THETORIES' LEADER
It Row Looks as if a Dark
. Horse Will Be Given the
Tacant Position.
SOT A DESIKABLE POST.
Prospects of a Liberal Victory Deter
Balfour and Goschen.
GLADSTONE'S EGYPTIAN POLICY.
The
Parnellites' Xew Leader Is
Jlahoney, a Figurehead.
Pierce
ENTHUSIASM FOR THE WOELD'S FAIR
ICOITRtGHTED 1551, EV J.EW TOllK ASSOCIATED
London, Oct 16. The Conservatives
have been prematurely jubilant over having
escaped the leadership of Mr. Goschen.
Members of the Carlton Club, after passing
a pleasant day of excitement over the sup
posed success of their presentations to Lord
Salisbury, received with a shock of disap
pointment telegrams from Balfour denying
that he had been offered the leadership.
Numerous congratulations telegraphed him
during the day on his acceptance of the post
elicited responses, some of which, shown to
intimate friends of his in the Carlton Club,
lcit a distinct impression of reluctancj to
take ihe lead.
Akcrs Douglass, Conjj.-vatoe whip, on
being appealed to to explain the position, es
pecially with a view to Mr. Goschen's an
nouncement at Cambridgi last night in con
nection with Mr. Balfou- and the leader
ship, tays Mr. Goi-chcn spoke without au
thoritv from Lord Salisbury. His expan
sion must simply be taken as a personal ac
knowledgement of Mr. Balfour's services.
MAY GO OUTSIDE THE CABIXFT.
Mr. Douglass denies that the Premier has
yet definitely oflered the vacant post to any
member of the Cabinet. Me wauld not say
whether it had been offered to any one out
side the Cabinet meaning the Marquis of
Hartington. The truth of the position, as
known to the inner official circle, is that
Mr. Balfour wants the Marquis of Harting
ton to become the leader with the reversion
of the post to himself He pleads excessive
w ork in connection with the Irish local gov
ernment bill, which he desires to pass dur
ing his tenure of office as Chief Secretary
tor Ireland.
Behind Mr. Balfour's ostensible reasons
for not taking the lead of the party in the
House of Commons at the present juncture,
lie doubtless is influenced by a feeling of
aversion to havfe his early period of leader
ship signalized by the coming decisive de
feat of the party. No one "having even
casual contact with the Government Minis
ter can escape the conviction that fore
bodings of a grand disaster at the next gen
eral election fill their minds. Already they
have accepted defeat as inevitable, and talk
of their personal arrangements consequent
upon it.
NEITHER IS GOSCHEN ANXIOUS.
Mr. 'Goschen knows and appreciates as
well as any one of the Unionists that the
Go eminent will soon collapse, and prob
ably like Mr. Balfour does not care to lead
theparty into the valley of humiliation.
Mr. Balfour would prefer the Marquis of
Hartington to take the place, both as the
more pliant instrument of Mr. Goschen,
ready at any time to resign his functions
and certain before long to go to the House
of Lords on the death of his aged father, the
Duke of Devonshire.
The indecision of the Marquis of Salis
bury, the extreme gravity of the internal
situation, the dissensions among the Con
servatives and the Liberal Unionists on the
eve of the elections, hopelessly damage the
position of the Government at the present
moment. The Marquis of Salisbury appears
to have been driven back upon the Marquis
of Hartington, from whom he has the
specific pledge to assume office if a condi
tion of afiairs arise imperiling the coali
tion. Late to-night the report prevailed in Gov
ernment offices that the Marquis f Hart
inrton had induced the Marquis of Salis
bury to make a definite offer to Mr.
Goschen before calling him to take the
burden of responsibility he had hitherto
shirked.
GLADSTONE'S EGYPTIAN POLICY.
The comments of the official organs of the
French and other .European- governments
on Mr. Gladstone announcing at Newcastle
Lis intention to move an order for the evac
uation of Egypt awoke the Liberal leaders
to the propective dancers arising from the
declaration. Communications bet ween Lord
Hosebery, Mr. Gladstone's last Foreign Sec
retary, and Earl Spencer, the coming Foreign
Secretary, with other leaders have resulted
in temi-official explanations through the
Liberal papers, putting a gloss onJIr. Glad
stone's words greatly at variance with the
fin-l general interpretation.
Mr. Gladstone did not mean that as soon
as he attained power he would discontinue
the occupation. He would simply look for
tome way for bringing to a close the pres
ent provisional regime .lamcsBrycc, M.P.,
as the next Liberal Under Foreicn Secre
tarv. was put up yesterday at Aberdeen to
declare that the Liberals would not scuttle
out of Egypt, anv more than the Tories.
England was under solemn and reiterated
engagements to only withdraw her troops
wticn this could be done with safetv to the
progress and prosperity of the country. Mr.
Bryce's pronuncinmento. made within view
o? the responsibilities of office, shows that
Mr. Gladstone has again been floundering
.nto the ioreign policy, whi"k his coljeagues
find it necessary to correct.
PAKNELLITES' XET EEADEH.
Pierce Mahoney, M. P. for North Meath.
speaking at a meeting of the followers of
Mr. Parnell at Dublin, was greeted as the
new leader. He railed at Dillon and
O'Brien. Though the party had lost the
genius and statesmanship of Parnell the
path he marked out was plain and they
would tread that path. Defeats would not
discourage them. If they had not a single
eat in the House of Commons he would
Mill have a party in the country and would
live in the heart's ot the independent men of
Ireland. Br them and their spirit, sooner
or later, Ireland would be redeemed.
Mahoney is a mere figurehead. He is a
poor spealier and has no known gifts as a
tactician. The section has but three men
of proved Parliamfntary ability Bcdmond.
Leery and John O'Connor. The first named
has become the actual leader.
The exasperation of the factions increases
daily. Healv is specially marked out for
detestation. His utterance recorded during
the Kilktnnv contest about Parnell, "I will
drive him into his grave or a lunatic asy
Ihiu," is recalled and made the most of.
IIETHODIST UNION NOT WANTED.
The feeling of the "Washington Ecumeni
cal Conference toward a union of churches,
has not the entire sympathy of Methodists
here. The proposed conferences for bring
ing about a union of the Methodist bodies
ol linglond and America will not be op-ro-ed,but
the opinions of a number of mem
bers of the London Wesleyan Council are
coubtful ou the early probability of organic
union.
Toward the approaches of the Noncon
formist Council fer olixer relations, the
Wesleyan Couiieil.in session this week.gave
n absolute refusal. Ti.e Nonconformist
Uourcil f ent to the lioilr a ptttT nrfinff
joint action on leading social questions, j
. ...AAKfcrfM
The Wesleyan Committee, however, de
clined the invitation.
James Dredge and Sir "Wood, of the
commission to represent Great Britain at
the "World's Fair, have prepared a report
eulogizing the prospects and arrangements
of the Fair and urging a wide and active
participation in the Exposition by the peo
ple of Great Britain. Sir Henry "Wood
gave a dinner yesterday evening at the
Naval Exhibition, at which were present
Herr "Wermuth, Imperial Commissioner for
Germany to the "World's Fair, Robert S.
McCormick, Resident Commissioner in
London for the Fair, and many other per
sons prominently interested in the exhibi
tion. Herr Vermuth to-day started for
Berlin, where he reports many favorable
returns are being received from those desir
ous of taking part in the fair.
PARNELL TO O'BRIEN.
THE rATTER'S XEW MANIFESTO ON
THE DEAD EX-LEASER.
He Replies to Bitter Charges Blade by the
Farneliltes, and Publishes a Letter From
Thcfr Hero Concerning Their Political
Relations With Each Other.
LONDON, Oct. 16. It has been intimated
for some days past that William O'Brien
was preparing a statement, or manifesto, in
reply to the recent Parncllite defiances
which have been scattered right and left by
that party. Mr. O'Brien's statement was
given to the public to-day. The following
are extracts:
Ihav waite-l since the funeral, hoping
that the late Mr. Parnell s leadimr support
ers, knowing my relations with Mr. Parnell
at Boulogne, would have the manliness to
dissociate themselves from the diabolical
charses circulated broadcast by their special
organ that Mr. Dillon and myself hounded
their leader to death. Now are the counsels
of peace madly and finally cast to the winds;
now have tiic foulest insinuations as to our
treatment of Mr. Parnell become part of the
machinery of the dissension mongers.
Mr. Parnell's own feelings as to mv treat
ment of him arc explained in thefollowlnz
letter, written to me on the day we broke off
negotiations:
"Febrcabt 11, 1890.
"Mr Dear O'Brien I desire to express to
-you how deeply I feel the kindness and gen
tleness oi spins snown to me uy yon
throughout the negotiations. 1 have felt all
along that I had no right to expect from
anybodv the constant anxiety to meet my
views the intense desire that all proposals
claiming your sanction should be as palata
ble as possible to me, which so distinguished
your conduct in the communications which
passed between us. I know that yon have
forgiven much roughness and asperity on
my part, and that you have made allow
ances for some unreasonable conduct from
me which, to anybody gifted with less
patience and conciliation than yourself,
would have been mostdlffioult I appreciate
intensely the difficulties which surrounded
you during these negotiations, the constant
dally anxiety which would have been over
whelming to anybody possessed of less cour
age and devotion than yourself. I fervently
hope and believe that the prospects of Ire
land are not so dark as you fear, and, after a
little time having passed through the clouds
and darkness, we shall again stand on our
former footing, when in happier days wo
were comrades in arms in behalf of a united
Ireland.
"Dearest O'Brien, I am always vours,
"Charles S. Parkem."
DEATH XS A TENEMENT.
The Structure Catches Fire, and Five In
mates Ie Their Uvea,
London, October 16. A tenement house
caught fire early this morning in the dock
district of London known as Millwall.
The rickety stairs were immediately burned
away, thus cutting off the escape of a num
ber of the inmates. "When the firemen
reached the spot they found the building in
a mass of flames and learned that there
were still several people on the upper
floor.
"With commendab'j promptness the fire
men made several gallant efforts to reach
the endangered people, but all such efforts
were repelled by the volume of flames,'
which were last eating their way upward.
At last, when the fire was finally subdued
suffieientlv to enable the fixemea to mount
to the top of the charre'd tenement, they
found the bodies of an old woman of 70, a
young woman and three children, all hrd
dled together as they trie! to escape from
the smoke which had suffocsted theo.
NEGOTIATING UNDEB DIFFICULTIES.
The Proposed European Zollvere'n Not
Slaking Much Headway.
Eome, Oct. 16. The refusal of Switzer
land and Serii to negotiate at Munich for
a commercial alliance with the powers in
the Triple Alliance, coupled with the ap
parent failure of the powers to agree with
each other, has conveyed the impression in
well-informed quarters that Italy will fail
to obtain the concessions she demands and
that without her the proposed alliance will
lose all its significance. .
It is, however, semi-officially denied that
the negotiations have been adjourned or
suspended, but that favorable conclusions
are expected to be reached by the end of
November. The delay is explained to be
due to the faet that Italy wishes to amel
iorate the present condition of her commerce
and to obtain concessions to produce that
result To accomplish this 6he is willing
to encounter delays, especially as the exist
ing treaties do not expire until the end of
1892.
Dynamite and Bombs Found.
"Vienna, Oct. 16. An investigation
made in the finding yesterday of a dynamite
bomb on the Keichenberg railroad bridge in
Bohem'a, resulted in the discovery of an
iron vessel which contained a quantity of
loose dynamite, some dynamite cartridges,
some gunpowder and some fuses. In addi
tion to this another bomb with fuse at
tached was found in the framework of the
bridge. It is believed these had been con
cealed there in order to avoid seizure as a
result of the constant domiciliary Tisits
since the late explosion.
French Bishops' Protests Unheeded.
Paris, Oct. 16. At a. meeting of the
Cabinet the protest of the Archbishop of
Itheims and of the Bishop of Angers
against the Government order prohibiting
bishops from leaving their dioceses without
permission from the Government, has been
discussed. The order complained of was
issued as a result of the disorders in the
Pantheon at Rome. After careful consid
eration the Cabinet decided that the order
must be inforced by all possible means.
Germans Tieinc "With the French Army.
Berlin, Oct. 16. The military authori
ties have decided to extend the short ser
vice experiment. The two battalions now
quartered at Me,tz will be composed wholly
of recruits. They will be taught all the ex
ercises the first year, the second being de
moted to a repetition and extension on a
more thorough scale. This decision results
from the necessity of the quicker train
ing of recruits in order to keep pace with
the rapid growth of the French army.
An English Bank Embezzler.
London, Oct. 16. Arthur E. Smithers,
Managing Director of the English bank of
the River Plate, was arrested to-day charged
with stealing $35,000. The prisoner for
years past has been in the habit of taking
money from the funds of the bank, but
until recently he had beenable to replace the
sums abstracted before the auditing of ac
counts took place.
Russia's Asiatic Encroachments.
London, Oct- 16. The Times corre
spondent at St. Petersburg, recording the
events in Pamir, says that England must be
prepared for the Russian acquisition of some
of the Kashgar frontier districts.
A Royal Match Arranged.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 10. It is reported
that a marriage has been arranged beiween
MihmlrVihn -fff1"
lifwilT -
the Czarewitch and the Duchess Eliza of
Wurtemburg.
AN ATJSTBALIAN CABINET DEFEAT.
The New South Wales Ministry Headed by
Parkes Will Probably Resign.
Sydney, N. a W., Oct 16. The Gov
ernment yesterday opposed a motion to the
effect that the Government bill regulating
the mining laws should be returned to the
committee which bad considered it, in order
that the eight-hour law clause which it con
tained might be eliminated. The motion
was carried by a vote of 49 to 41. Immedi
ately after the announcement of the result
of the vote the House adjourned. It is un
derstood that in consequence of this defeat
of the Government the Cabinet will resign.
Sir Henry Parkes, who is Premier and
Colonial Secretary, was one of the leaders
in the Australian federation movement, and
hence the crisis attracts greater attention
throughout Australia than it otherwise
would.
STOFIEL'S letter from the Iron ore
regions Tor THE DISPATCH to-morrow
describes bow the great ore boats are
loaded. Illustrated from photographs.
GARCIA'S LAST MURDER.
THE CRIME "WHICH THE CUBAN BRIG
AND EXPIATED.
How He Revenged Himself on Senor
Hernandez and His Wife Because They
Betrayed Him to the rolice Hacked to
Death With Machetes.
Havana, Oct 16. The story of the
crime for which Bandit Manuel Garcia re
cently paid the penalty with his life at La
Cabana Castle shows every evidence that
the murder of Senor Hernandez and his wife
was cold blooded. The scene of the crime,
La Conformidad plantation, is about one
mile from the village of Quivican, in the
Province of Havana.
Hernandez busied himself in preparing
the meal and when it was ready he took it
to the bandits. As he turned to leave
Garcia said: "Now prepare dinner for us.
Retire and do not reply." This new order
filled Hernandez with terror, as he feared
that he would be discovered and punished
by the authorities for succoring the bandits.
He retired to his house and consulted
with his wife. They agreed to flee to De
Leon's house for refuge. They did so, leav
ing the old aunt to protect their humble
belongings, as they believed that the ban
dits would do no harm to her. No sooner
had the fugitives reached De Leon's house
than Garcia sent word for Hernandez to
send him the dinner he had ordered. Her
nandez upon receiving this order, ex
claimed: "I have nothing to give them and I do
not protect bandits! The7 may kill me,
but I will try to reach Quivican!"
In a short time he and his wife started
for that village, arrived safely and informed
the Alcalde, Senor Canga Arguelles, of
what had happened. Senor Arguelles
promised them protection and the next day
a body of troops was dispatched to capture
the bandits. No trace of Garcia and his
companions could be found.
Suddenlv the three bandits entered.
"Everybody flat on his face!" cried Garcia,
and all dropped to the floor with their faces
down.
"Where are those people Hernandez
and his wife?" demanded Garcia, addressing
De Leon.
"There," replied the terrified man,
pointing to the room to which Hernandez
had just gone.
Senora Hernandez interposed her body to
protect her husband. Drawing his machete,
a knife weighing about 12 pounds and used
by the Cubans for many purposes, Garcia
threw Senora Hernandez aside and hacked
Hernandez. The negro Flacencia attacked
Senora Hernandez and killed her also. The
murderers continued to shower blows upon
the dead bodies.
P0ETEE DEFENDS HIS CENSUS.
What the Coming Volumes Will Show In
Relation to Farm Mortgages
Boston, Oct. 16. Census Superintendent
Porter to-nigit talked about the census to
the American Statistical Association. He
stated that when completed the eleventh
census will make not less than 25
quarto volumes of 1,000 pages each.
Otherutterauces were: Thehcalth "boomer"
in our large cities usually ignored the
census altogether. This was so in 1870 and
1880 in many cities. They calmly add
50,000 or 100,000 to the census returns, thus
keeping down death rates and let the peo
ple feast on the luscious falsehood rather
than offend them by the bitter truth.
He stated that the printing of the first 400
or 500 pages of the population volume is
about complete and will be ready before
Congress meets: that four final volumes re
lating to special inquiries are going to the
Government Printing Office, and that the
greater part of the special work
will be finished this year. The result
of the direct inquiry as to the debt on farms
and homes is not yet complete, but inquiry
had so far advanced that Mr. Porter was
able to state that the average farm and home
debt of the partial returns from counties
distributed through the Union was shown to
be 51,288 for farms and 5924 for homes. If
these averages hold good for the United
States, there is an existing debt in force of
52,500,000,000 on the farms and homes occu
pied by the owners and incumbered.
MANY WISIEBN TOPICS
To Come Before the Trans-Mlsslsslppi Con
gress at Omaha Next Week.
Omaha, Oct 16. The meeting of the
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress in
this city, commencing on Monday and
continuing until Friday, will be largely at
tended. At least 200 delegates will be in
attendance.
A long list of important subjects have
been prepared for presentation to the con
gress, among them being corn as a food, irri
gation and arid lands, deep waters and har
bors on the Gulf, transportation business in
foreign countries by American citizens,
mining, mines and mineral lan'ds, immigra
tion, investments by foreigners, Indian res
ervation sales of timber lands, a bankrupt
law, admission of the Territories, the over
flow of rivers, coinage of silver, manufact
ures in the United States and railroads.
SMUGGLING ON THE BIO GBANDE.
Horses and Cattle in Droves Driven Across
the Mexican Border.
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 16. Hon.
Henry Terrell, Deputy United States At
torney for this district, returned here to-day
from a business trip along the upper Rio
Grande border. He states that there is a
heavy business in smuggling horses and cat
tle from Mexico into the United States ill
along that part of the border.
Since the passage of the McKinley bill,
which places a duty of $30 a head on horses
and f 10 a head on cattle, the smugglers have
found the inducement to carry on a profita
ble business irresistible.
The Latest Mafia Murder.
New Orleans, Oct. 16. Gaelano Barre
gona, an Italian, was assassinated to-night
The affair bears all the marks of the Mafia.
There was a jolly game of cards at an
Italian saloon near the French Market
A quarrel, a stampede, and as the
victim reached the door, he was riddled
with bullets. The police have arrested the
Eroprietor of the place and several others,
ut there is no positive proof as to who did
the shooting. It is a curious fact that the
Mafia is heard of exactly a year after Chief
Hennessey's death.
A REVIEW of the weeh'n sporting events
and all the news of the sporting world in
T1IK DISl'ATCH to-morrow.
.tthfi. .gfiif - riifnjpHir Wiiiii m-:l-x'
THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER" "IT,
WHY SUGAR IS FREE.
McKinley Clearly Answers a Demo
cratic Editor's Queries.
BIG MEETING AT SPRINGFIELD.
Millionaire Thomas Says Campbell TVill
Surely Be Defeated.
THE PEOPLE'S PARTI INFLUENCE GONE
rrEOM A STAFF COnaiSPOJCDEHT.l
Springfield, O., Oct 16. When Major
McKinley reached here this evening he was
received with a cannonade. The Spring
field citizens are the proud possessors of
several Gatling guns, and they never miss
an opportunity to use them. The Major
was entertained by General BushnelL This
town is the home also of another well
known Republican, ex-Speaker J. Warren
Keifer.
The meeting was held in the City Hall,
and the auditorium, which will hold about
1,200 people, was packed. Many were
turned away. General Bushnell presided.
In the afternoon McKinley addressed
another large audience in the open air at
Eaton. This is where Mr. Harris, candidate
for Lieutenant Governor on the Republican
ticket, lives. He was present, but did not
make a speech.
The Major delivered himself at length on
the tariff and silver issues. He first called
the attention of the voters to the import
ance of electing a Republican Legislature.
A Democratic editor submitted two ques
tions to McKinley to answer, which he did
very easily. He wanted to know if no
duty on sugar made it cheaper, whether free
trade would not have the same effect on
other articles, and wherein does the tariff
benefit the farmer.
the major's clear replies.
The Major replied to the latter question
by quoting the prices oi a list of manu
factured products that the grangers use,
which had been greatly reduced in price
under the operation of the new tariff. A
number of formers were present, and they
assented to all of McKinley's points. He
said the American people had tried for
more than 100 years to raise enough sugar
for home consumption. At the end of this
time they produced only 8 pounds
out ot every 100 consumed.
With such limited competition at home, the
tariff was a tax and a burden. The aim of
the protective tariff is to foster those things
we can produce in this country and to bring
in free what we have not and cannot make.
This is why free sugar lowered the price.
In the case of other industries the keen
competition at home soon reduces the rates,
and this is how the tariff cheapens prices.
Free trade would in time wipe out the home
industries, and then the people would be at
the mercy ot the foreign producers, who
could charge them what they pleased. In
this way free trade would result in advanced
prices.
THOMAS HOPELESS OF CAMPBELL.
The meeting in Springfield was a great
success. The first decisive opinion frem a
Democrat as to the utter hopelessness of
Campbell's cause I received this afternoon
in Springfield. It came from no less a man
than John H. Thomas, of the most promi
nent Democratic leaders and manufacturers
in the State. It is true he is recognized as
an anti-Campbellite,but it bodes no good for
the Governor when such strong men in his
party, while not openly against him, are
practically doing nothing for him. Repub
licans believe that McKinley would win on
the tariff, even if the Democrats were
united, but the internecine feuds in the
Democratic party will only make the
Major's victory more conspicuous.
Two years ago 'Mr. Thomas was among the
strongest opponents Brice had for Payne's
seat in the Senate. Mr. Thomas may be
charged with oeing a suiter and kicker, but
this year he is leaving politics alone and de
voting his time to business. "My throat
has been too sore to go on the stump," he
said, in discussing the situation," and I am
not posted on the politics of the State. Do
I think Campbell will be re-elected? Well,
it would certainly be a great victory for him
if he was.
CAMPBELL A "WEAK CANDIDATE.
"You must not forget that Ohio is natur
ally a Republican Stat", and this year the
Republicans are aroused and awake. So
are the Democrats for that matter. I don't
think Campbell is the strongest man we
could have put up. While his speeches on
the tariff are straight enough now, his
record in the past on this question has not
been .Democratic x know a number ot .Re
publicans who are disgusted with McKin
ley, as exemplified in his tariff bill, but
they tell me in voting for Campbell they are
not casting their ballots for a man who fully
represents their views.
"I believe a thoroughly anti-tariff man
could defeat McKinley easily in this State.
I suppose it looks now as if McKinley will
be elected. I know that two weeks ago the
Major was very doubtful about the outcome.
I got this straight, and I know it is correct
He was very much worried over the Alli
ance movement among the farmers in the
Western Reserve. At that time it was
quite formidable, and I don't know whether
it has subsided since or not
"The People's party would have had
great influence in the State had it not been
for the Springfield Convention. They made
a great mistake in their platform and nom
inee. Both swamped the party. Seitz has
been too often before the people and is not
a strong man. The party threw away its
chances with blunders. It looks to me now
as if they would not poll muoh of a vote.
Certainly it wiil not be nearly as large as
they thought it would be.
can't get the legislature.
"Now for the Legislature. I don't see
how it is possible for the Democrats to get
it The Republicans have the advantage
over us in the apportionment. They had a
majority of the board and they made some
districts Recublican that were Democratic
I think the Republican majority in the next
House and Senate on joint ballot will be
more than 10, probably 15. We captured
the last Legislature by making a still hunt
in the close counties. I directed the fight
myself, and I never visited one of them.
Charley Foster went through these counties
and he told the Republican managers not to
worry about them, as he could not see the
least" sign of Deniocratio activity any
where.
"My advice to the Democrats was to work
under cover and get out the Democratic
vote. The Republicans were filled with
apathy and I knew this was all we had to
do to"gain victory. You see by stirring up
the Republicans the plan would have been
discovered. That is the way we carried the
last Legislature. I don't know what the
leaders are doingat Columbus this year, but
I suppose the Republicans are wide awake. "
In lact Mr. Thomas feels that the Demo
crats have lost their foothold in the State
and that the Republicans will have a clean
sweep in November.
BITTER AGAINST MILLS.
Before leaving Dayton this morning, I
went out to the Soldiers' Home. The 5,000
veterans living there are mainly Republi
cans and interested in securing more pen
sions. I found many of the old boys were
bitter against Mills, because in a recent
speecKne said theGovernment was paying
too much for pensions and there were too
many deodbeats in the Dayton Home. These
remarks lined up the wavering Republicans
and had a bad effect on the Democrats.
Old Major Bickham, the Dayton fighting
editor, predicts McKinley's election with a
majority not less than 20,000. He also
thinks the Republicans have a sure cinch
on theLeeislature.
President Ellis, of the Ohio State Grange,
was in Springfield to-day making arrange
ments for the National Convention. He
suvs McKinley vnill be elected, and he
thinks Sherman will be returned to the Sen
ate. He believes in free coinage and the
reciprocity idea.' He added that the farm
ers in the State were not stirred up on the
tariff question. The platform of the Peo
ple's party, together with Seitz, killed its
influence. The Grange is non-partisan, and
its members will vote as they have in the
past
Ex-District Attorney Oscar T. Martin
states that the Clarke County Republican
Committee is not working together. He
questions the Republicanism of some of the
members, but he is confident that the Re
publican county ticket will be elected.
Israel.
CAMPBELL NOT CONTENT
WITH A RETRACTION OF CHARGES
MADE BY A NEW YORK PAPER.
He Will Still Push the Mbel Suits Two
Big Meetings Held by Him at Bowling
Green and Toledo Free Trade Dwelt
Upon.
Toledo, Oct. 16. Special. Governor
Campbell completed his tour of the Demo
cratic counties of the Northwest when he
closed his meeting at St. Mary's last night.
At an early hour the start for Bowling
Green was made. This is the county seat of
Wood, one of the Republican counties of
this section of the State. Major McKinley
was here a few weeks ago, and had a splen
did meeting, and the Democrats decorated
their streets and residences and helped to
entertain him. To-day the Republicans
reciprocated in a handsome manner.
A large stand had been erected in one of
the pnncipal streets, and while the Gov
ernor was speaking there were about 8,000
people in the audience. However, many of
these were Republican farmers. The Gov
ernor was aware of the fact that he was
talking to a great many Republicans, and
he said nothing that would give offense.
He soon dropped into his usual light
vein, and had his audience laughing at the
expense of the Republican papers which in
sisted he should be more serious in his
speectteK In this good-natuTed manner ne
sought to impress his auditors that tree
trade would be a good thing for the fanners
of Ohio.
The Governor was shown the New York
Recorder's retraction of its recent charges
against him and asked if this would end
the libel suits at the New York end of the
line. He quickly replied that it would
not, as he had demanded of the Recorder
that he be furnished with the name of the
party who furnished the information on
which the publication was based. "If this
is not done," said the Governor, "I will
push the suits to the very end. My pro
ceedings against the newspapers which have
attacked my private character are not for
political effect, as has been charged, and I
think this statement will be verified after
I get this campaign off mv hands."
The Governor's meeting here to-night
was held in the large Memorial Hall and
the building was crowded. He made 'tariff
his principal theme and sought to show that
high tariff was a protection to the maufac
turers and a disadvantage to the wage earn
ers. He did not touch the silver or State
issues.
AN entertaining description of a minis
ter's trip to Australia on board a Pacific
steamship will be published in THE DIS
PATCH to-morrow.
WORLD'S FAIR COMMITTEE.
A Rearrangement of the Members Made by
the State Commission.
Harrisburg, Oct 16. Special. The
standing committee of the World's Fair
Commission has been rearranged under a
rule adopted at the last meeting as follows:
Agriculture A. B. Farquhar, Joel A. Herr,
John I. Carter. Roger S. Searle, J. K. P. Hall,
J. C. Walker, E. A. BIgler.
Horticulture Miss Marv E. McCandless,
Mrs. Ida A. Elkins Tyler, J. W. Woodside, R.
A. Jlercur, J. C. Walker.
Live Stock T. Bradley, John I. Carter, J.
A. lierr, ii. J. iicAteer, J. r. s. uouin.
Fish Albert J. Barr, W. W. Clendenin,
Robert E. Wright, J. K. P. Hall, S. Mnhr.
Mines Louis A. Watress, Morgan B. Will
iams, James M. Guffey, Lewis Emery, Jr.,
William Ilasson, C. C. Thompson, J. B.
Oliver.
Machinery Edward H. Williams, A. B.
Farquhar, Luther S. Bent, James M. Guffey,
Roger S. Searle.
Transportation A. W. Taylor, Joseph C.
Walker, P. A. B. Wldener, A J. Barr, L.
Clark Davis.
Manufactures L. S. Bent J. B, Oliver, G.
N. Riley, E. H. Williams, P. Folev.
Electricltv-W. B. Gill, L. C. Davis, A. W.
Taylor,, W. W. Clendenin. G. S. Riley.
Fine Arts William McClelland, Robert
Brownfield. Mrs. T. M. Jones, Mrs. Harriet
A. Lucas, H. J. McAteer, Lewis Emery, Jr.,
A. G. Roenigk.
Liberal Arts S. M. Guffey, P. Foley,
Thomas Bradley, W. B. Gill, R. L. Brown
flold, P. A. B. Wldener, J. B. Oliver.
Ethnology, Arcaeologv, etc. H. J. Mc
Ateer, Robert Purvis, M. B. Williams, S.
Muhr, W. Ilasson, E. A. Bigler, Louis A.
Watres.
A NOVEL WILL CASE.
Hitherto Unknown Questions to the Law
Confront the Court
Syracuse, Oot 16. Special The Sur
rogate of Madison county is here on an ex
traordinary case which has heen presented
to him, and which will probably not be set
tled until the Court of Appeals has passed
upon it, since it involves questions hitherto
unknown to the law. The controversy arises
over the division of the estate of Samuel A.
Weed, who amassed a little fortune in the
West and afterward resided in Casenovia
with his nephew, Henry Davis.
In anticipation of death, Weed made a
will, but learning that the fact that he was
childless entitled the State to a portion ot
his estate, he took his nephew into his con
fidence and entrusted him with the fulfill
ment of the provisions of the will, which,
however, was to be destroyed. Weed died
in September last and Davis carried out his
promise, as he subsequently confessed to the
surrogate. Davis' own death soon followed
the discovery that the destruction of the
will was a State's prison offense. Suicide
has been hinted, owing to the mystery
which surrounded the event
F0ECED TO FACE DEATH.
A Conductpr's Foot Catches in a Frog and
He Is Killed by a Train.
Philadelphia, Oct. 16. Special
Conductor JameB Little, freight conductor
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was just con
cluding his night's work at the Point House
road last night, when he found it necessary
to shift his train. It had backed down a
short distance, and Little walked up to the
switch, giving a signal to the engineer at
the other end of the train to come back.
His foot caught him in a frog and held
him fast The train moved back slowly.
It was perhaps 500 feet away, but no one
saw him and his cries -nere drowned by the
Tattle of the cars and the puffing of the en
gine. He must have thus faced death fully
two minutes before the back bumper caught
him and threw him. under the wheels. He
was mangled shockingly.
HEW-LABDS- FOR SETTLEMENT.
A Large Section of Wyoming Purchased
For 55 Cents an Acre.
Denver, Oct. 16. The Commission ap
pointed by the Secretary of the Interior to
negotiate with the Shoshone and Arapahoe
Indians, of Wyoming, for a cession of a
part of the Wind River Reservation, has
effected an agreement with the Indians
under which they cede to the United States
more than half their reservation, the Gov
ernment getting about 1,100,000 acres out of
a total of about 2,000,000 acres.
For the lands ceded the Indians receive
$600,000, or about 55 cents an acre. Of this
amount all but a cash pavment of foO,000
will be put into funds for the benefit of the
Indians, and the annual interest expended
in the purchase and maintenance of an
Indian cattle herd, giving them irrigation
ditches, schools and other things necessary
to make the Indian self-supporting.
1891
ROOSEYELT IS GLAD
That the Clerks Refuse to Be Bled
for Campaign Funds.
HE IS OPPOSED TO ASSESSMENTS.
Congress Should Prohibit Even the Solicit-1
ing of Money By
AMENDING THE C1YIL SERVICE LAW
rSFECIAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Washington, Oct 16. President
Roosevelt, of the Civil Service Commis
sion, has returned to his official duties after
a protracted vacation passed at his Western
ranch. The commissioner is no less free in
stating his views on various topics than be
fore he went away and talks boldly about
the New York camnaicn, political assess
ments, etc. To a reporter he said to-day
that he had never seen the Republicans so
sincerely confident of success in New York
State as they are now.
"I believe," he said, "that Fassett is go
ing to be elected. Of course I desire his
election for both State and country. I
think his election will be a great thing for
the cause of ballot reform." Speaking of
the report that ho intended resigning from
the Civil Service Commission, he said that
the report had reached him out West, but
there never was any foundation for the re-
port
AS TO CAMPAIGN LEVIES.
He said he had not yet looked much into
the matter of attempts to levy political as
sessments this fall, but that he had an im
pression that whatever efforts were being
made in that direction were not meeting
with success. "I want to say," he said,
"that no employe of the Government has
any reason to fear that he may be made to
suffer in anv way for refusing to make cam
paign contributions. Every one of them is
perfectly safe in refusing to pay up, and I
think they have pretty generally come to
appreciate the fact
"I should like Congress to amend the law
so as to prohibit anyone from soliciting
money for campaign purposes from Govern
ment employes. There is no more reason
why a circular asking tor campaign contri
butions should be sent to a Government
clerk than that the same request should be
made to a factory or any private establish
ment. I have seen some things about at
tempts by Mr. Lowry, or whatever the name
is, to eet money from the clerks for the Ohio
campaign.
CLERKS DO NOT SCARE.
"The implied threat in the last paragraph
of his circular oi October 7 looks like an at
tempt to frighten the clerks into contribut
ing, and I am exceedingly gratified to hear
that he has not been successful. He has no
claim to contributions from clerks, and no
power to enforce any demand upon them for
campaign funds. I understand, through
reading the newspapers, that he is com
plaining that he cannot get the money he
expected from the clerksj that they do not
respond to his calls. This delights me. I
am glad that the clerks feel their independ
ence and that they are not compelled to
stand and deliver. I hope he will not get
a cent from the clerks."
In view of the fact that all the depart
ment officials in Washington, from the Cab
inet members down, are giving their dirert
or indirect support to the assessment sys
tem, Mr. Roosevelt's observations are apt
to make him more than ever unpopular
with Postmaster General Wanamaker and
his colleagues.
TRADE ON THE RIVERS.
STATISTICS OF TRANSPORTATION
FROM THE CENSUS OFFICE.
Interesting Figures on Tonnage and Value
of Craft on the Ohio, Mississippi and
Tributaries The Amount of Money
Expended by Congress.
Washington, Oct. 16. Many inquiries
having been made concerning the statistics
of transportation in the rivers of the Mis
sissippi Valley, the Superintendent of the
Census has made public the following in
formation in advance of the publication of
a bulletin on the subject which is being
prepared.
It is found from the census returns that
on the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries
there were in 1889 283 steamers of a tonnage
of 38,850 tons and a value of 52,199,069; also
that on these same rivers there were owned
348 unrigged craft of a tonnage of 188,583
tons and a value ot J7SS,.zj, a total ot 631
of all craft of 227,433 tons tonnage, and
of 82,454,792 in value.
On the lower Mississippi and 'the tribu
taries there were 282 steamers of a tonnage
of 64,292 tons and a value of ?3,133,472; 272
unrigged craft of a tonnage of 177,780 tons
and a value of 51,022,200, making a total of
554 craft of a tonnage of 242,072 tons and a
value of 54,155,672.
On the Ohio river and its tributaries there
were 537 steamers of a tonnage of 107,196
tons, and a value of 55,192,710; 5,708 un
rigged crafts of a tonnage of 2,813,273 tons
and a value of 53,503,631, making a total of
C.245 craft of a tonnage of 2,920,469 tons,
and a value of 58,696,341.
The aggregates of these figures with the
addition of 15 steamers and unrigged craft
on the Red river of the North, having a
tonnage of 11,406 tons and a value of 525,200,
will give for all the rivers of the Missis
sippi Valley a grand total of 7,445 craft,
having a tonnage of 3,401,380 tons and a
value of 515,332,000.
One of the tables which will be presented
in the forthcoming bulletin is that which
will give the amount appropriated by Con
gress lor tne survey, improvement and main
tenance of the waterwavs of the Missis
sippi Valley from 1802 to the pres
ent Up to and including 1879, there had
been appropriated tor this purpose the sum of
534,151,999. In the decade from 1880 to
1889,' inclusive, there was appropriated 539,
939,726, and in the Congressional appropria
tion act of September, 1890, there was ap
propriated for the same-purpose 59,390,700,
a grand total of 583,482,425.
OBJECTS TO SATURDAY W0BX.
A Clerk Who Has Scruples Against Labor
ing on the Seventh Day.
Washington, Oct. 16. Special. A
clerk named Austin in the office of the
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury addressed
a letter to his chief the other day, saying
that he believed the seventh day of the
week should be observed as the Sabbath.
He suffered great distress of conscience on
account of being forced to labor on that
day, and wanted to be informed if there was
any way in which he could be relieved
from Saturday work. The inquiry was re
ferred to Secretary Foster, who turned it
over to the truly good .Tudge Crouuz, his
popular assistant secretary, lor reply.
It was a new and interesting point to de
cide officially, but Judge Crounz readily
reached the concmsion that if the youug
gentleman could not conscientiously work
during those six davs that were recognized
as being proper for'work by a vast majority
of the civilized world, he had better arrange
for employment in which he could choose
bjs own days. A great number of people
who did not believe in the observance of
one day as more sacred than another were
compelled to obey the old law commanding
respect for the holiness of the first day ot
the week and the Seventh Day devotees
would have to accept the situation as they
did.
Inventors Organize a Club.
St. Louis, Oct. 16. There is a movement
on foot in this city to organize a society to
protect the rights" of inventors. A call has
been issued for a meeting to-night. Under
the plan adopted by the Mechanical Devel
opment Club the discovery of a new idea in
mechanics or physics will submit it to a
Board of Directors, who will pass on the
case. If a favorable decision is reached
the club will bear the expense of putting
the invention on the market 'This will be
theonl organization of its kind in the
country, but in Europe there is one similar
to it, the Academy of Invention of Paris.
FORTUNE TELLING IN CHINA.
The Victim Beads His Fate Alter Shaking
Dp a Lot of Sticks.
The commonest kind of fortune-telling is
found in every joss house in China, writes
William E. S. Fales. Upon the altar table
is a cylindrical vase about three inthes in
diameter and ten inches high half filled
with loot- flat bamboo sticks a foot in-
length. The number varies from 60 to 150.
Each stick is inscribed with a sentence and
a number. The worship'er stands before the
altar, bows, takes the "luck-vase" bows or
kneels three times and then shakes the box
with a sliding motion until one of
the sticKs separates itself from the
rest and comes forward and upward
until it hangs over the boxes' edge. The
stick is then taken to a priest, who reads the
number and either reads the fortune belong
ing to thq number from a well-worn book,
or, what is more common, gives a slip of
paper on which is lithographed a short
statement of good and evii things that are
to come to the applicant. The "fortunes"
are written in the literary Chinese language
and are much more poetic than clear and
accurate. Following is a sample fortune
card:
"Sails on the ocean bring wealth andjoy
to him who merits, but pain and ill-tidings
to the unconscientious. A dark cloud makes
the fertile field seem barren, but the sun
light after a time drives it away. The
thought in thy mind shall blossom in silver
and diamonds, unless during thy sleep it is
stolen by thy foe. Under the trees, thou
shalt find repose and rest, but the fruit
must be tended day and night Sickness is
of a dav and a night and rightfully re
garded should bring wisdom and right liv
ing to the afflicted.''
SLEIGHT-OF-HAND SAVED HIM.
How a Deserter Got the Better of Three
Soldiers Who Were Guarding Him.
A corporal and two privates, having in
their custody a deserter, were enjoying
themselves at a country tavern near St.
Louis one day during the recent war, says
the New York Ledger. The deserter amused
his military guardians with several enter
taining sleight-of-hand tricks, but being
encumbered with the steel ruffles com
plained he could not display his skill to
advantage, and requested to have his hands
at liberty whilst be exhibited a favorite
trick, which he described. This being
agreed to, he proceeded to tie the hands of
the three soldiers and his own together with
a handkerchief, which he was wholly to
loose with a gentle stroke.
The magic knots were tied, but, on being
shaken, the knots all remained firm except
the one which held the deserter. This fell
asunder with a touch; and, quick as an ar
row, he lifted up the sash and darted head
foremost through the window, leaving his
keepers ragine at each other, and tugging
like ill coupled hounds, before thev thought
of cutting asunder their bonds, w"hich hav
ing effected, they commenced a warm chase;
but the deserter having got the start, ren
dered their efforts ineffectual.
TRICES OF THE JOSS ROOST.
How
the Celestial Masters of the Black
Art Fool Intelligent People.
On account of the education of the hier
archy and their living together in the joss
houses and convents, where the more ex
pert can teach the others all the details of
the science, the professor of the black art in
China is much more skillful than his col
league in the United States, writes William
E. S. Fales, who is with Consul Bedloe in
China. Thus for example, they make fre
quent use of that curious principle in acous
tics which causes an object to emit a musi
cal sound out of sympathy with that given
by another body, possessing the same nat
ural note. In the joss room there will be a
handsome bronze gong, supported by three
or four wooden pillars.
When a searcher after truth is interview
ing the priest in another part of the room,
the gong will give out its melodious sound
either in answer to a question or else to ac
cent some exhortation or advice. The trick.
has deceived many unfamiliar with science
who never dreamed that the dry wooden bar
extended it might be 100 feet to another
part of the temple would carry the sound
wave from the latter place and so set the
gong in motion. The same principle is ap
plied to musical statues, ancient relics and
what the unregenerate European calls
'"Dotted ancestors."
HEALTH Shirley Dare's letter for to
morrow's big DISPATCH treats of the food
'children shonld have.
Mania-a-Fotu and Delirium.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mania-a-potu bears about the same rela
tion to delirium tremens as does a severe
cold to a fever; or, in other words, the
difference between the two is the difference
between imagination and reality. In the
former the victim has hallucina
tions, sees strange sights, and hears people
talking to and about him, all of which
imaginary ideas he can be out reasoned of;
but when the latter condition obtains, then
everything becomes a reality, and all the
powers this side of eternity cannot con
vince him to the contrary.
In Favor of the Nicaragua Canal.
San Francisco, Oct. 16. Ex-State Sur
veyor General Willey addressed the Bank
ers' Convention to-day on the subject of
irrigation and district bonds. He indorsed
them a3 a safe investment for foreign capi
tal. Captain W. L. Merry addressed the
convention regarding the merits of the
Nicaragua Canal, and the resolution affirm
ing it to be the sense of the convention that
the canal should be built, and that the
United States should furnish the means of
construction, was adopted.
The Ladies Elect New Officers.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 16. At
this morning's executive session of the
National Congress of the Association for
the Advancement of Women officers were
elected as follows for the year 1891-92:
President, Julia Ward Howe, Rhodelsland;
Vice President for Pennsylvania, Mary E.
Cobb; Secretary, Elizabeth Lord Tifft, Buf
falo; Treasurer, Henrietta I. F. Wolcott,
Dedham, Mass.; Auditors, Sophia Curtis
Hoffman, New York; Ella V. Mark, M. D.,
Maryland.
The Reward of Industry.
Youth's Companion.
A Hoosier lad of 12 years was industri
ously at work upon a pile of wood in his
mother's back yard when he was approached
by a playmate.
"Hello. Ben," said the youngster, "do
you get anything fer cuttin' the wood."
"Well, I reckon I do," replied Ben.
"Ma gives a cent a day fer doin it"
"What you goin' do with yer money?"
"Oh, she's savin' it fer me, and when I
get enough she's goin' to get me anew
axe."
Melbourne May HaTe Caused It.
At a meeting of the Meteorological So
ciety of Mauritius, on July 30, it was stated
that on June 13 and 14 last, thunder-storms
occurred in that island. This, so far as was
known, was the first instance of a thunder
stornrhaving taken place there since the
year 1801. There was a considerable in
crease of sun spots at about this time, and
on June 14 a remarkable magnetic disturb
ance took place.
PA1WSTIM COMES.
The President of Princeton Now Put
on the Theological Back. ,
SOME OLD VIEWS OX PUBGATOEY
Bronsht Up Against Him, to Prove the
Doctor's Unsoundness.
TnBEXPLANATIONGIVH.VOFTHEHATTEE
rSPECTAI. TELXGHAJI TO THE DISPATCH.1
Princeton, Oct. 16 An article printed
in this week's New York Evangelist, entitled
"Dr. Patton on Fnture Probation, an ad
dress to the Philadelphian Society at Prince
ton, March 31, 1887," has caused some com
ment to-day among the Princeton theologi
ans. The question was then known as the
"Andover controversy." This is the sen
tence of Dr. Patton's address which has
caused most comment and which is used by
the Evangelist to show the unsoundness of
Dr. Patton on the subject of future proba
tion. It is only due to ourselves and the men
interested that we should understand and
appreciate what Andover believes and not
recklessly accuse her of holding what she
does not hold. We should form our Judg
ments on an understanding of the exact t
limitations of the views entertained. It is
not a doctrine of purgatory as we under
stand that. We continually see men jroing
into the other world imperfectly. They
must be imperfect when they reach there
and need some time for restoration or
change. They don't hold to the doctrine of
restoration, nor to this hope for alt
DR. PATTON'S EXPLANATION.
A reporter called on Dr. Patton this eve
ning in regard to his reported utterances on
future probation. Dr. Patton said: "I
will fix' that in a minnte for you. The
article in the Evang4ist is a very imperfect
report of an extemporaneous talk given in a
verv formal way to the Philadelphian
Society in Princeton College, in respouse
to an invitation of the students.
"I was very much surprised when afew days
afterwards a voung man, Mr. Frank Hyatt
Smith, called" upon me withthe galley proof
of the address, which he was about to print
in the magazine which was published by the
Philadelphian Society. I refused to allow
the article to appearbecause I was under
engagement to write for the Forum and also
because it didn't have the literary form that
I would wish a printed utterance of mine to
have.
NOTHING IN IT TO RECRET.
"I have not read the article carefully, but
I have as yet seen no'hing in it to regret,
except its fragmatarv character and its lack
of literary form. There is only one sen
tence that can be construed as implying be
lief in complete sanctification at death, but
any intelligent reader will see that I am
describing the doctrine of purgatory and not
expressing my own view. A simple change
of a period to a colon is sufficient to make
this clear.
"The article as it appearS in the Evangelist
does not raise a theological question respect
ing my soundness in the faith, but one of a
somewhat different nature, growing out
of the fact that I had authoritatively
forbidden the publication of the address at
the time of its delivery, and when the pub
lication of it in the way originally cortem
plated was under my control."
Dr. Patton was a professor in the semi
nary at the time the address was delivered.
The error in punctuation referred to by Dr.
Patton is after the words "we understand
that"
GB0VES AND THE BABY.
How the Ex-President Has Performed Since
He Became a Father.
Mr. Cleveland is usually the most serene
of men, but Friday and Saturday of the
week he became a father he acted for all
the world like a very young man, and a
very happy one at that, says a friend of the
ex-President in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The appearance of that baby in his
household thoroughly disorganized it, and I
understand that Mr. Cleveland actually
missed two meals without noticing it He
is ordinarily a good and regular eater.
During a few hours of his banishment to
his library, at the most inter
esting crisis, he walked np and
down in his shirt sleeves and
slippers, and made frequent inquiries of
the nurses and servants engaged in the sick
chamber whose offices he envied. When he
was liberated and shown his newdaughter
he acted like a boy, and I fancied, after
talking with him three days later, that he
had not even then descended from the
realms of intoxicating enthusiasm.
He has not attended to any business since
the little one came. If the little blue
eyed girl wears all the nice things sent her
by friends of papa and mamma, she will be
in baby clothes for half a dozen years.
Every minute of the first week brought a
new trophy for her, and the social intimates
of her parents really outdid themselves in
their lavish offerings.
MISTAKES ABOUT DBUNKAEDS.
When Delirium Sets in Stimulants Merely
Aggravate the Disease.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
An error often emanates from so-called
temperance lecturers, who either from ig
norance, or desire to create profound horror,
have depicted a man dying from the tre
mens continually ''screaming for rum."
Eecords can not be produced to attest such
a statement. As a matter of fact, a person
will often quit drinking when the delirium
commences, without knowing he is in that
condition. In an actual case he never
realizes that he is delirious. He imagines
himself all right and everyone else wrong.
Another error lies in the supposition by
manv that a person always dies from the
third attack. With proper treatment he
may pass through many, and finally die
from old age.
Again, the idea is entertained, and even
by some physicians, that a complete with
drawal ot alcoholic stimulants from an ex
cessive drinker is liable to produce de
lirium. On the contrary,"when the system
becomes impregnated to a certain degree
with alcoholic poison, delirium will super
vene whether the habit is continued or not.
To continue drinking, or even to partake of
liquor at all, is merely to add fuel to fire,
h or poison to poison.
The Lutheran General Synod.
Buffalo, Oct. 16. The General Council
of the Lutheran Church to-day decided to
issue a supplement book to the old church
book. The application of the English Luth
eran Synod of the Northwest for admission
into the General Council was postponed un
til the President of the Augustana Synod
gives his opinion.
Ts"e Next Meetins in Cincinnati.
St. Louis, Oct 16. The next meeting of
the Mississippi Valley Medical Association
will be held in Cincinnati in October, 1893.
THE DISPATCH to-morrow will contain
Fannie E. Ward's description of the cele
bration of Chile's national holiday.
DIED.
GASSENSCIIMIDT On Saturday, October
17, 1S81, at 12:15 a. x., at the residence of his
brother-in-law, Nicholas Biub, 'o. 125 High, i
street, Allegheny. Jacob Gassecschxidt,
aged 32 years, 2 months and 25 days.
Notice or funeral hereafter.
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MEETINGS.
MOT1CE
Members of Iron City Lodge No. S0. K. of P.,
will assemble at their hall, corner Twentv-stxth
tTeet an J Ppnn irmnf. on MONDAY. October 19
at 1 n'eiiM-k sharp, to itteDd the funeral of our Lite
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