' ONLY BLAINE IN IT, The President Naturally Has Some Second-Term Fol lowers, Irat the MAINE 3IAX IS FAtt AHEAD. The Stories of His Ill-Health Hare 2ut Affected the Boom. FATTISOX AS A POSSIBILITY. Captain Barclay Tliints Pennsylvania Xot Heady for a Candidate. INTEREST IN THE TALL CAMPAIGNS rrnoM A FTT COKKEepOVnENT.l New York, Ott. 7. Notwithstanding the backset received at Bar Harbor by Maine's steady recovery, the opponents of his nomi nation are busy manufacturing reasons why he cannot or will not occupy the place at ihe head of the Actional ticket. Every now and then, here in New York, one hears these reasons restated and always emanat ing from undiscoverable sources. It seems to be veiy hard work for these people to kill Mr. Blaine off. In this respect it reminds me of the for mer attempt in 84when Chester A. Ar thur was a pretest of the anti-Blainites. They have a little harder work now from the fact that they have nobody but Harri son to fall back upon, and Harrison is not quite as popular w ith his party just at pres ent as was Mr. Arthur toward the close of his term. There never was perhaps a man who occupied the Incidental chair who could not mutter more or less political fol lowing to replace him in it. Even in the days of Rutherford It. Hayes that hucolio statesman from Ohio, now engaged in the chicken buMness, there were responsible politicians who were willing to father him tor a second term. There is a certain mag netism about a dispenser of official patron age which attracts the odds and ends of political thought and ambition. THE CHOICE Ol' A FACTION. It is not strange, therefore, that President Harrison, immcasureably the superior of either Hayes or Arthur, should be urgedbv a considerable faction of his party for re nomination. It is apparent, however, to the most casual political thinker that what ever supports he may be able to command in the next national convention, he will stand no show whatever bv the side of and in opposition to James G. Maine. This fact does not seem to deter thoe people of w horn I speak from goiag about t(je corridors of the New York hotels and secretly fomenting all sorts of ridiculous rumorsabout Maine. Most of these are based on the old exploded theorv of Mr. Maine's declining health and mental powers. They say Mrs. Maine has put her foot down against the acceptance by her husband of the proposed promotion this on the ground that she desires Ills life be spared to her a little while longer and de spairs of it in case her advice is not fol lowed. Mrs. Blaine is undoubtedly a verv strong minded woman, but if she controls her hus band in this matter it will he the first time the public has any such definite knowledge of her influence. " Mv knowledge of Mrs. Maine is that if there isthe remotest chance of his surviving the strain of a national campaign she will be the chief one to urge him to accept the risk FEEE COINAGE NOT IN IT. A very prominent official connected with the Treasury Department expressed the other day the opinion to me that the ques tion of silver coinage would probably oc cupy a very small place in the public mind this time next year. "The silver question is getting narrowed to a very small point now," s.aid he. "It is evidentthat the bulk of the intelligent peo ple of both parties are very nearly in accord so far as the currency of 'the United States is concerned. Most people believe in hon est money, and by honest money thev mean that one dollar shall be just as good as an other dollar, no matter what it is made of, whether gold, silver or paper. The various State platforms begin to point that way out ol the difficulty. Tnecurrcncyof this coun try will alwaj s consist of the three, gold, silver and paper. There is a principle back of all this, and that is the principle under lying all commercial relations between in dividuals, corporations, States and na tions. This principle is a strictlv commercial one, and the commercial princi ple in everyday life is a good deal stronger than any political consideration. It is true there will always be people of a certain class who will want more and what they call cheap moncv, but thec are necessarily and happily in the minority. AVith the "excel lent crops of this fall and general prosperity throughout the countrj lor the ensuing six months, we will have very little of this howl for cheap money. In t'imes of prosperity financial matters generally regulate them selves. It is in times of commercial de pression that the money market i disturbed and the conditions abnormal enough to cre ate a cry for legislatn c interference. TRICK'S or INDIAVA POLITICS. "When I firt entered politics iu my ward ... ImllnnntiAM. rnlil fJis.1 TH f 7. in AiiuititK.j'uii?, ruin .,min;i mcc, oi In diana, to a congenial party around him at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, ''there Mere j list as many trick", practiced then as there are now. I remember upon otic occasion when some of the boys put up a job that could never be worked successfully twice- Thev were electing delegatesto a County Conven tion 1 believe, and there was some uncer tainty about the ability ot certain of our ward politicians to control the selection. The fellows who worked the scheme oper ated in this way: Thev went to each man taking part in the primary and told him that hi name wj on the ticket as a dele gate, but that he must take his ballot and deposit it without saying anything to any body else. He found his name with the other delegates on the ticket and was natu rallv satisfied to do a he was bidden. The result of the ballot wa that three delegates pot 60 votes each, the full strength of the meeting, and all the other GO delegates got 1 vote each." Captain Barclay, of Pennsylvania, for merly pension agent at Pittsburg, under Mr. Clc eland, was in the city the other day, and in the course of conversation said 'hat while political parties in Pennsylvania were at presi nt pretty well torn up over domestic alf.iirs there was no hope what ever of the Democratic party winning where the tarili was made an issue in the campaign. This issue has been crowded so closely to the front in Ohio that it forced itself upon Pennsylvania, and the result would be but one way the success of the Republican ticket OBSTACLES llErOHE PATTISON. "For this reason," lie said, "it is non sense to talk about Pjtiisnn as a possible Democratic candidate in J8i No matter what Pattison might do, the State campaign involving only local issues Jle ould stand iio show whatever of carrying Pennsylvania in the national contest. " IVir this reason Governor Pattison occupies, quite a different l.ositiou from that held by Governor Camp bell, of Ohio. It is on national issues alone that Mr. Campbell hones, to win this fall. On such issues Pennsylvania would go upon .W.tKX) to 70,oiiii Republican majority as usual. " Captain Ban-Ia is not alone in his opinion on ihi subject. All eyes here in New York are now turned upon the iss,.Cs of the Ohio cam paign. Next to the contest in New York jouhc.tr more said about the McKinlcy- Campbel- fight than about any other polit ical matter. The sporting men are begin ning to catch on and bets are freely offered among these gentrv on McKinlcy's success. At the Hoffman "the other night several bets were placed upon McKinlerat odds of 3 to 4 and 4 to 5 in favor of McKinley. Small bets have been made with as big odds as 2 to 1 the Same way. This is rather early in tire campaign for these betting gentle men, but it is significant of the general in terest taken in the Ohio election. The Hoffman House is tho Democratic headquarters, but it is a pretty difficult thing to squeeze money out of these fellows on Campbell. There s'cems to be a feeling that Campbell is heavily handicapped by the Ohio platform on which he stands, and that some way or other the protectionists will squander untold amounts of money upon his opponents rather than lose the fight. I saw a gentleman the other evening who has just returned from Ohio, and he tells me that there never was more general interest in the State campaign even in that red-hot political bailiwick than is mani fested in this contest. NO lack or INTOKMATION. He thinks when the fight is over there will not be a man in the State of Ohio who has not listened to speeches on one side or the other, and that most of the voters have been talked to personally by canvassers. On the whole, it is his opinion that the Republican campaign is better organized than the Dem ocratic machine. This is a Democratic opinion, too. My informant does not think that large amounts of money are being thrown into the fight on either side that is, compared to the money spent during the last national campaign, lue impression prevails here, however, that large drafts have already been made upon wealthy New York and Pennsylvania Republicans in aid of McKinley. Governor Hill has already shown his usual activity where State or National poli tics allord him an opportunity to air his views. Mr. Cleveland has developed con siderable coyness when it comes to anything beyond letter writing, and he is not likely to break the rule laid down in the last State canvass by branching out as a stump orator in this. Mr. Cleveland's dignity is a very heavy thing for him to manage, nnd he will probably not risk it by going on the road jnd playing one night stands. This prob ability affords his detractors something to ti.lk about, and as it amuses them and don't seem to hurt him, the man must be very un reasonable who is disposed to file objec tions. ClIAKLEb T. MUBKAY. WILL ACT FOR WATRES. GEN". KEEDEK TO TAKE THE STATE CHAIRMAN'S PLACE. Ho Will Manage the Republican Campaign While the Lieutenant Goernor Attend the Senate Session Democrats ISrlxxi ming Over With Confidence. Philadelphia, Oct. 7. Special In expectation of a protracted cession of tho State Senate, Chairman Watres completed arrangements to-day with General Frank Rceder, of Easton, to take his place at Re publican headquarters temporarily and direct the Republican campaign. As Lieu tenant Governor, Mr. Watrca is presiding officer ot the Senate, and while he declines to express an opinion in reference to the work before that body, he believes that the Senators will be in session until the object of the Governor's summons has been fully met, and in order that the campaign shall not suffer for the need of an executive head, General Reeder has consented to take hold. Robert Emmet Wright, the Democratic candidate for Auditor General, begins his campaign at Greensburg to-morrow even ing. Mr. Wright had an extended confer ence with Chairman Kerr to-day. James Marshal Wright and other Eastern Division chairmen met Chairman Kerr to-day and brought along som: very encouraging re ports. The latter show "that the interest taken by the Democrats in this year s campaign far exceeds that of last year. Marshal Wright said: "Every effort made to organize the Republicans appears, to be a failure and they retuse to be driven, while the Democrats throughout the Lehigh Val ley are thoroughly awake and hard at work. " Division Chairman Robert S. Patterson and City Chairman Maurice P. Wilhcre said the same statement applied to the city. Among Mr. Kerr's callers were Colonel J. Ridgway Wright, of Wilkesbarre, Chair man ol Luzerne county, who said that there was no doubt of the result in the Wyoming Valley; George Megaffey, of Phlllipsburg, the banker and coal operator, and Congress man Beltzhoover, the pride of the Cumber land Valley. Mr. Beltzhoover said that "Wright and Tilden make up an exception ally strong ticket, and one I am confident that cannot fail of election." CLAEK60N AND HABRISON. Tho Iowa Man Dines With the President and Mnch Gossip Arises. Washington, Oct. 7. Special. The fact that J. S. Clarkson dined with the President last evening has started all sorts of gossip with regard to the Republican sit uation in the various States and the effort of Mr.Harrison to secure a renomination. Mr. Clarkson has not had much love for the President since he declined to put him into the Cabinet.and it is generally understood that the Clarkson men are not particularly strong friends of the adminis tration. The Republican National Com mittee willmect here in a few weeks, and it is not at all unlikely that Mr. Clarkson will be chosen Chairman in place of Senator Quay, who resigned last summer. Mr. Clarkson is President of the League of Republican Clubs, and his friends say he has no" ambition to be Chairman Quay's successor. However, his selection is not impossible. Senator Quay is in the city to-day, arranging for the meeting of the National Committee and urging the appoint ment of various Pennsylvania Republicans to Federal places. A BIG BICE TRUST. All the Nineteen Mills In Louisiana Cora lline in One Immense Pool. New Okleans, Oct. 7. Special A large Northern syndicate, said to be backed by British capital, recently sent repre sentatives to New Orleans for the pur pose of securing options on the rice mills here, the purpose of the syndicate being to unite all the rice mills in this country into one company or pool. The mills here were all willing and gave their fiuure, but nothing has been heard of the syndicate. The New Orleans mills in the mi antime hive formed an organization or pool of their own. This includes l'.l mills, all there are in the city. Tl c com bination will be like that of th- cotton seed oil industry; each mill will be put into the pool at a fixed price. Some of them will be closed and others operated, and the profits will be divided among them in proportion to the amount of stock or certificates each holds. The pool hopes in tins way to control the rice industry of Louisiana and to fix the price of rough and cleaned rice, not only for this State, but for the greater portion of the country. It is said that a pool of all the mills in the United States in not impossible, as the options given the Northern syndicate on the New Orleans ones some months ago have not yet expired. The Cases of Three Bishops. Indianapolis, Oct. 7. The German Evangelical Conference yesterday adopted and confirmed a report by its committee on the charges against Bishops Esher and Bowman, declaring that the pro ceedings against Bishop Bowman at Chicago and Bishop Esher at Reading were null and void and did not affect their standing either as bishops or ministers. The committee to consider the charges against P.ishoii Dubs reported in favor of his expulsion, hut the report was recommitted for amendment in phrase jlogy. THE PITTSBURG THE COUICIL OPENS. Five Hundred Delegates Attend the Methodist Ecumenical. A SERMON DELIYEEFD BY PROXY. Bishop Hurst's Welcome to Wesley's Fol lowers From All Climes. A FOREIGNER'S TRIBUTE TO AMERICA "Washington, Oct. 7. The second Ecu menical Methodist Council met this morn ing in the Metropolitan Methodist Episco pal . Church. There were no temporary decorations to embellish the severe beauty of the Gothic interior, and the only change made in the interior arrangements was an addition to the platform back of the pulpit, to afford the necessary room for the distin guished guests. Seated on the platform were Bistiop Bow man, St. Louis; Bishop Hurst, Washington; Rev. Dr. Arthur, of England; Dr. A. Caman, of Canada; Rev. Dr. Stephenson, President of the Wesleyan Conference, London; Key. Dr. Joseph Fcrgnson, of Set: William Arthur, SIT. A., London, Preacher of the Inaugural Sermon. Leeds, England, President of the Primitive Methodist Church; Bishop Keener, of New Orleans; Bishop Wayman, of Baltimore, of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and llev. S. F. Huestes, of Halifax. THE MORNING SESSION. The body of the church was nearly filled with the delegates, about 500 being pres ent, nnd the galleries, the aisles and all available spaces were filled with spectators. The morning session was opened by Bishop Thomas Bowman, of St. Louis, who an nounced a hymn. Bishop J. C. Keener, of New Orleans, made a lervent appeal for Divine blessing. After the opening service Dr. Arthur ex pressed his regret that the failure of his voice would not permit him to deliver the sermon which he had prepared to open the Council, and tendered his thanks to Rev. Dr. Stephenson, the President of the British Wesleyan Conference, who had kindly un dertaken to read it for him. Dr. Stephen sen then proceeded to read the sermon. The general subject was "The Holy Seed, the Credentials of the Church," and the text was: "Behold I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the Lord of Hosts which dwelleth in Zion" Isaiah viii., 18. THE LORD'S SUTPER ADMINISTERED. At the close of the sermon Rev. Dr. civ,nn:nn rp.id a number of Scripture selections, the audience standing and join ing in the reading. At its conclusion the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was admin istered, Bishop Foster reading the service. A. recess was then taken. When the Council reassembled, the pre siding officer, Bishop Keener, of New Or leans, took his seat in the chair, which is intended as a gift to the proposed American University. It was constructed of two oak beams taken from the Old City Road Chapel, London, the corner stone of which was laid by John Wesley. It is of massive propor tions, solid and firm in design and makeup. The Bible used during the conferenca is the copy of the Scriptures known as the "Epworth Bible." It was used by Samuel Wesley, the father of John, in the church at Epworth and by clergymen who suc ceeded him. It was loaned to the confer ence bv Rev. Dr. W. H. Boole, of New York- ' The presiding officer, Bishop Keener, opened the afternoon session by reading the Seventy-second psalm and then Hymn 811. Rev. Dr. William Nast, a venerable Ger man clergyman from Cincinnati, offered a short prayer, and then the Council pro ceeded to the election of officers. THE CHOICE OF OFFICERS. The Business Committee, through General Secretary Rev. Dr. King, of New York, re ported a'list of officers for the Council, and they were elected without division. They were as follows: Permanent Chairman of Rev. T. B. Stephenson, D.D., LTD., London, Jresident of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. the Business Committee, Bishop J. F. Hurst, of Washington; First Secretary. Rev. J. M. King, of New York; Sectnd Sec retary, Rev. Dr. E. B. Rickmau, of Ottawa; Third Secretary, Rev. John Bond, of En gland; Fourth Secretary, T. L. C. Snape, of England. Presiding officers for the several sessions were selected as follows: First session, sec ond day, Rev. Dr. T. B. Stephenson, En gland; .second session, second day, Rev. Dr. Carman, of Canada; first session, third day, Rev. H. T. Marshall, of England. Secretary King reported from the Busi ness Committee the following resolution: Resolved, That Thnrsday, October 15, at 7:30 r. jr., be fixed as tho time for the recep tion of fraternal delegations from other churches. The delegates were then welcomed Bishop Hurst in the following words: by bishop hurst's welcome, "The Methodists of to-day are those of the earliest Methodists, and we have ample ground for hope that the time will never come when the Methodism of the future will grow weary of the sorrows, of the strength, which has characterized it in every decade of its history. We recognize that we are entertaining the angels of the churches. The winds have caught up the story of your speech, the words that nave fallen from your pens, the sublime power of vour own example. AVe have long been learners at your feet, and we shall be learners here. "Brethren from the South, we greet you with loving hearts. In your lrginia our common Francis Asbury established the first Sunday school on the American conti nent. Iu your Georgia the Wcsleys learned JPBSkjl DISPATCH, THURSDAY., how to labor for the poor. In your Charles ton John Wesley published his first volume of his hymns, the beginning of that great minstrelsy which the world will never grow tired of singing until the Gates of Pearls are reached and the discords of earth are lost in the song of Moses and the Lamb. "Brethren from the Northern States, from the Central West, and lrom the far-off Pacific coast, we congratulate you because of the great commonwealth you represent, because of the incalculable seryice you have rendered to the world, and because of the faith and heroism which have distin guished your work from the beginning to the present. FOREIGN DELEGATES GREETED. "Brethren from Canada, we welcome you with the true spirit of Christian reciprocity. We rejoice in the union of the Methodisms which you have effected, and your heroic efforts io build up your great educational system. "Brethren from the West Indies, we bid you welcome. It was your home which, just four centuries ago, gladdened the eyes of Columbus and added another continent to the globe. "We bid Ireland welcome here. What would American Methodism to-day be without the vision of Philip Embury and the Exegesis of Adam Clark? We hid Wales welcome here, the home of Lady Huntington. We welcome Scotland, with its undying record of the labors of John Knox. "England, our common home, we wel come. From her we have derived the Wes leyan name and the Wesleyan example. Her Epworth is our Epworth, her preachers are our preachers, her literary achievements are our inheritance, her Milton, her Shake speare, her Hampden, her Cromwell, her Wesley are our teachers. And when we think of the world's great rulers of the dis tant past and of to-day, who sway with easy scepter and even jcalc of justice, none stand higher in our esteem than Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. TO FRANCE AND GERMANT. "France we welcome with her precious memories of heroic Huguenots. The Prot estant remnant is still distributed over her fair fields, and grow it must if it is still true that Beza said to the apostate, Antony of Navarre: 'The anvil hath worn out the hammer.' "Germany we welcome here. The position which American Methodism takes on the Sabbatli question, on the advancing cause of temperance, on all great questions of moral reform, is precisely that which Martin Luther took on the question of justi fication by faith in the presence of Charles V. at Worms: 'Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise." "Honored guests from the far-off lands of the South Seas, from New South Wales, New Zealand and Australia, we know the work that you have been doing and the faith which has inspired it. All the sweeter shall be our communion here because of the great spaces over which you have traveled on land and sea to reach this place. We bid you wel come after your tossings on tide and wave, and no presence shall we remember with greater pleasure than you, brethren, who have come from the most distant lands. In the temple of Diana in Ephesus, there were 127 pillars, and each was the gift of a King. In this Ecumenical temple there are 500 pillars, and each one is to our Meth odism in Washington and our Methodism throughout the world, the gift of Him who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords." OTHER ADDRESSES AND RESPONSES. Rev. J. H. Carlisle, of Spartansburg, S. C, delivered the second address of welcome. The 656th hymn, "Jesus, Lover of My So-il," was then sung, and Dr. George Douglass, of Montreal, delivered the third address of welcome. Rev. T. B. Stephenson, President of the Weslevan Connection of London, was greeted enthusiastically. He said that when an Englishman came here he felt as if he had shaken off some of the shackles stepped out into the light, as it were. They had gotten into a country where it made lit tle difference what church a man belonged to; where he did not meet "people who are too highly cultured." He was glad to see what Methodism conld do in a country where it had a fair field and favor. This conference ought to be a great spiritual power. George Green, of Glasgow, representing the Primitive Methodist Church of Eng land, was the next speaker. He hoped the channels of difference between the Method ists would be worn, down some as a result of this council. Rev. R. Abercorabie, of Shrewsbury, England, delivered the last address of the day. At the close of Mr. Abercombie's re marks the doxology was sung, and the first day's session closed with prayer by Rev. Dr. Stephenson. A SEARCH FOR A WIFE. Casslns ComstocK Traces His Erring Sponse From Chicago to Allegheny Torn From the Arms of Her Lover The Conple Now in Jail. Two lovers were rudely torn from each others arms and thrown into separate cells in the Allegheny lockup last night One of them was Mrs. Jennie Comstock, of Chicago, a petite beauty but 20 years of age, and the other was J. H. Mansfield, a young cigar salesman of Allegheny. They were arrested on complaints made by the husband of the lady before Alderman Braun. The story is told by the prosecutor, Cassius Comstock, is that his wife deserted him in Chi cago, where they were Hying, some time before the 18th of July last. He was stationed at Milwaukee as yardmaster on the Chicago and North western Railroad and went toliis home only once in two weeks. On the 18th of July he got a telegram from his wife dated at Pitts burg saying she would be home in a few days. He did not know what took her there, but supposed she had perhaps gone on a flying visit with some friend. A day or two"latcr she sent him a letter but failed to explain why she left Chicago. He did not hear of her again and finally concluded to come here and hunt her up. He arrived in the city last Monday week. He secured a position on the B. & O. Rail road and had alternate days to look for his missing wife. Accidentally he found a trace of her in Allegheny, and following it up learned that she was living at 59 Liberty street, that city, w ith one J. H. Mansfield. This discovery was made only last night, and he sent a messenger to the house for his wife. She in turn .sent Mr. Mansfield out to see him, and Mr. Mansfield told him if he did not "clear out in an hour, or two hours at least, he (Mansfield) would blow him full of holes." Comstock went to Alderman Braun's office and swore ont warrants for the arrest of both his wife and Mansfield, and Constable Daw Holmes went with him to pet the couple. Arriving at the house they found them in a bedroom, hut were told not to at tempt an airest. When the constable was reading the warrant the woman endeavored to hand Mansfield what the visitors 'thought was a revolver. She was immediately pushed to one side, but Mansfield cried' out to the constable, "I'll do business with you," and ran his hand in his pocket. Constable Holmes flashed a revolver at once and poked it into the fel low's face. He quailed at once and the handcuffs were put on him, At this junc ture Mrs. Comstock began to swear. She called her husband the vilest kind of names. They were taken to the Alderman's office, and there Mr. Mansfield sent half a doen messages to various places in an en deavor to get bail, 1,000 for the woman and K00 for the man. After waiting some two hours the couple were taken to the Alle gheny lockup and held to await the hearing to-day. When about to be separated for the night, Mansfield objected and the girl be gan to cry. They threw their arms around each other and after half a dozen kisses were exchanged wero conducted to separate cells. All this was in plain view ot the husband who had followed them to the lockup. While waiting in the Alderman's office Mrs. Comstock asked her husband to pro duce his marriace certificate and asked him, too, if he remembered the time four years ago when he was arrested. She claimed to ba divorced from Comstock. OCTOBER 8. 1891 CAR FIRES TO GO UP In Philadelphia Because of Supreme Court Decision. the THE COMPANIES ARE KICKING, But the People Happy Because of the Prospect of Getting TEN MILES OP STEEETS PAYED YEARLY Philadelphia, Oct. 7. President E. B. Edwards, of the Ridge Avenue Passenger Railway, acting in his capacity as President of the Board of Presidents of the City Pas senger Railways, has called a meeting for next Tuesday to consider the decision of the State Supreme Court, compelling the railway companies to pay for paving from curb to curb the streets on which their rails are located. At the same meeting will be considered a proposition to raise the car fare from 5 o 6 cents. The decision was the general topic of con versation among street railway men yester day. The additional expense placed upon the roads was estimated as sufficient to wipe out all the present dividends. A director in the Fifth and Sixth Streets Railway said that the only thing he saw open was a return to C-cent fares. The decision would wipe out at one blow all the profits that are now received. He thought tnat in a meas ure it would be a hardship to a great many small stockholders who lived upon the in come received from the stock. An official of the Traction Company did not think that the city would at once de mand impossibilities of the road, but he also said that the matter was not settled by the decision of the Supreme Court. The conditions under which the other roads of the city have charters were, in some cases, different from the Ridge Avenue Company. "The decision," he said, "might not apply to these companies." they will fight. This latter statement also develops the fact that nearly every company in the city will fight before it will pay for the paving. Nearly all of them claim that their charters are entirely different from the Ridge Ave nue's, and that the ordinance of 1857 does not affect them. John G. Johnson, who represented all the companies in the recent litigation, was asked what position would be taken by the other companies. He said: "Those com panies whose charters contain provisions sim ilar to- the Ridge avenue, of course, will not run the expense of carrying the cases to the supreme uourt, but those whose charters are not similar will do so?" 'Are there many of this latter class?" "Oh, yes; there are a good many and they will want a decision." The city officials view the decision with a great deal of satisfaction, and they all promise to start in on vigorous work. MR. -WINDRIM'S VIEWS. Director Windrim commented on the de cision at length yesterday. He said: "We have hardlv got ourselves together yet. I shall certainly see that a number of the streets shall be paved as soon as possi ble. The condition of some of them is dis graceful. I think that all the streets in the "old city," that is between Callowhill and South streets and the main thoroughfares in the remaining section of the city should be at once paved; nearly all of them are in a, very bad way. The condition of Walnut street from Second street toBroad street is disgraceful. Ridge avenue is also in need of repair. "The new work will give the opportunity for very important improvements in the methods of paying and the grading. In many places the grades are out of all pro portion. These could be changed and made uniform. It will also give us first-class streets. As the decision plainly says that the companies must keep the streets in re pair afterwards, it will be to their interest to see that only the best materials are used. "The decision will be an advantage in an other direction. The city has expended about 5500,000 in paving these streets, and I suppose this money will come back into the hanas ot tne .uignway .Bureau, xi is neeaea there very much. TO ACT AT ONCE. "I shall consult with the City Solicitor in a day or so, and after that I will take action. The department will only ask what is fair. The amount which will be required of the companies each year will be decided by law.v' Chief Bullock, of the Highway Bureau, said that he regarded it as a very important decision. "It will save," he said, "thecity immense sums of money, and at the same time she will now be able to secure many miles of new pavement each year with no expense to herself. Under the ordinance regulating the matter each company may be required to lay one-half mile each year. That may he required, although the smaller companies may not be asked to lay that much. Right here comes in the question of what a reasonable demand upon the companies would be, but I do not think there will be any trouble over that point. It will, I think, result in probably ten miles of new pavement being laid each year free of cost to the city, and in a few years Philadelphia will be proud of her streets." YELLOW FEVEB IU HAITL The Terrible Malady Basing In Many Sea ports and Ships' Crews Attacked. New York, Oct. 7. Special. It is re ported in this city that yellow fever is rag ing at Gonaives and small seaport towns in Haiti, and that shipping is being delayed considerably by ships' crews at those ports being attacked with the malady. The Brit ish brig Georgie, which sailed from Aux Cayes some days ago, is now at Gonaives without a crew. The fever showed itself among the men when they were less than 21 hours out at sea, and they were unable to navigate the ship. A harbor was made with difficulty. There was no hospital at Gonaives where accommodations could be had for the men, and it was found necessary to remove them to Kingston, Jamaica, for treatment. Among the regular vessels which leave this port for Haitian ports and touch at the places reported to be infected with the lever are those of the Atlas line and the Royal Dutch West Indian mail service. Their agents to-day denied all knowledge of prevalence of the disease. THE DREADED BLACK EEVEB. It 3'akes Its Appearance at Carhondale, Causing Much Alarm. Cabbondale, Pa., Oct. 7. Special. The village of Uniondale is alarmed by the appearance of- a case that has been pro nounced by a council of physicians as genu ine black fever. The patient has died, and there is great fear that other cases will bicak out. This malady is very rare, but it is pronounced by physicians the most fatal and horribjc of all infectious diseases. In 1M54 this city was visited by an epidemic which resulted in an average of eight deaths a day for over a month, and others who sur vived were left helplessly crippkd or dumb. The fever carries many of its victims off in ten hours time, and in all wses the body turns black after death. At the time of the great epidemic here all the clergy men but two and many physicians fled from the town. A BIG ALUMINUM CONTRACT Which tho Pittsburg Redaction and Cowles Companies Can't Take. Lockpokt, Oct. 7, Special. On -the, most reliable authority it is known that the German Government has recently placed an I order in the hands of their agents in the United States for a large quantity of pure aluminum to be used in articles pertaining to the accouterments and field uses of the army. This order calls for some 85 tons of metal. The amount placed in the hands of the agents for their disposal is 5110,000. As yet the order has not been placed and prob ably will not he for some time. There are but two companies la this country the Cowles Electric Smelting and Aluminum, of this city, and the Pittsburg Reduction, of Pittsburg. Neither can accept the order or part of it, because of a gigantic patent litigation which is now being waged be tween them, and the probability is that the German Government will have to wait some time before they can secure the metal. This metal will be turned into buttons, buckles, wire for telegraphic and telephone Eurposes and cartridge shells, it having een proven that aluminum is particularly well adapted to withstand the corrosive ac tion of the new smokeless powder which has come into universal use in Europe lately. SUED FOR CRUELTY. A Wetinoro Dairyman Charged With Starv ing His Horses I'eople livinc In Filth and Little Children Compelled to Work tlumano Society Prosecuting. Assistant Agent Berryman, of the Hu mane Society, yesterday made informations before Alderman Braun, of Allegheny, ac cussing Henry Leise, Michael Rush and Constine Sunday of cruelty to animals. All the defendants in these suits live a Wetmore station, on the Pittsburg and Western Railroad. A few days ago com plaint was made ta the Humane Society about Leise starving two horses. Leise keeps a dairy and has considerable stock. Agent Berryman investigated the matter yesterday, and says he found it one of the worst cases he has' ever had anything to do with. Leise, he said, has an eight-acre farm and runs a dairy. After some little trouble the agent learned that Leise had starved two horses, as the complaint stated, and in addition had 12 or 15 cows that received anything but proper care. Agent Berryman says the dairy was run in a very loose manner and the place was ono of the filthiest he ever saw, Leise has a daughter, 13 years old, who it is said does the greater part of his work and drives his niilk wagon. While standing there Agent Berryman saw a woman crawl out of a small hale in a building nearby. The woman, he says, was dressed in all kinds of rags, was barefooted, reeking in filth and her hair bore the appearance of never hav ing been combed. The woman told the agent that she lived in the room, and on entering it Agent Ber ryman says he found a place that cor responded with the condition of the woman. The room was about 12x14 feet. In it were some old pieces of furniture, worn out cloth ing scattered over the floor, and about SO chickens, which used the place for a coop. In this room, Agent Berryman says, he was informed the woman lived. Her nauje is Julia Weigner, and she owns the fttan wincn sne e has leased to Leise for a veryVnlta &ta.tes armJ " cilarSe ' xue , notwithstanding that it is said V Poner3 at Mt Vernot ; Bar- small rent, that she has been offered $1,000 an acre for it. The woman had a complaint to make to Agent Berryman. She said she was con tinually tormented by some young ruf fians, who came about the house to tease her. Two of the men, Michael Rush and Constine Sunday, went to her house a few days ago, caught two of her cats and cut their tails ofiT To prove this she called the cats and showed them to Agent Berryman. Leise's house, Agent Berryman says, was in very little better condition, if any. While there Berryman was told Leise had two sons, neither 12 years old, whom he forced to work in a brickyard and do a man's work for 51 25 each per day. These people, it is said, have -been subjects of complaints to the society before, but the charges could never be verified. Yesterday Agent Berryman says he found several people who were willing to testify against them and he made the information as mentioned. Leise and Rush have been arrested and will have their hearing this afternoon. A warrant is out for Sunday's arrest. CZAR AND PHOTOGRAPHER. The tatter Is Scared Ont of His Wits by the Autocrat's Imperions'Hever. Copenhagen-, Oct. 7. The Czar, while at the Castle of Fredensborg, drives about in an open landau, unattended even by a groom. He generally dresses in a gray suit, wears a soft felt hat with a broad ribbon, and invariably has it cocked on one side of his head. A healthy-looking boy, dressed in a sailor's suit, sits beside the coachman, and the Czar is accompanied by a little Princess, who is usually dressed in white. The English visitors here are in the habit of greeting the Czar with cries of "Good morning," which calls forth a bow or other recog nition from the occupants of the car riaee. The Czar has one peculiarity he ap parently makes no attempt to overcome,and that is his aversion to haying a photograph taken. A Danish photographer, knowing this, and recognizing the scarcity of the like nesses made from life of the Czar, deter mined, during the royal visit this summer, to in some way secure a sitting of His Ma jesty. Accordingly, he took up his " position on the road which leads from the castle to the rail way station in order that when the Czar went out for his daily walk he would catch him and secure a picture of him. As luck would have it the Czar came along, passed entirely alone the very spot the photographer had selected, when suddenly he heard aa ominous click among the trees to his left, and, quickly turning around as if a pistol had been pointed at him, he saw not ten Eaces off a black camera pointed toward im. The instrument was dazzling in the bricht sun, and the Czar did not probably at once recognize it as a harmless photographer's apparatus. The Czar's face became ghastly white, and his walking stick, which shortly before he had been carelessly swing ing to and fro, fell from his grasp to the ground. He trembled perceptibly and his face took on a suddeu ap-' pearancc of fright. But then, as if by a sudden effort of his will, he overcame his momentary fear; and as the photographer came forth from behind his box, with the humble request that the Czar favor him with a sitting, he was met by such a savage glance from the Czar that he began to trem ble and the words died upon his lips. "Jamias!" exclaimed the Czar, as he picked up his stick and hurried back to the castle, where a group of children ran out to meet him. The photographer returned on the next train to Copenhagen in a very demora lized condition, frightened almost into fainting by the impression the Czar's en raged look and imperious "Jamias" had made upon him. A BIG SILVER DISCOVEBY Causes Great Excitement in Washington State nnd Depopulates a Town. Seattle, Oct. 7. Special News re ceived to-day from Ainsworth is to the ef fect that the town is depopulated. All the inhabitants are rushing to what they be lieve and what promises to be a second Coeur d'Alene. Dr. E C. Kilbourne, who returned from Ainsworth last night, wheu seen on the subject to-day said: "Everyone in Ainswcrth was wild with eicitcnient. Men were seen running along the street with a piece of bacon in one hand and a pick in the other." The cause of all this excitement was the arrival of Republic miners with some very rich samples of ore from Slocum. They report finding a large body of soli ore from 16 to 25 feet in width and a mile and a half long. The ore assayed from 100 to 3G0 ounces in sil ver and 68.S per cent in lead. These men are well known and there is no doubt that one of the greatest discoveries ot" the age has been made. This is believed by all mining men to be the be ginning of another Couer d'Alene excite ment and prospectors and capitalists alike are flocking into the country. A CONYERT'S APPEAL. He Eenounced the Presbyterian Church to Become a Catholic. NUW HE PETITIONS TO RETFEff. A Sorrowful letter Recounting His Agoniz ing Struggles. JIJSETES, HE SATS,- AEE NOW OPENED rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH. New York, Oct. 7. At the fall meeting of the Presbytery of Newark, in the Third Church, the Rev. Drs. Hollifield, Knox, Guenther and George C. Seibert were ap pointed a committee to consider the case of Immanuel Casanowiecz, who left the Pres byterian church to become a Roman Cath olic and a teacher of Hebrew at Seton Hall. He now wants to return to the Presbyter ian church. He submitted the following letter: To the Fathers and Brothers of the Presbytery or Newark! Keveeend A3D Dear Sins Some year3 ago I, at the time a member of the Presbytery of Xewark and an instructor in tho German Theological Seminary of Bloomfleld, X. J., was misled by many causes and Influ ences, and especially by spiritual pride, to leave the Fiesbyterian Church and join the Roman Catholic Church. I entered the Catholic Seminary in South Orange, in which I should prepare for the priesthood and at tho same time teach Hebrew. My eyes were then opened to see tho terrible decention and measure fully the grave error I committed, and after the most agonizing strusles I came at the beginning of 1881 to Baltimore, to wait in retirement until my mind and heart had recovered and the path of my life be again, clear before me. I have now, by the grace of God, regained my spiritual equilibrium and have the stronjr desire to become a rogular member of that church to which I belonged before my having taken the fatal step into the Koraan Catholic Church. I, therefore, respectfully beg you.reverend fathers and brothers of the Presbytery of Kewark, to receive me again into the Presbyterian Church and reinstate me as a minister of the Gospel and a mem ber of your presbytery. IMMASCAL CASANOWIECZ. The Committee on Revision said its re port was not ready, and asked that a special meeting of the Presbytery be called later to consider it. INDIANS AEE GOOD CABHEKTEBS. The Lake Mohonk Indian Conference Now In Session. Lake Mohonk, N. Y., Oct. 7. The first session of the Lake Mohonk Indian Con ference was held this morning. Dr. M. E. Gates was elected President. The most telling address of the morning was by Lieutenant Wetherspoon, of the tions many of the 400 Indians have learned carpentering. They have built for themselves 80 two-room frame houses. A contractor who employed some of them as carpenters replaced with these Indians the whites and negroes, who struck rather than work with Indians. Lieutenant Wether spoon commands the largest Indian com pany in the United States, 78 men. AN UNMANAGEABLE CABLE CAB. It Crashes Through a Crowd Gathered to Witness a Procession. Kansas City, Oct. 7. The carnival of the Priests of Pallas, which began to-night with a procession of illuminated floats, was marred by a sad accident at the corner of Tenth and Main streets, where thousands of people were gathered to witness the parade. A cable car became unmanageable at that point and crashed through the crowd. Sergeant George Burnett, Troop I, First Cavalry, from Fort Leavenworth, had his left side crushed and is in a dangerous con dition and James Marshal, a negro, sus tained a fracture of the skull and is fatally injured. Richard Woolen, Ordnance Sergeant, Troop I, First Cavalry, Fort Leavenworth, was severely and perhaps fatally wounded. YALE COLLEGE ONFIBE. Great Damage to the Dnildlng and to Pri vate Libraries and Apparatus. New Haven, Oct. 7. A stubborn fire broke o.ut in the attic of East Divinity Hall, Yale University, last night, and be fore it was brought under control it dam aged the buildings to the extent of about 810,000 The greatest damage was caused by the immense volume of water poured upon the fire. The lire was caused by a de fective flue. About 60 of the theological students who roomed in the building suffer a loss oCfrom S100 to S250 each on books, furniture, cloth ing, eta Several of the Professors whose recitation rooms were in the building sus tain heavy losses through the damage or destruction of private libraries. Alderman Bnpp in Jail. Ex-Alderman Jacob Bnpp, of the Eleventh ward, Allegheny, is in jail in de fault of 5300 bail, awaiting trial on a charge of misdemeanor in office. On August 7 last Isaac Glantz made an information against him before Alderman McMasters, alleging that Bupp had refused or neglected to turn over $11 50 as the amount of a judgment rendered in a civil suit in which Glantz was the plaintiff. The hearing in the case was held a few days later, and Bupp was held for trial at court. Bupp had no bondsmen to go his bail just then, and Alderman Mc Masters allowed him to go on the promise that he would return soon and enter the re quired amount of bail. Bnpp failed to show up and Constable Heiner went after him, with the result that he is now in jail The Pope Appealing to nrope. Paeis, Oct. 7. The Pope has instructed the Papal Nuncios abroad to present an identical note to the Governments to which they are accredited on the recent disorders in Rome on account of the offensive action of a French pilgrim at the tomb of King Victor Emmanuel. This note willhold that these disorders are evidences of the in security of the Papal position in Rome. Condolence to W. H. Smith's Family. London, Oct. 7. The Queen, the Prince of Wales and all the Cabinet Ministers and the leading members of the opposition have sent letters of condolence to tne family of the late Right Hon. William Henry Smith. The funeral will be private and will take place at Hemhledon, near Henly-on-Thames. Saturday afternoon. The Fight Among the Trainmen. Galesbuko, III., Oct. 7.tThis fore noon's session of the Conyenflhn of the Brotherhood of Railway TraR'men was taken up with hearing the reply of dis charged trustees to the defense of the Grand Master. They contend that their discharge was an arbitrary and unconstitutional act, and dangerous a3 a precedent. TEE HEE BEC0BD. At Lima, O., at 1 o'clock yesterday morn ing, a lire w as discovered In the Times build ing. It and two adjoining buildings were ruined. Los, HOO.OOo on which there Is an insurance of 63,t00. Tho Times will Imme diately rebuild. AT Washington, Daviess county, Ind., early yesterday morning an incendiary Are destroyed the Court House together with all the county records. Tho hre was started simultaneously In the office of the Kecorder and the Auditor, and only a few of the rec ords from tho Clerk's, Sheriff's and Treas urer's office were saved. Total loss on band ings, $135,000. f-. xu.. &&J$t!xIi Lfr ;-MJU&l4. 4' .-, Tij.afc Liife-zStfa
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