,000 of the bonds have
been continued. Of this amount 53,000,000
came from private individuals and 515,300,
000 from 600 national banks, leaving 57,500,
000 4J per cents in the possession of 300
national banks and 525,000,000 in the hands
of individuals.
These bonds, aggregating 523,000,000, in
order to be continued under the present
offer, must be presented on or before Sep
tember 2, the date on which their interest
ceases, otherwise the Secretary of the
Treasury must be prepared to redeem them
on presentation or make terms with the
holders for an extension of time at the
present rate of interest, viz., 4 per cent.
Tlie available cash balance in the Treasury
to-day, outside of fractional silver coin and
deposits in national banks, is 513,500,000,
and is gradually increasing. While there is
no question of the Government's ability to
redeem these bonds at maturity, it is well
known that it would prefer to continue
thent.
There is no doubt that the 57,600,000 of
bonds held by the national hanks will be
presented for continuance. The uncer
tainty is wholly in regard to the 23,000,000
in the hands of individuals. The depart
ment had assurances that these bonds will
be taken up by the natioual banks and used
for the purpose of increasing their circula
tion. This was the argument that mainly
induced the department to adopt the 2 per
cent plan. So far, however, it seems the
assurances have not been made good. Ac
cording to a prominent Treasury official,
this is entirely the fault of the banks.
A FAITH-CUBE VICTIM.
He Eles Dying in Terrible Agony, Bnt Ee
fnses AH Medical Assistance.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH
New York, Aug. 13, Another victim
of the faith cure folly lies dying in Jersey
City. He is Edward Foster, a prosperous
young brass molder. He has always been
an inordinate smoker. About three years
ago a small red pustule appeared upon his
lower lip. As it grew his wife became
alarmed, and begged bim to consult a phy
sician, but being a devout faith-curist. he
said that God would heal the sore in his
own good time. As time went by the sore
extended until the entire lower lip became
involved. His friends added their entreaties
to those of his wife, that he consult a physi
cian. But Foster's faith in the teachings of
the Church of Divine Fellowship was as
strong as ever.
During the tnree years ne has suuered
with the malady Foster has done nothinir
for it but wash the sore with water. The
disease has now spread almost entirely over
his face and neck. Foster suffers terrible
agony at times. During tho late hot spell
he had a fire in his room and shivered as
though in a chill. At Foster's request a
friend went to Brother Haxcox's Church of
Divine Fellowship and asked the members
of the chnrch to pray for his recovery. The
pastor called upon Foster on Wednesday,
but refused to see the man. Though appar
ent that he cannot live much longer he still
clings to the belief that he will recover.
A NEPHEW'S CRIME.
He Murders His Uncle and Then Cuts the
Dead Man's Heart Ont.
SPFCI L TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
Newport, Ark., Aug. 13. News reached
here this morning of a terrible murder in
Lawrence county, about 35 miles from here.
Dick Ward and his nephew, Charles Wil
son, went to Patterson's still and drank
quite freely of corn whisky. In the after
noon they started home. On tho road Wil
son told his uncle that he proposed to marry
Mrs. Eliza Ridens. She is the wife of
Joe Ridens, who broke jail at Batesville
last summer and has not been captured yet
Ward did not approve of the match his
nephew was making, and made some uncom
plimentary remarks about the woman
Wilson rode into Catcheytown alone. He
was literally covered with blood and was
profuselv bleeding from wounds on his
head and face. He toid several here that
he had killed Dick Ward, and if they did
not believe him they could go and find his
dead body. Ward's body was found by
his mother. His sides were cut open and
a large portion of his heart cut away.
DIED FROM HYDROPHOBIA.
A Little Boy Thought to Have Been Cured
Carried Off by the Malady.
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Boston, Aug. 13. The 5-year-old son of
Charles Adams, of Ashland, who was one
of three children of Mr. Adams taken to
the Pasteur Institute in New York City for
treatment for a supposed mad dog bite, has
died, and it is supposed that without any
doubt hydrophobia was the cause. The
children reached home from the institute
August 1. and it was supposed they were
completely cured.
It was about five weeks since the children
were very seriously bitten by a strange dog
that was passing through Ashland.
THREE CENTS
WOLFE DROPS DEAD
Just After Being Chosen to
Represent Pennsylvania
at the World's Fair.
HE KEYER EELT SO "WELL,
And Was Eager and Enthusiastic ta
Begin His New Work.
GRIEF 0P GOVERNOR PATTIS0N.
A Second Meeting- of the Commission
Hastily Convened.
THE OUTLINES OP A NOTABLE CAEEEE
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH.
Haerisbcrg, Aiif. 13. One of Penn
sylvanias greatest lights was suddenly and
and almost dramatically snuffed out to-day.
The Board of Worlds Fair Commissioners
of Pennsylvania met here this afternoon
and elected to the responsible position of
Executive Commissioner, Hon. Charles S.
Wolfe, of Lewisbnrg, and before the sun
went down another meeting was hastily
called to take action on his sud
den death. Mr. Wolfe was naturally
elated by his success and when the
board adjourned until the second Thursday
of next month, he walked down town from
the Capitol with his close friend, Lewis
Emery, Jr., of Bradford. They took dinner
together and Mr. Wolfe ate heartily, con
cluding his meal with a dish of frozen ice
cream. Senator Emery warned him of its
danger, but Mr. Wolfe laughed and replied:
"I never was in better health in my life. I
can eat anything with impunity."
Then Mr. Wolfe started back to the
capitol where the Executive Committee
was to meet and decide upon his salary
He had not walked three blocks before he
reeled and felL Speaker Thompson and
others rushed up to him, but he simply
gasped once or twice and was dead. A,
patrol wagon had been summoned, but when
it arrived a minute or two later, life was
so evidently extinct, that the body was re
moved directly to the undertakers. Ad
jutant General McClelland accompanied the
remains.
two widely different messages.
News of Mr. Wolfe's death was at once
sent to hi3 family the telegram following
right upon the heels of the message he had
sent an hour before announcing his elec
tion. As soon as the news of Mr. Wolfe's
death reached Governor Pattison he at once
reassembled the board.
When the members arrived he announced
the reason for the sudden call in the follow
ing language:
Members of the Pennsylvania State Board of
3Ianagers of World's Fair: ,
It is a very sad event, indeed, which has
occasioned your recall to this chamber.
"Within it few brief hours by your votes you
had selected Hon. Charles S. wolfo as your
Executive Commissioner, who Blood befor
yuwfittb-j act.vb vfeor ot -Hiuieutiy perfect
manhood, and accepted the office in an ad-r
dress which roused you by its enthusia
Every word spoken by him came from as
sincere a heart as ever beat In the bosom of
a man. Whatho said to you lie reallymeant
to carry out with all the enthusiasm of bis
nature. And yet I recall you at this hour to
announce that he is dead. Never lias it
been my misfortune to realize so cm-
Shatically that in the midst of life we are in
eath. It is utterly impossible for mo to
speak to you at this time with tho emotion
that swells up in my heart, and yet it is for
me to say to you by the occurrence of thi3
calamity which has fallen on this board, and
I simply want to announce in as plain a way
my nature will permit it that in the death of
Charles S. Wolfe as Executive Commissioner
this board loses a valuable and earnest
worker.
AN EXPKESSION'OF GRIEr.
Addresses were made by Senator Emery
and Benjamin Whitman, after which the
following minute was adopted:
Under the awfnl impress of the sad and
distressing event of the past hour this board
tenders a formal expression of grief at tho
sudden death of Hon. Charles bpj ker Wolfe.
Hut an hour ago in earnest, lervid words
bo gave expression to the impulses that
would move him in the great work
that had been intrnsted to his hands, and
pledged the full measure of his great ability
In tho work of representing tlie greatest of
Commonwealths in the coming assemblage
of civilized nations. Now be has passed
away from ail the cares and honors
of this dream of life, and is
solving for himself the unsolved
problem of the hereafter. This board, moro
deeply than language can express, feels its
loss and Joins a mourning commonwealth in
testifying to the value of nis life and the
great calamity that has come upon her
people In Ills death. Resolved, that tho
President appoint a committeo of six mem
bers of this board to attend his funeral and
a committee of three to accompany bis re
mains to bis late home.
Governor Pattison announced that Sena
tors Emery and McAtecr and E. A. Bigler
would escort the remains to the deceased's
residence, and that Senators Gobin and Mc
Ateer, Speaker Thompson, Adjutant Gen
eral McClelland and Messrs. J. A. Herr
and John W. Woodside would represent
the board at the funeral. His friends ar
rived here this evening and took charge of
the remains.
woli-e's last speech.
Mr." Wolfe, when called before the com
mission and introduced to the members by
the Governor, to accept the position, made
the following speech, which proved to be
his last public utterance:
Mr. President and Members of the Hoard:
At this hour I feel it would be entirely im
proper for mo, any great length, to return
thanks for the very high compliment you
have conferred upon me. Under the report
of tho Committee upon Sules and Regula
tions of the qualifications required in the
Executive Commissioner that have been so
properly set forth therein, it seems to me
like great self-confidence on my part to con
sent even to accept this high office. I wish
to sav to you in all candor.Mr.President and
friends, that I do not accept this position,
without feeling that I am not so well fitted
as I oucht to be to discharge tho duties of
this responsible trust
If my ability should prove equal to my
desire to discharge in a creditable manner
the duties of the office there could be no
such a thing as failure. If love for my Stato;
If pride that 1 have that she shall be suit
ably and creditably represented at the Col- .
uinoian Exposition, that my ability will be
equal to the task, then I have no hesi
tenacy in accepting the responsibility
and no misgivings as to the result of the
work of this commission. I did not solicit
the honors of the place. I felt that I could
not, but I bad felt that it was a place worthy
of my highest ambition and the very best
efforts that I can possibly bestow upon it
PLENTY OF ENTHUSIASM.
Mr. President and members of tho board,
in returning thanks to you for the honor
you have thus conferred upon me, I can
simply say. In conclusion, you can rest
assured that so far as energy. Industry and
devoted fidelity to the work is concerned, I
shall do all in my power to see that this
Stato has as creditable a representation at
Chicago as it is possiblo to make it I must
ask each one of you to help me to
do all in your power to discharge tbo
duties of the trust that you have so Kindly
chosen me to fill. And I sincerely trust that
each member of the Commiision who repre- .
gents the peoplo of this commonwealth will
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