irnrt ""5jH? &K sr? 9MM- m'- - f -T - fc THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SATURDAY, .NOVEMBER 21. 1891. UNO NOWJOR 1892, Sessions of the Farmers Prac tically Over, and the People's Party ISSUES ITS MANIFESTO, Beijing Largely on the Aid of All the Labor Organizations. ALLIANCE DEFEATS EXPLAINED. Onlj Whipped in the West by a Comlina tion of the Old Tarties. AMI SUB-TREASURY MEN' FULLY OUT IXDiAKAroi.is, Xov. 20. The various farmers' organirations have nearly com pleted their work and a final adjournment of the Supreme Council of the Alliance, which is holding out the longest, will prob ably finish its work to-morrow. To-day the F. M. B. A. adjourned after amending its constitution so as to admit to membership women and men over 18 years of age. It resolved not to amalgamate with any other organization until the Feb ruary meeting. The F. H. B. A. also re elected Treasurer Haines and chose a board of trustees. The delegates to the February meeting were instructed to Tote for inde pendent political action. The Alliance to-day chaDged its consti tution to admit women. The anti-sub-Treasury people, after issuing a call for a convention t Memphis December 1C, pub lished a two column card charging 3Ir. Macane with wrecking the Texas Alliance Exchange and making big money thereby, and with trying to sell out the Alliance to the old political parties. M-ost of these charges were made at the Ocala meeting. A Kfefc Against Co-Operative Stores. The Reform Press Association threatens to bolt the Alliance if the State Agents' Association carries out its purpose of mak ing all purchases through the National Union Company. i The People's party men are the best sat isfied of all those who have gathered here. They claim to have secured all they came for, and even more. To-night the Xational Executive Committee issued an address to the people of the United States. It is as follows: TheXational Committee of the People's party or the United States deem it pioDer to lay before their constituents some (state ment of the results of the conference held by them with various representatives of or ganized industry in this city during the past few days. Those results have been in every respect most katifactor3 There is no longer any doubt that candidates for President and Vice President will be In the flcld before June I, 1S92, nominated by the People's party. It seems to us very plain that the time has come when no influence of the old political organizations arM no po"er of aggregated capital can prevent the heartr co-operation of all the labor forces of the United States, whether employed in the workshop or in the mine or on the farm. This is an impor tant event in the history of the nation and of civilized man. The Producers and tlieXon-Proiluccrs. The producing clase of the United States are the nation all others simply live by the tolls imposed on the industry of the workers. We make no war upon the non producers, as such. Some of them tender the people a full equivalent of services for nil they receive; others are robbers and plunderers, who, through the imperfection of our laws, strip toil of its possessions and yet escape the penitentiary. The people nave beheld with growing alarm the continual advance of condition which every day carried us farther and farther away from the principles and tradi tions of the founders of the Republic, and nearer and nearer to an abvss in which wo can see only the dissolution of a crushing oligarchy or the dreadful alternative of revolution and anarchy It is for the pur pose of sa ing free institutions by thencace lul instrumentalities of education and the ballot that the People"s party or the United Mates has been organized. Ko honest man can fail to acknowledge the overwhelming necessity which exists for such a movement. We "have seen the shadow of plutocracy spreading steadily over our land. We have seen the railroad corporations grow from humble beginnings, the mere servitois of the neople. Into a vast and powerful conspiracy which controls our elections, corrupts our IegiIatnies, de bauches our juries and casts the slime of its rottenness over the verv judges of our courts, the last resort of Justice. not Shot for the Bankers. We have teen the banking associations from being at iirst mere conveniences for the accommodation of the people swell into r. loidly National Confederation, holding all business in its grip, able to make or w reck, as their own interests may dictate, the pros perity of all clases, while not a dollar of currency is able to And its wavto the people from the Government that does not repre sent a dollar of dobt to the money-manipulating clast. Nine-tenths of the population of this country, In consequence of the gross mis representations of the press, believe that the People's party vote or Kansas in 1891 fell off very greatly fram their ote in 1S90 The official publication of the vote taken this ear shows that, although the total vote of all parties in Kansas was ahont 30,000 less than it was a vear ago, the People's party vote was actually increased about HUpor cent over its vote in 1S90, or 47 per cent of the entire vote. The Eepublican rr.ajoritv in South Da kota was reduced from 10,000 in 1S90 to 2,700 in 1691, while In Nebraska the People's party came within 3,000 votes or defeating the combined power of both the old parties and elected 11 District Judges. It is true, in some Judicial districts of Kansas, the Peo ple's party candidates were defeated, but it was only bv an unholy nnion of the Demo cratic and Republican parties against them. Old Tartiei Combine Against Them. The hereditary enemies of a half century gave np their sham battle, and under the in spiration of the money power rushed into each other's arms, and in one fond embrace resolved to forget protection, reciprocity, the silver question and everything else if tbey could only prevent the oppressed peo ple of Kansas from obtaining the govern mental reforms which they sought In this ct they conclusively demonstrated that they are the two Dromios of plutocracy, and that only the difference of a feather distin guishes them from one another. The people perceive that there is room in this countrr for : only two political parties a party which represents the people and a party which represents the plunderers of the people. Before the close of the election or lsui we expect to see the two old parties, with all their banners and war cries, march ing together in defense of the iniquities which have covered the land with mort gages and driven tho Bepublie to the vcrgo of destruction. And so, under auspicious ctrcumstances, cheered by an abiding faith in our triumph oT 1892 at the ballot box, fighting for the homes of a free people, for liberty, union. Industry and justice, we confidently appeal toetery honest man in the United States to come forward and help us bury the monster, plutocjacv, so deep that he will never arise fguin. A Closing Appeal to All. Do not watt to be summoned to action. This fight is every man's fight. It is a fight for the rooftreo and the babe In the cradle. It is a fight to determine whether our pros perity shall be reducod to Old World condi tions or shall advance along the line of the Declaration of Independence and the Con stitution to greater prosperity and higher civilization. Wherever this appeal catches any man, let him call his friends ,and uoighbors to KCtherat once, organize a People's club and report to our Secrotarv, Robert Schilling, of Milwaukee. Let the watchword be, '"Organ ization to save the Republic" We havo . .2. ........ z , ,....... ii.te ..r.n irw- .Ufta.toiSttL a the numbers the people on our side. All we need is courajre and resolution. H. E. Taiibkxeck, Chairman. Robkrt ScniLi.i.a, Secretary. M. C Raskiit, Treasurer. FATE FOLLOWS A FAMILY. TWO CHIIYDRKsr BURNED UP BKFORE THE PAKKNTS'ETia. Horrible Accident to a West Virginia Household While the Elders Are at Church Their Home Js Destroyed, With Two Babes A Previous Fatality. Oatlettsbukg, Kt., Nov. 20. -JSjxciaZ. David Bartram, a farmer living three miles from Louisa, Ky., on Mill Creek, "Wayne county, "V. Vs., witnessed the death of two of his infant children last night The family had gone to church, about two miles distant, leaving three of the smallest children at home to keep house. The little ones retired very early, and were soon sound asleep. Near 8 o'clock the largest of the three was awakened by a rattling noise which caused it to get up. On examination it was found that the house had caught fire in the kitchen and the flames were rapidly eating up the building. The first thing the eldest child thought of doing was to warn papa and mamma of what had happened, little thinking of the danger which its little brothers were in. The child at once 6et out for the church in its nightclothes. On arriving at the church the child ran breathlessly into the crowd and soon told its pititul story to the par ents, who at once set out for their onco beautiful horn', which by this time was wrapped in flames. On arriving at the home it was too late. The cries that went up when the family stood by and saw their darling ones burning to death were heartrend ing. All that could be done was to rake from the burning ruins the charred bodies of the children. So excited were the attendants at the church that all left at once for the place. This is the seeond accident that has hap pened in the family in the last few years. The first was the killing of their youngest son, "William, while coming from his work in the field. He was ridfng home on a mule which had just been turned out of the plow, when the animal became frightened and ran away. The boy was soon thrown from from the animal, and away went the mule at full speed, with the bov bouncing trom one side to the other, with his feet fastened in the chains. The boy's head was so badly mashed that he could hardly be recognized. The remains of the children were gath ered up as well as conld be done and will be interred in the family burying ground to morrow. Mr. Bartram had a beautiful country home. The loss will probably reach ?iu,uuu. j otnmg was saved trom the house. ALMOST MET HEE MATCH. The Champion Teraale Fngilist Treated to All the Fight She Wanted. EW York, Kov. 20. Special One of the attractions of the Irwin Brothers' traveling combination is Mrs. Hattie Leslie, extensively advertised as the "champion lady pugilist of the world." To-night, at the Grand Theater in "Williams burg, Gussie Freedman, alias Loney, tried conclusions in three one-minute and one four-minute round for a purse of $25. Iioney is 2G years old and weighs about 200 pounds. Both women were in full ring cos tume. Mrs. Leslie wore gray tights and gray trunks, and Loney wok white tiglus and a red tunic. Time was called at 10.1-X Each was afraid of the other apparently, and the greater parr- of the firs', round was spent ia walking around the stag-;. In the second round Loney got pretty well knocked abo?t, but when she did land a blow the othe felt l Round 3 was a repetition of rouna 2, with the advantagi greatly in favor of Mrs. Lesli . Loney could hardly stana wiien tuey were called upon to shake hands "for .the final round. When Mrs. Leslie, hardlr less tired, led off, Loney received her with open arms, and clinched. "When halt a dozen half-arm blows had been delivered and a few upper cuts had been wasted on the air Loney staq- gereu dock 10 ner corner, dragging ner con. queror with her. Captain Short jumped in and separated them, and the Leslie woman claimed the decision on a fouL The referee decided against Loney, amid the howls and hisses of the audience. Both women were badly used up. . LIQUOR can bo best handled by the Penn sylvania system, according to Rev. George Hodges. See his practical sermon in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. A EEILLIANT BIT OF BUNKOING. One Farmer in Maine Who Was Smarter Than He Appeared to Be. Dextkr, Me., Xov. 20. Special. A really brilliant job of bunkoing was recently performed here by a half-witted farmer, Lewis Cowen, whose home is at Palmyra. He swindled the Dexter Savings Bauk'out of 51,000. fleeced a neighbor named Blais dell to the tune of ?500, and sold 25 sheep belonging to another neighbor, appropri ating the proceeds. He cleared out with over S1.C00 iu spoils. On Novembers he came into the Dexter Savings Bank and stated that he desired to mortgage his farm in Palmyra. He represented that the place was free from .incumbrances, and he also offered to assign to the bank a mortgage upon a rjiece of land in Pittsfield held by him against his brother Hiram. The bank took the alleged security and advanced $1,000. This mortgage on the Pittsfield land has since proved to be worthless. Two days afterward Cowen approached Neighbor Blaisdell and asked for a loan of S500. The swindler alleged that if he could secure $500 he could raise the mortgage on his place. It now is revealed that Cowen bought the farm from an Aroostook man, a few years ago, paying f 200 and giving a mortgage to the seller for 51,000. But Blaisdell believed his story, handed over the 5500, and Cowen disappeared about a week ago. Utilizing the Current or Rivers. It is stated that within a short time an entirely new mode of using the current of rivers having no waterfall, when the current runs from three to ten miles an hour with a depth of two to four feet, will be broutrht out. The proposed scheme involves the use of a new water wheel which, it is said, will practically and effectually settle the ques tion of utilizing the natural current of the rivers, and willbe especially advantageous in power transmission for mining districts. "0fr0"-0fr0 DISPATCH ; ; WANT ADLETS ARE WEIvLREAD. ; NOTE ; THE INCREASE.: : FIGURES THAT TALK. Small advts for Strumitis ending October .M 12,168 Same Period 1S90 8,403 increase &utoccni-a.irord '3,705 THIS KECOKD IS CONVINCING. GOOD ETTUATIONS, HELP, BOAKDEBS. : TOD CAN : LET BOOMS : rort onk CENT A WORD. eo4ee JUDGE CLARK DEAD. Briglit's Disease Ends the Life of One of the State's Ablest Jurists. THE STORY OP HIS EVENTFUL LIFE A Descendant of One of the Old Revolu tionary Families. GOVERNOR TATTISON'S DEEP REGEETS Judge Silas M. Clark died at 9:15 o'clock last evening at his home in Indiana, Pa., from Bright's disease and diabetes. For the last six weeks he has been suffering as well from a carbuncle on the back of his neck. The carbuncle was, lanced, but refused to discharge. The pain was so great for a week he did not eat or sleep. On Tuesday the doqtor gave tip all hopes. Yesterday he fell into a coma tose condition, from which he did not re cover. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon. Judge Clark was born at Elderton, Arm strong county, in 1834. The following ypar his father moved to Indiana, and resided there until his death about two months ago. The Judge's grandfather was a soldier in the Eevolntionary "War, and was distin guished for his valor and bravery. He came from Cumberland county, and at the close of the war located at Hannastown, then the county seat of Westmoreland county. Some years afterward he moved to Southbend, Armstrong county, where he died at the age of 93 years. If e Was Once a Stage Driver. , Judge Clark's father was one of the fore most men of Indiana, carrying on a tannery and other enterprises. He also ran a line of stage coaches, and Silas Clark for a num ber of years wag one of the drivers. He graduated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, in 1852. He was qnick .at learning, so quick that some people said they never knew him to itudy a lesson, and yet he always managed to pull through with Ins classes. After gradu ation lie taught a select school in Mechan icsburg, Indiana county, for some time and then became principal of the Indiana Acad emy. In 1854 he entered the law office of William M. Stewart, Esq., now a solicitor of the Pennsvlvania Kailroad and a resi- Judge flilat 2f. Clark. dent of Philadelphia. While a student in Mr. Stewart's office in connection with Joseph M. Thompson and Colonel John F. Young, both now deceased, he started the Indiana Menenqer, which supported James Buchanan for President in 1856. He was a brilliant and forcible writer. In 1857 he sold his interest in the newspaper and was admitted to practice in the several courts of Indiana county. For a number of years young Clark at tended to their office- business in Indiana, but one day in the absence of his employers conducted a case for them with such signal ability that from that time forward, until elected to the Supreme Bench, he had all the law business of his own that he was able to attend. One or the State's Ablest Lawyers. From that time until his election as one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession,and earned a wide celebrity as an astute and clear-headed lawyer. He was called to the adjoining counties to con duct important cases and was recognized as one of the leading lawyers of the State. For a number of years he was the attorney for the First National Bank of Indiana and was its President when elected Judge. He took a deep interest in agriculture, and owned a fine farm adjoining the town of Indiana for a number of years and served as President of the Indiana County Agricultural Society. At the time of his death and for a number of years he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana State Normal School, and lived to see it one of the foremost educational in stitutions of the State. Judge Clark was a Democrat in politics. Went in With Pattison Jn '82. He was the Democratic candidate for President Judge of the old Tenth district, composed of the counties of Indiana, "West moreland and Armstrong, and was defeated by Judge James A Logan, now solicitor of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a mem ber of the Constitutional Convention and served on several of the most important committees of that body, and did much in the preparation of the best features of that instrument. He was elected to the Su preme Bench in 1882, going into office on the great Democratic political wave of that year. Judge Clark was a man of powerful physique and in early life noted as a great eater, but in time his stomach gave way,and he suffered for many years with Bright's dis ease and was forced to be extremely abstemious. The bread he ate was specially prepared and he atoned for early indulgence by years of intense suffering. "He married Claressa Moorhead, a sister of Mrs. Frank P. Case, of this city. Their father, "William Moorhead, who died lately in this city, was the first white child born in Indiana county. He leaves two sons and three daughters, a sister, MrB. Lizzie Stewart, of Indiana and a brother, Scott Clark, of the came place. On hearing of the death, Governor Patti eon wired the family as follows: Was deeply pained to hear of Judge Clark's death. His family has my warmest sympathy. An honest man, a good citizen an upright Judge, and an able Jurist has been taken from us. Pennsylvania will reel and mourn his loss. Please advise me or the day aud hour of funeral. THE KAISEB AMD ELZCTBICITY. Bis Visit to Ubrd Salisbury Inspired Him With All Sorts ot Schemes. It is stated that the German Emperor con templates the application of. electricity in many ways in his palace at Berlin. While on his recent visit to England he paid a visit to Iiord Salisbury's country seat, Hat field. Lord Salisbury has a decided me chanical and scientific turn, besides being an excellent electrician, and has personally superintended some notable improvements on his property. Among these is the gen eration of electricity by turbines, the Elver Ijea being utilized for the purpose; motors for driving pumps, making.ice and working air propellers for ventilating purposes; raising hay and corn sheaves to the top of the stacks "by electricitr, and by the same means threshing, cutting rough grass for ensilage, grinding cvrn, making fodder, driving piles, constructing coffer dams, dredging and pumping sewage for irriga tion. The German Emperor is said to have examined into the working of every piece of machinery at Hatfield w ith the greatest interest and admiration, and to have be come so convinced of the economy and effi ciency of electrical applications as to de cide on utilizing them to the greatest pos sible extent on his own properties. LUXUBIES IN AFEICA. The Germans Are living Higher Than Their, Friends From England. A London correspondent, having taken some pains to obtain information with ref erence to the prospects and present position of the British and German colonies on the East Coast of Africa, says: "All my infor mants agree in one thing, that the British East Africa Company cannot hope to do any permanent good until a railway is made from the coast to the Victoria Nyanza. One gave it as his opinion that the Germans would have a railway to the lake before we had, and in that case they would of course have a long start in the struggle for commercial supremacy. German officers, not only on the coast but in the interrior, are very much more liberally supplied with both the necessaries and the luxuries of life than are the officers of the British Company further north. When starting for the anterior the personal baggage of theBritish officers must be reduced to such a limited quantity that they are deprived of all the small acces sories of civilization. All down the coast the British Company has a far from envia ble reputation for its treatment of its em ployes. "Mr. George Mackenzie is himself a man of iron constitution, with a fine scorn for she smaller comforts of life. He does not require from his employes any sacrifice which he is not himself prepared to make, but all are not prepared to make, but all are not constituted alike, and a good deal of grumblinff results from the Spartan rules of the British Company. The pop of the champagne cork is not unknown many leagues from the outskirts of German civili zation. There arc not wanting among English travelers advocates of this doctrine ofcomtort. Mr. xi. xu jonnsion ls.nrmiy convinced that a snowy napkin and irre proachable table cutlery go an appreciable distance toward preserving health in Afri can travel. Potted meats and delicacies of every description accompany him wherever he goes." MRS. TROIXO PITS hard fight and her hook on America, by Bessie Bramble, In THE DISPATCH to-morrow. THE BEEEDEES ORGANIZE. Nearly .Every nerd Book Association in America Represented. Chicago, Nov. 20. By far the most im portant meeting of breeders of the many held this week in Chicago was that at the Grand Pacific Hotel to-night, when the Na tional Live Stock Association of the United States received its permanent organization. Delegates were present from nearly all of the 30 recognized Herd Book Associaticns. Fully $500,000,000 of capital was repre sented. Dr. Salmon, Chief of the Department of Animal Industry at "Washington, expressed great satisfaction at such an organization having been formed under such auspicious circumstances. It had a wide field for use fulness, and the department at Washington had long felt the need of such a body. For eign commerce received extensive discus sion, and is expected to form a large part of the lutnre work of the body. Charged With Malfeasance In Office. Carlisle, Nov. 20. Special Informa tion was to-day made against the Directors of the Poor of Cumberland county before a Justice by Ellen Wilson, aunt of Joseph Diller, the boy who was whipped to death bv John Lafferty near Gettysburg several days ago. The information charges neglect of duty and malfeasance in office. The ar rests will follow to-morrow. We promise you a value beyond doubt the best ever sold in Pittsburg. We back that promise with the word of a house whose word has never been broken. : : : : T THEY KNOW That you can buy An Overcoat as well made. . An Overcoat as nicely trimmed. Au Overcoat of as good cloth. An Overcoat of as late style. An Overcoat that fits as well, 1-2 That were originally made to order for $20. 675 suits at this price to' select from. SUITS IT III THE MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS, 516 ARE HEADQUARTERS ON FINE" OVERCOATS, and are selling them at as Low inferior goods, make and fit. OVERCOATS AT $9 That were originally made to order for $18. 178 at This Price. Pantaloons JUSTICE A LAGGARD. A Mnrder Committed a Quarter of a Century Ago in the Courts. WHY THE MATTER WAS DELAYED. :Some Say on Account of Poverty While Others Allege Malice. NEWS! NOTES PB01I KEARBX-jOWNS rSPKCIAt, TELXORAM TO THI DISPATCH. 1 Kittanntn o, Nov. 20. John B. Bnff ner, of West Franklin township, this county, who was arrested on the 5th inst to answer a charge of the murder of Shields A. Rosenberger in September, 1866, was bound over at the preliminary hearing before JusticeiDonaldson to-day to answer at the court of Oyer and Terminer at the December sessions. An altercation that took place on the premises of the defendant at that time sud denly ended in the throwing of a stone at young Kosenberger, who was taking cher ries without permission from his trees, and from the effects of which he fell to the ground and died is a few minutes. No actual eye witnesses of the occurence were called to-day, but from admissions subse quently proven to have -been made by Kuff ner, sufficient evidence seems to have been gleaned to warrant an investigation in the Criminal Court. The long time intervening between-the occurrence and the action now taken, is at tributed to the removal shortly thereafter of the father of Bosenberger from the county ann is inability through lack of means to urge the prosecution. Another theory is that ill will toward the defendant held by outside parties has prompted them to urge this prosecution as a means of re venge. The respectability of the parties and the investigation that will ensue, has already elicited much interest in the outcome of this resurrected crime. A Battle With Burglars. St. Maeys, Nov. 20. Special Desper ate house-breakers attempted to effect an entrance into the farm house of Fred Fremering, 12 miles south of this city, last night, when-Fremering's eldest son, hear ing the noise, stole quietly down stairs with a gun, the contents of which he let the thieves have just as thejr were opening a window. The burglars escaped, however, and returned the fire when at a safe dis tance. Eight shots were exchanged in all, and before assistance arrived Fremering had been fatally 'wounded, his body being riddled with shot. The whole country is up in arms, and short work will be made with the thieves it' captured. Jail Breaking Ignorantly Frustrated. Salem, O., Nov. 20. Special An almost successful attempt at jail-breaking was discovered, at New Libson to-day. Two prisoners, named Baum and Dobbing, both of whom have been sentenced to the peni tentiary and awaiting transfer, the mur derer Politzka and the East Palestine train wiecker Canfield, who were awaiting trial, had from unknown source obtained several fine saws and had almost completed opera tions. They would have been free with two more nights' work, when they were ordered to Columbus, thus destroying their plans, which afterward were discovered. A Strange Decapitation at Rankin. Braddock, Nov. 20. Special An un known Hungarian attempted to crawl under a car which stood on a sidetrack at Kankin V7Vk'flr'n When we call-this "a daisy ad." Each price is "a daisy" FOR YOU, and you wilPfind on-in-spection-that each and every one of our Merchant Tailor-Made-Garments are "daisies." IT! WE KNOW IT! YOU CAN KNOW IT I Of the MISFIT PARLORS, 516 Smithfield St., For one-half the'price You pay to merchant tailors. Is it worth-your while to know THIS? WHERE YOU SECURE MERCHANT TAILOR MADE GARMENTS FOR ONE - 1-2 1-2 1-2 THE ORIGINAL MADE TO ORDER PRICES. SUITS IT 512 SUITS AT SIS That were originally made-to order for $2$. 740 suits at this price to select -from. That were originally made to order for $30. 758 suits at this price to select from. OVERCOATS' AT SIUO That were originally made to order for 23. 193 at This Price. OVERCOATS . ATM That were originally made to order for 32. 218 at This Price. at 2.50, fo. fo.jso. S4, S?, S6, tl $ All Alterations to Impro,ve a Fit done Free of Charge. All garments must fit perfectly before leaving our house. 'oipiein- TO-:o.A.-5r xhsttil 10 s.sl. MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS 516 SMITHFIELD STREET, OPPOSITE CITY HALL OPPOSITE CITY HALL OPPOSITE CITY HALL .uk station this morning, and thrust his head through just as the Youghiogheuy express passed by. which served H from the body. His remains were removed to McKecsport. JUBIES WON'T CONViW. Three of Erie's Green Goods Gang Ac quitted In Spite or Strong Evidence. Ebie, Nov. 20. Special' Charle's and Ernest Duyree and their sister, Miss Emma Dnryee, of Union City, have been on trial for almost a week upon a charge of working the "green goods" racket on Butcher Waldo, of Union City. It is alleged that' the three had entered into a Anspiracy to beat the butcher, and he, on the other hand, arranged with the constable, C. M. Sherve, of Union City, to witness the pro ceedings under cover. The outcome was a sale and the parties were arrested and in dicted. The three defendants were acquitted, but the costs were divided between the de fendants, the prosecutor and the constable who worked up the case. The evidence was exceedingly sensational. There have been scores of cases of almost the same highly sensational character brought into court, but it is seldom that a jury convicts.. The Ohio Covered With McDonald Oil. Steubentille, Nov. 20. Special l) The alarming prevalence of diarrhea and dysentary in this vicinity has led many people to ascribe it to the condition of the river water. The water is all right but for the large amount of waste oil from the Mc Donald field. Whether crude petroleum is to be blamed physicians differ, but in either case people are using as little water as 'possible. From the appearance of the shores between this and East Liverpool, one would think it a vast oil tank. The reced ing waters of the recent small rise leaves everything covered with crude oil, which finds its way from McDonald by the way of the mouth of Chartiers creek, some 70 miles above this place. - A Tree Marked for General Scott. New Castle, Nov. 20. Special A curious freak of nature adorns the mantel iu the residence of John Totten, a farmer of Scott township, in the form of a knot which contains a remarkably good likeness of Gen eral Scott. The strange part of- it is that the seed which produced the tree from which the mantel was made was brought from Mexico by Mr. Totten's father, who was in the Mexican war. A Man Covered With Bed-Hot Coals. Lima, Nov. 20. Special. The scaffold. ing around a large iron tank at the Solar Befinery, on which a number of men were standing, gave way, throwing them to the ground. Several of them were seriously injured: George Councilman was strnck in the back with an iron fnrnace with which they were working. Eed-hot coals were thrown all over his body, burning him-ter-. riuiy. jus recuvery is jmpogsiuie. Tri-State Brevities. A second Presbyterian chnrch is to be organized in McEeesport. Bishop Phelak will confirm one class of 300 young people in'New Castle to-morrow. Rumored that a vast coke field, destined to rival the Connellsville coke region, is about to be opened in the vicinity of Clarksburg,, W.Va. R. S. Bi-ranAir, a Methodist minister who. lives near Emory and Henry College, has surrendered himself at ODlngdon, W.Va., saying that he shot Frank Queensberry.. Bingham and Queensberry wero near neigh bors. According to one story they quarreled over the deprodations of some hens, and Queensberry assaulted the minister, who shot him in self defense, while another re port is that the minister shot Queensberry because he had mistreated one of Bingham's daughters. Bingham was taken to Glade Springs for a preliminary hearing. YOU'LL AGREE 1 WH ATP That ourSack Suits cannot be beat. That our Double-breasted Suits Cannot be beat. That our Cutaway Suits Cannot be beat. That our Prince Albert Suits SUITS IT 20 That were originally made-to order for 40. 840 suits at this price to select from. OVERCOATS AT 122.50 That were originally made to order for 45. 162 at This Price. $9 and $10 that were oriainallv made & iik:-i,i ; THE INITIAL BATTLE. Fonseca's Forces Loses the First Fight . Against the Rebels. A -NAVAL ATTACK IS REPULSED. The Belief Kow Is That Bio-Grande Will Win Its Independence. ' REFUGEES WHO OPPOSE SECESSION' Londox, Nov. 20. The Exchange Tele graph Company has further advices from Bio de Janeiro this afternoon, but no indi cation is given as to how the dispatches escaped suppression by the censorship. Ac cording to these dispatches the, condition of affairs throughout Brazil is rapidly growing more critical. Everywhere discontent and disaffection with the present regime are be coming more pronounced. Instead of tran quility and acquiescence in Fonseca's as sumption of dictatorial power, there is vigorous opposition and increasing agita tion. In general terms, the political con dition of the country is described as closely bordering on anarchy. In spite of the efforts of the Government to reduce Bio Grande do Sul to obedience by force of arms, or to win its allegiance by concessions, it is now generally admitted at Rio Janeiro that that State will adhere to lits attitude of opposition to the Dictator. Prospects ror the New Republic. More than this, everybody whose opinion 'i entitled to weight believes that the State will be strong enough to maintain its inde pendence, as the reports from there show that the provisional Junta is well supplied J with lands, ana is daily increasing me ei fective strength of its army. Fonseca's death is likely at any moment.- Though it is known that he has been ill, this statement is not supposed to refer to death by natural causes. It is taken to moan that there is extreme danger of his assassination or of a sudden "tnd powerful uprising of the incensed opposition which will overthrow the present regime and make away with its head. Other cablegrams this morning from Brazil briefly announce that there has been a sharp engagement on the Bio Grande, at the en trance to the lake leading up to Fort Aiegre, the capital of the "New Republics do Sul," ' where the vessels sent en rcconnoisance by Marshal da Fonseca were defeated. .They found that the insurgents had most cleverly fortified the approaches to the bar near Bio Grande, over which vessels drawing only 13 feet can pass, and that a heavy bombard ment was necessary to force that passage. A Naval Attack Repulsed. The two gunboats and the torpedo boats sent to reconnoiter the place appear, ac cording to the message referred to, to have, been hit several times. One of the gunboats is reported as severly damaged, and the torpedo boat, which pushed pluckily to the front and tried to get over the bar, is re ported to have been riddled bv gattling guns. From this it is supposed that a rapid Ire gun was brought to bear on her,and suc ceeded in finding the bull's eye. The re ported engagement is not confirmed by sub sequent cable messages received here. A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says: There was an influx here yesterday of refugees from Brazil, who had come by way of Montevideo. These had an opportunity of joining the movement in Bio Grande do Sul, but declined to do so, because while opposed to Fonseca and attached to the Re public, they are also opposed to any division of the Republic. Many people are leaving Eio Janeiro, not so much on account of any present danger as of what might happen in the event of a struggle that threatened the capital. Fon Cannot be Beat. That few tailors in Pittsburg Can dven equal them. That the dealers in ready-made Clothing-are "not in it""with our Fine MerchanfTailor-made Suits. That were originally made order for $50. 672 suits this price to select from. SUITS AT $25 SMITHFIELD STREET, Prices as the ready-made-clothing-dealers askfor OVERCOATS AT That were originally made order for 55. 116 at This Price. to orderfor double the amount of our 28 seca has increased the pay of the army offl- cers, who have . absolute Control over the men, the latter being hardly capable of in telligent reasoning. Threaten to March on Eio. All advices received in Buenos Ayres! from the disturbed Brazilian State, Bio Grande do Sul, tell ot the difiiculty the insurgent leaders experience ir securing sufficient arms to "sup ply the . 50,000 men mobilized. One dispatch deceived announces that Gen eral Osorio, who commands the insurgent? forces is Bio Grande do Sul, has issued a manifesto in which he threatens to march on Bio Janeiro, The forts at Rio Grande bar, it is learned, have been completed. CHILE BACKS DOWN. A Demand That Was Previously Refused Granted to Captain Schley. Valparaiso, Nov. 20. Captain Schley yesterday received a letter from the Iu tendente of this city inclosing another let ter from Judge of Crimes Foster, In his communication Judge Foster gradts the re quest made some time ago by Captain Schley, that the United States representa tives here be furnished by the Court of In quiry with copies of all depositions made before it in the Baltimore investigation. It will be remembered that the same request had been absolutely refused on all previous) occasions. "fnrtli mitaniilarinn lc inilnlnol n han itnil T at Santiago as to the reason for the dispatch of a large numbec of American war vessels to the Pacific squadron. There is no doubt that the news has had a salutary effect on Chile. Warships Bound for Brazil. Washington, Nov. 20. The United States steamer Boston has arrived at Bahia, Brazil, en route to the Pacific station. The United States steamer Yantie, which is making her way under sail to the South Atlantic station, arrived at the Cape de Verde Islands to-day. The United States steamer Newark arrived in New York this morning from Boston. She will take store? and ammunition preparatory to sailing for the South Atlantic station. Montt Now the T-awfai President. Santiago, Nov. 20. The Electoral Col lege unanimously voted for Admiral Jorga Montt as President of the Republic ( The Catlln aiurder Trial. Washington, Pa., Nov. 20. Special. AH evidence in the Catlin murder trial is in, and the attorneys have made their argu ments. Judge 3icllvaine adjourned court until to-morrow morning. He will deliver his charge to the jury at the opening of court. The case will then be given to the jry. HOLIDAY FANCY GOODS! BRIC-A-BRAC, J PORCELAIX, : BROX7.ES STEELING SILVER, SILVER PLATED.BROXZE AND IVORY ARTICLES. OPEN NOW. . CHRISTMAS CARDS, :: BOOKLETS, PAIXTED NOVELTIES IX SILK JLSV SATIN. OPEN NOVEMBER 25. JOS. 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