-$$WwH!r?&r ' 3srr 1aswr ,&i rr m ml CLINGING TO MASTS. A Ship's Crew Doomed to Destruction in Plain Sight of land. LIFE-SAVERS CAFT BEACH THEM. The English Shore Strewn With Wrecks and Dead Bodies; Uany WORSB THAN THE PREVIOUS STORM London; Nov. 10. Last night a heavy . gale set in in the South of England and Ire land, Sailing vessels bound up and down the channel, warned by- falling barometers, put their helms up andima.de for a harbor. As the night grew older the wind blew with hurrican,e force. Not alone were sailing vessels in danger, but large ocean steam ships, lacking sea room, were compelled to keep offshore. Already dispatches are being received telling of wrecks by last night's storm. The iron schooner Ben venue sailed two days ago on a voyage for Sydney, X. S. V. She had made good weather down the channel until last night, when she was caught in the storm and driven ashore near Sandgate. "When the Benvenue struck her crew were compelled to take to the rigging to escape being washed overboard by the seas, which w ere making a clean breach over the vessel. The Frail Ufeboat-Ig Launched. The member of the life-saving boat crew who was patrolling the beach near where the Benvenue was dashed ashore, had seen the lights of the fated vessel, and immedi ately called upon his companions to hasten to the rescue of the imperiled crew. The lifeboat was manned and soon started for the wreck. Tossed like a cockle shell upon the waves, the lifeboat rose and felL At times she could be seen apparently climbing to the top of an enormous roller; then for a moment would remain perched upon the crest of the wave, and then with & headlong pitch would disappearfrom view in a trough of sea. For a time she was lost sight of alto gether. "When she again came to view the hardv life-savers were seen gallantly strug gling against terrible odds. They finally ap proached the wreck, but the sea wa dash ing with such fury that it was impossible for them to get near enough to attempt to. take off the men in the ringing. Reluctantlv they pulled awav from the wreck and made their wa.- to the shore, the return trip being mad i much more easily than the out ward one. Great Consternation on the Snore. There was great excitement on the beach, when it was learned that the life-boat had! failed, but all hope of rescuing the ship- v recked mariners frfim their perilous posi-i non was uy no means abandoned. J.'repara-i tions were'immediately made to shoot a line to the wreck. When the first rocket fell' thortof the mark there wasagoneral ei-f pression of dismay. Again and again the j attempt to shoot a line was made, but eachj time the attempt failed. One of the sailors in the rigging appar-. cntly made up his mind that he could) reach the shore by swimming He was seen, to dive from the rigging and to strike out. stronglv in the direction of til's shore. On he came drawing nearer and nearer to the beach until it seemed as it he would reach the land.- A number of residents of thei town joined hands, and their.leader dashed into the sea in an attempt to reach thei struggling sailor. When the swimmer had approached to within two yards of his wpuld-be rescuers, he threw up his bands, ana, w una groan, &anK ana was seen no1 more. This afternoon the lifeboat crew made another strenuous but fruitless effort to reach the Benvenue. Some of the cre.w, exhausted br their long exposure, became so weakened that they found it impossible to longer cling to the rigging, and so were forced to let go. They dropped into the yeasty waters and sank from sight. A Most Desperate Situation. The others, some of whom are undoubted ly lashed fast, are still in the rigging. A crowd numbering thousands of people is gathered along the shore, watching every attempt to sae the lives of the ship wrecked sailors. The cargo of the Benvenue is floating out of tier holds and the beach at Saudgate is strewn with all kinds of wTeckaee. Much of the cargo has drifted ashore and has been taken in charge by the wreck masters. The hull is gradually sinking. Already a num ber of corpses from the wreck have floated ashore and others will certainly follow. A body of troops was sent to aid the life savers in saving the distressed. The storm has extended northward and now rages with great fury from "Wick, on the east coast of Scotland," to the Scilly Islands in the English.channel. This group of islets num bers about 140 and constitute a constant menace to vessels during stormy weather. A telegram has been received from that point, stating that a schooner has been wrecked there. The crew, however, were saved. A vessel named the Paramount has sunk off Iiowestoft, in Suffolk. All hands except two sailors were drowned. The two who were saved owe their lives to the Lowestoft .Lifeboat crew. Damage Done in London Also. In London the storm has done consider able damage. In many places where build ings were in course of erection the boarding in front of them was blown out into the streets, and temporarily stopped the passage of pedestrians and vehicles. A dispatch received from St Leonard's, the well-known watering place in Sussex, says the bark Amor is stranded near that town. "When the vessel went ashore the sea swept over her and her crew would have been drowned had they remained on deck. They clambered into the rigging, where ihey lashed themselves fast. They signalled frantically for assistance, and the life-saving crew responded, but it was impossible to get their lifeboat beyond the line of the surf that beat upon the shore. When it was finally seen that fur ther efforts would be useless, the lifeboat crew tried to get a line to the wreck by means of rockets. The gale, however, was blow inc with such frightful velocity that none leached the vessel. The storm has caused considerable dam age throughout the southern counties of England and Ireland. Itain has fallen in large quantities. Telegraphic communica tion has been interrupted to a great extent in the section affected by the storm. This interruption seriously interferes with the transmission of cable messages between England and the United States. Flyinc Signals or Distress. A number of tesscls have been driven past Sandgate with their ensign hoisted with the jack down, as a signal of distress; but to try to give help to vessels that by any means could care lor themselves, would have been foolhardy. The dispatches now being recened give the' following list of cnsualines at various points along the co.it. The Norwegian brig Solertia has been wrecked at Studland, in Dorset.' The fishing boat Star of the East, ; while entering Lowestoft, crashed against the north pier and was wrecked. Six of her crew were drowned. One man was rescued, but he died from exhaustion shortlv after ward. , The schooner Marguerite Marie, bound for London, was caught in the hurricane off Dungeness and was blown ashore and wrecked. ' London, too, has its maritime accident to addto4he list of disasters. The British . steamer Brazilian, Captain Whvte, bound g irom Loudon for New Orleans, met with a . series of mishaps while proceeding down stream. The first accident was a collision ,, with a barge in which the port qnarter was ' damaged. Subsequently she collided with : the brig Ploughman, which broke her jib- f-booni and carried awav her headgear. The "Brazilian had hardly got clear 'of this last vessel when she struck Her Majesty's train ing ship Arethusa, which damaged her star board quarter. The Lo.s Greater Than for Years. It is believed when the storm has spent its force and a final estimate of the damage is made, it will be found that the loss is much greater than that incurred through any storm that has prevailed for years. The reports from the gale-swept districts- are very slow in coming in, owing to the almost complete paralyzation of the telegraph lines, but she reports thus far re ceived show that the damage must be-widespread and heavy. The damage to property at Folkestone arid Deal is very great. The roofs of, several houses wrerc blown off and the streets were strewn with trees and rubbish. At Christchurch, a town situated at the confluence of the rivers Stour and Avon, on L the English channel, the rivers have over- nowea their Danes, xne rising waters flooded the countrv in the vicinity of Christ church and part of the town itself is inun dated. The damage to fishine boats and other small craft employed in the local coast wise trade isJarge. The farmers in the midland counties are growing discouraged at the misfortune pur suing them. In these counties the previous gales and floods did an immense amount of damage. In some sections the water that had then flown up in large tracts of low lying lands, ana was just subsiding and farmers had begunto look forward to pre paringthe land for the autumn sowing. The rivers in the midland counties are rapidly rising, and it is feared that there will be a general repetition of the floods of a few weeks ago. - The Dover Lifeboat Is Ready. At Dover the local lifeboat, manned and provisioned, is held in readiness to proceed to any quarter withimthe Dover district, to all -vessels in distress. A tug, with steam up, ts lying beside herto take her in tow. At present the sea is running high and it is unsafe for the tug or lifeboat to venture out of the harbor. Part of the crew of the life-saving crew at Hythe, while rescuing a shipwrecked crew, were swept from their boat and drowned. From Dnngeness, too, comes .a story of the loss of some of the brave and hardy lifeboat men. A foreign bark went ashore at that place and the lifeboat men started gallantly to the rescue. A heavy sea was running" and the lifeboat broached to. Once in the trough of the sea she capsized and all hands went overboard. Five of the crew were swept away before they could grasp the life lines on the sides of the boat, and though theywore cork jackets they were lost. The other men succeeded in righting their boat and scrambling into her. At Deal a fishing boat was capsized and two of her crew were drowned. Several lessels are ashore between Dun ceness and Dover, and it is feared they will go to pieces and their crews will perish be fore assistance can get'to them. According to the latest reports the gale isgeneral throughout England.' . Jtaklnc a Lost Desperate Effort. Nothing daunted by their'many -wearing and fruitless attempts to go to the rescue of the surviving members of the crew intlft rigging of the shin Benvenue, the life-savers determined to make a last great effort to reach the imperilled men, but despite their desperate struggles with the waves they were again forced to retreat before the angry sea and acknowledge themselves beaten and compelled to leave the fast weakening sailors in the doomed ship to their fate. Then it was that the life-savers at Sea brook resolved that they, too, would again risk their lives and make another attempt tn get out to where the Benvenue was slowly but surely being beaten to pieces. Again did the crew take their positions in the lifeboat, and again did they renew their almost forlorn hope. Fighting their way outward bit by bit, and plying their oars with all the skill and strength at their com mand, the rescuers at length succeeded in getting free of the breakers and beyond the outer edge of the surf. Reicne Comes at Last. The most dangerous part of their journey had now been passed, and amid the inspiring cheers and shouts of the-anxious watchers on the shore the life-savers started in the direction of the wrecked, vessel. By careful and never-ceasing work with the oars and tiller, the men eventually reached the side of the Benvenue, and after considerable maneuvering succeeded in passing a line from their boat to the ship. The work of taking the half-dead men from the rigging was at once begun, and 27 of the officers and crew were safely trans ferred from the ship to the l'feboat. When this task had been accomplished the life boat was then headed for shore, and the life savers again struggled at their oars. They were unable to reach the place they started from, and after being buffeted about by wind and wave brought up at Folkestone, where the rescued and rescuers disembarked and received the congratulations of the people. The survivors of the wreck were tenderly cared for, and when the story of their ter rible experience was told it was learned that the captain and four of the crew had gone by the board and were drowned before the life-savers could reach the stranded vessel. SPAIN FABES THE W0HST. Uore Particulars of the Devastation Caused by the Recent Storms. Madrid, Nov. 11. It is now becoming 1 possible to witness to some extent the devastation that has been caused by the tremendous floods which have swept over so many parts of Spain during the past month or so. Beginning with the terrible disaster at Consuegra, when that place was practi cally swept from the face of the earth, and where the loss of life mounted up into the thousands, "the country has been subjected to a serious of floods which are without parallel in the history of Spain, and it if believed that the total loss of life will never be accurately known. A scene of the greatest devastation pre sents itself in the valley of the J near river. This river flows into the Mediterranean at Cullera and is about 200 miles in length. Along the banks the land is fertile, and large sections of the country in its vicinity were devoted to the cultivation of oranges. To-day the well-tilled groves and fertile farms are wrecked. The rushing waters swept furiously through the orange groves, tearing the branches filled with the 'green and ripened fruit from the trees and other wise damaging them. In fact, it will be a matter for rejoicing among the orange grow ers if they can get half a crop from the trees which are. left standing. The other crops on the farms, wheat, rye, barley, etc., are completely destroyed. The, inhabitants of the valley, having been deprived pf their usual means of subsistence, are plunged into the most dire distress. THE FIEE BEC0BD. The new Britisli Dark Wamphray, which sailed from Glascow August 30, bound for San Francisco, has been burned at sea. Ijt Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County, Tuesday night, Joseph Miller's farm house burned. Origin, a defective flue. Loss, total. I At Flndlay, Tuesday night, McManns & Arnold's flour mill and elevator, with 15,000 bushels of grain, burned. Loss, 40,000; in surance, $11,000. EAntrycstei day morning a Are broke out in M..A. Pearlstein's shoe store, No. 28S6 Penn avenue. It is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. The loss is about $7,000, and the insurance is $4,000. About 8 o'clock yesterday morning tho xesidence of William Loelller, at Forbes street and Meyran avenue, was partly de stroyed by fire. The cause is attributed to a defective flue. The loss" was about $5,000, but is fully covcreH by insurance. At Aususta, Ga., yesterday, S. & F. Meyers ' "Beehive" store and stock were destroyed. Tho stock was valued at $60,000; insurance, $20,000. The building was the proporty of the Catholic institution and wns valued at about $10,000; insurance, $5,000. Padget's fur niture stoiu was also burned, and is a total loss. The stock was valued nt about $30,000; insurance, $16 000 The lo-s on the building is not known. The total loss is about $125,000, v , x-THE" PrnreBtfHG DOCTORS OF 'MONEY. The Currency and Railroad Questions Both Discussed by the AMERICAN BANKERS' CONTENTION.. Secretary Foster Describes the Workings of the Silver Law. THE INTER-STATE LAW CRITICISED New Orleans, Nov. 11. At the seven teenth annual convention of the American Bankers' Association this morning, a letter was read from Hon. Charles Foster, Secre tary of the Treasury, detailing the opera tions of the act of July 14, 1890, of which the following are extracts: The amount of silver bullion purchased with Treasury not3 under the provisions of the new law from August 13, 1890, to Novem ber 1, 1S91, has aggregated. 66,588,536 fine ounces, costing $68,626,565, an average cost of $1 03 per fine ounce. From this silver fiST, 818,475 have beon coined, and the remainder is stored, in the shape of fine bars, in the vaults of the mints as a reserve against the Treasury notes outstanding. While the new silver law provides for the purchase of nearly two and a half times the amount of silver required by the act of 1878, the compulsory coinage and issues of 2,00V 0C0 silver dollars monthly (and or silver cer tificates representing such dollars) is done away with. In lieu of such dollars United States notes of full debt paying power, re deemable in gold or silver coin, at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury, and having behind them practically a gold dol lar's worth of silver bullion, have been sub stituted. "What the New tfr Provides. The new law provides for an annual in crease of our currency approximating $50,000,000, or, deducting the average retire ment of national bank notes in recent years, an annual addition to our circulating me dium of $24,000,000. While it is true that the amount of money in circulation in this country at the present "time is greater than at any previous period in our history, and more per capita than in any of the leading commercial na tions of the world, with the single excep tion of France, 1 am of the opinion that, owing to our rapid growth in population and wealth, and the extraoidinary development in all lands of business, a yearly increase in our circulating medium, some w hat proportion ate to our growth in population, is impera tively demanded. The issue of Treasury notes under this act affords such an in crease of a perfectly convenient and sound currency, based dollar for dollar upon the cost value of silver bullion redeemable on demand in gold coin, and with the pledge of the Government to maintain it at par. If the remonetization of silver as full legal tender money is ever to be . accom plished it can only be done by the action of nations of sufficient commercial importance to maintain some fixed ratio in coinage between the two metals. The new silver act is an important step in that direction. A Step Toward Bemonetization. First, because the'comtmlsory coinage and issue of silver dollars of less intrinsic value than theirA.nominal value is repealed; sec ond, because it provides for a much larger absorption of silver by this country than heretofore for currency nurposes; and third, because the new law declares that it is the established noltcv of the United States to maintain the two-metals at a parity with each other. It seems to mo that the act under consideration is a decided improve ment upon the provisions of the act of 1878, which it repeals, in that it furnishes a sound currency to meet the growing wants of our country, and has a tendency to reduce the difference in value between the two metals and thus help to restore the equilibrium so much desired Prof. Arthur Thadley, of Yale, read a paper upon "Becent Bailroad Legislation and Its Effect Upon the Finances of The United States." In substance he said: If we look at the systems immediately west of Chicago, we find that since the passage of the Inter-State Commerce Law they. have shrunk in value $60,000,000, or more than 25 per cent of the par value of their stock. This is noi unprecedented in amounS. The same tning Happened in lSio ana again in 18S5. Three Points of Peculiarity. It is peculiar in coming without a crisis in general business, in affecting railroad securities alone, and in affecting different groups of railway securities, according to the amount of legislation to which they were subject. Such a fall can only have been due to legislative action. The Inter-State Commerce law, which had been supposed to be the end of a struggle for railroad control, was only beginning, The Inter-State Commerce Lmmission ex tended its jurisdiction so that the law ap plied to many more things than was expect ed. The individual States went further and did a great many things with less wis dom than the Inter-State Commerce Com 'mission. Finally the prohibition of pools prevented the railroads from taking meas ures in self-defence. This legislation, though ostensibly di rected against railroad abuses, was really in considerable measure the result of hostility to the corporations themselves. The rail road question in America is like the Irish land question: Bailroads are owned in the East and operated in the West, just as the Irish land is owned in England, and there is an effort on the parUftf the people who use the property to fix tne rates instead of letting it be done by the people who own it. Railroad Legislation Won't Succeed. It is not likely that this effort will suc ceed. High prices are a result of scarcity. Wherever the consumers attempt to force prices down by law they prevent such scarcity from curing itself. The result is shown in the almost entire stoppage of Tail road construction in States like Iowa, whose legislation has been reckless. Although local shippers want low rates they still more want plenty of railroad service and will not persist in legislation which will prevent them from getting it. The Committee of Schools of Finance land Economy reported in favor of agitating mic Buujcub uiiu acuuiug a uuminissioncr to Europe to study the best system there. The topic of discussion to-day was "The Banking System and Currency of the Future." George S. Coe, of New York, opened the discussion and read a paper on "An Inside View of the Financial Situa tion." He said that the conflicts between the advocates of white and colored metal seems now an irrepressible one. The only obvious and practical solution is the "re union in money of those ancient but tem porarily discovered elements." John Jay Knox continued the subject on another line. A Perfect Paper Currency. The elements of a perfect paper currency of this or any other country, he 6aid, are: 1, safety; 2, elasticity; 3, convertibility: 4, uniformity. The greatest and most im portant of these is safety. The proposition which I had the honor to present to Con gress w as, in brief, the following: That banks organized in this country should be allowed to issue n circulation unon 75 per cent of their capital. A bank of $400, 000 capital should have the rfcht to issue circulation to the amount of $300,000. Half of that circulation would be secured by gold or silver coin or bullion, or, if you please, by the public debt, so Ions as it shall exist, or until J907 by Government bonds. The other portion of the circulation would be secured by a safety lund. James Oliver Resigns. Word came from HarriBburg last night to the effect that James B. Oliver, of Pitts-' burg, had resigned from .the Pennsylvania Board of World's Fair Managers on ac count of the demands of business upon his time. Bis successor will be elected at to day's meeting of the board. It is probable Thomas P. Merrit, Mayor of Beading, will be chosen to fill tbe vacancy. Ocean Steamship Arrivals. Steamer. Where From. Destination. Ilsvel New York London grain New York London ilnjcstlc New York London Detonla New York Movllle MartUlo Hnll .-. NcwYorK Kuropa London New York Teutonic Liverpool New York DISPATCH; THURSDAY TESTERDAT6 HOTEL ARRIVALS. , Momosqahila J. Armstrong, Venango; F. C. Tvson, Wilmington; J. S. Moloney, P- H. Griflln, B. J. Moron, Buffalo; H. A. Scoflelil, New York: F. W. IlawMns, JBellaire; E. M. Aldpard, United 8tates army; J. B. Camo bell, Oil Citv: J. D. Henderson, Philadel phia; 1U H. Veredeeker, Baltimore; Daniel O'Dav, Buffalo; O. N. Payne, TitusYiHe: J. E. Tilt, Chicago: G. H. Bartlett, New York; J. B, Teebody, -Zanesville; F. T. Wilson, Jersey Shore; S. Foltz and wife, New Castle; Mrs. Buff and daughter. Con nellsville; F. L. Andrews, W. F. An drews, Girard; N. W. Kmmon, New Stanton: W. D. Bevin, Syracuse: H. W. and Irw'n Paull, Wheeling: C. P. Butty, New York: J. -A. Corey, Philadelphia: E. T. Brandon, Bos ton; Dr. A. W. Crawford, Kmlenton; B. E. French, St. Louis; George A. Goodwin, Cleve land: J. G. Murray, Lewis S. Biggs, Salma; W- T. Tell. Philadelphia; -Daniel Eauan, Sharon; T. J. Dwver, Cleveland; G. A. Winn, Boston: P. H. Moore, Wheeling; William Asbgelis, Chicago; J. W. FairfaiJr., New York; Bobert M. Canvas and wife, Washing ton: G. W. Landers.Cincinnati; J. K. Richards, Baltimore: W. J. Nicholli", Phila delphia; W. Melchert, Boston; A. Walton, Baltimore: J. T. Lane, Wheeling; F. A. Hill, Dunbar: H. M. Gates, .Cincinnati; W. W. Brown, Bradford. jvsdersow u. Jj. uamiii, Atoany; H- s. juuj Keag, B. Heydeneucb, Louis Engeltart, A. A. Brower, P. J. Egan, W. A. Gillijtan, J. C. Kober, New York; A. Trauu, Cincinnati; H. A. Newkirk, Chicago: M. T. Silver, Cleve land; Alfred Ouken, Henry Frank, Cincin nati; George Stotz, Columbus; .T. S. Temple ton, Alex. Stephens, Glasgow; V. D. Htnde long, Columbus: W. W. Lindsay, Philadel phia; W. T. ' Bamsey, New 1fork; A. C. Vorbaueh. Syracuse: E. E. Bovnton, Bochester; C. H., Drape, Frank Weilbacher, E. Oppenheimer, New York; T. H. Collett, Buffalo; A. B. Stamard. Cincinna ti: Charles Schraum, Chicago; J. T. Nichols, Baltimore; A. Malloch, Glasgow: E- E. Tack ier, Philadelphia: Frank Zimker, B. W. Ballord, New York; A. A. Geiloit, Columbus; W. K. Johnston, Cleveland, John L. Barrett, Beading; O. B. Starkwater, Chicago; Thomas Barnard, Buffalo; W. P. Stone, Hanover; W. P. Vuintett, Kansas Citv; Thomas Bradford, New Brighton; Frank H. Waterbury, Chica. gojJ. B. Smith, Dayton; A. S. Moore, Boston; S. W. Bolles, Toledo; L. A. Gray, A. H. Loeb, Chicago; P. L. Kratzer, Clarenden: D. M. Rankin, Troy: J. F. Smith, Baltimore. Duquisme J. J. Hovey, Philadelphia: N. Brooke, Mrs. D. B. Barclay. New York: G. L. Bhodes, Chicago; E. E. Stone, Springfield; T. H. Shoemaker, Findlay; S. Bryan Kneus, J. J. Heiser, New York: F. B. Bragdon, W.H. Thornton, Adrian II. Joline, Macsuane Cox, Lincoln Pierce, Now York; B.F. Pennington, Boston: F. M. Van Honten, Newark; S. A. Davis, New York; Dr. D. Kennedy, Philadel- pnia; k. r. Kennedy, uniontown; a. b. uk smith, Philadelphia; S. E. Lewis, San Fran cisco; A. M. Sloven, Greensburg; II. P. Barr, Boston; E. H. McDermott, Kane; Mrs. Anna ju. iiay, ijraoxloclc; Miss auppes. jonnsiown; T. C. Dnnlan, New Castle; S. Herman and wife, New York; L. A. Warner, Jr., Buffalo; Miss Cora Jones, Johnstown. Schlosser M. C. Migel. New York; Carl F. Starkloff. Baltimore: E. S.-Barton, Philadel phia; Wilbur F. Crafts. New York; JU. D. An derson, Bradford; W. McD. Miller, Steuben ville; Colonel James B. E. Streator, Wash ington; M. J. Burns. A. L. Bnrns, New York; Charles Biehl and wire,Tarentum; E. W. Paishall, Watson; S. W. Watts. Watson; W. P. McFarland, Youngstown; E. H. Fudge, Chicago; B. Breed Spearman, Oaracoa. Mexi co; A. H. Dunning, Cincinnati; J. E. Butler, Franklin. St. James J. A. Woodburn, Newville; G. W. Hamthorne, Lancaster; George Heckler, Scio; W. P. Dunlap, Altoona; John Eeinhart, Tyrone; J. Graven, Johnstown: H. Hetrick, DuBois; James Flanigan, Nogley: William Mulcahay, Cleveland; Mrs. J. F. Sharp, Oil City;F. M. Cowles, Lansing: J. H. Mullin, Monongahela City; E. F. Stone, Springfield; C. C. Hardenbnrg, J. B. Maitland. Oil Citv; C. McPolmel, W. N. Way, Kane; J. G. Williams, and wife, Blairsville, A. J. Madden, New York; D. C. Erney, Grove City; D. W. Eogers and wife, Banesville; Frank Irwin, Buffalo; M. G. Headlee, H. C. Spitznagle, Brookville; John Boup. John Simpson, Cleveland; F. M. Leahner, Columbus; Cbarles Lawhead, Wooster; W. F. Johnston, West Slonterey; J. M. Blair, Foxburg. Sevexth Aveude P. A. Parker, Cleveland; Opn?fr Splliir M Mianli TTpnrv Mnrtrp.nt.lmn. New York; J. V. McNamaia, Buffalo: C. F. Davis, Columbus; Thomas Murphy, Detroit; W. F. Griffin, Indianapolis; H. Weinreieh, Philadelphia; Lester Frank, New York; W. P. Herbert, Cincinnati; Miss May D. Sweeney, Steubenville; Mrs. E. Wilson, PhiladelDhia; George G. Smith and wife, Santa Fe, N. M.; Amos Stock, Greensburg; E. Shindel, Phila delphia; A. B. Van Tassel, DuBois; G. W, Means and wife, Brookville: G. A. Jenks, Brookville; Warren McCreary. Olean; Sidney Etterman, Philadelphia: B. McMahon, L. W. May, StuebenviUe; J. W. McGregor. Wellsville: L. G. Linn, Butler; J. W. Fahr. Milford: D. Carter List, B. O. Mc Master, Wheeling: Mrs. T. S. Moorehead and son. Milton: K. E. Green. Buffalo: A. B. Cooper and wife, Parker; D. M. Fair, Blalrsr vine: ix. i. juoorenouse, iiamsDurg; it. 11. Thurston, Elmira; L. E. Ellis, Boston; H. A. Hoffman, Indianapolis; H. D. Miles, Chicago; John F. Brown, Clarion; G. E. Brown, T. H. Means, Brookville. , St. Charles II. H. Howard, Cincinnati; Mrs. Durr, Morgantown; Mrs. J. S. Porter, Mrs. B. S. Drum. Indiana; E. C. Andrews, Warren; Guy H. Foster, Cleveland: B. Baugb, Miss Baugh and maid, Merrett Gieene and wife, EUwood: E. Guudert, Ann Arbor; B. J. Mosler, New York: J. Allen Munkley, New York: B. Fisher, Wheeling: J. G. Green, Salem: W. J. Ei-oe, New York; T. N. Mont gomery, Philadelphia: J. L. Blday, Coates ville; Mrs. M. B. Naufjbter, Kittanning; Mrs. W. J. Wright, Beyner: J. D. Bigg, Terra Alta; Joseph A. Winter, Hamilton; Miss Hender son, Evergreen: A. C. Davis. T. C. Swift, Wheeling; J. N. McBride, Mt. Pleasant Cestbal Morgan Davis, Butler; F. H. Kroeger, Cincinnati: L. W. Boner and wife, Fredericktown: R. A. Prosser, New Albany; O. J. O'Hara, Greensburg: E. T. Epperour, Faiidalo; F. E. Olevee, Vanderbilt; J. F. Seamen, Uniontown; Mrs. Dora Klein and daughter, Zanesville; W. B. Anderson, Le Boy; J. F. Hartman, Shousetown J. D. Hickey, Milwaukee; Thomas Marshall, Hazelton; John Gallagher, Philadelphia; Harry Hocking, Wheeling; Tbomas Cun ningham, Birmingham; E. P. Tiffany, Prov idence; C. Dimon, Sandusky; H. H. Hall, Dayton: J. S. Ward, McDonald; Hugh'John ston, Birmingham; J. B. Keeier, Philadel phia; B. C. Brown, Belleville; Charles Shi dell, McDonald; Paul Berkowitz, Philadel phia; P. H. McEvey, Youngstown. People Coming and Going. Dr. David Kennedy, of Philadelphia, is at the Dnquesne. Attorney Bakewell went to "Washington last evening to argue a patent case. S. 'W. Bolles, managing editor of the To ledo Blade, was in the city yesterday. Justice Clark, of the Supreme Court, has been at his home sick for several days. Judge McClung and a party of lawyers have gone to West Virginia to shoot quail. Eev. John Brown, of Youngstown, and his brother Bichard, took dinner at tbe Anderson yesterday. Mrs. Stanley Mathews, wife of the late. Justice Mathews, is visiting Mrs. Judge' Fazson at the Monongahela House. A. C. McKean and his sister, Miss Agnes, of Charleroi, went to Philadelphia last even ing to attend the funeral of a friend. E. TJ. Sheppard, of the United States Navy, registered at the Monongahela IIouso yesteiday. He is inspecting steel for the Government. Superintendent F. E. Kimball, of the Cleveland and Pittsburg load, and ex-Solicitor General George A. Jenks, of Brook ville, are at the Seventh Avenue Hotel. Thomas Barnard, superintendent of con struction for the Western Union, J. S. Templeton, Alexander Stephens and A. Mal loch, three Glasgow carpet manufacturers, are stopping at the Anderson. Justices Paxson, Greene, Mitchell and Williams will leave for Philadelphia this morninz. Justice McColIum was called home by o telegram announcing the death of his son, who was run overby u train. Philip G. Boeder, well known in Pitts burg, is at Mexico City, after a lonsr business trip thiough the sister republic. The Daily Anglo-American announces that he will re turn to the States to spend the holidays. Wilburt F. Crafts, of New York, head of the Sunday Observance Society, was in the city yesterday conferring with Law and Or der people about a successor to Captain Wisliart. He wants to see the work con tinued in Pittsburg. ' I Fittsbnrgers In New York. New York, Nov. 11. Special The follow ing Pittsburgers registered at New York ho tels to-dav: A. F. Allen, Earle's Hotel; G. A. Aufrecht, Metropolitan; E. P. Bate, Astor House; T. Connolly, Morton-House; P. J. Le'nghney, St.' Denis Hotel; S. J. Lippincott, Windsor Hotel; W. G. Littell, Metropolitan; C. II. Bead, St. James Hotel; C. JF. Soott, Windsor Hotel; G. B. Clark, Sturtevant: J. C. Cumniings, Astor House?S:M.-Evaiii., Astor House; Mr. Freeman and wife. Union Square; K. HnmDiirgor, Grand Hotel; C. N. Ii.mna, Westminster; J. M. C. Hays, Westminster; Mrs. J. H. Ha s, Westminster; L. s. Moore, Astor House; W. Price, GUsey House; J. C. Smith, Union Sauare. To-Day Opening of winter millinery. Jos. HoitNE & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores. NdYEMiBEB" 12,- 1891 SO GOVERNMENT AID Wanted by the National Farmers' Congress for Irrigation. NOT FOE GOVERNMENT EAILW1YS. Georgia's Experiment in State Ownership a Costly Failure. THE CORN-COB GATEL FOR THE FAIR Skdalia, Mo., Nov. 11. The National Farmers' Congress was" late in assembling this morning. It was 11 o'clock before Vice PresideltSmith let the corn-cob, gavel drop, calling the session to order. The following resolutions were intro duced and referred: By John Church, of Colorado, urging the Congress ofthe United States to cede arid lands in the various States and to provide the States with systems of irrigation; by M. B.'Warman, of Missouri, urging the extension of the signal and crop report system of the department of Agri culture; by "Virgin Mackay, of Kansas, pro viding that the ear of corn used by the Chairman as a gavel be sent to the World's Fair for exhibition; by C. "W. Swinck, of Colorado, urging a national system of irri gation; recommending that the President of the United States and United States Sena tors'be elected by a direct or popular vote. The Irrigation Resolution Is Defeated. The resolutions were considered seriatim and were all adopted with' the exception of the one for Federal aid for irrigations which the congress struck from the repor; by a vote of 44 to 17. The resolution asking Congress to improve the harbor at Savannah was loudly applauded and unanimously adopted, as was also the resolution demand ing the election of the President and Vice President of the United States and United States Senators by popular-vote. The Committee on Finance presented a report requesting the various State Legis latures to make appropriations for the expenses of the State delegations to future congresses of this character, in order that each State may have a full and proper representation. The report was adopted. Congressman John L. Heard, of the Sixth Missouri Congressional district, delivered an address on railway transportation. He said it is a subject of supreme importance to the farmers. One of the solutions of this vexed question, he said, was found in State railway commissions. Missouri had been among the first of the States to deal with the question in that wav, and Missouri's ex perience showed that the method had been a success. Another method of controlling railroad corporations in the interest of the people is through a national railroad com mission. Government Hallways Not Fpaslble. Some professed to belieye that the rail road should be placed under Government management. Government railroading, he believed, would be a gigantic failure. In the first place the Government would have to Buy the railroads, and that would cost $10,000,000,000. That would be a practical impossibility. The purchase of the railroads would necessitate incurring a debt of gigantic proportions, and he did- not be lieve the farmers or any one else wanted to pay any more debt than they are now pay ing. Another objection to Government railway control was the increase in Federal officeholders which it would necessitate. H. C. Brown, of Georgia, indorsed every thing that Mr. Heard had said. Georgia, he said, had tried State ownership of rail ways. Georgia owned the Western and At lantic Bailway. Under State control the rates were high, the service was bad and the deficits were extraordinary. The State found that it had been to expensive to fun its own railways, and the line was leased to private individuals. Under private con trol the road charged cheaper rates, gave bett'er rates, paid a rental of $3,000 a month and made money for the lessees. Hon. Martin" Mohler, Secretary of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture, read a paper on ''The Bace Under Conditions of High Civilization." He took the optimistic view of the question, and held the higher the civilization the greater the happiness of the race. J)ng for Their Frredom for Years. , Waupun, Wis., Nov. 11. Three life convicts made their escape from the State penitentiary to-day through a tunnel dug under the building and into the street, that must have taken years to dig, ,as it passed through several walls of stone. The men are Bobert N. West, John Stagg and Fred Knaack. West had been in prison for 22 years, Stagg six years and Knaack two years. The men began the tunnel in a well. HIKOB MATTERS OF 1KTEEEST. A number of young men met at the Monon gahela House last evening organizing a cntillion club. Eighteejt new cases of diphtheria and four of carlatina were leported to the Bureau of Health yestereay. A slight wreck occurred on the Ft. Wayno road near Eavenna yesterday afternoon. The track was badly torn up, but no other damage was done. A 5-year-old hoy of -Sarah Dunn, who lived at No. 11 Grant street, was sent to the city poor farm yesterday by the department of charities on account of the poverty of the latter. A jraw room will be added shortly to the Lemington (Twenty-first ward) school, owing to the increased attendance. There has been no election for a teacher as yet, but it is thought it will take place in a few days. The bodv of the woman found in the Mo nongahela river Sunday last, near the Smith Held street bridge, will be burled to-day. Several hundred people have viewed the re mains, but there was not tho smallest traces of identification exhibited. J. Searight, a Besacca street, Allegheny, grocer, fell dead yesterday afternoon while driving along the street in his wagon. Ho was G3 years old. Heart disease is supposed to have been the cause of his deatb. The Coroner will hold an inquest to-day. The body of the man killed at Twenty eighth street yesterday morning bya freight train wns Identified as that of James Galla gher, of Scottdale. Ho was 40 years old and was employed at H. C, Frick's coke works. His remains will be sent home this morning as soon as the Coroner's inquest is held. The Allegheny branch of Christ's M. E. Church congregation has purchased the old Union skating rink property at Beach street and Allegheny anenue, and will erect a handsome narsonace and church, to cost from $100.C00 to 160.000. The other The other branch of the church will build in the East End. The seventeenth annual meeting of the East Liberty branch of the Young Men's Christian Association of Pittsburg will be held Sunday evening at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church, Penn and Highland avenues. Bevs. William A. Stanton and Bobert M. ltussell will deliver addresses. Highest of all in Leavening Power. &m RoYal ABSOLUTELY PURE MEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BLUSTERING -A3B9.T- - V. BLOWING Never thing. accomplished any Simple statements suit simple cases. . .Trade can't be caught with traps, and those who set them are generally "tripped up." This week we are making a special drive with our own make Black and Green Cheviot Overcoats. They've been .going fast, but as we want to make them go a little faster we are offering them at $io. It's a price you couldn't re sist If you buy such an overcoat at this price you confer a favor on yourself We have other tempting offers. For instance, ask to see one of our light color Worsted Overcoats at $8. These goods are well made, in the height of style, faced with silk and are genuine bargains. We don't blow much. We are not constructed that way. As seeing is believing, sat isfy yourself and ask to see these special bargains. Clothiers, Tailors, Hatters and Furnishers. 954 AND 956 LIBERTY ST. NEAR- SMITHFIELD. noSMSl-TTSSU nlf$iiAp TO NO OTHER Leaves aDelicate and Lasthtcj Odor For sale 3y all Drag and Fancy Goods Dealers or If unable to procure this -wonderful aoap send 85c In stamps and receive a cake by return mall. JAS. S. KIRK & CO., Chicago. SPECtAX Shandofl BellsWaltz (the popular Society Waltz) sent FBEE to anyone sending IV three wrappers of Shandon BpIIs Soap. RIVER NEWS AND NOTES. Louisville Items The Stage of Water and the Movements of Boats. rSPSCIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE DISFATCfT.l Lobisville. Nov. II. Weather clear. Business Improving. At 7 o'clock the river wis rising slowly, with 1 foot 5 Inches on the falls, 3 feet 9 inches in tbe canal and 5 feet 1 inrh below. En gineer Merrlmin. of the Joe B. Williams, has ar rived from Plttsburfr. Departures Lee Brooks, for Madison; Con zo. for Cincinnati; John Fowler, for Evansvillc; Big Kanawha, Carrollton. To Make the Yonghlogheny Navigable. McKeespORT, Nov. 11. The McKcesport Board of Trade is nslng every effort to Induce Congress man Andrew Stewart to urge the passage or a bill in Congress that will pro fde for an appropriation sufficient to place d-ms and locks In the Yough logheny rlTar, making it navigable from McKces port to Cunnellsville. What Upper Gauges Show. ALLEGnEVT Jt'vCTios Blver 1 foot 8 Inches and stationary. Clear and cool. JIOROANTOWN Ki er 4 feet 8 Inches and station ary. Clear. Thermometer 4.1 at o P. M. Brownsville River 4 feet 8 Inches and station ary. Clear. Thermometer 45 at 4 P. M. Warren- Rl er 0.6 feet below low water mark. Ckar and cool. The News From lielow. Wheeling River Z feet and rising slowly. Clear. Iew Orleans Clear and pleasant. Arrived Clark and tow. St. Louis. Departed Clark and tow, St. Louis; A. L. MeMn, bt. Louis. Memphis Arrived Antelope and barges, Cairo; J. N. McCorab, Vicksbnrg; Cherokee, at. Louis. Henry Lowry and tow passed up. Tbe Cherokee will leave early In the morning on her return trip. River 1 foot 2 inches and stationary. Cloadyand cool. ST. Louis No arrivals. Departed Hiawatha. New Orleans; Verona, Tennessee river. Kiver down ; 4 fcrt 8 Inches. Cold At night. niwnn T.. .., 1. ., ... a TIh nr , n inches and rising. Raining and cool. Li.Ni;i.HA-n ibiverb ieei a incites ana rising. Raining and cool. To-Day See the SI 00 lanndered white shirt. It's the "Stag's Head." You know the Stag's Head quality. If not you should. Jos. Hoene & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores, Latest U. S. Gov't Report W ft . v"lw - fi3 Powder s i SEW ADVERTISEMENTS. TO 'S For Shoes. Perfect fitting "a main feature low prices another. Fine Kid, Spring Heel, Button, at 70 CENTS. Larger sizes, 85c AND $1. These -goods -are-worth $1.25. You can shoe your fam ily at our house with a great saving. 'S, 430-436, MARKET- ST. noS-83-3rrr Men who are afflicted with consumptive pnrses will find our clothing territory a good field to prospect In. Ton can STRIKE BIG BARGAINS IN MERCHANT TAILOR, MADE CLOTHING! Merchant tailor made suits that have been up to order for $20 to $50, WE WILL SELL FOB S1I TO 525. Merchant Tailor Made Overcoats that have been made np to order for $20 to $30, W WILL SELL FOE Slfl TO 525. Merchant Tailor Made Pants that have been made up to order for $5 to $15, and guarantee) a perfect fit. Opposite City Hall. nolO-TTsn Ask my agents for W. X. Douglas Shoes. It not for sale m your place ask your dealer to send for catalogue, secure the agency, and jet them for yoo. J9-TAKE NO SUBSTITUTC-St TOR m WHY IS THE W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE GENTLEMEN The Best Shoe in the World for the Money? It Is a seamless shoe, with no tacks or wax thread to hurt the feet; made of the best fine calf. stylUh andeasT, and because we make more shoes or thli grade than any othermannfacturpr. It equals hand ewed shoes rostlnjr from l 00 to f 00. ffiK OO GENUINE HAD-SEVED, the finest J)J calf shoe ever offered for 15 00; equal French imported shoes which cost from 3 00 to 112 00. jjf OO HAND-SEWED TVELT SHOE, fine calf. UJtt stylish, comfortable and durable. The best shoe ever offered at this price; same grade as custom-made shoes costlnsr from J8 00 to $9 00. yQ 30 1'OIjICE SHOE: Farmers. Bailroad Mea tJDO and Letter Carriers all wear them ; fine calf, eeamless. smooth Inside, heavy three soles, exten ion edge. Ono pair will wear a year. Qo 50 FINE CALF; no better shoe erer offered fjjjj, at tU price; one trial will convince thos who want a she for comfort and service. C0 23 and 12 00 AVORKINGMAN'S shoes ara tjjj. very strong and durable. Those who hare riven tnera a SOYS' their merits. :1 veil them a trial win wear no other make. '? ?- 00 and $1 lo school shoes are worn ) br tIieborjeTervwhere: therseHoii T A TYE7C, & HAND-SEWED shoe, best 'JUiA.X-'XXiO Dougola. very stylish; equals French imported shoes costing from fl 00 to ?6 00. ineir menu, as me increasing- site snow. L AIUEV tz 50, n 00 and si ?5 suoe for SIUscs ar n ?s the best tine DonzoH. StvlUh And dnrahlp. us. UAUiiua- see mat tv. i. jxugus' name ana Drlce dre stamned on the bottom of each shoe. w. Li. uuuulia: uro-tion. Mais. Sold by D. Carter, 79 Firth av, , If A'.. .11..., A.. v. UlUll, J. & G. M. Lanz. 4501 Butler st. : ; .. u. Cu.Ks 132! Carson st. : II J. N. Frohrlne. 383 Fifth av. : Uenry Kosser. ve jrDcny. J. Hollman. No. 72BebcccsilreeC Allegheny, TT3 Cactus Biood Cure. BETTER THAN SARSAPARILLA. Purifies the blood by expelling the impurities through the proper chan nels and never causes eruptions upon the skin. Regulates the bowels. Cures dys pepsia, liver and kidney troubles, f tones up the system and gives you an appetite. Never fails to cure any condition produced by impure or impoverished blood, or a" disordered state of stomach, liver or kidneys. Sold by JOSEPH FLEMING & SOX, Drag. gists!2 , Maruct St., Pittsburg. tclil-ns CHILDREN MM MM Ww All WeC3eIl52.50T05J.58, K2&3ES fW,
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