w- A FLOWER MACHINE, The After Election Indications Are That He Will Control Rew York. CLEVELAND AXD HILL Have No Such Chances For '92 as the Politicians Expected. THE NEW GOVERNOR HAS POWER And the Presidential Bee Has Loner Been Buzzing Around Him. WHITNEI AMONG TIIE POSSIBILITIES rPMClAL TFLEGltASt TO TOE DITATCH. 2Cew To:tK, Xov. 7. The Republicans of Xctr York State have been trying since "Wednesday to explain and figure how it all occurred. The Democrats, on the other hand, with a complacency that is 3 natural concomitant to a victory, arc asserting that ITew York is now an irredeemable Demo cratic State. Republican statisticians have wrestled with the returns from the country districts and Xc? York and Kings counties to derive consolation and to show, but for this cause here and that cause there the result would liave been different But above trie smoke of last Tuesday's hat'le looms the great political contest of 189i "Who has obtained the most valuable advantage from Mr. Flower's election? Have Mr. Cleveland's Presidcntal chances been weakened or strengthened by it? "Where does this victory leave David B. Hill? And nhat course will Mr. Flower pursue when Cleveland and Hill begin to fight at close quarters? Is Flower himself a candidate for Presidental honors? They I'oth ltely on riower. A week before the election Governor Hill said to a Kings county friend: "If Flower is elected I am all right. The delegation to the next National Convention will not be unfriendly to me." During the cam paign men ho are generally regarded as Mr. Cleveland's advisers derived satisfac tion from the remark: "Flower's election insur s Cleveland's rcnomination." "With Hill and Cleveland both relying upon Flower to aid them in their Prcsidental aspirations, complications of a disturbing character are almost certain to arise in the party of Hill and Cleveland and Flower. The latter not only holds the key of the situation, but after January 1 next will con trol, if he so desires, the entire patronage in the gift of the State. At the present time the Democratic ma chine is in the possession of the small clique that nominated and that now con fidently expects to rule Mr. Flower. The strongest man politically and intcllect l ually in this close corporation is Edward ' Murphy, Jr., Chairman of the Democratic Stat-J Committee. He carries in his hand the enormous patronage of the canals of the State and the State Engineer's Depart ment aggregating in disbursements over 55,000.000 a year. Murphy Conld "Same Hir "om!nee. In his judgment Bichard Croker, the leading power in Tammany Hall, places implicit confidence. At his direction Eos well I. Flower was nominated for Gover nor. If the National Convention were to be held next month it would be within his province to dictate the names of one-half the delegation from this State outside of "Sew York and Kings. By his coalition with Tammany Hall, through Bichard Croker, 75 per cent of the delegates would be rendered subservient to his orders. Unless Mr. Flower takes the bit between his teeth, these men, Murphy and Croker, will select the candidate lrom the Empire State for the Democratic National Conven tion. Naturally their choice would be con fined to that man, who, if elected, will prove most tractable in their hands. From Mr. Cleveland they know from past experience, they can expect nothing that would imperil his identity or hii independence. They fear David B. Hill for his selfishness and arrogance. Should Mr. Flower prove docile and permit them to run the Executive de partment in Albany, they might encourage him in his Presiuent.il ambition. Flov. er 3I3' Want Ills Ow n 3Inch!ne. But after all Mr. Flower may disappoint them, may strike out b3 himself and at tempt to overthiow the arbitrary Hill Murphv machine and establish one of his own. The great majority Flower received is a source of more danger to Cleveland and Hill than a smaller one would have been. As a matter of fact to-day Mr. Flower is more of a'Prcsidental possibility than either Cle-eland or Hill. He has none of the an tagonisms that pester and follow those lead ers. He was supported enthusiastically bv the factions of which both are at the head. He has it within his power to become a po litical bos of the first magnitude, but he must cultivate a liberal amount of self reliance, courage and independence to doso. He begins his three years' term without a Democratic Senate to confirm his nomina tions for many oftices now occupied by "hold overs," who have hung on for years beyond the expiration of their term because the Re publican Senate foi the past eight years re-fu--d to vote for their successors. "But bv concessions and diplomacy he may establish a power for himself. His electionhas stimu lated the jealousy between the Cleveland and Hill factions to the threatened distrac tion of the party, and many of his friends have already advised him that a Flower machine is inevitable. The IJ'O Has lSuzzed for Yeari. Flower is :ui ambitious man. The same ambition that inspired him to become a ProMdental candidate in 18S4 and again i n 18SS is by no means dead. In those years he had "nothing to support him but his check boot The machine in other hands was against him. To-day politicians who have been close to him for years predict that the moment the vat machinery of the State is placed in his grp he will forget his ante election promises, follow innumer able precedents and fly his own Presidcntal flair. "With development in Democraticpolitics, and three factionscouductingau internecine war, the National Convention would be called upon to exercise judicious care in the selection of the New York man for the ticket, for in the light of last Tuesday's majority it is regarded as a settled fact that the Empiie State will be given one of the two places. AVhitney Is a Possibility. No matter what the upshot may be, the irreconcilable dilierences between Cleveland end Hill, the knowledge tiiat Hill knifed Cleveland in 1888 and the suspicion that Clcvrl.iml would skewer Hill were the latter to be nominated next year, render the nomination ot a third or a compromise can didate from this State all the more prob able. Will it be Mr. Flower or. as strontrlv hinted in many quarters, William C Whit ney, who was Cleveland's Secretary ot the Naxy, vliot.e relations with his former chi-i hai e latterly been very much strained and ii ho was personally represented on the Executive Committee ot the Democratic State Committee bv Colonel Dan Lamont, w ho was Cleveland's Private Secretary, but who has become wealthy since he left Wash ington bv acting as treasurer and secretary ot aaiiiubcr of corporations with which Mr. Whitney is financially interested. IVIIlgrew Still Booming Blaine. St. Paul, Nov. 7. Special Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota, was in the citv to-day, and in an interview renewed his allegiance to the Blaine boom. He says the results last Tuesday leave no doubt that Blaine is the logical candidate. Blaine, he adds, is the only Kepublican who can win in 1892. PLATT WILL HAVE TO GO. HARRISON GATE HISI NEW TOKK STATE PATRONAGE. In Return the Boss Was to Deliver the Electoral Tote The Latter Has Failed In nix Part or the Bargain and the Presi dent Is Tree. rrjtoM a ctapt correspojtdent.i Kew York, Nov. 7. A most important feature of the campaign and the most far reaching clement in the verdict of Tuesday last is the relation of the Federal adminis tration to the contest. The fact that Boss Piatt has been the subservient cat's-paw to pull Harrisonian chestnuts out of the fire is quite too familiar to require more than the mere statement. President Harrison may have freely selected his instrument and may have been compelled to accept him by force of circumstances. In either case he found a tool ready to his hand. Mr. Piatt's dom ination in this State had already been demonstrated. To strengthen the iron rule of the Republican boss all that was re quired in addition to the already absolute authority in the party was to make him the sole purveyor of Federal patronage and to give official countenance to whatever use Mr. riatt might see fit to make of it. This President Harrison did. In so doing the other Republican leaders were thrown "outside of the breastworks." Mr. Plntt is not a man with whom to talk of a division of authority. There was no such contin gency discussed or suggested. He was therefore constituted hieh-cock-alorem, given the keys of the New York Custom House and whatever else he deemed requi site to carrv out his deal with the adminis tration, lit return for all this, he was to hand over the support of New York in furtherance of the Harrisonian scheme for Prcsidental renomination. It will be seen, therefore, that the double-jointed backbone ot the situation was the control of the State by Mr. riatt on the one hand and the sup port of that State to President Harrison on the other. The Blaine Boom Forced It. It was a desperate alliance, but the sit uation of the Harrisonian boom was des perate and required the hazard. The shadow of James G. Blaine rising from that last sickness to which the President's support ers had with crocodile tears consigned him was again falling athwart his political vision. It was doubtless the Blaine night mare that rode the Presidental pillow and made the uneasy brain conceive of the Piatt alliance. The scheme was great if it had worked. Now, why didn't it work? Because the triends ot J arches (j. lilatne in this Mate are numbered by scores of thousands. The hue and cry against Tammany Hall raised by the Piatt contingent up through the Stae conld not blind the shrewd believers in iilaine. Their loyalty to their party was too strong to permit many of them to voteforMr. Flower or make any active demonstration acainst the figurehead set up by Messrs. Harrison and Piatt: but thev could stay at home, de clining to register and neglecting to vote. J Ana -this tney tiia or tens ot tnousanas. The talk of the World's Fair having any thing to do with this negative and open op position in the State at large is ridiculous. Mr. Fatsett himself and other disgusted Kepublican leaders talk of the "knife." They correctly attribute their defeat to the inactivity and covert hostility of their own people. But they do not care to further analyze these causes. To do so would be to expose the fact that a very considerablj body of Kepublicans in this State are in imical to the administration at Washington. Republicans Want a New Deal. There is very little sympathy heard in any quarter for Mr. Piatt. Kepublican journals that supported him and his ticket already demand his immediate abdication. "The administration must unload Piatt," is the cry; but whether the Administration will unload Piatt or Piatt will unload thj administration first remains to be seen. It will probably be decided when the discov ery shall have been made which of the two is on top. One thing is already apparent. When the scattered and demoralized Kepublican forces of this State are brought together again and are mobilized for the campaign of 1892 thev will not be under the leader ship of T. L Piatt orTdx. Piatt's proxy. It is equally apparent that they will not be led by any man or set of men representing Benjamin Harrison. If this aspect should radically change between now and the NationalKepublicaa Convention there is no more hope of the capture of New York than carrying the State of Georgia. The responsibility lies jrholly with the Presi dent. Mr. Piatt ofTered him New York in return for the Federal patronage. Now Mr. Piatt finds that circumstances over which he has no control prevent him from carry ing out his share of the bargain. Therefore he is in dnty bound to pay back that which he took, and if he doesn't feel the full force of this duty, Mr. Harrison is clearly justified in taking it from him with what ever force necessary. "Will Notify llnrrlson of It There will soon be powerful forces organ ized here to present this idea to President Harrison. A little time will be necessary for some of these fellows to get their breath sufficiently to swear; but when they do get at it somebody is likely to get out of the way or get hurt. Look out for Blaine and McKinlev! With I'lattism should disappear the out rageous appointment in this State which disfranchises some 1.300.000 inhabitants. mostly Democrats. In my ante-election I prognostications, it will be remembered by the reader, while I placed the gubernatorial majority at from 20,000 to 50,000 for Mr. Flower, I called attention to the fact that a still larger majority might be necessary to give the Democrat's the control of the Leg islature. The Flower majority is nearly 50,000 and the Kepublicans still control the law-making power. Imagine such a condi tion iu your own State if you can! This is 1'lattfcm. Against the vo'ce of 50,000 voters I'lattism is to govern the making of the laws at Albany. Do you wonder at the disgust felt by all decent men for such a man and for such methods? This one sta tistical fact tells the story of New York. Charles Theodore Muekat. SETTLED EY A C0MPE0KISE. How Two Candidates Concluded It Was Best to Fix TVlngs. Scraxto?.-, Nov. 7. Special. Court has been engaged Rinee Thursday in ascertain ing the official majorities received by State and local candidates. A most unusual case arose. W. S. Hopkins, Kepublican, and Henry Koehler, Democrat,were candidates for the office of Register of Wills. Before the official count began Mr. Koehler had a Elight plurality. The discovery of an error put Hopkins in the lead. Another error gave Mr Koehler the advantage. And so it went, in the see-saw style. When the count ended," the vote stood a tie. To break this the Court ordered the ballot boxes brought into court for a slight pretext, and the county was scoured"by court messengers. When the last box was opened this niornine. a change of one vote nas found for Mr. Koehler. Then the.e was a move to bring in more boxes, but both of the candidates were now scared and proposed a compromise. This was effected by an agreement to hire a deputy to run the office at SS00 a year, and to divide the pro ceeds. Mr. Koehler is to bear the title of register. FLOWEE'S ELECTION EXPENSES. The New Governor's Return to Albany Shows He Pnt Up SS.OOO. Watertotvn, Nov. 7. Special. Eos well P. Flower's statement of money paid out by himself in aid of his election was THE sent to Albany to-night In it Mr. Flower swears that 55,000 given October 7 for the purpose of making a canvass of the voters of the State, is all the money he contributed, directly or indirectly, or through any other person, in aid of his" election tp the office of Governor. The statement is sworn to before R. P. Grant, a notary public of Jefiersen county. THE ELECTIONS SIZED TT? ABROAD. English Newspapers' Wise Conclusions and Startling Statements. fBT CABLE TO TUX DISPATCH. 1 London, Nov. 7. The London Da&y yews, in a learned article on the American elections Thursday, finds among other re sults that "Mr. Kussell, Democrat, has been re-elected Governor of Massachnsetts, while the Kepublicans have carried the en tire State of Philadelphia." With equal perspicacity the Kan further points out that "it is believed on all sides that the outcome of the elections fore shadows Mr. Cleveland's nomination next year, practically without opposition, with Mr. Harrison as the Kepublican nominee." McKlnlry to the Mayor of McKeesport. McKeesport, Nov. 7. Special. Major McKinley to-day sent a letter of thanks to Mayor Tilbrook in answer to a congratula tory message sent on his election, as fol lows: "Permit me to thank you for your cordial congratulations. Th'e result is a great victory tor the protective and finan cial policy of the Kepublican party," President Polk Hanged in Effl-. Emporia, Kan., Nov. 7. The Kepubli cans of this city last night celebrated their victory over the Farmers' Alliance. After the procession an effigy labelled Polk was dragged through the" streets by a rope around its neck and afterward hanged to a telegraph pole and then burned. DOM PEDEO HOPES TO BETUBTJ. Rumor or a Deal In Rio Janeiro 'Which "Would Make It Possible. Paris, Nov. 7. The Figaro to-day pub lishes an interview with Dom Pedro, late Emperor of Brazil, in regard to the recent events at Rio Janeiro. During the course of this conversation Dom Pedro said: "I know nothing about what has occurred in Brazil during the past year. I am as completely ignorant of the events of yesterday as of those of to-dav. It has been my desire to neither directly nor indirectly cause civil war. " Continuing, Dom Pedro" said that he never wished to be anything but a pastor populi, aud that if it was true that Com modore Da Gama was becoming dictator, the disappearance of the Dn Fonseca gov ernment might imply the restoration of the empire. "Da Gama" he added, "was once my most devoted friend, and if the people appeal to their old Emperor I should im mediately undertake to return and devote my remaining strength to the happiness of the people." News was received to-day from Kio de Janeiro that President Fonseca had held a long conference with Viscount Ouro Preto and Joaquin Nabuco. They are both prom inent Imperialists, and this has given rise to the hope among supporters of the old regime that Dom Pedro would be requested to return to Brazil and take the throne. In case of his declining the offer the story goes that the throne will be offered to the Comte d'Eau, the husband of Dom Pedro's daughter. These stories are merely rumors, however. The President publicly promises a constitutional government. A NEW ABDUCTION SENSATION. The Danghrers of Two Wealthy Detroiters Are Mysteriously Missing. Detroit, Nov. 7. An evening paper publishes a sensational story that two pretty 15-year-old Detroit girls have mys teriously disappeared. One of them is Julia, a daughter of Ii. Schiappacasse, a fruit commission man, who is said to be the wealthiest Italian in .the- country The other girl is Emma Bogart, the child of a railway engineer, and the niece of Simms Reeves, the world-famous English tenor singer. The girl herself is said to have a phenomenally wonderful voice. For some time past Emma has been a bosom friend of Julia Schiappacasse. Tues day night Julia stole from her home, and since then her whereabouts have been a mystery. Minnie Bogart was called upon bv Julia, and accompanied her downtown. She, too, has turned up missing, and her nearly distracted mother accuses Julia of enticing her daughter away. Mrs. Bogart advanced the theory that her daughter and Miss Schiappacasse had been abducted and the latter held for a big ransom. G0VEEK0E STEELE STEPS DOWN. It Is Not Yet Known Who the Next Rnler or Oklahom t Will Be. Guthrie, O. T., Nov. 7. At noon to day Governor Steele turned over to Secre tary Robert Martin all the Government property in his possession, and with his family left for the East. President Harri son, in relieving Governor Steele, said in his telegrami "You will turn over to the Secretary the nflairs ot your office, and you will be granted leave of absence.until your successor is appointed." A large crowd was at the depot to see the Governor oft Nothing is known here who the Governor's successor will be. It is thought by some the President will appoint an outside man. Mr. Struble, of Iowa, is frequently referred to as the coming man. A l'anlo Caused by a Wild Steer. A steer that became unmanageable in Allegheny yesterday, about noon, created cpnsiderable excitement. The animal had been driven from the country by a farmer named Michael Offstein. On Spring Garden avenue, near Wilbur alley, the steer broke from the rope by which he was held, and took to the pavement. The pedestrians hurriedly sought places of safety, and, with the exception of one, a boy named Owens, were successful. The boy was knocked down, but did not appear to have suffered any except a slight bruise on the forehead. The animal then dashed against the shoe store door of George Walstcrn, and broke the door. At this juncture the owner of the steer lassoed him, and further mischief was prevented. Fair Buildings lor Now Jersey. Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, State Treasurer Gray and the six State Commis sioners were passengers on the limited last evening going td Chicago to see about erect ing a building that will do credit to the peach territory between New York and Philadelphia. Governor Abbett baid Jersey was well represented at the Centennial, and the people of the little State don't propose to be behind their brethren at Chicago in 189.1. The Governor was very much pleased with the Democratic showing in the elec tions. He thinks he sees victory for his party written in the slues. New Jersey, he saysj will be found in the Democratic" list asusual with a good majority to its credit. Ocean Steamship Arrivals, Steamer. Where From. Elbe .- Bremen Indiana Philadelphia.. Wcrra New York,.... Uwuria Llierpoo Destination. ....New Tort. ....Queenstown. Hremernaven. ....ew York. THE FIEE BEC0BD. At Cambridge, near Iloston, Friday nlcht, J. C Davis & Son's soap factory burned. Loss, $00,000; Hilly insured. At JIan cliester, Va., near Richmond, Fri day midnight, Stowcll & Co.'s tannery uurnedr Ixws, $23,000; partly insured. An alarm whs stnt In from Station 91 about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon for a s'. i.li t ti io on the roof of the Keystone Mill at So'nii. The fire dnght from an over he.itcd stack, and damaged the roof to the exfent of U00. PITTSBURG - DISPATCH, WiHAMAKEBS CURIOS Many Foreign Governments Have Already Kent Him Exhibits. THE POSTAL RUNNERS OP INDIA Done in Papier Ifache Adorn the Postmaster General's Mantel. UNIQUE METHODS OF Tllfi HEATHEN rSPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIHrATCJI.1 Washington; Nov. 7. Mr. Wnna maker's new postal museum will be organ ized as quickly as space can be cleared for it in the building of the Postoffice Depart ment. In response to his requests, sent ont some months ago, many foreign govern ments nave already lorwaraeu to wasmng ton exhibits illustrating the methods they adopt for carrying the mails. In cluded in these consignments are costumes of letter carriers, which in Europe are very gorgeous nnd military; specimen letter boxes, miniature mail vehicles, superb photographs of foreign postoflices, statuettes representing people engaged in transport ing mail after various fashions, and ever so many other interesting things. There is a set of exquisitely executed figures in papier mache from India which now adorns the mantelpiece of the Post master General. One of them shows a postal runner in British India, carrying a bag of letters and clad only in a breech clout, with a long spear in his hand from which little bells dangle. The weapon is for his defense against the wild animals that infest the jungles through which he is obliged to pass, while the bells are intended to frighten the cobras, kraits and other venomous ser pents. Crossing Trivers In India. Another statuette presents the same run ner in the act of paddling across a stream in his customary manner, on a raft made simply of four big corked fars of earthen ware fastened together. Other mail-carriers are seen riding on camels, which easily travel 80 miles a day. or in lis;ht carts drawn by Indian buffaloes over rough roads where horses could not go. Austria has sent a particularly gorgeous exhibit, com prising everything imaginable, even to postmark stamps, ink pads, and the written music of the bugle calls by which the postmen in that counter announce their arrival. England has promised costumes, and a full set of uniforms has already arrived from Canada. Letter carriers in tne British possessions are all howling official swells, with winter caps and collars of real astra chan fur, leather leggings, scarlet chamois skin under-waistcoats for cold weather, and gold buttons. With each suit comes a bristle brush for keeping the buttons bright. Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Switzer land, Kussia, Turkev and Persia have sent contributions for the museum, nnd the South American republics are disposed to secure representation in this permnnent show of Mr. Wanamaker. There is a very fine postoffice museum of this sort now in Berlin, on which a great deal of money has been spent. Letters in a Split Stick. In Mr. Wanamaker's museum will also be illustrated various primitive methods of carrying the mails, as practiced in different parts of the world now and in ancient times. For example, there will be shown a model of the negro postal runner of South Africa, who bears the letter entrusted to his care in a split stick, which he plants upright in the ground when he pauses to rest. He con sumes little food, but much tobacco, and his endurance is wonderful. He wears no clothes, but covers his naked body with oil, rolling in the dust thereupon, so that the flies will find him too unpleasant to bite. tie carries tne letter in the manner de scribed so that it will not get greasy, and,- wniie swimming witn one nana across a stream, he holds the missive out of the water with the other. Another type of postman shown will be the messenger of Scriptural times, who con veyed roval messages by word of mouth. It is incredible how swiftly information or or ders could be transmitted in this way.every man being obliged, by law to immediately forsake his occupation and run and tell the next person along the. line of communica tion. The Bedouins practice this method of conveying intelligence at the present day. Methods of the Orient. Japan has now as good a postal system as that of the United States, but CO years ago a letter addressed to anybody in that coun try usually bore only the name with no ad dress whatever. The missive reached the intended recipient from hand to hand. Other models in the new museum will represent the wonderful postal couriers who carry royal messages in China. They are the most rapid riders in the world, and have been known to make the entire distance of 3,000 miles from L'hasa, the capital of Thibei, to Pckin in 25 days. They have a right to seize, by imperial" requisition, any horses on their routes, no matter to whom the animals belong. One hundred miles a day is about their average. They eat and sleep but little, dismounting once in a while to smoke a little opium. Before leaving his point of departure each such courier has his dispatches placed in the lining of his robe, which is sealed upon his person so that he cannot open the garment during his journey. The work of these Chinese cour iers reminds one somewhat of the famous pony express that used to make the distance of 2J000 miles in tet days from St. Joseph to San Francisco, over the roughest sort of country. Daring riders, each traversing his allotted distance between two stations, simply transferred the mail bags from saddle to saddle, so that the entire journey was one continuous gallop. IKCEEASED BAILE0AD BUSINESS. Great Growth or Traffic and Freight Earn ings lor Mue Team. Washington, Nov. 7. The Census Bureau to-day issued a bulletin on the sub ject of railway transportation in 18S9 in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Southern Pennsyl vania, Michigan, and that portion of the States of Pennsylvania and New York lying west of a line drawn from Pittsburg to Buf falo via Salamanca. Following is a sum mary of the several itemsof interest per taining to the transportation business of that section for the years 1889 and 1890: 1830. 1S90. Number of pas sengers carried. 55,4K,in C7,749,C17 Tons of freight moved 22,837,217 60,25G,M3 Earnings lrom passenger serv ice $ 40,575,662 01 $ 2S,291,903 71 Earnings from treiglit service.. 103,73I,S21 76 73,132,513 55 Total earnings nndlncorae 154,203,880 CS .101,467,129 19 Total expendi tures 149,172,772 73 90,4:0,302 54 Length In inilei of all lines oper ated 22,24-.35 14,624.30 Total number em ployes 107,542 73,425 Number of cars in passenger serv ice 3,531 2,402 Cars in freight service 164,164 82,232 Number locomo tives 4,163 8,323 Number stations on all lines 6,519 3,241 Receipts per mile , per passenger (cents) 2.090 2.167 -Receipts per mile perton of freight (cents) 0.6S4 . 0.892 DEAB LIVING IK GERMANY. Prices of Food Products Higher Than Any In Fifteen Tears. WASHnrGTOjr, Nov. 7. In a report to the Department of State the United States Conul General at Berlin, Mr. Edwn-fR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, makes a comparison of the prices of food products in Germany in September, 1891, and September, 1890, as follows: 1890 Wheat, 187 marks; rye, 161 marks; pota toes, 64.4 marks. 1891 Wheat, 230 marks; rye, 230 marks; potatoes, 69.9 marks. The prices during the current year are higher than any since 1876. The price for rye in July last was 121 marks. The price of wheat has fallen since August about 9 marks, but the September quotations are still higher than any during the past 15 years. The price of potatoes fell from 89.30 marks in July to 6a20 in August, but in September rose to 69.70 marks. THAT AEM0E PLATE TZST. Results of the First .Day's Firing Exam ined by the Naval Board. Washington-, Nov. 7. Special. The armor plates -tested at the Indian Head proving ground, last Saturday, have been taken from the backing, and the board in charge of the test went down yesterday, to inspect the backs of the plates and the wood backing on which they were mounted. They found the back of the low-carbon nickel steel plate about as was to be ex pected from the appearance on its face. The two projectiles fired at the upper part of the plate remained sticking in the wood backing. Bad holes were left in the backing by the 6hots fired at the center and" lower left-hand cornerof the plate. There was also an in dentation in tne backing, under the point of impact of the shot at the lower right hand corner. The back of the high-carbon nickel steel plate from the Bethlehem Iron Works presented even a better appearance than its face seemed to warrant. There was less cracking and less bulging of the back than was expected, and the wood backing was not broken, except slightly under the cen ter shot. The backing was so perfect, in fact, that it will be used to mount another plate on at the next day's trial. The back ing of neither of the other plates can be used over again. The Harveyized all-steel plate did not show up so well as its face would have indi cated. The shots at the center and lower left-hand corner, which had completely per forated the plate, were imbedded in the backing, and though none of the other pro jectiles fired at the plate broke through its back at all, there was under each shot such a bulge of the metal as to indent and splin- terthe backing. This accounted for the relatively soft character of the body of the plates. During the coming week three more plates will be mounted, and the next day's firing will be on Friday. WISE MEN IU CONFERENCE. Qnlet Meeting of the Senate Finance Com mittee at the Capitol. Washington, Nov. 7. Special The meeting of the wise men in the desert, so graphically described in the opening chap ter of "Ben-Httr," was scarcely more soli tary than to-day's coming together of Sena tors Aldrich, Hiscock and Harris, In the finance committee-room of the deserted Capitol. The quick, incisive tread of Aid rich, the sliding, shuffling steps of Hiscock, and the almost tottering footfalls of Harris echoed through the bare corridors. They met to put into shape for " the nse of the Senate all the available material that can now be prepared under the Aldrich resolution of March 3, calling on the Finance Committee from time to time to report the effect of the tariff laws upon the imports and exports, the growth, development, production and prices of agricultural and manufactured articles, at home and abroad, and upon wages, domestic and foreign. The committee set for itself the task of discovering the wholesale and retail prices of 240 articles of general and domestic use for the past 50 years in-75 different places, also the rates of wages for the past half century. The Finance Committee is assisted by Carrol D. Wright, Commissioner of Labor; by J. D. Weeks, of Pittsburg, editor of the American Mamtfadurer, and by Dr. Faulkner, Professor of Political Economy in the University of Pennsylvania. HO ONE FOUND TO BLAKE For the .cddent That Wrecked the Gov ernment Steamer Despatch. Washington, Nov. 7. Secretary Tracy disposed of the case of the wrecked steamer Despatch this afternoon by approving the conclusion of the Court of Inquiry that it is not a case calling for any further action. The Court , found from the evidence submitted that the orders of Lieutenant Cowles, the commanding offi cer of the vessel, were safe and proper, and that the accident would not have occurred but for the mistake of Lieutenant Noel in taking the Assategue light for the winter quarter shoal light. The court found that the Assategue light shone red instead of white, and that as the vessel passed within four miles of the winter quarter shoal with proper lookouts, without seeing it, that light either must have been entirely out or else was burning dimly. The court was of opinion that this condition was the principal cause of the disaster, and that no one attached to the vessel could be held accountable for it. FOREIGN GOODS 'AT THE FAB. Preparations by the Treasury Department to Assist All Exhibitor). Washington, Nov. 7. The Secretary of the Treasury has announced the following new regulations to govern the free importo tion ot articles for exhibition nt the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. It is the purpose of the department to secure expedi tion and security to all articles imported for exhibition at the Chicago Exposition without the exaction of customs duties, fees or charges to arrange the proceedings in en try, so as to afford the utmost convenience and dispatch. In order to obtain the benefits of this ar rangement, every package destined for the Exposition should have affixed to it, by the foreign shipper, one or more labels repre senting the flag of the country to which it belongs. This label should be about 8x12 inches in size, and should bear across the face, in plain black letters, the inscription: "Exposition at Chicago." What tho Navy Has Cost for a Tear. Washington, Nov. 7. Fourth Auditor Lynch, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury, shows the naval expendi tures for the fiscal year ending June 30,1891, were as follows: Appropriations and balances 547,7o3,18o; amount drawn out by warrant, 27,016,315; balance in hand June 30, 1891, (19,000,143; amount expended by vouchers, 52(5,590,342; amount carried to the surplus fund, 5836,727. During the year bills of ex change were sold by naval pay officers to the amount of $1,195,507, on which the total net cost of negotiation was 520,554. A Ifcw Clew to Mhs Cartwrlght's Death. Chicago, Nov. 7 The police claimed to-night that they had a new clew to the caute of the death of the actress, Fannie Cartwright, last Tuesday. A young man named Harry Burns said that he had heard indirectly of the confession of a young man who was with the prisoner Beattv the night the girl died, and that they, Beat'ty and the latter's companion, put the body on the railroad tracks. The police refused to dis close the name of the new suspect. Pawnee Bill to Lead tho Boomers. Arkansas Citt, Kan., Nov. 7. A let ter was received here yesterday by a prom inent member of the Cherokee Strip colony from Pawnee Bill, stating that he would be here in December, and that on the 1st of January he, with thousands of boomers, will invade the Strip. He claims that under Judge Green's recent decision the outlet is publio domain, and that, being public domain, it is subject to homestead entries. 189L SPLITTING UP A STATE. A Falling Out Between Two Promi nent National Politicians MAKING WISCONSIN DOUBTFUL. Eepublicans Fearing and Democrats Hoping lliat the Breach WILL NETTER BE COMPLETELY HEALED rSPECIAI, TZLEG RAM TO TnB DtSrATCll.J Milwaukee, Nov. 7. The political flurry in Wisconsin over the clash between Senator Sawyer and ex-Congressman La Follette has been watched with deep in terest by men of both parties this week, notwithstanding the excitement of the election. The standing of the two men and the circumstances surrounding their quarrel lead Republicans to fear and Democrats to hope that the outcome of it all will be that Wisconsin will become an irretrievably Democratic State. The cause of the difference between the Senator and the young ex-Congressman is well understood in Washington, where all last winter the so-called Treasury suits in Wjsconsin were discussed almost daily by Northwestern politicians. For nearly 20 years Senator Sawyer has been a bondsman for Kepublican State Treasurers in his State. All of these Treasurers, without ex ception, have been nominated at his dicta tation, and most of them have been his townsmen. Ex-Congressman Guenther, who is now Consul General to Mexico, held the office of State Treasurer two terms, having Senator Phileiut Sawyer, of Witcomin. been picked up by Mr. Sawyer out of an Oshkosh drugstore, and elected almost be fore he knew it E. C. McFetridge and H. D. Harshaw, who each held the office sev eral terms, were also proteges of the wily old Senator. State Funds- In Politicians' Banks. All of these men have been in the habit of depositing the State funds in various Re publican banks throughout the State, from which interest has been received, usually at the rate of 3 per cent, notwithstanding a law on the statute books requiring these funds to be kept in the vaults of the State Treasury in the Capitol at Madision. At one time Uncle Jerry Busk, who was then Governor, of the Badger State, pro tested against this violation of the law, and threatened to bring Uncle Philetus' man to taw. Thereupon Sawyer went down to Madison and appeared suddenly in front of Uncle Jerry's desk. "Jerry, do you mean to say that we've got to put that money in your old chicken coop vaults here in the Capitol?" he de manded. "That's what the law says," replied Uncle Jerry. "I don't care a what the law says. You might just as wel put that money out on the steps of the Capitol here as to keep it in the vaults. What the do you sup pose your one-legged and one-armed watch man here would do if a good able-bodied burglar should come along some night and pull out the bricks in your vault and load up his wagon with the State funds and get away?" "Why, Sawyer," said Uncle Jerry, "those vaults are all right, and. beside, I've got 15 good men here, every one of them old soldiers who have smelt powder and know how to fight." Sawyer Slakes Uncle Jerry Snccninb. "Oh, hang your 15 men. I could come in here any night and clean them all out alone. I tell yon, if you don't leave that money alone where it is, I'll take my name off that bond inside of 24 hours." And that was the end of" it. Uncle Jerry snecumoeu to uncle .rniletus' blutt, and the money stayed in the banks. These banks were selected practically by Mr. Ex-Congrcsiman R. J. Ixi Follette. Sawyer,and as there are a good many of them they represented an important part of Sen ator Sawyer's political machine in Wiscon sin. Amon" them, notwithstanding his plea in behalf of the vaults in the Capitol, vas the bank in "Vernon couniy, of which Uncle Jerry Busk has always been Prcsf dent. With the election of the Democratic ad ministration in Wisconsin last year there began at once the agitation of the question whether the various Republican ex-Treasurers could be made to return to the State the interest they had received on State moneys placed in private banks. This at once put Senator Sawyer in a decidedly un pleasant position. One at least of these ex Treasurers had gone through bankruptcy, and the interest ne had received during his four terms of service would have to be paid by Senator Sawyer, if it could be collected of anvbody. This interest is roughly esti mated to 6e about 5120,000 for that Treas urer alone. A Heavy Burden of Defense. As some of the bondsmen are dead, and others are hot so easily accessible through the courts as Senator Sawyer, there natnr ally rested upon him a "heavy burden of defense. The Democratic Attorney General began fest suits, and Senator Sawyer retained C. W. Felker and S. U. Pinuey, two of the best known Democratic lawyers in Wiscon sin. The facts, after a good deal of legal skirmishing, stand admitted, and the trial of the test case is to decide simply legal questions. The defense rely upon the fact that the law of the State "made the Treasurer not only the custodian of State moneys, but also the" insurer against any possible loss. The Supreme Court of Colorado has decided in a similar case that this responsibility justifies a State Treasurer in depositing State funds in a number of banks, so as to divide and thereby reduce the possibility of loss, and also to require interest at a low rate, so that in case of any loss he shall be able to in demnify the State. It is practicully the same question which has arisen in Pennsyl vania. DIED, KINGSLAKD At the parents' residence, Xo. 135 Bldce avenne, Allegheny, on Satur day, November 7,1891, at 11:53 r.M.,LAUiti:L G., daughter or-G. L. and Mary, K. Ktngsland, aged 19 months 5 days. Xotiroof fnuoral hereafter. BOOK AGENTSJN TROUBLE. Mrs. Minnie Woods Poors Oat a Pltlfal Tle to Snperlntendent Weir How Mr. Tattle Sell Bootes That Idy Slakes a Statement Hcrse I. A neat appearing and Intelligent young woman, giving her name as Mrs. Minnie Wods, of Louisville, Ky., appealed to the police for lodging at Central station on Fri day night, saying she had been ejected from her boarding house, was without money or friends and did not know what to do. She was given money by one of the officers to secure lodging in a hotel, with the under standing that she should call on Superin tendent Weir yesterday morning. She kept her promise and visited the Superintendent at noon. She said her home was at Louisville, she was 17 years old, had been married two years, and came here with Mrs. A. C. Tuttle", a general book agent, under a contract from October 19 to Decem ber 24, to sell books on commission. There were five other girls in Mrs. Tuttle's em ploy, brought here from distant cities and they were instructed to sell books only to men in large buiness houses and offices, sometimes to people of low morals and surroundings. Mrs. Woods has grown tired of this life nnd desired to return to her husband, but Mrs. Tuttle refused to release her from the con tract and would give her no money to take her home. A row with Mrs. Tnttle ensued, which resulted in the girl being put out on the street at nisht with her trunk. She said the other girls were also anxious to get away from Mrs. Tuttle, and were so sit uated that thev could not. 'Speaking further of her experience, she said Mrs Tuttle compelled her girls to lie to possible cus tomers as to the circumstances inducing them to bookselling for a livintr. Superintendent Weir's sympathies were aroused by the voung woman's story nnd he Sromiscd that if he could, legally, he would rive Mrs. Tuttle from the city. He pro cured transportation for Mrs. woods and she started for Louisville last night Mrs. Tuttle was seen at her boarding house, No. COG Pcnn avenue, last night. She positively denied Mrs. Woods story. "I am supporting an invalid husband," she said, "and have three girls working for me under contract. Mrs. Woods was the fourth. One of them lives in Pittsburg and you can see the others." The reporter was intro duced to two young women, one of whom is a cripple who moves on crutches nnd the other a buxom, but plain looking, girl of about 20. Both seemed very affectionate with Mrs. Tuttle, denied the stories told by Mrs. Woods and de clared they were happy, prosperous and contented in their work. Mrs. Tuttle said she brought .Mrs. Woods from Louisville where her young husband was out of em ployment and she was glad to come. Since then she had grown homesick and desired .o return to Louisville, and on Mrs. Tuttle refusing to release her caused a scene, left the house and went to the police headquar ters as stated above. Superintendent Weir was very indignant last night nt the conduct ot Mrs." Tuttle, the girl's employer. He questioned whether her methods of doing business could not be considered a violation of the law. He said Mrs. Tuttle's method was to in sert an alluring advertisement in a paper in any city some hundreds of miles from this one, and which advertisement was largely one of misrepresentation. She received an answer and at once forwarded money to pay their fare here and on their arrival paid their board. In this way the girls got into her debt, and she was not anxious to have them get out of it. Once the girl got here, without money and without friends, she had a hard row to hoe, and many tempta tions were thrown in her wav. A BANK PBE8IDENT WANTED. He Rains Bis Associates In Basinets by Bis Shndy Transactions. 'Kansas Cut, Nov. 7. The directors of the Maine Banking Company are hourly ex pecting a telegram from Maine announcing there the arrest of A. E. Blanchnrd, Presi dent of the company, on a charge of obtain ing money by false pretenses. It is claimed that Blanchard, by a series of shady transactions, including forgery, has defrauded the creditors out of thousands of dollars. Blanchard in 1890 went into the banking business with a capi tal of f 50,000. He was made President of the bank, and while in the East secured the services of J. R. Clark as Cashier. Mr. Clark is a jroung man and the son of Horatio Clark, a director and a wealthy capitalist of Maine. From Mr. Clark he secured ?2,100 on a forged deed to prop erty which he did not own, but which ne pretended to sell to Mr. Clark. Dr. B. A. Harding, of Blackstone, 111., Blanchard's father-in-law and a man of con siderable wealth, is also one of Blanchard's victims. Blanchard would pretend to make loans on cilt-edged security, would receive the money from Dr. Harding with which to make the" loan, and then, it is charged, would appropriate it to his own use. Dr. Harding says he has been ruined, but de clines to say how much he has lost. An other loser is said to be Bates College, the amount being $10,000. The officers in Maine have been telegraphed to arrest Blanchard. PKESIDENT BAEEILLAS' DAHGEB- A Party of Revolutionists Across the Mexi can Border Beady for Invasion. Cmr of Mexico, Nov. 7. From dis patches received here it is learned that General Julio Garcia Granadas, Colonel Manuel Rnbio and Vincente Martinez arc at the head of a number of dissatisfied Guate malans on the Guatemalian-Mexican fron tier who are preparing for a revolution against President Barrillas, of Guatemala. Colonel Rubio is President Barrilla's deadliest foe. It is claimed that the Revo lutionists have a force of 1,000 men ready, and that they have received many promises of assistance. They say that unless Mexico interferes the revolution will break' out in a few days, and that they count on aid from sympathizers in' the interior of the country. They bought arms recently both here and in the United States. Now It's a Seli-Tonr-TTheat Circular. Kansas City, Nov. 7. A circular letter purporting to come from the Grand Secre tary of the Farmers' Alliance has been sent to the farmers of Kansas, advising them to sell their wheat and corn at present prices. The letter is signed J. D. Sedgwick, 'Grand Secretary," aud is marked "Wheat Circular No. 3." J. D. Sedzwick is not Grand Sec retary of the Kansas Alliance, and the Alliance people at Topeka claim to know nothing of the letter. It appears to be issued to effect the grain market. Twenty-One Mules Killed In a Wreck. MASSH.LON, Nov. 7. SpeciaT. The section ot an east bound freight on the Fort Wayne Railroad stopped at the curve in this city this evening, where it was run into by the third section. One of the most disas trous wrecks ever witnesedi n this vicinity ensued. Next to the caboose of the second section was a carload of 21 mules. Only four were taken out alive. The engine, caboose and eight freight cars were thrown down the embankment. A Bad Wreck In the Braddock Mills. BkaddoK, Nov. 7. At 9 o'clock to night an engine on the Pemickey Railroad and a short train on the Narrow Guage railroad running through the mills, met with a crash at the crossing. Engineer Charles Johnston, of Cbartiers, was caught between the engine and tender and suffered untold agony there for half an hour before being extricated by friendly hands. He was terribly crushed and burned, and it is not thought he can survive. The engine was wrecked and cars were strewn all along the track. Japanese buckwheat is now being raised In Mlchlann. U (JftASH Jft QQMY. The First National Bank Closed on Examiner Miller's Order. HAD BEEN' HELPING LUMBERMEN. A Branch nod Been Shut Up and This Caused Embarrassment. THE ASSETS ARE REPORTED LARGB mrECIAI. TELEQBAM TO THE DtSPATCH.l Coeht, Nov. 7. The greatest calamity that has yet befallen Corry was tha closing this forenoon of the doors of the Corry National Bank and its branch on North Center street. Both banks were closed by order of Bank Examiner Miller. When the report spread the streets became crowded, it being impossible for many to believe that the old and trusted First Na tional Bank had been declared insolvent. The bank was organized in 1851, and its history since then has been beyond reproach Few, if any, had the least inkling of its con dition, consequently the news of the failure came like a thnnderbolt. Bank Examiner Miller positively refuses to make any statement at present, and as President Allen and Cashier C. G. Harmon, are both prostrated by the shock it is im possible to get full particulars. It has been generally known, however, that the bank has been interested in, and assisted to a large extent several manufacturing interests here and elsewhere; also that the line of discounts they have been carrying is very large. These discounts were against peopla considered perfectly good, but owing to the stringency of money matters here tho bank failed to realize on the paper just when it was most required. The Story of the Branch. Over two years ago, when the Center street branch was started, the Bank Exam iner informed the officials this venture might be permitted, but it was not author ized. A few months ago the Comptroller at Washington notified the bankers that they must close the branch, as the Depart ment of the Treasury had decided that all branch banks must b? discontinued. It was given the officials at Washington to under stand that if the branch must be closed a f run on the regular bank would certainly follow, as the branch did a heavy business. and besides, if a run came on the original bank it would not be able to meet it. This matter has been under consideration for some time, but finally the decision cama from Washington that the branch must close, and it was closed. 'The deposits are very large, ranging over 5600,000, most of which came from promin ent business firms here, none of them having taken the trouble to withdraw their deposits when the change was made. The assets aro not known, but are estimated to be very large and enough to pay the deposits in full. The heaviest depositors are the Eqnitable Aid Union, a mutual liife insurance con cern having 518,000 on deposits, and the city of Corry with S.l.OOO to $8,000 on deposit. Other deposits are in smaller lots, farmers and business men from all over this district having make the bank their depository. President T. G. Allen to-night refused utterly to either accord an interview or make any statement. He is prominent here, both in a business and social way, and it is believed by his friends that the closing of the bank doors was due entirely to the shut ting down of the branch and the consequent distrust in the original institution. Tha bank's correspondents were the National park Bank of New York, and the Third Na tional Bank of Philadelphia. Kn State Sloneyn There. A rumor that the withdrawal of Stata moneys had crippled the institution was found" to-night upon investigation to bo without foundation. Bank Examiner Miller is quoted as saying the denosits are almost ?;j43,000. The bank officials say thej were 5750,000. The liabilities contain an item of loans and discount of $48,112 due from other banks. President T. A. Allen has himself been one of the leading spirits in the Forest Lum ber Company, one of the most aggressi70 and daring in Western Pennsylvania, and the trade has been very dull of late. Tha bank has paper out among many lumber men. Cashier Clarence Harmon will not talk and keeps out of sight. It is well known that he has been investing in grapo and other real estates; that he is one of tha principal owners of the Ajax Iron Works, which has just made a 550,000 addition to its facilities. 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