i GOI HOME TO VOTE, Campaign Headquarters in Pennsylvania and Ohio Now Deserted. FIGURING ON PEOSPECTS. Iv'one of the Chairmen Admit That Their Party May Not Win. KEW TOSK IS DECIDEDLY CLOSE. McFinley's Friends Looking for His Major ity to Be 20,000. POLITICAL WINDING UP ALL AEOUND rSPECII. TELEGRAM TO THE DIEPATCIT. Philadelphia, Oct. 31. Campaign work -aded practically at the Slate head quarters this evening, when the last of the bi mails was taken care of and all obliga tions were satisfied. Chairman Watres, of the Rpublican State Committee, is as con fident of the State's Republican majority be ing a comfortable one, as he has been all through the campaign. He speaks in high tunes of the speeches that have been made especially by Congressman Dalzell. JTo fig ures are gien out, however. "There is really nothing new, startling or surprising in our situation," said Gen eral Boeder this evening; "and the work is almost over. Just a few edges to round off, and then we must rc because the cam paign will be done for." Many encouraging assurances of a heavy Bepublican vote being polled next Tuesday made up a gratifying outlook at Bepublican headquarters to-day. From an extended cr.mb.er of reports it appears that the farm ing districts have .been, experiencing a change in sentiment, and the farmers will not remain at home, as it appeared would be the case some weeks ago. Getting Out the Country Yoti. Chairman Watres adopted vigoroas meth ods to overcome the apathy and indifferenot of ac off year. He looks for a large vote, nd is confident of a telling majority for Cregg and .Morrison. Chairman "Watres and General Eeeder go home Monday to vote, and return by Tuesday evening, to see how their campaign labors pan out in re sult. Democratic Secretary Head returned to Harrisburg this evening. He has been Chairman Kerr's principal assistant since onvention week.and in many ways aided in perfecting the system under which the cam paign has been conducted. Mr. Head is the Democratic candidate for delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the Fif teenth Senatorial district, and stands a fair show of pulling through. The Republicans have two nominations in ex-Senator Herr and Louis W. Hall. Captain Reber leaves for Bellefonte early Monday morning, and the clerical force has nothing further before it this year. Cost of the Democratic Campaign. It is interesting to know that Chairman Kerr has conducted his campaign this year at an actual cost of less than $5,000. This sum has come along in email contributions, and out of it the expenses of a number of speak ers have been met, along with the salaries nt headquarters and printing bills. Mr. Kerr has been receiving many letters bear ing warm commendations of his plans and the ork accomplished, some especially Taluable ones coming from Mr. "Wright and Mr. Tilden, the candidaies, and S. Davis Page, Congressman Mutchler and S. M Wherry. "I am not thinking of any proceedings in libel against me, and, in fact, .have no time to bother with Mr. Quay's intentions," said Chairman Kerr to-night, "but 1 do know one certain thing this has been a most re markable batile for better government, bet ter administration of the State's affairs, and to free Pennsylvania from a series of dis graces that crv to heaven for a change. The light is turned on, and I am confident that the voters will do the rest." M-. Kerr has almost completed the great mass of labor a campaign imposes upon a Chaicman, and after voting in Clearfield Tuesday morning, has arranged his plans to receive the returns at the Penn Square rooms the same evening The returns will be compared with the vote for Auditor Gen eral is 1S68 and State Treasurer in 1889. CLAIMS OF THE BUCKEYES. CHAIRMAN If ahx PLACES rtl'KIJ.T.ET'S MA JOKITT AT 20,000. His Opponent I Sure Campbell Will Best the JIijorTVone Than He Sid Formker K -i.ors for the Faith Tht Is In Both .Men. Coi.CMnrs Oct 31. Special. The headquarters of the two parties in this city arc dcs-erte.1 to-day, and the working forces have gone to their homes to vote. Chair man Hahn. of the Republican committee, we i at Washington C. H. this afternoon to hear McKinley, and uent to Cincinnati to ijjht, where McKinley has his big closing meeting of the campaign, and will have his last meeting at Canton Monday night Gov ernor Campbell will be at Cincinnati Mon day night for hi-, closing meeting, and will go to Hamilton on Tuesday to vote. At Republican headquarters, before clos ing lasf night, Chairman Hahn gave out an estimate in which he claims the Republic ans will not have lets than 20,000 plurality, anil that they ivill have a safe workin" majority in both branches of the Legisla ture He does not care, however, to go into details on the Leeishture and give the counties in which they expect to win. Chairman Hahn is somewhat proud of the record mads by the Republicans in the campaign. From August 22 to Xovembcr 2 the comraittte made 711 avsienments in 81 of the 88 counties. Eighty-wen speakers participated. McKinley was assigned for 100 mee'mgs and filled all. Senator Sher man filled 25, in as many different counties and Governor Foraker spoke in 32 counties in the State. The resume of work by out side speakers is very creditable. Thev Fpoke in from 10 to 20 counties in the State. Chairman Keal has made no estimates for publication uutil to-night, when he said. "Campbell's election is as sure as anything can be. He will have a larger plurality than he had two years ago, when it was abont 11,000. I base my opinion upon the great canvass made bv Governor Campbell and th'e cordial reception he has met at the hands of the people, and the reports that come to us from our precincts and county committeemen and from leading Democrats in all parts of the State. Thev- show that ail the Democratic voters are in line, and that we are making accessions everywhere from the tarifl reform element of the Re publican party. These reports are satis factory eminently so from 50 to 75. per cent more encouraging than thev were in 1889. b "Outsid of Hamilton county not a re port has come in, but is more encouraging this year than two years ago, and every dar they are more and more favorable. The situation of affairs is infinitely better than we had supposed it would be, and there has not been a day for two "weeks that it has not been improving. The Republican mana gers are claiming a big plurality for Mc Kinley in Hamilton county, but when the votes arc counted they will find how badly they are mistaken. I do not concede them any plurality at all, while in every pre cinct almost, in the interior of the State, Governor Campbell will develop greater strength than he made two years ago." We will have a majority in both branches of the Legislature." NEW YORK CALLED CLOSE. LITTLE BETTING OX RESULTS IN THE EMriKE STATE. The Last Lond 'ote of the Campaign Sounded Fignrlns That I Being Done on Both Sides Equal Work for the Can didates. Is Ev Yor.K, Oct. 31. Special. The last loud note of the campaign has been sounded to-night, and both sides are now preparing to close up their lines and get their armies in fightinc order for Tuesday. What the result of the great battle will be it is im possible for the impartial onlooker to guejs with any certainty, for in spite of the con fidence which each side professes to feel, the honest conviction of all is that the mar shaled armies are so nearly equal in strength that the victors will win by a plurality not exceeding 20,000, and perhaps bv less than half this number. "The leading Democrats here positively assert that the Republicans will not come dovn to the Harlem river with more than 50,000 majority over Flower, and that it will be met here bv a Democratic majority of from 80,000 to '90,000. They base this estimate on the belief that Richmond and Kings counties will roll up a bigger Demo cratic vote than ever before, that the Ee Sublican vote in Suffolk county will be cut own to insignificant proportions, and that the Democratic ranks in this city have re ceived large accessions from Republicans because of the World's Fair issue. They point to the ironclad Twenty-first Assembly district as a place where they will gain largely in strength because Mr. Flower's Xew York home is there, and profess to have certain information that the Eleventh and Seventh districts, both of which are largely Republican, have given evidences this year of Democratic tendencies. J.ne XiepuDIIcans asseri. just. bvuuhj. assert as that, thev will brinir aeainst this city a plurality for Fassett of between 70,000 ana 90,iO0, and that the Democrats will not be able to roll up in this county more than 60,000 plurality. Some of the more san guine of them are confident that the Demo cratic plurality nere win not exceeo. u,uuu. They say that the Democrats of Kings county are disgruntled because, of the de feat of their man Chapin in the State Con vention, and that many of them have de termined to make Mr. Flower pay for this slight by doing all they can to defeat him. They claim that Richmond county is threat ening to throw off its Democratic yoke, and that the County Democrats are in line with them. They stick to this .statement in spite of assertions to the contrary made by many of the leading County men, and try to prove it by the fact that in many of the districts where the vote is close the County, men have not named candidates. No matter what the purpose of the County was in this move, the fact is their candidate's will draw largely from the strength of Tammany and thereby increase Repulican chances of victory. The" work done at both the Republican and Democratic headquarters here has been about equal, and the fight has gone on with varying success. The lack of any large amount of betting by sporting men who are always on the lookout to lay their money is perhaps as good evidence of the closeness of the contest as anything else. THE SITTATIOH IN IOWA. Both Parties Are rnshlnc the Work With Unabated Vigor. Des Moixes, Oct 31. The work of the two parties is being pushed with unabated vigor. In Des Moines the Democrats held a big rally to-night, with F. W.iehmann, of St Louis, as leading orator. The Re publicans held their principal rally at Ot tumwa, with William E. Mason, of Chicago, as orator. The Republicans claim that they have discovered a plot to throw the entire rail road vote of the State to Peter A. Dey, Democratic candidate for Railroad , Com missioner. Dey was a member of the Iowa Commission during the enactment of the railroad rate laws of a few years ago, and was generally considered to be friendly to companies. His opponent, Campbell, was a radical friend of the so-called granger legislation. The present plot, it is claimed, aims at the repeal of all sucn legisla-. tion. Circulars soliciting votes for Mr. Dey, it is said, are being distributed as railway mail. Democrats arc claiming that the circulars were gotten up by Republicans to influence the granger vote. The pro hibitory question is being urged in many parts 6f the State. The women of the various temperance societies are getting ready to take a haud in the fight A THEEE-CORNEEED FIGHT. In South Dakota the Chnnces Seem to FaTor Ihe Independent Candidate. Chamberlain, S. D., Oct 3L Although there are many Republicans who are sanguine of John L. Jolley's election to Congress from this State, there are still many well-posted and conservative Re publicans who practically admit that it would not be at all surprising if Smith, the Independent candidate, is elected. The independents are well organized, con fident, and- are making a vigorous cam paign. They are on a "still hunt," so far as the towns" are concerned, and for this reason but little has been learned of their efiorts. If nearlv a full Republican vote can be polled Jolley hopes to be elected by a comfortable plurality; but if, on the other hand, there should be a very large stay-at-home Republican vote, the chances are that Smith will be the next Congressman. The Democrats are not wholly without hope of electing their candidate, Mr. Wood,.even though they are in the minority. M'KINLEY OS THE HOKE STBETCH. Great Crowds Greet Him at Cincinnati and Washington Court House. Washington- Coukt House, Oct 31. Serial. The crowd that greeted Major McKinley here to-day is estimated at 20,000. The parade was one hour and 15 minutes passing a given point McKinley spoke to many thousands from the grand, stand at the Fair Grounds, and fairly sat the vast audience wild. He was followed by Hon. C W. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis, and Hon. D. K. Watson, who made ringing speeches. From here the Major went to Cincinnati, where his closing speech in that part of the State was listened to by thousands. Sev eral other thousands were unable to gain admission to Music Hall, where the 'im mense meeting was held. Major MJcKinley will close his campaign on Monday by' speaking in the mining village of North Lawrence iu the morning, Massillon in the afternoon and at his home in Canton in the evening. General Hawler at Wooster. Woostek, Oct 31. Special. General Joseph Hawley, of Connecticut, addressed a magnificent audience here to-night The meeting was the first and only one held in the city during the campaign. The distin guished gentleman devoted nearly two hours to a masterlyatgument for protection. Foster Talks Twice a Day. Lancaster, Oct 31. fecial. Sec retary Foster addressed a magnificent meet ing at the Chestnut Street Theater for two hours this afteraodn. Every section of the county wat well represented. He spoke at Marietta to-night AMERICA IS AHEAD. Successful Tests of Home-Made Armor Plate at Indian Head. THE FOREIGN METAL NOT AS GOOD. Carnegie, Thipps & Cc's Harveyized Steel Froves an Eje-Opener. TIIE BETHLEHEM PLATES ALSO SUPERB (TROM A STATT COBRKSPOVDE'CT.I WAsniNRTON, Oct 31. If there was any doubt about the ability of American manufacturers to turn out successful armor plates, it was dispelled by the results of to day's test at the Indian Head naal ord nance t roving grounds. A year ago last September, when three foreign-made plates were tested at Annapolis, no one in this country had yet made armor plate. To-day thre pistes, representing two makers, were tried, and at least one of them was better than the best tried at Annapolis. The plates tried to-day were the first lot of eight that has been ordered for the pres ent series of tests. They included a high carbon nickel-steel plate from the Bethle hem Iron Works, containing about 3 per cent nickel and 38 per cent carbon; a low carbon niekel-steel plate from Carnegie, Phipps & Co., containing the same percent age of nickel and but 25 per cent carbon, and a low-carbon all-steel plate treated by the Harvey process of superficial carboniza tion from the Bethlehem Iron Works. The plates were made for the purposes of com parison of the same dimensions as those tried at Annapolis eight feet high, six feet wide and 10i inches thick. Conditions of Testerday's Test. Five shots were fired at each plate four from a six-inch gun and one from an eight inch gun. The powder charge in the six inch gun was 42.4 pounds, giving a striking velocity of 2,075 feet per second. In the eight-inch sun the powder charge was 74J4 pounds, and the striking velocity was 1,750 feet per second. These were the same ve locities used in the Annapolis trials. At about 8:50 o'clock a musket was fired to notify everyone on the grounds to get under cover, and the members of the Trial Board and spectators got nnder the bomb-proofs. The first shot was then fired at the upper left hand corner of the high carbon nickel steel plate the point of impact was two ieet from the top edge and two feet from the left side. The penetration was 13 inches from the surface of the plate. The shell re bounded 51 feet, and was picked up intact, except the rotating band, which was not found. The hole in the plate was smooth, and the back of the plate was bulged with star-shaped cracks where the point of the shell had broksn through. A fringe of metal an inch in length was raised up around the hole. The plate -was broken through, but it had accomplished its work of keeping the shell out. What the Second Shot Showed. The second shot was fired at the upper left hand corner of the low carbon nickel steel plate. The projectile went in and stajl there, with its base Uf inches be yondthe face of the plate and its point 17i inches further on, making the total penetra tion in plate and backing 29 inches. The shell was apparently intact This plate showed at once a lack of resisting power, as it allowed the shot to go clear throneh it Its low percentage of carbon made it very tough, however, and it showed less ten dency to crack than either of the others. The third shot was at the same corner of the all-steel plate treated by the Harvey process, and the shell encountered greater resistance than in either of the two pre vious shots. The hard steel surface shat tered it to pieces, anji the point was left sticking in the plate while fragments of the base were scattered in all directions. As the point of the shell plugged up its own hole it was impossible to measure the exact penetration of this shot, but it was approxi mately nine inches. Effect on Hljh Carbon Nickel Plate. The fourth shot was at the upper right hand corner of the high carbon nickel plate. The projectile was broken off in the plate, the point remaining in. The penetration was about nine inches. The fifth shot was at the upper right hand corner of the low carbon nickel steel plate, and again the too great softness of that plate was demonstated by the projectile going practically clear through it and into the backing, so that the base of the shell was nine inches from the face of the plate, while its point was in the oak backing, 17 inches deeper. The sixth shot was at the Harvey-treated low-carbon all steel plate, and again the hardened surface succeeded in smashing the projectile, the point of which was left in the plate, as in the first shot. The pene tration could not be measured, but from the point at which the projectile broke off the penetration was estimated to be between seven and eight inches. The seventh shot was fired at the lower left hand corner of the high carbon nickel steel plate and was practically a repetition of the first shot at that plate, the projectile rebounding entire and leaving a hole 13 inches deep. ' Low Carbon Nickel Steel Tested. The eighth shot was at the lower left hand comer of the low carbon nickel steel plate. As in all the previous shots at this plate, tne sneii remained entire, but tins one did not go in so far. Its base was nearly flush with the face of the plate and the point projected through the back into the wood backing. The total penetration of plate and backing was about 15 inches. The ninth shot was at the lower left-hand corner of the Harvey treated all-steel plate, and it was the first to develop any sign of weakness in this plate. It broke hrough the hardened surface, and then the penetra tion of the rest of the plate was an easy matter. It finally brought up with its base, 9J inches beyond the face of the plate. A deep vertical crack extended from the hole to the bottom of the plate. The tenth-shot was at the lower right hand corner of the high-carbon nickel-steel. The shell penetrated 10 inches and re bounded broken up. The hole was clean, and the point of the shell did not break through the back of the plate. Round No. 11 was fired at the lower right hand corner of the low carbon nickel steel plate, and the shell penetrated 13 inches, rebounding broken up. Result of tho Twelfth Shot. The twelfth shot was at the lower rieht- hand corner of the Harvey treated all steel plate. The projectile was again defeated by the hardened steel, and, though it was not broken to fragments it was so jammed up and shortened that its diameter was in creased to about eight inches. It remained sticking in the plate with its point from nve to six incnes deep in tne metal. This finished the shots with the six-inch gun, which then dismounted and moved out of the way, and the eight-inch gun was mounted in its stead. The eight-inch gun was soon in position and soon afterward it ilanted its first shot in the center of the ligh carbon nickel-steel plate. It pene trated lo4 inches and rebounded entire. A wide crack extended through from the hole through the upper left-hand hole and on to the upper edge of the plate. Other cracks extended to the upper right-hand hole and the lower left-hand hole. The next shot was at the center of the low carbon nickel-steel plate and it penetrated until its base was flush with the face of the plate. It cracked the plate from the center through the left-hand upper shot hole. One of the Teste That ffat a Corker. The last shot of the day was at the center of the Harvey treated all-steel plate, and as the previous shots had given reason to ex pect, the 210-pound forged projectile crashed through the hardened face and passed on through the softc steel body of the plate and into the 36 inches of oak backing until its point bulged out the wood at the back. Fresh cracks in the plaic extended through the upper right hand shot hole to the npper edcre and through ihe lower left hand shot hole to the left edge and the old cracks made by previous shots were opened np. Taken as a whole, and viewed as the first test of American made armor plates, the trial to-day was highly successful and satis factory. One of the plates tried, the high carbon nickel steel from the Bethlehem Iron Works, was equal to any plate yet tested in the world, and there is reason to believe that among the five plates yet to be -tested on-subsequent days there are at least -two that are superior to it They are high carbon nickel steel treated by the Harvey Iirocess of surface hardening, and-it is be ieved that the union of hardened lace with the good qualities of the nickel steel plate will give it resisting power not yet ap- proached by any other form of armor plates. Of the five plates remaining to be tested four are irom Carnegie, Phipps & Co. and one from the Bethlehem Iron Works. NATIONAL GUARD WORK. INSPECTOR BRECKENItIDGES REPORT TO MR. PROCTOR. Compliments for the Volunteer Militia Suggestions for the Future Tests of Trench Smokeless Powder Reduced Maximum Age for Recruits. "Washington, Oct 31. Inspector Gen eral J. C Breckinridge, in his annual re port to the Secretary of War, says that tho work oflnspecting the National Guard in encampments was never so completely accomplished as during the past year. The report says: "It is safe to assume that a substantial organization of the volunteer militia of the nation 'is now assurred, and with the support from the general Government and from the States themselves which they deserve and which experience has taught it is economical to give an efficiency will be attained in which all may feel a just pride and the nation rely fo'r its security." In his report to the Major General com manding the army the Inspector General suggested the advisability of holding at Chi cago during the Columbian Exposition an encampment of the militia for his nation, and collecting there as many regulars as possible. He says we have no cause to be ashamed of our army. Touohine the National Guard, the In spector General says the exercises in which it has had the least experience and nat urally the most deficient are in campaign ing, skirmishing through rough country, field Entrenchments, minor tactics and night work. The Ordnance Bnreau of the War Depart ment has just completed some tests of French "B. M." smokeless powder with rifled field guns. The gnns were 3.2 inches caliber. The service charge of other powder is 3 3.4 pounds, giving a velocity to the shot of 1,(580 feet per second, with a pressure in the gan of from 35,000 to 37,000 pounds per square inch. One pound and 14 ounces of the smokeless powder gave the same velocity with a pressure of only 7,900 pounds. With a full charge of 2 pounds 8 ounces of smokeless powder a velocity of 2,050 feet was imparted to the shot trith a pressure of 35,000 pounds, well within the safe pressure lor the gun. By an order issued to-day, the Secretary of War has reduced from 35 to 30 years the maximum age at which recruits will be ac cepted for the army. The First Suar Bounty Paid. Washington, Oct 31. The first pay ment of sugar bounty under the tariff act was made to-day in the form of a treasury draft for 51,319 26, drawn in favor of J. W. Dougherty & Co., of New Orleans, and representing bounty on 65,963 pounds of cane sugar. - , E0PING IK TEMPERAHCE PEOPLE. Rumors Circulated That the Prohibition Ticket Is Withdrawn in Tilden's Favor. Franklin, Oct. 31. Special Efforts are being made in this section of the State to get the Prohibition vote for the Demo cratic State ticket, especially for Tildyi for umii, Aiuuici, . .iLgciii.s jnuicmir lu rep resent the Prohibition State Committee are canvassing this and adjoining counties rep resenting tnat Tilden is a Prohibitionist, and that the Prohibition State ticket has been withdrawn. Prohibition tickets with Tilden's name for Treasurer are being pro miscuously circulated. Representative Prohibition leaders here declare that this is a scheme to reduce the Prohibition party vote in the State to less than the percentage of the total vote re quired under the new law to enable them, as a party, to nominate a State or county ticket mext year. That party's leaders are greatly excited over the ajleged ruse. STUMP WORK IN 8IARK COUNTY. Republican! Slake Saturday Quite an Oratorical Occasion. Canton, Oct. 31. Special Hon. John J. Ashcnhurst closed the campaign for Ohio Prohibitionists with a speech in the Tabernacle to-night. There was a fair au dience present Mr. Ashenhurst will spend election day at home in this city. He ex pects to see the Prohibition vote increased. The Republicans held meetings all over Stark county to-night Senator Sherman addressed a monster meeting at Alliance, Colonel J. O. Winship spoke at Louisville, Allen Carnes at Canal-Fulton, Henry W. Harter and W. H. Snider at Sparta. All the county meetings were well attended. Ray State Democrats Most Confident. Boston, Oct 3t Chairman Qnincy, of the Democratic State Committee.announced to-day the outlook in politics as viewed from a Democratic standpoint He said: "Ail our miormation leads us to believe that Governor Russell will be re-elected by a handsome' majority." At the Republican State Committee neither Chairman Burdette nor Secretary Wardwell C3re to prophesy in figures in regard to the result atthe polls, though both want to go on record as predicting a Republican victory and the election of Allen by a sub stantial majority. The iJiwrenee County Alliance in Politics. New Castle, Oct 31. Special. For the first time in its history in this county of Lawrence the Farmers' Alliance entered politics. In secret convention this after noon the Alliance indorsed Tilden, Demo crat, for State Treasurer; Book, Prohibi tionist, for Associate Judse, and James E. Rice, Democrat, for District Attorney. A bitter fight was made to get the indorsement for District Attorney. Committees were appointed to get out the full vote fof the above ticket A Compromise With Miedrlnghaus. St. Louis, Oct 31. A compromise of the big strike at the Niedringhaus rolling mills, which has been on since July, seems about to be reached. Representatives of the Amalgamated Association, with Presi dent Weine, of the association, have had several conferences with ex-Congressman Niedringhaus looking to a settlement, and it is stated a compromise will be effected shortly. l'erslstent Fire Rues at Belpre. Paekkbsbubg, Oct 31. Special The people of Belpre, across the Ohio river, are much excited over a second attempt last night at incendiarism. " The large store of Gorby & Gatz was set on fire a week ago. Last night the store was again discovered to be on fire at a late hour, and nearby was a box of matches. Only the absence of wind prevented a wide conflagration. Reciprocity Negotiations Wlth.MexIco. Chicago, Oct 31. Thomas Ryan, United States Minister to Mexico, was in the city to-day en route to Washington. It is said he will lay before the President the result of his conferences with President Diaz re garding the proposed reciprocity treaty be tween this country and Mexico. .,' FREED THE CONYICTS. The Tennessee Miners Had "Things Their Own Way Friday Night THEY MADE PLENTY OF NOISE. Considerable Property Destroyed, brit No Lives Were Lost CONVICTS SCATTERED IN" THE HHLS Knoxvtlm:, Oct 31. A reporter has just returned from Briceville and Coal Creek. Groups of men could be seen every where discussing the event of last night The Briceville stockade, with the exception of the north wall, and the rifle pit were burned. Ten eight-room houses and a large dining hall inside of the inclosure went in the general conflagration. At the lowes end of the Coal creek stock ade the office building was burned and the guard "shacks" demolished. The interior of the convicts' dinning hall, sleeping room, hospital ward and kitchen were filled with broken furniture and shattered glass and queensware. The stors of Warden Jack Chumley at this point was rifled and about $1,500 of goods taken and destoyed. The citizens of Briceville began to hear squads of men passing through the place on their way to the stockades between 8 and 9 o'clock. Friday night This kept up for nearly an hour. It was about 9:30 o'clock when 200 men descended Waldens ride ap proaching the stockade from the east. They called upon Warden Cross to deliver the keys of the prison. The Warden Gave Up the Keys, While this was going on, the magazine was blown up and the stocks surrounded by 2,500 men, and Cross gave up the keys, and when the 141 convicts were released they assisted in burning and destroying the prop erty. The attacking party then moved on the Chumley, or Coal Creek stockade, and a halt was made near there and 25 men were sent forward to demand the surrender of the convicts. The men kept np continuous volleys from their Winchesters. Only one guard was on duty and he lost no time in obeying. The convicts were told to go, and many of them at Briceville were given citizens' "clothing. ' When the convicts were liberated they plundered Chnmley's store and destroyed the stockade furniture. The Office building was set on fire by the overturning of the stove. The mob then descended'to the val ley, where they set off several dynamite bombs and fired a small cannon th'ey had with them. The racket occasioned by these discharges, together with the explosion of the ammunition stored at the Briceville stockade, which the fire touched off, created the impression among non-participants that a small war was in progress. This, . how ever, was not the case, as there was not a single shot fired at any man. The Country Covered With Stripes. The woods and fields and railroad tracks surrounding the two stockades were gener ously strewn with the striped suits of the released convicts. Convicts in gangs of tens and twenties were yesterday wander ing all over the country. One conviot ar rived at a small settlement near Coal Creek to-day who was still in his stripes, and he was quiccly sent on his way rejoicing. Several gangs have been seen at various Soints along the Mobile and Ohio yester ay. Whenever they asked for help" it was Ireelv given by the natives. A citizen of Coal Creek pointed ont a gronp ot men to the re porter, remarking that the men are not of this place, but when asked where they came from the citizen shut up like a clam. At another time they were told that one of a group he had been conversing with was an escaped convict, but further and more defi nite information was refused. A dispatch from Oliver Springs says that while everything is quiet there, the people look for the miners to come there to release 220 convict miners confined at that point A COUNCIL OF WAR. STATE OFFICIALS DISCUSS THE BR1CE V1ISLE SITUATION. Governor Buchanan Will. Investigate Efforts to Captnre the Ringleaders How the Convicts Woro Leased The law on Releasing Prisoners. Nashville. Oct 31. Special The number of convicts released at Briceville was 163 and at Coal Creek 142. The Gov ernor's office presented an animated ap pearance throughout the clay. The Gov ernor and other State officials, constituting the State Board of Prison Inspectors, were in conferenee, and callers, interested in one way or another in the affair, were numerous. Among those who called was General J. L. Weakley, Inspector General of the National Guards of Tennessee, Colonel Jack Spnrr, of the First Regiment, who was awaiting instructions in case the mili tary should should be called out; Warden Blevins and and Deputy Warden Patton, of the main prison; Colonel A. S. Colyar, who came as counsel for Dr. William Morrow, s ub-lessce of the convicts who were working at Briceville for the Tennessee Coal and Mining Company, and Mr. Nat Baxter, Jr., and Colonel J. L. Gaines, of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, the direct lessees of all convict labor of the State. The convicts working at Coal Creek are sub-let by the lessees to the Kuoxville Iron Company, which operates the Coal Creek mines. Mr. Nat Baxter, Jr., and Colonel J. L. Gaines spoke as though the matter was one which did not call for much action on their part, saying that the convicts re leased were not working for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, but sub let to others. Mr. Baxter, when asked whether the lessees would be liable to the State for payment for convicts released by a mob during the time they should be at liberty, said: "I should think not" Gpvernor Buchanan in the meantime had Attorney General Pickle come to Nashville withont delay. General Pickle answered, stating that on account of his attendance upon the Supreme Court at Knoxville he would be unable to leave there now. The Governor said Superintendent Wade went to Briceville soon after Judge ' Snced, of Knoxville, delivered his opinion in the habeas corpus case, and he reported that the miners were indignant because imme diately after this decision the lessees sent 84 additional convicts. It was understood when the convicts were first taken to Brice ville that only 100 woulp be worked in the mines, but instead about 150 were em ployed. Governor Buchanan finally decided to Jeave to-morrow morning for Knoxville, where he will hold a conference with Attor ney General Pickle and other careful ad visers as to the best course to (be pursued. Steps will doubtless be taken to secure the arrest ot as many of the escaped convicts as possible. The law passed by the Gen eral Assembly at its recent extra session on the subject of interfering with convicts is in substance this: That persons concerned in interfering with or releasing convicts in jaijs, prisons, mines or elsewhere Bhall be guilty; of a felony, punishable by imprison ment in the penitentiary, the principals for not less than three nor more than seven years, and the accessories for not less than three nor more than five years. Came Back and Was Caught Mark Donnely, of the Perkins Detective Agency, met Jimmy Richardson on Fifth avenue yesterday, and he is now in the Allegheny station. H is wanted far pick ing pockets in New Castle, on Grand Army Day, August 18. His brother Peaser was sent up for three years and six months for the same offense. Jimmy got away, but was caught yesterday. He was arrested on a bench warrant from New Castle, and will be taken there this morning. M'KEESPORT'S HOSPITAL. ITS CORNER-STONE Z.AID WTTH PRESSIVK CEREMONIES. IM- Judge White, or FUtsDarg, Is the Orator of the Day Varied Contents of the Box A Parade Incladlos Many Men of Local Prominence. McKeesport, Oct 3L Special. The ceremonies attending the corner-stone lay ing of the new hospital took place here this afternoon. The building is to cost 50,000, outside of furnishings, and such a great gathering attended as to make the event one of the most important in the official history of the city. Probably the most interesting and im pressive incident of the affair was the able address by Judge White, of Pittsburg. The orator explained at length the benefits of such an institution, and eulogized the hos pital, the city and the people who assisted in its erection. Short addresses were also made by Rev. J. J. McCarrell and Rev. James Nolan, while excellent choir singing accompanied the exercises. James Evans placed the metal box, con taining a history of the city, history and copies of the local papers, histories of dif ferent societiesand organizations and many other iqteresting papers, in the corner stone. The parade was one of the most interest ing that ever passed through these streets. Mayor Tilbrook was Chief Marshal; Cap tain T. C. Crawford, Chief of Staff; City Solicitor R. C. Rankin, Adjutant General, all accompanied by 150 mounted aides. First came the police, a band, Chief Mar shal, staff and aides, followed by civil, military and secret societies. GOVERNOR CAMPBELL AT HIS HOME. At His Birthplace He Is Accorded an An tlclpated Ovation. Dayton, Oct 31. Special. Governor Campbell made his thirty-second speech for this week in this city to-night, and his re ception and the parade were in every man ner creditable to the Democrats. The meet ing was held in the Opera Honse, but the building was not large enough to hold the large crowd, and an overflow meeting was held on the outside. Beside Governor Campbell, speeches were made by Hon. John E. Lamb and other dis tinguished Democrats. This afternoon Governor Campbell spoke at Middletown, his birthplace. This Is a stronghold of Democracy, and there were 10,000 people present A QUIET HALLOWEEN In the City, the Country Districts Not Heard From. The night force of the city police that usually go on duty at 8:30 o'clock were ordered out at 6 o'clock last night owing to its being Hallow'een. The usual crowd of small boys made night hideous with horns and other instruments but nothing of a seri ous nature was reported. On the Southside the police were warned to be on the lookout for boys taking .occasion of its being Hal low'een to commit serious depredations. As a result of this a boy named Edwin Bishop was arrested by Officer Hazerling for running wagons out on the public street and creating a blockade. The Police on the Hunt. An alarm was sent in from station No. 93 at 7:20 last evening for a small fire in the house of Thomas McGinnley, Sylvan ave nue, Fourteenth ward. The fire caught in the front room on the second floor, and the kntire contents were burnt. When Acting Chief Lennox inquired the cause of the fire McGinnley became excited and finally said he thought the house was set afire. The police are investigating the cause of the fire. Was Only a Fight A reported attempt at robbery of W. W. Wattles' jewelry store, on Fifth avenue, yesterday, was found to be untrue. Detec tives Robinson and Fitzgerald were detailed on the case by Superintendent Weir, and after an investigation found that two men had been fighting in.front of tho store. One of them threw a stone at the other, which went through the window. An officer gave chase to the men and caught one of them. Harry Kennedy. The detectives learned the name of the other, but were unable to catch him. It May Be Murder. Last night while 13-year-old Joseph Heran, of No. 164 Thirty-seventh street, and several companions were out Hallow e'ening, he was knocked down by an un known man on Butler street As he fell his head hit the curbstone, causing a skull fracture. He was removed to the West Fenn Hospital, where his condition was pronounced critical. 'Ihe police are hunt ing the man. Broke Its Record. On Thursday at the rod mills of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. the day turn of ten hours turned out 280,000 pounds of finished rods, No. 5 gauge, and the night turn 286,000 pounds. This was considered the biggest output of No. 5 rods ever made on a single turn, but the Friday night turn ran out 306,000 pounds, thus breaking all previous records of any mill on No. 5 gauge. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. Fnerst Bismarck.. .Hamburg New York. Pennsylvania.. .Antwerp. , ..Havre.... ..New York. x.a xourame . ..New York. Communicated, j ARCHIE SHOWS HIS HAND. ROWAND WRITES ONE USTTER TOO MANY AND CITES HIMSELF AWAY. He Wants to "Knock Out" "The Same Old Cans" He Calls on His Friends to Support the Irregular "Stralghtout" Ticket Do the people desire Archie Rowand to select their Judges for them? As the people did not select Archie Rowand for District Attorney do they think he is competent to select their judiciary? Mr. Rowand is the head and front of the irregular "Straighfouts." This he caunot deny, as the following letter will show that Archie wrote one letter too many. Here it is: PiTTSBcao, Oct. 28, 1891. My Dear Friend: I would like very much indeed If you would take charpe ot the Stralghtout Repub lican tickets on Tuesday next. I am fight ing the same old crowd. Will you please call at my office, at any time to-morrow be tween 8 A. -v. and 9 v. M.? If convenient run up at dinner time. Very truly yenr friend, Abch H. Kowahd, Jr. The people can now decide whether or not they want any more Rowandism in this county. As Mr. Rowand puts it, a victory for the Straightouts means a victory for Archie Rowand and a friendly footing in Common Pleas Court No. 3. A vote for .Judges Kennedy, Porter and McClting means a vote for an honest,compe tent judiciary. Choose between the two. Special Far Sale. "We offer our entire stock of ladies' fnn, known to be the finest and best in the city, comprising Sable and Seal, Beaver, Persian, Astrachan, Monkey, and all other far in the latest shaped capes and mantles, muffs and collars, at away down prices for spot cash. Season backward, too niaay tnrs in. stock, we can use money, and buyers can have these goods for cash, at almost their own price. "Cash will ret great bargains here C. A. Smiley & Co. Hatters and Farriers, 28 Fifth ave. TAAHrDTTrTtfTi TITQ WffYRli .wMl LLJITjU Hid !T UTUlt The Brutal Murderer of Pretty Minna Banlfauser Kills Himself. BOUND TO MAKE A GOOD JOB OP IT He Tries Three Ways, Finally Succeeding With a EevoIve,r. JEALOUS! THAT ENDED TWO UTES rSHtCTAI. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCIt-l New Yobk, Oct. 31. Sitting against a tree on the brink of the Palisades, between Ft Lee and Coytesville, William Miller, the murderer of Minna Ranhauser, was found this afternoon, dead, by his own hands. Apparently he fled directly to New Jersey, after locking the doors upon his vic tim in the little flat at 207 West Sixty-seven th,street Friday moraing.Someboys found Miller's body at 1 o'clock, while wandering along the top of the Palisade, and a mile above Ft Lee. Miller had seated himself against one of the large trees, facing the river and the scene of his crime, and had shot himself to death. The wound that ended Miller's life was made by a bullet in his temple, but it seemed that he made at least two attempts to kill himself "before that There wa$a gash three inches long in his throat that had apparently been made but a little while before he fired the shot, and a fresh stab wound in the right side of the throat, and when the Coroner examined the body he found three small stab wounds over Miller's heart that were not so new. now the Girl Was Murdered. Over these wounds in the chest Miller had placed a folded towel; and blood had soaked into this and dried. He had two conies of this mornincr's newsnaners. and 4 from one of them he had carefully torn out the story of his crime. The story ot tne girl's struggle for her life has not been half told. It was not half known until Dr. Con way made, an examination this morning. The only cuts that had been seen were those that had nearly severed th.e girl's head from her body. Dr. Conway found no less than eight others. There was one in the thigh near the abdomen that suggested Jack the Ripper. Two fingers of the left hand were nearly severed, as though she had seized the knife blade and he had drawn it through her hand. All the wounds were in front of the body, and all were pointed downward, indicating that they were made while the girl was standing and fighting off her assailant Jealousy That Cost Two Lives. The theory that jealousy was the motive for the murder is strengthened by Rose Ranhauser. She says that in the six years that Miller had lived with the family he had watohed Minna-continually. He hated to see her in the company of any man. When he saw her speak to a man he would ask her what she' had said, and he made a practice of reading all the letters she wrote. "My sister looked on him as a big brother," Rose said, "that was all. But he seemed to think more of her than a brother. She never told me he. had asked her to marry him. I am very sure she would have refused him if he had. He was so homely, and she was so handsome. Once in a while he had fits of insomnia, and then he would say he guessed he would go crazy and he guessed he would commit suicide." Rose Ranhauser also said that Miller read the papers to them evenings, and took great delight in reading stories of murdered women. He used "to remark, then: "Oh, Minna, what should I do if you were mur dered?" He did not drink much and spent nearly all of his time in the house. He taught Minna to play onthe piano. Rose said she was surprised not to find him lying dead by her sister's side. She felt sure he had killed himself. MISF0RTU17ES OF A SAY. Seven Accidents Reported Yesterday, Sev eral of a Serious Nature. The total number of accidents reported yesterday reached seven. Two small boys are seriously if not fatally injured, one by falling from a bridge, the other in a run away. The list follows: Matthias Thomas Matthias.agod Kyears, fell through the trestle or the Pittsbunr Jnnctlon Bailroad ovor Penn avenue last night and was fatally injured. His skull was fractured and a leg and arm broken. The boy had been nrcred by some unknown men to place a barrel on tho track when he slipped and fell to the ground. IIurtz TTilliam Hurtz. whilo walkine along the Allegheny Valley tracks near Twenty-seventh street, caught his foot in a frog. Before he could release it a shifting engine camo along and ran him down, crushing the foot so badly that it will have to be amputated. He was removed to his home on Forty-eighth street Fuoe August Fuge. a German, aged 71 years, a slater by occupation, fell from the roof of the new Concordia Club. Alleirlienv. yesterday afternoon, a distance of about 40 feet. His face was severely cut and a leg was broken. He was removed to the Alle gheny General Hospital. The injured man lives at 31 Thirteenth street, Southside. Nola Patrick Nolan was injured at Car negie's Twenty-ninth street mill yesterday by a piece of nyingsterl striking hira on the head, ne was removed to the West Fenn Hospital. KLA310WA8KIE A piece of iron fell on Joeph Klanowaski, an employe at I'aik Bros.' Steel Works, yesterday and fractured his skull. His injury is serious. He lives on Bank street. Padded William Padden, while driving up Carson street yesterday morning, the axle ot his wagon broke, throwing him to the ground. His back and hiDS were in jured and a, deep cut was made on bis left leg. Hamuo-i Willie Hammon, aged 8 years, was knocked down by n. runaway horso yes terday morning on Penn avenue near Thirtieth street. One of the shafts struck him on the side, making a serious wound. The wheels passed over his left arm, break ing it near the elbow. He was nlso badly bruised about the head and body Or the horses' hoofs. He was removed to his home on Smallman street near Twenty-ninth. Bargains. We find in making room for a large stock of holiday goods that are about to arrive that we have some goods' that have been taken in exchange that we will have to dis pose of at a sacrifice, among which are such well-known makes as Wilcox & White, Story & Clark, Schoninger & Acme organs in late style cases and good as new. In pianos we have squares from 45 npward; also two uprights, slightly used. Thisis no fictitious or catch ad, but bona fide bargains for early callers this week coming. Call and see for yourselves. Echols & Cosweia Co., Lim., v No. 146 Federal street. BLAINE IS HERE. Up the Bnsy Valley Bristling With Fac tories. A delightful and healthful loeation, two railroads, a navigable river, rich fields of coal and gas, elegant water, fertile country, populous, prosperous and refined district, with all the conveniences and comforts of an old community; the largest safe manu facturing works, and numerous minor in dustries this is Blaine, on the Mononga hela river, 22 miles above Pittsburg, where lots are cheaper and investments safer at the present time than anywhere else. iVee trains every day to and from the new town. Tickets, maps, price-lists "Knd fall particu lars at 129 Fourth avenue. The Blaise Land Impeovejiext Co. Etiwust Steam Hemtins; By the "Williamcs Vacuum System," with out back pressure upon the engine. Guar anteed advantages Saving power, and 25 per cent and over of coal compared with the pressure system, removal of crackinjj or hammering in pipes, increasing efficiency of the heating system. Send fornew descriptive catalogue to Warren 'Webster & Co., 491 JT. Third street, Philadelphia, Patentees and Mrs. of Webster Vacuum Feed "Water Heate? and Purifier. uwvsa THE NEW STATION OPENED." A Wife Beater and a Drunk Iu First Oo enpants. The handsome new station house of th Fourteenth ward, on Forbes street, Oak-4 land, was opened for service yesterday. During the day a large concourse of peopla visited and inspected the beautiful new5 structure. Many prominent persons wera among: them and they pronounced it tha finest in the country. At 10:30 last night two cases had been locked up. As the cell department was open for inspection the two prisoners wero gazed on much the same as strange animals in a Zoological garden. "The first prisoner in was Barney Ward, an Irishman, who came from Philadelphia two weeks ago. He was chargedwith beating his wife at his homa on Burlington street, and' was arrested bV Officer O'Brien. The other man was Martin McClain, who was arrested by Officer Fitzgerald for fight ing on Second avenue. He was charged! with disorderly conduct The Patterson's Heights Homicide. BeaverFaias, Oct 31. Special Thai jury in the Coroner's inquest over Robert C. Dean, fatally shot by Charles Miller during a family quarrel on Patterson's Heights last Sunday evening, last i night brought in a verdict" in accordance with, tha facts already published. PSORIASIS 20 YEARS. Body a Mass or D'gease, Suffering Fearful -All Thought He Must Die Cured in Six Weeks- hy Cnti- . cura Bemedies. m Z been afl,,,c'',1 for 3)TPar with n obrtlnsta skin disease, called by some M. D. Porlasls. and otoersfcepro3jr. commencing-on my scalp: and. lit sB!J,V?.r5ir con,fI Io. -with tne help of the moi? skillful doctors.it slowlv bat aarely extended.nntil f T.eK Tf ,MA rlnIer, " ewred mr entire person in the form or dry scales. For the last three year J2.tl.ihe.,lme .Er-Cr5r mornlnjc there coolil be nearly a dnstpanfol of scales taken from tho sheet on my bed. omeof them half as laree as th n.,M.r... t ..- .!".. r jwiufraer. The nth of .Tune I started West, in hopei I cooM reach th HotSprlnirs. I reached Detroit, and was so low I thought I should havetogotothebt-pltal. bat finally t asfara Lansing. Mich., where I hvl a sister fivlrg. Orm ur- 'f??1 me abont two weeks, but did mi no good. All thought I had but a short time to. i1J.e,v1Ic!1,71M,lj'pra,7'Lt0,,le- Cracked through -SlSi'7?r W l!?ck' ?" nT ribs. arms, hands.llmbs: feet hartly swollen: toenails came off: flnzernalls dead and InnJasabme: halraead.dry and 11 felt j9 as old straw, o mr God.how I dirt suf- ori WoJnS.-.E; n.; D?yls- had a 'ma" Part ofaboxorCcnccnA In the honse. She wouldn't ,7,,5:iilP' ''i1 tTT CCTICUBA." Some was applied on one hand and arm. Knrekat there was relief; stopped the terrible burning sensation rJF tI.W0"1 K- ThcT Immediately got the CUTI CURA. rtTICCRABESOLVXNT and SMP. I com menced by taWng one tablepoonfal of Rekolvtct three times a dav. aftermeats: had n bathonce a day, water about blood heat: n-ed Ccticcba soap freely, applied Cuticcra morning and eveninz. Kf suit: Upturned to my home In Just six week rrom the time I left and my skin as smooth as this sheet of paper. illUAjl E. CARPENTKR. Henderson. Jeflerson Co., N. Y. - " .." wuiv Lm UlUUKIIbUl. CL-ricUitATiEMrores are sold everywhere. Price. CUTIOTRA. the great Skin Cure. Soe; CtmccRA SW. exquisite Skin Pnriner and Beautifler.So? CcnccKA Resolvj-.nt. the new Blood Pnriaer.JU Potteb Jiuva avd Chemical Cobp'x, Boston. 4-Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases." 64 pages, SO Illustrations, and 100 testimonials. PI M'FXlS:s cc-lrta. r- rough, chapped, and, rim oilysUn cured by CcncUBA Soat. .HOW MY BACK ACHES! BackAche.KidnevP.iint and Wpv. ness. Soreness, Lameness, Strains, and Fain relieved in one minute by the Cuticnra Anti-Pain Piaster. wsso, Sf Wat, WMf OUK MOTTO:! LOW PRICES. I TOUR MOTTO I SAVE MONEY SIXTH ST. HO PERN AVE. m i A LOOK THROUGH .Our Cloak and Suit Rooms will con vince you that our garments are ' greatly superior, in both style and! workmanship, to the common-place goods generally found in stores where they retail everything. HE PARIS Is the only establishment of its kind in this city that manufactures and retails exclusive ly Ladies Fine Tailor-made Jackets "Wraps, Newmarkets and Suits. Our long experience in the wholesale as well as tha retail business gives ns a great advantage that cannot be equaled by other merchants' who have to buy cloaks to sell again. Belo we will quote a lew hrst-class Tailor-mada Garments and Fur Capes at the very lowest prices for qualities shown : All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for 8 6.50, Worth 5 6.50. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for S 7.50, Worth 5 7.50, All-Wool Tailor-Made Jacsets for S1D.50, Worth S10.50. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for 512.50, Worth $12.50. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for $15.00, Worth 515.00. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for 518.50, Worth 513.50. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for S20.00, Worth 520.00. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for 522.50, Worth 522.50. All-Wool Tailor-Made Jackets for 525.00. Worth $25.00. Fine French Coney XX Capes, 55.00. Fine French Coney XXX Capes, 57.50. Fine French Coney XXXX Capes, $8.50. Fine Astrakhan XX Capes, $10.50. Fine Astrakhan XXX Capes, 513.50. Fine Persian Lamb XXX Capes, $25.00. . Motto: Eavo Money. Coma and Trads at x THE PA1ISM. :-: oc3i WOODS'- THE 3PENETRATINO QUICI Pi.AS I ER. AND THE -a yuiurv. umera n aomnanson are slow of DEAD, :deXd. If suffering trr :iynnn'SP! artfb t Penetrate, Be kUeve, Cnres. 7 r?i . lAirtA iA - i$m It MM XT All frags lies. ?- rm a 1 Z .i rlt'J
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