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TWO BOOMS NIPPED
By tlie Hard Election Frosts
in Ohio and Pennsyl-
Tania on Tuesday.
CLEVELAND IN THE LEAD
For the Democratic Nomination, With
Gorman a Possibility.
BLAINE AND M'KINLEY LINKED.
Terj little Second Term Comfort to Be
Found in the Ketnrns.
IMPORTAXCE OF NEWTOEK NEXT TEAR
ITTTClkl. TELEGRAM TO TIUS DISPATCH.
Washington. 2Tov. 4. As the smote
of yesterday's battle dears away the survey
and rearrangement of the lines for next
year's struggle is already commencing. This
is especially indicated by the alacrity with
which Messrs. Cleveland and Hill have
come oat in interviews incidentally claim
ing the credit of the party's success in the
Eastern States.
It is on the Democratic side that the most
decided changes have been made by the re
sults of Tuesday's elections. Two young
and promising Presidental apirants, Gov
ernors Pattison and Campbell, have been
placed on the shelf. This i not because of
anything the matter with them personally,
but simply that neither Ohio nor Pennsyl
vania afford even a fighting ground for the
Democracy next year, and no nomination
on that ticket will be wasted on either of
those two impregnable bulwarks of protec
tion. 'When Pennsylvania can do as well as
reputed under the unfavorable local cir
cumstances of this campaign, it is entirely
safe to predict that the 80,000 of 1884 and
1888 will again be rolled up in 1892. "While
no such figures can be expected in Ohio the
Democrats will scarcely make any serious
attempt iu BucVeyedom for some time in
the future.
Two Other Stars That Twinkle.
Toung and enthusiastic Russell in Massa
chusetts, and old and wily Boies in Iowa,
have been respectively re-elected as Demo
cratic Governors of these two old-time Re
publican strongholds. But they are hardly
Presidental timber. Russell, indeed, would
have to count his birthdays pretty
closely in order to find enough of
them to bring him up to the
Constitutional provision which provides that
the occupant of the "White House must be
33 years of age. Besides, Russell is a
Cleveland adherent, and will probably throw
his influence lor the heavy-weight ex
President. Boies is more ambitiour, and it is very
likely that he will enter the lists for first
place, with the hope of getting the second.
He could, of course, secure his own dele
gation, and would do fairly well in the
neighboring States, which would give him a
vote useful for trading purposes in the
national convention, to say the least.
"With the present outlook, and an Eastern
roan for President, the chance of Boies for
the other end of the slate would be equal
to or better than any "Western man now
considered.
If on the contrary, the Democracy should
by any chance go to the West for its chief
candidate, Russell, notwithstanding his
youth, w ould undoubtedly be a very formi
dable feature in the race for the place. But
there seems to be no Democrat in the "West
of sufficient caliber for the first position, un
less it became absolutely necessary to go to
that section for a compromise nominee.
Bill Is Strong and "Weak.
The man who more than holds the kev to
the situation is Governor-Senator David
Bennett Hill. It is largely a question as to
whether that hitherto grasping individual
will do the dog-in-the-manger-act or
not. There is not one chance
in'a hundred that the Democratic Conven
tion will nominate Hill for President. Ac
cording to party rule it requires a two
thirds vote to win in a national conclave,
and there are too many Democrats in the
"West and South who believe that the sharp
Empire State politician sold out the ticket
in 1888 to allow him to secure the coveted
honor in 1892.
But Hill might defeat Cleveland. To be
rare Grover could possibly secure enough
delegates to be chosen without the solid
support of Xew York, but such a course
wonld be in violation ot all recognized rules
of political action. The ex-President, how
ever, has undoubtedly strengthened himself
with tbe party in his own State by his
active participation in the campaign ju-t
closed, and, with Flower's assistance, might
even make a winning fight against his rival,
who will so coon be an ex-Governor and
lose control of the State patronase. Not
withstanding his big majority Flower will
hardly cntef the national lists himself. He
is not built that way.
Clei eland's Chance Far the Best.
If there is any reality in the reconcilia
tion of Cleveland and Hill, and the latter
has decided to postpone his ambitious de
signs until 189G, Groer will undoubtedly
bo the Democratic nominee. Besides his
own strength with the party there is, as has
been shown, a scarcity of available mate
rial. But one other Eastern man is really a
possible quantity and that is Senator Gor
man, of Maryland. If Hill decides to make
a fight you will probably hear of Gorman
before the National Convention adjourns.
Gorman's pull would lie in the fact that
there is no fnctional opposition to him
within the party lines. On the other hand,
he coulS hardly claim any strength with the
independent 6r liberal voters, as he is
known as a partisan of the bitterest kind,
who does not mix his scruples and his poli
tics to any great extent.
Nothing, then, is likely to prevent the
nomination of Cleveland except an in
ternicine strnircle in New York, and he
might pull through even in that case. After
Grover, Gorman' chances are best, and
failing both the ex-President and the Mary
land Senator, the Democratic future is a
blank. The party wonld hardly know where
to turn.
TJpon tbe Republican Side,
Harrison can extract very little personal
comfort from the returns forTnesdav. There
was a wide-spread belief that Piatt and
Fassett were committed to the second-term
propaganda, and they have met with a de
feat only exceeded by that of Folger, who
attempted to carry the Empire State for
Arthur in 1882. In no other place is there
anything particularly encouraging to the
head of the administration, and in Penn
sylvania Quav's continued grip is decidedly
antagonistic
Tne fact that Iowa has become a close
State may be used by Allison and his friends
as the foundation of a Presidental boom. In
fact it is practically certain that the Senator
will again be a candidate, and will probably
have about the same Mrength at the start
as h? exh'"ted in the Chicago Convention
of 1588. He inisht accept secorfd place on
the ticket under certain contingencies.
No new stars were developed in the Re
publican firmament on Tuesday, either in
the East or West, The feeling of the party
is, therefore, the same as it has been for
months past, as indicated almost everywhere
where Republicans have gathered together.
Karnes of Blaine and McKinley linked.
Even the most conservative politicians
admit that the Maine statesman can have
the nomination it he wants it, and to-day
the name of the Buckeye tariff champion is
freely linked with his. But Blaine and
McKinley have some divergent ideas upon
important matters, and it is a question
whether the latter would take second place
except under stress of circumstances.
McKinley's position is peculiar in some
respects. He has declared himself on several
occasions as in favor ofthe re-homiuation of
President Harrison, but even his popular
ity and influence in Ohio could hardly carry
the State delegation that way in opposi
tion to Blaine. If Harrison 'should with
draw from the fight and throw the adminis
tration influence for McKinley, or if Blaine
should refuse the honor within his grasp,
Campbell's successor would be a most
formidable factor in the situation.
But, although admitting that there are
difficulties to be smoothed over, enthusiasts
hope to see reciprocity and protection
linked in a ticket that would arouse the
Republican party to put forth the greatest
possible efforts -Blaine and McKinley. The
idea is one which is almost sure to grow on
the people as the months roll on.
It TTill Be a Battle RoyaL
After the nominations will come the
election and a great contest it will be.
Only two organizations will be in it, the
People's party and the Farmers' Alliance
not bein any more of a factor than the
Prohibitionists. This much, at least, is
evident from the returns of Tuesday.
The South, in which the Republicans
were up to and including 1888 making
steady gains on the tariff issue, is once more
apparently solidly joined to its idols. The
force bill scare and the resulting Republi
can disorganization have given the Demo
crats a hold which can hardlv be broken,
even in the Virginias. Massachusetts,
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and the other
States which have been wavering will be in
line in a Presidental fight, bnt it will take
hard work iu some of them, as the Demo
crats will undoubtedly make a fight Wis
consin will probably be about he most
doubtful of the Western commonwealths.
There are some fresh features to be con
sidered in this national contest The Re
publicans will gain electoral votes in the
new States of "Wyoming, Idaho, Washing
ton and the two Dakotas. On the other
hand Montana will probably go Democratic,
and that party will surely gain a half dozen
electors in Michigan by means of the scheme
by which they will be elected in the gerry
mandered Congressional districts. New
Terey seemed joined to the Democracy.and
Connecticut will probablv go as in the
recent struggles. j.nere is even a nine
doubt about Rhode Island, which has gone
Democratic for three years now under the
new voting system by good-sized pluralities.
Xew York and Indiana Acaln.
To sum it up, the relative strength of the
two parties outside of New York and In
diana will be practically the same as in
lbSS. Democratic inroads upon former
strongholds will be about made up from
accessions in the new States, and the gains
under the recent apportionment This will
leave the contests to be decided at the two
creat pivotal points.
Indiana went Detaocratie by 20,000 last
year and New York gives a 40,000 majority
bf the same persuasion this time. But
State and local issues were largely responsi
ble for both events. It is apparent from
present indications that either party could
lose Indiana and win, provided New York
was carried. A careful examination of the
electoral figures, and an unbiased estimate
of the probabilities will indicate this.
To be victorious without New York the
Republicans would have to carry Indiana
and hold all the Harrison States of 1888,
and then capture either New Jersey or Con
necticut, or break the 6olid South, besides.
For the Democrats to lose New York and
still elect they would have to sweep Indi
ana, hold Connecticut and New Jersey, and
then carry at least one large Republican
Northern State or two smaller ones. The
importance of the Empire commonwealth
can be seen at a glance.
JUST A STITCH IN TIME
BEING TAKEN BX THE JTAVX DEPART.
MEJfT OFFICIALS.
They Don't Intend to Have the Govern
ment's Vessels Too Far Away From the
Scene of Any Possible Necessity Some
Haste Needed.
Washington, Nov. 4. Special
While Navy Department officials regard
the possibility of hostilities with Chile on
account of the killing of two American sea
men in Valparaiso in a sailors' row as be
ing remote, they evidently do not propose
to be taken at much of a disadvantage if
some rash or ill-advised action on one side
or the other should bring on trouble.
It is evident that all that can be done
without being constructed into actual naval
demonstration against Chile is being done.
The hasty departure of Admiral Gnemrdi
for the West Indies with the Philadelphia
was a step in that direction. The Admiral
had not expected to leave New York before
next Meek some time, but the Secretary of
'the Navy concluded it would be better to
have the Philadelphia in the West Indies,
several dajs nearer "Valparaiso, at once, so
that in an emergency cable orders could be
sent her and much valuable time could be
sa ed.
The hasty preparation of the Newark for
sea is attributed to the same cause. When
she was sent up to the Boston Navy Yard it
was understood that extensive alterations
were to be made, and that she would not get
to sea before a month and a half. Now, how
ever, orders have been sent her to be ready
to proceed to the South Atlantic not later
than November 10. The reason for this
haste is that from the South Atlantic to
Valparaiso is a comparatively short voyage,
and if trouble should occur it would not
take the Newark long to get on the ground.
It would not be at all surprising if the
Newark would be accompanied to the
South Atlantic, or soon followed, by the
Atlanta and Bennington, or one of them,
for though the reported revolution i Bra
zil is not credited at either the State or
Navv Department, the rumor would afford
a pretext for still further increasing the
naal force in the South Atlantic without
openly making a demonstration in the di
rection of Valparaiso.
Though there is apparently no reason for
trouble and small probability of force being
resorted to on either side, it is apparent
that the United States could, in a compara
tively short time, concentrate quite a num
ber of good ships at Valparaiso.
Acting Secretary Spaulding, of the Treas
ury Department, has sent the following
self-explanatory letter to Secretary Blaine:
I have tho honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of j out letter of the 2d inst, in which
you ieiuest that telegraphic Instructions
may he tent to the Collector of Customs at
Xew- Orleans, according courtesies to and
free admission and promnt delivery of tho
personal bapgaie and effects of Mrs. Hontt,
w ifo of Don Pedro -Montt, who has been ap
pointed Minister oy the Chilean Govern
ment, and in reply 1 heir to quote below a
telegram j esterdav sent to the said Col
lector, virt Accord usual courtcsieB to and
facilitate prompt deltverv of personal bag
gage and effects of Mrs. Montt, wKe of tho
Chilean Minister, her family and others
conneoted with the Chilean Legation ac
companying her, to arrive Thursday next
from Aspinwall."
A FUENESS LINE STEMfBB WRECKED.
The Ottawa, a New Vessel, Goes Ashore and
It a Total Loss.
Halifax, Nov. 4. Special The new
Furness line steamer Ottawa is ashore a
total loss, at Blond Rock, near Seal Island,
Nova Scotia. The crew were all saved, and
she had no passengers on board. The
ttcamer left here for St Johns, N. B.,
Saturday, and wonld be off the place of dis
aster late that night. The fact that four
days have elapsed since the wreck occur
red can only be explained on the theory
that the tremendous tide and high winds
prevented communication with the main
land, 14 miles distant
THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1891
IRISH AT IT AGAIN.
The Federation Convention Is At
tacked by the Parnellites.
HEADS AEE HIT WHEREVER SEEN.
Billon Esjs Harrintrton and Bedmond Were
Against Parnell.
HEALT IS SORE OYER HIS THRASHING
DUDLrH', Nov. 4. A number of ladies
of Longford have decided to present to Mr.
McDermott a silver-mounted whip. Tim
othy Healy is greatly disturbed by the pub
licity which the story of his horsewhipping
has received. He now declares that he
throttled McDermitt, and prevented him
from striking, bnt there are plenty of wit
nesses to the contrary. These witnesses
heard at least 60 strokes of the horsewhip
as McDermitt rained the blows on Healy,
while the latter danced and jumped about,
yelling with pain, and calling for some one
to help him. After the horsewhipping
Healy wept with vexation and pain, and
has since been unable to sit down, at least
in public.
Dispatches from Waterford, where the
convention of the National Federation is
being held, say that great excitement pre
vails there. The streets are crowded with
uproarious mobs of people, ready for any
kind of disturbance. The police, in their ef
forts to control the mob, have been making
a free use of their batons, with the result
that several civilians have been injured.
Healy at the Federation Meeting.
Timothy Healy, who was horsewhipped
yesterday by Mr. McDermott, nephew of
Parnell and solicitor for the Parnell family,
was one of the speakers. He said, among
other things, that he wonld not be deterred
by violence from pursuing the course he had
mapped out for himself, and repeated the
language in reference to the widow of the
Irish leader which he used at Longford,
Sunday last, and which led to the chastise
ment he received at the hands of Mr. Mc
Dermott Mr. Dillion, on arriving at Waterford,
was received with mingled cheers and hisses.
Three hun ired police guarded the Federa
tion delegates on their wav to the conven
tion, which was held in the City HalL The
police repelled repeated charges made by
the mob. The Parnellite sympathizers tried
to rush through the entrance of the City
Hall but they were beaten back.
The convention proceeding, Mr. Dillon
confirmed Mr. O'Brien's Boulogne revela
tions, and added that the men now calling
him a traitor had telegraphed to him while
he was in New York, offering him the lead
ership in succession to Mr. Parnell. Con
tinuing, Mr. Dillon said that in spite of
the continuons calumnies heaped upon him
he had never before revealed this fact
Harrington and Redmond.
Harrington and Redmond and other
prominent Parnellites had joined in the re
quest, which was made alter he had de
clared against the leadership of Mr. Par
nell. He refused the leadership because it
was a painful and difficult position a pos
ition which he had never sought or wished,
and one which he would be slow to accept.
After arriving at 'Boulogne he told them
that be could not accept the position unless
all concurred in promising loyal support.
Those men, one and all, promised that if he
(Dillon) took the chairmanship they would
be his loyal followers. He had done nothing
since that altered his position in a hair's
breadth.
For weeks at Boulogne they were as
anxious to get Mr. Parnell out of the lead
ership as the majority -n ere. If they had
steadily adhered to that policy they might
have saved Mr. Parnell from an impossible
position. If anyone in the world was re
sponsible for Mr. Parnell's fate after Mr.
Parnell himself, it was the men who, when
the supreme hour came, had not sufficient
courage, manliness or honorable friendship
to take a firm stand and impose their judg
ment on him. Cheers.
Many More Skulls Are Cracked.
Mr. Dillon left the convention hall on his
way to the railway station guarded by po
lice and 100 priests. A mob followed and
kept up a continuous attack until Mr. Dil
lon obtained shelter in the station. A
number of skulls were cracked. Thirty
delegates, while crossing a toll bridge, were
thrown to the ground and trampled upon,
inanv being badly hurt and bleeding pro
fusely when rescued by the police. Several
thousand Parnellites held the approaches to
the convention'hall, and everywhere struck
down opponents. The whole quay, a mile
in length, was the scene of savage fighting.
Many persons were taken to the hospital.
It is estimated that 150 persons were seri
ously) and many others dangerously, injured
during the fighting here to-day. The Mayor
presided at a meeting held here to-day for
the purpose of censuring 'John Dillon for
his visit to this city.
Bedmond and Harrington's Reply.
John Redmond and Timothy Harrington
have issued a statement in reply to Will
iam O'Brien's recent revelations in connec
tion with the Boulogne negotiations. They
characterize Mr. O'Brien's statements
as artful, dishonest, misrepresenta
tions, a shameful breech of
confidence, and a wanton outrage on the
memory of the dead leader. The gist of
the statement is that Mr. O'Brien hafgiven
an incomplete and colored account of the
negotiations at Boulogne, at the same time
suppressing his own copy of the proceed
ings, which would show that he and his
friends proposed to obtain the with
drawal , of the denunciation of
Mr. Parnell bv the Catholic
Bishops, and to give Parqcll the right to
veto any home rule bill proposed by the
Liberals. The latter condition, it is evi
dent, they say, O'Brien omitted in his rev
elations from fear of the Gladstonians, and
while publicly canting morality he was
privately willing to spit on it
The Parnellites did consent to Mr. Par
nell's retirement because they knew it
would have been a sham retirement. They
challenge O Bnen to publish Mr. Parnell s
letter renouncing these conditions. They
also accuse Dillon and O'Brien with sup
pressing various letters which had passed
between the Parnellites and Gladstone and
Morley.
The Pope's Religious Will.
Paeis, Nov. 4. The Pope prepared his
religious will in October. It is written in
Latin. The Pope disclaims any personal
inclination as to the choice of his successor.
He dwells upon the nobility of labor, as
exemplified in the carpenter's house at
Nazareth. The Pope's temporal will is be
ing drafted by four Cardinals in secret All
the Pope's property is invested in Eng
land. A Fight in the Peace Congress.
Rome, Nov. 4. At the International
Peace Congress to-day, on motion of Ger
man delegates, it was decided that the
French language should be spoken during
tbe proceedings. The Irredentists, Im
briani and Pandolfi, were called to order for
raising the question of nationalities by at
tacking the Austrian occupation of Trieste.
Chinese Persecution of Native Christians.
London, Nov. 4. A dispatch from Singa
pore says that the Hunan Literati have
issued a manifesto ordering the search and
expulsion of all native Christians, the con
fiscation of their property and the destruc
tion of their churches. Christian native
officials are menaced with disfavor in
Pekin.
Tbe Temporal Power Agitation.
Paris,' Nov. 4. A French committee is
being organized -to agitate for the mainte
nance inviolate of the papal guarantees,
and also to convene a world's Catholic con
gress to consider the relations of the Pope
to Italy. f
ENGLAND DOESN'T LIKE IT.
THE lONDON PRESS IS I.OTH TO
CREDIT PROTECTION
With the Victory of McKInlev One Jour
nal Has a Blast Against Tammany
Hall Another Thinks the Silver Issue
Explains Campbell's Defeat.
London, Nov. 5. Commenting on Tues
day's eletions in the United States, the
Daily iVncj says:
It is not easy to draw a moral where most
Important contests yield diametrically op
posite results. McKinley's ictory is a most
striking event for Europe, but may easily be
exaggerated or misunderstood. He was
proDably elected not as a protectionist, but
as a moderate opponent of free silver.
The Chronicle says:
The election of Flower cannot be con
sidered a counter-hlast to the result in Ohio,
because it was secured by as corrupt means
as even American political recoids
can show. All honest people de
sirous of decent government, wanted
the election of Fassett, but
Tammany Hall was too much for the le
formers. It is now probable that we shall
hear of McKinley as a Presidental candi
date. It is certain that the Republicans will
Btand on a high tariff platform. McKinley's
election indicates the overwhelming power
of the money monopoly and vestedinterests
in American politics.
The Standard says:
The result will canse awaiting policy on
the side of the Republicans, who may hope
next year to take advantage of some Demo
cratic mistake or some sudden accession of
popularity on tho part of the Government
to reverse the decision now recorded.
The Times thinks:
It is possible that a Democratic victory in
Ohio would not have pleased all sections of
that party, because it would have fore
shadowed a schism at next year's conven
tion. It is doubtful whether McKlnlev's
achievement is striking enough to vindicate
his policy or to advance his claims to the
Presidental nomination; It may be taken
for granted that the result of the elections
will thrust into the background the United
States Government's policy of bullying
Chile.
Soldiers Killed in a Wreck.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. A train con
vevine a large number of soldiers was de
railed at Ivan-Gorod, 78 miles southwest of
this city, to-day. Three of the BOldiers were
killed and 15 were injured.
The Platform of the French Opposition.
Paris, Nov. 4. M. Clemenceau has re
grouped the extreme Left, their programme
embracing revision of the constitution, re
form of taxation and abrogation of the Con
cords. A Religions Riot In Persia.
London, Nov. 4. In a religious riot at
Mazenderan, Persia, a mob set fire to the
house of General Saadai Gooly Khan, who
was killed, with 20 dependents.
Berlin's Financial Disaster.
Berlin, Nov. 4. The suspension an
nounced yesterday was that of Hirschfield
& Wolf, bankers. Their liabilities amount
to 300,000 marks.
Prohibition for the Famine Districts.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 4. A number of
Zemstvos, or provincial Assemblies, pro
pose to close all drink shops in the famine
districts in order to prevent peasants from
spending relief money for drink.
ANDEEW CARNEGIE Iff AMERICA.
He Says the McKinley BUI Is Operating
Favorably Abroad.
New York, Nov. 4. Special Andrew
Carnegie arrived home from Europe to-day
on the steamship City of Paris. He seemed
in excellent health and spirits. Talking
with a reporter, Mr. Carnegie said;
"The McKinley act is operating very
favorably abroad. One English firm
has already started to ship mate
rial for locomotives to this side.
The bill is encouraging English manufac
turers to locate in this country. I am in
favor of immigration of all kinds. We
cannot have too many in this great country.
It is a mistake not to make the World's
Fair buildings fireproof. European exhib
itors will not care to risk valuable exhibits
in other than a fireproof building. IJam
not in a position to tell details as to the big
iron tower which our firm is to erect at the
fair. All I know is that it will require
6,000 tons of steel. We'll complete the
structure in about six months after we start "
Mr. Carnegie declined to talk politics.
He said he was too fatigued after the
journey to speak on the result of the elec
tion. He wa3 met on the pier by a party of
friends, and went direct to his house. Mrs.
Carnegie returned with the iron king.
Among the others in the ship were Miss
Marie Van Zandt, the pretty prima donna,
and her mother; Major James', XJ. S. A.;
Hon. and Mrs. Duncumbe, and Mr. and
Mrs. Isham, nee Lincoln.
AH APPEAL AT ONCE OBDEBED
In the Itata Case, by the Attorney General,
Who Wag Surprised.
Washington, Nov. 4. Attorney Gen
eral Miller has received a dispatch from the
United States Attorney at Los Angeles, in
regard to the Itata case, saying: "The
Court, in an elaborate written opinion, has
just decided that the purchase and shipment
of arms on the Itata was a legitimate commer
cial transaction, and that the insurgents
were not a State, colony, or distinct people,
within the meaning of section 5283.''
The Attorney General said this is surpris
ing, in view oi the tact that Judge Brown,
of the Southern district of New York, in
the case of Mary N. Hogan (18 Federal Rep. ,
p. 529), and Judge Hughes, of the Eastern
district of Virginia, in the case of the United
States against 214 boxes of arms (20 Federal
Rep., p. 50), have recentlv decided exactly
in the reverse. An appeal has been ordered
by the Attorney General.
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from the pens of well-known authors
and special writers. Among the con
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MARK TWAIN,
HELEN WATTERSON,
LORD WOt.SEI.EY,
DORA WHEELER,
A. A. STAGQ
And Other Writers of Note.
MARK TWAIN'S European Letters,
STAGG'S Football Pointers,
HELEN WATTERSON'S Girl Talks,
WOLSELEY'S War Review,
Will all begin publication In NEXT
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In addition:
THE CLEVELAND BABY, by one
who has seen her daily. (Illus
trated). SENSIBLE FASHIONS for Women,
by able designers. (DInstrated).
DRAWING LESSONS for the Young
Follu, by clever artists.
COOKING, Decoration, Home Hints,
Marketing, Fancy Work, and
Household Help in General.
OLD CONTRIBUTORS CONTINUE.
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DYINSFROM THE COLD.
Terrible Suffering of the Liberated
Convicts in Tennessee.
TALES TOLD BY MOUNTAINEERS.
Hardships of All the Half-Clothed, Half
Starved Refugees.
CONSTANT PEAR OP BEING RETAKEN
rSFXCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.!
Knoxville, Nov. 4. As this is the day
for paying United States pensioners several
hundred miners, mountaineers and villag
ers from all parts of East Tennessee were
in this city and lounged about the Custom
House most ot the morning. Many of these
people came from the counties to the north
of Knoxville, from the scenes of violence
and outlawry, from the lonely cabins
toward the border line past which the es
caped convicts have been traveling these
last few days. This coming together for
pension money was a rare opportunity for
getting word of the convicts, and as these
mountain people stood about talking, they
told many strange things of the flying
criminals, with whom most of them sympa
thize. 9
The Briceville convicts have now been
free four days and four nights, and the
Oliver Springs convicts two days and two
nights, yet no more than a hundred of the
450 have reached and crossed the Kentucky
line. The rest are still wandering about,
hiding in the mountains and toiling pain
fully through the nnfamiliar and difficult
passes. The mountaineers have told them
of the reward offered by the Governor, and
.they are no longer bold about showing
themselves.
Great Suffering From the Cold.
While the mountaineers sympathize with
the fugitives, they have little food to spare
and no extra clothing. "What they had they
gave, either willingly or under compulsion,
and for the first day or so the convicts fared
pretty well. The weather was mild by day
and not too cold at night to make men ac
customed to extremes suffer, but the last
two days the convicts have been suffering.
An old mountaineer named Lands, who
comes from the far northern fastnesses of
Anderson county, said that his grand
daughter, climbing over some rocks in the
mountains half a mile from his house, came
upon five half-clothed men sitting behind a
great boulder, huddled together. Three
were colored and two white. She stopped
to speak to them, and they told her that one
of the colored men was dying. He was in
the midst of the group and was unconscious.
They had had no food for a day and a half,
and they said they could travel no further.
The girl went on to the house of her sister-in-law,
two miles away. It was too dark for
anyone to take aid to them that night. The
next morning her brother and another man,
returning to the place with her as a guide,
found four of the men gone. The fifth lay
stripped of nearly all of his clothing and
half covered with stones. He had died and
his companions went on, after taking his
clothing and burying him as well as they
could.
The weather has grown colder, and the
mountaineers' stories foretell that many of
the fugitives will die miserable, lonely
deaths.
The Refugees Afraid of Recapture.
Another mountaineer, Tibbs by name,
who has been hunting on the mountains
about "Wartburg, says that yesterday he
talked with a good many mountaineers who
have cabins in the hollows and on the moun
tain steeps of that country. He says that
all of them had seen convicts pushing along
through the ravines. Some of these con
victs ran at any attempt to approach them.
Others stopped and begged for food and a
little clothing. There were shoeless with
bleeding feet, frozen hands and feet, men
ready to drop with the fever and hulf crazy
with sickness and hunger. A few had
begged to be told the way back to the vil
lages, where they could give, themselves up.
The mountaineers had seen several dead
bodies lying exposed among the fallen
leaves of the mountainside. Most of these
bodies were stripped.
It seems there are perhaps a hundred con
victs who have not yet left Anderson
county, while about 250 other! are scattered
over the adjacent counties of Scott, Camp
bell and Claibourne. Some are dead or
dying. Many will settle down to the shift
less life of the wilderness, others will escape
to do all manner of violence and crime, and
about one-half will be returned to prison
within the next week.
Governor Buchanan is receiving telegrams
from the authorities of many villages in
the northern part of the State and in
Southern Kentucky, announcing the capture
of convicts and Inquiring anxiously about
the reward.
Jelllco miners Their Best Friends.
There are more convicts in and around
Jellico, 20 miles above Coal Creek, than in
any other place. Tho Jellico miners are
strong friends of those who mobbed the
stockades, and many of them are said to
have gone over to help their friends out,
both on Friday and Sunday nights. The
convicts who happened to' go that way have
had the best kind of treatment. The Jellico
miners have openly sworn they will allow
no convict to be arrested in that part of the
country.
Rufe Hicks, formerly an employe of the
Tennessee Mining Coal Company, at Coal
Creek, was doing up toward Jellico on the
train yesterday. He saw six convicts climb
on the train a few stations this side of
Jellico to beg a ride of the conductor. He
at once saw a chance to make $150. He put
four of the convicts under arrest at the
point of the pistol, the other two escaping
to the woods, and he paid their fare to
Jellico, intending to turn them over to the
authorities and claim his reward. As he
was marching them up from the railroad
station some miners saw him. They told a
constable about it, and also began to
assemble a mob. The constable took ad
vantage of a pistol which Rufe Hicks had
slightly displayed, and arrested him on a
charge of carrying concealed weapons. The
convicts were told to "make tracks," which
they did. Then the mob began to collect,
and Rufe saw he was in danger of losing his
life. He broke away from the constable
and managed to get on a passing freight,
which carried him to Newcomb, bnt the
news followed him there, and he was again
Eut under arrest. Again a mob started for
im, and again he broke away. Someone
fired a revolver, and the bullet lodged in
his hip. He tell and was dragged to the
jail and locked up. He will be tried to
morrow lor carrying concealed weapons.
Ran Into a Funeral Procession.
Considerable excitement was created at a
funeral at Twenty-third and Liberty streets
yesterday afternoon. About 2 o'clock a
team attached to the meat wagon of Arnold
Fischer', of 2506 Liberty street, became
frigntened and ran away. They dashed
down Liberty street at a rapid gait until
they met the funeral at Twenty-third street.
Theyipassed the hearse all rigSt, but collided
with three rear carriages, damaging them
considerably and frightening the occupants.
One of the norses was so badly injured that
it is thought it will have to be shot.
DIED.
' COLlJERT At tho lesidence of his par
ents, 1203 l'enn avenue, on Wednesday even
ing, November 4, 1501, nt 11.30 o'clock, 1!ay
jio.nd F., son of Williiini and Mary A. ColOert,
aged 7 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
ROrtGERS On Tuesday, November 3. 1891,
Mr-. Kliza Uodoeiis, wife of John Hodgers,
aged til years.
Funeral from her late residence, 913 High
stieot, Sharpsburg, Fbidat, at 3 1. it. Friends
of the family are respectfully Invited to at
tend. -.
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DRYGOODS AND UNDERWEAR!
Which we will dispose of REGARDLESS OF
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10,000 Yards Cochran's well-known 10-wire Tapes
try Carpets, were 95c, are now 65c a yard.
500 Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and "Wraps cut to
$1.25, $3.00, $5.00 and up.
Choice 50c Dress Goods that smell of smoke are
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800 Pairs Blankets, were $15, $18; are perfect, but
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and $8.00.
Our entire Fall Stock has been all slightly smoked, and is
offered at prices that fill our stores to the doors with economical
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AIXvEGECJEJIVCY, IA.
ECLOAKS
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Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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MISSES' NEWMARKETS
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