ONE CENT A WORD ADYEETISES WANTS, TOK SALES, PERSONALS, TO LETS, TOUKD, LOST, IN THE DISPATCH. FORTY-SIXTH TEAR BOTH BIG BLUFFERS i The Two Parties in Ohio Are Claiming Everything in Sight, But irmLEY HAS THE.STABT. Interest Now Centers Upon the Com ing Joint Debate of tlie Standard-Bearers. TOUKG THURMAN'S ENTHUSIASM. Ho Tliinls Governor Campbell TO11 Sweep Away AH Opposition When He Takes the Stump. FREE TRADE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Tie ipproacn- of tie Conraition Causes Some Signs of Lift in tbe Bants or the Feimsyl- ranla Democracy. TOIGHT. BOOMED FOE A rLACE OS THE TICKET most a stiff cobbespon-dent. COL,tTMBrs, Aug. 30. Great interest is manifested by the leaders of both parties in the coming debate between Major McKin lcy and Governor Campbell. The Republi cans are inclined to believe that the offer of Mr. Campbell is only a bluff. It is amusing how people talk about the possible outcome as they are 6wayed by partisanship orpreju dice. That one will wipe up the earth with the other, in common parlance, is tbe uni versal erdict, whether it be Democrat or Republican who speaks. McKinley's friends have great faith in his ability, but CanipbeU's-supporters have an unwavering confidence in their man. The Republicans say that Campbell is a Itrieht, cunning fellow, but no match on the same platform with the heavyweight tariff champion. According to Bepublican opinions the Governor is good at any time for a clever, snappy talk of 15 minutes in length, but after that his efforts become labored. ON Sl'KINLEV'S OWN GROUND. Certainly on the tariff question McKinley -will ha e the advantage. He has made it a life study, and he is familiar with every de tail of the subject. He is also well posted on the financial issue. Mot of the party managers had gone home to tpend Sunday, but a lew lingered around the Neil House to-day. A. W. Thurman is probably the most enthusiastic Democrat iu Columbus. It was born in iwinixi Iiv vul,S'; it 0"ily-frvrtu las illns laO'er. Ah. my boy," he said to The Dispatch wan, "wait till Campbell gets ntMcKinley. Te Major will not Know where he is ct'tHliDg. The Governor is one of the most t nginal men I ever met His mind works like chain-lightning. Always-cool and self j osscsscd, he can go to the bottom of an ordinary subject in a twikling. He is quick in device aid repartee. Did you ever see Campbell on the stump? He is like a whirlwind. He never repeats the fame speech, but day after day he has jomothing new for the people. "When Campbellienters the lists you newspaper men will liave something to write about," and so the Democratic leaders talked. A GOOD PRIVATE SECRETART. On the ofhevhand the Republicans claim that Campbell's originality in the Foraker campaign was due to Claude Sleeker, his private secretary, who carefully revised his speeches for the press. "Well," said Major McKinley yesterday afternoon, as he drove from Kenton to For est over one of the best pikes in Ohio, "if Governor Campbell and I don't meet in joint debate at Ada it wont be my fault. I think the Governor will be there and that he means business. I suppose such a meet ing wilWraw a great crowd of people." Incidentally the Major remarked that he liked his work in Congress, but a Repub lican ! the next House will be wasting tirae. If the Lesislature is Republican this fall, the State will be re-districted, and Mc Kinley's old bailiwick will be restored, with a view to returning him to Congress as a rebuke to we Democrats for turning him out. Until some constitutional provision is made in Ohio, a series of gerrymanders can be expected in the future, according to the politics ofthe Legislature- DEMOCRATS HARD AT WORK. The Democrats, since they opened last "Wednesday, have been very active in or ganizing the counties. Governor Campbell, iu his letter to President Iichr, at Ada,sug gesting the joint discussion, said they had not commei. ;ed the campaign earlier be cause they are too poor. Both factions are busy collecting money. Chairman Hahn is in the East now seeing what he can raise to help McKinley. Chairman Neal and his associates have a good deal of fun about the $500,000 which the foreigners and "New York im porters intend to send into the State to assist the Democracy. The truth is that not nearly as much money is spent in cam jwisns as the public imagines. Manufac turers, whether at home or abroad, arc not in the habit of shelling out freely to help political causes. A Republican told me a lew days ago that if the clement of money had been remeved'from McKinley's district last fttlL he would have won with hands down. He wss on the inside and prettv w ell posted. The voters got tho impression it was a boodle campaign and everything they did they wanted to be paid for. If a marching clnb organized, instead of buy ing its outfits, as is the custom, it demanded the money , from the Central Committee. If it was notgiven they would get mad. In this way considerable money was wasted on fancy costumes which didn't i do either side any good. WAITING TOR THAT GOLD. Al Carlisle, who is one of theleading mem- - "f the Democratic "Executive Commit- ally says, with a twinkle in his eye: 'L, boy, wait till we get that for- "We will all be rich, then, and t Brussels carpet on the floors." quarters of neither party are of wealth and elegance, but ng, probably, with the plainness and simplicity of the Ohio farm ers. It wouldn't do for Governor Pattison to campaign in the Buckeye State travel ing in a Pullman car. The old grangers would surely defeat him. last wceK Major McKinley made 11 speeches, and it is estimated addressed 40, 000 people. He was feeling very good with himselflast evening, and he hopeshe can do as well this week. He opens to-morrow at Pomerov, and will visit Urbana, TJrichs ville and Coshocton before Saturday. Next Monday he will attend the Labor Day exer cises in Cincinnati. The Democrats continue to charge Mc Kinley with keeping the tariff in the back ground. At Forest a number of questions were submitted to the Majorby the editorof a local paper. One was why a bounty of 2 cents per pound is paid to the sugar men, and in this way 511,000,000 are taken from the people annually. A QUESTION ASKED AND ANSWERED. "Why does not the Government give the farmer a bountv on his wheat, oats and corn?" was asked. The Major replied that it was not the policy ol protection to break down an in dustry. Considerable money is invested in refineries, etc., in the United States, and taking the duty off sugar left the manufact urers in this business at the mercy of the foreign producers. Under the old tariff on sugar, which was for revenue purposes, the annual tax which the people paid was $55, O00.OO0L The .Maior asked if it wasn't bet ter to pay 511,000,000 to get rid of an annual burden of 544,000,000, since sugar couldn't be raised here in sufficient quantities for home consumption. Out of every 100 pounds used in the United States 92 come from abroad. He concluded that whether an article was free or dutiable under the new tariff law, the Democrats charged that the people were being robbed. He thought they were very hard to please, and didn't know what thev wanted. CARPETS MADE All ISSUE. Another question was, "Why are Axmin ster carpets dearer under the McKinley bill?" The Major remarked that he was surprised that Axminster was the carpet found in the homes of the workmen and farmers. Then he read a lot of statistics, giving the price of carpets and the growth of the industry in the country under a protective" duty from 1810 to the present time. The prices of carpets to-day are lower than ever before, and the output of the country has 'increased to 76, 000,000 yards unnuully, which is greater than the'production of any country in the world. The industry furnishes employment to 30,000 people. Protection has not only built up the business, but lowered the price to the consumer. " As for the slight increase in the price of pearl buttons, which is a picayune to most people, it was shown that they wero made by Australian convicts and shipped to America in large quantities at a low price. The McKinley bill prohibits the importa tion of the products of convict labor, but the home manufacturers claim they will in a short time discount the work and prices of the trans-Pacific prisoners. The Major once more explained how the duty on glass ware had reduced the price of tumblers from 599 per crate.to S44. The same thing was true of other protected industries. In nil, the quality wassjniproved and the cost low ered to the consumer. AMONG THE WORKERS. At Niles a number of workmen in the mills and furnaces were interviewed about the tariff. They hadn't given the subject much thought, but they believed it was a Rood thing for them. One remarked that the improved machinery had no doubt much to do in lowering the price of articles, but he could see hat the tariff opened up the way and made it possible. The old mill men remembered how the works were .uxCL nz?zk. vtteiutu k) s uutlui a revenue tariff, andthat wages were very low. They had not" forgotten that lesson and were afraid to ventnre a return of the system. Ex-Speaker Reed, when in Ohio this fall, will confine himself to the manufacturing towns in the Western Reserve, and he will Speak chiefly on the tariff. The Reserve holds the Republican strength of Ohio in its lap, and no pains will he spared to get out the full vote. At Kenton Colonel Howe said the people were satisfied with the operation of the tariff. Some kicked about the increase on v ool and others thought coal should be put on the free list, but they. were not governed by the principle of live and let live. The farmers in the main are delighted with the dutv on wool, and for this reason the Re publicans hope that the People's party will not gain much strength in the rnral dis tricts. Israel. FAVORITE SON WRIGHT. TENTHLEGIONDEMOCRATS WANT HIM FOR AUDITOR GENERAL. Sixty-Four Votes Aro Certain for Him in Thursday's Convention Congressman Mutchlcr Thinks "Wright Is the Man to Reform tho Office. SPECIAL TELEGBAH TO THE DISPATCH.! Easton, Pa., Aug. 30. The Tenth Le gion Democrats have.a favorite son'for "tbe Auditor General nomination in Robert E. Wright, the Allentown banker ami lawyer. He is also the favorite son of the Lehigh "Valley. Just there is the center of Tentli Legion sentiment this year, and of the 64 delegates who will represent the eight coun ties in this particular Democratic belt it is rather certain that 64 are for'Wright, even though he has not made apersonal declam ation that he was in the field. That -is the way Congressman Mutchler expressed him self to-day in an opinion on the subject of the probable outcome of this wrek's conven tion, and the Congressman generallv voices Tenth Legion sentiment. .Mr. Mutchler said: "There is not a particle of doubt that great reforms can be anstitntedjn the offices of the Auditor General and State Treasurer, and the character of-ihe reforms is plainly apparent in the recent exposures. With an Auditor General conducting the office in the interests of the taxpayers, no orders on the Treasurer would be countersigned except they were correct. "I have been giving the prospective de liberations of the Democratic Convention considerable thought, and feel very muoh impressed with the fact that no mistake will result either in candidates or platform. The present is an opportunity for a good man to make a record in that office, and the man the Democrats most want is a -man that must not only be honest, but thoroughly capable. This leads me to say freely that we have the man in Robert E. Wrieht. of Allentown." b ' A CLUB FORMED AT EB1E. Delegates Wero Elected to tho Convention and Instructed forDalzcIl. Erie, Aug. 30. Thirty Republicans met in Walther's Hall last evening and organ ized the Erie County Republican Club. The following were chosen delegates to the Scranton convention: Perrv Gibson, Con rad J. Brown, Editor J. H. Kellv, of the Times, R. O. Chambers, A. J. Culbertson and 8. H. Warren. The delegates were instructed to work and votei for DalzelL A committee was ap pointed on constitution and By-laws, which will report at another meeting Monday evening". t Dalrell Delegates From Indiana. rSPiCIAI. TBLEGEAM TO THE DISPATCH. Indiata, Pa., Aug. 30. The Repub lican Lengue Club, of -this city, met last night and elected the following delegates to the Scranton Convention: D, C. Marsh, If. M. Bell and & A. Smith. Mr. Smith is pledged to support Dalzell for the presj- fte pm$taa dency of the State League, and while the other two gentlemen have not committed themselves, it is understood they-are also favorable to DalzelL CHICAGO'S NEW FUEL. IT THREATENS THE GLASS BOTTLE IN DUSTRY OF PITTSBURG. A Claim Made That It Is Cheaper Than Nat ural Gas The Windy City Glass Men Will Regain Lost Western Trade Through It. I6FECIAL TELEGRAM TO THEDISFATCH.l Chicago, Aug. 30. Chicago has a single manufacturing establishment. Its name is tbe Chicago Glass Manufacturing Company. It has a good plant on Went worth avenue, near Forty-first street, and its specialty is bottles, especially those used for brandy and in the prescription trade. Just now its managers are chuck ling. During the past four years, ever since the discovery that natural gas could be used in glass making, they have been trembling in their boots for fear-that Pitts burg and other gas localities would get such a great start of them that it would be impossible to catch up. The introduction of natural gas in the bottle houses in Pittsburg enabled the em ployers to do away with the services of two men in each of the two turns, thus making a saving of at least 530 per week 'in wages, in addition to the decrease in the cost of hauling coal and ashes. With this great advantage the Pittsburg firms at onoe went to work to drive their less favored rivals out of the market. Bottles-were laid down in Chicago for a time at figures which seemed to defy competition. But the Chi cago fcen did not give up. They experi mented with various substitutes, for natural gas and spent a good deal of money in schemes that turned out to be impractic able. At last, however, they have struck a new device, which they say works like a charm and with which they confidently be lieve they will be enabled to drive the Pittsburg bottle manufacturers out of the Chicago market The new fuel is composed of a mixture of hot air and crude petroleum. The oil is brought to the works in tank cars and placed in a tank, from which it is fed by apipe to a ourner witnin tne "eye, or nrepiace oMne furnace. At the same time that .the oil reaches the burner a stream of Tiot air crosses it and when both are turned on and the fire applied the result is a roaring gas flame, which quickly raises the temperature within the furnace to a white beat. The managers feel confident they have a fuel that is less costly than natural gas at the figures which are now charged for that ar ticle in Pittsburg. They say that the Pitts burg bottle manufacturers are going back to coal for a fuel. They in Chicago can make bottles cheaper than, in Pittsburjr, and if this is true it is only a question of time when the Pittsbnrgers shall have to give up the Western market in glass, as thev have in pig iron, steel rails and some other ar-ticles-in which they once had a monopoly. Chicago alone consumes enough brandy and prescription bottles to keep ten good sized factories in operation, the greater part bf which came from Pittsburg and the outly ing towns. A CLERICAL FIREBUG. Arrest of a Methodist Minister for Arson After Being Caught in the Act; SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Memphis, Aug. 30. Rev. S. C Stone, a prominent Methodist preacher, well known in Tennessee, Arkansas and, Mississippi, v?,va horc t-aayuxnjveharso t arson. "He formerly belonged to the North Mississippi Conference, where his brother, J. B. Stone, is still a shining light. He was transferred to the White River, Ark., Conference, and was given charge of a, church at Batesville, Ark., one of the most important charges in the State. Owing to ill health he retired at the last conference and was placed on the supernumerary list. He is highly connected and is a cousin of Governor Stone, of Mississippi. He came to this citv some months ago and in June purchased a furniture storage busi ness. Two -weeks ago there was a myster ious fire in the building and a watch was heptonit, the more rigidly, when Stone's porter was seen to buy two gallons of coal oil. Lstt night fire broke out again. This morniag Stone and his porter, Martin Anthony, were arrested, and being put through" the pumping process, both con fessed. Stone is a morphine fiend and claims to be irresponsible, but there was method mliis madness, as it developed that he had sold good entrusted to him for storage and fired the store to destroy the evidence of It. SIX ILLICIT DISTILLERS CAUGHT. Thcy Belonged to tho Notorious Bob Sims Gang of Tennessee. E Soto, MlS., Aug. 30. Marshal Walker and his deputies, who followed the notorious Bob Sims and gang of illicit dis tillers and murderers from Alabama, cap tured six men at 1 o'clock this morning close to this place. Information was re ceived that Sims himself and several of his gang were secreted in a vacant house near De Soto. The house was surrounded and all the occupants six in number were captured. Sims had left some time previous to the raid and was not captured, Those trapped were: Joseph Mosely, C. P. Savage and his two brothers, T,D. and Mose Savage, and hfs sons, Tyree and Wiiliam. They all ad mitted their guilt and acknowledged being members of the Sims pang and of Tiis pecu liar sect Tw o more of the gang were cap tured two miles beyond Sims two hours later. All the prisoners will be taken to Mobile. BIG SALMON PACKING In Alaska, Despite the Mutinons Conduct of Chinese Highbinders. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIIE DISPATCH. San Francisco, Aug. 30. Superin tendent Jensen, of the Arctic Packing Com pany, arrived last night from Alaska. He reports the salmon pack of the Nushagak river nnprecedented,overl33,000 cases being packed, ns well as 1,600 barrels of salted jalmon. Fish began to run. July 10 and four canneries had all they could da These canneries employed 90 Chinese, many of the Mongolians being Highbinders, whom the polite bad driven out of Chinatown. These iellows tried to run things; but the foreman drew pistols and forced the High binders out to the beach, where thev were left without food or water until they agreed to obey orders. Without such severe meas ures it is probable no work would have been uuue. GOLD EOT PLENTIFUL At Fine Nut Is the Report of Governor Col eord, of Nevada. San Francisco, Aug. 30. Governor Colcordh of Nevada, is in this city. He de sires to warn the public against Tushing- mtojsevada to worKthe Pine Nutmmeu He says that while 'Senator Haines is un doubtedly honest in his opinion of the "mine he is not a practical miner and is too en thusiastic Governor Colcord says he has been over the Pine .Nut region and saw no indication of rich mineral strikes. The claims at Pine Nut are all taken up and it is useless for people to go there now. Governor Colcord will leave at once forPine Nut nml after (invas-tigatiiig "will announce definitely whethe- 'OfTliot the report of rich finds is "correct. PITTSBURG, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1891. GENERALS 100 GREEN. Balmaceda Had the Advantage, But Was Very lasiiyWhipped. NOTHING'NOWIEFT TO FIGHT FOR.- The Rebels Seem to Have Captured Prac-- tically Everything. TENOR OP THE OFFICIAL DISPATCHES Washington, Aug. 30. The following dispatch, dated Valparaiso, August 20, has been received at the Navy Department from Rear Admiral Brown: The Insurgents have possession of the city of Valparaiso, which was taken yesterday morning after a very sanguinary engage ment. The Government had an advnntage good position, but bad generalship, and tbe troops wore disaffected. Insurgent ships werfi not -nresant. Forts not eniraaed. Lynch, with three Becond-class torpedo boats, captured. The foreign admirals de manded guarantee in protecting lives and property of foreign subjects. I havo 100 men at the Consulate. Many refugees aboard. Provisional President here. The following dispatch was received this afternoon by Sir. Montt, one of the Con gressional envoys: ' Iqcique, August 80. Don Pedro Montt, Washington: The Junta of the Congressional Govern ment is en route for Santiago to-day.. EBIIAZUBL&. NO WORD FROM EGAN. The dispatch from Admiral Brown to the 2Javy Department was the only information received here to-day by the Government officials of the situation in Chile. . Nothing further has been heard from the Consul at Valparaiso since his dispatch announcing the surrender of that city to the Insurgents. Nor has anything been received from Min ister Egan at Santiago. It is believed by officials of the State De partment, notwithstanding the dispatches to the contrary, that Santiago is still in the hands of Balmaceda. They base this opinion' on the fact that the department has not been informed by Minister Egan of its capture. They say he would certainly have notified the department had the city been surren dered, as there is no lnterterence witn tne cable line via Buenos Ayres, so far as the department knows. The Chilean Minister declined to receive any one to-night. It is reliably reported that he received word to-day that Balma ceda was still in possession of Santiago and had not fled. SANTIAGO-SUEELT CAPTURED. The only news received here by the en vovs of the Concrressional party besides the dispatch from Iqnique saying the Junta was on its wajr to Santiago was a message from Lima stating that Santiago is in the hands of the Congressional party and that they have established a temporary authority looking to the safety of persons and prop erty, and that Balmaceda's whereabouts are unknown. Mr. Montt says there can be no doubt but that the capital has fallen and that the Insurgents will soon be in full con trol of the Government A dispatch from Paris says: The-agents of the Chilean Congressional party have re ceived an official dispatch from Santiago saying that the Congressional party is in control of the capital, that Balmaceda fled on Friday night and that the country is tranquil. Buenos Ayres dispatches say that Balmaceda resigned in favor of Gen eral Baquedano. tums BADLY' FBIGHTKN Kl). A Man Gains Entrance to a Convent and Attacks Several of the Sisters. rSFTCIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Aug. 30. Six sisters in the Convent of the Mother of Sorrows, Williamsburg, had a strange experience with on unknown man this morning. The man seized one of the sisters,19 years old, in her bedroom and, frightened by her cries, attacked two others in the hall. Father Zentgraf came too late with his shotgun, and the man escaped. It was about 1 o'clock when one of the sisters was awak ened by some one passing his hands over her. In the meantime the other sisters were aroused, and they began to scream. The sister who was attacked freed herself from her assailant and. joined her associates in the hall. The man ran after her and grabbed one of the sisters and tried to throw er on the floor. She struggled, and just then a flash of light from the Mother Supe rior's room partly lit up the hall. The Mother Superior ran out of her room and the other Sisters went, toward her. Then all ran down the stairs. The man fol lowed, shouting insults at them all the way down. At the loot of the stairs he caught hold of another Sister and threw her to the floor. When the police reached the Convent they made a search of the house, but failed to find any trace of the man. ANOTHER ROYAL MAKIAC. The Empress of Austria Now Shows Grave Symptoms of Insanity. Paris, Aug. 30. A dispatch to the Es tafetle from Vienna says: "TheEmpress of Austria shows symptoms of insanity. She is veryeccentrie, desiring bizarre costumes in which to appear in public, and indulging in other oddities. The Emperor has called a medical expert, who has pronounced the case a grave one, being associated with a hereditary malady. The Duchess d'Alenon, a sister of the Em press, is in an insane asylum at Gratz, and the mad King of Bavaria is a cousin of the Empress. THE PLUHtfERS UP AGAIN. Their Creditors Accept a Settlement, bnt Hold Claims Against Darling. New York, Aug. 30. A settlement of the affairs of John F. Plummer has just been effected. His creditors and those of his brother, Albert T. "Plnmmer, have fully discharged tbemfrom all claims, retaining, however, all their rights and claims against William S. Darling, of the firm. A number of the creditors preferred a cash dividend, and were paid 20 per cent on the dollar. Some of the largest creditors have taken title to J. F. Plummer's real estate as their share. MILLARD FILLMORE'S SISTER DEAD. Mrs. Jnlla Harris, the Last Survivor of a Family of Eight. San Francisco, Aug. 30. Mrs. Julia Fillmore Harris, the last .survivor of a family of eight bi others and sisters, one of whom was Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth President of the United States, died to night at the residence of her son, Charles Harrisj of this citv. She was born in 1812 and came to Cali fornia in 1872 from .Minnesota. She. leaves to children,Charles, above mentioned, and Mrs. Follis, of Toledo, O. THE TENNESSEE GENERAL ASSEMBLY To Meet To-Day to Settle Troubles Grow ing. Out of the Convict System. Nashville, Tenn., August 30. The ex tra session of the Forty-seyenth General Assembly of Tennessee will convene at noon to-morrow. The chief business to come be fore the body Ts the settling, ofthe questions that have grown out of "the recent trouble between the miners arid convicts at Brice ville, referring to the abolition of the lease system and to the rebuilding and enlarging of the State prison. The lease system, as now operated, vielda the State 5100.000 per annum, and if it Is abolished the tax rate of tne btate must pe increased. There is strong sentiment among the mem bers of the Assembly against a change. The military laws are to be changed so as to'give the Executive more power in emergencies like that at Briceville. The criminal laws are to be revised so as"'to send fewer of fenders io the penitentiary, probably estab lishing the whippingpost for misdemeanors, ur esiaousning nouses oi tuiretuuu youthful offenders. for FOOLING THE DOCTORS. A BOGUS FATTEN! UNDERGOES IMAGINARY OPERATION. AN In Spite of It He Still Insists That Some thing Is Working In HU Stomach Three Other Heroio Measures to Be Tried on Him. fSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Aug. 30. There is a patient in one of the medical wards at Charity Hos pital who, Visiting Physician Kelly thinks, is. merely trying to get his board and lodg ing at the city's expense. He came there a short time ago complaining of a grating sen sation in his stomach. Dr. Kelly, suspect ing deception, told the man one day last week that they were going to perform an operation upon him to remove the cause of his trouble. To the doctors' chagrin the patient consented to the operation and "even seemed pleased that it was to be under taken. He was-placedimder the influence of ether, and a bulky roll of blood-stained Danaages was drawn aDout ms sioinacn and back. j When he recovered consciousness he seemed very weak, and said he supposed it was loss of blood. Dr. Kelly told him they had removed a long nail, ana there was lit- tltt t fr H n-m T-At. tinTflnA'aajl rvi mftsrf Ttiot if "was out he would get well if he did not dis- j.uru uie Danaages, xne puueuv ruuiiacu, hut insisted that the irritation in his stom ach was just as bad as everA He is in the hospital amonc the other patients, appa rently afraid to move lest he irritate the- supposed wound. To-day he told tne nouse physician that he was sure there was another nail or something in his stomach. Dr. Kelly's next plan is to cauterize the skin over the stomach and convince the man that an operation has actually taken place. If this fails to make him admit that the ir ritating object is removed, Dr. Kelly will place him in a darkened room and give him a powerful emetio to remove the alleged burden from his stomach. In the mean time a frog or turtle will be placed in the bowl by the attendant to persuade the man that it was the cause of his trouble. All this to be sure that the patient has actually some deposit or growth in the stomach before performing an operation. If the man lives through these three stages of his supposed hallucination and still in sists that something is the matter, an incis ion will be made. SPENT TWO FORTUNES AND NOW ASKING ASSISTANCE TO-GO AFTER THE THIRD. The Record of Constantino Ashargan, Once a Millionaire, Now a Clerk Tried to Re vive Ancient Sports at Athens A Duel With a Russian. New York, Aug. 30. Constantino Ash argan, once a millionaire, now a 510-a-week clerk, csl'ed upon Interpreter, Axherty at the Barge Office to-day. Constantino in herited 51(000,000 upon the death of his father, a wealthy manufacturer, of Athens, and proceeded at once to take all the enjoy ment he could out of it He built a large amphitheater in the suburbs 6f Athens, and besides introducing all the revelries of Eastern Continental cities he tried to re vive the games known to his ancestors. His money went in streams, and one morning after "a week's debauch he came to his senses, a penniless bankrupt. Shortly afterward his mother died and left him another million. It took him seven years to squander the first; it took him eight years to squander the second. He purchased "a costly steam yacht, furnished it gorgeously, employed a retinue of sei vants and proceeded to Constantinople, where he emulated his career in Athens. He fought a duel with a young Russian nobleman and then, tiring of Constanti nople, went to Rome. His 'money finally ran out and he came to this country, landed at San Francisco and "beat" his way to New York, where, after roughing it for a while, he secured a position as a clerk. He went to see Interpreter Arberty to day with regard to a third fortune which an uncle in Alexandria left him. Mr. Ar berty will assist him to return to his native land, and if the fortune shall materialize Constantino says he intends to settle down to a serious life, for he has learned a lesson by his experience in this country which he will not forget PICKED UP A MYSTERY. . Queer Individual JFouncl Clinging to a Log in New York Harbor. CSFECTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.) New York, Aug. 30. Captain Paul has cruised about Hell Gatq and Long Jsland Sound the quarter part of his life. He was at the wheel of the ferry boat James, which plies between College Point and New York, at 7:15 last night The boat was on its way through Hell Gate along the Astoria shore, when he sighted a queer looking object floating in the channel. It was just dusk and it was some minutes before the captain could make out what the object was. It proved to be a man clinging to a log and apparently well contented to remain there, for he made no outcry, fie was naked, but he had a pair of trousers and a vest hanging over the log. The captainr lowered a boat 'and his men dragged the contented mariner into it The man did not appear to be grateful, although he said he had tumbed out of a boat "How did you happen to tumble out of your clothes, the captain asked, but the stranger would make no further explana tions. He was taken to a police station, where he was detained, because he is be lieved to be a prisoner who has escaped from some of tho islands. He described himself as John Corcoran, aged 25 years. On the Island last night they said they knew of no escape. BELGIAN FREE PORTS To Be Established to Catch the Business of" Warehousemen. Paris, Aug. 30. The Journal of the Cham ber of Commerce states that the Belgian Gov ernment proDOses to declare Antwerp and other Belgian ports free ports, Ji to make Belgium the warehouse ow Many French and other European, wouiu noi nesitate io iransier inei. to Belgium in order to escape so: Duraens oz the protective taritts. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM Preparing to Take a Place In tho World's Columbian Exhibition. Brussels, Aug. 30. The members of the Foreign Committee of the Chicago Columbian Fair Commission have had n. two hours' satisfactory interview withtbe j luiuiaier oi uimmerce. Both Holland, and Belgium will appoint commissioners to attend to the exhibits of these two countries at,the fair. " Mgmtth T i "-' " -nil'llllllll , llflliMthtlllulllnhliiHllHHL..' zzmmmmmmmm' wmmt:,. ttwmwm. A MILLION IN SMOKE. Fire Destroys Part .of -the Pennsyl vania Salt Company's-Plant. SEVERAL HUNDRED OUT OF WORK. 'Impossihle to Get Water, as the Boiler Fires Had Been Drawn. THE PLANT TO BE REBUILT AT ONCE SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. Tarentum, Aug. 30. Shortly before C o'clock this morning a disastrous fire oc curred at Natrona, about two miles above Tarentum, which resulted in a loss of 81,000,000, and the throwing out of employ ment of from 250 to 300 men. The property destroyed was a part oHhe immense plant of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company and was known as the stone build ing. This building was over 200 feet in length and was fitted up at an enormous cost for the manufacture of bicarb soda. An immense stock was in the building at the time, and was totally destroyed, al though the employes of the, company bat 'tled heroically -A ith the f!vrcc. 0 &r arl work succeeded in saving the surrounding buildings, although several times they took fire from the intense heat of the burning structure. NO WATER TO FIGHT THE FIRE. An unfortunate thing, and one which made it most difficult to fight the fire, was- the absence of water pressure. The com pany has an excellent fire alarm system and nil the necessary apparatus, but on Satur day evening the great battery of the boilers which supplies the steam power for the works was blown out to make repairs, and the pumps, could not be worked. One of the employes, whose name could not be learned, was asleep in the building, and would have been burned to death had not his fellow-workmen missed him, and, knowing where he was, succeeded in awaken ing him in time to make his escape. The building destroyed was built of stone, was two stories high, . and was considered fire-proof. How it took fire is not known, but it is believed the fire must have been smoldering for some time and all at once burst out in a sheet of flame. inE building tartly insured. Fortunately the night was calm, for had there been a wind blowing no.powcr could have prevented the flames from spreading to the surrounding buildings and making the loss run up into the millions. As it is 51,000,000 will hardly cover it The building was worth about 200,000 and the stock of bicarb vsoda and alumina and the apparatus for its manufacture 1,000,000. The loss is partly covered by insurance, but the amount or the names of the com panies carrying the risks could not be learned, as none of the officials could be seen. The building wjll be rebuilt at once, but it will take months to get it in full run ning order. As the company is already be hind in its order for soda 1,000 barrels, it will take a long time before it can catch tP. ABDUCTED THE GIEL. V.NeirTork Car Driver Jailed for Enticing a Maid to Elope. SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Aug. 30. Inspector Byrnes received a dispatch last Wednesday from James Morrow, a lumber man of Shippen, Tioga county, Pa., asking him to arrest John Hazelton, a car driver, for abducting Morrow's 5-year-old daughter, Mary. Mor row's dispatch said Hazelton and the girl were on their way to New York. Inspector Byrnes notified Mr. Gerry's society, and Agent King was detailed to find the girl. Last Thursday morn ing a young -man, accompanied bv a girl, came to the society headquarters and asked tor the superintendent The man said he was Hazelton, and he had .brought Mary Morrow, the runaway girl, with him to place her in the care of the society. Mary said she had no charge to make against Hazelton, for she said she had left home of her own tree will. Hazelton -was not de tained by Mr. Gerry's society. Morrow, the girl's father, came "to New York on Saturday and made a complaint against Hazelton. He-said that Hazelton had taken the girl away without his con sent, and he did not take much stock in his story about bringing her here to get work. Detective Phalen arrested Hazelton at his 1.nM.. QAinitrliti snlrf-li HVlfl na Irocf iinntnn.lfl.l wr HU1UC fcLHi U Utij- AtJ("fcj umu wt nwi 1C1UUUUCU J"B irait the result of Agent King's iaveoti- es- . MB-, SCOTT'S FRIENDS ANXIOUS. , To Be Taka to Newport In the Hopes of - Being Benefited. SPEGtACnSNBCAU TO THE DISPATCH.! Erie, Aug: JjfHfcjends of ex-Congressman W. L. ScottBfexmed at his condi tion, heris-repojHPwMjamiUy sinking. Dr. "Vfillianr Pej)pfiMinwas hastily summoned Frii!a&'airCl3jlere last night, When a l9ng-coruThVtMlf was. held with Dr. Brandes, the familyphysi- ill A tLUB FN 111 I cian. It was def tJav, start with Mr, scott to NewporAIir"uoo o;1-of rae ayi rT,wta.: imt l1s . 3 )UT,vRk iS-".'flr . J i.fi-'-o the end of this State, which territory, the Lake Shore'S- I'-'OjIOdc. V? 1 May 10, promised to yield 1,000,000 vate car at Mr. ScotPsftr. ouoo" ,P J iy.aJ . 'iTO ,. ,. j ' v;'iij be attached to the limited to-mor.-. ' noon. - To add to the alarm felt by his family, for the past two or'three days Mr. Scott has been suffering from great mental depres sion, and to members of his family he had expressed himself as having given up all hope of recovery. His physicians are sen sible of the fact that it is a dangerous ex periment for him to undertake such a long and exhausting journey at present, but it is urged so strongly by the family, that the doctors have consented to the move,as be ing a last resort to restore his health and spirits. Dr. Pepper, Dr. Brandes and all members of Mr. Scott's family will accom pany him on this hazardous trip. GATHERING STATISTICS. CARLISLE AND ALDRICH TALKING TO MANUFACTURERS Regarding the Cost of Producing Various Commodities Shoes and Woolens Re ceiving Their Attention at Bostci To Visit Other Trade Centers. Boston, Aug. 30. For several days Sen ators Carlisle and Aldrich, with Secretary Durfee, of the sub-Committee of the United States Senate Fiscal Committee, have been hearing tcstjinonrafc the Hotel Vendome from leading manufacturers in this vicinity regarding the cost of producing the various commodities with whieh-they are identified. The shoe industry of Massachusetts has oc cupied a good share of their attention, 03 has also the manufacture of woolens. It is the intention to take up eery article of general consumption and thoroughly ana lyze its course from the shop or the field to tne consumer. '-There appears to b&a belief that we are in some way attempting to gather material simply to show what effect the McKinley bill has had'upon values and wages since it went into operation," said Mr. Carlisle yes terday. "Now, this is entirely erroneous. Our- work comprehends the whole range of tariff legislation, both in this and foreign countries, and we go as far back m our re search as practicable, gathering ail the facts that manufacture, transportation, wages, etc., comprehend, and applying them in the final determination in a way that shall show to us what influence they have had in in creasing the value of necessary commodities. We have before ns many eminent econo mists, and have obtained an enormous mass of statistical matter that will have its proper place in our final report "With regard to wages, we have an agent at work gathering statistics and he is mak ing a satisfactory degree of progress," con tinued the Senator. "Nothing that has been published or presented to Congress bearing upon this subject is of any practical value, as it is lacking in the verv informa tion that it purports to give. "When our labors are finished we will be prepared to give to the country a mass of data un equaled in value in the consideration of economic questions." In reply to a question, Mr. Carlisle stated that it has been tound'that the discrepancy between the manufacturer's price and that paid by the consumer is. abnormally large in the matter of boots and shoes. The committee will remain in Boston a few days longer and will then continue its work at other industrial centers. BOOMING AH ELEVATED TEBMINAL. General Torrcnce Says It Is the Only Re lief for Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 30. General Joseph T. Torrence, President of the Chicago Elevated Terminal Railway Company, returned to day from an inspection of the railway ter minals in European countries. He says he is now convinced that the elevated terminal is the only solution of Chicago's railroad problem. He says: "My plan is to unite the railroads now entering the city from the south and build a magnificent passenger and freight depot west of'State street and south of Twelfth. j The present switching yards will be done .away witn, ana in place oi tne present long freight houses we will build freight houses six or seven stories in height, enclosed by thick stone walls. Instead of hauling the freight on long tracks right through the heart of the city, it will be .brought in on the elevated terminal, set aside at one of these freight houses and raised to its ap propriate floor by means of hvdrauuc lifts." A PREACHER ARRESTED FOB ARSON. Ho Admits the Charge, but Says He I a Morphino Victim. Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 30. S. CL Stone, an ex-preacher, who has had at different times charges in a half dozen places in Ten nessee, Mississippi and Arkansas, -and who was one time presiding elder in the Green ville district oi" Mississippi, was to-day ar rested on a charge of arson. Mr. Stone came to Memphis six months ago and started a storage warehouse, which was 'de stroyed by fire a month ago He again started in business on Jefferson street, and a fire was discovered, in this place last nightt which the department suppressed with? trifling damage. . Stone was seen leaving the storage house a. few minutes' before his first plaCe of business was destroyed. He niaKcs no de nial of the' charge, and says, he is a victim of the morphine habit and started both fires "while. under its influence. USE THE DISPATCH TOK TTANT ADS. OF-AIX KINDS , Ar one cxecrr a. word. IT CIRCULATES EVERYWHERE THREE CENTS A -GLUT OF PEACHES. Hundreds ofBaskets of Splendid Fruit Fed to the Hogs IN TJIE ORCHARDS OF DELAWARE. The Abundant Crop Has Knocked the Bottom Oat of the Market. PEACH BEANDT WILL BE PLESTIPuL SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TOE DISPATCH. Wilmington, De-l, Aug. 30. The bot torn has dropped out of the peach business this season. There is no end of peaches, and' they are still coming into the market Housewives have "put up" peaches by thousands of jars," and the demand has nearly ceased. The best peaches ever grown on the peninsula have sold for 40 cents" a basket, retail. A few years ago Si 50 was not an unusual price for the fruit. So far this year, it is estimated, the Delaware Railroad has carrfSd to market about 2,000, 000 baskets. Then the canners and dryers have consumed much of the fruit One firm of- canners at Dover alone has absorbed about 10,000 baskets. For some of their fruit, the pick of the peach belt, they paid 65 cents a basket; but that was tbrea weeks ago. The same firm has also put up about 5,000 baskets of pears. There is no record of the Delaware peaches on this peninsula. They will probably add 1,000, 000 baskets to the number, and there are perhaps 1,000,000 more baskets to come. THE PEACH DEAD LINE. The peach belt this year does not extend below Felton, 50 miles south of this city. At that point is what growers call the "dead line." It runs from Frederiea, the nearest town to Delaware Bay, to Queenstown, in Queen Anne county, Md., on tbe Chesa- r k a,,.-.---,,:, "'ww ..,.,t , catastrophe has been a partial blessing for Kent county and the peach district of Maryland. There are several eauses for the unsatis factory result of this remarkable peach year. The first is that in their eagerness to redeem themselves from the failure of peaches for two years, the growers shipped thousands ot baskets of "Honest John" peaches to market; that is, premature fruit that did not look to.be much and was not much. The buyers became disgusted. Then the false report was circulated that tha spread of yellows had so damaged the crop that there would be but few peaches. The consumers bought premature fruit, which is mostly made up of fuzz, decayed spots, skin and a large pit Then the good peaches came. For a short time they sold well, as high as 90 cents being paid a basket at wholesale. ROTTED by rains. Then came the rains, which caused the fruit to rot easily. The peaches would be shipped hard and sound. The dryness caused by the moving cars kept the fruit until it reached its destination. When ex posed for sale it rotted rapidly, "beginning at the pit The outside would be fair and. perfect, but the peaches would not open wen. The teriKUTwrsvCiittCTed tnisr and, during this week all of the city markets have been glutted, prices falling correspondingly. The men who sold directly to buyers got their money, but those who shipped on commission were frequently compelled to pay the freight without any return. In more than one instance the shippers had to make a deficit at the other end. On top ot all this comes the trouble in getting bas kets. The old plan oi passing empty bas kets ..was done away with this year, and there has been an unprecedented demand for new ones. small rEorrrs made. Owing to the absence of peaches last year, many of the factories went out of business. and those who have kept at it have been un- i able to supply the demand. Prices have gone up from Z cents to 8 cents.a basket Many baskets of peaches have been sold for 10 cents wholesale at the railway stations, and in baskets that cost 5 cents. When tha cost of picking is added, it is obvious that the margin of profit was small in such in stances. The great yield of fine pears, plums and apples in this peninsula, to say nothing of the great crops in other States, has helped deprsss the peach market. All these causes have tended to force the bottom out of the - peach market so effectually that hundreds of baskets of magnifieent fruit are being fed to the pigs. But the pigs, like the human consumers, have had too much of a gjjodj, thing, "and now turn up their snouts atih J beat of fruit r" " PEACn BEANDV GALOEfi. t There is one consolation, however, and it is that the supply of pencil brandy, the great Delaware drink, without which ho Delawarean's cellar 13 complete, will be aiiffiiMp.nt tn sntisfv thft wnnt.s of thft Ktnt for several years. Peach brandr, properly:'-?.. mixed with honey and water, makes a drink a . that accomplishes its purpose every time. ,J. The supply of peach brandy is pretty weir-'"'",, exhausted now, but the lovers of the Dia . momi State beverage ate already smacking; i thpir Jins in anticipation of the pleasures J to come. I ' It is safe to say that the narrow peach belt of 1891 in Delaware will bring into the - tate nearly 1,000",000. The berry crop -1 was good and profitable in the spring, and the Delaware and Maryland farmers on this npninqiila. exeunt those in Sussex eonntv. are in a much better condition financially than six months ago. MUST HAVE RAIN. Texas Gentlemen Who Win Not Allow tho " Experiment to Drop. Midland, Tex., Aug. 3a The rain- , making experiments inaugurated by the Government and which have been operat ing on the Morris ranch, 25 miles from this place, are being pushed to a final and thor- ' ough test.regardless of what operations or re- ' suits of the Dyrenfurth party have been E. J. Kleibure, ot Corpus Christi, and ex Senator Collins, of San Diego, ore here in- Dyrenfurth party hasyion& A reporter ,. t ?$ called upon. them and th following is their -1'" "" statement: ,s ;,- "This thing must .not be dropped now, as 'i , it is too important We are here to investi- , ' gate and to learn and not make statements. j We realize that the Government appropna- tion for this purpose was small and proba- bly not enough to carry it very far. We , j shall wait till after this party makes its , final test at El Paso, and if. it is not then '' . further demonstrated as an absolute faot we 1 propose, as individuals, backed by our own .$ counties and many very strong financial" interests, to make a similar and conclusive;.?"-J test" -5 A LONG BICYCLE BIDE. a $ Two. Pittsbnrgers Reach Birmingham-oa- Their Wi-to New Orleans. " S SPECIAL TELEdBAX TO THE DISPATCH. ft J Bitimixoiiam. Ala.. An?. 30. CL W.:lX Pettiford and, Frank Lenz, ot Pittsburg, T ---- - "... V -'I reached Birmingnara tms aitemoon .-enj route to New Orleans. They came all thai way on their bicycles, the distance shown Dy tlieir pedometers Demg i,wv mucs. , "-Thev have bs-n on the road three weeks and Ijave for .So . J.I.'ans to-morrow. "21 .1 4 i ' ') k HI ' - I V - ,, V- S . &r- '
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