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CAUGHTjNASTORM.
TerriuleExperience of ErencK
anOnglisli Heets Off
Portsmouth.
GUESTS OAEBIED TO SEAJ
On Admiral Gervals' Flagship, After;
Accepting an Invitation to
Dine With Him.
Iff THE HURRICANE'S CLuTCHESJ
The Big- "Warships of Both Countries Tossedq
About Lite Cockle-Shells
on the Deep.
WEaTHEBIXG A SIGHT OP WILD ALARM.
Hijh-Bom British ladies Compelled to remain enj
Board the btona-Tossed Vessels for
Boors With the Tin.
inElCEIflCS ESCilT OP THE FEEJCH EHITS
PST CABLE TO TBI DISPATCH.!
London, Aug. 9. Copyrighted. The
International exchange of visits having been
temporarily concluded by the return of Ad
miral Gervais and the French fleet to their
coast, political tranquility rests upon
Europe, The last day of the Frenchmen's
stay at Portsmouth produced a climax in
the war of weather. For six days it had
rained three hours out of four, but on the
seventh it never stopped and the wind, not
to be outdone, came along with hurricane
force. Such a storm had not been known In
the summer time at Portsmouth for SO
years.
The Admiral had invited a large number
of guests to dinner on the flagship and a
ball's as to follow. Half a dozen steam J
tugs were in readiness to convey those in
vited, and despite the storm ladies made
their way on board the tenders rather than
lose a chance which might never recur, and
then the Frenchmen had made themselves
eo agreeable on shore that some sacrifice
might be made to do them honor on this
last night
IX A HURRICANE'S GRASP.
The tugs cast offand steamed at top speed,
but made slow work of it in the teeth of the
hurricane. Then it was seen the French
Admiral was signalling thatit would be pos
itively dangerous to come near his ship in
the heavy sea, and cancelling all previous
engagements.
nut tee Diooa ot tne uritisn tar was np;
no hurricane had yet stopped him, and he
was not going to let tbCFrenchmen think he
was afraid of n little salt water and a heavy
blow. So, plunging on, the little craft went
through seas of foam with decks washed
from stem to stern. Only little headway
was made, and presently the lashing rain
made the atmosphere so thick that it was
impossible to sec the length of the ves
sels. There was nothing for it but to lie to,
keeping the engines going to maintain the
position. The wind seemed to shriek in
fury; the little vessels rolled, plunged and
creaked in a manner alarming to all lands
men. To make matters worse, every now
and then another helpless vessel would loom
np out of the blackness and then there
would be much shouting and whistling until
the danger of collision was averted.
DEFYING THE STOR2L
On the boat provided for the newspaper
men not a single man out of the whole 20
went below. Soaked to the skin, they held
to ropes on deck, every man with a cork
jacket, prepared for the final struggle,
which they felt sure must come. So they
remained the whole night, startled every
few minutes by the wildest alarms. "When
day broke the tenders made their way
back into harbor and landed their passen
gers, more dead than alive.
That these vessels avoided collision
throughout the night was little short of a
miracle. Six hours later the Government
tender started again to witness the depart-'
tire of the fleet, but only two of the hun
dred special correspondents at Portsmouth
ventured in her. They have had enough of
the sea. Scores ot lady visitors to the Brit
ish fleet, -n ho had gone on board before the
storm arose, were obliged to remain with the
tars all night, much to the anxiety of their
irienas asuore.
Some doubt has been thrown upon the
statement as to an invitation to the British
fleet to visit Cherbourg, but there arc cood
grounds for the belief that such an invita
tion was given by Admiral Gervals-and
that it was readily accepted. The Rus
sians, however, pay the first vibit to France,
and it is not probable that an English fleet
will put into Cherbourg tor a month later.
DEATH OP DR. PRATT.
He Was a Dlctingnifed American Fhysl
cian, Known In Both Hemispheres.
rUT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 29. It will bring regret
to the minds of many Americans to learn of
the death of Dr. Thomas Pratt, which
occurred early this morning at the
University Hospital. Dr. Pratt, 20
years ago, was one of the most
distinguished American physicians in Eu
rope. He was the son-in-law of Dr. Marion
Sims. He served on the Confederate side
ca surgeon during the Civil War in-America
and on the German side during the Franco
Prussian war. After the German victory he
lived in PariF, and 15 years ago came to
London, wnere he has since resided.
Dunne: recent vears he has been an in
valid and his friends consider that death
was a welcome relief to his sufferings. A
week ago he fell in a fit in Gower street and
was removed to the Uuiversitv Hospital.
Dr. Pratt was a brother of the late United
States Minister to Persja and another
brother is a lawyer m New York. He was
n man of many friends, of the utmost kind
ness of heart and generosity of disposition.
A BEAUTIFUL SUICIDE.
The Sod End of Leonora Mitchell, an Amer
ican Girl, in a Hospital.
J5T CABLE TO THI DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 29. A month ago the
English newspapers were full of a seeming
tragedy. A young and beautiful woman
was lound in a railway carriage at Leeds
suffering from a bullet wound in the breast.
She had a first-class ticket to London from
Glasgow, but was so seriously Injured that
she was taken to the hospital at
Bedford. She for several days
refused to give her name or to say hoir she
came by the wound, and it was believed
that an attempt had been made to murder
hex. Later a revolver iras found on the
railroad track a few miles from Leeds and
she eventually confessed that the had at
tempted suicide, but still refused to give
her name. Yesterday Bhe died, and it is
now learned that she was an American girl
named Leonora Mitchell, but known to her
friends as Dolly Mitchell.
She comes of a cood family In Covincton.
Ky., and her history is a sad one. She left
her home several years ago and went to
Kew York, where she was known to men-.
about town as one of the most beautiful and
attractive women in the city. A year ago
she came to London, and at the Corinthian
Club made the acquaintance of a young
army officer, with whom she eventually
lived. It was his desertion 1bat drove her
to suicide, although she had attempted it
once before in Kew York.
TEKAHTS OF THB PRINCE.
The Miserable Rookeries They Inhabit at
Kensington Tumble In.
CBT CABLE TO THK DISPATCH
London, Aug. 2a Americans have at
times been startled by revelations of the
rapacity of London landlords who own
rookeries in the slums and compel the poor
tenants to pay exorbitant rents for their
miserable hovels, at the same time
declining to undertake any repairs!
The latest specimen of this class
of landlords is no less 'a
person than the Prince Of Wales. Two
small tenement houses at Kensington be
longing to him collapsed this morning, but
fortunately the inmates escaped unhurt;
otherwise Englishmen might again have
had the entertaining spectacle of their
Prince being cross-examined in the witness
box.
The Prince's agent has issued direc
tions that all the tenants of his collapsed
houses are to be housed at his expense,
pending an inspection of the rookeries.
BRITAIN'S AFFLICTION.
WET
TVEATHER AND BUGS CAUSING
GREAT HAVOC TO FARMS.
The Efforts of Kalnmakers J ot Appreciated
In England Ravages ot the SInstaxd
Buc Whole Fields Destroyed by the
Insect Champagne Tines Suffering.
CBT GABLE TO TOE BIB PATCH.
LONDON. Aue. 29. While in Texas Tjeo-
rple are enoouraging the rainmakers, a cer
tain number of grumbling Englishmen are
exasperated at the folks here who bring
j about such a result. They have some little
excuse, as being wet through every day for
seven weeks is apt to produce an irritating
effect upon the temper and nerves. A Fel
low of the Eoyal Society writes to the En
glish papers as follows:
Becently in Great Britain we have had
three very considerable producers, first the
ten days artillery competition at Shoebury
ness; second the artillery competition of
four or five days in Scotland, and lastly the
exchange oi complimentary salntes between
our neighbors across the channel and our
selves a few days ago, during which a con
siderable amount of gunpowder was con
sumed. It must be borne in mind that in
our moist climate the materials of rain
manufacture are always ready to baud, and
a far smaller power is required here to pro
duce rain in unlimited quantities than in
America, even in places far less arid than
midland Texas.
To add to the sum of miseries inflicted
upon them by the continued rains, the En
glish farmers are now pestered with an
other infliction. In Lincolnshire, Cambridgp
shire and Norfolk counties the insect known
as the mustard bug is making sad ravages
among certain of the crops. At Deeping a
field of mustard was found to be badly in
fested, and as soon as the crop was cut
down the bugs we're to be seen crossing the
road in extraordinary numbers. In their
progress they devoured everything in the
gardens, and then made their way into the
houses, from which they were swept out in
thousands.
From other quarters the statement is
made that much damage has been done by
the army worm, which owes its name to
the fact that its movements are made with
all the regularity in the formation of
masses, which is characteristic of a mili
tary advance. Apparently the wet weather.
wmennas Deen experienced, not only In
this country, but throughout Europe, is
favorable to the multiplication of these in
sect pests. In the champagne country
phylloxera is playing havoc with the vines,
the preventative measures which have been
adopted having had little result.
FRANCE "WILL MOVE
In the Blatter of Adoptlnjrthe Brussels Anti
Slavery Convention.
BT CABLE TO TUB DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 29. It seems probable, in
the opinion of well-informed officials at tha
Foreign Office, that the Anti-Slavery Con
vention drawn up at the Brussels Goneress
will be approved by France and subse
quently by Holland before the end of the
year. There is even a disposition to believe
that the late exchange of civilities be
tween the English and French papers,
following upon that between the
two fleets, will be the deciding cause of this
diplomatic reconciliation, which may lead
to still more important results. At any
rate an impression has been gained from
French sources that when the question of
tne Anii-oiavery uonvention is again raised
in the French Chambers a vote will be ob
tained, which will compel the Ministry of
A' oreign -auairs to urge tne immediate ae
ceptanee of the convention.
Cardinal Lavicerie in the meantime is
preparing an appeal on behalf of the instru
ment arawn up at .Brussels, winch he in
tends to address personally to every Sena
tor and Deputy in France, in anticipation
of the debate which will take place when
tne Chambers meet again.
THE LEWISHAM RESULT.
Why
the Gladttontans Did Not Make a
Alerter Showing in the Vote.
TUT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH.
London, Aug. 29. Lewisham has not
done so well as expected. True, it
has reduced the Tory majority by
some hundreds, but the result does not
give the true proportion of parties in
the borough. Unfortunately, on the
polling day Lewisham provided a pathetio
Laodicean, The Liberals would not take
the trouble to vote, because thev felt sure
the Tory would be returned and their ut
mosteflorts could not prevent it.
This is the true explanation of the Glad
stonians failing to make a still better show
ing. Out of 11,000 voters on the register,
nearly 5,000 failed to go to the polls.
MARTINIQUE DAMAGED 810,000,000.
The French Government Contributes
200,000 to the Cyclone Sufferers.
Paws, .Aug. 29. The official estimate of
the damage done by the recent cyclone
which swept over the island of Martinique,
places the amount at $10,000,000, and says
that 378 people lost their lives. President
Carnot has signed a credit of $200,000, to be
used to assist the Martinique sufferers.
BADXES' SUCCESSOR.
The New Head, of England's Postoffice De
partment Not Yet Appointed.
CBT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH,)
London, Aug. 29. The appointment of
a successor to Mr. Raikes at the British
postoffice is not likely to be made for some
time yet, possibly not until the Cabinet
councils are resumed in November. Sir
John Gorst inmost frequently suggested as
his probable successor, though Mr. Ritchie,
who is a good business man, is sometimes
mentioned.
Henniker Heaton is generally regarded
as being entirely ont of tne running. He
has not made himself acceptable to the aris
tocrats who run the lory party.
FOTTETEEIT LOADS OF HUMAN' HAHDfl.
How a Turkish General Celebrated a Vic
tory Over Arabian Rebels,
Abes', Aug. 29. An Arab whose word is
worthy of belief has arrived here and tells a
startling tale oi Turkish triumph. Ahmed
Bitschdi Pacha, the Turkish commander in
Yemen, the principal division of Arabia,
has utterly crushed out a revolt which broke
out recently in that province, and has
struck wholesale terror into the hearts of
the insurgents.
The Turkish Pacha subsequently entered
Sana, the capital city of .Yemen, in tri
umphal procession, having in his train 14
camels laden with hands cut from the rebel
chieftains of Yemen. Yemen is adjacent to
the Straits af Bab-el-Mandeb.
NOT A RELIGIOUS WAR.
THE CHINESE RIOTS ARE CAUSED BX
POLITICAL TROUBLE.
A Dissatisfied Element Desires to Cansa
Foreign Complications so That Rebellion
Would Be Easy Restless Under Tartar
Role Attacks Upon French Property.
tSPECIAI. TELEGItASI TO THB DISPATCH.
Kew Tore, Aug. 29. The Methodist
Episcopal Missionary Society has received
a letter from Superintendent Stevens, of the
mission nt Nanking, in Central China, in
which he says: "We have had troublous
times in Central China. Anti-foreign riots
have occurred in 20 cities. Several
hundred thousand dollars worth of
property has been destroyed, 2 Euro
peans, 1 Wesleyan missionary, 1 English
eustoms officers and several native chris
tians have been killed. TheBoman catho
lics have been the principal sufferers.
Demonstrations of more or less violence
have been made at all our mission stations.
We have lost no lives and very little dam
age has been done to any of our property.
At Nanking all the women and children
were sent away to Shanghai on steamers.
They are now returning, and all seems
quiet here.
"These riots are not anti-Christian, for In
many instances demonstrations have been
'made as much against Chinese officials and
loreigners engaged in business as against
missionaries. There are various theories
concerning the cause of these riots and
the evident uneasiness of the peo
ple. The most plausible one is
that the people are stirred up by secret po
litical intrigues to destroy foreign property
and annoy foreigners for the purpose of in
volving the government with foreign pow
ers, in order to mace rebellion easy, over
throw the present tartar dynasty and inaug
urate a purely Chinese government. The
officials are making vigorous efforts to ap
prehend members of what is Know-n as the
Ko Lon Hin (old brotherhood), a secret so
ciety which had its origin during the Tai
Ping rebellion.
n The Chinese are, and have been for some
time, restless under Tartar rule. The
present abominable squeeze system and rot
tenness in government affairs and conse
quent drain upon the industries of the
country do not add muoh to the content
ment of the people and the security of the
empire. The great amount of French prop
erty destroyed and the persecution of
Catholics, which the Chinese regard as
a French institution in most places, gives
color to the above theory. The late un
pleasantness between Frauoe and China,
and the uncertain issue of it from a Chinese
standpoint, naturally lead the people to
believe that it would not be difficult to
raise a row with France. Everything seems
peaceful along the river at present, but dis
turbing rumors continue to oome in from
the interior, where the infection is spread-,
ing."
COLLIDED IK A CITY,.
Both Engines and Several Cars Smashed,
and Passengers Shaken Up.
rtrECTAL TCLEGUA5I TO THE DISPATCH.
East Palestine, O., Aug. 2 As tha
second section of freight Ko. 71, of the Ft.
Wayne Builroad, was rounding a sharp
curve about 40 rods west of the depot at fl
o'clock this morning, it collided with the
second section of the fast train going east,
causing a tearful crash, which was heard in
all parts of the city. The engineer of the
express train, George Darby, after revers
ing his engine, jumped off his engine, and
in the fall badly injured his head and face,
Adams Express Agent F. A. Wise, of Chi
cago, was badly cut about both legs, The
passengers all escaped with a few injuries.
The express train consisted of two ves
tibule, two express and Superintendent
Watts' private car. Both engines and
three freight cars are a total wreck. The
freight crew claim they did not notice the
signal from the first section of the express
that another was following and pulled out
on the main track. The loss will amount to
$05,000.
BETBAYED by a wife.
A Man Forges HI Father's Name and Ab
sconds With the Proceeds.
Chicago, Aug. 29. Fred and George
Budlong, of Cooperstown, K. Y., were cap
tured here last night, and left this morning
for that place to answer to a charge of
forgery. They were employed by W. A.
Wixon. a coal merchant, and Fred won and
married Mr. Wixon's daughter, Daisy.
Mr. Wixon trusted them implicitly, and
they took advantage of the fact to forge his
name to a check for $10,Q00, which they
cashed and absconded with the proceeds.
The young wife, ignorant of the facts, ac
companied them to this city, where they
went to work under assumed names. Mrs.
Budlong finally became suspicious and
wrote to her father, with the result above
given.
kUEDEEED AND GBE1IATED,
A Building Earned Down, Probably to Con
t ceal a Horrible Crime.
rSPICIAL TELEQBAM TO THE DISPATCH.
Crestline, O., Aug. 29. Late last night
the large storage barn and hay pressing es
tablishment of A. Morehead & Co, was
totally destroyed by fire. The loss will be
large, with no insurance.
In raking over the ruins of the fire, the
firemen found the charred remains of a man,
but they were so terribly burned and disfig
ured that identification was impossible. It
is believed here, however, that the man had
been murdered during a quarrel the other
night,andthe remains placed in the barn and
fired to prevent identification.
OK THE 6IUB GANG'S TRAIL.
A United States Marshal and an Army of
' Detectives Hot After Them.
Mobile, Ala., Aug. 29. United States
Marshal Walker, with a posse of 40 selected
detectives from Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana, left at 2 o'clock this after
noon by special train for Buckstuna, on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, taking horses,
ammunition, camping outfits, etc They
go to ram smis ana euectuaiiy oreaK up tne
aims gang.
PITTSBURG, STJNpAT,
AROUND TEE EQUATOR
lies a Region That Offers Great Pos
sibilities to Yankees.
A CHAT WITH A ClYIt ENGINEER
Wo Has Kept Both Ifres Open While at
Work in South America. l
RAILWAYS BUILT UNDER DIFFICULTIES
A residence iu South America during the
greater part of- each year since 1879 has
made Civil Engineer J. B. Dougherty, of
295 Franklin street, Allegheny, an' inter
esting talker respecting a sister republic,
the United States of, Colombia, the south
erly portion lying under the equator and
having harbors 'on both Carribeon Sea and
the Pacific Ocean. An interview was sug
gested by Colonel T. P. Roberts. Mr.
Dougherty went to Colombia in the fall of
1879, when he began work on the Dique
Canal, from Colanor to Cartagena, to recon
struct It so as to divide the commerce of the
Magdalena river. Colonel Totten aud J, C.
Trau twine worked on the same canal In
1819 and 18850, and built several locks.
They were the builders of the Panama
Bailway.
Mr, Dougherty's work was to make the
canal navigable at all seasons of the year for
boats drawing four and a half feet of water.
A survey from Cartagenato the Magdalena
was made under the auspices of a Kew York
syndicate. The bay of Cartagena is land
locked and the best on the Carribbean Sea,
and vessels drawing 25 feet of water can en
ter safely. When Drake and the Spaniards
had a controversy, several years ago, at the
siege of Cartagena, the latter filled one of
the entrances, and the one remaining is not
more than 150 feet wide, but it is 40 feet
deep.
PRINCIPAL POET OP ENTRY.
The principal port of entry for the Colom
bian Republic on the Carribbean Sea is 12
miles inland, and the two are connected by
18 miles of railway. The government wished
to improve the river by jetties, but did not
have the necessary cash, and the railway at
present answers the purpose.
A pier composed of creosoted timber has
been built by the railway company, and
traffio between steamers and the railway is
carried on by lighters and tugboats built in
Kew York and in Wilmington, Del. In
order to avoid the cost of lighterage the
railway company Is now building a pier
4,000 feet long, which has an approach of
3,300 feet. The neck is 100 feet and head of
pier 600x50 feet. This arrangement will ac
commodate four large vessels, two on each
side. The piles, girders and cross-ties are
of steel. The JP'lca are 5J and C" inches
in diameter. The timber in the floor is
450,000 feet, board measure, and was sent
from Florida. At the outer end of the pier
the depth of water is 27 feet and inside 25
feet. This pier is expected to be completed
in 12 or 14 months.
There is quite a large traffics on the Mag
dalena, where Rees's steam-boats have been
sent and Baranquilla is the entrepot of
Columbia 90 per cent of the trade on the East
side is carried over the Baranquilla Rail
way, but at present between the unloading
vessel, the licbters. Custom house, railway
and river steamers, there is so much hand
ling that one way or other imports with all
these charcres on ton of tariffs make Colum
bians pay considerable money for what they
BIYEB TRAFFIC AT CHEAP BATES.
The river traffic is carried"on some 35
steamers, all of light draught They were
formerly owned by three companies, but
competition cut freight rates to such an ex
tent that no one made any money, so there
was a combine a plant that seems to thrive
in any latitude. The whole are now known
by the name of the Columbia Transporta
tion Company, and the stock is mostly
owned by Americans, the Unida Company
ot Kew York, Oisneros, a Cuban by birth,
but an American by naturalization,
being President. ' Of these steam,
ers, four are in the Cartagena
trade. The steamers of ;the lower river
run to Honda, the highest point on the
lower Magdalena. At Honda there are a
series of falls three miles long, the upper
levelrbeing 13 feet above the lower, which
prevent large steamers from going farther,
Above Honda three small boats run to
Kiera, 180 miles. For 20 miles below
Honda the river is tortuous and the channel
rocky, and a railway called the La Dorado
connects the lower point with that above
the falls. Its lower end is at Yeagus.
The capital, Bogota, is 90 miles from
Honda and is 8,885 feet abovo tide water. It
is reached by mule transportation packing
on mules' backs. The city is well built and
has a population of 120,000. It haselectrie
light and water is distributed through the
streets. It has also street railways
built by Americans. The city lies in a
basin surrounded by the Guadalupe and
Monserrate Mountains. The basin is as
level as a floor and has the appearance of a
lake bottom. A volcano or an earthquake
has at some time cut a gap through these
mountains and let the water out. Tee bowl
is 20 miles long andl5 wide, and the city is
on the western side, at the base of the
mountains. .
From Bogota northward a railroad has
been built to connect the city with the mule
road.. The locomotives, cars, rails, etc..
were taken up the mountains on mule and
man back. Any piece weighing 250 pounds
or more was carried by man. The work of
construction was begun at the upper instead
of the lower end of the route, as would have
been the case in this country. The same
method was pursued at Costa Rica, -york
commencing at San Jose, a strange plan, but
at the same time explainable.
A VEEY HEALTHY CLIMATE.
The climate of Bogota is very healthy.
temperature never being higher than 60 nor
lower than 48 degrees. It is something like
that of the middle of Kovember here. The
inhabitants wear light woolen clothing
after sundown, don light overcoats. The
plains are very fertile, apples, peaches,
pears, 'quinces and berries of all kinds
adapted to a temperate olimate do well and
wheat grows abundantly. On the mountain
side coal seams are observable and previous
to the manufacture of electricity for light
ing coal was used for gas making, very lit
tie if any being used for cooking or heating,
wood being abundant and preferred. In
the neigliDorhood of Bogota, within fifteen
miles, there is excellent brown hematite
iron ore, and at one of these deposits the
Pusey ancrjones Company, of Wilmington,
Del, built a rail mill. There are also
good castings made at these works. They
have the iron ore, coal and limestone in
abundance and contiguous, all being within
a radius of a mile. This mill was built
for a Colombian company. There is a
road how being built between
Bogota and Jiradpte. The latter place is
70 miles from Honda on the upper Magda
lena, and 22 miles of Hha road are now in
operation. This, line is over a nearly
level plain to the foot of the Andes and,
follows the contour of the mountains
to secure good grades and avoid heavy
work, and is quite tortuous. Tne maxi
mum grade is 4 per cent, with curves of
not less than 250 feet radius. The road
gnage is three feet. , The rolling stock is
all of American make, but the 35, pound
steel rails are furnished by the English.
COLOMBIA'S PRINCIPAL XXFOBTS.
The principal exports of Colombia are
coffee, hides, dyewood and ivory nuts.
Years ago this vegetable ivory had a large
market in this country in tne shape of
various kinds of toys, needle cases, etc, Jingaboht width, but she knows she wanW
AUGUST 80, 1391.
and were sold on railway trains along with
cigars, candy and light literature, but now
the nuts nearly all go to Germany, where
they arc, made into buttons. There are also
numerous forests of mahogany and cedar,
which are not likely to be exhausted for
centuries. The States of Tolinia and
Antioquia are very rich in minerals, espe
cially gold. The great difficulty in the way
of mining, according to modern practice, is
getting machinery to the mines on account
of the bad roads. There are no wagon
roads, and any article weighting 259 pounds
is too heavy for a mule, and roust be
carried by men. This renders transportation
enormously expensive. The mining is car
ried on by foreigners, many of them Ameri
cans, who have introduced American ma
chinery manufactured mainly in Chicago
and San Franolsco, now the seats of mining
machinery manufacture in the United
States. The foreigners generally adopt it,
as like most machinery of American make,
it is superior, to European. Mr. Dougherty
states that the difference between the two
is something like the difference between an
American or Frenph shoe and an English
one. It is characteristic of all American
machinery that it contains the 'same
strength combined with lightness and neat
ness. The richest mines developed are in
the State of Antioquia, of which Medellm
is the capital. Its population is 60,000,
Tlje1 city is in the beautiful and fertile
valley on the "banks of the Porse river, a
tributary of the Cauca, which is a tributary
of the Magdalena. President Cisnerosand
party went there ten years ago and com
menced the construction of a railway from
Puerto Benp, 450 miles irom Baranquilla,
an elevation of 5J0 feet above the mouth of
the Magdalena. From Puerto Berio to
Medellin is 130 miles. There are 30 miles
of this road in operation, the rest surveyed
and located and 12 miles of grading and
bridging finished. This road will open up
a rich mining country, both placer and
quartz. In some of the cuts they found
streaks of quartz and after a rain color
could be obtained by rubbing the detritus
in the hands.
A TEMPTATION TO QUIT TVOBK.
As the peons got but 30 to 40 cents a day
for railway digging, the authorities found
much trouble in making them work when
passing through such strata, as they could
make that much or more by panning ont the'
earth, and it was much easier work. In the
mountains along streams the alluvial de
posits were all found to contain more or less
gold. The completion of the road will en
able the mining companies to get heavier
'machinery to' Antioquia. An American,
after examining the Lacundamine carefully,
offered the owners $6,000,000 for it, but they
thought it worth more to them. It is the
most systematically worked of any of the
mines in fhe country, but the machinery
used is too light for effective work.
The equatorial line passes through the
southern part of Colombia and 'it extends
north of that line 11 degrees, while the
75th meridian of longitude runs about
through the center. The lowlands are hot
and malarial, but as the temperature varies
but 8 or 10 degrees during the year foreign
ers soon become acclimated and suuer
less from heat than people in this city
did a few days ago. During ten months of
the year the trade winds blow on the Car
ibbean coast and much mitigate the heat.
May and June are showery and during De
cember, January and part of February
heavy short showers succeed each other at
very close intervals and the lightning and
thunder are terrific, the latter causing the
heaviest houses to tremble as during an
earthquake. While building the Antioquia
road s evere shocks of earthquake were ex
perienced during the wet season. The re
sults were very expensive,' the disintegrated
earth eliding into the cuts, some of which
were 115 feet in depth.
HABD WORK FOB BATLBQAD MAKERS.
Mr. Dougherty says that railway builders
in this latitude can scarce conceive of some
of 'the difficulties attending their construc
tion under the equator,;ntting through
and filling up marshes that seem of un
fathomable depth, and the tropical showers
in the mountains cause slips that would ap
pall the energy of even Americans, though
owing to the uniformity of temperature no
trouble is experienced from expansion and
contraction of metals. The peons, how
ever, are well adapted to the labor. They
work habited in little more than a breech
clout, notwithstanding mosquitoes and other
insects are ravenous enough to make even a
pachyderm frantic Thejr are the best people
that can be had for the business, steady
workers and, though slow in action and
slow to learn, are easily controlled, and the
most adventurous among them never even
dreamed of anything in the shape of a trade
union. The company supplied them with
rations, a certain number of ounces
of beef, rice, beans, corn and
plantain; no pork. The plantain
bears aoout tne same relation to tne Danana
that the yam does to the sweet potato.
Each peon's ration cost the company 25
cents a day wages were bu cents to l w a
day. The company supplied the ranches,
or tents, attention and medicine in Bickness,
etc, and found it a good policy to do so
and keep their men not only in good health,
but in good heart also.
CONCESSIONS FHOM GOVEBNMENT3.
F. J. Cisveros, with whom Mr. Dougherty
Has Deen associated lor jli years, holds con
cessions from the various governments and
has been the head of all the enterprises
named. He is a member of the American
.Society of Eogineers. Ho had the contract
for the building of the Jiradot, La Dorada,
Antioquia and Cauca railways and is Presi
dent of the Baranquilla Railway and Pier
Company and of the Transportation Com
pany on the Magdalena. He is a man of
great energy and exeoutive ability. In his
absence Mr. Dougherty was in charge of the
work.
The Cauca Valley Railway starts from
Buena Ventura, which is S60 miles south of
Panama on the Pacific Ocean. The sur
veys and location are completed and 16
miles of the road also. It was commenced
in 1866, and is now being finished by an
Illinois syndicate. The Cauca Valley is
rich agriculturally, and Mr. Dougherty
says he saw BUgar cane -that was said to have'
Deen planted ou years ago. in ail tne low
grounds of Colombia two crops of
com and rice can be raised each
vear. The cotton export on the
Magdalena doubled in amount in less than
three years. It goes to Germany and
though'nearlyall raised by hand work,
competes successfully with American cot
ton raised with the aid of the best machin
ery. The Cauca Valley is stout 20 miles
wide by 300 long. The climate 9 Buena
Ventura is somewhat humid. Mr, Dough
erty made the meteorological report of the
section for the wether bureau at Washing
ton and knows whereof he speaks. During
one year the rainfall was 151 inches. .The'
rain falls every dayi though at no great dis
tance south is the rainless region of Peru.
ADVANTAGES O? STUDYING SPANISH.
Owing to the eertainty of intimate trade
relations being established at no distant
date between our Republic and those of
South America, Mr. Dougherty urges the
attainment of several renuisites to success.
Dpe of these is that our youth should dis
card the study of French for that of Spanish,
though "both languages, and Gorman also,
would be found useful the first, though,
worth more than both of the latter
commercially. At present, England,
France and Germany mouopolize the trade
of South Ainerjca, and very few American
drummers are encountere'd. In the second
place, we should study the wants of the
South Americans as Europeans do, and
pack our goods so that they reach the con
sumer in good shape. American packages
are usually so fragile that one would sup
pose they were only to be shipped from
Pittsburg to Chicago, while the English
package may be banged around like an iron
bound trunk all over the world, and yet
its contents reach the consumer intact
European makers are posted as to the
likings of their customers. In South
America a woman wants a certain amount of
material to make a dress. She knows noth-
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"THE SAME OLD EKEMY."
so many yards in length, and the European
maker just gives her what she wants, all his
fabrics made for that market being of uni
form width, whereas those of Americans are
of various widths and confusing to
the natives, who are very conservative
and can only be led into novelties by
degrees.
Were we to adopt ourselves to them,
we could in time Innovate by educating
them up to our standard. Even in the
matter of shoes, yon must give them what
they want, as to shape, or they will not buy
at any price and the curse of the country is
that its imports greatly exceed in value
its exports that it is kept poor, the latter
being in the raw and the former in the fin
ished state. Colombia's gold export goes
mainly to Europe and that out of the Mag
dalena along amounts to $8,000,000, or $10-
000,000 a year. Mr. Dougherty says that
our tariff stands in our way in this trade,
for though we excel Europeans in the man
ufacture of locomotives, sewing machines
and other machinery and can take this
trade from them, yet they furnish South
America with rails and Europeans humor
them by giving long credits.
GREAT CBEDIT TO MB. BLAINE,
He gives great credit to Secretary Blaine
for his part in furthering the work of the
American Congress which has awakened a
desire in our sister republlcs'to know more
01 us. The matter is a theme for discussion
ever since the Congress was proposed, and
they look forward to a time when its fruits
can be garnered and they are an impressi
ble people, kind, hospitable and polite from
Government officials to the lowest orders
One thing they evidently desire is a silver
standard which will enable them to deal
with us without haying to pay the differ
ence in rates of exchange. Europeans
adapt themselves to all the exigencies of
the case.
One article of American Pittsburg man
ufacture the steamboat, built by James
Rees, has established a place in the esteem
of the people that cannot be taken by boats
built anywhere else. Of the 35 plying in
the Magdalena ten were built by Mr. Rees.
They carry more cargo according to draft of
water, useless fuel and are more economi
cal in every respect, ivith less complexity
of machinery than any European vessels
built.
In this connection it is pertinent to re
mark that were these steamers loaded into
whalebacks in sections in this city and sent
direct to the mouth of ths Magdalena, thoir
triumph would be still more complete, as at
present they are taken piecemeal to Kew
York and these loaded on ships, entailing
not olily the cost of 400 miles railway freight
but also several thousand miles of danger
ous coast navigation. Two oi these steam
ers ore now being built and mechanics irom
this city will accompany the pieces and
put them together at the port of delivery.
FRUSTRATED BY THS POLICE.
A Sprlshtly Young machinist Attempts to
Slope "Wljh a Harried Woman.
Boston, Aug. 29. The Boston police to
day spoiled an elopement which causes a
sensation in Exeter, K. H. George W.
Morrison, a sprightly young machinist, has
been, it is claimed, too well acquainted
with Ida Carroll, the 25-year-old wife of
a laster in the Exeter Company's shoe
factory. The townspeople have been
talking about it some tidie, and Mr. Carroll
has remonstrated with Morrison. Yester
day morning the couple started to elope,
but the husband and the woman's brother
caught them at the railway station and suc
ceeded in separating them.
There was quite a scrimmage and Mor
rison got the Worst of it, Mrs. Carroll was
then taken home, but in a short while again
joined Morrison and the two escaped, coca
ine to Boston. This mornin?, actine under
telegraphio instructions, the police arrested
Morrison on a charge of adultery, just as he
was boarding a train for Fltchburg. He
declines to reveal the whereabouts of Mrs.
Carroll, but she is believed to be in Fitch
burg. PTTN EXPECTED TO-DAY.
The Sub-Treasury Men Carrying; the Say
With Missouri's Alilne.
Peetle Springs, Mo., Aug. 29. The
Commltttee on Demands ?f the Farmers'
Alliance Convention did not, as was ex
pected, report this morning, hence the
morning session was devoid of any sensa
tional features. A special committee re
ported a recommendation to revise the
Constitution to allow Missouri to go into a
third party, but this will not carry, as a two
thirds vote is necessary to change the Con
stitution, and the Hall followers have
threatened to leave the convention in a
body, breaking the quorum.
The first business of the afternoon's ses
sion was the election of delegates to the In
'dianapolis convention, and it resulted in
another victory for the sub-Treasury wing.
Then came the report of the Committee on
Demands, the anticipation of which has
been a sort of bugbear to the delegates. It
came in two sections a majority and mi
nority. After the reading of both and a
short debate the convention adjourned un
til 8 o'clock to-morrow morning.
WOULD MEASURE THB CELESTIALS.
A Traveling Agent &a a Soheme to Enforce
the Anti-Chinese Law.
Chicago, Aug. 29. An agent of the
Bertiilon system of measurement for identi
fying criminals visited the special agents
of the Treasury Department in this city
to-day and suggested that the Chinese ex-
elusion act could be made easy of enforce-1
Hanehata- (Eng.) Examiner.
i ment bjthe application of the system to all
Mie ninese in mis country.
Under this system it would be impossi
ble for one celestial to personate another.
He was referred to the Department at,
Washington.
ABDUCTED EBB OWK CHILD,
A Canton Maa Looking for His Runaway
Wife and Little Daughter.
Canton, O., Aug. 2a Peter Miller, of
this city, is endeavoring to ascertain the
whereabouts -of his wife and 7-year-old
daughter, whom he claims she has abducted.
Miller claims that his wife deserted him
and his child about eight months ago and
went to Chicago, where she has resided
since. The child was placed with its grand
parents, near Richville, this county.
On last Saturday Mrs. Miller returned to
Massilon, this county, and from there went
to Genoa, where her parents reside, Tues
.day she went to Mr. Miller's parents and in
some manqer obtained possession of the
child. She then hired a turnout and went
to Orrville, where she took a train presum
ably for Chicago. Mr, Miller is greatly de
pressed over the affair, and will do every
thing possible to obtain possession of the
child.
A HEW CANADIAN ELECTION.
The Conservative Government Will Again
Appeal to the Country.
Toeonto, Aug. 29. The Oldte (Liberal)
this morning says that it speaks with
knowledge of plans and movements of the
Conservative party, and that a general
election is likely to take place at any time.
It says a redistribution measure will be in
troduced during the present Parliament
ary session, and the Abbot Government
will go to the country just as soon as the
voters' lists are completed and the plans
are ripe for an appeal It is probable that
the election will come on during the latter
part of December or early in January.
Two reasons are assigned for the decision.
One is that the Government dare not face
the election courts; that many of their fol
lowers fear very scandalous revelations, and
that there is hardly a doubt that four or
five of the Ministers and some of their
prominent supporters would be disqnalified.
The other reason is that Lord Stanley has
made strong remonstrances against the re
tention in otnee ot a Uovernment which it
is proved was elected -by bold and flagrant
corruption.
THE EHPEB0S S JEALOUSY.
Prince. Bismarck Deprived of q Valuable
Medal by His Veto.
Berlin, Aug. 29. The order Pour Le
Merite, made vacant by the death of Gen
eral Von Moltke, was intended by a ma
jority of the surviving members to be con
ferred on Prince Bismarck, but the Kaiser,
who has a right of veto on any selection
made, although not a right of appointment,
gave it to be understood that he would ex
ercise the veto, if Bismarck's name were
presented to him.
Thereupon, as previously cabled, General
von Verdy, the German ex-Minister of War,
was selected, and the nominatiou approved
by the Eaiser. It is the only Prussian or
der which Bismarck does not possess, and
its bestowal would have been highly grati-
lying to mm. xne iact mat a man versed
only in military science was named for the
coveted distinction, is aid to be due to tha
Kaiser's desire to foster a spirit of emula
tion among his commanding officers, and
has caused no little ill-felling in art and
literary circles in Berlin,
The Fall Trade Opening.
The populace of these two large cities are
now loottipg ior tne nice imng oi ins sea
son for the furnishtnent of their houses.
They will find them in wall paper, picture
moldings, house, sign and fresco painting,
at Stoughton & Stuien's, 101 Market street,
at the lowest prices in the city. It will pay
to examine their stock before purchasing.
Their works cannot be surpassed east or
west. They have just finished the Seventh
Avenue Hotel, that for taste and harmony
of color has not been equaled in Pittsburg.
Their new store is 101 Market street, cor
ner First avenue. Don't fail to see their
stock and prices.
?ITTSBUBa AND LAKE ETSIE K. B.
Excursions far Tuesday, September 1.
Kiagara Falls and return $ 7 00
Toronto and return.. a w
Gravenhurst and return 10 75
Alexandria Bay and return 13 00
Tickets good 15 days. The fishing at the
Muskoka lakes and Thousand Islands is
now at its best wsau
Excursion From Pittsburg to Chicago Over
the Pennsylvania Lines
Starts Saturday, September 5. Tickets
good on all trains of that day except the
"limited." Tickets good to return until
September 13 inclusive. Rate, $10 00 for
the round trip. For particulars address or
call upon Samuel Moody, District Passenger
Agent Pennsylvauia'Lines,Ko, 1127 Liberty
street, Pittsburg. ttfsu
Everett Piano Club News.
The pianos delivered this week on tha
SI 00 weekly payments are Club A, Ko.
316, C. & Horner, 83 Jackson street, Alle
gheny. Club B, Ko. 233, name withheld by
request- Hereafter the notice of weekly
numbers will be found in the personal col
umns of Monday's Dispatch. v .
Badges for lodges and societies at Mo
Mahon Bros. Ss Adams', 52 Fourth avenue.
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A MAN OF PITTSBURa.
Ex-Clerk Uoyd Tells of the Public
Serrices oi General Moorhead.
A HIGH TRIBUTE FfiOJT SHEEMAff.
Hada tha Honongahela Navigable
Saved the Arsenal Stores.
and
HOW HE MADE A HOT-HEAD AP0E0GIZB
IWItlTTXIT TOB THE DISPATCn.J
A big man in body, brain and heart wasj
James K. Moorhead, General Moorhead, as
was more familiarly known, having legiti
mately acquired the title as Adjutant Gen
eral of Pennsylvania by appointment from
Governor DavidD. Porter. He represented
tha Pittsburg district for ten successivw
years, beginning in 1860, with a zeal and
efficiency that were unsurpassed. Joha
Sherman once said of him that he was tho
very best local Representative"he ever knew.
He was of humble parentage and achieved
his way to prominence, as have so many
others in our country, by dint of natural
ability.
He was Identified in early life with tho
publio improvements of Pennsylvania.
Commencing as a boss under some contractor
on the Pennsylvania Canal he soon corn
menced taking contracts, in which ha was
eminently successful, and so laid the foun
dation, of his fortune. But his greatest
achievement in this direction was the con
struction of that magnificent improvement,
the Monongahela navigation, which will re
main a monument to his genius and enter
prise so long as its waters shall continue to
roll onward to the sea. He was '
THE WHEEL-HORSE 07 PITTSBURG
for many years; known as a man who would
"do to tie to," and whenever he put his
shoulder to the wheel of any enterprise it
was sure to move. He was utterly destitute
of the egotism which so frequently charac
terizes self-made men, and was always self
possessed without the least trace of vanity.
He was one of the most genial of men, and
yet with a quiet dignity of manner that re
pelled undue intrusion. He earned tha
gratitude of the nation by his firm resist
ance to the attempt of Secretary of War
Floyd to remove the arms and ammunition
from the Pittsburg arsenal to the Sonth at
the outbreak of the Rebellion.
If his qualities had been aswellknonrn
to the nation at" large as Ibey were to ait
constituents he might have attained to tha
highest honors in their gift. He ought to
have been in General Grant s first Cabinet,
to which he was recommended by, I believe,
the unanimous voice of the Pennsylvania
delegation in Congress. The recommenda
tion was intrusted to D. J. Morrell, then in
ths House, to present to Grant. Morrell
lived opposite Grant at the time on I street,
and was in intimate social and personal re
lations with him. Instead of presenting ths
letter of recommendation at once he sounded
Grant on the subject by saying to him that
if he was willing to consider the matter of
selecting a member of the Cabinet from
Pennsylvania its Congressional delegation
was prepared to recommend a man lor tha
position.
WAS NOT PRESENTED PEOPEELT.
Grant replied that he bad already selected
a Pennsylvanian for a seat in his Cabinet,
and Morrell did not pursue the matter iur
ther. Moorhead's friends were not satisfied
with this presentation of the matter, and
believed that if Morrell had presented tha
paper, and accompanied it with an urgent
personal recommendation, the result might
have been different. General Grant certainly
missed an opportunity to secure a Cabinet
officer who could not have failed to reflect
additional honor on his administration.
'Moorhead was pre-eminently fitted for
executive duty. It was more in his Iiua
than legislative work, though he had tha
natural ability to fill with credit any posi
tion to which he might be called. He was
at one time a candidate for a seat in tlio
United States Senate, but the methods theu
in vogue to secure such a position were re
pugnant to a man of his fine sense of honor.
He was not a politician in the ordinary ac
ceptation oi the term. He ne cr sought
for office. If ha had, he might have easily
been elected Governor of his native State.
He was always wSling to serve the purlo
in any position, but believed fully in tha
principle that the office should seek tha
man instead of the man seeking the office.
A HARD AND EASY WORKER.
He had an infinite capacity for work, and
accomplished mors with less apparent
effort than any man I have ever known.
He seemed to possess an intuitive knowl
edge of the situation on all occasions, aud jP -
reached a right conclusion quickly and iu-f s;.
fallibly. His distinguishing trait ot cnar4
acter was manliness. He never prevart
cated, equivocated or snumedon any ques
tion, and nobody was ever in doubt as to
where Moorhead stood. He possessed tha
rare faculty of saying "Ko" when truth re
quired it, and could say it without giving
personal offense. He was a men, too, who
never flustered nor blustered; was never in
a hurry: never, apparently at least, over
burdened with work; never too busy to at.
tend the claims ot charity or even of society,
but moved forward in whatever he under
took to do with the quiet power of a deep
flowing river no noise, no "fuss and
feathers," no nonsense of any kind what
ever. With a certain sternness of manner
he was possessed with all the rollicking
freshness of a boy, and had a keen appre
ciation of anything humorous, aud could in
dulge in it himself when opportunity
offered. He liked Lincoln immensely, with
whom he was on intimate terms, and greatly
enjoyed his jokes, and was fond of repeating
them. And he accomplished whatever ha
undertook with the least possible waste of
power, leaving the impression that thera
was in him a great reserve of force that liad
never been called into operation simply be
cause of the want of any occasion grand
enough for its exercise.
KNEW HOW TO UTILIZE TIME.
During the early stages of the war, whea
a Congressman's duties could hardly hava
been inventoried he found time for every
thing: whether to urge the interests of his
constituents before Cabinet or Congress; or
look after a wounded soldier in field or
hospital; or attend the funeral of a slain
officer; or intercede for some poor fellow
condemned by the military law to be shot;
or to aid some grief-stricken wife or mother
to reach the bedside of a dying husband or
son. Ko matter what the duty. General
Moorhead never shirked it, or sought excusa
ior its non-performance.
During his Congressional career he stood
high in the confidence of his associate mem
bers and in the Executive Departments.
His previous relations to Stanton, who had
been his private counsel for many years,
gave him special influence with the War
Department, so that it came to be generally
understood that if anything was wanted in,
that department it was important to secure
Moorhead's services; ana the result was
that he was besieged, not only by his own,
constituents and citizens of his own State, j
but by people of all the States. And the'e
patience with which he bore it all was
marvelous. '
HOW A DUEL WAS AVERTED.
His great physical strength, combined,
with his rugged mental qualities, made him,
a man to be teared. and stood him in cood
stead at a time when the galleries ot tha--'
.House were oiled with traitors, ana muscia
was as much needed as brains tomakai
Southern fire-eaters keep the peace, evea
on the floor. An incident that occurred 'at1-
this time well illustrates the character of 4
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