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THEIR BIG MEETING.
Important Questions to Be Discussed
by the League Magnates
ftext Month,
MATTERS VERY COMPLICATED.
lumors to the Effect That the Great Eace
Tctireen Allerton and Kelson
Was Crooked.
CHICAGO'S
ASSOCIATION
CLUB.
One of Its Incorporators Talis About it General Bport
injr Xews or the Day.
Considerable interest is now being cen
tered in tbe annual meeting of the National
League, which takes place next month.
There arc some very important questions to
discuss and to take action on; questions
that vitally affect the game. Protested
paracs will have to be considered; the re
port of the New York investigation -will be
presented; changes in the rnles will be sug
gested, and it i likely that a new President
for the League will be elected. A gentle
man in a position to know said yesterday
that he will not be surprised if J. B. Day
is elected President. If he is he will, of
course, be Chairman of the National Board.
It is stated that five Presidents of League
clubs have resolved to vote for Mr. Day if
he is a candidate for the office.
"WANT MORE DEFINITE RULES.
President O'Neil, of the local club, 'will
be at the meeting to enforce the protest
cain.t one of the games won from Pittsburg
by Chicago during the last series between
the teams. "While it is liardly expected
that the protest will be upheld. Mr. O'Neil
hopes that the qucstioi will cause the rules
to be made clearer relating to forfeited
games.
But probablv one of the most important
questions to be discussed is the charges
against the New York team. It is fair to
a; that no icf.i.:te charges have been made;
infac the ch 'rges so far as they are charges
are almost entirely confined to insinuations
made bv President Hart, of the Chicago
club. The report of the special committee
who investigated the matters at New York
-will be presented to the directors of the
New York club to-day. Subsequently the
report will be prcrcntcd to the National
League meeting. deferring to the matter
audits effects, an Eastern authority says:
AUE ANXIOUS TO SIGN.
'The situation has cast a deep gloom over
the local player;, and few of them are
anxious to sign contracts for'next season.
Some of them are bound to play here, as
their contracts signed last season call for
th'ree vears' service. They are Welsh,
Glasscock, Buckler. Basett. Ticrnan and
Clark. The other playersare reluctant, and
are desirous of feeling the public pulse
before again attaching their signatures to
paper.
'lu fcome of the other clubs a similar feel
iag to that existing here is manifested.
Anson, it is alleced, will have a world of
trouble getting his n en into line, and has
his eyes on a lew plavers of other clubs who
arc to be released. Brooklyn, on the other
baud, is not as anxious to sign all its old
players, as the men have come ta terms.
Ciruthers, Terrj-, P. O'Brieu and Burns are
booked for release, but until the club is sure
of getting better men to take their places
the -will not Le notified to "walk the
piaiik." Boston, Cleveland and Pittsburg
seem to be perfcetlv satisfied with the mn
tt this season, and have signed, or arranged
to sign, nli the men for another year. Man
nsrer McGunniele has been engaged by Pitts
burg tor next .caon, and during the winter
-wilf hold out Hues to a number of promising
young players. Comiskey is booked for a
j)l:iee in the League, and other changes will
aho take place.
WILT. TRY POX! PEACE.
Jt is also srated on good authority that
t-trong efforts will be made between now and
the annual meeting to have a plan formu
lated by which the difference between the
League and the Association can be settled.
One or two League magnates are working
very hard to accomplish this result and
Miine good may be done. The authorit- re
ferred to states that the Association is de
termined to liae a club in Cnicago so as to
reap any benefit that may accrue from tbe
World's Fair. Jt may be that a stubborn
contest will result from this.
Locally the club officials all hope that the
trouble will ic settled at once, and that the
players wanted lor next S''aon will sign be
Sore they go home. It is likely that thev
will .all go home this week, bu- it is no"l
verr likelv that thev will all siga.
ABOITT THAT HEW CLUB.
More Interesting Pointers Concernin
the
Association's Work in Chicago. ,
Cuicago, Oct. 13. Three jjentlcmcn iave
secured a charter roc nn Association ball
cluli. They arc Charles K. Itolljns, JL Mc
Bomiil. J"-., and W. S. Johnson.
Rollins is nil insurance man In La Salle
street, McDonald Is Secretary of tho 31nl-r-olin
McDonald Lumber Company, and
Johnson is a practicing attorney in Chicago.
That tntf American Association has been
anxious to set a clnb in the Held here has
"been (renerall v admitted by tho magnates of
that organization, aid the fact that the
Association has flnal'y "broken in" on the
V.tt Fair cit3' created little wonderment
here.
Of tho three Incorporators, Mr. Johnson
was the only one who could ,bo founcLyes
lcrdsy. "Yes,"' said this gentleman, -"we are going
toplr.v baseball here next year under an
American Association franchise."
'Has all the stock been taken?" was asked.
"Yes; everv share."
ffas n park been secured?"
"Veb."
"Where:"
"In the citv."
Naturally: but in what portion of the
cits'" pressed tho reporter, noticing an in
clination at evasiveness in Mr. Johnson.
The location of tho paik I am unable to
divulge," answ ered Mr. Johnson.
"Have manager or captain been selected
yctl"
1 don't know, and If I did I could not give
the facts "
"When will tho projectors of the new club
be in a position to state definitely their
3.1.111-f , ,
"As soon ns certain negotiations now
pending ai e closed."
The jtaunt linger of the speculative crank
points to the active head ot Sam G. Moiton
as tl.o piormlsivc power behind the new
deal, though Samuel stoutly denies the im
putation. "Yon know that an American Association
Club for Chicago was incorporated to-day at
siiriiislleld?" said a reporter to ilr. Moiton
last night.
"Yes," drawllngly.
"Ai e you in the deal?"
"No," icilv.
"They s-av that ycu are to he its manager."
"Indeed? rjuizzically.
-And that you engineered the Seal and
floated the stock?"
"Well? ' rtreamilv.
Is it so?"
No:" Miarplv.
Kill vllatrinston.tho North western Leaguo
in:i.v-;cr. mis al-o Interviewed.
'Yos I know all abontltand it is the di
rect result ofa long and persistent effort to
''in association team in Here?"
Will the team paj?"
"That depends largely on the kind of nine
they put in here."
WAS IT CBOOSEDr
Ilcports That the Allertun and "Nelson IXaco
Was a Little Shaky.
Wateevill-s; Me., Oct, 11. Tho result of
the Xelson-Alerton race, of course, caused
Cleat disappointment in this city. Nelson's
home and birthplace. Tlioro was all along
among promlnont horsemen a feeling that
Nelson would have a hard row to hoe to win
the race.
There are many different' opinions ex
pressed to explain Allcrton's easy victory,
and the large majority of the Maine stal
lion's admirers are of the Arm belief that
the race was "crooked." Soveral of the
most prominent citizens have similar views
in resard to tho matter. Thev believe that
Allerton will shortly bo -sold for a largo sum
and afterward another race will benrrangea,
which Nelson will win, and in faster timo.
It is stated positively that Mr. Nelson in
formed friends in this city beforo the race
that McHenry would drive his horse in the
race, and these ncople were astonished
when they heard that Nelson himself was
to hold the ribbons. This change is thought
tole a verv suspicious circumstance. Tho
fact that Nelson wns beaten in 2:15 and 2:16
is looked upon as very strange after the
very fast miles the horse has been doing
this season.
THE M'ATJLIFFE-GIBBONS STAKES.
What the Champion Has to Say About
the Money Held by Fox.
Jack McAullfre, champion light-weight
pugilist of America, arrived In the city from
Itarrisburg yesterday moniingand Is a guest
at tbe Seventh Avenue Hotel. He leaves
this evening with the Hyde Specialty Com
pany, with whom be is now cnaaged, for a
week of one night stands, hut will re
turn -with tnat company for a -week
nt Harry Williams', commencing next
Monday evening. JIcAnliffi is in ex
cellent health and spirits, but he is not
carrving a chip on his shoulder. Ilohns
noverlosta fight, and has fairly won about
nil the honors that are to be gained in the
prize ring.
"It is a hard way to earn money," he said
last cvcninir. "and I would not deprive my
self or food and go through a course of
training again unless I was very hard up."
Jack savs that he has not vet received the
stake of ?3,000hcld bv Richard K. Fox on the
fight with Austin Gibbons at Hoboken.N. J.,
in which the referee, Jerry Dunn, declared
him t lie winner.
"Why don't the stakeholder turn tho
mone v over to you?" w as asked.
"I do not know Gibbons' reason for stop
ping the payment," was the reply. "There
is no appeal from the decision of the ref
eree, and when he declared one the winner
the purse of fl 000 offered by tho club was
paid over. I could have finishedhim in short
order bv punching him in the jaw, but I
heard him say while bleeding in his corner
that the fight was becoming too brutnl. I
did not hit him in the face after that, but
confined my blows to his bodv."
"Will you fight him ngain?"
"Yes, "if ho will allow tho money I
won in tho last fight to be paid
over. Tlicy want me to take down the
$L5D0 I p"nt up and wait until Rich
ard K. Fox returns home from Kurope for a
settlemen'. of the other $1,300. but I want it
nil or none. I am hard up, but I will not
accept anvthing short of all tho money
staked on 'the fight. And I will not fight
Gibbons again unless tills is satisfactorily
settled. It is an honor debt, and a man who
i ill squeal once will do it again." In further
conversation Mr. McAuliffo said that
Mr Fox would undoubtedly pay the
money over, even if lie had to
Eay it out of his own pocket, ns
v making himself a party to a transaction
of this kind he would lose more in reputa
tion tnan it wouldcome to. He says that he
has no lights in prospect and that he is not
looking for anv. Concerning tho report
published in Philadelphia to the effect that
Gibbons had offered to get in a carriage and
go out and fight without witnesses, Jack
said that ho had not denied it becai.se lie
did not consider it wortli a denial.
McAuliffo is one of the most m"dest of
prize lighters, and in anpea ranee would pass
for a theological student. He is fairly woll
educated and fights for money and not from
taste or natural inclination.
A SABBATH MOENIIJB FIGHT.
Pat Ktllen Beat I!ob Ferguson for tho
Championship of the Northwes
Cmc-ioo, Oct. 1L Eight cars filled with
Sabbath breakers made a journey on the
Wisconsin Central road to a convenientspot
and there indulged in a prize fight this
morning. The contest was managed by
Louis nousoman, and the principals to tho
affair were Pa Killen, of St. Paul, and Bob
Ferguson of Chicago, the former weighing
19.5 and the latter 19S pounds. Both men were
m the pink of condition and fought for their
live, while it lasted. The stakes were
driven on ths turf and the ropes stretched
at the break of day. Marquis ot Queensberry
rules governed and the gloves used were
frail affair-. Time wns called about 8 o'clock
and the men proceeded to do battle.
Klllcn. after sparring about two minutes,
landed heavily on Ferguson's short libs: the
latter icturned fun compliirent with a
terrific punch on Killen's nose, and thus the
lighting continu'd until the end of tho sixth
round, when Killen with several upper cuts
and straight light banders finished his man.
The feature of the fight was the continuous
fouling by Killen. who seemed determined
to do his man by fair means or foul, his tac
tics being butting, choking and elbow woik.
Ferguson seeing what his opponent was up
to, commenced to deliver severe body blows
whenever the men clinched, but as both
men persisted in this unfair workthe referee
permitted the fight to go on. It may be
cheracterized as a slugging match, with
Killen being the most scientific and Fergu
son the hardest hitter. Killen wins the
heavy weight championship of the North
west, a purse of $1,000 and 75 per cent of the
gate receipts.
Jerome Park Entries.
NEWYor.n, Oct. 11. Following are the Jerome
Park entries for to-morrow:
Flrs-tracc. 1,400 yards KcnwooJ, Major Dome,
Ktnstock. IS: Lillian. Lord Harry. Ilcllwood. 117;
llcll- of Orange. 114: sir George II, 112; Oraeuse,
101: Knapnck. 94: O. 1 It.. SI.
M'cond race. rie furlon,? Temple, Lavish,
feprnigawav, bneii'lanet, IIS: Kindura. Uecfeater.
Wignam. 113: Belle I). CottonaJe. 110; Gold Dig
ger. SiHer Fox. Monopolist. Caliph, Veruou,
Abundance colt, axopia, 106.
Tlnru race, mile and furlong Judge Morrow,
lis: x-norlu. ltedfellow, no; Reckon. 107: Master
lode. SH: Can Can, 03: Beansey. SO; Gettysburg, 63;
Klrkoer, JS5.
Fourth race. five furlongs Ignite. 115:Trlngle,
112; t'roci-et. 112: Trill lillv. 112; Laughing Water,
110: Here. I0S; Countess. 10S: Panway. 103: Fleur
cttc, 103; ISonu'c liurkc, 103; Brvstal, 103; Marmot,
103.
Fifth race, pixfurlongs Russell, 119; Lord Harrr.
119: Dr Hasbroucfc, 113: Koa II, 110: Sir George,
lft: Orageuse: 102: Woodcutter. 100: llallvlioo. 100:
Hcillr. 100; Bellcvue, 'J8; Quteustou, 95; King
Mac-S7.
Mxth race, mile and ft furlong Castaway II, 112;
Watlerson. 112: Now-or-Never, 110: Long Dance.
107: Carroll. 107: Frontenac. 103; Hoodlum. 10";
Cvnosuie. 104: John Caanagh, 93: llichal, 97;
Lnu, 97; Gettysburg. 97; Virgic, 92.
Phelps Appoints Champions.
Louisvillu, Ky., Oct. 1L PresidentPhelps,
in a letter to the Boston' Association clnb,
declares that team to be champions of the
world. As a reason for taking this step he
aravo the refusal of the League to allow the
Boston League club to play Their argunien t
Irora a national agrecmen standpoint, ho
said, was no argument a tall, since one party
cannot make an agreement.
Murray Is Willing.
Joseph Murray is quite willing to fight
McGovern. whose challenge appeared In this
paper. A forfeit of $30 has been put up for
Murray to contest against McGovern ac
cording to London prize ring rules for not
less than $100 a side. Murray will moetMc
Govern this evening at 8 o'clock to make a
match.
General Sporting Tfotes.
Danxt lttciiAimsoxis convalescing.
Tuk Boston League team will not take a trip to
the Western coast this fall
Local patrons of football think there will be lots
of fon when the Pittsburg and McDonald teams
meet.
TiIEREhas been a remarkable absence of exhibi
tion gamt among tbe teams of the major leagues
this lall.
The rumcr that Ed Iinulon has agreed to plav
ou tl.e proposed Association team for Chicago fa
not true.
THE directors of the local ball club will meet to
morrow n enlng and they will probably discuss the
ad ance inoncj question.
Al-L the Chicago players arc under fire ycareon
tracts, and therelorc if they join the association
thev will stand in the light of contract Jumpers.
ISostim Jlemld.
Amoko the beautiful tales published nowadays is
one thai the Boston Association club has oflered
f3.000 ti Pitcher ItiiEle for uext season, liusle evi
dently wants a raise In '92.
Tiik 100-vard foot race between MeConnell and
"Wilson, at McKces Rocks Saturdav evening, was
won bv the former bv two yards. There was con
siderable betting on the result.
Hnoms has signed with the Boston League team
for next wason, and .Tim Conncllr Is hiDpy. Low e
l.as also signed, and this makes the entire cham
pionship team of this season re-engaged for next.
BEUMUDA was In the sale list, as well as Leoua
welk It seems, and report credits Pierre Lorlll.ird
with ottering S1S.COD for the former. But Brrnn
McClelland held out for more money and the "sale
was not made.
Jack Fallon-, the Brooklyn "strong boy, " is
willing to light Peter Maher. the champion of
Ireland, who lias come to America for the purpose
of m-etiug some mall In his class. Fallon will
make the match for a fair purse and an outside
stake, with any size gloves, under any rules.
A rrxruAB habit of the trotter Jo-Erc-Sce,
2:10, Is his manner of catli g Ills hay and oats.
When fed, a pall of water Is placed near his box of
oats. He takes a mouthful of oats, sticks his nose
In the water, lakesaiiothcnnouthlnlof oats, again
dips hlsi'ose In the water, and so on continually
until his grain 1 eaten up clean. He then proceeds,
the same way with hl3 hay until he hna consumed a
.liberal supply. In this way he avoids the dust la
the, grain. V
Tiik"best work by anv one league pitcher in a
series this year was by John Ewlng, who won all
the eight games pitched against Cleveland. Clark
son on seven against Pittsburg. Nichols six
against New York. Rusie pitched in nine games
?.ilnstTtronklrn and won elrhtL And beat Chicago
nine out of "13. New York tried 11 different
pitchers, during the season. Five newcomers
Dunning, Clarkson. Barr, Sullivan and Taylor
won one giuie out of nine.
If rumor Is right, Brouthers and Joyce will play
In Brooklyn next eeaon. Tho same authority
gives Tom Burns to Milwaukee. Beckley Is to
Slav elsewhere than In Pittsburg. Latham and
IcPhec are two men booked Tor Von der Ahe's ag
gregation, and It is said the latter ha an eye on
Dan Hlrhsrdson. Cincinnati, New York and
FIttshurgwillbc thoroughly reorganized. Phila
delphia wants a Bronfhcrs. a Connor or a Beckley
to play first. IJuinorsare sometimes very interest
ing. FoBannmlierof vears the mile that Moose trot-ted-at
Montreal was tbe fastest ever placed on
record In Canada. Last fall fcplan had Charley
Fricl over to Windsor and let him step a mile better
than 2:20. From that time until recently that
record stood to the credit of the Allie West gelding.
Another rival has appeared i n the field at Montreal,
It being no other other than Del Barker's old favor
ite. Diamond. In an attempt to beat his record or
2:17 made In arace witn Jean Valjean at Rochester,
he. trotted a mile without a skip In 2:17si . It will
be some time before this mark is beaten over a
Cnnnll!ln fra.t oe lll.mnnrf le Inst flrlnr TIOV. It
Is also reported that after going his mile he jogged
around the track and stepped the last quarter or
another mile In 32V seconds.
TnEBK has been pressure brought to bear on the
leading officers' or the National Trotting Associa
tion to have Temple Bar and Ills owner. Dr. M. S.
Sale, of Morganfield. Kv., temporarily reinstated.
It wllLbc remembered that thev wero both ruled off
at Cleveland during the Grand Circuit meeting.
The owner of the horse has all along asserted his
innocence, claiming that he was the victim of out
siders. Ho poured this story Into the ears of the
owners of Egbert, the sire of Temp'e Bar. and
these gentlemen, bclug inclined to believe tbe as
sertion, tried tc- get the horse reinstated for the
present at least. It Is reliably said, how
ever, that no temporary reinstatement will be
granted In tbe case, the officers of the National As
sociation being w tiling to indorsp the Cleveland
Judges for the present, and If the doctor gets a
hearing it wllj not be before next December.
A MYSTERIOUS CASE.
A CHICAGO "WOMAN BEGINS AND ENDS
A SHOUT A15SENCE BY FAINTING.
She Bad Been Speculating on tho Board
of Trade and "Was Deeply In Debt Her
Husband Knew Nothing of Her Where
aboutsShe "Wouldn't Explain.
Chicago, Oct. 11. The disappearance of
Mrs. Bernhardt, wile of the well-known,
oculist, -was made known this morning,
and it created quite a sensation. Sirs.
Bernhardt is a handsome woman, who,
before she married her present hus
band, was the widow of Dr. Iiawson. She
has rbecn speculating on the Board of
Trade, it is claimed, and when she dis
appeared it was feared her heavy losses had
something to do with her going away. A
number of 'her checks had been cashed by
merchants who knew her, and it was inti
mated she had no money in the bank to
redeem them.
After having been absent for more than
two days Mfs. Bernhardt appeared in Law
ver Samuel "V. Jackson's office this morn
ing in a state of intense excitement. Alter
explaining where she had been for the last
few days she produced the checks shj had
redeemed, and then with a cry of pam fell
upon the iloor in a dead faint.
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Bernhardt
was in Lawyer Jackson'-s office, and after
transacting some little business she declared
herself ill, and before a physician could be
summoned had fainted away, and from that
time until this morning all trace of her had
been lost. The following day i number of
bills representing large purchases came
pouring in, but Sirs. Bernhardt could not
be found (o explain them.
The story she told to-day was to the ef
fect thatsfie had been spending the last few
days with Mrs. Rogers, an intimate friend
often, and was unable to let anyone know
where she was on account of her illness.
"What did you do with the money you
obtained upon the checks?" queried" Law
yer Jackson.
"I had all of the money with me when I
was here, and intended to place it to my
accountin the bank, but when I was unable
to stand any longer I forgot all about it."
"What have you done, with the money?"
"I redeemed all of my outstanding checks
this'rflorning, which was the first time I was
able to be down town."
'Why did you come downtown before
you informed vour husband that you were
still alive?"
"I had no idea he was ignorant of my
whereabouts or I should have let him know
all about it at once."
"Mrs. Bernhardt, it is rumored that von
have obtained considerable money that does
not belong to you?"
The oculist's wife jumped to her feet and
began an indignant denial of the story,
when suddenly she gasped for air and fell
forward on her face in a faint. The usual
restoratives failed to have any effect and a
physician was sent for. It was some time
before Mrs. Bernhardt recovered, and when
she did she flatly refused to say anything
more about her case.
DESEETEES CAN'T BE AEBESXED.
Sailors From a British Ship Set Free at a
Southern Port.
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 11. A novel
case arose in Justice Williman's Court yes
terday, involving a'n interesting Constitu
tional question. The decision adjudicated
the point that the captain of a British steam
ship, there being no treaty or convention
between the United States and Great Brit
ain on this subject, cannot have an articled
seaman arrested while in the confines of
the United States for desertion from the
vessel and secreting himself, the State
statute allowing such arrests being in vio
lation of the Constitution of the United
States, which gives Congress exclusive
right to regulate commerce between foreign
nations and the United States.
The facts stated in the arrest warrant were
that Herman Georges and four others de
serted the steamship Gwalia and secreted
themselves at Mr. Heinrichs' well-known
sailors' boarding house ot East Bay. Only
one of the absconding seamen could be
found and was arrested. Messrs. Korthrop
& Mcmminger appeared for the defence.
.TiiiliwJ AVIllimftn nftfV liAnrlnr, nrmimant
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following a decision of Justice Story, held
that the State statute under which Georges
was arrested was unconstitutional and dis
charged the seamau.
Many A'isltors in tho City Saturday.
The waning days of the Exposition, and
not a little, too, the continued low temper
ature, brought more visitors and shoppers
into town Saturday than are usually seen,
even on that day. Storekeepers did a big
business all daj and the ticket sellers and
officials at the depots had their hands full
at nightfall in embarking the crowds.
Evidences were not wanting of the saloons
having provided their share of the enter
tainment, and many an intoxicated indi
lidual was allowed to elbow his way along
the sidewalks, to the disconilort of pas
sersby. Missionary Society nt New Castle.
The annual convention of the Western
Pennsylvania Missionary Society will be
held at New Castle to-morrow and Wednes
day. The programme consists of reports of
officers, the reading of papers by Mrs. J. B.
Kuhns, W. C. Lyne, I. A. Tlm-er, and re
ports from each of the following districts:
East End, Beaver Falls, Mansfield, Grcens
burg, Uniontown, McKccsport and Pitts
burg. There will be a report ou a paper on
the subject, "Our Work and How to Do It."
Killed by a Friend.
Champaign, lLL.,Oct. 11. At 11 o'clock
last night Eoyal Voorhccs was instantly
killed and Kobcrt Creque probably fatally
wounded by shots fired by Daniel Reflner,
the result of a trivial quarrel, the men hav
ing been drinking. Renner fled to Tuscola,
his home, where he wits arrested to-dav by
Marshal Clancy, of this city. Renner was a
plasterer, and came irom Lap rie, Ind.
Creque is a carpenter, and has a wife and
three children at Crawfordsvillc, Ind. '
There is nothing so nutritious or healthy'
for a beverage as the celebrated PilseWr,
Beer, made, by the Iron City Brewing Co
Phone'1186.
"DISPATCH,
WEST POINT FAULTY.
The Board of Visitors Find Many
Things 'There to Criticise.
POOR INSTRUCTION FOR CADETS.
Obsolete Armament in Use for Learning the
Art of Warfare."
A PATNFUL DEFICIENCY IN ENGLISH
Washington, Oct. 11. The Secretary
of War has received the report of the Board
of Visitors to the Mili;ary Academy at
West Point, through Major John M. Car
son, of this city, a member of the board,
and its Secretary, by whom the document
was prepared. This report is a very elab
orate and comprehensive paper, covering
upward of 100 printed pages and treating
the subjects discussed in a novel and strik
ing manner.
The first question considered by the
board was whether or not the strength of
the corps of cadets as now established
should be increased. The board agreed to
recommend the passage of an act fixing the
strength of the corps of cadets at a maximum
of 409. The board recommends that in ad
dition to the present allotment of one cadet
to each Eepresentatave and delegate in Con
gress, two cadets be allowed to each State
at large, to be nominated by the Senators
respectively, and that the President be
authorized to nominate from the country at
large, 20. The board calls attention to the
inefficiency of the present preliminary ex
aminations, as shown by the failure to
graduate more than SO per cent of the cadets
admitted.
TWO SYSTEMS COMPAIiED.
As showing the merit of the competitive
system of selecting candidates for appoint
ment, the board presents tables to show that
under the competitive system 56 per cent
graduated and -14 per cent failed to gradu
ate, while of those appointed direct only 43
per cent graduated and 58 per cent failed.
The board strongly condemns the practice
of filling the professorships at the academy
entirely with army officers. The deficiency
in English is painfully apparent at the
Academy, and it is urgently recommended
that more attention be given to the sub
ject. In this connection, the board also
says very pointedly:
"None of the instructors in the depart
ment of modern languages have a speaking
knowledge of either French or Spanish, the
two modern languages taught at the
academy. The ability to speak these lan
guages docs not seem to be regarded as es
sential in instructors at West Point."
NO KNOWLEDGE OF HOUSES.
The board says: "While the corps of ca
dets is thoroughly instructed in all field
movements, certain details are omitted
from the school ot instruction, to which we
respectfully direct the attention" of the
proper authorities. In ths school of the
soldier, mounted, the cadet receives no in
struction in the care of horses. He never
sees a horse groomed, and knows nothing
about saddling and bridling, unless he ob
tained such information before entering the
academy. It seems to the board that in
struction on these points is essential."
Again tbe board directs attention to the
utter lack of proper arms and equipment
for field exercises, and particularly to the
need for modern ordnance. Having in view
the failures of former appeals, the board
says: "Until the Government can supply
the academy with modern guns to take the
place of antiquities now in position in the
sea coast and siege batteries, we recommend
that these two worse than useless batteries,
be dismantled, and that wooden guns,
fashioned after the latest approved models
and furnished with modern carriages and
cranes, be mounted in their stead."
IT "WOULD AVEKT RIDICULE.
Such a course would not only avert the
ridicule to which the United States is now
justly subjected by maintaining obsolete
armament in these two batteries for the in
struction of future officers of its army, but
it would furnish evidence that our military
men are cognizant of the fact that progress
has been made in the fabrication of great
guns, and they fully appreciate the impor
tance and value of the improvements. In
addition to this, wooden models of modern
fashion would at least give the cadets an
idea of the kind of guns likely to be used
in warfare, and of the methods employed in
serving them.
The members of the board are Senators
Manderson andPugh; Representatives Bur
rows, of Michigan; Scranton, of Pennsyl
vania, and Lauham, of Texas; in addition
to the following named gentlemen ap
pointed by the President; The Rev. Frank
A O'Brien, Kalamazoo, Mich.: Colonel J.
T. Murfee, Marion, Ala.; Hon. James A.
Waymiere, San Francisco; Major John M.
Carson, Washington, T. C; Mr. David W.
Payne, Elmira, X. Y.; General T. S. Peek,
Burlington, Vt., and Hon. Robert O. Fuller,
Cambridge, Mass.
THEY SOLD NO SECRET.
PEENCH OFFICERS GATE AWAY SOME
THING THEY DIDN'T OWN.
The French Explosive Melinite Nothlnc
but Emmenslte Under Another Same
Dr. Emmens Gave Specimens of It to
Franco A Great Stir Ovo Nothing.
Washington, Oct. 11. Special.' Some
months ago a great stir was raised in the
French War Office and in the House 'of
Deputies by the announcement that the
secret of melinite, the high explosive used
in the French army and navy, had been sold
to Sir William G. Armstrong & Co., the
English makers of ordnance material. In
vestigation and trials followed and Mr.
( Turpin, the inventor of melinite; Captain
xrepuui uiiu umci m ui viiitc umwaia were
sentenced to pay heavy fines and be impris
oned from three to five years.
American ordnance officers are inclined to
think that the French unduly magnified
the gravity of their offense, inasmuch as it is
now known by jiersons in this country that
melinite is practicallv the same as emmens
ito, the high explosive manufactured by
Dr. Stephen H. Emmens, near Pittsburg,
and as the latter can be bought bv Sir
William G. Armstrong, or any one else, it
does not appear that M. Turpin and Captain
Treponi had much ofa secret to sen.
It has long been known that uicrie acid is
the basis of melinite. Emmcnsite is based
on a new acid, discovered by Dr. Emmens
and known as Emmens' acid. This is
found by treating picrie acid with nitric
acid. In the latter part of 1887 Cap
tain Davin, of the French navy, came to
the United States to inquire into the sub
ject of explosives. Among other special
ists, he visited Dr. Einmens, who showed
him emmensite and gave him a sample of
Emmens acid. Captain Davin made a re
port to his Government and a new series of
experiments with melinite followed, after
which it was given out that a change had
been made in the picrie acid used.
It had in fact been converted into
Emmens' acid and melinite became prac
tically emmcnsite. These two compounds
are tlie only high explosives that have tints
far been fired irom a high-power gun with
out premature explosion or other danger
ous result. The only difficulty thus fat
encountered is in the 'fact that neither
melinite nor emmensite can be exploded by
being lighted, but requires a detonating
fuse.
BLAINE MAT HOT BETUBN.
If He Does Not, John W. Foster Will Eo
-a - Mads Secretory or State
tWASHIXOTOK,Oct.ll. Special. Aclose
Jriendofthe administration says that the
'Prcsiifent believes it probable that the Sec-
PITTSBTIRG
"retary of State will not come back to take
r??rw?5r9KfiraKa?5'
MONDAY' OCTOBER
up his office, and if he does not has selected
a man to take the place. Hon. John W.
Foster is next for promotion to the State
Department. There is good reason given
for this action. Mr. Miller, it now seems
certain, will go out of the Cabinet and take
a judgeship when the new appointments are
made. Then Indiana will be without a
Cabinet officer.
The reasons which indicate Mr. Foster's
appointment are equally cogent. If a new
man went into the State Department it
would take him six months to "get the run"
of things, whereas Mr. Foster, having really
done about all that has been accomplished
since Mr. Blaine left, could take up the
work where it now is and carry it to a speedy
and successful conclusion. It is known
that to Mr. Foster we owe the Spanish
treaty, taking the enormous duty of ?7 per
barrel off American flour and making it
nominal. Mr. Foster has been preparing
the articles of a similar treaty with Mexico.
SCHTJEZ OK THE SXSEETS.
Pen Picture of the Man Who Onco Was So
Prominent in Politics.
Baltimore American. 1
The retirement of Carl Schurz from the
Presidency of the Hamburg-American
Packet Company has occasioned agreat deal
of speculation as to the cause. It also
directs public attention to a picturesque
citizen of the metropolis, who for some
years has been conspicuous by his absence
from politics and affairs. Every now and
then Mr. Schurz bobs up suddenly, and us
ually when least expected. He is to be
seen almost any morning on Broadway, and
a bet might safely be made that a more pic
turesque figure could not be found in a day's
walk. Mr. Schurz dresses usually in black
broadcloth, and wears the oddest-looking
high hat to be found this side of Senator
Evarts' home in Washington. He seems to
wear spectacles for the purpose of looking
under them.
Mr. Schurz's walk is one of the funniest
thingson Broadway. It is peculiarly mug
wumpish, and, it is reported, has been ac
cepted by the coterie of New York Mug
wumps as the proper style of locomotion
for men who are too good" for political par
ties. Music is his fad. Mr. Schurz attends
all the operatic first nights, and just adores
the Wagner method of getting harmony
out of discord. He was thought to be verj
wealthy, deriving a large income from his
interests in the company of which he was
President; but his retirement, which was
owing, jt is said, to his inability to remain
longer in power, rather looks as if there
were others in the company with more
power than Mr. Schurz.
TEANSPLAHTING A CANCEB.
A Peculiar Operation That Got Eminent
Berlin Surgeons in Trouble.
Mclical Record.
The case was that of a woman who had
visited the hospital a second time, owing to
a relapse after having her left breast excised
on account of a cancer. The disease mani
fested itself in such a way that not one of
the customary operations was possible.
Under the assumption that a partial cover
ing of the cancerous parts with healthy skin
would mitigate the pain, Prof, llahn pro
posed a transplantation and explained the
matter to her, to which, after explanations,
she willingly consented. The operation
was thereupon perfoimed. Three healthy
pieces of skin were transplanted to parts
from which the cancerous skin had been re
moved, and then the pieces of cancerous
skin were placed upon the parts whence the
healthv flesh had been taken. The healthy
skin thrived on the new ground, but the
knots of the diseased skin grew larger after
2 months.
On the death of the patient the knots had
reached the size of cherry stones. Death
followed in the natural course, and the
transplantation did not hasten it, as the
patient felt better after the operation and
did not again complain of pain. On the
basis of this experience Prof. . Hahn ex
pressed the view before the Berlin Surgical
Congress in 1S8! that, firstly, cancerous
wounds could be healed by the grafting of
healthy skin upon them, and secondly, that
cancer is transmissible by the employment
of suitable material on a suitable ground.
The accused Berlin surgeons were, after a
full and careful investigation of the circum
stances of the case, acquitted of all unpro
fessional conduct in the carrying out of
their experiments.
EGGS WITH MONEY IN THEM.
The Ilemarkahlo Ifen of New Hampshlro
That Itivals the Fabled Goose.
Harper's Young People.
We have all been delighted more or less
with the beautiful story of the goose that
laid the golden eggs, but I fancy very few
of us have really believed that such a goose
ever lived. But with a hen, which is really
a bird of considerable quiet wisdom, matters
are different, and we are therefore not sur
prised at the story which has lately come to
us from Portland, N. H. This story is a
true one, and is about a wonderful hen that
-laid an egg one morning in which was found
a 1-cent piece. The following week she
laid an egg containing a 10-cent piece, and
then the story stops.
The future career of this particular
chicken will be watched with considerable
interest, for if she continues as she has
started, multiplying the value of her eggs
every week bv ten, it will not be long be
fore "she will fay the foundation ofa princely
fortune. I have tried to find out upoh
what food this Caesar among hens dofh feed,
that she hath grown so great, but the owner
of the fowl is very reticent, and refuses to
give me any information other than that I
Save given you. I suspect, however, that
the creature has indulged in an occasional
bit of mint, which grows wild in many
quarters of New Hampshire. Whatever
the food is, and however much it may cost,
the hen certainly deserves all she wants
of it.
Could Cut if Necessary.
NewYork "Weekly.
He I really believe Miss Highup tried
to cut us.
She (rival belle) If she had tried she
would have succeeded. Did you ever see
such a hatchet face?
Idealized His Legacy
"Washington star.
"What became of the legacy that was
left to Scrivvens ? Couldn't he realize on
his money?"
"No; he idealized on it. He spent it
publishing poetry."
A Statue of Hans Christian Anderson.
CniCAGO, Oct. 11. At a mass meeting of
the Danish citizens of Chicago to-day ar
rangements were made and a fund started
for the erection of a statue of Hans Chris
tian Anderson in Lincoln Park.
Count Walderseo Looking for War.
Berlin', Oct. 11. It is reported that Gen
eral Count Waldersee, at a recent banquet
of tlie-officers of th'e Ninth army corps,
said: "Possibly we shall meet in th'e spring
for serious business." . ,'
Cashed a lArgo Fraudulent Check.
PABtOct li. A man named Des
JIaries has been arrested in tnis city for
cashing a fraudulent check for 510,000, on
the new Oriental Company.
Canovas Del Castillo Convalescent.
Madrid, Oct. 11. Canovas Del Castillo
is so far improved in health as to be able to
leave his bed.
Shucks!
Lo.vell Coiirier.
Corn is well provided with cars, but its
talk doesn't amount too much; its too
husky.
SAM JONES WORSTED.
The
Sensational Exhorter Called
Down by a Georgia Judge
FOR HIS PECULIAR PREACHING.
The Juujje Warmly Replies to Jones' Attacks
on His Character.
THE EVANGELIST MAY BE INDICTED
rSPECIAI. TELEOUA3I TO TITE DISFATCn.
Pome, Ga., Oct. 11. The Uev. Sam
Jones and the Itcv. Sam Small met the
grand jury of this county and the verdict of
the public seems to be that they were
worsted. A month ago those Evangelists
conducted a series of meetings here. Sam
Jones surpassed the record in his denuncia
tion of the morals of the people. He boldly
declared that gambling was universal; that
perjury was the rule; that officers were crim
inally negligent of duty; that debauchery
reigned supreme in all circles.
The result was the formation of a law and
order club by the admirers of the two Evan
gelists, whose purpose was to wipe out the
sinful character of the city. Two weeks
later court convened. In his charge to the
grand jury, Judge Maddox created a decided
sensation by saying:
JUDGE MADDOX'S CHARGE.
"It has been charged by two ministers of
the Gospel that certain specific crimes were
openly committed here, and, as a conse
quence, a law and order club has been or
ganized. So loug as this court exists there
is no need of such a club. You gentlemen
of the grand jury are the only law and order
club necessary. It is your duty to investi
gate these charges. You can have those
men who make the charges brought before
you and they will be compelled to prove
what they charge, or to stand convicted of
slandering the people."
This was taking the reverend gentlemen
up on short turn. The grand jury also
summoned Jones and Small to appear and
substantiate their remarkable statements.
Small is in Massachusetts campaigning for
the Prohibition candidate for Governor, but
Jones responded. On Thursday he spent an
hour with the grand jury. The Court
House was surrounded by a thousand peo
ple, awaiting the exit of the jireacher. who
invited the reporters to meet him at a stated
hour, when he would tell w hat transpired.
JONES ABUSES THE JUDGE.
He launched into an abusive criticism of
Judge Maddox, intimating that his threat
ened punishment upon officers did not come
up to the mark; that he had let off certain
young men lightly for obvious reasous.
Judge Maddox heard of the remark, and
said the intimation tint he had protected
the men referred to, or would have put a
different fine on other persons under the
same circumstances, was absolutely and
willfully false, and the man who uttered or
insinuated such things knew he lied when
he did it. Judge Maddox further declared
that judges in Georgia do not take an oath
to support Sam Jones and Sam Soiall, but
to support the Constitution and the laws of
the State.
The culmination came this even'ng on the
adjournment of court. The gratd jury
wished to express their admiration for
Judge Maddox as a man and as a judye, up
right, honest and conscientious in all his
official acts. When they had finished read
ing Judge Maddox said:
DEFENDING HIS COURSE.
"It grieves me, gentlemen of the jury, to
feel called upon to notice a matter that had
transpired in the community recently in re
gard to me. I have occupied the bench for
five years, and frequently I have been
charged with having put perhaps excessive
fines," but never before have I been accused
that lines were too light. It has been re
ported in the newspapers that I have vio
lated the 6athdfmy office by "making the
fines too light upon certain young men of
Borne charged with gambling, and it has
been insinuated that I have done this be
cause they were men of means.
"Now in view of the remarks yon have
made I deem it proper to explain to yon the
circumstances under which these fines have
been put upon those young men." Here
Judge Maddox related the circumstances,
the young men putting up a small ante and
returning the money at the end of the
game.
inn JUDGE WARMS UP.
"I am publicly accused of having vio
lated my oath and I suppose my life record
and my" service on the bench don't amount
to a bauble. It has come to a pretty pass
in this community when no man's character
is worth anything to him in defense against
the utterances of certain parties. Another
grand jury holds a session next week and
those parties who freely charge that these
young men were criminals and cutthroats
will have another opportunity to make out
their cases. I assure you if they have
taken advantage of me and misrepresented
me it will be found out by that body."
The grand jury asked that they might re
tire, as there was a matter they had not
finished. In a few minutes they came back
with this additional:
We, the grand jury, having learned with
regret ihat severe criticism has heen made
ot His Honor, Judge John Maddox, in refer
ence to certain fines imposed on parties who
pleaded guilty to gaming contra' to law,
hereby indorse him fully in this matter, and
believe that his flno was Jnst and right, ac
cording to the light bcfoie htm and the facU
in the case as presented to him, and wo con
demn all criticisms on him in this matter,
and unanimously desire to havo this added
to our general presentment.
JONES' FRIENDS AROUSED. "
This indorsement and the thrust at Jones
awakens a great feeling. Jones' friends
say they hit him when away, and that it is
aschenie'of the anti-Prohibitionists to kill
Jones' influence.
The grand jury found only 69 f rue bills
a small number for the first jury and no
sensational bills were found. Since Jones
testified it is intimated that Judge Maddox
will charge the grand juryon Monday about
the sacredness of man's character; that the
Georgia laws are strong on that point.
Jones maybe recalled himself to answer.
A local paper, speaking of the controversy,
says:
Judge Maddox never quailed when the
bullets flew thick anil fast and he will not
now turn palo at tho bray of a donkey. How
stiangeltls that some men never leave a
town without marking out their exit with a
t rail of slime and slander.
A DEFINITION OF FEUIT.
Scientists Have Trouble in Drawing the Lino
to Suit All Opinions.
New York Advertiser.
There is a wide divergence of opinion as
to what constitutes fruit. It is a question
that will probably never be settled. In
botany, fruit is a mature ovary, containing
a seed, or'sceds. The definition is a' poor
one, because there are seedless fruits as
seedless oranges', gFa'pes,- bananas, etc. in
which'ftjinay be supposed that fertilization
fakes place, "and that unknown causes after
ward operate to prevent the development of
the seedand to direct the sap exclusively to
flic nourishment of the succulent parts,
which are thus increased aud improved for
eating.
There is a nice distinction drawn between
fruits and what are called vegetables. There
are some varieties that-will probably remain
on the border land forever. For instance,
the love apple, or tomato, is botanically
classed as a fruit.
A Murder nt Louisville.
Louisville, Oct. 11. In a drunken row
at 10 o'clock to-night a workhouse guard
named Dennis Fitzpatrick was shot and
killed, either by Letter Carrier John Mc
Grath or Dan McAuliflb. Both were ar
IRELAKD IN MOORNIKG.
Continued from firtt page
Member" became a byword. Fenianism
arose, and all was chaneed. Irish affairs
absorbed attention in Parliament, whiio
Irishmen died for Ireland on the scaffold, or
perished in prison or in exile.
Something was then done. The English
State Church in Ireland disappeared, and
the first step wns taken in the tai dv course
of legislation for the protection of the Irish
tenant. The power of Fenlanl'm was for
the moment broken, but not nntll it had re
vived the spirit of nationality. Parlia
mentary agitation followed tho momentary
subsidence of the Fenian movement, and
once more failure marked its course. Then
Charles Stewart P.irnell came, and all was
changed. Rallying tho forces or Irish na
tionality everywhere, and combining revo
lutlonarv action with constitutional aaita
tion. he flxed the attention of tho civilized
world on the wrongs and miseries of Ire
land. -English parties and Enzlish leaders
bowed before him. Tories vied with Lib
erals to gain his snpport.
In ten years lie did more for Ireland than
had been done In generations. Measure
after measure hearinor his mark took its
place on the ttatuto book. His wort was
crowned when the English Premier brought
in a bill to establish an Irish Parliament.
He Is gone. Ireland mourns at lib grave
to-day. "What is the dntv of those left be
hind? What is the duty of the men who
followed him? To the last to struggle for
Irish freedom. AVo urge our fellow conntry
men not to despair. If victory seems
distant, we ask them to take for their motto
the last words addressed bv 3Ir. Parnell to
tho executive, 'Hold on," "Fight on."
At tho Home of Parnell's Mother.
Bordentown, N. J., Oct. 11. On be
ing told of the death of her son, Mrs. Par
nell immediately cabled her daughter-in-law
the.following: "God loves and pro
tects you." In response she received a
reply signed by Mrs. Parnell, and a
widowed daughter, Mrs. Emilv Thompson,
which was: "May the love of the Irish peo
ple enable you to bear this terrible blow."
Dr. W. H. Shipps, the aitending physician,
states that Mrs. Parnell is still confined to
her bed, although bearing her loss bravely.
Irish Masses Fond ofPaseantry.
London, Oct. 11. The Times this morn
ing, referring to Mr. Parnell's funeral, at
tributes the magnitude and impressiveness
of the scene to the fact that the Irish masses
are passionataly fond of pageantry in every
shape, and especially when it becomes des
potical excitement with an appeal to senti
ment. A Wake Held in Paris.
Paris, Oct 11. The Irish extremists
resident in Paris had a wake to-day in mem
ory of Parnell. Resolutions of regret at the
loss Ireland has sustained in Parnell's death
were passed.
10 HONOB A GOVEBNOB.
Indiana's Chief Executive Invited to Take
Possession of Galveston.
Galveston, Tex., Oct. 11. Last night
the Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to
Governor Alvin P. Ilovcy, of Indiana, in
viting him to visit this city. The Chamber
of Commerce is in receipt of information
that Governor Hovcy, accompanied by State
officials and prominent citizens rf Indiana,
will leave Indianapolis about November 1,
on a trip to the City of Mexico, where they
will be the guests of United States Minister
Iiyan.
The Governor and party will go via El
Paso and return by the way of Laredo, San
Antonio and New Orleans. " The invitation
requests the Governor and party to spend a
day or two in this city on his return trip.
Should it be accepted the party will be ten
dered the freedom of the city and most hos
pitably entertained.
THE FIBE BEC0BD.
FmE in the C. M. Bailey's Son3' oil cloth
factory at Bnrloyville, Sic., yesterday caused
a loss of $100,003.
Last night four carloads of cotton and the
bridge over Spring creek, at Bryan. Tex.,
wero burned. Loss estimated at $;0,000.
At Lynchburg, Ga., a flro occurred there
at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. Heald's
bark mill and Singer's mill wero destroyed.
Loss, $1jO,0C0; insurance, 130,000.
Last night about 7 o'clock nn alarm from
box 215 was scut in and responded to by No.
8 engine. The chimney of a houso owned by
William Dcavson, at 303 Frankstown avenue,
was on the, but was easily extinguished
without any loss. Tho houso was occupied
by A. Koscman.
THE WEATHER.
For Western Pennsylva
nia and TYiit Virginia:
Iair,S!igJi(ly Cooler,2?orth
erly Winds.
FtrOhio: Fair, Slightly
Cooler in South, Stationary
Temperature in Kortht
Northerly Winds.
Comparative Temperature.
Pittsbchg, Oct.-11. The United States "Weather
Bnrean officer In this city furnishes the following:
OO $
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TEMPEItATCHE AJTD KAISPALI..
Maxlmnm tem MRan(re 19
3Ilnlmnm tcm 42jRalnfall
Mean tem Ml
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
LonlsTillo Items Tho Stage of "Water and
tho alovements of Boats.
risrECIAL TELEOBAMS TO THE DISPATCH.l
LocisviiXE, Oct. 11. "Weather cloudy and cool.
River falling, with 11 Inches on the falls, 4 feet 3
Inches In the c.nnal and 4 feet .1 Inches below. The
packets arrived on time to-day. Departures Car-
rollton, for Cincinnati.
Tho News From Below.
Memphis River falling. 1.5. Arrived Joe
Peters, from St. I.onls. Departed Joe Peters, for
Vlrlshnnr. CJciraml pleasant.
Cincinnati Klier 4 fret o Inches and station
ary." 1'alr anil Cxl.
Cubo Arrived Cherokee, Mnnpliis: City of
SheflleW. Ohio. Departed fltjr or Cairo. Pt.
Louis: Cherokee. St. I.onls: City or Sheffield, St.
Louis. River 2 1-10 feet, no change. Clear ami
WHEKilto Kivcr 3 feet 5 Inches; rising slowly.
Clear and cool.
What Upper Klvcr Ganges Show.
TyAHREX River tatlonary 0.8 of one foot oclow
low water mark. Fair and cool.
MoaoASTOWN' River 5 rect 1 Inch and sta
tionary. Cloudy. Thermometer COP at 4 P. M.
Bbowxsvillv River s feet 2 inches and fall
ing. . loudr. Thermometer 56 at 4 P. M.
Gossip Along tho "Wharf.
The marks show 5 feet, S Inches and stationary.
SEVEBAL pleasure yachts icre noticed on the
rivers yesitcrday. N
THE Mayflower made two trips to Davis Island
D.nn vcterday. The pitronaze wa not as good as
last Sunday, owin to the cool weather.
CArTAiNS C. "V. lIATCIIKLOn. S. S. Brown. "W.
U. O'Xeil. James A. Henderson and John A.
"Wood leave to-night for Kvansvllle. Intl., lo at
tend the comentlon on waterways to be held In
that city on Wednesday and Thursdar. Captains
O'Nellanrt llender.-on arc also delegates from the
.National Board of Steam Navigation.
Steamship Arrivals'.
Arrived.
Arizona
liourgogne...
Greece........
Umbria
Kosimore
Lord Onell...
Mantlbolan...
liretagac
"Where From.
...New Vork...
..New l'ork...
.. Liverpool...
.. Liverpool...
...Liverpool...
...Helf.ist......
...Glasgow
...New York...
Destination.
...Qncenatown.
..Hat re.
..New York.
..New York.
..Baltimore.
...Baltimore.
..New York.
...Havre.
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FIRE AT M'KEESPORf
Destroys a Yalnauie Boiling Mill
Plant at a Heavy loss.
IT OCCUREED AT AN EARLY HUUE.
The Loss Will Eeacli Nearly $150,000, With
out .Any Insurance.
AN IEON AXD BEICK BUILDING TO COME
rPPECTAI. TELEGRAM TO TITR DISPATCH.!
JicKeesport, Oct. 11. The most de
structive fire that has occurred in' this city
for many years was that which broke out
between 3 and 4 o'clock this morninjj, de
stroying property valned at over 150,000.
The extensive planing mills, factories,
sheds, etc., composing the plants of Messrs.
Neel & Wampler. the original 3IcIeesporfc
planing mills and lumber yards, cauzht firo
at that hour and made a blaze and conse
quent excitement only equaled by the burn
ing of the old car works. The plant was
built entirely of wood and the buildings
being mostly old and dry, burned like tin
der. At 3:30 o'clock a Tube Works watchman
discovered a blaze in the large bnilding,
and promptly gave the alarm. Fifteen
minutes after the entire plant was envel
oped in flames and the city, the Tnbo
Works, and the Wcod fire departments
played numerons streams on the conflagra
tion in vain. The heat finally became so
intense it was thought best to abandon tho
buildings to their fate, and every effort was
turned to preventing a spread of the flames
to a row of some 20 frame tenement houes
thereby, which were smoking and threaten
ing to blaze up every instant.
TIIE FIRE KEPT IN BOUNDS.
The handsome offices of the W. Dewees"
Wood plant, the larjre Walnut street build
ing of the Tube Works and the Jewish syna
gogue and Pemicfeey freight depots wero
also threatened, and only by hard work was
the spread of fire prevented, and had not the
city fire department been reinforced by the
hose of the different iron companies, all
these would have gone. Tremendous ex
citement followed the breaking out of tho
flames, and when the entire Xeel &
Wampler plant, with hundred piles of
lumber in the yard, were found to be almost
a total loss, with every indication of tho
fire spreading, consternation reigned ia tho
tenement houses and on the streets.
The roar of the flames sounded like a
Niagara, and foremen had the greatest diffi
culty in making their orders understood.
The'plant is located in the First ward, ad
joining the Tube Works, occupying an
entire square from Wainut to Water,
Market and Third avenue, and threatening
propertv as it did on every side, there was a
tremendous hurry and skurry among tho
residents of the "neighborhood to get out
their goods. Two hours after the fire was
discovered, it had nearly burned itself out,
though streams have been playing on tho
ruins all day.
THE CAUSE Or THE FIRE.
It was at first thought the fire was .ha
work of incendiaries, but later investigation
showed the fire had started from within tho
works, the supposition being it was a caso
of spontaneous combnstion in a pile of
shavings and oils.
The plant consisted of the following
buildings, besides large yards containing
100 piles of fine lumber, etc., all of which
was burned: An immense two-story planing
mill; a big factory, with the latest and most
costly machinery; large boiler and en
gine house; six large warehouses, all
stocked to the roofs; wagon build
ings; stable and bam. both fully
stocked with hav andgrain, and half a dozen
large sheds. The only articles of valuo
saved from the entire square were 12 splen
did draught horses, which were taken out
with great difficulty. Twelve delivery
wacons, with harncs", etc., we're, burned.
Several Pemickey cars,loaded withlumbe'r",,.
standing on the siding, were destroyed, tho
fire in fact making a complete sweep of tha
entire square. The direct loss to the firm
in actual propertv destroyed will reach
fully 100,000, while stoppage of the
works, loss on orders and contracts will
run their total loss to not less than 510,000,
on which there was not one cent of insur
ance. The firm dropped their insurance
years ago.
TO REBUILD Or IRON AND BRICK.
Mr. Wampler could not sav positively
whether his firm would rebuild, as his part .
ner, James Xeel, of Monongahela City, will
not be able to get here until to-morrow. Mr.
Wampler, however, said he thought they
would rebuild with brick and ironbuildings.
He said the business of the firm had doubled
within the past two jrears, and they could
not afford to lose their immense contracts
on account ofa fire.
The firm has operated the plant for 23
vears continuously, and pays a good many
hundred dollars per week to its employes!
It was the oldest plant in the city, and has
been on fire fully 20 times, but " heretofore
has alwavs been" saved. Orders have been
issued that the several fire departments
keep streams of water on the smoldering
ruins all night, for fear they may break out
anew. There is no doubt had the fire oc
curred in the day time, as did the others,
the plant would have been saved, as it liad
got beyond control before a drop of water
was turned on it. People here are hopeful,
and believe it will be rebuilt on a larger
scale than before.
METHODIST MIHISTEBSI1T WASHINGTON
They Occupy the Protestant Fnlplts anil
Deliver Eloquent Sermons.
Washington, Oct. 11. The majority of
the pulpits of the Protestant Churches wera
filled by Methodist ministers who are hero
attending the Ecumenical Conference.
In many of the churches the arrangements
of choral services were similar to those of
Easter and Christmas celebrations. Tha
audiences taxed the capacity of the various
edifices, standing room in the majority of " ,
them being unobtainable.
Bishop John P. Xewman, of Nebraska, '
preached at the Metropolitan M. E. Church,
of which he was formerly pastor, paying
eloquent tribute to Wesley, the founder of
Methodism. A number of ministers from
foreign lands also preached at the different
churches.
The New Mexican Tariff.
San Antonio, Oct. 11. The new Mexi-'
can tariff will go into effect on November 1, "
and the Custom House officials at Nuev
Xircdoand Picdras Xegras the two princl-
pal gate cities, are being deluged with busi-'
ness on account of merchants rushing goods
into Mexico from the United States so as to '
avoid the high duties. The receipts of tha
Nueva Laredo Custom House for the month -of
September amounted to 5190,000. The
officials expect the receipts to be more than -doubled
during October.
The Finances or Canada.
Ottawa, Oct. 11. The statement of tha -,
Finance Department, for the fiscal year
ended J me 30, shows that the revenue for'"
the year amounted to $38,513,097, and the"-'
expenditures 536,273,447, leaving a surplus
of J2,237,C30.
Sirs. W. n. Smith liaised to tho Tecrage. ,
London, Oct. 12. The Queen will raisa
to the peerage the widow of the Eight Hon. 'J
William Henry Smith.
A Good Suggestion.
If you have valuables keep them where
they "will be safe. The safe deposit vaults
of the Farmers' Deposit National Bank, C6
Fourth avenue, offer yon security, strong
vaults, perfect ventilation, good light, spa
cious coupon rogms, separate apartments
for women. Boxes rented at So and up
ward. SIWS"
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