THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, PAGES 9 TO 20. SECOND PART. PUrrSBUKGi SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1891 THE TOjHICTOBY At TOsall Has Pnt theJ Unionists inParticnlarly Happy Spirits. 2sT0 POLITICAL TEST FADE In the Contest, "Wherein the Liberal Majority Was Eednced by Eleven Hundred. MOTHER STEUGGLE IS COMITO A Deseendantof William Penn-the StandardJ .Bearer of the Tories in the Lewisham Campaign. HEWS OFAN ANONYMOUS STATESMAN. An tctncwn. Thought to Be Lord Salisbury, Says tl Triple Alliance Wishes Most Sincerely ftr Peace. 50 TEEATT EEIWEEX FEASCE A5D ECSSI1 fET CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.! London, Aug. 15. Copyrighted. The Unionists have been in tho highest spirits ever since the declaration of the poll at Valall, whereby the Gladstonian majority Is reduced by about 1,100, and even the leading Liberal papers accept the defeat without indicating those causes which led to It. The flict is the election was not fought en broad political issues; it was simply a question of the popularity of the two candi dates and in this James, the Tory, had an lmmente advantage over Alderman Holden, the Liberal. Tames is n genial old chap of fine reputa tion, who has won the friendship of all his fellow-townsmen. He had done a great deal for the town. lie was invar.ably tne staunch friend of the distressed, and took a leading part in all municipal work, devot ing time and money in all worthy cases. So great w as his popularity that many known Liberals lent him carriages for the polling day and voted for him out of personal re gard. Then again "Walsall is in the Bir mingham district, where the Chamberlain interest is still paramouut, and this was a great advantage on the Tory side. NO TEST MADE IN 1SS6. There was no opportunity of testing the feeling in 1SSG. Had an election taken place then it is clear that the Tories would have won. Moreover, the two great papers which circulate in the town are both strongly Unionist, and considering all the disadvantages under which Alderman Holden labored, it is only remarkable that he did not lose the seat. The Tories, the day before the polling, felt sure they were going to capture it. Now the attention of politicians is directed to Lewisham, where all the ad vantages are on the Gladstonian side. Their candidate, Mr. "Wannington, is as popular among the electors as was Mr. James at WalfalL He is a ready speaker, of good presence and a hard worker for the publio good. Moreover, the Tories have been quarreling among themselves. One of the leading clubs in the borough was recently broken up. There is but little enthusiasm among them, and though the seat is a Tory stronghold, the Gladstonians are confident of making a much better show now than at the last election. Young Penn, the Tory candidate, is a poor speaker, though a large employer of labor at his well-known engineering works. He comes of the same stock as "William Penn. A LIVELY FALL CAMTAIGN. London is now in the midst of the dead season, and weary legislators are seeking re pose and recreation in many a foreign nook. There are not wanting signs that this autumn will witness a stirring political campaign. The Grand Old Man has decided to have a few days talking at the end of October, when the National Liberal Federation meet. Harcourt, Morley, Goschen, Labouchere and other leaders are also making up their book of engagements, while Lord Salisbury will speak at Dublin and Belfast, his duti ful nephew, Secretary Balfour, supporting th Premier on each occasion. The Berlin TagcUalt publishes an alleged interview of its Paris correspondent with "The leading statesman of one of the great powers," on the political situation. As Lord Salisbury is in Paris, the leading statesman is understood to be the English Premier, though the newspapers here say that the report contains utterances he would scarcely have made. Nevertheless it is a sound Engllth, view that is presented in the interview. THE TBXPLE ALLIANCE. The anonymous statesman does not think the political situation disquieting, and does noi believe in the existence of a treaty be tween France and Russia. The Czar, he says, knows well that the Triple Alliance wishes sincerely for peace, ana that, there fore, a Franco-Russian defensive alliance would be euperfluoui To the question whether the realization of certain designs on the Balkan Peninsula might not have been the object of such an agreement, he an swered that according to his information there was no question of it. The intimate relations of Russia .and France could, however, not bo denied, but he could affirm most pbsitively that the Governments of the two powers in question were thoroughly peace-loving. 31. Ribot, especially, had given the most binding as surances in this respect, and had declared that ij the pursuit of a peaceful policy he as in perfect accord with the nation which desired peace. As to the question of the visit to the French squadion to Portsmouth, he said that it was not true that the British Gov ernment had spontaneously requested the French squadron to come to England. The visit was planned by the French .Navy De partment at the same time as the visit to Denmark and Russia. On the authorities in London being sounded, no unwillingness was expressed. When the Queen saw that the sovereigns of those countries which the French fleet had visited had entered into a pergonal communication with it, she did not wish to be less courteous, and fixed a day for the review of the fleet It was idle thought to attribute to this visit any political importance. No signifi cance as attached in diplomatic circles to the Chauvinistic demonstrations on the oc- wieiuu ua fciic visii- ui iuc rraiiu AJUKe I Alexis to Paris, which must have given the I Hussion Cabinet proof of how unpleasant to Russia the entente cordiale 'with Prance may become. TRIBUTE TO LOWELL. ARCHDEACON FARKAE'S ETJfcOGT OF THE AMERICAN POET. minister Lincoln, Mrs. Harrison, Sirs. Mc Kee and Others Present England Never So Touched Since the Death of Garfield Burt for Westminster Abbey.- BT CABLE TO TBI DISPATCHO London, Aug. 15. The death of James Russell Lowell has created a profound sen sation in England, and for the last three days the newspapers have been teeming with personal anecdotes and interviews with friends of the great American. En glishmen say that not since the tragic end of Garfield have the English people been to painfully moved by the death of an American. Already a movement is on foot headed by the vencr ble Canon Farrar to place a bust of Lowell In the poets' corner of "Westminster Abbey, and this will doubtless be effected shortly. It is very unfortunate that owing to some body's blunder the memorial service in "Westminster Abbey, which took place this afternoon, was advertised in the newspapers lor to-morrow afternoon, so that only a .small congregation was present to hear the Archdeacon's eulogy of the dead poet. The Americans present included Minister Lin coln and Mrs. Lincoln, Secretary of Lega tion Henry White and Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Russell Harrison. Archdeacon Farrar's address was brief, but he delivered it with much feeling. It was but fitting, he said, that Englishmen as well Americans should gather to pay a last tribute of respect and gratitude to the great and famous poet who had just been called to eternal rest. Lowell was one of the first American poets of his"generation,but he was more than a poet and had many claims upon the memory of the Englishand Amer icans. He was a scholar and a student of tho first rank. He was a critic whom Oliver Wendell Holmes described as of caustio perception. His satire was of a nature that was akin to charity, but though his shafts struck home they were never poisoned. Again, he was a finished orator, and in cither land his rich eloquence was unsur passed. He was one of the sacred ties that bound England and America more closely. The same blood ran in his veins as in those of Englishmen, both spoke the tongue of Shakespeare and both held faith in tho morals of Milton. Lowell was one of those true Americans to whom 80,000 American slaves owed their freedom and 20,000,000 of his fellow countrymen their awakened con sciences. England's universities had be stowed upon him their proudest honors, and now at the age of 72 he had passed away loved and revered by the two might iest nations on earth. A BANKRUPT LORD, The Marquis of Aylesbury Denied Leave to Sell Savernako Estate. ST CAULS TO DISPATCH London, Aug. 15. That particularly disreputable person, even for a member of the British nobility, the fourth Marquis of Aylesbury, who has been barred from the English turf and gone through the bankruptoy courts, was again in court this week. This time he appeared in the Lord Chancellor's court to hear the decision of Justice Stirling with regard to the Marquis' application for the assent of the court to sell the family estate ofSavernake to Lord Ivagh for 750,000. The Court would not sanction the sale. Aylesbury is to be seen almost any day in London in shabby clothes haunting the pub lic houses of Regent street and the Strand. He has left Dolly Tester, his wife, and is at present living with Bessie Bellwood, also a music u&ii singer, wuo lormeriy uvea witn the Duke of Manchester when that vola tiblo nobleman was Lord Mandeville. As Bessie supported Mandeville for several months before his father's death and his own entrance into a dukedom, she is nat urally annoyed that he has thrown herover, and has promised to slap his face the next time she sees him in the street. As Bessio is a person of spirit and a woman of her word, it is probable that his graco will re ceive chastisement. HEALTH CONGRESS "WORK. The Sessions of tho Body Fail to Prove of Popular Interest. PIT CABLE TO TOE DISrATCH. London, Aug. 15. The Health Con gress in London has closed. It began in a muddle and ended in confusion. The at tendance at first was good, but later on gar den parties and water picnics proved more attractive. Very little interest has been taken in the discussions. They were not made popular, nor were they well reported. Perhaps the best commentary is that attributed by the iuH JTall Gazette to a fashionable young lady who sat out threo scientific discussions and then summed it up as follows: "It is a gathering of old fogies, who have spent the best years of their liyes finding out horrid things and want to make us be lieve in a better land where there will be no caterpillers, or drains, or dressmakers, or mites in cheese." The ready speeches of the American delegates and their pertinent observations, invariably marked by good Eense, has been one of the features of tho Congress. PAEHELL'S HONEYKOOH. He Is Spending It Without Much Thought of the Bankruptcy Suit. fBT CABLE .TO THE DISPATCH, J ' London, Aug. 16. Mr. Parnell has this week been staying With his bride at tho Grand Hotel in London. He is carrying himself with the jauntiness which tho lighest of summer suits, a rakish hat and swagger can warrant. He is in the highest spirits and looks as though bankruptcy no tices were unknown. The day of reckon ing, however, is fast approaching, when he must either pay up or prosecute his appeal against Captain O'Shea's bahknrptcv order. Those who know him best are inclined to think he will pay up. Last night Parnell lcit London for Dublin and was somewhat startled near Holyhead by being thrown from his berth by the train leaving the rails. However, he reached Dublin com paratively undamaged and in readiness for the delivery of another address from the usual text at Sells to-morrow. THOUSANDS ARE IDLE. Destitute Condition of Steel Workers England and German". in CBT CABLE TO THE DISrATCH. LONDON, Aug. 15. The iron and steel industry in Great Britain is in a bad way. The Mossbay Iron and Steel Company have closed their works and discharged their employes. The steel departments of the West Cumberland Iron and Steel Works are also idle, and there seems no present prospect of an early resumption of work. In Workington alone, the headquarters of the steel workeis, over C.000 hands are idle, and so destitute have many of these mechanics become that they are accepting Eaiish relief. In Germany affairs are no etter, the great steel works of Iarby and Bench in Savona having been definitely closed this week. tmi. KESHAN A POWERFUL FACTOR. His Exposition of the Hebrew Question Scattered Through all Europe. London, Aug. 15. The Daily JVctrs, of I this city, to-day has a leading article on the question of the Hebrews in Russia, in the course of which, referring to the recent utterance of Mr. Gladstone urging a full and fair exposition of the Russian Hebrew question on the continent, the paper says: The articles n Siberia, from the pen of Georgo Kennan, have met with aremaikable reception in Europe. Authorized transla tions of these articles into the French, Dan ish, Dutch and Czech languages have been arranced for, and they haue ateady ap peared In brief form in Hungary, Italy and France. They have been published as feull letons in a number of papers. Besides these authorized publications there have been Ave distinct German translations." Continuing, the Arctra says that the articles have been the prime cause of the foundation of "Free Russia" societies in England, and have stirred publio opinion in Europe more than any other writings that have appeared, for years. A NEW OCEAN FLYER. CUNAItDEB CONTRACTED TOR TO BEAT THE 2IAJESTIC. A Line of Steamers Between Glasgow and tho United States Projected They Are Intended to Capture the Cattle Trade Prom Other Lines. JBT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCHJ London, Aug. 15. Engineering, the lead ing journal of its kind in England, says this week that it has good authority for stating that Sir John Burns and his co directors of the Cunard Company have made a contract with the Fairfield Com pany for a steamer which will win back to their line the blue ribbon of the Atlantic, so lately captured by the Majestic. The new vessel will be 600 feet in length, so that she would still be longer than the White Star vessels. Her tonnage will hi over 32,000 tons. The Cunard Company have gone with the times in adopting twin screws for propulsion. The speed of the new vessel is to be 22 knots, and 21 knots at sea, so that there is every prospect of the voyage being reduced to 5yi days within a few years. The build ing of the vessel is to be proceeded with at once and she is to have several preliminary runs before the Chicago exhibition traffic begins. People who cross the Atlantic will be in terested to learn that Liverpool intends spending 6,000 more in attempting to do away with that nuisance, the Liverpool bar. They have already spent 10,000 buying two powerful dredgers and carrying away 420,000 tons of sand. The depth of water at low tide had been increased from 11 to 16 feet, and it is con ceivable that in a year or so more tho voyage to Liverpool may be completed at any hour of the tide without having re course to the dirty tugs. Your correspondent in Glasgow tele graphs that there is a project on foot for a new steamship company to run bi-weekly steamers to Canadian and United States ports. The new steamers are to be very last, the idea of the promoters of the com pany being to secure the cattle trade and general freight traffic by giving that class of business special attention. O'BRIEN PAYS THE COSTS. The Action of tho Court Declaring Him ft Bankrupt Is Annulled. London, Aug. 16. William O'Brien has paid the costs in the libel suit against Lord Salisbury. The action of the Bank ruptcy Court in declaring him insolvent because of his refusal to pay the costs has been annulled. AGAINST THE BIG THREE. Independent Packers of Chicago Strike Out for Themselves. Chicago, Aug. 15. A morning paper fays that Samuel W. Allerton, the head of the company representing 15 of the large packers doing business at the stock yards, has just completed tho purchase of what is known as the Stickney tract lying just west of the city limits and between Fifty-fifth and Seventy-ninth streets. The tract con sists of 3, 000 acres. By the belt line con nection is given with every railroad enter ing the city. This action was taken because the "Big Three" Messrs. Armour, Swift and Morris by threatening to go to Tolles ton, forced the Stock Yards Company into concessions which it has since refused to grant to the other packers. Allerton says work witl be begun at once, and that half of the business done at the stock yards will be removed to the new location within six months. Mr. P. D. Armour said in an interview this afternoon that he hoped the syndicate of small packers would go to Stickney; that the "Big'Three" holds a great deal of stock in the Stickney syndicate, and that such a move would greatly enhance the value of their shares. ALLIANCE CIRCULAR EFFECTIVE. The Man Who Issued It Says He Has Re ceived bnt One Unfavorable Reply. St. Paul, Aug. 15. George Mueller, who issued the Alliance wheat circular, says: "We have received replies from the Secretaries of Alliances in Southern Min nesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Kan sas a large number from the latter State, where the Alliance is strong telling us of Alliances having voted favorably on tho suggestion. These are the localities to which the circulars were first sent. "Not an unfavorable reply, has been re ceived from an Alliance Secretary. In fact, the only unfavorable reply received was from one man in Freeborn county, whose name I do not recall, and he expressed merely an individual opinion. My opinion is that the farmers will allow their grain to remain in the stack and go on with their fall work, plowing, etc., and do the thresh ing afterward. This of itself will result in a large percentage of the crop being held for a time, at all events." THE GA8 FIND IN CANADA. Enough of It There to Warrant Extensive Purchases of Machinery. SFEOAI. TELEGBAJI TO TOE DISPATCH.) Fbanklin, Pa., Aug. 15. Mallory Bros., of this city, to-day shipped two oil well rigs and drilling tools to Shirkstown, Canada, they having received the contract for drilling a number of gas wells'there. The depth to be drilled is 800 feet, 600 of which are granite and limestone. The wells are to be drilled by tools an inch larger each way Ulan those in use in this country, while the 200 feet of softer strata overlvincr the streak will be drilled by the ordinary tools. - There have been 20 wells drilled in that section so far and all of them have been im mense gassers. The great belt of territory around Shirksville has been leased by an American company, and the gas is to be piped to the leading cities of Canada. This enormous gas field is only about ten miles from Buffalo. PITTSBURG'S NEW OUTLET. A Railroad in Prospect to Connect With a. West Virginia System. SrECIAL TELEQBAH TO THE DISPATCH. Moboantown, Aug. 15. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis and R. C. Kerens, the St. Louis millionaire, werehere yesterday and left on the boat to examine the proposed route of the railroad along the Monongahela which is to connect Pittsburg with the Pavis-Elkins system in West Virginia. It is generally believed that the road will be completed by next summer. IS FREEDOM'S NAME. Arrangements for the Celebration-of the Swiss Independence Day, ASMfflOTH-PABADE AND PICNIC. Surrounding Towns are Expected to BeJ Well Represented. -SWISS DESCENDANTS ABOUND HEEF Arrangements are about completed for the local celebration of the six hundredth anniversary of Swiss independence. It will take place on Monday, August SL Tho committeo in charge is working faithfully to make the demonstration a fitting one, and nothing will be left undone that will add to the completeness of details and the interest in the celebration. Mayor Gourley has accepted an invitation to be present and participate in the exer cises at Ross' Grove. An invitation has also been extended to Mayor Wyman, of Allegheny, but His Honor's absence from the city has delayed a reply. The commit tee met yesterday, and named the following officers for the parade, which is to take place in the morning: Chief Marshal, R. Caldreider; Adjutant General, Charles Per rot, and Assistant Adjutant General, Arnold Schneider. A chief of staff and color bear ers will be named later. THE PAEADE A BIO PEATUBB. The parade, which will be the principal feature of the day in the city, will form on Madison avenue, near Masonio Hall, and at the given orders will march over the follow- The bwiss Coat oj Armt. ing route: Madison avenue to Ohio street, to Federal, to Sixth, to Market, to Fifth avenue, to Smithfield street, to Liberty, to Ninth, to Sandusky, to the West Penn depot, where special trains wilj con vey the people to Boss' Grove. Word has been received from a sufficient number of the Tumvereins, singing societies and benevolent associations in Johnstown, Wheeling, Youngstown, Steubenville, Bel laire, Alliance, Salem, and other points to warrant the statement that there will be from 2,000 to 3,000 men in line. A distinc tive feature of the parade will be that all the officers and many of the participants will be attired in old time Swiss costumes. At Ross' Grove the programme as out lined in The Dispatch a few days ago will be followed. Speeches will be delivered in English and German. The affair will be a patriotic one. The treaty that first bound the Swiss together will probably be read. and the speakers will dwell on the growth of the country and development of her people. There will be any amount of Swiss games for the pleasure and enjoyment of the people. It has not yet been decided as to whether or not there will be fireworks in the evening. MANY SWISS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. As the time for this patriotic celebration, in which all Americans and lovers of lib erty are interested, approaches it is inter esting to know that many of the most prom inent people who have helped to make the history of Allegheny county were of Swiss descent. Colonel Boquet, who figured prominently in the French and Indian War at Fort Duquesne; David Ritchie, who was the first Associate Law Judge here under the act of April 11, 18G2, and who served three terms in Congress; General James S. Negley, whose war record is well known; the Voegt lys, Steiners, Schoenbcrgers, Faendriens. and many others were direct descendants of the Swiss race. Not a few Swiss people have been identi fied closely with American politics and events. Albert Gallatin, who was born in Geneva in 1761, came to America in 1780. Ho participated in the War of 1812, and was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Jefferson. He was afterward sent as embassador to Russia, England and France. Adolph Bandalier, bom in Bemo in 1810, is now a noted' antiquarian living in St Louis. Albert Gatschet, who came here in 1868, is known as one of the Beat of Uri, Bchwys and JTnterwalden. best speakers of the Indian language. Lewis Agassis came to America in 180T and was one of the most noted naturalists of his age. His son, Alex. Agassiz, suc ceeded him as a professor in the Harvard University, and was a great historian. President Cleveland offered him an appoint ment on the Weather Bureau, but he de clined to accept the position. SOME PEOMTNENT SCHWEITZEBS. Arnold Guyot, a professor in the Smith sonian Institution, and the founder of me teorological stations, was born in Switzer land in lb07. Adalrich Steinach, historian and naturalist, came to this country from the Alpine country in 1855. He enlisted in the late war as a volunteer and afterward became prominent as a historian. Emil Fry, who was a Major in the Union army, returned to Switzerland, the land of his birth,after the war was over. Later he was sent to America as an Ambassador, and is now a member of the Executive Cabinet in Switzerland. Phister and Steffani, the White House florists at Washington, were born in Switzerland. The day now to be celebrated means to the Swispeople what the Fourth of July does to Americans. It is the anniversary of on event which bound toeether three Swiss cantons, forming as it were the neucleus of the Swiss Federation of to-day. This confederation was formed simply for the purpose of checking the inroads of the Habsburgers. A beautiful lake extends be tween the three forest cantons, which are of themselves separated from the rest of the world and makes with them on extremely picturesque piece of country. This lake wa3 a sort of c entral point or common meeting place for the early inhabitants of the se cluded valley. Of the three cantons Uri is the most mountainous and ruggedly pict uresque, while the other two have more of a pastoral character, with rolling meadows and green fields. The people are now and have always been a sturdy, bold, persever ing, as well as self-reliant and conserva tive set, and it was from such a coun try and from such men there came forth the three famous Eidgenossen WalterFnrst von Attinghausen, Arnold von Melchtal nnd Werner Staufacher who met on the Gruetli, each with ten chosen companions, on November 17, 1307, and bound them selves together to save their country from their cruel rulers. THE PIEST AUTHENTIC rNSTEUSTENT. It Was nrnvinm in tlii bnwever. that fUri, Schwyz and Untcrwalden formally re confirmed in writing a bond to protect and "wouu muir iiDerwcs in coxnmuu. eiuio Schwyz as Jl Wat. 1291 any such agreement, if it existed at all, existed only verbally. This interesting document in writing virtually constitutes the first authenticated evidence of the found ing of the Swiss Republic. To this instru ment were affixed the seals of the three countries as a guarantee of its genuineness. Schwyz was probably the most enterpris ing of the three, and the best organized politically, and when they swore to rise and free themselves from the Aurtrian yoke Schwyz became the theater of war. Out siders first heard of the confederates as Switzers, and after the glorious success of Morgarten the other cantons were willing enough to take her nama for their young league. The latter part of the reign of Rudolf HI, of Hapsburg, Austria, over the rough Alpine cantons was anything but a peace ful one. There were numerous petty insur rections and when Rudolf died in 1291 and the good news reached the forest cantons the hopes there entertained of liberty and a recovery of ancient rights broke forth. The people were weary, however. They may not have been familiar with the old fable of the bundle of sticks, but they real ized that in union thero was strength. At any rate within a few weeks after Rudolfs death the districts of Uri. Schwyz and Un terwalden entered into their perpetual cove nant for mutual protection. The acts of agreement were all drawn up in Latin and the document itself is safely preserved to this day in the archives of the canton of Schwyz. Naturally it is looked upon with feelings of the deepest regard and veneration by the entire Swiss people. With it are preserved a number ol other papers, supplementary and of a similar character. Its authenticity is well attested and is practically unquestioned. THE OLDEST OP ALL EEPUELICS. Switzerland is the oldest federal Repub lic in existence. The majority of the pop ulation are Protestants, and the publio school system is much tho Bame as the American. There ore a few private edu- The Gruetli VaUey. cationnl institutions, but no parocmal schools. The Government controls the postal-telegraph service. Considerable at tention is given to musical instruction, and federal singing societies abound. All Swiss are equal before the law, and the former relation of subjects, as well as all privileges of place or birth are abolished. Civil marriage is compulsory and a subsequent religious ceremony is op tional. The cantons have the riht to maintain peace and order between different religious communities, and to prevent en croachments of ecclesiastical authorities upon the rights of the citizens. No new bishoprics can be created without the ap proval of the Federal Governmett. The legislative power is vested in the Federal Assembly, which consists of a Na tional Council and a Council of States. Tho National Council consists of deputies of the people in the ratio of one for about every 20,000 persons. The executive power is ex ercised by a Federal Council of seven mem bers, elected by ajoint session of "the No tional Council ana Council of States to serve for three years. These divide themselves and each takes charge of a State department. The finances of Switzerland are in a good condition. The military establishment is based upon purely democratic principles. The fundamental laws of the Government, permit of no standing army. Every able bodied citizen is actually a defender of tho the Republic. HOISTURE HADE TO ORDER. The Experimenters Hope to Turn Out Rain Monday or Tuesday. Midland, Tex., Aug. 15. Tho rain makers are busy with preparations, and propose Monday or Tuesday as the time for the decisive experiment Professors Meyer and Castallar, balloonists, and Professor Rosell, chemist, are manipulating the ex plosives, but so much remains to be done that the opinion prevails that there will be no rain produced before Thursday next The rain of Tuesday last is thought not to have been caused by the explosion. The rain makers are, however, hopeful of suc cess in the final test About CO balloons, inflated with explosive gas, as many kites with dynamite tails, and on terra firma mortars of rind rock, will "be discharged, not simultaneously, but in rapid succession, while scientific observations will be taken by balloonists in mid-air and General Dvrenforth and staff on earth, connected by telephone. The programme is elaborate and the material abundant, and the soience involved exhaustive. Success means the regeneration of this country. HEW BILLS IN EQUITY. A Couple of Important Ones Filed In the Courts Yesterday. A bill in equity was filed yesterday by T. Burr Bobbins against J. M. Guffey, John Gailey and M. Murphy. Robbins states that he owns the coal under 91 acres of land in North Fayette township. The de fendants have leased the oil and gas rights of the land and are about to bore two wells. Robbins claims that they have no right to bore through his coal and that the escaping gas would fill his mines and make it danger ous to property and miners. An injunction is asked for to restrain them from boring through the coaL Desiri Paskin yesterday filed a bill in equity against J. Dv Sauters, asking for a decree to compel the latter to give him a deed for a lot in North Fayette township. Banters had exchanged the lot for one in Washington county but after getting possession of the latter 'refused to irive Paskin a deed for the one inNorth Fayette township. BIp - -0 TUB OHIO CAXPAIG1T 11T EmLAlTD. SPOOKS AM) PENCILS Are Mystifying the Investigators Who Go to Cassadaga Lake. A MEDIUM WHO SEES SPLEITS. Eecrets of life Laid Bare Through, the Best less Ones Beyond. COPIES OF SOME SLATE WEITiNGS SrECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Lily Dale, N. x"., Aug. 15. The at tendance at Camp Lily Dale is constantly increasing. Most of those who come here have a leaning, of course, toward the doc trines of spiritualism, though many inves tigators are to be seen eagerly, but not al ways credulously, listening to the marvel ous stories told of spiritual manifestations. Among the latter class is Charles Wade, of Pittsburg, who spent several days here the past week, Mr. Wade was rather reticent as to his success in prying into the mys teries of spiritualism, and if he was enthusi astic over his discoveries his enthusiasm was of a quiet character. Miss Maggie Gaulc, of Baltimore, the public test medium has given two exhibi tions of her wonderful power each day for two weeks, and has caused thousands to lis ten in amazement She is declared by those who ought to know to be one of the best, if not the very best, medium of her class. She was born in Baltimore 32 years ago and has lived there all her life She was brought up as a Roman Catholic, but at an early age de veloped mediumistio powers, though she did not make any publio demonstration of her gift for many years, and even now she gives publio exhibitions only at Washing ton and New York. She is a plump, healthy, good-looking lady, very unassum ing, making no pretensions of being finely educated or highly cultured, but full of lite and possessingthe happy faculty of impart ing her good feeling to all about her. the baltimoee medium's tvoek. She comes upon the platform and, after passing her hands nervously over her eyes, proceeds to tell what she sees and hears. She describes the appearance of the spirits she sees and tells what they say. Follow ing are a few of the hundreds of cases she has described, and which those for whom the descriptions were given declared were true in every particular; "The spirit of a gentleman is here who wants to speak to his brother, cud says his name is Thomas Richardson. He has been Bent by his mother to encourage him." A gentleman at this point rose in the au dience as an indication that he was the brother. The medium then contined: "Your mother says that you do not know yourself why you came here, tier name is Jane Ann Richardson, and she wants you and William to clap hands in the good work. Your father, Jeremiah Richardson, also comes to you. "A spirit goes up to you, sir, (pointing out a gentleman.) He says his name is Thomas Aldington, and that you called him Tom. He says: 'I promised to visit you and I have come. "I see the spirit of a man at your side, madam, (addressing a lady near the center of the hall.) He says: 1 am George Black.' He takes up your hand, looks at the ring on your finger and says: 'I made this ring from a button off my coat while in prison.' "I go to the gentleman with his hand to his face at the back of the room. A spirit stands by your side, and he seems to be your father. He says his name is Amos. Z see another by yonr side, and he hardly knows whether to manifest himself or not He seems to have passed out in great dis tress. His head seems to be all bruised. He says his name is George M. Mead, and that you will know him." The gentleman rose and said that the man had been killed in a mill, having his head terribly mangled. SUEEOUNDED BY SPXBrTS. "I seem to feel a peculiar influence as a spirit approaches you, Bir (pointing to a gentleman near the front of the auditorium). A lady stands by your side and says: 'My England years ago. I want to tell you you ' are mafcing a mistake Dy oeing so bitter against spiritualism.' I see your father. He calls you Allen. Your mother says to ask you if you remember when your brother William was murdered. She says he was murdered by the man whose body was found in the river afterward, and which you helped to drag out She says your Aunt Raehel died in Australia. A man stands at your back and saya: 'I was your brother's murderer, "but I was afraid to take his dia mond pin, even after I had murdered him.' " The gentleman who was addressed rose and saM the circumstanoes were all correct, and that no person in the United States knew of the circumstances. Some pcoplo think him truthful and others do not. Theso are specimens of what the medium does every day. When it is understood that she gives, pernaps, 30 such tests each day, it will be seen that it would require a remark able memory and fruitful source from which to draw information to post up on the cases betorehand. Mr. W. S. Foltz, the well-known banker of New Castle, was at Chautauqua this week, and hearing of the tests giyen here came oyer and spent a dav.-in the mean- i.time having a private sitting with Miss Gaule. Mr. Foltz's wife, a beautiful and accomplished lady, died last winter, and in the hope of getting some positive evidence that she liyes over there in the great futnre he came here. Though your correspondent did not see Mr. Foltz after his sitting, some of his friends sajr that he was delighted at the evidences given him of a life beyond. A CAPITALIST INVESTIGATES. Mr. Samuel Plumer, President of the First National Bank, of Franklin, Pa., and a well-known capitalist, spent several days here in investigating the phenomena of Spiritualism. Mr. Plumer has always been liberal-minded regarding religious matters, but hod heard enough regarding Spiritual ism to induce him to send a gentleman here to investigate. The man who came here for him, Mr. Joseph McClelian, went to a slate writer and received a communication purporting to come from Mr. Plumer's first wife, and requesting Samuel to come here. This aroused his curiosity to such a degree that he came on and began to investigate. He first took a large envelope, and, put ting four or five snerts of paper into it, went before Mrs. Keeler, the sealed envel ope writer. She gave him three or four bits of pencil, which he put into the envel ope and then sealed it She then asked him to hold it upon his forehead for a time and ofterwttrd to take it between his hands and hold it close. He did so, and could feel a Seculiar sensation and hear a slight noise, n opening the envelope he found three pages of a very beautiful letter signed by the name of his dead wife, and also one page signed by the name of his father. He afterward went beforo two slate writing mediums and received writings from both. Mr. Plumer says there was no chance for fraud, as neither the slates nor the envel ope were at any time out of his sight or in possession of the medium. He was consid erably mystified over the result, and it will perhaps be some time before he can tell just what he thinks of it A METHODIST MINISTEE MYSTIFIED. A prominent Methodist minister, from Mercer county, has been here some days trying to solve some of the mysteries to his catisfactiou. He was seen this mornincr vith a pair of 6lates screwed together, and then firmly wrapped with twine, and his private mark put in several places. He ad mitted that he was ashamed to be seen with slates so securely protected against possi bilities of imposture. He says he has for 20 years been preaching the necessity of faith in matters of religion, and yet here he is demanding solid facts which he can prove by the evidence of his senses. He has been promised a message, even in his barred slates, and if he succeeds will announce the result Mrs. A. J. Symes, of Cleveland, had a re markable writing through the medium, W. A. Mansfield, a day or two ago. She had her questions written and held them in her hand during the sitting. Sho also held the slates in her lap a part of the time, and the remaining time on her shoulder, where she could hear the writing. On opening the slates she found this message: Dear Dauohter I am here, and the most Important thing I have to say to you is this: Sit for independent slate writing, you see I am writing this in your own lao and Bny from the medium, and I draw most of tho strength from you. Sit 29 minutes threo times a week with hands on closed slates, and I shall surely write for you. Don't fail to do It Tour Fa, Saleu Hast. the mystery op a pension. One question was addressed to her brother who died 23 years ago, and she received from him the following: Dablisq Eistei: It gives me much pleasure to bo able to write to you in this way. I seo that you are to meet with mnch good for tune. Pa says to tell you that the pension is all right. Lovingly, Willie. The curious part of this. message is in the fact that Mrs. Symes neither said nor thought of anything of pension business, but her mother, who had Been trying for 11 years to get one, succeeded only last week. Mrs. Symes lost a child several year, ago which "died before being named. On her slato was printed this: "Mamma, give love toAllie. Call me Star." The lady had several other questions in her hand, and Mr. Mansfield said he would, through his guide, tell who they were if she wished, and they were all correctly read, though folded tightly and held in her closed hand. now to Cure a Fain In the Stomach. We made use of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on two oc casions for pain in the stomach. Result satisfactory in a very short time after tak ing the medicine. I hesitate not in giving my opinion in favor of the medicine. At least it has done all claimed for it as far as we have tried it E. D. Book, Blain, Perry county, Pa. xissu Last Atlantic City Excursion Thursday;, August 27, via the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Rate, 810 the round trip; tickets good for ten days. Trains leave at 8:15 A. M. and 9:20 P. M. Silk warp Lansdowne, 75c; regular ?l-50 goods. John P. Knable Co., 35 Fifth avenue. G. A. R. Picnic at Rock Point on Tues day next, 18th inst. Entertainment of all kinds on the ground. Fare 00 cents. Read general orders in G. A. It column. To-ka-lon is coolimj, soothing and in vigorating, after washing or bathing. Try it Best French Organdy reduced to 20o to close. . John P. Knable Co., 33 Fifth avenue. The new town unrivaled, Blaine! MAS TERS OF II The Nation Interested in the Meeting of Quay and Ma gee at Harrisbuig; DITFEEENOE IK METHODS. Simon Cameron's Talk That Changed the lounger Man's Career. POLITICS IS A GAME TVITH HIM. With the Bearer Statesman It HasEeen More of a Business. BLAINE'S NA3IE WILL BEING HAE3I0NI fgrrcpi TTLiGmv to tub dispatch. Haebisbubo, Aug.. 15. Matt Quay and Chris Magee are again to-day as they havo often been before during the past 20 years, two very picturesque characters in American politics. They are again to .be brought to gether by a master hand in the arts of publio affairs. Had they heeded a great man's ad vice of many years ago this interposition would not now be necessary. They wers both educated under the samo strong man ager, but since his death have neglected his watchword: "Never fire your own camp." Sometimes it may be necessary, but only tha gravest emergency justifies it Yet it is done and this is how: I think it is about eight years ago since Quay and Magee fell out over the nomina tion of a State Treasurer, when Magee broke Quay's slate and named his friend Livesy. Most people then thought this was a gama between them, and their assumed anger only a bluff But this was a real split, and their differences have grown into open rebellion, until Mr. Magee beat Mr. Quay's candidate for Governor last year. With a Presidental election approaching and a State campaign now on, with many dangers threatening the party, comes the necessity of reunion between leaders and a readjustment of forces. You find the best evidence of is where the line has been broken and has not yet swung well together. BLAINE BETDOES THE CHAS3L But who is to harmonize the conflict be tween the important leaders? Nearly every man in politics has tried to bring them together, without avail There is one name that can do it, and, according to general belief, will do it ere long. That name is Blaine They are both in favor of his nomination for President, and both will be in the convention that will name the candi date. But the old grudge is still a bar, and the question is how both men are to labor in the State Convention next Wednesday, the 19th. Both Quay and Magee were educated ia politics by Bob Mackey when ha was the autocrat of the Republican party of this State in the Cameron interest Magee has, in a marked degree, followed his precepts, while Colonel Quay has not. When Mr. Magee was yet a boy Mr. Mackey lived in Pittsburg and had large financial interests there. He helped the young man to be- come a local leader. The two used to sea " each other every day, and Mr. Mackey guided the boy's footsteps in successful di rections. . Each was useful to"the other. CAMEBON3 ADVICE TO MAGEE. I think the office of City Treasurer was the only one Magee ever held, and that was just after he was 21 years of age. Mr. Magee has never been a politician in the sense that Mr. Quay is, but he might hava been had he not received some good advice early in life that turned his ideas in a dif ferent direction. Just before his term as City Treasurer had expired he came to Har risburg to see .General Simon Cameron, tha greatest politician of the generation in Pennsylvania. The veteran had taken a fancy to him before that visit, and asked him about his future. Young Magee said that he was going to be re-elected City Treasurer of Pittsburg. Cameron asked: "How old are you?" "About 30," replied Magee. "How much are yon worth?" "Hardly anything saved," said Magee. "That is exactly it," continued the old General. "Leave politics alone until you have made a fortune. Then you may enjoy its play with independence and trcat'it as an amusement But office holding and dealing in politics for bread and butter is one or the worst occupations in which a man ever engaged. ADVISED TO GET IUCHES PIEST. "I have often thonght that I was foolish to have anything to do with public affairs. I had a great knack for business, and would have been a very rich man had I left politics alone and stuck to it. Let me ad vise you, young man, don't hold office until you are rioh. Politics is the finest game in the world, but the poorest business." "There's no man more useless in ordinary affairs of life," continued the veteran poli tician, "than the habitual office holder. Once acquire the habit of office seeking and yon are never good for anything else, and ore at best dependent on somebody's pleas ure. You are City Treasurer now; may be State Treasurer three years hence, and if you have extraordinary good luck you might be elected Governor of Pennsylvania after that You can't go any higher than that By that time you will be incapable of doing anything except holding office. All the force, industry, originality, enterprise will be gone out of you. Take my word for it, before you were 50 you would be fitonly for a clerkship paying $1,200 a year." SIMON SPOKE FEOM EXPERIENCE. "A man can get so accustomed to sucking at the public teat," said the octogenariau politician, who hail in his own time been State Printer, legislator, United States Sen ator, Secretary of War and Minister to Rus sia, "that it becomes impossible to earn a living! You take my advice, Chris, and and get out of politics. You can do better in business." Simon Cameron'sgenius always inspired absolute faith in his followers. It was im possible to efface the imprint of that power ful mind when the great politician became interested enough to give advice. The in- I fluence of his counsel was sure to haunt tha mind ot nun wno received it witn some thing like the force of prophecy. Christopher Magee, the young Napoleon of Pennsylvania politics, went home tha next day with Cameron's words, already forgotten probably by the veteran, ringing in his ears. A week later he dumbfounded hisiriends by announcing that he should re sign the city treasurership, an office worth $10,000 a year. He soon did so and literally began to earn his living in legitimate busi ness. He has never regretted the step. To day he is worth probably 5400,000 and his only dissipation, his only amusement, is tha game of politics, which he plays with all the greater enthusiasm be"cause""ii is not my business, you know." MB. QUAY'S DIPPEEENT EXPEBTENCS. Colonel Quay took a different turn and has held office most of his life, all the way from county clerk to United States Senator. He is much the older of the two. He was Sir. Mackey 's lieutenant when young Magee first tackled State politics: The twcicea become friends. There were no divisions in the party in those days, and probably never 4 - tni,-Vi- ?"rf &Ukj;;mLTf-i '
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