)NHflr9M3K THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH,- SATURDAY. AUGUST. N. 29, I89t TARIFF ii; ft TAX, McKinley So Insists, and Cites. the Drop in "Wool to Prove the Statement. DYIDENCE IS PLENTIFUL To'Showthe Beneficial Workings-of the Present Tariff Law. ANOTHER BIG FARMERS' MEETING, At TTTMcTi McKinley Is Keceived With the Greatest Enthusiasm. XATIOXAL ISSUES MADE PEOMENENT rrnoM a STArp conKEsrovDKirT. Mabiox, O., Aug. 2a The National questions have been dragged into the Ohio campaign and they are here to stay. Day after day Major McKinley continues to dis cuss these issues from the stump. He pays little or no attention to State politics, but it is not because he lacks the powder. This part of the battle has been assigned to the home speakers tc fight out. "When Foraker Jumps into the saddle about September 15 hen ill make the fur fly. John Sherman has already entered the field, and from this time on will ponnd away at the financial question. Major McKinley visited Marion to-day and spoke to a large audience in the Opera House in the evening.. In the morning he was driven to Scotttown, 11 miles distant, where an old-time farmers' political gather ing was held. After the rain of Thursday night, the air was rawand the roads muddy," but this did not preyent 5.000 granger: from being present. THEY AM. LOVE POLITICS. . 9 The Ohio farmer loves politics better than whisky, and it isn't hard to get a crowd to gether at any time to hear a political dis cussion. A "erandstand, decorated with the Stars and Stripes, was erected in the grove. The stanch Republicans came in caravans, with flacs adorning "their horses and car riages. The cavalrymen wore large red, white and blue sashes. One never sees such open air meetings in the Keystone State. The good wives and the pretty daughters prepare the lunch and the whole family takes a day off in the woods. They are basket picnics. A good place is always reserved for the candidates and sometimes for the reporters. ENTHUSIASM OVER ai'ltlKLET. If enthusiastic popular demonstrations ore any indications of how people will vote, then the tariff and an honest dollar will re ceive a rousing indorsement in Ohio next November. Major McKinley everywhere draws large crowds. He is among Ohio's favorite sons, and the people are -jery proud of him. Marion county is Democratic, with a ma jority ranging from 800 to 000 votes. There is Mmp manufacturing, but the main indus try is farming. The grangers are divided on the tariff along the party lines. The Democrats think the McKinley bill is any thing but beneficial. It is stated that since the new duty went into effect on wool the number of slipep in the State has increased 200,000. This is a big item alone and a strong indorsement of the wool tariff. TJXlJEIt THE OLD TARIFF. Under the old duty numerous farmers found they couldn't compete with the Cana dianand Australians. Thev were forced to quit the business, and the sheep were sold Tor mutton. Old grangers will tell you that wool was once one of Ihe staple pro ducts, of the State. Large quantities are produced now, but the output until recently was nothing like it used to be. The farmers, encouraged by the McKin ley tariff, are returning to wool culture and this accounts for the increase in the sheep population of the State. The Republican tanners are feeling good over the prospects, while the Democrats reap the benefit of the tarifl; but continue to grumble. They think what they make on wool they pay to the manufacturers, and in the end they are out vi pocKet. x TARIFF SOT A TAX. McKinley, in all his speeches, insists that the tariff is not a tax, and he cite-j the fact that wool has dropped in price to prove it. The Peonies' party hasn't much of a foot hold in Marion county, and Democrats and Republicans state that it won't amount to a side-show in this section. They held a meeting here j estcrday, and according to reports a corpoVal's guard was not present. The Rev. Mr. Crabtree, a Baptist minister, is the leading spirit of the Peoples" party in the county. He is secretary of the or ganization. Mr. Crabcree is a Prohibitionist by faith, but his party has coalesced with the Peo ples". Crabtree is one of the few ministers who will put up with a combination. SOME .STRONG EVIDENCE. Coming over on the Hocking Valley Rail road from Columbus to this place last even ing I met J. Quincy "Walker, a New York traveling man. With all Eastern drummers, Mr. Walker is very much interested in the Ohio fight. He said that since the McKin ley bill went iuto effect he has done remark ab'ly well in business. He stated that in all his evpenenre on the road he never sold so many goods in the fall. The storekeepers arc leeling hopeful and good; the laborers arc prosperous and buving freely. In Detroit, he sai'd, the leading retail clothing dealer is r-elling clothes cheaper than they can be purchased on the other side ol the Atlantic. Under the operation of the tariff prices are lower, there is plenty cf work and a fairrate of w ages is paid. He, for one, was convinced that the McKinley bill "has already helped the country and will continue to do so. A -lEKCHAST'S TALE. E. H. Lingo is a merchant at Larue. In talking about the tariff he said: "In the dn goods line about the only article ad vanced in price is pearl buttons. I under stand in a short time they will be lowered una we can nuy tneni cheaper than before. Cheviots, worsteds, Henriettas and chash meres have dropped clothing is cheaper. "I paid 524 for this cheviot suit 1 am now wearing, but a few years ago I couldn't have bought it lor less than ?35. I know what I am talking about, for it is in my line of business. The high prices which the Democrats predicted do not exist." OLD ME.V PBOJIIKEXT. The metting at Scotttown was well at tended by the old meu. It is not often that bo mnny graybeards come together. State Auditor Poe joined McKinley this morning and assisted in the speech-making. One of the features of the demonstration was an old hay wagon decorated with bunting and an empty sugar barrel on top. The band had prepared a special song, touching up the campaign issues and predicting the Mayor's election. John Rain was chairman, and he intro duccd McKinley as the "Gladstone of America." They say he resembles Na poleon, but this is a new and strong com pliment. The Major in his speech 'once more gave'Campbell a rub. He said Hoadley's administration was expensive, but the pres ent Gavernor leaves him in the shade. He beats Bishop, Forakcr and Poster. If the next Legislature is Republican it willelect a Senator who is a citizen of Ohio and not of New York. This slapat Brice was ap plauded. THE BUCIIAX AX BILL. For the first time the Major called atten tion to the Buchanan bilL He warned his hearers to be careful of the legislative ticket. In Michigan the Democrats have not only gerrymandered the State, but passed a law to have the Presidential elec tors chosen bv Congressional'districts. The Buchannan bill has the same object in view in Ohio, and he predicts its passage if the Democrats are successful. He said that a short crob was had enough, but it is not half so baleful as a short dol lar, which in time would be repudiated. On the tariff, he said. A revenue tariff never opened a mine or started a tiro In America or rave an Ameri can a day's work. 1 wouldn't take your commission and vote to down American in dustries. The calamity shrlekers say the tariir has built up factories and depleted the farms? "What do you farmers want? More larmersT Xever. You want consumers. "WHAT THE BILL DOES. The McKinley bill prohibits a foreigner from using an American trade mark. It w 111 not allow- the Government to buy its sup plies abroad, and hereafter Uncle Sam will purchase what ho needs from the people who support him. The blankets for the annywillbe made out of American wool. The bill nlo prohibits the products of for eign convict labor being landed on our shores. In no other tariir la w wag this done. The Major said the foreigners would like to capture our markets, because they are the best in the world. In 1878 the wheat exports were as large as the amount sent out of the country from Washington's time to Lincoln's. More wheat is exported in anv year now than during the 14 years of a revenue tariff from 184G to 1860. State Auditor Poe followed Major Mc Kinley in a speech on State affairs. Israel. PATTISON IN DEMAND AMONG WESTERN DEMOCRATS AS A PKtSIDEXTAL CANDIDATE. His Popularity on the Increase Editor Tucker Believes He TVill Be the Nomi nee in 1892 Warm Feeling for Cleve land In tho TVetL rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. J Harrisburo, Aug. 28. A. Tucker, pub lisher of the Pennsylvania Farmer, who has recently visiteJ several Western States, Eaid here to-day that one of the results of his trip was a conviction on his part that Govern iir Pattison would be the inevitable candidate of the Democrats for President of the United States. "The remarkable run he has twice made for Governor of this State," said Mr. Tucker, "is construed to mean that he has sturdy elements, of char acter and that one of these is independ ence. "Cleveland is stronger now, I think, than he will be a year hence. The popularity of Pattison is likely to increase with time. In the "Western States through which I have traveled, Cleveland commands the warm admiration of many Demounts, but I think he will not be in a position to be nominated and that the logic of events will lead to the nomination of Governor Pattison as the Democratic standard bearer." Mr. Tucker thought the chances of Demo cratic success in Pennsylvania were not very ereouraging, although the Republic ans made a serious blunder in not giving the agriculturists representation on their ticket. "If Price, of Erie, had been nomi nated," said Mr. Tucker, "great strength would have been given the ticket The third party is likcl? to cut quite a figure in this campaign The disposition to enter the field with candidates, the same as the two great political parties, is increasing, and it is probable this sentiment will find expression in the nomination of a ticket." Mr. Tucker talks as if McKinley had a hard fight on hand, because of the great s'rength of the Farmers' Alliance, which he says will surprise the old politicians by its large poll of votes. TEHEE COLONELS CHOSEN As Delegates To Scranton and Robinson Secures Two of Then. FBOM A STArr COKBESrONDEWT. Washington, Aug. 2a The Pennsyl vania Republican Association, the lesser of thetwo Pennsylvania Republican clubs of "tbfts city, held ameeting this evening for the purpose of electing delagates to the convention of Republican League Clubs in Pennsylvania, to be held at Scranton, Sep tember 23, and the following delegates were elected: Colonel Dewese, Colonel Bnmpus and Colonel Stratton. Two of the delegates favor J. B. Robin son for President of the league, while one favors Dalzell, but as the majority of the delegation casts the vote they can be counted on the Robinson side. Both clubs in the district have now elected their delegates and combined they will cive Robinson five votes and Dalzell one. BEDFIELD FBOCTOB'S SUCCESSOR. The New York Mall and Express Says Gen eral Wells Is the Man. Rutland, Vt., Aug. 28. General Will iam Wells, of Burlington, Vt, will be the successor of Hon. Redfield Proctor as Sec retary of War. The news that the Presi dent intends to make this appointment comes to the New York JfaU and Express from a source whose reliability, that paper says, cannot be questioned. General Wells was formerly Col'ector of the Port of Burlington and is the head of Wells & Richardson, of that city, the largest wholesale manufacturing drug firm in Northern New England. He was a young man in the late war, and wasbreveted Brigadier General for bravery in the field. General Philip Sheridan always spoke of him as one of the very best of his cavalry officers. C0L0EED HO0SIER REPUBLIC AKS Demand Political Recognition and Listen to a Letter From Harrison. Ixdiattafolis, Aug. 28. A number of colored Republicans of note from Indiana met to-day at Rev. J. H. Clay's to read a letter from President Harrison and formu late some demands. They profess friendli ness to the administration, but demand rec ognition. A resolution asking for representation on the "World's Pair Commission or for an ap pointment to Liberia or Haiti was passed. The President's letter was addressed to Rev. J. M. Townsend, Commissioner of Deeds, and was conciliatory. Still They Come for DalzelL ISrECtAI. TELEOIUU TO THE DISPATCn.l Geeexsbdrg, Aug. 28. The Republi cans of Derry formed a league club la t night with 100 members. The delegates elected to the Scranton convention are first and last for John DalzelL THBOUQH HIAOABA FALLS. Cooper Graham, Who Did It In a ilarrel, Wants to Try the Tiling Again. fSFEClAL TELEORA1I TO THE DISPATCH.1 NrAGAEA Falls, Aug. 28. Carlisle D. Graham, the Philadelphia cooper, who, on Julv 11, I88C, went through the Whirlpool Rapids in a barrel of his own construction, was in town uns mieraoon znaKing arrange ments to go over the falls in a barrel, or through the rapids in a six-pound suit. He said that he expected Tommy Burns over from Liverpool, and when he comes they will swim the rapids together. PAYNE REINSTATED. A Long-Standlng Fight in the Sons of Veterans Ended by a Compromise. Minneapolis, Aug. 28. The Com mander in Chief of the Sons of "Veterans has settled the long-standing question of Past Commander in Chief Walter S. Payne's status. He was court martialed and expelled for misappropriation of funds. The Committee of Review reported to-day that he was absolutely innocent of any in- tention to defraud the order, hut had, under mistaken" judgment, -wrongfully invested the funds. It recommended that the decree of expulsion be rescinded and that Payne be censured. v There was a bitter fight over the report, hut it was finally substantially adopted with the addition that Payne be deprived of his rank as Past Commander in Chief. Judge John P. Rca, of this citv, appeared as his counsel. .Payne is from JTostoria, O. A DREADFUL TRAGEDY. JOHN BAXTER KILLS HIMSELF, "WIFE AND TWO CnlLDKEN. The Awfnl Crime Dne to Temporary Mad ness rititul Sight In the Tenement Rooms Neighbors Heard the Shots the Night Before When Fired. tSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.1 New York, Aug. 28. John Baxter, a painter, his wife, Mary, and their two chil dren, Katie, aged 5 years, and Johnny, 2 years and 6 months old, went to their tenement rooms last evening, and ten min utes later the neighbors heard a pistol shot. Pistol shots are common in that neighbor hood and no attention is paid to them. This was followed by six other shots. The neighbors thought the boys in a club next door were firing at a target. In the morn ing about 10 o'clock when none of the Baxters appeared, Mrs. Muller knocked and afterward looked in the window. What she saw made her send for a policeman. Baxter was lying at full length on the floor. There was a bullet wound in the center'of his forehead and two more in his head near the left temple. There was a pool of blood under his head. Mrs. Baxter w as lying at right angles to him. Her head was in a pool of blood, too. There was a bullet hole just above and bock of the right car. She had been shot from behind. Both were dead. On a little four-by-six cot were the corpses of Johnny and Katie, with bullet holes in their heads. On the floor beside Baxter's body lay a five-chambered bulldog revolver. There were three unexploded cartridges in it. In the bureau they found this letter written in lead pencil: Auo 27. Dear Mother I right yon that i am tired of living dear mother don't worry about me four my life it is no use tryine now dear mother you mite think i am cone in the head but I amnoi to balls will fix me now goo by mother dear mother my llfo is gone good bye all 1 toll you what it would dear mary my life is lost now to shots will fix mo good by mother and all from you sun. John Basteh. My mother lives in SOT 141st street give her all i got. "William E. Gorton, a brother-in-law of Baxter, said that BaxUr had been at his house Thursday afternoon, and had told his mother and sister that he was going to die. The cheered him up and he went away. Baxter's brother, Thomas, told the reporter that he knew jio reason for his brother's act. It Is believed that Baxter killed himself and family in a fit of insanity. MOORHEAD Ex-Chief Clerk Clinton Lloyd's letter for THE DISPATCH to-morrow Ss on Congressman James K.Moorhead, who represented the Pittsburg district so long and so faithfully. TWEHTY-TWO K0W DEAD. The Statesvllle Wreck Believed to Have Been Caused by Tramps. TSrECIAL TEIEGRAMTO TOE DISPATCH.1 Statesville, N. C., Aug. 28. Twenty two persons are known to be dead as the re sult of the railroad wreck here yesterday, but is is thought that at least six more bodies are in the bottom of the stream into which the cars fell. Last night 21 bodies were recovered, and to-day Mr. Sink, of Lexington, who was on his wedding tour, died of his injuries. It is now believed that -the wreck was caused by tramps taking up the track or loosening the rails, causing' them to spread. Some of the spikes were drawn. Two tramp? were put oft Colonel A. B. Andrews, Second "Vice President; Captain W. H. Green, General Manager; Superintendent R. R. Bridgers and other officials are here, and will put detectives on the cos to run down the tramps. The bridge where the wreck occurred is a high arch culvert, two miles west of States ville. It is nearly 200 feet long and nearly 80 feet high. It was not demolished, as was at first reported. The train left the track just as it reached the culvert. "When the can were well across they tumbled into the water below. The bridge was so strong that it was not damaged seriously. Several crossties were split. To-day 40 convicts w ere at work clearing away the wreckage and searching for more bodies. PNEUMATIC KAIL TUBES. Thny May Be Used Between New York and Broofclyn and Sob-Stations. New Yoke, Aug. 28. It is probable that J during the next year one of the most radi cal changes ever thought of in the postal service of New York and Brooklyn will be carried out. The scheme, as proposed by Postmaster Collins, of Brooklyn, is to con nect the two main offices, and the main of fices with stations, by pneumatic tubes. The plans, as presented to Postmaster Van Cott and Postmaster General AVana maker, provide for the connecting of all the sub-postoffices of the two cities to the main offices and then having one or two large tubes between New York and Brooklyn. During the last week experts from the United States -Automatic Tube Company have been making a careful examination of the Brooklyn bridge structure to see the best way in which tubes may be laid upon it. Superintendent C. C. Martin, of the bridge, accompanied them. Postmaster Collins said when asked about the plan: "The tubes can be laid under the elevated railroad structure and over the rivertm the bridge. Not having to lay the tubes under ground will greatly lessen the expense. In the time it now takes a clerk to tie up a bundle of New York mail it could be put up in one of the boxes for the pneumatic tube, locked up and sent to the New York office." ELOPED WITH HER BBOTHEB-IK-LAW. Mrs. Snow, of Lynn, Deserts Her Husband and Babies. Boston, Aug. 28. The facts of a very sad elopement case have just come to light in Lynn. At No. 20 Cedar street resided both members of the firm of Snow Brothers painters, the eldest, W. J. Snow, being married and having two little children, while the younger, Harry, wasa single man. For some time a growing intimacy between Harry and his sister-in-law has been noticed. Three weeks ago the elder brother ordered Harry to leave the house because of intox ication. Harry left, and then next Mrs. Snow disappeared, deserting her husband and babies. Her own and Harry's clothes were sent away beforehand, packed in the same trunk. Her husband was almost craey when he found that she had gone and that his own brother had wrecked his home. The entire family removed to Lynn trom the Provinces not long ago. Nothing like the Dunlap hats, them to-day at Smiley's. See B.&B. A column would v not enumerate the special lots in nice hosiery, handkerchiefs, gloves and neckwear for to-day's sales for that reason it was omitted in our 20-sqiare display ad, this paper, that we want you to read. BOOGS & BUHL. Men's fine dress shirts in stock and made to order. James H. Aiken & Co., 100 Fifth avenue. Great hit The Dunlap hat opened to day at Smiley's. WIND AND .WASHOUTS Terrorize thev People oftfwo States, Doing Enormous Damage. NEWARK VISITED BY A TORNADO. Cloud Bursts Carry Away Dwellings and Destroy Kailr.ads. NARROW ESCAPES AND I0SS OP LIFE Newabk, N- J.j- Aug. 2a A tornado swept over the lower part of this city at 2:15 o'clock this afternoon, coming with fright ful velocity and without warning. The roof of a three-story building on the corner of Bowery and Lexington streets was torn from its fastenings and whirled skyward nearly 200 feet, doing considerable damage by its fall. The storm came up from the Southwest at a time when the sky was clear, with a few light, gauzy clouds. One cloud somewhat dense and dark came sailing along from the dlrect'on in which the wind was blowing, and descended on the southeast section of the city. At Chestnut street it crossed, the Pennsyl vania Railroad tracks. and first struck the Tomlinson Companv's Spring Works, smashing the two-inch thick glass skylights and picking up a heavy gate in the yard, hurling it through the air. THE STOEM CLOUD LIFTS. Then the blast made a skip and did not alight again until it reached Oliver street. Facing it was an untenanted long three story brick building, formerly used for leather manufacture. First the wooden steps went flying, being torn to splinters. Then he brick front, for a width ot 30 feet, went in like an eggshell. After the brick front went down the blast got under the root, lilting it up and throwing it down upon Reuben Trier's leather factory. The second, floor was ripped up, wrenched away and laid upon the wreck of the roof. The tornado then wended its way to Passaic avenue, Bowery and Gross streets, below Jackson 6treet, cahsing skylights and shut ters to fly through" the air. At first the wind was not heavier than that which usually accompanies a thunder storm, but ten seconds later the volume was more terrific and swept over that section of uie uuv wuu lorce enougn to tear ou me tin roofs like sheets ot paper, Bowery and Gross streets are strewn with debris. Several persons were struck by flying debris, but so far no fatal cases are reported. The tornado covered a" space about a mile and a quarter long and an eighth of mile wide. No estimate of the' damage has yet been made. WASHOUTS IN NETV YORK. From various parts. of New York State comes news of disastrous cloudbursts. A dispatch from Berlin, N. Y., says: A cloud burst over this town and!" the town of Pe tersburg last night, which was followed by a flood that did damage unparalleled in this vicinity. The rain fell steadily all day but at 5 o'clock in the afternoon the water fell in torrents, lasting about an hour. Had the disaster occurred after the people had gone to bed, the loss of life would have been awful. As it was, the wife of Thomas Taylor was drowned in her home in sicht of her husband, who was outside bnt could not get through the current to save her. James Smith was found dead, standing in mud up to his neck, horribly mangled,about half a mile from a barn in which he was last seen alive. The Lebanon Springs Railroad, between here and Petersburg, about five miles, is washed away into the meadows for many rods. A large railroad bridge is also gone, besides a score or more ot highway bridges. The residence of Charles Park was turned upside down. The entire family was absent at a campmeeting. PABT OP A VILLAGE DESTROYED. Part ofi the -village of Peterborough lying near Little Hoosick river,is completely wrecked. A score of residences and work shops are washed from their foundations, and a .large quantity of personal property has been destroyed. The loss to property in that village will reach not less than $25, 000. The south-bound mail train on the Leb anon Springs Railroad left Petersburg about 6 o'clock. , After running about a mile it came upon flooded tracks and was Sromptly run back to the station. Scarcely ad it backed to a'place of safety before the entire roadbed in.iront of it, with the track for several rods, was washed away. The loss in crops will hs a very serious matter. It is thought here that railroad communication to points north will not be resumed for several weeki A oloud burst occurred on the mountains surrounding Sand Lake at 2 p. m. yesterday and extended over half a mile of territory. The rain came .down in terrific, blinding sheets, and continued ,ior several hours. The mountain streams were soon like rivers, and rushed down the hillsides and emptied into Glass House Lake, with a roar that drowned the noise of the thunder. The lake soon overflowed its batiks and rushed over the new dam down into the valley below. Everything was carried be fore the, raging torrent. Wrhole orchards were uprooted, barns and houses swept away and carried from a half to a mile down the stream, which was fully half a mile wide and 20 feet deep. Th'e hotel stable and glasshouse were swept away from their foundations, and four" horses were drowned. Many dwellings wen, carried away, the inmates barely escaping with their lives. TWO DAMS GIVE WAT. The dam at Kaine's Mill was nearly all swept away at the first approach of the tor rent, and a big corner of the mill was taken from its foundation and carried away. Fif teen thousand dollars' worth. of made-up woolen goods were soaked with the muddy water, entailing a loss of at least half tha't amount. The next dam, several hundred feet below, withstood the pressure for seven hours, when, at 9 o'clock, it,-too, gave way with a terrific roar. The water poured through the mill windows that had been thrown open for that purpose. It is believed that lives have been lost Three iron bridges were swept away after the dam gave wfcy, and were car ried several hundred feet down the stream. In the valley of Lebanon Springs Ball road the storm was equally extensive, and at Berlin houses were washed away and Miss Addie Taylor, aged 55, and Charles Smith, a boy, were drowned. Travel on the Lebanon Springs Railroad was completely interrupted by the washout, ana it is leared cannot be resumed, within a week. The Hudson and Hoosick rivers are very high, and in the vicinity of Hoosick Falls many bridges were swept away, and the roads ruined by the overflowing of mountain streams. A man named McChesney was drowned at Peestenkill. Owing to a blockade of the New York Central track near Albany, caused by a washout, through trains of that rood ore run over the AVest Shore to-day. ,. WILD ALARM AT BENNINGTON. A dispatch from Bennington, Vt, says: Yesterday's rains raised Wafloomsae river so that at midnight Bennington people were called out of bed b'y the fire alarm bells to find the streets flooded and danger threatening on every hand. An exciting night ensued, but fortunately the damage is reduced to the minimum as no dams gave way and but one bridge was carried off Cellars were flooded and the streets badly washed. The water was above high water mark. The streets were impassable to pe destrians until late this morning. CHILE Fannie B. Ward's letter to THE DISPATCH for to-morrow deal with social customs. Both amusing and Instructive, Toungstown Fair. Excursion tickets via Pennsylvania lines on September 1, 2, 3 and 4. TUB All the fall style hhta at Smiley's to-day. J WAITI50 FOB TEE ARMOR FLATS. All That Is Necessary to Complete a Coast Defense Vessel. San Francisco, Aug, ia Henry T. Scott, of the Union Iron Works, in an in terview this afternoon concerning the' prog ress of the, construction of the coast defense vessel Monterey, which was launched April 23, during President Harrison's visit to this coast, said: "We are getting machinery of the Monterey into1 place as rapidly as possi ble. The boilers are set and one engine is in position and the other two are now on the dock ready to be put in position. Every thing will be ready for the trial trip in Oc tober, and if we are not delayed by the failure of the Government to send out armor, the vessel will be completed and ready to be turned over long before the date provided for in the contract. "It is time we received armor plating, and if.it does not come along very soon the work will have to be delayed to await its ar rival. Cruiser No. 6 is getting along nicely, but, though we are making rapid progress, t is impossible to' state' h&w soon she will aunched." . A BAFFLED LOVER'S BEVEHGE. The Stern Parent of John Stammel's Sweetheart Used as a Football. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 28. John Auspach, a merchant, was assaulted last night by John. Stammel, his daughter's lover. Auspach did not look with favor on Stammel's attentions, so he sent her to Europe. About midnight Auspach met. Stammel and his father. The elder shouted to his son: . "There is Auspach now. Now is the time to get even with him." Auspach immediately got a blow in the face from young Stammel which staggered him. Other "persons who were with the Stammels pitched in. Auspach was kicked about like a fqotbalL During the melee the elder Stammel's voice could be heard shouting encouragement to his son and assuring him that he would pay whatever the fine micht be imDoscd in court x At last the elder Stammel thought that Auspach had received enough and called to his son to desist Auspach was badly in jured and was taken home. LUTHERANS ON EDUCATION. The Third Day of the Pittsburg Synod at Greenville. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. GtiEENVlLLE, Aug. 28. The morning's session of the third day's meeting of the Pittsburg Synod of the Lutheran Church was devoted to the consideration of the new constitution which the Synod is about to adopt. Kev. D. E. Belfour, Chairman of the Committee on the New Constitution, presented the report, which is being con sidered by sections. About one-tenth of it was acted upon to-day. Bev. 'J. A. Krobs," of Zelienople; Secre tary of the Board of Trustees of Thiel Col lecre. presented the annual renort. The to tal number of students last year was 105, of whom 87 were males and 18 females, and G7 were 'Lutherans. The college is now 20 years old. At the request of the trustees, the Synod appropriated $1,200 to the college for this year. In the afternoon the Synod visited Thiel College in a body, and the evening session was devoted to the cause of education. THE HENNEPIN CANAL. The First Step Toward Its Construction Taken In Coart at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 28. The first move toward building the much talked of Henne pin canal was made in the United States District Court at Peoria to-day. Condem nation proceedings were entered there against SO or more property owners in Bock Island county,' through whose land the new waterway will pass. The improvement will cost the Government ?500,000. The plans call for a channel 80 feet wide at the water mark;arid seven feet deep. The locks will he 170 by SO feet in dimensions and capable' of use by vessels of 280 tons burden. In addition to the canal proper a feeder from the Bock river will be built. The canal was authorized by an act of Congress passed September 19, 1890. It will connect the Illinois river at-Hennepin with the 'Mississippi near the mouth of the Kock. OSCAR WILDE Paris has a new char acter who corresponds to Oscar Wilde. Let ter for to-morrow from THE DISPATCH'S special Paris correspondent. PREACHER AND DISTILLER. A Baptist. Clergyman Who Insists on Bis ItlEht to Slake Whisky. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28. Prohibition split the Ellijay Baptist Association a few years ago, since which time one wing has fought whisky while the other wing was just as vigorous in making it. Prominent among the "Free-for-all Bap tists" was Kev. Julius Pickett While advocating the sale of whisky Mr. Pickett became aware of the profit there was in it. He fitted up a distillery, got a Government license, and went into the manufacture of the article. His brand of whisky became widely known as Pickett's Mettle. The association to which Mr. Pickett be longs has just decided that no clergyman will be permitted toi engage in the distilling of liquor, though the right of drinking it is not taken away from them. Mr. Pickett will fight for his personal rights and will be sustained by his congregation. INHUMANITY TO A DYING MAN. How Saloon-Keepers . Treat. Unfortunate Customers In Prohibition Maine, Bangok, Aug. 28. Patrick McDonough, aged 70 years, accidentally fell down along, steep flight of stairs in a saloon at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He struck his head against a stone wall and was 'taken up un conscious. Bundled into an empty stall ot the saloon, he was left "there until 7 o'clock, when he was carried out of the rear door and dumped, face downward, into an express wagon in the back vard. The police found him when making their rounds at 2 o'clock this morn ing. He lived scarcely ten minutes after being found. A SCHOONER LOST. It Capsizes In Lake Erie and Its Crew of Six Were Picked Up. Cleveland, Aug. 28. The schooner British Lion,'from Eomney, ,Ont, to Erie,' capsized in a gale on Lake Erie last night. The crew of six men took to the yawl and were picked up at 11 o'clock this morning by the steamer Nyack, and brpught to this port to-night The boat was a small one and of little value. Not a Delinquent HABBiSBTJBOJ'Aug. 28. The Auditor deneral desires to have it stated that a mis take was' made in placing Cumberland county among the list of delinquent county treasurers. The Treasurer of that county Is not delinquent t i i V.&V.; Young ladies, and men, girls and boys the new fall and winter underwear, and nice kinds at special prices are on sale thus early, before you start to school, seminary or college, as well 'as all the other requisites. Boggs & Buhl. Dunlap & Co.'s Fall Hats At Smiley's to-day. See them. Men's fine dress shirts in stock and made to qrder. James H. AnxBNj&Co., - ' 100 Fifth, avenue. PERILS WE ESCAPED. Th'efresidentDeliYereaUnioii Speech . at Eutland, Vermont. EVILS AVERTED BI THE LATE WAE, Emancipation a Soon Born of the Folly of the South Itself. " ANOTHEB TRIBUTE TO ME. PROCTOR Eutland, Vt., Aug. 28. Kain was fall ing at 7 o'clock this morning, and prospects were unfavorable for the demonstrations at Proctor and Butland ii honor of the Presi dent Gradually, however, the clouds broke, but muddy streets and a muggy at mosphere rendered the general conditions uncomfortable. The President did not look as fresh as usual when he made his appear ance, and admitted that he felt fatigued. At 11:15 the special train -started from Prootor for Butland. The President was received at a siding of the road by a com mittee headed by W. G. "Veazey. Carriages were entered and a circuit about two miles through the city was made to Memorial Hall. The President was introduced from a temporary stand at the front of the hall and said in substance: Your Chairman has spoken of tho fact that the President of the United States may travel everywhere through our country without any attendance of policemen. As I have had occasion to say before, the only peril he is likely to meot, if the railroads take good care of him and the cranks keep out of the way. Is from the over-kindness of the people laughter and applause, and there Is more peril In that than yon will understand at first thought MOMENTOUS ISSUES AT STAKE. Wo cannot tell how much hung upon that of which this hall is a memorial. No orator has yet been Inspired to describe adequately the gravity of the great Issue which wa3 foughtout upon tho battlefield of the War of the Bebelllon. Wo say it was a contest to preserve the unity of our ropubllo, and so it was, but what dismemberment would have meant how greatly it would have Increased the cost of government, how sadly it would have disturbed the plan of our border com munities; how it would have degraded in the-eyes of the world this great people; how it would have rejoiced the enemies of popu lar government, no tongue hns yet ade guately described: but it was not to be so. od has desired that this experiment of free government should navo a more perfect trial. We were very patient, so patient in the early contest, as it ranged through the great debate of convention and Congress, that our brethren ot'the South altogether mistook the temper of our people. Undoubtedly there were evidences that the men of trade were reluctant to have that profitable com munication, which had been so long main tiiined with the South, broken off. Undoubt edly that character so undesirable to our polities, tho double face, was particularly conspicuous in those days of discussion, but we were nuogecner misjudged wnen tne people of the South concluded that they might support their threats of disunion, which had. so long rung In Congress and had so long filled their boasting press by force of arms. THE EFFECT OP SUMTEB'S FALL. I shall never forget, nor will any of you who were old enough to remember It, that great electric thrill and, shock which passed through our whole country when the first gun was fired at Sumter. Debate was closed. Our oratorj were withdrawn and a great wave of determined patriotism swept over the country higher than any tidal wave ever lifted itself upon a devastated coast applause, and it was not to be stayed in its progress until the last vestige of re bellion had been swept from the face of our beloved land. The men of New England were a peaceful people. The farmers and the farmers' sons were not brawlers. They were not found at the tavern. They were abiding under the sheltering moral influ ences and.quietude of these New England hills: but the man who thought that the spirit of 1776 had been quenched, was badly mistaken. t'The same resolute love of lib erty, the same courage to face danger for a cause that had its Inspiration in high moral purposes and resolves, abided in the hearts ofyour people. Applause. PossiDly the war might have been avoided If the South bad understood this, but it was so written In the severe but benevolent pur poses of God. Thoro was a great scroll of emancipation to be written. Thoro was a martyr President who was to affix his name jo a declaration' that would be as famonras that to 'which your fathers affixed their signature in 1778. FREE DT TBUTH AS IN NAME. It was to be in truth, as well as in theory. a free people applause, and there was no other pathway to emancipation than along the bloody traok of armies, not seeing at the beginning, flor having In view the purpose that finally was accomplished, butgulded by tho hand of power andlrisdom that Is above us and over us to the accomplishment of that glorious result that struck the shackles from 4,000,000 of slaves. Applause. Just as the President concluded his re marks, Bev. Dr. Norman Zavcr advanced to his side and presented to Mrs. Harrison, through the President, an oil painting rep resenting a view ox jviuingion, near Jut land, the highest peak in the great moun tain ranged The President, in a few words, thanked Dr. Zaver and the Board of Trade in behalf of Mrs. Harrison, and expressed his regret that she had been unable to ac company him on his trip through Vermont The special train afterward returned to Proctor, where there was a demonstration to-night . 'At Proctor the President spoke in part as follows: It Is not my privilege to call you neigh bors, but I nm suro I may call you friends. As I look upon these homes In which you dn ell and contrast them with the wretched ness of tho crowded tenement houses of our great cities; as I inhale to-night the bracing alrof these mountains, and as 'my eye has looked t-day upon their green summits, I have said how happy is the lot of that man and that woman who works in one of these bright, wholesome New England villages. Applause. A TRIBUTE FOB rBOCTOB. It has seemed to me that the relation of our mutual friend who has Inaugurated and developed these works in which many of you find your employment was that of a fuDlio benefactor and a personal friend. Applause. The simplicity and naturalness of is own life among you, his ready appre- elation of the loyalty and intelligence of those who are employed by him. his Interest in their success in life, is the ideal relation between the employer and his workmen. Applause. I would to God it 'were always and every Vliere so, that when a man is put at a ma chine he should not be regarded by his em ployer as a prtrt of it: that the human na ture, the aspirations of a man, should still be recognized, and the relations with the employer be those of mutual confidence and helpfulness and respect. Applause. I cannot but feel that our national puliey should be in the direction of saving our working people from that condition of hope lessness which comes when wages are barely ndoquate to tho sustenance of animal life. Applause. There Is no hope for any com munity where this state of tilings exists, and there will bo no hope tor the nation should it become the general condition of the work ingmen of America. A PLEA FOB LABOR. 'That man or woman out of whose heart hope has come, before whom the vista of life stretches in one dead level of unending and half requited toll, that man's estate Is calculated to make him reckless In character. 1 cannot always sympathize with that de mand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap; they ate too cheap when the man who produces them upon the farm, or the- man or woman whp produce them in the factory, does not get out of them living wages, with a margin for old age and for a dowry for incidents that are to follow. Applause. I pity that man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces tne cloth or shapes it into a garment shall starve in the process. Applause. I still carry this community In my thoughts as one of the best types of Amer ican neighborhood, life. I have found in Governor Proctor a most valuable contribu tion to the administration of the Govern ment at Washington. Applause. You can not know fully how he has grown into the respect and confidence of all who liavo been associated with him in the Cabinet, and of nil our legislators In Congress without dis tinction of -nortv. I rezret that there is some danger that you roaj reclaim him for Ver- niont Applause. J Yet it is quite natural that it should be so, and I shall do the best" I can to get a substitute. . RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE. The labors of publlo office at Washington are full of high responsibility and most bur densome toil. No man is burdened with an incapacity to make mistakes. We san, how ever, all of, us, in public or" private trust, bo sure of our motives. These are our own. Wo can know whether we are pursuing low and selfish ends, or have set before us the gen eral good, the highest good of all our people. Judgment on what has been donelswlth you. lam sure only. that I have had it in my heart to do that which should in the highest degree promote the prosperity of onr people and lift tho glorious flag yet higher In the esteom of the world. Great applause.l We have too long surrendered to other nations the carrvlng trade of the world. They have subsidized thelrlinesof ships and have rendered competition by unaided lines Impossible. We have the choice either to maintain our present inactivity or promote tho establishment of American lines by the same methods that other nations have pur sued. For one,I am not content that the harbors of the world shall longer be unfa miliar to the Stars and Stripes. KEPT A MURDEROUS VOW. A NEBRASKA FASULY FEUD TEBMI- NATES IK MURDER. The Trouble Arises Over a Trespass of a Cow Upon a Farmer's Land A Crime That Almost Breaks the Record for Cool Deliberation. Doniphan, Neb., Aug. 28. Aneighbor hood feud which has existed for 'several months between J. P. Farr and C. A. Schultz, two farmers with lands adjoining, onlminated this morning in the shooting and mortally wounding of the former by the latter. The immediate causes which led up to this morning's tragedy aire these: Early Thursday morning of this week seven head ot Farr's horses, which had broken out of their pasture during the night, were found in Scbultz's possession. Schultz demanded ?o damages. Farr offered $2, which was refused, whereupon Farr and his men tore down the inclosure and recov ered the animals, while Schultz started for Grand Island, bent on having Farr arrested for trespass. Failing to procure the neces sary papers for Farr's arrest, he returned home late in the eveniug considerably the worse for liquor. At daylight this morning he arose, and telling his family that he wonld never eat, sleepor drink until he had killed Farr, he immediataly began to prepare for the in tended murder by washing out his gun, and loading it with shot, bullets and chunks of lead. All things being in readiness, he calmly lighted his pipe and started for Farr's residence, half a mile dis tant. Arriving there and seeing Farr in a field near the house, he walked up to within 15 feet of him and raised his gun to his shoulder and within full view of his terrified family, and while Farr was begging him for God's sake not to shoot, he deliber ately discharged the weapon, with the above "result. Farr. terribly lacerated and unconscious, was carried into the house. Physicians were summoned from Doniphan and Hastings, who entertain no hopes of his recovery. Schultz surrendered to the authorities. TWENTY-SIX PASSENGEB3 LOST. The Frightful Result of a Collision In Aus tralian Waters. Melbourne, Aug. 28. A collision oc curred at 1 o'clock this morning in sight of Port Philip Heads, between the steamers Gambier and Easby. The Gambier was bound from Syddey, N. S. W., for Mel bourne, and was just clearing the Heads when she met the Easby bound out It was impossible for the vessels to clear each other, and the Easby struck the . Gambier amidships, crushing in the sides to such an extent that when she backed away the water poured into the hold of the Gambier in torrents. A scene of terrible confusion and excitement followed the shock of the collision. t Most of the passengers were in their berths asleep when the accident happened. Suddenly awakened by the shock, and not knowing the'nature of the accident that had befallen them, they ran pell mell on deck without waiting to dress. The Easby remained along side the Gambier and rescued many of the latter's passengers and crew. Notwithstanding her efforts, the Gambier filled so rapidly that it was beyond human power to save every body. She settled back and, sinking stern first, she disappeared from view, carrying with her five saloon passengers, 15 steerage passengers and six of the crew. BAIN SUCCESSFULLY MADE. Tho Explosion of Dynamite Bombs Soaks the Soil of New Mexico. Albuqtferque,N. M.,Aug. 28. Advices from Socorro, 75 miles south of here, are to the effect that the experimental tests of ex ploding dynamite bombcinto the clouds for rain resulted in success, and a few hours later rain came down in great abundance. ' The Government agent was present and he states that the success of bringing rain at Peono nas greater than the results at El Paso last week. No rain has visited this valley for several months, and a good soak ing downpour was badly needed. The dis turbances in the air undoubtedly circulated in a" northern direction, for it ia raining here to-night A DISABLED STEAMSHIP. She Has 152 Passengers on Board and No Word I Received From Her. New York, 'Aug. 28. It was said at the office of the Old Dominion Steamship Com pany this aftern&oh . that no word had reached here concerning the steamer Old Dominion since she reported disabled off Absectmlight last night t Three tugs have been sent to her assistance. She is probably in tow of the steamer At lanta, of the same line, as the latter should have reached here by noon to-day, but did not. There are 152 jiassengers on board the disabled steamer. It is thought she will reach here by midnight to-night AN ENTEBPBI8INQ COP. Be Arrested People on False Charges and Then Levied Blackmail. Atlantic Cut, Aug. 28. A police offi cer named M. Heller was to-day suspended from the force and handed over to the Dis trict Attorney on a charge of making false arrests and then extorting money from his prisoners for their release. A mulatto, it is alleged, was his accom plice and assistant. It is said they have been carrying on their blackmailing opera tions for some months. THE FIBS BEC0BD. At Seymour, Ind., shortly after midnight. Are destroyed the large drygoods bouse of C. J. Atkinson.- The building 'was partially saved. Loss, $11,000; insurance, $3,000. AT Omemie, Ont, Thursday night fire broke out in tho stables attached to Clark's Hotel, and before it could be extinguished totally destroyed tho hfteL two general stores belonging to Thomas Quory & Sons, the Windsor Hotel and D. Minn's harness shop. Thence crossingthestreetitdestroyed It. J. Mulligan's drugstore and dwelling, J. T.lsdale's grocery store and dwelling Jt. A. Calder's printing office and dwelling, W. H. Surry's general store and dwolling, and John McCren's cabinet shop, dwelling and out buildings. The amount or losses are hot yet known, out most of the victims are partially Insured. At Danville, Ind., yesterday morning Are destroyed almost the entire west side of the square. Tho 'fire originated in Barnhills' barn in tho rear of the grocery. It spiead rapidly in all directions and destroyed seven business bouses and one residence. Six of the buildings .were brick. The buildings burned out are: Residence of Dr. O. K. Barnbills, meat and grocery store; J. B. Mc Clelland, furniture, store; Christie Bros., harness; Parker & Crabbs, bankers, and Shirley and Showalter. drygoods. Showalter lost $10,000 worth of wool. The total loss will reach 110,000; insurance, $30,000. Dr. Lawson was seriously injured by falling. The bank vault has been recovered and the contents found intact. The fire was incendiary origin. J BIG BASK SYMGATEsa To BnyUpSiiMillion Dollars Worth'-" of 4 1-2 Percent Bonds. INCREASE OF THE CIRCULATION The Primary Object of This Scheme That Is Jfow Hatching. i MAN! OTHERS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW rSFECIAI. TELICBAM TO THE DISrATCS. 2JEW Yobk, Aug. 28. Several of tho larger National Banks have taken the pre liminary steps toward organizing a syndi-. cato io absorb from ?5,00O,0OO to $6,000,000 of the 4 per cent bonds at the extension rate of 2 per cent The object is believed to be thelssue of additional circulating rates, based on the bonds. It is believed that if such a block of bonds is taken by the na tional banks, it will not be for the purpose of securing the small profit on the transac tion. This profit will not exceed o'ne-half of 1 per cent The Increase of the circulat ing medium which is said to be contem plated, is a matter of especial interest at this season, when the demands of the "West for money to move the crops are heavy and continuous. It was statedto-day that whether or not" the syndicate is successfully formed de- " pends largely upon the Bank of Commerce,, the American Exchange National Bank, the Fourth National Bank, the Importers and-Traders the Slerchants', the "Western National and one or two others which have a lage capital, and are able to subscribe for a considerable block of the bonds. The. Gallatin National Bank and several others, it is positively stated, have consented to take their quota of bonds, provided a round amount, aggregating r6,000,000, is taken up." Frederick D. Tappen, President of the Gallatin Bank, is also Chairman of the Clearing House Committee. The opinion is expressed on "Wall street that if this syndicate is successfully organ ized, svndicates of a similar nature will be immediately organized in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities., There have been representatives of "Western banks in , New York in the last few days who are convinced that the "Western banks in the big cities would go into a movement simi lar to that now being canvassed by the New . York banks. There have been surmises based on Secre tary Foster's visit to Long Branch on Sun--day that he inspired the movement He J did not It is learned that Mr. Foster is perfectly -well satisfied already with the re sult of the ii per cent extension. So far $22,000,000 of the bonds have been handed in for extension at 2 per cent, and Mr. t Foster regards this as a triumph for the Harrison administration. He believes that by next Tuesday fully one-half of the out standing issue of 4J4 per cents will be handed in for extension at 2 per cent In any event Mr. Foster's friends in "Wall street to-day said that the Secretary had now ample funds in the Treasury to re deem all the iyi per cents which are not " extended. A W0KDEBF0X JHHE. Some of Its Remarkable Stories of Gold Destined for the "World's Pair. Cabsok, Nev., Aug. 28. J. "W. Haines, , Nevada's "World's Fair Commissioner, left Carson to-night with many specimens of gold from the new Pine Nut mine for Chi cago. Senator Haines visited the mines in " company with C. C Kellogg, the man who built the first quartz mill in Gold Hill years ago. Zirm, the owner of Pine Nut. took both into a drift never before opened to anv one. Haines afterward said: "The mine is simply rwonderfuL I have i been in Nevada and California since '49, and during that time have visited and been ;. interested in every camp of any importance, including Virginia, Gold Hill and Bodie, and I am prepared to say that this beats" them all. I saw in one tunnel by candlelight chunks of gold sticking out of quartz as long and full as a cigar. Bodie in its palmiest days never was in such good ' way. Nevada will be heard of again " throughout the universe. It is the grandest "nine I ever saw." 2TGBEE7Y 10 BE EXPELLED. He Desired to Beslgn, bnt "Will Not B Permitted to Jo So. , Otta-wa, Out., Aug. 28. The sub-Corn-, mittee on Elections and Privileges met this afternoon to consider the legality of Hon. Thomas MGreevy's resignation. The result will be that McGreevy, in dna course, will he expelled. CorntiGnT, xsiu WORTH FIVE DOLLARS a bottle, but sold for only one dollar, and guaranteed to benefit or enrev or money refunded the genuine Dr. ' Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Fraudulent imitations of this medi- cine are sometimes offered and sold at 60 to 70 cents. To protect the public from such impo- ' ; Eltion, the srenttMte is now sold only ' :" through druggists, regularly authorized! ) as agents, ana at tne uniform ana long- , established price of $1.00 per bottle, or six bottles for $5.10. But each bottle of the genuine Golden Medical Discovery carries with it some thing that makes it the cheapest blood- -purifier and liver-lnvigorator that youu can buy. It's the printed guarantee ' of its makers that if it fails to benefit or cure you. they'll return the money. Tint pay only for the good you get, with ' this and with all of Dr. PIerce'3 medl- cincs. Tou pay the one fixed price . but if there's no help, there's no, pay. t. It's "valae received, or your money back." That's the .way its makers prova -their faith in it With an ordinary medi cine, it can't be done. Dealers not authorized to sell the genuine medicine, are likely to offer spurious imitations, dilutions, and sub-- stitutes, at lower prices- Beware of mem. Wants.... Of every sort are quickly supplied ?- when advertised in Tax Dispatch's i'j Cent-a-Word Columns. This prion , Includes Miscellaneous Wants, as well ; as Help Wanted, Situations Wanted, Boarders and Lodxers Wan ted, Arenta- , Wanted, Partners Wanted; Booms To, Let; Personals; Lost; Found, and all- , cellaneons For Soles. 1 asas-utf ?- Jk " i ! -fl i .z &
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