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'gan Formally Demands Full
Reparation From Chile
Because of the
MOBBING OF YANKEE TABS.
Sensationalists Talk War, but -the-
Worst Outcome Will Boa
Diplomatic Rupture,
JDST THE SAME AS WITH-ITALT.
AH South America Would SureljUnite--if
the Little Republic Was Threat
ened From Without.
(HARRISON ORDERED TOE-ULTIMATUM..
ik Ferime at the Capital That -the resident Took;
the Radical Action in Order to Embar
rass Secretary Blame.
VEKI SIMILaE 10 THE SEW OELFAKS CASE
'FROM A ETAFr COERi.SPOVDKXT.1
WAbRlNGTON, Oct. 26. President Har
rison and Secretaries Blaine and Tracy met
at the "White House this morning, and for
a j) wards of two hours discussed the trouble
between Chile and the United States, the
causes which have led Chileans to feel
bitter toward this country, the action taken
ly this Government in relation to the
attack on the seamen of the Baltimore,
and the probable outcome of the whole
matter.
So far as Egan is concerned, who is the
first cause of the ill feeling through his
championship of Balmaceda, it was agreed
as it has been all along, that Egan should
remain Minister until the Chileans refuse
to recognize him. In other w ords it would
be bad party policy to recall him, no matter
what his offense against the existing Chilean
tJovemnicnt, as it might have an unpleas
ant effect on the Irish-Republican vote.
The Ultimatum Given to Egan.
lu regard to the treatment of the attack
on the Baltimore's men, nothing was done
farther than to go over the whole matter
with Secretary Blaine, that he might under
stand exactly the instructions cabled to
Egan. It is the general opinion here that
the "ultimatum" eahled to Egan, and by
linn laid before the Chilean Government tc-d-iy,
is a blufl, but that it is a very good
blun'to make just previous to important
State elections.
It was Hoosiur bluff, moreover, and had
iu it none of the pleasant, resinous flavor of
the Pine Tree State. Harrison -was in haste
to make it, knowing that Blaine w as about
to return, and that if it were to occur im
mediately following the advent of the Sec
retary, the latter would get all the credit,
and his already disagreeable popularity be
greatly enhanced
Whether this somewhat ungenerous view
be true or not. it is the prevailing impres
sion here that it is the correct one. It is
not expected at the State Department that
an answer will be given to the demands of
the United States before the assembling of
'ho new Congress and the election of a
"resident.
The Position of the Junta.
The Junta desires to avoid all grave re
tponsibilitie as far as possible, as it is only
a provisional and temporary body and as
the regular and legal Government chosen
by tlio people will soon be at the head of
afikirs. In no e ent is war expected, even
though the Chileans should sift the de
mands of this Government to a very small
rcsiduuuui.
Tt is considered very certain that the peo
ple ot this countrv and the governments of
llie world would condemn thj sacrifice of
property and life of the innocent that would
result from the shelling of Valparaiso,
which is the remedy suggested by the sen
sationalists if the demands are not com
plied w itli. So ono outside the sensation
mongers has had a thought of the possi
bility of war.
Should it be found just that Chile must
pav indemnity and that is not done, the
most radical step contemplated by this
Government is the cessation of all diplo
matic intercourse with the Chilean Govern
ment. It has been admitted by the Presi
dent to gentlemen interested in great busi
np concerns in Chile and ether South
American Mates that even thongh the worst
view of the attack on the Baltimore's men
were found true, to proceed to-the extent of
war would be unjustifiable and foolish.
South Am'rlca 'Would Be United.
"While the South American Republics
hate their own disagreements, they are all
controlled by Spanish South American blood
and would to the la-it one join with Chile in
rebutment of any proceeding against the
la'tcr country in revenge for the death and
wounding of a few sailors, as the result of a
row begun over rum in a barroom. All
n-hetncs of reciprocity with any South
American State would be nipped in the bnd.
An embargo would be put upon exports
from this country which would give to Eng
land, France and Germany a great commer
cial advantage over the United States in
trade with South America, and the "Bureau
of American Bcpublics" and the promoters
of the inter-continental railway would at
once go out of business.
"With the South American States reci
procity with this country has been more a
natter of sentiment than profit, and they
would readily, on almost any provocation,
rctoke all that has been done and refuse to
enter into new negotiations. These are the
views of persons at the capital who are well
Acrsed in statecraft
Don't Belief e In Harrison rolicy.
v One who has expressed them to The Dis
patch correspondent is one of the highest
officials of the State Department, who en
deavored to stay the hand of the President
when it hastened to write the "bluff" that
was cabled to Minister Bran in the fear that
after Blaine's return the great and popular
Secretary would be given the credit for any
sharp proceedings and be elevated to a
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higher pitch of popularity. The representa
tives of the Junta here, and all well versed
in Chilean affairs, believe that the Chilean
Government will do exactly what is just in
the matter, but that they will do it without
undue haste and w itli becoming dignity.
They also believe, however, that Chile
will not submit to any unjust demand", no
matter what the consequences of refusal
wonld be, and shrewd suggestions are made
that in case the sensationalists get the war
they arc already describing on paper the
Chilean torpedo vessels might make merry
work for any war ships the United States
could mustea.
Mention is frequently made in official
circles here of the similarity between this
squabble and the New Orleans Italian lynch
ing. In each instance the police are charged
with abetting the mob, the demands made
by the respective offended powers are almost
identical and the results arc likely to be
about the bame.
CHILE CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
MINISTER EGANrORMALLY DEMANDS
SATISFACTION
On Behalf or the United States Govern
ment The Reiult of the Investigation in
the Baltimore Cases Laid Before the
Junta A Second Death.
Santiago, Chile, Oct. 26. the United
States Government to-day, through Minis
ter Egan, formally demanded reparation
from the Government of Chile for the at
tack recently made in Valparaiso upon a
number of the seamen of the United States
cruiser Baltimore. The demand made by
the United States Minister is no informal
suggestion that the Government at "Wash
ington expects some kind of satisfaction for
the killing and wounding of the Baltimore's
sailors. It is a friendly-put notification,
given according to direetions received from
the State Department at Washington, that
the United States demands an immediate
explanation of the whole affair and repara
tion for the injuries inflicted.
Acting upon instructions sent to him
from AVaohington, Mr. Egan presented the
Chilean Junta with a detailed statement of
the results of the investigation made by
Captain Schley, of the Baltimore, and by
Mr. Egan himself. These investsgations
had shown that Charles Riggan, of the Bal
timore's petty officers, was brutually as
Faulted by several Chileans while he was
riding on a street car.
The Scrimmage on the Street Car.
Eiggan resisted, but was dragged from the
car and murdered by a pistol shot in the
arms of his companions. Turnbull. another
of the Baltimore's wounded men, who died
to-day fioin his injuries, received no less
than IS stab wounds in the back, two of
them penetrating his lungs,
After giving a full list of the Baltimore's
crew who were injured by the mob, Mr.
Egan's statement called attention to the
fact that 35 of the cruiser's crew were on
the day of the riots arrested, unnecessary
violence being used by the police, and that
they were put in custody without cause.
In conclusion, Mr. Egan said that the sur
geons of the United States warship expressed
the opinion that some of the wounds in
flicted upon the American sailors were
bayonet wounds, and that this clearly
showed that the police officers of Valparaiso,
who are armed with bayonets, took part in
the attnek. The Americans were without
aims and were practically defenceless.
The Indignation of Our Government.
Mr. Egan expressed in distinct terms the
feeling of great indignation the State De
partment at "Washington feels at the whole
affair, especially at the brutal conduct of
the polica of Valparaiso in joining with the
mob in the latter's attack upon the Balti
more Ream en in drawing their bayonets
and using them against the unarmed Ameri
cans. Mr. Egan also particularly called
attention to the additional brutality of the
police of Valparaiso in using horses to drag
the Americans to prison.
After making a brief pointed summary of
the facts to which he had been instructed To
call attention, Minister Egan informed the
representatives of the Junta that, in the
name of the United States, he demanded
reparation for the insults and injuries com
plained of.
The Prospects for Reparation.
Now the question arises, what will be the
action of the Chilean Government. There
seems to be no doubt that the Junta will
soon make the reparation demanded. Nat
urally the action taken to-day by Minister
Egan is attracting the attention of the for
eign ministers and of the foreign residents
generally. The sympathy of the American
colony is entirely with Captain Schley and
his bluejackets, and they one and all are
glad of the news made public to-day that
another United States war vessel, the Bos
ton, had actually sailed for these waters.
Chileans trr to smooth over the assault
upon and imprisonment of the American
sailors by classing it as a simple street row.
Up to the present time the Junta has ex
pressed no regret for the attack made on the
American sailors.
LIES THE NEW ORLEANS CASK
Chile May Not Be More Able Than This
Country to Protect Foreigners.
London, Oct 27. The Post this morning
says. "The diplomatictcnsion between
Chile and the United States has reached a
point w here it may easily end in a rupture.
"While the Chilean insurgents, having un
dertaken the Government of the
country, are bound to accept
responsibility for the recent events,
which, if they had happened between two
European States, would have resulted in
war within 21 hours unless ample repara
tion was made, it maybe hoped that Presi
dent Harrison is inclined to admit in behalf
of Chile those- extenuating circumstances
Which she cannot well plead on her own ac
count "What the "Washington Government
failetl to effect in the case ot the New Or
leans lynchers, the Chilean Government
may be powerless to perform in the case of
the Valparaiso mob. It is always open to
the strong to be merciful"
SINKING OUT OF SIGHT.
Railroad Traffic Interrupted by the New
Orleans Landing Caving In.
New Orleans, Oct. 26. Special The
Louisville aud Nashville Railroad has
ceased running its trains over the sunken
lands at the French Market, and stops about
a mile and a halt from its regular depot.
The Southern Pacific is still running its
trains over the dangerous spot, but at the
slow rate of two miles an hour, so as to
cause no jarring, and was cautioned to do so
as long as possible. The sinking of the land
continued to-day, and it has now reached
the level of the water in the river.
A conference of the State and city engi
neers aud railroad superintendents took
place to-day, to suggest means to meet tho
present emergency. Tho oyster boats and
dealers are heavy sufferers, as the caving in
of the oyster landing leaves them w ithout
any regular landing, and they can find no
other convenient place at which to unload
their cargoes.
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PJTTSBTLtlG, TUESDAY, OCTOBER
DETERMINED UDELAY
Partisan Politicians in Sole Control
'of the Senate Inquiry.
A DEBATE UPON JURISDICTION.
The Fact of Livsej's Flight Secures a Place
in the Records.
ACTUALLY NO PROGRESS AT ALL MADE
ITKOM A STArr CORKISPONDIJtT.l
Hakkisbueo, Oct. 26. When the Sen
ate convened shortly after 4 o'clock this
afternoon a viciousboltof lightning flashed
athwart fhe sky and a deafening peal of
thunder fairly shook the old Capitol build
ing. Little tongues of the electric fire,
thin as the carbon in an electric lamp, zig
zagged in front of the western windows of
the Senate chamber, and the few Senators
present looked alarmed. They were unable
to satisfactorily interpret the violent out
burst. Senator Sloan laughingly suggested that
it was a warning to the Republicans, while
Senator Gohin construed it the storm before
the calm or a return of the summer season
to his party. As unusual as it w as the
shock was not strong enough to allay the
partisan spirit in the body and the absence
of a quorum alone prevented the Senate
from arranging a plan to delay the Sen
atorial inquiry until after the electiou.
THE r.EFUBLICAN MOGRAMME.
It w as only a question of a few hours, how
ever, until the plan was adopted, as the Re
publican side had determined on the delay.
When the Senate adjourned on Friday last it
was distinctly understood by the Senators
and the attorneys in the case that after the
reading of the evidence in the Boyer case
the Auditor General's case should be taken
up so thai one verdict could be rendered in
both cases.
During the adjournment, however, the
Senators evidentlv found that such arrange
ment would be too expeditious, and that if
McCamant's case was taken up at once there
wonld be no excuse for delaying the verdiet
until after the election. No sooner had the
reading of the testimony been concluded
than Senator Grady, of "Philadelphia, who
seems to be the father of all the mysterious
moves, presented a resolution requiringthat
the Boyer case be argued bv the counsel be
fore McCamant's case be taken up.
Senator Ross spoke against such action.
He wanted to know what action, if any,
had been taken to bring John Bardslev be
fore the Senate as a witness. He urged the
absence of the Attorney General as an ex
cuse for delaying the argument, but was
willing that the Senate go on and hear Mc
Camant THE MISSING EX-CASHIER.
Senator Hall demanded that the Senate
be officially informed by the Sergeant at
Arms of the efforts taken to produce Mr.
Livsey as a witness, and while Senator
Grady Tcfused to withdraw his resolution
long enough to hear the police officer of the
Senate explain his trip to Pittsburg, Sena
tor Hall insisted that he be allowed to in
terrogate the officer as a part of his remarks.
His position was sustained and the Sergeant
at Arms explained that he had, as com
manded by the Senate, gone to Pittsburg,
but was unable to find Mr. Livsey. whom
he believed to be beyond the Senate's juris
diction. By calling the. Sergrant'-at-Arms' .Senator
Hall succeeded in having it plaeed'on the
records that the. witness unquestionably
considered the most important to the trial
was out of the State and was beyond the
Senate's jurisdiction to conceal his own
criminal conduct or the criminal conduct of
the accused State officials. The Republican
side was strongly opposed to hav
ing this evidence go upon the
records. They had no concern about the
rumors even on the Senate floor of Mr.
Livsey's absence, but they did not want him
or his absence to figure in the evidence.
Senator Hall, however, was too skillful for
even trickery. Mr. Grady and the un
known and untaken evidence of ex-Treasurer
and ex-Cashier Livsey will stand as a
conspicuous page in the testimony ac-
cumulated by Governor Pattison's now
famous extra scsswn of the Senate.
ONLY A PARTISAN DEBATE.
The resolution providing for the argu
ment in the Boyer case was after an effort
on the part of the Democrats postponed
owing to the absence of a quorum. It was
renewed, however, at to-night's session
when there was a quorum present and was
adopted. Beyond passing the resolution
there was nothing done at the night session.
There was, however, an airing of partisan
hatred which, while it was not edifying was
more or less interesting.
For half an hour there was a lively firing
betw een the opposing forces, and there was
no enort on eitner side to conceal tne politi
cal prejudice. The discussion was brought
about by the appended resolution intro
duced by Senator Ross:
WnEREAS, The Senato having convened in
extraordinary session, in pursuance of the
proclamation of His Excellency, the Gov
ernor of the Commonwealth, to investigate
whether there are reasonable causes exist
ing for the removal from office by tho Gov
ernor of Thomas McCamant, Auditor Gen
eral, and Henry K. Boyer, Treasurer, and
other officials named in the proclamation;
and
Whereas, Rules of procedure have boon
adopted unanimously by the Senate wherein
the senate has decided in Kulo 1 that "the in
vestigation shall bo conducted by the Senate
in open session:" and,
"Whereas, In the adoption of the said rulo
tho Senate has passed upon and
DECIDED ANT QUESTION
of Its jurisdiction In the premises, if any
existed, by assuming jurisdiction of the en
til e subject, and in pursuance of its decision
has proceeded to hear evidence, take testi
mony and investigate as to Henry K. Boyer
and officials named. Therefore,
Eesolved, That in order to arrive at as
early a determination of the facts as pos
sible, and to avoid argument of technical
questions now settled, that the qnestion of
jurisdiction cannot again be raised in the
Senate, and it is not now open for discussion
or consideration in this body.
Senators Ross. Grady, Green, Gobin and
Osborne were the conspicuous figures' in
the war of w ord. The Eepbulican Senators
were emphatically opposed to shutting out
the question of jurisdiction. Mr. Osborne
said that in any cast; in any court in the
land the question of jurisdiction could be
raised at any time. Senator Gobin con
tended that Senator Boss himself had by
support of Senator Hall's jurisdiction resolu
tion a week ago admitted that the question
of jurisdiction had not been settled.
In reply Senator Ross alleged partisan
motives against the Republicans, and Sena
tor Grady in turn charged the Democrats
with attempting to delay the proceedings.
He referred to the resolution requesting
that John Bardslcy bo brought before tho
Senate as a witness, and he argued that there
was not even a possibility of Mr. Bardsley
being produced. He said that Mr. Bardsley
was now beyond the jurisdiction of the
Philadelphia court. Senator- Boss said ef
forts were making to produce Bardsley, to
which Mr. Grady sharply replied: "If
John Bardsley could be brought here the
Attorney General would have long before
this paraded him in chains through the
State "for the political effect it would have.
Senator Green objected to the charge of
partisanship and defended the Attorney
General's course in the investigation.
ADJOURNED WITHOUT ACTION;
"When Senator Upperman moved to ad
journ and end .the controversy, Senator
Grady supported the motion, as he said
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through courtesy to the absent Attorney
General. .
"We want no courtesy of the kind ex
tended us," Senator Green shouted, but the
motion to adjourn prevailed before he could
go further. All in all, it was a lively ses
sion, but there was not a minute's work
disposed of duriug the two sessions to-day.
The Senate will meet again at 10 o'clock
to-morrow morning, and unless the repub
licans aeaiu change their plans,Mr. Bdyef's
case will be nrgiud for an hour or so, hen
memorial services will be held for the late
Senator Mehard. With one interruption
and another, it is now generally believed
that the Republican side have the case ar
ranged to extend until after the election.
The effort to embarrass the Administra
tion by the demand on the part of the citi
zens of York, that their justices of the
peace and mercantile appraisers be investi
gated by the Senate, will not pan out. In
response for proofs of the alleged corrup
tion the signers to the netition to Governor
Pattison have confessed that they have no
proofs. The letters iu reply to the Gov
ernor's request are appended:
Yor.K, Pa., Oct. 21, 1S91.
Hon. R. E. Pattison:
Deab Sik I was very busy when petition
was handed me with lequest to sign same
did not take time read it. Signed because
understood would bo saving to our county
in conseqnence of unnecessary charges being
made. I have, however, no personal knowl
edge of tho charges. Yours truly,
GEoroE K. Buck.
NO SPECIFIC CHARGES,
lion. Robert E. Pattison, Governor:
Deab Sir Yours of yesterday's date, rela
tive to a certain petition.is at hand. In reply
beg to say that it would be impossible for
me to make specina charges iu any case,
but the notoriety of the charges, as set forth
In said petition, are of, sufficient importance
In myjndgment to warrant attention from a
power competent to deal with tho evil.
Tho excessive bills of justices of the
peace, the multiplication of charges in cases
brought before our granU Juries, and tho al
leged crookedness of metcantilo appraisers
cost the county so much as to make one
naturally a convert to the generally ac
cepted theory that these men's dockets need !
loOKinginto ana tncir conaucc leceive s
thorough overhauling. The editor of the
York J'ennsylvanim has specific- charges
which I believe can easily be established.
Very truly,
15. F. Fnicrc.
1. S. It may be well enough for mo to say
that as Foreman of a grand jury several
years ago we had occasion to condemn in
quito severe terms the Justice of the Peaco
evil referred to, and being a matter weioh
affects tho pockets of taxpayers -alike re
gardless of political affiliations, received the
pretty general approval of the poople, but
ft seems no plan has yet been discovered by
which the thieving can bo stopped.
HEr.nEnT.
APPOINTMENTS ILLEG4L
UNLESS CONFIRMED BT THE PRESENT
SENATE SESSION.
A Claim Raised for the Purpose or Embar
rassing; Governor Pattison Complica
tions Which, It Is Said, 1V1I1 Cause Con
siderable Trouble Oier the State.
Harrisbueo, Oct. 6. ISjxziaL The
Harrishurg Patriot will to-morrow morning
print an anonymous interview which will
iikely create some confusion throughout the
State. The points are:
"The Governor convened the Senate in ex
traordinary session for the transaction of
executive business,' said a prbminent Re
publican leader fioin tho Western part
of the State last night. "The Eenate in
consequence of tho Governor's net," went
on the leader and lawyer-"is now in session.
Did tho Governor and Ills advisers fully ap
preciate the result of hta act. Itisappai-i
ent from many fuc? tnat tnoy did not,
but that they Uq not. irrjinoTf the legal,
cdn&cifaeneos of the s'tuaHoa Vhoy have
orougnt nuoui. jacKing in mis Knowieuge
it may be well that they should, be Informed
Just where they stand. The Senate being
now in session the Governor can
not make any (appointments to
office without tho advice and consent of
two-thirds of tho Senate. As yet he has
sent in no nominations. Any appointments
made since the benate has been in session
have been made without such advicoand
consent. Accordingly commissions issued
are illegal and valueless, and any offi
cial acts pel formed under such
commissions aro likewise invalid.
For example, I am informed some 14
notaries public have been appointed since
tho Senate convened, these irom the coun
ties of Allegheny, Delaware, Erie, Jefferson,
Lebanon, l'nlladelphia, Somersst, Washing
ton and Westmoreland. If any of these
have acted 'on their invalid appointment
the consequence may be most serious for
oaths administered, -protests of notes, ac
knowledgment of deeds and all similar
acts would bo void and the proceedings of
courts may thus be vitiated and serious
business complications result. Moreover,"
added this student of the Constitution, "all
appointments made by the Governor be
tween the adjournment of the Legislature
and the beginning of tho present session of
the Senate will expire with the end of tho
present session, and the Governor must
nominate to the nrcsent Senate persons to
rill the offices to which he appointed during
theiecess.
"Interesting complications may arise,"
continued tho gentleman, "from this situa
tion in which the Governor has been placed,
or lias placed himself. What may be the
disposition of tho present Senate toward the
Governor In the existing status or public
affairs, it is difficult to anticipate. Thnt the
Senate n ill insist upon all its lights, is to be
presumed and cannot be criticised. But at
the adjournment of the regular session tho
Senato and Governor pat ted on anything but
amicable terms in the matter ol appoint
ments." LUMBER DEALEES COMBINING.
They Deny Their Uniting Means They nave
Formed a Trust.
New York, Oct. 20. Special. Retail
and wholesale dealers in yellow pine, of
this city and vicinity, have decided to unite
under the.lawS of New Jersey, with a title
of the Yellow Pine Company. These firms
have sanctioned the scheme: The South
Brooklyn Sawmill Company; Charles L.
Bucki & Co., of Hoboken; E. W. McClave
& Co., of Hunter's Point; C TV. "Wilson, of
Brooklyn; and A. T. Decker & Co., the
Rapp-Johnson Lumber Company. A. B.
Johnson & Co., and W. A. Parke & Co., of
this city. The President of the new com
pany will probably be Charles K. Buckley.
The capital stock will be 2,500,000, of
which 1,000,000 will be preferred-cumulative
8 per cent stock. The firms at the
head of this movement say that the union
of their business will result in an annual
saving of S16o,000.
The value of the real property of the
firms interested is placed at $750,000, and
they have in addition 5250,000 cash. The
business of the new company will be man
aged by the present firms, all of whom have
agreed to contribute their services for five
years. Mr. McClave said to-day that the
new company would not be a trust, and that
it was not intended to raise prices.
An Opera Company's Allen Labor.
New Orleans, Oct. 20 (Specter.
Complaint was made to-day to the United
States Commissioner of Immigration that
the opera company which arrived here to
day, via New York, and is to give a reason
at the French Opera House, is acting in vio
lation of the alien labor law, inasmuch as
hair dressers, working girls, musicians and
choristers are brought over here under con
tract from Europe. The complaint is made
by a labor organization.
Teller Garcia Pleads Not Guilty.
New Orleans, Oct. 26. Eugene F.
Garcia, ex-paying teller of the Louisiana
National Bank, appeared before United
States Commissioner Wright to-day to an
swer the charge of embezzlement preferred
by President R. M.Walmsley. Garcia
pleaded not guilty, waived examination and
was released on bond of 525,000. The case
will come up shortly in the United States
Circuit Court.
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THE YANDAL FLOODS
Undermine the Celebrated Leaning
Tower ot Saras;ossa, Spain.
SPANISH STORMS STILL RAGING.
Nineteen Lives Lost in a Collision in the
English Channel.
GALES AXD FRESHETS IN ENGLAND
Madrid, Oct 20. The celebrated lean
ing tower nt Saragdssa (The Tower of
Felipe),- which leans about nine feet out of
the perpendicular and is so well known to
foreign sightseers, has been undermined by
the gathering waters and threatens to total
ly collapse.
At Corona the streets are flooded so as to
be impassable except foi) small boats, and
the railways in and about Valencia have
been washed a ay and partly destroyed.
The terrible storm which has prevailed for
several days throughout Spain shows no
signs of abating. The principal rivers
everywhere are rising steadily and rapidly.
The gales which have recently been caus
ing considerable damage to shipping in the
Mediterranean on the French coast con
tinue their violence. Along the northern
shores several wrecks have been reported.
The floods are growing worse and the rain
fall is still increasing.
FLOODS IN WESTERN EUROPE.
Telegrams from Merida, Provinci of
Badajos, say that the floods in that locality
continue. The river Ebro has overflowed
its banks aud is submerging the railroads
aud highways along its course. In many
parts of the Province the floods have car
ried away a number of telegraph poles, and
consequently communication by means of
wire has been interrupted. The olive, corn,
grape and saffron crops in many parts of the
Province of Ciudad Real ha e been de
stroyed. The floods in England, as a result of the
recent two w ceks of successive heavy gales, '
contiune to do a great amount of damage.
The river Thames, in some places, extends
for a mile or so beyond its banks. The town
of Eton and many of the streets of Windsor
are impassable, and boats are being used to
convey people from house to house.
A TERRIBLE SHIPWRECK.
A cable dispatch from London says:
The British steamer Boston, from Cardiff
for London, has arrived at Falmouth, after
having been in collision with the, British
bark Charlwood, 759 tons, Captain Salmon,
from Antwerp for Valparaiso. The Charl
wood foundered almost immediately after
the collision, with a loss of 10 lives. Three
men were killed on the Boston at the time
of the collision, and the steamer's boats
were badly stove in.
The captain of the Charlwood, his wife,
son and a governess and the stewardess,
together with all the bark's officers and
six of the seamen, a total of 10 persons,
were drowned in spite of the desperate
efforts made by the lifeboats of vessels
which happened to be near the scene of
the collision to rescue them. The efforts
of the would-be life savers were greatly
hampered by the darkness which pre
vailed at the time the. accident took
place, 4:45 in the morning.
The spot where the two vessels met wa3
not far irom the Eddystone rocks, 14
miles from Plymouth. Only an apprentice
aud the captain's daughter were saved.
THE LIFEBOAT CAPSIZES.
The pilot of the Charlwood left the vessel
half an hour before the collision occurred
which cut her nearly in two. A lifeboat
was forthwith lowered. All the crew en
tered it, and when the Charlwood plunged
down the davits, capsized and the liieboat
and all the occupants were thrown into the
water. They were soon struggling, cryinz
for help and seizing upon various articles of
wreckage.
The Boston and a schooner which were in
the vicinity rowed boats to the succor of the
unfortunate Charlwood's crew. After a
long search and much hard work tho res
cuers only succeeded in saving the captain's
daughter and two apprentices.
At midnight the downpour of rain has
been incessant throughout England Bince
Sunday afternoon. The heavy gale on the
east coast continues. There were many ex
citing scenes at and near Yarmouth, and
many vessels were driven to shore there.
Several gallant rescues were made by
Munn's lifeboat and the rocket apparatus.
FRANCE'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS
EXPLAINED BX M. F.IBOT IN XtESPONSE
TO INTERPELLATIONS.
Morocco Must Not Interfere The Republic
Gaining Influence In Egypt The Rus
sian Bapprochinent Pilgrimages to
Rome Must Cease Itibot Applauded.
Paris, Oct. 26. In the Chamber of Dep
uties to-day, M. de Leon interpellated the
Ministers, asking them to explain their
policy toward Egypt, the position they had
taken on the questions at issue with Morocco
in the matter of the Touat cases and the al
leged British intrigues on the Tonquin
frontier. M. de Lafosse also demanded that
the Ministry make explanations in regard to
the relations between France and Italy. Ho
found fault with the Government for par
taking in the recent Garibaldi fetes at Nioe,
and also for not affording protection to the
French pilgrims at Rome, and for the need
less and annoying prosecution of the Arch
bishop of Aix.
M. Eibot, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in
reply, informed the Deputies that the Gov
ernment of Morocco had been informed that
France would not tolerate any interJerence
at Touat, as the district was plainly within
the zone of French influence. In regard to
Egypt, hd declared that France had not
abandoned any of her former rights, and re
cent events were tending to increase French
influence there. The rapprochment be
tween Russia and France, he said, aston
ished nobody. It was simply in consequence
of old sympathies and a community of in
terests, and formed a fresh guarantee of
peace. The Minister justified the nation's
partaking in the festivities at Nice, declar
ing that it was in celebration of the memory
of the man who had fbught for France.
Regarding the troubles which accom
panied the French religious pilgrimages to
Rome, he said that the agitation provoked
in Italy by those pilgrim incidents was alto
gether out of proportian to any offense that
the pilgrims committed during their pres
ence in Italy. The incidents have an inter
national bearing. The Minister said the
Government felt bound to issue a circular
to the Bishops of the country to stop these
pilgrimages, and the Pope himself had de
clared that the Government was justified in
so doing. Nobody would surely deny, M.
Ribot continued, that the Bishops' "owed
this deference to the Government. Italy
had expressed her regrets. These Minis-,
terial statements were greeted by applause,
particularly by the members of the Left
Replying to an interpellation of Comte
Mun, the well-known representative of
Catholic socialism, M. Ribot denied having
charged the French Ambassador at Rome
to (hank, the Italian Government for the
protection the latter had afforded the.
French -pilgrims. M. Pichon declared that
nobody in Europe dreamed of restoring the
temporal power of the Pope.
t
Fighting McCarthvItos "With Bombs.
Dublin, Oct. 26. Great excitement was
WANTS
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AIIE GROWING PAST.
i Wonder Ik Is Makiny JVb Progress.
caused in this city thi3 evening by an ap
parent attempt to blow up the office of the
KatumalP) ess, the organ of the McCarthy
ites. The members of the staff of the paper
were on the point of beginning the night's
work when a bomb fell in the area in front
of windows where the editors' rooms are
i'f. fe,lhe bomb exploded with a tre-
'ffji . "ort, hut fortunately there was
riu. ffff. ''tUe particular rooms at the
time:v-C7- 'J ,"
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A EKbirfy.fy '-B0AD WRECK.
Cars TelescopedNip- Down an Em
bankment, Iv. P ,t People.
Paris, Oct. 26. A,as3enger train on
the railway between Lyons and Grenoble
wasderailad near Moirans to-day and ran
over an embankment. A number of the
carriages were telescoped and six persons
were killed 'and 30 seriously injnred.
The train, which was running at a high
rate of speed at the time of the accident,
was drawn by two locomotives. The acci
dent occurred on a steep incline and curve,
and is supposed to have been duo to a de
fect in the brake of the second locomotive.
The enbankment over which the train rolled
is 40 feet high. A dozen carriages lie in a
shapeless heap at the foot of the bank. Ac
cording to the latest particulars from the
scene, 15 persons were killed and 50 were
injured. Three of the injured are not ex
pected to survive the night, t and 15 others
are in a critical condition. One of the res
cued is a little girl, who was found crying
and carressing her dead mother.
A Jack the-KIpper Suspect Caught.
Berlin, Oct. 26. A man named Schultze,
a clerk by employment, has been arrested
here on suspicion of being the murderer of
Hedwig Nitsche, the woman who was found
murdered and mutilated in the London
"Jack the Ripper" manner, in Holzmarket
Casse. yesterday morning. The woman was
seen entering the house with a man at 1
o'clock yesterday morning, and soon after
the man was seen running away. The mur
derer was interrupted by another woman
who tried to enter the room, having heard
the scream of the dying woman. The man,
however, pushed her aside and ran from the
house.
COLOR IINE BRAWN AGAIN,
Southern Planters Object to tho Appoint
ment of Negro Sugar Inspectors.
New Orleans, Oct. 2G. Srfo?.
Among the new inspectors and weighers of
sugar appointed by the Internal .Revenue
Bureau at this city, under the sugar bounty
law, are a number of colored men. A very
strong feeling has been aroused among tho
negroes on the part of the white planters,
particularly in Eberia, Ascension and Ter
rebonne parishes. Protests were issued
against them on the ground that the em
ployment would have an injurious effect
upon the colored farm hands. The planters
declared they would accept any white men.
and that there were a number of white Re
publican candidates for these offices for
which the negroes were not suited.
The feeling against colored inspectors was
very strong in Eberia, and those who went
there to perform their duties some days ago,
have left at the advice of prominent Repub
lican leaders and returned to New Orleans.
The Crusader, a negro paper published
here, denounces the action of the
planters, and says that if the negro sugar
inspectors are not allowed to work the ne
groes here will appeal to Congress for a re.
moval of the sugar bounty.
EAT1M AND SMITH ON TOP.
Their Refrigerator Not Condemned Be
cause It Wasn't Warranted.
Memphis, fiet 26. Special In the
Raum-Smith Eureka Ice Machine and Re
frigerator case, which has occupied the at
tention of the United States Circuit Court
for a week past, Judge Hammond
to-day instructed the jury to find
for the defendants. Judge Hammond
held that, as Chapin bought a patent
right, not manufactured goods, such repre
sentations as Smith made could not be con
strued as a warranty, Jut were to be con
sidersd rather as explanatory of what
Smith, the inventor, claimed and expected
from his invention.
The jury could not construe opinions as a
warranty, and so ordered a verdict for the
defendants.
General BeaifVegard III in St. Lonis.
St. Louis, Oct. 26. General Beauregard,
lor whom a warrant has been issued by the
United States authorities in connection
with the ioux Falls, S. D., indictments,
charging him and other Louisiana Lottery
officials with violating the postal laws, is in
the city, stopping at his son-in-law's home.
He is said to be ill, and refuses to see re
porters. Election Riots In the Argentine. x
Buenos Ayres, Oct. 26. The elections
yesterday were attended with riots at Cor
dova and Tucuman. The police were com
pelled to fire upon the rioters, and many of
the latter were killed and wounded.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page.
An Ultimatum Given to Chile: 1
Trie Senate Inquiry Delayed 1
Fierce Floods in Europe 1
The Auction of a Landmark 1
Flight of Doerfllnger. 3
Permanent City Auditors. 8
Classified Advertisements 3
Editorial Articles and Comment 4
The Doings of .Society
Edison's Great Railroad Schcnio S
Deaths Hcrr Und Elsewhere
Industrial Intelligence.. . .
Lively Campaign Hustling 1
A Negro Burned at -the Stake '
Bids for Steamship Subsidies : 7
Sporting, State News ana Weatheiu. ...... 8
Theatrical and Operatic Criticism O
Local PoUtical Matters
Fast Time on the Rail
Hotel Arrivals and Personals
TTork In the Oil Fields 10
Making Millions of Pennies..... 1
Financial and Commercial Markets 11
Court Proceedings H
Tho Origin of Petroleum 3
Bright Republican Prospects In Kansas.'.lS
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SUPPLIED.
WORK OBTAINED.
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HELP.
THREE CENTS.
Tlie Site of Old Fort Payette
to Be Sold at PuMic Auc
tion To-Morroiv.
AN HISTOKXC LANMAEjT
Mnst Give Way to the March of Prog
ress in .Pittsburcj.
SOW A EECBUITKO SrATM.
The Purchase Hay Bring a Suit for Dam
ages Against the Citj.
MEETING PLACE FOR NOTED GENEEALS
UNDER THE
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The site of old historic Fort Fayette will
he put under the 'hammer by the United
States Government next Wednesday. To
the highest bidder will be sold the camping
ground of men who a century ago stood
ready at a moment's notice to defend the
village in the basin of the three rivers from
Indian attack, or foreign foe that might as
cend the Ohio to fight again the battles that
changed the name of Fort Dnquesne to that
of Pitt.
While Fort Fayette did not secure the
fame of the stronghold farther down the
Allegheny, to it belongs the honor of de
fending the town of Pittsburg and offering
protection to the people who sought frontier
life within its-borders. From 19L to 1813
the territory bounded by Liberty avenue, .
Ninth street, Garrison alley and the
Allegheny river was covered with barracks
in which Indian tigLers found a rest
ing place when not on active
duty and where the soldiers that
garrisoned the fort, fust facing the river,
made their homes. The year after the sec
ond war with Great Britain commenced,
Congress concluded the fort was no longer
necessary, and authorized its sale. This was
made with the exception of that portion of
the property facing 100 feet on Penn ave
nue, and extending along Garrison alley to
the river.
Loss of a Landmark.
This was reserved for a rec aiting station,
and has been maintained for that purpose
ever since. "With the sale of Fort Fayette,
the street called after it, alone remains in
Pittsburg to perpetuate the name of the
gallant Lafavette. "With it the gift of
the son of NVilliam Penn to the United
States Government passes into the whirl of
the real estate market, and only prospective
litigation remains to keep history alive.
Ten years after Pittsburg was laid out in
1784, the United States was given the plat
of ground describe d. bv John Penn. It was
in the wilderness The outskirts of the
town were then near Sixth street, and
where the village left off the woodland
commenced. Fort Pitt occupied the place
on which the Pennsylvania Railroad
freight depot now is situated, and Penn's
object in giving the ground farther up the
river to the Government was for the
purpose of taking the signs of war
from what was then the center of the city.
The new fort was built by Mayor Craig.
It was close to the river, and the ground
back of it was reserved for barracks for the I
troops. It was in the time of peace, and no
record of a fight at or near the fort can be
found. The turbulent times of the period
demanded nrotection near at hand, how
ever, and for that Fayette was maintained.
During the war of 1812 it became a recruit
ing station, and was the meeting place in
Western Pennsylvania for leaders of
the war. The -spreading city had
grown all around it in the
meantime, and Congress, after repeated ap
peals, in 1813, authorized its sale. General
Adamson Tannehill, one of the best known
men in Pittsburg at that time, was ap
pointed commissioner, and was given the
right to sub-divide the ground and lay out
ayette street parallel wiin jrenn avenue,
and between it and the river, before making
the sale.
x An Officer Rendezvous.
For some reason the portion of the terri
tory now remaining was not sold, and was
afterward made-mljrtermastcr's headquart
ers. During tho period between 1813 and
the Civil War it: was a favorite place for
officers to have social meetings.' The most
famous men stationed at tho place were Gen
eral Sherman.and General Johnston, of Con
federate fame. They were each in charge
of the station for a short time, and the
records of their service are among the old
files.
During the late war the station assumed
old-time activity. Stables were built where
the fort had been, and army stores were in
every corner. The stables are now used for
storing scrap iron and the ground where
cannon balls and hard tack were piled as
high as houses is a very dull-colored plot et
green, and farther back, the site oft he WcU
lnghouse Company's carpenter shop.
Two brick buildings, erected about the
beginning of the century, are now used for
Government purposes one as a recruiting
station and the other as a storage place for
the custom house. The custom honsc officer
in charge, Mr. Shelmer, is one of the oldct
citizens of the city, and his pride is the his
toric building of which he is supreme ruler.
"I do not think the Government has a right
to sell this property," he said yesterday.
Used for War Only.
"It was given to the United States by
John Penn for war purposes, and can not be
used for anything else. '
In further conversation he said he re
membered when the city was a small town.
In the early days, he continued, there was a
female seminary where Overhill street now
is, and the young ladies who lived at tho
Point only went home once a week, and not
that often in bad weather.
The auction will commence at 11 o'clock.
The act of May, 1890, authorizing its sale,
directs the Secretary of War to sell the
property described, subject to such public
assessments as may be thereon. The orig
inal possession of the Government extends
to low water mark of the river, and tho
guest ion now has been raised that the Stato
ad no right to take the wharf room be
tween Dnquesne way and tbe river, and
that whoever purchases the lot will get
the . portion of the wharf extend
ing 100 feet above Garrison
alley. The Government officer who is in
Pittsburg to make the sale would not give
an opinion on whether the State could take
the wharf from the United States, but ad
mitted that whoever purchases the ground
to-morrow will probably have a claim for
damages if he wishes to push it.
A Very Old Act.
The act of Assembly authorizing the city
to open Dnquesne way and condemn the
wharf for public purposes -was passed in
1836, and also provided for the payment of
damages to property holders. No damages
were evsr collected because it was held that
the improvement was sufficient to meet the
loss of ground to real estate owners. It
could hardly be proved, however, that the
Government gained thereby, and as who
ever purchases the property will get all the
Government's rights, a suit for damages of
a claim for the 100 feet of wharf might of
successfully made.
A part of the correspondence discovered
with reference to the lort is a letter from
Major Craig to the Secretary of War, in
which he states that the garrison was ncces
sry in order to protect the inhabitants